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Context-based Modeling of Activity in Real-World Projects
by Patrick Brézillon
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Context-based Modeling of Activity in Real-World Projects presents a synthesis of 25 years of research on modeling and using context in real-world applications in a very large spectrum of domains, which allows us to illustrate the keystone aspects of context from an initial operational definition; this opens up a four-level framework under conceptual, operational, implementation and environment aspects of activity modeling.
The result is the Contextual-Graphs (CxG) formalism, thanks to strong connections between context and an actor's focus of attention, leading to a uniform representation of knowledge, reasoning and context for actor and group activity. The results of this research constitute the building blocks for designing future types of AI systems, namely the context-based intelligent assistant systems.
This book presents the proceduralized context as a new definition of context, that is a real-time definition, which is then applied to context modeling for actor or group activity – before finally elaborating the two versions of the CxG formalism including uses in different modeling.
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Introduction to Classical Electrodynamics 3
by Boucif Abdesselam
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Introduction to Classical Electrodynamics 3 presents the applications of electromagnetic theory in modern physics.
This book covers waveguides, resonant cavities and transmission lines. It also analyzes electromagnetic radiation from localized and extended oscillating sources, as well as radiation from (non-)relativistic point charges. The book examines particles in circular motion, Thomson scattering, Cherenkov radiation, and Kirchhoff scattering, and presents in detail the problems of diffraction by circular apertures and conducting spheres. Finally, it deals with the principles of special relativity, the covariant formulation of electromagnetism, as well as the concepts of electromagnetic mass, radiation reaction force and the Abraham–Lorentz model.
This book is intended for physics and mathematics students, as well as engineering students interested in the challenges of electromagnetic theory. The discussion is supplemented with numerous applications derived from the theoretical concepts presented.
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Rethinking Networks in Times of Transition
Ecological, Energy and Social Issues
by Various Authors
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The contemporary world is characterized by the interweaving of various networks, including biological, ecological, social, technological and energy-related networks. We are constantly engaged in interactions with these networks. In the context of energy and ecological and social transitions, it is essential to examine the positive or negative effects of these interactions. Additionally, it is crucial to explore the influence of the growing role that networks will play and the open or closed futures they will shape.
To address these issues, a multidisciplinary approach is essential, particularly between the technological sciences, humanities and life sciences. Rethinking Networks in Times of Transition analyzes and discusses four major themes: ecological networks in biodiversity and ecological transition; socio-technical changes related to energy networks; how social and controversy networks are transforming lifestyles, representations and modes of action; and finally, how academic networks can play a leading role in the transition
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Computer Memories 1
Core Concepts
by Philippe Darche
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Storage, the computer's second function, has become progressively more complex to meet growing needs in terms of capacity, speed, security and energy efficiency. It takes the form of a component or system, such as a memory subset or a mass storage device.
With examples drawn from both current and older technologies, Computer Memories 1 begins by presenting the basics of the memory function, including the main characteristics of a generic memory, a technological and historical overview, and a definition of the concept of memory hierarchy. This book then details the internal functional organization of a random-access solid-state memory and the external aspects of a memory system. Complementary notions such as framing, information ordering and error detection/correction, as well as an introduction to error detection and correction codes, conclude the book.
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Quantum Physics and Cosmology
The Mysteries of the Infinitely Small and the Infinitely Large
by Various Authors
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Fascinating discoveries have been made in recent years in the fields of the infinitely large and the infinitely small, and unexpected connections have emerged between these previously independent domains. Quantum physics, which challenges the way we conceive the reality around us, contributes to our attempt at understanding the greatest mysteries of cosmology on the scale of the Universe as a whole.
Recent astronomical observations, made with increasingly powerful instruments, have led us to understand that only 5% of what constitutes the Universe is known to us. Understanding the remaining 95% leads us to use quantum physics, which seems to indicate that the world around us is not as real as it intuitively appears to be.
Quantum Physics and Cosmology presents, in as accessible a manner as possible, the state of the art in these various scientific fields.
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Programming of Embedded Systems
Applications to SM32F10x μControllers
by Vincent Mahout
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Many everyday objects have become embedded, connected and even autonomous. The engineers and technicians who develop them must have skills in both computer science and electronics.
Drawing on some 20 years of experience in the field of hardware and embedded computing, Programming of Embedded Systems analyzes how physical objects can interact with microcontrollers. It presents the fundamental principles of programming and code structuring. Although based on a specific family (STM32) of microcontrollers, the various chapters outline general concepts applicable to any microcontroller. They analyze the mechanisms that govern exchanges between a computer program and a hardware component of the embedded object.
Each chapter details the programming of peripheral units and ends with an example using a common application for managing the heating of a home equipped with a photovoltaic installation to illustrate implementation in the programming language C.
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Genetics of Domestications
by Georges Pelletier
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The domestication of plants, animals and microorganisms has enabled the development of agriculture, animal husbandry, the processing of their products and, ultimately, civilizations.
The species concerned by domestication, the regions of the world where it could take place, the clues that enable us to identify wild ancestors, the particularly morphological or physiological properties that characterize it, the modified genes, the genetic exchanges that domesticated organisms maintained with their wild ancestors, and the consequences of the structuring of the species that resulted in animal breeds or plant varieties, are all questions that develop studies in the fields of archaeology, sociology, ecology and genetics.
Genetics of Domestications deals with the contribution of modern methods of genetic analysis and genomics to historical knowledge of domestications, their nature and diversity, based on examples of twelve species or groups of species.
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The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
by Various Authors
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The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence discusses the need for ethics accompanying developments in artificial intelligence, from the point of view of different disciplinary fields and sectors of activity.
Artificial intelligence is profoundly restructuring our practices, creating new methods and significantly influencing the way we think and interact, at the level of individuals, organizations and societies, whether in our private, public or professional lives.
This book begins with a rather conceptual approach, particularly focusing on the possible future of AI. It then highlights the urgent need to establish an ethical framework for the uses associated with AI, illustrating two booming sectors of activity. Finally, it discusses the ethics of AI in professional sectors that are undergoing major changes because of the digitization of their activities.
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Chatbots and Beyond
Exploring The Future Of Conversational Technology In Education
by Various Authors
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Chatbots and Beyond provides an innovative analysis of the transformative prospective of conversational technology in the field of education. It reveals the numerous advantages of integrating chatbots into an educational environment and identifies the obstacles in their perfect integration.
This book explores how these technologies can reform teaching and learning experiences, modify learning paths, and streamline administrative processes by using real-world examples and case studies. Rapid developments in artificial intelligence and its implementation in education have also raised many eyebrows. With millennial students practicing the application of AI on a large scale, it has become important to harness its power for student life cycle integration. With the educational landscape promptly developing, this book makes a strong case for embracing conversational technology as a cornerstone of future-focused educational methods, and serves as a complete guide for researchers, educators and administrators, proposing practical advice and techniques for utilizing chatbots to create a more productive, efficient and engaging learning environment.
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Long-range Low-power Devices Based on LoRa Backscattering for Next Generation IoT Applications
by Marc Lazaro Marti
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This book explores a novel approach to ultra-low-power and long-range wireless communication for next-generation Internet of Things (IoT) devices through LoRa-based backscatter technology. It begins by analyzing the challenges in traditional IoT systems – energy consumption, scalability, interoperability and security – before introducing backscatter communication as a promising alternative. By leveraging LoRa's long-range capabilities and the energy efficiency of the backscatter technique, it proposes a solution that significantly reduces power consumption while preserving effective communication performance.
Long-range Low-power Devices Based on LoRa Backscattering for Next Generation IoT Applications presents theoretical foundations, system architecture and tag design, including various modulation schemes and front-end implementations. Several real-world applications are examined, such as indoor localization, smart medical implants, wearable health monitoring and smart home automation. Through practical experiments and performance evaluations, it is demonstrated that LoRa backscattering systems offer a viable and scalable path toward sustainable, maintenance-free IoT nodes. This book serves as a comprehensive reference for researchers and engineers specializing in low-power wireless communication systems for IoT.
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History of Techniques
by Guillaume Carnino
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Over the past thirty years, the history of technology has been so extensively renewed that many once-canonical narratives have been invalidated.
This collective work takes account of several of these major recompositions: ancient periods were never eras of technical stagnation; techniques are not "diffused", but interpenetrate and reinvent themselves as they travel; invention is not an individual epiphany, but a gradual and often collective process; far from neutral, the material is endowed with its own agentivity; the notions of capitalism, gender and the environment are fertile contributions to the history of techniques, and have served to invalidate many naiveties.
These recent works have put an end to the discontinuous vision of a history made up of straightforward technical ruptures, in favor of more complex descriptions that provide a better grasp of the real dynamics of today's world.
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Modeling and Optimization of Food and Bio-Processes
by Gilles Trystram
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Models have become an indispensable tool for scientists and engineers alike. For the scientist, a model makes it possible to quantitatively test hypotheses, understand phenomena, and, if necessary, revise them until a satisfactory agreement with experiments is reached. For the engineer, a technical object is nowadays designed, tested and optimized in simulation long before its physical birth. In all cases, modeling is an important gas pedal of research and engineering, and a tool for competitiveness in the modern world.
Modeling and Optimization of Food and Bio-Processes is aimed at anyone with a grounding in process, chemical or microbiological engineering, as well as students of these disciplines. Drawing on the authors' extensive teaching and research experience, this book is designed to teach engineers and scientists the main concepts and the right reflexes to adopt when embarking on the noble art of modeling.
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Thermal Convexity Analysis of a Solar Water Heating System
by Moulay Abdelghani-Idrissi
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This book delivers a comprehensive study of thermal convexity analy-sis, a key methodology for understanding and optimizing solar water heating systems. It bridges pressing global energy challenges, solar thermal technologies, and advanced heat transfer principles. The book opens with the global energy context, highlighting the rising importance of solar power in achieving sustainable energy goals. A detailed review of solar thermal systems follows, covering high-temperature applications (parabolic concentrators, tower plants, cylindrical-parabolic collectors) and low-temperature uses, including pool heating, space heating, and domestic hot water production.
The core focus regards the thermal convexity principle, providing a new powerful theoretical framework for analyzing and enhancing heat transfer in fluids, tubular exchangers, and solar receivers. This principle is applied to the modeling and simulation of solar water heating systems, integrating solar radiation, system dynamics, and consumption effects.
Thermal Convexity Analysis of a Solar Water Heating System combines simulation and experimental validation with fixed and tracking collectors, demonstrating practical performance improvements. Supported by an appendix on conduction, convection, and radiation, this book is an essential reference for researchers, engineers, and students pushing the frontiers of renewable energy and thermal sciences.
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The Mobile Individual
Mobile Life, Longer-term Approaches And Subjectivities
by Various Authors
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"Being mobile is more than just traveling." Early research on transportation long believed that daily commutes were a waste of time, and that modes of transportation were simply interchangeable depending on changing circumstances.
However, as research on daily mobility advances, a better understanding of the social and symbolic significance of such practices emerges. All of this contributes to the fact that daily mobility is not just a means to an end but is often at the very heart of deeply ingrained lifestyles and habits.
With contributions from internationally recognized specialists, this book provides an overview of the different facets of the individual experience of mobility. Using a three-pronged approach, the book draws upon the experience of everyday time and long-term processes such as socialization to mobility, while also attempting to better understand what feeds mobile subjectivities, starting with the social representations of modes and habits that people develop throughout their lives.
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Transitions in Tension, Volume 3
Controversies And Tensions Around Ecological Transitions
by Various Authors
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Transitioning towards a more sustainable world is currently a central topic receiving a lot of attention. As a result, "transitions" are becoming key objects and the drivers of exchanges, communications and controversy in modern society.
This book examines the tensions and controversies surrounding the energy, ecological and social transitions currently underway, and it draws on tools developed in the humanities and social sciences, in particular the information and communication sciences. The various case studies gathered here, written by leading experts in environmental communication, examine a wide range of topics; they explore transitions in a number of different fields, from agriculture to territorial policies, and from online and media communication to mechanisms for citizen participation.
Transitions in Tension features a wealth of original observations and approaches, enabling readers to fully comprehend the range of controversies and issues facing our society
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Aging of Industrial Polymers, Volume 1
Aging Mechanisms
by Various Authors
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Polymers and composites are omnipresent in our daily lives, enabling the lightening of structural materials and food packaging. Their performance not only depends on their chemical structure, synthesis, architecture and forming process, but also evolves over time under the effect of processes that modify – sometimes slowly but irreversibly – the structure of the material.
As a result, users need to consider the maximum duration of use during which these materials will retain acceptable levels of properties. This questioning is even more crucial as it responds to societal requirements linked to limiting end-of-life waste flows and preserving the resources necessary for their production.
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Abel-Gontcharoff Pseudopolynomials and Stochastic Applications
by Philippe Picard
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This book proposes a new mathematical methodology for addressing first passage problems, particularly in various classical stochastic models of applied probability. This approach is based on the so-called Abel-Gontcharoff (A-G) pseudopolynomials and the associated A-G expansions, which have been introduced and studied by the authors in recent years. These A-G expansions generalize the well-known Abel expansion, which allows us to extend the standard Taylor formula.
Abel-Gontcharoff Pseudopolynomials and Stochastic Applications starts by presenting an in-depth presentation of the general theory, and then moves onto stochastic applications of this theory, especially in biomathematics. Univariate and multivariate versions of the A-G pseudopolynomials, as well as extensions with randomized parameters, are discussed and illustrated for modeling, notably by highlighting families of martingales and using stopping time theorems. This book concludes by paving the way to a nonhomogeneous theory for first crossing problems.
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Traditional Knowledge and the Challenges of the Future
From A Cultural Heritage To A Source Of Innovation
by Various Authors
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Traditional activities, such as art and heritage crafts, certain agricultural and culinary professions, as well as various ancestral practices, represent major socio–economic challenges today. Ancient knowledge, faced with the rapid transformation of economic and ecological ecosystems, as well as cultural and social systems, is confronted with unprecedented issues, particularly in terms of preservation, transmission and promotion. Against this backdrop, we need to examine emerging approaches to the sustainable management of this knowledge.
This book is based on a four-year series of seminars attended by professionals and academics from several disciplines. It looks at the issue of traditional knowledge from a variety of perspectives – economic, historical, pedagogical, financial, institutional, technological and managerial – and is based on concrete experiences in several French countries and regions.
Traditional Knowledge and the Challenges of the Future, which is both informed by firsthand accounts and forward-looking reflections, offers an original perspective on the relationship between cultural heritage and innovation. It offers researchers, practitioners and decision-makers a fresh perspective on the potential of traditional knowledge in a changing world.
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Technical and Economical Evaluation of Products at the Early Development Stage
Safe And Sustainable Product Design
by Various Authors
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A company's ability to innovate is challenged every day. It must constantly accelerate the time-to-market for its products in the face of unbridled global competition, all starting with an initial design and research stage. At this stage, the entrepreneur needs to know, as early as possible, the product's level of acceptability on the market, as well as its profitability. They must also comply with current health and environmental regulations and anticipate potential hazards. The entrepreneur also needs to swiftly assess technical and economic factors, such as the cost price of the new product, its profit margin, the amount of the investment and the time required for implementation.
This collective work by the SECF (Société des Experts Chimistes de France) is aimed at process developers, whether industrial or academic, students or anyone interested in industrial and societal issues relating to products.
Technical and Economical Evaluation of Products at the Early Development Stage is divided into three independent parts: eco-chemistry for sustainable products, toxicology and ecotoxicology, and product industrialization.
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A Comprehensive Guide to HSMM
Theory, Software, and Advanced Extensions
by Various Authors
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Hidden Semi-Markov Models (HSMMs) have been extensively used for diverse applications where the objective is to analyze time series whose dynamics can be explained by a hidden process.
A Comprehensive Guide to HSMM offers an accessible introduction to the framework of HSMM, covering the main methods and theoretical results for maximum likelihood estimation in HSMM. It also includes a unique review of existing R and Python software for HSMM estimation. The book then introduces less classical related topics, such as multi-chain HSMM and controlled HSMM, with an emphasis on the challenges related to computational complexity.
This book is primarily intended for master's and PhD students, researchers and academic faculty in the fields of statistics, applied probability, graphical models, computer science and connected domains. It is also meant to be accessible to practitioners involved in modeling, analysis or control of time series in the fields of reliability, theoretical ecology, signal processing, finance, medicine and epidemiology.
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Archean and Proterozoic Earth
Infancy And Adolescence Of The Planet Earth
by Pascal Philippot
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It took nearly four billion years for the Earth to become a hospitable planet. Archean and Proterozoic Earth traces the geodynamic, biological, climatic and environmental upheavals that accompanied this evolution.
This book looks at the planet's secular cooling and its implications for the dynamics of the Earth's mantle and the development of plate tectonics, as well as the evolution of magma composition and the formation of a differentiated continental crust. It shows how variations in the intensity of the Earth's magnetic field have proved useful in reconstructing the movement of continents across the surface of the globe. The book also documents the origin of the oceans and the appearance of the first traces of life, and describes the evolution of the major biogeochemical cycles that led to the oxygenation of the atmosphere, the diversification of living organisms and the concentration of substances of economic interest, particularly metals.
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Monte Carlo Simulation in Dependability Analysis
by Franck Bayle
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System dependability is a complex task to grasp and analyze since it encompasses reliability, maintainability, availability, failure mode analysis and feared events. For operational safety analyses, reliability is a quantitative basis for the other disciplines of maintainability, availability and safety. Reliability metrics such as failure rate or MTBF are often misused as they are only valid for low-maintenance applications, and wrongly for others, as MTBF is only relevant for availability. In addition, in operational safety, many equations do not have explicit solutions, and Monte Carlo simulations are a little-used way of obtaining and/or confirming the solution obtained by numerical methods.
Monte Carlo Simulation in Dependability Analysis fills this gap as best as we can. This task is a difficult one, since operational safety is a cross-disciplinary activity in the engineering sciences – cross-disciplinary in that it must be present throughout a product's life cycle.
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Advanced Studies in the Mathematical Theory of Scattering, Volume 3
by Jean-Michel L. Bernard
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This book presents a collection of independent mathematical studies, describing the analytical reduction of complex generic problems in the theory of scattering and propagation of electromagnetic waves in the presence of imperfectly conducting objects.
Their subjects include: a global method for scattering by a multimode plane; diffraction by an impedance curved wedge; scattering by impedance polygons; advanced properties of spectral functions in frequency and time domains; bianisotropic media and related coupling expressions; and exact and asymptotic reductions of surface radiation integrals.
The methods developed here can be qualified as analytical when they lead to exact explicit expressions, or semi-analytical when they drastically reduce the mathematical complexity of studied problems. Therefore, they can be used in mathematical physics and engineering to analyse and model, but also in applied mathematics to calculate the scattered fields in electromagnetism for a low computational cost.
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Thermal Properties Measurement of Materials
by Yves Jannot
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The control of energy in the industrial sector and the reduction of consumption in the building sector will be key elements in the energy transition. In order to achieve these objectives it is necessary to use materials with energy performance adapted to their use as well as insulators or super-insulators. In both cases, a thorough knowledge of their thermal properties will be required for optimal success.
This revised and updated 2nd edition of Thermal Properties Measurement of Materials enables the reader to choose the measurement method best suited to the material they are characterizing and provides all of the information required in order to implement it with maximum precision.
This work is intended to be accessible to anyone who needs to measure the thermal properties of a material, whether or not they are a thermal engineer.
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Automated Data Analytics
Combining Human Creativity And Ai Power Using Chatgpt
by Soraya Sedkaoui
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The human mind is endowed with a remarkable capacity for creative synthesis between intuition and reason; this mental alchemy is the source of genius. A new synergy is emerging between human ingenuity and the computational capacity of generative AI models.
Automated Data Analytics focuses on this fruitful collaboration between the two to unlock the full potential of data analysis. Together, human ethics and algorithmic productivity have created an alloy stronger than the sum of its parts. The future belongs to this symbiosis between heart and mind, human and machine. If we succeed in harmoniously combining our strengths, it will only be a matter of time before we discover new analytical horizons.
This book sets out the foundations of this promising partnership, in which everyone makes their contribution to a common work of considerable scope. History is being forged before our very eyes. It is our responsibility to write it wisely, and to collectively pursue the ideal of augmented intelligence progress.
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Acoustics of Fluid Media 1
Principles And Applications
by Daniel Juvé
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Acoustics of Fluid Media 1 is intended for undergraduate students and engineering students, as well as graduate students and professionals in the industry who are increasingly faced with the need to consider acoustic constraints in the design of new products.
The physical principles and theoretical foundations of acoustics in fluids are first developed, including reflection and refraction of plane and spherical waves. The book then introduces notions of signal processing applied to sound waves, followed by radiation from surface or volume acoustic sources and the use of Green's functions, as well as the description of diffraction and scattering phenomena. The final chapters are devoted to sound propagation in ducts and room acoustics.
Each chapter is accompanied by a limited number of exercises, ranging from the simple application of formulas to problems requiring a more advanced theoretical analysis or a numerical solution. Throughout the book, the theoretical results are illustrated with numerous figures obtained from measurements or numerical simulations resulting from the evaluation of complex formulas or from the use of a finite element solver.
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Generalized Fractional Brownian Motion
by Mounir Zili
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This comprehensive book establishes the Zili generalized fractional Brownian motion (ZgfBm) as a powerful new foundation in the mathematical theory of stochastic processes.
“Generalized Fractional Brownian Motion” provides the first rigorous and systematic stochastic analysis of the ZgfBm, a versatile Gaussian process that uniquely extends both the classic fractional Brownian motion with stationary increments and the sub-fractional Brownian motion with nonstationary increments. Defined by three tunable parameters, the ZgfBm offers unprecedented flexibility for modeling complex phenomena across diverse fields, overcoming the limitations of single-parameter models.
The book carefully builds from foundational Gaussian theory and key fractional processes to advanced topics, including a complete methodology for parameter estimation, the development of a rigorous stochastic calculus with generalized Itô formulas and an investigation into the regularity of solutions to stochastic heat equations. This essential resource provides researchers, practitioners and graduate students with a unified and in-depth perspective on advanced fractional Gaussian processes.
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Geopolitics and Energy Transition 2
From One Continent To Another, Contrasting Situations
by Jean-Pierre Favennec
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The energy sector is undergoing unprecedented change. Twenty years ago, the main concern was having enough oil and gas, whereas today, political leaders are faced with the need to reduce the CO2 emissions produced by still-dominant fossil fuels, without being able to totally rely on renewable energies, which are intermittent and whose share in energy production remains low.
Geopolitics and Energy Transition 2 examines the energy sector and the state of energy transition continent by continent. North America is rich in resources, while the situation is mixed in South America. Europe advocates transition but remains dependent on imported fossil fuels. The CIS has enormous resources at its disposal and uses them as political weapons. Access to energy is a priority for Africa. Asia is faced with growing energy needs and pollution, which should accelerate energy transition. The Middle East, a champion of hydrocarbons, is launching into solar energy.
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Biobanks in Healthcare
From The Collection Of Biological Samples To Digital Health
by Nicole Arrighi
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Biobanks ensuring the governance and management of biological resources have become essential entities. The development of biotechnologies, the increased prevalence of biological drugs and the identification of biomarkers associated with molecular classifications of tissue lesions make it essential to have organized access to human biological samples, which have become precious and rare. The digital era and the production of massive data that comes with it have rendered biobanks the guarantors of the reproducibility of experiments and of the overall quality of medical research.
Biobanks in Healthcare explores the upheaval linked to the massive deployment of digital health and precision medicine. The future of health biology lies in the deployment of biobanks in fields that have yet to be explored, putting them at the forefront of this extraordinary 21st-century research adventure.
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Computer Memories 2
Static Random-Access Memory
by Philippe Darche
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Memory, the second function of a computer, has gradually become more complex in order to meet growing needs in terms of capacity, speed, security and energy efficiency. It takes the form of a component or system, such as a memory subassembly or a mass storage device.
For several decades, there has been a strong trend towards integrating memory directly into the processor under the term embedded memory, of which cache memory is a typical example. Understanding its internal mechanisms and interfacing is essential for mastering the operation of a computer and programming it efficiently.
Computer Memories 2 focuses on the static storage cell and its associated component, known as static random-access memory. The first part presents the main temporal characteristics of a generic random-access memory, as well as its electrical and mechanical properties, including aspects related to encapsulation. The second part focuses on the study of the first category of random-access semiconductor memory: asynchronous static memory, commonly referred to by the acronym SRAM (static random-access memory). The book details its temporal, electrical and mechanical characteristics, providing an in-depth understanding of its operation and technical specifications.
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History of Life Sciences and Medicine, Volume 3
Contemporary Era (19th to 21st Centuries)
by Various Authors
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Writing the recent history of life sciences is an exciting but demanding undertaking. Some disciplines are emerging while others are disappearing; above all, they are now intertwined and overlapping, constantly shifting their boundaries. However, despite the resulting complexity, certain fundamental cross-disciplinary concepts continue to structure research, giving biology a coherent overall identity.
History of Life Sciences and Medicine 3 takes a conceptual approach to history, aiming to reflect the contemporary constitution of the field of life sciences. It thus addresses some of the most representative concepts from a historical and epistemological perspective, for example, those that have particularly structured the field of life sciences since the 19th and 20th centuries. Ten key biological concepts are analyzed: the origin of life, evolution, the ecosystem, the cell, metabolism, the gene, development, immunity, the brain and pathology.
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Emerging Plant Communication in Contemporary Societies
Beyond the Human World
by Various Authors
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Biodiversity is collapsing. It is increasingly necessary to rethink how contemporary societies relate to the living world. This is all the more important given that calls for change are still regularly downplayed – or even dismissed in the public sphere. The protection of natural environments and their inhabitants, both human and nonhuman, too often remains subordinate to economic considerations that are deemed to take precedence. The plant world occupies a unique place, one that is still rarely highlighted, given the many issues involved.
Emerging Plant Communication in Contemporary Societies opens up several avenues for reflection, through the prism of communication, to better understand the relationships our societies have with the plant world. Key topics include the ambivalence in the representation of green tourism, forests and heritage mediation of the plant world; encounters with emblematic plants; and the understanding of the mechanisms of plant communication and how it can shed light on our own communication systems. This collective work is an invitation to look beyond the human world.
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Social Innovation Through Design in Healthcare 1
Thinking, Understanding and Implementing
by Various Authors
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In light of the challenges facing the healthcare sector today, renewing management and care practices has become imperative. With this in mind, Social Innovation Through Design in Healthcare 1 brings together analyses from academic and professional experts in management, healthcare and design. The book emphasizes social innovation through design as a lever for transformation in the sector.
Design, as a creative discipline, can improve interactions between the multiple dimensions of the healthcare system by proposing solutions that take into account patients' needs and values, while respecting the constraints faced by healthcare professionals. This approach offers stakeholders in the sector the opportunity to formulate new human-centered questions and develop innovative responses in collaboration with experts from a variety of disciplines.
In addition to presenting the conceptual framework behind its theme, this book outlines concrete ways to implement social innovation through design in the field of healthcare.
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Evolution of the Pyrenees During the Variscan and Alpine Cycles, Volume 2
Synorogenic and Postorogenic Evolution
by Various Authors
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This book explores the geological history of the Pyrenees over the past 90 million years, with a particular focus on their compressive and post-compressive evolution. It first presents the overall structure of the mountain range, then examines the development of the northern and southern Pyrenean foreland basins through their sedimentary records, allowing the successive phases of orogenic construction to be identified. Special attention is given to the dismantling of the eastern crustal root in relation to the Oligocene–Miocene opening of the Gulf of Lion.
Evolution of the Pyrenees during the Variscan and Alpine Cycles 2 then highlights the contributions of several innovative approaches used to better constrain the transition from compressive to post-compressive tectonics. These include studies of relief flattening and incision processes; U–Pb geochronology applied to fault-related carbonates; cosmogenic nuclide dating combined with geomorphological analyses; and investigations into the thermal evolution of the Pyrenean rift basins. The book also documents Quaternary glacial fluctuations that affected the Pyrenees.
In conclusion, it presents a geological map of the northern slope of the mountain range at a scale of 1:250,000 and draws attention to the uniqueness of Pyrenean blue corundum.
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Social Impact in Solidarity-Based Organizations
Values And Assessment Practices
by Various Authors
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In recent years, social impact assessment (SIA) has become an important issue for organizations in the social and solidarity economy (SSE). SIA refers to the measurement of the effects of these organizations on society, and it is increasingly seen as a performance measurement for this type of organization.
Social Impact in Solidarity-based Organizations is based on a series of original case studies of SIA approaches carried out in a variety of organizations. It takes a nuanced, reflective look at SIA, charting a path between unreserved promotion and wholesale rejection of the very principle of the approach. The book focuses on the debates, uses and limits of SIA practices, placing them in their own contexts, values, challenges and objectives.
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Tourism Agility in Times of Crisis and Uncertainty 2
Between Marketing-communication And Sustainability
by Various Authors
Part of the ISTE Invoiced series
In times of crisis and uncertainty, tourism suffers multiple transformations such as societal, ecological, technological, and political changes, among many others. Beyond the cyclical adjustments, these upheavals call for agility on the part of tourism territories and organizations at various levels.
Tourism Agility in Times of Crisis and Uncertainty 2 explores, from a multidisciplinary perspective, tourism agility through the dimensions of attractiveness, marketing and sustainability. It begins by analyzing the agile attitude of the tourist as a consumer and deciphers a wide range of agile strategies and policies implemented by actors and territories: digital communication by Cte d'Azur destination management organizations, creativity in the French spa sector, integration of attractions and key locations in the Chaîne des Puys and tourism enhancement in Hauts-de-France.
The book then analyzes sustainability as a central issue in tourism agility, whether we are talking about flexibly managing visitor flows to major natural heritage sites, characterizing local tourism, thinking about hypermobility or examining soft mobility.
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Driving Innovation Through AI and Digital Twin for 6G Powered Sustainable Ultra Smart Cities
by Various Authors
Part of the ISTE Invoiced series
This book presents the 6G powered integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Digital Twin (DT) technology for sustainable smart cities. In the context of smart cities, 6G, AI and DT hold enormous potential for transformation by boosting city infrastructure and planning, streamlining healthcare facilities, and improving transportation. 6G offers high speed and low latency seamless transfer of vast amounts of data which, when analysed with sophisticated AI models, enhance the decision-making capabilities for smart city infrastructure and urban planning. DT technology, through continuous monitoring and virtual modeling of urban ecosystems, enables predictive maintenance for energy distribution, water management and waste management in a smart city landscape for environmental sustainability.
Driving Innovation through AI and Digital Twin for 6G Powered Sustainable Ultra Smart Cities covers the 6G technological innovations, trends and concerns, as well as practical challenges encountered in the implementation of AI and DT for transforming smart cities for a sustainable future.
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Strategic Framework and Intelligent Solutions for Sustainable Cities and Communities
by Various Authors
Part of the ISTE Invoiced series
In developing economies, due to rising population and increasing migration, cities are rapidly growing. By 2050, two-thirds of all humanity (6.5 billion people) will be living in cities. Sustainable development cannot be achieved without significantly transforming how we build and manage our cities and develop communities. There is an urgent need to make our cities sustainable (i.e. creating more jobs, safe and affordable housing, and building resilient societies and economies). Technology has always been a crucial driver for economic development, and AI, IoT and Data Science should be leveraged to manage public transport, clean water and eco-friendly ways to manage waste, improve urban planning and create a sustainable environment for growth.
Strategic Framework and Intelligent Solutions for Sustainable Cities and Communities is a compilation of recent advancements in disruptive technologies such as AI, IoT, and Data Science, and ways to combat the challenges that are necessary for making our cities and communities sustainable.
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Promoting a More Inclusive Society for Dependent or Disabled People
Enki's Path To Human Liberation And Divine Activation
by Various Authors
Part of the ISTE Invoiced series
Promoting a more inclusive society for the elderly, people with disabilities and, more broadly, all of those in vulnerable situations, implies profound changes in the healthcare system in many countries.
This movement, known as "deinstitutionalization", implies strengthening people's participation in the decisions and activities that concern them, whether they live in an institution, in their ordinary environment, or in respect to their habits and life projects. The aim is to achieve social participation by considering the people we support as partners in our organizations, as genuine professional and institutional players who contribute to this transformation of the healthcare system.
This book brings together contributions from over 40 researchers from different countries (notably French-speaking and Canadian), as well as patients involved in research, experimentation or associations. These contributions examine the terminological and legal foundations of a more inclusive society – the different mechanisms, innovative forms of housing and ways of supporting the public and professionals in favor of inclusion – and the different models for animating territories, therefore fostering the community commitment of favoring inclusion.
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Mapping the Spatial Divisions of Europe
by Guy Baudelle
Part of the ISTE Invoiced series
The European continent has given rise to the greatest number of spatial divisions. Its limits have provoked numerous debates, both within and outside of the continent. The European Union, for its part, has become a laboratory for the production of divisions.
Each of these divisions, a vector of identity and territoriality, reflects an intentionality, as revealed in Mapping the Spatial Divisions of Europe. The book shows the multiplicity of forms and modalities of these divisions and the actors who produce, use and question them in a globalized, and reticular world.
From the continent as a whole to the individual regions via metropolitan areas and their networks, from meshing to zoning, from regionalization to representations, this book explores how these divisions are used to govern, plan, imagine and build European territories beyond the heritage of states and their borders. The chapters shed new light on the theoretical and practical issues involved in carving Europe on different time and space scales.
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Cognitive Activities in Architectural Design
by Stephane Safin
Part of the ISTE Invoiced series
Architectural design relies on distinct cognitive processes that have been the subject of research for several decades. However, in light of recent social and technological shifts reshaping the discipline, there is a pressing need for new insights to better understand how these changes influence the design process.
This collective work offers an overview of research in the field, opening up perspectives towards an ever-finer understanding of the cognitive processes involved in architectural design: design neuroscience, uses induced or offered by building information modeling (BIM), information retrieval, representational processes, AI in ideation, and the values and processes used in active participation.
Cognitive Activities in Architectural Design is aimed at researchers in the design sciences seeking a deeper understanding of design processes, architectural teachers looking to reflect on and enhance their teaching practices, and practitioners interested in how scientific research can define and conceptualize their professional work.
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Farms and Territory
by Philippe Martin
Part of the ISTE Invoiced series
What are the new relationships between territories and farms?
Farms and Territory addresses this question by exploring a range of landscapes, from mountains to cereal plains, forged by different actors who exploit and protect resources such as land and wild – or domestic – biodiversity. These territories are also the site of renewed interactions between farms for the use of biomass, whether for methanization or herd feeding.
This book focuses on the various methods and tools used to diagnose, design or evaluate agricultural dynamics in territories: database matching, material and energy flow calculations, codesign approaches, etc. In short, this book illustrates the diversity of work carried out at the farm–territory interface by research teams to understand changes in the agricultural world and the ecological, economic and societal impacts.
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6G Urban Innovation
Ai And Digital Twin For Next-gen Sustainable Cities
by Various Authors
Part of the ISTE Invoiced series
This book presents the 6G powered integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Digital Twin (DT) technology for sustainable smart cities. In the context of smart cities, 6G, AI and DT hold enormous potential for transformation by boosting city infrastructure and planning, streamlining healthcare facilities, and improving transportation. 6G offers high speed and low latency seamless transfer of vast amounts of data which, when analyzed with sophisticated AI models, enhance the decision-making capabilities for smart city infrastructure and urban planning. DT technology, through continuous monitoring and virtual modeling of urban ecosystems, enables predictive maintenance for energy distribution, water management and waste management in a smart city landscape for environmental sustainability.
6G Urban Innovation covers the 6G technological innovations, trends and concerns, as well as practical challenges encountered in the implementation of AI and DT for transforming smart cities for a sustainable future.
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Emerging Materials for Photodegradation and Environmental Remediation of Micro- and Nano-Plastics
Recent Developments And Future Prospects
by Various Authors
Part of the ISTE Invoiced series
Emerging Materials for Photodegradation and Environmental Remediation of Micro- and Nano-Plastics provides an in-depth understanding of the materials, design choices and applications needed for the mitigation of micro- and nano-plastic pollutants from environmental wastewater. This is a topic that continually attracts attention worldwide.
This is an important book for academic institutes and libraries, scientific organizations, and global research industries, and has been created for a wide audience. The book provides the scope of material design, synthesis, detailed mechanisms, spectroscopic analysis, and problem-solving strategies in environmental remediation.
The scope of the book on reactive, functional materials and applications extends far beyond the emerging technologies that possess valuable insights of the synthesis, processing and physiochemical characteristics and their functional properties for academics, postgraduates, research scholars, scientists, technologists, environmental chemists and industrialists. This book presents fifteen chapters, which explore new ideas in processing, designing, synthesis, selection, application, photocatalytic efficiency and economic justifications of emerging materials.
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Interactions Between the Geosphere and the Biosphere
by Karim Benzerara
Part of the ISTE Invoiced series
Since their origins billions of years ago, life on Earth and the planet's surface have undergone profound transformations. Microorganisms inhabiting a primitive planet enveloped by a dioxygen-free atmosphere have evolved into the modern biodiversity under the physico-chemical conditions we know today.
In Interactions between the Geosphere and the Biosphere, we characterize the nature and diversity of the close interactions between the biosphere and the geosphere that contributed to the formation and degradation of rocks, on the one hand, and sustained the functioning of ecological systems on the other. The book then explores how these interactions have led to a genuine coevolution between the biosphere and the geosphere over geological time. The most striking manifestations of this are the evolution of the global biogeochemical cycles of carbon and nitrogen, that of climates and the episodes of diversification and extinction of living organisms.
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Smart Public Safety Video Surveillance System
Innovative Technologies For Homeland Security And Mission-critical Operations
by Abhishek Djeachandrane
Part of the ISTE Invoiced series
In smart cities, video surveillance is essential for public safety, evolving beyond simple camera installations and centralized monitoring due to the overwhelming amount of footage that challenges human operators. To enhance anomaly detection, experts have developed sophisticated computer vision techniques that classify events as normal or abnormal.
Smart Public Safety Video Surveillance System explores an end-to-end urban video surveillance system, which aims to address asymmetric threats through three key strategies: firstly, it employs a corrective signal called "task-specific QoE" that considers contextual factors; secondly, it utilizes machine learningdriven predictive systems and a method known as "similarity-based meta-reinforcement learning" for effective anomaly detection; and thirdly, it advocates for "zero-touch" self-management systems based on autonomous computing. This holistic approach ensures rapid adaptation and situational awareness, effectively meeting the demands of modern businesses and enhancing overall safety in dynamic urban environments.
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Science and Technology in Society
by Soraya Boudia
Part of the ISTE Invoiced series
Science and technology profoundly shape the world today. Over the last two centuries, they have become powerful engines of change, accounting for some of the most important forms of human activity, inseparable from social, political and economic life. Analyzing their modes of production, the dynamics of their dissemination, the different forms of their use and opposition to them is a major academic and political challenge.
Science and Technology in Society offers a broad overview of work carried out in France, in the international multi-disciplinary field of Science and Technology Studies (STS), and is the product of a collaboration between some thirty authors. It aims to provide an introduction to this field of research, its development, benefits and the new perspectives that are emerging.
This book presents and discusses studies that are still little-known in France, even though, paradoxically, many researchers from French institutions make decisive contributions to international work in this field.
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Ethics and Digital Transition
by Various Authors
Part of the ISTE Invoiced series
This book presents a study carried out by the IEEE-SMC French chapter on ethics and digital transformation in industry and society. Based on a survey of researchers in ICT, artificial intelligence (AI), as well as on presentation seminars, this study examines the various aspects that should be considered when assessing ethical principles in approaches to digital transition, particularly with regard to intelligent systems.
Considering this, Ethics and Digital Transition presents the main technologies and uses of intelligent systems. Bringing together specialists from various fields, it explores the different dimensions of ethics that should be considered in the development of these systems, from the engineering sciences to law, sociology and philosophy. It also looks at the future challenges of ethics in the digital transition.