03397nam 2200481 450 991015743790332120180125150959.00-19-065126-10-19-065127-X0-19-065125-3(CKB)3710000001000650(MiAaPQ)EBC4773438(StDuBDS)EDZ0001615644(PPN)19951044X(EXLCZ)99371000000100065020170110h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierImmunity the evolution of an idea /Alfred I. TauberNew York, NY :Oxford University Press,2017.1 online resource (329 pages)Previously issued in print: 2017.0-19-091419-X 0-19-065124-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Immunity; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A History of the Immune Self; 2. Whither Immune Identity?; 3. Individuality Revised; 4. Immune Cognition; 5. Eco-​immunology; 6. A New Biology?; Epilogue; Notes; References; IndexImmunology is the science of biological identity. Three key characteristics—individuality, identification, and immunity—together define immune identity, and as one notion changes meaning, so do the others. The story of this mutual dependence begins with the discovery of infectious diseases, when immunity, conceived as the response to invading pathogens, focused on the infected patient—later formalized as the “immune self.” That orientation, signifying autonomy much in line with cultural norms of individuality, dominated twentieth-century immune theory. Although an effective idiom, the self construct has proven inadequate to account for the organism’s normal physiology and exchanges with the environment. When integrated into its larger ecology, immunity’s governing model shifts from defense to the more basic cognitive function of information processing that discerns benign from the toxic. The effector function (assimilate or eliminate) only follows identification of the immune object. Moreover, as a cognitive–communicative system (analogous to the brain), the immune system’s various roles assume their full expression only when the organism is considered in its total environment—“internal” and “external.”From this perspective, beyond defending an insular individual, immunity accounts for the organism’s mutualist relationships that characterize the holobiont, where lines of demarcation are blurred. In response to this ecologically informed conception of the individual, the idea of immunity correspondingly widens. The implications of this revised configuration of immunity and its deconstructed notions of individuality and selfhood have wide significance for philosophers and life scientists working in immunology, ecology, and the cognitive sciences.ImmunologyPhilosophyImmunologyPhilosophy.616.07/9SCI075000MED044000bisacshTauber Alfred I.52944MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910157437903321Immunity2597318UNINA03743nam 2200661 450 991078930790332120230125211944.01-60649-737-5(CKB)3580000000001208(EBL)1460719(SSID)ssj0001340407(PQKBManifestationID)11762215(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001340407(PQKBWorkID)11356243(PQKB)11156421(OCoLC)862232847(CaBNVSL)swl00402918(Au-PeEL)EBL1460719(CaPaEBR)ebr10786065(CaSebORM)9781606497371(MiAaPQ)EBC1460719(EXLCZ)99358000000000120820131105d2013 fy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIntroduction to foreign exchange rates /Thomas J. O'BrienFirst edition.New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) :Business Expert Press,2013.1 online resource (202 p.)Finance and financial management collectionPart of: 2013 digital library.1-60649-736-7 Includes bibliographical references (pages [179-181]) and index.Foreign exchange rates -- Foreign exchange rate volatility -- Purchasing power parity -- Extensions of purchasing power parity -- Interest rates and foreign exchange -- Topics in uncovered interest rate parity -- Forward FX contracts -- Foreign exchange transaction exposure -- Case. Houston Marine Electronics -- Notes -- References -- Index.As managers expand their international business operations, they are confronted by the puzzling and vexing world of foreign exchange (FX) rates. This text is designed as a resource that can help managers quickly understand and navigate the FX market. The text may be used as an introductory module in a course in international finance, whether the course is oriented to international markets, international investments, or international corporate finance. The primary intended audience is an applied MBA course aimed at executives, managers, and would-be managers. After an introduction to FX rates, the text covers the important topic FX rate valuation. It is important for managers to understand when an FX rate is incorrectly valued, as this situation may have a bearing on corporate decisions on strategy, risk management, capital structure, and overseas investments and operations. The text also covers the mechanics of forward FX contracts, and their use in managing the risk of future foreign currency cash flows. The text includes a case that unifies the ideas. The case company is faced with FX exposure in the revenues from a proposed new foreign customer. The decision maker applies the text material to evaluate whether the FX rate is over-, under-, or correctly valued. The final decisions are whether to expand sales to the foreign market and whether to hedge the FX risk.2013 digital library.Finance and financial management collection.Foreign exchange ratesforeign exchange ratesinternational parity conditionspurchasing powerinterest ratesforward FX contractshedgingFX transaction exposureForeign exchange rates.332.45O'Brien Thomas J.895182MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789307903321Introduction to foreign exchange rates2001189UNINA