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    • Federated Learning for the Metaverse

      Applications in Virtual Environments
      • 1st Edition
      • Noor Zaman Jhanjhi + 3 more
      • English
      Federated Learning for the Metaverse: Applications in Virtual Environments provides readers with insights into how federated learning, a decentralized machine learning paradigm, can be strategically applied to address critical aspects of the metaverse. The book covers a wide range of topics, including privacy-preserving personalization, security, collaboration, adaptive learning environments, real-time communication, decentralized governance, language understanding, immersive learning experiences, avatar customization, and dynamic scene rendering.

    • Multiphase Power Electronic Converters

      Modulation, Control, and Applications
      • 1st Edition
      • Salman Ahmad + 3 more
      • English
      Multiphase Power Electronic Converters: Modulation, Control, and Applications is a comprehensive guide to multiphase power converters, which have become the standard for improving efficiency, power density, and overall system performance in a variety of applications, including, e-mobility, ship propulsion, mining, defense, and renewable energy systems. The book begins by introducing the different types and topologies of multiphase convertors, before delving into the central ideas, design principles, control strategies, and key and emerging applications, with detailed chapters supported by real-world examples and analysis.This will be valuable for engineers, researchers, and graduate students who want to understand and utilize the potential of multiphase power converters, addressing key challenges and enabling the reader to design and implement more efficient, reliable, and sustainable power electronic systems for various applications.

    • From the Catchment to Coast in Japan

      The Past, the Present, and the Future of Japanese Water Resources and Human Activities
      • 1st Edition
      • Takashi Asaeda + 3 more
      • English
      From the Catchment to Coast in Japan: The Past, the Present, and the Future of Japanese Water Resources and Human Activities addresses seven broad questions relating to water resource management in Japan: What water reforms have occurred in Japan over the past 100 years? What is the current condition of Japan related to regional and rural communities, major water-related assets, and salinity and water quality? How have the water reforms to date influenced policy and management? How do traditional and modern water resources differ from Western countries? What challenges face Japan over the next and beyond 30 years, particularly due to climate change?, and more.Other questions answered include: What are possible policy and management responses to climate change and other future challenges? What can be done to improve decision-making processes given the general lack of trust in the governments, agencies, and their current processes? What is the way ahead for policy and management reforms in Japan?, and much more.

    • Electronics Use in Harsh Environments

      Challenges and Perspectives
      • 1st Edition
      • Rajan Ambat + 2 more
      • English
      Today all industrial sectors use power electronic systems and high-power devices. They face significant humidity and gaseous exposure-related corrosion issues in harsh environments.Electro... Use in Harsh Environments: Challenges and Perspectives provides a state-of-the-art review on environmental reliability issues in electronics in different technological applications due to exposure in harsh environments. This is an important issue today in relation to both high (power electronics) and low voltage applications as well as in connection with their use in various industrial sectors such as wind energy, solar, automotive, transport, and consumer electronic sectors.The book takes an application-based approach and covers environmental reliability studies in power electronics systems and components. Chapters focus on current applications, environmental reliability issues, and remedial measures that are available. Relevant issues related to electronic processing/material use and corrosion issues, failure mechanisms due to high voltage, and thermal incidents caused by corrosion issues are also discussed in detail.The book will be a valuable reference source for academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists, and engineers, as well as corrosion specialists and all those involved in electronic reliability studies and electrification issues in transport, consumer goods and energy sectors.

    • Power Electronics for Solar and Wind Energy Conversion Systems

      • 1st Edition
      • Felix Rojas Lobos + 2 more
      • English
      Power Electronics for Solar and Wind Energy Conversion Systems is a comprehensive compilation of important developments from a holistic viewpoint that considers power electronics, machines, control and mechanical systems. The study of power electronics and its integration in different applications is covered through tutorials, exercises and simulation examples that help identify real-time, solution-based models on the proposed converter and controller designs for renewable energy sources. A comprehensive chapter is devoted to explaining controller design for power electronics systems and power converters design, providing engineers and researchers in all areas of power and renewable engineering the most advanced knowledge needed.

    • Advanced Hydroinformatics in Vulnerability Assessments and Mitigative Interventions

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 20
      • Mrinmoy Majumder + 3 more
      • English
      Advanced Hydroinformatics in Vulnerability Assessments and Mitigative Interventions is a comprehensive guide that explores the role of hydroinformatics in managing peri-urban watersheds amidst challenges such as climate change and urbanization.Leverag... artificial intelligence, data science, and Internet of Things, this book presents innovative strategies for optimal management of natural resources. The book uniquely combines theory and case studies to illustrate the application of data science, AI, and other technologies in assessing vulnerabilities and developing mitigation strategies for peri-urban watersheds.Readers will find Advanced Hydroinformatics in Vulnerability Assessments and Mitigative Interventions an invaluable resource for understanding and applying hydroinformatics to address their water-related challenges.

    • Enhancing the Control of Systems and Devices

      Improving Performance, Reliability and Adaptability in Dynamic Environments
      • 1st Edition
      • Sheetla Prasad + 2 more
      • English
      Enhancing the Control of Systems and Devices: Improving Performance, Reliability and Adaptability in Dynamic Environments provides an in-depth exploration of the application of sophisticated control design strategies to enhance the control of systems and devices in terms of performance, reliability, and adaptability in dynamic environments. A sophisticated control design strategy refers to the use of advanced and intricate control techniques to achieve specific objectives in complex systems.

    • Functional Analysis

      Theory and Applications
      • 1st Edition
      • Ravi P. Agarwal + 2 more
      • English
      An applied understanding of functional analysis is essential for students pursuing research or careers in pure mathematics, applied mathematics, mathematical physics, and engineering, among other disciplines.Function... Analysis: Theory and Applications offers a comprehensive exploration of functional analysis. Authored by esteemed mathematicians with extensive expertise in the field, this book thoroughly introduces fundamental concepts in functional analysis, including Banach spaces, Hilbert spaces, operator theory, nonlinear analysis, linear operators, and normed spaces, and implements these in real-world problems across various scientific and engineering disciplines.The book's rigorous mathematical treatment is combined with worked examples, exercises and solutions, visual aids, application case studies, and future directions across all chapters to reinforce learning, while appendices offer supplementary materials, proofs of theorems, and tables of important results, among other resources.

    • Metaverse and AI in Healthcare

      A Federated Learning Approach
      • 1st Edition
      • Jyotir Moy Chatterjee + 1 more
      • English
      Metaverse and AI in Healthcare: A Federated Learning Approach addresses the transformative integration of artificial intelligence and metaverse technologies in healthcare. It fills a critical gap by exploring how federated learning enables secure, decentralized data sharing and personalized medicine in virtual health platforms, meeting urgent demands for privacy, interoperability, and innovation. The book is structured into four parts covering foundational AI and federated learning concepts, augmented reality and metaverse applications, legal and cybersecurity challenges, and emerging strategic trends. Contributors from academia and industry present chapters on predictive modeling, cybersecurity frameworks, AR fitness, legal perspectives, and AI-driven medical tourism, supported by case studies and technical explanations. This reference equips graduate students, researchers, and professionals in academia and industry who specialize in computer science, federated learning, biomedical engineering, and digital healthcare with practical knowledge and forward-looking analysis. It empowers readers to navigate evolving digital health ecosystems, addressing data privacy, customized care, and global access challenges through federated learning and metaverse solutions.

    • Comprehensive Medicinal Chemistry IV

      • 4th Edition
      • David Rotella + 1 more
      • English
      Comprehensive Medicinal Chemistry, Fourth Edition, Four Volume Set provides a contemporary and forward-looking critical analysis and summary of recent developments, emerging trends, and recently identified new areas where medicinal chemistry is having an impact. The discipline of medicinal chemistry continues to evolve as it adapts to new opportunities and strives to solve new challenges. These include drug targeting, biomolecular therapeutics, development of chemical biology tools, data collection and analysis, in silico models as predictors for biological properties, identification and validation of new targets, approaches to quantify target engagement, new methods for synthesis of drug candidates such as green chemistry, development of novel scaffolds for drug discovery, and the role of regulatory agencies in drug discovery. A list of new areas covered includes: - newer assays, techniques, applications in medicinal chemistry - use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in drug discovery and development (prediction of drug efficacy, toxicity, and ADME properties, identification of new drug targets; design of novel drug candidates) - big data - chemical biology - degradation technologies - Precision medicine (targeted therapies; the use of biomarkers to guide drug development)

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