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Learn the arcane yet effective art of pishing from a master. In this unique book and CD package, renowned birder Pete Dunne presents an illustrated workshop on how to attract birds by making precise and well-practiced hisses, whistles, chips, and squeals (along with some kisses and thumps) that almost guarantee spectacular success in the field. The text explains the hows, whys, and whens of 13 different pishes, including the basic pish, stutter pish, whisper pish, knockdown pish, screech-owl warble, sequential chip, and squeal. The soundtrack features audio demonstrations so you can compare your efforts to an expert’s. Together, this book and CD will send you well on your way to becoming a pisher extraordinaire. This first-ever how-to book on this time-proven technique features 13 pish explanations and audio demonstrations by Pete Dunne.
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The magnificent stands of old-growth trees that characterize the forests of western North America depend on periodic fires for their creation or survival. Deprived of that essential disturbance process eventually they die, leaving an overcrowded growth of smaller trees vulnerable to intense blazes and epidemics of insects and disease.

In Mimicking Nature's Fire, forest ecologists Stephen Arno and Carl Fiedler present practical solutions to the pervasive problem of deteriorating forest conditions in western North America. Advocating a new direction in forest management, they explore the promise of "restoration forestry" -- an ecologically based approach that seeks to establish forest structures in which fire can once again serve as a beneficial process rather than as a destructive aberration.

The book begins with an overview of fundamentals: why traditional forestry tried to exclude fire from forests, why that attempt failed, and why foresters and ecologists now recognize the need for management based on how natural ecosystems operate. Subsequent chapters consider: how fire's historic role provides a foundation for designing restoration strategies; why a hands-off approach will not return forests to their historical condition; how management goals influence the strategies used in restoration forestry.

The second part of the book presents case studies of restoration projects in the western United States and Canada, representing different forest types, different historic fire regimes, and contrasting management goals. For each project, the authors describe why and how the project is being conducted, profile forest conditions, and describe methods of treatment. They also report what has been accomplished, identify obstacles to restoration, and offer their candid but understanding evaluation. Mimicking Nature's Fire concludes by placing restoration forestry in the broad context of conserving forests worldwide and outlining factors critical for its success.

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Autoimmune and rheumatic diseases are two close allies. Differential diagnosis of both disease groups can be cumbersome since the clinical signs of rheumatic and infectious disorders are very similar. This book addresses the fact that infectious disease can either mimic or complicate rheumatic diseases. In the first part, cases of with standard rheumatic symptoms patients triggered by infections and differential diagnosis are presented. The second part is dedicated to the complications of rheumatic disease infections. Standard patient cases are presented as well as risk factors, clinical features and microbial spectra. Further chapters inform about the impact of anti-rheumatic and immunomodulatory drug therapies (incl. biological agents) on infectious risk, the specific aspects of vaccination during immunosuppressive therapy and issues about the infectious risk and chemoprophylaxis during orthopedic surgery. This book provides clinicians a detailed insight between rheumatic and infectious disease.

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This digital document is an article from Southern Medical Journal, published by Southern Medical Association on October 1, 2004. The length of the article is 668 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Acute cecal diverticulitis mimicking appendicitis in a 16-year-old female.(Section on Emergency Medicine)
Author: Antonio E. Muniz
Publication:Southern Medical Journal (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 2004
Publisher: Southern Medical Association
Volume: 97 Issue: 10 Page: S9(2)

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This digital document is an article from Southern Medical Journal, published by Southern Medical Association on October 1, 2004. The length of the article is 475 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: MED-4. Adult malrotation mimicking pancreatic pathology.(Section on Internal Medicine)
Author: Pavan Manchikalapati
Publication:Southern Medical Journal (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 2004
Publisher: Southern Medical Association
Volume: 97 Issue: 10 Page: S53(2)

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This digital document is a journal article from Analytica Chimica Acta, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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A miniaturised analytical system for separating and detecting a range of steroidal oestrogens, based on the coupling of a micromachined capillary electrophoresis chip with glassy-carbon electrode amperometric detector, is described. Factors influencing the on-chip separation utilising the technique micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC) and detection processes are optimised. The addition of modifiers such as organic solvents and surfactants improve separation and resolution of these hydrophobic compounds. Using a borate running buffer (5mM, pH 11) with 20% methanol and SDS (20mM) and a separation voltage of 2000V, baseline resolution is observed for 16-keto-17@b-oestradiol, oestriol, 11@b-hydroxyoestradiol, oestrone, and @b-oestradiol in 420s with limits of detection 16-84@mM. The implications for on-site environmental analysis are discussed. .
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This digital document is an article from Southern Medical Journal, published by Southern Medical Association on December 1, 2001. The length of the article is 1194 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: RHE3 Pulmonary histoplasmosis mimicking wegener's granulomatosis. (Rheumatology).(Brief Article)
Publication:Southern Medical Journal (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 2001
Publisher: Southern Medical Association
Volume: 94 Issue: 12 Page: S30(2)

Article Type: Brief Article

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This digital document is an article from American Journalism Review, published by University of Maryland on September 1, 1993. The length of the article is 786 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Local television news is following the tabloid method of reporting because it aims to titillate, not to inform its viewers. Programs such as '60 Minutes' and 'ABC's 'World News Tonight' are evidence for the possibility of good television news. Local television can follow such formats and produce segments that are optimistic and inspiring. Viewers will be happier with that than with the current senseless visuals and stories of violence and scandals. Local news teams, which have been down sized because of economic pressures, tend to go for easy news even when this has no relevance for the viewer.

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Title: Mimicking the worst. (Bad News, assessment of local television news)
Author: Patricia Stevens
Publication:American Journalism Review (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 1993
Publisher: University of Maryland
Volume: v15 Issue: n7 Page: p23(2)

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This digital document is an article from Science News, published by Science Service, Inc. on November 8, 2008. The length of the article is 2497 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Nicotine's new appeal: mimicking the addictive compound's action in the brain could lead to new drugs for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and schizophrenia.
Author: Laura Beil
Publication:Science News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 8, 2008
Publisher: Science Service, Inc.
Volume: 174 Issue: 10 Page: 28(5)

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This digital document is an article from Southern Medical Journal, published by Southern Medical Association on March 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1722 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Pernicious anemia: presentations mimicking acute leukemia.(Case Report)
Author: Cristi Aitelli
Publication:Southern Medical Journal (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2004
Publisher: Southern Medical Association
Volume: 97 Issue: 3 Page: 295(3)

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