Mechanical alloying : nanotechnology, materials science and powder metallurgy by El-Eskandarany, M. Sherif

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Industrial organic chemicals by Wittcoff, Harold A., 1918-2013

Table of Contents: “…Chemicals and Polymers from Ethylene; 5.1 Ethylene Polymers; 5.1.1 Discovery of Low and High Density Polyethylenes; 5.1.2 Low Density Polyethylene; 5.1.3 High Density Polyethylene; 5.1.4 Linear Low Density Polyethylene; 5.1.5 Very High Molecular Weight Polyethylene; 5.1.6 Metallocene Polyethylenes; 5.1.7 Very Low Density Polyethylene; 5.1.8 Bimodal HDPE; 5.1.9 "Green" Polyethylene; 5.2 Ethylene Copolymers; 5.2.1 Chlorosulfonated Polyethylene; 5.2.2 Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate; 5.2.3 Ionomers; 5.2.4 Copolymer from "Incompatible" Polymer Blends.…”
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Conformance Checking and Diagnosis in Process Mining Comparing Observed and Modeled Processes by Muñoz Gama, Jorge

Table of Contents: “….-7.3.1 Upper Confidence Value -- 7.3.2 Lower Confidence Value -- 7.4 Experimental Results -- 7.5 Summary -- 8 Assessing Severity -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Severity of an Escaping Arc -- 8.2.1 Weight of an Escaping Arc -- 8.2.2 Alternation of an Escaping Arc -- 8.2.3 Stability of an Escaping Arc -- 8.2.4 Criticality of an Escaping Arc -- 8.2.5 Visualizing the Severity -- 8.2.6 Addressing Precision Issues based on Severity -- 8.3 Experimental Results -- 8.4 Summary -- 9 Handling non-Fitness -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Cost-Optimal Alignment -- 9.3 Precision based on Alignments -- 9.4 Precision from 1-Alignment -- 9.5 Summary -- 10 Alternative and Variants to Handle non-Fitness -- 10.1 Precision from All-Alignment -- 10.2 Precision from Representative-Alignment -- 10.3 Abstractions for the Precision based on Alignments -- 10.3.1 Abstraction on the Order -- 10.3.2 Abstraction on the Direction -- 10.4 Summary -- 11 Handling non-Fitness in Practice -- 11.1 The University Case: The Exchange Process -- 11.2 Experimental Results -- Part III Decomposition in Conformance Checking -- 12 Decomposing Conformance Checking. -12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Single-Entry Single-Exit and Refined Process Structure Tree -- 12.3 Decomposing Conformance Checking using SESEs -- 12.4 Summary -- 13 Decomposing for Fitness Checking -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Bridging a Valid Decomposition -- 13.3 Decomposition with invisible/duplicates -- 13.4 Summary -- 14 Decomposing Conformance Checking in Practice -- 14.1 The Bank Case: The Transaction Process -- 14.2 Experimental Results -- 15 Diagnosing Conformance -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Topological Conformance Diagnosis -- 15.3 Multi-level Conformance Diagnosis and its Applications -- 15.3.1 Stand-alone Checking -- 15.3.2 Multi-Level Analysis -- 15.3.3 Filtering -- 15.4 Experimental Results -- 15.5 Summary -- 16 Data-aware Processes and Alignments -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Data-aware Processes -- 16.2.1 Petri nets with Data -- 16.2.2 Event Logs and Relating Models to Event Logs -- 16.2.3 Data Alignments -- 16.3 Summary -- 17 Decomposing Data-aware Conformance -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 Valid Decomposition of Data-aware Models -- 17.3 SESE-based Strategy for a Valid Decomposition -- 17.4 Implementation and Experimental Results -- 17.5 Summary -- 18 Event-based Real-time Decomposed Conformance Checking -- 18.1 Introduction -- 18.2 Event-based Real-time Decomposed Conformance -- 18.2.1 Model and Log Decomposition -- 18.2.2 Event-based Heuristic Replay -- 18.3 Experimental Results -- 18.4 Summary -- Part IV Conclusions and Future Work -- 19 Conclusions -- 19.1 Conclusion and Reflection -- 19.2 Summary of Contributions -- 19.3 Challenges and Directions for Future Work -- References.…”
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Organic chemistry demystified by Bloch, D. R.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Structure And Bonding: -- Atomic structure -- Atomic number and atomic mass (weight) -- Electron energy levels -- Octet rule -- Valences -- Lewis structures -- Orbital shapes -- Quantum mechanics -- Bond formation -- Valence bond theory -- Molecular orbitals -- Bonding and antibonding MOs -- Bonding and 3-D molecular shape -- Curved arrows -- Electronegativity and bond polarity -- Dipole moments -- Formal charges -- Resonance structures -- Intermolecular forces -- Summary -- Quiz -- Acids And Bases: -- Arrhenius definition -- Bronsted-Lowry definition -- Conjugate acids and bases -- Equilibrium reactions -- Weak hydrocarbon acids -- Lewis definition -- summary-- Quiz -- Alkanes And Cycloalkanes: -- Sources of alkanes -- Acyclic and cyclic alkanes -- Nomenclature -- Formulas -- Structures -- Constitutional lsomers -- Cycloalkanes -- Naming compounds by the UPPAC system -- Physical properties -- Chemical properties -- Conformations of alkanes -- Conformations of cycloalkanes -- Summary -- Quiz -- Stereochemistry: -- Isomers -- Chiral compounds -- Stereocenters -- Chirality centers -- Enantiomers -- Racemic mixtures -- R/S system -- When the lowest priority group is not in the back -- Molecules with multiple asymmetric centers -- Enantiomers -- Diastereomers -- Meso compounds -- Fisher projections -- Rotating Fisher projections / structures -- Cyclic stereoisomers -- Naming cyclic stereoisomers -- Prochiral carbons (wanabees) -- Summary -- Quiz -- Structure And Properties Of Alkenes: -- Structure of alkenes -- Naming alkenes -- Common names -- Cis and trans isomers -- E/Z (easy) system -- Degrees of unsaturation -- Stability of alkenes -- Physical properties -- Chemical properties -- Curved arrow -- Summary -- Quiz -- Reaction Mechanisms: -- Thermodynamics -- Kinetics -- Carbocations -- Stereochemistry -- Hammond Postulate -- Regiochemical reactions -- Markovnikov rule -- Sterochemistry -- Rearrangement reactions of Carbocations -- Quiz -- Reactions Of Alkenes: -- Reaction with hydrogen halides inert solvents -- Reaction with hydrogen halides in protic solvents -- Oxymercuration-demercuration reactions -- Hydroboration-oxidation -- Halogenation in inert solvents -- Stereochemistry of Halogenation -- Halogenation in reactive solvents -- Radical bromination -- Formation of diols -- Double bond cleavage -- Hydrogenation -- Epoxides -- Cyclopropanes -- Summary -- Quiz -- Alkynes: -- Structure -- Nomenclature -- Physical properties -- Chemical properties -- Reactions with Bronsted-Lowry acids -- Reactions with HBr and peroxides -- Reactions with halogens -- Hydration reactions -- Hydroboration-oxidation reactions -- Hydrogenation/reduction reactions -- Oxidation reactions -- Acidity of alkynes -- Alkylation reactions -- Preparation of alkynes -- Summary -- Quiz -- Characterization: -- Chromatography -- Spectroscopy -- Infrared spectroscopy -- Ultraviolet spectroscopy -- NMR spectrometers -- H NMR spectroscopy -- C NMR spectroscopy -- DEPT -- Mass spectrometry -- Summary -- Quiz -- Organohalides: -- Nomenclature -- Properties -- Preparation of halides -- Radical Halogenation -- Isomeric products -- Allylic halogenations -- Reactions of Organohalides -- Summary -- Quiz --…”

The peat swamp : productivity, trafficability and mechanization

Table of Contents: “…Moisture Content and Bulk Density -- 4.3.4. Natural Unit Weight.…”
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Educational Research and the Question(s) of Time

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Basic Principles of Membrane Technology by Mulder, Marcel

Table of Contents: “…I Introduction -- I. 1 Separation processes -- I. 2 Introduction to membrane processes -- I. 3 History -- I. 4 Definition of a membrane -- I. 5 Membrane processes -- I. 6 Solved problems -- I. 7 Unsolved problems -- I. 8 Literature -- II Materials and material properties -- II. 1 Introduction -- II. 2 Polymers -- II. 3 Stereoisomerism -- II. 4 Chain flexibility -- II. 5 Molecular weight -- II. 6 Chain interactions -- II. 7 State of the polymer -- II. 8 Effect of polymeric structure on Tg -- II. 9 Glass transition temperature depression -- II. 10 Thermal and chemical stability -- II. 11 Mechanical properties -- II. 12 Elastomers -- II. 13 Thermoplastic elastomers -- II. 14 Polyelectrolytes -- II. 15 Polymer blends -- II. 16 Membrane polymers -- II. 17 Inorganic membranes -- II. 18 Biological membranes -- II. 19 Solved problems -- II. 20 Unsolved problems -- II. 21 Literature -- III Preparation of synthetic membranes -- III. 1 Introduction -- III. 2 Preparation of synthetic membranes -- III. 3 Phase inversion membranes -- III. 4 Preparation techniques for immersion precipitation -- III. 5 Preparation techniques for composite membranes -- III. 6 Phase separation in polymer systems -- III. 7 Influence of various parameters on membrane morphology -- III. 8 Inorganic membranes -- III. 9 Solved problems -- III. 10 Unsolved problems -- III. 11 Literature -- IV Characterisation of membranes -- IV. 1 Introduction -- IV. 2 Membrane characterization -- IV. 3 Characterisation of porous membranes -- IV. 4 Characterisation of ionic membranes -- IV. 5 Characterisation of nonporous membranes -- IV. 6 Solved problems -- IV. 7 Unsolved problems -- IV. 8 Literature -- V Transport in membranes -- V. 1 Introduction -- V. 2 Driving forces -- V. 3 Nonequilibrium thermodynamics -- V. 4 Transport through porous membranes -- V. 5 Transport through nonporous membranes -- V. 6 Transport through membranes. …”
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Bio-Inspired Computing: Theories and Applications 17th International Conference, BIC-TA 2022, Wuhan, China, December 16–18, 2022, Revised Selected Papers

Table of Contents: “…Evolutionary Computation & Swarm Intelligence -- Surrogate Model-Assisted Evolutionary Algorithms for Parameter Identification of Electrochemical Model of Lithium-Ion Battery: A Comparison Study -- Research on Multi-modal Multi-Objective Path Planning by Improved Ant Colony Algorithm -- Local Path Planning Algorithm Designed for Unmanned Surface Vessel Based on Improved Genetic Algorithm -- A Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Algorithm Based on a Preference Strategy -- An Improved Harris Hawk Optimization Algorithm Based on Spiral Search and Neighborhood Perturbation -- S-Plane Controller Parameter Tuning Based on IAFSA for UUV -- A Reinforcement-Learning-Driven Bees Algorithm for Large-Scale Earth Observation Satellite Scheduling -- Optimal Formation of UUV Groups Based on Shape Theory and Improved Ant Colony Algorithm Under Communication Delay -- Global Path Planning for Unmanned Ships Based on Improved Particle Swarm Algorithm -- A Self-Adaptive Single-objective Multitasking Optimization Algorithm -- Improved Whale Optimization Algorithm by Multi-mechanism Fusion -- Multi-stage Objective Function Optimized Hand-Eye Self-calibration of Robot in Autonomous Environment -- An Improved Chaos-based Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm -- Task Location Distribution based Genetic Algorithm for UAV Mobile Crowd Sensing -- The Utilities of Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization for Neural Architecture Search – An Empirical Perspective -- Research on Unmanned Ship Collision Avoidance Algorithm based on Improved Particle Swarm Pptimization Algorithm -- Solving Constrained Multi-objective Optimization Problems with Passive Archiving Mechanism -- A Comparison of Large-scale MOEAs with Informed Initialization for Voltage Transformer Ratio Error Estimation -- Enabling Surrogate-assisted Evolutionary Reinforcement Learning via Policy Embedding -- An Improved MPCA Algorithm with Weight Matrix Based on Many-objective Optimization -- Machine Learning & Deep Learning -- Research on Helmet Wearing Detection Based on Improved YOLOv4 Algorithm -- Research on Target Detection Algorithm of Unmanned Surface Vehicle Based on Deep Learning -- A Review On Bio-inspired Fluid Mechanics Via Deep Reinforcement Learning -- Memristor-Based Neural Network Circuit of Operant Conditioning with Overshadowing -- Continual Learning with a Memory of Non-similar Samples -- Research on Soil Moisture Prediction Based on LSTM-Transformer Model -- Graph Contrastive Learning with Intrinsic Augmentations -- Research on Global Collision Avoidance Algorithm for Unmanned Ship Based on Improved Artificial Potential Field Algorithm -- OCET: One-dimensional Convolution Embedding Transformer for Stock Trend Prediction -- A Rapid, Precise Spiking Neural Network Approach for Image Recognition -- Research on Improved Image Dehazing Algorithm Based on Dark Channel Prior -- Reinforcement Learning Based Vertical Scaling for Hybrid Deployment in Cloud Computing -- Swing-up and Balance Control of Cart-pole Based on Reinforcement Learning DDPG -- Yolov5 Outdoor Dynamic Object Detection Based on Multi-scale Feature Fusion -- Intelligent Control & Simulation -- Multi-UUV Formation Cooperative Full-area Coverage Search Method -- Multi-scale Simulations of Flow in the Upper Open Area of a Luxury Cruise Ship -- Research on Course Control Algorithm of Unmanned Craft based on Model Predictive Control -- Multi-UUV Underwater Target Cooperative Detection Task Planning and Assignment -- Multi-UUV Cooperative Navigation and Positioning Algorithm under Communication Delay -- The Research of the Consistency Control under The Condition of Time-lag of Isomerism AUV Group Communication -- Non-uniform Deformation Behavior of Magneto-sensitive Elastomer Containing Uniform Sphere Particles with “V” Arrangement -- Study on the Influence of Exit Width Change on Heterogeneous Passengers Evacuation based on the Social Force Model -- A Review of Longitudinal Vibration and Vibration Reduction Technology of Propulsion Shafting -- Design and Simulation of Heading Controller for Unmanned Boat Based on Fuzzy Neural PID -- Flexible Formation Control of Multiple Unmanned Vehicles based on Artificial Potential Field Method -- Local Path Planning Combined with the Motion State of Dynamic Obstacles -- Simulation of Airflow Characteristics of a Seabird Following a Ship Based on Steady States -- Numerical Simulation of Bionic Undulating Fin Surface Drag Reduction Structure -- Molecular Computing & Nanotechnology -- Integrated Design and Absorbing Performance Analysis for Periodic Wave Absorbing and Bearing Structures -- Diffusion Optimization Algorithm Based on Membrane Calculation -- Tuning Geometric Conformations of Curved DNA Structures by Controlling Positions of Nicks -- A Sensitive Nanothermometer Based on DNA Triplex Structure -- Microwave Absorption Properties of Double-layer Absorbing Material Based on Carbonyl Iron and Graphene Composites -- Reconfigurable Nanobook Structure Driven by Polymerase-triggered DNA Strand Displacement -- An Analysis for Thermal Conductivity of Graphene/polymer Nanocomposites -- Simulation of Aflatoxin B1 Detection Model Based on Hybridization Chain Reaction.…”
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Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics, Second Edition by Potter, Merle C., Wiggert, David C.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1 Basic Information -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Dimensions, Units, and Physical Quantities -- 1.3 Gases and Liquids -- 1.4 Pressure and Temperature -- 1.5 Properties of Fluids -- Specific Weight -- Specific Gravity -- Viscosity -- Bulk Modulus -- Surface Tension -- Vapor Pressure -- 1.6 Thermodynamic Properties and Relationships -- Solved Problems -- Supplementary Problems -- Answers to Supplementary Problems -- Practice Exam 1.1 -- Practice Exam 1.2 -- Chapter 2 Fluid Statics -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Pressure Variation -- 2.3 Manometers -- 2.4 Forces on Plane and Curved Surfaces -- 2.5 Accelerating Containers -- Solved Problems -- Supplementary Problems -- Answers to Supplementary Problems -- Practice Exam 2.1 -- Practice Exam 2.2 -- Chapter 3 Fluids in Motion -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Fluid Motion -- 3.2.1 Lagrangian and Eulerian Descriptions -- 3.2.2 Pathlines, Streaklines, and Streamlines -- 3.2.3 Acceleration -- 3.2.4 Angular Velocity and Vorticity -- 3.3 Classification of Fluid Flows -- 3.3.1 Uniform, One-, Two-, and Three-Dimensional Flows -- 3.3.2 Viscous and Inviscid Flows -- 3.3.3 Laminar and Turbulent Flows -- 3.3.4 Incompressible and Compressible Flows -- 3.4 Bernoulli?…”
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Mastering PHP Design Patterns. by Ali, Junade

Table of Contents: “…Perfectly staged migrationsTester-Driven Development; Bloated optimization; Analysis paralysis; Bikeshedding; Premature optimization; Uneducated manager syndrome; Wrong rocky foundations; Long methods; Magic numbers; Summary; Chapter 3: Creational Design Patterns; Software design process; Simple Factory; Factory Method; Abstract Factory pattern; Lazy initialization; Builder pattern; Prototype pattern; Summary; Chapter 4: Structural Design Patterns; Agile software architecture; Decorator; Adapter; Class Adapter; Object Adapter; FlyWeight; Composite; Bridge; Proxy pattern; Facade; Summary.…”
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Water Stress in Biological, Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Food Systems

Table of Contents: “…The state of water and its impact on pharmaceutical systems: lipid-based drug delivery systems and amorphous solids -- Food preservation by nano-structures- water interactions control -- Water and food appearance -- Maillard reaction in limited moisture and low water activity environment -- Carbohydrates and proteins as non-equilibrium components of biological materials -- Low-temperature mobility of water in sugar glasses: insights from thermally stimulated current study -- Functional behavior of different food components as affected by water and physical state -- Effect of different components of edible/biodegradable composite films on water-relationships in the polymer matrix -- Glass transition observed with cross-linked dextrans containing a small amount of water -- Sensorially and instrumentally detected antiplastizicing effect of water in corn flakes -- Characterization of a hydrate-dehydrate system with critical transitions in the typical range of processing and storage conditions -- Visco-elastic sorption behaviour of starch and gluten -- Molecular weight effects on enthalpy relaxation and fragility of amorphous carbohydrates -- Effect of dehydration conditions on the bulk and surface properties of the resulting dehydrated products -- Moisture sorption isotherms of foods: experimental methodology, mathematical analysis and practical applications -- Understanding cryopreservation of oyster oocytes from a physical chemistry perspective -- The role of water in the cryopreservation of seeds -- Water activity and microorganism control: past and future -- On modeling the effect of water activity on microbial growth and mortality kinetics -- Importance of halophilic and halotolerant lactic acid bacteria in cheeses -- Influence of water activity and molecular mobility on peroxidase activity in solution -- Phase transitions in sugars and protein systems: study of stability of lysozyme in amorphous sugar matrices -- An exhaustive study about physicochemical and structural changes during drying of apple discs -- Defining high and low spray drying temperatures for aloe vera gel -- Mexican plum (spondias purpurea l.) …”
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Polymer Composites, Biocomposites. by Thomas, Sabu

Table of Contents: “…2.3.1.8 Gelatin2.3.1.9 Soy Protein; 2.3.1.10 Whey Protein; 2.3.1.11 Casein; 2.3.2 Polysaccharides; 2.3.2.1 Cellulose; 2.3.2.2 Starch; 2.3.2.3 Chitosan; 2.3.2.4 Chitin; 2.3.2.5 Hyaluronic Acid (HA); 2.3.2.6 Alginic Acid; 2.3.2.7 Pectin; 2.3.3 Polysaccharides from Marine Sources; 2.3.3.1 Agar; 2.3.3.2 Agarose; 2.3.3.3 Alginic Acid/Alginate; 2.3.3.4 Carrageenan; 2.3.3.5 Cutan; 2.3.3.6 Cutin; 2.3.4 Low Molecular Weight Biopolymers; 2.3.4.1 Guar Gum; 2.3.4.2 Rosin; 2.3.4.3 Chondroitin Sulfate; 2.3.4.4 Gum Copal; 2.3.4.5 Gum Damar; 2.3.5 Microbial Synthesized Biopolymers; 2.3.5.1 Pullulan.…”
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Plastics and environmental sustainability by Andrady, A. L. (Anthony L.)

Table of Contents: “…2.5.1.5 Using More of Renewable and Recycled Raw Materials2.5.1.6 Reusing and Recycling Postuse Products; 2.5.1.7 Minimizing Externalities at Source: Green Chemistry; 2.5.1.8 Avoiding Toxic Components and Potential Hazards Associated with Products and Processes; 2.5.1.9 Converting the Pollutants into Resources; References; Chapter 3 An Introduction to Plastics; 3.1 Polymer Molecules; 3.1.1 Size of Polymer Molecules; 3.2 Consequences of Long-Chain Molecular Architecture; 3.2.1 Molecular Weight of Chain Molecules; 3.2.2 Tacticity; 3.2.3 Partially Crystalline Plastics.…”
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Geotechnical Hazards from Large Earthquakes and Heavy Rainfalls

Table of Contents: “…Initial Trigger for Slope Failures in Volcanic Ash Layer of Hillside Surface in Izu-Oshima Island in Japan due to a Typhoon Rainfall in 2013 -- A Case Study on Silty Sand Liquefaction -- Bearing Capacity of Breakwater Mound under Tsunami-induced Seepage Flow -- Verification of improvement effectiveness by compaction methods during the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake -- Development of rational soil liquefaction countermeasure consisting of lattice-shaped soil improvement by jet grouting for existing housing estates -- Uplift Mechanism of Rectangular Tunnel in Liquefied Soils -- Seismic Response of Geosynthetic Reinforced Earth Embankment on Different Soil Foundation -- Development of a new in-place cement-mixing method by high pressure injection -- Use of Swedish weight sounding tests for detecting liquefiable backfills reclaimed in iron sand mining pits in Asahi city of Chiba in Japan -- GIS-based study on liquefaction-induced soil subsidence in the Urayasu area due to the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake -- Effects of non-plastic fines on undrained cyclic behavior of loose sand -- An investigation on the liquefaction-induced sloped ground failure during the 1964 Niigata Earthquake -- Laboratory Experiments on Seepage in Liquefied Sand -- Effects of Cyclic Triaxial Loading Rates on Liquefaction Behavior of Fine-Grained Soils -- Effect of Gravel Content on Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity in Sand -- Effects of overconsolidation, cement stabilisation and unsaturation on the liquefaction resistance of Urayasu sand -- Loessial Landslides Induced by the Minxian-Zhangxian Ms6.6 Earthquake of China in 2013 -- Numerical Simulation of Run-out Behavior of Earthquake-induced Landslides -- The geometric characteristics and initiation mechanisms of the earthquake-triggered Daguangbao landslide -- Centrifuge Modeling of Relationships between Earthquake Intensities and scales of post-quake Triggering Rainfall and Landslide -- Time-prediction method of the onset of a rainfall-induced landslide based on the monitoring of surface displacement and groundwater level in the slope -- Typhoon Rainfall Induces Slope Creep, Groundwater Variation, and Slope movement -- Topographic Characteristic of the Rainfall Inducing landslide in Slate Stratum–Case of Ai-Liao Catchment, South Taiwan -- Site Investigation and In Situ Testing on Shallow Landslide Scars of Natural Slopes Covered by Volcanic Ash and Pumice Fall -- Overhaul the Anchored Slopes in Taiwan -- A study by field measurement and numerical simulation about rainfall seepage mechanism in case of torrential rainfall -- Numerical simulation for the earthquake-induced deformation of a residential-land slope reinforced with landslide prevention piles -- Centrifuge model test on slope reinforcement by Rock bolt with Facing Plate -- Numerical Simulation of Post-entrainment Debris Flow at Alluvial Fan Using FLO-2D Model -- Photomicrograph Investigation of Rock Thin Sections taken from Landslides Scree by the Eastern Honshu Earthquake, 2008 -- An Extension to Weiler–Atherton Clipping Algorithm for the Face-to-face Contact in Three-dimensional Discrete Element Method -- Application of Three-dimensional Discontinuous Deformation Analysis to Simulate Characteristics of Planar Translational Slope Failure -- Hazard mapping for earthquake induced geo-disaster chain -- Monitoring Techniques for Sediment Disaster in Mountant Area -- Seismic Performance of Piles from EQWEAP and Monte Carlo Simulation Analyses -- The overflow model experiment using the waterway for examining the countermeasure effect against the Tsunami-induced tide embankment scouring -- Analysis of a coastal structure damaged due to compound effect of earthquake and tsunami -- An Example of the Restoration Method of Levees Damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake -- Remediation of a Failed Slope Located at Fault Fracture Zone -- Case Study of Using the Low-Pressure Grouting Method to Uplift a Tilted Building -- A Study on the Bio-treatment Technique of Ground Improvement with Urease Micro-organisms which Live in Japan -- Behavior of Breakwater Foundation Reinforced with Steel Sheet Piles under Seismic Loading -- Shaking table model tests on mitigation of liquefaction-induced distortion of shallow foundation -- Study on the effect of union basement on decreasing destruction during liquefaction -- Analysis of the lateral force on stabilizing piles in c-φ soil -- Application of Close-Range Photogrammetry for Post-Failure Reconnaissance of a Retaining Wall -- Seismic response of a newly-developed geocell reinforced soil retaining wall backfilled with gravel by shaking table model test -- Ultimate Lateral Resistance of Piles in Soils based on Active Pile Length -- Effect of backfill reinforcement on retaining wall under dynamic loading -- Numerical study on the seismic response of waterfront retaining wall reinforced with cushion -- Factors Controlling the Behavior of Piled Foundations due to Cyclic Lateral Loading -- Centrifugal model loading tests on reinforced soil retaining wall with ground water permeation -- Horizontal pressure on a non-yielding wall due to flexible and rigid strip loading -- Matric Suction and Shear Modulus of Unsaturated Compacted Lateritic Soil Subjected to Drying and Wetting -- A constant-head well permeameter measurement of saturated hydraulic conductivity in the vadose zone and the capabilities of carbon dioxide injection -- Remediation of Volcanic Ash Soil in Related to Soil Erodibility against the Heavy Rainfall -- Structural Patterns Effects on the Tensile Properties of Hexagonal Wire Meshes (12 cm x 15 cm). .…”
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Matplotlib 2.x By Example. by Yu, Allen

Table of Contents: “…Names of standard HTML colorsRGB or RGBA color code; Hexadecimal color code; Depth of grayscale; Using specific colors in the color cycle; Aesthetic and readability considerations; Adjusting text formats; Font; Font appearance; Font size; Font style; Font weight; Font family; Checking available fonts in system; LaTeX support; Customizing lines and markers; Lines; Choosing dash patterns; Setting capstyle of dashes; Advanced example; Markers; Choosing markers; Adjusting marker sizes; Customizing grids, ticks, and axes; Grids; Adding grids; Ticks; Adjusting tick spacing; Removing ticks.…”
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Routledge encyclopedia of social and cultural anthropology

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- How to use this book -- List of contributors -- Analytical table of contents -- Contributions by author -- Biographical appendix -- Glossary -- Aboriginal Australia -- Acknowledgements -- Adoption and fostering -- Aesthetics -- Affect -- Africa: East -- Africa: Nilotic -- Africa: Southern -- Africa: West -- Age -- AIDS -- Alliance -- American anthropology -- Americas: Central -- Americas: Latin America -- Americas: Native North America -- Americas: Native South America (Highland) -- Americas: Native South America (Lowland) -- Ancestors -- Anthropological societies -- Archaeology -- Arctic -- Art -- Asia: Central -- Asia: East -- Asia: South -- Asia: Southeast -- Avunculate -- Belief -- Big Man -- Biological anthropology -- Boas, Franz -- Body -- British anthropology -- Buddhism -- Canadian anthropology -- Cannibalism -- Capitalism -- Cargo cult -- Caribbean -- Caste -- Cattle complex -- Children and childhood -- Chinese anthropology -- Christianity -- Citizenship -- Civil society -- Class -- Classical studies -- Classification -- Cognatic society -- Cognition -- Colonialism -- Community -- Compadrazgo -- Comparative method -- Complementary filiation -- Complex society -- Componential analysis -- Conception -- Consumption -- Cosmology -- Cosmopolitanism -- Counterinsurgency -- Crow-Omaha systems -- Cultural materialism -- Cultural studies -- Culture -- Culture and personality -- Dance -- Death -- Dedication -- Descent -- Development -- Diaspora -- Diffusionism -- Discourse -- Divination -- Dreams -- Dual organization -- Dutch anthropology -- Ecological anthropology -- Economic anthropology -- Editorial board -- Education -- Emic and etic -- Emotion -- Engagement -- Enlightenment anthropology -- Environment -- Essentialism -- Ethics, anthropological -- Ethics, anthropology of -- Ethnicity -- Ethnography -- Ethnopsychiatry -- Ethnoscience -- Europe: Central and Eastern -- Europe: Northern -- Europe: Southern -- Evolution and evolutionism -- Exchange -- Factions -- Family -- Fashion -- Feminist anthropology -- Feudalism -- Fieldwork -- Film -- Finance -- Fishing -- Folklore -- Food -- Formalism and substantivism -- French anthropology -- Friendship -- Functionalism -- Gay and lesbian anthropology -- Gender -- Genealogical method -- Genetics, anthropology of -- Genocide -- German and Austrian anthropology -- Ghost dance -- Gossip -- Great and little traditions -- Gypsies -- Hinduism -- History and anthropology -- History of anthropology -- Honour and shame -- House -- Household -- Human rights -- Hunting and gathering societies -- Identity -- Ideology -- Incest -- Indian anthropology -- Indigenous knowledge -- Indigenous peoples -- Individualism -- Inequality -- Islam -- Japan -- Japanese anthropology -- Joking and avoidance -- Kingship -- Kinship -- Kula -- Land tenure -- Landscape -- Language and linguistics -- Latin American anthropology -- Law -- Lèvi-Strauss, Claude -- Literacy -- Literature -- Magic -- Malinowski, Bronislaw -- Mana -- Markets -- Marriage -- Marxism and anthropology -- Mass media -- Material culture -- Medical anthropology -- Memory -- Menstruation -- Methodology -- Middle East and North Africa -- Migration -- Millennial movements, millenarianism -- Missionaries -- Mode of production -- Modernism, modernity and modernization -- Money -- Morgan, Lewis Henry -- Multiculturalism -- Multi-sited ethnography -- Museums -- Music -- Myth and mythology -- Names and naming -- Nationalism -- Nature and culture -- Neoliberalism -- Network analysis -- Nomadism -- Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) -- Number -- Nutrition -- Occidentalism -- Oral literature -- Oratory -- Orientalism -- Pacific: Melanesia -- Pacific: Polynesia -- Pastoralists -- Patrons and clients -- Peasants -- Person -- Pharmaceuticals -- Photography -- Pilgrimage -- Place -- Play -- Plural society -- Poetics -- Political anthropology -- Political economy -- Pollution and purity -- Possession -- Postmodernism -- Potlatch -- Power -- Preface to the second edition -- Preference and prescription -- Primitive communism -- Primitive mentality -- Property -- Psychoanalysis -- Psychological anthropology -- Race -- Radcliffe-Brown, A.R. -- Rationality -- Reflexivity -- Refugees -- Regional analysis and regional comparison -- Relatedness -- Relationship terminology -- Relativism -- Religion -- Reproductive technologies -- Resistance -- Rite of passage -- Ritual -- Russian and Soviet anthropology -- Sacred and profane -- Sacrifice -- Sapir-Whorf hypothesis -- Scandals, anthropological -- Scandinavian anthropology -- Science -- Science and technology studies (STS) -- Settlement patterns -- Sex and sexuality -- Shamanism -- Sharecropping -- Slavery -- Social structure and social organization -- Socialization -- Society -- Sociobiology -- Sociology -- South African anthropology -- Sovereignty -- State -- Structuralism -- Symbolic anthropology -- Syncretism -- Taboo -- Technology -- Text -- Time and space -- Totemism -- Tourism -- Transhumance -- Translation -- Transnationalism -- Urban anthropology -- Violence -- Visual anthropology -- War, warfare -- Well-being and happiness -- Witchcraft and sorcery -- Work -- World system -- Youth.…”
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Rhythms of Broken Hearts History, Manifestations, and Treatment of Heart Rhythm Disorders and Heart Disease by Gomes, J. Anthony

Table of Contents: “…Part I: The Mythology of the Human Heart -- Romanticizing the Heart -- The Mysteries of the Age-Old Pulse -- Part II: The Renaissance Period In Heart Rhythm Disorders -- De-Mystifying the Heart -- Understanding Heart Rhythm Disorders: The Birth of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology -- Part III: Galloping Away in the Atrium -- Living with a Galloping Heart -- Radical Ideas: The Road to Conquering Supraventricular Tachycardia -- Atrial Fibrillation: A Macabre Heart Dance -- The Saw-Tooth Rhythm: Atrial Flutter -- Part IV: Abnormal Rhythms Arising from the Ventricles -- The Elusive Extra-beat -- A Catastrophic Event: Sudden Cardiac Death -- Strange Occurrences in Life’s Channels -- A Heart Braking Calamity: Sudden Death in the Athlete -- Conquering the Arrhythmic Substrate: The Scalpel and the Source -- A Revolutionary Idea: The Implantable Defibrillator ─ A Lifesaver -- To Freeze and not to Fry -- Of Scintillating Lights, Tunnels, and Astral Encounters -- Part V: The Break Down -- The Broken Heart -- Part VI: The Slow Down -- The Ubiquitous faint -- The Stuttering Maestro: Sick Sinus -- Of Disconnected Highways: Heart Blocks -- Part VII: A Brand New Rhythm: A Brand New Heart -- The Artificial Pacemaker—A Life-Giver -- When All Is Said and Done: Waiting for a Heart Transplant -- Part VIII: The Quest to Overcome Heart Attacks -- Of Bypasses and Clot Busters -- A Riveting New Era: The Birth of Interventional Cardiology -- Part IX: Stories of Survival -- A Family Affair -- Cruising through Complications of a Heart Attack -- A Missed Diagnosis: A Lifetime of Endurance -- Old Age: How Long Should We Hope to Live? …”
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Relative clauses in languages of the Americas : a typological overview

Table of Contents: “…Relative clauses in Yucatec Maya: Light heads vs. Null domain (by Gutierrez-Bravo, Rodrigo), p253-268; 18. …”
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Lux in tenebris : the visual and the symbolic in western esotericism

Table of Contents: “…Lux in Tenebris:The Visual and the Symbolic in Western Esotericism; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: The Visual and the Symbolic in Western Esotericism; PART 1: Middle Ages and Early Modernity; 1: Visual and Acoustic Symbols in Gikatilla, Neoplatonic and Pythagorean Thought; 2: Transfiguration and the Fire within: Marsilio Ficino on the Metaphysics and Psychology of Light; 3: The Memory Theatre of Giulio Camillo: Alchemy, Rhetoric, and Deification in the Renaissance.…”
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