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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798083103321

Autore

Editors The New Strategist

Titolo

American attitudes : who thinks what about the issues that shape our lives / / by the New Strategist editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amityville, : New Strategist Press, LLC, 2015

Amityville, New York : , : New Strategist Press, LLC, , [2015]

�2015

ISBN

1-885070-66-7

Edizione

[8th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 587 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

303.38

306.0973

Soggetti

Public opinion - United States

Social surveys - United States

United States Social conditions 1980-

United States Politics and government 1993-2001

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1. Public arena -- chapter 2. Government and politics -- chapter 3. Patriotism -- chapter 4. Science and information -- chapter 5. Religion -- chapter 6. Work and money -- chapter 7. Family and friends -- chapter 8. Diversity -- chapter 9. Personal outlook -- chapter 10. Sexuality.

Sommario/riassunto

The eighth edition of American Attitudes: Who Thinks What about the Issues That Shape Our Lives coaxes the results of the latest (2014) General Social Survey out of the shadows of academia and makes them readily available for researchers who want to explore Americans' changing attitudes. In hundreds of tables, the eighth edition of American Attitudes taps into the GSS gold mine, revealing what the public thinks about topics ranging from gay marriage to the American Dream, and the pros and cons of patriotism, how Americans feel about their financial status, their hopes for their children, how o



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910133760803321

Autore

Jansen A. P. J

Titolo

An introduction to kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of surface reactions / / A.P.J. Jansen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Heidelberg, : Springer, c2012

ISBN

3-642-29488-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2012.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVII, 254 p. 79 illus.)

Collana

Lecture notes in physics, , 0075-8450 ; ; v. 856

Disciplina

518.282

Soggetti

Monte Carlo method

Numerical analysis

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

Introduction -- Stochastic Model for the Description of Surface Reaction Systems -- Kinetic Monte Carlo Algorithms -- How to Get Kinetic Parameters -- Modeling Surface Reactions I -- Modeling Surface Reactions II -- Examples -- New Developments -- Glossary -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Kinetic Monte Carlo (kMC) simulations still represent a quite new area of research, with a rapidly growing number of publications. Broadly speaking, kMC can be applied to any system describable as a set of minima of a potential-energy surface, the evolution of which will then be regarded as hops from one minimum to a neighboring one. The hops in kMC are modeled as stochastic processes and the algorithms use random numbers to determine at which times the hops occur and to which neighboring minimum they go. Sometimes this approach is also called dynamic MC or Stochastic Simulation Algorithm, in particular when it is applied to solving macroscopic rate equations.      This book has two objectives. First, it is a primer on the kMC method (predominantly using the lattice-gas model) and thus much of the book will also be useful for applications other than to surface reactions. Second, it is intended to teach the reader what can be learned from kMC simulations of surface reaction kinetics.   With these goals in mind, the present text is conceived as a self-contained introduction for students and non-specialist researchers alike who are interested in entering the field and learning about the topic from scratch.