Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes

This book introduces piezoelectric microelectromechanical (pMEMS) resonators to a broad audience by reviewing design techniques including use of finite element modeling, testing and qualification of resonators, and fabrication and large scale manufacturing techniques to help inspire future research and entrepreneurial activities in pMEMS.

This monograph is a comprehensive presentation of state-of-the-art methodologies that can dramatically enhance the efficiency of the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) technique, the most popular electromagnetic field solver of the time-domain form of Maxwell's equations.

This book details the latest information on the applied methods and techniques being used for quality control of concrete construction worldwide.

Dieses interdisziplinäre Handbuch rekonstruiert Optimierung als ein Phänomen, das konstitutiv in aktuelle Entwicklungen der Gegenwart eingeschrieben ist.

A comprehensive overview of the Internet of Things core concepts, technologies, and applications Internet of Things A to Z offers a holistic approach to the Internet of Things (IoT) model.

Coal, Gas and Electricity is a review of statistical data available for three fuel industries in the United Kingdom: coal, gas, and electricity.

Synthetic biology is enabling scientists to use engineered genetic circuits in the cells as the basis for the development of new living therapeutics and as a powerful new weapon in the fight against diseases, especially cancer.

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OVER 400 UP-TO-THE-MINUTE TERMSINSTANT CLARIFICATION ON ROBOTICS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TERMS, TECHNIQUES, AND SYSTEMSThis handy collection of straightforward, to-the-point definitions is exactly what robotics and artificial intelligence hobbyists need to get and stay up to speed with all new terms that have recently emerged in robotics and artificial intelligence.

This Concise Encyclopedia draws its material from the award-winning Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology, and includes updates and revisions not available in the original set.

This book is devoted to research in the actual field of mathematical modeling in modern problems of plasma physics associated with vibrations and wake waves excited by a short high-power laser pulse.

Given its importance to consumer safety, fire resistant textiles are one of the fastest growing sectors in industrial textiles.

Serving as a general introduction to surface and interface science, this book focuses on basic concepts rather than specific details, and on intuitive understanding rather than merely learning facts.

This book examines the factors involved in consumer responses to food produced in regions near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant following the March 2011 Eastern Japanese earthquake, and assesses how responses to reports on food safety and risk of radiation contamination shaped consumer perceptions of and subsequent behavior toward products from the Fukushima prefecture.

This book reviews the recent scientific developments on mining and metallurgical wastes-based alkali-activated materials (MMWAAMs).

The book offers comprehensive coverage of chapters on: Introduction to Soil Science, Soil Chemistry, Soil fertility, Soil Organic Matter, Nutrient Cycling in Soils, Manures, Integrated Nutrient Management, Soil Management, Quality of Irrigation Water and Remote Sensing and GIS.

3D Printing in Radiation Oncology: Personalization of Patient Treatment Through Digital Fabrication presents a comprehensive and practical view of the many forms in which 3D printing is being integrated into radiation oncology practice.

A century after their discovery, phosphonates have become important compounds recognized both for their use as efficient reagents in organic synthesis and for their biological and industrial importance.

This LNCS conference set constitutes the proceedings of the First Medical Image Segmentation Challenge, MedSAM on Laptop 2024, Held in Conjunction with CVPR 2024, in Seattle, WA, USA, held in June 2024.

The search for cleaner, cheaper, smaller and more efficient energy technologies has to a large extent been motivated by the development of new materials.

This volume details protocols on mass spectrometry and associated techniques.

This book comprises the select peer-reviewed proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC) 2021.

This is the first book that sums up test-related modeling of digital circuits and systems by a new structural-decision-diagrams model.

Traditionally engineers devised communication services without reference to how they should be priced.

This book presents state-of-the-art research on architectures, algorithms, protocols and applications in pervasive computing and networks With the widespread availability of wireless and mobile networking technologies and the expected convergence of ubiquitous computing with these emerging technologies in the near future, pervasive computing and networking research and applications are among the hot topics on the agenda of researchers working on the next generation of mobile communications and networks.

With more than 12M tons of dairy powders produced each year at a global scale, the drying sector accounts to a large extent for the processing of milk and whey.

Catalytic reactions on metals are still nowadays involved in more than half of the chemical industrial processes.

The first resource of its kind, this book covers cutting-edge research on the use of nanoparticles for in vivo diagnostic medical imaging and therapy.

The bestselling CWNA study guide, updated for the latest exam The CWNA: Certified Wireless Network Administrator Study Guide is the ultimate preparation resource for the CWNA exam.

In the early 14th century, a new weapon entered the arsenals of European armies.

This book develops a method for economic-technological forecasting of the optimal functioning and parameters of the energy system.

This book explores the effectiveness of Dynamic Image Analysis (DIA) in granulometry studies of sand, and presents criteria for soil characterization using DIA, including test parameters, specimen size, efficacy in gap-graded soils, and its limitations.

One of the key challenges current biomaterials researchers face is identifying which of the dizzying number of highly specialized characterization tools can be gainfully applied to different materials and biomedical devices.

This book presents a collection of high-quality, peer-reviewed research papers from the 6th International Conference on Information System Design and Intelligent Applications (INDIA 2019), held at Lendi Institute of Engineering & Technology, India, from 1 to 2 November 2019.

This book presents analysis and design for a class of stochastic systems with semi-Markovian jump parameters.

Numerical Solutions for Nanocomposite Structures provides an in-depth exploration of structural analysis using numerical methods grounded in rigorous mathematical modeling.

A military study of the 2020 war between Armenia and Azerbaijan-the first war in history won primarily by unmanned systems.

This book is about quantum phenomena in two-dimensional (2D) electron systems with extremely strong internal interactions.

There is an urgent need to develop robust strategies to respond to and leverage new and emerging technologies, particularly those based on artificial intelligence (AI).

Fertigungssysteme werden auf Grund von wirtschaftlichen Maßgaben auf eine bestimmte Leistung hin ausgelegt.

This book analyses the ability of existing international law to address common vulnerabilities in connection with the recent emergence of small satellites, and how finding consensus in this context can pave the way to the sustainable development of space.

In the second edition of Emerging Nanotechnologies for Manufacturing, an unrivalled team of international experts explores existing and emerging nanotechnologies as they transform large-scale manufacturing contexts in key sectors such as medicine, advanced materials, energy, and electronics.

For millennia, textiles have been an integral part of human civilization, evolving from basic clothing to advanced applications catering to modern societal needs.

Cross-Layer Resource Allocation in Wireless Communications offers practical techniques and models for the design and optimisation of cross-layer resource allocation - one of the hottest topics in wireless communications.

This is a handbook for policy makers and environmental managers in water authorities and engineering companies engaged in water quality programmes, especially in developing countries.

This monograph offers a cross-system exchange and cross-modality investigation into brain-heart interplay.