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Perioperative care in cardiac anesthesia and surgery /

Table of Contents: “…David -- Surgery for end-stage heart disease and heart transplantation / Viv Rao and Christopher M.S. …”
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Performing the Iranian state : visual culture and representations of Iranian identity /

Table of Contents: “…INTRODUCTION: SETTING THE STAGE / Staci Gem Scheiwiller -- THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOURCE FOR A QAJAR PAINTING / Donna Stein -- CARTOGRAPHIC DESIRES: SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE SHAHR-E FARANG (PEEPSHOW) AND MODERN IRAN / Staci Gem Scheiwill -- TAKKIYEH DOWLAT: THE QAJAR THEATER STATE / Babak Rahimi -- FOR THE LOVE OF HER PEOPLE: AN INTERVIEW WITH FARAH DIBA ABOUT THE PAHLAVI PROGRAMS FOR THE ARTS IN IRAN / Donna Stein -- SHAPING AND PORTRAYING IDENTITY AT THE TEHRAN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART (1977-2005) / Alisa Eimen -- SEISMIC SHIFTS ACROSS POLITICAL ZONES IN CONTEMPORARY IRANIAN ART: THE POETICS OF KNOWLEDGE, KNOWING AND IDENTITY / Abbas Daneshvari -- PERFORMATIVITY AND RITUAL SPACE IN POSTREVOLUTIONARY TEHRAN / David Simonowitz -- RECLAIMING CULTURAL SPACE: THE ARTIST'S PERFORMATIVITY VERSUS THE STATE'S EXPECTATIONS IN CONTEMPORARY IRAN / Hamid Keshmirshekan -- FEMALE TROUBLE: MELANCHOLIA AND ALLEGORY IN CONTEMPORARY IRANIAN ART / Andrea D. …”
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People's livelihood in contemporary China : changes, challenges and prospects /

Table of Contents: “…List of tables -- List of figures -- Introduction: the changing Chinese society / Li Peilin -- Social construction : theory and practices -- The people's livelihood in China / Li Peilin and Li Wei -- China in the mass consumption stage / Tian Feng -- Urban and rural residents' social security / Zhang Liping -- Evolution process and the trend of income differential / Chen Guangjin -- Children of the reform and opening up / Tian Feng -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.…”
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Performing democracy in Iraq and South Africa : gender, media, and resistance / by Segall, Kimberly Wedeven

Table of Contents: “…Radio songs, Kurdish stories, videos: politics of healing after ethnic cleansing -- Televised war, poetry, and Shiite women: a case study of generation gaps -- Sectarian media, 9 women, and the stage : transregional identities -- Baghdad blogs and gender sites : an Iraqi spring for youth culture? …”
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Lung cancer : principles and practice /

Table of Contents: “…Etiology and epidemiology -- Lung cancer biology -- Screening/early detection/prevention -- Pathology and molecular classification -- Clinical presentation, diagnosis, staging, and prognosis -- Surgery -- Radiation therapy -- Chemotherapy -- Multimodallity therapy of NSCLC -- Treatment of small cell lung cancer -- Novel therapeutic strategies -- Palliation and special considerations -- Other thoracic tumors.…”
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AIChE equipment testing procedure. a guide to performance evaluation /

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: 100.0 PURPOSE & SCOPE 1 101.0 Purpose 1 102.0 Scope 1 200.0 DEFINITION AND DESCRIPTION OF TERMS 2 201.0 Flow Quantities 2 202.0 Key Components 3 203.0 Mass Transfer Efficiency 4 203.1 Theoretical Trays or Plates or Stages 4 203.2 Overall Column Efficiency 4 203.3 Apparent Murphree Tray Efficiency 4 203.4 Ideal Murphree Tray Efficiency 4 203.5 Murphree Point Efficiency 4 203.6 HETP 4 203.7 HTU 4 203.8 NTU 4 204.0 Operating Lines 5 205.0 Pinch 5 206.0 Maximum Throughput 5 206.1 Maximum Hydraulic Throughput 5 206.2 Maximum Operational Capacity 5 206.3 Maximum Efficient Capacity 5 207.0 Minimum Operating Rate 5 208.0 Operating Section 5 209.0 Hardware 6 209.1 Components of a Trayed Column 6 209.2 Components of a Packed Column 7 300.0 TEST PLANNING 9 301.0 Preliminary Preparation 9 301.1 Safety 10 301.2 Environmental Considerations 10 301.3 Test Objectives 10 301.4 Organizational Resources 10 301.5 Schedule 10 301.6 Review of Historic Operating Data 10 302.0 Column Control and Instrumentation 11 303.0 Peripheral Equipment 11 304.0 Pre-test Calculations 11 304.1 Process Simulation 11 304.2 Dry Run 11 305.0 Types of Tests 12 305.1 Performance Tests 12 305.2 Acceptance Tests 12 306.0 Specific Areas of Interest 12 306.1 Packing Efficiencies 12 306.2 Tray Efficiencies 12 306.3 Overall Column Efficiency 13 306.4 Capacity Limitations 13 307.0 Energy Consumption 14 308.0 Pressure Drop Restrictions 15 309.0 Data Collection Requirements 15 309.1 Process Operating Data 15 309.2 Gamma Scan Data 15 310.0 Conditions of External Streams 18 310.1 Overall and Component Material Balances 18 310.2 Overall Enthalpy Balances 18 311.0 Internal Temperatures 18 311.1 Heat Balances 18 311.2 Internal Profiles 18 312.0 Internal Samples 20 312.1 Internal Samples for Efficiency Checks 20 312.2 Internal Samples for Overall Performance 20 313.0 Pressure Profiles 20 314.0 Data Requirements-Physical Properties 20 314.1 Test Mixtures 20 314.2 Essential Data 21 315.0 Auxiliary Data 21 316.0 Test Procedure Documentation 21 400.0 METHODS OF MEASUREMENT AND SAMPLING 22 401.0 System Controls and Operating Stability 22 402.0 Measurement of Temperatures 22 402.1 Accuracy 22 402.2 Errors 22 403.0 Measurement of Flow Rates 24 403.1 Orifice Meters 24 403.2 Rotameters 25 403.3 Vortex Flow Meters 25 403.4 Coriolis Flow Meters 25 403.5 Magnetic Flow Meters 25 403.6 Pitot Tube (or Annubar) 25 403.7 Direct Volume or Weight Measurement 26 404.0 Measurement of Column Pressure Drop 26 404.1 Instrument 26 404.2 Pressure Taps 26 404.3 Seal Pots 33 404.4 Leakage Check 33 404.5 Accuracy 33 405.0 Sampling Procedure 34 405.1 General 34 405.2 Selection of Sampling Points 34 405.3 Sample Connections 35 405.4 Containers 35 405.5 Sampling of High Boiling Materials 36 405.6 Sampling of Intermediate Boiling Materials 37 405.7 Sampling of Materials Having Boiling Points Below -50°F (-46°C) 40 405.8 Leakage Check 41 405.9 Labeling and Handling the Samples 41 500.0 TEST PROCEDURE 43 501.0 Preliminary 43 502.0 Test Procedure for Maximum Hydraulic Throughput 43 502.1 Flood Symptoms 44 502.2 Performing Capacity Tests 45 502.3 Optional Test Technique - Gamma Scanning 48 503.0 Considerations Affecting Efficiency Test Procedure 48 503.1 Rigorous Versus Shortcut Efficiency Tests 48 503.2 Strategy of Efficiency Testing 49 503.3 Early Preparation for Efficiency Tests 50 503.4 Last-minute Preparations for Efficiency Tests 53 503.5 Establishment of Steady State Conditions 55 503.6 The Test Day 56 503.7 Concluding Test 56 600.0 COMPUTATION OF RESULTS 601.0 Verification of Test Data and Simulation Models 58 602.0 Material Balance 59 602.1 End Effects 59 603.0 Enthalpy Balance 59 603.1 Overall Balance 59 603.2 Internal Flow Rates 60 604.0 Hydraulic Performance 60 604.1 Trayed Column 60 604.2 Packed Column 61 605.0 Efficiency Performance 61 605.1 Trayed Column 62 605.2 Packed Column 69 700.0 INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS 76 701.0 Sources of Experimental Error 76 701.1 Material and Enthalpy Balances 77 702.0 Effects of Experimental Error 78 703.0 Design versus Performance 78 703.1 Mechanical/Tower Equipment 78 703.2 Process Conditions 78 704.0 Hydraulic Performance 79 704.1 Mechanical/Tower Equipment 79 704.2 Tray 79 704.3 Packing 80 704.4 Process Conditions 80 705.0 Mass Transfer Performance 81 705.1 Mechanical/Tower Equipment 81 705.2 Tray 81 705.3 Packing 82 705.4 Maldistribution 82 705.5 Process 84 706.0 Test Troubleshooting 85 706.1 Analysis Procedure 85 706.2 Sampling 85 706.3 Equilibrium Data 85 706.4 Temperature Measurements 85 706.5 Heat and Material Balances 86 706.6 Fluctuation of Process Conditions 86 706.7 Pressure Drop Measurements 86 706.8 Incorrect Prediction of Pressure Drop 86 706.9 Errors in Assumptions in Modeling Mass Transfer 86 706.10 Multicomponent Systems Deviate from Binary Data 87 706.11 High Purity Separation 87 706.12 Test and Design Conditions 87 800.0 APPENDIX 88 801.0 Notation 88 801.1 Greek Symbols 90 802.0 Sample Calculations 90 802.1 General Analysis of Test Data 90 802.2 Packed Column 91 802.3 Trayed Column 107 803.0 References 126.…”
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Managing risk and performance : a guide for government leaders /

Table of Contents: “…Concluding Observations References Chapter 5 Creating and Keeping Your Options Open - It's Fundamental (Brian Barnier) The Real World is Rarely Simple and Stable Systems Set the Stage Managing More Easily - Options in Time Examples of Options in Time in Practice Conclusion Key Points References Part Two: Moving Towards ERM Chapter 6 Introduction to Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) for Government Managers (Douglas W. …”
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Design of CMOS operational amplifiers / by Dehghani, Rasoul

Table of Contents: “…CMOS fully differential op amps -- Chapter 6. CMOS output stages -- Chapter 7. CMOS reference generators.…”
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Do the Balkans begin in Vienna? : the geopolitical and imaginary borders between the Balkans and Europe / by Foteva, Ana

Table of Contents: “…The Balkans between imagination and geopolitics -- Traditions constituting european identity -- Geographical, geopolitical, and cultural borders of the Balkans -- Colonial/imperial legacies and postcolonial struggles -- Setting the stage for the current project -- 1. Travelogues of war and travelogues of peace -- Black lamb and grey falcon : the south Slavs and the "imperial" West -- Balkan ghosts : the Balkans as a wormhole of space-time -- Milo Dor's larger homeland : a paradigm for an inclusive Europe -- Once again for Thucydides : narrative islands of peace amidst of war -- 2. …”
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Mediating culture in the seventeenth-century German novel : Eberhard Werner Happel, 1647-1690 / by Scholz Williams, Gerhild, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…List of Abbreviations -- Setting the Stage -- "The Court of Public Opinion" : Fictionalizing Encounters with Historical Heroes (Imre Thököly and Friedrich von Schomberg) -- Dangerous Passage : Pirates, Robbers, Captives, and Slaves -- Losing Direction : Romance and Gender Confusions.…”
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Common or divided security? : German and Norwegian perspectives on Euro-Atlantic security /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Robin Allers, Carlo Masala and Rolf Tamnes -- [I] Historical perspectives -- Germany's return to the global stage : continuity and change in German security policy / Helga Haftendorn -- Norwegian foreign and security policy : from the Arctic frontier to the Afghan battlefield / Rolf Tamnes -- [II] Threats and challenges in the 21st century -- Closing Pandora's box : Germany, nuclear weapons, and another new START / Michael Paul -- Cyber : buzzword or game changer? …”
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Fashionable queens : body, power, gender /

Table of Contents: “…Cunningham -- "Hiding in plain sight" : fashion and mimicry in Cindy Sherman's (non-self-) portraits / Hanne Loreck -- Fashion queen barbie / Gertrud Lehnert -- Helms krystle and Alexis : the princess and the queen bitch in dynasty / Laura Mclaws -- Like a queen : Madonna & the stage as court / Adam Louis Troldahl -- Notes on contributors.…”
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Lars von Trier / by Badley, Linda

Table of Contents: “…Making the waves : cinema as performance -- Prescient affects : student films -- Hypnotic virtuosity : the Europe trilogy -- Subverting the kingdom : television -- Performative politics : Dogme95 and The idiots -- Performing the feminine : Breaking the waves and Dancer in the dark -- (Up)staging the American dream : the USA trilogy (minus one) -- Comedy, automavision, and The boss of it all -- Theatre of cruelty : Antichrist (an epilogue) -- Interviews with Lars von Trier.…”
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The 1933 Chicago World's Fair : century of progress / by Ganz, Cheryl

Table of Contents: “…Sally Rand and the midway -- Chicago boosters set the stage -- A new vision for a world's fair -- The vision on display -- Women's spaces at the fair -- African Americans and the Du Sable legacy -- Ethnic identity and nationalistic representations of progress -- Aviation as a nationalism, and progress.…”
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Pathways to peace : the transformative power of children and families /

Table of Contents: “…Bakermans-Kranenburg -- How do events and relationships in childhood set the stage for peace at -- Personal and social levels? …”
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Spiritual currency in northeast Brazil / by King, Lindsey, 1953-

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Teaching machines : learning from the intersection of education and technology / by Ferster, Bill, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The sage on the stage -- Step by step -- Byte by byte -- From the cloud -- Making sense of teaching machines.…”
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Applying theory to generalist social work practice : a case study approach / by Langer, Carol L., Lietz, Cynthia A.

Table of Contents: “…Cimino, MSW, PhD Introduction Historical Foundation and Overview of Critical Theory Basic Principles of Critical Theory Foundation and Historical Overview of Feminist Theory Basic Principles of Feminist Theory Similarities and Differences Key Concepts Principles of Feminist/Critical Theory within Social Work Practice Case Example Stories from the Field Student Application of Skills Criticisms of Feminist and Critical Theory Approaches Conclusion Resources for Students References Chapter Thirteen: Transtheoretical Model Introduction Historical Foundation and Overview The Stages of Change Key Concepts Basic Principles Motivational Interviewing Application Case Example Stories from the Field Student Application of Skills Strengths and Limitations of TTM and Motivational Interviewing Conclusion Resources for Students References CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Theory and Practice: Pulling it all Together.…”
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Glass : selected properties and crystallization /

Table of Contents: “…Influence of thermal prehistory on crystal nucleation and growth in polymers / Christoph Schick, Evgeny Zhuravlev, René Androsch, Andreas Wurm, and Jürn W.P. Schmelzer -- Early stages of crystal formation in glass-forming metallic alloys / Gerhard Wilde -- Crystalline and amorphous modifications of silica / Ivan Gutzow, Radost Pascova, Nikolai Jordanov, Stoyan Gutzov, Ivan Penkov, Irena Markovska, Jürn W.P. …”
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The postulates of restorative justice and the continental model of criminal law as illustrated by Polish criminal law /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Leszek Wilk and Piotr Zawiejski -- The concept of restorative justice / Piotr Zawiejski -- Damage and its redress in criminal and civil law : the doctrinal and case-law position to date / Teresa Dukiet-Nagórska -- An attempt to assess the manner in which damage and its redress can be understood from the point of view of fundamental principles of criminal law / Dominika Bek -- The mediation settlement as a directive of the level of sanction / Olga Sitarz -- Active repentance at the stage of preparation for or attempt at an offence and restorative justice / Olga Sitarz, Leszek Wilk -- Post-perpetration active repentance and restorative justice / Anna Jaworska-Wieloch -- Selected aspects of enforcement of judicial decisions awarding redress of a damage / Leszek Wilk -- The concept of restorative justice in fiscal penal law / Jakub Hanc -- The idea of restorative justice: an attempt at a comparative analysis -- Final conclusions.…”
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