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Workforce Development in Emerging Economies

Comparative Perspectives on Institutions, Praxis, and Policies

by Jee-Peng Tan, Kiong Hock Lee, Ryan Flynn, Viviana V. Roseth, Yoo-Jeung Joy Nam ...

Series series Directions in Development - Human Development
Investing in skills has risen to the top of the policy agenda today in rich and poor countries alike. The World Bank supports its partner countries on this agenda in multiple ways: development finance, research and analysis, global knowledge exchange, and technical assistance. This report was originally conceived as a contribution to this catalog of the World Bank's work, but its topic and ... Read more

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Investing in skills has risen to the top of the policy agenda today in rich and poor countries alike. The World Bank supports its partner countries on this agenda in multiple ways: development finance, research and analysis, global knowledge exchange, and technical assistance. This report was originally conceived as a contribution to this catalog of the World Bank's work, but its topic and
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Settler Tenses

Queer Time and Literatures of the American West

by Ryan Tan Wander ...

In today’s cultural and political climate of relative LGBTQ+ inclusion, Settler Tenses: Queer Time and Literatures of the American West provides a literary history that rewrites our understanding of when and how queerness began to align with US nationalism and settler colonialism, tracing the discursive production of masculinities in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century literatures of the ... Read more

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In today’s cultural and political climate of relative LGBTQ+ inclusion, Settler Tenses: Queer Time and Literatures of the American West provides a literary history that rewrites our understanding of when and how queerness began to align with US nationalism and settler colonialism, tracing the discursive production of masculinities in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century literatures of the
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Diabetes in Pregnancy

by Lee Wai Kheong Ryan, Lim Weiying, Ann Margaret Wright, Lay-Kok Tan ...

Series series Elements in High Risk Pregnancy: Management Options
Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common and important medical complications affecting pregnancy. It can predate the pregnancy ('pre-existing diabetes') or arise during pregnancy ('gestational diabetes', GDM). Typically, GDM resolves once the pregnancy has ended. However, about 3% of women with a diagnosis of GDM have type 2 diabetes diagnosed for the first time in pregnancy, which persists ... Read more

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Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common and important medical complications affecting pregnancy. It can predate the pregnancy ('pre-existing diabetes') or arise during pregnancy ('gestational diabetes', GDM). Typically, GDM resolves once the pregnancy has ended. However, about 3% of women with a diagnosis of GDM have type 2 diabetes diagnosed for the first time in pregnancy, which persists
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Esports Motivations

What's Driving the Fastest Growing Sports Phenomenon?

by Lee K. Farquhar, Alexander E. Carter, Weiyue Chen, Yuya Kiuchi, Scott Parrott, Brian Petrotta, Brett Sherrick, Courteney Smith, Joar Svensson, Ryan Tan0, Bryan M. Trude1, Kenon A. Brown2, Dr. Ryan Rogers3 ...

Series series Emerging Insights into Esports
This edited volume explores the various and unique motivations driving the rapidly-growing esports industry, which attracts attention and financial investment from major sponsors, athletic organizations, and entertainment values. Contributors draw on a variety of perspectives and theoretical vantage points to examine the multitude of traditions, cultures, expectations, and rituals that different ... Read more

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This edited volume explores the various and unique motivations driving the rapidly-growing esports industry, which attracts attention and financial investment from major sponsors, athletic organizations, and entertainment values. Contributors draw on a variety of perspectives and theoretical vantage points to examine the multitude of traditions, cultures, expectations, and rituals that different
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Junctures in Women's Leadership

Health Care and Public Health

by Mary E. O'Dowd, Elizabeth Ryan, Dawn Thomas, Elizabeth Hoover, Denise Rodgers, Mary Wachter, Ann Marie Hill, Raquel Mazon Jeffers, Christina Tan0, Heather Howard1, Patricia Findley2, Colleen Blake3, Alexander Bartke4, Christina Chesnakov5, Grace Ibitamuno6, Erica Reed7, Akanksha Arya8, Carson Clay9, Suzanne Willard0, Jacqueline Hunterdon-Anderson1 ...

Series series Junctures: Case Studies in Women's Leadership
Junctures in Women’s Leadership: Health Care and Public Health offers an eclectic compilation of case studies telling the stories of women leaders in public health and health care, from Katsi Cook, Mohawk midwife, to Virginia Apgar, Katharine Dexter McCormick and Florence Schorske Wald, to Marilyn Tavenner, Suerie Moon, and more. The impact of their work is extraordinarily relevant to the current ... Read more

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Junctures in Women’s Leadership: Health Care and Public Health offers an eclectic compilation of case studies telling the stories of women leaders in public health and health care, from Katsi Cook, Mohawk midwife, to Virginia Apgar, Katharine Dexter McCormick and Florence Schorske Wald, to Marilyn Tavenner, Suerie Moon, and more. The impact of their work is extraordinarily relevant to the current
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Ploughshares Winter 2015-2016 Volume 41 No. 4

by Lisa Fetchko, Laurie Baker, Piyali Bhattacharya, Lawrence-Minh Bui Davis, Meng Jin, Joan Murray, Lisa Julin Sharon, Ryan Ruff Smith, Jerry Whitus, Alison Wisdom, George Bilgere, Graham Foust, Julian Gewirtz, Adam Giannelli, Janice N. Harrington, Richie Hofmann, Liam Hysjulien, Christopher Kempf, Michael Klein, Jennifer L. Knox, Kien Lam, Kent Leatham, J. T. Ledbetter, Matthew Lippman, William Logan, Joseph Millar, John Mullen, Megan Peak, Anzhelina Polonskaya, Corey Quinn, Dean Rader, Jacques Rancourt, Cat Richardson, Stephanie Rogers, Tomaz Salamun, Natalie Shapero, Julie Sheehan, Sandra Simonds, Austin Smith, M.G. Stephens, Tim Suermondt, Mark Turpin, Marc Vincenz, Monica Wendel, Jason Whitmarsh, Emily Strasser, Lucy Tan, Emily Jungmin Yun ...

The Winter 2015-16 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year's three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles, with the Winter issue staff-edited.The stories, poems, and essays that comprise this staff-edited issue of Ploughshares are diverse and timely. Visit a ... Read more

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The Winter 2015-16 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year's three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles, with the Winter issue staff-edited.The stories, poems, and essays that comprise this staff-edited issue of Ploughshares are diverse and timely. Visit a
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Why Indigenous Literatures Matter

by Daniel Heath Justice ...

Series series Indigenous Studies
Part survey of the field of Indigenous literary studies, part cultural history, and part literary polemic, Why Indigenous Literatures Matter asserts the vital significance of literary expression to the political, creative, and intellectual efforts of Indigenous peoples today.In considering the connections between literature and lived experience, this book contemplates four key questions at the ... Read more

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Part survey of the field of Indigenous literary studies, part cultural history, and part literary polemic, Why Indigenous Literatures Matter asserts the vital significance of literary expression to the political, creative, and intellectual efforts of Indigenous peoples today.In considering the connections between literature and lived experience, this book contemplates four key questions at the
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Special Topics in Calamity Physics

by Marisha Pessl ...

The mesmerizing bestseller that combines the storytelling gifts of Donna Tartt and the suspense of Alfred Hitchcock—A New York Times Ten Best Book of the YearSpecial Topics in Calamity Physics is a darkly hilarious coming-of-age tale and a richly plotted suspense story, told with dazzling intelligence and wit. At the center of the novel is clever, deadpan Blue van Meer, who has a head full of ... Read more

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The mesmerizing bestseller that combines the storytelling gifts of Donna Tartt and the suspense of Alfred Hitchcock—A New York Times Ten Best Book of the YearSpecial Topics in Calamity Physics is a darkly hilarious coming-of-age tale and a richly plotted suspense story, told with dazzling intelligence and wit. At the center of the novel is clever, deadpan Blue van Meer, who has a head full of
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A Short History of Trans Misogyny

by Jules Gill-Peterson ...

An accessible, bold new vision for the future of intersectional trans feminism, called "one of the best books in trans studies in recent years" by Susan Stryker“A beautifully written and argued book.” - Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, BabyThere is no shortage of voices demanding everyone pay attention to the violence trans women suffer. But one frighteningly basic question seems never to be ... Read more

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An accessible, bold new vision for the future of intersectional trans feminism, called "one of the best books in trans studies in recent years" by Susan Stryker“A beautifully written and argued book.” - Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, BabyThere is no shortage of voices demanding everyone pay attention to the violence trans women suffer. But one frighteningly basic question seems never to be
... Read more

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Geriatric Pharmacology

The Principles of Practice & Clinical Recommendations

by Steven Atkinson PA-C MS ...

This book is designed to explain the aging process and help the healthcare professional reduce the chance of a drug-disease interaction or adverse drug event. By evaluating high-risk medications, minimizing polypharmacy and following essential guidelines in geriatric medicine - safety and efficacy can be achieved. ... Read more

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This book is designed to explain the aging process and help the healthcare professional reduce the chance of a drug-disease interaction or adverse drug event. By evaluating high-risk medications, minimizing polypharmacy and following essential guidelines in geriatric medicine - safety and efficacy can be achieved.
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The Empathy Exams

Essays

by Leslie Jamison ...

From personal loss to phantom diseases, The Empathy Exams is a bold and brilliant collection, winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction PrizeA Publishers Weekly Top Ten Essay Collection of Spring 2014Beginning with her experience as a medical actor who was paid to act out symptoms for medical students to diagnose, Leslie Jamison's visceral and revealing essays ask essential questions about our basic ... Read more

$11.99 USD

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From personal loss to phantom diseases, The Empathy Exams is a bold and brilliant collection, winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction PrizeA Publishers Weekly Top Ten Essay Collection of Spring 2014Beginning with her experience as a medical actor who was paid to act out symptoms for medical students to diagnose, Leslie Jamison's visceral and revealing essays ask essential questions about our basic
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Mark My Words

Native Women Mapping Our Nations

by Mishuana Goeman ...

Series series First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies
Dominant history would have us believe that colonialism belongs to a previous era that has long come to an end. But as Native people become mobile, reservation lands become overcrowded and the state seeks to enforce means of containment, closing its borders to incoming, often indigenous, immigrants.In Mark My Words, Mishuana Goeman traces settler colonialism as an enduring form of gendered spatial ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Dominant history would have us believe that colonialism belongs to a previous era that has long come to an end. But as Native people become mobile, reservation lands become overcrowded and the state seeks to enforce means of containment, closing its borders to incoming, often indigenous, immigrants.In Mark My Words, Mishuana Goeman traces settler colonialism as an enduring form of gendered spatial
... Read more

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