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This book examines how computer-based programs can be used to
acquire 'big' digital cultural heritage data, curate, and
disseminate it over the Internet and in 3D visualization platforms
with the ultimate goal of creating long-lasting "digital heritage
repositories.' The organization of the book reflects the essence of
new technologies applied to cultural heritage and archaeology. Each
of these stages bring their own challenges and considerations that
need to be dealt with. The authors in each section present case
studies and overviews of how each of these aspects might be dealt
with. While technology is rapidly changing, the principles laid out
in these chapters should serve as a guide for many years to come.
The influence of the digital world on archaeology and cultural
heritage will continue to shape these disciplines as advances in
these technologies facilitate new lines of research. serif">The
book is divided into three sections covering acquisition, curation,
and dissemination (the major life cycles of cultural heritage
data). Acquisition is one of the fundamental challenges for
practitioners in heritage and archaeology, and the chapters in this
section provide a template that highlights the principles for
present and future work that will provide sustainable models for
digital documentation. Following acquisition, the next section
highlights how equally important curation is as the future of
digital documentation depends on it. Preservation of digital data
requires preservation that can guarantee a future for generations
to come. The final section focuses on dissemination as it is what
pushes the data beyond the shelves of storage and allows the public
to experience the past through these new technologies, but also
opens new lines of investigation by giving access to these data to
researchers around the globe. Digital technology promises
significant changes in how we approach social sciences, cultural
heritage, and archaeology. However, researchers must consider not
only the acquisition and curation, but also the dissemination of
these data to their colleagues and the public. Throughout the book,
many of the authors have highlighted the usefulness of Structure
from Motion (SfM) work for cultural heritage documentation; others
the utility and excitement of crowdsourcing as a 'citizen
scientist' tool to engage not only trained students and
researchers, but also the public in the cyber-archaeology endeavor.
Both innovative tools facilitate the curation of digital cultural
heritage and its dissemination. Together with all the chapters in
this volume, the authors will help archaeologists, researchers
interested in the digital humanities and scholars who focus on
digital cultural heritage to assess where the field is and where it
is going.
Descriptive topology and functional analysis, with extensive
material demonstrating new connections between them, are the
subject of the first section of this work. Applications to spaces
of continuous functions, topological Abelian groups, linear
topological equivalence and to the separable quotient problem are
included and are presented as open problems. The second section is
devoted to Banach spaces, Banach algebras and operator theory. Each
chapter presents a lot of worthwhile and important recent theorems
with an abstract discussing the material in the chapter. Each
chapter can almost be seen as a survey covering a particular area.
The over-enrichment of surface water bodies with phosphorus
compounds can lead to eutrophication resulting in reduced
photosynthetic activity, oxygen depletion, production of toxic
compounds and, ultimately, loss of plant and animal species. Due to
relatively high removal efficiency, economy and
environmentally-friendly operation, enhanced biological phosphorus
removal (EBPR) in activated sludge wastewater treatment systems is
a popular technology to control and prevent eutrophication in
surface water bodies. EBPR can be implemented by promoting the
enrichment of the system with polyphosphate-accumulating organisms
(PAO). However, EBPR process may suffer of instability and
unreliability experiencing process upsets, deterioration and even
failure. Among other factors, the appearance of
glycogen-accumulating organisms (GAO), which compete with PAO, has
been hypothesized to be the main cause of deterioration of the EBPR
process performance. In this research, the effects of key
environmental and operating conditions influencing the PAO-GAO
competition were addressed through undertaking different studies at
both lab- and full-scale and by applying mathematical modelling. It
contributes to get a better understanding about the factors
affecting the PAO-GAO competition and, thus, the stability and
reliability of the EBPR process in activated sludge systems. The
findings obtained in this research may prove useful towards
optimization of full-scale EBPR plants.
This proceedings volume convenes peer-reviewed, selected papers
presented at the XXVIII International Joint Conference on
Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IJCIEOM) that was
held in Mexico City, Mexico, July 17-20, 2022, with a special focus
on applications of industrial engineering and operations management
for research and practice. Fields covered include operations,
manufacturing, industrial and production engineering and
management, emphasizing optimization models and data science
applications to real-world problems. In this book, the reader will
find works on topics as optimization models; stochastic
optimization; digital transformation in the supply chain; data
science applications in operations management; Industry 4.0:
manufacturing planning & control; blockchain; intelligent
transportation systems; sustainable and reverse logistics; big data
and demand planning; predictive and prescriptive analytics;
last-mile delivery optimization; stochastic inventory models; new
trends in information technology for operation management;
stochastic optimization; optimization models for omnichannel;
safety in operation management; and more. This volume includes
relevant information for academics, since most of the chapters
focus on real-world case studies and systematic reviews, but also
for professionals in the industrial sector as it presents solutions
to complex industrial challenges. Previous 2018, 2019, 2020, and
2021 IJCIEOM proceedings can also be found in Springer's catalog.
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
There is a wide consensus that furfural, a renewable commodity
currently obtained from lignocellulosic agro-residues with a
production volume of around 300 kTon per year, is a key feedstock
for leveraging lignocellulosic residues in future biorefineries.
Several chemicals are already being manufactured from furfural due
to its advantageous production cost. Furthermore, a vast number of
others are also technically viable, to produce from oil.This book
compiles the vast existing information into relevant stages of
transformations of furfural as renewable chemicals, biofuels and
bioresins focusing on the relevant chemical and engineering aspects
of processes to obtain them, including reactors and catalysis. It
offers essential information for improving the economic and
environmental viability of current commercial applications and
upcoming future applications.It should be of particular interests
to graduate and advanced undergraduate students, as well as,
engineers and academic researchers alike who are working in the
field.
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
Population aging is a growing challenge worldwide. As such, new
models of provision, organization, and allocation of resources,
particularly in healthcare, are needed. As the self-care and
long-term care needs of this age group become more prevalent, the
importance of improved health services and effective health
management strategies are apparent. The Handbook of Research on
Health Systems and Organizations for an Aging Society provides
emerging research exploring the challenges and opportunities for
the development and management of health systems and organizations
in relation to people aged 65 and over. Featuring coverage on a
broad range of topics such as emotional wellness, long-term care,
and professional caregiving, this book is ideally designed for
health technicians, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, hospital
administrators, clinical directors, laboratory technicians, medical
professionals, researchers, and students.
The over-enrichment of surface water bodies with phosphorus
compounds can lead to eutrophication resulting in reduced
photosynthetic activity, oxygen depletion, production of toxic
compounds and, ultimately, loss of plant and animal species. Due to
relatively high removal efficiency, economy and
environmentally-friendly operation, enhanced biological phosphorus
removal (EBPR) in activated sludge wastewater treatment systems is
a popular technology to control and prevent eutrophication in
surface water bodies. EBPR can be implemented by promoting the
enrichment of the system with polyphosphate-accumulating organisms
(PAO). However, EBPR process may suffer of instability and
unreliability experiencing process upsets, deterioration and even
failure. Among other factors, the appearance of
glycogen-accumulating organisms (GAO), which compete with PAO, has
been hypothesized to be the main cause of deterioration of the EBPR
process performance. In this research, the effects of key
environmental and operating conditions influencing the PAO-GAO
competition were addressed through undertaking different studies at
both lab- and full-scale and by applying mathematical modelling. It
contributes to get a better understanding about the factors
affecting the PAO-GAO competition and, thus, the stability and
reliability of the EBPR process in activated sludge systems. The
findings obtained in this research may prove useful towards
optimization of full-scale EBPR plants.
"Descriptive Topology in Selected Topics of Functional Analysis" is
a collection of recent developments in the field of descriptive
topology, specifically focused on the classes of
infinite-dimensional topological vector spaces that appear in
functional analysis. Such spaces include Frechet spaces,
(LF)-spaces and their duals, and the space of continuous
real-valued functions C(X) on a completely regular Hausdorff space
X, to name a few. These vector spaces appear in functional analysis
in distribution theory, differential equations, complex analysis,
and various other analytical settings. This monograph provides new
insights into the connections between the topological properties of
linear function spaces and their applications in functional
analysis.
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International Joint Conference SOCO'18-CISIS'18-ICEUTE'18 - San Sebastian, Spain, June 6-8, 2018 Proceedings (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
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This book includes papers presented at SOCO 2018, CISIS 2018 and
ICEUTE 2018, all held in the beautiful and historic city of San
Sebastian (Spain), in June 2018. Soft computing represents a
collection or set of computational techniques in machine learning,
computer science and some engineering disciplines, which
investigate, simulate, and analyze highly complex issues and
phenomena. After a rigorous peer-review process, the 13th SOCO 2018
International Program Committee selected 41 papers, with a special
emphasis on optimization, modeling and control using soft computing
techniques and soft computing applications in the field of
industrial and environmental enterprises. The aim of the 11th CISIS
2018 conference was to offer a meeting opportunity for academic and
industry researchers from the vast areas of computational
intelligence, information security, and data mining. The need for
intelligent, flexible behaviour by large, complex systems,
especially in mission-critical domains, was the catalyst for the
overall event.Eight of the papers included in the book were
selected by the CISIS 2018 International Program Committee. The
International Program Committee of ICEUTE 2018 selected 11 papers
for inclusion in these conference proceedings.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th European
Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial
Optimization, EvoCOP 2018, held in Parma, Italy, in April 2018,
co-located with the Evo* 2018 events EuroGP, EvoMUSART and
EvoApplications. The 12 revised full papers presented were
carefully reviewed and selected from 37 submissions. The papers
cover a wide spectrum of topics, ranging from the foundations of
evolutionary computation algorithms and other search heuristics, to
their accurate design and application to both single- and
multi-objective combinatorial optimization problems. Fundamental
and methodological aspects deal with runtime analysis, the
structural properties of fitness landscapes, the study of
metaheuristics core components, the clever design of their search
principles, and their careful selection and configuration by means
of automatic algorithm configuration and hyper-heuristics.
Applications cover conventional academic domains such as NK
landscapes, binary quadratic programming, traveling salesman,
vehicle routing, or scheduling problems, and also include
real-world domains in clustering, commercial districting and winner
determination.
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International Joint Conference SOCO'16-CISIS'16-ICEUTE'16 - San Sebastian, Spain, October 19th-21st, 2016 Proceedings (Paperback, 1st ed. 2017)
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This volume of Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing contains
accepted papers presented at SOCO 2016, CISIS 2016 and ICEUTE 2016,
all conferences held in the beautiful and historic city of San
Sebastian (Spain), in October 2016. Soft computing represents a
collection or set of computational techniques in machine learning,
computer science and some engineering disciplines, which
investigate, simulate, and analyze very complex issues and
phenomena. After a through peer-review process, the 11th SOCO 2016
International Program Committee selected 45 papers. In this
relevant edition a special emphasis was put on the organization of
special sessions. Two special session was organized related to
relevant topics as: Optimization, Modeling and Control Systems by
Soft Computing and Soft Computing Methods in Manufacturing and
Management Systems. The aim of the 9th CISIS 2016 conference is to
offer a meeting opportunity for academic and industry-related
researchers belonging to the various, vast communities of
Computational Intelligence, Information Security, and Data Mining.
The need for intelligent, flexible behaviour by large, complex
systems, especially in mission-critical domains, is intended to be
the catalyst and the aggregation stimulus for the overall event.
After a through peer-review process, the CISIS 2016 International
Program Committee selected 20 papers. In the case of 7th ICEUTE
2016, the International Program Committee selected 14 papers.
Breve gramatica de la lengua uzbeca, donde se exponen los rasgos
linguisticos mas importantes del uzbeco moderno, asi como una breve
historia de los pueblos turcicos
"Descriptive Topology in Selected Topics of Functional Analysis" is
a collection of recent developments in the field of descriptive
topology, specifically focused on the classes of
infinite-dimensional topological vector spaces that appear in
functional analysis. Such spaces include Frechet spaces,
(LF)-spaces and their duals, and the space of continuous
real-valued functions C(X) on a completely regular Hausdorff space
X, to name a few. These vector spaces appear in functional analysis
in distribution theory, differential equations, complex analysis,
and various other analytical settings. This monograph provides new
insights into the connections between the topological properties of
linear function spaces and their applications in functional
analysis.
Problem Solving for Wireless Sensor Networks delivers a
comprehensive review of the state of the art in the most important
technological issues related to Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). It
covers topics such as hardware platforms, radio technologies,
software technologies (including middleware), and network and
deployment aspects. This book discusses the main open issues inside
each of these categories and identifies innovations considered most
interesting for future research. Features: - Hardware Platforms in
WSN, - Software Technologies in SWN, - Network Aspects and
Deployment in WSN, - Standards and Safety Regulation for WSN, -
European Projects Related to WSN, - WSN Application Scenarios at
both utility and technical levels. Complete, cutting-edge and
resulting from the work of many recognized researchers, Problem
Solving for Wireless Sensor Networks is an invaluable reference for
graduates and researchers, as well as practitioners.
During almost ten years I was in elose and frequent contact with
Lionel Fox, both as Chiefofthe United Nations Section ofSocial
Defence and as a friend. He was the permanent Chairman of the
United Nations European ConsuItative Group on the Prevention of
Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, and he came to New York as
one of the members of the Ad Hoc Committee of Experts on the same
matter in 1958 and was elected Chairman ofthat body; we were
together at the First United Nations Congress and during the
preparation of the Second; I went to London quite often and always
managed to see him. We became good friends and feit we were working
together from different angles for the same purpose. Unlike many
senior civil servants ofwell developed countries Lione! Fox was
really interested in international activities. He was fully aware
that nowadays improvement and progress in the treatment of
offenders requires more sources of information and learning than
are offered by national tradition and methods. This partly explains
the important role he played at international meetings, where his
views were always respected.
The Arid Mangrove Forest from Baja California Peninsula is a series
of books that aim to understand the biodiversity, fisheries and
economic value of this critical habitat. The book's contents are
devoted to making the reader aware of the great value of the
mangrove trees in relation to their conservation and management.
Mangrove forests along the Baja California Peninsula represent the
northernmost population along Pacific Coast, and thus they are
likely to be sourced populations for colonisation at higher
latitudes as the climate becomes more favorable. Today, these
populations are relatively small and fragmented, and prior research
has indicated that they are poor in genetic diversity; however, in
the actual global warming scenario, it is very likely that forest
cover and genetic diversity will increase. Another relevant
component of the book will be the biodiversity inventory, which is
still in progress for many biological groups and will be taken into
account in the present volume. The present volume will review and
analyse some physical, biological and ecological factors that
determine the success of these communities and their use in
conservation or fishery management. Marine Protected Areas include
several of the mangrove forests studied here, and the presented
information is critical for appropriate management. The book is
organised in ten chapters to evaluate based on study cases, the
value of the forest in arid zones of the Baja California Peninsula
and the surrounding areas worldwide. This book will be essential to
understand the mangroves along Northwestern Mexico and will be a
critical consulting book for the next generation of managers and
nature lovers who want to understand our environment better.
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Swarm Intelligence - 13th International Conference, ANTS 2022, Malaga, Spain, November 2-4, 2022, Proceedings (Paperback, 1st ed. 2022)
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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 13th International
Conference on Swarm Intelligence, ANTS 2022, held in Malaga, Spain,
in November 2022. The 19 full papers presented, together with 14
short papers and 4 extended abstracts were carefully reviewed and
selected from 45 submissions. ANTS 2022 contributions are dealing
with any aspect of swarm intelligence such as behavioral models of
social insects, empirical and theoretical research in swarm
intelligence, application of swarm intelligence methods, and much
more.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th European
Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial
Optimization, EvoCOP 2017, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in
April 2017, co-located with the Evo*2017 events EuroGP, EvoMUSART
and EvoApplications. The 16 revised full papers presented were
carefully reviewed and selected from 39 submissions. The papers
cover both empirical and theoretical studies on a wide range of
academic and real-world applications. The methods include
evolutionary and memetic algorithms, large neighborhood search,
estimation of distribution algorithms, beam search, ant colony
optimization, hyper-heuristics and matheuristics. Applications
include both traditional domains, such as knapsack problem, vehicle
routing, scheduling problems and SAT; and newer domains such as the
traveling thief problem, location planning for car-sharing systems
and spacecraft trajectory optimization. Papers also study important
concepts such as pseudo-backbones, phase transitions in local
optima networks, and the analysis of operators. This wide range of
topics makes the EvoCOP proceedings an important source for current
research trends in combinatorial optimization.
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