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Expanding Access to Science and Technology
The Role of Information Technologies
It is recognized that new information technologies are fundamentally restructuring traditional ways of providing access to science and technology. However, despite the current rate of technological...
It is recognized that new information technologies are fundamentally restructuring traditional ways of providing access to science and technology. However, despite the current rate of technological...
Uncertain Quest, The
Science, Technology and Development
Science and technology have long played a key role in social development. In modern times they have come to be seen as absolutely essential factors in the achievement of economic growth and...
Science and technology have long played a key role in social development. In modern times they have come to be seen as absolutely essential factors in the achievement of economic growth and...
Technological Independence
The Asian Experience
Focusing on the importance of technology as a key to development, this volume examines the experiences, efforts and perspectives of technological development in six Asian countries: China, India...
Focusing on the importance of technology as a key to development, this volume examines the experiences, efforts and perspectives of technological development in six Asian countries: China, India...
Technology Change and Female Labour in Japan
( Print: January 1993
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Japan's explosive transformation from a primarily agrarian society to a highly industrialized modern nation has been the subject in recent years of a great deal of interest and study, particularly in...
Japan's explosive transformation from a primarily agrarian society to a highly industrialized modern nation has been the subject in recent years of a great deal of interest and study, particularly in...
Social Support Systems for the Aged in Egypt
( Print: November 1992
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This study is presented in three parts: the first part outlines the major historical developments that influenced current Egyptian social policy. The second part details the demographic, socio...
This study is presented in three parts: the first part outlines the major historical developments that influenced current Egyptian social policy. The second part details the demographic, socio...
Compiling Data for Food Composition Data Bases
( Print: August 1992
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Knowledge of what is in the foods that are eaten around the world is of critical importance and at the same time extremely inadequate. Data on food composition underpin research and policy in a number...
Knowledge of what is in the foods that are eaten around the world is of critical importance and at the same time extremely inadequate. Data on food composition underpin research and policy in a number...
INFOODS
Food Composition Data Interchange Handbook
Data on the nutrient composition of foods are of crucial importance for health assessment, the formulation of appropriate therapeutic and institutional diets, food and nutrition training.The reader is...
Data on the nutrient composition of foods are of crucial importance for health assessment, the formulation of appropriate therapeutic and institutional diets, food and nutrition training.The reader is...
Networking in Brucellosis Research
Report of the United Nations University Brucellosis Research Network
Brucellosis is a disease of animals and humans that causes serious economic and social distress, especially in developing countries. This volume examines the bacteriological, immunological...
Brucellosis is a disease of animals and humans that causes serious economic and social distress, especially in developing countries. This volume examines the bacteriological, immunological...
Role of Labour-Intensive Sectors in Japanese Industrialization, The
( Print: March 1992
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This study traces the small-scale labour-intensive industries in Japan from the Meiji period (1868-1912) up to World War II. With numerous case studies of the shell-button, brush, knit fabric and...
This study traces the small-scale labour-intensive industries in Japan from the Meiji period (1868-1912) up to World War II. With numerous case studies of the shell-button, brush, knit fabric and...
Outer Space
A Source of Conflict or Co-operation?
This technical study focuses on outer space technologies and their implications for conflict or peace. It deals with such areas as: space as a source of conflict, civil space activities...
This technical study focuses on outer space technologies and their implications for conflict or peace. It deals with such areas as: space as a source of conflict, civil space activities...
Maintaining Outer Space for Peaceful Uses
( Print: January 1985
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The compilation of these symposium papers of international law experts represents a contribution to efforts to safeguard outer space for peaceful uses and a response to the concerns expressed about...
The compilation of these symposium papers of international law experts represents a contribution to efforts to safeguard outer space for peaceful uses and a response to the concerns expressed about...
Social, Economic and Institutional Aspects of Agro-Forestry
( Print: January 1985
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Natural Resources and Rural Development in Arid Lands
Case Studies from Sudan
Four studies cover different questions relating to the use of natural resources in semi-arid lands. Included are special crop cultivation measures, irrigation and water supply provisions and fuel or...
Four studies cover different questions relating to the use of natural resources in semi-arid lands. Included are special crop cultivation measures, irrigation and water supply provisions and fuel or...
Man in the Mangroves
The Socio-Economic Situation of Human Settlements in Mangrove Forests
Mangrove forests form a dynamic ecosystem, rich in resources and serving multiple ecological functions and have traditionally supported a variety of human settlements. But they are now threatened with...
Mangrove forests form a dynamic ecosystem, rich in resources and serving multiple ecological functions and have traditionally supported a variety of human settlements. But they are now threatened with...
Cloud Forest in the Humid Tropics
( Print: January 1987
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Provided here is a comprehensive review of research and available literature related to the recently inaugurated study of cloud forests in the humid tropics.
Provided here is a comprehensive review of research and available literature related to the recently inaugurated study of cloud forests in the humid tropics.
Impact of Technology on Human Rights, The
Global Case-Studies
This book is a sequel to Human Rights and Scientific and Technological Development and follows on the theoretical discussion concerning the interrelation between scientific and technological...
This book is a sequel to Human Rights and Scientific and Technological Development and follows on the theoretical discussion concerning the interrelation between scientific and technological...
Latin America Today
( Print: November 1997
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This volume analyses the problems and prospects of contemporary Latin America based on five related themes: the economic crisis; the democratization process and the changing nature of the state; the...
This volume analyses the problems and prospects of contemporary Latin America based on five related themes: the economic crisis; the democratization process and the changing nature of the state; the...
Technological Innovation and the Development of Transportation in Japan
( Print: January 1992
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Japan has led the world in high-speed rail development and its industry is nearly unmatched in sophistication - yet just over 100 years ago, people and goods moved mostly on foot and by ox cart. The...
Japan has led the world in high-speed rail development and its industry is nearly unmatched in sophistication - yet just over 100 years ago, people and goods moved mostly on foot and by ox cart. The...
Urban Crime
Global Trends and Policies
Describes and compares the pattern and distribution of urban ordinary criminal behaviour in a variety of cultural settings; the social, economic and cultural structures or processes that may be...
Describes and compares the pattern and distribution of urban ordinary criminal behaviour in a variety of cultural settings; the social, economic and cultural structures or processes that may be...
Demographic Transition and Women's Life Course in Colombia, The
( Print: August 1990
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This is a comparative study of the impact of demographic transitions in Colombia on the lives and families of women in rural and urban areas and of different socio-economic strata. It looks at the...
This is a comparative study of the impact of demographic transitions in Colombia on the lives and families of women in rural and urban areas and of different socio-economic strata. It looks at the...