Sensor Technologies for Civil Infrastructures : Volume 1: Sensing Hardware and Data Collection Methods for Performance Assessment. by Lynch, Jerome P.

Table of Contents: “…9.8.2 Commercial manufacturers and foundries -- 9.8.3 Journal resources -- References -- Further reading -- 10 -- Laser-based sensing for assessing and monitoring civil infrastructures -- 10.1 Laser-based sensing -- 10.1.1 Introduction -- 10.1.2 Principles of lasers -- 10.1.2.1 Stimulated emission and thermal radiation -- 10.1.2.2 Optical amplification of lights in a medium -- 10.1.3 Laser interferometry or electronic speckle pattern interferometry -- 10.1.4 Laser holographic interferometry -- 10.1.5 Laser digital shearography -- 10.1.6 Laser scanning photogrammetry/LiDAR -- 10.1.7 Laser Doppler vibrometry -- 10.1.8 Laser-ultrasound/laser-acoustic -- 10.1.9 Laser excited/active/spot thermography -- 10.1.10 Laser scabbling/drilling -- 10.1.11 Terrestrial laser scanning -- 10.1.12 Other laser-based techniques -- 10.1.13 Laser safety -- 10.1.14 Summary -- Appendix -- Calculation of the speed of light -- References -- 11 -- Vision-based sensing for assessing and monitoring civil infrastructures -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Vision-based measurement techniques for civil engineering applications -- 11.3 Important issues for vision-based measurement techniques -- 11.3.1 Camera calibration -- 11.3.2 Target and correspondence -- 11.3.3 Camera movement -- 11.4 Applications for vision-based sensing techniques -- 11.4.1 Small-scale building model test -- 11.4.2 Large-scale steel building frame test -- 11.4.3 Wind tunnel bridge sectional model test -- 11.4.4 Bridge cable test -- 11.4.5 Pedestrian bridge test -- 11.5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 12 -- Introduction to wireless sensor networks for monitoring applications: principles, design, and selection -- 12.1 Introduction and motivation -- 12.1.1 State-of-the-practice -- 12.1.2 State-of-the-art -- 12.2 Overview of wireless networks -- 12.3 Hardware design and selection.…”
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High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cement Composites 6 HPFRCC 6 by Parra-Montesinos, Gustavo

Table of Contents: “…Mechtcherine -- 60 High performance light-weight cement composite plates using wastepaper fibers and wire mesh, by C. …”
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3D bioprinting and nanotechnology in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

Table of Contents: “…Principles -- 1 Nanotechnology: A Toolkit for Cell Behavior -- 1.1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.2 NANOBIOMATERIALS FOR TISSUE REGENERATION -- 1.2.1 CARBON NANOBIOMATERIALS -- 1.2.1.1 Carbon Nanotubes -- 1.2.1.2 Carbon Nanofibers -- 1.2.1.3 Graphene -- 1.2.2 SELF-ASSEMBLING NANOBIOMATERIALS -- 1.2.2.1 Self-Assembling Nanotubes -- 1.2.2.2 Self-Assembling Nanofibers -- 1.2.3 POLYMERIC AND CERAMIC NANOBIOMATERIALS -- 1.2.3.1 Polymeric Nanobiomaterials -- 1.2.3.2 Ceramic Nanobiomaterials and Ceramic-Polymer Nanocomposites -- 1.3 3D NANO/MICROFABRICATION TECHNOLOGY FOR TISSUE REGENERATION -- 1.3.1 3D NANOFIBROUS AND NANOPOROUS SCAFFOLDS FOR TISSUE REGENERATION -- 1.3.1.1 Electrospun Nanofibrous Scaffolds for Tissue Regeneration -- 1.3.1.2 Other 3D Nanofibrous/Nanoporous Scaffolds for Tissue Regeneration -- 1.3.2 3D PRINTING OF NANOMATERIAL SCAFFOLDS FOR TISSUE REGENERATION -- 1.3.2.1 3D Printing Techniques for Tissue Regeneration -- 1.3.2.2 3D Printing of Nanomaterial Scaffolds for Tissue Regeneration -- 1.4 CONCLUSION AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- Acknowledgments -- Questions -- References -- 2 Bioprinting of Biomimetic Tissue Models for Disease Modeling and Drug Screening -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Current 3D Bioprinting Approaches to Build Biomimetic Tissue Models -- 2.2.1 Current 3D Bioprinting Technology -- 2.2.1.1 Inkjet-Based Bioprinting -- 2.2.1.2 Extrusion-Based Bioprinting -- 2.2.1.3 Light-Based Bioprinting -- 2.2.1.3.1 TPP-Based Bioprinting -- 2.2.1.3.2 DLP-Based Bioprinting -- 2.2.2 Cell Source and Preparation -- 2.2.3 Biomaterial Choice -- 2.3 Drug Screening and Disease Modeling Applications in Various Organs -- 2.3.1 Liver Models -- 2.3.2 Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle Models.…”
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Les périphrases verbales

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Converting power into chemicals and fuels : power-to-X technology for a sustainable future by Bajus, Martin, 1943-

Table of Contents: “…6.7.5 Direct Ammonia Solid Oxide Fuel Cell -- 6.7.6 Equilibrium Potential and Efficiency of the Ammonia-Fed SOFC -- 6.8 Conclusions -- Further Reading -- 7 Power-to-Fuels -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Selection of Fuel Candidates -- 7.2.1 Fuel Production Processes -- 7.3 Power-to-Methane Technology -- 7.3.1 Carbon Dioxide Electrochemical Reduction -- 7.3.2 Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation -- 7.4 Power-to-Methanol -- 7.5 Power-to-Dimethyl Ether -- 7.6 Chemical Conversion Efficiency -- 7.6.1 Exergy -- 7.6.2 Exergy Efficiency -- 7.6.3 Economic and Environmental Evaluation -- 7.6.4 Fuel Assessment -- 7.6.5 Performance of Fuel Production Processes -- 7.6.6 Process Chain Evaluation -- 7.6.7 Fuel Cost -- 7.7 Well-to-Wheel Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- 7.7.1 Environmental Impact -- 7.7.2 Infrastructure -- 7.7.3 Efficiency -- 7.7.4 Energy/Power Density -- 7.7.5 Pollutant Emissions -- 7.8 Gasoline Electrofuels -- 7.9 Diesel Electrofuels -- 7.10 Electrofuels and/or Electrochemicals -- 7.10.1 Physico-Chemical Properties -- 7.10.1.1 Density -- 7.10.1.2 Tribological Properties -- 7.10.1.3 Combustion Characteristics -- 7.10.1.4 Combustion and Emissions -- 7.10.2 Diesel Engine Efficiency -- 7.10.3 Potential of Diesel Electrofuels -- 7.11 Maturity, TRL, Production and Electrolysis Costs -- 7.11.1 Summary -- 7.12 Power-to-Liquid Technology -- 7.12.1 Power-to-Jet Fuel -- 7.12.2 Power-to-Diesel -- 7.13 Conclusion and Outlook -- Further Reading -- 8 Power-to-Light Alkenes -- 8.1 Oxidative Dehydrogenation -- 8.1.1 Carbon Dioxide as a Soft Oxidant for Catalytic Dehydrogenation -- 8.1.2 Carbon Dioxide: Oxidative Coupling of Methane -- 8.1.3 From Carbon Dioxide to Lower Olefins -- 8.1.4 Low-Carbon Production of Ethylene and Propylene -- 8.1.4.1 Energy Demand per Unit of Ethylene/Propylene Production via Methanol.…”
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Origins of a Creole : the history of Papiamentu and its African ties by Jacobs, Bart, 1979-

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Chart patterns : after the buy by Bulkowski, Thomas

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Chandler and Grant's glaucoma

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Green building, environment, energy and civil engineering

Table of Contents: “…Xu -- A study on the optimization of green light sources in subway stations / Z.-C. Zhao -- A study on the mechanical properities of mechanism sand mortars subjected to different temperatures / H.…”
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Solar fuels

Table of Contents: “…2.3.5 Solar Carbothermal Reduction of Magnesia -- 2.3.6 Solar Carbothermal Reduction of Alumina -- 2.4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3 Design Optimization of a Solar Fuel Production Plant by Water Splitting With a Copper-Chlorine Cycle -- Nomenclature -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 System Description -- 3.3 Mathematical Modeling and Optimization -- 3.3.1 Energy and Exergy Analyses -- 3.3.2 Economic Analysis -- 3.3.3 Multiobjective Optimization (MOO) Algorithm -- 3.4 Results and Discussion -- 3.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4 Diversifying Solar Fuels: A Comparative Study on Solar Thermochemical Hydrogen Production Versus Solar Thermochemical Energy Storage Using Co3O4 -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Materials and Methods -- 4.3 Thermodynamics of Direct Decomposition of Water -- 4.4 A Critical Analysis of Two-Step Thermochemical Water Splitting Cycles Through the Red/Ox Properties of Co3O4 -- 4.4.1 Red/Ox Characteristics of Co3O4 Measured by Temperature-Programmed Analysis -- 4.4.2 The Role of Pt as a Reduction Promoter of Co3O4 -- 4.4.3 A Critical Analysis of the Solar Thermochemical Cycles of Water Splitting -- 4.5 Cyclic Thermal Energy Storage Using Co3O4 -- 4.5.1 Mass and Heat Transfer Effects During Red/Ox Processes -- 4.5.2 Cyclic Thermal Energy Storage Performance of Co3O4 -- 4.6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Part II: Artificial Photosynthesis and Solar Biofuel Production -- Chapter 5 Shedding Light on the Production of Biohydrogen from Algae -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Hydrogen or Biohydrogen as Source of Energy -- 5.3 Hydrogen Production From Various Resources -- 5.4 Mechanism of Biological Hydrogen Production from Algae -- 5.5 Production of Hydrogen from Different Algal Species -- 5.5.1 Generation of Hydrogen in Scenedesmus obliquus -- 5.5.2 Production of Hydrogen in Chlorella vulgaris.…”
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Foundation and anchor design guide for metal building systems by Newman, Alexander, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Deep Foundations -- References -- 3.Foundations for Metal Building Systems: The Main Issues -- 3.1.The Differences between Foundations for Conventional Buildings and Metal Building Systems -- 3.1.1.Light Weight Means Large Net Uplift -- 3.1.2.Large Lateral Reactions -- 3.1.3.Factors of Safety and One-Third Stress Increase -- 3.1.4.In Some Circumstances, Uncertainty of Reactions -- 3.2.Estimating Column Reactions -- 3.2.1.Methods of Estimating Reactions -- 3.2.2.How Accurate Are the Estimates? …”


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Artificial recharge of ground water II : proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Artificial Recharge of Ground Water, Walt Disney World Swan, Florida, July 17-22, 1994

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Periodic operation of reactors by Silveston, Peter L.

Table of Contents: “…Quantitative Applications -- 13.4. Modulation of Light Intensity -- 13.5. Application of Modulation to the Testing of Rival Models -- 13.6. …”
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Introduction to tribology by Bhushan, Bharat, 1949-

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Network traffic engineering : stochastic models and applications by Baiocchi, Andrea, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Preface xv -- Acronyms xvii -- Part I Models for Service Systems -- 1 Introduction 3 -- 1.1 Network Traffic Engineering: what, why, how 3 -- 1.2 The art of modeling 7 -- 1.3 An example: delay equalization 11 -- 1.3.1 Model setting 12 -- 1.3.2 Analysis by equations 13 -- 1.3.3 Analysis by simulation 16 -- 1.3.4 Takeaways 18 -- 1.4 Outline of the book 18 -- 1.4.1 Plan 18 -- 1.4.2 Use 21 -- 1.4.3 Notation 23 -- 1.5 Further readings 24 -- Problems 25 -- 2 Service systems and queues 27 -- 2.1 Service system structure 27 -- 2.2 Arrival and service processes 28 -- 2.3 The queue as a service system model 32 -- 2.4 Queues in equilibrium 33 -- 2.4.1 Queues and stationary processes 33 -- 2.4.2 Little's law 37 -- 2.5 Palm's distributions for a queue 40 -- 2.6 The traffic process 44 -- 2.7 Performance metrics 46 -- 2.7.1 Throughput 47 -- 2.7.2 Utilization 49 -- 2.7.3 Loss 49 -- 2.7.4 Delay 51 -- 2.7.5 Age of Information 51 -- Problems 54 -- 3 Stochastic models for network traffic 59 -- 3.1 Introduction 59 -- 3.2 The Poisson process 60 -- 3.2.1 Light versus heavy tails 65 -- 3.2.2 Inhomogeneous Poisson process 66 -- 3.2.3 Poisson process in multidimensional spaces 70 -- 3.2.4 Testing for Poisson 80 -- 3.3 The Markovian Arrival Process 83 -- 3.4 Renewal processes 86 -- 3.4.1 Residual interevent time and renewal paradox 91 -- 3.4.2 Superposition of renewal processes 93 -- 3.4.3 Alternating renewal processes 94 -- 3.4.4 Renewal reward processes 95 -- 3.5 Birthdeath processes 97 -- 3.6 Branching processes 102 Problems 107 -- Part II Queues -- 4 Single server queues 113 -- 4.1 Introduction and notation 113 -- 4.2 The Embedded Markov Chain analysis of the M/G/1 queue 114 -- 4.2.1 Queue length 116 -- 4.2.2 Waiting time 120 -- 4.2.3 Busy period and idle time 123 -- 4.2.4 Remaining service time 126 -- 4.2.5 Output process 127 -- 4.2.6 Evaluation of the probabilities 129 -- 4.3 The M/G/1/K queue 130 -- 4.3.1 Exact solution 130 -- 4.3.2 Asymptotic approximation for large K 133 -- 4.4 Numerical evaluation of the queue length PDF 141.…”
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Tracing pottery-making recipes in the prehistoric Balkans 6th-4th millennia BC

Table of Contents: “…Images taken in crossed polars (XP) (A) and plane polarised light (PPL) (B). Image width = 1.5 mm. -- Chapter 4 -- Table 1: Descriptions of the phase codes and main publications. -- Table 2: Descriptions of sherds and fabric types. -- Clay Recipes, Pottery Typologies and the Neolithisation of Southeast Europe A Case Study from Džuljunica-Smărdeš, Bulgaria -- Beatrijs de Groot -- Chapter 5 -- Figure 1: Geographical location of Balatonszárszó-Kis-erdei-dűlő in Hungary and the excavated area. -- Figure 2: Style groups of pottery at Balatonszárszó. -- Figure 3: Main pottery form groups at Balatonszárszó. -- Figure 4: Fabrics of conical forms. a: Fabric 1a (Sample 92.), b: Fabric 2a (Sample 398.), c: Fabric 2b (Sample 136.), d: Fabric 2c (Sample 300.), e: Fabric 2d (Sample 301.). …”
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The New Oxford book of war poetry

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Chocolat

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Piper, pipe that song again! : Poems for boys and girls

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Judge Dredd. America by Wagner, John, 1949-

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