1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457257203321

Titolo

Understanding and managing risk in security systems for the DOE nuclear weapons complex (abbreviated version) [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Risk-Based Approaches for Securing the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Presss, c2011

ISBN

1-283-08163-6

9786613081636

0-309-20885-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (31 p.)

Disciplina

355.825119

Soggetti

Nuclear weapons plants - Security measures - United States

Nuclear weapons industry - Risk management - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This is an abbreviated version of the National Academies' report on augmenting DOE's security systems at sites in the nuclear weapons complex, and particularly on the applicability of risk assessment concepts for this augmentation.  The full report is entitled Understanding and managing risk in the DOE nuclear weapons complex.  The full version of that report, which is exempt from public release under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. [section] 552 (b)(2), was issued in 2010.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front matter ""; ""Preface to the Abbreviated Version""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Summary""; ""References""; ""Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""; ""Appendix A: Statement of Task""; ""Appendix B: Acronyms""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455140103321

Autore

Piatigorsky Joram

Titolo

Gene sharing and evolution [[electronic resource] ] : the diversity of protein functions / / Joram Piatigorsky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-674-04212-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Classificazione

WG 1940

Disciplina

572/.6

Soggetti

Genetic regulation

Proteins - Evolution

Eye - Molecular aspects

Crystalline lens

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-305) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. What Is "Gene Sharing"? -- 2. Multifunctions and Functional Shifts: Echos from the Past -- 3. The Elusive Concept of a "Gene" -- 4. Eyes and Lenses: Gene Sharing by Crystallins -- 5. The Enigmatic "Corneal Crystallins": Putative Cases of Gene Sharing -- 6. Gene Sharing as a Common Event: Many Multifunctional Proteins -- 7. Gene Sharing during Gene Expression -- 8. Gene Sharing As a Dynamic Evolutionary Process: Antifreeze Proteins and Hemoglobins -- 9. Gene Duplication and the Evolution of New Functions -- 10. Gene Sharing and Systems Biology: Implications and Speculations -- 11. Recapitulations: Ambiguities and Possibilities -- Glossary -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In Gene Sharing and Evolution Piatigorsky explores the generality and implications of gene sharing throughout evolution and argues that most if not all proteins perform a variety of functions in the same and in different species, and that this is a fundamental necessity for evolution.