1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459190703321

Autore

Bracken Jeanne Munn

Titolo

Children with cancer [[electronic resource] ] : a reference guide for parents / / Jeanne Munn Bracken

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-61349-9

9786612613494

0-19-977422-6

Edizione

[Rev. and updated ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 569 p.)

Disciplina

618.92/994

Soggetti

Cancer in children

Cancer

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Today most children with cancer can & do survive, but the bewildering range of modern treatments & the stunning number of information sources can be daunting. 'Children with Cancer' brings together a wealth of up-to-date information for anyone who wishes to help a child or family through this ordeal.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461166903321

Autore

Chern Cyril

Titolo

Chern on dispute boards [[electronic resource] ] : practice and procedure / / Cyril Chern

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, UK ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, c2011

ISBN

1-119-95199-2

1-119-95201-8

1-283-40480-X

9786613404800

1-119-95198-4

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (448 p.)

Disciplina

343.73/078624

Soggetti

Construction industry - Law and legislation - United States

Construction contracts - United States

Dispute resolution (Law) - United States

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chern on Dispute Boards: Practice and Procedure, Second Edition; Contents; The Author; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: The Dispute Board Concept; What is a dispute board?; What makes a dispute board unique? What can be achieved by using a dispute board?; Recommendations vs Binding Decisions; Non-binding recommendations; Interim-binding decisions; Differences between dispute boards and arbitration, mediation, adjudication and alternative dispute resolution (ADR); History of dispute boards; Growth of dispute boards; An overview-composition of dispute boards and their operation

The chairperson's roleAppointment and membership; Board member qualities; The importance of early appointment and of regular site visits; Routine operations; Subcontractors; FIDIC Conditions of Subcontract for Construction; Formal vs Informal operations; Hearings; Dispute board procedures; Dispute board costs; Why dispute boards work; Why dispute boards are claimed not to work; International aspects; The future; Chapter 2: Types of Dispute Boards; The Dispute



Review Board (DRB); The Dispute Adjudication Board (DAB); The Combined Dispute Board (CDB); Common Aspects of all Dispute Boards

Dispute board formationOther forms of board dealing with disputes; Chapter 3: Legal Basis for Dispute Boards; Legal Systems-Overview; Common law; Civil law; The Historical Development of Dispute Boards; Contemporary Legal Development of Dispute Boards; The engineer/arbitrator as judge; The engineer as quasi-arbitrator; The development of non-statutory adjudication; The development of statutory adjudication in the UK; Mandatory Provisions; The process under the Act; The Scheme for Construction Contracts; The Act-Main Areas-Is There a Dispute?

Does the dispute arise under a construction contract?Is the contract in writing within the meaning of s. 107?; The process; Procedures under the Scheme; Notice of Adjudication; Appointment of an adjudicator; The referral notice; Adjudicator's Powers and Duties; Changes to the Housing Grants Act; Adjudication and Dispute Boards in England; Extension to International Cases; Specific regional non-common law country differences and methods; Host Country Rules-Dispute Boards under Common, Civil or Sharia Law; Chapter 4: Case Histories; Dispute Boards in Operation; Historical Cases

China: Ertan Hydroelectric ProjectAfrica: Katse Dam Project; Hong Kong: Hong Kong Airport; England: Docklands Railway; England: Saltend Private Power Plant; Canada: Niagara Tunnel Project; China: Yellow River Diversion Project; USA : I-15 Reconstruction-Salt Lake City, Utah; France-England: Eurotunnel; Chapter 5: Appointing and Establishing a Dispute Board; Composition of Dispute Boards; Single-member dispute boards; Two-member dispute boards; Three-member dispute boards; Mega-member dispute boards; Micro-dispute boards; Ad hoc dispute boards; Miscellaneous situations

Major International Appointing Bodies

Sommario/riassunto

A dispute board is a panel of impartial members, appointed at the outset of the construction contract, whose purpose is to monitor progress, resolve disputes as they arise and provide a forum for discussing difficult matters.This book provides an in depth analysis of dispute board law and detailed, practical explanations of how dispute boards work in construction contracts for those actively involved. as well as for those who need to learn the process. Important features of the book include: Explanation of how a dispute board works: Insider knowledge of board operations: Key documents to



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910711508403321

Autore

Hickey John J.

Titolo

Variations in low-water streambed elevations at selected stream-gaging stations in northwestern California / / by J. J. Hickey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1969

Washington : , : United States Government Printing Office

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 33 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Contributions to the hydrology of the United States

Geological Survey water-supply paper ; ; 1879-E

Soggetti

Sediments (Geology) - California

Stream measurements - California

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Prepared in cooperation with the California Department of Water Resources."

"US. Government Printing Office: 1969 O--348-307"--Page 33.

Includes tables.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910337840603321

Titolo

Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing : 18th International Conference, ICAISC 2019, Zakopane, Poland, June 16–20, 2019, Proceedings, Part II / / edited by Leszek Rutkowski, Rafał Scherer, Marcin Korytkowski, Witold Pedrycz, Ryszard Tadeusiewicz, Jacek M. Zurada

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

3-030-20915-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXII, 712 p. 332 illus., 150 illus. in color.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, , 2945-9141 ; ; 11509

Disciplina

006.3

Soggetti

Artificial intelligence

Computer vision

Computers, Special purpose

Computer networks

User interfaces (Computer systems)

Human-computer interaction

Artificial Intelligence

Computer Vision

Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems

Computer Communication Networks

User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Neural networks and their applications -- Fuzzy systems and their applications -- Evolutionary algorithms and their applications -- Pattern classification -- Artificial intelligence in modeling and simulation -- Computer vision, image and speech analysis -- Bioinformatics, biometrics, and medical applications -- Data mining -- Various problems of artificial intelligence -- Agent systems, robotics and control.

Sommario/riassunto

The two-volume set LNCS 11508 and 11509 constitutes the refereed



proceedings of of the 18th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing, ICAISC 2019, held in Zakopane, Poland, in June 2019. The 122 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 333 submissions. The papers included in the first volume are organized in the following five parts: neural networks and their applications; fuzzy systems and their applications; evolutionary algorithms and their applications; pattern classification; artificial intelligence in modeling and simulation. The papers included in the second volume are organized in the following five parts: computer vision, image and speech analysis; bioinformatics, biometrics, and medical applications; data mining; various problems of artificial intelligence; agent systems, robotics and control.