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The construction industry makes a significant contribution to the global economy. Effective management of construction projects is essential to ensuring timely completion that meets quality standards within a project's prescribed scope and budget. Furthermore, assuring sustainability is crucial to reducing the impact of construction...

The construction industry makes a significant contribution to the global economy. Effective management of construction projects is essential to ensuring timely completion that meets quality standards within a project's prescribed scope and budget. Furthermore, assuring sustainability is crucial to reducing the impact of construction...

For decades, Applied Metaheuristic Computing (AMC) has been a prevailing optimization technique for tackling perplexing engineering and business problems, such as scheduling, routing, ordering, bin packing, assignment, facility layout planning, among others. This is partly because the classic exact methods are constrained with prior...

This Special Issue is a collection of high-quality reviews and original papers from editorial board members, guest editors, and leading researchers discussing new knowledge or new cutting-edge developments in the field of engineering.Author: Antonio Gil BravoISBN-10: 3036548009ISBN-13: 9783036548005Publisher: Mdpi AGLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/02/2022Pages: 236Format: HardcoverWeight:...

The pandemic period has caused severe socio-economic damage, but it is accompanied by environmental deterioration that can also affect economic opportunities and social equity. In the face of this double risk, future generations are ready to be resilient and make their contribution not only...

This book collects important contributions on smart cities. This book was created in collaboration with the ICSC-CITIES2020, held in San José (Costa Rica) in 2020. This book collects articles on: energetic efficiency and sustainability; infrastructures, energy and the environment; mobility and IoT; governance and...

There are 12 papers published with 8 research articles, 3 review articles and 1 perspective. The topics cover: Biomedical microfluidics Lab-on-a-chip Miniaturized systems for chemistry and life science (MicroTAS) Biosensor development and characteristics Imaging and other detection technologies Imaging and signal processing Point-of-care testing...

The penetration of distributed generation, energy storages and smart loads has resulted in the emergence of prosumers: entities capable of adjusting their electricity production and consumption in order to meet environmental goals and to participate profitably in the available electricity markets. Significant untapped potential...

This book was proposed and organized as a means to present recent developments in the field of testing of materials and elements in civil engineering. For this reason, the articles highlighted in this editorial relate to different aspects of testing of different materials and...

The demand for computational fluid dynamics (CFD)-based numerical techniques is increasing rapidly with the development of the computing power system. These advanced CFD techniques are applicable to various issues in the industrial engineering fields and especially contribute to the design of fluid machinery and...

The preservation of freshness of fruits and vegetables until their consumption is the aim of many research activities. The quality losses of fresh fruit and vegetables during cold chain are frequently attributable to an inappropriate use of postharvest technologies. Moreover, especially when fresh produce...

Ce livre présente une méthodologie en trois phases pour le diagnostic efficace des digues "secs". Il est précieux pour toute personne impliquée dans la sécurité de la digue; notamment les propriétaires, les gestionnaires, les ingénieurs et les entrepreneurs, et fournit toutes les informations nécessaires...

Research in Interactive Design Vol. 2 provides an overview of a wide range of original research and engineering activities related to high-realistic multi-sensorial virtual prototyping dedicated to the improvement of industrial innovation. It is time for usual design and manufacturing support systems to change....

The majority of waste rubber, mainly coming from industrial rubber scraps and from the end-of-life tires, is discarded, causing diseases and environmental contamination. In fact, the stacking of rubber scraps promotes the growth of mosquitoes and rodents, and it can also produce spontaneous heating...

Introduction to Biofuels: Provide a comprehensive overview of biofuels, including definitions, types (such as bioethanol, biodiesel, and biogas), and their role in sustainable energy systems. Discuss the advantages and challenges of biofuels compared to conventional fossil fuels.Feedstock Selection and Processing: Explore the various feedstocks...

Introduction to Biofuels: Provide a comprehensive overview of biofuels, including definitions, types (such as bioethanol, biodiesel, and biogas), and their role in sustainable energy systems. Discuss the advantages and challenges of biofuels compared to conventional fossil fuels.Feedstock Selection and Processing: Explore the various feedstocks...

In a complex and changing world, current scientific approaches to problem solving have drastically evolved to include complexity models and emerging systems. Breaking problems into the smallest component and examining its position inside a system allows for a more regulated and measured technique in...

Fifteen years in the making, this meticulously researched book, provides startling ultra-technology challenges to real contenders. With full color illustrations and lively discussion, it gives specific Headstarts for achieving such advanced technology as Huge Transparent Domes, Three-Dimensional Software, the Magnetic Cell, Super-Medicine, Re-Growing Arms...

So, what we have here is a Manual of Laboratory Experiments. To know, understand, apply and control a phenomenon, which is the object of engineering, you have to measure it, assess the quantities involved and record the effects observed in facts and figures, so...

Mathieu functions are employed in solving a variety of problems in mathematic (al?) physics. In many cases the configuration involves elliptical coordinates. Of course, the circular geometry is the degenerate case of the elliptical cross section. This volume contains values for, and curves of...

As poets continue to use digital media technology, functionalities of computing extend aesthetic possibilities in documents focusing attention on crafting verbal content. Utility of these machines and tools enables multiple types of compounded articulation (combinations of verbal, visual, animated, and interactive elements). Building larger...

This book discusses the process of investigating and analyzing electronic equipment, detecting devices, wireless signals, and the prosecution and prevention of high tech crime. The coauthors are from private industry and academia and really provide a wide variety of perspectives on the detection of...

Dr. J. E. Oldfield, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon: "This is a very comprehensive book on fur animal nutrition and one which I am sure will become a 'Bible' for the industry...a landmark publication on the area of fur animal nutrition."Author: William L. Leoschke...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The objective of this book is to present the problems and possibilities of transferring technology from the developed countries to the developing countries to raise their standard of living. It develops the conceptual issues, legal ramifications, empirical testing of mathematical models and case studies...

East-West trade and technology transfer have always been linked to the issue of "national security". The author identifies many different Western doctrines on East-West trade, demonstrating that two basic belief systems underly these doctrines.Author: Peter Van HamISBN-10: 1349126128ISBN-13: 9781349126125Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1992Pages: 276Format:...

Author: Erik Baark,Uno SvedinISBN-10: 1349090891ISBN-13: 9781349090891Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1988Pages: 150Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.39d

Author: Wouter Van Ginneken,Christopher BaronISBN-10: 1349068268ISBN-13: 9781349068265Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1984Pages: 260Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.78lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.62d

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...

This book adopts an explicitly postmodernist perspective of the digital revolution. While exploring issues relating to the re-creation of social life in the digital world, its main focus is on the political economy and in particular the extent to which the paradigms of capitalism...

This book is a first of its kind ever written in this part of the country because hardly has it been practiced. It is not only a source of education but helps in creating an informed decision or opinion on building an affordable house...

Orders of Battle for the world's armies, from Abkhazia to Zimbabwe. The material comes from Orbat.info's global intelligence network, and is being made available to the pubic for the first time.Author: Richard B. Borenstein,Ravi Rikhye,Larry J. SmithISBN-10: 0972029664ISBN-13: 9780972029667Publisher: General Data LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/09/2004Pages:...

As you read this, your computer is in jeopardy of being hacked and your identity being stolen. Read this book to protect yourselves from this threat. The world's foremost cyber security experts, from Ruby Lee, Ph.D., the Forrest G. Hamrick professor of engineering and...

Can insurance be used as a means to obtain compliance with environmental policy? Answering this question requires examination of a broad mosaic of academic issues, including current systems available for providing compensation and deterrence, use of contracts (including insurance) as substitutes for tort law,...

Polynomial extremal problems (PEP) constitute one of the most important subclasses of nonlinear programming models. Their distinctive feature is that an objective function and constraints can be expressed by polynomial functions in one or several variables. Let: e = {: e 1, ...: en}...

This proceedings contains papers and extended abstracts from the 2019 Hypervelocity Impact Symposium (HVIS 2019) held in Destin, Florida on April 16-20, 2019. This was the fifteenth symposium since the re-initiation of symposia related to hypervelocity impact in 1986. The proceedings for the previous...

The initial idea for this series was conceived as an additional activity of the ASME's Computers& Information in Engineering (CIE) Division to promote the interests of the division and increaseits outreach. Members of the executive committee of the CIE Division discussed the preparation ofthis...

WRITINGS II: Communicating by Electromagnetic Waves to 7G / Preventing Maladies / Quantum Physics Concepts is a blend of synthesis, analysis and originality covering theory and practice topics from science and engineering and placing them in the history of related events with helpful additions...

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...

Good or bad? New or old? The rich connotations of the word 'biotechnology' reflect a history that stretches back more than seventy years. To some, the concept describes the evolving crafts of industrial production using micro-organisms. To others, biotechnology is a product of the...

Jonathan Marshall makes a provocative statement: it was not ideological or national security considerations that led the United States into war with Japan in 1941. Instead, he argues, it was a struggle for access to Southeast Asia's vast storehouse of commodities--rubber, oil, and tin--that...

Intelligent systems are required to enhance the capacities being made available to us by the internet and other computer based technologies. The theory necessary to help providing solutions to difficult problems in the construction of intelligent systems are discussed. In particular, attention is paid...

Analyzes the theoretical questions related to electron and photon interactions at high energies.Author: Richard P. FeynmanISBN-10: 0367091208ISBN-13: 9780367091200Publisher: CRC PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/13/2019Pages: 300Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.25lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

Being in the business of generation and dissemination of knowledge, R&D organizations have to attain a balance between revenue generation and creation of knowledge advantage for clients. Based on a global study, this book argues that R&D organizations must not become market driven but...

This is a collection of papers on industrial policy - the role of governments in promoting industrial development - and the particular significance of technology development. Two essays deal with the general debate on industrial policy and the nature of technology development; two are...

The book uses interview and survey information from 300 of the world's leading industrial enterprises to provide an in-depth investigation of the issues relating to the internationalisation of R & D by multinational enterprises. The viewpoints of central coordinating R & D units and...