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UNINA9910787605403321 |
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Constable Nicole |
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Born out of place : migrant mothers and the politics of international labor / / Nicole Constable |
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Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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1-306-46333-5 |
0-520-95777-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (278 p.) |
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SOC002010SOC007000SOC028000 |
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Disciplina |
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Women immigrants - China - Hong Kong - Social conditions |
Women foreign workers - China - Hong Kong - Social conditions |
Emigration and immigration - Social aspects |
Hong Kong (China) Emigration and immigration |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. A Very Tiny Problem -- 2. Ethnography and Everyday Life -- 3. Women -- 4. Men -- 5. Sex and Babies -- 6. Wives and Workers -- 7. Asylum Seekers and Overstayers -- 8. The Migratory Cycle of Atonement -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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Hong Kong is a meeting place for migrant domestic workers, traders, refugees, asylum seekers, tourists, businessmen, and local residents. In Born Out of Place, Nicole Constable looks at the experiences of Indonesian and Filipina women in this Asian world city. Giving voice to the stories of these migrant mothers, their South Asian, African, Chinese, and Western expatriate partners, and their Hong Kong-born babies, Constable raises a serious question: Do we regard migrants as people, or just as temporary workers? This accessible ethnography provides insight into global problems of mobility, family, and citizenship and points to the consequences, creative responses, melodramas, and tragedies of labor and migration policies. |
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UNINA9910557152703321 |
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Autore |
De Pascale Andrea |
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Titolo |
Organic Rankine Cycle for Energy Recovery System |
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Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (192 p.) |
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History of engineering and technology |
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The rising trend in the global energy demand poses new challenges to humankind. The energy and mechanical engineering sectors are called to develop new and more environmentally friendly solutions to harvest residual energy from primary production processes. The Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) is an emerging energy system for power production and waste heat recovery. In the near future, this technology can play an increasing role within the energy generation sectors and can help achieve the carbon footprint reduction targets of many industrial processes and human activities. This Special Issue focuses on selected research and application cases of ORC-based waste heat recovery solutions. Topics included in this publication cover the following aspects: performance modeling and optimization of ORC systems based on pure and zeotropic mixture working fluids; applications of waste heat recovery via ORC to gas turbines and reciprocating engines; optimal sizing and operation of ORC under combined heat and power and district heating application; the potential of ORC on board ships and related issues; life cycle analysis for biomass application; ORC integration with supercritical CO2 cycle; and the proper design of the main ORC components, including fluid dynamics issues. The current state of the art is considered and some cutting-edge ORC technology research activities are examined in this book. |
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UNINA9910557273003321 |
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Autore |
Rodríguez Cervantes Silvia |
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Titolo |
El despojo de la riqueza biológica |
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Heredia, : Editorial Universidad Nacional (EUNA), 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (428 p.) |
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Biology, life sciences |
International trade and commerce |
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This book outlines the historical antecedents of genetic erosion by monocultures and other predatory activities promoted by transnational corporations; the responses to this problem and the analysis of various international treaties that promote the aggressive expansion of such corporations. |
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