Books in Physical sciences and engineering

Video Health Monitoring in Hospitals

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Wenjin Wang + 3 more
English
Paperback
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Video Health Monitoring in Hospitals discusses the emergence of camera-based, contactless physiological measurement as a groundbreaking solution in healthcare monitoring. The book highlights the technology's non-invasiveness, capacity for continuous and long-term monitoring, and its ability to capture not only vital signs but also contextual information and behaviors. A unique aspect of this book is its rich set of compelling healthcare applications that will attract broader audiences (including researchers, engineers, clinicians, and students) from multidisciplinary fields.Finally, the book discusses the role of artificial intelligence in enhancing healthcare applications and aims to engage the healthcare industry in adopting this innovative approach to improve patient care and outcomes.

Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Carlos M. Costa + 1 more
English

Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy: Fundamentals and Applications explores the current landscape of BDS in detail, with a focus on techniques, analytical tools, devices, and materials, leading to a critical and pedagogical overview of the field. This book covers both the theory and fundamentals of BDS, as well as the most recent advances in the field with a specific focus on is its application within advanced materials. Sections I provides a strong theoretical background and foundational overview, as well as explaining how experimental tests can be conducted, discussing the methods of analysing data via various formalisms, detailed methods, and example case studies. The book then builds on this overview by exploring the ways in which BDS intersects with and can be used in conjunction other analytical and spectroscopic techniques. Sections II and III build on this theoretical knowledge to delve into the real-world applications of BDS across scientific disciplines and industries. Section IV explores a wide array of materials, exploring how BDS can be used in cutting edge ways on some of the most important materials used in chemical and material science research, such as: solution materials, polymers, hybrid polymers and nanocomposites, ionic liquids, and active dielectrics. This section covers the ways in which BDS can be used within these fabrication, quality control and sensing and monitoring of processes in these materials. Finally, given that BDS is a potent experimental tool that can be utilized by many researchers in myriad distinct fields of science, Section V of this book uses case studies and detailed methods and protocols to explore examples of how it can be used across various industries to great effect. This book guides the reader through formalism of BDS through to applications in different materials and will make an excellent resource for students (both upper undergraduate and postgraduate), researchers and engineers looking to work with this technique, primarily materials chemists, analytical chemists, materials scientists, physicists, and physical chemists working with BDS or working on advanced materials, dielectric materials, materials for electronics and in the area of dielectric relaxation processes for advanced applications. Given that this book also focuses on the intersections between BDS and other correlated analytical methods across industries, it will also be of great interest to engineers in the fields of polymers, composites, ceramics, electronic communications, and energy industries working on dielectrics and related materials and applications.

Water Scarcity Management

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Omid Rahmati + 2 more
English
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Drought and the condition of water scarcity lead to several socio-economic, social and environmental impacts. Whatever the approaches of drought management, policymakers and planners require novel methods to analyze data and model drought processes and its connection with water scarcity. In recent years, artificial intelligence-based and earth observation approaches have been progressively developed and applied in domain of water-related disasters. The target of this book is to present new advances and achievements in the fields of drought monitoring, analyzing, and modeling using artificial intelligence algorithms (e.g., machine learning, deep learning, etc.), statistical indices, and a diverse range of satellite remote sensing and geo-spatial data sets. Water Scarcity Management: Towards the Application of Artificial Intelligence and Earth Observation Data will help students gain knowledge on drought prediction using new free-access earth observation data and machine learning models. It will also guide scientists, researchers, and urban planners with the monitoring of water resources and key elements of hydrological cycle.

Processing of Nanocellulose and Nanocellulose-Based Composites

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Mohammad Jawaid + 2 more
English

The Handbook of Nanocellulose and Nanocellulose-Based Composites is a three-volume set of titles that provides comprehensive information on the emerging field of nanocellulose and its application in composite materials. The Handbook consolidates current knowledge, spanning the entire spectrum from processing, properties and characterization, right through to modern applications. Each volume is dedicated to a distinct aspect of nanocellulose research, offering in-depth insights, methodologies, and case studies. The Handbook of Nanocellulose and Nanocellulose-Based Composites: Processing (volume 1) focuses on the intricate processes involved in the production, modification, and preparation of nanocellulose and nanocellulose-based composites. It provides a comprehensive overview of techniques such as mechanical disintegration, chemical modification, and various nanocellulose isolation methods from abundant sources like wood, plants, and bacteria. Readers will gain valuable insights into the challenges and advancements in scaling up production, achieving nanocellulose dispersions, and incorporating nanocellulose into different matrix materials. The volume acts as a guide for researchers and practitioners aiming to harness the potential of nanocellulose through effective processing strategies.

Mathematical Modeling for Big Data Analytics

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Passent El-Kafrawy + 1 more
English
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Mathematical Modelling for Big Data Analytics is a comprehensive guidebook that explores the use of mathematical models and algorithms for analyzing large and complex datasets. The book covers a range of topics, including statistical modeling, machine learning, optimization techniques, and data visualization, and provides practical examples and case studies to demonstrate their applications in real-world scenarios. Users will find a clear and accessible resource to enhance their skills in mathematical modeling and data analysis for big data analytics. Real-world examples and case studies demonstrate how to approach and solve complex data analysis problems using mathematical modeling techniques.This book will help readers understand how to translate mathematical models and algorithms into practical solutions for real-world problems. Coverage of the theoretical foundations of big data analytics, including qualitative and quantitative analytics techniques, digital twins, machine learning, deep learning, optimization, and visualization techniques make this a must have resource.

Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Removal of Emerging Contaminants

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Mika Sillanpää + 1 more
English
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Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Removal of Emerging Contaminants: Sustainable Approach for Environmental Clean-up and Circular Economy focuses on the exploitation of various Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to treat emerging contaminants and the restoration of contaminated sites. The book addresses critical environmental issues and challenges faced by society to meet such challenges. It highlights artificial intelligence and machine learning tools in the removal of environmental contaminants, such as industrial effluents, air, and to overcome limitations of conventional methods, predict water quality parameters and decrease the chances of error.Advanced tools, updated information, and future directions for researchers and scientists working in the bioremediation of emerging contaminants, bioenergy and reutilization of waste biomass in the production of value-added products for environmental safety are also thoroughly discussed.

Microfluidics in Chemical Engineering

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Wei Wang + 3 more
English
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Microfluidics for Chemical Engineering: Flow and Reaction, Microreaction, On-line Detection, and Product Engineering presents the fundamentals of microfluidic flow and dispersion and provides new insights on the use of microfluidics in the field of chemical engineering. The book provides a timely, comprehensive, and detailed overview, demonstrating this state-of-the-art methodology, research advances, and classic instances, and providing insightful, forward-looking perspectives. Content ranges from flow and dispersion in microfluidics, microreaction regulation via the coalesce and transfer of droplets, to product engineering regarding controllable fabrication of microparticles and microfibers with advanced functions.The chapters clearly summarize the design concepts and general strategies involved as well as the involved mechanisms and classic instances. Instructive advice is also featured throughout on rational regulation of multiphase flows and interfaces in microfluidics, thus offering guidance for process intensification of chemical engineering. It is primarily written for advanced graduate/postdoc students and researchers chemical engineering, but with relevance to materials scientists, physical and materials (including polymer) chemists, physicists, biochemists, as well as pharmaceutical and biomedical scientists.

Metal-Oxide-Based Nanomaterials and their Advanced Environmental Applications

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Lucas Meili + 4 more
English
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Metal-Oxide-Based Nanomaterials and their Advanced Environmental Applications addresses the application of metal-oxide-based materials in soil, water, and wastewater treatment remediation technologies. These materials are particularly promising for applications as adsorbents, catalysts, and sensors, among others. The book provides researchers, students, professors, and industry experts with fundamental and advanced information in the field of metal oxide materials for environmental applications.Metal oxides and their physical, magnetic, optical, and chemical characteristics are of increasing interest to researchers addressing soil, wastewater, groundwater, and surface water contamination. Novel materials based on metal oxides show remarkable sensitivity to alterations in their composition and structure, and lend themselves especially well to cutting-edge procedures or processes for environmental remediation.

Computational Methods for the Multiscale Modelling of Soft Matter

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Paola Carbone + 1 more
English

Due to the hierarchical organization of morphology in soft materials and their slow dynamics, a single modelling technique does not suffice to simulate them. The wide range of modelling approaches available span many time and length scales, making it challenging for newcomers to the field to know how to critically assess the tools and to determine which is most appropriate for any given problem. This book provides a concise and clear description of a variety of simulation methods to model these ubiquitous materials. The list of techniques includes numerical and molecular modelling ones and covers several time and length scales.Along with the fundamental concepts of the theory behind the methods, a comprehensive set of examples taken from the broad pool of soft materials is included. These exemplify how, thanks to the increased computational resources nowadays available to almost any research group, computational methods have become a powerful tool to sit alongside other experimental characterizations and show their increasing relevance for the manufacturing sector. Chapters illustrate how modelling techniques can be used to aid interpretation of experimental data, and how experiments can be used to parameterise models. In addition to enabling informed decisions to be made about the modelling tools to adopt for a given problem, the book will enable those who might already be experts in one technique to transition to other tools more easily. This will become increasingly important as multiscale tools become increasingly sophisticated and sufficiently well developed to be used by more casual users of simulation tools.Bringing together all these modelling approaches and applications into one coherent volume, Computational Methods for the Multiscale Modelling of Soft Matter provides a one-stop resource that is written primarily for postgraduate students and researchers in materials science, computational physics and chemists and chemical engineering interested in learning about simulation methods for soft materials as polymers, surfactants, and colloids.

Robust Theoretical Models in Medicinal Chemistry

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Luciana Scotti + 1 more
English
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Robust Theoretical Models in Medicinal Chemistry: QSAR, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning serves as a valuable resource chock full of applications extending into multiple knowledge domains. The meticulous construction of a robust model holds significance, not only in drug discovery but also in engineering, chemistry, pharmaceutical, and food-related research, illustrating the broad spectrum of fields where QSAR methodologies can be instrumental. The activities considered in QSAR span chemical measurements and biological assays, making this approach a versatile tool applicable across various scientific domains. Currently, QSAR finds extensive use in diverse disciplines, prominently in drug design and environmental risk assessment.Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSAR) represent a concerted effort to establish correlations between structural or property descriptors of compounds and their respective activities. These physicochemical descriptors encompass a wide array of parameters, accounting for hydrophobicity, topology, electronic properties, and steric effects, and can be determined empirically or, more recently, through advanced computational methods.

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