Advances in polymer nanocomposite technology

Table of Contents: “…Effect of Polymer Molecular Weight; 2.2.2. Effect of Surfactant; 2.2.3. Effect of Polyamide Crystallization; 2.2.4. …”
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Essentials of aesthetic surgery

Table of Contents: “…Body Contouring in Massive-Weight-Loss Patients; 63. Female Genital Aesthetic Surgery…”
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A companion to the history of American science

Table of Contents: “…Hooton and the HootoniansNew Currents and New Fractures; Bibliographic Essay; 3 Astronomy and Astrophysics; The Indigenous Period: Native American Astronomy; Colonial American Astronomy; The Early Republic and Antebellum Years; American Astronomy's Gilded Era, 1865-1940; Big Science for a Big Universe, 1940 to the Present; Bibliographical Essay; 4 Chemistry; Classifying the Elements; Atomic Weight; The Discovery of Elements; Bibliographical Essay; 5 Computer Science; The Computer; Early Computing during World War II; Computer Centers and Early "Computer Science"; Changing Associations.…”
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Directed Motion at the Syntax-Semantics Interface by Kudrnáčová, Naděžda

Table of Contents: “…On the Non-Additive Status of the Directionality of Motion3.1 The Obligatoriness of Directionality of Motion in Path Verbs; 3.2 The Relation between Verbal Semantic Structure and Directionality of Motion; 3.3 Distribution of Semantic Weight as Placed on the Physical Modality of the Motion and the Directionality of the Motion; 3.4 The Dissociation of a Change of Location and the Manner of its Execution; 3.5 The Obligatoriness of Spatial Grounding in Verbs of the Zoom Type; 3.6 The Coercion of a Kinetic Interpretation onto the Group of Verbs Denoting Speedy Actions…”
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Socially Aware Organisations and Technologies. Impact and Challenges 17th IFIP WG 8.1 International Conference on Informatics and Semiotics in Organisations, ICISO 2016, Campinas,...

Table of Contents: “…An X-Ray of ICISO Portrayed through the Lens of Actor-Network Theory -- Studies in Organisational Semiotics: A Systematic Literature Review -- Vitalizing Semiotics -- Semiotics of Interactions and Socially Aware User Interface Design: The Roles and Challenges of Semiotics Unraveling Big Data in the Glocal Contemporaneity Ruled by Dromocracy -- Preliminary Reflections on Affective Affordance in HCI: A Semiotic-Informed Perspective -- Robust Social Recommendation Techniques: A Review -- SAwD - Socially Aware Design: An Organizational Semiotics-Based CASE Tool to Support Early Design Activities -- Service Innovation in Business Ecosystem: The Role of Enablers and Formation Cycle -- Evolution of Norms in the Emergence of Digital Business Ecosystems -- Open Digital Business Ecosystems: A Pathway for Value Co-Creation -- Making Sense of Non-Compliance: A Semiotic Approach -- Semiotic Analysis of E-Document as a Composite Digital Sign: The Case of E-Boarding Pass -- Organisational Responsiveness through Signs -- Research on Association Rules Reasoning and Application of Geosciences Data Based on Ameliorated Trapezoidal Cloud Transformation -- Interactive Data Visualisation: Facilitate the Accountability Disclosure through the Lens of Organisational Semiotics -- A Pragmatic Approach to Disambiguation in Text Understanding -- A Study of Complication Identification Based on Weighted Association Rule Mining -- A Study on the Individualized Information Service Mode and its Application in the Manufacturing and Supply Chain -- Trends, Challenges and New Issues in Education, Health and eScience Systems Using Stakeholder and Pragmatic Analyses to Clarify the Scenario of Data Sharing in Scientific Software -- Meaning Construction and Evolution: A Case Study of the Design-in-Use of a System for Inclusive Education Teachers -- SIERA: Improving Data Visualization for Learning Assessment in Educational Organisations -- An Organisational Semiotics Perspective to Co-Design of Technology Enhanced Learning -- Design of Therapeutic Information Systems as Indicating through Signs -- Analysis and Representation of Illocutions from Electronic Health Records -- Characterisation of an Electronic Booking System in the National Health Service: A Semiotic Perspective -- A Preliminary Study on Information Sharing Practice Between Police and Private Security Companies in the United Arab Emirates -- The Role of Actors in the Adoption of Emerging ICT in SMEs: An Actor Network Theory Analysis -- From Heidegger onwards – Why Data Science is Social Semiotics? …”
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Portfolio investment opportunities in managed futures by Darst, David M.

Table of Contents: “…Managed Futures Returns during Financial Market Dislocations; The Barclay CTA Index and Survivorship Bias; Patterns of Managed Futures Returns; The CISDM CTA Equal-Weighted Index; Analysis of Select Asset Class Returns; Monthly and Annual Returns Data, 1994-2009; Monthly Returns Data, 1994-2009; Annual Returns Data, 1994-2009; 3 Overview of the Investment Landscape; Global Futures Exchanges and Clearinghouses; 4 Glossary of Indexes; 5 Select Information Sources; Web Sites; Books; Journals/Publications; Acknowledgments.…”
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Nutrition in pediatrics : basic science, clinical applications

Table of Contents: “…Maternal nutrition and pregnancy outcome -- Human growth and disease in later life -- Development of the fetus: carbohydrate and lipid metabolism -- Amino acid nutrition in utero: placental function and metabolism -- Human milk: nutritional properties -- Protective properties of human milk -- Approach to breast-feeding -- The low-birth-weight infant: inpatient care -- Nutritional management of preterm infants postdischarge -- The term infant -- Complementary feeding.…”
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Applied Topics in Health Psychology. by Caltabiano, Marie Louise

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The Wiley Handbook of Paulo Freire by Torres, Carlos

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Ghrelin : production, action mechanisms and physiological effects

Table of Contents: “…Prediction of the Potential Increase in Profitability Due to Increased Carcass Weight through Planned Matings Based on DNA testing of the 5â€?…”
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Chitin, chitosan, oligosaccharides and their derivatives : biological activities and applications

Table of Contents: “…Biomedical Applications of Chitin and Chitosan Derivatives: Chitin/Chitosan Oligosaccharides -- Low Molecular Weight Water Soluble Chitosan with Free Amine Group for Drug Delivery -- Chitosan/Chitosan Derivatives as Carriers and Immunoadjuvants in Vaccine Delivery -- Chitosan-Conjugated DNA Nanoparticle Delivery Systems for Gene Therapy -- Chitinolytic Enzymes from the Moderately Thermophilic Bacterium Ralstonia sp. …”
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Hands-on recommendation systems with Python : start building powerful and personalized, recommendation engines with Python by Banik, Rounak

Table of Contents: “…User-based collaborative filteringMean; Weighted mean; User demographics; Item-based collaborative filtering; Model-based approaches; Clustering; Supervised learning and dimensionality reduction; Singular-value decomposition; Summary; Chapter 7: Hybrid Recommenders; Technical requirements; Introduction; Case study -- Building a hybrid model; Summary; Other Books You May Enjoy; Index.…”
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A Companion to African History. by Worger, William

Table of Contents: “…AcknowledgmentsNotes; References; Chapter 3 Masculinities; Conceptual issues; African gender systems; Big men; Remaking men under colonialism; Urban gangs; The gendered elder state; Development; Postcolonial interventions and anxieties; Sexualities; Conclusion; Note; References; Chapter 4 Colonialism, Christianity, and Personhood; Christianity, colonialism, and the weight of blackness; African personhood and Western discursive practices; Everyday assaults on African personhood; Crisis of African personhood: From the traditional to hybrid forms; Conclusion; Notes; References.…”
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Mineral requirements for military personnel : levels needed for cognitive and physical performance during garrison training

Table of Contents: “…Haymes -- Stress factors affecting homeostasis: weight loss and mineral status / Steven B. Heymsfield -- Protein turnover and mineral metabolism / Henry C. …”
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Spon's Architects' and Builders' Price Book 2012. by Langdon, Davis

Table of Contents: “…; ""Definitions""; ""Conditions""; ""The Landfill Tax""; ""The tax""; ""Calculating the weight of waste""; ""Effect on prices""; ""Exemptions""; ""Property Insurance""; ""Present cost""; ""Allowance for inflation""; ""Fees""…”
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Poly(lactic acid) : synthesis, structures, properties, processing, applications, and end of life

Table of Contents: “…Production And Purification Of Lactic Acid And Lactide / Wim Groot, Jan Krieken, Olav Sliekersl, Sicco Vos -- Aqueous Solutions Of Lactic Acid / Carl T Lira, Lars Peereboom -- Industrial Production Of High-Molecular-Weight Poly(Lactic Acid) / Anders S?oderg?ard, Mikael Stolt, Saara Inkinen -- Design And Synthesis Of Different Types Of Poly(Lactic Acid)/Polylactide Copolymers / Ann-Christine Albertsson, Indra Kumari Varma, Bimlesh Lochab, Anna Finne-Wistrand, Sangeeta Sahu, Kamlesh Kumar -- Preparation, Structure, And Properties Of Stereocomplex-Type Poly(Lactic Acid) / Neha Mulchandani, Yoshiharu Kimura, Vimal Katiyar -- Properties. …”
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Introduction to Synthetic Aperture Radar : Concepts and Practice by Jansing, E. David

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- About the Author -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction to Synthetic Aperture Radar -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Origins of SAR -- 1.3 Examples of Synthetic Aperture Radar Systems -- 1.4 Timing and Geometry -- 1.5 The Synthetic Aperture -- 2 Ranging -- 2.1 Rangevia Echoing -- 2.2 The Linear Frequency-Modulated Chirp -- 2.3 Detecting the Received LFM Chirps -- 3 Imaging -- 3.1 Mathematical Model -- 3.2 Simulated Point Scatterers Using Quadrature Demodulation -- 3.3 Simulated Point Scatterers Using Dechirp -- 4 Image Formation -- 4.1 The Image Formation Chain -- 4.2 Motion Compensation -- 4.3 Processing Tools -- 5 Image Formation Algorithms for Quadrature Demodulated Data -- 5.1 Range-Doppler Algorithm -- 5.2 Omega-K or Range Migration Algorithm -- 5.3 Quadrature Demodulation versus Dechirp -- 6 Image Formation Algorithms for Dechirped Data -- 6.1 Polar Formatting -- 6.2 The Backprojection Algorithm -- 7 Autofocus -- 7.1 Sources of Phase Error -- 7.2 MapDrift -- 7.3 Phase Gradient Autofocus -- 8 Image Quality -- 8.1 Speckle -- 8.2 Multilook -- 8.3 Other Speckle Reduction Techniques -- 8.4 Aperture Weighting -- 8.5 Image Quality Metrics -- 9 Linear Frequency-Modulated Continuous Wave Systems -- 9.1 LFMCW Systems -- 9.2 LFMCW Transmitter-Receiver Model -- 9.3 LFMCW Mathematical Model -- 9.4 Motion Compensation for LFMCW -- 10 Remote Sensing with Synthetic Aperture Radar -- 10.1 Polarimetry -- 10.2 Ocean Remote Sensing -- 10.3 Deep Learning -- 11 Interferometry -- 11.1 The Basics -- 11.2 Terrain Estimation -- 11.3 Coherent Change Detection -- 11.4 Earthquakes -- 12 Moving Objects in Synthetic Aperture Radar -- 12.1 Mathematical Model -- 12.2 Challenges with Moving Object Estimation and Single-Channel SAR -- 12.3 Other Types of Moving Objects -- Acronyms -- Variables -- Glossary -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X.…”
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Advanced research in design, manufacturing and materials : selected, peer reviewed papers from the International Symposium on Engineering and Technology (ISET-2014), January 9-10,...

Table of Contents: “…Investigation of the Machinability Characteristics of GFRP / Epoxy Composites Using Taguchi MethodologyImperata cylindrica / Sacred Grass Long Fibre Reinforced Polyester Composites -- An Experimental Determination of Properties; Experimental Optimization of Thickness of Protective Padding for Two-Wheeler Rider's Helmet; Selection of Material for Wind Turbine Blade by Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Method; Effect of Weight Percentage on Mechanical Properties of Boron Carbide Particulate Reinforced Aluminium Matrix Composites; Fabrication and Sliding Wear Behaviour of Metal Matrix Composites…”
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Response of Piled Buildings to the Construction of Deep Excavations. by Author

Table of Contents: “…Building behaviourCauses of damage in buildings; Classification of damage; Criteria for damage to buildings; Limiting tensile strain method; Interaction soil -- building for shallow foundations; Introduction; The effect of building stiffness; The effect of building weight; The effect of the interface between building and soil; The response of pile foundations near deep excavations; Pile behavior; Response of piles to tunneling; Response of piles to deep excavations; Summary of literature; Green field displacements; Building deformations and damage; Soil-structure interaction.…”
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Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion, Volume 4. by Mittal, Kash L.

Table of Contents: “…Surface modification of banana-based lignocellulosic fibresXeCl excimer laser treatment of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene fibers; Thin film coating of textile materials. …”
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