Electroceramics : production, properties and microstructures / / edited by W.E. Lee and A. Bell

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910967543003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Institute of Materials, 1994
• ISBN: 9781040278390; 1040278396; 9781003575801; 1003575803; 9781040294581; 1040294588; 9781907625565; 1907625569
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (354 p.)
• Collana: British ceramic proceedings, , 0268-4373 ; ; no. 52; Book ; ; 564
• Altri autori (Persone): LeeW. E; BellA
• Disciplina: 620.1404297
• Soggetti: Electronic ceramics; Ceramic materials
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Symposium held in conjunction with Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Conference, 20-23 December 1993, University of Leeds.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introductory Statement; The Influence of Crystal Chemistry on the Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Properties of Perovskite Ceramics; Influence of Structural Defects on Properties of Zirconium Titanate Based Microwave Ceramics; Simulation of the Dielectric Function of Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 from the Superparaelectric Model; Chemical Synthesis and Processing of Bismuth Titanate (Bi4Ti3O12)Electroceramics in Thin-Layer Form by a Sol-Gel Method; Sol-Gel Ferroelectric PZT Thin Films for Non-Volatile Memory Applications; Effect of Thermal Processing Conditions on the Structure and Properties of Sol-Gel Derived PZT Thin LayersFerroelectric Thin Films for Integrated Device Applications; Sol-Gel Derived PLZT Thin Layers Crystallised with Epitaxy on Surface-Modified Platinum Electrodes; Thin Films of PZT and Ca-Pt Prepared by a Sol-Gel Method; Aqueous and Sol-Gel Synthesis of Submicron PZT Materials and Development of Tape Casting Systems for Multilayer Actuator Fabrication; Dielectric Properties and Ageing of Fe-doped PZT Ceramics Prepared by the EDTA-Gel Method; Preparation of PLZT Powder by a Citrate Gel TechniqueCitrate Gel Route Processing of ZnO Varistors; Suppression of Zinc Interstitial Ion Migration in ZnO Due to the Presence of Sodium Ions; Dielectric Properties of A and B Site Substituted Lead Magnesium Niobate; The Effect of Hot Isostatic Pressing on the Microstructure of Hydrothermally Processed PbTiO 3 Ceramics; Hot Isostatic Pressing of Aurivillius Compounds for High-Temperature Device Applications; Investigation of High-Temperature Piezoelectric Ceramics; 0-3 Piezoceramic- Thermoplastic Polymer Composites; The Morphology of Barium Titanate Powders Produced by the Barium Carbonate-Titanium Dioxide ReactionAqueous Processing of Barium Titanate Powders; The Effect of ZnO Additions on the Structure and Properties of Sr2Nb2O7 Ceramics; Structural and Electrical Characterisation of a New Bismuth Vanadium Oxide; Structure and Electrical Properties of Ceria Based Oxide Ion Conductors Prepared at Low Temperatures; Development and Evaluation of Oxide Cathodes for Ceramic Fuel Cell Operation at Intermediate Temperatures; Hydrothermal Synthesis of Strontium Hexaferrite: Powder Composition, Morphology and Magnetic PropertiesProperties of Reaction Sintered Manganese-Zinc Ferrites; Electrically Conducting Composite Ceramics Produced by Hydrothermal Synthesis; Glass-Ceramic Coatings for Stainless Steel; The Use of Nonlinear Ferroelectric Ceramic Dielectrics in High-Voltage Pulsed Power; D.C. Pre-Breakdown Photon Emission from an Alumina Insulator in Vacuum; Monitoring the Integrity of MOS Gate Oxides; Index; Author Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Proceedings of the Symposium held as part of the Condensed Matter and Materials Conference in 1993. Contents include: ferroelectric thin films for integrated device applications; effect of thermal processing conditions on the structure and properties of sol-gel derived PZT thin layers; citrate gel-route processing of ZnO varistors; development and evaluation of oxide cathodes for ceramic fuel cell operation at intermediate temperatures; monitoring the integrity of MOS gate oxides.

New horizons in health : an integrative approach / / Committee on Future Directions for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at the National Institutes of Health, Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council ; Burton H. Singer and Carol D. Ryff, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910961001903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 2001
• ISBN: 9780309171410; 0309171415; 9780309511544; 0309511542
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 210 pages)
• Altri autori (Persone): SingerBurton; RyffCarol D
• Disciplina: 613/.0973
• Soggetti: Health promotion - United States; Medicine, Preventive - United States; Health planning - United States; Integrated delivery of health care - United States; Health promotion; Health planning; Medical care; Public health; Integrated delivery of health care; National health services; Social control; Health services administration; Primary Prevention; Preventive Health Services; Health Planning; Health Promotion; Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction. The Context: Behavioral and Social Sciences at the National Institutes of Health. The Charge to the Committee. The Integrative Approach to Health. Key Influences on Pathways to Health -- ; 2. Predisease Pathways. Cumulative Physiological Risk. Characterizing Predisease Pathways. Connecting Predisease Pathways to Cumulative Physiological Risk -- ; 3. Positive Health: Resilience, Recovery, Primary Prevention, and Health Promotion. Resilience and Resistance to Disease: Who Stays Well and Why? Recovery and Differential Survival Processes. Advancing the Science of Primary Prevention. New Directions in Positive Health Promotion. Positive Health and the Council of Public Representatives -- ; 4. Environmentally Induced Gene Expression. Genes Expression and Prenatal Development. Personal Ties and Gene Expression in Midlife. Animal Models and the Consequences of Mother-Child Interactions. Intergenerational Transmission of Behavior. Plasticity of Genetic Trajectories.
• Sommario/riassunto: Annotation ǂb Brings together a committee of 15 scientists with backgrounds in the biomedical, social behavioral, and scientific disciplines, who together identify and address a broad set of issues relating to the health of the US population. Themes addressed include predisease pathways, positive health, environmentally induced gene expression, personal ties, collective properties and healthy communities, the influence of inequality on health, population perspectives, interventions, methodology priorities, and research infrastructure. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).