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The story of coal and iron in Alabama by Armes, Ethel, 1876-1945

Table of Contents: “…C. I. 1888-1895 -- Affairs of Birmingham district 1890-1909 : Birmingham Coal and Iron Company : Dimmick Pipe Company Southern Iron and Steel Company : Sloss-sheffield Steel and Iron Company -- Present day affairs of Birmingham district history of the T. …”
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Handbook of renal and pancreatic transplantation

Table of Contents: “…Murphy -- Deceased donor retrieval / Albert M. Wolthuis ... [et al.] -- Live donor nephrectomy / Ji Fronk and Nicos Kessaris -- Organisation of transplant services, organ sharing, and organ allocation : a perspective from the UK and Eurotransplant / James Neuberger and Axel Rahmel -- Deceased donor kidney transplantation / Luisa Berardinelli -- Living donor kidney transplantation / Ji Fronk -- Pancreas transplantation / Guido Woeste and Wolf O. …”
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Community radio in the twenty-first century

Table of Contents: “…"It's Only Community Radio": the British Campaign for Community Radio / PETER LEWIS -- Low Power Community Radio in the US: the Beginnings, the First 10 years and Future Prospects / Brandy Doyle -- When commercialism and militarization prevail: examining community radio in the philippines / LISA BROOTEN -- From Pirates to Partners: The Legalization of Community Radio in Uruguay / EVAN LIGHT -- From Elite Perceptions to Marginal Voices: Community Radio in Bangladesh / S.M. …”
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Thinking towards new horizons collected communications to the XIXth Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament, Ljubljana 2007 /

Table of Contents: “…: studio dell 'eucologia di Sir 36H,1-17 / Maria Carmela Palmisano -- The liturgical function of the book of Lamentations / Heath Aaron Thomas -- Prayer in the midst of the flames (Dan 3:24-50 Greek) / Terezija Snežna Večko -- Die Segensinschriften auf Pithoi in Kuntillet 'Aǧrud : ein Beitrag zur religions- und theologiegeschichtlichen Relevanz und Eigenart von Segen und Segenstheologien in den althebräischen Primärtexten / Martin Leuenberger -- The role of women in the prophetical process in Mari : a critique of Mary Keller's theory of agency / Jonathan Stökl -- Die Bedeutung des ARXH-Begriffs für die Einheit der Schrift : Kontinuität zwischen Altem und Neuem Bund / Maksimilijan Matjaž -- Contrapuntal hermeneutics : semantics, Edward W. …”
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Handbook of exchange rates

Table of Contents: “…FX Markets and Products 16. Is There a Premium for Currency Investing (Beta) 17. …”
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Letter to Beaumont, letters written from the mountain, and related writings by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778

Table of Contents: “…Bush and Christopher Kelly -- Fragments of the Letter to Christophe de Beaumont 84 -- Translated by Christopher Kelly -- History of the Government of Geneva o02 -- Translated by Christopher Kelly -- Letters Written from the Mountain 131 -- Translated by Judith R. …”
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Disability and mothering : liminal spaces of embodied knowledge /

Table of Contents: “…Franits -- Sharing stories: motherhood, autism, and culture / Rachel Robertson -- Nurturing the nurturer: reflections on an experience of breastfeeding, disability, and physical trauma / Heather Kuttai -- Vulnerable subjects: motherhood and disability in Nancy Mairs and Cherríe Moraga / Suzanne Bost -- From surrender to activism: the transformation of disability and mothering at Kew cottages, Australia / Corinne Manning -- History examined: one women's story of disability and advocacy / Marilyn Dolmage -- My mother's mental illness / Whitney Jones-Garcia -- A Schizo-ly situated daughter: a mother's labor / Elizabeth Metcalf -- Motherhood and activism in the dis/enabling context of war: the case of Cindy Sheehan / Abby M. …”
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Vascular and endovascular surgery at a glance / by McMonagle, Morgan, Stephenson, Matthew

Table of Contents: “…Overview of vascular disease -- Arterial anatomy -- Venous anatomy -- Vascular biology -- Vascular pathobiology -- Vascular physiology -- Vascular pharmacology -- Coagulation and thrombosis -- Cardiovascular risk factors -- Best medical therapy -- Vascular history-taking -- Examination of the vascular system -- Ankle brachial pressure index measurement -- Vascular examination : varicose veins -- Interpreting vascular scars -- Vascular investigations : overview -- Vascular ultrasound I -- Vascular ultrasound II -- Vascular ultrasound III: specific parameters -- Angiography I : overview -- Angiography II : access and imaging -- Angiography III : angiointervention -- Principles of vascular surgery -- Perioperative care of the vascular patient -- Post-operative complications and management -- Carotid disease : assessment and treatment -- Carotid surgery -- Aneurysms -- Abdominal aortic aneurysm I : overview -- Abdominal aortic aneurysm II : treatment -- Other aneurysms -- Thoracic disease I : dissection -- Thoracic aortic disease II : treatment -- Peripheral arterial disease I : overview -- Peripheral arterial disease II : assessment -- Peripheral arterial disease : management -- The acute limb -- Amputation and rehabilitation -- Vascular trauma : neck and chest -- Vascular trauma : abdomen and pelvis -- Peripheral vascular injury -- Compartment syndrome and fasciotomy -- Vascular complications from IVDU -- Upper limb vascular disease -- Thoracic outlet syndrome -- Vasculitides I : overview -- Vasculitis II : specific conditions -- Raynauds and cold injury -- Primary hyperhidrosis -- Coagulopathy and thrombophilia -- Deep venous thrombosis -- Complications of DVT -- Varicose veins and venous hypertension -- Varicose veins : treatment -- Vascular ulceration -- General wound care -- Lymphoedema -- The diabetic foot -- Haemodialysis access -- Mesenteric ischaemia I -- Mesenteric ischaemia II -- Renal vascular disease -- Congenital vascular malformations -- Rare and eponymous vascular disorders -- Vascular high yield facts -- Vascular trials.…”
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Medical-surgical nursing assessment and management of clinical problems by Harding, Mariann

Table of Contents: “…Professional nursing -- Health equity and culturally competent care -- Health history and physical examination -- Patient and caregiver teaching -- Chronic illness and older adults -- Stress management -- Sleep and sleep disorders -- Pain -- Palliative and end-of-life care -- Substance use disorders -- Inflammation and healing -- Genetics -- Immune responses and transplantation -- Infection -- Cancer -- Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base imbalances -- Preoperative care -- Intraoperative care -- Postoperative care -- Assessment and management: visual problems -- Assessment and management: auditory problems -- Assessment: Integumentary system -- Integumentary problems -- Burns -- Assessment: Respiratory system -- Upper respiratory problems -- Lower respiratory problems -- Obstructive pulmonary diseases -- Assessment: Hematologic system -- Hematologic problems -- Assessment: Cardiovascular system -- Hypertension -- Coronary artery disease and acute coronary syndrome -- Heart failure -- Dysrhythmias -- Inflammatory and structural heart disorders -- Vascular disorders -- Assessment: Gastrointestinal system -- Nutritional problems -- Obesity -- Upper gastrointestinal problems -- Lower gastrointestinal problems -- Liver, biliary tract, and pancreas problems -- Assessment: Urinary system -- Renal and urologic problems -- Acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease -- Assessment of endocrine system -- Diabetes mellitus -- Endocrine problems -- Assessment: Reproductive system -- Breast disorders -- Sexually transmitted infections -- Female reproductive problems -- Male reproductive problems -- Assessment of nervous system -- Acute intracranial problems -- Stroke -- Chronic neurologic problems -- Dementia and delirium -- Spinal cord and peripheral nerve problems -- Assessment of musculoskeletal system -- Musculoskeletal trauma and orthopedic surgery -- Musculoskeletal problems -- Arthritis and connective tissue diseases -- Critical care -- Shock, sepsis, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome -- Acute respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome -- Emergency and disaster nursing -- Appendix A: Basic life support for health care professionals -- Appendix B: Nursing diagnoses -- Appendix C: Laboratory reference intervals.…”

Society - Water - Technology A Critical Appraisal of Major Water Engineering Projects /

Table of Contents: “…Part I: Context and Objective -- Introduction: A Critical Appraisal of Major Water Engineering Projects and the Need for Interdisciplinary Approaches -- Water Ethics – Orientation for Water Conflicts as Part of Inter- and Transdisciplinary Deliberation -- Part II: Major Water Engineering Projects – Challenges, Problems, Opportunities.- Major Water Engineering Projects: Definitions, Framework Conditions, Systemic Effects -- A Global View on Future Major Water Engineering Projects -- Neglected Values of Major Water Engineering Projects: Ecosystem Services, Social Impacts and Economic Valuation -- Water Governance: A Systemic Approach -- Research in two Case Studies: Irrigation and Land Use in the Fergana Valley and Water Management in the Lower Jordan Valley -- Part III: The Fergana Valley – Uzbekistan’s Hydro-Agricultural System between Inertia and Change -- Between Multiple Transformations and Systemic Path Dependencies -- From Upscaling to Rescaling – Transforming the Fergana from Tsarist Irrigation to Water Management for an Independent Uzbekistan -- Irrigation Infrastructure in Fergana Today: Ecological Implications –Economic Necessities -- Where Water Meets Agriculture: The Ambivalent Role of the Water Users Associations -- Theory, the Market and the State: Agricultural Reforms in Post Socialist Uzbekistan between Economic Incentives and Institutional Obstacles -- Part IV: The Lower Jordan Valley – The Red Sea-Dead Sea Conveyance Project and its Complex History -- Water Resources, Cooperation and Power Asymmetries in the Water Management of the Lower Jordan Valley – The Situation Today and the Path that has led there -- Reclaiming the Dead Sea: Alternatives for Action -- Jordan’s Shadow State and Water Management: Prospects for Water Security will depend on Politics and Regional Cooperation -- Technologies, Incentives and Cost Recovery: Is there an Israeli Role Model? …”
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The digital gaming handbook /

Table of Contents: “…Analyzing games with the AGE and 6-11 frameworks / Roberto Dillon -- Designing player interdependence to enhance players' social experience in multiplayer games / Katharina Emmerich -- Game accessibility : getting started / Thomas Westin, Ian Hamilton, Barrie Ellis -- Gamification for good : addressing dark patterns in gamified UX design / Ole Goethe -- The social media game : how gamification shapes our social media engagement / Dayana Hristova, Barbara Goebl, Suzana Jovicic, Thomas Slunecko -- Games for health / Andres Adolfo Navarro-Newball -- F2P mobile game design fundamentals / Simon Rozner -- Evergreen game design principles / Roberto Dillon -- Architectural spaces and level design in modern games / Christopher Totten -- Encouraging and rewarding repeat play of storygames / Alex Mitchell -- How we make mobile work : an indie perspective / James Barnard -- The development and UI design of an interactive game map / Tomasz Zawadzki, Slawomir Nikiel, Korneliusz Warszawski, Slawomir Krezel -- Challenges in designing and implementing a vector based 2D animation system / Jiang Jie, Seah Hock Soon, Liew Hong Ze, Chen Quan -- Best practices in pixel art / Cindy Lee -- Making sound decisions in game audio / Gwen Guo -- Making it real / Justing Ng, Andre' Pong -- Player locomotion in virtual reality games / Andrey Krekhov, Katharina Emmerich -- Working everywhere and nowhere : rules for a virtual office / Allan Simonsen -- A short summary of mobile games' history / Simon Rozner -- Retrogaming as a form of digital preservation : a cultural and technological approach / Marco Accordi Rickards, Micaela Romanini, Guglielmo De Gregori -- Diversity in games : how and why? …”
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Amerindian socio-cosmologies between the Andes, Amazonia and Mesoamerica : toward an anthropological understanding of the Isthmo-Colombian Area /

Table of Contents: “…The Isthmo-Colombian Area in context -- Introduction: Toward an anthropological understanding of the area between the Andes, Mesoamerica, and the Amazon / Ernst Halbmayer -- Conceptualizing the Isthmo-Colombian Area from a regional comparative perspective -- An Amerindian humanism: Order and transformation in Chibchan universes / Juan Camillo Niño Vargas -- Languages of the Isthmo-Colombian Area and its Southeastern Borderland: Chibchan, Chocoan, Yukpa, and Wayuunaiki / Matthias Pache, Colette Grinevald and Sergio Meira -- Kinship, clanship, and hierarchy in the Isthmo-Colombian Area / Ernst Halbmayer -- Between Mesoamerica, the Central Andes, and Amazonia: Area conceptions, chronologies, and history / Ernst Halbmayer and Christiane Clados -- The golden ones: The human body as reflective metallic surface in the Isthmo-Colombian Area / Christiane Clados. …”
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Alcohol, drugs, and impaired driving : forensic science and law enforcement issues /

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Editors -- Contributors -- Section I: HISTORY OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE -- 1: Driving Under the Influence of Psychoactive Substances: A Historical Review -- Section II: OTHER HISTORICAL EVENTS OF INTEREST -- 2: Professor Robert F. …”
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Energy Storage : Systems and Components. by Rufer, Alfred

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Folklore In All of Us, In All We Do /

Table of Contents: “…Mosel-Talavera -- Madame Blackley : seer of south Texas / Henry Wolff, Jr -- La Llorona's ancestry : crossing cultural boundaries / Gloria Duarte -- Burning brightly : the Easter fires of maternal necessity / Donna Melitio -- Five stands off bottom / Lew Schnitz -- Dispatches from the electronic front lines / Charles Williams -- A rural mail carrier / Milt McAfee (as told by Ben Mead) -- The trials and tribulations of a dirt road country doctor / Mildred Boren Sentell -- Joe Fitzgerald, nurseryman and philosopher / Mary Joe (Fitzgerald) Clendenin -- Water woes and water ways : tales of Texas engineer John B. …”
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Folklore : In All of Us, In All We Do /

Table of Contents: “…Mosel-Talavera -- Madame Blackley : seer of south Texas / Henry Wolff, Jr -- La Llorona's ancestry : crossing cultural boundaries / Gloria Duarte -- Burning brightly : the Easter fires of maternal necessity / Donna Melitio -- Five stands off bottom / Lew Schnitz -- Dispatches from the electronic front lines / Charles Williams -- A rural mail carrier / Milt McAfee (as told by Ben Mead) -- The trials and tribulations of a dirt road country doctor / Mildred Boren Sentell -- Joe Fitzgerald, nurseryman and philosopher / Mary Joe (Fitzgerald) Clendenin -- Water woes and water ways : tales of Texas engineer John B. …”
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X-- the problem of the Negro as a problem for thought / by Chandler, Nahum Dimitri

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The cultural fusion of Sufi Islam : alternative paths to mystical faith /

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Organizational change through lean methodologies : a guide for successful implementation / by Iswanto, A. Heri, 1977-

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Governing Abroad : Coalition Politics and Foreign Policy in Europe / by Oktay, Sibel

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