1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962211803321

Titolo

Population puzzle : boom or bust? / / edited by Laura E. Huggins and Hanna Skandera

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Hoover Institution Press, c2004

ISBN

9780817945336

0817945334

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (454 p.)

Collana

Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; no. 529

Altri autori (Persone)

HugginsLaura E. <1976->

SkanderaHanna <1973->

Disciplina

304.6/2

Soggetti

Overpopulation

Population

Quality of life

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

Front Cover; Book Title; Contents; List of Figures and Tables by Part; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Overview; Man's March to "The Summit" - Kenneth Boulding; Part I:  Beginnings; Quick Facts; Introduction; Chapter One:  Framing The Debate; Population, Resources, and Environment: A Survey of the Debate - Ann F. Wolfgram and Maria Sophia Aguirre; An Essay on the Principle of Population - Thomas Malthus; Marx and Engels on Malthus - Ronald L. Meek; Too Many People - Paul R. Ehrlich; Conclusion - Julian Simon; The Population Challenge - Lester R. Brown, Gary Gardner, and Brian Halweil

Population, Resources and the Quest to "Stabilize Human Population": Myths and Realities - Nicholas EberstadtChapter Two:  Ethical Divide; The Contribution of Ethics - J. Philip Wogaman; Human Choices - Joel E. Cohen; Living on a Lifeboat - Garrett Hardin; Ultimately, What Are Your Values? -Julian Simon; Part II:  Population and Natural Resources; Quick Facts; Introduction; Chapter Three:  Water; Governments Failing to Protect Societies fromSpreading Water Scarcity -Worldwatch Institute; Priming the Invisible Pump -Terry L. Anderson and Pamela S. Snyder

SNAPSHOT: Desalination / Cities Look to Sea for Fresh Water - John



RitterChapter Four:  Pollution; Population and Atmosphere -Paul Harrison and Fred Pearce; Take a Deep Breath . . . Air Quality Is Getting Better -Bjørn Lomborg; SNAPSHOT: Global Warming / Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change - United Nations Population Fund; The Scientific Case against the Global Climate Treaty -S. Fred Singer; Chapter Five:  Food; Feeding Nine Billion -Lester R. Brown; Food Security and World Trade Prospects -D. Gale Johnson; Chapter Six:  Land; Concern for Land -Anthony Young

Are We Losing Ground? -Julian SimonSNAPSHOT: Forests / Changing Demands on the World's Forests: Meeting Environmental and Institutional Challenges - Roger A. Sedjo; Chapter Seven:  Energy; The Case for Renewables -Worldwatch Institute; Energy in the Twenty-First Century -Dave Gorak; Part III:  Population and Quality of Life; Quick Facts; Introduction; Chapter Eight:  Fertility; The Contemporary Population Challenge -John C. Caldwell; The Population Explosion Is Over -Ben Wattenberg; SNAPSHOT: Aging / Grey Dawn: The Global Aging Crisis - Peter G. Peterson; Chapter Nine:  Mortality and Disease

Disease -Richard H. RobbinsDeath Makes a Comeback - Nicholas Eberstadt; SNAPSHOT: AIDS / HIV/AIDS Pandemic Spreads Further - Radhika Sarin; Chapter Ten:  Immigration; Migration Washes Over Ambivalent America -Alvin Powell; Muddled Masses -Stuart Anderson; SNAPSHOT: Migration / Global Shifts in Population - RAND; Chapter Eleven:  War and Violence; The Transformation of Security -Michael Renner; The Security Dynamics of Demographic Factors -Brian Nichiporuk; SNAPSHOT: Conflict / Violent Conflicts Continue to Decline - Michael Renner; Part IV:  Population and Prosperity; Quick Facts

Introduction

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing from government reports, think tank studies, scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, and books, this insightful overview offers a range of contrasting viewpoints and policy perspectives on the major issues concerning world population growth, with particular emphasis on the impact of population trends on the United States.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910872521303321

Titolo

The 3rd World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : I E E E, 2000

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

629.89

Soggetti

Automation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911019862703321

Autore

Brown D. J

Titolo

The pyrimidines / / D.J. Brown ; with an essay by S.F. Mason

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Interscience, 1962

ISBN

9786612301575

9781282301573

1282301578

9780470186756

0470186755

9780470188255

0470188251

Edizione

[99th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (803 p.)

Collana

Chemistry of heterocyclic compounds ; ; . 60

Disciplina

547.593

547/.59/05

547/.593

Soggetti

Pyrimidines

Chemistry

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

THE PYRIMIDINES; Contents; Chapter I. Introduction to the Pyrimidines; 1.History; 2 . Nomenclature; 3 . The Unique Basis of Pyrimidine Chemistry; A . The "Active" 2-,4-, and 6-Positions; B . The "Aromatic" 5-Position; C . The Effect of Electron-releasing Groups; D . The Effect of Electron-withdrawing Groups; E . Tautomeric Groups; 4 . General Summary of Pyrimidine Chemistry; A . Electrophilic Substitution; (1) Nitration and Nitrosation; (2) Diazo Coupling; (3) Halogenation; (4) Sulphonation; (5) Attack by Chloroform or Chloral; (6) Other Electrophilic Attacks

B . Direct Nucleophilic SubstitutionC . Nucleophilic Metatheses; (1) Replacement of Halogens; (a) By Amino and Substituted-amino Groups; (b) By Methoxy and Similar Groups; (c) By Hydroxy Groups; (d) By Methylthio and Related Groups; (e) By Mercapto Groups; (f) By Sulpho and Thiocyanato Groups; (2) Replacement of Methoxy, Methylthio. and Methylsulphonyl Groups; D . Other Metatheses; (1) Hydroxy- to Chloro-pyrimidines; (2) Hydroxy- to Mercapto-pyrimidines; (3) Mercapto- to Hydroxy-pyrimidines; (4) Mercapto- to Amino-pyrimidines; (5) Amino- to Hydroxy-pyrimidines

(6) Amino- to Chloro-pyrimidines(7) Replacements of Quaternary Amino Groups; E . Addition Reactions; (1) Quaternization; (2) Formation of N-Oxides; (3) Addition of Hypobromous Acid; (4) Addition of Water; (5) Addition of Grignard Reagents and Lithium Alkyls; F . Oxidative Reactions; G . Reductive Reactions; (1) Nuclear Reduction; (2) Reductive Removal of Groups; (3) Reductive Modification of Groups; H . The Modification of Substituents; (1) Amino Groups; (2) Hydroxy Groups; (3) Mercapto Groups; (4) Methyl Groups; I . A Free Radical Reaction; 5 . Physical Properties of Pyrimidines

A . Electronic StructuresB . Ionization Constants; C . Spectra; D . Dipole Moments; E . Polarography; F . Solubility and Melting Point; Chapter II . The Principal Synthetic Method; 1 . General Scope; 2 . Use of B-Dialdehydes; 3 . Use of B-Aldehydo Ketones; 4 . Use of B-Diketones; 5 . Use of B-Aldehydo Esters; A . Aldehydo Esters with Thioureas; B . The Davidson-Baudisch Synthesis; C . The Use of a-Ethoxymethylene Esters; 6 . Use of B-Keto Esters; A . Keto Esters with Thioureas; B . Keto Esters with Amidines; C . Keto Esters with Guanidines; D . Keto Esters with Urea and Derivatives

7 . Use of B-Diesters (Malonic Esters)A . Malonic Esters and Amidines; B . Malonic Esters with Urea and its Alkyl Derivatives; C . Malonic Esters with Thiourea and Derivatives; D . Malonic Esters with Guanidine and its Alkyl Derivatives; 8 . Use of B-Aldehydo Nitriles; A . Aldehydo Nitriles with Ureas; B . Aldehydo NitriIes with Thioureas; C . Aldehydo Nitriles with Amidines; D . The Whitehead Synthesis of Cytosine Derivatives; E . Aldehydo Nitriles with Guanidine; 9 . Use of B-Keto Nitriles; 10 . Use of B-Ester Nitriles; A . Ester Nitriles with Amidines

B . Ester Nitriles with Urea and Alkyl Ureas

Sommario/riassunto

Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds publishes articles, letters to the Editor, reviews, and minireviews on the synthesis, structure, reactivity, and biological activity of heterocyclic compounds including natural products. The journal covers investigations in heterocyclic chemistry taking place in scientific centers of all over the world, including extensively the scientific institutions in Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus.