1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996213125603316

Autore

van der Molen F

Titolo

Uit zicht : toekomstverkennen met beleid / / M.B.A. van Asselt [and others], (editors)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam University Press, 2010

Amsterdam : , : WRR : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2010

ISBN

1-282-98535-3

9786612985355

90-485-1323-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

WRR Verkenningen, 24 ; ; v.No. 24

Disciplina

370

Soggetti

Politics & government

Netherlands Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Olandese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Inhoudsopgave -- HOOFDBETOOG -- Ten geleide -- Toekomstverkennen anno 2010 -- Historie van toekomstverkennen invogelvlucht --Toekomstverkenning in de beleidspraktijk(1) -- Voorspellen voorbij: uitgangspuntenvoor toekomstverkenning -- Benaderingen voor het verkennen van detoekomst -- Toekomstverkenning in de beleidspraktijk(2) -- Valkuilen en uitdagingen -- Samenvatting en conclusie -- Bijlage: gesprekspartners en interviews1 -- ESSAYS - 152 -- Woord vooraf bij de essays -- Een korte geschiedenis van denaoorlogse praktijk van toekomstverkenningin nederland1 -- Technologie in een zee van verwachtingen -- Beleid, politiek en toekomstverkenning -- Hoe toekomstverkenningen wordengebruikt -- Waarom beleidsmakers de resultaten vantoekomststudies niet zullen aanvaarden -- Futures studies for a new era -experiences from the swedish institutefor futures studies -- Scenario's voor besluitvorming:lessen uit de pioniersjaren bij shell -- Rapporten aan de regering.

Sommario/riassunto

Policymakers and politicians are expected to take responsibility for the future of society by cutting off undesirable futures and bringing future worthy of pursuit closer. However, we cannot predict which direction



future developments will take. In addition, changes may occur in the future that we currently do not have in sight at all. Forward-looking policy requires anticipating possible but uncertain developments.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910967864203321

Titolo

Bridges to understanding : envisioning the world through children's books / / edited by Linda M. Pavonetti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2011

ISBN

979-82-16-29572-3

1-283-22460-7

9786613224606

0-8108-8107-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (535 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PavonettiLinda M

Disciplina

809/.89282

Soggetti

Children's literature - History and criticism

Children's literature - Appreciation

Children - Books and reading

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Sponsored by the United States Board on Books for Young People."--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. International children's literature -- pt. 2. Bibliography -- pt. 3. Resources.

Sommario/riassunto

This annotated bibliography, with descriptions of nearly 700 books representing more than 70 countries, provides stories that will help children understand our differences while simultaneously demonstrating our common humanity.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910338245803321

Autore

Podio-Guidugli Paolo

Titolo

Continuum Thermodynamics / / by Paolo Podio-Guidugli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-11157-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (83 pages)

Collana

SISSA Springer Series, , 2524-8588 ; ; 1

Disciplina

536.7

Soggetti

Mathematical physics

Thermodynamics

Mathematical Physics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1 Heat Conduction -- 2 Thermomechanics -- 3 The Principle of Virtual Powers -- 4 A virtual power format for thermomechanics -- 5 A Physical Interpretation of Thermal Displacement -- 6 Appendix A: Basic Notions of Continuum Mechanics.

Sommario/riassunto

This book deals with an important topic in rational continuum physics, thermodynamics.Although slim, it is fairly well self-contained; some basic notions in continuum mechanics, which a well-intentioned reader should but may not be familiar with, are collected in a final appendix. Modern continuum thermodynamics is a field theory devised to handle a large class of processes that typically are neither spatially homogeneous nor sequences of equilibrium states. The most basic chapter addresses the continuum theory of heat conduction, in which the constitutive laws furnish a mathematical characterization of the macroscopic manifestations of those fluctuations in position and velocity of the microscopic matter constituents that statistical thermodynamics considers collectively. In addition to a nonstandard exposition of the conceptual steps leading to the classical heat equation, the crucial assumption that energy and entropy inflows should be proportional is discussed and a hyperbolic version of that prototypical parabolic PDE is presented. Thermomechanics comes next, a slightly more complex paradigmatic example of a field theory where



microscopic and macroscopic manifestations of motion become intertwined. Finally, a virtual power format for thermomechanics is proposed, whose formulation requires that temperature is regarded formally as the time derivative of thermal displacement. It is shown that this format permits an alternative formulation of the theory of heat conduction, and a physical interpretation of the notion of thermal displacement is given. It is addressed to mathematical modelers – or mathematical modelers to be – of continuous material bodies, be they mathematicians, physicists, or mathematically versed engineers.