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Applied linguistics and primary school teaching

Table of Contents: “…From storytellers to narrators: how can the history of reading help with understanding reading comprehension? …”
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Understanding ultrasonic level measurement by Milligan, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…Chapter one. History of ultrasonics -- Ultrasonics and level measurement -- Product development map -- Ultrasonic theory -- Sound -- Using sound -- Frequency and wavelength -- Measurement principle -- The medium and the message -- Sound intensity -- Sound velocity and temperature -- Sound velocity and gas -- Sound velocity and pressure -- Sound velocity and vacuum -- Sound velocity and attenuation -- Sound reflection -- Sound diffraction -- Sound pressure level (SPL) -- Sound intensity changes -- Summary --…”
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Political (Dis)Engagement : The Changing Nature of the 'Political' / by Manning, Nathan

Table of Contents: “…'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere' -- Introduction -- Spot the Black MP -- Political participation: patterns of disengagement -- The cost of disengagement -- Operation Black Vote: our future in is in our hands -- Stop 'whitewashing' history -- Conclusion -- 10. Political participation is self-interest ... but not in the way you might think -- Introduction -- Rethinking self and interest -- Mobilising participation through construing interest -- Conclusion -- 11.Conclusion: politics as open-ended process -- Index.…”
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The flying tiger women shamans and storytellers of the Amur / by Van Deusen, Kira, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: 1 Udegei Storytellers in Gvasyugi 3 -- EOFU SISILIEVICH KIMONKO -- Two girls and Kanda Mafa 9 -- VALENTINA TUNSYANOVNA KYALUNDZYUGA -- Kanda Mafa and the Bones 1 -- The Seagull 18 -- Crow and Otter 21 -- Biatu and Belye 24 -- The Ice Mountain 29 -- Yegdyga and the Seal 32 -- 2 More Stories from Gvasyugi 34 -- EVDOKIA BATOVNA KYALUNDZYUGA -- Sister and Brother 39 -- The Girl Who Married a Crow 49 -- Two Sisters 52 -- 3 Nivkh Storytelling in Nikolaevsk-na-Amure 58 -- MARIA SEMYONOVNA PIMGUN -- Nivkh Writing 62 -- KLAVDIA IVANOVNA TIDIP -- Knee Bump (Swan Girl) 63 -- 4 Nanai Storytelling in Dada and Jari 71 -- MARIA GRIGORIEVNA BELDI -- Frog and Mouse 74 -- The Terrible Frog 76 -- The Girl in the Ice 78 -- ANNA PETROVNA KHODZHER -- Endohochen 82 -- The Boy Who Went to a Forbidden Place 89 -- Duchieke 91 -- 5 Nanai Storytelling in Nergen and Naikhin 94 -- VIOLETTA KHODZHER -- Violetta's Legends 96 -- TOMTO VASILIEVNA BELDI -- The Mosquito Net 97 -- ANNA PETROVNA KHODZHER -- Frog, Mouse, and Moose loo -- Pole, Caviar, Bladder, Haystack, and Bigeyes 103 -- The Lazy Boy 104 -- The Puppy 105 -- NIKOLAI PETROVICH BELDI -- Tiger Story 1o ^ -- The Passar Shaman 111 -- MINGO CHUSANBOVNA GEIKER -- Applesauce 112 -- 6 Gvasyugi Storytelling 117 -- VALENTINA TUNSYANOVNA KYALUNDZYUGA -- Gounya 123 -- The Monkeys 126 -- Palam Padu - The Hunter's Bag 128 -- Six Brothers and the Squirrels 132 -- Toad Wife 136 -- Seven Girls 138 -- Belye and Naundyaka 140 -- Gamuli 144 -- 7 Ul'chi Storytelling in Bulava 148 -- NADEZHDA DUVAN -- Ul'chi Bear Ceremony 154 -- YMYNDA YCHA -- Two Sisters 155 -- CHANA MARFAN -- Memories of a Shaman 161 -- SOPHIA ANGA -- The Sheat-fish 166 -- How Anga Became a Shaman 170 -- The Tiger Husband 171 -- Anga's Grandfather and the Tiger 173 -- MADO SOPCHOVNA DECHULI -- Two Girls Who Married Tigers 174 -- NINA VASILIEVNA MUNINA -- The Boy and the Tiger 176 -- ANNA ALEXEEVNA (NYURA) KAVDA -- The Swan Girls 180 -- The Taimen Girl 182 -- 8 Nanai Storytelling in Nizhnye Khalby -- and Kondon 185 -- VALENTIN ILYCH GEIKER -- The Geiker Clans 187 -- LYUBOV FEODOROVNA SAMAR -- The Flea Drum 192 -- Lakicho 197 -- The Girl and the Skull 201 -- Bear and Fox 204 -- KSENIA IVANOVNA DIGOR (PURMA BOGDANOVNA) -- Girl-Bride and Frog-Bride 208 -- Two Old Women and Their Pants 212 -- MARIA BORISOVNA KILE -- The Crocodile 217 -- Appendices -- History of the Amur Peoples 227 -- Readings on Siberian Shamanism 237.…”
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Psychology of terrorism

Table of Contents: “…Shurkin -- What is terrorism?: key elements and history / Scott Gerwehr and Kirk Hubbard -- Psychological aspects of suicide terrorism / Ariel Merari -- The strategy of terrorism and the psychology of mass-mediated fear / James N. …”
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Advanced endovascular therapy of aortic disease

Table of Contents: “…Etiology and pathogenesis of aortic disease / Bo Risberg and Lars Lönn -- Clinical consideration of aortic disease : atherosclerosis, aneurysm, dissection, and traumatic injury / Lars Lönn and Bo Risberg -- Thoracic aortic aneurysms : classification, incidence, etiology, natural history, and results / Hazim J. Safi -- Angiographic aortic anatomy and variants / Louis G. …”
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Applied linguistics and primary school teaching

Table of Contents: “…From storytellers to narrators: how can the history of reading help with understanding reading comprehension? …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Understanding ultrasonic level measurement by Milligan, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…Chapter one. History of ultrasonics -- Ultrasonics and level measurement -- Product development map -- Ultrasonic theory -- Sound -- Using sound -- Frequency and wavelength -- Measurement principle -- The medium and the message -- Sound intensity -- Sound velocity and temperature -- Sound velocity and gas -- Sound velocity and pressure -- Sound velocity and vacuum -- Sound velocity and attenuation -- Sound reflection -- Sound diffraction -- Sound pressure level (SPL) -- Sound intensity changes -- Summary --…”
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Political (Dis)Engagement : The Changing Nature of the 'Political' / by Manning, Nathan

Table of Contents: “…'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere' -- Introduction -- Spot the Black MP -- Political participation: patterns of disengagement -- The cost of disengagement -- Operation Black Vote: our future in is in our hands -- Stop 'whitewashing' history -- Conclusion -- 10. Political participation is self-interest ... but not in the way you might think -- Introduction -- Rethinking self and interest -- Mobilising participation through construing interest -- Conclusion -- 11.Conclusion: politics as open-ended process -- Index.…”
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Roadway safety : identifying needs and implementing countermeasures / by Chandler, Brian E.

Table of Contents: “…Identifying safety needs -- 2.1 Understanding the needs -- 2.2 Data needs: it all starts with data -- 2.2.1 Crash history data -- 2.2.2 Roadway data -- 2.2.3 Exposure data -- 2.3 Identifying safety needs: locations --…”
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Roadway safety : identifying needs and implementing countermeasures / by Chandler, Brian E.

Table of Contents: “…Identifying safety needs -- 2.1 Understanding the needs -- 2.2 Data needs: it all starts with data -- 2.2.1 Crash history data -- 2.2.2 Roadway data -- 2.2.3 Exposure data -- 2.3 Identifying safety needs: locations --…”
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Hydrophilic interaction chromatography a guide for practitioners /

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Hydrophilic interaction chromatography a guide for practitioners /

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Feminisms redux an anthology of literary theory and criticism /

Table of Contents: “…Kauffman -- "Feminist and ethnic theories in Asian American literature" (1993) / Shirley Geok-Lin Lim -- "Four women's texts and a critique of imperialism" from A critique of postcolonial reason: toward a history of the vanishing present (1999) / Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak -- "Introduction" from En-gendering India: woman and nation in colonial and postcolonial narratives (2000) / Sangeeta Ray -- "The laugh of the Medusa" (1975) / Hélêne Cixous -- "Visual pleasure and narrative cinema" (1975) / Laura Mulvey -- "Mama's baby, papa's maybe : an American grammar book" (1987) / Hortense J. …”
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Cancer disparities causes and evidence-based solutions /

Table of Contents: “….] -- Psycho-educational intervention among underserved cervical cancer survivors / Kimlin Ashing-Giwa, Jung-won Lim, and Mayra Serrano -- Sexual minority women with a history of breast cancer: moving towards interventions / Ulrike Boehmer and Deborah Bowen -- Paths for the future : using what we've learned to eliminate cancer disparities / Bruce Rapkin.…”
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The road to information literacy librarians as facilitators of learning /

Table of Contents: “…Loertscher and Blanche Woolls -- Academic integration of information literacy at the Durban University of Technology in preparing for lifelong learners / Shirlene Neerputh -- Engineering students' information literacy instruction and blended learning course design : a case study / Antti Rousi, Virpi Palmgren, Kirsi Heino -- Student literacy for succeeding in a pervasive digital environment / Win Shih -- Information specialists as facilitators of learning on an online course on information skills training : case study, library course for history students in the Optima learning environment at the Pegasus Library / Tiina Sipola -- Wikipedia and wikis as forums of information literacy instruction in schools / Eero Sormunen, Heidi Eriksso, Tuuli Kurkipää -- From the cradle to the grave : empowering Zimbabwean librarians through continuous professional development in the information age / Collence Chisita.…”
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Pediatric cardiac anesthesia /

Table of Contents: “…History of pediatric cardiac anesthesia / Carol L. …”
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Feminisms redux an anthology of literary theory and criticism /

Table of Contents: “…Kauffman -- "Feminist and ethnic theories in Asian American literature" (1993) / Shirley Geok-Lin Lim -- "Four women's texts and a critique of imperialism" from A critique of postcolonial reason: toward a history of the vanishing present (1999) / Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak -- "Introduction" from En-gendering India: woman and nation in colonial and postcolonial narratives (2000) / Sangeeta Ray -- "The laugh of the Medusa" (1975) / Hélêne Cixous -- "Visual pleasure and narrative cinema" (1975) / Laura Mulvey -- "Mama's baby, papa's maybe : an American grammar book" (1987) / Hortense J. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Cancer disparities causes and evidence-based solutions /

Table of Contents: “….] -- Psycho-educational intervention among underserved cervical cancer survivors / Kimlin Ashing-Giwa, Jung-won Lim, and Mayra Serrano -- Sexual minority women with a history of breast cancer: moving towards interventions / Ulrike Boehmer and Deborah Bowen -- Paths for the future : using what we've learned to eliminate cancer disparities / Bruce Rapkin.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

The road to information literacy librarians as facilitators of learning /

Table of Contents: “…Loertscher and Blanche Woolls -- Academic integration of information literacy at the Durban University of Technology in preparing for lifelong learners / Shirlene Neerputh -- Engineering students' information literacy instruction and blended learning course design : a case study / Antti Rousi, Virpi Palmgren, Kirsi Heino -- Student literacy for succeeding in a pervasive digital environment / Win Shih -- Information specialists as facilitators of learning on an online course on information skills training : case study, library course for history students in the Optima learning environment at the Pegasus Library / Tiina Sipola -- Wikipedia and wikis as forums of information literacy instruction in schools / Eero Sormunen, Heidi Eriksso, Tuuli Kurkipää -- From the cradle to the grave : empowering Zimbabwean librarians through continuous professional development in the information age / Collence Chisita.…”
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