1.

Record Nr.

UNISOBSOBE00040195

Autore

Sepúlveda, Juan Ginés : de

Titolo

Io. Genesii Sepulvedae Cordubensis De rebus Hispanorum ad novum terrarum orbem Mexicumque gestis : (De orbe novo) / edidit Antonio Ramirez de Verger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stutgardiae ; Lipsiae : in aedibus B. G. Teubneri, 1993

ISBN

3815418879

Descrizione fisica

XVII, 339 p. ; 21 cm

Collana

Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana

Lingua di pubblicazione

Latino

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456879003321

Autore

Ryan Orla

Titolo

Chocolate nations [[electronic resource] ] : living and dying for cocoa in West Africa / / Órla Ryan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Zed

New York, NY, : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

ISBN

1-283-01138-7

9786613011381

1-84813-540-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Collana

African arguments

Disciplina

338.17740966

Soggetti

Cocoa trade - Ghana

Cocoa trade - Côte d'Ivoire

Cocoa trade - Africa, West

Cacao growers - Ghana - Economic conditions

Cacao growers - Côte d'Ivoire - Economic conditions

Cacao growers - Africa, West - Economic conditions

Chocolate

Electronic books.



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"In association with International African Institute, Royal African Society, Social Science Research Council."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [172]-174) and index.

Nota di contenuto

About the author; Title page; Copyright; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; One | Ghana is Cocoa; On the shoulders of peasant farmers; Fight for independence; A lifeline under revolutionary rule; No simple success story; Two | Cocoa Wars; A missing man; Miracle state; After Boigny - a crisis of identity; Battle for land; In the graveyard; Land and identity; Three | Child Labour; The crusading senator; Industry cynicism; Defining the problem; In search of riches; School and the farm; Heart of the industry; Four | Follow the money; The man who couldn't keep a secret

The new president An avenging journalist; A reporter in danger; Abduction; Business as usual; Five | From bean to bar; Recipe for success; Millers and grinders; Pricing the bar; On the shelf; Six | Fairtrade myths and reality; More to this than meets the eye; A global movement; Not the only fair buyer; A competitive marketplace; Airbrushing reality; Seven | Trading Games; Privileged childhood; Fundamental rules; A concentrated market; Power games; Battle for control; Eight | Building a sustainable future; Cocoa under attack; Chocolate fears; Owning land and sharing cocoa; Need for science

On-the-ground training Lure of the city; Epilogue; Notes; Introduction; Chapter one; Chapter two; Chapter three; Chapter four; Chapter five; Chapter six; Chapter seven; Chapter eight; Bibliography; Index; African Arguments

Sommario/riassunto

From the thousands of children who work on plantations to the smallholders who harvest the beans, Chocolate Nations reveals the hard economic realities of our favourite sweet. This vivid and gripping exploration of the reasons behind farmer poverty includes the human stories of the producers and traders at the heart of the West African industry. Provocative and eye-opening, Chocolate Nations exposes the true story of how the treat we love makes it onto our supermarket shelves.



3.

Record Nr.

UNISA996465868603316

Titolo

Distributed Algorithms [[electronic resource] ] : 10th International Workshop, WDAG '96, Bologna, Italy, October 9 - 11, 1996. Proceedings / / edited by Özalp Babaoglu, Keith Marzullo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1996

ISBN

3-540-70679-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 1996.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 388 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, , 0302-9743 ; ; 1151

Disciplina

004.0151

Soggetti

Computers

Software engineering

Computer communication systems

Computer programming

Operating systems (Computers)

Theory of Computation

Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems

Computer Communication Networks

Computation by Abstract Devices

Programming Techniques

Operating Systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

How to build a highly available system using consensus -- Distributed admission control algorithms for real-time communication -- Randomization and failure detection: A hybrid approach to solve Consensus -- Levels of authentication in distributed agreement -- Efficient and robust sharing of memory in message-passing systems -- Plausible clocks: Constant size logical clocks for Distributed Systems -- Abstracting communication to reason about distributed algorithms -- Simulating reliable links with unreliable links in the presence of process crashes -- A cyclic distributed garbage collector for network objects -- Incremental, distributed orphan detection and actor garbage collection using graph partitioning and euler cycles -- A framework for the



analysis of non-deterministic clock synchronisation algorithms -- Optimal time broadcasting in faulty star networks -- A lower bound for Linear Interval Routing -- Topological routing schemes -- Maintaining a dynamic set of processors in a distributed system -- Collective consistency -- Planar quorums -- “?-accurate” failure detectors -- Fast, long-lived renaming improved and simplified -- A timestamp based transformation of self-stabilizing programs for distributed computing environments -- The combinatorial structure of wait-free solvable tasks -- On the robustness of h m r  -- Understanding the Set Consensus Partial Order using the Borowsky-Gafni Simulation.

Sommario/riassunto

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Distributed Algorithms, WDAG '96, held in Bologna, Italy, in October 1996. The volume presents 21 revised full papers selected from 75 submissions together with invited contributions by Butler Lampson and Domenico Ferrari. The volume reflects the transition of the area from formerly being the domain of a small research community to becoming the dominant computing paradigm and an industrial technology. Among the topics covered are all current aspects of distributed algorithms ranging from theory to applications such as distributed intelligent agents.



4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910130809203321

Autore

Hasse Helmut <1898-1979, >

Titolo

Helmut Hasse und Emmy Noether : die Korrespondenz 1925-1935 / / [herausgegeben und kommentiert von] Franz Lemmermeyer und Peter Roquette

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Göttingen : , : Universitätsverlag Göttingen, , 2006

©2006

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 pages) : illustrations, portraits; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Open Access e-Books

Knowledge Unlatched

Disciplina

512.0092

Soggetti

Mathematicians - Germany

Class field theory - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-266) and indexes.

Sommario/riassunto

This book reproduces the complete extant correspondence between Emmy Noether and Helmut Hasse. There are 82 such letters, of which 79 are from Noether to Hasse, dating from 1925 until Noether's sudden death in 1935. The correspondence reflects a crucial period in the development of 20th century algebra and number theory, in particular class field theory. Details of proofs appear alongside with conjectures and speculations. Also discussed are questions of textbook presentation, e.g., of Galois theory. Aside from mathematical details, the spontaneity of Noether's style allows many glimpses at the image that Emmy Noether and Helmut Hasse had of the topics they were working in. The Hasse - Noether correspondence is a rich source for those who are interested in the rise and the development of mathematical notions and ideas. Each letter is accompanied by a detailed commentary supplied by the editors. For the convenience of the reader, numerous cross-references, extended indexes, and short biographies of all persons mentioned in the correspondence have been added.