Colour vision [[electronic resource] ] : physiology and experimental psychology : Ciba Foundation Symposium / / edited by A.V.S. de Reuck and Julie Knight

• Record Nr.: UNISA996201257603316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : J. & A. Churchill, 1965
• ISBN: 1-280-58987-6; 9786613619709; 0-470-71940-0; 0-470-71694-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (404 p.)
• Collana: Ciba Foundation symposium
• Altri autori (Persone): De ReuckAnthony V. S; KnightJulie
• Disciplina: 591.18
• Soggetti: Color vision
• 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 indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Colour Vision: Physiology and Experimental Psychology; Contents; Chairman's introduction; Visual pigments; The clustering of fish visual pigments around discrete spectral positions and its bearing on chemical structure; Discussion; Adaptation of visual pigments to the photic environment; Discussion; Duplicity theory and the microstructure of the retina; Rods and cones-a fresh approach; Discussion; Duality in the retina; Discussion; The synaptology of the retina; Discussion; Theories of colour vision; Sketch of the present position of the Young- Helmholtz theory of colour vision; Discussion; Cellular mechanisms of a Young-Hering visual systemComment; Discussion; Visual pigments of single cones; Discussion; The retinex; Discussion; Human colour vision; The genetics of colour blindness; Discussion; After-images as a means of investigating rods and cones; Discussion; Introduction to discussion of theories of colour vision and human colour vision; General Discussion Genetics of colour vision Discussion Dark adaptation and after-images A new visual pigment at 690 nm. in t; Animal colour vision; The physiological basis of colour vision in honeybees; The spectral sensitivity and visual pigment content of the retina of Gekko gekkoDiscussion; Colour discrimination in cats; Discussion; General Discussion Psychological aspects of colour vision Spectral sensitivity of the rabbit retina Lines for future research Future intentions of participants; Author index; Subject index

Labour protection in a transforming world of work : a recurrent discussion on the strategic objective of social protection (labour protection) : sixth item on the agenda / / International Labour Office

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797699103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Geneva, Switzerland : , : International Labour Office, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 92-2-129024-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (78 p.)
• Collana: International Labour Conference, , 0074-6681 ; ; 104, 6
• Disciplina: 344.0101
• Soggetti: Employee rights; Labor
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Copyright page""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Issues and challenges for labour protection in a transforming world of work""; ""1.1. A transforming world of work""; ""1.2. Determinants of labour protection""; ""2. Trends in labour protection""; ""2.1. Wage policies""; ""2.2. Working time""; ""2.3. Occupational safety and health""; ""2.4. Maternity protection""; ""3. Policy challenges and responses""; ""3.1. Wage policies""; ""3.1.1. Minimum wages""; ""3.1.2. Protection of wages""; ""3.2. Working hours""; ""3.2.1. Long working hours""; ""3.2.2. Short hours""""3.2.3. Promoting good quality part-time work""; ""3.2.4. Improving working-time arrangements (work schedules)""; ""3.3. Occupational safety and health""; ""3.3.1. Responding to risks""; ""3.3.2. Inadequate resources""; ""3.3.3. Trends in economic growth and in the quantity andf quality of employment""; ""3.4. Maternity protection""; ""4. ILO responses to improve people's working life""; ; ""4.1. Regulating and extending labour protection""; ""4.1.1. Making work safe: Improving national OSH coverage""; ""4.1.2. Making work pay: Extending minimum wage protection""; ""4.1.3. Making work pay for women as well as for men""""4.1.4. Regulating working time: Balancing workers' and enterprises' needs""; ""4.2. Making labour protection inclusive""; ""4.2.1. Enabling working parents and other workers to balance work and personal life""; ""4.2.2. Promoting safe and desirable workplaces for persons with disabilities""; ""4.2.3. Extending protection to migrant workers""; ""4.2.4. Extending protection to domestic workers""; ""4.3. Enterprise performance and labour protection: A sustainable and integrated approach""; ""4.3.1. Improving compliance with standards""; ""4.3.2. Creating a virtuous cycle between productivity and working conditions""""4.3.3. Governance, workers' representation and labour protection""; ""5. Conclusions and the way forward""; ""5.1. The ILO's current response""; ""5.2. Moving forwards: Towards a more comprehensive and inclusive approach to labour protection""; ""5.3. Suggested points for discussion""