La psicologia e il cosmo / J. Gagarin, V. Lebedev

• Record Nr.: UNISALENTO991004201569707536
• Autore: Gagarin, Jurij Alekseevic
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Roma : Editori riuniti, 1973
• Descrizione fisica: VII, 226 p. ; 18 cm
• Collana: Universale scientifica ; 2
• Altri autori (Persone): Lebedev, Vladimir Vasilevic; Stella, Emanuela
• Disciplina: 155.9
• Soggetti: Volo spaziale - Psicologia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Trad. E. Stella; Tit. orig.: Psihologija i kosmos

US-China Rivalry and Taiwan's Mainland Policy : Security, Nationalism, and the 1992 Consensus / / by Dean P. Chen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910255295203321
• Autore: Chen Dean P. <1980->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017
• ISBN: 9783319475998; 3319475991
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2017.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XIX, 207 p. 6 illus., 2 illus. in color.)
• Disciplina: 327.1
• Soggetti: International relations; Asia - Politics and government; America - Politics and government; Diplomacy; Peace; Regionalism; Foreign Policy; Asian Politics; American Politics; Peace and Conflict Studies
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction: The Xi-Ma Summit Meeting and U.S. Interests across the Taiwan Strait -- 2. Politics beyond the Water's Edge: Neoclassical Realism -- 3. Defining One China -- 4. The KMT Rebuilds the ROC: Useful Foreign Foe and Enemies from Within -- 5. U.S. Strategic Ambiguity, Rising China, and Taiwan's Security -- 6. Tsai Ing-wen and the Weakening of the "1992 Consensus".
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines changes in Taiwan's policies toward Mainland China under former Republic of China (ROC) President Ma Ying-jeou (2008-16) and considers their implications for US policy toward the Taiwan Strait. In recent years, the People's Republic of China (PRC)'s increasingly assertive foreign policy behaviors have heightened ; tensions with its regional neighbors as well as the United States. However, under the Kuomintang (KMT) administration of Ma Ying-jeou, Taiwan discounted Beijing's coercion and pursued rapprochement on the basis of the "1992 consensus". The author of this volume analyzes why Taipei underreacted towards the security challenges posed by the PRC and chartered policies that sometimes went against the interests of Washington and its allies in the Asia-Pacific. The KMT was pushing for nation-building initiatives to rejuvenate the ROC's "one China" ruling legitimacy and to supplant pro-independence forces within Taiwan. The island's deeply fragmented domestic politics and partisanship have led policy elites to choose suboptimal strategy, weakening its security position. The implications from this study are equally applicable to Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party government that has taken office in 2016.

A red bird in a brown bag : the function and evolution of colorful plumage in the House Finch / / Geoffrey E. Hill

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910962305403321
• Autore: Hill Geoffrey E (Geoffrey Edward)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002
• ISBN: 9780195348910; 0195348915
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xiv, 318 p. : ill., maps
• Collana: Oxford Ornithology Ser.
• Disciplina: 598.8/83
• Soggetti: House finch - Color; Sexual selection in animals
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-312).
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Part 1. Prelude -- 1 Darwinism and Wallacism: A Brief Account of the Long History of the Study of Plumage Coloration -- 2 A Red Bird in a Brown Bag: An Introduction to the House Finch -- 3 In the Eye of the Beholder: Color Vision and the Quantification of Color -- Part 2. The Proximate Control and Function of Red Plumage -- 4 You Are What You Eat: Plumage Pigments and Carotenoid Physiology -- 5 A ; Matter of Condition: The Effects of Environment on Plumage Coloration -- 6 Darwin Vindicated: Female Choice and Sexual Selection in the House Finch -- 7 Fine Fathers and Good Genes: The Direct and Indirect Benefits of Female Choice -- 8 Studs, Duds, and Studly Duds: Plumage Coloration, Hormones, and Dominance -- 9 The Feeling's Mutual: Female Plumage Coloration and Male Mate Choice -- Part 3. Biogeography and the Evolution of Colorful Plumage -- 10 From the Halls of Montezuma to the Shores of Tripoli (New York): Populations, Subspecies, and Geographic Variation in Ornamental Coloration -- 11 Why Red? The Evolution of Color Display -- 12 Epilogue -- Glossary -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
• Sommario/riassunto: This is an account of studies of the function and evolution of colorful plumage in the House Finch. It is also an engaging study on the evolution of sexual selection in birds and a lively portrait of the challenges and constraints of experimental design facing any field investigator working with animal behavior. Part I sets the stage for modern studies of the function of plumage coloration with a review of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. Part II focuses on the proximate control and present function of plumage coloration. Part III takes a more explicitly evolutionary approach to the study of plumage coloration using biogeography and phylogeny to test hypotheses for why specific forms of plumage color display have evolved. It concludes with an account of comparative studies that have been conducted in the House Finch and other cardueline finches and the insight these studies have provided on the evolution of carotenoid-based ornamental coloration.