Public administration in the information age [[electronic resource] ] : revisited / / edited by Ig Snellen, Marcel Thaens, and Wim van de Donk

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786030503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Washington, DC, : IOS Press, 2012
• ISBN: 1-283-92039-5; 1-61499-137-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (308 p.)
• Collana: Innovation and the public sector ; ; v. 19
• Altri autori (Persone): SnellenIg; ThaensMarcel; DonkWim van de <1962->
• Disciplina: 352.3/8/02854678; 352.38; 352.3802854678
• Soggetti: Internet in public administration; Electronic data processing
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Title Page; Contents; Constructive Phases of Theory Since 1998; Key-Issues; Trust and ICT: New Challenges for Public Administration; From Trias to Tetras Politica: The Need for Additional Checks and Balances. Illustrated by Immigration Law; Aspects of Democracy; Digital Democracy: Vision and Reality; Political Parties in the Information Age: Any Signs of Re-Intermediation?; Towards an Informed Electorate? Voter-Information Websites and Representative Democracy; Social Networks and e-Voting: A New Impulse for Democracy?; Micro-Mobilization, New Media Power and the Management of Strategic SurprisesLocal e-Democracy in Five European Countries: Convergence and Divergence in Democratic Development; Structural Conditions; Plus Ca Change? ICT and Structural Change in Government; ICT, Innovation and Governance Capacity. Looking Beyond the Explanatory Emptiness of the E-Government Concept; Understanding Infocracies: Trends in the Transformation of Organizations; Large-Scale Information Exchange: Breaking Views and Challenges; Maturity Models in the Age of Digital Diversity: Beyond the Layne & Lee Legacy; The Nuts and Bolts of Administrative Action in an Information AgeTowards Implementation; Free the Legislative Process of Its Paper Chains: IT-Inspired Redesign of the Legislative Procedure; Human Resource Management in the Information Age; Street Level Bureaucrats; Some Concluding Thoughts; Too Early to Say; Subject Index; Author Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "The information age has become a reality, and has brought with it many implications for public administration. New ICT's offer new opportunities for government and governing, but at the same time they pose challenges in some key areas of public administration, like trust, or the idea of checks and balances. This book is an examination of the developments and effects of ICT in public administration over the last 10 to 15 years. It represents a re-visiting of the 1998 IOS Press publication 'Public Administration in an Information Age: A Handbook'. As a point of departure, the authors of this new book have chosen the speed of the succession of theoretical approaches, represented by the 'phase of theories' which has appeared since 1998. This approach, which reflects that of the 1998 handbook, avoids the impression of technological determinism and provides an opportunity to focus on the phases of theory and technological developments. The book is divided into five sections. The first section examines key issues, and the second focuses on aspects of democracy. In the third section, the focus shifts towards structural conditions; the conditions that public administration has to meet in order to maintain its effectiveness and its legitimacy in the information age. Section four addresses some objects of implementation, like IT-inspired redesign, HRM and the phenomenon of Street Level Bureaucrats. Finally, the last section offers some concluding thoughts."--Publisher's website.

Developments in Fungal Biology and Applied Mycology / / edited by Tulasi Satyanarayana, Sunil K. Deshmukh, B.N. Johri

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910253948303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017
• ISBN: 981-10-4768-5
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2017.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XVII, 605 p. 33 illus., 21 illus. in color.)
• Disciplina: 579.135
• Soggetti: Fungi; Mycology; Microbiology; Biotechnology; Industrial microbiology; Industrial Microbiology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Chapter 1: Significant contributions of Prof. Shyam Bahadur Saksena to Indian mycology -- Chapter 2: Biology and significance of Saksenea vasiformis -- Chapter 3: History of Mycology in India: Some Glimpses -- Chapter 4: Various aspects of ammonia fungi -- Chapter 5: Marine Filamentous Fungi: Diversity, Distribution and Bioprospecting -- Chapter 6: Keratinophilic Fungi and Their Biotechnological Potentials -- Chapter 7: Fungal World of Cave Ecosystem -- Chapter 8: Anaerobic Gut Fungi -- Chapter 9: Fungal endophytes representing the diverse habitat and their role in plant protection -- Chapter 10: Fusarium oxysporum: Genomics, diversity and plant host interaction -- Chapter 11: Yeast genome sequencing: basic biology to biotechnology -- Chapter 12: Fungal differentiation: A model phenomenon to screen antifungal drugs -- Chapter 13: Candida albicans Biofilm as a Clinical Challenge -- Chapter 14: Characteristics and multifarious potential applications of HAP phytase of the unconventionalyeast Pichia anomala -- Chapter 15: Fungal Inulinolytic Enzymes: A current appraisal -- Chapter 16: Fungal Tannases: Recent ; Advances and Industrial Applications -- Chapter 17: Mycoremediation: An alternative treatment option for heavy metal bearing waste water -- Chapter 18: Treatment of landfill leachate using fungi: An efficient and cost-effective strategy -- Chapter 19: Studies on Mycorrhizae in Pinus gerardiana, a threatened pine of the NW Himalayas -- Chapter 20: Role of phosphate solubilising fungi in sustainable agriculture -- Chapter 21: Biotechnological Advancements in Industrial Production of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Achievements, Challenges and Future Prospects -- Chapter 22: Role of Fungicides in Crop Health Management: Prospects and Challenges -- Chapter 23: Bioherbicides: Strategies, Challenges and Prospects -- Chapter 24: Characterization of lamellate mushrooms - An appraisal -- Chapter 25: Occurrence and distribution of mushrooms in semi–ever green Sal (Shorearobusta) forest Chhattisgarh, Central-India -- Chapter 26: Fungal Pigments: An Overview -- Chapter 27: Ex-situ Conservation of Fungi: A Review -- Chapter 28: Camouflaged mycotoxins in some field crops and forages: A review.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores the developments in important aspects of fungi related to the environment, industrial mycology, microbiology, biotechnology, and agriculture. It discusses at length both basic and applied aspects of fungi and provides up-to-date laboratory-based data. Of the estimated three million species of fungi on Earth, according to Hawksworth and coworkers, more than 100,000 have been described to date. Many fungi produce toxins, organic acids, antibiotics and other secondary metabolites, and are sources of useful biocatalysts such as cellulases, xylanases, proteases and pectinases, to mention a few. They can also cause diseases in animals as well as plants and many are able to break down complex organic molecules such as lignin and pollutants like xenobiotics, petroleum and polycyclic aromatic compounds. Current research on mushrooms focuses on their hypoglycemic, anti-cancer, anti-pathogenic and immunity-enhancing activities. This ready-reference resource on various aspects of fungi is intended for graduate and post-graduate students as well as researchers in life sciences, microbiology, botany, environmental sciences and biotechnology.