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Evaluation of corrugated polyethylene pipe (CPP) in North Carolina highway construction / by Williams, John.(CARDINAL)517638; Allen, Ron.(CARDINAL)366034; North Carolina.Highway Design Branch.Design Services Unit.Pavement and Value Engineering Section.; Value Engineering Group.;
Subjects: Polyethylene; Subsurface drainage; Roads;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Value engineering and cost effectiveness of various Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) repair systems : final report / by Rizkalla, S. H.(CARDINAL)290252; North Carolina.Department of Transportation.Research and Analysis Group.(CARDINAL)272064; United States.Federal Highway Administration.(CARDINAL)139839; North Carolina State University.Department of Civil Engineering.(CARDINAL)161088;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-194).Final report;Performed by Department of Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University, sponsored by North Carolina Dept. of Transportation, Research and Analysis Group;
Subjects: Technical reports.; Fiber-reinforced plastics.; Girders.; Prestressed concrete bridges; Prestressed concrete.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 7
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Value engineering and cost effectiveness of various Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) repair systems : final report / by Rizkalla, S. H.(CARDINAL)290252; Miller, Anthony.(CARDINAL)312425; Rosenboom, Owen.(CARDINAL)312506; North Carolina.Department of Transportation.Research and Analysis Group.(CARDINAL)272064; United States.Federal Highway Administration.(CARDINAL)139839; North Carolina State University.Department of Civil Engineering.(CARDINAL)161088;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-178).Final report;Performed by Department of Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University, sponsored by North Carolina Dept. of Transportation, Research and Analysis Group;
Subjects: Technical reports.; Fiber-reinforced plastics.; Girders.; Prestressed concrete bridges; Prestressed concrete.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 7
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Effect of prolonged heating on the asphalt-aggregate bond strength of HMA containing liquid anti-strip additives : final report / by Tayebali, Akhtarhusein A.(Akhtarhusein Asgarali)(CARDINAL)272065; Knappe, Detlef R. U.(CARDINAL)286478; Mandapaka, Venkata Lakshman.; North Carolina.Department of Transportation.Research and Analysis Group.(CARDINAL)272064; North Carolina State University.Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering.(CARDINAL)307977;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 82-83).Final report;Performed by Department of Civil, Construction, & Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University, sponsored by North Carolina Department of Transportation, Research and Analysis GroupIn this study, an attempt was made to determine the effect of prolonged heating on the bond strength between aggregate and asphalt that contained anti-strip additives (LOF 6500 and Morelife 2200). On account of the substantial decrease of anti-strip additive contents for both asphalt binders and mixes when subjected to prolonged heating, whether the loss of additive content due to storage and transport at elevated temperatures affects mix performance in terms of moisture sensitivity or not, was evaluated in this study. A series of tests, namely Tensile Strength Ratio (TSR) test, Contact Angle test, Pneumatic Adhesion test and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) test were performed, and the results obtained from each of these tests were compared to come to a reliable conclusion regarding effectiveness of the various tests for assessing the effect of prolonged heating on the adhesive bond strength. Results obtained from the TSR test clearly show that as the prolonged heating duration increased, the TSR values failed the limiting value of 85% as followed by North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) specification in as little as six hours and continued to further decrease with heating duration. Tests were also conducted on asphalt cement containing LOF 6500 antistrip additive using the contact angle goniometer, PATTI device and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The results obtained in this study were inconclusive for the above mentioned three devices.
Subjects: Pavements, Asphalt; Pavements, Asphalt concrete; Asphalt concrete;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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Knowledge and the future of man; an international symposium. / by Ong, Walter J.(CARDINAL)121612; St. Louis University.Committee on the Sesquicentennial.(CARDINAL)133774; St. Louis University.(CARDINAL)151861;
Bibliographical footnotes.Introduction: knowledge in time, by W. J. Ong.--The future of university education as an idea, by C. Muscatine.--The future of learning in tropical Africa, by E. Ashby.--The future of international politics, by H. Cleveland.--Urban problems and group relations, by R. C. Weaver.--Art for a changing scale, by G. Kepes.--Environment as programmed happening, by M. McLuhan.--The doctrine of creation and human responsibility, by J. Macquarrie.--The spirit of science and moral involvement, by J. R. Zacharias.--Biology and human values, by J. T. Edsall.--From social engineering to creative charity, by J. T. Noonan.--Technology, business, and education, by J. R. Bright.--Developing patterns in philosophy, by J. D. Collins.--Comparative religion: its past and future, by M. Eliade.--Christianity and the new earth, by K. Rahner.
Subjects: Conference papers and proceedings.; Civilization, Modern;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The visioneers : how a group of elite scientists pursued space colonies, nanotechnologies, and a limitless future / by McCray, W. Patrick,1967-author.(CARDINAL)349185;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-323) and index.Introduction: visioneering technological futures -- Utopia or oblivion for Spaceship Earth? -- The inspiration of limits -- Building castles in the sky -- Omnificent -- Could small be beautiful? -- California dreaming -- Confirmation, benediction, and inquisition -- Visioneering's value."In 1969, Princeton physicist Gerard O'Neill began looking outward to space colonies as the new frontier for humanity's expansion. A decade later, Eric Drexler, an MIT-trained engineer, turned his attention to the molecular world as the place where society's future needs could be met using self-replicating nanoscale machines. These modern utopians predicted that their technologies could transform society as humans mastered the ability to create new worlds, undertook atomic-scale engineering, and, if truly successful, overcame their own biological limits. The Visioneers tells the story of how these scientists and the communities they fostered imagined, designed, and popularized speculative technologies such as space colonies and nanotechnologies. Patrick McCray traces how these visioneers blended countercultural ideals with hard science, entrepreneurship, libertarianism, and unbridled optimism about the future. He shows how they built networks that communicated their ideas to writers, politicians, and corporate leaders. But the visioneers were not immune to failure--or to the lures of profit, celebrity, and hype. O'Neill and Drexler faced difficulty funding their work and overcoming colleagues' skepticism, and saw their ideas co-opted and transformed by Timothy Leary, the scriptwriters of Star Trek, and many others. Ultimately, both men struggled to overcome stigma and ostracism as they tried to unshackle their visioneering from pejorative labels like "fringe" and "pseudoscience." The Visioneers provides a balanced look at the successes and pitfalls they encountered. The book exposes the dangers of promotion--oversimplification, misuse, and misunderstanding--that can plague exploratory science. But above all, it highlights the importance of radical new ideas that inspire us to support cutting-edge research into tomorrow's technologies"
Subjects: Science; Visionaries.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The thinking machine : Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the world's most coveted microchip / by Witt, Stephen,author.(CARDINAL)410465;
Introduction -- Part I -- The bridge -- Large-scale integration -- New venture -- Thirty days -- Going parallel -- Jellyfish -- Deathmatch -- The compulsion loop -- CUDA -- Resonance -- AlexNet -- Part II -- O.I.A.L.O- Superintelligence -- The good year -- The transformer -- Hyperscale -- Money -- Spaceships -- Power -- The most important stock on earth -- Jensen -- The fear -- The thinking machine -- Acknowledgments -- About the author."The riveting investigative account of Nvidia, the tech company that has exploded in value for its artificial intelligence computing hardware, and Jensen Huang, Nvidia's charismatic, uncompromising CEO. In June of 2024, spurred by the frenzy of investment following the launch of ChatGPT, and thirty-one years after its founding in a Denny's restaurant, Nvidia became the most-valuable corporation on Earth. In The Thinking Machine, acclaimed journalist Stephen Witt recounts the unlikely story of how a manufacturer of video game components shocked Silicon Valley by conquering the market for AI hardware, and in the process re-invented the computer. Essential to Nvidia's meteoric success is its visionary CEO Jensen Huang, who more than a decade ago, on the basis of a few promising scientific results, bet his entire company on AI. Through unprecedented access to Huang, his friends, his investors, and his employees, Witt documents for the first time the company's epic rise and its iconoclastic CEO, who emerges as a compelling, single-minded, and ferocious leader, and now one of Silicon Valley's most influential figures. The Thinking Machine is the story of how Nvidia evolved from providing components for circuit boards to supplying hundred-million dollar supercomputers. It is the story of a determined entrepreneur who defied Wall Street to push his radical vision for computing, in the process becoming one of the wealthiest men alive. It is the story of a revolution in computer architecture, and the small group of renegade engineers who made it happen. And it's the story of our awesome and terrifying AI future, which Huang has billed as the "next industrial revolution," as a new kind of microchip unlocks hyper-realistic avatars, autonomous robots, self-driving cars, and new movies, art, and books, generated on command"--
Subjects: Artificial intelligence; NVIDIA Corporation.; Huang, Jensen, 1963-; Integrated circuits.;
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Travel behavior. by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.),sponsor.(CARDINAL)335317; National Research Council (U.S.).Transportation Research Board,issuing body.(CARDINAL)141287; National Research Council (U.S.).Transportation Research Board.Planning and Environment Group, Travel Analysis Methods Section,compiler.; National Research Council (U.S.).Transportation Research Board.Standing Committee on Effects of Information and Communication Technologies on Travel Choices,originatoranizer.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Travel time (Traffic engineering); Transportation; Transportation; Trip generation; Automobile travel; Choice of transportation; Route choice;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mastering online genealogy / by Quillen, W. Daniel,author.(CARDINAL)303356;
The best introduction to using the Internet to search for your ancestors! Quillen's Essentials of Genealogy series examines one topic per book so you can really go in-depth in the search for your ancestors. Mastering Online Genealogy covers the use of computers and the Internet to successfully do your own genealogical research. The book includes information on: genealogy databases; what they are, where they are, and how to use them; free genealogy websites: who they are, strengths and weaknesses; subscription services: who they are, what they cost; pitfalls to watch out for, pratfalls to avoid the value of message boards, blogs, etc.; and what kind of computer and software to buy. The author also includes genealogy software reviews and a glossary of terms. Quillen's books have been praised by Family Chronicle magazine, Genealogy Today, BellaOnline, and many others.
Subjects: Family histories.; Handbooks and manuals.; Genealogy.; Genealogy;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The rise and fall of the Christian myth : restoring our democratic ideals / by Mack, Burton L.,author.(CARDINAL)349438;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The big picture -- Theory -- The Christian myth -- Social interests -- Social issues -- Cultural analytics -- Three mono myths -- Imagining the future.A preeminent scholar explores the evolution of the Christian worldview and argues that it no longer offers a satisfactory vision for our democratic, multicultural society. This book is the culmination of a lifelong scholarly inquiry into Christian history, religion as a social institution, and the role of myth in the history of religions. Mack shows that religions are essentially mythological and that Christianity in particular has been an ever-changing mythological engine of social formation, from Roman times to its distinct American expression in our time. The author traces the cultural influence of the Christian myth that has persisted for sixteen hundred years but now should be much less consequential in our social and cultural life, since it runs counter to our democratic ideals. We stand at a critical impasse: badly splintered by conflicting groups pursuing their own social interests, a binding common myth needs to be established by renewing a truly cohesive national and international story rooted in our democratic and egalitarian origins, committed to freedom, equality, and vital human values. -- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Christianity and culture.; Religion;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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