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UNINA9910809088803321 |
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Titolo |
International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies : 26th session : "E. Majorana" Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy, 19-24 August 2001 / / edited by R. Ragaini |
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Singapore ; ; River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, c2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-92943-3 |
9786611929435 |
981-277-694-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (544 p.) |
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Collana |
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The science and culture series. Nuclear strategy and peace technology |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Science - Social aspects |
Epidemiology - Research - International cooperation |
Nuclear disarmament |
Nature - Effect of human beings on |
Human beings - Effect of environment on |
Environmental degradation |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; 1. OPENING SESSION; Opening Speech; Enrico Fermi; Environmental Applications of Space Technology; Update on BSE and Variant CJD; 2. AIDS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES - MEDICATION OR VACCINATION FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; Preventive HIV Vaccines. Current Status; Therapeutic HIV Vaccines; Scientific Networking in AIDS Control; 3. MISSILE PROLIFERATION AND DEFENSE; Erice Recommendations Unheeded by Washington and Moscow; Transition from Adversarial to Cooperative Interaction; Ballistic Missile Defense: A Risk for Stability and Incentive for New Arms Races? |
Reducing the Ballistic Missile Threat4. TCHERNOBYL - MATHEMATICS AND DEMOCRACY; Democracy and Mathematics in Lithuania; 5. TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BSE in Europe; TSE's and the Dental Team; 6. FLOODS AND EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS - COASTAL ZONE PROBLEMS; From Toxic Algae to Climate Change: Impacts in the Coastal Zone; The Black Sea Romanian Coastal Zone - A |
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General Survey of the Erosion Process; Causes and Consequences of Nutrient Overenrichment of Coastal Waters; Trouble on the Edge: The Imperative of Integrated Coastal Zone Management |
7. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIESScience and Technology: Framework, Governance and Strategies to Benefit Society in Developing Countries; A Project for Solar Energy as a Joint Effort of Western and Islam Countries; After Globalization: Future Security in a Technology Rich World; Compact Neutron Sources for Pure and Applied Science; Building Integrated Decision Tools for Planetary Emergencies; 8. WATER - TRANSBOUNDARY WATER CONFLICTS; Water, Conflict and Cooperation |
Borders Crossing Borders: Efficiency and Equity Considerations of Groundwater Markets in the Ciudad Juarez/El Paso Region along the Mexico/United States Border9. CLIMATIC CHANGES - GLOBAL MONITORING OF THE PLANET; The Increasing Concentration of Atmospheric CO2: How Much, When and Why?; Would Global Warming Result in a New Ice Age?; The Policy Implications of International Treatment of Meterological Data and its Impact on Forecasts, Warnings and Commercial Weather Industry Development; Long-Range Weather Prediction III: Miniaturized Distributed Sensors for Global Atmospheric Measurements |
10. INFORMATION SECURITYInternational Information Security Challenges for Mankind in the XXI Century; A Russian Concept for Ensuring Information Security; Information Security Thinking: A Comparison of U.S., Russian and Chinese Concepts; 11. POLLUTION IN THE CASPIAN SEA; The Caspian Sea Observation and Forecasting System Project Plan; Caspian Environmental Programme (CEP): Achievements and Challenges; A Review of Caspian Sea Environment, Climate Variability and Air-Sea Interaction; Pollution Impact to Sturgeon from Ural Delta, Kazakhstan |
Mathematical Modeling of Oil Pollution in the Northern Caspian Sea |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Contents: Opening Session (A Zichichi, T D Lee, D R Scott & R G Will); AIDS and Infectious Diseases - Medication or Vaccination for Developing Countries (G Gray, P Van De Perre, G Biberfeld, A A Lindberg, M Klein & G De TheĢ); Missile Proliferation and Defense (A Piontovsky, G H Canavan, R K Huber & V J Sundaram); Tchernobyl - Mathematics and Democracy (V Kukhar & Z R Rudzikas); Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (D Heim, H Budka & A Smith); Floods and Extreme Weather Events - Coastal Zone Problems (D Scavia, D Dorogan, D Danut, D Boesch & P M Douglas); Science and Technology for Developin |
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