This book addresses trends in renewable energy sources, energy storage, and smart systems. In addition to photovoltaic and wind generation, it considers new solutions for smart grids, energy management, and innovative renewable exploitation techniques.
This groundbreaking study introduces an innovative approach to biometric authentication using photoplethysmographic (PPG) signals. Discover how optical sensors extract these unique biometric traits to achieve an exceptional accuracy rate of 99.46%, revolutionizing identification.
Real-time State of Energy (SOE) estimation is crucial for lithium-ion battery safety and predicting the driving range of electric vehicles. This book details an optimized algorithm combining a fuzzy controller and a Kalman filter for fast, accurate, and robust SOE estimation.
Journey into the minds of visionary architects who push boundaries. This book unravels the secrets behind awe-inspiring structures, exploring the digital technology and material-based forms that challenge norms and offer insights into where contemporary architecture is headed.
Explore bulk and nanostructure crystals, from crystal lattices and band theory to energy gaps. This book discusses low-dimensional systems like graphene and carbon nanotubes and is an ideal introduction for students and researchers in condensed matter physics.
Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) uses prefabricated elements to reduce on-site construction time and traffic disruptions. This book examines ABC for short-span bridges, covering decision-making, systems, inspection methods, and a complete design example.
This collection of influential essays and articles will help your community develop people-first strategies for becoming smarter and more intelligent. Learn from in-depth global examples of innovation, connectivity, sustainability, and inclusive, equitable growth.
A Synthesis of the Galápagos
This distinctive volume synthesizes the latest evolutionary research in the Galápagos. It explores human-nature conflicts, conservation, and predicts the destiny of the islands’ biodiversity under climate change, urbanization, and tourism, illustrated with over 260 figures.
Reflecting on our Changing Climate, from Fear to Facts
This book reflects on how “climate change” has become a euphemism for “carbon dioxide emissions.” Focusing solely on CO2 overlooks other complex factors contributing to extreme weather. It argues for a broader view, useful for students, researchers and policy makers.
This book presents a clear introduction to first order partial dynamic equations (PDEs) on time scales. For senior undergraduate and graduate students of engineering and science, it offers proofs, numerous examples, exercises, and advanced practical problems with solutions.
Discover innovative methods and world-first digital tools for determining metallurgical slag properties. A unique formula allows you to determine slag suitability with 93% reliability. Essential for professionals and students in metallurgy and materials engineering.
For specialists in mathematics, science, and engineering, this guide applies numerical methods to solve complex systems. Explore techniques in C++, Maple, and MATLAB through practical case studies in data analysis, optimisation, and differential equations.
This book explores the interface between biochemistry and cosmochemistry to understand how life began on Earth and if this process is universal. Told through personal anecdotes, it focuses on amino acids to ask if life could originate and evolve on other worlds.
Explore eco-friendly bromination using bromide-bromate salts, which generate only salt water as waste. This guide covers key reactions, from aromatic substitutions to oxidations. With simple, novel, and economically viable methods, it’s essential for academia and industry.
This book explores the synthesis, characterization, and applications of graphene and its derivatives, including quantum dots. For the first time, both industrial and medical applications are gathered in one book, offering a unique perspective on the future of the field.
Fracture at weak interfaces is a key vulnerability in layered materials and thin films. This book gathers significant research advancements to provide theoretical tools and experimental applications for researchers, engineers, and postgraduate students.
This is the first book to form the big picture of all data analytics methods in spectroscopy. Its rigorous mathematical basis, in-depth descriptions, numerous examples, and reproducible calculations make it a valuable guide for practitioners, students, and lecturers.
This book introduces gear drive fundamentals and the theoretical background of load capacity. It focuses on strength analyses for metal, sintered, and polymer gears, describing surface pitting, tooth root capacity, and fatigue design approaches with practical examples.
This book reviews statistic/thermodynamic models for both polarized and unpolarized structure functions, with additional applications such as the EMC effect. It will appeal to researchers and students of hadronic and nuclear/particle physics.