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    • Case Studies in Disaster Mitigation and Prevention

      • 1st Edition
      • December 3, 2022
      • Himanshu Grover + 2 more
      • English
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      Case Studies in Disaster Mitigation and Prevention: Disaster and Emergency Management: Case Studies in Adaptation and Innovation series presents cases illustrating efforts to reduce human and material losses associated with disasters. This volume demonstrates that mitigation is an ongoing phase in which communities continually pursue long-term hazard resistance and reduction. Cases illustrate the importance of risk assessment in the development of mitigation strategies through hazard mapping and multi-hazard mitigation planning. Cases also illustrate approaches to reduction risk through structural and non-structural means, giving consideration to benefits or limitations of these strategies in different contexts. The contributions of different mitigation activities to disaster risk reduction efforts are examined using the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.

    • Industrial Applications of Nanocrystals

      • 1st Edition
      • June 23, 2022
      • Shadpour Mallakpour + 1 more
      • English
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      Industrial Applications of Nanocrystals provides an overview of the properties and industrial applications of nanocrystalline materials. The aim of this book is to deliver advances in the use of nanocrystals across various industrial sectors. Chapter topics include approaches to the synthesis and green synthesis of nanocrystals and the applications of nanocrystals in the pharmaceutical, biomedical, environmental, catalysis, electrochemical energy storage device, and emerging industries. Nanocrystals are a major driver of technology and business in this century and hold the promise of high-performance materials that will significantly affect all aspects of society. Likewise, nanocrystals are driving development and innovation in numerous manufacturing sectors. However, complications keep nanocrystals from making a greater impact on manufacturing. The lack of information as well as the possibility of adverse influences on the environment, human health, safety, and sustainability are still major challenges. This book addresses these challenges for the use of nanomaterials in major manufacturing sectors.

    • Semantic Models in IoT and eHealth Applications

      • 1st Edition
      • September 17, 2022
      • Sanju Tiwari + 2 more
      • English
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      Semantic Models in IoT and eHealth Applications explores the key role of semantic web modeling in eHealth technologies, including remote monitoring, mobile health, cloud data and biomedical ontologies. The book explores different challenges and issues through the lens of various case studies of healthcare systems currently adopting these technologies. Chapters introduce the concepts of semantic interoperability within a healthcare model setting and explore how semantic representation is key to classifying, analyzing and understanding the massive amounts of biomedical data being generated by connected medical devices. Continuous health monitoring is a strong solution which can provide eHealth services to a community through the use of IoT-based devices that collect sensor data for efficient health diagnosis, monitoring and treatment. All of this collected data needs to be represented in the form of ontologies which are considered the cornerstone of the Semantic Web for knowledge sharing, information integration and information extraction.

    • Scramjet Combustion

      • 1st Edition
      • July 8, 2022
      • Gautam Choubey + 1 more
      • English
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      Scramjet Combustion explores the development of a high-speed scramjet engine operating in the supersonic/hypersoni... range for various air and space transport applications. The book explains the basic structure, components, working cycle, and the relevant governing equations in a clear manner that speaks to both advanced and more novice audiences. Particular attention is paid to efficient air–fuel combustion, looking at both the underlying fundamentals of combustion as well strategies for obtaining optimum combustion efficiency. Methods for reaching the chemically correct air–fuel ratio, subsequent flame, and combustion stabilization as air enters at supersonic speed are also outlined. Further, it includes the continuous on-going efforts, innovations, and advances with respect to the design modification of scramjet combustors, as well as different strategies of fuel injections for obtaining augmented performance while highlighting the current and future challenges.

    • Water Worlds in the Solar System

      • 1st Edition
      • November 25, 2022
      • Antony Joseph
      • English
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      Water Worlds in the Solar System: In Search of Habitable Environments and Life is a comprehensive reference on the formation, availability, habitability potential, and astrobiological implications of water in the Solar System. The book provides understanding of the importance of water on Earth to elucidate potential water and biosignature sources on other bodies in the Solar System. It covers processes involved in the formation of Earth and its Moon, genesis of water on those bodies, events on early Earth, and other processes that are applicable to celestial bodies in the Solar System, directly correlating data available on water on other bodies to over 15 Earth analogue sites. This book forms a comprehensive overview on water in the Solar System, from formation to biosignature and habitability considerations. It is ideal for academics, researchers and students working in the field of planetary science, extraterrestrial water research and habitability potential.

    • Functionalized Nanomaterial-Based Electrochemical Sensors

      • 1st Edition
      • January 11, 2022
      • Jamballi G. Manjunatha + 1 more
      • English
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      Functionalized Nanomaterial-Based Electrochemical Sensors: Principles, Fabrication Methods, and Applications provides a comprehensive overview of materials, functionalized interfaces, fabrication strategies and application areas. Special attention is given to the remaining challenges and opportunities for commercial realization of functionalized nanomaterial-based electrochemical sensors. An assortment of nanomaterials has been investigated for their incorporation into electrochemical sensors. For example, carbon- based nanomaterials (carbon nanotube, graphene and carbon fiber), noble metals (Au, Ag and Pt), polymers (nafion, polypyrrole) and non-noble metal oxides (Fe2O3, NiO, and Co3O4). The most relevant materials are discussed in the book with an emphasis on their evaluation of their realization in commercial applications. Application areas touched on include the environment, food and medicine industries. Health, safety and regulation considerations are touched on, along with economic and commercialization trends.

    • Quality

      • 2nd Edition
      • July 14, 2022
      • Kathleen E. McCormick + 1 more
      • English
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      Quality, second edition, provides comprehensive application of regulatory guidelines and quality concepts and methodologies related to pharmaceutical manufacturing. It is an excellent resource for practitioners, those pursuing pharmaceutical related certifications, and for students trying to learn more about pharmaceutical manufacturing. This book provides the background theory, applied descriptions of the guidelines and concepts, plus questions and problems at the end of the chapters that will help provide practice for the reader to apply the concepts. In this book the authors share their combined 60+ years of extensive practical experience in the industry and in process improvement combined with detailed understanding of the needs of the industry and education system. This book provides real-life examples from industry and guidelines for practical application of tools that can be referenced by operators, engineers, and management.This book is fully revised, updated, and expanded with new content in areas such as QbD, Lean, Six Sigma, basic data analysis, and CAPA tools.

    • Wool Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites

      • 1st Edition
      • August 1, 2022
      • Sabu Thomas + 1 more
      • English
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      Wool Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites is an in-depth and practical exploration of wool-based composites, covering everything from the morphology of wool fiber to the industrial applications of wool composites. Wool has emerged in the top position for this role because of its unique characteristics. While fine wool is too costly for many such applications, coarse wool of greater than 35 microns fiber length is globally under-utilized. This pioneering book describes every form of wool composite, woven, nonwoven, felt and fiber, including different fabrication methods. In unique detail, the international team of expert contributors describe the morphology, structure and properties of wool, methods for the chemical modification of wool, different forms of wool-polymer composites, and many exciting emerging applications.

    • Surface Process, Transportation, and Storage

      • 1st Edition
      • November 3, 2022
      • Qiwei Wang
      • English
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      Petroleum engineers search through endless sources to understand oil and gas chemicals, identify root cause of theproblems, and discover solutions while operations are becoming more unconventional and driving toward more sustainablepractice. Oil and Gas Chemistry Management Series brings an all-inclusive suite of tools to cover all the sectors of oil andgas chemistry-related issues and chemical solutions from drilling and completion, to production, surface processing, andstorage. The fourth reference in the series, Surface Process, Transportation, and Storage delivers the critical basics while alsocovering latest research developments and practical solutions. Organized by the type of challenges, this volume facilitatesengineers to fully understand underlying theories, practical solutions, and keys for successful applications. Basics includeproduced fluids treating, foam control, pipeline drag reduction, and crude oil and natural gas storage, while more advancedtopics cover CO2 recovery, shipment, storage, and utilization. Supported by a list of contributing experts from bothacademia and industry, this volume brings a necessary reference to bridge petroleum chemistry operations from theoryinto more cost-effective and sustainable practical applications.

    • Advanced Rare Earth-Based Ceramic Nanomaterials

      • 1st Edition
      • January 15, 2022
      • Sahar Zinatloo-Ajabshir
      • English
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      Advanced Rare Earth-Based Ceramic Nanomaterials focuses on recent advances related to preparation methods and applications of advanced rare earth-based ceramic nanomaterials. Different approaches for synthesizing rare earth-based ceramic nanomaterials are discussed, along with their advantages and disadvantages for applications in various fields. Sections cover rare earth-based ceramic nanomaterials like ceria and rare earth oxides (R2O3), rare earth vanadates, rare earth titanates, rare earth zirconates, rare earth stannates, rare earth-based tungstates, rare earth-based manganites, ferrites, cobaltites, nickelates, rare earth doped semiconductor nanomaterials, rare earth molybdates, rare earth-based nanocomposites, rare earth-based compounds for solar cells, and laser nanomaterials based on rare-earth compounds.

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