1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451132903321

Titolo

The measurement of capital [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Dan Usher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c1980

ISBN

1-281-43114-1

9786611431143

0-226-84302-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (570 p.)

Collana

Studies in income and wealth ; ; v. 45

Altri autori (Persone)

UsherDan <1934->

Disciplina

330/.08 s

332/.041

Soggetti

Capital - United States

Capital - Statistical methods

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Prefatory Note -- Introduction -- 1 Estimation of Capital Stock in the United States -- 2 Economic Depreciation and the Taxation of Structures in United States Manufacturing Industries: An Empirical Analysis -- 3 Alternative Measures of Capital and Its Rate of Return in United States Manufacturing -- 4 New Books on the Measurement of Capital -- 5 Capital Gains and Income: Real Changes in the Value of Capital in the United States, 1946-77 -- 6 Measurement of Income and Product in the Oil and Gas Mining Industries -- 7 The Measurement of Capital Aggregates: A Postreswitching Problem -- 8 Aggregation Problems in the Measurement of Capital -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

How is real capital measured by government statistical agencies? How could this measure be improved to correspond more closely to an economist's ideal measure of capital in economic analysis and prediction? It is possible to construct a single, reliable time series for all capital goods, regardless of differences in vintage, technological complexity, and rates of depreciation? These questions represent the



common themes of this collection of papers, originally presented at a 1976 meeting of the Conference on Income and Wealth.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780919503321

Titolo

Methods in bioengineering : biomicrofabrication and biomicrofluidics / / Jeffrey D. Zahn, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : Artech House, , ©2010

[Piscataqay, New Jersey] : , : IEEE Xplore, , [2009]

ISBN

1-5231-4631-1

1-59693-401-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (366 p.)

Collana

Artech House methods in bioengineering series

Altri autori (Persone)

ZahnJeffrey D

Disciplina

610.284

Soggetti

Bioengineering - Methodology

Microfabrication

Microfluidics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Methods in Bioengineering: Biomicrofabrication and Biomicrofluidics; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Microfabrication Techniques for Microfluidic Devices; 1.1 Introduction to microsystems and microfluidic devices; 1.2 Microfluidic systems: fabrication techniques; 1.3 Transfer processes; 1.3.1 Photolithography; 1.3.2 Molding; 1.4 Additive processes; 1.4.1 Growth of SiO2; 1.4.2 Deposition techniques; 1.5 Subtractive techniques; 1.5.1 Etching; 1.5.2 Chemical-mechanical polishing and planarization; 1.6 Bonding processes; 1.6.1 Lamination; 1.6.2 Wafer bonding methods; 1.7 Sacrificial layer techniques

1.8 Packaging processes1.8.1 Dicing; 1.8.2 Electrical interconnection and wire bonding; 1.8.3 Fluidic interconnection in microfluidic systems; 1.9 Materials for microfluidic and bio-MEMS applications; 1.9.1 Glass, pyrex, and quartz; 1.9.2 Silicon; 1.9.3 Elastomers; 1.9.4 Polydimethylsiloxane; 1.9.5 Epoxy; 1.9.6 SU-8 thick resists; 1.9.7 Thick positive resists; 1.9.8 Benzocyclobutene; 1.9.9 Polyimides; 1.9.10



Polycarbonate; 1.9.11 Polytetrafluoroethylene; 1.10 Troubleshooting table; 1.11 Summary; References; Chapter 2 Micropumping and Microvalving; 2.1 Introduction

2.2 Actuators for micropumps and microvalves2.2.1 Pneumatic actuators; 2.2.2 Thermopneumatic actuators; 2.2.3 Solid-expansion actuators; 2.2.4 Bimetallic actuators; 2.2.5 Shape-memory alloy actuators; 2.2.6 Piezoelectric actuators; 2.2.7 Electrostatic actuators; 2.2.8 Electromagnetic actuators; 2.2.9 Electrochemical actuators; 2.2.10 Chemical actuators; 2.2.11 Capillary-force actuators; 2.3 Micropumps; 2.3.1 Mechanical pump; 2.3.2 Nonmechanical pump; 2.4 Microvalves; 2.4.1 Mechanical valve; 2.4.2 Nonmechanical valve; 2.5 Outlook; 2.6 Troubleshooting; 2.7 Summary points; References

Chapter 3 Micromixing Within Microfluidic Devices3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Materials; 3.2.1 Microfluidic mixing devices; 3.2.2 Microfluidic interconnects; 3.2.3 Optical assembly; 3.2.4 Required reagents; 3.3 Experimental design and methods; 3.3.1 Passive micromixers; 3.3.2 Active micromixers; 3.3.3 Multiphase mixers; 3.4 Data acquisition, anticipated results, and interpretation; 3.4.1 Computer acquisition; 3.4.2 Performance metrics, extent of mixing, reaction monitoring; 3.5 Discussion and commentary; 3.6 Troubleshooting; 3.7 Application notes; 3.8 Summary points; References

Chapter 4 On-Chip Electrophoresis and Isoelectric Focusing Methods for Quantitative Biology4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 Microfluidic electrophoresis supports quantitative biology and medicine; 4.1.2 Biomedical applications of on-chip electrophoresis; 4.2 Materials; 4.2.1 Reagents; 4.2.2 Facilities/equipment; 4.3 Methods; 4.3.1 On chip polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE); 4.3.2 Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis based isoelectric focusing; 4.3.3 Data acquisition, anticipated results, and interpretation; 4.3.4 Results and discussion; 4.4 Discussion of pitfalls; 4.5 Summary notes

Sommario/riassunto

Written and edited by recognized experts in the field, the new Artech House Methods in Bioengineering series offers detailed guidance on authoritative methods for addressing specific bioengineering challenges. Offering a highly practical presentation of each topic, each book provides research engineers, scientists, and students with step-by-step procedures, clear examples, and effective ways to overcome problems that may be encountered. This unique volume presents leading-edge microfluidics methods used to handle, manipulate, and analyze cells, particles biological components (e.g., proteins and DNA) for microdiagnostics.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910969930603321

Autore

Grimaldi Laura

Titolo

Suspicion / / Laura Grimaldi ; translated by Robin Pickering-Iazzi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, Terrace Books, c2003

ISBN

9786612424250

9781282424258

1282424254

9780299188634

0299188639

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Pickering-IazziRobin

Disciplina

853/.914

Soggetti

Murder

Fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Chapter 14 -- Chapter 15 -- Chapter 16 -- Chapter 17 -- Chapter 18 -- Chapter 19 -- Chapter 20 -- Chapter 21 -- Chapter 22 -- Chapter 23 -- Chapter 24 -- Chapter 25 -- Chapter 26 -- Chapter 27.

Sommario/riassunto

In the shadow of the "Monster of Florence, " a serial murderer who has terrorized Italy for seventeen years, Laura Grimaldi sets her tense psychological thriller Suspicion -a noir mystery of a city transformed by fear, and of friendships and family ties twisted by uncertainty and dark speculation. Grimaldi, whose hardboiled mysteries of the 1950s earned her the title "Italy's queen of crime, " turns here to the deeper, more elusive and disturbing questions that haunt human affairs. For years Matilde, the widow of a prominent Florentine doctor, has lived alone with her eccentric middle-aged son, Enea. When the police pay a call, the balance between mother and son is shifted just subtly enough to make Matilde prey to suspicions and doubts that grow ever more corrosive, ever harder to conceal and more dangerous to reveal. In the literary tradition of such mystery writers as Patricia Highsmith and Ruth



Rendell, Grimaldi creates an atmosphere charged with suspense as the daily lives and routines of her characters, infected with suspicion, begin to rearrange themselves around a few frightening facts and infinite monstrous possibilities. Matilde's efforts to decipher Enea's secretive movements and occupations appear perfectly sensible and defensible through Grimaldi's deft shifts between mother and son-and another, chillingly detached perspective on the gruesome murders. Grimaldi's readers will find themselves as subject to misinterpretation and doubt, to sympathies and suspicions as her Florentine characters, and spellbound until the book's final page.