Textbook of diabetes.

Table of Contents: “…Islet Function and Insulin Secretion / Peter M Jones, Shanta J Persaud -- Insulin Action / Xuxia Wu, W Timothy Garvey -- Control of Weight: How Do We Get Fat? / George A Bray -- Pathogenesis of Diabetes. …”
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Summary and conclusions of the SBU report on chronic periodontitis--prevention, diagnosis and treatment : a systematic review

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Modeling and control of engines and drivelines by Eriksson, Lars, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…2.6 Vehicle Characterization/Characteristics2.6.1 Performance Measures; 2.7 Fuel Consumption; 2.7.1 Energy Density Weight; 2.7.2 From Tank to Wheel-Sankey Diagram; 2.7.3 Well-to-Wheel Comparisons; 2.8 Emission Regulations; 2.8.1 US and EU Driving Cycles and Regulations; Chapter 3 Powertrain; 3.1 Powertrain Architectures; 3.1.1 Exhaust Gas Energy Recovery; 3.1.2 Hybrid Powertrains; 3.1.3 Electrification; 3.2 Vehicle Propulsion Control; 3.2.1 Objectives of Vehicle Propulsion Control; 3.2.2 Implementation Framework; 3.2.3 Need for a Control Structure; 3.3 Torque-Based Powertrain Control.…”
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Design and Analysis of Connections in Steel Structures : Fundamentals and Examples by Boracchini, Alfredo

Table of Contents: “…2.3 Actions Proportional to Stiffness2.4 Ductility; 2.5 Load Path; 2.6 Ignorance of the Load Path; 2.7 Additional Restraints; 2.8 Methods to Define Ultimate Limit States in Joints; 2.9 Bolt Resistance; 2.10 Yield Line; 2.11 Eccentric Joints; 2.12 Economy, Repetitiveness, and Simplicity; 2.13 Man-hours and Material Weight; 2.14 Diffusion Angles; 2.15 Bolt Pretensioning and Effects on Resistance; 2.15.1 Is Resistance Affected by Pretensioning?…”
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Organic waste recycling : technology, management and sustainability by Polprasert, Chongrak, Koottatep, Thammarat

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Copyright; Contents; About the authors; Preface; Abbreviations and symbols; Atomic weight and number of elements; Conversion factors for SI units; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Problems and Need for Organic Waste Recycling; 1.2 Objectives and Scope of Organic Waste Recycling; 1.2.1 Agricultural reuses; 1.2.2 Bioenergy production; 1.2.3 Aquacultural reuses; 1.2.4 Organic wastewater reuse; 1.3 Integrated and Alternative Technologies; 1.3.1 Kamol Kij Co. …”
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Information and Decision Sciences Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on FICTA

Table of Contents: “…Automatic Text-line level Handwritten Indic Script Recognition: A Two-Stage Framework -- 40. Weight based Secure approach for Identifying Selfishness behavior of node in MANET -- 41. …”
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Topics in statistical simulation : research papers from the 7th international workshop on statistical simulation

Table of Contents: “…Lemeshko [and three others] -- Simulating from the copula that generates the maximal probability for a joint default under given (inhomogeneous) marginal / Jan-Frederik Mai and Matthias Scherer -- Optimization via information geometry / Luigi Malagò and Giovanni Pistone -- Combined nonparametric tests for the social sciences / Marco Marozzi -- The use of the scalar monte carlo estimators for the optimization of the corresponding vector weight algorithms / Ilya Medvedev -- Additive cost modelling in clinical trial / Guillaume Mijoule [and three others].…”
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Climate Impacts on Agricultural and Natural Resource Sustainability in Africa

Table of Contents: “…PartI: Introduction -- Chapter1: Agricultural and Natural Resource Sustainability under changing climate in Africa -- PartII: Conservation Agriculture, carbon sequestration and soil and water management -- Chapter2: The Prospects for Conservation Agriculture in Ethiopia -- Chapter3: Land Use Changes and Sustainable Land Management Practices for Soil Carbon Sequestration in Sub-Saharan African Agro-Ecosystems -- Chapter4: Gendered adaptation and coping mechanisms to climate variability in Eastern Uganda rice farming systems -- Chapter5: Integrated soil fertility management based on pigeon pea and cowpea cropping systems influences nitrogen use efficiency, yields and quality of subsequent maize on Alfisols in central Malawi -- Chapter6: A Hydrological Assessment of Wetlands in Lilongwe Peri-Urban Areas: A Case of Njewa, Catchment, Lilongwe Malawi -- PartIII: Sustainable crop/livestock/aquaculture/fish production -- Chapter7: Productivity and chemical composition of maize stover and rice straw under smallholder farming systems intensification in Tanzania -- Chapter8: INTENSIFICATION OF SORGHUM AND PEARL MILLET PRODUCTION IN THE SAHEL-SUDANIAN CLIMATIC ZONES OF MALI -- Chapter9: Impact of climate variability on the use and exposure of pesticides in sugarcane production in Malawi -- Chapter10: Yield and profitability of cotton grown under smallholder organic and conventional cotton farming systems in Meatu District, Tanzania -- Chapter11: In Search of Climate-Smart Feeds: The Potential of Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum, L) to replace maize as an energy feed ingredient in broiler diets in Malawi -- Chapter12: Climate Change and Weather Variability Effects on Cattle Production: Perception of Cattle Keepers in Chikwawa, Malawi -- Chapter13: A cohort study of reproductive performance, associated infections and management factors in Zebu cows from smallholder farms in Malawi -- Chapter14: Effect of dry season supplement feeding of Malawi Zebu cows on reproductive performance, lactation and weight gain in calves -- Chapter15: Effects of concentrate supplementation on the fatty acid composition of fat depots in crossbred goats -- Chapter16: Goat milk quality and possible dairy products from rural households of Tanzania and Malawi under the Farmers-Processor’s partnership -- Chapter17: The need for farmer support and record keeping to enhance sustainable dairy goats breeding in Tanzania and Malawi -- Chapter18: Stratified livestock production and live animal and meat export from Ethiopia: Lessons from the experience of a donor funded project -- Chapter19: Of ‘white elephants’ in fisheries: A conflict resolution model around the usage of climate-smart fish postharvest technologies in Lake Malawi -- PartIV: Policy and Institutions for sustainable agriculture and natural resource management -- Chapter20: Policy and Action for food and climate uncertainties in Malawi -- Chapter21: Need for personal transformations in a changing climate: reflections on environmental change and climate-smart agriculture in Africa -- PartV: Value addition options for smallholder market access and integration -- Chapter22: Between the Sun and Fish are People: A Socio-Economic Study of Solar Dryers for Fish Processing in Malawi -- Chapter23: Profitability of supplementary feeding of indigenous cattle in dry areas of Tanzania -- Chapter24: Integrating smallholder farmers to commodity value chains in sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges, prospects and policy issues -- Chapter25: Economic Rationale of Using African Weaver ants, Oecophylla longinoda Latreille (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) for Sustainable Management of Cashew Pests in Tanzania -- PartVI: Upscaling innovative technologies on smallholder farms -- Chapter26: Determinants of ISFM Technology Adoption and Dis-adoption Among Smallholder Maize Farmers in Central Malawi -- Chapter27: Exploiting arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-rhizobia-legume symbiosis to increase smallholder farmers’ crop production and resilience under a changing climate -- Chapter28: Availability, access and use of weather and climate information by smallholder farmers in the Kilombero River Catchment, Tanzania -- Chapter29: Gender differentiation in the adoption of climate smart agriculture technologies and level of adaptive capacity to Climate Change in Malawi -- Chapter30: Smallholder farming in Mara and Iringa Regions, Tanzania: Current practices, Constraints and Opportunities -- Chapter31: Impact of Farm Input Subsidies vis-à-vis Climate-Smart Technologies on Maize Productivity: A Tale of Smallholder Farmers in Malawi -- Chapter32: Digital storytelling as an agricultural extension communication tool in smallholder farming and fishing communities in Malawi -- Chapter33: Assessing the role of storytelling presentation in knowledge transfer from climate change projects in Tanzania: The case of the EPINAV programme -- PartVII: Conclusion -- Chapter34: Knowledge gaps and research priorities.…”
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Integration of large scale wind energy with electrical power system in China by Lu, Zongxiang, 1974-, Zhou, Shuangxi, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…2.3.4 Comparison of Three Kinds of Wind Power Generation Systems2.3.4.1 Cost, Size, and Weight; 2.3.4.2 Match with 50-60 Hz Power Grid Frequency; 2.3.4.3 Blade Noise; 2.3.4.4 Energy Acquisition; 2.3.4.5 Reliability and Maintenance; 2.3.4.6 Wind Energy Quality; 2.3.4.7 Power Grid Faults; 2.3.5 Other Types of Wind Turbines; 2.3.5.1 AC/DC/AC Wind Power Generation System; 2.3.5.2 Magnetic Field-Modulated Generator System; 2.3.5.3 Brushless Double-Fed Generator System; 2.3.5.4 Claw-Pole Generator System; 2.3.5.5 Switched Reluctance Generator System.…”
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Advanced Machine Learning Technologies and Applications Proceedings of AMLTA 2020

Table of Contents: “…Segregating and Recognizing Human Actions from Video Footages using LRCN Technique -- Fall Alert: A Novel Approach to Detect Fall -- Evaluation of Automatic Text Visualization Systems: A Case Study -- Face Recognition Based Attendance System using Real Time Computer Vision Algorithms -- The Impact of Knowledge Management Adoption on the Government Sector’s Performance: The Case of Bahrain -- Video Surveillance for the Crime Detection using Features -- Real-time Neural-net Driven Optimized Inverse-kinematics for a Robotic Manipulator -- A Deep Learning Technique to Countermeasure Video Based Presentation Attacks -- Optimization of Loss Functions for Predictive Soil Mapping -- Natural Language Information Extraction through Non Factoid Question and Answering System -- An Enhanced Differential Evolution Algorithm with New Environmental-based Parameters for Solving Optimization Problems -- Reactive Power Optimization Approach based on Chaotic Particle Swarm Optimization -- Data Mining Model for Better Admissions in Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) – A Case Study of Bahrain -- The Effectiveness of Renewable Energies Projects in Kuwait - PAAET Solar Energy Project -- Skin Lesion Analyser: An Efficient Seven-Way Multi-Class Skin Cancer Classification Using Mobile Net -- Real-Time Object Detection in Remote Sensing Images using Deep Learning -- Malaria Detection using Convolutional Neural Network -- Drone-Based Face Recognition using Deep Learning -- Traffic Sign Recognition for Self-Driving Cars with Deep Learning -- Identifying the Association Rule to Determine the Possibilities of Cardio Vascular Diseases(CVD) -- Prediction of Service Level Agreement Violation in Cloud Computing using Bayesian Regularization -- A New Methodology for Language Identification in Social Media Code-mixed Text -- Detecting Influencers in Social Networks Through Machine Learning Techniques -- Application and Analysis of K-Means Algorithms on a Decision Support Framework for Municipal Solid Waste Management -- Android Rogue Application Detection using Image Resemblance and Reduced LDA -- An Indexed Non-Probability Skyline Query Processing Framework for Uncertain Data -- Analysis of Operational Control Mode of Intelligent Distribution Grids with Multi-microgrid -- Technical Present Situation based on Micro Grid Operation Control -- Skin Lesion Classification: A Transfer Learning Approach Using Efficient Nets -- Change Footprint Pattern Analysis of Crime Hotspot of Indian Districts -- Itemset Mining based Episode Profiling of Terrorist Attacks using Weighted Ontology -- Enabling Technologies in Banking Industry, Regulatory Technology RegTech and Money Laundering Prevention -- A Cognitive Knowledge Base for Learning Disabilities using Concept Analysis -- Native Monkey Detection using Deep Convolution Neural Network -- Evaluation and Summarization of Student Feedbacks Using Sentiment Analysis -- Predicting Competitive Weight Lifting Performance using Regression and Tree-based Algorithms -- Predicting the Primary Dominant Personality Trait of Perceived Leaders by Mapping Linguistic Cues from Social Media Data onto the Big-Five Model -- Analysis of Users behaviour on Micro Blogging Site using a Topic -- Machine Learning Techniques for Short Term Forecasting of Wind Power Generation -- Integrated Process Management System of Smart Substation Secondary Side based on Practical Scheme -- Research on Forms and Strategies of Alternative Energy Achieved -- Lightweight Access Control Algorithm for Internet of Things -- Named Entity Recognition for Legal Documents -- Visual Speech Processing and Recognition -- Predictive Analytics for Cardiovascular Disease Diagnosis using Machine Learning Techniques -- A Novel Approach for Smart Health Care Recommender System -- Heart Disorder Prognosis employing KNN, ANN, ID3 and SVM -- IoT based Home Security System with Wireless Communication -- Implementation of Internet of Things IoT in Small Business Industry: Case of Bahrain -- A Comparative Study of Model-Free Reinforcement Learning Approaches -- Location Aware Security System for Smart Cities using IoT -- An Assessment Study of Gait Biometric Recognition using Machine Learning -- A Study on Risk Management Practices in Online Banking in Bahrain -- Deep Learning Techniques: An Overview -- A Multilayer Deep Learning Framework For Auto-Content Tagging -- Case Based Reasoning (CBR) based Anemia Severity Detection System (ASDS) Using Machine Learning Algorithm -- ECG Signal Analysis, Diagnosis and Transmission -- The Effect of Real-Time Feedback on Consumer’s Behaviour in the Energy Management Sector: Empirical study -- Synchronization Control in Fractional Discrete-Time Systems with Chaotic Hidden Attractors -- Employment of Cryptographic Modus Operandi based on Trigonometric Algorithm and Resistor Color Code -- Experimental & Dimensional Analysis Approach for Human Energy Required In Wood Chipping Process -- Impact of High-k gate dielectric and Workfunctions Variation on Electrical Characteristics of VeSFET -- Correlating Personality Traits to Different Aspects of Facebook Usage -- Fractional Order control of a Fuel Cell-boost Converter System -- Battery Pack Construction Scheme based on UPS System Reliability -- Study on Land Compensation for High Voltage Transmission Lines in Power Grid based on Easement -- Study on the Terrain of Power Network Construction Expropriation and Legal Risk Prevention.…”
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The Bone-biomaterial interface

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Health effects and dependency associated with snuff consumption by Natvig Norderhaug, Inger

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Bioactive food as dietary interventions for liver and gastrointestinal disease

Table of Contents: “…Bhardwaj -- Dangerous Herbal Weight-Loss Supplements / A. González-Stuart -- Milk Bacteria : Role in Treating Gastrointestinal Allergies / F. …”
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Proceedings of Third International Conference on Computing and Communication Networks ICCCN 2023, Volume 1

Table of Contents: “…Multiscale Feature Pyramid Network-enabled Deep Learning and IoT-based Pest Detection System Using Sound Analytics in Large Agricultural Field -- Detection of Wormhole attacks using DCNNBiLSTM model to secure the MANET -- Enhancing Security in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Broadcast/Multicast Authentication Framework with Identity-Based Signature Schemes -- TSFTO: a Two Stage Fuzzy based Tasks Orchestration Algorithm for Edge and Fog Computing Environments -- Tracking Climatic Variations through Smart IoTdrivenApproach:An Exploratory Analysis -- Design and Manufacturing of an Efficient Low-Cost Fire Alarm System Based on GSM Communications and IoT Technology -- A Comparative Analysis of Optimised Routing Protocols for High-Performance Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks -- Integrating Sandpiper Optimization Algorithm and Secure Aware Routing Protocol for Efficient Cluster Head Selection in Wireless Sensor Networks -- The Effects of Weather Conditions on Data Transmission in Free Space for Wireless Sensor Networks -- Using Wireless Sensor Network Performance and Optimizing in underground Mines with Virtual MIMO antenna -- A Novel Logistic Regression based Fire Detection Model using IoT in Underground Coal Mines -- An MQTT IoT Intrusion Detection System using Deep-Learning -- Multi-Objective Optimal Feature Selection for Cyber Security integrated with Deep Learning -- Application of Gradient Boosting Classifier based ComputationalIntelligence to detect Drug Addiction threat in society -- INSURANCE 4.0: SMART INSURANCE TECHNOLOGIES AND CHALLENGES AHEAD -- Review on Vision Transformer for Satellite Image Classification -- Primitive Roots and Euler Totient Function based Progressive Visual Cryptography -- An Approach for Fire Detection Using Image Processing -- A Review of Various Approaches for Authorship Identification in Digital Forensics -- The change weight of threat in network security communication based on analysis of multisource data -- Machine Learning Model for Traffic Prediction and Pattern Extraction in High Speed Optical Networks -- Improved Markov Decision Process in Wireless Sensor Network for Optimal Energy Consumption -- Design and Implementation of a Hybrid Deep learning Framework for Handwritten Text Recognition -- A LSTM based intelligent framework for Financial Stock Prediction -- Mispronunciation Detection Using Feature Learning -- Annotating social data with speaker/user engagement. …”
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Postoperative Care in Thoracic Surgery : a Comprehensive Guide

Table of Contents: “…4.4.1 Risk Factors Related to the Patient's Condition4.4.1.1 Age; 4.4.1.2 Functional Dependence; 4.4.1.3 Classification of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA); 4.4.1.4 Smoking; 4.4.1.5 Respiratory Symptoms; 4.4.1.6 Peripheral Oxygen Saturation and Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs); 4.4.1.7 Respiratory Infection Prior to Surgery; 4.4.1.8 Preoperative Hypoalbuminemia, Weight Loss, and Body Mass Index (BMI); 4.4.1.9 Preoperative Anemia; 4.4.1.10 Chronic Obstructive and Other Pulmonary Diseases; 4.4.1.11 Congestive Heart Failure (CHF); 4.4.1.12 Renal Disease; 4.4.1.13 Liver Disease.…”
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International Conference on Heavy Vehicles HVParis 2008 : heavy vehicle transport technology (HVTT 10)

Table of Contents: “…Plenary session / Eugene O'Brien, Bernard Jacob -- Plenary session. The EU's rules on weights and dimensions and the realities of sustainable mobility / Berry John -- A history of freight transport prior to the modern truck / Maxwell Lay -- Intelligent freight / Jean-Fran?…”
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Fundamentals of sustainable drilling engineering by Hossain, M. Enamul, Al-Majed, Abdulaziz Abdullah

Table of Contents: “…3.5.3 Additives for Oil-based Mud3.6 Measurement of Drilling Fluids Properties; 3.6.1 Mud Density; 3.6.2 Mud Viscosity; 3.6.3 Gel Strength; 3.6.4 pH Determination; 3.6.5 Filtration Tests; 3.6.6 Sand Content; 3.6.7 Determination of Liquid and Solids Content; 3.6.8 Alkalinity; 3.6.9 Water Hardness; 3.6.10 Water Analysis; 3.6.11 Chemical Analysis; 3.6.12 Chloride Concentration; 3.6.13 Cation Exchange Capacity of Clays; 3.6.14 Electrical Properties; 3.7 New Drilling Mud Calculations; 3.8 Design of Mud Weight; 3.9 Current Developments in Drilling Fluids; 3.9.1 Formulation of WBM…”
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Cold Regions Engineering 2015 : developing and maintaining resilient infrastructure : proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering : July 19-22, 201...

Table of Contents: “…Rapid Assessment of Snow Drifting Conditions Using Physical Model Simulations -- Ground Snow Loads Revisited -- Structural Challenges with a Fiber-Composite Building in Antarctica -- Comparison of Moisture Content and Electrical Conductivity of Lightweight and Normal-Weight Concrete Bridge Decks : Instrumentation and Monitoring -- Vertical Impedance Testing for Assessing Protection from Chloride-Based Deicing Salts Provided by an Asphalt Overlay System on a Concrete Bridge Deck -- Evaluation of Lithium Silicate and Silane Applications for Sealing Concrete Barrier Walls Exposed to Chloride-Based Deicing Salts -- Frost Heave : A Semi-Empirical Model Based on Field Data -- A Method for Estimating Frost Heave Forces Acting on Ground Anchors -- Tangential Heave Stress for the Design of Deep Foundations Revisited -- Frost Heave Mitigation Using Polymer Injection and Frost Depth Prediction -- Maintenance and Drainage Issues for Gravel and Snow Road Transitions : Case Study at the Scott Base Transition, Antarctica -- Prediction of Pavement Surface Temperature Using Meteorological Data for Optimal Winter Operations in Parking Lots -- Winter Travel Speed Data as Performance Measures for Winter Operations -- Modeling the Snow Melting Performance of Salt : A Mechanistic-Empirical Approach -- Expedient Skiway Reconnaissance and Operations near Resolute Bay, Canada -- Construction over Frozen Ground on the Port MacKenzie Rail Extension Project.…”
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Nanotechnology applications for tissue engineering

Table of Contents: “…2.8.2 Ophthalmologic Applications2.8.3 Cardiovascular Applications; 2.8.4 Dental Applications; 2.8.5 Wound Dressing Applications; 2.8.6 Other Applications; 2.9 Future Directions in Biomaterials; 2.10 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; 3 Electrospinning of Polymers for Tissue Engineering; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 History of Electrospinning; 3.3 Experimental Setup and Basic Principle; 3.3.1 Theoretical Background; 3.4 Effects of Parameters on Electrospinning; 3.4.1 Solution Parameters; 3.4.2 Concentration and Viscosity; 3.4.3 Molecular Weight; 3.4.4 Surface Tension…”
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Groundwater and Society Applications of Geospatial Technology

Table of Contents: “…Applicability of Geospatial Technology, Weight of Evidence and Multilayer Perceptron for Groundwater Management: A Geoscientific Study on Birbhum District, West Bengal, India (Niladri Das, Subhasish Sutradhar, Ranajit Ghosh, Prolay Mondal) -- Chapter 23. …”
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