Erotic journeys [[electronic resource] ] : Mexican immigrants and their sex lives / / Gloria González-López

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783318903321
• Autore: González-López Gloria <1960->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005
• ISBN: 1-282-35512-0; 9786612355127; 0-520-93613-2; 1-59875-528-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (333 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.7/089/68720794
• Soggetti: Mexican Americans - Sexual behavior - California - Los Angeles; Immigrants - Sexual behavior - California - Los Angeles; Mexican Americans - California - Los Angeles - Social conditions; Immigrants - California - Los Angeles - Social conditions; Sex - Social aspects - California - Los Angeles; Los Angeles (Calif.) Social conditions; Los Angeles (Calif.) Ethnic relations
• 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: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Twice Forgotten: The Sex Lives Of Heterosexual Mexicans In The United States -- 2. Beyond The Hymen: Women, Virginity, And Sex -- 3. Pleasurable Dangers, Dangerous Pleasures: Men And Their First Sexual Experience -- 4. Sex Is A Family Affair: Nurturing And Regulating Sexuality -- 5. Sex And The Immigrant Communities: Risky Opportunities, Opportune Risks -- 6. Sexual Discourses And Cultures In The Barrio: Networking -- 7. Sexual Bargains: Work, Money, And Power -- 8. Gendered Tapestries: Sexuality Threads Of Migrant Sexualities -- Appendix A. Study Participants -- Appendix B. Methodological Considerations -- Notes -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Erotic Journeys is a fascinating, revealing, and respectful examination of the romantic relationships and sex lives of the fastest-growing ; minority group in the nation. In a series of in-depth interviews, Gloria González-López investigates the ways in which sixty heterosexual Mexican women and men living in Los Angeles reinvent their sex lives as part of their immigration and settlement experiences. Defying a broad spectrum of preconceived notions, these immigrants confirm in their vivid narratives that sexuality-far from being culturally determined-is fluid and complex. González-López explains that these Mexicans enter the United States with particular sexual ideologies and practices that, while diverse, are regulated by family ethics and regional patriarchies. After migration, a range of factors-including employment, the risks and dangers of resettlement, social networking with other immigrants, and the new demands of a fast-paced industrialized metropolis-begin to transform the immigrants' intimate lives in deep and unexpected ways. The remarkably candid interviews show that these men and women are skillful negotiating agents of their own sexuality. The author's incisive analysis of their narratives sets the stage for a nuanced and compelling understanding of this complex topic and its many social implications.

High-throughput screening in heterogeneous catalysis / / edited by Alfred Hagemeyer, Peter Strasser, Anthony F. Volpe, Jr

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911020017003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Weinheim ; ; [Great Britain], : Wiley-VCH, c2004
• ISBN: 9781280519659; 1280519657; 9783527604104; 3527604103
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (341 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): HagemeyerAlfred; StrasserPeter; VolpeAnthony F
• Disciplina: 541.395
• Soggetti: Heterogeneous catalysis; Catalysis
• 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: High-Throughput Screening in Heterogeneous Catalysis; Foreword; Preface; Contents; List of Contributors; 1 Impact of High-Throughput Screening Technologies on Chemical Catalysis; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Application of HT-R&D Methods in Heterogeneous Catalysis; 1.3 Application of HT-R&D Methods in Homogeneous Catalysis; 1.4 Conclusions; 1.5 References; 2 Mastering the Challenges of Catalyst Screening in High-Throughput Experimentation for Heterogeneously Catalyzed Gas-phase Reactions; 2.1 Challenges Connected to Catalyst Screening in Gas-phase Catalysis; 2.2 Preparative Aspects; 2.3 Analytical Aspects2.3.1 Stage I Screening; 2.3.2 Stage II Screening; 2.3.3 King-System: Saving Analysis Time via Intelligent Use of Analysis Techniques; 2.4 Case Studies of Selected Examples in Gas-phase Catalysis in Stage II Screening; 2.4.1 Bulk Chemicals and Intermediates: Partial Oxidation; 2.4.2 Refinery Catalysis: High-pressure Reactions; 2.4.3 Environmental Catalysis: DeNOx Catalysis; 2.5 The Challenge of Ultrahigh-Throughput Screening; 2.5.1 Catalyst Synthesis: the Split & Pool Principle; 2.5.2 Catalyst Testing: Integrated Reactor Formats as Critical Key Components; 2.6 Summary and Outlook2.7 References; 3 High-Throughput Workflow Development: Strategies and Examples in Heterogeneous Catalysis; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 High-Throughput Methods; 3.2.1 DOE - Designing Experiments Based on Statistics; 3.2.2 Constrained Optimization - Independent Variables; 3.2.3 Constrained Optimization - Dependent Variables; 3.2.4 Methods to Include Synthesis Hardware Constraints; 3.2.5 Process Simulation for Hardware Bottleneck Identification; 3.3 Workflow Components; 3.3.1 Primary Synthesis; 3.3.2 Primary Synthesis: Wafer-based Sol-gel and Evaporative Synthesis; 3.3.3 Primary Synthesis: Wafer-based Impregnation Synthesis3.3.4 Primary Screening: Scanning Mass Spectrometer; 3.3.5 Primary Screening: Massively Parallel Microfluidic Reactor; 3.3.6 Secondary Synthesis: Bulk Impregnation; 3.3.7 Secondary Synthesis: Bulk Evaporation/Precipitation; 3.3.8 Secondary Synthesis: Hydrothermal; 3.3.9 Secondary Screening: 48-Channel Fixed-bed Reactor; 3.3.10 High-Throughput Catalyst Characterization; 3.3.11 Tertiary Screening; 3.4 Example: Ethane to Ethylene; 3.5 Example: Ethane to Acetic Acid; 3.6 Example: Propane to Acrylonitrile; 3.7 Summary; 3.8 References; 4 Integrated Microreactor Set-ups for High-Throughput Screening and Methods for the Evaluation of "Low-density" Screening Data4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 Pellet-type and Ceramic Reactors; 4.1.2 Multiple Microchannel Array Reactors; 4.1.3 Chip-type Reactors; 4.1.4 Well-type Reactors; 4.2 Steady-state Reactor Set-ups; 4.2.1 Methanol Steam Reforming; 4.2.2 Propane Steam Reforming; 4.2.3 Catalytic Methane Combustion and Methods for Sample Preparation; 4.2.3.1 Wet Chemical Procedure (Washcoating/Flow Impregnation); 4.2.3.2 Experimental and Discussion; 4.3 Transient-state Reactor Set-ups; 4.3.1 Introduction
• Sommario/riassunto: Alfred Hagemeyer received his diploma degrees in chemistry, 1985, and physics, 1987, from the university of Dortmund, Germany, did his Ph.D. at the Max-Planck-Institute fuer Polymerforschung in Mainz, Germany, 1987-1989, was postdoc at the university of Bologna, Italy, 1990, was employed at BASF, corporate research, ammonia laboratory, Ludwigshafen, Germany, 1991-1996, and at Hoechst/Aventis, corporate research, department of heterogeneous catalysis, Frankfurt, Germany, 1996-1998, and joined Symyx Technologies, heterogeneous catalysis group, Santa Clara, CA, in 1998 where he is a Distinguished