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Walking along the beach and picking up seashells is a favorite pastime enjoyed by millions of people every year. This field guide covers three hundred of the better-known or more common seashells found on Texas coastlines, and anyone interested in identifying and collecting shells along Texas bays and Gulf coast beaches will find Texas Seashells an essential companion. With more than 600 detailed and data-rich color photographs, each species with at least two views, Texas Seashells is sure to make shell identification fun, quick, and easy. Those new to collecting can get started with the intro

Shells --- Conchology --- Sea shells --- Seashell collecting --- Seashells --- Shell collecting --- Body covering (Anatomy) --- Mollusks --- Conchologists --- Identification.

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The objective of Volume III is to lay down the proper mathematical foundations of the two-dimensional theory of shells. To this end, it provides, without any recourse to any a priori assumptions of a geometrical or mechanical nature, a mathematical justification of two-dimensional nonlinear and linear shell theories, by means of asymptotic methods, with the thickness as the ""small"" parameter.

Elasticity. --- Shells. --- Conchology --- Sea shells --- Seashell collecting --- Seashells --- Shell collecting --- Body covering (Anatomy) --- Mollusks --- Conchologists --- Elastic properties --- Young's modulus --- Mathematical physics --- Matter --- Statics --- Rheology --- Strains and stresses --- Strength of materials --- Properties

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Biomass is widely considered as a potential alternative to dwindling fossil fuel reserves. There is a large variety of biomass sources (oleaginous, lignocellulosic, algae, etc.), with many possible conversion routes and products. Currently, biomass is not just viewed as a source of biofuels, but also as an interesting feedstock for the production of bio-based chemicals that could largely replace petrochemicals. In this context, the search for new sustainable and efficient alternatives to fossil sources is gaining increasing relevance within the chemical industry. There, the role of catalysis is often critical for the development of clean and sustainable processes, aiming to produce commodity chemicals or liquid fuels with a high efficiency and atom economy. This book gathers works at the cutting edge of investigation in the application of catalysis, for the sustainable conversion of biomass into biofuels and bio-based chemicals.

bamboo --- pretreatment --- magnetic solid acid --- corncob --- reducing sugar --- wood waste --- biofuel --- lignocellulosic biomass --- NaOH pretreatment --- anaerobic co-digestion --- biomass --- waste seashell --- aldol condensation --- heterogeneous catalyst --- hydrogenolysis --- polyols --- monosaccharides --- hemicelluloses extracted liquor --- ReOx-Rh/ZrO2 catalysts --- sulfonated hydrothermal carbon --- solketal --- sulfonic solids --- ketalization --- continuous flow --- aerobic oxidation --- ruthenium --- heterogeneous catalysis --- lignin valorization --- guaiacyl glycerol-β-guaiacyl ether --- pyrolysis --- ketonisation --- bio-oil --- turnover frequencies (TOFs) --- biomass-derived aqueous phase upgrading --- olefin production --- oxide catalyst zinc–zirconia --- bauxite --- Li2CO3 --- transesterification --- soybean oil --- glucose --- 5-hydroxymethylfurfural --- LTL-zeolites --- used cooking oil --- deoxygenation --- decarboxylation --- decarbonylation --- nickel --- copper --- iron --- platinum --- hydrocarbons --- algae --- thermochemical conversion --- catalytic upgrading --- high-grade liquid fuel --- n/a --- oxide catalyst zinc-zirconia

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Throughout their life cycles—from production, usage, through to disposal—materials and products interact with the environment (water, soil, and air). At the same time, they are exposed to environmental influences and, through their emissions, have an impact on the environment, people, and health. Accelerated experimental testing processes can be used to predict the long-term environmental consequences of innovative products before these actually enter the environment. We are living in a material world. Building materials, geosynthetics, wooden toys, soil, nanomaterials, composites, wastes and more are research subjects examined by the authors of this book. The interactions of materials with the environment are manifold. Therefore, it is important to assess the environmental impact of these interactions. Some answers to how this task can be achieved are given in this Special Issue.

Research & information: general --- Environmental economics --- environmental simulations --- polymer-based products --- artificial weathering --- degradation --- leaching --- soil contact --- carbon concrete composite --- irrigated construction elements --- environmental compatibility --- irrigated building materials --- environmental assessment --- evaluation concepts --- bio-based insulation --- earthen building materials --- volatile organic compounds --- semi-volatile organic compounds --- formaldehyde --- radon --- wooden toys --- emission test chamber --- flask method --- EN 717-3 --- microchamber --- Enchytraeids --- waterproof building materials --- ecotoxicology --- biotest --- geosynthetics --- geotextiles --- dynamic surface leaching test --- artificial ageing --- marine littering --- batch leaching test --- liquid-solid ratio --- column percolation test --- advection-dispersion model --- adsorption–desorption equilibrium --- clinoptilolite --- soil --- water --- CEC --- specific surface --- zeolitization --- hydrogen storage --- kinetics --- material life cycle assessment --- Eco-Indicator 99’ --- CML 2001 --- calcium phosphate --- calcium carbonate --- recycling --- environmental problems --- seashell --- leaching test --- equilibrium condition --- non-equilibrium condition --- modelling --- sorption kinetics --- non-linear sorption --- heterogeneity --- mineral recycling material --- compliance testing --- nano titanium dioxide (nTiO2) --- engineered nanomaterial (ENM) --- sewage sludge incineration (SSI) --- ENM containing sewage sludge ash (SSA) --- column elution --- agricultural use --- n/a --- adsorption-desorption equilibrium --- Eco-Indicator 99'

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This book focuses on experimental and applied research on sustainable recycling techniques for pavement materials. The recycling of waste materials in pavement infrastructures could be successfully facilitated based on such techniques. Sustainability in civil engineering has attracted more attention in recent decades, the lack of natural resources, serious environmental pollution, and high carbon dioxide emissions are the main issues regarding traditional infrastructure materials. This book provides the most recent innovations and applications of recycling wastes as high-performance pavement materials, aiming to provide methods for producing green low-carbon and durable pavement structures. In particular, several treatment methods and 3D construction techniques are proposed for the efficient recycling of waste materials.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- lignin --- waste engine oil --- modified asphalt --- high-temperature performance --- low-temperature performance --- recycled waste plastic --- asphalt binder and mixture --- composite modification --- performance --- compatibility --- asphalt mortar --- asphalt mixture --- fly ash --- high temperature performance --- low temperature property --- moisture susceptibility --- coarse aggregate --- 3D printing --- natural aggregate --- cement-based aggregate --- sustainable construction --- building demolition waste --- unbound granular materials --- shear strength --- resilient modulus --- gradation --- prediction model --- porous asphalt pavement --- high-viscosity modified asphalt --- functional group index --- aging kinetics --- 3D concrete printing --- curing conditions --- mechanical capacity --- solid waste --- anisotropy --- sustainability --- dredged sediment --- cement-stabilized --- NMR --- permeability --- strength --- pore structure --- water transformation --- cement stabilized soil --- fiber-reinforced soil --- mechanical strength --- waste utilization --- Back Propagation Neural Network --- Random Forest --- beetle antennae search --- diversion tunnel --- corrosion --- cement-based materials --- carbonation --- experimental study --- steel slag --- oxalic acid --- expansion --- water erosion --- road performance --- influence mechanism --- road engineering --- stability --- molecular dynamic --- bio-oil asphalt/water emulsion --- particle size --- infrared spectrum analysis --- asphalt pavement --- seashell powder --- high- and low-temperature performance --- water stability --- n/a