1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990009179030403321

Autore

Holmes, William L.

Titolo

Drugs Affecting Lipid Metabolism : proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Drugs Affecting Lipid Metabolism, held in Milan, Italy, September 9-11, 1968 / Edited by William L. Holmes ; Lars A. Carlson ; Rodolfo Paoletti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : Plenum Press, 1969

Descrizione fisica

XII, 681 p. : ill. ; 26 cm

Collana

Advances in experimental medicine and biology , Drugs affecting Lipid Metabolism ; 4

Altri autori (Persone)

Carlson, Lars A.

Paoletti, Rodolfo <1931- >

Locazione

DBEC

Collocazione

AUfa 3A 28

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778817803321

Autore

Leamer Edward E.

Titolo

The craft of economics : lessons from the Heckscher-Ohlin framework / / Edward E. Leamer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2012

ISBN

0-262-30083-4

1-283-44894-7

9786613448941

0-262-30158-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Collana

The Ohlin lectures

Disciplina

382.01

Soggetti

Heckscher-Ohlin principle

International trade - Econometric models

Economics

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

Introduction -- The Heckscher-Ohlin framework as economic fiction -- The econometric journalism of the HO framework.

Sommario/riassunto

In this spirited and provocative book, Edward Leamer turns an examination of the Heckscher--Ohlin framework for global competition into an opportunity to consider the craft of economics: what economists do, what they should do, and what they shouldn't do. Claiming "a lifetime relationship with Heckscher--Ohlin," Leamer argues that Bertil Ohlin's original idea offered something useful though vague and not necessarily valid; the economists who later translated his ideas into mathematical theorems offered something precise and valid but not necessarily useful. He argues further that the best economists keep formal and informal thinking in balance. An Ohlinesque mostly prose style can let in faulty thinking and fuzzy communication; a mostly math style allows misplaced emphasis and opaque communication. Leamer writes that today's model- and math-driven economics needs more prose and less math. Leamer shows that the Heckscher--Ohlin framework is still useful, and that there is still much work to be done with it. But he issues a caveat about economists: "What



we do is not science, it's fiction and journalism." Economic theory, he writes, is fiction (stories, loosely connected to the facts); data analysis is journalism (facts, loosely connected to the stories). Rather than titling the two sections of his book Theory and Evidence, he calls them Economic Fiction and Econometric Journalism, explaining, "If you find that startling, that's good. I am trying to keep you awake."

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910299827803321

Autore

Smardzewski Jerzy

Titolo

Furniture Design / / by Jerzy Smardzewski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

3-319-19533-6

9783319195339

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 recurso en línea (652 p.)

Disciplina

620

620.11

693

Soggetti

Engineering—Materials

Building materials

Lightweight construction

Building, Iron and steel

Materials Engineering

Structural Materials

Light Construction, Steel Construction, Timber Construction

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

The History of Furniture Construction -- Classification and Characteristics of Furniture -- Ergonomics of Furniture -- Introduction to  Engineering Design of Furniture -- Technical Documentation -- Stiffness and Strength Analysis of Skeletal Furniture -- Stiffness and Strength Analysis of Case Furniture -- Stiffness and Strength Analysis of Upholstered Furniture.



Sommario/riassunto

Maximizing reader insights into the principles of designing furniture as wooden structures, this book discusses issues related to the history of furniture structures, their classification and characteristics, ergonomic approaches to anthropometric requirements and safety of use. It presents key methods and highlights common errors in designing the characteristics of the materials, components, joints and structures, as well as looking at the challenges regarding developing associated design documentation. Including analysis of how designers may go about calculating the stiffness and endurance of parts, joints and whole structures, the book analyzes questions regarding the loss of furniture stability and the resulting threats to health of the user, putting forward a concept of furniture design as an engineering processes. Creating an attractive, functional, ergonomic and safe piece of furniture is not only the fruit of the work of individual architects and artists, but requires an effort of many people working in interdisciplinary teams, this book is designed to add important knowledge to the literature for engineer approaches in furniture design.