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The Fate of Wonder

Wittgenstein's Critique of Metaphysics and Modernity

By: Kevin M. Cahill

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The Fate of Wonder

Wittgenstein's Critique of Metaphysics and Modernity

By: Kevin M. Cahill

Kevin M. Cahill reclaims one of Ludwig Wittgenstein's most passionately pursued endeavors: to reawaken a sense of wonder around human life and language and its mysterious place in the world. Following the philosopher's spiritual and cultural criticism and tying it more tightly to the overall evolution of his thought, Cahill frames an original interpretation of Wittgenstein's engagement with Western metaphysics and modernity, better contextualizing the force of his work. Cahill synthesizes several approaches to Wittgenstein's life and thought. He stresses the nontheoretical aspirations of the philosopher's early and later writings, combining key elements from the so-called resolute readings of the Tractatus with the "therapeutic" readings of Philosophical Investigations. Cahill shows how continuity in Wittgenstein's cultural and spiritual concerns informed if not guided his work between these texts, and in his reading of the Tractatus, Cahill identifies surprising affinities with Martin Heidegger's Being and Time—a text rarely associated with Wittgenstein's early formulations. In his effort to recapture wonder, Wittgenstein both avoided and undermined traditional philosophy's reliance on theory. As Cahill relates the steps of this bold endeavor, he forms his own innovative, analytical methods, joining historicist and contextualist approaches to text-based, immanent readings. The result is an original, sustained examination of Wittgenstein's thought.

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Columbia University Press

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0231528116

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The Worst Day of School EVER-Do-Over

By: Kevin Kremer

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The Worst Day of School EVER-Do-Over

By: Kevin Kremer

Eleven-year-old Tyler Davis moves from Miami, Florida, to Williston, North Dakota with his mom during Christmas vacation. His first day of school at his new elementary school is an absolute disaster! Miraculously, he gets a chance to live the day all over again-this time with the help of a magic cell phone. You won't believe what happens! Much of the book takes place at a fictitious Phil Jackson Elementary School in Williston, North Dakota. The book is also dedicated to Phil Jackson, the pride of North Dakota and the greatest coach ever in the NBA, having won eleven championships with the Lakers and Bulls. He also won a high school state championship in basketball starring for Williston High School in 1963, and an NBA Championship as a player for the New York Knicks in 1973.

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0997712619

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9780997712612

Sounds Beyond

Arvo Pärt and the 1970s Soviet Underground

By: Kevin C. Karnes

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Sounds Beyond

Arvo Pärt and the 1970s Soviet Underground

By: Kevin C. Karnes

Sounds Beyond charts the origins of Arvo Pärt’s most famous music, which was created in dialogue with underground creative circles in the USSR. In Sounds Beyond, Kevin C. Karnes studies the interconnected alternative music and art scenes in the USSR during the second half of the 1970s, revealing the audacious origins of some of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt’s most famous music. Karnes shows how Pärt’s work was created within a vital yet forgotten culture of collective experimentation, the Soviet underground. Mining archives and oral history from across the former USSR, Sounds Beyond carefully situates modes of creative experimentation within their late socialist contexts. In documenting Pärt’s work, Karnes reveals the rich creative culture that thrived covertly in the USSR and the network of figures that made underground performances possible: students, audio engineers, sympathetic administrators, star performers, and aspiring DJs. Sounds Beyond advances a new understanding of Pärt’s music as an expression of the aesthetic and religious commitments shared, nurtured, and celebrated by many in Soviet underground circles. At the same time, this story attests to the lasting power of Pärt’s music. Dislodging the mythology of the solitary creative genius, Karnes shows that Pärt’s work would be impossible without community.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226815404

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9780226815404

All the World Is Awry

Al-Maʿarrī and the Luzūmiyyāt, Revisited

By: R. Kevin Lacey

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All the World Is Awry

Al-Maʿarrī and the Luzūmiyyāt, Revisited

By: R. Kevin Lacey

Free-thinking poet, grammarian, social critic, and satirist, Abū al-‛Alā' al-Ma‛arrī (973–1057 CE) remains one of the more celebrated and intriguing personalities in the history of Arab Islamic civilization. Although the controversies surrounding his skepticism, cynicism, and anticlericalism have never been completely resolved, his more disquieting writings are commonly available in the Arab world, cited in standard histories of Arabic literature, and the subject of scholarly studies. Al-Ma‛arrī is universally recognized as a giant among the litterateurs of Islam, deservedly famous for the role that he played in the development of Arabic verse as a more serious vehicle of religious-political thought and social criticism. The centrality attributed to al-Ma‛arrī as innovator has been linked to a strain of inquiry that has been particularly paramount to Westerners: To what extent did al-Ma‛arrī and other unconventional thinkers stray from the course of mainstream Islamic thought? In this book, R. Kevin Lacey places al-Ma‛arrī within the broader context of Arab Islamic political and intellectual history up to the mid-eleventh century and identifies the coherencies and incoherencies within his overall thought in an effort to determine the extent to which he deviated from his inherited faith. Al-Ma‛arrī and his like were hardly representative, and their imprint on their co-religionists may be questionable, but they must be taken into consideration in order to do full justice to the intellectual history of Islam.

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State University of New York Press

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1438479468

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9781438479460

Social Economics

Market Behavior in a Social Environment

By: Gary Stanley Becker,Kevin M. Murphy

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Social Economics

Market Behavior in a Social Environment

By: Gary Stanley Becker,Kevin M. Murphy

Economists assume that people make choices based on their preferences and their budget constraints. The preferences and values of others play no role in the standard economic model. This feature has been sharply criticized by other social scientists, who believe that the choices people make are also conditioned by social and cultural forces. Economists, meanwhile, are not satisfied with standard sociological and anthropological concepts and explanations because they are not embedded in a testable, analytic framework. In this book, Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy provide such a framework by including the social environment along with standard goods and services in their utility functions. These extended utility functions provide a way of analyzing how changes in the social environment affect people's choices and behaviors. More important, they also provide a way of analyzing how the social environment itself is determined by the interactions of individuals. Using this approach, the authors are able to explain many puzzling phenomena, including patterns of drug use, how love affects marriage patterns, neighborhood segregation, the prices of fine art and other collectibles, the social side of trademarks, the rise and fall of fads and fashions, and the distribution of income and status.

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Harvard University Press

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0674020642

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9780674020641

Arvo Pärt's Tabula Rasa

By: Kevin C. Karnes

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Arvo Pärt's Tabula Rasa

By: Kevin C. Karnes

One of today's most widely acclaimed composers, Arvo Pärt broke into the soundscape of the Cold War West with Tabula Rasa in 1977, a work that introduced his signature tintinnabuli style to listeners throughout the world. In the first book dedicated to this pathbreaking composition, author Kevin C. Karnes tells the story of Tabula Rasa as one of Pärt and of Europe itself, traced over the course of a quarter-century that saw momentous transitions in European culture and politics, history and memory. Beginning at the site of the work's creation in the Estonian SSR, and drawing extensively upon a range of previously unexamined archival materials, Karnes recounts Pärt's discovery of tintinnabuli amidst his experiments with the music of the Western and Soviet avant-gardes. He examines Tabula Rasa in relation to modernist conceptions of musical structure, the ascetic practice of Orthodox Christianity, postwar experiences of electronic music, and the polystylistic approaches to composition that have become emblematic of the Soviet 1970s. Tracing the export of Tabula Rasa to the West and Pärt's emigration in 1980, the book reveals intersections of critical commentary with visions of the "end of history" that attended the collapse of European communism to suggest that it was in this confluence of listening, discovery, and geopolitical reordering that enduring lines of conversation about Pärt and his music took shape.

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Oxford University Press

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0190468998

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The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe: Volume 1, 1700–1870

By: Stephen Broadberry,Kevin H. O'Rourke

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The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe: Volume 1, 1700–1870

By: Stephen Broadberry,Kevin H. O'Rourke

Unlike most existing textbooks on the economic history of modern Europe, which offer a country-by-country approach, The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe rethinks Europe's economic history since 1700 as unified and pan-European, with the material organised by topic rather than by country. This first volume is centred on the transition to modern economic growth, which first occurred in Britain before spreading to other parts of western Europe by 1870. Each chapter is written by an international team of authors who cover the three major regions of northern Europe, southern Europe, and central and eastern Europe. The volume covers the major themes of modern economic history, including trade; urbanization; aggregate economic growth; the major sectors of agriculture, industry and services; and the development of living standards, including the distribution of income. The quantitative approach makes use of modern economic analysis in a way that is easy for students to understand.

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113948950X

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Sports, Media, and Society

By: Kevin Hull

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Sports, Media, and Society

By: Kevin Hull

Whether espoused by sports leagues, teams, or individual athletes, social issues are part of the sporting world fabric. The sports media often plays the gatekeeper, deciding how messages are presented and to what extent they’re covered—if at all. Sports, Media, and Society investigates the impact of societal issues in sports and how the media reports those stories. Why does the sports media operate in the manner that it does, and what’s the impact of its decisions on the audience? With Sports, Media, and Society, there is now a resource that combines mainstay class discussion points, current case studies, and theoretical and historical foundations in one comprehensive text. The book’s 34 chapters are each short and concise—a format preferred by instructors—covering a wide range of topics and easily digestible for students. Part I covers sports media history and the media’s role as gatekeeper. Chapters explore the history and evolution of various media—newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and social media—and the business of and competition between sports media entities. Case studies examine NBC’s Olympics coverage and the nimbleness of Sports Illustrated in the digital space. Part II showcases television’s impact on how fans follow sports. Discussions include ABC’s Wide World of Sports, which exposed viewers to events around the globe; ESPN’s foray into 24/7 sports coverage; and Fox Sports’ shocking NFL deal, which marked a new era in media rights negotiations and sports broadcasting technologies. The intersection of sports and social issues is the focus of part III. Numerous issues are addressed, punctuated by case studies involving key players and events related to each topic. Cases concerning Colin Kaepernick, USWNT (and coverage of women’s sports generally), LGBTQ+ issues, and obstacles faced by women working in sports media are highlights, while examinations of social identity theory and framing provide context on how people identify with specific groups and how the media influences opinions. Athletes and sport entities are constantly in the news—not always in a positive light. Part IV addresses crisis management and communication, featuring case studies about Tiger Woods, Lance Armstrong, LeBron James (The Decision), Kobe Bryant (his death and the misreporting of facts surrounding it), and the Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal. The text concludes with part V, which explores emerging trends in sports media and society. Through social media, virtually anyone can become a thought leader (wresting control from traditional outlets), and teams and athletes can dialogue directly with fans, effectively sidelining sports journalists. Chapters on the formerly taboo subjects of athlete mental health and sports wagering, as well as the exploding popularity of esports, round out the text. Sports shape our culture in numerous ways, and the sports media plays a transformative role in how it occurs. Sports, Media, and Society prepares tomorrow’s sports journalists and communicators to venture beyond the how-tos of developing content to understanding the whys behind it.

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Human Kinetics

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1718217609

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9781718217607

Scapegoat of Shiloh

The Distortion of Lew Wallace's Record by U.S. Grant

By: Kevin Getchell

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Scapegoat of Shiloh

The Distortion of Lew Wallace's Record by U.S. Grant

By: Kevin Getchell

A great controversy surrounds General Lew Wallace at the Battle of Shiloh. General U.S. Grant blamed Wallace for the huge number of casualties the Union suffered, citing a dilatory march and poor choice of route to the battlefield. Wallace was obsessed with these accusations his entire life and wrote Ben-Hur as much to work through the injustice of being labeled a scapegoat as for literary aspirations. This book asserts that something entirely different may be at fault for the astonishing number of men lost. Overlooked in the history of the battle is Grant's own choice of a specific man to carry battle orders to Wallace, a mistake that might have made all the difference. This assertion is supported by newly discovered documents written by an obscure Wisconsin quartermaster as well as evidence in official records. The implications of this choice of messenger virtually vindicate Wallace. By also juxtaposing certain Confederate actions, this book explores the behind-the-scenes struggle during the Battle of Shiloh and its aftermath for the participants.

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McFarland

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078647209X

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9780786472093

Electric Airplanes and Drones

A History

By: Kevin Desmond

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Electric Airplanes and Drones

A History

By: Kevin Desmond

Attempts at electric powered flight date to well before the 19th century. Battery weight and low energy output made it impractical until the 1990s, when the advent of lightweight materials, more efficient solar power, improved engines and the Li-Po (lithium polymer) battery opened the skies to a wide variety of electric aircraft. The author describes the diverse designs of modern electric flying machines--from tiny insect-styled drones to stratospheric airships--and explores developing trends, including flying cars and passenger airliners.

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1476669619

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Young adults using prescription drugs nonmedically

By: Frédérique Bawin,Kevin Emplit,Julie Tieberghien ,Ellen Vandenbogaerde,Mafalda Pardal,Christine Guillain,Tom Decorte

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Young adults using prescription drugs nonmedically

By: Frédérique Bawin,Kevin Emplit,Julie Tieberghien ,Ellen Vandenbogaerde,Mafalda Pardal,Christine Guillain,Tom Decorte

The growing use of prescription drugs is a global health concern. A “pill-popping culture”, where many life issues are seen as problems that can be treated with medication, is becoming more common worldwide. Simultaneously, there are increasing concerns about the nonmedical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) such as sedatives, opi-oid-based pain relief medication and prescription stimu-lants. Nevertheless, this trend has received limited atten-tion in scientific research in Belgium, and in Europe more broadly. The YOUTH-PUMED study described in this book aims at a better understanding of this phenomenon among young adults, and of their perceptions about their own nonmedical use of prescription drugs and associated harms. This book shows that the young adults were using one or more psychoactive medication (sedatives, analgesics or stimulants) in different contexts, and their use patterns and motives for use varied. It ends with helpful insights to prevent and reduce NMUPD.

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Gompel&Svacina

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9463713417

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9789463713412

Interstitial Lung Diseases and Autoimmune Lung Diseases, An Issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics

By: Kevin K Brown,Jeffrey Swigris,Aryeh Fischer

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Interstitial Lung Diseases and Autoimmune Lung Diseases, An Issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics

By: Kevin K Brown,Jeffrey Swigris,Aryeh Fischer

This issue of Immunology and Allergy Clinics provides the latest essential updates in interstitial lung diseases and autoimmune lung diseases. This comprehensive issue covers causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1455748471

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9781455748471

Diagnostic Imaging: Pediatric Neuroradiology E-Book

By: Kevin R. Moore

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Diagnostic Imaging: Pediatric Neuroradiology E-Book

By: Kevin R. Moore

Covering the entire spectrum of this fast-changing field, Diagnostic Imaging: Pediatric Neuroradiology, third edition, is an invaluable resource for radiologists, child neurologists, and pediatricians—anyone who requires an easily accessible reference that covers common and uncommon disorders affecting the brain, head, neck, and spine of children. Dr. Kevin Moore and an expert author team provide carefully updated information and an abundance of high-quality images throughout, making this edition a useful learning tool as well as a handy reference source for daily practice. - Features more than 2,300 annotated images, including MR, CT, proton spectroscopy, and angiographic findings - Brings you up to speed with recent name changes and reclassification of both neoplastic and nonneoplastic central nervous system (CNS) entities, revised classification of tumor types/subtypes, changes in metabolic disorders and malformations, and entirely new disorders and groups of disorders such as acute flaccid myelitis - Includes new chapters covering important pediatric spine neoplasms, such as CNS intradural tumor dissemination and myxopapillary ependymoma - Provides expanded coverage of better-understood genetic white matter diseases such as vanishing white matter disease - Discusses key topics such as newly discovered genetic mutations correlating with distinct imaging appearances and prognosis, newly characterized infectious entities, recent descriptions of important Chiari I malformation variants, newly described entities based on genetics in addition to histological features, and advances in the diagnosis of abusive head trauma - Uses bulleted, succinct text for fast and easy comprehension of essential information, including terminology, imaging findings, key facts, differential diagnosis, pathology, clinical issues, diagnostic checklist, and selected references - Includes an extensive image gallery for each entity, depicting common and variant cases - Offers a vivid, full-color design that makes the material easy to read - Displays a "thumbnail" visual differential diagnosis for each entity

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323708544

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9780323708548

Sports Broadcasting

By: Kevin Hull

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Sports Broadcasting

By: Kevin Hull

This undergraduate textbook provides students with the information and skills needed to be a well-rounded sports television or radio broadcaster. Students will learn how to write for broadcast, shoot and edit video, and prepare for all the additional tasks needed along the way"--

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Human Kinetics

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1492598577

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Coordination Chemistry Research Progress

By: Kevin S. Verley

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Coordination Chemistry Research Progress

By: Kevin S. Verley

Coordination chemistry is the study of compounds formed between metal ions and other neutral or negatively charged molecules. Coordination chemistry includes areas of inorganic solid state chemistry, organometallic chemistry and bioinorganic chemistry, as well as applications to analytical chemistry, catalysis, industrial chemistry and materials science.

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Nova Publishers

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1604560479

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9781604560473

Groenhagen Family History

By: Kevin Groenhagen

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Groenhagen Family History

By: Kevin Groenhagen

The history of the Groenhagen families in Ostfriesland, Germany, and the United States. Groenhagen Family History covers Harm Siebelts Groenhagen�s (Groenhagen's second great-grandfather) descendants to the present and his ancestors back to Geert Garrels (the family didn�t use the surname Groenhagen until about 1811), who was born about 1640. The book also discusses Geert Garrels� descendants in Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Germany. Groenhagen�s book also covers Harm Tammen Groenhagen�s descendants to the present and his ancestors back to Garrelt Nonnen, who was born before 1685. Garrelt Nonnen�s descendants can be found in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, and Germany. Groenhagen Family History includes a chapter on genetic genealogy. Using DNA testing, Groenhagen is finally able to answer the question regarding whether or not he is related to Harm Tammen Groenhagen and his descendants.

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Lulu.com

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1678015261

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9781678015268

Diagnostic Imaging: Spine - E-Book

By: Jeffrey S. Ross,Kevin R. Moore

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Diagnostic Imaging: Spine - E-Book

By: Jeffrey S. Ross,Kevin R. Moore

Covering the entire spectrum of this fast-changing field, Diagnostic Imaging: Spine, fourth edition, is an invaluable resource for general radiologists, neuroradiologists, and trainees—anyone who requires an easily accessible, highly visual reference on today's spinal imaging. Drs. Jeffrey Ross, Kevin Moore, and their team of highly regarded experts provide updated information on disease identification and imaging techniques to help you make informed decisions at the point of care. The text is lavishly illustrated, delineated, and referenced, making it a useful learning tool as well as a handy reference for daily practice. - Serves as a one-stop resource for key concepts and information on radiologic imaging and interpretation of spine, spinal cord, and bony vertebral conditions - Features more than 2,600 full-color illustrations, including radiologic, pathologic, and clinical images - Contains new chapters on recent surgery protocols such as spine instability neoplastic scoring (SINS) and epidural spinal cord compression scale (ESSC) - Features updates from cover to cover including revisions in accordance with new information on inflammatory and autoimmune disorders and systemic manifestations of diseases - Provides expanded imaging details for metastatic diseases to accommodate recent significant changes, including new categories of oncologic surgery driven by the use of proton beam radiotherapy, PET MR as a diagnostic modality, and new FDA-approved hardware - Includes new information on areas of demyelinating diseases related to better understanding of MS, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, and anti-MOG disorders; a variety of spinal CSF leak pathologies that cause intracranial hypotension; genetic and disease information on schwannomatosis; and much more - Uses bulleted, succinct text and highly templated chapters for quick comprehension of essential information at the point of care

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323794009

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9780323794008

When It Snows in Sarasota

By: Kevin Kremer

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When It Snows in Sarasota

By: Kevin Kremer

While trying to find out if it's ever snowed in Sarasota on Christmas, three teens who've just moved to Siesta Key from North Dakota are drawn into a huge mystery involving a fisherman named Captain Sarasota who disappeared under bizarre circumstances. Their attempt to solve the mystery takes the teens all over the Suncoast, and they meet many interesting people along the way inclding Jon Gruden, Dickie V., and a super dolphin named Jack Lambert. Will they ever find out what happened to Captain Sarasota? Who's that man following the teens everywhere?

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0966333527

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When It Snows in Sarasota

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When It Snows in Sarasota

By: Kevin Kremer

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The Blizzard of the Millennium

By: Kevin Kremer

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The Blizzard of the Millennium

By: Kevin Kremer

With the arrival of the year 2000 only days away, the Governor of North Dakota is looking for a few ways to spice up the state's huge celebration of that event. When Governor Ed asks a group of his precocious seventh grade friends for their help, they take on the challenge with zest! But a huge blizzard predicted by The Old Fogies' Almanac threatens to ruin everything! And, what's this? A giganitc monster is headed toward Bismarck where over 300,000 people are gathering for the celebration! Hang on! You're not going to believe what happens!

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0966333500

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Replacing Truth

By: Kevin Scharp

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Replacing Truth

By: Kevin Scharp

Kevin Scharp proposes an original theory of the nature and logic of truth on which truth is an inconsistent concept that should be replaced for certain theoretical purposes. Replacing Truth opens with an overview of work on the nature of truth (e.g., correspondence theories, deflationism), work on the liar and related paradoxes, and a comprehensive scheme for combining these two literatures into a unified study of the concept truth. Scharp argues that truth is best understood as an inconsistent concept, and proposes a detailed theory of inconsistent concepts that can be applied to the case of truth. Truth also happens to be a useful concept, but its inconsistency inhibits its utility; as such, it should be replaced with consistent concepts that can do truth's job without giving rise to paradoxes. To this end, Scharp offers a pair of replacements, which he dubs ascending truth and descending truth, along with an axiomatic theory of them and a new kind of possible-worlds semantics for this theory. As for the nature of truth, he goes on to develop Davidson's idea that it is best understood as the core of a measurement system for rational phenomena (e.g., belief, desire, and meaning). The book finishes with a semantic theory that treats truth predicates as assessment-sensitive (i.e., their extension is relative to a context of assessment), and a demonstration of how this theory solves the problems posed by the liar and other paradoxes.

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OUP Oxford

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0191662836

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9780191662836

Terror Flyers

The Lynching of American Airmen in Nazi Germany

By: Kevin T Hall

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Terror Flyers

The Lynching of American Airmen in Nazi Germany

By: Kevin T Hall

Terror Flyers examines the "lynch justice" (Lynchjustiz) committed against American airmen in Nazi Germany during World War II. Using engaging first-person accounts of downed pilots, as well as previously unused primary sources, Terror Flyers challenges the notion that such lynchings were exclusively the domain of Nazi party officials and soldiers. New evidence reveals ordinary German people executed Lynchjustiz as well. Initially occurring as a spontaneous reaction to the devastation of the Allied air campaign against the cities of the Third Reich, Lynchjustiz offered the Nazi regime a unique propaganda opportunity to harness the outrage of the German population. Fueled by inspiration from America's own history of the lynching of African Americans, Nazi propaganda exploited the very same imagery found in US publications to escalate the anger of the German people. Drawing heavily on the accounts of the downed airmen themselves, testimonies from the "flyer trials" held in Dachau during 1945–48, and rarely seen Nazi propaganda, Terror Flyers offers a new narrative of this previously overlooked aspect of the Allied campaign in Europe and suggests that at least 3,000 cases of lynch justice likely occurred between 1943 and 1945.

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Indiana University Press

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0253050162

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9780253050168

Probabilistic Machine Learning

An Introduction

By: Kevin P. Murphy

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Probabilistic Machine Learning

An Introduction

By: Kevin P. Murphy

A detailed and up-to-date introduction to machine learning, presented through the unifying lens of probabilistic modeling and Bayesian decision theory. This book offers a detailed and up-to-date introduction to machine learning (including deep learning) through the unifying lens of probabilistic modeling and Bayesian decision theory. The book covers mathematical background (including linear algebra and optimization), basic supervised learning (including linear and logistic regression and deep neural networks), as well as more advanced topics (including transfer learning and unsupervised learning). End-of-chapter exercises allow students to apply what they have learned, and an appendix covers notation. Probabilistic Machine Learning grew out of the author’s 2012 book, Machine Learning: A Probabilistic Perspective. More than just a simple update, this is a completely new book that reflects the dramatic developments in the field since 2012, most notably deep learning. In addition, the new book is accompanied by online Python code, using libraries such as scikit-learn, JAX, PyTorch, and Tensorflow, which can be used to reproduce nearly all the figures; this code can be run inside a web browser using cloud-based notebooks, and provides a practical complement to the theoretical topics discussed in the book. This introductory text will be followed by a sequel that covers more advanced topics, taking the same probabilistic approach.

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MIT Press

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0262369303

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Niche Construction

The Neglected Process in Evolution (MPB-37)

By: F. John Odling-Smee,Kevin N. Lala,Marcus Feldman

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Niche Construction

The Neglected Process in Evolution (MPB-37)

By: F. John Odling-Smee,Kevin N. Lala,Marcus Feldman

The seemingly innocent observation that the activities of organisms bring about changes in environments is so obvious that it seems an unlikely focus for a new line of thinking about evolution. Yet niche construction--as this process of organism-driven environmental modification is known--has hidden complexities. By transforming biotic and abiotic sources of natural selection in external environments, niche construction generates feedback in evolution on a scale hitherto underestimated--and in a manner that transforms the evolutionary dynamic. It also plays a critical role in ecology, supporting ecosystem engineering and influencing the flow of energy and nutrients through ecosystems. Despite this, niche construction has been given short shrift in theoretical biology, in part because it cannot be fully understood within the framework of standard evolutionary theory. Wedding evolution and ecology, this book extends evolutionary theory by formally including niche construction and ecological inheritance as additional evolutionary processes. The authors support their historic move with empirical data, theoretical population genetics, and conceptual models. They also describe new research methods capable of testing the theory. They demonstrate how their theory can resolve long-standing problems in ecology, particularly by advancing the sorely needed synthesis of ecology and evolution, and how it offers an evolutionary basis for the human sciences. Already hailed as a pioneering work by some of the world's most influential biologists, this is a rare, potentially field-changing contribution to the biological sciences.

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Princeton University Press

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The Past and Future City

How Historic Preservation is Reviving America's Communities

By: Stephanie Meeks,Kevin C. Murphy

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The Past and Future City

How Historic Preservation is Reviving America's Communities

By: Stephanie Meeks,Kevin C. Murphy

At its most basic, historic preservation is about keeping old places alive, in active use, and relevant to the needs of communities today. As cities across America experience a remarkable renaissance, and more and more young, diverse families choose to live, work, and play in historic neighborhoods, the promise and potential of using our older and historic buildings to revitalize our cities is stronger than ever. This urban resurgence is a national phenomenon, boosting cities from Cleveland to Buffalo and Portland to Pittsburgh. Experts offer a range of theories on what is driving the return to the city—from the impact of the recent housing crisis to a desire to be socially engaged, live near work, and reduce automobile use. But there’s also more to it. Time and again, when asked why they moved to the city, people talk about the desire to live somewhere distinctive, to be some place rather than no place. Often these distinguishing urban landmarks are exciting neighborhoods—Miami boasts its Art Deco district, New Orleans the French Quarter. Sometimes, as in the case of Baltimore’s historic rowhouses, the most distinguishing feature is the urban fabric itself. While many aspects of this urban resurgence are a cause for celebration, the changes have also brought to the forefront issues of access, affordable housing, inequality, sustainability, and how we should commemorate difficult history. This book speaks directly to all of these issues. In The Past and Future City, Stephanie Meeks, the president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, describes in detail, and with unique empirical research, the many ways that saving and restoring historic fabric can help a city create thriving neighborhoods, good jobs, and a vibrant economy. She explains the critical importance of preservation for all our communities, the ways the historic preservation field has evolved to embrace the challenges of the twenty-first century, and the innovative work being done in the preservation space now. This book is for anyone who cares about cities, places, and saving America’s diverse stories, in a way that will bring us together and help us better understand our past, present, and future.

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Island Press

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161091709X

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Infection and Malignancy in Rheumatic Diseases, An Issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

By: Kevin Winthrop,Leonard Calabrese

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Infection and Malignancy in Rheumatic Diseases, An Issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

By: Kevin Winthrop,Leonard Calabrese

This issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics will include articles such as: Vaccines and Biologics- efficacy and toxicity; Improving Vaccine administration in Practice; HCV and rheumatology; HBV reactivation and rheumatic disease; Herpes zoster in rheumatic diseases; Opportunistic infections in biologic therapy, risk and prevention; and many more!

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0323496768

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Fordyce’s Behavioral Methods for Chronic Pain and Illness

Republished with Invited Commentaries

By: Chris J. Main,Francis J. Keefe,Mark P. Jensen,Johan W. Vlaeyen,Kevin E. Vowles

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Fordyce’s Behavioral Methods for Chronic Pain and Illness

Republished with Invited Commentaries

By: Chris J. Main,Francis J. Keefe,Mark P. Jensen,Johan W. Vlaeyen,Kevin E. Vowles

Nearly forty years after its original publication, one of the most influential textbooks on modern pain management is available again for today’s generation, in a unique and enhanced edition. Now complemented by expert, chapter-by-chapter commentaries from leading authorities on psychologically-oriented pain management and pain-associated disability, Fordyce’s Behavioral Methods for Chronic Pain and Illness blends Dr. Fordyce’s pioneering behavioral concepts with modern research and clinical practice. This innovative title is ideal for clinicians and researchers involved in the multidisciplinary assessment, treatment, and management of pain and pain-associated disorders, as well as anyone interested in behavioral approaches to chronic pain and illness.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1496320298

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Poverty and Discrimination

By: Kevin Lang

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Poverty and Discrimination

By: Kevin Lang

Many ideas about poverty and discrimination are nothing more than politically driven assertions unsupported by evidence. And even politically neutral studies that do try to assess evidence are often simply unreliable. In Poverty and Discrimination, economist Kevin Lang cuts through the vast literature on poverty and discrimination to determine what we actually know and how we know it. Using rigorous statistical analysis and economic thinking to judge what the best research is and which theories match the evidence, this book clears the ground for students, social scientists, and policymakers who want to understand--and help reduce--poverty and discrimination. It evaluates how well antipoverty and antidiscrimination policies and programs have worked--and whether they have sometimes actually made the problems worse. And it provides new insights about the causes of, and possible solutions to, poverty and discrimination. The book begins by asking, "Who is poor?" and by giving a brief history of poverty and poverty policy in the United States in the twentieth century, including the Welfare Reform Act of 1996. Among the topics covered are the changing definition of poverty, the relation between economic growth and poverty, and the effects of labor markets, education, family composition, and concentrated poverty. The book then evaluates the evidence on racial discrimination in areas such as education, employment, and criminal justice, as well as sex discrimination in the labor market, and assesses the effectiveness of antidiscrimination policies. Throughout, the book is grounded in the conviction that we must have much better empirical knowledge of poverty and discrimination if we hope to reduce them.

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Princeton University Press

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Metalloproteinases As Targets for Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

By: Kevin M.K. Bottomley,David Bradshaw,John S. Nixon

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Metalloproteinases As Targets for Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

By: Kevin M.K. Bottomley,David Bradshaw,John S. Nixon

This volume describes recent research in the field of metalloproteinases (a family of enzymes that can catalyze tissue degradation), in particular their participation in autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, reviewing the latest developments in metalloproteinase inhibitor design and the current status of clinical candidates. This volume is intended not only for those active in research into metalloproteinases but also for those with an interest in inflammatory diseases. Thus it addresses both academic and industrial researchers.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3764358564

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Cognitive Psychology of Religion

By: Kevin J. Eames

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Cognitive Psychology of Religion

By: Kevin J. Eames

Is religion all in our heads? Whether you believe that to be true or whether you believe that religion has a corresponding external reality (i.e., God), religion at least begins with our heads, namely the cognitive architecture that predisposes human beings to belief in the sacred supernatural. Cognitive Psychology of Religion explores how research in neuroscience, perception, cognition, child development, social cognition, and cognitive anthropology provides insight into the development of the cognitive faculties of belief that facilitate the transmission of religion. Eames has organized the text into seven chapters that follow a clear and straightforward progression from the different theories of the origin of religion into an exploration on how our minds perceive the environment, form truths, spread beliefs, and take part in various rituals and experiences. Cognitive Psychology of Religion is a concise introduction to the cognitive science of religion and serves as an excellent primary or supplemental text for traditional psychology of religion courses.

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Waveland Press

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1478633069

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The Theological Project of Modernism

Faith and the Conditions of Mineness

By: Kevin Hector

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The Theological Project of Modernism

Faith and the Conditions of Mineness

By: Kevin Hector

Modernism's theological project was an attempt to explain two things: firstly, how faith might enable persons to experience their lives as hanging together, even in the face of disintegrating forces like injustice, tragedy, and luck; and secondly, how one could see such faith, and so a life held together by it, as self-expressive. Modern theologians such as Kant, Schleiermacher, Hegel, Ritschl, and Tillich thus offer accounts of how one's life would have to hang together such that one could identify with it; of the oppositions which stand in the way of such hanging-together; of God as the one by whom oppositions are overcome, such that one can have faith that one's life ultimately hangs together; and of what such faith would have to be like in order for one to identify with it, too. So understood, modern theology not only sheds light on faith's potential role in enabling persons to identify with their lives, but stands in unexpected continuity with contemporary "contextual" theologies. This book offers clear, careful readings of modernism's key figures in order to explain their relevance to practical concerns and to contemporary understandings of faith.

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0198722648

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Race, Real Estate, and Uneven Development, Second Edition

The Kansas City Experience, 1900-2010

By: Kevin Fox Gotham

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Race, Real Estate, and Uneven Development, Second Edition

The Kansas City Experience, 1900-2010

By: Kevin Fox Gotham

Traditional explanations of metropolitan development and urban racial segregation have emphasized the role of consumer demand and market dynamics. In the first edition of Race, Real Estate, and Uneven Development Kevin Fox Gotham reexamined the assumptions behind these explanations and offered a provocative new thesis. Using the Kansas City metropolitan area as a case study, Gotham provided both quantitative and qualitative documentation of the role of the real estate industry and the Federal Housing Administration, demonstrating how these institutions have promulgated racial residential segregation and uneven development. Gotham challenged contemporary explanations while providing fresh insights into the racialization of metropolitan space, the interlocking dimensions of class and race in metropolitan development, and the importance of analyzing housing as a system of social stratification. In this second edition, he includes new material that explains the racially unequal impact of the subprime real estate crisis that began in late 2007, and explains why racial disparities in housing and lending remain despite the passage of fair housing laws and antidiscrimination statutes.

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Peculiar Dynamics Of Corruption: Religion, Gender, Eu Membership, And Others

By: Omer Gokcekus,Kevin Bengyak

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Peculiar Dynamics Of Corruption: Religion, Gender, Eu Membership, And Others

By: Omer Gokcekus,Kevin Bengyak

Drawing from theories in economics, sociology, and psychology, Peculiar Dynamics of Corruption examines how gender, religion, culture, and history affect corruption. It asks and answers many questions such as, does employing more women than men reduce corruption in public sector organizations? How does a country's religious landscape a hundred years ago affect corruption today? Is corruption higher in recessions or times of economic growth? The answers to these questions are surprising: group dynamics may matter more than gender, a history of Protestantism has lasting effects on a country, and corruption is cyclical, but not in a way, most would assume. Corruption is not motivated purely by financial gain and by offering simple explanations of these unexpected causes. This book broadens our understanding of this global issue.

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World Scientific

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9814556998

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"But God Raised Him from the Dead"

The Theology of Jesus' Resurrection in Luke-Acts

By: Kevin Anderson

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"But God Raised Him from the Dead"

The Theology of Jesus' Resurrection in Luke-Acts

By: Kevin Anderson

But God Raised Him from the Dead' is the first comprehensive study of Jesus' resurrection in Luke-Acts. Through wide-sweeping research and detailed exegesis, Dr. Anderson supports the claim that the resurrection of Jesus is the focus of the message of salvation in Luke-Acts. The study situates Luke's resurrection theology within Jewish and Hellenistic conceptions of the afterlife, and addresses critical questions in Lukan studies, such as the relationship between resurrection, ascension, and exaltation and the vital linkage between Jesus' resurrection, the hope of Israel, and the final resurrection of the dead. 'But God Raised Him from the Dead' demonstrates how the resurrection of Messiah-Jesus is indispensable to the major theological dimensions of Luke's narrative of God's saving action. Jesus' resurrection is a key component in the divine plan to raise up the Savior for Israel, to extend God's saving benefits to the ends of the earth, and to guarantee the complete fulfillment of the hope of Israel and salvation of the people of God at the final resurrection of the dead.

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1556352379

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Baloh and Honrubia's Clinical Neurophysiology of the Vestibular System, Fourth Edition

By: Robert W. Baloh, MD, FAAN,Vicente Honrubia, MD, DMSc,Kevin A. Kerber, MD

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Baloh and Honrubia's Clinical Neurophysiology of the Vestibular System, Fourth Edition

By: Robert W. Baloh, MD, FAAN,Vicente Honrubia, MD, DMSc,Kevin A. Kerber, MD

This book provides a framework for understanding the pathophysiology of diseases involving the vestibular system. The book is divided into four parts: I. Anatomy and physiology of the vestibular system; II. Evaluation of the dizzy patient; III. Diagnosis and management of common neurotologic disorders; and IV. Symptomatic treatment of vertigo. Part I reviews the anatomy and physiology of the vestibular system with emphasis on clinically relevant material. Part II outlines the important features in the patient's history, examination, and laboratory evaluation that determine the probable site of lesion. Part III covers the differential diagnostic points that help the clinician decide on the cause and treatment of the patient's problem. Part IV describes the commonly used antivertiginous and antiemetic drugs and the rationale for vestibular exercises. The recent breakthroughs in the vestibular sciences are reviewed. This book will helpful to all physicians who study and treat patients complaining of dizziness.

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Oxford University Press

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0190452722

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Power and Plenty

Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium

By: Ronald Findlay,Kevin H. O'Rourke

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Power and Plenty

Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium

By: Ronald Findlay,Kevin H. O'Rourke

International trade has shaped the modern world, yet until now no single book has been available for both economists and general readers that traces the history of the international economy from its earliest beginnings to the present day. Power and Plenty fills this gap, providing the first full account of world trade and development over the course of the last millennium. Ronald Findlay and Kevin O'Rourke examine the successive waves of globalization and "deglobalization" that have occurred during the past thousand years, looking closely at the technological and political causes behind these long-term trends. They show how the expansion and contraction of the world economy has been directly tied to the two-way interplay of trade and geopolitics, and how war and peace have been critical determinants of international trade over the very long run. The story they tell is sweeping in scope, one that links the emergence of the Western economies with economic and political developments throughout Eurasia centuries ago. Drawing extensively upon empirical evidence and informing their systematic analysis with insights from contemporary economic theory, Findlay and O'Rourke demonstrate the close interrelationships of trade and warfare, the mutual interdependence of the world's different regions, and the crucial role these factors have played in explaining modern economic growth. Power and Plenty is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the origins of today's international economy, the forces that continue to shape it, and the economic and political challenges confronting policymakers in the twenty-first century.

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Princeton University Press

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1400831881

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Fighting Fit

Health, Medicine and War in the Twentieth Century

By: Kevin Brown

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Fighting Fit

Health, Medicine and War in the Twentieth Century

By: Kevin Brown

The twentieth century saw two world wars and many other conflicts characterised by technological change and severity of casualties. Medicine has adapted quickly to deal with such challenges and new medical innovations in the military field have had advantages in civil medicine. There has thus been interplay between war and medicine that has not only been confined to the armed forces and military medicine, but which has impacted on health and medicine for us all. These themes will be examined from the Boer War to the dawn of a new century, and a 'war against terror;' the experiences of individuals as doctors, nurses and patients, are highlighted, with personal, sometimes graphic, first-hand accounts bringing home the realities of medical treatment in wartime.

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The History Press

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0752486675

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9780752486673

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