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Mobile Wireless Middleware, Operating Systems and Applications: 10th International Conference on Mobile Wireless Middleware, Operating Systems and Applications (MOBILWARE 2021) (EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing)
by Dalai Tang Joni Zhong Dalin ZhouThis book presents the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Mobile Wireless Middleware, Operating Systems and Applications (MOBILWARE 2021), held virtually in a live stream. The papers included contribute to organized topics of 5G wireless communication, wireless sensor networks, knowledge extraction, instantaneous availability, complex networks, computer vision for mobile application, and mobile support robots. The research presents both theoretically and experimentally based topics. The work particularly benefits researchers, graduate students, and engineers who are interested in related technique improvement ranging from communication middleware and operating systems to networking protocols and applications.Presents the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Mobile Wireless Middleware, Operating Systems and Applications (MOBILWARE 2021);Topics include 5G wireless communication, wireless sensor networks, knowledge extraction, and instantaneous availability;Relevant to researchers, students, and engineers involved in wireless technology and its applications.
The Mobile Workshop: The Tsetse Fly and African Knowledge Production (The\mit Press Ser.)
by Clapperton Chakanets MavhungaHow the presence of the tsetse fly turned the African forest into an open laboratory where African knowledge formed the basis of colonial tsetse control policies.The tsetse fly is a pan-African insect that bites an infective forest animal and ingests blood filled with invisible parasites, which it carries and transmits into cattle and people as it bites them, leading to n'gana (animal trypanosomiasis) and sleeping sickness. In The Mobile Workshop, Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga examines how the presence of the tsetse fly turned the forests of Zimbabwe and southern Africa into an open laboratory where African knowledge formed the basis of colonial tsetse control policies. He traces the pestiferous work that an indefatigable, mobile insect does through its movements, and the work done by humans to control it.Mavhunga's account restores the central role not just of African labor but of African intellect in the production of knowledge about the tsetse fly. He describes how European colonizers built on and beyond this knowledge toward destructive and toxic methods, including cutting down entire forests, forced “prophylactic” resettlement, massive destruction of wild animals, and extensive spraying of organochlorine pesticides. Throughout, Mavhunga uses African terms to describe the African experience, taking vernacular concepts as starting points in writing a narrative of ruzivo (knowledge) rather than viewing Africa through foreign keywords. The tsetse fly became a site of knowledge production—a mobile workshop of pestilence.
Mobilität der Zukunft: Intermodale Verkehrskonzepte (ATZ/MTZ-Fachbuch)
by Wolfgang SiebenpfeifferDieses Fachbuch beschäftigt sich mit der Verkehrswende, durch die neue Mobilitätskonzepte immer mehr in den Blick der Öffentlichkeit rücken. Dabei gilt es alle gesellschaftlichen Kreise in die sich abzeichnenden Veränderungsprozesse mit einzubeziehen. Daher versucht dieses Kompendium aus unterschiedlichen Blickwinkeln und Interessenslagen ein Vorstellung darüber zu vermitteln, vor welchen Herausforderungen eine zukunftsfähige Mobilität steht. Der Schwerpunkt der Betrachtung liegt dabei auf dem Straßenverkehr. Mit 39 Beiträgen von mehr als 50 Autoren aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Verwaltungen, Forschungseinrichtungen und Verbänden ist ein Gesamtwerk entstanden, das der Orientierung dienen und die Komplexität dieses Themas verständlich machen soll. Dankenswerterweise ist es dem Autorenkreis gelungen, die schwierigen Fragestellungen so darzustellen, dass sie nicht nur Experten auf diesem Fachgebiet nützt, sondern sich auch einer interessierten Öffentlichkeit erschließt. In vielen Beiträgen kommt angesichts des globalen Klimawandels und der notwendigen Emissionsreduzierungen des Verkehrs zum Ausdruck, dass die diskutierten Maßnahmen zur Vermeidung von Belastungen einen Kraftakt auslösen und die Gesellschaft dadurch herausgefordert wird. Umso mehr kann eine fundierte und zielorientierte Faktenlage dazu beitragen, die angesprochenen Vorschläge und Aufgaben im Sinne einer erfolgreichen und nachhaltigen Mobilitätsstrategie voranzutreiben.
Mobilitätswende – autonome Autos erobern unsere Straßen
by Johannes RitzDieses Buch beleuchtet die unterschiedlichen Facetten einer Mobilität mit selbstfahrenden (autonomen) Fahrzeugen. Angefangen bei der Elektromobilität, werden die Parkplatzproblematik, Carsharing und Haftungsfragen unter dem Aspekt einer zunehmenden Verbreitung autonomer Fahrzeuge betrachtet. Auch ökonomische und umweltpolitische Fragen sind aufgeworfen (Ressourcenknappheit, Klimawandel, automatisierte Logistik) und versucht zu beantworten. Können Maschinen moralisch handeln, wie steht es um die Cybersicherheit und den Technikmissbrauch, sind weitere Fragen, die in diesem Buch thematisiert werden.
Mobilities in India: The Experience of Suburban Rail Commuting (The Urban Book Series)
by Bhaswati Mondal Gopa SamantaThis book presents commuting as a new paradigm in mobility studies in the context of global south. It delves into suburban train commuting in Eastern India. The book interprets commuting not only as a means to attend work but also as a process producing kinetic event-space infused with different mobile practices, which is not determined by their locational fixity, rather can be cognized. It analyses the role of suburban train commuting in the metropolitan expansion of Kolkata, and the transformation of rural space into urban. The significant contribution of the book lies in explaining commuters’ experiencescape and the production of spatial fluidity in time capsule through commuting. It also explores the subjective reality of gendered commuting. The book uses a trans-disciplinary research design, blending quantitative and ethnographic research methods. The area selected for the empirical research is the Howrah-Bardhaman Main Railway Line (108 km), the first suburban railway line in Eastern India. Commuters originating from three adjacent districts of Purba Bardhaman, Hooghly and Howrah took part in this research. Besides the commuters, non-commuting passengers and hawkers in the train were also interviewed to understand the diverse perceptions of the process of commuting. This book may be considered as a reference book for mobility studies, transport studies, urban geography and regional planning.
Mobilities on the Margins: Creative Processes of Place-Making (Arctic Encounters)
by Björn Thorsteinsson Katrín Anna Lund Gunnar Thór Jóhannesson Guðbjörg R. JóhannesdóttirThis open access book examines places on the margins and the dynamics through which a marginal position of a place is created. Specifically, it explores how places, mostly in sparsely populated areas, often perceived as immobile and frozen in time, come into being and develop through interference of everyday mobilities and creative practices that cut across the spheres of culture and nature as usually defined. Through fieldwork and case studies from areas in Iceland, Finland, Greenland, and Scotland, the book’s twelve chapters draw out the multiple relations through which places emerge, where people compose their lives as best they can with their surroundings. A special concern is to explore the links between travelling, landscape, and material culture and how places and margins are enacted through mobilities and creative practices of humans and other beings. The emphasis on mobility disturbs the perception of a place as a bounded entity and offers a useful and necessary understanding of places as mobile and fluid. Mobilities on the Margins is a novel and timely contribution to the exploration of human and more-than-human interactions in a world of increasingly fluid mobilities and insistent crises.
Mobility and Degradation of Organic Contaminants in Subsurface Environments
by Warren J. LymanThis book identifies the most important "rules" governing transport, partitioning, retention and transformation of leaked motor fuels in the underground environment. It examines micro-scale fate and transport processes as a means toward promoting a better understanding of larger scale movement of contaminants. Environmental scientists, engineers, consultants, and managers will find Mobility and Degradation of Organic Contaminants in Subsurface Environments to be a useful technical handbook. Less experienced users will appreciate its in-depth explanations of the fate and transport processes vital to effective remedial response. More experienced users will use the book as a source of information, data and equations to support quantitative assessments of pollutant fate and transport.
Mobility-based Time References for Wireless Sensor Networks
by Fabio Sebastiano Lucien J. Breems Kofi A MakinwaThis book describes the use of low-power low-cost and extremely small radios to provide essential time reference for wireless sensor networks. The authors explain how to integrate such radios in a standard CMOS process to reduce both cost and size, while focusing on the challenge of designing a fully integrated time reference for such radios. To enable the integration of the time reference, system techniques are proposed and analyzed, several kinds of integrated time references are reviewed, and mobility-based references are identified as viable candidates to provide the required accuracy at low-power consumption. Practical implementations of a mobility-based oscillator and a temperature sensor are also presented, which demonstrate the required accuracy over a wide temperature range, while drawing 51-uW from a 1.2-V supply in a 65-nm CMOS process.
Mobility, Data and Learner Agency in Networked Learning (Research in Networked Learning)
by Thomas Ryberg Maarten De Laat Petar Jandrić Nina Bonderup DohnThe chapters in this book are based on selected peer reviewed research papers presented at the 11th biennial Networked Learning Conference (NLC) 2018 held in Zagreb and were chosen as exemplars of cutting edge research on networked learning. The chapters are organized into three main sections: 1) Aspects of mobility for Networked Learning in a global world, 2) Use and misuse of algorithms and learning analytics, 3) Understanding and empowering learners. The three main sections are flanked by chapters which introduce and reflect on Networked Learning as epistemic practice. The concluding chapter draws out perspectives from the chapters and discusses emerging issues. The book focuses on the nature of learning and interactions as an important characteristic sought out by researchers and practitioners in this field.
Mobility Engineering
by Mahesh Chandra Tandon Purnendu GhoshThe book contains the proceedings of CAETS 2015 Convocation on 'Pathways to Sustainability: Energy, Mobility and Healthcare Engineering' that was held on October 13-14, 2015 in New Delhi. This 3 volume proceedings provide an international forum for discussion and communication of engineering and technological issues of common concern. This volume talks about 'Mobility' and includes 14 chapters on diverse topics like creating sustainable transportation systems, mobility of the future, unique engineering features like Delhi metro, digitally re-imagining mobility, trends and future strategies of transportation electrification, etc. The contents of this book will be useful to researchers, professionals, and policy makers alike.
Mobility for Smart Cities and Regional Development - Challenges for Higher Education: Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL2021), Volume 1 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #389)
by Michael E. Auer Thomas Köhler Hanno Hortsch Oliver MichlerThis book presents recent research on interactive collaborative learning. We are currently witnessing a significant transformation in the development of education and especially post-secondary education. To face these challenges, higher education has to find innovative ways to quickly respond to these new needs. On the one hand, there is a pressure by the new situation in regard to the COVID pandemic. On the other hand, the methods and organizational forms of teaching and learning at higher educational institutions have changed rapidly in recent months. Scientifically based statements as well as excellent experiences (best practice) are absolutely necessary.These were the aims connected with the 24th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL2021), which was held online by Technische Universität Dresden, Germany, on 22–24 September 2021.Since its beginning in 1998, this conference is devoted to new approaches in learning with a focus on collaborative learning in Higher Education. Nowadays, the ICL conferences are a forum of the exchange of relevant trends and research results as well as the presentation of practical experiences in Learning and Engineering Pedagogy. In this way, we try to bridge the gap between ‘pure’ scientific research and the everyday work of educators.This book contains papers in the fields of Teaching Best Practices Research in Engineering Pedagogy Engineering Pedagogy Education Entrepreneurship in Engineering Education Project-Based Learning Virtual and Augmented Learning Immersive Learning in Healthcare and Medical Education. Interested readership includes policymakers, academics, educators, researchers in pedagogy and learning theory, schoolteachers, learning industry, further and continuing education lecturers, etc
Mobility for Smart Cities and Regional Development - Challenges for Higher Education: Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL2021), Volume 2 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #390)
by Michael E. Auer Thomas Köhler Hanno Hortsch Oliver MichlerThis book presents recent research on interactive collaborative learning. We are currently witnessing a significant transformation in the development of education and especially post-secondary education. To face these challenges, higher education has to find innovative ways to quickly respond to these new needs. On the one hand, there is a pressure by the new situation in regard to the COVID pandemic. On the other hand, the methods and organizational forms of teaching and learning at higher educational institutions have changed rapidly in recent months. Scientifically based statements as well as excellent experiences (best practice) are absolutely necessary.These were the aims connected with the 24th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL2021), which was held online by Technische Universität Dresden, Germany, on 22–24 September 2021.Since its beginning in 1998, this conference is devoted to new approaches in learning with a focus on collaborative learning in Higher Education. Nowadays, the ICL conferences are a forum of the exchange of relevant trends and research results as well as the presentation of practical experiences in Learning and Engineering Pedagogy. In this way, we try to bridge the gap between ‘pure’ scientific research and the everyday work of educators.This book contains papers in the fields ofTeaching Best PracticesResearch in Engineering PedagogyEngineering Pedagogy EducationEntrepreneurship in Engineering EducationProject-Based LearningVirtual and Augmented LearningImmersive Learning in Healthcare and Medical Education.Interested readership includes policymakers, academics, educators, researchers in pedagogy and learning theory, schoolteachers, learning industry, further and continuing education lecturers, etc
Mobility Internet of Things 2018: Mobility IoT (EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing)
by Dagmar Cagáňová Natália HorňákováThe scientific monograph Mobility IoT deals with innovative technologies influencing industry and connectivity sectors in the future industrial, urban, social and sustainable development. The mobility and Internet of Things are worldwide phenomena almost in everyday life. It is a challenge in many industries, not only in car manufacturing sector but additionally in e-mobility, smart cities, smart factories (Industry 4.0), smart logistics, social mobility, technological innovations, sustainability, multicultural development, Internet of Things sectors, etc., belonging to the topic of SMART Mobility IoT issue.Features practical, tested applications in Internet of Things mobility as presented at Mobility IoT 2018Includes application domains such as urban mobility, smart factory, social mobility, and sustainabilityApplicable to researchers, academics, students, and professionals
Mobility Management
by Shanzhi Chen Yan Shi Bo Hu Ming AiThis is the first book devoted to mobility management, covering the important principles, technologies and applications of mobility management based on years of academic research and industry experiences. The content is organized according to the reference models proposed by the authors, and emphasizes on technical principles rather than protocol details; a systematic and comprehensive introduction is presented yet without losing focuses; the existing technologies in cellular system, mobile Internet and IMS/SIP are also extensively compared. This book can be an indispensable reference for mobile communication engineers, computer network engineers, researchers and anyone else involved in academic, industrial and standardization activities on mobility management.
Mobility Management in LTE Heterogeneous Networks
by Abhay Karandikar Nadeem Akhtar Mahima MehtaThis book is the first of its kind, compiling information on the Long-Term Evolution (LTE) standards, which are enhanced to address new mobility-related challenges in Heterogeneous Networks (HetNets). It identifies the related challenges and discusses solutions and the simulation methodology for modeling HetNet mobility - cutting-edge information that was previously accessible only in the form of 3GPP specifications and documents, and research papers. The book reviews the current LTE mobility framework and discusses some of the changes for enhancing mobility management in HetNets. It describes the measurement procedures, handover (HO) mechanisms and HO success/failure scenarios. HetNets are intended to provide very high spectral efficiency while ensuring seamless coverage by deploying low-power nodes within the umbrella macrocell network. While mobility management in homogeneous networks is well understood, LTE standards are being enhanced to address the HetNet-specific mobility management challenges emerging. The book addresses these aspects in a succinct and understandable form, offering a valuable resource for researchers and professionals working in the area of HetNet mobility and a ready reference guide for practicing engineers and researchers.
Mobility Models for Next Generation Wireless Networks
by Paolo SantiMobility Models for Next Generation Wireless Networks: Ad Hoc, Vehicular and Mesh Networks provides the reader with an overview of mobility modelling, encompassing both theoretical and practical aspects related to the challenging mobility modelling task. It also:Provides up-to-date coverage of mobility models for next generation wireless networksOffers an in-depth discussion of the most representative mobility models for major next generation wireless network application scenarios, including WLAN/mesh networks, vehicular networks, wireless sensor networks, and opportunistic networksDemonstrates the practices for designing effective protocol/applications for next generation wireless networksIncludes case studies showcasing the importance of properly understanding fundamental mobility model properties in wireless network performance evaluation
Mobility of Visually Impaired People
by Edwige Pissaloux Ramiro VelazquezThis book discusses the design of the new mobility assistive information and communication technologies (ICT) devices for the visually impaired. The book begins with a definition of the space concept, followed by the concept of interaction with a space during mobility and this interaction characteristics. The contributors will then examine the neuro-cognitive basis of space perception for mobility and different theories of space perception. The text presents the existing technologies for space perception (sense recovery with stem and iPS cells, implants, brain plasticity, sensory substitution devices, multi modal technologies, etc.), the newest technologies for mobility assistance design, the way the feedback on environment is conveyed to the end-user. Methods for formative and summative evaluations of the mobility devices will also be discussed. The book concludes with a look to the future trends in research and technology development for mobility assistive information and communication technologies. <P><P><i>Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.</i>
Mobility Protocols and Handover Optimization
by Henning Schulzrinne Ashutosh DuttaThis book provides a common framework for mobility management that considers the theoretical and practical aspects of systems optimization for mobile networks.In this book, the authors show how an optimized system of mobility management can improve the quality of service in existing forms of mobile communication. Furthermore, they provide a theoretical approach to mobility management, as well as developing the model for systems optimization, including practical case studies using network layer and mobility layer protocols in different deployment scenarios. The authors also address the different ways in which the specific mobility protocol can be developed, taking into account numerous factors including security, configuration, authentication, quality of service, and movement patterns of the mobiles.Key Features:Defines and discusses a common set of optimization methodologies and their application to all mobility protocols for both IPv4 and IPv6 networksApplies these technologies in the context of various layers: MAC layer, network layer, transport layer and application layer covering 802.11, LTE, WiMax, CDMA networks and protocols such as SIP, MIP, HIP, VoIP, and many moreProvides a thorough analysis of the required steps during a mobility event such as discovery, network selection, configuration, authentication, security association, encryption, binding update, and media directionIncludes models and tables illustrating the analysis of mobility management as well as architecture of sample wireless and mobility test beds built by the authors, involving inter-domain and intra-domain mobility scenariosThis book is an excellent resource forprofessionals and systems architects in charge of designing wireless networks for commercial (3G/4G), LTE, IMS, military and Ad Hoc environment. It will be useful deployment guide for the architects wireless service providers. Graduate students, researchers in industry and academia, and systems engineers will also find this book of interest.
Mobility2Grid - Sektorenübergreifende Energie- und Verkehrswende (Energie- und Mobilitätssysteme der Zukunft)
by Dietmar Göhlich Andreas F. RaabDas vorliegende Buch erörtert, wie Energie und Verkehr in der Theorie zusammengedacht und in der Praxis zusammengebracht werden können. Fokussiert auf den urbanen Raum werden in neun Kapiteln sowohl neue Technologiefelder und innovative Geschäftsmodelle vorgestellt als auch Akzeptanzforschung und Wissenstransfer behandelt. Das Buch ist gefüllt mit Erfahrungen aus der Anwendung, Einführung und Umsetzung von Lösungen für die Energie- und Verkehrswende, die im Forschungscampus Mobility2Grid gewonnen wurden. Aus dem interdisziplinären Blickwinkel der verschiedenen Themenfelder werden Erkenntnisse diskutiert, die in der langjährigen Forschungsarbeit gewonnen wurden.Die ZielgruppenDieses Buch richtet sich an qualifizierte Fachkräfte in Unternehmen, Hochschul- und Forschungseinrichtungen, Beratungsunternehmen für Politik, Wirtschaft, Technik, Flotten- und Netzbetreiber, Stadtwerke und einschlägige Verbände. Entstanden aus dem Forschungsumfeld der Wirtschafts- und Wissenschaftseinrichtungen werden aber auch Studierende angesprochen – künftige Gestalter und Entscheidungsträger – die sich für eine Karriere im Umfeld der Energie- und Verkehrssektoren qualifizieren wollen.
Moby-Duck: The True Story Of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost At Sea And Of The Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, And Fools, Including The Author, Who Went In Search Of Them
by Donovan HohnLa verdadera historia de 28.800 patitos de goma y otros muñecos perdidos en el mar y de los oceanógrafos, ecologistas y demás lunáticos que salieron en su busca. Una odisea accidental. El 10 de enero de 1992 una tormenta sorprendió a un carguero que cruzaba el Pacífico de Hong Kong a Washington. Doce contenedores cayeron al mar. Uno de ellos se abrió y liberó 28.800 bolsitas de juguetes de plástico al mar. 7.200 patitos amarillos, 7.200 ranas verdes, 7.200 castores rojos y 7.200 tortugas azules navegaron las corrientes oceánicas hasta naufragar, ser presa de los animales marinos o quedar varados en playas inexploradas. El periodista Donovan Hohn leyó la noticia y decidió seguir el rastro a los juguetes de plástico. Su aventura lo llevó a lugares tan diversos como China, Alaska, Hawai, Escocia o el Ártico. Su estudió sirvió a miles de biólogos y oceanógrafos en todo el mundo para conocer las corrientes marinas al analizar el camino que habían seguido los patos. Pero descubrió una realidad mucho más aterradora: la de miles de objetos que caen o se tiran al mar todos los años y el peligro que estos suponen para los animales que habitan los océanos. Reseñas:«Yo leo Moby-Duck y recupero la excitación nerviosa de los grandes relatos de viajes que me gustaban tanto en mi adolescencia apocada y sedentaria, los inventados por Verne y Stevenson y los vividos de verdad por tantos exploradores que le revelaban a uno, aunque no hubiera salido de su pueblo, la maravilla de la amplitud y la variedad del mundo».Antonio Muñoz Molina «Una odisea quijotesca que despierta una enigmática curiosidad a la vez que nos descubre una gran problemática. Una obra que recoge lo mejor de las novelas de navegantes con un estilo periodístico locuaz, esta fascinante narración es el Moby-Dock de los patitos de goma a la deriva».Publishers Weekly «Como la novela de la que, al menos en parte, toma su nombre, Moby-Duck es una obra maestra de aventuras, ciencia, exploraciones y muchas más cosas, todo narrado con delicia».Nathaniel Philbrick, autor de The Last Stand «Una crónica finamente urdida... un viaje de descubrimiento delicioso y lleno de arte».Kirkus Reviews «Moby-Duck, una aventura maravillosamente premeditada y picaresca, nos lleva en un viaje transoceánico a través de un mundo moderno amenazado por su propia adicción al plástico. Se trata de un relato enormemente mordaz e ingenioso de héroes, villanos y juguetes de baño».Philip Hoare, autor de The Whale «¿Qué hacer con un libro como Moby-Duck? El punto de partida puede ser una nimiedad pero lo cierto es que es un tema de enorme profundidad y trasfondo medioambiental. Así que esto es lo que tienes que hacer con un libro como Moby-Duck: leerlo dos veces».Tom Bissell, autor de Chasing the Sea
MoCap for Artists: Workflow and Techniques for Motion Capture
by Midori Kitagawa Brian WindsorMake motion capture part of your graphics and effects arsenal. This introduction to motion capture principles and techniques delivers a working understanding of today's state-of-the-art systems and workflows without the arcane pseudocodes and equations. Learn about the alternative systems, how they have evolved, and how they are typically used, as well as tried-and-true workflows that you can put to work for optimal effect. Demo files and tutorials provided on the downloadable resources deliver first-hand experience with some of the core processes.
The MOCVD Challenge: A survey of GaInAsP-InP and GaInAsP-GaAs for photonic and electronic device applications, Second Edition (Electronic Materials and Devices Series)
by Manijeh RazeghiNow in its second edition, this updated, combined volume provides a survey of GaInAsP-InP and GaInAsP-GaAs related materials for electronic and photonic device applications. It begins with an introduction to semiconductor compounds and the MOCVD growth process. It then discusses in situ and ex situ characterization techniques for MOCVD growth. Next, the book examines the specifics of the growth of GaAs and the growth and characterization of the GaAs-GaInP system. It describes optical devices based on GaAs and related compounds and details the specifics of GaAs-based laser diode structures. It also discusses electronic devices and provides an overview of optoelectronic integrated circuits (OEICs). It then reviews InP-InP and GaInAs(P)-InP MO
The MOCVD Challenge: Volume 2: A Survey of GaInAsP-GaAs for Photonic and Electronic Device Applications
by Manijeh RazeghiThe MOCVD Challenge: Volume 2, A Survey of GaInAsP-GaAs for Photonic and Electronic Device Applications focuses on GaAs systems and devices grown by MOCVD, specifically MOCVD growth of GaAs and related alloys and GaInP for photonic and electronic applications. Along with Volume 1, this book provides a personal account of the author's own pioneering
A Modal Approach to the Space-Time Dynamics of Cognitive Biomarkers (Synthesis Lectures on Biomedical Engineering)
by Tristan D. Griffith James E. Hubbard Jr. Mark J. BalasThis book develops and details a rigorous, canonical modeling approach for analyzing spatio-temporal brain wave dynamics. The nonlinear, nonstationary behavior of brain wave measures and general uncertainty associated with the brain makes it difficult to apply modern system identification techniques to such systems. While there is a substantial amount of literature on the use of stationary analyses for brain waves, relatively less work has considered real-time estimation and imaging of brain waves from noninvasive measurements. This book addresses the issue of modeling and imaging brain waves and biomarkers generally, treating the nonlinear and nonstationary dynamics in near real-time. Using a modal state-space formulation leads to intuitive, physically significant models which are used for analysis and diagnosis.A Modal Approach to the Space-Time Dynamics of Cognitive Biomarkers provides a much-needed reference for practicing researchers in biomarker modeling leveraging the lens of engineering dynamics.
Modal Testing: A Practitioner's Guide
by Peter AvitabileThe practical, clear, and concise guide for conducting experimental modal tests Modal Testing: A Practitioner's Guide outlines the basic information necessary to conduct an experimental modal test. The text draws on the author’s extensive experience to cover the practical side of the concerns that may arise when performing an experimental modal test. Taking a hands-on approach, the book explores the issues related to conducting a test from start to finish. It covers the cornerstones of the basic information needed and summarizes all the pertinent theory related to experimental modal testing. Designed to be accessible, Modal Testing presents the most common excitation techniques used for modal testing today and is filled with illustrative examples related to impact testing which is the most widely used excitation technique for traditional experimental modal tests. This practical text is not about developing the details of the theory but rather applying the theory to solve real-life problems, and: • Delivers easy to understand explanations of complicated theoretical concepts • Presents basic steps of an experimental modal test • Offers simple explanations of methods to obtain good measurements and avoid the common blunders typically found in many test approaches • Focuses on the issues to be faced when performing an experimental modal test • Contains full-color format that enhances the clarity of the figures and presentations Modal Testing: A Practitioner's Guide is a groundbreaking reference that treats modal testing at the level of the practicing engineer or a new entrant to the field of experimental dynamic testing.