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Chemistry and technology of emulsion polymerisation
Published 2013Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: List of Contributors xi Abbreviations xiii List of Frequently Used Symbols xvii Introduction to the Second Edition xix Introduction to the First Edition xxi 1 Historic Overview 1 Finn Knut Hansen 1.1 The Early Stages 1 1.2 The Second Half of the Twentieth Century 9 1.2.1 Product Development 9 1.2.2 Kinetic Theory 11 1.2.3 Emulsion Polymerisation in Monomer Droplets 19 1.2.4 Industrial Process Control and Simulation 21 2 Introduction to Radical (Co)Polymerisation 23 A.M. van Herk 2.1 Mechanism of Free Radical Polymerisation 23 2.2 Rate of Polymerisation and Development of Molecular Mass Distribution 25 2.2.1 Rate of Polymerisation 25 2.2.2 Kinetic Chain Length 26 2.2.3 Chain Length Distribution 27 2.2.4 Temperature and Conversion Effects 30 2.3 Radical Transfer Reactions 31 2.3.1 Radical Transfer Reactions to Low Molecular Mass Species 31 2.3.2 Radical Transfer Reactions to Polymer 32 2.4 Radical Copolymerisation 34 2.4.1 Derivation of the Copolymerisation Equation 34 2.4.2 Types of Copolymers 37 2.4.3 Polymerisation Rates in Copolymerisations 39 2.5 Controlled Radical Polymerisation 41 3 Emulsion Polymerisation 43 A.M. van Herk and R.G. …”
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Working with adoptive parents research, theory, and therapeutic interventions /
Published 2013Table of Contents: “…Setting the stage : the adoptive parent in context / Virginia Brabender and April Fallon -- Theoretical contributions to the understanding of parent-child bonding in adoption / April Fallon and Barbara L. …”
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The digital turn in architecture 1992-2012
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Hunting for "dirtbags" why cops over-police the poor and racial minorities /
Published 2013Table of Contents: “…The undiagnosed problem: discretionary proactive policing -- Setting the stage: Stonesville and Seaside -- Shaken or stirred? …”
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Documentary trial plays in contemporary American theater
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The research process in nursing
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Interaction and mobility language and the body in motion /
Published 2013Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- pt. II. Staging and collaborating for mobility -- pt. III. …”
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Qatar small state, big politics /
Published 2013Table of Contents: “…Setting the stage -- The subtle powers of a small state -- Foreign policy and power projection -- The stability of royal autocracy -- State capacity and high modernism -- Qatar's moment in history.…”
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Mixed models theory and applications with R /
Published 2013Table of Contents: “…331.16 Software and books361.17 Summary points 372 MLE for LME Model 412.1 Example: Weight versus height 422.2 The model and log-likelihood functions 452.3 Balanced random-coefficient model 602.4 LME model with random intercepts 642.5 Criterion for the MLE existence 722.6 Criterion for positive definiteness of matrix D742.7 Preestimation bounds for variance parameters 772.8 Maximization algorithms792.9 Derivatives of the log-likelihood function 812.10 Newton--Raphson algorithm 832.11 Fisher scoring algorithm852.12 EM algorithm 882.13 Starting point 932.14 Algorithms for restricted MLE 962.15 Optimization on nonnegative definite matrices 972.16 lmeFS and lme in R 1082.17 Appendix: Proof of the MLE existence 1122.18 Summary points 1153 Statistical Properties of the LME Model 1193.1 Introduction 1193.2 Identifiability of the LMEmodel 1193.3 Information matrix for variance parameters 1223.4 Profile-likelihood confidence intervals 1333.5 Statistical testing of the presence of random effects 1353.6 Statistical properties of MLE 1393.7 Estimation of random effects 1483.8 Hypothesis and membership testing 1533.9 Ignoring random effects 1573.10 MINQUE for variance parameters 1603.11 Method of moments 1693.12 Variance least squares estimator 1733.13 Projection on D+ space 1783.14 Comparison of the variance parameter estimation 1783.15 Asymptotically efficient estimation for [beta] 1823.16 Summary points 1834 Growth Curve Model and Generalizations 1874.1 Linear growth curve model 1874.2 General linear growth curve model 2034.3 Linear model with linear covariance structure 2214.4 Robust linear mixed effects model 2354.5 Appendix: Derivation of the MM estimator 2434.6 Summary points 2445 Meta-analysis Model 2475.1 Simple meta-analysis model 2485.2 Meta-analysis model with covariates 2755.3 Multivariate meta-analysis model 2805.4 Summary points 2916 Nonlinear Marginal Model 2936.1 Fixed matrix of random effects 2946.2 Varied matrix of random effects 3076.3 Three types of nonlinear marginal models 3186.4 Total generalized estimating equations approach 3236.5 Summary points 3307 Generalized Linear Mixed Models 3337.1 Regression models for binary data 3347.2 Binary model with subject-specific intercept 3577.3 Logistic regression with random intercept 3647.4 Probit model with random intercept 3847.5 Poisson model with random intercept 3887.6 Random intercept model: overview 4037.7 Mixed models with multiple random effects 4047.8 GLMM and simulation methods 4137.9 GEE for clustered marginal GLM 4187.10 Criteria for MLE existence for binary model 4267.11 Summary points 4318 Nonlinear Mixed Effects Model 4358.1 Introduction 4358.2 The model 4368.3 Example: Height of girls and boys 4398.4 Maximum likelihood estimation 4418.5 Two-stage estimator 4448.6 First-order approximation 4508.7 Lindstrom--Bates estimator 4528.8 Likelihood approximations 4578.9 One-parameter exponential model 4608.10 Asymptotic equivalence of the TS and LB estimators 4678.11 Bias-corrected two-stage estimator 4698.12 Distribution misspecification 4718.13 Partially nonlinear marginal mixed model 4748.14 Fixed sample likelihood approach4758.15 Estimation of random effects and hypothesis testing 4788.16 Example (continued) 4798.17 Practical recommendations 4818.18 Appendix: Proof of theorem on equivalence 4828.19 Summary points 4859 Diagnostics and Influence Analysis 4899.1 Introduction 4899.2 Influence analysis for linear regression 4909.3 The idea of infinitesimal influence 4939.4 Linear regression model 4959.5 Nonlinear regression model 5129.6 Logistic regression for binary outcome 5179.7 Influence of correlation structure 5269.8 Influence of measurement error 5279.9 Influence analysis for the LME model 5309.10 Appendix: MLE derivative with respect to σ2 5369.11 Summary points 53710 Tumor Regrowth Curves 54110.1 Survival curves 54310.2 Double--exponential regrowth curve 54510.3 Exponential growth with fixed regrowth time 55910.4 General regrowth curve 56510.5 Double--exponential transient regrowth curve 56610.6 Gompertz transient regrowth curve 57310.7 Summary points 57611 Statistical Analysis of Shape 57911.1 Introduction 57911.2 Statistical analysis of random triangles 58111.3 Face recognition 58411.4 Scale-irrelevant shape model 58511.5 Gorilla vertebrae analysis 58911.6 Procrustes estimation of the mean shape 59111.7 Fourier descriptor analysis 59811.8 Summary points 60712 Statistical Image Analysis 60912.1 Introduction 60912.2 Testing for uniform lighting 61212.3 Kolmogorov--Smirnov image comparison 61612.4 Multinomial statistical model for images 62012.5 Image entropy 62312.6 Ensemble of unstructured images 62712.7 Image alignment and registration 64012.8 Ensemble of structured images 65212.9 Modeling spatial correlation 65412.10 Summary points 66013 Appendix: Useful Facts and Formulas 66313.1 Basic facts of asymptotic theory 66313.2 Some formulas of matrix algebra 67013.3 Basic facts of optimization theory 674References 683Index 713.…”
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Entertaining the nation : American drama in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries /
Published 2007Table of Contents: “…British drama and the colonial American stage -- American drama of the new republic -- Drama in the age of Jackson -- The age of melodrama -- Realism and American drama.…”
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Communities of imagination : contemporary Southeast Asian theatres /
Published 2012Table of Contents: “…Mae Naak and Phra Ram : keeping company on the contemporary Thai stage -- Staging the doi moi generation and the treasures of Vietnamese tradition -- Looking within : the Balinese rwa bhineda and readjusting complementary opposites -- Cambodia : artistic renaissance or a new culture of dependency? …”
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Water law and cooperation in the Euphrates-Tigris region : a comparative and interdisciplinary approach /
Published 2013Table of Contents: “…Johannes Cullmann -- Water law in Iraq : the present model for water resources protection / Yadgar Kamal Ahmmad -- Water management laws in the Syrian Arab Republic / Rana Kharouf-Gaudig -- Legal context in water management policy in Turkey : evolution of a complex framework in three stages / Vakur Sumer -- EU water law and its relevance for the Euphrates and Tigris region / Ulrich Beyerlin -- Procedural system of transboundary water cooperation in the Aral Sea basin / Dinara Ziganshina -- The Jordan River : legal and institutional aspects / Marwan Haddad -- The Amazon River Basin : features, history and legal framework / Lilian del Castillo-Laborde -- International cooperation to protect the Rhine River : lessons to be learned for the Euphrates and Tigris region? …”
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Shock and awe : American exceptionalism and the imperatives of the spectacle in Mark Twain's A Connecticut yankee in King Arthur's court /
Published 2013Table of Contents: “…American exceptionalism: a genealogy -- A Connecticut Yankee as American Jeremiad: the historical context -- Americanist criticism of A Connecticut Yankee: a critical history -- Staging the spectacle: a contrapuntal reading of A Connecticut Yankee -- A Connecticut Yankee and America's "war on terror": thinking the spectacle.…”
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Career Q&A : a librarian's real-life, practical guide to managing a successful career /
Published 2013Table of Contents: “…-- Alternative jobs : the nontraditional career path -- Moving up the ladder : stepping into management -- Keeping up : following technology and trends -- Collaboration : forming productive partnerships -- Retirement : wrapping up your career and planning for the next stage.…”
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Applied ethics in mental health care : an interdisciplinary reader /
Published 2013Table of Contents: “…Appelbaum -- Denying autonomy in order to create it : the paradox of forcing treatment upon addicts / Arthur L. Caplan -- End stage anorexia : criteria for competence to refuse treatment / Margery Gans and Willam B. …”
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Becoming Tom Thumb : Charles Stratton, P. T. Barnum, and the dawn of American celebrity /
Published 2013Table of Contents: “…Prologue: playing The palace -- The boy from Bridgeport -- At the American Museum -- Prince Charles the First -- Buttons, bullfights, and balloons -- Hop o' my thumb -- Heart of a child -- On the New York stage -- The measure of a man -- The wedding of the year -- The long and short of it -- A very strange honeymoon -- Tom Thumb's America -- Around the world -- At the helm -- A marriage and two funerals -- The great fire -- At Mountain Grove.…”
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Sugarcane : physiology, biochemistry, and functional biology /
Published 2014Table of Contents: “…Sugarcane: the crop, the plant, and domestication -- Anatomy and morphology -- Developmental stages (phenology) -- Ripening and postharvest deterioration -- Mineral nutrition of sugarcane -- Photosynthesis in sugarcane -- Respiration as a competitive sink for sucrose accumulation in sugarcane culm: perspectives and open questions -- Nitrogen physiology of sugarcane -- Water relations and cell expansion of storage tissue -- Water, transpiration, and gas exchange -- Transport proteins in plant growth and development -- Phloem transport of resources -- Cell walls: structure and biogenesis -- Hormones and growth regulators -- Flowering -- Stress physiology: abiotic stresses -- Mechanisms of resistance to pests and pathogens in sugarcane and related crop species -- Source and sink physiology -- Biomass and bioenergy -- Crop models -- Sugarcane yields and yield-limiting processes -- Systems biology and metabolic modeling -- Sugarcane genetics and genomics -- Sugarcane biotechnology: axenic culture, gene transfer, and transgene expression.…”
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