Scott
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Publisher
Manchester University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This book analyses the work of Oliver Stone - arguably one of the foremost political filmmakers in Hollywood during the last thirty years. From early productions like Platoon (1986) and Wall Street (1987) to contemporary dramas and documentaries such as World Trade Center (2006), Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) and The Untold History of...
Author
Publisher
Radcliffe Medical
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
Aimed at healthcare managers and clinicians with management responsibilties, policy makers and healthcare academics, this book examines the evidence for relationships between organizational culture and performance, with practical tools to measure these factors.
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Formats
Description
A concise and visual guide to clinically relevant anatomy for dentistry, Netter's Head and Neck Anatomy for Dentistry is an effective text for class and exam preparation, as well as a quick review in professional practice. Concise text, high-yield tables, clinical correlations, and review questions combine to make this new edition a perfect choice for learning and remembering the need-to-know structures, relationships, and concepts, while beautiful...
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
*A new edition of the international bestseller (a #1 bestseller in Japan), featuring a new preface* Does the thought of working for 60 or 70 years fill you with dread? Or can you see the potential for a more stimulating future as a result of having so much extra time? Many of us have been raised on the traditional notion of a three-stage approach to our working lives: education, followed by work and then retirement. But this well-established pathway...
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Publisher
Bristol University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
As the US contends with issues of populism and de-democratization, this timely study considers the impacts of digital technologies on the country's politics and society. Timcke provides a Marxist analysis of the rise of digital media, social networks and technology giants like Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft. He looks at the impact of these new platforms and technologies on their users who have made them among the most valuable firms in the...
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Publisher
Policy Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
EPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Labour exploitation is a highly topical though complex issue that has international resonance for those concerned with social justice and social welfare, but there is a lack of research available about it. This book, part of the Studies in Social Harm series, is the first to look at labour exploitation from a social harm perspective, arguing that, as a global social problem, it should...
Author
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
A transregional history of Muslim community in the British EmpireThe webs, nodes and networks created by Britain's Indian Ocean Empire during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are here explored in the context of their personal and social impact. Using the British Settlement of Aden as its focus, the book examines the development of a local community within the spaces created by imperial rule. It explores how individuals from widely disparate...
Author
Publisher
Elsevier
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Third edition.
Description
"An invaluable guide for orthopaedic surgeons at all levels of experience, Total Knee Arthroplasty, 3rd Edition, takes a practical, authoritative approach to this widely performed procedure. Dr. Richard Scott, co-designer of the Total Knee System, walks you step by step through a wide range of surgical scenarios, offering consistent, readable coverage of the techniques you need to know. A user-friendly index, hundreds of detailed, full-color illustrations...
Author
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
3rd ed.
Description
This text presents up-to-date magnetic resonance techniques for the brain and spine. The emphasis is on the neuropathology of diseases, the correlation of MR findings with biophysiochemical alterations, and the clinical aspects of neurologic diseases.
Author
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Bandits in Print examines the world of print in early modern China, focusing on the classic novel The Water Margin (Shuihu zhuan). Depending on which edition a reader happened upon, The Water Margin could offer vastly different experiences, a characteristic of the early modern Chinese novel genre and the shifting print culture of the era.Scott W. Gregory argues that the traditional novel is best understood as a phenomenon of print. He traces the ways...
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Publisher
Cornell University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
By examining the intersection of Islamic law, state law, religion, and culture in the Egyptian nation-building process, Recasting Islamic Law highlights how the sharia, when attached to constitutional commitments, is reshaped into modern Islamic state law.Rachel M. Scott analyzes the complex effects of constitutional commitments to the sharia in the wake of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. She argues that the sharia is not dismantled by the modern...
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Publisher
SAGE
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Focusing on quantative approaches to investigating problems, this title introduces the basics rules and principles of statistics, encouraging the reader to think critically about data analysis and research design, and how these factors can impact upon evidence-based practice.