1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910788463103321

Autore

Stearns Justin K. <1974->

Titolo

Infectious Ideas : Contagion in Premodern Islamic and Christian Thought in the Western Mediterranean / / Justin K. Stearns

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

1-4214-0105-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Disciplina

362.196/9

Soggetti

Plague - history - Spain

Plague - history - Portugal

Plague - history - Africa, Northern

Leprosy - history - Spain

Leprosy - history - Portugal

Leprosy - history - Africa, Northern

Islam - history - Spain

Islam - history - Portugal

Islam - history - Africa, Northern

Cross-Cultural Comparison - Spain

Cross-Cultural Comparison - Portugal

Cross-Cultural Comparison - Africa, Northern

Communicable Diseases - Spain

Communicable Diseases - Portugal

Communicable Diseases - Africa, Northern

Christianity - history - Spain

Christianity - history - Portugal

Christianity - history - Africa, Northern

Medicine in Literature - Spain

Medicine in Literature - Portugal

Medicine in Literature - Africa, Northern

Medicine - Religious aspects - Christianity - History - To 1500

Medicine - Religious aspects - Islam - History - To 1500

Epidemiology - History - To 1500

Medicine, Medieval - Western Mediterranean

Diseases - Causes and theories of causation - History - To 1500



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

Contagion in the commentaries on prophetic tradition -- Contagion as metaphor in Iberian Christian scholarship -- Contagion contested : Greek medical knowledge, prophetic medicine, and the first plague treatises -- Situating scholastic contagion between miasma and the evil eye -- Contagion between Islamic law and theology -- Contagion revisited : early modern Maghribi plague treatises -- Reframing Muslim and Christian views on contagion.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910827221903321

Titolo

Vermögen der Kirche-vermögende Kirche? : Beiträge zur Kirchenfinanzierung und kirchlichen Vermögensverwaltung / / Ludger Müller, Wilhelm Rees, Martin Krutzler (Hg.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paderborn : , : Ferdinand Schöningh, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

3-657-77971-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

254.8

Soggetti

Church finance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / Ludger Müller, Wilhelm Rees and Martin Krutzler -- Vorwort / Ludger Müller, Wilhelm Rees and Martin Krutzler --,,Wie wenn ein Kamel durch ein Nadelöhr müsste ... " / P. Martin Krutzler -- Kirchenrechtliche Aspekte der Kirchenfinanzierung und das Kirchenbeitragssystem in Österreich / Wilhelm Rees -- Entstehung und Entwicklung der Kirchensteuer und des Kirchenbeitrags / Stephan Haering -- Kirchenfinanzierung in der Diskussion / Arnd Uhle --



Finanzierung der katholischen Kirche in der Schweiz / Claudius Luterbacher-Maineri -- Der Kirchenbeitrag in der täglichen Praxis / Wolfgang Paset -- Ist Österreichs Kirchenbeitragseinhebung seit der NS-Zeit durch Steuerwidmung für Kirchen und Staat ersetzbar? / Rudolf K. Höfer -- Spenden sammeln / Leo Maasburg -- Kirchenaustritt - Konsequenzen innerhalb der Kirche / Ludger Müller -- Eine arme Kirche für die Armen / Christoph Ohly -- Perspektiven eines Diözesanbischofs auf die Frage der Kirchenfinanzierung / Klaus Küng -- Verzeichnis der Autoren / Ludger Müller, Wilhelm Rees and Martin Krutzler -- Wort des Dankes / Ludger Müller, Wilhelm Rees and Martin Krutzler.

Sommario/riassunto

Eine arme Kirche für die Armen? Oder eine vermögende Kirche, die viel vermag? Ein Beitrag zum Verhältnis von Kirche und Geld. Mit Paulus ruft uns die Kirche auch heute zu: »Ich suche ja nicht euer Geld, sondern euch!« Angesichts einer vermögenden Kirche wird dieser Satz vielleicht als purer Sarkasmus erscheinen. Doch auch Paulus hat für die Jerusalemer Gemeinde Geld gesammelt und war wirtschaftlich gesehen nicht untüchtig. Was hat Paulus also anders gemacht als die Kirche von heute? Wäre es besser, wenn die Kirche arm und unvermögend ist? Wäre sie dann nicht auch tatsächlich in mancher Hinsicht »unvermögend«? Was und wie viel kann eine vermögende Kirche in der gegenwärtigen Zeit bewirken?



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911006597103321

Titolo

Aspects of explosives detection / / edited by Maurice Marshall, Jimmie C. Oxley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Oxford, : Elsevier, 2009

ISBN

9786612711442

9781282711440

128271144X

9780080923147

0080923143

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MarshallMaurice

OxleyJimmie Carol <1953->

Disciplina

363.256

662.2

Soggetti

Explosives - Detection

Chemistry, Technical

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Aspects of Explosives Detection; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; Chapter 1 The Detection Problem; 1 Explosive Detection Technology - The Impetus; 2 The Problem; 3 Detection Technologies; Chapter 2 Explosives: The Threats and the Materials; 1 Devices and Explosives; 2 Fundamentals of Explosives; 2.1 Usage of explosives; 2.2 Detonation and deflagration; 2.3 Primary and secondary explosives; 2.4 Energy release, explosive output, and critical diameter; 2.5 Chemistry of some common explosives; 2.6 Military explosives; 2.7 Plastic explosives

2.8 Commercial explosives2.9 Propellants; 2.10 Terrorist use of homemade explosives; 2.11 Peroxide explosives; 2.12 Exotic explosives; 2.13 Energetic salts; 2.14 Non-solid explosives; 3 Implications for Detection; Chapter 3 Detection of Explosives by Dogs; 1 Introduction; 2 The Scientific Basis of Explosives Detection by Dogs; 2.1 What do dogs detect?; 2.2 Sensitivity; 2.3 Specificity; 2.4 Dynamic range; 2.5 Generalization; 2.6 Duty cycle; 2.7 Robustness; 3 Training,



Evaluation and Maintenance; 4 Conclusions; Chapter 4 Colorimetric Detection of Explosives; 1 Introduction

2 Nitroaromatic Explosives3 Nitrate Esters and Nitramines; 4 Improvised Explosives Not Containing Nitro Groups; 5 Peroxide-Based Explosives; 6 Urea Nitrate; 7 Field Tests; Chapter 5 Nuclear Technologies; 1 Basis for Detection; 2 Physics Underlying Nuclear Detection Methods; 2.1 Detection principles; 2.2 Neutron sources; 2.3 Detectors; 3 Survey of Neutron-Based Detection Approaches; 3.1 Thermal neutron activation; 3.2 Fast neutron activation; 3.3 Fast neutron-associated particle; 3.4 Pulsed fast neutron transmission spectroscopy; 3.5 Pulsed fast neutron analysis

4 Survey of Non-Neutron-Based Nuclear Detection Methods4.1 Nuclear resonance absorption; 4.2 Nuclear quadrupole resonance; 4.3 Nuclear resonance fluorescence; 5 Problems with the Use of Nuclear Techniques for Explosive Detection; 5.1 Field deployment of neutron sources; 5.2 Health hazards because of radiation; 5.3 Material activation; 5.4 Neutron shielding; 5.5 Public perception of radiation; 6 Summary; Chapter 6 X-ray Technologies; 1 Introduction; 2 X-ray Physics; 2.1 Production of X-rays; 2.2 Attenuation of X-rays; 2.3 X-ray detectors; 2.4 Dual-energy X-ray; 2.5 Effective atomic number

3 History of X-Ray Screening Technology3.1 Early history; 3.2 Linear array X-ray scanners; 3.3 Material discrimination; 3.4 Automated detection; 3.5 Other advancements in X-ray screening; 3.6 Cargo scanners; 4 X-Ray Inspection Systems; 4.1 Conventional transmission; 4.2 Dual-energy transmission systems; 4.3 Multi-view systems; 4.4 Scatter-based systems; 4.5 Coherent X-ray scatter; 5 Conclusion; Chapter 7 CT Technologies; 1 Introduction; 2 Features of X-ray CT Imaging; 3 Principles of CT Imaging; 3.1 Single-slice CT; 3.2 Multislice CT; 3.3 Dual-energy CT; 4 CT Scanner Operation

5 CT Scanner Design Considerations

Sommario/riassunto

Detection and quantification of trace chemicals is a major thrust of analytical chemistry.  In recent years much effort has been spent developing detection systems for priority pollutants. Less mature are the detections of substances of interest to law enforcement and security personnel:in particular explosives. This volume will discuss the detection of these, not only setting out the theoretical fundamentals, but also emphasizing the remarkable developments in the last decade.  Terrorist events-airplanes blown out of the sky (PanAm 103 over Lockerbie) and attacks on U.S. and European cities (