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  • Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces for 6G

    Wireless Power Transfer and Enhanced Communications
    • 1st Edition
    • Zhengyu Zhu + 3 more
    • English
    Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces for 6G: Wireless Power Transfer and Enhanced Communications provides a comprehensive understanding of how intelligent reflecting surface will shape the future of 6G wireless communication. The book addresses key challenges in enhancing signal propagation, improving energy efficiency, and ensuring secure communication in complex 6G environments. By covering breakthrough technologies such as hybrid-field communication, wireless energy harvesting, and physical layer security, this book aims to equip readers with practical solutions for overcoming the limitations of current systems and achieving sustainable, high-performance 6G networks.

  • The Fauna of Australia’s Tropical Savanna Biome

    Biodiversity, Biogeography, and Conservation
    • 1st Edition
    • Alan Andersen + 1 more
    • English
    The Fauna of Australia's Tropical Savanna Biome: Biodiversity, Biogeography and Conservation considers the full range of vegetation types and freshwater systems that occur within the dominant savanna matrix in Australia's monsoonal tropics. Edited by renowned experts of tropical ecology, it provides descriptions of diversity, taxonomic, functional composition and endemism, and ecological and biogeographical questions of wide interest. Chapters explore how diversity and composition vary among different habitats in a savanna landscape and along the savanna rainfall gradient. The book also considers how distinctive savanna fauna is within Australia and compared with tropical savannas elsewhere in the world. The book considers the unique biogeographic and evolutionary history of this highly diverse and distinctive biome, building on a rich foundation of knowledge accrued over decades of research on many aspects of the region's biodiversity, conservation values, and challenges. This is an indispensable resource for students and researchers studying tropical biodiversity, as well as conservationists and land managers of Australia's tropical savanna biome and those found across the globe.

  • Full-Stack Web Development from the Ground Up

    Principles, Practices, and Technologies
    • 1st Edition
    • Christopher D Hundhausen
    • English
    Full-Stack Development from the Ground Up: Principles, Practices, and Technologies addresses the growing need for a comprehensive upper-division computer science textbook that provides in-depth treatment of full-stack web development using the modern web development technologies that students are likely to encounter in industry. Professional full-stack web developers who are capable of developing both the front-end user interfaces and back-end databases and services for dynamic websites are in high demand. The book begins by laying a foundation in HTML, CSS and JavaScript—the building blocks of client-side web development.It then explores one particular web development stack in detail: MERN, which stands for MongoDB, Express.js, React.js and Node.js. Together, these four technologies provide powerful support for full-stack web development in a single programming language—JavaScript. The crucial final step in the web development process is deploying apps to a server, so users can interact with them. This book simplifies deployment by focusing on just one web deployment environment: Amazon Web Services (AWS), and only those AWS tools that are absolutely necessary to deploy MERN applications.

  • Digital Light Processing and Stereolithography Additive Manufacturing

    Fundamentals, Applications, and Trends
    • 1st Edition
    • Ignazio Roppolo
    • English
    Digital Light Processing and Stereolithography Additive Manufacturing: Fundamentals, Applications, and Trends overviews these cutting-edge 3D-printing techniques, the materials they can produce, and applications for these techniques and materials. Sections cover the fundamentals, with chapters discussing the core principles of vat photopolymerization, related technological requirements, the characteristics of digital light processing (DLP) and stereolithography (SL) compared to other light-induced methods, as well as the chemistry and materials used, including how to formulate a resin. Section two covers applications, such as design for structural applications, as well as DLP and SL use in dentistry, soft robotics, sensors, biomedicine, microfluidics, catalysis and chemical engineering, and more.The book concludes with a section discussing current trends and future directions for the technology, with chapters analyzing sustainable materials, including efforts to substitute synthetic materials with bio-based ones, vitrimers, controlled polymers, and 4D printing and DLP and SL in hybrid AM.

  • Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges

    A Pattern Recognition Paradigm
    • 1st Edition
    • Elói Figueiredo + 1 more
    • English
    Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges: A Pattern Recognition Paradigm proposes an innovative approach for infrastructure assessment, focusing on statistical pattern recognition (SPR) and advanced machine learning techniques. The book introduces a novel hybrid framework that integrates data-driven methodologies with advanced computational techniques, enabling more effective detection of faults and anomalies. By utilizing SPR and leveraging machine learning algorithms, this work provides fresh insights into how these modern tools can transform infrastructure monitoring, making it more efficient and responsive. Special attention is given to data processing techniques that allow for the detection of damage patterns without relying on subjective human or destructive appraisal.By addressing both the technical and operational aspects of SHM, the book serves as an invaluable foundational reference resource to equip readers with the advanced knowledge and practical expertise needed to adopt these cutting-edge systems in their own infrastructure management workflows.

  • Polymeric Gels

    Characterization, Properties and Biomedical Applications
    • 2nd Edition
    • Kunal Pal + 1 more
    • English
    Polymeric Gels: Characterization, Properties and Biomedical Applications, Second Edition offers a fully revised and expanded reference, featuring five new chapters and a stronger emphasis on practical translation, in a new, detailed collection of case studies. This updated edition is organized into three essential sections, opening with an introduction to polymeric gels and the technologies for their design and development. The second section systematically covers the subtypes of polymeric gels, dedicating each chapter to one subtype. Readers are guided through the core concepts, synthesis methods and preparation techniques, characterization, unique properties, and potential applications, allowing for a fundamental overview of each gel type. The final section focuses on key biomedical applications, supported by practical and clinical case studies to aid understanding and assist with translation from research to practice. Polymeric Gels: Characterization, Properties and Biomedical Applications, Second Edition is a comprehensive guide for an interdisciplinary audience, including researchers, academics, and postgraduate students new to biomedical polymeric gels who seek an in-depth overview. This book may also appeal to clinicians interested in exploring innovative biomaterial treatments.

  • Principles of Medical Biohybrid Microrobots

    • 1st Edition
    • Veronika Magdanz + 1 more
    • English

  • Game Theory and Deep Learning

    Fundamentals and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Lina Bariah + 6 more
    • English
    This groundbreaking book is the first to establish a clear and comprehensive link between game theory and deep learning, demonstrating the critical importance of this interplay for solving key technological challenges such as those found in future wireless and energy networks. It delves into the latest connections between game theory and generative AI, including large language models, showcasing how these advanced concepts can be harnessed to address complex real-world problems. Readers will gain a deep understanding of how these two powerful fields intersect and the practical applications of this knowledge, making it an essential resource for anyone looking to stay at the forefront of technological innovation.With this book the reader will be able to: Develop a solid foundation in game theory and understand interactive scenarios in both engineering and everyday life; Effectively apply their knowledge to practical problems, including resource allocation, security, and influence maximization; Design strategies that optimally exploit available information through successive optimization, reinforcement learning, deep learning, and generative AI techniques.

  • Plasma Processing for Semiconductor Materials and Thin-Film Devices

    • 1st Edition
    • Kuan Yew Cheong + 4 more
    • English
    Plasma Processing for Semiconductor Materials and Thin-Film Devices covers the state-of-the-art in plasma processing of thin films. The book focuses on fundamental plasma theory, plasma for advanced applications, advanced characterization techniques, plasma and performance in semiconductor devices, and plasma processing. Sections consider the fundamental physics of plasma then move to advanced applications in the processing of semiconductor materials and their relation to the performance of semiconductor thin film devices. Subsequently, the book investigates the adoption of plasma for advanced (including thin film) characterization methods, finally addressing emerging plasma technologies such as liquid plasma, cold atmospheric plasma, and advanced plasma techniques.This book will be of interest to students, researchers, and practitioners in any field that utilizes plasma processing, since its chapters have been written by leading authorities from both academia and industry.

  • Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells

    Principles, Design, and Applications
    • 1st Edition
    • Abu Yousuf + 3 more
    • English
    Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells: Principles, Design, and Applications is an essential resource that brings together the latest advancements in materials, design, fabrication techniques, and applications. This book offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary understanding of Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells technology, identifying challenges and future opportunities. By providing a step-by-step approach, practical examples, and case studies, it serves as an invaluable guide for researchers, students, engineers, R&D scientists, policymakers, and professionals interested in fuel cells, energy storage, renewable energy, and the wider energy sector.In addition to introducing the basics of fuel cell systems, thermodynamics, Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cells, materials, and electrochemical reactions, the book delves into cell, stack, and system-level modeling, transport of charged particles, performance characterization techniques, degradation, system design, application, and stack manufacturing cost. Further chapters explore future research directions, environmental impact, sustainability, safety, and risk assessment.

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