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A Guide to Symptom Relief in Palliative Care, 6th Edition

By: Claud Regnard,Mervyn Dean

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A Guide to Symptom Relief in Palliative Care, 6th Edition

By: Claud Regnard,Mervyn Dean

This established and well-regarded Guide describes the management of patients with advanced disease. Its foundation is a clinical decision-making approach in which the patient's information guides the professional's approach to appropriate management. This Sixth Edition has been fully updated, reflecting the latest advances in knowledge and care of cancer and non-cancer patients with advanced disease, including children and people with severe communication difficulties. Sections on symptoms other than pain and emergencies are set out alphabetically, with the Emergencies section now located at the end of the book for ease of reference. The Drug Information section has been extensively updated, and colour and design refinements introduced throughout for greater clarity and emphasis. All references continue to be categorised to make their evidence base clearer. Maintaining the high standard set by previous editions over the past quarter-century, this continues to be the definitive guide to palliative care symptom relief for professionals in a wide variety of caring environments.

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CRC Press

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0429533497

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9780429533495

Practice Theory and International Relations

By: Silviya Lechner,Mervyn Frost

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Practice Theory and International Relations

By: Silviya Lechner,Mervyn Frost

Advances our understanding of global and international relations through a ground-breaking philosophical analysis of social practices indebted to Oakeshott, Wittgenstein and Hegel.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108471102

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Rethinking Public Private Partnerships

By: Lewis, Mervyn K.

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Rethinking Public Private Partnerships

By: Lewis, Mervyn K.

Public private partnerships (PPPs) have been a controversial approach to procuring public infrastructure services. Against a background of recent trenchant criticism of PPPs, Mervyn K. Lewis, a leading scholar in the area, re-examines their utility. He questions what PPPs can and cannot do, why governments choose this route and whether PPPs can ever be good value for money.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1789906407

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9781789906400

Secret Stoke-on-Trent

By: Mervyn Edwards

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Secret Stoke-on-Trent

By: Mervyn Edwards

Explore Stoke-on-Trent's secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445653605

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Eras in Epidemiology

The Evolution of Ideas

By: Mervyn Susser,Zena Stein

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Eras in Epidemiology

The Evolution of Ideas

By: Mervyn Susser,Zena Stein

At its core, epidemiology is concerned with changes in health and disease. The discipline requires counts and measures: of births, health disorders, and deaths, and in order to make sense of these counts it requires a population base defined by place and time. Epidemiology relies on closely defined concepts of cause - experimental or observational - of the physical or social environment, or in the laboratory. Epidemiologists are guided by these concepts, and have often contributed to their development. Because the disciplinary focus is on health and disease in populations, epidemiology has always been an integral driver of public health, the vehicle that societies have evolved to combat and contain the scourges of mass diseases. In this book, the authors trace the evolution of epidemiological ideas from earliest times to the present. Beginning with the early concepts of magic and the humors of Hippocrates, it moves forward through the dawn of observational methods, the systematic counts of deaths initiated in 16th-century London by John Graunt and William Petty, the late 18th-century Enlightenment and the French Revolution, which established the philosophical argument for health as a human right, the national public health system begun in 19th-century Britain, up to the development of eco-epidemiology, which attempts to re-integrate the fragmented fields as they currently exist. By examining the evolution of epidemiology as it follows the evolution of human societies, this book provides insight into our shared intellectual history and shows a way forward for future study.

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Oxford University Press

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0190293721

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9780190293727

The Taxation of Income from Capital

A Comparative Study of the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden and West Germany

By: Mervyn A. King,Don Fullerton

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The Taxation of Income from Capital

A Comparative Study of the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden and West Germany

By: Mervyn A. King,Don Fullerton

Taxation—both corporate and personal—has been held responsible for the low investment and productivity growth rates experienced in the West during the last decade. This book, a comparative study of the taxation of income from capital in the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and West Germany, establishes for the first time a common framework for analysis that permits accurate comparison of tax systems.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226436314

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9780226436319

Oxford Textbook of Critical Care

By: Webb

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Oxford Textbook of Critical Care

By: Webb

Now in paperback, the second edition of the Oxford Textbook of Critical Care is a comprehensive multi-disciplinary text covering all aspects of adult intensive care management. Uniquely this text takes a problem-orientated approach providing a key resource for daily clinical issues in the intensive care unit. The text is organized into short topics allowing readers to rapidly access authoritative information on specific clinical problems. Each topic refers to basic physiological principles and provides up-to-date treatment advice supported by references to the most vital literature. Where international differences exist in clinical practice, authors cover alternative views. Key messages summarise each topic in order to aid quick review and decision making. Edited and written by an international group of recognized experts from many disciplines, the second edition of the Oxford Textbook of Critical Careprovides an up-to-date reference that is relevant for intensive care units and emergency departments globally. This volume is the definitive text for all health care providers, including physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and other allied health professionals who take care of critically ill patients.

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Oxford University Press

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0198855435

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Symptom Relief in Palliative Care

By: Mervyn Dean,Juan-Diego Harris,Claud F. B. Regnard

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Symptom Relief in Palliative Care

By: Mervyn Dean,Juan-Diego Harris,Claud F. B. Regnard

Fully revised and updated, this remains the definitive guide to palliative care symptom relief for professionals in varied caring environments.

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Radcliffe Publishing

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1846193559

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Global Developments in Public Infrastructure Procurement

Evaluating Public–Private Partnerships and Other Procurement Options

By: Darrin Grimsey,Mervyn K. Lewis

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Global Developments in Public Infrastructure Procurement

Evaluating Public–Private Partnerships and Other Procurement Options

By: Darrin Grimsey,Mervyn K. Lewis

There is widespread acceptance of the importance of infrastructure, but less agreement about how it should be funded and procured. While most public infrastructure is still provided in-house or by traditional procurement methods – with well-researched strengths and weaknesses – the development of service concession arrangements has seen a greater emphasis on lifecycle costing, risk assessment and asset design as featured in a variety of public private partnership (PPP) delivery models. This book examines the various procurement approaches, and provides a framework for comparing their advantages and disadvantages. Drawing on international experience, it considers some of the best and worst examples of PPPs, and infrastructure projects generally, along with the lessons for improving infrastructure procurement processes.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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178536619X

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A Guide to Symptom Relief in Palliative Care

By: Claud F. B. Regnard,Mervyn Dean

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A Guide to Symptom Relief in Palliative Care

By: Claud F. B. Regnard,Mervyn Dean

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Radcliffe Publishing

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1846193567

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The Psychological War for Vietnam, 1960–1968

By: Mervyn Edwin Roberts III

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The Psychological War for Vietnam, 1960–1968

By: Mervyn Edwin Roberts III

The Psychological War for Vietnam, 1960–1968, for the first time fully explores the most sustained, intensive use of psychological operations (PSYOP) in American history. In PSYOP, US military personnel use a variety of tactics—mostly audio and visual messages—to influence individuals and groups to behave in ways that favor US objectives. Informed by the author’s firsthand experience of such operations elsewhere, this account of the battle for “hearts and minds” in Vietnam offers rare insight into the art and science of propaganda as a military tool in the twentieth century. The Psychological War for Vietnam, 1960–1968, focuses on the creation, capabilities, and performance of the forces that conducted PSYOP in Vietnam, including the Joint US Public Affairs Office and the 4th PSYOP Group. In his comprehensive account, Mervyn Edwin Roberts III covers psychological operations across the entire theater, by all involved US agencies. His book reveals the complex interplay of these activities within the wider context of Vietnam and the Cold War propaganda battle being fought by the United States at the same time. Because PSYOP never occurs in a vacuum, Roberts considers the shifting influence of alternative sources of information—especially from the governments of North and South Vietnam, but also from Australia, Korea, and the Philippines. The Psychological War for Vietnam, 1960–1968, also addresses the development of PSYOP doctrine and training in the period prior to the introduction of ground combat forces in 1965 and, finally, shows how the course of the war itself forced changes to this doctrine. The scope of the book allows for a unique measurement of the effectiveness of psychological operations over time.

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University Press of Kansas

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0700625836

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9780700625833

Sepsis, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

By: Mervyn Singer,Manu Shankar-Hari

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Sepsis, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

By: Mervyn Singer,Manu Shankar-Hari

This issue of Critical Care Clinics, edited by Mervyn singer and Manu Shankar-Hari, includes: Sepsis 3.0 Definitions; Epidemiology and Outcomes; Pathophysiology of sepsis; Pathophysiology of Septic shock; Mechanism of organ dysfunction in sepsis; Endocrine and metabolic alterations in sepsis: challenges and treatments; The immune system in sepsis; Nutrition and Sepsis; Common sense approach to managing sepsis; Biomarkers for sepsis and their use; Personalizing sepsis care; Novel interventions - What’s new and the future; and Long term outcomes following Sepsis.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323566340

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9780323566346

Constrained Statistical Inference

Order, Inequality, and Shape Constraints

By: Mervyn J. Silvapulle,Pranab Kumar Sen

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Constrained Statistical Inference

Order, Inequality, and Shape Constraints

By: Mervyn J. Silvapulle,Pranab Kumar Sen

An up-to-date approach to understanding statistical inference Statistical inference is finding useful applications in numerous fields, from sociology and econometrics to biostatistics. This volume enables professionals in these and related fields to master the concepts of statistical inference under inequality constraints and to apply the theory to problems in a variety of areas. Constrained Statistical Inference: Order, Inequality, and Shape Constraints provides a unified and up-to-date treatment of the methodology. It clearly illustrates concepts with practical examples from a variety of fields, focusing on sociology, econometrics, and biostatistics. The authors also discuss a broad range of other inequality-constrained inference problems that do not fit well in the contemplated unified framework, providing a meaningful way for readers to comprehend methodological resolutions. Chapter coverage includes: Population means and isotonic regression Inequality-constrained tests on normal means Tests in general parametric models Likelihood and alternatives Analysis of categorical data Inference on monotone density function, unimodal density function, shape constraints, and DMRL functions Bayesian perspectives, including Stein’s Paradox, shrinkage estimation, and decision theory

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118165632

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9781118165638

Newcastle-under-Lyme Pubs

By: Mervyn Edwards

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Newcastle-under-Lyme Pubs

By: Mervyn Edwards

A fascinating tour of Newcastle-under-Lyme's thriving pub scene, charting the city's taverns, alehouses and watering holes, from past centuries to more recent times.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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144565850X

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9781445658506

Public Private Partnerships

The Worldwide Revolution in Infrastructure Provision and Project Finance

By: Darrin Grimsey,Mervyn Lewis

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Public Private Partnerships

The Worldwide Revolution in Infrastructure Provision and Project Finance

By: Darrin Grimsey,Mervyn Lewis

This path-breaking book considers the recent trend for governments to look increasingly to private sector finance, provided by private enterprises constructing and managing public infrastructure facilities in partnership with government bodies. 'The boundaries between the public and private sector are the most important political issue of our time.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1845423437

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9781845423438

Understanding Ponzi Schemes

Can Better Financial Regulation Prevent Investors from Being Defrauded?

By: Mervyn K. Lewis

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Understanding Ponzi Schemes

Can Better Financial Regulation Prevent Investors from Being Defrauded?

By: Mervyn K. Lewis

A Ponzi scheme is one of the simplest, albeit effective, financial frauds to engineer, and new schemes keep coming forward. Despite this, however, people continue to invest in them. How are we to account for the seemingly never-ending lure of such schemes? In providing answers to this central question, this concise and well-researched book examines how Ponzi schemes operate, how they differ from pyramid schemes, Ponzi finance and other financial arrangements. The author questions whether the victims have only themselves to blame, why fraudsters think that they can avoid detection, and what important insights behavioural finance theory and psychology can add. Particular attention is paid to the reasons behind the failure of financial regulation, and the types of regulatory changes needed to protect investors and avoid repetitions. The analysis is informed by case studies of 11 Ponzi schemes in the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand. Finance and business academics interested in the operation of Ponzi schemes, and how they differ from pyramid schemes, will find this book invaluable, as will students of economics, finance, behavioural decision-making and psychology. Lawyers, psychologists, regulatory agencies and financial institutions will also benefit considerably from the analysis.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1782549102

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Family Enterprise in the Asia Pacific

Exploring Transgenerational Entrepreneurship in Family Firms

By: Mervyn J. Morris

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Family Enterprise in the Asia Pacific

Exploring Transgenerational Entrepreneurship in Family Firms

By: Mervyn J. Morris

This book analyzes the findings reported in the first Asia Pacific summit of the Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices (STEP) project. Researchers in Australia, China, and India discussed eleven in-depth case studies to shed light on the challenges that business families and family businesses faced in continuing and extending their entrepreneurial capabilities across multiple generations. Based on a common research framework from STEP, each chapter introduces key findings and challenges existing theory, offering answers to two broad questions in the Asia Pacific context: How do business families and family businesses generate and sustain entrepreneurial performance across generations and how does entrepreneurial performance relate to the continuity, growth and transgenerational entrepreneurship of business families and family businesses? In doing so, the authors look at key issues faced by family business including dealing with communication issues across generations, resolving conflict between siblings, preparing and luring younger generations back to family business, and professionalization of business. The chapters go beyond the succession and governance challenges and explore the processes and outcomes of entrepreneurship in the AustralAsian family context. Academics, teachers and students in business and management, entrepreneurship and family business, and Asian studies will find this path-breaking book of great value, as will libraries, policymakers and consultants.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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0857938150

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9780857938152

Male Envy

The Logic of Malice in Literature and Culture

By: Mervyn Nicholson

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Male Envy

The Logic of Malice in Literature and Culture

By: Mervyn Nicholson

Defining male envy as "the hostility males feel for other males," the author explores how envy, while a taboo topic in everyday life, has (from the Romantic period onward) been given a thorough treatment by literature and looks at what that treatment reveals about the role of envy in competition, warfare, and civilization. Discussing works ranging from Ivanhoe to The Shining he looks at envy as a coded subtext inherent in a vast range of human conflict. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Lexington Books

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0739100629

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9780739100622

An Islamic Perspective on Governance

By: Zafar Iqbal,Mervyn Lewis

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An Islamic Perspective on Governance

By: Zafar Iqbal,Mervyn Lewis

Presents an analysis of key areas in governance from an Islamic standpoint. This book draws on classical Islam and contemporary sources to provide a comprehensive Islamic governance framework to contrast with the Western position.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1848449224

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9781848449220

The Biology of the Monotremes

By: Mervyn Griffiths

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The Biology of the Monotremes

By: Mervyn Griffiths

The Biology of the Monotremes is an attempt to make available all gathered information about monotremes to the greater public. This book specifically targets the students, newly graduates, teachers, and researchers interested in the study of life processes and evolution. This book comprises of 10 chapters. Each chapter except Chapter 10 discusses three genera - Ornithorhynchus, Tachyglossus, and Zaglossus. Chapter 1 serves as an introduction to the subject matter. It covers the discovery and general anatomy of the monotremes. In accordance, Chapter 2 discusses the different kinds of monotremes and its other aspects. Aside from the mentioned genera, it also includes Obdurodon insignis. In Chapter 3, the food and feeding habits of the monotremes is given focus. Meanwhile, the varied physiology of monotremes is the subject of Chapter 4, and temperature regulation in Chapter 5. A more detailed and thorough discussion regarding the anatomy of the monotremes is provided in Chapters 6 through 9. The discussion covers topics including the glands in the endocrine and immune systems, as well as special senses, organs, and behavior of monotremes. Its reproduction and embryology is also discussed. This book explains as well the mammal's lactation, composition of the milk, sucking, and growth of the young. Lastly, Chapter 10 provides the readers with four differing views regarding the relationship of the monotremes with the rest of the mammals.

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Elsevier

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0323153313

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9780323153317

A History of Film Music

By: Mervyn Cooke

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A History of Film Music

By: Mervyn Cooke

This book provides a comprehensive and lively introduction to the major trends in film scoring from the silent era to the present day, focussing not only on dominant Hollywood practices but also offering an international perspective by including case studies of the national cinemas of the UK, France, India, Italy, Japan and the early Soviet Union. The book balances wide-ranging overviews of film genres, modes of production and critical reception with detailed non-technical descriptions of the interaction between image track and soundtrack in representative individual films. In addition to the central focus on narrative cinema, separate sections are also devoted to music in documentary and animated films, film musicals and the uses of popular and classical music in the cinema. The author analyses the varying technological and aesthetic issues that have shaped the history of film music, and concludes with an account of the modern film composer's working practices.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316264866

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Domestic and International Banking

By: Mervyn Lewis,Kevin T. Davis

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Domestic and International Banking

By: Mervyn Lewis,Kevin T. Davis

This text provides a modern statement of the theory and practice of domestic and international banking and finance. Today, banks are no longer limited to retail deposit-taking and lending operations; they engage in wholesale banking activities, off-balance sheet business, and activities beyond domestic markets. The principles of all these types of bank services are lucidly discussed. Separate chapters provide general background on payments systems, Eurocurrency markets, bank safety and depositor protection. The authors' conception is unique in providing a comparative study in a geographical sense (they deal with banking in the U.S., Britain, and Australia) and in an institutional sense, tracing parallels between operations of banks and other financial institutions, particularly insurance companies. With the growing impact of financial innovations and the internationalization of financial markets, Domestic and International Banking is the innovative text needed for courses on monetary and banking policy and on capital markets and financial institutions. Mervyn K. Lewis is Midland Bank Professor of Money and Banking at the University of Nottingham, and Kevin T. Davis is Professor of Finance at the University of Melbourne.

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MIT Press

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0262121263

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9780262121262

Soviet-Cuban Relations, 1985 to 1991

Changing Perceptions in Moscow and Havana

By: Mervyn J. Bain

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Soviet-Cuban Relations, 1985 to 1991

Changing Perceptions in Moscow and Havana

By: Mervyn J. Bain

Acting as a comprehensive resource for the study of Soviet foreign policy, this book analyzes the dynamic relationship between the Soviet Union and Cuba during the Gorbachev era.

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Lexington Books

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0739116320

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9780739116326

Burslem Through Time

By: Mervyn Edwards

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Burslem Through Time

By: Mervyn Edwards

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Burslem has changed and developed over the last century

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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144562723X

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9781445627236

The Formation of Critical Realism

A Personal Perspective

By: Roy Bhaskar,Mervyn Hartwig

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The Formation of Critical Realism

A Personal Perspective

By: Roy Bhaskar,Mervyn Hartwig

This series of interviews, conducted in the form of exchanges between Roy Bhaskar - the originator of critical realism (and the later philosophy of meta-reality) - and Mervyn Hartwig, a leading commentator on critical realism, tells a riveting story of the formation and development of critical realism.

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Routledge

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1134050658

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9781134050659

King Came Preaching

The Pulpit Power of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

By: Mervyn A. Warren

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King Came Preaching

The Pulpit Power of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

By: Mervyn A. Warren

Mervyn Warren offers you a journey into the preaching of Martin Luther King Jr., a homiletical biography exploring King's sermons, use of language, delivery and more.

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InterVarsity Press

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0830826580

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9780830826582

Leadership in the Church for a People of Hope

By: Mervyn Davies,Graham Dodds

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Leadership in the Church for a People of Hope

By: Mervyn Davies,Graham Dodds

An introduction to leadership in the church from a practical and theological point of view, for existing practitioners, lay people as well as those preparing for ministry.

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A&C Black

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056729319X

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9780567293190

From Lenin to Castro, 1917–1959

Early Encounters between Moscow and Havana

By: Mervyn J. Bain

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From Lenin to Castro, 1917–1959

Early Encounters between Moscow and Havana

By: Mervyn J. Bain

This book addresses the relationship between Moscow and Havana in the period between the Russian and Cuban Revolutions, i.e. from November 1917 to January 1959. It analyzes the reasons why in this era before the Cuban Revolution, which is traditionally thought to have ignited Moscow’s interest in the Caribbean island, a relationship existed between the two countries at a variety of different levels. In order to do this, both the attention that the Third International, or Comintern, gave to Cuba, as well as Moscow’s formal state-to-state relations with Havana, are examined. In addition, United States policy towards both socialism and the Soviet Union are analyzed, due to the role that Washington played in Cuba prior to the Cuban Revolution. Following this, an examination of the events, process and dynamics that characterized the nature of the relationship between Moscow and Havana from 1917 to 1959 will be conducted. A number of conclusions will be given, but the primary one is that prior to January 1959, the Kremlin took considerable interest in Cuba and did not suffer from “geographical fatalism,” as has traditionally been thought. This is significant in itself, but also in light of the relationship that rapidly developed between Moscow and Havana in the aftermath of the Cuban Revolution, as a number of factors that were important in the pre-1959 relationship would also be significant after 1959. Furthermore, this analysis is also important for the contemporary bilateral relationship between Russia and Cuba, as both governments have made increasing reference to the multifaceted relationship that existed prior to 1959.

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Lexington Books

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0739181114

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9780739181119

Radical Uncertainty: Decision-Making Beyond the Numbers

By: John Kay,Mervyn King

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Radical Uncertainty: Decision-Making Beyond the Numbers

By: John Kay,Mervyn King

Much economic advice is bogus quantification, warn two leading experts in this essential book, now with a preface on COVID-19. Invented numbers offer a false sense of security; we need instead robust narratives that give us the confidence to manage uncertainty. “An elegant and careful guide to thinking about personal and social economics, especially in a time of uncertainty. The timing is impeccable." — Christine Kenneally, New York Times Book Review Some uncertainties are resolvable. The insurance industry’s actuarial tables and the gambler’s roulette wheel both yield to the tools of probability theory. Most situations in life, however, involve a deeper kind of uncertainty, a radical uncertainty for which historical data provide no useful guidance to future outcomes. Radical uncertainty concerns events whose determinants are insufficiently understood for probabilities to be known or forecasting possible. Before President Barack Obama made the fateful decision to send in the Navy Seals, his advisers offered him wildly divergent estimates of the odds that Osama bin Laden would be in the Abbottabad compound. In 2000, no one—not least Steve Jobs—knew what a smartphone was; how could anyone have predicted how many would be sold in 2020? And financial advisers who confidently provide the information required in the standard retirement planning package—what will interest rates, the cost of living, and your state of health be in 2050?—demonstrate only that their advice is worthless. The limits of certainty demonstrate the power of human judgment over artificial intelligence. In most critical decisions there can be no forecasts or probability distributions on which we might sensibly rely. Instead of inventing numbers to fill the gaps in our knowledge, we should adopt business, political, and personal strategies that will be robust to alternative futures and resilient to unpredictable events. Within the security of such a robust and resilient reference narrative, uncertainty can be embraced, because it is the source of creativity, excitement, and profit.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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1324004789

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9781324004783

Oxford American Handbook of Critical Care

By: John Kellum,Scott Gunn,Mervyn Singer,Andrew Webb

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Oxford American Handbook of Critical Care

By: John Kellum,Scott Gunn,Mervyn Singer,Andrew Webb

Written by leading American practitioners, the Oxford American Handbooks of Medicine each offer a pocket-sized overview of an entire specialty, featuring instant access to guidance on the conditions that are most likely to be encountered. Precise and prescriptive, the handbooks offer up-to-date advice on examination, investigations, common procedures, and in-patient care. These books will be invaluable resources for residents and students, as well as a useful reference for practitioners. Part of the most popular medical handbook series in the world, the Oxford American Handbook of Critical Care is a dependable manual geared for ultra-quick reference any time. It is comprehensive enough to serve as a mini-text, yet it is thin and light and uses concise, bulleted text, quick reference tabs, four-color presentation, and bookmark ribbons to help provide fast answers on the ward. Written by an acclaimed team of authors, this Handbook presents information in a succinct, comprehensive, and affordable volume in the proven format of the Oxford Handbook Series. Why choose the Oxford American Handbook of Critical Care? The design.... The Handbook uses a unique flexicover design that's durable and practical. Compact, light, and fits in your pocket! Also has quick reference tabs, four-color presentation, and bookmark ribbons to help provide fast answers. The iPhone App.... An intuitive iPhone application has been designed for the Handbook with the objective of allowing professional users to access the precise information they need or reference content with a three-click action. Available at http://itunes.com/apps/oxfordamericanhandbookofcriticalcare The interior layout.... The Handbook is a quick reference in a small, innovative package. With one to two topics per page, it provides easy access and the emergency sections are in red to stand out. Icons throughout aid quick reference. The information.... The Handbook succinctly covers all the essential topics in a one or two-page spread format with colored headings that break up the text and provide a logical structure for readers of all levels. Common clinical questions are answered clearly and extensively. The history.... Oxford University Press is known around the world for excellence, tradition, and innovation. These handbooks are among the best selling in the world. The price.... You get an extremely useful tool at a great value!

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Oxford University Press

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0199748314

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Marital Violence

The Community Response

By: Margaret Borkowski,Mervyn Murch,Val Walker

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Marital Violence

The Community Response

By: Margaret Borkowski,Mervyn Murch,Val Walker

In the early 1980s the subject of violence in marriage was in danger of being overlooked once again, as new social problems dominated the political scene, and the Government pursued policies of retrenchment that were likely to deprive refuges of the necessary central government support. Yet improvements in the services for victims of marital violence were still urgently needed, as this study shows. Originally published in 1983, this book is based on research into the way practitioners in the medical, legal, and social services viewed marriage and violence at the time. It examines marital violence from a number of perspectives. Taking samples from groups of doctors, solicitors, social workers, health visitors, and women’s aid refuges, the authors have investigated the ways in which different agencies and practitioners respond to the problem of marital violence. They use a combination of statistical evidence and interviews with practitioners and the victims themselves to build up a picture of the extent of the problem – how it is defined, how much comes to the attention of the public services – and of the ways in which the attitudes and professional status of the practitioners form a response that is in varying degrees adequate or otherwise to deal with the problems that exist. The authors produce evidence to show that marital violence is still widespread, though largely hidden because of the way privacy determines family relationships. They show how present provisions are inadequate to deal with the problem, and make recommendations about ways of improving the services available to help battered women.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000894320

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9781000894325

A Guide to Oil Marginal Field Law

A Comparative Review Between Nigeria, the UK, USA and Canada

By: Mervyn Martin,Ifeanyichukwu Paschal Aniede

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A Guide to Oil Marginal Field Law

A Comparative Review Between Nigeria, the UK, USA and Canada

By: Mervyn Martin,Ifeanyichukwu Paschal Aniede

This book offers unique insight regarding the Nigerian government oil marginal field farm-out exercise which raised international concern over its ability to be fair, justified, and legal whilst requiring a cautionary application to avoid driving away investors. It demonstrates the prudence in developing oil marginal fields alongside renewable energy to aid the development and gradual switch to renewable energy. It traces the authority behind natural resources development and foreign direct investment in resolutions and policy statements of the UN and OPEC. It discusses petroleum business arrangements and Nigerian oil marginal field regulations, and reviews Nigerian marginal field development. Concluding the legality of the government farm-out exercise was drawn from a combination of the United Nations resolutions on developing countries sovereignty over natural resources and declaratory statements of the OPEC on member countries making policy development to take charge of their natural resources.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1036411354

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