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Metabolic syndrome and neurological disorders /

Table of Contents: “…Das -- Alterations in the endocannabinoid system as a link between unbalanced energy homeostasis, neuroinflammation and neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders / Tiziana Bisogno & Vincenzo Di Marzo -- Metabolic syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia and depression : role for leptin, melatonin, kynurenine pathways and neuropeptides / George Anderson & Michael Maes -- Binge eating and metabolic syndrome / Gnacio Jauregui-Lobera -- Phytochemical principles in the traditional Indian system of medicine used for the management of metabolic syndrome / Syed Ibrahim Rizvi & Neetu Mishra -- Oxidative stress and obesity : their impact on metabolic syndrome / Morihiro Matsuda & Iichiro Shimomura -- Relationship between obesity, inflammation, and insulin resistance / Jean-Philippe Bastard & Bruno Feve -- Involvement of adipocytokines in pathogenesis of insulin resistance, obesity and metabolic syndrome / Hardik Gandhi & Ramachandran Balaraman -- Obesity, inflammation and vascular disease : novel insight in the role of adipose tissue / Calabro P., Golia E., Maddaloni V., Limongelli G., Ziello B., Fimiani F., Romano I.J., Crisci M., Russo M.G., Yeh E.T.H. & Calabro R. -- Is diabetes as a risk factor for Parkinsons diseases? …”
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Changing Space, Changing City : Johannesburg after apartheid - Open Access selection /

Table of Contents: “…Gated communities and spatial transformation in Greater Johannesburg -- Section B. Area-based transformations. 12. Between fixity and flux: Grappling with transience and permanence in the inner city -- 13. …”
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Changing Space, Changing City : Johannesburg after apartheid - Open Access selection /

Table of Contents: “…Gated communities and spatial transformation in Greater Johannesburg -- Section B. Area-based transformations. 12. Between fixity and flux: Grappling with transience and permanence in the inner city -- 13. …”
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Principles of water treatment by Howe, Kerry J.

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: PrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1 Introduction1-1 The Importance of Principles1-2 The Importance of SustainabilityReferencesChapter 2 Water Quality and Public Health2-1 Relationship between Water Quality and Public Health2-2 Source Waters for Municipal Drinking Water Systems2-3 Regulations of Water Treatment in the United States2-4 Evolving Trends and Challenges in Drinking Water Treatment2-5 Summary and Study GuideReferencesChapter 3 Process Selection3-1 Process Selection Based on Contaminant Properties3-2 Other Considerations in Process Selection3-4 Design and Selection of Process Trains3-5 Summary and Study GuideHomework ProblemsReferencesChapter 4 Fundamental Principles of Environmental Engineering4-1 Units of Expression for Chemical Concentrations4-2 Chemical Equilibrium4-3 Chemical Kinetics4-4 Reactions Used in Water Treatment4-5 Mass Balance Analysis4-6 Introduction to Reactors and Reactor Analysis4-7 Reactions in Batch Reactors4-8 Hydraulic Characteristics of Ideal Flow Reactors4-9 Reactions in Ideal Flow Reactors4-10 Measuring the Hydraulic Characteristics of Flow Reactors with Tracer Tests4-11 Describing the Hydraulic Performance of Real Flow Reactors4-12 Reactions in Real Flow Reactors4-13 Introduction to Mass Transfer4-14 Molecular Diffusion4-15 Diffusion Coefficients4-16 Models and Correlations for Mass Transfer at an Interface4-17 Evaluating the Concentration Gradient with Operating Diagrams4-18 Summary and Study GuideHomework ProblemsReferencesChapter 5 Coagulation and Flocculation5-1 Role of Coagulation and Flocculation in Water Treatment5-2 Stability of Particles in Water5-3 Theory of Coagulation5-4 Coagulation Practice5-5 Principles of Mixing for Coagulation and Flocculation5-6 Rapid Mix Practice5-7 Theory of Flocculation5-8 Flocculation Practice5-9 Energy and Sustainability Considerations5-10 Summary and Study GuideHomework ProblemsReferencesChapter 6 Sedimentation6-1 Principles of Discrete (Type I) Particle Settling6-2 Discrete Settling in Ideal Sedimentation Basins6-3 Principles of Flocculant (Type II) Particle Settling6-4 Principles of Hindered (Type III) Settling6-5 Conventional Sedimentation Basin Design6-6 Alternative Sedimentation Processes6-7 Physical Factors Affecting Sedimentation6-8 Energy and Sustainability Considerations6-9 Summary and Study GuideHomework ProblemsReferencesChapter 7 Rapid Granular Filtration7-1 Physical Description of a Rapid Granular Filter7-2 Process Description of Rapid Filtration7-3 Particle Capture in Granular Filtration7-4 Head Loss through a Clean Filter Bed7-5 Modeling of Performance and Optimization7-6 Backwash Hydraulics7-7 Energy and Sustainability Considerations7-8 Summary and Study GuideHomework ProblemsReferencesChapter 8 Membrane Filtration8-1 Classification of Membrane Processes8-2 Comparison to Rapid Granular Filtration8-3 Principal Features of Membrane Filtration Equipment8-4 Process Description of Membrane Filtration8-5 Particle Capture in Membrane Filtration8-6 Hydraulics of Flow through Membrane Filters8-7 Membrane Fouling8-8 Sizing of Membrane Skids8-9 Energy and Sustainability Considerations8-10 Summary and Study GuideHomework ProblemsReferencesChapter 9 Reverse Osmosis9-1 Principal Features of a Reverse Osmosis Facility9-2 Osmotic Pressure and Reverse Osmosis9-3 Mass Transfer of Water and Solutes through RO Membranes9-4 Performance Dependence on Temperature and Pressure9-5 Concentration Polarization9-6 Fouling and Scaling9-7 Element Selection and Membrane Array Design9-8 Energy and Sustainability Considerations9-9 Summary and Study GuideHomework ProblemsReferencesChapter 10 Adsorption and Ion Exchange10-1 Introduction to the Adsorption Process10-2 Adsorption Equilibrium10-3 Adsorption Kinetics10-4 Introduction to the Ion Exchange Process10-5 Ion Exchange Equilibrium10-6 Ion Exchange Kinetics10-7 Fixed Bed Contactors10-8 Suspended Media Reactors10-9 Energy and Sustainability Considerations10-10 Summary and Learning Objectives10-11 Homework ProblemsReferencesChapter 11 Air stripping and aeration11-1 Types of Air Stripping and Aeration Contactors11-2 Gas-Liquid Equilibrium11-3 Fundamentals of Packed Tower Air Stripping11-4 Design and Analysis of Packed Tower Air Stripping11-5 Energy and Sustainability Considerations11-6 Summary and Study GuideHomework ProblemsReferencesChapter 12 Advanced Oxidation12-1 Introduction to Advanced Oxidation12-2 Ozonation as an Advanced Oxidation Process12-3 Hydrogen Peroxide/Ozone Process12-4 Hydrogen Peroxide/UV Light Process12-5 Energy and Sustainability Considerations12-6 Summary and Study GuideHomework ProblemsReferencesChapter 13 Disinfection13-1 Disinfection Agents and Systems13-2 Disinfection with Free and Combined Chlorine13-3 Disinfection with Chlorine Dioxide13-4 Disinfection with Ozone13-5 Disinfection with Ultraviolet Light13-6 Disinfection Kinetics13-7 Disinfection Kinetics in Real Flow Reactors13-8 Design of Disinfection Contactors With Low Dispersion13-9 Disinfection Byproducts13-10 Residual Maintenance13-11 Energy and Sustainability Considerations13-12 Summary and Study GuideHomework ProblemsReferences14 Residuals Management14-1 Defining the Problem14-2 Physical, Chemical, and Biological Properties of Residuals14-3 Alum and Iron Coagulation Sludge14-4 Liquid Wastes From Granular Media Filters14-5 Management of Residual Liquid Streams14-6 Management of Residual Sludge14-7 Ultimate Reuse and Disposal of Semisolid Residuals14-8 Summary and Study GuideHomework ProblemsReferencesAppendix A Conversion FactorsAppendix B Physical Properties of Selected Gases and Composition of AirB-1 Density of Air at Other TemperaturesB-2 Change in Atmospheric Pressure with ElevationAppendix C Physical Properties of WaterAppendix D Periodic TableAppendix E Electronic Resources available on the John Wiley and Sons website for this TextbookIndex.…”
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The Stewart/Colbert effect essays on the real impacts of fake news /

Table of Contents: “…Xenos, Patricia Moy, and Amy B. Becker -- Stoned slackers or super citizens? …”
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On the edge of freedom the fugitive slave issue in south central Pennsylvania, 1820-1870 / by Smith, David G. (David Grant), 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The Fugitive Slave Issue on "the Edge of Freedom" -- South Central Pennsylvania, Fugitive Slaves, and the Underground Railroad -- Thaddeus Stevens' Dilemma, Colonizationism, and the Turbulent Years of Early Antislavery in Adams County, 1835-39 -- Antislavery Petitioning in South Central Pennsylvania -- The Fugitive Slave Issue on Trial : The 1840s in South Central Pennsylvania -- Controversy and Christiana : The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1850-51 -- Interlude: Kidnapping, Kansas, and the Rise of Race-Based Partisanship : The Fugitive Slave Issue in South Central Pennsylvania, 1852-57 -- Revival of the Fugitive Slave Issue, 1858-61 -- Contrabands, "White Victories," and the Ultimate Slave Hunt : The Recasting the Fugitive Slave Issue in Civil War South Central Pennsylvania -- After the Shooting : South Central Pennsylvania after the Civil War -- Conclusion: The Postwar Ramifications of the Fugitive Slave Issue "On the Edge of Freedom" -- Appendix A: Selected Fugitive Slave Advertisements, 1818-1828 -- Appendix B: 1828 South Central Pennsylvania Petition Opposing Slavery in the District of Columbia -- Appendix C: 1847 Gettysburg African American Petition -- Appendix D: 1846 Adams County Petition -- Appendix E: 1861 Franklin County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix F: 1861 Adams County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix G: [Second] 1861 Adams County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix H: 1861 Doylestown, Bucks County Pro-Colonization Petition -- Appendix I: 1861 Newtown, Bucks County Pro-Personal Liberty Law Petition.…”
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The Civil War as global conflict : transnational meanings of the American Civil War /

Table of Contents: “…: the politics of slavery in comparative perspective : the United States, Cuba, and Brazil / Edward B. Rugemer -- King Cotton, emperor slavery : antebellum slaveholders and the world economy / Matthew Karp -- "If it is still impossible to advocate slavery it has become a habit persistently to write down freedom" : Britain, the Civil War, and race / Hugh Dubrulle -- "Two irreconcilable peoples?" …”
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Bio-inspired innovation and national security /

Table of Contents: “…Howe -- The life sciences, security, and the challenge of biological weapons : an overview / Michael Moodie -- Biological warfare : a warfighting perspective / John B. Alexander -- Abiotic sensing / James J. Valdes ... …”
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Speech and automata in health care /

Table of Contents: “…A critical analysis of speech-based interaction in healthcare robots : making a case for the increased use of speech in medical and assistive robots / Antonio Teixeira -- Speech-based interaction with service robots : a survey of methods and approaches / Vladimir Kulyukin -- Improving patient-robot interaction in healthcare : service robot feature effects on patient acceptance and emotional responses / Manida Swangnetr, David B. Kaber, Biwen Zhu, and Tao Zhang -- Designing embodied and virtual agents for the operating room : taking a closer look at multimodal medical service robots and other cyber-physical systems / Juan P. …”
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Conservation catalysts : how academics and researchers are advancing large landscape preservation /

Table of Contents: “…Poetry and place : a presentation / Caroline Harvey -- B. Film transcript : Colorado College's large landscape conservation strategy to save the Colorado River Basin / Alex Suber -- The drowning fish : large landscapes and the burden of significance / Blair Braverman.…”
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Face-to-face communication over the Internet emotions in a web of culture, language and technology /

Table of Contents: “…Visual cues in computer-mediated communication: sometimes less is more Joseph B. Walther; 2. To be seen or not to be seen: the presentation of facial information in everyday telecommunications Jose;-Miguel Fern�andez-Dols and Pilar Carrera; 3. …”
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Nanobiotechnology for sustainable bioenergy and biofuel production /

Table of Contents: “…Verma, Kaushal Kishor, B.S. Dhanya, Jatinder S. Randhawa and Asim K. JanaNanobiotechnology Advances in Bioreactors for Biodiesel ProductionBhaskar Birru, P. …”
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Nanomaterials-based composites for energy applications : emerging technology and trends /

Table of Contents: “…Upadhyay -- Nanostructured Materials and Composites for Renewable Energy / Idowu David Ibrahim, Chewe Kambole, Azunna Agwo Eze, Adeyemi Oluwaseun Adeboje, Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku, Williams Kehinde Kupolati, Tamba Jamiru, Babatunji Wunmi Olagbenro, and Oludaisi Adekomaya -- Simulation and Modeling of Nanotechnology Aircraft Energy System Using MATLAB / Indradeep Kumar -- Promising Nanomaterials and Their Applications in Energy Technology / Tathagat Waghmare -- Nano-Bio Hybrid Platform to Meet the Energy Challenge / Mihir Ghosh -- ZnS/ZnO Nanocomposite in Photovoltaics: A Computational Study on Energy Conversion / Keka Talukdar -- Bio-Nanometal-Cluster Composites for Renewable Energy Storage Applications / R. Govindhan and B. Karthikeyan -- AlNi and AuZn Nanohybrids for Capacitors: A Computational Study / Keka Talukdar -- Recycling of Polymer Nanocomposites of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Compressed Natural Gas Reservoirs / Gilberto João Pavani, Sérgio Adalbeto Pavani, and Carlos Arthur Ferreira -- Nanomaterial-Based Energy Storage and Supply System in Aircraft Systems / Indradeep Kumar.…”
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Applied pharmaceutical science and microbiology : novel green chemistry methods and natural products /

Table of Contents: “…Patil, Henna S. Shah, Ganesh B. Sonwane, and Swati Gokul Talele -- Thymoquinone: Therapeutic Potential and Molecular Targets / Abuzer Ali, Musarrat Husain Warsi, Wasim Ahmad, Mohd. …”
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CLAIRMONT FAMILY JOURNALS 1855-1885

Table of Contents: “…<P>Acknowledgments</P><P>Editorial Standards and Practices </P><P>List of Abbreviations </P><P>List of Illustrations </P><P>Editorial Symbols</P><P>Chronology of Pauline Clairmont</P><P>Chronology of Wilhelm Clairmont</P><P>Chapter One: Introduction: The History of the Shelley and Clairmont Families</P><P>Chapter Two: Pauline Clairmont's Australian Journal (1855-1857)</P><P>Chapter Three: Wilhelm Clairmont's Journal (1861)</P><P>Chapter Four: "Meine Fussreise im Juli 1885": Walter Clairmont's Journal (German transcription and English translation; 1885) </P><P>Chapter Five: Pauline Clairmont, the Governess Occupation, and the Genre of Life Writing </P><P>Appendix A: The Godwin-Shelley-Clairmont Family Genealogical Table</P><P>Appendix B: Historicizing the Journals: Australia, Austria, and the Banat </P><P>Appendix C: Wilhelm Clairmont's 1873 Certificate of Appointment as an Appraiser</P><P>Appendix D: Pauline Clairmont's 1891 Death Certificate</P><P>Appendix E: William Godwin and Mary Jane Clairmont's "Certified Copy of a Marriage Certificate" from 1940</P><P>Appendix F: Walter Clairmont's and Alma Crüwell-Clairmont's testimonies from the 1930s</P><P>Appendix G: Rosalie Lady Mander's Letters from 1937-1938 to Alma Crüwell-Clairmont </P><P>Index </P><P></P>…”
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Microbiology for food and health : technological developments and advances /

Table of Contents: “…Starter Culture and Probiotic Bacteria in Dairy Food Products / Deepak Kumar Verma, Ami Patel, J.B. Prajapati , Mamta Thakur, Alaa Jabbar Abd Al-Manhel, and Prem Prakash Srivastav -- Starter Cultures: Classification, Traditional Production Technology and Potential Role in the Cheese Manufacturing Industry / Mohamed Eid Shenana and Ami Patel -- Advances in Designing Starter Cultures for the Dairy and Cheese-Making Industry and Protecting Them Against Bacteriophages / Vasilica Barbu, Cătălin Iancu, Daniela Borda, and Anca Ioana Nicolau -- Comparative Study of the Development and Probiotic Protection in Food Matrices / Fernanda Silva Farinazzo, Paulo Terumitsu Saito, Maria Thereza Carlos Fernandes, Carolina Saori Ishii Mauro, Marsilvio Lima de Moraes Filho, Marli Busanello, Karla Bigetti Guergoletto, and Sandra Garcia -- Indigenous Food and Food Products of West Africa: Employed Microorganisms and Their Antimicrobial and Antifungal Activities / Essodolom Taale, Bouraïma Djery, Haziz Sina, Essozimna Kogno, Simplice D. …”
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Borderless worlds for whom? : ethics, moralities and mobilities /

Table of Contents: “…/ Elisabetta Nadalutti -- The role of 'nature' at the EU maritime borders: agency, ethics, and accountability / Estela Schindel -- Afterword: borders are there to be crossed (but not by everybody) / Noel B. Salazar.…”
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La colonisation agricole au Viêt Nam : Contribution à l'étude de la construction d'un État moderne; du bouleversement à l'intégration des Plateaux centraux / by Dery, Steve, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Chapitre 5_L'evolution de l'utilisation du sol de la province de Lâm Dông, 1958-1992Chapitre 6_Les disparites ethniques dans le processus d'extension du territoire agricole; Partie 3_Au coeur de la geographie; Chapitre 7_La colonisation agricole et l'etat au Viêt Nam; Chapitre 8_Forêts et minorites ethniques; Conclusion_La trame de l'histoire et le coeur de sa geographie; Postface_Retour à Hoài Duc; Bibliographie; Annexe A_Les redemptoristes au Viêt Nam; Annexe B_Province de lâm Dông.; Annexe C_Tableaux complementaires.…”
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Pasados poscoloniales : colección de ensayos sobre la nueva historia y etnografía de la India /

Table of Contents: “…Cohn -- La prosa de la contrainsurgencia / Ranajit Guha -- Tradiciones en discordia : el debate sobre la "sati" en la India colonial / Lata Mani -- Su libro, su vida : autobiografía de una mujer del siglo XIX / Tanika Sarkar -- La institución imaginaria de la India / Sudipta Kaviraj -- Gandhi como Mahatma : distrito de Gorakhpur, UP Oriental, 1921-1922 / Shahid Amin -- La nación y sus mujeres / Partha Chatterjee -- La casta original : poder, historia y jerarquía en el sur de Asia / Nicholas B. Dirks -- La reproducción de la desigualdad : cultos a los espíritus y relaciones laborales en el este de la India duranteel periodo colonial / Gyan Prakash.…”
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La colonisation agricole au Viêt Nam : Contribution à l'étude de la construction d'un État moderne; du bouleversement à l'intégration des Plateaux centraux / by Dery, Steve, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Chapitre 5_L'evolution de l'utilisation du sol de la province de Lâm Dông, 1958-1992Chapitre 6_Les disparites ethniques dans le processus d'extension du territoire agricole; Partie 3_Au coeur de la geographie; Chapitre 7_La colonisation agricole et l'etat au Viêt Nam; Chapitre 8_Forêts et minorites ethniques; Conclusion_La trame de l'histoire et le coeur de sa geographie; Postface_Retour à Hoài Duc; Bibliographie; Annexe A_Les redemptoristes au Viêt Nam; Annexe B_Province de lâm Dông.; Annexe C_Tableaux complementaires.…”
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