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Helps you explore the research on nanoparticulate delivery systems for the immune modulating agent, GMDP (N-acetylglucosaminyl-N-acetylmuramyl-Lisoglutamine), which is an important component in cell wall structure and receptors.

Laboratory experiments are a vital part of engineering education,which historically were considered impractical for distance learning.This book presents a guide for the practical employment of a heattransfer virtual lab for students and engineers.Inside, the authors have detailed this virtual lab which is designedand can implement a real-time, robust, and scalable software systemthat provides easy access to lab equipment anytime and anywhereover the Internet. They introduce and explain LabVIEW ineasy-to-understand language. LabVIEW is a proprietary softwaretool by National Instruments, and can be used to develop fairlycomplex instrumentation systems (measurement and control).Fridman and Mahajan combined Internet capabilities with traditionallaboratory exercises to create an ef cient environment tocarry out interactive, on line lab experiments. Thus, the virtual labcan be used from a remote location as a part of a distance learningstrategy. With this book, you'll be capable of executing VIs (VirtualInstruments) speci cally developed for the experiment in question,providing you with great ability to control the remote instrumentand to receive and present the desired experimental data.

In today's world, clean and robust energy sources are beingsought to provide power to residences, commercial operations,and manufacturing enterprises. Among the most appealingenergy sources is wind power-with its high reliability andlow environmental impact. Wind power's rapid penetrationinto markets throughout the world has taken many forms, andthis book discusses the types of wind power, as well as theappropriate decisions that need to be made regarding windpower design, testing, installation, and analysis.Inside, the authors detail the design of various small-windsystems including horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWTs) andvertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs). The design of wind turbinestakes advantage of many avenues of investigation, all of whichare included in the book. Analytical methods that have beendeveloped over the past few decades are major methods usedfor design. Alternatively, experimentation (typically using scaledmodels in wind tunnels) and numerical simulation (using moderncomputational fluid dynamic software) are also used and will bedealt with in depth.In addition to the analysis of wind turbine performance, it isimportant for users to assess the economic benefits of using windpower. An entire chapter of this book is devoted to this topic,as well as case studies that help elucidate the issues that you'llneed to consider, from siting and mechanical complications, toperformance and maintenance.

Reviews the essential challenges in both static and dynamic weighing and then go on to explain how a suite of very popular, highly adopted controllers and sensors from Siemens electronics can be used to make such operations as efficient as possible.

Focuses on building construction terms and phrases to have been published in recent years. This book offers a coverage ranging from familiar terms like 'concrete' to arcane terms like 'elutriator.'

Offers analytical formulas which allow you to calculate acoustic and electromagnetic waves, scattered by one and many small bodies of an arbitrary shape under various boundary conditions.

Offer an overview of conjugate methods and their more typical applications, with an emphasis on the advantages and benefits of this type of engineering analysis. This title reviews basics of heat conduction in solids and convective heat transfer. It also offers both analytic and numerical methods for solving conjugate boundary condition problems.

Nanomaterials have gained immense recognition, particularly in biomacromolecular delivery, owing to their capability of diagnosis, controlled drug release or targeting at molecular, cellular and organ level. This book describes the role of nanomaterials in the development of various nanostructured, biomacromolecular delivery systems.

Involves genetic or metabolic engineering of the target microbial strains in order to improve its production efficiency or its tolerance to adverse conditions. This title focuses on the chemical engineering improvement of the bioreactors and scaling-up rules.

Focuses on 'Manufacturing Operations Systems' (MOPS) in general. This book addresses the all-important human-machine interface: computer-based manufacturing procedures that are understandable to both computers and humans. Consequently, a language for writing procedures is discussed.

A field bus is a two-way link between a programmable controller or operations monitor and an industrial device like a sensor, an electric motor, or a switch. This introduction for industrial engineers, and manufacturing technicians covers the basics of field bus architecture and communication and the fundamentals of the PROFIBUS language protocol.

The Fullerene molecule is a carbon-based nano-scale structure of 60 carbon atoms arranged in a 3-dimensional soccer ball- like sphere. It is highly stable, but it can be modified with functional groups for desired biological activity. This new monograph in the ASME-Momentum Press series on Biomedical & Nanomedical Technologies will explore the basic physics and chemistry of Fullerenes, how the Fullerene molecule can be chemically modified with bio-active moieties, and then how it can be applied in clinical use. Examples of antimicrobial and anti-cancer uses will be discussed.

Offers useful guidance to engineers and technicians on how to set up and conduct quality control procedures using the mathematical tools. This title presents an introduction to the control and optimization of textile processes and the resulting improved quality of manufactured textile products.

Understanding the composition and structure of a surface is essential in understanding its frictional (Tribological) properties. This volume in the "Materials Characterization" series focuses on surface characterization, including roughness, hardness, coating thickness and bond strength.

Facilities management is a broad-based discipline that calls into play architectural, construction, engineering and management skills, particularly for running and maintaining commercial, institutional, academic, and industrial buildings. This book covers the essential role and responsibilities of the facilities manager.

Reliable and effective control systems are a critical component of safe and profitable operations across process industries. This book offers a collection of practices that guides you to control system migration success.

Offers a clear computational method to show the user how to actually apply the system to real manufacturing control problems. The book includes: an overview of pattern recognition issues and the precepts of MT system; explains the merits of the MT System and its computational methods; and, provides case study examples of MT Systems applications.

Contains the material and structural properties that define how the structure will react to certain loading conditions, allowing virtual testing and analysis of stresses or changes applied to the material or component design. This title presents a simplified approach to finite element analysis based on computational continuum mechanics.

A guide to the basics of estimating construction costs for residential and light commercial building projects. It takes readers through five phases that lead to a successful estimate: initial assessment, work analysis, programming, costing and cost distribution and summarization.

Automating the handling and processing of solids is rapidly growing. This book focuses on the developments in sensors and controls used in such applications. It offers full coverage ranging from principles of measuring solid bulk materials to controlling their flow and movement to help with choosing the right equipment for specific applications.

Provides a general overview of medical treatment potentials of nanotechnology in new, more effective drug delivery systems, in less invasive, ultra-small scale medical tools, and in new materials that can mimic or enhance natural materials like living tissue.

All plastics are complex materials made from basic or intermediate polymers. Thus, it is imperative that these ingredients be carefully monitored for consistent properties and quality. This book focuses on the techniques available for such testing, including chemical, physical, electrical and mechanical analytical methods.

Offers an introduction to the influence of nature and biological systems in how things are designed and made, from design paradigms and structural systems to "self-healing materials" and "smart" systems and robotics. This title includes applications of bio-systems to robotics and biomedical engineering; and more.

The ISA standards 88 and 95, respectively are manufacturing procedural and operational standards established in the late 1990s and periodically updated by the governing bodies responsible for them - the ISA and WBF. The two standards and their components set up protocols and uniform specifications for batch control systems.

Suitable for engineers, technicians and draftsmen, this title helps readers on: how to understand the data on a drawing; how to avoid dimension and tolerance errors; and, how to select the proper drawing type for a given engineering objective.

The ISA standards 88 and 95 are manufacturing standards established in the late 1990s and periodically updated by the governing bodies responsible for them -Instrumentation Society of America and American National Standards Institute. This book finds applications of ISA batch recipes to continuous and semi-continuous manufacturing operations.

Ceramics are, in general definition, materials that consist of man-made, inorganic, non-metallic solid material - either existing in a crystalline state or non-crystalline state. This book presents techniques along with views on trends in ceramics processing and advanced characterization technologies particularly appropriate to ceramics materials.

Composite materials make their way into technological society, but particularly so for applications requiring great strength and light weight such as in aerospace industry. This title guides engineers and technicians on which methods work and what to look for when reading results, be they from X-Ray diffraction, or Nuclear Magnetic Imaging.