Blockchain Driven Supply Chains and Enterprise Information Systems examines initiatives for blockchain implementation in supply chain management and the integration of blockchain technology with existing enterprise management applications. The authors aim to establish common ground to provide solutions and best practices in the supply chain field, while tackling the challenges faced when integrating blockchain in supply chain policy. Chapters address both design and implementation aspects of supply chain platforms and enterprise information systems, and provide real-world use cases and examples from industry that address the impacts of using blockchain in the modern supply chain.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Mobile Networks and Management, MONAMI 2017, held in Melbourne, Australia, in December 2017. The 30 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 43 submissions. The papers handle topics in the area of mobile computing, wireless networking and management.

Honey A vital understanding of the health effects of this renowned natural food Honey is among the most famous and widely available natural food products in the world, and its flavor profiles are well understood. Despite its use as a natural remedy by many societies, however, there has until recently been no systematic attempt to assess the scientific basis for claims about honey’s health benefits. The ubiquity of honey and honey-derived natural remedies make such an assessment highly desirable. Honey: Composition and Health Benefits offers a systematic assessment for the first time, analyzing the substances that make up honey and their health effects, both separately and in combination. Dedicating full chapters to each of honey’s constituent materials, this book provides the first full-length and comprehensive treatment of this natural food. It also includes content on other honey products such as royal jelly, propolis, and bee venom. It promises to shed scientific light on centuries of tradition. Honey readers will also find: Detailed treatment of honey’s constituent carbohydrates, amino acids, organic acids, and more Closing chapters dealing with contaminants and toxins found in honey A vast and distinguished team of global contributors with decades of expertise Honey promises to be essential for food scientists, nutritionists, and health scientists, both in academic research and in industry.

Long term evolution (LTE) is an important new 4G wireless broadband technology that provides significantly increased peak data rates, reduced latency, scalable bandwidth capacity, and backwards compatibility with existing GSM and UMTS technologies. For these reasons, LTE is now being utilized by most major service providers. This book will help to form the basics of LTE and can be a helpful guideline for all the aspirants of LTE.

In this book, the control of a flexible robot with a payload at the free end is theoretically and experimentally investigated, where the arm dynamic model is obtained by applying Euler-Bernoulli beam and Lagrange's equations. The current research is mainly carried out to highlight the major problems encountered in positioning the flexible robot arm upon applying different control policies. The arm is driven by a DC-servomotor, where the hub position is measured by a rotary encoder and the deflection is detected by a strain gauge sensor. This book is mainly carried out to determine the major problems encountered in controlling flexible arm upon applying conventional controllers and to highlight the capabilities of the intelligent controllers in improving the arm dynamic response. This book was written for researchers in mechanical, electrical and Mechatronics engineering. However, it is also intended to be a practical textbook for those engineers in industry who find themselves involved in a project dealing with robot design and would like to have more-or-less self-taught refresher course.

Biotechnology plays a major role in driving agricultural sustainability as a key component of modern and integrated agricultural practices. This is evident in the development and use of genetically modified (GM) and / or transgenic crop varieties with desirable nutritional and agronomic characteristics, and those that withstand both biotic and abiotic stresses. Thus, the use of GM crops may enhance agricultural productivity. In the same vein, the energy sector is faced with lots of challenges due to the use of fossil fuels which have been suggested to cause environmental pollution. Therefore sustainable alternatives are required; one of these is biofuel produced from food materials which has a great promise. However, the biofuel production has its own constraints which include the development of efficient systems and technologies; and also high cost of production which make the fuel not readily available. Perhaps, there is need for new effective processing technologies that are more cost effective leading to a cheaper finished product. Several research efforts using cutting-edge technologies are directed towards developing a viable biofuel, leading to energy sustainability.