Materiales en ingeniería

This book is an essential reference to cutting-edge issues and future directions in information retrieval Information retrieval (IR) can be defined as the process of representing, managing, searching, retrieving, and presenting information. Good IR involves understanding information needs and interests, developing an effective search technique, system, presentation, distribution and delivery. The increased use of the Web and wider availability of information in this environment led to the development of Web search engines. This change has brought fresh challenges to a wider variety of...

Section 608 of the Federal Clean Air Act requires that all persons who maintain, service, repair, or dispose of appliances that contain ozone depleting refrigerants be certified in proper refrigerant handling techniques. These regulations were revised in the fall of 2016 to address HFCs, HFOs, revised allowable leak rates, and expanded record keeping guidelines. The ESCO Institute’s EPA Section 608 Certification Program has been revised to incorporate these new regulations.

La utilización de la piedra para la construcción de pavimentos constituye una práctica habitual utilizada por el ser humano desde tiempos históricos. Esta obra, centrada en el granito, constituye una completa guía técnica para conocer las cualidades y la amplia gama de variedades y diseño que ofrece la piedra natural para el diseño y construcción de pavimentos exteriores. También se describen las principales lesiones y tipos de reparaciones de los pavimentos exteriores y se facilitan las indicaciones para su óptimo mantenimiento, limpieza y conservación.