The economics of Public Issues / by Miller, Roger LeRoy, Benjamin, Daniel K., North, Douglass C. (Douglass Cecil)

Table of Contents: “…-- Keeping the competition out -- Political economy -- Health insurance for all . . . or maybe not -- The deception of green energy -- The fight over genetically modified foods -- Student loans -- The graying of america -- For whom the roads are tolled -- Property rights and the environment -- What to do about the climate? …”
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TheFundamentals of Digital Photography / by Daly, Tim, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: How equipment works: Digital SLR; Compact cameras; Medium format camera; Lens essentials; Computers and monitors; Adobe Photoshop; Image editing software: Adobe Lightroom; Project Chapter 2: Shooting skills: Camera quality settings; File formats; Aperture; Shutter speeds and movement; Exposure and how to measure it properly; Camera metering modes; Camera program modes; The lens and focussing; Depth of field; Viewpoint; Composing your image; Seeing the world in monochrome; Project Chapter 3: Themes and their workflows: Basic observational documentary: Urban texture; Culturally aware documentary: Out of season; Candid/street photography: People on the street; Eco/political study: The threatened landscape; Photo essay narrative: A day in the life; Location portrait: Public/private; Studio portrait: Alter-ego; Collaboration with others: Constructed reality; Current issue story: Signs of the times; 'Late' photography: The aftermath; Staging/performance: A re-enactment; Developing own work: A personal project Chapter 4: Project development: Researching your project; Planning and prep; Testing and review; Shaping your project; Project Chapter 5: Treatment: Essential software skills; Creative emphasis; Project: Sample files to test edit Chapter 6: Output and finishing: Desktop printing; Remote printing services; Onscreen use; Project Bibliography Glossary Index Acknowledgements and picture credits Working with ethics…”
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Hands on media history : a new methodology in the humanities and social sciences /

Table of Contents: “…/ Nick Hall -- A blind date with the past : transforming television documentary practice into a research method / Amanda Murphy -- (De)habituation histories : how to re-sensitize media historians / Andreas Fickers and Annie van den Oever -- (Un)certain ghosts: rephotography and historical images / Mary Agnes Krell -- Photography against the Anthropocene : the anthotype as a call for action / Kristof Vrancken -- On the performance of playback for dead media devices / Matthew Hockenberry and Jason LaRiviere -- The archaeology of the Walkman : audience perspectives and the roots of mobile media intimacy / Marus̆a Pus̆nik -- Extended play : hands on with forty years of English amusement arcades / Alex Wade -- Enriching 'hands on history' through community dissemination : a case study of the Pebble Mill Project / Vanessa Jackson -- The media archaeology lab as platform for undoing and reimagining media history / Lori Emerson -- Reflections and reminiscences : tactile encounters and participatory research with vintage media technology in the museum / Christian Hviid Mortensen and Lise Kapper -- A vision in Bakelite : exploring the aesthetic, material and operational potential of the Bush TV22 / Elinor Groom -- Hands on circuits : preserving the semantic surplus of circuit-level functionality with programmable logic devices / Fabian Offert.…”
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Literature and film : a guide to the theory and practice of film adaptation /

Table of Contents: “…Sobchack -- Cape Fear and trembling : familial dread / Kirsten Thompson -- The carnival of repression : German left-wing politics and The lost honor of Katharina Blum / Alexandra Seibel -- Serial time : Bluebeard in Stepford / Bliss Cua Lim -- Boyz 'n the hood chronotope : Spike Lee, Richard Price, and the changing authorship of Clockers / Paula J. …”
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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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Stedman's Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing.

Table of Contents: “…Adverse drug effects during pregnancy -- Anatomy words (English and Latin) -- Arterial blood gas normal values -- Arteries of the human body -- Assessment guide : medications -- Biographic appendix -- Blood groups -- Body mass index table (high range) -- Body mass index table -- Canada's food guide to healthy eating -- Canadian recommended nutrition intakes -- Choosing the route of nutrition support in adults : a clinical decision algorithm -- Classic textbook method of blood gas interpretation -- Classification of overweight and obesity in adults according to BMI -- Classification and therapeutic uses of drugs -- Common abbreviations used in medication orders -- Common medical abbreviations and acronyms -- Common questions about infection surveillance, prevention, and control -- Common tests with descriptions -- Common types of drug preparations -- Commonly prescribed drugs and their applications -- Conversion factors between traditional and SI units -- Development milestones from birth to 5 years -- Diagnosis-related groups -- Dietary reference intakes : recommended intakes for individuals -- DuBois body surface area chart : estimating body surface area of adults and children -- Formulas for computing drug dosages -- Gauging healthy weight : the body mass index -- Glasgow coma scale -- Guideline for hand hygiene in healthcare setting --…”
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Apps, technology and younger learners : international evidence for teaching /

Table of Contents: “…Mifsud & Louisa Grech) -- Ipad-supported learning and development for a child with mild cerebral palsy / Elaine Khoo -- Enhancing science learning with BYOD (bring your own device) in a primary school in Hong Kong / Yanjie Song and Wai Ying Ku -- Bringing pudsey to life : young children's use of augmented reality apps / Jackie Marsh and Dylan Yamada-Rice -- Digital play : conceptualising the relation between real, augmented and virtual realities / Marilyn Fleer -- Ipads, apps and student thinking skill development / Garry Falloon -- Trans- and intra- apps : innovating the app market and use / Natalia Kucirkova -- A model of mobile knowledge building with apps for pre-service teacher education / Kevin Burden.…”
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Apps, technology and younger learners : international evidence for teaching /

Table of Contents: “…Mifsud & Louisa Grech) -- Ipad-supported learning and development for a child with mild cerebral palsy / Elaine Khoo -- Enhancing science learning with BYOD (bring your own device) in a primary school in Hong Kong / Yanjie Song and Wai Ying Ku -- Bringing pudsey to life : young children's use of augmented reality apps / Jackie Marsh and Dylan Yamada-Rice -- Digital play : conceptualising the relation between real, augmented and virtual realities / Marilyn Fleer -- Ipads, apps and student thinking skill development / Garry Falloon -- Trans- and intra- apps : innovating the app market and use / Natalia Kucirkova -- A model of mobile knowledge building with apps for pre-service teacher education / Kevin Burden.…”
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Manual of Clinical anesthesiology :

Table of Contents: “…-- Hemodynamic collapse following a mainstem intubation -- Hypoxemia during tracheostomy -- Anesthetic depth and mask ventilation in the prone position -- Jet ventilation through a cookgas airway exchange catheter -- End of case evaluation and management of a patient post airway mass excision -- Possible recurrent laryngeal nerve injury -- Obstructive sleep apnea, and dead in bed -- Bilevel positive air pressure, decreased sensorium, aspiration and capnography -- Perioperative management of a patient previously treated with bleomycin undergoing thoracic surgery -- Intra-operative airway fire -- Obesity hypoventilation syndrome -- Circulation-related cases -- Hemorrhage during endovascular repair of thoracic aorta -- Pacemakers and automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillators -- Acute myocardial infarction during laparoscopic surgery -- Sickle cell and preeclampsia -- Dysrhythmias in a patient with Crohn's disease -- Hematologic disorders: hemophilia and disseminated intravascular coagulation -- Blood transfusion and the Jehovah's Witness patient -- Cardiac and pulmonary contusions -- Intraoperative coagulopathy -- Hypotension in chronic methamphetamine user -- Venous air embolism during arteriovenous malformation repair -- Cardiac tamponade -- Case of intraoperative new-onset atrial fibrillation -- Valvular disease -- Obstetrics-related cases -- Labor epidural with unrecognized dural puncture, causing high sensory block, hypotension, fetal bradycardia and post dural puncture headache -- Acute pulmonary dysfunction immediately after cesarean delivery under general anesthesia -- Jehovah's Witness with placenta previa and increta for cesarean hysterectomy -- A pregnant patient with mitral stenosis -- Unrecognized uterine hyperstimulation due to oxytocin and combined spinal-epidural analgesia -- Super morbidly obese patient for elective repeat cesarean section -- Probable amniotic fluid embolus -- Emergent cesarean section -- Pregnancy plus atrial septal defect vs Eisenmenger Syndrome -- Uterine abruption -- Pediatric-related cases -- Neonatal resuscitation following spontaneous vaginal delivery -- Anxious, coughing and bound to obstruct -- Special diseases/conditions/situations -- Hypothermia during laparoscopic nephrectomy -- Operating room management case scenarios -- Anaphylaxis reactions -- Autonomic dysreflexia -- Porphyrias -- Monitored anesthesia care: medical implications; and wrong-sided operations: legal implications -- Diabetic ketoacidosis in the urgent anesthesia setting -- Fever, altered mental status, and rigidity in the perioperative course -- Neuro/neuromuscular-related cases -- Emergent craniotomy for evacuation of epidural hematoma -- Hyperkalemia and residual neuromuscular blockade after kidney transplantation -- A defasciculating dose of nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocker -- Postoperative monocular vision loss -- Delayed emergence after aneurysm clipping -- Pain and regional anesthesia related cases -- Unintentional dural puncture in a patient with severe preeclampsia -- Complex regional pain syndrome -- Vascular absorption of local anesthetic producing systemic toxicity -- Inadvertent high spinal in parturient -- Outpatient surgery-related cases -- Plastic surgery in a surgeon's office -- Orthopedic surgery in an ambulatory surgicenter -- Eye surgery at an outpatient surgicenter -- Endoscopic sinus surgery at an outpatient sugicenter.…”
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