1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461220703321

Titolo

Challenges to religious liberty in the twenty-first century / / edited by Gerard V. Bradley [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-139-33430-1

1-107-22919-7

1-280-39405-6

9786613571977

1-139-33772-6

1-139-34017-4

1-139-34175-8

1-139-33685-1

1-139-33859-5

0-511-99823-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 211 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

201/.723

Soggetti

Freedom of religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

; Part I. "Originalist" Jurisprudence of the Religion Clauses in the Twenty-First Century: ; 1. The establishment clause and the "problem of the church" / Steven D. Smith; ; 2. Dueling Clios: Stevens and Scalia on the original meaning of the establishment clause / Gerard V. Bradley -- ; Part II. Coercion or Manipulation of Religious Beliefs and Practices: States' Basic Responsibilities: ; 3. Coercian and religious exercises / Kent Greenawalt; ; 4. Religious freedom and (and in) institutions / Richard W. Garnett -- ; Part III. Understanding the Traditional Right of "Conscientious Objection": the New Century's Greatest Challenges: ; 5. Free exercise, religious conscience, and the common good / Christopher Wolfe; ; 6. Conscience, religion, and the state / Christopher Tollefsen -- ; Part IV. The Unique and Unprecedented Challenges of Globalization to Religious Liberty: ; 7. Globalization and the free



exercise of religion worldwide / José Casanova; ; 8. The irony of a globalizing future: economics, technology, identity, and religious liberty / William Inboden -- ; Part V. The United States' Basic Moral Responsibilities to Promote Religious Liberty Abroad: ; 9. A foreign policy of religious freedom: theoretical and evidentiary foundation / Daniel Philpott; ; 10. International religious freedom and moral responsibility / Thomas Farr.

Sommario/riassunto

Almost everyone today affirms the importance and merit of religious liberty. But religious liberty is being challenged by new questions (for example, use of the niqab or church adoption services for same-sex couples) and new forces (such as globalization and Islamism). Combined, these make the meaning of religious liberty in the twenty-first century uncertain. This collection of essays by ten of the world's leading scholars on religious liberty takes aim at these issues. The book is arranged around five specific challenges to religious liberty today: the state's responsibility to prevent coercion and intimidation of believers by others within the same faith community; the US's basic moral responsibilities to promote religious liberty abroad; how to understand and apply the traditional right of conscientious objection in today's circumstances; the distinctive problems presented by globalization; and the viability today of an 'originalist' interpretation of the First Amendment religion clauses.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910143748303321

Autore

Hrasnica Halid

Titolo

Broadband powerline communications networks [[electronic resource] ] : network design / / Halid Hrasnica, Abdelfatteh Haidine, Ralf Lehnert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, : Wiley, c2004

ISBN

1-280-27072-1

9786610270729

0-470-30006-X

0-470-02092-X

0-470-85742-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (291 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HaidineAbdelfatteh

LehnertR (Ralf)

Disciplina

621.3823

Soggetti

Telecommunication lines

Broadband communication systems - Design

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Broadband Powerline Communications Networks; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 PLC in the Telecommunications Access Area; 2.1 Access Technologies; 2.1.1 Importance of the Telecommunications Access Area; 2.1.2 Building of New Access Networks; 2.1.3 Usage of the Existing Infrastructure in the Access Area; 2.2 Powerline Communications Systems; 2.2.1 Historical Overview; 2.2.2 Power Supply Networks; 2.2.3 Standards; 2.2.4 Narrowband PLC; 2.2.5 Broadband PLC; 2.3 PLC Access Networks; 2.3.1 Structure of PLC Access Networks; 2.3.2 In-home PLC Networks; 2.3.3 PLC Network Elements

2.3.4 Connection to the Core Network2.3.5 Medium-voltage PLC; 2.4 Specific PLC Performance Problems; 2.4.1 Features of PLC Transmission Channel; 2.4.2 Electromagnetic Compatibility; 2.4.3 Impact of Disturbances and Data Rate Limitation; 2.4.4 Realization of Broadband PLC Transmission Systems; 2.4.5 Performance Improvement by Efficient MAC Layer; 2.5 Summary; 3 PLC Network Characteristics; 3.1 Network Topology; 3.1.1 Topology of the Low-voltage Supply Networks; 3.1.2 Organization of PLC Access Networks; 3.1.3 Structure of In-home PLC



Networks; 3.1.4 Complex PLC Access Networks

3.1.5 Logical Network Models3.2 Features of PLC Transmission Channel; 3.2.1 Channel Characterization; 3.2.2 Characteristics of PLC Transmission Cable; 3.2.3 Modeling of the PLC Channel; 3.3 Electromagnetic Compatibility of PLC Systems; 3.3.1 Different Aspects of the EMC; 3.3.2 PLC EM Disturbances Modeling; 3.3.3 EMC Standards for PLC Systems; 3.4 Disturbance Characterization; 3.4.1 Noise Description; 3.4.2 Generalized Background Noise; 3.4.3 Impulsive Noise; 3.4.4 Disturbance Modeling; 3.5 Summary; 4 Realization of PLC Access Systems; 4.1 Architecture of the PLC Systems

4.2 Modulation Techniques for PLC Systems4.2.1 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing; 4.2.2 Spread-Spectrum Modulation; 4.2.3 Choice of Modulation Scheme for PLC Systems; 4.3 Error Handling; 4.3.1 Overview; 4.3.2 Forward Error Correction; 4.3.3 Interleaving; 4.3.4 ARQ Mechanisms; 4.4 PLC Services; 4.4.1 PLC Bearer Service; 4.4.2 Telecommunications Services in PLC Access Networks; 4.4.3 Service Classification; 4.5 Summary; 5 PLC MAC Layer; 5.1 Structure of the MAC Layer; 5.1.1 MAC Layer Components; 5.1.2 Characteristics of PLC MAC Layer; 5.1.3 Requirements on the PLC MAC Layer

5.2 Multiple Access Scheme5.2.1 TDMA; 5.2.2 FDMA; 5.2.3 CDMA; 5.2.4 Logical Channel Model; 5.3 Resource-sharing Strategies; 5.3.1 Classification of MAC Protocols; 5.3.2 Contention Protocols; 5.3.3 Arbitration Protocols; 5.3.4 IEEE 802.11 MAC Protocol; 5.4 Traffic Control; 5.4.1 Duplex Mode; 5.4.2 Traffic Scheduling; 5.4.3 CAC Mechanism; 5.5 Summary; 6 Performance Evaluation of Reservation MAC Protocols; 6.1 Reservation MAC Protocols for PLC; 6.1.1 Reservation Domain; 6.1.2 Signaling Procedure; 6.1.3 Access Control; 6.1.4 Signaling MAC Protocols; 6.2 Modeling PLC MAC Layer

6.2.1 Analysis Method

Sommario/riassunto

Broadband Powerline Communications: Network Design covers the applications of broadband PLC systems in low-voltage supply networks, a promising candidate for the realization of cost effective solutions for "last mile" communications networks. There are many activities surrounding the development and application of PLC technology in the access area, particularly because of strong interest of new network providers after the deregulation of telecommunications market. Nowadays, there are no existing standards for broadband PLC networks, which use a frequency range up to 30 MHz. This book