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Shotcrete --- Mine roof control. --- Ground control (Mining) --- Mine safety. --- Mine safety --- Adhesion --- Testing.

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Adhesion plays a major role in the bacterial lifestyle. Bacteria can adhere to organic and inorganic surfaces, to each other, and of course to host cells during pathogenesis. The focus of this book is: how are such adhesion phenomena best studied? Microbial genetics experiments have greatly enhanced our knowledge of what bacterial factors are involved in adhesion. For numerous reasons, though, biochemical and structural biology knowledge of the molecular interactions involved in adhesion are limited. One major problem has been a lack of interdisciplinary research and understanding in the field. On the one hand, the microbiologists lack detailed knowledge of the biophysical possibilities and have limited access to the frequently expensive instrumentation involved while on the other hand, the experts in these methods frequently do not have access to the biological materials, nor do they necessarily understand the biological questions to be answered. The purpose of this book is thus to overcome this gap in communication between researchers in biology, chemistry and physics and to display the many ways and means to investigate bacterial adhesion. We hope to stimulate new and ground-breaking research.

Bacteria -- Adhesion. --- Bacterial Adhesion. --- Epithelial cells. --- Host-bacteria relationships. --- Pathogenic bacteria. --- Bacteria --- Bacterial Processes --- Bacterial Physiological Phenomena --- Microbiological Processes --- Microbiological Phenomena --- Phenomena and Processes --- Bacterial Adhesion --- Medicine --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Medical Research --- Microbiology & Immunology --- Adhesion --- Host-parasite relationships. --- Adhesion. --- Physiology. --- Host-organism relationships --- Host-pathogen relationships --- Parasite-host relationships --- Pathogen-host relationships --- Relationships, Host-parasite --- Bacteria, Pathogenic --- Disease germs --- Bacterial physiology --- Bacterial adhesion --- Medicine. --- Medical microbiology. --- Proteins. --- Microbiology. --- Biophysics. --- Biological physics. --- Biomedicine. --- Biomedicine general. --- Biological Techniques. --- Medical Microbiology. --- Biophysics and Biological Physics. --- Protein Structure. --- Technique. --- Biological physics --- Medical sciences --- Physics --- Microbial biology --- Microorganisms --- Proteids --- Biomolecules --- Polypeptides --- Proteomics --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Parasitism --- Pathogenic microorganisms --- Bacterial diseases --- Medical bacteriology --- Physiology --- Cell adhesion --- Cytology --- Biochemistry. --- Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics. --- Research --- Methodology. --- Biological chemistry --- Chemical composition of organisms --- Organisms --- Physiological chemistry --- Chemistry --- Cell biology --- Cellular biology --- Cells --- Cytologists --- Composition --- Health Workforce --- Biology—Technique. --- Proteins . --- Biomedicine, general.

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European political parties have been recruiting members of over a century. However, 'parties without partisans' are conceivable today. Clearly, parties are changing, whether they are mutating, adapting or declining. In this context, it is crucial to understand the changes which affect party membership. It may indirectly affect the capacity of parties to perform their various functions in representative democraties. This book aims at contributing to three major topics related to the study of party membership. The first part of the book is dedicated to the analysis of the general trends in party membership across Europe in a comparative and long-term perspective. In the second part of the book, the contributions focus on the demand side, i.e. on parties and their assessment of membership, based on case studies. The final part of the book reverses the focus and examines party membership at the micro level (supply side), based on interviews and party membership surveys.

Political parties --- Political sociology --- Europe --- Party affiliation --- Political participation --- Partis politiques --- Participation politique --- Case studies --- Adhésion --- Cas, Etudes de --- Partis politiques et Union européenne --- Adhesion --- #SBIB:324H43 --- 324.24 --- Politieke structuren: politieke partijen --- Social sciences Political science Political parties Europe --- Political culture --- Adhésion --- Culture --- Political science --- Affiliation, Party --- Political affiliation --- Membership --- Partis politiques et Union européenne. --- Case studies. --- Political parties - Europe --- Political participation - Europe --- Party affiliation - Europe --- Partis politiques et Union européenne.

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This volume presents material science and mechanical issues of hybrid adhesive bonds which are a combination of adhesive bonding and mechanical fastening, interference or welding. The hybrid concept includes also mixed-adhesive bonding, where at least two adhesives with different mechanical properties are placed along the bondline. The idea of hybrid joints is to gather the advantages of the different techniques leaving out their problems. Some of the advantages of these joints are a higher static and fatigue strength and a higher stiffness with respect to simple joints, a two-stage failure process and improved durability. The book treats all important kinds of hybrid joints which are in use today: weld – adhesive, rivet – adhesive, clinch – adhesive, bolt – adhesive, and adhesive – adhesive. A section dedicated to threadlocking and interference-fit adhesive joints is also included. All sections are treated from a scientific point of view with modeling issues supported by simple coupons testing and a technological point of view where the idea is to present more applied results with practical cases.

Adhesion -- Congresses. --- Adhesive joints. --- Mechanical Engineering --- Chemical & Materials Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Materials Science --- Mechanical Engineering - General --- Glued joints --- Materials science. --- Continuum mechanics. --- Tribology. --- Corrosion and anti-corrosives. --- Coatings. --- Materials Science. --- Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings. --- Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials. --- Joints (Engineering) --- Chemistry, inorganic. --- Mechanics. --- Mechanics, Applied. --- Solid Mechanics. --- Classical mechanics --- Newtonian mechanics --- Physics --- Dynamics --- Quantum theory --- Inorganic chemistry --- Chemistry --- Inorganic compounds --- Applied mechanics --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Engineering mathematics --- Surface coatings --- Materials --- Surfaces (Technology) --- Coating processes --- Thin films --- Anti-corrosive paint --- Atmospheric corrosion --- Metal corrosion --- Metals --- Rust --- Rustless coatings --- Chemical inhibitors --- Chemistry, Technical --- Fouling --- Weathering --- Paint --- Protective coatings --- Waterproofing --- Friction --- Corrosion --- Deterioration --- Surfaces

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Regulated turnover of extracellular matrix (ECM) is an important component of tissue homeostasis. In recent years, the enzymes that participate in, and control ECM turnover have been the focus of research that touches on development, tissue remodeling, inflammation and disease. This volume in the Biology of Extracellular Matrix series provides a review of the known classes of proteases that degrade ECM both outside and inside the cell. The specific EMC proteases that are discussed include cathepsins, bacterial collagenases, matrix metalloproteinases, meprins, serine proteases, and elastases. The volume also discusses the domains responsible for specific biochemical characteristics of the proteases and the physical interactions that occur when the protease interacts with substrate. The topics covered in this volume provide an important context for understanding the role that matrix-degrading proteases play in normal tissue remodeling and in diseases such as cancer and lung disease. The series Biology of Extracellular Matrix is published in collaboration with the American Society for Matrix Biology.

Collagen. --- Connective Tissue. --- Connective tissues -- Congresses. --- Extracellular matrix. --- Polysaccharides. --- Extracellular Space --- Metalloendopeptidases --- Membrane Glycoproteins --- Antigens, Surface --- Proteins --- Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins --- Cellular Structures --- Endopeptidases --- Glycoproteins --- Membrane Proteins --- Antigens --- Metalloproteases --- Peptide Hydrolases --- Biological Factors --- Cells --- Chemicals and Drugs --- Hydrolases --- Anatomy --- Enzymes --- Enzymes and Coenzymes --- Cell Adhesion Molecules --- Extracellular Matrix --- Matrix Metalloproteinases --- Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases --- Biology --- Human Anatomy & Physiology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Cytology --- Physiology --- Cement substance (Anatomy) --- Ground substance (Anatomy) --- Ground substance (Histology) --- Intercellular matrix --- Interstitial substance --- Matrix, Extracellular --- Life sciences. --- Molecular biology. --- Biochemistry. --- Proteins. --- Cell biology. --- Life Sciences. --- Cell Biology. --- Biochemistry, general. --- Protein Science. --- Molecular Medicine. --- Connective tissues --- Extracellular space --- Cytology. --- Medicine. --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Biological chemistry --- Chemical composition of organisms --- Organisms --- Physiological chemistry --- Chemistry --- Cell biology --- Cellular biology --- Cytologists --- Composition --- Health Workforce --- Proteins . --- Molecular biochemistry --- Molecular biophysics --- Biochemistry --- Biophysics --- Biomolecules --- Systems biology --- Proteids --- Polypeptides --- Proteomics