03124nam 2200613 450 991045353520332120200520144314.00-19-151219-2(CKB)2550000001176007(EBL)1591391(SSID)ssj0001082670(PQKBManifestationID)12479924(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001082670(PQKBWorkID)11101371(PQKB)11193072(MiAaPQ)EBC1591391(Au-PeEL)EBL1591391(CaPaEBR)ebr10822943(CaONFJC)MIL557293(OCoLC)866839784(EXLCZ)99255000000117600720140111d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCannabis policy moving beyond stalemate /Robin Room [and four others] ; convenor, Amanda FeildingFirst edition.New York :Beckley Foundation Press : :Oxford University Press,2010.©20101 online resource (248 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-958148-7 1-306-26042-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Part I: Cannabis Policy: Moving beyond Stalemate; 1 Introduction; 2 The health and psychological effects of cannabis use; Annex: Health advice on cannabis; 3 The cannabis prohibition regime: Patterns of use, markets, and policies; 4 The range of reforms within the system: Softening the prohibition; 5 The impacts of cannabis policy reforms within the current drug control regime; 6 Beyond the current drug conventions; 7 Paths forward from the impasse; Part II: Conclusions and recommendations of the Cannabis Commission; Annex: Research prioritiesPart III: Draft Framework Convention on Cannabis ControlReferences; About the authors and The Beckley Foundation; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; WCannabis, marijuana, pot, ganja - it goes by many names -- is by far the most widely used illegal substance, and accounts for more arrests than any other drug. Barely a week goes by without this drug appearing in the newpapers, and politicians have famously tied themselve in knots, trying to decide just how to deal with this recreational drug. While there have been many drug policy books on other substances - both legal and illegal, few have focused on this drug. Cannabis Policy: Moving beyond Stalemate is unique in providing the materials needed for deciding on policy about cannabis in its vaMarijuanaGovernment policyMarijuana abuseElectronic books.MarijuanaGovernment policy.Marijuana abuse.362.29/5561Room Robin932450Fielding Amanda932451MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453535203321Cannabis policy2098349UNINA05275nam 2200721Ia 450 991014141830332120230801223341.01-280-76817-797866136789421-118-44407-81-118-44405-11-118-44410-8(CKB)2670000000206390(EBL)918279(OCoLC)798927886(SSID)ssj0000677744(PQKBManifestationID)11415285(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000677744(PQKBWorkID)10696503(PQKB)10014829(MiAaPQ)EBC918279(Au-PeEL)EBL918279(CaPaEBR)ebr10570762(CaONFJC)MIL367894(EXLCZ)99267000000020639020090428d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGreen petroleum[electronic resource] how oil and gas can be environmentally sustainable /edited by M.R. Islam, M.M. Khan, and A.B. ChhetriSalem, Mass. ;Hoboken, New Jersey Scrivener Wiley20121 online resource (624 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-118-07216-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Green Petroleum: How Oil and Gas Can Be Environmentally Sustainable; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 'Greening': What does it Entail?; 1.2 The Science of Change: How will our Epoch be Remembered?; 1.3 Are Natural Resources Finite and Human Needs Infinite?; 1.4 The Standard of Sustainable Engineering; 1.5 Can Nature be Treated as if it were Static?; 1.6 Can Human Intervention Affect Long-Term Sustainability of Nature?; 1.7 Can an Energy Source be Isolated from Matter?; 1.8 Is it Possible that Air, Water, and Earth became our Enemies?; 1.9 Can we Compare Diamonds with Enriched Uranium?1.10 Is Zero-Waste an Absurd Concept?1.11 How can we Determine Whether Natural Energy Sources Last Forever?; 1.12 Can Doing Good be Bad Business?; 1.13 Greening of Petroleum Operations: A Fiction?; 2 From the Pharaonic Age to the Information Age: Have we Progressed in Technology Development Skills?; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Fundamental Misconceptions of the Modern Age; 2.2.1 Chemicals are Chemicals and Energy is Energy; 2.2.2 If you Cannot See, it Does not Exist; 2.2.3 Simulation Equals Emulation; 2.2.4 Whatever Works is True3 How Long Has This 'Technological Disaster' Been in the Making? Delinearized History of Civilization and Technology Development3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Delinearized History of Time, Science, and Truth; 3.2.1 Role of First Premise; 3.3 Other Considerations in Mathematics and Science; 3.3.1 Numbers in the Qur'an; 3.4 Modeling Natural Phenomena in Multiple Dimensions; 3.4.1 Transition from Mathematics of Tangibles to Mathematics of Intangibles; 3.5 Conclusions; 4 Is Modern Science Capable of Discerning Between True and False?; 4.1 Introduction4.2 Why Focus on Tangibles Makes it Impossible for us to Act on Conscience That is Needed to Increase our Knowledge of Truth4.3 New Science vs. Science of Intangibles; 4.4 The Criterion of Truth and Falsehood; 4.5 Effect of the Science of Tangibles; 4.6 The Science of Matter and Energy; 4.6.1 The European Knowledge Trail in Mass and Energy; 4.6.2 Delinearized History of Mass and Energy Management in the Middle East; 4.7 Paradigm Shift in Scientific and Engineering Calculations; 4.8 Summary and Conclusions; 5 Fundamentals of Mass and Energy Balance; 5.1 Introduction5.2 The Difference Between a Natural Process and an Engineered Process5.3 The Measurement Conundrum of the Phenomenon and its Observer; 5.3.1 Background; 5.3.2 Galileo's Experimental Program: An Early Example of the Nature-Science Approach; 5.4 Implications of Einstein's Theory of Relativity on Newtonian Mechanics; 5.5 Newton's First Assumption; 5.6 First Level of Rectification of Newton's First Assumption; 5.7 Second Level of Rectification of Newton's First Assumption; 5.8 Fundamental Assumptions of Electromagnetic Theory; 5.9 Aims of Modeling Natural Phenomena5.10 Challenges of Modeling Sustainable Petroleum Operations Can ""green petroleum"" reverse global warming and bring down high gasoline prices? Written in non-technical language for the layperson, this book investigates and details how the oil and gas industry can ""go green"" with new processes and technologies, thus bringing the world's most important industry closer to environmental and economic sustainability. Petroleum as fuelPetroleum productsRenewable energy sourcesPetroleum as fuel.Petroleum products.Renewable energy sources.665.5028/6665.50286SCI013000bisacshIslam Rafiqul1959-856406Khan M. M856408Chhetri M. 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