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Outsourcing technical communication issues, policies, and practices /

Table of Contents: “…. -- Language, culture, and collaboration in offshore outsourcing : a case study of international training team communication competencies / Jim Melton -- The implications of outsourcing for technical editing / Clint Lanier -- The privacy problems related to international outsourcing : a perspective for technical communicators / Kirk St. …”
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Somalia-- the untold story the war through the eyes of Somali women /

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WHO global report on falls prevention in older age

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Fighting fraud how to establish and manage an anti-fraud program / by Kovacich, Gerald L.

Table of Contents: “…The new-old global business environment -- Corporate assets, frauds and other terms--what are they? -- Fraud-related laws -- Corporations don't commit frauds, people do -- Fighting fraud--whose job is it anyway? …”
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Architecture and labor / by Deamer, Peggy

Table of Contents: “…Craft and Design: "Detail: The Subject of the Object" -- Architectural Work: "Work" -- Technology, BIM and New Work: "BIM and Parametricism" -- Architectural Production and Consumption: "Architectural Work in the Capitalist Context" -- Architectural Work: "Immaterial Labor" -- Antitrust Laws and Architectural Value: "The Sherman Antitrust Laws and the Profession of Architecture" -- Architectural Unionization: "The Missing Unions of Architectural Labor" -- Professionalism and the AIA: "Response to AIA Values" / with Keefer Dunn and Manuel Shvartzberg -- Other Nations' Professional Architectural Associations: "International Architectural Associations: Comparisons and Concerns" -- Architectural Contracts: "Contracts of Relations" -- Architectural Cooperativization: "Socializing Architecture Practice: From Small Firms to Cooperative Models of Organization" / with Aaron Cayer, Shawhin Roudbari, and Manuel Shvartzberg -- Beyond Architecture: "For an Architecture of Radical Democracy" / with Manuel Shvartzberg.…”
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Affective encounters : everyday life among Chinese migrants in Zambia / by Wu, Di

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Environmental plant physiology botanical strategies for a climate smart planet / by Singh, Vir

Table of Contents: “…Essential Elements -- Sources of Plant Nutrients -- Nutrient Availability for Plants -- Interactions among Ions -- Cycles in the Soil -- Ion-Uptake Physiology -- Kinetics -- Internal Control -- Morphological Responses -- Root:Shoot Ratio and Root:Weight Ratio -- Root Diameter and Root Hairs -- Root Density and Distribution -- Soil Microorganisms -- Rhizosphere -- Impact on Nutrient Uptake -- Nitrogen Fixation -- Influence of Environmental Factors -- Mycorrhizas -- Summary -- References -- Websites -- Chapter 4: Water Relations -- The Water Planet as Home to Life…”
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Outcasts of Empire : Japan's Rule on Taiwan's "Savage Border," 1874-1945 / by Barclay, Paul D., 1964-

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Criminal punishment and human rights : convenient morality / by Sattar, Adnan

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From physics to control through an emergent view

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ASEAN as a method : re-centering processes and institutions in contemporary Southeast Asian regionalism /

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Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides Volume 1 ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships 2015-2025 /

Table of Contents: “…ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships 2015-2025 -- The ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships 2015-2025: Background and Content -- Forum lectures -- Rupestrian world heritage sites: Instability investigation and sustainable mitigation -- Subaerial landslide-generated waves: Numerical and laboratory simulations -- Rockfall occurrence and fragmentation -- Contribution from signatory organizations of the Sendai Partnerships -- International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) -- International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) - The proposing organization of the ISDR-ICL Sendai partnerships 2015-2025 -- United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) -- UNISDR‘s Contribution to Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Role of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) -- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) -- UNESCO’s Contribution to the Implementation of UNISDR’s Global Initiative and ICL -- United Nations University (UNU) -- The United Nations University: Research and Policy Support for Environmental Risk Reduction -- World Meteorological Organization (WMO) -- Concerted International Efforts for Advancing Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems -- International Council for Science (ICSU) -- On Future Challenges for the Integration of Science into International Policy Development for Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction -- World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) -- World Federation of Engineering Organizations Activities in Disaster Risk Reduction -- Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University -- National Civil Protection Department, Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Government of Italy -- Understanding and Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk: Challenges and Opportunities for Italian Civil Protection -- Landslide Dynamics: ISDR-ICL Landslide Interactive Teaching Tools (LITT) -- Progress of the World Report on Landslides -- International Programme on Landslides (IPL): Objectives, History and List of World Centres of Excellence and IPL Projects -- UNESCO-KU-ICL UNITWIN Cooperation Programme for Landslides and Water-Related Disaster Risk Management. …”
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Climate change governance in Asia /

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Piracy in World History /

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Piracy in World History -- Stefan Eklöf Amirell, Bruce Buchan, and Hans Hägerdal -- 2 "Publique Enemies to Mankind" -- International Pirates as a Product of International Politics -- Michael Kempe -- 3 All at Sea -- Locke's Tyrants and the Pyrates of Political Thought -- Bruce Buchan -- 4 The Colonial Origins of Theorizing Piracy's Relation to Failed States -- Jennifer L. …”
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China's changing political landscape prospects for democracy /

Table of Contents: “…Solinger -- Straining against the yoke? civil-military relations in China after the Seventeenth Party Congress / James Mulvenon -- Learning from abroad to reinvent itself : external influences on internal CCP reforms / David Shambaugh -- Taiwan and China's democratic future : can the tail wag the dog? …”
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Corporate capitalism and political philosophy by Gupta, Suman, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Corporate Capitalist States and International Relations --Part III The Disabled Political Will and Anti-Political -- Philosophy -- 11. …”
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Private guns, public health by Hemenway, David

Table of Contents: “…The scope of the gun problem -- The facts about gun ownership -- What public health means in practice -- The scientific basis of injury control -- The wrong medicine: "good guys" and "bad guys" -- Gun accidents -- Suicides -- Homicides -- Other gun-related crimes -- The myth and reality of deterrence -- How common is self-defense gun use? …”
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Child abuse, family rights, and the child protective system a critical analysis from law, ethics, and Catholic social teaching /

Table of Contents: “…Krason -- The family and parental rights in light of Catholic social teaching and international human rights law : a convergence / by William L. …”
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The Salamanca School by Alves, André Azevedo

Table of Contents: “…-- The political and intellectual context of the School of Salamanca -- The decline of scholasticism -- Some key authors of the School of Salamanca -- Francisco de Vitoria -- Domingo de Soto -- Martín de Azpilcueta -- Diego de Covarrubias y Leya -- Tomás de Mercado -- Bartolomé de las Casas -- Luis de Molina -- Juan de Mariana -- Francisco Suárez -- Critical exposition -- Philosophical and political foundations of the school -- Thomism and natural law -- The European revival of Thomism and the Salamanca School -- Theological political disputes -- Applied political thought -- Individual rights and the common good -- The state and the limits of political power -- Legitimate resistance and tyrannicide -- Church and state -- International law and developments in just war theory -- The ethical and juridical framework of the market -- Private property and trade -- Just price and the subjective theory of value -- Usury and interest -- Theories of banking -- Monetary theory and inflation -- Taxation and public finance -- Reception and influence of the work -- The Salamanca School and the new world -- A revolutionary sermon in Hispaniola -- The social experiments of Bartolomé de las Casas -- Just titles and the disputation between Las Casas and Sepúlveda -- Assessing the legacy of Las Casas and the controversies over the new world -- Theological, political impact, and influence on subsequent authors -- Relevance of the work today -- Political philosophy, law, and history -- Political economy and the ethical foundations of the market -- Contemporary C0atholic social thought -- International relations and war.…”
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Critical reflections on public private partnerships

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