1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461453103321

Autore

Sreekumar T. T.

Titolo

ICTs and development in India : perspectives on the rural network society / / T.T. Sreekumar [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Anthem Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-37763-2

9786613377630

1-84331-383-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 215 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

India and Asia in the global economy

Disciplina

303.48/330954

Soggetti

Information technology - India

Communication in rural development - India

Rural development projects - India

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES; PREFACE; Main Matter; Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION: EXPLORING THE RURAL NETWORK SOCIETY; Two Rural Vignettes and the Beginning of a Story; ICTs, ICT4D and the Neo-Liberal Discourse; ICTs and the Civil Society Argument; Research Questions, Contexts and Conceptual Framework; Analytical Issues for Discussion; Methodology and Sources of Information; Organization and Focus; Chapter 2: CIVIL SOCIETY AND CYBER-LIBERTARIAN DEVELOPMENTALISM; The Cyber-Libertarian Turn

ICTs and Neo-Liberal Developmentalism: The Rise of the Social Enterprise ModelInformation Village Research Project (IVRP); TARAkendras; Expectations and Outcomes; State-CSO Relations: Emerging Contradictions; Narratives of Success and the Sustainability Puzzle; Lessons and Non-Lessons; Chapter 3: DECRYPTING E-GOVERNANCE; Technology and Governance; The Beginnings of E-Governance in India; Gyandoot: Organization and Technology; E-Governance and the Kiosks: The Social Dynamics; E-Governance and the Network Society: Deciphering the Narratives of Success

QUANGOs, Civil Society and the Private SectorBeyond Technocratic



Definitions; Chapter 4: CYBER-KIOSKS AND DILEMMAS OF SOCIAL INCLUSION; ICTs and Social Change; Gender and Information Technology; Women and ICTs: Rhetoric and Reality of Participation; Gyandoot: Tribal Women at Large; TARAkendras: Accepting Gender Divisions; Knowledge Centres and Women's Participation; Social Enterprises as Social Movements; Participation in Net-Based Social Action; ICTs and Limits of Developmental CSOs; Chapter 5: INNOVATING FOR THE RURAL NETWORK SOCIETY; The Appropriate Technology for the Masses

Innovation and CSOs in Rural ICT InterventionsCSOs and the Triple Helix Model; The Simputer: 'Gandhi's Invention, Steve Jobs' Ad Campaign'; The Case of CorDECT WLL: 'The MIDAS Touch'; ICT Innovations, CSO and the State; Chapter 6: ICT AND DEVELOPMENT: CRITICAL ISSUES; Civil Society, Community and ICTs; Structure and Agency; Technology and Sustainability; Rural Network Society: The Politics of Transformation; End Matter; NOTES; Chapter 1. Introduction: Exploring the Rural Network Society; Chapter 2. Civil Society and Cyber-Libertarian Developmentalism; Chapter 3. Decrypting E-Governance

Chapter 4. Cyber-Kiosks and Dilemmas of Social InclusionChapter 5. Innovating for the Rural Network Society; Chapter 6. ICT and Development: Critical Issues; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

'ICTs and Development in India' is a unique attempt to study the nature and consequences of the growing presence of Information Technology in development projects in India.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910698715303321

Titolo

Climate change [[electronic resource] ] : expert opinion on the economics of policy options to address climate change : report to congressional requesters / / United States Government Accountability Office

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2008]

Descrizione fisica

iii, 75 pages : digital, PDF file

Soggetti

Climatic changes - Economic aspects - United States

Global warming - Economic aspects - United States

Carbon sequestration - Economic aspects - United States

Carbon dioxide mitigation - Economic aspects - United States

Greenhouse gas mitigation - Economic aspects - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from PDF title page (viewed on Mar. 5, 2009).

"May 2008."

"GAO-08-605."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

GAO was asked to elicit the opinions of experts on (1) actions the Congress might consider to address climate change and what is known about the potential benefits, costs, and uncertainties of these actions and (2) the key strengths and limitations of policies or actions to address climate change.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910298289203321

Titolo

Allergens and Airway Hyperreactivity / / edited by Mieczyslaw Pokorski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-10009-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (67 p.)

Collana

Neuroscience and Respiration ; ; 838

Disciplina

616.202

Soggetti

Medicine

Allergy

Respiratory organs—Diseases

Clinical biochemistry

Chemotherapy

Cell physiology

Biomedicine, general

Allergology

Pneumology/Respiratory System

Medical Biochemistry

Pharmacotherapy

Cell Physiology

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 at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Influence of L-NAME on iNOS Expression and Markers of Oxidative Stress in Allergen-Induced Airway Hyperreactivity -- Influence of Roflumilast on Airway Reactivity and Apoptosis in Ovalbumin-Sensitized Guinea Pigs -- Antitussive Activity of Withania Somnifera and Opioid Receptors -- Effects of Provinol and Its Combinations with Clinically Used Antiasthmatics on Airway Defense Mechanisms in Experimental Allergic Asthma -- Potassium Ion Channels and Allergic Asthma -- Impulse Oscillometry in the Diagnosis of Airway Resistance in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease -- Efficacy of Noninvasive Volume Targeted Ventilation in Patients with Chronic Respiratory



Failure due to Kyphoscoliosis.

Sommario/riassunto

Respiratory allergy is constantly encountered and is sharply on the rise, particularly in the two most vulnerable age-groups: young children and seniors. Allergy results in airway hyperactivity and increased airway resistance, with all inflammatory sequelae being ensued. The chapters show how respiratory allergy research is interconnected with other disciplines by discussing neurotransmitter, membrane receptor, and ionic channel mechanisms of allergy and by giving diagnostic and pharmacological cues on desensitization and therapy.