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Automatic Control of Hydraulic Systems
For industrial, automotive, and aeronautical applications, hydraulic actuators and hydraulic valves have an essential role to deliver and regulate forces and moments. The evolution of hydraulic systems to cover the demands of Industry 4.0 through the digitation of hydraulic valves makes the automatic control of hydraulic actuators crucial for production lines and processes. This book focus on automatic control algorithms for hydraulic actuators (robust tracking controllers, flatness-based control approach, optimized fuzzy sliding mode controllers, neural network and nonlinear disturbance observers)
Understanding Kashmir Lakes: Water Quality, Biodiversity, Deterioration, Encroachment, and Vision for their Protection and Restoration.
Last three decades have witnessed serious deterioration of major Kashmir lakes (Wular, Dal, Nigeen, Anchar and Manasbal) due to pollution of their water and large-scale encroachment in their surroundings. Quite a good amount of research work has been carried out on the growing state of deterioration of the above named five indispensable lakes of Kashmir valley. This book gives a glimpse of the overview of these lakes along with a discussion of their water quality, diversity of flora and fauna, deterioration, state of encroachment, and the vision for their protection and restoration. This book will raise awareness about the plight of the important Kashmir lakes and the measures for their protection and restoration. Interestingly, this book compiles the most recent information on the water quality, biodiversity and the state of deterioration of the five major indispensable lakes of Kashmir valley. The discussion of the scientific vision for the protection and restoration of Kashmir lakes will greatly help our book to become a standout choice for the readers.
Can we prevent future building damage from sulfides in aggregates?
In recent years, tens of thousands of homes, commercial and institutional buildings have sustained severe structural damage due to the aggregates used in construction not being inert. An excess of naturally occurring reactive iron sulfides in the rock, is all that it takes to cause devastation within a few years of construction. These largescale problems have occurred in the United States, Canada and Ireland, despite these countries having well established building codes and standards. A new book explores how excess sulfides, mainly pyrite and pyrrhotite, in aggregates can be defined and identified in advance and it describes how the risk of future damage can be quantified. In keeping with the theme of Pyrite & Pyrrhotite, the book will also feature some innovative research into sustainable uses of pyrite.
Neogene Deep Water Benthic Foraminifera and their importance in paleoceanography in the Indian Ocean
This monograph comprises 12 chapters starting from Introduction to microhabitats, taxonomy and biostratigraphy. The main focus is on Classification and Taxonomic descriptions of deep water benthic foraminifera from the Indian Ocean, with brrief introduction on microhabitats and water mass associations.
BOOK TITLE: Sustainable and Healthy Building Environments
This book addresses a topic of great relevance today, considering that in developed countries, most of the time is spent indoors; therefore, indoor residential environments have a direct influence on human health. Furthermore, in developing countries, significant levels of indoor pollution make housing unsafe, which has an impact on the health of its inhabitants; thus, housing is a key factor in the health of people around the world. In this book we look at a range of innovative research and evidence-based policy ideas that demonstrate the importance of housing research and policy for health and well-being.
New Nova edition: Problem-Solving: Insights, Challenges and Approaches
A new international audience Nova edition: Problem-Solving: Insights, Challenges and Approaches
What is gun violence?
Violence is defined by the WHO as a conscious effort to injure yourself or someone else. Stick the word ‘gun’ in front of the word ‘violence’ and we have the idea that gun violence is the conscious attempt to injure yourself or someone else by using a gun. What does that mean?
BEYOND SPECIAL RELATIVITY – Looking for the intrinsic properties of spacetime
BEYOND SPECIAL RELATIVITY Looking for the intrinsic properties of spacetime Below you can read the presentation of our new book, which will be available in the coming months. We hope it will intrigue you! What is time? And space? How are these two apparently opposed elements indissolubly linked? The book starts from man’s intrinsic need […]
Do we need Metal Matrix Composites in the future?
Developing production technology tries to respond to unlimited human needs. Meeting these needs requires the development of new products or an increase in the supply of raw materials Although polymer-based, recycled and natural resources are used as raw materials, it does not reduce the importance of metal-based structures. However, there is a need to use […]
AI-Enabled IoT for Smart Healthcare Systems
The book provides details of applying intelligent mining techniques for extracting and pre-processing medical data from various sources for application-based healthcare research. This book would provide insight to the learners about Machine Learning, Data Analytics, and Sustainable Computing. This book reveals the applications of AI and IoT in smart healthcare and medical systems. It also […]
Loaded Language: Why Words Matter
When people are the targets of manipulative word usage, it is not just a bruised ego at play: their neurobiology shifts. Cortisol levels increase with stress, for instance. If people feel defeated by the incessant abusive language out in the public sphere, their testosterone levels decrease. The prefrontal cortex becomes overwhelmed.
New Zealand Inflation Surge
The RNZ Business article posted online Feb 25 at 2:29, says, “the governor of the RBNZ Adrian Orr said oil prices had been the most notable driver of inflation pressure for New Zealand…” If it is, then the aggregate supply curve shifted up to the left, reduced real output (% – 0.3 in Sep 2021), […]
Computer Aided Bridge Engineering
The Computer Applications for the design of Bridge Deck-Girders, Abutments, Piers and Pile Foundations are in AASHTO LRFD, are described in detail in the softcopy volume ‘User’s Guide for Hands on Practice with Computer Applications’ for the book ‘Computer Aided Bridge Engineering’ is available for download from web site ‘www.roadbridgedesign.com’.
Green Energy Harvesting Techniques for Sustainable Internet of Things
IoT ecosystems consists of diverse heterogeneous IoT devices. These devices consumes power. Different Green energy harvesting mechanisms may be employed . This leads to power saving, imporved performance, increased life-time, envrionment saving. Still a long way to go for producing sustainable ways to gear up these IoT devices with power using green energy harvesting mechanisms.
ABCs of COVID-19: Airway control, CPR, Basic/Advanced Cardiac Life Support with special regard to COVID-19 spread
It is well established that a substantial portion of patients with COVID-19 deteriorate, become critically ill and die eventually. Airway interventions are the ‘A’ of the alphabet of all resuscitative procedures, which can save the lives of the victims of COVID-19 and many other life-threatening emergencies. On the other hand, resuscitative procedures pose the greatest risk for disease transmission. Unlike many other personnel, one of the most important problems healthcare worker (HCW) face in CPR / ACLS is being unaware of the given patient’s infection status or contagiousness related to COVID-19. Aerosolization is triggered primarily by procedures including CPR, laryngoscopy, endotracheal intubation (ETI), ventilation management, and other advanced interventions. The use of personal protective equipment (PPE) is vital in all procedures and interactions with patients in pandemic period. For example, If ETI and ventilation is performed with a closed circuit, the risk of transmission is very low if a ventilator with high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter is used. Mouth-to-mouth breathing is being abandoned in this pandemic era. The aim of this chapter is to highlight the indications and drawbacks of these maneuvers in the pandemic era, together with necessary protective measures for HCW.
How is quantum ground state brought to its excited state?
Following the idea is my theory called Periodic Quantum Gravity and Cosmology, which is Chapter 1 in the book “The Wave Equation: An Overview” https://novapublishers.com/shop/the-wave-equation-an-overview/ In this theory, the universe arise from the fundamental substance of the universe which is infinite indivisible and perfectly motionless like ocean without waves. All fundamental particles are created in […]
The modified fishbowl for online active learning classrooms
Introduction Active learning means engagement with the course elements and is best manifested when students are busy doing classroom activities and complete outside class work and assignments (Shawer, 2022a; Shawer, 2017). Since positive relationships between academic success and active learning have been established across many disciplines, a professional responsibility is placed on every teacher to […]
