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This book offers a novel, comprehensive analysis of voltage-source multilevel converters and their applications. Focusing on converters with a common DC voltage source, the authors examine two case studies that include both symmetrical and asymmetrical topologies. The text provides a simple and immediate understanding of the principles of operation of voltage-source DC/AC multilevel converters and includes graphical representation of the states of power switches of universal multilevel converters. This enables readers to understand traditional topologies and also offers a powerful tool for the analysis of new topologies.

Sheds light on the debates over the media attention and the psychology behind victimization. This book discusses the controversies from various sides of the debate, and attempts to reconcile the issues in order to move the field forward.

An instructive and comprehensive overview of the use of biotechnology in various agriculture and food applications, this book discusses the current status of applications for improving quality and productivity of agriculture and food products. It discusses plant tissue culture techniques, genetic engineering in food ingredient production, bio-fertilizers, bio-pesticides, enzymes, genetically modified foods, etc. The book is divided into four parts: fundamental concepts, biotechnology in agriculture, biotechnology in food processing and biotechnological management of crop residues and waste/by-products of agro industries.

This book discusses various aspects of computational science and engineering in combination with applied science. It highlights sustainability to demonstrate how computation can improve different aspects of life. The editors provide a collection of numerous computation-related projects that form a foundation from which to cross-pollinate between different disciplines and further extensive collaboration. They present a clear and profound understanding of computing in today's world. The detailed application examples provide the reader with contributions that behold approaches to provide fundamental solutions to some of the most pertinent humanity-related problems.

This book provides a unique and versatile suite of process design and engineering programs, some quite complex, which readers can use directly. It builds a firm understanding of the principles needed to effectively use the software, covers the technical aspects of day-to-day process engineering, and discusses the fundamentals of particular designs. All chapters have been updated and three new chapters were added: understanding oil and gas calculations, mass transfer, and heat transfer.

Fundamentals of Petroleum and Petrochemical Engineering provides a holistic understanding of petroleum and petrochemical products manufacturing, presented in a step-by-step sequence of the entire supply chain. The book covers the essential preliminaries for the exploration and production of crude petroleum oil and gas, an analysis of crude oil and its petroleum products, the processing of petroleum in refineries, the fundamentals of lubricating oil and grease, petrochemicals, theories and problems of unit operations and the processes involved in refineries and petrochemical plants, and commercial and managerial activities necessary for the ultimate success of a refining or manufacturing business

Packed with newly published references, this book provides 150 new vapor-liquid equilibrium data sets; and includes 50 new tables with classical Henry's coefficients. It also contains 250 new liquid-liquid equilibrium data sets, 350 new high-pressure fluid phase equilibrium data sets; 70 new data sets describing PVT properties, densities, or excess volumes; as well as 40 new enthalpic data sets. A larger data table for values of second osmotic virial coefficients and topics such as include vapor-liquid equilibrium data and gas solubitilities of copolymer solutions round out the coverage.

Drawing on the authors¿ research work from the last ten years, Mathematical Inequalities discusses the importance of various mathematical inequalities in contemporary mathematics and how these inequalities are used in different applications, such as scientific modeling. The authors include numerous classical and recent results that are comprehensible to both experts and general scientists. For each inequality presented, results are complemented with many unique remarks that reveal rich interconnections between the inequalities. These discussions create a natural platform for further research in applications and related fields.

Establishing a foundation in environmental policy, this book addresses the most significant environmental challenges facing our generation. Stressing policy implications and the current scientific accounts of global environmental threats, the book presents learning objectives, examples, and problems. It includes comprehensive case studies and discusses topics of interest to a domestic and international audience. It also presents a professional assessment of major global issues using current data and analysis from international policy organizations and think tanks.

An in depth examination of maldynia, also known as chronic pain, this book explores pain as a bio-cultural phenomenon that necessitates reexamination of medical philosophy, ethics, education, and practice. It provides a historical account of pain and then frames it with contemporary neurobiological perspectives. This book supplies a foundation upon which to illustrate (1) how what we know about pain could and should influence medical education, and the scope, and value (s) of medical practice, and (2) how a knowledge of the history and present considerations of pain might help to construct meaningful, patient-centered medicine.

An in-depth exploration of polarized light, this book covers production and uses, facilitating self-study without prior knowledge of Maxwell's equations. This third edition includes more than 2,500 figures and equations along with chapters on polarization elements, anisotropic materials, Stokes polarimetry, Mueller matrix polarimetry, and the mathematics of the Mueller matrix. It features two new chapters, one on polarized light in nature and one on birefringence. It also presents a completely revised review of the history of polarized light and contains a new appendix on conventions used in polarized light.

Security and Policy Driven Computing covers recent advances in security, storage, parallelization, and computing as well as applications in engineering design, implementation, and deployment. It also looks to future research and technologies that will propel the innovation of next-generation systems. The author incorporates a wealth of practical information, including case studies on intrusion detection and key management, computer storage reduction policy, and transactional management. He provides usable code and artifacts for security and policy driven self-managed systems and highlights industrial best practices with real-world examples.

Containing interviews with police leaders around the world, this book presents in-depth analysis and insights from key police leaders and administrators on how they view their work and the difficulties associated with the changing nature of modern police work.

Explores the historical context of family violence, as well as the various forms of violence, their prevalence in specific stages of life, and responses to it made by the criminal justice system and other agencies. This title also includes tables, figures, charts, discussion questions and helpful boxes with supplemental information.

This up-to-date compilation from international experts covers the tolerance of living organisms to toxic contaminants. It examines the degree of generalization of tolerance at different levels of biological organization. It discusses the defense mechanisms involved in the acquisition of tolerance to different classes of environmental contaminants, taking into account the limits at which such mechanisms are overwhelmed. The book also considers the ecological consequences and specific aspects of tolerance, especially those that impact the environment and society.

A practical analysis of functional polymers, nanoscience, and technology, this book integrates coverage of fundamentals, research and development, and the resulting diversity of uses for multifunctional polymers and their nanocomposites. Quite possibly the first reference of its kind to explore the progress of polymer nanocomposites in terms of their multifunctionality, it covers both theory and experimental results regarding the relationships between the effective properties of polymer composites and those of polymer matrices and reinforcements.

A discussion of recent advances, this book covers the scientific and technological exploration of the applications, properties, and processes of GaN, GaAs, and other III-V compound semiconductor devices within Si-based technology. It includes a broad range of topics, from fundamental material properties and materials integration to demonstration and industrial devices. The book also contains discussions of materials and devices, including their basic physical and chemical properties, their mechanisms, how to measure their properties, and how to fabricate them.

As the first book on through wall radar imaging, this text examines an emerging and important area of research and technology, appealing to both engineers and scientists. It offers theory, analyses, and experimentations and covers key research and development efforts in signal processing, array processing, EM modeling, antenna design, SAR, Doppler signature estimation, polar difference imaging and more. This book provides research findings, including real solutions to real problems. It also shows the impact of various types of walls on image resolution and quality and explores the various approaches to remove these effects.

Focuses on theoretical models to understand the organic-inorganic interfaces in polyolefins and also provides a detailed description of the recently developed models for property prediction of these nanocomposites. This text looks at developments in aluminosilicate fillers, and also important fillers like layer double hydroxides and nanotubes.

Describes the basic design principles, synthesis, and mesomorphic properties of discotic liquid crystals. This book highlights the scientific concepts behind the hierarchical self-assembly of these disc-shaped molecules alongside their commercial production and experimental and applied use in nanotechnology and other fields.

Presents a synopsis of advances in pediatric rehabilitation engineering research. This title contains chapters that include a conceptual description of the technology or underlying scientific principles, followed by a synthesis of relevant literature, selected clinical case studies (where applicable), and perspectives for future directions.

Extensive research on nutrigenomics has unveiled numerous epigenetic mechanisms that are influenced by our dietary signature. This book illustrates how nutrition can influence epigenetic inheritance and the mechanisms that underlie modification of an individual¿s metabolic imprint. The text discusses the basics of nutrigenomics and epigenetic regulation, types of nutrition influencing genetic imprinting, and the role of nutrition in modulating an individual's predisposition to disease. It also covers epigenetic variation, genomic imprinting, maternal nutrition, and neonatal nutrition, as well as epigenetics and nutrition in cancer, heart disease, and obesity.

Offers a presentation of thermoplastic materials that are commercially available for the plastics and polymer industries. This title discusses chemical structure-property relationships and various categories of thermoplastic resins, including general purpose/commodity, quasicommodity, engineering, and specialty.

The quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR) continue to evolve quickly with an explosion of various tools and techniques. This book addresses the scope and limitations of different modeling techniques using case studies from pharmacology, toxicology, and ecotoxicology to demonstrate the utility of each technique.

Suitable for use in product design and design for manufacture courses, this book includes case studies of the application of design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA) techniques, important industry changes, and emphasis on trends such as design for power injection molding and surface mount devices.

A study that focuses on necrophilia. It covers the history, etiological aspects, classification, epidemiology, and offender characteristics. It also uses a number of actual case studies to illustrate principles and approaches to defining laws and conducting investigations in this area.

Covers the spectroscopy of a variety of aerosols, ranging from cold aerosol particles in planetary atmospheres to organic and bio-aerosols important to Earth's atmosphere. This book surveys different advanced experimental techniques.

With contributions from a panel of experts from industry, government, and academia, this volume is a practical guide to the latest innovations in materials processing and fabrication. It examines current and developing processes in the aerospace, industrial, commercial, military, and electronic industries. Coverage for each process spans the testing background, why and where it is being used, applications, potential to replace existing processes, and environmental and safety concerns. The various processes and fabrication methods include friction stir welding, infusion mold technologies, heat treatment processing, plasma brazing, diffusion and adhesive bonding, and laser processes.

Reflecting the myriad changes and advancements in the technologies involved in FTIR, particularly the development of diamond ATRs, this second edition is designed for those new to FTIR, but with enough reference material to appeal to journeymen and expert spectroscopists. It reviews the history, strengths, and weaknesses of FTIR as a chemical analysis technique, describes how an FTIR works, and shows how to maximize spectral quality while maintaining analysis time. The book examines single analyte quantitative analysis and instructs on the importance of proper sample preparation for good data extraction.

Offering an overview of both the science of toxicology and food toxicology, this book presents explanations of the concepts and principles of toxicology as a science, the toxicants found in foods, and naturally occurring antitoxic/anticarcinogenic substances in foods. It examines the harmful effects and safety aspects of a variety of toxicants.