1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910697259903321

Autore

Chamis C. C (Christos C.)

Titolo

Composite erosion by computational simulation [[electronic resource] /] / Christos C. Chamis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cleveland, Ohio : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center, , [2006]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (22 pages) : illustrations

Collana

NASA/TM ; ; 2006-214096

Soggetti

Degradation

Erosion

Void ratio

Computer programs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Nov. 22, 2010).

"February 2006."

"Prepared for the SAMPE 2006, sponsored by the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering, Long Beach California, April 30-May 4, 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 22).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778027303321

Autore

Ross Andrew <1956->

Titolo

Nice work if you can get it [[electronic resource] ] : life and labor in precarious times / / Andrew Ross

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8147-7739-2

0-8147-7635-3

1-4416-1568-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

NYU series in social and cultural analysis

Disciplina

331.6/2

Soggetti

Employment in foreign countries

Foreign workers

Globalization

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. 219-243) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Mercurial Career of Creative Industries Policymaking in the United Kingdom, the European Union, and the United States -- 2 China’s Next Cultural Revolution? -- 3 The Olympic Goose That Lays the Golden Egg -- 4 Teamsters, Turtles, and Tainted Toys -- 5 Learning from San Ysidro -- 6 The Copyfight over Intellectual Property -- 7 The Rise of the Global University -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

2009 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleIs job insecurity the new norm? With fewer and fewer people working in steady, long-term positions for one employer, has the dream of a secure job with full benefits and a decent salary become just that—a dream?In Nice Work If You Can Get It, Andrew Ross surveys the new topography of the global workplace and finds an emerging pattern of labor instability and uneven development on a massive scale. Combining detailed case studies with lucid analysis and graphic prose, he looks at what the new landscape of contingent employment means for workers across national, class, and racial lines—from the emerging “creative class” of high-wage professionals to the multitudes of temporary, migrant, or



low-wage workers. Developing the idea of “precarious livelihoods” to describe this new world of work and life, Ross explores what it means in developed nations—comparing the creative industry policies of the United States, United Kingdom, and European Union, as well as developing countries—by examining the quickfire transformation of China’s labor market. He also responds to the challenge of sustainability, assessing the promise of “green jobs” through restorative alliances between labor advocates and environmentalists.Ross argues that regardless of one’s views on labor rights, globalization, and quality of life, this new precarious and “indefinite life,&” and the pitfalls and opportunities that accompany it is likely here to stay and must be addressed in a systematic way. A more equitable kind of knowledge society emerges in these pages—less skewed toward flexploitation and the speculative beneficiaries of intellectual property, and more in tune with ideals and practices that are fair, just, and renewable.

3.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00148611

Autore

BANERJEE, Satya Ranjan

Titolo

A bibliography of Prakrit Language / Satya Ranjan Banerjee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Calcutta, : Sanskrit Book Depot LTD, 1977

Descrizione fisica

31 p. ; 24 cm

Classificazione

SI GEN B II

Soggetti

LINGUISTICA INDO-ARIA - STUDI

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia