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  • Digital Twins in the Smart Classroom

    Utilising Sensor Networks in the Educational Environment
    • 1st Edition
    • Tuan Anh Nguyen
    • English
    Digital Twins in the Smart Classroom: Utilising Sensor Networks in the Educational Environment explores virtual schools that have incorporated digital twin computing into the day-to-day running of the classroom. The book discusses the foundational concepts, practical applications, future directions, and the various aspects of virtual school, such as the student's daily activities, intelligent wireless sensor networks, privacy issues, and how the internet of things, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud computing, and fog/edge-computing can enable a smarter, more efficient, more optimized classroom.The smart classroom allows the incorporation of digital devices and learning software into the school environment, as well as sensor networks for tracking classroom processes, for data gathering, and to developed insights into the management of scholarly activity. Additionally, modern infrastructure within schools can involve the installation of advanced Information and communication technology (ICT): student-friendly data can be collected from wearable devices (personal digital assistants, iPads, iPods, smart watches, etc.) via wireless sensor networks; smart sensors can monitor the classroom environment, such as noise level, CO2 level, temperature, humidity, lecturers’ voice, and students/lecturers’ motion (by PIR - passive infrared sensors), and much more.

  • The Next Frontiers of Quantum Generative Intelligence for Smarter Eco-Cities

    Transforming Environmental Sustainability Through Augmented Deep Generative and Foundation Models
    • 1st Edition
    • Simon Elias Bibri
    • English
    The Next Frontiers of Quantum Generative Intelligence for Smarter Eco-Cities: Transforming Environmental Sustainability Through Augmented Deep Generative and Foundation Models presents groundbreaking advances in the convergence of quantum computing, artificial intelligence, deep generative models, foundation models, and urban and environmental systems to transform sustainable urban development practices. The book offers conceptual frameworks, theoretical insights, evidence syntheses, applied innovations, operational models, empirical case studies, and real-world use cases that showcase how various forms of quantum-enhanced intelligence can advance the analysis, simulation, prediction, and optimization of energy systems, transportation networks, mobility flows, water and waste systems, biodiversity and ecosystems, air quality dynamics, and carbon capture processes while strengthening climate resilience in smarter eco-cities.Detailed chapters examine deep generative models, hybrid and mixed architectures, urban and environmental foundation models, hybrid quantum-classical architectures, quantum generative adversarial networks, quantum variational autoencoders, quantum diffusion models, and quantum transformer-based models, providing readers with foundational knowledge, applied methodologies, and practical solutions. The book bridges theoretical advances with deployment strategies, encompassing policy guidance and system constraints to support evidence-based decision-making in urban ecological sustainability contexts.This seminal resource benefits urban planners, city managers, environmental scientists, policymakers, technology experts, academics, and graduate students by equipping them with innovative tools and frameworks to design, operate, manage, and plan smarter eco-cities. It serves researchers and practitioners at the intersection of quantum AI, quantum generative AI, and urban-environmental systems, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration to address the urgent challenges of ecological degradation, resource depletion, and climate change.

  • Community Trees and Forests

    Improving Environmental and Human Well-Being
    • 1st Edition
    • David J. Nowak
    • English
    Improving Environmental and Human Health with Community Trees and Forests provides the latest and most comprehensive information on community forests globally, how these trees improve human health and well-being, the value of community trees, and what local land managers, from the lot to regional scale, could do to improve the benefits provided by community trees. It offers a complete understanding of the benefits and costs associated with trees in cities and how these benefits occur. This book facilitates the creation of sustainable community forests that provide optimal benefits to individuals and society.It takes a systems approach, focusing on the forest population rather than the individual tree, and providing information on the best tree species and designs to produce optimal effects. The book is divided into three major sections: The Basics, Urban Forest Benefits, and Improving the Urban Environment with Trees. It covers how cities affect our local environment, the monetary value of trees, and specific steps that land managers should follow to manage and improve their local tree and forest population. This comprehensive resource is valuable for city forest and park managers, policy makers, regional managers, and non-profit groups.

  • High-speed Railway Train–Track–Bridge Systems

    A Seismic Safety Technology Framework
    • 1st Edition
    • Guo Wei + 2 more
    • English
    High-speed Railway Train–Track–Bridge Systems: A Seismic Safety Technology Framework systematically constructs a seismic safety technology framework for high-speed railways, focusing on three key dimensions: catastrophe simulation innovation, in-depth mechanism revelation, and the implementation of prevention technologies. The book transcends the traditional limitation of modeling tracks as inertial masses by establishing, for the first time, a seismic failure model of railway tracks. For core prevention technologies, it proposes a disruptive SI (Spectral Intensity) velocity spectrum index that dynamically maps train derailment states to the responses of bridges.These results have already been applied to hundreds of bridges along the Guiyang–Guangzhou and Shanghai–Kunming high-speed railways, surviving nine strong earthquakes of magnitude 5.5 or greater. This book serves as an integrated knowledge source for both academic researchers and professional engineers: scholars will gain proficiency in the complete "experiment–simulati... research workflow; engineers can directly leverage SI velocity spectrum design metrics embedded in industry standards, improving efficiency in seismic-region bridge design; industry leaders can adapt maglev train-bridge coupled vibration test technologies to support national maglev R&D initiatives.

  • Machine Learning Made Visual with Python

    • 1st Edition
    • Weisheng Jiang
    • English
    Machine Learning Made Visual with Python makes machine learning intuitive through Python coding and dynamic visualizations. The book helps readers grasp complex math concepts by showing how algorithms evolve step-by-step. Readers will learn how to develop a hands-on, visual, and practical path to mastering core machine learning algorithms. Importantly, the book includes practical examples and coding exercises.

  • Encyclopedia of Particle Physics

    • 1st Edition
    • Christian Fischer
    • English
    Encyclopedia of Particle Physics, Four Volume Set offers an authoritative gateway to the literature for graduate and postgraduate students, early career researchers, and physicists, particularly those focused on hadron and particle physics within and beyond the Standard Model. It delivers comprehensive coverage of electroweak and Higgs physics, neutrino physics, hadron physics, core theoretical concepts, key experiments, and emerging directions beyond the Standard Model. Bringing clarity to a complex and rapidly evolving field, this four-volume set serves as an indispensable, one-stop foundational reference that researchers will return to time and again.

  • Spacecraft Electromagnetic Docking and Separation

    • 1st Edition
    • Keke Shi + 3 more
    • English
    Spacecraft Electromagnetic Docking and Separation solves problems for spacecraft electromagnetic docking and separation control systems using different control methods instead of the widely used proportional–integra... controller or PID control. The book focuses on presenting a variety of control strategies tailored for spacecraft electromagnetic docking and separation that are accompanied by stability proofs that integrate Lyapunov stability theory with sliding mode theory, LMIs-based theorems, model predictive control theories, reinforcement study theories, and other frameworks so the reader can understand how to handle different kinds of disturbances and perturbations in actual orbiting spacecraft.The book also provides a review of magnetic field, the magnetic field force model (both the near-field model and the far-field model), and useful lemmas and dynamic modeling methods of spacecraft relative motion that can serve as first stage analysis for further research, and are especially important in the initial design phase of a spacecraft electromagnetic docking and separation control systems.

  • Supercritical CO2 Extraction

    From Basic Principles to Industrial Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 10
    • Ivana Lukić + 2 more
    • English
    Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) has become one of the most recognized and widely applied technologies in green processing, with supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) leading the way as the fluid of choice. It represents not only the first but also the most established industrial application of supercritical fluids, paving the path from laboratory research to large-scale production.This book brings together and systematizes the current state of knowledge on scCO2 extraction, offering both a comprehensive overview and practical insights. It begins with an accessible introduction to the unique properties of scCO2, followed by a clear explanation of the principles and operation of SFE. A broad spectrum of applications is then explored, ranging from plant materials to non-plant sources, agricultural residues, and food by-products, highlighting the versatility and growing potential of this technology.In addition to practical case studies, the book addresses modelling strategies and scale-up considerations, providing valuable guidance for translating experimental findings into industrial practice. Special emphasis is placed on integrated processes and real-world examples, showcasing how SFE has successfully bridged the gap between science and industry. The final chapter looks toward the future, outlining the challenges and opportunities that will shape the next generation of scCO2-assisted technologies.Supercr... CO2 Extraction is intended for master’s and PhD students in chemical engineering, biotechnology, food engineering, pharmaceutical sciences, and process engineering. It also serves as an essential resource for industry professionals seeking to understand and apply one of the most promising technologies in sustainable extraction.

  • Anderson’s Pediatric Cardiology

    • 5th Edition
    • Robert H. Anderson + 7 more
    • English
    As a leading reference on pediatric cardiology and congenital heart disease, Anderson's Pediatric Cardiology provides exhaustive coverage of pediatric cardiovascular anomalies, sequelae related to these anomalies, comorbidities and neurodevelopmental problems, and current methods for management and treatment. The newly streamlined 5th Edition addresses significant and ongoing changes in practice, including recent developments in fetal, neonatal, and adult congenital heart conditions. The outstanding illustration program provides superb visual guidance and is supplemented with a remarkable collection of more than 350 professionally curated images and videos, many new to this edition.According to Anderson’s Pediatric Cardiology, 5th edition editors, Tretter, et al: “Textbooks continue to serve as essential central repositories of knowledge for postgraduate education in paediatric cardiology, despite the widespread availability of digital learning tools. Recent studies confirm that trainees still value textbooks for their structure, depth, and accessibility, while also requesting improved pedagogy and organization.”

  • Biomimetics for Aviation and Marine Applications

    • 1st Edition
    • Mahadi Hasan Masud + 2 more
    • English
    Biomimetics for Aviation and Marine Applications helps readers to understand both fundamental and applied aspects of fluid flows in biological and nature-inspired systems.Key background topics and other essential, physics-specific concepts are covered, as are a wide range of field test studies and numerical simulations of applied fluid dynamics. Examples of novel and bio-improved vehicles for aviation and marine purposes are provided, and the book also discusses future prospects and critical challenges related to the topic.

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