Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Advances in Civil Infrastructure and Construction Materials (CICM 2023), Volume 2

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Experimental Study of the Behavior of Reinforced Masonry Wall Under Cyclic loading -- Chapter 2: Behavior of Beam-Column Joint in Fully Encased Composite Column Subjected to Cyclic and Monotonic Loading -- Chapter 3: Performance of Concurrent Shear Wall as a Bracing System to Resist Lateral Load on Supertall Structures -- Chapter 4: Nonlinear FE Investigation of HSS Column Base Plate Connection -- Chapter 5: Ultimate Compression Capacity of Unbonded Steel-Mesh Reinforced Elastomeric Bearings -- Chapter 6: Revisiting the Shear Design Provisions for FRP-RC Deep Beams without Stirrups -- Chapter 7: Tall Wood and Hybrid Buildings with Innovative Structural Concepts -- Chapter 8: Vibration Analysis of Light Rail Transit (LRT) Bridge Supported on Rocking Pier(s) and Isolated Abutments -- Chapter 9: In-Plane Seismic Performance of Partially Grouted Reinforced Masonry Walls -- Chapter 10: Exploration of the Open Time and Compressive Strength of Alkali-Activated Mixtures for 3D-Printed Concrete -- Chapter 11: Parameters Contributing to The Strength Reduction of Self-Centering Concrete Bridge Piers -- Chapter 12: Effect of Lapping in Reinforcement in One-way Reinforced Concrete Slabs with Welded Wire -- Chapter 13: Utilizing Tax-Payer Funds Efficiently: Selection of Superpave Bituminous Binder for Highway Construction in Bangladesh -- Chapter 14: Compressive Behaviour of Slender Discontinuous Double Steel Tube Confined Concrete Column under Concentric Loading -- Chapter 15: Lateral Torsional Buckling Strength of High Strength Steel Beam under Various Moment Gradient. etc.…”
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Winterkill : poems by Davis, Todd F., 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Turning the Compost at 50 ; Ode scribbled on the back of a hunting tag ; How animals forgive us ; Reading entrails ; Translation problems ; Epistemology, with July moon ; Poem made of sadness and water ; The light around the little green heron ; Monarchs ; Canticle for native brook trout ; Silkworm parable ; July Letter to Chris D ; Revelation ; Priest ; Benediction ; Thieves ; Transfiguration of the beekeeper's daughter ; April landscape, with petals/furrows/wife ; August Hatch : thinking of my son after the goldenrod blooms ; What I know about death and resurrection ; Dreams of the dead father.…”
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Reflections on the early Christian history of religion

Table of Contents: “…Reflections on the Early Christian History of Religion; Copyright; Dedication; Contents/Inhalt; List of Contributors; Preface; Erwägungen zu einer Geschichte der Religion des Urchristentums; PART I; Zur historischen Rückfrage nach Jesus von Nazareth: Überlegungen nach der Fertigstellung eines Jesusbuches; Kontinuität als historische und theologische Fragestellung: Überlegungen zu einem Forschungsparadigma; Offene Fragen zur jüdischen Umwelt Jesu; Reflections on the Galilean Jesus in the Light of Martin Hengel's Jesus und das Judentum (Geschichte des frühen Christentums 1); PART II…”
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Housing, health and well-being by Battersby, Stephen, 1949-, Ezratty, Véronique, Ormandy, David

Table of Contents: “…Internal thermal environmentDampness and associated mould growth; Indoor air quality; Space and privacy; Security and fear of crime; Lighting and outlook; Noise; Domestic hygiene; Personal hygiene and sanitation; Water supply; Potentially dangerous features and events; Extreme events; Notes; Part 5 Standards and guidelines; Formulation of standards; Minimum, maximum, and target standards; Administrative standards or guidelines; Setting standards and drafting guidelines; The English and Welsh Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS); The UK Decent Home Standard…”
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Celluloid chains : slavery in the Americas through film

Table of Contents: “…Norrell -- Inheriting chains: lighting effects in Humberto Solas's Cecilia / Haley Osborn -- Afro-Peruvian Cimarrones: raiding the archives and articulating race / Rachel Sarah O'Toole -- Exoticization, Mestifagem, and Brazilian national consciousness in Carlos Diegues's Quilombo / Ignacio Lopez-Calvo -- Of slavery and humanity: focus, metaphor, and truth in Werner Herzog's Cobra Verde / Rudyard J. …”


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Read-to-me storybook.

Table of Contents: “…The wonderful day / Margaret Wise Brown -- Lots of places to sit / Lucy Sprague Mitchell -- The lights in Georgie's house / Kathleen Bernath -- Surprise / Charims -- The clock / Unknown -- Pitter patter / Dorothy W. …”


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Women's Voices in the Field of Educational Technology Our Journeys

Table of Contents: “…-- Elizabeth's Voice: Those Who Came Before Us - Jane Wheeler Boling -- Ali's Voice: Pathways toward Balance -- Ellen's Voice: The Long and Winding Road to Educational Communications and Technology Enlightenment -- Rhonda's Voice: And Gladly Would She Learn, and Gladly Teach -- Gráinne’s Voice: The Journey from Chemistry to E-learning -- Pat's Voice: A Journey towards Wisdom -- Insung's Voice: Great People, Boundless Opportunities, and Meaningful Changes -- Monica's Voice: Developing Designer Professional Identity -- Angela's Voice: Cherish the Support, Nurture the Relationships,- Eugene's Voice: Women leaders Guiding my Ethics of Caring -- Gayle's Voice: My Journey of How I Got to Now -- Will's Voice: The Academic Road - Thorns and Roses -- Joi's Voice: The Lights Along my Path -- Amy's Voice: Becoming Fully Human in our Professional Roles -- Krista's Voice: The Transformative Influence of Negative and Positive Experiences -- Paralleling Women as President of AECT with Changes in U.S. …”
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Psychology of religion in Turkey

Table of Contents: “…Coleman III; Chapter 8; Muslim Religious Development Scale; An Attempt in the Light of Al-Ghazzali's Perspectives of Religious Development; İlhan Topuz and Sakin Özışık; Chapter 9; How Religion Promotes Forgiveness.…”
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Movies as artifacts : cultural criticism of popular film

Table of Contents: “…Nachbar -- First motion picture audiences / Garth S. Jowett -- When the lights went out - Hollywood, the Depression, and the Thirties / Ralph A. …”


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Extended play sounding off from John Cage to Dr. Funkenstein by Corbett, John, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Fred Anderson/Von Freeman: On the Radical Lounge Tip -- Sainkho Namtchylak: Madame Butterfly Knows Only Enough -- Sun Ra: Eulogy and Light -- John Cage: The Conversation Game -- Steve Beresford: M.O.R. and More -- Evan Parker: Saxophone Botany -- Anthony Braxton: From Planet to Planet -- Alton Abraham: Brother's Keeper -- Derek Bailey: Free Retirement Plan -- Peter Brotzmann: Machine Gun Etiquette -- Han Bennink: Swing Softly and Play with a Big Stick -- The Ex: Live Free ... …”
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Progress in Optomechatronic Technologies Proceedings of the 2013 International Symposium on Optomechatronic Technologies, Oct 28–30, 2013, Jeju Island, Korea by Tutsch, Rainer

Table of Contents: “…Integration of Image and ID-POS in ISZOT for Behavior Analysis of Shoppers -- Low-Cost IR Visualizer Based on a Rotating Phosphor Screen for Accurate Beam Analysis -- Evaluation of Heteroepitaxially Grown Semipolar {20-21} GaN on Patterned Sapphire Substrate -- Development of a Low-Noise Three-Dimensional Imaging LIDAR System using two 1x8 Geiger-Mode Avalanche Photodiode Arrays -- Quick Light-Mixing for Image Inspection using Simplex Search and Robust Parameter Design -- Dense 3D Reconstruction in Multi-Camera Systems -- Optimization of Coupling Condition in Distance between the Sphere and the Tapered Fiber for Diameter Measurement of Microsphere by using WGM Resonance -- UV Shadow Moiré for Specular and Large Surface Shape Measurement -- Development of measurement system for 3D microscope -- Design and Fabrication of a Prototype Actuator for Fourier Transform Interferometry -- Peak Search Method for the Optical Spectrum Signals -- Magnetostriction Induced Fiberoptic Metal Profile Detector -- Liquid Viscosity Sensing Using Nonlinear Higher Order -- Harmonic Excitation in Fiberoptic Vibrating -- Simulation and Optimization of Nanoparticle Patterned Substrates for SERS Effect -- An image based coordinate tracking system using afocal optics for surgical navigation.- Feasibility Study of a functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy as a Brain Optical Imaging Modality for -- Real-Time Monitoring System for Industrial Motion and Optical Micro Vibration Detection -- Thermal Manipulation Utilizing Micro-cantilever Probe in Scanning Electron Microscopy -- Sound-source tracking and obstacle avoidance system for the mobile robot -- Object-tracking robot using data combination of ultrasonic sensor and servo motor.…”
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Spatial Data and Intelligence 4th International Conference, SpatialDI 2023, Nanchang, China, April 13–15, 2023, Proceedings

Table of Contents: “…Traffic Management -- APADGCN: Adaptive Partial Attention Diffusion Graph Convolutional Network for Traffic Flow Forecasting -- DeepParking: Deep Learning-based Planning Method for Autonomous Parking -- Recommendations for Urban Planning based on Non-motorized Travel Data and Street Comfort -- A Composite Grid Clustering Algorithm based on Density and Balance Degree -- Visualization Analysis -- Research on the Visualization Method of Weibo User Sentiment Analysis based on IP Affiliation and Comment Content -- Village Web 3D Visualization System based on Cesium -- Spatial Big Data Analysis -- Spatial-Aware Community Search over Heterogeneous Information Networks -- Ship Classification Based on Trajectories Data and LightGBM Considering Offshore Distance Feature -- CDGCN: An Effective and Efficient Algorithm based on Community Detection for Training Deep and Large Graph Convolutional Networks -- Investigate the Relationship between Traumatic Occurrences and Socio-economic Status based on Geographic Information System (GIS): The Case of Qingpu in Shanghai, China -- Contact Query Processing based on Spatiotemporal Trajectory -- Influential Community Search over Large Heterogeneous Information Networks -- Spatiotemporal Data Mining -- Fast Mining Prevalent Co-location Patterns over Dense Spatial Datasets -- Continuous Sub-prevalent Co-location Pattern Mining -- The Abnormal Detection Method of Ship Trajectory with Adaptive Transformer Model based on Migration Learning -- Spatiotemporal Data Storage -- A Comparative Study of Row and Column Storage for Time Series Data -- LOACR: A Cache Replacement Method Based on Loop Assist -- Metaverse -- Unifying Reality and Virtuality: Constructing a Cohesive Metaverse Using Complex Numbers.…”
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A feminist companion to the Hebrew Bible in the New Testament

Table of Contents: “…Bredin -- Sarah's seminal emission : Hebrews 11.11 in the light of ancient embryology / Pieter W. van der Horst -- Mary's call / Bea Wyler -- The foremothers and the mother of Jesus / Jane Schaberg -- Elisabeth and Mary, Naomi and Ruth : gender-response criticism in Luke 1-2 / Arie Troost -- From narrative to history : the resurrection of Mary and Martha / Adele Reinhartz -- Scripture and the feminine in John / Judith Lieu -- A symbolic level of meaning : John 2.1-11 (The marriage in Cana) / Lyn M. …”
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For René Girard : essays in friendship and in truth

Table of Contents: “…Johnsen -- René Girard : the architect of my spiritual home / Jozef Niewiadomski -- Eucharisto, René Girard : searching for a pacifist theology / Jacques-Jude Lépine -- The way to more insight and personal freedom / Sonja Pos -- Girard, Buddhism, and the psychology of desire / Eugene Webb -- Magister lucis : in the light of René Girard / James G. Williams -- Breakout from the belly of the beast : Robert Hamerton-Kelly -- On paper and in person / Gil Bailie -- Drawn into conversion : how mimetic theory changed my way of being a Christian theologian / Walter Palaver -- For René Girard : in appreciation / Richard J. …”
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Sexual politics and popular culture

Table of Contents: “…Theriot -- Hollywood comedy and Aristotelian ethics : reconciling differences / Cynthia Willett -- Women's voices, images, and silences in popular music / Ray Pratt -- Kate Clinton : the production and reception of feminist humor / Cheryl Kader -- Party lights : utopic desire and the girl group sound / Paul Gripp -- Forbidden fruits and unholy lusts : illicit sex in Black American literature / Sandra Y. …”
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All our yesterdays : a brief history of Detroit by Woodford, Frank B. (Frank Bury), 1903-1967, Woodford, Arthur M., 1940-

Table of Contents: “…The New Breed; Meet Lewis Cass; The Easy Road West; Making of a State; 6. Light in the Wilderness; School Days; The Church Bells Ring; Detroit Goes to Press; 7. …”
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Sustainability in Energy and Buildings 2021

Table of Contents: “…The value of the colour temperature in a low light intensity design -- Chapter 13. A methodology for fast simulation of energy retrofitting scenarios of social building stock -- Chapter 14. …”
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School Policy Reform in Europe Exploring Transnational Alignments, National Particularities and Contestations

Table of Contents: “…School Policy and Reforms in Poland in the light of decentralisation – between democratisation and centralisation (Joanna Madalińska-Michalak) -- Chapter 10. …”
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Handbook on Public Private Partnerships in Transportation, Vol I Airports, Water Ports, Rail, Buses, Taxis, and Finance

Table of Contents: “…Developing Urban Rail Using Public Private Partnership – A Case Study of the Gold Coast Light Rail Project -- Chapter 14. For Hire Vehicle Regulation, misunderstanding, mismatch, control and capture: the case of Vehicles for Hire and PPP -- Chapter 15. …”
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City imaging : regeneration, renewal and decay by Brabazon, Tara

Table of Contents: “…Glasgow the brand: Whose story is it anyway / Mhairi Lennon -- My state had a mining boom and all I got was this lousy train-line / Leanne McRae -- Swan Valley Sideways: Economic development through taste and tourism in Western Australia / Tara Brabazon -- The Atrium: a convergence of education, leisure and consumption / Danny Hagan -- Culture of car parks or car parking cultures / Zuzana Blazeckova -- Sticky Brighton: Dog Excrement in Brighton and Hove public areas / Ana Kvalheim -- Hacking the City: Disability and access in cities made of software / David Cake and Mike Kent -- Security and the City: The CHOGM Lockdown / Leanne McRae -- Luanda: Running on the wrong track towards global acceptance / Boniswa Vaz Contreires -- Fado: Faracy Grouse -- When Bohemia becomes a business: City Lights, Columbus Avenue and the future of San Francisco / Tara Brabazon -- Working the crowds: street performances in public spaces / Andrew Carlin -- Third tier rave towns: The orbit in Morley / Nick Dunn -- Beats by the Bay: Sixties San Francisco music and the development of a Contemporary Tourism Industry / Nadine Caouette -- Brighton Sound Cities, music and distinctiveness / Abigail Edwards -- Makkah Al-Mukaaramah: A Second Tier City for Religious Tourism / Saeed Al Amoudy -- Unseen Napa: QR codes as virtual portals / Mick Winter -- Osaka in and out of the Nation: Neoliberal Spatial Gestures for the Globally Competitive City-Region / Joel Matthews -- Brand Wellington: When city imaging is GLAMed / Tara Brabazon -- Conclusion: Imaging injustice / Tara Brabazon.…”
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