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  • Atmospheric Oscillations

    Sources of Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Variability and Predictability
    • 1st Edition
    • Bin Guan
    • English
    Atmospheric Oscillations: Sources of Subseasonal-to-Seaso... Variability and Predictability provides a thorough examination of various atmospheric oscillations of scientific and societal importance in the context of natural climate variability and anthropogenic climate change. Included are introductions to each phenomenon, overviews of the state of knowledge, in-depth analyses of relevant dynamical processes, and discussions of the impacts on weather and climate and implications for subseasonal-to-seaso... predictions and predictability.Writt... by an international team of experts in the fields of atmospheric and planetary sciences, each chapter of the book either focuses on a specific atmospheric oscillation or explores the interaction between multiple oscillations.

  • Geothermal Power Generation

    Developments and Innovation
    • 2nd Edition
    • Ronald DiPippo + 2 more
    • English
    Geothermal Power Generation, New Developments and Innovations, Second Edition provides an update to the advanced energy technologies that are urgently required to meet the challenges of economic development, climate change mitigation, and energy security. Edited by respected and leading experts in the field, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the major aspects of geothermal power production. Chapters cover resource discovery, resource characterization, energy conversion systems, design, economic considerations, and a range of fascinating and updated case studies from across the world.Geothermal resources are considered renewable and are currently the only renewable source able to generate baseload electricity while producing very low levels of greenhouse gas emissions, thus playing a key role in future energy needs.

  • Electrochemistry and Photo-Electrochemistry of Nanomaterials

    Fundamentals and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Ghulam Yasin + 4 more
    • English
    Electrochemistry and Photo-Electrochemist... of Nanomaterials: Fundamentals and Applications explores how nanotechnology and nanomaterials can be utilized in the field of electrochemistry and photo-electrochemist... The book covers the fundamentals of nanoscale electrochemistry and photo-electrochemist... for nanoscale materials systems, including multilayer nanofilms, nanowires, nanotubes, nanoparticles embedded in metal matrixes, and membranes containing nanoparticles. The creation of new materials for energy and sensing technologies that rely on understanding and control of chemical processes is also emphasized. Advances in characterization, synthesis, and fabrication of nanoscale materials and technologies are also discussed regarding the design of new materials.This book is suitable for academics and industry professionals working in the subject areas of materials science, materials chemistry, inorganic chemistry, and energy.

  • Biorefinery

    A Sustainable Waste Management Solution for the Developing World
    • 1st Edition
    • Olatunde Samuel Dahunsi
    • English
    Biorefinery: A Sustainable Waste Management Solution for the Developing World presents a comprehensive introduction to the new field of biorefinery as a sustainable waste management solution. With an emphasis on developing economies, the book explains how to develop sustainable methods for the collection, sorting, storage, and processing of waste streams for the production of fuels and platform chemicals. The first four chapters introduce the theoretical framework for the analysis of the various waste streams for bioenergy production, with an emphasis in developing countries. These introductory chapters are followed by a thorough examination of specific waste streams for bioenergy production, addressing every known waste feedstock in detail. Subsequent chapters explain biorefinery concepts for these waste feedstocks, addressing different biorefinery approaches, as well as considering important topics like pretreatment, microorganisms, and value-added products in dedicated chapters. Finally, the book discusses the policies, economics, and strategies for waste management and waste valorization.

  • Coulomb Interactions in Particle Beams

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 230
    • Guus Jansen
    • English
    Coulomb Interactions in Particle Beams, Volume 230, the latest release in the Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics series, merges two long-running serials, Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics and Advances in Optical and Electron Microscopy. The series features articles on the physics of electron devices (especially semiconductor devices), particle optics at high and low energies, microlithography, image science, digital image processing, electromagnetic wave propagation, electron microscopy, and the computing methods used in all these domains.

  • Machine Learning for Low-Latency Communications

    • 1st Edition
    • Yong Zhou + 4 more
    • English
    Machine Learning for Low-Latency Communications presents the principles and practice of various deep learning methodologies for mitigating three critical latency components: access latency, transmission latency, and processing latency. In particular, the book develops learning to estimate methods via algorithm unrolling and multiarmed bandit for reducing access latency by enlarging the number of concurrent transmissions with the same pilot length. Task-oriented learning to compress methods based on information bottleneck are given to reduce the transmission latency via avoiding unnecessary data transmission.Lastly, three learning to optimize methods for processing latency reduction are given which leverage graph neural networks, multi-agent reinforcement learning, and domain knowledge. Low-latency communications attracts considerable attention from both academia and industry, given its potential to support various emerging applications such as industry automation, autonomous vehicles, augmented reality and telesurgery. Despite the great promise, achieving low-latency communications is critically challenging. Supporting massive connectivity incurs long access latency, while transmitting high-volume data leads to substantial transmission latency.

  • Method of process systems in energy systems: Current system part I

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 8
    • English
    Method of Process Systems in Energy Systems: Current System Part 1, Volume Eight, the latest release in the Methods in Chemical Process Safety series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors.

  • Design, Characterization and Fabrication of Polymer Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering

    • 1st Edition
    • Dipankar Chattopadhyay + 1 more
    • English
    Design, Characterization and Fabrication of Polymer Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering covers core elements of scaffold design, from properties and characterization of polymeric scaffolds to fabrication techniques and the structure-property relationship. Particular attention is given to the cell-scaffold interaction at the molecular level, helping the reader understand and adapt scaffold design to improve biocompatibility and function. The book goes on to discuss a range of tissue engineering applications for polymeric scaffolds, including bone, nerve, cardiac and fibroblast tissue engineering. This is an important, interdisciplinary work of relevance to materials scientists, polymer scientists, biomedical engineers, and those working regenerative medicine.

  • Rearrangements with Migration to Electrophilic Heteroatomic Centers

    Timeless Classics in Organic Synthesis
    • 1st Edition
    • Sosale Chandrasekhar
    • English
    Rearrangements with Migration to Electrophilic Heteroatomic Centers: Timeless Classics in Organic Synthesis covers the basic principles and synthetic applications of a critically important class of organic reactions that date back to the founding period of organic chemistry. These reactions are not only of historical and pedagogical interest, but also have great practical value to this day, being inevitable in any strategy concerning the introduction of nitrogen and oxygen functionality. The book is made up of three parts, dealing with the Beckmann reaction, the Hoffmann family of reactions and the Baeyer-Villiger reaction.The book strikes a balance between delineation and exhaustiveness, with up-to-date refences for readers requiring in-depth coverage. Relevant industrial applications, including pharmaceutical processes, are included.

  • Computational Intelligence in Sustainable Computing and Optimization

    Trends and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Balamurugan Balusamy + 4 more
    • English
    Computational Intelligence in Sustainable Computing and Optimization: Trends and Applications focuses on developing and evolving advanced computational intelligence algorithms for the analysis of data involved in applications, such as agriculture, biomedical systems, bioinformatics, business intelligence, economics, disaster management, e-learning, education management, financial management, and environmental policies. The book presents research in sustainable computing and optimization, combining methods from engineering, mathematics, artificial intelligence, and computer science to optimize environmental resourcesComputation... intelligence in the field of sustainable computing combines computer science and engineering in applications ranging from Internet of Things (IoT), information security systems, smart storage, cloud computing, intelligent transport management, cognitive and bio-inspired computing, and management science. In addition, data intelligence techniques play a critical role in sustainable computing. Recent advances in data management, data modeling, data analysis, and artificial intelligence are finding applications in energy networks and thus making our environment more sustainable.

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