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This book presents a set of low-cost physics experiments, making use of the new technologies available (data collection and analysis systems by computers, Internet, video, commercial electronics, smartphones, etc.), while highlighting the methodological aspects of physics and science in general. The projects are aimed at university students of science and engineering, although some may be used in high schools.The experiments would enable students to answer the questions: How do we know this? Why do we believe in that? These questions illustrate the nature of scientific thinking process.This book is complemented by the site www.fisicarecreativa.com, where several of the projects presented here were carried out by students from different universities. We hope it can be used as an innovative STEM learning tools.

Methylene blue (MB) is a biocompatible and environmentally friendly material that has been widely used in clinical and biomedical research fields for over a century. In addition, it also has wide applications in other fields, such as dyeing and finishing industry, aquaculture industry, photocatalysis and food industry.This landmark publication is unique as it covers MB-mediated in vivo fluorescence, photoacoustic imaging and light-induced cancer therapy. The optical properties and photothermal effect of MB are also systematically described.

This volume reflects the contributions stemming from the conference Analytic and Combinatorial Number Theory: The Legacy of Ramanujan which took place at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on June 6-9, 2019. The conference included 26 plenary talks, 71 contributed talks, and 170 participants. As was the case for the conference, this book is in honor of Bruce C Berndt and in celebration of his mathematics and his 80th birthday.Along with a number of papers previously appearing in Special Issues of the International Journal of Number Theory, the book collects together a few more papers, a biography of Bruce by Atul Dixit and Ae Ja Yee, a preface by George Andrews, a gallery of photos from the conference, a number of speeches from the conference banquet, the conference poster, a list of Bruce's publications at the time this volume was created, and a list of the talks from the conference.

Human Resource Management in Singapore - The Complete Guide covers a wide spectrum of human resource management topics in five volumes: Employment Management, Work and Remuneration, Employee Benefits, Performance and Development, and Employee Conduct and Relations. In every chapter, the WHY, WHAT and HOW are presented lucidly. The books are a must-have GPS for any human resource practitioner in Singapore. Students, academics and bosses into human resource management as well as overseas human resource practitioners will also find the books helpful and instructive.Volume A on Employment Management explains the differences between contract of service and contract for service and the various types of employment and engagement of services, including permanent employment, term contract, re-employment, part-time employment and casual work. Key employment terms including probation, notice period and non-compete agreements are discussed. A clear execution guide is given on recruitment and selection, as well as managing the different forms of employment exit, including resignation, contract expiry, contractual termination, dismissal due to misconduct, vacation of office, frustration of contract, retirement, retrenchment and medical boarding out. Staff transfer and secondment, as well as legal transfer of employment are also covered. Readers will find the 11 chapters easily comprehensible and packed with invaluable insights to guide them to make good decisions on manpower resourcing and managing employment.

The Indo-Pacific is arguably the most important and most dynamic region in the world today, with numerous opportunities and challenges. This book covers major security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. Both traditional security challenges such as border and maritime disputes, arms races, weapons of mass destruction and sovereignty, and non-traditional security challenges such as demography, public health, climate change and the environment are addressed.Contributors who hail from Australia, China, India, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, the United States, Vietnam, and elsewhere carefully examine key security challenges facing some individual countries or the region as a whole and discuss policy implications moving forward.

At some point in their careers, most physicists make an attempt to read and understand Newton's Principia. Unfortunately, it is an extremely difficult book - it quickly becomes clear that one does not simply "read" the Principia. Even for a professional physicist, Newton's prose (written in Latin and translated to English) is difficult to follow. His diagrams and figures are complicated and confusing. To understand fully what Newton had done, the problems he posed would have to be solved by the reader.Newton's geometric methods and techniques, and the geometry and vocabulary that passed for common knowledge in the late 17th century, are now arcane and all but inaccessible to a modern reader. The contents of the Principia are not. Most physicists and physics students, and many scientists in general, would find the physics in the Principia interesting, illuminating, and useful.This book presents all the wonderful physics in the Principia in a manner that a modern reader can recognize and understand, using physics and mathematics as we understand them in the 21st century.

Biden and Beyond: The United States Rethinks South Asia captures the significant transitions unfolding in the US policy towards South Asia. Developed across two administrations, led by Donald Trump and Joe Biden, the US' South Asia policy has moved away from more than four decades of focus on Afghanistan, especially after the military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, to now viewing the region through the Indo-Pacific prism. The military withdrawal has also undermined the US' long-standing strategic partnership with Pakistan that was viewed as the frontline state in dealing with the turmoil in Afghanistan. This has substantially altered Washington's geopolitical perspective of the South Asian subcontinent.Furthermore, the rising concerns in Washington on China have seen the formulation of an Indo-Pacific strategy that has elevated India to the top of US strategic priorities. The deepening tensions between China and the US, as well as between Beijing and Delhi, have set the stage for a new strategic partnership between Washington and Delhi. Amidst Washington's competition with Beijing, the Himalayan region girding the underbelly of China has acquired an importance of its own. The maritime perspective of the US has also raised the value of the subcontinent's waters and provided an incentive for Washington to turn new attention to the strategic islands of the Maldives and Sri Lanka.Taken together, these factors presage a transformation in the interaction between the US and the South Asian subcontinent in the coming years. This book, hence, brings into the conversation these recent changes and sheds new light on contemporary US-South Asia relations.

This book examines the history of the military comfort women system in China. It aims to give readers a deeper insight into the origin, establishment, and operations of comfort stations, as well as tell the sufferings of comfort women, many of whom were coerced into service. It does so by providing historical evidence gathered over 25 years of field studies from 172 comfort stations which were operated in Shanghai, which once had the largest number of military comfort stations, during the Japanese occupation.

This book aims to present an introduction to numerical modeling of different aspects of large-scale superconducting applications: electromagnetics, thermal, mechanics and thermo-hydraulics. The importance of computational modeling to advance current superconductor research cannot be overlooked, especially given the enormous benefits provided by superconductors in many human endeavours, including energy generation, medical treatments, and future electrical technologies.Aimed at graduate students, researchers and practitioners in different fields of applied superconductivity, this book consists of four chapters. The chapter on electromagnetics provides a review of the state-of-the-art modeling of electromagnetic phenomena in superconductors, emphasising the theoretical aspects of the different numerical formulations. This is followed by a chapter on thermal effects, dedicated to the simulation of thermal stability and quench in superconducting magnets, with specific examples of magnets used in particle accelerators. Then, the chapter on mechanics provides details of the modeling of forces and stresses in cables composed of second-generation high-temperature superconducting wires. Finally, the chapter on thermo-hydraulics focuses on the fundamental thermal-hydraulic aspects involved in the cooling of superconducting magnets, with special reference to the issues related to the forced-flow cooling.

Digital Inclusiveness has ignited a conversation across the world. It delves into the world of digital economy as a modern form of organization for economic systems.The chapters transcend knowledge about the essence of digital inclusiveness over to the human right facets of the online environment. The book also offers an understanding of digital literacy, technological barriers, cybersecurity and digital entrepreneurship.What is the digital divide? Digital inclusiveness considers a myriad of issues pertaining to this topic. It narrows down to the era of the pandemic, lockdown and homeworking for the study of digital divide. The ways of addressing it are discussed l whilst offering promising solutions to overcome it. It will give you a complete understanding to support digital inclusiveness and empower society to work with digital technologies.With a fair and equitable distribution, the book will open the door to online information management systems. As a manifestation of global digital inclusion, these high-tech markets are seen as the future of international trade.

This unique compendium revises the most recent thermodynamic theories of supercritical fluids, focusing on the dynamic crossover and the role of thermodynamic properties in controlling this crossover.The volume also critically discusses different transition criteria to predict the onset of single-phase (diffusive) mixing and applies them to transcritical droplets and jets. The book overviews the different types of disintegration regimes and the conditions under which phase separation made be observed, even for supercritical injection conditions.This useful reference text benefits professionals, researchers, academics and graduate students in the fields of aerospace engineering, applied physics, chemical engineering and energy studies.

This unique edited compendium consists of peer-reviewed articles focusing on 2D materials-based nanoelectronics to nanophotonic devices for biosensors and bio-nano-systems.Wide-ranging topics span from novel systems for implementing data with security tokens, single chemical sensor for multi-analyte mixture detection, additively manufactured RF devices for communication, packaging, remote sensing, to energy harvesting applications.Quantum dot-based devices featuring optical modulators and mid-infrared photodetectors in the form of Ferroelectric and quantum dot non-volatile memories, 3D-confined quantum dot channel (QDC) and spatial wavefunction switched (SWS) FETs for high-speed multi-bit logic and novel system applications are also included.Contributed by eminent researchers, recent coverage of materials science for high-speed electronics, nanoelectronics based on ferroelectric and van der Waals materials, material synthesis, modeling of dislocations behavior in various heterostructures, Ultrahigh-Q on-chip SiGe microresonators for quantum transduction in new trend in computing are also prominently discussed.

"Positive Influence recognizes human connection as a universal and enduring need. In an evolving world facing crises of disconnection where loneliness, division, and polarization have become commonplace, Tsun-yan Hsieh and Huijin Kong offer a substantive, go-to guide to build a personal craft for nurturing human connection." --Laxman Narasimhan, CEO, Starbucks New York Times bestselling author and renowned leadership guru Tsun-yan Hsieh, together with his LinHart partner Huijin Kong, co-creator of high-impact programs, dive deep into how to master +Influence, an essential "soft skill" of our times. We are a society shaped by influence. From Dale Carnegie's seminal book How to Win Friends and Influence Others (1936) to social media "Influencers" affecting thoughts and behaviors, influence has permeated society, business and our lives. Like it or not, we are all influencing or being influenced by one another every day. However, we are getting more disconnected in our lives even as we get more digitally wired. This book is a bold attempt to reconnect us to our humanity and to each other by a type of influence the authors call +Influence (Positive Influence). In essence, +Influence effectuates mutually beneficial outcomes. With it, you can do well for yourself and do good to others. Combining decades of experience from shopfloors to boardrooms, both in the West and the East, the authors have distilled the principles of +Influence to a repertoire of mindsets, habits and skills. Richly illustrated with real-life examples, this book will help you achieve an elevated level of empathy for where others are coming from, and better equip you to find mutually beneficial paths out of conflicts while promoting alignment around the goals that matter. Whether you are a CEO or professional, Positive Influence: The First and Last Mile of Leadership will inspire you to hone +Influence into a craft over time that will propel your career and personal relationships, with more of your humanity gaining greater expressions in every moment of influence. www.positiveinfluence.life

Singapore's success as a global city is in no small part attributable to its stance on foreign labour and immigrants, illustrated by a largely welcoming but discerning immigration regime to fulfil vital socio-economic needs. However, this fairly liberal policy on immigration has been met with substantial disquiet over the last decade. Xenophobic tendencies have surfaced periodically and have been compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic.This edited volume spotlights these contemporary issues on immigrant integration in Singapore, and adopts a functional approach by explicitly bridging academic and practitioner perspectives. The chapters are organised into three sections. The first section on Challenges discusses various dominant trends - obstacles to immigrant integration based on ethnicity, culture and religion, and the fear and associated emotions that characterise reactions to immigration. The second section focuses on Communities, their perspectives and lived experiences in Singapore society. The latter differ substantially depending on migrant statuses and are contingent on social capital defined in relation to locals in the city-state. The last section seeks to illustrate the various Solutioning endeavours in tandem with the contentious nature of immigration. These concrete efforts range from ground-up initiatives, community-based collaborative approaches and government programming; all seeking to advance immigrant integration in Singapore.

This comprehensive volume presents essential mathematical results devoted to topics of mathematical analysis, differential equations and their various applications. It focuses on differential operators, Wardowski maps, low-oscillation functions, Galois and Pataki connections, Hardy-type inequalities, to name just a few.Effort has been made for this unique title to have an interdisciplinary flavor and features several applications such as in tomography, elastic scattering, fluid mechanics, etc.This work could serve as a useful reference text to benefit professionals, academics and graduate students working in theoretical computer science, computer mathematics, and general applied mathematics.

In this book, the author adopts the methodology of 'discussing philosophy by studying history of philosophy'. The chapters in the book discuss the essential content of The Study of Renxue Ontology, Ren's development in pre-Qin (before 206BC) and Han period (206BC-220), Ren theories in Song Dynasty (960-1279) and Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). It covers topics ranging from Confucius and Mencius' classic theories to Li Zehou's ontology of emotions as well as the development of Ren in the historical context and its contemporary interpretations. The book develops the theory of Ren and Taoist style of classical Confucianism while critically incorporating modern Chinese philosophical ontology. The resulting philosophical construction incorporates classical Confucian Ren theory and classical Confucian Ren theory and the continuation of and responses to the arguments of modern Chinese philosophy, thus offering a comprehensive and innovative coverage of contemporary Chinese Confucianism. The book combines Chinese contemporary cultural heritage and creative development to promote contemporary Confucianism and harmony between China and the world.