Supplies information on the pathogenesis and morphology of equine diseases organised by major body systems, with diseases discussed by pathologic process and supplemental chapters on related aspects. More than 200 photographs and illustrations enhance descriptions.
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This book is a comprehensive guide to understanding the pile oscillator and its application to the AGN 201 reactor. James R. Roney provides detailed analysis of the pile oscillator and its engineering aspects to help the reader understand how this tool can effectively be used in a reactor setting. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in nuclear power and engineering.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Story Performance Handbook provides specific, detailed information to help adults develop basic skills in reading aloud, mediated storytelling, and storytelling. Organized sequentially, each chapter moves the reader from the easiest (reading aloud picture books) to the most difficult (creating your own stories for telling) storytelling experience, cumulatively building story performance skill in selecting, preparing, and delivering stories and poetry to audiences. This structure allows individuals to begin reading at various points depending on their prior experience with story performance. The text includes several features that make learning to perform stories and poetry easy to understand and manage: * Explicit, thorough advice avoids confusion, such as how to select, prepare, and deliver stories and poetry via reading aloud, mediated storytelling, and storytelling. * The sequential chapter organization, progressing from easiest to most difficult, and Developmental and Culminating Activities at the end of each skill chapter, enable this text to be used either independently or in conjunction with courses or workshops in story performance. * Unique among story performance texts, instruction is based not only on the author's own extensive experience but also on empirical research related to teaching adults to tell stories. * Specific information is easily located throughout the text: Processes are presented in bold type, numbered sequentially and, at the end of specific chapters, skill building activities are provided. Figures (which provide additional detailed information) are boxed. Examples of processes are highlighted with background shading.
The Story Performance Handbook provides specific, detailed information to help adults develop basic skills in reading aloud, mediated storytelling, and storytelling. Organized sequentially, each chapter moves the reader from the easiest (reading aloud picture books) to the most difficult (creating your own stories for telling) storytelling experience, cumulatively building story performance skill in selecting, preparing, and delivering stories and poetry to audiences. This structure allows individuals to begin reading at various points depending on their prior experience with story performance. The text includes several features that make learning to perform stories and poetry easy to understand and manage: * Explicit, thorough advice avoids confusion, such as how to select, prepare, and deliver stories and poetry via reading aloud, mediated storytelling, and storytelling. * The sequential chapter organization, progressing from easiest to most difficult, and Developmental and Culminating Activities at the end of each skill chapter, enable this text to be used either independently or in conjunction with courses or workshops in story performance. * Unique among story performance texts, instruction is based not only on the author's own extensive experience but also on empirical research related to teaching adults to tell stories. * Specific information is easily located throughout the text: Processes are presented in bold type, numbered sequentially and, at the end of specific chapters, skill building activities are provided. Figures (which provide additional detailed information) are boxed. Examples of processes are highlighted with background shading.
This is a short story of two friends that come together to build their very best snowman outside in winter time. It shows what clothes are needed to endure the cold and their ideas of what to put on the snowman. It also allows the child to draw or color their very own snowman inside the back cover.
Ethylenglykol ist eine organische Verbindung mit zahlreichen Anwendungen in verschiedenen Bereichen der chemischen Industrie. Obwohl die bekanntesten Anwendungen als Frostschutzmittel oder in der Zusammensetzung von Hydraulikfl ssigkeiten zu finden sind, ist der gr te Verbrauch dieser Verbindung in der Herstellung von ges ttigten und unges ttigten Polyesterharzen sowie Polyurethanen zu verzeichnen. Ethylenglykol oder Ethan-1,2-diol wird durch Reaktion von Ethylenoxid oder 1,2-Epoxyethan mit Wasser in Gegenwart eines Katalysators, wie verd nnter Schwefels ure, bei einer Temperatur von 60 C hergestellt, aber die Synthese von Ethylenoxid erfordert 300 C und 20 atm, damit die Reaktion eine hohe Ausbeute erreicht. In dieser Arbeit wird eine Alternative zur konventionellen Gewinnung von Ethylenoxid vorgeschlagen, bei der Ethylenglykol in einem w ssrigen Elektrolyten gebildet wird. Die wichtigsten Ergebnisse zeigen, dass bei konstantem Strom die Elektrode mit Palladiumoxid die beste Ausbeute f r die Erzeugung von Ethylenglykol und Ethanol aufweist, mit einer besseren Selektivit t f r Ethylenglykol.
L' thyl ne glycol est un compos organique ayant de vastes applications dans divers secteurs de l'industrie chimique. Bien que les applications les plus connues soient comme liquide antigel ou dans la composition de fluides hydrauliques, la plus grande consommation de ce compos est la fabrication de r sines polyester satur es et insatur es, ainsi que de polyur thanes. L' thyl ne glycol, ou thane-1,2-diol, est produit en faisant r agir l'oxyde d' thyl ne, ou 1,2- poxy thane, avec de l'eau en pr sence d'un catalyseur, tel que l'acide sulfurique dilu , une temp rature de 60 C, mais la synth se de l'oxyde d' thyl ne n cessite 300 C et 20 atm pour que la r action atteigne des niveaux de rendement lev s. Ce travail propose une alternative l'obtention conventionnelle de l'oxyde d' thyl ne, qui forme de l' thyl ne glycol dans un lectrolyte aqueux. Les principaux r sultats ont montr que, courant constant, l' lectrode avec l'oxyde de palladium pr sentait le meilleur rendement pour la g n ration d' thyl ne glycol et d' thanol, avec une meilleure s lectivit pour l' thyl ne glycol.
Il glicole etilenico un composto organico con vaste applicazioni in vari settori dell'industria chimica. Sebbene le applicazioni pi note siano quelle come liquido antigelo o nella composizione di fluidi idraulici, il consumo maggiore di questo composto si ha nella produzione di resine poliestere sature e insature e di poliuretani. Il glicole etilenico, o etano-1,2-diolo, viene prodotto facendo reagire l'ossido di etilene, o 1,2-epossietano, con l'acqua in presenza di un catalizzatore, come l'acido solforico diluito, a una temperatura di 60 C, ma la sintesi dell'ossido di etilene richiede 300 C e 20 atm per raggiungere alti livelli di resa. Questo lavoro propone un'alternativa all'ottenimento dell'ossido di etilene in modo convenzionale, con la formazione di glicole etilenico in un elettrolita acquoso. I risultati principali hanno mostrato che, a corrente costante, l'elettrodo con ossido di palladio ha presentato la migliore resa per la generazione di glicole etilenico ed etanolo, con una migliore selettivit per il glicole etilenico.
Ethylene glycol is an organic compound with vast applications in various sectors of the chemical industry. Although the best known applications are as an anti-freeze liquid or in the composition of hydraulic fluids, the largest consumption of this compound is in the manufacture of saturated and unsaturated polyester resins, as well as polyurethanes. Ethylene glycol, or ethane-1,2-diol, is produced by reacting ethylene oxide, or 1,2-epoxyethane, with water in the presence of a catalyst, such as dilute sulphuric acid, at a temperature of 60 C, but the synthesis of ethylene oxide requires 300 C and 20 atm for the reaction to reach high levels of yield. This work proposes an alternative to obtaining ethylene oxide conventionally, which forms ethylene glycol in an aqueous electrolyte. The main results showed that, at constant current, the electrode with palladium oxide presented the best yield for the generation of ethylene glycol and ethanol, with better selectivity for ethylene glycol.
This book discusses individual differences in how people react to uncertainty. The authors show that while some people are relatively comfortable dealing with uncertainty and strive to resolve it (uncertainty-oriented), others are more likely to avoid uncertainty, preferring the familiar or the known (certainty-oriented). They go on to examine the implications of an uncertainty orientation for understanding processes of self-knowledge, social cognition and attitude change, achievement, motivation and performance, interpersonal and group processes, and issues relating to physical and psychological health concerns. Research is discussed which links this uncertainty orientation to each of these issues, raising important practical and theoretical questions for each. The book also considers possible implications for people of both orientations of living in times that may be characterized as being uncertain.
This book discusses individual differences in how people react to uncertainty. The authors show that while some people are relatively comfortable dealing with uncertainty and strive to resolve it (uncertainty-oriented), others are more likely to avoid uncertainty, preferring the familiar or the known (certainty-oriented). They go on to examine the implications of an uncertainty orientation for understanding processes of self-knowledge, social cognition and attitude change, achievement, motivation and performance, interpersonal and group processes, and issues relating to physical and psychological health concerns. Research is discussed which links this uncertainty orientation to each of these issues, raising important practical and theoretical questions for each. The book also considers possible implications for people of both orientations of living in times that may be characterized as being uncertain.
This volume presents the multiyear archaeological investigations of Cerro Juanaqueña and related sites in northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico. These remarkable terraced hilltop settlements represent a series of watershed developments, including substantial dependence on agriculture and early experiments with village living, fortified settlements, collective labor, and communal architecture. Part of a larger, regional development, they parallel changes in northern Sonora and southern Arizona. The emergence of large fortified agricultural villages at 1300 BC before the use of ceramics was an unexpected discovery that changed how archaeologists view early agriculture in this region. The authors place their work in a regional and theoretical context, providing detailed analyses of radiocarbon dates, structures, features, and artifacts. Authors Hard and Roney, and their contributors, present innovative analyses of plant and animal remains, ground stone, chipped stone, and landscape evolution. Through comparisons with a global cross-cultural probe of hilltop sites and a detailed examination of the features and artifacts of Cerro Juanaquen~a, Hard and Roney argue that these cerros de trincheras sites are the earliest fortified defensive sites in the region. Readers with interests in ancient agriculture, warfare, village formation, and material culture will find this to be a foundational volume.
Bryan Frederick; Kristen Gunness; Bonny Lin; Cortez A Cooper; Bryan Rooney; James Benkowski; Nathan Chandler; Cristina L Garafola; Jeffrey W Hornung; Karl P Mueller; Paul Orner; Timothy R Heath; Christian Curriden; Emily Ellinger
This report assesses how China may react to expanded or varied U.S. military activities in the Indo-Pacific. It provides a framework of key factors likely to determine Chinese responses and identifies the characteristics of U.S. military activities that may either enhance deterrence of Chinese aggression or increase the risks of an escalatory Chinese reaction.
