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Poverty and the policy response to the economic crisis in Liberia

Table of Contents: “…Poverty and the response to the economic crisis in Liberia : brief overview -- Poverty and human development diagnostic -- Poverty in Liberia : level, profile and determinants -- Education in Liberia : basic diagnostic using the 2007 CWIQ survey -- Health in Liberia : basic diagnostic using the 2007 CWIQ survey -- Impact of higher food prices and fiscal measures taken to respond to the crisis -- Rice prices and poverty in Liberia -- Benefit incidence of fiscal measures to deal with the impact on households of the economic crisis in Liberia : comparing import and income taxes -- Evaluation of the cash for work temporary employment program -- Ex ante assessment of the potential impact of labor intensive public works in Liberia -- Liberia's cash for work temporary employment project : responding to crisis in low income, fragile countries -- Impact of labor intensive public works in Liberia : results from a light evaluation survey -- List of tables, figures, and boxes.…”
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Power electronic converters PWM strategies and current control techniques /

Table of Contents: “…Carrier based pulse width modulation for two-level three-phase voltage inverters -- Space vector modulation strategies -- Overmodulation of three-phase voltage inverters -- Computed and optimized pulse width modulation strategies -- Delta-sigma modulation -- Stochastic modulation strategies -- Electromagnetic compatibility of variable speed drives : impact of PWM control strategies -- Multiphase voltage source inverters -- PWM strategies for multilevel converters -- PI current control of a synchronous motor -- Predictive current control for a synchronous motor -- Sliding mode current control for a synchronous motor -- Hybrid current controller with large bandwidth and fixed switching frequency -- Current control using self-oscillating current controllers -- Current and voltage control strategies using resonant correctors: examples of fixed-frequency applications -- Current control strategies for multi-cell converters.…”
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Presynaptic plasticity

Table of Contents: “…-- Use of quantal analysis to show that plasticity arises presynaptically -- Synaptic depression and the "Depletion Model" -- Relationship of depletion model parameters to binomial statistical parameters -- Refinements to the depletion hypothesis -- Origin of slow phases of depression -- Role of multiple vesicle pools -- Role of vesicle endocytosis -- Role for calcium in recovery -- Why depression is sometimes absent -- Other forms of depression -- Phases of synaptic enhancement: facilitation, augmentation, and potentiation -- Presynaptic electrical events in synaptic enhancement -- Calcium and the nonlinear summation single site hypothesis -- Kinetic components of calcium removal -- Multiple sites of calcium action -- Problems with identifying molecular mediators -- Candidate molecular mediators -- A comprehensive model of presynaptic plasticity -- Other forms of synaptic enhancement -- Computational roles of short-term synaptic plasticity -- Physiological roles of short-term synaptic plasticity.…”
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Bevacizumab the first FDA-approved angiogenesis inhibitor in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Lung cancer incidence -- Survival by treatment group -- Selected trials of novel agents + chemotherapy -- Bevacizumab -- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) -- Principles of angiogenesis -- Bevacizumab in NSCLC: not for everybody -- Randomized phase II trial of Paclitaxel/Carboplatin with/without Bevacizumab in NSCLC -- Hemorrhagic events -- Example of tumor cavitation in lung following treatment with chemotherapy and Bevacizumab -- Patient haracteristics -- Response rates -- Hematologic and non-hematologic toxicity -- Treatment related deaths -- Efficacy by gender and age -- NCCN pactice guidelines in oncology-v.2.2008 -- AVAiL: phase III trial of Bevacizumab + Gemcitabine and Cisplatin in advanced non|squamous cell NSCLC -- Second line therapy for advanced NSCLC: the role of Bevacizumab -- Adjuvant therapy in NSCLC -- Can a broader range of patients be safely treated with Bevacizumab? …”
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Case studies for advances in paleoimaging and other non-clinical applications /

Table of Contents: “…Case study 1: Large objects / Gerald Conlogue -- Case study 2: Zoological specimens / Gerald Conlogue, John Posh -- Case study 3: Skeletal remains / Gerald Conlogue, Andrew Nelson, Mark Viner, Alan Lurie, Alicia Giaimo -- Case study 4: Mummified remains / Gerald Conlogue, Ronald Beckett, John Posh, Mark Viner, Alan Lurie -- Case study 5: Manufactured or created objects: plane radiography / Gerald Conlogue, Robert Lombardo -- Case study 6: Teeth: plane radiography (Film); clinical CT; microCT / Andrew J. …”
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Crisis system : a critical realist and environmental critique of economics and the economy /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Petter Nµss and Leigh Price -- 2. Ideology and economics / Tony Lawson -- 3. …”
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Presynaptic plasticity

Table of Contents: “…-- Use of quantal analysis to show that plasticity arises presynaptically -- Synaptic depression and the "Depletion Model" -- Relationship of depletion model parameters to binomial statistical parameters -- Refinements to the depletion hypothesis -- Origin of slow phases of depression -- Role of multiple vesicle pools -- Role of vesicle endocytosis -- Role for calcium in recovery -- Why depression is sometimes absent -- Other forms of depression -- Phases of synaptic enhancement: facilitation, augmentation, and potentiation -- Presynaptic electrical events in synaptic enhancement -- Calcium and the nonlinear summation single site hypothesis -- Kinetic components of calcium removal -- Multiple sites of calcium action -- Problems with identifying molecular mediators -- Candidate molecular mediators -- A comprehensive model of presynaptic plasticity -- Other forms of synaptic enhancement -- Computational roles of short-term synaptic plasticity -- Physiological roles of short-term synaptic plasticity.…”
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Bevacizumab the first FDA-approved angiogenesis inhibitor in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Lung cancer incidence -- Survival by treatment group -- Selected trials of novel agents + chemotherapy -- Bevacizumab -- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) -- Principles of angiogenesis -- Bevacizumab in NSCLC: not for everybody -- Randomized phase II trial of Paclitaxel/Carboplatin with/without Bevacizumab in NSCLC -- Hemorrhagic events -- Example of tumor cavitation in lung following treatment with chemotherapy and Bevacizumab -- Patient haracteristics -- Response rates -- Hematologic and non-hematologic toxicity -- Treatment related deaths -- Efficacy by gender and age -- NCCN pactice guidelines in oncology-v.2.2008 -- AVAiL: phase III trial of Bevacizumab + Gemcitabine and Cisplatin in advanced non|squamous cell NSCLC -- Second line therapy for advanced NSCLC: the role of Bevacizumab -- Adjuvant therapy in NSCLC -- Can a broader range of patients be safely treated with Bevacizumab? …”
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Inside the digital revolution policing and changing communication with the public / by Wessels, Bridgette

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The context of changing communication with the public using digital technologies -- The problem of defining "project digital": making sense of digital technologies in police service environments -- The cultural dynamics of technological change -- Putting the researcher in the field: the performances and positions of the ethnographer in innovative networks of communication -- The cultural history of Programme digital and project ATTACH in the MPS -- Phase one of the relations of production: "kicking-off and the early days" -- Phase two of the relations of production: "moving on and developing e-services" -- The construction of a digital services narrative at European, national and regional levels -- Narratives of service provision in the metropolitan police service: embedding telematics within service narratives -- Participation between service providers and residents: local people's perceptions of services in the East End of London -- Police work and everyday life -- Conclusion -- Appendix: The research methods and objectives of Newham focus groups.…”
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Improving the quality of cancer clinical trials workshop summary /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- New clinical trial designs. Phase 0 trials -- Adaptive trial designs -- Targeting multiple pathways with multiple drugs -- Preclinical model systems -- Molecular imaging. …”
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Bevacizumab the first FDA-approved angiogenesis inhibitor in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Lung cancer incidence -- Survival by treatment group -- Selected trials of novel agents + chemotherapy -- Bevacizumab -- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) -- Principles of angiogenesis -- Bevacizumab in NSCLC: not for everybody -- Randomized phase II trial of Paclitaxel/Carboplatin with/without Bevacizumab in NSCLC -- Hemorrhagic events -- Example of tumor cavitation in lung following treatment with chemotherapy and Bevacizumab -- Patient haracteristics -- Response rates -- Hematologic and non-hematologic toxicity -- Treatment related deaths -- Efficacy by gender and age -- NCCN pactice guidelines in oncology-v.2.2008 -- AVAiL: phase III trial of Bevacizumab + Gemcitabine and Cisplatin in advanced non|squamous cell NSCLC -- Second line therapy for advanced NSCLC: the role of Bevacizumab -- Adjuvant therapy in NSCLC -- Can a broader range of patients be safely treated with Bevacizumab? …”
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Presynaptic plasticity

Table of Contents: “…-- Use of quantal analysis to show that plasticity arises presynaptically -- Synaptic depression and the "Depletion Model" -- Relationship of depletion model parameters to binomial statistical parameters -- Refinements to the depletion hypothesis -- Origin of slow phases of depression -- Role of multiple vesicle pools -- Role of vesicle endocytosis -- Role for calcium in recovery -- Why depression is sometimes absent -- Other forms of depression -- Phases of synaptic enhancement: facilitation, augmentation, and potentiation -- Presynaptic electrical events in synaptic enhancement -- Calcium and the nonlinear summation single site hypothesis -- Kinetic components of calcium removal -- Multiple sites of calcium action -- Problems with identifying molecular mediators -- Candidate molecular mediators -- A comprehensive model of presynaptic plasticity -- Other forms of synaptic enhancement -- Computational roles of short-term synaptic plasticity -- Physiological roles of short-term synaptic plasticity.…”
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Christians in the movies a century of saints and sinners / by Dans, Peter E.

Table of Contents: “…Portraying Christians in film -- Piety and passion : the silent era -- He ain't heavy, he's my brother : the 1930s -- "There are no atheists in foxholes" : the 1940s -- The age of the epic : the 1950s -- The times, they are a'changin' : the 1960s -- The flower children's hour : the 1970s -- Heaven help us : the 1980s -- Dogma : the 1990s -- Amazing grace : 2000 to the present.…”
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Imputation in genome-wide association analysis

Table of Contents: “…Contents: The general problem of imputation -- Testing imputed SNPs for association -- Examples of imputation in the WTCCC -- Properties of imputation (LD, populations, chips, allele frequency) -- Using imputed data for meta-analysis -- The Strand Issue and Imputation QC metrics -- The 1000 Genomes Project -- Pre-phasing and haplotype estimation -- The Haplotype Reference Consortium.…”
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The principle of translation

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Composition of the ribosome -- Principle of translation -- The four phases of translation -- Structure and function of small and large ribosomal subunits -- Role of elongation factors -- The paths of messenger RNA, transfer RNA and the nascent polypeptide -- Elongation cycle and binding positions of elongation factors -- Decoding, peptidyl transfer and translocation -- Phylogenetic conservation of ribosomal architecture.…”
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Computational biology : a statistical mechanics perspective / by Blossey, Ralf

Table of Contents: “…Part 1: Equilibrium statistical mechanics -- Equilbrim statistical mechanics -- Biomolecular structure: DNA, RNA, proteins -- Phase transitions in RNA -- Soft matter electrostatics -- Part 2: Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics -- Back to P: probabilities over time -- Fluctuation theorems -- Dynamics of biological networks -- Biological networks: space.…”
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The UN and counter-terrorism : global hegemonies, power and identities / by Martini, Alice, 1987-

Table of Contents: “…A genealogy -- The emergence of the dispositif of international terrorism -- The consolidation of the dispositif: writing the Self and the Other -- Broadening the dispositif to radicalisation and extremism -- Where consensus was not reached -- Conclusion. The long evolution of global counter-terrorism.…”
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Imputation in genome-wide association analysis

Table of Contents: “…Contents: The general problem of imputation -- Testing imputed SNPs for association -- Examples of imputation in the WTCCC -- Properties of imputation (LD, populations, chips, allele frequency) -- Using imputed data for meta-analysis -- The Strand Issue and Imputation QC metrics -- The 1000 Genomes Project -- Pre-phasing and haplotype estimation -- The Haplotype Reference Consortium.…”
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The principle of translation

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Composition of the ribosome -- Principle of translation -- The four phases of translation -- Structure and function of small and large ribosomal subunits -- Role of elongation factors -- The paths of messenger RNA, transfer RNA and the nascent polypeptide -- Elongation cycle and binding positions of elongation factors -- Decoding, peptidyl transfer and translocation -- Phylogenetic conservation of ribosomal architecture.…”
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961 : Soviet-American Relations and the Struggle for Power in the Kremlin, June-November, 1961 / by Slusser, Robert M.

Table of Contents: “…The opening phase: the Soviets stake their claim -- Framing a western position -- The Soviets increase the pressure -- The western riposte, June 29-July 25 -- The Soviets decide on the minimum objective -- The west looks for an opening -- Climax: the Soviets act -- The collective leadership reviews the situation -- Second climax: the twenty-second party congress.…”
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