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Book SynopsisLean Manufacturing concepts are being applied to a variety of industries. These concepts ensure streamlined processes through a systematic analysis of wastes and elimination, while enhancing value. This book offers fundamentals, theoretical concepts, case studies, and examples, along with insights for lean integration in Industry 4.0.The book offers a comprehensive coverage of topics in Lean Manufacturing which includes lean elements and tools, performance measures, project selection, integration, along with other related strategies. It ensures a balance between theory and practice of Lean Manufacturing by including the implementation aspects of lean tools. The book will explore insights for Industry 4.0 related to lean concepts and provide details on how they relate. Illustrations and examples depicting OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) analysis and value stream map analysis are included. The book also provides case studies on Lean Manufacturing <Table of Contents1. Introduction. 2. Lean Principles and Waste Categories. 3. Elements of Lean Manufacturing. 4. Basic Lean Tools (5S and TPM). 5. Basic Lean Tools (VSM and Workcell). 6. Supporting Lean Tools and Concepts. 7. Project Selection and Training for Lean Implementation. 8. Lean Performance Measurement. 9. Lean Integration with Other Strategies. 10. Lean Integration with Industry 4.0. 11. Research Issues in Lean Manufacturing.

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses the 3D printing of sensors, actuators, and antennas and illustrates how manufacturers can create smart materials that can be effectively used to prepare low-cost products. The book also includes how to select the appropriate process for your manufacturing needs. 3D Printing of Sensors, Actuators, and Antennas for Low-Cost Product Manufacturing offers the most recent developments in 3D printing of sensors, actuators, and antennas for low-cost product manufacturing; the book highlights some of the commercially available low-cost 3D printing processes that have higher efficiency and accuracy. Fundamental principles and working methodologies are presented with a critical review of the past work involved and current trends with future predictions. It covers composite and polymeric materials widely used and specifically focuses on low-cost elements. Recent breakthroughs and advantages in product manufacturing when printing smart materials are also discussTable of Contents1. Introduction to 3D Printing of Sensors, Actuators, and Antennas for Low-Cost Product Manufacturing. 2. 3D Printing of Sensors, Actuators, and Antennas: Materials and Processes. 3. 3D Printing in Antenna Design. 4. Polymer-Based 3D Printed Sensors, Actuators, and Antennas for Low-Cost Product Manufacturing. 5. Lab-Scale Solutions for Sensors, Actuators, and Antennas: Economic and Environmental Justification. 6. Flexible and Wearable Patch Antennas Using Additive Manufacturing for Modern Wireless Applications. 7. 4D Printed Smart Sensors, Actuators, and Antennas. 8. Case Study on Development of Polymer Composite for Sensors, Actuators, and Antennas.

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Book SynopsisThis book is a key introduction to ethics in engineering, providing professionals at all stages of their career with guidance on navigating the increasingly complex world of practising engineering ethically on an international scale.Engineering professionals face a duty to uphold reliable and trustworthy behaviour when working across all disciplines and industries. Accuracy and rigour are essential parts of the modern workplace, and are increasingly of concern to practising engineers. Using case studies to highlight examples of issues within the workplace and how these can be appropriately handled, this book is an accessible tool through which engineers can gain confidence in dealing with ethical dilemmas in the workplace. Touching upon safety, risk, artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, and intellectual property, alongside sustainability and environmental matters, the book focuses on hot topics which are fast becoming day-to-day issues dealt with by engineers.TTable of Contents1 Ethics in the Professional Context 2 The Ethical Basis for Engineering Activities 3 Ethical Responsibilities to Consumers and Customers 4 Safety and Risk 5 The Debate on AI and Autonomous Systems 6 Ethics in the Management of Intellectual Property 7 Environmental Matters and Sustainability 8 Being Professional 9 Finale 10 Bibliography Annex 1 – The IET Rules of Conduct Annex 2 – UK-SPEC Annex 3 – Some Case Studies Annex 4 – Intellectual Property

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Book SynopsisInterior Design Concept combines a comprehensive introduction to design concept, with a reflective examination upon the various ways it can be understood, harnessed, and implemented. Within interior architecture and design, the power of conceptual thinking to fuel creativity, innovation, and collaboration is evident in the use of design concept. Broadly accepted as an essential component in the design process, design concept is a notoriously elusive topic which has, until now, received little critical attention. This book offers a reevaluation of current academic ideas about design methodologies and the nature of inspiration, alongside brand-new data from an international research study to help clarify what creativity really means in the modern world. Topics addressed throughout this text will examine the functions and definitions of design concept, analyze how it may be identified and integrated within the design process, investigate from where ideas for design concTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Functions of Design Concepts 2. Definitions of Design Concept 3. Identification of Design Concepts 4. Integration of Design Concepts in the Design Process 5. Generation of Design Concepts 6. Communication of Design Concepts Conclusion

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Book SynopsisA collection of timely new scholarship, Repair: Sustainable Design Futures investigates repair as a contemporary expression of empowerment, agency, and resistance to our unmaking of the world and the environment. Repair is an act, metaphor, and foundation for opening up a dialogue about design's role in proposing radically different social, environmental, and economic futures.Thematically expansive and richly illustrated, with over 125 visuals, this volume features an international, interdisciplinary group of contributors from across the design spectrum whose voices and artwork speak to how we might address our broken social and physical worlds. Organized around reparative thinking and practices, the book includes 30 long and short chapters, photo essays, and interviews that focus on multiple responses to fractured systems, relationships, cities, architecture, objects, and more. Repair will encourage students, academics, researchers, and practitiTrade Review"There’s no hope for a sustainable future without ‘Care and Repair’ becoming as sexy and seductive as ‘Use and Lose’. In this very timely book we have some smart creative minds riffing on how to start this re-imagining. There’s a deliveryman at the door. On the cardboard box is written ‘HANDLE WITH CARE AND REPAIR.’"Peter Gabriel, musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and activist"Pulling together scholars and activists from around the world, this splendidly curated collection of essays forcefully reminds us how varied repair is, the remarkable skills such work requires, and the crucial role of such work in resistance to the unrelenting powers of decay and destruction."Elizabeth V. Spelman, Professor of Philosophy, Smith College"This text makes an essential contribution to debates about repair now exploding across design, the fine arts, architectural studies, critical theory and many other spaces and places. Beautifully illustrated, carefully curated and containing a wide range of vital critical interventions from some of the leading thinkers and practitioners in the field, this book will set the agenda for sustainable repair studies for years to come."Damian White, Dean of Liberal Arts and Professor of Social Theory and Environmental Studies, RISD"Repair: Sustainable Design Futures is an important contribution to the ongoing discussion about repair, with a special focus on its significance and impact on society and the environment."Silke Langenberg, Editor of Repair. Encouragement to think and make (2018) and Upgrade. Making things better (2022)"'Repair' is a word that is simple yet complex. The authors show how different ways of thinking contribute to a broader notion of this simple word, one based in different ways of knowing. Through this exploration they develop more eclectic understandings of the world we live in, the processes and systems that surround us, how these inform what we do and fundamentally help us make sense of who we are. This book is an excellent example of how we can think and act to be better participants on this planet."Pradeep Sharma, Director of Arts|Culture|Heritage at the Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan FoundationTable of ContentsPART 1: Reparative Thinking_Broken Worlds; Five Theses on Repair in Most of the World; Who Decides? Power, Brokenness, and Healing; Repairing the Cracked Concrete; Broken Urban: Repair as Postapocalyptic Design; Why Save This?; Repair and Imperfection through the Lens of the Spectral; For the rain, for the wind; PART 2: Reparative Practices_Wounds, Sutures, and Scars; Aesthetics of Visible Repair: The Challenge of Kintsugi; Repair and Design Futures: An Exhibition and Call to Action; Darning Over Renewal; Thinking Rubble: Ruin and Repair at War’s End; Open Dialogues and Material Memory; What Is the Work of Love Today? Repair, Care, and Carrying; Kurhirani no ambakiti (Burning the Devil): Since That’s the Only Way They Listen to Us; PART 3: Reparative Thinking_Alternative Ways; Borderlanders: A Political Concept for Repair; Repair on the Move; My Grandmother’s Mended Socks: Layered Design Thinking and Durability; Is Business Beyond Repair?; Repairing Imaginations: Rethinking the Ethics of Growth and Degrowth; Is Repair Repairing Architecture?; Trans-Repair: Emancipatory Techno-Poetics; PART 4: Reparative Practices_Patched and Reassembled; Community Repair in South Africa: An Interview with Kevin Kimwelle; Fixing as Learning; Make-Do-and-Mend: The Repair and Reuse of Existing Buildings; Hand Me Up; Recovering a Sense of Place; (Hi)Stories of Repair; Notions of Repair as a Pedagogical Dialogue; Toward Repairing the Social Fabric: Music Performance and Pedagogy at Work; PART 5; Epilogue: Stronger Futures—a Call to Action; Lexicon of repair

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Book SynopsisA collection of timely new scholarship, Repair: Sustainable Design Futures investigates repair as a contemporary expression of empowerment, agency, and resistance to our unmaking of the world and the environment. Repair is an act, metaphor, and foundation for opening up a dialogue about design's role in proposing radically different social, environmental, and economic futures.Thematically expansive and richly illustrated, with over 125 visuals, this volume features an international, interdisciplinary group of contributors from across the design spectrum whose voices and artwork speak to how we might address our broken social and physical worlds. Organized around reparative thinking and practices, the book includes 30 long and short chapters, photo essays, and interviews that focus on multiple responses to fractured systems, relationships, cities, architecture, objects, and more. Repair will encourage students, academics, researchers, and practitiTrade Review"There’s no hope for a sustainable future without ‘Care and Repair’ becoming as sexy and seductive as ‘Use and Lose’. In this very timely book we have some smart creative minds riffing on how to start this re-imagining. There’s a deliveryman at the door. On the cardboard box is written ‘HANDLE WITH CARE AND REPAIR.’"Peter Gabriel, musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and activist"Pulling together scholars and activists from around the world, this splendidly curated collection of essays forcefully reminds us how varied repair is, the remarkable skills such work requires, and the crucial role of such work in resistance to the unrelenting powers of decay and destruction."Elizabeth V. Spelman, Professor of Philosophy, Smith College"This text makes an essential contribution to debates about repair now exploding across design, the fine arts, architectural studies, critical theory and many other spaces and places. Beautifully illustrated, carefully curated and containing a wide range of vital critical interventions from some of the leading thinkers and practitioners in the field, this book will set the agenda for sustainable repair studies for years to come."Damian White, Dean of Liberal Arts and Professor of Social Theory and Environmental Studies, RISD"Repair: Sustainable Design Futures is an important contribution to the ongoing discussion about repair, with a special focus on its significance and impact on society and the environment."Silke Langenberg, Editor of Repair. Encouragement to think and make (2018) and Upgrade. Making things better (2022)"'Repair' is a word that is simple yet complex. The authors show how different ways of thinking contribute to a broader notion of this simple word, one based in different ways of knowing. Through this exploration they develop more eclectic understandings of the world we live in, the processes and systems that surround us, how these inform what we do and fundamentally help us make sense of who we are. This book is an excellent example of how we can think and act to be better participants on this planet."Pradeep Sharma, Director of Arts|Culture|Heritage at the Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan FoundationTable of ContentsPART 1: Reparative Thinking_Broken Worlds; Five Theses on Repair in Most of the World; Who Decides? Power, Brokenness, and Healing; Repairing the Cracked Concrete; Broken Urban: Repair as Postapocalyptic Design; Why Save This?; Repair and Imperfection through the Lens of the Spectral; For the rain, for the wind; PART 2: Reparative Practices_Wounds, Sutures, and Scars; Aesthetics of Visible Repair: The Challenge of Kintsugi; Repair and Design Futures: An Exhibition and Call to Action; Darning Over Renewal; Thinking Rubble: Ruin and Repair at War’s End; Open Dialogues and Material Memory; What Is the Work of Love Today? Repair, Care, and Carrying; Kurhirani no ambakiti (Burning the Devil): Since That’s the Only Way They Listen to Us; PART 3: Reparative Thinking_Alternative Ways; Borderlanders: A Political Concept for Repair; Repair on the Move; My Grandmother’s Mended Socks: Layered Design Thinking and Durability; Is Business Beyond Repair?; Repairing Imaginations: Rethinking the Ethics of Growth and Degrowth; Is Repair Repairing Architecture?; Trans-Repair: Emancipatory Techno-Poetics; PART 4: Reparative Practices_Patched and Reassembled; Community Repair in South Africa: An Interview with Kevin Kimwelle; Fixing as Learning; Make-Do-and-Mend: The Repair and Reuse of Existing Buildings; Hand Me Up; Recovering a Sense of Place; (Hi)Stories of Repair; Notions of Repair as a Pedagogical Dialogue; Toward Repairing the Social Fabric: Music Performance and Pedagogy at Work; PART 5; Epilogue: Stronger Futures—a Call to Action; Lexicon of repair

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Book SynopsisThis book provides applications of machine learning in healthcare systems and seeks to close the gap between engineering and medicine by combining design and problem-solving skills of engineering with health sciences to advance healthcare treatment. Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Systems: Tools and Techniques discusses AI-based smart paradigms for reliable prediction of infectious disease dynamics; such paradigms can help prevent disease transmission. It highlights the different aspects of using extended reality for diverse healthcare applications and aggregates the current state of research. The book offers intelligent models of the smart recommender system for personal well-being services and computer-aided drug discovery and design methods. Case studies illustrating the business processes that underlie the use of big data and health analytics to improve healthcare delivery are center stage. Innovative techniques used for extractingTable of Contents1. Artificial Intelligence Challenges, Principles, and Applications in Smart Healthcare Systems. 2. Systematic View and Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Smart Healthcare Systems, principles, challenges and Applications. 3. Application of Machine Learning Techniques in COVID-19 Epidemiology: A Glimpse. 4. Automated Seven-Level Skin Cancer Staging Diagnosis in Dermoscopic images using Deep Learning. 5. Ensemble Classifier Based Predictive Model for Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus Prediction. 6. Machine Learning Approaches for Analysis in Smart Healthcare Informatics. 7. Smart Approaches for Diagnosis of Brain Disorders using Artificial Intelligence. 8. Bridging the Gap Between Technology and Medicine: Approaches of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare. 9. Brain Tumor Classification using Transfer Learning. 10. Advanced Bayesian Estimation Of Weibull In Early Stage Eye Loss Prediction In Diabetic Retinopathy. 11. Automated Sleep Staging Using Single-Channel EEG SIgnal based on Machine Learning Approaches. 12. Machine Learning Based Intelligent Assistant for Smart Healthcare. 13. AI-Enabled Sentiment Analysis on COVID-19 Vaccination: A Twitter based study. 14. An Early Diagnosis of Lung Nodule Using CT Images based on Hybrid Machine Learning techniques. 15. Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease Assisted by AI-Powered Human-Robot Communication.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a great collection of work design testimonies with transferable lessons across many industry sectors and domains. It discusses physiological and cognitive parameters, teamwork, social aspects, organizational, and broader factors that influence work design initiatives.It is important to learn from practitioner stories and real-world conditions that affect the theoretical applications of work design. Readers will benefit from understanding the struggles and successes of the authors. The chapters cover a wide spectrum of human factors and user needs, including decision making in (ab)normal and safety-critical situations, physical ergonomics, design-in-use modifications, and tailored training. The text examines holistic approaches that lead to improved work methods, worker engagement, and effective system-wide interventions.Ergonomic Insights: Successes and Failures of Work Design is primarily written for professionals and graduate students in theTrade Review"Ergonomic Insights is an erudite, timely, and important contribution on the pathways to success and failure when applying ergonomics theory, principles, and methods in work design. Karanikas and Pazell have assembled a stellar cast of contributors who cover all manner of ergonomic work design issues, ranging from equipment and workspace design, training, and procedures, to workplace safety, incident reporting, and abnormal operations. The book will be an excellent resource for ergonomics researchers and practitioners who wish to help understand and optimise sociotechnical work systems. Buy it now, and the work systems of the future will benefit".- Professor Paul Salmon, Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems, University of the Sunshine Coast (Australia)"Ergonomic Insights edited by Dr Nektarios Karanikas and Dr Sara Pazell is an excellent addition to the literature as its chapters genuinely reveal each author’s work, who wrote from the trenches. Each contributor reflects on the lessons learned through success and failures in addressing the issues at hand, and the writing style is lucid and very much practitioner-oriented. I am confident that any reader who wants to understand the journey of what it takes to implement good work design will immensely benefit from this easy-to-read collection."- Dr Rammohan Maikala, Subject Matter Expert at the National Safety Council (United States) and Editor for Ergonomics in Design & the International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics."It is surprisingly rare in Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) to read about the messy reality of real practice, including practitioners' experiences, embedded as they are in diverse organisational, social, economic, technological, regulatory, and legal contexts. While diverse, these contexts and experiences are quite different to those of researchers embedded in academic contexts, who produce the overwhelming majority of written works on HFE. In this edited book, Nektarios Karanikas and Sara Pazell - who themselves have decades of experience in the world of practice - have brought together a diverse range of authors to cover ergonomics in a various sectors, in primary, secondary and tertiary industries. In the 21 chapters, the authors give honest and straightforward accounts real practice, via case studies and reflections. The book will be of great interest and value to practitioners, students, educators, and researchers who wish to understand the practice of HFE in the many contexts and constraints in which practice is embedded".- Dr Steven Shorrock, Senior Specialist Safety & Human Factors at Eurocontrol (Europe) and Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Sunshine Coast (Australia)."What a great idea, a book that focusses on real world experiences of applying human factors and ergonomics principles. The examples cover a wide variety of industries from office environments through health, manufacturing, mining, construction and rail; and the authors all bring a wealth of experience to share. This is a thought-provoking book for student and practitioner alike."- Robin Burgess-Limerick, PhD CPE FHFESA, Professor of Human Factors, Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane Qld 4072 Australia Table of Contents1. Human impacts on work design. 2. The underestimated value of less-than-ideal and proactive ergonomic solutions. 3. Return-to-work and 24/7 warehouse operations. 4. Designing a visually comfortable workplace. 5. Opportunities and challenges for designing quality work in residential aged care. 6. When success is not success, and we strive to do better. 7. Reshaping lifestyle changes in a heavy weight world. 8. Indian farm tractor seat design assessment for driver's comfort. 9. Off-The-Road tyre management: the good, the bad and the ugly. 10: The Human Factors practitioner in engineering contractor managed investment projects. 11. Deciphering the knowledge used by front-line workers in abnormal situations. 12. The tyranny of misusing documented rules and procedures. 13. Creating ownership and dealing with design and work system flaws. 14. Stuck in a holding pattern: human factors training development for sports and recreational aviation. 15. Undertrained workforce and poor system designs. 16. The ergonomics consultants lot is not an easy one. 17. Tread softly because you tread on my dreams: Reflections on a poorly designed tram driver-cab. 18. Creating conditions for successful design-in-use. 19. New scientific methods and old school models in ergonomic system development. 20. It’s only a reporting form. 21. SAfER way to design work.

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Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking handbook leads the way in accelerating the transition to a sustainable circular economy by introducing the concept of a catalyst as a positive and enhancing driving force for sustainability. Catalysts create and maintain favourable conditions for complex systemic sustainability transition changes, and a discussion and understanding of catalysts is required to move from a linear economy to a sustainable and circular economy.With contributions from leading experts from around the globe, this volume presents theoretical insights, contextualised case studies, and participatory methodologies, which identify different catalysts, including technology, innovation, business models, management and organisation, regulation, sustainability policy, product design, and culture. The authors then show how these catalysts accelerate sustainability transitions. As a unique value to the reader, the book brings together public policy and private business perspectives to addreTrade Review“For the last 50 years, we have come to realise that there are not only natural resource limits to our economic growth but that our extraction methods are – indisputably – responsible for global warming, ever-increasing levels of pollution, and dire health effects. However, despite all this data, we have been reluctant to act. In the last few years, circular economy initiatives and regulations have emerged as viable remedies to these calamities, but a deeper look often reveals a lack of a true systemic circular transition. This book is closing an urgent gap because it helps us understand the actual catalyzers of circularity and in so doing, once activated, long-term, sustainable change can finally take place.”Gordana Kierans, EntrepreneurCircle.World, Croatia“An impressive array of experts masterfully help us to understand and expand the role of catalysts to help transition from linear to circular business models across industries, regions, and approaches. This handbook is both guidebook and playbook, and provides both sides of the telescope – informative zoom-ins, as well as insightful zoom-outs to help us take the necessary next steps to begin the transition in earnest.”Alon Rozen, Dean and Professor of Innovation, École des Ponts Business School, FranceTable of Contents1. Introduction: Circular economy catalysts in sustainability transition Part 1: Contextualized understanding of catalysts 2. Catalysts for urban circularity 3. ‘ReCreating’ the construction sector for circularity 4. Catalysing the textile industry toward circular economy 5. A review of circular economy in Nigeria 6. Catalysts for transition to circular economy solutions in the bio-waste management sector in India 7. Plastic waste and a circular economy in China 8. The role of institutional environment in catalysing circular entrepreneurship Part 2: Types of catalysts 9. Regulatory catalysts for circular economy 10. Mission-oriented policy as a catalyst for transition to a circular economy 11. Information as a catalyst for the circular economy 12. Design as a catalyst for the circular economy 13. Circular economy and finance 14. Core competences and core resources as catalysts for the design of circular business models 15. Artificial intelligence as a catalyst in the circular economy transition 16. Gamification as a catalyst to the circular economy Part 3: Methodological approaches for catalysing 17. Mid-range transition arenas as catalysts in a circular economy 18. Design thinking tools to catalyse sustainable circular innovation 19. Scenario method for catalysing circularity and lowering emissions in the construction sector/real estate, Nigeria 20. Digital affordances for a circular economy transition 21. Accelerating the adoption of circular economy 22. Co-creation art to catalyse competencies for a sustainability transition 23. Utopias as catalysts for a sustainable circular economy Part 4: Conceptual understanding of catalysing 24. Toward a typology of circular economy agency 25. Roles of virtual intermediaries in the transition to a circular economy 26. The assembling of circular consumption 27. Catalysing a circular transition in Brixton 28 ‘Regime-niche’ actors as catalysts in the transition to a circular economy 29. Catalysts in a sustainable circular economy

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Book SynopsisDesigning Spatial Culture investigates a powerful experiential dialogue formed between the habitation of space and a diversified cultural realm. This creative proposition binds and positions human activity and experience framing its histories, currency and future. Whilst the book distinguishes between the conditions of the existing urban/ architecture/ interior canon, it embraces a new agency of space, showcasing the encounters, assemblies and designs that shape human behaviours and the cultural forms of the built environment.Using authoritative case studies, the book examines many locations and spaces, ranging from new urban landscapes, historical domestic spaces and contemporary architecture. It embraces the most lavish and flamboyant to the most simplistic and minimal, establishing a connected cultural narrative. The book shifts the focus in the spatial realm from an object-based experience (where space is filled with things) to a more complete immersive experiencTable of Contents1. Spatial Cultures – A Critical Introduction 2. Cultures, Conundrums and Encounters 3. A Spatial Probe – Investigation into Space 4. Ethnography and the human perspective (Spatial Culture Ecosystem) 5. Determining Spatial Culture: Atmosphere, Character, Enclosure, Space (Figurative Realm) 6. Explaining spatial culture: Comfort, Object, Surface, Experience (Sensory Realm) 7. Understanding Spatial Culture: Colour, Light, Taste and Place (Textual Realm) 8. Cultural placement mapping - Physical/ Digital Cultures Summary: A cultural analysis

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Book SynopsisOver the past decades, collaborative initiatives between luxury brands and the art world have been increasing in number and relevance. At first treated as a mere trend or as a marketing stunt, in time luxury-art collaborations have come to be acknowledged as one of the most effective ways luxury brands and artists can position themselves in today's market, engaging with their clients and audiences. This book sheds light on the socio-cultural valence of luxury-art collaborations. The book explores luxury-art collaborations in the context of postmodern consumption, i.e. as a phenomenon deeply rooted in and emerging from the ways postmodern individuals value and consume objects, contents and ideas. More specifically, the book covers: how collaborations reflect the postmodern condition and liquid consumption practices (hybrid, temporary, hyperreal); the impact of luxury-art collaborations on the evolution of luxury stores and museums, and the emergence of hybrid spaces (art

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Book SynopsisThe fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) have grown dramatically in recent years, with an increasingly impressive spectrum of successful applications. This book represents a key reference for anybody interested in the intersection between mathematics and AI/ML and provides an overview of the current research streams.Engineering Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence: Foundations, Methods, and Applications discusses the theory behind ML and shows how mathematics can be used in AI. The book illustrates how to improve existing algorithms by using advanced mathematics and offers cutting-edge AI technologies. The book goes on to discuss how ML can support mathematical modeling and how to simulate data by using artificial neural networks. Future integration between ML and complex mathematical techniques is also highlighted within the book.This book is written for researchers, practitioners, engineers, and AI consultants.Table of Contents1. Multiobjective Optimization: An Overview. 2. Inverse Problems. 3. Decision Tree for Classification and Forecasting. 4. A Review of Choice Topics in Quantum Computing and Some Connections with Machine Learning. 5. Sparse Models for Machine Learning. 6. Interpretability in Machine Learning. 7. Big Data: Concepts, Techniques, and Considerations. 8. A Machine of Many Faces: On the Issue of Interface in Artificial Intelligence and Tools from User Experience. 9. Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Platforms. 10. Artificial Neural Networks. 11. Multicriteria Optimization in Deep Learning. 12. Natural Language Processing: Current Methods and Challenges. 13. AI and Imaging in Remote Sensing. 14. AI in Agriculture. 15. AI and Cancer Imaging. 16. AI in Ecommerce: From Amazon and TikTok, GPT-3 and LaMDA, to the Metaverse and Beyond. 17. The Difficulties of Clinical NLP. 18. Inclusive Green Growth in OECD Countries: Insight from The Lasso Regularization and Inferential Techniques. 19. Quality Assessment of Medical Images. 20. Securing Machine Learning Models: Notions and Open Issues.

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Book SynopsisExploring Operations Research with R shows how the R programming language can be a valuable tool â and way of thinking â which can be successfully applied to the field of operations research (OR). This approach is centred on the idea of the future OR professional as someone who can combine knowledge of key OR techniques (e.g., simulation, linear programming, data science, and network science) with an understanding of R, including tools for data representation, manipulation, and analysis. The core aim of the book is to provide a self-contained introduction to R (both Base R and the tidyverse) and show how this knowledge can be applied to a range of OR challenges in the domains of public health, infectious disease, and energy generation, and thus provide a platform to develop actionable insights to support decision making.Features Can serve as a primary textbook for a comprehensive course in R, with applications in OR Suitable for post-graduate students in OR and data science, with a focus on the computational perspective of OR The text will also be of interest to professional OR practitioners as part of their continuing professional development Linked to a Github repository including code, solutions, data sets, and other ancillary material

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Book SynopsisMonte-Carlo techniques have increasingly become a key method used in quantitative research. This book introduces engineers and scientists to the basics of using the Monte-Carlo simulation method which is used in Operations Research and other fields to understand the impact of risk and uncertainty in prediction and forecasting models.Monte-Carlo Simulation: An Introduction for Engineers and Scientists explores several specific applications in addition to illustrating the principles behind the methods. The question of accuracy and efficiency with using the method is addressed thoroughly within each chapter and all program listings are included in the discussion of each application to facilitate further research for the reader using Python programming language.Beginning engineers and scientists either already in or about to go into industry or commercial and government scientific laboratories will find this book essential. It could also be of interestTable of Contents1. The Basic Idea. 2. Buffon's Needle. 3. Areas and Integrals. 4. Thermal Radiation. 5. Bending Beams. 6. Torus Segment. 7. Radiation Shielding. 8. Stressed Cylinder. 9. Linear Resistive Networks. 10. Magnetic Phase Transitions. 11. Polymer Chains. 12. Solutions to Selected Problems. 13. Appendix.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents different tools and techniques used for Decision Support Systems (DSS), including decision tree and table, and their modifications, multi-criteria decision analysis techniques, network tools of decision support, and various case-based reasoning methods supported by examples and case studies. Latest developments for each of the techniques have been discussed separately, and possible future research areas are duly identified as intelligent and spatial DSS.Features: Discusses all the major tools and techniques for Decision Support System supported by examples. Explains techniques considering their deterministic and stochastic aspects. Covers network tools including GERT and Q-GERT. Explains the application of both probability and fuzzy orientation in the pertinent techniques. Includes a number of relevant case studies along with a dedicated chapter on Table of ContentsPreface. Author Biography. 1. Introduction. 2. Decision Tree. 3. Decision Table. 4. Predicate Logic. 5. Fuzzy Theory and Fuzzy Logic. 6. Network Tools. 7. Petri Net. 8. Markov Chain. 9. Case-Based Reasoning. 10. Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Techniques. 11. Some Other Tools. 12. Spatial Decision Support System. 13. Data Warehousing and Data Mining. 14. Intelligent Decision Support System. 15. DSS Software. 16. Future of Decision Support System.

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Book SynopsisThere currently is no in-depth book dedicated to the challenge of the Internet of Everything and Big Data technologies in smart cities. Humankind today is confronting a critical worldwide portability challenge and the framework that moves cities must keep pace with the innovation. Internet of Everything and Big Data: Major Challenges in Smart Cities reviews the applications, technologies, standards, and other issues related to smart cities.This book is dedicated to addressing the major challenges in realizing smart cities and sensing platforms in the era of Big Data cities and Internet of Everything. Challenges vary from cost and energy efficiency to availability and service quality. This book examines security issues and challenges, addresses the total information science challenges, covers exploring and creating IoT environment-related sales adaptive systems, and investigates basic and high-level concepts using the latest techniques implemented by researchers Table of Contents1. Wireless Sensor Networks in Smart Cities. 2. Big Data Analytics. 3. Security Issues in Smart Cities. 4. Artificial Intelligence in Smart-Cities. 5. Performability in IoT-enabled Sensors. 6. Data delivery in IoT-enabled Smart Cities. 7. Deployment Issues in IoT-enabled Sensors. 8. Traffic Modelling in Smart-Cities. 9. Resource Management and Enabling Technologies Localization in IoT-enabled Sensors. 10. Modeling and Simulation with Fuzzy Techniques in Smart Cities. 11. Energy Efficiency in Smart Cities Technologies. 12. Semantic Interoperability for IoT.

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The text provides in-depth knowledge about recent advances in solar collector systems, photovoltaic systems, the role of thermal energy systems in buildings, phase change materials, geothermal energy, biofuels, and thermal management systems for EVs in social and industrial applications. It further aims toward the inclusion of innovation and implementation of strategies for CO2 emission reduction through the reduction of energy consumption using conventional sources.This book: Presents the latest advances in the field of thermal energy storage, solar energy development, geothermal energy, and hybrid energy applications for green development Highlights the importance of innovation and implementation of strategies for CO2 emission reduction through the reduction of energy consumption using sustainable technologies and methods Discusses design development, life cycle assessment, modelling and simulation of thermal energy systems i

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Book SynopsisThe text envisages novel optimization methods that significantly impact real-life problems, starting from inventory control to economic decision-making. It discusses topics such as inventory control, queueing models, timetable scheduling, fuzzy optimization, and the Knapsack problem. The book's content encompass the following key aspects: Presents a new model based on an unreliable server, wherein the convergence analysis is done using nature-inspired algorithms Discusses the optimization techniques used in transportation problems, timetable problems, and optimal/dynamic pricing in inventory control Highlights single and multi-objective optimization problems using pentagonal fuzzy numbers Illustrates profit maximization inventory model for non-instantaneous deteriorating items with imprecise costs Showcases nature-inspired algorithms such as particle swarm optimization, genetic algorithm, bat algorithm, and cuckoo search algorithm Table of ContentsChapter 1Ant colony optimization algorithm for the university course timetabling problem using events based on groupings of studentsRakesh P. Badoni, Sanjeev Kumar, R.P. Mohanty, and Ashirbad SarangiChapter 2Genetic Optimization and Their ApplicationsTusar Kanti Mishra, Vaibhav Bhartia, and B. K. TripathyChapter 3Different Variants of Unreliable Server: An Economic ApproachShreekant Varshney, Chandra Shekhar, Vivek Tiwari, and Kocherlakota Satya PritamChapter 4Multi-Objective Fuzzy Linear Programming Problem with Fuzzy Decision Variables: A Geometrical ApproachAdmasu Tadesse, M. M. Acharya, Manoranjan Sahoo, Srikumar AcharyaChapter 5On Approximation of Piecewise Linear Membership Functions and its Application to Solve Solid Transportation Problem with Fuzzy Cost CoefficientsPradip Kundu, and Manidatta RayChapter 6Profit Maximization Inventory Model for Non-Instantaneous Deteriorating Items with Imprecise CostsD. K. Nayak, S. K. Paikray, and A. K. SahooChapter 7A Fuzzy Inventory Model with Permissible Delay in Payments for Non- Instantaneous Deteriorating Items under InflationVipin Kumar, Amit Kumar, Chandra Shekhar, C. B. GuptaChapter 8Single and Multi-Objective Optimization Problems with Pentagonal Fuzzy NumberAnuradha Sahoo, Jayanta Kumar Dash, Ruchika MoharanaChapter 9Sensitivity Analysis of Fuzzy Linear Programming Problems with Symmetric Trapezoidal Fuzzy NumbersSanjaya K. Behera, and J. R. NayakChapter 10Constrained Effective Bit Selection Algorithm for Solving 0-1 Knapsack ProblemRajpal Rajbhar, and L. N. DasChapter 11A Transportation Model with Rough Cost, Demand, and SupplySubhakanta Dash, and S. P. MohantyChapter 12Impact of COVID-19 on the World EconomyAltaf Ahmad, Anjanna Matta, and Topunuru KaladharChapter 13Food Waste: Impact of Covid-19 on Urban and Rural AreasSurya Kant Pal, Mahesh Kumar Jayaswal, Subhodeep Mukherjee, Kriss Gunjan, Jyotirmai Satapathy, Simran SinghChapter 14A Conceptual Study of Association Factors Contributing to the Stress Level of Parents During the Pandemic Era in NCRNitendra Kumar, Pooja Singh, Santosh Kumar, Surya Kant Pal, Khursheed Alam, Mahesh Kumar Jayaswal

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Book SynopsisBusiness Anthropology: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introductory text organized around key issues in the field. It introduces readers to the application of anthropological theory and practice to real world examples in industry and will assist students in developing awareness, skill, and perspectives to help address real life situations they encounter in the world.Topics covered include: Defining applied, design and digital anthropology Explaining key research methods and approaches used in industry, government, and non-profit sectors Investigating issues internal to an organization that assist in managing change Covering topics like marketing communications, user experience, product development and entrepreneurship Explaining ways for organizations to partner and interact with communities, economics and politics to implement change Discussing approaches to encourage public conversation about social Table of Contents1. Introduction to Business Anthropology 2. Methodologies of Cultural Analysis 3. Anthropology in Consumer Research 4. Organizational Anthropology 5. Design Anthropology 6. A Digital Anthropology approach to Culture 7. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book provides useful insight into how academics from diverse disciplinary backgrounds, such as science, engineering, technology, social science, policy, design, architecture, built environment, business, and management, have been conducting research into how to realise net zero emissions to address climate change. This book explores the ways in which countries around the world have pledged to achieve net zero emissions through decarbonisation processes. It presents the highest calibre research and impact activities carried out in the UK, Europe, North America, Australia, Asia, and Africa. Such activities include conceptualisation, opportunity identification, specific case studies, demonstration of proof of concepts, provision of evidence, education of the general public, and knowledge transfer to companies. Further to this, the chapters also bring to light personal career journeys to net zero by current and future international research leaders. From this book, re

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Book SynopsisThe competition between airports demands higher-quality services to satisfy passengers. A Baggage Handling System (BHS) serves functions such as baggage sorting, screening, and storage. A successful BHS means bags move between areas as travellers do. Handlers load/unload bags and transfer them between the airport''s areas. Automation can save money and bring safety and operational benefits. Warehouses as well as the automotive industry are more advanced technologically in comparison to the airport and especially the baggage handling business. The concept of the Baggage Factory (BF) is an approach (based on Industry 4.0) that simplifies the processes from the moment passengers drop off their bags at check-in till the destination (chutes, carousels, and so forth).Airport Baggage Handling Systems: Using the Baggage Factory Approach to Support AI Optimisation, Decisions, and Design Processes introduces the features of the BF concept and presents how BHS designers can use ATable of ContentsPart I – Introduction. 1. Introduction. 2. Airports – Baggage Handling Factory. 3. Ergonomics. 4. Baggage Handling System Design. Part II - From Intra-Logistics to Airport BHS. 5. Baggage Storage Systems. 6. Individual Carrier Systems. 7. The Automatic Packing Cell. 8. The Batch Build Concept. 9. The Resource Planning. 10. The Service Vehicle Management. 11. The BHS Disaster Management. Part III – Tools. 12. The Lean Principles. 13. Decision-Aid Techniques. 14. Optimisation and Artificial Intelligence. 15. Systems Simulation. 16. The Big data. Part IV – Challenges. 17. The Epilogue.

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Book SynopsisManipulating the design process can be challenging for junior design, art and creative students. Besides understanding the approaches to managing the design factors with logical thinking, they can lack experience in handling emotional changes and concerns and initiative factors during the design process. As a result, they struggle to practice design and need guidance for enhancing their decision-making, evaluation, judgment, and motivation.This book proposes a set of guiding principles with the intention of assisting the reader in regulating the emotional changes that occur throughout the design process. This book offers practical approaches to those who would like to incorporate emotion in their design processes, which contrasts with previous scholarly research that has mostly focused on the theoretical level. It provides guidance to the reader through the process of adapting to the emotional changes that may occur throughout the design process during their design studies. I

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Book SynopsisThis book serves a unique purpose within the world of engineering. It covers the economics of modern manufacturing and focuses on examining the techniques and methods from a cost perspective. It can be used by both students and professionals alike. The book is useful to students in industrial engineering and mechanical engineering programs as a primary textbook for engineering economy, production costing, and related courses. It can also be used by MBA students specializing in production management and finance.Specific topics of coverage include the computation of direct and indirect cost for manufacturing operations, including a variety of overhead operations in such an environment. Costing of manufacturing methods such as casting, forging, turning, milling, and welding is addressed along with inventory analysis. The book also includes fundamental concepts such as cash flow analysis, present and future worth analysis, and rate of return analysis. Related topicsTable of ContentsInterest Factors, Equivalence, Present Worth, Annualized Equivalent Worth, and Future worth Analysis. Cost Estimation. Materials Costing. Process Costing. Overhead Expenses. Estimation of Capital Cost and Operating Cost. Costing of Material Handling Operations. Inventory Analysis and Costing. Administrative and Facilities Costs. Establishing the Selling Price. Comparison of Alternatives. Breakeven and Benefit Cost Analysis. Depreciation. Replacement Analysis. The Make v/s Buy Decision. Vendor Selection and Vendor Cost Verification. Influence of Assembly Automation and Market Factors on Production Economics. Appendix.

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Book SynopsisStuart Walker's design work has been described as life-changing, inspiring, disturbing and ferocious. Drawing on an extraordinarily diverse range of sources and informed by creative practice, Design for Life penetrates to the heart of modern culture and the malaise that underlies today's moral and environmental crises. The author argues that this malaise is deep-seated and fundamental to the modern outlook. He shows how our preoccupation with technological progress, growth and the future has produced a constricted view of life one that is both destructive and self-reinforcing. Based on over twenty-five years of scholarship and creative practice, he demonstrates the vital importance of solitude, contemplation, inner growth and the present moment in developing a different course one that looks squarely at our current, precarious situation while offering a positive, hopeful way forward a way that is compassionate, context-based, humanTrade Review'Design for Life is full of brilliantly original thinking and practical guidance for building a better world. It offers a framework for designers and consumers alike and makes a more meaningful material culture feel possible.' Sebastian Cox, Designer and Maker, Director, Sebastian Cox studio & workshop'This book adopts a wholly new approach to design, one that gets right to its heart. Rooted in values, beliefs and creativity it adopts a rhetorical approach to its subject, blurring the boundary between designing and thinking about design.' - Penny Sparke, Professor of Design History, Kingston University'Brimming throughout with intelligence and curiosity, this deeply rooted, powerful book shapes design around the processes of life.' - Kate Fletcher, Professor of Sustainability, Design, Fashion, University of the Arts London'Both contents and narratives are impressive. This book interprets design in a unique way, and the key clue is its glorious humanism. It is the foundation of design’s new missions, new roles and new approaches, in this changing era.' - Yongqi Lou, Professor and Dean, College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University, Shanghai'In this stunning book, Stuart Walker’s sensibility explores deep and complex dimensions of design thinking and doing, shedding light on the role of intentions, priorities and values.' - Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos, Professor of Design, University of São Paulo'Our society expects and needs a new wisdom for developing our lives in more meaningful ways. In this book, Stuart Walker opens the door for dialogue on wisdom in design. It is a wisdom permeated by creativity, the human imagination, intuition and comprehension.' - Takeshi Sunaga, Professor of Design, Tokyo University of the Arts'Stuart Walker's emphasis on reflection and values brings a welcome dimension to the design process. He stresses personal vision as a way of contributing to design's capacity to make the world a better place.' - Victor Margolin, Professor Emeritus of Design History, University of Illinois, Chicago'He offers an authoritative account with a voice developed through experience and the knowhow acquired while treading the line between theoretical research and design practice.'- Matt Malpass, Programme Coordinator, Saint Martins College of Arts and Design, University of the Arts London Table of ContentsPrologue 1. The Subject of Design: personal involvement and positive change 2. A Narrowing: loss of narrative unity and the nature of design change 3. Counterpoints: restoring balance through design 4. The Shift: an inward path to holistic design 5. Creativity: and the imperative of solitude 6. The Mesh: freeing design from dominant dogmas 7. Rhythms: movement, making and meaning 8. Seeds: designing for a new awareness Appendices 1. CONFESIÓN – relic from a future past 2. Listening to the Muse – a personal reflection 3. The Inadequacies of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) 4. Related Websites Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFollowing in the footsteps of its bestselling predecessor, Kevin J. Duggan, an executive mentor and recognized authority on Lean and Operational Excellence, draws on more than 10 years of experience and learning to provide Creating Mixed Model Value Streams, Second Edition. This second edition takes a step-by-step approach to implementing Lean in complex environments and describes which Lean techniques to use when faced with difficult situationsincluding high product mix, scheduling problems, shared resources, and unstable customer demand. In addition to a new section on handling shared resources to support mixed model production, the second edition: Contains updates to sections on mixed model value streams Introduces new information on constructing product family matrices Expands on the concept of takt in mixed models Provides additional insights on existing mixed model concepts, such as determining product fTrade Review... required reading for most firms that are serious about Lean transformation. It not only addresses a critical need for companies in a high-variety product environment, but also covers many details in developing your Lean system. It deals with more complex issues, but it is written clearly and presented in a very digestible form. It is one more step toward moving beyond copying what we see in Toyota plants and developing our own Lean production systems.—Jeffrey K. Liker, University of Michigan and Shingo Prize-Winning Author of The Toyota Way Praise for the Bestselling First Edition: Finally, a book that addresses the real world complexity of implementing lean in a mixed model environment! Creating Mixed Model Value Streams is must reading for anyone who is trying to make improvements beyond a basic value stream map. From selecting a product family to scheduling and dealing with customer demand, this book shows you how to implement a lean value stream in a way that everyone will understand.—Glynn Miller, Director, Consumer Centered Enterprise This excellent how-to guide will help set free those of us who have been handcuffed by complexity in our manufacturing systems. It translates theoretical lean into practical guidance for use in the trenches.—Al Mason, Manager, Process Improvement, Goodrich Corporation We work with companies across all industry sectors enabling them to keep increasing their levels of Lean expertise. One of the issues we see them struggle with time and again is, 'How do we make product flow when there are a variety of products in the same value stream?' Without any quality books on the topic, it has been no easy task to explain - until now. This book demystifies and simplifies the concept of Flow in complex environments. When you put the book down, you will understand there is a solution to your situation. Your only regret will be - why didn't I have this knowledge sooner.—Larry D. Cott, Lean Advisors Inc. ... required reading for most firms that are serious about Lean transformation. It not only addresses a critical need for companies in a high-variety product environment, but also covers many details in developing your Lean system. It deals with more complex issues, but it is written clearly and presented in a very digestible form. It is one more step toward moving beyond copying what we see in Toyota plants and developing our own Lean production systems.—Jeffrey K. Liker, University of Michigan and Shingo Prize-Winning Author of The Toyota Way Praise for the Bestselling First Edition: Finally, a book that addresses the real world complexity of implementing lean in a mixed model environment! Creating Mixed Model Value Streams is must reading for anyone who is trying to make improvements beyond a basic value stream map. From selecting a product family to scheduling and dealing with customer demand, this book shows you how to implement a lean value stream in a way that everyone will understand.—Glynn Miller, Director, Consumer Centered Enterprise This excellent how-to guide will help set free those of us who have been handcuffed by complexity in our manufacturing systems. It translates theoretical lean into practical guidance for use in the trenches.—Al Mason, Manager, Process Improvement, Goodrich Corporation We work with companies across all industry sectors enabling them to keep increasing their levels of Lean expertise. One of the issues we see them struggle with time and again is, 'How do we make product flow when there are a variety of products in the same value stream?' Without any quality books on the topic, it has been no easy task to explain - until now. This book demystifies and simplifies the concept of Flow in complex environments. When you put the book down, you will understand there is a solution to your situation. Your only regret will be - why didn't I have this knowledge sooner.—Larry D. Cott, Lean Advisors Inc. Table of ContentsIntroduction. Product Families and the Pacemaker.Flow at the Pacemaker. Pitch and Scheduling . Customer Demand. How Will Upstream Processes Support the Pacemaker? Putting It All Together. Appendices: Lean Glossary. EMC Supply Data Set. Important Sources. Index.

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Book SynopsisWhile Lean principles have been around for decades, the practices have yet to keep current with the growing area of Sustainability. This book provides an implementation approach to integrating Lean and Sustainability principles toward a circular economy.Lean Sustainability: A Pathway to a Circular Economy illustrates an integrated Lean and Sustainability approach that is applicable to manufacturing, healthcare, service, and other industries. This comprehensive approach will guide organizations toward a circular economy to drive competitive business practices further while being environmentally, socially, and economically responsible. The eBook version includes full color images.This book will help any industry practitioner interested in helping their business improve flow, reduce waste, and become more environmentally conscious.Table of Contents1. Introduction. 2. Lean Overview. 3. Sustainability Overview. 4. Systems Thinking and the Circular Economy. 5. Cultivating a Lean Sustainability Culture. 6. Integrated Lean and Sustainability Framework. 7. Selecting and Prioritizing Lean Green Projects. 8. Mapping the Value Stream for an Eco-Friendly Flow of Material and Information. 9. Using a Lean Sustainability Lens for Business Process Mapping. 10. Analyzing Lean, Value, and Waste for Sustainable Continuous Improvement. 11. Using 5S to Reduce the Environmental Footprint. 12. Tracking Sustainability Efforts through Visual Management. 13. Utilizing Single-Minute Exchange of Dies for an Environmentally Friendly Changeover Process. 14. Employing Total Productive Maintenance for Eco-Friendly Equipment Maintenance. 15. Integrating Sustainability Principles into Mistake Proofing to Prevent Waste. 16. Ensuring Consistent Performance through Standard Work. 17. Environmentally Conscious Material Movement throughout the Enterprise. 18. Creating a Green Supply Chain. 19. Integrating Sustainability into the Organization’s Strategic Goals Using Hoshin Kanri. 20. Sustaining Lean Sustainability as a Strategic Initiative. 21. Shifting from a Linear to a Circular Economy. 22. Future and Challenges of Lean Green Sustainability. 23. Developing a University Sustainability Recycling Process and Metrics. 24. Implementing Lean Sustainability Practices in Agriculture. 25. Applying Lean Sustainability Principles to Fuel Testing at a National Airport. 26. Incorporating Lean Sustainability Improvement in a Hospital’s Sterile Instrument Processing.

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Book SynopsisAs the distinction between the digital and the material world becomes increasingly blurred, the ways in which we think about design are also shifting and evolving. How can the human, digital and material be brought together to intervene in the world? What constitutes our digital-material environments? How can we engage with digital technologies to make sustainable, healthy and meaningful decisions, both now and in the future? Digital Materialities presents twelve chapters by scholars and practitioners working at the intersection between design and digital research in the UK, Spain, Australia and the USA. By incorporating in-depth understandings of the digital-material world from both the social sciences and design, the book considers how this combined knowledge might advance our capacity to design for the future. Divided into three parts, the focus of the book moves from the theoretical to the practical: how different digital materialities are imagined and emerge, through software emulTrade ReviewThe essays in this volume make the case for the undeniable hybridity of human experience and suggest further avenues for researching the forms that material/digital interactions take and how individuals, families, communities, and societies (co-)design digital materialities, often in unanticipated ways that diverge from the expectations and intentions of professional designers. - Anthropology Review Database - Jack David EllerTable of ContentsList of figuresAcknowledgementsList of contributors1. Digital materialitySarah Pink, Elisenda Ardèvol and Débora LanzeniPart One Expectations2. Rematerializing the platform: Emulation and the digital-materialPaul Dourish3. Smart global futures: Designing affordable materialities for a better lifeDébora Lanzeni4. Envisioning the smart home: Reimagining a smart energy futureYolande StrengersPart Two Co-interventions5. Refiguring digital interventions for energy demand reduction: Designing for life in the digital-material homeSarah Pink, Kerstin Leder Mackley, Val Mitchell, Garrath T. Wilson and Tracy Bhamra6. Speculative design and digital materialities: Idiocy, threat and com-promiseMike Michael7. Ethnography and the quest to (co)design a mixed reality interactive slideJaume Ferrer, Elisenda Ardèvol and Narcís Parés8. Designing for the active human body in a digital-material worldFlorian 'Floyd' MuellerPart Three Insider Design9. Mobile intimacies: Everyday design and the aesthetics of mobile phonesHeather Horst10. Designing for the performance of memoryDavid Carlin11. Digital interventions in declining regionsIan McShane, Chris K. Wilson and Denise MeredythNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisBased on the author’s 20 years of teaching, Risk Analysis in Engineering: Techniques, Tools, and Trends presents an engineering approach to probabilistic risk analysis (PRA). It emphasizes methods for comprehensive PRA studies, including techniques for risk management. The author assumes little or no prior knowledge of risk analysis on the part of the student and provides the necessary mathematical and engineering foundations. The text relies heavily on, but is not limited to, examples from the nuclear industry, because that is where PRA techniques were first developed. Since PRA provides a best-estimate approach, the author pays special attention to explaining uncertainty characterization.The book begins with a description of the basic definitions and principles of risk, safety, and performance and presents the elements of risk analysis and their applications in engineering. After highlighting the methods for performing PRAs, the author describes how to assess and measure performance of the building blocks of PRAs, such as reliability of hardware subsystems, structures, components, human actions, and software. He covers methods of characterizing uncertainties and methods for propagating them through the PRA model to estimate uncertainties of the results. The book explores how to identify and rank important and sensitive contributors to the estimated risk using the PRA and performance assessment models. It also includes a description of risk acceptance criteria and the formal methods for making decisions related to risk management options and strategies. The book concludes with a brief review of the main aspects, issues, and methods of risk communication. Drawing on notes, homework problems, and exams from courses he has taught as well as feedback from his students, Professor Modarres provides a from-the-trenches method for teaching risk assessment for engineers. This is a textbook that is easy to use for students and professors alike.Trade Review“… this book contains the most used procedures and practices particularly in conducting probabilistic risk assessments of complex systems such nuclear power plants. One of the special feature of this gook is the inclusion of several worked out examples in the text and also a large number of exercises at the end of each chapters. This feature makes it very useful for the undergraduate, graduate students, who would like to study the subject of risk modeling, assessment and management as a part of their curricula. … the reviewer would like to recommend this book to all those practicing engineers, students, teachers, and researchers, who would like to make in depth study of the probabilistic risk assessment and associated problems and are looking for their solutions. This is a most comprehensive treatment of the subject.” — K. B. Misra, in International Journal of Performability Engineering, (IJPE), July 2006Table of ContentsIntroduction and Definitions. Elements of Risk Assessment. Probabilistic Risk Assessment. Performance Assessment: Data and Modeling. Uncertainty Analysis. Identifying, Ranking, and Predicting Contributors to Risk. Risk Acceptance Criteria. Decision Making Techniques. Risk Communication.

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Book SynopsisAMAZON BEST BOOKS OF 2019 PICKFORTUNE WRITERS AND EDITORS'' RECOMMENDED BOOKS OF 2019 PICKUser Friendly is a tour de force, an engrossing fusion of scholarly research, professional experience and revelations from intrepid firsthand reporting.EDWARD TENNER, The New York Times Book ReviewIn User Friendly, Cliff Kuang and Robert Fabricant reveal the untold story of a paradigm that quietly rules our modern lives: the assumption that machines should anticipate what we need. Spanning over a century of sweeping changes, from women's rights to the Great Depression to World War II to the rise of the digital era, this book unpacks the ways in which the world has beenand continues to beremade according to the principles of the once-obscure discipline of user-experience design.In this essential text, Kuang and Fabricant map the hidden rules of the designed world and shed light on how those rules have caused our world to changean underappreciated but essential history that's pieced together for the first time. Combining the expertise and insight of a leading journalist and a pioneering designer, User Friendly provides a definitive, thoughtful, and practical perspective on a topic that has rapidly gone from arcane to urgent to inescapable. In User Friendly, Kuang and Fabricant tell the whole story for the first timeand you'll never interact with technology the same way again.

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