Tabla de Contenidos: “…IMPROVING RISK COMMUNICATION -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Summary -- A NEW PERSPECTIVE -- COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT RISK COMMUNICATION -- PROBLEMS OF RISK COMMUNICATION -- Problems Deriving from the Institutional and Political Systems -- Problems of Risk Communicators and Recipients -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Management of the Process -- Setting Realistic Goals -- Safeguarding Openness -- Safeguarding Balance and Accuracy in Risk Messages -- Fostering Competence -- Risk Communication in Crisis Conditions -- Content of Risk Messages -- Relating the Message to the Audiences' Perspectives -- Handling Uncertainty -- Comparing Risks -- Ensuring Completeness -- A Consumer's Guide to Risk and Risk Communication -- Research Needs -- 1 Introduction -- THE NEW INTEREST IN "RISK COMMUNICATION" -- Requirement for or Desire by Government to Inform -- Desire to Overcome Opposition to Decisions -- Desire to Share Power Between Government and Public Groups -- Desire to Develop Effective Alternatives to Direct Regulatory Control -- A NEW DEFINITION OF RISK COMMUNICATION -- RISK MESSAGES AS PART OF THE RISK COMMUNICATION PROCESS -- SUCCESSFUL RISK COMMUNICATION -- NOTES -- 2 Understanding Hazards and Risks -- TOWARD QUANTIFICATION OF HAZARDS -- KNOWLEDGE NEEDED FOR RISK DECISIONS -- Information About the Nature of Risks and Benefits -- Information on Alternatives -- Uncertainties in Knowledge About Risks and Benefits -- Information on Management -- Other Relevant Knowledge -- Summary -- GAPS AND UNCERTAINTIES IN KNOWLEDGE -- Identification of Hazards -- Estimation of Exposure -- Estimation of the Probability of Harm -- Identification of Synergistic Effects -- Summary -- SCIENTIFIC JUDGMENT AND ERRORS IN JUDGMENT -- Inappropriate Reliance on Limited Data -- Tendency to Impose Order on Random Events…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Conté (Volum 2): The AA, Yale and early influences / Team 4, p.6; Science Campus Project, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1961, p.20; Pill Creek Retreat, Feock, Cornwall, 1963, p.22; Wates Housing Project, Coulsdon, Surrey, 1965, p.24; Creek Vean, Feock, Cornwall, 1964-1967, p.28; Pill Creek Housing, , Feock, Cornwall, 1964-1966, p.38; Jaffe House, Radlett, Hertfordshire, 1964-1966, p.40Murray Mews Housing, London, 1965-1967, p.44; Reliance Controls Electronics Factory, Swindon, Wiltshire, 1967, p.50; Visions and experiments, and a commitment to research / Richard + Su Rogers, p.58; Spender House, Ulting, Essex, 1967-1968, p.68; Rogers House, London, 1968-1968, p.72; Zip-Up Enclosures (1968 & 1971), p.82; Universal Oil Products (UOP) Factory, Ashford, Kent, 1969-1971, p.86; Design Research Unit Roof Extension, London, 1969-1971, p.88; The Practice and the Pompidou Centre / Piano & Rogers, p.90; Pompidou Centre, Paris, 1971-1977, p.102; IRCAM, Paris, 1971-1977, p.134; ARAM Module, 1971, p.140; B&B Italia Offices, Como, Italy, 1972-1973, p.142; UOP Factory, Tadworth, Surrey, 1973-1974, p.146; Park Road Development, London, 1973, p.152; PA Technology Laboratory, Melbourne, Cambridgeshire, 1975, p.154; Milbank Riverside Housing, London, 1977, p.160; Origins, philosophy and ethos: a design community / Richard Rogers Partnership, p.162; Lloyd’s of London, London, 1978-1986, p.174; Third Generation Office, 1978, p.210; NAPP Laboratories, Cambridge, 1979, p.212; Fleetguard Factory, Quimper, France, 1979-1981, p.214; Coin Street Development, London, 1979-1983, p.220; Free Trade Wharf Development, London, 1981, p.226; Inmos Microprocessor Factory, Newport, Wales, 1982, p.228; National Gallery Extension, London, 1982, p.236; PA Technology Laboratories, Princeton, New Jersey, 1982-1985, p.242; Arno Masterplan, Florence, Italy, 1983-1984, p.248; Industrial Units, Maidenhead, Berkshire, 1984-1985, p.252; Thames Wharf, London, 1984-1989, p.254; Linn Products, Glasgow, 1985-1987, p.272; Billingsgate Securities Market, London, 1985-1988, p.274; Centre Commercial St. …”

“…L'auteur apporte des réponses claires aux questions que tout conseil, chef d'entreprise, DAF, comptable ou étudiant peut se poser dans la gestion ou la compréhension de la TVA. Notions incontournables, modalités de calcul, formalisme, contrôle et contentieux fiscal... …”

“…Presents a story of two Chinas - an entrepreneurial rural China and a state-controlled urban China. In the 1980s, rural China gained the upper hand. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Pérez Córdoba, Juan Moisés de la Serna Tuya - Mejora de la docencia a través del diseño de una asignatura interactiva / Cristina Ceballos Hernández - Elaboración de programas multimedia: una motivación para el aprendizaje en la educación superior / José Clares López - Cómo activar competencias profesionales (ECTS-crédito europeo) en las aulas universitarias: enseñar para la igualdad de oportunidades / María Pilar Sara Colás Bravo, María Angeles Rebollo Catalán, Rocío Jiménez Cortés, Patricia Villaciervos Moreno - Enseñanza informatizada de modelos estadísticos dinámicos / Daniel Coq Huelva - Trabajo cooperativo del alumnado en la docencia universitaria: la memoria de clase como instrumento de enseñanza y aprendizaje / Rosario Cubero Pérez, María del Mar Prados Gallardo - Esbozando una unidad organizativa de material multimedia como elemento interactivo del aprendizaje universitario / María Dolores Díaz Noguera, Antonia López Martínez, Juan Antonio Morales Lozano, Julio Barroso Osuna, José María Fernández Batanero, Soledad Domene Martos, María Luisa Torres Barzabal - La formación en control de gestión de empresas turísticas mediante juego de simulación / Bernabé Escobar Pérez, Antonio Lobo Gallardo - Una innovación en la formación inicial de maestros en relación con la geometría / Isabel Escudero Pérez, María Mercedes García Blanco, Victoria Sánchez García - La transversalidad curricular como estrategia metodológica para mejorar el rendimiento de los alumnos y la coordinación del profesorado / José María Fernández Batanero, María Dolores Díaz Noguera, Antonia López Martínez, Nerva Velasco Redondo - Aprender a coeducar en el aula: reflexiones teórico-prácticas sobre la formación del futuro profesorado en coeducación / Consuelo Flecha García, Mónica Guerra García, Rosario Martín Romero - Aprender a reflexionar sobre la diversidad en educación / Carmen García Pastor, María José Navarro Montaño - Orientación del aprendizaje de los estudiantes de ciencias de la Educación mediante la utilización de una plataforma de teleformación / Rosario Gil Galván, Carlos Hervás Gómez - La motivación del alumnado a través de la rivalidad grupal / Pilar Giráldez Puig, Antonio Ruiz Jiménez, Cristina Ceballos Hernández, María Esther Chávez Miranda - Practicar con sentido: el sentido formativo de las prácticas de enseñanza / María José Gómez Torres, Carmen García Pastor, Antonia López Martínez, María José Navarro Montaño, Rosario Gil Galván - Memoria del proyecto de innovación "Coordinación curricular y nuevas tecnologías" / María Victoria Hidalgo García, Jesús M. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4 -- 1.2.1 Dossier on Unavailability of Service 4 -- 1.2.2 Issues and Challenges 5 -- 1.3 Service Availability Fundamentals 6 -- 1.3.1 System, Behavior, and Service 6 -- 1.3.2 Dependable Computing Concepts 8 -- 1.3.3 The Meaning of Availability 10 -- 1.4 Achieving Service Availability 13 -- 1.4.1 Following the Framework of Fault Tolerance 13 -- 1.4.2 Redundancy is a Requisite 14 -- 1.4.3 Dealing with Failures 16 -- 1.4.4 Upgrade Matters 19 -- 1.5 Conclusion 20 -- 2 The Birth of the Service Availability Forum 23 / Francis Tam -- 2.1 Introduction 23 -- 2.2 Technology Environment 23 -- 2.3 Business Environment 24 -- 2.3.1 Ecosystem 25 -- 2.3.2 COTS and Open Systems 26 -- 2.4 The Service Availability Forum Era 27 -- 2.5 Concluding Remarks 28 -- Part II THE SA FORUM SYSTEM: SERVICES AND FRAMEWORKS -- 3 Overview of the Service Availability Architecture 33 / Dave Penkler -- 3.1 Introduction 33 -- 3.1.1 Background and Business Context 33 -- 3.1.2 Goals and Requirements 34 -- 3.1.3 Service Availability Architecture Scope and Presentation 36 -- 3.2 HA Concepts Applied 39 -- 3.2.1 To Be or Not to Be High Availability Aware 39 -- 3.2.2 HA Aware Application Perspective 42 -- 3.3 Architecture 43 -- 3.3.1 Basic Architectural Model 43 -- 3.3.2 The AIS Services and Frameworks Architecture 47 -- 3.3.3 Service Dependencies 58 -- 3.4 Open Issues 59 -- 3.4.1 The Optional Features Issue 60 -- 3.4.2 Integrated AIS Service API 60 -- 3.4.3 Common Low Level Communication Facility Interface 60 -- 3.4.4 Common Distributed Process Management Interface 61 -- 3.4.5 System Trace Service 61 -- 3.4.6 Diagnostics Framework 61 -- 3.4.7 Overload Control Framework 61 -- 3.5 Conclusion 62 -- 4 The SA Forum Information Model: The Heart of Control and Monitoring 63 / Maria Toeroe…”