1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910703863203321

Titolo

Comparison of driver yielding for three rapid-flashing patterns used with pedestrian crossing signs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

McLean, VA : , : U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Research, Development, and Technology, Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, , May 2015

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (8 unnumbered pages) : color illustrations

Collana

Techbrief

Soggetti

Pedestrian crosswalks - United States - Safety measures

Traffic signs and signals - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on July 29, 2015).

"FHWA-HRT-15-041."

"May 2015."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 7-8).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782372203321

Autore

Cummings Claire Hope <1943->

Titolo

Uncertain peril [[electronic resource] ] : genetic engineering and the future of seeds / / Claire Hope Cummings

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, Mass., : Beacon Press, c2008

ISBN

0-8070-8591-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Disciplina

631.5/21

Soggetti

Agricultural biotechnology - Political aspects

Transgenic plants - Economic aspects

Transgenic plants - Risk assessment

Consumer protection - Citizen participation

Seeds - Biotechnology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-217) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The rise of the techno-elites -- Trade secrets -- Trespass -- Political science -- The ownership society -- The turning points -- Who owns rice? -- The botany of scarcity -- The botany of abundance -- A green wealth -- Ripe for change -- A conversation with corn -- The down-turned hand -- A cabinet of seeds displayed -- Epilogue: the seeded earth.

Sommario/riassunto

Examines the rise of industrial agriculture and plant biotechnology, the fall of public interest science, and the folly of patenting seeds.  The author suggests how green technologies and new approaches to food and farming methods will provide a way out of this growing predicament.