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Essentials of nursing research : appraising evidence for nursing practice / by Polit, Denise F.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to nursing research in an evidence-based practice environment -- Fundamentals of evidence-based nursing practice -- Key concepts and steps in qualitative and quantitative research -- Reading and critiquing research articles -- Ethics in research -- Research problems, research questions, and hypotheses -- Finding and reviewing research evidence in the literature -- Theoretical and conceptual frameworks -- Quantitative research design -- Sampling and data collection in quantitative studies -- Measurement and data quality -- Statistical analysis of quantitative data -- Rigor and interpretation in quantitative research -- Qualitative designs and approaches -- Sampling and data collection in qualitative studies -- Analysis of qualitative data -- Trustworthiness and integrity in qualitative research -- Mixed methods and other special types of research -- Systematic reviews : meta-analysis and metasynthesis.…”

The known unknowns of translation studies /

Table of Contents: “…Translation studies looking back and looking forward: a discipline's meta-reflection / Elke Brems, Reine Meylaerts and Luc van Doorslaer -- Translation studies at a cross-roads / Susan Bassnett -- Quo vadis, functional translatology? …”
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Essentials of nursing research : appraising evidence for nursing practice / by Polit, Denise F., Beck, Cheryl Tatano

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to nursing research in an evidence-based practice environment -- Fundamentals of evidence-based nursing practice -- Key concepts and steps in quantitative and qualitative research -- Reading and critiquing research articles -- Ethics in research -- Research problems, research questions, and hypotheses -- Finding and reviewing research evidence in the literature -- Theoretical and conceptual frameworks -- Quantitative research design -- Sampling and data collection in quantitative studies -- Qualitative designs and approaches -- Sampling and data collection in qualitative studies -- Mixed methods and other special types of research -- Statistical analysis of quantitative data -- Interpretation and clinical significance in quantitative research -- Analysis of qualitative data -- Trustworthiness and integrity in qualitative research -- Systematic reviews : meta-analysis and metasynthesis.…”

Creativity fostering, measuring and contexts /

Table of Contents: “…Along the continua : mentally ill artists uninterrupted / Olivia Sagan -- Creativity and perceived truths : the journey motif in expressionist works / Linda Ardito -- Science classroom cultures and practices that foster creativity / Mavis Haigh -- Enhancing creativity through design technology : opportunities for developing children's creative thinking / Coral Campbell, Beverley Jane -- Creativity as cognitive design : the case of mesoscopic variables in meta-structures / Ignazio Licata -- Creativity in the video game industry / Peter Zackariasson, Timothy L. …”
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Genetic basis of neurological disease

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Neurogenetics -- Allele frequency vs. effect size -- Parkinson's disease (PD) -- PINK1: genetic discovery to protein expression -- Pink1 and mitochondrial abnormalities -- In vivo interaction between PINK1 and Parkin -- Parkinsonian proteins and mitophagy -- Mitochondrial dysfunction -- Protein aggregation -- Ceramide metabolism and PD -- Lysosomal pathway and PD -- Complex trait genetics -- Linkage disequilibrium blocks -- Identifying common genetic factors -- Genetic risk factors & odds of finding variants -- First genome-wide association study for PD -- Parkinson's disease molecular pathways -- Replicate meta-analysis -- The major neurological diseases -- Caveats to consider in GWAS -- The ENCODE study -- Trinucleotide repeats and related disorders -- The impact of next generation sequencing.…”
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Multilingual classroom ecologies inter-relationships, interactions, and ideologies /

Table of Contents: “…: a case study of Somali literacy teaching in Liverpool / Jo Arthur -- Bilingual resources and "funds of knowledge" for teaching and learning in multi-ethnic classrooms in Britain / Marilyn Martin-Jones and Mukul Saxena -- Foreign-born teachers in the multilingual classroom in Sweden : the role of attitudes to foreign accent / Sally Boyd -- Afterword : ecology and ideology in multilingual classrooms / Nancy H. …”
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Regulation versus litigation perspectives from economics and law /

Table of Contents: “…Seabury -- Opting out of workers' compensation in Texas : a survey of large, multi-state nonsubscribers / Alison Morantz -- M&A break fees : U.S. litigation versus U.K. regulation / John C. …”
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Recession, recovery, and renewal long-term nonprofit strategies for rapid economic change / by Raymond, Susan Ueber

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Cascading crisis -- Recovery and near term economic prospects -- A multi-polar global economy -- Appendix 1: Case solutions -- Case A: Plunging resources and community-wide crisis -- Case B: Private resource strategies for the long haul -- Case C: Private fundraising strategy in a newly open society -- Case D: Global company seeks global engagement -- Case E: Public resources and private outreach -- Case F: New leaders, new passion, persistent problems -- Case G: Strength to strength : partnership to boost engagement -- Case H: Globalization and social media -- Case I: Multichannel pathways to reach new fundraising markets -- Case J: New strength through simplifying identity -- Case K: Communications strategy for shifting demographics -- Case L: New institutions for new demographics -- Case M: New brand strategy amidst economic crisis -- Case N: Measuring subtle change in diverse organizations -- Appendix 2: Self-assessment questionnaire -- About the author -- Index.…”
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Integration Processes and Policies in Europe Contexts, Levels and Actors /

Table of Contents: “…Categorising in European policies: Liza Mügge & Marleen van der Haar -- 6. The multi-level governance of migration and integration: Peter Scholten  & Rinus Penninx -- 7. …”
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Big Data in Radiation Oncology by Deng, Jun (Professor of therapeutic radiology)

Table of Contents: “…9: Tracking organ doses for patient safety in radiation therapy10: Big data and comparative effectiveness research in radiation oncology; 11: Cancer registry and big data exchange; 12: Clinical and cultural challenges of big data in radiation oncology; 13: Radiogenomics; 14: Radiomics and quantitative imaging; 15: Radiotherapy outcomes modeling in the big data era; 16: Multi-parameterized models for early cancer detection and prevention; Index…”
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Web Writing Why and How for Liberal Arts Teaching and Learning /

Table of Contents: “…Sister classrooms: blogging across disciplines and campuses -- Indigenizing Wikipedia: student accountability to Native American authors on the world's largest encyclopedia -- Science writing, wikis, and collaborative learning -- Cooperative in-class writing with Google Docs -- Co-writing, peer editing, and publishing in the cloud -- How we learned to drop the quiz: writing in online asynchronous courses -- Tweet me a story -- Civic engagement: political web writing with the Stephen Colbert super PAC -- Public writing and student privacy -- Consider the audience -- Creating the reader-viewer: engaging students with scholarly web texts -- Pulling back the curtain: writing history through video games -- Getting uncomfortable: identity exploration in a multi-class blog -- Writing as curation: using a 'building' and 'breaking' pedagogy to teach culture in the digital age -- Student digital research and writing on slavery -- Web writing as intercultural dialogue -- The secondary source sitting next to you -- Web writing and citation: the authority of communities -- Empowering education with social annotation and wikis -- There are no new directions in annotations.…”
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Sport Policy in Canada /

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title; Credits; List of figures; List of tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Section I -- An overview of sport policy in Canada; Chapter I -- The evolution of federal sport policy from 1960 to today; Chapter II -- Multi-level governance and sport policy in Canada; Chapter III -- Canada and sport for development and peace; Section II -- The canadian sport policy and its impact on the sport system; Chapter IV -- Contemporary policy issues in high performance sport; Chapter V -- Athlete development and support; Chapter VI -- Sport participation; Section III -- Policy issues.…”
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Situating Children of Migrants across Borders and Origins A Methodological Overview /

Table of Contents: “…Researching the Spanish Second Generation in Switzerland: Marina Richter and Michael Nollert -- 14: Mapping Transnational Networks of Care from a Multi-Actor and Multi-sited Perspective: Valentina Mazzucato, Ernestina Dankyi, Miranda Poeze -- 15 Index.…”
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Studying a study and testing a test : how to read the medical evidence / by Riegelman, Richard K.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction and flaw-catching exercise -- Types of studies and the M.A.A.R.I.E. framework -- Method -- Assignment -- Assessment -- Results -- Interpretation -- Extrapolation -- Randomized clinical trials -- Database research: nonconcurrent cohort studies -- Meta-analysis -- Questions to ask and flaw-catching exercises -- Method -- Assignment -- Assessment -- Results -- Interpretation -- Extrapolation -- Screening -- Questions to ask and flaw-catching exercises -- Method and assignment -- Assessment -- Results -- Interpretation and extrapolation -- Life expectancy -- Questions to ask and flaw-catching exercises -- Introduction and method -- Assignment -- Assessment -- Results -- Interpretation -- Extrapolation -- Questions to ask and Flaw-catching exercises -- Method -- Assignment -- Assessment -- Results -- Interpretation -- Extrapolation and questions to ask -- Basic principles -- Univariable analysis -- Bivariable analysis -- Multivariable analysis -- Selecting a statistic flowcharts.…”
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Cultural internationalism : the logic of a new international governance / by Guo, Shuyong, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…From 'major changes unprecedented' to 'the governance logic of international politics' -- Concepts and classifications of national governance and international governance -- Cultural dimension of international governance -- Related theories of international governance and China's choice -- New developments in global governance and China's mindset in the period of historic opportunity -- The divided international society and China's role in global governance -- Understanding the new type of international governance : a case study of the BRICS countries -- Meta-internationalism : the new type of international governance requires neointernationalism -- Culture and national interests under the new trend of global governance -- New cultural internationalism facing contemporary cultural crises -- Opportunities and challenges for China's cultural internationalism -- Postscript. …”
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Pain genetics : basic to translational science /

Table of Contents: “…Mogil -- Monogenic pain disorders / Geoff Woods -- Alternative pre-mRNAsplicing of mu opioid receptor gene: molecular mechanisms underlying the complex actions of mu opioids / Ying-Xian Pan -- Discovering multi-locus associations with complex pain phenotypes / Chia-Ling Kuo, Luda Diatchenko, Dmitri Zaykin -- Overlapping phenotypes : genetic contribution to nausea and pain / Charles C. …”
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Vitamin C : new biochemical and functional insights /

Table of Contents: “…High dose intravenous ascorbate (IVC): prooxidant actions. IVC as multi-target anti-cancer agent. IVC and epigenetics. …”
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Therapeutic delivery of RNAi

Table of Contents: “…Contents: RNAi therapeutics development -- RNAi cellular activity -- In vivo siRNA delivery is key -- Clinically viable siRNA deliveries -- Local delivery of siRNA -- Gene silencing in tumors -- Cancer target validation in vivo -- RNAi effects in mouse brain, joints, eyes and lungs -- siRNA therapeutics in primate models -- Challenges to siRNA systemic delivery -- Systemic delivery technology -- Targeted nanoparticle siRNA delivery -- Self assembled nanoparticle -- Integrin av-beta is a validated target -- Dual-targeted therapeutic approach -- Neovasculature targeting siRNA -- Multi-targeted anti-angiogenesis -- Efficient targeted systemic delivery -- Systemic siRNA delivery to eyes -- Systemic siRNA delivery for neuroblastoma treatment -- Tumor neovasculature inhibition -- siRNA/Atelocollagen anti-tumor efficacy -- Transferrin-mediated systemic delivery -- Antibody-mediated tumor targeting -- Targeted anti-HBV activity -- RNAi effect of chol-siRNA -- PEI-mediated siRNA lung targeting -- Clinicallyviable delivery is the key for successful siRNA therapeutics.…”
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Industry 4.0 - shaping the future of the digital world : proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Smart Manufacturing (S2M 2019), 9-11 April 2019, Manchester,...

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Committee members -- Keynote speaker -- International scientific committee -- Smart manufacturing -- Towards adigital revolution in the UK apparel manufacturing: An industry 4.0perspective -- Towards fault detection and self-healing of chemical processes over wireless sensor networks -- Pattern recognition based on neural network for sign language interpretation system using flexes sensor -- Aframework for intelligent monitoring and control of chemical processes with multi-agent systems…”
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Portfolio Rebalancing / by Qian, Edward E.

Table of Contents: “…2.5 Serial Correlation and Volatility of Multi-Period Returns2.5.1 Single Asset Multi-Period Volatility; 2.5.2 Portfolio Multi-Period Volatility; Problems; Chapter 3 Portfolio Rebalancing; 3.1 Simple Examples; 3.2 Rebalancing Long-Only Portfolios; 3.3 Rebalancing Long-Short Portfolios; 3.4 Rebalancing Alpha; 3.4.1 Rebalancing Alpha of Asset Allocation Portfolios; 3.4.2 Periodic Rebalancing versus Threshold Rebalancing; Problems; Chapter 4 Volatility Effect and Return Effect; 4.1 Definitions of Two Effects; 4.2 Positive Return Effect of Long-Only Portfolios; 4.2.1 Jensen's Inequality…”
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