Die zauberflöte by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791

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Sleep, circadian rhythms, and metabolism : the rhythm of life

Table of Contents: “…Cover; About the Editor; Contents; Acknowledgment and How to Cite; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Introduction: The Watch Inside all of Us; Chapter 1: Regulation of Prokineticin 2 Expression by Light and the Circadian Clock; Chapter 2: Circadian Signatures in Rat Liver: From Gene Expression to Pathways; Chapter 3: Body Weight, Metabolism, and Clock Genes; Part II: Metabolism at Night versus the Morning; Chapter 4: Circadian Desynchrony Promotes Metabolic Disruption in a Mouse Model of Shiftwork; Chapter 5: Circadian Rhythms and Obesity in Mammals.…”
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Marfa : the transformation of a West Texas town by Shafer, Kathleen, 1979-

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A reckoning in Boston

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Complete poems : a bilingual edition by Du Guillet, Pernette, 1520?-1545

Table of Contents: “…Antonie du Moulin, To the Ladies of Lyon -- To the Reader from the Printer -- Poems 1-2 (Epigrams 1-2) -- Poems 3-4 (Epigrams 3-4) -- Poems 5-6 (Epigrams 5-6) -- Poems 7-8(Epigrams 7-8) -- Poems 9-10 (Epigrams 9-10) -- Poems 11-12 (Epigrams 11-12) -- Poems 13-14 (Epigrams 13-14) -- Poems 15-16 (Epigrams 15-16) -- Poems 17-18 (Epigrams 17-18) -- Poems 19-20 (Epigrams 19-20) -- Poems 21-23 (Epigrams 21-23) -- Poems 24-25(Epigrams 24-25) -- Poem 26 (Song 1) -- Poems 27-28 (Epigrams 26-27) -- Poem 29 (Song 2) -- Poems 30-31 (Epigrams 28-29) -- Poem 32 (Song 3) -- Poem 33 (Song 4) -- Poems 34-35 (Epigrams 30-31) -- Poems 36-37 (Epigrams 32-33) -- Poem 38 (Song 5) -- Poem 39 (Elegy 1): Perfect Love -- Poem 40 (Song 6) -- Poem 41 (Epigram 34) -- Poem 42 (Song 7) -- Poem 43 (Elegy 2) -- Poems 44-45 (Epigrams 35-36) -- Poems 46-47 (Epigrams 37-38) -- Poems 48-49 (Epigrams 39-40) -- Poems 50-51 (Epigrams 41-42) -- Poems 52-53 (Epigrams 43-44) -- Poems 54-55 (Epigrams 45-46) -- Poem 56 (Song 8) -- Poems 57-58 (Epigrams 47-48) -- Poems 59-60 (Epigrams 49-50) -- Poems 61-62 (Epigrams 51-52) -- Poem 63 (Song 9) -- Poem 64 (Song 10): Ballad for Adonis -- Poems 65-66 (Epigrams 53-54) -- Poem 67 (Epistle 1): Cock-and-Bull Story -- Poem 68 (Elegy 3): The Night -- Poem 69 (Elegy 4): Despair -- Poem 70 (Elegy 5): Solace -- Poem 71 (Epigrams 55-59): Mummery: the Five Posts of Love -- Poem 72 (Epigram 60): Anatomy Lesson -- Poem 73 (Epistle 2): To a Foolish Rhymer -- Epitaphs -- Translation Notes.…”


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Costa Rica five years after CAFTA-DR : assessing early results

Table of Contents: “…Household Access to Telecommunications Services, Prices, and Quality of Services -- Fixed Internet Services -- Mobile Services -- Mobile Broadband -- Penetration in Rural Areas versus Urban Areas: FONATEL -- The Contribution of the Telecommunications Sector to the Costa Rican Economy -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Intellectual Property Rights in CAFTA-DR and Pharmaceuticals in Costa Rica -- Introduction -- Intellectual Property Regulations for Pharmaceuticals in International Trade Treaties -- Data Protection, New Chemical Entities, and Patent Linkages after CAFTA-DR -- How Have CAFTA-DR's IP Rules Affected the CCSS? …”
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CCSP (ISC)2 CERTIFIED CLOUD SECURITY PROFESSIONAL EXAM GUIDE build your knowledge to pass the CCSP exam with expert guidance by Turner, Omar A., Lakshmana, Navya

Table of Contents: “…Administrative Concerns -- Virtualization Risks -- Regulatory Non-Compliance -- Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks -- Man-in-the-Middle Attacks -- Vendor Issues -- Shadow IT -- Natural Disasters -- Insider Threats -- Insecure APIs -- Misconfigurations -- Forensic Challenges in Cloud Environments and Solutions -- Implementing Cloud Security Best Practices, Controls and Countermeasures -- Best Practices -- Controls -- Data Encryption and Protection Techniques in the Cloud -- IAM in Cloud Environments -- Information Rights Management (IRM) / Digital Rights Management (DRM) -- Virtualization -- Network Segmentation -- Firewalls and Other Devices -- DLP Tools / Egress Monitoring -- Summary -- Exam Readiness Drill -- Chapter Review Questions -- Chapter 10: Security Control Implementation -- Physical and Environmental Protection Controls -- Site Selection and Facility Design -- System, Storage, and Communication Protection Controls -- Protecting Data -- Cryptographic Key Establishment and Management -- Managing a Network to Protect Systems and Services -- Landing Zones -- Virtualization Systems -- IAM Solutions for Identification, Authentication, and Authorization -- OpenID -- OAuth -- Identification -- Authentication -- Authentication Methods -- Conditional Authentication Policies -- Authorization -- Federation -- Key Cloud Control Audit Mechanisms -- Log Collection -- Correlation -- Packet Capturing -- Summary -- Exam Readiness Drill -- Chapter Review Questions -- Chapter 11: Planning for the Worst-Case Scenario -- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery -- BCDR Definitions -- The Importance of BCDR -- Key Concepts and Terminology -- BCDR Strategies -- Defining the Scope of the BCDR Plan -- Gathering Requirements and Generating Objectives -- Integrating Requirements -- Assessing Risk -- Performance Issues Due to Location Change.…”
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Quantitative assessments of distributed systems : methodologies and techniques

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Practice management for healthcare professionals by Stevens, Drew

Table of Contents: “…Human resources for doctor and staff -- 8.1 Planning your practice's staff -- 8.2 People make a difference -- 8.3 The benefits of an employee manual -- 8.4 Work rules and performance standards (standards of workplace behavior) -- 8.5 How to manage staff the right way -- 8.6 The starting line, the front desk -- 8.7 Remember to reward and recognize a job well done -- 8.8 A final word in human resources.…”
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Who says it's a man's world : the girls' guide to corporate domination by Bennington, Emily

Table of Contents: “…No Problem; Influence Right Now; Woman 2 Woman: Finding Your Voice; 16 That's Great and All, but Nobody Knows Who You Are; What's Your Worth?…”
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Adolescent Psychotherapy Homework Planner by Jongsma, Arthur E., Jr., 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Exercise 8.B Assessing the Family-Present and FutureExercise 8.C Interaction as a Family; Exercise 8.D Stepparent and Sibling Questionnaire; Section 9: Conduct Disorder/Delinquency; Exercise 9.A Catch Your Teen Being Responsible; Exercise 9.B Headed in the Right Direction; Exercise 9.C How My Behavior Hurts Others; Exercise 9.D Letter to Absent or Uninvolved Parent; Exercise 9.E Patterns of Stealing; Section 10: Divorce Reaction; Exercise 10.A Impact of Parents' Separation/Divorce; Exercise 10.B Initial Reaction to Parents' Separation…”
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Titans of Real Estate : 7 Key Lessons from Real Estate Billionaires. by Cohen, Erez

Table of Contents: “…Reimagine the VisionSeeking Beauty; Not All Roses; Starting Over; Learning by Doing; Chapter 3 Ronald Terwilliger; Love What You Do; The Importance of Mentoring; Be Realistic; Real Estate and Recessions; Keep Learning; The Two Markets; My Philosophy; Chapter 4 Gina Diez Barroso; Starting Out; The Right Project; The Real Estate Business; Technology; Education Is My Passion; Dalia Empower; My Advice; My Philosophy; Chapter 5 Elie Horn; Humble Beginnings; Keep Learning; My Philosophy; Notes; Chapter 6 Richard Ziman; The Early Days; Opportunities; Family Business; Mentors…”
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Startupland : how three guys risked everything to turn an idea into a global business by Svane, Mikkel

Table of Contents: “…Hire TravelersHire Women; Hire People Who Are Not Offended by Swearing; Hire for Attitude; Hire for Authenticity; Hire for Differences, Not Similarities; Home at Last (Or Location Matters); Chapter 8 Growing Up; Onboarding Talent and Trying to Look Like a Pro; Some Tricks on How to Hire People Who Can Do What You Can't; Every Little Thing You Do Matters; Treat Customers with Love and Respect; Don't Overestimate Your Importance in the Customer's Life; Consider the Entire Customer Experience; Recognize the Right Relationships and Adapt; Be Something Actual Humans Can Relate To; Be Transparent.…”
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Fundamentals of sustainable business : a guide for the next 100 years by Tueth, Matthew, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Government finally gets it right. 6.1. Not repeating mistakes. 6.2. Crafting sustainable business policy. 6.3. …”
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Culture matters in Russia--and everywhere : backdrop for the Russia-Ukraine Conflict by I︠A︡sin, E. G. (Evgeniĭ Grigorʹevich), 1934-

Table of Contents: “…Pentecostal Religious Culture in Africa / Rachel Okunubi -- Part Four: Culture's Influence on Economic Variables -- The Role of Culture in Understanding the Process of Economic and Social Change / Douglass North -- Culture, Cooperation, and Repeated Games / Eric Maskin -- The Effect of Culture on the Functioning of Institutions : Evidence from European Regions / Mariaflavia Harari and Guido Tabellini -- Culture and Economic Growth : Getting the Theory Right / William Easterly -- An Appraisal of the Cultural Change Institute Factors Typology / Matteo Marini -- Part Five: Culture, Psychology and Economics -- Cultural Values Influence and Constrain Economic and Social Change / Shalom Schwartz -- Cognition East and West : Fundamental Differences in Reasoning and Perception / Richard Nisbett -- American Culture and the 2008 Financial Crisis / Geert Hofstede -- Culture of Horizontality and Personal Autonomy : A Humanistic Approach to Culture Change / Valery Chirkov and Nadezhda Lebedeva -- Part Six: Measuring Culture and Cultural Change -- Measuring Culture and Cultural Change : An Introduction / Ronald Inglehart -- Measuring Cultural Capital and Change : Axiological Diagnosis / Miguel Basáñez -- Trust and Cultural Change in Argentina : A Latin American Comparison / Marita Carballo -- Part Seven: The Russian Case -- The Economic Wonder : Market and Culture / Oleg Chirkunov -- "All Are Guilty, Which Means That Nobody Is!" …”
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Imaging identity : media, memory and portraiture in the digital age

Table of Contents: “….; Figure 2.1: Left: Boatmen moored on a lakeshore, Adam Pynacker, 1668; Right: Proposal for landscaped cosmos, Sam Leach, 2010. ; Figure 2.2: Untitled #2, from the series Yooralla at twenty past three, Micky Allan, 1978, watercolour and coloured pencil on silver gelatin print, 27.7 x 35.2 cm.…”
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Smarter sharper thinking : reduce stress, banish fatigue and find focus by Brockis, Jenny

Table of Contents: “…Cultivating curiosityTrain your brain to change your mind; If I only had a brain: the Tin Man and other brainy myths; Myth #1: We use only 10 percent of our brain; Myth #2: We are either right brained or left brained; Myth #3: Brain training makes your brain younger; Myth #4: Brain training doesn't work; Take the challenge: could you pull the sword from the stone?…”
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The joy in business : innovative ideas to find positivity (and profit) in your daily work life by Baldridge, Joy J. D.

Table of Contents: “…The Hot Button of the Factual Type Is to Be Right; The Hot Button of the Helpful Type Is to Be Helpful; The Hot Button of the Driven Type Is to Win; Applying the Four Types; The Chameleon; 16 Speaking the Language of the Lands; Improving Your Communication Skills; Translating Compliments; 17 Listening = Integrity; 18 The Plus, Plus, Dash; 19 The Words Matter Movement; 20 The Happiness Alphabet; 21 Presentation Is Everything; The 30-Second Rule; Rehearsed Spontaneity; The Glitch Factor; Overcoming Nervousness; Answering Questions…”
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Managing ebook metadata in academic libraries : Taming the Tiger by Frederick, Donna E

Table of Contents: “…3.3.2 Metadata should be compliant with the most relevant standard(s)3.3.2.1 Avoiding the "display problem" pitfall; 3.3.2.2 The "shiny new toy" pitfall; 3.4 Get the granularity right; 3.5 Process metadata in bulk; 3.6 Document and understand the functionality and limitations of systems used for the creation, processing, and shari ... ; 3.7 Take a scientific approach; 3.8 Final words on the impact of disruptive innovation in eBook metadata management; Notes; Chapter 4: Acquisitions: The often overlooked metadata; 4A Understanding eBook acquisitions in academic libraries.…”
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Learning predictive analytics with python : gain practical insights into predictive modelling by implementing Predictive Analytics algorithms on public datasets with Python by Kumar, Ashish

Table of Contents: “…Using the Monte-Carlo simulation to find the value of piGeometry and mathematics behind the calculation of pi; Generating a dummy data frame; Grouping the data -- aggregation, filtering, and transformation; Aggregation; Filtering; Transformation; Miscellaneous operations; Random sampling -- splitting a dataset in training and testing datasets; Method 1 -- using the Customer Churn Model; Method 2 -- using sklearn; Method 3 -- using the shuffle function; Concatenating and appending data; Merging/joining datasets; Inner Join; Left Join; Right Join; An example of the Inner Join.…”
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