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Minority invisibility has gone unnoticed in the communication
discipline. It denies the existence of racial problems by
consciously or unconsciously downplaying, ignoring, or
over-simplifying the issues. This is evidenced from the claims of
color-blindness and reverse discrimination, the belief in model
minorities, and exaggerated, negative, or purposeful racial
displays that permeate American culture. Using in-depth interviews
with Asian-American professionals from various metropolitan areas,
this study investigates these professionals' perceptions on
minority invisibility and model minority status. It explores Asian
Americans' ethnic consciousness on four levels, discussing how the
group perceives their individual invisibility, their group members'
invisibility, the invisibility of other American co-cultural
groups, and finally their expectations in changing minority
invisibility in the United States. The work considers diverse
viewpoints on minority invisibility, model minority, satisfaction
and dissatisfaction with mainstream American culture, and
co-cultural ethnic relations. This study is useful to graduate and
undergraduate students and researchers with an interest in race
relations, Asian-American studies, co-cultural theory, and
intercultural communication studies.
High Temperature Miniature Specimen Test Methods, for the first
time in book format, focuses on a comprehensive and thorough
introduction to a range of high temperature, miniaturized test
methods at elevated temperatures which are used to obtain “bulk”
creep or fatigue properties from a small volume of material.
Complicated mathematics and modelling are not involved. It is
intended to be of use to a wide range of audience of engineers
(e.g. designers, manufacturers, metallurgists, stress analysts),
researchers (e.g. materials scientists) and students (undergraduate
and postgraduate) in the field of high-temperature material and
structural integrity assessment. Specific novel features of the
book include 1] theoretical basis of each test method; 2], data
interpretation method of each test method; and 3] specific
application of each test method.
"Biofabrication" is a practical guide to the novel, inherently
cross-disciplinary scientific field that focuses on
biomanufacturing processes and a related range of emerging
technologies. These processes and technologies ultimately further
the development of products that may involve living (cells and/or
tissues) and nonliving (bio-supportive proteins, scaffolds)
components. The book introduces readers to cell printing,
patterning, assembling, 3D scaffold fabrication,
cell/tissue-on-chips as a coherent micro-/nano-fabrication toolkit.
Real-world examples illustrate how to apply biofabrication
techniques in areas such as regenerative medicine, pharmaceuticals
and tissue engineering.
In addition to being a vital reference for scientists, engineers
and technicians seeking to apply biofabrication techniques, this
book also provides an insight into future developments in the
field, and potential new applications.
Discover the multi-disciplinary toolkit provided by
biofabrication and apply it to develop new products, techniques
and
therapies.
Covers a range of important emerging technologies in a coherent
manner: cell printing, patterning, assembling, 3D
scaffold fabrication, cell/tissue-on-chips...
Readers develop the ability to apply biofabrication
technologies through practical examples"
This book contains papers on topics in combinatorics (including
graph theory) or number theory. The subject areas within correspond
to the MSC (Mathematics Subject Classification) codes 05, 11,
20D60, and 52. Some topics included in this compilation are
pseudorandom binary functions on rooted plane trees; class number
one criteria for real quadratic fields with discriminant k2p2+/-4p;
some product-to-sum identities; a zeta function for juggling
sequences; divisibility properties of hypergeometric polynomials;
the distance between perfect numbers; a new proof of a theorem of
Hamidoune avoiding; conjectures on the monotonicity of some
arithmetical sequences; complexity of trapezoidal graphs with
different triangulations; applications of shuffle products of
multiple zeta values in combinatorics; the invariant area formulas
and lattice point bounds for the intersection of hyperbolic and
elliptic regions; and product-cordial index set for Cartesian
products of a graph with a path.
In this book, Wei Sun discusses the nature of Xunzi's Confucian
philosophy through a comprehensive comparison with Confucius,
Mencius, and thinkers of other schools such as Zhuangzi, Mozi, and
Shang Yang. Through exploring the challenges confronting Confucian
teachings during the time of Xunzi, on issues of learning and
knowledge, the debate over human nature and the implications for
moral cultivation and the ways of government, and problem of
reconciling utopian morality and political realities, Wei Sun shows
how Xunzi improved upon the earlier moral, social and political
philosophies of Confucius and Mencius by taking into account the
views of other schools.
Coincident with the convergence of a unique layered solid freeform
fabrication (SFF) technologies along with microfabrication
techniques, a three-dimensional bioprinted micro-organ can serve as
an in vitro platform for cell culture, drug screening, or to elicit
further biological insights, particularly for NASA's interest of a
flight-suitable high-fidelity microscale platform to study drug
metabolism in space and planetary environments. This book details
the principles, methodology, and engineering science basis that
undergird the direct cell writing fabrication process development
and adaptation of microfluidic devices for the creation of a in
vivo simulating drug screening model. This model involves the
combinatorial setup of an automated syringe- based, layered direct
cell writing bioprinting process with soft lithographic
micro-patterning techniques to fabricate a microscale in vitro
device housing a chamber of bioprinted three-dimensional microorgan
that biomimics the cell's natural microenvironment for enhanced
performance and functionality.
Tissue engineering has been redefined as "the use of physical,
chemical, biological and engineering processes to control and
direct the aggregate behaviors of cells." This offers tremendous
opportunities for designing in vitro physiological models to study
disease pathogenesis, inventing cell-based therapeutics in clinical
applications and developing novel pharmaceutical methods for
reducing the use of animals in drug testing. However, while using
biomanufacturing processes, cells are subjected to an array of
mechanical forces which may injure it. While experimental studies
have been conducted for specific bio-fabrication systems to
understand cell responses, an engineering model is also needed that
can be used to predict the effect of mechanical forces on cells. A
multi scale modeling approach for the analysis of cell damage in
bioprinted tissue constructs is presented here. The approach
includes analysis of the tissue constructs at a macro scale model,
developing a multi-cellular scale model and a single cell model
wherein the microstructures of the cell like the nucleus and the
cytoplasm have been incorporated.
This book contains papers on topics in combinatorics (including
graph theory) or number theory. The subject areas within correspond
to the MSC (Mathematics Subject Classification) codes 05, 11,
20D60, and 52. Some topics discussed in this compilation include
restricted Eisenstein series and certain convolution sums; zeroes
of the Hurwitz zeta function in the interval (O,1); prime
factorization conditions providing multiplicities in coset
partitions of groups; mean value formulas for twisted Edwards
curves; binary matrices as morphisms of a triangular category; some
diophantine triples and quadruples for quadratic polynomials; codes
associated with orthogonal groups; combinatorial sums and series
involving inverses of the Gaussian binomial co-effecients; full
friendly index sets and full product-cordial index sets of twisted
cylinders; and properly charged coloring of two-dimensional arrays.
This book is a collection of articles in the second volume of the
Journal of Combinatorics and Number Theory. As scheduled this
volume consists of three issues and it contains nineteen
contributed papers from eminent experts or active young
mathematicians which cover various important topics in number
theory and combinatorics.
The creation of the science on stem cells and development of its
theoretical bases is a prevalent topic today, taking into account
comparative evolutionary cell biology and the cardinal problem of
the developmental biology. This allows revealing correlations and
studying correlative dependencies of various structures at
different levels of biohierarchy. The creation of every science is
impossible without the application of methodology. This book
examines the system of non-traditional ideas about the nature and
role of stem cells in ontogenesis, reproduction and evolution of
plants. The main properties of plant stem cells have been
developed, which has shown the integrity of morphogenous and
reproductive processes at all stages of plant's life cycle.
As a platform for nanoscience and nanotechnology, nanorods have
witnessed an explosion of interest in recent years because of the
various types, advances in synthesis, and the novel thermal,
optoelectronic, chemical and mechanical properties due to their
unique one-dimensional geometry. Given many new functions and/or
greatly enhanced performance promisingly offered by the
semiconductor nanorods, as well as the demand for ever more compact
and powerful systems, nanorods surpass the traditional films and
emerge as a significant class of materials. This book reviews the
main strategies to fabricate nanorod building blocks which are
available to researchers, the unique properties offered by
nanorods, and potential exciting applications in electrical and
optoelectronic devices with our focus on light emitters.
Der rapid wachsende Fahrzeugbestand in der VR China ist nicht nur
ein Indikator des Wirtschaftswachstums, sondern auch ein
zukunftiges sekundares Rohstoffpotenzial aus Altfahrzeugen. Diese
Arbeit beschreibt derzeitige gesetzliche Rahmenbedingungen und gibt
einen Uberblick uber die chinesische Altfahrzeugbehandlung. Im
Rahmen dieser Arbeit wird die Gesetzgebung zur Kreislauf- und
Abfallwirtschaft, insbesondere in der Altfahrzeugverwertung in der
VR China untersucht und mit den gesetzlichen Vorgaben und Systemen
in Deutschland verglichen. Ausserdem sollen der Stand der
Altfahrzeugverwertung in der VR China und die Absatzkanale einiger
wichtiger Fraktionen aus der Verwertung ermittelt werden
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product.Complete coverage of design and life assessment methods for
high-temperature componentsApplied Creep Mechanics fully discusses
the time-dependent deformation which occurs in a metal when
subjected to stress at an elevated temperature. This book explains
how to perform detailed analyses of welded components; assess the
conditions under which cracks may initiate and grow; and extract
valuable information about the current state of the material, which
may have been in service for many years. This practical guide
provides tested techniques for improving the design and life
assessment methods for high-temperature components in power plants,
chemical plants, and aero engines. The information presented in
this book will help you optimize maintenance and repair, save time,
reduce costs, and improve operational efficiency. Provides
real-world industrial perspective on how to apply techniques to
practical problems Case studies with linear and non-linear material
behavior models Solution methods based on equilibrium compatibility
and stress-strain and energy concepts Discusses high-temperature
creep of engineering components; high-temperature structural
analysis; high-temperature fracture mechanics; and damage mechanics
Covers welded, notched, and cracked components State-of-the-art
coverage of thermo-mechanical fatigue (TMF)
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