Due to progress in the development of communication systems, it is now possible to develop low-cost wearable communication systems. A wearable antenna is meant to be a part of the clothing or close to the body and used for communication purposes, which include tracking and navigation, mobile computing and public safety. Examples include smartwatches (with integrated Bluetooth antennas), glasses (such as Google Glass with Wi-Fi and GPS antennas), GoPro action cameras (with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth antennas), etc. They are increasingly common in consumer electronics and for healthcare and medical applications. However, the development of compact, efficient wearable antennas is one of the major challenges in the development of wearable communication and medical systems. Technologies such as printed compact antennas and miniaturization techniques have been developed to create efficient, small wearable antennas which are the main objective of this book. Each chapter covers enough mathematical detail and explanations to enable electrical, electromagnetic and biomedical engineers and students and scientists from all areas to follow and understand the topics presented. New topics and design methods are presented for the first time in the area of wearable antennas, metamaterial antennas and fractal antennas. The book covers wearable antennas, RF measurements techniques and measured results in the vicinity of the human body, setups and design considerations. The wearable antennas and devices presented in this book were analyzed by using HFSS and ADS 3D full-wave electromagnetics software. Explores wearable medical systems and antennas Explains the design and development of wearable communication systems Explores wearable reconfigurable antennas for communication and medical applications Discusses new types of metamaterial antennas and artificial magnetic conductors (AMC) Reviews textile antennas Dr. Albert Sabban holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA (1991), and an MBA from the Faculty of Management, Haifa University, Israel (2005). He is currently a Senior Lecturer and researcher at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Kinneret and Ort Braude Engineering Colleges.

Wearable antennas are meant to be incorporated as part of clothing or placed close to the body. Wearable antennas can be used in countless communication applications including tracking and navigation, medical applications, imaging and detection, RFID, mobile computing and public safety. The book "Novel Wearable Antennas for Communication and Medical Systems" discusses the challenges and technology to develop compact, efficient, wearable antennas. The book begins by presenting elementary communication, electromagnetics and antenna topics needed for engineers and students that do not have a background in design, principles, and features of antennas, printed antennas, wearable antennas, and compact antennas for communication and medical applications. Throughout the book each chapter also covers sufficient mathematical details, physical details and explanations to enable the reader to follow and understand the topics presented. New topics and design methods in the area of wearable antennas, metamaterial antennas, active printed antennas and fractal antennas for communication and medical systems are presented and discussed throughout the book. The book presents computed and measured results in the vicinity of the human body. The book also covers topics such as RF measurement techniques, measurement setups and design considerations. The antennas developed and analyzed in this book were designed and optimized by using 3D full-wave electromagnetics software.

Wearable antennas are meant to be incorporated as part of clothing or placed close to the body. Wearable antennas can be used in countless communication applications including tracking and navigation, medical applications, imaging and detection, RFID, mobile computing and public safety. The book "Novel Wearable Antennas for Communication and Medical Systems" discusses the challenges and technology to develop compact, efficient, wearable antennas. The book begins by presenting elementary communication, electromagnetics and antenna topics needed for engineers and students that do not have a background in design, principles, and features of antennas, printed antennas, wearable antennas, and compact antennas for communication and medical applications. Throughout the book each chapter also covers sufficient mathematical details, physical details and explanations to enable the reader to follow and understand the topics presented. New topics and design methods in the area of wearable antennas, metamaterial antennas, active printed antennas and fractal antennas for communication and medical systems are presented and discussed throughout the book. The book presents computed and measured results in the vicinity of the human body. The book also covers topics such as RF measurement techniques, measurement setups and design considerations. The antennas developed and analyzed in this book were designed and optimized by using 3D full-wave electromagnetics software.

Low-visibility antennas have many attractive features, such as being low-profile, flexible, lightweight, small-volume, and low-cost. Low-Visibility Antennas for Communication Systems provides explicit guidelines for the development of these antennas. Offering valuable insight into emerging antenna technologies, the book: Introduces the fundamental theory of electromagnetics and antennas with few integral and differential equations, improving accessibility while providing sufficient mathematical detail Presents state-of-the-art advancements in microstrip, millimeter (mm) wave microstrip, wearable, wearable tunable printed, wideband wearable meta-material, and fractal printed antennas Discusses microwave integrated circuits (MICs), monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs), micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), and low temperature co-fired ceramics (LTCC) Low-Visibility Antennas for Communication Systems delivers a comprehensive and cutting-edge study of the design and application of low-visibility antennas, complete with design considerations, computed and measured results, and an extensive exploration of radio frequency and antenna measurements.

Low-visibility antennas have many attractive features, such as being low-profile, flexible, lightweight, small-volume, and low-cost. Low-Visibility Antennas for Communication Systems provides explicit guidelines for the development of these antennas. Offering valuable insight into emerging antenna technologies, the book: Introduces the fundamental theory of electromagnetics and antennas with few integral and differential equations, improving accessibility while providing sufficient mathematical detail Presents state-of-the-art advancements in microstrip, millimeter (mm) wave microstrip, wearable, wearable tunable printed, wideband wearable meta-material, and fractal printed antennas Discusses microwave integrated circuits (MICs), monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs), micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), and low temperature co-fired ceramics (LTCC) Low-Visibility Antennas for Communication Systems delivers a comprehensive and cutting-edge study of the design and application of low-visibility antennas, complete with design considerations, computed and measured results, and an extensive exploration of radio frequency and antenna measurements.

Ranging from the imperial palaces of ancient China and the bakeries of fourteenth-century Genoa and Naples all the way to the restaurant kitchens of today, Pasta tells a story that will forever change the way you look at your next plate of vermicelli. Pasta has become a ubiquitous food, present in regional diets around the world and available in a host of shapes, sizes, textures, and tastes. Yet, although it has become a mass-produced commodity, it remains uniquely adaptable to innumerable recipes and individual creativity. "Pasta: The Story of a Universal Food" shows that this enormously popular food has resulted from of a lengthy process of cultural construction and widely diverse knowledge, skills, and techniques.

Many myths are intertwined with the history of pasta, particularly the idea that Marco Polo brought pasta back from China and introduced it to Europe. That story, concocted in the early twentieth century by the trade magazine "Macaroni Journal," is just one of many fictions umasked here. The true homelands of pasta have been China and Italy. Each gave rise to different but complementary culinary traditions that have spread throughout the world. From China has come pasta made with soft wheat flour, often served in broth with fresh vegetables, finely sliced meat, or chunks of fish or shellfish. "Pastasciutta," the Italian style of pasta, is generally made with durum wheat semolina and presented in thick, tomato-based sauces. The history of these traditions, told here in fascinating detail, is interwoven with the legacies of expanding and contracting empires, the growth of mercantilist guilds and mass industrialization, and the rise of food as an art form.

Whether you are interested in the origins of lasagna, the strange genesis of the Chinese pasta bing or the mystique of the most magnificent pasta of all, the "timballo," this is the book for you. So dig in

Der Sammelband leistet einen Beitrag zum fachubergreifenden Dialog auf dem Gebiet der Phraseologie und Sprichwortforschung. Den ersten Schwerpunkt bilden Aspekte des Phraseologievergleichs: das Deutsche im Kontrast mit verschiedenen europaischen und aussereuropaischen Sprachen. Einen zweiten Schwerpunkt stellen Probleme der Sprichwortforschung dar: Form und Bedeutung des Sprichworts, seine Funktion im Alltag, insbesondere auch bei anderen Ethnien, seine Funktion im literarischen Text, Variationen des Sprichworts, z.B. in der Werbung, sowie volkskundliche Probleme des Sammelns und Archivierens."

Contents:
Part 1. Introduction 1. Stress-Related Central Neuronal Regulatory Circuits Part 2. Central Influences on the Stress Response 2. Re-Evaluation of the Role of Serotonin in Stress - A 'Systems-Level' Approach 3. Neurocircuit Activation of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenocortical Axis: Roles for Ascending Norepinephrine Systems 4. Pain and Stress: Convergence and Divergence of Neuronal Pathways 5. Chronic Hypercortisolemia Inhibits Dopaminergic Activity in the Nucleus Accumbens 6. Distinctive Changes in Central Norepinephrinergic Transmission are Induced by Unconditional Naturalistic Environmental Stimuli 7. Interstitial Norepinephrine in the Hypothalamus of Rats Fed a Lysine-Deficient Diet 8. A Possible Role of the Coeruleospinal-Modulation System Under Painful Stress 9. Responses of Catecholaminergic, - Endorphinergic and Gonadoliberinergic Neuronal Systems in the Hypothalamus of Anestrous Ewes to Stressful Stimuli 10. Effect of Various Stressors on Neuronal Activity in the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus of Long-Term Repeatedly Immobilized Rats Part 3. Peripheral Influences on the Stress Response 11. Gender Differences in Rats in Sympathoadrenal Activity at Rest and in Response to Stress 12. Sex Differences in Diurnal Variations in Corticosterone Responses to Emotional Stressors 13. Hemodynamic Response Variability to Behavioral Stress Correlates with Predisposition to Disease 14. Immobilization Stress Affects Calcium Homeostasis in Rat Kidney by Modulation of Calcium Transport Systems 15. Osteocalcin Response to Immobilization: Possible Involvement of Parathyroid Hormone 16. Effects of Novel Stressors on Plasma Catecholamine Levels in Rats Exposed to Long-term Cold Part 4. Molecular Regulation During Stress 17. Transcriptional and Post-Translational Regulation of Corticotropin Releasing Hormone and Vasopressin Expression by Stress and Glucocorticoids 18. Transcriptional Mechanisms of Stress-Triggered Activation of Neurotransmitter Gene Expression 19. Regulation of Tyrosine Hydroxylase Gene Transcription Rate by Stress: Use of Transgenic Mice 20. Genes of Tetrahydrobiopetrin-Synthesizing Enzymes in Relation to Stress 21. Novel Stressors Exaggerate Tryosine Hydroxylase Gene Expression in the Andrenal Medulla of rats Expose to Long-Term Cold Stress 22. Stress-Induced Expression of Phenylethanolamine N-Methyltransferase: Normal and Knock Out Animals 23. Reacting to Stress in the Absence of norepinephrine: Lessons from Dopamine-Hydroxylase and Tyrosine Hydroxylase-Deficient Mice 24. Role of CRH Binding Protein in Mammalian Stress Response 25. Gene Expression of the cardia renin-Angiotensin Components and Its Modulation by Stress 26. Association Between Brain COMT Gene Expression and Aggressive Experience in Daily Agonistic Confrontations in Male Mice Part 5. Neural-Endocrine-Immune Interactions 27. Cytokines and Stress: Neurochemistry, Endocrinology and Behaviour 28. Central Neurochemical Effects of Cytokines: Parallels with Stressor Effects 29. Neuropeptides in Immune Tissues: Mediators of the Stress Response Part 6. Stress During Development and Aging 30. The Ontogeny of the Neural Response to Stress: The Influence of Maternal Factors 31. Age and Stress: Differential Effect on Neurotransmitter Gene Expression in Adrenal Medulla and Brain Catecholaminergic Neurons 32. Regulation of Tyrosine Hydroxylase with Age: Modulation by Cold and Exercise 33. Effects of Neonatal Treatment with Antisense Oligodeoxynucleotide to Alpha2A-Adrenergic Receptor on Noradrenergic System of rat Brain 34. Prenatal Stress Alters Endocrine and Immune Reactions in Neonatal Pigs 35. Human Fetal and Maternal Stress Responses Part 7. Stress Hormone Receptors 36. Overview of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Receptors and Binding Protein 37. Pituitary CRH and VP Receptors and Their Role in Cortcotroph Responsiveness During Stress 38. Effect of 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose-Induced Inhibition of Glucose Utilization on Nuclear All-Trans Retinoic Acid Receptor Status in Rat Liver 39. Mineralocorticoid Receptor-Mediated Effects on Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity are Modulated by the -Adrenergic System 40. Alpha and Beta Adrenoceptor-Mediated Molecular and Electrocardiographic Responses to Emotional Stress Part 8. Clinical Aspects of Stress 41. Stressor-Specific activation of Catecholaminergic Systems: Clinical Demonstrations 42. Hypocortisolism and the Triad of Fatigue, pain and Stress 43. Plasma Catecholamines, Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Response During Different Stress Stimuli in Established Essential Hypertension 44. Neuroendocrine Responses to Passive and Active Hyperthermia in Healthy Men Part 9. Prologue 45. Conference Summary