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Lecture notes on geriatric medicine

Table of Contents: “…The world grows old -- Health and social services care for elderly people in the UK -- Special features of medicine in the elderly -- Old age psychiatry -- Falls and immobility -- Bones, muscles and joints -- Stroke made simple -- Other diseases of the nervous system -- Cardiovascular disorders -- Respiratory disease -- Gastrointestinal disease and nutrition -- Disorders of homeostasis and metabolism -- Genitourinary disease -- Blood and bone marrow -- Eyes, ears and skin -- Legal and ethical aspects of medical care of elderly people -- Palliative care.…”
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Britain's new towns garden cities to sustainable communities by Alexander, Anthony

Table of Contents: “…The New Towns in a new light -- Planning the new towns -- A bit of a bombshell -- The early New Towns -- The later New Towns -- The origin of the New Towns concept -- Building the New Towns -- The formulation of the New Towns programme -- Principles of New Towns design -- A leap into the unknown -- Living in the New Towns -- Criticisms of the New Towns -- How the New Towns grew old -- New Towns in the age of sustainable communities -- Conclusion : the lessons of the New Towns.…”
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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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Building the successful theater company by Mulcahy, Lisa

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : What makes a theater company successful? -- Roots. How we came together -- Claiming space -- Our first business plan -- Finding our core acting troupe -- Into the fire. …”
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A clinical guide for contraception by Speroff, Leon 1935-, Darney, Philip D.

Table of Contents: “…. -- Oral Contaception -- Special Uses of Oral Contraception EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION THE PROGESTIN-ONLY MINIPILL -- Transdermal and Vaginal Contraception -- Implant Contraception -- Injectable Contraception -- Intrauterine Contraception -- Barrier Methods -- Natural Family Planning: Periodic Abstinence and Withdrawal -- The Postpartum Period, Breastfeeding and Contraception -- CHAPTER 11: Clinical Guidelines for Contraception at Different Ages: Early and Late -- Sterilization -- Induced Abortion and Post-Abortion Contraception -- Interpreting Epidemiologic Reports and Contraceptive Eligibility Criteria EPILOGUE.…”
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The history of the Czech Republic and Slovakia by Mahoney, William M

Table of Contents: “…Timeline of historical events -- The Czech Republic and Slovakia today -- Origins and medieval legacies -- The late Middle Ages -- Religious controversies and military conflicts (1400?…”
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The history of Bulgaria by Chary, Frederick B

Table of Contents: “…Timeline of historical events -- The first Bulgarian Empire (10,000 BCE-1018) -- The second Bulgarian Empire (1018-1393) -- Bulgarian revival (1393-1878) -- Modern Bulgaria until the Balkan wars (1878-1911) -- Wars and the peasant state (1911-1923) -- Two coups d?…”
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The second Ottoman Empire political and social transformation in the early modern world by Tezcan, Baki

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Ottoman political history in the early modern period -- One market, one money, one law : the making of an imperial market society and a law that applies to all -- The question of succession : bringing the dynasty under legal supervision -- The court strikes back : the making of Ottoman absolutism -- A new empire for a second Osman : Osman II in power (1618-1622) -- The absolutist dispensation overturned : a regicide -- The second empire goes public : the age of the Janissaries -- Conclusion: Early modernity and the Ottoman decline…”
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Art theory an historical introduction by Williams, Robert 1955-

Table of Contents: “…List of plates -- List of figures -- Introduction -- Antiquity and the Middle Ages -- The shield of Achilles -- Imitation and knowledge -- Beauty -- Rhetoric -- Word and world -- The early modern period -- Craftsmen and theorists -- Humanism -- The academic system -- The Enlightenment -- The eighteenth century -- Radical idealism -- The nineteenth century -- The crisis of the academy -- Impressionism -- "Absolute art exists at last" -- Ruskin and the aesthetes -- The early twentieth century -- Beyond nature -- Beyond reason -- American modern -- Postmodernism -- The critique of culture -- The phenomenology of signs -- Future present -- Sources and suggestions for further reading -- Index.…”
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Six sigma in transactional and service environments by Akpolat, Hasan

Table of Contents: “…Kim, Samsung Everland, Korea -- Sigma in the banking business : Dr Uwe H. Kaufmann and Ms Amy Tan Bee Choo, AON, Singapore…”
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Speaking storytelling and creative drama for children by Zipes, Jack David

Table of Contents: “…The utopian tendency of storytelling: turning the world upside down -- The wisdom and folly of storytelling -- How storytellers can help change education in changing times -- Neighborhood bridges -- The Neighborhood Bridges Project -- A typical Bridges session with untypical games and learning -- Spreading tales, opening minds - Fairy tales, animal fables, trickster stories, and peace tales -- Legends, myths, superhero stories, tall tales, family -- Stories, and utopian tales -- Creative drama and the crossing bridges festival -- The importance of children's theater -- Children's theater in the age of globalization…”
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Goethe; a collection of critical essays by Lange, Victor, 1908-

Table of Contents: “…Fairley.--La maladie du sie??cle, by K. Vie??tor.--Goethe?s version of poetic drama, by R. …”
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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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Smith's PATIENT-CENTRED INTERVIEWING An Evidence-Based Method by Fortin, Auguste H VI, Dwamena, Francesca C., Lepisto, Brenda Lovegrove, Frankel, Richard M., Smith, Robert C. 1937-

Table of Contents: “…The medical interview -- Data-gathering and empathy skills -- The beginning of the interview: patient-centered interviewing -- Symptom-defining skills -- The middle of the interview: clinician-centered interviewing -- Step 11: the end of the interview -- Adapting the interview to different situations and other practical issues -- The clinician-patient relationship -- Summarizing and presenting the patient's story -- Remaining patient-centered in the digital age -- Appendices. Foreword to the first edition -- Research and humanistic rationale for patient-centered interviewing -- Feelings and emotions -- Complete write-up of Ms. …”
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Media Now Understanding Media, Culture, and Technology by Straubhaar, Joseph, LaRose, Robert, Davenport, Lucinda

Table of Contents: “…The Third Screen: Smartphones and Tablets ; 13. Video Games -- Part III: MEDIA ISSUES. 14. Media Uses and Impacts ; 15. …”
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REIMAGINING COMMUNICATION EXPERIENCE

Table of Contents: “…Communication, perception and innovation : seeing the world through metaphorically coloured glasses / Judith Papadopoulos -- Audio experience / Emma Rodero, Lluis Mas -- Re-imagining embodiment in communication / Jason Edward Archer, Nathanael Bassett -- Reassessing the importance of nonverbal communication in the age of social media / Martin S. …”
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Organ transplants

Table of Contents: “…The urgent need for organ donors raises complex ethical questions / President's Council on Bioethics -- Being a kidney donor was a good choice for me / Virginia Postrel -- Compensating the families of organ donors would be effective and ethical / David E. …”
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Keltner's Psychiatric Nursing by Steele, Debbie

Table of Contents: “…Unit I. The basics. Me, meds, Milieu -- Historical issues -- Legal issues -- Psychobiologic bases of behavior -- Cultural issues -- Spirituality issues -- unit II. …”
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Screening the past memory and nostalgia in cinema by Cook, Pam

Table of Contents: “…-- The last temptation of Christ -- Scorsese's masquerade -- The age of innocence -- Fashion and sexual display in 1950s Hollywood -- Replicating the past: memory and history in Dance with a stranger -- Fictions of identity: style, mimicry, and gender in the films of Kathryn Bigelow…”
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The classical hour at Steinway Hall Monique McDonald, soprano ; Chun-Wei Kang, piano

Table of Contents: “…Que [i.e. Che] sento-- se pieta / George Friedrich Handel…”
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