Author: INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON LIFE ASSURANCE MEDICINE.
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Languages : en
Pages : 620
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London, 1935. Transactions of the International Congress on Life Assurance Medicine, London ... 1935. Edited by Otto May
Author: INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON LIFE ASSURANCE MEDICINE.
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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Transactions of the International Congress on Life Assurance Medicine
Author: Otto May
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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Languages : en
Pages : 620
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Standards and Their Stories
Author: Martha Lampland
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801474613
Category : Classification
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Standardization is one of the defining aspects of modern life, its presence so pervasive that it is usually taken for granted. However cumbersome, onerous, or simply puzzling certain standards may be, their fundamental purpose in streamlining procedures, regulating behaviors, and predicting results is rarely questioned. Indeed, the invisibility of infrastructure and the imperative of standardizing processes signify their absolute necessity. Increasingly, however, social scientists are beginning to examine the origins and effects of the standards that underpin the technology and practices of everyday life. Standards and Their Stories explores how we interact with the network of standards that shape our lives in ways both obvious and invisible. The main chapters analyze standardization in biomedical research, government bureaucracies, the insurance industry, labor markets, and computer technology, providing detailed accounts of the invention of "standard humans" for medical testing and life insurance actuarial tables, the imposition of chronological age as a biographical determinant, the accepted means of determining labor productivity, the creation of international standards for the preservation and access of metadata, and the global consequences of "ASCII imperialism" and the use of English as the lingua franca of the Internet. Accompanying these in-depth critiques are a series of examples that depict an almost infinite variety of standards, from the controversies surrounding the European Union's supposed regulation of banana curvature to the minimum health requirements for immigrants at Ellis Island, conflicting (and ever-increasing) food portion sizes, and the impact of standardized punishment metrics like "Three Strikes" laws. The volume begins with a pioneering essay from Susan Leigh Star and Martha Lampland on the nature of standards in everyday life that brings together strands from the several fields represented in the book. In an appendix, the editors provide a guide for teaching courses in this emerging interdisciplinary field, which they term "infrastructure studies," making Standards and Their Stories ideal for scholars, students, and those curious about why coffins are becoming wider, for instance, or why the Financial Accounting Standards Board refused to classify September 11 as an "extraordinary" event.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801474613
Category : Classification
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Standardization is one of the defining aspects of modern life, its presence so pervasive that it is usually taken for granted. However cumbersome, onerous, or simply puzzling certain standards may be, their fundamental purpose in streamlining procedures, regulating behaviors, and predicting results is rarely questioned. Indeed, the invisibility of infrastructure and the imperative of standardizing processes signify their absolute necessity. Increasingly, however, social scientists are beginning to examine the origins and effects of the standards that underpin the technology and practices of everyday life. Standards and Their Stories explores how we interact with the network of standards that shape our lives in ways both obvious and invisible. The main chapters analyze standardization in biomedical research, government bureaucracies, the insurance industry, labor markets, and computer technology, providing detailed accounts of the invention of "standard humans" for medical testing and life insurance actuarial tables, the imposition of chronological age as a biographical determinant, the accepted means of determining labor productivity, the creation of international standards for the preservation and access of metadata, and the global consequences of "ASCII imperialism" and the use of English as the lingua franca of the Internet. Accompanying these in-depth critiques are a series of examples that depict an almost infinite variety of standards, from the controversies surrounding the European Union's supposed regulation of banana curvature to the minimum health requirements for immigrants at Ellis Island, conflicting (and ever-increasing) food portion sizes, and the impact of standardized punishment metrics like "Three Strikes" laws. The volume begins with a pioneering essay from Susan Leigh Star and Martha Lampland on the nature of standards in everyday life that brings together strands from the several fields represented in the book. In an appendix, the editors provide a guide for teaching courses in this emerging interdisciplinary field, which they term "infrastructure studies," making Standards and Their Stories ideal for scholars, students, and those curious about why coffins are becoming wider, for instance, or why the Financial Accounting Standards Board refused to classify September 11 as an "extraordinary" event.
Bibliography of International Congresses of Medical Sciences
Author: William John Bishop
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Publisher:
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Index-catalogue of the Library ...
Author: Library of the Surgeon-General's Office (U.S.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 784
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Languages : en
Pages : 784
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Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, National Library of Medicine: Authors and titles
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 784
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Publisher:
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Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 784
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Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, National Library of Medicine
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 784
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"Collection of incunabula and early medical prints in the library of the Surgeon-general's office, U.S. Army": Ser. 3, v. 10, p. 1415-1436.
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Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 784
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"Collection of incunabula and early medical prints in the library of the Surgeon-general's office, U.S. Army": Ser. 3, v. 10, p. 1415-1436.
The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975
Author: British Library (London)
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Publisher:
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, United States Army
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, United States Army (Army Medical Library)
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 784
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