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The Illusion of Risk Control : What Does it Take to Live With Uncertainty?
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book explores the implications of acknowledging uncertainty and black swans for regulation of high-hazard technologies, for stakeholder acceptability of potentially hazardous activities and for risk governance. The conventional approach to risk assessment, which combines the likelihood of an event and the severity of its consequences, …
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- 978-3-319-32939-0
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- V, 112
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)
- Call Number
- 658 ILL
Genome Editing in Neurosciences
Innovations in molecular biology are allowing neuroscientists to study the brain with unprecedented resolution, from the level of single molecules to integrated gene circuits. Chief among these innovations is the CRISPR-Cas genome editing technology, which has the precision and scalability to tackle the complexity of the brain. This Colloque Médecine et Recherche has brought together experts f…
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- 1st Edition
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- 978-3-319-60192-2
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- XI, 123 halaman
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- Research and Perspectives in Neurosciences
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- 617 GEN
International Regulation of Gene Editing Technologies in Crops : Current Stat…
This open access book analyzes the regulation and governance of gene editing in the global agrifood system as applications of gene editing, regulations and the intellectual property landscape continue to evolve. The primary focus of the manuscript is the dynamic interactions between regulatory frameworks and agricultural applications of gene editing in plant breeding. The goal is to give reader…
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- 978-3-031-63917-3
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- XX, 118
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science (BRIEFSENVIRONMENTAL)
- Call Number
- 624 CLA i
Assessing Environmental Risk of Oil Spills with ERA Acute : A New Methodology
This open access book introduces readers to a new methodology for assessing the risks to the marine environment following accidental oil spills. The methodology will soon be implemented on the Norwegian Continental Shelf and will be complemented by guidelines for its use in a regulatory framework. The brief book is intended to provide international readers with a basic grasp of what the …
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- 978-3-030-70176-5
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- XVI, 119
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science (BRIEFSENVIRONMENTAL)
- Call Number
- 624 STE a
Mercury Pollution in Minamata
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. It overviews the poisoning which occurred in the 1950s and 1960s among the residents in Minamata who ate seafood contaminated with methylmercury discharged from the chemical factory, Chisso Corporation. It describes the history, symptoms pathogenesis and research on the causal agent, and discusses the responses of Chisso and the national …
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- 978-981-10-7392-2
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- IX, 67
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science (BRIEFSENVIRONMENTAL)
- Call Number
- 624 YOK m
Socioeconomic and Environmental Implications of Agricultural Residue Burning …
This book discusses the important issue of the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of agricultural residue burning, common in agricultural practices in many parts of the world. In particular, it focuses on the pollution caused by rice residue burning using primary survey data from Punjab, India. It discusses emerging solutions to agricultural waste burning that are cost-effective in terms o…
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- 978-81-322-2014-5
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- XIX, 144
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- SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science (BRIEFSENVIRONMENTAL)
- Call Number
- 658 KUM s
Sustainable Business : Managing the Challenges of the 21st Century
This open access book is a compact guide to the development of sustainable business, which has become the central concept in discussions about the future development of humanity and planet earth. It provides basic terminology and concepts on sustainable business and offers insights into a new management paradigm that integrates social and environmental dimensions into business models, strategie…
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- 978-3-031-25397-3
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- XVIII, 142
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- SpringerBriefs in Business (BRIEFSBUSINESS)
- Call Number
- 650 FIS s
The Pilgrim’s Guide to the Workplace
This is an Open Access book. Hoping to incubate a unique idea about workplace design, Dr. Agustin Chevez walked in isolation for 42 days from Melbourne to Sydney. His pilgrimage delivered 34 Signposts, a collection of insights which hold the promise to guide us to a better place to work. While firmly positioned within the shifting context of work, the Signposts point away from react…
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- 978-981-19-4759-9
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- XII, 157
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Business (BRIEFSBUSINESS)
- Call Number
- 658 CHE p
The Socially Responsible Organization : Lessons from COVID
This book explores the nature of the socially responsible organization, specifically the role of crisis management in creating a socially responsible organization. It applies the Myers-Briggs Personality Typology (MBPTI) and the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Framework to issues such as responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, regulation of tech companies, and infrastructure. Dr. Mitroff lists the major ar…
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- 978-3-030-99808-0
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- XI, 51
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Business (BRIEFSBUSINESS)
- Call Number
- 658 MIT s
The Art of Sustainable Performance : A Model for Recruiting, Selection, and P…
This open access book revisits common notions on how to select and recruit the right employees. It reveals that the secret of successful individuals and teams lies in a combination of talent and four important performance indicators, offering an innovative approach that companies can fruitfully adopt. Bas Kodden has studied key performance indicators among over 1,100 executives, senior staf…
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- 978-3-030-46463-9
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- XXI, 120
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Business (BRIEFSBUSINESS)
- Call Number
- 658 KOD a
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