Continuum mechanics and thermodynamics : from fundamental concepts to governing equations / / Ellad B. Tadmor, Ronald E. Miller, Ryan S. Elliott [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778950203321
• Autore: Tadmor Ellad B. <1965->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-107-22790-9; 1-139-93154-7; 1-280-48457-8; 9786613579553; 1-139-20564-1; 1-139-20345-2; 1-139-20643-5; 1-139-20204-9; 1-139-20485-8; 1-139-01765-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxii, 350 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Classificazione: SCI040000
• Disciplina: 531
• Soggetti: Continuum mechanics; Thermodynamics - Mathematics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Scalars, vectors and tensors; 3. Kinematics of deformation; 4. Mechanical conservation and balance laws; 5. Thermodynamics; 6. Constitutive relations; 7. Boundary-value problems, energy principles and stability; 8. Universal equilibrium solutions; 9. Numerical solutions: the finite element method; 10. Approximate solutions: reduction to the engineering theories; 11. Further reading; Appendices; Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Continuum mechanics and thermodynamics are foundational theories of many fields of science and engineering. This book presents a fresh perspective on these fundamental topics, connecting micro- and nanoscopic theories and emphasizing topics relevant to understanding ; solid-state thermo-mechanical behavior. Providing clear, in-depth coverage, the book gives a self-contained treatment of topics directly related to nonlinear materials modeling. It starts with vectors and tensors, finite deformation kinematics, the fundamental balance and conservation laws, and classical thermodynamics. It then discusses the principles of constitutive theory and examples of constitutive models, presents a foundational treatment of energy principles and stability theory, and concludes with example closed-form solutions and the essentials of finite elements. Together with its companion book, Modeling Materials, (Cambridge University Press, 2011), this work presents the fundamentals of multiscale materials modeling for graduate students and researchers in physics, materials science, chemistry and engineering.

The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Journalism / / edited by Carolyn M. Byerly

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910956594303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013
• ISBN: 9781786841681; 1786841681; 9781349445172; 1349445177; 9781137273246; 1137273240
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (506 p.)
• Disciplina: 070.4082
• Soggetti: Sociology; Feminist theory; Communication; Gender Studies; Feminism; Media Studies; Journalism; Media and Communication
• 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: Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Factors Affecting the Status of Women Journalists: A Structural Analysis; Part I: Taking the Lead; 3 Bulgaria: Cinderella Went to Market, with Consequences for Women Journalists; 4 Estonia: Women Journalists and Women's Emancipation in Estonia; 5 Finland: Women Journalists, the Unequal Majority; 6 Russia: Women Journalists and the Engendered Transition; 7 Sweden: Women Reach Parity but Gender Troubles Persist; 8 South Africa: Newsrooms in Transition; Part II: Marking Substantial Progress; 9 Canada: The Paradox of Womenin News10 Israel: Women Still a Minority, but in a Better Place; 11 Norway: The Uncomfortable Gender Gap in News Media; 12 Poland: Women Journalists and 'The Polish Mother' Mentality; 13 Spain: Many Women, Little Power; 14 The UK: Equal Opportunities in Theory, but Not Practice; 15 The US: Social Contradictions Also Seen in Newsrooms; Part III: Negotiating the Constraints; 16 Brazil: Need for National Debate on Women in Journalism; 17 Chile: Female Journalists Without Access to Power; 18 France: A Nuanced Feminization of Journalism; 19 Germany: Parity Number-wise, but Women Face a Glass Ceiling20 Kenya: 'A girl may not sit on the father's stool'; 21 Mexico: Structural Challenges for Women in News Media; 22 Namibia: Women Make Strides in Post-independence Newsrooms; 23 Uganda: Women Near Parity but Still Leaving Newsrooms; Part IV: Challenging the Barriers; 24 Australia: A Case of Systemic Inequity for Women Journalists; 25 Bangladesh: Gender Inequality Results from Policy Inequity; 26 China: Women Journalists, Chinese News Media and Historical Shifts; 27 Ghana: Women in Decision-making - New Opportunities, Old Story; 28 India: What You See Is Not What You Get29 Japan: Why So Few Women Journalists?; 30 Jordan: Toward Gender Balance in the Newsrooms; 31 Lebanon: Women's Struggle for Gender Equality and Harassment-free Newsrooms; Part V: Conclusion; 32 Conclusion: Journalism and Women's Broader Struggle; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This handbook is a timely academic adaptation of information contained in the Global Report on the Status of Women in News Media, a study commissioned by the International Women's Media Foundation and published in 2011. The study was conducted by the book's editor, international feminist media scholar, Carolyn M. Byerly. The text draws together the most robust data from that study, presenting it in 29 chapters on individual nations and three additional chapters with historical background on women in journalism and a theoretical framework grounded in feminist political economy. The book is the most expansive effort to date to consider women's standing in the journalism profession across the world. The contributing authors, in most cases the original researchers for their respective nations in the Global Report study, seek to question the status of women in newsrooms, asking how far women have come and what their progress (or lack of progress) tells us about women's right to communicate.

Why the wild things are : animals in the lives of children / / Gail F. Melson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910959997703321
• Autore: Melson L. Gail
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2005
• ISBN: 9780674266070; 0674266072; 9780674040922; 0674040929
• Edizione: [1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: viii, 236 p
• Classificazione: CQ 6000
• Disciplina: 636.088/7/019
• Soggetti: Pet owners - Psychology; Pets - Psychological aspects; Pets - Social aspects; Children and animals; Human-animal relationships
• 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: Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1. Animals and the Study of Children -- 2. Reaching across the Divide -- 3. Love on Four Legs -- 4. Learning from Animals -- 5. The Healing Lick -- 6. Animal Selves -- 7. Victims and Objects -- 8. Deepening the Animal Connection -- NOTES -- INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Whether they see themselves as King of the Wild Things or protector of Toto, children live in a world filled with animals--both real and imaginary. From Black Beauty to Barney, animal characters romp through children's books, cartoons, videos, and computer games. As Gail Melson tells us, more than three-quarters of all children in America live with pets and are now more likely to grow up with a pet than with both parents. She explores not only the therapeutic power of pet-owning for children with emotional or physical handicaps but also the ways in which zoo and farm animals, and even certain purple television characters, become confidants or teachers for children--and sometimes, tragically, their victims. Yet perhaps because animals are ; ubiquitous, what they really mean to children, for better and for worse, has been unexplored territory. Why the Wild Things Are is the first book to examine children's many connections to animals and to explore their developmental significance. What does it mean that children's earliest dreams are of animals? What is the unique gift that a puppy can give to a boy? Drawing on psychological research, history, and children's media, Why the Wild Things Are explores the growth of the human-animal connection. In chapters on children's emotional ties to their pets, the cognitive challenges of animal contacts, animal symbols as building blocks of the self, and pointless cruelty to animals, Melson shows how children's innate interest in animals is shaped by their families and their social worlds, and may in turn shape the kind of people they will become.