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Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology

By: Statistics Germaine M. Buck Louis Director and Senior Investigator of the Division of Epidemiology, and Prevention Research (DESPR) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) National Institutes of Health (NIH),Biostatistics Robert W. Platt Associate Professor Departments of Pediatrics and of Epidemiology, and Occupational Health McGill University

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Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology

Population growth and global health disparities for many reproductive and perinatal outcomes are but a few of the pressing issues facing public health today. Despite growing interest in the field, formal training in reproductive and perinatal epidemiology remains limited, with few available textbooks aimed at providing an overview of the field. In response to this need, faculty from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) and CIHR's Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH) developed an intensive, competitive, Summer Institute in Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology. The curriculum of this Summer Institute has been developed into a textbook to provide students and researchers with a working knowledge of the substantive and methodologic issues underlying reproductive and perinatal epidemiology. Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology offers a core curriculum that addresses the epidemiology of major reproductive and perinatal outcomes. From human fecundity to birth and neonatal outcomes, the subject is approached from as international a perspective as possible, and the unique methodologic issues underlying each outcome are discussed. Developed by leading researchers in collaboration with their students in response to their needs and concerns, this is the definitive textbook on the subject.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199857741

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The Elements of Statistical Learning

Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction, Second Edition

By: Trevor Hastie,Robert Tibshirani,Jerome Friedman

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The Elements of Statistical Learning

Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction, Second Edition

By: Trevor Hastie,Robert Tibshirani,Jerome Friedman

This book describes the important ideas in a variety of fields such as medicine, biology, finance, and marketing in a common conceptual framework. While the approach is statistical, the emphasis is on concepts rather than mathematics. Many examples are given, with a liberal use of colour graphics. It is a valuable resource for statisticians and anyone interested in data mining in science or industry. The book's coverage is broad, from supervised learning (prediction) to unsupervised learning. The many topics include neural networks, support vector machines, classification trees and boosting---the first comprehensive treatment of this topic in any book. This major new edition features many topics not covered in the original, including graphical models, random forests, ensemble methods, least angle regression & path algorithms for the lasso, non-negative matrix factorisation, and spectral clustering. There is also a chapter on methods for "wide'' data (p bigger than n), including multiple testing and false discovery rates.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387848584

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Esperanto – Lingua Franca and Language Community

By: Sabine Fiedler,Cyril Robert Brosch

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Esperanto – Lingua Franca and Language Community

By: Sabine Fiedler,Cyril Robert Brosch

This book addresses a fascinating topic – a constructed language that has turned from a project into a fully-fledged language used by some of its speakers on a daily basis. Based on extensive fieldwork, this book provides rare and profound insights into the use of Esperanto in a large number of communicative areas. It studies the speakers’ use of code-switching, phraseology and metaphors, techniques they employ to enhance understanding, such as metacommunication and repair strategies, as well as their predilection for humour. The study also contributes to a comparison between the communication in Esperanto and in the language that is now predominantly used as a lingua franca – English – and allows conclusions to be drawn on the question of what a lingua franca is all about.

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John Benjamins Publishing Company

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9027257531

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Murray & Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine E-Book

By: Robert J. Mason,Arthur Slutsky,John F. Murray,Jay A. Nadel,Michael B. Gotway

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Murray & Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine E-Book

By: Robert J. Mason,Arthur Slutsky,John F. Murray,Jay A. Nadel,Michael B. Gotway

Ideal for fellows and practicing pulmonologists who need an authoritative, comprehensive reference on all aspects of pulmonary medicine, Murray and Nadel’s Textbook of Respiratory Medicine offers the most definitive content on basic science, diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of the full spectrum of respiratory diseases. Full-color design enhances teaching points and highlights challenging concepts. Understand clinical applications and the scientific principles of respiratory medicine. Detailed explanations of each disease entity allow you to work through differential diagnoses. Expert Consult eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience offers content updates, videos, review questions, and Thoracic Imaging Cases (TICs), all of which are easily navigable on any device for access on rounds or in the clinic. Includes more than 1,000 figures and over 200 videos and audio files. Key Points and Key Reading sections highlight the most useful references and resources for each chapter. An expanded sleep section now covers four chapters and includes control of breathing, consequences of sleep disruption, as well as obstructive and central apnea. New chapters in the Critical Care section cover Noninvasive Ventilation (NIV) and Extracorporeal Support of Gas Exchange (ECMO). New chapters focusing on diagnostic techniques now include Invasive Diagnostic Imaging and Image-Guided Interventions and Positron Emission Tomography, and a new chapter on Therapeutic Bronchoscopy highlights the interventional role of pulmonologists. Embedded videos feature thoracoscopy, therapeutic bronchoscopy, volumetric chest CT scans, and more. Brand-new audio files highlight normal and abnormal breath sounds and the separate components of cough.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323261930

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9780323261937

Intergenerational Space

By: Robert Vanderbeck,Nancy Worth

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Intergenerational Space

By: Robert Vanderbeck,Nancy Worth

Intergenerational Space offers insight into the transforming relationships between younger and older members of contemporary societies. The chapter selection brings together scholars from around the world in order to address pressing questions both about the nature of contemporary generational divisions as well as the complex ways in which members of different generations are (and can be) involved in each other’s lives. These questions include: how do particular kinds of spaces and spatial arrangements (e.g. cities, neighbourhoods, institutions, leisure sites) facilitate and limit intergenerational contact and encounters? What processes and spaces influence the intergenerational negotiation and contestation of values, beliefs, and social memory, producing patterns of both continuity and change? And if generational separation and segregation are in fact significant social problems across a range of contexts—as a significant body of research and commentary attests—how can this be ameliorated? The chapters in this collection make original contributions to these debates drawing on original research from Belgium, China, Finland, Poland, Senegal, Singapore, Tanzania, Uganda, the United States and the United Kingdom. .

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Routledge

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1135008183

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Field-Programmable Gate Arrays

By: Stephen D. Brown,Robert J. Francis,Jonathan Rose,Zvonko G. Vranesic

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Field-Programmable Gate Arrays

By: Stephen D. Brown,Robert J. Francis,Jonathan Rose,Zvonko G. Vranesic

Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) have emerged as an attractive means of implementing logic circuits, providing instant manufacturing turnaround and negligible prototype costs. They hold the promise of replacing much of the VLSI market now held by mask-programmed gate arrays. FPGAs offer an affordable solution for customized VLSI, over a wide variety of applications, and have also opened up new possibilities in designing reconfigurable digital systems. Field-Programmable Gate Arrays discusses the most important aspects of FPGAs in a textbook manner. It provides the reader with a focused view of the key issues, using a consistent notation and style of presentation. It provides detailed descriptions of commercially available FPGAs and an in-depth treatment of the FPGA architecture and CAD issues that are the subjects of current research. The material presented is of interest to a variety of readers, including those who are not familiar with FPGA technology, but wish to be introduced to it, as well as those who already have an understanding of FPGAs, but who are interested in learning about the research directions that are of current interest.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461535727

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The Story of Alice

Lewis Carroll and the Secret History of Wonderland

By: Robert Douglas-Fairhurst

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The Story of Alice

Lewis Carroll and the Secret History of Wonderland

By: Robert Douglas-Fairhurst

Robert Douglas-Fairhurst illuminates two entangled lives: the Oxford mathematician Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) and Alice Liddell, the child for whom he invented the Alice stories. This relationship influenced Carroll’s imaginative creation of Wonderland—a sheltered world apart during the stormy transition from the Victorian to the modern era

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Harvard University Press

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0674967798

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Letting Go

The Spiritual Step Technique

By: REV. ROBERT D. ZANCAN

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Letting Go

The Spiritual Step Technique

By: REV. ROBERT D. ZANCAN

Letting Go: The Spiritual Step Technique is a spiritual self-help book. The book can be read in a couple of sessions. However, the best way to read the book is to savor its contents. The reader becomes a participant. The reader enters a new world with new beginnings and endless possibilities. Anything is possible on this journey. The sojourner must do one thing onlythey must let go. They will enter a journey where they will stop holding on to the perceived past. On the journey, the sojourner will learn a new way to let go of many issues that tear into their hearts. They will also let go of many things, such as addiction and loss. Through this journey, the sojourner will find out that the only way out of a dilemma is by going through it. When you cannot turn left or right, you move one step at a time, and the wind moves you through the narrows.

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1514400634

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Physics of Magmatic Processes

By: Robert Bero Hargraves

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Physics of Magmatic Processes

By: Robert Bero Hargraves

While the chemical aspects of igneous petrology have dominated research for many years, the physical processes associated with the generation, transport, and crystallization of magma have been somewhat neglected. Here a group of distinguished scientists, whose current research embraces both chemical and physical aspects of the field, illustrates these new directions in igneous petrology. Originally published in 1980. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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1400854490

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Functional Neuroscience

3 Volume Set

By: E. Roy John,Robert W. Thatcher,Thalía Harmony

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Functional Neuroscience

3 Volume Set

By: E. Roy John,Robert W. Thatcher,Thalía Harmony

The late E. Roy John is considered the pioneer in the field of neurometrics – the science of measuring the underlying organization of the brain’s electrical activity. Volume 1, co-authored by Robert W. Thatcher, and Volume 2 both originally published in 1977, were among the first books this field. Volume 3, written by colleague Thalía Harmony, followed in 1984. The field expanded significantly in the 1990s and thousands of articles have subsequently been published. Available together for the first time these 3 volumes were important foundational works for the fields of quantitative electrophysiology and neurometrics.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000807622

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Diving Seals & Meditating Yogis

Strategic Metabolic Retreats

By: Robert Elsner

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Diving Seals & Meditating Yogis

Strategic Metabolic Retreats

By: Robert Elsner

The comparative physiology of seemingly disparate organisms often serves as a surprising pathway to biological enlightenment. How appropriate, then, that Robert Elsner sheds new light on the remarkable physiology of diving seals through comparison with members of our own species on quests toward enlightenment: meditating yogis. As Elsner reveals, survival in extreme conditions such as those faced by seals is often not about running for cover or coming up for air, but rather about working within the confines of an environment and suppressing normal bodily function. Animals in this withdrawn state display reduced resting metabolic rates and are temporarily less dependent upon customary levels of oxygen. For diving seals—creatures especially well-adapted to prolonged submergence in the ocean’s cold depths—such periods of rest lengthen dive endurance. But while human divers share modest, brief adjustments of suppressed metabolism with diving seals, it is the practiced response achieved during deep meditation that is characterized by metabolic rates well below normal levels, sometimes even approaching those of non-exercising diving seals. And the comparison does not end here: hibernating animals, infants during birth, near-drowning victims, and clams at low tide all also display similarly reduced metabolisms. By investigating these states—and the regulatory functions that help maintain them—across a range of species, Elsner offers suggestive insight into the linked biology of survival and well-being.

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University of Chicago Press

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022624704X

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9780226247045

The Welsh in Metro America

Respectability and Assimilation in San Francisco, Seattle, Columbus, and Milwaukee, 1870–1930

By: Robert Llewellyn Tyler

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The Welsh in Metro America

Respectability and Assimilation in San Francisco, Seattle, Columbus, and Milwaukee, 1870–1930

By: Robert Llewellyn Tyler

Through a consideration of settlement patterns, economic activity, language use, and cultural and religious institutions, The Welsh in Metro America: Respectability and Assimilation in San Francisco, Seattle, Columbus, and Milwaukee, 1870–1930 provides a micro study of four Welsh immigrant communities in urban America. This book endeavors to understand the strength and long-term viability of these communities and the ways in which they changed by analyzing the forces that enabled Welsh immigrants and their children to so rapidly become Welsh Americans and, ultimately, to almost seamlessly enter the mainstream world of white, English-speaking, Protestant America.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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166696221X

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U.S. Security Cooperation with Africa

Political and Policy Challenges

By: Robert J. Griffiths

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U.S. Security Cooperation with Africa

Political and Policy Challenges

By: Robert J. Griffiths

As Africa’s strategic importance has increased over the past decade and a half, United States security cooperation with the continent has expanded. The most visible dimension of this increased engagement was the establishment of the U.S. Military Command for Africa (AFRICOM). Some critics are skeptical of AFRICOM’s purpose and see the militarization of U.S. Africa policy while others question its effectiveness. Recognizing the link between development and security, AFRICOM represents a departure from the traditional organization of military commands because of its holistic approach and the involvement of the Department of State as well as other U.S. government stakeholders. Nevertheless, AFRICOM’s effort to combine security and development faces formidable conceptual and operational challenges in trying to ensure both American and African security interests. The human security perspective’s emphasis on issues that go beyond traditional state-centered security to include protecting individuals from threats of hunger, disease, crime, environmental degradation, and political repression as well as focusing on social and economic justice is an important component of security policy. At the same time, the threat of violent extremism heavily influences U.S. security cooperation with Africa. In this examination of the context of U.S.-African security relations, Robert J. Griffiths outlines the nature of the African state, traces the contours of African conflict, surveys the post-independence history of U.S. involvement on the continent, and discusses policy organization and implementation and the impact of U.S. experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan on the U.S.-Africa security relationship. Africa’s continuing geostrategic significance, the influence of China and other emerging markets in the region, and America’s other global engagements, especially in light of U.S. fiscal realities, demonstrate the complexity of U.S.-African security cooperation.

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1136291490

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The Stark Truth With Robert Stark: A Legacy 2009-2018

By: Robert Stark,Francis Nally

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The Stark Truth With Robert Stark: A Legacy 2009-2018

By: Robert Stark,Francis Nally

Close to a decade, this man has published almost 600 radio shows about fringe politics, eccentric celebrities, and mind-expanding topics for extroverted intellects. This isn't Robb Stark of Game of Thrones. This is Robert Stark, host of his long-running show, The Stark Truth. This book introduces a new audience to the secluded and very underrated work of Stark's radio show and art. Inside you will find, -A personal interview with the legend himself -A complete checklist of every Stark Truth show ever published -Stark's old writings -Three published transcripts for complete newbies -A very short film review by James J. O'Meara -And an afterword/witness experience by Brandon Adamson To this day, many are confused about the existence of this "American journalist" named Robert Stark. ...Until now. A must-have collector's item from the man that brought you Journey To Vapor Island. www.starktruthradio.com www.pilleater.com

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Lulu.com

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0998920339

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Ancient-Future Evangelism (Ancient-Future)

Making Your Church a Faith-Forming Community

By: Robert E. Webber

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Ancient-Future Evangelism (Ancient-Future)

Making Your Church a Faith-Forming Community

By: Robert E. Webber

Following his well-received Ancient-Future Faith, Robert Webber presents a new model for evangelism and discipleship, the first in a series of four books applying his theoretical ideas to practical situations. Part 1 of Ancient-Future Evangelism surveys evangelism and Christian formation throughout the church and then translates the process for twenty-first-century Christians. Webber presents evangelism as four distinct stages and suggests three accompanying rites of passage that can be easily adapted to any church tradition. Part 2 underscores how the four-fold process of faith formation is interwoven with three theological principles: Christ as victor over evil, the church as witness to God's salvation, and worship as a witness to God's mission accomplished in Jesus. Ancient-Future Evangelism will appeal to both emerging evangelicals as well as traditional church leaders. It relates faith to Christian practice by drawing wisdom from the past and translating those insights into the present and future life of the church.

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Baker Books

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1441242104

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When the Fires Burn High and The Wind is From the North

The Pastoral Science Fiction of Clifford D. Simak

By: Robert J. Ewald

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When the Fires Burn High and The Wind is From the North

The Pastoral Science Fiction of Clifford D. Simak

By: Robert J. Ewald

Born in 1904, Clifford D. Simak sold his first science fiction story in 1930, and was soon publishing widely in the pulp magazines. He also pursued a separate career as a journalist and writer on science and other popular topics. He gained widespread fame in the SF world with the first of his series of "City" stories, published in Astounding Science Fiction in 1944; these were collected together in the book of the same title, which has remained almost continuously in print ever since. Simak was best known for his pastoral and humanitarian themes, as exemplied in his Hugo Award-winning novel, Way Station (1963). In later years he wrote both fantasy and SF stories and novels, winning many additional accolades for his work. He died in 1988. Robert J. Ewald provides the first extended look at Simak's writing, from his earliest pulp stories to the sophistical fiction of his later years. Complete with Chronology, Notes, Primary and Secondary Bibliographies, and detailed Index.

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Wildside Press LLC

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1557422184

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Political Animals

Animal Protection Politics in Britain and the United States

By: Robert Garner

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Political Animals

Animal Protection Politics in Britain and the United States

By: Robert Garner

In this thorough, yet accessible, book, Robert Garner explores the character of animal protection policy making in Britain and the United States and the opportunities open to animal protection movements. In showing how the political system in both countries has been responsive to the growing demands for reforms in the way animals are treated, he argues that there is a viable reformist strategy for the animal protection movement short of the adoption of animal rights objectives. Much less protection is afforded to animals in the United States, however, largely as a consequence of the particular policy networks within which animal welfare decisions are made.

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1349264385

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Earl B. Dickerson

A Voice for Freedom and Equality

By: Robert J. Blakely,Marcus Shepard

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Earl B. Dickerson

A Voice for Freedom and Equality

By: Robert J. Blakely,Marcus Shepard

Robert J. Blakely tells how Dickerson worked his way through preparatory schools and college, a segregated officers' training school, and law school at the University of Chicago. The story follows Dickerson's career as general counsel to the first insurance company owned and operated by African Americans; the first African American Democratic alderman elected to the Chicago City Council; a member of FDR's first Fair Employment Practices Committee; leader of the movement that broke the color barrier to membership in the Illinois State Bar Association; and, perhaps most famously, the power behind Hansberry v. Lee, the U.S.

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Northwestern University Press

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0810123355

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Understanding Regulation

Theory, Strategy, and Practice

By: Robert Baldwin,Martin Cave,Martin Lodge

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Understanding Regulation

Theory, Strategy, and Practice

By: Robert Baldwin,Martin Cave,Martin Lodge

An introduction to the practical and theoretical issues that are central to the study of regulation, which a particular focus on contested areas and how they are dealt with.

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Oxford University Press on Demand

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0199576084

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New Developments in Psychological Testing

By: Robert A. Degregorio

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New Developments in Psychological Testing

By: Robert A. Degregorio

Psychological testing has grown exponentially as technological advances have permitted it to and societal complexities have necessitated it's growth. This book presents the research in this field.

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Nova Publishers

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1600217028

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PHOTOGRAPHIC REGIONAL ATLAS OF BONE DISEASE

A Guide to Pathologic and Normal Variation in the Human Skeleton (3rd Ed.)

By: Robert W. Mann,David R. Hunt

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PHOTOGRAPHIC REGIONAL ATLAS OF BONE DISEASE

A Guide to Pathologic and Normal Variation in the Human Skeleton (3rd Ed.)

By: Robert W. Mann,David R. Hunt

The Photographic Regional Atlas of Bone Disease is intended to serve the needs of a diverse audience including paleopathologists, physical anthropologists and other anthropologists, police, crime scene technicians, medical examiners, radiologists, anatomists, and other medical specialists, regardless of training or experience. Although originally written as a manual for physical anthropologists, it has become a reference for anyone examining skeletal remains or dealing with bone disease, especially in dry-bone specimens. Over the years it has gained in popularity as one of the few “required” manuals in most skeletal laboratories throughout the U.S. and, in fact, many countries. The purpose of the book is to bridge the gap between clinical medicine, radiology and physical anthropology by providing researchers with a single source and photographic atlas of what they might encounter in one bone or an entire skeletal collection, regardless of antiquity or origin. Unlike most texts written by clinicians for clinicians, or those that focus on one specialty, the Regional Atlas was compiled by biological anthropologists using a “dry bones” approach and simple yet precise terminology, based on examination of nearly 10,000 skeletons. The authors’ expertise and diversity in anatomy, radiology, pathology and human variation provide them with a unique perspective for distinguishing normal variation from pathological conditions. The book was written as a basic stand-alone reference for bone disease and normal variation. It contains black and white photographs and an extensive use of color plates depicting a variety of disease conditions and stages of progression that one might expect to encounter in one or many skeletons. The purpose of this text is to provide readers with sufficient information on bone disease and human variation for them to recognize, describe and interpret them. Once they have identified a disease, normal variant or other condition, they can turn to the bibliography for references and additional information. The Regional Atlas is intended to provide readers with enough information to do their own skeletal analysis. It is this “dry bones” approach, combined with the vast experiences of the authors, vivid photos and simple terminology, that sets the Regional Atlas apart from all others.

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0398088276

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