Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility / by Fritz, Marc A.

Table of Contents: “…Molecular biology for clinicians -- Hormone biosynthesis, metabolism, and mechanism of action -- The ovary-embryology and development -- The uterus -- Neuroendocrinology -- Regulation of the menstrual cycle -- Sperm and egg transport, fertilization, and implantation -- The endocrinology of pregnancy -- Normal and abnormal sexual development -- Normal and abnormal growth and pubertal development -- Amenorrhea -- Chronic anovulation and the polycystic ovary syndrome -- Hirsutism -- Menstrual disorders -- Abnormal uterine bleeding -- The breast -- Menopause and the perimenopausal transition -- Postmenopausal hormone therapy -- Obesity -- Reproduction and the thyroid -- Family planning, sterilization, and abortion -- Oral contraception -- Vaginal and transdermal estrogen-progestin contraception -- Long-acting methods of contraception -- Intrauterine contraception -- Barrier methods of contraception and withdrawal -- Female infertility -- Recurrent early pregnancy loss -- Endometriosis -- Male infertility -- Induction of ovulation -- Assisted reproductive technologies -- Ectopic pregnancy -- Appendix-I: Interpreting epidemiologic reports -- Appendix-II: Selected laboratory values and the international system of units (SI Units).…”
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Making Community Design work : a guide for planners / by Toker, Umut

Table of Contents: “…Initiating the participatory planning and design process -- ch. 5. The "V" process : from project objectives to plan proposal -- Pt. 3. …”
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The Art of Watercolor Painting: master techniques for creating stunning works of art in watercolor / by Needham, Thomas

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Tools & Materials -- Watercolor Techniques -- Color Theory -- Stretching Your Own Paper -- ch. 1 Beginning Watercolor with Nancy Wylie -- Exploring Color -- Developing Landscapes -- Working with Perspective -- Rendering Snow -- Painting Wet-into-Wet -- Taking Artistic License -- ch. 2 Seascapes & Sunsets with Thomas Needham -- Seascape Elements & Techniques -- Sunset Techniques -- Exploiting the Sunlight -- Adding Shadows -- Rendering the Coastline -- Painting from Imagination -- Painting in Sections -- ch. 3 Landscapes with Ronald Pratt -- Injecting Color -- Creating Soft & Hard Edges -- Adding Elements -- Conveying Depth -- Painting Buildings -- Depicting Water -- Evoking Mood -- Capturing Reflections -- ch. 4 Animals with Deb Watson -- Blue Jay -- Bunny -- Deer in Snow -- Kitten -- ch. 5 Chinese Brush with Helen Tse -- Tools & Materials -- Basic Techniques -- Warming Up -- Sunflower & Ladybug -- Mountains & Clouds -- Enhancing a Painting.…”
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Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern physics / by Giancoli, Douglas C.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction, measurement, estimating -- Mechanics -- Describing motion -- Kinematics in two or three dimensions -- Dynamics -- Using Newton's laws -- Gravitation and Newton's synthesis -- Work and energy -- Conservation of energy -- Linear momentum -- Rotational motion -- Angular momentum -- Static equilibrium -- Fluids, vibrations, waves, sound -- Fluids -- Oscillations -- Wave motion -- Sound -- Kinetic theory and thermodynamics -- Temperature, thermal expansion, and the ideal gas law -- Kinetic theory of gases -- Heat and the first law of thermodynamics -- Second law of thermodynamics -- Electricity and magnetism -- Electric charge and electric field -- Gauss's law -- Electric potential -- Capacitance, dielectrics, electric energy storage -- Electric currents and resistance -- DC circuits -- Magnetism -- Sources of magnetic field -- Electromagnetic induction and faraday's Law -- Inductance, electromagnetic oscillations -- Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic waves -- Light -- Lenses and optical instruments -- The wave nature of light -- Diffraction and polarization -- Modern physics -- Special theory of relativity -- Early quantum theory and models of the atom -- Quantum mechanics -- Quantum mechanics of atoms -- Molecules and solids -- Nuclear physics and radioactivity -- Nuclear energy -- Elementary particles -- Astrophysics and cosmology.…”
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Engineering Circuit Analysis / by Hayt, William H. (William Hart), Jr., 1920-1999

Table of Contents: “…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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Literature and film : a guide to the theory and practice of film adaptation /

Table of Contents: “…Niebylski -- Beloved : the adaptation of an American slave narrative / Mia Mask -- Oral traditions, literature, and cinema in Africa / Mbye Cham -- Memory and history in the politics of adaptation : revisiting the partition of India in tamas / Ranjani Mazumdar -- The written scene : writers as figures of cinematic redemption / Paul Arthur.…”
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The pediatric cardiac anesthesia handbook / by Nasr, Viviane G

Table of Contents: “…Cardiovascular Development -- Important Concepts in Congenital Heart Disease -- Preoperative Evaluation -- Intraoperative Management -- Developmental Hemostasis and Patient Blood Management -- Interpretation of Cardiac Catheterization Data -- Management of Cardiopulmonary Bypass -- Echocardiography -- Risk Scoring Systems in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease -- Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) -- Post-Operative CICU Care -- Patent Ductus Arteriosus -- Aortopulmonary Window -- Coarctation of the Aorta -- Atrial Septal Defect -- Ventricular Septal Defect -- Atrioventricular Canal Defects -- Double Outlet Right Ventricle -- Truncus Arteriosus -- Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return -- Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction -- Mitral Valve -- Pulmonary Atresia/Intact Ventricular Septum (PA/IVS) -- Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) -- Tetralogy of Fallot with Pulmonary Atresia (TOF/PA) -- Tetralogy of Fallot with Absent Pulmonary Valve (TOF/APV) -- Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA) -- Single-Ventricle Lesions -- Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome -- Interrupted Aortic Arch -- Vascular Rings -- Tricuspid Atresia -- Heart Transplantation -- Heart-Lung and Lung Transplantation -- Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery (ALCAPA) and  Anomalous Aortic Origin of a Coronary Artery (AAOCA) -- Heterotaxy -- Ebstein Anomaly.…”
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The impact of macroeconomic policies on poverty and income distribution : macro-micro evaluation techniques and tools /

Table of Contents: “…Pereira da Silva -- Part 1: Winners and losers from trade reform in Morocco / Martin Ravallion and Michael Lokshin -- Trade options for Latin America : a poverty assessment using a top-down macro-micro modeling framework / Maurizio Bussolo ... …”
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Empowering Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries : gender justice and norm change /

Table of Contents: “…/ Caroline Harper and Rachel Marcus -- "Sticky" gendered norms : change and stasis in the patterning of child marriage in Amhara, Ethiopia / Nicola Jones, Bekele Tefera, Guday Emirie and Elizabeth Presler-Marshall -- The politics of policy and programme implementation to advance adolescent girls' well-being in Ethiopia / Nicola Jones, Elizabeth Presler-Marshall, Bekele Tefera and Bethelihem Gebre -- The paradox of change and continuity in social norms and practices affecting adolescent girls' capabilities and transitions to adulthood in rural Uganda / Carol Watson, Grace Kyomuhendo Bantebya and Florence Muhanguzi Kyoheirwe -- From national laws and policies to local programmes : obstacles and opportunities in communications for adolescent girls' empowerment in Uganda / Grace Kyomuhendo Bantebya, Florence Muhanguzi Kyoheirwe, and Carol Watson -- Intersecting inequalities: the impact of gender norms on Hmong adolescent girls' education, marriage and work in Viet Nam / Nicola Jones, Elizabeth Presler-Marshall and Tran Thi Van Anh -- Triple invisibility : the neglect of ethnic minority adolescent girls in Viet Nam / Nicola Jones, Elizabeth Presler-Marshall and Tran Thi Van Anh -- Small but persistent steps on the road to gender equality : marriage patterns in far west Nepal / Fiona Samuels and Anita Ghimire -- Continuity and change : how embedded programmes improve the lives of adolescent girls / Fiona Samuels, Anita Ghimire, and Matthew Maclure -- Pushing the boundaries of social order : adolescent girls and norm change / Caroline Harper and Rachel Marcus.…”
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Healthcare and the Effect of Technology : developments, challenges and advancements / by Kabene, Stefane M

Table of Contents: “…Barnet -- Functional neuroimaging, free will, and privacy / Nada Gligorov, Stephen C. …”
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Principles of Agronomy for Sustainable Agriculture /

Table of Contents: “…Temperature modification -- Chapter 29. Frost control -- Chapter 30. Control of weeds and other biotic factors -- Chapter 31. …”
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