The number of Spanish speakers in the United States has increased markedly in recent years, and this is especially true of the college population. At the same time, interest has been growing among this latter group in the study of the Portuguese language. Com licença!, a textbook for the teaching of first-year Brazilian Portuguese to college ...
This book offers a broad discussion of the concepts required to understand the thermodynamic stability of molecules and bonds and a description of the most important condensed-phase techniques that have been used to obtain that information. Above all, this book attempts to provide useful guidelines on how to choose the best data and how to use it ...
Focusing on renewable energy applications and fundamentals of induction generators, "Alternative Energy Systems" provides coverage of all aspects related to the design, operation, and overall analysis of such systems. This second edition features revised and updated material, including definitions of generated power and efficiency, recent advances ...
This volume provides a critical description of the methods used to probe the energetics of organic free radicals, including methods in: gas-phase and in solution, appearance energy measurements, photoacoustic calorimetry, electrochemical techniques and theoretical calculations. It also offers a critical review of the currently available data. This ...
Travels have without doubt been a perennial source of attraction to scholars in different fields. Yet historians of science have seldom looked at travels within the European space. "Travels of Learning" will help to fill this gap. It offers a reappraisal of the topic of scientific and technological travelling and takes the viewpoint of the ...
Providing a resource on effective pre-treatment techniques to prevent corrosion of metallic surfaces, this book discusses key research on the development of techniques for a range of metals. It reviews various coatings and preparation methods for aluminium and aluminium alloys such as silane films, sol-gel coatings and magnesium-rich primers, and ...
Spanish speakers can learn Brazilian Portuguese much more rapidly than any other language, and thousands of students have used Antonio Simoes' text/workbook "Com licenca: Brazilian Portuguese for Spanish Speakers" to make the transition between the two languages. Recognizing the need for a text that incorporates current cultural references and the ...
The number of Spanish speakers in the United States has increased markedly in recent years, and this is especially true of the college population. At the same time, interest has been growing among this latter group in the study of the Portuguese language. Com licença!, a textbook for the teaching of first-year Brazilian Portuguese to college ...
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