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The increasing demand for energy and the related environmental
concerns are the main drivers for the strong interest in Biomass
Fermentation towards usage in Fuel Cells. The integration of
Biomass Fermentation (BF) and Fuel Cells (FC) technology creates a
new and interdisciplinary research area. Due to their high
efficiency Fuel Cells are therefore considered as a strategic
technology for future energy supply systems. The fact that biomass
is a renewable source of energy in combination with the most
efficient energy conversion system (FC) makes this combination
unique and advantageous. This book has a clear orientation towards
making products of our waste. Biofuels for Fuel Cells comes at a
time when this field is rapidly developing and there is a need for
a synthetising book. The holistic and multidisciplinary description
of this topic, including discussion of technological,
socio-economic, system analysis and policy and regulatory aspects,
make this book the definitive work for this market. Biofuels for
Fuel Cells will cross-link scientists of all fields concerned with
Biomass Fermentation, Fuel Upgrading and Fuel Cells at European and
World level.
This book gathers the proceedings of the 2nd Latin American
Congress on Automation and Robotics, held at Pontificia Universidad
Javeriana de Cali, Colombia, on October 30th-November 1st, 2019. It
presents papers from researchers, scientists, and engineers from
academia and industry, and explores current exciting research
applications and future challenges, mainly in Latin American
countries. The book covers a wide range of research fields
associated with automation and robotics encountered in engineering,
scientific research, and practice, including: autonomous systems,
multi-robot and multi-agent systems, industrial automation and
robotics, process control, modeling and optimization, control
theory, artificial intelligence, kinematic and dynamic analysis of
robotic systems, computer vision, self-localization, mapping and
navigation, instruments, sensing and sensor fusion, evolutionary,
bio-inspired, micro/nano, and soft robotics, novel robot designs,
haptics, human-robot interaction and interfaces, simulation
procedures, experimental validations, and educational robotics.
This book contains the proceedings of the 1st Latin American
Congress on Automation and Robotics held at Panama City, Panama in
February 2017. It gathers research work from researchers,
scientists, and engineers from academia and private industry, and
presents current and exciting research applications and future
challenges in Latin American. The scope of this book covers a wide
range of themes associated with advances in automation and robotics
research encountered in engineering and scientific research and
practice. These topics are related to control algorithms, systems
automation, perception, mobile robotics, computer vision,
educational robotics, robotics modeling and simulation, and
robotics and mechanism design. LACAR 2017 has been sponsored by
SENACYT (Secretaria Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnologia e Inovacion of
Panama).
The inspiration from Biology and the Natural Evolution process has
become a research area within computer science. For instance, the
description of the arti?cial neuron given by McCulloch and Pitts
was inspired from biological observations of neural mechanisms; the
power of evolution in nature in the diverse species that make up
our world has been related to a particular form of problem solving
based on the idea of survival of the ?ttest; similarly, - ti?cial
immune systems, ant colony optimisation, automated self-assembling
programming, membrane computing, etc. also have their roots in
natural phenomena. The ?rst and second editions of the
International Workshop on Nature Inspired Cooperative Strategies
for Optimization (NICSO), were held in Granada, Spain, 2006, and in
Acireale, Italy, 2007, respectively. As in these two previous
editions, the aim of NICSO 2008, held in Tenerife, Spain, was to
provide a forum were the latest ideas and state of the art research
related to nature inspired cooperative strategies for problem
solving were discussed. The contributions collected in this book
were strictly peer reviewed by at least three members of the
international programme committee, to whom we are indebted for
their support and assistance. The topics covered by the
contributionsincludenature-inspiredtechniqueslikeGeneticAlgorithms,
Ant Colonies, Amorphous Computing, Arti?cial Immune Systems,
Evolutionary Robotics, Evolvable Systems, Membrane Computing,
Quantum Computing, Software Self Assembly, Swarm Intelligence, etc
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th
Conference of the Spanish Association for Artificial Intelligence,
CAEPIA 2009, held in La Laguna, Canary Islands, Spain, in November
2011. The 50 revised full papers presented were carefully selected
from 149 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections
on agent-based and multi-agent systems; machine learning; knowledge
representation, logic, search and planning; multidisciplinary
topics and applications; vision and robotics; soft computing; Web
intelligence and information retrieval.
The inspiration from Biology and the Natural Evolution process has
become a research area within computer science. For instance, the
description of the arti?cial neuron given by McCulloch and Pitts
was inspired from biological observations of neural mechanisms; the
power of evolution in nature in the diverse species that make up
our world has been related to a particular form of problem solving
based on the idea of survival of the ?ttest; similarly, - ti?cial
immune systems, ant colony optimisation, automated self-assembling
programming, membrane computing, etc. also have their roots in
natural phenomena. The ?rst and second editions of the
International Workshop on Nature Inspired Cooperative Strategies
for Optimization (NICSO), were held in Granada, Spain, 2006, and in
Acireale, Italy, 2007, respectively. As in these two previous
editions, the aim of NICSO 2008, held in Tenerife, Spain, was to
provide a forum were the latest ideas and state of the art research
related to nature inspired cooperative strategies for problem
solving were discussed. The contributions collected in this book
were strictly peer reviewed by at least three members of the
international programme committee, to whom we are indebted for
their support and assistance. The topics covered by the
contributionsincludenature-inspiredtechniqueslikeGeneticAlgorithms,
Ant Colonies, Amorphous Computing, Arti?cial Immune Systems,
Evolutionary Robotics, Evolvable Systems, Membrane Computing,
Quantum Computing, Software Self Assembly, Swarm Intelligence, etc
This book gathers the proceedings of the 3rd Latin American
Congress on Automation and Robotics, held at Monterrey, Mexico, on
November 17-19, 2021. This book presents recent advances in the
modeling, design, control, and development of autonomous and
robotic systems and explores current exciting applications and
future challenges of these technologies. The scope of this book
covers a wide range of research fields associated with automation
and robotics encountered within engineering, scientific research,
and practice. These topics are related to autonomous systems,
industrial automation and robotics, modelling and systems
identification, simulation procedures and experimental validations,
control theory, artificial intelligence, computer vision, sensing
and sensor fusion, multi-robot and multi-agent systems, field and
service robotics, human robot interaction and interfaces, modelling
of robotic systems, and the design of new robotic platforms.
With growing attention surrounding the importance of physician
well-being, organizations are institutionalizing physician
well-being efforts. Promoting well-being requires a understanding
of the components, barriers and promoters of physician well-being,
While other books exist in this space, many are focused on
individual resilience-building strategies or are too broad to apply
to specific groups of physicians, such as pediatricians. A critical
gap in the existing literature is a book that uses an
evidence-based model of well-being and applying this model to
unique experience of pediatricians. Rather than a work-centric
approach, the physician well-being model we describe in this book
takes a comprehensive approach to well-being, integrating evidence
and expertise from a broad body of well-being research and
translating this knowledge to the lives and work of pediatricians.
Further, while other texts focus on negative consequences of a lack
of well-being, such as burnout, this text is organized around
defining, understanding and optimizing well-being. Each chapter
will provide strategies for both individual pediatricians and
healthcare organizations to consider to improve pediatrician
well-being at their institution. This book integrates well-being
science from disciplines outside of medicine, offering innovative
strategies to addressing this important issue. This is a book
designed for pediatricians, health care leaders, and organizations
looking to better understand and implement strategies for
pediatrician well-being. The authors will take readers on a journey
through the history of physician well-being leading to the current
state of well-being in the context of modern medical practice,
technology, society, policy and family life. Using an integrated
model of physician well-being, readers will learn about the current
state, solutions, tensions and future directions of physician
well-being.
Young Agent X-15 aced the requirements for joining the Coordinated
Office of Law Enforcement, a.k.a. the COOL Agency, in her hometown.
She is code-named after the high-flying rocket plane of the 20th
century due to her fast thinking. As a rookie she takes down a
bicycle rustling ring, and earns the respect of her fellow agents
and the chief. Then, bizarre robberies begin. The victims report
attacks by a peculiar woman who turns her back to them and releases
powerful noxious gas Agent X-15 realizes that the criminal is a
vain nemesis from her high school days who uses the extreme power
of her butt. The self-aggrandizing criminal and her greedy goons
want the town to acknowledge her (cough) greatness. Now the COOL
agents and their chief must rely on their youngest agent to outfox
a criminal who raises a big stink. {A few illustrations show the
action }
NATO Glossary of abbreviations used in NATO documents and
publications (English and French). Glossary of NATO Agreed civil
and military abbreviations and full forms used in NATO documents
and publications. The electronic version is updated annually and
made available through the Internet at http: //nsa.nato.int/ and
the NATO extranet at http: //nsa.hq.nato.in
From cynical slacker to husband, father and successful
hypnotherapist, Ted A. Moreno shares "Tips for Transformation"
gathered from experiences bitter and sweet on his journey of self
discovery. At age 39, disillusioned after a seemingly endless
series of dead-end jobs, dysfunctional relationships and fruitless
attempts to raise his standard of living, Ted is compelled to ask
"What the hell is wrong with me?" He sees that his own negative
self perception and low self esteem are keeping him stuck in
mediocrity, so he begins to search out the tools for
self-development. With wisdom, humor and deep compassion for those
who struggle to find their way, Ted shares what he has learned on
his own path from negativity and fear to a profound appreciation of
being alive.
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Neck Dissection (Hardcover)
Brendan C. Stack, Jr., Mauricio A. Moreno
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Cutting-edge neck dissection resource provides expert guidance on
its use in a wide spectrum of head and neck pathologies Dissection
of critical structures of the neck is integral to head and neck
surgery, for both benign and malignant neck masses and diagnoses of
the head, skull base, and cervicothoracic junction. Neck Dissection
by Brendan Stack and Mauricio Moreno is a comprehensive treatise on
state-of-the-art neck dissection. With contributions from an
impressive cadre of international leaders in head and neck surgery,
this in-depth, yet concise evidence-based guide covers fundamental
and advanced principles of cervical lymphadenopathy surgery. The
book begins with preoperative evaluation of cervical
lymphadenopathy candidates, history of procedures, international
nodal level classifications, and surgical neck anatomy. Subsequent
chapters address the subtleties between different dissection
modalities including radical, modified radical, selective,
supraomohyoid, and salvage, as well as insights on complications
and rehabilitation. Current imaging methods are discussed in
context with anatomical structures and malignancies, including
cross-sectional, ultrasound, and integrated FDG-PET/CT. Pathology
and adjuvant therapies for malignant diseases of the neck are also
discussed. Key Features The latest advances in immunology and cell
signaling of neck metastatic disease, related to cervical lymph
node and extracapsular spread Anatomic and pathophysiologic nuances
encountered in the treatment of squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma,
salivary gland malignancies, and thyroid carcinomas Special topics
such as prophylactic neck dissection, robotics, intraoperative
nerve monitoring, adjuvant therapy for neck nodal disease, and
histopathologic neck dissection evaluation Nearly 200 radiographs
and illustrations, as well as online supplementary video material
enhance understanding of impacted anatomy and procedures All
clinicians involved in the interdisciplinary diagnosis and
treatment of head and neck pathologies will benefit from this
outstanding operative guide. This book includes complimentary
access to a digital copy on https://medone.thieme.com.
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