1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465237003321

Autore

Lynn Matthew

Titolo

Bust [[electronic resource] ] : Greece, the euro, and the sovereign debt crisis / / Matthew Lynn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Bloomberg Press, c2011

ISBN

1-119-99068-8

1-280-76738-3

9786613678157

1-119-99430-6

1-119-99441-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (431 p.)

Collana

Bloomberg (UK)

Disciplina

330.9495

Soggetti

Financial crises - Greece - History - 21st century

Debts, External - Greece - History - 21st century

Economic stabilization - Greece - History - 21st century

Electronic books.

Greece Economic policy 1974-

Greece Economic conditions 1974-

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

Cover; Contents; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Introduction: May Day in Athens; Chapter 1: Now We Are Ten; Chapter 2: How to Blag Your Way into a Single Currency; Chapter 3: At Club Med the Party Never Ends; Chapter 4: The Story of the Swabian Housewife; Chapter 5: Fixing a Debt Crisis with Debt; Chapter 6: Burying Your Head in the Greek Sand; Chapter 7: The Debts Fall Due; Chapter 8: The Trillion-Dollar Weekend; Chapter 9: Contagion; Chapter 10: The Debt-Deflation Death Spiral; Chapter 11: How to Break Up a Single Currency; Chapter 12: The Global Economy after the Single Currency; Notes

AcknowledgmentsAbout the Author; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In 2001, Greece saw its application for membership into the Eurozone accepted, and the country sat down to the greatest free lunch in economic history. However, the coming years of global economic



prosperity would lead to unrestrained spending, cheap borrowing, and a failure to implement financial reform, leaving the country massively exposed to a financial crisis-which duly struck. In Bust: Greece, the Euro, and the Sovereign Debt Crisis, Bloomberg columnist Matthew Lynn explores Greece's spectacular rise and fall from grace and the global repercussions of its financial disaster. Pag

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996280506603316

Titolo

IEEE Standard VHDL Language Reference Manual

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : IEEE, 2002

ISBN

0-7381-3248-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

621.3819

Soggetti

VHDL (Computer hardware description language) - Standards

VHDL (Computer hardware description language)

Computer hardware description languages

Engineering - Computer programs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Sommario/riassunto

VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL) is defined. VHDL is a formal notation intended for use in all phases of the creation of electronic systems. Because it is both machine readable and human readable, it supports the development, verification, synthesis, and testing of hardware designs; the communication of hardware design data; and the maintenance, modification, and procurement of hardware. Its primary audiences are the implementors of tools supporting the language and the advanced users of the language. Keywords: computer languages, electronic systems, hardware, hardware design, VHDL.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910299445303321

Autore

Hiwale Shrikant

Titolo

Sustainable Horticulture in Semiarid Dry Lands / / by Shrikant Hiwale

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Delhi : , : Springer India : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

81-322-2244-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (406 p.)

Disciplina

300

333.7

519.5

55

550

570

Soggetti

Earth sciences

Ecology

Life sciences

Social sciences

Statistics

Earth Sciences, general

Environment, general

Life Sciences, general

Social Sciences, general

Statistics, general

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.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- Part 1: Sustainable Horticulture -- 2. Problems of Horticulture in Semiarid rain fed areas -- 3. Scope and importance of Horticulture -- Part 2: Crop specific production technologies for semiarid rain fed areas -- 4. Ber (Zizyphus mauritiana Lamk.) -- 5. Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) -- 6. Aonla (Emblica officinalis Gaertn.) -- 7. Mango (Mangifera indica L.) -- 8. Sapota [Manilkara achrus (Mill) Forsberg] -- 9. Custard Apple (Annona squamosa L.) -- 10. Phalsa  (Grewia asiatica) -- 11. Fig (Ficus carica) -- 12. Bael (Aegel



marmelos Correa.) -- 13. Tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) -- 14. Guava (Psidium guajava ) -- 15. Wood apple (Feronia limonia Linn.) -- 16. Jamun (Syzygium cuminii) -- 17. Chironji (Buchanania lanzan Spreng.) -- 18. Mahua (Bassia latifolia Roxb.) -- 19. Non Traditional crops: Cashew (Anacardium occidentale) -- 20. Non Traditional crops: Manila tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) -- Part 3: Agro forestry species -- 21. Neem (Azadirachata indica) -- 22. Leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala) -- 23.  Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus sp.) -- 24. Bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris sp.) -- 25. Pasture species-Cenchrus -- 26. Pasture species-Stylosanthes -- Part 4: Alternate land use systems semiarid rain fed areas (Horti –Agri, Horti-Silvi- Pastoral, Horti-silvi) -- 27. Alternate Land use systems or sustainable Development -- Part 5: Post harvest studies -- 28. Prolonging shelf life of some semi arid fruits -- 29. Post harvest enzymatic activity of some arid zone fruits as influenced by chemical treatments and storage period -- 30. Value addition in underutilized fruits.

Sommario/riassunto

This book discusses ways of increasing production/unit area by making full use of the soil and water under the harsh climatic conditions of semiarid areas. This leads to improved sustainability, increased availability of fresh produce, which is vital for human health and higher incomes for small and marginal farmers. Arid and semiarid areas account for almost 70 per cent of the total cropped area of India. In these areas physical constraints like low and erratic rainfall, high temperature, high wind velocity, low fertility, poor soil structure, salinity of soil and ground water all limit reliable crop production. In the absence of any type of aggregation, the soils are highly erodible, lack structure and have a very coarse in texture with low water holding capacity. Intensive agricultural practices, increasing population pressure, climatic changes, environmental pollution, loss of biodiversity, soil erosion, salinization and water depletion are all threatening the sustainability of agriculture. In view of the mounting demand for food, it is vital to link enhanced food production with nutritional security, conservation of natural resources, increasing farmers’ incomes, employment generation through agricultural diversification. Horticulture, particularly of fruit trees, can play a major role in solving the problem of nutrition, as fruits are rich source of vitamins and minerals and have antioxidant properties. Fruit trees, which are mostly deciduous, add leaf litter to the soil, and this ultimately helps to improve the condition of the soil. In addition, fruit trees are known to reduce soil erosion and reduce run off. The trees also play a major role in purifying the environment as they are the known carbon sequesters. Fruit-tree cultivation is a profitable preposition. There is no scope to increase the land surface; all increase in productivity therefore has to be from the available land. This means introducing cropping systems that can meet the basic food, fodder and fuel requirement of farming families.