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The most comprehensive and up-to-date high-yield review available
for the USMLE (R) Step 2 CK-completely revised and better than
ever! The expert author team that guided students to success on the
USMLE (R) Step 1 presents the latest edition of this
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Urticaria, commonly known as ‘hives’, is a skin rash which can
have allergic and non-allergic causes. This handbook is an
initiative of the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network
(GA2LEN) Urticaria Centers of Reference and Excellence (UCARE).
Divided into 22 sections, the text begins with an overview of
urticaria, its classification, and aetiopathogenesis. The next
chapters describe different types of urticaria, diagnostic
measures, and therapeutic management. The final sections examine
urticaria in children, in the elderly, in pregnancy and lactation,
and in kidney, liver and cardiac disease. A separate chapter covers
patient education material. Authored by renowned worldwide experts,
the text is further enhanced by clinical images, tables and figures
to assist learning.
This book aims to provide information in the ever-growing field of
low-power electronic devices and their applications in portable
device, wireless communication, sensor, and circuit domains. .
Negative Capacitance Field Effect Transistor: Physics, Design,
Modeling and Applications, discusses low-power semiconductor
technology and addresses state-of-art techniques such as
negative-capacitance field-effect transistors and tunnel
field-effect transistors. The book is broken up into four parts.
Part one discusses foundations of low-power electronics including
the challenges and demands and concepts like subthreshold swing.
Part two discusses the basic operations of negative-capacitance
field-effect transistor (NC-FET) and Tunnel Field-effect Transistor
(TFET). Part three covers industrial applications including
cryogenics and biosensors with NC-FET. This book is designed to be
one-stop guidebook for students and academic researchers, to
understand recent trends in the IT industry and semiconductor
industry. It will also be of interest to researchers in the field
of nanodevices like NC-FET, FinFET, Tunnel FET, and device-circuit
codesign.
Garth Davis directs this drama based on a true story. The film
follows the remarkable journey of Indian orphan Saroo Brierley
(Sunny Pawar/Dev Patel) who, after becoming lost on the streets of
Calcutta at five-years-old, is adopted by Australian couple John
and Sue Brierley (David Wenham and Nicole Kidman). 25 years later
in Australia, Saroo, with the help of his girlfriend Lucy (Rooney
Mara), turns to the Internet and Google Earth to finally find and
reconnect with his mother, Kamla Mushi (Priyanka Bose), and the
rest of his true family. The film was nominated for four Golden
Globe Awards including Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best
Performance By an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
(Patel), and Best Original Score - Motion Picture (Dustin
O'Halloran/Volker Bertelmann) and six Academy Awards, including
Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Patel) and Best Supporting
Actress (Kidman). The film was also nominated for five BAFTAs,
winning for Best Supporting Actor (Patel) and Best Adapted
Screenplay (Davies).
Energy demand is continuously rising, mainly due to population
growth and rapid economic development. There are substantial
worries about the environmental effects of fossil fuels in addition
to the uncertainties surrounding the long-term sustainability of
non-renewable energy sources. Environmental safety concerns are
driving an increase in the demand for renewable energy production.
Numerous efforts have been paid to harvest energy from ambient
sources, e.g. solar, wind, thermal, hydro, mechanical, etc. This
book discusses the application of artificial intelligence (AI) for
energy harvesting. The implementation of metaheuristics and AL
algorithms in the field of energy harvesting system will provide a
quick start for the researchers and engineers who are new to this
area. Energy harvesting technologies are growing very speedily,
hence it is necessary to summarize recent advances in energy
harvesting methodology. Over the recent years, a considerable
amount of effort has been devoted, both in industry and academia,
towards the performance modelling and evaluation of energy
harvesting technologies. This book is the result of a collaborative
effort among different researchers in the fields of energy
harvesting and artificial intelligence. Technical topics discussed
in the book include: Hybrid algorithms Mechanical to electrical
energy conversion Swarm intelligence MPPT technologies Polymer
nanocomposites
The text focuses on applications of smart embedded systems in
diverse areas including healthcare, sensor processing, smart
control, and management of energy grids. It discusses and presents
important developments in smart networking and communication. It
explores smart audio-visual aid implementation using smart embedded
technologies. • Presents state-of-the-art, and recent
technological trends of the embedded systems applications in
education, healthcare, energy, and complex control in automation.
• Covers smart networking using embedded communication. •
Showcases smart audio-visual aid implementation with the help of
embedded technologies. • Discusses important aspects related to
edge computing, cloud server, neural accelerators, FPGAs, and
embedded processors with artificial intelligence enhancements. •
Presents important topics such as smart grid, energy management,
and complex robotic control. The text emphasizes current
technological developments in hardware development, application
design, and approaches related to co-design systems. It focuses on
application-specific hardware development to fulfill user
requirements in healthcare, energy conservation, automation, and
human-machine interface (HMI). It further includes recent
advancements in the development of intelligent applications using
embedded systems and low-power devices. It will serve as an ideal
reference text for senior undergraduate, graduate students, and
academic researchers in the fields including electrical
engineering, electronics and communications engineering, and
computer engineering.
This new volume looks at the electrifying world of blockchain
technology and how it has been revolutionizing the Internet of
Things and cyber-physical systems. Aimed primarily at business
users and developers who are considering blockchain-based projects,
the volume provides a comprehensive introduction to the theoretical
and practical aspects of blockchain technology. It presents a
selection of chapters on topics that cover new information on
blockchain and bitcoin security, IoT security threats and attacks,
privacy issues, fault-tolerance mechanisms, and more. Some major
software packages are discussed, and it also addresses the legal
issues currently affecting the field. The information presented
here is relevant to current and future problems relating to
blockchain technology and will provide the tools to build efficient
decentralized applications. Blockchain technology and the IoT can
profoundly change how the world-and businesses-work, and this book
provides a window into the current world of blockchain. No longer
limited to just Bitcoin, blockchain technology has spread into many
sectors and into a significant number of different technologies.
As the demand for energy harvesting and storage devices grows, this
book will be valuable for researchers to learn about the most
current achievements in this sector. Sustainable development
systems are centered on three pillars: economic development,
environmental stewardship, and social. One of the ideas established
to achieve balance between these pillars is to minimize the usage
of nonrenewable energy sources. Harvesting energy from the
surrounding environment and converting it into electrical power is
one viable solution to this problem. In recent years, there has
been a surge in the development of new energy generation
technologies such as solar, wind, and thermal energy to replace
fossil fuel energy supplies with cleaner renewable ones. Energy
harvesting systems have emerged as a key study topic and are
rapidly expanding.
This book provides scientific and technological insights on novel
techniques of design and manufacturing using laser technologies. It
showcases applications of laser micromachining in the biomedical
industry, laser-based manufacturing processes in aerospace
engineering, and high-precision laser-cutting in the home appliance
sector. Features: Each chapter discusses a specific engineering
problem and showcases its numerical, and experimental solution
Provides scientific and technological insights on novel routes of
design and manufacturing using laser technologies Synergizes
exploration related to the various properties and functionalities
through extensive theoretical and numerical modeling Highlights
current issues, developments, and constraints in additive
manufacturing Discusses applications of laser cutting machines in
the manufacturing industry and laser micromachining for the
biomedical industry The text discusses optical, and laser-based
green manufacturing technologies and their application in diverse
engineering fields including mechanical, electrical, biomedical,
and computer. It further covers sustainability issues in
laser-based manufacturing technologies and the development of
laser-based ultra-precision manufacturing techniques. The text also
discusses the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning
in laser-based manufacturing techniques. It will serve as an ideal
reference text for senior undergraduate, graduate students, and
researchers in fields including mechanical engineering, aerospace
engineering, manufacturing engineering, and production engineering.
1. Covers latest concepts in intelligent analytics for industry
4.0. 2. Presents the applications of intelligent analytics for
various industry 4.0 domains. 3. Covers latest research topics in
the field. 4. Written in a comprehensive and simple manner. 5. The
text is accompanied by tables and illustrative figures for better
understanding of the topic.
The text comprehensively discusses the fundamental aspects of
human–computer interaction, and applications of artificial
intelligence in diverse areas including disaster management, smart
infrastructures, and healthcare. It employs a solution-based
approach in which recent methods and algorithms are used for
identifying solutions to real-life problems. This book: Discusses
the application of artificial intelligence in the areas of user
interface development, computing power analysis, and data
management Uses recent methods/algorithms to present solution-based
approaches to real-life problems in different sectors Showcases the
applications of artificial intelligence and automation techniques
to respond to disaster situations Covers important topics such as
smart intelligence learning, interactive multimedia systems, and
modern communication systems Highlights the importance of
artificial intelligence for smart industrial automation and systems
intelligence The book elaborates on the application of artificial
intelligence in user interface development, computing power
analysis, and data management. It explores the use of
human–computer interaction for intelligence signal and image
processing techniques. The text covers important concepts such as
modern communication systems, smart industrial automation,
interactive multimedia systems, and machine learning interface for
the internet of things. It will serve as an ideal text for senior
undergraduates, and graduate students in the fields of electrical
engineering, electronics and communication engineering, computer
engineering, and information technology.
Provides a comprehensive review on new swarm intelligence Offers
practical implementation of PSO with MATLAB code Presents
statistical analysis techniques so that researchers can analyze
their own experiment design Discusses swarm intelligence algorithms
in social sector and oil and gas industries Covers recent findings
and the implementation techniques to Machine Learning
This new volume explores the important and cutting-edge roles that
nanotechnology can play in facilitating sustainable agriculture. It
provides recent updates on nanobiotechnology in soil science, plant
breeding, food science, agricultural tool design and utilization,
as well as the impacts of such approaches on properties of soils
and plants and other environmental factors. The volume looks at the
many roles of nanotechnology as a state-of-the art tool in
sustainable agriculture, such as for crop production and
protection, in the creation and application of nano-pesticides, to
enhance soil fertility and soil health for improved plant growth,
as plant protective agents against pathogenic microbes and pests,
as a mitigating factor of plant abiotic stress, and more. It also
discusses the behavior of nanomaterials in soil and interaction
with soil biota. The volume goes on to explore emerging
nanotechnological tools and techniques for crop improvement, which
include space-inspired speed breeding for crop improvement,
nanoparticles as sensing materials, plant nanobionics, nanopore DNA
sequencing, and more. Nanotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture:
An Innovative and Eco-Friendly Approach will be an important
resource on sustainable agriculture and crop improvement with the
help of the recent and emerging tools of nanotechnology.
1. Covers latest concepts in image processing and intelligent
computing systems. 2. Presents the applications of image processing
based intelligent systems. 3. Covers latest research topics in the
field. 4. Written in a comprehensive and simple manner. 5. The text
is accompanied by tables and illustrative figures for better
understanding of the topic.
The proposed title intends to provide a comprehensive view of
emerging paradigms of computer science. The initial chapters will
introduce various emerging paradigms and discuss research
challenges related to them. Then some of the chapters will focus on
the research solutions to address the identified challenges. The
last few chapters will provide a discussion on future research
directions.
This book gives insight into the emerging semiconductor devices
from their applications in electronic circuits. It discusses the
challenges in the field of engineering and applications of advanced
low-power devices. Emerging Low-Power Semiconductor Devices:
Applications for Future Technology Nodes offers essential exposure
to low-power devices, and applications in wireless, biosensing, and
circuit domains. This book provides a detailed discussion on all
aspects, including the current and future scenarios related to the
low-power device. The book also presents basic knowledge about
field-effect transistor (FET) devices and introduces emerging and
novel FET devices. The chapters include a review of the usage of
FET devices in various domains like biosensing, wireless, and
cryogenics applications. The chapters also explore device-circuit
co-design issues in the digital and analog domains. The content is
presented in an easy-to-follow manner that makes it ideal for
individuals new to the subject. This book is intended for
scientists, researchers, and postgraduate students looking for an
understanding of device physics, circuits, and systems.
Presents a variety of techniques designed to enhance and empower
multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional machine learning
research Offers a compendium of current and emerging machine
learning paradigms for healthcare informatics and reflects on the
diversity and complexity through the use of case studies Provides a
panoramic view of data and machine learning techniques and provides
an opportunity for novel insights and discovers Explores the theory
and practical applications of machine learning in healthcare
Includes a guided tour of machine learning algorithms, architecture
design, and applications and in interdisciplinary challenges
This new volume addresses the burning issues of the impact of
climate change, the alteration of environmental quality, and
subsequent mitigation and adaptation strategies through various
agroecosystem practices, primarily in agroforestry. The book
discusses in depth the impact of climate change on forests and
other agroecosystems. It presents new research on mitigation
strategies, looking at carbon sequestration in agricultural soils,
environmental greening, natural resource management, and livelihood
security. It provides a thorough analysis of the potential of
various modern, improved, and scientific farming practices, such as
climate-smart agriculture and agroforestry systems for climate
change mitigation and adaptation. The book also examines the
invasion of major fungal diseases in forests and agricultural crops
due to climatic fluctuations and goes on to look at water and waste
management practices.
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