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Travertine
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ISBN: 1280283998 9786610283996 140203606X Year: 2005 Publisher: Berlin : Springer,

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uring the spring of 1960, an uncle showed me a ‘petrifying spring’ near Plaxtol in Kent Dwhere twigs had been encased in a calcareous jacket. A twig was collected and having - cently been given I. Evan’s Observer’s Book of Geology by my parents, I found a photograph of another petrifying spring and an explanation of its origin. In those days, Derbyshire was too far for a holiday destination, and I took little further interest until a research studentship with Professor G. E. Fogg became available in 1971. Tony Fogg had recently moved to the University College of North Wales, Bangor and the research was to be into cyanobacterium mats, with fieldwork along the Red Sea coast. The fieldwork never materialised but my interest in algal mats had been aroused. A chance stroll along the Bangor shore revealed beautifully calcified cya- bacterium mats, and Tony generously allowed me to investigate these instead. The old Plaxtol collection was retrieved and yielded abundant cyanobacteria. It became apparent that here was a wealth of information about a rock whose formation was so rapid, that the process could be studied in days rather than years – an exceptional state of affairs. A search of the literature also revealed that the rock, a form of travertine, had other unusual features.


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Leaching of Rare Earth Elements from Various Sources
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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The proposed book is a compilation of a Special Issue on “Leaching of Rare Earth Elements from Various Sources”, published in the journal Minerals in 2020. There are 10 papers contributed by experts in the area, and these can be grouped into four categories: leaching from low-grade ores including coal, clay, soil, and red mud; pre-treatment and leaching; recycling; and precipitation and nano-hydrometallurgy. Although these articles are available in the journal Minerals, it is convenient to compile the most valuable information into a book form so that scholars and industrial practitioners can have easy access to it when they need it where the Internet is not easily available. I strongly believe that the book on a very specialized topic matter such as modern extraction technologies of rare earth elements will contribute greatly to the fast-growing industry that needs rare earth elements.


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Product/Process Fingerprint in Micro Manufacturing
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ISBN: 3039210351 3039210343 Year: 2019 Publisher: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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The continuous miniaturization of products and the growing complexity of their embedded multifunctionalities necessitates continuous research and development efforts regarding micro components and related micro manufacturing technologies. Highly miniaturized systems, manufactured using a wide variety of materials, have found application in key technological fields, such as healthcare devices, micro implants, mobility, communications, optics, and micro electromechanical systems. Innovations required for the high-precision manufacturing of micro components can specifically be achieved through optimizations using post-process (i.e., offline) and in-process (i.e., online) metrology of both process input and output parameters, as well as geometrical features of the produced micro parts. However, it is of critical importance to reduce the metrology and optimization efforts, since process and product quality control can represent a significant portion of the total production time in micro manufacturing. To solve this fundamental challenge, research efforts have been undertaken in order to define, investigate, implement, and validate the so-called “product/process manufacturing fingerprint” concept. The “product manufacturing fingerprint” concept refers to those unique dimensional outcomes (e.g., surface topography, form error, critical dimensions, etc.) on the produced component that, if kept under control and within specifications, ensure that the entire micro component complies to its specifications. The “process manufacturing fingerprint” is a specific process parameter or feature to be monitored and controlled, in order to maintain the manufacture of products within the specified tolerances. By integrating both product and process manufacturing fingerprint concepts, the metrology and optimization efforts are highly reduced. Therefore, the quality of the micro products increases, with an obvious improvement in production yield. Accordingly, this Special Issue seeks to showcase research papers, short communications, and review articles that focus on novel methodological developments and applications in micro- and sub-micro-scale manufacturing, process monitoring and control, as well as micro and sub-micro product quality assurance. Focus will be on micro manufacturing process chains and their micro product/process fingerprint, towards full process optimization and zero-defect micro manufacturing.

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n/a --- Fresnel lenses --- Electro sinter forging --- micro-injection moulding --- surface roughness --- charge relaxation time --- optimization --- gratings --- plasma-electrolytic polishing --- micro structures replication --- micro-grinding --- electrical discharge machining --- injection molding --- quality control --- commercial control hardware --- electrical current --- damping --- process monitoring --- fingerprints --- impact analysis --- current monitoring --- process control --- quality assurance --- surface integrity --- microfabrication --- microinjection moulding --- electro chemical machining --- superhydrophobic surface --- surface modification --- haptic actuator --- electrical discharge machining (EDM) --- surface morphology --- inline metrology --- optical quality control --- finishing --- flow length --- precision injection molding --- laser ablation --- micro metrology --- Halbach linear motor --- 2-step analysis --- computer holography --- PeP --- satellite drop --- process fingerprint --- materials characterisation --- current density --- micro drilling --- multi-spectral imaging --- lithography --- manufacturing signature --- artificial compound eye --- electrohydrodynamic jet printing --- ECM --- positioning platform --- diffractive optics --- bioceramics --- resistance sintering --- uncertainty budget --- product fingerprint --- confocal microscopy --- spectral splitting --- dental implant --- desirability function --- injection compression molding --- electrochemical machining (ECM) --- high strain rate effect --- process fingerprints


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Wide Bandgap Based Devices : Design, Fabrication and Applications
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Emerging wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductors hold the potential to advance the global industry in the same way that, more than 50 years ago, the invention of the silicon (Si) chip enabled the modern computer era. SiC- and GaN-based devices are starting to become more commercially available. Smaller, faster, and more efficient than their counterpart Si-based components, these WBG devices also offer greater expected reliability in tougher operating conditions. Furthermore, in this frame, a new class of microelectronic-grade semiconducting materials that have an even larger bandgap than the previously established wide bandgap semiconductors, such as GaN and SiC, have been created, and are thus referred to as “ultra-wide bandgap” materials. These materials, which include AlGaN, AlN, diamond, Ga2O3, and BN, offer theoretically superior properties, including a higher critical breakdown field, higher temperature operation, and potentially higher radiation tolerance. These attributes, in turn, make it possible to use revolutionary new devices for extreme environments, such as high-efficiency power transistors, because of the improved Baliga figure of merit, ultra-high voltage pulsed power switches, high-efficiency UV-LEDs, and electronics. This Special Issue aims to collect high quality research papers, short communications, and review articles that focus on wide bandgap device design, fabrication, and advanced characterization. The Special Issue will also publish selected papers from the 43rd Workshop on Compound Semiconductor Devices and Integrated Circuits, held in France (WOCSDICE 2019), which brings together scientists and engineers working in the area of III–V, and other compound semiconductor devices and integrated circuits.

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Technology: general issues --- GaN --- high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) --- ultra-wide band gap --- GaN-based vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) --- composition-graded AlxGa1−xN electron blocking layer (EBL) --- electron leakage --- GaN laser diode --- distributed feedback (DFB) --- surface gratings --- sidewall gratings --- AlGaN/GaN --- proton irradiation --- time-dependent dielectric breakdown (TDDB) --- reliability --- normally off --- power cycle test --- SiC micro-heater chip --- direct bonded copper (DBC) substrate --- Ag sinter paste --- wide band-gap (WBG) --- thermal resistance --- amorphous InGaZnO --- thin-film transistor --- nitrogen-doping --- buried-channel --- stability --- 4H-SiC --- turn-off loss --- ON-state voltage --- breakdown voltage (BV) --- IGBT --- wide-bandgap semiconductor --- high electron mobility transistors --- vertical gate structure --- normally-off operation --- gallium nitride --- asymmetric multiple quantum wells --- barrier thickness --- InGaN laser diodes --- optical absorption loss --- electron leakage current --- wide band gap semiconductors --- numerical simulation --- terahertz Gunn diode --- grooved-anode diode --- Gallium nitride (GaN) high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) --- vertical breakdown voltage --- buffer trapping effect --- gallium nitride (GaN) --- power switching device --- active power filter (APF) --- power quality (PQ) --- metal-insulator-semiconductor high-electron-mobility transistor (MIS-HEMT) --- recessed gate --- double barrier --- high-electron-mobility transistors --- copper metallization --- millimeter wave --- wide bandgap semiconductors --- flexible devices --- silver nanoring --- silver nanowire --- polyol method --- cosolvent --- tungsten trioxide film --- spin coating --- optical band gap --- morphology --- electrochromism --- self-align --- hierarchical nanostructures --- ZnO nanorod/NiO nanosheet --- photon extraction efficiency --- photonic emitter --- wideband --- HEMT --- power amplifier --- jammer system --- GaN 5G --- high electron mobility transistors (HEMT) --- new radio --- RF front-end --- AESA radars --- transmittance --- distortions --- optimization --- GaN-on-GaN --- schottky barrier diodes --- high-energy α-particle detection --- low voltage --- thick depletion width detectors --- n/a


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Selected Papers from SDEWES 2018 : Conferences on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems
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Year: 2020 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Preface Several countries have recently realized that the present paradigm of development in environmental and energy fields is unsustainable. As global awareness of environmental issues grows, governments worldwide are promoting policies which aim to limit the harmful effects of human development on the environment. In particular, these novel policies seek to address the rapid increase of the global temperature (especially in the polar regions) as well as to manage human plastic waste accumulating in seas. To resolve these issues will require a number of actions to be implemented; unfortunately, the recent COP 24 Conference was unsuccessful in establishing a global agreement to achieve these actions. In order for the upcoming 2020 COP 26 Conference to be successful in creating such an agreement, the scientific community must support the policymakers’ efforts. Within this framework, it is necessary to show the efforts of countries worldwide as they try to negotiate an agreement to increase the energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In addition, the research reports generated can provide quantitative measures of the necessary actions to be implemented in order to address sustainable and efficient energy use. Among other topics, the papers presented in this issue investigate innovations in novel efficient and environmentally friendly technologies mainly based on renewable energy sources. The study also highlights the different sectors involved in this task, such as energy conversion systems, urban areas, mobility, sustainability, water management, social aspects, etc. In this field, the Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES) conference provides the foremost forum for discussion on these topics. The 13th Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems Conference was held in Palermo, Italy in 2018. This Special Issue of Energies, precisely dedicated to 13th SDEWES Conference, features papers in three main topics: Energy policy and energy efficiency in urban areas, energy efficiency in industry, biomass and other miscellaneous energy systems.

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Research & information: general --- sewage sludge --- torrefaction --- steam gasification --- tars --- water recycling --- wastewater treatment --- environmental and energy performance --- life cycle assessment (LCA) --- crude oil refining --- high-efficiency cogeneration --- primary energy saving --- electricity from cogeneration --- paper industry --- GateCycle --- CO2 emissions avoided --- sinter --- porous media --- local thermal non-equilibrium --- exergy destruction minimization --- BP neural network --- genetic algorithm --- urban simulation --- photovoltaics --- heat pump --- co-generation --- heat demand analysis --- low-temperature district heating --- district cooling --- energy storage --- linear programming --- tropical climate --- integrated energy modelling --- energy system optimization --- temporal resolution --- energy planning --- variable renewable energy sources --- Discrete Element Model --- gas–solid flow --- heat transfer enhancement --- entransy dissipation --- numerical simulation --- optimization --- control strategy --- peak-shaving --- mCHP --- Stirling engine --- renewable energy --- energy consumption profile --- heavy truck traffic --- road transport --- liquefied natural gas (LNG) --- alternative fuels --- hydrogen --- hydrogen pipelines --- hydrogen transmission --- pipeline transmission --- pressure drop --- pinch analysis --- heat exchanger network (HEN) design --- plus-minus principle --- supply temperature --- disturbances --- maximum energy recovery --- bypass --- economic evaluation --- two-phase flow regime --- airlift pump --- void fraction --- image analysis --- efficiency optimization --- energy microgrids --- energy system integration --- smart building clusters --- hybrid renewable systems --- heat pumps --- district heating --- cogeneration --- natural gas --- natural gas regulation station --- turboexpander --- pressure regulator --- energy recovery --- energy conversion --- energy system analysis --- flue gas heat recovery --- exergy --- coefficient of performance --- thermoelectric generator --- organic rankine cycle --- district energy systems --- anaerobic digestion and composting --- circular economy --- energy return on investment --- hydrogen bioenergy --- food waste hierarchy --- biofuel --- CI engine --- combustion --- emission --- greenhouse gas --- jatropha biodiesel --- nanoparticle --- performance --- Covenant of Mayors --- indirect emission allocation --- local energy generation --- geoenergetics --- ground source heat pumps --- borehole heat exchangers --- thermal response test --- borehole thermal energy storage --- bioelectricity --- carbon capture --- negative emissions --- sugarcane --- biomass --- climate change --- wave energy converters --- Power Take Off --- EP4 --- latching --- wave flume --- floating --- moorings --- renewable electricity generation systems --- SDEWES 2018 --- chicken manure --- proximate and ultimate analysis --- energy potential --- sustainable smart city --- mathematical optimisation --- urban design --- bilevel modelling --- location theory --- traffic assignment --- infrastructure expansion --- building location --- sustainable development --- energy efficiency in industry


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Les Roms face au droit en Belgique
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ISBN: 9782874032967 2874032964 Year: 2012 Publisher: Bruxelles : La Charte,

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Le titre de la journée d'étude organisée par la Faculté de droit de l'Université de Namur ? " Les Roms face au droit en Belgique " ? n'avait rien de rassurant : il posait la question de savoir si le droit est un obstacle, voire une menace, pour les Roms, plutôt qu'une protection de leurs libertés fondamentales et l'instrument d'une véritable reconnaissance d'un peuple séculairement rejeté, voire persécuté par les gadjé. C'est sur cette question qu'ont été rassemblés des témoignages parfois dramatiques, l'analyse d'un anthropologue et une série d'études relatives au droit international ou au droit interne, sous l'angle particulier de la situation des Roms. Il y est question de la jurisprudence de la Cour européenne des droits de l'homme, des règles établies par l'Union européenne, du statut des étrangers en Belgique, du droit pénal, du droit de la jeunesse, du droit social ou du droit scolaire. Le constat est souvent le même : il semble que là où la protection s'affaiblit, là où des exceptions aux garanties juridiques s'insinuent, là où davantage de répression menace, les chances de rencontrer des Roms augmentent. Le droit n'est pas encore en mesure de respecter pleinement ceux dont la différence est une richesse pour la société tout entière.

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International law --- Human rights --- Private law --- Belgium --- Ebooks --- E-books --- Gitan --- Droit national --- Belgique --- Bélgica --- Belgija --- Belgien --- Belgie --- Belgicko --- België --- Beļģija --- Белгија --- Belgio --- Белгия --- Belgia --- il-Belġju --- An Bheilg --- Βέλγιο --- Belgjika --- Belgia Kuningriik --- Beļģijas Karaliste --- Royaume de Belgique --- Belgian kuningaskunta --- Belgické kráľovstvo --- Koninkrijk België --- Belgijos Karalystė --- das Königreich Belgien --- Βασίλειο του Βελγίου --- Kingdom of Belgium --- Кралство Белгија --- Краљевина Белгија --- Belgické království --- Reino de Bélgica --- ir-Renju tal-Belġju --- Regatul Belgiei --- Kongeriget Belgien --- Кралство Белгия --- Mbretëria e Belgjikës --- Belga Királyság --- Królestwo Belgii --- Konungariket Belgien --- Reino da Bélgica --- Kraljevina Belgija --- Regno del Belgio --- národné právo --- nacionalno pravo --- nationales Recht --- право државе чланице --- national ret --- nemzeti jog --- prawo krajowe --- kansallinen oikeus --- национално право --- national law --- diritto nazionale --- nacionalinė teisė --- dritt nazzjonali --- drept național --- Derecho nacional --- εθνικό δίκαιο --- e drejta kombëtare --- riigisisene õigus --- nationell rätt --- direito nacional --- nationaal recht --- valsts tiesību akti --- národní právo --- valtionsisäinen lainsäädäntö --- regolamentazione nazionale --- vidaus teisė --- εθνική νομοθεσία --- národní legislativa --- national legislation --- valsts likumi --- законодавство на земјите членки --- national regulations --- national lovgivning --- einzelstaatliche Vorschriften --- diritto interno --- innerstaatliches Recht --- valsts tiesību sistēma --- national legal system --- liikmesriikide seadusandlus --- legjislacion kombëtar --- droit interne --- riigisisene seadus --- ordem jurídica nacional --- národná legislatíva --- riiklik õigus --- tagállamok jogalkotása --- direito interno --- regulación nacional --- национален правен систем --- kansallinen lainsäädäntö --- nationell rättsordning --- valtionsisäinen oikeus --- nemzeti szabályozás --- legislația statelor membre --- ordinamento giuridico nazionale --- državni propisi --- binnenlands recht --- nationell lagstiftning --- законодавство на државите членки --- Derecho interno --- национална регулатива --- internal law --- legislație națională --- wetgeving van de lidstaten --- Bundesrecht --- kansallinen oikeusjärjestelmä --- dalībvalstu tiesību akti --- άγραφο δίκαιο --- kansalliset asetukset --- legislação dos Estados-membros --- εσωτερικό δίκαιο --- Gesetzgebung des Heimatstaats --- šalies įstatymai --- intern rätt --- nationale wetgeving --- Derecho estatal --- nationale rechtsorde --- riiklik seadusandlus --- vnútorné právo --- drept intern --- medlemsstaternas lagstiftning --- nemzeti jogrend --- národní právní úprava --- legislatíva členských štátov --- iekšzemes tiesību akti --- právo členských států --- národné právne úpravy --- belső jog --- domáce právo --- nationale voorschriften --- valstybių narių įstatymai --- riiklik õigussüsteem --- νομοθεσία των κρατών μελών --- nationale Rechtsordnung --- legislación de los Estados miembros --- šalies nuostatai --- rregulla kombëtare --- jäsenvaltioiden lainsäädäntö --- normativa nacional --- national retsorden --- dalībvalstu likumi --- domaće pravo --- legislazione degli Stati membri --- regulamentação nacional --- legislation of the Member States --- nemzeti jogszabályok --- nemzeti jogrendszer --- normativa nazionale --- nacionalni pravni sustav --- домашен правен систем --- législation des États membres --- nationale bestemmelser --- sistem juridic național --- šalies teisė --- orden jurídico nacional --- legislação nacional --- nationella rättsregler --- valsts likumdošana --- tagállami jogszabályok --- εθνική έννομη τάξη --- riigisisesed õigusaktid --- legjislacion i Shteteve Anëtare --- medlemsstaternes lovgivning --- valstybės teisės sistema --- nacionalno zakonodavstvo --- reglamentación nacional --- Rechtsvorschriften der Mitgliedstaaten --- legislazione nazionale --- národní právní systém --- národný právny systém --- домашно право --- domestic law --- zakonodavstvo država članica EU-a --- sistem kombëtar ligjor --- hazai jog --- национално законодавство --- législation nationale --- ordre juridique national --- reglementări naționale --- εθνικές ρυθμίσεις --- réglementation nationale --- legislación nacional --- rom --- romai --- Romi --- romer --- romani --- Romach --- romi --- Ciganos --- Romowie --- Ρόμα --- Roma --- romaní --- Rómovia --- Romové --- Romët --- роми --- Роми --- Rom --- roma --- Fahrende --- tzigane --- romas --- Циганин --- boyash --- rändrahvas --- Boiash --- цигани --- cigán --- Aškale --- cigan --- roms --- Żingari --- Ром --- Kalés --- nomadi --- mustlane --- sintid --- zigenare --- viajantes --- ashkali --- Zigeuner --- gitano --- Sinte --- Komuniteti rom --- sinter --- čigāns --- tsigane --- szintó --- ashkalíes --- mánus --- manušai --- Beás --- Sintés --- Gypsies --- Синти --- Manouches --- Gens du voyage --- rromi --- travelleri --- Popotnike --- manush --- sintai --- Sintígh --- σίντι --- Romaigh --- aškaliai --- ром --- Ashkali --- Kalé --- Bojaxx --- Róm --- Cigane --- rejsende --- mustalainen --- aškalid --- sigøjnere --- Travellers --- boyashi --- sinti --- zingaro --- Manuxx --- čigonas --- zíngaros --- țigan --- Bojaše --- kalé --- bojašai --- woonwagenbewoners --- Axkali --- kaale --- manuches --- manouche --- cigány --- țigani --- Ρομ --- Cyganie --- Boyash --- cikán --- τσιγγάνος --- vjaġġaturi --- romanichel --- αθίγγανος --- askáli --- Cigán --- πλανόβιος --- Sintové --- Manuše --- gitan --- gitani --- Sinti und Roma --- Sinti --- zigeuner --- dlí náisiúnta --- Romanies --- Tsiganes --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Droit --- droit national --- Roms --- Etrangers (droit) --- Droit pénal --- Enfants --- Aide sociale --- Education --- Droit au logement --- Pays de l'Union européenne --- Statut juridique

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