• Front Cover; Title Page; Imprint; Prefacio; Resumen; Kurzfassung; Contenido; Índice de símbolos; 1 Introducción; 2 Planteamiento del problema; 2.1 Hornos rotatorios; 2.1.1 Características técnicas; 2.1.2. Clasificación; 2.1.3. Procesamiento de biomasa; 2.2. Transporte de cargas a granel en hornos rotatorios; 2.2.1. Variables de operación de los hornos rotatorios; 2.2.2. Variables de los procesos termoquı́micos debiomasa; 2.2.3 Produtos del procesamiento termoquímico; 2.3 Flujos granulares en hornos rotatorios; 2.3.1. Modelación del transporte de cargas a granel.

• 2.3.2 Caracterización de sólidos2.3.3 Selección de materias primas; 3 Planteamiento del modelo matemático; 3.1. Transporte axial de cargas a granel en cilindros rotatorios; 3.2. Movimiento transversal en cilindros rotatorios; 3.2.1 Movimento de deslizamiento; 3.2.2 Movimento de avalancha; 3.2.3 Movimento de rodado; 3.2.4 Mezclado de partículas; 3.3 Propiedades de los materiales sólidos; 3.3.1 Densidad; 3.3.2. Tama˜no de granos; 3.3.3 Ángulos característicos; 3.4. Modelo matemático; 4 Sección experimental; 4.1. Plan de experimentos

• 4.1.1. Tiempos de residencia de la carga a granel en el cilindro4.1.2. Movimiento transversal de la carga a granel; 4.1.3. Propiedades de los materiales sólidos; 4.2. Equipos e instrumentación; 4.3 Procedimiento y ejecución de experimentos; 5 Resultados y discusión; 5.1. Caracterización de las materias primas; 5.2. Tipos de movimiento transversal; 5.2.1. Caracterización del movimiento de deslizamiento; 5.2.2. Caracterización del movimiento de avalancha; 5.2.3. Caracterización del movimiento de rodado; 5.3. Tiempos de permanencia y perfiles de altura; 5.3.1. Efecto del grado de llenado.

• 5.3.2. Efecto de la inclinación del reactor5.3.3. Efecto de la velocidad de rotación; 5.3.4. Efecto de los anillos de retención; 5.4. Capas activa y pasiva del movimiento de rodado; 6 Perspectivas; 6.1. Capacidad instalada de las plantas extractoras; 6.2. Flujos másicos de cuesco de palma; 6.3. Cargas a granel de cuesco y carbonizados; 6.4. Carbonización de cuesco de palma; 6.5. Parámetros de operación del horno; 6.6. Dimensionamiento geométrico del reactor; 7 Conclusiones; Bibliografía; Back Cover.

• Front Cover; Titelseite / Reihentitel; Impressum; Inhaltsverzeichnis; Verwendete Abkürzungen und Symbole; 1 Vorwort; 2 Stand der Forschung: Kolloidale Systeme auf Polymerbasis; 3 Motivation und Zielsetzung; 3.1 Herleitung der Ziele; 3.2 Aufbau der Arbeit; 4 Beschreibung des in dieser Arbeit verwendeten Materialsystems; 4.1 Kolloidsynthese; 4.2 Charakterisierung der Kolloide; 4.3 Herstellung und Vearbeitung der lösungsgemischten PMMA-Kolloid-Compounds; 4.4 Charakterisierung der Verteilung und Struktur der Kolloide in Matrix mittels SANS.

• 4.5 Analyse der thermischen, optischen und rheologischen Eigenschaften des PMMA-Kolloid-Compounds4.5.1 Thermische Eigenschaften; 4.5.2 Optische Eigenschaften; 4.5.3 Rheologische Eigenschaften; 5 Einfluss der Struktur auf die mechanischen Eigenschaften und das Versagen; 5.1 Analyse des mechanischen Verhaltens der Proben aus reinem PMMA; 5.2 Analyse des Einflusses der großen, niedrigvernetzten Kolloide auf das mechanische Verhalten der Proben aus PMMA-Kolloid-Compounds.

• 5.3 Auswirkungen durch Variation des Kolloidanteils, der Kolloidgröße und des Vernetzungsgrades auf das mechanische Verhalten der PMMA-Kolloid-Compounds5.4 Auswirkungen durch Variation der Matrixeigenschaften auf das mechanische Verhalten der PMMA-Kolloid-Compounds; 6 Einfluss der Verarbeitung auf die mechanischen Eigenschaften und das Versagen; 6.1 Herstellung des Kolloid-PMMA-Compounds auf einem Doppelschneckenextruder; 6.2 Verteilung der Kolloide in Matrix abhängig von der Verarbeitung.

• 6.3 Analyse des Einflusses der Verarbeitung auf das mechanische Verhalten der Proben aus PMMA-Kolloid-Compounds7 Zusammenfassung; 8 Ausblick; 9 Literaturverzeichnis; 10 Bildnachweise; 11 Anhang; Back Cover.

• VIBRATION AND NOIS EREDUCTION IN PLANETARY GEAR TRAIN BY PHASING; TABLE OF CONTENTS;
• CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION; 1.1 Problem Statement; 1.2 Objectives; 1.3 Scope; 1.4 Methodology; 1.4.1 Method of Phasing Gears; 1.5 Organization of the Study;
• CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW;
• CHAPTER 3 MATERIAL SELECTION FOR GEAR & THEIR PROPERTIES; 3.1 Selection of Plastic Materials; 3.2 Why Plastic?; 3.3 Mechanical Properties of Various Plastics; 3.4 Properties of Nylon-6; 3.5 Applications of Nylon-6;
• CHAPTER 4 EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP AND MEASUREMENTS; 4.1 Motor Selection; 4.2 Lovejoy Coupling; 4.3 Selection of Gear Box.

• 4.4 Coupler Shaft4.5 Selection of Gear Box; 4.6 Gear Pair-3 (Phase II); 4.7 Gear Pair-4 (Phase II); 4.8 Sound Level Meter; 4.9 FFT Analyzer; 4.10 Phasing Arrangement; 4.11 Noise Measurement in PGT;
• CHAPTER 5 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; 5.1 Noise Measurement in single PGT, Without Phasing & With Phasing arrangement; 5.2 Vibration measurement in single planetary gear trains; 5.3 Vibration measurement in PGT by without & with phasing of gear pair; 5.4 Acceleration Spectrums; 5.5 Displacement spectrums; 5.6 Velocity Spectrums;
• CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSION; FUTURE SCOPE; REFERENCES.

• Front Cover; Title Page; Imprint; Dedication; Danksagung; Zusammenfassung; Abstract; Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Symbols;
• Chapter 1
• Introduction; 1.1 Motivation; 1.2 State of the Art; 1.3 Thesis Contribution; 1.4 Outline of the Thesis; 1.5 Notation;
• Chapter 2
• Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Decoding Schemes; 2.1 Optimal MIMO Decoder; 2.2 Unordered Decoding Schemes; 2.2.1 Zero-Forcing Decoding; 2.2.2 Successive Interference Cancellation; 2.2.3 QR-Decomposition based Decoding; 2.2.4 Minimum Mean Square Error Decoding; 2.2.5 QR-Decomposition based MMSE Decoding.

• 2.2.6 Distortionless MMSE Decoding2.3 Ordered Decoding Schemes; 2.3.1 Vertical Bell Labs Layered Space-Time Decoding; 2.3.2 Sorted QR-Decomposition; 2.3.3 MMSE Sorted QR-Decomposition;
• Chapter 3
• Automatic Repeat Request Protocols; 3.1 Stop-and-Wait Protocol; 3.2 Go-back-NARQ Protocol; 3.3 Selective-Repeat Protocol; 3.4 Hybrid-ARQ; 3.5 MIMO ARQ Protocols; 3.6 Recursive Spatial Multiplexing;
• Chapter 4
• System Description; 4.1 System Architecture; 4.2 Signal Decoding Scheme; 4.3 Selective Retransmission Scheme;
• Chapter 5
• Search Algorithms; 5.1 Zero-Forcing Algorithms.

• 5.1.1 Exhaustive Search Algorithm5.1.2 Optimal Search Algorithm; 5.1.3 Backward Search Algorithm; 5.1.4 Heuristic Search Algorithm; 5.2 MMSE Algorithms; 5.2.1 MMSE-OSA; 5.2.2 MMSE-HSA; 5.2.3 Distortionless MMSE Algorithm; 5.3 Simulation Results; 5.3.1 Comparison of Search Algorithms; 5.3.2 Complexity Considerations; 5.3.3 Comparison of Decoding Methods;
• Chapter 6
• Throughput Consideration; 6.1 Sensor Selection; 6.2 Simulation Results;
• Chapter 7
• Conclusions and Outlook; 7.1 Conclusions; 7.2 Open Problems; Appendix; Bibliography; Back Cover.

• Getting Started
• Gaining Basic Drawing Skills
• Using Drawing Aids
• Editing Entities
• Shaping Curves
• Controlling Object Visibility and Appearance
• Organizing Objects
• Hatching and Gradients
• Working with Blocks and Xrefs
• Creating and Editing Text
• Dimensioning
• Keeping In Control with Constraints
• Working with Layouts and Annotative Objects
• Printing and Plotting
• Working with Data
• Navigating 3D Models
• Modeling in 3D
• Presenting and Documenting 3D Design.

The step-by-step, full-color AutoCAD 2018 guide with real-world practicalityAutoCAD 2018 and AutoCAD LT 2018 Essentials provides a full-color, task-based approach to mastering this powerful software. Straightforward, easy-to-follow instruction pairs with real-world, hands-on exercises to help you quickly get up to speed with core features and functions; screenshots illustrate tutorial steps to help you follow along, and each chapter concludes with a more open-ended project so you can dive in and explore a specific topic in-depth. From 2D drawing and organization to 3D modeling, dimensioning, presenting, and more, this helpful guide walks you through everything you need to know to become productive with AutoCAD 2018 and AutoCAD LT 2018. The companion website features downloadable starting and ending files for each exercise, so you can jump in at any point and compare your work to the pros, as well as additional tutorials to help you go as deep as you need to go. Exercises walk you through the real-world process of drafting while teaching you critical skills along the way. Understand the AutoCAD interface and foundational concepts Master essential drawing and visualization tools Stay organized with layers, groups, and blocks Experiment with 3D modeling, add text and dimensions, and much more AutoCAD is the industry-leading technical drawing software, and complete mastery is a vital skill for any design and drafting professional. AutoCAD 2018 and AutoCAD LT 2018 Essentials is a smart, quick resource that will help you get up to speed with real-world practical instruction.
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• Prise en main de MATLAB et SIMULINK
• Chaînes de caractères, dates et heures
• Les nombres complexes
• Les polynômes
• Les vecteurs et matrices
• Les graphiques
• Programmation avec MATLAB
• Tableaux multidimensionnels – Cellules et Structures
• Simulink
• Masques et sous-systèmes
• S-fonctions
• Les fonctions Callbacks
• Stateflow
• Traitement du signal
• Régulation et contrôle de procédés
• Contrôle par logique floue
• Réseaux de neurones.

Cet ouvrage traite des nouvelles fonctionnalités de MATLAB R2009, SIMULINK et STATEFLOW. Le premier chapitre permet la prise en main succincte de la plupart des fonctions MATLAB et SIMULINK. Tous les autres chapitres développent de façon approfondie les autres fonctionnalités du langage avec des applications du monde industriel (Régulation, Traitement de signal déterministe et aléatoire, Réseaux de neurones, etc.). L’ouvrage traite essentiellement MATLAB, SIMULINK et STATEFLOW, dont l’apprentissage se fait à travers des applications concrètes. Cet ouvrage s’adresse tant aux étudiants et enseignants qu’aux chercheurs universitaires et ingénieurs de l’industrie.

This volume is the definitive guide to one of the great surviving battleships of World War II, visited by thousands of tourists each year at its berth near Houston. Filled with contemporary photographs of the ship from stem to stem, as well as historical shots, ""Battleship Texas"" will fascinate anyone interested in naval history and in one of Texas' best-loved state park attractions.
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• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Understanding the Hardware options for Pro Tools LE
• Chapter 2 The Digi 002 and the Command
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Pro Tools LE and M-Powered is an authoritative guide to Digidesign's entry-level hardware and software systems. Illustrated throughout with color screen grabs, the book starts by giving you useful overviews and advice about the hardware options available. Subsequent chapters are packed with easy-to-follow instructions, valuable hints and time-saving tips on how to use the software. Includes: * Full coverage of all new features in version 7 * Information on tempos, clicks and grooves * Two chapters on MIDI * Useful tutorials on using Reason, Live and SampleTank * Recommendations on backups and transfers * Guidance on the DV Toolkit for post production For troubleshooting technical problems, advice on purchasing decisions or inspiration for new ideas, keep this book by your side as a vital reference point.
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• Introduction
• A century of service / Vice Admiral Robin Braun, USN
• Background for the future of the U.S. Naval Reserve / James Hessman
• Let's get the Yale gang / Rear Admiral Joseph Callo, USNR (Ret.)
• The Naval Reserve Officer's Training Corps / Captain C.W. Nimitz, USN
• Notes on U.S. Naval Reserve aviation / Lieutenant Commander J.B. Lynch, A-O, USNR
• The Corn Belt Navy / Lieutenant Ralph C. Lowers Jr., DE-O, USNR
• A project so unique / A. Denis Clift
• World War II subchasers / Theodore R. Treadwell
• Future of the Naval Reserve / Captain Paul P. Blackburn, USN (Ret.)
• Standby squadron / Lieutenant W.H. Vernor Jr., USNR
• The Naval Reserve should work / Captain James G. Abert, USNR
• The Reserve's biggest problem / Vice Admiral Robert F. Dunn, USN
• Why not one navy / Captain Harlan B. Miller, USNR (Ret.)
• The selected Reserve : the peace dividend / Robert D. Helsel
• The NRF has more to offer / Lieutenant Commander William D. Schubert Jr., USNR
• Navy's Reserve will be integrated with active forces / Rear Admiral David O. Anderson, USN, and Rear Admiral J.A. Winnefeld, USN.

• Foreword; Preface; Contents; Maps and Charts; 1784-1865; ""Red Hairs"" on the China Coast; The Yangtze Rediscovered; Birth of the Yangtze Patrol; The Taiping Rebellion; 1865-1898; The U.S. Comeback in China; Cruise of the Ashuelot; Szechwan Opens to foreigners; American Decline on the Yangtze; 1898-1918; The Upper River Opens to Trade; Post Spanish-American War Expansion; A British View of the Yangtze; The 1911 Chinese Revolution; The Wuhan Cities; The Great War of 1914-1918; 1918-1924; The Yangtze ""War"", 1918-20; The White Russians Arrive; Bandits Up the Yangtze; Wanhsien Interlude.

• Palos Visits ShanghaiMiddle Yangtze Tales; Wood Oil and Opium; 1925-1927; China in Turmoil: Rise of the Nationalists; The Battle of Wanhsien; Nanking Incident; The Siege of Shanghai, 1927; The ""fourth"" Marines; Of Ducks, Fish, and Wild Game; 1923-1931; New Gunboats on the River; Life ""At Sea"" on the Yangtze; Changsha Tales; Bandit Shootups; Captain Baker Up for Ransom; Light Tales of Shanghai and Upriver; 1931-1937; Taels, Cash, and Dollars ""Mex""; Report on the ""New Six""; Last Cruise of the Palos; Final Port for Palos
• Chungking; 1937-1942; The Japanese Attack Shanghai.

• Foreign Settlements, ShanghaiPanay Incident; War on the Middle Yangtze; Exit Monocacy; Tutuila at the End of the Line; Confrontations With the Japanese; The Navy Leaves the Yangtze; Gunboats at Sea
• Shanghai to Manila; War! Capture of Wake; End of an Epoch; Corregidor and Vicinity; Postscript 1945-49; Notes;
• Appendix 1: Characteristics of Ships Serving on the East India and Asiatic Stations;
• Appendix 2: Commanders of U.S. Naval Forces in the Far East 1835-1942; Selected Bibliography; Index.

The U.S. Navy's patrol of the Yangtze River began in 1854 when the USS Susquehanna was sent to China to safeguard increasing American commerce in the region. As Kemp Tolley explains in this entertaining history of the patrol in which he was to later serve, the presence of gunboats along the river greatly benefited the integrity of the shoreline factories. Tolley was a young naval officer in the 1930s when assigned gunboat duty, first in the Mindanao, then in the Tutuila, and finally the Wake in August 1941. His colorful description of life as a "river rat" is filled with anecdotes about the resourceful and high-spirited sailors who manned the old riverboats in that distant land. In the process of telling their story he covers a century of Chinese history, replete with warlords and mandarins, bandits and kidnappers, missionaries and mercenaries, riots and revolution. He presents a knowledgeable summary of the political situation in China up to World War II, including the bombing of the Panay, the siege of Shanghai, and the Nanking incident. Far more than a routine account of naval operations on the great Yangtze, this book is an unforgettable reading experience that has attracted readers since 1971 when it was first published in hardcover.
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One of the great spectacles of modern naval history is the Imperial Japanese Navy's instrumental role in Japan's rise from an isolationist feudal kingdom to a potent military empire stridently confronting, in 1941, the world's most powerful nation. Years of painstaking research and analysis of previously untapped Japanese-language resources have produced this remarkable history of the navy's dizzying development, tactical triumphs, and humiliating defeat. Unrivaled in its breadth of coverage and attention to detail, this important new study explores the foreign and indigenous influences on the navy's thinking about naval warfare and how to plan for it. Focusing primarily on the much-neglected period between the world wars, David C. Evans and Mark R. Peattie, two widely esteemed historians, persuasively explain how the Japanese failed to prepare properly for the war in the Pacific despite an arguable advantage in capability.
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• Cover; Title Page; Copyright; PUBLISHER'S PREFACE; CONTENTS; CHAPTER ONE: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 1775-1785; CHAPTER TWO: STATE NAVAL FORCES, 1775-1783; CHAPTER THREE: UNDER THE CONSTITUTION, 1789-1800; CHAPTER FOUR: BUILDING THE NAVY, 1801-1814; CHAPTER FIVE: THE NAVY COMMISSIONERS, 1816-1842; CHAPTER SIX: THE NAVAL BUREAUS, 1842-1861; CHAPTER SEVEN: THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865; CHAPTER EIGHT: A PERIOD OF DECLINE, 1865-1869; CHAPTER NINE: BETWEEN TWO WARS, 1869-1897; CHAPTER TEN: THE NEW NAVY, 1881-1897; CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, 1898.

The history of the US Navy is not complete without an understanding of the administrative processes under which it was created and developed. Fortunately the details of early naval administration were searched out and preserved before they were buried in the vast accumulation of records resulting from two world wars. Charles Oscar Paullin, who produced the material contained in this book, commenced his work early in the twentieth century and the last chapter was published just prior to World War I. Paullin's sprightly accounts of early naval administration have become well known to historians, students and researchers. His detailed knowledge of the politics and personalities involved in managing the Navy, from the Revolutionary War through the Spanish-American War, give an insight into the times not available in other work. "See Paullin" has become a standard answer to questions concerning much early naval history, but the student or researcher so instructed found that it is not a simple matter. To make this search easier, the US Naval Institute has produced this single volume collection of the fifteen Paullin articles written on early naval administration for Proceedings magazine.
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• Preface ; Summary ; Multi-purpose project ; Holistic approach to primary production ; Introducing the new term side flow ; Comparing different terms ; Methods used for quantification ; Amounts of side flows and food waste ;
• 1. Introduction ; 1.1 Purpose and objectives of the project ; 1.2 Research questions ; 1.3 Demarcation ; 1.4 Reading instructions ;
• 2. Definitions, terms and system boundaries ; 2.1 Definitions, terms and system boundaries of this project ; 2.2 Comparing the definition used in this project to other existing definitions.

• 3. Amount of side flows in Nordic countries 3.1 Food production and conversion factors ; 3.2 Side flow and food waste ; 3.2.1 Cereals, oil crops ; Wheat ; Rye ; Barley ; Oats ; Oil crops ; 3.2.2 Starchy roots, sugar crops ; Potatoes ; Sugar beet ; 3.2.3 Vegetables, pulses ; Tomatoes ; Onions, green shallots ; Cabbages and brassicas ; Cauliflowers and broccoli ; Lettuce and chicory ; Cucumbers and gherkins ; Peas, green ; Carrots and turnips ; Mushrooms and truffles ; Vegetables, Other ; Beans ; Peas, field ; Pulses, Other and products ; 3.2.4 Fruits ; Apples ; Pears ; Strawberry ; Currants.

• Fruits, Other 3.2.5 Meat, offal, animal fats ; Bovine Meat ; Mutton & Goat Meat ; Pig meat ; Poultry Meat ; Meat, Other ; Offal ; Fats, Animals, Raw ; 3.2.6 Milk, eggs ; Milk ; Butter, Ghee ; Cream ; Eggs ; 3.2.7 Fish, seafood ; Fish, caught (wild fish): ; Farmed fish: ; Seafood ; Fish oil ; 3.3 Discussion of side flows and food waste ;
• 4. Case studies ; 4.1 Results ; 4.1.1 Questionnaire results ; 4.1.2 Field study results ; 4.2 Discussion on case studies ; 4.2.1 Uncertainty of results ; 4.2.2 Field studies ; 4.2.3 Reasons for side flow ; 4.2.4 Side flow treatment.

• 5. Development of methodology 5.1 Approach for side flow quantification ; 5.2 Methods for side flow studies ; 5.3 Choice of methods for side flow quantification ; 5.3.1 Method choice vs. data availability ; 5.3.2 Products with low availability ; 5.3.3 Products with high availability ; 5.3.4 Experience from other projects ; 5.3.5 Choice of methods in this project ; 5.4 Development of methods ; 5.4.1 Methods developed from previous studies ; 5.4.2 Similar but different methods in each country ; 5.4.3 Questionnaires ; Questionnaire layout and content ; Questionnaire distribution method.

• 5.4.4 Interviews 5.4.5 Direct measurements ; 5.4.6 Using published data ; 5.5 Strengths and weaknesses of the methods used ; 5.5.1 Questionnaires ; 5.5.2 Interviews ; 5.5.3 Direct measurements ; 5.5.4 Published data and side flow studies ; 5.6 Research method recommendations ; 5.6.1 Questionnaires ; 5.6.2 Interviews ; 5.6.3 Direct measurements ; 5.6.4 Published data and side flow studies ; Conclusions and recommendations ; Use side flow for a holistic approach in primary production ; 800,000 tonnes of side flows and 330,000 tonnes of food waste.

This project has resulted in a suggested definitional and methodological framework for future food waste studies in primary production. It has also resulted in a first attempt to quantify food waste in primary production in the Nordic countries. The project was focused on primary production in the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. One purpose has been to test adequate methods for collecting data on food losses and waste from primary producers in the Nordic countries. Another purpose was to estimate the amount of food losses and waste in primary production in the Nordic Countries. In order to collect data and quantify food losses and waste in primary production it was necessary to work on these definitions or possibly introduce new, more useful terms. Thus this project involved defining terms, developing methodologies and quantifying data.

• Foreword; Introduction; Contents; In Retrospect; Yeoman (F) in World War I; Between the Wars; Pre-World War II Legislation; Beginning Organization; Officer Training at Northampton; WAVE Officers in Naval Aviation; ""Boots"" at Hunter College; The WAVES Come Aboard; Enlisted WAVE Training; The Proper Thing to Wear; Of Ships and Men; Housing and Recreation; On the Job in Naval Aviation; The WAVES Overseas; Victory and Demobilization; Post-War Legislation; Reserve to Regular; European Inspection Tour; Summing Up; Appendixes; Index.

When legislation was passed in 1948 giving women permanent status in the regular and reserve Navy, it was largely due to the efforts of Joy Bright Hancock, the author of this revealing memoir. Her prominent role was acknowledged at the time by the secretary of the navy who credited her ideals, energy, and enthusiasm as the moving force behind the historic integration of women into the U.S. Navy, including the 1942 establishment of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). This personal account of those formative years has long been considered the best study available. Originally published in 1972 and out of print for nearly twenty-five years, it is now being reissued in paperback to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the birth of the WAVES. Hancock's own work as a Yeoman in World War I offered the armed services a lesson in the benefits of having women in uniform. Her descriptions are eye opening of those early days and her later efforts, when finally in a position of authority, to argue the case for women. With a wealth of documentation and numerous photographs, she chronicles not only her career but also the evolution of Navy women, offering colorful details of the legislative battles to get women admitted into the regular Navy. She reminds us that although it was not until 1967 that the last restriction of rank was removed, WAVES always served with equal pay for equal work. This new edition of her book will introduce generations of Americans to the problems of establishing a place for women in the Navy and details of Hancock's dogged pursuit of fair treatment for women in the armed services.
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Tells the stories of Marines in combat during World War II and Vietnam, looks at Marine boot camp, and describes various administrative attempts to end the Marine Corps.
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• Preface ; Summary ;
• 1. Introduction ;
• 2. Background ;
• 3. STPs included in the study ; 3.1 Swedish STPs and STP recipient water ; 3.2 Finnish STPs and STP recipient water ; 3.3 Icelandic STPs and STP recipient water ;
• 4. Sampling of microlitter ; 4.1 Sampling of microlitter in STP waste water ; 4.2 Sampling of microlitter in the STP recipients ; 4.2.1 Sampling of water ; 4.2.2 Sampling of sediments ; 4.2.3 Sampling of biota ;
• 5. Pretreatment of samples ; 5.1 Water samples from STPs and from STP recipients ; 5.2 Sediment from recipients ; 5.3 Biota from recipients.

• 6. Analyses of microlitter
• 7. Results on microlitter in STP waste water ; 7.1 Abundance of microlitter in influent and effluent water ; 7.2 Retention efficiency ;
• 8. Results on microlitter in STP recipient water ; 8.1 Microlitter in surface water ; 8.2 Microlitter in sediment ; 8.3 Microlitter in biota ; 8.4 FTIR analyses of microparticles ;
• 9. Discussion ; 9.1 Microlitter in STP influent and effluent water ; 9.2 Microlitter in the STP recipient waters ; 9.3 Conclusion ;
• 10. Acknowledgements ;
• 11. References ;
• 12. Sammanfattning.

The report presents results from a study on the role municipal sewage treatment plants (STPs) have as entrance routes for microplastics and other microlitter particles to the marine environment. Microlitter concentrations were analysed in waste water before and after treatment in the STPs, and in the recipient waters where the treated waste water is discharged. Municipal waste water was found to contain a substantial amount of microlitter, but in STPs equipped with chemical and biological treatment most of the litter particles were retained in the sewage sludge. This reduces the impact on the recipient water, but if the sludge is used as fertilizer on farm land the microlitter will still reach the environment. Efforts to reduce the microlitter concentrations should therefore preferably be done in households and other locations where the waste water is originally being formed.

• Sustainable jet fuel for aviation ; Contents ; Preface ; Abbreviations ; Summary ; Background and motivation ; Criteria for sustainable jet fuel ; Nordic policy framework for sustainable aviation fuels ; Market demand and feedstock production ; The Nordic market demand of sustainable aviation fuels ; Feedstock availability ; Technology availability ; Most promising pathway scenarios ; Comparative Advantages ; Impact assessment ; Climate change mitigation ; Economic and commercial potential ; Conclusions ; Barriers and challenges.

• Challenge
• 1: High price gap between fossil and sustainable jet fuels Challenge
• 2: Lack of congruent sustainability requirements ; Challenge
• 3: Lack of coherent policy across Nordic region ; Challenge
• 4: Low access to risk-capital ; Challenge
• 5: Competing uses for feedstock ; Recommendations/Initiatives to be taken ;
• 1. Introduction ; 1.1 Process ; 1.2 Structure of the report ; 1.3 Studies on sustainable aviation fuel ; Background and Motivations ;
• 2. Global status of sustainable jet fuel ; 2.1 Emerging technologies ; 2.2 Multistakeholder initiatives.

• 2.2.1 NORDIC, NISA, Nordic Initiative for Sustainable Aviation 2.2.2 Norway
• 2015: Gardermoen Biohub ; 2.2.3 EU,
• 2011. European Advanced Biofuels Flightpath (EUABF) ; 2.2.4 EU,
• 2012: Initiative Towards Sustainable Kerosene for Aviation (ITAKA) ; 2.2.5 Germany,
• 2011. Aviation Initiative for Renewable Energy in Germany (AIREG) ; 2.2.6 Holland,
• 2013: Bioport Holland ; 2.2.7 USA,
• 2012: Midwest Aviation Sustainable Biofuels Initiative (MASBI) ; 2.2.8 United Kingdom,
• 2006: Sustainable Aviation Group ; 2.2.9 USA,
• 2006: Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI).

• 2.2.10 United Arab Emirates 2014 Biojet Abu Dhabi (BAD) ; 2.2.11 Japan,
• 2014: Initiative for Next Generation Aviation Fuels (INAF) ; 2.2.12 Brazil,
• 2012: Brazilian Biojetfuel Platform (BBP) ;
• 3. Coupling of existing sustainability criteria and policies ; 3.1 Criteria for sustainable jet fuel ; 3.1.1 Greenhouse gas emissions ; 3.1.2 Direct and indirect landuse change ; 3.1.3 Nutrients ; 3.1.4 Pesticides ; 3.1.5 Biodiversity ; 3.1.6 Water usage ; 3.1.7 Generations of feedstock and biofuels ; 3.2 International governmental policy frameworks ; 3.2.1 The European Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS).

• International Civil Aviation Organisation 3.2.2 The Renewable Energy Directive ; 3.2.3 The Fuel Quality Directive ; 3.2.4 Sustainability certification and voluntary schemes ; 3.2.5 The Nordic Council of Ministers ; 3.3 International business policy frameworks ; 3.3.1 The Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials ; 3.3.2 ISO
• 13065/Standards for Bioenergy ;
• 4. Legislation and priorities in the Nordic countries and the EU ; 4.1 Denmark ; 4.1.1 Policy objectives and priorities ; 4.1.2 National initiatives relevant to sustainable fuels for aviation ; 4.1.3 National stakeholders.

The study assesses to what extent the production and use of advanced sustainable jet fuel may contribute to GHG reduction and mitigation, and identifies the commercial potential for initiating and scaling up advanced sustainable jet fuel production at a Nordic level. The report explores as well on how to most efficiently use the available Nordic know-how, feedstock and production facilities. The report draws on the latest available reports and statistics, as well as interviews with stakeholders and experts across the Nordic countries, concludes on identifying the most matured technologies, the Nordic opportunities and challenges, and ideas to mitigate the barriers within the Nordic private and public sectors.

• Front Matter; Preface; Acknowledgment of Reviewers; Contents; Executive Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Assessment of the Office of Naval Research's Undersea Weapons Science and Technology Program; 3 The Future of Navy Undersea Weapons: Important Issues; 4 Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations; A Technology Insertion Road Map; B Lessons of the Advanced Rapid COTS Insertion Process; C Biographies of Committee Members; D Acronyms and Abbreviations.

The Department of the Navy strives to maintain, through its Office of Naval Research (ONR), a vigorous science and technology (S&T) program in those areas considered critically important to U.S. naval superiority in the maritime environment, including littoral waters and shore regions. In pursuing its S&T investments in such areas, ONR must ensure that (1) a robust U.S. research capability to work on long-term S&T problems in areas of interest to the Department of the Navy and the Department of Defense is sustained, (2) an adequate supply of new scientists and engineers in these areas is maintained, and (3) S&T products and processes necessary to ensure future superiority in naval warfare are provided. One of the critical areas for the Department of the Navy is undersea weapons. An Assessment of Undersea Weapons Science and Technology assesses the health of the existing Navy program in undersea weapons, evaluates the Navy's research effort to develop the capabilities needed for future undersea weapons, identifies non-Navy-sponsored research and development efforts that might facilitate the development of such advanced weapons capabilities, and makes recommendations to focus the Navy's research program so that it can meet future needs.
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• 1 Front Matter-- 2 Executive Summary-- 3 1 Introduction-- 4 2 Operational Testing and System Acquisition-- 5 3 A New Paradigm for Testing and Evaluation in Defense Acquisition-- 6 4 Upgrading Statistical Methods for Testing and Evaluation-- 7 5 Improving Operational Test Planning and Design-- 8 6 Analyzing and Reporting Test Results-- 9 7 Assessing Operational Suitability-- 10 8 Testing Software-Intensive Systems-- 11 9 Using Modeling and Simulation in Test Design and Evaluation-- 12 10 Increasing Access to Statistical Expertise for Operational Testing-- 13 Appendix A Case Studies and System Descriptions-- 14 Appendix B Abstracts of Background Papers-- 15 Appendix C A Potential Taxonomy for Operational Tests-- 16 Appendix D Elements of ISO 9000-- 17 Appendix E Glossary and Acronyms-- 18 References-- 19 Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff.
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For every weapons system being developed, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) must make a critical decision: Should the system go forward to full-scale production? The answer to that question may involve not only tens of billions of dollars but also the nation's security and military capabilities. In the milestone process used by DOD to answer the basic acquisition question, one component near the end of the process is operational testing, to determine if a system meets the requirements for effectiveness and suitability in realistic battlefield settings. Problems discovered at this stage can cause significant production delays and can necessitate costly system redesign. This book examines the milestone process, as well as the DOD's entire approach to testing and evaluating defense systems. It brings to the topic of defense acquisition the application of scientific statistical principles and practices.
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