The internal auditing pocket guide : preparing, performing, reporting, and follow-up / / J.P. Russell

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464446303321
• Autore: Russell J. P (James P.), <1945->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Milwaukee, Wisconsin : , : ASQ Quality Press, , 2007
• ISBN: 1-953079-87-3; 0-87389-900-8; 600-00-4832-7
• Edizione: [Second edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Disciplina: 657/.458
• Soggetti: Auditing, Internal; 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 (page 205) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Welcome to auditing -- Getting the assignment -- Audit process inputs (purpose and scope) -- Preparing for the audit -- Identifying requirements and planning -- Desk audit and audit strategies -- Beginning the audit -- Data collection -- Techniques to improve effectiveness and address vague requirements -- Analyzing the results -- Reporting -- Audit follow-up, corrective action, and closure -- Appendix A : Example audit plan -- Appendix B : Example work order -- Appendix C : Example meeting agenda and record -- Appendix D : Example interview schedule -- Appendix E : Example checklist page -- Appendix F : Audit time considerations -- Appendix G : Example notification letter -- Appendix H : Popular performance standards -- Appendix I : Example audit nonconformities -- Appendix J : Auditor code of conduct -- Appendix K : Example corrective/preventive action request -- Appendix L : Corrective action checklist -- Appendix M : 20 basic audit principles -- Glossary -- References.
• Sommario/riassunto: This best-seller pocket guide prepares auditors to conduct internal audits against quality, environmental, safety, and other audit criteria. This handy pocket guide covers all the steps necessary to complete an internal audit, from assignment to follow-up. New and updated chapters reflect new techniques to address vague requirements, more ; illustrations and examples, ISO 19011 thinking, and verification of auditee follow-up actions. This condensed, easy-to-read book is a valuable resource and great tool for training others on how to perform an internal audit. It is appropriate for those who hav

Quaqtaq : modernity and identity in an Inuit community / / Louis-Jacques Dorais

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456099903321
• Autore: Dorais Louis-Jacques <1945->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2001; ©1997
• ISBN: 1-281-99761-7; 9786611997618; 1-4426-7893-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (153 p.)
• Disciplina: 306/.089/9710714111
• Soggetti: Inuit - Cultural assimilation - Québec (Province) - Quaqtaq; Inuit - Québec (Province) - Quaqtaq - Ethnic identity; Inuit - Québec (Province) - Quaqtaq - Social conditions; Electronic books.; Quaqtaq (Québec) Social conditions
• 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: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: On Modernity, Identity, and Quaqtaq -- 1. Qallunaaqalaurtinagu: When There Were No Qallunaat -- 2. The Formation of a Community -- 3. Quaqtaq in the 1990s -- 4. Some Fundamentals of Identity -- 5. Quaqtaq and the World -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Historical Events in Tuvaaluk and Quaqtaq, 1910-1990 -- Appendix B: Adult Deaths in Tuvaaluk and Quaqtaq, 1941-1992 -- Appendix C: Peterhead Boats in Tuvaaluk, 1930-1967 -- Notes -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: How, in a world that is drastically changing, can the Inuit preserve their ; identity? Louis-Jacques Dorais explores this question in Quaqtaq, the first ethnography of a contemporary Canadian Inuit community to be published in over twenty-five years. The community of Quaqtaq is a small village on Hudson Strait where hunting and gathering are still the mainstays of life. In this description of Quaqtaq, based on data collected over a thirty-year period, we get a glimpse of its early cultural history, its development into a settled community, and its present realities. Dorais identifies three principal manifestations of local identity - kinship, religion, and language - that persist despite the brutal intrusion of modernity. He concludes by examining the role politics and education have played in the relationship between Quaqtaq and the outside world.Quaqtaq is a unique and important study that will be of interest to scholars, administrators, and citizens of Inuit and other native communities.

Planet Mars [[electronic resource] ] : story of another world / / François Forget, François Costard and Philippe Lognonné

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910698282603321
• Autore: Forget François
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin ; ; New York, : Springer; Chichester, UK, : In Association with Praxis Pub., c2008; [Washington, D.C.] : , : National Archives and Records Administration, , [1979]
• ISBN: 1-281-86105-7; 9786611861056; 0-387-48927-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (243 p.)
• Collana: Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy
• Altri autori (Persone): CostardFrançois; LognonnéPhilippe
• Disciplina: 523.43
• Soggetti: Astronomy; Mars (Planet); Mars (Planet) Exploration
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Welcome to Mars; Introduction; Martian landscapes; Chronology of Mars; Before Mars and the other planets; Very rapid protoplanetary growth; Formation of the core, crust and mantle; The evolution of Mars, the Earth, Venus and Mercury; What Martian meteorites tell us; The origin of atmospheres and water; Meteoritic bombardment; The enigma of the 'north-south dissymmetry'; The primordial dynamo and magnetic field; The moons of Mars: captured asteroids?; Rivers on Mars!; The source of Mars' rivers; The mystery of the lakes; Traces of water; A history of many chapters; In search of a lost ocean; The mystery of Mars' past climateThe theory of life on Mars; Hunting for fossils; A unique witness, 4 billion years old; The end of an oasis: Mars loses its atmosphere; Life on Mars today; A sub-surface motor: convection in the mantle; Giant volcanoes on Mars; Olympus Mons: the solar system's biggest volcano; Lava flows and lava plains; Ridges and cracks on the surface; Valles Marineris: the valley of wonders; A permanently frozen subsurface; The mystery of the chaotic terrains; Outflow channels; A drive around the mouth of Ares Vallis; A second Siberia; Seasons and temperatures; The atmosphere of MarsMartian winds; Martian meteorology; Dunes, ergs and erosion: footprints of the winds; The dust cycle: ever-orange skies; The dust cycle: planet of storms; The dust cycle: whirlwinds of dust; The dust cycle: global storms; The water cycle: vapour, frost and ice - water on Mars; The water cycle: clouds and fogs; The CO2 cycle: seasonal polar caps; The CO2 cycle: an atmosphere which solidifies; The CO2 cycle: the vagaries of carbon dioxide ice; The CO2 cycle: the residual southern polar cap; Climate change: when Mars rocks on its axis; Climate change: ancient glaciers on MarsClimate change: surface ice at high latitudes; Climate change: intermittent water flows; Climate change: polar sediments, evidence of past climates; Telescopic voyages; First visitors: the Mariner probes; Soviet setbacks; Viking; A difficult exploration; New American initiatives; Spirit and Opportunity: wheels on Mars; Europe joins in: Mars Express; The future of European Mars exploration; Imagination serves exploration; The Grail: returning samples; Astronauts on Mars
• Sommario/riassunto: Give an insight of Mars by adopting an outline based on history rather than on subtopic (atmosphere, surface, interior). This work looks at its evolution, and incorporates the results from the space missions of Mars Express, Spirit and Opportunity. It also examines its formation from the ashes of dead stars, more than 4 5 billion years ago.