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The concept of international climate finance channelled from developed to developing countries through public interventions for mitigation and adaptation has been developed over the last decade, but its roots date back to the early 1990s. Despite the high relevance of the topic in the international climate negotiations, illustrated by the (missed) target to mobilise USD 100 billion by 2020, there is no book that provides an overview accessible to academics and practitioners alike.
Based on extensive observations, interviews, and archival research, this book provides an in-depth insight into one of the most crucial forms of regulation around medical research: Research Ethics Committees. Every month, groups of people from all over the United Kingdom decide what kind of research should be carried out on patients within the National Health Service. These groups – Research Ethics Committees (RECs) – made up of doctors, nurses, researchers, and members of the general public – help shape the future of medicine, and play a crucial role in the regulation of a wide range of research from social science to epidemiology, vaccine and drugs trials, and surgery. In providing o...
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The camera’s movement in a film may seem straightforward or merely technical. Yet skillfully deployed pans, tilts, dollies, cranes, and zooms can express the emotions of a character, convey attitude and irony, or even challenge an ideological stance. In The Dynamic Frame, Patrick Keating offers an innovative history of the aesthetics of the camera that examines how camera movement shaped the classical Hollywood style. In careful readings of dozens of films, including Sunrise, The Grapes of Wrath, Rear Window, Sunset Boulevard, and Touch of Evil, Keating explores how major figures such as F. W. Murnau, Orson Welles, and Alfred Hitchcock used camera movement to enrich their stories and deepe...
Buku dengan judul “Ekospiritual Dalam Pandangan Al-Quran” yang disusun oleh sahabat saya ini, merupakan salah satu kontribusi dari seorang akademisi yang menuangkan pemikirannya guna menjadi salah satu solusi agar krisis lingkungan yang semakin melanda di berbagai belahan dunia dapat berkurang. Dalam buku ini penulis menemukan banyak pendapat dari para mufassir yang menyatakan bahwa eksistensi alam sebagai wujûd tajallîNya-Allah-memiliki jiwa (spirit) yang dapat merespons terhadap apa yang dilakukan manusia kepadaNya.
This 592-page spiral-bound reference provides a baseline of information for all those involved with managing living marine resources in California and chronicles changes that have occurred in many of the state’s fisheries. Organized by marine ecosystems: bays and estuaries, nearshore and offshore. Includes illustrated species descriptions with details of biological knowledge, fishery history, landings data, population status and references. Also includes sections on marine birds and mammals and appendices containing management considerations (by species), a glossary of technical terms and acronyms and fishing gear illustrations. Jointly produced by the California Sea Grant Extension Program and the California Department of Fish and Game following the passage of the Marine Life Protection Act in January 1999.
Futuristic Sustainable Energy and Technology provides a structured overview of the concept of Futuristic Sustainable Energy and Technology. It also explores the promotion of the sustainable development of renewable energy from the perspectives of technology, modelling, application, sustainability and policy. This book is dedicated to the advancement of energy efficiency to mitigate consumption, ensure and replenish, expand and reuse elective energy supplies, and to replicate the damage caused by previous energy initiatives. This book has offered a large stage of experimentation for practitioners, experts, researchers and teachers to incorporate and analyze their latest developments, as well as the trends and difficulties encountered and the ongoing evolution of the stage in these areas.
Written by experts in the ship design field, this book provides a comprehensive approach to evaluating ship resistance and propulsion.