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Ductal Carcinoma In Situ and Microinvasive/Borderline Breast Cance
This volume reviews the ℗ℓevolution of information regarding the epidemiology of DCIS and its modes of detection, as well℗ℓ as treatment options as a function of both clinical trial data and ongoing investigational therapeutic prospects. Several of the challenging and clinically-relevant scenarios of DCIS that appear in daily practice is discussed, including the difficulties of distingu…
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- 9781493920358
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- xiii, 168 pages
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- 616.99449
Ecological Continuum from the Changjiang (Yangtze River) Watersheds to the Ea…
The book provides a cross-disciplinary and multi-scale assessment of a world top river, the Changjiang (Yangtze River) and its adjacent marginal environment, the East China Sea. The studies in this volume bridges the watersheds of the river and the marginal sea through a combined approach of hydro-dynamics, geochemistry, sedimentary processes, ecology and fishery. The response of ecosystem to t…
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- 978-3-319-16338-3
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- XIV, 201
Education and the Arab Spring : resistance, reform, and democracy
Education and the Arab Spring: Resistance, Reform, and Democracy explores the current debate about education in the Middle East and North Africa post-Arab Spring. It draws from a variety of conceptual frameworks rooted in different disciplines and fields, such as education, religious and cultural studies, political science, and Arab studies. The book is, in part, a response to an increased dema…
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- 9789463004718
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- xxv, 160 pages
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- 370.956
Iran Revisited: Exploring the Historical Roots of Culture, Economics, and Soc…
This book examines Modern Iran through an interdisciplinary analysis of its cultural norms, history and institutional environment. The goal is to underline strengths and weaknesses of Iranian society as a whole, and to illustrate less prescriptive explanations for the way Iran is seen through a lens of persistent collective conduct rather than erratic historical occurrences. Throughout its hist…
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- 978-3-319-30485-4
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New Beginning in US-Muslim Relations:President Obama and the Arab Awakening
This book carries out a comparative study of the US response to popular uprisings in the Middle East as an evaluation of President Barack Obama’s foreign policy commitments. In 2009, Obama publicly pledged “a new beginning in US-Muslim relations,” causing eager expectation of a clear shift in US foreign policy after the election of the 44th president of the United States. However, the ach…
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- 978-1-137-58623-0
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- XIV, 302
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- Middle East Today
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Flows and Frictions in Trans-Himalayan Spaces Histories of Networking and Bo…
Flows and Frictions in Trans-Himalayan Spaces traces movements and connections in a region known for its formidable obstacles to mobility. Eight original essays and a conceptual introduction engage with questions of networks and interconnection between people across a bordered landscape. Mobility among the extremely varied ecologies of south-western China, Myanmar and north-eastern India, with …
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- 9789048555581
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The land has changed : history, society and gender in colonial Eastern Nigeria
A century ago, agriculture was the dominant economic sector in much of Africa. By the 1990s, however, African farmers had declining incomes and were worse off, on average, than those who did not farm. Colonial policies, subsequent ‘top-down’ statism, and globalization are usually cited as primary causes of this long-term decline. In this unprecedented study of the Igbo region of southeaster…
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- 978-1-55238-496-1
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- 306.349 096 694 6 KOR l
Lak Chang : a reconstruction of Tai identity in Daikong
The Thai—Yunnan Project is proud to present this English-language version of Professor Yos Santasombat’s fascinating ethnography of the Tai in Daikong, southwestern China. It represents a significant contribution to the ethnographic record of the Tai peoples. The village of Lak Chang is located close to the edge of the Tai world and is increasingly embraced by Chinese influence. Professor Y…
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- 9781921536397
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- 306.089 959 105 135 SAN l
Competition and Cooperation in Social and Political Sciences: Proceedings of …
The book contains essays on current issues in Social and Political Sciences, such as the issues of governance and social order; social development and community development; global challenges and inequality; civil society and social movement; IT-based community and social transformation; poverty alleviation and corporate social responsibility; and gender issues. Asia and the Pacifi c are the pa…
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- 9781315213620
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- 959 COM c
Healing Magic and Evil Demons. Canonical Udug-hul Incantations
This book brings together ancient manuscripts of the large compendium of Mesopotamian exorcistic incantations known as Udug.hul (Utukku Lemnutu), directed against evil demons, ghosts, gods, and other demonic malefactors within the Mesopotamian view of the world.It allows for a more accurate appraisal of variants arising from a text tradition spread over more than two millennia and from many anc…
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- 9781614513094
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