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Principles and Practice of Case-based Clinical Reasoning Education A Method for Preclinical Students /

Table of Contents: “…Understanding clinical reasoning from multiple perspectives: a conceptual and theoretical overview; Olle ten Cate & Steven Durning -- 4. …”
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Integrating Information into the Engineering Design Process /

Table of Contents: “…I Information-Rich Engineering Design -- 1. Multiple Perspectives On Engineering Design / David Radcliffe -- 2. …”
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Hostile intent and counter-terrorism : human factors theory and application /

Table of Contents: “…Carley, Mia Bloom and Kurt Braddock -- Evaluating emergency preparedness: using responsibility models to identify vulnerabilities / Gordon Baxter and Ian Sommerville -- Socio-cultural factors -- Unintended consequences of the "War on terror": home-grown terrorism and conflict engaged citizens returning to civil society / John Parkinson OBE and Andrew Staniforth -- Parasites, energy and complex systems: generating novel intervention options to counter recruitment to suicide terrorism / Mils Hills and Ashwin Mehta -- Terrorist targeting of schools and educational establishments / Emma Bradford and Margaret A Wilson -- Female suicide terrorism as a function of patriarchal societies / Tanya Dronzina -- Strategies and approaches for counter-terrorism -- Designing visible counter-terrorism interventions in public spaces / Ben Dalton, Karen Martin, Claire McAndrew, Marialena Nikolopoulou and Teal Triggs -- A macro-ergonomics perspective on security: a rail case study / Rose Saikayasit, Alex Stedmon and Glyn Lawson -- Deception and speech: a theoretical overview to inform future research / Christin Kirchhübel, David M Howard and Alex Stedmon -- Evaluating counter-terrorism training using behavioural measures and theory / Joan H. …”
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A companion to environmental geography /

Table of Contents: “…Remote sensing and Earth observation / Heiko Balzter -- 20. Modelling and simulation / George L.W. Perry -- 21. …”
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Group creativity innovation through collaboration /

Table of Contents: “…Moreland -- The group as mentor : social capital and the systems model of creativity / Charles Hooker, Jeanne Nakamura, and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi -- Innovation implementation in work teams / Michael A. …”
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Tendinopathy in athletes

Table of Contents: “…[et al.] -- A neuropathic model to the etiology and management of Achilles tendinopathy / Nick Webborn -- An integrative therapeutic approach to tendinopathy: biomechanic and biological considerations / Louis C. …”
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A casebook of family interventions for psychosis

Table of Contents: “…Why are family interventions important? : a family member perspective / Martin Gregory -- Family work in early psychosis / Gráinne Fadden & Jo Smith -- A model of family work in first-episode psychosis : managing self-harm / Jean Addington ... …”
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Telling stories language, narrative, and social life /

Table of Contents: “….] -- A tripartite self-construction model of identity / Leor Cohen -- Narratives of reputation : layerings of social and spatial identities / Gabriella Modan and Amy Shuman -- Identity building through narratives on a Tulu call-in TV show / Malavika Shetty -- Blank check for biography? …”
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The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of disordered gambling /

Table of Contents: “…Dowling -- Understanding gamblers anonymous : a practitioner's guide / Peter Ferentzy, Wayne Skinner and Paul Antze -- The care model : how to improve industry-government-health care provider linkages / Michael J. …”
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Civilizations beyond earth extraterrestrial life and society /

Table of Contents: “…. ; Direct contact with exterrestrials via computer emulation / William Sims Bainbridge ; The inscrutable names of God : the Jesuit missions of New France as a model for SETI-related spiritual questions / Jason T. …”
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Telling Stories : Language, Narrative, and Social Life /

Table of Contents: “….] -- A tripartite self-construction model of identity / Leor Cohen -- Narratives of reputation : layerings of social and spatial identities / Gabriella Modan and Amy Shuman -- Identity building through narratives on a Tulu call-in TV show / Malavika Shetty -- Blank check for biography? …”
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Trading Places : Accessing land in African cities / by Napier, Mark

Table of Contents: “…How the model cracksA mismatch between governance and impact; Two strands of intervention; A new agenda for urban land governance reform; Chapter 5 -- Choices and decisions: Locating the poor in urban land markets; The consequences of unequal land markets; Towards an equitable urban land development agenda; Shifts in development debates; Recommendations for practice; Trading places; Endnotes; References; Acronyms; Glossary; Back cover.…”
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From Media Hype to Twitter Storm : News Explosions and Their Impact on Issues, Crises and Public Opinion /

Table of Contents: “…Interactivity : the role of social media -- 13. Modelling issue-attention dynamics in a hybrid media system -- 14. …”
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In Search of Social Democracy : Responses to Crisis and Modernisation /

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Attaining the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal of gender equality /

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Cats and Conservationists : The Debate Over Who Owns the Outdoors / by Wald, Dara M., 1979-, Peterson, Anna Lisa, 1963-

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Africans to Spanish America expanding the diaspora /

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Creating a sustainable competitive position : ethical challenges for international firms /

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Transforming government and empowering communities the Sri lankan experience with e-development / by Hanna, Nagy

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Introduction -- E-development as a holistic vision -- The eSri Lanka program -- Learning from eSri Lanka -- Developing e-leadership institutions -- An institutional innovation in e-leadership: the ICT Agency of Sri lanka -- The institutional model -- Evolution of the authorizing environment and governance model -- Mandate -- Paths to sustainability -- Core competencies -- Partnerships -- A learning organization -- Role of aid agencies -- Lessons and conclusions -- Annex 2.1 The ICT agency in search of a corporate identity -- Annex 2.2 The ICT policy framework & the organizational structure of the ICT agency -- Annex 2.3 Internal and external risks facing the ICT agency at inception -- Managing results -- Objectives of monitoring and evaluation for eSri Lanka -- Framework for monitoring and evaluation -- Arrangements for monitoring and evaluation -- Emerging lessons -- Annex 3.1 Results framework for monitoring and evaluation -- Outcome indicator -- ICT human resource development and industry promotion -- Transforming government -- Best practices and options for planning and implementing e-government -- Approaches to planning e-government -- Implementation of e-government: four phases -- Leadership, partnership, and change management -- Providing leadership, building partnerships -- Conclusions and implications -- Readiness for e-government: a historical perspective -- History of e-government in Sri Lanka -- Analysis of the situation -- Findings and recommendations -- A vision of e-government -- Motivations and aspirations -- Challenges to realizing the vision -- Lessons learned: a postscript -- A strategy for e-government: initial priorities and lessons -- Planning for e-services -- Building e-governance -- Implementation agenda -- Early experience and lessons -- Annex 7.1 Criteria for determining impact & feasibility of offering services online -- Determining impact -- Determining feasibility -- Empowering communities -- Innovation in ICT use for poverty reduction -- Bottom-up planning and participatory development -- Serving the bottom of the pyramid -- The user innovation revolution -- Demand-driven ICT-enabled development -- Financing ICT innovation: lessons from InfoDev -- Conditions for ensuring impact by small grants -- Strategies for soliciting and funding good proposals -- Evaluating proposals and making funding decisions -- Good practices in managing a small-grant program -- E-society: design and early experience -- Overview of the fund -- Practices in soliciting and funding proposals -- Arrangements for implementation and monitoring -- Early operation and lessons learned -- Key lessons of eSri Lanka -- Designing and implementing a holistic framework for e-development -- Developing e-leadership institutions -- Transforming government -- Empowering communities -- Appendix 1 Main program components of eSri Lanka -- ICT policy, leadership, and institutional development program -- Information infrastructure program -- Reengineering government program -- ICT human resource capacity-building program -- ICT investment and private sector development program -- E-society program -- Appendix 2 Selected indicators for Sri Lanka and comparators -- Bibliography -- About the author.…”
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Handbook of cultural intelligence theory, measurement, and applications /

Table of Contents: “…Conceptualization of cultural intelligence : definition, distinctiveness, and nomological network / Soon Ang and Linn Van Dyne -- Development and validation of the CQS : the cultural intelligence scale / Linn Van Dyne, Soon Ang, and Christine Koh -- Antecedents of the four-factor model of cultural intelligence / Lu M. Shannon and Thomas M. …”
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