Jake Casper is a young man with the world at his fingertips. That is until his 24 th birthday. When his buddy Peter decides to take him on a hiking trip that forever will change his life. Follow along with him as he takes you on one crazy adventure that you will remember for many years. From the snowing mountains in present day Washington state, to a far away ancient Island filled with beauty and danger at every turn. He learns that love, honor and faith is the true meaning of life. Mumerkamba is a book written in first person, and many hours of factual research was done to give the reader great details in this fast moving story.

This is the Proceedings of III Advanced Ceramics and Applications conference, held in Belgrade, Serbia in 2014. It contains 25 papers on various subjects regarding preparation, characterization and application of advanced ceramic materials.

Since the publication of its Third Edition, there have been many notable advances in ceramic engineering. Modern Ceramic Engineering, Fourth Edition serves as an authoritative text and reference for both professionals and students seeking to understand key concepts of ceramics engineering by introducing the interrelationships among the structure, properties, processing, design concepts, and applications of advanced ceramics. Written in the same clear manner that made the previous editions so accessible, this latest edition has been expanded to include new information in almost every chapter, as well as two new chapters that present a variety of relevant case studies. The new edition now includes updated content on nanotechnology, the use of ceramics in integrated circuits, flash drives, and digital cameras, and the role of miniaturization that has made our modern digital devices possible, as well as information on electrochemical ceramics, updated discussions on LEDs, lasers and optical applications, and the role of ceramics in energy and pollution control technologies. It also highlights the increasing importance of modeling and simulation.

This book offers an overview of the status of the UK's clean-up program and reviews international research programs including those in Europe and the United States. Topics Include: geological disposal concepts; ILW wasteforms; glasses and glass composite materials; leaching; ceramic wasteforms; radiation effects; Pu wasteforms; spent fuel; engineered barrier systems; mobilization, migration and retention and performance assessment.

An Introduction to Nuclear Waste Immobilisation, Third Edition examines nuclear waste issues, including natural levels of radionuclides in the environment, the geological disposal of waste-forms, and their long-term behavior. It covers all-important aspects of processing and immobilization, including nuclear decay, regulations, new technologies and methods. The book has been updated to include a discussion of the disposal of nuclear waste from non-energy sources, also adding a chapter on the nuclear fuel cycle. Significant focus is given to the analysis of the various matrices used, especially cement and glass, with further discussion of other matrices, such as bitumen. The book's final chapter concentrates on the performance assessment of immobilizing materials and safety of disposal, providing a full range of resources needed to understand and correctly immobilize nuclear waste.

Jake Casper is a young man with the world at his fingertips. That is until his 24 th birthday. When his buddy Peter decides to take him on a hiking trip that forever will change his life. Follow along with him as he takes you on one crazy adventure that you will remember for many years. From the snowing mountains in present day Washington state, to a far away ancient Island filled with beauty and danger at every turn. He learns that love, honor and faith is the true meaning of life. Mumerkamba is a book written in first person, and many hours of factual research was done to give the reader great details in this fast moving story.

The first published biography of Dr. Billy Taylor He has been a distinguished ambassador for jazz-America's classical music. He is a jazz pianist who has worked with the finest musicians, and whose career has taken him to radio, television, dozens of colleges, and to being artistic advisor and spokesman for jazz at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He has introduced and performed at the National Endowment for the Arts, and millions have seen him on the CBS Sunday Morning television program. His book, Jazz Piano, is the bible for both students and professionals. Having performed worldwide for millions of jazz lovers, Billy Taylor becomes almost live in the pages of William Lee's remarkably revealing biography based on interviews.

Proceedings of the Symposium held as part of the Condensed Matter and Materials Conference in 1993. Contents include: ferroelectric thin films for integrated device applications; effect of thermal processing conditions on the structure and properties of sol-gel derived PZT thin layers; citrate gel-route processing of ZnO varistors; development and evaluation of oxide cathodes for ceramic fuel cell operation at intermediate temperatures; monitoring the integrity of MOS gate oxides.