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Urinary Stents Current State and Future Perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…-- Ch 17: Biomaterials for ureteral stents: advances and future perspectives -- Ch 18: Coatings for urinary stents:current state and future directions -- Ch 19: Bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation: hydrodynamics effects -- Ch 20: Biomaterial-associated infection: pathogenesis and prevention -- Ch 21: Antibiotic-free solutions for the development of biofilm prevention coatings -- Ch 22: Plasma Based Approaches for Deposition And Grafting Of Antimicrobial Agents To Polymer Surfaces -- Ch 23: Antimicrobial biosurfactants towards the inhibition of biofilm formation -- Ch 24: Novel antimicrobial strategies to combat biomaterial infections -- Ch 25: Light-activated polymer nanocomposites doped with a new type of carbon quantum dots for antibacterial applications -- Ch 26: Nanoparticles. …”
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Critical Issues in Head and Neck Oncology Key Concepts from the Eighth THNO Meeting /

Table of Contents: “…, Amanda Psyrri -- The role of radiotherapy in oligometastatic or oligoprogressive disease in R/M-SCCHN, Daan Nevens -- Updates from the EORTC Head and Neck Cancer Group (HNCG), Jean-Pascal Machiels (Chair of EORTC-HNCG) -- Real world evidence in head and neck cancer, Anil D'Cruz (UICC president -- Pathology driven treatment of skull base tumors, Piero Nicolai -- Modern day reconstruction of facial bones, Sat Parmar -- Targeting molecular/minimal residual disease using novel technologies and clinical trials design, Lillian Siu -- New developments in surgery for malignant salivary gland tumors, Jeroen Meulemans -- New systemic therapies in salivary gland cancer, Ethan Argiris. …”
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Persistent Organic Pollutants in Human Milk

Table of Contents: “…Part I Introduction -- Chapter 1 Human milk surveys on persistent organic pollutants from a historical perspective -- Chapter 2 Overview of WHO- and UNEP-coordinated human milk studies and their link to the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants -- Chapter 3 The Stockholm Convention, Global Monitoring Plan and its implementation in regional and global monitoring reports -- Part II Analytical methods and quality control -- Chapter 4 Analysis and quality control of WHO- and UNEP-coordinated human milk studies 2000-2019: polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans -- Chapter 5 Analysis and quality control of WHO- and UNEP-coordinated human milk studies 2000-2019: organochlorine pesticides and industrial chemicals -- Chapter 6 Analysis and quality control of WHO- and UNEP-coordinated human milk studies 2000-2019: polybrominated diphenylethers, hexabromocyclododecanes, chlorinated paraffins and polychlorinated naphthalenes -- Part III WHO/UNEP-coordinated exposure studies 2000-2019: results of chlorinated and brominated POPs and discussion -- Chapter 7 WHO- and UNEP-coordinated human milk studies 2000-2019: findings of polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans -- Chapter 8 WHO- and UNEP-coordinated human milk studies 2000-2019: findings of organochlorine pesticides and industrial chemicals -- Chapter 9 WHO- and UNEP-coordinated human milk studies 2000-2019: findings of polybrominated substances (PBDE, HBCDD, PBB 153, PBDD/PBDF) -- Chapter 10 WHO- and UNEP-coordinated human milk studies 2000-2019: findings of chlorinated paraffins -- Chapter 11 WHO- and UNEP-coordinated human milk studies 2000-2019: findings of polychlorinated naphthalenes -- Part IV Assessments -- Chapter 12 Time trends in human milk derived from WHO- and UNEP-coordinated exposure studies; Chapter 1: polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans -- Chapter 13 Time trends in human milk derived from WHO- and UNEP-coordinated exposure studies; Chapter 2: DDT, beta-HCH and HCB -- Chapter 14 Time trends in human milk derived from WHO- and UNEP-coordinated exposure studies; Chapter 3: perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) -- Chapter 15 Risk-benefit analysis for the breastfed infant based on the WHO- and UNEP human milk surveys for dioxin-like compounds -- Part V Summary, conclusions and outlook -- Chapter 16 Overall conclusions and key messages of the WHO/UNEP-coordinated human milk studies on persistent organic pollutants -- Chapter 17 Outlook (towards future studies on human milk).…”
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Geographies of the University

Table of Contents: “…A Cartography of Connectivity (Anthony Welch) -- Part V: Universities and the City -- Chapter 18: The Civic University and the City (John Goddard) -- Chapter 19: City and University - Notes of an Architect On an Intriguing Spatial Relationship (Helmut Bott) -- Chapter 20: Campus-city Relations: Past, Present and Future (Alexandra Den Heijer) -- Chapter 21: Coevolution of Town and Gown: The Heidelberg International Building Exhibition in Search of a Knowledge-based Urbanism for the Twenty-first Century (Carl Zillich) -- The Klaus Tschira Foundation -- Index.…”
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Maritime Spatial Planning past, present, future /

Table of Contents: “…Taking account of land-Sea interactions in MSP; Sue Kidd, Hannah Jones and Stephen Jay -- Chapter 12. …”
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Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft: Ein vertrauensvoller Dialog Positionen und Perspektiven der Wissenschaftskommunikation heute /

Table of Contents: “…Erfahrungen mit einer Initiative -- "Es kann aber auch einmal weh tun!" Zur besseren Verankerung von Wissenschaft in der Gesellschaft brauchen Stiftungen Mut zum Risiko, Vertrauen in die Akteure und Geduld -- Die selbstlosen Stakeholder? …”
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Genre in a Changing World

Table of Contents: “…Russell, Mary Lea Jan Parker, Brian Street, and Tiane Donahue -- Genre and Disciplinary Work in French Didactics Research, Tiane Donahue -- Negotiating Genre: Lecturer's Awareness in Genre Across the Curriculum Project at the University Level, Estela Inés Moyano -- The Development of a Genre-Based Writing Course for Graduate Students in Two Fields, Solange Aranha -- Written Genres in University Studies: Evidence from an Academic Corpus of Spanish in Four Disciplines, Giovanni Parodi -- Author Affiliations…”
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Slavery to Liberation The African American Experience by Farrington, Joshua, Powell, Norman W., Graham, Gwendolyn, Anyanwu, Ogechi E.

Table of Contents: “…Elia -- Ch. 6: Race, Identity, and Choice: Black Voices on Liberia and the American Colonization Society, Thomas Keefe -- Ch. 7: The Education of African Americans in the U.S., by Jayne Beilke -- Ch. 8: “It is Our Freedom that Makes Us Different”: Freedom and Identity in Post-Civil War Indian Territory and Oklahoma, by Leroy Myers -- Ch. 9: Eco-ability: The Complex Embodiment of Blind Lemon Jefferson, by Jonathan S. …”
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ANALISIS DATA GEOSTATISTIK MENGGUNAKAN METODE ORDINARY KRIGING by Puspita, Wira

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Post Un-Lock From Territorial Vulnerabilities to Local Resilience /

Table of Contents: “…- Part 3: Case studies -- NO2 concentrations and Covid-19 in local systems of North-West Italy -- The COVID-19 effects and the development process of Lanzo Valleys in a metro-mountain perspective -- Analysis of hydrogeological risks related to climate change: Testing the ClimeApp assessment tool on the Torino Nord Homogenous Zone -- From knowledge to land-use planning: Local resilient experience in the territory of the municipality of Mappano -- Space for rights. …”
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The Bible and Music by McGrath, James F.

Table of Contents: “…Roxanna Panufnik -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Paths through This Book -- Appendix 2: Making Music with Apps, Websites, and Software -- Appendix 3: For Further Listening -- General Bibliography -- Media Bibliography -- Contributors…”
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Exploring Resilience A Scientific Journey from Practice to Theory /

Table of Contents: “…Dang -- Precursor resilience in practice - an organizational response to weak signals, by Kenneth Pettersen Gould -- Leadership in resilient organizations, by Gudela Grote -- Modelling the influence of safety management tools on resilience, by Teemu Reiman and Kaupo Viitanen -- Resilient characteristics as described in empirical studies on health Care, by Siv Hilde Berg and Karina Aase -- Resilience from the UnitedNations Standpoint: The Challenges of "Vagueness", by Leah R. …”
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Digital Platform Regulation Global Perspectives on Internet Governance /

Table of Contents: “…Platforms and the Press: Regulatory Interventions to Address an Imbalance of Power by Philip M. Napoli & Asa Royal -- 4. EU Digital Services Act: The White Hope of Intermediary Regulation by Amélie P. …”
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Values for a Post-Pandemic Future

Table of Contents: “…Relational Democracy and Digital Surveillance Technologies -- Chapter 4: Contact Tracing Apps for the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Responsible Innovation Perspective -- Chapter 5: Uncertainty, Vaccination, and the Duties of Liberal States -- Chapter 6: Conspiracism as a Litmus Test for Responsible -- Chapter 7: Confronting Ableism in a Post-COVID World: Designing for World-Familiarity Through Acts of Defamiliarization Innovation -- Chapter 8: Values as hypotheses and messy institutions: What ethicists can learn from the COVID-19 crisis -- Part II: Envisioning a Post-Pandemic Future -- Chapter 9: Offsetting Present Risks, Preempting Future Harms, and The Ethics of a 'New Normal' -- Chapter 10: Designing in Times of Uncertainty: what virtue ethics can bring to engineering ethics in the 21st century -- Chapter 11: "Understanding Risks and Moral Emotions in the context of COVID-19 Policy making: the case of the Netherlands" -- Chapter 12: How to balance individual and collective values after COVID-19? …”
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Anatomy and Physiology 2e by Betts, J. Gordon, Young, Kelly A., Wise, James A

Table of Contents: “…Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance -- 26.1 Body Fluids and Fluid Compartments -- 26.2 Water Balance -- 26.3 Electrolyte Balance -- 26.4 Acid-Base Balance -- 26.5 Disorders of Acid-Base Balance -- Unit 6. …”
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Software Business 14th International Conference, ICSOB 2023, Lahti, Finland, November 27-29, 2023, Proceedings /

Table of Contents: “…Initial Conceptual Framework and Empirical Insights -- Software startups -- Benefits, Challenges and Implications of Open-Source Software for Health-Tech Startups: An Empirical Study -- Corporate Startups: A Systematic Literature Review on Governance and Autonomy -- Exploring the Finnish Impact Investing Ecosystem: Perspectives on Challenges from Technology Startups -- Practitioner Views on Defining Analytics for Software Startups: A Preliminary Guide Based on Gray Literature -- Software Product Management -- An Evaluation of the Product Security Maturity Model through Case Studies at 15 Software Producing Organizations -- Strategic Digital Software Product Management in the Age of AI -- Experimentation in Early-Stage Video Game Startups: Practices and Challenges -- Software and Business Co-Development -- DevOps challenges and Risk mitigation strategies by DevOps professionals teams -- Good agile practices increase positive customer experience -- Information-Centric Adoption and Use of Standard-Compliant DevSecOps for Operational Technology: From Experience to Design Principles -- Exploring Sentiments and Emotions in Online Meetings: Unpacking Agile Retrospective Teams -- Emerging Digital World -- Feeling the Elephant: Insiders' Perspectives on the Metaverse -- What does Scopes 1, 2 and 3 mean for software companies -- Understanding Cost Dynamics of Serverless Computing: An Empirical Study -- Quantum Software Ecosystem: Stakeholders, Interactions and Challenges -- Dynamic Capabilities for Sustainable Digital Transformation Amid Crisis: Insights from Law Firms in Emerging Economy -- Research Streams of Barriers to Digital Transformation: Mapping Current State and Future Directions.…”
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The Climate-Smart Agriculture Papers Investigating the Business of a Productive, Resilient and Low Emission Future /

Table of Contents: “…-- Chapter 3-Climate change and infectious livestock diseases: the case of rift valley fever and tick-borne diseases -- Chapter 4-Large scale crop suitability assessment under future climate using the ecocrop model: the case of six provinces in Angola'sPlanalto region -- Chapter 5-Understanding the role of soils and management on crops in the face of climate uncertainty in Zimbabwe: a sensitivity analysis -- Chapter 6-Role and challenges of the private seed sector in developing and disseminating climate-smart crop varieties in Eastern and Southern Africa -- Chapter 7-Fast-tracking the development and dissemination of a drought-tolerant maize variety in Ethiopia in response to the risks of climate change -- Chapter 8-Access to early generation seed: obstacles for delivery of climate-smart varieties -- Chapter 9-Climate change and seed systems of roots, tubers and bananas: the cases of potato in Kenya and sweet potato in Mozambique -- Chapter 10-Delivering perennial new and orphan crops for resilient and nutritious farming systems -- Chapter 11-Generating farm-validated variety recommendations for climate adaptation -- Chapter 12-What is the evidence base for climate-smart agriculture in East and Southern Africa? …”
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How to Practice Academic Medicine and Publish from Developing Countries? A Practical Guide / by Nundy, Samiran, Kakar, Atul, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.

Table of Contents: “…-- 43 The Why and How of Problem based learning? -- 44 How to conduct a Journal Club? …”
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Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking by Van Cleave, Matthew

Table of Contents: “…-- 2.2 Propositional logic and the four basic truth functional connectives -- 2.3 Negation and disjunction -- 2.4 Using parentheses to translate complex sentences -- 2.5 “Not both” and “neither nor” -- 2.6 The truth table test of validity -- 2.7 Conditionals -- 2.8 “Unless” -- 2.9 Material equivalence -- 2.10 Tautologies, contradictions, and contingent statements -- 2.11 Proofs and the 8 valid forms of inference -- 2.12 How to construct proofs -- 2.13 Short review of propositional logic -- 2.14 Categorical logic -- 2.15 The Venn test of validity for immediate categorical inferences -- 2.16 Universal statements and existential commitment -- 2.17 Venn validity for categorical syllogisms -- Chapter 3: Evaluating inductive arguments and probabilistic and statistical fallacies -- 3.1 Inductive arguments and statistical generalizations -- 3.2 Inference to the best explanation and the seven explanatory virtues -- 3.3 Analogical arguments -- 3.4 Causal arguments -- 3.5 Probability -- 3.6 The conjunction fallacy -- 3.7 The base rate fallacy -- 3.8 The small numbers fallacy -- 3.9 Regression to the mean fallacy -- 3.10 Gambler's fallacy -- Chapter 4: Informal fallacies -- 4.1 Formal vs. informal fallacies -- 4.1.1 Composition fallacy -- 4.1.2 Division fallacy -- 4.1.3 Begging the question fallacy -- 4.1.4 False dichotomy -- 4.1.5 Equivocation -- 4.2 Slippery slope fallacies -- 4.2.1 Conceptual slippery slope -- 4.2.2 Causal slippery slope -- 4.3 Fallacies of relevance -- 4.3.1 Ad hominem -- 4.3.2 Straw man -- 4.3.3 Tu quoque -- 4.3.4 Genetic -- 4.3.5 Appeal to consequences -- 4.3.6 Appeal to authority -- Answers to exercisesGlossary/Index…”
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Business Ethics

Table of Contents: “…-- 6.3 An Organized Workforce -- 6.4 Privacy in the Workplace -- Chapter 7: What Employees Owe Employers -- 7.1 Loyalty to the Company -- 7.2 Loyalty to the Brand and to Customers -- 7.3 Contributing to a Positive Work Atmosphere -- 7.4 Financial Intergrity -- 7.5 Criticism of the Company and Whistleblowing -- Chapter 8: Recognizing and Respecting the Rights of All -- 8.1 Diversity and Inclusion in the Workforce -- 8.2 Accommodating Different Abilities and Faiths -- 8.3 Sexual Identification and Orientation -- 8.4 Income Inequalities -- 8.5 Animal Rights and the Implications for Business -- Chapter 9: Professions under the Microscope -- 9.1 Entrepreneurship and Start-Up Culture -- 9.2 The Influence of Advertising -- 9.3 The Insurance Industry -- 9.4 Ethical Issues in the Provision of Health Care -- Chapter 10: Changing Work Environment and Future Trends -- 10.1 More Telecommuting or Less? …”
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