1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996321840703316

Titolo

Sign systems studies / / University of Tartu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tartu, : Tartu University Press, 1998-

ISSN

1736-7409

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

401.41

Soggetti

Semiotics

Sleep Wake Disorders

Linguistique

Sémantique

Publications périodiques

Semiotik

Semiotiek

Periodical

Periodicals.

Zeitschrift

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911019346003321

Titolo

Foetal autonomy : a Ciba Foundation Symposium / / edited by G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Maeve O'Connor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Churchill, 1969

ISBN

9786613618733

9781280588907

128058890X

9780470719688

0470719680

9780470717301

0470717300

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (347 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium

Altri autori (Persone)

WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)

O'ConnorMaeve

Disciplina

599/.03/3

Soggetti

Fetus

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

FOETAL AUTONOMY; Contents; Chairman's opening remarks; Implantation and the maternal recognition of pregnancy; Discussion; The foetus as an allograft: the role of maternal "unresponsiveness" to paternally derived foetal antigens; Discussion; Independently regulated synthetic transitions in foetal tissues; Discussion; The extent of foetal endocrine autonomy; Discussion; Foetal metabolism; Discussion; Roles of placental lactogen in foetal-maternal relations; Discussion; The development of the foetal lung; Discussion; The course and distribution of the foetal circulation; Discussion

Foetal blood gas homeostasisDiscussion; Some changes in neuromuscular functions occurring in the perinatal period; Discussion; Normal and abnormal foetal weight gain; Discussion; The foetal role in the initiation of parturition in the ewe; Discussion; Reactions of the foetus to drugs taken by the mother; Discussion; Role of hormones in programming the central nervous system; Discussion; Genetic assimilation of environmental variability in the organization of



behavioural capacities of the developing nervous system; Discussion; General discussion; Chairman's closing remarks; Author index

Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910974770903321

Autore

Woodiwiss Anthony

Titolo

Making human rights work globally / / Anthony Woodiwiss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Portland, Or., : GlassHouse, 2003

ISBN

1-282-37619-5

1-283-60468-X

9786612376191

9786613917133

1-135-31124-2

1-84314-533-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (149 p.)

Disciplina

323

Soggetti

Human rights

Employee rights

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 (p. [119]-129) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Making Human Rights Work Globally; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; Introduction: Human rights as means; The need for a sociology of human rights; An outline of the argument; 1. Theorising a global social fact; Overcoming the reticence of sociology; Theory and the recognition of social difference; 2. International human rights and the silence concerning social difference; The birth of international human rights discourse; Making human rights enforceable; The



juridification of human rights discourse; Conclusion

3. The plural forms of labour rights and the possibility of translationLiberal democracy, socialism and labour rights; Early industrialisers; Late industrialisers; Conclusion; 4. Making human rights work in familialist societies; Reconciling familialism and human rights; Late industrialisation, familialism and the development of labour rights; Post-colonial industrialisation, familialism and labour rights; Conclusion; 5. Justiciability and the need for cosmopolitan 'core' labour standards; The construction of an Ameri-centric core; The primacy of the ethical dimension; Towards a hybrid core

The need for 'just and favourable conditions at work'Conclusion; 6.Making labour rights justiciable in China; Human rights as an iron rice bowl; Guangdong and the 'open door'; Company law, employment law and the justiciability of labour rights; Justiciability in Guangdong Province; Workplace culture and justiciability; Conclusion; Conclusion:Making work for human rights; Postscript:10 May 2003; Appendix: The interview schedules; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is one of the first studies in the new field of the sociology of human rights,and it centres its analysis on labour rights. Such rights are of critical importance in this field, work being the defining aspect of many peoples lives and a central concern of sociology.