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A Q&A Approach to Organic Chemistry

A Q&A Approach to Organic Chemistry

A Q&A Approach to Organic Chemistry is a book of leading questions that begins with atomic orbitals and bonding. All critical topics are covered including bonding nomenclature stereochemistry conformations acids and bases oxidations reductions substitution elimination acyl addition acyl substitution enolate anion reactions the Diels–Alder reaction and sigmatropic rearrangements aromatic chemistry spectroscopy amino acids and proteins and carbohydrates and nucleosides. All major reactions are covered. In all chapters there are leading questions to focus attention on a principle or reaction and the answer is immediately provided. Each chapter includes end-of-chapter homework questions with the answer keys in an Appendix at the end of the book. This book is envisioned to be a supplementary guide to be used with virtually any available undergraduate organic chemistry textbook. This book allows for a self-guided approach that is useful as one studies for a coursework exam or as one reviews organic chemistry for postgraduate exams. Key Features: Allows a self-guided tour of organic chemistry Discusses all important areas and fundamental reactions of organic chemistry Classroom tested Useful as a study guide that will supplement most organic chemistry textbooks Assists one in study for coursework exams or allows one to review organic chemistry for postgraduate exams Includes 21 chapters of leading questions that covers all major topics and major reactions of organic chemistry with the answers immediately after

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Lean Sustainability A Pathway to a Circular Economy

Lean Sustainability A Pathway to a Circular Economy

While Lean principles have been around for decades the practices have yet to keep current with the growing area of Sustainability. This book provides an implementation approach to integrating Lean and Sustainability principles toward a circular economy. Lean Sustainability: A Pathway to a Circular Economy illustrates an integrated Lean and Sustainability approach that is applicable to manufacturing healthcare service and other industries. This comprehensive approach will guide organizations toward a circular economy to drive competitive business practices further while being environmentally socially and economically responsible. The eBook version includes full color images. This book will help any industry practitioner interested in helping their business improve flow reduce waste and become more environmentally conscious. | Lean Sustainability A Pathway to a Circular Economy

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A Moving Subject

A Moving Subject

Description: A Moving Subject offers a collection of essays from around the world. From Italy to the Middle East from an analysis of A Night on Bald Mountain to African cinema animation these essays help to paint the world of animation in a comprehensive and international manner. Handpicked by renowned animation historian and researcher Giannalberto Bendazzi this book offers a look at the global foundations of animation from disparate regions peoples and methods and helps to demonstrate animation as a unifying factor of the human race. Key Features: A fresh perspective on animation from a global lens A new look into traditional animation produced from around the world Essays that reflect on the nature of colour animation and light Author: A former professor at the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore and the Università degli Studi of Milan Italian-born Giannalberto Bendazzi has thoroughly investigated the history of animation for more than forty years. A founding member of the Society for Animation Studies he has authored or edited various classics in various languages and has lectured extensively on every continent. He received an honorary doctorate from Lisbon University in 2019.

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Building a Programmable Logic Controller with a PIC16F648A Microcontroller

Building a Programmable Logic Controller with a PIC16F648A Microcontroller

Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are extensively used in industry to perform automation tasks with manufacturers offering a variety of PLCs that differ in functions program memories and the number of inputs/outputs (I/O). Not surprisingly the design and implementation of these PLCs have long been a secret of manufacturers. Unveiling the mysteries of PLC technology Building a Programmable Logic Controller with PIC16F648A Microcontroller explains how to design and use a PIC16F648A-microcontroller-based PLC. The author first described a microcontroller-based implementation of a PLC in a series of articles published in Electronics World magazine between 2008 and 2010. This book is based on an improved version of the project including:Updates to the hardware configuration with a smaller CPU board and two I/O extension boards that now support 16 inputs and 16 outputs instead of 8An increased clock frequency of 20 MHzImprovements to several macrosFlowcharts to help you understand the macros (functions)In this book the author provides detailed explanations of hardware and software structures. He also describes PIC Assembly macros for all basic PLC functions which are illustrated with numerous examples and flowcharts. An accompanying downloadable resources contain source files (. ASM) and object files (. HEX) for all of the examples in the book. It also supplies printed circuit board (PCB) (Gerber and . pdf) files so that you can have the CPU board and I/O extension boards produced by a PCB manufacturer or produce your own boards. Making PLCs more easily accessible this unique book is written for advanced students practicing engineers and hobbyists who want to learn how to build their own microcontroller-based PLC. It assumes some previous knowledge of digital logic design microcontrollers and PLCs as well as familiarity with the PIC16F series of microcontrollers and w | Building a Programmable Logic Controller with a PIC16F648A Microcontroller

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Phylogenomics A Primer

Phylogenomics A Primer

Phylogenomics: A Primer Second Edition is for advanced undergraduate and graduate biology students studying molecular biology comparative biology evolution genomics and biodiversity. This book explains the essential concepts underlying the storage and manipulation of genomics level data construction of phylogenetic trees population genetics natural selection the tree of life DNA barcoding and metagenomics. The inclusion of problem-solving exercises in each chapter provides students with a solid grasp of the important molecular and evolutionary questions facing modern biologists as well as the tools needed to answer them. | Phylogenomics A Primer

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Biomaterials A Basic Introduction

Biomaterials A Basic Introduction

Explores Biomedical Science from a Unique Perspective Biomaterials: A Basic Introduction is a definitive resource for students entering biomedical or bioengineering disciplines. This text offers a detailed exploration of engineering and materials science and examines the boundary and relationship between the two. Based on the author’s course lecture notes and many years of research it presents students with the knowledge needed to select and design biomaterials used in medical devices. Placing special emphasis on metallic ceramic polymeric and composite biomaterials it explains the difference between materials science and materials engineering introduces basic concepts and principles and analyzes the critically important properties of biomaterials. Explains Complex Theories Using Aspects of Daily Life This text provides an appropriate balance between depth and broadness of coverage and offers an understanding of the most important concepts and principles to students from a wide academic spectrum. It delivers the science of biomaterials in laymen terms from a material standpoint as well as a clinical applications point of view. It equips students majoring in materials science/engineering with knowledge on the fundamentals of how biomaterials behave at a biological level and provides students majoring in medicine with information that is generally unavailable in traditional medical courses. The authors incorporate learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter as well as chapter highlights problems and exercises at the end of each chapter. In addition they present objectives suggested activities and reference material for further reading. Contains an overview of medical science vis-à-vis materials science describes anatomy histology and cell biology Highlights health issues and diseases where biomaterials can easily find medical applications Presents knowledge of the relationship between the biomaterials and the living body Evaluates medical devices and looks into their respective regulations Biomaterials: A Basic Introduction contains an overview of basic biomaterials and concepts and is written for upper-division students in the US/Canada and second-level students in universities worldwide. | Biomaterials A Basic Introduction

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Learning Electrocardiography A Complete Course

Learning Electrocardiography A Complete Course

Designed not only to give you the facts but to help you understand and remember them Learning Electrocardiography: A Complete Course Fourth Edition is a learning tool for students and a reference for advanced trainees and technicians. The author's step-by-step teaching method lets you focus on the information as you need it and proceed at your own pace. He combines twenty years of teaching experience with the latest information on new methods and uses of electrocardiography. Brief and to the point the text explains how an electrocardiograph works how to draw a hexaxial system plot vectors produce a good ECG tracing and draw a spatial vector. You will learn how to produce a technically good electrocardiograph perform an office exercise test without a treadmill and recognize the presence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease without the necessity of diagnosing right ventricular hypertrophy. Providing a logical clear and complete approach to the subject Learning Electrocardiography: A Complete Course Fourth Edition is the resource to use when learning or reviewing electrocardiography. | Learning Electrocardiography A Complete Course

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Cannabis A Complete Guide

Cannabis A Complete Guide

Cannabis sativa is best known as the source of marijuana the world’s most widely consumed illicit recreational drug. However the plant is also extremely useful as a source of stem fiber edible seed oil and medicinal compounds all of which are undergoing extremely promising research technological applications and business investment. Indeed despite its capacity for harm as a recreational drug cannabis has phenomenal potential for providing new products to benefit society and for generating extensive employment and huge profits. Misguided policies until recently have prevented legitimate research on the beneficial properties of cannabis but there is now an explosion of societal scientific and political support to reappraise and remove some of the barriers to usage. Unfortunately there is also a corresponding dearth of objective analysis. Towards redressing the limitation of information Cannabis: A Complete Guide is a comprehensive reference summarizing botanical business chemical ecological genetic historical horticultural legal and medical considerations that are critical for the wise advancement and management of cannabis in its various forms. This book documents both the risks and benefits of what is indisputably one of the world’s most important species. The conflicting claims for medicinal virtues and toxicological vices are examined based mainly on the most recent authoritative scientific reviews. The attempt is made consistently to reflect majority scientific opinion although many aspects of cannabis are controversial. Aside from the relevance to specialists the general public should find the presentation attractive because of the huge interest today in marijuana. Unfortunately society has become so specialized and compartmentalized that most people have limited appreciation of the importance of science to their lives except when a topic like marijuana becomes sensationalized. This review of cannabis can serve as a vehicle for public education in the realm of science and technology. Indeed towards the goal of disseminating the important information in this book to a wide audience the presentation is user-friendly concise and well-illustrated in the hope that non-specialists will find the topics both informative and entertaining. | Cannabis A Complete Guide

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Linked Data A Geographic Perspective

Linked Data A Geographic Perspective

Geographic Information has an important role to play in linking and combining datasets through shared location but the potential is still far from fully realized because the data is not well organized and the technology to aid this process has not been available. Developments in the Semantic Web and Linked Data however are making it possible to integrate data based on Geographic Information in a way that is more accessible to users. Drawing on the industry experience of a geographer and a computer scientist Linked Data: A Geographic Perspective is a practical guide to implementing Geographic Information as Linked Data. Combine Geographic Information from Multiple Sources Using Linked DataAfter an introduction to the building blocks of Geographic Information the Semantic Web and Linked Data the book explores how Geographic Information can become part of the Semantic Web as Linked Data. In easy-to-understand terms the authors explain the complexities of modeling Geographic Information using Semantic Web technologies and publishing it as Linked Data. They review the software tools currently available for publishing and modeling Linked Data and provide a framework to help you evaluate new tools in a rapidly developing market. They also give an overview of the important languages and syntaxes you will need to master. Throughout extensive examples demonstrate why and how you can use ontologies and Linked Data to manipulate and integrate real-world Geographic Information data from multiple sources. A Practical Readable Guide for Geographers Software Engineers and LaypersonsA coherent readable introduction to a complex subject this book supplies the durable knowledge and insight you need to think about Geographic Information through the lens of the Semantic Web. It provides a window to Linked Data for geographers as well as a geographic perspective for so | Linked Data A Geographic Perspective

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Death Investigation A Field Guide

Death Investigation A Field Guide

Death Investigation: A Field Guide Second Edition is updated and expanded to include a chronological analysis of the death scene investigative process from the first notification to the autopsy and final report. This book is written for the standpoints of a forensic pathologist and a forensic toxicologist emphasizing essential elements of the death investigation and how the results impact the final cause and manner of death. Topics discussed include how to assess the body at the scene and how to properly investigate natural and unnatural deaths. The book discusses various means and causes of deaths demonstrating how death manifests in various parts of the body. A section on traumatic injuries examines and illustrates with color photographs blunt force sharp force gunshot wounds and a host of other injuries that the investigator is likely to confront. Natural death conditions and disease are discussed in a separate chapter devoted to the most common manner of death. The Second Edition is fully updated with new added sections which cover forensic toxicology statutory responsibilities documentation and photography of the scene DNA identification and possible contamination issues decomposition managing and utilizing electronic medical records anaphylaxis and allergic reactions infectious diseases such as Covid-19 acute peritonitis and more. Despite including over 200 full-color photos the book retains a succinct handy format that is invaluable to those facing and tasked with investigating the reality of death on a day-to-day basis. Death Investigation: A Field Guide Second Edition continues to serve as an invaluable resource for crime scene investigators (CSIs) coroners medical death investigators (MDIs) and medical examiner professionals. | Death Investigation A Field Guide

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How to Find a Needle in a Haystack From the Insider Threat to Solo Perpetrators

How to Find a Needle in a Haystack From the Insider Threat to Solo Perpetrators

Searching for a needle in a haystack is an important task in several contexts of data analysis and decision-making. Examples include identifying the insider threat within an organization the prediction of failure in industrial production or pinpointing the unique signature of a solo perpetrator such as a school shooter or a lone wolf terrorist. It is a challenge different from that of identifying a rare event (e. g. a tsunami) or detecting anomalies because the needle is not easily distinguished from the haystack. This challenging context is imbued with particular difficulties from the lack of sufficient data to train a machine learning model through the identification of the relevant features and up to the painful price of false alarms which might cause us to question the relevance of machine learning solutions even if they perform well according to common performance criteria. In this book Prof. Neuman approaches the problem of finding the needle by specifically focusing on the human factor from solo perpetrators to insider threats. Providing for the first time a deep critical multidimensional and methodological analysis of the challenge the book offers data scientists and decision makers a deep scientific foundational approach combined with a pragmatic practical approach that may guide them in searching for a needle in a haystack. | How to Find a Needle in a Haystack From the Insider Threat to Solo Perpetrators

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3D Modeling & Animation A Primer

3D Modeling & Animation A Primer

Graphics 3D modeling and animation are the cornerstones of not only the video game industry but also the motion picture industry digital lighting and many other professions. Each of these subjects (Graphics 3D modeling and animation) intertwine with each other and even require a sufficient understanding of mathematics and physics. While other books assume readers know these basics ‘3D Modeling & Animation: A Primer’ provides the fundamental building blocks in constructing new own worlds of art and 3D design. With over two hundred images valuable review questions and coherent instructions Magesh Chandramouli provides the reader with an essential text in the journey to mastering Graphics and 3D modeling/animation. Animation and modeling are highly stimulating subject areas and should not be watered down by pure theory and erudite equations. Without being too generic and too detailed the book presents to you the right amount of material to provide a firm grasp of the underlying principles. The author has not only explained the concepts in a simple manner but also presented these simplified concepts in a manner that would be engaging. KEY FEATURES: • Uses a simple clear and concise approach to explain the basics of modeling and animation • Two hundred plus vibrant images to easily understand and appreciate complex concepts • Review questions at chapter ends to help readers better review the content | 3D Modeling & Animation A Primer

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Food Rheology A Practical Guide

Food Rheology A Practical Guide

Rheology is the study of material flow and deformation defining different aspects of food processing and product design. Food rheology affects several unit operations during food processing the behavior during shelf life the consumer perception during consumption and the interaction of food products with the human body (from chewing and swallowing to digestion). Therefore it is imperative for professionals involved in food science and engineering to understand and assess food rheology. Food Rheology: A Practical Guide presents the main aspects of food rheology as a practical guide demonstrating that applying food rheology does not need to be a complex task. Key Features Presents a practical direct and didactic description of food rheology with many examples and applications Includes a guide for designing performing and interpreting experiments highlighting the main concerns and tips Describes different food products (liquid semi-solid and solid; homogeneous and heterogeneous; vegetable- and animal-based) with examples and applications Explores structure-processing-properties relations More direct practical and consulting this book can help students professionals and professors to understand the basic concepts to design perform and interpret experiments related to food processing and properties. | Food Rheology A Practical Guide

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Eco-Cities A Planning Guide

Eco-Cities A Planning Guide

As cities undergo vast changes due to industrialization urbanization and globalization environmental considerations assume a growing importance in the urban planning processes of an increasing number of governments around the world. Several cities and regions around the world have already enacted policies that signal the emergence of a paradigm of sustainability in eco-cities planning. Providing an overview of urban ecosystem structure function and change Eco-Cities: A Planning Guide addresses how to successfully accomplish eco-city planning that meets government requirements. It adds a new dimension to the understanding and application of the concept of urban sustainability based on hypotheses about feedback between social and biogeophysical processes. Emphasizing integration the first part of the book discusses various aspects of planning theory. It presents three innovative theories for socioeconomic models: a theory on the locational choices made by households and firms an urban version of the stream continuum concept and an application of metacommunity theory to the fragmented urban biota. These theories raise new urban planning questions and stimulate integrated modeling. The book also introduces urban planning modeling that uses existing social vegetation ecohydrological and ecosystem service modules but is refined and operated for enhanced cross-disciplinary integration and prediction. The second part of the book consists of several case studies of Chinese eco-cities covering a majority of the urban development patterns that offer in-depth examples of planning practices currently in use. Drawing on experimentation comparison long-term measurement and modeling this fascinating guide helps readers better understand eco-cities and eco-landscapes as integrated spatially extensive complex adaptive systems. It lays a solid foundation for engagement between urban planners researchers educators policy makers and citizens as they work to adapt to changing environmental social and economic conditions. | Eco-Cities A Planning Guide

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Mercury Pollution A Transdisciplinary Treatment

Mercury Pollution A Transdisciplinary Treatment

How does mercury get out of the ground and into our food? Is tuna safe to eat? What was the Minamata Disaster? Mercury Pollution: A Transdisciplinary Treatment addresses these questions and more. The editors weave interdisciplinary threads into a tapestry that presents a more complete picture of the effects of mercury pollution and provides new ways to think about the environment. The remarkable features that make mercury so useful—and poisonous—have given rise to many stories laid out in rich objective detail carefully detailing medical epidemiological or historical insight but sidestepping the human experience. A technically rich book that only touches on the human consequences of mercury poisoning cannot fully portray the anguish confusion and painful deaths that are the consequence of mercury pollution. Therefore the editors purposely step out of the conventional scientific framework for discussing mercury pollution to explore the wider human experience. This book clarifies how we are all connected to mercury how we absorb it through the food we eat and the air we breathe and how we release it as a consequence of our new technologies. It tackles interesting environmental issues without being overly technical and uses mercury as a case study and model for studying environmental problems. The book uses discussions of the issues surrounding mercury pollution to illustrate how an interdisciplinary vantage is necessary to solve environmental problems. Read an article in the SETAC Globe by Michael C. Newman and Sharon L. Zuber at http://www. setac. org/globe/2011/november/mercury-pollution. html | Mercury Pollution A Transdisciplinary Treatment

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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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Security Management A Critical Thinking Approach

Security Management A Critical Thinking Approach

Security is a paradox. It is often viewed as intrusive unwanted a hassle or something that limits personal if not professional freedoms. However if we need security we often feel as if we can never have enough. Security Management: A Critical Thinking Approach provides security professionals with the ability to critically examine their organizational environment and make it secure while creating an optimal relationship between obtrusion and necessity. It stresses the benefits of using a methodical critical thinking process in building a comprehensive safety management system. The book provides a mechanism that enables readers to think clearly and critically about the process of security management emphasizing the ability to articulate the differing aspects of business and security management by reasoning through complex problems in the changing organizational landscape. The authors elucidate the core security management competencies of planning organizing staffing and leading while providing a process to critically analyze those functions. They specifically address information security cyber security energy-sector security chemical security and general security management utilizing a critical thinking framework. Going farther than other books available regarding security management this volume not only provides fundamental concepts in security but it also creates informed critical and creative security managers who communicate effectively in their environment. It helps create a practitioner who will completely examine the environment and make informed well-thought-out judgments to tailor a security program to fit a specific organization. | Security Management A Critical Thinking Approach

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Biogeography in a Changing World

Biogeography in a Changing World

Hampered by a confusing plethora of approaches and methods biogeography is often treated as an adjunct to other areas of study. The first book to fully define this rapidly emerging subdiscipline Biogeography in a Changing World elucidates the principles of biogeography and paves the way for its evolution into a stand-alone field. Drawing on contributions from leading proponents of differing methods within biogeography the book clearly defines the differing sometimes conflicting perspectives in the field and their correspondingly different methodological approaches. This gives readers the opportunity to refocus on a range of issues including the role of biological processes such as vicariance dispersal and extinction in biogeographical explanation the possibility of biogeographical pattern and the role of geological reconstructions in biogeographic explanation. The book also explores the discipline’s current relationship with other disciplines and discusses potential developments.

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Managing the PSTN Transformation A Blueprint for a Successful Migration to IP-Based Networks

Managing the PSTN Transformation A Blueprint for a Successful Migration to IP-Based Networks

While there are many scholarly books and papers that cover the technical issues behind the public switched telephone network (PSTN) migration few books describe exactly how to manage the migration process economically. Filling this need Managing the PSTN Transformation: A Blueprint for a Successful Migration to IP-Based Networks reflects the latest understanding of the challenges behind migrating customers from the old PSTN network to an IP infrastructure. The IP transformation blueprint described in this book is not a theoretical cookbook that describes how this could work. Instead the book presents a blueprint that is the product of countless hours of work by hundreds of individuals at Deutsche Telekom (DT) over almost two years. The book presents insights gained as the DT team migrated the entire public switched telephone network in Macedonia to an Internet protocol-based platform. It illustrates the various types of challenges the team faced in integrating complex systems including flight control at their airports alarms for fire and police response and large enterprise customers. Detailing new conceptual approaches and the best practices developed for ensuring knowledge transfer within the DT group the book presents the information in a step-by-step manner to enable you to easily adapt the blueprint for particular service provider requirements. Since successful migration relies on key aspects beyond the technological side this work provides you with a product portfolio roadmap migration plan IT roadmap business case framework and a go-to-market plan. Although the book discusses the experiences of the Deutsche Telekom team as they worked to migrate the telephone network in Macedonia to an Internet protocol-based platform the IP transformation blueprint and lessons learned presented can easily be scaled up and applied to any market around the world. | Managing the PSTN Transformation A Blueprint for a Successful Migration to IP-Based Networks

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A Shock-Fitting Primer

A Shock-Fitting Primer

A defining feature of nonlinear hyperbolic equations is the occurrence of shock waves. While the popular shock-capturing methods are easy to implement shock-fitting techniques provide the most accurate results. A Shock-Fitting Primer presents the proper numerical treatment of shock waves and other discontinuities. The book begins by recounting the events that lead to our understanding of the theory of shock waves and the early developments related to their computation. After presenting the main shock-fitting ideas in the context of a simple scalar equation the author applies Colombeau’s theory of generalized functions to the Euler equations to demonstrate how the theory recovers well-known results and to provide an in-depth understanding of the nature of jump conditions. He then extends the shock-fitting concepts previously discussed to the one-dimensional and quasi-one-dimensional Euler equations as well as two-dimensional flows. The final chapter explores existing and future developments in shock-fitting methods within the framework of unstructured grid methods. Throughout the text the techniques developed are illustrated with numerous examples of varying complexity. On the accompanying downloadable resources MATLAB® codes serve as concrete examples of how to implement the ideas discussed in the book.

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Swarm Intelligence Algorithms A Tutorial

Swarm Intelligence Algorithms A Tutorial

Swarm intelligence algorithms are a form of nature-based optimization algorithms. Their main inspiration is the cooperative behavior of animals within specific communities. This can be described as simple behaviors of individuals along with the mechanisms for sharing knowledge between them resulting in the complex behavior of the entire community. Examples of such behavior can be found in ant colonies bee swarms schools of fish or bird flocks. Swarm intelligence algorithms are used to solve difficult optimization problems for which there are no exact solving methods or the use of such methods is impossible e. g. due to unacceptable computational time. This book thoroughly presents the basics of 24 algorithms selected from the entire family of swarm intelligence algorithms. Each chapter deals with a different algorithm describing it in detail and showing how it works in the form of a pseudo-code. In addition the source code is provided for each algorithm in Matlab and in the C ++ programming language. In order to better understand how each swarm intelligence algorithm works a simple numerical example is included in each chapter which guides the reader step by step through the individual stages of the algorithm showing all necessary calculations. This book can provide the basics for understanding how swarm intelligence algorithms work and aid readers in programming these algorithms on their own to solve various computational problems. This book should also be useful for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying nature-based optimization algorithms and can be a helpful tool for learning the basics of these algorithms efficiently and quickly. In addition it can be a useful source of knowledge for scientists working in the field of artificial intelligence as well as for engineers interested in using this type of algorithms in their work. If the reader already has basic knowledge of swarm intelligence algorithms we recommend the book: Swarm Intelligence Algorithms: Modifications and Applications (Edited by A. Slowik CRC Press 2020) which describes selected modifications of these algorithms and presents their practical applications. | Swarm Intelligence Algorithms A Tutorial

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A Framework for Complex System Development

A Framework for Complex System Development

Industry government and academic efforts to create a generalized systems engineering process have repeatedly fallen short. The outcome? Systems engineering failures that produce losses like the September 1999 destruction of the Mars Climate Orbiter. A simple information transfer error between teams motivated far-reaching managerial and technical changes at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory-evidence of systems engineering complexity. Struck by the amount of chaos that can quickly develop from such intricacy the author has devoted several years to the development and refinement of the framework delineated in this work to help you control the chaos. A Framework for Complex System Development develops a generalized process that distinguishes between time and logical domains-how I/O evolves over time versus the instantaneous program state. Explicitly characterized and identified they preserve the framework. By combining these views you get an application specific process versatile enough for many different contexts. It also defines the technical activities that constitute the system development process and how they connect and interact with managerial activities. You will be able to integrate these activities and realize the maximum potential for success. A key element to success in today's paradigm of faster better cheaper systems and decreasing resource levels is a clear workable plan that can be easily implemented. A Framework for Complex System Development illustrates such a plan distilling the essential aspects of system design into a logical process for a well-organized development program. With A Framework for Complex System Development you can use the author's approach-developed in the crucible of the real world-to develop sound complex systems in an organized and efficient manner.

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The Physics of Flight A Primer

The Physics of Flight A Primer

The Physics of Flight provides a comprehensive explanatory reference on the basic physics of flight with a clear presentation of the underlying mathematics. It presents a momentum-based explanation of lift making no use of Bernoulli’s theorem. Misconceptions are disproved such as identifying centrifugal force experienced in an airplane undergoing maneuvers as a fictitious force and not attributing weightlessness during airplane pitch over or experienced in an airplane performing a parabolic flight path to the effects of free fall. This book places particular emphasis on Newton’s second law of motion to explain the effects of forces acting on an airplane the mechanism of lift and the principles of propulsion. This book is intended for undergraduate aviation and aerospace students taking courses in Flight Dynamics Introduction to Flight and Physics of Flight. | The Physics of Flight A Primer

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A Mathematica Primer for Physicists

A Mathematica Primer for Physicists

…an excellent text for either a short course or self-study… Professor Napolitano has figured out what students really need and found a way to deliver it… I have found everything he writes to be worthy of my serious attention… —Peter D. Persans Professor of Physics and Director Center for Integrated Electronics Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Learn how to use Mathematica quickly for basic problems in physics. The author introduces all the key techniques and then shows how they’re applied using common examples. Chapters cover elementary mathematics concepts differential and integral calculus differential equations vectors and matrices data analysis random number generation animation and visualization. Written in an appealing conversational style Presents important concepts within the framework of Mathematics Gives examples from frequently encountered physics problems Explains problem-solving in a step-by-step fashion Jim Napolitano is professor and chair in the Department of Physics at Temple University. He is the author of other textbooks including co-author with Alistair Rae of Quantum Mechanics Sixth Edition also published by Taylor & Francis / CRC Press. | A Mathematica Primer for Physicists

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Applied Biomedical Microbiology A Biofilms Approach

Applied Biomedical Microbiology A Biofilms Approach

From the slippery covering on rocks in a stream to the clogging slime in a bathtub drain biofilms are present in everyday life in a variety of forms. This seemingly harmless build-up also accounts for 80 percent of all microbial infections. With chapters authored by experienced contributors from academia and industry Applied Biomedical Microbiology: A Biofilms Approach demonstrates effective ways to combat the health and economic havoc that biofilms are wreaking while also tapping into their positive potential. Replete with Tables and Illustrations Many in ColorUnder the editorial guidance of esteemed industrial microbiologist Dr. Daryl Paulson this book presents an in-depth discussion of medically challenging biofilms. It provides a solid foundation in the basic microbiology of biofilms and then goes on to discuss the biofilms associated with medical devices catheters and dental unit water lines as well as those that impact cardiovascular medicine the gastrointestinal system periodontal disease and chronic wounds. This informative work concludes with an exploratory chapter of the various methods used to investigate biofilms. Applied Biomedical Microbiology: A Biofilms Approach presents key information clearly and concisely – a useful guide for environmental food and water microbiologists as well as biochemists pharmaceutical scientists and product and biofilm engineers. | Applied Biomedical Microbiology A Biofilms Approach

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