Iodine chemistry and applications

Table of Contents: “…25.3 Photoinitiated Cationic Polymerizations -- 25.4 Photoinitiated Condensation Polymerizations -- 25.5 Imaging Using Diaryliodonium Photoacid Generators -- 25.6 Summary -- References -- Chapter 26 Polarizing Films -- 26.1 Introduction -- 26.2 Iodine and the Development of Polarized Film -- 26.3 Modern Polarizing Films -- References -- Chapter 27 Iodine in Polymer Synthesis: An Important Element for Precision Polymerizations -- 27.1 Introduction -- 27.2 Living Polymerization and Precision Polymerization -- 27.3 Iodine in Living Cationic Polymerization Cationic Polymerization: Problems in Control -- 27.4 Living Cationic Polymerization -- 27.5 Iodine in Living Radical Polymerization -- References -- Chapter 28 Iodine in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells -- 28.1 Background -- 28.2 Iodine at the Photoelectrode -- 28.3 Iodine at the Counterelectrode -- 28.4 Iodine in the Electrolyte -- 28.5 Challenges with the Iodine-Based Redox System -- 28.6 Conclusions and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 29 Fluorinated Repellents -- 29.1 Overview of Fluorinated Repellents -- 29.2 PFOA Issues -- 29.3 Alternative Technologies -- References -- Chapter 30 Etching Gas -- 30.1 High-Performance Silicon Dioxide Etching -- 30.2 Environmentally Harmonized CF3I Plasma for Low-Damage and Highly Selective Low-k Etching -- 30.3 Experimental -- 30.4 Results and Discussion -- 30.5 Summary -- References -- Chapter 31 Other Industrial Applications -- 31.1 Catalyst -- 31.2 Stabilizer -- 31.3 Colorant -- References -- Part VI Bioinorganic chemistry and Environmental Chemistry of iodine -- Chapter 32 Iodine Bioinorganic Chemistry: Physiology, Structures, and Mechanisms -- 32.1 Introduction -- 32.2 Basic Chemistry Of Iodine and Its Compounds -- 32.3 Iodine in Seaweeds and Microbes -- 32.4 Vanadium Haloperoxidases -- 32.5 Concluding Remarks and Future Directions -- Acknowledgments.…”
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Sox2 : biology and role in development and disease

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover -- Sox2 -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- PART 1 -- Basic Features of Sox2 Protein and Gene -- Chapter 1 -- Historical Perspectives -- DISCOVERY OF SOX2 AND OTHER SOX GENES PIONEERED BY SRY -- SOX2 WITH DEFINED REGULATORY TARGETS, IN COOPERATION WITH PARTNER FACTORS -- MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF SOX2 HMG AND ASSOCIATED DOMAINS INTERACTING WITH DNA AND PARTNER FACTORS -- SOX2 FUNCTIONS IN THE EARLY DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESS, INVOLVING FUNCTIONAL REDUNDANCY WITH SOXB1 GENES AND MATERNAL FACTORS -- ROLES FOR SOX2 IN NEURAL AND ASSOCIATED TISSUES -- SOX2 IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NONNEURAL TISSUES -- SOX2 IN THE STEM CELLS AND A POTENTIAL NEW ROLE FOR SOX2 IN CHROMATIN REGULATION -- REGULATION OF SOX2 ACTIVITY AT DIFFERENT LEVELS -- SOX2 AND DISEASE -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 -- Three-dimensional Structure of SOX Protein-DNA Complexes -- INTRODUCTION -- SOX HMG DOMAIN STRUCTURE -- MECHANISM OF MOTIF RECOGNITION FACILITATED BY STRUCTURES -- STRUCTURE-ASSISTED RE-ENGINEERING OF SOX MEMBERS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 -- Dynamics of SOX2 Interactions with DNA -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES -- INTERACTIONS OF SOX2 WITH NONSPECIFIC DNA -- KINETICS OF INTERMOLECULAR TRANSLOCATION OF SOX2 BETWEEN SPECIFIC DNA DUPLEXES -- INTERPLAY BETWEEN SOX2 AND OCT1 IN TRANSLOCATION INVOLVING SPARSELY POPULATED STATES PROBED BY PRE -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 -- Posttranscriptional Modulation of Sox2 Activity by miRNAs -- INTRODUCTION -- BIOGENESIS AND FUNCTION OF MICRORNAS AND LARGE INTERGENIC NONCODING RNAS IN ANIMALS -- MODULATORY ROLES OF MICRORNAS IN THE POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL OF GENE EXPRESSION -- NCRNA-MEDIATED MODULATION OF SOX2 EXPRESSION IN PSCS -- MIRNA-MEDIATED MODULATION OF SOX2 EXPRESSION IN NEURAL STEM/PROGENITOR CELLS.…”
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Enabling technologies for high spectral-efficiency coherent optical communication networks

Table of Contents: “…List of Contributors xv -- Preface xvii -- 1 Introduction 1 / Xiang Zhou and Chongjin Xie -- 1.1 High-Capacity Fiber Transmission Technology Evolution 1 -- 1.2 Fundamentals of Coherent Transmission Technology 4 -- 1.3 Outline of this Book 8 -- References 9 -- 2 Multidimensional Optimized Optical Modulation Formats 13 / Magnus Karlsson and Erik Agrell -- 2.1 Introduction 13 -- 2.2 Fundamentals of Digital Modulation 15 -- 2.3 Modulation Formats and Their Ideal Performance 20 -- 2.4 Combinations of Coding and Modulation 31 -- 2.5 Experimental Work 40 -- 2.6 Summary and Conclusions 54 -- References 56 -- 3 Advances in Detection and Error Correction for Coherent Optical Communications: Regular, Irregular, and Spatially Coupled LDPC Code Designs 65 / Laurent Schmalen, Stephan ten Brink, and Andreas Leven -- 3.1 Introduction 65 -- 3.2 Differential Coding for Optical Communications 67 -- 3.3 LDPC-Coded Differential Modulation 83 -- 3.4 Coded Differential Modulation with Spatially Coupled LDPC Codes 101 -- 3.5 Conclusions 112 -- Appendix: LDPC-Coded Differential Modulation -- Decoding Algorithms 112 -- Differential Decoding 114 -- LDPC Decoding 115 -- References 117 -- 4 Spectrally Efficient Multiplexing: Nyquist-WDM 123 / Gabriella Bosco -- 4.1 Introduction 123 -- 4.2 Nyquist Signaling Schemes 125 -- 4.3 Detection of a Nyquist-WDM Signal 134 -- 4.4 Practical Nyquist-WDM Transmitter Implementations 137 -- 4.5 Nyquist-WDM Transmission 146 -- 4.6 Conclusions 149 -- References 150 -- 5 Spectrally Efficient Multiplexing -- OFDM 157 / An Li, Di Che, Qian Hu, Xi Chen, and William Shieh -- 5.1 OFDM Basics 158 -- 5.2 Coherent Optical OFDM (CO-OFDM) 161 -- 5.3 Direct-Detection Optical OFDM (DDO-OFDM) 169 -- 5.4 Self-Coherent Optical OFDM 174 -- 5.5 Discrete Fourier Transform Spread OFDM System (DFT-S OFDM) 180 -- 5.6 OFDM-Based Superchannel Transmissions 183 -- 5.7 Summary 193 -- References 194 -- 6 Polarization and Nonlinear Impairments in Fiber Communication Systems 201 / Chongjin Xie.…”
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Handbook of Clay Science.

Table of Contents: “…Pillaring in Dilute Dispersions -- Pillaring in Concentrated Medium -- Main PILC Characteristics for Different Applications -- Intercalant Stability Before and After Pillaring -- Linkage between Pillars and Clay Mineral Layers -- Conclusions -- References -- 8 Properties and Behaviour of Iron in Clay Minerals -- Phases of Iron in Clay Minerals -- Phase Identification -- Distribution between Octahedral and Tetrahedral Sites -- Methods for Iron Reduction -- Dithionite -- Bacteria -- Surface Interactions with Water -- Clay Mineral-Organic Interactions -- Layer Charge, Cation Exchange, and Cation Fixation -- Reduction Potentials and Reaction with Redox-Active Ions -- Redox Transformation of Nitrate -- Redox Transformation of Cr6+ -- Mechanism for Iron Reduction -- Use of Redox-Modified Smectites in Clay-Modified Electrodes -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- 9 Clays, Microorganisms, and Biomineralization -- Experimental Aspects -- Field Investigation -- Geology -- Water Chemistry -- Microbial Mats -- Laboratory Work -- Sample Preparation -- (a) Thin sections -- (b) Ultra-thin sections -- Optical Microscopy -- (a) Bright field image -- (b) Polarizing microscope image -- (c) Fluorescence and epifluorescence microscope images -- X-ray Diffraction (XRD) -- X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (XRF) -- Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) -- Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) -- Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry (EDX) -- Microorganism Culture Methods -- Bioformation of X-Ray Amorphous Layer Silicates -- Microbial Mats in Ponds -- Microbial Mats in Hot Springs -- Bioformation of Halloysite, Kaolinite and Imogolite -- Bio-Halloysite from Feldspar in Kutani Glaze -- Bio-Halloysite Balls from Dam Sediments -- Bio-Kaolinite and Bio-Imogolite from Weathered Feldspar -- Bioformation of Smectites Minerals -- Bio-Nontronite from Iheya Deep-Sea Sediments.…”
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Machine learning methods for signal, image and speech processing by Jabbar, M. A.

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover -- Machine Learning Methods for Signal, Image and Speech Processing -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Evaluation of Adaptive Algorithms for Recognition of Cavities in Dentistry -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Related Work -- 1.3 Proposed Model for Cavities Detection -- 1.3.1 Pre-processing -- 1.3.2 Contrast Enhancement -- 1.4 Feature Extraction using MPCA and MLDA -- 1.4.1 MPCA -- 1.4.2 MLDA -- 1.5 Classification -- 1.5.1 Classification -- 1.5.2 Nonlinear Programming Optimization -- 1.6 Proposed Artificial Dragonfly Algorithm -- 1.7 Results and Discussion -- 1.8 Result Interpretation -- 1.9 Performance Analysis by Varying Learning Percentage -- 1.10 Conclusion -- References -- 2 Lung Cancer Prediction using Feature Selection and Recurrent Residual Convolutional Neural Network (RRCNN) -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Related Work -- 2.3 Methodology -- 2.4 Experimental Analysis -- 2.5 Cross Validation -- 2.6 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Machine Learning Application for Detecting Leaf Diseases with Image Processing Schemes -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Existing Work on Machine Learning with Image Processing -- 3.3 Present Work of Image Recognition Using Machine -- 3.4 Conclusion -- References -- 4 COVID-19 Forecasting Using Deep Learning Models -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Deep Learning Against Covid-19 -- 4.2.1 Medical Image Processing -- 4.2.2 Forecasting COVID-19 Series -- 4.2.3 Deep Learning and IoT -- 4.2.4 NLP and Deep Learning Tools -- 4.2.5 Deep Learning in Computational Biology and Medicine -- 4.3 Population Attributes -- Covid-19 -- 4.4 Various Deep Learning Model -- 4.4.1 LSTM Model -- 4.4.2 Bidirectional LSTM -- 4.5 Conclusion -- 4.6 Acknowledgement -- 4.7 Figures and Tables Caption List -- References -- 5 3D Smartlearning Using Machine Learning Technique.…”
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Computer networks, policies, and applications

Table of Contents: “…4.ProtocolDescriptions -- 4.1.OLSR -- 4.2.ARPProtocol -- 5.ProposedArchitecture -- 5.1.AdHocNodeSelf-configuration -- 5.2.GlobalInternetConnectivity -- 5.2.1.ConnectivityforOutgoingTraffic -- 5.2.2.ConnectivityforIncomingTraffic -- 5.2.3.MobilitySupport -- 6.ExperimentalResults -- 6.1.PerformanceConstraintsofInternetAccess -- 6.2.PerformanceConstraintswithMobility -- 7.ConcludingRemarks -- References -- Chapter 4 THE IMPACT OF LICENSE AGREEMENTS ON ACCESS TO INFORMATION: A CHALLENGE FOR ACADEMIC LIBRARIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SHIFT FROM PAPER TO ELECTRONIC RESOURCES -- RELEVANT COPYRIGHT PROVISIONS -- LICENSE AGREEMENTS -- IMPACTS AND CONSEQUENCES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 BUNDLING RESIDENTIAL TELEPHONE, INTERNET, AND VIDEO SERVICES: ISSUES FOR CONGRESS* -- ABSTRACT -- THE MARKET FORCES DRIVING BUNDLING -- WIRELINE-OF BUNDLING STRATEGIES -- WIRELINE, WIRELESS, VIDEO BUNDLING STRATEGIES -- THE PRICING OF BUNDLED SERVICE OFFERINGS -- PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES CREATED BY BUNDLING -- Bundling and the Federal Universal Service Fund -- BUNDLING AND COMPETITION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE: ISSUES FOR CONGRESS* -- ABSTRACT -- CONGRESSIONAL PROPOSALS CONCERNING DNI POSITION -- DCI Budget-Related Responsibilities and Authorities under the National Security Act of 1947 Are Seen by Some as Limited -- Recent Interest in the Establishment of a DNI -- Senator Dianne Feinstein -- Senator Tom Daschle -- Senator Dianne Feinstein, Second Proposal -- Senator Bob Graham -- Representative Jane Harman -- Representative Porter Goss -- WHAT THE BILLS ARE DESIGNED TO ACCOMPLISH -- Feinstein and Graham Would Establish a DNI -- Feinstein and Graham Would Enhance DNI Budget-Related Responsibilities[13] -- Feinstein and Graham Would Strengthen DNI Budget and Personnel-Related Authorities.…”
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Current issues in intercultural pragmatics

Table of Contents: “…Methodology -- 2.1 Authentic vs. simulated/experimental data -- 2.2 Complaint handling at our research site -- 2.3 Our corpus -- 3. …”
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Statistical power analysis : a simple and general model for traditional and modern hypothesis tests by Murphy, Kevin, Myors, Brett

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Dark energy : theories, developments and implications

Table of Contents: “…GravitationalSurfaceTensionofTaoBalls -- 6. FurtherExperimentalSuggestions -- 7. Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Chapter4CROSSINGTHEPHANTOMDIVIDE -- Abstract -- 1. …”
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The Properties of Gases and Liquids, Sixth Edition by Elliott, J.Richard, Diky, Vladimir, Knotts, Thomas A., Wilding, W.Vincent

Table of Contents: “…-- 2.3 Historical Background -- 2.4 Key Documents: The GUM, NIST 1297, and VIM -- 2.5 Uncertainty Assessment for Thermophysical Properties: The GUM Approach -- 2.6 The Uncertainty Budget -- 2.7 Reference Materials and Standard Reference Materials -- 2.8 Challenges for the User of Experimental Data from the Literature -- 2.9 Examples of Common Problems in Articles Reporting Thermophysical Properties -- 2.10 Modern Uncertainty Assessment Procedures (Critical Evaluation) -- 2.11 Summary -- 2.12 Disclaimer -- 2.13 References -- 3 Pure-Component Constants -- 3.1 Scope -- 3.2 Vapor-Liquid Critical Properties -- 3.3 Acentric Factor -- 3.4 Melting and Boiling Points -- 3.5 Discussion of Estimation Methods for Pure Component Constants -- 3.6 Dipole Moments -- 3.7 Availability of Data and Computer Programs -- 3.8 Notation -- 3.9 References -- 4 Thermodynamic Properties of Ideal Gases -- 4.1 Scope and Definitions -- 4.2 Estimation Methods for the Ideal Gas Standard State -- 4.3 Method of Benson -- 4.4 Method of Domalski and Hearing -- 4.5 Modified Joback Method for Ideal Gas Heat Capacity -- 4.6 Quantum Mechanical Methods -- 4.7 Standard State Enthalpy of Formation and Enthalpy of Combustion -- 4.8 Discussion and Recommendations -- 4.9 Notation -- 4.10 References -- 5 Pure Fluid Thermodynamic Properties of the Single Variable Temperature -- 5.1 Scope -- 5.2 Saturated Liquid Density -- 5.3 Theory of Liquid Vapor Pressure and Enthalpy of Vaporization -- 5.4 Theory of Liquid Heat Capacity -- 5.5 Correlating Vapor-Pressure, Enthalpy of Vaporization, and Liquid Heat Capacity Data -- 5.6 Reliable Extrapolation of Vapor Pressure and Thermodynamic Consistency between Vapor Pressure, Enthalpy of Vaporization, and Liquid Heat Capacity -- 5.7 Prediction of Vapor Pressure -- 5.8 Extrapolation and Prediction of Enthalpy of Vaporization of Pure Compounds and Recommendations -- 5.9 Prediction of Liquid Heat Capacity -- 5.10 Discussion and Recommendations for Vapor-Pressure, Enthalpy of Vaporization, and Liquid Heat Capacity Estimation and Correlation -- 5.11 Enthalpy of Melting -- 5.12 Enthalpy of Sublimation -- 5.13 Solid Vapor Pressure (Sublimation Pressure) -- 5.14 Correlation and Estimation of Virial Coefficients -- 5.15 Notation -- 5.16 References -- 6 Thermodynamic Properties of Pure Gases and Liquids -- 6.1 Scope -- 6.2 Introduction to Equations of State -- 6.3 Theory of Equations of State -- 6.4 Fundamental Thermodynamic Relationships for Pure Compounds -- 6.5 Virial Equations of State -- 6.6 Cubic Equations of State -- 6.7 Multiparameter Equations of State -- 6.8 Perturbation Models with Customized Parameters -- 6.9 Perturbation Models with Transferable Parameters -- 6.10 Chemical Theory EOSs -- 6.11 Molecular Simulation Models -- 6.12 Residual Functions for Evaluated Models -- 6.13 Evaluations of Equations of State -- 6.14 Notation -- 6.15 References -- 7 Thermodynamic Properties of Mixtures -- 7.1 Scope -- 7.2 Mixture Properties?…”
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Manual of environmental microbiology

Table of Contents: “…Introduction and Overview: Soil, Rhizosphere, and Phyllosphere / David A Lipson -- Surface Soil Microbial Sampling Methods / David B Knaebel -- Application of Phylogenetic Techniques in Studies of Soil Microbial Communities / Ryan T Jones, Elizabeth K Costello, Andrew P Martin -- Sampling Viruses from Soil / Christon J Hurst, Kelly A Reynolds -- Isolation, Culture, and Detection of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi / David M Sylvia, Wittaya Kaonongbua, James D Bever -- Isolation, In Planta Detection, and Uses of Endophytic Bacteria for Plant Protection / Charles W Bacon, Dorothy M Hinton -- Methods of Soil Microbial Community Analysis / Andrew Ogram, Hector Castro, Ashvini Chauhan -- Microarrays: Design and Use for Agricultural and Environmental Applications / Scot E Dowd, Hiroshi Ishizaki, Jeanette Thurston Enriquez -- PCR: Agricultural and Environmental Applications for Soil Microbes / Scot E Dowd, Ian L Pepper -- Quantification of Nitrogen Transformations / David D Myrold -- Quantifying the Metabolic Activity of Soil- and Plant-Associated Microbes / Guy R Knudsen -- Soil Enzymes: Linking Proteomics and Ecological Processes / Steven D Allison, Tracy B Gartner, Keri Holland, Michael Weintraub, Robert L Sinsabaugh -- Immunofluorescence Microscopy and Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Combined with CMEIAS and Other Image Analysis Tools for Soil- and Plant-Associated Microbial Autecology / Frank B Dazzo, Michael Schmid, Anton Hartmann -- Reporter Gene Systems Useful in Evaluating In Situ Gene Expression by Soil-and Plant-Associated Bacteria / Johan H J Leveau, Joyce E Loper, Steven E Lindow -- Identifying Microorganisms Involved in Specific In Situ Functions: Experimental Design Considerations for rRNA Gene-Based Population Studies and Sequence-Selective PCR Assays / James Borneman, J Ole Becker, Elizabeth Bent, Brian Lanoil, Brian McSpadden Gardener, Rabiu Olatinwo, Laura Presley, Alexandra J Scupham, Lea Valinsky, Bei Yin -- Mobile Gene Elements in Environmental Microbial Communities / Diana R Nemergut, Tamar Barkay, Jonna Coombs -- Microorganisms Associated with Soil Arthropods / Ann E Hajek, James R Fuxa, Yasuhisa Kunimi -- Lipid Fingerprinting of Soil Microbial Communities / Ana Luc?…”
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Encyclopedia of Database Systems

Table of Contents: “….NET Remoting -- Absolute Time -- Abstract Versus Concrete Temporal Query Languages -- Abstraction -- Access Control -- Access Control Administration Policies -- Access Control Policy Languages -- Access Path -- ACID Properties -- Active and Real-Time Data Warehousing -- Active Database Coupling Modes -- Active Database Execution Model -- Active Database Knowledge Model -- Active Database Management System Architecture -- Active Database Rulebase -- Active Database, Active Database (Management) System -- Active Storage -- Active XML -- Activity -- Activity Diagrams -- Actors/Agents/Roles -- Adaptive Interfaces -- Adaptive Middleware for Message Queuing Systems -- Adaptive Query Processing -- Adaptive Stream Processing -- ADBMS -- Administration Model for RBAC -- Administration Wizards -- Advanced Information Retrieval Measures -- Aggregation: Expressiveness and Containment -- Aggregation-Based Structured Text Retrieval -- Air Indexes for Spatial Databases -- AJAX -- Allen's Relations -- AMOSQL -- AMS Sketch -- Anchor Text -- Annotation -- Annotation-based Image Retrieval -- Anomaly Detection on Streams -- Anonymity -- ANSI/INCITS RBAC Standard -- Answering Queries Using Views -- Anti-monotone Constraints -- Applicability Period -- Application Benchmark -- Application Recovery -- Application Server -- Application-Level Tuning -- Applications of Emerging Patterns for Microarray Gene Expression Data Analysis -- Applications of Sensor Network Data Management -- Approximate Queries in Peer-to-Peer Systems -- Approximate Query Processing -- Approximate Reasoning -- Approximation of Frequent Itemsets -- Apriori Property and Breadth-First Search Algorithms -- Architecture-Conscious Database System -- Archiving Experimental Data -- Armstrong Axioms -- Array Databases -- Array Databases_old -- Association Rule Mining on Streams -- Association Rules -- Asymmetric Encryption -- Atelic Data -- Atomic Event -- Atomicity -- Audio -- Audio Classification -- Audio Content Analysis -- Audio Metadata -- Audio Representation -- Audio Segmentation -- Auditing and Forensic Analysis -- Authentication -- Automatic Image Annotation -- Autonomous Replication -- Average Precision -- Average Precision at n -- Average Precision Histogram -- Average R-Precision -- B+-Tree -- Backup and Restore -- Bag Semantics -- Bagging -- Bayesian Classification -- Benchmark Frameworks -- Benchmarks for Big Data Analytics -- Big Data Platforms for Data Analytics -- Big Stream Systems -- Biological Metadata Management -- Biological Networks -- Biological Resource Discovery -- Biological Sequences -- Biomedical Data/Content Acquisition, Curation -- Biomedical Image Data Types and Processing -- Biomedical Scientific Textual Data Types and Processing -- Biostatistics and Data Analysis -- Bi-Temporal Indexing -- Bitemporal Interval -- Bitemporal Relation -- Bitmap Index -- Bitmap-based Index Structures -- Blind Signatures -- Bloom Filters -- BM25 -- Boolean Model -- Boosting -- Bootstrap -- Boyce-Codd Normal Form -- BP-Completeness -- Bpref -- Browsing -- Browsing in Digital Libraries -- B-Tree Locking -- Buffer Management -- Buffer Manager -- Buffer Pool -- Business Intelligence -- Business Process Execution Language -- Business Process Management -- Business Process Modeling Notation -- Business Process Reengineering -- Cache-Conscious Query Processing -- Calendar -- Calendric System -- CAP Theorem -- Cardinal Direction Relationships -- Cartesian Product -- Cataloging in Digital Libraries -- Causal Consistency -- Certain (and Possible) Answers -- Change Detection on Streams -- Channel-Based Publish/Subscribe -- Chart -- Chase -- Checksum and Cyclic Redundancy Check Mechanism -- Choreography -- Chronon -- Citation -- Classification -- Classification by Association Rule Analysis -- Classification in Streams -- Client-Server Architecture -- Clinical Data Acquisition, Storage and Management -- Clinical Data and Information Models -- Clinical Data Quality and Validation -- Clinical Decision Support -- Clinical Document Architecture -- Clinical Event -- Clinical Knowledge Repository -- Clinical Observation -- Clinical Ontologies -- Clinical Order -- Closed Itemset Mining and Non-redundant Association Rule Mining -- Closest-Pair Query -- Cloud Computing -- Cloud Intelligence -- Cluster and Distance Measure -- Clustering for Post Hoc Information Retrieval -- Clustering on Streams -- Clustering Overview and Applications -- Clustering Validity -- Clustering with Constraints -- Collaborative Filtering -- Column Segmentation -- Column Stores -- Common Warehouse Metamodel -- Comparative Visualization -- Compensating Transactions -- Complex Event -- Complex Event Processing -- Composed Services and WS-BPEL -- Composite Event -- Composition -- Comprehensions -- Compression of Mobile Location Data -- Computational Media Aesthetics -- Computationally Complete Relational Query Languages -- Computerized Physician Order Entry -- Conceptual Modeling Foundations -- Conceptual Schema Design -- Concurrency Control - Traditional Approaches -- Concurrency Control for Replicated Databases -- Concurrency Control Manager -- Conditional Tables -- Conjunctive Query -- Connection -- Consistency Models For Replicated Data -- Consistent Query Answering -- Constraint Databases -- Constraint Query Languages -- Constraint-Driven Database Repair -- Content-and-Structure Query -- Content-Based Publish/Subscribe -- Content-Based Video Retrieval -- Content-Only Query -- Context -- Contextualization in Structured Text Retrieval -- Continuous Data Protection -- Continuous Monitoring of Spatial Queries -- Continuous Multimedia Data Retrieval -- Continuous Queries in Sensor Networks -- Continuous Query -- ConTract -- Control Data -- Convertible Constraints -- Coordination -- Copyright Issues in Databases -- CORBA -- Correctness Criteria Beyond Serializability -- Cost and quality trade-offs in crowdsourcing -- Cost Estimation -- Count-Min Sketch -- Coupling and De-coupling -- Covering Index -- Crash Recovery -- Cross-Language Mining and Retrieval -- Cross-Modal Multimedia Information Retrieval -- Cross-Validation -- Crowd Database Operators -- Crowd Database Systems -- Crowd Mining and Analysis -- Crowdsourcing Geographic Information Systems -- Cube -- Cube Implementations -- Current Semantics -- Curse of Dimensionality -- Daplex -- Data Acquisition and Dissemination in Sensor Networks -- Data Aggregation in Sensor Networks -- Data Broadcasting, Caching and Replication in Mobile Computing -- Data Cleaning -- Data Compression in Sensor Networks -- Data Conflicts -- Data Definition -- Data Definition Language (DDL) -- Data Dictionary -- Data Encryption -- Data Estimation in Sensor Networks -- Data Exchange -- Data Fusion -- Data Fusion in Sensor Networks -- Data Generation -- Data Governance -- Data Integration Architectures and Methodology for the Life Sciences -- Data Integration in Web Data Extraction System -- Data Management for VANETs -- Data Management Fundamentals: Database Management System -- Data Management in Data Centers -- Data Manipulation -- Data Manipulation Language (DML) -- Data Mart -- Data Migration Management -- Data Mining -- Data Partitioning -- Data Privacy and Patient Consent -- Data Profiling -- Data Provenance -- Data Quality Assessment -- Data Quality Dimensions -- Data Quality Models -- Data Rank/Swapping -- Data Reduction -- Data Replication -- Data Sampling -- Data Scrubbing -- Data Sketch/Synopsis -- Data Skew -- Data Storage and Indexing in Sensor Networks -- Data Stream -- Data Stream Management Architectures and Prototypes -- Data Types in Scientific Data Management -- Data Uncertainty Management in Sensor Networks -- Data Visualization -- Data Warehouse -- Data Warehouse Life-Cycle and Design -- Data Warehouse Maintenance, Evolution and Versioning -- Data Warehouse Metadata -- Data Warehouse Security -- Data Warehousing for Clinical Research -- Data Warehousing in Cloud Environments -- Data Warehousing on Non-Conventional Data -- Data Warehousing Systems: Foundations and Architectures -- Data, Text, and Web Mining in Healthcare -- Database -- Database Adapter and Connector -- Database Administrator (DBA) -- Database Appliances -- Database Benchmarks -- Database Clustering Methods -- Database Clusters -- Database Dependencies -- Database Design -- Database Languages for Sensor Networks -- Database Machine -- Database Management System -- Database Middleware -- Database Repair -- Database Reverse Engineering -- Database Schema -- Database Security -- Database System -- Database Techniques to Improve Scientific Simulations -- Database Trigger -- Database Tuning using Combinatorial Search -- Database Tuning using Online Algorithms -- Database Tuning using Trade-off Elimination -- Database Use in Science Applications -- Datalog -- DBMS Component -- DBMS Interface -- DCE -- DCOM -- Decay Models -- Decision Rule Mining in Rough Set Theory -- Decision Tree Classification -- Decision Trees -- Declarative Networking -- Deductive Data Mining using Granular Computing -- Deduplication -- Deduplication in Data Cleaning -- Deep Instantiation -- Deep-Web Search -- Dense Index -- Dense Pixel Displays -- Density-based Clustering -- Description Logics -- Design for Data Quality -- Dewey Decimal System -- Diagram -- Difference -- Differential Privacy -- Digital Archives and Preservation -- Digital Curation -- Digital Elevation Models -- Digital Libraries -- Digital Rights Management -- Digital Signatures -- Dimension -- Dimension Reduction Techniques for Clustering -- Dimensionality Reduction -- Dimensionality Reduction Techniques For Nearest Neighbor Computations -- Dimension-Extended Topological Relationships -- Direct Attached Storage -- Direct Manipulation -- Disaster Recovery -- Disclosure Risk -- Discounted Cumulated Gain -- Discovery -- Discrete Wavelet Transform and Wavelet Synopses -- Discretionary Access Control -- Disk -- Disk Power 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Metaethics from a first person standpoint : an introduction to moral philosophy by Wilson, Catherine, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…She comes to the realisation that the world seems to be saturated experientially and linguistically with values. She entertains the possibility that a race of Destroyers of Illusion who use language differently has discovered that values are unreal and that there are only likings and dislikings. …”
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Golden aging : prospects for healthy, active, and prosperous aging in Europe and Central Asia by Bussolo, Maurizio, 1964-, Koettl, Johannes, Sinnott, Emily

Table of Contents: “…1.12 The larger cohorts aged 20-29 and 45-54 of Eastern Partnership countries and the Russian Federation in 2010 will transition through the population structure -- 1.13 Rapid aging is expected in Central Asia and Turkey over 2010-60 -- 1.14 Europe and Central Asia is converging quickly to the high share of population aged 65+ in the EU-15 -- 1.15 The working-age population is projected to contract substantially in many countries in Europe and Central Asia -- 1.16 France's large postwar baby boomers bring a large rise in the 65+ age group from 2010 to 2015 -- the Russian Federation's share of the elderly will fluctuate over the next 45 years -- 1.17 A fertility rebound is critical to reviving the working-age population in Poland -- 1.18 Current migration flows in Europe and Central Asia are not enough to offset the future decrease in the working-age population -- 2.1 Europe and Central Asia experiences more disability than other regions -- 2.2 Men have fewer healthy years of life at age 50 than women in Europe and Central Asia and men in other regions -- 2.3 60-year-old men in the Russian Federation, the Eastern Partnership, and the Baltic countries "feel" worse today (2009) than they did in 1959 -- 2.4 Informal care dominates in countries in Europe and Central Asia -- 2.5 Older adults with disabilities have some access to formal care -- 2.6 Child care coverage is lower in countries in Europe and Central Asia than in other regions -- 2.7 Social norms place a high expectation on women as caregivers -- 2.8 Women are more likely than men to give care -- 2.9 European grandmothers are the "sandwich generation" -- 2.10 Europe and Central Asia loses more years of life to cardiovascular disease than to any other cause -- 2.11 Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of the life expectancy gap between Europe and Central Asia and the EU-15.…”
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Proceedings of the International Conference on Science, Technology and Social Sciences (ICSTSS) 2012 by Kasim, Azman

Table of Contents: “…Part 1: Social Sciences -- Chapter 1: Using Reader’s Theatre to Promote Reading the Judicial Decisions (Court Case) Among Foundation Law Students -- Chapter 2: The Use of Ar-Rahnu by Islamic Bank Customers in Malaysia -- Chapter 3: Retailers’ Perspective on Electronic Reservation Services in Malaysia -- Chapter 4: Parenting Behavior of Mothers and School Adjustments of Adolescents in Malaysia -- Chapter 5: Numerical Visualization of Rudder Inflow as Effect of Increasing Angle of Attack -- Chapter 6: Narcissism as Predictor of Facebook Usage among Students in a Malaysian Public University -- Chapter 7: Managing Event: Environmental Friendly Perspective -- Chapter 8: Malaysia’s New Economic Model and Innovative Capability Development: A Focus on Knowledge Workers in MSC Malaysia -- Chapter 9: Integration of Visual Cues in an Augmented Reality Application for Enhancing the Learning of Engineering Concepts -- Chapter 10: Innovation on Product Life Cycle Through Environmental Management Systems Standards Towards Malaysia Polypropylene Firms' Eco-Efficiency -- Chapter 11: Initiative of Developing E-Counseling System: Importance and Application in UNITEN -- Chapter 12: Ecological Conceptualization of Halal-Haram Divide -- Chapter 13: Dynamic Geometries in Traditional Malay-Muslim Art and Architecture: Evidence of Advanced Building Sciences in Malay Building Tradition -- Chapter 14: Customer Satisfaction in Event Management Organized by District Islamic Religious Office (PAID) in Pahang -- Chapter 15: Client’s Business Risk Assessment and Auditor’s Test -- Chapter 16: Childcare Service Quality: Measuring Expectations of Working Parents using SERVPERF Dimensions -- Chapter 17: Certified Halal Logo: The Importance towards Muslim Customers in Bandar Pusat Jengka Pahang -- Chapter 18: Awareness on Legal Rights and Data Protection in SNS: The case of Facebook in Countryside Campus -- Chapter 19: Change of Age Specific Fertility Curves in Peninsular Malaysia: An Approach of Functional Data Analysis -- Chapter 20: Intention to Whistle Blow among Future Accountants in Malaysia -- Chapter 21: Family Controlled Companies and the Issuance of Going Concern Opinion in Malaysia -- Chapter 22: Counselling Students' Perceptions toward Integrating Spirituality into Counseling Among Children -- Chapter 23: Assessment Literacy: A Catalyst to the Success of School-Based Assessment in Malaysian Schools -- Chapter 24: Discriminant Analysis: A Study on Corporate Distress -- Chapter 25: Waterfront Development in Malaysia: Best Practices in Future -- Chapter 26: Human Resource Management from Islamic Perspectives: Experiences of GLCS -- Chapter 27: The Application of Consistent Minimum Vector Variance (MVV) Estimators on Hotelling T2 Control Chart -- Chapter 28: Ethical Sensitivity and Ethics Education: Case of Accounting Students.…”
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Bridge Management: Proceedings of the Third International Conference

Table of Contents: “…chapter 40 FIELD STRESS MEASUREMENTS OF A PLATE GIRDER BRIDGE CARRYING A 116 TONF TRUCK -- chapter 41 LINEARISED FATIGUE ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE FOR WELDED COMPONENTS IN BRIDGE STRUCTURES -- chapter 42 INVESTIGATION OF THE VIBRATION BEHAVIOUR OF THE MUKOGAWA EXIT RAMP: A 7-SPAN CONTINUOUS CURVED GIRDER BRIDGE -- chapter 43 EVALUATION OF ALUMINIUM BRIDGE SYSTEMS -- chapter 44 FINITE ELEMENT MODEL OPTIMISATION OF A LARGE BRIDGE BASED ON DYNAMIC TESTING -- chapter 45 POSSIBILITY OF FATIGUE-FREE STEEL GIRDER BRIDGES WITH SIMPLE TRANSVERSE-STIFFENING SYSTEMS BASED ON LARGE 3D FEM ANALYSIS -- chapter 46 ULTIMATE CAPACITY ANALYSIS OF BRIDGES WITH DETERIORATED CONNECTIONS OR MEMBERS -- chapter 47 AESTHETIC ASPECTS OF WIDENING AND REHABILITATING HISTORIC BRIDGES -- chapter 48 INFLUENCE OF MAINTENANCE ON THE DESIGN OF HIGHWAY STRUCTURES -- chapter 49 REPLACEMENT OF MOTORWAY OVERBRIDGES MAINTAINING CONTINUOUS MOTORWAY TRAFFIC -- chapter 50 LONG-TERM SLAB-GIRDER INTERACTION IN STRENGTHENED BRIDGE DECKS -- chapter 51 A PARAMETER STUDY OF THE STRENGTHENING OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS WITH BONDED COMPOSITES -- chapter 52 ROAD BRIDGES STRENGTHENED BY EPOXY BONDED STEEL PLATES -- chapter 53 UPGRADING REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS BY BOLTING STEEL SIDE PLATES -- chapter 54 PEELING FAILURE OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS WITH EXTERNALLY BONDED STEEL PLATES -- chapter 55 BRIDGE ENCLOSURE: FACILITATING CONSTRUCTION, INSPECTION, MAINTENANCE, UPGRADING AND OPERATION -- chapter 56 SURFACE-APPLIED INHIBITOR IN REHABILITATION OF THE PENEY BRIDGE, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND -- chapter 57 SURFACE TREATMENT STANDARDS TO SUPPORT OWNERS, CONSULTING ENGINEERS, CONTRACTORS AND SUPPLIERS -- chapter 58 ASSESSMENT OF THE PROTECTION AGAINST CORROSION PROVIDED BY REPAIR SYSTEMS -- chapter 59 REPAIR MATERIALS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION: BELGIAN EXPERIENCE -- chapter 60 A3/A31 FLYOVER - CASE HISTORY OF AN EXTERNALLY POST-TENSIONED BRIDGE -- chapter 61 EVALUATION OF EFFECTS OF CREEP AND SHRINKAGE IN PRESTRESSED CONCRETE GIRDERS STRENGTHENED BY EXTERNAL CABLES -- chapter 62 INCREASE OF THE LOAD-BEARING CAPACITY OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGES BY SUPPLEMENTARY POST-TENSIONING: HUNGARIAN EXAMPLES -- chapter 63 PRESTRESSING CABLES INSPECTION AND ASSESSMENT BY MEANS OF THE REFLECTOMETRIC METHOD (RIMT) -- chapter 64 NON-FERROUS PRESTRESSING AND REINFORCEMENT FOR CONCRETE HIGHWAY BRIDGES -- chapter 65 ON THE COLLAPSE OF A CABLE-STAYED BRIDGE AT NIENBURG: A NINETEENTH CENTURY DISASTER REVISITED -- chapter 66 AXIAL FATIGUE LIFE PREDICTION OF BRIDGE CABLES -- chapter 67 REPLACEMENT OF SINGLE CABLES IN CABLE STAYED AND SUSPENSION BRIDGES -- chapter 68 SEISMIC VULNERABILITY EVALUATION OF THE TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE -- chapter 69 INVESTIGATION AND LOAD TESTING OF A STEEL LATTICED TRUSS VIADUCT -- chapter 70 ASSESSMENT, REPAIRS, AND REFURBISHMENT OF A STEEL LATTICED TRUSS VIADUCT -- chapter 71 CAPTAIN WILLIAM MOORE CREEK BRIDGE REHABILITATION -- chapter 72 A RISK-BASED FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSMENT AND PRIORITISATION OF BRIDGES.…”
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Clinical and basic oculomotor research : in honor of David S. Zee

Table of Contents: “….] -- Video based eye-tracking: our experience with ASTIDET (Advanced Stimuli Design for Eye Tracking) software / A. …”


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Proceedings of the 44th Industrial Waste Conference May 9, 10, 11, 1989, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

Table of Contents: “…Part B: Waste Sludge Management -- chapter 74 Cyanide Control in Petroleum Refineries -- chapter 75 Pilot Plant Comparison of Extended Aeration and PACP for Toxicity Reduction in Refinery Wastewater -- chapter 76 Application of Oxygen Uptake Rate in Managing an Activated Sludge Process for Treating Refinery Wastewater -- chapter 77 Liquid/Solids Biotreatment of Pressure Filtered Refinery Waste Sludge -- chapter 78 A Comparative Study of RBC and Activated Sludge in Biotreatment of Wastewater from an Integrated Oil Refinery -- chapter 79 Joint Treatment of Liquid Wastes of Wet Process Hardboard and Formica Plant -- chapter 80 Biological Treatment of BCTMP Wastewaters -- chapter 81 Anoxic Selector for Filamentous Bulking Control, BOD Removal, and Nitrification of Paper Mill Wastewater -- chapter 82 Characterization and Biological Treatment of Bleach Plant Effluent -- chapter 83 Toxicity Evaluation of CTMP Effluent Biotreated by a Pilot-Scale Carrousel Oxidation Ditch System -- chapter 84 Anaerobic and Aerobic Options in Treating Food Industry Wastewater -- chapter 85 Pilot and Full Scale Treatability Studies on Wastewaters from an Edible Oil Refining Industry -- chapter 86 Treatment of Soft Drink Syrup and Bottling Wastewater Using Anaerobic Upflow Packed Bed Reactors -- chapter 87 Removal of Color from Distillery Wastewater -- chapter 88 Batch Reactor Treatment of Dairy Wastewaters: A Case History -- chapter 89 Performance Analysis of a Continuously Fed, Intermittently Decanted Activated Sludge Plant Receiving a High Ammonia Packing House Waste -- chapter 90 Treatment of Pork Processing Wastewater in a Covered Anaerobic Lagoon with Gas Recovery -- chapter 91 Operating Experience: Anaerobic Treatment at Packerland Packing -- chapter 92 Recent Trends in Environmental Legislation Affecting lndustrial Property Transfers -- chapter 93 How to Write Sampling Plans for Regulatory Compliance -- chapter 94 SARA Section 313 Reporting: Better the Second Time Around? …”
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CITRUS PRODUCTION technological advancements and adaptation to changing.

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COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES IN NEUROSCIENCE

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