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Guidelines for evaluating process plant buildings for external explosions, fires, and toxic releases

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In-situ characterization of heterogeneous catalysts

Table of Contents: “…Chupas (Argonne National Laboratory) Chapter 6: Neutron Scattering for In-situ Characterization of Catalysts Ashfia Huq (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Wei-Ren Chen (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Chapter 7: Visualization of Surface Structures of Heterogeneous Catalysts under Reaction Conditions or during Catalysis with High Pressure Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Franklyn (Feng) Tao (University of Notre Dame), Yingchun Ye (University of Notre Dame), Yuan Zhu (University of Notre Dame), Shiran Zhang (University of Notre Dame), Lei Wang (University of Notre Dame), Fang Cheng (University of Notre Dame) Chapter 8: In-situ Infrared Spectroscopy on Well-defined Model Catalysts Dario Stacchiola (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Kumudu Mudiyanselage (Brookhaven National Laboratory) Chapter 9: Infrared Spectroscopy on Powder Catalysts Eli Stavitski (Brookhaven National Laboratory) Chapter 10: Structural Characterization of Catalysts by Operando Raman Spectroscopy Miguel A. Bañares (Institute of Catalysis- Madrid), Gerhard Mestl (Sud-Chemie AG) Chapter 11: In-situ Electron Paramagnetic Resonance of powder catalysts Angelika Bruckner (Leibniz Institute of Catalysis) Chapter 12: Application of Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy for the In-situ Investigation of Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactions David Starr (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Hendrik Bluhm (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Zhi Liu (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Axel Knop-Gericke (Max Planck Institute), Michael Havecker (BESI-II) Chapter 13: Combined X-ray diffraction and absorption spectroscopy in Catalysis Research: Techniques and Applications Jonathan C. …”
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Toward an ecology of transfiguration orthodox Christian perspectives on environment, nature, and creation /

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: -- Contents -- Prefatory Letter by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew -- Foreword by Bill McKibben -- Introduction: "The Sweetness of Heaven Overflows onto the Earth": Orthodox Christianity and Environmental Thought -- John Chryssavgis and Bruce V. …”
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Handbook of gastroenterologic procedures /

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For attribution-- : developing data attribution and citation practices and standards : summary of an international workshop / by Uhlir, P. F. (Paul F.), 1954-

Table of Contents: “…-- Attribution and credit: beyond print and citations -- Data citation, technical issues, identification -- Maintaining the scholarly value chain: authenticity, provenance, and trust -- Towards data attribution and citation iin the life sciences -- Data citation in the earth and physical sciences -- Data citation in the social sciences -- Data citation in the humanities: what the problem? …”
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Reading publics : New York City's public libraries, 1754-1911 / by Glynn, Tom, 1962-

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Machinery prognostics and prognosis oriented maintenance management / by Yan, Jihong

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Preface i Acknowledgements i Chapter 1 Introduction 7 1.1 Historical perspective 7 1.2 Diagnostic and prognostic system requirements 8 1.3 Need for prognostics and sustainability based maintenance management 9 1.4 Technical challenges in prognosis and sustainability based maintenance decision making 11 1.5 Data processing, prognostics and decision making 13 1.6 Sustainability based maintenance management 16 1.7 Future of prognostics based maintenance 19 References 20 Chapter 2 Data processing 21 2.1 Probability Distributions 21 2.2 Statistics on Unordered data 32 2.3 Statistics on Ordered Data 38 2.4 Technologies for incomplete data 39 References 428 Chapter 3 Signal processing 45 3.1 Introduction 45 3.2 Signal pre-processing 47 3.3 Techniques for signal processing 50 3.4 Real-time image feature extraction 72 3.5 Fusion or integration technologies 77 3.6 Statistical pattern recognition and data mining 80 3.7 Advanced technology for feature extraction 92 References 102 Chapter 4 Health monitoring and prognosis 110 4.1 Health monitoring as a concept 110 4.2 Degradation indices 111 4.3 Real-time monitoring 116 4.4 Failure prognosis 142 4.5 Physics-based prognosis models 155 4.6 Data-driven prognosis models 158 4.7 Hybrid prognosis models 162 Reference 165 Chapter 5 Prediction of residual service life 172 5.1 Formulation of problem 172 5.2 Methodology of probabilistic prediction 173 5.3 Dynamic life prediction using time series 180 5.4 Residual life prediction by crack-growth criterion 197 References 202 Chapter 6 Maintenance planning and scheduling 205 6.1 Strategic planning in maintenance 205 6.2 Maintenance scheduling 219 6.3 Scheduling techniques 232 6.4 Heuristic methodology for multi-unit system maintenance scheduling 261 References 266 Chapter 7 Prognosis incorporating maintenance decision making 270 7.1 The changing role of maintenance 270 7.2 Development of maintenance 272 7.3 Maintenance effects modeling 274 7.4 Modeling of optimization objective - maintenance cost 282 7.5 Prognosis oriented maintenance decision making 284 7.6 Maintenance decision making considering energy consumption 301 References 317 Chapter 8 Case studies 321 8.1 Improved Hilbert-Huang transform based weak signal detection methodology and its application on incipient fault diagnosis and ECG signal analysis 322 8.2 Ant colony clustering analysis based intelligent fault diagnosis method and its application to rotating machinery 329 8.3 BP Neural Networks Based Prognostic Methodology and Its Application 336 8.4 A Dynamic Multi-scale Markov Model Based Methodology for Remaining Life Prediction 343 8.5 A group technology based methodology for maintenance scheduling for hybrid shop 358 References 365 Index 369.…”
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Neural stem cell assays /

Table of Contents: “…Cryopreservation and Recovery of Primary Rat Neural Cells / Rhonda Newman and Navjot Kaur. 8. …”
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Molecular principles of fungal pathogenesis

Table of Contents: “…Perfect -- Toward a molecular understanding of Candida albicans virulence / Frank C. Odds, Neil A.R. Gow, and Alistair J.P. Brown -- Molecular determinants of Histoplasma capsulatum pathogenesis / Jon P. …”
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Information and liberation writings on the politics of information and librarianship / by Durrani, Shiraz

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Koenig and Schultz's disaster medicine comprehensive principles and practices /

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Part I: 1. Disaster research and epidemiology Megumi Kano, Michele M. …”
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Accelerating your development as a leader a guide for leaders and their managers / by Barner, Robert (Robert W.)

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Sleep and mental illness

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Africa's power infrastructure investment, integration, efficiency /

Table of Contents: “…-- Meeting the challenges of regional integration of infrastructure -- Building a political consensus -- Strengthening regional institutions -- Setting priorities for regional infrastructure -- Facilitating project preparation and cross-border finance -- Developing regional regulatory frameworks -- Investment requirements -- Modeling investment needs -- Estimating supply needs -- Overall cost requirements -- The sapp -- Constant access rates under trade expansion -- Regional target for access rate : electricity access of 35 percent on average -- National targets for electricity access -- The EAPP/Nile Basin -- Constant access rates under trade expansion -- Regional target for access rate : electricity access of 35 percent on average -- National targets for electricity access -- WAPP -- Constant access rates under trade expansion -- Regional target rate : electricity access of 54 percent on average -- National targets for electricity access -- CAPP -- Constant access rates under trade expansion -- Regional target for access rate : electricity access of 44 percent on average -- National targets for electricity access -- Strengthening sector reform and planning -- Power sector reform in sub-Saharan Africa -- Private management contracts : winning the battle, losing the war -- Sector reform, sector performance -- The search for effective hybrid markets -- Regulatory institutions may need to be redesigned -- The challenges of independent regulation -- Regulation by contract -- Outsourcing regulatory functions -- Toward better regulatory systems -- A model to fit the context -- Widening connectivity and reducing inequality -- Low electricity connection rates -- Mixed progress, despite many agencies and funds -- Inequitable access to electricity -- Affordability of electricity : subsidizing the well off -- Policy challenges for accelerating service expansion -- Don't forget the demand side of the equation -- Take a hard-headed look at affordability -- Target subsidies to promote service expansion -- Systematic planning needed for periurban and rural electrification -- Recommitting to the reform of state-owned enterprises -- Hidden costs in underperforming state-owned enterprises -- Driving down operational inefficiencies and hidden costs -- Effect of better governance on performance of state-owned utilities -- Making state-owned enterprises more effective -- Defined roles and responsibilities -- Altering the political economy around the utility -- Practical tools for improving the performance of state-owned utilities -- Closing Africa's power funding gap -- Existing spending in the power sector -- How much more can be done within the existing resource envelope? …”
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Inflated how money and debt built the American dream / by Whalen, R. Christopher, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…. -- The Passage of the Federal Reserve Act. -- Roosevelt, Wilson and the Politics of Reform. -- Chapter Five War, Boom & Bust. -- The Fed During WW I. -- A Return to Republican Normalcy. -- The Roaring Twenties. -- The New Era of Debt and Investing. -- The Bust: Stocks Fall and Tariffs Rise. -- Chapter Six New Deal to Cold War. -- FDR and the Era of Broken Precedent. -- The Seizure of Gold and Dollar Devaluation. -- Dollar Devaluation Hurt World Trade. -- The Rise of the Corporate State. -- Central Planning Arrives in Washington. -- FDR Embraces Federal Deposit Insurance. -- The Legacy of FDR. -- The Fed and The RFC. -- Corportivist Reform at the Fed. -- The New Deal Fails, So America Goes to War. -- Wartime Inflation and Debt Finance. -- Bretton Woods and Global Inflation. -- Chapter Seven Debt and Inflation A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats. -- Federal Revenues Grow. -- The Fed Regains Independence. -- The Post-War Economy Soars. -- The Legacy of War. -- Cold War, Free Trade. -- The Dollar's Golden Age. -- Global Imbalances Return. -- Richard Nixon's Betrayal. -- The End of the Dollar Peg. -- The Return of Sovereign Borrowing. -- Chapter Eight Leveraging the American Dream. -- The New Uncertainty. -- Humphrey Hawkins and Full Employment. -- Balanced Budgets and Inflation. -- Volcker's Shock Treatment. -- The Crisis Managers. -- The Latin Debt Crisis. -- Volcker's Apprentice: Gerald Corrigan. -- Reagan Reappoints Volcker. -- The Never-ending Crisis. -- Volcker Exits and Crisis Returns. -- From Excess to Delusion. -- The Greenspan Legacy. -- Chapter Nine Prospects. -- The Growth Challenge. -- Growth versus Inflation. -- Changing Places. -- Triffin's Dilemma and the Dollar. -- Notes. -- About the Author. -- Index.…”
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Designing healthy communities by Jackson, Richard, 1945-

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Intergenerational solidarity in libraries La solidarité intergénérationnelle dans les bibliothèques /

Table of Contents: “…Reading as a link between generations : towards a more cohesive society = La lecture, lien entre les générations : vers une société plus solidaire / Ahmed Ksibi and Ivanka Stričević -- Introduction = Introduction / Ahmed Ksibi and Ivanka Stričević -- Towards an inclusive society : how libraries bridge generations = Vers une société inclusive : les bibliothèques comme ponts entre générations / Ingrid Parent -- L'intergénérationnel et les bibliothèques : contexte et cadre théorique / Ahmed Ksibi -- Redéfinition des enjeux de "l'intergénérationnel" autour des pratiques de médiation à la lecture / Bernadette Seibel -- Lecture et bibliothèques face aux défis de l'intergénération / Claude Poissenot -- Témoignages : l'intergénérationnel entre patrimoine et science moderne / Abdelkarim Fourati -- L'Ecole congolaise et la rupture du lien de solidarité par la lecture / Macaire Mvula -- Developing a culture of reading in contemporary Bulgarian society : the role of libraries / Julia Savova -- Intergenerational exchange and dialogue : a culture of care in libraries that care / Ivanka Stričević -- Promoting intergenerational dialogue through libraries and schools in Harare : towards a socially cohesive society / Collence Takaingenhamo Chisita -- La bibliothèque, lien social, lien intergénérationnel au sein de la société de l'information / Jean-Philippe Accart -- Le dialogue intergénérationnel dans les bibliothèques de lecture publique en Afrique au Sud du Sahara : une action nécessaire à la promotion du livre et des NTIC / Charles Kamdem Poeghela -- Getting in touch : communication and mutual help between generations ... when the library creates the event / Azzedine Bouderbane and Soumia Zahi -- Autour des livres et des récits pour enfants, les générations se rencontrent / Geneviève Patte -- An act of love : examples of intergenerational reading programs in the world of IBBY : Mexico, Chile, Toronto / Patricia Aldana -- Projects of intergenerational reading from Scandinavia / Leikny Haga Indergaard -- Feeling needed, feeling loved, building community : one intergenerational reading program / Virginia A. …”
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Guidelines for evaluating process plant buildings for external explosions, fires, and toxic releases

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In-situ characterization of heterogeneous catalysts

Table of Contents: “…Chupas (Argonne National Laboratory) Chapter 6: Neutron Scattering for In-situ Characterization of Catalysts Ashfia Huq (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Wei-Ren Chen (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Chapter 7: Visualization of Surface Structures of Heterogeneous Catalysts under Reaction Conditions or during Catalysis with High Pressure Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Franklyn (Feng) Tao (University of Notre Dame), Yingchun Ye (University of Notre Dame), Yuan Zhu (University of Notre Dame), Shiran Zhang (University of Notre Dame), Lei Wang (University of Notre Dame), Fang Cheng (University of Notre Dame) Chapter 8: In-situ Infrared Spectroscopy on Well-defined Model Catalysts Dario Stacchiola (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Kumudu Mudiyanselage (Brookhaven National Laboratory) Chapter 9: Infrared Spectroscopy on Powder Catalysts Eli Stavitski (Brookhaven National Laboratory) Chapter 10: Structural Characterization of Catalysts by Operando Raman Spectroscopy Miguel A. Bañares (Institute of Catalysis- Madrid), Gerhard Mestl (Sud-Chemie AG) Chapter 11: In-situ Electron Paramagnetic Resonance of powder catalysts Angelika Bruckner (Leibniz Institute of Catalysis) Chapter 12: Application of Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy for the In-situ Investigation of Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactions David Starr (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Hendrik Bluhm (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Zhi Liu (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Axel Knop-Gericke (Max Planck Institute), Michael Havecker (BESI-II) Chapter 13: Combined X-ray diffraction and absorption spectroscopy in Catalysis Research: Techniques and Applications Jonathan C. …”
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Toward an ecology of transfiguration orthodox Christian perspectives on environment, nature, and creation /

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: -- Contents -- Prefatory Letter by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew -- Foreword by Bill McKibben -- Introduction: "The Sweetness of Heaven Overflows onto the Earth": Orthodox Christianity and Environmental Thought -- John Chryssavgis and Bruce V. …”
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