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A succinct account of various routinely experienced pathologies and suitable images has been enlisted as approximately 150 case studies. The cases are structured into thematic chapters with an integrated approach to basic learning. Each case study follows a similar format with a brief clinical presentation, relevant imaging findings, discussion with differential diagnosis, management, and suggested readings. The book focuses on the pointwise description of cases routinely encountered in abdominopelvic imaging that help students, trainees and radiologists to write certificate examinations. Key Features: 1. Presents chapters in the form of case studies, along with a brief illustrative description of normal anatomy and abnormal findings. 2. Uses image-based quizzes for easy comprehension for trainees, residents and practising radiologists. 3. Incorporates the pivotal cases from the hepatobiliary, pancreatic, genitourinary and gastrointestinal systems in a single book.

In the recent years, a wide variety of new chemicals continue to be developed as a result of industrial development and associated anthropogenic activities. The microbial contaminants in the environment, more precisely, antibiotic-resistant genes/bacteria produced as a result of mutation due to antibacterial drugs, are also considered emerging contaminants and specifically called emerging microbial contaminants such as sapoviruses, Waddlia chondrophila and Streptococcus parauberis. Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care products are a diverse group of compounds that includes ibuprofen, diclofenac, triclosan, antibiotics, anti-inflammatory agents, steroidal hormones, and active ingredients in soaps, detergents and perfumes which could find their way into food materials are tagged emerging contaminants.Given this, Emerging Contaminants in Food and Food Products discusses issues around the emerging contaminants in food and food products. Different types of contaminants, such as biological, chemical, organic, inorganic and microbial contaminants in foods, ways of detecting them and regulations surrounding global food safety are all covered.Features- Discusses all the categories of contaminants in food and food products. Biological, chemical, organic, inorganic, and microbial contaminants- Provides full information on emerging food contaminants, their effect on human and animal heath, and how it affects global food security and emerging technological applications in solving global problem.- Gives detection and prevention strategies and guideline policies on emerging contaminants of foods- Bring into account global perspectives on food contaminants and health implications.Also, this volume will serve as an information hub of emerging contaminants for scientists/researchers and professionals globally. This book is a good collection of independent chapters which presents full insights in the study of emerging contamination in food and the effects of these contaminants in humans and animals.

IRTM 2023We live in an inter-connected world. In the era of Industry 5.0, technology is getting embedded more and more in the way 'we learn, live, work and play'.This progression is accelerating at a pace never seen before. Inter disciplinary and collaborative research across disciplines within the Technology domain and Management domain, and across the Technology -- Management interface is opening up exciting new possibilities for solving problems whose solutions are beyond the scope of a single discipline, domain or practice, and helping to create a brave, new world. We are living in an incredible time of change.Our effort to hold such an interdisciplinary conference, in the virtual mode, apparently resonated across the academic community, as was evident from the huge response that the first ever conference on "Interdisciplinary Research in Technology and Management", (IRTM) held in February 2021 had received from participants across many countries. This has encouraged the organizers to hold the next edition of the conference physically in Kolkata on a larger scale in the online mode.The pandemic unleashed by Covid 19 in the last two years has shaken the socio-economic foundations of countries and societies to a point where the world cannot be the same as before the pandemic. It has re-focused the world's attention on the priority of healthcare, and healthcare infrastructure and its innovative management.Inevitably, questions have again been raised more vehemently on what kind of a world we want to live in. Environmental concerns are being pursued with renewed vigour, The urgency of developing new, robust infrastructure relevant for the new world is gaining wider consensus.By 2030, as reports suggest, cyber - physical systems, internet of things and wearable technology will be everywhere and in everything, renewable energy will power the world, and digital entertainment will take centre stage among other developments.The third edition of the conference on "Interdisciplinary Research in Technology and Management" attempts to spotlight the above concerns. The number of tracks on which papers are invited from scholars, researchers, consultants and practitioners to share their interdisciplinary research and consultative work has been enlarged. As before, the papers will be peer reviewed and authors of the selected papers will be invited to present their papers in the IRTM conference.The presentation of papers will be interspersed with Keynote Talks by eminent experts on the theme of the conference or individual domains.

The research field of "plant speed breeding" is promising to meet the future demand for crop improvement in an efficient and effective manner. The process accelerates breeding and research programs through the shortening of the generation time of crops. Plant Speed Breeding and High-throughput Technologies explores and analyzes a range of innovations from CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing to state-of-the-art controlled-environment growth chambers.The book integrates achievements of plant speed breeding technologies with an emphasis on the fundamental and advanced systems for genome editing, functional genomics, controlled-environment growth chambers, genomic and phenotypic selection methods, and high-throughput technologies. It examines the applications of technologies across major model plants and key crops such as cereals, vegetables, and fruit trees. The book explores high-throughput genotyping using next-generation sequencing (NGS) systems, enabling precise single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers, quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping, and genome-wide association studies (GWAS). These tools are used in identifying candidate genes that will revolutionise crop breeding, as they are capable of tolerating complex abiotic and biotic stresses induced by global climate change.Serving as an ideal reference on plant speed breeding technologies, this book is for graduate students, teachers, researchers, and experts in the field of plant sciences, plant breeding as well as agronomy and agriculture.

"Optical Frequency Combs: Trends in Sources and Applications" offers an overview of the recent advances on the physics, sources, and applications of optical frequency comb technology - one of the most exciting and fast developing research fields in photonics.The book aims at showcasing recent advances through contributions by key players in a multifaceted research ecosystem, and at the same time at providing a valuable service to the community, by offering an as much comprehensive as possible review which, at the same time, highlights challenges to be solved and promising future directions.The main topics covered include: (i) an overview of different platforms for optical frequency combs generation as fibre lasers, quantum cascade lasers, integrated microresonators and waveguides, fibre resonators, electro-optic modulators and nonlinear fibres, multicore fibres; (ii) a selection of applications in different technologies including sensing, spectroscopy, precision metrology and optical clocks, microscopy, radio-frequency generation, distance ranging, and optical communications; (iii) a diverse range of physical methods for frequency comb generation such as modulation, laser mode-locking techniques, dissipative solitons and parametric gain in nonlinear resonators, nonlinear spectral broadening and supercontinuum formation in waveguides.This book will be a valuable resource for academics, researchers, and postgraduate students working and interested in the field optical frequency combs, and more broadly in photonic technologies too.Key Features: - Edited by authorities in the field, with chapter contributions from subject area leading experts in academia and industry.- Up-to-date with the latest technological developments, applications, and fundamental research from the field.- Describes comb properties depending on source and generation platform, andcomb specificationsmatchingto application needs.Auro Michele Perego received a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. in Physics from Università degli Studi dell'Insubria (Como, Italy) and a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Aston University (Birmingham, UK) in 2018. He is currently a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow at the Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies, where he leads his independent research group. His main research interests live at the interface between applied physics and photonic engineering and include optical frequency combs, the physics of modelocking and light pulses generation in lasers, parametric amplification, optical sensing, and the study of instabilities and solitons in nonlinear optical systems.Andrew Ellis received the B.Sc. degree in physics with a minor in mathematics from the University of Sussex, Brighton, U.K., in 1987 and his Ph.D. degree from The University of Aston in Birmingham, U.K., in 1997 for his study on all optical networking beyond 10 Gbit/s. He previously worked for British Telecom Research investigating the use of optical amplifiers and advanced modulation formats in optical networks, the Corning Research Centre on optical component characterization and the Tyndall National Institute in Cork, Ireland. He interests include the evolution of core and metro networks. He is now Professor of Optical Communications at Aston University where he is also deputy director of the Institute of Photonics Technologies (AIPT). Prof. Ellis is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America.

In the current scenario, marked by a continual improvement in living standards, it becomes imperative to boost the productivity or rather the efficiency of agriculture, especially horticulture, which holds the potential for significant economic prosperity aligning with SDG goal number 8, 'Decent Work and Economic Growth'. Modern technological interventions, such as geospatial technology and Geographic Information System (GIS) technology, can be harnessed to yield effective results in addressing challenges and providing enhanced decision support, particularly in the planning of horticultural resource management. Fresh produce cultivation and production face several challenges, including prolonged juvenile phases and reproductive cycles with extended breeding periods, creating bottlenecks in the process. The evolving trends in biotechnology offer promising solutions for improving the selection of desirable traits. Biotechnological techniques aimed at improving fruit efficiency encompass tissue culture, induction of genetic variability, germplasm conservation, and molecular breeding/genomics. These methods involve the study of genetic diversity, DNA fingerprinting, and QTL analysis for marker-assisted selection. Over the past few decades, the global population has consistently risen, raising concerns about the ability of the current food system to adequately feed the anticipated 10 billion people in the next 30 years. While this challenge is deemed achievable, certain changes in both food production and consumption systems are essential to ensure sustainability, reduce food loss and waste, and contribute to a global shift towards healthier and more sustainable diets. Implementing sustainable models of crop production represents a significant undertaking. To address the growing food demand amid deteriorating production environments, there is a need for promising technologies and effective management options to enhance productivity.This book is poised to be a valuable resource for horticultural scientists operating in universities, government agencies, and research centers, offering insights into achieving sustainable cultivation practices for fruits. It stands out as the first of its kind, providing in-depth knowledge on environmentally friendly methods for cultivating temperate fruit crops, to reduce harmful emissions and pollution. The book will delve into the application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for estimating horticulture area expansion and crop yield. Additionally, it will encompass recent biotechnological interventions in horticulture, circular agriculture models, and emerging non-thermal food preservation techniques as significant components.Features: Aims to provide a comprehensive and integrated overview of current techno-statistical techniques employed in horticulture, delving into the associated livelihood benefits derived from the practice. Explores the novel geographical trends to identify the site suitability indices of several temperate fruits. Offers a comprehensive and integrated exploration of recent trends in biotechnological approaches aimed at enhancing food production, quality, and safety.

This book covers all the recent advancements and technologies developed for encapsulated corrosion inhibitors-based coatings as corrosion inhibitors by using eco-benign and sustainable encapsulated smart coatings based on self-healing functionality. It includes overview, properties, applicability, methodologies to detect corrosion and recent developments made in the field to study the inhibition potential of encapsulated corrosion inhibitors for eco-benign smart coatings in several corrosive systems.Features: Covers encapsulation of the corrosion inhibitor which explores the self-healing mechanism of the smart coatings. Includes encapsulated corrosion inhibitor fabrication, synthesis, modeling, functionalization, classification, characteristics, and so forth. Reviews effectiveness and significant constraints of scaleup engineering. Discusses the fundamental characteristics of industrial-scale application research for encapsulated corrosion inhibitors. Explores entire aspects of encapsulated corrosion inhibitors based sustainable smart coatings in one place. This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in corrosion, surface engineering, and chemistry.

Microbial ecology is pivotal in wastewater treatment, where microorganisms play a vital role in breaking down organic matter and ultimately reduce the levels of contaminants in treated water, making it safe for reuse in agriculture, industry, and other applications. The book, Microbial Nexus for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment: Resources, Efficiency, and Reuse, ventures into the dynamic world of microbial ecosystems, unveiling their pivotal role in reshaping wastewater treatment technologies. This book addresses novel microbial techniques related to sustainable efficient technologies of wastewater treatment and wastewater reuse as well as water to obtain high-quality effluents by treatment plants.Features: Unveil the potential of high-throughput microbial biotechnology for transforming wastewater management. Describes the microbial nexus involved in the biodegradation of pharmaceutical micropollutants. Learn about valuable materials recoverable from wastewater, associated challenges, and diverse opportunities arising from effective wastewater management. Covers advanced bioremediation technologies designed to handle emerging pollutants. Witness the integration of nanotechnology with bioaugmentation, exploring potential advantages and disadvantages that shape the future of wastewater treatment. Gain insights into adopting a circular economy model aligning with sustainable development goals for resource extraction. This book is tailored for graduate students and researchers in wastewater treatment, waste valorization, environmental engineering, and hazardous waste management.

This book reviews research works in recent trends in blockchain, AI, and Digital Twin based IoT data analytics approaches for providing the privacy and security solutions for Fog-enabled IoT networks. Due to the large number of deployments of IoT devices, an IoT is the main source of data and a very high volume of sensing data is generated by IoT systems such as smart cities and smart grid applications. To provide a fast and efficient data analytics solution for Fog-enabled IoT systems is a fundamental research issue. For the deployment of the Fog-enabled-IoT system in different applications such as healthcare systems, smart cities and smart grid systems, security, and privacy of big IoT data and IoT networks are key issues. The current centralized IoT architecture is heavily restricted with various challenges such as single points of failure, data privacy, security, robustness, etc.This book emphasizes and facilitates a greater understanding of various security and privacy approaches using the advances in Digital Twin and Blockchain for data analysis using machine/deep learning, federated learning, edge computing and the countermeasures to overcome these vulnerabilities.

This book highlights the hidden world of microbiomes, viromes, and biofilms on and inside humans. Our bodies have microbiomes, which contain various bacterial communities, and viromes, which contain viruses. These invisible residents are vital to health and sickness. Infections often result from microbiome imbalances. Pathogenic bacteria can outcompete beneficial ones, causing gut dysbiosis and disease. Understanding this interaction allows probiotics to restore balance and fight infections. Microbes have a major impact on the gut-brain axis. Gut bacteria affect mood, behavior, and neurodegenerative illnesses by producing neurotransmitters and influencing brain development. The "diabesity" relationship to microbiome changes underscores its relevance in metabolic illnesses like diabetes and NAFLD. The microbiota can also affect cancer progression. Specific bacterial strains may promote tumor growth or prevent metastasis, enabling microbiome-based cancer treatments. Probiotics--live bacteria--have enormous potential. Beneficial strains can improve intestinal balance, fight infections, and treat diabetes and autoimmune conditions.Fecal transplants or co-sleeping may modify microbial ecosystems and health effects. Microbiomes, viromes, and biofilms are complex, requiring advanced tools. The makeup, function, and interactions of these communities can be characterized using next-generation sequencing (NGS). As NGS technology advances, researchers explore this hidden world, offering a future where microbiome manipulation underpins customized therapy and preventive healthcare. This area has great potential for understanding health, improving well-being, and fighting diseases in innovative ways.

Multi-agent systems are special networked systems full of research interest and practical sense, which are abundant in real life, ranging from mobile robot networks, intelligent transportation management, to multiple spacecraft, surveillance and monitoring. Consensus control is one of the most typical and hot research issues for multi-agent systems. Distributed Adaptive Consensus Control of Uncertain Multi-agent Systems provides innovative technologies to design and analyze distributed adaptive consensus for multi-agent systems with model uncertainties.Based on the basic graph theory and adaptive backstepping control, this monograph: - Describes the state of the art on distributed adaptive control, finite-time consensus control and event-triggered consensus control- Studies distributed adaptive consensus under directed communication graph condition: the methods with linearly parametric reference, hierarchical decomposition, and design of auxiliary filers- Explores adaptive finite-time consensus for uncertain nonlinear systems- Considers distributed adaptive consensus with event-triggered communication via state feedback and output feedback- Investigates distributed adaptive formation control of nonholonomic mobile robots with experimental verification- Provides distributed adaptive attitude synchronization control schemes for multiple spacecraft with event-triggered communicationDistributed Adaptive Consensus Control of Uncertain Multi-agent Systems can help engineering students and professionals to efficiently learn distributed adaptive control design tool for handling uncertain multi-agent systems with directed communication graph, guaranteeing finite-time convergence and saving communication resources.

The book focuses on a paradigm of blockchain technology that addresses cyber security. The challenges related to cyber security and the solutions based on Software Defined Networks are discussed. The book presents solutions to deal with cyber security attacks by considering real-time applications based on IoT, Wireless Sensor Networks, Cyber-Physical Systems, and Smart Grids. The book is useful for academicians and research scholars worldwide working in cyber security. It is also useful for industry experts working in cyber security.

The book places a strong emphasis on the significance of synthesizing nanomaterials and explores various methods of achieving this, with particular attention given to the production of environmentally friendly or "green" nanomaterials. This book aims to illustrate the current gaps in the agriculture and food industry, as well as explore the potential applications of nanomaterials within this field. The integration of nanotechnology into the fields of biology and biochemistry holds the potential to exert a significant impact on the food industry in the future. This book aims to comprehensively explore the various facets of design, utilization, and implementation of green nanomaterials within the agriculture and food industry. It will delve into their applications in areas such as fertilizers, sensors, food processing, food packaging, and sustainable agricultural practices. Additionally, this book aims to explore the current limitations and potential solutions in the field of green nanomaterials, highlighting their role in fostering a sustainable economy.Features: Addressing the global food crisis and presenting a picture of depleting food reserves Importance of nanomaterials and its efficient utilization Green synthesis of nanomaterials Utilization of green nanomaterials for development of smart and sustainable agriculture Emergence and growing application of green nanomaterials in the food industry, Green nanomaterials towards a sustainable economy Existing challenges and limitations, with future prospects of using green nanomaterials in food and agricultural conversion devices

The treatment of wastewater for toxic and hazardous pollutants is a vital challenge faced in every region across the globe. Growing urbanization, combined with the increased use of detergent soaps, cleansing agents with new formulations, chemical fertilizers and pesticides has greatly added to the global wastewater pollution burden. Conventional methods of wastewater treatment are somewhat successful in decontamination; however, these current techniques require more time and energy than newer, novel techniques. Bioelectrochemical oxidation systems (BEOS), for example, have greatly aided in wastewater treatment sustainability and efficiency, and offer promising solutions for different types of energy recovery options. Bioelectrochemical Oxidation Processes for Wastewater Treatment examines the latest hybrid technologies utilizing algae, bacteria, and various other chemical agents, and discusses the major challenges in large scale operations, as well as forward-looking techniques to make treatment processes even more sustainable in the future. Discusses the fundamentals of biological wastewater treatment and bioelectrochemical oxidation systems, as well as their advantages and limitations. Presents the recent trends and developments in bioelectrochemical oxidation systems for achieving environmentally sustainable wastewater treatment. Describes carbon capture and resource recovery from wastewater using bioelectrochemical oxidation systems. Addresses the challenges of large-scale implementation of bioelectrochemical oxidation systems in existing and new wastewater treatment plants.

Fruits and vegetables commonly termed as fresh produce are an important component of the human diet as these provide various beneficial and essential health-related compounds. Nevertheless, fresh produce is susceptible to postharvest deterioration and decay along with loss of certain nutrients due to impropriate storage conditions and lack of standard postharvest technologies. In addition, the short shelf life is considered another major constraint that must be extended after harvest to ensure a wider availability window of the fresh produce for consumers. In this perspective, the use of postharvest approaches is considered imperative to reduce the deterioration of harvested fresh produce in order to extend their storage and shelf life potential on a sustainable basis. So, Sustainable Postharvest Technologies for Fruits and Vegetables covers various aspects of postharvest technologies with major developments over the recent past and provides a way forward for the future.The sustainable use of various technologies and elicitors could be adapted from farm to fork in order to conserve the eating quality of fresh produce. Therefore, this book covers various sustainable postharvest treatments and technologies that could be considered highly effective for the delay of postharvest senescence and deterioration. Among the various technologies, the use of preharvest treatments, controlled atmosphere, dynamic control atmosphere, modified atmosphere and hypobaric conditions has tremendous potential for the fresh fruits and vegetables industry. In the same way, cold plasma, pulsed light, ultraviolet light, ultrasound technology, nanoemulsions, nano-packaging, electrolyzed water, high pressure processing, ozone gas, irradiations, edible coatings, vacuum packaging and active packaging with slow releasing compounds along with nanotechnology are highly practicable and possesses tremendous potential to be used in the maintenance of overall eating quality and storage life extension of the fresh produce.Key Features: Overviews the major factors affecting postharvest physiology and shelf life potential of fresh produce. Focuses on major sustainable technologies having the potential to maintain postharvest quality and extend shelf life of fruits and vegetables. Describes practical and recent advances of various approaches indispensable for the maintenance of overall eating quality and food safety attainment for fresh produce on a sustainable basis. Covers how quality maintenance and shelf life rely on preharvest practices, nonthermal treatments, storage atmospheres, packaging materials, active packaging, edible packaging, coating application techniques, nanotechnology and ecofriendly plant extracts and natural antagonists.

This book introduces MXenes and provides a summary of current discoveries in their synthesis, properties, characterization techniques, and emerging applications in several fields. It explores the MXenes' distinctive electrical, mechanical, and biological features, as well as their applications. It discusses the various emerging applications of MXenes in a variety of fields, including regenerative medicine and tissue engineering, separation membranes, photocatalytic hydrogen production, environmental applications, and so forth. Features: Provides comprehensive review of synthesis and application of Mxene in 2D materials. Explores greener approaches that reduce the environmental impact and cost of the process. Includes frameworks for assessing the balance between the synthesis and applications. Discusses overview of MXene with a focus on energy, health and medical applications that can be improved with new encapsulation. Reviews understanding of the modern spectroscopic instruments that are utilized in sophisticated characterization methods. This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in materials engineering, nanomaterials, and 2D materials.

This book presents cutting-edge findings that draw on the use of AI, the Industrial Internet of Things, Blockchain, and Co-Analytics for the development of Circular Economy (CE) models, to make organizational activities more sustainable. A further goal is the development of Digital Technology (DT) enabled support tools that can be used to further analyze the impact of DT and CE-enabled operational practices used to achieve resource and environmental sustainability.Digital Technology Enabled Circular Economy: Models for Environmental and Resource Sustainability discusses the integration of digital technology-enabled circular economy models into the manufacturing industries and its advantages for sustainability. It emphasizes the fundamentals and applications, their enactment, as well as integration for the overall organizational development. The book explains the role of digital technologies in food supply chains and multi-life cycle materials for sustainable development and highlights the development of the workforce to facilitate the implementation of smart and advanced technologies. This book presents the development of DT-enabled support tools used to analyze the impact of DT and CE-enabled operational practices on an organization, and efforts to achieve resource and environmental sustainability. Case studies that demonstrate how smart digital technology can help firms improve their long-term performance by embracing circular operation methods are also included.Students, academicians, researchers, as well as managers, and stakeholders who are interested in smart, sustainable production, and consumption, as well as managers and stakeholders who are interested in ways of implementing them in their organizations, will find this book of interest. It will demonstrate, via the use of real-world case studies, how smart digital technology can help firms improve their long-term performance by embracing circular operating methods.

This compact volume is focused on an eclectic mix of biotechnological and biomedical applications of stimuli-sensitive polymeric materials. It starts with their chemical synthesis and design strategies. This is followed by discussions of their applications in microfluidics, biosensors, wound healing and anticancer therapy.Two other interesting applications covered are the design of aptamer-based smart surfaces for biological applications and use of smart hydrogels in tissue engineering.In general, it provides a snapshot of the current state-of-the-art in design and applications of smart systems at the interfaces of biological sciences.

Now in its second edition, Introduction to Finite Element Analysis for Engineers is an essential introduction to FEA as a method to solve differential equations. With many practical examplesfocusing on both solid mechanics and fluid mechanics, it includes problems for both applications.Using a structure of classes of differential equations, the book also includes MATLAB(R) codes and aims to build a comprehensive understanding of FEA and its applications in modern engineering. New chapters include topics such as a system of partial differential equations in two or more independent variables, while chapter ten presents the finite element method for a nonlinear Mindlin-Reissner plate. The book demonstrates the power and versatility of FEA as a toolwith a large number of examples of practical engineering problems. These problems range from those which can be solved without a computer, to those requiring MATLAB(R) or Python.With applications in civil, mechanical, aerospace and biomedical engineering, the textbook is ideal for senior and first-year graduate students and also aligns with mathematics courses.

This book engages readers in an integrated and holistic discussion on titanium properties, applications, bioanalytical approaches and toxicity. Key issues include environmental titanium exposure and associated health risk concerns for both humans and aquatic organisms, exploring ecotoxicological effects. The book delves into the intricate web of ecotoxicological effects, offering valuable insights for researchers and professionals alike. With a broad appeal, this book is an indispensable resource for those immersed in the realms of oceanography, geochemistry, ecotoxicology, and environmental and public health, providing a multidisciplinary perspective on the intricate interplay between titanium and the natural world.

Development of new energy-related materials is essential in addressing future energy demands. Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage focuses on the materials science related to energy conversion and energy storage technologies. It covers the principles of prospective energy technologies and their relationship to the performance of energy devices.- Covers fundamental principles of energy conversion and storage- Discusses materials selection, design, and performance tradeoffs- Details electrochemical cell construction and testing methodologies- Explores sustainable development of energy devices- Features case studies- Provides workable solutions to selected problems in each chapterAimed at readers in materials, electrical, and energy engineering, this book provides readers with a deep understanding of the role of materials in developing sustainable energy devices.

As Android apps continue to grow in popularity and an associated job market emerges, the ability to develop software and applications for Android smartphones will only grow more relevant in the foreseeable future. Compiled from materials used in over a decade of teaching undergraduate and graduate students majoring in computer science and information technology, this book is a hands-on, step-by-step guide to coding Android apps that has been rigorously tested.Key Features: - Each chapter begins with a list of student learning outcomes that can be used for assessment purposes and syllabus construction. - The mechanics of Android app creation is presented in a very detailed, step-by-step progression, with accompanying screenshots and code explanations. - New topics are introduced chapter-by-chapter in a very logical and gradational instructional manner.- Very detailed exercises are provided at the end of each chapter and can be used for class activities and as homework assignments. Each chapter includes multiple exercises of varying difficulty.- Video lessons are available as supplementary resources for each chapter to quickly illustrate in a demonstrative and visual manner, the Java and XML code and Android Studio development actions covered in the chapter.This book is particularly appealing for students of mobile apps development courses offered in computer science and information technology departments, as well as information systems disciplines within business schools, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

The incorporation of Cognitive Radio (CR) into the Internet of Vehicles (IoV) has emerged as the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS). Section 1 covers the aspects of cognitive radio when it provides support to IoV. The challenges which limit the performance of ITS are highlighted in this chapter. These issues include unreliable delivery, the dynamic topology of IoV, routing overhead, scalability, and energy, to name a few. The issues can be considered as future research directions for a promising intelligent transportation system. Machine learning (ML) is a promising discipline of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to train the CR-based IoV system so that it can make decisions for improved spectrum utilization. The ML-enabled IoV systems can better adapt to the dynamically changing environment. Section 2 covers the applications of ML techniques to the CR-IoV systems and highlights their issues and challenges. Section 3 covers the examination of ML in conjunction with Data Science applications which further widens the scope of the readership. In CR-IoV, ML and Data Science can be collaboratively used to further enhance road safety through inter-vehicle, intra-vehicle, and beyond-vehicle networks.The channel switching and routing overhead is an important issue in CR-based IoVs. To minimize the channel switching and routing overheads, an effective scheme has been presented in Section 4 to discuss the promising solutions and performance analysis. Meanwhile, IoV communication is a highly time-sensitive application that requires that the vehicles should be synchronized. The time synchronization in IoVs has been highlighted in Section 5 to elaborate further on the critical metrics, challenges, and advancements in synchronization of IoVs. As the vehicles exchange data using wireless channels, they are at risk of being exposed to various security threats. The eavesdropping, identity exposure, message tampering, or sinkhole attack to name a few. It needs time to discuss the security issues and their countermeasures to make the CR-IoV attack resilient. The last section of the book highlights the security issues and maintaining the quality of service (QoS) of the CR-based IoVs which concludes the book.Key features of the book are mentioned below: ⮚ The architecture and applications of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) in CR-IoVs.⮚ The overview of ML techniques and their applications in CR-IoVs.⮚ The ML applications in conjunction with Data Science in CR-IoVs.⮚ A minimized channel switching and routing (MCSR) technique to improve the performance of CR-IoVs.⮚ Data Science applications and approaches to improve the inter and intra-vehicle communications in CR-IoVs.⮚ The classification of security threats and their countermeasures in CR-IoVs.⮚ The QoS parameters and their impact on the performance of the CR-IoV ecosystem.The targeted audience of this book can be undergraduate and graduate-level students, researchers, scientists, academicians, and professionals in the industry. This book will greatly help the readers to understand the application scenarios, the issues and challenges, and the possible solutions. All the chapters highlight the future research directions that can be taken as research topics for future research.

Leaders across the globe have a common challenge they cannot ignore: CHANGE. This must be embraced and effectively managed to remain relevant and successful in a dynamic operating environment. Embracing change, including technological innovations, collaboration, and timely sharing of information are paramount to the survival and success of everyone in an ever-changing environment.In times of rapid change, organizations are often forced to adjust their strategic plans. Stakeholders usually need assistance to effectively manage the risks, unprecedented at times, and capitalize on the opportunities that usually come with change. Change management must be effectively executed to assist in ensuring the viability of the organization. The book provides advice and guidance to assist stakeholders navigate the challenges and demands of change. It includes insights, measures, and tools that have contributed to my success as a leader in the internal audit profession for 27 years.The author, Audley Bell, graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Studies from Boston College in 1976. He is a Certified Public Accountant, Internal Auditor, Information System Auditor, and Fraud Examiner. He has established five internal audit functions, including two internal investigation units, during his 27-year career as an internal audit leader. He also oversaw the development of the implementation plan of a global enterprise risk management program. His work experience spans the private and public sectors, including publicly traded companies and non-governmental organizations. He is a member of Wingate University Board of Trustee and the Chair of the Audit Committee. He is a former chair of Xcel's Federal Credit Union Supervisory Committee and has served the Institute of Internal Auditors at the global and chapter levels in various roles, including District Representative for the Caribbean and as a member of the Board of Trustees of The Research Foundation.

This Handbook is a unique reference for scientists and engineers, containing over 3,800 nonlinear partial differential equations withsolutions.Thebook concernsfirst-, second-, third-, fourth-, and higher-order nonlinear PDEs and systems of coupled PDEs.It discusses parabolic, hyperbolic, and elliptic equations as well as those of mixed and general type.All in all, the handbook contains many more nonlinear equations of mathematical physics and other nonlinear PDEs with their exact solutions, than any other book currently available. Apart from the exact solutions, it also provides various reductions and transformations leading to ordinary differential equations, linear PDEs, or simpler PDEs.A solution is called exact if, when substituted into the differential equation under consideration, it turns the equation into an identity. In this case, no approximations or simplifications of the equation are allowed, and no a priori assumptions are used.Exact solutions to nonlinear equations of mathematical physics are understood as follows: solutions expressed in terms of elementary functions, functions included in the equation (this is necessary when the equation depends on arbitrary functions), and indefinite integrals; solutions expressed in terms of solutions to ordinary differential equations or systems of such equations.Exact solutions of mathematical equations have always played and continue to play a massive role in forming a correct understanding of the qualitative features of many phenomena and processes in various fields of natural science. The book will be helpful for a wide range of researchers, university teachers, and graduate and postgraduate students specializing in the fields of applied and computational mathematics, mathematical and theoretical physics, continuum mechanics, control theory, biology, biophysics, biochemistry, medicine, chemical engineering sciences, and ecology.

This classic ENT textbook has been updated and expanded to reflect the increasing sophistication of diagnostic and management skills. All sub-specialities are covered, with the content grouped into five major sections: Rhinology; Head and Neck; Otology; Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology; and Imaging.New material includes: - A new chapter on Middle Ear Devices- Information on recent technical advances, including brand new implant devices- Updated coverage of imaging and diagnostic techniquesEach chapter includes key learning points, up-to-date references, and suggestions for further reading. Many chapters benefit from updated figures which provide clarity and enhance the effectiveness of the text. ENT trainees and other practitioners with an interest in otorhinolaryngology will find this all-purpose textbook ideal for a thorough understanding of the specialty.From the Foreword by The President of The Royal College of Surgeons of England'This Iconic ENT textbook, which has guided generations of aspiring ENT surgeons around the world, as well as practitioners from other disciplines seeking a general grounding in the specialty.''By bringing together recognised experts in their fields, the editors have ensured that this 12th edition of Logan Turner's Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear will remain a definitive text for those working in the UK and also in those many countries around the world in which previous editions of the book have gained popularity.'- Mr Tim MitchellReviews of the 11th Edition'It is a modern, well- illustrated textbook with plenty of illustrations and figures and the text is clear, well written and broken up into easy to read sections. It is also a suitable textbook both for primary and secondary care doctors and has a good depth of coverage. If you want to learn more about ENT and want an established, yet up to date book which is not expensive then look no further. It is an excellent general all-purpose ENT textbook which will satisfy a wide audience.' - Dr Harry Brown

Symbolic regression (SR) is one of the most powerful machine learning techniques that produces transparent models, searching the space of mathematical expressions for a model that represents the relationship between the predictors and the dependent variable without the need of taking assumptions about the model structure. Currently, the most prevalent learning algorithms for SR are based on genetic programming (GP), an evolutionary algorithm inspired from the well-known principles of natural selection. This book is an in-depth guide to GP for SR, discussing its advanced techniques as well as examples of applications in science and engineering.The basic idea of GP is to evolve a population of solution candidates in an iterative, generational manner, by repeated application of selection, crossover, mutation and replacement, thus allowing the model structure, coefficients and input variables to be searched simultaneously. Given that explainability and interpretability are key elements for integrating humans into the loop of learning in AI, increasing the capacity for data scientists to understand internal algorithmic processes and their resultant models has beneficial implications for the learning process as a whole.This book represents a practical guide for industry professionals and students across a range of disciplines, particularly data science, engineering and applied mathematics. Focussed on state-of-the-art SR methods and providing ready-to-use recipes, this book is especially appealing to those working with empirical or semi-analytical models in science and engineering.

On the Fractal Language of Medicine bridges a very clear gap between the knowledge gained over the last 20 years in the physical and life sciences about network theory, organ synchronicity and communication, the understanding of fractal signatures in health and disease, and the importance of fractional calculus in integrating these concepts.The authors opined that the field of medicine has not appreciated this hard-won knowledge and has suffered greatly as a result. This book addresses this perceived deficiency by introducing medical researchers, clinicians, residents, first-year medical students, and members of allied fields to the work of the so-called hard sciences. It seeks to facilitate effective communication between empiricists and theorists by making interdisciplinary efforts to explain complex mathematical concepts to physicians and, equally important, to elucidate complex medical concepts to physicists or mathematicians.This book will be of great interest to medical students, professionals and academics, as well as students and researchers of applied mathematics, especially those interested in fractional calculus and fractals.

This book explores the essence of immunity. After an initial review of hypotheses, models, and theories proposed to explain immune phenomena in humans and mice, it summarizes the results from synchronic organism-level analyses and diachronic analyses tracing phylogeny. These results suggest that immunity is coextensive with life and is equipped with functions similar to the nervous system. Philosophical reflection with reference to Spinoza and Canguilhem suggests immunity is part of the essence of life - and the essence of immunity embraces elements with normativity. Approaching the essence of any phenomenon in this way is called "metaphysicalization of science." This book demonstrates the potential of this approach and contributes to a richer understanding of nature.Key Features- Reviews the history of immunological theories- Discusses and integrates science and philosophy- Provides a biological framework for cognition and self vs. non-self- Inspired by Auguste Comte's "The Law of Three Stages"

This book is an introductory guide to programming and coding in Stata. Commonly encountered code in the field of medical statistics as well as the analyses of observational data are presented.For those who are involved in the analyses of observational studies, the need to sometimes assemble large datasets will necessitate a detailed understanding of loops and macros. This book covers these materials early on and then describes other commonly required coding commands.For those who program in a controlled environment (.e.g. medical statisticians who perform analyses for regulatory bodies), the production of log files, a suggested folder structure and analysis pathway are covered. This book also includes a wide range of tabulation commands and other methods of producing tables of descriptive statistics. The text also then provides a clear explanation of how to perform some inferential analyses (including how to extract and format the coefficients for use in subsequent reports).The focus on coding allows beginners to grasp the basics of coding and programming, as well as allowing established researchers to hone their skills and become more advanced programmers.Key Features: Covers the fundamental of using and understanding Stata. Able to be used by anyone looking to learn the basics of coding. Introduces and explains difficult concepts such as macros from the outset.