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MAKING PLANS HOW TO ENGAGE LANDSCAPE, DESIGN AND THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT by Steiner, Frederick R.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : a planning species -- Setting goals : a declaration of aspiration -- Reading landscapes : an understanding of human ecology -- Determining suitabilities : a discovery of opportunities and constraints -- Designing options : an exploration of preferred futures -- Selecting a course : a commitment to act -- Taking actions : a live performance -- Adjusting to change : a road to resilience -- Reflections : a clearing in the distance -- Coda.…”
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Linear algebra and its applications by Lax, Peter D.

Table of Contents: “…Fundamentals -- Duality -- Linear mappings -- Matrices -- Determinant and trace -- Spectral theory -- Euclidean structure -- Spectral theory of self-adjoint mappings -- Calculus of vector- and matrix-valued functions -- Matrix inequalities -- Kinematics and dynamics -- Convexity -- The duality theorem -- Normed linear spaces -- Linear mappings between normed linear spaces -- Positive matrices -- How to solve systems of linear equations -- How to calculate the eigenvalues of self-adjoint matrices -- Solutions…”
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Laws affecting clinical practice by Sales, Bruce Dennis, Miller, Michael O. 1952-, Hall, Susan R.

Table of Contents: “…Legal credentialing and privileges to practice -- Initiating services -- Maintaining and disclosing information -- Liabilities for professional activities -- Competency determinations -- Child care and protection -- Education of children -- Marriage dissolution and child custody -- Juvenile offenders before the court -- State interventions and services for individuals with special needs -- Law enforcement -- Pretrial matters in criminal and civil litigation -- Trial matters in criminal and civil litigation -- Post-trial criminal matters -- Workplace related services.…”
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Multiple myeloma and related serum protein disorders an electrophoretic guide by Harris, Neil S., Winter, William E.

Table of Contents: “…Harris -- Protein constituents of serum / Neil S. Harris -- Determination of immunoglobulin clonality and quantitation of specific serum proteins / Neil S. …”
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Essentials of public health by Birkhead, Guthrie S., Morrow, Cynthia B., Pirani, Sylvia

Table of Contents: “…-- Assessment : defining and measuring health and determinants of health -- Public health and the healthcare system -- Law, government, and public health -- Twenty-first century community public health practice -- Public health practice : future challenges -- Public health workforce -- Public health administration -- Environmental and occupational health -- Public health nursing -- Epidemiology and statistics -- Public health education and information -- Additional public health professional and technnical occupations.…”
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Custodial grandparenting individual, cultural, and ethnic diversity

Table of Contents: “…Grandmothers raising grandchildren : the effects of work disruptions on current work hours and income / Rachel Pruchno and Dorothy McKenney -- Determinants of role satisfaction in traditional and custodial grandparents / Bert Hayslip Jr. ... …”
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Organic and physical chemistry of polymers by Gnanou, Yves

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Cohesive energies of polymeric systems -- Molecular structure of polymers -- Thermodynamics of macromolecular systems -- Conformational structures and morphologies -- Determination of molar masses and study of conformations and morphologies by physical methods -- Step-growth polymerizations -- Chain polymerizations -- Reactivity and chemical modification of polymers -- Macromolecular synthesis -- Thermomechanical properties of polymers -- Mechanical properties of polymers -- Rheology, formulation, and polymer processing techniques -- Natural and artificial polymers -- Linear (monodimensional) synthetic polymers -- Three-dimensional synthetic polymers…”
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Nurse as Educator Principles of Teaching and Learning for Nursing Practice

Table of Contents: “…Overview of education in health care -- Ethical, legal, and economic foundations of the educational process -- Applying learning theories to healthcare practice -- Characteristics of the learner -- Determinants of learning -- Developmental stages of the learner -- Compliance, motivation, and health behaviors of the learner -- Literacy in the adult client population -- Gender, socioeconomic, and cultural attributes of the learner -- Educating learners with disabilities -- Techniques and strategies for teaching and learning -- Behavioral objectives -- Teaching methods and settings -- Instructional materials -- Technology in education -- Evaluation in healthcare education.…”
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HIRING SECRETS of the NFL HOW YOUR COMPANY CAN SELECT TALENT LIKE A CHAMPION by Cheifetz, Isaac 1960-

Table of Contents: “…About the author -- Drafting by position : determine the essence of the job -- "Sportsmanlike" conduct : value character -- Out of bounds : welcome eccentrics -- 4th and inches : recognize that ability is hard to measure -- Middle linebacker mentality : accept that you can't teach desire -- Expensive benchwarmer : pay for production, not potential -- Hail Mary : don't try to fix all your problems with one hire -- Three and out : don't hire by habit -- 4th quarter comeback : learn to hire gamechangers…”
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Essentials of Biostatistics in Public Health by Sullivan, Lisa M

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Introduction - Chapter 2: Study Design - Chapter 3: Quantifying the Extent of Disease - Chapter 4: Summarizing Data Collected in the Sample - Chapter 5: The Role of Probability - Chapter 6: Confidence Interval Estimate - Chapter 7: Hypothesis Testing Procedures - Chapter 8: Power and Sample Size Determination - Chapter 9: Multivariable Methods - Chapter 10: Nonparametric Tests - Chapter 11: Survival Analysis - Chapter 12: Data Visualization - Chapter 13: Careers in Biostatistics…”
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Global health 101 by Skolnik, Richard L., Skolnik, Richard L.

Table of Contents: “…The principles and goals of global health -- Health determinants, measurements, and trends -- Health, education, poverty, and the economy -- Ethical and human rights concerns in global health -- An introduction to health systems -- Culture and health -- The environment and health -- Nutrition and global health -- Women's health -- Child health -- Communicable diseases -- Non-communicable diseases -- Unintentional injuries -- Natural disasters and complex humanitarian emergencies -- Working together to improve global health -- Science, technology, and global health -- Working in global health -- Profiles of global health actors.…”
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The Physics of Solids by Ketterson, John B.

Table of Contents: “…Part I: Introductory Topics -- Part II: Crystal Structure and its Determination -- Part III: Electronic Structure of Periodic Solids -- Part IV: Electron-Electron Interaction -- Part V: Lattice Dynamics -- Part VI: Electron Transport and Conduction Electron Dynamics -- Part VII: Semiconductors -- Part VIII: Electric and Magnetic Properties of Insulators -- Part IX: Magnetism -- Part X: Optical Properties -- Part XI: Superconductivity and Superfluidity -- Part XII: Disordered Materials -- Part XIII: Special Topics.…”
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Discourse by Mills, Sara

Table of Contents: “…Cultural theory/critical theory/literary theory -- Mainstream linguistics -- Social psychology/critical linguistics -- Cultural theory and models of discourse -- Michel Foucault and discourse -- Literature as a discourse -- Ideology and truth -- The subject -- Determinants of discourse -- Language, discourse and ideology -- The episteme -- The statement -- The discourse/discourses -- The archive -- Exclusions within discourse -- Circulation of discourses -- Conclusions -- Confessional discourse -- Discourses of femininity and heterosexuality -- Access to discourse -- Discourses in conflict -- Conclusions -- Othering -- Challenging othering -- Psychoanalysis and discourse theory -- Conclusions -- Discourse analysis -- Social psychologists and discourse -- Critical discourse analysis -- Conclusions…”
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Schaum's outline of college algebra by Spiegel, Murray R

Table of Contents: “…Fundamental operations with numbers -- Fundamental operations with algebraic expressions -- Properties of numbers -- Special products -- Factoring -- Fractions -- Exponents -- Radicals -- Simple operations with complex numbers -- Equations in general -- Ratio, proportion, and variation -- Functions and graphs -- Linear equations in one variable -- Equations of lines -- Simultaneous linear equations -- Quadratic equations in one variable -- Conic sections -- Systems of equations involving quadratics -- Inequalities -- Polynomial functions -- Rational functions -- Sequences and series -- Logarithms -- Applications of logarithms and exponents -- Permutations and combinations -- The binomial theorem -- Probability -- Determinants -- Matrices -- Mathematical induction -- Partial fractions…”
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Schuknecht's pathology of the ear

Table of Contents: “…Methods of removal, preparation, and study / Merchant -- Anatomy / Adams & Liberman -- Physiology and pathophysiology / Liberman, Rosowski & Lewis -- Genetically determined and other developmental defects / Merchant -- Infections / Nadol -- Disorders of intoxication / Adams & Merchant -- Trauma / Merchant & Liberman -- Vascular disorders / Merchant & McKenna -- Disorders of aging / Nadol -- Neoplastic growth / Merchant & McKenna -- Disorders of the immune system / Merchant -- Disorders of unknown or multiple causes / Nadol -- Degeneration of auditory and vestibular end organs / Merchant -- Neural disorders / Nadol -- Disorders of bone / McKenna & Merchant -- Surgical pathology / Nadol.…”
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Textbook of international health global health in a dynamic world by Birn, Anne-Emanuelle 1964-, Pillay, Yogan, Holtz, Timothy H., Basch, Paul F. 1933-2001

Table of Contents: “…The historical origins of modern international health -- International health agencies, activities, and other actors -- The political economy of health and development -- What do we know, what do we need to know, and why it matters : data on health -- Epidemiologic profiles of global health and disease -- Societal determinants of health and social inequalities in health -- Health under crisis -- Globalization, trade, work, and health -- Health and the environment -- Health economics and the economics of health -- Understanding and organizing health care systems -- Toward healthy societies : from ideas to action -- Doing international health.…”
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Pharmacy in public health basics and beyond by Carter, Jean, Slack, Marion

Table of Contents: “…History of public health -- Public health at the local, state, national, and global Levels -- Role of law in public health -- Ethics and economics in public health -- Determinants of health -- Cultural competence in public health -- Health promotion -- Disease prevention -- Epidemiology and disease -- Describing populations -- Community health -- Tobacco control programs -- A community pharmacy influenza vaccination service -- A community health worker program for obesity prevention in a minority population -- Campus-based tuberculosis service -- Emergency preparedness planning and response -- Domestic violence prevention : improving services for perpetrators.…”
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BUILDING ECONOMICS Appraisal and control of building design cost and efficiency by Seeley, Ivor H

Table of Contents: “….- Land Use and Value Determinants.- Economics of Building Development.- Environmental Economics and the Construction.- Industry Appendices.- References.- Index.…”
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GLOBAL HEALTH Diseases, Programs, Systems and Policies

Table of Contents: “…Measures of health and disease in populations -- Culture, behavior, and health -- Global health, human rights and ethics -- Understanding and acting on social determinants of health and health equity -- Reproductive health -- Infectious diseases -- Nutrition -- Chronic diseases and risks -- Unintentional injuries and violence -- Global mental health -- Environmental and occupational health -- Complex emergencies -- The design of health systems -- Public health infrastructure -- Management and planning for public health -- Pharmaceuticals -- Innovation, technology and design -- Evaluations of large-scale health programs -- Health and 'the economy' -- International trade and health -- Global health governance and diplomacy.…”
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Fundamentals of futures and options markets by Hull, John C. 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Mechanics of futures markets -- Hedging strategies using futures -- Interest rates -- Determination of forward and futures prices -- Interest rate futures -- Swaps -- Mechanics of options markets -- Properties of stock options -- Trading strategies involving options -- Introduction to binomial trees -- Valuing stock options : the Black-Scholes model -- Options on stock indices and currencies -- Futures options -- The Greek letters -- Binomial trees in practice -- Volatility smiles -- Value at risk -- Interest rate options -- Exotic options and other nonstandard products -- Credit derivatives -- Weather, energy, and insurance derivatives -- Derivatives mishaps and what we can learn from them.…”
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