Bücher der Reihe SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology

This book provides critical insights into and appraisals ofrecent breakthroughs in type 1 diabetes modulation, with a particular emphasison the potential impact of current prevention and treatment strategies. Furthermore, the tables include concise andeasy-to-understand information on current clinical trials.

This book highlights the estimation of crop yield in CentralGujarat, especially with regard to the development of Multiple RegressionModels and Principal Component Regression (PCR) models using climatologicalparameters as independent variables and crop yield as a dependent variable.

The book provides accurate FDTDmodels for on-chip interconnects, covering most recent advancements inmaterials and design. It presents thestructure, properties, and characteristics of graphene based on-chipinterconnects and the FDTD modeling of Cu based on-chip interconnects.

This book presents a comprehensive review on the various processing and post-processing methodologies for biodegradable polymers. Written by professionals with hands-on experience on polymer processing, this book provides first-hand knowledge of all contemporary processing techniques.

This book explores emerging trends in wearable sensors for sport and highlights the developments taking place.

This Brief introduces engineers to the main principles in ethics, research design, statistics, and publishing of human subject research.

Building on these two observations and bridging the gap between risk communication and safety practices leads to a new, more societal perspective on risk communication, that allows for smart risk governance and safety management. This book is Open Access under a CC-BY licence.

This book presents the state-of-the-art in infrared thermography (IRT) applications with a focus on moisture assessment in buildings. The book equips readers with a deeper understanding of the ideal conditions for accurate IRT assessment and offers practical recommendations.

In chapter two, the chemical capacitance, the fundamental concept and missing part of the puzzle that unity electronics and electrochemistry, is deduced from first principles of quantum mechanics.

This book presents computational and statistical methods used by intelligent systems within the concept of Industry 4.0. The methods include among others evolution-based and swarm intelligence-based methods. It is intended for researchers who are new in computational and statistical methods but also to experienced users.

The proposed algorithm is based on the predator-prey mathematical model originally proposed by Lotka and Volterra, consisting of two nonlinear first-order differential equations, which allow the growth of two interacting populations (prey and predator) to be modeled.

Effects of green techniques / processes on machining properties like material removal rate, surface quality, geometric accuracy, productivity, and environment while machining various materials are reported.

This brief presents recent results obtained on the analysis, synthesis and design of systems described by linear equations. Instead, a few measurements made on the system can be processed strategically to directly extract design values that meet specifications without constructing a model of the system, implicitly or explicitly.

This book presents information on the development of a non-equilibrium approach to the study of heat and mass transfer problems using vapor-liquid interfaces, and demonstrates its application to a broad range of problems.

This book presents co-sputtered processes ways to produce chrome doped TiO2 thin films onto various substrates such as quartz, silicon and porous silicon. The book explores the potencial applications of devices based on Cr doped TiO2 thin films as gas sensors and in photocatalysis and in the photovoltaic industry.

This book addresses the task of computation from the standpoint of asymptotic analysis and multiple scales that may be inherent in the system dynamics being studied.

This text is a guide how to solve problems in which viscoelasticity is present using existing commercial computational codes. The second part shows the most important Computational techniques: Finite elements formulation, Boundary elements formulation, and presents the solutions of Viscoelastic problems with Abaqus.

The use of electrochemical energy storage systems in automotive applications also involves new requirements for modeling these systems, especially in terms of model depth and model quality.

The aim of the book is to introduce the reader to recent studies of natural convection from narrow plates including the effects of plate edge conditions, plate inclination, thermal conditions at the plate surface and interaction of the flows over adjacent plates.

This book presents an innovative methodology for the automatic generation of analog integrated circuits (ICs) layout, based on template descriptions and on evolutionary computational techniques.

The management of financial portfolios or funds constitutes a widely known problematic in financial markets which normally requires a rigorous analysis in order to select the most profitable assets. This book proposes a potential system based on Genetic Algorithms, which aims to manage a financial portfolio by using technical analysis indicators.

Heat and Mass Transfer in Particulate Suspensions is a critical review of the subject of heat and mass transfer related to particulate Suspensions, which include both fluid-particles and fluid-droplet Suspensions.

This book shows computational finite element simulations to analyse the strength of implant anchorage for intrasinus and extramaxillary approaches under various occlusal loading locations and directions.

This book addresses the principles, methods and applications of biodegradable polymer based scaffolds for bone tissue engineering.

This book covers bleach plant effluents, that most polluting effluent from the pulp and paper industry. This book describes environmental impact of bleach plant effluents, environmental regulations, and measures to reduce the pollution load by internal process modification and external treatment of bleach plant effluents.

This book presents a design-driven investigation into smart materials developed by chemists, physicists, materials and chemical engineers, and applied by designers to consumer products.

The book also demonstrates the methods on the WikiLeaks Afghan War Diary, the results showing that this approach allows deeper insights into conflict dynamics and allows a strikingly statistically accurate forward prediction of armed opposition group activity in 2010, based solely on data from preceding years.

The book provides an updated and detailed overview on advances in bioethanol. In addition, it presents information about ethanol in different parts of the world and also highlights the challenges and future of ethanol.