1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463698603321

Autore

Hershock Peter D

Titolo

Valuing diversity [[electronic resource] ] : Buddhist reflection on realizing a more equitable global future / / Peter D. Hershock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, [2012]

ISBN

1-4384-4460-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 p.)

Disciplina

294.35

Soggetti

Buddhist ethics

Difference (Philosophy)

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

""Valuing Diversity: Buddhist Reflection on Realizing a More Equitable Global Future""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: Toward a New Paradigm of Difference""; ""Chapter 2: Variety and Diversity: Two Qualities and Directions of Difference""; ""Chapter 3: Time Differences: The Changing Nature of Change""; ""Chapter 4: Writing Histories, Making Differences""; ""Chapter 5: The Commodification of Difference: Media and the Emerging Attention Economy""; ""Chapter 6: Ethics and Differentiation: Turning Away from the Same""

""Chapter 7: Convergence on Variety: Modern Irony, Postmodern Ideal""""Chapter 8: Delinking Equity and Equality""; ""Chapter 9: Diversity and Equity: Global Relational Commons and Global Public Good""; ""Chapter 10: Making a Difference: Toward a New Structure of Feeling""; ""Epilogue: The Next Step?""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography of Works Cited""; ""Index""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787840403321

Autore

Karpas Zeev

Titolo

Analytical chemistry of uranium : environmental, forensic, nuclear, and toxicological applications / / Zeev Karpas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-429-19283-5

1-4822-2060-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Disciplina

546.4316

Soggetti

Uranium - Analysis

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 at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Chapter 1: Introduction : Fundamental Properties of Uranium and Its Compounds, the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, and Analytical Methods Used for Characterizing Uranium; Chapter 2: Industrial Applications; Chapter 3: Determination of Uranium in Environmental Samples; Chapter 4: Exposure, Toxicity, and Biomonitoring of Uranium Exposure; Chapter 5: Trace Analysis and Nuclear Forensics; Chapter 6: Summary; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Accurate uranium analysis, and particularly for isotope measurements, is essential in many fields, including environmental studies, geology, hydrogeology, the nuclear industry, health physics, and homeland security. Nevertheless, only a few scientific books are dedicated to uranium in general and analytical chemistry aspects in particular. Analytical Chemistry of Uranium: Environmental, Forensic, Nuclear, and Toxicological Applications covers the fascinating advances in the field of analytical chemistry of uranium. Exploring a broad range of topics, the book focuses on the analytical aspects o