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    • Edge Artificial Intelligence

      • 1st Edition
      • July 7, 2025
      • Parikshit Narendra Mahalle + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Edge Artificial Intelligence: Algorithms, Applications, Challenges and Ethical Issues introduces the essentials of Edge AI and machine learning. It delves into the architecture, algorithms, and applications of Edge AI, offering insights into regulation and governance. Real-world case studies and practical examples are included, providing readers with the knowledge and tools to harness the transformative power of Edge AI. This book also addresses the ethical considerations and regulatory aspects of deploying AI at the edge.In addition to offering a clear understanding of real-time decision-making, enhanced privacy, and efficient applications, this book empowers both technical and nontechnical readers by providing practical insights, case studies, and ethical considerations. It helps users implement and govern Edge AI in a responsible and effective manner.

    • Data-Driven Insights and Analytics for Measurable Sustainable Development Goals

      • 1st Edition
      • July 24, 2025
      • Tilottama Goswami + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Data-Driven Insights and Analytics for Measurable Sustainable Development Goals discusses the growing imperative to understand, measure, and guide actions using data-driven insights. The SDGs encompass a broad spectrum of global challenges, from eradicating poverty and hunger to preserving the environment and fostering peace. To address these issues, one should be able to measure and analyze progress. This book bridges the gap between qualitative and quantitative assessments, recognizing that goals are not solely about numbers but also encompass complex social, environmental, and economic dynamics. By merging data science with qualitative analysis, readers can explore how SDGs intersect and influence each other.The book provides readers with an understanding of how to effectively leverage data science models and algorithms using descriptive analytics, allowing us to assess the current state of SDG performance and offering valuable insights into where we stand on these critical goals. Prescriptive analytics guides actions by offering actionable recommendations, while predictive analytics anticipates future trends and challenges, helping us navigate our path toward the SDGs effectively.

    • Ferroelectricity in Doped Hafnium Oxide

      • 2nd Edition
      • August 5, 2025
      • Uwe Schroeder + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Ferroelectricity in Doped Hafnium Oxide: Materials, Properties and Devices, Second Edition covers all aspects relating to the structural and electrical properties of HfO2 and its implementation into semiconductor devices. Fundamentals of ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties, HfO2 processes, and the impact of dopants on ferroelectric properties are extensively discussed, along with phase transition, switching kinetics, epitaxial growth, thickness scaling, and more. Additional chapters consider the modeling of ferroelectric phase transformation, structural characterization, and the differences and similarities between HfO2 and standard ferroelectric materials. Finally, HfO2-based devices are summarized.The new edition extends the first edition in the following areas: Detailed discussion of the causes and dependencies for ferroelectric properties; Broader coverage of all known deposition techniques; Comparison of ferroelectric with antiferroelectric, piezoelectric, and pyroelectric properties; More aspects on switching and field cycling behavior; Wider overview of simulation results; Further applications of new HfO2-based materials for energy storage, and pyroelectric, piezoelectric, and neuromorphic applications.

    • Quantum Mechanics

      • 1st Edition
      • June 30, 2025
      • Mario Reis
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Quantum Mechanics: Theory and Applications introduces the fundamental principles of quantum mechanics with practical applications found in the appendices. The book integrates classroom teachings with relatable examples, making it an invaluable resource for students. It spans various levels, from basic spin problems to advanced topics like Quantum Entanglement that are accompanied by exercises designed to reinforce learning and comprehension, many of which have detailed solutions. Beyond theory, the book delves into modern discussions and offers a comprehensive suite of exercises categorized as Conceptual, Complementary, Retention, Development, and Advanced.It is an essential text for undergraduate and graduate students in Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science, and related courses, seamlessly covering fundamental to advanced topics, including Relativistic Quantum Mechanics. For chapter summaries, interactive discussions, Corrigendum, and any other information about the book, please visit the companion website quantummechanicsbook...

    • Resilient, Sustainable and Smart Ballasted Railway Track

      • 1st Edition
      • August 19, 2025
      • Yunlong Guo + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Resilient, Sustainable and Smart Ballasted Railway Track explores the optimization of railway ballast tracks to achieve resilience, sustainability, and intelligence in railway infrastructure. It summarizes and examines new technologies and developments that address unresolved rapid defects in track components, such as rail damage, track stability, ballast flight, and ballast fouling. This book discusses the application of innovative materials derived from waste and recycled railway components, including derived aggregates, recycled ballast, Neoballast, and polyurethane (often referred to as ballast glue). This book examines state-of-the-art structural health monitoring techniques, such as smart sleepers, interferometric synthetic aperture radar, ground-penetrating radar, and inspection robots.

    • Decentralized Optimization in Networks

      • 1st Edition
      • July 23, 2025
      • Qingguo Lü, + 5 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Decentralized Optimization in Networks: Algorithmic Efficiency and Privacy Preservation provides the reader with theoretical foundations, practical guidance, and solutions to decentralized optimization problems. The book demonstrates the application of decentralized optimization algorithms to enhance communication and computational efficiency, solve large-scale datasets, maintain privacy preservation, and address challenges in complex decentralized networks. The book covers key topics such as event-triggered communication, random link failures, zeroth-order gradients, variance-reduction, Polyak’s projection, stochastic gradient, random sleep, and differential privacy. It also includes simulations and practical examples to illustrate the algorithms' effectiveness and applicability in real-world scenarios.

    • Quantum Health AI

      • 1st Edition
      • July 30, 2025
      • Dominique J. Monlezun
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Quantum Health AI: The Revolution of Medicine, Public Health, and Global Health is the first comprehensive book defining the transformation of the global health ecosystem by the fusion of our most powerful technologies—quantum computing and artificial intelligence—while defending an actionable human-centred approach to doing so responsibly, equitably, and sustainably. We can continue to watch wars, diseases, poverty, polarization, cyber-crime, and climate change only worsen. Our strongest technologies can remain centralized in a small number of companies and countries for their profit and power. Or we can cooperatively put quantum AI to work for the health of all of us, by better managing this technology’s overarching strategic competition between democracies and autocracies, along with the public and private sectors (balancing human security with national security, economic growth with household livelihoods, individual rights with the common good). This book draws on the decade plus of original research and first-hand perspective of the world’s first triple doctorate-trained physician-data scientist and AI ethicist. It unpacks the history, science, values, and political economics framing and driving quantum AI (including its physics, metaphysics, ethics, governance, computing, sensing, communication, materials, and security), the global health ecosystem (healthcare systems, public health agencies, biotechnology companies, and development institutions), and their growing integration, wins, and challenges. This one-stop book provides a global, inclusive, and practical guide for understanding and shaping these societal and technological trends. It thus empowers health, technology, and policy students, practitioners, professionals, researchers, and leaders in organizations, universities, companies, and governments—ultimate... to make and maintain the human-centred quantum AI safeguarding and advancing humanity’s health, home, and future.

    • Drug Discovery and One Health Approach in Combating Infectious Diseases

      • 1st Edition
      • August 4, 2025
      • Kanti Bhooshan Pandey + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Drug Discovery and One Health Approach in Combating Infectious Diseases: A Multi-sectoral Approach to address Infections explores the intersection of drug discovery and the One Health Approach, along with the effectiveness of interdisciplinary approaches to combating infectious diseases. The book covers both holistic and innovative drug discovery methodologies and technologies such as natural compounds, harnessing genomics, proteomics, and nanotechnology. Additionally, the book reviews zoonotic diseases, vaccine development, ethical considerations, and regulatory pathways. Practice case studies demonstrate successful One Health and interdisciplinary initiatives to combating infectious disease.This catalogue of knowledge provides a toolbox of innovative and interdisciplinary solutions of complex issues in drug discovery and infectious disease. It will be a valuable resource to professionals and researchers working in the fields of biomedical sciences, pharmaceutical sciences, infectious disease research, and public health, as well as those engaged in drug discovery, development, and the management of infectious diseases.

    • Spatial Autocorrelation

      • 1st Edition
      • August 1, 2025
      • Daniel Griffith + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Spatial Autocorrelation: A Fundamental Property of Geospatial Phenomena offers a state-of-the-art exploration of one of the most pivotal spatial analysis concepts. Beginning with foundational theories and clear definitions, it sets out the concepts and basic theory of spatial autocorrelation through elaborated conceptualizations and practical examples. In-depth case studies reveal the pervasive influence of spatial patterns in scientific inquiry while anticipating emerging research and innovative techniques. It offers practical methods for quantifying spatial autocorrelation, complete with step-by-step instructions and real-world examples.Spatial Autocorrelation equips graduate students, researchers, and professionals with the knowledge and tools to confidently comprehend, navigate, and apply spatial analysis in their respective domains, making it an ideal companion for technical reference books, and a vital addition to the libraries of any discipline utilizing spatial analysis.

    • Studies in Natural Products Chemistry

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 86
      • September 17, 2025
      • Atta-ur-Rahman
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Natural products in the plant and animal kingdom offer a huge diversity of chemical structures that are the result of biosynthetic processes that have been modulated over the millennia through genetic effects. With the rapid developments in spectroscopic techniques and accompanying advances in high-throughput screening techniques, it has become possible to isolate and then determine the structures and biological activity of natural products rapidly, thus opening up exciting opportunities in the field of new drug development to the pharmaceutical industry. Studies in Natural Products Chemistry covers the synthesis or testing and recording of the medicinal properties of natural products, providing cutting edge accounts of the fascinating developments in the isolation, structure elucidation, synthesis, biosynthesis and pharmacology of a diverse array of bioactive natural products.

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