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Chapter Tactical Communications for Cooperative SAR Robot Missions
(2017)
This chapter describes how the ICARUS communications (COM) team defined, developed and implemented an integrated wireless communication system to ensure an interoperable and dependable networking capability for both human ...
Chapter Polystyrene as Hazardous Household Waste
(2017)
During the Humanitarian‐demining actions, teleoperation of sensors or multi‐sensor heads can enhance-detection process by allowing more precise scanning, which is useful for the optimization of the signal processing ...
Chapter Nanoimprint Lithography - Next Generation Nanopatterning Methods for Nanophotonics Fabrication
(2010)
The application of different electrochemical techniques to surfactant systems, namely polarography and cyclic voltammetry, differential capacitance, chronocoulometry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, is reviewed.
Chapter Virtual Reality to Simulate Visual Tasks for Robotic Systems
(2010)
Virtual reality
Senescence
(2012)
The book "Senescence" is aimed to describe all the phenomena related to aging and senescence of all forms of life on Earth, i.e. plants, animals and the human beings. The book contains 36 carefully reviewed chapters written ...
Chapter Throughput Analysis of Wireless Sensor Networks via Evaluation of Connectivity and MAC Performance
(2011)
Computer networking & communications
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 Bayesian Networks for Supporting Model Based Predictive Control of Smart Buildings
(2014)
Image processing
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 Breast Cancer- It’s All in the DNA
(2015)
Pollution & threats to the environment
Chapter Breast Cancer- It’s All in the DNA
(2015)
Pollution & threats to the environment
Post-COVID Tourism
(2024)
Post-COVID Tourism - Tendencies and Management Approaches, is a comprehensive exploration of sustainable tourism development in the post-pandemic period. This enlightening collection compiles studies and reflections from ...
Chapter The Rise of Glutaminase in End-Stage Liver Diseases
(2012)
Applied optics
Chapter Optical fibers and optical fiber sensors used in radiation monitoring
(2012)
Communications engineering / telecommunications
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 Bayesian Networks for Supporting Model Based Predictive Control of Smart Buildings
(2014)
Image processing
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 ...
Post-COVID Tourism
(2024)
Post-COVID Tourism - Tendencies and Management Approaches, is a comprehensive exploration of sustainable tourism development in the post-pandemic period. This enlightening collection compiles studies and reflections from ...
Chapter The Rise of Glutaminase in End-Stage Liver Diseases
(2012)
Applied optics
Chapter Application of Nd:YAG Laser in Semiconductors’ Nanotechnology
(2012)
Real time operating systems
Chapter Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy and Diffuse Optical Tomography in Neuroscience
(2012)
Diseases & disorders
Chapter Hydrohysteroid Dehydrogenases – Biological Role and Clinical Importance – Review
(2012)
Communications engineering / telecommunications
Chapter A Clinical Application of Fuzzy Logic
(2012)
Applied optics
Chapter Bioremediation of Chlorobenzoic Acids
(2013)
Hydraulic engineering
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 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 HSE Management for a Sound Work Environment: Strategies for Improving Health Safety and Environmental Indicators through Ergonomic Design Thinking
(2017)
The environmental effect of ground-borne vibration and noise generated by urban rail transit systems is a growing concern in urban areas. This chapter reviews, synthesizes and benchmarks new understandings related to railway ...
Chapter Structure Based Design of Cholera Toxin Antagonists
(2012)
Embedded systems
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 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 ...
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 Minimally Invasive Force Sensing for Tendon-driven Robots
(2010)
Electronics engineering
Chapter HSE Management for a Sound Work Environment: Strategies for Improving Health Safety and Environmental Indicators through Ergonomic Design Thinking
(2017)
The environmental effect of ground-borne vibration and noise generated by urban rail transit systems is a growing concern in urban areas. This chapter reviews, synthesizes and benchmarks new understandings related to railway ...
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 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 Value-Based Evaluation of Chinese Provincial Health Insurance Policy Schemes
(2020)
Since 2011, an international group of health policy experts has been working on a value-framework to be used for pharmaceutical policy decisions based on multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA). This tool can be easily ...