Bio-based polymers and composites [e-book] / Richard P. Wool, Xiuzhi Susan Sun

• Record Nr.: UNISALENTO991003235839707536
• Autore: Wool, Richard P.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005
• ISBN: 9780127639529; 0127639527
• Descrizione fisica: xix, 620 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
• Altri autori (Persone): Sun, Xiuzhi Susanauthor
• Disciplina: 620.192
• Soggetti: Plant polymers; Biopolymers; Plants - Composition; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Risorsa elettronica
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- About the Authors -- 1. Overview of Plant Polymers: Resources, Demands, and Sustainability -- 2. Plant Materials Formation and Growth -- 3. Isolation and Processing of Plant Materials -- 4. Polymers and Composite Resins from Plant Oils -- 5. Composites and Foams from Plant Oil-Based Resins -- 6. Fundamentals of Fracture in Bio-Based Polymers -- 7. Properties of Triglyceride-Based Thermosets -- 8. Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives, Elastomers, and Coatings from Plant Oil -- 9. Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Soy Proteins -- 10. Soy Protein Adhesives -- 11. Plastics Derived from Starch and Poly (Lactic Acids) -- 12. Bio-Based Composites from Soybean Oil and Chicken Feathers -- 13. Hurricane-Resistant Houses from Soybean Oil and Natural Fibers -- 14. Carbon Nanotube Composites with Soybean Oil Resins -- 15. Nanoclay Biocomposites -- 16. Lignin Polymers and Composites -- Index; Overview of plant polymers: resources, demands, and sustainability / Xiuzhi Susan Sun -- Plant materials formation and growth / Xiuzhi Susan Sun -- Isolation and processing of plant materials / Xiuzhi Susan Sun -- Polymers and composite resins from plant oils / Richard P. Wool -- Composites and foams from plant oil-based resins / Richard P. Wool ; -- Fundamentals of fracture in bio-based polymers / Richard P. Wool -- Properties of triglyceride-based thermosets / Richard P. Wool -- Pressure-sensitive adhesives, elastomers, and coatings from plant oil / Richard P. Wool -- Thermal and mechanical properties of soy proteins / Xiuzhi Susan Sun -- Soy protein adhesives / Xiuzhi Susan Sun -- Plastics derived from starch and poly (lactic acids) / Xiuzhi Susan Sun -- Bio-based composites from soybean oil and chicken feathers / Richard P. Wool -- Hurricane-resistant houses from soybean oil and natural fibers / Richard P. Wool -- Carbon nanotube composites with soybean oil resins / Richard P. Wool -- Nanoclay biocomposites / Richard P. Wool -- Lignin polymers and composites / Richard P. Wool
• Sommario/riassunto: Bio-Based Polymers and Composites is the first book systematically describing the green engineering, chemistry and manufacture of biobased polymers and composites derived from plants. This book gives a thorough introduction to bio-based material resources, availability, sustainability, biobased polymer formation, extraction and refining technologies, and the need for integrated research and multi-disciplinary working teams. It provides an in-depth description of adhesives, resins, plastics, and composites derived from plant oils, proteins, starches, and natural fibers in terms of structures, properties, manufacturing, and product performance. This is an excellent book for scientists, engineers, graduate students and industrial researchers in the field of bio-based materials. * First book describing the utilization of crops to make high performance plastics, adhesives, and composites * Interdisciplinary approach to the subject, integrating genetic engineering, plant science, food science, chemistry, physics, nano-technology, and composite manufacturing. * Explains how to make green materials at low cost from soyoil, proteins, starch, natural fibers, recycled newspapers, chicken feathers and waste agricultural by-products

Anaphora processing : linguistic, cognitive, and computational modelling / / edited by Antonio Branco, Tony McEnery, Ruslan Mitkov

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910967079403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c2005
• ISBN: 9786612156953; 9781282156951; 1282156950; 9789027294678; 9027294674
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: x, 449 p. : ill
• Collana: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0304-0763 ; ; v. 263
• Altri autori (Persone): BrancoAntonio; McEneryTony <1964->; MitkovRuslan
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetti: Anaphora (Linguistics) - Data processing; Anaphora (Linguistics) - Psychological aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Papers presented at the 4th Discourse Anaphora and Anaphor Resolution Colloquium held in Lisbon in Sept. 2002.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ANAPHORA PROCESSING -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Contents -- EDITORS' FOREWORD -- I. Computational Treatment -- A Sequenced Model of Anaphora and Ellipsis Resolution -- References -- How to Deal with Wicked Anaphora? -- Acknowledgments -- References -- A Machine Learning Approach to Preference Strategies for Anaphor Resolution -- References -- Decomposing Discourse -- Acknowledgements -- References -- A Lightweight Approach to Coreference Resolution for Named Entities in Text -- References -- A Unified Treatment of Spanish se -- References -- II. Theoretical, Psycholinguistic and Cognitive Issues -- Binding and Beyond: Issues in Backward Anaphora -- References -- Modelling Referential Choice in Discourse -- References -- Appendix -- Degrees of Indirectness: Two Types of Implicit Referents and their Retrieval via Unaccented Pronouns -- References -- Appendix -- Pronominal Interpretation and the ; Syntax-Discourse Interface: Real-time Comprehension and Neurological Properties -- References -- Top-down and Bottom-up Effects on the Interpretation of Weak Object Pronouns in Greek -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Different Forms Have Different Referential Properties: Implications for the Notion of 'Salience' -- References -- Referential Accessibility and Anaphor Resolution -- References -- III. Corpus-Based Studies -- The Predicate-Argument Structure of Discourse Connectives -- References -- Annex -- Combining Centering-Based Models of Salience and Information Structure for Resolving Intersentential Pronominal Anaphora -- References -- Pronouns Without NP Antecedents -- 7 References -- Syntactic Form and Discourse Accessibility -- References -- Coreference and Anaphoric Relations of Demonstrative Noun Phrases in Multilingual Corpus -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Anaphoric Demonstratives: Dealing with the Hard Cases -- References.; Focus, Activation, and This-Noun Phrases: An Empirical Study -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Index of Subjects and Terms -- The series Current Issues in Linguistic Theory.
• Sommario/riassunto: Anaphora processing is a central topic in the study of natural language and has long been the object of research in a wide range of disciplines. The correct interpretation of anaphora has also become increasingly important for real-world natural language processing applications, including machine translation, automatic abstracting, information extraction and question answering.This volume provides a unique overview of the processing of anaphora from a multi- and inter-disciplinary angle. It will be of interest and practical use to readers from fields as diverse as theoretical linguistics, corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, computer science, natural language processing, artificial intelligence, human language technology, psycholinguistics, cognitive science and translation studies.The readership includes but is not limited to university lecturers, researchers, postgraduate and senior undergraduate students.