A simple guide to technology and analytics by Evans, Brian J., 1945-

Table of Contents: “…Sensors responding to light (visible EM radiation).</p><p>6.2.5. Sensors respond…”
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Topographical tools for filtering and segmentation. 1, Watersheds on node- or edge-weighted graphs by Meyer, Fernand, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…The topography of weighted graphs interpreted in the light of the derived digraphs 122 -- Part 3. Reducing the Overlapping of Catchment Zones 125 -- Chapter 7. …”
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Collaborative internet of things (C-IoT) : for future smart connected life and business by Behmann, Fawzi

Table of Contents: “…APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS 2.1 C-IOT Landscape 2.1.1 C-IoT Model and Architecture Layers 2.1.2 C-IoT Model and Enabling Technologies 2.1.3 Definition of key elements 2.1.4 Requirement Considerations 2.1.5 C-IoT System Solution -- Requirement Considerations 2.2 Applications Requirement -- Use Cases 2.3 Health & Fitness (Lead Example) 2.3.1 Landscape 2.3.2 Health & Fitness -- Sensing Requirements 2.3.3 Health & Fitness -- Gateway Requirements 2.3.4 Health & Fitness -- Service Requirements 2.3.5 Health & Fitness -- Solution Considerations 2.3.6 Health & Fitness -- System Considerations 2.3.7 Health & Fitness and Hospitals 2.4 Video Surveillance 2.4.1 Landscape 2.4.2 Video Surveillance -- Across Home, Industry and Infrastructure 2.4.3 Video Surveillance -- Sensing Requirements 2.4.4 Video Surveillance -- Gateway Requirements 2.4.5 Video Surveillance -- Services 2.4.6 Example: Red Light Camera -- Photo Enforcement Camera 2.4.7 Conclusion 2.5 Smart Home & Building 2.5.1 Landscape 2.5.2 Requirement 2.5.3 Home -- Sensing Requirements 2.5.4 Home -- Gateway Requirements 2.5.5 Home -- Services 2.6 Smart Energy 2.6.1 Landscape 2.6.2 Requirements 2.6.3 Smart Energy -- Sensing Requirements 2.6.4 Smart Energy -- Gateway Requirements 2.6.5 Smart Energy -- Services 2.6.6 The Smart Energy App 2.6.7 Smart Energy and Network Security 2.7 Track & Monitor 2.7.1 Landscape 2.7.2 Track & Monitory -- Sensing Requirements 2.7.3 Track & Monitor -- Services 2.7.4 Track & Monitor -- Solution Considerations 2.7.5 Track & Monitor -- Examples 2.8 Smart Factory/Manufacturing 2.8.1 Factory Automation -- Robot 2.8.2 Caregiver and Robot 2.8.3 Industrial Robot 2.9 Others: Smart Car, Smart Truck and Smart City 2.9.1 Smart Car 2.9.2 Smart Roadside 2.9.3 Drone 2.9.4 Machine Vision 2.9.5 Smart City 3. …”
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Sustainable construction : green building design and delivery by Kibert, Charles J.

Table of Contents: “…Augustine, Florida</p> <p>Summary and Conclusions</p> <p>Part III Green Building Design </p> <p>Chapter 7 The Green Building Design Process </p> <p>Conventional versus Green Building Delivery Systems</p> <p>High-Performance Green Building Delivery System</p> <p>Executing the Green Building Project</p> <p>Owner Issues In High-Performance Green Building Projects</p> <p>Setting Priorities And Making Other Key Initial Decisions</p> <p>Selecting The Green Building Team</p> <p>Role Of The Leed Accredited Professional Or Green Globes Professional In The Process</p> <p>Integrated Design Process</p> <p> Role of the Charrette in the Design Process</p> <p>Green Building Documentation Requirements</p> <p>LEED Documentation</p> <p>Green Globes Documentation</p> <p>Case Study: Theaterhaus, Stuttgart, Germany</p> <p>Summary and Conclusions</p> <p>Chapter 8 The Sustainable Site and Landscape </p> <p>Land and Landscape Approaches for Green Buildings</p> <p>Land Use Issues</p> <p>Sustainable Landscapes</p> <p>Green, or living, roofs</p> <p>Vertical landscaping</p> <p>Enhancing ecosystems</p> <p>Enhancing Ecosystems</p> <p>Stormwater Management</p> <p>Low-Impact Development</p> <p>Heat Island Mitigation</p> <p>Light Trespass and Pollution Reduction</p> <p>Assessment of Sustainable Sites: The Sustainable Sites Initiative</p> <p>Case Study: Iowa Utilities Board/Consumer Advocate Office</p> <p>Summary and Conclusions</p> <p>Chapter 9 Low-Energy Building Strategies </p> <p>Building Energy Issues</p> <p>High-Performance Building Energy Design Strategies</p> <p>HVAC Systems</p> <p>Water-Heating Systems</p> <p>Electrical Power System Components</p> <p>Innovative Energy Optimization Strategies</p> <p>Smart Buildings and Energy Management Systems (EMS)</p> <p>Ozone Depleting Chemicals in HVAC Systems</p> <p>Case Study: The Pertamina Energy Tower -- A Primer on Sustainable Skyscraper Design</p> <p>Chapter 10 Built Environment Hydrologic Cycle </p> <p>Global Water Resource Depletion</p> <p>Hydrologic Cycle Terminology</p> <p>Benefits of Water Efficiency</p> <p>High-Performance Building Hydrologic Cycle Strategy</p> <p>Building Plumbing Fixture and Controls</p> <p>Nonportable Water Sources</p> <p>Wastewater Strategies</p> <p>Baseline Water Model Example</p> <p>Use of Low-Flow Fixture Strategy</p> <p>Use of Alternative Water Sources Strategy</p> <p>Case Study: Lott Clean Water Alliance, Olympia, Washington</p> <p>Blackwater Case Study: Blackwater Recycling System, Salesforce Tower, San Francisco</p> <p>Summary and Conclusions</p> <p>Chapter 11 Closing Materials Loops </p> <p>The Challenge of Materials and Product Selection</p> <p>Selecting Building Materials and Products with a Focus on A Closed-Loop Materials System</p> <p>Life Cycle Assessment</p> <p>Materials and Product Certification</p> <p>Key and Emerging Construction Materials and Products</p> <p>Case Study Of Closing The Loop: Ecoworx? …”
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Java : A Beginner's Guide, Ninth Edition by Schildt, Herbert

Table of Contents: “…Enumerations -- Enumerations Inherit Enum -- Try This 12-1: A Computer-Controlled Traffic Light -- Autoboxing -- Type Wrappers -- Autoboxing Fundamentals -- Autoboxing and Methods -- Autoboxing/Unboxing Occurs in Expressions -- Static Import -- Annotations (Metadata) -- Introducing instanceof -- Chapter 12 Self Test -- 13 Generics -- Generics Fundamentals -- A Simple Generics Example -- Bounded Types -- Using Wildcard Arguments -- Bounded Wildcards -- Generic Methods -- Generic Constructors -- Generic Interfaces -- Try This 13-1: Create a Generic Queue -- Raw Types and Legacy Code -- Type Inference with the Diamond Operator -- Local Variable Type Inference and Generics -- Erasure -- Ambiguity Errors -- Some Generic Restrictions -- Continuing Your Study of Generics -- Chapter 13 Self Test -- 14 Lambda Expressions and Method References -- Introducing Lambda Expressions -- Block Lambda Expressions -- Generic Functional Interfaces -- Try This 14-1: Pass a Lambda Expression as an Argument -- Lambda Expressions and Variable Capture -- Throw an Exception from Within a Lambda Expression -- Method References -- Constructor References -- Predefined Functional Interfaces -- Chapter 14 Self Test -- 15 Modules -- Module Basics -- java.base and the Platform Modules -- Legacy Code and the Unnamed Module -- Exporting to a Specific Module -- Using requires transitive -- Try This 15-1: Experiment with requires transitive -- Use Services -- Additional Module Features -- Continuing Your Study of Modules -- Chapter 15 Self Test -- 16 Switch Expressions, Records, and Other Recently Added Features -- Enhancements to switch -- Try This 16-1: Use a switch Expression to Obtain a City?…”
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Enabling technologies for high spectral-efficiency coherent optical communication networks

Table of Contents: “…6.1 Introduction 201 -- 6.2 Polarization of Light 202 -- 6.3 PMD and PDL in Optical Communication Systems 206 -- 6.4 Modeling of Nonlinear Effects in Optical Fibers 209 -- 6.5 Coherent Optical Communication Systems and Signal Equalization 211 -- 6.6 PMD and PDL Impairments in Coherent Systems 215 -- 6.7 Nonlinear Impairments in Coherent Systems 228 -- 6.8 Summary 240 -- References 241 -- 7 Analytical Modeling of the Impact of Fiber Non-Linear Propagation on Coherent Systems and Networks 247 -- Pierluigi Poggiolini, Yanchao Jiang, Andrea Carena, and Fabrizio Forghieri -- 7.1 Why are Analytical Models Important? …”
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Built for speed : a year in the life of pronghorn by Byers, John A. (John Alexander), 1948-

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Creativity for scientists and engineers : a practical guide by Sherwood, Dennis

Table of Contents: “…A brief digression -- coincidence, co-invention and the zeitgeist -- 5.9. The light bulb -- 5.10. Casa Batlló -- 5.11. The DC electric motor -- 5.12. …”
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The Danubian lands between the Black, Aegean and Adriatic Seas : (7th century BC-10th century AD)

Table of Contents: “…-- (Jan G. de Boer) Greek colonies and the southern Black Sea hinterland: looking closer into a long, complex and multidimensional relationship -- (Manolis Manoledakis) Phrygia and the southern Black Sea littoral -- (Maya Vassileva) Perception and the political approach to foreigners of the West Pontic Greek colonies during the Hellenistic period -- (Alina Dimitrova) The Greek colonisation of Abkhazia in the light of new archaeological discoveries: the palaeogeographic, ecological and demographic situation in Sukhum Bay -- (Alik Gabelia) New data on the dynamics of relations between Greeks and Barbarians at the mouth of the Tanais river in the final stage of Scythian history (5th-3rd centuries BC) -- (Viktor P. …”
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Progress in adhesion and adhesives

Table of Contents: “…Panigrahi -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Factors Affecting Durability -- 2.2.1 Materials -- 2.2.1.1 Adhesives -- 2.2.2 Effects of Glass Transition Temperature (Tg) -- 2.2.2.1 Elastic Modulus -- 2.2.2.2 Lap-Shear Strength -- 2.2.3 Effects of Adherends -- 2.2.3.1 Aluminium -- 2.2.3.2 Steel -- 2.2.3.3 Titanium -- 2.2.4 Effects of Environment -- 2.2.4.1 Moisture -- 2.2.4.2 Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (CTE) -- 2.2.4.3 Stress -- 2.2.4.4 Temperature -- 2.2.5 Other Factors Affecting the Durability of Adhesive Joints -- 2.3 Durability Assessment -- 2.4 Methods to Improve Durability -- 2.4.1 Addition of Nano-Fillers -- 2.4.1.1 Carbon Nanofillers -- 2.4.1.2 Alumina-Based Nano-Fillers -- 2.4.1.3 Silica-Based Nano-Fillers -- 2.4.1.4 Other Nanofillers -- 2.5 Summary -- 3 Mechanical Surface Treatment of Adherends for Adhesive Bonding 113 Anna Rudawska -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Characteristics of Mechanical Surface Treatment Methods -- 3.2.1 Introduction -- 3.2.2 Processing with Coated Abrasive Tools -- 3.2.3 Abrasive Blasting -- 3.2.4 Shot Peening -- 3.2.5 Brushing -- 3.2.6 Milling -- 3.2.7 Grinding -- 3.3 Types of Abrasive Blasting Operations -- 3.3.1 Sandblasting -- 3.3.2 Shot Blasting -- 3.3.3 Grit-Blasting -- 3.3.4 Corundumizing -- 3.3.5 Glazing -- 3.3.6 Dry Ice Blasting -- 3.3.7 Soda Blasting -- 3.4 Influence of Mechanical Treatment on the Strength of Adhesive Joints -- 3.4.1 Processing with Abrasive Coated Tools -- 3.4.1.1 Mechanical Treatment Using Single and Multiple Abrasive Coated Tools -- 3.4.1.2 Surface Treatment with a Single Type of Abrasive Paper -- 3.4.2 Abrasive Blasting - Sandblasting -- 3.4.2.1 Influence of the Type of Abrasive Blasting on the Strength of Adhesive Joints: Sandblasting and Grit-Blasting -- 3.4.2.2 Influence of Abrasive Blasting Parameters on the Strength of Adhesive Joints -- 3.4.3 Abrasive Blasting - Shot Peening -- 3.4.3.1 Influence of Different Variants of Surface Treatment Methods Including Shot Peening on the Strength of Adhesive Joints -- 3.5 Summary -- 4 Surface Modification of Polymer Materials by Excimer 172 nm UV Light: A Review 171 Keiko Gotoh -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Wettability Measurements by Conventional Sessile Drop Technique -- 4.3 Preference for the Wilhelmy Technique in Wettability Analyses -- 4.4 UV Lithography Technique for Preparation of Mosaic Wettability Pattern -- 4.5 Chemical and Topographical Changes on Polymer Surfaces Due to UV Treatment -- 4.6 Determination of Surface Free Energy by Contact Angle Measurements -- 4.7 Effect of UV Treatment on Particle Adhesion -- 4.8 Improvement in Textile Performance by UV Treatment -- 4.9 Summary and Prospects -- 5 Corona Discharge Treatment for Surface Modification and Adhesion Improvement 203 Thomas Schuman -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Historical Development of Corona Treatment Technique and Various Set-Ups Available -- 5.3 Factors Affecting the Outcome of Corona Treatment -- 5.3.1 Corona Dosage -- 5.3.2 Electrode Gap -- 5.4 Effects Produced by Corona Treatment -- 5.5 Surface Analysis of Corona-Treated Materials -- 5.5.1 Contact Angle Measurements -- 5.5.2 Surface Free Energy Determination -- 5.5.3 X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) Analysis -- 5.5.4 Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) Analysis -- 5.5.5 Adhesion Property -- 5.6 Summary -- 6 Adhesion Activation of Aramid Fibers for Industrial Use 225 Pieter J. de Lange, Peter G. …”
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Africa in the New Trade Environment Market Access in Troubled Times. by Coulibaly, Souleymane

Table of Contents: “…A Literature Review -- Empirical Strategy, Data, and Preliminary Analysis -- Conclusion -- Annex 4A Sample Firms -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Assessing the Global Value Chain Links between Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa -- Introduction -- Key Trade Patterns and GVC Links between Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia -- Econometric Assessment of Sub-Saharan African Participation in Asian GVCs -- Conclusion and Policy Implications -- Annex 5A Supplementary Tables -- Notes -- References -- PART III Looking Inward: Deepening Regional Integration and Value Chains -- Chapter 6 The Promise and Challenge of the African Continental Free Trade Area -- Introduction -- Revisiting the Theory of Regional Integration in Light of the AfCFTA -- Key Trends in Regional Trade and Integration in Africa -- Intra-Africa Trade within Regional Economic Communities -- Composition of Trade in Africa -- The Promise of the AfCFTA: Evaluation of Its Impact on Economic Outcomes -- The Challenges Facing the AfCFTA -- Policy Implications -- Annex 6A Logistics Performance and Gravity Model Results -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7 Nontariff Measures and Services Trade Restrictions in Global Value Chains -- Introduction -- What Is Africa's Experience in Global Value Chains?.…”
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Structural integrity and failure selected, peer reviewed papers from the International Conference on Structural Integrity and Failure (SIF 2010), July 4-7, 2010, held at the Univer...

Table of Contents: “…Pasang / G. Littlefair -- Light Emission from a Si Based ZnO Structure / A. …”
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Artificial intelligence in bioinformatics and chemoinformatics

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Smart Energy for Smart Transport Proceedings of the 6th Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility, CSUM2022, August 31-September 2, 2022, Skiathos Island, Greece

Table of Contents: “…-- The dynamic relation of climate change and energy transition with transport and mobility policies in the EU through social media data mining -- Park-and-ride: The case for coupling EV charging stations with micro-mobility hubs in residential areas -- Metro braking energy for station electric loads: The business case of a smart hybrid storage system -- The impact of the transport sector on the environment in the context of globalization -- Forecasting the passenger car demand split from public perceptions of electric, hybrid, and hydrogen-fueled cars in Greece -- Demand responsive feeder bus service using electric vehicles with timetabled transit coordination -- Investigation of user’s preferences on electric passenger cars -- A large scale simulation of the electrification effects of SAVs -- Design and development of power electronic booster to extend the range of supercapacitor powered electric bicycle -- Driver-in-the-loop simulator of electric vehicles -- Observations on the driving of plug-in hybrid cars in real-world conditions -- Research trends and opportunities related to charging and supply systems for vehicles with electric / hybrid propulsion -- Dynamic charging management for electric vehicle demand responsive transport -- A regional civilian airport model at remote island for smart grid simulation -- An innovative smart charging framework for efficient integration of plug-in electric vehicles into the grid -- A blockchain-based smart contractual framework for the electric vehicle charging ecosystem -- Investigating the option of developing a power supply network using electricity in Greek islands: The case of Skiathos island -- Innovative non-polluting traffic light crossroads -- System for avoiding traffic jams of intervention vehicles -- A mobile computing based tool for low-emission driving -- Discrepancy between hyperpath and actual route choices based on smart-card data in Shizuoka, Japan -- Developing a heuristic route planning method to support seamless mobility solutions -- A large-scale traffic scenario of Berlin for evaluating smart mobility applications -- Smart parking: An image processing-based intelligent parking system -- Total cost of ownership impact on MaaS system appeal: An agent based approach -- A recommendation engine for a smart parking ecosystem -- A crowdsourcing framework for reporting available parking spots in urban areas -- A review of use cases of gamification in mobility systems and services -- An innovative mobile application for booking parking spaces -- AI driven adaptive scheduling for on-demand transportation in smart cities -- Decision intelligence based on big data for user-oriented trip planner development -- Framework for urban C-ITS GLOSA evaluation -- Pursuing technological solutions for tourists’ urban travel behavioral change in the post COVID-19 era; the SUSTOURISMO app -- Stakeholders' survey on the introduction of autonomous vehicles in Greece -- Autonomous mobility as a means of innovation diffusion: The case of Trikala, Greece -- Autonomous vehicles: Impact on human life - a statistic and descriptive overview of research results, using the Delphi method -- Big data analytics for analyzing consumer preferences and satisfaction in public transportation -- Citizen and stakeholder engagement in the development and deployment of automated mobility services, as exemplified in the SHOW project -- Transportation systems of Asia: Investigating the preferences for their implementation in Greece with the use of the Maximum Difference (MaxDiff) scaling method -- Digital infrastructure service role and functional model for urban ITS service applications -- Innovative technologies and systems for urban mobility: The case of Padua -- Using C-ITS for shockwave damping and preventing on highways -- Relationship and differences between entrepreneurship and research in the crowdmapping project for crowdsourced urban data -- Repurposing open traffic data for estimating the mobility performance -- Evaluating the quality of public spaces using crowdsourcing data: The case of the metropolitan area of Thessaloniki -- Application of smart windows equipped with radiant internal curtains to improve thermal comfort in urban transport vehicles -- Urban transport vehicles equipped with HVAC systems based in ceiling-mounted air distribution systems -- Automared vehicles' effects on urban traffic flow parameters -- The impact of CNG on buses fleet decarbonization -- A study on the use of autonomous vehicles for the interconnection of urban transport interchanges -- Optimization-based comparison of rebalanced docked and dockless micromobility systems -- Quantifying the charging flexibility of electric vehicles; an improved approach with realistic travel patterns -- How rightsized shared autonomous electric vehicles could slash CO2 emissions and resource use while making cities more livable and transport more enjoyable -- A stated adaptation approach to assess mode change behavior of car drivers in presence of Park and Ride facilities -- Estimating availability effects in travel mode choice among e-bikes and other sustainable mobility services: Results of a stated portfolio choice experiment -- Role of service uncertainty in decision to use demand responsive transport services: A stated adaptation choice experiment -- How is the redesign of public space for active mobility and healthy neighborhoods perceived and accepted? …”
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Eye tracking and visual analytics by Burch, Michael

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Intelligent Technologies and Engineering Systems by Juang, Jengnan

Table of Contents: “…Wireless Sphygmomanometer with Data Encryption -- Design and Implementation of Multimedia Social Services on Elgg -- On Migration and Consolidation of  VMs in Hybrid CPU-GPU Environments -- A Case of Security Encryption Storage System Based on SAN Environments -- Applying General Probabilistic Neural  Network to Adaptive Measurement Fusion -- Reorder Adapting TCP -- A Novel and Feasible System for Rule Anomaly and Behavior Mismatching Diagnosis among Firewalls -- A Secure Routing Protocol to Prevent Co-operative Black Hole Attack in MANET -- IP Address Management in Virtualized Cloud Environments -- A Fuzzy C-Means Method for Determining Motor’s Quality Types Based on Current Waveforms -- License Plate Recognition Based on Rough Set -- Electroencephalogram Lifting Recognition Using Unsupervised Gray-Based Competitive Clustering Networks -- Adapting intensity degradation to enhance fisheye images shot inside cup-shaped objects -- A Method to Implementation of Lane Detection under Android System Based on OpenCV -- Automatic Broadcast Soccer Video Analysis, Player Detection and Tracking Based on Color Histogram -- Conversion of 3D Triangular-Meshed Model to Dot Representation -- Image retrieval system base on EMD similarity measure and S-tree -- Tri-axis Accelerometer based body motion detection system -- On Mapping the Sorted-Set Intersection Problem onto a Graphics Processing Unit -- A Novel Double Dynamic Stress Accelerated Degradation Test to Evaluate Power Fade of Batteries for Electric Vehicles -- The Development of Estimating Deviations Directly from Point Clouds -- Using Modified Digital Halftoning Technique to Design Invisible 2D Barcode by Infrared Detection -- Color Visual Evoked Potential Response for Myopia Subjects -- License Plate Recognition Under NonUniform Illumination -- A Cross-Coupled MIMO Fuel Cell System Design by Using Intelligent Fuzzy-Neural Controller -- The Development of Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation and Approaching Degree Toolbox via Matlab -- Deploying autonomous coordinating agent for assessment model in smart urban space: A case study of cozy space design pattern -- Quantum-Membership-Function-Based Adaptive Neural Fuzzy Inference System -- A Set-Checking Algorithm for Mining Maximal Frequent Itemsets from Data Streams -- Parallel Matrix Transposition and Vector Multiplication Using OpenMP -- Designing Parallel Sparse Matrix Transposition Algorithm Using CSR for GPUs -- Analysis of USDA Food Classifications using Neural Network Classifier -- Optimization Path Programming Using Improved Multi-Group Ant Colony Algorithms -- Conceptual Information Retrieval System based on automatically constructed Semantic Word Network -- An Intelligence-Based Approach to Optimal Power Flow Control Considering Flexible AC Transmission Systems -- Modern Heuristic Optimization Approaches for Electrical Power System Applications -- A New Product Design Process – Combining the System Model and VRTC -- The Study of Permanent Magnetic Synchronous Motor Control System through the Combination of BP Neural Network and PID Control -- Power Compensation Methodology for Electric Vehicles -- Model-Based Robust Control for Nonlinear Networked Control Systems -- Control Strategies Development for a Series Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicle Based on Engine Experimental Map -- Japanese Calligraphy Using Whole Body Motion of a Humanoid Robot -- Design and Experiment of the Auto-Alignment Control System for TPS Storage Ring Girder -- A Proposed System for Practicing Industrial Robot Remotely -- An Intelligent Sensorless Drive Strategy for a Brushless DC Motor Based on Back-EMF Detection -- Establishment of the Photovoltaic Simulation System using Mixed Programming with LabVIEW and Simulink -- Implementation of Fuzzy Force Control for an Electro-Hydraulic Servo Press System -- Sizing Cloud Applications with ISO/IEC 19761: A case study -- Development of a Fuzzy-Control-Based Battery Charging Technique for Li-ion Battery Module for Light Electrical Vehicles -- Low-cost and High Speed Eye Tracker -- Using Hedge Algebra to control varied parameter object -- Variable-Speed Wind Generator System with Maximum Output Power Control -- FPGA-Based Control for a Boost PFC Converter with Improved Dynamic Performance -- Robotic Manipulator Trajectory Tracking Using Direct Collocation -- Objective Function Design in Real-number-coding Genetic Algorithm for Laser-cutting Tool-path Minimization -- A Fuzzy Control Load Balancing Method for Dual CAN Bus -- Backup Host Plan for Banking Information System Based on Capacity on Demand Model -- A Design of LED Panel Lamp for Indoor Illumination -- Analysis of Voltage Variations of a Large-Scale Offshore Wind Farm Connected to Taipower Grid -- Source-End Layouts on ESD/LU Reliabilities in an HV 0.25um 60V nLDMOS -- The Functional Catoptric LED Luminaire in T8 Form Factor -- A Sigma Delta ADC Design for Audio Applications -- Applications of ZigBee on Building a Home Automation System -- Design of a Smart Battery System for Laptop Computer -- A Novel Fuzzy Neural Network Controller for Maglev System with Controlled-PM Electromagnets -- CMOS Transimpedance Amplifiers for Optical Wireless Communications -- Dependable Embedded Memory for Intelligent Systems -- Research and Development of Versatile Autonomous Vehicles for Education -- New Ultrasonic Parking Sensor System in Automobiles -- Using the Gate-Diffusion Input Technique for Low Power Programmable Logic Array Design -- Using LC-3 Soft Core on an FPGA Development Board for Microprocessor Labs -- Executing Linux-based Software of Electronic Design Automation on Windows Platform of Microsoft -- Design of a Transparent Pipeline Based on Synchronous Elastic Circuits -- The Wireless Electric Guitar with Digitally Integrated Effector -- Implementation and Study of Constant-Frequency LLC Resonant Converter -- Exercise Bracelet with Bluetooth Low Energy Module and Accelerometer for Sporting Events -- Design and Implementation of an eBooks Access Control Protocol -- Novel T-Shaped non-Orthogonal Dual-Mode Bandpass Filters with two Differently Structured Resonators -- A Novel Method to Simplify the Structure of Dual-Band Bandpass Filters: Design the Resonators on Combined Substrates -- Constructing an Integrated Communication and Oriented Protocols into EV Preliminary Operation: A Case Study of EV Surveillance Application -- The Design of Capacitive Coupling Bandpass Filter Using Stepped Impedance Resonator -- A Novel Power Effective and Reliable Wireless Thermal Convection Angular Accelerometer without any Movable Parts and Grooved Cavity -- Parallel Operation of the Piezoelectric Energy Harvest Using the Taguchi Method -- Effect of Anisotropy Parameters on the Initiation of Plastic Yielding in Thin Hollow Disks Subject to Thermo-Mechanical Loading -- Development of MEMS Gyroscope Module for Rotating Machine Performance Characterization -- Design and Surface Roughness Analysis of Thin-Sheet Plastic Injection Forming -- A Comparison of Correlation Technique and Random Decrement Algorithm for Modal Identification from Nonstationary Ambient Vibration Data Only -- Effect of Annealing Temperature on the Mechanical Properties and the Spherical Indentation of NiTi Shape Memory Alloy -- The Analysis of Engine Intake Air Cooling Device by Using Thermoelectric Module -- Effects of Deposition Temperature and Hydrogen Plasma on the Properties of the Radio Frequency Magnetron Sputtering Deposition ZnO-Al2O3 Films -- The Influences of Post Annealing Temperature on the Properties of Sr0.6Ba0.4Nb2O6 Thin Films -- Improving the Properties of Sol-Gel Deposition SrBi4Ti4O15 Thin Films by Post-Annealing Process -- Water Tank Simulation of a Continuous Hot-Dip Galvanized Zinc Pot -- The Finite Element Analysis study of the laser lift-off (LLO) of III-nitride compound -- Combining Quality Function Deployment and TRIZ to Solve the Drainer Problems -- A Study on Improving Polishing Process Effectiveness for Silicon Reclaim Wafer -- Detection of CO Concentration by using SnO2 SPR Apparatus and Common-Path Heterodyne Interferometer -- Magnetic field correction based on intelligent shimming method -- Innovative Designs for Quartz Crystal Microbalance -- Semi-active Control of Tunable Hybrid Shape Memory Material for Vibration Attenuation -- Simultaneous thickness measurement and material composition analysis using X-ray Fluorescence technique -- Integration Design and installation of girder systems in the injection section of Taiwan Photon Source -- FTIR Characterizations of the Gamma-Ray-Irradiated Silica Nanoparticles/γ-APTES Nanocomposite with UV Annealing -- Improvement of Radiation-Induced Degradation in MOSFET by Using Glass Fiber/Epoxy/Silica Nanoparticles/γ-APTES Composite as Shielding Materials for High Energy Radiation -- An Invention of Pneumatically Powered and Charged LED Flashlight -- The invention in the safety protection device of the table saw -- Applying the Principles of Lean Manufacturing to Optimize Conduit Installation Process -- Portable Measurement System for Static and Dynamic Characterization of MEMS Component -- Effects of BaTi4O9 Concentration on Dielectric Constants of the Polyetherimide/BaTi4O9 Composites -- Design the Bandwidth of Zero Phase Filter of Iterative Learning Controller by Improved Particle Swarm Optimization -- Prognostic Diagnosis of Hollow Ball Screw Pretension on Preload Loss through Sensed Vibration Signals -- Simulation and Experiment of Langevin Type Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Horn for Micro Tool Motion -- A New Low-Temperature Fabrication Method of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells -- A Cell Culture System with Programmable Physical Stimulation for Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation and Promotion -- A Spray Method for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells -- An Intelligent Approach for High Material Removal Rate Machining -- The Position and Correction System of Laser PSD -- Study of Cutting Parameter 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High-performance backbone network technology

Table of Contents: “…OVERVIEWArchitectural Choices in Large Scale ATM Switches Requirements on ATM Switch Architectures for Quality -of-Service Guarantees Traffic Issues in ATM LAN: Principle and Practice Competitive Telecommunications Management and System Development A Construction Manager System Over an ATM Transport Network Operation System: Verification of the Basic Technique of Flow Through Operation in Configuration Management High-Speed Multi-Stage ATM Switch Based on Hierarchical Cell Resequencing Architecture and WDM Interconnection Hyper-Media Photonic Information Networks as Future Network Service Platforms Photonic Packet-Switching: An Overview ATM VP-Based Economical Transport Network Architecture for Multi-Reliability and Broadband Integrated Service Infrastructure New Self-Healing Scheme that Realizes Multiple Reliability on ATM Networks Autonomously Controlled Multiprotocol Wavelength Switching Network for Internet Backbones Network Control and Management for the Next Generation Internet Challenges for the Next-Generation Internet and the Role of IP Over Photonic Networks BROADBAND NETWORKSIssues in ATM Network Service Development, Standardization, and Deployment Quality of Service Guarantees and Charging in Multiservice Networks A Failure-Resistant Self-Healing Scheme in ATM Networks A Study on VP Network Designer Real-Time Traffic Characterization for Quality-of-Service Control in ATM Networks Voice Communication on Multimedia ATM Network Using Shared VCI Shell An Optimal Virtual Topology Configuration for Multicast in ATM and MPLS Networks A Failure-Resistant ATM Transport Method for the Transmission of High-Quality Real-Time Signals PNNI Internetworking Architecture Over ATM Public Networks Phase Assignment Algorithm Based on Traffic Measurement for Real-Time MPEG Sources in ATM Networks Performance Analysis of Layer3 Switch: Case of Flow-Driven Connection Setup ATM SWITCH ARCHITECTURE AND SYSTEMSInput and Output Queuing Nonblocking Switch with Feed-Back Loop The Odd-Even ATM Switch An Architecture Supporting Quality-of-Service in Virtual-Output-Queued Switches Bodhi: A Highly Modular Terabit ATM Switch Fabric Architecture Multicast Packet Switch Based on Dilated Network PPCN: A High-Performance Copy Network for Large Scale ATM Switching Systems A General Expansion Architecture for Large-Scale Multicast ATM Switches A Multicast ATM Switch Based on Broadcast Buses Hybrid Transmission Scheme in HIPPI-ATM Connection and Its Performance ATM Based Broadband Access System using Bearer Connection Control A Pipelined Maximal-Sized Matching Scheme for High-Speed Input-Buffered Switches Design and Analysis of a Packet Concentrator A Contention-Free Tbit/sec Packet-Switching Architecture for ATM Over WDM Networks A Distributed Traffic Control Scheme for Large-Scale Multi-Stage ATM Switching Systems ATM AND IP INTEGRATIONArchitecture of Cell Switch Router and Prototype System Implementation Scalable Internet Backbone Using Multi-Gigabit ATM-Based Connectionless Switching Experimental Demonstrations of IP over ATM with Congestion Avoidance Flow Control: CEFLAR ATM LAN Emulation for Mobile Cellular Networks Simulation and Measurement of TCP/IP Over ATM Wide Area Networks Performance Evaluation of SVC-Based IP-Over-ATM Networks Performance Analysis of Packet-Level Scheduling in an IP-Over-ATM Network with QoS Control A Study on Generalization of Packet Discard Schemes for TCP Over ATM Performance of TCP/IP Over ATM Over an ADSL Real-Time Cell Arrival Sequence Estimation and Simulation for IP-Over-ATM Networks A New Approach for Real-Time QoS Support in IP Over ATM Networks ATM and IP Integration by Built-In IP Handling Capability in an ATM Switching System An Experimental Study on Performance During Congestion for TCP/IP Traffic Over Wide Area ATM Network Using VBR with Selective Cell Discard Developing Customer-Focused IP Network Services PERFORMANCE STUDY ON SWITCH AND NETWORKA High-Speed Tandem-Crosspoint ATM Switch Architecture with Input and Output Buffers The Maximum Throughput of a Nonblocking Packet Switch with Window Policy Performance Evaluation of AAL1 Switch Networks Frame-Based Worst-Case Weighted Fair Queuing with Jitter Control Adaptive Thresholds of Buffer to Solve the Beat-Down Problem of Rate Control in ATM Networks Method of Implementing GFR Service in Large-Scale Networks Using ABR Control Mechanism and Its Performance Analysis Connection-Wise End-to-End Delay Analysis in ATM Networks End-to-End Call Admission Control in Service Guaranteed Networks Performance Analysis of Fast Reservation Protocols for Burst-Level Bandwidth Allocation in ATM Networks Diffserv-Based QoS Over ATM Access Networks Integration of Scheduling Real-Time Traffic and Cell Loss Control for ATM Networks TRAFFIC CONTROLThe Worst Case Cell Arrival Patterns in ATM Networks Connection Admission Control Guaranteeing Negotiated Cell-Loss Ratio of Cell Streams Passing Through Usage Parameter Control A Measured-Traffic-Based Bandwidth Dimensioning Method for Internet ATM Backbone Networks Measurement-Based Real-Time Call Admission Control in ATM Networks Design and Analysis of the GCRA Traffic Shaper for VBR Services in ATM Networks Performance Analysis of Weighted Round Robin Cell Scheduling and Its Improvement in ATM Networks Adaptive Remote Rate Control Using Extrapolation and Correction Mechanism for Periodic Notification of Link Utilization Ratio VP Control for ATM Networks with Call-Level QoS Guarantees New Self-Healing Scheme that Realizes Differentiated Bandwidth Requirement on ATM Networks An Efficient Fizzy Based Traffic Policer for ATM Networks A Programmable ATM Multicast Service with Congestion Control A Buffer Management Mechanism for Achieving Approximately Fair Bandwidth Allocation in High-Speed Networks Controlling End-to-End TCP Flow Using ABR Rate Information PHOTONIC NETWORKRobust IP Backbone Network Utilizing WDM Optical Paths Ultrafast Optical TDM Networking: Extension to the Wide Area Multiwavelength Opaque Optical-Crossconnect Networks Feasibility Demonstrations of Hyper-Media Photonic Information Networks Using Prototype WDM Broadcast-and-Select Local Network Systems A Demonstration of an Optical Switch Circuit with "Bridge and Switch" Function in WDM Four-Fiber Ring Networks All-Optical Code Division Multiplexing Switching Network Based on Self-Routing Principle l-Ring System: An Application in Survivable WDM Networks of Interconnected Self-Healing Ring Systems A Comparison on Capacity Requirement of Optical WDM Mesh Network Protection Strategies A Realistically Architecture of WDM Ring Network Using OXC and OADM Internetworking Based on Wavelength Assignment Photonic Switching System (WAPS) IOG: A Protocol for IP Over Glass PHOTONIC SWITCHComparative Evaluation of Photonic ATM Switch Architectures A High-Performance Switch Architecture for Free-Space Photonic Switching Systems Switching Node Consideration from the Aspect of Transmission Characteristics in Wavelength Assignment Photonic Network (WAPN) Photonic Core Node Based on a 2.56-Terabit/s Opto-Electronic Switching Fabric Large-Capacity Photonic Packet Switch Prototype Using Wavelength Routing Techniques Optical Code Based Label Swapping for Photonic Routing A Photonic IP Switching Technique Using Code Division Multiplexing Experimental 5-Tb/s Packet-by-Packet Wavelength-Switching System Using 2.5-Gb/s x 8-l WDM Links Optical Label Switching Using Optical Label Based on Wavelength and Pilot Tone Frequency PHOTONIC AND ADVANCED SWITCHING DEVICESWavelength Converter Technology Polarization Insensitive SOA-PLC Hybrid Integrated Michelson Interferometric Wavelength Converter and Its Application to DWDM Networks Polarization-Independent Wavelength Conversion Using Four-Wave Mixing in Single-Mode Fibers Pumped with Cross-Polarized High Frequency Pulses Hybrid Integrated 4x4 Optical Matrix Switch Module on Silica Based Planar Waveguide Platform Merging Electronics and Photonics Towards the Terabit/s ATM Switching A 10-Gb/s Optical Asynchronous Packet Receiver with a Fast Bit-Synchronization Circuit Temperature Insensitive Micromachined GaAlAs/GaAs Vertical Cavity Wavelength Filter Para BIT: Parallel Optical Interconnection for Large-Capacity ATM Switching Systems High-Performance VCSELs for Optical Data Links 3D Control of Light in Waveguide-Based Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystals Passive Optical Devices for Photonic Networks…”
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Managing plant stress using salicylic acid : physiological and molecular aspects

Table of Contents: “…Implication of Salicylic Acid in Plants' Abiotic Stress Tolerance -- Drought, Osmotic, and Salt Stress -- Extreme Temperatures -- UV Lights and Ozone Stress -- Metallic Stresses -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Author Contributions -- References -- Chapter 16 Salicylic Acid and its Crosstalk with Other Plant Hormones Under Stressful Environments -- Introduction -- Salicylic Acid Biosynthesis in Plants -- Role of Salicylic Acid in Plants -- Function of SA Under Biotic Stress Conditions (Pathogen Defense Pathway) -- Function of SA Under Abiotic Stress Conditions -- Crosstalk of Salicylic Acid with Other Plant Hormones Under Stressful Environments -- Crosstalk with Jasmonic Acid (JA) -- Crosstalk with Absiscic Acid (ABA) -- Crosstalk with Gibberellic Acid (GA) -- Crosstalk with Ethylene (ET) -- Crosstalk with Auxin (IAA) -- Crosstalk with Cytokinin (CK) -- Crosstalk with Brassinosteroids (BRs) -- Crosstalk with Melatonin -- Crosstalk with Polyamines (PAs) -- Crosstalk with Strigolactones (SLs) -- Conclusion and Perceptions -- References -- Chapter 17 Post-translational Modifications Mediated by the Phytohormone Salicylic Acid in Plants Growing Under Environmental Challenges -- Introduction -- SA Biosynthetic and Signaling Pathways -- SA-Induced Responses During Abiotic Stress -- The Dual Role of SA in Redox Homeostasis During Abiotic Stress -- Proteome Modifications Mediated by SA -- SA-Mediated PTMs on NPR Proteins -- Regulation of Hormone-Related Signal Transduction Pathways by SA-Induced PTMs -- How to Identify New PTMs Induced by SA -- Immunofluorescence -- Proximity Ligation Assay -- F?…”
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