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MicroComputed Tomography has become the gold standard for studying
3D microscopic structures nondestructively, and this book provides
up-to-date coverage of the modality. The first part of the book
focuses on methodology, covering experimental methods, data
analysis, and visualization approaches. Emphasis is on fundamentals
so that those new to the field can design their own effective
microCT studies. The second part addresses various microCT
applications, organized by type of microstructure so that the
reader can appreciate approaches from other disciplines. The
applications include porous solids, microstructural evolution, soft
tissue studies, applications using x-ray phase contrast or x-ray
scattering contrast, and multimode studies.
This book fills the need for a coherent work combining carefully
reviewed articles into a comprehensive overview accessible to
research groups and lecturers. Next to fundamental physics,
contributions on topical medical and material science issues are
included.
Each year synchrotron facilities, both in the United States and in
other countries, are utilized for more applications of synchrotron
radiation as they pertain to materials science. Both basic and
applied research possibilities are manyfold, including studies of
materials mentioned below and those that are yet to be discovered.
The combination of synchrotron-based spectroscopic techniques with
ever-increasing high-resolution microscopy allows researchers to
study very small domains of materials in an attempt to understand
their chemical and electronic properties. This is especially
important for composites and related materials involving material
bonding interfaces. This book brings together the materials science
community and the characterization techniques that use synchrotron
radiation. Topics include surfaces, interfaces, electronic
materials, metal oxides, metal sulfides, radiation detector
materials, thin films, carbides, polymers, alloys, nanoparticles,
and metal composites. Results reported in the volume address recent
advances in X-ray absorption and scattering, imaging, tomography,
microscopy, and diffraction methods.
MicroComputed Tomography has become the gold standard for studying
3D microscopic structures nondestructively, and this book provides
up-to-date coverage of the modality. The first part of the book
focuses on methodology, covering experimental methods, data
analysis, and visualization approaches. Emphasis is on fundamentals
so that those new to the field can design their own effective
microCT studies. The second part addresses various microCT
applications, organized by type of microstructure so that the
reader can appreciate approaches from other disciplines. The
applications include porous solids, microstructural evolution, soft
tissue studies, applications using x-ray phase contrast or x-ray
scattering contrast, and multimode studies.
Description: If the church is more than just a building, what could
it mean to live in it--to inhabit it as a way of life? From their
location in new monastic communities, Otto, Stock, and
Wilson-Hartgrove ask what the church can learn from St. Benedict's
vows of conversion, obedience, and stability about how to live as
the people of God in the world. In storytelling and serious
engagement with Scripture, old wisdom breathes life into a new
monasticism. But, like all monastic wisdom, these reflections are
not just for monks. They speak directly to the challenge of being
the church in America today and the good news Christ offers for the
whole world. Endorsements: Conversations between contemporary
Christian communities and Benedictine monasticism are among the
most surprising and promising in the church today. Given that the
roots of monasticism and of contemporary Protestantism lie in
different parts of the Christian tradition, mutual engagement
between contemporary Christians and monastics has been rare.
Recently, however, the scene has shifted, and Inhabiting the Church
represents the new eagerness to learn the art of living together
faithfully from experienced and ancient practitioners. --Christine
D. Pohl from the foreword ""Protestants looking for a richer,
thicker, more robust and enchanted way of living into the Christian
story should not ignore this invitation into the rhythms and
cadences of Benedictine spirituality. Indeed, only one kind of
person should avoid this book: the reader who does not wish to be
changed."" --Lauren F. Winner author of Girl Meets God and Real Sex
""This book is a timely intersection of the new and ancient,
breathing fresh life into an aging body. An older generation will
nd this book a long-awaited reassurance that the Spirit is still
stirring radical nonconformity on the margins of empires. And the
contemporary renewal of new monastics and prophetic tricksters will
nd a cure for the pretension and sloppiness that can so often taint
our vision or tempt us to pretend that there is 'something new
under the sun.' With both courage and humility, we will all nd
ourselves invited to inhabit the incarnational body that makes God
visible to the world . . . May it inspire all of us to become the
church that God longs for."" --Shane Claiborne author of The
Irresistible Revolution, founding member of The Simple Way, and
recovering sinner ""These folks are bringing things both old and
new out of the great Christian storehouse The New Monasticism is
discovering what is always rediscovered--and always bears great
life for the Gospel."" --Fr. Richard Rohr, O.F.M. Center for Action
and Contemplation Albuquerque, New Mexico About the Contributor(s):
Jon Stock is a member of Church of the Servant King, publisher of
Wipf and Stock, and proprietor of Windows Booksellers in Eugene,
Oregon. Tim Otto serves as an Associate Pastor of the Church of the
Sojourners in San Francisco. He is also a part-time nurse at the
San Francisco county hospital, working with AIDS and cancer
patients. Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove is a member of Rutba House in
Durham, North Carolina. He is the author of To Baghdad and Beyond.
Classification of chromatographic methods Chromatography is the
name given to a particular family of separation techniques of great
effectiveness. The original method was described in 1903 by Tswett,
who used it for the separation of coloured substances, and the name
chromatog raphy stems from this. However, the limitation to
coloured compounds never really obtained, and most chromatographic
separations are nowadays performed on mixtures of colourless
substances, including gases. Like fractional distillation,
chromatography relies on the relative movement of two phases, but
in chromatography one is fixed and is known as the stationary
phase; the other is known as the mobile phase. Chromatographic
methods may be classified first according to the nature of the
mobile phase and, second, according to the nature of the stationary
phase. The mobile phase may be a liquid or a gas, and the
stationary phase may be a solid or a liquid. There are thus four
main sub-divisions of the chromatographic process, as set out in
Table 1.1. The system is called adsorption chromatography if the
stationary phase is a solid, and partition chromatography if it is
a liquid.
This volume is designed to present a practical approach to
designing and running workshops. It is meant to introduce novice
facilitators as well as those with much experience to an integrated
model of workshop design and development. Grounded in learning
theory, this model is used to demonstrate how to design,
facilitate, and direct workshops, as well as how to identify and
improve existing skills. Practical, how-to sections assist readers
in creating specific experiential activities designed to facilitate
different types of learning. Readers also learn how to understand
and attend to individual differences as well as to take all
workshop participants through a universal cycle of learning.
Workshops will be useful to anyone who facilitates workshops in
higher education, adult education, business, health care, and other
educational settings.
This volume is designed to present a practical approach to designing and running workshops. It is meant to introduce novice facilitators as well as those with much experience to an integrated model of workshop design and development. Grounded in learning theory, this model is used to demonstrate how to design, facilitate, and direct workshops, as well as how to identify and improve existing skills. Practical, how-to sections assist readers in creating specific experiential activities designed to facilitate different types of learning. Readers also learn how to understand and attend to individual differences as well as to take all workshop participants through a universal cycle of learning. Workshops will be useful to anyone who facilitates workshops in higher education, adult education, business, health care, and other educational settings.
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