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The concept of quantum computing is based on two fundamental
principles of quantum mechanics: superposition and entanglement.
Instead of using bits, qubits are used in quantum computing, which
is a key indicator in the high level of safety and security this
type of cryptography ensures. If interfered with or eavesdropped
in, qubits will delete or refuse to send, which keeps the
information safe. This is vital in the current era where sensitive
and important personal information can be digitally shared online.
In computer networks, a large amount of data is transferred
worldwide daily, including anything from military plans to a
country's sensitive information, and data breaches can be
disastrous. This is where quantum cryptography comes into play. By
not being dependent on computational power, it can easily replace
classical cryptography. Limitations and Future Applications of
Quantum Cryptography is a critical reference that provides
knowledge on the basics of IoT infrastructure using quantum
cryptography, the differences between classical and quantum
cryptography, and the future aspects and developments in this
field. The chapters cover themes that span from the usage of
quantum cryptography in healthcare, to forensics, and more. While
highlighting topics such as 5G networks, image processing,
algorithms, and quantum machine learning, this book is ideally
intended for security professionals, IoT developers, computer
scientists, practitioners, researchers, academicians, and students
interested in the most recent research on quantum computing.
Behavioral finance challenges the traditional assumption that
individuals are rational by focusing on the cognitive and emotional
aspects of finance, which draws on psychology, sociology, and
biology to investigate true financial behavior. The financial
sector requires sound understanding of market dynamics and
strategic issues to meet future challenges in the field. Behavioral
Finance and Decision-Making Models seeks to examine behavioral
biases and their impact on investment decisions in order to develop
better future plans and strategies in the financial sector. While
highlighting topics including behavioral approach, financial
regulation, and globalized sector, this book is intended for
policymakers, technology developers, managers, government
officials, academicians, researchers, and advanced-level students.
Technological advancements have enhanced all functions of society
and revolutionized the healthcare field. Smart healthcare
applications and practices have grown within the past decade,
strengthening overall care. Biomedical signals observe
physiological activities, which provide essential information to
healthcare professionals. Biomedical signal processing can be
optimized through artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning
(ML), presenting the next step towards smart healthcare. AI-Enabled
Smart Healthcare Using Biomedical Signals will not only cover the
mathematical description of the AI- and ML-based methods, but also
analyze and demonstrate the usability of different AI methods for a
range of biomedical signals. The book covers all types of
biomedical signals helpful for smart healthcare applications.
Covering topics such as automated diagnosis, emotion
identification, and frequency discrimination techniques, this
premier reference source is an excellent resource for healthcare
administration, biomedical engineers, medical laboratory
technicians, medical technology assistants, computer scientists,
libraries, students and faculty of higher education, researchers,
and academicians.
This book presents the selected peer-reviewed proceedings of the
International Conference on Recent Trends and Innovations in Civil
Engineering (ICRTICE 2019). The volume focuses on latest research
and advances in the field of civil engineering and materials
science such as design and development of new environmental
materials, performance testing and verification of smart materials,
performance analysis and simulation of steel structures, design and
performance optimization of concrete structures, and building
materials analysis. The book also covers studies in geotechnical
engineering, hydraulic engineering, road and bridge engineering,
building services design, engineering management, water resource
engineering and renewable energy. The contents of this book will be
useful for students, researchers and professionals working in civil
engineering.
Would you like to "change your thinking"?Would you like to
"forget your past"? Would you like your horrible night dream to
become very nice dreams? Would you like your body pains and
suffering to go away? Would you like "luck" come your way? Would
you like positive things to happen in mysterious ways in your life
more often than not? Then this book is for you. There are two
methods given in this book and they will help you to achieve these
goals (1) the first method is to control your physical and thinking
karma and (2) the second method is a copyright (by me) and it will
guide you to "transform your thoughts" from physical-thoughts to
non-physical-thoughts (divine/higher-power/God). I did this in 6-9
months. You do it once and then maintain it.
When you "transform your thoughts" then you "throw away" your
thoughts such that all your thoughts, happy, sad and negative
thoughts are thrown away. This way all your thinking goes away.
Your mind does not go blank but you replace your mind with
non-physical thoughts. Once you have accomplished this then you
have "new" thinking without your baggage. You will "forget" your
past.
At this level, your karma will improve and go positive, and as
this happens, your horrible night dreams will become positive. At
time moves forward, your body pains will slowly go away. If you get
hurt in sports then you will heal faster.
This is a very powerful method. As time passes, you may be able
to establish communication with divine/higher-power/God and you may
begin to receive "bells and whistles" at some point. If this
happens then you will be an extremely happy person.
In volume 1 of Gandhi and the Psychology of Nonviolence the authors
advanced a scientific psychology of nonviolence, derived from
principles enunciated by Gandhi and supported by current
state-of-the-art research in psychology. In this second volume the
authors demonstrate its potential contribution across a wide range
of applied psychology fields. As we enter the era of the
Anthropocene, they argue, it is imperative to make use of Gandhi's
legacy through our evolving noospheric consciousness to address the
urgent problems of the 21st century. The authors examine Gandhi's
contributions in the context of both established areas such as the
psychology of religion, educational, community and organizational
psychology and newer fields including environmental psychology and
the psychology of technology. They provide a nuanced analysis which
engages with both the latest research and the practical
implications for initiatives like the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. The book
concludes with an overview of Gandhi's contribution to modern
psychology, which encompasses the history, development, and current
impetus behind emerging work in the field as a whole. It marks an
exciting contribution to studies of both Gandhi and psychology that
will also provide unique insights for scholars of applied
psychology, education, environmental and development studies.
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Dear Mom Volume V
Minnaya34, Mary Grace C Suplito, Kanishka Agrawal
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This book addresses the principles and applications of
metaheuristic approaches in engineering and related fields. The
first part covers metaheuristics tools and techniques such as ant
colony optimization and Tabu search, and their applications to
several classes of optimization problems. In turn, the book's
second part focuses on a wide variety of metaheuristics
applications in engineering and/or the applied sciences, e.g. in
smart grids and renewable energy. In addition, the simulation codes
for the problems discussed are included in an appendix for ready
reference. Intended for researchers aspiring to learn and apply
metaheuristic techniques, and gathering contributions by prominent
experts in the field, the book offers readers an essential
introduction to metaheuristics, its theoretical aspects and
applications.
Water pollution is a matter of concern for both developing and
developed parts of the world. This book presents an overview on
water pollution and its sustainable management. The book discusses
the fundamental aspects of water pollution as well as advanced
sustainable technologies for abating water pollution. It is a
comprehensive collection of information related with water
pollutants which are extremely harmful to man, other living
organisms and to the ecosystems. It is all-inclusive coverage of
technical, socio-political, scientific as well as social issues
revolving around water pollution and management. The book brings
out innovative ideas promoting sustainable technologies and
extensively covers the diversity of modern technologies related to
prevention of water pollution. Book also covers social aspects of
water related issues. It is an essential reading for upper level
graduates and undergraduates pursuing environmental studies and
researchers in the field of waste water management
This book is targeted towards cybersecurity professionals
(especially those dealing with cloud security) or any stakeholders
dealing with cybersecurity who want to understand the next level of
security infrastructure using blockchain. The book's security and
privacy analysis help with an understanding of the basics of
blockchain, and it explores the quantifying impact of the new
attack surfaces introduced by blockchain technologies and
platforms. In addition, the book contains relevant and current
updates on the topic. It follows a practical approach to help
understand how blockchain technology is used to transform
cybersecurity solutions.
The first of two volumes, this book examines Gandhi's contribution
to an understanding of the scientific and evolutionary basis of the
psychology of nonviolence, through the lens of contemporary
researches on human cognition, empathy, morality and self-control.
While, psychological science has focused on those participants that
delivered electric shocks in Professor Stanley Milgram's famous
experiments, these books begin from the premise that we have
neglected to fully explore why the other participants walked away.
Building on emergent research in the psychology of self control and
wisdom, the authors illustrate what Gandhi's life and work offers
to our understanding of these subjects who disobeyed and defied
Milgram. The authors analyze Gandhi's actions and philosophy, as
well as original interviews with his contemporaries, to elaborate a
modern scientific psychology of nonviolence from the principles he
enunciated and which were followed so successfully in his
Satyagrahas. Gandhi, they argue, was a practical psychologist from
whom we can derive a science of nonviolence which, as Volume 2 will
illustrate, can be applied to almost every subfield of psychology,
but particularly to those addressing the most urgent issues of the
21st century. This book is the result of four decades of
collaborative work between the authors. It marks a unique
contribution to studies of both Gandhi and the current trends in
psychological research that will appeal in particular to scholars
of social change, peace studies and peace psychology, and, serve as
an exemplar in teaching one of modern psychology's hitherto
neglected perspectives.
This handbook introduces the basic principles and fundamentals of
cyber security towards establishing an understanding of how to
protect computers from hackers and adversaries. The highly
informative subject matter of this handbook, includes various
concepts, models, and terminologies along with examples and
illustrations to demonstrate substantial technical details of the
field. It motivates the readers to exercise better protection and
defense mechanisms to deal with attackers and mitigate the
situation. This handbook also outlines some of the exciting areas
of future research where the existing approaches can be
implemented. Exponential increase in the use of computers as a
means of storing and retrieving security-intensive information,
requires placement of adequate security measures to safeguard the
entire computing and communication scenario. With the advent of
Internet and its underlying technologies, information security
aspects are becoming a prime concern towards protecting the
networks and the cyber ecosystem from variety of threats, which is
illustrated in this handbook. This handbook primarily targets
professionals in security, privacy and trust to use and improve the
reliability of businesses in a distributed manner, as well as
computer scientists and software developers, who are seeking to
carry out research and develop software in information and cyber
security. Researchers and advanced-level students in computer
science will also benefit from this reference.
'From the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge to building on the
moon, this utterly fascinating and visually stunning book is sure
to build sky-scraping curiosity in young engineers' Kate Pankhurst,
author of the Fantastically Great Women series 'I adored reading
How Was That Built? with my son. The fascinating facts and huge
detailed pictures led to lots of interesting conversations for both
of us. You will never take buildings for granted again!' David
Walliams, comedian and children's author As seen on Steph's Packed
Lunch and featured in Cerys Matthew's BBC Radio 6 Music show and
'The Dreams We Live Inside' on BBC Radio 4 Join Roma Agrawal, the
award-winning structural engineer who worked on The Shard, for an
exciting behind-the-scenes look at some of the world's most amazing
landmarks. Meet the extraordinary people who challenged our beliefs
about what's possible, pioneering remarkable inventions that helped
build the Brooklyn Bridge in the US, the Pantheon in Italy, the
Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the Shard in England and the Sapporo Dome in
Japan. Discover the ingenious methods engineers have come up with
to enable us to build underground, underwater, on ice and even in
space. And learn about the impact different forces and materials
can have on a structure by carrying out your own engineering
experiments from the 'Try it at Home' sections. Beautiful and
detailed illustrations by Katie Hickey, including cross-sections,
skylines and close-ups of engineering techniques in action, provide
unique and illuminating perspectives of our most awe-inspiring
constructions. Get ready to see the built world around you like
never before! 'Exploring this beautiful book feels like having a
conversation with Roma, full of expert insight and fascinating
detail. With playful illustrations, stacks of brand-new information
and plenty of context - this is children's non-fiction at its best'
Isabel Thomas, science writer and author of Moth and Fox 'Skilfully
illustrated and filled with remarkable details, this book is a
treat for any young engineer. Roma's breadth of knowledge and
genuine passion shines through every page. It's simply beautiful'
Angela Saini, science journalist and author 'Open this book at any
page and you are immediately sucked into the fascination of how
things work - a wonderful achievement and a beautiful one too' Mark
Miodownik, materials engineer, broadcaster and author of Stuff
Matters 'How Was That Built? is a brilliant and essential book ...
Hopefully schools and libraries will purchase the book in big
numbers because it deserves to be widely read and discussed. I also
think it will do a lot to encourage young people to consider a
career in construction' Infrastructure-Intelligence.com
The current research into solitons and their use in fiber optic
communications is very important to the future of communications.
Since the advent of computer networking and high speed data
transmission technology people have been striving to develop faster
and more reliable communications media. Optical pulses tend to
broaden over relatively short distances due to dispersion, but
solitons on the other hand are not as susceptible to the effects of
dispersion, and although they are subject to losses due to
attenuation they can be amplified without being received and
re-transmitted.
This book is the first to provide a thorough overview of optical
solitons. The main purpose of this book is to present the rapidly
developing field of Spatial Optical Solitons starting from the
basic concepts of light self-focusing and self-trapping. It will
introduce the fundamental concepts of the theory of nonlinear waves
and solitons in non-integrated but physically realistic models of
nonlinear optics including their stability and dynamics. Also, it
will summarize a number of important experimental verification of
the basic theoretical predictions and concepts covering the
observation of self-focusing in the earlier days of nonlinear
optics and the most recent experimental results on spatial
solitons, vortex solitons, and soliton interaction & spiraling.
* Introduces the fundamental concepts of the theory of nonlinear
waves and solitons through realistic models
* Material is based on authors' years of experience actively
working in and researching the field
* Summarizes the most important experimental verification of the
basic theories, predictions and concepts of this ever evolving
field from the earliest studies to the most recent
Addressing the need for further theorisation and operationalisation
of social entrepreneurship in India, this edited collection
provides a critical and deeper understanding of the social
entrepreneurial ecosystem. Covering topics such as entrepreneurial
intentions, empathy, impact investment and standardised social
measures, the contributors explore the potential of social
entrepreneurship and sustainable business models in an Indian
context. Offering empirical cases and presenting a realistic
perspective of the social entrepreneurship landscape in India, this
collection will undoubtedly be of value to those interested in
creating a social and sustainable impact in business and society.
This book provides in-depth reviews of the role of Rhizobium in
agriculture and its biotechnological applications. Individual
chapters explore topics such as: the occurrence and distribution of
Rhizobium; phenotypic and molecular characteristics of Rhizobium;
impact of Rhizobium on other microbial communities in the
rhizosphere; N2-fixation ability of Rhizobium; Rhizobium and biotic
stress; Rhizobium-mediated restoration of an ecosystem; in silico
analysis of the rhizobia pool; further biotechnological
perspectives of Rhizobium.
This book at hand is an appropriate addition to the field of
fractional calculus applied to control systems. If an engineer or a
researcher wishes to delve into fractional-order systems, then this
book has many collections of such systems to work upon, and this
book also tells the reader about how one can convert an
integer-order system into an appropriate fractional-order one
through an efficient and simple algorithm. If the reader further
wants to explore the controller design for the fractional-order
systems, then for them, this book provides a variety of controller
design strategies. The use of fractional-order derivatives and
integrals in control theory leads to better results than
integer-order approaches and hence provides solid motivation for
further development of control theory. Fractional-order models are
more useful than the integer-order models when accuracy is of
paramount importance. Real-time experimental validation of
controller design strategies for the fractional-order plants is
available. This book is beneficial to the academic institutes for
postgraduate and advanced research-level that need a specific
textbook on fractional control and its applications in srobotic
manipulators. The book is also a valuable teaching and learning
resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
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