1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910299705103321

Titolo

Large Floating Structures : Technological Advances / / edited by C.M. Wang, B.T. Wang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

981-287-137-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (334 p.)

Collana

Ocean Engineering & Oceanography, , 2194-6396 ; ; 3

Disciplina

627.9

627.98

Soggetti

Ocean engineering

Mechanics

Mechanics, Applied

Oceanography

Architecture

Building materials

Offshore Engineering

Solid Mechanics

Architecture, general

Structural Materials

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.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Great Ideas Float to the Top -- Chapter 2: Floating Performance Stage at the Marina Bay, Singapore -- Chapter 3: Yumemai Floating Swing Arch Bridge of Osaka, Japan -- Chapter 4: Floating Oil Storage Bases, Japan -- Chapter 5: Ujina Floating Ferry Pier and Kan-On Floating Breakwater, Japan -- Chapter 6: Floating Offshore Wind Turbine, Nagasaki, Japan -- Chapter 7: Large Marine Concrete Structures: The Norwegian Design Experience -- Chapter 8: Mega-Float.- Chapter 9: Large Spar Drilling and Production Platforms for Deep Water Oil and Gas -- Chapter 10: OTEC Platform -- Chapter 11: Mobile Offshore Base -- Chapter 12: Lilypad: Floating Ecopolis for Climatical Refugees.

Sommario/riassunto

This book surveys key projects that have seen the construction of large



floating structures or have attained detailed conceptual designs. This compilation of key floating structures in a single volume captures the innovative features that mark the technological advances made in this field of engineering, and will provide a useful reference for ideas, analysis, design, and construction of these unique and emerging urban projects to offshore and marine engineers, urban planners, architects and students.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910971107803321

Titolo

Opportunistic intracellular bacteria and immunity / / edited by Lois J. Paradise and Herman Friedman and Mauro Bendinelli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Plenum Press, c1999

ISBN

0-585-42792-5

1-280-04275-3

9786610042753

0-306-46809-3

Edizione

[First edition 2002.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxvi, 302 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Infectious agents and pathogenesis

Altri autori (Persone)

ParadiseLois J

FriedmanHerman <1931-2007.>

BendinelliMauro

Disciplina

616.9/2

Soggetti

Bacterial diseases

Opportunistic infections

Immunodeficiency

Immunosuppression

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

Immune Defenses against Intracellular Bacterial Infections -- Genetic Regulation of Host Responses to Salmonella typhimurium -- Host Resistance and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection -- The Influence of Adrenal Steroids on Macrophage and T-cell Function in Tuberculosis -- Mycobacterium leprae as an Opportunistic Pathogen -- Immunology and Immunopathology of Mycobacterial Infections -- Mycobacterium



avium-Complex Infections and Immunodeficiency -- Pathogenesis of Legionella pneumophila Infection -- Immune Responses to Legionella -- The Infectious/Pathogenic Processes Driven by Listeria monocytogenes in Laboratory Mice -- Rhodococcus equi: Pathogenesis and Replication in Macrophages -- Bartonella Infections in the Immunocompromised Host -- Chlamydia trachomatis Infections -- Chlamydia Infection and Pneumonia -- Brucella Infections and Immunity -- Antibiotic Treatment of Infections with Intracellular Bacteria.

Sommario/riassunto

Opportunistic, intracellular bacterial infections are in the forefront of research today because of the challenges they present to the immunocompromised patient. In this volume, the pathogenesis and immune reaction of these intracellular infections is featured, as are the most typical problems related to antimicrobial chemotherapy, and current approaches to their solution. Notable chapters set the pace for research on the pathogenic and immune reactions to such infections as Mycobacterium tuberculosis Legionella pneumophila Chlamydia trachomatis and Brucella.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910956339503321

Autore

Bugh Gary

Titolo

Electoral college reform : challenges and possibilities / / edited by Gary Bugh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate, c2009

ISBN

1-315-57902-2

1-317-14527-5

1-317-14526-7

1-282-54534-5

9786612545344

0-7546-9492-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (307 p.)

Collana

Election law, politics, and theory

Altri autori (Persone)

BughGary

Disciplina

324.6/3

Soggetti

Electoral college - United States

Election law - United States

Representative government and representation - 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

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Part I Thinking About Electoral College Reform; Introduction: Approaching Electoral College Reform; 1 Representation in Congressional Efforts to Amend the Presidential Election System; 2 "A Mere Deception-a Mere Ignus Fatus on the People of America": Lifting the Veil on the Electoral College; 3 "If the Manner of It Be Not Perfect": Thinking Through Electoral College Reform; Part II Challenges of Electoral College Reform; 4 The Electoral College and Democratic Responsiveness

5 The Challenge of Contemporary Electoral College Reform6 Systemic Biases Affecting Congressional Voting on Electoral College Reform; 7 Compact Risk: Some Downsides to Establishing National Plurality Presidential Elections by Contingent Legislation; 8 Exploring the Difficulties of Electoral College Reform at the State Level: Maine and Nebraska Lead the Way; 9 Comparative Presidential Selection: A Cautionary Tale; Part III Possibilities of Electoral College Reform; 11 Electoral College Incentives and Presidential Actions: A Case for Reform?

12 Current Electoral College Reform Efforts Among the States13 The Good, the Better, the Best: Improving on the "Acceptable" Electoral College; 14 Pipe Dream or Possibility? Amending the U.S. Constitution to Achieve Electoral Reform; Conclusion: Understanding Electoral College Reform; Appendix A; Appendix B; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Why hasn't the United States reformed the Electoral College system, and how can it best do so? To address these questions, Electoral College Reform: Challenges and Possibilities brings together new essays by law professors and political scientists examining the reasons for reform, the issues surrounding a Constitutional amendment, the effect of the Electoral College on political campaigns and government policymaking, and the possibilities for extra-Constitutional avenues to change, including the courts and the state legislatures.