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Record Nr.

UNINA9910692779203321

Titolo

Shaping the future : new expectations for undergraduate education in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology : a report on its review of undergraduate education by the Advisory Committee to the National Science Foundation, Directorate for Educa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Arlington, VA

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910968624703321

Titolo

Diptera diversity : status, challenges and tools / / edited by Thomas Pape, Daniel Bickel, Rudolf Meier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2009

ISBN

9786612949036

9781282949034

1282949039

9789004181007

9004181008

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (479 p.)

Collana

Brill eBook titles

Altri autori (Persone)

BickelDaniel J

MeierRudolf <1963->

PapeThomas <1960->

Disciplina

595.77

Soggetti

Diptera

Diptera - Geographical distribution

Diptera - Variation

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

Preliminary Material / D. Bickel , T. Pape and R. Meier -- Chapter One.



Nearctic Diptera: Twenty Years Later / F. Christian Thompson -- Chapter Two. Hawaii’s Diptera Biodiversity / Neal L. Evenhuis -- Chapter Three. Neotropical Diptera Diversity: Richness, Patterns, And Perspectives / Dalton de Souza Amorim -- Chapter Four. Dipteran Biodiversity Of The Galápagos / Bradley J. Sinclair -- Chapter Five. Palaearctic Diptera — From Tundra To Desert / Thomas Pape -- Chapter Six. Afrotropical Diptera — Rich Savannas, Poor Rainforests / Ashley H. Kirk-Spriggs and Brian R. Stuckenberg -- Chapter Seven. Oriental Diptera, A Challenge In Diversity And Taxonomy / Patrick Grootaert -- Chapter Eight. Diversity, Relationships And Biogeography Of Australian Flies / David K. Yeates , Daniel Bickel , David K. McAlpine and Don H. Colless -- Chapter Nine. Biogeography Of Diptera In The Southwest Pacific / Daniel Bickel -- Chapter Ten. Why Hilara Is Not Amusing: The Problem Of Open-Ended Taxa And The Limits Of Taxonomic Knowledge / Daniel Bickel -- Chapter Eleven. Diptera As Ecological Indicators Of Habitat And Habitat Change / Marc Pollet -- Chapter Twelve. Biodiversity Research Based On Taxonomic Revisions — A Tale Of Unrealized Opportunities / Torsten Dikow , Rudolf Meier , Gaurav G. Vaidya and Jason G. H. Londt -- Chapter Thirteen. DNA Barcoding And DNA Taxonomy In Diptera: An Assessment Based On 4,261 COI Sequences For 1,001 Species / Rudolf Meier and Guanyang Zhang -- Chapter Fourteen. Diptera Biodiversity Informatics / Shaun L. Winterton -- Chapter Fifteen. Meeting The Interrelated Challenges Of Tracking Specimen, Nomenclature, And Literature Data In Mandala / Gail E. Kampmeier and Michael E. Irwin -- Appendix. Species Of Diptera Per Family For All Regions / D. Bickel , T. Pape and R. Meier -- Index / D. Bickel , T. Pape and R. Meier.

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first comprehensive synopsis of the biodiversity of Diptera, which with more than 150.000 described species contain more than one tenth of all described animal species. The first part is a review of what is already known, with treatments of all the major biogeographical regions and important archipelagoes; the second part contains case studies on open-ended taxa, Diptera as ecological indicators, and how to estimate the still unknown proportion of our fauna; and the third part discusses the digital and molecular tools needed to document the fauna. The book has an emphasis on principles and analytical approaches as well as on practical ‘how-to’ information and is intended for academicians and other professionals but with a significant outreach to students.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959092803321

Autore

Deely John

Titolo

Purely objective reality / / by John Deely

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2009

ISBN

9786612345388

9781282345386

1282345389

9781934078099

1934078093

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Collana

Semiotics, communication, and cognition ; ; 4

Classificazione

ER 735

Disciplina

121/.4

Soggetti

Objectivity

Subjectivity

Semiotics

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

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Part I: What Objective Reality Is and How It Is Possible -- Terminological Prenote -- Praeludium Primum, or The Key Dilemma -- Preamble on Objectivity -- Chapter 1. The Problem of Objectivity -- Chapter 2. Root of the Semiotic Resolution of the Problem of Objectivity -- Chapter 3. Objectivity as a Branch on the Tree of Relations -- Chapter 4. The FirstAppearance of Objectivity in Its Difference from Things -- Chapter 5. The Source in Subjectivity of Relations of Apprehension -- Chapter 6. The Sign -Arbitrariness or Historicity? -- Chapter 7. The Social Construction of Reality -- Part II: Background to the Text -- Chapter 8. What Difference Does It MakeWhat a Sign Is? -- Chapter 9. Why Intersubjectivity Is Not Enough -- Chapter 10. TheAmazing History of Sign -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

In his 'Letter on Humanism' of 1947, Heidegger declared that the subject/object opposition and the terminology that accrues to it had still not been properly addressed in the history of philosophy, and he awaited a proper disquisition that resolved the problem. To date, that has not been provided. This volume explains and solves the prevailing problems in the subjectivity/objectivity couplet, in the process making



an indispensable contribution both to semiotics and to philosophy. This book shows that what is thought to be 'objective' in the commonplace use of the term is demonstrably different from what objectivity entails when it is revealed by semiotic analysis. It demonstrates in its exegesis of the 'objective' that human existence is frequently governed by examples of a 'purely objective reality' - a fiction which nevertheless perfuses, is perfused by, and guides experience.  The ontology of the sign can be mind-dependent or mind-independent, just as the status of relation can be as legitimate on its own terms whether it is found in ens rationis or in ens reale. The difference in the awareness of human animals consists in this very contextualization that Deely's writings in general have made so evident: the ability to identify signs as sign relations, and the ability to enact relations on a mind-dependent basis. Purely Objective Reality offers the first sustained and theoretically consistent interrogation of the means by which human understanding of 'reality' will be instrumental in the survival - or destruction - of planet Earth.