1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910697151803321

Autore

Chamis C. C (Christos C.)

Titolo

Application of composite mechanics to composites enhanced concrete structures [[electronic resource] /] / Christos C. Chamis, Pascal K. Gotsis ; prepared for the 16th European Conference of Fracture cosponsored by ESIS, ASTM, SMS, AIAS, JSEM, BSSM, SEM, and EURASEM, Alexandroupolis, Greece, July 3-7, 2006

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (14 pages) : illustrations

Collana

NASA TM- ; ; 2006-214038

Altri autori (Persone)

GotsisPascal K

Soggetti

Concrete structures

Fracturing

Composite structures

Composite materials

Loads (forces)

Finite element method

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Dec. 1, 2010).

"January 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 14)



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781933903321

Autore

Dupret Baudouin

Titolo

Practices of truth [[electronic resource] ] : an ethnomethodological inquiry into Arab contexts / / Baudouin Dupret

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011

ISBN

1-283-31477-0

9786613314772

90-272-8465-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond, , 0922-842X ; ; new ser., 214

Disciplina

306.440917/5927

Soggetti

Truthfulness and falsehood - Arab countries

Truthfulness and falsehood - Religious aspects - Islam

Ethnology - Arab countries

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

Learning the truth: memorizing the Koran in an Egyptian kuttâb -- The context of truth practices: legislating the sharîa at the shopfloor level -- Telling the truth: the judge and the law in family matters -- The truth about oneself: three Arab channels and their self-presentation -- Speaking the truth: advocacy video clips against terror -- Narratives of truth: documenting the mind in a psychiatric hospital -- Conclusion: Truth: a matter of language game and practical achievement.

Sommario/riassunto

The claim of this book is that truth is a matter of language games and practical achievements: it is a "member phenomenon". To document this statement, it proceeds to the investigation of instances of truth-related practices in various Arab contexts. Bearing on the constitution of actions and events, on what is factual or objective, on predictability, consequentiality, intentionality, causality, and on the many ways people orient to them, such a varied set of questions appears thoroughly moral. The praxeological respecification this book undertakes leads to important considerations regarding t