1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910158575703321

Autore

Kaiser Andrew T.

Titolo

The rushing on of the purposes of God : Christian missions in Shanxi since 1876 / / Andrew T. Kaiser

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Eugene, Oregon : , : Pickwick Publications, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4982-3697-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 pages)

Collana

Studies in Chinese Christianity

Disciplina

266.00951

Soggetti

Missions - China - History

Christianity and culture - China

China Church history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910154621403321

Titolo

Resilience engineering perspectives / / edited by Christopher P. Nemeth, Erik Hollnagel, & Sidney Dekker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, Fla. : , : CRC Press, , 2009

ISBN

1-351-90388-8

1-315-24438-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Ashgate studies in resilience engineering

Altri autori (Persone)

HollnagelErik <1941->

NemethChristopher P

DekkerSidney

Disciplina

620.00452

Soggetti

Reliability (Engineering) - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Nemeth's name appears first on v. 2.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

v. 1. Remaining sensitive to the possibility of failure -- v. 2. Preparation and restoration.

Sommario/riassunto

Preparation and Restoration is the second volume of Resilience Engineering Perspectives within the Ashgate Studies in Resilience Engineering series. In four sections, it broadens participation of the field to include policy and organization studies, and articulates aspects of resilience beyond initial definitions: - Policy and Organization explores public policy and organizational aspects of resilience and how they aid or inhibit preparation and restoration - Models and Measures addresses thoughts on ways to measure resilience and model systems to detect desirable, and undesirable, results - Elements and Traits examines features of systems and how they affect the ability to prepare for and recover from significant challenges - Applications and Implications examines how resilience plays out in the living laboratory of real-world operations. Preparation and Restoration addresses issues such as the nature of resilience; the similarities and differences between resilience and traditional ideas of system performance; how systems cope with varying demands and sometimes succeed and sometimes fail; how an organization's ways of preparing before critical events can enable or impede restoration; the trade-offs that are needed



for systems to operate and survive; instances of brittle or resilient systems; how work practices affect resilience; the relationship between resilience and safety; and what improves or erodes resilience. This volume is valuable reading for those who create and operate systems that must not only survive, but thrive, in the face of challenge.