1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910155543503321

Titolo

Supersymmetry in the theories of fields, strings and branes : proceedings of the advanced school, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 26-31 July, 1999 / / editors, José L. F. Barbón, José M. F. Labastida

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : World Scientific, , 2001

©2001

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 pages) : illustrations, tables

Disciplina

539.7/25

Soggetti

Supersymmetry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from PDF file title page (viewed November 16, 2016).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

"During the last three decades supersymmetry has grown into one of the busiest theoretical avenues of particle physics. Supersymmetric ideas dominate the scenario of “beyond the standard model phenomenology”, in spite of the thirty-year-old experimental opacity, a situation that could change within the following decade. One additional important reason for the good health of supersymmetry must be found in the most speculative areas of particle physics. Much of its success comes from superstring theory. The Advanced School on Supersymmetry in the Theories of Fields, Strings and Branes attempted to provide an up-to-date perspective of the role played by supersymmetry in these subjects. The lectures dealt with most of the main theoretical developments of the nineties, from the exact solutions of the Seiberg-Witten type to the physics of D-branes and their impact on the physics of black holes and string phenomenology. Many of these results are contrasted with the recent results on the holographic duality between string theories in anti-de Sitter spaces and certain large N conformal gauge theories, the so-called “Maldacena conjecture”, or “AdS/CFT correspondence”. The lecture notes contained in this volume are the result of the effort made by the lecturers to introduce the reader to these topics, assuming a basic knowledge of supersymmetry,



quantum field theory and string theory."--Publisher's website.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910814994903321

Autore

Makower Timothy

Titolo

Touching the city : thoughts on urban scale / / Timothy Makower ; Tessa Allen, production editor ; Calver Lezama, assistant editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England : , : Wiley, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-118-73769-5

1-118-94769-X

1-118-73758-X

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Collana

AD Primers

Disciplina

307.76

Soggetti

Cities and towns

Architecture - Details

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

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Zooming In; Under the Table; Intermediary Scale; To Connect or Dis-connect; References; Chapter 1 On Scale and Size; Detroit; Centredness; Motor City; Definitions; The American Dream; After the Boom; Moving Out; Today and Tomorrow; References; Chapter 2 On Scale and Movement; Paris 1925; Absolutes and Relativities; The Car: A Deceptive Measure; The Train: Recalibrating the City; Bikes and Neighbourhoods; Walkable City - Msheireb, Doha; Air and Ether; References; Chapter 3 On Scale and Edges; Far Too Far

City CarvedLiquid Space; Stitching the City; At Home in the City; Outdoor Rooms; References; Chapter 4 On Scale and Grain; Jigsaws and Patchworks; New Order and the Dangers of Repetition; On Fine and Coarse Grain; Urban Jazz; On Grain and Directionality; History Speeded Up; On Patina; References; Chapter 5 On Scale and Form; On Footprint; Responsive Form; Grandeur and Intimacy; Blow Up; Two Big Domes; On Drawing; References; Chapter 6 On Scale, Skeletons and Surface; Skin



and Bones; The Unité d'Habitation; Le Modulor; Geometry and Proportion; The Grand Order; Micro-Order; References

Chapter 7 On Scale and DetailWithin the Thickness of the Wall; Montepulciano and Todi: Muscle or Frill; Venice, Rome and Doha; Like Nature; References; Conclusion; From Nature; All Change; Reprise; Epilogue; References; Select Bibliography; Index; Picture Credits; EULA

Sommario/riassunto

Scale in cities is relative and absolute. It has the ability to make us feel at home in the world or alien from it; connected or disconnected. Both large and small scale in cities can be beautiful; both are right, neither is wrong. Whilst accepting that prescription is no answer, ''getting the scale right'' - at an intuitive and sensual level - is a fundamental part of the magic of architecture and urban design. Touching the City explores how scale is manifested in cities, exploring scale in buildings, in the space between them and in their details. It asks how scale makes a difference. Travel

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910965425903321

Titolo

Ethical considerations for research involving prisoners / / Committee on Ethical Considerations for Revisions to DHHS Regulations for Protection of Prisoners Involved in Research, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies ; Lawrence O. Gostin, Cori Vanchieri, and Andrew Pope, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2007

ISBN

9786610742325

9781280742323

1280742321

9780309657600

0309657601

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GostinLawrence O (Lawrence Ogalthorpe)

VanchieriCori

PopeAndrew MacPherson <1950->

Disciplina

174.2/8086927

Soggetti

Human experimentation in medicine

Prisoners - Legal status, laws, etc - United States

Informed consent (Medical law) - United States

Medicine - Research - Moral and ethical aspects - United States



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

""Front Matter""; ""Independent Report Reviewers""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Acronyms""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Today's Prisoners: Changing Demographics, Health Issues, and the Current Research Environment""; ""3 Federal Regulatory Landscape""; ""4 Defining Prisoners and Correctional Settings""; ""5 The Ethical Framework for Research Involving Prisoners""; ""6 Systems of Oversight, Safeguards, and Protections""; ""Appendixes""; ""A Data Sources and Methods""; ""B The National Commission's Deliberations and Findings""

""C Report of the SACHRP Subcommittee and Human Subjects Protections""""D Code of Federal Regulations Title 45: Public Welfare Part 46: Protection of Human Subjects""; ""E Committee, Expert Advisor, Liaison Panel, and Staff Biographies""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

In the past 30 years, the population of prisoners in the United States has expanded almost 5-fold, correctional facilities are increasingly overcrowded, and more of the country's disadvantaged populations-racial minorities, women, people with mental illness, and people with communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, and tuberculosis-are under correctional supervision. Because prisoners face restrictions on liberty and autonomy, have limited privacy, and often receive inadequate health care, they require specific protections when involved in research, particularly in today's correctional settings. Given these issues, the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Human Research Protections commissioned the Institute of Medicine to review the ethical considerations regarding research involving prisoners. The resulting analysis contained in this book, Ethical Considerations for Research Involving Prisoners, emphasizes five broad actions to provide prisoners involved in research with critically important protections:  • expand the definition of "prisoner"; • ensure universally and consistently applied standards of protection; • shift from a category-based to a risk-benefit approach to research review; • update the ethical framework to include collaborative responsibility; and • enhance systematic oversight of research involving prisoners.