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Social Work and Community Practice

Social Work and Community Practice

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. This book explores a variety of physical mental and lifestyle challenges faced by community populations. Some of the topics discussed include homelessness smoking trends among certain populations mental health issues among different age and gender groups substance abuse and domestic violence. The book also examines community health promotion nutrition intervention contraception and more. | Social Work and Community Practice

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Social Work in Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Social Work in Mental Health and Substance Abuse

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. This book examines many of the predominant issues in the field of social work in mental health and substance abuse today. Topics discussed include incarceration of drug abusers methadone treatment for heroin users and substance abuse among sex workers. It also examines how parental smoking affects children’s attitudes binge drinking and the correlation between depression and sociodemographic factors. The book also explores help for homeless drug abusers and more.

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Conservation Tourism and Identity of Contemporary Community Art A Case Study of Felipe Seade’s Mural Allegory to Work”

Conservation Tourism and Identity of Contemporary Community Art A Case Study of Felipe Seade’s Mural Allegory to Work”

This unique volume aims to promote new models of sustainable management in the field of contemporary mural art. Cultural heritage has become an essential tool for society stressing the necessity to properly conserve cultural resources in order to maintain a socially economically and environmentally sustainable development. In this book the mural Allegory to Work by the artist Felipe Seade located in Uruguay is used as a case study. The work of Felipe Seade a prominent political mural artist of the twentieth century reflects the influence of Mexican heritage and the socio-political themes of that time which were commonly used by the Social Realism art movement. The authors look at the mural—and its restoration—through the lens of tourism globalization and new interest in cultural heritage. The book demonstrates that the restoration should be aware that the perspective of the protagonists must be incorporated in the intervention process. This first-of-its-kind volume brings together historical ethnographic tourism and scientific research that leads to a sustainable project from the point of view of identity economy politics and society. This volume with over 50 color illustrations and many black and white photos will be valuable for college and research libraries undergraduate and graduate students researchers and professors in the field of cultural heritage and art as well as those involved in community-based research. | Conservation Tourism and Identity of Contemporary Community Art A Case Study of Felipe Seade’s Mural Allegory to Work”

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The Future of Organizations Workplace Issues and Practices

The Future of Organizations Workplace Issues and Practices

This volume provides valuable insights into how organizations are changing and evolving and how human resource personnel employers and employees are reacting to these emerging workplace transitions. Today’s successful organizations must be learning organizations in that they must keep abreast and change with the new workplace dynamics. The volume explores the new and future challenges and opportunities for employees and employers particularly in reference to service organizations in the 21st century. It explores many of the new trends in conjunction with a focus on work-life balance globalization redefining leadership contingent work force stress management telecommuting work force diversity ergonomics life satisfaction/subjective well-being and more. | The Future of Organizations Workplace Issues and Practices

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Reshaping the Business World Post-COVID-19 Management Strategies for Sustainable Behavior Change

Reshaping the Business World Post-COVID-19 Management Strategies for Sustainable Behavior Change

The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically changed our normal—both in life and in business. The timely volume provides a map of how the world has been significantly changed post-COVID-19 pandemic not only in terms of work and business life but also linking other areas of personal life as well. It explores the diverse impacts of the pandemic on businesses and workplaces addressing topics such as changes in organizational structures operations and marketing and consumer behavior. Sharing their rich insights and perspectives on today’s business world the authors also look at how personal psychological well-being the role of spirituality employee satisfaction an organization’s future competitiveness and quality of life have been affected and changed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Chapters discuss the challenges and complications of flexible and hybrid working styles and digital collaboration platforms such as Microsoft teams. Other topics include changed consumer choices and shopping psychology internet addiction mental health challenges new psychological aspects of the art and culture industry and more. The authors also share effective strategies for creating work-life balance and improving psychological well-being and for navigating the new normal. Reshaping the Business World Post-COVID-19: Management Strategies for Sustainable Behavior Change will be valuable for both industry and academia as it covers concepts of business from various perspectives. The book is sure to help managers of all types navigate the new normal. | Reshaping the Business World Post-COVID-19 Management Strategies for Sustainable Behavior Change

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Mechanical Engineering for Sustainable Development: State-of-the-Art Research

Mechanical Engineering for Sustainable Development: State-of-the-Art Research

This volume provides valuable insight into diverse topics related to mechanical engineering and presents state-of-the-art work on sustainable development being carried out throughout the world by budding researchers and scientists. Divided into three sections the volume covers machine design materials and manufacturing and thermal engineering. It presents innovative research work on machine design that is of relevance to such varied fields as the automotive industry agriculture and human anatomy. The second section addresses materials characterization an important tool in assessing proper materials for application-oriented jobs and emerging unconventional machining processes that are important in design engineering for new products and tools. The section on thermal engineering broadly covers the use of viable alternate fuels such as HHO biodiesel etc. with the objective of reducing the burden on petroleum reserves and the environment. | Mechanical Engineering for Sustainable Development: State-of-the-Art Research

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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

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The Ethics of Cultural Competence in Higher Education

The Ethics of Cultural Competence in Higher Education

This new book presents both research (qualitative quantitative and mixed-design) and conceptual chapters about the ethical factors to be considered in teaching administration and professional practice in higher education settings. The book includes recent research-based ideas in the field of higher education. Topics include cultural competencies for higher education faculty professionals and administrators such as use of language in communicating concepts to students for whom English is not a first language avoiding imposition of bias encouraging exposition of perspective and ethical practices for professionals working with the diverse environments and populations in higher education settings. This work is particularly important since becoming informed on the latest approaches and ideologies is an essential component of both professional preparation and continuing professional development of faculty professionals and administrators in higher education. Currently education practitioners struggle with finding time for professional development and ways to inform themselves of the latest research. This volume will help education practitioners keep abreast of the most important recent research. As college student populations and environments continually change so must the practices of the professionals who work with them. This volume highlights some of the most recent practices and perspectives in ethics and cultural competence for all college and university personnel. This volume is unique and valuable because other books have addressed culturally competent ethical practices for discrete professions within higher education no single work has a collection of writings about ethical and culturally competent practices for a variety of the professions in higher education. | The Ethics of Cultural Competence in Higher Education

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Leishmaniasis Biology Control and New Approaches for Its Treatment

Leishmaniasis Biology Control and New Approaches for Its Treatment

This new volume provides exhaustive knowledge on a wide range of natural products and holistic concepts that have provided promising in the treatment of leishmaniasis. Including the major natural therapies as well as traditional formulations over 300 medicinal plants and 150 isolated compounds that are reported to have beneficial results in the treatment of the disease are explored in this comprehensive work. This book also acts as an important resource on various anti-inflammatory plants used to treat various inflammatory conditions of the disease. | Leishmaniasis Biology Control and New Approaches for Its Treatment

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Fisheries Management and Conservation

Fisheries Management and Conservation

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. Fisheries management and conservation draws on fisheries science in order to find ways to protect fishery resources so sustainable exploitation is possible. Modern fisheries management often involves regulating when where how and how much fishermen are allowed to harvest to ensure that there will be fish in the future. This work on fisheries management and conservation covers a broad array of chapters on this field of growing importance. It includes chapters on illegal fishing recovery of endangered fish effective management of fisheries fish invasions in river systems selection of fishing areas fish invasions conservation efforts and much more.

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Animal Behavior An Evolutionary Approach

Animal Behavior An Evolutionary Approach

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. This book looks at a range of topics covering a variety of animals including how macaques teach their offspring how rats transmit avoidance behavior how supplementary feeding of tree frogs affects their breeding behavior and more. Studies in animal behavior can have far-reaching implications for animals and humans alike such as how humans can improve conservation efforts how to better protect animals—both in the wild and in captivity (zoos) and what can be learned about humans from animals such as how the human brain and behaviors might work. | Animal Behavior An Evolutionary Approach

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Algorithmic Techniques for the Polymer Sciences

Algorithmic Techniques for the Polymer Sciences

This new book—the first of its kind—examines the use of algorithmic techniques to compress random and non-random sequential strings found in chains of polymers. The book is an introduction to algorithmic complexity. Examples taken from current research in the polymer sciences are used for compression of like-natured properties as found on a chain of polymers. Both theory and applied aspects of algorithmic compression are reviewed. A description of the types of polymers and their uses is followed by a chapter on various types of compression systems that can be used to compress polymer chains into manageable units. The work is intended for graduate and postgraduate university students in the physical sciences and engineering. | Algorithmic Techniques for the Polymer Sciences

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Synopsis of Sleep Medicine

Synopsis of Sleep Medicine

Sleep medicine encompasses an unusually board spectrum of contributions from biology technology and medicine. This volume summarizes the considerable mass of knowledge that has been accumulated in the field and imparts its major findings in a manner that is comprehensive yet not overwhelming. Edited by an eminent sleep researcher and with contributions from leading experts in the field the volume provides a basic grounding in sleep medicine and covers the fascinating complexity of the field. It separates figure from ground for those who are newcomers to the field and who are seeking guideposts for further research. Sleep problems are frequently co-morbid with other medical conditions and clinicians need to be alert to this interconnectedness and to recognize which difficulties are primary and which are not. Synoposis of Sleep Medicine will be a valuable tool for clinicians in many specialties for addressing diagnostic problems in sleep medicine. The volume is the first of its kind rich yet comprehensive and focused and one that is sure to meet the needs of both basic and clinical research for some years to come. | Synopsis of Sleep Medicine

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Additives in Polymers Analysis and Applications

Additives in Polymers Analysis and Applications

Additives are selected depending on the type of polymers to which they will be added or the application for which they will be used. The appropriate selection of additives helps develop value-added plastics with improved durability as well as other advantages. This research book provides a range of modern techniques and new research on the use of additives in a variety of applications. The methods and instrumentation described represent modern analytical techniques useful to researchers product development specialists and quality control experts in polymer synthesis and manufacturing. Engineers polymer scientists and technicians will find this volume useful in selecting approaches and techniques applicable to characterizing molecular compositional rheological and thermodynamic properties of elastomers and plastics. The informative chapters are the work of researchers at the Department of Polymers and Composite Materials at the prestigious Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences. | Additives in Polymers Analysis and Applications

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Food Supplements and Dietary Fiber in Health and Disease

Food Supplements and Dietary Fiber in Health and Disease

Here is an in-depth and informative introduction to dietary fibers and food supplements elaborating on their uses and benefits in the prevention and treatment of such health issues and diseases as diabetes obesity coronary heart disease colorectal and other types of cancer and gut health. The book also discusses the formulation-based approaches for the delivery of food supplements and dietary fibers as well as the use of botanicals in dietary supplements and fibers. The chapter on regulatory guidance of food supplement and dietary fiber discusses the current statutes and regulations addressing dietary ingredients manufacturing standards safety labelling and claims. The book explains how dietary fibers and food supplements work to maintain gut health addressing such issues as constipation loose stools inflammatory bowel diseases hiatal hernias gastroesophageal reflux disease Barrett’s esophagus diverticular disease hemorrhoids peptic ulcers gastritis celiac disease gallstones and colon cancer. | Food Supplements and Dietary Fiber in Health and Disease

GBP 139.00
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Cognitive Computing Systems Applications and Technological Advancements

Cognitive Computing Systems Applications and Technological Advancements

This new volume Cognitive Computing Systems: Applications and Technological Advancements explores the emerging area of artificial intelligence that encompasses machine self-learning human-computer interaction natural language processing data mining and more. It introduces cognitive computing systems highlights their key applications discusses the technologies used in cognitive systems and explains underlying models and architectures. Focusing on scientific work for real-world applications each chapter presents the use of cognitive computing and machine learning in specific application areas. These include the use of speech recognition technology application of neural networks in construction management elevating competency in education comprehensive health monitoring systems predicting type 2 diabetes applications for smart agricultural technology human resource management and more. With chapters from knowledgeable researchers in the area of artificial intelligence cognitive computing and allied areas this book will be an asset for researchers faculty advances students and industry professionals in many fields. | Cognitive Computing Systems Applications and Technological Advancements

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Biodiversity and Conservation Characterization and Utilization of Plants Microbes and Natural Resources for Sustainable Development and Eco

Biodiversity and Conservation Characterization and Utilization of Plants Microbes and Natural Resources for Sustainable Development and Eco

This volume provides an enlightening and pragmatic approach to preserving biological diversity by gathering a wide range of peer-reviewed scientific content from biodiversity researchers and conservators from around the world. It brings comprehensive knowledge and information on the present status of conservation of biological diversity including floral faunal and microbial diversity. A detailed account of recent trends in conservation and applications under changing climate conditions focusing mainly on agriculturally and industrially important microbes and their sustainable utilization is presented as well. Over the past five decades extensive research work has been done on many aspects of biodiversity conservation and sustainable utilization of biological resources. This book examines this crucial issue. Chapters discuss biodiversity concepts benefits and values for economic and sustainable development; explores applications and strategies for biodiversity preservation; and considers the role of biodiversity conservation in public awareness services and cultural significance. The volume also examines the process of evolution and the future of biodiversity in conjunction with climate change factors with special reference to infectious diseases. | Biodiversity and Conservation Characterization and Utilization of Plants Microbes and Natural Resources for Sustainable Development and Eco

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Human Resource Management Issues Challenges and Opportunities

Human Resource Management Issues Challenges and Opportunities

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. Human resource management is the strategic approach to management of an organization’s most valuable asset—its people. It covers the recruitment management and direction of people who work for the organization and deals with employee compensation and benefits hiring and training performance management organization development safety and wellness and organizational communication. Human Resource Management: Issues Challenges and Opportunities covers a broad array of topics on human resources management including new emphasis on corporate social commitment management practices that are essential for retaining effective professionals financial rewards to stimulate longer workforce participation entrepreneurial leadership examination of leadership styles in different countries dealing with organizational change teamwork and employee resistance integrating human resources aspects with corporate goals and more. This book provides an interesting group of chapters that shed light on a variety of international human resources management styles and practices. The competitive nature of twenty-first-century global commerce requires that businesses be managed strategically by managers who are knowledgeable in the principles of the field. The efficient nonexploitive use of human resources is essential to building successful businesses around the world. | Human Resource Management Issues Challenges and Opportunities

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Green Biorenewable Biocomposites From Knowledge to Industrial Applications

Green Biorenewable Biocomposites From Knowledge to Industrial Applications

Keeping in mind the advantages of bio-based materials this book focuses on the potential efficacy of different biocomposites procured from diverse natural resources and the preparation and processing of the biocomposites to be used for a variety of applications. Each chapter gives an overview on a particular biocomposite material and its processing and successful utilization for selected applications. The chapters summarize recently developed research on such topics as:• Spider silk biocomposites• Biogenic hydroxyapatite-based implant biocomposites• Liquid crystals and cellulose derivatives biocomposites• Bio-based epoxy resins• Bio-based polyphenols and lignocellulosic fibers• Wood-based biocomposites• Flame retardant biocomposites• Biocomposites for industrial noise control• Cellulose-based bionanocomposites Each individual chapter also focuses on the knowledge and understanding of the interfaces manifested in these biocomposites systems and the optimization of different parameters for novel properties. In addition to this the book also summarizes the recent developments made in the area of injection molding of biocomposites chemical functionalization of natural fibers processing of biocomposites and their applications in the automotive and biomedical industries. A number of critical issues and suggestions for future work are discussed underscoring the roles of researchers for the efficient development of biocomposite materials through value addition to enhance their use. | Green Biorenewable Biocomposites From Knowledge to Industrial Applications

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Mechanics of Finite Deformation and Fracture

Mechanics of Finite Deformation and Fracture

This important work covers the fundamentals of finite deformation in solids and constitutive relations for different types of stresses in large deformation of solids. In addition the book covers the fracture phenomena in brittle or quasi-brittle materials in which large deformation does not occur. The book provides a thorough understanding of fracture mechanics as well. Since mathematical proof with full derivation is demonstrated throughout the book readers will gain the skills to understand and drive the basic concepts on their own enabling them to put forward new ideas and solutions. Finite deformations in material can occur with change of geometry such that the deformed shape may not resemble the initial shape. Analyzing these types of deformations needs a particular mathematical tool that is always associated with tensor notations. In general the geometry may be non-orthogonal and the use of covariant and contra-variant tensor concepts to express the finite deformations and the associated mechanical strains are needed. In addition it is obvious that in large deformations there are several definitions for stress each depending on the frame of the stress definitions. The constitutive equations in material also depends on the type of stress that is introduced. In simulation of the material deformation components of the deformation tensor will be transformed from one frame to another either in orthogonal or in non-orthogonal coordinate of geometry. This informative book covers all this in detail. | Mechanics of Finite Deformation and Fracture

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Employees and Employers in Service Organizations Emerging Challenges and Opportunities

Employees and Employers in Service Organizations Emerging Challenges and Opportunities

With the increasing globalization and fast-paced technological advances in business today service organizations must to respond to the changing business dynamic between employers and employees. The service industry has metamorphosed into a revolution not only in United States but in developed and developing countries also. Highly industrialized countries have become ‘service economies’ at least when measured in terms of share of the workforce employed in service industries. This new book Employees and Employers in Service Organizations: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities the first volume in the 21st Century Business Management book series provides an in-depth exploration of recent concepts and trends in business management in the service industries. It looks at the changing expectations and loyalties of young workers and others and the challenges and opportunities presented for service employers. The book considers theory and research findings providing a plethora of practical implications and applications for these new workplace behavior dynamics. Exploring the different perspectives and concepts from the book’s researchers and authors Employees and Employers in Service Organizations: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities cover themes such as• work-life balance• spirituality in the workplace• emerging positive psychology concepts such as psychological capital knowledge management and mindfulness• expectations motivation and behavior of different generations such as Generation YThis informative volume will be valuable for faculty teaching courses in management and self-improvement for leaders and executives as well as for those in service industries. | Employees and Employers in Service Organizations Emerging Challenges and Opportunities

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Freshwater Pollution and Aquatic Ecosystems Environmental Impact and Sustainable Management

Freshwater Pollution and Aquatic Ecosystems Environmental Impact and Sustainable Management

This new volume addresses the environmental impacts of pollution on freshwater aquatic ecosystems and presents sustainable management and remediation practices and advanced technology help to address the different types of pollutants. Freshwater Pollution and Aquatic Ecosystems: Environmental Impact and Sustainable Management considers the need for sustainable efficient and cost-effective tools and technologies to assess monitor and properly manage the increasing issues of aquatic pollution. It provides detailed accounts of the phenomena and mechanisms related to aquatic pollution and highlights the problems and threats associated with pollution contamination in freshwater. It provides useful insight into the sustainable and advanced pollution remediation technology adopted by different countries for the monitoring assessment and sustainable management of pollution. The chapters in the volume evaluate the sources of harmful pollutants which include industrial effluents sewage and runoff from agricultural industries which result in toxic microbes organic waste oils and high load of nutrients. Unsustainable management practices of domestic sewage and indiscriminate use of chemical pesticides lead to the technological disturbance of aquatic biota. In addition to harming aquatic biota these pollutants find their way into the human body through inhalation ingestion or absorption and finally tend to bio-accumulate in trophic levels of the food chain which poses a major risk to human beings. This book will be a valuable resource for ecologists environmentalists scientists and many others for their work in understanding and management of aquatic pollutants in freshwater biospheres. | Freshwater Pollution and Aquatic Ecosystems Environmental Impact and Sustainable Management

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Urban Ecology Strategies for Green Infrastructure and Land Use

Urban Ecology Strategies for Green Infrastructure and Land Use

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. With increasing global urbanization the environments and ecologies of cities are often perceived to suffer. While pollution and destruction of green space and species may occur cities also remain part of natural systems. Cities provide natural processes necessary for survival for humans and other living organisms in urban areas. Urban ecology elucidates some of these processes and sheds light on their importance to healthy fulfilling urban livelihoods. Urban Ecology: Strategies for Green Infrastructure and Land Use provides background on issues relating to urban ecology and urban natural processes. The first section covers the types values and recognition of ecosystem services provided by natural processes in urban areas. The second section details the importance and potential of green spaces in urban areas. The third section focuses on biodiversity traits of cities and the ways in which urbanization affects biodiversity indicators. Finally the fourth section covers some of the tools and approaches available for urban planners and designers concerned with improving or maintaining urban environments and the services they provide. This easily accessible reference volume offers a comprehensive guide to this rapidly growing field. Case studies and up-to-date research provide urban planners with new options for creating cities that will meet the demands of the twenty-first century. Also appropriate for graduate students who are preparing for careers related to urban planning this compendium captures and integrates the current work being done in this vitally important field. | Urban Ecology Strategies for Green Infrastructure and Land Use

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Mobile Wireless and Sensor Networks A Clustering Algorithm for Energy Efficiency and Safety

Mobile Wireless and Sensor Networks A Clustering Algorithm for Energy Efficiency and Safety

Wireless networking covers a variety of topics involving many challenges. The main concern of clustering approaches for mobile wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is to prolong the battery life of the individual sensors and the network lifetime. For a successful clustering approach the need of a powerful mechanism to safely elect a cluster head remains a challenging task in many research works that take into account the mobility of the network. In Mobile Wireless and Sensor Networks: A Clustering Algorithm for Energy Efficiency and Safety the authors use an approach based on computing of the weight of each node in the network as the proposed technique to deal with this problem. They present a virtual laboratory platform (VLP) of baptized mercury allowing students and researchers to make practical work (PW) on different aspects of mobile wireless sensor networks. The authors’ choice of WSNs is motivated mainly by the use of real experiments needed in most college courses on WSNs. These usual experiments however require an expensive investment and many nodes in the classroom. The platform presented here aims at showing the feasibility the flexibility and the reduced cost using the authors’ approach. The authors demonstrate the performance of the proposed algorithms that contribute to the familiarization of the learners in the field of WSNs. The book will be a valuable resource for students in networking studies as well as for faculty and researchers in this area. | Mobile Wireless and Sensor Networks A Clustering Algorithm for Energy Efficiency and Safety

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