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Proceedings of the Iberian Meeting on Rheology (Springer Proceedings in Materials #56)
by Francisco José Galindo-Rosales Anabela Raymundo Vitor Delgado Alves Isabel SousaThis book presents the proceedings of IBEREO 2024, showcasing the forefront of rheological research through contributions from distinguished scientists. The chapters delve into a diverse range of topics, including theoretical analyses, detailed experimental characterizations, and advanced numerical simulations. This book provides invaluable insights for researchers in both academia and industry, especially those focused on fluid-flow characterization techniques and numerical simulations.
Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2022 Volume 4: Geotechnics: Learning, Evaluation, Analysis and Practice (GEOLEAP) (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering #479)
by C. N. V. Satyanarayana Reddy Ravikiran Vaidya Babu T. Jose Dipak Kumar Sahoo Anand J. Puppala Benny Mathews AbrahamThis book comprises the select proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC) 2022. The contents focus on recent developments in geotechnical engineering for a sustainable world. The book covers behavior of soils and soil–structure interaction, soil stabilization, ground improvement, and land reclamation, shallow and deep foundations, geotechnical, geological and geophysical investigation, rock engineering, tunneling and underground structures, slope stability, landslides and liquefaction, earth retaining structures and deep excavations, geosynthetics engineering, geo-environmental engineering, sustainable geotechnics, and landfill design, geo-hydrology, dam and embankment engineering, earthquake geotechnical engineering, transportation geotechnics, forensic geotechnical engineering and retrofitting of geotechnical structures, offshore geotechnics, marine geology and sub-sea site investigation, computational, analytical and numerical modeling, and reliability in geotechnical engineering. The contents of this book are useful to researchers and professionals alike.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Internet of Everything and Quantum Information Processing (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #1029)
by Valentina E. Balas Kolla Bhanu Prakash G. P. Saradhi VarmaThis book constitutes the Proceedings of the International Conference on Internet of Everything and Quantum Information Processing (IEQIP-2023), held on 24–25 November 2023 in Andhra Pradesh, India. This edition was organized in hybrid mode by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, and sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, India. The Internet of Things (IoT) and Quantum Computing are technological phenomena that are shaping businesses and industries. Moreover, integrating IoT and Quantum Computing solutions evolves ecosystems to offer optimum commercial practices. The emergence of these two phenomena offers revolutionary advancements. Further, Quantum Computing introduces avant-garde encryption algorithms for resilient security solutions in IoT systems. Papers presented at this conference showed how the Internet of Everything (IoE) combines sensing, computation, information extraction, and communication functionalities together in a device. IoE allows different electronic devices with different capabilities to sense the environment and to communicate for data exchange. Further, the challenge now is to identify, monitor, and ensure quality in IoT security. Moreover, there is a significant rise in data and information transfer due to a rise in the number of devices. Hence, there is a requirement for responsive, scalable, analytical, and efficient solutions. The conference papers included in this book contain topics in the following areas of research: · Artificial Intelligence · Quantum Computing · Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, and Data Science · Machine learning · Deep learning · Image, text, and signal processing · Disruptive technologies. This book provides helpful information to professors, researchers, and graduate students in the area of Quantum Computing and IoT, and all find this collection of papers inspiring, informative, and valuable.
Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Mathematics and Computing: ICMC 2024, Volume 1 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #964)
by S. Ponnusamy Debasis Giri Jaideep Vaidya Zhiqiang Lin Karuna Pande Joshi V. YegnanarayananThis book features selected papers from the 10th International Conference on Mathematics and Computing (ICMC 2024), held at Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education (KARE), Krishnankoil, India during 2 – 7 January 2024. It covers recent advances in the field of mathematics, statistics, and scientific computing. The book presents innovative work by leading academics, researchers, and experts from industry in mathematics, statistics, cryptography, network security, cyber security, machine learning, data analytics and blockchain technology in computer science and information technology. The book is divided into two volumes.
Proceedings of the TEPEN International Workshop on Fault Diagnostic and Prognostic: TEPEN2024-IWFDP - Volume 3 (Mechanisms and Machine Science #169)
by Fan Zhang Jingjing Wang Fengshou Gu Tongtong Liu Shiqing HuangThis volume gathers the latest advances, innovations and applications in the field of efficiency and performance engineering, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at the TEPEN International Workshop on Fault Diagnostics and Prognostics (TEPEN-IWFDP), held in Qingdao, China on May 8-11, 2024. Topics include machine and structural health monitoring, non-destructive testing and fault detection, diagnostic and prognostic for both operational and manufacturing processes, maintenance optimization and asset management, smart metamaterials and metastructures, artificial intelligent and machine learning. The contributions, which were selected through a rigorous international peer-review process, share exciting ideas that will spur novel research directions and foster new multidisciplinary collaborations.
Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Innovations in Computing Research (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #1058)
by Kevin Daimi Abeer Al SadoonThe Third International Conference on Innovations in Computing Research (ICR’24), August 12–14, 2024, Athens, Greece, brings together a diverse group of researchers from all over the world with the intent of fostering collaboration and dissemination of the innovations in computing technologies. The conference is aptly segmented into six tracks to promote a birds-of-the-same-feather congregation and maximize participation. ICR’24 book concentrates on innovations in research in the areas of Data Science, Computer Science and Computer Engineering Education, Computer and Network Security, Health Informatics and Digital Imaging, Internet of Things, and Smart Cities and Smart Energy. It introduces the concepts, techniques, methods, approaches, and trends needed by researchers, graduate students, specialists, and educators for keeping current and enhancing their research and knowledge in these areas.
Proceedings of the XII All Russian Scientific Conference on Current Issues of Continuum Mechanics and Celestial Mechanics: XII CICMCM, 15-17 November 2023, Tomsk, Russia (Springer Proceedings in Physics #1067)
by P. M. Visakh Maxim Yu. OrlovThis book presents peer reviewed articles from The XII All Russian Scientific Conference on Current issues of Continuum Mechanics and Celestial Mechanics (XII CICMCM), held on 15-17 November 2023, at Toms in, Russia. It summarizes the latest studies on shock and explosive loading of promising materials, including functionally graded materials, porous materials, multilayer ceramic structures, advanced materials and etc. It provides a platform for researchers (and professionals) to exchange ideas and present the latest findings in these important and growing areas of applied physics and engineering.
Process Design for Cryogenics
by Alexander AlekseevUp-to-date overview of the method for producing the main industrial gases This book covers process design for cryogenic processes like air separation, natural gas liquefaction, and hydrogen and helium liquefaction. It offers an overview of the basics of cryogenics and information on process design for modern industrial plants. Throughout, the book helps readers visualize the theories of thermodynamics related to cryogenics in practice. A central concept in the book is the connection between the theoretical world of process design and the real limitations given by available hardware components and systems. Sample topics covered in Process Design for Cryogenics include: Cryogenic gases like nitrogen, oxygen, argon, neon, hydrogen, helium, and methaneThermodynamicsTypical cryogenic refrigeration processes, including the classic Joule Thomson process, the contemporary mixed-gas Joule Thomson process, and expander-based processes like Brayton and Claude cyclesHelium and hydrogen liquefaction and air separation Process Design for Cryogenics is a comprehensive must-have resource for engineers and scientists working in academia and industry on cryogenic processes.
Production Diseases in Farm Animals: Pathophysiology, Prophylaxis and Health Management
by Josef Johann GrossThis textbook deals comprehensively with livestock production diseases and their prevention in the major species: ruminants, swine, and poultry. It gives an interdisciplinary view on pathophysiology, prophylaxis, and health management.Livestock breeding and husbandry is often accompanied by a conflict of interest between the animal´s biological requirements and economic producer needs. This conflict is increasingly gaining attention not only by producers, animal scientists, and veterinarians, but also by the public. It creates significant future challenges, which are described and addressed in this book. The main topics covered are: • the use of antimicrobials with emphasis on security and safety for producers/consumers• the impact of locomotion disorders on performance and welfare of farm animals • the interactions of gut microbiome, genetics, climate change, metabolic status and mineral homeostasis with reproduction, performance, animal health and welfare• infectious and respiratory diseases• the raising of neonatesA special section is devoted to behavioural signs indicating an impaired animal welfare. These are the basis for precision livestock farming (PLF) technology and the development of new management concepts. The present work is a valuable resource for veterinarians, students, as well as expert readers from animal and agricultural sciences, food safety and technology. Supplementary videos can be accessed online as well as directly from the print book; simply download the Springer Nature More Media App for free and scan the links with the play button.
Productive Capacities, Economic Vulnerability and Growth Volatility in Sub-Saharan Africa
by YayaA report from the International Monetary Fund.
Productive Failure: Unlocking Deeper Learning Through the Science of Failing
by Manu KapurDesign for and turn your failures into meaningful learning experiences Written by a leading global expert on human cognition, productive failure, and learning methods, Productive Failure shows you how to design the experience of failing. Research shows that repeated experiences of intriguing, constructive failure can help students (and our own children, and anyone else we lead) develop creativity and learn more deeply. When carefully curated, failure can become a signal for learning, not the noise detracting from it. The result? Learners gain a lifelong readiness to push themselves outside of their comfort zones, using setbacks as launchpads for learning and innovation. The evidence-based principles in this book are powerful, not only in formal schooling contexts, but also for anyone taking charge of and designing their own lifelong learning. From learning a new language or skill to setting up goals that push you past your limits, this book unpacks the science of Productive Failure and describes design principles—and specific strategies built upon them—that let you harness Productive Failure for your own benefit. Learn and understand the science of failure Apply the research-based Productive Failure framework in classrooms, teams, groups, and organizational settings Learn techniques like retrieval practice, generative problem-solving, motivational hacking, culture building, and so on to deepen learning experiences Reach new levels of critical thinking, innovation, and success by making failure the norm, not the exception, and learning how to cope with it This fascinating and actionable book is a must for educators, parents, managers, leaders, and anyone who needs to help others (or themselves) learn how to learn.
Productivity Joy: Feel Energised and Be Effective in 5 Minutes a Day
by Simi RayatStart your day feeling energised, focused and ready to conquer your goals What’s holding you back from being your most productive self? Do you often feel like you’re surviving, rather than thriving? If you’re overwhelmed, unfulfilled or burnt out, you need to discover Productivity Joy. Whether you’re a professional, an entrepreneur, a parent or a student, this step-by-step guide will show you how to embrace a life filled with purpose and passion. In Productivity Joy, psychologist and leadership coach Simi Rayat shares her proven, science-backed 5Q formula — supported by practical solutions and real-world examples — to help you boost your productivity. Inside, you’ll learn how to assess your current emotions, to set goals based on your values and to prioritise in a way that honours your time. All it takes is just 5 minutes a day to create a joy-filled, productive life. Productivity Joy will take you on a journey to: Overcome procrastination and stay focused Gain energy and foster gratitude Increase your effectiveness and feel purposeful Show up as the best version of yourself Craft your day for maximum impact To conquer every day, you need to harness your emotions and your focus. This game-changing book offers the key to unlocking your full productivity power, priming you to feel accomplished, energised and intentional each day. ‘A must-read – Simi’s evidence-based 5Qs Formula helps transform busy professionals, helping you achieve more of what matters, with more joy!’ — Shadé Zahrai, co-founder of Influenceo Global and Peak Performance Educator for Fortune 500s ‘Simi touches the human soul and heart without judgement. Her 5Q approach is simple and practical and helps you design your day for impact and joy.’ — Elif Kaypak, VP Global Marketing, Coca-Cola Brand ‘A fantastic tool for any busy professional looking to optimise their experience of, and output from, their working life. I have found the simple and pragmatic framework invaluable in helping me to continue to become the professional, leader, and person I aspire to be.’ — Chris Jewel-Clark, Legal and General Plc 9781394282210
The Professional Chef
by Culinary Institute of AmericaThe Professional Chef is the quintessential kitchen companion from The Culinary Institute of America, used by hundreds of America's top chefs. This updated 10th Edition presents the skills and quality standards needed to master the fundamentals of cooking. A refreshed, modern design features simplified definitions and techniques streamlined into step-by-step instructions to support aspiring chefs and culinary students of any level. Revisions in the 10th edition include using modern plant-forward ingredients, in line with the CIA and Harvard's Menus of Change initiative, highlighting that vegetables can also be the star at the center of the plate. The authors merged meat and vegetable cookery chapters, and updated some recipes to feature plant-based ingredients, all revised in the CIA's own test kitchen. Chapters are reorganized to follow the CIA Culinary Fundamentals course more closely, with new troubleshooting sections based on frequent classroom questions, to help students and chefs solve problems before they occur, with updated text and photo examples.
Professional Practice for Quantity Surveyors in the 21st Century
by Clinton Aigbavboa Andrew EbekozienThis book covers developing trends and changes occurring in the quantity surveying profession. It begins by explaining the construction industry structure, followed by the quantity surveying practice modalities, professional ethics, roles of regulatory bodies, continuous professional development, and code of professional conduct of quantity surveying practice. Further topics covered include international construction, contract administration, financial management, and liquidated and ascertained damages as applicable to the construction industry.Features: Considers the structure of the construction industry and the interrelationship of professionals in the built environment Provides a compendium of quantity surveying professional practice, including developing country perspectives and examples Includes information on cultural differences and how they may impact quantity surveying practices, such as communication styles, decision-making processes, and work habits Focuses on current industry trends and practices, such as sustainable practices, building information modeling (BIM), and advanced technologies Covers financial statements and progress reports regarding construction projects This book is aimed at professionals and students in construction, quantity surveying/value management, and civil engineering.
Profiles in Hope: Fifteen Australians tell their stories of surviving suicide and finding the way back to a better life
by John BrogdenFifteen Australians tell their stories of surviving suicide and finding the way back to a better life. Every day, nine Australians take their own lives. Nineteen years ago, John Brogden came very close to adding his name to these statistics. But John survived and, since his recovery, he has become a passionate voice for mental health and suicide prevention. Now he is the Honorary President of LifeLine International.Personally and professionally, John knows how urgent it is to talk openly about suicide, and to provide people in despair with a way back when they are at their lowest point. Giving hope to those who think there is no other answer is critical. John is living proof that it's possible to survive and thrive.Now, in Profiles in Hope, John has gathered together some incredible Australians to tell their stories. With contributions from people such as James Packer, Jacqui Lambie, Tom Boyd, Layne Beachley, Preston Campbell and Ian Thorpe, alongside powerful stories of ordinary Aussies, these deeply personal accounts of survival, recovery and lives of purpose are a balm for the vulnerable and a beacon of light to those struggling. This book is for those at risk and for the people who love them and don't know how to help.Searingly honest and ultimately life-affirming, these are stories of solace and hope, and a lifeline for dark times.All royalties earned from the sale of this book will go to Lifeline.
Programmability in Payment and Settlement (Imf Working Papers)
by ZhangA report from the International Monetary Fund.
Programming for Corpus Linguistics with Python and Dataframes (Elements in Corpus Linguistics)
by null Daniel KellerThis Element offers intermediate or experienced programmers algorithms for Corpus Linguistic (CL) programming in the Python language using dataframes that provide a fast, efficient, intuitive set of methods for working with large, complex datasets such as corpora. This Element demonstrates principles of dataframe programming applied to CL analyses, as well as complete algorithms for creating concordances; producing lists of collocates, keywords, and lexical bundles; and performing key feature analysis. An additional algorithm for creating dataframe corpora is presented including methods for tokenizing, part-of-speech tagging, and lemmatizing using spaCy. This Element provides a set of core skills that can be applied to a range of CL research questions, as well as to original analyses not possible with existing corpus software.
Programming Language Cultures: Automating Automation
by Brian LennonIn this book, Brian Lennon demonstrates the power of a philological approach to the history of programming languages and their usage cultures. In chapters focused on specific programming languages such as SNOBOL and JavaScript, as well as on code comments, metasyntactic variables, the very early history of programming, and the concept of DevOps, Lennon emphasizes the histories of programming languages in their individual specificities over their abstract formal or structural characteristics, viewing them as carriers and sometimes shapers of specific cultural histories. The book's philological approach to programming languages presents a natural, sensible, and rigorous way for researchers trained in the humanities to perform research on computing in a way that draws on their own expertise. Combining programming knowledge with a humanistic analysis of the social and historical dimensions of computing, Lennon offers researchers in literary studies, STS, media and digital studies, and technical fields the first technically rigorous approach to studying programming languages from a humanities-based perspective.
Programming WebRTC
by Karl StolleyBuild your own video chat application - but that's just the beginning. With WebRTC, you'll create real-time applications to stream any kind of user media and data directly from one browser to another, all built on familiar HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Power real-time activities like text-based chats, secure peer-to-peer file transfers, collaborative brainstorming sessions - even multiplayer gaming. And you're not limited to two connected users: an entire chapter of the book is devoted to engineering multipeer WebRTC apps that let groups of people communicate in real time. You'll create your own video conferencing app. It's all here. WebRTC is an API exposed in all modern web browsers. After almost a decade of development, the WebRTC specification was finalized, and this book provides faithful coverage of that finalized specification. You'll start by building a basic but complete WebRTC application for video chatting. Chapter by chapter, you'll refine that app and its core logic to spin up new and exciting WebRTC-powered apps that will have your users sharing all manner of data with one another, all in real time. No third-party libraries or heavy downloads are required for you or your users: you'll be writing and strengthening your knowledge of vanilla JavaScript and native browser APIs.You'll learn how to directly connect multiple browsers over the open internet using a signaling channel. You will gain familiarity with a whole set of Web APIs whose features bring WebRTC to life: requesting access to users' cameras and microphones; accessing and manipulating arbitrary user files, right in the browser; and web storage for persisting shared data over the life of a WebRTC call. Like any Web API, WebRTC doesn't enjoy a perfect implementation in any browser. But this book will guide you in writing elegant code to the specification, with backward-compatible fallback code for use in almost all modern browsers.Use WebRTC to build the next generation of web applications that stream media and data in real time, directly from one user to another - all by working in the browser.What You Need:Readers need a text editor, an up-to-date copy of Chrome or Firefox, and a POSIX-style command-line shell. They'll also need to install a little bit of open-source software, especially Node.js. All necessary setup is covered in full in the book's introductory chapter.
Progress in Turbulence X: Proceedings of the iTi Conference on Turbulence 2023 (Springer Proceedings in Physics #404)
by Joachim Peinke Martin Oberlack Alessandro Talamelli Ramis ÖrlüThis book collects the edited and reviewed contribution presented in the 10th iTi conference in Bertinoro, covering fundamental and applied aspects in turbulence. In the spirit of the iTi conference, the book is produced after the conference so that the authors had the opportunity to incorporate comments and discussions raised during the meeting. The iTi has become an established biannual conference on turbulence research with 80 to 100 participants and places value on creating an environment to stimulate discussions and personal contacts in the beautiful town of Bertinoro in Northern Italy close to Bologna, continuing a tradition that has started in Bad Zwischenahn/Germany with the first edition of the conference in 2003. The content-related focus areas of the conference are the interdisciplinary aspects of turbulence, defining the abbreviation iTi—interdisciplinary turbulence initiative. iTi attracts scientist from the engineering, physics, and mathematics communities.
Proof (A Lost and Found Novel #4)
by Fern MichaelsFor fans of Nora Roberts and Danielle Steel, beloved storyteller Fern Michaels blends mystery, drama, and a touch of romance for the fourth in her #1 bestselling Lost & Found series, as a shoebox of mementoes found in a childhood dresser becomes the catalyst for a search into Luna&’s own past…Even though Luna and her brother Cullen seem like complete opposites, they&’re identical in two ways: they&’ll never let injustice stand and they always have each other&’s back... Sometimes, two very different pieces of furniture just pair perfectly together. Brother and sister Cullen and Luna Bodman work much the same way. While practical-minded Cullen Bodman focuses on their family&’s antiques restoration business, his sister Luna&’s next-door Namaste Café brings in new clientele. As a thank you to his sister, Cullen retrieves Luna&’s childhood dresser from storage and refinishes it. A delighted Luna rummages through the drawers and discovers a shoebox full of mementos of her friend Brendan, reviving memories of love and a broken heart. But a flurry of emails and texts leads to a very brief death notice: Born. Died. Nothing else. Beyond Luna&’s sadness is her uncanny intuition that something about the announcement is off, a feeling that intensifies when she later glimpses a person who seems to be Brendan&’s doppelganger. His laugh, his walk—Luna remembers both so well. Is her old friend really alive? And if so, who faked his death, and why? It&’s not the first time an item of furniture has spurred Luna to solve a fascinating puzzle. But this time, the mystery is much more personal, and the stakes infinitely higher . . .
The Proper Way to Educate the Deaf: A Modern Annotated Translation
by The Abbé de l’EpéeThis volume presents the first complete English translation of the Abbé de l’Épée’s seminal work describing his methodology for educating deaf children. Originally published in French in 1798, this modern annotated edition offers readers a translation that is documentary in scope and that reflects historic attitudes toward deaf people and deaf education while maintaining the conventions of contemporary English. De l’Épée provides an anecdotal account of his methods and philosophy for educating deaf children using a sign system based on the French Sign Language of the era but adapted to visually represent the linguistic features of spoken and written French. His work laid the foundation for the use of the “manual method,” or sign language, in deaf education. One section of the text, originally published in Latin, outlines the intellectual clash between de l’Épée and Samuel Heinicke, an early proponent of oral education who contested the use of sign language. De l’Épée’s text holds significant cultural and historical value for the fields of deaf studies and deaf education. This English language translation reveals de l’Épée’s own story of how he came to be known as the “father of the deaf” and is enriched by scholarly contributions that provide essential historical context and a framework for modern understanding.
The Prophetess: The Return of The Prophet from the Voice of The Divine Feminine
by Chelan HarkinA powerful retelling and continuation of Kahlil Gilbran's The Prophet, this book of prose poetry examines life's deeper meaning and spirituality with the Divine Feminine as a guide.The Prophetess is a modern take on Kahlil Gibran&’s classic 1923 book, The Prophet. The beautiful verse explores the power and timeless wisdom of the Divine Feminine. The Prophetess invites readers into the core of life&’s most meaningful subjects and offers a taste of a more spiritually fulfilling way to relate to ourselves and the world. This book boldly and astutely encourages the creative redefinition of old patterns of thought that our lives may more closely align with beauty and truth. The Prophetess offers permission to explore a new paradigm characterized by acknowledgment of our light, the claiming of our gifts, and the embrace of our wholeness.
Propolis: Prevention and Healing Effects in Otorhinolaryngology (Comprehensive ENT)
by Cemal Cingi Nuray Bayar Muluk Aslı Elif Tanuğur Samanci Taylan SamanciThis book offers comprehensive and up-to-date information about propolis and its applications in otorhinolaryngology. Propolis, a natural resin produced by bees, has been shown to possess antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. Despite numerous publications discussing its benefits, the authors' goal is to compile scientifically proven data into an academic resource that can aid in further research in the field of propolis and its applications. With a focus on evidence-based information, this volume presents only preclinical and clinical studies, prioritizing proven effects over potential therapeutic benefits. The initial chapters are dedicated to general information on bees, hives, honey, and propolis. The following chapters delve into the antiseptic, antibacterial, antiviral, and antimycotic effects of propolis, followed by more specific discussions on topics such as sinus and pulmonary effects. Other chapters explore the effects of propolis on conditions like rhinosinusitis, nasal blockage, and allergic rhinitis. The final chapter focuses on Anatolian Propolis and its distinct characteristics. Given the rising popularity of propolis, this updated reference should be an essential addition to the libraries of otolaryngologists, head and neck surgeons, general practitioners, and all individuals seeking information to understand the benefits of propolis and its relevance in modern healthcare practices.
Una propuesta de Navidad: Un romance navideño en un pueblo pequeño (Serie Eureka enamorada #5)
by River Ford¿Lograrán Kerri y Eric ser felices para siempre? Hace unos meses, Kerri rechazó la propuesta de Eric, aunque lo amaba con todo su corazón. Con la proximidad de las fiestas navideñas, sabe que él volverá a insistir. ¿Podrá ella, de una vez por todas, dejar de lado los miedos que le generan su enfermedad y aceptar la propuesta? ¿O lo dejará escapar porque cree que él merece algo mejor?