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  • Hydroclimatic Extremes in the Middle East and North Africa

    Assessment, Attribution and Socioeconomic Impacts
    • 1 Edición
    • Ahmed Mohammed Hussain El Kenawy + 3 más
    • Inglés
    Hydroclimatic Extremes in the Middle East and North Africa: Assessment, Attribution and Socioeconomic Impacts focuses on assessing the current situation of hydroclimatic extremes in the MENA region, with particular emphasis on dry and wet extreme events. The results of the rapidly changing atmospheric and oceanic situations of these extremes will be addressed, presenting examples for the environmental, socioeconomic, and cultural impacts of these events in the region and evaluating the current ability to monitor and adapt to such events, as well as exploring the potential use of advanced geospatial techniques in improving current understanding of these extreme events.The book utilizes a multidisciplinary approach with various state-of-the-art methods, approaches, and analytical techniques in environmental, meteorological, and hydrological sciences, providing case studies from the Middle East and North Africa. It will provide a solid basis for scientists to assess the validation of several research methods in the region and may be applicable to other regions as climate change continues to cause increasing aridity worldwide. The case studies presented will reflect the multifaceted character of hydrometeorological extremes in the region, with representative examples for the environmental, socioeconomic, and cultural impacts of climate change. Therefore, this book is a valuable source for climatologists, meteorologists, hydrologists, geographers, and water resources scientists.

  • TinyML for Edge Intelligence in IoT and LPWAN Networks

    • 1 Edición
    • Bharat S Chaudhari + 3 más
    • Inglés
    TinyML for Edge Intelligence in IoT and LPWAN Networks presents the evolution, developments, and advances in TinyML as applied to the Internet of Things (IoT) and low-power wide area networks (LPWANs). It starts by providing the foundations of IoT/LPWANs, low-power embedded systems and hardware, the role of AI and machine learning in communication networks in general, and cloud/edge intelligence. It then presents the concepts, methods, algorithms, and tools of TinyML. Practical applications of TinyML are given from the healthcare and industrial sectors, providing practical guidance on the design of applications and the selection of appropriate technologies.

  • Photochemistry and Photophysics of Earth-Abundant Transition Metal Complexes

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 83
    • Inglés
    Photochemistry and Photophysics of Earth-Abundant Transition Metal Complexes, Volume 83 in the Advances in Inorganic Chemistry series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as Radioluminescence of Copper(I) Clusters, Photophysics and Photochemistry of Chromium(III) Complexes (Molecular Rubies), Chromic behaviors of luminescent copper(I) complexes, Long-lived photoluminescence in group 4 metal complexes enabled by ligand-to-metal charge transfer, Photoactive MOFs for CO2 Activation utilizing Earth Abundant Metals, and more.Other sections cover Earth Abundant Metal Complexes for Optoelectronic Applications, Photoactive metal to ligand charge transfer excited states in 3d6 and 3d8 complexes, Ligand-to-metal charge-transfer excited states in d0 transition-metal complexes: Investigations into the photochemistry and photophysics of emissive titanocenes, Ultrafast dynamics in photoactive copper complexes from optical and Xray methods, and Photophysical properties of Ni(II) complexes and some copper(I) and zinc(II) complexes.

  • Solar Thermal Systems and Applications

    New Design Techniques for Improved Thermal Performance
    • 1 Edición
    • Mohsen Sheikholeslami
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    Solar Thermal Systems and Applications: New Design Techniques for Improved Thermal Performance brings together the latest advances for the improved performance, efficiency, and integration of solar thermal energy (STE) technology.This book begins by introducing solar energy and solar thermal energy as a viable option in terms of green energy for industrial, commercial, and residential applications, as well as its role and potential within hybrid energy systems. This is followed by detailed chapters that focus on key innovations in solar thermal energy systems, covering novel approaches and techniques in areas such as flat plate solar collectors, modified evacuated tube solar collectors, solar parabolic trough collectors, linear Fresnel reflectors, photovoltaic thermal systems (PVT), phase change materials (PCMs), nanotechnology, combined PVT-PCM systems, solar thermal systems and Trombe wall design, solar still units, and solar dish systems. Throughout this book, the coverage is supported by experimental and numerical modeling methods, and techniques are discussed and assessed with a view to improved electrical and thermal efficiency and performance.Solar Thermal Systems and Applications is a valuable resource for researchers and advanced students in solar energy, thermal engineering, hybrid energy systems, renewable energy, mechanical engineering, nanotechnology, and materials science. This is also of interest to engineers, R&D professionals, scientists, and policy makers with an interest in solar thermal energy in an industrial, residential, or commercial setting.

  • Waste-Based Zeolite

    Synthesis and Environmental Applications
    • 1 Edición
    • Mihir Kumar Purkait + 3 más
    • Inglés
    Waste-Based Zeolite: Synthesis and Environmental Applications focuses on the use of waste-based materials to fabricate zeolite and its subsequent use in environmental applications. It presents recent progress in zeolite synthesis using wastes products such as fly ash, steel slag, biomass waste, water treatment plant sludge, and municipal waste, among others. It discusses the application of waste-based zeolite for environmental applications such as biodiesel production, as well as considering techniques for recovering spent zeolite. Many industries produce substantial quantities of waste material comprising various hazardous constituents that lead to pollution and threaten the environment.However, such waste can often be a rich source of precursor ingredients for zeolite synthesis, and waste-based zeolites could potentially provide an economically and environmentally viable alternative to commercially available zeolites. This book illuminates this fascinating avenue of research.

  • Intelligent Fractal-Based Image Analysis

    Applications in Pattern Recognition and Machine Vision
    • 1 Edición
    • Soumya Ranjan Nayak + 3 más
    • Inglés
    Intelligent Fractal-Based Image Analysis: Application in Pattern Recognition and Machine Vision provides insights into the current strengths and weaknesses of different applications as well as research findings on fractal graphics in engineering and science applications. The book aims to improve the exchange of ideas and coherence between various core computing methods and highlights the relevance of related application areas for advanced as well as novice-user application. The book presents core concepts, methodological aspects, and advanced feature opportunities, focusing on major, real-time applications in engineering and health science. It will appeal to researchers, data scientists, industry professionals, and graduate students.Fractals are infinite, complex patterns used in modeling physical and dynamic systems. Fractal theory research has increased across different fields of applications including engineering science, health science, and social science. Recent literature shows the vital role fractals play in digital image analysis, specifically in biomedical image processing. Fractal graphics is an interdisciplinary field that deals with how computers can be used to gain high-level understanding from digital images. Integrating artificial intelligence with fractal characteristics has resulted in new interdisciplinary research in the fields of pattern recognition and image processing analysis.

  • Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 144
    • Inglés
    Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry, Volume 144 highlights new advances in the field, with this volume presenting chapters on Metal free C-H functionalization of aromatic and non-aromatic heterocyclic systems, Divergent Total Synthesis of Indolizidine-, Quinolizidine-, and Decahydroquinoline-t... Poison-frog Alkaloids, A perspective on the synthetic potential of bio-based building blocks for heterocyclic chemistry, Recent advances in the synthesis of 3,3-disubstituted oxetanes, and Pyrrole-based chemosensors: Recent trends.

  • Geology and Landscape Evolution

    General Principles Applied to the United States
    • 3 Edición
    • Joseph A. DiPietro
    • Inglés
    Geology and Landscape Evolution: General Principles Applied to the United States, Third Edition is an accessible text that balances interdisciplinary theory and applications within the physical geography, geology, geomorphology and climatology of the United States. The vast diversity of terrain and landscape across the United States makes this an ideal tool for geoscientists worldwide who research the country’s geological and landscape evolution. The book provides an explanation of how landscape forms and how it evolves. This edition is fully updated with 3 additional sections: Geologic and Tectonic Processes and Provinces; Surface Processes and Provinces; and Compressional Mountain Systems.Rather than limiting the coverage specifically to tectonics or to the origin and evolution of rocks with little regard for the actual landscape beyond general desert, river, and glacial features, this book concentrates specifically on the origin of the landscape itself, with specific and exhaustive references and examples from across the United States. The book goes on to apply those concepts to specific examples throughout the United States, making it a valuable resource for understanding theoretical geological concepts through a practical lens.

  • Intelligent Algorithms

    Theory and Practice
    • 1 Edición
    • Han Huang + 1 más
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    Intelligent Algorithms: Theory and Practice discusses the latest achievements of the computation time analysis theory and practical applications of intelligent algorithms. In five chapters, the book covers (1) New methods of intelligent algorithm computation time analysis; (2)Application of intelligent algorithms in computer vision; (3) Application of intelligent algorithms in logistics scheduling; (4) Application of intelligent algorithms in software testing; and (5) Application of intelligent algorithm in multi-objective optimization.The content of each chapter is supported by papers published in top journals. The book's authors introduce the work of each part, which mainly includes a brief introduction (mainly for readers to understand) and academic discussion (rigorous theoretical and experimental support), in a vivid and interesting way through excellent pictures and literary compositions. To help readers learn and make progress together, each part of this book provides relevant literature, code, experimental data, and so on.

  • Treatment and Utilization of Combustion and Incineration Residues

    • 1 Edición
    • Lei Wang + 2 más
    • Inglés
    Treatment and Utilization of Combustion and Incineration Residues introduces state-of-art strategies for combustion and incineration solid residue management and utilization. The book also reviews current technologies for pollutant removal and control of combustion and incineration residues. Recycling ashes and slags in sustainable construction materials are also evaluated on environmental impacts and engineering values, and the use of different ashes and slags in cement clinker production is classified based on the sources and properties of the residues. In addition, the recovery of valuable metals and inorganic elements is also discussed.Finally, the book examines the latest understanding of reaction mechanisms of various treatment technologies, the future design of treatment technologies, and the actualization of sustainable management for combustion/incinerat... residues.

  • Advances in Bioenergy

    Conversion of waste and biomass to fuels and polymers
    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 9
    • Inglés
    Advances in Bioenergy: Conversion of waste and biomass to fuels and polymers, Volume Nine highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of topics, including Rethinking Anaerobic Digestion for Bioenergy and Biopolymers Production: Challenges and Opportunities, Current technologies and applications of CO2 utilization into bio-products, Synthesis of Polyhydroxyalkanoate... (PHA) from renewable resources, Thermochemical processing of algal biomass for biofuel production, Sustainable polycarbonate production from CO2, Social and Environmental Impact Assessment and Renewable Energy Production in MSW Landfills, Advances in water gas shift reaction for hydrogen production from biomass, and Production and application of lignin-based carbon fibers.

  • Control and Game Theoretic Methods for Cyber-Physical Security

    • 1 Edición
    • Aris Kanellopoulos + 3 más
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    Control-Theoretic Methods for Cyber-Physical Security presents novel results on security and defense methodologies applied to cyber-physical systems. This book takes a control and game theory perspective, treating autonomous platforms as dynamic systems. It introduces algorithmic frameworks designed to proactively and reactively safeguard these systems against catastrophic failures. The algorithms showcased encompass a wide spectrum of security techniques, from model-free detection mechanisms to unpredictability-bas... defense strategies, combining both model-based and data-driven approaches.

  • The Alkaloids

    Chemistry and Biology
    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 91
    • Inglés
    The Alkaloids: Chemistry and Biology, Volume 91, the newest release in a series that has covered the topic for more than 60 years, discusses key aspects of alkaloid chemistry, biology and pharmacology. Sections in this release include chapters on Recent Progress in the Chemistry of Naphthylisoquinoline Alkaloids.

  • Nanofluid Boiling

    • 1 Edición
    • Ali Sadaghiani + 3 más
    • Inglés
    Nanofluid Boiling presents valuable insights into boiling heat transfer mechanisms, offering state-of-the-art techniques for overcoming obstacles against nanofluid applications. In addition, the book points out emerging industrial applications and guides researchers and engineers in their research and design efforts. In addition, recommendations on future research directions and the design of systems involving nanofluids are presented at the end of each chapter. The book's authors comprehensively cover mechanisms, parametric effects and enhancement techniques in the boiling of nanofluids, providing updated, detailed information about recent developments and findings.

  • Comprehensive Materials Processing

    • 2 Edición
    • M.S.J. Hashmi
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    Comprehensive Materials Processing, Second Edition, 13 Volume Set consolidates and enhances the most up-to-date literature of the materials processing and manufacturing universe. The book provides authoritative analysis of all processes, technologies, and techniques for converting industrial materials from a raw state into finished parts or products. Coverage encompasses solidification, powder, deposition, and deformation processing. Additional discussion includes plant and tool design, analysis and characterization of processing techniques, high-temperatures studies, and the influence of process scale on component characteristics and behavior.Building and expanding on the previous edition, it includes recent developments and advances in the field, such as updated processing technologies, costs and characterizations. This new edition will also explore sustainability and environmental impact of materials processing in greater detail. This book will serve as a valuable, one-stop resource to students, academics, and researchers in the fields of engineering and materials science, as well as those in adjacent fields. Industry professionals will also benefit from this comprehensive resource.

  • Nanomaterials in Environmental Analysis

    • 1 Edición
    • Suresh Kumar Kailasa + 2 más
    • Inglés
    In todays’ world with its widespread usage of personal-care products, pharmaceuticals, surfactants, flame retardants, plasticizers, various industrial additives, metals and metalloids, pesticides, and pesticide metabolites, environmental contaminants are an increasing source of pollution with a severe effect on the ecological system. Industries that produce these contaminants must find answers to remediate this.Nanomaterials in Environmental Analysis contributes to solving this problem by providing researchers in industry and academia with promising applications of nanoparticles in detection techniques and in removal of chemical species from the environment. Each chapter covers an aspect of using nanoparticles in detecting, measuring and remediating toxic chemical species in the environment.

  • Interstellar Travel

    Propulsion, Life Support, Communications, and the Long Journey
    • 1 Edición
    • Les Johnson + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Interstellar Travel: Propulsion, Life Support, Communications, and the Long Journey addresses the technical challenges that must be overcome to make such journeys possible. Leading experts in the fields of space propulsion, power, communication, navigation, crew selection, safety and health provide detailed information about state-of-the-art technologies and approaches for each challenge, along with possible methods based on real science and engineering. This book offers in-depth, up-to-date and realistic technical and scientific considerations in the pursuit of interstellar travel and will be an essential reference for scientists, engineers, researchers and academics working on, or interested in, space development and space technologies. With a renewed interest in space exploration and development evidenced by the rise of the commercial space sector and various governments now planning to send humans back to the moon and to Mars, there is also growing interest in taking the next steps beyond the solar system and to the ultimate destination – planets circling other stars. With the rapid growth in the number of known exoplanets, people are now asking how we might make journeys to visit them.

  • API Design for C++

    • 2 Edición
    • Martin Reddy
    • Inglés
    API Design for C++, Second Edition provides a comprehensive discussion of Application Programming Interface (API) development, from initial design through implementation, testing, documentation, release, versioning, maintenance, and deprecation. It is the only book that teaches the strategies of C++ API development, including interface design, versioning, scripting, and plug-in extensibility. Drawing from the author's experience on large scale, collaborative software projects, the text offers practical techniques of API design that produce robust code for the long-term. It presents patterns and practices that provide real value to individual developers as well as organizations.The Second Edition includes all new material fully updated for the latest versions of C++, including a new chapter on concurrency and multithreading, as well as a new chapter discussing how Objective C++ and C++ code can co-exist and how a C++ API can be accessed from Swift programs. In addition, it explores often overlooked issues, both technical and non-technical, contributing to successful design decisions that produce high quality, robust, and long-lived APIs. It focuses on various API styles and patterns that will allow you to produce elegant and durable libraries. A discussion on testing strategies concentrates on automated API testing techniques rather than attempting to include end-user application testing techniques such as GUI testing, system testing, or manual testing.

  • Electric Vehicle Tribology

    Challenges and Opportunities for a Sustainable Transportation Future
    • 1 Edición
    • Leonardo Israel Farfan Cabrera + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Electric Vehicle Tribology: Challenges and Opportunities for a Sustainable Transportation Future provides practical, comprehensive guidance on a new and increasingly important area of tribology. Building skills from fundamentals to solution design, this book demonstrates the unique tribological techniques essential to the efficient electrification of transport systems. Led by Professors with a combined three decades in industry and academia, and collecting insights from experts around the world, this book begins with the essential knowledge regarding both Electric Vehicles and tribology.After outlining the unique tribological needs of EVs, the book then breaks down the components and hardware required. It provides detailed protocols and methods for the testing and improvement of lubricants and materials, as well as a dedicated section on modern lubrication specific to EVs. Throughout, it considers the critical question of sustainable tribology, and the long-term sustainable options for lubrication and materials for electric vehicles.

  • Computational Intelligence Techniques for Sustainable Supply Chain Management

    • 1 Edición
    • Sanjoy Kumar Paul + 1 más
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    Computational Intelligence Techniques for Sustainable Supply Chain Management presents state-of-the-art computational intelligence techniques and applications for supply chain sustainability issues and logistic problems, filling the gap between general textbooks on sustainable supply chain management and more specialized literature dealing with methods for computational intelligence techniques. This book focuses on addressing problems in advanced topics in the sustainable supply chain and will appeal to practitioners, managers, researchers, students, and professionals interested in sustainable logistics, procurement, manufacturing, inventory and production management, scheduling, transportation, and supply chain network design.

  • Custom Power Devices for Efficient Distributed Energy Systems

    • 1 Edición
    • Ahmed Al-Durra + 2 más
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    Custom Power Devices for Efficient Distributed Energy Systems presents a range of novel ideas and concepts based on renewable energy-fed power generation and control, offering avenues to efficient utilization and improved power quality and addressing power quality issues such as harmonics compensation, supply current balancing, and neutral current compensation. The book begins by introducing distributed power systems within the global renewable energy context, reviewing different types of renewable energy sources and distributed power generation systems, and detailing custom power device design and modeling.This is followed by individual chapters, providing in-depth coverage of specific techniques and applications with insights into various topologies, as well as control algorithms, used for power control in a range of distributed energy conversion systems, such as solar, wind, hydro, and other power sources. Finally, power quality issues in renewable energy distributed generation are discussed and addressed in detail. This is a valuable resource for researchers, faculty, and advanced students with an interest in power generation systems, renewable energy, and power systems engineering, as well as practicing engineers, R&D professionals, managers, and other industry personnel in the renewable energy sector.

  • Wave Optics in Infrared Spectroscopy

    Theory, Simulation, and Modeling
    • 1 Edición
    • Thomas G. Mayerhöfer
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    Wave Optics in Infrared Spectroscopy starts where conventional books about infrared spectroscopy end. Whereas the latter are based on the Bouguer-Beer-Lambert law, the cornerstones of this book are wave optics and dispersion theory.This gap between both levels of theory is bridged to allow a seamless transition from one to the other. Based on these foundations, the reader is able to choose which level of theory is adequate for the particular problem at hand. Advanced topics like 2D correlation analysis, chemometrics and strong coupling are introduced and viewed from a wave optics perspective. Spectral mixing rules are also considered to better understand spectra of heterogeneous samples. Finally, optical anisotropy is examined to allow a better understanding of spectral features due to orientation and orientational averaging. This discussion is based on a 4 x 4 matrix formalism, which is used not only to simulate and analyze complex materials, but also to understand vibrational circular dichroism from a (semi-) classical point of view.Wave Optics in Infrared Spectroscopy is written as a tool to reunite the fragmented field of infrared spectroscopy. It will appeal to chemists, physicists, and chemical/optical engineers.

  • Artificial Intelligence-Empowered Modern Electric Vehicles in Smart Grid Systems

    Fundamentals, Technologies, and Solutions
    • 1 Edición
    • Aparna Kumari + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Artificial Intelligence-Empower... Modern Electric Vehicles in Smart Grid Systems: Fundamentals, Technologies, and Solutions is an essential reference for energy researchers, graduate students, and engineers who aim to understand the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence for the integration of electric vehicles into smart grids. The book covers foundational knowledge, including the essentials of artificial intelligence and its applications for electric vehicles in a clear and holistic manner. Next, it breaks down two essential areas of application in more detail: energy management (from to energy harvesting to demand response and complex forecasting), and market strategies (including peer-to-peer, vehicle-to-vehicle, and vehicle-to-everythin... trading, plus cybersecurity implications).A final part provides detailed case studies and close consideration of challenges, including code and data sets for replication of techniques. Providing a clear pathway from fundamentals to practical implementation, this book provides multidisciplinary guidance for implementing this cutting-edge technology in the energy systems of the future.

  • Advances in Organometallic Chemistry

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 81
    • Inglés
    Advances in Organometallic Chemistry, Volume 81 in this ongoing series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors. Specific chapters cover Recent Advances in the Catalytic Applications of NHC-Early Abundant Metals (Fe, Mn, Co) Complexes, A Guide to Non-Carbonyl, Non-Isocyano Organometallic Chemistry of Technetium-99 from Discovery to 2023, and Cyclopentadienyl, Amidinate (CPAM) Complexes of Groups 4 - 6 Transition Metals.

  • Emerging Innovative Trends in the Application of Biological Processes for Industrial Wastewater Treatment

    • 1 Edición
    • Maulin P. Shah
    • Inglés
    Emerging Innovative Trends in the Application of Biological Processes for Industrial Wastewater Treatment discusses new and emerging innovative trends in the application of biological processes in industrial wastewater treatment. The book also includes the fate of chemicals produced after the treatment process both at the laboratory scale and at the industrial scale, explores the unique biological aspects of the wastewater treatment process, and highlights the advantages they provide for engineering applications in the industries. Each chapter covers a different biological-based approach and examines the basic principles, practical applications, recent breakthroughs, and associated limitations.In addition, it also provides in-depth knowledge on the biological process for application in wastewater research which presents an array of cutting-edge wastewater treatment research and thereafter its applications in treatment, remediation, sensing, and pollution prevention processes which has a significant impact on maintaining the long-term quality, availability, and viability of water.

  • Modern Assembly Language Programming with the ARM Processor

    • 2 Edición
    • Larry D Pyeatt
    • Inglés
    Modern Assembly Language Programming with the ARM Processor, Second Edition is a tutorial-based book on assembly language programming using the ARM processor. It presents the concepts of assembly language programming in different ways, slowly building from simple examples towards complex programming on bare-metal embedded systems. The ARM processor was chosen as it has fewer instructions and irregular addressing rules to learn than most other architectures, allowing more time to spend on teaching assembly language programming concepts and good programming practice.Careful consideration is given to topics that students struggle to grasp, such as registers vs. memory and the relationship between pointers and addresses, recursion, and non-integral binary mathematics. A whole chapter is dedicated to structured programming principles. Concepts are illustrated and reinforced with many tested and debugged assembly and C source listings. The book also covers advanced topics such as fixed- and floating-point mathematics, optimization, and the ARM VFP and NEONTM extensions.

  • Application of Gellan Gum as a Biomedical Polymer

    • 1 Edición
    • Amit Kumar Nayak + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Application of Gellan Gum as a Biomedical Polymer details key topics and fundamental aspects of gellan gum and its biomedical applications in drug delivery, proteins and peptides delivery, cell delivery, tissue engineering, wound dressings and enzyme immobilizations in developing high quality products. Sections introduce gellan gum, its source, production and gelation mechanism, discuss biomedical materials, and provides ways it can be used for biomedical applications. The book also examines the used of gellan gum as pharmaceutical excipients for drug delivery. Future developments and challenges round out the book’s coverage.With contributions for an international group of experts, this book is a useful reference for scientists, researchers and those in industry engaged in biomedical product development using natural polysaccharides.

  • Design of Deep Braced Excavation in Urban Geotechnical Environments

    • 1 Edición
    • Wengang Zhang + 5 más
    • Inglés
    Design of Deep Braced Excavation in Urban Geotechnical Environments presents the design and calculation of deep braced excavation in urban geotechnical environments, considering the soil characteristics of spatial variability and anisotropy, as well as excavation responses of urban adjacent utilities such as pipelines, tunnels, foundation piles, and buildings. The text begins with coverage of overall stability, earth pressure and strut force, retaining wall responses, and ground movements. Numerical modeling and computer codes are also outlined in detail. Final chapters conclude with an examination of the determination of excavation responses of urban adjacent utilities and failure analysis based on several case histories.This book will be ideal for those that need the latest knowledge in both theory and practical application for deep excavation problems.

  • Biophotonics and Biosensing

    From Fundamental Research to Clinical Trials Through Advances of Signal and Image Processing
    • 1 Edición
    • Andrea Armani + 2 más
    • Inglés
    Biophotonics and Biosensing brings together the knowledge of the basic principles of the field of light–biological tissue interaction, detection methods, data processing techniques, and research, diagnostic, and clinical applications. It is suitable for new entrants to the field, while also highlighting the latest developments for experts. This volume includes perspectives by leading experts from the biophotonics and biosensing, biomedical engineering, and data science communities.The book provides a basic grounding in the key theoretical principles and practical components of biophotonics and biosensing. Working principles of devices used in spectroscopy, microscopy, and optical sensing are presented, along with their application domains. The reader will learn about existing microscopy-based techniques used in biomedical applications for diagnosis and get to know different signal- and image-processing algorithms, including the state of the art in artificial intelligence approaches, as used in biophotonics. Finally, the book describes through concrete examples, including sample preparation and measurement approaches, how the field has developed, thanks to the integration of biophotonics and optical biosensing with advanced signal and image-processing.

  • GaN Transistor Modeling for RF and Power Electronics

    Using The ASM-HEMT Model
    • 1 Edición
    • Yogesh Singh Chauhan + 2 más
    • Inglés
    GaN Transistor Modeling for RF and Power Electronics: Using The ASM-GaN-HEMT Model covers all aspects of characterization and modeling of GaN transistors for both RF and Power electronics applications. Chapters cover an in-depth analysis of the industry standard compact model ASM-HEMT for GaN transistors. The book details the core surface-potential calculations and a variety of real device effects, including trapping, self-heating, field plate effects, and more to replicate realistic device behavior. The authors also include chapters on step-by-step parameter extraction procedures for the ASM-HEMT model and benchmark test results. GaN is the fastest emerging technology for RF circuits as well as power electronics. This technology is going to grow at an exponential rate over the next decade. This book is envisioned to serve as an excellent reference for the emerging GaN technology, especially for circuit designers, materials science specialists, device engineers and academic researchers and students.

  • Engineering Analysis

    Advanced Mathematical Methods for Engineers
    • 1 Edición
    • Zhihe Jin
    • Inglés
    Engineering Analysis: Advanced Mathematical Methods for Engineers introduces graduate engineering students to the fundamental but advanced mathematics tools used in engineering application, especially in mechanical, aerospace, and civil engineering. Most engineering problems are described by differential equations, particularly partial differential equations (PDEs). Deformation and failure in solid structures, fluid flow, heat transfer, and mass diffusion are all governed by PDEs in general. Many physical quantities in engineering are tensors, including deformation gradient, strain rates, stresses, elastic stiffness, and thermal conductivity of composite materials. This book helps engineering graduate students develop the skills to establish the mathematical models of engineering problems and to solve the problems described by the mathematical models.

  • Cemented Paste Backfill

    Thickening, Transport and Mechanical Properties
    • 1 Edición
    • Yong Wang + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Cemented Paste Backfill: Thickening, Transport and Mechanical Properties covers a wide range of topics, including a new definition of CPB, past participation and flow-induced corrosion of pipeline under the constant temperature condition, multiphysics processes in CPB and the associated consolidation process, the variation of rheological parameters and transport resistance, prediction model for rheological properties, mechanical behavior and properties of CPB and fiber-reinforced CPB, and control technology to reduce the adverse effect of temperature.

  • Fractals and Multifractals in the Geosciences

    • 1 Edición
    • Behnam Sadeghi
    • Inglés
    Fractals and Multifractals in the Geosciences details the application of a wide range of multifractal methods, including many novel ones developed by the author, along with the assessment of uncertainty in sample classification and stability of spatial patterns. This book also provides criteria for selection of the most effective combination of data pre-processing and multifractal modeling to extract desired features or signals in the data. The book specifically aims to introduce, apply, and test novel multifractal models that account directly for changes in relationships between variables, as well as the effects of distance between samples and the source of anomalous metal contents in geoscience samples. Linked to this will be assessment of the effects of different pre-processing of data prior to application of the models and quantification/model uncertainty in geochemical anomaly maps, associated with sample classification and spatial interpolation. Gaussian simulations such as Sequential Gaussian Simulation and Monte Carlo Simulation will be applied to the new multifractal models developed and a suite of existing models, including (simulated) concentration-area, spectrum-area, singularity and other models.Fractals and Multifractals in the Geosciences will be invaluable for mathematical geoscientists, geostatisticians, exploration, applied, urban and environmental geochemists, computational geoscientists, data scientists, and GIS professionals who need to better understand fractal geometry, along with its theory and applications in geochemical anomaly classification to generate maps that are helpful for decision-making for follow-up sampling and explorations.

  • Vegetable Oil-Based Polymers and Their Surface Applications

    • 1 Edición
    • Eram Sharmin + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Vegetable Oil Based Polymers and Their Surface Applications presents detailed coverage of principles, preparation methods and novel surface uses of vegetable oil based polymers. This comprehensive, state-of-the-art book follows the journey of vegetable oils from seeds to surfaces in a range of advanced applications. Opening chapters discuss theory, principles and characterization techniques while other sections present concepts on the preparation of different polymer types based on vegetable oil. The final section of the book provides extensive coverage of applications, enabling the preparation of vegetable oil based polymers for a range of products and industries. This is a valuable resource for researchers, scientists, and advanced students in polymer chemistry, surfaces and coatings, natural polymers, materials chemistry, chemical engineering and plastics engineering. In an industrial setting, this book supports R&D professionals, scientists, and engineers interested in developing innovative biobased materials for a range of applications, including automotive and aerospace, packaging, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, biomedicine and consumer goods.

  • Green Magnetic Nanoparticles (GMNPs)

    Recent Developments in Preparation and Application
    • 1 Edición
    • Ruby Aslam + 2 más
    • Inglés
    Green Magnetic Nanoparticles (GMNPs): Recent Developments in Preparation and Application highlights established research and technology on nanomaterials, nanocomposites, and other alternative materials to be used for different applications, including their rapid move into emerging aspects and future research directions. The book provides academia and industry with a high-tech start-up that will revolutionize the modern developments in synthesis and applications of green magnetic nanoparticles. It evaluates green magnetic nanoparticles as prime options for smart and transformational opportunities.Nanoma... and nanocomposites are the most effective materials to be used in different industrial applications. Green nanotechnology incorporates the principles of green chemistry and green engineering to fabricate innocuous and eco-friendly nanoassemblies to combat problems affecting both human health and the environment.

  • Comprehensive Chirality

    • 2 Edición
    • Janine Cossy
    • Inglés
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    • 1 Edición
    • Maulin P. Shah
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    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 81
    • Atta-Ur Rahman
    • Atta-Ur Rahman
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    • 1 Edición
    • Shufei Li + 2 más
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    Chemistry, Components, Types, and Terminology
    • 2 Edición
    • John T. Warner
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  • Securing Next-Generation Connected Healthcare Systems

    Artificial Intelligence Technologies
    • 1 Edición
    • Deepak Gupta + 1 más
    • Inglés
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    • Cecilio Angulo + 2 más
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  • Application of Artificial Intelligence in Early Detection of Lung Cancer

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  • Enriched Numerical Techniques

    Implementation and Applications
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    • Azher Jameel + 3 más
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  • Nanotechnology-based Sensors for Detection of Environmental Pollution

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  • Introduction to Plasmas and Plasma Dynamics

    With Plasma Physics Applications to Space Propulsion, Magnetic Fusion and Space Physics
    • 2 Edición
    • Hai-Bin Tang + 1 más
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  • Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogels for Ophthalmic Drug Delivery

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    • Dipankar Chattopadhyay + 3 más
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