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The effective and efficient application of PPP in agriculture is a very complex task, involving a lot of aspects ranging from active substance properties to climatic conditions, from target structure to equipment features, from operator awareness to the reference legislative framework. Some of these...

This book introduces the Special Issue entitled "Applications of Internet of Things", of ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. Topics covered in this issue include three main parts: (I) intelligent transportation systems (ITSs), (II) location-based services (LBSs), and (III) sensing techniques and applications. Three papers...

This Special Issue on "New Trends on the Combustion Processes in Spark Ignition Engines" contains nine papers on new developments on Internal Combustion (IC) engines aiming to enhance their efficiency, leading to the reduction of fossil CO2 and other gaseous pollutants. It is divided...

Distributed generation is becoming more important in electrical power systems due to the decentralization of energy production. Within this new paradigm, new approaches for the operation and planning of distributed power generation are yet to be explored. This book deals with distributed energy resources,...

This Book contributes analysis and development of image segmentation algorithms based on finite logistic type mixture models. These techniques are much useful in a variety of applications such as medical images, filming, and video, security surveillance, face recognition, gesture analysis. Image segmentation is a...

In this book, nine papers focusing on different fields of power electronics are gathered, all of which are in line with the present trends in research and industry. Given the generality of the Special Issue, the covered topics range from electrothermal models and losses...

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With an objective language, the author invites the reader to a journey of learning in an intuitive way, both for a professional in the beginning of their career and for those who already have experience in project management. The result of the perceptions of...

Microgrids are a growing segment of the energy industry, representing a paradigm shift from centralized structures toward more localized, autonomous, dynamic, and bi-directional energy networks, especially in cities and communities. The ability to isolate from the larger grid makes microgrids resilient, while their capability...

Black book of machine learning is a practical oriented book intended to guide anyone, who is interested to explore the field of machine learning and dive in the field of artificial neural network and computer vision. This book aims to provide a practical aspect...

Programming bananas are grammatical language structures in computers by which an algorithm can be described by different grammatical structures for executing a computer, making it possible to write programs to produce new software.Usually, any programming language has a software environment for entering, executing, compiling,...

Nowadays, many modern enterprises and organizations implement unified corporate information systems to meet their own information needs. Making the best choice in favor of a particular vendor is not an easy and responsible task, which requires not only a deep understanding of the key...

The 2018 IEEE International Conference on High Voltage Engineering (ICHVE 2018) was held on 10-13 September 2018 in Athens, Greece, organized by the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, and endorsed by the IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society. This conference has attracted a...

Technical Communication: A Design-Centric Approach is a comprehensive textbook for introductory courses in technical communication and professional writing. Technical Communication takes a design approach to foundational and emergent technical communication skills such as document design, job applications and interviews, workplace collaboration, and report writing,...

The book gives a historical background to the city street and discusses in detail urban planning; city vehicular traffic and congestion; pollution of the urban environment; demand for the city street; public utilities and service lines; street design; building codes, standards, and norms; naming...

The COVID-19 pandemic is a massive disaster. Returning to normal life will not be a trivial exercise. A systems perspective will be used to understand the COVID-19 disaster and the Return to Life systems that will be developed. In a systems engineering effort for...

This book brings together recent research related to urban resilience, in particular, taking into account climate change impacts and hydrological hazards. Due to the complexity of our cities, which are vulnerable and continuously evolving systems, urban resilience should be considered as a transversal and...

Worldwide, electricity systems are evolving to adapt to a low-carbon economy in which increasingly more renewable energy resources are being integrated. These changes, in turn, make the development of new methods, tools, and approaches to deal with the operation and planning of electricity systems...

Connected and automated vehicles have revolutionized the way we move, granting new services on roads. This Special Issue collects contributions that address reliable and ultra-low-latency vehicular applications that range from advancements at the access layer, such as using the visible light spectrum to accommodate...

Do you want to make crazy cool gadgets like fighting robots, weather trackers, fingerprint scanners, and so much more? Are you a beginner or intermediate programmer with basic knowledge and a willingness to learn? Then Arduino was made for you.In this book, you will...

The Special Issue contains ten research papers, three of which review papers. It is a miscellaneous composition encompassing several applications where metal oxides play a key role. Some papers also give insights into novel synthesis methods and processes aiming to reduce negative environmental impacts...

In this era of technological progress and given the need for welfare and safety, everything that is manufactured and maintained must comply with such needs. We would all like to live in a safe house that will not collapse on us. We would all...

In dealing with fracture and fatigue assessments of structural components, different approaches have been proposed in the literature. They are usually divided into three subgroups according to stress-based, strain-based, and energy-based criteria. Typical applications include both linear elastic and elastoplastic materials and plain and...

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as...

We are pleased to present "Optical Trapping and Manipulation: From Fundamentals to Applications", a Special Issue of Micromachines dedicated to the latest research in optical trapping. In recognition of the broad impact of optical manipulation techniques across disciplines, this Special Issue collected contributions related...

This highly informative and carefully presented book discusses the preparation, processing, characterization and applications of different types of hybrid nanomaterials based on nanocellulose and/or nanocarbons. It gives an overview of recent advances of outstanding classes of hybrid materials applied in the fields of physics,...

The main objective of polymer materials scientists is to develop and design high performance polymer-based materials via the introduction of block copolymers, ionomers or inorganic-organic hybrids, in order to introduce functionalities such as mechanical reinforcement, gas barrier properties, fire retardancy, shape memory behavior or...

Recent advancements in computer technology have allowed for designers to have direct control over the production process through the help of computer-based tools, creating the possibility of a completely integrated design and manufacturing process. Over the last few decades, "artificial intelligence" (AI) techniques, such...

Every business, large and small, is vulnerable to cyber attack. If your company isn't well protected, its systems may be compromised by sophisticated hackers with malicious intentions. Business owners, boards, CEOs, and cyber security managers must work together to combat this threat by putting...

New challenges in water systems toward safety, efficiency, reliability, and system flexibility will be fundamental in the near future. In this book, readers can find different approaches that include safety analysis, system efficiency improvements, and new innovative designs. The risk function is a measure...

This is an introductory textbook on the subject of the Mechanics of materials for undergraduate students in engineering.Author: Robert J. AsaroISBN-10: 171651651XISBN-13: 9781716516511Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/12/2020Pages: 352Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.80lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.73d

The World Wide Web contains large volumes of Web pages that are poorly characterized in terms of both metadata and structure descriptions. Metadata is the data that describe data, for Web pages, it may provide a significant amount of information about the Web without...

This book is about the ultrasound physics and instrumentation and all the topics related to it. It contains a wide range of multiple-choice questions (MCQs) that appear in the license exams with MCQs related to ultrasound images. It also contains a portion related to...

Are you looking for a beginner's guide?Do you want to learn how to use python for beginners in a simple way?Do you want to enter into the new world of Python data science as a beginner in an efficient and effective way? This book...

Il testo raccoglie gli strumenti di calcolo per il dimensionamento e l'analisi delle prestazioni di dispositivi a solenoide in corrente continua, come per esempio attuatori lineari e valvole. Vengono affrontati, dal punto di vista del calcolo, tutti gli aspetti, da quelli elettromagnetici a quelli...

The demand for cast iron components, with weights ranging from a few kilograms to several tons, has increased significantly in recent years, both for technical and economic reasons. In fact, the lower cost compared to other alloys, and the good castability, which allow one...

If you have been wondering what are the most important trends in the world today, you have come to the right place. They are simply, technology and spirituality. Technology is the most powerful tool that God has given us, or should I say that...

India is credited with highly advance knowledge system since ancient times. Vedas and post Vedic literature composed in Sanskrit has been the storehouse of various branches of knowledge on science, spirituality, philosophy, culture, civilization, economy, polity, law and management, ayurveda, yoga, pharmacy. This knowledge...

This book covers the Mobile Ad-hoc Network (MANET) as self-configurable system associated by remote connections. This sort of system is appropriate for temporary correspondence connects as it is framework less and there is no centralised control. Accommodating Quality of Service (QoS) and security mindful...

In 2018, the 16th International Symposium on Magnetic Bearings (ISMB16) was held in Beijing, China. Herein, eight distinguished papers were selected to be published as Special Issues of Actuators. These papers are suggested to provide new insights for the development of magnetic bearings, with...

This Special Issue comprises 9 research papers on the application of microwaves in chemical engineering, covering the basic research into the optimization design of microwave reaction equipment as well as methods to improve microwave heating uniformity. Also included are the practical application of microwave-assisted...

The aggregates used in construction are the natural resource consumed the most in the world after air and water. Due to overexploitation, all environmental laws reward the use of recycled materials to guarantee the reduction of consumption of natural aggregates. The use of reclaimed...

This book, Green Concrete for a Better Sustainable Environment, aims to cover recent advances in the development of green concrete solutions and discuss the best ways to leverage opportunities in this domain. Concrete can be described as green concrete if it has one of...

System Design & Management is an easy to follow introduction to system engineering and the associated links to system project management with an emphasis on how it is practically realised in industry. The book includes chapters on System Requirements, Interfaces, Functional Analysis, Human Factors,...

The book provides assessments and evaluations of emerging trends in the electricity markets, with a focus on high-renewables electricity systems. Specifically, various issues are examined, such as wind and solar energy, interconnection, smart meters, smart grids of the future (including their social implications), and...

Fabricating Publics explores how cultural practitioners and institutions perceive their role in the post-truth era by repositioning their work in relation to the notion of the "public". The book addresses the multiple challenges posed for artists, curators and cultural activists by the conditions of...

Complex systems with symmetry arise in many fields, at various length scales, including financial markets, social, transportation, telecommunication and power grid networks, world and country economies, ecosystems, molecular dynamics, immunology, living organisms, computational systems, and celestial and continuum mechanics. The emergence of new orders...

Given that the threat of water shortage is expanding across the globe, the evolution of advanced technologies that enable water purification and, thus, water re-use in an energy and resource efficient manner are of great importance. In this regard, nanomaterials have been playing a...

The recent years have witnessed tremendous growth in connected vehicles due to major interest in vehicular ad hoc networks (VANET) technology from both the research and industrial communities. VANET involves the generation of data from onboard sensors and its dissemination in other vehicles via...

This book introduces the recent technologies introduced for gases capture including CO2, CO, SO2, H2S, NOx, and H2. Various processes and theories for gas capture and removal are presented. The book provides a useful source of information for engineers and specialists, as well as...