Spacefaring [[electronic resource] ] : the human dimension / / Albert A. Harrison

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450005603321
• Autore: Harrison Albert A
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2002
• ISBN: 9786613520395; 0-520-92965-9; 1-280-09439-7; 1-59734-909-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (344 p.)
• Disciplina: 629.45
• Soggetti: Manned space flight; Astronautics - Human factors; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. WHY SPACE? -- 2. SPACEFLIGHT HUMAN FACTORS -- 3. HAZARDS AND COUNTER -- 4. LIFE SUPPORT -- 5. HABITABILITY -- 6. SELECTION AND TRAINING -- 7. STRESS AND COPING -- 8. CROUP DYNAMICS -- 9. AT WORK -- 10. MISHAPS -- 11. OFF DUTY -- 12. SPACE TOURISM -- 13. SPACE SETTLEMENTS -- 14. INTERSTELLAR MIGRATION -- 15. RESTORING THE DREAM -- NOTES -- INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: The stars have always called us, but only for the past forty years or so have we been able to respond by traveling in space. This book explores the human side of spaceflight: why people are willing to brave danger and hardship to go into space; how human culture has shaped past and present missions; and the effects of space travel on health and well-being. A comprehensive and authoritative treatment of its subject, this book combines statistical studies, rich case histories, and gripping anecdotal detail as it investigates the phenomenon of humans in space-from the earliest spaceflights to the missions of tomorrow. Drawing from a strong research base in the behavioral sciences, Harrison covers such topics as habitability, crew selection and training, ; coping with stress, group dynamics, accidents, and more. In addition to taking a close look at spacefarers themselves, Spacefaring reviews the broad organizational and political contexts that shape human progress toward the heavens. With the ongoing construction of the International Space Station, the human journey to the stars continues, and this book will surely help guide the way.

The vvay to true peace and rest [[electronic resource] ] : Deliuered at Edinborough in xvi. sermons: on the Lords Supper: Hezechiahs sicknesse: and other select Scriptures. By that reuerend & faithfull preacher of Gods word: Mr. Robert Bruce, for the present, minister of the Word in Scotland

• Record Nr.: UNISA996387766503316
• Autore: Bruce Robert <1554-1631.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Printed by R. Field for Thomas Man and Ionas Man, dwelling in Pater-noster row at the signe of the Talbot, 1617
• Descrizione fisica: [12], 367, [1] p
• Altri autori (Persone): I. H <fl. 1617.>; MitchellS. <fl. 1614.>
• Soggetti: Lord's Supper; Sermons, Scottish - 16th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Consists of a Anglicizations of "Sermons upon the sacrament of the Lords Supper" and "Sermons preached in the Kirk of Edinburgh".; The translator's preface, signed "I.H.", mentions S. Mitchell as the other translator.; Reproduction of the original in Cambridge University Library.
• Sommario/riassunto: eebo-0021

Security, education and development in contemporary Africa / / edited by M. Raymond Izarali, Oliver Masakure and Edward Shizha

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910155036303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017
• ISBN: 1-317-05790-2; 1-315-60814-6; 1-317-05791-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (269 pages)
• Collana: The International Political Economy of New Regionalisms Series
• Altri autori (Persone): IzaraliM. Raymond; MasakureOliver; ShizhaEdward
• Disciplina: 355/.03306
• Soggetti: Human security - Africa; Internal security - Africa; Political stability - Africa; Political corruption - Africa; Education - Social aspects - Africa
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. I. Theoretical conceptualization on security and development -- pt. II. Country cases on security and development -- pt. III. Security and educational development -- pt. IV. Country cases on security and eduction.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume delineates the critical link among security, education and development in Africa and provides a multidisciplinary framework of analyses and possible solutions. Africa has had a long history that embodies layers of mass-scale criminality and exploitation not merely from neocolonial and apartheid policies but also from political greed. This has impacted adversely on security, education and development in a way that deprivation of education and underdevelopment, in turn, re-creates security issues. The volume aims firstly to help augment scholarly inquiry into the nexus among in/security, education and development through the multidisciplinary framework of analyses; ; secondly to provide policymakers and educators with tools and a framework to comprehend the complexity and magnitude of the issues to which they ought to be sensitive and respond; and finally to provide caregivers and childcare agencies of the state a comprehensible framework of underlying, multifaceted sources of trauma experienced by children in extraordinary circumstances. It is organized in four sections: theoretical conceptualization on security and development; country cases on security and development; security and educational development; and country cases on security and education. Serving as a significant compass to understand and respond to the complex interplay and impact of security, education and development in Africa, it is of great use to graduates and scholars interested in Africa Politics, IPE, security studies and development studies.