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Julie
Chan didn't mean to steal her identical twin's life. She meant to call
the police when she found the body. She meant to dial 911.
Except when she unlocked Chloe's phone to make that call, she also
gained access to her estranged sister's sponsorship deals, her
followers, her wealth, her whole life.
And Julie's not prepared to give it back. Not yet. So it's goodbye
Julie, love Chloe x
Now all Julie has to do is keep her head down and blend in with the
beautiful Belladonnas, the tribe of influencers who had welcomed Chloe
in to their inner circle before she died.
Julie's going to breathe, detox, workout. Curate each post. Filter each
picture. Spend whole days filming unboxing videos.
But someone out there knows that even identical twins have their
differences...
Sweet Potato Processing Technology systematically introduces
processing technologies of sweet potato starch and its series
products including sweet potato protein, dietary fibers, pectin,
granules, anthocyanins and chlorogenic acids. The book provides a
detailed and comprehensive account of physicochemical and
functional properties of sweet potato products, the nutritional
components extracted from sweet potato, as well as their
utilization in food, medicine and cosmetic fields. This book can
provide the scientific basis and technical support for virtuous
circle promotion and structure upgrade of sweet potato processing
industry. This book will be a valuable reference for undergraduate
and graduate students, as well as specialists and enterprise
research staff in the field of food technology.
The unique properties and functionalities of chalcogenide glasses
make them promising materials for photonic applications.
Chalcogenide glasses are transparent from the visible to the near
infrared region and can be moulded into lenses or drawn into
fibres. They have useful commercial applications as components for
lenses for infrared cameras, and chalcogenide glass fibres and
optical components are used in waveguides for use with lasers, for
optical switching, chemical and temperature sensing and phase
change memories. Chalcogenide glasses comprehensively reviews the
latest technological advances in this field and the industrial
applications of the technology.
Part one outlines the preparation methods and properties of
chalcogenide glasses, including the thermal properties, structure,
and optical properties, before going on to discuss mean
coordination and topological constraints in chalcogenide network
glasses, and the photo-induced phenomena in chalcogenide glasses.
This section also covers the ionic conductivity and physical aging
of chalcogenide glasses, deposition techniques for chalcogenide
thin films, and transparent chalcogenide glass-ceramics. Part two
explores the applications of chalcogenide glasses. Topics discussed
include rare-earth-doped chalcogenide glass for lasers and
amplifiers, the applications of chalcogenide glasses for infrared
sensing, microstructured optical fibres for infrared applications,
and chalcogenide glass waveguide devices for all-optical signal
processing. This section also discusses the control of light on the
nanoscale with chalcogenide thin films, chalcogenide glass resists
for lithography, and chalcogenide for phase change optical and
electrical memories. The book concludes with an overview of
chalcogenide glasses as electrolytes for batteries.
Chalcogenide glasses comprehensively reviews the latest
technological advances and applications of chalcogenide glasses,
and is an essential text for academics, materials scientists and
electrical engineers working in the photonics and optoelectronics
industry.
Outlines preparation methods and properties, and explores
applications of chalcogenide glasses.Covers the ionic conductivity
and physical aging of chalcogenide glasses, deposition techniques
for chalcogenide thin films, and transparent chalcogenide
glass-ceramicsDiscusses the control of light on the nanoscale with
chalcogenide thin films, chalcogenide glass resists for
lithography, and chalcogenide for phase change optical and
electrical memories
The continued use of coal as a means of generating electricity and
an increasing demand for cleaner, more efficient energy production
has led to advances in power plant technology. Ultra-supercritical
coal power plants reviews the engineering, operation, materials and
performance of ultra-supercritical coal power plants.
Following a chapter introducing advanced and ultra-supercritical
coal power plants, part one goes on to explore the operating
environments, materials and engineering of ultra-supercritical coal
power plants. Chapters discuss the impacts of steam conditions on
plant materials and operation, fuel considerations and burner
design, and materials and design for boilers working under
supercritical steam conditions. Chapters in part two focus on
improving ultra-supercritical coal power plant performance and
operability. Ash fouling, deposition and slagging in
ultra-supercritical coal power plants are highlighted along with
pollution control measures and the estimation, management and
extension of the life of ultra-supercritical power plants. Further
chapters provide an economic and engineering analysis of a 700 C
advanced ultra-supercritical pulverised coal power plant and
discuss CO2 capture-ready ultra-supercritical coal power plants.
Ultra-supercritical coal power plants is a comprehensive technical
reference for power plant operators and engineers, high-temperature
materials scientists, professionals in the power industry who
require an understanding of ultra-supercritical coal power plants
and researchers and academics interested in the field.
Provides a comprehensive reference on the developments, materials,
design and operation of ultra-supercritical power plantConsiders
the degradation issues affecting this type of plant, as well as
emissions control and CO2 capture technology; improved plant
controls critical to improved operation and environmental
performanceContains operational assessments for plant safety, plant
life management, and plant economics"
Many food ingredients are supplied in powdered form, as reducing
water content increases shelf life and aids ease of storage,
handling and transport. Powder technology is therefore of great
importance to the food industry. The Handbook of food powders
explores a variety of processes that are involved in the production
of food powders, the further processing of these powders and their
functional properties.
Part one introduces processing and handling technologies for food
powders and includes chapters on spray, freeze and drum drying,
powder mixing in the production of food powders and safety issues
around food powder production processes. Part two focusses on
powder properties including surface composition, rehydration and
techniques to analyse the particle size of food powders. Finally,
part three highlights speciality food powders and includes chapters
on dairy powders, fruit and vegetable powders and coating foods
with powders.
The Handbook of food powders is a standard reference for
professionals in the food powder production and handling
industries, development and quality control professionals in the
food industry using powders in foods, and researchers, scientists
and academics interested in the field.
Explores the processing and handling technologies in the production
of food powdersExamines powder properties, including surface
composition, shelf life, and techniques used to examine particle
sizeFocusses on speciality powders such as dairy, infant formulas,
powdered egg, fruit and vegetable, and culinary and speciality
products
The energy, petrochemical, aerospace and other industries all
require materials able to withstand high temperatures. High
temperature strength is defined as the resistance of a material to
high temperature deformation and fracture. This important book
provides a valuable reference to the main theories of high
temperature deformation and fracture and the ways they can be used
to predict failure and service life.
Analyses creep behaviour of materials, the evolution of dislocation
substructures during creep, dislocation motion at elevated
temperatures and importantly, recovery-creep theories of pure
metalsExamines high temperature fracture, including nucleation of
creep cavity, diffusional growth and constrained growth of creep
cavitiesA valuable reference to the main theories of high
temperature deformation and fracture and the ways they can be used
to predict failure and service life
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Dear Mr. G (Hardcover)
Christine Evans; Illustrated by Gracey Zhang
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A gentle and moving story about an intergenerational friendship
between a young child and their neighbor told through a series of
letters, for fans of Ida, Always. When Jackson’s soccer
ball accidentally lands in his neighbor’s rose bush, he thinks
he’s ruined Mr. Graham’s roses forever. So he quickly writes a
letter to Mr. Graham that blossoms into a marvelous friendship.
Jackson writes letters, highlighting the everyday moments to make
them feel larger than life, and Mr. G keeps writing back until the
very end of his life, encouraging Jackson to live each day to the
fullest.   This breathtakingly beautiful
epistolary story shows the strength of letter-writing and
intergenerational bonds. The text is accompanied by tender and
evocative artwork to remind us that even as seasons change, our
loved ones always stay in our hearts.Â
Get ready for Lunar New Year, following a little girl and her
family as they get ready for and celebrate the Lunar New Year
festival. With non-fiction information about the significance of
certain rituals, but told through the excited eyes of a child, this
is a book to return to year after year in the run up to the biggest
festival in the Chinese calendar. Each of the 12 spreads will
feature 12 lift flaps, 144 in total. Spreads include:Â - See
the little girl decorate the house
with lucky red decorations - Tidy the house to
welcome in the new year - Watch a special firework display -
Discover which animal year it will be - Make festive dumplings with
Nainai (grandma) - Read a story about the zodiac with Yeye
(grandpa) - Watch a lion and dragon dance in the town square - Make
offerings to her ancestors - And on the very last spread, have a
traditional family reunion new year on the eve of Lunar new year
and exchange lucky red envelopes.
Frosting for Air Source Heat Pumps: Research, Case Studies, and
Methods provides a comprehensive account of the latest research,
analysis, and modeling methods into limiting frosting and
maximizing efficiency. This book begins by outlining the
fundamentals of frosting mechanisms, including the condensation and
freezing of water droplets. It then provides a wide range of case
studies showcasing a variety of surfaces, conditions, and energy
generation technologies. Finally, the last chapters demonstrate
modeling and analysis of frosting operation, before laying out
critical considerations for designing a frost control strategy in
ASHPs. Building on the theory and studies contained in the
author’s previous work Defrosting for Air Source Heat Pumps, this
book provides essential and advanced information for understanding
and controlling frosting for these sustainable energy sources.
This timely and comprehensive Handbook addresses how Chinese cities
govern the environmental changes generated by fast economic growth
and urbanisation. Outlining the relationship between the state,
market, and society, this Handbook provides a systematic
understanding of urban environmental governance in China. Exploring
the context of changing urban environmental policies in China,
leading international scholars highlight the arts of governance and
governmentality through experimentation and discourse. Chapters
investigate the political ecologies of eco-cities and conservation,
urban waste management and governance and sustainability
transitions, as well as focusing on low-carbon innovations and
green buildings. With a territorial perspective grounded in Chinese
cities, contributors interrogate changing and complex
state-market-society dynamics in urbanisation and urban
environmental governance. With a thorough and systematic analysis
of new environmental initiatives, practices, and impacts, this
Handbook provides scholars, students, and policy researchers of
environmental studies, politics, and East Asian studies with an
exemplary selection of contemporary research on China’s urban
environmental governance.
Emissions Trading Systems (ETS) have been hailed as a game changer
for the evolving climate crisis. This book provides an in-depth
analysis of China’s carbon ETS, including its legal and policy
frameworks, carbon market mechanisms, and international and
comparative implications. With nine cutting-edge topics divided
into three thematic parts, this comprehensive book probes the
essential concepts, contemporary research, and key elements of
carbon emissions trading in China. Multidisciplinary in scope, the
book draws on insights from law, policy, economics, environmental
management, and geopolitics, to provide a comprehensive and nuanced
analysis of the development of carbon emissions trading in China.
Placing China’s carbon ETS within the broader context of
international efforts to address climate change, it provides a
comparative perspective with international value. This book will be
an essential resource for scholars and researchers of international
and comparative climate law and policy, environmental management,
economics, and climate politics. It will prove an indispensable
guide for students of Chinese law, climate law, environmental
policy, and comparative environmental law. Practitioners,
policymakers, and government officials working in climate
governance seeking the state-of-the-art of the development of ETS
in China will also benefit greatly from its insights.
Understand microgrids and networked microgrid systems Microgrids
are interconnected groups of energy sources that operate together,
capable of connecting with a larger grid or operating independently
as needed and network conditions require. They can be valuable
sources of energy for geographically circumscribed areas with
highly targeted energy needs, and for remote or rural areas where
continuous connection with a larger grid is difficult. Microgrids'
controllability makes them especially effective at incorporating
renewable energy sources. Microgrids: Theory and Practice
introduces readers to the analysis, design, and operation of
microgrids and larger networked systems that integrate them. It
brings to bear both cutting-edge research into microgrid technology
and years of industry experience in designing and operating
microgrids. Its discussions of core subjects such as microgrid
modeling, control, and optimization make it an essential short
treatment, valuable for both academic and industrial study. Readers
will acquire the skills needed to address existing problems and
meet new ones as this crucial area of power engineering develops.
Microgrids: Theory and Practice also features: Incorporation of new
cyber-physical system technologies for enabling microgrids as
resiliency resources Theoretical treatment of a wide range of
subjects including smart programmable microgrids, distributed and
asynchronous optimization for microgrid dispatch, and AI-assisted
microgrid protection Practical discussion of real-time microgrids
simulations, hybrid microgrid design, transition to renewable
microgrid networks, and more Microgrids: Theory and Practice is
ideal as a textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses
in power engineering programs, and a valuable reference for power
industry professionals looking to address the challenges posed by
microgrids in their work.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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Green Eyes
Tang Tang; Illustrated by Zhang Wangzhe
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Soft Particles, Volume 62
Emanuele Mauri, Zhenyu Jason Zhang
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R6,641
R5,554
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Soft Particles, Volume 62 in the Advances in Chemical Engineering
series, highlights advances in the field, with this new volume
covering an Introduction to soft particles: state-of-the-art and
perspectives, Synthesis of microgels and nanogels via covalent
cross-linking strategies, Design and modelling of sub-micron
particles via innovative precipitation and self-assembly, Smart
functionalization of polymers and particles: an overview of the
chemical strategies, Nanomechanical properties of soft particles,
Dynamics and rheology of soft particles, Degradable aqueous polymer
dispersions, Food-biopolymers for nanogel fabrication,
Nanoparticles, nanofibrils and tissues in cosmetic dermatology,
Advanced approaches in cancer therapy via administration of
polymer-based particles, and more.
Higher education has been a source of opportunity and achievement
for migrants and refugees around the world. It has provided them
with the tools and knowledge to pursue careers and build lives in
their new communities, but it has also made them targets for
discrimination. Colleges and universities are often ill-equipped to
address the unique educational needs of their diverse student
populations, and many times, the very institution that was meant to
be a safe haven for them becomes their greatest barrier to success.
Today, we are witnessing a crisis of higher education for migrants
and refugees. Global Perspectives on the Difficulties and
Opportunities Faced by Migrant and Refugee Students in Higher
Education focuses on the formal and informal educational
opportunities that are available to migrant students, as well as
the barriers that prevent them from fully accessing these
opportunities. The book also discusses how the experiences of
migrant and refugee students in higher education have evolved and
the impact that this evolution has had on their educational
experiences. Finally, the book considers the ways in which higher
education institutions have responded to the educational needs of
migrant and refugee students and the role that the education
industry has played in this response both formally and informally.
Covering key topics such as immigration, educational needs, and
displaced students, this premier reference source is ideal for
administrators, policymakers, scholars, researchers, academicians,
practitioners, instructors, and students.
Over the last decade, there has been a significant shift from
traditional mechanistic and empirical modelling into statistical
and data-driven modelling for applications in reaction engineering.
In particular, the integration of machine learning and
first-principle models has demonstrated significant potential and
success in the discovery of (bio)chemical kinetics, prediction and
optimisation of complex reactions, and scale-up of industrial
reactors. Summarising the latest research and illustrating the
current frontiers in applications of hybrid modelling for chemical
and biochemical reaction engineering, Machine Learning and Hybrid
Modelling for Reaction Engineering fills a gap in the methodology
development of hybrid models. With a systematic explanation of the
fundamental theory of hybrid model construction, time-varying
parameter estimation, model structure identification and
uncertainty analysis, this book is a great resource for both
chemical engineers looking to use the latest computational
techniques in their research and computational chemists interested
in new applications for their work.
Utilizing a governmentality lens, this timely book offers an
explanation for China's decarbonization performance in the early
21st century. Le-Yin Zhang investigates one of the most ambitious
governing projects in history, analyzing the political
rationalities of Chinese leaders for decarbonization and the
governing techniques and technologies at multiple levels of
governance. Demonstrating the potential of combining the use of
juridical, administrative and governmental powers, Zhang
holistically considers the success of the state in instigating
low-carbon transitions in China and mitigating climate disaster.
The book provides an in-depth exploration of the art of greening
the Chinese financial system and how this links to a wider
formulation of carbon governmentality, highlighting the rise of the
carbon governmental state through a range of governmental
technologies. Engaging with a wide range of primary data from both
national and local levels, the author uncovers profound lessons in
low-carbon transitions for other states in the making of a carbon
neutral world. This cutting-edge book offers key insights for
scholars and researchers of environmental governance and its
importance in mitigating climate change, particularly those with a
key focus on Chinese climate policy. It will also benefit
government officials, researchers and consultants investigating
potential avenues for low-carbon transition and climate action.
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Stephen Halliday
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Discovery Miles 2 300
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