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Thermodynamics of irreversible processes : applications to diffusion and rheology / by Kuiken, G. D. C.

Subjects: “…Irreversible processes. 61603…”
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Thermodynamic Inversion Origin of Living Systems / by Kompanichenko, Vladimir N.

Table of Contents: “…Origin of Initial Living Systems on Early Earth -- Irreversible Prebiotic Evolution in Hydrothermal Systems -- Exchange of Information During Prebiotic Evolution -- Origin of Primary Living Systems on Earth in Course of Thermodynamic Inversion -- Part III. …”
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Mechanics of Biological Systems, Materials and other topics in Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Volume 4 Proceedings of the 2017 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Me...

Table of Contents: “…Anisotropic Conductivity Tensor for Irreversible Electroporation Simulations -- Chap7. Two-Dimensional Culture Systems to Investigate Mechanical Interactions of the Cell -- Chap8. …”
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Probabilistic Cellular Automata Theory, Applications and Future Perspectives /

Table of Contents: “….- Part I Probability and statistical mechanics -- 3 Basic ideas to approach metastability in Probabilistic Cellular Automata -- 4 Strategic Interaction in Interacting Particle Systems -- 5 Scaling and inverse scaling in anisotropic bootstrap percolation -- 6 The sandpile cellular automaton -- 7 Ising Model on the Torus and PCA Dynamics: reversibility, irreversibility, and fast tunneling -- 8 Synchronization in Interacting Reinforced Stochastic Processes -- 9 Nonequilibrium physics aspects of Probabilistic Cellular Automata.- Part II Computer science and discrete dynamical systems -- 10 An example of computation of the density of ones in Probabilistic Cellular Automata by direct recursion -- 11 Statistical equilibrium in deterministic Cellular Automata -- 12 Epidemic automaton and the Eden model: various aspects of robustness -- 13 Convergence time of Probabilistic Cellular Automata on the torus -- 14 Percolation operators and related models -- 15 Phase transitions of Cellular Automata.-  Part III Applications to natural sciences and computational (cell) biology -- 16 A trade-off between simplicity and robustness? …”
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Fuel cell systems explained / by Dicks, Andrew, Rand, D. A. J. (David Anthony James), 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Brief Biographies -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Initialisms -- Symbols and Units -- Chapter 1 Introducing Fuel Cells -- 1.1 Historical Perspective -- 1.2 Fuel-Cell Basics -- 1.3 Electrode Reaction Rates -- 1.4 Stack Design -- 1.5 Gas Supply and Cooling -- 1.6 Principal Technologies -- 1.7 Mechanically Rechargeable Batteries and Other Fuel Cells -- 1.7.1 Metal-Air Cells -- 1.7.2 Redox Flow Cells -- 1.7.3 Biological Fuel Cells -- 1.8 Balance-of-Plant Components -- 1.9 Fuel-Cell Systems: Key Parameters -- 1.10 Advantages and Applications -- Further Reading -- Chapter 2 Efficiency and Open-Circuit Voltage -- 2.1 Open-Circuit Voltage: Hydrogen Fuel Cell -- 2.2 Open-Circuit Voltage: Other Fuel Cells and Batteries -- 2.3 Efficiency and Its Limits -- 2.4 Efficiency and Voltage -- 2.5 Influence of Pressure and Gas Concentration -- 2.5.1 Nernst Equation -- 2.5.2 Hydrogen Partial Pressure -- 2.5.3 Fuel and Oxidant Utilization -- 2.5.4 System Pressure -- 2.6 Summary -- Further Reading -- Chapter 3 Operational Fuel-Cell Voltages -- 3.1 Fundamental Voltage: Current Behaviour -- 3.2 Terminology -- 3.3 Fuel-Cell Irreversibilities -- 3.4 Activation Losses -- 3.4.1 The Tafel Equation -- 3.4.2 The Constants in the Tafel Equation -- 3.4.3 Reducing the Activation Overpotential -- 3.5 Internal Currents and Fuel Crossover -- 3.6 Ohmic Losses -- 3.7 Mass-Transport Losses -- 3.8 Combining the Irreversibilities -- 3.9 The Electrical Double-Layer -- 3.10 Techniques for Distinguishing Irreversibilities -- 3.10.1 Cyclic Voltammetry -- 3.10.2 AC Impedance Spectroscopy -- 3.10.3 Current Interruption -- Further Reading -- Chapter 4 Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells -- 4.1 Overview -- 4.2 Polymer Electrolyte: Principles of Operation -- 4.2.1 Perfluorinated Sulfonic Acid Membrane.…”
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1st World Congress on Electroporation and Pulsed Electric Fields in Biology, Medicine and Food & Environmental Technologies Portorož, Slovenia, September 6 -10, 2015 /

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Food Sharing Chemical Evaluation of Durable Foods / by Pellerito, Alessandra, Dounz-Weigt, Ralf, Micali, Maria

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Foundations of Elastoplasticity: Subloading Surface Model by Hashiguchi, Koichi

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