Modeling of Complex Mechanical Systems: Fundamentals and Applications equips readers with significant insights into nonlinear vibration phenomenology through a combination of advanced mathematical fundamentals and worked-through modeling experiments. Sections guide readers in determining novel stabilization characteristics for complex moving objects, coupled structures, the stochastic stability of mechanical systems, technical and methodological analysis, and industry-relevant practical examples, contributing much sought-after applicable knowledge. The book is intended for use by postgraduate students, academic researchers, and professional engineers alike.Motion is the essence of any mechanical system. Analyzing a system’s dynamical response to distinct motion parameters allows for increased understanding of its performance thresholds and can in turn provide clear data to inform improved system designs.
Microbial Biotechnology: Integrated Microbial Engineering for B3-Bioenergy, Bioremediation and Bioproducts focuses on the applications of microbes as cell factories for production. The book investigates side streams of high value products from microbes and covers major topics in algal and bacterial biotechnology to produce biomass and high value metabolites through CO2 sequestration, genetic manipulation, and medium engineering tactics. It considers the entire repertoire of microbes for remediation and biomass generation as well as bioenergy, microbial community analysis, and metabolite characterization.Users will find this to be an indispensable resource for industry professionals and researchers working in wastewater management and microbial remediation, CO2 capture, and bio-products characterization.
Nanotechnology-Based Sensing Platforms for Illicit Drugs reviews different types of sensors that detect illicit drugs, with a special focus on the advantages provided by incorporating nanotechnology in their design. The book starts with the fundamentals, classification, progress, the current state of research on nanotechnology-based sensors, and an overview of materials commonly used. Subsequent chapters focus on the chemical interactive behaviors of drugs and their detection methods. It includes a thorough discussion on the design, fabrication, and characterization of sensors for illicit drug detection. Final sections provide an overall outlook on recent technological advances in drug detection devices and future research.This book is a valuable resource for researchers, scientists, and professionals interested in biosensors, nanotechnology, and their applications in illicit drug detection.
During the last years, there is an increase of field knowledge on a number of comorbidities and extra-articular manifestations (EAMs) associated with inflammatory arthritis. Many adults suffering from inflammatory arthritis also have other chronic conditions, so early detection is key to a patient’s quality of life and survivability outcomes. Comorbidities and Extra-articular Manifestations in Inflammatory Arthritis, the 18th volume in Elsevier’s Handbook for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases series, provides a comprehensive review of the latest research on various comorbidities and EAMs associated with inflammatory arthritis.The book chapters review comorbidities and extra-articular manifestations in early and late disease stages, mechanisms involved in comorbidities development, as well as the impact of new treatment strategies specific to inflammatory arthritis and cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, metabolic bone, infection, neoplasia, respiratory, gastrointestinal, kidney, mental health disease, and neurological disease. This book serves as an ideal reference for researchers and clinicians focused on inflammatory arthritis and related diseases.
Biocomposites and the Circular Economy provides up-to-date research results and insights from a multidisciplinary group of researchers who have been working together under the Biocomposites Research Network. Topics present the full lifecycle of biocomposites, including both detailed research reports and case studies, along with comprehensive literature reviews. Methodologies include biocomposites synthesis and processing, supply chain modeling, and multi-criteria decision-making. Literature review chapters provide compressive information to the reader on emerging topics. In addition, all research and case study chapters start with an overview of the related literature, thus helping readers learn about state-of-the-art research and identify new areas for development.The book will be a valuable reference resource for academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists and engineers, Industrial R&D, and manufacturers working in the research, development, and manufacturing of biocomposites in a broad range of application fields.
Multifunctional Nanostructured Coatings: Biomedical, Environmental, and Energy Applications offers core and advanced information about various nanomaterials and their synthetic approaches to nanostructured coatings. The book focuses on the application of multifunctional nanostructured coatings (MNCs) in the areas of biomedicine, the environment, and energy, and presents the latest advances in the design, preparation, characterization, and fabrication of MNCs. Techniques covered in the book include chemical deposition (including plasma-assisted deposition) and physical deposition methods such as magnetron sputtering, arc evaporation, electron-beam evaporation, and ion-beam sputtering.In addition, the book also explores the use of multifunctional ZnO/TiO2 nanoarray composite coatings, Ta- and Si-doped multifunctional bioactive nanostructured films, in situ-generated titanium-oxo clusters, and silver nanoparticles. It will be useful for researchers working in the areas of materials science, coating technologies, nanotechnology, sustainability, and environmental engineering.
Photocatalytic Perovskite Materials: Green Sustainable Process for Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Science (GSPCEES) contains up-to-date information on hot topics concerning perovskite-based photocatalysts. The book gives readers an in-depth glance at photocatalysis via perovskite semiconductors and their applications in a diverse range of industries. It provides an overview of the historical development of conventional catalysis and (perovskite) photocatalysis, its challenges, strategies for improvement, and methods for synthesis and selectivity enhancement. Users will find applications for solar hydrogen production, solar-driven fuel generation, volatile organic compounds, CO2 reduction, environmental remediation, degrading organic pollutants from wastewater, and organic reactions.In addition, the book deals with photocatalytic behavior of inorganic halide perovskites, organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite photocatalysts, organic-organic composite perovskite for photocatalysis, metal halide perovskite quantum dots, perovskite-based oxynitrides for photocatalysis, visible light active perovskites based photocatalysts, surface modification of perovskite materials to improve photocatalytic activity, and charge separation in perovskite nanostructures.
Advanced Technologies for Coupled Enhancement of Gas-Solid Separation systematically explains the principles of cyclonic separation, the structural characteristics of equipment, the flow field in the separator and new concepts and methods of coupled enhancement on cyclonic separation. The book provides the basic theories, design methods as well as several new technologies and representative industrial application cases.Advanced Technologies for Coupled Enhancement of Gas-Solid Separation can be used as a reference for scholars, engineers, technicians and students in the field of oil refining, petrochemical, coal chemical and pan-chemical manufacturing.
Co-edited by a team of physicians and nurses, Merenstein & Gardner’s Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care: An Interprofessional Approach, Tenth Edition, is the leading resource for interprofessional collaborative care of critically ill newborns. Now printed in full color, it offers comprehensive coverage with a unique interprofessional collaborative approach and a real-world perspective that make it a practical guide for both nurses and physicians. This edition features updated content throughout to reflect the latest evidence-informed/evidence-based practice, national and international guidelines, and current protocols; a new Interprofessional Collaborative Practice chapter that provides a foundation for the team approach applied throughout the book; an expanded focus on parent teaching that reflects today’s diversity of family structures; an enhanced focus on gender and racial/ethnic inclusivity; and much more!NEW! Updated content throughout reflects the latest evidence-informed/evidence-based practice, national and international guidelines, and current protocols for interprofessional collaborative practice in the NICUNEW! Interprofessional Collaborative Practice chapter provides a foundation for the team approach applied throughout the bookNEW! Expanded focus on parent teaching, particularly in today’s diversity of family structures (including LGBTQ+ parents, surrogate parents, and removing the stigma of single parenthood), equips you for the contemporary milieu of the NICUNEW! Enhanced focus on gender and racial/ethnic inclusivity puts special emphasis on inclusive language and on the growing challenge of identifying genetically linked conditions (such as G6PD, immune disorders, and sickle cell disease) in patients of mixed backgrounds, prepares you to provide effective and culturally competent careNEW! Content addresses the latest information and advances on key topics such as NICU follow-up, combatting healthcare disparities, the Immediate Kangaroo Mother Care (IKMC) protocol, the unique challenges of global pandemics in the NICU, discharge planning, and the growing problem of aggression from family members seeking information or access to pediatric patientsNEW! Now printed in full color, with a full-color illustration program for improved usability and reference valueUNIQUE! Core editor team of an advanced practice nurse and two physicians gives this internationally recognized reference a true interprofessional collaborative approach that is unmatched by any other resourceConsistent organization within clinical chapters includes Physiology/Pathophysiology, Etiology, Prevention, Data Collection (History, Signs and Symptoms, and Laboratory Data), Treatment/Intervention, Complications, and Parent Teaching sectionsUNIQUE! Color-highlighted point-of-care clinical content makes high-priority clinical content quick and easy to findUNIQUE! Parent Teaching boxes outline the relevant information to be shared with a newborn patient’s caregiversCritical Findings boxes outline symptoms and diagnostic findings that require immediate attention to help you prioritize assessment data and steps in initial careCase Studies demonstrate how to apply essential content to realistic clinical scenarios for application-based learning
Through four outstanding editions, Hinman's Atlas of Urologic Surgery has offered up-to-date, authoritative guidance on the entire scope of urologic surgery. The fully revised Fifth Edition continues the tradition of excellence with highly illustrated, step-by-step coverage of minimally invasive and open surgical procedures, new surgical systems and equipment, and laparoscopic and robotic techniques. It’s ideal for reference and review of current urologic surgical procedures, and an indispensable resource for practicing urologists and residents.Offers a step-by-step, incremental approach, highlighted by new illustrations, photos, and imagesFocuses on surgical techniques and pearls, and pitfalls, which offer alternative approaches and additional insights from expert surgeonsHelps you find what you need quickly with a clear, easy-to-use, highly templated formatIncludes expanded content on new technologies, reconstructive techniques, robotic surgical platforms, gender affirmation surgery, laparoscopic nephrectomy, renal trauma, ureteral reconstruction and excision, bladder augmentation, and moreProvides access to procedural videos online, including Percutaneous Renal Cryotherapy, Greenlight Photovaporization of the Prostate, Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate, Cryoablation of a Renal Tumor, and Sling Procedures in WomenContains links to AUA and EAU guidelines, as well as suggested readings throughoutAn eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication dateExpert commentary as audio file and in eBook version· Expanded content around new technologies and robotic urologic surgery
Connect what you see in prosections and dissections in the anatomy lab with the detailed medical illustrations of Frank H. Netter, MD. Netter's Photographic Anatomy Companion features 80 carefully selected plates from the well-known Netter Atlas of Human Anatomy, each paired with photographs of real cadaver prosections in the same position, plane, and view. This unique reference and study tool provides a visual connection between the idealized anatomical concepts in Netter's famous illustrations with the photos of body donors seen in the anatomy lab, making it an invaluable resource for learning human anatomy, as a dissection reference, for practical exam review, and for prepping for surgical rotations. Provides a unique, visual connection between real-world cadaveric presentation in the anatomy lab with Netter Atlas of Human Anatomy, the most widely used anatomy atlas for medical programs. Pairs dissection photographs side by side with classic Netter illustrations in the same view and orientation, helping solve the common problem of dissected and prosected specimens of body donors that do not closely resemble the idealized images in an illustrated atlas. Makes it easier to locate structures in a body donor and connect that structure with the detailed, high-quality illustration of a didactic Netter plate, enabling you to more quickly discover, learn, and understand anatomical structures and relationships. An ideal reference tool for the prosection or dissection lab, anatomy instructors, and medical and allied health students, as well as an excellent study aid outside the lab for practicals, exams, and surgical rotations. An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.
Comprehensive coverage focused on evidence-based practice and patient/operator outcomes Quasi-atlas layout with robust art program Step-by-step guidance for techniques Lesson review questions Focus on application - case studies, clinical tips, and patient education boxes Vocabulary practice - key terms called out in chapter and defined in glossary Robust student and educator support Full-color presentation Lay-flat spiral binding Quick-reference appendices
Circadian rhythms, sleep, and sleep disorders covers the topic in two sections focusing on basic science and clinical application. In the basic section, new developments and research findings focusing on basic circadian rhythm and sleep physiology in animals and humans is highlighted. The chapters are written in short mini-review formats in order to concisely describe the fundamentals, and current hot topics.The basic part starts with a chapter on the fundamentals and new discoveries on oscillating circuitries in the sleeping rodent and human brain. This sets the stage for chap 2, focusing on circadian and homeostatic aspects of human sleep regulation. Chap 3 extends these aspects to human cognition. The next chapter reports on visual and non-visual effects of light on human behavior, particularly endocrine and electrophysiological correlates. Chap 5 covers chronic sleep restriction effects on functional connectivity states. The last two chapters (6 and 7) give a broad overview on sleep modeling across physiological levels, with a focus on a quantitative model of sleep-wake dynamics based on the physiology of the brainstem ascending arousal system.The clinical section of the book describes the circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders, from epidemiology to clinical picture and treatment. Disorders covered include delayed and advanced sleep phase syndrome, Irregular sleep-wake rhythm disorder, shift work disorder, restless legs syndrome, nocturnal eating syndrome, narcolepsy, and sleep apnea. Pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments of insomnia are explored, as well as the role of sleep-wake modulation in the pathogenesis and clinical profile of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease.
Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass Feedstock and Solid Waste into Biofuels: Production and Pollutant Control offers a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art in biofuel production with a special focus on pollutants control, which is both necessary and beneficial for the target audience and the development of this research field. Biofuel is currently a major trend due to the existing environmental crises and global energy challenges. Developing sustainable biofuels from biomass feedstock and solid waste, along with minimizing the formation of pollutants during the conversion processes are currently of significant academic and industrial importance, drawing widespread attention. Novel processes, reactions, and catalysts are being rapidly developed, and compiling this information is invaluable for keeping the audience informed and up-to-date. In addition, while research on the formation and transformation of pollutants such as heavy metals, chlorine, nitrogen, and sulfur species are often conducted by environmental scientists and engineers, it is less familiar to bioenergy researchers. This book aims to bridge the gap between relevant disciplines and presents a comprehensive overview of the entire research field.
Models and Measures for Sustainable City: Behavioral Choice Processes Logistics offers a thorough understanding of urban freight movements, focusing on behavioral aspects of consumers. It outlines the role of modelling the behavioral aspects of people determining urban freight movements, mapping the behavior of the end consumer and the retailer which generates freight movements in an urban context. It provides new methods of urban freight transport simulation, taking into account the challenges of sustainable development goals, and uses the most recent approaches in modelling for city logistics scenario design and planning. It also outlines the relationships between measures and main components (expressed by indicators) of sustainable development.This book guides readers in implementing the most effective city logistics measures and actions, addressing the choice of a set of measures and the definition of planning scenarios. Readers are introduced to simulation methods for estimating impacts and system performance, which can be used for comparing the future scenario outcomes according to the set of target indicators defined by Agenda 2030. The book first specifies end consumer behaviors in purchasing processes, analyzing the individual phases of the purchase. The retailer’s behaviors are then specified, and after specifying the patterns of the decision makers, the quantities of goods that constitute the references for the choices of the decision makers are analyzed. Finally, the book presents the problems whose solution makes it possible to identify the vehicles of the various types and then the flows on the network. The overall structure of the model system and the specification of each single model are then given. Some models calibrated in different real cases are presented, highlighting their applicability to other contexts. Finally, implementable measures are presented and the relationships between measures and main components (expressed by indicators) of sustainable development are examined.Transport technicians, post-graduate students, and academics alike will find this a valuable resource for understanding how to incorporate user behavior into transport planning and logistics modeling, ultimately helping them to optimize processes and promote sustainability.
Develop your skills to expertly conduct evidence-based practice (EBP) or quality improvement (QI) projects! Advancing Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare, Second Edition, is a straightforward yet comprehensive guide to planning, implementing, and evaluating EBP and QI projects to improve healthcare quality and outcomes. Building on the legacy built by Geri LoBiondo-Wood and Judi Haber, this edition is newly tailored to meet the goals and strategic priorities of a variety of healthcare settings, with the tenets of ANCC Magnet designation, JCAHO accreditation, and other current regulatory and quality standards integrated throughout. This edition features a new focus on both academic and practice settings, including content informed by recent guidance documents such as The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education (AACN, 2021), Advancing Healthcare Transformation: A New Era for Academic Nursing (AACN, 2016), and the principles of Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity (NASEM, 2021). Also new to this edition are 10 new chapters (including topics related to the impact of academic practice partners; nurse wellness; diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging; population health and innovation; new models of evidence-based practice; and more!) and an entirely new unit on Evidence-Based Practice Innovation in Healthcare.NEW! Focus on both academic and practice settings includes content informed by recent guidance documents such as The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education (AACN, 2021), Advancing Healthcare Transformation: A New Era for Academic Nursing (AACN, 2016), and the principles of Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity (NASEM, 2021)NEW! Ten additional chapters cover topics related to the impact of academic practice partners; nurse wellness; diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging; population health and innovation; new models of evidence-based practice; and more - plus an entirely new Evidence-Based Practice Innovation in Healthcare unitNEW! Tailored content addresses the goals and strategic priorities of a variety of healthcare settings, with the tenets of ANCC Magnet designation, JCAHO accreditation, and other current regulatory and quality standards integrated throughoutUPDATED! Evidence-based practice (EBP) and quality improvement (QI) coverage presents the most up-to-date thinking on processes and projects, as well as examples and excerpts from high-quality, published EBP and QI projectsAdditional practice examples help you prepare to apply key concepts to the practice settingIncreased emphasis on need-to-know content guides you through EBP and QI projectsContributions from 48 expert authors from practice and academia share their expertise on the impact of EBP/QI/research on healthcare outcomesStraightforward yet comprehensive guidance covers planning, implementation, and evaluation of EBP and QI projects to improve healthcare quality and outcomesLogical organization begins with foundational content and then works through the processes of developing EBP and exploring clinical questions, implementing results, evaluating and disseminating information, and innovating in healthcare
Sparsity measures are effective indicators for quantifying the sparsity of data sequences. They are often used for fault feature characterization in condition monitoring and fault diagnosis of rotating machinery. Sparsity Measures and their Signal Processing Applications for Machine Condition Monitoring introduces newly designed sparsity measures and their advanced signal processing technologies for machine condition monitoring and fault diagnosis. The book systematically introduces: (1) new sparsity measures such as quasi-arithmetic mean ratio framework for fault signatures quantification, generalized Gini index, etc.; (2) classic sparsity measures based on signal processing technologies and cycle-embedded sparsity measure based on new impulsive mode decomposition technology; and (3) a sparsity measure data-driven framework based optimized weights spectrum theory and its relevant advanced signal processing technologies.
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