1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784604603321

Autore

Hunt Nancy Rose

Titolo

A colonial lexicon of birth ritual, medicalization, and mobility in the Congo / / Nancy Rose Hunt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, NC : , : Duke University Press, , 1999

ISBN

9786613062239

0-8223-8136-2

1-283-06223-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 475 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Body, commodity, text

Disciplina

392.1/2/096751

Soggetti

Birth customs - Congo (Democratic Republic)

Birth customs - Religious aspects

Childbirth - Religious aspects - Christianity

Protestant churches - Missions - Congo (Democratic Republic) - History

Congo (Democratic Republic) Social life and customs

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 (p. [417]-445) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Crocodiles and wealth -- 2. Doctors and airplanes -- 3. Dining and surgery -- 4. Nurses and bicycles -- 5. Babies and forceps -- 6. Colonial maternities -- 7. Debris -- Departures.

Sommario/riassunto

Colonial relations in Zaire viewed through the attempts of missionaries to impose European midwifery and birthing practices.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910595071303321

Autore

Winkler Herwig

Titolo

Blockchain-Based Digitalization of Logistics Processes-Innovation, Applications, Best Practices

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Soggetti

Technology: general issues

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Blockchain technology is becoming one of the most powerful future technologies in supporting logistics processes and applications. It has the potential to destroy and reorganize traditional logistics structures. Both researchers and practitioners all over the world continuously report on novel blockchain-based projects, possibilities, and innovative solutions with better logistic service levels and lower costs. The idea of this Special Issue is to provide an overview of the status quo in research and possibilities to effectively implement blockchain-based solutions in business practice. This Special Issue reprint contained well-prepared research reports regarding recent advances in blockchain technology around logistics processes to provide insights into realized maturity.