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  • Sustainable Hybrid Cooling and Dehumidification Strategies for Controlled Environments

    • 1st Edition
    • Uzair Sajjad + 2 more
    • English
    Sustainable Hybrid Cooling and Dehumidification Strategies for Controlled Environments addresses the critical need for energy-efficient climate control solutions in storage, industry, and agriculture amid climate change and rising energy costs. Sections explore innovative hybrid systems, including evaporative cooling, radiative cooling, desiccant systems, and renewable energy integration to meet the demands of sustainable environmental management. The book's contents encompass thermally driven desiccant dehumidification, phase change materials, solar thermal collectors, AI and IoT-based control systems, and applications in agriculture. It combines theoretical foundations, experimental methods, case studies, and practical applications, offering a holistic view of current advancements and future trends.Designed for practitioners, researchers, and graduate students, the book provides actionable insights to enhance energy efficiency, reduce environmental impacts, and support the global energy transition. Its interdisciplinary approach and inclusion of techno-economic analyses make it an essential resource for developing sustainable climate-control solutions aligned with UN SDGs, particularly SDG 7, 9, 11, and 13.

  • High-Temperature Polymeric Materials

    Preparation, Properties, Modeling and Engineering Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku + 3 more
    • English
    High-Temperature Polymeric Materials: Preparation, Properties, Modeling and Engineering Applications is a comprehensive reference book that delves into the development and applications of high-temperature polymeric materials. It begins with an in-depth overview of the preparation and properties of various high-temperature polymeric materials, including nano- and polymer blend-based composites, biopolymers, and fiber-reinforced composites tailored for high-temperature uses. The book serves as an essential resource for materials scientists, polymer scientists, and plastic engineers. Other important points in the book include chapters on behavioral modeling of polymer composites, computational modeling of aging effects, and numerical modeling and simulation of polymer failure at elevated temperatures.The book also covers the applications of these materials in industries such as automotive, aviation, aerospace, and construction, making it a key reference for professionals involved in high-temperature polymeric materials.

  • Reliability in Green Engineering

    Ensuring Environmental Compliance
    • 1st Edition
    • Moharana Choudhury + 2 more
    • English
    Reliability in Green Engineering: Ensuring Environmental Compliance is a comprehensive guide that helps engineers, environmental professionals, and policymakers navigate the complexities of sustainability and regulatory compliance in engineering practice. This book begins by laying out the foundational concepts of green engineering principles and the importance of reliability in achieving environmental goals. It then delves into topics such as renewable energy systems, eco-friendly design methodologies, life cycle analysis, and green technologies. It equips readers with the knowledge and tools to effectively integrate reliability and environmental compliance into their engineering practices.

  • Neonatal Nursing: Clinical Concepts and Practice Implications, Part 1, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 36-1
    • Leslie Altimier
    • English
    In this issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics, guest editor Leslie Altimier, DNP, RNC, NE-BC, brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Neonatal Nursing: Clinical Concepts and Practice Implications, Part 1. Top experts provide clinical reviews covering mother’s milk versus donor milk, retinopathy of prematurity, non-invasive ventilation, management of peri-viable infants, and much more, with a focus on best practices and improving patient outcomes.

  • Modeling and Simulation of Multiphase and Reactive Flows

    From Fundamentals to Engineering Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Yu Lv + 3 more
    • English
    Modeling and Simulation of Multiphase and Reactive Flows: From Fundamentals to Engineering Applications offers integrated coverage of state-of-the-art advancements in the study of computational fluid dynamics. The book accompanies readers on a pedagogically progressive journey that exposes them first to the fundamental physics of multicomponent flows and then moves on to more advanced topics in a number of target applications of current interest, with particular emphasis on aerospace, automotive, thermal, and nuclear engineering. A wide spectrum of flows including bubbly flows, liquid atomization, cavitation, chemically reactive flows, spray combustion, hypersonic flows, and detonation motion are discussed.Further cognizance of how to control and manipulate these phenomena is enabled by leveraging powerful technologies for numerical modeling and simulation techniques, with worked-out computational exercises and sample case studies also being featured to encourage practical endeavors to promisingly enhance the performance of many propulsion and energy systems.

  • Microneedle Technology

    Advances and Biomedical Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Chuanbin Wu + 3 more
    • English
    Microneedle Technology: Advances and Biomedical Applications provides a detailed overview of advances in microneedle structure, materials, fabrication, along with strategies to improve efficient drug delivery. In addition, the book focuses on the application of microneedles for the treatment of diverse diseases, including diabetes, tumors, infectious disease, inflammatory diseases, skin infections, and wound healings. The book also summarizes the application of microneedles for cosmetic purposes and biological monitoring and diagnosis.

  • Musculoskeletal Interventional Radiology, An Issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 64-5
    • Giuseppe Guglielmi + 1 more
    • English
    In this issue of Radiologic Clinics, guest editors Drs. Giuseppe Guglielmi and Alberto Bazzocchi bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Musculoskeletal Interventional Radiology. Top experts discuss interventional procedures in rheumatology, regenerative medicine, metabolic bone diseases, and more, as well as tips and tricks for fluoro-guided procedures, fluoroscopy-guided and intravascular procedures, ultrasound-guided procedures, CT-guided procedures, and MR-guided procedures.

  • Ethical Issues in Contemporary Psychiatry, An Issue of Psychiatric Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 49-3
    • Ryan J. Dougherty + 1 more
    • English
    In this issue of Psychiatric Clinics, guest editors Drs. Ryan J. Dougherty and Joanna Smolenski bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Ethical Issues in Contemporary Psychiatry. Top experts examine the tensions between traditional clinical approaches and ethical frameworks in light of emerging social movements and technologies, covering various topics from clinical decision-making to diagnostic categories. By engaging with these debates, the issue deepens our understanding of psychiatry’s contemporary landscape and offers insights into how to strengthen patient-centered practices, with implications for both policy and practice.

  • Infections in Older Adults, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 42-3
    • Puja Van Epps + 1 more
    • English
    In this issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, guest editors Drs. Puja Van Epps and David H. Canaday bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Infections in Older Adults. Of the top ten leading causes of death in older adults, two (influenza and pneumonia, and septicemia) are directly related to infection, and infections likely play an important role in several of the other leading causes of death, as well. In this issue, top experts provide important updates on treating and managing infections in older adults.

  • Mastering Clostridioides Difficile Infection: Comprehensive Insights and Patient-Focused Care, An Issue of Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 55-3
    • Colleen R. Kelly
    • English
    In this issue of Gastroenterology Clinics, guest editors Dr. Colleen R. Kelly brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Mastering Clostridioides difficile Infection: Comprehensive Insights and Patient-Focused Care. Increasing rates of C. difficile infection, specifically community-acquired and multiply recurrent infections, have occurred over the past 20 years. In the era of nucleic acid amplification-based testing, diagnostic challenges have become apparent, and making an accurate diagnosis is important given newer therapeutic options for treatment and prevention of recurrence. This issue provides the most current information on management of C. difficile infection with the goal of improving patient outcomes.

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