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Oceanic Acidification A Comprehensive Overview

Oceanic Acidification A Comprehensive Overview

This book critically examines the available literature on oceanic acidification: including a historical review of pH and atmospheric CO2 levels over the millennia; natural and anthropogenic sources of CO2 to the atmosphere and sea surface; chemical physical and biological mode of action; biological effects of acidification to marine plants and animals under laboratory conditions; field observations on seawater chemistry and effects of declining pH; and various technical and political mitigation strategies. Written by Dr. Ronald Eisler a noted authority on chemical risk assessment the book summarizes real and projected effects of oceanic acidification. | Oceanic Acidification A Comprehensive Overview

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The Student City Strategic Planning for Student Communities in EU Cities

The Student City Strategic Planning for Student Communities in EU Cities

Student communities are without doubt a strategic resource for urban development and students are the citizens and the high-skilled working class of tomorrow. They are seen as an 'invisible population' with little say in local policy and decision-making. Co-operation between educational institutions and city planners is often missing and cities tend to neglect the universities' foreign relations. This volume argues that the importance of human capital in the competitiveness of cities demands pro-active integral city policies targeting this community. Bringing together nine case studies of European cities (Rotterdam Utrecht Eindhoven Munich Lyon Lille Venice Birmingham and Helsinki) it puts forward a comprehensive strategic plan of action aiming at the integration of student communities in urban development. The book analyses the essential characteristics of the relationship between students and their host communities as well as the role of higher education institutions and other actors in building the 'student friendly' city. | The Student City Strategic Planning for Student Communities in EU Cities

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Modern Cryptography with Proof Techniques and Implementations

Modern Cryptography with Proof Techniques and Implementations

Proof techniques in cryptography are very difficult to understand even for students or researchers who major in cryptography. In addition in contrast to the excessive emphases on the security proofs of the cryptographic schemes practical aspects of them have received comparatively less attention. This book addresses these two issues by providing detailed structured proofs and demonstrating examples applications and implementations of the schemes so that students and practitioners may obtain a practical view of the schemes. Seong Oun Hwang is a professor in the Department of Computer Engineering and director of Artificial Intelligence Security Research Center Gachon University Korea. He received the Ph. D. degree in computer science from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Korea. His research interests include cryptography cybersecurity networks and machine learning. Intae Kim is an associate research fellow at the Institute of Cybersecurity and Cryptology University of Wollongong Australia. He received the Ph. D. degree in electronics and computer engineering from Hongik University Korea. His research interests include cryptography cybersecurity and networks. Wai Kong Lee is an assistant professor in UTAR (University Tunku Abdul Rahman) Malaysia. He received the Ph. D. degree in engineering from UTAR Malaysia. In between 2009 – 2012 he served as an R&D engineer in several multinational companies including Agilent Technologies (now known as Keysight) in Malaysia. His research interests include cryptography engineering GPU computing numerical algorithms Internet of Things (IoT) and energy harvesting. | Modern Cryptography with Proof Techniques and Implementations

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Military Occupations in First World War Europe

Military Occupations in First World War Europe

Our view of the First World War is dominated by the twin images of the fronts and the home fronts yet the war also generated a third type of ‘front’ that of military occupation. Vast areas of Europe experienced the war under a military regime and this book deals with the occupations by the German and Austro-Hungarian empires. Their conquests ranged from Lille in the West to the Don River in the East and from Courland in the north to Friuli and Montenegro in the south. They encompassed capital cities such as Brussels Warsaw Belgrade and Bukarest as well as areas of crucial economic importance. Millions of people experienced military occupation and even though they were civilians the war had a deep impact on their lives. Conversely occupied territories influenced the states that had conquered them and the way these states waged war. The chapters in this book analyze military occupation in 1914-1918 both from the point of view of the occupied and from the point of view of the occupier. They study counter-insurgency warfare forced labour food regimes underground patriotism and cultural policies. They demonstrate that military occupation was an essential dimension of the Great War. This book was originally published as a special issue of First World War Studies. | Military Occupations in First World War Europe

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Philosophy of Mathematics Classic and Contemporary Studies

Philosophy of Mathematics Classic and Contemporary Studies

The philosophy of mathematics is an exciting subject. Philosophy of Mathematics: Classic and Contemporary Studies explores the foundations of mathematical thought. The aim of this book is to encourage young mathematicians to think about the philosophical issues behind fundamental concepts and about different views on mathematical objects and mathematical knowledge. With this new approach the author rekindles an interest in philosophical subjects surrounding the foundations of mathematics. He offers the mathematical motivations behind the topics under debate. He introduces various philosophical positions ranging from the classic views to more contemporary ones including subjects which are more engaged with mathematical logic. Most books on philosophy of mathematics have little to no focus on the effects of philosophical views on mathematical practice and no concern on giving crucial mathematical results and their philosophical relevance consequences reasons etc. This book fills this gap. The book can be used as a textbook for a one-semester or even one-year course on philosophy of mathematics. Other textbooks on the philosophy of mathematics are aimed at philosophers. This book is aimed at mathematicians. Since the author is a mathematician it is a valuable addition to the literature. Mark Balaguer California State University Los Angeles There are not many such texts available for mathematics students. I applaud efforts to foster the dialogue between mathematics and philosophy. Michele Friend George Washington University and CNRS Lille France | Philosophy of Mathematics Classic and Contemporary Studies

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Handbook of Neuroimaging Data Analysis

Handbook of Neuroimaging Data Analysis

This book explores various state-of-the-art aspects behind the statistical analysis of neuroimaging data. It examines the development of novel statistical approaches to model brain data. Designed for researchers in statistics biostatistics computer science cognitive science computer engineering biomedical engineering applied mathematics physics and radiology the book can also be used as a textbook for graduate-level courses in statistics and biostatistics or as a self-study reference for Ph. D. students in statistics biostatistics psychology neuroscience and computer science. | Handbook of Neuroimaging Data Analysis

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Land Application of Sewage Sludge and Biosolids

Land Application of Sewage Sludge and Biosolids

Over 50 percent of the 6 900 million dry tons of sewage sludge generated each year in the United States is land applied. The principal controversies surrounding the land application of biosolids involve heavy metals and pathogens. Land Application of Sewage Sludge and Biosolids is a comprehensive scientific text providing a complete review of various aspects of this controversial subject from an extensive discussion of heavy metals and pathogens to the fate and effects of organic compounds. Consideration is given to crop removal of metals and organics soil erosion and leaching as well as to differing approaches and regulations in Europe and Canada. The result is an authoritative science-based and unbiased perspective on the benefits and the potential risks of land application to human health and the environment. About the Author:Elliot Epstein Ph. D. is Chief Environmental Scientist for Tetra Tech Inc. and an adjunct professor of public health at Boston University School of Public Health. He received his Ph. D. in soil physics from Purdue University and served as a research leader for the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service for 16 years. Dr. Epstein has more than 30 years of experience in biosolids composting and has managed or directed more than 400 composting projects. He has consulted on composting and biosolids management for the USEPA World Bank and United Nations.

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Gated Communities? Regulating Migration in Early Modern Cities

Gated Communities? Regulating Migration in Early Modern Cities

Contrary to earlier views of preindustrial Europe as an essentially sedentary society research over the past decades has amply demonstrated that migration was a pervasive characteristic of early modern Europe. In this volume the theme of urban migration is explored through a series of historical contexts journeying from sixteenth-century Antwerp Ulm Lille and Valenciennes through seventeenth-century Berlin Milan and Rome to eighteenth-century Strasbourg Trieste Paris and London. Each chapter demonstrates how the presence of diverse and often temporary groups of migrants was a core feature of everyday urban life which left important marks on the demographic economic social political and cultural characteristics of individual cities. The collection focuses on the interventions by urban authorities and institutions in a wide-ranging set of domains as they sought to stimulate channel and control the newcomers' movements and activities within the cities and across the cities' borders. While striving for a broad geographical and chronological coverage in a comparative perspective the volume aims to enhance our insight into the different factors that shaped urban migration policies in different European settings west of the Elbe. By laying bare the complex interactions of actors interests conflicts and negotiations involved in the regulation of migration the case studies shed light on the interrelations between burghership guilds relief arrangements and police in the incorporation of newcomers and in shaping the shifting boundaries between wanted and unwanted migrants. By relating to a common analytical framework presented in the introductory chapter they engage in a comparative discussion that allows for the formulation of general insights and the identification of long term transformations that transcend the time and place specificities of the case studies in question. The introduction and final chapters connect insights derived from the individual case-study chapters to present wide ranging conclusions that resonate with both historical and present-day debates on migration. | Gated Communities? Regulating Migration in Early Modern Cities

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Random Circulant Matrices

Random Circulant Matrices

Circulant matrices have been around for a long time and have been extensively used in many scientific areas. This book studies the properties of the eigenvalues for various types of circulant matrices such as the usual circulant the reverse circulant and the k-circulant when the dimension of the matrices grow and the entries are random. In particular the behavior of the spectral distribution of the spectral radius and of the appropriate point processes are developed systematically using the method of moments and the various powerful normal approximation results. This behavior varies according as the entries are independent are from a linear process and are light- or heavy-tailed. Arup Bose obtained his B. Stat. M. Stat. and Ph. D. degrees from the Indian Statistical Institute. He has been on its faculty at the Theoretical Statistics and Mathematics Unit Kolkata India since 1991. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and of all three national science academies of India. He is a recipient of the S. S. Bhatnagar Prize and the C. R. Rao Award. He is the author of three books: Patterned Random Matrices Large Covariance and Autocovariance Matrices (with Monika Bhattacharjee) and U-Statistics M_m-Estimators and Resampling (with Snigdhansu Chatterjee). Koushik Saha obtained a B. Sc. in Mathematics from Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandiara Belur and an M. Sc. in Mathematics from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. He obtained his Ph. D. degree from the Indian Statistical Institute under the supervision of Arup Bose. His thesis on circulant matrices received high praise from the reviewers. He has been on the faculty of the Department of Mathematics Indian Institute of Technology Bombay since 2014. | Random Circulant Matrices

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Statistical and Econometric Methods for Transportation Data Analysis

Statistical and Econometric Methods for Transportation Data Analysis

The book's website (with databases and other support materials) can be accessed here. Praise for the Second Edition: The second edition introduces an especially broad set of statistical methods … As a lecturer in both transportation and marketing research I find this book an excellent textbook for advanced undergraduate Master’s and Ph. D. students covering topics from simple descriptive statistics to complex Bayesian models. … It is one of the few books that cover an extensive set of statistical methods needed for data analysis in transportation. The book offers a wealth of examples from the transportation field. —The American Statistician Statistical and Econometric Methods for Transportation Data Analysis Third Edition offers an expansion over the first and second editions in response to the recent methodological advancements in the fields of econometrics and statistics and to provide an increasing range of examples and corresponding data sets. It describes and illustrates some of the statistical and econometric tools commonly used in transportation data analysis. It provides a wide breadth of examples and case studies covering applications in various aspects of transportation planning engineering safety and economics. Ample analytical rigor is provided in each chapter so that fundamental concepts and principles are clear and numerous references are provided for those seeking additional technical details and applications. New to the Third Edition Updated references and improved examples throughout. New sections on random parameters linear regression and ordered probability models including the hierarchical ordered probit model. A new section on random parameters models with heterogeneity in the means and variances of parameter estimates. Multiple new sections on correlated random parameters and correlated grouped random parameters in probit logit and hazard-based models. A new section discussing the practical aspects of random parameters model estimation. A new chapter on Latent Class Models. A new chapter on Bivariate and Multivariate Dependent Variable Models. Statistical and Econometric Methods for Transportation Data Analysis Third Edition can serve as a textbook for advanced undergraduate Masters and Ph. D. students in transportation-related disciplines including engineering economics urban and regional planning and sociology. The book also serves as a technical reference for researchers and practitioners wishing to examine and understand a broad range of statistical and econometric tools required to study transportation problems.

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Fundamentals of Ramsey Theory

Fundamentals of Ramsey Theory

Ramsey theory is a fascinating topic. The author shares his view of the topic in this contemporary overview of Ramsey theory. He presents from several points of view adding intuition and detailed proofs in an accessible manner unique among most books on the topic. This book covers all of the main results in Ramsey theory along with results that have not appeared in a book before. The presentation is comprehensive and reader friendly. The book covers integer graph and Euclidean Ramsey theory with many proofs being combinatorial in nature. The author motivates topics and discussion rather than just a list of theorems and proofs. In order to engage the reader each chapter has a section of exercises. This up-to-date book introduces the field of Ramsey theory from several different viewpoints so that the reader can decide which flavor of Ramsey theory best suits them. Additionally the book offers: A chapter providing different approaches to Ramsey theory e. g. using topological dynamics ergodic systems and algebra in the Stone-Čech compactification of the integers. A chapter on the probabilistic method since it is quite central to Ramsey-type numbers. A unique chapter presenting some applications of Ramsey theory. Exercises in every chapter The intended audience consists of students and mathematicians desiring to learn about Ramsey theory. An undergraduate degree in mathematics (or its equivalent for advanced undergraduates) and a combinatorics course is assumed. TABLE OF CONENTS Preface List of Figures List of Tables Symbols 1. Introduction 2. Integer Ramsey Theory 3. Graph Ramsey Theory 4. Euclidean Ramsey Theory 5. Other Approaches to Ramsey Theory 6. The Probabilistic Method 7. Applications Bibliography Index Biography Aaron Robertson received his Ph. D. in mathematics from Temple University under the guidance of his advisor Doron Zeilberger. Upon finishing his Ph. D. he started at Colgate University in upstate New York where he is currently Professor of Mathematics. He also serves as Associate Managing editor of the journal Integers. After a brief detour into the world of permutation patterns he has focused most of his research on Ramsey theory. | Fundamentals of Ramsey Theory

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Smart Coatings Fundamentals Developments and Applications

Smart Coatings Fundamentals Developments and Applications

This book focuses on fundamentals technology synthesis and characterizations and applied techniques from a practical point of view of coatings. The first three chapters offer a rigorous review of the application of these coatings to corrosion protection in various aerospace and oil and gas industries and the subsequent chapters present a quick critical review of the state-of-the-art protection techniques of these coatings to novel biomedical applications such as clinical translations and tissue-engineered materials. Environmental ergonomics and aesthetic aspects and future perspectives are also explained at the end. Features: Explores the synthesis and application techniques of novel smart coatings in various research areas Presents a concise critical and state-of-the-art review of existing research on various types of smart coatings Ascertains the different mechanisms associated with the stimuli response of smart coatings Includes an exclusive chapter on real-time applications in the biomedical field Covers self-healing self-cleaning pH balance early corrosion detection and triggering mechanisms This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students specifically in smart coatings and thin films and corrosion including chemical materials science engineering industrial and manufacturing engineering and nanotechnology. | Smart Coatings Fundamentals Developments and Applications

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Novel Bioremediation Processes for Treatment of Seleniferous Soils and Sediment

Novel Bioremediation Processes for Treatment of Seleniferous Soils and Sediment

The aim of this Ph. D. was to develop a technology for the remediation of seleniferous soils/sediments and to explore microbial reduction of selenium oxyanions under different respiration conditions and bioreactor configurations. Seleniferous soil collected from the wheat-grown agricultural land in Punjab (India) was characterized and its soil washing was optimized by varying parameters where addition of oxidizing agents showed a maximum selenium removal efficiency. Aquatic plants Lemna minor and Egeria densa were used to study phytoremediation of the selenium-rich soil leachate containing oxidizing agents. Additionally migration of the soluble selenium fraction from the upper to the lower layers and its subsequent reduction and accumulation in the lower layers of the soil column was observed during soil flushing. Furthermore the soil leachate containing selenium oxyanions obtained from soil washing was treated in a UASB reactor by varying the organic feed. Ex situ bioremediation of selenium oxyanions was studied under variable conditions. An aerobic bacterium (Delftia lacustris) capable of transforming selenate and selenite to elemental selenium was isolated and characterized. Anaerobic bioreduction of selenate coupled to methane oxidation was investigated in serum bottles and a biotrickling filter using marine sediment as inoculum. Finally the effect of contamination of other chalcogen oxyanions (tellurium) on selenium bioreduction was studied in a continuous system (UASB reactor). | Novel Bioremediation Processes for Treatment of Seleniferous Soils and Sediment

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Algebraic Number Theory A Brief Introduction

Algebraic Number Theory A Brief Introduction

This book offers the basics of algebraic number theory for students and others who need an introduction and do not have the time to wade through the voluminous textbooks available. It is suitable for an independent study or as a textbook for a first course on the topic. The author presents the topic here by first offering a brief introduction to number theory and a review of the prerequisite material then presents the basic theory of algebraic numbers. The treatment of the subject is classical but the newer approach discussed at the end provides a broader theory to include the arithmetic of algebraic curves over finite fields and even suggests a theory for studying higher dimensional varieties over finite fields. It leads naturally to the Weil conjecture and some delicate questions in algebraic geometry. About the Author Dr. J. S. Chahal is a professor of mathematics at Brigham Young University. He received his Ph. D. from Johns Hopkins University and after spending a couple of years at the University of Wisconsin as a post doc he joined Brigham Young University as an assistant professor and has been there ever since. He specializes and has published several papers in number theory. For hobbies he likes to travel and hike. His book Fundamentals of Linear Algebra is also published by CRC Press. | Algebraic Number Theory A Brief Introduction

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In Vivo Optical Imaging of Brain Function

In Vivo Optical Imaging of Brain Function

These are exciting times for the field of optical imaging of brain function. Rapid developments in theory and technology continue to considerably advance understanding of brain function. Reflecting changes in the field during the past five years the second edition of In Vivo Optical Imaging of Brain Function describes state-of-the-art techniques and their applications for the growing field of functional imaging in the live brain using optical imaging techniques. New in the Second Edition:Voltage-sensitive dyes imaging in awake behaving animalsImaging based on genetically encoded probesImaging of mitochondrial auto-fluorescence as a tool for cortical mappingUsing pH-sensitive dyes for functional mappingModulated imagingCalcium imaging of neuronal activity using 2-photon microscopyFourier approach to optical imagingFully updated chapters from the first editionLeading Authorities Explore the Latest Techniques Updated to reflect continuous development in this emerging research area this new edition as with the original reaches across disciplines to review a variety of non-invasive optical techniques used to study activity in the living brain. Leading authorities from such diverse areas as biophysics neuroscience and cognitive science present a host of perspectives that range from a single neuron to large assemblies of millions of neurons captured at various temporal and spatial resolutions. Introducing techniques that were not available just a few years ago the authors describe the theory setup analytical methods and examples that highlight the advantages of each particular method.

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Biomedical Photonics Handbook Therapeutics and Advanced Biophotonics

Biomedical Photonics Handbook Therapeutics and Advanced Biophotonics

Shaped by Quantum Theory Technology and the Genomics RevolutionThe integration of photonics electronics biomaterials and nanotechnology holds great promise for the future of medicine. This topic has recently experienced an explosive growth due to the noninvasive or minimally invasive nature and the cost-effectiveness of photonic modalities in medical diagnostics and therapy. The second edition of the Biomedical Photonics Handbook presents recent fundamental developments as well as important applications of biomedical photonics of interest to scientists engineers manufacturers teachers students and clinical providers. The third volume Therapeutics and Advanced Biophotonics focuses on therapeutic modalities advanced biophotonic technologies and future trends. Represents the Collective Work of over 150 Scientists Engineers and CliniciansDesigned to display the most recent advances in instrumentation and methods as well as clinical applications in important areas of biomedical photonics to a broad audience this three-volume handbook provides an inclusive forum that serves as an authoritative reference source for a broad audience involved in the research teaching learning and practice of medical technologies. What’s New in This Edition:A wide variety of photonic biochemical sensing technologies has already been developed for clinical monitoring of early disease states and physiological parameters such as blood pressure blood chemistry pH temperature and the presence of pathological organisms or biochemical species of clinical importance. Advanced photonic detection technologies integrating the latest knowledge of genomics proteomics and metabolomics allow sensing of early disease states thus revolutionizing the medicine of the future. Nanobiotec | Biomedical Photonics Handbook Therapeutics and Advanced Biophotonics

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Biology of Aging

Biology of Aging

Biology of Aging Second Edition presents the biological principles that have led to a new understanding of the causes of aging and describes how these basic principles help one to understand the human experience of biological aging longevity and age-related disease. Intended for undergraduate biology students it describes how the rate of biological aging is measured; explores the mechanisms underlying cellular aging; discusses the genetic pathways that affect longevity in various organisms; outlines the normal age-related changes and the functional decline that occurs in physiological systems over the lifespan; and considers the implications of modulating the rate of aging and longevity. The book also includes end-of-chapter discussion questions to help students assess their knowledge of the material. Roger McDonald received his Ph. D. from the University of Southern California and is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Nutrition at the University of California Davis. Dr. McDonald’s research focused on mechanisms of cellular aging and the interaction between nutrition and aging. His research addressed two key topics in the field: the relationship between dietary restriction and lifespan and the effect of aging on circadian rhythms and hypothalamic regulation. You can contact Dr. McDonald at rbmcdonald@ucdavis. edu. Related Titles Ahmad S. I. ed. Aging: Exploring a Complex Phenomenon (ISBN 978-1-1381-9697-1) Moody H. R. & J. Sasser. Gerontology: The Basics (ISBN 978-1-1387-7582-4) Timiras P. S. Physiological Basis of Aging and Geriatrics (ISBN 978-0-8493-7305-3)

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Clinical Biochemistry A Laboratory Guide

Clinical Biochemistry A Laboratory Guide

A knowledge of the practical aspects of clinical biochemistry is essential for medical students to understand the diagnostic and prognostic status of any ailment. This book addresses and compiles some of the invariably used protocols in biochemistry with the aim to enhance the understanding of the basics behind following the methodologies including those for urine analysis; carbohydrate protein and lipid analyses; and diabetes and lipid profile. It discusses organ function tests such as liver renal or pancreatic function tests in addition to exploring pH and buffer colorimeter spectrophotometer chromatography electrophoresis enzyme-linked adsorbent assay radioimmunoassay biosensor/glucometer fructosamine DNA isolation mass spectrometry flow cytometry centrifugation automation cerebrospinal fluid examination and oxalic acid test. The book also touches upon the basics of laboratory safety rules and laboratory glassware. The book is helpful for students to understand the relationship between quality management and specimen collection and processing them for their biological functions. It is well-suited for academic courses including undergraduate graduate postgraduate and professional courses and covers the practical syllabus for MBBS BDS BSc MLT BSc nursing and MSc students. For undergraduate students in the disciplines of biochemistry molecular biology chemistry and other related biological sciences the book forms an integral part of the syllabus with its case studies MCQs biochemistry OSPEs etc. It also demonstrates the actual experiments for understanding the concepts better and is a must read for students to acquire skills to work with a clinical biochemistry laboratory. | Clinical Biochemistry A Laboratory Guide

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Band-Notch Characteristics in Ultra-Wideband Antennas

Band-Notch Characteristics in Ultra-Wideband Antennas

This book comprehensively reviews ultra-wideband (UWB) and UWB multi-input multi-output (MIMO) antennas with band-notched characteristics with a focus on interference cancellation functionality. The book is organized into seven chapters that cover single band dual band and multi band-notched UWB antennas followed by band-notched characteristics in UWB (MIMO) antennas. Further it explains the mechanism of reconfigurability and tunability in band-notched UWB antennas including advanced applications of UWB systems. Overall it covers different techniques of canceling the electromagnetic interference in UWB in a concise volume. Features Provides a comprehensive presentation of avoiding interference in UWB systems Reviews state of the art literature related to UWB antennas filtennas and various reconfigurable technologies Explains different techniques for producing band-notch characteristics in UWB systems Includes discussion on historical perspectives of UWB technology Consolidates different research activities carried out on the electromagnetic interference cancellation techniques in the UWB communication systems Band-Notch Characteristics in Ultra-Wideband Antennas is aimed at researchers and graduate students in electrical and antenna engineering. Taimoor Khan has been an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering National Institute of Technology Silchar since 2014. In addition to this Dr. Khan has also worked as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Asian Institute of Technology Bangkok Thailand during September–December 2016. His active research interests include Printed Microwave Circuits Electromagnetic Bandgap Structures Ultra-wideband Antennas Dielectric Resonator Antennas Ambient Microwave Energy Harvesting and Artificial Intelligence Paradigms in Electromagnetics. Dr. Khan has successfully guided three Ph. D. theses and is supervising six Ph. D. students. He has published over 75 research articles in well-indexed journals and in world-renowned conference proceedings. Currently he is executing three funded research projects including two international collaborative SPARC and VAJRA research projects. In September 2020 Dr. Khan has been awarded a prestigious national IETE-Prof SVC Aiya Memorial Award for the year 2020. Yahia M. M. Antar has been a Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Royal Military College of Canada since 1990. He served as the Chair of CNC URSI from 1999 to 2008 Commission B from 1993 to 1999 and has a cross appointment at Queen’s University in Kingston. He has authored and co-authored over 250 journal papers several books and chapters in books over 500 refereed conference papers holds several patents has chaired several national and international conferences and has given plenary talks at many conferences. Dr. Antar is a fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada the Electromagnetic Academy and an International Union of Radio Science (URSI). He was elected by the URSI to the Board as the Vice President in 2008 and in 2014 and to the IEEE AP AdCom in 2009. In 2011 he was appointed as a member of the Canadian Defence Advisory Board (DAB) of the Canadian Department of National Defence. He serves as an Associate Editor for many IEEE and IET Journals and as an IEEE-APS Distinguished Lecturer. Presently he is working as President-Elect for IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society for the year 2020.

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Knowledge Class and Economics Marxism without Guarantees

Knowledge Class and Economics Marxism without Guarantees

Knowledge Class and Economics: Marxism without Guarantees surveys the Amherst School of non-determinist Marxist political economy 40 years on: its core concepts intellectual origins diverse pathways and enduring tensions. The volume’s 30 original essays reflect the range of perspectives and projects that comprise the Amherst School—the interdisciplinary community of scholars that has enriched and extended while never ceasing to interrogate and recast the anti-economistic Marxism first formulated in the mid-1970s by Stephen Resnick Richard Wolff and their economics Ph. D. students at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. The title captures the defining ideas of the Amherst School: an open-system framework that presupposes the complexity and contingency of social-historical events and the parallel overdetermination of the relationship between subjects and objects of inquiry along with a novel conception of class as a process of performing appropriating and distributing surplus labor. In a collection of 30 original essays chapters confront readers with the core concepts of overdetermination and class in the context of economic theory postcolonial theory cultural studies continental philosophy economic geography economic anthropology psychoanalysis and literary theory/studies. Though Resnick and Wolff’s writings serve as a focal point for this collection their works are ultimately decentered—contested historicized reformulated. The topics explored will be of interest to proponents and critics of the post-structuralist/postmodern turn in Marxian theory and to students of economics as social theory across the disciplines (economics geography postcolonial studies cultural studies anthropology sociology political theory philosophy and literary studies among others). | Knowledge Class and Economics Marxism without Guarantees

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Environmental Sex Differentiation in Fish

Environmental Sex Differentiation in Fish

Fish constitute an important natural renewable resource and any reduction in their ability to propagate as a result of human interference may have significant socioeconomic consequences. The negative effect of human activity on sex differentiation and reproductive output in fish is so diverse that it has been difficult to encompass it in a single book. This book serves as the first attempt to do so. Unlike in mammals the expression of a host of sex differentiation genes in fish is mostly controlled by environmental factors. Not surprisingly environmental sex differentiation is ubiquitous in fish. Overexploitation by capture fisheries does not disrupt sex differentiation but crowding in aqua-farms does by reducing accessibility to food supply. Some of the man-made chemicals routinely used worldwide mimic endogenous hormones. For example endosulfan which is widely used in developing countries disrupts endogenous hormones and feminizes fish. For the first time this book views endocrine disruption from the point of labile early life and non-labile adult stages. It shows that sex can irreversibly be reversed when exposed to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) during early labile stages but reversibly impairs reproductive output on exposure to EDCs during non-labile adult stage. A consequence of climate change elevated temperature and declining oxygen and pH levels is that it masculinises genetic female fish. Fish display a remarkable ability to postpone the labile period. Besides postponement some primary and tertiary gonochores have two distinct labile periods amenable to temperature and hormonal manipulations. Hermaphrodites have retained the period until the end of the adult stage and are capable of sex change/reversal more than once in both male and female directions. | Environmental Sex Differentiation in Fish

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Advanced Spatial Modeling with Stochastic Partial Differential Equations Using R and INLA

Advanced Spatial Modeling with Stochastic Partial Differential Equations Using R and INLA

Modeling spatial and spatio-temporal continuous processes is an important and challenging problem in spatial statistics. Advanced Spatial Modeling with Stochastic Partial Differential Equations Using R and INLA describes in detail the stochastic partial differential equations (SPDE) approach for modeling continuous spatial processes with a Matérn covariance which has been implemented using the integrated nested Laplace approximation (INLA) in the R-INLA package. Key concepts about modeling spatial processes and the SPDE approach are explained with examples using simulated data and real applications. This book has been authored by leading experts in spatial statistics including the main developers of the INLA and SPDE methodologies and the R-INLA package. It also includes a wide range of applications:* Spatial and spatio-temporal models for continuous outcomes* Analysis of spatial and spatio-temporal point patterns* Coregionalization spatial and spatio-temporal models* Measurement error spatial models* Modeling preferential sampling* Spatial and spatio-temporal models with physical barriers* Survival analysis with spatial effects* Dynamic space-time regression* Spatial and spatio-temporal models for extremes* Hurdle models with spatial effects* Penalized Complexity priors for spatial modelsAll the examples in the book are fully reproducible. Further information about this book as well as the R code and datasets used is available from the book website at http://www. r-inla. org/spde-book. The tools described in this book will be useful to researchers in many fields such as biostatistics spatial statistics environmental sciences epidemiology ecology and others. Graduate and Ph. D. students will also find this book and associated files a valuable resource to learn INLA and the SPDE approach for spatial modeling.

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Plasma Simulations by Example

Plasma Simulations by Example

The study of plasmas is crucial in improving our understanding of the universe and they are being increasingly utilised in key technologies such as spacecraft thrusters plasma medicine and fusion energy. Providing readers with an easy to follow set of examples that clearly illustrate how simulation codes are written this book guides readers through how to develop C++ computer codes for simulating plasmas primarily with the kinetic Particle in Cell (PIC) method. This text will be invaluable to advanced undergraduates and graduate students in physics and engineering looking to learn how to put the theory to the test. Features:Provides a step-by-step introduction to plasma simulations with easy to follow examplesDiscusses the electrostatic and electromagnetic Particle in Cell (PIC) method on structured and unstructured meshes magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) and Vlasov solversCovered topics include Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) collisions surface interactions axisymmetry and parallelization strategies. Lubos Brieda has over 15 years of experience developing plasma and gas simulation codes for electric propulsion contamination transport and plasma-surface interactions. As part of his master’s research work he developed a 3D ES-PIC electric propulsion plume code Draco which is to this date utilized by government labs and private aerospace firms to study plasma thruster plumes. His Ph. D obtained in 2012 from George Washington University USA focused on a multi-scale model for Hall thrusters utilizing fluid-kinetic hybrid PIC codes. He has since then been involved in numerous projects involving development and the use of plasma simulation tools. Since 2014 he has been teaching online courses on plasma simulations through his website: particleincell. com. | Plasma Simulations by Example

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