Download or read book Occupational Safety and Hygiene written by Pedro Arezes and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Occupational Safety and Hygiene presents selected papers from the International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene – SHO2013 (Guimarães, Portugal, 14-15 February 2013), which was organized by the Portuguese Society for Occupational Safety and Hygiene (SPOSHO). The contributions from 15 different countries focus on: - Occupational safety - Risk assessment - Safety management - Ergonomics - Management systems - Environmental ergonomics - Physical environments - Construction safety - Human factors The papers included in the book are mainly based on research carried out at universities and other research institutions, but they are also based on practical studies developed by Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) practitioners within their companies. As a result, this book will be useful to get acquainted with the state-of-the-art of the research within the aforementioned domains, as well as with some practical tools and approaches that are currently used by OHS professionals worldwide.
Download or read book The Struggle for Recognition written by Axel Honneth and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-03-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Axel Honneth re-examines arguments put forward by Hegel and claims that the 'struggle for recognition' should be at the centre of social conflicts.
Download or read book Direito Individual Do Trabalho written by Laura Alba and published by Elsevier Brasil. This book was released on 2013-08-07 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As transformações do trabalho, suas novas morfologias e, em consequência, os novos papéis e desafios do direito o trabalho, nas suas mais variadas dimensões, têm exigido dos diversos operadores desse ramo especial do direito uma constante revisão e atualização. É nesse contexto que este livro se insere na série de cursos de revisão atualização em direito do trabalho, composto por dois outros títulos, Direito Coletivo do Trabalho e Direito Processual do Trabalho. A trilogia trata de diversos pontos polêmicos e de interesse profissional, tópicos recorrentes em concursos e pontos de graduação e pós-graduação, temas candentes e da maior importância teórica e prática.
Download or read book Principles for Building Resilience written by Reinette Biggs and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-02 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflecting the very latest research, this book provides an in-depth review of the role of resilience in the management of social-ecological systems and the ecosystem services they provide. Leaders in the field outline seven principles for building resilience in social-ecological systems, examining how these can be applied to advance sustainability.
Download or read book How are Verses Made written by Vladimir Mayakovsky and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wrap Contracts written by Nancy S. Kim and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-09-19 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author explains why wrap contracts were created, how they have developed, and what this means for society. The book uses hypotheticals, cases, and real world examples. She discusses court decisions and provides summary critiques to go with these. In addition, she provides doctrinal solutions grounded in law and policy. The book defines and distinguishes different types of contract terms. Finally, it includes actual wrap contract terms, flow charts, checklists, and other visual aids to explain legal concepts.
Download or read book Writing Off Ideas written by Randall G. Holcombe and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 20th century tax-exempt charitble foundations in the US have grown substantially, both in their financial importance, and in the scope of their activties. This book examines the economic, cultural, and intellectual implications of these organizations.
Download or read book Sustainable Development Concepts written by John Pezzey and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1992 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concepts; The growing recognition of sustainable development as a policy goal; Purpose of this paper; Methodology used; Structure of the paper; Some issues to be addressed; Measuring the economy and the environment; Definitions of growth, development, and sustainability concepts; Optimal control and sustainability; Applications; Economic growth and the environment - balancing consumption and clean-up expenditure; Non-renewable resources I: sustainability and the discount rate; Non-renewable resource II: sustainability and environmental dependence combined; Non-renewable resources III: the role of investment, and technological limits to growth; Renewable resources: poverty, survival, and outside assistance; Income distribution and sustainable development; Are discount rates too high? Information and uncertainty; Operationality: putting the ideas into practice; Conclusions and suggestions for further work.
Download or read book Environmental Economics written by R. Kerry Turner and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 1993-12-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subject of environment economics has become an important focus of debate around the world with experts as well as ordinary citizens concluding that the environment and the economy can no longer be viewed as separate entities. As a result, contemporary environmental issues are increasingly seem from the point of view of their economics effects and their consequences for human well-being now and in the future. Environmental Economics provides a comprehensive introduction to the dynamic relationship between economics and environmental policy. The authors offer a broad overview of important issues, including the changing role of economics during a time of increasing environmental concern, the impact of markets and governmental policy, environmental protection through economic mechanisms, and a practical look at how environmental economics are played out in commercial and scientific arenas.
Download or read book Direito Coletivo do Trabalho written by Homero Silva and published by Elsevier Brasil. This book was released on 2013-08-07 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: O volume 7 do Curso de direito do trabalho aplicado trata do direito coletivo e do processo coletivo do trabalho, concatenando os grandes temas do direito coletivo: natureza jurídica da entidade sindical, funcionamento dos sindicatos, pirâmide sindical, fontes de custeio e negociação coletiva – a uma reflexão sobre os pilares do processo coletivo – os dissídios coletivos de natureza econômica e jurídica, ação de cumprimento das decisões coletivas, substituição processual e recurso à greve.
Download or read book Copyrighting Culture written by Ronald V. Bettig and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Launching into a complete analysis of copyright law in our capitalistic and hegemonistic political system, Ronald Bettig uncovers the power of the wealthy few to expand their fortunes through the ownership and manipulation of intellectual property. Beginning with a critical interpretation of copyright history in the United States, Bettig goes on to explore such crucial issues as the videocassette recorder and the control of copyrights, the invention of cable television and the first challenge to the filmed entertainment copyright system, the politics and economics of intellectual property as seen from both the neoclassical economists and the radical political economists points of view, and methods of resisting existing laws. }Launching into a complete analysis of copyright law in our capitalistic and hegemonistic political system, Ronald Bettig uncovers the power of the wealthy few to expand their fortunes through the ownership and manipulation of intellectual property. Beginning with a critical interpretation of copyright history in the United States, Bettig goes on to explore such crucial issues as the videocassette recorder and the control of copyrights, the invention of cable television and the first challenge to the filmed entertainment copyright system, the politics and economics of intellectual property as seen from both the neoclassical economists and the radical political economists points of view, and methods of resisting existing laws.Beautifully written and well argued, this book provides a long, clear look at how capitalism and capitalists seize and control culture through the ownership of copyrights, thus perpetuating their own ideologies and economic superiority. }
Download or read book The Safe Operating Space Treaty written by Klaus Bosselmann and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is clear that international law is not yet equipped to handle the “ecological goods and services” that exist simultaneously within and outside of all states. The global commons have always been understood as geographical spaces that exist only outside the political borders of states. A vital good such as a stable climate exists both within and outside all states, and shows traditional legal approaches to be ecological nonsense. With the recent possibility of measuring and monitoring the state and functioning of the Earth System through the Planetary Boundaries framework, it is now possible to define a “Safe Operating Space of Humankind” corresponding to a biogeophysical state of Earth. In this sense, the Common Home of Humanity is not a planet with 510 million square kilometres, but is a specific favourable state of the Earth System. Recent major scientific advances anticipate a legal paradigm shift that could overcome the disconnection between ecological realities and existing legal frameworks. If we recognize this qualitative and non-geographic space as a Common Natural Intangible Heritage of Humankind, all positive and negative “externalities” end up being included within a new maintenance system of the Common Home.
Download or read book Direito Do Trabalho written by Sérgio Pinto Martins and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 980 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La 4e de couverture indique : "Expõe de forma didática, objetiva e prática o programa completo do Direito do Trabalho, com sólida base na Constituição, nas leis, tratados e convenções vigentes, na melhor doutrina nacional e estrangeira e na jurisprudência mais atual. O autor não só discute os vários temas propostos, indicando a posição da jurisprudência e a orientação predominante, como também propõe soluções para os problemas do dia a dia das empresas e dos sindicatos na aplicação da legislação trabalhista. As cinco partes que compõem o livro são: - Introdução: expõe conceito e princípios do Direito do Trabalho e a interpretação da legislação especial. - Direito Internacional do Trabalho: examina a atuação da Organização Internacional do Trabalho (OIT) e as normas por ela editadas. - Direito Individual do Trabalho: estuda o contrato de trabalho, seus sujeitos, remuneração, política salarial e consequências da alteração e da cessação do contrato de trabalho. - Direito Tutelar do Trabalho: trata das questões particulares da jornada de trabalho, férias, normas especiais de tutela à mulher, à criança e ao adolescente, segurança e medicina do trabalho e fiscalização trabalhista. - Direito Coletivo do Trabalho: aborda a organização sindical e as normas que a regem."
Download or read book Corrupt Cities written by and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2000 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much of the devastation caused by the recent earthquake in Turkey was the result of widespread corruption between the construction industry and government officials. Corruption is part of everyday public life and we tend to take it for granted. However, preventing corruption helps to raise city revenues, improve service delivery, stimulate public confidence and participation, and win elections. This book is designed to help citizens and public officials diagnose, investigate and prevent various kinds of corrupt and illicit behaviour. It focuses on systematic corruption rather than the free-lance activity of a few law-breakers, and emphasises practical preventive measures rather than purely punitive or moralistic campaigns.
Download or read book When Experiments Travel written by Adriana Petryna and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-27 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phenomenal growth of global pharmaceutical sales and the quest for innovation are driving an unprecedented search for human test subjects, particularly in middle- and low-income countries. Our hope for medical progress increasingly depends on the willingness of the world's poor to participate in clinical drug trials. While these experiments often provide those in need with vital and previously unattainable medical resources, the outsourcing and offshoring of trials also create new problems. In this groundbreaking book, anthropologist Adriana Petryna takes us deep into the clinical trials industry as it brings together players separated by vast economic and cultural differences. Moving between corporate and scientific offices in the United States and research and public health sites in Poland and Brazil, When Experiments Travel documents the complex ways that commercial medical science, with all its benefits and risks, is being integrated into local health systems and emerging drug markets. Providing a unique perspective on globalized clinical trials, When Experiments Travel raises central questions: Are such trials exploitative or are they social goods? How are experiments controlled and how is drug safety ensured? And do these experiments help or harm public health in the countries where they are conducted? Empirically rich and theoretically innovative, the book shows that neither the language of coercion nor that of rational choice fully captures the range of situations and value systems at work in medical experiments today. When Experiments Travel challenges conventional understandings of the ethics and politics of transnational science and changes the way we think about global medicine and the new infrastructures of our lives.
Download or read book Will to Live written by João Biehl and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-05-17 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will to Live tells how Brazil, against all odds, became the first developing country to universalize access to life-saving AIDS therapies--a breakthrough made possible by an unexpected alliance of activists, government reformers, development agencies, and the pharmaceutical industry. But anthropologist João Biehl also tells why this policy, hailed as a model worldwide, has been so difficult to implement among poor Brazilians with HIV/AIDS, who are often stigmatized as noncompliant or untreatable, becoming invisible to the public. More broadly, Biehl examines the political economy of pharmaceuticals that lies behind large-scale treatment rollouts, revealing the possibilities and inequalities that come with a magic bullet approach to health care. By moving back and forth between the institutions shaping the Brazilian response to AIDS and the people affected by the disease, Biehl has created a book of unusual vividness, scope, and detail. At the core of Will to Live is a group of AIDS patients--unemployed, homeless, involved with prostitution and drugs--that established a makeshift health service. Biehl chronicled the personal lives of these people for over ten years and Torben Eskerod represents them here in more than one hundred stark photographs. Ethnography, social medicine, and art merge in this unique book, illuminating the care and agency needed to extend life amid perennial violence. Full of lessons for the future, Will to Live promises to have a lasting influence in the social sciences and in the theory and practice of global public health.
Download or read book Direito Processual Do Trabalho written by Jorge Araujo and published by Elsevier Brasil. This book was released on 2013-08-07 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As transformações do trabalho, suas novas morfologias e, em consequência, os novos papéis e desafios do direito do trabalho, nas suas mais variadas dimensões, têm exigido dos diversos operadores desse ramo especial do direito uma constante revisão e atualização. É nesse contexto que este livro se insere na série de cursos de revisão e atualização em direito do trabalho, composto por dois outros títulos, Direito Coletivo do Trabalho e Direito Individual do Trabalho. A trilogia trata de diversos pontos polêmicos e de interesse profissional, tópicos recorrentes em concursos e pontos de graduação e pós-graduação, temas candentes e da maior importância teórica e prática.
