1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910705732403321

Autore

Funkhouser Jaysson E (Jaysson Eugene)

Titolo

Floods of selected streams in Arkansas, spring 2008 / / Jaysson E. Funkhouser and Ken Eng

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Reston, Va.] : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2009

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (4 unnumbered pages) : color illustrations, color maps

Collana

Fact sheet ; ; 2008-3103

Soggetti

Floods - Arkansas

Floods

Arkansas

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Caption title.

"January 2009."

"Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock and Memphis Districts."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 4).



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996542669403316

Autore

Harris Don

Titolo

Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics [[electronic resource] ] : 20th International Conference, EPCE 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 23–28, 2023, Proceedings, Part II / / edited by Don Harris, Wen-Chin Li

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

3-031-35389-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (619 pages)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, , 2945-9141 ; ; 14018

Altri autori (Persone)

LiWen-Chin

Disciplina

006.3

Soggetti

Artificial intelligence

Coding theory

Information theory

Computer networks

Computer systems

User interfaces (Computer systems)

Human-computer interaction

Artificial Intelligence

Coding and Information Theory

Computer Communication Networks

Computer System Implementation

User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Human factors in aviation -- human factors in operations management -- human-centered design of autonomous systems.

Sommario/riassunto

This two-volume set LNCS 14017 - 14018 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, EPCE 2023, held as part of HCI International 2023 which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, during July 23-28, 2023. A total of 1578 papers and 396 posters have been accepted for publication in the HCII 2023 proceedings from a total of 7472 submissions. The papers included in



the HCII-EPCE volume set were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Stress, fatigue, and mental workload; human performance and error management; resilience and performance in demanding contexts. Part II: Human factors in aviation; human factors in operations management; human-centered design of autonomous systems. .

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910808313403321

Titolo

A companion to applied ethics / / edited by R.G. Frey and Christopher Heath Wellman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2003

ISBN

9786610748983

9781405164405

1405164409

9781405171908

1405171901

9781782684169

1782684166

9780470765319

0470765313

9781405123242

1405123249

9781280748981

1280748982

9780470996621

0470996625

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (718 p.)

Collana

Blackwell companions to philosophy ; ; 26

Altri autori (Persone)

FreyR. G (Raymond Gillespie)

WellmanChristopher Heath

Disciplina

170

Soggetti

Applied ethics

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

A Companion to Applied Ethics; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Preface; 1 The Nature of Applied Ethics; 2 Theories of Ethics; 3 Property Rights and Welfare Redistribution; 4 Civil Disobedience and the Duty to Obey the Law; 5 Capitalism and Marxism; 6 State Punishment and the Death Penalty; 7 Racism; 8 Sexism; 9 Affirmative Action; 10 The Legal Enforcement of Morality; 11 Hate Crimes, Literature, and Speech; 12 Pornography and Censorship; 13 Dirty Hands; 14 Sexual Ethics; 15 Gun Control; 16 Citizenship; 17 Immigration; 18 World Hunger; 19 War and Terrorism; 20 Nationalism and Secession

21 Intergenerational Justice22 Bioethics; 23 Abortion; 24 Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide; 25 Reproductive Technology; 26 Genetic Engineering; 27 Surrogate Motherhood; 28 Cloning; 29 Allocation of Medical Resources; 30 Experimentation on Human Subjects; 31 Disability; 32 Moral Status; 33 Killing and Letting Die; 34 The Doctrine of Double Effect; 35 Bad Samaritans, Acts, and Omissions; 36 Moral Dilemmas; 37 Education; 38 Personal Relationships; 39 Animals; 40 Business Ethics; 41 Corporate Responsibility; 42 Whistle-blowing; 43 Professional Ethics; 44 Media Ethics; 45 Computer Ethics

46 Engineering Ethics47 Environmental Ethics; 48 Values in Nature; 49 The Tragedy of the Commons; 50 Global Warming; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Applied or practical ethics is perhaps the largest growth area in philosophy today, and many issues in moral, social, and political life have come under philosophical scrutiny in recent years. Taken together, the essays in this volume - including two overview essays on theories of ethics and the nature of applied ethics - provide a state-of-the-art account of the most pressing moral questions facing us today.Provides a comprehensive guide to many of the most significant problems of practical ethicsOffers state-of-the-art accounts of issues in medical, environmental, legal, soci



4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910961133803321

Autore

Beccalossi Chiara <1976->

Titolo

Female Sexual Inversion : Same-Sex Desires in Italian and British Sexology, c. 1870-1920 / / by Chiara Beccalossi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2012

ISBN

9786613360724

9781283360722

1283360721

9780230354111

0230354114

Edizione

[1st ed. 2012.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (319 p.)

Collana

Genders and Sexualities in History, , 2730-9487

Classificazione

HIS020000HIS015000HIS037070HIS037060HIS054000

Disciplina

306.76/630946

Soggetti

Italy - History

Europe - History

History, Modern

Clinical psychology

Science - History

Sex

History of Italy

European History

Modern History

Clinical Psychology

History of Science

Gender Studies

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

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on Terminology; Abbreviations; Part I; 1 Introduction: Female Sexual Inversion and other Medical Embodiments of Female Same-Sex Desires in Italy and Britain, circa 1870-1920; The emergence of the medical category of sexual inversion: continuities and variations; National traditions and competing medical fields; The hero/villain dichotomy; The (in)visibility



of female same-sex desires; 2 Sexuality in Post-Risorgimento Italy and Victorian Britain Historical contexts; Historical contexts; Regularisation of sexual behaviours; Part II

3 Italy: The Fashionable Psychiatric Disorder of Sexual Inversion and other Medical Embodiments of Same-Sex DesiresTowards an Italian psychiatry; 'Inversion of sexual instinct': towards a new and fashionable psychiatric pathology; The establishment of sexual inversion as a mental illness in psychiatric manuals; Asylums as laboratories for tracking female homosexuality; Figures of female same-sex desires; 4 Britain: Oblique Discourses Surrounding 'Lesbic Love'; British psychiatry in the nineteenth century; Psychiatry and same-sex desires; Female sexual excess: nymphomania and prostitution

Gynaecology: sexual excess in the female bodyYoung females do not sleep in the same bed: masturbation and adolescence; Part III Case-Studies; 5 Cesare Lombroso and Italian Criminal Anthropology; The Criminal Man, pederasty, and sexual inversion; Popularising sexology; Tribadism; Stigmatising feminism?; 6 Pasquale Penta, 'First Class Sexologist'; Following Lombroso's path: the Verzeni case; Archivio delle psicopatie sessuali; 'Natura non facit saltus': pursuing the study of sexuality; Female sexual inversion; 7 Havelock Ellis and Sex Psychology; Writing Sexual Inversion; The Bedborough case

Psychology of sex: female sexual inversion8 William Blair-Bell and Gynaecology; The normal woman and her internal secretions; The abnormal woman type; 9 Concluding Remarks; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An examination of how female same-sex desires were represented in a wide range of Italian and British medical writings, 1870-1920. It shows how the psychiatric category of sexual inversion was positioned alongside other medical ideas of same-sex desires, such as the virago, tribade-prostitute, fiamma and gynaecological explanations.