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Headless

Stories

By: Benjamin Weissman

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The author of the acclaimed transgressive cult classic Dear Dead Person returns with this long-awaited second collection of brilliantly written, outrageously imaginative and comedic short stories. In Headless, Weissman turns his daredevil wit and fearless storytelling gifts on subjects ranging from Hitler's secret life as a skier to the philosophical musings of identical twin porn stars to the travails of the world's most sitcom defying family.

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Headless

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Experiments in Democracy

Human Embryo Research and the Politics of Bioethics

By: Benjamin J. Hurlbut

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Experiments in Democracy

Human Embryo Research and the Politics of Bioethics

By: Benjamin J. Hurlbut

Human embryo research touches upon strongly felt moral convictions, and it raises such deep questions about the promise and perils of scientific progress that debate over its development has become a moral and political imperative. From in vitro fertilization to embryonic stem cell research, cloning, and gene editing, Americans have repeatedly struggled with how to define the moral status of the human embryo, whether to limit its experimental uses, and how to contend with sharply divided public moral perspectives on governing science. Experiments in Democracy presents a history of American debates over human embryo research from the late 1960s to the present, exploring their crucial role in shaping norms, practices, and institutions of deliberation governing the ethical challenges of modern bioscience. J. Benjamin Hurlbut details how scientists, bioethicists, policymakers, and other public figures have attempted to answer a question of great consequence: how should the public reason about aspects of science and technology that effect fundamental dimensions of human life? Through a study of one of the most significant science policy controversies in the history of the United States, Experiments in Democracy paints a portrait of the complex relationship between science and democracy, and of U.S. society's evolving approaches to evaluating and governing science's most challenging breakthroughs.

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Columbia University Press

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0231542917

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Ir Genes

Past, Present, and Future

By: Carl W. Pierce,Susan E. Cullen,Judith A. Kapp,Benjamin D. Schwartz,Donald C. Shreffler

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Ir Genes

Past, Present, and Future

By: Carl W. Pierce,Susan E. Cullen,Judith A. Kapp,Benjamin D. Schwartz,Donald C. Shreffler

The Fifth Ir Gene Workshop was held at the Chase-Park Plaza Hotel, St. Louis, MO, August 28-31, 1982; 240 scientists participated in the Workshop. The man uscripts compiled in this book describe the state of the art concerning Ir genes. Although the notion of Ir Genes: Past, Present, and Future has not been ad dressed specifically by each author, the reader is certain to get this flavor from the contributions. In this Preface, we have tried to summarize some of the salient ob servations and discussions from the Workshop. The mUltiple genes of the I region have been defined traditionally by serolog ical analysis of intra-H-2 recombinant mice and the pattern of immune responses to certain antigens developed by these recombinant mice. The application of sev eral new techniques, such as gene cloning and DNA sequencing, production of T and B cell hybridomas, and development of cloned T cell lines has changed this tradition and introduced a new phase into the analysis of the I region, Ia antigens, and Ir genes.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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Glass Half Full

The Decline and Rebirth of the Legal Profession

By: Benjamin H. Barton

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Glass Half Full

The Decline and Rebirth of the Legal Profession

By: Benjamin H. Barton

The hits keep coming for the American legal profession. Law schools are churning out too many graduates, depressing wages, and constricting the hiring market. Big Law firms are crumbling, as the relentless pursuit of profits corrodes their core business model. Modern technology can now handle routine legal tasks like drafting incorporation papers and wills, reducing the need to hire lawyers; tort reform and other regulations on litigation have had the same effect. As in all areas of today's economy, there are some big winners; the rest struggle to find work, or decide to leave the field altogether, which leaves fewer options for consumers who cannot afford to pay for Big Law. It would be easy to look at these enormous challenges and see only a bleak future, but Ben Barton instead sees cause for optimism. Taking the long view, from the legal Wild West of the mid-nineteenth century to the post-lawyer bubble society of the future, he offers a close analysis of the legal market to predict how lawyerly creativity and entrepreneurialism can save the profession. In every seemingly negative development, there is an upside. The trend towards depressed wages and computerized legal work is good for middle class consumers who have not been able to afford a lawyer for years. The surfeit of law school students will correct itself as the law becomes a less attractive and lucrative profession. As Big Law shrinks, so will the pernicious influence of billable hours, which incentivize lawyers to spend as long as possible on every task, rather than seeking efficiency and economy. Lawyers will devote their time to work that is much more challenging and meaningful. None of this will happen without serious upheaval, but all of it will ultimately restore the health of the faltering profession. A unique contribution to our understanding of the legal crisis, the unconventional wisdom of Glass Half Full gives cause for hope in what appears to be a hopeless situation.

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Oxford University Press

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019020558X

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Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry

By: Benjamin J. Sadock,Virginia A. Sadock,Pedro Ruiz

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Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry

By: Benjamin J. Sadock,Virginia A. Sadock,Pedro Ruiz

50th Anniversary Edition The cornerstone text in the field for 50 years, Kaplan & Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry has consistently kept pace with the rapid growth of research and knowledge in neural science, as well as biological and psychological science. This two-volume Tenth Edition shares the expertise of over 600 renowned contributors who cover the full range of psychiatry and mental health, including neural science, genetics, neuropsychiatry, psychopharmacology, and other key areas. It remains the gold standard of reference for all those who work with the mentally ill, including psychiatrists and other physicians, psychologists, psychiatric social workers, psychiatric nurses, and other mental health professionals.

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1496389158

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Women Against Equality: A History of the Anti Suffrage Movement In the United States from 1895 to 1920

By: Anne Myra Benjamin, Ph.D.

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Women Against Equality: A History of the Anti Suffrage Movement In the United States from 1895 to 1920

By: Anne Myra Benjamin, Ph.D.

Anne Myra Benjamin, Ph.D. grew up in Washington, D.C. She was educated at Bryn Mawr College, the University of Chicago, and received her doctorate in French Literature at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Women Against Equality, her sixth book, was inspired by a debate she heard in 1978 between Bella Abzug and Phyllis Schlafly on the Equal Rights Amendment. The author currently lives in Brooklyn, New York where she continues to write about the history of American women.

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1483418650

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The Gothic's Gothic (Routledge Revivals)

Study Aids to the Tradition of The Tale of Terror

By: Benjamin Franklin Fisher IV

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The Gothic's Gothic (Routledge Revivals)

Study Aids to the Tradition of The Tale of Terror

By: Benjamin Franklin Fisher IV

First published in 1988, this book aims to provide keys to the study of Gothicism in British and American literature. It gathers together much material that had not been cited in previous works of this kind and secondary works relevant to literary Gothicism — biographies, memoirs and graphic arts. Part one cites items pertaining to significant authors of Gothic works and part two consists of subject headings, offering information about broad topics that evolve from or that have been linked with Gothicism. Three indexes are also provided to expedite searches for the contents of the entries. This book will be of interest to students of literature.

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1317206592

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James P. Goodrich, Indiana's "Governor Strangelove"

A Republican's Infatuation with Soviet Russia

By: Benjamin D. Rhodes

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James P. Goodrich, Indiana's "Governor Strangelove"

A Republican's Infatuation with Soviet Russia

By: Benjamin D. Rhodes

Roosevelt exchanged ambassadors with the Soviet Union, an action that substantially vindicated Goodrich. One of the most intriguing aspects of his career is that much of what Goodrich was saying about the U.S.S.R. seventy years ago has recently come to pass.

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0945636822

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Callimachus in Context

From Plato to the Augustan Poets

By: Benjamin Acosta-Hughes,Susan A. Stephens

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Callimachus in Context

From Plato to the Augustan Poets

By: Benjamin Acosta-Hughes,Susan A. Stephens

A new, provocative treatment of the Alexandrian poet Callimachus and his reception, approaching his work from four varied yet complementary angles.

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1107008573

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Anesthesia for Patients Too Sick for Anesthesia, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

By: Benjamin A. Kohl,Stanley H. Rosenbaum

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Anesthesia for Patients Too Sick for Anesthesia, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

By: Benjamin A. Kohl,Stanley H. Rosenbaum

One of the anesthesiologist’s greatest challenges is managing high-risk patients with acute or severe conditions. This issue brings the anesthesiologist up to date on the most important and latest approaches to management of the sickest of patients. Topics covered include managing the patient with sepsis or septic shock; anesthetic considerations for patients in respiratory failure; anesthetic concerns in patients presenting with renal failure; perioperative management of patients with liver failure; management of acute coronary syndrome in the OR; intraoperative concerns in patients presenting with sever aortic stenosis, aortic insufficiency, mitral regurgitation, or mitral stenosis; intraoperative management of patients with cardiac tamponade; anesthetic concerns in trauma victims requiring operative intervention; patients presenting with acute toxin indigestion; anesthetic concerns in patients with known neurologic insufficiency; management of endocrine insufficiency in the OR; and management of patients with mediastinal mass or tracheal stenosis.

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1455700142

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EU Foreign Policy and Crisis Management Operations

Power, purpose and domestic politics

By: Benjamin Pohl

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EU Foreign Policy and Crisis Management Operations

Power, purpose and domestic politics

By: Benjamin Pohl

This book explores the drivers of the EU’s recent forays into peace- and state-building operations. Since the Union’s European (now Common) Security and Defence Policy (ESDP/CSDP) became operational in 2003, the EU has conducted more than 20 civilian and military operations that broadly served to either deter aggression in host countries, and/or to build or strengthen the rule of law. This sudden burst of EU activity in the realm of external security is interesting from both a scholarly and a policy perspective. On one hand, institutionalised cooperation in the field of foreign, security and defence policy challenges the mainstream in IR theory which holds that in such sovereignty-sensitive areas cooperation would necessarily be limited. On the other hand, the sheer quantity of operations suggests that the ESDP may represent a potentially significant feature of global governance. In order to understand the drivers behind CSDP, EU Foreign Policy and Crisis Management Operations analyses the policy output in this area, including the operations conducted in the CSDP framework. Up until now, many studies inferred the logic behind CSDP from express intentions, institutional developments and (the potential of) pooled capabilities. By mining the rich data that CSDP operations represent in terms of the motives and ambitions of EU governments for the CSDP, this book advances our understanding of the framework at large. This book will be of much interest to students of European Security, EU policy, peacebuilding, statebuilding, and IR.

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1134697155

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Borish's Clinical Refraction - E-Book

By: William J. Benjamin

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Borish's Clinical Refraction - E-Book

By: William J. Benjamin

Now updated and expanded to cover the latest technologies, this full-color text on clinical refraction uses an easy-to-read format to give optometry students and practitioners all the important information they need. Also covers a wide range of other aspects of the eye exam, including anterior and posterior segment evaluations, contact lens, ocular pharmacology, and visual field analysis. Four new chapters cover wavefront-guided refraction, optical correction with refractive surgeries, prosthetic devices, and patients with ocular pathology. - Offer precise, step-by-step how-to's for performing all of the most effective refractive techniques. - Presents individualized refractive approaches for the full range of patients, including special patient populations. - Contriubtors are internationally recognized, leading authorities in the field. - New full-color design with full-color images throughout. - Completely updated and expanded to include current technologies. - A new chapter on Optical Correction with Refractive Surgeries, including keratoplasty, traditional refractive surgeries (e.g. LASIK and PRK), crystalline lens extraction with and without pseudophakia, the new presbyopic surgery, etc. - A new chapter on Wavefront Guided Refraction provides information on the advantages and limitations the Hartmann-Shack Method for objective refraction plus aberrometry and the refraction and the use of in the correction of the eye with spectacles, contact lenses, and refractive surgery. - A new chapter on Patients with Ocular Pathology reflects the most current knowledge of patients with ocular pathologies. - Provides information on Optical Correction with Prosthetic Devices, including corneal onlays, stromal implants, phakic intraocular lenses, etc. - Includes new chapters and/or discussions on such topics as: Aberrations of the Eye, Refractive Consequences of Eye Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment of Dry Eye, Diagnosis of Pathology of the Anterior Segment, Diagnosis of Glaucoma, and Diagnosis of Pathology of the Posterior Segment. - Visual Acuity chapter expanded to include the effect of refractive error on visual acuity and statistics on how much of a change in visual acuity is significant. - Objective Refraction, Corneal Topography, and Visual Field Analysis chapters include the addition of new electro-optical and computer techniques and equipment. - Chapters on Multifocal Spectacle Lenses and Contact Lenses now cover newer progressive addition lenses and contact lenses that are now on the market. - Electrodiagnosis chapter revised to take a more clinical approach.

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0702038970

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Community Projects as Social Activism

From Direct Action to Direct Services

By: Benjamin Shepard

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Community Projects as Social Activism

From Direct Action to Direct Services

By: Benjamin Shepard

Community Projects as Social Activism: From Direct Action to Direct Services by Benjamin Shepard is an engaging and accessible work that will get today's students excited about the very real prospect of achieving lasting, positive change within their communities. It outlines a distinct approach to community practice born out of the intersection among social movements, day-to-day organizing, and the lessons of five decades of community change practices. This invaluable resource is a must-have for anyone involved in community organization, community health, and community activism practice research and policy.

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1483314693

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The Intensive Care Unit Manual

Expert Consult - Online and Print

By: Paul N. Lanken,Scott Manaker,Benjamin A. Kohl,C. William Hanson

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The Intensive Care Unit Manual

Expert Consult - Online and Print

By: Paul N. Lanken,Scott Manaker,Benjamin A. Kohl,C. William Hanson

Intensive Care Unit Manual is a practical, hands-on, how-to manual that covers the full spectrum of conditions encountered in the ICU, guiding you step-by-step from your initial approach to the patient through diagnosis and treatment. Compact, affordable, and comprehensive, the ICU Manual puts all the critical care information you need right at your fingertips! Stay at the forefront of critical care with a practice-oriented, relevant, and well-illustrated account of the pathophysiology of critical disease, presented in a highly readable format. Gain valuable insight into the recognition, evaluation, and management of critical conditions such as respiratory, hemodynamic, and infectious diseases; management of ICU patients with special clinical conditions; cardiovascular, hematologic, and neurological disorders; poisoning and overdoses; trauma and burns; and much more! Grasp the latest developments in critical care with extensive updates and revisions to several key chapters, as well as brand-new chapters on Alcohol Withdrawal Syndromes; Acute Heart Failure Syndromes; Noninvasive Ventilation; and more ICU conditions. Understand and apply the most important ICU practices, including management of acute respiratory failure, mechanical ventilation, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, and the care of patients with special needs, AIDS, end-stage renal disease, or end-stage liver disease. Get convenient access to the full text and image library online at Expert Consult, in addition to online-only text, figures, and tables from the Alcohol Withdrawal Syndromes and Acute Heart Failure Syndromes chapters.

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1416024557

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Bruno Schulz: An Artist, a Murder, and the Hijacking of History

By: Benjamin Balint

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Bruno Schulz: An Artist, a Murder, and the Hijacking of History

By: Benjamin Balint

A fresh portrait of the Polish-Jewish writer and artist, and a gripping account of the secret operation to rescue his last artworks. The twentieth-century artist Bruno Schulz was born an Austrian, lived as a Pole, and died a Jew. First a citizen of the Habsburg monarchy, he would, without moving, become the subject of the West Ukrainian People’s Republic, the Second Polish Republic, the USSR, and, finally, the Third Reich. Yet to use his own metaphor, Schulz remained throughout a citizen of the Republic of Dreams. He was a master of twentieth-century imaginative fiction who mapped the anxious perplexities of his time; Isaac Bashevis Singer called him “one of the most remarkable writers who ever lived.” Schulz was also a talented illustrator and graphic artist whose masochistic drawings would catch the eye of a sadistic Nazi officer. Schulz’s art became the currency in which he bought life. Drawing on extensive new reporting and archival research, Benjamin Balint chases the inventive murals Schulz painted on the walls of an SS villa—the last traces of his vanished world—into multiple dimensions of the artist’s life and afterlife. Sixty years after Schulz was murdered, those murals were miraculously rediscovered, only to be secretly smuggled by Israeli agents to Jerusalem. The ensuing international furor summoned broader perplexities, not just about who has the right to curate orphaned artworks and to construe their meanings, but about who can claim to stand guard over the legacy of Jews killed in the Nazi slaughter. By re-creating the artist’s milieu at a crossroads not just of Jewish and Polish culture but of art, sex, and violence, Bruno Schulz itself stands as an act of belated restitution, offering a kaleidoscopic portrait of a life with all its paradoxes and curtailed possibilities.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393866580

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9780393866582

Lewin's GENES X

By: Benjamin Lewin,Jocelyn Krebs,Stephen T. Kilpatrick,Elliott S. Goldstein

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Lewin's GENES X

By: Benjamin Lewin,Jocelyn Krebs,Stephen T. Kilpatrick,Elliott S. Goldstein

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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0763766321

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The New Face of Terrorism

Threats from Weapons of Mass Destruction

By: Nadine Gurr,Benjamin Cole

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The New Face of Terrorism

Threats from Weapons of Mass Destruction

By: Nadine Gurr,Benjamin Cole

Anthrax, smallpox, sarin, blister, blood and choking agents - the list of potential weapons of mass destruction is enormous and varied. It was once thought that technological problems would prevent terrorists developing these weapons whilst moral issues would stop them using them. That has now changed. The technical and organizational sophistication of the attacks on 11th September 2001 heralds a new era in the age-old war against terrorism. After these attacks, attention focused on the activities and capacities of Islamic extremist groups, such as Osama bin Laden's al-Qa'eda organisation, but the reality is that terrorist threats could come from almost any quarter. This revised edition is the comprehensive and sobering account of the possibilities - technological and political.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857715089

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9780857715081

Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry: Behavioral Sciences/Clinical Psychiatry

By: Benjamin J. Sadock,Virginia A. Sadock,Pedro Ruiz

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Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry: Behavioral Sciences/Clinical Psychiatry

By: Benjamin J. Sadock,Virginia A. Sadock,Pedro Ruiz

Synopsis of Psychiatry: Behavorial Sciences/Clinical Psychiatry, 11th Edition is the only authoritative textbook for clinicians, residents, and students covering all psychiatric conditions. It is a complete, concise overview of the entire field of psychiatry, for psychiatrists in training and practice and all others who study and provide mental health care. Its multidisciplinary approach encompasses the biological, psychological and sociological factors at work in health and disease. The latest information about specific diseases, psychopharmacotherapeutic and behavioral treatments and scientific research is incorporated into this revision. ICD (International Classification of Disease, World Health Organization) diagnostic criteria and numerical codes, used for reimbursement purposes, are included. Case studies throughout reinforce the clinical relevance of specific topics. The 11th edition is set apart from any other reference you have: • Contains DSM5 tables on every major psychiatric disorder • Use it to supplement the DSM5, offering current diagnostic and treatment protocols • Over 50 years of compounded knowledge in psychiatric medicine, offered by world-renowned experts

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1469883759

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Paediatric Orthopaedics

A system of decision-making

By: Benjamin Joseph,Selvadurai Nayagam,Randall T Loder,Ian Torode

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Paediatric Orthopaedics

A system of decision-making

By: Benjamin Joseph,Selvadurai Nayagam,Randall T Loder,Ian Torode

This concise postgraduate textbook of Pediatric Orthopedics focuses firmly on treatment, allowing trainee orthopedic surgeons to make an informed contribution during their Pediatrics rotation and to speak confidently about the approach to individual patients during their specialty exams. While other textbooks concentrate on theory and the comprehen

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CRC Press

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1444113151

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Reinventing Human Services

Community- and Family-Centered Practice

By: Benjamin Higgins

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Reinventing Human Services

Community- and Family-Centered Practice

By: Benjamin Higgins

Dissatisfaction with a human services system that is unresponsive, stigmatizing, and ineffective has led to a ferment of experimentation in recent years. Reinventing Human Services examines the historical and economic context of current efforts to reinvent human services, showing the urgency and the difficulty of the task. It draws on successful examples in Britain, Canada, and the United States to develop a new paradigm for social work practice, one that integrates individual, family, and community levels of practice and reconceptualizes professional-community relations. The interdisciplinary team of authors includes scholars, researchers, and practitioners from the disciplines of economics, urban planning, communications, criminal justice, psychology, marriage and family therapy, education, and social work.

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1351493957

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Introduction to Peptides and Proteins

By: Ulo Langel,Benjamin F. Cravatt,Astrid Graslund,N.G.H. von Heijne,Matjaz Zorko,Tiit Land,Sherry Niessen

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Introduction to Peptides and Proteins

By: Ulo Langel,Benjamin F. Cravatt,Astrid Graslund,N.G.H. von Heijne,Matjaz Zorko,Tiit Land,Sherry Niessen

Human cells produce at least 30,000 different proteins. Each has a specific function characterized by a unique sequence and native conformation that allows it to perform that function. While research in this post-genomic era has created a deluge of invaluable information, the field has lacked for an authoritative introductory text needed to inform

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1439882045

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The Human Rights State

Justice Within and Beyond Sovereign Nations

By: Benjamin Gregg

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The Human Rights State

Justice Within and Beyond Sovereign Nations

By: Benjamin Gregg

The nation-state operates on a logic of exclusion: no state can offer citizenship and rights to all people in the world. In The Human Rights State, Benjamin Gregg proposes ways to decouple rights from citizenship, preserving the nation state, in modified form, and allowing human rights to become part of its domestic constitution.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812248058

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Basic Principles of Drug Discovery and Development

By: Benjamin E. Blass

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Basic Principles of Drug Discovery and Development

By: Benjamin E. Blass

Basic Principles of Drug Discovery and Development presents the multifaceted process of identifying a new drug in the modern era, which requires a multidisciplinary team approach with input from medicinal chemists, biologists, pharmacologists, drug metabolism experts, toxicologists, clinicians, and a host of experts from numerous additional fields. Enabling technologies such as high throughput screening, structure-based drug design, molecular modeling, pharmaceutical profiling, and translational medicine are critical to the successful development of marketable therapeutics. Given the wide range of disciplines and techniques that are required for cutting edge drug discovery and development, a scientist must master their own fields as well as have a fundamental understanding of their collaborator's fields. This book bridges the knowledge gaps that invariably lead to communication issues in a new scientist's early career, providing a fundamental understanding of the various techniques and disciplines required for the multifaceted endeavor of drug research and development. It provides students, new industrial scientists, and academics with a basic understanding of the drug discovery and development process. The fully updated text provides an excellent overview of the process and includes chapters on important drug targets by class, in vitro screening methods, medicinal chemistry strategies in drug design, principles of in vivo pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, animal models of disease states, clinical trial basics, and selected business aspects of the drug discovery process. - Provides a clear explanation of how the pharmaceutical industry works, as well as the complete drug discovery and development process, from obtaining a lead, to testing the bioactivity, to producing the drug, and protecting the intellectual property - Includes a new chapter on the discovery and development of biologics (antibodies proteins, antibody/receptor complexes, antibody drug conjugates), a growing and important area of the pharmaceutical industry landscape - Features a new section on formulations, including a discussion of IV formulations suitable for human clinical trials, as well as the application of nanotechnology and the use of transdermal patch technology for drug delivery - Updated chapter with new case studies includes additional modern examples of drug discovery through high through-put screening, fragment-based drug design, and computational chemistry

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0128172150

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Adolescence

Biological and Psychosocial Perspectives

By: Benjamin B. Wolman

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Adolescence

Biological and Psychosocial Perspectives

By: Benjamin B. Wolman

Integrating diverse scientific data, this book relates the biological versus psychosocial aspects of adolescence. Relevant data from scientific literature have been pulled together into a systematic presentation of the biological and psychosocial issues of contemporary adolescence. Part I describes the biological and sociopsychological developmental processes; Part II focuses on the special problems of contemporary adolescents; Part III analyzes the causes of the problems and discusses tentative remedies. Written for psychologists, psychiatrists, sociologists, and anthropologists.

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0313388172

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Winged Words: Benjamin, Rosenzweig, and the Life of Quotation

By: Benjamin E. Sax

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Winged Words: Benjamin, Rosenzweig, and the Life of Quotation

By: Benjamin E. Sax

This is the first book to explore the role of quotation in modern Jewish thought. Weaving back and forth from Benjamin to Rosenzweig, the book searches for the recovery of concealed and lost meaning in the community of letters, sacred scripture, the collecting of books, storytelling, and the life of liturgy. It also explores how the legacy of Goethe can be used to develop new strata of religious and Jewish thought. We learn how quotation is the binding tissue that links language and thought, modernity and tradition, religion and secularism as a way of being in the world.

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9004680217

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Who Owns the Media?

Competition and Concentration in the Mass Media industry

By: Benjamin M. Compaine,Douglas Gomery

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Who Owns the Media?

Competition and Concentration in the Mass Media industry

By: Benjamin M. Compaine,Douglas Gomery

This thorough update to Benjamin Compaine's original 1979 benchmark and 1982 revisit of media ownership tackles the question of media ownership, providing a detailed examination of the current state of the media industry. Retaining the wealth of data of the earlier volumes, Compaine and his co-author Douglas Gomery chronicle the myriad changes in the media industry and the factors contributing to these changes. They also examine how the media industry is being reshaped by technological forces in all segments, as well as by social and cultural reactions to these forces. This third edition of Who Owns the Media? has been reorganized and expanded, reflecting the evolution of the media industry structure. Looking beyond conventional wisdom and expectations, Compaine and Gomery examine the characteristics of competition in the media marketplace, present alternative positions on the meanings of concentration, and ultimately urge readers to draw their own conclusions on an issue that is neither black nor white. Appropriate for media practitioners and sociologists, historians, and economists studying mass media, this volume can also be used for advanced courses in broadcasting, journalism, mass communication, telecommunications, and media education. As a new benchmark for the current state of media ownership, it is invaluable to anyone needing to understand who controls the media and thus the information and entertainment messages received by media consumers.

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Routledge

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1135679223

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Intellectual Property in the Information Age

Knowledge as Commodity and Its Legal Implications for Higher Education: ASHE Higher Education Report

By: Jeffrey C. Sun,Benjamin Baez

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Intellectual Property in the Information Age

Knowledge as Commodity and Its Legal Implications for Higher Education: ASHE Higher Education Report

By: Jeffrey C. Sun,Benjamin Baez

This monograph pays special attention to the intellectual propertyof copyrights and patents. It examines how legal parameters,competing interests, and technological advances take shape ineconomic, political, and social contexts that require colleges anduniversities make intellectual property central to theiroperations. Economic, political and social forces are redefining knowledgeas property that can be owned, and institutions of highereducation, as producers of knowledge, are central participants ofthis phenomenon. Debates about intellectual property are rampant,some arguing that knowledge should not become a commodity forexchange, others than intellectual property fosters innovation insociety. What is not debatable is the importance of the law forresolving disputes about intellectual property. Today, the evolving legal context association with intellectualproperty and technological advancements have created competinginterests and demands from individuals, institutions and evennation. The law is often the realm in which these interests anddisputes take place, with more or less satisfying results. Collegesand universities must grapple with not only complex legal issuesbut also the philosophical and political consequences associatedwith the conversation of intellectual acts into property. This is the fourth issue in the 34th volume of the Jossey-Bassseries ASHE Higher Education Report. Each monographin the series is the definitive analysis of a tough highereducation problem, based on thorough research of pertinentliterature and institutional experiences. Topics are identified bya national survey. Noted practitioners and scholars are thencommissioned to write the reports, with experts providing criticalreviews of each manuscript before publication.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470877596

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The Holocaust and Genocides in Europe

By: Benjamin Lieberman

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The Holocaust and Genocides in Europe

By: Benjamin Lieberman

A concise and sharply-focused textbook giving students an up-to-date understanding of genocide in recent European history.

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A&C Black

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1441194789

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Cultures and Contexts of Jewish Education

By: Barry Chazan,Robert Chazan,Benjamin M. Jacobs

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Cultures and Contexts of Jewish Education

By: Barry Chazan,Robert Chazan,Benjamin M. Jacobs

This book examines the history of Jewish education from the Biblical period to the present. It traces how Jews have formally and informally transmitted their culture and worldview over the years, with particular attention to the shift from premodernity to modernity and to the unique opportunities and challenges of contemporary American Jewish education. Its authors combine historical background and insight with educational expertise to provide a robust portrait of the cultures and contexts of Jewish education and address possibilities for the future.

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Springer

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3319515861

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The Art of Possibility

Transforming Professional and Personal Life

By: Rosamund Stone Zander,Benjamin Zander

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The Art of Possibility

Transforming Professional and Personal Life

By: Rosamund Stone Zander,Benjamin Zander

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER Discover the twelve breakthrough practices for bringing creativity and a sense of possibility into all of your endeavors in this bestselling guide from the author of Pathways to Possibility Presenting twelve breakthrough practices for bringing creativity into all human endeavors, The Art of Possibility is the dynamic product of an extraordinary partnership. The Art of Possibility combines Benjamin Zander's experience as conductor of the Boston Philharmonic and his talent as a teacher and communicator with psychotherapist Rosamund Stone Zander's genius for designing innovative paradigms for personal and professional fulfillment. The authors' harmoniously interwoven perspectives provide a deep sense of the powerful role that the notion of possibility can play in every aspect of life. Through uplifting stories, parables, and personal anecdotes, the Zanders invite us to become passionate communicators, leaders, and performers whose lives radiate possibility into the world.

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Penguin

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0142001104

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln

By: Abraham Lincoln,Danilo Petranović,Ralph Lerner,Benjamin A. Kleinerman

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln

By: Abraham Lincoln,Danilo Petranović,Ralph Lerner,Benjamin A. Kleinerman

Collects some of Lincoln's writings, including speeches and letters, and features four interpretive essays that explore the President's legacy.

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Yale University Press

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0300165102

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Property Law

By: D. Benjamin Barros,Anna P. Hemingway,Shelley Cavalieri

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Property Law

By: D. Benjamin Barros,Anna P. Hemingway,Shelley Cavalieri

An innovative Property casebook that re-imagines the law school casebook format and covers all the major topics included in a basic 1L Property course, Property Law, Second Edition borrows some pedagogical features commonly found in undergraduate textbooks, making use of sidebars, illustrations, and other design devices to present material more clearly. The authors present concepts simply, then move the discussion toward complexity—the opposite of the approach taken by many current texts. Clear yet sophisticated, the casebook is the perfect choice for all skill levels. Including problems that students can and should be able to do on their own, explanatory answers, and skills-based exercises, this casebook is both professor-friendly and student-friendly. Themes that run through the course are highlighted throughout the book, resulting in a casebook that clearly presents the fundamentals of property law. This allows students to develop an understanding of basic concepts on their own while allowing professors to assist their students in developing an advanced understanding of property law. The authors of Property Law are experts on the property coverage on the bar exam, and while this casebook goes far beyond test-only material, students will benefit from their expertise and will learn every topic they are likely to see on the bar exam. New to the Second Edition: Additional text on racial discrimination and other critical issues in a subtle way, giving instructors the choice of how deeply to explore those issues. Revisions to Chapter 9 to include Murr v. Wisconsin, the Supreme Court’s most recent regulatory takings case. A Revised Chapter 10 that includes new material on Intellectual Property and Property Theory. Minor corrections and refinements throughout the casebook. Professors and students will benefit from: A text that starts from simplicity and moves to complexity: The book first provides text that explains the basic doctrine, then presents a simple case example, and finally moves to more complex issues. Cases that are introduced with explanatory text discussing the law and issues surrounding the case. This radically different approach from most other casebooks allows students to have a better grasp of the concepts and themes before they even read the case. Problems and exercises that students can complete on their own, with explanatory answers included in an appendix. An innovative design that aids student learning, with sidebars, diagrams, charts, and illustrations that make concepts clearer to students. Cases that are used as examples, not introductions to legal rules. Many topics in the book feature introductory text, illustrations, and problem sets before a single case is introduced, to aid in students’ legal learning. The inclusion of sample documents, helping students to understand core concepts. A book perfect for a four-credit course but also features a modular design that can be used in courses of varying credit size. More comprehensive bar exam topic coverage than any competing book.

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Aspen Publishing

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1543817467

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Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Social Work

Clinical Applications

By: Jacqueline Corcoran,Courtney Benjamin Wolk

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Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Social Work

Clinical Applications

By: Jacqueline Corcoran,Courtney Benjamin Wolk

The aim of Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Social Work is to provide a comprehensive text, taking on assessment (biopsychosocial-cultural/spiritual risk and resilience; DSM; standardized assessment scales); goal-setting; and intervention, including medication, evidence-based interventions and the process of evidence-based practice with children and adolescents. The social work context is integrated throughout by: 1) considering the complexities of multiple system levels involved with the occurrence of mental disorders and youth adjustment and recovery; and 2) professional ethics and demeanor when working with impoverished, diverse, and vulnerable youth populations in inter-disciplinary settings.

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Oxford University Press

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0197653561

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