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Chapter 9 Poisson Noise Removal in Spherical Multichannel Images: Application to Fermi Data
(2012)
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, which was launched by NASA in June 2008, is a powerful space observatory which studies the high-energy gamma-ray sky Atwood (2009).
Fermi’s main instrument, the Large Area Telescope ...
Chapter Boron Studies in Interdisciplinary Fields Employing Nuclear Track Detectors (NTDs)
(2011)
Pollution & threats to the environment
Chapter Absolute Density Measures Estimation Functions with Very High Resolution Satellite Images
(2018)
Assessment and monitoring of forest structure is frequently done with absolute density measures with field forest inventory data and expansion methods. The development of basal area and the number of trees estimation ...
Artificial Intelligence in Oncology Drug Discovery and Development
(2020)
There exists a profound conflict at the heart of oncology drug development. The efficiency of the drug development process is falling, leading to higher costs per approved drug, at the same time personalised medicine is ...
Chapter A Scientometric Study on Graphene and Related Graphene- Based Materials in Medicine
(2018)
Here we carried out a scientometric analysis of scientific literature published referred to the use of graphene and graphene-based materials. We found that in the last 15 years, more than 1200 issues have been produced, ...
Chapter Behavioral Factors Affecting Reproduction in Domestic Horses: Sociobiological Approach
(2019)
Fetal loss is a common phenomenon in domestic horses, being usually highest (up to 40%) of all domestic ungulates. However, in all studies investigating this problem, sociobiological approach, such as conflict between the ...
Chapter Naturalizing Neuroethics? A Syncretic Approach
(2019)
Neuroethics is uniquely situated to socially interpret what brain sciences are learning about social and moral cognition while helping society hold neuroscientific research and neurotechnological applications to firm moral ...
Chapter Medical Remote Monitoring using sound environment analysis and wearable sensors
(2009)
Optical physics
Chapter Management of Wine Aroma Compounds: Principal Basis and Future Perspectives
(2020)
Wine’s aroma is defined by volatile and non-volatile compounds that contribute to its make-up. The complex variety of volatile compounds, coming from grapes, interact with other non-volatile substances of the wine as ...
Chapter Raman Fiber Laser–Based Amplification in Telecommunications
(2018)
The chapter demonstrates a detailed study of Raman fiber laser (RFL)-based amplification techniques and their applications in long-haul/unrepeatered coherent transmission systems. RFL-based amplification techniques are ...
Chapter Valorization of Microalgae and Energy Resources
(2020)
Microalgae biotechnology has grown very rapidly in the last few decades due to the multiple applications that these microorganisms have from pharmaceuticals and cosmetics to foods/feeds and biofuels. One of the main ...
Chapter 14 Laser Plasma Accelerators: Towards High Quality Electron Beam
(2010)
In 1979 Tajima and Dawson, Tajima & Dawson (1979), on the basis of theoretical work and simulations, have shown that relativistic plasma waves are suitable for the development of
compact accelerators. In the proposed ...
Chapter Where are the Things of the Internet? Precise Time of Arrival Estimation for IoT Positioning
(2019)
The question how a 5G communication system will look like has been addressed intensely in numerous research projects and in standardization bodies. In the massively connected world of the “Internet of Things” (IoT), it is ...
Chapter Development of Josephson voltage standards
(2011)
Neurology & clinical neurophysiology
Chapter AI for Improving the Overall Equipment Efficiency in Manufacturing Industry
(2020)
Industry 4.0 has emerged as the perfect scenario for boosting the application of novel artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) solutions to industrial process monitoring and optimization. One of the key ...
Chapter 13 Targeting Tumor Perfusion and Oxygenation Modulates Hypoxia and Cancer Sensitivity to Radiotherapy and Systemic Therapies
(2011)
Hypoxia, a partial pressure of oxygen (pO2) below physiological needs, is a limiting factor affecting the efficiency of radiotherapy. Indeed, the reaction of reactive oxygen species
(ROS, produced by water radiolysis) ...
Chapter Sandfly-Borne Viruses of Demonstrated/Relevant Medical Importance
(2019)
Sandflies show distribution in a vast geographical area from Europe to Asia, Africa, Australia, and Central and South America where they can transmit a large number of viruses. Between these viruses, the most important are ...
Chapter Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition
(2019)
In conventional atomic layer deposition (ALD), precursors are exposed sequentially to a substrate through short pulses while kept physically separated by intermediate purge steps. Spatial ALD (SALD) is a variation of ALD ...
Chapter Mild intervention technologies for increasing shelf life and/or safety of fresh fruits: Opportunity and challenge
(2019)
Technology: general issues