Children with cancer : a reference guide for parents by Bracken, Jeanne Munn

Table of Contents: “…The patient at the clinic and in the hospital -- 28. Rights and responsibilities -- 29. The patient at school -- 30. …”
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Buying and Selling Art and Collectibles A Legal Guide. by Vartian, Armen R.

Table of Contents: “…Part 2: Buying and Selling Art and Collectibles at Auction -- Chapter 8: Consigning to Auction -- Chapter 9: Buying at Public Auction -- Part 3: Buying and Selling Art and Collectibles Remotely -- Chapter 10: Basics of Buying and Selling Collectibles Online -- Chapter 11: Copyright Considerations When Displaying Art and Collectibles Online -- Chapter 12: Telemarketing -- Chapter 13: Additional Rights and Risks When Buying or Selling Remotely -- Part 4: Additional Considerations Unique to Certain Art and Collectibles -- Chapter 14: Illegal Art or Collectibles…”
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Women, universities, and change : gender equality in the European Union and the United States

Table of Contents: “…David -- Gender equality in the American Research University : renewing the agenda for women's rights / Judith Glazer-Raymo -- Academic excellence and gender equality at Ohio State University / Mary Ann Danowitz Sagaria and Pamela S. …”
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European Muslims and the Secular State. by McLoughlin, Sean

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface by Seán McLoughlin; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Section I Secularity in Europe and the Institutionalization of Islam: Legal Regulation and Political Recognition; 1 The Secularity of the State and the Shaping of Muslim Representative Organizations in Western Europe; 2 Discrimination and Claims for Equal Rights Amongst Muslims in Europe; 3 Islam, Secularism and Multiculturalism After 9/11: A Transatlantic Comparison.…”
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Strengthening the validity of international criminal tribunals

Table of Contents: “…a proposal for a joint strategy between the office of the prosecutor and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights / Marialejandra Moreno Mantilla -- Africa and the legitimacy of the ICC in question / Mandiaye Niang -- African states and international criminal law : rethinking the narrative and contextualising the discourse / Dorothy Makaza -- Trying Hissene Habre 'on behalf of Africa' : remaking hybrid international criminal justice at the Chambres africaines extraordinaires / Kerstin Bree Carlson.…”
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DeJong's the neurologic examination William W. Campbell. by Campbell, William W., Jr. (William Wesley)

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Overview of the nervous system -- The neurologic history -- The general physical examination -- General outline of the neurologic examination -- Gross and microscopic anatomy of the cerebral hemispheres -- Functions of the central cortex and regional cerebral diagnosis -- The mental status examination -- Disorders of speech and language -- Agnosia, apraxia, and related disorders of higher cortical function -- An overview of brainstem and cranial nerve anatomy -- The olfactory nerve -- The optic nerve -- The ocular motor nerves -- The trigeminal nerve -- The facial nerve -- The acoustic (vestibulocochlear) nerve -- The glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves -- The spinal accessory nerve -- The hypoglossal nerve -- Brainstem and multiple cranial nerve syndromes -- Overview of the motor system -- The motor unit level -- The spinal cord level -- The corticospinal (pyramidal) level -- The extrapyramidal level -- Motor strength and power -- Muscle tone -- Muscle volume and contour -- Abnormalities of movement -- Overview of the sensory system -- The exteroceptive sensations -- The proprioceptive sensations -- The interoceptive, or visceral, sensations -- Cerebral sensory functions -- Sensory localization -- Introduction to the reflexes -- The deep tendon or muscle stretch reflexes -- The superficial (cutaneous) reflexes -- Pathologic reflexes -- Postural and righting reflexes -- Associated movements -- Cerebellar function -- Gait and station -- The autonomic nervous system -- Peripheral neuroanatomy and focal neuropathies -- Neck and back pain -- Other musculoskeletal disorders -- The blood supply of the brain -- The ventricular system and the cerebrospinal fluid -- The examination in coma -- Miscellaneous neurologic signs -- Diagnostic reasoning and neurologic differential diagnosis.…”
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Identity work in social movements

Table of Contents: “…Dugan -- "We're not just lip-synching up here": music and collective identity in drag performances / Elizabeth Kaminski and Verta Taylor -- Technical advances in communication: the example of white racialist "love groups" and "white civil rights organizations" / Todd Schroer -- Drawing identity boundaries: the creation of contemporary feminism / Jo Reger -- Passing as strategic identity work in the Warsaw ghetto uprising / Rachel L. …”
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Patient, heal thyself how the new medicine puts the patient in charge by Veatch, Robert M.

Table of Contents: “…The puzzling case of the broken arm -- Hernias, diets, and drugs -- Why physicians cannot know what will benefit patients -- Sacrificing patient benefit to protect patient rights -- Societal interests and duties to others -- The new, limited, twenty-first-century role for physicians as patient assistants -- Abandoning modern medical concepts: doctor's "orders" and hospital "discharge" -- Medicine can't "indicate": so why do we talk that way? …”
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The Living Wage. by Hirsch, Donald

Table of Contents: “…Title page; copyright page; Contents ; Preface ; Acknowledgements ; A note on terminology ; Chap 1 -- The meaning, origins and development of a living wage; Introduction ; Morality, rights and economic sustainability: the evolution of the living wage in thinking and pract; Commentary: what can we learn today from the history of the living wage? …”
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Eudora Welty : eye of the storyteller

Table of Contents: “…(Cont'd) The terrible and the marvelous : Eudora Welty's Chekhov / Jan Nordby Gretlund -- Realities in "Sir Rabbit" : a frame analysis / Daun Kendig -- From metaphor to manifestation : the artist in Eudora Welty's A curtain of green / Cheryll Burgess -- Of suffering and joy : aspects of storytelling in Welty's short fiction / Danièle Pitavy-Souques -- Going to Naples and other places in Eudora Welty's fiction / Noel Polk -- From civil war to civil rights : race relations in Welty's "A torn path" / Nancy K. …”


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Afro-descendants, identity, and the struggle for development in the Americas

Table of Contents: “…Building black diaspora networks and meshworks for knowledge, justice, peace, and human rights / Faye V. Harrison -- Pan-Afro-Latin African Americanism revisited : legacies and lessons for transnational alliances in the new millennium / Darién J. …”
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A century of populist demagogues : eighteen European portraits, 1918-2018 by Berend, T. Iván (Tibor Iván), 1930-

Table of Contents: “…Turn of the millennium populist demagogues -- Chapter 5. An Austrian far-right demagogue: Jörg Haider…”
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Legal Aspects of Patient Confidentiality. by Dimond, Bridgit

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 8: The Department of Health, NHS trusts and patient confidentialityChapter 9: The law relating to whistle blowing; Chapter 10: Child care and the duty of confidentiality; Chapter 11: Terminal illness and the duty of confidentiality; Chapter 12: The problems posed by suicide and euthanasia; Chapter 13: The rights of transplant recipients and donors; Chapter 14: Powers of the police and access to information; Chapter 15: Child protection and unsuitable employees; Chapter 16: Conclusions; Back matter; Abbreviations; Glossary.…”
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Technology transfer in biotechnology : a global perspective

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- 1 Defining the Future: Emerging Issues in Biotechnology, Intellectual Property Rights and Technology Transfer -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Historical Evolution of Intellectual Property Regime in Biotechnology -- 1.3 Issue of Patentability of Gene Sequences, Antibodies, Early-Stage Technology/Platform and Insufficient Support for Claims -- 1.4 Scope of Patent Claims -- 1.5 Institutional Arrangements for Technology Transfer -- 1.6 Policy Issues and Challenges -- Part I Technology Transfer Policy Considerations and Country/Regional -- 2 Technology Transfers in Europe within the Life Sciences -- 3 Technology Transfer at the National Institutes of Health -- 4 Current Intellectual Property Management Situation in Japan -- 5 Technology Transfer in China -- 6 Technology Transfer in Latin-America -- Part II Perspectives from Different Participants/Players -- 7 Technology Transfer in Agricultural Biotechnology: Impact of Applied Plant Sciences on Industry -- 8 Technology Transfer Issues in Biotechnology: The Industry Point of View -- 9 A Quarter Century of Technology Transfer in US Universities and Research Institutions -- 10 Technology Transfer Issues in Biotechnology: The Future of Global Health Networks -- Part III New Frontiers -- 11 Biotechnology in the Midst of a Global Transformation -- 12 Technology Transfer in Biotechnology: International Framework and Impact -- Index.…”
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Updated Evidence and Policy Developments on Reducing Gun Violence in America

Table of Contents: “…Update : thinking differently about mental illness, violence risk, and gun rights / Jeffrey W. Swanson and Allison G. Robertson -- 4. …”
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The emergence of a new Turkey : democracy and the AK Parti

Table of Contents: “…Turkish religious market(s) : a view based on the religious economy theory / Massimo Introvigne -- The meaning of conservative democratic political identity / Yalçın Akdoğan -- Christian democracy and the JDP : parallels and contrasts / William Hale -- The justice and development party : identity, politics, and human rights discourse in the search for security and legitimacy / İhsan D. …”


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Natural resource conflicts and sustainable development

Table of Contents: “…Gunilla Almered Olsson -- Water, conflicts and sustainable development / Sofie Hellberg -- Forest-related community-outsider conflicts through the lens of property rights, access and power / Josefin Gooch -- Conflicts in the management of fisheries / Staffan Larsson -- The raptor and the lamb : on human-wildlife conflicts / Eileen O'Rourke -- From dystopia to utopia and back again : the case of the Van Gujjars pastoralists in the Indian Himalaya / Pernille Gooch -- Undermining the resource ground : conflicts connected to natural resource exploitation experienced by Sami reindeer herders and Adnyamathanha traditional owners / Kristina Sehlin MacNeil -- Environmental justice in a post-agreement Colombia : peace for an ecologically and socially sustainable land-use? …”
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NoNonsense International Development : Illusions and Realities. by Black, Maggie

Table of Contents: “…The rise of people's movements and civil societyParticipation and empowerment; The ascent of rights; 7. Where next?; Living with the development puzzle; Putting poor people first; The international circus; In the name of 'the poor'; Opposing the one-thought world; Index…”
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Life among urban planners : practice, professionalism, and expertise in the making of the city

Table of Contents: “…The scales of justice : region, rights, and responsibility in St. Louis, Missouri / Bruce O'Neill and Kevin Lewis O'Neill -- Chapter 9. …”
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A Working Guide to Process Equipment, Fifth Edition by Lieberman, Norman P., Lieberman, Elizabeth T.

Table of Contents: “…-- 21.2 The Source of Steam Velocity -- 21.3 Converting Latent Heat to Velocity -- 21.4 Effect of Wet Steam -- 21.5 Steam Ejector Temperature Profile -- 21.6 Roto-Flow Turbo Expander -- 21.7 The Meaning of Entropy -- 22 Steam Generation, Deaerators, Steam Systems, and BFW Preparation -- 22.1 Boiler Feedwater -- 22.2 Boiler Feedwater Preparation -- 22.3 Boiler Feedwater Preheat -- 22.4 Boilers -- 22.5 Waste-Heat Boilers -- 22.6 Superheating Steam -- References -- 23 Vacuum Systems: Steam Jet Ejectors -- 23.1 Theory of Operation -- 23.2 Converging and Diverging Compression -- 23.3 Calculations, Performance Curves, and Other Measurements in Jet Systems -- 23.4 Optimum Vacuum Tower-Top Temperature -- 23.5 Measurement of a Deep Vacuum without Mercury -- Reference -- 24 Steam Turbines Use of Horsepower Valves and Correct Speed Control -- 24.1 Principle of Operation and Calculations -- 24.2 Selecting Optimum Turbine Speed -- 24.3 Reciprocating Steam Engines -- 25 Effect of Liquid Water in Steam -- 25.1 Determining the Causes of Wet Steam -- 25.2 Consequences of Wet Steam -- 25.3 Causes of Wet Steam -- 25.4 Boiler Level Control -- 25.5 Effects of Wet Steam -- 25.6 Steam Stripping -- 26 Surface Condensers The Condensing Steam Turbine -- 26.1 The Second Law of Thermodynamics -- 26.2 Surface Condenser Problems -- 26.3 Surface Condenser Heat-Transfer Coefficients -- References -- 27 Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers: Heat-Transfer Fouling Resistance -- 27.1 Allowing for Thermal Expansion -- 27.2 Heat-Transfer Efficiency -- 27.3 Exchanger Cleaning -- 27.4 Mechanical Design for Good Heat Transfer -- 27.5 Importance of Shell- Side Cross- Flow -- 27.6 Summary -- References -- 28 Heat Exchanger Innovations -- 28.1 Smooth High Alloy Tubes -- 28.2 Low-Finned Tubes -- 28.3 Sintered Metal Tubes -- 28.4 Spiral Heat Exchanger -- 28.5 Tube Inserts -- 28.6 Twisted Tubes and Twisted Tube Bundle -- 28.7 Helical Tube Support Baffles -- 28.8 The Test of Time -- Reference -- 29 Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers: Design Details -- 29.1 Selecting the Process Fluid Location -- 29.2 Design the Shell Side for Ease of Cleaning -- Reference -- 30 Fired Heaters: Fire- and Flue-Gas Side Draft and Afterburn; Optimizing Excess Air -- 30.1 Effect of Reduced Air Flow -- 30.2 Absolute Combustion -- 30.3 Draft -- 30.4 Air Leakage -- 30.5 Efficient Air/Fuel Mixing -- 30.6 Optimizing Excess Air -- 30.7 Correcting O for Moisture Condensation -- 30.8 Air Preheating, Lighting Burners, and Heat Balancing -- Reference.…”
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