Modern analysis of biological data : generalized linear models in R by Pekár, Stano, Brabec, Marek

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 How to read the book -- 1.2 Types of variables -- 1.3 Conventions -- 2 STATISTICAL SOFTWARE -- 2.1 The R environment -- 2.2 Installation and use of R -- 2.3 Basic operations -- 2.4 Data frames -- 3 EXPLORATORY DATA ANALYSIS (EDA) -- 3.1 Expected value -- 3.2 Variance -- 3.3 Confidence intervals -- 3.4 Summary tables -- 3.5 Plots -- 3.5.1 Distribution plots -- 3.5.2 Scatter plots -- 3.5.3 Box plots -- 3.5.4 Lattice plots -- 3.5.5 Interaction plots -- 3.5.6 Bar plots -- 3.5.7 Paired plots -- 3.5.8 3D plots -- 3.5.9 Plots with whiskers -- 3.5.10 Curves -- 4 STATISTICAL MODELLING -- 4.1 Regression model -- 4.2 General linear model -- 4.3 Generalized linear model -- 4.4 Searching for the "correct" model -- 4.5 Model selection -- 4.6 Model diagnosis -- 5 THE FIRST TRIAL -- 5.1 An Example -- 5.2 EDA -- 5.3 Presumed model -- 5.4 Statistical analysis -- 5.4.1 ANOVA table of Type I -- 5.4.2 Nonlinear trends -- 5.4.3 Removal of model terms -- 5.4.4 Comparison of levels using contrasts -- 5.4.5 Contrasts and the model parameterization -- 5.4.6 Posterior simplification -- 5.4.7 Diagnosis of the final model -- 5.5 Conclusion -- 6 SYSTEMATIC PART -- 6.1 Regression -- 6.2 ANOVA and ANODEV -- 6.3 ANCOVA and ANCODEV -- 6.4 Syntax of the systematic part -- 7 RANDOM PART -- 7.1 Continuous measurements -- 7.2 Counts and frequencies -- 7.3 Relative frequencies -- 8 GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION -- 8.1 Description of LM and GLM -- 8.2 Regression -- 8.3 Weighted regression -- 8.4 Multiple regression -- 8.5 Two-way ANOVA -- 8.6 One-way ANCOVA -- 9 GAMMA AND LOGNORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS -- 9.1 Description of the gamma model -- 9.2 Description of the lognormal model -- 9.3 Regression -- 9.4 Two-way ANODEV -- 9.5 Two-way ANCOVA -- 10 POISSON DISTRIBUTION -- 10.1 Description of the Poisson model -- 10.2 One-way ANODEV.…”
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Lecture notes. Paediatrics by Newell, Simon J., Darling, Jonathan C.

Table of Contents: “…5.4 Approach to suspected genetic diseaseSummary; 6: Fetal medicine; 6.1 Control of fertility; 6.2 Antenatal and pre-pregnancy care; 6.3 Congenital malformations; 6.4 Embryonic and fetal growth and development; Summary; 7: Birth and the newborn infant; 7.1 The effects of birth on the fetus; 7.2 Perinatal asphyxia and its prevention; 7.3 Routine care of the normal baby; 7.4 Examination of the newborn; 7.5 Birth injury (physical trauma); 7.6 Congenital malformations; Summary; 8: Disorders of the newborn; 8.1 Birth weight and gestation; 8.2 The preterm baby.…”
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Vitamins by Saxelby, catherine

Table of Contents: “…Good reasons to give a supplement: -- Reasons to think twice: -- Times you may need extra vitamins -- Smokers (and passive smokers) -- Heavy drinkers -- People over 60 who are housebound -- Vegans -- Anyone on a restricted diet -- Fussy eaters -- Those on a restricted weight-loss diet -- People with certain types of anaemia -- Those with malabsorption problems -- Before conception -- During pregnancy -- When breastfeeding -- When recovering from illness or surgery -- Lack of money -- Chapter 3: The 14 vitamins outlined -- Vitamin A (retinol) -- What does it do? …”
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Adhesion molecules

Table of Contents: “…Adhesion molecules in obesity and metabolic syndrome / Michelle A. Miller -- 14. Weight loss and adhesion molecules / Jennifer B. Keogh and Peter M. …”
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Methodology of crevice corrosion testing for stainless steels in natural and treated seawaters

Table of Contents: “…of participating laboratories in the project -- 3.2 Experimental procedure -- 3.3 Test results -- 3.3.1 Weight loss -- 3.3.2 Number of etchings/attacks -- 3.3.3 Maximum depth of attack -- 3.4 Conclusions from the â€?…”
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Mathematical Modelling and Computational Intelligence Techniques ICMMCIT-2021, Gandhigram, India February 10–12

Table of Contents: “…Magesh: Extended Discrete Cosine Transform -- Mohd Fikree Hassan and Raveendran Paramesran: Image Reconstruction from Geometric Moments via Cascaded Digital Filters -- Dhamodharan S. and Shanmugavadivu Pichai: Background Preserved and Feature-Oriented Contrast Improvement Using Weighted Cumulative Distribution Function for Digital Mammograms -- N. …”
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Phonological projection : a theory of feature content and prosodic structure by Oostendorp, Marc van, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…3.3 E-schwa only occurs in the last syllable of the word3.4 Word-internal contexts in which e-schwa does not occur -- 3.5 Style registers -- 4 Summary and conclusion -- 5 Dutch U-schwa -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Properties of u-schwa -- 2.1 Syllable weight -- 2.2 U-schwa does not occur word-initially -- 2.3 Some other segmental effects -- 2.4 The onset of schwa-syllables -- 2.5 The coda of schwa-headed syllables -- 2.6 Degenerate and schwa-headed syllables -- 2.7 Obligatory versus optional epenthesis -- 2.8 Again on complex onsets…”
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Developing Econometrics. by Tong, Hengqing

Table of Contents: “…2.5.2 Determination of Principal ComponentElectronic References for Chapter 2; References; 3 Alternative Structures of Residual Error in Linear Regression Models; 3.1 Heteroscedasticity: Consequences and Tests for Its Existence; 3.1.1 Consequences of Heteroscedasticity; 3.1.2 Tests for Heteroscedasticity; 3.2 Generalized Linear Model with Covariance Being a Diagonal Matrix; 3.2.1 Diagonal Covariance Matrix and Weighted Least Squares; 3.2.2 Model with Two Unknown Variances; 3.2.3 Multiplicative Heteroscedastic Model; 3.3 Autocorrelation in a Linear Model.…”
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Advances in Environment Engineering and Management Proceedings of the 1st National Conference on Sustainable Management of Environment and Natural Resource Through Innovation in S...

Table of Contents: “…Water Quality Assessment of Streams of Doon Valley, Dehradun, Uttarakhand -- Synthesis and Medicinal Importance of Benzoxazine, Benzoxazinone and their Derivatives: A short review -- A review on Onshore drilling for Oil and Gas Production with its safety barrier and well control method -- Cultivation Effectiveness and Efficiency using 5S methodology -- COVID19: Impact on environmental parameters during the lockdown period in India -- Impact of Lockdown due to COVID 19 Pandemic on Air Quality of Global Environment -- Stress condition modeling to optimize mud weight window for efficient drilling -- COVID-19 Fallout: India, Power Sector and Lockdown -- Assessing the Impact of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Renewable Energy Sector of India during the lockdown -- Study of the ecological effect of bismuth layered structured ferroelectric materials over lead zirconate titanate -- Convalescent the ecosystem by enhancing the life cycle of lubricants with blended Nano oxides -- Traditional and Modern Agriculture Implements Used in Agro Sciences - A Case Study in the Part of National Capital Region of Uttar Pradesh, India -- Synthesis, Characterization and Evaluation of Iron-molybdenum Oxide Catalyst for the Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Wastewater to Bio-oil -- Synthesis characterization and Biological Aspects of Novel Indole Derivatives -- A Review of Challenges and Safety Measures in Petroleum Industry duringCOVID-19 -- Sustainable City Planning Strategy Review for Next-Level Technology, Earthquake-Resistant Buildings, Dehradun City -- Investigation of Energy Generation on Large Rotary Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle’s Propeller using Coupled Engineering Approaches -- Beneficiation Study of Barsuan Iron Ore Slime to Produce Pellet Grade Concentrate -- Effect of Different Temperature on Host Susceptibility to SMV- Mild and SMV-Severe Isolates of Soybean(Glycine max) -- Development of a conceptual safety culture framework to enhance workplace safety -- Implementation of Total Quality Management in Construction Industry -- Study on Effective Management of Total Suspended Particulate Matter Generated at a High-Rise Building Construction Site -- Women empowerment and Sustainable development in Uttarakhand: challenges and strategies – A case study of selected villages of Dehradun City -- Varietal reaction on the Cultivators of Cucurbita Pepo against two different isolates of Pumpkin Mosaic Virus -- A new method for estimation of staircase evacuation time in high rise buildings -- Study of Carbon Emission during taxi-out operation at International Airport, India -- Healthcare Sustainability through Technological Innovations -- An envelopment analysis by benchmarking the criteria of GRIHA in performance assessment of green building -- Dependence of Physiochemical Features on Marine Chlorophyll Analysis with Learning Techniques -- COVID-19 Spreading Prediction and Impact Analysis by using Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Global Health Assessment -- Smart Mucoadhesive Bio-flexy film former from pulp of Magnifera indica and its in-built properties for pharmaceutical applications -- Varietal evaluation in okra for yield and yield attributing traits under mid-hill conditions of Garhwal Himalayas -- Population assessment and Phyto-Chemical screening of Meconopsis aculeata Royle an Endangered Medicinal Plant of Western Himalaya -- Multi Disciplinary Analyses on Hydro Rotor using Computational Hydrodynamic Simulation (CHS) -- Sand-gravel mining as a threat to macro-benthic assemblage and habitat parameters: A case study of river Ganga, India -- Organizational Safety Perfection Survey – A tool to identify and correct organizational contributors for Industrial accidents -- Comparative assessment of performance and emission characteristics of DI diesel engine fueled with combined blending of biodiesel, butanol and conventional diesel.…”
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An introduction to the analysis of algorithms. by Soltys, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Greedy Algorithms; 2.1 Minimum cost spanning trees; 2.2 Jobs with deadlines and profits; 2.3 Further examples and problems; 2.3.1 Make change; 2.3.2 Maximum weight matching; 2.3.3 Shortest path; 2.3.4 Huffman codes; 2.4 Answers to selected problems; 2.5 Notes.…”
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Confidence Intervals for Discrete Data in Clinical Research. by Pradhan, Vivek

Table of Contents: “…Two Independent Binomials: Ratio of Proportions Introduction Hypotheses about the ratio of proportions Asymptotic methods Katz et al (KZ) interval Asymptotic score interval: Koopman Asymptotic score interval: Farrington and Manning Asymptotic score interval: Miettinen and Nurminen Profile likelihood interval Exact Intervals Chan and Zhang interval Agresti and Min interval Bayesian Intervals Discussion and recommendation6.Paired binomials: Difference of Proportions Introduction Difference of two paired binomial proportions Hypotheses testing formulation Asymptotic Intervals Wald interval Agresti and Min Interval MOVER Interval MOVER Wilson Interval MOVER Agresti-Coull Interval MOVER Jeffreys' Interval Asymptotic score interval Weighted profile likelihood method Confidence interval based on bivariate Copula Bayesian credible intervals Exact Confidence Intervals Exact Method by Sidik (2003) Paired binomials with missing data Confidence interval due to Chang (2011) Likelihood-based Confidence intervals Likelihood based Wald type intervals Profile likelihood-based Confidence interval Discussion and recommendation7.One Sample Rates for Count Data Introduction Poisson Distribution Confidence interval of Rate ParameterExact Intervals Garwood Interval Blaker's Interval Mid-P interval Asymptotic Intervals Wald-Interval Score-Interval The likelihood ratio Interval Bayesian Interval The Jeffreys' interval Remarks on the exact, asymptotic and Bayesian intervals Confidence interval for Mean: Other Count Data Models Negative Binomial distribution Generalized Poisson distribution Zero-Inflated Models Confidence Intervals for Zero-Inflated Poisson Distribution (ZIPD) Zero-Inflated Generalized Poisson Distribution (ZIGPD) Zero-Inflated Negative Binomial (ZINB) Bayesian Credible intervals for Poisson Distribution Discussion and recommendation…”
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6GN for Future Wireless Networks 6th EAI International Conference, 6GN 2023, Shanghai, China, October 7-8, 2023, Proceedings, Part I

Table of Contents: “…Intelligent Systems -- 2D Map Generation Considering 3D Spatial Information of Objects for a Guide Dog Robot -- Development of an Image Generation System for Expressing Auditory Environment to Hearing-impaired People -- Robust Object Recognition and Command Understanding for a House Tidying-up Robot -- 3D Point Cloud Based Object Recognition and 3D Mapping -- Intelligent Inspection System of Coal Preparation Plant Based on Dynamic QR Code -- On The Construction of Information Management System for Railroad Grouping Station Operation -- Research on short term power load forecasting based on Wavelet and BiLSTM -- Big data mining, D2D Communication, Security and Privacy for 6G Networks -- Spectrum Allocation Algorithm based on Improved Chimp Optimization Algorithm -- Research on Model Evaluation Technology Based on Modulated Signal Identification -- Parking space matching and pathplanning based on Wolf feeding decision algorithm in large underground garage -- Research on physical layer authentication method of internet of things based on contour stellar images and convolutional neural network -- Double IRS-Aided Dual-function Radar and Communication System -- Channel Estimation for RIS Communication System with Deep scaled Least Squares -- Algorithmic protection study based on a virtual location -- Artificial intelligent techniques for 6G Networks -- Subway Double-door Anti-pinch Based On RGBD Binary Classification Network -- Design and Implementation of Intelligent IoT Paper Pumping System Based on Face Recognition of Loongson Processor -- Aluminum Defect Detection based on Weighted Feature Fusion Mechanism -- MS TextSpotter: An Intelligent Instance Segmentation Scheme for Semantic Scene Text Recognition in Asian Social Networks -- Improved solar photovoltaic panel defect detection technology based on YOLOv5 -- YOLO-L:A YOLO-BASED ALGORITHM FOR REMOTE SENSING IMAGE TARGET DETECTION -- Power and Energy Systems I -- An effective N-BEATS network model for short term load forecasting -- A Novel Ultra Short-Term Load Forecasting Algorithm of a Small Microgrid Based on Support Vector Regression -- Laser welding process of lithium battery lugs based on finite element simulation -- Failure and Stress Analysis of Cylindrical Springs -- Detection of Corrosion Areas in Power Equipment Based on Improved YOLOv5s Algorithm with CBAM Attention Mechanism -- Power and Energy Systems -- TASE-net: a short-term load forecasting model based on Temperature Accumulation Sequence Effect -- Predicting time series energy consumption based on Transformer and LSTM -- Predicting Wind Turbine Power Output based on XGBoost -- Loop Closure Detection Based on Local and Global Descriptors with Sinkhorn Algorithm -- Stainless steel crack detection based on MATLAB -- Power and Energy Systems -- A new combination model for offshore wind power prediction considering the number of climbing features -- Fault Diagnosis Method of Gas Turbine Combustion Chamber Based on CNN-GRU Model Analysis -- Research on Key Intelligent System in Unmanned Surface Vessel -- Simulation research on thermal management of hydrogen fuel cell for UAV -- Performance analysis on a coupled system of gas turbine and air cycle driven by waste heat of flue gas. .…”
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Emerging Technologies for Information Systems, Computing, and Management by Wong, W. Eric

Table of Contents: “…-Sea Wave Filter Design for Cable-height Control system of Anti-submarine Helicopter -- Reversible Watermarking Based on Prediction-Error Expansion for 2D Vector Maps -- An Object Tracking Approach Based on Hu Moments and ABCshift -- Motion Blur Identification Using Image Statistics for Coded Exposure Photography -- Medical Images Fusion using Parameterized Logarithmic Image Processing Model and Wavelet Sub-band Selection Schemes -- Insect Extraction Based on the Improved Color Channel Comparison Method -- Combining Steerable Pyramid and Gaussian Mixture Models for Multi-Modal Remote Sensing Image Registration -- Offset Modify in Histogram Testing of Analog-to-digital Converter Based on Sinewave -- Image Text Extraction Based on Morphology and Color Layering -- Face Detection Using Ellipsoid Skin Model -- Emergency Pre-Warning Decision Support System Based on Ontology and Swrl -- Feature Reduction Using Locally Linear Embedding and Distance Metric Learning -- An Autonomous Rock Identification Method for Planetary Exploration -- Recognition of CD4 Cell Images Based on SVM with an Improved Parameter -- A Method of Automatic Regression Test Scope Selection Using Features Digraph -- The Development of the Wireless Vehicle Detector Data Receiving and Processing Host System -- The Feature Extraction of Rolling Bearing Fault Based on Wavelet Packet- empirical mode decomposition and Kurtosis Rule -- Robot Perception Based on Different Computational Intelligence Techniques -- Study on Technique for GPS IF Signal Simulation -- New Method of Image Denoising Based on Fractional Wavelet Transform -- Semantic Representation of Role & Task Based Access Control -- New Immersive Display System Based on Single Projector and Curved Surface Reflector -- Self-Adaptive Cloth Simulation Method Based on Human Ring Data -- Combination Approach of SVM Ensembles and Resampling Method for Imbalanced Datasets -- Join Optimization for Large-scale Data Analysis in MapReduce -- Key Technologies of Data Preparation for Simulation Systems -- Suspend-to-PCM: A New Power-Aware Strategy for Operating System's Rapid Suspend and Resume -- A Web Content Recommendation Method Based on Data Provenance Tracing and Forecasting -- Research and Implementation of Massive Data Atlas Visual Strategy -- The Autonomous System Topology Build Method Based on Multi-Source Data Fusion -- Salinity Time Series Prediction and Forecasting Using Dynamic Neural Networks in the Qiantang River Estuary -- An Adaptive Packet Loss Recovery Method for Peer-to-Peer Video Streaming over Wireless Mesh Network.…”
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Forages and grazing in horse nutrition by Saastamoinen, M. T. (Markku T.)

Table of Contents: “…Other horse topics -- Effects of body weight restriction on blood and adipose tissue adipokines and macrophage activation in obese and insulin-resistant ponies -- Study of the lymphocyte proliferation of neonate foals from mares supplemented with linseed oil and soybean oil -- Author index -- Sponsors.…”
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Advanced Topics in Quantum Field Theory : a Lecture Course. by Shifman, M.

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Encyclopedia of small business

Table of Contents: “…Data Encryption -- Data Management and Analytics -- Data Security -- Database Administration -- Debt Collection -- Debt Financing -- Decision Making -- Decision Support Systems -- Delegation -- Delivery Services -- Demographics -- Depreciation -- Desktop Publishing -- Difficult Customers -- Difficult Employees -- Direct Marketing -- Direct Public Offerings -- Disability Insurance -- Disaster Assistance Loans -- Disaster Planning -- Discount Sales -- Discounted Cash Flow -- Discretionary Income -- Distribution Channels -- Distributorships and Dealerships -- Diversification -- Dividends -- Double Taxation -- Drug Testing -- Due Diligence -- Economic Indicators -- Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) -- Economies of Scale -- Economies of Scope -- Edward Lowe Foundation -- 8(a) Program -- Elasticity -- Eldercare -- E-Mail -- Emerging Markets -- Employee Assistance Programs -- Employee Benefits -- Employee Compensation -- Employee Hiring -- Employee Internet Usage Policy -- Employee Manuals -- Employee Motivation -- Employee Performance Appraisals -- Employee Privacy -- Employee References -- Employee Registration Procedures -- Employee Reinstatement -- Employee Retention -- Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee Reward and Recognition Systems -- Employee Rights -- Employee Screening Programs -- Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) -- Employee Strikes -- Employee Suggestion Systems -- Employee Termination -- Employee Theft -- Employer Identification Number (EIN) -- Employment Applications -- Employment Contracts -- Employment Interviews -- Employment of Minors -- Employment Practices Liability Insurance -- Empowerment Zones -- Endorsements and Testimonials -- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) -- Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) -- Entrepreneurship -- Environmental Audit -- Environmental Law and Business -- Environmental Management -- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) -- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission -- Equipment Leasing -- Equity Financing --…”
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Harrison's principles of internal medicine

Table of Contents: “…Part 1: General Considerations in Clinical Medicine -- 1: The Practice of Medicine -- 2: Global Issues in Medicine -- 3: Decision-Making in Clinical Medicine -- 4: Screening and Prevention of Disease -- 5: Principles of Clinical Pharmacology -- 6e: Womenђ́ةs Health -- 7e: Menђ́ةs Health -- 8: Medical Disorders During Pregnancy -- 9: Medical Evaluation of the Surgical Patient -- 10: Palliative and End-of-Life Care -- 11: Clinical Problems of Aging -- 12e: The Safety and Quality of Health Care -- 13e: Primary Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries -- 14e: Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Health Practices -- 15e: The Economics of Medical Care -- 16e: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care -- 17e: Ethical Issues in Clinical Medicine -- Part 2: Cardinal Manifestations and Presentation of Diseases -- Section 1: Pain -- 18: Pain: Pathophysiology and Management -- 19: Chest Discomfort -- 20: Abdominal Pain -- 21: Headache -- 22: Back and Neck Pain -- Section 2: Alterations in Body Temperature -- 23: Fever -- 24: Fever and Rash -- 25e: Atlas of Rashes Associated with Fever -- 26: Fever of Unknown Origin -- Section 3: Nervous System Dysfunction -- 27: Syncope -- 28: Dizziness and Vertigo -- 29: Fatigue -- 30: Neurologic Causes of Weakness and Paralysis -- 31: Numbness, Tingling, and Sensory Loss -- 32: Gait and Balance Disorders -- 33e: Video Library of Gait Disorders -- 34: Confusion and Delirium -- 35: Dementia -- 36: Aphasia, Memory Loss, and Other Focal Cerebral Disorders -- 37e: Primary Progressive Aphasia, Memory Loss, and Other Focal Cerebral Disorders -- 38: Sleep Disorders -- Section 4: Disorders of Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat -- 39: Disorders of the Eye -- 40e: Use of the Hand-Held Ophthalmoscope -- 41e: Video Library of Neuro-Ophthalmology -- 42: Disorders of Smell and Taste -- 43: Disorders of Hearing -- 44: Sore Throat, Earache, and Upper Respiratory Symptoms -- 45: Oral Manifestations of Disease -- 46e: Atlas of Oral Manifestations of Disease -- Section 5: Alterations in Circulatory and Respiratory Functions -- 47e: Dyspnea -- 48: Cough and Hemoptysis -- 49: Hypoxia and Cyanosis -- 50: Edema -- 51e: Approach to the Patient with a Heart Murmur -- 52: Palpitations -- Section 6: Alterations in Gastrointestinal Function -- 53: Dysphagia -- 54: Nausea, Vomiting, and Indigestion -- 55: Diarrhea and Constipation -- 56: Involuntary Weight Loss -- 57: Gastrointestinal Bleeding -- 58: Jaundice -- 59: Abdominal Swelling and Ascites -- Section 7: Alterations in Renal and Urinary Tract Function -- 60e: Dysuria, Bladder Pain, and the Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome -- 61: Azotemia and Urinary Abnormalities -- 62e: Atlas of Urinary Sediments and Renal Biopsies -- 63: Fluid and Electrolyte Disturbances -- 64e: Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalances and Acid-Base Disturbances: Case Examples -- 65: Hypercalcemia and Hypocalcemia -- 66: Acidosis and Alkalosis -- Section 8: Alterations in Sexual Function and Reproduction -- 67: Sexual Dysfunction -- 68: Hirsutism -- 69: Menstrual Disorders and Pelvic Pain -- Section 9: Alterations in the Skin -- 70: Approach to the Patient with a Skin Disorder -- 71: Eczema, Psoriasis, Cutaneous Infections, Acne, and Other Common Skin Disorders -- 72: Skin Manifestations of Internal Disease -- 73: Immunologically Mediated Skin Diseases -- 74: Cutaneous Drug Reactions -- 75: Photosensitivity and Other Reactions to Light -- 76e: Atlas of Skin Manifestations of Internal Disease -- Section 10: Hematologic Alterations.…”
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Creating Fiscal Space for Poverty Reduction in Ecuador : a Fiscal Management and Public Expenditure Review.

Table of Contents: “…-- Policy Recommendations -- An Estimation of the Potential Output And the Structural Fiscal Balance in Ecuador -- Summary of the Budget Process -- Major Budgetary Issues in Priority Social Programs -- Budgetary Framework of Decentralization in Ecuador -- Budgetary Framework of Decentralization in Ecuador -- Potential Sources of Fiscal Space and Estimated Annual Impact -- Volatility of NFPS Variables, 1993-2003 -- Ecuador: Actual and Structural Fiscal Balance, Fiscal Stance and Fiscal Impulse -- Total Revenue of the Non-Financial Public Sector and Central Government -- The Structure of the Tax System -- Selected Tax Administration Indicators, 2001-03 -- "Optimal" Fund vs FEIREP Flows for Debt Reduction -- Evaluation of Compliance with the Fiscal Rules -- Ecuador: Social Expenditure of Central Government as a Percentage of GDP -- Pro-Poor and Non Pro-Poor Social Expenditures -- Social Expenditure and Energy Subsidies, by Income Quintile -- Basic Services Subsidies by Expenditure Quintile -- Rigidity of the Central Government Budget, 2001-04 -- Ecuador: Personnel Involved in Defense and Security -- Estimated Tax Expenditures of the Internal VAT Exemptions -- Progress by Ecuador in Meeting the Millennium Development Goals -- Estimated Fiscal Cost of Attaining Key MDGs and Social Targets -- Potential Sources of Fiscal Space -- Basic Elements of Public Expenditure Management: The "Three-level Analysis" -- Allocation of Public Spending by Tiers -- Review of Ecuador's Public Expenditure Management and Benchmarks -- Ranking of Ecuador's PEM in Relation to Peru, Bolivia, and HIPC Indicators -- Sources of Government Financing -- Budgetary Assumptions and Actuals -- Level of Budget Execution of Sector Expenditures -- Changes in the Budget Share between Executed and Approved -- Forms of Local Participation within Selected Priority Social Programs -- Budget of Priority Social Programs Grouped by Social Sector -- Budget Approved and Executed for Priority Social Programs -- Budget Execution and Tracking Survey of Transactional Delays within PSPs -- Positive Qualifications per Country -- Oil Prices, Growth, and the Fiscal Deficit -- Debt Sustainability under the Fiscal Rule -- Incidence of Social Expenditure and Energy Subsidies, 1999 -- Total Public Sector Net Work -- Non-Financial Public Sector Balances -- Tax and Non-Tax Revenue of the Central Government and Important Tax Reform Efforts 1964-2004 -- Total and Primary Expenditures -- Trends in NFPS and Central Government Expenditures -- Public Expenditure by Selected Functions -- Composition of Wages by Selected Sectors -- Institutional Composition of Public Fixed Investment -- "Optimal" and Actual Stabilization Accumulation Scenarios -- Base Case for Debt Sustainability -- Incidence of Social Expenditure and Energy Subsidies -- Telephone Penetration by Household Income Quintile -- Rigid Compared to Flexible Public Expenditure -- Military Expenditure, 1998-2001 -- Decomposition of Budget and Off-Budget Financing Sources -- Chile: Fondo Concursable -- Changes in Shareof NFPS Expenditures, by Government Tier -- Emergency Decrees -- Stock of Arrears -- Budget Execution of Social Programs -- Seasonal Patterns in Budget for Social Programs -- Planned Compared to Executed Transfers of the 15-Percent Law, 1997-2003 -- Transfers and Payments of the 15-Percent Law to Municipalities -- Transfers of the 15-Percent Law and the New Subnational Budget Cycle -- LAC Index of Budgetary Transparency -- Revenue Base for the 15-Percent Law with/without Oil Revenue -- The Costs and Benefits of Dollarization -- Ecuador's Political Economy -- The Civil Service and the Wage Unification Law: A Step in the Right Direction -- Ecuador's Oil Funds -- The Base Case Scenario -- Teacher Absenteeism in Primary Schools -- Household Expenditures on Water: The Case of Machala, El Oro -- Main Conclusions of the World Bank Ecuador Poverty Assessment -- The Chilean Competitive (Concursable) Fund for Public Programs -- The Six Stages of a Comprehensive Multiyear Budgeting Framework -- Main Recommendations of the IMF-ROSC -- Ecuador-Institutionalizing a Virtual Poverty Fund: A Look at Best-Practice in Uganda -- Structural Fiscal Balance -- Budget Execution at BDH, by Financing Source -- Budget Execution at PAI, by Financing Source -- Budget Execution at LMG, by Financing Source -- Budget Execution at PRADEC, by Financing Source -- Budget Execution at PAE, by Financing Source -- Current and Capital Spending of Municipalities and Provincial Councils -- Priorities of Subnational Investment Spending -- Capital Spending of Municipalities and Provincial Councils in the Health and Education Sectors -- Administration of Schools, Teachers, and Students in The Education Sector, School Year 2000-01 -- Public Spending in Health Sector -- Subsidy Distribution by Consumption Deciles -- Distribution of the Cooking-Gas Subsidy by Ethnic Group -- Effect of Various Reform Scenarios for the Cooking-Gas Subsidy -- Actual and Potential GDP -- Primary Balance -- Flow of Budgetary Funds -- Organization of the BDH Operating in 14 Provinces -- Organization of PAI Operating Nationwide -- Organization of LMG Operating in 40 Municipios -- Organization of PRADEC Operating in 443 Juntas Parroquiales -- Organization of PAE Operating in the Coast and Sierra -- Intergovernmental Transfers, 1996-2003 -- Sources of Revenue for Transfers to Subnational Governments -- Own Revenue and Expenditures per Level of Government and Veritcal Fiscal Imbalances, 1997 and 2002 -- Distribution of the Gas Subsidy Retargeted with SelBen.…”
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Molecular beam epitaxy : materials and applications for electronics and optoelectronics

Table of Contents: “…III-Nitride Quantum Dots for Optoelectronic Devices 211 /Pallab Bhattacharya, Thomas Frost, Shafat Jahangir, Saniya Deshpande, and Arnab Hazari -- 13.1 Introduction 211 -- 13.2 Molecular Beam Epitaxy of InGaN/GaN Self-organized Quantum Dots 212 -- 13.3 Quantum Dot Wavelength Converter White Light-Emitting Diode 220 -- 13.4 Quantum Dot Lasers 223 -- 13.5 Summary and Future Prospects 229 -- References 230 -- 14. …”
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Developmental care of newborns & infants : a guide for health professionals

Table of Contents: “…Pressler, Carol Spruill Turnage-Carrier, Carole Kenner -- Frontier of Molecular Biology -- Developmental Care as a Focal Point -- Contemporary Intensive Care and Its Relationship to Infant Outcomes -- What Is Currently Known about the Outcomes of Hospitalized Preterm Neonates -- Environmental Neonatology as a Discipline in Its Own Right -- Family-Centered Care -- Economics of Health Care -- Scope of Practice -- Developmental Care -- Intensive Care Nursery Design Standards and Developmental Care -- The Future of Developmental Care -- Individualized Care: Actions for the Individualized Staff Member / Diane D. …”


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