Extinct : a compendium of obsolete objects

Table of Contents: “…Abramson -- Globe of Mars / Lucy Garrett -- High-pressure water mains / Adrian Forty -- House environment / Eszter Steierhoffer -- 'Hummingbird' taxi / Lucinda Hawksley -- Incandescent light bulb / Mari Hvattum -- Integrated radio/TV cabinet / Anders V. …”
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Imagine Math 8 Dreaming Venice

Table of Contents: “…Geometrical Optics and Divine Light in Dante, Michelangelo and Raphael -- 11 Marco Pierini, On The Classification and Recording of Colours According to the Methods of the Painter Adolfo Ferraris: A Brief Note -- 12 Anthony Phillips, Colored Figurative Tilings in Pre-Incan Textiles -- 13 Tony Robbin, The Artistic (and Practical) Utility of Hyperspace -- 14 Carla Scagliosi, From Vision to Perception: Chardin’s Eighteenth Century Cultural and Scientific Approach to Painting (and Soap Bubbles) -- Part IV Architecture and Mathematics: 15 Michele Emmer and Fulvio Wirz, Andrea Palladio and Zaha Hadid -- Tullia Iori, 16 Sergio Musmeci and the Calculation of the Form -- 17 Enrico Giusti, Twenty Years of Il Giardino di Archimede -- Part V Design and Mathematics: 18 George W. …”
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Quantum, nano, micro technologies and applied researches : selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2013 2nd International Symposium on Quantum, Nano and Micro Technologies (ISQNM 2...

Table of Contents: “…Hg Ion Detection with Monolayered Graphene and Gold in a Microfluidic ChannelInvestigation of Space Charge Distribution of MgO/XLPE Composites Depending on Particle Size of MgO as Inorganic Filler; Optimization of ZnO-Coated TiO2 Working Electrode and Application in a Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell; The Effects of Nitrogen Concentration in TiNx and the Thickness of HfSiOxN to the Tunneling Currents in Isotropic TiNx/HfSiOxN/SiO2/Si(100) Capacitors; Synthesize of SrxLa1-xTiO3 Visible Light Responces Photocatalyst Films for the Water-Splitting Reaction by Pulsed Laser Deposition.…”
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Beyond given knowledge : investigation, quest and exploration in modernism and the avant-gardes

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Moore's law : the life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley's quiet revolutionary by Thackray, Arnold, 1939-

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City watch : discovering the uncommon Chicago by Anderson, Jon, 1936-2014

Table of Contents: “…Try the Bus ; Painting Tell Tales of Beverly Life ; Hopes Blossom in North Lawndale ; Austin Village Shows No Place Like Home ; A Hyde Park Denizen Comes of Age ; New Drive for South Side Y ; Memories of Titanic Unsinkable ; Light Pole Painter Has a True Brush with Fame ; The Ultimate Out-of-Towners ; River's Friends Go Where Only Most Hardy Dare -- Local Tactics in the Restless Search for Love : Shrinks in Love ; One Language Needs No Translation ; Small Delights on the Zephyr ; In Touch with Sex ; Algren Affair to Remember Lives Again ; Porn Star Missy Is Graphic about Safe Sex ; Marriage an Open Book for Loggins, Wife -- Oh, To Be a Fish (Or Cat) in Chicago : Finned Friends Cheer Lonely Guests ; Animal Lovers Ferret Out a Unique Halfway House ; 268 Paws Tug at Her Heartstrings ; Paws Put Furry Faces in the Adoption Market ; Gold Coast Pays Tribute to Its Storied Vet -- The Meaning of Life? …”
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Towards Future Technologies for Business Ecosystem Innovation

Table of Contents: “…1.3 FWE Enablers1.3.1 IoT and M2M; 1.3.2 Visible Light Communication; 1.3.3 Intelligent Transportation System (ITS); 1.3.4 Introduction of Intelligence in Wireless Networks; 1.4 Segmentation Strategy for FWE; 1.5 Threats to Future Wireless Ecosystem; 1.6 Usable Security and Privacy; 1.7 Summary; References; Biographies; Chapter 2 -- Wireless Access in Future Smart Cities and Data Driven Business Opportunities; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Unified Wireless Access for Future Smart Cities; 2.3 Performance of the UWA as a Cyber Physical System and the Data in the Cloud.…”
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Islamic capital markets and products : managing capital and liquidity requirements under Basel III by Archer, Simon

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Origin, Evolution and Biogeographic History of South American Turtles by De la Fuente, Marcelo S.

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World Health Systems by Sun, Xiaoming

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Dendrimers, dendrons, and dendritic polymers : discovery, applications, and the future by Tomalia, Donald A.

Table of Contents: “…2.2.2.4 Connectivity2.2.2.5 Branch cells; Symmetrical/unsymmetrical; Monomeric versus oligomeric repeat units; Chirality; 2.2.2.6 Terminal Functionality; Diversity of terminal functionality; Atom mimicry; 2.2.3 Dendrimer core, interior, and terminal group interaction to produce functional nano-devices; 2.2.3.1 Dendrimers as unimolecular micelle mimics; 2.2.3.2 Dendrimers as light harvesting antenna; 2.3 Advances in dendron and dendrimer internal complexity; 2.3.1 Homopolymeric dendrons/dendrimers; 2.3.1.1. …”
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A Visual Atlas for Soil Micromorphologists by Verrecchia, Eric P., Trombino, Luca

Table of Contents: “…How to make thin sections -- Chapter 5.The polarised light microscope -- Chapter 6. Other techniques of observation -- Chapter 7. …”
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As affecting the fate of my absent husband : selected letters of Lady Franklin concerning the search for the lost Franklin expedition, 1848-1860 by Franklin, Jane, 1791-1875

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Alexander der Große und die "Freiheit der Hellenen" : studien zu der antiken historiographischen Überlieferung und den Inschriften der Alexander-ära by Lehmann, Gustav Adolf

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Self-Cleaning Materials and Surfaces : a Nanotechnology Approach. by Daoud, Walid A.

Table of Contents: “…3.3 Self-Cleaning Glasses Based on Photocatalysis and Photoinduced Hydrophilicity3.3.1 Self-Cleaning Glasses with Pores; 3.3.2 Doping to Realize Visible-Light-Induced Self-Cleaning Glasses; 3.3.3 The Use of Hole Transfer to Realize Self-Cleaning; 3.3.4 The Effect of Temperature and Atmosphere on the Photoinduced Hydrophilicity; 3.3.5 The Effect of Soda Ions on the Properties of Self-Cleaning Glasses; 3.3.6 The Anti-Bacterial Effect and Anti-Fogging Effect; 3.3.7 The Composite SiO2 Films for Self-Cleaning Glasses with High Antireflection; 3.4 Inorganic Hydrophobic Self-Cleaning Glasses.…”
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Diagnosis and Management of Ocular Motility Disorders. by Ansons, Alec M.

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Fourth Edition -- Section 1: Assessment -- 1 History -- General principles -- Manifest strabismus -- Defective ocular movement -- Nystagmus -- Abnormal head posture -- Defective vision -- Subjective symptoms -- 2 Ophthalmic Examination -- Introduction -- General appearance -- Head posture -- Head movement -- Visual acuity -- Eyelids -- Eye position -- Assessment of ocular deviation and ocular movement -- Examination of the eye -- Additional investigations -- 3 Refraction -- Factors influencing the unaccommodated refractive state -- Refractive state of the eye in infancy and childhood (Figure 3.1) -- Methods of refraction -- Drugs used in refraction -- Correction of refractive errors -- Rehabilitation for low vision and acquired visual field defects -- 4 Visual Function -- Light sense -- Form sense -- Further investigation when defective visual acuity is recorded or estimated -- Contrast sensitivity -- Visual fields -- Colour sense -- Motion sense -- Electrodiagnostic tests for visual function -- 5 Ocular Deviation -- Detection of strabismus -- Pseudostrabismus -- Measurement of strabismus -- 6 Ocular Movements -- Ocular motor function -- Laws relating to ocular movement -- Ocular movement systems -- Clinical assessment of ocular movement range -- 7 Binocular Function -- Terminology -- Correspondence -- Aims of investigation -- Investigation of binocular vision -- Grade of binocular vision -- Suppression -- Investigation of binocular vision -- Tests for stereopsis -- Tests specifically used to assess correspondence -- Tests for suppression -- Quality of binocular single vision -- Section 2: Principles of Management -- 8 Nonsurgical Management -- Optical management -- Orthoptic exercises -- Occlusion -- Pharmacological management -- 9 Surgical Management.…”
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Les Misérables by Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885

Table of Contents: “…WELCOME; CHAPTER III-A HARD BISHOPRIC FOR A GOOD BISHOP; CHAPTER IV-WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS; CHAPTER V-MONSEIGNEUR BIENVENU MADE HIS CASSOCKS LAST TOO LONG; CHAPTER VI-WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM; CHAPTER VII-CRAVATTE; CHAPTER VIII-PHILOSOPHY AFTER DRINKING; CHAPTER IX-THE BROTHER AS DEPICTED BY THE SISTER; CHAPTER X-THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT; CHAPTER XI-A RESTRICTION; CHAPTER XII-THE SOLITUDE OF MONSEIGNEUR WELCOME; CHAPTER XIII-WHAT HE BELIEVED.…”
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Africa and Globalization Novel Multidisciplinary Perspectives

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Smart City 360° First EAI International Summit, Smart City 360°, Bratislava, Slovakia and Toronto, Canada, October 13-16, 2015. Revised Selected Papers

Table of Contents: “…A survey on mobile sensing based mood-fatigue detection for drivers -- Straight From The Horse’s Mouth: “I am an Electric Vehicle User, I am a Risk Taker -- Automated Pedestrians Data Collection using Computer Vision -- Optimizing Network Coverage in Radio Self Organizing Networks by M/L based Beam Tilt Algorithm -- Understanding Intercity Freeway Traffic Variability at Holidays Using Anonymous Cell Phone Data -- Privacy-Enhanced Android for Smart Cities Applications -- Towards Smart City Implementations in Sub-Saharan Africa - The Case of Public Transportation in Ouagadougou -- Connecting Digital Cities: Return of Experience on the Development of a Data Platform for Multimodal Journey Planning -- Development of Route Accessibility Index to support Wayfinding for People with Disabilities -- Simulating Adaptive, Personalized, Multi-modal Mobility in Smart Cities -- Feature-Based Room-Level Localization of Unmodified Smartphones -- Design and Implementation of a Remotely Configurable and Manageable Well-being Study -- A Novel Wayfinding Service for Empowering Physical Activity -- An Overview of Smart Grids in the GCC Region -- Smart Grid for Smart City Activities in the California City of Riverside -- Power Consumption Scheduling for Future Connected Smart Homes Using Bi-Level Cost-Wise Optimization Approach -- Wind Resource Assessment of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona -- User Behavior Modeling for Estimating Residential Energy Consumption -- Secure Management and Processing of Metered Data in the Cloud -- A Secure Cloud Architecture for Data Generated in the Energy Sector -- Network-Aware QoS Routing for Smart Grids Using Software Defined Networks -- elf-healing Restoration of Smart Microgrids in Islanded Mode of Operation -- Transportation Big Data Simulation Platform for the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) -- Appliance Water Disaggregation via Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring (NILM) -- Seismic source modeling by clustering earthquakes and predicting earthquake magnitudes -- Restaurant Sales and Customer Demand Forecasting: Literature Survey and Categorization of Methods -- Knowledge management in the marketing mix of small food businesses -- Some Reflections on the Determinants of ICT Usage -- Social Media Communication: Re-creating the Context of Social Gaming -- The Requirements to Develop a Competency Model for the Position of a Team Leader in Industrial Enterprises in Slovakia -- Traffic Signs in Urban Logistics with the Use of RFID Technology -- Informatization of Rail Freight Wagon By Implementation of the RFID Technology -- Generative Green Building Design, Computational Analysis of the Ecological Algorithm -- Using the Means-Ends Approach to Understand the Value of Sustainability on the Property Market -- Being smart in project management -- Economic and social effects of urbanization - case study analysis -- Renewal of buildings as an instrument to achieve economic and environmental efficiency -- Involvement of Smart Cities Citizens to Global Cooperation in Research and Education in Space -Architectural and Urban Conditions -- Knowledge of University Knowledge Workers -- Issues of Hazardous Materials Transport and Possibilities of Safety Measures in the Concept of Smart Cities -- Changes in the Demographic Structure of the Central City in the Light of the Suburbanization Process -- Bratislava towards achieving the concept of Smart City: inspirations from Smart City Vienna -- Urban Safety as Spatial Quality in Smart Cities -- Energy-efficient buildings in Slovakia: Green Atrium -- Influence of Urban Renewal on the Assessment of Housing Market in the Context of Sustainable Socioeconomic City Development -- Using Visual Lane Detection to Control Steering in a Self-Driving Vehicle -- Environmental management as part of a socially responsible behavior in the Volkswagen Group.…”
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Mechanical structures and smart materials : selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2013 International Conference on Mechanical Structures and Smart Materials (ICMSSM 2013), Novemb...

Table of Contents: “…Fibrous Material Surface Reflectance AnalysisResearch of Calibration Curves NMR Relaxation Times of Nanoparticles Gadolinium Oxide; A Preliminary Study on the Anti-Mosquito Nanocapsule; Thermal Conductivity of Hexagonal SiC Nanowire by Nonequilibrium Molecular Dynamics Simulations; Physical Characterization of BST with Different (x') Ratios; Effect of Normalizing on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of EH36 Alloy; Fibrous Material Density Difference Analysis Using Light Reflectance; Chapter 2: Materials Manufacturing and Processing.…”
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