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Spiders
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ISBN: 1626185182 9781626185180 9781626185173 1626185174 Year: 2013 Publisher: Hauppauge, New York Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

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Spider silk
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ISBN: 129946386X 0300163150 9780300163155 9780300149227 0300149220 9781299463868 Year: 2010 Publisher: New Haven Yale University Press

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Spiders, objects of eternal human fascination, are found in many places: on the ground, in the air, and even under water. Leslie Brunetta and Catherine Craig have teamed up to produce a substantive yet entertaining book for anyone who has ever wondered, as a spider rappelled out of reach on a line of silk, "How do they do that? "The orb web, that iconic wheel-shaped web most of us associate with spiders, contains at least four different silk proteins, each performing a different function and all meshing together to create a fly-catching machine that has amazed and inspired humans through the ages. Brunetta and Craig tell the intriguing story of how spiders evolved over 400 million years to add new silks and new uses for silk to their survival "toolkit" and, in the telling, take readers far beyond the orb. The authors describe the trials and triumphs of spiders as they use silk to negotiate an ever-changing environment, and they show how natural selection acts at the genetic level and as individuals struggle for survival.


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Photonic Jet: Science and Application
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ISBN: 3036552715 3036552723 Year: 2022 Publisher: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Photonic jets (PJs) are important mesoscale optical phenomena arising from electromagnetic waves interacting with dielectric particles. PJs have applications in super-resolution imaging, sensing, detection, patterning, trapping, manipulation, waveguiding, signal amplification and high-efficiency signal collection, among others. This reprint provides an overview of the field and highlights recent advances and trends in PJ research.


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Avian Architecture
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ISBN: 9781400838318 1283519240 9786613831699 1400838312 Year: 2011 Publisher: Princeton, NJ

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Birds are the most consistently inventive builders, and their nests set the bar for functional design in nature. Avian Architecture describes how birds design, engineer, and build their nests, deconstructing all types of nests found around the world using architectural blueprints and detailed descriptions of the construction processes and engineering techniques birds use. This spectacularly illustrated book features 300 full-color images and more than 35 case studies that profile key species worldwide. Each chapter covers a different type of nest, from tunnel nests and mound nests to floating nests, hanging nests, woven nests, and even multiple-nest avian cities. Other kinds of avian construction--such as bowers and harvest wells--are also featured. Avian Architecture includes intricate step-by-step sequences, visual spreads on nest-building materials and methods, and insightful commentary by a leading expert. Illustrates how birds around the world design, engineer, and build their nests Features architectural blueprints, step-by-step sequences, visual spreads on nest-building materials and methods, and expert commentary Includes 300 full-color images Covers more than 100 bird species worldwide

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Birds. --- Birds - Behavior. --- Birds -- Behavior. --- Birds - Nests. --- Birds -- Nests -- Pictorial works. --- Birds -- Nests. --- Nest building. --- Birds --- Nest building --- Zoology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Vertebrates --- Nests --- Behavior --- Acorn woodpecker. --- American flamingo. --- American robin. --- Arctic tern. --- Baltimore oriole. --- Barn swallow. --- Bee-eater. --- Bird nest. --- Bird. --- Black wheatear. --- Bowerbird. --- Breeding pair. --- Brood (honey bee). --- Burrowing owl. --- Carrion crow. --- Case study. --- Columbidae. --- Common chaffinch. --- Common eider. --- Common tailorbird. --- Common wood pigeon. --- Corvidae. --- Courtship. --- Cowbird. --- Edible bird's nest. --- Edible-nest swiftlet. --- Editing. --- Egg as food. --- Eurasian bittern. --- European bee-eater. --- European robin. --- Ficus. --- Firewood. --- Fledge. --- Flight feather. --- Food storage. --- Galliformes. --- Goose. --- Grackle. --- Granary. --- Great tit. --- Hamerkop. --- Hanging (meat). --- Honeyeater. --- Hornbill. --- Horned coot. --- House sparrow. --- Hummingbird. --- Icterid. --- Illustration. --- Infestation. --- Insect. --- Killdeer. --- Leaf warbler. --- Lyrebird. --- Magpie goose. --- Magpie-lark. --- Malleefowl. --- Mammal. --- Mangrove. --- Mating. --- Megapode. --- Monk parakeet. --- Nest box. --- Nest. --- Old World warbler. --- Opuntia. --- Oropendola. --- Ovenbird (family). --- Parakeet. --- Parasitism. --- Passerine. --- Plumage. --- Precocial. --- Predation. --- Rainforest. --- Ruby-throated hummingbird. --- Sapsucker. --- Satin bowerbird. --- Shrub. --- Song thrush. --- Songbird. --- Sparrow. --- Spider silk. --- Spider web. --- Stork. --- Swiftlet. --- Tailorbird. --- Tit (bird). --- Tooth-billed bowerbird. --- Trogon. --- Vegetation. --- Vogelkop bowerbird. --- Wader. --- Warbler. --- Western rock nuthatch. --- White stork. --- Winter wren. --- Wood warbler. --- Woodpecker. --- Building, Nest --- Building nests --- Construction, Nest --- Nest construction --- Nesting (Animal behavior) --- Nesting behavior --- Nidification --- Animal behavior --- Aves --- Avian fauna --- Avifauna --- Wild birds --- Amniotes --- Ornithology --- Construction --- Eggs and nests --- Nests. --- Behavior.


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New Research Trends for Textiles
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ISBN: 3036560815 3036560823 Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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PART 1. Functional Textiles: Photochromic Textiles Based upon Aqueous Blends of Oxygen-Deficient WO3-x and TiO2 Nanocrystals. 50/60 Hz Power Grid Noise as a Skin Contact Measure of Textile ECG Electrodes. Characterizing Steam Penetration through Thermal Protective Fabric Materials. Stretchable Textile Yarn Based on UHF RFID Helical Tag. Fibers and Textiles for Personal Protective Equipment. Textile-Based Sound Sensors (TSS). High-Performance and Functional Fiber Materials. Geotextiles—A Versatile Tool for Environmental Sensitive Applications in Geotechnical Engineering. Review of Fiber- or Yarn-Based Wearable Resistive Strain Sensors. Wearable Actuators: An Overview. Bacterial Secondary Metabolites as Biopigments for Textile Dyeing. PART 2: Process and Modelling. Loop Order Analysis of Weft-Knitted Textiles. New Geometrical Modelling for 2D Fabric and 2.5D Interlock Composites. Meso-Macro Simulations of the Forming of 3D Non-Crimp Woven Fabrics. Continuous Yarn Electrospinning. A Review on Tough Soft Composites at Different Length Scales. Textile Branch and Main Breakthroughs of the Czech Republic in the Field of Textile Machinery. Recent Efforts in Modeling and Simulation of Textiles. PART 3: Control. A Comparison of Two Different Light Booths for Measuring Color Difference of Metameric Pairs. Effect of Textile Characteristics on the AR-Glass Fabric Efficiency. Dielectric Properties of Textile Materials. PART 4: Consumers and Behavior. Development of a Consumer-Based Quality Scale for Artisan Textiles. Organic Cotton Clothing Purchase Behavior. A Review on Textile Recycling Practices and Challenges.

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Business strategy --- Manufacturing industries --- smart textiles --- wearable --- fiber actuators --- soft exoskeleton --- haptic action --- textile modeling --- homogenization --- beam-based model --- buckling --- folding --- spacer fabrics --- organic cotton --- clothing --- consumer behavior --- Theory of Reasoned Action --- alkali-resistant glass textile --- weaving --- epoxy coating --- filament diameters --- roving fineness --- fabric efficiency --- textile-reinforced concrete --- TRC --- fabric-reinforced cementitious matrix --- FRCM --- textile development --- human and civilization factors --- clothing and technical textiles --- open end spinning --- jet looms --- perpendicularly layered nonwovens --- needleless electrospinning --- textiles --- quality --- artisan --- fabrics --- women in textiles --- soft composite --- mechanical property --- toughness --- toughening mechanism --- fabrication --- application --- helical RFID tag --- helical antenna --- RFID --- textile yarn --- light booth --- metameric pairs --- visual assessment --- gray scale --- standard deviation --- CAM02-UCS --- color difference formula --- thermal protective fabrics --- steam exposure --- fabric properties --- heat and mass transfer --- burn injuries --- textile materials --- complex relative permittivity --- effective medium approximation --- dielectric mixture theory --- electromagnetics --- dielectric characterization --- resistive strain sensor --- fiber-based sensor --- yarn-based sensor --- interconnection --- forming simulation --- multi-scale analyses --- RVE --- hyperelasticity --- thick reinforcements --- nanofibers --- PAN --- cellulose acetate --- biopolymers --- spider silk --- silk fibroin --- 2D fabric --- 2.5D --- interlock composite --- compliance matrix --- textile waste --- reuse and recycling --- municipal solid waste --- composting --- sustainability --- geotextiles --- natural fibers --- synthetic fibers --- geo-engineering --- environmental applications --- high-performance fibers --- functional textiles --- metallized textiles --- inorganic fibers --- Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) --- Electron Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) --- microbial pigments --- bacterial pigments --- textile --- fibers --- dyeing --- electrocardiogram (ECG) --- Arduino --- electrodes --- conductive coating --- conductive yarn --- sensor --- knitted textiles --- topological modeling --- contact neighborhood --- loop order analysis --- precedence rule --- visualization --- e-textiles --- textile-based sound sensors --- sound monitoring --- smart building --- personal protective equipment --- protective clothing --- special textile structures --- smart textile --- photochromism --- inorganic nanoparticles --- n/a

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