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. . . So, They Made Lemonade

By: Jose Antonio Velasquez Ochoa

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This story was written to honor those who have faced personal disasters and triumphed. Many have lived out the old saying, When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Set in a low-income area of New York City in 1970, it starts with a personal tragedy when Adam Rodriguez, a promising fourteen-year-old student lost his mother unexpectedly. He had no other family to turn to. As he wandered around the neighborhood aimlessly, he was dragged into an abandoned building by two adult males. Rocco, an illiterate fifteen-yea-old homeless boy who slept in the building, saved him from the attackers. This begins an unlikely friendship. Adam soon realizes that he needs more help than that. He was desperate, so he, along with Rocco, went to an old minister of a local Spanish church that Adam had attended a few times with his mother. Pastor Elias Cosme and his wife Ela gave them refuge in their tiny apartment above the small church they served. They were willing to share what little they had because they believe it honored God. They showed the boys love and kindness, teaching them to refine and use the talents they were given in order to move ahead in life. Helping the boys to believe in themselves and their worth took dedication. There are only three options in life: to leave life as it is given to ess, make it worse or improve it for ourselves and others. People without a vision perish says The Book of Books.

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Trafford Publishing

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1490789138

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Bringing Aztlan to Mexican Chicago

My Life, My Work, My Art

By: Jose Gamaliel Gonzalez

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Bringing Aztlan to Mexican Chicago

My Life, My Work, My Art

By: Jose Gamaliel Gonzalez

Bringing Aztlán to Mexican Chicago is the autobiography of Jóse Gamaliel González, an impassioned artist willing to risk all for the empowerment of his marginalized and oppressed community. Through recollections emerging in a series of interviews conducted over a period of six years by his friend Marc Zimmerman, González looks back on his life and his role in developing Mexican, Chicano, and Latino art as a fundamental dimension of the city he came to call home. Born near Monterey, Mexico, and raised in a steel mill town in northwest Indiana, González studied art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Notre Dame. Settling in Chicago, he founded two major art groups: El Movimiento Artístico Chicano (MARCH) in the 1970s and Mi Raza Arts Consortium (MIRA) in the 1980s. With numerous illustrations, this book portrays González's all-but-forgotten community advocacy, his commitments and conflicts, and his long struggle to bring quality arts programming to the city. By turns dramatic and humorous, his narrative also covers his bouts of illness, his relationships with other artists and arts promoters, and his place within city and barrio politics.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252035380

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9780252035388

Revolutionizing Collaboration through e-Work, e-Business, and e-Service

By: Shimon Y. Nof,Jose Ceroni,Wootae Jeong,Mohsen Moghaddam

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Revolutionizing Collaboration through e-Work, e-Business, and e-Service

By: Shimon Y. Nof,Jose Ceroni,Wootae Jeong,Mohsen Moghaddam

Collaboration in highly distributed organizations of people, robots, and autonomous systems is and must be revolutionized by engineering augmentation. The aim is to augment humans’ abilities at work and, through this augmentation, improve organizations’ abilities to accomplish their missions. This book establishes the theoretical foundations and design principles of collaborative e-Work, e-Business and e-Service, their models and applications, design and implementation techniques. The fundamental premise is that without effective e-Work and e-Services, the potential of emerging activities, such as e-Commerce, virtual manufacturing, tele-robotic medicine, automated construction, smart energy grid, cyber-supported agriculture, and intelligent transportation cannot be fully materialized. Typically, workers and managers of such value networks are frustrated with complex information systems, originally designed and built to simplify and improve performance. Even if the human-computer interface for such systems is well designed, the information and task overloads can be overwhelming. Effective delivery of expected outcomes may not occur. Challenges and emerging solutions in the context of the recently developed CCT, Collaborative Control Theory, are described, with emphasis on issues of computer-supported and communication-enabled integration, coordination and augmented collaboration. Research results and analyses of engineering design methods and complex systems management techniques are explained and illustrated.

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Springer

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3662457776

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9783662457771

Nurturing Institutions for a Resilient Caribbean

By: Diether Beuermann,Moises Schwartz,Juan Pedro Schmid,Christian Dippel,Jeetendra Khadan,Jose Fajgenbaum,Claudio Loser,Allan Wright,Kimberly Waithe,Elton Bollers,Kevin Bonnett,Camila Mejia,Henry Mooney,Lodewijk Smets

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Nurturing Institutions for a Resilient Caribbean

The book explores the historical development and status of political and economic institutions in The Caribbean. The Caribbean institutional reality is studied vis-à-vis best international practices. The main objective is identifying positive aspects and institutional areas in need of improvement that could facilitate a sustainable development path in The Caribbean.

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Inter-American Development Bank

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1597823252

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9781597823258

The Making of a Chicano Militant

Lessons from Cristal

By: Jose Angel Gutierrez

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The Making of a Chicano Militant

Lessons from Cristal

By: Jose Angel Gutierrez

Texas, for years, was a one-party state controlled by white democrats. In 1962, a young eighteen-year-old heard the first rumblings of Chicano community organization in the barrios of Cristal. The rumor in the town was that five Mexican Americans were going to run for all five seats on the city council. But first, poor citizens had to find a way to pay the $1.75 poll tax. Money had to be raised—through bake sales of tamales, cake walks, and dances. So began the political activism of José Angel Gutiérrez. Gutiérrez's autobiography, The Making of a Chicano Militant, is the first insider's view of the important political and social events within the Mexican American communities in South Texas during the 1960s and 1970s. A controversial and dynamic political figure during the height of the Chicano movement, Gutiérrez offers an absorbing personal account of his life at the forefront of the Mexican-American civil rights movement—first as a Chicano and then as a militant. Gutiérrez traces the racial, ethnic, economic, and social prejudices facing Chicanos with powerful scenes from his own life: his first summer job as a tortilla maker at the age of eleven, his racially motivated kidnapping as a teenager, and his coming of age in the face of discrimination as a radical organizer in college and graduate school. When Gutiérrez finally returned to Cristal, he helped form the Mexican American Youth Organization and, subsequently the Raza Unida Party to confront issues of ethnic intolerance in his community. His story is soon to be a classic in the developing literature of Mexican American leaders.

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Univ of Wisconsin Press

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0299159841

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9780299159849

Succeeding in Business in Any Market - Volume II

Together with Insights from Top International Business Leaders

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Succeeding in Business in Any Market - Volume II

Together with Insights from Top International Business Leaders

This new volume offers additional practical strategies and insights for navigating the ever-changing business landscape. The collective wisdom of the esteemed co-authors, who bring decades of experience from diverse sectors, provides readers with a valuable source of knowledge. Their contributions distill the essence of their expertise, offering readers a unique opportunity to learn from seasoned professionals. Brian Tracy has always believed that, with the right mindset, tools, and knowledge, success is attainable in any industry or market. This book reinforces that belief by presenting a wide range of perspectives and approaches to achieving success in business. His goal remains constant: to empower entrepreneurs, professionals, and business owners to realize their full potential and make a positive impact in their respective fields. Brian Tracy extends sincere thanks to all the contributors of this volume. Their dedication and passion shine through in every chapter. To the readers, He hopes this book serves as a valuable resource, equipping them with the tools and insights needed to thrive in any market. "Always keep in mind that, with the appropriate mindset and guidance, success is not merely a possibility but an inevitability." Brian Tracy Our Co-authors: Brian Tracy "Leadership in Business" Medhat Zaki "Crafting Identity, Building Trust, and Driving Growth" Alexander Morris "The Breakthrough Principle: Revolutionizing Your Marketing Strategy" Alia Yasmin Khan "Mental Duality: Build a Foundation for Success" Amira Shukri "Executives of Impact: The New Breed of Executives" Daniel Kingston "Design and Retention: Creating Successful Teams” Daniela Aneva "The Power of Thoughtfulness Approach in Organization and Leadership Development" Sarah Liew "Entrepreneurship" Ewa Adams "The Path to Success: Transforming Thoughts into Achievement" James Law "Driving Profits: The Power of Efficiency Unleashed" Lina Mba "The Psychology of Selling" Jose Velasquez "Harnessing the Power of AI" Klaus Metzenauer "Being Successful Means Successfully Leading People" Mario Springer "The Power of Recommendation" Pascal Bachmann "How to Dominate Any Niche in 5 Steps" Matthew Malouf "The Bankable Profit Formula: Cracking the Resilient Entrepreneur’s Code for Success in All Economic Seasons" Ouly Reymond "Unleashing Your Maximum Performance: Mastering the Art of Success" Samya Ilaria Di Donato "The Power of Color in Business" Stefan Lumpp "Ethics & Morality in Sales – The Foundation of Success" Meeta Dani "The Secret Code For Becoming A Thriving Art Entrepreneur" Mohamed Dakson "Money Mastery Methodology" Buy this book now and take your business to a new level!

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Brian Tracy Publishing

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3989180118

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9783989180116

Presumed Guilty

Casey Anthony: The Inside Story

By: Jose Baez,Peter Golenbock

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Presumed Guilty

Casey Anthony: The Inside Story

By: Jose Baez,Peter Golenbock

New York Times bestseller Presumed Guilty exposes shocking, never-before revealed, exclusive information from the trial of the century and the verdict that shocked the nation. When Caylee Anthony was reported missing in Orlando, Florida, in July 2008, the public spent the next three years following the investigation and the eventual trial of her mother, Casey Anthony. On July 5, 2011, the case that captured headlines worldwide exploded when, against all odds, defense attorney Jose Baez delivered one of the biggest legal upsets in American history: a not-guilty verdict. In this tell-all, Baez shares secrets the defense knew but has not disclosed to anyone until now and frankly reveals his experiences throughout the entire case—discovering the evidence, meeting Casey Anthony for the first time, being with George and Cindy Anthony day after day, leading defense strategy meetings, and spending weeks in the judge's chambers. Presumed Guilty shows how Baez, a struggling, high-school dropout, became one of the nation's most high-profile defense attorneys through his tireless efforts to seek justice for one of the country's most vilified murder suspects.

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BenBella Books, Inc.

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1937856771

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9781937856779

Gaining Insight into User and Search Engine Behaviour by Analyzing Web Logs

By: Jeeva Jose,P. Sojan Lal

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Gaining Insight into User and Search Engine Behaviour by Analyzing Web Logs

By: Jeeva Jose,P. Sojan Lal

Web Usage Mining, also known as Web Log Mining, is the result of user interaction with a Web server including Web logs, click streams and database transaction or the visits of search engine crawlers at a Website. Log files provide immense source of information about the behavior of users as well as search engine crawlers. Web Usage Mining concerns usage of common browsing patterns i.e. pages requested in sequence from Web logs. These patterns can be utilized to enhance the design and modification of a Website. Analyzing and discovering user behavior is helpful for understanding what online information users inquire and how they behave. The analyzed result can be used in intelligent online applications, refining Websites, improving search accuracy when seeking information and lead decision makers towards better decisions in changing markets like putting advertisements in ideal places. Similarly, the crawlers or spiders are accessing the Websites to index new and updated pages. These traces help to analyze the behavior of search engine crawlers. The log files are unstructured files and of huge size. These files need to be extracted and pre-processed before any data mining functionality to follow. Pre-processing is done in unique ways for each application. Two pre-processing algorithms are proposed based on indiscernibility relations in rough set theory which generates Equivalence Classes. The first algorithm generates a pre-processed file with successful user requests while the second one generates a pre-processed file for pre-fetching and caching purposes. Two algorithms are proposed to extract usage analytics. The first algorithm identifies the origin of visits, the top referring sites and the most popular keywords used by the visitor to arrive at a Website. The second algorithm extracts user agents like browser with its version and operating system with its version used by a visitor to access a Website. In this study, clustering of users based on Entry Pages to a Website is done to analyze the deep linked traffic at a Website. The Top Ten Entry Pages, the traffic and the temporal information of the Top Ten Entry Pages are also studied.

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Anchor Academic Publishing

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3960675879

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9783960675877

The Identity Zero

By: Jose A Guevara M

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The Identity Zero

By: Jose A Guevara M

Tumönka, the faithfulest warrior and guardian of the sacred knowledge, is motivated to return to the planet in the XX century; in order to be able to reveal The Mystery of The Dynasty Zero and The Kristal Skull; as The Defender of the Chosen Warriors for the setting-up of the New World Order and the Milenium of Peace and Prosperity, in the coming of The Era of "Acuarius". He should rescue an old millennial play that was represented in The Valley of the Birds that sings (Karakas), by the Karibes Tamanakos, where they participants on the man's origins on the earth, as well as their works and penalties to be able to subsist in harmony with the cosmos. Before the threat of Kanaima, an extraterrestrial humanoid that tries to destroy the planet with the worst of the hecatombs in the universe; The Nuclear War...

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Lulu.com

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055705396X

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9780557053964

Journal of an Unknown Knight

By: Jose Alejandrino

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Journal of an Unknown Knight

By: Jose Alejandrino

Journal of an Unknown Knight is Jose B. Alejandrino's memoir. It follows his journey from his school days at an English boarding school, his work at UNESCO, his family life in France, his return to Manila following the assassination of Ninoy Aquino, his work at the Manila Chronicle and as Presidential Assistant for Economic Affairs to President Fidel Ramos, to the challenges and spirituality he encountered on his move to Spain. For the first time, he reveals stories about the Fidel Ramos Presidency, which he had been asked not to write about during that time. Following an early fascination with the Knights of the Round Table, he describes his life as a journey of a knight who quietly serves other people, and along the way, he discovers what it truly means to find his Holy Grail. The book details his life as a man who follows his principles: selflessly serving the Filipino people and being a man of faith.

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Flipside Digital Content Company Inc.

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6210100848

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9786210100846

My Memories in Oritupano

By: Jose Gonzalez

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My Memories in Oritupano

By: Jose Gonzalez

This book is a reflection of the author past. He hopes the people of Oritupano will enjoy his memories, as well as any others who read this book.

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Palibrio

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1463349483

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9781463349486

Fighting from a Distance

How Filipino Exiles Helped Topple a Dictator

By: Jose V. Fuentecilla

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Fighting from a Distance

How Filipino Exiles Helped Topple a Dictator

By: Jose V. Fuentecilla

During February 1986, a grassroots revolution overthrew the fourteen-year dictatorship of former president Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines. In this book, Jose V. Fuentecilla describes how Filipino exiles and immigrants in the United States played a crucial role in this victory, acting as the overseas arm of the opposition to help return their country to democracy. A member of one of the major U.S.-based anti-Marcos movements, Fuentecilla tells the story of how small groups of Filipino exiles--short on resources and shunned by some of their compatriots--arrived and survived in the United States during the 1970s, overcame fear, apathy, and personal differences to form opposition organizations after Marcos's imposition of martial law, and learned to lobby the U.S. government during the Cold War. In the process, he draws from multiple hours of interviews with the principal activists, personal files of resistance leaders, and U.S. government records revealing the surveillance of the resistance by pro-Marcos White House administrations. The first full-length book to detail the history of U.S.-based opposition to the Marcos regime, Fighting from a Distance provides valuable lessons on how to persevere against a well-entrenched opponent.

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University of Illinois Press

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025209509X

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9780252095092

In Flight

Two Novels of the Philippines

By: Jose Dalisay

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In Flight

Two Novels of the Philippines

By: Jose Dalisay

An emotional exploration of the Philippines, these novels illustrate the connection between a people and their beloved native land. The first novel, Killing Time in a Warm Place, is based in part on the author's own experiences as a student protester and his subsequent capture, imprisonment, and torture during the Marcos dictatorship. His subsequent assimilation to a new society as a speechwriter for the government is depicted, followed by his self-imposed exile to the United States and his eventual return to the islands upon the death of his father, where he is forced to confront past betrayals. The second tale, Soledad’s Sister, delves into the dark side of immigrant and outsourced labor that is endemic worldwide. Following the mysterious death of a young Filipina woman working as an au pair in Saudi Arabia, the narrative chronicles a local policeman’s search to claim her body, locate her next of kin, and give her a proper burial in her native soil. With deep insight into contemporary Philippine culture, this collection captures a nation attempting to reinvent itself in the eyes of the world.

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IPG

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1936182130

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9781936182138

American Encounters

Greater Mexico, the United States, and the Erotics of Culture

By: Jose Limon

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American Encounters

Greater Mexico, the United States, and the Erotics of Culture

By: Jose Limon

The idea of crossing the border between the United States and what award-winning anthropologist José Limón calls "Greater Mexico" has always conjured images of racial hostility and exclusion. Through literature, film, song, and dance, American Encounters explores an alternative history of attraction and desire between the U.S. and Greater Mexico, offering a vision of hope for the future.

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Beacon Press

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0807002372

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9780807002377

Without History

Subaltern Studies, the Zapatista Insurgency, and the Specter of History

By: Jose Rabasa

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Without History

Subaltern Studies, the Zapatista Insurgency, and the Specter of History

By: Jose Rabasa

On December 22, 1997, forty-five unarmed members of the indigenous organization Las Abejas (The Bees) were massacred during a prayer meeting in the village of Acteal, Mexico. The members of Las Abejas, who are pacifists, pledged their support to the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, a primarily indigenous group that has declared war on the state of Mexico. The massacre has been attributed to a paramilitary group composed of ordinary citizens acting on their own, although eyewitnesses claim the attack was planned ahead of time and that the Mexican government was complicit.In Without History, Jose Rabasa contrasts indigenous accounts of the Acteal massacre and other events with state attempts to frame the past, control subaltern populations, and legitimatize its own authority. Rabasa offers new interpretations of the meaning of history from indigenous perspectives and develops the concept of a communal temporality that is not limited by time, but rather exists within the individual, community, and culture as a living knowledge that links both past and present. Due to a disconnection between indigenous and state accounts as well as the lack of archival materials (many of which were destroyed by missionaries), the indigenous remain outside of, or without, history, according to most of Western discourse. The continued practice of redefining native history perpetuates the subalternization of that history, and maintains the specter of fabrication over reality.Rabasa recalls the works of Marx, Lenin, and Gramsci, as well as contemporary south Asian subalternists Ranajit Guha and Dipesh Chakrabarty, among others. He incorporates their conceptions of communality, insurgency, resistance to hegemonic governments, and the creation of autonomous spaces as strategies employed by indigenous groups around the globe, but goes further in defining these strategies as millennial and deeply rooted in Mesoamerican antiquity. For Rabasa, these methods and the continuum of ancient indigenous consciousness are evidenced in present day events such as the Zapatista insurrection.

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University of Pittsburgh Press

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082297374X

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9780822973744

Toole's Cerebrovascular Disorders

By: E. Steve Roach,Kerstin Bettermann,Jose Biller

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Toole's Cerebrovascular Disorders

By: E. Steve Roach,Kerstin Bettermann,Jose Biller

Toole's Cerebrovascular Disorders was the first modern book devoted to care of the stroke, originally published more than 40 years ago. This is a completely revised and updated sixth edition of the highly respected standard for stroke diagnosis and treatment. Dr James Toole has stayed on as a consultant for the text, and Drs E. Steve Roach, Kerstin Bettermann, and Jose Biller have reworked Dr Toole's book to include chapters on genetics, pregnancy-related stroke, and acute treatments. The practical focus of the book has not changed, retaining its emphasis on bedside diagnosis and treatment. Easily accessible both for stroke specialists and residents, the sixth edition has been modernized to keep pace with the rapid expansion of knowledge in stroke care and includes evidence-based recommendations, the latest technology and imaging, and risk factors. The text is supplemented with more than 200 images, many in color.

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