Clinical Biochemistry /

Table of Contents: “…Biochemical investigations and quality control / David Cameron -- Automation / Tim James -- Kidney disease / Edmund Lamb -- Hyperuricaemia and gout / Joanne Marsden -- Fluid and electrolyte disorders / Tim James -- Acid-base disorders / David Tierney -- Clinical enzymology and biomarkers / Paul Collinson, Amy Lloyd -- Liver function tests / Roy Sherwood -- Abnormalities of lipid metabolism / Mike France -- Disorders of calcium, phosphate, and magnesium homeostasis / Nessar Ahmed -- Abnormal pituitary function ; Thyroid disease / Garry McDowell -- Diabetes mellitus and hypoglycaemia / Allen Yates, Ian Laing -- Adrenal disease / John Honour -- Reproductive endocrinology / Ian Laing, Julie Thornton -- Biochemical nutrition / Pat Twomey, William Simpson -- Gastrointestinal disorders and malabsorption / Garry McDowell, Gordon Brydon -- Specific protein markers / Gerald Maguire -- Cancer biochemistry and tumour markers / Joanne Adaway, Gilbert Wieringa -- Inherited metabolic disorders and newborn screening / Mary Anne Preece -- Therapeutic drug monitoring / Robin Whelpton, Nigel Brown, Robert Flanagan -- Chemical toxicology / Gwendolen Ayers.…”
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Clinical Biochemistry ; fundamentals of biomedical science /

Table of Contents: “…Biochemical investigations and quality control / David Cameron -- Automation / Tim James -- Kidney disease / Edmund Lamb -- Hyperuricaemia and gout / Joanne Marsden -- Fluid and electrolyte disorders / Tim James -- Acid-base disorders / David Tierney -- Clinical enzymology and biomarkers / Paul Collinson, Amy Lloyd -- Liver function tests / Roy Sherwood -- Abnormalities of lipid metabolism / Mike France -- Disorders of calcium, phosphate, and magnesium homeostasis / Nessar Ahmed -- Abnormal pituitary function ; Thyroid disease / Garry McDowell -- Diabetes mellitus and hypoglycaemia / Allen Yates, Ian Laing -- Adrenal disease / John Honour -- Reproductive endocrinology / Ian Laing, Julie Thornton -- Biochemical nutrition / Pat Twomey, William Simpson -- Gastrointestinal disorders and malabsorption / Garry McDowell, Gordon Brydon -- Specific protein markers / Gerald Maguire -- Cancer biochemistry and tumour markers / Joanne Adaway, Gilbert Wieringa -- Inherited metabolic disorders and newborn screening / Mary Anne Preece -- Therapeutic drug monitoring / Robin Whelpton, Nigel Brown, Robert Flanagan -- Chemical toxicology / Gwendolen Ayers.…”
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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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Philosophies of Qualitative Research / by Brinkmann, Svend

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Introduction: philosophy and qualitative research -- The historical background : philosophy from the Greeks to the 20th century -- British philosophies of qualitative research : positivism and realism -- German philosophies of qualitative research : phenomenology and hermeneutics -- American philosophies of qualitative research : the pragmatisms -- French philosophies of qualitative research : structuralism and poststructuralism -- Global influences on qualitative research : new philosophies -- Discussion -- References.…”
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A theory of Legal Argumentation: The theory of rational Discourse as theory of Legal Justification.

Table of Contents: “…Conceptual Analysis -- Farewell to Conceptual Analysis (in Jurisprudence) -- What Do We Want Law to Be? Philosophical Analysis and the Concept of Law -- Part IV. …”
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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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International Human Resource Management / by Harzing , Anne - Wil

Table of Contents: “…Training and Development: Developing Global Leaders and Expatriates / Ashly H. Pinnington, Yaw A. Debrab, Christopher J. Rees -- 11. …”
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The economics of Public Issues / by Miller, Roger LeRoy, Benjamin, Daniel K., North, Douglass C. (Douglass Cecil)

Table of Contents: “…-- The effects of the minimum wage -- The (dis)incentives of high taxes -- Market structures -- The platform economy -- Contracts, combinations, and conspiracies -- Coffee, tea, or tuition-free? …”
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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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The ethics of photojournalism in the digital age / by Santos Silva, Miguel F. (Miguel Franquet), Eldridge, Scott A., II

Table of Contents: “…General ethics and applied ethics -- Journalism ethics and photojournalism ethics -- Origins of photojournalism ethics -- Digital era and analogue conventions -- Phenomenology and the representation of the other -- The distant other -- Improper distance : the "refugee crisis" presented by two newsrooms -- Conclusions: Going forward, ethically.…”
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Apps, technology and younger learners : international evidence for teaching /

Table of Contents: “…Vaala -- Teaching and learning with tablets : a case study of 21st century skills and new learning / Nicola Yelland -- App maps : evaluating children's ipad software for 21st century literacy learning / Karen E. Wohlwend & Jennifer Rowsell -- Touch design and narrative interpretation : a social semiotic approach to picture book apps / Sumin Zhao & Len Unsworth -- Put their learning in their hands: apps supporting self-regulated learning / Julie Mueller, Karin Archer, Eileen Wood, Domenica De Pasquale -- The use of tablet technology to support development of early mathematical skills : a cross-cultural comparison / Nicola J Pitchford & Laura Outhwaite -- "Makes learning easier", "they're active" : using apps in early years mathematics / Nigel Calder -- Adults and children make meaning together with e-books / Kathrin Rees, Susan Rvachew, Aparna Nadig -- Literacy teaching with tablets in bilingual primary classrooms : the Malta tablet study / Charles L. …”
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