1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453874203321

Titolo

Agriculture and development [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Gudrun Kochendörfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank

[Bonn], : InWent, c2008

ISBN

1-281-78737-X

9786611787370

0-8213-7128-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Collana

Berlin Workshop series ; ; 2008

Altri autori (Persone)

Kochendörfer-LuciusGudrun

PleskovicBoris

Disciplina

338.1

630.91724 22

Soggetti

Agriculture - Economic aspects

Population

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The Berlin Workshop Series 2008 presents a selection of papers from meetings held on September 4-6, 2006, at the ninth annual Berlin Workshop, jointly organized by InWent-Capacity Building International, Germany, and the World Bank"--P. 1.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; ABOUT THIS BOOK; INTRODUCTION; WELCOMING ADDRESS; KEYNOTE ADDRESS Current Thinking on the Scope and Approach of WDR 2008; OPENING ADDRESS; INTRODUCTORY REMARKS; Part I: Agricultural Policy, Subsidies, and Trade; Agriculture and Development: The Perspective of a Think Tank on the WDR 2008 Outline; Part II: Markets and Institutions; Market Access for Small Farmers: The New Standards Challenge; Globalization, Privatization, and Vertical Coordination in Food Value Chains; Part III: Agriculture, Natural Resources Management, and the Environment

Designing Improved NRM Interventions in Agriculture for Poverty Reduction and Environmental Sustainability in Developing CountriesAspects of Land Degradation in Lagging Regions: Extent, Driving Forces, Responses, and Further Research with Special Reference



to Ethiopia; Agriculture and the Rio Conventions; Part IV: Agriculture-Rural Nonfarm Linkages and Rural Poverty; Agricultural Growth, Employment, and Wage Rates in Developing Countries; Are Farm-Nonfarm Linkages Still Strong Enough to Tackle Rural Poverty?; Agriculture: Rural Nonfarm Linkages and Poverty

Part V: Decentralization, Local Governance, and Rural DevelopmentDecentralization, Local Governance, and Rural Development; Decentralization, Agriculture, and Poverty Reduction: Harsh Realities?; Decentralization and Development: Emerging Issues from Uganda's Experience; Decentralized Rural Governance in a Post-Socialist Economy: A Case of Community-Based Agricultural Marketing in Poland; Part VI: Emerging Policy Issues; Opportunities for European Bioethanol in a Global Environment (2006)

Nonlinear Effects of Weather on U.S. Crop Yields, Implications for Climate Change, and Why These Effects Matter for Developing CountriesEmerging Policy Issues within the Realm of Science Policy for Africa; CLOSING REMARKS; Appendix 1: Program; Appendix 2: Participants

Sommario/riassunto

Proceedings from ""Berlin 2008: Agriculture and Development"" conference held in preparation for the World Development Report 2008.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910511368803321

Autore

Westfall Linda <1954->

Titolo

The certified software quality engineer handbook / / Linda Westfall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milwaukee, Wisconsin : , : ASQ Quality Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-951058-77-1

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (789 pages)

Disciplina

005.44769

Soggetti

Electronic data processing personnel - Certification

Computer software - Examinations

Computer software - Quality control

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNISA996344227803316

Autore

Charitidis Constantinos A

Titolo

Carbon-Based Smart Materials / / Constantinos A. Charitidis, Elias P. Koumoulos, Dimitrios A. Dragatogiannis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin/Boston, : De Gruyter, 2020

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

3-11-047775-0

3-11-047913-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 182 p.)

Disciplina

620.11

Soggetti

Funktionswerkstoff

Intelligenter Werkstoff

Kohlenstoffwerkstoff

Sensortechnik

Werkstoffkunde

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- List of contributing authors -- 1 New class of graphene-based devices for the next generation of nonvolatile memories -- 2 Plasma surface activation and functionalization of carbon-based materials -- 3 Modeling carbon-based smart materials -- 4 Carbon nanotube-based materials for space applications -- 5 Molecular dynamics simulations of graphene-based polymer nanocomposites -- 6 Carbon from waste source for Li-ion battery -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Presents technologies and key concepts to produce suitable smart materials and intelligent structures for sensing, information and communication technology, biomedical applications (drug delivery, hyperthermia therapy), self-healing, flexible memories and construction technologies. Novel developments of environmental friendly, cost-effective and scalable production processes are discussed by experts in the field.