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Book SynopsisThis book helps readers to implement their designs on Xilinx® FPGAs. The authors demonstrate how to get the greatest impact from using the Vivado® Design Suite, which delivers a SoC-strength, IP-centric and system-centric, next generation development environment that has been built from the ground up to address the productivity bottlenecks in system-level integration and implementation. This book is a hands-on guide for both users who are new to FPGA designs, as well as those currently using the legacy Xilinx tool set (ISE) but are now moving to Vivado. Throughout the presentation, the authors focus on key concepts, major mechanisms for design entry, and methods to realize the most efficient implementation of the target design, with the least number of iterations.Table of ContentsChapter 1: State of the Art Programmable Logic 1Chapter 2: Vivado Design Tools 17Chapter 3: IP Flows 23Chapter 4: Gigabit Transceivers 35Chapter 5: Memory Controllers 49Chapter 6: Processor Options 65Chapter 7: Vivado IP Integrator 75Chapter 8: SysGen for DSP 85Chapter 9: Synthesis 97Chapter 10: C Based Design 111Chapter 11: Simulation 127Chapter 12: Clocking 141Chapter 13: Stacked Silicon Interconnect (SSI) 155Chapter 14: Timing Closure 167Chapter 15: Power Analysis and Optimization 179Chapter 16: System Monitor 191Chapter 17: Hardware Debug 205Chapter 18: Emulation Using FPGAs 221Chapter 19: Partial Reconfiguration & Hierarchical Design 239

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Book SynopsisFrom the point of view of a user this book covers all aspects of modern electrical drives. It is aimed at both users, who wish to understand, design, use, and maintain electrical drives, as well as specialists, technicians, engineers, and students, who wish to gain a comprehensive overview of electrical drives. Jens Weidauer and Richard Messer describe the principles of electrical drives, their design, and application, through to complex automation solutions. In the process, they introduce the entire spectrum of drive solutions available and their main applications. A special aspect is the combination of multiple drives to form a drive system, as well as the integration of drives into automation solutions. In simple and clear language, and supported with many diagrams, complex relationships are described and presented in an easy-to-understand way. The authors deliberately avoid a comprehensive mathematical treatment of their subject and instead focus on a coherent description of the active principles and relationships. As a result, the reader will be in a position to understand electrical drives as a whole and to solve drive-related problems in everyday professional life.Table of ContentsOverview Mechanical principles Electrical principles Fixed-speed and variable-speed drives with direct current motors Fixed-speed and variable-speed drives with asynchronous motors Servo drives Stepper drives Electrical drives at a glance Fieldbuses for electrical drives Process control with electrical drives Motion control EMC and electrical drives Planning electrical drives

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This book offers an overview of traditional big visual data analysis approaches and provides state-of-the-art solutions for several scene comprehension problems, indoor/outdoor classification, outdoor scene classification, and outdoor scene layout estimation. It is illustrated with numerous natural and synthetic color images, and extensive statistical analysis is provided to help readers visualize big visual data distribution and the associated problems. Although there has been some research on big visual data analysis, little work has been published on big image data distribution analysis using the modern statistical approach described in this book. By presenting a complete methodology on big visual data analysis with three illustrative scene comprehension problems, it provides a generic framework that can be applied to other big visual data analysis tasks.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Scene Understanding Datasets.- Indoor/Outdoor classification with Multiple Experts.- Outdoor Scene Classification Using Labeled Segments.- Global-Attributes Assisted Outdoor Scene Geometric Labeling.- Conclusion and Future Work.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an overview on the current progresses in artificial intelligence and neural nets in data science. The book is reporting on intelligent algorithms and applications modeling, prediction, and recognition tasks and many other application areas supporting complex multimodal systems to enhance and improve human–machine or human–human interactions. This field is broadly addressed by the scientific communities and has a strong commercial impact since investigates on the theoretical frameworks supporting the implementation of sophisticated computational intelligence tools. Such tools will support multidisciplinary aspects of data mining and data processing characterizing appropriate system reactions to human-machine interactional exchanges in interactive scenarios. The emotional issue has recently gained increasing attention for such complex systems due to its relevance in helping in the most common human tasks (like cognitive processes, perception, learning, communication, and even "rational" decision-making) and therefore improving the quality of life of the end users.Table of Contents1. Michele Scarpiniti, Edoardo Massaro, Danilo Comminiello and Aurelio Uncini: Generating New Sounds by Vector Arithmetic in the Latent Space of the MelGAN Architecture2. Kamyar Zeinalipour and Marco Gori: Graph Neural Networks for Topological Feature Extraction in ECG Classification3. Francesco Camastra, Angelo Casolaro and Gennaro Iannuzzo: Manifold Learning by a Deep Gaussian Process Variational Autoencoder4. Marcos Faundez-Zanuy, Anna Faura-Pujol, Hector Montalvo-Ruiz, Alexia Losada-Fors, Pablo Genovese and Pilar Sanz-Cartagena: Analysis of Sensors for Movement Analysis5. Giansalvo Cirrincione, Vincenzo Randazzo, Pietro Barbiero, Gabriele Ciravegna and Eros Pasero: Dual Seep Clustering6. Vincenzo Randazzo, Gaia Marchetti, Carla Giustetto, Erica Gugliermina, Rahul Kumar, Giansalvo Cirrincione, Fiorenzo Gaita and Eros Pasero: Learning-Based Approach to Predict Fatal Events in Brugada Syndrome7. Francesco Prinzi, Marco Insalaco, Salvatore Gaglio and Salvatore Vitabile: Breast Cancer Localization and Classification in Mammograms Using YoloV58. Jonathan Melchiorre, Marco Martino Rosso, Raffaele Cucuzza, Emanuela D'Alto, Amedeo Manuello Bertetto and Giuseppe Carlo Marano: Deep Acoustic Emission Detection Trained on Seismic Signals9. Elena Sibilano, Michael Lassi, Alberto Mazzoni, Vitoantonio Bevilacqua and Antonio Brunetti: A Deep Learning Framework for the Classification of Pre-Prodromal and Prodromal Alzheimer’s Disease Using Resting-State EEG signals10. Giovanni Di Gennaro, Amedeo Buonanno, Francesco Verolla, Giovanni Fioretti, Francesco A. N. Palmieri, and Krishna R. Pattipati: Imitation Learning Through Prior Injection in Markov Decision Processes 11. Giovanni Di Gennaro, Amedeo Buonanno, Marilena Baldi, Enzo Capoluongo, and Francesco A.N. Palmieri: Vision-Based Human Activity Recognition Methods Using Pose Estimation12. Stefano Fiscale, Laura Inno, Angelo Ciaramella, Alessio Ferone, Alessandra Rotundi, Pasquale De Luca, Ardelio Galletti, Livia Marcellino and Giovanni Covone: Identifying Exoplanets in TESS Data by Deep Learning13. Vincenzo Bevilacqua, Antonio Di Marino, Angelo Ciaramella, Anastasia Angela Biancardi, Giorgio Budillon, Paola de Ruggiero, Emanuele Della Volpe, Luigi Gifuni, Danilo Mascolo, Stefano Pierini and Enrico Zambianchi: Computational Intelligence for Marine Litter Recovery14. Alessio Ferone, Marco Lazzaro, Vincenzo Mariano Scarrica, Angelo Ciaramella and Antonino Staiano: A Synthetic Dataset for Learning Optical Flow in Underwater Environment15. Giorgia Ghione, Marta Lovino, Elisa Ficarra and Giansalvo Cirrincione: An Interpretable BERT-Based Architecture for SARS-CoV-2 Variant Identification16. Michele Fedrizzi and Silvio Giove: Competence-Based Coalition Choice, a Non-Additive Approach17. Michele La Rocca, Cira Perna, Marilena Sibillo and Antonio Vignes: Forecasting Mortality with Autoencoders: An Application to Italian Mortality Data.18. Michele Scarpiniti, Edoardo Bini, Marco Ferraro, Alessandro Giannetti, Danilo Comminiello, Yong-Cheol Lee and Aurelio Uncini: Leaky Echo State Network for Audio Classification in Construction Sites19. Sidhant Kumar, Vijayeskar Kumar, Krishnil Ram, Michael Wood, Giansalvo Cirrincione and Rahul Kumar: ECG Signal Classification Using Long-Short-Term-Memory Neural Networks20. Michele Lo Giudice, Nadia Mammone, Cosimo Ieracitano, Umberto Aguglia, Danilo Mandic and Francesco Carlo Morabito: A Convolutional Neural Network Approach for the Classification of Subjects with Epileptic Seizures vs Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures and Control Based on Automatic Feature Extraction from Empirical Mode Decomposition of Interictal EEG Recordings21. Nicola Camatti, Andrea Ellero and Paola Ferretti: Commerce Districts: Conditions for Customer Overall Satisfaction in a Multi-Attribute Framework22. Andrea Ellero, Paola Ferretti, and Elena Zocchia: Problematic Merging and Cartels: A Collusion Risk Factors Analysis

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Book SynopsisThe completely revised, expanded and updated 4th edition of the world''s most comprehensive electrical and electronics handbook for boaters. With a Foreword by Don McIntyre, Founder and Organiser of the Ocean Globe and Golden Globe Races.This useful and thoroughly practical guide explains in detail how to select, install, maintain, and troubleshoot all of the electrical and electronic systems on a boat, and is fully illustrated with hundreds of informative charts, wiring diagrams, and graphs.Subject-specific chapters have been updated with the latest information on topics such as batteries and charging systems, including lithium-ion batteries, wiring, alternative energy charging, corrosion protection, GPS, radar, satellite communications, autopilots, VHF and SSB radios, instrumentation, and much more.In addition to being restructured and significantly expanded, the 4th edition of Marine Electrical & Electronics Bible incorporates information on

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Book SynopsisSunita Chandrasekaran is assistant professor in the Computer and Information Sciences Department at the University of Delaware. Her research interests include exploring the suitability of high-level programming models and runtime systems for HPC and embedded platforms, and migrating scientific applications to heterogeneous computing systems. Dr. Chandrasekaran was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Houston and holds a Ph.D. from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She is a member of OpenACC, OpenMP, MCA and SPEC HPG. She has served on the program committees of various conferences and workshops including SC, ISC, ICPP, CCGrid, Cluster, and PACT, and has co-chaired parallel programming workshops co-located with SC, ISC, IPDPS, and SIAM. Guido Juckeland is head of the Computational Science Group, Department for Information Services and Computing, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, and coordinates the work of the GPU Center Table of ContentsForeword xv Preface xxi Acknowledgments xxiii About the Contributors xxv Chapter 1: OpenACC in a Nutshell 1 1.1 OpenACC Syntax 3 1.2 Compute Constructs 6 1.3 The Data Environment 11 1.4 Summary 15 1.5 Exercises 15 Chapter 2: Loop-Level Parallelism 17 2.1 Kernels Versus Parallel Loops 18 2.2 Three Levels of Parallelism 21 2.3 Other Loop Constructs 24 2.4 Summary 30 2.5 Exercises 31 Chapter 3: Programming Tools for OpenACC 33 3.1 Common Characteristics of Architectures 34 3.2 Compiling OpenACC Code 35 3.3 Performance Analysis of OpenACC Applications 36 3.4 Identifying Bugs in OpenACC Programs 51 3.5 Summary 53 3.6 Exercises 54 Chapter 4: Using OpenACC for Your First Program 59 4.1 Case Study 59 4.2 Creating a Naive Parallel Version 68 4.3 Performance of OpenACC Programs 71 4.4 An Optimized Parallel Version 73 4.5 Summary 78 4.6 Exercises 79 Chapter 5: Compiling OpenACC 81 5.1 The Challenges of Parallelism 82 5.2 Restructuring Compilers 88 5.3 Compiling OpenACC 92 5.4 Summary 97 5.5 Exercises 97 Chapter 6: Best Programming Practices 101 6.1 General Guidelines 102 6.2 Maximize On-Device Compute 105 6.3 Optimize Data Locality 108 6.4 A Representative Example 112 6.5 Summary 118 6.6 Exercises 119 Chapter 7: OpenACC and Performance Portability 121 7.1 Challenges 121 7.2 Target Architectures 123 7.3 OpenACC for Performance Portability 124 7.4 Code Refactoring for Performance Portability126 7.5 Summary 132 7.6 Exercises133 Chapter 8: Additional Approaches to Parallel Programming 135 8.1 Programming Models135 8.2 Programming Model Components142 8.3 A Case Study 155 8.4 Summary170 8.5 Exercises170 Chapter 9: OpenACC and Interoperability 173 9.1 Calling Native Device Code from OpenACC 174 9.2 Calling OpenACC from Native Device Code 181 9.3 Advanced Interoperability Topics 182 9.4 Summary185 9.5 Exercises185 Chapter 10: Advanced OpenACC 187 10.1 Asynchronous Operations 187 10.2 Multidevice Programming 204 10.3 Summary 213 10.4 Exercises 213 Chapter 11: Innovative Research Ideas Using OpenACC, Part I 215 11.1 Sunway OpenACC 215 11.2 Compiler Transformation of Nested Loops for Accelerators 224 Chapter 12: Innovative Research Ideas Using OpenACC, Part II 237 12.1 A Framework for Directive-Based High-Performance Reconfigurable Computing 237 12.2 Programming Accelerated Clusters Using XcalableACC 253 Index 269

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Book SynopsisOffers a comprehensive volume of applied circuit design solutions to aid systems designers with elegant and practical design techniques. This book covers switching regulator design, linear regulator design, microprocessor power design, battery management, powering LED lighting, automotive and industrial power design.Trade Review"This compilation of expert guidance for designers is credited to some very talented and capable authors..Books like this contain tried-and-true designs you can count on for your designs." --EDN "...an extensive collection of real circuit solutions that provide both elegant and practical design techniques vividly...provides developers with an opportunity to expand their knowledge." --Design and Elektronik "...anyone who is a serious student or practitioner of the art and reality of analog design (whether by choice or mandate) will receive a substantial return on time invested." --PlanetAnalog.com, January 2015 "... intended to bring new designers up to speed and give experienced designers a starting point for even more complicated designs." --PowerElectronics.com, January 2015Table of ContentsPart 1: Power Management Section 1: Power Management DesignSection 2: Microprocessor Power DesignSection 3: Switching Regulator BasicsSection 4: Switching Regulator Design: Buck (Step-Down)Section 5: Switching Regulator Design: Boost ConvertersSection 6: Switching Regulator Design: DC/DC ControllersSection 7: Switching Regulator Design: Buck-Boost ControllersSection 8: Linear Regulator DesignSection 9: Micromodule (µModule®) Power DesignSection 10: Switching Regulators for Isolated Power DesignSection 11: Power Control & Ideal Diode DesignSection 12: Battery ManagementSection 13: Energy Harvesting & Solar Power CircuitsSection 14: Charge Pump DC/DC Converter DesignSection 15: Flyback Converter DesignSection 16: Supercapacitor ChargingSection 17: Current Source DesignSection 18: Hot Swap and Circuit ProtectionSection 19: Power over EthernetSection 20: System Monitoring and ControlSection 21: Powering LED Lighting & Other Illumination DevicesSection 22: Automotive and Industrial Power DesignSection 23 Video Design SolutionsPart 2: Mixed SignalSection 1: Data Conversion: Analog-to-DigitalSection 2: Data Conversion: Digital-to-AnalogSection 3: Data AcquisitionSection 4: Communications Interface DesignSection 5 Instrumentation DesignPart 3: Signal ConditioningSection 1: Operational Amplifier Design TechniquesSection 2: Special Function Amplifier DesignSection 3: Voltage Reference DesignSection 4: Filter DesignSection 5: Comparator Design TechniquesSection 6: System Timing DesignSection 7: RMS to DC ConversionPart 4: Wireless, RF & Communications Design

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. IGBT Structure and Operation 3. IGBT Structural Design 4. Safe Operating Area Design 5. Chip Design, Protection, and Fabrication 6. Package and Module Design 7. Gate Drive Circuit Design 8. IGBT Models 9. IGBT Applications: Transportation 10. IGBT Applications: Industrial 11. IGBT Applications: Lighting 12. IGBT Applications: Consumer 13. IGBT Applications: Medical 14. IGBT Applications: Defense 15. IGBT Applications: Renewable Energy 16. IGBT Applications: Power Transmission 17. IGBT Applications: Financial 18. IGBT Applications: Other 19. IGBT Social Impact 20. Synopsis

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Book SynopsisElectronics in Textiles and Clothing: Design, Products and Applications covers the fundamentals of electronics and their applications in textiles and clothing product development. The book emphasizes the interface between electronics and textile materials, detailing diverse methods and techniques used in industrial practice. It explores ways to integrate textile materials with electronics for communicating/signal transferring applications. It also discusses wearable electronic products for industrial applications based on functional properties and end users in sectors such as defense, medicine, health monitoring, and security.The book details the application of wearable electronics and outlines the textile fibres used for wearable electronics. It includes coverage of different yarn types and fabric production techniques and modifications needed on conventional machines for developing fabrics using specialty yarns. The coverage includes problems faceTable of ContentsWearable Electronics. Fabric Production Techniques for Wearable Electronics. Design of Circuits and Integration Into Wearable Electronic Fabrics. Product Development Using Wearable Electronic Integrated Fabrics. Software Development for Wearable Electronics. Design and Development of Wearable Electronic Flexible Solar Tent. Garment Integrated Wearable Electronic Products. Scope for the Research Work. References.

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Book SynopsisThe proliferation of multicore processors in the embedded market for Internet-of-Things (IoT) and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) makes developing real-time embedded applications increasingly difficult. What is the underlying theory that makes multicore real-time possible? How does theory influence application design? When is a real-time operating system (RTOS) useful? What RTOS features do applications need? How does a mature RTOS help manage the complexity of multicore hardware?Real-Time Systems Development with RTEMS and Multicore Processorsanswers these questions and more with exemplar Real-Time Executive for Multiprocessor Systems (RTEMS) RTOS to provide concrete advice and examples for constructing useful, feature-rich applications. RTEMS is free, open-source software that supports multi-processor systems for over a dozen CPU architectures and over 150 specific system boards in applications spanning the range of IoT and CPS domains such as satellites, particle accelerators, robots, racing motorcycles, building controls, medical devices, and more.The focus of this book is on enabling real-time embedded software engineering while providing sufficient theoretical foundations and hardware background to understand the rationale for key decisions in RTOS and application design and implementation. The topics covered in this book include: Cross-compilation for embedded systems development Concurrent programming models used in real-time embedded software Real-time scheduling theory and algorithms used in wide practice Usage and comparison of two application programmer interfaces (APIs) in real-time embedded software: POSIX and the RTEMS Classic APIs Design and implementation in RTEMS of commonly found RTOS features for schedulers, task management, time-keeping, inter-task synchronization, inter-task communication, and networking The challenges introduced by multicore hardware, advances in multicore real-time theory, and software engineering multicore real-time systems with RTEMS All the authors of this book are experts in the academic field of real-time embedded systems. Two of the authors are primary open-source maintainers of the RTEMS software project.The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC-BY-SA) International license.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction. PART I Operating System Basics. Chapter 2 Cross-Compilation Toolchain. Chapter 3 Concurrent Programming and Scheduling Algorithms. Chapter 4 Scheduling Analysis and Interrupt Handling. PART II Task Management and Timekeeping. Chapter 5 Task Management and Timekeeping, Classic API. Chapter 6 Task Management and Timekeeping, POSIX API. PART III InterTask Synchronization and Communication. Chapter 7 Inter-Task Synchronization and Communication (IPC) Based on Shared Memory. Chapter 8 IPC, Task Execution, and Scheduling. Chapter 9 IPC Based on Message Passing. PART IV Network Communication. Chapter 10 Network Communication in RTEMS. Chapter 11 POSIX Sockets API. PART V Multicores in Realtime Embedded Systems. Chapter 12 Multicores in Embedded Systems. Chapter 13 Multicore Concurrency: Issues and Solutions. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the key technologies, challenges, and research directions of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). It provides a basis for discussing open principles, methods, and research problems, and provides a systematic overview of the state-of-the-art research efforts, directions, and potential challenges associated with IIoT. Industrial Internet of Things: Technologies and Research Directions covers how industry automation is projected to be the largest and fastest-growing segment of the market. It explores the collaborative development of high-performance telecommunications, military, industrial, and general-purpose embedded computing applications, and offers a systematic overview of the state-of-the-art research efforts and new potential directions.Researchers, academicians, and professionals working in this inter-disciplinary area will be interested in this book.Table of Contents1. IoT Applications with Intelligent Communication. 2. IIoT and Cyber Physical Systems: Concepts and Applications. 3. Self-Organized Reconfiguration Management in CPS. 4. Industrial Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning W.R.T. CPS. 5. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for IIoT. 6. Big Data Analytics for IIoT. 7. Robot Operating System and Human-Robot Interaction for Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs). 8. IoE Systems and Architectures. 9. Opportunity, Challenges and Real time Applications of IoE. 10. Security and Privacy in IoE. 11. Industry 4.0 and Society 5.0 Using IoE. 12. Industrial IoT (IIoT) and Web of Things (WoT). 13. Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP). 14. Trust Managements in IoE. 15. 5G Enabled IoT.

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Book SynopsisThe world of cybersecurity and the landscape that it possesses is changing on a dynamic basis. It seems like that hardly one threat vector is launched, new variants of it are already on the way. IT Security teams in businesses and corporations are struggling daily to fight off any cyberthreats that they are experiencing. On top of this, they are also asked by their CIO or CISO to model what future Cyberattacks could potentially look like, and ways as to how the lines of defenses can be further enhanced.IT Security teams are overburdened and are struggling to find ways in order to keep up with what they are being asked to do. Trying to model the cyberthreat landscape is a very laborious process, because it takes a lot of time to analyze datasets from many intelligence feeds. What can be done to accomplish this Herculean task? The answer lies in Artificial Intelligence (AI). With AI, an IT Security team can model what the future Cyberthreat landscape could potentiTable of ContentsChapter 1. Artificial Intelligence. Chapter 2. Machine Learning. Chapter 3. The high Level Overview into Neural Networks. Chapter 4. Typical Applications for Computer Vision. Chapter 5. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisHuman-Robot Interaction: Safety, Standardization, and Benchmarking provides a comprehensive introduction to the new scenarios emerging where humans and robots interact in various environments and applications on a daily basis. The focus is on the current status and foreseeable implications of robot safety, approaching these issues from the standardization and benchmarking perspectives. Featuring contributions from leading experts, the book presents state-of-the-art research, and includes real-world applications and use cases. It explores the key leading sectorsârobotics, service robotics, and medical roboticsâand elaborates on the safety approaches that are being developed for effective human-robot interaction, including physical robot-human contacts, collaboration in task execution, workspace sharing, human-aware motion planning, and exploring the landscape of relevant standards and guidelines.Features Presenting aTable of Contents 1 The Role of Standardization in Technical Regulations André Pirlet 2 The intricate relationships between private standards and publicpolicymakingin the case of personal care robot. Who cares more? Eduard Fosch-Villaronga and Angelo Jr Golia 3 Standard Ontologies and HRI Sandro Rama Fiorini, Abdelghani Chibani, Tamas Haidegger, Joel Luis Carbonera, Craig Schlenoff, Jacek Malec, Edson Prestes, Paulo Gonçalves, S. Veera Ragavan, Howard Li, Hirenkumar Nakawala, Stephen Balakirsky, Sofiane Bouznad, Noauel Ayari, and Yacine Amirat 4 Robot Modularity and safety for Service Robots Hong Seong Park and Gurvinder Singh Virk 5 Human-robot shared workspace in aerospace factories Gilber Tang 6 Workspace sharing in mobile manipulation José Saenz 7 On rehabilitation robotics safety, benchmarking, standards Jan F. Veneman 8 A practical appraisal of ISO 13482 as a reference for an orphan robot category Paolo Barattini 9 Safety of Medical Robots, Regulation and Standards Kiyo Chinzei 10 The Other End of Human–Robot Interaction: Models for Safe and Efficient Tool–Tissue Interactions Arpad Takacs, Imre J. Rudas, Tamas Haidegger 11 Passive Bilateral Teleoperation with Safety Considerations Lorinc Marton 12 Human-Robot Interfaces in Autonomous Surgical Robots Paolo Fiorini and Riccardo Muradore

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an understanding of the nature of short-circuit currents, current interruption theories, circuit breaker types, calculations according to ANSI/IEEE and IEC standards, theoretical and practical basis of short-circuit current sources, and the rating structure of switching devices. The book aims to explain the nature of short-circuit currents, the symmetrical components for unsymmetrical faults, and matrix methods of solutions, which are invariably used on digital computers. It includes innovations, worked examples, case studies, and solved problems.Trade Review"This handy reference book provides essential details, both theoretical and practical, on short-circuit calculations for power transmission and distribution systems. It would be especially useful for practicing power engineers who need a good refence book for calculating short-circuits in power systems as well as those in academia studying power system analysis."-IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine, January/February — Vol. 36, No. 1"This handbook is an excellent book which is filled not only with practical wisdom for all of practicing engineers to use as one of their references but also with theoretical depth for all of academia (senior and postgraduate levels) to gain in-depth knowledge of modern power systems in real world situations. An Excellent contribution."— Tek Tjing Lie, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand"This book provides a good balance among theoretical, practical, fundamental and advanced analyses. Consequently, this book can be useful for students as well as senior researchers and engineers. The examples discuss from basic problems to advanced applications. The inclusion of DC systems is also very timely, as the interest surrounding these systems has increased recently. These characteristics make this book relevant and valuable."— Walmir Freitas, University of Campinas, Brazil"The book provides a comprehensive and in-depth treatment to the analysis and computation of common short-circuit faults in modern power systems. Not only it brings together theoretical and practical aspects of short-circuit analysis but also present it in a lucid manner. The book elucidates ANSI and IEC short-circuit calculation methods through illustrative examples. It is clearly an outstanding and great resource for college students and power engineers in understanding short-circuit analysis and standard calculation methods."— Surya Santoso, The University of Texas at Austin"Short-Circuits in AC and DC Systems: ANSI, IEEE, and IEC Standards contains all essential material to understand the nature of short-circuit currents, the symmetrical components for unsymmetrical faults, and matrix methods of solutions that are used on digital computers. It also covers the methodology of short-circuit calculations using both ANSI/IEEE and IEC standards, thus making it useful for both sides of the Atlantic. The conceptual and analytical differences in the calculations between the two standards are illustrated with many practical examples. I am deeply convinced that the approach and selection of topics for this volume is appropriate for practicing electrical power systems engineers or professionals-in-training."—Dimitris P. Labridis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece"This handy reference book provides essential details, both theoretical and practical, on short-circuit calculations for power transmission and distribution systems. It would be especially useful for practicing power engineers who need a good refence book for calculating short-circuits in power systems as well as those in academia studying power system analysis."-IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine, January/February — Vol. 36, No. 1"This handbook is an excellent book which is filled not only with practical wisdom for all of practicing engineers to use as one of their references but also with theoretical depth for all of academia (senior and postgraduate levels) to gain in-depth knowledge of modern power systems in real world situations. An excellent contribution."— Tek Tjing Lie, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand"This book provides a good balance among theoretical, practical, fundamental, and advanced analyses. Consequently, this book can be useful for students as well as senior researchers and engineers. The examples discuss from basic problems to advanced applications. The inclusion of DC systems is also very timely, as the interest surrounding these systems has increased recently. These characteristics make this book relevant and valuable."— Walmir Freitas, University of Campinas, Brazil"The book provides a comprehensive and in-depth treatment to the analysis and computation of common short-circuit faults in modern power systems. Not only it brings together theoretical and practical aspects of short-circuit analysis but also present it in a lucid manner. The book elucidates ANSI and IEC short-circuit calculation methods through illustrative examples. It is clearly an outstanding and great resource for college students and power engineers in understanding short-circuit analysis and standard calculation methods."— Surya Santoso, University of Texas at Austin"Short-Circuits in AC and DC Systems: ANSI, IEEE, and IEC Standards contains all essential material to understand the nature of short-circuit currents, the symmetrical components for unsymmetrical faults, and matrix methods of solutions that are used on digital computers. It also covers the methodology of short-circuit calculations using both ANSI/IEEE and IEC standards, thus making it useful for both sides of the Atlantic. The conceptual and analytical differences in the calculations between the two standards are illustrated with many practical examples. I am deeply convinced that the approach and selection of topics for this volume is appropriate for practicing electrical power systems engineers or professionals-in-training."—Dimitris P. Labridis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GreeceTable of Contents1. Design and Analyses Concepts of Power Systems 2. Modern Electrical Power Systems 3. Wind and Solar Power Generation and Interconnections with Utility 4. Short-Circuit Currents and Symmetrical Components 5. Unsymmetrical Fault Calculations 6. Matrix Methods for Network Solutions 7. Current Interruptions in AC Networks 8. Application and Ratings of Circuit Breakers and Fuses according to ANSI Standards 9. Short Circuit of Synchronous and Induction Machines and Converters 10. Short-Circuit Calculations according to ANSI Standards 11. Short-Circuit Calculations according to IEC Standards 12. Calculations of Short-Circuit Currents in Direct Current Systems

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Book SynopsisOriginally a training course; best nontechnical coverage. Topics include batteries, circuits, conductors, AC and DC, inductance and capacitance, generators, motors, transformers, amplifiers, etc. Many questions with answers. 349 illustrations. 1969 edition.

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Book SynopsisBasic Processes of Gaseous Electronics is an advanced exploration into the field of gaseous electronics, building upon the foundational work presented in the author's earlier book, Fundamental Processes of Electrical Discharge in Gases (1939). The earlier book provided a comprehensive review of the subject, addressing gaps in knowledge and methodology that had emerged over decades of research. The current volume acknowledges the transformative advances in technology, theory, and experimental methods made over the intervening fifteen years, including innovations in microwave techniques, short-duration pulsed potentials, and high-speed oscilloscopes. These developments have enabled deeper insights into phenomena such as electron-energy distributions, ionization, recombination, and the mechanisms underlying electrical discharge. This book incorporates significant theoretical and experimental progress, including refinements in the kinetic theory of nonequilibrium gases and analyses of e

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Book SynopsisThoroughly revised and updated, this second edition of Adaptive Control covers new developments in the field, including multi-model adaptive control with switching, direct and indirect adaptive regulation, and adaptive feedforward disturbance compensation.Trade ReviewFrom the book reviews:“This book is intended as a textbook for graduate students, and a basic reference for control researchers, applied mathematicians and practicing engineers. It has a clear and coherent exposition, showing the themes addressed and providing solutions to these, highlighting its relevance and possible applications.” (Guillermo Fernández-Anaya, Mathematical Reviews, February, 2015)“The aim of this book is to provide a coherent and comprehensive treatment of the field of adaptive control. Throughout the book, the mathematical aspects of the synthesis and analysis of various algorithms are emphasized. The book contains various applications of control techniques. The book is intended as a textbook for graduate students as well as basic reference for practicing engineers facing the problem of designing adaptive control systems.” (Vjatscheslav Vasiliev, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1234, 2012)Table of ContentsIntroduction to Adaptive Control.- Discrete-time System Models for Control.- Parameter Adaptation Algorithms: Deterministic Environment.- Parameter Adaptation Algorithms: Stochastic Environment.- Recursive Plant Model Identification in Open Loop.- Adaptive Prediction.- Digital Control Strategies.- Robust Digital Control Design.- Recursive Plant Model Identification in Closed Loop.- Robust Parameter Estimation.- Direct Adaptive Control.- Indirect Adaptive Control.- Practical Aspects and Applications.- Multimodel Adaptive Control with Switching.- Adaptive Regulation: Rejection of Unknown Disturbances.- Adaptive Feedforward Compensation of Disturbances.- Appendices: Stochastic Processes; Stability; Passive (Hyperstable) Systems; Martingales.

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Book SynopsisTechnology has created innovative new prospects for manufacturing industries with Industry 4.0 and has helped further the growth of the manufacturing sector. This book focuses on the next stage, which is Industry 5.0, and the steps in taking automation to that next level by increasing processes and operational efficiency, as well as reducing workforce size.Industry 5.0: The Future of the Industrial Economy discusses the integration of product, process, machine, software, and industrial robots in realizing Industry 5.0. It covers the dual integration of human intelligence with machine intelligence and reviews the results of making use of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The creation of a new category of robots named Collaborative Robots (Cobots) specifically designed to speed up the manufacturing process and profitability is explored. This book also explores how to reduce waste in product design through the manufacturing procTable of Contents1. Industrial Transformation. 2. Engineering and Manufacturing Transformation. 3. Technological Innovations of Industrial Revolution 3.0 to 5.0. 4. Transformation in Automotive Sector. 5. Transformation in Hi-Tech Electronics Industrial Sector. 6. Transformation in Process and Industrial Manufacturing Sectors. 7. Upgradation of Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0.

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Book SynopsisThe completely revised Third Edition to the bestselling Microlithography: Science and Technology provides a balanced treatment of theoretical and operational considerations, from fundamental principles to advanced topics of nanoscale lithography. The book is divided into chapters covering all important aspects related to the imaging, materials, and processes that have been necessary to drive semiconductor lithography toward nanometer-scale generations. Renowned experts from the worldïâïs leading academic and industrial organizations have provided in-depth coverage of the technologies involved in optical, deep-ultraviolet (DUV), immersion, multiple patterning, extreme ultraviolet (EUV), maskless, nanoimprint, and directed self-assembly lithography, together with comprehensive descriptions of the advanced materials and processes involved.New in the Third EditionIn addition to the full revision of existing chapters, this new Third Edition features coverage o

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Book SynopsisThe first of its kind, this comprehensive resource explains the fundamental physics of semiconductor nanolasers along with details of their design, fabrication, and applications. This is essential reading for graduate students, researchers, and professionals in optoelectronics, applied photonics, physics, and materials science.Trade Review'For many years, photonics has sought to emulate the enormous success of electronics in miniaturizing devices - specifically with the aim of creating photonic integrated circuits. Nanolasers are strong potential candidates for the role of optical source in photonic integrated circuits. This excellent book provides the first in-depth description of the challenges faced in creating such lasers … It is anticipated that this book will help accelerate the creation of photonic integrated circuits and sensors based on nanolasers.' K. Alan Shore, Optics and Photonics News'This introduction to the growing literature on nanolaser is self-contained, and sufficiently user-friendly. … Although not conceived as a textbook, parts of the monograph would be suitable for courses in photonics or quantum electronics. … The authors are experts in this topical area and also have produced a substantial body of collaborative work. That history may well be at the heart of the impressive thematic, conceptual, and editorial coherence of the text.' Richard F. Haglund, Jr, MRS BulletinTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Photonic mode metal-dielectric-metal based nanolasers; 3. Purcell effect and the evaluation of Purcell and spontaneous emission factors; 4. Plasmonic mode metal-dielectric-metal based nanolasers; 5. Antenna-inspired nano-patch lasers; 6. Active medium for semiconductor nanolasers: MQW vs. bulk gain; 7. Electrically pumped nanolasers; 8. Multi-physics design for nanolasers; 9. Cavity-free nanolaser; 10. Beyond nanolasers: inversionless exciton-polariton microlaser; 11. Application of nanolasers: photonic integrated circuits and other applications.

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Book SynopsisSoft computing techniques are emerging as an important tool in solving design, performance and optimisation problems in electromagnetics. Soft Computing in Electromagnetics offers detailed discussion on the application of soft computing concepts in the field of metamaterial antennas, radar absorbers, transmission line characterisation and optimised radar absorbing material (RAM) and introduces implementation of soft computing tools in a relatively new area of metamaterials. The soft computing methods are used to optimise fault detection, electromagnetic propagation and path loss detection. The development of two CAD packages for design of metamaterial split ring resonators (SRR) and path-loss prediction is discussed. The concepts are explained with the help of algorithms and the corresponding software codes. Numerical examples and MATLAB codes are provided throughout the text to facilitate understanding.Table of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; List of tables; List of figures; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Soft computing techniques; 3. Soft computing in electromagnetics: a review; 4. BFO for metamaterial antennas; 5. PSO for radar absorbers; 6. ANN based transmission line characterisation; 7. Fault detection in antenna arrays; 8. Multi-objective PSO for active terahertz devices; 9. Soft computing based CAD packages for EM applications; Bibliography; Suggestions for further reading; List of symbols; List of acronyms; References.

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents 1. NUMBER SYSTEMS AND CODES 2. DIGITAL ELECTRONIC SIGNALS AND SWITCHES 3. BASIC LOGIC GATES 4. PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC DEVICES: CPLDS AND FPGAS WITH VHDL DESIGN 5. BOOLEAN ALGEBRA AND REDUCTION TECHNIQUES 6. EXCLUSIVE-OR AND EXCLUSIVE-NOR GATES 7. ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS AND CIRCUITS 8. CODE CONVERTERS, MULTIPLEXERS, AND DEMULTIPLEXERS 9. LOGIC FAMILIES AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS 10. FLIP-FLOPS AND REGISTERS 11. PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR DIGITAL DESIGN 12. COUNTER CIRCUITS AND VHDL STATE MACHINES 13. SHIFT REGISTERS 14. MULTIVIBRATORS AND THE 555 TIMER 15. INTERFACING TO THE ANALOG WORLD 16. SEMICONDUCTOR, MAGNETIC AND OPTICAL MEMORY 17. MICROPROCESSOR FUNDAMENTALS Appendix A. WWW Sites. Appendix B. Manufacturers' Data Sheets. Appendix C. Explanation of the IEEE/IEC Standard for Logic Symbols (Dependency Notation). Appendix D. Answers to Odd-Numbered Problems. Appendix E. VHDL Language Reference. Appendix F. Review of Basic Electricity Principles. Appendix G. Schematic Diagrams for Chapter-End Problems. Appendix H. 8051 Instruction Set. Index.

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Book SynopsisDigital computers have revolutionized computation and transformed how computers are used to control systems in real life, giving birth to real-time systems. Furthermore, massive developments in the communications domain have made it possible for real-time systems to perform coordinated actions over communication interfaces, resulting in the evolution of distributed real-time systems.Real-Time and Distributed Real-Time Systems: Theory and Applications presents a variety of techniques to design, analyze, implement, verify, and validate such systems. The book begins by introducing the basic principles of real-time and distributed real-time systems and then: Delivers a detailed analysis of a number of common, real-time communication protocols Discusses advancements beyond the standard-switched Ethernet, including multi-stream transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP) Depicts the design of distributed real-time systems applicatioTable of ContentsIntroduction to Real-Time Systems. Distributed Real-Time Systems. Communication Protocols. Designing Real-Time and Distributed Real-Time Systems. Developing Distributed Real-Time System Applications—the MATLAB® Way. Design and Testing.

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Book SynopsisWhat happens when screen time is all the time?In the early 1990s, the phrase screen time emerged to scare parents about the dangers of too much TV for kids. Screen time was something to fret over, police, and judge in a low-grade moral panic. Now, screen time has become a metric not only for good parenting, but for our adult lives as well. There's even an app for it! In the streaming eraand with streaming made nearly ubiquitous during COVID-19almost every aspect of our day is mediated by these bright surfaces. Whether it was ever the real villain in the first place, or merely a convenient proxy for unaddressed familial, social, and institutional failures, screen time is now all the time. Avidly Reads Screen Time is a funny, insightful work of cultural criticism and history about how we define screens, and how they now define us. From Mad Men to iCarly, Vine to FaceTime, binge-watching to doom-scrolling, Phillip Maciak leads us on a sometimes heartwarming, sometimes harrowing tour of Trade Review"Original and thought-provoking. Maciak’s willingness to defend screen time refreshes. Readers will want to tune in to this." * Publishers Weekly *"A witty, intimate meditation on the way we watch now from Phillip Maciak, an author of the celebrated Dear TV column. Hopscotching elegantly from Twin Peaks to bedtime doomscrolling, Zoom school to Vine, Maciak explores the deep paradoxes of ‘screen time,’ the mirror we all gaze into, at once together and alone." * Emily Nussbaum, Pulitzer Prize winning author of I Like to Watch: Arguing My Way Through the TV Revolution *"What a timely and important contribution to the study of the present! Maciak beautifully synthesizes scholarship, art, and his personal experiences of the past decades, teasing apart some of the skeins that get knotted together around that ubiquitous modern experience (and source of anxiety), screen time. Maciak puts aside the scolding that haunts today's parents (and scrollers), and instead shows the complex and sometimes even beautiful ways technology has changed the way we learn, play, communicate, fight, create, and connect, reframing our habits and providing some wonderful cultural criticism along the way. An essential text for our streaming, scrolling era." * Lydia Kiesling, author of The Golden State, A Novel *"Alas, we are creatures made of screens! But beheld in Maciak’s shrewd, tender gaze, our relationship with these pulsing surfaces that situate our lives loses the flavor of a diagnosis—in its place, wit, and curiosity. This book offers a roomy haven for working out what it means to live and grow up in a modern age, honoring the tangle of feelings—bad, euphoric—that accompany our most sacred rituals, from appointment television to all that scrolling. It prompted me to continue wondering about the screens we take for granted, what they offer us and why we return." * Lauren Michele Jackson, contributing writer, The New Yorker *"Phillip Maciak is one of the best TV critics alive right now, full stop. Whether he’s writing about Girls or Station Eleven or Bluey, his criticism is always characterized by wit, insight, and a remarkable propensity for close-reading. So yes, I was over the moon to learn about his new book of cultural criticism and history, Avidly Reads Screen Time, about how we define screens and how they define us. There are three Mad Men screen caps within the book’s first 30 pages, so, yeah, it’s gonna be ridiculously good." * The Millions *"Screen Time is a book about this televisual unconscious, about parenting, about a world that children will consume long before they know what they’re digesting—that formed us when we were still children—and about trying to understand the selves we only belatedly discover ourselves to have already always been. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/phillip-maciaks-avidly-reads-screen-time-a-symposium/" -- Jorge Cotte, Aaron Bady, Lili Loofbourow, Jane Hu * LA Review of Books *

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Book SynopsisUsed in laptop and desktop computers, low-end servers, and mobile devices, Serial ATA (Advance Technology Attachment), or SATA, is the pervasive disk storage technology in use today. SATA has also penetrated the enterprise computing environment by adding hardware components for fail-over, extending command processing capabilities, and increasing device performance and link speeds. If you work in a data center or manage your company's storage resources, you will likely encounter storage solutions that require SATA software or hardware.In this book, leading storage networking technologist David Deming presents a comprehensive guide to designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting any SATA or SATA Express (SATAe) storage solution. Written by an engineer, this book is for those who aren''t afraid of digging into the technical details. It explains how SATA/SATAe powers data center applications and how it influences and interacts with all protocol layers and system componentsTable of ContentsIntroduction. SATA Technical Overview. SATA Application Layer. SATA Transport Layer. SATA Link Layer. Physical Layer. Error Handling. Cables and Connectors. Port Multipliers and Selectors. Software and Drivers.

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Book SynopsisLarge-scale battery packs are needed in hybrid and electric vehicles, utilities grid backup and storage, and frequency-regulation applications. In order to maximize battery-pack safety, longevity, and performance, it is important to understand how battery cells work. This first of its kind new resource focuses on developing a mathematical understanding of how electrochemical (battery) cells work, both internally and externally.This comprehensive resource derives physics-based micro-scale model equations, then continuum-scale model equations, and finally reduced-order model equations. This book describes the commonly used equivalent-circuit type battery model and develops equations for superior physics-based models of lithium-ion cells at different length scales.This book presents a breakthrough technology called the "discrete-time realization algorithm" that automatically converts physics-based models into high-fidelity approximate reduced-order models.Table of ContentsBattery Boot Camp; Equivalent-Circuit Models; Microscale Cell Models; Continuum-Scale Cell Models; State-Space Models and the Discrete-Time Realization Algorithm; Reduced-Order Models; Thermal Modeling.

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Book SynopsisThis book deals with electromagnetic theory and its applications at the level of a senior-level undergraduate course for science and engineering. The basic concepts and mathematical analysis are clearly developed and the important applications are analyzed. Each chapter contains numerous problems ranging in difficulty from simple applications to challenging. The answers for the problems are given at the end of the book. Some chapters which open doors to more advanced topics, such as wave theory, special relativity, emission of radiation by charges and antennas, are included. The material of this book allows flexibility in the choice of the topics covered. Knowledge of basic calculus (vectors, differential equations and integration) and general physics is assumed. The required mathematical techniques are gradually introduced. After a detailed revision of time-independent phenomena in electrostatics and magnetism in vacuum, the electric and magnetic properties of matter are discussed. Induction, Maxwell equations and electromagnetic waves, their reflection, refraction, interference and diffraction are also studied in some detail. Four additional topics are introduced: guided waves, relativistic electrodynamics, particles in an electromagnetic field and emission of radiation. A useful appendix on mathematics, units and physical constants is included. Contents 1. Prologue. 2. Electrostatics in Vacuum. 3. Conductors and Currents. 4. Dielectrics. 5. Special Techniques and Approximation Methods. 6. Magnetic Field in Vacuum. 7. Magnetism in Matter. 8. Induction. 9. Maxwell’s Equations. 10. Electromagnetic Waves. 11. Reflection, Interference, Diffraction and Diffusion. 12. Guided Waves. 13. Special Relativity and Electrodynamics. 14. Motion of Charged Particles in an Electromagnetic Field. 15. Emission of Radiation.Table of ContentsPreface xi List of Symbols xv Chapter 1. Prologue 1 1.1. Scalars and vectors 2 1.2. Effect of rotations on scalars and vectors 5 1.3. Integrals involving vectors 7 1.4. Gradient and curl, conservative field and scalar potential 8 1.5. Divergence, conservative flux, and vector potential 10 1.6. Other properties of the vector differential operator 10 1.7. Invariance and physical laws 11 1.8. Electric charges in nature 14 1.9. Interactions in nature 18 1.10. Problems 19 Chapter 2. Electrostatics in Vacuum 23 2.1. Electric forces and field 23 2.2. Electric energy and potential 25 2.3. The two fundamental laws of electrostatics 26 2.4. Poisson’s equation and its solutions 29 2.5. Symmetries of the electric field and potential 31 2.6. Electric dipole 34 2.7. Electric field and potential of simple charge configurations 38 2.8. Some general properties of the electric field and potential 39 2.9. Electrostatic energy of a system of charges 42 2.10. Electrostatic binding energy of ionic crystals and atomic nuclei 48 2.11. Interaction-at-a-distance and local interaction* 50 2.12. Problems 52 Chapter 3. Conductors and Currents 61 3.1. Conductors in equilibrium 61 3.2. Conductors with cavities, electric shielding 64 3.3. Capacitors 66 3.4. Mutual electric influence of conductors 72 3.5. Electric forces between conductors 73 3.6. Currents and current densities 76 3.7. Classical model of conduction, Ohm’s law and the Joule effect 79 3.8. Resistance of conductors 81 3.9. Variation of resistivity with temperature, superconductivity 82 3.10. Band theory of conduction, semiconductors* 84 3.11. Electric circuits 90 3.12. Problems 92 Chapter 4. Dielectrics 97 4.1. Effects of dielectric on capacitors 97 4.2. Polarization of dielectrics 99 4.3. Microscopic interpretation of polarization 100 4.4. Polarization charges in dielectric 102 4.5. Potential and field of polarized dielectrics 103 4.6. Gauss’s law in the case of dielectrics, electric displacement 105 4.7. Electrostatic equations in dielectrics 106 4.8. Field and potential of permanent dielectrics 109 4.9. Polarization of a dielectric in an external field 113 4.10. Energy and force in dielectrics 115 4.11. Action of an electric field on a polarized medium 116 4.12. Electric susceptibility and permittivity 118 4.13. Variation of polarization with temperature 120 4.14. Nonlinear dielectrics and non-isotropic dielectrics 122 4.15. Problems 124 Chapter 5. Special Techniques and Approximation Methods 127 5.1. Unicity of the solution 128 5.2. Method of images 130 5.3. Method of analytic functions 134 5.4. Method of separation of variables 135 5.5. Laplace’s equation in Cartesian coordinates 136 5.6. Laplace’s equation in spherical coordinates 138 5.7. Laplace’s equation in cylindrical coordinates143 5.8. Multipole expansion 146 5.9. Other methods 147 5.10. Problems 149 Chapter 6. Magnetic Field in Vacuum 153 6.1. Force exerted by a magnetic field on a moving charge 153 6.2. Force exerted by a magnetic field on a current, Laplace’s force 155 6.3. Magnetic flux and vector potential 157 6.4. Magnetic field of particles and currents, Biot-Savart’s law 159 6.5. Magnetic moment 161 6.6. Symmetries of the magnetic field 165 6.7. Ampère’s law in the integral form 167 6.8. Field and potential of some simple circuits 169 6.9. Equations of time-independent magnetism in vacuum, singularities of B 174 6.10. Magnetic energy of a circuit in a field B 178 6.11. Magnetic forces 180 6.12. Question of magnetic monopoles* 186 6.13. Problems188 Chapter 7. Magnetism in Matter 195 7.1. Types of magnetism 195 7.2. Diamagnetism and paramagnetism 197 7.3. Magnetization current 201 7.4. Magnetic field and vector potential in the presence of magnetic matter 203 7.5. Ampère’s law in the integral form in the presence of magnetic matter 204 7.6. Equations of time-independent magnetism in the presence of matter 206 7.7. Discontinuities of the magnetic field 209 7. 8. Examples of calculation of the field of permanent magnets 211 7.9. Magnetization of a body in an external field 214 7.10. Magnetic susceptibility, nonlinear mediums and non-isotropic mediums 216 7.11. Action of a magnetic field on a magnetic body 218 7.12. Magnetic energy in matter 220 7.13. Variation of magnetization with temperature 221 7.14. Ferromagnetism 224 7.15. Magnetic circuits 227 7.16. Problems 229 Chapter 8. Induction 233 8.1. Induction due to the variation of the flux, Faraday’s and Lenz’s laws 233 8.2. Neumann’s induction 235 8.3. Lorentz induction 236 8.4. Lorentz induction and the Galilean transformation of fields 239 8.5. Mutual inductance and self-inductance 240 8.6. LR circuit 244 8.7. Magnetic energy 247 8.8. Magnetic forces acting on circuits 249 8.9. Some applications of induction 252 8.10. Problems 256 Chapter 9. Maxwell’s Equations 263 9.1. Fundamental laws of electromagnetism 263 9.2. Maxwell’s equations 267 9.3. Electromagnetic potentials and gauge transformation 270 9.4. Quasi-permanent approximation 272 9.5. Discontinuities on the interface of two mediums 276 9.6. Electromagnetic energy and Poynting vector 277 9.7. Electromagnetic pressure, Maxwell’s tensor 278 9.8. Problems 280 Chapter 10. Electromagnetic Waves 283 10.1. A short review on waves 284 10.2. Electromagnetic waves in infinite vacuum and dielectrics 291 10.3. Polarization of electromagnetic waves 295 10.4. Energy and intensity of plane electromagnetic waves 299 10.5. Momentum and angular momentum densities, radiation pressure 301 10.6. A simple model of dispersion 304 10.7. Electromagnetic waves in conductors 308 10.8. Electromagnetic waves in plasmas 314 10.9. Quantization of electromagnetic waves 320 10.10. Electromagnetic spectrum 321 10.11. Emission of electromagnetic radiations 323 10.12. Spontaneous and stimulated emissions 325 10.13. Problems 328 Chapter 11. Reflection, Interference, Diffraction and Diffusion 337 11.1. General laws of reflection and refraction 337 11.2. Reflection and refraction on the interface of two dielectrics 340 11.3. Total reflection 346 11.4. Reflection on a conductor 349 11.5. Reflection on a plasma 352 11.6. Interference of two electromagnetic waves 353 11.7. Superposition of several waves, conditions for observable interference 355 11.8. Huygens-Fresnel’s principle and diffraction by an aperture 357 11.9. Diffraction by an obstacle, Babinet’s theorem 363 11.10. Diffraction by several randomly distributed identical apertures 364 11.11. Diffraction grating 365 11.12. X-ray diffraction 368 11.13. Diffusion of waves* 370 11.14. Cross-section* 375 11.15. Problems 378 Chapter 12. Guided Waves 389 12.1. Transmission lines 390 12.2. Guided waves 394 12.3. Waveguides formed by two plane and parallel plates 397 12.4. Guided electromagnetic waves in a hollow conductor 400 12.5. Energy propagation in waveguides 404 12.6. Cavities 406 12.7. Applications of waveguides 407 12.8. Problems 409 Chapter 13. Special Relativity and Electrodynamics 413 13.1. Galilean relativity in mechanics 414 13.2. Galilean relativity and wave theory* 415 13.3. The 19th Century experiments on the velocity of light 420 13.4. Special theory of relativity 421 13.5. Four-dimensional formalism 424 13.6. Elements of relativistic mechanics 427 13.7. Special relativity and wave theory* 430 13.8. Elements of relativistic electrodynamics 434 13.9. Problems 438 Chapter 14. Motion of Charged Particles in an Electromagnetic Field 443 14.1. Motion of a charged particle in an electric field 443 14.2. Bohr model for the hydrogen atom* 447 14.3. Rutherford’s scattering * 450 14.4. Motion of a charged particle in a magnetic field 451 14.5. Motion in crossed electric and magnetic fields 457 14.6. Magnetic moment in a magnetic field 459 14.7. Problems 461 Chapter 15. Emission of Radiation 467 15.1. Retarded potentials and fields 467 15.2. Dipole radiation 469 15.3. Electric dipole radiation 470 15.4. Magnetic dipole radiation 474 15.5. Antennas 476 15.6. Potentials and fields of a charged particle* 479 15.7. Case of a charged particle with constant velocity * 482 15.8. Radiated energy by a moving charge 484 15.9. Problems 486 Answers to Some Problems 491 Appendix A. Mathematical Review 511 Appendix B. Units in Physics 527 Appendix C. Some Physical Constants 533 Further Reading 535 Index 537

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses the computational geometry, topology and physics of digital images and video frame sequences. This trio of computational approaches encompasses the study of shape complexes, optical vortex nerves and proximities embedded in triangulated video frames and single images, while computational geometry focuses on the geometric structures that infuse triangulated visual scenes. The book first addresses the topology of cellular complexes to provide a basis for an introductory study of the computational topology of visual scenes, exploring the fabric, shapes and structures typically found in visual scenes. The book then examines the inherent geometry and topology of visual scenes, and the fine structure of light and light caustics of visual scenes, which bring into play catastrophe theory and the appearance of light caustic folds and cusps. Following on from this, the book introduces optical vortex nerves in triangulated digital images. In this context, computational physics is synonymous with the study of the fine structure of light choreographed in video frames. This choreography appears as a sequence of snapshots of light reflected and refracted from surface shapes, providing a solid foundation for detecting, analyzing and classifying visual scene shapes.Trade Review“The book is presented in a very accessible fashion. … The book is suitable for graduate students and researchers interested in computational geometry and computer vision. Moreover, it can be used as a professional reference.” (Krzysztof Gdawiec, zbMATH 1437.68005, 2020)Table of ContentsComputational Geometry, Topology and Physics of Visual Scenes.- Cell Complexes, Filaments, Vortexes and Shapes Within a Shape.- Shape Fingerprints, Geodesic Trails and Free Abelian Groups on Skeletal Vortexes.- What Nerve Complexes Tell Us About Image Shapes.

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Book SynopsisThis book gathers papers on interactive and collaborative mobile learning environments, assessment, evaluation and research methods in mobile learning, mobile learning models, theory and pedagogy, open and distance mobile learning, life-long and informal learning using mobile devices, wearables and the Internet of Things, game-based learning, dynamic learning experiences, mobile systems and services for opening up education, mobile healthcare and training, case studies on mobile learning, and 5G network infrastructure. Today, interactive mobile technologies have become the core of many—if not all—fields of society. Not only do the younger generation of students expect a mobile working and learning environment, but also the new ideas, technologies and solutions introduced on a nearly daily basis also boost this trend. Discussing and assessing key trends in the mobile field were the primary aims of the 13th International Conference on Interactive Mobile Communication Technologies and Learning (IMCL2019), which was held in Thessaloniki, Greece, from 31 October to 01 November 2019. Since being founded in 2006, the conference has been devoted to new approaches in interactive mobile technologies, with a focus on learning. The IMCL conferences have since become a central forum of the exchange of new research results and relevant trends, as well as best practices. The book’s intended readership includes policymakers, academics, educators, researchers in pedagogy and learning theory, schoolteachers, further education lecturers, practitioners in the learning industry, etc.Table of ContentsA Framework for Developing a Set of Games for Children Diagnosed with Autism.- LinkLearn: Blockchain Technology As A Learning Tool.- New Era of the Nano-Electronic Devices – One of the Most Adaptive Learning Areas for the Next Period.- Open Source Online Conference System for Industry Experts Participation in Education.- Interactive TV And Music Education - Mobile Music Practices & Limitations: Learning Byzantine Music Online.- An Analysis For The Identification Of Use And Development Of Game Design Strategies For Early Childhood Learners.- Measuring knowledge gains in an m-learning intervention: The case of ChildConnect South Africa.- Measuring Uptake and Engagement in an m-learning Intervention: The Case of ChildConnect South Africa.- Development of a Classroom Response System: a Web-based approach used in SEPT.- Analysis of the Perception of Students of the Autonomous University of Baja California Sur for the use of m-learning environments in higher education.- Work-in-Progress: Development of a Framework for Incorporating Usability aspects with Digital Didactical Design for Mobile/Tablet based Learning in Pre-primary Education.- Promoting Authentic Student Assessment For STEM Project-Based Learning Activities.- Predictive Modelling Concerning Mobile Learning Advance.- Assessing Early Grade Mathematics Learner Outcomes Using m-Learning.- Users’ and Experts’ Evaluation of TARGET: a Serious Game for Mitigating Performance Enhancement Culture in Youth.- Poster: Exploring the Educational Affordances of an Academic Eportfolio for Engineer Students Through a Self-Regulated Learning Framework.- M-health as a Tool in the Cognitive Flexibility of the Elderly.- Critical categorization of Android and IOS Applications available for STEAM Education inEarly Childhood.- Museum exhibits that interact with students’ mobile devices. The case of Hellenic Maritime Museum.- Can Elementary Students Design Interactions And Learning Representations Of Educational Apps? The We!Design!Fractions Participatory Approach.- Pedagogical Considerations for Mobile-based Augmented Reality Learning Environments.- Machine learning & Deep learning: Recent Overview in Medical Care.- Learn to Code, an Interactive Application to Promote Mobile Student-Centred Learning.- Emerging Technologies and Augmented Reality in the development of Learning and Human Potential.- Level of Digital Literacies among Austrian College Students Assessed with an Online Survey.- A Gamefied Educational Network for Collaborative Learning.- Dynamic Mobile Student Response Approach.- Poster: The Use of a Virtual Personal Assistant (FENNChat) as a Platform for Providing Automated Responses to ODL Students’ Queries at UNISA.- Poster: Proposal of an Intelligent Model for Remote Tutoring.- A Comparative Study Of Augmented Reality Platforms For Building Educational Mobile Applications.- M-Learning: Are We Ready to Go Mobile?.- Framework For Automatic VPN Access To Remotely Discovered Resources.- Poster: Learn To Love My Grandchild Design With The User.- Enhancing Second Language Listening Skills through Smartphones: A Case Study.- Exposing Rural Indian Students to Mobile Assisted Language Learning: A Case Study.- How Can Facebook Use In Education Be Realized As Crowdsourcing Of Learning? An Exploration Of Junior, Senior And Graduates Working Together.- Concept of Digital Competences In-service Training Systems.- Means of Cyber Security Aspects Studying in Maritime Specialists Education.- Evaluating a Coaching MOOC Course to Support Dual Career of Athletes.- LoRa Technology Benefits in Educational Institutes.- Three IoT Wearables in Five European Cities! Reality and Perception.- Work-in-Progress: Designing an E-coaching System for Chronic Heart Failure Patients.- A Comparative Examination of AR and Video in Delivering Assembly Instructions.- Wearable E-textile As A Narrative Mediator For Enhancing Empathy In Moral Development.- RSSI Fingerprinting Techniques for Indoor Localization Datasets.- Mulsemedia Data Representation Based on Multi-Image Concept.- Cryptographic Systems And Threats In E-commerce.- Work in Progress. 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Book SynopsisRadio and radar astronomy are powerful tools when studying the wonders of the universe, yet they tend to mystify amateur astronomers. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to newcomers, containing everything you need to start observing at radio wavelengths.Written by a mechanical engineer who has actually built and operated the tools described, the book contains a plethora of tested advice and practical resources. This revised edition of the original 2014 book Getting Started in Radio Astronomy provides a complete overview of the latest technology and research, including the newest models and equipment on the market as well as an entirely new section on radio astronomy with software-defined radios (SDRs). Four brand-new beginner projects are included, including bouncing a radar signal off the Moon, detecting the aurora, and tuning into the downlink radio used by astronauts aboard the ISS. Requiring no previous knowledge, no scary mathematics, and no expensive equipment, the book will serve as a fun and digestible reference for any level of astronomers hoping to expand their skills into the radio spectrum.Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a true A to Z of recorded sound, from its inception to the present day, outlining how technologies, techniques, and social attitudes have changed things, noting what is good and what is less good. The author starts by discussing the physics of sound generation and propagation. He then moves on to outline the history of recorded sound and early techniques and technologies, such as the rise of multi-channel tape recorders and their impact on recorded sound. He goes on to debate live sound versus recorded sound and why there is a difference, particularly with classical music. Other topics covered are the sound of real instruments and how that sound is produced and how to record it; microphone techniques and true stereo sound; digital workstations, sampling, and digital media; and music reproduction in the home and how it has changed. The author wraps up the book by discussing where we should be headed for both popular and classical music recording and reproduction, the role of the Audio Engineer in the 21st century, and a brief look at technology today and where it is headed. This book is ideal for anyone interested in recorded sound. “[Julian Ashbourn] strives for perfection and reaches it through his recordings… His deep knowledge of both technology and music is extensive and it is with great pleasure that I see he is passing this on for the benefit of others. I have no doubt that this book will be highly valued by many in the music industry, as it will be by me.” -- Claudio Di Meo, Composer, Pianist and Principal Conductor of The Kensington Philharmonic Orchestra, The Hemel Symphony Orchestra and The Lumina ChoirTable of ContentsIntroduction.- How the war changed audio.- The V record label for US troops.- Stereo sound, multi-channel sound, film sound and more.- The physics of sound.- The advent of tape and moving coil microphones.- The development of microphone techniques.- Multi-channel Tape recorders.- The advent of the Big Studios.- The record business.- The Maverick producers and freelance engineers.- The big time with 24 track everywhere and heaps of signal processing.- How the technology changed the music.- Classical music recording is effectively broken by the technology.- Digital arrives, but something is not right.- A to D and D to A convertors and compressors in the digital domain.- High resolution Digital recording and re-sampling.- Lossless compression.- The revolution in playback technology.- The social revolution in consumed music.- The change in musicians.- How to do things properly.- The use of Digital Audio Workstations and the impact on music.- Why recordings sound worse now than they did in the 50s and 60s.- Music and Civilisation and why it is important.- Where is the future archive for serious music being produced now.- Are advances in technology always good.- Teaching Audio Engineers.- The future.- Conclusion.

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