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“…Each chapter of Children and Drug Safety engages with major turning points in pediatric drug development; themes of children's risk, rights, protection and the evolving context of childhood; child-rearing; and family life in ways freighted with nuances of race, class, and gender. Cynthia A. Connolly charts the numerous attempts by Congress, the Food and Drug Administration, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and leading pediatric pharmacologists, scientists, clinicians, and parents to address a situation that all found untenable…”

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“…Sara Dehkordi shows that these doctrines are being legitimized and legalized as part of a discursive practice and that the criminalization of lower-class members are part of that practice, not as random policing techniques of individual security forces, but as a technology of power that attends to the body, zooms in on it, screens it, and interrogates it…”

“…The book explores how Rotterdam is coming to terms with superdiversity, by an analysis of its migration history of the city, the composition of the migrant population and the Dutch working class population, local politics and by a comparison with Amsterdam and other cities. …”

“…Looking at equal rights across gender, race and ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation and gender identity, disability, social class, and migration status, the authors uncover which groups are increasingly guaranteed equal rights in constitutions, whether these rights on paper have been translated into practice, and which nations and protections from discrimination lag behind. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Rooke (Oxford University, UK) ; 3 Patriarchalism and the Qur'an / Asma Barlas (Ithaca College, USA) ; 4 Citizens but Second-Class: Women in Aristotle's Politics (384 to 322 B.C.E.) / Edith Hall (King's College, London, UK) -- The Middle Ages, Renaissance & Reformation. 5 Augustine's The City of God (5th century A.D.): Patriarchy, Pluralism, and the Creation of Man / Catherine Conybeare (Bryn Mawr College, USA) ; 6 Men, Women and Monsters: John Knox's First Blast of the Trumpet (1558) / Anne McLaren (University of Liverpool, UK) ; 7 Love and Order: William Gouge, Of Domesticall Duties (1622) / Karen Harvey (University of Sheffield, UK) -- The Early Modern Period. 8 Filmer's Patriarcha (1680): Absolute Power, Political Patriarchalism and Patriotic Language / Cesare Cuttica (The University of Paris VIII, France) ; 9 Patriarchy, Primogeniture and Prescription: Algernon Sidney's Discourses Concerning Government (1698) / Jonathan Scott (University of Auckland, New Zealand) ; 10 Locke's Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693): Fathers and Conversational Friendship / J. …”

“…Prandtl founded not only the Aerodynamic Research Institute (AVA) and the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Flow Research, two world-class research institutes, but also the so-called "Göttinger Schule", an unusually fruitful scientific way of thinking, characterized by a peculiar balance of physical and physical energy Intuition and mathematical accuracy distinguishes. …”

“…In addition to focusing on a certain time period or geographic area, each of the essays explores a particular commodity or class of commodities, following its trajectory from production, through exchange and distribution, to consumption. …”

“…Presenting rigorous and original research, this volume offers key insights into the historical, cultural, social, economic and political forces at play in the creation of world-class ICT innovations in Kenya. Following the arrival of fiber-optic cables in 2009, Digital Kenya examines why the initial entrepreneurial spirit and digital revolution has begun to falter despite support from motivated entrepreneurs, international investors, policy experts and others. …”

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“…Polymers are the largest and most versatile class of biomaterials, being extensively applied for therapeutic applications. …”

“….' - Tania Li, University of Toronto 'An important, insightful and compelling story of the alienation of Tamil Dalit plantation workers, the disjuncture between economic and social mobility, the production of stigma and the role of caste and class, the failure of unions alongside that of the state and corporations, the destru ction of labour organisation yet the possibility of finding resistance. …”

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“…Three different error analysis techniques are systematically developed from a common theoretical foundation: 1) modeling erros in individual elements; 2) discretization errors in the overall model; 3) point-wise errors in the final stress or strain results.Thoroughly class tested with undergraduate and graduate students. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…NotesChapter 2: Hedge Fund Asset ClassDefinitionHedge Fund StructureHedge Fund StrategiesAdvantages of Allocating to Hedge FundsHedge Fund Size Impacts PerformancePart Two: Hedge Fund Due DiligenceChapter 3: Due Diligence ProcessKey Areas of Focus within each Component of Due DiligenceThe Due Diligence Process Highlighted in this BookPutting it all TogetherSome Initial ThoughtsChapter 4: Initial Data CollectionData CollectionDue Diligence Questionnaire (DDQ)Fictional Capital ManagementOther MaterialsFurther Analysis13F AnalysisHedge Fund JournalChapter 5: Initial InterviewInitial Call or MeetingPhone InterviewsMeeting NotesChapter 6: Quantitative AnalysisPerformance MeasuresAbsolute Return MeasuresAbsolute Risk MeasuresRegression Based StatisticsPeer Group AnalysisChapter 7: Portfolio AnalysisAttribution AnalysisFundamental AnalysisEvaluating Portfolio DataChapter 8: Onsite InterviewsOnsite Meeting StrategiesOne-on-One MeetingsMeeting with More than One PersonDifferent PerspectivesMeeting NotesOnsite Interviews at Fictional Capital Management (FCM)Chapter 9: Operational Due DiligenceCase Study: Bayou FundDefinitionImportance of Operational Due DiligenceCategorization of Operational Due DiligenceInterview with FCM Operational StaffNotesChapter 10: Risk Due DiligenceGraphical Depiction of Hedge Fund RisksRisk Due DiligenceFactor Decomposition AnalysisInterview with FCM Risk managerNotesChapter 11: Reference and Background ChecksOnlist and Offlist ReferencesInternet and Social MediaContacting ReferencesProblematic ReferencesWhose References should you Check?…”

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