1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910712935903321

Titolo

Performance criteria for solar heating and cooling systems in residential buildings / / prepared for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, Building Technology Division

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards : , : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., , 1982

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings))

Collana

NBS building science series ; ; 147

Classificazione

ARC 331f

Disciplina

690.0218 s

690/.78/0218

Soggetti

Dwellings - Heating and ventilation

Solar air conditioning

Solar heating

Chauffage solaire

Climatisation solaire

Habitations - Chauffage et ventilation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Contributed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790286303321

Titolo

Terrorism, war, or disease? : unraveling the use of biological weapons / / editors, Anne L. Clunan, Peter R. Lavoy, Susan B. Martin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Ca, : Stanford University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-8047-7981-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ClunanAnne L. <1968->

LavoyPeter R <1961-> (Peter René)

MartinSusan B. <1965->

Disciplina

358/.3882

Soggetti

Biological weapons

Biological weapons - Government policy

Biological arms control

National security

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

Introduction: identifying biological agents, characterizing events, attributing blame / Anne L. Clunan -- Pt. 1. Case studies. The U.S. anthrax letters: a confirmed case of BW agent use / Leonard A. Cole -- The 1994 plague in western India: human ecology and the risks of misattribution / Ron Barrett -- The yellow rain affair: lessons from a discredited allegation / Matthew S. Meselson and Julian Perry Robinson -- "Yellow rain" biological warfare agent use: evidence and remaining questions / Rebecca Katz -- False allegations of U.S. biological weapons use during the Korean War / Milton Leitenberg -- Cuban allegations of U.S. biological warfare: false allegations and their impact on attribution / Raymond A. Zilinskas -- Imperial Japan's germ warfare: the suppression of evidence at the Tokyo War Crimes Trial, 1946-1948 / Jeanne Guillemin -- A quantitative overview of biological weapons: identification, characterization, and attribution / Gary Ackerman and Victor Asal. Pt. 2. Policy and scholarly implications. U.S. efforts to investigate and attribute the use of biological weapons / Elisa D. Harris -- A UK view on biological weapons attribution policies: the importance of strengthening norms against biological weapons / Graham S.



Pearson -- Multilateral approaches to the investigation and attribution of biological weapons use / Jonathan B. Tucker -- Building information networks for bio-security / Anne L. Clunan -- Conclusion: the role of attribution in bio-security policy / Susan B. Martin, Anne L. Clunan.

Sommario/riassunto

Terrorism, War, or Disease? Unraveling the Use of Biological Weapons examines the complex political, military, legal, and scientific challenges involved in determining when biological weapons have been and who has used them through detailed case studies and draws lessons to improve our ability to counter the world's most deadly silent killers.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797318603321

Autore

Cline William R.

Titolo

Managing the euro area debt crisis / / William R. Cline

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : Peterson Institute for International Economics, , 2014

ISBN

0-88132-688-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 218 pages)

Disciplina

336.3/4094

Soggetti

Debts, Public - European Union countries

Monetary policy - European Union countries

Currency crises - European Union countries

European Union countries Economic policy

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 (pages 201-209) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Overview and policy implications -- Fiscal adjustment, growth, and default risk -- The bank-sovereign debt nexus -- External adjustment : breakup costs -- Eurobonds, firewalls, OMT, and debt restructuring -- Projections with the European debt simulation model : Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Spain -- Debt restructuring and economic prospects in Greece.