Retinal Pigment Epithelium in Health and Disease

Table of Contents: “…RPE and Laser -- V. Experimental RPE Models -- 17. RPE Cell Culture -- 18. …”
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Wildlife-Habitat Relationships : Concepts and Applications by Mannan, William

Table of Contents: “…Title Page -- Copyrights Page -- Table of Contents -- Figures, Tables, and Boxes -- Preface -- About the Third Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Concepts of Wildlife-Habitat Relationships -- Ch. 1 The Study of Habitat: A Historical and Philosophical Perspective -- Ch. 2: The Evolutionary Perspective -- Ch. 3: The Habitat, Niche, and Population Perspectives -- Part II: The Measurement of Wildlife-Habitat Relationships -- Ch. 4: The Experimental Approach in Wildlife Science -- Ch. 5: Measuring Wildlife Habitat: What to Measure and How to Measure It…”
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Managing knowledge : perspectives on cooperation and competition

Table of Contents: “…Representationism : the traditional approach to cooperative strategies / John Harald Aadne, Georg von Krogh and Johan Roos -- Imitation of knowledge : a sociology of knowledge perspective / Georg von Krogh and Johan Roos -- Towards a theory of knowledge transfer in a cooperative context / Kenneth Wathne, Johan Roos and Georg von Krogh -- The impact of individual and organizational learning on formation and management of organizational cooperation / Marjorie Lyles [and others] -- Arguments on knowledge and competence / Georg von Krogh and Johan Roos -- Knowledge-based strategic change / Thorvald Hœrem, Georg von Krogh and Johan Roos -- Restructuring : avoiding the phantom limb effect / Georg von Krogh, Johan Roos and Thorvald Hœrem -- An essay on corporate epistemology / George von Krogh, Johan Roos and Ken Slocum -- Knowledge creation through cooperative experimentation / Salvatore Vicari [and others] -- A note on the epistemology of globalizing firms / Georg von Krogh, Johan Roos and Georg Yip -- Conversation management for knowledge development ; Afterword : an agenda for practice and future research / Georg von Krogh and Johan Roos.…”
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Head Injury : a Multidisciplinary Approach. by Whitfield, Peter C.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Chapter 1 Epidemiology of head injury; Chapter 2 The neuropathology of head injury; Chapter 3 Experimental models of traumatic brain injury; Chapter 4 Clinical assessment of the head-injured patient:an anatomical approach; Chapter 5 Neuroimaging in trauma; Chapter 6 Scoring systems for trauma and head injury; Chapter 7 Early phase care of patients with mild and minor head injury; Chapter 8 Early phase care of patients with moderate and severe head injury.…”
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Calcium and magnesium in drinking-water public health significance.

Table of Contents: “…Elin -- Magnesium deficiency : clinical and experimental aspects / W.B. Weglicki -- Magnesium and hypertension / R.M. …”
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The Pauson-Khand reaction scope, variations, and applications

Table of Contents: “…Front Matter -- The Pauson-Khand Reaction 6 an Introduction / William J Kerr -- The Mechanism of the Pauson-Khand Reaction: Hypothesis, Experimental Facts, and Theoretical Investigations / Xacobe C Cambeiro, Miquel A Peric̉s -- Non Chiral Pauson-Khand Reaction / Takanori Shibata -- Diastereoselective Pauson-Khand Reaction using Chiral Pool Techniques (Chiral Substrates) / Martin Kamlar, Jan Vesely, Ramon Rios Torres -- Asymmetric Intra- and Intermolecular Pauson-Khand Reactions: The Chiral Auxiliary Approach / Albert Moyano -- The Enantioselective Pauson-Khand Reaction / Agust̕ Lled̤, Xavier Verdaguer, Antoni Riera -- Recent Advancement of Catalytic Pauson-Khand-type Reactions / Fuk Loi Lam, Hang Wai Lee, Jun Wang, Fuk Yee Kwong -- Recent Adventures with the Pauson-Khand Reaction in Total Synthesis / Scott G Van Ornum, Sarah Hoerner, James M Cook -- Heterogeneous Catalytic Pauson-Khand Reaction / Young Keun Chung -- Other Transition Metal-Mediated Cyclizations Leading to Cyclopentenones / Ramon Rios Torres, Jan Vesely -- Index.…”
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Macroeconomic Patterns and Stories by Leamer, Edward E.

Table of Contents: “…Causes: The Art of Drawing Causal Inferences from Non-experimental Data -- A Search for Recession Causes. Part IV Expansions: With and Without Spurts: The Life Cycle of US Expansions: Sputters and Spurts. …”
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Wave Dynamics and Composite Mechanics for Microstructured Materials and Metamaterials

Table of Contents: “…Mathematical models and finite element approaches for nanosized piezoelectric bodies with uncoupled and coupled surface effects -- On the theory of acoustic metamaterials with a triple-periodic system of interior obstacles -- Analytical and computer methods to evaluate mechanical properties of the metamaterials based on various models of polymeric chains -- Identification of arrays of cracks in the elastic medium by the ultrasonic scanning -- Short-wave diffraction of elastic waves by voids in en elastic medium with double reflections and transformations -- Finite element modeling and computer design of anisotropic elastic porous composites with surface stresses -- Acceleration waves in the media with microstructure -- Models of active bulk composites and new opportunities of the ACELAN Finite Element Package -- On the models of three-layered plates and shells with thin soft core -- Ray Tracing method for a high-frequency propagation of the ultrasonic wave through a triple-periodic array of spheres -- An experimental model of the ultrasonic wave propagation through a doubly-periodic array of defects -- Finite element simulation of thermoelastic effective properties of periodic masonry with porous bricks.…”
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Operational risk control with Basel II : basic principles and capital requirements by Chorafas, Dimitris N.

Table of Contents: “…Operational risk is present in every enterprise- The many types of operational risk; Why management risk, legal risk, and information technology risk are the most important operational risks; Other key operational risks to which senior management and the back office should pay attention; Identification, monitoring, and measurement of operational risk; A case study with operational risk in the insurance industry; Addressing the top-most operational risk- A case study with operational risk in management; Why deficient cost control is the best result of management risk; Legal aspects of operational risk; A case study on operational risks in information technology; Establishing the basis of the scorecard approach- Analytical solutions to operational risk control; Needed experimentation in understanding and gauging operational risk; The scorecard approach suggested by the Basle committee; High frequency low risk and low frequency high risk events; Financial Reserves are not the only means of for facing operational risks- Capital reserves for operational risks; Using insurance as an alternative to operational risk capital requirements.…”
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Visions of cell biology : reflections inspired by Cowdry's general cytology

Table of Contents: “…Matlin -- Observing the Living Cell: Shinya Inoué and the Reemergence of Light Microscopy / Rudolf Oldenbourg -- Enriching the Strategies for Creating Mechanistic Explanations in Biology / William Bechtel -- Updating Cowdry's Theories: The Role of Models in Contemporary Experimental and Computational Cell Biology / Fridolin Gross.…”
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Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Sustainable Civil Engineering Structures and Construction Materials SCESCM 2020

Table of Contents: “…Practical Measurement Method for Dynamic Structural Large Displacement Using A High-Speed Camera -- Finite Element Analysis of CRTS III Slab Track Model -- Effect of Partial Replacement of Cement with Volcanic Ash on Mechanical Behaviour of Mortar -- Lateral Load-Displacement Behaviours Of Reinforced Geopolymer-Concrete Column Using Finite Element Analysis -- Optimal Sensor Placement for Accelerometer in Single-Pylon Cable-Stayed Bridge -- Seismic Performance of Instant Steel Frame House for Post Earthquake Reconstruction -- Nonlinear Numerical Model of Glued-Laminated Petung Bamboo Under Flexural Test Based on ASTM D 143-94 -- Numerical Simulation Reinforcement of RC T-Beam with Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) -- Development Experimental Investigations Of Truss Bridge Model For Vibration-Based Structural Health Monitoring -- Parameter Identıfıcatıon of Bouc-Wen Model using Fırefly Algorıthm -- Mechanical Properties of Fly Ash Bottom Ash (FABA) Geopolymer Hybrid Concrete Using Portland Cement -- Investigation of Confined Masonry Using Non-Standard Quality of Concrete and Reinforcement.…”
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Molecular Autoimmunity by Zouali, Moncef, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…From the contents: Innate Immunity in Experimental Autoimmune Myocarditis -- Toll-Like Receptor 9 and Autoimmunity -- C-Reactive Protein as a Regulator of Autoimmune Disease -- NKT Cells and Autoimmune Type 1 Diabetes -- The Genetics of Human Autoimmune Diseases -- Failure to Maintain T cell DNA Methylation and Chromatin Structure Contributes to Human Lupus -- Complement Components C4A and C4B in Human Lupus -- Non-MHC Genetic Polymorphisms with Functional Importance for Human Myasthenia Gravis -- Rheumatic Heart Disease: Molecular Basis of Autoimmune Reactions Leading to Valvular Lesions -- Autoimmunity Against Desmogleins in Pemphigus Vulgaris -- The Molecular Basis of Celiac Disease -- Intrathymic Expression of Neuromuscular Acetylcholine Receptors and the Immunopathogenesis of Myasthenia Gravis -- Autoantiboties and Nephritis: Different Roads May Lead to Rome -- Estrogen, Interferon-gamma, and Lupus -- Extent of Regulatory T cell Influence on Major Histocompatibility Complex Class II Gene Control of Susceptibility in Murine Autoimmune Thyroiditis -- The Role of Autoimmunity in Multiple Sclerosis -- Crippled B Lymphocyte Signaling Checkpoints in Systemic Autoimmunity.…”
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In the name of the child : health and welfare, 1880-1940

Table of Contents: “…Bodies, figures and physiology : Margaret McMillan and the late nineteenth-century remaking of working-class childhood / Carolyn Steedman -- Child labour, medical capital, and the school medical service, c.1890-1918 / Harry Hendrick -- 'Wonderlands of buttercup, clover and daisies' : tuberculosis and the open-air school movement in Britain, 1907-39 / Linda Bryder -- Orphans as guinea pigs : American children and medical experimenters, 1890-1930 / Susan E. Lederer -- From isolation to therapy : children's hospitals and diphtheria in fin de siècle Paris, London and Berlin / Paul Weindling -- Cleveland in history : the abused child and child protection, 1880-1914 / Harry Ferguson -- From bodies to minds in childcare literature : advice to parents in inter-war Britain / Cathy Urwin and Elaine Sharland -- Wishes, anxieties, play, and gestures : child guidance in inter-war England / Deborah Thom -- Darkly through a lens : changing perceptions of the African child in sickness and health, 1900-1945 / Jennifer Beinart -- Welfare, wages and the family : child endowment in comparative perspective, 1900-50 / John Macnicol.…”
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Psychology and constructivism in international relations an ideational alliance

Table of Contents: “…Kowert -- How identities form and change: supplementing constructivism with social psychology / Deborah Welch Larson -- Norms and the management of identities: the case for engagement between constructivism and the social identity approach / Jodie Anstee -- Identity and decision making: toward a collaborative approach to state action / Asli Ilgit and Binnur Ozkececi-Taner -- Re-constructing development assistance: analogies, ideas, and norms at the dawn of the new millennium / Marijke Breuning -- Agent-level and social constructivism: the case of the iran hostage crisis / David Patrick Houghton -- Determinants of security and insecurity in international relations: a cross-national experimental analysis of symbolic and material gains and losses / Peter Hays Gries, Kaiping Peng, and H. …”
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Sedimentation Process and Design of Settling Systems by De, Alak

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Developments In Settling Studies -- Chapter 3: Velocity Profile Theorem - Concept for Solving Settling Problem Analysis -- Chapter 4: Sedimentation Process -- Chapter 5: Discrete Settling -- Chapter 6: Flocculant Settling -- Chapter 7: Zone Settling and Compression -- Chapter 8: Revised Mode of Analysis of Column Settling Data -- Chapter 9 : Effect of Short Circuiting on Settling -- Chapter 10: Parameter for Settling Performance Comparison -- Chapter 11: Design of Settling System – An Introduction -- Chapter 12: Compatible ‘Jar Testing ‘to The Settling in Real System -- Chapter 13: Compatible Design of A Real Settling System -- Chapter 14: High Rate Settling System -- Chapter 15: Experimental Verification of The Theory of ‘Tube Settling’ -- Chapter 16: Computational Methodology for Residual Solids Through Tube Settler -- Chapter 17: Theoretic Study on The Control of Design Parameters for Tube Settling -- Chapter 18: Design of High Rate Settlers -- Chapter 19: Design of Simple Couette Flow Module For The Removal Of Solids -- Chapter 20: Design of Thickeners.…”
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Innovative Infrastructure Solutions using Geosynthetics Proceedings of the 3rd GeoMEast International Congress and Exhibition, Egypt 2019 on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures – The...

Table of Contents: “…Giant Geotextile Tube Applied to the Temporary Cofferdam Reclamation Construction for a New-Build Container Base at Harbor in Taiwan -- Effect of Strain Rate on Cyclic Behavior of Pond Ash Reinforced with Geocell -- Developments in MSE Wall Research and Design -- Cemented Lateritic Soil as Base Material Improvement using Compression -- Potentiality of Boehmeria Nivea as Alternative Material in the Production of Geotextile -- Geomembrane stress cracking resistance depending on the polymer used -- A geomembrane liner to stop water seepage in an 8 km long embankment: the Bill Young reservoir case history -- Experimental Research and Application of Geopolymer in Soft Soil Foundation Treatment -- Effect of offset distance on tiered reinforced soil retaining wall subjected to dynamic excitation -- Review of Process Control and Assurance for Optimized Seaming Condition Optimization of Woven Geotextiles to Improve Stability in Soft Soil Structure -- Celebrating Reinforced Soil Structures:A historic review from the original concept to today design and GOOD construction practice using site-won and other reinforced soil fills.…”
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Coastal, Harbour and Ocean Engineering Proceedings of 26th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering (HYDRO 2021)

Table of Contents: “…Experimental Studies of Wave Runup and Transmission through Submerged Rigid and Flexible Vegetation -- Wave Flume Studies for the Restoration of Existing Breakwater at Bhagwati Bunder Port, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra -- A Review on Directional Focusing Waves: Generation Methods towards 3D Idealization of Rogue or Extreme Waves in Laboratory -- Physical Model Study on the Soft Option of Coastal Protection Works by Vegetation Meadow - A Review -- Harbour Tranquility and Prediction of Shoreline Evolution - A Case Study -- Rejuvenation of Fishing Harbour Heavily Affected by Impact of High Waves and Sedimentation using Numerical Methods -- A Numerical Approach for the Efficiency of Submerged Breakwater to Reduce Wave Impact on an Eroding Beach Adjacent to Estuary -- Future Sea Level Rise at Indian Ports using a Combined Numerical and Data-driven Approach -- Impact of Wave Dynamics on Shoreline Changes due to Proposed Reclamation by Numerical Models in Tapi Estuary for M/S EBTL,Hazira -- River-bay Model for Simulating the Compound Effect of River Flow and Storm Surges -- Evolving Fishing Harbour Layout using Mathematical Models.…”
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Photoinitiators by Fouassier, Jean-Pierre, Lalev?ee, Jacques

Table of Contents: “…Cleavable Radical Photoinitiators -- Two-Component Radical Photoinitiators -- Cationic Photoinitiating Systems -- Anionic, Photoacid, and Photobase Initiating Systems -- Reactivity of Radicals Toward Various Substrates: Understanding and Discussion -- Role of Experimental Conditions on the Performance of a Radical Photoinitiator -- Reactivity and Efficiency of Radical Photoinitiators -- High Performance Photoinitiating Systems: Achievements, Trends, Challenges, Opportunities and Applications. …”
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Excavations at Tall Jawa, Jordan. Volume 5, Survey, zooarchaeology and ethnoarchaeology by Battenfield, James R., Daviau, P. M. Michèle, Ellis, Susan, Popkin, Peter R. W.

Table of Contents: “…Traditional methods of cooking: the evidence from ethnography and experimental archaeology / Daviau ; Chapter 10. Domestic Ottoman architecture in Jordan / Ellis -- Comprehensive bibliography -- Index of subjects -- Index of place names.…”
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Culture and Neural Frames of Cognition and Communication by Han, Shihui

Table of Contents: “…-- Brain, Behavior, and Culture: Insights from Cognition, Perception, and Emotion --  Psychological Time, Time Perspective, Culture and Conflict Resolution --  Co-creation Systems: Ma and Communication --  Hearing Loss and Auditory Processing Disorders: Clinical and Experimental Perspectives --  Broca’s Area: Linking Perception and Production in Language and Actions --  Language Attrition and Identity -- The Logic of Constellations: A Complementary Mode of Thinking that is Crucial for Understanding How Reality  Actually Takes Place -- Three Modes of Knowledge as Basis for Intercultural Cognition and Communication: A Theoretical Perspective --  Two Modes of Thinking: Evidence from Cross-Cultural Psychology -- Outcome Evaluation in Decision Making: ERP Studies --  Mindfulness in Leadership: Does Being Mindful Enhance Leaders’ Business Success?.…”
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