COMSOL5 for Engineers. by Tabatabaian, Merhzad

Table of Contents: “…Halftitle; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; About the author; Chapter 1: Introduction to Finite Element Method; Overview and Introduction; FEM Background; The Ritz Method; Example 1.1: Ritz method application-displacement of a cantilever beam; FEM Formulation; Matrix Approach; Example 1.2: Analysis of a 2D truss; General Procedure for Global Matrix Assembly; Example 1.3: Global matrix for triangular elements; Weighted Residual Approach; Galerkin Method; Shape Functions; Convergence and Stability; Example 1.4: Heat transfer in a slender steel bar; Exercises.…”
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Handbook of Plasticizers. by Wypych, George

Table of Contents: “…3.28 RESIDUAL CONTAMINATION3.29 SAMPLING; 3.30 SAPONIFICATION VALUE; 3.31 SAYBOLT VISCOSITY; 3.32 SORPTION OF PLASTICIZER; 3.33 SPECIFIC GRAVITY; 3.34 SPECIFICATION; 3.35 STAINING; 3.36 STIFFNESS; 3.37 TENSILE PROPERTIES; 3.38 THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENT; 3.39 UNSAPONIFIABLE CONTENTS; 3.40 VISCOSITY OF PLASTISOLS AND ORGANOSOLS; 3.41 WATER CONCENTRATION; 3.42 WEIGHT LOSS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Transportation and Storage; 4.1 TRANSPORTATION; 4.2 STORAGE; REFERENCES; Chapter 5. …”
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Biochemical engineering

Table of Contents: “…Effect of Þ-PGA Concentration and Molecular Weight; 3.3. Effect of Added Metal Cations and pH; 3.4. …”
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Proceedings of the ninth North American blueberry research and extension workers conference by Eaton, Leonard, Forney, Charles F.

Table of Contents: “…Nutrient Uptake and Yield -- chapter Effects of Salt Deposition from Salt Water Spray on Lowbush -- chapter Main and Interactive Effects of Vegetative-Year Applications of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium Fertilizers on the Wild Blueberry -- chapter Efficient Mowing for Pruning Wild Blueberry Fields -- chapter Effect of Soil Calcium Applications on Blueberry Yield and Quality -- chapter Effect of In-Row Spacing and Early Cropping on Yield and Dry Weight Partitioning of Three Highbush Blueberry Cultivars the First Two Years After Planting -- chapter Effects of Nitrogen Sources on Growth and Leaf Nutrient Concentrations of ‘Tifblue’ Rabbiteye Blueberry Under Water Culture -- chapter Stem and Leaf Diseases and Their Effects on Yield in Maine Lowbush Blueberry Fields -- chapter Row Covers to Delay or Advance Maturity in Highbush Blueberry -- chapter Rabbiteye Blueberry Field Trials with the Growth Regulator CPPU -- chapter Susceptibility of Southern Highbush Blueberry Cultivars to Botryosphaeria Stem Blight -- chapter Post-Harvest Hedging and Pruning of Three Year Pruning Trial on ‘Climax’ and ‘Tifblue’ Rabbiteye Blueberry -- chapter Fungal Pathogens Associated with Blueberry Propagation Beds in North Carolina -- chapter Vaccinia gloriosa -- chapter An Overview of Weed Management in the Wild Lowbush Blueberry-Past and Present -- chapter Use of Two Sulfonyl Urea Herbicides in Lowbush Blueberry -- chapter Determination of Evapotranspiration and Drainage in Lowbush Blueberries (Vaccinium angustifolium) Using Weighing Lysimeters -- chapter Field-Edge Based Management Tactics for Blueberry Maggot in Lowbush Blueberry -- chapter An Overview of RAPD Analysis to Estimate Genetic Relationships in Lowbush Blueberry -- chapter Identification of Host Volatile Compounds for Monitoring Blueberry Maggot Fly -- chapter Investigation of a Possible Sexual Function Specialization in the Lowbush Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton. …”
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Imaging of Trabecular Microfracture and Bone Marrow Edema and Hemorrhage by Bahk, Yong-Whee

Table of Contents: “…Techniques of Seriated Nave and Gamma Correction Pinhole Bone Scanning and Reference Conventional Radiography and Corroborative Coronal FS T2 weighted MRI -- 28. NIH ImageJ Densitometry of 99mTc-HDP Uptake Intensity Measurement in Bone Marrow Edema and Hemorrhage and Trabecular Microfracture on Seriated Naive and Gamma Correction Pinhole Bone Scans -- 29. …”
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Applied Logistic Regression. by Hosmer, David W.

Table of Contents: “…Applied Logistic Regression; Contents; Preface to the Third Edition; 1 Introduction to the Logistic Regression Model; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Fitting the Logistic Regression Model; 1.3 Testing for the Significance of the Coefficients; 1.4 Confidence Interval Estimation; 1.5 Other Estimation Methods; 1.6 Data Sets Used in Examples and Exercises; 1.6.1 The ICU Study; 1.6.2 The Low Birth Weight Study; 1.6.3 The Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in Women; 1.6.4 The Adolescent Placement Study; 1.6.5 The Burn Injury Study; 1.6.6 The Myopia Study; 1.6.7 The NHANES Study…”
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Image Processing & Communications Challenges 6 by Choraś, Ryszard S.

Table of Contents: “…2.2 Multi-level Thresholding2.3 Discovering Important Regions of Image; 3 Numerical Experiments; 4 Conclusions; References; Gaussian Mixture Model Based Non-Local MeansTechnique for Mixed Noise Suppressionin Color Images; 1 Introduction; 2 Region Homogeneity; 3 Gaussian Mixture Modeling; 4 Non-Local Means Algorithm; 5 Experimental Setup; 6 Noise Suppression Results; 7 Conclusions; References; Robust Image Retrieval Based on MixtureModeling of Weighted Spatio-color Information; 1 Introduction; 2 Gaussian Mixture Modeling; 3 Experimental Setup; 4 Evaluation of the Method Efficiency…”
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Innovation and Export : The Joint Challenge of the Small Company. by Enjolras, Manon

Table of Contents: “…Step 1: create a maturity profile -- 3.2.2. Step 2: weighting and characterization of the evaluation model using multi-criteria analysis tools -- 3.2.3. …”
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Applied computational fluid dynamics techniques : an introduction based on finite element methods by L?ohner, Rainald

Table of Contents: “…The basic problem ; Choice of trial functions ; General properties of shape-functions ; Weighted residual methods with local functions ; Effort vs. accuracy -- Approximation of operators ; Classification of methods ; The Laplace operator ; Recovery of derivatives ; Spectral elements -- Temporal approximation ; Explicit schemes ; Implicit schemes ; A word of caution -- Solution of large systems of equations. …”
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Oxidative stress biomarkers and antioxidant protocols

Table of Contents: “…Collins -- Measurement of DNA double-strand breaks with giant DNA and high molecular-weight DNA fragments by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis / Yoshihiro Higuchi -- Evaluation of antibodies against oxygen free radical-modified DNA by ELISA / Rashid Ali -- pt. 2. …”


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Essays in Honor of Cheng Hsiao. by Terrell, Dek

Table of Contents: “…VNV method -- 3.4. Optimal weighting averaging approach -- 3.5. VAR approximation approach -- 4. …”
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Extending OpenStack : Leverage extended OpenStack projects to implement containerization, deployment, and architecting robust cloud solutions. by Khedher, Omar

Table of Contents: “…Decomposing the compute powerEmpowering the compute service; Varying the compute flavor; Meeting Docker; Joining Docker; Meeting Xen; Joining Xen; Segregating the compute resources; Reasoning for infrastructure segregation; Defining regions; Defining AZ; Defining host aggregate; Defining cells; Reasoning for workload segregation; Filtering the compute workload; Weighting the compute power; Stacking or spreading; Weighing in action; Summary; Chapter 3: Enlarging the OpenStack Storage Capabilities; Varying the block storage backends; Managing block storage â#x80;#x93; Logical Volume Manager (LVM).…”
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Catalytic Reactors

Table of Contents: “…4 Application of multi-objective optimization in the design and operation of industrial catalytic reactors and processes -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Multi-objective optimization -- 4.2.1 Concept of multi-objective optimization -- 4.2.2 MOO methods -- 4.3 No-preference methods -- 4.3.1 Neutral compromised solution -- 4.4 A priori methods -- 4.4.1 Method of Weighted global criterion -- 4.4.2 Lexicographic method -- 4.4.3 Goal Programming (GP) -- 4.5 A posteriori methods -- 4.5.1 f-Constraint Method -- 4.6 Interactive methods -- 4.7 Genetic algorithms.…”
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Towards innovative freight and logistics

Table of Contents: “…Bibliography; 9 Possible Impacts of Increasing Maximum Truck Weight: Finland Case Study; 9.1. Introduction; 9.2. …”
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Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems Selected Papers from KICSS’2014 - 9th International Conference, held in Limassol, Cyprus, on November 6-8, 2014

Table of Contents: “…-- Knowledge Extraction and Annotation Tools to Support Creativity at the Initial Stage of Product Design: Requirements and Assessment -- Web Board Question Answering System on Problem-Solving Through Problem Clusters -- A PHR Front-End System with the Facility of Data Migration from Printed Forms -- Investigating Unit Weighting and Unit Selection Factors in Thai Multi-Document Summarization -- On the Use of Character Affinities for Story Plot Generation -- Vicarious: A flexible framework for the creative use of sensed biodata.…”
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Polysaccharides Bioactivity and Biotechnology

Table of Contents: “…Part I Polysaccharides: Occurrence, Structure, Distribution and Biotechnology Polysaccharides: an introduction (overview) -- Bacterial polysaccharides -- Fungal polysaccharides -- Polysaccharides from lower plants -- Polysaccharides from higher plants -- Biosynthesis of polysaccharides -- Life cycle assessment of polysaccharide materials -- Polysaccharides: applications in biotechnology -- Polysaccharides production by submerged fermentation -- Fed-batch fermentation of Tuber melanosporum for the hyperproduction of mycelia and bioactive tuber polysaccharides -- Production of polysaccharide from Agaricus subrufescens Peck on solid-state fermentation -- In vitro fermentation and prebiotic potential of novel low molecular weight polysaccharides derived from agar and alginate seaweeds -- Biopolymers from marine prokaryotes -- Carrageenan biotechnology -- Dextrans : biotechnology and applications -- Polysaccharide nanocrystals in future functional nanomaterials -- Extracellular polysaccharides from cyanobacterial soil crusts -- Polysaccharide complexes with metal cations: Structure and application -- Modified gums: Approaches and applications in drug delivery. …”
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Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate by Yang, Donglang

Table of Contents: “…4.3 The Restriction Factors of Urban Carrying Capacity4.3.1 The Standard of Limiting Factors Status Index; 4.3.2 Selection of Restrictive Factors; 4.4 Evaluation of Sustainable Development of New Urbanization in Shaanxi; 4.4.1 The Establishment of Evaluation System; 4.4.2 The Setting of Theoretical Model; 4.4.2.1 The Introduction of FAHP; Transform the Scale of Traditional AHP into FAHP; Definition of Fuzzy Consistent Matrix; 4.4.2.2 Procedure of Model Building; Use of FAHP to Calculate the Weight; Standardization Each Index; Evaluation of Urbanization Level; 4.4.2.3 Evaluation Analysis.…”
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COMSOL for engineers by Tabatabaian, Mehrzad

Table of Contents: “…Cover page; Half title; LICENSE, DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY, AND LIMITED WARRANTY; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Finite Element Method-A Summary; Overview; FEM Formulation; Matrix Approach; Example 2.1: Analysis of a 2D Truss; General Procedure for Global Matrix Assembly; Example 2.2: Global Matrix for Triangular Elements; Weighted Residual Approach; Galerkin Method; Shape Functions; Convergence and Stability; Example2.3: Heat Transfer in a Slender Steel Bar; Exercise Problems; References; Chapter 3: COMSOL-A Modeling Tool for Engineers.…”
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Understanding MEMS : Principles and Applications. by Castañer, Luis

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- About the Companion Website -- 1 Scaling of Forces -- 1.1 Scaling of Forces Model -- 1.2 Weight -- 1.3 Elastic Force -- 1.4 Electrostatic Force -- 1.5 Capillary Force -- 1.6 Piezoelectric Force -- 1.7 Magnetic Force -- 1.8 Dielectrophoretic Force -- 1.9 Summary -- Problems -- Notes -- 2 Elasticity -- 2.1 Stress -- 2.2 Strain -- 2.3 Stress-strain Relationship -- 2.4 Strain-stress Relationship in Anisotropic Materials -- 2.5 Miller Indices -- 2.6 Angles of Crystallographic Planes…”
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Advances and Trends in Artificial Intelligence. Theory and Applications 37th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Syste...

Table of Contents: “…. -- Accelerating Recurrent Neural Network Controllers Using Levenberg–Marquardt and Forward Accumulation Through Time in Closed-loop Control Systems with Parallel Computing and Weight Dropout Techniques. -- A Novel Instance Generator for Benchmarking the Job Shop Scheduling Problem. -- Various Applications. -- Hybrid Additive Manufacturing: A Convergence of Physical, Digital, and Social Realms Driven by Generative AI. -- Reconsidering Stochastic Policy Gradient Methods for Traffic Signal Control. -- Improving Noise Robustness of Automatic Speech Recognition based on a Parallel Adapter Model with Near-Identity Initialization. -- A sparse binary data clustering method for transaction data. -- Silver Surfer: Navigating the Parametric Protein Space with Genetic Algorithms. -- Knowledge-based Monitoring for Checking Law and Regulation Compliance. -- Exploring Simpson's Paradox Through the Lens of Fuzzy Causal Inference.…”
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