1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910672105003321

Autore

Office International Labour

Titolo

The Use of Lasers in the Workplace [[electronic resource] ] : A Practical Guide

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : ILO Publications, 1993

ISBN

92-2-116911-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (72 p.)

Collana

Occupational Safety and Health Series No. 68 ; ; v.v. 68

Disciplina

363.11

363.17796

621.36/6/0289

Soggetti

Lasers

Radiation workers

Lasers - Safety measures

Lasers - Health aspects

Lasers - Industrial applications

Environmental Exposure

Optical Devices

Radiologic Health

Radiation Equipment and Supplies

Radiation Protection

Occupational Exposure

Equipment and Supplies

Environmental Pollution

Public Health

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment

Environment and Public Health

Health Care

Engineering & Applied Sciences

Applied Physics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.



Nota di contenuto

Preface; Contents; 1.Introduction; 2.Characteristics of laser radiation; Figures; 3.Sources of occupational exposure to laser radiation; Tables; 4.Hazard evaluation and laser device classification; 5.Instrumentation and measurement techniques; 6.Occupational exposure limits and safety standards; 7.Control of and protection from exposure to laser radiation; 8.Administrative organization; Appendix A - Radiometric terminology and physical; Appendix B - Biological and health effects of las; Appendix C - Glossary; Appendix D - Background of the INIRC; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

Reviews the health effects of Laser radiation. Presents classification scheme of the Laser devices.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910794441703321

Autore

Sides Josh <1972->

Titolo

Backcountry Ghosts : California Homesteaders and the Making of a Dubious Dream / / Josh Sides

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, NE : , : University of Nebraska Press, , [2021]

©[2021]

ISBN

1-4962-2550-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

979.4

Soggetti

Ranchers

Pioneers

Land tenure

Land settlement

Homestead law

Frontier and pioneer life

Farmers

California - Rural conditions

Frontier and pioneer life - California

Homestead law - California - History

Land tenure - California - History

Farmers - California

Ranchers - California

Pioneers - California

Land settlement - California - History

Local history

History

Biographies.



California

California History, Local

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Not much else beside -- A country of plantations and estates -- Instant relics -- Hard-bitten country -- Violent paradise -- Swindles and salvation in the Antelope Valley -- Mexican lands in Mexican hands -- Floods and utopias -- Taming the California desert -- Imperial Valley dreams -- Crashing the orange gates -- Exacting lives in the breadbasket -- The rarified Bay Area -- Among the trees of the North Coast -- Under the shadow of Mount Lassen -- Conclusion: Remembering homesteading -- Appendix: Number of homesteads per county per year.

Sommario/riassunto

"Josh Sides tells the remarkable stories of homesteaders in California, both those who succeeded and those who did not"--