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Nanostructure Nanosystems and Nanostructured Materials Theory Production and Development

Nanostructure Nanosystems and Nanostructured Materials Theory Production and Development

This book provides valuable information on the new class of nanostructures—metal/carbon nanocomposites—and discusses new methods of their synthesis properties and applications. It covers computer prognosis including quantum chemical modeling for metal/carbon nanocomposites synthesis processing as well as fine dispersed suspensions obtaining processes and material modification processes. Intended for researchers academics and post-graduate students the book will give readers an up-to-date look at this important and valuable new class of nanostructures: metal/carbon nanocomposites. | Nanostructure Nanosystems and Nanostructured Materials Theory Production and Development

GBP 82.99
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Distribution Theory Principles and Applications

Distribution Theory Principles and Applications

This book provides a thorough understanding of distribution theory and data analysis using statistical software to solve problems related to basic statistics probability models and simulation. It presents a detailed explanation of different distribution concepts used in statistics along with their application in real-life situations. Covering the analytical aspects using the latest software the volume discusses stochastic methods and other statistical methods. It provides an overview of statistical data analysis by taking actual situations and implementing open-source software R version 4. 0 and Python 3. 0+. A detailed study of the statistical models is also provided with examples related to health agriculture insurance and other sectors. | Distribution Theory Principles and Applications

GBP 124.00
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Solid-State Chemistry A Modern Approach

Solid-State Chemistry A Modern Approach

Solid-state reactions have been growing in importance in the preparation of solids crystal growth and single crystals of elements. In this new volume the author discusses in depth recent advances in solid-state chemistry the latest techniques of characterization of solids and several new dimensions of solid-state problems. Solid-state reactions their kinetics phase transitions and magnetic properties are discussed in detail along with electrical properties semiconductors metals and insulators with examples and explanations. Dielectric piezoelectric and ferroelectric properties of solids have been considered as well. Different theories of catalysis and adsorption isotherms are covered and the author includes several experimental findings as well. And of course preparation of new solids by taking advantage of recent experimental techniques have also been included in this volume. This volume provides a complete description of solid-state reactions electrical conductivity characterization of solids organic solids and intercalation between layers of solids. The band theories of metals semiconductors and insulators are covered. In characterization of solids TGA DTA DSC FTIR and PXRD techniques have been described. Preparation and properties of organic solids are also explained. Dielectric properties photovoltaic effects piezo electricity ferroelectricity and antiferroelectricity have been dealt with giving relatable examples. A number of excitation energy levels giving rise to luminescence and photoluminescence have been explained under the topic optical processes. Diamagnetic paramagnetic and ferromagnetic behaviors of solids are also explained. | Solid-State Chemistry A Modern Approach

GBP 116.00
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Chinese Outbound Tourism 2.0

Chinese Outbound Tourism 2.0

Booming Mainland Chinese outbound travel is one of the most exciting phenomena in the world tourism industry’s recent history. From 2000 to 2010 Chinese outbound travel increased at a compounded annual rate of 18. 5 percent and it is forecasted that by 2020 China will generate approximately 100 million outbound trips a year making China the fourth largest source of outbound travel in the world. The new Chinese tourists are more confident technologically savvy value conscious and ready to explore unfamiliar territory. For tourism marketers and researchers who are getting ready to or just celebrated their initial west-meets-east moments the new Chinese tourists are showing up at their doors and presenting new challenges for marketing and service. In this book leading authors from around the world share their most cutting-edge findings and thoughts on the Chinese outbound travel market. The book reflects on the paths of the Chinese outbound travel development reports new trends and issues and provides new insights and recommendations. For practitioners around the world (e. g. destination policymakers and marketers travel and tourism service providers owners and managers) this book provides hands-on guidance on understanding tourists from Mainland China. For tourism scholars educators and students this book provides basic yet essential knowledge on the Chinese outbound travel market and tourist behavior and points out important future directions. Most tourism programs today have an international component in their curriculum usually including a global tourism class. This book serves as an excellent supplemental reading for students in these classes. | Chinese Outbound Tourism 2. 0

GBP 82.99
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Flexible Kalina Cycle Systems

Flexible Kalina Cycle Systems

This volume provides a good understanding of the binary fluid system highlighting new dimensions of the existing Kalina cycle system a thermodynamic process for converting thermal energy into usable mechanical power. The book illustrates that providing new flexibility leads to new research outcomes and possible new projects in this field. The information provided in the book simplifies the application of the Kalina cycle system with an easy-to-understand and thorough explanation of properties development processes solutions sub-system work and total system work. There are currently no books available in the area of binary fluid system in the field of KCS with added fallibility in the operation and process design. Currently decentralized power systems are gaining more attention due to shortages in power and cooling demands are competing with other electrical loads. This book fills a valuable information gap providing insight into a new dimension for designers practicing engineers and academicians in this area. | Flexible Kalina Cycle Systems

GBP 82.99
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Materials Behavior Research Methodology and Mathematical Models

Materials Behavior Research Methodology and Mathematical Models

The development of advanced materials has become extremely important in the last decade being widely used in academic and industrial research. This book examines the potential of advanced materials as well as nanotechnology to improve fiber science from fibril to fabric mode to create better materials and products for a variety of aspects. The book presents research advances in materials behavior using fractal analysis mathematical modeling and simulation and other methods. Examined are electrical mechanical optical and magnetic properties; size; morphology; and chemical behavior of such materials as aerogels polymer films nanocomposite materials natural composites catalysis and more with a view to their application in the medical engineering and textile fields. With chapters written by eminent scientists the book offers valuable information for academics researchers and engineering professionals. Contributions range from new methods to novel applications of existing methods to help readers gain understanding of the material and/or structural behavior of new and advanced systems. | Materials Behavior Research Methodology and Mathematical Models

GBP 82.99
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Internet of Things for Agriculture 4.0 Impact and Challenges

Internet of Things for Agriculture 4.0 Impact and Challenges

This new book provides an insightful look at the varied and exciting uses and applications of Wi-Fi and the Internet of Things in agriculture. With internet-enabled communications becoming more widely available farms and agricultural establishments can take advantage of these new technologies for a wide range of farm operations such as crop management farm vehicle tracking livestock monitoring storage monitoring and more. The collected data from these devices can be stored in the cloud system or server and accessed by the farmers via the internet or mobile phones. This book shows the many benefits to farmers from applying IoT including better utilizing information for monitoring crops optimizing water use planning effective fertilization strategies and saving time and reducing the operation expenses. Topics include using IoT for vertical farming IoT-based smart irrigation system landslide susceptibility assessment automated aeroponics systems crop survival analysis and more. The volume also considers the challenges of IoT in agriculture such as the requirements of applications of wireless sensor networks the threat of attacks and the detection of vulnerabilities in wireless sensor networks and more. Internet of Things for Agriculture 4. 0: Impact and Challenges provides a better understanding of the time- and resourcing-saving benefits of wireless sensors and remote monitoring devices in agriculture. The volume will be useful for those involved in agricultural operations as well as scientists and researchers and faculty and students in agriculture and computer and information science engineering. | Internet of Things for Agriculture 4. 0 Impact and Challenges

GBP 131.00
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Sustainable Nanomaterials for Biosystems Engineering Trends in Renewable Energy Environment and Agriculture

Sustainable Nanomaterials for Biosystems Engineering Trends in Renewable Energy Environment and Agriculture

This new volume explores the integration of bionanomaterials and sustainable resources for the development of new and emerging sustainable processes. It highlights the concept of essential bionanomaterials derived from sustainable resources with examples of interdisciplinary methodologies and research that highlight the reuse of biomass waste as well as the proper usage of green technologies. The volume considers the most recent trends challenges and applications in bionanomaterials derived from sustainable sources in energy production and environmental mitigation. The book looks at state-of-the-art trends in the use of bionanomaterials for renewable energy such as in production of solar energy for energy harvesting and for energy conversion and storage. Chapters consider the application of bionanomaterials for the development of improved optical and electrical biosensors. The volume goes on to address the promising use of bionanomaterials for environmental remediation such as for recovering heavy metals radioactive metals and other pollutants from wastewater from river water from soils etc. Other topics include the use of sustainable nanomaterials in the food industry in the biomedical field in ecological research and more. | Sustainable Nanomaterials for Biosystems Engineering Trends in Renewable Energy Environment and Agriculture

GBP 147.00
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Peanut Agriculture and Production Technology Integrated Nutrient Management

Peanut Agriculture and Production Technology Integrated Nutrient Management

Peanut Agriculture and Production Technology: Integrated Nutrient Management focuses on agricultural techniques and integrated nutrient management of peanuts (Arachis hypogaea L. ). Peanuts are the second most important oil crop of India occupying 5. 7 million hectares with an average production of 0. 8 ton/ha which is 23. 5% of the India’s total oil seed production. Worldwide annual production of shelled peanuts was 42 million metric tons in 2014. It is the world’s 4th most important source of edible oil and the 3rd most important source of vegetable protein. The volume includes basic and advanced information on production agrotechniques and integrated nutrient management of Arachis hypogaea L. crop plant. It studies the physiology of the peanut looking at the proper environmental conditions for optimal growth as well as under various subnormal conditions. It explores the methods of nitrogen application as well as the influence of different sowing dates and population densities to harvest its full yield potential. The book covers methods to achieve balanced nutrition including using organic manures in groundnut farming to enhance yielding ability. The book will be a rich resource for those in agriculture horticulture and allied sciences particularly for agricultural scientists in plant and crop physiology agronomy and soil science. Farm owners and managers of peanut crops and production will also benefit from the information provided in this volume. | Peanut Agriculture and Production Technology Integrated Nutrient Management

GBP 82.99
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Elastomer-Based Composite Materials Mechanical Dynamic and Microwave Properties and Engineering Applications

Elastomer-Based Composite Materials Mechanical Dynamic and Microwave Properties and Engineering Applications

Elastomer-Based Composite Materials: Mechanical Dynamic and Microwave Properties and Engineering Applications is focused on elastomer-based composite materials comprising different types of reinforcing fillers. The book provides an informative examination of the possibilities for broadening the engineering applications of elastomer composites through using various types of hybrid fillers ferrites and ceramics and also examines their synthesis and characterization. It discusses new hybrid fillers that have been synthesized by different techniques e. g. impregnation of different substrates (carbon black conductive carbon black activated carbons etc. ) with silica or magnetite. These new fillers have been thoroughly characterized by standard techniques and by up-to-date methods such as energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy in scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM-EDX) atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) and inductively coupled plasma–optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES). The effect of those fillers upon the curing properties mechanical and dynamic parameters electrical conductivity and dielectric and microwave characteristics of elastomer-based composites is discussed in detail in this volume. The book also covers the influence of various types of ceramics (SiC B4C and TiB2) and barium and strontium hexaferrites upon the aforementioned properties of rubber composites in conjunction with a view toward solutions for environmental problems caused by waste tires. The book shows that pyrolysis-cum-water vapor is a suitable and environmentally friendly method for the conversion of the waste green tires into useful carbon-silica hybrid fillers. The properties of elastomer-based composites comprising different types of nanostructures (fullerenes carbon nanotubes graphene nanoplatelets) modified activated carbons and calcined kaolin are also discussed. Special attention is paid to composites with lower levels of zinc oxide. The volume provides an abundance of knowledge on the detailed characterization of these fillers and on the curing mechanical dynamic mechanical and dielectric and microwave properties of the elastomeric composites. The book surveys the most recent research activities of the authors which will make it a vital reference source for scientists in both the academic and industrial sectors as well as for individuals who are interested in rubber materials. It will be very useful for students especially PhD students scientists lecturers and engineers working or doing research in the field of polymer materials science elastomer-based composites and nanocomposites and their engineering applications in the production of microwave absorbers and electromagnetic waves shielding materials materials for electronics devices and telecommunications. | Elastomer-Based Composite Materials Mechanical Dynamic and Microwave Properties and Engineering Applications

GBP 82.99
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Innovative Approaches in Diagnosis and Management of Crop Diseases 3-volume set

Innovative Approaches in Diagnosis and Management of Crop Diseases 3-volume set

This new 3-volume set Innovative Approaches in Diagnosis and Management of Crop Diseases provides an abundance of new research and information on major diseases of various crops along with new techniques and technology for the detection of plant pathogens along with appropriate management strategies. Divided into three volumes and with chapters written by renowned and expert scientists working in different areas of plant pathology the volumes cover important diseases of crops incited by bacteria fungi viruses viroids phytoplasma and nematodes. They address these disease challenges to commercial field and horticultural crops and their management. Volume 1 focuses on the Mollicute class of bacteria. It looks at the detection diagnosis and management of phytoplasma diseases and viroids CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing in plants for virus resistance next-generation sequencing technologies and more. Volume 2 focuses on recent advances in diagnosis detection and management of diseases of specific crops such as cotton sesame rice wheat millet maize field pea and pigeonpea ginger and turmeric guava aonla and vegetable cruciferous crops. Volume 3: Nanomolecules and Biocontrol Agents explores the use of novel new ways to prevent and mitigate plant diseases. These include novel green nanotechnologies; biosensors; biological management using phyllosphere- rhizosphere- and endosphere-derived biocontrol agents; employing biofumigation techniques; and plant immunization approaches. The book also considers the special challenge of plant disease management under the present climate change scenario. Key features: Presents diverse research of leading plant pathologists on detection diagnosis and management of crop diseases Shares innovative and emerging techniques for diagnosis and management of major plant diseases Covers a vast array of important crops and their diseases Diagnosis and management of biotic stresses play a pivotal role in efficient agriculture production and together these volumes of Innovative Approaches in Diagnosis and Management of Crop Diseases provide reviews of crucial research to effectively advance the detection diagnosis and management of crop diseases. | Innovative Approaches in Diagnosis and Management of Crop Diseases 3-volume set

GBP 385.00
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