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Reality in the Name of God, or, Divine Insistence: An Essay on Creation, Infinity, and the Ontological Implications of Kabbalah / by Horwitz, Noah

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The Cultural Life of James Bond : Specters of 007 /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : specters of 007 / Jaap Verheul -- The forgotten Bond : the CBS production of Casino Royale (1954) / James Chapman -- A socialist 007 : East European spy dramas in the early James Bond era / Mikołaj Kunicki -- From Indianization to globalization : tracking Bond in Bollywood / Ajay Gehlawat -- The dead are alive : the exotic non-place of the Bondian runaway production / Melis Behlil, Ignacio M. …”
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Issues in Feminist Film Criticism /

Table of Contents: “…Positive images: screening women's films / Linda Artel and Susan Wengraf -- There's more to a positive image than meets the eye / Diane Waldman -- The place of woman in the cinema of Raoul Walsh / Pam Cook and Claire Johnston -- Visual pleasure and narrative cinema / Laura Mulvey -- Film and the masquerade: theorizing the female spectator / Mary Ann Doane -- Hitchcock, feminism, and the patriarchal unconscious / Tania Modleski -- Women and representation: Can we enjoy alternative pleasure? …”
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Struggles for Political Change in the Arab World : Regimes, Oppositions, and External Actors after the Spring /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : struggles for political change in the Arab world : regimes, oppositions, and external actors after the Spring / Hesham Sallam, Lisa Blaydes, and Amr Hamzawy -- Authoritarian narratives and practices in Egypt / Amr Hamzawy -- The people vs. the palace : power and politics in Morocco since 2011 / Samia Errazzouki -- Kuwait's changing landscape : palace projects and the decline of rule by consensus / Farah Al-Nakib -- The decay of family rule in Saudi Arabia / Michael Herb -- Syria's repressive peace / Samer Abboud -- Mobilization without movement : opposition and youth activism in Jordan / Sean Yom -- Cycles of contention in Lebanon / Lina Khatib -- Algeria : anatomy of a revolutionary situation / Thomas Serres -- The nexus of patronage, petrol, and population in Iraq / David Siddhartha Patel -- Understanding the roots, dynamics, and potential of an "impossible" revolution : the prospects and challenges of democratization in Sudan / Khalid Mustafa Medani -- Tunisia : the challenges of party consolidation and the specter of authoritarian reversal / Lindsay J. …”
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Taiwan and China : Fitful Embrace /

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China into Africa trade, aid, and influence /

Table of Contents: “…/ Deborah Brautigam -- Chinese concessional loans / Paul Hubbard -- China's political outreach to Africa / Joshua Eisenman -- China's role in human rights abuses in Africa : clarifying issues of culpability / Stephen Brown and Chandra Lekha Sriram -- "Peaceful rise" and human rights : China's expanding relations with Nigeria / Ndubisi Obiorah, Darren Kew, and Yusuf Tanko -- China's renewed partnership with Africa : implications for the United States / Chin-Hao Huang.…”
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The United Nations and nuclear orders

Table of Contents: “…Technology proliferation, globalization, and the role of the United Nations / Brian Finlay and Rita Grossman-Vermaas -- Dealing with extra-NPT actors and non-state actors / Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu -- The international nuclear trade : harnessing peaceful use while preventing proliferation / Nicole C. …”
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Cornerstones of security arms control treaties in the nuclear era / by Graham, Thomas, 1933-

Table of Contents: “…The 1925 Geneva Protocol -- The Antarctic Treaty -- The "Hot line" agreements -- The Limited Test Ban Treaty -- The Outer Space Treaty -- Nuclear-weapon-free-zone treaties : background on nuclear-weapon-free zones Treaty of Tlatelolco -- The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty -- Special non-proliferation treaty safeguards agreements : the U.S. …”
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Engineering ethics an industrial perspective / by Baura, Gail D.

Table of Contents: “…A personal engineering ethics threshold -- Options for action when an engineering ethics threshold is reached -- 1978: Ford Pinto recall -- 1981: Kansas City Hyatt Regency skywalk collapse -- 1986: Challenger space shuttle explosion -- 1989: Exxon Valdez oil spill -- 1989: San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge earthquake collapse -- 1994: Bjork-Shiley heart valve defect -- 1999: Y2K software conversion -- 2002: Bell Laboratories scientific fraud -- 2002: Ford Explorer rollover -- 2003: Columbia space shuttle explosion -- 2003: Guidant Ancure Endograft System -- 2003: Northeast blackout -- 2004: Indian Ocean tsunami -- Anonymous industrial engineering ethics cases.…”
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Lutheran ecclesiastical culture, 1550-1675

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Robert Kolb -- The culture of conflict in the controversies leading to the formula of Concord (1548-1580) / Irene Dingel -- Academic life and teaching in post-Reformation Lutheranism / Kenneth G. …”
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Linear polyurethanes synthesis methods, chemical structures, properties and applications / by Król, Piotr

Table of Contents: “…Glass transition temperatures--analysis of phase structures by DSC, SAXS and AFM methods -- Intermolecular interactions free surface energy -- Thermal properties of linear polyurethanes -- Modern trends in property programming and in applications for linear polyurethanes.…”
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Coordination polymers and metal organic frameworks properties, types and applications /

Table of Contents: “…Hybrid vandates, towards metal-organic frameworks -- Structure and magnetic properties of mono - and polynuclear complexes containing rhenium(IV) -- The applications ofmetal organic frameworks in the fields of hydrogen storage and catalysis -- MOF-based mixed-matrix-membranes for industrial applications -- Cooridination polymers : opportunities in heterogeneous catalysis -- High pressure gas storage on porous solids : a comparative study of MOFs and activated carbons -- Metal-organic frameworks for CO 2 capture : what are learned from molecular simulations -- Halogen bonding in the assembly of high-dimensional supramolecular coordination polymers -- Subtractive approach for introducing functional groups onto metal-organic framework -- Performance of metal-organic framework MIL-101 in the liquid phase adsorption of heterocyclic nitrogen compounds.…”
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Electronic structure of materials : challenges and developments /

Table of Contents: “…Chezhina and Dmitry A. Korolev Phase Composition and Magnetic Characteristics of Solid Solutions and Complex Oxides Based on Scandium Molybdate Sc2-2xGd2xMo3O12 (0 < x < 1) Dmitry A. …”
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OPEC and the world's energy future : its legacy and promise / by Alsahlawi, Mohammed A., 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Pre-OPEC -- OPEC evolution -- OPEC finds its way -- Internal rivalry -- External conflicts -- Saudi Arabia vs the US -- Energy and technology -- Technology effects -- The economics of energy technology -- Energy technology mix and future energy -- The economics of renewable energy -- Economics of unconventional oil and gas technologies -- Economics of energy demand technologies -- Economics of energy efficiency technologies -- Changes and challenges -- Forces at work -- Challenges to OPEC -- OPEC's strategies -- OPEC future -- Energy future -- OPEC gloomy future -- A world without OPEC -- Qatar and natural gas -- Oil spill in the Gulf -- Kuwait oil fires -- Oil price crashes -- OPEC and Iran-Iraq war -- Coronavirus (COVID-19) -- What is the point of OPEC -- Energy future.…”
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Applying personality-informed treatment strategies to clinical practice : a theoretical and practical guide / by Nevins, Bradley G.

Table of Contents: “…The Importance of Personality -- The Science, Theory, and Therapeutic Principles of the Personality-Informed Treatment Perspective -- Personality : Processes and Functioning -- Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Relationship Processes -- Personality-Informed (PI) Therapy Personality Wheel -- Self-Regulation and Complex Change -- Personality Trait Regulation -- Personality Self State Regulation -- Treatment Guide for Personality-Informed Complex Assessment and Treatment -- Personality-Informed Phase-Oriented Treatment Planning Guide -- The Client-Therapist Relationship Process -- Personality Trait Regulation Guide : Format and Rationale -- Personality Trait Regulation Guide : Quadrant I -- Personality Trait Regulation Guide : Quadrant II -- Personality Trait Regulation Guide : Quadrant III -- Personality Trait Regulation Guide : Quadrant IV -- Conclusion and Future Directions.…”
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Left-right asymmetry in embryonic development how epigenetic, biophysical forces and gene activity interplay to determine a major embryonic axis /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Types of symmetry in animal bodyplans -- Left-right asymmetry definition -- Human laterality -- facts about normal human asymmetry -- Ways asymmetry can go wrong -- Clinical applications of left-right asymmetry -- Left-right pathway -- Asymmetric gene expression -- Loss-of-function pharmacological screen -- Ion transporters in left-right patterning -- Novel localization mechanisms -- Molecular loss-of-function experiments -- Gain-of-function experiments -- Expression and function of the ion flux system -- Serotonin: a neurotransmitter with many roles -- Serotonin and asymmetry -- Phases during left-right patterning -- The relationship between physiological signals and the ciliary model of LR asymmetry -- Is nodal flow required for consistent asymmetry? …”
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