1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459730703321

Autore

Rubright Richard W. <1974->

Titolo

The role and limitations of technology in U.S. counterinsurgency warfare / / Richard W. Rubright

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified] : , : Potomac Books, An imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-61234-676-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 p.)

Disciplina

355.02/180973

Soggetti

Counterinsurgency - United States

Counterinsurgency - Technological innovations

Tactics

Electronic books.

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 (pages 253-275) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Strategy and context -- The operationally offensive, tactically defensive concept -- Counterinsurgency in Iraq -- Limits of politically correct doctrine -- Technology and counterinsurgency strategy -- Contextual and other issues related to U.S. counterinsurgency warfare -- Implications.

Sommario/riassunto

Although the United States plays a leading role in the development of technology, particularly that used by militaries around the world, the U.S. military nonetheless continues to find itself struggling against lower-tech foes that conduct warfare on a different scale. Emerging technology is indeed available and is regularly employed in American counterinsurgency efforts; however, since it is also constantly in flux, strategies for its use must continually evolve to ensure that available resources are put to best use against disparate enemies.  Counterinsurgency operations are inherently poli



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458749603321

Titolo

Ukraine : 2013 article 4 consultation and first post-program monitoring-staff report; press release; and statement by the executive director for Ukraine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4983-6460-8

1-4983-9338-1

1-4983-3299-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (134 p.)

Collana

IMF Country Reports ; ; 14/145

Disciplina

338.94771

Soggetti

Competition - Ukraine

Electronic books.

Ukraine Economic conditions

Ukraine Economic policy

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.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; CONTEXT; RECENT DEVELOPMENTS; EXTERNAL STABILITY ASSESSMENT; BOXES; 1. Stand-By Arrangements in 2008-12; OUTLOOK AND RISKS; REPORT ON DISCUSSIONS; A. The Policy Mix and Medium-Term Outlook; 2. 2012 Article IV Consultation: Key Recommendations and Actions Taken; B. Moving Towards a Sustainable Exchange Rate Regime and Monetary Framework; C. Maintaining Financial Stability; D. Launching Fiscal Consolidation to Support the Adjustment; E. Reducing Quasi-Fiscal Losses and Raising Growth with Energy Sector Reforms; F. Boosting Sustainable Growth; CAPACITY TO REPAY THE FUND

STAFF APPRAISALFIGURES; 1. Performance Among Peers, 2000-12; 2. Real Sector Indicators, 2009-13; 3. Inflation, Monetary, and Exchange Rate Developments, 2009-13; 4. External Sector Developments, 2008-13; 5. Debt and Rollover of Debt, 2008-13; 6. Financial Sector Indicators, 2009-13; 7. Structural Reforms; 8. Baseline and Adjustment



Scenarios, 2011-18; TABLES; 1. Baseline Selected Economic and Social Indicators, 2009-18; 2. Baseline General Government Finances, 2010-18; 3. Baseline Balance of Payments, 2010-18; 4. Baseline Gross External Financing Requirements, 2010-18

5. Baseline Monetary Accounts, 2010-186. Financial Soundness Indicators for the Banking Sector, 2009-13; 7. Adjustment Scenario: Selected Economic and Social Indicators, 2012-18; 8. Baseline General Government Finances, GFSM 2001 Presentation, 2010-18; 9. Indicators of Fund Credit, 2009-18; ANNEXES; I. Competitiveness, Exchange Rate Assessment, and Reserve Adequacy; II. Risk Assessment Matrix; III. Public and External Debt Sustainability Analysis; IV. The Role of Devaluation Expectations in Determining the Spread Between Local and Foreign Currency Interest Rates in Ukraine

V. Enhancing the Operational Monetary Policy FrameworkVI. Determinants of Sovereign Borrowing Costs from International Markets; VII. Government Expenditures-Options for Fiscal Consolidation; VIII. Reforming Energy Subsidies in Ukraine; IX. Boosting Potential Growth in Ukraine Through Structural Reforms; CONTENTS; FUND RELATIONS; RELATIONS WITH THE WORLD BANK; RELATIONS WITH THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL ISSUES



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779787703321

Titolo

Bacteriophages in dairy processing [[electronic resource] /] / Andrea del Luján Quiberoni and Jorge Alberto Reinheimer, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2012

ISBN

1-62257-090-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 p.)

Collana

Advances in food safety and food microbiology

Altri autori (Persone)

Luján QuiberoniAndrea del

ReinheimerJorge Alberto

Disciplina

579.2/6

Soggetti

Bacteriophages

Dairy microbiology

Dairy products - Microbiology

Dairying

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

Phages of lactic acid bacteria : discovery and classification / Hans Wolfgang Ackermann -- Bacteriophage adaptation, with particular attention to issues of phage host range / Benjamin K. Chan and Stephen T. Abedon -- Bacteriophages in dairy plants / Viviana Suarez, Jorge Reinheimer, and Andrea Quiberoni -- Ecological aspects of phage contamination in natural whey and milk starters / Domenico Carminati, Miriam Zago, and Giorgio Giraffa -- Infective cycle of dairy bacteriophages / Daniela Guglielmotti, Diego Mercanti, and Mariangeles Briggiler Marco -- Lysogeny in probiotic lactobacilli / Maria Lujan Capra and Diego Mercanti -- Phage resistance in lactic acid bacteria / Genevieve Rousseau, Helene Deveau and Sylvain Moineau -- Biocides for dairy bacteriophage inactivation / Viviana Suarez and Daniela Guglielmotti -- Thermal resistance of bacteriophages in the dairy industry / Zeynep Atamer ... [et al.] -- Non-thermal technologies : pulsed electric field, high hydrostatic pressure and high pressure homogenization. Application on virus inactivation / Maria Lujan Capra ... [et al.] -- Detection and quantification of dairy bacteriophages / Ana Binetti -- Plasmid transduction and site-specific systems derived from lactic acid bacteria phages / Maria J. Olaya Passarell ... [et al.] --



Bacteriophages as biocontrol agents in dairy processing / Pilar Garcia ... [et al.].