71st Conference on Glass Problems [[electronic resource] ] : a collection of papers presented at the 71st Conference on Glass Problems : the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio : October 19-20, 2010 / / edited by Charles H. Drummond, III

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910139608003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-American Ceramic Society, 2011
• ISBN: 1-283-24002-5; 9786613240026; 1-118-10641-5; 1-118-09534-0; 1-118-10642-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 p.)
• Collana: Ceramic engineering and science proceedings, , 0196-6219 ; ; v. 32, issue 1, 2011
• Altri autori (Persone): DrummondCharles H., III.
• Disciplina: 666; 666.12
• Soggetti: Glass; Glass manufacture; 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 index.
• Nota di contenuto: 71st Conference on Glass Problems; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; GLASS MELTING; Recent Developments of Batch and Cullet Preheating in Europe-Practical Experiences and Implications; Oxy-Fuel Conversion Reduces Fuel Consumption in Fiberglass Melting; Solar Glass Melting; Integrated Air Quality Control System for Float Glass Furnace; GLASS SCIENCE, DEFECTS, AND SAFETY; Heavy Metal Issues-In and Out of Glass; A Look at the Chemical Strengthening Process: Alkali Aluminosilicate Glasses vs. Soda-Lime Glass; Studying Bubble Glass Defects That are Caused by Refractory Materials; Analysis of Cord and Stones in Glass""Cat Scratch"" Cord Dispersal; Tools Used to Improve Operational Safety in Johns Manville Glass Plants; REFRACTORIES AND RECYCLING; Extra Clear Glass Refractory Selection: A Follow Up; Refractory Issues and Glass Processing and ; Preventative Solutions; Fuel Savings with High Emissivity Coatings; Regenerator Temperature Modeling for Proper Refractory Selection; Thinking Green: Recycling in the Refractory Industry; Recycling of Post-Consumer Glass: Energy Savings, CO2 Emission Reduction, Effects on Glass Quality and Glass Melting; Characterization and Improvement of Gob Delivery SystemsCONTROLS AND RAW MATERIALS; Model Based Process Control for Glass Furnace Operation; Taking Full Benefit of Oxygen Sensors and Automatic Control; Flue Gas Treatment in the Glass Industry: Dry Process and Calcium-based Sorbents; To Wet or Not to Wet-That is the Question-Part A; A Historical Perspective on Silica and the Glass Industry in the USA; Author Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This issue contains a collection of papers presented at the 71st Conference on Glass Problems, October 19-20, 2010 at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Topics include glass melting; glass science, defects; safety; refractories; recycling; controls; and raw materials.

Consumer-resource dynamics [[electronic resource] /] / William W. Murdoch, Cheryl J. Briggs, and Roger M. Nisbet

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786147103321
• Autore: Murdoch William W
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2003]
• ISBN: 1-299-05146-4; 1-4008-4725-7
• Edizione: [Course Book]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource : illustrations
• Collana: Monographs in Population Biology ; ; 36
• Altri autori (Persone): BriggsCheryl J. <1963->; NisbetR. M
• Disciplina: 577.8/8
• Soggetti: Population biology - Mathematical models
• 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: 1. Introduction -- 2. Population Dynamics: Observations and Basic Concepts -- 3. Simple Models in Continuous Time -- 4. Simple Models in Discrete Time -- 5. An Introduction to Models with Stage Structure ; -- 6. Dynamical Effects of Parasitoid Lifestyles -- 7. State-Dependent Decisions -- 8. Competition between Consumer Species -- 9. Implications for Biological Control -- 10. Dynamical Effects of Spatial Processes -- 11. Synthesis and Integration across Systems -- 12. Concluding Remarks.
• Sommario/riassunto: Despite often violent fluctuations in nature, species extinction is rare. California red scale, a potentially devastating pest of citrus, has been suppressed for fifty years in California to extremely low yet stable densities by its controlling parasitoid. Some larch budmoth populations undergo extreme cycles; others never cycle. In Consumer-Resource Dynamics, William Murdoch, Cherie Briggs, and Roger Nisbet use these and numerous other biological examples to lay the groundwork for a unifying theory applicable to predator-prey, parasitoid-host, and other consumer-resource interactions. Throughout, the focus is on how the properties of real organisms affect population dynamics. The core of the book synthesizes and extends the authors' own models involving insect parasitoids and their hosts, and explores in depth how consumer species compete for a dynamic resource. The emerging general consumer-resource theory accounts for how consumers respond to differences among individuals in the resource population. From here the authors move to other models of consumer-resource dynamics and population dynamics in general. Consideration of empirical examples, key concepts, and a necessary review of simple models is followed by examination of spatial processes affecting dynamics, and of implications for biological control of pest organisms. The book establishes the coherence and broad applicability of consumer-resource theory and connects it to single-species dynamics. It closes by stressing the theory's value as a hierarchy of models that allows both generality and testability in the field.