Biofouling methods

Table of Contents: “…Title page -- Copyright page -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- Guide to methods -- Part I: Methods for Microfouling -- 1 Microscopy of biofilms -- Section 1: Traditional light and epifluorescent microscopy -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Determination of bacterial abundance -- 1.3 Catalyzed reporter deposition fluorescent in situ hybridization (CARD-FISH) -- 1.4 Suggestions, with examples, for data analysis and presentation -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Section 2: Confocal laser scanning microscopy -- 1.5 Introduction…”
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GPS/GNSS antennas

Table of Contents: “…1.13 The Susceptibility of a Commercial1.13.1 LightSquared Transmissions; 1.13.2 Civil GPS Jammers; 1.14 Architecture of a GNSS Receiver; 1.14.1 Software Defined Radio (SDR); 1.15 Effects of Interference and Jamming; 1.16 Carrier to Noise Ratio of an Antenn; 1.17 Effective Carrier-to-Noise Ratioin; 1.17.1 Effects of Jamming or Interferenc; References; Chapter 2 FRPAs and High-Gain Directional Antennas; 2.1 Categories of GNSS Antennas; 2.1.1 FRPA; 2.2 Microstrip Antennas; 2.2.1 Selection of the Dielectric Substr; 2.2.2 Effects of Surface Waves on Micros…”
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Communication games : the semiotic foundation of culture by Neiva Júnior, Eduardo

Table of Contents: “…3.10 How and where to find the norms3.11 The light within the heart -- Part 2 Ancestral games -- 4. …”
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Bangs, Crunches, Whimpers, and Shrieks : Singularities and Acausalities in Relativistic Spacetimes. by Earman, John

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Le système èducatif Centrafricain : contraintes et marges de maneuvre pour la reconstruction du système èducatif dans la perspective de la rèduction de la pauvretè.

Table of Contents: “…efficacité interne -- Annexe IV.2 : Méthodologie de lâ€?enquîte Â" PASEC light Â" -- 5. Lâ€?efficacité externe du systÃ?me éducatif -- Le systÃ?…”
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Iconic designs : 50 stories about 50 things

Table of Contents: “…Wooton, 1874 / Kenneth L. Ames -- Incandescent light bulb, USA: Thomas Edison, 1880 / Carroll Pursell -- Streamlined pencil sharpener, USA: Raymond Loewy, 1933 / Nicolas P. …”


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Handbook of Dynamic Data Driven Applications Systems Volume 1

Table of Contents: “…1 Introduction to Dynamic Data Driven Applications Systems -- 2 Tractable Non-Gaussian Representation in Dynamic Data Driven Coherent Fluid Mapping -- 3 Dynamic Data-Driven Adaptive Observations in Data Assimilation for Multi-scale Systems -- 4 Dynamic Data-Driven Uncertainty Quantification via Polynomial Chaos for Space Situational Awareness -- 5 Towards Learning Spatio-Temporal Data Stream Relationships for Failure Detection in Avionics -- 6 Markov Modeling of Time Series via Spectral Analysis for Detection of Combustion Instabilities -- 7 Dynamic Space-Time Model for Syndromic Surveillance with Particle Filters and Dirichlet Process -- 8 A Computational Steering Framework for Large-Scale Composite Structures -- 9 Development of Intelligent and Predictive Self-Healing Composite Structures using Dynamic Data-Driven Applications Systems -- 10 Dynamic Data-Driven Approach for Unmanned Aircraft Systems aero-elastic response analysis -- 11 Transforming Wildfire Detection and Prediction using New and Underused Sensor and Data Sources Integrated with Modeling -- 12 Dynamic Data Driven Application Systems for Identification of Biomarkers in DNA Methylation -- 13 Photometric Steropsis for 3D Reconstruction of Space Objects -- 14 Aided Optimal Search: Data-Driven Target Pursuit from On-Demand Delayed Binary Observations -- 15 Optimization of Multi-Target Tracking within a Sensor Network via Information Guided Clustering -- 16 Data-Driven Prediction of Confidence for EVAR in Time-varying Datasets -- 17 DDDAS for Attack Detection and Isolation of Control Systems -- 18 Approximate Local Utility Design for Potential Game Approach to Cooperative Sensor Network Planning -- 19 Dynamic Sensor-Actor Interactions for Path-Planning in a Threat Field -- 20 Energy-Aware Dynamic Data-Driven Distributed Traffic Simulation for Energy and Emissions Reduction -- 21 A Dynamic Data-Driven Optimization Framework for Demand Side Management in Microgrids -- 22 Dynamic Data Driven Partitioning of Smart Grid Using Learning Methods -- 23 Design of a Dynamic Data-Driven System for Multispectral Video Processing -- 24 Light Field Image Compression -- 25 On Compression of Machine-derived Context Sets for Fusion of Multi-model Sensor Data -- 26 Simulation-based Optimization as a Service for Dynamic Data-driven Applications Systems -- 27 Privacy and Security Issues in DDDAS Systems -- 28 Dynamic Data Driven Application Systems (DDDAS) for Multimedia Content Analysis -- 29 Parzen Windows: Simplest Regularization Algorithm -- 30 Multiscale DDDAS Framework for Damage Prediction in Aerospace Composite Structures -- 31 A Dynamic Data-Driven Stochastic State-awareness Framework for the Next Generation of Bio-inspired Fly-by-feel Aerospace Vehicles -- DDDAS: The Way Forward. .…”
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Photoenergy and thin film materials

Table of Contents: “…2.2 Operational Mechanism2.3 Sensitizer; 2.3.1 Ruthenium-Based Dyes; 2.3.2 Organic Dyes; 2.3.3 Natural Dyes; 2.3.4 Porphyrin Dyes; 2.3.5 Quantum Dot Sensitizers; 2.3.6 Perovskite-Based Sensitizers; 2.4 Photoanode; 2.4.1 Nanoarchitectures; 2.4.2 Light Scattering Materials; 2.4.3 Composites; 2.4.4 Doping; 2.4.5 Interfacial Engineering; 2.4.6 TiCl4 Treatment; 2.5 Electrolyte; 2.5.1 Liquid Electrolytes; 2.5.2 Quasi-Solid-State Electrolytes; 2.5.3 Solid-State Transport Materials; 2.6 Counter Electrode; 2.6.1 Metals and Alloys; 2.6.2 Carbon-Based Materials; 2.6.3 Conducting Polymers…”
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Patterns and meanings in discourse : theory and practice in corpus-assisted discourse studies (CADS)

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Magic, science, religion by Livingston, Ira, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…-- 2 Kindness -- ASIDE: The Two-Million-Dollar Comma -- ASIDE: Sufficiently Magical Technologies -- ASIDE: Our Gods -- 3 Cruelty -- ASIDE: Ghostly Causality -- ASIDE: Durable Cruelties -- 4 Beginning, Again -- ASIDE: Chaos Invoked -- 5 The Freedom Not to Choose -- ASIDE: No Atheists in Foxholes -- ASIDE: Blake on Firm Perswasion -- ASIDE: Metafictional Magic: The Writer's Will -- ASIDE: Shapely Sentences -- ASIDE: Beckett Meets Twilight Zone, Glass-Half-Full Version -- 2 Complex Systems in a Nutshell -- 1 Horror Movie Reboot -- 2 Interpositivity -- ASIDE: Interpositivity -- 3 Becoming a System -- 4 Creatures of Light -- ASIDE: Transformative for Whom? -- ASIDE: Plant Sorcery -- 5 Tornados, Whirlpools, and Fires -- ASIDE: iii -- ASIDE: Co-evolution -- 6 Leveled -- ASIDE: On being born too early and dying too late -- ASIDE: Up Around the Bend -- 7 A Personifying Universe of Stretchy Things -- 8 Dynamism -- ASIDE: One Plus One Equals Infinity -- 9 Magic, but No Black Boxes -- ASIDE: The T-Shirt Version -- 10 Wildness -- ASIDE: Pet Resemblance via Social Theory -- 3 Magic by Example -- 1 Failed Magic: Modernist Heaven (and Hell) -- 2 Placebo Magic -- ASIDE: Pregnancy via Magic -- ASIDE: Following the Scent -- 3 Mirror Magic -- 4 Biting Game -- 5 Dog Whisperer -- 6 Conclusion -- 4 Future Perfect -- 1 The Gettysburg Address as a Magical Speech Act -- 2 Pool, Poetry, Prose, and Painting -- ASIDE: Dr. …”
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Translations in times of disruption : an interdisciplinary study in transnational contexts

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Mass spectrometry and stable isotopes in nutritional and pediatric research

Table of Contents: “…Wiley Series on Mass Spectrometry; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Mass Spectrometry Techniques for In Vivo Stable Isotope Approaches; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Nomenclature for Light-Stable Isotope Changes; 1.3 Mass Spectrometry Techniques; 1.4 Choice of Mass Spectrometric Techniques and Applications to Measure Isotopic Enrichments in Metabolic Studies; 1.5 Conclusion and Future Perspectives; References; Chapter 2: Stable Isotope Technology; 2.1 History; 2.2 Definition; 2.3 Safety.…”
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Advances in ceramic matrix composites

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The 8th International Conference on Knowledge Management in Organizations Social and Big Data Computing for Knowledge Management by Uden, Lorna, 1946-

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Circadian medicine

Table of Contents: “…2.2 Peripheral and central clocks2.3 Signaling to peripheral circadian clocks; 2.4 Human peripheral and central clocks; 2.5 Human genetics; 2.6 Technologies for measurement of human circadian clocks; 2.7 Cellular methods; 2.8 Omics-based methods to analyze human clocks; 2.9 Summary and outlook; References; 3 The Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN): Critical Points; 3.1 SCN is site of master circadian pacemaker in mammals; 3.2 SCN receives photic information through a specialized light detection pathway; 3.3 SCN neurons are endogenous single cell oscillators that generate rhythms in neural activity.…”
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Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems 11th International Conference, Living Machines 2022, Virtual Event, July 19–22, 2022, Proceedings

Table of Contents: “…Unit cell based artificial Venus flytrap -- Ten Years of Living Machines Conferences: Transformers-based Automated Topic Grouping -- Multi-material FDM 3D printed arm with integrated pneumatic actuator -- SNS-Toolbox: A Tool for Efficient Simulation of Synthetic Nervous Systems -- Scaling a hippocampus model with GPU parallelisation and test-driven refactoring -- Application-Oriented Comparison of Two 3D Printing Processes for the Manufacture of Pneumatic Bending Actuators for Bioinspired Macroscopic Soft Gripper Systems -- Integrating Spiking Neural Networks and Deep Learning Algorithms on the Neurorobotics Platform -- Quasi-static modeling of feeding behavior in Aplysia Californica -- Conversion of Elastic Energy Stored in the Legs of a Hexapod Robot into Propulsive Force -- The shaker: a platform for active perturbations in neuromechanical studies of small animals -- The modelling of different dog breeds on the basis of a validated model -- Analyzing 3D limb kinematics of Drosophila melanogaster for robotic platform development -- Gut feelings: Towards Robotic Personality Generation with Microbial Fuel Cells -- Load Feedback from a Dynamically Scaled Robotic Model of Carausius morosus Middle Leg -- A Computational Approach for Contactless Muscle Force and Strain Estimations in Distributed Actuation Biohybrid Mesh Constructs -- DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A SOFT BENDING ACTUATOR -- Evaluation of Gait Generation in Quadrupedal Legged Locomotion with Changing Anterior/Posterior Extreme Positions -- Active Inference for Artificial Touch: A Biologically-Plausible Tactile Control Method -- SLUGBOT, an Aplysia-inspired Robotic Grasper for Studying Control -- Robotic Platform for Testing a Simple Stereopsis Network -- A Scalable Soft Robotic Cellbot -- A Robotic Implementation of Neurally-Based Animal Magnetic Reception and Navigation -- Design of a Biomolecular Neuristor Circuit for Bioinspired Control -- GymSlug: Deep Reinforcement Learning toward Bio-inspired Control based on Aplysia californica Feeding -- A Synthetic Nervous System with Coupled Oscillators Controls Peristaltic Locomotion -- Simple reactive head motion control enhances adaptability to rough terrain in centipede walking -- Surrogate Modeling for Optimizing the Wing Design of a Hawk Moth Inspired Flapping-Wing Micro Air Vehicle -- A Novel Multi-Vision Sensor Dataset for Insect-Inspired Outdoor Autonomous Navigation -- Using DeepLabCut To Predict Locations of Subdermal Landmarks From Video -- Underwater light modulators: iridescent structures of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica -- Canonical Motor Microcircuit for Control of a Rat Hindlimb -- Direct Assembly and Tuning of Dynamical Neural Networks for Kinematics -- Homeostatic and allostatic principles for behavioral regulation in desert reptiles: a robotic evaluation -- Cognitive architecture as a Service: Scaffolded integration of heterogeneous models through event streams -- A Synthetic Nervous System Controls a Biomechanical Model of Aplysia Feeding -- Animal Acceptance of an Autonomous Pasture Sanitation Robot -- A Functional Subnetwork Approach to Multistate Central Pattern Generator Phase Difference Control -- Time-Evolution Characterization of Behavior Class Prototypes.…”
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Lasers in dentistry : guide for clinical practice

Table of Contents: “…Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; Section 1 Basic principles of lasers and LEDs; Chapter 1 Physics of lasers and LEDs: Basic concepts; Lasers; Light emitting diode; Chapter 2 High power lasers and their interaction with biological tissues; Introduction; High power lasers; Interaction of high power lasers with biological tissues; Thermal effects of laser irradiation in biological tissues; Non-linear interactions; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 Low power lasers: Introduction; Low level laser therapy; Photodynamic therapy; References.…”
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Coping with crisis : government reactions to the great recession

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Modern deep learning for tabular data : novel approaches to common modeling problems by Ye, Andre, Wang, Zian

Table of Contents: “…Implementation and Usage -- Random Forest -- Gradient Boosting -- Theory and Intuition -- AdaBoost -- XGBoost -- LightGBM -- Summary of Algorithms -- Thinking Past Classical Machine Learning -- Key Points -- Chapter 2: Data Preparation and Engineering -- Data Storage and Manipulation -- TensorFlow Datasets -- Creating a TensorFlow Dataset -- TensorFlow Sequence Datasets -- Handling Large Datasets -- Datasets That Fit in Memory -- Pickle -- SciPy and TensorFlow Sparse Matrices -- Datasets That Do Not Fit in Memory -- Pandas Chunker -- h5py -- NumPy Memory Map -- Data Encoding -- Discrete Data…”
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New voices in investment : a survey of investors from emerging countries by Gómez Mera, Maria Laura, 1975-, Kenyon, Thomas (Thomas John), Margalit, Yotam, Reis, José Guilherme Almeida dos, Varela, Gonzalo

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