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Common Entrance 13+ Geography Revision Guide
Par Belinda Froud-Yannic. 2022
Exam board: ISEB Level: 13+ CE and KS3 Subject: Geography First exam: November 2022Equip your pupils with the skills and…
confidence they need to excel in their 13+ CE Geography exams with this comprehensive ISEB-endorsed revision guide.· Revise all topics in the new specification: the guide covers all topics in the new ISEB specification in depth, including a new focus on the environment.· Clear illustrations with engaging visuals: well-annotated illustrations, photos, maps and charts aid learning and recall.· Build confidence ahead of the exam: hone technique with practice of ISEB exam-style questions, with tips and advice along the way.Practise with even more exam-style questions with Common Entrance 13+ Geography Exam Practice Questions and Answers (ISBN: 9781398322103).Insularity and Geographic Diversity of the Peripheral Japanese Islands (International Perspectives in Geography #18)
Par Akitoshi Hiraoka, Satoshi Suyama, Hisamitsu Miyauchi, Takehisa Sukeshige. 2022
This book clarifies the geography of the peripheral Japanese islands from a variety of angles. The islands are distributed in…
the tropical and cool temperate zones, and the most distant inhabited islands are more than 1,000 km from the mainland. In the past, they were Japan's frontier, close to neighboring countries. However, during Japan's modernization process, the islands were positioned as backward regions, supplying food, resources, and labor. Today, the islands are considered to be on the periphery of Japan, with lifestyles different from those of the mainland. The islands are also getting attention as sightseeing locales and emigration regions attracting those who prefer country life—an image of the islands that has been created by the romanticized gaze from the Japanese mainland. The authors describe the various forms of the outlying Japanese islands and at the same time discover their common regional characteristics, as defined by the view from the mainland.Next Generation Healthcare Informatics (Studies in Computational Intelligence #1039)
Par Pawan Lingras, Arpan Kumar Kar, B. K. Tripathy, Chiranji Lal Chowdhary. 2022
This edited book provides information on emerging fields of next-generation healthcare informatics with a special emphasis on emerging developments and…
applications of artificial intelligence, deep learning techniques, computational intelligence methods, Internet of medical things (IoMT), optimization techniques, decision making, nanomedicine, and cloud computing. The book provides a conceptual framework and roadmap for decision-makers for this transformation. The chapters involved in this book cover challenges and opportunities for diabetic retinopathy detection based on deep learning applications, deep learning accelerators in IoT and IoMT, health data analysis, deep reinforcement-based conversational AI agent in healthcare systems, examination of health data performance, multisource data in intelligent medicine, application of genetic algorithms in health care, mental disorder, digital healthcare system with big data analytics, encryption methods in healthcare data security, computation and cognitive bias in healthcare intelligence and pharmacogenomics, guided imagery therapy, cancer detection and prediction techniques, medical image processing for coronavirus, and imbalance learning in health care.This Open Access book presents a pioneering research on brownfield redevelopment in mountain regions, and specifically in the European Alps.…
The origins and causes, the actual conditions as well as the future challenges and potentials of mountain brownfields are investigated from an interdisciplinary yet landscape-centered perspective. Through the reasoned combination of research-by-design methods and case-study analysis, the book explores the infrastructural relevance of these sites for the specific mountain territory, while advancing an innovative structuralist-systemic approach for their physical and functional transformation. The book includes, among others, a first transnational geo-mapping of Alpine brownfields, whose impressive outcomes in terms of site numbers and distribution can only confirm the urgency of this research.Stable Isotopes in Tree Rings: Inferring Physiological, Climatic and Environmental Responses (Tree Physiology #8)
Par Rolf T. W. Siegwolf, J. Renée Brooks, John Roden, Matthias Saurer. 2022
This Open Access volume highlights how tree ring stable isotopes have been used to address a range of environmental issues…
from paleoclimatology to forest management, and anthropogenic impacts on forest growth. It will further evaluate weaknesses and strengths of isotope applications in tree rings. In contrast to older tree ring studies, which predominantly applied a pure statistical approach this book will focus on physiological mechanisms that influence isotopic signals and reflect environmental impacts. Focusing on connections between physiological responses and drivers of isotope variation will also clarify why environmental impacts are not linearly reflected in isotope ratios and tree ring widths. This volume will be of interest to any researcher and educator who uses tree rings (and other organic matter proxies) to reconstruct paleoclimate as well as to understand contemporary functional processes and anthropogenic influences on native ecosystems. The use of stable isotopes in biogeochemical studies has expanded greatly in recent years, making this volume a valuable resource to a growing and vibrant community of researchers.True Tales of Medical Physics: Insights into a Life-Saving Specialty
Par Jacob Van Dyk. 2022
Since the discovery of the x-ray over 125 years ago, scientists and medical professionals alike have harnessed the power of…
the atom to heal and protect. This book brings together an all-star cast of high-profile and award-winning scholars, introducing the general readership to an often unnoticed yet societally vital profession – medical physics. This collection of personal short stories offers an informal, behind-the-scenes glimpse into the lives of these esteemed professionals, encapsulating their transformative “aha” moments within a whimsical hodgepodge of instructive and inspiring anecdotes. They even pass on words of wisdom discovered from their diverse experiences throughout the academic, clinical, and commercial worlds. The wealth of information packed into these vignettes runs the gamut from practical career advice to lighthearted tales of humorous misadventure, providing a tremendous overview of the breadth and depth of medical physics as a career and discipline while imparting sage advice that extends well beyond the field. In his Foreword to this book Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, provides his strong endorsement of the life-saving work carried out by medical physicists and the profession as a whole.From the general public to the budding student in search of career guidance, as well as young and seasoned practicing professionals, these thought-provoking, witty, and simply entertaining “untold stories” encourage the reader to reflect on and ponder the many enduring lessons born from unexpected life-turning events.Thermal Insulation and Radiation Control Technologies for Buildings (Green Energy and Technology)
Par Jan Kośny, David W. Yarbrough. 2022
This book offers a unique treatment of building insulating products and the integration of these products with building components. This…
book was written for all those involved in building design, specification, construction, and commissioning, providing them with an understanding of and appreciation for the wide variety of thermal insulation products and technologies available for use in all types of buildings. The book proceeds from basic definitions and discussion of heat-transfer topics and thermal insulation concepts, to the design and use of these products. The impact of thermal insulation on dynamic building performance, including factors other than heating and cooling, is also discussed.The book does not require an advanced mathematical background. The authors provide sufficient information to provide a qualitative understanding, with more mathematical sections included for those interested in modeling and analysis. The basic physics associated with heat transfer in buildings are presented, along with the steady-state and transient analysis techniques needed for the effective implementation of thermal insulation and assemblies.Modern building design involves the integration of comfort, safety, economics, durability and cost considerations, all of which impact the selection and use of thermal insulation materials in buildings. In addition to theoretical explanations of the underlying science, the book details the properties and application of new thermal insulation materials, including vacuum panels, gas-filled panels, aerogels, phase-change materials, and radiation control technologies.Given its scope, the book will be of interest to researchers and building engineers wishing to understand the latest technologies and materials available, so as to achieve reduced energy consumption in commercial and residential buildings.Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience: Disaster and Social Aspects
Par Saeid Eslamian, Faezeh Eslamian. 2022
This book is part of a six-volume series on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience. The series aims to fill in…
gaps in theory and practice in the Sendai Framework and provides additional resources, methodologies, and communication strategies to enhance the plan for action and targets proposed by the Sendai Framework. The series will appeal to a broad range of researchers, academics, students, policy makers, and practitioners in engineering, environmental science, geography, geoscience, emergency management, finance, community adaptation, atmospheric science and information technology.This volume provides a holistic approach to developing disaster risk reduction strategies and policies, exploring the most effective ways to integrate physical and social science aspects of hazard resilience to better inform local populations. This risk-based approach to community resilience development is used to craft a collaborative system for crisis management, and allows for the implementation of nationally determined contributions (NDCs) through social innovation and community engagement to enhance community emergency response support and preparedness. Readers will also learn about education of disaster risk reduction, human health risk assessment, gendered perspectives in disaster response, recovery, and disaster management legislation.Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Visualization for Visual Knowledge Discovery (Studies in Computational Intelligence #1014)
Par Ebad Banissi, Kawa Nazemi, Boris Kovalerchuk, Răzvan Andonie, Nuno Datia. 2022
This book is devoted to the emerging field of integrated visual knowledge discovery that combines advances in artificial intelligence/machine learning…
and visualization/visual analytic. A long-standing challenge of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) is explaining models to humans, especially for live-critical applications like health care. A model explanation is fundamentally human activity, not only an algorithmic one. As current deep learning studies demonstrate, it makes the paradigm based on the visual methods critically important to address this challenge. In general, visual approaches are critical for discovering explainable high-dimensional patterns in all types in high-dimensional data offering "n-D glasses," where preserving high-dimensional data properties and relations in visualizations is a major challenge. The current progress opens a fantastic opportunity in this domain. This book is a collection of 25 extended works of over 70 scholars presented at AI and visual analytics related symposia at the recent International Information Visualization Conferences with the goal of moving this integration to the next level. The sections of this book cover integrated systems, supervised learning, unsupervised learning, optimization, and evaluation of visualizations. The intended audience for this collection includes those developing and using emerging AI/machine learning and visualization methods. Scientists, practitioners, and students can find multiple examples of the current integration of AI/machine learning and visualization for visual knowledge discovery. The book provides a vision of future directions in this domain. New researchers will find here an inspiration to join the profession and to be involved for further development. Instructors in AI/ML and visualization classes can use it as a supplementary source in their undergraduate and graduate classes.AI Enabled IoT for Electrification and Connected Transportation (Transactions on Computer Systems and Networks)
Par Akash Kumar Bhoi, Akhtar Kalam, Naveenkumar Marati, Victor Hugo C. De Albuquerque. 2022
This book presents an overview of artificial intelligence (AI) in the automotive section, especially in the modern era of green…
energy-based electrification of vehicles and smart transportation systems. The book also discusses different Internet of Things aspects involved in the automotive domain with AI. The book presents autonomous driving systems, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), autonomy, AI involvement, and machine learning techniques with challenges in electrification, prognostics, and diagnostics. AI and IoT are two emerging technologies, and their importance in other modern technology electrification on transportation, connected vehicle segment are discussed thoroughly in this book with different topologies. It also presents AI applications in the charging profile prediction, state of charge, state of health, battery lifetime, and battery temperature detection in dynamic conditions. Different algorithms are also given in the book to discuss the nearest point charging station for electric vehicle users. The book also discusses cybersecurity issues and challenges in the real-time environment for AI implementation, IoT in transportation, and autonomous driving. The other aspects of telematics, smart sensors for the implementation of the IoT, and AI are also discussed, especially in guidance and control aspects. The book will be useful for the researchers, practitioners, and industry people working in AI, IoT in the electrification and transportation segment.Why do we exist? For centuries, this question was the sole province of religion and philosophy. But now science is ready…
to take a seat at the table.According to the prevailing scientific paradigm, the universe tends toward randomness; it functions according to laws without purpose, and the emergence of life is an accident devoid of meaning. But this bleak interpretation of nature is currently being challenged by cutting-edge findings at the intersection of physics, biology, neuroscience, and information theory—generally referred to as &“complexity science.&” Thanks to a new understanding of evolution, as well as recent advances in our understanding of the phenomenon known as emergence, a new cosmic narrative is taking shape: Nature&’s simplest &“parts&” come together to form ever-greater &“wholes&” in a process that has no end in sight. In The Romance of Reality, cognitive neuroscientist Bobby Azarian explains the science behind this new view of reality and explores what it means for all of us. In engaging, accessible prose, Azarian outlines the fundamental misunderstanding of thermodynamics at the heart of the old assumptions about the universe&’s evolution, and shows us the evidence that suggests that the universe is a &“self-organizing&” system, one that is moving toward increasing complexity and awareness. Cosmologist and science communicator Carl Sagan once said of humanity that &“we are a way for the cosmos to know itself.&” The Romance of Reality shows that this poetic statement in fact rests on a scientific foundation and gives us a new way to know the cosmos, along with a riveting vision of life that imbues existence with meaning—nothing supernatural required.Johann Adam Reum: Forstbotanik (Klassische Texte der Wissenschaft)
Par Georg Schwedt. 2022
Johann Adam Reum, der Verfasser eines umfassenden Lehrbuches der Forstbotanik, war Professor an der Forstlichen Hochschule Tharandt – heute eine…
Fakultät der TU Dresden. Er schuf 1811 gemeinsam mit Heinrich Cotta, den bis heute bestehenden Forstbotanischen Garten Tharandt. Bereits 1814 veröffentlichte Reum seinen „Grundriß der deutschen Forstbotanik“. Dieses weit verbreitete Lehrbuch erschien 1837 in der dritten, „sehr verbesserten und vermehrten Auflage“. In einer zeitgenössischen Rezension wurde diesem Werk bescheinigt, dass der beschreibende Teil alle bisherigen forstbotanischen Werke übertreffe. Auch hatte sich die Forstbotanik von einem ökonomisch orientierten forstwirtschaftlichen Fachgebiet zu einer botanischen Spezialwissenschaft entwickelt. Die detaillierten Beschreibungen der einzelnen Bäume und Sträucher, die ausführlichen Angaben zu Gedeihen, Krankheiten und forstlicher Bedeutung sind auch heute noch lesenswert und in vergleichbaren Büchern unserer Zeit kaum noch zu finden.Was Projektleiter wissen müssen (essentials)
Par Bernd-J. Madauss. 2022
Bezugnehmend auf das Buch „Projektmanagement – Theorie und Praxis aus einer Hand“, das 2021 in der 8. Auflage erschienen ist,…
sind in diesem essential die wichtigsten Themen, die Projektleiter zur erfolgreichen Projektabwicklung kennen müssen, konzentriert und leicht verständlich zusammengefasst. Von der Zieldefinition bis zur Kostenermittlung werden alle maßgeblichen Managementprozesse beschrieben..Engineering Dynamics: Fundamentals and Applications
Par M Rashad Islam, A K Mazumder, Mahbub Ahmed. 2022
This textbook is intended for the first course of engineering dynamics for undergraduate students. Engineering dynamics is a rigorous topic…
that typically involves the intensive use of vector mathematics and calculus. This book, however, uses plain language with less vector mathematics and calculus to introduce these topics of mathematics to students with a high school physics background. Numerous practical examples are provided with their step-by-step worked out solutions, as well as case studies to reflect the interests of new engineering and applied engineering students. The topics covered in the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination are presented throughout the text. It also includes roadway dynamics to incorporate engineering dynamics and transportation engineering for civil engineering. Features: Discusses theory using easy-to-understand language with less vector mathematics and calculus Includes practical case studies and numerous realistic step-by-step solved examples Includes exercise problems for students’ practice Provides numerous sample examples related to the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam Includes a solutions manual and PowerPoint slides for adopting instructors Engineering Dynamics: Fundamentals and Applications serves as a useful resource for students across several engineering degree programs, such as civil, mechanical, aerospace, automotive, chemical, and electrical engineering. It is also appropriate for engineering technology and applied science students as well.Tribology in Sustainable Composites
Par Jitendra Kumar Katiyar, Mohammed Abdul Samad. 2023
Tribological performance of sustainable composites depend upon external parameters such as interface and environmental temperature, contact pressure and behavior of…
contact materials at interface and so forth. This book covers sustainable composites and bio- composites in terms of proper selection of reinforcements, methods to improve the thermal and mechanical properties, techniques for uniform dispersion of the reinforcements and their tribological performance. Also, it details the testing and damage characterization methods of these sustainable composites. Features: 1. Presents fundamental knowledge of sustainable composites, including chemical composition, structural features and fabrication techniques. 2. Provides an analytical overview of the different types of characterization techniques and tribological methods. 3. Provides an extensive review on bio- composite properties and their tribological performance for biomedical application. 4. Contains extensive reviews on cutting- edge research on lightweight materials for future applications in a variety of industries and their tribological performance. 5. Provides the application of sustainable composites in various fields such as aerospace, automobile, medical etc. This book is aimed for Researchers, Professionals and Graduate students of Tribology, Composites, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Engineering.An &“episode of light&” in Canada sparked by Expo 67 when new art forms, innovative technologies, and novel institutional and…
policy frameworks emerged together.Understanding how experimental art catalyzes technological innovation is often prized yet typically reduced to the magic formula of &“creativity.&” In Northern Sparks, Michael Century emphasizes the role of policy and institutions by showing how novel art forms and media technologies in Canada emerged during a period of political and social reinvention, starting in the 1960s with the energies unleashed by Expo 67. Debunking conventional wisdom, Century reclaims innovation from both its present-day devotees and detractors by revealing how experimental artists critically challenge as well as discover and extend the capacities of new technologies.Century offers a series of detailed cross-media case studies that illustrate the cross-fertilization of art, technology, and policy. These cases span animation, music, sound art and acoustic ecology, cybernetic cinema, interactive installation art, virtual reality, telecommunications art, software applications, and the emergent metadiscipline of human-computer interaction. They include Norman McLaren&’s &“proto-computational&” film animations; projects in which the computer itself became an agent, as in computer-aided musical composition and choreography; an ill-fated government foray into interactive networking, the videotext system Telidon; and the beginnings of virtual reality at the Banff Centre. Century shows how Canadian artists approached new media technologies as malleable creative materials, while Canada undertook a political reinvention alongside its centennial celebrations. Northern Sparks offers a uniquely nuanced account of innovation in art and technology illuminated by critical policy analysis.Deep Learning in Solar Astronomy (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science)
Par Long Xu, Xin Huang, Yihua Yan. 2022
The volume of data being collected in solar astronomy has exponentially increased over the past decade and we will be…
entering the age of petabyte solar data. Deep learning has been an invaluable tool exploited to efficiently extract key information from the massive solar observation data, to solve the tasks of data archiving/classification, object detection and recognition. Astronomical study starts with imaging from recorded raw data, followed by image processing, such as image reconstruction, inpainting and generation, to enhance imaging quality. We study deep learning for solar image processing. First, image deconvolution is investigated for synthesis aperture imaging. Second, image inpainting is explored to repair over-saturated solar image due to light intensity beyond threshold of optical lens. Third, image translation among UV/EUV observation of the chromosphere/corona, Ha observation of the chromosphere and magnetogram of the photosphere is realized by using GAN, exhibiting powerful image domain transfer ability among multiple wavebands and different observation devices. It can compensate the lack of observation time or waveband. In addition, time series model, e.g., LSTM, is exploited to forecast solar burst and solar activity indices. This book presents a comprehensive overview of the deep learning applications in solar astronomy. It is suitable for the students and young researchers who are major in astronomy and computer science, especially interdisciplinary research of them.Developing Climate Resilient Grain and Forage Legumes
Par Harsh Nayyar, Kadambot H. M. Siddique, Uday C Jha, Shiv Kumar Agrawal. 2022
This edited book covers all aspects of grain legumes including negative impact of abiotic and biotic stresses under the changing…
global climate. It discusses the role of various subject disciplines ranging from plant breeding, genetics, plant physiology, molecular biology, and genomics to high-throughput phenotyping and other emerging technologies for sustaining global grain and fodder legume production to alleviate impending global food crises. The book offers strategies to ensure plant-based dietary protein security across the globe. It covers all major commercial legume crops used as food, feed and fodder. This book is targeted to graduate and postgraduate students, researchers, progressive farmers and policymakers to inform them of the importance of cultivating grain and fodder legumes for future global food and nutritional security and for maintaining sustainable ecosystem.Fourth Generation Biofuels (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology)
Par Pratima Bajpai. 2022
This book examines the background of fourth-generation biofuel production, use of genetically modified microalgae for production of fourth-generation biofuels; cultivation…
and harvesting of genetically modified microalgae; residue from biofuel extraction; health and environmental concerns of fourth-generation biofuels; regulations on cultivation and processing of the genetically modified algae; carbon dioxide sequestration; water footprint and current status and key challenges. The topic caters to academic researchers and industrial experts, who work in the field of biofuels as source of alternative fuel to achieve environmental and economic sustainability.50+ Years of AIMETA: A Journey Through Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in Italy
Par Giuseppe Rega. 2022
The book retraces the history of the Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (AIMETA) since its establishment in 1965.…
AIMETA is the official Italian association of mechanics adhering to IUTAM (International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics), which organizes and coordinates a meaningful number of research activities, the most important of which are the biennial National Congress and the internationally renowned journal “Meccanica”, published by Springer. Besides collecting and organizing all related important data and information, as far as possible, by distinguishing among the five scientific areas – general mechanics, solids, structures, fluids, machines – encompassed by AIMETA, the history of the association is assumed as a proper perspective to overview the evolution of theoretical and applied mechanics in Italy over about the last fifty years. This is accomplished in the first part of the book. with also a specific focus on the mechanics of solids and structures, where the biographies of a meaningful number of recognized Italian scholars of mechanics in all areas are also provided, along with testimonials and memories by a few senior people meaningfully involved with AIMETA and Italian mechanics. The second part gives an account, although unavoidably incomplete, of recent developments of mechanical sciences in Italy, as reflected also in the activities of AIMETA and with reference to the international context. Contributions by a number of invited senior scholars, still very active, consist of overviews on some scientific themes in the various areas, summaries of achievements of research groups, expressions of research viewpoints, prospects for future developments.