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This book shares experiences and knowledge on climate change
impacts and adaptation, risk reduction strategies, communities’
responses, and best practices from different landscapes of India.
It provides insights into climate change risk reduction in
trans-disciplinary frameworks. The findings and discussions put
forward in the chapters, largely based on micro-level case studies,
provide an in-depth understanding of interactions among ecology,
society, and economy under different conditions of changing
climate. It contains critical discussion on both existing and
required actions as adjustments to climate change impacts by
different actors at diverse scales and contexts. The
recommendations will be beneficial in climate change adaptation
planning for India and other developing countries, where a large
portion of the population directly depends on climate-sensitive
sectors. The content of the book is interdisciplinary and it will
be beneficial for scholars and practitioners from natural science,
social science, policy, and governance across the continents.
This study presents authentic data compiled from field experiments
and investigations, and provides a point of reference for any
future changes associated with anthropogenic activity in semiarid
ecosystems. Three years of continuous and rigorous empirical
research on biodiversity (from phytoplankton to higher plants and
from zooplankton to higher animals - all flora and fauna) in
India's semiarid region have culminated in this work. Though there
are many studies available on issues related to biodiversity, the
majority cover either specific groups of plants or groups of
animals; with the exception of this book, studies that include all
flora and fauna including the phyto- and zooplanktons in a given
ecosystem are not readily available. Further, the book focuses on
an extremely important topic, firstly because semiarid landscapes
are highly vulnerable to climate change, and secondly because other
developmental activities will be undertaken in the region in an
effort to meet its energy requirements. As such, the results of the
current study will provide a standard protocol for subsequent
monitoring and mapping of biodiversity for conservation and
management. The book explores, quantifies and surveys plant and
animal species from aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, assessing
and quantitatively analyzing the diversity indices of different
vegetation strata. Further, it investigates the conservation status
of each species (flora and fauna) in keeping with IUCN categories.
The study also examines landscape dynamics using RS and GIS for
vegetation analysis, and discusses traditional ecological knowledge
related to the use, conservation and management of biodiversity. As
such, it offers a unique and valuable resource not only for
researchers from the environmental/ecological sciences but also for
conservationists and policymakers.
This book highlights the various types of nanomaterials currently
available and their applications in three major sectors: energy,
health, and the environment. It addresses a range of aspects based
on the fact that these materials' structure can be tailored at
extremely small scales to achieve specific properties, thus greatly
expanding the materials science toolkit. Further, the book pursues
a holistic approach to nanomaterial applications by taking into
consideration the various stakeholders who use them. It explores
several applications that could potentially be used to improve the
environment and to more efficiently and cost-effectively produce
energy, e.g. by reducing pollutant production during the
manufacture of materials, producing solar cells that generate
electricity at a competitive cost, cleaning up organic chemicals
that pollute groundwater, removing volatile organic compounds
(VOCs) from the air, and so on. Given its scope, the book offers a
valuable asset for a broad readership, including professionals,
students, and researchers from materials science/engineering,
polymer science, composite technology, nanotechnology, and
biotechnology whose work involves nanomaterials and nanocomposites.
Hybrid Composite Perovskite Materials: Design to Applications
discusses the manufacturing, design and characterization of
organic-inorganic perovskite composite materials. The book goes
beyond the basics of characterization and discusses physical
properties, surface morphology and environmental stability. Users
will find extensive examples of real-world products that are
suitable for the needs of the market. Following a logical order,
the book begins with mathematical background and then covers
innovative approaches to physical modeling, analysis and design
techniques. Numerous examples illustrate the proposed methods and
results, making this book a sound resource on the modern research
application of perovskite composites with real commercial value.
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Body Area Networks. Smart IoT and Big Data for Intelligent Health - 15th EAI International Conference, BODYNETS 2020, Tallinn, Estonia, October 21, 2020, Proceedings (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
Muhammad Mahtab Alam, Matti Hamalainen, Lorenzo Mucchi, Imran Khan Niazi, Yannick Le Moullec
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This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of
the 15th International Conference on Body Area Networks, BodyNets
2020, held in Tallinn, Estonia, in October 2020. The conference was
held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The 15 papers presented
were selected from 30 submissions and issue new technologies to
provide trustable measuring and communications mechanisms from the
data source to medical health databases. Wireless body area
networks (WBAN) are one major element in this process. Not only
on-body devices but also technologies providing information from
inside a body are in the focus of this conference. Dependable
communications combined with accurate localization and behavior
analysis will benefit WBAN technology and make the healthcare
processes more effective.
This book highlights the various types of nanomaterials currently
available and their applications in three major sectors: energy,
health, and the environment. It addresses a range of aspects based
on the fact that these materials' structure can be tailored at
extremely small scales to achieve specific properties, thus greatly
expanding the materials science toolkit. Further, the book pursues
a holistic approach to nanomaterial applications by taking into
consideration the various stakeholders who use them. It explores
several applications that could potentially be used to improve the
environment and to more efficiently and cost-effectively produce
energy, e.g. by reducing pollutant production during the
manufacture of materials, producing solar cells that generate
electricity at a competitive cost, cleaning up organic chemicals
that pollute groundwater, removing volatile organic compounds
(VOCs) from the air, and so on. Given its scope, the book offers a
valuable asset for a broad readership, including professionals,
students, and researchers from materials science/engineering,
polymer science, composite technology, nanotechnology, and
biotechnology whose work involves nanomaterials and nanocomposites.
This study presents authentic data compiled from field experiments
and investigations, and provides a point of reference for any
future changes associated with anthropogenic activity in semiarid
ecosystems. Three years of continuous and rigorous empirical
research on biodiversity (from phytoplankton to higher plants and
from zooplankton to higher animals – all flora and fauna) in
India’s semiarid region have culminated in this work. Though
there are many studies available on issues related to biodiversity,
the majority cover either specific groups of plants or groups of
animals; with the exception of this book, studies that include all
flora and fauna including the phyto- and zooplanktons in a given
ecosystem are not readily available. Further, the book focuses on
an extremely important topic, firstly because semiarid landscapes
are highly vulnerable to climate change, and secondly because other
developmental activities will be undertaken in the region in an
effort to meet its energy requirements. As such, the results of the
current study will provide a standard protocol for subsequent
monitoring and mapping of biodiversity for conservation and
management. The book explores, quantifies and surveys plant and
animal species from aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, assessing
and quantitatively analyzing the diversity indices of different
vegetation strata. Further, it investigates the conservation status
of each species (flora and fauna) in keeping with IUCN categories.
The study also examines landscape dynamics using RS and GIS for
vegetation analysis, and discusses traditional ecological knowledge
related to the use, conservation and management of biodiversity. As
such, it offers a unique and valuable resource not only for
researchers from the environmental/ecological sciences but also for
conservationists and policymakers.
Renewable Electricity and Sustainability: Prospects in Developing
Economies is the first book of its kind to be dedicated entirely to
the needs of emerging economies. It provides readers with a
comprehensive review of current renewable energy technologies,
their status in emerging economies, and the potential for
sustainable renewable electricity generation in those countries. A
multidisciplinary approach is used to assess the needs and
challenges of each region, which is supported by quantitative
analyses of the current and future potential for renewable
electricity generation. Real-world examples are also provided from
the respective electricity sectors of each region. This resource is
a unique reference for graduates and researchers on the social,
technical and economic landscape of renewable energy in emerging
economies and would also be useful to NGO's and policymakers in
developing countries or those working in sustainable development.
A brain-computer interface (BCI) is a system that interprets brain
signals generated by the user, allowing specific commands from the
brain to be sent to an external device. Such interface enables
severely disabled people to interact with their environment without
the need for any activation of their normal pathways involved in
motor commands. The combination of rehabilitation paradigms and
BCIs, both of which exploit cortical plasticity, could help people
become "able" once again. For this reason, BCI systems appear
promising rehabilitation tools. The aim of this PhD thesis is to
study how a BCI system can be used for stroke rehabilitation when
it is based on neuromodulation techniques using Hebbian plasticity
and movement related cortical potentials (MRCP) with an optimum
number of EEG electrodes. Four studies were conducted to achieve
this goal: In STUDY I the novel protocol developed in
Mrachacz-Kersting et al. 2012 had showed improvement in some
relevant clinical measures used to access functionality of motor
tasks in stroke population, when applied three times in a week as a
training paradigm. These encouraging results from our first study
alongside the Mrachacz-Kersting et al. 2012 study served as the
basis for development of a self-paced BCI system for induction of
plasticity. In STUDY II (pseudo online) detector for self-paced BCI
system, based on movement intention detection from initial negative
phase of MRCP, was proposed and tested in healthy volunteers and
then in STUDY III real online selfpaced BCI system for induction of
plasticity was implemented and tested. In STUDY IV a subject
independent detector (based on STUDY II) was developed and compared
with individualized detector. The results were promising as
difference between performances of two approaches was not
significantly different.
Food scarcity is a challenging problem worldwide especially in
developing countries. Micronutrient deficiency is one of the main
reasons of low agricultural yield which is more common in South
Asia and Africa. Farmers control micronutrient deficiency through
fertilizers which may cause toxicity due to lack of proper
management. The present study optimized concentration Manganese for
Mung bean and analyzed growth, yield and biochemical parameters
which may help the grower to improve soil quality, crop production
and nutritious food. High concentrations of this salt showed
adverse effects on chlorophyll pigments. Very small work has been
done in order to investigate desirable concentration of essential
micronutrient in soil for pulses, especially for Mung bean. For the
sake of limiting the scope of this research we only studied the
effects of Mn on Mung bean
Integrated Full Electric Propulsion (IFEP) has a great role to play
in the fuel economy of commercial and military vessels; but for a
nuclear submarine there are far better options to be explored. A
nuclear submarine lacks the advantage of silent operations compared
to conventional diesel-electric submarine. However, recent
advancement in power dense naval electric propulsion systems has
presented IFEP as a viable option for stealthier nuclear
submarines. The suggested roadmap is a full electric drive
submarine utilizing Advanced Induction Motor and Pulse Width
Modulation Converters through AC transmission, with a futuristic
approach towards Superconducting motors and alternators with DC
transmission. The IFEP equipment has been selected through scaling
of available technology to the required rating and standard.
'Translation' helps spreading knowledge. The idea is that in
translation, the communication of the meaning of a source-language
text by means of an equivalent transferred in target-language text.
Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation
began only after the appearance of written literature. Translation
is the transmittal of written text from one language into another.
Although the terms translation and interpretation are often used
interchangeably, by strict definition, translation refers to the
written language, and interpretation to the spoken word.
Translation is the action of interpretation of the meaning of a
text, and subsequent production of an equivalent text, that
communicates the same message in another language. The present work
is an attempt to investigate the nature of polysemous words in the
Urdu Fiction. It also aims at evaluating how these polysemous words
of Urdu Fiction were treated when they were translated into the
English Fiction. With a view to explore the role of polysemous
words in the Urdu fiction, the study has looked into the different
aspects of polysemy arising due to the usage in different context
and situation in fiction.
It is believed that the matter and radiation in the Universe were
formed some fifteen billion years ago after a huge bang, called Big
Bang. A fireball was created in this big bang. Now challenge is
that how the fireball changed to the Universe we live in today. As
laws of physics are improving day by day, we are becoming able to
look further back in time, and to get knowledge about the evolution
of this Universe. It is believed that matter and antimatter created
in the big-bang were in equal amounts and also it is said that most
of the antimatter was annihilated on matter during the formation of
the Universe. This antimatter annihilation started when most of the
matter we see in the Universe today was already in the form of
hadrons made of quarks. But before this hadronized Universe, it had
passed through a phase of quarks and gluons in free states. Physics
of Quark Gluon Plasma QGP is the field in which physicists are
trying to recreate this phase, and to study it in the laboratory.
Although various analytical techniques are available for the
evaluation of drugs, chromatographic analysis are considered better
due to the their stability, reproducibility and sensitivity. In
recent years, the development of HPLC methods for the determination
of drugs has attracted considerable attention of
pharmacokineticians due to their importance in the quality control
tests of drugs and their formulations. A world wide competition is
in progress for developing rapid, convenient and sensitive HPLC
methods in quality control testing. This book provides basic
guidelines for the HPLC calibration, and method development for the
rapid quantification of cetrizine. This method was validated and
applied for the determination of cetrizine in tablets and their
stability studies. This book is useful to the pharmacokineticians
who are interested in the development and validation of stability
indicating HPLC methods for cetrizine HCl and other drugs of same
physico-chemical properties.
Vehicular Ad hoc Network (VANET) is a new communication paradigm
that enables the communication between vehicles moving at high
speeds on the roads. This has opened door to develop several new
applications like, traffic engineering, traffic management,
dissemination of emergency information to avoid hazardous
situations and other user applications. In this thesis, the
performance analysis of proactive and reactive routing protocols in
both urban and highway scenarios is presented. The simulations
performed for this analysis are of two types; bi-directionally
coupled simulations and offline simulations. In both types, urban
and highway scenarios are simulated. In bi-directionally coupled
simulations, network and traffic simulators are integrated at
runtime to exchange different commands. This thesis is the first
research effort that integrates both network and traffic simulators
at runtime. This integration helps in modeling emergency scenarios
on roads like accidents, etc. In offline simulations, real world
maps are used to model urban and highway topologies.
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