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This book focuses on the fundamental aspects of yarn winding from a broader perspective. Supplemented with self-explanatory labelled diagrams and photographs, the subject matter of this book includes - Principles of winding systems Winding package parameters Yarn tension during winding Package driving and yarn traversing Winding package faults and remedies Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan)

This book is a hands-on guide that discusses quality management in spinning. It details the techniques, insights and best practices that weave excellence into every fiber. The subject matter of this book discusses the concepts of product objectives and the impact of product features at customer's end with examples.Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan)

Counter Terrorism Issues: Case Studies in the Courtroom, Second Edition presents a panoramic view of the American judiciary's handling of domestic terrorism in the last 30 years. As has played out in recent history, the American legal profession and judicial system bear a unique responsibility to set and maintain the balance between defending homeland security and protecting the civil liberties outlined in the Bill of Rights. These competing interests will continue to collide as the threats to our safety grow.The book examines some of the most notorious cases--the two attacks on the World Trade Center, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the Fort Hood massacre. Updates from the first edition include a reflection on the Boston Marathon Bombing as well as an examination of the events of January 6, 2021, the subsequent legal proceedings and convictions of those involved in the assault on the U.S. capital, and the danger arising from increased domestic extremism and violent rhetoric from the right.Drawing extensively upon trial transcripts, witness statements, and judicial opinions, the book reviews the events and cases to demonstrate how the criminal justice system has grappled with conflicting facts and countervailing legal rights and responsibilities. Through the words of witnesses, judges, and the attorneys who tried these cases in America's courtrooms, coverage provides important commentary on the historical/political contexts of these events, enabling readers to understand the significance of these infamous attacks on U.S. soil.

This book presents the theory of dynamic equations on time scales and applications, providing an overview of recent developments in the foundations of the field as well as its applications. It discusses the recent results related to the qualitative properties of solutions like existence and uniqueness, stability, continuous dependence, controllability, oscillations, etc.- Presents cutting-edge research trends of dynamic equations and recent advances in contemporary research on the topic of time scales- Connects several new areas of dynamic equations on time scales with applications in different fields- Includes mathematical explanation from the perspective of existing knowledge of dynamic equations on time scales- Offers several new recently developed results, which are useful for the mathematical modeling of various phenomena- Useful for several interdisciplinary fields like economics, biology, and population dynamics from the perspective of new trendsThe text is for postgraduate students, professionals, and academic researchers working in the fields of Applied Mathematics.

May 11, 1997, was a watershed moment in the history of artificial intelligence (AI): the IBM supercomputer chess engine, Deep Blue, beat the world Chess champion, Garry Kasparov. It was the first time a machine had triumphed over a human player in a Chess tournament. Fast forward 19 years to May 9, 2016, DeepMind's AlphaGo beat the world Go champion Lee Sedol. AI again stole the spotlight and generated a media frenzy. This time, a new type of AI algorithm, namely machine learning (ML) was the driving force behind the game strategies.What exactly is ML? How is it related to AI? Why is deep learning (DL) so popular these days? This book explains how traditional rule-based AI and ML work and how they can be implemented in everyday games such as Last Coin standing, Tic Tac Toe, or Connect Four. Game rules in these three games are easy to implement. As a result, readers will learn rule-based AI, deep reinforcement learning, and more importantly, how to combine the two to create powerful game strategies (the whole is indeed greater than the sum of its parts) without getting bogged down in complicated game rules.Implementing rule-based AI and ML in these straightforward games is quick and not computationally intensive. Consequently, game strategies can be trained in mere minutes or hours without requiring GPU training or supercomputing facilities, showcasing AI's ability to achieve superhuman performance in these games. More importantly, readers will gain a thorough understanding of the principles behind rule-based AI, such as the MiniMax algorithm, alpha-beta pruning, and Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS), and how to integrate them with cutting-edge ML techniques like convolutional neural networks and deep reinforcement learning to apply them in their own business fields and tackle real-world challenges.Written with clarity from the ground up, this book appeals to both general readers and industry professionals who seek to learn about rule-based AI and deep reinforcement learning, as well as students and educators in computer science and programming courses.

Recently, the fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) have revolutionized numerous industries, including healthcare. The convergence of AI and IoT has given birth to smart healthcare systems, transforming the way we deliver, receive, and experience healthcare services. This book explores the profound impact of these technologies on healthcare and presents a comprehensive overview of their applications, challenges, and prospects.Smart Healthcare Systems: AI and IoT Perspectives addresses various aspects of how smart healthcare can be used to detect and analyze diseases, the underlying methodologies, and related security concerns. It also discusses healthcare as a multidisciplinary field that involves a range of sectors such as the financial system, social factors, health technologies, and organizational structures that affect individuals, families, institutions, organizations, and populations' healthcare. The book presents the goals of healthcare services which include patient safety, timeliness, effectiveness, efficiency, and equity. An outline of what smart healthcare consists of which is m-health, e-health, electronic resource management, smart and intelligent home services, and medical devices is included. Along with highlights on how AI and IoT-enabled healthcare technologies are suitable for remote health monitoring, including rehabilitation, and assisted ambient living. Rounding the offers of this book out is that it also covers how healthcare analytics can be applied to the data gathered from different areas to improve healthcare at a minimum expense.Researchers, Academicians, Industry, R&D Organizations, medical professionals, PG students, and policymakers in the fields of artificial intelligence, the internet of things, healthcare informatics, biomedical engineering, medical informatics, and related subjects can use this book to assist them in making appropriate decisions regarding these emerging disciplines.

Fractional Integrals, Potentials, and Radon Transforms, Second Edition presents recent developments in the fractional calculus of functions of one and several real variables, and shows the relation of this field to a variety of areas in pure and applied mathematics. In this thoroughly revised new edition, the book aims to explore how fractional integrals occur in the study of diverse Radon type transforms in integral geometry. Beyond some basic properties of fractional integrals in one and many dimensions, this book also contains a mathematical theory of certain important weakly singular integral equations of the first kind arising in mechanics, diffraction theory and other areas of mathematical physics. The author focuses on explicit inversion formulae that can be obtained by making use of the classical Marchaud's approach and its generalization, leading to wavelet type representations. New to this Edition Two new chapters and a new appendix, related to Radon transforms and harmonic analysis of linear operators commuting with rotations and dilations have been added. Contains new exercises and bibliographical notes along with a thoroughly expanded list of references. This book is suitable for mathematical physicists and pure mathematicians researching in the area of integral equations, integral transforms, and related harmonic analysis.

The 1st International Conference on Disruptive Technologies in Computing and Communication Systems (ICDTCCS - 2023) has received overwhelming response on call for papers and over 119 papers from all over globe were received. We must appreciate the untiring contribution of the members of the organizing committee and Reviewers Board who worked hard to review the papers and finally a set of 69 technical papers were recommended for publication in the conference proceedings. We are grateful to the Chief Guest Prof Atul Negi, Dean - Hyderabad Central University, Guest of Honor Justice John S Spears -Professor University of West Los Angeles CA, and Keynote Speakers Prof A. Govardhan, Rector JNTU H, Prof A.V.Ramana Registrar - S.K.University, Dr Tara Bedi Trinity College Dublin, Prof C.R.Rao - Professor University of Hyderabad, Mr Peddigari Bala, Chief Innovation Officer TCS, for kindly accepting the invitation to deliver the valuable speech and keynote address in the same. We would like to convey our gratitude to Prof D. Asha Devi - SNIST, Dr B.Deevena Raju - ICFAI University, Dr Nekuri Naveen - HCU, Dr A.Mahesh Babu - KLH, Dr K.Hari Priya - Anurag University and Prof Kameswara Rao -SRK Bhimavaram for giving consent as session Chair. We are also thankful to our Chairman Sri Teegala Krishna Reddy, Secretary Dr. T.Harinath Reddy and Sri T. Amarnath Reddy for providing funds to organize the conference. We are also thankful to the contributors whose active interest and participation to ICDTCCS - 2023 has made the conference a glorious success. Finally, so many people have extended their helping hands in many ways for organizing the conference successfully. We are especially thankful to them.

Access to water in many parts of the world is increasingly challenging due to scarcity, quality issues and lack of access to adequate supply infrastructure. Currently, over two billion people around the world experience high water stress, and about four billion people experience severe water scarcity for at least one month on an annual basis. Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) is increasingly seen as both an excellent alternative source of water and a valuable climate change adaptation measure. However, large-scale adoption remains challenging in many parts of the globe. This book, Rainwater Harvesting for the 21st Century, serves as a rigorous yet practical guide for a broad audience interested in the many opportunities that RWH systems can provide, including water and food security, flood management, and climate change adaptation. It comprehensively covers the state-of-the-art in RWH with practical examples of cutting-edge research and innovation in the design, operation, and maintenance of RHW systems from both academics and practitioners. Highlights include: A comprehensive, transdisciplinary perspective of the latest advances in rainwater harvesting techniques. Examples and case studies from around the world.

Construction Audit is becoming more and more prevalant, and organizations are appreciating its importance. Learning the basics of construction auditing can provide valuable knowledge and skills for professionals and students in the construction industry, offering insights into financial management, risk mitigation, compliance, and overall project oversight. This book is not just for auditors, however. It could be used by project managers, integrity monitors, construction managers and anyone else who wants to understand the elements that go into creating a successful project. Legal teams involved in contracting and overpayment recovery will also benefit. This book: - Walks you through all phases of construction; starting with project inception. It will guide the reader through all the processes and the risks in each of these. - Will guide the reader through the many challenges they will face through life of the project This book provides real life solutions to common problems in construction.- Introduces project management techniques; whilst not concentrating on a special methodology but building on project management fundamentals. Understanding this will help enable the reader to talk to project managers more effectively.- Defines the components of a successful project and gives the reader the tools needed to ensure these components.- Uses real life examples of control breakdowns, errors or fraud.- Will help readers build an audit strategy and plan by understanding risks and effective controls that can be implemented to mitigate risk.Whether tackling your first project or your 21st project, this book will help you think outside the box and understand the finite processes and pieces of your project. There is always room for something new, new perspectives, or improvement and this book will help you find it.

This book is a comprehensive work that comprises latest development and technologies, challenges, and best practices in the industry. It covers the fundamentals of cloud computing, including deployment models, service models, and the benefits of cloud computing, followed by critical aspects of cloud security, including risk management, threat analysis, data protection, identity and access management, and compliance. The book explores the latest security technologies, such as encryption, multi-factor authentication, and intrusion detection and prevention systems, and their role in securing the cloud environment.- Introduces a user-centric measure of cyber security and provides a comparative study on the different methodologies used for cyber security.- Offers real-world case studies and hands-on exercises to give a practical understanding of cloud security- Includes the legal and ethical issues, including impact of international regulations on cloud security- Covers fully automated run-time security and vulnerability management- Discusses related concepts to provide context, such as Cyber Crime, Password Authentication, Smart Phone Security with examples.The text is for postgraduate students, professionals, and academic researchers working in the fields of computer science and cloud computing.

Applied Mathematics: A Computational Approach aims to provide a basic and self-contained introduction to Applied Mathematics within a computational environment. The book is aimed at practitioners and researchers interested in modelling real world applications and verifying the results -- guiding readers from the mathematical principles involved through to the completion of the practical, computational task. Features Provides a step-by-step guide to the basics of Applied Mathematics with complementary computational tools Suitable for applied researchers from a wide range of STEM fields Minimal pre-requisites beyond a strong grasp of calculus.

Food and agricultural waste is a huge global issue that has detrimental effects on society, the economy, and the environment. Plant leaves, stems, roots and peels (outer leaves and stems) are among the wastes and byproducts from agriculture and the food business, along with residues from oil production, fruit and vegetable peels, and seeds. High concentrations of dietary fiber, phytochemicals, cellulose, and hemicellulose are typically found in these residues. As the next environmentally conscious step of waste valorization, research from recent years has demonstrated that employing organic ingredients/biodegradable fibers generated from waste and byproducts in the food packaging business may be an efficient strategy to reduce the quantity of food waste and byproducts. In recent years, there has been a lot of interest in finding alternative polymer materials as high-value novel packaging materials through the valorization of agricultural waste. Thus, utilizing agricultural wastes and byproducts as raw materials for food packaging could help cut down on the amount of waste produced.Agro-Wastes for Packaging Applications provides an update on the strategies for valuing agricultural waste and how these might be used in packaging. It also includes recent research on these approaches and presents an innovative strategy for developing sustainable, green, and biodegradable packaging options. A detailed overview of the packaging application of valorized agricultural waste materials is discussed, and concept clarification is achieved using flowcharts and figures supported by the latest research investigations. These agricultural leftovers are abundant sources of polysaccharides, such as cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, which can be processed further utilizing various physicochemical techniques and other unconventional techniques to create nanocellulose fibers or crystals. The main goal of this book is to provide food experts and the general public with superior, environmentally friendly, sustainable packaging materials that can be used in place of plastic polymers.Key Features- Contains abundant information on advanced valorization techniques for different types of agricultural wastes- Provides information on possible applications of component/constituents obtained by the valorization- Discusses the impact of the incorporation of these valorized components in different packaging systems - Reviews the legal standards and future trends in the commercialization of these derived polymers in food packaging industries

Sustainability and its competitive advantage is the goal of every company and any brand that wants to stay successful in the marketplace. Customers also gravitate to brands that manage sustainability issues well. Greener Products: The Making & Marketing of Sustainable Brands written by a renowned sustainability expert, continues to address the latest developments in the extremely fast-moving field of sustainability. The third edition is thoroughly updated, introduces new case studies, and includes a new chapter on natural capital cost accounting. With over 40 case studies, it explores the best practices of leading global companies and helps readers learn what it is that makes them successful.New in the Third Edition: Presents, in a practical way, the best practices of sustainable brands in a global economy. Addresses the most current sustainability topics like circular economy, plastics in the environment, biodiversity, climate change, green chemistry etc. Includes current marketing information on consumer trends to purchase greener products. Incorporates the latest pressures on companies to address sustainability, retailer programs, business-to-business expectations, ESG rating, rankers, and stock funds. Covers best practices of companies from various industries on how to make and market greener products. Provides current tools for making products more sustainable and methods on how to market sustainable improvements. This book serves senior undergraduate and graduate students in programs focused on sustainability, as well as academics and corporate sustainability leaders. The previous versions have been used to teach courses such as Introduction to Graduate Studies on Sustainability, Product Improvement, Introduction to Sustainability, Environmental Compliance and Sustainability, and Sustainability Policy. Any university that teaches a course on sustainability would benefit from the new edition of this book.

In arid and semi-arid regions, where water demand exceeds water availability, water security is becoming a significant concern not only related with water availability but also with rigorous and costly requirements to remove conventional and emerging contaminants from effluents discharging into drinking water sources or as water reuse becomes an alternate water supply for communities in these regions. Water and wastewater treatment demands a great amount of energy and resources, highlighting the need for novel applications of the circular economy concept. Circular Economy Applications for Water Security examines knowledge gaps, avenues of future research, and challenges related with the potential of enhanced underutilized/waste materials as transition to circular economy applications for ensuring the proper quality of water. Includes fundamental information and practical examples that helps to better understand the concepts included. The circular economy concept is helpful to incept sustainability in the water treatment processes. Every chapter will include identification of knowledge gaps, avenues for further research, and challenges that guide readers towards real state-of-the-art analysis. Contributors will be expert in their areas which will commit to explain concepts is a user-friendly way without missing scientific rigor.

The third edition of the bestselling Classification Methods for Remotely Sensed Data covers current state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms and developments in the analysis of remotely sensed data. The book is thoroughly updated to meet the needs of readers today and provides six new chapters on deep learning, feature extraction and selection, multisource image fusion, hyperparameter optimization, accuracy assessment with model explainability and object-based image analysis, which is relatively a new paradigm in image processing and classification. It presents new AI-based analysis tools and metrics together with ongoing debates on accuracy assessment strategies and XAI methods. New in this Edition: Provides comprehensive background on the theory of deep learning and its application to remote sensing data. Includes a chapter on hyperparameter optimization techniques to guarantee the highest performance in classification applications. Outlines the latest strategies and accuracy measures in accuracy assessment and summarizes accuracy metrics and assessment strategies. Discusses the methods used for explaining inherent structures and weighing the features of ML and AI algorithms that are critical for explaining the robustness of the models. This book is intended for industry professionals, researchers, academics and graduate students who want a thorough and up-to-date guide to the many and varied techniques of image classification applied in the fields of Geography, Geospatial and Earth Sciences, Electronic and Computer Science, Environmental Engineering, etc.

There is a need to reduce energy consumption for space cooling and heating via energy efficient solutions/technologies for implementation in the buildings. Thermal energy storage regulates indoor temperature, shifting the peak load to the off-peak hours and reducing the energy need for space cooling and heating. This book presents the most recent advances related to the thermal energy storage system design and integration in buildings. Additionally, modelling, application, synthetization, and characterization of energy efficient building materials is also considered.Features: Provides a deep understanding of thermal energy storage technology and summarizes its utility and feasibility that can be commercially implemented worldwide Covers recent advancements related to the thermal energy storage system design and integration in buildings Discusses modelling, application, synthetization, and characterization of energy efficient building materials Details novel and emerging heat storage materials and its application to energy and environmental processes Highlights the need of future research building comfort in cooling, heating, and ventilation through green energy perspective This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in mechanical, renewable energy, and HVAC engineering.

Short Blurb This handbook covers the different aspects of the aquatic environment, microbiology, and microbial applications. It highlights the role of microorganisms as pollution indicators and as bio-control agents. The book covers the impact of pollution on microorganisms, biofilms, cyanobacterial blooms, and the metagenomics approach to isolate microbes. Standard Blurb This comprehensive handbook covers the different aspects of the aquatic environment, microbiology, and microbial applications. The world's aquatic environment is facing a serious threat due to inappropriate planning, implementation, and management. This book compiles effective strategies for managing the aquatic environment. It highlights the role of microorganisms as pollution indicators, in bioremediation, and as bio-control agents. The book also covers the impact of pollution on microorganisms, biofilms, cyanobacterial blooms, and the metagenomics approach to isolate microbes. This book is essential for students and researchers of Microbiology, Environmental Sciences, and Biotechnology Seasonal Blurb This comprehensive handbook covers the different aspects of the aquatic environment, microbiology, and microbial applications. The world's aquatic environment is facing a serious threat due to inappropriate planning, implementation, and management. This book compiles effective strategies for managing the aquatic environment. It highlights the role of microorganisms as pollution indicators, in bioremediation, and as bio-control agents. The book also covers the impact of pollution on microorganisms, biofilms, cyanobacterial blooms, and the metagenomics approach to isolate microbes. This book is essential for students and researchers of Microbiology, Environmental Sciences, and Biotechnology. 1 Includes key themes like environmental DNA application, metagenomes, extremophiles, microbial population genetics and statistical aspects of aquatic microbiology 2 Discusses the beneficial microbes of the aquatic environment 3 Covers applications of microbes in bioremediation, as pollution indicators and as algicidal agents 4 Reviews freshwater biogeochemical cycles and sediment microbiology 5 Explores microbial communities of biofloc and microbiomes in aquaponics

Identifying and stopping the dissemination of fabricated news, hate speech, or deceptive information camouflaged as legitimate news poses a significant technological hurdle. This book presents emergent methodologies and technological approaches of natural language processing through machine learning for counteracting the spread of fake news and hate speeches on social media platforms.- Covers various approaches, algorithms and methodologies for fake news and hate speech detection- Explains the automatic detection and prevention of fake news and hate speech through paralinguistic clues on social media using artificial intelligence- Discusses the application of machine learning models to learn linguistic characteristics of hate speech over social media platforms.- Emphasizes the role of multilingual and multimodal processing to detect fake news- Includes research on different optimization techniques, case studies on the identification, prevention and social impact of fake news, and GiT Hub repository links to aid understandingThe text is for professionals and scholars of various disciplines interested in fake news and hate speech detection.

Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Vitamins is a key resource describing how vitamins function as physiologically active molecules at the cellular level. The contents of the book are divided into four sections including a thorough introduction; biological perspectives; fat-soluble vitamins; and water-soluble vitamins. Vitamin chapters cover information on chemical structures; intestinal absorption; plasma transport and metabolism; biochemical and physiological actions; regulations of gene expression; immunological properties; deficiency-related diseases. The "perspectives" chapters facilitate the understanding of vitamin biology; including the theory of biochemistry, physiology, endocrinology, molecular genetics, and immunology.Features- Facilitates learning and understanding through a logical flow of information.- Discusses vitamin "behavior" across a wide range of biological disciplines.- Discusses immunological and deficiency-related diseases including as coronary artery disease, diabetes and cancer; and potential toxicity.Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Vitaminsappeals tothoseinvolvedinvitaminresearchorteaching, post-graduate students studyingnutritionorhealth-related topics, health practitioners, andscientists.

Emerging Methods of Oil Extraction from Food Processing Waste is a comprehensive and cutting-edge exploration of sustainable oil extraction practices, catering to professionals and researchers in food science. The book, spanning 13 insightful chapters intricately reviews the extraction of oil from food processing by-products, including pomace and surplus raw materials. It specifically focuses on emerging non-thermal technologies, offering valuable insights into improving oil extraction rates. The discussions encompass factors influencing extraction rates and suggest processing conditions based on various extraction methods and raw materials. In addition to providing a nuanced understanding of conventional and novel extraction techniques, the book delves into the diverse applications of the extracted oil, ranging from food preservation to fortification and fat replacement. Notably, it covers advanced processing techniques for enhancing oil stability, bioavailability, and bioactivity through emulsion and encapsulation methods. Addressing crucial commercial aspects, the book explores economic feasibility, safety considerations, and consumer acceptability, providing a holistic perspective for successful industrial adaptation. Authored by global specialists, each chapter offers in-depth scientific reports and critical analyses, making this volume an indispensable resource for continuous research and advancement in the dynamic field of food processing.

Advanced Two-Dimensional Material-Based Heterostructures in Sustainable Energy Storage Devices provides a detailed overview of advances and challenges in the development of 2D materials for use in energy storage devices. It offers deep insight into the synthesis, characterization, and application of different 2D materials and their heterostructures in a variety of energy storage devices, focusing on new phenomena and enhanced electrochemistry.- Introduces 2D materials, synthesis methods, and characterization techniques.- Discusses application in a wide range of batteries and supercapacitors.- Covers 3D printing of electrodes for energy storage devices.- Offers perspectives on future investigations necessary to overcome existing challenges.This comprehensive reference is written to guide researchers and engineers working to advance the technology of energy-efficient energy storage devices.

Containing many results that are new, or which exist only in recent research articles, this thoroughly revised third edition of Interest Rate Modeling: Theory and Practice, Third Edition portrays the theory of interest rate modeling as a three-dimensional object of finance, mathematics, and computation. It introduces all models with financial-economical justifications, develops options along the martingale approach, and handles option evaluations with precise numerical methods.Features Presents a complete cycle of model construction and applications, showing readers how to build and use models Provides a systematic treatment of intriguing industrial issues, such as volatility smiles and correlation adjustments Contains exercise sets and a number of examples, with many based on real market data Includes comments on cutting-edge research, such as volatility-smile, positive interest-rate models, and convexity adjustment. New to the Third edition Introduction of Fed fund market and Fed fund futures Replacement of the forward-looking USD LIBOR by the backward-looking SOFR term rates in the market model, and the deletion of dual-curve market model developed especially for the post-crisis derivatives markets New chapters on LIBOR Transition and SOFR Derivatives Markets.

The purification of hydrogen is necessary to fulfill purity standards of a wide variety of prospective uses, and it is also a key concern regarding the efficient supply of hydrogen. Hydrogen Purification and Separation reviews various hydrogen separation methods as well as membranes used in hydrogen separation. It discusses absorption and adsorption methods as well as novel technologies like cryogenic methods and plasma-assisted technology and discusses related economic assessments and environmental challenges.- Introduces miscellaneous membrane-assisted processes for hydrogen separation.- Provides different physiochemical absorption methods for hydrogen purification.- Discusses application of sorbents and swing technologies in hydrogen purification.- Uniquely covers hydrogen separation using novel methods.- Includes economic assessments and environmental challenges of hydrogen purification in detail.Part of the multi-volume Handbook of Hydrogen Production and Applications, this standalone book guides researchers and academics in chemical, environmental, energy, and related areas of engineering interested in development and implementation of hydrogen production technologies.

This book provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the processes and technologies utilized for producing hydrogen from renewable sources. It discusses common methods like gasification, pyrolysis, and liquefaction, along with novel methods like water thermochemical splitting, biophotolysis, biological water gas shift reaction, and fermentation processing. The application of various renewable sources, including wind, solar, and geothermal energy, is covered in detail.- Introduces water splitting conversion processes for hydrogen production in detail.- Uniquely provides different pyrolysis, gasification, and liquefaction processes for hydrogen generation.- Covers different biomass and wastes sources for producing hydrogen.- Discusses biochemical methods for converting biomass to hydrogen.- Provides the application of renewable energy sources in hydrogen production.Part of the multi-volume Handbook of Hydrogen Production and Applications, this standalone book guides researchers and academics in chemical, environmental, energy, and related areas of engineering interested in development and implementation of hydrogen production technologies.

Nanotherapeutics for Inflammatory Arthritis: Design, Diagnosis, and Treatment highlights nanobiotechnology and its therapeutic applications in the field of inflammatory arthritis, the interaction of nanomaterials in the biological systems, and clinical development of nanomedicines. It also covers the discovery of personalized therapeutics, diagnostics, and nanoparticular delivery systems, the role of bioinformatics nanobiotechnology in personalized oncology. The use of nanosensors for the detection and current challenges in the development of personalized medicine is explained including recent nanotechnology-based strategies.Features: Covers all the fundamental information about nanotechnology and inflammatory arthritis. Highlights the interaction of nanomaterials in the biological systems, and the clinical development of nanomedicines for inflammatory arthritis. Explores discovery of personalized therapeutics, diagnostics, and nanoparticle delivery systems. Reviews current challenges in the development of personalized medicine as well as translation of nanomedicine with combination therapy. Discusses toxicology of using nanomedicines and the risks associated with the use of these nanomedicines. This book is aimed at researchers and professionals in nanotechnology, biomaterial, drug delivery, and inflammatory arthritis.

The global contract security market now totals over $200 billion, with the number of private security officers exceeding that of public law enforcement officers. But this wasn't always the case.Legends of the Security Services Industry: Profiles in Leadership presents the unique stories of fifteen industry legends, who transformed the industry from early private detective and small night watch companies, into large-scale contract security companies. The large-scale companies including, but not limited to, Pinkerton's, Burns International, The Wackenhut Corporation, Guardsmark, Wells Fargo, and U.S. Security Associates; as well as today's leading security companies, Allied Universal, Securitas, G4S, Prosegur, and GardaWorld. The book begins in the 19th Century, with early U.S. legendary detectives, Allan Pinkerton and William Burns. Then, the book focuses largely from the mid-20th Century to the present, where successive generations of legends built large-scale contract security companies which competed with, and then acquired, those formed by the early legends. Part II legends George Wackenhut, Ira Lipman, and Tom Wathen; Part III legends, Charles Schneider, Kenneth Oringer, William Whitmore, Jr., and Albert Berger; and Part IV, Scandinavian legends Jørgen Philip-Sørensen, Lars Nørby Johansen, and Thomas Berglund, who all developed major security companies. Part V includes current global security leaders Helena Revoredo Gut, Stephan Crétier, and Steve Jones. Part VI reviews the timelines and successful leadership of these legendary leaders, with a look at the future of the industry.The legends' personal stories contain colorful insight into how they capitalized on the industry's explosive growth. While each generation of legends faced unique social and competitive landscapes, their personal stories illustrate how they respectively succeeded. Their leadership and management prowess enabled them to achieve great success, as they displayed vision and achieved their goals through grit, determination, hard work, charisma, organizational skills, and calculated risk-taking.Each chapter has been extensively researched, and includes firsthand accounts based on interviews with living legends, colleagues, and family of deceased legends. Personal and company photos add further color to the moving narrative. Their stories are not only highly interesting, but also provide a framework for current leaders, and the next generation of entrepreneurs, on how to build and lead large-scale security service companies.With a Foreword from Robert D. McCrie, Ph.D., longtime John Jay Professor and editor of the renowned industry publication The Security Letter.

Development of bioinspired materials and metamaterials has changed the philosophy of materials engineering and opened new technological possibilities, as they demonstrate properties that are not found in naturally occurring materials. This book examines advances in these emerging materials classes and investigates how their tailor-engineered properties, such as specific surface energy or refraction index, enable the design of devices and ultimately the ability to solve complex societal problems that are, in principle, impossible with traditional materials.The aim of this book is to survey the scientific foundations of the design and properties of bioinspired materials and metamaterials and the way they enter engineering applications. Introduces the physico-chemical foundations, theoretical groundings, and main equations of biomimetic and metamaterials science Describes how to develop and design these advanced materials and their applications Features end-of-chapter problems to help readers apply the principles Surveys achievements including metamaterials cloaking and the negative mass effect Emphasizes ecological aspects of materials science The text is intended for materials engineering students who have completed courses in general physics, chemistry, and calculus, as well as researchers in materials science and engineering.

Predictive data science is already in use in many fields, but its application in toxicology is new and sought after by non-animal alternative testing initiatives. Predictive Analytics for Toxicology: Applications in Discovery Science provides a comprehensive overview of the application of predictive analytics in the field of toxicology, highlighting its role and applications in discovery science.This book addresses the challenges of accurately predicting high-level endpoints of toxicity and explores the use of computational and artificial intelligence research to automate predictive toxicology. It underscores the importance of predictive toxicology in proposing and explaining adverse outcomes resulting from human exposures to specific toxicants, especially when experimental and observational data on the toxicant are incomplete or unavailable.Key features: Includes a plain language description of predictive analytics in toxicology adding an overview of the wide range of applications Examines the science of prediction, computational models as an automated science and comprehensive discussions on concepts of machine learning Opens the hood on AI and its applications in toxicology Features coverage on how in silico toxicity predictions are translational science tools The book integrates strategies and practices of predictive toxicology and offers practical information that students and professionals of the toxicology, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries will find essential. It fulfills the expectations of student researchers seeking to learn predictive analytics in toxicology. This book will energize scientists to conduct predictive toxicology modeling using artificial intelligence and machine learning, and inspire students and seasoned scientists interested in automated science to pick up new research using predictive in silico models to evaluate chemical-induced toxicity.With its focus on practical applications and real-world examples, this book serves as a guide for navigating the complex issues and practices of discovery toxicology. It is an essential resource for those interested in computer-based methods in toxicology providing valuable insights into the use of predictive analytics.

IV-VI and IV-VI2 semiconductors have attracted considerable attention due to their applications in the fabrication of electronic and optoelectronic devices as light emitting diodes and solar cells. The electrical properties of these semiconductors can also be tuned by adding impurity atoms. Because of their wide application in various devices, the search for new semiconductor materials and the improvement of existing materials is an important field of study. Doping with impurities is a common method of modifying and diversifying the properties of physical and chemical semiconductors. This book covers all known information about phase relations in multinary systems based on IV-VI and IV-VI2 semiconductors, providing the first systematic account of phase equilibria in multinary systems based on IV-VI and IV-VI2 semiconductors and making research originally published in Ukrainian and Russian accessible to the wider scientific community. This book will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students studying materials science, solid state chemistry, and engineering. It will also be relevant for researchers at industrial and national laboratories, in addition to researchers of phase equilibria, inorganic chemists, and solid state physicists.Key Features: - Provides up-to-date experimental and theoretical information.- Allows readers to synthesize semiconducting materials with predetermined properties.- Delivers a critical evaluation of many industrially important systems presented in the form of two-dimensional sections for the condensed phases.Vasyl Tomashyk is a leading researcher at the V.E. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He graduated from Chernivtsi State University in 1972 (master of chemistry). He is a doctor of chemical sciences (1992), a professor (1999) and author of about 700 publications in scientific journals and conference proceedings and 13 books (eight of them were published by CRC Press), which are devoted to the physical-chemical analysis, the chemistry of semiconductors and chemical treatment of semiconductor surfaces.