Technology & Engineering - General

The United States has a long history as a leader of global innovation and of funding pioneering technologies that prove to be of benefit to the nation. The present moment is no exception. In fact, the next decade is likely to see increased involvement...

This reprint focuses on fundamental and applied research on lithium-ion batteries, aiming to present state-of-the-art knowledge and technology. It covers research on new energy materials, modeling, and testing. This reprint delves into emerging areas such as all-solid-state lithium batteries, which offer enhanced safety and...

2024 marks the 150th anniversary of the determinedly independent Lincolnshire brewing firm of Batemans. Nestling beside the Steeping river in the little town of Wainfleet, Batemans' Salem Bridge Brewery is a quintessential English scene - including an ivy-covered old windmill whose image is Batemans'...

Unveil the Hidden Power of AI: Your Essential Guide to Making Artificial Intelligence an Ally in Everyday Life! Picture this: you're navigating a world where artificial intelligence is no longer the stuff of science fiction but a daily reality that influences everything from your...

Porous media play an important role in a wide range of scientific and engineering problems. Therefore, the problems of their application are associated with the solution of multiscale processes that combine the transfer of mass, momentum, and energy.This Special Issue is devoted to the...

Understanding the Role of Manufacturing Engineering in Medical Device DevelopmentManufacturing engineering plays a critical role in the development of medical devices, ensuring that these life-saving technologies are not only safe and effective but also cost-efficient and scalable. This subchapter aims to provide students studying...

Have you been wondering about the big issues dominating the news? Is climate change a massive threat or not? What is really going on with immigration? More importantly, how did American politics become so divided and hostile?Finally, one of America's top engineers has brought...

Materials with sound-absorbing or sound-insulating properties have been rapidly evolving in recent years for several reasons. On one side, there is the ever-increasing awareness of the adverse effects that noise and lack of acoustic comfort may have on human health. On the other, the...

There are many systems which uses RAM as it's primary memory for example spacecraft, our home computer etc. Energy efficient RAM is even more important in outer space exploration as the power source is very limited and the environmental condition is very extreme. Energy...

Indian subcontinent possesses large plant resources of which, only little has been exploited so far. During the last few years, the world has become increasingly aware of the environmental issues. In view of the recent awareness of the carcinogenicity of some synthetic dyes, they...

This is a detailed treatise on vintage motor vehicle chassis design and construction, with chapters on every aspect of the topic from steering and suspension, to the gearbox and transmission. This volume will appeal to those with an interest in antique cars, and it...

Author: Jerzy HolaISBN-10: 303655131XISBN-13: 9783036551319Publisher: Mdpi AGLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/31/2022Pages: 320Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.96lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 1.00d

Has your organization experienced declining success in new product development? Have some products languished in development? Have unforeseen developments severely impacted your budget, timeline, or product specifications? These are typical consequences of the failure to identify or manage product uncertainty and risk. In this...

Pyrometallurgy is considered to be an environmentally friendly technology in processing of primary and secondary raw materials. The continuous development of pyrometallurgical processes to treat more complex raw materials requires direct support from fundamental research. In this reprint, 18 papers focusing on recent investigations...

The software engineering field is vast, with many disciplines and many people with different backgrounds. In this book, I will boil down what it's like to work in the field and how to make the most out of your career. I will discuss my...

This compilation of empirical studies interrogates the global high-speed train of STEM education, particularly as a promise of social, economic, and political enfranchisement for marginalized communities. In this book, scholars of race, education, and learning offer a range of analyses from which to consider...

This reprint showcases a selection of bleeding-edge articles about medical image processing and segmentation workflows based on artificial intelligence algorithms. The proposed papers are applied to multiple and different anatomical districts and clinical scenarios.Author: Paolo ZaffinoISBN-10: 3036585877ISBN-13: 9783036585871Publisher: Mdpi AGLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/28/2023Pages: 358Format: HardcoverWeight:...

"AI Cybersecurity: Defenders of the Digital Realm," readers are plunged into a high-stakes world where the battles are fought in the hidden recesses of the internet. This suspense-filled techno-thriller follows the journey of the OmniTech team, a group of skilled individuals determined to protect...

"Access to Clean Water in Developing Countries: Addressing the Ongoing Crisis" is an insightful and comprehensive book that delves into the critical issue of access to clean and safe drinking water in many parts of the world, with a specific focus on developing countries....

A step-by-step tutorial on how to design and build your own aluminum band saw, hot-rod the one you've got, or design and build anything else with aluminum. Profusely illustrated it teaches a lifetime of tips and tricks, (with shop deawings) on how to work...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

An accessible guide to our digital infrastructure, explaining the basics of operating systems, networks, security, and other topics for the general reader. Most of us feel at home in front of a computer; we own smartphones, tablets, and laptops; we look things up online...

The rapid increase in new power electronic devices and converters for electric transportation and smart grid technologies requires a deep analysis of their component performances, considering all of the different environmental scenarios, overload conditions, and high stress operations. Therefore, evaluation of the reliability and...

Interest in permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSMs) is continuously increasing worldwide, especially with the increased use of renewable energy and the electrification of transports. This book contains the successful submissions of fifteen papers to a Special Issue of Energies on the subject area of...

New graphical methods have been developed for HEN retrofit, release of usable excess heat, and placement of supply tanks in HWWS systems. In addition, the matrix method for HEN retrofit has been developed further. Using the advanced composite curves together with the matrix method...

The decarbonization of the utility grid, market integration, consumer empowerment, and technical innovations will all be are key objectives in international energy policy in the coming decades. Grid integration constraints are limiting the deployment potential of renewable energy sources. Therefore, while renewable energy sources...

Created to elevate expertise in testing, verification, and validation with industry-specific terminology, readers are empowered to navigate the complex world of quality assurance. From foundational concepts to advanced principles, each entry provides clarity and depth, ensuring the reader becomes well-versed in the language of...

CALL FOR A PHASE TRANSITION Only an Economic Social Political Philosophical Religious Mind-Change Can Save Us How could the most clever and brilliant primate ever to evolve on Planet earth be bringing this extinction dilemma upon itself? Do we biologically psychologically neurologically have the...

"Professor Schuurman is one of those rare individuals who are authentically equipped to address the issues of this study. In him the engineer and the philosopher meet. . . . From the outset he regards technology itself as being comprehensible only within the framework...

What is metadata? When do you need to archive digital content? How does electronic publication affect copyrights? How can XML and PDF improve your workflow and your publications? There is a digital dimension to virtually all publishing today. Beyond the obvious electronic media--the music...

Multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO), which transmits multiple data streams via multiple antenna elements, is one of the most attractive technologies in the wireless communication field. Its extension, called 'massive MIMO' or 'large-scale MIMO', in which base station has over one hundred of the antenna elements,...

Rainfall infiltration is an important component of the hydrologic cycle and plays a crucial role in the formation of surface runoff, providing subsurface water that governs the water supply for agriculture, the transport of pollutants through the vadose zone, and the recharge of aquifers....

Low enthalpy geothermal energy has a great potential to reduce the climate impact of building heating and cooling systems. The use of this renewable energy source involves a number of scientific disciplines including energy engineering, heat transfer, geology, hydrogeology, chemistry, and economics. Low enthalpy...

Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) is a well established, high-performance, imaging modality for the diagnosis and management of patients with solid tumors. In the last two decades, the diagnosis, grading and classification of tumours has considerably benefited from the development of DCE-MRI which is now...

Dive into the foundations of intelligent systems, machine learning, and control with this hands-on, project-based introductory textbook. Precise, clear introductions to core topics in fuzzy logic, neural networks, optimization, deep learning, and machine learning, avoid the use of complex mathematical proofs, and are supported...

Jeff bezos is a highly successful man. He is the second richest man in the world, thanks to his highly successful business that you know as amazon.com. Bezos started out in the financial industry and then took a turn and founded amazon.com. Over the...

My Chat with GPT is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Handbook for Cyber Citizens based on a personal conversation I had with ChatGPT about where computer programming and the human environment intersect. I'm a user of Artificial Intelligence (AI) but don't know much about how...

Technology is an ever-changing part of our world today. It may be regarded as a collection of systems designed to perform some function. Technology has spanned the globe, connecting devices and people of all nations. Advancements and developments in technology continue to spread like...

A Comprehensive Overview of the Past, Present, and Future of MoneyBroken Money explores the history of money through the lens of technology. Politics can affect things temporarily and locally, but technology is what drives things forward globally and permanently. The book's goal is for...

Particle methods have proven their versatility and effectiveness in a variety of applications, ranging from the modelling of molecules to the simulation of galaxies. Their power is amplified when they are coupled within a discrete multiphysics framework. Moreover, particle methods also couple extremely well...

The whole technological complex of processes for open cast and underground development and extraction of hard rock resources begins with the difficult and most power consuming and costly process of blastholes drilling using the very expensive, but highly productive modern rock drills. Most important...

Stories of Inventors is a classic collection of great inventor biographies by Russell Doubleday. There are many thrilling incidents--all the more attractive because of their truth--in this inventor biography, the trials, the disappointments, the obstacles overcome, and the final triumph of the successful inventor.Author:...

This book is not intended to be an "Everything you will ever need to know" about Microsoft Windows 7, although in some cases it might be. It is as the name implies a "beginner's guide" to Windows 7. This book is intended to provide...

The fifth edition of 'Mechanics of Ventilation' presents a comprehensive review of basic concepts in ventilation and provides practical examples of their application. Written by a world-renowned researcher in the field of respiratory mechanics, it provides a detailed discussion of lung function, pulmonary mechanics,...

Most practical applications of artificial neural networks are based on a computational model involving the propagation of continuous variables from one processing unit to the next. In recent years, data from neurobiological experiments have made it increasingly clear that biological neural networks, which communicate...

This book asks: what is Bitcoin? Why should we care? Sometimes the biggest challenge an innovative technology faces is a simple understanding by people of its potential. The more advanced and complex our technology becomes, the more difficult it is to explain. This does...

This Special Issue provides an opportunity for researchers in the area of side-channel attacks (SCAs) to highlight the most recent exciting technologies. The research papers published in this Special Issue represent recent progress in the field, including research on power analysis attacks, cache-based timing...

This field manual provides commanders and staffs with general information and technical data concerning chemical and biological agents and other compounds of military interest. It discusses the use; the classification; and the physical, chemical, and physiological properties of these agents and compounds. It also...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...