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A Chinese Look at Literature

The Literary Values of Chou Tso-jen in Relation to the Tradition

By: David E. Pollard

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A Chinese Look at Literature

The Literary Values of Chou Tso-jen in Relation to the Tradition

By: David E. Pollard

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1973.

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0520337018

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9780520337015

17 0 NMR Spectroscopy in Organic Chemistry

By: David W. Boykin

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17 0 NMR Spectroscopy in Organic Chemistry

By: David W. Boykin

This book provides a comprehensive review of the application of 17O NMR spectroscopy to organic chemistry. Topics include the theoretical aspects of chemical shift, quadrupolar and J coupling; 17O enrichment; the effect of steric interactions on 17O chemical shifts of functional groups in flexible and rigid systems; the application of 17O NMR spectroscopy to hydrogen bonding investigations; mechanistic problems in organic and bioorganic chemistry; and 17O NMR spectroscopy of oxygen monocoordinated to carbon in alcohols, ethers, and derivatives. Recent results that show correlations between molecular geometry, determined by X-ray studies and estimated by molecular mechanics calculations, and 17O chemical shifts are also covered. 17O Spectroscopy in Organic Chemistry provides important reference information for organic chemists and other scientists interested in 17O NMR spectroscopy as a tool for obtaining new structural and chemical data about organic molecules.

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CRC Press

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1000103099

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9781000103090

The Developing Genome

An Introduction to Behavioral Epigenetics

By: David Scott Moore

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The Developing Genome

An Introduction to Behavioral Epigenetics

By: David Scott Moore

An accessible introduction to behavioral epigenetics, The Developing Genome explores how experiences influence genetic activity. We develop as we do not because of the genes we have, but because of what our genes do. The Developing Genome explains this new discipline and its revolutionary implications, changing how we understand development and evolution.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199922349

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Flux

What Marketing Managers Need to Navigate the New Environment

By: David Soberman,Dilip Soman Consulting

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Flux

What Marketing Managers Need to Navigate the New Environment

By: David Soberman,Dilip Soman Consulting

The past decade has seen a number of developments that threaten the very fabric of how marketing activities have traditionally been conducted. On one hand, consumers are increasingly socially networked and value-conscious, with heightened expectations of how companies will react to their demands. Along with the challenges, however, come new opportunities: the growth of behavioural economics and the emergence of new data collection techniques, for instance, give marketers unprecedented access to previously hidden aspects of consumer behavior. Clearly, ‘business as usual’ is not an option for marketing managers who want their firms to stay in the game. To help managers adapt to the rapidly changing business environment, Flux offers a collection of the very best thinking on key areas of marketing activity and decision-making. Each chapter is written by a leading expert in a specific ‘new’ marketing subject area, from managing brands to dealing with new media, and addresses substantive challenges in that area while providing steps for taking action. The book’s integrated approach makes it an excellent resource not only for marketing managers but any managers dealing with customers.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442698403

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China and Africa

A Century of Engagement

By: David H. Shinn,Joshua Eisenman

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China and Africa

A Century of Engagement

By: David H. Shinn,Joshua Eisenman

The People's Republic of China once limited its involvement in African affairs to building an occasional railroad or port, supporting African liberation movements, and loudly proclaiming socialist solidarity with the downtrodden of the continent. Now Chinese diplomats and Chinese companies, both state-owned and private, along with an influx of Chinese workers, have spread throughout Africa. This shift is one of the most important geopolitical phenomena of our time. China and Africa: A Century of Engagement presents a comprehensive view of the relationship between this powerful Asian nation and the countries of Africa. This book, the first of its kind to be published since the 1970s, examines all facets of China's relationship with each of the fifty-four African nations. It reviews the history of China's relations with the continent, looking back past the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949. It looks at a broad range of areas that define this relationship—politics, trade, investment, foreign aid, military, security, and culture—providing a significant historical backdrop for each. David H. Shinn and Joshua Eisenman's study combines careful observation, meticulous data analysis, and detailed understanding gained through diplomatic experience and extensive travel in China and Africa. China and Africa demonstrates that while China's connection to Africa is different from that of Western nations, it is no less complex. Africans and Chinese are still developing their perceptions of each other, and these changing views have both positive and negative dimensions.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812208005

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9780812208009

Taiwan—A Light in the East

A Personal and Analytical Taiwan Study

By: David Pendery

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Taiwan—A Light in the East

A Personal and Analytical Taiwan Study

By: David Pendery

This book is an analytical of study of Taiwan interspersed with personal elements from the author's life there in the last 20 years. Taiwan's unique confluence of colonial histories, Chinese nationalism and democratization offers a tangible alternative to the status quo in mainland China, albeit one that is becoming more marginal with time. With this in mind, the author offers a concise introduction to the politics and culture of contemporary Taiwan, investigating the Taiwanese identity, aesthetic and its future. A guide to navigating the coming years for Taiwan and greater China, this book will be of interest to scholars, political scientists and historians.

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Springer Nature

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9811556040

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Endocrinology Adult and Pediatric: Reproductive Endocrinology

By: J. Larry Jameson,David M. de Kretser,John C. Marshall,Leslie J. De Groot

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Endocrinology Adult and Pediatric: Reproductive Endocrinology

By: J. Larry Jameson,David M. de Kretser,John C. Marshall,Leslie J. De Groot

Endocrinology: Adult and Pediatric: Reproductive Endocrinology is a new eBook from the same experts responsible for the highly acclaimed two-volume Endocrinology clinical reference book. It puts all of the latest advances in adult and pediatric reproductive endocrinology at your fingertips, instantly accessible on your favorite eReader - so you can give your patients the benefit of today’s best know-how. Stay abreast of the newest knowledge in reproductive endocrinology, including endocrinology of sexual behavior and gender identity; genetic pathways that control gonadal development and sex differentiation; management of PCOS and hirsutism; management of male androgen deficiency; management of gynecomastia; and much more. Effectively review the causes and management of precocious or delayed puberty. Count on all the authority that has made Endocrinology, 6th Edition, edited by leading endocrinologists Drs. Jameson and DeGroot, the go-to clinical reference for endocrinologists worldwide. Consult this title on your favorite e-reader, conduct rapid searches, and adjust font sizes for optimal readability. Compatible with Kindle®, nook®, and other popular devices.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323221521

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9780323221528

Fisherman's Hope

By: David Feintuch

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Fisherman's Hope

By: David Feintuch

Naval Commandant Nick Seafort has returned to his home planet, Earth—and soon he will have to defend it: “Action-packed science fiction at its very best.” —Lansing State Journal Luck has always run in both directions for Naval Commandant Nicholas Seafort. While he has managed to save the Hope Nation colony from alien attack, he and his friends have paid a heavy price. Most recently, his exploits have earned him a dignified position as an instructor at the United Nations Naval Academy. But, as Seafort suspects, trouble isn’t far behind. A return to Earth means a return to his roots, some of which he wishes would remain buried. He’s uncomfortable with fame and can’t always restrain his temper as the political machine shifts around him. But when the fishlike aliens mount an attack, Seafort is the only man Earth can count on. Now he must decide whether he has the courage and fortitude to make a terrible choice . . .

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Open Road Media

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1453295631

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New Molecular Targets for Cancer Chemotherapy

By: David J. Kerr,Paul Workman

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New Molecular Targets for Cancer Chemotherapy

By: David J. Kerr,Paul Workman

This book covers a wide range of novel biochemical targets that appear to be the best leads in terms of designing novel targets for anticancer drug design. New Molecular Targets for Cancer Chemotherapy is a unique, multi-disciplinary effort, with internationally respected authors from the fields of growth factor-receptor interaction, phosphoinositide and phospholipase signal transduction, and DNA-drug binding interactions. The science is placed in clinical context and illustrations explain how clinicians can incorporate a mechanistic, pharmacodynamic approach into early clinical trial design.

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0849349052

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Micromanufacturing

International Research and Development

By: Kornel F. Ehmann,David Bourell,Martin L. Culpepper,Thom J. Hodgson,Thomas R. Kurfess,Marc Madou,Kamlakar Rajurkar,Richard DeVor

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Micromanufacturing

International Research and Development

By: Kornel F. Ehmann,David Bourell,Martin L. Culpepper,Thom J. Hodgson,Thomas R. Kurfess,Marc Madou,Kamlakar Rajurkar,Richard DeVor

This international technology assessment study has focused on the emerging global trend toward the miniaturization of manufacturing processes, equipment and systems for microscale components and products. The study has investigated both the state-of-the-art as well as emerging technologies from the scientific, technological, and commercialization perspectives across key industrial sectors in the USA, Asia and Europe.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1402059493

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9781402059490

The Seafort Saga Books 4–7

Fisherman's Hope, Voices of Hope, Patriarch's Hope, and Children of Hope

By: David Feintuch

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The Seafort Saga Books 4–7

Fisherman's Hope, Voices of Hope, Patriarch's Hope, and Children of Hope

By: David Feintuch

From the John W. Campbell Award–winning author: The final four novels chronicling the military science fiction adventures of Nicholas Seafort. In a “splendid homage to the grand tradition of the old seafarer’s tale,” the Seafort Saga tells the story of an intergalactic captain’s journey through the galaxy (Roger MacBride Allen). Fisherman’s Hope: After he saved the Hope Nation colony from alien attack, Nick Seafort returned to Earth expecting a court martial, but instead his exploits have earned him a dignified position as an instructor at the United Nations Naval Academy. But when the fishlike aliens mount an attack, it’s up to Seafort to teach them a lesson. “Feintuch has constructed a fascinating story . . . highly entertaining.” —Science Fiction Chronicle Voices of Hope: Everyone knows Nick Seafort as “the Fisherman”—the hero who stopped the merciless, fishlike aliens when they attacked Earth. Decades have passed and he’s retired as the secretary general of the United Nations. But when his son, Philip, encounters the transpop culture—desperate people who live in the dangerous lower levels of New York City in a powder keg situation ready to blow—Seafort must save him. “This is the finest action tale in the series to date.” —Booklist Patriarch’s Hope: The Transpop Rebellion ended ten years ago with now–Secretary General Nicholas Seafort as a hero. But now an explosive disaster forces Nick to reexamine his life, his family, and his future as adversaries align against him. To save the planet from itself, he will need cunning, allies, and a large helping of luck. “Top-notch sci-fi political intrigue with a strong military flavor.” —Library Journal Children of Hope: Nicholas Seafort is the hero who saved the planet of Hope Nation from civil war and the fishlike aliens. But Randy Carr, son of Seafort’s old friend Derek, blames him for his father’s death. As a religious group called the Patriarchs fight to gain political control of Earth, and the aliens suddenly reappear, claiming they have peaceful intentions, Randy and Seafort become unlikely allies in a final fight for the planet’s future. “Amid the nonstop action, Feintuch skillfully pushes all the emotional buttons.” —Publishers Weekly

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Open Road Media

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1504056078

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Tumorigenesis Research Advances

By: David K. Wong

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Tumorigenesis Research Advances

By: David K. Wong

Tumourigenesis is the formation of tumours in the body, often caused by oncogenes. These tumours are the result of uncontrollable reproduction (cell division) due to alterations in the cell's genetic code, creating lesions in the tissue where they reside. Tumourigenesis can be divided into tumour initiation, promotion and progression. Oncogenomics often studies tumours caused by such a condition in hope of pinpointing genes -- pieces of genetic information -- that are susceptible to being changed (mutated) by external factors like ultraviolet light, toxic chemicals, and other carcinogens. The range of normal genetic alterations that a person's DNA undergoes over time is extraordinarily large, so it is hard to detect exactly what cause tumourigenesis. This book presents the latest research advances in the field.

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Nova Publishers

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1600218172

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9781600218170

Far North

By: David White,Angus Gillies

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Far North

By: David White,Angus Gillies

June 2016, Far North, New Zealand. The job seemed simple: leave Auckland, pick up 500kg of meth from Ninety-Mile Beach and drive it back south, while keeping a low profile. How hard could that be? This is the true story of one of New Zealand's biggest ever drug busts, and how those responsible almost got away with half a tonne of crystal meth. Oh, and half a billion dollars. But thanks to the sleuthing skills of Ahipara's good-hearted locals - and a series of unbelievable faux-pas by the drug-smugglers - police managed to catch the crims. They say fact is stranger than fiction, and in this case it is. Stranger, and funnier. It's a story like no other. This is Far North.

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Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.

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1760688568

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Powerful Learning

What We Know About Teaching for Understanding

By: Linda Darling-Hammond,Brigid Barron,P. David Pearson,Alan H. Schoenfeld,Elizabeth K. Stage,Timothy D. Zimmerman,Gina N. Cervetti,Jennifer L. Tilson

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Powerful Learning

What We Know About Teaching for Understanding

By: Linda Darling-Hammond,Brigid Barron,P. David Pearson,Alan H. Schoenfeld,Elizabeth K. Stage,Timothy D. Zimmerman,Gina N. Cervetti,Jennifer L. Tilson

In Powerful Learning, Linda Darling-Hammond and an impressive list of co-authors offer a clear, comprehensive, and engaging exploration of the most effective classroom practices. They review, in practical terms, teaching strategies that generate meaningful K–2 student understanding, and occur both within the classroom walls and beyond. The book includes rich stories, as well as online videos of innovative classrooms and schools, that show how students who are taught well are able to think critically, employ flexible problem-solving, and apply learned skills and knowledge to new situations.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119181763

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9781119181767

Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Principles and Applications with Practical Perspectives

By: Chris Mi,M. Abul Masrur,David Wenzhong Gao

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Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Principles and Applications with Practical Perspectives

By: Chris Mi,M. Abul Masrur,David Wenzhong Gao

Modern Hybrid Electric Vehicles provides vital guidance to help a new generation of engineers master the principles of and further advance hybrid vehicle technology. The authors address purely electric, hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric, hybrid hydraulic, fuel cell, and off-road hybrid vehicle systems. They focus on the power and propulsion systems for these vehicles, including issues related to power and energy management. They concentrate on material that is not readily available in other hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) books such as design examples for hybrid vehicles, and cover new developments in the field including electronic CVT, plug-in hybrid, and new power converters and controls. Covers hybrid vs. pure electric, HEV system architecture (including plug-in and hydraulic), off-road and other industrial utility vehicles, non-ground-vehicle applications like ships, locomotives, aircrafts, system reliability, EMC, storage technologies, vehicular power and energy management, diagnostics and prognostics, and electromechanical vibration issues. Contains core fundamentals and principles of modern hybrid vehicles at component level and system level. Provides graduate students and field engineers with a text suitable for classroom teaching or self-study.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119970113

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The Badgers of Wytham Woods

A Model for Behaviour, Ecology, and Evolution

By: David Macdonald,Chris Newman

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The Badgers of Wytham Woods

A Model for Behaviour, Ecology, and Evolution

By: David Macdonald,Chris Newman

The badgers of Wytham Woods (Oxford, UK) have been studied continuously and intensively by David Macdonald for almost 50 years (25 of them with his former student and co-author Chris Newman), generating a wealth of data pertaining to every facet of their ecology and evolution. Through a mix of accessible, highly readable prose and cutting-edge science, the authors weave a riveting scientific story of the lives of these intriguing creatures, highlighting the insights offered to science more broadly through badgers as a model system. They provide a paradigm - from population down to molecule - for a deeper understanding of mammalian behaviour, ecology, epidemiology, evolutionary biology, and conservation. The real value of this long-term study is particularly apparent with current and globally relevant challenges such as climate change, disease epidemics, and senescence. This unique dataset enables us to examine these issues in a context that only a half-century experiment can reveal. The Badgers of Wytham Woods will appeal to a broad audience of professional academics (especially carnivore and mammalian biologists), researchers and students at all levels, governmental and non-governmental wildlife bodies, and to the natural historian fascinated by wild animals and the remarkable processes of nature they exemplify.

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Oxford University Press

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0192659944

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9780192659941

Development

The Molecular Genetic Approach

By: Vincenzo E.A. Russo,Stuart Brody,David Cove,Sergio Ottolenghi

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Development

The Molecular Genetic Approach

By: Vincenzo E.A. Russo,Stuart Brody,David Cove,Sergio Ottolenghi

As a result of the molecular genetic analysis of development similar mechanisms for the regulation of gene expression are found in a wide range of organisms. In "Development - the Molecular Genetic Approach" these common mechanisms as well as the specific events leading to a differentiated cell are described. Particular items treated are, for example, how asymmetry is achieved, how cell size is determined, how cell division is controlled, how cell lineage influences development, how cells know their position, and how cells communicate during development.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642770436

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9783642770432

The Reckoning

By: David Halberstam

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The Reckoning

By: David Halberstam

New York Times Bestseller: “A historical overview of the auto industry in the United States and Japan [and] the gradual decline of U.S. manufacturing” (Library Journal). After generations of creating high-quality automotive products, American industrialists began losing ground to the Japanese auto industry in the decades after World War II. David Halberstam, with his signature precision and absorbing narrative style, traces this power shift by delving into the boardrooms and onto the factory floors of the America’s Ford Motor Company and Japan’s Nissan. Different in every way—from their reactions to labor problems to their philosophies and leadership styles—the two companies stand as singular testaments to the challenges brought by the rise of the global economy. From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Fifties and The Coldest Winter, and filled with intriguing vignettes about Henry Ford, Lee Iacocca, and other visionary industrial leaders, The Reckoning remains a powerful and enlightening story about manufacturing in the modern age, and how America fell woefully behind. This ebook features an extended biography of David Halberstam.

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Open Road Media

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1453286101

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Deleuze's Cinema Books

Three Introductions to the Taxonomy of Images

By: David Deamer

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Deleuze's Cinema Books

Three Introductions to the Taxonomy of Images

By: David Deamer

Deleuze's two Cinema books explore film through the creation of a series of philosophical concepts. Not only bewildering in number, Deleuze's writing procedures mean his exegesis is both complex and elusive. Three questions emerge: What are the underlying principles of the taxonomy? How many concepts are there, and what do they describe? How might each be used in engaging with a film?David Deamer's book is the first to fully respond to these three questions, unearthing the philosophies inspiring Deleuze's classifications, exploring every concept and reading a film for each. Clearly and concisely mapping the Cinema books for newcomers to Deleuzian film studies, Deamer also opens up new areas of enquiry for expert readers.

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Edinburgh University Press

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1474407706

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Advanced Krav Maga

The Next Level of Fitness and Self-Defense

By: David Kahn

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Advanced Krav Maga

The Next Level of Fitness and Self-Defense

By: David Kahn

Based on the principles of enhancing natural instincts and using appropriate force for self-protection, anyone can master the moves of krav maga - the international self-defense and fitness sensation designed by the Israel Defense Forces. This follow-up to Krav Maga: An Essential Guide to the Renowned Method - for Fitness and Self-Defense explores essential combative tactics, including standing, clinch, and extensive groundwork from yellow, orange, and green belt levels, to help you update and improve your skills." "Regardless of strength, size, age, or gender, you can learn advanced techniques for fending off an unarmed attacker - swiftly, powerfully, and simply And the conditioning you will achieve by practicing these techniques will tone your muscles, improve your reflexes, and get you fighting fit."--BOOK JACKET.

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Macmillan

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0312361645

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Model Selection and Multimodel Inference

A Practical Information-Theoretic Approach

By: Kenneth P. Burnham,David R. Anderson

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Model Selection and Multimodel Inference

A Practical Information-Theoretic Approach

By: Kenneth P. Burnham,David R. Anderson

A unique and comprehensive text on the philosophy of model-based data analysis and strategy for the analysis of empirical data. The book introduces information theoretic approaches and focuses critical attention on a priori modeling and the selection of a good approximating model that best represents the inference supported by the data. It contains several new approaches to estimating model selection uncertainty and incorporating selection uncertainty into estimates of precision. An array of examples is given to illustrate various technical issues. The text has been written for biologists and statisticians using models for making inferences from empirical data.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387224564

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Catalysis by Gold

By: Geoffrey Colin Bond,Catherine Louis,David T. Thompson

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Catalysis by Gold

By: Geoffrey Colin Bond,Catherine Louis,David T. Thompson

Gold has traditionally been regarded as inactive as a catalytic metal. However, the advent of nanoparticulate gold on high surface area oxide supports has demonstrated its high catalytic activity in many chemical reactions. Gold is active as a heterogeneous catalyst in both gas and liquid phases, and complexes catalyse reactions homogeneously in solution. Many of the reactions being studied will lead to new application areas for catalysis by gold in pollution control, chemical processing, sensors and fuel cell technology. This book describes the properties of gold, the methods for preparing gold catalysts and ways to characterise and use them effectively in reactions. The reaction mechanisms and reasons for the high activities are discussed and the applications for gold catalysis considered. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1: Introduction to Catalysis (892 KB). Contents: Introduction to Catalysis; The Physical and Chemical Properties of Gold; Physical Properties and Characterisation of Small Gold Particles; Preparation of Supported Gold Catalysts; Chemisorption of Simple Molecules on Gold; Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide; The Selective Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide; Selective Oxidation; Reactions Involving Hydrogen; The WaterOCoGas Shift; Reactions of Environmental Importance; Catalysis by Soluble and Supported Gold Compounds; Miscellaneous Reactions Catalysed by Gold; Commercial Applications. Readership: Postgraduate level researchers in academia and industry, as well as general readers.

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World Scientific

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1860948952

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Picturing China in the American Press

The Visual Portrayal of Sino-American Relations in Time Magazine

By: David D. Perlmutter

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Picturing China in the American Press

The Visual Portrayal of Sino-American Relations in Time Magazine

By: David D. Perlmutter

Picturing China in the American Press juxtaposes what the ordinary American news reader was shown visually inTime Magazine between 1949 and 1973 with contemporary perspectives on the behind-the-scenes history of the period. Time Magazine is an especially fruitful source for such a visual-historical contrast and comparison because it was China-centric, founded and run by Henry Luce, a man who loved China and was commensurably obsessed with winning China to democracy and Western influence. Picturing China examines in detail major events (the Korean War and Nixon's trip to China), less considerable occurrences (shellings of Straits islands and diplomatic flaps), great personages (Chairman Mao and Henry Kissinger), and the common people and common life of China as seen through the lenses and described by the pens of American reporters, artists, photographers, and editors. Picturing China in the American Press is of great interest to both scholars of communications, Chinese history, China Studies, and journalists.

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Lexington Books

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0739158864

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9780739158869

Variable-length Codes for Data Compression

By: David Salomon

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Variable-length Codes for Data Compression

By: David Salomon

Most data compression methods that are based on variable-length codes employ the Huffman or Golomb codes. However, there are a large number of less-known codes that have useful properties and these can be useful. This book brings this large set of codes to the attention of workers in the field and for students of computer science. The author’s crystal clear style of writing and presentation allows easy access to the topic.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1846289599

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Global Media Discourse

A Critical Introduction

By: David Machin,Theo Van Leeuwen

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Global Media Discourse

A Critical Introduction

By: David Machin,Theo Van Leeuwen

Featuring a wide range of exercises, examples, and images, this textbook provides a practical way of analyzing the discourses of the global media industries. Building on a comprehensive introduction to the history and theory of global media communication, specific case studies of lifestyle and entertainment media are explored with examples from films, global women's magazines, Vietnamese news reporting and computer war games. Finally, this book investigates how global media communication is produced, looking at the formats, languages and images used in creating media materials, both globally and in localized forms. At a time when the media is becoming increasingly global, often with the same films, news and television programmes shown all over the world; Global Media Discourse provides an accessible, lively introduction into how globalization is changing the language and communicative practices of the media. Integrating a range of approaches, including political economy, discourse analysis and ethnography, this book will be of particular interest to students of media and communication studies, applied linguistics, and (critical) discourse analysis.

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Routledge

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1134240910

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9781134240913

Society

By: David Faure

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Society

By: David Faure

This book puts together historical documents that illustrate the lives and concerns of Hong Kong people through a century and a half of colonial rule. It describes not only the ideals of the elite, but also the harsh realities of life faced by the majority, who until recent years lived under considerable poverty. It documents changes in standards of living, housing conditions, family life, communal organization and political aspirations. This account of Hong Kong's social history as Hong Kong people lived it summarizes the predicaments of people who chose to live in Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong University Press

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9622093930

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Energy Landscapes

Applications to Clusters, Biomolecules and Glasses

By: David Wales

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Energy Landscapes

Applications to Clusters, Biomolecules and Glasses

By: David Wales

A self-contained account of energy landscape theory aimed at graduate students and researchers.

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696

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Cambridge University Press

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0521814154

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9780521814157

The Politics of Medicine in China

The Policy Process 1949-1977

By: David M Lampton

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The Politics of Medicine in China

The Policy Process 1949-1977

By: David M Lampton

This book examines and explains changes in Chinese health care policy during the 1949-1977 period. It is concerned with analyzing the reasons for policy change and deriving a coherent view of the Chinese political process from that analysis.

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205

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Routledge

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1000307530

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Youth and Empire

Trans-Colonial Childhoods in British and French Asia

By: David M. Pomfret

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Youth and Empire

Trans-Colonial Childhoods in British and French Asia

By: David M. Pomfret

This is the first study of its kind to provide such a broadly comparative and in-depth analysis of children and empire. Youth and Empire brings to light new research and new interpretations on two relatively neglected fields of study: the history of imperialism in East and South East Asia and, more pointedly, the influence of childhood—and children's voices—on modern empires. By utilizing a diverse range of unpublished source materials drawn from three different continents, David M. Pomfret examines the emergence of children and childhood as a central historical force in the global history of empire in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This book is unusual in its scope, extending across the two empires of Britain and France and to points of intense impact in "tropical" places where indigenous, immigrant, and foreign cultures mixed: Hong Kong, Singapore, Saigon, and Hanoi. It thereby shows how childhood was crucial to definitions of race, and thus European authority, in these parts of the world. By examining the various contradictory and overlapping meanings of childhood in colonial Asia, Pomfret is able to provide new and often surprising readings of a set of problems that continue to trouble our contemporary world.

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Stanford University Press

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0804796866

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9780804796866

Interpersonal Networks in Organizations

Cognition, Personality, Dynamics, and Culture

By: Martin Kilduff,David Krackhardt

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Interpersonal Networks in Organizations

Cognition, Personality, Dynamics, and Culture

By: Martin Kilduff,David Krackhardt

This book brings a social networks perspective to bear on topics of leadership, decision-making, turnover, organizational crises, organizational culture, and other major organizational behavior topics. It offers a new direction for organizational behavior theory and research by drawing from social network ideas. Across diverse research topics, the authors pursue an integrated focus on social ties both as they are represented in the cognitions of individuals and as they operate as constraints and opportunities in organizational settings. The authors bring their 20 years worth of research experience together to provide a programmatic social network approach to understanding the internal functioning of organizations. By focusing a distinctive research lens on interpersonal networks, they attempt to discover the keys to the whole realm of organizational behavior through the social network approach.

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310

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Cambridge University Press

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1139474103

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Taiwan's Environmental Struggle

Toward a Green Silicon Island

By: Jack Williams,Ch’ang-yi David Chang

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Taiwan's Environmental Struggle

Toward a Green Silicon Island

By: Jack Williams,Ch’ang-yi David Chang

Taiwan experienced a highly successful economic transformation in the last 50 years that produced one of Asia’s genuine ‘miracles’ of modern development, in terms of improvement in per capita income and overall quality of material well being for its citizens. The process, though, involved rapid industrialization and urbanization, and breakneck mass consumption, that inevitably resulted in rapid escalation in degradation of the island’s fragile air, water, and land, and produced some of the worst environmental pollution to be found anywhere in Asia This book examines the causes of Taiwan's environmental predicament, engaging in Taiwan's unique geological, geographical, demographical, political, industrial, historical and economic circumstances. In addition, Jack Williams and Ch'ang-yi David Chang assess the efforts of the government, NGOs and private citizens to create a "green" environmentally sustainable island, with a high tech economy based on the silicon chip, the backbone of Taiwan’s highly successful IT industry. Finally the authors discuss what can be done to improve Taiwan's environmental future. As the first commercially available book in English on Taiwan’s environmental problems this is an invaluable read for students and scholars interested in environmental studies, sustainable development and the island of Taiwan.

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401

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Routledge

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1134062826

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9781134062829

An Illustrated Guide to Dinosaur Feeding Biology

By: Ali Nabavizadeh,David B. Weishampel

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An Illustrated Guide to Dinosaur Feeding Biology

By: Ali Nabavizadeh,David B. Weishampel

This book provides a full exploration of the functional anatomy, paleoecology, and evolution of dinosaurs as viewed through the prism of feeding adaptations"--

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368

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JHU Press

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1421413531

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9781421413532

The Developing Genome

An Introduction to Behavioral Epigenetics

By: David S. Moore

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The Developing Genome

An Introduction to Behavioral Epigenetics

By: David S. Moore

Why do we grow up to look, act, and feel as we do? Through most of the twentieth century, scientists and laypeople answered this question by referring to two factors alone: our experiences and our genes. But recent discoveries about how genes work have revealed a new way to understand the developmental origins of our characteristics. These discoveries have emerged from the new science of behavioral epigenetics--and just as the whole world has now heard of DNA, "epigenetics" will be a household word in the near future. Behavioral epigenetics is important because it explains how our experiences get under our skin and influence the activity of our genes. Because of breakthroughs in this field, we now know that the genes we're born with don't determine if we'll end up easily stressed, likely to fall ill with cancer, or possessed of a powerful intellect. Instead, what matters is what our genes do. And because research in behavioral epigenetics has shown that our experiences influence how our genes function, this work has changed how scientists think about nature, nurture, and human development. Diets, environmental toxins, parenting styles, and other environmental factors all influence genetic activity through epigenetic mechanisms; this discovery has the potential to alter how doctors treat diseases, and to change how mental health professionals treat conditions from schizophrenia to post-traumatic stress disorder. These advances could also force a reworking of the theory of evolution that dominated twentieth-century biology, and even change how we think about human nature itself. In spite of the importance of this research, behavioral epigenetics is still relatively unknown to non-biologists. The Developing Genome is an introduction to this exciting new discipline; it will allow readers without a background in biology to learn about this work and its revolutionary implications.

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Oxford University Press

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0199922357

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9780199922352

Foodborne Disease Handbook, Second Edition,

Volume 3: Plant Toxicants

By: Y. H. Hui,Roy Smith,David G. Spoerke

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Foodborne Disease Handbook, Second Edition,

Volume 3: Plant Toxicants

By: Y. H. Hui,Roy Smith,David G. Spoerke

A study of foodborne disease, focusing on plant toxicants. This second edition contains new chapters on poison centre management of exposures to plant and mushroom toxins; medical management of plant poisoning; prevention and management of plant toxicants in livestock; Clavicepis; mushroom biology, epidemiology, poisoning and medical management; fungi in folk medicine; and more.

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CRC Press

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082470343X

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9780824703431

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