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Summary of Alex Michaelides's The Silent Patient

Autor: Milkyway Media

Número de Páginas: 29

Buy now to get the main key ideas from Alex Michaelides's The Silent Patient The Silent Patient is a psychological thriller by Alex Michaelides about a dedicated psychotherapist trying to help his patient recover after she refuses to speak following the murder of her husband. Alicia is the woman who killed her husband in cold blood. She is a talented painter who apparently snapped that fateful night. She has a history of mental health problems following her mother’s suicide. Theo is the psychotherapist tasked with treating Alicia. He was exceptionally drawn to Alicia’s case following the news of her murdering her husband. Many believe Alicia is a lost cause, but this only inspires Theo even more to get her to speak, which she eventually does. But from there, things become even more complicated. Theo and Alicia’s patient-therapist relationship continues to blur as Theo tries to find answers about the murder and Alicia herself.

La paciente silenciosa

Autor: Alex Michaelides

Número de Páginas: 312

LA NOVELA QUE HA CONMOCIONADO A 50 PAÍSES Y SEDUJO A BRAD PITT, QUIEN LA LLEVARÁ AL CINE PREMIO DE LOS LECTORES DE GOODREADS MEJOR LIBRO DEL MES SEGÚN THE TIMES EN LAS LISTAS DE MÁS VENDIDOS DE ESTADOS UNIDOS E INGLATERRA UNO DE LOS MEJORES LIBROS DE MISTERIO SEGÚN ESQUIRE «El thriller perfecto.» A.J. Finn, autor de La mujer en la ventana SOLO ELLA SABE LO QUE SUCEDIÓ. SOLO YO PUEDO HACERLA HABLAR. Alicia Berenson, una pintora de éxito, dispara cinco tiros en la cabeza de su marido, y no vuelve a hablar nunca más. Su negativa a emitir palabra alguna convierte una tragedia doméstica en un misterio que atrapa la imaginación de toda Inglaterra. Theo Faber, un ambicioso psicoterapeuta forense obsesionado con el caso, está empeñado en desentrañar el misterio de lo que ocurrió aquella noche fatal y consigue una plaza en The Grove, la unidad de seguridad en el norte de Londres a la que Alicia fue enviada hace seis años y en la que sigue obstinada en su silencio. Pronto descubre que el mutismo de la paciente está mucho más enraizado de lo que pensaba. Pero, si al final hablara, ¿estaría dispuesto a escuchar la verdad? La crítica ha dicho... «Una historia inteligente ...

Cyprus Blue Book

Autor: Cyprus

Número de Páginas: 414

Music in Cyprus

Autor: Jim Samson , Nicoletta Demetriou

Número de Páginas: 221

Music in Cyprus draws its authors from both sides of the divided island to give a rounded picture of musical culture from the beginning of the British colonial period (1878-1960) until today. The book crosses conventional scholarly divides between musicology and ethnomusicology in order to achieve a panorama of music, culture and politics. Shared practices of traditional music and dance are outlined, and the appropriation of those practices by both communities in the aftermath of the de facto division of the island is examined. Art music (European and Ottoman) is also discussed, both in terms of the structures of musical life and the creative praxes of composers, and there is an account of the early stages of a popular music industry. The authors consider such questions as: What is the role of different musics in defining national, regional, social and cultural identities in Cyprus? How do Cypriot alterities illuminate European projects of modernity? And what has been the impact of westernization and modernization (and, conversely, of orientalization) on music in Cyprus? The book will be of interest to students and academics working not only in both historical musicology and...

Theoretical Aspects of Heterogeneous Catalysis

Autor: M.a. Nascimento

Número de Páginas: 262

Heterogeneous catalysis is a fascinating and complex subject of utmost importance in the present day. Its immense technological and economical importance and the inherent complexity of the catalytic phenomena have stimulated theoretical and experimental studies by a broad spectrum of scientists, including chemists, physicists, chemical engineers, and material scientists. Computational and theoretical techniques are now having a major impact in this field. This book aims to illustrate and discuss the subject of heterogeneous catalysis and to show the current capabilities of the theoretical and computational methods for studying the various steps (diffusion, adsorption, chemical reaction) of heterogeneous catalytic process involving zeolites, metal oxides, and transition metal surfaces. The book covers: the use of techniques of computational chemistry to simulate zeolites, metallic and bimetallic surfaces, and oxide-supported metals; the impact of simulation methods on the understanding of the diffusion and adsorption of molecules and cations within the pores of zeolites, and also on the adsorption of molecules on metal and metal-oxide surfaces; and the applications of...

Les royaumes de Chypre à l’épreuve de l’histoire

Autor: Collectif

Número de Páginas: 364

Dans le cadre du renouveau que connaissent les études sur Chypre à l'âge du Fer, ce volume apporte une réflexion sur le thème des continuités, ruptures et changements qui accompagnent l’histoire des royaumes chypriotes du Ier millénaire avant notre ère. On y examine les évolutions politiques, en insistant sur le passage d’un mode de gouvernement à un autre ; les transitions culturelles, avec la création de la koinè pan-chypriote d’époque géométrique, la naissance des styles régionaux ou encore l’impact de l’hellénisme ; les modifications ou la continuité des structures économiques, avec les dynamiques d’exploitation du territoire et leurs conséquences sur l’évolution des limites territoriales des royaumes chypriotes. Sans nier ou diminuer la radicalité et l’importance de certains phénomènes ou événements – de l’hellénisation de l’île à sa conquête par les Lagides, en passant par l’enracinement de la présence phénicienne à l’époque archaïque et la grandissante infl uence athénienne pendant l’époque classique –, on en réévalue l’impact à la lumière d’autres facteurs essentiels, parfois moins visibles et plus...

Chypre à l'épreuve de la domination lagide

Autor: Anaïs Michel

Número de Páginas: 322

Les inscriptions chypriotes témoignent de façon privilégiée des évolutions de la dynastie lagide au cours des trois siècles de son existence, et de sa présence à Chypre. Elles expriment aussi les changements et les permanences d’une société en cours de redéfinition. Les résultats de cette enquête s’articulent autour de trois orientations majeures : la politique et l’administration, les pratiques religieuses et culturelles, l’idéologie royale et les interactions entre la société chypriote et les Ptolémées. L’ouvrage explore en détail les conditions d’implantation de l’administration lagide dans les cadres politiques, sociaux et religieux locaux, marqués de façon traditionnelle par la coexistence de rois et de cités. Il s’attache à montrer, à la suite des travaux récents consacrés à la vie politique et institutionnelle des cités grecques à l’époque hellénistique, que les modalités de la négociation entamée par les cités chypriotes avec le pouvoir lagide relèvent d’une interprétation originale de la relation entre les poleis et les souverains. Anaïs Michel est spécialiste d’épigraphie grecque, docteure en archéologie et...

Science et vie intellectuelle à Alexandrie

Autor: Gilbert Argoud

Número de Páginas: 228

Surface and Interface Science, Volumes 5 and 6

Autor: Klaus Wandelt

Número de Páginas: 1532

In eight volumes, Surface and Interface Science covers all fundamental aspects and offers a comprehensive overview of this research area for scientists working in the field, as well as an introduction for newcomers. Volume 5: Solid-Gas Interfaces I Topics covered: Basics of Adsorption and Desorption Surface Microcalorimetry Adsorption of Rare Gases Adsorption of Alkali and Other Electro-Positive Metals Halogen adsorption on metals Adsorption of Hydrogen Adsorption of Water Adsorption of (Small) Molecules on Metal Surfaces Surface Science Approach to Catalysis Adsorption, Bonding and Reactivity of Unsaturated and Multifunctional Molecules Volume 6: Solid-Gas Interfaces II Topics covered: Adsorption of Large Organic Molecules Chirality of Adsorbates Adsorption on Semiconductor Surfaces Adsorption on Oxide Surfaces Oscillatory Surface Reactions Statistical Surface Thermodynamics Theory of the Dynamics at Surfaces Atomic and Molecular Manipulation

Cyprus between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (ca. 600–800)

Autor: Luca Zavagno

Número de Páginas: 288

Research on early medieval Cyprus has focused on the late antique "golden age" (late fourth/early fifth to seventh century) and the so-called Byzantine "Reconquista" (post-AD 965) while overlooking the intervening period. This phase was characterized, supposedly, by the division of the political sovereignty between the Umayyads and the Byzantines, bringing about the social and demographic dislocation of the population of the island. This book proposes a different story of continuities and slow transformations in the fate of Cyprus between the late sixth and the early ninth centuries. Analysis of new archaeological evidence shows signs of a continuing link to Constantinople. Moreover, together with a reassessment of the literary evidence, archaeology and material culture help us to reappraise the impact of Arab naval raids and contextualize the confrontational episodes throughout the ebb and flow of Eastern Mediterranean history: the political influence of the Caliphate looked stronger in the second half of the seventh century, the administrative and ecclesiastical influence of the Byzantine empire was held sway from the beginning of the eighth to the twelfth century. Whereas the...

Medieval Cyprus

Autor: Sabine Rogge , Michael Grünbart

Número de Páginas: 392

In December 2012 a group of scholars met in Münster to present their recent studies on the multifaceted history and culture of medieval Cyprus - and most of the papers presented at that conference are published in this volume. Several deal with the (political) history of the island: the reign of Isaakios Komnenos, the effects of the crusade of King Peter I in 1365, the so-called Ottoman-Venetian war. An overview of the three volumes of the Bullarium Cyprium is given. Aspects of economic life in medieval Cyprus are treated in three papers: organisation, management and economic activities of monastic estates in the Middle Byzantine period, medieval cane sugar production on the island, the commerce between the islands of Cyprus, Majorca and Sardinia. Papers on a major ecclesiastical complex dating from the early 7th century, on Cypriot artefacts of the 13th and 14th centuries used in daily life, on luxury metal objects from the Lusignan period, and on some rather disparate elements of 15th-century architecture in Cyprus give insights into the material culture of medieval Cyprus. Furthermore the topics of settlement patterns and insularity are treated in a paper on the successive...

Church Building in Cyprus (Fourth to Seventh Centuries)

Autor: Marietta Horster , Doria Nicolaou , Sabine Rogge

Número de Páginas: 300

Some hundred early Christian churches are attested on Cyprus, dating from the fourth to seventh centuries.Their architectural remains have shaped the Cypriot landscape.The peculiar evolution of the features of the Cypriot church gave rise to a scientific discussion on how to evaluate these specific local developments. In the last decade, individual research as well as conferences and workshops dedicated to late antiquity and the early Byzantine period have contributed towards a new approach and a new impulse for the study of this period in Cyprus.The volume reinforces and furthers this trend taking into consideration relevant parameters reflected on the architectural planning, such as structural knowledge and innovations, cultic behaviours, liturgical traditions, economic capacities, social and political aspirations. Based on current developments in research, new findings in Cyprus and the focus on intercultural contacts, the volume is organised into four different sections: 1) Building the Christian cityscape and landscape; 2) Christian communities and church building, fourth to seventh centuries; 3) Interior arrangement and theological concepts; 4) 'International Byzantine...

InfoWorld

Número de Páginas: 64

InfoWorld is targeted to Senior IT professionals. Content is segmented into Channels and Topic Centers. InfoWorld also celebrates people, companies, and projects.

Compte rendu des débats

Autor: Conseil De L'europe. Assemblée Parlementaire. Session

Número de Páginas: 260

Bulletin

Número de Páginas: 132

Saqueo

Autor: Sharon Waxman

Número de Páginas: 433

Las obras de Arte Antiguo de los grandes museos del mundo tienen una historia que se cuenta y otra que se oculta. Sharon Waxman ha investigado esta última: la historia de cómo fueron saqueadas de sus países de origen. Una historia turbia de expolio, sobornos, tráfico, subastas y, en numerosas ocasiones, daño o destrucción. La autora realiza un apasionante recorrido tanto por los principales museos occidentales (el Louvre, el British Museum, el Metropolitan de Nueva York...), como por los lugares de procedencia de las antigüedades (Egipto, Turquía, Grecia, Italia...), evocando los episodios del pasado y analizando las demandas actuales de devolución de las piezas por parte de estos países.

Domestic and Divine

Autor: Christine Kondoleon

Número de Páginas: 392

Built on the southwestern coast of Cyprus in the second century A.D., the House of Dionysos is full of clues to a distant life--in the corner of a portico, shards of pottery, a clutch of Roman coins found on a skeleton under a fallen wall--yet none is so evocative as the intricate mosaic floors that lead the eye from room to room, inscribing in their colored images the traditions, aspirations, and relations of another world. In this lavishly illustrated volume, Christine Kondoleon conducts us through the House of Dionysos, showing us what its interior decoration discloses about its inhabitants and their time. Seen from within the context of the house, the mosaics become eloquent witnesses to an elusive dialogue between inhabitants and guests, and to the intermingling of public and private. Kondoleon draws on the insights of art history and archaeology to show what the mosaics in the House of Dionysos can tell us about these complex relations. She explores the issues of period and regional styles, workshop traditions, the conditions of patronage, and the forces behind iconographic change. Her work marks a major advance, not just in the study of Roman mosaics, but in our knowledge...

The Problem of Modern Greek Identity

Autor: Georgios Arabatzis , Sotiris Mitralexis , Georgios Steiris

Número de Páginas: 292

The question of Modern Greek identity is certainly timely. The political events of the previous years have once more brought up such questions as: What does it actually mean to be a Greek today? What is Modern Greece, apart from and beyond the bulk of information that one would find in an encyclopaedia and the established stereotypes? This volume delves into the timely nature of these questions and provides answers not by referring to often-cited classical Antiquity, nor by treating Greece as merely and exclusively a modern nation-state. Rather, it approaches the subject in a kaleidoscopic way, by tracing the line from the Byzantine Empire to Modern Greek culture, society, philosophy, literature and politics. In presenting the diverse and certainly non-dominant approaches of a multitude of Greek scholars, it provides new insights into a diachronic problem, and will encourage new arguments and counterarguments. Despite commonly held views among Greek intelligentsia or the worldwide community, Modern Greek identity remains an open question – and wound.

Factory

Autor: Mick Middles

Número de Páginas: 388

Factory Records' fame and fortune were based on two bands - Joy Division and New Order - and one personality - that of its director, Tony Wilson. At the height of the label's success in the late 1980s, it ran its own club, the legendary Haçienda, had a string of international hit records, and was admired and emulated around the world. But by the 1990s the story had changed. The back catalogue was sold off, top bands New Order and Happy Mondays were in disarray, and the Haçienda was shut down by the police. Critically acclaimed on its original publication in 1996, this book tells the complete story of Factory Records' spectacular history, from the label's birth in 1970s Manchester, through its '80s heyday and '90s demise. Now updated to include new material on the re-emergence of Joy Division, the death of Tony Wilson and the legacy of Factory Records, it draws on exclusive interviews with the major players to give a fascinating insight into the unique personalities and chaotic reality behind one of the UK's most influential and successful independent record labels.

True Crime: Virginia

Autor: John F. Jebb

Número de Páginas: 162

Includes the case of the Martinsville Seven, the Virginia Tech shootings and many more.

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977-1980: Cyprus; Turkey; Greece

Número de Páginas: 704

Foreign Relations of the United States

Autor: United States. Department Of State

Número de Páginas: 704

Description of Volume 13. China : "This volume is the first publication in a new subseries of the Foreign Relations series that documents the most important foreign policy issues of the Jimmy Carter presidential administration." From U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian website.

Las furias invisibles del corazón

Autor: John Boyne

Número de Páginas: 750

Un relato sincero y profundo sobre la Irlanda de posguerra y la lucha desesperada de un hombre por encontrar su lugar en el mundo, del autor de El niño con el pijama de rayas. Hijo bastardo de una adolescente expulsada de su comunidad rural y adoptado por una excéntrica pareja de acomodados dublineses, Cyril es un niño educado que crece acostumbrado a enmascarar sus emociones. Extraordinariamente atento a todo lo que ocurre a su alrededor, pero tímido y retraído cuando está acompañado, pronto sabrá que es gay y tardará décadas en desprenderse de una culpa y una vergüenza paralizantes. En un entorno que juzga abominable su orientación sexual, dos relaciones serán cruciales en su maduración: Maurice Woodbead, un amigo de la infancia que posee la audacia y la belleza que Cyril siempre ha deseado, y Bastian, un médico holandés tocado por la gracia a quien conoce cuando se muda a Ámsterdam y con quien convivirá durante años. La crítica ha dicho... «La novela es una brutal crítica a la hipocresía de los dogmas religiosos que matan en vida y una auténtica epopeya humana por sobrevivir al pozo de las condenas injustas. [...] Las furias invisibles del corazón...

Official Report of Debates

Autor: Council Of Europe. Parliamentary Assembly , Council Of Europe

Número de Páginas: 316

Progress in Exploration, Development and Utilization of Geothermal Energy

Autor: Yinhui Zuo , Shu Jiang , Yanlong Kong , Haibing Shao , Haiyan Zhu

Número de Páginas: 364

Inherited Chorioretinal Dystrophies

Autor: Bernard Puech , Jean-jacques De Laey , Graham E. Holder

Número de Páginas: 501

This lavishly illustrated atlas provides indispensable information to clinicians, geneticists and visual scientists working with inherited retinal diseases. It is filled with high-quality images, up-to-date genetic information and comprehensive electrophysiology. The data for each individual disorder have been summarised in an accessible, reader-friendly format for easy reference. The illustrations include colour fundus photographs, fluorescein angiograms, OCT scans, electrophysiological studies and pedigrees. The editors and authors are well-known experts in the field and have drawn upon their extensive experience to produce this unique atlas.

Enigmatic Charms

Autor: Schaefer

Número de Páginas: 328

This is the first comprehensive examination of block printing in the medieval Islamic world. Examples of Arabic block prints have been preserved in various collections across the globe, but they have long been treated as curiosities and oddities. Here, for the first time, a large representative corpus of block prints is examined and illustrated. The first section of the book places Arabic block printing in historical perspective and recounts their rediscovery by modern day scholars. The second section illustrates fifty-five examples of medieval Arabic block printed amulets, provides detailed techical descriptions of each, presents transcriptions of their texts into legible Arabic and offers translations of those texts into English.

The Draper's Record

Número de Páginas: 844

Donde duermen las chicas perdidas

Autor: Faridah Àbíke-íyímídé Ayoola

Número de Páginas: 478

En Donde las chicas duermen —una novela de misterio juvenil contemporáneo de la autora best seller de Ace of Spades—, una chica recién llegada a un internado descubre oscuros secretos y mentiras tras la desaparición de su compañera de habitación. Es como si acabara una y otra vez en una habitación oscura y buscara el interruptor para iluminarlo todo de nuevo. Para recordar. Pero el interruptor no está ahí. ¿Estaba ahí antes? Sade Hussein va a empezar su tercer año de instituto, esta vez en el prestigioso internado llamado Alfred Nobel Academy. Tras de haber sido educada en casa toda su vida y sentir que es un imán para la desgracia, no está segura de qué pasará. Lo que no espera es que Elizabeth, su compañera de habitación, desaparezca después de la primera noche que pasa allí. O que la gente piense que ella tiene algo que ver con su desaparición. Con los rumores arremolinándose a su alrededor, Sade llama la atención de las chicas más populares de la escuela —conocidas colectivamente como la «Trinidad Impía»— y ellas la acogen en su redil. Entre averiguar más sobre ellas —especialmente sobre Perséfone, por la que Sade se siente atraída—,...

The Transport Amphorae and Trade of Cyprus

Autor: Mark L. Lawall , John Lund

Número de Páginas: 245

Placed as a stepping stone on the sea route between Europe and the New East, Cyprus has always been a meeting place of many cultures. Though rarely united politically through many millennia of history - and for extended periods subject to foreign rule - the island nonetheless managed to maintain specific and unique identities. This publication seeks to throw new light on important aspects of the economy of Cyprus between c. 700 BC and AD 700 through a concerted study of the transport amphorae found in and around the island. These standardised containers of fired clay were commonly used for shipping foodstuffs from their places of production to the consumers in antiquity. Completely preserved or found only in fragments, such vessels are a prime source of information about the island's exports and imports of agricultural products, and ultimately about the fluctuations in the economy of Cyprus through a crucial millennium and a half of her history. The jars thus contribute both to our undestanding of the changing intensities of Cypriot connections with other centres around the Mediterranean and to the documentation of regional patterning within the island itself.

Archaeology and Apprenticeship

Autor: Willeke Wendrich

Número de Páginas: 285

Archaeologists study a wide array of material remains to propose conclusions about non-material aspects of culture. The intricacies of these findings have increased over recent decades, but only limited attention has been paid to what the archaeological record can tell us about the transfer of cultural knowledge through apprenticeship. Apprenticeship is broadly defined as the transmission of culture through a formal or informal teacher–pupil relationship. This collection invites a wide discussion, citing case studies from all over the world and yet focuses the scholarship into a concise set of contributions. The chapters in this volume demonstrate how archaeology can benefit greatly from the understanding of the social dimensions of knowledge transfer. This book also examines apprenticeship in archaeology against a backdrop of sociological and cognitive psychology literature, to enrich the understanding of the relationship between material remains and enculturation. Each of the authors in this collection looks specifically at how material remains can reveal several specific aspects of ancient cultures: What is the human potential for learning? How do people learn? Who is...

A Study of the Circulation of Ceramics in Cyprus from the 3rd Century BC to the 3rd Century AD

Autor: John Lund

Número de Páginas: 392

This is the first monograph devoted solely to the ceramics of Cyprus in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods. The island was by then no longer divided into kingdoms but unified politically, first under Ptolemaic Egypt and later as a province in the Roman Empire. Submission to foreign rule was previously thought to have diluted - if not obliterated - the time-honoured distinctive Cypriot character. The ceramic evidence suggests otherwise. The distribution of local and imported pottery in Cyprus points to the existence of several regional exchange networks, a division that also seems reflected by other evidence. The similarities in material culture, exchange patterns and preferential practices are suggestive of a certain level of regional collective self-awareness. From the 1st century BC onwards, Cyprus became increasingly engulfed by mass produced and standardized ceramic fine wares, which seem ultimately to have put many of the indigenous makers of similar products out of business - or forced them to modify their output. Also, the ceramic record gradually became less diverse during the Roman Period than before - developments which we today might be inclined to view as symptoms of an ...

Economy and Exchange in the East Mediterranean during Late Antiquity

Autor: Sean A. Kingsley , Michael Decker

Número de Páginas: 239

The results of recent archaeological excavation, systematic rural survey and detailed studies of pottery distributions have revealed the extent and complexities of the economy in the eastern empire. The eight papers in this volume demonstrate this complexity and prosperity, examining several types of product and how the economy evolved over time. Contents: New Rome, new theories on Inter-regional exchange: East Mediterranean economy in Late Antiquity ( Sean Kingsley and Michael Decker ); Urban Economies of Late Antique Cyrenaica ( Andrew Wilson ); The economic impact of the Palestinian wine trade in Late Antiquity ( Sean Kingsley ); Food for an empire: wine and oil production in North Syria ( Michael Decker ); Beyond the amphora: non-ceramic evidence for Late Antique industry and trade ( Marlia Mundell Mango ); The economy of Late Antique Cyprus ( Tassos Papacostas ); LR2: a container for the military annona on the Danubian border? ( Olga Karagiorgou ); Specialization, trade and prosperity: an overview of the economy of the Late Antique Eastern Mediterranean ( Bryan Ward-Perkins ).

The Palgrave Companion to LSE Economics

Autor: Robert A. Cord

Número de Páginas: 949

The London School of Economics (LSE) has been and continues to be one of the most important global centres for economics. With six chapters on themes in LSE economics and 29 chapters on the lives and work of LSE economists, this volume shows how economics became established at the School, how it produced some of the world’s best-known economists, including Lionel Robbins and Bill Phillips, plus Nobel Prize winners, such as Friedrich Hayek, John Hicks and Christopher Pissarides, and how it remains a global force for the very best in teaching and research in economics. With original contributions from a stellar cast, this volume provides economists – especially those interested in macroeconomics and the history of economic thought – with the first in-depth analysis of LSE economics.

Qanat

Autor: Dale Lightfoot

Número de Páginas: 726

Qanats are ubiquitous, yet unseen, and a clever way to create streams where none exist in nature. For 3,000 years, they have made life possible in impossible places and still sustain life and livelihoods in many countries today. After 30 years of field research, Dale Lightfoot provides the first comprehensive study of the qanat and sheds new light on their unique locations and distribution, their origins and history, their ecology, current status and use. Qanats are remarkably engineered underground aqueducts, using gravity to bring water to villages and towns where reliable flowing surface water is scarce or absent. Although an ancient technology, more than 46,000 of them still flow around the world today, with their sustainable nature making them a focus of renewed interest. Richly illustrated with images and a series of original maps, this is the most complete record to date of the locations and distribution of qanats worldwide, including examples from the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, Central Asia, China, India, Mexico and South America.

Visualization of Hydrogen-Bond Dynamics

Autor: Takashi Kumagai

Número de Páginas: 139

The hydrogen bond represents an important interaction between molecules, and the dynamics of hydrogen bonds in water create an ever-present question associated with the process of chemical and biological reactions. In spite of numerous studies, the process remains poorly understood at the microscopic level because hydrogen-bond dynamics, such as bond rearrangements and hydrogen/proton transfer reactions, are extremely difficult to probe. Those studies have been carried out by means of spectroscopic methods where the signal stems from the ensemble of a system and the hydrogen-bond dynamics were inferred indirectly. This book addresses the direct imaging of hydrogen-bond dynamics within water-based model systems assembled on a metal surface, using a scanning tunneling microscope (STM). The dynamics of individual hydrogen bonds in water clusters, hydroxyl clusters, and water-hydroxyl complexes are investigated in conjunction with density functional theory. In these model systems, quantum dynamics of hydrogen bonds, such as tunneling and zero-point nuclear motion, are observed in real space. Most notably, hydrogen atom relay reactions, which are frequently invoked across many fields...

Multiphase Flow Handbook

Autor: Clayton T. Crowe

Número de Páginas: 1146

Because of the importance of multiphase flows in a wide variety of industries, including power, petroleum, and numerous processing industries, an understanding of the behavior and underlying theoretical concepts of these systems is critical. Contributed by a team of prominent experts led by a specialist with more than thirty years of experience, the Multiphase Flow Handbook provides such an understanding, and much more. It covers all aspects of multiphase flows, from fundamentals to numerical methods and instrumentation. The book begins with an introduction to the fundamentals of particle/fluid/bubble interactions followed by gas/liquid flows and methods for calculating system parameters. It includes up-to-date information on practical industrial applications such as boiling and condensation, fluidized beds, aerosols, separation systems, pollution control, granular and porous media flow, pneumatic and slurry transport, and sprays. Coverage then turns to the most recent information on particle/droplet-fluid interactions, with a chapter devoted to microgravity and microscale flows and another on basic multiphase interactions. Rounding out the presentation, the authors discuss...

Computational Methods for Complex Liquid-Fluid Interfaces

Autor: Mohammad Taeibi Rahni , Mohsen Karbaschi , Reinhard Miller

Número de Páginas: 549

Computational Methods for Complex Liquid-Fluid Interfaces highlights key computational challenges involved in the two-way coupling of complex liquid-fluid interfaces. The book covers a variety of cutting-edge experimental and computational techniques ranging from macro- to meso- and microscale approaches (including pivotal applications). As example

Computational Modeling: From Chemistry To Materials To Biology - Proceedings Of The 25th Solvay Conference On Chemistry

Autor: Kurt Wuthrich , Bert Weckhuysen , Laurence Rongy , Anne De Wit

Número de Páginas: 373

Chaired by K Wüthrich (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 2002) and co-chaired by B Weckhuysen, this by-invitation-only conference has gathered 39 participants — who are leaders in the field of computational modeling and its applications in Chemistry, Material Sciences and Biology. Highlights of the Conference Proceedings are short, prepared statements by all the participants and the records of lively discussions on the current and future perspectives in the field of computational modeling, from chemistry to materials to biology.

Ministry of Crime

Autor: Mandy Wiener

Número de Páginas: 444

As a follow up to the bestselling Killing Kebble: An Underworld Exposed (2010), the new book from Mandy Wiener, Ministry of Crime: An Underworld Explored, examines how organised crime, gangsters and powerful political figures have been able to capture the law enforcement authorities and agencies. These various organisations have been eviscerated, hollowed out and left ineffective. They have been infiltrated and compromised and, as a result, prominent underworld figures have been able to flourish in South Africa, setting up elaborate networks of crime with the assistance of many cops. The criminal justice system has been left exposed and it is crucial that the South African public knows about the capture that has occurred on different levels.