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Richard H. Popkin (1923-2005) transformed the study of the history of philosophy in the second half of the twentieth century. His History of Scepticism and his many other publications demonstrated the centrality of the problem of skepticism in the development of modern thought, the intimate connections between philosophy and religion, and the importance of contacts between Jewish and Christian thinkers. In this volume, scholars from around the world assess Popkin’s contributions to the many fields in which he was interested. The Legacies of Richard Popkin provides a broad overview of Popkin’s work and demonstrates the connections between the many topics he wrote about. A concluding article, by Popkin’s son Jeremy Popkin, draws on private letters to provide a picture of Popkin’s life and career in his own words, revealing the richness of the documents now accessible to scholars in the Richard Popkin papers at the William Andrews Clark Library in Los Angeles.

filosofie --- History of philosophy --- geschiedenis --- Philosophy --- Religion and politics --- Skepticism --- Judaism --- Christianity and other religions --- Philosophie --- Religion et politique --- Scepticisme --- Judaïsme --- Christianisme --- History --- Relations --- Christianity --- Histoire --- Popkin, Richard H. --- EPUB-LIV-FT LIVHUMAI SPRINGER-B --- Philosophy (General). --- History of Philosophy. --- Philosophy. --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Philosophy—History. --- Popkin, richard henry (1923-2005) --- Juifs --- Congrès --- 17e siècle --- Identité

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Recent years have witnessed a rapidly growing interest in the use and construction of "qualitative" indicators of labour standards. Qualitative indicators, while generally having numerical values, are based on such methods as grading by experts, the coding of legislation, and the coding of other textual sources addressing violations of a more de facto nature. Measuring compliance with labour standards is an undertaking intrinsically fraught with difficulty. For there are a number of possible sources of measurement error, both random and non-random, that are unique to such indicators, on top of those that affect qualitative and quantitative indicators alike. The growing use of qualitative indicators of labour standards thus raises a number of questions about comparative methods of construction as well as the appropriateness of particular methods for particular applications. This volume results from a seminar that was organized by the International Labour Office (ILO) to address these and related questions, bringing together experts from the ILO, universities and NGOs.

Employee rights. --- Labor laws and legislation --- Comparative method. --- Employees --- Employment law --- Industrial relations --- Labor law --- Labor standards (Labor law) --- Work --- Working class --- Industrial laws and legislation --- Social legislation --- Employee rights --- Labor rights --- Rights of employees --- Civil rights --- Employee rules --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Law and legislation --- Labor policy --- Labor --- Travail --- Congresses. --- Standards --- Politique gouvernementale --- Congrès --- Normes --- Droit --- EPUB-LIV-FT LIVSOCIA SPRINGER-B --- Social Indicators --- Labor Laws And Legislation --- Social Science --- Law

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The book contains private views of experts from various countries on the role of geological mapping in sustainable development. New technologies and concepts are presented, which are either awaiting for recognition by Geological Surveys, or are gradually applied in some survey. The target of the book is well worded in the "Summary and recommendations" elaborated by the Ad Hoc Committee at the Advanced Research Workshop on Innovative Geological Cartography, held under NATO sponsorship in Poland in November 2003. After the "Summaries" were issued by the end of 2003, the authors who presented their views at the Workshop, gave a revised version of their papers with more new ideas and material. Generally, the book is addressed to cartographers in Geological Surveys, geologists and geographers co-operating with landuse planners, ecologists and decision makers, who may learn about the state-of-the-art and the enormous information potential of the modern information technologies in Geosciences. The book, however, gives no methodological recipes but, as it was the authors' intention, may and shall be used as a guide-book in modernizing Information Technologies at the local, regional and national levels in Geosciences. .

Rocks. Minerals --- Computer. Automation --- informatica --- geologie --- Geology. Earth sciences --- economie --- Geological mapping --- Cartographie géologique --- Congresses. --- Congrès --- EPUB-LIV-FT LIVECOLO LIVTERRE SPRINGER-B --- Congresses --- Geography. --- Geology. --- Geology, economic. --- Earth Sciences, general. --- Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences. --- Economic Geology. --- Economic geology --- Physical geology --- Mines and mineral resources --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Cosmography --- World history --- Earth sciences. --- Geotechnical engineering. --- Economic geology. --- Engineering, Geotechnical --- Geotechnics --- Geotechnology --- Engineering geology --- Geosciences --- Environmental sciences --- Physical sciences

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During the last decade we have been witness to several exciting achievements in electron crystallography. This includes structural and charge density studies on organic molecules complicated inorganic and metallic materials in the amorphous, nano-, meso- and quasi-crystalline state and also development of new software, tailor-made for the special needs of electron crystallography. Moreover, these developments have been accompanied by a now available new generation of computer controlled electron microscopes equipped with high-coherent field-emission sources, cryo-specimen holders, ultra-fast CCD cameras, imaging plates, energy filters and even correctors for electron optical distortions. Thus, a fast and semi-automatic data acquisition from small sample areas, similar to what we today know from imaging plates diffraction systems in X-ray crystallography, can be envisioned for the very near future. This progress clearly shows that the contribution of electron crystallography is quite unique, as it enables to reveal the intimate structure of samples with high accuracy but on much smaller samples than have ever been investigated by X-ray diffraction. As a tribute to these tremendous recent achievements, this NATO Advanced Study Institute was devoted to the novel approaches of electron crystallography for structure determination of nanosized materials.

Crystallography --- Electron microscopy --- Cristallographie --- Microscopie électronique --- Congresses. --- Congrès --- EPUB-LIV-FT LIVPHYSI Nanosized SPRINGER-B materials --- Congresses --- Crystallography. --- Surfaces (Physics). --- Mineralogy. --- Catalysis. --- Crystallography and Scattering Methods. --- Characterization and Evaluation of Materials. --- Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films. --- Activation (Chemistry) --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Surface chemistry --- Physical geology --- Minerals --- Physics --- Surfaces (Technology) --- Leptology --- Physical sciences --- Mineralogy --- Materials science. --- Materials—Surfaces. --- Thin films. --- Films, Thin --- Solid film --- Solid state electronics --- Solids --- Coatings --- Thick films --- Material science --- Materials --- Surfaces. --- Surface phenomena --- Friction --- Surfaces (Physics) --- Tribology --- Surfaces

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1. PURPOSE OF PRESENT BOOK During the period May 19-26, 2003 the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) “Mud volcanism, Geodynamics and Seismicity” was held in Baku. Participants coming from USA, Germany, France, Italy, Portugal, Russian Federation, Ukraine, Romania, Georgia, UK, Israel, Azerbaijan, Tunisia have discussed about different geodynamic features of mud volcanism and participated to field trips oriented to a better knowledge of mud volcanic features. The Meeting focused on many features of mud volcanism occurrence and related geodynamic topics. The purpose of present book is to collect contributions discussed during the Meeting and to fill a marked editorial gap on mud volcanism. Mud volcanism was to date described by local monographies or by articles published by scientific journals. In particular no books were published on topics able to highlight the link among mud volcanism, geodynamics and seismicity. Mud volcano of Nirano (Northern Italy). Engraving from Stoppani A. (1871), Corso di Geologia, Milan, Bernardoni G. and Brigola G. Publishers. 2. WHY MUD VOLCANOES ARE GEOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT ? Mud volcanoes have attracted the attention of earth scientists for many years. Due to their importance in hydrocarbon research, a consistent progress in the knowledge of mud volcanism took place in the past twenty years. Mud extrusion is a well-known phenomenon occurring in geological environments where fluid-rich, fine grained sediments ascend within a lithologic succession due to their buoyancy.

Mud volcanoes --- Seismology --- Hervidero --- Macaluba --- Volcanoes --- Salses --- Sismologie --- Congresses. --- Congrès --- EPUB-LIV-FT SPRINGER-B LIVTERRE --- Geography. --- Geochemistry. --- Physical geography. --- Hydraulic engineering. --- Mineral resources. --- Earth Sciences, general. --- Geophysics/Geodesy. --- Hydrogeology. --- Mineral Resources. --- Deposits, Mineral --- Mineral deposits --- Mineral resources --- Mines and mining --- Mining --- Natural resources --- Geology, Economic --- Minerals --- Engineering, Hydraulic --- Engineering --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydraulics --- Shore protection --- Geography --- Chemical composition of the earth --- Chemical geology --- Geological chemistry --- Geology, Chemical --- Chemistry --- Earth sciences --- Cosmography --- World history --- Earth sciences. --- Geophysics. --- Geohydrology --- Geology --- Hydrology --- Groundwater --- Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics --- Physics --- Geosciences --- Environmental sciences --- Physical sciences --- Geodynamics