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Written by one of the leading active researchers into climate engineering this textbook will educate those interested in climate engineering. Written in an unbiased manner and provides a detailed description of the various technologies being discussed that might be deployed to ameliorate or reverse the effects of climate change.

Experimental techniques to understand the physics and chemistry of solid surfaces blossomed following the introduction of all-metal demountable stainless steel ultrahigh vacuum methods in the late 1960s, leading to the development of many new techniques in the following years. These techniques exploit instrumentation that can be installed in university and company laboratories and are now widely used. A slightly later development, namely the availability of facilities to deliver synchrotron radiation (SR), particularly since the 1980s, has impacted on a wide range of disciplines in physics, chemistry, materials science and the life sciences. In particular, SR has allowed important enhancements in the capability of existing surface science techniques based on X-rays and vacuum ultra-violet radiation through improved spectral brilliance, and spectral and spatial resolution. Even more significantly, SR, with its wide range energy tunability in this spectral range has opened up entirely new surface methods with no equivalents in home laboratories. These enhanced and new capabilities are the particular focus of this book.Key Features: Explains why synchrotron radiation is relevant for studies of surfacesDescribes the unique properties of synchrotron radiation that provide information on surfaces not accessible without itIllustrates how synchrotron radiation can aid understanding of the electronic properties of surfacesIllustrates how synchrotron radiation can aid understanding of the structure of surfaces

This second edition course text provides a general overview of jet physics by presenting the basic experimental and theoretical problems arising when dealing with jets, and describing the solutions proposed in recent years. As a second edition, this book builds upon and complements the first through updated and significantly expanded chapters and the inclusion of fully worked-out example scenarios.

This book covers the fundamental knowledge required to implement the IGRT techniques in abdominal cancer treatment with detailed operational procedures involved, and also provides an overview of emerging techniques for future application. This is an ideal text for Radiation oncologists, medical physicists, dosimetrists, and radiation therapists.

This reference text provides fundamental knowledge of functional carbon materials ranging from fullerene, carbon dots, carbon fibers and nanofibers, carbon nanotubes, graphene, graphite, graphyne, diamonds, activated carbon and carbon aerogels. Each chapter. The book explores the properties and structure of each material, providing a discussion of the latest exciting developments in research, and acting as a comprehensive introduction to functional carbon materials.Current research and future challenges are discussed throughout, with a particular focus on the wide-ranging engineering applications of each material. The text also discusses the latest novel carbon types, including graphyne.The key audience for the book includes researchers working on functional carbon materials. It will be particularly valuable for early career researchers looking for an authoritative introduction to the field.Key Features: Provides fundamental knowledge of the wide variety of functional carbon materials, including structure, properties, current research status and future challengesIncludes the wide-ranging engineering applications of each materialCovers fullerene, carbon dots, carbon fibers and nanofibers, carbon nanotubes, graphene, graphite, graphyne, diamonds, activated carbon and carbon aerogelsDiscusses novel carbon types such as graphyneProvides an authoritative reference for researchers and those seeking a comprehensive introduction to the field

This book begins by presenting an overview of the karst problem worldwide, and examines Dead Sea evaporite karst, including its features and methods of investigation, a review of geophysical methods for karst investigation and features of geophysics for investigation of different aspects of the DS karst and sinkholes, respectively. The authors present practically all geophysical methods that have been applied. The book shows the potential of geophysical methods for resolving real problems of karst. The description of different aspects of the problem and justification of the necessity to understand the phenomenon in the relationship with the geology and hydrogeology of specific regions represents one of the main parts of the book.Key FeaturesKarst around the world and its investigationDevelopment of evaporate karst in the Dead Sea shore and the sinkholes problemKarst detection, and mitigation observed by surface geophysical methodsAn overview of the efficiency of surface geophysical methods for karst detectionContribution of surface geophysical methods to environmental security (natural hazard/karst related hazard)

A valuable reference for researchers in physics, materials, mechanical and electrical engineering, as well as graduate students, Nanoscale Energy Transport provides a comprehensive and insightful review of this developing topic. The text covers new developments in the scientific basis and the practical relevance of nanoscale energy transport, highlighting the emerging effects at the nanoscale that qualitatively differ from those at the macroscopic scale.

A fear of physics can be problematic for both students and citizens when making science-based decisions. This book discusses reasons behind this fear and the remedies to counter it in terms of attitudes, course planning and execution, laboratory work, information technology, and more.

Semidefinite programming is a class of optimisation problem with application in physics, engineering and mathematics It is particularly suited to problems in quantum physics and quantum information science. This book is a self-contained introduction to semidefinite programming and its widespread application in quantum information science.

This book focuses on major trends and challenges in the area of diagnosing breast and bladder cancer using artificial intelligence tools. It presents work aimed to identify new techniques and their use in biomedical analysis.

This book has been developed from the author's undergraduate module on the frontiers of physics - the intention of which is to ground students in the latest research and understanding. Introducing a broad range of core physics, including quantum mechanics, van der Waals forces and atomic potentials, tying it to up-to-date research and making heavy use of multimedia as well as Python simulations.

This book addresses the challenges of implementation of deep learning techniques, computation time, and the complexity of reasoning and modelling different type of data.

This book provides an extensive inquiry to determine the degree of understanding of the processes leading to lithium creation, destruction and preservation in the Universe.

Artificial intelligence has been utilized to automate and improve various aspects of medical science. For radiotherapy treatment planning, many algorithms have been developed to better support planners. The book provides applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in radiation therapy according to the clinical radiotherapy workflow. An introductory section explains the necessity of AI regarding accuracy and efficiency in clinical settings followed by a basic learning method and introduction of potential applications in radiotherapy. Some chapters also include typical source codes which the reader may use in their original neural network. This book would be an excellent text for more experienced practitioners and researchers and members of medical physics communities, such as AAPM, ASTRO, and ESTRO. Students and graduate students who are focusing on medical physics would also benefit from this text.Key Features: Systematic chapters are designed over the radiotherapy workflow.Describes in detail how AI contributes to a perspective in the future radiotherapy.Typical source codes are included to implement a neural network.The book supports the reader as a developer of AI.

This book provides an overview for all current applications of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a diagnostic and monitoring method for the lifelong debilitating disease multiple sclerosis (MS).