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This book helps children learn to draw by following simple step-by-step instructions and using press out shapes to draw around. Colourful illustrations then inspire creative decoration once the initial outline has been drawn.
Testing Hearing: The Making of Modern Aurality argues that the
modern cultural practices of hearing and testing have emerged from
a long interrelationship. Since the early nineteenth century,
auditory test tools (whether organ pipes or electronic tone
generators) and the results of hearing tests have fed back into
instrument calibration, human training, architecture, and the
creation of new musical sounds. Hearing tests received a further
boost around 1900 as a result of injury compensation laws and state
and professional demands for aptitude testing in schools,
conservatories, the military, and other fields. Applied at large
scale, tests of seemingly small measure-of auditory acuity, of
hearing range-helped redefine the modern concept of hearing as
such. During the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the
epistemic function of hearing expanded. Hearing took on the dual
role of test object and test instrument; in the latter case, human
hearing became a gauge by which to evaluate or regulate materials,
nonhuman organisms, equipment, and technological systems. This book
considers both the testing of hearing and testing with hearing to
explore the co-creation of modern epistemic and auditory cultures.
The book's twelve contributors trace the design of ever more
specific tests for the arts, education and communication, colonial
and military applications, sociopolitical and industrial endeavors.
Together, they demonstrate that testing as such became an enduring
and wide-ranging cultural technique in the modern period, one that
is situated between histories of scientific experimentation and
many fields of application.
This comprehensive book evaluates the development status,
application scenarios, and future trends of China's transportation
technology, with a focus on the progress and breakthroughs made in
the development of China's transportation technology, the
development trend of new technologies, and the impact on
transportation.The unique reference text benefits practitioners,
leaders and managers in the transportation industry, transportation
researchers, transportation engineers, and transportation
technicians.
The Resource Utilization of Plastic Waste with Supercritical Water
Treatment discusses the types of plastic analysis, material
characterization, technical principles of supercritical water
treatment of waste plastics, the structure and process of the
experimental platform, the selection of process parameters, and the
establishment of kinetic models in professional areas of the field.
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Treatment Of Dry Eye (Hardcover)
Qingyan Zeng; Artworks by Li/Pan; Translated by Chung Nen Chua, Wenwei (David) Woo, Eng Hui Gan
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Dry eye is one of the most common ocular diseases. With the wide
use of consumer electronics, environmental pollution and aging
population, it has been prevalent and has seen a rising trend
globally. Symptoms of dry eye affect daily activities and quality
of life. This book details and illustrates popular medical science
knowledge about dry eye. The cartoonist also shares her own
treatment process. Various questions and doubts raised by dry eye
patients and the effective therapy and treatment are well
explained. The book provides a good resource for readers to acquire
in-depth knowledge on causes and hazards brought about by dry eye
as well as how to prevent its occurrence.
The food industry has seen many changes over the last several
decades - new technologies have been introduced into the way we
cook, manufacture, and present food products to consumers. Digital
gastronomy, which combines new computational abilities such as
three-dimensional (3D) printing with traditional food preparation,
has allowed consumers to design and manufacture food with
personalized shapes, colours, textures, and even nutrition. In
addition to the personalization of food, 3D printing of food has
other advantages such as promoting automation in food preparation
and food sustainability through 3D-printed cell-based meats and
alternative proteins. Entire meals can be constructed just by 3D
food printing alone.In this textbook, the background, principles,
commercial food printers, materials, regulations, business
development, as well as the emerging technologies and future
outlook of 3D food printing are explored. In terms of 3D-printed
materials, four main classes are reviewed: namely, desserts /
snacks (comprising dairy products, chocolate, sugars, and dough),
fruits / vegetables, meats /alternative proteins, and
pharmaceuticals / nutraceuticals.This textbook has been written to
offer readers keen to learn more about 3D food printing in terms of
concepts, processes, applications, and developments of 3D food
printing. No prior knowledge is required. At the end of each
chapter, a set of problems offers undergraduate and postgraduate
students practice on the main ideas discussed within the chapter.
For tertiary-level lecturers and university professors, the topic
on 3D food printing can be associated to other subjects in food and
nutrition, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical sciences, and food
engineering.
Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE): A Practical Guide introduces
readers to the topic, guiding them through fundamental concepts and
the latest advances in applications. The book covers concepts,
principles and working mechanisms of AIE in AIE-active luminogens,
with different classes of AIE luminogens reviewed, including
polymers, three-dimensional frameworks (MOFs and COFs) and
supramolecular gels. Special focus is given to the
structure-property relationship, structural design strategies,
targeted properties and application performance. The book provides
readers with a deep understanding, not only on the fundamental
principles of AIE, but more importantly, on how AIE luminogens and
AIE properties can be incorporated in material development.
60 Years of the Loeb-Sourirajan Membrane: Principles, New
Materials, Modelling, Characterization and Applications bring forth
theoretical advances, novel characterization techniques, materials
development, advanced treatment processes, and emerging
applications of membrane-based technologies. The trigger for
writing this book is the 2020, 60th anniversary of the first
asymmetric polymeric membrane invented by Dr. Sidney Loeb and Dr.
Srinivasa Sourirajan (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
on the breakthrough discovery of the semipermeable membrane for
seawater desalination. The book places emphasis on the advances of
organic and inorganic membranes in different fields, covering not
only the primary application of membranes for water and wastewater
treatment but also other applications dealing with energy
conversion and storage, organic solvent purification, gas
separation, and biomedical processes.
Robot Systems for Rail Transit Applications presents the latest
advances in robotics and artificial intelligence for railway
systems, giving foundational principles and running through special
problems in robot systems for rail transit. State-of-the art
research in robotics and railway systems is presented alongside a
series of real-world examples. Eight chapters give definitions and
characteristics of rail transit robot systems, describe assembly
and collaborative robots in manufacturing, introduce automated
guided vehicles and autonomous rail rapid transit, demonstrate
inspection robots, cover trench robots, and explain unmanned aerial
vehicles. This book offers an integrated and highly-practical way
to approach robotics and artificial intelligence in rail-transit.
For centuries, Chinese medicinal materials have been used for
therapeutic purposes. Chinese medicinal materials are traditionally
identified by their organoleptic characteristics, such as the
texture or the odor. With the advancement of DNA technology, a
molecular approach has become an important tool to complement
organoleptic, morphological, anatomical and chemical techniques for
the authentication and quality assurance of Chinese medicinal
materials.In 2002, the authors published Authentication of Chinese
Medicinal Materials by DNA Technology which is the first
international reference in this field. After 20 years, this new
edition updates the various useful techniques and describes the new
techniques developed for molecular authentication. The procedures
of each DNA technique are provided in detail for 'step-by-step'
experiments.This book is divided into 5 parts with 18 chapters.
Part I reviews the current status of molecular authentication and
introduces a wide range of DNA techniques. Part II lists the
experimental procedures for molecular authentication. Part III
describes the DNA fingerprinting-based techniques. Part IV
describes the DNA sequencing-based techniques. Finally, Part V
provides an account on the recent advancement in molecular
authentication, including guidelines for setting up a proper DNA
laboratory and concluding remarks.
Goal Oriented Methodology and Applications in Nuclear Power Plants:
A Modern Systems Reliability Approach presents the latest data and
research on the modern system reliability approach by GO
methodology to improve the quality and reliability of nuclear power
plants (NPP). Quality and reliability are two key factors which are
critical to the economic success of NPPs, hence this book provides
a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the latest data and
research illustrated through the provision of examples and
solutions, applications and problems to test comprehension. Authors
Xiao-Jian, Jian and Hui-Na systematically illustrate reliability
modeling, analysis, optimization allocation and assessment, and
their applications in NPPs. This book, without assuming prior
knowledge, presents all required information in an accessible and
easily applied style. It will be particularly valuable to
engineering and reliability professionals, nuclear engineering
graduate students, reliability engineering specialists and nuclear
energy researchers.
This book addresses the identification and classification of
knowledge acquired through experience that results from engaging in
professional activities within the software industry. As a result
of this study, the book presents an ontology of such professional
activities that require and enable the acquisition of experience
and that, in turn, are the basis for tacit knowledge creation. The
rationale behind the creation of such an ontology was based on the
need to externalize this tacit knowledge and then record such
externalizations so that these can be shared and disseminated
within and across organizations. The book discusses the very
concise manner in which experienced software development
practitioners in China understand the nature and value of
experience in the SW industry, effectively communicate with other
stakeholders in the software development process, are able and
motivated to actively engage with continuous professional
development, are able to share knowledge with peers and the
profession at large, and effectively work on projects and exhibit a
sound professional attitude both internally to their own company
and externally to customers, partners, and even competitors. The
book also discusses the ontology and the qualitative process that
are generated by bridging two extremely topical aspects of practice
in the software industry, namely, employability skills and
competencies. The book is of interest to academics in the
areas of knowledge management and information systems, as well as
human resources practitioners concerned with selection and
development and knowledge and information professionals in software
organizations.
Methods of Fundamental Solutions in Solid Mechanics presents the
fundamentals of continuum mechanics, the foundational concepts of
the MFS, and methodologies and applications to various engineering
problems. Eight chapters give an overview of meshless methods, the
mechanics of solids and structures, the basics of fundamental
solutions and radical basis functions, meshless analysis for thin
beam bending, thin plate bending, two-dimensional elastic, plane
piezoelectric problems, and heat transfer in heterogeneous media.
The book presents a working knowledge of the MFS that is aimed at
solving real-world engineering problems through an understanding of
the physical and mathematical characteristics of the MFS and its
applications.
Diagnostic Molecular Biology describes the fundamentals of
molecular biology in a clear, concise manner to aid in the
comprehension of this complex subject. Each technique described in
this book is explained within its conceptual framework to enhance
understanding. The targeted approach covers the principles of
molecular biology including the basic knowledge of nucleic acids,
proteins, and genomes as well as the basic techniques and
instrumentations that are often used in the field of molecular
biology with detailed procedures and explanations. This book also
covers the applications of the principles and techniques currently
employed in the clinical laboratory.
David Colander has been writing about economic methodology for over
30 years. His pragmatic approach sees applied policy methodology as
rooted in what economists actually do, not in what methodologists
say they should do. It sees applied policy methodology as
constantly evolving as analytic and computational technology
changes, evolving far too fast to be subject to any rigid
scientific methodology. That problem is that economists generally
think of applied policy analysis as applied science. Colander
argues that using a scientific methodology to guide applied policy
undermines good policy analysis. Instead, he contends that
economists should use a much looser engineering methodology that
blends science, heuristics, inescapable moral judgments, and
creativity into what he calls the art and craft of economics. Here,
Huei-chun Su has selected seventeen of Colander's articles that
spell out and capture his arguments at various levels - some formal
academic articles dealing with cutting edge methodology, and some
more popular articles making the case for his approach. An original
introduction and annotated bibliography serve as excellent
resources for further exploring his arguments. Clear,
well-structured, and written in plain English with little jargon,
the book is approachable and suitable for anyone interested in the
current and future state of economics and the economics profession.
This includes students at any level as well as methodologists,
applied economists, historians and critics of modern economics.
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