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Innovation in Energy Systems
(2019)
It has been a little over a century since the inception of interconnected networks and little has changed in the way that they are operated. Demand-supply balance methods, protection schemes, business models for electric ...
Chapter Minimally Invasive Force Sensing for Tendon-driven Robots
(2010)
Electronics engineering
Chapter Nanopatterned Surfaces for Biomedical Applications
(2011)
Optical physics
Chapter Is Induced Abortion a Part of Family Planning in China
(2020)
Family planning policy is one of the basic policies in China. Since the founding of New China, it has gone through three stages during its development process, which include free fertility policy, one-child policy (including ...
Chapter Digital All-Optical Physical-Layer Network Coding
(2018)
Network coding (NC) has recently attracted intense research focus for its potential to provide network throughput enhancements, security and reduced network congestions, improving in this way the overall network performance ...
Risk Assessment in Air Traffic Management
(2020)
One of the most complex challenges for the future of aviation is to ensure a safe integration of the expected air traffic demand. Air traffic is expected to almost double its current value in 20 years, which cannot be ...
Chapter Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) Approach Used for Rare Earth Elements (REEs) from Monazite Material, Considering Uncertainty
(2019)
This study describes the development of life cycle inventory (LCI) to rare earth elements (REEs) based on the secondary sources, conducted according to ISO 14040 (2006) guidelines. Monte Carlo (MC) simulation with the ...
Chapter Machine Learning in Volcanology: A Review
(2020)
A volcano is a complex system, and the characterization of its state at any given time is not an easy task. Monitoring data can be used to estimate the probability of an unrest and/or an eruption episode. These can include ...
Chapter Research for investigating and managing soil contamination caused by winter maintenance in cold regions
(2011)
Diseases & disorders
Chapter Fourier Transform Photocurrent Spectroscopy on Non-Crystalline Semiconductors
(2011)
Automotive technology & trades
Chapter Introductory Chapter: Agricultural Waste as a Source of Raw Materials
(2018)
Agricultural science
Chapter Advanced Space Flight Mechanical Qualification Test of a 3D- Printed Satellite Structure Produced in Polyetherimide ULTEMTM
(2018)
The aim of this work is to demonstrate the use of additive manufacturing with thermoplastic material in the whole functional structure of spacecraft and to mechanically qualify it for space flight. For such purpose, an 8 ...
Chapter Noninvasive Modalities Used in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
(2019)
In the past three decades, research on plasticity after spinal cord injury (SCI) has led to a gradual shift in SCI rehabilitation: the former focus on learning compensatory strategies changed to functional neurorecovery, ...
Chapter Transcriptomic and proteomic profiles of vascular cells involved in human abdominal aortic aneurysm
(2011)
Diseases & disorders
New Trends in the Use of Artificial Intelligence for the Industry 4.0
(2020)
Industry 4.0 is based on the cyber-physical transformation of processes, systems and methods applied in the manufacturing sector, and on its autonomous and decentralized operation. Industry 4.0 reflects that the industrial ...
Chapter School-University Partnership for Evidence-Driven School Improvement in Estonia
(2019)
It has been acknowledged that evidence-driven practices may lead schools to improved instructional practices, student learning, or organizational improvement; still the evidence is underused by the teachers or school ...
Chapter Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment of Fatty Acids of Hazelnut by GC-TOF/MS
(2018)
On the basis of gas chromatography coupled with time-of-flight mass spectrometry, we assessed the constituents and relative quantities of fatty acids extracted by supercritical carbon dioxide in seeds of hazelnut. Hazelnut ...
Chapter Robust GNSS Positioning in Urban Environment
(2019)
In the past years, global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) have gained the core position concerning the geolocalization applications and services in urban environments. The major issue of the GNSS-based urban application ...
Chapter xCARE: A Development Platform for Supporting Smart and Pervasive Healthcare
(2021)
We are assisting to an important change in the healthcare domain where healthy citizens and patients are more and more in the center and become active partners in the entire process. In this scenario, smart and pervasive ...
Chapter 5 Plasma Modified Textiles for Biomedical Applications
(2015)
In the textile market industry, technical textiles are one of the fastest growing businesses. Part of that industry consists of textiles for medical and healthcare applications and are responsible for a continuous increase ...
Chapter 15 Brain Tumors and the Lynch Syndrome
(2011)
Lynch syndrome (LS) (MIM No. 120435-6), previously known as hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) (Boland, 2005), is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by
germline mutation in one of the DNA mismatch ...
Chapter High Gain Solid-State Amplifiers for Picosecond Pulses
(2010)
Biotechnology
Chapter 9 Laser Pulses Characterization with Pyroelectric Sensors
(2010)
There are many industrial and medical applications of CO2 (λ=10.6 μm) and Nd:YAG (λ=1.06 μm) infrared lasers for which the quality of the process are tightly connected to the
characteristic of the laser pulse. These two ...
Chapter Performance Analysis of Binary Sensor-Based Cooperative Diversity Using Limited Feedback
(2010)
Communications engineering / telecommunications
Chapter Nanostructured Pure and Doped Zirconia: Synthesis and Sintering for SOFC and Optical Applications
(2018)
Zirconia is a multifunctional material with potential applications in wide domains. Rare-earth doped zirconia and stabilized zirconia yield interesting properties based on the phase transitions induced by the sintering ...
Chapter The Portuguese Montado: A Complex System under Tension between Different Land Use Management Paradigms
(2019)
The Montado is a silvopastoral system and the dominant land use in Alentejo (Portugal). Its functionalities expand beyond agricultural and forestry production. It is a system where a low-density and heterogeneous tree cover ...
Chapter From the Lab to the Real World: Affect Recognition Using Multiple Cues and Modalities
(2008)
Interdisciplinary concept of dissipative soliton is unfolded in connection with ultrafast fibre lasers. The different mode-locking techniques as well as experimental realizations of dissipative soliton fibre lasers are ...
Chapter Throughput Analysis of Wireless Sensor Networks via Evaluation of Connectivity and MAC Performance
(2011)
Computer networking & communications
Autonomous Vehicle and Smart Traffic
(2020)
Long-term forecasting of technology has become extremely difficult due to the rapid realization of any suggested idea. Communication and software technologies can compensate for the problems that may arise during the ...
Chapter A New Method to Reconstruct Recent Tree and Stand Attributes of Temporary Research Plots: New Opportunity to Analyse Mixed Forest Stands
(2018)
In the last decades, studying effects of mixing tree species is increasingly important. In particular, under changing growing conditions and social requirements, investigations on mixed forest compared to mono-specific ...
Chapter Biosensors Applications on Assessment of Reactive Oxygen Species and Antioxidants
(2011)
Computer networking & communications
Renewable Energy
(2020)
The demand for secure, affordable and clean energy is a priority call to humanity. Challenges associated with conventional energy resources, such as depletion of fossil fuels, high costs and associated greenhouse gas ...
Chapter Magnetic Iron Oxide Colloids for Environmental Applications
(2021)
This chapter deals with magnetic colloids with catalytic properties for the treatment of polluted waters and the efficient production of fuel alternatives. This kind of materials presents great advantages such as high ...
Chapter Optimization of an Earth Observation Data Processing and Distribution System
(2018)
Conventional Earth Observation Payload Data Ground Segments (PDGS) continuously receive variable requests for data processing and distribution. However, their architecture was conceived to be on the premises of satellite ...
Chapter Opportunities of Circular Economy in a Complex System of Woody Biomass and Municipal Sewage Plants
(2021)
In this chapter, we present the opportunities and general importance of woody biomass production (forests and short-rotation coppices) and waste management in a common system. Wastewater and different forms of sewage sludge, ...
Chapter Noninvasive Acquisition of the Aortic Blood Pressure Waveform
(2019)
Blood pressure reflects the status of our cardiovascular system. For the measurement of blood pressure, we typically use brachial devices on the upper arm, and much less often, the radial devices with pressure sensors on ...
Chapter Digital Video Image Quality
(2010)
Optical physics
Chapter Power Struggles in the Management of Wildlife Resources: The Case of Burunge Wildlife Management Area, Tanzania
(2019)
Through a cross-sectional research design, this study examined power struggles in Burunge Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Tanzania. Four out of ten villages comprising the WMA were purposively selected, and data were ...
Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Wind Farms and Hybrid Systems
(2020)
The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is a major governmental goal worldwide. The main target, hopefully by 2050, is to move away from fossil fuels in the electricity sector and then switch to clean power to fuel ...
Chapter 1 Alloy Steel: Properties and Use First-Principles Quantum Mechanical Approach to Stainless Steel Alloys
(2011)
Accurate description of materials requires the most advanced atomic-scale techniques from both experimental and theoretical areas. In spite of the vast number of available techniques,
however, the experimental study of ...
Carbon-Based Material for Environmental Protection and Remediation
(2020)
Carbon-Based Material for Environmental Protection and Remediation presents an overview of carbon-based technologies and processes, and examines their usefulness and efficiency for environmental preservation and remediation. ...
Chapter Preparing Proteoforms of Therapeutic Proteins for Top-Down Mass Spectrometry
(2019)
A characteristic of many proteoforms, derived from a single gene, is their similarity regarding the composition of atoms, making their analysis very challenging. Many overexpressed recombinant proteins are strongly associated ...
Chapter Interlayer Processing in Active Matrix OLED Displays
(2011)
Medical genetics
Chapter Emerging Photovoltaic Technologies and Eco-Design—Criticisms and Potential Improvements
(2020)
An efficient waste management for emerging photovoltaic (PV) technologies is not mature yet. The problematic aspects along with the possible failure’s identification have a pivotal role in modelling the future end-of-life ...
Chapter Identification and Application of Phenotypic and Molecular Markers for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Soybean
(2011)
Neurology & clinical neurophysiology
Chapter Innovation of Textiles through Natural By-Products and Wastes
(2020)
Nowadays, the competitiveness of the textile industry and the consumers’ interest have been increasing the demand for innovative and functional textiles. Allied to this, sustainable developments are playing an increasingly ...
Chapter Nucleated Red Blood Cells Contribute to the Host Immune Response Against Pathogens
(2019)
It has recently come to light that nucleated red blood cells (RBCs) of fish, amphibians, reptiles and birds are multifunctional cells, because in addition to being involved in gas exchange and transport, it has also been ...
Chapter Influence of Glycaemic Control on Cognitive Function in Diabetic Children and Adolescents
(2018)
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the number of people with diabetes has risen to 422 million in 2014. Poorly managed diabetes leads to chronic hyper and/or hypoglycaemia, which are associated with neurological ...
Chapter Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) as Emerging Environmental Pollutants: Advances in Sample Preparation and Detection Techniques
(2021)
Environmental pollution has been a challenging phenomenon in most developing countries, due to the weak enforcement of environmental regulations. As a result, humans and animals are exposed to different environmental ...
Chapter Machine Learning Techniques to Mitigate Nonlinear Phase Noise in Moderate Baud Rate Optical Communication Systems
(2020)
Nonlinear phase noise (NLPN) is the most common impairment that degrades the performance of radio-over-fiber networks. The effect of NLPN in the constellation diagram consists of a shape distortion of symbols that increases ...
Chapter Biometric Keys for the Encryption of Multimodal Signatures
(2011)
Electricity, electromagnetism & magnetism
Chapter 3 Optoelectronics and Bio Devices on Paper Powered by Solar Cells
(2017)
The employment of printing techniques as cost-effective methods to fabricate low cost,
flexible, disposable and sustainable solar cells is intimately dependent on the substrate
properties and the adequate electronic ...
Chapter Leveraging Internet-of-Things to Support Circular Economy Paradigm in Manufacturing Industry
(2020)
Circular economy represents a fundamental alternative to the currently predominating linear economy model, while Industry 4.0 is a technological enabler to bring process innovation in the industrial domain. New economic ...
Advanced Communication and Control Methods for Future Smartgrids
(2019)
Proliferation of distributed generation and the increased ability to monitor different parts of the electrical grid offer unprecedented opportunities for consumers and grid operators. Energy can be generated near the ...
Chapter Polyimide Films for Digital Isolators
(2020)
Digital isolators provide compelling benefits over legacy opto-couplers in terms of high speed, low power consumption, high reliability, small size, high integration, and ease of use. Billions of digital isolators using ...
Chapter Environmental Wind Tunnels
(2011)
Automotive technology & trades
Chapter New Insights and Horizons from the Linear Response Function in Conceptual DFT
(2019)
An overview is given of our recent work on the linear response function (LRF) χrr′ and its congener, the softness kernel srr′, the second functional derivatives of the energy E and the grand potential Ω with respect to the ...
Chapter Tape Casting Ceramics for High Temperature Fuel Cell Applications
(2010)
Electricity, electromagnetism & magnetism
Chapter Tungsten Nanoparticles Produced by Magnetron Sputtering Gas Aggregation: Process Characterization and Particle Properties
(2020)
Tungsten and tungsten nanoparticles are involved in a series of processes, in nanotechnology, metallurgy, and fusion technology. Apart from chemical methods, nanoparticle synthesis by plasma offers advantages as good control ...