This book presents a soft-sensing technique using spectral data to assess difficult-to-measure process parameters. It’s a practical guide for researchers, engineers, and students who need a modelling method for small sample data to solve real-world control challenges.
Old definitions of journalism are under fire; its occupational identity and importance to democracy, public life, and social justice are contested. This conference proceedings discusses the key concepts, categories and models emerging in conversations about journalism today.
Why do public sector digital projects fail while private companies like Amazon flourish? This book draws on eight years of developing technology for health and social care to reveal what separates success from failure, and why our public services remain rooted in the past.
Small-Screen Shakespeare is a guide to Shakespeare productions on computer or TV. From silent films to cinematic spin-offs, Peter Cochran gives an expert opinion on the best and worst, based on a lifetime of viewing, teaching, acting and directing.
A working manual for design and process engineers, this book offers analytical solutions and process optimization for impurity diffusion in silicon, gallium arsenide, and other semiconductor materials used in the fabrication of microelectronics devices and microsystems.
This title provides an overview of the role of the media during the attack on Dubrovnik in autumn 1991 by the federal army and Montenegrin reservists, and represents a primary source of information about the propaganda war waged during the conflict between Croatia and Serbia.
Sports Journalism in the Age of Paterno
For decades, sports journalists made Joe Paterno an American hero. When a devastating scandal revealed the villain beneath, they had to confront their profession. This book examines an industry that built a monster and asks: Is sports journalism journalism at all?
The Automobile and the Environment
This book gathers papers from researchers and engineers on Automotive Powertrains, Alternative Fuels, Vehicle Dynamics, and Transport Safety. It offers new visions on sustainable development and innovation in the modern automotive industry.
Rural Industry Development
This book explores the “whole of chain approach” to improve farmers’ livelihoods in developing countries. It provides a methodology to evaluate this approach and offers lessons for practitioners, policymakers, and businesses on linking farmers to the market.
Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks
This guide to age-oriented transmission schemes integrates space, air, ground, and sea networks into a single architecture. A comprehensive resource for professionals and newcomers, it provides a current understanding of efficient, flexible network design.
Media and COVID-19
This book dives into media dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic, exploring how traditional and social media coped with uncertainty and the surge of misinformation. Through a case study of Israel, it reveals key lessons for journalists, policymakers, and media consumers alike.
Publishers, Profits and Poverty
In 19th-century Bohemian Fleet Street, radical publishers campaigned for political reform while a market for sensational literature boomed. This book charts the lives of around 100 of these figures, highlighting new information about the forgotten pioneers of popular literature.
Service Analytics and Management
This book covers key issues on service strategy, planning, design, and delivery. It explores service capacity management, resource planning, quality improvement, and the role of IT and Analytics. The text includes detailed cases for extensive class discussion.
A definitive guide to high-performance marine vehicles. This volume explores the design, resistance, powering, seakeeping, and maneuvering of monohulls, multihulls, hydrofoils, and more, through cutting-edge theoretical and numerical analysis.