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    • Advances in Sustainable Humidification-Dehumidification Thermal Desalination Systems

      • 1st Edition
      • September 4, 2024
      • Majid Amidpour + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Advances in Sustainable Humidification-Dehum... Thermal Desalination Systems: 4E Analysis, Process Integration, and Materials presents the newest developments in humidification–dehum... (HDH) systems and improvements in their applications for reducing energy usage.This book is split into three parts, first outlining principles, analysis, and optimization of HDH technology, its economy, its impacts on the environment, and a multistage approach for maximizing energy efficiency. This is followed by practical guides on implementing sustainable HDH systems within a variety of hybridization scenarios. Finally, this book provides an evaluation of different packing materials for HDH desalination units.Showing how the major advances in this technology impact the energy requirements of fresh-water production, Advances in Sustainable Humidification-Dehum... Thermal Desalination Systems: 4E Analysis, Process Integration, and Materials takes readers from fundamental principles to sustainable real-world applications of HDH thermal desalination systems.

    • Remote Sensing of Climate

      • 1st Edition
      • August 9, 2024
      • Timothy Dube + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Remote Sensing of Climate provides cutting-edge techniques in remote sensing of climate variability and the environment. The book focuses on methods and data analytics, advancements in scientific research in the field, and further proffers recommendations on the possible knowledge gaps and future scientific research directions. It covers eight key themes of remote sensing and climate variability, including discussions on how the various aspects from each chapter of the themes interrelate. It also integrates several divergent perspectives on remote sensing and climate variability and the environment to show the interrelationships between the perspectives.This is an important reference for those in education and research working on remote sensing and climate science who need methods, data analytics, case studies, research strides, and key knowledge gaps in the field.

    • High-Volume Mineral Admixtures in Cementitious Binders

      • 1st Edition
      • September 7, 2024
      • Dan Tsang + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      High-Volume Mineral Admixtures in Cementitious Binders: Towards Carbon-Neutral Construction delivers an overview of the broad applications of high-volume supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) in cementitious binders, addressing the most promising ways to use them to reduce carbon emissions in the construction and building industry. This book focuses on the applications and scientific challenges of high-volume SCMs blends, elaborating on the possibilities as well as offering original perspectives on using different kinds of blended cements in the manufacturing process. Emphasis is placed on activity estimation and quality assessment, the properties of high-volume SCM-blends at both the fresh and hardened stages, self-hydraulic properties, and potential use as the sole binder, as well as associated environmental impacts and carbon footprint reduction.

    • Blue Energy Extraction Using Salinity Gradients

      • 1st Edition
      • April 19, 2024
      • Mihir Kumar Purkait + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Blue Energy Extraction Using Salinity Gradients: A Critical Evaluation of Case Studies presents a collection of case studies on real-world power plants from around the world that involve sustainable energy extraction via salinity gradients. Using real-world examples, the book explains and demonstrates the fundamentals, technologies, processes, and application of salinity gradient energy extraction methods, while also offering practical solutions. The book provides an overview of the fundamentals and technologies of salinity gradient energy, with each chapter analyzing a real-world salinity gradient power plant from a different region of the world. Examples from developed and developing economies on three continents are covered.For each case study, key aspects of performance are evaluated, and benefits and operational challenges are discussed. Validated mathematical models are also included to improve readers understanding of how to control operating parameters.

    • Digital Technology in Public Health and Rehabilitation Care

      • 1st Edition
      • August 23, 2024
      • Raymond K. Y. Tong + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Digital Technology in Public Health and Rehabilitation Care: COVID Era provides an in-depth examination on how digital technology has impacted public health and rehabilitation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The book showcases the range of digital technology applications utilized in healthcare, including the use of mobile phones, computers, wearable and non-wearable technologies, sensors, 3D printers, robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), internet technologies, websites and apps, virtual and augmented realities, and computer games. With a wealth of case studies and insights, this book is an essential resource on the impact of digital technology on public health and rehabilitation services in the COVID-19 era. The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on the rehabilitation services available to those in need, particularly for older adults, people with physical and cognitive impairments, children with autism and ADHD, and individuals with physical and mental health disorders. In response to these challenges, the book focuses on the potential for advanced digital technologies to revolutionize public health and rehabilitation services, highlighting the need for researchers and healthcare professionals to work together to promote digital-based interventions.

    • 3-Membered Heterocycle Synthesis

      • 1st Edition
      • January 6, 2024
      • Navjeet Kaur
      • English
      • Paperback
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      3-Membered Heterocycle Synthesis provides readers with detailed information about the synthesis of three-membered heterocyclic compounds. The book comprehensively describes three-membered heterocyclic compounds synthesis, allowing the audience to quickly assess possible synthetic approaches. Other sections discuss their unusual combination of synthetic flexibility, reactivity, and atom economy. The main challenge for synthetic chemists, both in academia and industry, is the search for efficient approaches to target molecules. This book presents several methodologies for the synthesis of three-membered heterocyclic compounds.

    • Shape Memory Polymer-Derived Nanocomposites

      • 1st Edition
      • January 10, 2024
      • Ayesha Kausar
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Shape Memory Polymer derived Nanocomposites: Materials, Properties, and Applications summarizes fundamentals and applications of shape memory polymer derived nanocomposites. The book presents a state-of-the-art assessment, including updates on their flexibility, durability, heat stability, shape deformability, and the shape memory features of these polymers. Essential categories of the stimuli-responsive polymer-based nanocomposites are discussed in terms of recent scientific literature, and subsequent sections of the book are dedicated to the potential of shape memory polymer-based nanocomposite in various technical fields.

    • Transfer Printing Technologies and Applications

      • 1st Edition
      • January 25, 2024
      • Changhong Cao + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Transfer Printing Technologies and Applications is a complete guide to transfer printing techniques and their cutting-edge applications. Sections in the book explore the fundamentals behind these technologies, along with state-of-the-art applications enabled by transfer printing techniques, including areas such as flexible sensors, flexible transistors, wearable devices, thin film-based energy systems, flexible displays, microLED-based displays, metal films, and more. A concluding chapter addresses current challenges and future opportunities in this innovative field. This book will be of interest to researchers and advanced students across nanotechnology, materials science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, chemistry, and biomedicine, as well as scientists, engineers, R&D professionals, and more.

    • Proactive Human-Robot Collaboration Toward Human-Centric Smart Manufacturing

      • 1st Edition
      • May 15, 2024
      • Shufei Li + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Proactive Human–Robot Collaboration Toward Human-Centric Smart Manufacturing is driven by an appreciation of manufacturing scenarios where human and robotic agents can understand each other’s actions and conduct mutual-cognitive, predictable, and self-organizing teamwork. Modern factories’ smart manufacturing transformation and the evolution of relationships between humans and robots in manufacturing tasks set the scene for a discussion on the technical fundamentals of state-of-the-art proactive human–robot collaboration; these are further elaborated into the three main steps (i.e., mutual-cognitive and empathic coworking; predictable spatio-temporal collaboration; self-organizing multiagent teamwork) to achieve an advanced form of symbiotic HRC with high-level, dynamic-reasoning teamwork skills. The authors then present a deployment roadmap and several case studies, providing step-by-step guidance for real-world application of these ground-breaking methods which crucially contribute to the maturing of human-centric, sustainable, and resilient production systems. The volume proves to be an invaluable resource that supports understanding and learning for users ranging from upper undergraduate/gradua... students and academic researchers to engineering professionals in a variety of industry contexts.

    • Geology and Landscape Evolution

      • 3rd Edition
      • May 26, 2024
      • Joseph A. DiPietro
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Geology and Landscape Evolution: General Principles Applied to the United States, Third Edition is an accessible text that balances interdisciplinary theory and applications within the physical geography, geology, geomorphology and climatology of the United States. The vast diversity of terrain and landscape across the United States makes this an ideal tool for geoscientists worldwide who research the country’s geological and landscape evolution. The book provides an explanation of how landscape forms and how it evolves. This edition is fully updated with 3 additional sections: Geologic and Tectonic Processes and Provinces; Surface Processes and Provinces; and Compressional Mountain Systems.Rather than limiting the coverage specifically to tectonics or to the origin and evolution of rocks with little regard for the actual landscape beyond general desert, river, and glacial features, this book concentrates specifically on the origin of the landscape itself, with specific and exhaustive references and examples from across the United States. The book goes on to apply those concepts to specific examples throughout the United States, making it a valuable resource for understanding theoretical geological concepts through a practical lens.

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