Stedman's Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing.

Table of Contents: “…Herbs : scientific names/common names, common names/scientific names -- Infection control and the dental office : a checklist -- Internation dietary guidelines -- Laboratory reference range values -- Laboratory tests -- Levels of Alzheimer disease -- Mechanical ventilation criteria in respiratory care -- Medical prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms -- Muscles of the human body -- NANDA -- Nerves of the human body -- NIC -- NOC -- Normal range of motion (in degrees) -- Overview of major nursing theories -- Overweight and obesity : health consequences -- Pain glossary -- Pain management techniques -- Poisonous plants -- Professional organizations -- Professional titles, degrees, and certificates -- Profiles of common medical conditions -- Radiographic anatomy and positioning -- Recommended immunizations -- Regulating IV flow rate -- Routes for administering drugs -- Spanish-English medical phrases -- Steps for implementation of NIC in a clinical practice setting -- Symbols -- Table of ligaments and tendons -- Temperature equivalents -- The food guide pyramid : a guide to daily food choices -- U.S. …”
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Cognitive therapy for challenging problems : what to do when the basics don't work / by Beck, Judith S.

Table of Contents: “…Identifying problems in treatment -- Conceptualizing patients who present challenges -- When a personality disorder challenges treatment -- Developing and using the therapeutic alliance -- Therapeutic relationship problems: case examples -- When therapists have dysfunctional reactions to patients -- Challenges in setting goals -- Challenges in structuring the session -- Challenges in solving problems and in homework -- Challenges in identifying cognitions -- Challenges in modifying thoughts and images -- Challenges in modifying assumptions -- Challenges in modifying core beliefs.…”
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Advanced methodologies and technologies in government and society /

Table of Contents: “…McNutt, Lauri Goldkind -- E-government service adoption and the impact of privacy and trust / Mehree Iqbal, Nabila Nisha, Afrin Rifat -- Mastering electronic government in the digital age / Kijpokin Kasemsap -- A model for connected E-government in the digital age / Qiuyan Fan --…”
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Advanced methodologies and technologies in government and society /

Table of Contents: “…McNutt, Lauri Goldkind -- E-government service adoption and the impact of privacy and trust / Mehree Iqbal, Nabila Nisha, Afrin Rifat -- Mastering electronic government in the digital age / Kijpokin Kasemsap -- A model for connected E-government in the digital age / Qiuyan Fan --…”
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Organic synthesis : the disconnection approach / by Warren, Stuart G.

Table of Contents: “…The disconnection approach -- Basic principles : synthons and reagents synthesis of aromatic compounds -- Strategy I : the order of events -- One-group C-X disconnections -- Strategy II : chemoselectivity -- Two-group C-X disconnections -- Strategy III : reversal of polarity, cyclisations, summary of strategy -- Amine synthesis -- Strategy IV : protecting groups -- One group C-C disconnections I : alcohols -- General strategy A : choosing a disconnection -- Strategy V : stereoselectivity A -- One group C-C disconnections II : carbonyl compounds -- Strategy VI : regioselectivity -- Alkene synthesis -- Strategy VII : use of acetylenes (alkines) -- Two-group C-C disconnections I : Diels-Alder reactions -- Strategy VIII : introduction to carbonyl condensations -- Two-group C-C disconnections II : 1,3-difunctionalised compounds -- Strategy IX : control in carbonyl condensations -- Two-group C-C disconnections : 1,5-difunctionalised compounds -- Strategy X : aliphatic nitro compounds in synthesis -- Two-group disconnections IV : 1,2-difunctionalised compounds -- Strategy XI : radical reactions in synthesis -- Two-group disconnection V : 1,4-difunctionalised compounds -- Strategy XII : reconnection -- Two-group C-C disconnections VI : 1,6-diCarbonyl compounds -- General strategy B : strategy of carbonyl disconnections -- Strategy XIII : introduction to ring synthesis : saturated heterocycles -- Three-membered rings -- Strategy XIV : rearrangements in synthesis -- Four-membered rings : photochemistry in synthesis -- Strategy XV : the use of ketenes in synthesis -- Five-membered rings -- Strategy XVI : pericyclic reactions in synthesis : special methods for five-membered rings -- Six-membered rings -- General strategy C : strategy of ring synthesis -- Strategy XVII : stereoselectivity B -- Aromatic heterocycles -- General strategy D : advanced strategy.…”
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Development as Freedom / by Sen, Amartya, 1933-

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Development as Freedom -- The Perspective of Fredom -- The ends and the Means of Development -- 3 Freedom and the Foundations of ustice -- 4 Povertyas Capability Deprivation -- Markets, States, nd Social Opportunity -- 6 The Importane of Democracy -- 7 Famines and Other Crises -- S Women'sAgency ndSocial Chnge -- 9 Population, Food and Freedom -- 10 Culture and HumanRights -- 11 Social Choice and Individual Behavior -- Individual Freedom as a Social Commitment -- Notes -- Index.…”
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Light and photosynthesis in aquatic ecosystems / by Kirk, John T. O. (John Thomas Osmond), 1935-

Table of Contents: “…Photosynthesis in the Aquatic Environment -- The photosynthetic apparatus of aquatic plants -- Light capture by aquatic plants -- Photosynthesis as a function of the incident light -- Photosynthesis in the aquatic environment -- Ecological strategies.…”
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Misterio y Pavor : trece cuentos.

Table of Contents: “…Tragedia grotesca.--Matute, A. M. El Mundelo.--Borges, J. L. Emma Zunz.--"Azorín." …”
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Agriculture, Diversification, and Gender in Rural Africa : longitudinal perspectives from six countries /

Table of Contents: “…Msuya, Aida Cuthbert Isinika, and Fred Mawunyo Dzanku -- Intensification, crop diversification, and gender relations in Malawi / Peter Mvula and Wapulumuka Mulwafu -- Policies or prices? A gendered analysis of drivers of maize production in Malawi and Zambia, 2002-13 / Martin Prowse and Ellen Hillborn -- Spatial and gendered linkages between non-farm diversification and farm productivity in Ghana / Fred Mawunyo Dzanku and Daniel B. …”
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Moffat's Trusts law : text and materials / by Garton, Jonathan

Table of Contents: “…Trusts introduced -- The evolution of the private express trust -- Creating the trust I -- Creating the trust II -- Trusts and public policy -- Flexibility in relation to beneficial entitlement -- An introduction to trustees and trusteeship -- Aspects of the management of trusts -- Trusteeship, control and breach of trust -- Implied trusts and the family home -- Trusts in commerce I : commerce and equitable remedies -- Trusts in commerce II : commerce, credit and the trust -- Trusts in commerce III : fiduciary relationships, commerce and the trust -- Trust, contract and unincorporated associations -- An introduction to the law of charity -- A legal definition of ̀charityʹ -- Trusts : an international dimension.…”
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Relations of Production : Marxist approaches to economic anthropology /

Table of Contents: “…Reflections on the relevance of a theory of the history of exchange.--Godelier, M. …”
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Guyton and Hall textbook of medical physiology / by Hall, John E. (John Edward), 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Unit I: Introduction to physiology: the cell and general physiology -- Unit II: Membrane physiology, nerve, and muscle -- Unit III: The heart -- Unit IV: The circulation -- Unit V: The body fluids and kidneys -- Unit VI: Blood cells, immunity, and blood coagulation -- Unit VII: Respiration -- Unit VIII: Aviation, space, and deep-sea diving physiology -- Unit IX: The nervous system: A. General principles and sensory physiology -- Unit X: The nervous system: B. …”
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Morality and the emotions /

Table of Contents: “…/ Tracy Finn -- Empathy and empirical psychology : a critique of Shaun Nichols's neo-sentimentalism / Lawrence Blum -- Reactive attitudes revisited / John Deigh -- Responsibility and dignity : strawsonian themes / Bennett W. …”
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Coulson & Richardson's chemical engineering / by Sinnot RK

Table of Contents: “…Fluid flow, heat transfer, and mass transfer (6th ed., 1999) -- 3A. Chemical and biochemical reactors and reaction engineering (4th ed., 2017) -- v. 5. …”
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Engineering Circuit Analysis / by Hayt, William H. (William Hart), Jr., 1920-1999

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction -- 1.1.Overview of Text -- 1.2.Relationship of Circuit Analysis to Engineering -- 1.3.Analysis and Design -- 1.4.Computer-Aided Analysis -- 1.5.Successful Problem-Solving Strategies -- Reading Further -- ch. 2 Basic Components And Electic Circuits -- 2.1.Units and Scales -- 2.2.Charge, Current, Voltage, and Power -- 2.3.Voltage and Current Sources -- 2.4.Ohm's Law -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 3 Voltage And Current Laws -- 3.1.Nodes, Paths, Loops, and Branches -- 3.2.Kirchhoffs Current Law -- 3.3.Kirchhoffs Voltage Law -- 3.4.The Single-Loop Circuit -- 3.5.The Single-Node-Pair Circuit -- 3.6.Series and Parallel Connected Sources -- 3.7.Resistors in Series and Parallel -- 3.8.Voltage and Current Division -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 4 Basic Nodal And Mesh Analysis -- 4.1.Nodal Analysis -- 4.2.The Supernode -- 4.3.Mesh Analysis -- 4.4.The Supermesh -- 4.5.Nodal vs. Mesh Analysis: A Comparison -- 4.6.Computer-Aided Circuit Analysis -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 5 Handy Circuit Analysis Techniques -- 5.1.Linearity and Superposition -- 5.2.Source Transformations -- 5.3.Thevenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits -- 5.4.Maximum Power Transfer -- 5.5.Delta-Wye Conversion -- 5.6.Selecting an Approach: A Summary of Various Techniques -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 6 The Operational Amplifier -- 6.1.Background -- 6.2.The Ideal Op Amp: A Cordial Introduction -- 6.3.Cascaded Stages -- 6.4.Circuits for Voltage and Current Sources -- 6.5.Practical Considerations -- 6.6.Comparators and the Instrumentation Amplifier -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 7 Capacitors And Inductors -- 7.1.The Capacitor -- 7.2.The Inductor -- 7.3.Inductance and Capacitance Combinations -- 7.4.Consequences of Linearity -- 7.5.Simple Op Amp Circuits with Capacitors -- 7.6.Duality -- 7.7.Modeling Capacitors and Inductors with PSpice -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 8 Basic Rl And Rc Circuits -- 8.1.The Source-Free RL Circuit -- 8.2.Properties of the Exponential Response -- 8.3.The Source-Free RC Circuit -- 8.4.A More General Perspective -- 8.5.The Unit-Step Function -- 8.6.Driven RL Circuits -- 8.7.Natural and Forced Response -- 8.8.Driven AC Circuits -- 8.9.Predicting the Response of Sequentially Switched Circuits -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 9 The Rcl Circuit -- 9.1.The Source-Free Parallel Circuit -- 9.2.The Overdamped Parallel RLC Circuit -- 9.3.Critical Damping -- 9.4.The Underdamped Parallel RLC Circuit -- 9.5.The Source-Free Series RLC Circuit -- 9.6.The Complete Response of the RLC Circuit -- 9.7.The Lossless LC Circuit -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 10 Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis -- 10.1.Characteristics of Sinusoids -- 10.2.Forced Response to Sinusoidal Functions -- 10.3.The Complex Forcing Function -- 10.4.The Phasor -- 10.5.Impedance and Admittance -- 10.6.Nodal and Mesh Analysis -- 10.7.Superposition, Source Transformations and Thevenin's Theorem -- 10.8.Phasor Diagrams -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 11 Ac Circuit Power Analysis -- 11.1.Instantaneous Power -- 11.2.Average Power -- 11.3.Effective Values of Current and Voltage -- 11.4.Apparent Power and Power Factor -- 11.5.Complex Power -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 12 Polyphase Circuits -- 12.1.Polyphase Systems -- 12.2.Single-Phase Three-Wire Systems -- 12.3.Three-Phase Y-Y Connection -- 12.4.The Delta (A) Connection -- 12.5.Power Measurement in Three-Phase Systems -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 13 Magnetically Coupled Circuits -- 13.1.Mutual Inductance -- 13.2.Energy Considerations -- 13.3.The Linear Transformer -- 13.4.The Ideal Transformer -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 14 Complex Frequency And The Laplace Transform -- 14.1.Complex Frequency -- 14.2.The Damped Sinusoidal Forcing Function -- 14.3.Definition of the Laplace Transform -- 14.4.Laplace Transforms of Simple Time Functions -- 14.5.Inverse Transform Techniques -- 14.6.Basic Theorems for the Laplace Transform -- 14.7.The Initial-Value and Final-Value Theorems -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 15 Circuit Analysis In The s-Domain -- 15.1.Z(s) and Y(s) -- 15.2.Nodal and Mesh Analysis in the s-Domain -- 15.3.Additional Circuit Analysis Techniques -- 15.4.Poles, Zeros, and Transfer Functions -- 15.5.Convolution -- 15.6.The Complex-Frequency Plane -- 15.7.Natural Response and the s Plane -- 15.8.A Technique for Synthesizing the Voltage Ratio H(s) = V out/V in -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 16 Frequency Response -- 16.1.Parallel Resonance -- 16.2.Bandwidth and High-Q Circuits -- 16.3.Series Resonance -- 16.4.Other Resonant Forms -- 16.5.Scaling -- 16.6.Bode Diagrams -- 16.7.Basic Filter Design -- 16.8.Advanced Filter Design -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 17 Two-Port Networks -- 17.1.One-Port Networks -- 17.2.Admittance Parameters -- 17.3.Some Equivalent Networks -- 17.4.Impedance Parameters -- 17.5.Hybrid Parameters -- 17.6.Transmission Parameters -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 18 Fourier Circuit Analysis -- 18.1.Trigonometric Form of the Fourier Series -- 18.2.The Use of Symmetry -- 18.3.Complete Response to Periodic Forcing Functions -- 18.4.Complex Form of the Fourier Series -- 18.5.Definition of the Fourier Transform -- 18.6.Some Properties of the Fourier Transform -- 18.7.Fourier Transform Pairs for Some Simple Time Functions -- 18.8.The Fourier Transform of a General Periodic Time Function -- 18.9.The System Function and Response in the Frequency Domain -- 18.10.The Physical Significance of the System Function -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises.…”
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The Routledge handbook of translation and pragmatics /

Table of Contents: “…The Role of Non-verbal Elements in Legal Interpreting: A Study of a Cross-border Interpreter-mediated Videoconference Witness Hearing / Katalin Balogh and Heidi Salaets -- 22. …”
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African Economic Development / by Langdon, Steven

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Africa in changing perspective -- Section A: Analysing the African experience -- Dimensions of development : geography, ecology, history -- Concepts of African economic development : growth, structural change, poverty and gender -- Development theories, political economy and governance -- Economic institutions and planning for development -- Section B: Human resources in Africa -- Demography -- Income distribution and human needs -- Human development : education and health -- Labour and livelihoods, formal and informal -- Urbanization, migration and regional change -- Section C: Sustaining African economic development -- Environment and climate change -- Agriculture and rural development -- Natural resources and African development -- The industrial sector -- Infrastructure, communications, services and tourism -- Macroeconomic management, debt and structural adjustment plans -- Section D: Africa and the international economy -- Trade and economic development -- Multinational corporations and foreign direct investment -- Development assistance : the African record -- The changing role of China in Africa -- International migration.…”
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Medical-Surgical Nursing : assessment and management of clinical problems / by Lewis, Sharon L.

Table of Contents: “…V. 2 -- Gastrointestinal system -- Nutritional problems -- Obesity -- Upper gastrointestinal problems -- Lower gastrointestinal problems -- Liver, pancreas, and biliary tract problems -- Urinary system -- Renal and urologic problems -- Acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease -- Endocrine system -- Diabetes mellitus -- Endocrine problems -- Reproductive system -- Breast disorders -- Sexually transmitted diseases -- Female reproductive problems -- Male reproductive problems -- Nervous system -- Acute intracranial problems -- Stroke -- Chronic neurologic problems -- Alzheimer's disease, dementia, and delirium -- Peripheral nerve and spinal cord problems -- Musculoskeletal system -- Musculoskeletal trauma and orthopedic surgery -- Musculoskeletal problems -- Arthritis and connective tissue diseases -- Critical care -- Shock, systemic inflammatory response syndrome, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome -- Respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome -- Emergency, terrorism, and disaster nursing -- Appendixes A: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and basic life support for health care providers -- Appendixes B: Nursing diagnoses -- Appendixes C: Laboratory references intervals.…”
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Practical Guide to the Care of the Gynecologic/Obstetric Patient / by Danakas, George T.

Table of Contents: “…Kevin Fitzpatrick -- Diagnostic studies -- Contraception / Maria A. Corigliano -- Infertility evaluation -- Amenorrhea / Ivan D'Souza -- Abnormal uterine bleeding / George T. …”
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An introduction to early childhood /

Table of Contents: “…A History of Childhood: Adult Constructs and Children's Agency / Michael Wyness -- Modern Childhoods: Contemporary Theories and Children's Lives / Tim Waller -- International Perspectives / Libby Lee-Hammond with Tim Waller -- Children's Rights to Participation / Gill Handley -- Understanding Diversity / Prospera Tedam -- Inclusive Practice for Children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) / Christine Hickman and Kyffin Jones -- Play and Creativity / Paulette Luff -- Outdoor Play and Learning / Helen Tovey and Tim Waller -- Children and Media / Jane O'Connor -- Child Health / Sharon Smith and Tania Hart -- Wellbeing / Jane Waters -- Protecting and Safeguarding Children / Celia Doyle -- Working with Families / Eunice Lumsden and Celia Doyle -- Professional Work in Early Childhood / Denise Hevey -- Joined-up Thinking in Practice: An Exploration of Professional Collaboration / Eunice Lumsden -- Leadership and Change Management in Early Childhood / Geraldine Davis -- Researching Young Children's Worlds / Jane Murray -- Reflective Practice / Caroline Jones.…”
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