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  • Electric Power Systems Resiliency

    Modelling, Opportunity and Challenges
    • 1st Edition
    • Ramesh C. Bansal + 2 more
    • English
    Electric Power Systems Resiliency: Modelling, Opportunity and Challenges considers current strengths and weaknesses of various applications and provides engineers with different dimensions of flexible applications to illustrate their use in the solution of power system improvement. Detailing advanced methodologies to improve resiliency and describing resilient-oriented power system protection and control techniques, this reference offers a deep study on the electrical power system through the lens of resiliency that ultimately provides a flexible framework for cost-benefit analysis to improve power system durability. Aimed at researchers exploring the significance of smart monitoring, protecting and controlling of power systems, this book is useful for those working in the domain of power system control and protection (PSOP).

  • Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths

    Including Actinides
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 61
    • Jean-Claude G. Bunzli + 1 more
    • English
    Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths: Including Actinides, Volume 61 presents the latest release in this continuous series that covers all aspects of rare earth science, including chemistry, life sciences, materials science and physics.

  • Advances in Parasitology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 117
    • David Rollinson + 1 more
    • English
    Advances in Parasitology, Volume 118, the latest release in this ongoing series, includes medical studies of parasites of major influence, along with reviews of more traditional areas, such as zoology, taxonomy and life history. New chapters in this release cover topics such as Parasitic and infectious diseases of African wildlife: The Big Five and Improving Translational Power for Antischistosomal Drug Discovery.

  • Computational Intelligence in Healthcare Applications

    • 1st Edition
    • Rajeev Agrawal + 4 more
    • English
    Computational Intelligence in Healthcare Applications discusses a variety of techniques designed to represent, enhance and empower inter-domain research based on computational intelligence in healthcare. The book serves as a reference for the pervasive healthcare domain which takes into consideration new convergent computing and other applications. The book discusses topics such as mathematical modeling in medical imaging, predictive modeling based on artificial intelligence and deep learning, smart healthcare and wearable devices, and evidence-based predictive modeling. In addition, it discusses computer-aided diagnostic for clinical inferences and pervasive and ubiquitous techniques in healthcare. This book is a valuable resource for graduate students and researchers in medical informatics, however, it is also ideal for members of the biomedical field and healthcare industry who are interested in learning more about novel technologies and their applications in the field.

  • Computational Approaches for Novel Therapeutic and Diagnostic Designing to Mitigate SARS-CoV2 Infection

    Revolutionary Strategies to Combat Pandemics
    • 1st Edition
    • Arpana Parihar + 4 more
    • English
    Computational Approaches for Novel Therapeutic and Diagnostic Designing to Mitigate SARS-CoV2 Infection: Revolutionary Strategies to Combat Pandemics compiles information about various computational bioinformatic approaches that can help combat viral infection. The book includes working knowledge of various molecular docking and molecular dynamic simulation approaches that have been exploited for drug repurposing and drug designing purpose. In addition, it sheds light on reverse vaccinomics and immunoinformatic approaches for vaccine designing against SARS-CoV2 infection. This book is an essential resource for researchers, bioinformaticians, computational biologists, computational chemists and pharmaceutical companies who are working on the development of effective and specific therapeutic interventions and point-of-care diagnostic devices using various computational approaches.

  • Clove (Syzygium aromaticum)

    Chemistry, Functionality and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Mohamed Fawzy Ramadan
    • English
    Organized into four sections, Clove (Syzygium aromaticum): Chemistry, Functionality, and Applications addresses the cultivation, composition, and applications of clove, along with the chemistry, functionality, and applications of clove fixed oil, clove essential oil, and clove extracts and their role in food and medicine. Beginning with the introduction of clove, this book aims to establish a multidisciplinary discussion on the development of Syzygium aromaticum phytochemistry, technology, processing, agricultural practices, functional traits, health-enhancing potential, mechanism of action, and toxicity as well as food and nonfood uses. The studies reported in this book confirm the functional applications of Syzygium aromaticum as a medicinal plant, standing out for the significance of novel applications. This book delves into the functional, nutritional, and pharmacological traits of clove. Therefore, the book will serve as a valuable reference for food scientists, technologists, chemists, nutritionists, and pharmacists developing new pharmaceutical and food products.

  • Movement Disorders in Childhood

    • 3rd Edition
    • Harvey S. Singer + 3 more
    • English
    Movement Disorders in Childhood, Third Edition provides the most up-to-date information on the diseases and disorders that affect motor control, an important area of specialization within child neurology. In this new edition, each chapter has been fully revised to include all of the latest scientific and therapeutic advances. Updates include new insights in motor development, control, goal-directed and habitual behaviors, classifications of movements and their complex and integrated circuitry. The authors also discuss developments in pathophysiologic mechanisms, immunology and metabolic disorders. New chapters include coverage of genetics of movement disorders and movement disorders in psychiatric conditions.Appendice... include an updated and revised drug index and genetic search strategy. An updated Companion website hosts selected educational videos to help diagnose movement disorders.

  • Advances in Bioenergy

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 7
    • English
    Advances in Bioenergy, Volume Seven, the latest release in the series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors. Specific chapters in this new release include Arrested Anaerobic Digestion, PHA Production from Renewable Sources, Copolymers, Odor control for anaerobic digestion, and Lignin Biorefinery.

  • Knowledge is Power in Four Dimensions: Models to Forecast Future Paradigm

    With Artificial Intelligence Integration in Energy and Other Use Cases
    • 1st Edition
    • Bahman Zohuri + 2 more
    • English
    Knowledge is Power in Four Dimensions: Models to Forecast Future Paradigms, Forecasting Energy for Tomorrow’s World with Mathematical Modeling and Python Programming Driven Artificial Intelligence delivers knowledge on key infrastructure topics in both AI technology and energy. Sections lay the groundwork for tomorrow’s computing functionality, starting with how to build a Business Resilience System (BRS), data warehousing, data management, and fuzzy logic. Subsequent chapters dive into the impact of energy on economic development and the environment and mathematical modeling, including energy forecasting and engineering statistics. Energy examples are included for application and learning opportunities. A final section deliver the most advanced content on artificial intelligence with the integration of machine learning and deep learning as a tool to forecast and make energy predictions. The reference covers many introductory programming tools, such as Python, Scikit, TensorFlow and Kera.

  • New Frontiers of Cardiovascular Screening using Unobtrusive Sensors, AI, and IoT

    • 1st Edition
    • Anirban Dutta Choudhury + 3 more
    • English
    New Frontiers of Cardiovascular Screening using Unobtrusive Sensors, AI, and IoT provides insights into real-world problems in cardiovascular disease screening that can be addressed via AI, IoT and wearable based sensing. Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) are surpassing CDS and emerging as the foremost cause of death. Hence, early screening of CVDs using wearable and other similar sensors is an extremely important global problem to solve. The digital health field is constantly changing, and this book provides a review of recent technology developments, offering unique coverage of processing time series physiological sensor data. The authors have developed this book with graduate and post graduate students in mind, making sure they provide an accessible entry point into the field. This book is particularly useful for engineers and computer scientists who want to build technologies that work in real world scenarios as it provides a practitioner’s view/insights /tricks of the trade. Finally, this book helps researchers working on this important problem to quickly ramp up their knowledge and research to the state-of-the-art.

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