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Africa's lions : growth traps and opportunities for six African economies / Growth traps and opportunities for six African economies

Table of Contents: “…The pursuit of long-run economic growth in Africa : an overview of key challenges / Haroon Bhorat and Finn Tarp -- Ethiopia : an agrarian economy in transition / Yared Seid and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse -- Understanding Ghana's success growth story and job creation concerns / Ernest Aryeetey and William Baah-Boateng -- Economic growth, labor market dynamics and the prospects for a demographic dividend in Kenya / Mwangi S. …”
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The first thousand years : a global history of Christianity by Wilken, Robert Louis, 1936-

Table of Contents: “…Beginning in Jerusalem -- Ephesus, Rome, and Edessa : the spread of Christianity -- The making of a Christian community -- Divisions within -- Constructing a catacomb -- A learned faith : Origen of Alexandria -- Persecution : Cyprian of Carthage -- A Christian emperor : Constantine -- The Council of Nicaea and the Christian creed -- Monasticism -- A Christian Jerusalem -- Emperor Julian, the Jews, and Christians -- Bishop and Emperor : Ambrose and Theodosius -- Architecture and art -- Music and worship -- The sick, the aged, and the poor : the birth of hospitals -- The bishop of Rome as pope -- An ordered Christian society : canon law -- Augustine of Hippo -- The great controversy over Christ -- Egypt and the Copts; Nubia -- African Zion : Ethiopia -- Syriac-speaking Christians : the Church of the East -- Armenia and Georgia -- Central Asia, China, and India -- A Christian empire : Justinian -- New beginnings in the West -- Latin Christianity spreads north -- The SACKING of Jerusalem : more controversy over Christ -- No God but God : the rise of Islam -- Images and the making of Byzantium -- Arabic-speaking Christians -- Christians under Islam : Egypt and North Africa -- Christians under Islam : Spain -- An emperor in the West : Charlemagne -- Christianity among the Slavs.…”
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Economic and political reform in Africa : anthropological perspectives by Little, Peter D.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : what it means to be "reformed" -- "They think we can manufacture crops" : contract farming and the nontraditional commodity business -- "Everybody is a petty trader" : peri-urban trade in postconflict Maputo, Mozambique -- "We now milk elephants" : the community conservation business in rural Kenya -- "They are beating us over the head with democracy" : multiparty elections in rural Kenya -- "The government is always telling us what to think" : narratives of food aid dependence in rural Ethiopia -- "Counting the poor" : the politics of pastoralist poverty assessments in Kenya -- "A sort of free business" : hyper-liberalization and Somali transnationalism -- Conclusions : rethinking encounters and reformist narratives.…”
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Being Israeli : the dynamics of multiple citizenship by Shafir, Gershon

Table of Contents: “…Immigrants from the FSU and Ethiopia and overseas labor migrants.…”
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Gringa : a Contradictory Girlhood. by Hart, Melissa

Table of Contents: “…Preliminaries; 1 Salida; 2 Impossible Dream; 3 Chimichangas; 4 The Acorn; 5 Bluebird of Happiness; 6 The Squeaky Animal Hat Club; 7 The Match; 8 Ethiopia; 9 Trapped White Space; 10 Young Americans; 11 No Va; 12 Cream of the Crop; 13 6.9; 14 Trials and Tribulationsof Trailer Trash; 15 O, Christmas Tree; 16 Citizens of the World.…”
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Gender and Social Protection in the Developing World : Beyond Mothers and Safety Nets by Holmes, Rebecca (Rebecca Elizabeth)

Table of Contents: “…Box 1.3 Gender-related policy and legislation implications for social protection2 The gendered patterning of vulnerability, risk and resilience; Introduction; Economic vulnerabilities and risks; Box 2.1 Poverty and vulnerability as a gendered experience; Personal Narrative 2.1: Tamenu's experience of multilayered shocks in southern Ethiopia; Figure 2.1 Asset distribution among women's marital and natal families; Social vulnerabilities and risks; Table 2.1 Worsening sex ratios at birth over time.…”
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Light manufacturing in Africa : targeted policies to enhance private investment and dreate jobs

Table of Contents: “…Identifying the potential, easing the constraints -- Chapter 8. Ethiopia as exemplar.…”
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The land and maritime boundary disputes of Africa by Guo, Rongxing

Table of Contents: “…CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-CAMEROON-CONGO TRIPOINTCENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-CHAD-SUDAN TRIPOINT; CEUTA; CHAD-CAMEROON-CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC TRIPOINT; CHAD-CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-SUDAN TRIPOINT; CHAD, LAKE; CHAD-LIBYA BOUNDARY; CHAD-NIGER-NIGERIA TRIPOINT; CHAFARINAS ISLANDS; CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO; CHOBE RIVER; CONGO-CAMEROON-CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC TRIPOINT; CONGO RIVER; CONGO (DR)-ANGOLA-ZAMBIA TRIPOINT; CONGO (DR)-BURUNDI-TANZANIA TRIPOINT; CONGO (DR)-TANZANIA-ZAMBIA TRIPOINT; CORISCO BAY; DIEGO GARCIA ISLAND; EGYPT-SUDAN BOUNDARY; ERITREA-ETHIOPIA BOUNDARY; ETHIOPIA-ERITREA BOUNDARY.…”
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Encyclopedia of race and racism

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Islam and gender in colonial northeast Africa : Sitti 'Alawiyya, the uncrowned queen by Bruzzi, Silvia

Table of Contents: “…Islamic renewal movements, colonial occupation, and the 'atmiyya in the Red Sea region -- Sufis at the crossroads : regional conflicts and colonial penetration -- Sufis, gender and leadership -- Fragmented, (in)visible and (un)told stories -- Sufi women's "fantasy", performances and fashion -- Growing visibility in the political arena -- Marvels, charisma and modernity -- Military bodies : askaris, officials and "the female warrior" -- A feminine icon of Muslim 'emancipation' for the conquest of Ethiopia (1936-1941) -- Conclusion: Sufi memories.…”
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Adaptation, poverty and development : the dynamics of subjective well-being

Table of Contents: “…Neff -- PART III: ADAPTATION AND DEVELOPMENT: SPECIFIC ISSUES -- Subjective Well-being, Disability and Adaptation: A Case Study from Rural Ethiopia; M. Fafchamps & B. Kebede -- Adaptation of the Rural Working Class in India: A Case Study of Migrant Workers; B. …”
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Legal encounters on the medieval globe

Table of Contents: “…OFFNER -- The Future of Aztec Law; SUSAN ELIZABETH RAMÍREZ -- Land and Tenure in Early Colonial Peru: Individualizing the Sapci, "That Which is Common to All"; HABTAMU MENGISTIE TEGEGNE -- The Edict of King Gälawdéwos against the Illegal Slave Trade in Christians: Ethiopia, 1548; PATRICIA SKINNER -- Mutilation and the Law in Early Medieval Europe and India: A Comparative Study; LAUREL ANN WILSON -- Common Threads: A Reappraisal of Medieval European Sumptuary Law…”
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The Economics of Managing Crop Diversity On-farm : Case studies from the Genetic Resources Policy Initiative. by Wale, Edilegnaw

Table of Contents: “…Contents; Contributors; Preface; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Part 1 Setting the Scene; Chapter 1 Introduction: Setting the Scene for GRPI Economics; Part 2 Variety Trait Preferences and On-farm Conservation Policy; Chapter 2 Economic Analysis of Ethiopian Farmers' Preferences for Crop Variety Attributes: A Choice Experiment Approach; Chapter 3 Valuation of Rice Diversity in Nepal: A Trait-based Approach; Chapter 4 Farmers' Perceptions on Replacement and Loss of Traditional Crop Varieties: Examples from Ethiopia and Implications.…”
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Negro with a Hat : the Rise and Fall of Marcus Garvey. by Grant, Colin

Table of Contents: “…List of Illustrations; Prologue: A Premature Death; 1 Bury the Dead and Take Care of the Living; 2 Almost an Englishman; 3 In the Company of Negroes; 4 An Ebony Orator in Harlem; 5 No Flag but the Stars and Stripes -- and Possibly the Union Jack; 6 If We Must Die; 7 How to Manufacture a Traitor; 8 Harlem Speaks for Scattered Ethiopia; 9 Flyin' Home on the Black Star Line; 10 A Star in the Storm; 11 He Who Plays the King; 12 Last Stop Liberia; 13 Not to Mention His Colour; 14 Behold the Demagogue or Misunderstood Messiah; 15 Caging the Tiger; 16 Into the Furnace; 17 Silence Mr Garvey.…”
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Putting children first : new frontiers in the fight against child poverty in Africa

Table of Contents: “…CHAPTER 10: Physical and Virtual Mobility for Youth Employment in Malawi: Reflections on Findings from Two Research ProjectsCHAPTER 11: Disentangling Urban Adolescents' Vulnerability to Age- and Gender-Based Violence through a Capability Lens in Ethiopia and Rwanda; CHAPTER 12: Social Connectedness and Youth Transitions: Reflections on a South African Programme; CONCLUSION; AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES…”
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Small states in the international system : at peace and at war by Jesse, Neal G., 1967-, Dreyer, John R.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter One: Small States as Distinct Units of Analysis and as Different than Large and Middle Powers -- Chapter Two: Realism and Small States in the International System -- Chapter Three: Non-Structural Factors of Foreign Policy: Domestic Factors and Social Constructivism -- Chapter Four: Switzerland, 1815-Present: Small State in the Middle of a Multipolar Regional Power Structure -- Chapter Five: Ireland, 1920-present: A Singular Stance for Nearly a Century -- Chapter Six: Small European Buffer States in Two World Wars -- Chapter Seven: Finland, 1939-1945: A Small State Resists Aggression -- Chapter Eight: The Third Indo-China War, 1979 -- Chapter Nine: The Ogaden War 1977-1978, Ethiopia vs. Somalia -- Chapter Ten: The Chaco War, 1932-1935: Paraguay vs. …”
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Globalizing education for work : comparative perspectives on gender and the new economy

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Contributors; 1 Globalizing Education for Work: An Introduction; 2 Education and Work as Human Rights for Women: A Feminist Analysis; 3 Working-Class Masculinities and Schooling: New Considerations for Vocational Education; 4 Defying the Grip of Globalization: Brazilian Women's Employment and Education for Work; 5 Preparation for (In)equality: Women in South Korean Vocational Education; 6 Poverty and Powerlessness in Ethiopia: Shaping Gender Equity Through Technical, Vocational Education, and Training.…”
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Great Desert Explorers by Goudie, Andrew

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- The Explorers -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Arabia, the Middle East and Iran -- Chapter 2 South America -- Chapter 3 Australia -- Chapter 4 China and Central Asia -- Chapter 5 Ethiopia and Eritrea -- Chapter 6 India and Pakistan -- Chapter 7 Libya and Egypt -- Chapter 8 Southern Africa -- Chapter 9 North America -- Chapter 10 North Africa -- Bibliography -- Index…”
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Participating in development : approaches to indigenous knowledge

Table of Contents: “…; Beyond the cognitive paradigm: majority knowledges and local discourses in a non-Western donor society; Ethnotheory, ethnopraxis: ethnodevelopment in the Oromia regional state of Ethiopia; Canadian First Nations' experiences with international development; Globalizing indigenous knowledge.…”
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Remittance markets in Africa

Table of Contents: “…Burkina Faso / Yiriyibin Bambio -- Cape Verde / Georgiana Pop -- Ethiopia / Alemayehu Geda and Jacqueline Irving -- Ghana / Peter Quartey -- Kenya / Rose Ngugi -- Nigeria / Chukwuma Agu -- Senegal / Fatou Cisse -- Uganda / Rose Ngugi. …”
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Defunct federalisms : critical perspectives on federal failure

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; 1 Approaching the Phenomenon of Federal Failure; 2 Dwelling Separately: The Federation of the West Indies and the Challenge of Insularity; 3 The Pyrrhic Victory of Unitary Statehood: A Comparative Analysis of the Failed Federal Experiments in Ethiopia and Indonesia; 4 Partnership and Paternalism: The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953-1963); 5 The Games Elites Play: Notes towards an Elite-Focused Understanding of the Failure of the Federal Republic of Cameroon (1961-1972).…”
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Where our food comes from : retracing Nikolay Vavilov's quest to end famine / Retracing Nikolay Vavilov's quest to end famine by Nabhan, Gary Paul

Table of Contents: “…The art museum and the seed bank -- The hunger artist and the horn of plenty -- Melting glaciers and waves of grain: the Pamirs -- Drought and the decline of variety: the Po Valley -- From breadbasket to basket case: the Levant -- Date palm oases and desert crops: the Maghreb -- Finding food in famine's wake: Ethiopia -- Apples and boomtown growth: Kazakhstan -- Rediscovering America and surviving the Dust Bowl: the U.S. …”
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Musical World of Halim El-Dabh. by Seachrist, Denise

Table of Contents: “…Egypt, New York, and Ethiopia; 5. Greece, Germany, and Washington, D.C.; 6. …”
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African theatre for development : art for self-determination / African theater for development

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Preliminaries; Contents; Introduction; 1: Neither 'Fixed Masterpiece' nor 'Popular Distraction': voice, transformation and encounter in Theatre for Development; 2: Product or Process: Theatre for Development in Africa; 3: Didactic Showmen: Theatre for Development in Contemporary South Africa; 4: Post-Colonial Theatre for Development in Algeria: Kateb Yacine's early experience; 5: Uses and Abuses of Theatre for Development: political struggle and development theatre in the Ethiopia -- Eritrea war; 6: Satires in Theatre for Development Practice in Tanzania.…”
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Black Liberation : a Comparative History of Black Ideologies in the United States and South Africa. by Fredrickson, George M., 1934-2008

Table of Contents: “…"Palladium of the People's Liberties": The Suffrage Question and the Origins of Black Protest; 2. "Ethiopia Shall Stretch Forth Her Hands": Black Christianity and the Politics of Liberation; 3. …”
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Human rights in context : between bombs and good intentions. by Baudendistel, Rainer

Table of Contents: “…Between bombs and good intentions; contents; foreword; preface; introduction; 1. switzerland, the icrc and the red cross movement at the time of the italo-ethiopian war; 2. an african solferino: the emergency medical relief operation in ethiopia; 3. red cross work challenged: the respect of the emblem; 4. the heart of the matter: ensuring the protection of the emblem; 5. prisoners of war: propaganda prevails over reality; 6. …”
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Designing to heal / Planning and urban design response to disaster and conflict by Donovan, Jenny (Urban designer)

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The high cost of living --Recovering from disaster -- Sixteen acres in Manhattan -- Rebuilding political, social and human capital on Montserrat -- Building bridges out of flags, murals, a prison and a shopping centre in Belfast -- Providing hope for children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- Giving new meaning to a tsunami-devastated beach, Hambantota, Sri Lanka -- Loss and identity, rebuilding communities and buildings after the Victorian bushfires -- Designing to heal -- The characteristics of places that are designed to heal.…”
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Quest for Eastern Christians : Travels and Rumor in the Age of Discovery. by Rogers, Francis M.

Table of Contents: “…I: Medieval Background: Western Travelers and Eastern Christians; II: Christians from Beyond Islam and the Council of Florence; III: The Council of Florence and the Portuguese Princes; IV: Early Latin Chapbooks and the Christians of the Indies; V: The Christians of Ethiopia and India in Vernacular Verse; VI: Portugal, Prester John, and the Christians of St. …”
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Negotiating statehood : dynamics of power and domination in Africa

Table of Contents: “…The Spectre of Liberation, Memory Politics and 'War Veterans' in Namibia; 4 Federal Restructuring in Ethiopia: Renegotiating Identity and Borders along the Oromo-Somali Ethnic Frontiers; 5 Facing Up to the Centre: The Emergence of Regional Elite Associations in Angola's Political Transition Process.…”
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Microsporidiosis by Gideon Informatics, Inc

Table of Contents: “…Microsporidiosis; Epidemiology; Agent; Reservoir; Vector; Vehicle; Incubation Period; Diagnostic Tests; Typical Adult Therapy; Typical Pediatric Therapy; Clinical Hints; Synonyms; Clinical; References; The World; References; Australia; References; Austria; References; Brazil; References; Cameroon; References; The Canary Islands; References; Central African Republic; References; China; References; Colombia; References; The Czech Republic; References; The Democratic Republic of Congo; References; Denmark; Egypt; References; Ethiopia; References; France; References; Gabon; References; Germany.…”
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Deadly Developments : Capitalism, States and War. by Reyna, Stephen P.

Table of Contents: “…Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Introduction to the Series; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE The Force of Two Logics; TWO Colonialism and the Efflorescence of Warfare; THREE Insurrection in the Texas Mexican Borderlands; FOUR War in Uganda: North and South; FIVE Warf are in the Lower Omo Valley, Southwestern Ethiopia; SIX Requiem for the Rational War; SEVEN The Politics of Ethnic Conflict in a Transboundary Context, the Senegal River Valley; EIGHT Ethnicity and Land Tenure in the Sahel; NINE Detour onto the Shining Path; Index.…”
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Financial Services in Africa. by Daniel Makina, John Kuada

Table of Contents: “…; Account ownership and use of financial services among individuals ; Predicting user continuance intention towards M-pesa in Kenya ; Does access to credit improve household welfare? Evidence from Ethiopia using endogenous regime switching regression ; African innovations in harnessing farmer assets as collateral ; Macroeconomic determinants of interest rate spreads in Ghana ; Foreign exchange markets and the purchasing power parity theory…”
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The specter of genocide : mass murder in historical perspective

Table of Contents: “…"When the world turned to chaos": 1965 and its aftermath in Bali, Indonesia / Leslie Dwyer and Degung Santikarma -- Genocide in Cambodia and Ethiopia / Edward Kissi -- Modern genocide in Rwanda: ideology, revolution, war, and mass murder in an African state / Robert Melson -- History, motive, law, intent: combining historical and legal methods in understanding Guatemala's 1981-1983 genocide / Greg Grandin -- Analysis of a mass crime: ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia, 1991-1999 / Jacques Semelin -- Conclusions. …”
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The Wiley International Handbook of Educational Foundations. by Canestrari, Alan

Table of Contents: “…New Minorities, New Claims: Pragmatic Adaptations and New Risks in the Education SystemConclusion; References; Chapter 8 The Move Towards Inclusive Education in Ethiopia; Background; What is Inclusive Education?; Rationale for Inclusion; "Inclusive Education" in Ethiopia; Legal and Policy Background; Education and Training Policy and its Implementation; The Move from Segregation to Inclusion and the Challenges; Concluding Remarks; References; PART III Challenging the Profession; Chapter 9 Teacher Education in an Audit Culture; References.…”
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The History of Christianity The Early Church to the Reformation. by Hill, Jonathan

Table of Contents: “…Nestorians in Indonesia -- The Coming of Islam -- The Church of the East under Islam -- Nubia in the Age of Islam -- Ethiopia in the Age of Islam -- New Dynasties, New Wars -- The Sabbatarian Controversy -- 5. …”
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Inside poverty and development in Africa : critical reflections on pro-poor policies

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : inside poverty and development in Africa / Marcel Rutten & André Leliveld -- Natural resource management and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa / Philip Woodhouse -- Confusing counts, correlates and causes of poverty : a study of the PRSP in Lesotho / Deborah Johnston & John Sender -- Why De Soto's ideas might triumph everywhere but in Kenya : a review of land-tenure policies among Maasai pastoralists / Marcel Rutten -- Political instability, chronic poverty and food production systems in central Chad / Han van Dijk -- Promises of economic development in the Great Limpopo, Southern Africa : networks and partnerships in transfrontier conservation / Marja Spierenburg, Conrad Steenkamp & Harry Wels -- The social security function of land in Mbarara District in Uganda / André Leliveld -- Intra-household differences in coping with illness in rural Ethiopia / Marleen Dekker -- Urban agriculture and the urban poor : does policy matter? …”
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Legalising land rights : local practices, state responses and tenure security in Africa, Asia and Latin America

Table of Contents: “…Peasants and agrarian reforms: The unfinished quest for secure land rights in Ethiopia; 3. Land rights and tenure security: Rural land registration in Ethiopia; 4. …”
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Who killed Hammarskjold? : the UN, the cold War and White Supremacy in Africa by Williams, Susan

Table of Contents: “…Zambia, 2009 -- Big business, intelligence and Britain -- An American intelligence officer: Cyprus, 1961 -- High frequency: Ethiopia, 1961 -- The French connection -- The hijack hypotheses -- Aerial warfare -- "Operation Celeste" -- Mercenaries under apartheid -- Private and military -- Secrets and lies.…”
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Nocardiosis by Gideon Informatics, Inc

Table of Contents: “…Nocardiosis; Epidemiology; Agent; Reservoir; Vector; Vehicle; Incubation Period; Diagnostic Tests; Typical Adult Therapy; Typical Pediatric Therapy; Clinical Hints; Synonyms; Clinical; References; The World; References; The Bahamas; References; Brazil; References; Chad; References; Egypt; References; Ethiopia; References; France; References; Greece; References; Iran; References; Israel; References; Italy; References; Japan; References; Kuwait; References; Saudi Arabia; References; South Africa; References; Switzerland; References; Taiwan; References; Thailand; References; The United Kingdom.…”
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Educating health professionals in low-resource countries : a global approach

Table of Contents: “…-- Theories and research supporting active teaching learning strategies -- Understanding the learner -- Teaching in classroom settings -- Tools for teaching -- Interactive group learning : the use of case studies, role play, simulations, problem-based learning, and service-learning -- Teaching in a clinical setting -- Evaluation and assessment -- The teacher as leader, role model, and mentor -- Training health care professionals in low-resource environments : applying active teaching learning strategies in Ethiopia.…”
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