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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829951803321

Titolo

Advances in ceramic armor XI : a collection of papers presented at the 39th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites January 25-30, 2015 Daytona Beach, Florida / / editors Jerry C. LaSalvia ; volume editors, Jingyang Wang, Soshu Kirihara

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : The American Ceramic Society : , : Wiley, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-119-21154-9

1-119-21159-X

1-119-21160-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (174 p.)

Collana

Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, , 0196-6219 ; ; Volume 36, Issue 4

Disciplina

666

Soggetti

Ceramic materials

Armor-plate - Materials

Electric insulators and insulation - Ceramic materials

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

TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; TNO's RESEARCH ON CERAMIC BASED ARMOR; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; BALLISTIC TEST METHOD; ADDITIONAL EXPERIMENTS; ENGINEERING MODEL; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; INVESTIGATION OF THE KINETIC ENERGY CHARACTERIZATION OF ADVANCED CERAMICS; ABSTRACT; BACKGROUND; EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; PREDICTING THE LIGHT TRANSMITTANCE OF MULTILAYER TRANSPARENT ARMOR; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION OF OPTICAL PROPERTIES; MODEL CONSTRUCTION & VALIDATION; DISCUSSION

CONCLUSIONREFERENCES; OPERTOR TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT FOR NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING OF CERAMIC ARMOR; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; METHOD; EQUIPMENT; TRAINING; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; FROM MICRON-



SIZED PARTICLES TO NANOPARTICLES AND NANOBELTS : STRUCTURAL NON-UNIFORMITY IN THE SYNTHESIS OF BORON CARBIDE BY CARBOTHERMAL REDUCTIONREACTION; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; NANOCRYS TALLINE BORON CARBIDE POWDER SYNTHESIZED VIA CARBOTHERMAL REDUCTION REACTION; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE

RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONCONCLUSION; REFERENCES; SYNTHESIS AND CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR OF AMORPHOUS BORON NITRIDE; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; c-BN SEEDING EFFECT ON THE PHASE TRANSITION OF a-BN(OC) COMPOUND; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; SCREENING OF SILICON PRECURSORS FOR INCORPORATION INTO BORON CARBIDE; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; PROCESSING OF BORON RICH BORON CARBIDE

ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL; RESULTS; FUTURE WORK; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; REACTION BONDED SIC/DIAMOND COMPOSITES: PROPERTIES AND IMPACT BEHAVIOR IN HIGH STRAIN RATE APPLICATIONS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; TEST METHODS AND SAMPLE PREPARATION; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; INFLUENCE OF POWDER OXYGEN CONTENT ON SILICON CARBIDE MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; PREPARATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF TiB2 HARDCERAMIC MATERIALS

ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; IMPROVING FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF ALUMINA WITH MULTI- WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE AND ALUMINA FIBER REINFORCEMENTS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; TESTING AND CHARACTERIZATION; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; AUTHOR INDEX; EULA



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955136803321

Autore

Schlesinger Andrea Batista

Titolo

The death of why? : the decline of questioning and the future of democracy / / Andrea Batista Schlesinger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, : Berrett-Koehler, c2009

ISBN

9786612300370

9781282300378

1282300377

9781605091389

1605091383

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

0

Disciplina

306.43/20973

306.4320973

321.8

Soggetti

Youth - Political activity - United States

Civics - Study and teaching - United States

Political participation - United States

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

Contents; Introduction: Questions and Power; Part I: Culture: Questions or Answers?; 1: Inquiry Is Risky, Resilience Is the Reward, and Other Lessons from Childhood; 2: Ideological Segregation by Click and by Clique; 3: Consuming Opinion; 4: In Google We Trust; Part II: Schools: Citizens or Consumers?; 5: The Three Rs and a Why; 6: No Piggy Bank Left Behind; 7: Questioning the System, or Beating It?; 8: The Marxist, Anti-American Conspiracy to Convert Young People to Engaged Citizenship; Part III: Politics: Engaged or Connected?; 9: Black and White and Dead All Over

10: Who's Afraid of Virginia Youth?11: Lights, Camera, Debate!; Conclusion: A Call for Slow Democracy; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

In this impassioned critique of America's growing disengagement from



civic life and ideals, Drum Major Institute Executive Director Andrea Batista Schlesinger dissects the forcible erosion of our youngest generation's capacity for inquiry and provides recommendations for restoring the social, educational and political infrastructures that are prerequisites for a healthy democracy.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9911046496803321

Autore

Viola Lynne

Titolo

Stalinist Perpetrators on Trial : Scenes from the Great Terror in Soviet Ukraine / / Lynne Viola

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, MA : , : Academic Studies Press, , [2025]

2025

ISBN

9798887199290

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Contemporary Western Rusistika

Soggetti

HISTORY / Military / General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Russo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Пояснения -- Хронология событий -- Список сокращений -- Административно- территориальное деление Украинской ССР -- Благодарности -- Введение -- Глава 1. Незавершенная гражданская война и Большой террор -- Глава 2. Вкус террора -- Глава 3. Ваня Грозный -- Глава 4. Под диктовку Флейшмана -- Глава 5. Что случилось в Умани? -- Глава 6. Экскурсия в Запорожье -- Глава 7. Марионетка Успенского -- Постскриптум -- Заключение -- Библиография -- Предметно-именной указатель -- Оглавление

Sommario/riassunto

Почти тысяча сотрудников НКВД были привлечены к ответственности советскими военными судами в ходе так называемой «чистки чистильщиков». Они были обвинены в фабрикации доказательств, фальсификации протоколов допросов, применении пыток для получения признаний и убийствах в ходе процессуальных действий. Многие из обвиняемых были приговорены к высшей мере наказания. Документы, собранные в



ходе этих процессов, включая стенограммы допросов и письменные признания, подписанные преступниками, показания жертв, свидетелей и экспертов, а также протоколы судебных заседаний, позволяют заглянуть за занавес репрессий. Виола Линн рассказывает о практиках террора, показывая, как контуры государственного насилия синтезировали указания государственной власти и проявления инициативы на местах.