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Stochastic Transport in Upper Ocean Dynamics STUOD 2021 Workshop, London, UK, September 20-23 /
Published 2023Table of Contents: “…Goodair) -- Ponderomotive coupling of waves to sea surface currents via horizontal density gradients (R. …”
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Calculus-Based Physics II
Published 2008Table of Contents: “…1 Charge & Coulomb's Law -- 2 The Electric Field: Description and Effect -- 3 The Electric Field Due to one or more Point Charges -- 4 Conductors and the Electric Field -- 5 Work Done by the Electric Field, and, the Electric Potential -- 6 The Electric Potential Due to One or More Point Charges -- 7 Equipotential Surfaces, Conductors, and Voltage -- 8 Capacitors, Dielectrics, and Energy in Capacitors -- 9 Electric Current, EMF, Ohm's Law -- 10 Resistors in Series and Parallel; Measuring I & V -- 11 Resistivity, Power -- 12 Kirchhoff's Rules, Terminal Voltage -- 13 RC Circuits -- 14 Capacitors in Series & Parallel -- 15 Magnetic Field Intro: Effects -- 16 Magnetic Field: More Effects -- 17 Magnetic Field: Causes -- 18 Faraday's Law, Lenz's Law -- 19 Induction, Transformers, and Generators -- 20 Faraday's Law and Maxwell's Extension to Ampere's Law -- 21 The Nature of Electromagnetic Waves -- 22 Huygens's Principle and 2-Slit Interference -- 23 Single-Slit Diffraction -- 24 Thin Film Interference -- 25 Polarization -- 26 Geometric Optics, Reflection -- 27 Refraction, Dispersion, Internal Reflection -- 28 Thin Lenses: Ray Tracing -- 29 Thin Lenses: Lens Equation, Optical Power -- 30 The Electric Field Due to a Continuous Distribution of Charge on a Line -- 31 The Electric Potential due to a Continuous Charge Distribution -- 32 Calculating the Electric Field from the Electric Potential -- 33 Gauss's Law -- 34 Gauss's Law Example -- 35 Gauss's Law for the Magnetic Field, and, Ampere's Law Revisited -- 36 The Biot-Savart Law -- 37 Maxwell's Equations…”
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Technological Imagination in the Green and Digital Transition
Published 2023Table of Contents: “…-Digital infrastructure for student accommodations in european university cities: The "HOME" project -- Part 2: Technology -- Technologies for the construction of buildings and cities of the near future -- The living lab for autonomous driving as applied research of MaaS models in the smart city: the case study of MASA - Modena Automotive Smart Area -- Expanding the wave of smartness: Smart buildings, another frontier of the digital revolution -- Sharing innovation. …”
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Astronomy 2e
Published 2022Table of Contents: “…The Sun: A Nuclear Powerhouse -- 16.1 Sources of Sunshine: Thermal and Gravitational Energy -- 16.2 Mass, Energy, and the Theory of Relativity -- 16.3 The Solar Interior: Theory -- 16.4 The Solar Interior: Observations -- Chapter 17 Analyzing Starlight -- 17.1 The Brightness of Stars -- 17.2 Colors of Stars -- 17.3 The Spectra of Stars (and Brown Dwarfs) -- 17.4 Using Spectra to Measure Stellar Radius, Composition, and Motion -- Chapter 18 The Stars: A Celestial Census -- 18.1 A Stellar Census -- 18.2 Measuring Stellar Masses -- 18.3 Diameters of Stars -- 18.4 The H–R Diagram -- Chapter 19 Celestial Distances -- 19.1 Fundamental Units of Distance -- 19.2 Surveying the Stars -- 19.3 Variable Stars: One Key to Cosmic Distances -- 19.4 The H–R Diagram and Cosmic Distances -- Chapter 20 Between the Stars: Gas and Dust in Space -- 20.1 The Interstellar Medium -- 20.2 Interstellar Gas -- 20.3 Cosmic Dust -- 20.4 Cosmic Rays -- 20.5 The Life Cycle of Cosmic Material -- 20.6 Interstellar Matter around the Sun -- Chapter 21 The Birth of Stars and the Discovery of Planets outside the Solar System -- 21.1 Star Formation -- 21.2 The H–R Diagram and the Study of Stellar Evolution -- 21.3 Evidence That Planets Form around Other Stars -- 21.4 Planets beyond the Solar System: Search and Discovery -- 21.5 Exoplanets Everywhere: What We Are Learning -- 21.6 New Perspectives on Planet Formation -- Chapter 22 Stars from Adolescence to Old Age -- 22.1 Evolution from the Main Sequence to Red Giants -- 22.2 Star Clusters -- 22.3 Checking Out the Theory -- 22.4 Further Evolution of Stars -- 22.5 The Evolution of More Massive Stars -- Chapter 23 The Death of Stars -- 23.1 The Death of Low-Mass Stars -- 23.2 Evolution of Massive Stars: An Explosive Finish -- 23.3 Supernova Observations -- 23.4 Pulsars and the Discovery of Neutron Stars -- 23.5 The Evolution of Binary Star Systems -- 23.6 The Mystery of the Gamma-Ray Bursts -- Chapter 24 Black Holes and Curved Spacetime -- 24.1 Introducing General Relativity -- 24.2 Spacetime and Gravity -- 24.3 Tests of General Relativity -- 24.4 Time in General Relativity -- 24.5 Black Holes -- 24.6 Evidence for Black Holes -- 24.7 Gravitational Wave Astronomy -- Chapter 25 The Milky Way Galaxy -- 25.1 The Architecture of the Galaxy -- 25.2 Spiral Structure -- 25.3 The Mass of the Galaxy -- 25.4 The Center of the Galaxy -- 25.5 Stellar Populations in the Galaxy -- 25.6 The Formation of the Galaxy -- Chapter 26 Galaxies -- 26.1 The Discovery of Galaxies -- 26.2 Types of Galaxies -- 26.3 Properties of Galaxies -- 26.4 The Extragalactic Distance Scale -- 26.5 The Expanding Universe -- Chapter 27 Active Galaxies, Quasars, and Supermassive Black Holes -- 27.1 Quasars -- 27.2 Supermassive Black Holes: What Quasars Really Are -- 27.3 Quasars as Probes of Evolution in the Universe -- Chapter 28 The Evolution and Distribution of Galaxies -- 28.1 Observations of Distant Galaxies -- 28.2 Galaxy Mergers and Active Galactic Nuclei -- 28.3 The Distribution of Galaxies in Space -- 28.4 The Challenge of Dark Matter -- 28.5 The Formation and Evolution of Galaxies and Structure in the Universe -- Chapter 29 The Big Bang -- 29.1 The Age of the Universe -- 29.2 A Model of the Universe -- 29.3 The Beginning of the Universe -- 29.4 The Cosmic Microwave Background -- 29.5 What Is the Universe Really Made Of? …”
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Diversity and Evolution of Butterfly Wing Patterns An Integrative Approach /
Published 2017Table of Contents: “…Eyespots and Evolution -- Chapter5:Physiology and evolution of wing pattern plasticity in Bicyclus butterflies: a critical review ofthe literature -- Chapter6:Spatial variation in boundary conditions can govern selection and location of eyespots inbutterfly wings -- Chapter7:Self-Similarity, Distortion Waves, and the Essence of Morphogenesis: A Generalized View ofColor Pattern Formation in Butterfly Wings -- Part III. …”
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Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides Volume 1 ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships 2015-2025 /
Published 2017Table of Contents: “…ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships 2015-2025 -- The ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships 2015-2025: Background and Content -- Forum lectures -- Rupestrian world heritage sites: Instability investigation and sustainable mitigation -- Subaerial landslide-generated waves: Numerical and laboratory simulations -- Rockfall occurrence and fragmentation -- Contribution from signatory organizations of the Sendai Partnerships -- International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) -- International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) - The proposing organization of the ISDR-ICL Sendai partnerships 2015-2025 -- United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) -- UNISDR's Contribution to Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Role of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) -- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) -- UNESCO's Contribution to the Implementation of UNISDR's Global Initiative and ICL -- United Nations University (UNU) -- The United Nations University: Research and Policy Support for Environmental Risk Reduction -- World Meteorological Organization (WMO) -- Concerted International Efforts for Advancing Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems -- International Council for Science (ICSU) -- On Future Challenges for the Integration of Science into International Policy Development for Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction -- World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) -- World Federation of Engineering Organizations Activities in Disaster Risk Reduction -- Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University -- National Civil Protection Department, Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Government of Italy -- Understanding and Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk: Challenges and Opportunities for Italian Civil Protection -- Landslide Dynamics: ISDR-ICL Landslide Interactive Teaching Tools (LITT) -- Progress of the World Report on Landslides -- International Programme on Landslides (IPL): Objectives, History and List of World Centres of Excellence and IPL Projects -- UNESCO-KU-ICL UNITWIN Cooperation Programme for Landslides and Water-Related Disaster Risk Management. …”
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Haptics: Science, Technology, Applications 12th International Conference, EuroHaptics 2020, Leiden, The Netherlands, September 6-9, 2020, Proceedings /
Published 2020Table of Contents: “…-- Midair Haptic Presentation Using Concave Reflector -- Movement-Free Virtual Reality Interface using Kinesthetic Illusion Induced by Tendon Vibration -- Haptic Display Using Fishing Rod -- Confinement of Vibrotactile Stimuli in Periodically Supported Plates -- 2MoTac: Simulation of button click by superposition of two ultrasonic plate waves -- A Proposal and Investigation of Displaying Method by Passive Touch with Electrostatic Tactile Display -- Sensing Ultrasonic Mid-Air Haptics with a Biomimetic Tactile Fingertip -- Soft-wearable device for the estimation of shoulder orientation and gesture -- Wearable Vibrotactile Interface Using Phantom Tactile Sensation for Human-Robot Interaction -- A Parallel Elastic Haptic Thimble for Wide Bandwidth Cutaneous Feedback -- Instrumenting Hand-held Surgical Drills With a Pneumatic Sensing Cover for Haptic Feedback -- Rendering Ultrasound Pressure Distribution on Hand Surface in Real-Time -- Energy Analysis of Lateral vs. …”
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