1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001965729707536

Autore

Pontiroli, Luciano

Titolo

Le garanzie autonome ed il rischio del creditore : un contributo alla lettura del sistema / Luciano Pontiroli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Padova : CEDAM, 1992

ISBN

8813174845

Descrizione fisica

ix, 212 p. ; 25 cm.

Collana

Le monografie di Contratto e impresa ; 20

Classificazione

CM-XIV/E

Soggetti

Garanzia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781678503321

Titolo

History of technology . Volume twenty-five, 2004 / / edited by Ian Inkster

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London] : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2004

ISBN

1-350-01903-8

1-4411-9616-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Collana

History of technology

Disciplina

265/.3

Soggetti

Technology - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Editorial; The Contributors; Notes for Contributors; An Early Tower Windmill? The Turweston ''Post mill'' Reconsidered; Prefabricating Stories: Innovation in Systems Technology after the



Second World War; Impacts of Technology Reassessed: A Retrospective Analysis of Computing Technology; Special Issue: The Global History of the Steam Engine; Introduction. Indisputable Features and Nebulous Contexts: The Steam Engine as a Global Inquisition

Some Reflections on the Use of ''Styles of Scientific Thinking'' to Disaggregate and Sharpen Comparisons Between China and Europe from Sò€ng to Mid-Qing Times (960-1850 CE)Comments on Mark Elvin; Inside Newcomen''s Fire Engine, or: The Scientific Revolution and the Rise of the Modern World; The Emergence of Science-based Technology. Comments on Floris Cohen''s Paper; The Formation of Knowledge Concerning Atmospheric Pressure and Steam Power in Europe from Aleotti (1589) to Papin (1690); Why the Chinese Failed to Develop a Steam Engine; Response to Kent Deng; Response to Kent Deng

The Development of the Steam Engine from Watt to StephensonThe Resources of Decisive Technological Change: Reflections on Richard Hills; Steam Power and Networks in China, 1860-98: The Historical Issues; A Comment on Sivin and Zhang; Contents of Former Volumes

Sommario/riassunto

"The technical problems confronting different societies and periods and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays. It deals with the history of technical discovery and change and explores the relationship of technology to other aspects of life - social, cultural and economic - showing how technological development has shaped, and been shaped by, the society in which it occurred."--Bloomsbury Publishing.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785962503321

Titolo

Tea in health and disease prevention [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Victor R. Preedy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Elsevier, 2013

ISBN

0-12-384938-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1612 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PreedyVictor R

Disciplina

613.2

615.321

615/.321

Soggetti

Tea - Therapeutic use

Tea - Health aspects

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

pt. 1. Tea, tea drinking and varieties -- pt. 2. Miscellaneous teas and tea types : non-camellia sinensis -- section 3. Manufacturing and processing -- section 4. Compositional and nutritional aspects -- section 5. General protective aspects of tea-related compounds -- section 6. Focused areas, specific tea compounds and effects on tissue and organ systems -- section 7. Behavior and brain -- section 8. Adverse effects of tea and tea-related products -- section 9. Comparison of tea and coffee in health and disease.

Sommario/riassunto

While there have been many claims of the benefits of teas through the years, and while there is nearly universal agreement that drinking tea can benefit health, there is still a concern over whether the lab-generated results are representative of real-life benefit, what the risk of toxicity might be, and what the effective-level thresholds are for various purposes. Clearly there are still questions about the efficacy and use of tea for health benefit.   This book presents a comprehensive look at the compounds in black, green, and white teas, their reported benefits (or toxicity risks)