Pubbl/distr/stampa	Arlington, Virginia : , : National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, , 1993
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (94 p.)
Disciplina	573 599.9
Collana	NAPA Bulletin
Soggetto topico	Race Physical anthropology Applied anthropology
ISBN	1-282-17188-7 9786612171888 1-4443-0689-8 1-4443-0690-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Race, Ethnicity, and Applied Bioanthropology; Contents; Introduction; Why Classify Race?; Race, Ethnicity, and Human Engineering; The Impact of Racial Variation on Human Engineering Design Criteria; Biocultural Influences in the Analysis of Secular Trends; Problems of Racial and Ethnic Self-Identification and Classification; Race, Ethnicity, and Forensic Anthropology; Realities of Racial Determination in a Forensic Setting; Skeletal Criteria for Racial Attribution; Dental Variation and Racial Estimation: Problems and Practical Forensic Applications; Racial Concepts; The Objective View of Race Applied Anthropology and the Concept of Race: A Legacy of LinnaeusAbout the Contributors
Record Nr.	UNISA-996212366403316

Autore	Drake V. Alistair
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge, MA, : CABI, 2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (515 p.)
Disciplina	595.7 599.9
Altri autori (Persone)	ReynoldsD. R <1947-> (Donald Russell)
Soggetto topico	Insects - Migration Entomology Radar in agriculture
ISBN	1-283-90350-4 1-84593-606-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Specialist Terms, Symbols, Units and Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Remote Sensing and Insect Observation; 3 Radar Principles; 4 Insects as Radar Targets; 5 Entomological Radar Designs; 6 Observing Insects with Radar I: Performance, Surveillance and Target Characterization; 7 Observing Insects with Radar II: Quantitative Estimation and Parameter Retrieval; 8 Additional Radar, Radar-like and Radio Technologies for Insect Observation; 9 Insect Migration, its Quantification and the Role of the Atmosphere; 10 Insect Migratory Flight I: The Principal Features 11 Insect Migratory Flight II: Concentrations and Disturbances12 Insect Migration, Population Movements and Pest Management; 13 Migrations of Pest and Beneficial Insects; 14 Insect Foraging Movements; 15 Insect Echo on Meteorological Radars; 16 Radar Entomology: Perspectives and Prospects; Appendix A: Calibration and Performance Monitoring; Appendix B: Regulatory and Safety Issues; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910626107403321

Autore	Pickering Travis Rayne
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (223 p.)
Disciplina	599.9
Soggetto topico	Hunting, Prehistoric Hunting and gathering societies Fossil hominids Human evolution Social evolution
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-520-95512-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A Man among Apes -- 2. Prehistoric Bloodsport -- 3. Tamping the Simian Urge -- 4. Conceiving Our Past -- 5. Death from Above -- Coda -- Notes -- References -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910462580203321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , [2022]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource
Disciplina	599.9 300
Collana	Routledge Anthropology Handbooks
Soggetto topico	Physical anthropology Reproduction
ISBN	1-00-321645-5 1-003-21645-5 1-000-45595-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to The Routledge Handbook of Anthropology and Reproduction -- Part I Opening conversations in reproduction -- Chapter 1 Conceiving reproduction in biological anthropology -- Chapter 2 Developmental origins of health and disease: Evidence, proposed mechanisms, and ideas for future applications -- Chapter 3 Men and reproduction: Perspectives from biological anthropology -- Chapter 4 Conceiving of reproduction in archaeology -- Part II Governance, stratification, justice, and freedom -- Chapter 5 Reproduction and the state -- Chapter 6 The necropolitics of reproduction: Racism, resistance, and the Sojourner Syndrome in the age of the Movement for Black Lives -- Chapter 7 Reproductive governance in practice: A comparison of state-provided reproductive healthcare in Cuba and the United States -- Chapter 8 Reproduction through revolution: Maoist women's struggle for equity in post-development Nepal -- Chapter 9 Policy, governance, practice: Global perspectives on abortion -- Chapter 10 Sterile choices: Racialized women, reproductive freedom, and social justice -- Part III Making fertility -- Chapter 11 Menstruation: Causes, consequences, and context -- Chapter 12 Menstruation: Sociocultural perspectives -- Chapter 13 Infertility, in vitro fertilization, and fertility preservation: Global perspectives -- Chapter 14 Global IVF and local practices: The case of Ghana -- Chapter 15 Eggs -- Chapter 16 Surrogacy -- Part IV Queering reproduction -- Chapter 17 The racial contours of queer reproduction -- Chapter 18 Invisible hands: The reproductivities of queer(ing) and race(ing) gynecology -- Part V Made and unmade: Personhood and reproduction. Chapter 19 "Personhood" in the anthropology of reproduction -- Chapter 20 Prenatal screening and diagnosis -- Chapter 21 Navigating reproductive losses -- Chapter 22 Reproduction in the past: A bioarchaeological exploration of the fetus and its significance -- Part VI Pregnancy -- Chapter 23 Pregnancy and the anthropology of reproduction -- Chapter 24 Bringing language into the anthropology of reproduction: The text and talk of pregnancy -- Chapter 25 From couvade to "men's involvement": Sociocultural perspectives of expectant fatherhood -- Part VII Birth -- Chapter 26 The obstetrical dilemma revisited-revisited -- Chapter 27 There is no evolutionary "obstetrical dilemma" -- Chapter 28 Midwifery in cross-cultural perspectives -- Chapter 29 Doulas: Negotiating boundaries in birth -- Chapter 30 Rituals and rites of childbirth across cultures -- Chapter 31 Making dignified care the norm: Examining obstetric violence and reproductive justice in Kenya -- Chapter 32 Maternal mortality -- Part VIII Postpartum and infant care -- Chapter 33 Making space for lactation in the anthropology of reproduction -- Chapter 34 The bioarchaeology of infant feeding -- Chapter 35 Biocultural perspectives on infant sleep -- Part IX Care as reproducing kinship -- Chapter 36 Menopause -- Chapter 37 The shifting role of grandmothers in global reproduction strategies -- Chapter 38 Alloparenting: Evolutionary origins and contemporary significance of cooperative childrearing as a key feature of human reproduction -- Chapter 39 Adoption and fostering -- Glossary -- Index.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910773608003321

Autore	Albers Paulinus Cornelis Hendricus <1965->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (192 p.)
Disciplina	599.9 599.9092
Altri autori (Persone)	VosJohn de
Collana	Brill eBook titles
Soggetto topico	Physical anthropologists - Netherlands
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-283-03907-9 9786613039071 90-04-19329-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Preliminary Material / P.C. Albers and J. De Vos -- Introduction / P.C. Albers and J. De Vos -- Personal Stuff / P.C. Albers and J. De Vos -- The Book Part I: The Indonesian Collection / P.C. Albers and J. De Vos -- Distractions / P.C. Albers and J. De Vos -- The Book Part II: The Peltenburg Era / P.C. Albers and J. De Vos -- Epilogue / P.C. Albers and J. De Vos -- Appendix I. The Brill Correspondence / P.C. Albers and J. De Vos -- Appendix II. Glass Negatives And Positives / P.C. Albers and J. De Vos -- Appendix III. Selection Of Photographs / P.C. Albers and J. De Vos -- Acknowledgements / P.C. Albers and J. De Vos.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910459780603321