An Act to Amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to Require Federal Approval for Mergers and Consolidations of Insured Banks

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910702538603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Washington, D.C.] : , : [U.S. Government Printing Office], , [1960]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (74 Stat. 129-130)
• Soggetti: Consolidation and merger of corporations - Law and legislation - United States; Banking law - United States; Statutes and codes.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from title screen (viewed on Aug. 26, 2014).; As of 11/12/2014, GPO could not validate the distribution status of this title for the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).; "May 13,1960 (S. 1062)."; "74 Stat. 129."; "Public Law 86-463."

The evaluation of language regimes : theory and application to multilingual patent organisations / / Michele Gazzola

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910815350503321
• Autore: Gazzola Michele
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam, Netherlands ; ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 90-272-7045-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (402 p.)
• Collana: Multilingualism and Diversity Management (MDM) ; ; Volume 3
• Disciplina: 306.44/94
• Soggetti: Language policy - Europe; Linguistic minorities - Europe; Multilingualism - Europe; Multicultural education - Europe
• 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: The Evaluation of Language Regimes; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; List of figures ; List of tables ; List of abbreviations ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; Setting the scene ; Chapter 1. The need for evaluation in language policy ; 1.1 Historical overview ; 1.1.1 Evaluation in language policy and planning: A missing link ; 1.1.2 Language policy evaluation: An outline ; 1.2 Language policy and individuals' welfare ; 1.2.1 Language policy as public policy ; 1.2.2 Linguistic laissez-faire and language policy; 1.2.3 Linguistic environments, welfare and language policies 1.3 The role of evaluation in language planning ; Part I. Theory; Chapter 2. The criteria of efficiency and fairness ; 2.1 Efficiency and fairness in economics ; 2.1.1 Efficiency ; 2.1.2 The Pareto criterion and the compensation principle ; 2.1.3 Fairness ; 2.2 Departure from the benchmark: Market failures and public policies ; 2.2.1 Market failures ; 2.2.2 Public policies ; 2.3 Techniques for evaluating the efficiency of public policies ; 2.3.1 Cost-benefit analysis ; 2.3.2 Cost-effectiveness analysis; Chapter 3. Multilingual communication as an object of evaluation 3.1 Language as a public good ; 3.2 Evaluating the efficiency of language ; policies ; 3.2.1 The limits of cost-benefit analysis for language policy evaluation ; 3.2.2 Effective communication as an object of study ; 3.3 Assessing the fairness of language policies ; Chapter 4. The evaluation process ; 4.1 Organising policy evaluation ; 4.1.1 Evaluation as organisational learning ; 4.1.2 Designing evaluation ; 4.1.3 Implementing evaluation ; 4.2 Evaluating language regimes ; 4.2.1 On the concept of language regime; 4.2.2 Problem analysis 4.2.3 Design ; 4.2.4 Implementation ; Chapter 5. Indicators ; 5.1 Policy, social and economic indicators ; 5.2 Principles of indicator design ; 5.2.1 Designing indicators ; 5.2.2 Typologies of indicators ; 5.2.3 Assessing the quality of indicators and indicator systems ; 5.3 Existing language policy indicators ; 5.4 Measuring the diversity of language regimes ; Part II. Application to multilingual patent organisations; Chapter 6. Multilingualism and patents ; 6.1 Intellectual property ; 6.2 Patents ; 6.2.1 Characteristics ; 6.2.2 The rationale for patents; 6.3 Costs, effectiveness and fairness of the language regimes of patent offices 6.3.1 Assessing costs ; 6.3.2 Assessing effectiveness ; 6.3.3 Assessing fairness ; 6.4 Evaluating the language regime of patent offices ; 6.5 Innovation, patenting and translation requirements ; Chapter 7. The language regime of the PCT system ; 7.1 The international patent system ; 7.1.1 Historical insights ; 7.1.2 Patent statistics as indicators of innovation ; 7.2 The World Intellectual Property Organisation ; 7.2.1 Structure ; 7.2.2 Official languages and language services; 7.3 The language regime of the PCT system
• Sommario/riassunto: Building on existing analytical frameworks, this book provides a new methodology allowing different language policies in international multilingual organisations (or "language regimes") to be compared and evaluated on the basis of criteria such as efficiency and fairness. It explains step-by-step how to organise the evaluation of language regimes and how to design and interpret indicators for such evaluation. The second part of this book applies the theoretical framework to the evaluation of the language policy of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) division of the World Intellectual Property

Nanobeam x-ray scattering : probing matter at the nanoscale / / Julian Stangl [and three others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910818082403321
• Autore: Stangl Julian
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & sons, , 2013
• ISBN: 9783527655083; 3527655085; 9783527655069; 3527655069; 9783527655090; 3527655093
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (284 p.)
• Disciplina: 539.7222
• Soggetti: Electron probe microanalysis; Nanotechnology; X-rays - Scattering
• 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: Nanobeam X-Ray Scattering; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 X-ray Interaction with Matter; 1.1.1 Transmission of X-ray; 1.1.2 Diffraction of X-rays; 1.1.3 X-ray Elemental Sensitivity; 1.2 Diffraction at Different Length scales and Real-Space Resolution; 1.2.1 How to Produce an X-ray Nanobeam; 1.2.2 Experiments with Nanobeams; 1.2.3 Coherence Properties of Small Beams; 1.2.4 Side Issues ?; 1.3 Future Developments; 2 X-ray Diffraction Principles; 2.1 A Brief Introduction to Diffraction Theory; 2.1.1 Interference of X-ray Waves; 2.2 Kinematic X-ray Diffraction Theory; 2.2.1 The Structure Factor 2.2.2 The Form Factor; 2.2.3 Reciprocal Lattice of Nanostructures; 2.2.4 The Phase Problem; 2.3 Reflectivity; 2.4 Properties of X-ray Beams; 2.5 A Note on Coherence; 2.5.1 Longitudinal Coherence and Wavelength Distribution; 2.5.2 Longitudinal Coherence Length; 2.5.3 Transverse Coherence and Thermal Sources; 2.5.4 Transverse Coherence Length; 2.6 X-ray Sources; 2.7 Diffraction Measurement: How to Access q in a Real ; Experiment; 2.7.1 Diffraction Geometries; 2.7.2 Length scales; 3 X-ray Focusing Elements Characterization; 3.1 Introduction and Context; 3.2 Refractive X-ray Lenses 3.2.1 Characterization of Focusing Elements; 3.2.2 Spherical Refractive X-ray Lenses; 3.2.3 Parabolic Compound Refractive Lenses (CRL); 3.2.4 Kinoform Lenses; 3.2.5 Characteristics of the Refractive Lenses; 3.3 X-ray Mirrors. Reflection of X-rays at Surfaces; 3.3.1 Reflective X-ray Optics (Kirkpatrick-Baez Mirrors); 3.3.2 Capillaries; 3.3.3 Waveguides (Resonators); 3.3.4 Other Reflective Optical Elements; 3.4 Diffraction X-ray Optics; 3.4.1 Fresnel Zone Plates; 3.4.2 Hologram of a Point Object; 3.4.3 Quantities Characterizing a Binary Zone Plate; 3.4.4 Multilevel Zone Plate 3.4.5 Getting a Clean and Intense Focused Beam with ZPs; 3.4.6 Bragg-Fresnel Lenses; 3.4.7 Multilayer Laue Lenses; 3.4.8 Photon Sieves; 3.4.9 Beam Compressors; 3.5 Other X-ray Optics; 3.6 Measuring the Size of the X-ray Focused Spot; 3.7 Conclusion; 4 Scattering Experiments Using Nanobeams; 4.1 From the Ensemble Average Approach towards the Single Nanostructure Study; 4.1.1 A Motivation for the Use of Small X-ray Beams; 4.1.2 Required Focused Beam Properties; 4.2 Scanning X-ray Diffraction Microscopy; 4.3 Finite Element Based Analysis of Diffraction Data; 4.4 Single Structure Inside a Device 4.5 Examples from Biology; 4.6 Recent Experiments: The Current Limits; 4.6.1 Strain Distribution in Nanoscale Ridges; 4.6.2 Between Single Structure and Ensemble Average; 4.7 Outlook; 4.7.1 Experimental Developments; 5 Nanobeam Diffraction Setups; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Typical X-ray Diffraction Setup; 5.3 Nanodiffraction Setup Requirements; 5.3.1 Diffractometer; 5.3.2 Restriction of Setup; 5.3.3 Stability: How to Keep the Beam on the Sample; 5.3.4 Beating Drifts: More Solutions; 5.4 Nanobeam and Coherence Setup; 5.5 Detectors: Pixel and Time Resolution, Dynamical Range
• Sommario/riassunto: A comprehensive overview of the possibilities and potential of X-ray scattering using nanofocused beams for probing matter at the nanoscale, including guidance on the design of nanobeam experiments. The monograph discusses various sources, including free electron lasers, synchrotron radiation and other portable and non-portable X-ray sources.For scientists using synchrotron radiation or students and scientists with a background in X-ray scattering methods in general.