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Special Functions and their Application

Special functions are mathematical functions that have established names and notations due to their importance in mathematical analysis functional analysis geometry physics or other applications. This short text gives clear descriptions and explanations of the Gamma function the Probability Integral and its related functions Spherical Harmonics Theory The Bessel function Hermite polynomials and Laguerre polynomials. Each chapter finishes with a description of how the function is most commonly applied and a set of examples for the student to work through. | Special Functions and their Application

GBP 94.99

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Project Management Survival and Success

Managers are often assigned projects they are ill-prepared to undertake due to a lack of training and experience in project management. This book addresses the shortcomings and weaknesses of the managerial aspect of project management. The narrative will un-complicate the project management process and provide direction to managers towards furthering their understanding and involvement in the successful completion of their project. The book will reference examples of actual project work the author has performed to explain the point at hand and the book will be interspersed with appropriate illustrations to support the text. | Project Management Survival and Success

GBP 39.99

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Residential Energy Auditing and Improvement

This book is for energy auditors or retrofitters whether they work in the weatherization program or in the private arena and is intended to help them prepare for several certifications. These include programs with BPI RESNET-HERS DOE/NREL and AEE (Association of Energy Engineers). The material in this book contains industry procedures and techniques and is intended to be an educational resource. Topics covered include the house as a system the auditor’s tools weatherization sealants insulation and barriers retrofitting heating and cooling baseload and new construction. A number of additional appendices are included to provide the reader with valuable information in the performance of a residential energy audit. | Residential Energy Auditing and Improvement

GBP 59.99

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Peri-urban Conflicts and Environmental Challenges A Mediterranean Perspective

Urban expansion and the preservation of fringe landscapes are clearly interconnected issues. This book discusses the relationship between landscape and peri-urban agriculture and the possible implications of sustainable land management for fringe land quality proposing a framework to evaluate the latent nexus between agro-forest systems and human settlements in Southern Europe. Eco-sustainable planning integrated with multi-faceted policy actions (social economic cultural and political dimensions) is a relevant approach to reinforce sustainability of fringe landscapes. Permanent assessment of these factors allows for the implementation of different development scenarios. The present work definitely contributes to systemic and multi-scale approaches informing environmental policies with the aim of achieving an integrated management of peri-urban agricultural landscapes. | Peri-urban Conflicts and Environmental Challenges A Mediterranean Perspective

GBP 94.99

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Mechanical Estimating Manual Sheet Metal Piping and Plumbing

First published in 2006. Clear practical and comprehensive this mechanical estimating manual provides an indispensable resource for contractors estimators owners and anyone involved with estimating mechanical costs on construction projects including a wealth of labor and price data formulas charts and graphs. Covering timeproven methodologies and procedures it offers the user a full range of readytouse forms detailed estimating guidelines and numerous completed examples. You'll learn from leading experts how to produce complete and accurate sheet metal piping and plumbing estimates both quickly and easily. The manual will also be of value to supervisors mechanics builders general contractors engineers and architects for use in planning and scheduling work budget estimating cost control cost accounting checking change orders and various other aspects of mechanical estimating. | Mechanical Estimating Manual Sheet Metal Piping and Plumbing

GBP 99.99

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Industrial Energy Systems Handbook

Industrial Energy Systems Handbook is a supplementary reading resource for candidates undertaking the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) Certified Industrial Energy Professional (CIEP) program. Understanding how the various industrial systems work is key to identifying savings opportunities. An overview is given of the global energy situation as at the time of publication which cements the necessity to improve energy intensive processes to become more optimized. Comprehension of opportunities to optimize an industrial energy system starts with the fundamentals of energy electrical energy and thermal energy and the importance of energy management systems and industrial energy audits. The main energy consuming systems in industry are covered such as steam compressed air motors drives fans pumps lighting furnaces heat exchange systems and large scale cooling and industrial refrigeration. The instrumentation and control as well as toolkits available rounds off the handbook topics.

GBP 99.99

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Introduction to Blockchain Technology

This book explores the fundamentals and applications of Blockchain technology. Readers will learn about the decentralized peer-to-peer network distributed ledger and the trust model that defines Blockchain technology. They will also be introduced to the basic components of Blockchain (transaction block block header and the chain) its operations (hashing verification validation and consensus model) underlying algorithms and essentials of trust (hard fork and soft fork). Private and public Blockchain networks similar to Bitcoin and Ethereum will be introduced as will concepts of Smart Contracts Proof of Work and Proof of Stack. Blockchain is an emerging technology that can radically improve transaction security at banking supply chain and other transaction networks. It’s estimated that Blockchain will generate $3. 1 trillion in new business value by 2030. Essentially it provides the basis for a dynamic distributed ledger that can be applied to save time when recording transactions between parties remove costs associated with intermediaries and reduce risks of fraud and tampering. | Introduction to Blockchain Technology

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Electric and Electronic Circuit Simulation using TINA-TI

A circuit simulator is a computer program that permits us to see circuit behavior i. e. circuit voltages and currents without making the circuit. Use of a circuit simulator is a cheap efficient and safe way to study the behavior of circuits. The Toolkit for Interactive Network Analysis (TINA®) is a powerful yet affordable SPICE based circuit simulation and PCB design software package for analyzing designing and real time testing of analog digital VHDL MCU and mixed electronic circuits and their PCB layouts. This software was created by DesignSoft. TINA-TI is a spinoff software program that was designed by Texas Instruments (TI®) in cooperation with DesignSoft which incorporates a library of pre-made TI components for the user to utilize in their designs. This book shows how a circuit can be analyzed in the TINA-TI® environment. Students of engineering (for instance electrical biomedical mechatronics and robotics to name a few) engineers who work in the industry and anyone who wants to learn the art of circuit simulation with TINA-TI can benefit from this book. | Electric and Electronic Circuit Simulation using TINA-TI®

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Certifications of Critical Systems – The CECRIS Experience

In recent years a considerable amount of effort has been devoted both in industry and academia to the development validation and verification of critical systems i. e. those systems whose malfunctions or failures reach a critical level both in terms of risks to human life as well as having a large economic impact. Certifications of Critical Systems – The CECRIS Experience documents the main insights on Cost Effective Verification and Validation processes that were gained during work in the European Research Project CECRIS (acronym for Certification of Critical Systems). The objective of the research was to tackle the challenges of certification by focusing on those aspects that turn out to be more difficult/important for current and future critical systems industry: the effective use of methodologies processes and tools. The CECRIS project took a step forward in the growing field of development verification and validation and certification of critical systems. It focused on the more difficult/important aspects of critical system development verification and validation and certification process. Starting from both the scientific and industrial state of the art methodologies for system development and the impact of their usage on the verification and validation and certification of critical systems the project aimed at developing strategies and techniques supported by automatic or semi-automatic tools and methods for these activities setting guidelines to support engineers during the planning of the verification and validation phases.

GBP 79.99

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Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Biomedical Applications

Since its first appearance artificial intelligence has been ensuring revolutionary outcomes in the context of real-world problems. At this point it has strong relations with biomedical and today’s intelligent systems compete with human capabilities in medical tasks. However advanced use of artificial intelligence causes intelligent systems to be black-box. That situation is not good for building trustworthy intelligent systems in medical applications. For a remarkable amount of time researchers have tried to solve the black-box issue by using modular additions which have led to the rise of the term: interpretable artificial intelligence. As the literature matured (as a result of in particular deep learning) that term transformed into explainable artificial intelligence (XAI). This book provides an essential edited work regarding the latest advancements in explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) for biomedical applications. It includes not only introductive perspectives but also applied touches and discussions regarding critical problems as well as future insights. Topics discussed in the book include: XAI for the applications with medical images XAI use cases for alternative medical data/task Different XAI methods for biomedical applications Reviews for the XAI research for critical biomedical problems. Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Biomedical Applications is ideal for academicians researchers students engineers and experts from the fields of computer science biomedical medical and health sciences. It also welcomes all readers of different fields to be informed about use cases of XAI in black-box artificial intelligence. In this sense the book can be used for both teaching and reference source purposes.

GBP 110.00

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Disruptive Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Human Resource Management Impacts and Innovations -The Future of HR

It is well-established that every organization is founded with a specific purpose and goals. Virtually all business organizations obtain measurements and metrics dealing with outcomes and results. However what is reflected on the balance sheet does not necessarily show the actual worth of the organizations and ensure their survival and sustainability. Thus the question arises what exactly makes the organizations sustainable and thriving in an ever-changing environment? There are several examples of companies like Faber-Castell Bank of Ireland Chivas DuPont and many more which have been able to sustain and survive over more than 200 years and still have a successful existence in the present era. Thus it is important for the organization to pay equal attention to its three bottom lines i. e. people profit and planet for its sustainability which not only meet the needs of the present generation but should have a futuristic approach as well. In the present era organizations are adopting a new normal working dynamic and coping with the post-pandemic situations to sustain themselves in the business environment. Technology plays a significant role in this new working dynamic and cutting-edge technologies like machine learning artificial intelligence blockchain ChatGPT Internet of Things and much more effectively facilitate human functioning at work. The book aims to contribute to understanding and developing sustainable human resource management processes and practices aligned with recent technologies. It highlights the interconnection among the three bottom-line sustainable approaches for the growth and development of the organization. Topics discussed in this book include: • Disruptive Technologies and HR Sustainability • Convergence of Innovative Technologies HR and Organizational Growth • Triple bottom-line Sustainability for HRM • Business-oriented Talent analytics and HR Sustainability • Role of Leadership in sustainable HRM practices. | Disruptive Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Human Resource Management Impacts and Innovations -The Future of HR

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Bringing Forth Prosperity Capacity Innovation in Africa

Path to Capacity Innovation: An Africa-MNC Strategic Alliance a policy framework is advanced proposing a strategic alliance between African countries -represented by NEPAD- and the multinational corporation with input from the NGO and couched upon an NEPAD-MNC-NGO cross-fertilizing integrative structure. Capacity innovation is the key to Africa's transformation: with the appropriate catalysts innovation and transformation are but a matter of time in gestation. The first of two major catalysts necessary to prompting this change so long sought by Africans came at the adoption of the New Partnership for Africa's Development. It is one of the most profound collaborations of African Heads of State. The second catalyst is proposed in this work in the form of the multinational corporation as change agent for the innovation process working in alliance with NEPAD as Africa's spokesperson for innovation. The policy framework for African capacity innovation is the material product along with discourse for redress of corruption and security policy narrative for protecting the assets of multinational corporations. Bringing Forth Prosperity: Capacity Innovation in Africa questions capital theory as a development construct and an appropriate platform upon which sustained capacity innovation in Africa may emerge; explores Africa's road to modernity in the context of selected development constructs and assesses capacity innovation from a top down-bottom up perspective purposely to serve as backdrop to the Africa-MNC strategic alliance framework; constructs country capacity ID to identify internal resources available to African countries to support capacity innovation; conceptualizes the Africa-MNC strategic alliance to convey a capacity innovation philosophy; articulates an African capacity innovation policy framework to guide the Alliance through a series of actions designed to prompt innovation activity and set the continent on a course to sustained transformation; and articulates a scheme to protect assets -human and physical- derived through the Africa-MNC strategic alliance. | Bringing Forth Prosperity Capacity Innovation in Africa

GBP 69.99

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Cloud Native Networking Deep-Dive

This book demystifies how Kubernetes networking actually works by walking through a simple but practical simulation that mirrors reality as closely as possible while skipping the gory details. Widespread adoption of container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes have spawned a whole field of industry products startups and academic research in the field of container networking typically termed as cloud-native networking. But what is cloud-native networking? What are the various pieces and how do they fit together? Over recent years most applications have been deployed on cloud infrastructure. Kubernetes has been the widely adopted orchestrator for these clouds. Application developers in most cases are unaware of the underlying plumbing in Kubernetes that holds their applications running as containers. Networking is an integral part of any Kubernetes environment and efficiently drives the various abstractions provided by it. Needless to say it greatly effects the performance of applications which in general have a humongous amount of inter-microservice communication. The impact is even more profound in multiple cloud environments. | Cloud Native Networking Deep-Dive

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Versatile Video Coding

Video is the main driver of bandwidth use accounting for over 80 per cent of consumer Internet traffic. Video compression is a critical component of many of the available multimedia applications it is necessary for storage or transmission of digital video over today's band-limited networks. The majority of this video is coded using international standards developed in collaboration with ITU-T Study Group and MPEG. The MPEG family of video coding standards begun on the early 1990s with MPEG-1 developed for video and audio storage on CD-ROMs with support for progressive video. MPEG-2 was standardized in 1995 for applications of video on DVD standard and high definition television with support for interlaced and progressive video. MPEG-4 part 2 also known as MPEG-2 video was standardized in 1999 for applications of low- bit rate multimedia on mobile platforms and the Internet with the support of object-based or content based coding by modeling the scene as background and foreground. Since MPEG-1 the main video coding standards were based on the so-called macroblocks. However research groups continued the work beyond the traditional video coding architectures and found that macroblocks could limit the performance of the compression when using high-resolution video. Therefore in 2013 the high efficiency video coding (HEVC) also known and H. 265 was released with a structure similar to H. 264/AVC but using coding units with more flexible partitions than the traditional macroblocks. HEVC has greater flexibility in prediction modes and transform block sizes also it has a more sophisticated interpolation and de blocking filters. In 2006 the VC-1 was released. VC-1 is a video codec implemented by Microsoft and the Microsoft Windows Media Video (VMW) 9 and standardized by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE). In 2017 the Joint Video Experts Team (JVET) released a call for proposals for a new video coding standard initially called Beyond the HEVC Future Video Coding (FVC) or known as Versatile Video Coding (VVC). VVC is being built on top of HEVC for application on Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) High Dynamic Range (HDR) and 360° Video. The VVC is planned to be finalized by 2020. This book presents the new VVC and updates on the HEVC. The book discusses the advances in lossless coding and covers the topic of screen content coding. Technical topics discussed include: Beyond the High Efficiency Video CodingHigh Efficiency Video Coding encoderScreen contentLossless and visually lossless coding algorithmsFast coding algorithmsVisual quality assessmentOther screen content coding algorithmsOverview of JPEG Series

GBP 89.99

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Energy Conservation Guidebook

Efficient energy management and effective conservation procedures have been very important considerations for our society for many years. An oil embargo in the 1970s and early 1980s brought about a new awareness of energy conservation. Because of various factors like loss of tax credits and efficiency standards imposed by the government public interest dropped considerably in regard to energy conservation. A revival in energy conservation among the general public occurred following the Persian Gulf War in the early 1990s. What does the 21st century hold? Conflicts in the Middle East high prices for petroleum and increasing population worldwide will all be significant influences on energy and its conservation. Considerable discussion of climate change global warming and increased concerns in regard to our electricity supply have provided motivation for building energy demand to be more flexible. Energy Management and Conservation Fourth Edition provides a very practical discussion of how energy can be managed and saved in most types of buildings. This edition not only updates the previous edition but adds updated content concerning energy cost reduction/going green to improve the environment. The authors of this book have written several books that use the systems approach. Through the use of the systems approach the reader will be able to grasp how different parts of a building fit together to form a unit that uses energy efficiently. This text provides a thorough and practical discussion of the operation of systems that are found in most types of buildings. Each system is discussed with energy management and conservation in mind/going green to save money and improve the environment. There are many ways to manage a building to accomplish efficient energy conservation. Several of the chapters have checklists at the end to summarize ways of conserving energy that relate to the chapter. Important changes in this edition include coverage of governmental requirements from agencies such as Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) United States Department of Energy (USDOE) and American Society of Refrigerating Heating and Air-Conditioning Engineering (ASHRAE) updated as of 2022 standards. Instrumentation updates include types of sensors and the concept of smart devices such as meters. Addition of computer building maintenance management systems and new updates for renewable energy resources are included. Enhancements to existing systems content (such as variable frequency drives for pumps) have been carefully added. | Energy Conservation Guidebook

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Special Functions and their Application

Project Management Survival and Success

Residential Energy Auditing and Improvement

Peri-urban Conflicts and Environmental Challenges A Mediterranean Perspective

Mechanical Estimating Manual Sheet Metal Piping and Plumbing

Industrial Energy Systems Handbook

Introduction to Blockchain Technology

Electric and Electronic Circuit Simulation using TINA-TI

Certifications of Critical Systems – The CECRIS Experience

Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Biomedical Applications

Disruptive Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Human Resource Management Impacts and Innovations -The Future of HR

Bringing Forth Prosperity Capacity Innovation in Africa

Cloud Native Networking Deep-Dive

Versatile Video Coding

Energy Conservation Guidebook

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