crc press jul 2015 (10 resultados)

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This proceedings volume contains selected papers presented at the 2014 International Conference on Education Management and Management Science (ICEMMS 2014), held August 7-8, 2014, in Tianjin, China. The objective of ICEMMS2014 is to provide a platform for researchers, engineers, academicians as well as industrial professionals from all over the world to present their research results and development activities in Education Management and Management Science.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - The product of over 15 years of collective research, Multimedia Ontology: Representation and Applications provides a theoretical foundation for understanding the nature of media data and the principles involved in its interpretation. It presents a unified approach to discussing recent advances in multimedia and explains how a multimedia ontology can fill the semantic gap between concepts and the media world. It relays real-life examples of implementations in different domains to illustrate how this gap can be filled.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This book presents a multidisciplinary approach towards climate change and water resources in agriculture and provides a comprehensive perspective about the core points central to this subject.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This volume contains the papers presented at the 2014 International Conference on Environmental Protection and Sustainable Ecological Development (EPSED2014). The contributions cover the latest research results and explore new areas of research and development, like Earth Science, Resource Management, Environmental Protection, and Sustainable Ecological Development issues, and will be invaluable to academics and professionals interested or involved in these fields.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This volume represents the proceedings of the 2014 3rd International Conference on Innovation, Communication and Engineering (ICICE 2014).

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This book presents the state of the art of solid waste management toward zero waste. It discusses different countries' laws and regulations, source separation of waste, and conversion of organic/biological waste into compost, biogas, and biofertilizer. It considers the combustion of waste in combined heat and power plants, as well as recent developments in waste gasification and pyrolysis. It describes various glass, metal, electronic waste, thermoset composite, paper, and fiber recycling technologies. It also examines landfill mining and encourages product design optimized for recycling.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - With chapters contributed by experts, this book focuses on the biology and ecology of the three bluefin tuna species: the Pacific (Thunnus orientalis), Atlantic (T. thynnus), and southern bluefin tuna (T. maccoyii). It covers the phylogeny and basic ecological information such as early life history, age and growth, and food habits. The book also includes information related to migratory ecology, and important biological aspects such as metabolism and energetics, swimming performance, schooling, visual physiology, and reproductive physiology. It then introduces new research insights about various kinds of mathematical models for bluefin tuna ecology.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This first-of-its-kind book captures the latest developments in the toughening of hard coatings and in the measurement of the toughness of thin films and coatings. It presents the current status of hard-yet-tough ceramic coatings, reviews various toughness evaluation methods for films and hard coatings, explores the toughness and toughening mechanisms of porous thin films and laser-treated surfaces, examines adhesions of the film/substrate interface and the characterization of coating adhesion strength, and discusses nanoindentation determination of fracture toughness, resistance to cracking, and sliding contact fracture phenomena.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Upon publication almost 15 years ago, the first edition almost instantly became a trusted reference, setting the stage for the coming decade, in which the explosion in research and applications of wearable computers and augmented reality occurred. Written by outstanding researchers and teachers, each chapter in the second edition has been revised and updated to reflect advances in the field and provide fundamental knowledge on each topic, solidifying the book's reputation as a valuable technical resource.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This proceedings volume brings together peer-reviewed papers presented at the International Conference on Information Technology and Computer Application Engineering 2014. This book provides readers a state-of-the-art survey of recent innovations and research worldwide in Information Technology and Computer Application Engineering, and will be of interest to professionals and academics alike, serving as a broad overview of the latest advances in the dynamic field of Information Technology and Computer Application Engineering.