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Content: Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability (ERIS) is a multidisciplinary journal devoted to addressing important challenges relevant to every aspect of infrastructure and associated systems at all scales and in all geographic settings, and sustainability and resilience in their broadest sense, encompassing environmental, economic, and social factors. All research methodologies are encouraged comprehensively covering qualitative, quantitative, experimental, theoretical and applied approaches. With infrastructure and sustainability underpinning many of the most significant societal challenges, ERIS brings together communities extending across environmental research, engineering, the social sciences and humanities as well as policy influencers (within academia, government, industry and the civic sphere) dedicated to seeking innovative solutions to these issues.-

Content: The journal covers infrastructure from broad and inclusive perspectives at global, regional, national and local scales, including current and emerging issues to wherever humanity's influence extends, from single products to networked systems.-

Content: ERIS publishes studies on the development, planning, design, production, use, maintenance, revitalization, and end of life phases of infrastructure and associated systems relevant, but not limited, to: Urban infrastructure systems; Resilience and the built environment; Socio-economic structures and physical infrastructure; Buildings and structures; Energy systems; Transportation systems; Water, stormwater, and wastewater systems; Digital infrastructure; AI and virtual domains for urban infrastructure and sustainable development; New and emerging technologies relating to infrastructure, resilience, and sustainable development; Construction materials and processes; Economics, behaviour, sociology, geography and policy as they relate to sustainability.-

Content: Infrastructure policy for sustainable development; Carbon capture and storage; End of life management; Net-zero systems; Circular economy; Infrastructure systems that support manufacturing; Sustainable consumption; Capital goods in production systems; Land use and natural resource management in the service of infrastructure. Human health and well-being.

Note: Refereed/Peer-reviewed

Language: English

Keywords: Periodical ; periodicals. ; Periodicals. ; Periodicals. ; Périodiques. ; Periodical ; periodicals. ; Periodicals. ; Periodicals. ; Périodiques. ; Periodical ; periodicals. ; Periodicals. ; Periodicals. ; Périodiques.

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ISBN: 9780750317382 , 9780750317375

Series Statement: IOP ebooks. [2020 collection]

Content: This book brings together leading names in the field of nanoscale energy transport to provide a comprehensive and insightful review of this developing topic. The text covers new developments in the scientific basis and the practical relevance of nanoscale energy transport, highlighting the emerging effects at the nanoscale that qualitatively differ from those at the macroscopic scale. Throughout the book, microscopic energy carriers are discussed, including photons, electrons and magnons. State-of-the-art computational and experimental nanoscale energy transport methods are reviewed, and a broad range of materials system topics are considered, from interfaces and molecular junctions to nanostructured bulk materials. Nanoscale Energy Transport is a valuable reference for researchers in physics, materials, mechanical and electrical engineering, and it provides an excellent resource for graduate students.

Note: "Version: 20200301"--Title page verso. , 10. Investigation of nanoscale energy transport with time-resolved photoemission electron microscopy -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. Unlocking high spatial-temporal resolution in studies of ultrafast dynamics in semiconductors -- 10.3. Studies of semiconductors utilizing TR-PEEM -- 10.4. Outlook and perspective of TR-PEEM technique -- 10.5. Final remarks , 11. Exploring nanoscale heat transport via neutron scattering -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. Inelastic neutron scattering and phonon transport , 12. Thermal transport measurements of nanostructures using suspended micro-devices -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. Suspended micro-device platform -- 12.3. Recent developments -- 12.4. Summary and outlook , 13. Recent advances in structured surface enhanced condensation heat transfer -- 13.1. Introduction -- 13.2. Advancements in coating materials and the durability of coatings -- 13.3. Structured surfaces for low-surface-tension fluids -- 13.4. Electric field enhanced (EFE) condensation , 14. Thermionic energy conversion -- 14.1. Introduction -- 14.2. History of thermionic converters -- 14.3. Theory of thermionic converters -- 14.4. Design of thermionic converters -- 14.5. Application of thermionic converters -- 14.6. Summary and future directions , 15. Recent advances in frosting for heat transfer applications -- 15.1. Introduction -- 15.2. Classical condensation frosting theory -- 15.3. Anti-frosting superhydrophobic surfaces -- 15.4. Fabrication of superhydrophobic surfaces -- 15.5. Durability/robustness/fouling of superhydrophobic anti-frosting surfaces -- 15.6. Anti-frosting coatings for HVAC&R heat exchangers -- 15.7. Defrosting , 16. Reliably measuring the efficiency of thermoelectric materials -- 16.1. Introduction -- 16.2. Prediction of efficiency from mathematical methods -- 16.3. Efficiency measurement -- 16.4. Double four-point probe method -- 16.5. Conclusions , 17. Thermophotovoltaic energy conversion : materials and device engineering -- 17.1. Introduction -- 17.2. Framework for analyzing the performance of TPV systems -- 17.3. Discussion and summary -- Appendix : Emitter data. , part I. Theory and computation. 1. Hydrodynamic phonon transport : past, present and prospects -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Collective phonon flow -- 1.3. Peierls-Boltzmann transport equation -- 1.4. Steady-state phonon hydrodynamics -- 1.5. Unsteady phonon hydrodynamics (second sound) -- 1.6. Summary and future perspectives , 2. Higher-order phonon scattering : advancing the quantum theory of phonon linewidth, thermal conductivity and thermal radiative properties -- 2.1. Overview -- 2.2. Formalism of four-phonon scattering -- 2.3. Strong four-phonon scattering potential -- 2.4. Large four-phonon or suppressed three-phonon phase space -- 2.5. Further discussion -- 2.6. Summary and outlook , 3. Pre-interface scattering influenced interfacial thermal transport across solid interfaces -- 4. Introduction to the atomistic Green's function approach : application to nanoscale phonon transport -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Atomistic Green's function -- 4.3. Recent progress -- 4.4. Summary , 5. Application of Bayesian optimization to thermal science -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Bayesian optimization -- 5.3. Applications of Bayesian optimization in thermal science -- 5.4. Summary and perspectives , 6. Phonon mean free path spectroscopy : theory and experiments -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Principles of MFP spectroscopy -- 6.3. Theory -- 6.4. Experiments -- 6.5. Summary , 7. Thermodynamics of anharmonic lattices from first principles -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Overview : historical development -- 7.3. Modern interpretations and implementations -- 7.4. A recent extension to SCHA-4 -- 7.5. Conclusions , Appendix A. Thermodynamic properties of harmonic oscillators -- Appendix B. Normal modes and Gaussian averages -- Appendix C. Formal SCHA equations , part II. Measurements and applications. 8. Experimental approaches for probing heat transfer and energy conversion at the atomic and molecular scales -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Theoretical concepts -- 8.3. Heat transfer and energy conversion at the atomic scale : experiments -- 8.4. Heat dissipation in atomic- and molecular-scale junctions -- 8.5. Peltier cooling in molecular-scale junctions -- 8.6. Measurement of thermal conductance of single-molecule junctions -- 8.7. Concluding remarks and outlook , 9. Ultrafast thermal and magnetic characterization of materials enabled by the time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr effect -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. TR-MOKE measurement technique -- 9.3. Thermal measurements -- 9.4. Ultrafast magnetization dynamics -- 9.5. Advanced capabilities for broader research directions -- 9.6. Summary and outlook , Also available in print. , Mode of access: World Wide Web. , System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.

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DOI: 10.1088/978-0-7503-1738-2

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ISBN: 9780750331630 , 9780750331623

Series Statement: IOP ebooks. [2020 collection]

Content: This book provides a comprehensive overview of thermoacoustic imaging approaches. It describes the fundamentals of thermoacoustic tomography (TAT) including the theory on thermoacoustic effect, image reconstruction methods and instrumentation; details advanced approaches for quantitative TAT, which allows for the recovery of tissue conductivity and mechanical properties; explores the development of several image enhancing schemes including both software and hardware approaches; examines array-based TAT systems that are the foundation of fast 2D and 3D TAT; considers high-resolution TAT approaches and combinations of TAT with other imaging methods; addresses contrast agent-based molecular TAT; and discusses clinical applications and animal studies in the areas of brain, breast, joint, thyroid, liver and vascular imaging. This book is a valuable resource for students, academics, and industry specialists--including biomedical engineers, electrical engineers, physicists and mathematicians. Part of IPEM-IOP Series in Physics and Engineering in Medicine and Biology.

Note: "Version: 20200301"--Title page verso. , 1. Fundamentals of thermoacoustic tomography -- 1.1. Thermoacoustic effect -- 1.2. Image reconstruction methods -- 1.3. Instrumentation , 2. Quantitative thermoacoustic tomography -- 2.1. Recovery of tissue conductivity -- 2.2. Simultaneous recovery of absorbed microwave energy density and acoustic velocity -- 2.3. Simultaneous recovery of conductivity and elasticity , 3. Image enhancement : software and hardware approaches -- 3.1. Dual mesh scheme -- 3.2. Adjoint sensitivity method -- 3.3. TVM scheme -- 3.4. Rigorous incident electric field and adaptive minimization strategy -- 3.5. Parallel computation -- 3.6. Compact dipole antenna -- 3.7. Compact microwave source -- 3.8. Anti-phase microwave excitation , 4. Transducer array-based TAT : 2D and 3D thermoacoustic imaging -- 4.1. Array-based TAT system and 2D imaging -- 4.2. 3D Imaging , 5. High-resolution and multi-modal approaches -- 5.1. High-resolution TAT -- 5.2. Multi-modal approaches--TAT/PAT -- 5.3. Multi-modal approaches--TAT/US , 6. Contrast agents-based molecular thermoacoustic imaging -- 6.1. Magnetic materials -- 6.2. Carbon nanomaterials -- 6.3. Other materials , 7. Clinical applications and animal studies -- 7.1. Joint imaging -- 7.2. Brain imaging -- 7.3. Imaging of thyroid -- 7.4. Liver imaging -- 7.5. Vascular imaging -- 7.6. Breast imaging. , Also available in print. , Mode of access: World Wide Web. , System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.

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DOI: 10.1088/978-0-7503-3163-0

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ISBN: 9780750317320 , 9780750317313

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Content: Pipelined architecture analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) have become the architecture of choice for high speed and moderate to high resolution devices. Subsequently, different techniques of the fault diagnosis by built in self-test (BIST) system have been developed. This book gives a rigorous, theoretical and mathematical analysis for the design of pipelined ADCs, along with detailed practical aspects of implementing it in very large-scale integration (VLSI). In each chapter a unique fault diagnosis technique for pipelined ADC has been proposed. Chapter 1 discusses a 1.8V 10-bit 500 mega samples-per-second parallel pipelined ADC, describing the design of high speed, low power, low voltage ADC in CMOS technology. Chapter 2 introduces a BIST system where both the circuit and its diagnosis tool are implemented on the same chip. Chapter 3 examines the design of an oscillation-based BIST system for a 1.8V 8-bit 125-mega samples per second pipelined ADC. Chapter 4 focuses on the evaluation of dynamic parameters of a pipelined ADC with an oscillation-based BIST. Chapter 5 covers reconfigurable BIST architecture for pipelined ADCs. The book is an ideal reference for graduate students and researchers within electrical, electronics and computer engineering.

Note: "Version: 20200301"--Title page verso. , 1. A 1.8 V, 10 bit, 500 mega samples per second parallel pipelined analog-to-digital converter -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Pipelined analog-to-digital converter architecture -- 1.3. Operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) -- 1.4. Sample-and-hold amplifier -- 1.5. Multiplying digital-to-analog converter (MDAC) -- 1.6. Comparator -- 1.7. Conclusion , 2. A. built-in self-test for a 1.8 V, 8 bit, 125 mega samples per second pipelined analog-to-digital converter -- 2.1. Organization of the chapter -- 2.2. Specifications of the pipelined ADC -- 2.3. Motivation and aims -- 2.4. Pipelined ADC architecture -- 2.5. A MATLAB model of the pipelined ADC -- 2.6. Results obtained in the Cadence environment -- 2.7. Built-in self-test (BIST) system -- 2.8. Simulation of the pipelined ADC -- 2.9. Future work , 3. Design of an oscillation-based built-in self-test system for a 1.8 V, 8 bit, 125 mega samples per second pipelined analog-to-digital converter -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Oscillation-based BIST principles -- 3.3. Implementation of oscillation-based BIST -- 3.4. Introduction to ADC dynamic testing -- 3.5. Conclusion , 4. An oscillation-based built-in self-test (BIST) system for dynamic performance parameter evaluation of an 8 bit, 100 MSPS pipelined ADC -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Oscillation-based BIST principles -- 4.3. Test stimulus generation -- 4.4. OTA-C filter -- 4.5. Dynamic parameter evaluation of a pipelined ADC -- 4.6. Fault analysis using the BIST system -- 4.7. Preparation of the layout and post-layout simulations -- 4.8. Conclusion , 5. A reconfigurable built-in self-test architecture for a pipelined ADC -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. The pipelined ADC -- 5.3. Oscillation-based built-in self-test system -- 5.4. Implementation of the ADC and OBIST -- 5.5. Conclusion. , Also available in print. , Mode of access: World Wide Web. , System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.

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DOI: 10.1088/978-0-7503-1732-0

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ISBN: 9780750324045 , 9780750324038

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Content: Achieving a better solution or improving the performance of existing system design is an ongoing a process for which scientists, engineers, mathematicians and researchers have been striving for many years. Ever increasingly practical and robust methods have been developed, and every new generation of computers with their increased power and speed allows for the development and wider application of new types of solutions. This book defines the fundamentals, background and theoretical concepts of optimization principles in a comprehensive manner along with their potential applications and implementation strategies. It encompasses linear programming, multivariable methods for risk assessment, nonlinear methods, ant colony optimization, particle swarm optimization, multi-criterion and topology optimization, learning classifier, case studies on six sigma, performance measures and evaluation, multi-objective optimization problems, machine learning approaches, genetic algorithms and quality of service optimizations. The book will be very useful for wide spectrum of target readers including students and researchers in academia and industry.

Note: "Version: 20191101"--Title page verso. , 13. A machine learning approach for engineering optimization tasks -- 13.1. Optimization : classification hierarchy -- 13.2. Optimization problems in machine learning -- 13.3. Optimization in supervised learning -- 13.4. Optimization for feature selection , 14. Simulation of the formation process of spatial fine structures in environmental safety management systems and optimization of the parameters of dispersive devices -- 14.1. The use of spatial finely dispersed multiphase structures in ensuring ecological and technogenic safety -- 14.2. Physical and mathematical simulation of the creation process of spatial finely dispersed structures -- 14.3. Numerical simulation of the formation of spatial dispersed structures and the determination of the most effective ways of supplying fluid to eliminate various hazards -- 14.4. General conclusions , 15. Future directions : IoT, robotics and AI based applications -- 15.1. Introduction -- 15.2. Cloud robotics, remote brains and their implications -- 15.3. AI and innovations in industry -- 15.4. Innovative solutions for a smart society using AI, robotics and the IoT -- 15.5. The human 4.0 or the Internet of skills (IoS) and the tactile Internet (zero delay Internet) -- 15.6. Future directions in robotics, AI and the IoT , 16. Efficacy of genetic algorithms for computationally intractable problems -- 16.1. Introduction -- 16.2. Genetic algorithm implementation -- 16.3. Convergence analysis of the genetic algorithm -- 16.4. Key factors -- 16.5. Concluding remarks , 17. A novel approach for QoS optimization in 4G cellular networks -- 17.1. Mobile generations -- 17.2. OFDMA networks -- 17.3. Simulation model and parameters -- 17.4. Adaptive rate scheduling in OFDMA networks -- 17.5. Conclusions. , 1. Introduction and background to optimization theory -- 1.1. Historical development -- 1.2. Definition and elements of optimization -- 1.3. Optimization problems and methods -- 1.4. Design and structural optimization methods -- 1.5. Optimization for signal processing and control applications -- 1.6. Design vectors, matrices, vector spaces, geometry and transforms , 2. Linear programming -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Applicability of LPP -- 2.3. The simplex method -- 2.4. Artificial variable techniques -- 2.5. Duality -- 2.6. Sensitivity analysis -- 2.7. Network models -- 2.8. Dual simplex method -- 2.9. Software packages to solve LPP , 3. Multivariable optimization methods for risk assessment of the business processes of manufacturing enterprises -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. A mathematical model of a business process -- 3.3. The market and specific risks, the features of their account -- 3.4. Measurement of the risk of using the discount rate, expert assessments and indicators of sensitivity -- 3.5. Conclusion , 4. Nonlinear optimization methods--overview and future scope -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Convex analysis -- 4.3. Applications of nonlinear optimizations techniques -- 4.4. Future research scope , 5. Implementing the traveling salesman problem using a modified ant colony optimization algorithm -- 5.1. ACO and candidate list -- 5.2. Description of candidate lists -- 5.3. Reasons for the tuning parameter -- 5.4. The improved ACO algorithm -- 5.5. Improvement strategy -- 5.6. Procedure of IACO -- 5.7. Flow of IACO -- 5.8. IACO for solving the TSP -- 5.9. Implementing the IACO algorithm -- 5.10. Experiment and performance evaluation -- 5.11. TSPLIB and experimental results -- 5.12. Comparison experiment -- 5.13. Analysis on varying number of ants -- 5.14. IACO comparison results -- 5.15. Conclusions , 6. Application of a particle swarm optimization technique in a motor imagery classification problem -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Particle swarm optimization -- 6.3. Proposed method -- 6.4. Results -- 6.5. Conclusion , 7. Multi-criterion and topology optimization using Lie symmetries for differential equations -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Fundamentals of topological manifolds -- 7.3. Differential equations, groups and the jet space -- 7.4. Classification of the group invariant solutions and optimal solutions -- 7.5. Concluding remarks , 8. Learning classifier system -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Background -- 8.3. Classification learner tools -- 8.4. Sample dataset -- 8.5. Learning classifier algorithms -- 8.6. Performance -- 8.7. Conclusion , 9. A case study on the implementation of six sigma tools for process improvement -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Problem overview -- 9.3. Project phase summaries -- 9.4. Conclusion , 10. Performance evaluations and measures -- 10.1. Performance measurement models -- 10.2. AHP and fuzzy AHP -- 10.3. Performance measurement in the production approach -- 10.4. Data envelopment analysis -- 10.5. R as a tool for DEA , 11. Evolutionary techniques in the design of PID controllers -- 11.1. The PID controller -- 11.2. FOPID controller -- 11.3. Conclusion , 12. A variational approach to substantial efficiency for linear multi-objective optimization problems with implications for market problems -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. Background -- 12.3. A review of substantial efficiency -- 12.4. New results and examples -- 12.5. Conclusion , Also available in print. , Mode of access: World Wide Web. , System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.

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DOI: 10.1088/978-0-7503-2404-5

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ISBN: 9780750313957 , 9780750313971

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Content: Leadership and Challenges in Medical Physics: A Strategic and Robust Approach aims to present aspiring future Medical Physics leaders with effective, strategic and robust leadership skills in a world dominated by austerity economics, inter-professional competition and sometimes unchecked commoditization. Chapters are dedicated to healthy leadership and leadership styles, organizational politics, organizational psychology and negotiating skills. A compendium of SWOT themes provides leaders with a ready resource of possible ideas to trigger initial SWOT brainstorming and discussions when developing strategic plans with their own group or team. In addition, the script is peppered with reflection/discussion points or case studies to promote a systematic and well-thought out approach to strategic planning. The author, originator and leader of the EFOMP-EUTEMPE module MPE01 on leadership in Medical physics, promotes a can-do approach, and considers that his medical physics colleagues can make excellent leaders: 'We are a highly intelligent group, we have excelled as clinical scientists--I am very confident that we can excel in leadership too provided we give it the attention it deserves'. Part of IPEM-IOP Series in Physics and Engineering in Medicine and Biology.

Note: "A EUTEMPE network book." , "Version: 20200301"--Title page verso. , 1. What is strategic and robust leadership, and why is it critical for Medical Physics in the present environment? -- 1.1. Leadership versus management : there is a difference! -- 1.2. Improving patient services by leading medical physics groups and teams -- 1.3. What type of Medical Physics group or team are you or would you be leading? -- 1.4. Leaders lead people -- 1.5. Leadership does not happen in a vacuum but in specific environments -- 1.6. Collective leadership of medical physics associations by boards -- 1.7. Some basic definitions : mission, vision, strategic plan -- 1.8. Definition of strategic leadership -- 1.9. Definition of robust leadership -- 1.10. Strategic and robust leadership has become critical for medical physics today -- 1.11. Galilean versus Darwinian world views -- 1.12. Austerity economics and immoderate commoditization -- 1.13. Analytical, creative, practical and emotional intelligences : why you need all to succeed as a strategic and robust leader -- 1.14. How can one prepare oneself for leadership roles? -- 1.15. Leadership is a personal journey -- 1.16. Good leaders prepare future leaders -- 1.17. An essential fundamental to-do list for the strategic and robust leader , 2. A strategic planning primer for medical physics leaders -- 2.1. What is strategic planning?--in a single sentence please! -- 2.2. What is the difference between strategic planning, operational planning and project planning? -- 2.3. Steps in developing a strategic plan -- 2.4. Decide on the values which would guide the strategic planning exercise -- 2.5. Develop a strategic mission statement for the group (or update the current one) -- 2.6. Develop a desired future vision for the group keeping the mission in mind -- 2.7. Carry out a gap analysis -- 2.8. Carry out a SWOT situational analysis for the group with respect to the desired vision -- 2.9. Identify and prioritize a set of strategic objectives for closing the gaps, hence approaching the desired vision -- 2.10. Develop a detailed strategic action plan to achieve each of the strategic objectives -- 2.11. Implement the plan -- 2.12. Evaluate and control the plan -- 2.13. Iterate -- 2.14. A SWOT compendium resource for medical physics strategic planning , 3. Internal strengths of medical physics -- 3.1. Strengths, core competences and grasping opportunities -- 3.2. Core competence : deep techno-scientific expertise regarding medical devices and their clinical use -- 3.3. Core competence : wide-ranging expertise concerning the protection of patients, workers and the general public from ionizing radiation and other physical agents in healthcare -- 3.4. Core competence : strong analytical, problem-solving and trouble-shooting skills -- 3.5. Core competence : strong mathematical, statistical and data analysis skills -- 3.6. Solid legal foundations for the profession -- 3.7. Strong scientific research skills and highly qualified academics -- 3.8. Strong information and communication technology (ICT) skills -- 3.9. High level qualification and curriculum frameworks and ethical standards -- 3.10. High level service standards and practices , 4. Internal weaknesses of medical physics -- 4.1. Weaknesses and critical weaknesses -- 4.2. Critical weakness : absence of a universally acknowledged easily-marketable mission statement for the profession -- 4.3. Critical weakness : narrow range of specializations -- 4.4. Critical weakness : insufficient strategic and robust leadership skills -- 4.5. Critical weakness : low marketing skills leading to too low profile of the profession within and outside healthcare -- 4.6. Critical weakness : insufficient regional/international networking -- 4.7. Critical weakness : low level of preparation for the realities of healthcare organizational politics -- 4.8. Insufficient number of independent departments -- 4.9. Non-harmonised scope of practice for the profession -- 4.10. A reluctance by some medical physicists to be part of the wider healthcare picture -- 4.11. Insufficient communication and pedagogical skills -- 4.12. Low level of research on professional and educational issues--low qualitative research methodology skills , 5. External environmental opportunities for medical physics -- 5.1. The importance of grasping opportunities -- 5.2. Key opportunity : ever increasing number and sophistication of hospital medical devices -- 5.3. Key opportunity : increased public awareness of the need for the establishment and maintenance of quality and patient safety standards in healthcare -- 5.4. Key opportunity : heightened public awareness regarding occupational safety and environmental issues -- 5.5. Key opportunity : ever expanding and developing legislation -- 5.6. Key opportunity : escalating cost of healthcare, the need for efficient use of medical devices and heath technology assessment -- 5.7. Key opportunity : the rapid expansion in the number of home-use, self-testing and wearable devices -- 5.8. Key opportunity : need for technically oriented people on modern hospital governance boards , 6. External environmental threats for medical physics -- 6.1. Threats are for elimination -- 6.2. Existential threat : low number of physics and engineering graduates -- 6.3. Existential threat : austerity economics and unrestrained commoditization -- 6.4. Existential threat : role poaching from other professions , 7. Healthy leadership and leadership styles -- 7.1. To be effective and motivational leadership needs to be people-oriented -- 7.2. What do we mean by 'healthy leadership'? -- 7.3. Characteristics of people-oriented leadership -- 7.4. What is leadership style? -- 7.5. A compendium of leadership styles -- 7.6. Use of the various leadership styles in the various stages of project team development , 8. Organizational psychology (also known as occupational psychology) -- 8.1. What is organizational psychology? -- 8.2. Principles of organization psychology -- 8.3. Organizational psychology can help the medical physics leader in many tasks , 9. Organizational politics--learning to play the political game -- 9.1. What is meant by organizational politics? -- 9.2. Medical physicists and the political game -- 9.3. The game board terrain -- 9.4. The chess pieces--the political players -- 9.5. The rules of the game -- 9.6. Surviving and winning at political gaming -- 9.7. Final words of advice , 10. Negotiating skills for the medical physics leader -- 10.1. Negotiation, mediation and arbitration -- 10.2. The two types of negotiation -- 10.3. Productive negotiation -- 10.4. Preparing for the negotiation -- 10.5. Types of negotiator : which type of negotiator are you--and which your opponent? -- 10.6. Negotiating tactics. , Also available in print. , Mode of access: World Wide Web. , System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.

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DOI: 10.1088/978-0-7503-1395-7

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ISBN: 9780750332590 , 9780750332583

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Content: This volume intends to provide a brief research source for building technology and regulations in terms of energy efficiency, discussing fundamental aspects as well as cutting-edge trends for new buildings and retrofitting the current building stock. Sources of renewable and sustainable energy production and storage are additionally reviewed, with case studies of such systems on buildings in a cold climate. This volume also provides industry professionals, researchers and students with the most updated review on modern building ideas, and renewable energy technologies that can be coupled with them. Part of IOP Series in Renewable and Sustainable Power.

Note: "Version: 20200401"--Title page verso. , 1. Introduction to energy efficiency in buildings -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Protocols and legislation -- 1.3. Energy performance standards in the European Union , 2. Basic principles of energy use in buildings -- 2.1. Basic principles of heat transfer -- 2.2. Energy balance of the building , 3. Building design and envelope -- 3.1. Cold climate design -- 3.2. Strategies to reduce the energy demand -- 3.3. Components of the building envelope -- 3.4. Building retrofitting -- 3.5. Conclusion , 4. Smart components and systems -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Smart system description -- 4.3. Smart building technology classification -- 4.4. Smart building technologies -- 4.5. Intelligent buildings -- 4.6. Building automation control systems -- 4.7. Energy flexibility -- 4.8. User interaction -- 4.9. Future benefits and challenges , 5. Energy production in buildings -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Solar electrical energy -- 5.3. Wind electrical energy , 6. Energy storage -- 6.1. Biomass -- 6.2. Hydrogen -- 6.3. Present uses of hydrogen and biomass -- 6.4. Heat energy storage -- 6.5. Energy storage by batteries , 7. Optimal control of batteries and hot water heaters in zero emission neighbourhoods -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Case study of the campus at Evenstad -- 7.3. Conclusion , 8. Spot price and carbon emissions in a zero-emission neighbourhood -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Methodology -- 8.3. Results -- 8.4. Discussion. , Also available in print. , Mode of access: World Wide Web. , System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.

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DOI: 10.1088/978-0-7503-3259-0

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ISBN: 9780750322928 , 9780750322911

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Content: This book offers insights into transport technology for data centres and the principal techniques for modern communication transmission of ultra-wideband channels. The book begins with an introduction to digital transmission technologies and data centre networking, progressing to discussions on access and DC networking transmission technologies and super-channel transmission by multi-carrier sources, before concluding with a chapter on photonic signal processors. The comprehensive and up-to-date overview offered by the book is an invaluable source for scientists, engineers, professors and mid-senior level students involved with data transmission and processing. Part of IOP Series in Advances in Optics, Photonics and Optoelectronics.

Note: "Version: 20200202"--Title page verso. , 1. Historical overview and digital transmission technologies in cloud networking -- 1.1. Non-DSP based optical transmission technologies -- 1.2. Signal processor DSP based optical transmission -- 1.3. Increasing transmission capacity over short distances -- 1.4. Digital optical transmission in evolving networking -- 1.5. Photonic signal processing -- 1.6. Modulation techniques for ultra-broadband -- 1.7. Opto-electronic reception and processing -- 1.8. Organization of the book , 2. Data center networking -- 2.1. The evolution of DCN and traditional telecoms networks -- 2.2. Telecoms carriers and challenges from data center networking -- 2.3. Exabits s-1 integrated photonic interconnection technology for flexible data-centric optical networks -- 2.4. Concluding remarks , 3. Access and data center networking transmission technologies -- 3.1. Introductory remarks -- 3.2. DSP-based coherent optical transmission systems -- 3.3. Quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) -- 3.4. Optical pre-processing reception and transmitter -- 3.5. 16QAM systems -- 3.6. Terabits/second superchannel transmission systems -- 3.7. Timing recovery in the Nyquist QAM channel -- 3.8. 128 Gbps 16QAM superchannel transmission -- 3.9. 450 Gb s-1 32QAM Nyquist transmission systems -- 3.10. DSP-based heterodyne coherent reception systems -- 3.11. Remarks -- 3.12. PAM4 IM/DD systems -- 3.13. Beyond 1.0 Tbps capacity using IM/DD systems -- 3.14. Higher order modulation in IM/DD systems -- 3.15. Concluding remarks -- 3.16. Appendix 1 : principles of DSP-based coherent transmission -- 3.17. Appendix 2 : balanced detection in coherent receivers -- 3.18. Intra-DC networking and access transmission , 4. Superchannel transmission by multi-carrier sources -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Comb generation of multi-sub-carriers -- 4.3. Dual band frequency shifting re-circulating comb generator -- 4.4. The comb generator in a multi-Tbps optical transmission system -- 4.5. Packing modulated comb channels in the frequency domain using Nyquist shaping -- 4.6. Pulse shaping using ultra-high sampling rate DAC -- 4.7. Transmission of superchannels formed by modulated MCL -- 4.8. Remarks -- 4.9. Multi Tera-bits s-1 optical access transport technology -- 4.10. Tbps coherent reception systems -- 4.11. Optical interconnect for multiple Tbps access networks -- 4.12. Remarks -- 4.13. Low cost 1.6 Tbps using un-cooled comb sources , 5. Photonic signal processors -- 5.1. Optical transformed channels and transmission : spectral domain processing -- 5.2. 5G optical transport networking : from photonic devices to processors -- 5.3. Photonic signal processors. , Also available in print. , Mode of access: World Wide Web. , System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.

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DOI: 10.1088/978-0-7503-2292-8

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ISSN: 2041-8213

Uniform Title: Astrophysical journal. Letters (Online)

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Format: 1 online resource (xi, 513 pages.)

ISBN: 9780429176142 , 0429176147

Series Statement: Studies in high energy physics, cosmology, and gravitation

Content: 1. Eleven-dimensional supergravity. Supersymmetries and their representations / W. Nahm. Supergravity theory in eleven-dimensions / E. Cremmer, B. Julia and J. Scherk. Search for a realistic Kaluza-Klein theory / E. Witten. N = 8 supergravity breaks down to N = 1 / M. A. Awada, M. J. Duff and C. N. Pope. Compactification of D = 11 supergravity on K3 x T[superscript 3] / M. J. Duff, B. E. W. Nilsson and C. N. Pope. Exact pp-wave solutions of 11-dimensional supergravity / C. M. Hull. N = 4 remaining supersymmetry in Kaluza -- Klein monopole background in D = 11 supergravity / S. K. Han and I. G. Koh -- 2. The eleven-dimensional supermembrane. Supermembranes and eleven-dimensional supergravity / E. Bergshoeff, E. Sezgin and P. K. Townsend. On the quantum mechanics of supermembranes / B. de Wit, J. Hoppe and H. Nicolai. Multimembrane solutions of d = 11 supergravity / M. J. Duff and K. Stelle. Open p-branes / A. Strominger. D-branes from M-branes / P. K. Townsend -- 3. The eleven-dimensional superfivebrane. Black p-brane solutions of d = 11 supergravity theory / R. Gueven. Eleven-dimensional origin of string/string duality: A one loop test / M. J. Duff, J. T. Liu and R. Minasian. One loop in eleven dimensions / M. B. Green, M. Gutperle and P. Vanhove. Five-branes and M-theory on an orbifold / E. Witten. Covariant field equations of the M-theory fivebrane / P. S. Howe, E. Sezgin and P. C. West -- 4. M-theory (before M-theory was cool). Superstrings in d = 10 from supermembranes in d = 11 / M. J. Duff, P. S. Howe and T. Inami / [et al.]. Duality rotations in membrane theory / M. J. Duff and J. X. Lu. Unity of superstring dualities / C. M. Hull and P. K. Townsend. The eleven-dimensional supermembrane revisited / P. K. Townsend -- 5. Intersecting branes and black holes. Intersecting M-branes / G. Papadopoulos and P. K. Townsend. Harmonic superpositions of M-branes / A. A. Tseytlin. The black branes of M-theory / M. J. Duff, H. Lu and C. N. Pope. Intersecting M-branes as four-dimensional black holes / I. R. Klebanov and A. A. Tseytlin -- 6. M-theory and duality. String theory dynamics in various dimensions / E. Witten. P-brane democracy Particles, Strings and Cosmology / P. K. Townsend. The power of M-theory / J. H. Schwarz. Heterotic and Type I string dynamics from eleven dimensions / P. Horava and E. Witten. M-theory: the theory formerly known as strings / M. J. Duff. M-theory as a matrix model: a conjecture / T. Banks, W. Fischler and S. H. Shenker / [et al.]. Solutions of four-dimensional field theories via M-theory / E. Witten. The large N limit of superconformal field theories and supergravity / J. Maldacena.

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Additional Edition: ISBN 0750306726

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Language: English

Subjects: Physics

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