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Masters of the Structural Aesthetic by Thomas, Derek

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Elemental Determinants -- Aesthetic Appreciation and Symbolism -- Context and sense of place -- Patronage and ethics -- Historical Eras -- Modern Era.- Religion and Secular practices.…”
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Eastern Asian Population History and Contemporary Population Issues by Suzuki, Toru

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Reimagining Innovation in Humanitarian Medicine Engineering Care to Improve Health and Welfare / by Ramadurai, Krish W., Bhatia, Sujata K.

Table of Contents: “…-- Disparities of Healthcare Services in Conflict Areas -- Humanitarian Innovation and Frugal Engineering: A Social Perspective -- Humanitarian Innovation and Medicine: Defining the Innovation Process -- Adapting Innovation Sub-Types in Humanitarian Medicine: Turning the Unconventional into Conventional -- Frugal Innovation Sub-Types in Health and Medicine -- Contextualized Adaptations -- Bottom-Up -- Lean Tools and Techniques -- Opportunistic Solutions -- Disruptive Innovation: The Real Meaning -- Open and Reverse Innovation + Crowdsourcing and Wikicapital: The Future of Creative Problem-Solving -- Frugal Medical Technologies and Adaptive Solutions: Field-Based Applications -- Enhancing the Interventional Capacity of Humanitarian Practitioners, Community Health Workers, and Crisis-Stricken Communities -- Scaling Adaptive Solutions in the Humanitarian Field -- Surgical Care and Prosthetics -- Neonatal and Maternal Conditions -- Infectious Diseases -- Disruptive Technologies and Innovations in Aid and Disaster Relief: An Integrative Approach -- Data Collection and Crisis Management: Crowdsourced Crisis Mapping -- Robotics and Wearable Technology -- mHealth, Telehealth, and Blockchain -- Humanitarian Innovation in the Modern Era: Ending Human Suffering -- Reworking Knowledge Transfer in the Humanitarian Ecosystem: Empowering Conflict Victim and Refugee Innovation -- The Future of Humanitarian Medicine and Creative Problem-Solving.…”
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The challenge of progress : theory between critique and ideology /

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Shifting Forms of Continental Colonialism Unfinished Struggles and Tensions /

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Essays on the History of Mechanical Engineering

Table of Contents: “…More than a Century of History of Technology, by Riccardo Monastero, Giuseppe Genchi -- 13 History of the Trains Used on the Spanish Railway Line Madrid - Almorox, by Daniel Fernández Caballero, Víctor Rodríguez de la Cruz, Julián Martín Jarillo, Manuel Esperón Mínguez -- 14 Airship - The American Dream by Quirico Filopanti, 1851, Pier Gabriele Molari --  Section IV: Human Inventiveness for Mechanical and Scientific Devices -- 15 Archimedes' Screw in the Four Books "De Cochlea" by Guido Ubaldo del Monte [Santa Maria] - Venice - 1615: the Engineering and the Language, by Elena Magnini, Pier Gabriele Molari -- 16 On the Birth and Growth ofPendulum Clocks in the Early Modern Era, by Francesco Sorge, Marco Cammalleri, Giuseppe Genchi -- 17 Machine Designs and Drawings in Renaissance Editions of De Architectura by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, by Michela Cigola, Marco Ceccarelli -- 18 Trompes or Water Bellows. …”
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