1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910796022803321

Autore

Sevigny Melissa L. <1986->

Titolo

Under Desert Skies : How Tucson Mapped the Way to the Moon and Planets / / Melissa L. Sevigny

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tucson : , : Sentinel Peak, , 2016

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8165-3381-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Disciplina

559.9

Soggetti

Planetary science - History

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

Prologue -- Part 1. Arrival -- Part 2. Target Moon -- Part 3. Teaching -- Part 4. Voyages -- Part 5. Returning -- Epilogue : worlds beyond.

Sommario/riassunto

"The book tells the story of how an upstart planetary laboratory in Tucson, the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL), would help create the field of planetary science, breaking free from traditional astronomical techniques to embrace a wide range of disciplines necessary to study planets"--Provided by publisher.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791133603321

Titolo

Global marketplace for private health insurance : : strength in numbers / / editors, Alexander S. Preker, Peter Zweifel, and Onno P. Schellekens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2010

ISBN

1-282-42224-3

9786612422249

0-8213-7677-2

Descrizione fisica

xxxiv, 491 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

PrekerAlexander S. <1951->

ZweifelPeter

SchellekensOnno P. <1964->

Disciplina

368.38/2

Soggetti

Health insurance - Economic aspects - Developing countries

Economics

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

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1. Introduction: Strength in Numbers; BOXES; FIGURES; PART 1 EMPIRICAL AND ECONOMIC UNDERPINNINGS; TABLES; PART 2 EVIDENCE FROM THE PAST; PART 3 OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE; Appendixes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Financial protection against the cost of illness and inclusion of vulnerable groups - will require better mobilization and use of private means. Private voluntary health insurance already plays an important role in mobilizing additional resources to the health sector and protecting against the catastrophic cost of illness in some countries. This review explores the context under which private voluntary health insurance could contribute to an improvement in the sustainability of the health sector and financial protection in other countries.