Fatigue crack growth : mechanics, behavior and prediction

Table of Contents: “…Introduction; 2. Experimental Techniques; 3. Results and Analysis.…”
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Tools for teaching by Davis, Barbara Gross

Table of Contents: “…Getting under way -- Responding to a diverse student body -- Discussion strategies -- Lecture strategies -- Collaborative and experiential strategies -- Enhancing students' learning and motivation -- Writing skills and homework assignments -- Testing and grading -- Instructional media and technology -- Evaluation to improve teaching -- Teaching outside the classroom -- Finishing up.…”


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Reconstructing Mobility Environmental, Behavioral, and Morphological Determinants by Carlson, Kristian J.

Table of Contents: “…-- Chapter 5: Human Variation in the Periosteal Geometry of the Lower Limb: Signatures of Behaviour among Human Holocene Populations -- Chapter 6: The Importance of Considering Fibular Robusticity when Inferring the Mobility Patterns of Past Populations -- Chapter 7: The Relationship between Femur Shape and Terrestrial Mobility Patterns -- Chapter 8: Activity, Body Shape, and Cross-sectional Geometry of the Femur and Tibia -- Chapter 9: Variation in Mobility and Anatomical Responses in the Late Pleistocene -- Chapter 10: Femoral Diaphyseal Shape and Mobility: An Ontogenetic Perspective -- Chapter 11: The Balance between Burden Carrying, Variable Terrain and Thermoregulatory Pressures in Assessing Morphological Variation -- Chapter 12: Territory Size in Canis lupus: Implications for Neandertal Mobility -- Chapter 13: The Effects of Terrain on Long Bone Robusticity and Cross-sectional Shape in Lower Limb Bones of Bovids, Neandertals, and Upper Paleolithic Modern Humans -- Chapter 14: Linearity in the Real World – An Experimental Assessment of Non-linearity in Terrestrial Locomotion -- Chapter 15 Femoral Mechanics, Mobility, and Finite Element Analysis -- 15 Femoral Mechanics, Mobility, and Finite Element Analysis.-.…”
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Modelling and Simulation of Complex Systems for Sustainable Energy Efficiency Contributions to the First International Workshop on Modelling and Simulation of Complex Systems for S...

Table of Contents: “…Numerical assessment of the structural performance of a segmented wind turbine blade -- Implications of identifiability for rotating machine fault diagnosis and prognosis methods -- Comparative study between experimental and theoretical frictional power losses of a geared system -- Early damage detection in planetary gear transmission in down-time regime -- The role of untangled latent spaces in unsupervised learning applied to condition-based monitoring -- Modal analysis of the differential bevel gear with uncertainties -- Effect of non linear suspension system on the road profile identification -- Learning-based methods for vibration-based condition monitoring -- Parametric study for PCM-based heat sinks: A numerical investigation -- Modeling and Simulation of A Swarm Robot Application Using MBSE Method and Multi-Agent Technology: Monitoring Oil Spills -- Diagnosis and prognosis of mechanical components using hybrid methods -- Time domain identification of multi-stage planetary gearbox characteristic frequencies using piezoelectric strain sensor -- Study of the stiffness of a polymer pinion tooth in a polymer-metallic spur gear system -- Generalized prototype bootstrapping for nonlinear system identification in an accelerated fatigue testing context -- Adaptive on-line estimation of road profile in semi-active suspension -- A parametric study to investigate the dynamic behavior of worm gear with plastic wheel -- A review of singular spectral analysis to extract components from gearbox data -- Experimental and numerical analysis of dynamic frequency responses of sandwich structures -- Hybrid diagnostics and prognostics of planetary gearboxes -- Vibration analysis of planetary gear connected by flexible coupling using substructuring methodology -- A comparison between independent component analysis and established signal processing methods for gearbox fault diagnosis under time-varying operating conditions -- Simulation of the acoustic fields and directivities radiated from a set of elementary sources -- Time synchronous averaging based detection of bearing defects -- A Short Review of Gear Fault Modelling in a Hybrid Modelling Context.…”
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Speech and Language Impairments in Children : Causes, Characteristics, Intervention and Outcome. by Bishop, D. V. M. (Dorothy V. M.)

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Management of Myocardial Reperfusion Injury by Kaski, Juan Carlos

Table of Contents: “…Management – Currently available tools and future perspectives -- An integrated view on management – What is effective and what is not -- Discrepancies between results of treatment in experimental models and patients. Management algorithms, B Gersh -- Catheter lab options, M Marzilli -- Myocardial protection – Metabolic issues, WC Stanley -- Myocardial protection – Preconditioning -- New pharmacological options -- Assessment of treatment efficacy -- Commonly asked questions -- Future perspectives, JC Kaski, D Yellon and B Gersch.…”
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Classic cases in medical ethics : accounts of cases that have shaped medical ethics, with philosophical, legal, and historical backgrounds by Pence, Gregory E.

Table of Contents: “…Classic cases about death and dying: Comas: Karen Quinlan and Cruzan ; Requests to die : Elizabeth Bouvia and Larry McAfee ; Physician-assisted dying : Jack Kevorkian -- Classic cases about the beginning of life: In vitro fertilization : Louise Brown ; Surrogacy : Baby M ; Abortion : Kenneth Edelin ; Letting impaired newborns die : Baby Jane Doe -- Classic cases about research and experimental treatments: Animal subjects : the Philadelphia head-injury study on primates ; Human subjects : the Tuskegee syphilis study ; Organ transplants : Christiaan Barnard and the first heart transplant ; Artificial hearts : Barney Clark ; Allocation of artificial and transplantable organs : the God committee ; Infants and medical research : Baby Fae and Baby Theresa -- Classic cases about individual rights and the public good: Involuntary psychiatric commitment.…”


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The social psychology of music

Table of Contents: “…O'Neill -- Music and social influence / W. Ray Crozier -- Experimental aesthetics and everyday music listening / Adrian C. …”


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Converging Evidence : Methodological and theoretical issues for linguistic research. by Schönefeld, Doris

Table of Contents: “…Corpus evidence; 2.1 A morphological potentiality construction: V-baar; 2.2 A syntactic potentiality construction: is te V; 2.3 Distinctive collexeme analysis; 3. Experiment; 3.1 Method; 3.2 Results; 3.3 Summary and analysis; 4. …”
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Methods in Bioengineering. by Berthiaume, Francois

Table of Contents: “…Methods in Bioengineering: 3D Tissue Engineering; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Chemical Modification of Porous Scaffolds Using Plasma Polymers; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Experimental Design; 1.3 Materials; 1.4 Methods; 1.4.1 Scaffold preparation; 1.4.2 Deposition of plasma polymers; 1.4.3 Surface analysis; 1.4.4 Cell culture on scaffolds; 1.4.5 Alamar Blue assay; 1.4.6 Cell viability assay on scaffolds; 1.4.7 Scanning electron microscopy; 1.4.8 Microcomputed tomography of scaffolds; 1.5 Data Acquisition, Anticipated Results, and Interpretation; 1.5.1 Surface analysis.…”
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Innovations in Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery by Eisenmann-Klein, M. (Marita)

Table of Contents: “…-Mastopexy/Augmentation -- Principles and Guidelines in Ear Reconstructionn -- Factors that Influence the Plastic Surgeon to Innovate or Accept or Reject Innovations of Others -- Wound Bed Preparation by Hydrosurgery -- Versatility of the Lateral Arm Flap -- Matrix Flaps - New Approaches to Flap Prefabrication: Experimental Data and First Clincial Applications -- Low Level Laser Therapy and Phototherapy Assisted Hydrogel Dressing of Wound Healing.…”
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Greentailing and other revolutions in retail : hot ideas that are grabbing customer's attention and raising profits by Stern, Neil Z.

Table of Contents: “…Lululemon Athletica-A New Breed of Experiential Retailer. Oops-Paiva Didn't Deliver on Experience. …”
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Trusted Computing Platforms: Design and Applications by Smith, Sean W., 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Motivating Scenarios -- Attacks -- Foundations -- Design Challenges -- Platform Architecture -- Outbound Authentication -- Validation -- Application Case Studies -- TCPA/TCG -- Experimenting with TCPA/TCG -- New Horizons.…”
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Failure Mechanism and Stability Analysis of Rock Slope New Insight and Methods by Zhang, Ke

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Part I Experimental Studies on Compression-Shear Failure Mechanism of Rock Mass -- Joint Surface Morphology and Shear Behavior -- Influence of Flaw Inclination on Shear Fracturing and Fractal Behavior -- Influence of Flaw Density on Shear Fracturing and Fractal Behavior -- Part II Failure Mechanism and Stability Analysis of Heavily Fractured Rock Slope -- Method for Determining Strength Parameters of Heavily Fractured Rock Mass -- Kinematical Element Method -- Integrated Karst Cave Stochastic Model-Limit Equilibrium Method -- Strain-Softening Behavior and Strength Reduction Method -- Three-dimensional Effects -- Part III Failure Mechanism and Stability Analysis of Rock Slope Controlled by Major Geological Discontinuities -- Joint Element and Displacement Discontinuity Method -- Discontinuity Kinematical Element Method -- Joint Element and Strength Reduction Method -- Fracture Mechanics Method.…”
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Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Physics and Applications by Kneipp, Katrin

Table of Contents: “…The Basic Physics Behind SERS -- The Electromagnetic Theory of SERS -- SERS Active Nanostructures -- Coupled Plasmonic-Photonic Effects, the Electronic Mechanisms in SERS -- SERS from Transition Metals -- Modern Experimental Aspects of SERS: Single Molecule Raman Spectroscopy -- Statistics of Temporal Fluctuations in Single Molecule SERS -- Vibrational Pumping and Anti-Stokes SERS -- Surface Enhanced Hyper-Raman Sscattering -- Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (TERS) -- Surface Enhanced Resonance Raman Scattering (SERRS) and Fluorescence -- Applications of SERS: SERRS of Green Fluorescence Protein -- Surface-Enhanced Vibrational Spectroelectrochemistry -- SERS Nanosensor for a Chemical Probe in Living Cells -- Adaptive Plasmonic Nanostructures for Biomolecular Sensing -- SERS - Glucose Sensing -- SERRS for Quantitative Analysis -- SERS for Rapid Analysis in Microbiological Systems -- SERS for Biomedical Diagnostics -- Ultrasensitive Immunoassays Using SERS -- SERS for Detecting Chemical Agents.…”
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Internet policies and issues. Volume 7

Table of Contents: “…System Evaluations -- 4.4.1. Experimental Conditions -- 4.4.2. Image Quality -- 4.4.3. …”
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Dance composition by Smith-Autard, Jacqueline M. (Jacqueline Mary), 1939-

Table of Contents: “…Logical developmentUnity; Methods of Construction 6 -- Style; Understanding the term 'style'; Factors affecting the style of a dance; How to stylise a dance; Methods of Construction 7 -- Improvisation in the Process of Composition; Meaning of terms; Improvisation and exploration: free and limited improvisation; Improvisation: improvisation in framework compositions; Guiding improvisation visually; Improvisation as process in composition; Role of evaluation in improvisation; Methods of Construction 8 -- Alternative and Experimental Approaches in Dance Composition; Meaning of terms.…”
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Observation and Ecology : Broadening the Scope of Science to Understand a Complex World. by Sagarin, Rafe

Table of Contents: “…Observation and Ecology; Observationand Ecology; Contents; Boxes; Foreword; Acknowledgments; A Time of Change and Adaptation in Ecology; What You Will Find in This Book; Part I: The Role Of Observation In Ecological Science; Chapter 1: An Observational Approach to Ecology; Ecology as an Experimental Science; Adapting to Change; The Domains of Observation-Based Ecology; Chapter 2: Observational Approaches in Historical Context; The Roots of Ecology; Refining Ecology with Experimental Approaches; A New Time of Change in Ecology; Why Ecology Is Changing Now.…”
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Early life history of marine fishes by Miller, Bruce S.

Table of Contents: “…Rearing and Culture of Marine Fishes; Rearing Marine Fishes to Enhance or Replenish Wild Stocks; Experimental Culture Methods; Types of Experimental Studies; LABORATORY EXERCISES; GLOSSARY; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; X; Y; Z; LITERATURE CITED; TAXANOMICAL INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; GENERAL INDEX; A; B.…”
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Learning D3.js 4 Mapping by Newton, Thomas

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Credits -- Foreword -- About the Authors -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Customer Feedback -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Gathering Your Cartography Toolbox -- Quick bootstrap -- Step-by-step bootstrap -- A lightweight web server -- Using the web browser as a development tool -- Installing the sample code -- Working with the developer tools -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Creating Images from Simple Text -- The SVG coordinate system -- Line -- Rectangle -- Circle -- Polygon -- Path -- Experiment -- Paths with curves -- Transform -- Translate -- Scale -- Grouping -- Text -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Producing Graphics from Data -- the Foundations of D3 -- Creating basic SVG elements -- The enter() function -- The update function -- The exit() function -- Fetch -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Creating a Map -- Foundation -- creating your basic map -- Including the dataset -- Experiment 1 -- adjusting the bounding box -- Experiment 2 -- creating choropleths -- Experiment 3 -- adding click events to our visualization -- Experiment 4 -- using updates and transitions to enhance our visualization -- Experiment 5 -- adding points of interest -- Experiment 6 -- adding visualizations as a point of interest -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Click-Click Boom! …”
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