Persistence Transformation

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780444633002

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Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): Analytical Techniques, Environmental Fate and Biological Effects by Anonim Pdf

This book focuses on those organic chemicals that are regulated by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). as well as organic chemical with the attributes of being persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic to ecosystem and human beings, criteria used by the Stockholm Convention for screening POP candidates. Because of the unfavourable properties of POPs, numerous research efforts have been directed toward investigating their input sources, fate, and effects, with the help of continuously improving analytical technologies. The contributors to this book provide an integrated assessment of existing data, which will benefit both the scientific and management communities in planning further research projects and/or pollution control measures. Comprehensive overview of recent advances in analyzing persistent organic pollutants (POPs) Covers input sources, fate and biological effects of POPs Contains essential information for environmental management

Author : Alistair Boxall
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540882725

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Transformation Products of Synthetic Chemicals in the Environment by Alistair Boxall Pdf

When a synthetic chemical is released into the environment it may be degraded by abiotic and biotic processes. These degradation processes usually involve a cascade of reactions resulting in the formation of a number of transformation products. While we usually know a great deal about the environmental properties, fate and effects of parent synthetic chemicals, our understanding of the impacts of transformation products is much less developed. As such, this volume brings together chapters from leading researchers in the field of transformation products in the environment and describes how these products are formed, how they move through the environment, and their environmental effects. The book also presents modelling and analytical approaches for understanding the occurrence, fate and effects of transformation products in the environment. It is of interest to scientists in academia, the chemicals industry and regulators, as well as graduate students in Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology.

Author : Ron Morrison,Mick Jordan,Malcolm Atkinson
Publisher : Morgan Kaufmann
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1999-01-22
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1558605851

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Advances in Persistent Object Systems by Ron Morrison,Mick Jordan,Malcolm Atkinson Pdf

Proceedings of the biennial International Workshops on Persistent Object Systems.

Author : Jerome Silbergeld,Dora C. Y. Ching
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
ISBN : 0691125686

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Persistence-transformation by Jerome Silbergeld,Dora C. Y. Ching Pdf

The calligrapher and book artist Xu Bing has been called the most innovative Chinese artist of our time. As a citizen of both China and the United States and the first Asian-American artist to win the prestigious MacArthur Foundation "genius award," Xu Bing has fascinated and challenged audiences around the world with his imaginative textual art. From his 4,000 unreadable Chinese-looking characters, which unite Asian and Western audiences alike in an egalitarianism of induced illiteracy, to his invention of a "square words" language that makes "Chinese" readable by anyone at all, Xu Bing's use of language is at once artistically brilliant, highly entertaining, and profoundly subversive--a sharp-witted, masterly word-play that, in his own words, "strikes at the very essence of culture." In exhibitions on four continents, Xu Bing's printed art, mixed-media installations, and performance pieces--from books and calligraphic sculptures to inscribed pigs--have fascinated specialists and general audiences alike and generated a growing body of literature. This volume presents the first multidisciplinary study of Xu Bing's art and its intellectual implications. Included is an illuminating account by Xu Bing of his own work, as well as essays by leading scholars in a number of different fields. The essays address the place of this work within the long history of Chinese calligraphic practice, examine it in the context of Chinese intellectual dissidence, discuss Japanese avant-garde parallels, and judge it from a Western art-historical viewpoint.

Author : Boualem Benatallah,Fabio Casati,Gerti Kappel,Gustavo Rossi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642139109

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Web Engineering by Boualem Benatallah,Fabio Casati,Gerti Kappel,Gustavo Rossi Pdf

The LNCS series reports state-of-the-art results in computer science research, development, and education, at a high level and in both printed and electronic form. Enjoying tight cooperation with the R&D community, with numerous individuals, as well as with prestigious organizations and societies, LNCS has grown into the most comprehensive computer science research forum available. The scope of LNCS, including its subseries LNAI and LNBI, spans the whole range of computer science and information technology including interdisciplinary topics in a variety of application fields. In parallel to the printed book, each new volume is published electronically in LNCS Online.

Author : Gabriel R. Ricci
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781412863919

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The Persistence of Critical Theory by Gabriel R. Ricci Pdf

The latest volume of Culture & Civilization gathers contemporary exponents of critical theory, specifically those based in the Frankfurt School of social thinking. Collectively, this volume demonstrates the continuing intellectual viability of critical theory, which challenges the limits of positivism and materialism. We may question how the theoretical framework of Marxism fails to coordinate with the conditions that defined labor forces, as did Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno, or deliberate on the conditions that justify the claims we make through public discourse, as did Jürgen Habermas. Or, like Axel Honneth, we may reflect on recognition theory as a means of addressing social problems. Whatever our objective, the focus of critical theory continues to be the consciousness of established “positive” interests that, without debate, may sustain injustices or conditions which the public may not have chosen to impose. Throughout the hardship of punitive dismissal and exile in the 1930s and 40s, and the shock of the New Left in the 1960s and 70s, and finally the later linguistic and pragmatic turn, the Frankfurt School has sustained the idea that people escape disaffection and alienation when their knowledge of the social and political world is dialectically mediated through creative interaction. This new volume in the Culture & Civilization series continues the tradition of critical thought.

Author : Susan Carol Rogers
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691226842

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Shaping Modern Times in Rural France by Susan Carol Rogers Pdf

Challenging the notion that modernization is a homogenizing process, Susan Rogers contends that in the course of large-scale transformations communities often reproduce and strengthen distinctive cultural and social features. To make this argument, she focuses on the French farming community of "Ste Foy" during a period of rapid change (1945-75). Using ethnographic field data and archival material that she collected as a "participant-observer," she finds an intriguing puzzle: an allegedly archaic social form, the ostal, has become increasingly common in the community. The ostal, a type of family farm organized around an extended "stem family" household, is a variant of the stem family systems associated with preindustrial southern Europe. How have Ste Foyans continued to remake this "archaic" mode as their community grew more prosperous and more involved in national and international markets? In showing how the specific identity of a community is reproduced rather than obliterated by modernization, the author reveals dialectical relationships between structure and change, history and culture, and the centralized nation-state and regional diversity. This analysis addresses anthropologists, historians, and scholars interested in local politics and economic development.

Author : Gwen O'Sullivan,Court Sandau
Publisher : Newnes
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780444594518

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Environmental Forensics for Persistent Organic Pollutants by Gwen O'Sullivan,Court Sandau Pdf

Environmental Forensics for Persistent Organic Pollutants represents the state-of-the-art in environmental forensics in relation to persistent organic pollutants (POPs). The book is a complete reference for practitioners and students, covering a range of topics from new analytical techniques to regulatory and legal status in the global community. Through case studies from leading international experts, real-world issues — including the allocation of responsibility for release into the environment — are resolved through the application of advanced analytical and scientific techniques. This book introduces and assesses the development of new techniques and technologies to trace the source and fate of newly emerging and classic POPs (perfluoroalkyl substances, brominated flame retardants, organochlorine pesticides, perfluorinated chemicals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and polychlorinated biphenyls) in environmental media, including atmospheric, marine, freshwater, and urban environments. Real-world case studies show the application of advanced analytical and scientific techniques Discussion of GC*GC provides an introduction and assessment of a novel technique from leaders in the field Introduces the development of new analytical techniques (such as 2-D GC*HC and LC*LC) to trace the source and fate Raises awareness about the health and environmental impact of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) Outlines the development of international measures to control POPs so that chemists can understand the legal issues

Author : George L. Beckford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9766400741

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Persistent Poverty by George L. Beckford Pdf

This is a revised edition of a seminal work on the nature of underdevelopment. It includes a new foreword and appendixes on the significance of plantations to Third World economies and the contribution that George Beckford made to Caribbean economic thought.

Author : Perri Six
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1282 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351887656

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The Institutional Dynamics of Culture, Volumes I and II by Perri Six Pdf

These two volumes present the most important recent developments in the institutional theory of culture and demonstrate their practical applications. Sometimes called 'grid-group analysis' or 'cultural theory', they derive from the work of Durkheim in the 1880s and 1900s and develop the insights of the anthropologist Mary Douglas and her followers from the 1960s on. First redefined within social and cultural anthropology, the theory's influence is shown in recent years to have permeated all the main disciplines of social science with substantial implications for politics, history, business, work and organizations, the environment, technology and risk, and crime and consumption. Today, the institutional theory of culture now rivals the rational choice, Weberian and postmodern outlooks in influence across the social sciences.

Author : Knut Mikjel Rio,Olaf H. Smedal
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1845454936

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Hierarchy by Knut Mikjel Rio,Olaf H. Smedal Pdf

On the basis of diverse ethnographic contexts in Oceania, Asia, and the Middle East, the author's challenge current conceptions of hierarchical formations and reassess former debates, both with regard to new theoretical issues and the new world situation of post-colonial and neocolonial agendas.

Author : Graham N.C. Kirby,Alan Dearle,Dag I.K. Sjoberg
Publisher : Springer
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2003-06-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540454984

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Persistent Object Systems: Design, Implementation, and Use by Graham N.C. Kirby,Alan Dearle,Dag I.K. Sjoberg Pdf

The Ninth International Workshop on Persistent Object Systems (POS 9) took place at the SAS Radisson Hotel in Lillehammer, Norway, from 6th to 8th September 2000. Previous workshops in the series have been held in Scotland (1 and 2), Australia (3), the USA (4), Italy (5), France (6), and the USA (7 and 8). In keeping with those workshops, POS 9 was short but intensive, fitting 28 papers and panel sessions, a boat 1 excursion, and some memorable meals into two and a half days. The participants’ concentration was no doubt helped by the Northern European weather that prevailed for most of the workshop. Continuing a trend experienced over the previous few workshops, POS 9 had difficulty attracting a high number of papers. Of course it is hard to tell whether this is a problem with the field of persistent systems itself, or merely a consequence of the increasing number of workshops, conferences, and journals competing for submissions. In his Epilogue to the proceedings, Ron Morrison makes some interesting suggestions for possible improvements to future POS workshops. Out of a total of 26 submitted papers, 19 were accepted for presentation at the 2 workshop. Breaking down by region, 6 1/2 came from the USA , 1 from Africa, 3 1/2 from Australia, and 8 from Europe. In a new development for POS, an equal number of papers came from England and from Scotland.

Author : Malcolm Atkinson,David Maier,Veronique Benzaken
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 559 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781447121220

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Persistent Object Systems by Malcolm Atkinson,David Maier,Veronique Benzaken Pdf

The Sixth International Workshop on Persistent Object Systems was held at Les Mazets des Roches near Tarascon, Provence in southern France from the fifth to the ninth of September 1994. The attractive context and autumn warmth greeted the 53 participants from 12 countries spread over five continents. Persistent object systems continue to grow in importance. Almost all significant uses of computers to support human endeavours depend on long-lived and large-scale systems. As expectations and ambitions rise so the sophistication of the systems we attempt to build also rises. The quality and integrity of the systems and their feasibility for supporting large groups of co-operating people depends on their technical founda tion. Persistent object systems are being developed which provide a more robust and yet simpler foundation for these persistent applications. The workshop followed the tradition of the previous workshops in the series, focusing on the design, implementation and use of persistent object systems in particular and persistent systems in general. There were clear signs that this line of research is maturing, as engineering issues were discussed with the aid of evidence from operational systems. The work presented covered the complete range of database facilities: transactions, concurrency, distribution, integrity and schema modifica tion. There were examples of very large scale use, one involving tens of terabytes of data. Language issues, particularly the provision of reflection, continued to be important.

Author : Matej Pavsic
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811217029

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Stumbling Blocks Against Unification: On Some Persistent Misconceptions In Physics by Matej Pavsic Pdf

The history is full of misconceptions that opposed the progress of physics. The book starts with reviewing some historical cases, such as the arguments against the Earth rotation, or the famous problem of ¾ in the theory of electromagnetic mass of electron. After having pointed out that misconceptions have been common in the history of physics, it is argued that they must be present today as well. In fact, it is now commonly being realized that in the last forty years there has been no significant progress in the fundamental theoretical physics. A reason certainly lies in certain stumbling blocks on our way towards the unification of interaction and of gravity with quantum mechanics. The author discusses what he perceives as some persisting misconceptions that have not yet been recognized as such by physics community in general.

Author : William Taylor (of Windermere.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Will
ISBN : OXFORD:600086530

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Freedom of the Will by William Taylor (of Windermere.) Pdf