1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910957010103321

Titolo

Religion, Gender, and Culture in the Pre-Modern World / / by B. Britt, A. Cuffel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2007

ISBN

9786611363192

9781281363190

1281363197

9780230604292

0230604293

Edizione

[1st ed. 2007.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Religion/Culture/Critique, , 2945-6363

Altri autori (Persone)

CuffelAlexandra

BrittBrian M. <1964->

Disciplina

306.7089

Soggetti

Religion and sociology

Sex

World history

Religion

Sociology of Religion

Gender Studies

World History, Global and Transnational History

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; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I Ancient Cultures; II Medieval Cultures; III Early Modern Cultures; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book compares shifting formulations of gender, interfaith, and ethnic relations across continents from antiquity to the Nineteenth century. Contributors address three areas: depictions of homosexual and transgendered behaviours, conceptualizations of femininity and masculinity, and the marriageability of ethnic and religious minorities.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910971255603321

Titolo

Responsibility to protect : cultural perspectives in the global South / / edited by Rama Mani and Thomas G. Weiss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon, England ; ; New York, : Routledge, c2011

ISBN

1-136-66121-2

1-283-46029-7

9786613460295

1-136-66122-0

0-203-80728-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxvi, 260 p

Collana

Routledge global institutions ; ; 54

Altri autori (Persone)

ManiRama

WeissThomas George

Disciplina

327.1/17091724

Soggetti

Responsibility to protect (International law)

Genocide intervention

Human rights

Political violence - Developing countries - Prevention

Human rights - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Reflections in religion, philosophy, and art -- pt. 2. Country cases.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume explores in a novel and challenging way the emerging norm of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), initially adopted by the United Nations World Summit in 2005 following significant debate throughout the preceding decade. This work seeks to uncover whether this norm and its founding values have resonance and grounding within diverse cultures and within the experiences of societies that have directly been torn apart by mass atrocity crimes. The contributors to this collection analyze the responsibility to protect through multiple disciplines-philosophy, religion and spirituality, anthropology, and aesthetics in addition to international relations and law-to explore what light alternative perspectives outside of political science and



international relations shed upon this emerging norm. In each case, the disciplinary analysis emanates from the global South and from scholars located within countries that experienced violent political upheaval. Hence, they draw upon not only theory but also the first-hand experience with conscience-shocking crimes. Their retrospective and prospective analyses could and should help shape the future implementation of R2P in accordance with insights from vastly different contexts. Offering a cutting edge contribution to thinking in the area, this is essential reading for all those with an interest in humanitarian intervention, peace and conflict studies, critical security studies and peacebuilding.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910483809703321

Titolo

Ergonomics and Health Aspects of Work with Computers : International Conference, EHAWC 2009, Held as Part of HCI International 2009, San Diego, CA, USA, July 19-24, 2009, Proceedings / / edited by Ben-Tzion Karsh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2009

ISBN

3-642-02731-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2009.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 p.)

Collana

Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI, , 2946-1642 ; ; 5624

Disciplina

004.019

Soggetti

User interfaces (Computer systems)

Human-computer interaction

Electronic data processing - Management

Social sciences - Data processing

Computer vision

Pattern recognition systems

Natural language processing (Computer science)

User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction

IT Operations

Computer Application in Social and Behavioral Sciences

Computer Vision

Automated Pattern Recognition

Natural Language Processing (NLP)



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

International conference proceedings.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Ergonomics and Health in the Workplace -- Effects of the Workplace Game: A Case-Study into Anticipating Future Behavior of Office Workers -- Management Support and Worksite Health Promotion Program Effectiveness -- Usage of Office Chair Adjustments and Controls by Workers Having Shared and Owned Work Spaces -- Health Promoting Leadership: The Mediating Role of an Organizational Health Culture -- Increasing Information Worker Productivity through Information Work Infrastructure -- Merging Virtual and Real Worlds – Holistic Concepts for the Office of the Future -- The Relationship between Working Conditions and Musculoskeletal/Ergonomic Disorders in a Manufacturing Facility – A Longitudinal Research Study -- Measuring Support for Health in Offshore Environments -- Understanding Patient User Experience in Obstetric Work Systems -- Unique Stressors of Cross-Cultural Collaboration through ICTs in Virtual Teams -- Examining the Effects of Workstation Design Satisfaction, Computer Usage, Supervisory andCo-worker Support on Perceived Physical Discomfort and Psychosocial Factors -- Defeating Back Pain at the Workplace: Results of the "Healthy Back" Program -- Using the ‘Balance Model’ for Occupational Safety and Health Promotion -- Varying the Office Work Posture between Standing, Half-Standing and Sitting Results in Less Discomfort -- A Person-Centered Measurement System for Quantification of Physical Activity and Energy Expenditure at Workplaces -- Management of Work Site Health-Promotion Programs: A Review -- New Trends in Ergonomics -- Development of Portable Robotic Operation Terminals to Achieve Increased Safety and Usability and a Study on the Effectiveness of Wireless Terminals -- Participatory Ergonomics as a Method of Quality Improvement in Maintenance -- What Is Prospective Ergonomics? A Reflection and a Position on the Future of Ergonomics -- Improving in-Vehicle Display and Control Design for Older Drivers -- Relationship between Emotional State and Pupil Diameter Variability underVarious Types of Workload Stress -- Combined Measurement System for the Evaluation of Multi Causal Strain -- Development of Non-contact Monitoring System of Heart Rate Variability (HRV) - An Approach of Remote Sensing for Ubiquitous Technology - -- PC-Based Rehabilitation System with Biofeedback -- Interaction Devices and Environments -- LED Backlight for Better Accuracy in Medical Imaging -- Human Factors in Lighting -- Lighting as Support for Enhancing Well-Being, Health and Mental Fitness of an Ageing Population - The FP6 EU Funded ALADIN Project -- The Evaluation of Operating Posture in Typing the QWERTY Keyboard on PDA -- Vector Keyboard for Touch Screen Devices -- Evaluation of a Functional Film Attached on Top of a Tablet PC -- Interaction between Dynamic LED-Light and Color Surfaces -- Color Model for Human Visual Environment and Physical Interaction -- Improvement of the Design Quality of 3D-Input Devices Using Motion Analyses and Biomechanical Comparisons.

Sommario/riassunto

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Ergonomics and Health Aspects of Work with Computers, EHAWC 2009, held in San Diego, CA, USA in July 2009 in the framework of the 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2009. This volume contains 33 papers in



the tematic area of Ergonomics and Health in the Workplace, New Trends in Ergonomics, as well as Interaction Devices and Environments.