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This book shows how chemical modifications influence some properties of wood nanocomposites. It describes suitable and effective chemical modifications that strengthen the physico-mechanical, thermal and morphological properties of wood. The authors provide intuitive explanation of the various types...

To live in the foothills on the periphery of the Sierra National Forest is to live with the certainty of summer wildfires. Each year, from April forward, Californians watch the sky and sniff the air for telltale signs of smoke. While fire remains a constant threat, the strategy for combating it has...

This book covers the different aspects of tropical natural fibre composites in areas such as properties, design and analysis, manufacturing techniques, material selection of kenaf, oil palm, sugar palm, pineapple leaf, coconut, sugarcane and banana based fibre composites. Important properties such...

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS PART I. INTRODUCTION. Section 1. Wood. Definitions. "Structure." Weights. Coefficients. Uses. Botanical and Common Nomenclatures. General Information, etc. PART II. EXOGENOUS SERIES. Section...

This book provides basic information on the design of structures with tropical woods. It is intended primarily for teaching university- and college-level courses in structural design. It is also suitable as a reference material for practitioners. Although parts of the background material relate specifically...

This book details the analysis and design of high rise buildings for gravity and seismic analysis. It provides the knowledge structural engineers need to retrofit existing structures in order to meet safety requirements and better prevent potential damage from such disasters as earthquakes and fires. Coverage...

This book contributes to the literature on Geographical Indications (GIs) by providing key theoretical reflections from a five-year review process on the potential of GIs for agri-food products in Southern Africa. The contributors reflect on diverse GI processes and dynamics which operate at the local,...

This book discusses resilience in terms of structures’ and infrastructures’ responses to extreme loading conditions. These include static and dynamic loads such as those generated by blasts, terrorist attacks, seismic events, impact loadings, progressive collapse, floods and wind. In the last...

El autor plantea los peligros de la contaminación por basura electrónica, pero también demuestra que con la quimica bien aplicada se pueden recuperar los elementos valiosos de los semiconductores para reutilizarlos posteriormente. En cuanto a los elementos toxicos, un buen quimico sabra que hacer con ellos.

Based on the success of the first edition, this second edition continuesto build upon fundamental principles of biosensor design and incorporates recent advances in intelligent materials and novel fabrication techniques for a broad range of real world applications. The book provides a multi-disciplinary...

Manger bio. Difficile de ne pas être séduit tant le bio semble sain et naturel. Plus chers, les produits bio seraient meilleurs pour notre santé, meilleurs pour l’environnement et meilleurs pour les agriculteurs, surtout les petits paysans. Ce sont ces trois promesses, si séduisantes,...

Del lado del fuego quiere ser una reflexión que en parte se funda en búsquedas acreditadas en  documentos, pero sobretodo en la experiencia real del autor en la lucha activa contra los fuegos en Cerdeña. Esta tierra ubicada en pleno Mediterráneo comparte, con la mayoría de los países que se...

This book introduces a new way to organize human understanding of nature. It reconsiders the commonly accepted yet quite arbitrary and unproven assumption about nature that space is infinite, and instead assumes that space is finite. Following the implications of this change in the most fundamental...

This book consolidates contemporary thinking and research efforts in teaching and learning about the nature of science in science education. The term ‘Nature of Science’ (NoS) has appeared in the science education literature for many decades. While there is still a controversy among science educators...