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Blacked out : government secrecy in the information age

Obrazy
Autor
Alasdair Roberts
Place of publication
Cambridge
Publication date
2006
Table of Contents

Acknowledgements . . ix
1 The Glass Case . . 1

I CONTEXT
2 Secrecy and Security . . 27
3 Regime Change . . 51
4 Message Discipline . . 82
5 Soft States . . 107

II STRUCTURE
6 Opaque Networks . . 127
7 The Corporate Veil . . 150
8 Remote Control . . 171

III TECHNOLOGY
9 Liquid Paper . . 199

IV CONCLUSION
10 The End of the Story? . . 231

Notes . . 239
Index . . 303

La scatola nera : appunti di tossicologia per la valutazione del rischio chimico

Obrazy
Autor
Giovanna Cornelio
Place of publication
Trieste
Publication date
2009
Table of Contents

Prefazione . . 11

INTRODUZIONE: E PRINCIPI GENERALI
Introduzione . . 17
1. I prìncipi generali dell'analisi del rischio chimico . . 22
2. Principi di tossicologia generale . . 28

PARTE I: TOSSICOLOGIA GENERALE
3. Cinetica, le leggi generali . . 37
4. Cinetica, l'assorbimento . . 48
5. Cinetica, la distribuzione . . 61
6. Cinetica, la biotrasformazione . . 67
7. Cinetica, l'eliminazione . . 75
8. La tossicodinamica, dose ed effetto . . 82
9. Tossicodinamica, l'interazione xenobiotico-organismo . . 101
10. Tossicodinamina, tossici con soglia e senza soglia . . 130

PARTE II: IL RISK ASSESSMENT
11. Il processo di definizione del rischio nella pratica lavorativa. L'identificazione dei pericoli . . 153
12. L'identificazione del pericolo e la doserisposta nella pratica del risk Assessment - Le fonti di informazione previste dalle norme . . 170
13. L'identificazione del pericolo e la doserisposta nella pratica del risk Assessment - Le fonti di informazione delle banche dati on-line . . 200
14. La quantificazione dell'esposizione. Le variabili legate al processo di lavoro . . 217
15. La quantificazione dell'esposizione. Le variabili legate al rapporto uomoambiente e le misure sull'uomo, ovvero il monitoraggio biologico . . 230
16. La definizione del rischio: la scelta dei valori di confronto . . 253

CONCLUSIONE: OLTRE LA TOSSICOLOGIA
17. Oltre il risk assessment. Il principio di precauzione . . 271

APPENDICI
A - Unit Risk e Slope Factor, OEHHA 2007 . . 287
B - REACH, indice . . 297
C - Frasi di rischio e consigli di prudenza . . 300
D - II Regolamento n. 1272/2008 (CLP) . . 306

Wind energy - the facts : a guide to the technology, economics and future of wind power

Obrazy
Place of publication
London

Publisher

Publication date
2009
Table of Contents

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations . . xvii
Acknowledgements . . xix
Foreword . . xxi
EWEA Foreword . . xxiii

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY . . 1
Part I: Technology . . 4
Part II: Grid Integration . . 8
Part III: The Economics of Wind Power . . 13
Part IV: Industry and Markets . . 19
Part V: Environment . . 24
Part VI: Scenarios and Targets . . 26

PART I: TECHNOLOGY . . 29
Chapter 1.1: Introduction . . 31
Chapter I.2: Wind Resource Estimation . . 32
Chapter I.3: Wind Turbine Technology . . 63
Chapter I.4: Wind Farm Design . . 94
Chapter I.5: Offshore . . 107
Chapter I.6: Small Wind Turbines . . 125
Chapter I.7: Research and Development . . 139
Part I Notes . . 151

PART II: GRID INTEGRATION . . 153
Chapter II.1: Setting the Scene . . 155
Chapter II.2: Wind Power Variability and Impacts on Power Systems . . 158
Chapter II.3: Design and Operation of European Power Systems with Large Amounts of Wind Power . . 167
Chapter II.4: Grid Infrastructure Upgrade for Large-Scale Integration . . 173
Chapter II.5: Grid Connection Requirements . . 181
Chapter II.6: Wind Power's Contribution to System Adequacy . . 186
Chapter II.7: Economic Aspects: Integration Costs and Benefits . . 190
Part II Notes . . 196

PART III: THE ECONOMICS OF WIND POWER . . 197
Part III Introduction . . 199
Chapter III.1: Cost of On-Land Wind Power . . 200
Chapter III.2: Offshore Developments . . 212
Chapter III.3: Project Financing . . 221
Chapter III.4: Prices and Support Mechanisms . . 226
Chapter III.5: Wind Power on the Spot Market . . 239
Chapter III.6: Wind Power Compared to Conventional Power Generation . . 248
Chapter III.7: Employment . . 251
Part III Notes . . 258

PART IV: INDUSTRY AND MARKETS . . 259
Part IV Introduction . . 261
Chapter IV.1: Wind in the European Power Market . . 262
Chapter IV.2: European Market Overview . . 268
Chapter IV.3: Industry Actors and Investment Trends . . 279
Chapter IV.4: Global Wind Energy Markets . . 289
Chapter IV.5: Administrative and Grid Access Barriers: An Analysis of Existing EU Studies in the Field . . 298
Part IV Notes . . 305

PART V: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES . . 307
Part V Introduction . . 309
Chapter V.1: Environmental Benefits . . 311
Chapter V.2: Environmental Impacts . . 328
Chapter V.3: Policy Measures to Combat Climate Change . . 348
Chapter V.4: Externalities and Wind Compared to Other Techologies . . 365
Chapter V.5: Environmental Benefits of Wind Energy in Comparison to Remaining Electricity Generation Technologies . . 377
Chapter V.6: Social Acceptance of Wind Energy and Wind Farms . . 399
Part V Notes . . 411

PART VI: SCENARIOS AND TARGETS . . 413
Part VI Introduction . . 415
Chapter VI.1: Scenarios for the EU-27 . . 417
Chapter VI.2: Projecting Targets for the EU-27 up to 2030 . . 419
Chapter VI.3: Contribution of Wind Power to Electricity Generation and Generation Capacity in the EU-27 . . 425
Chapter VI.4: Costs and Benefits of Wind Development in the EU-27 . . 432
Chapter VI.5: Global Scenarios . . 439
Chapter VI.6: The 'Global Wind Energy Outlook' Scenarios . . 444
Part VI Notes . . 450

APPENDICES . . 451
Appendix A: Onshore Wind Maps . . 452
Appendix B: Offshore Wind Speeds Modelled in 'Study of Offshore Wind Energy in the EC' . . 462
Appendix C: Worked Example for Culliagh Wind Farm, Ireland . . 469
Appendix D: Detailed Description of Correlation Techniques . . 483
Appendix E: SWT Manufacturers and Their Models . . 485
Appendix F: Current National and European R&D . . 489
Appendix G: Transmission Systems in Europe . . 500
Appendix H: Basics Concerning the Operation and Balancing of Power Systems . . 501
Appendix I: Detailed Country Reports . . 504
Appendix J: Studies on Employment Creation in the Wind Energy Sector . . 526

Glossary . . 529
References . . 541
Index . . 557

Doing research on crime and justice

Obrazy
Autor
ed. by Roy D. King and Emma Wincup
Place of publication
Oxford
Publication date
2008
Table of Contents

Preface to the second edition . . vii
Preface to the first edition . . ix
Notes on Contributors . . xxiii
List of tables . . xxv
List of figures . . xxvii
Introduction . . 1

PART I PRACTICE AND POLITICS IN CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH
1 The process of criminological research . . 13
2 The politics of criminological research . . 45

PART II THEORY, DATA, AND TYPES OF CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH
3 The relationship between theory and empirical observations in criminology . . 75
4 In search of causes and explanations of crime . . 117
5 Doing evaluation research in criminology . . 141
6 Doing criminological research in ethnically and culturally diverse contexts . . 171
7 International comparative research in criminology . . 199

PART III RESEARCH ON CRIME, CRIMINALS, AND VICTIMS
8 Researching the state of crime . . 231
9 Researching 'street criminals' in the fielcha neglected art? . . 263
10 Mission impossible? Researching organized crime . . 291
11 Researching victims . . 315

PART IV RESEARCH ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS
12 Police research . . 343
13 Research on the criminal courts . . 375
14 Research on community penalties . . 399
15 Doing research in prisons . . 431

PART V SOME RECENT CASE STUDIES
16 Cybercrime and online methodologies . . 455
17 Ethnographic research and the licensing courts . . 473
18 An embedded multimethod approach to prison research . . 487
19 Researching bullying in the classroom . . 501

Index . . 515

Visual and written culture in ancient Egypt

Obrazy
Autor
John Baines
Place of publication
Oxford
Publication date
2009
Table of Contents

List of figures . . x
Conventions . . xv
Chronological table . . xvi
Map . . xvii

PROLOGUE
1 Visual, written, decorum . . 3

WRITTEN CULTURE
2 Literacy and ancient Egyptian society . . 33
3 Four notes on literacy . . 63
4 Literacy, social organization, and the archaeological record: the case of early Egypt . . 95
5 Writing and society in early Egypt . . 117
6 Orality and literacy. Appendix: Updates to Chapters 2-5; comparative studies . . 170
7 Ancient Egyptian concepts and uses of the past: third to second millennium evidence . . 179

VISUAL CULTURE
8 Introductory note . . 205
9 Theories and universals of representation: Heinrich Schafer and Egyptian art . . 207
10 Schafer's mottoes and the understanding of representation . . 236
11 Colour terminology and colour classification: ancient Egyptian colour terminology and polychromy . . 240
12 Stone and other materials: usages and values . . 263
13 Communication and display: the integration of early Egyptian art and writing . . 281
14 On the status and purposes of ancient Egyptian art . . 298

References . . 338
Index . . 407

A better pencil : readers, writers and the digital revolution

Obrazy
Autor
Dennis Baron
Place of publication
Oxford
Publication date
2009
Table of Contents

Preface: Technologies of the Word . . ix

1. Writing It Down . . 3
2. TeknoFear . . 19
3. Thoreau's Pencil . . 33
4. National Handwriting Day . . 49
5. Writing on Clay . . 71
6. When WordStar Was King . . 91
7. Trusting the Text . . 113
8. Writing on Screen . . 135
9. Everyone's an Author . . 157
10. A Space of One's Own . . 183
11. The Dark Side of the Web . . 207
12. From Pencils to Pixels . . 227

Works Cited . . 247
Index . . 255

Facilitating the future? : US aid, European integration and Irish industrial viability, 1948-73

Obrazy
Autor
Peter Murray
Place of publication
Dublin
Publication date
2009
Table of Contents

Acknowledgements . . ix
Abbreviations . . xi

1. Protected Irish Industry and Post- War European Free Trade . . 1
2. Marshall Plan Innovations: Technical Assistance and the Productivity Drive . . 19
3. US Innovations After US Aid: Technical Assistance and Irish Industry, 1952-73 . . 46
4. Partners in Adaptation? Government, Business and Trade Unions . . 74
5. Educating Trade Unionists . . 97
6. Developing Managers . . 118
7. Remoulding Mainstream Education and Inaugurating Science Policy . . 142
8. Shaping Social Science Research . . 164
9. The Impact of Innovations and the Context of Institutions . . 187

Notes . . 205
Notes . . 224
Index . . 231

Forme e modelli del rotocalco italiano tra fascismo e guerra : Milano, 2-3 ottobre 2008

Obrazy
Autor
a cura di Raffaele De Berti e Irene Piazzoni
Place of publication
Milano

Publisher

Publication date
2009
Table of Contents

Introduzione . . IX

INDUSTRIA CULTURALE E CONTESTO POLITICO
Il nuovo periodico. Rotocalchi tra fotogiornalismo, cronaca e costume . . 3
L'industria culturale e il mercato dell'editoria . . 65
I periodici italiani negli anni del regime fascista . . 83
Tra politica e attualità. L' "Omnibus" di Leo Longanesi (Aprile 1937-Gennaio 1939) . . 123

GENERI E MODELLI
Moralità, ordine e tradizione. Il settimanale "Famiglia Cristiana" (1931-1939) . . 213
«La rivista ideale per la donna italiana». I primi passi di "Grazia" tra innovazione e informazione . . 235
«Chi ha "Tempo" non aspetti "Life"». Un fotogiornale negli anni della guerra (1939-1943) . . 305
Un periodico sportivo. "Il Calcio Illustrato" . . 343
Il fotogiornalismo tedesco. Il caso di "Sigila!" . . 377

PROTAGONISTI
Cesare Zavattini direttore editoriale. Le novità nei rotocalchi di Rizzoli e Mondadori . . 415
Itene, Luciana, Mura e le altre. La cronaca mondana e di costume . . 443
Scrittori giornalisti. Il caso di Vittorini . . 469
Bontempelli giornalista nei Colloqui del "Tempo" . . 485
Ennio Flaiano e gli esordi . . 499

FORME E LINGUAGGI
La divulgazione dell'arte contemporanea nelle riviste popolari illustrate di Rizzoli . . 527
Arte a colori. "La Lettura" negli anni Trenta . . 575
Il fotomontaggio nelle riviste illustrate degli anni Trenta tra ricerche d'avanguardia e cultura visiva di massa . . 591
Fortunato Depero alla "Rivista Illustrata del Popolo d'Italia" (1924-1936) . . 625
Cultura fotografica e periodici d'attualità alla fine degli anni Trenta . . 645

Tavole . . 673
Indici a cura di Luigi Vergallo
Indice dei nomi . . 707
Indice delle testate . . 729

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The power of collaborative solutions : six principles and effective tools for building healthy communities

Obrazy
Autor
Tom Wolff ; forew. by Neal R. Peirce
Place of publication
San Francisco

Publisher

Publication date
2010
Table of Contents

Web Contents . . ix
Foreword . . xi
Preface . . xv
Acknowledgments . . xxi
The Author . . xxiii

Chapter 1: Why Collaborative Solutions? How Our Helping Systems Are Failing Us . . 1
Chapter 2: Building Healthy Communities Through Collaborative solutions: An Overview of Six Key Principles . . 25
Chapter 3: Encouraging True Collaboration . . 43
Chapter 4: Engaging the Full Diversity of the Community . . 67
Chapter 5: Practicing Democracy . . 95
Chapter 6: Employing an Ecological Approach That Builds on Community Strengths . . 123
Chapter 7: Taking Action and Working for Social Change . . 155
Chapter 8: Engaging Spirituality as Your Compass for Social Change . . 197
Conclusion . . 235

Appendix: Evaluation: Assessing Our Progress and Celebrating Our Success . . 239
References . . 265
Index . . 279

Christianity in action : the international history of the Salvation Army

Obrazy
Autor
Henry Gariepy ; foreword by Shaw Clifton
Place of publication
Grand Rapids
Publication date
2009
Table of Contents

FOREWORD . . xi
INTRODUCTION . . xiii

1. In the Beginning . . 1
2. Booth Finds His Destiny . . 5
3. William and Catherine . . 11
4. An Army Is Formed . . 15
5. The Sounds of Music . . 23
6. Early Persecution . . 29
7. Women in Ministry . . 33
8. Attacking a Monstrous Evil . . 39
9. In Darkest England . . 50
10. The Army's Theology and Ecclesiology . . 59
11 The Sacramental Salvationist . . 70
12. William Booth's Legend and Legacy . . 76
13. "The General Lays Down His Sword" . . 85
14. The Army's High Council . . 90
15. The Generals and Their Legacies . . 96
16. The Army's Government . . 107
17. The Army's Crown Jewels . . 118
18. Invasion of the USA . . 132
19. Serving the Armed Forces . . 138
20. Global Outreach . . 145
21. Global Gatherings . . 161
22. Addressing the Issues . . 168
23. Human Services . . 176
24. At Front Lines of Tragedy . . 189
25. History Makers . . 208
26. Heroes of the Faith . . 223
27. Marching Forward . . 238

APPENDIX A: Doctrines of The Salvation Army . . 258
APPENDIX B: Articles of War: A Soldier's Covenant . . 260
APPENDIX C: The Founder's Sonar . . 262
APPENDIX D: Countries and Territories . . 263
APPENDIX E: International Statistics . . 265
APPENDIX F: Glossary . . 270
ENDNOTES . . 273
BIBLIOGRAPHY . . 276
INDEX . . 278
THE AUTHOR . . 285