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Germanic languages and linguistic universals

Table of Contents: “…Some general evolutionary and typological characteristics of the Germanic languages / John Ole Askedal -- Characteristics of Germanic languages / Tadao Shimomiya -- Old English pronouns for possession / Yasuaki Fujiwara -- Reflexive binding as agreement and its locality conditions within the phase system / Hiroshi Hasegawa -- Movement in the passive nominal : a morphological analysis / Junji Hamamatsu -- On tritransitive verbs / Ryohei Mita -- On the cognitive dependence phenomena observed in English expressions / Shuichi Takeda -- On pronoun referents in English / Hiromi Azuma -- Relative and interrogative who/whom in contemporary professional American English / Yoko Iyeiri and Michiko Yaguchi -- New functions of FrameSQL for multilingual FrameNets / Hiroaki Sato.…”
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Creative state forty years of migration and development policy in Morocco and Mexico / by Iskander, Natasha N. (Natasha Nefertiti), 1972-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : interpretive engagement in Morocco and Mexico -- Discretionary state seeing : emigration policy in Morocco and Mexico until 1963 -- Reaching out : beginning a conversation with Moroccan emigrants, 1963-1973 -- Relational awareness and controlling relationships : Moroccan state engagement with Moroccan emigrants, 1974-1990 -- Practice and power : emigrants and development in the Moroccan Souss -- Process as resource : two kings and the politics of rural development -- The reluctant conversationalist : the Mexican government's discontinuous engagement with Mexican Americans, 1968-2000 -- From interpretation to political movement : state-migrant engagement in Zacatecas -- The relationship between "seeing" and "interpreting" : the Mexican government's interpretive engagement with Mexican migrants -- Conclusion : creating the creative state.…”
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Challenge accepted a Finnish immigrant response to industrial America in Michigan's copper country / by Kaunonen, Gary

Table of Contents: “…Finnish immigration and settlement in a Hancock, Michigan neighborhood -- Finnish immigrant cultural organizations and the "Finn Hall" -- Finnish immigrant socialist-unionists in Hancock -- The early existence of the Työmies Publishing Company, 1904-09 -- The Työmies Publishing Company reaches maturity, 1910-1913 -- The 1913-14 copper country strike -- Gun hounds, scabs, and tragedy -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Työmies Publishing Company staff and contributors, 1909 -- Appendix 2: Työmies Publishing Company interior use of space, 1913 -- Appendix 3: Copper territory strikers' march, 1913 -- Appendix 4: Työmies Publishing Company's composite list of Italian Hall deceased, 1913.…”
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Biotechnology and biopharmaceuticals : transforming proteins and genes into drugs / by Ho, Rodney J. Y.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to biopharmaceuticals -- Distinctions of biologic versus small molecule platforms in drug development -- Financing biologic drug development -- Application of biotechnology in drug discovery and early development -- Large-scale production of recombinant proteins -- Clinical pharmacology, toxicology, and therapeutic dosage & response -- Clinical evaluation and regulatory approval & enforcement of biopharmaceuticals -- Pharmacoeconomics and drug pricing / Garrison -- Antibodies and derivatives -- Hematopoietic growth and coagulation factors -- Cytokines and interferons -- Hormones -- Enzymes -- Vaccines / Hu, Ho -- Other biopharmaceutical products -- Advances in personalized medicine : pharmacogenetics in drug therapy -- Gene and cell therapy -- Pharmacoeconomics, outcome, and health technology assessment research in drug development -- Summary and future prospects.…”
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In search of common ground on abortion : from culture war to reproductive justice /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Justin Murray, Meredith Esser and Robin West -- From choice to reproductive justice: de-constitutionalizing abortion rights / Robin West -- The price of pleasure / Shari Motro -- Abortion rhetoric and child custody laws for women who mother through rape / Shauna R. …”
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The fifteen minute hour : efficient and effective patient-centered consultation skills / by Stuart, Marian R., Lieberman, Joseph A., III (Joseph Aloysius), 1938-

Table of Contents: “…The BATHE technique : key to making your practice patient-centered -- Broadening the context of the office visit or medical consultation -- Promoting wellness and managin chronic conditions -- Small interventions and why they work -- Therapeutic pearls for brief counseling sessions -- Structuring a fifteen minute counseling session -- Managing difficult patients : their pain and yours -- Accenting the positive : puitting an affirmative spin on the BATHE technique -- Handling special situations, staff, and assurance self-preservation -- Wrapping up : integrating treatments, modifying lifestyles, getting results -- Appendix A: Twelve good questions and three good answers for all seasons -- Appendix B: Recommended books and other resources for patients.…”
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The Insistence of Art : Aesthetic Philosophy after Early Modernity /

Table of Contents: “…Literature, Prejudice, Historicity: The Philosophical Importance of Herder's Shakespeare Studies -- 5. Reaching Conclusions: Art and Philosophy in Hegel and Shakespeare -- 6. …”
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The Tree Trunk Can Be My Pillow : The Biography of an Outstanding Japanese Canadian / by Kagetsu, Tadashi Jack, 1931-2006

Table of Contents: “…The hard life of a first born -- Getting started in a new land -- Early logging ventures -- A large-scale logging operation -- Life in a logging camp -- An unwanted partnership -- Personal life -- Maintaining Japanese traditions -- Education is a top priority -- A man of faith in action -- The Canadian Japanese Association -- Other activities in the community -- Participation in memorable events -- The Vimy pilgrimage and Berlin Olympics -- A great honour is savoured -- Pearl Harbor and its aftermath -- Our lives are changed forever -- Meager compensation for liquidated assets -- Starting a new life in the East -- The elder statesman is still active -- Life's sunset.…”
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Mauritian Novel : Fictions of Belonging by Waters, Julia

Table of Contents: “…Everyday Belonging: Bertrand de Robillard's L'Homme qui penche and Une interminable distraction au monde; 5. …”
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A Writing Life : Revisiting the Past / by Weintraub, Stanley, 1929-2019

Table of Contents: “…Acquiring a name -- A kid's war I : beginnings, 1929-1941 -- A kid's war Ii : the real thing, 1941-1945 -- Kid to khaki, 1946-1951 -- Korea, 1951-1953 -- War in the wards, 1952-1953 -- Golden gates, 1953-1956 -- Beginning again, 1956-1965 -- Beardsley and beyond, 1966-1968 -- The Whistler decade, 1969-1977 -- Victoria and its successors -- Victorian sunset -- Pearl Harbor and after -- Victorian aftermath -- Farewell, Victoria! …”
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The archaeology of institutional life

Table of Contents: “…Bush -- Written on the walls: inmate graffiti within places of confinement / Eleanor Conlin Casella -- John Canolly's "ideal" asylum and provisions for the insane in nineteenth century South Australia and Tasmania / Susan Piddock -- The future of the archaeology of institutions / Lu Ann De Cunzo.…”
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What's law got to do with it? what judges do, why they do it, and what's at stake /

Table of Contents: “…Mitchell Pickerill -- Looking for law in all the wrong places : some suggestions for modeling legal decisionmaking / Barry Friedman and Andrew D. …”
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Political economies of the Aegean Bronze Age papers from the Langford Conference, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 22-24 February 2007 /

Table of Contents: “…Parkinson -- Spirit of place: Minoan houses as major actors / Jan Driessen -- Making elites: political economy and elite culture(s) in middle Minoan Crete / Ilse Schoep -- From the kinship economy to the palatial economy: the Argolid in the second millennium BC / Sofia Voutsaki -- Political economies in ritual: a comparative study of the rise of the state in pre- and protopalatial Knossos and Phaistos / Joanne M.A. …”
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New public spheres : recontextualizing the intellectual /

Table of Contents: “…: the curious case of politics.be / Peter Thijssen -- The creation of new public places : a critique of Bruno Latour and Peter Weibel / Frank Maet -- Women and the public sphere -- Immigrant intellectual : the case of Ayaan Hirsi Ali / Odile Heynders -- Building solidarity through relationships : the politics of feminism as an intellectual project in Turkey / Nazan Haydari -- Subcultures in the public sphere -- Public intellectuals and micro-public spheres : a British illustration / Richard McCallum -- Public intellectuals and public spheres : who is left to speak to the public? …”
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The art of Kunst : selected poems, letters, and other writings / by Kunst, Thomas, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Select Bibliography -- Glossary of Names, Places, and Terms.…”
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Connecting museums /

Table of Contents: “…A social museum by design / Mike Benson and Kathy Cremin -- Notes from the frontline : partnerships in museums / Bernadette Lynch -- The social role of museums : from social inclusion to health and wellbeing / Nuala Morse -- Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales and the journey towards cultural democracy / Janice Lane and Nia Williams -- Breaking out of the museum core : conservation as participatory ontology and systemic action inquiry / Helen Graham -- Thinking through museums and health in Glasgow / Mark O'Neill, Pete Seaman and Duncan Dornan -- Partnership for health : the role of cultural and national assets in public health / Helen Chatterjee -- Transforming health, museums and the civic imagination / Esme Ward -- "Who me?" …”
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Evidence-based strategies for leading 21st century schools / by Schrum, Lynne, Levin, Barbara B

Table of Contents: “…: how curriculum and instructional practices change -- Setting the stage : the importance of attending to school culture -- Ideas about funding 21st century technology initiatives : tools, options, and resources -- Reaching out to parents, families, and the community : creating partnerships is a win-win proposition.…”

Technological change and the United States Navy, 1865-1945 by McBride, William M.

Table of Contents: “…The postbellum naval profession : from discord to amalgamation -- Competing for control : line officers, engineers, and the technological exemplar of the battleship paradigm -- Refining the technological ideal : the Simsian uproar, engineer bashing, and the all-big-gun battleship -- Technological trajectory : geostrategic design criteria, turboelectric propulsion, and naval-industrial relations -- Anomalous technologies of the great war : airplanes, submarines, and the professional status quo -- Controlling aviation after the World War : the 1924 special board and the technological ceiling for aviation -- Disarmament, depression, and politics : technological momentum and the unstable dynamics of the HooverRoosevelt years -- War and a shifting technological paradigm : fast task forces and "three-plane" warfare -- Castles of steel : technological change and the modern navy.…”
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How to create and manage a mutual fund or exchange-traded fund a professional's guide / by Gerber, Melinda

Table of Contents: “…Create and manage a mutual fund -- Why the world needs another mutual fund -- Money, product differentiation, and distribution -- Price and customer service -- Spreading the word with promotion and publicity -- Building your mutual fund team -- The steps to start a mutual fund -- Create and manage an exchange-traded fund -- ETFs : the mutual fund's next evolution -- Building your exchange-traded fund team -- The steps to start an exchange-traded fund --- Appendix A: what to expect in your first year -- Appendix B: selling your business -- Appendix C: useful web sites, phone numbers, and additional readings -- Appendix D: list of service provider questions -- Afterword -- Notes -- Index.…”
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Optical coherence tomography principles and applications / by Brezinski, Mark E.

Table of Contents: “…The basics (math, waves, etc.) for the nonphysical scientist -- Light and electromagnetic waves -- Light in matter -- Interference, coherence, diffraction, and transfer functions -- Optical coherence tomography theory -- Optoelectronics and optical components -- Noise and system performance with TD-OCT and SD-OCT -- Polarization and polarization sensitive OCT -- Adjuvant techniques: absorption spectroscopy, contrast probes, phase contrast, elastography, and entangled photons -- Doppler optical coherence tomography -- Digital image processing techniques for speckle reduction, enhancement, and segmentation of optical coherence tomography (OCT) images -- Application of OCT to clinical imaging: introduction -- Other technologies -- Introduction to clinical research design and analysis -- OCT in cardiovascular medicine -- OCT in musculoskeletal disease -- OCT in oncology.…”
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