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"The Age of Invention," written by Holland Thompson, is a fascinating look at the revolutionary age of creativity that molded the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The book digs into the astonishing technological achievements and socioeconomic upheavals that characterized this rapid progress era....

The story of agriculture in the Indian subcontinent is a rich tapestry woven with centuries of innovation, tradition, and resilience. From the verdant plains of the Indus Valley to the lush fields of the Ganges, agriculture has been the lifeblood of Indian civilization, sustaining...

The Book is an outcome of Series of Lectures notes prepared for the under Graduate first year course. The book headlights the latest developments in mechanical engineering like 3-D printing, Robotics, Automation and Applications of AI in Civil Engineering. It Also covers the basics...

The global energy landscape is undergoing a transformational shift. As the world transitions from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, hydrogen, and energy storage, the demand for a skilled, adaptable workforce has never been greater. However, this transition is not...

Naval Engineering: Emerging Concepts and Applications provides a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in naval engineering and their applications in the maritime domain. Through collaboration with experts, this book covers topics such as ship design, propulsion systems, hydrodynamics, materials science, automation, cybersecurity, sustainability,...

This conference marks a significant gathering of scholars, researchers, industry experts, and students, all united by a shared commitment to exploring the cutting-edge advancements in smart electronics and their pivotal role in shaping the future of intelligence.The rapid evolution of electronics, fueled by innovations...

-The book discusses a standard risk management model that can be used for infrastructure projects, providing a step-by-step guide to identify, assess, and manage risks.-Introduces a new mode of Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) risk management for construction projects, highlighting the importance of HSE...

Author: Christoph LungenschmiedISBN-10: 3836492156ISBN-13: 9783836492157Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Language: EnglishPublished: 04/28/2008Pages: 108Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.34lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d

Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) are popular alternatives to complex electronic circuits in RF systems due to their better performance, ease of fabrication and reliability. Many of these devices operate in their resonant mode and hence are limited by a fixed work frequency. This...

While many text mining projects emphasize retrieval and extraction, text mining can be leveraged to discover new and previously unknown infor-mation. Nowhere is the potential more apparent than in pharmacogenomics-based drug discovery. Text mining can help pharmaceutical researchers reduce the vast information overload hindering...

Carbon-based nanofillers such as graphene, carbon nanotubes, etc. have been extensively explored recently. This is because these nanofillers assist in improving the mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties of polymer composites. This Reprint provides insight into recent advances in present research activities on material science,...

In this dissertation impulsive noise elimination methodologies are studied and four novel schemes are proposed. We have followed the two stage process of detection of noisy pixels followed by filtering of the same, in all our proposed schemes. Thus avoiding unnecessary filtration of non-noisy...

In any given river basin hydro-system reservoirs for irrigated agriculture can be planned/implemented upstream of hydro power plants. Depending on the location of resources in a given hydro-system, irrigation and hydro power can be computing needs for the river basin system. Such situation demands...

Timbre is a sound quality parameter that depends to a large extent on spectral balance. Evaluation and control of timbre require specific listening abilities and is performed by an increasing number of individuals involved in sound recording, composition, and sound design. This book presents...

Over the last few years, the use of computer simulations has increased significantly, and some of these virtual environments are being investigated for the possible advantage as a therapeutic intervention. With this explosion in popularity, the need to promote functional recovery has come within...

Fuel cell devices, with their advantages of high efficiency and much less emission, are the most promising potential candidates to assist in solving the energy crisis and serious environmental pollution that we are facing. However, the high cost and existing technical barriers make it...

The emergence of GaN-based devices promises a revolution in areas requiring high performance electronics, such as high speed earth and space-based communication systems, advanced radar, integrated sensors, high temperature electronics, and utility power switching. The properties of this system make it ideally suited for...

This study describes the ocean circulation of the Indonesian Seas based on results using a 3D regional model. The study is divided into 3 parts. In the first part, Chapter 2, the basic properties of a developed regional model of the circulation of the...

What is known as the Darwin Theory of Evolution is a simple principle: species evolve by means of random changes and natural selection to adapt to a specific environment. The basic idea behind Genetic Algorithms (GA) is to imitate the way in which nature...

This book provides a statistical framework for performance modeling and design of backscatter Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems. The current models for estimating performance are based purely on EM theory (e.g., using Friis free space equations) or statistical experimental modeling principles. Models based on...

New quantitative methodology and the development of corpus and experimental linguistics tools have recently made researching lexical comprehension and production more accessible. While several tools and data sets are available in English (Coh-metrix, CELEX) and a few other languages, the development of resources and...

Communities increasingly find that the water quality, water levels, or some other resource indicator in their river basins do not meet their expectations. This discrepancy between the desired and actual state of the resource leads to efforts in river basin restoration. River basins are...

The book begins with an investigation of improved diesel generator flexibility and coordination via low-load diesel applications. Case studies for Australia and Hawaii are presented to conclude that low-load diesel is a natural precursor to storage due to its accessibility and also benefits low...

Deep learning has been revolutionizing many fields in computer vision, and facial informatics is one of the major fields. Novel approaches and performance breakthroughs are often reported on existing benchmarks. As the performances on existing benchmarks are close to saturation, larger and more challenging...

The adverse effects of flood disasters in urban areas have been increasing in severity and extent over the past years. The amount of loss resulting from these events is also increasing exponentially, particularly in highly urbanised urban areas, where the effects of intensive land...

The main objective of this book is to evaluate alternative energy systems in buildings, regardless of their location and climatic conditions. Over the past few years, the use of passive cooling and heating technologies has become more common for reducing the energy consumption of...

Introducing the interdisciplinary field of interface chemistry modelling across a wide range of academic disciplines and industry sectors. Ten original research articles are presented that bridge knowledge acquisition and practical work, providing a starting point for the research and development of applications. The book...

Since the beginning of the 1960s, the coordinative polymerization of conjugated dienes has continuously improved. Today, chemists know how to polymerize conjugated dienes stereospecifically and in a controlled fashion, both petro-sourced (nowadays also bio-sourced) and those of natural origin. The industry has greatly improved...

This book, entitled "Selected papers from IEEE ICKII 2019", selected 13 excellent papers from the 260 papers presented in the IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Innovation and Invention (IEEE ICKII) 2019 on energies. The 2nd IEEE ICKII 2019 was held in Seoul, South Korea,...

The structure of sequential behavior and its patterns have attracted the attention of researchers from various disciplines, such as game theory, human and animal behavior, evolutionary ecology, psychology, behavioral economy, and cognitive sciences. Sequential behavior seems to be involved in the processes of sequential...

Three-dimensional (3D) printing enables the fabrication of tissue-engineered constructs and devices from a patient's own medical data, leading to the creation of anatomically matched and patient-specific constructs. There is a growing interest in applying 3D printing technologies in the fields of tissue engineering and...

As the Guest Editor of this Special Issue entitled "Science, Characterization, and Technology of Joining and Welding" of Metals, I am pleased to have this book published by MDPI. Joining, including welding, soldering, brazing, and assembly, is an essential requirement in manufacturing processes and...

This Special Issue of Processes operates on the basis of a rigorous peer-review with a single-blind assessment and at least two independent reviewers, thereby ensuring a high quality final product. I would like to thank our reviewers, for providing the authors with constructive comments,...

Wind turbines are one of the most promising renewable energy technologies, and this motivates fertile research activity about developments in power optimization. This topic covers a wide range of aspects, from the research on aerodynamics and control design to the industrial applications about on-site...

Global concern about climate change caused by the exploitation of fossil fuels is encouraging the use of renewable energies. For instance, the European Union aims to be climate neutral by 2050. Biogas is an interesting renewable energy source due to its high calorific value....

The use of renewable energy is an effective solution for the prevention of global warming. On the other hand, environmental plasmas are one of powerful means to solve global environmental problems on nitrogen oxides, (NOx), sulfur oxides (SOx), particulate matter (PM), volatile organic compounds...

Implantable microdevices, providing accurate measurement of target analytes in animals and humans, have always been important in biological science, medical diagnostics, clinical therapy, and personal healthcare. Recently, there have been increasing unmet needs for developing high-performance implants that are small, minimally-invasive, biocompatible, long-term stable,...

Biomedical imaging is the key technique and process to create informative images of the human body or other organic structures for clinical purposes or medical science. Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) technology has demonstrated enormous potential in biomedical imaging applications due to its outstanding advantages of,...

Microfluidics-based devices play an important role in creating realistic microenvironments in which cell cultures can thrive. They can, for example, be used to monitor drug toxicity and perform medical diagnostics, and be in a static-, perfusion- or droplet-based device. They can also be used...

This volume provides unique views of combustion from many technical and international research perspectives. Combustion science is often considered from its negative environmental impact, where we find, instead, that energy release from fuels of all kinds have promoted human endeavor throughout history. This volume...

This book contains the latest research on machine learning and embedded computing in advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). It encompasses research in detection, tracking, LiDAR and camera processing, ethics, and communications. Several new datasets are also provided for future research work. Researchers and others...

Modern biology is rapidly becoming a study of large sets of data. Understanding these data sets is a major challenge for most life sciences, including the medical, environmental, and bioprocess fields. Computational biology approaches are essential for leveraging this ongoing revolution in omics data....

This Special Issue is focused on breakthrough developments in the field of biosensors, as well as on the current scientific progress in biomedical signal processing. The papers address innovative solutions in assistance robotics based on bioelectrical signals, including the following: affordable biosensor technology, affordable...

The recent advances in optical sources and detectors have opened up new opportunities for sensing and imaging techniques which can be successfully used in biomedical and healthcare applications. This book, entitled 'Optical Methods in Sensing and Imaging for Medical and Biological Applications', focuses on...

Based on information theory, a number of entropy measures have been proposed since the 1990s to assess systems' irregularity, such as approximate entropy, sample entropy, permutation entropy, intrinsic mode entropy, and dispersion entropy, to cite only a few. Among them, sample entropy has been...

Aluminium alloys are the most common non-ferrous materials utilised for a wide range of engineering applications, namely, automotive, aerospace, mould and structural industries, among others. The wide spread of these alloys in the modern word is due to the unique combination of material properties...

The development of kernel methods and hybrid evolutionary algorithms (HEAs) to support experts in energy forecasting is of great importance to improving the accuracy of the actions derived from an energy decision maker, and it is crucial that they are theoretically sound. In addition,...

Accurate forecasting performance in the energy sector is a primary factor in the modern restructured power market, accomplished by any novel advanced hybrid techniques. Particularly in the Big Data era, forecasting models are always based on a complex function combination, and energy data are...

More accurate and precise energy demand forecasts are required when energy decisions are made in a competitive environment. Particularly in the Big Data era, forecasting models are always based on a complex function combination, and energy data are always complicated. Examples include seasonality, cyclicity,...

Document Image Processing allows systems like OCR, writer identification, writer recognition, check processing, historical document processing, etc., to extract useful information from document images. What we call a document image ranges from images of historical documents written on various surfaces, to synthetic images (useful...