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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Hardcover without jacket in very good condition. Spine head and the lower leading board corners are bumped. A few very faint dents to the front board. Spine is a little cocked. All content is clear throughout. CM. Used.

Condizione: new. Inadequations, approximations, ambiguites: tel est le lot courant des phenomenes susceptibles d'entraver la comprehension. La communication, notamment orale, necessiterait en theorie bien des repetitions prealables pour atteindre une veritable justesse - ou, du moins, une adequation entre le dire et le vouloir dire des enonciateurs. Les langues offrent neanmoins la possibilite de se defaire momentanement de la linearite discursive, et de faire place au regard reflexif afin de revenir sur son propre dit pour operer des changements de formulation ou de perspective enonciative. Toutes ces operations de travail second a partir d'un segment deja enonce constituent autant de reajustements que cet ouvrage se propose d'analyser. A partir d'un large corpus d'anglais contemporain, Reajustement(s) du discours en anglais contemporain examine les phenomenes de reformulation, mais aussi de recentrage du propos, de distanciation ou encore de reajustements relatifs a la structure meme du discours. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. No Jacket. Presumed first printing, hardcover, has a minor skew to the binding, bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, and some gentle rubbing to the covers. Overall, this is a tight, clean, Very Good+ copy.

Condizione: new. Les essais in situ en geotechnique permettent d'approfondir l'etude des sols et des roches avant toute construction en surface ou en profondeur. Parfois discredites au profit des essais de laboratoire, ils evitent pourtant toute contrainte de transport et de conservation susceptible d'alterer les prelevements et leurs resultats. Dans cet ouvrage, l'auteur reinstalle les essais in situ au coeur du genie civil en montrant qu'ils permettent non seulement d'apprehender les memes grandeurs mecaniques qu'au laboratoire, mais aussi d'elargir le champ des mesures par la saisie de donnees supplementaires.Les essais in situ en geotechnique repertorie en detail les differentes mesures (teneur en eau et densite, pression, deplacement, tassement et force, etc.) et les types d'essais (chargement statique, penetrometrie, pressiometrie, etc.) indispensables a la mecanique des sols pour le dimensionnement des ouvrages. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condizione: new. L'entomologie est une discipline ancienne dont l'objet est l'etude des insectes. La decouverte de l'Amerique est un moment majeur de son histoire. Le Nouveau Monde inaugure de nouvelles connaissances faunistiques mais se revele egalement source de fleau pour l'agriculture francaise. Histoire de l'entomologie retrace les relations tissees entre entomologistes francais et americains sur plus d'un siecle. La premiere partie (1830-1860), relate la decouverte d'un territoire vierge par les francais et l'opportunite pour les americains d'etre reconnus et legitimes par la communaute scientifique francaise lors de leur sejour en France.La deuxieme partie (1860-1900), traite de cette cooperation qui a permis de lutter contre le desastre cause par le puceron phylloxera sur les vignobles. Cette approche visionnaire a propose la greffe de la vigne francaise sur la vigne americaine plus resistante.La troisieme partie (1900-1920), analyse la lutte biologique contre les ravageurs de cultures venus de l'autre continent, qui a permis de trouver l'agent biologique le plus efficace dans son pays d'origine.Enfin la quatrieme partie etudie la periode 1920-1940, au cours de laquelle des biologistes ont percu et anticipe la revolution qui se mettait en place dans les sciences biologiques en Amerique, en particulier en genetique. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Condizione: new. L'electronique de puissance se fonde sur le fonctionnement en regime de commutation des composants semi-conducteurs. Sur cette base, les notions de nature (tension ou courant) et de reversibilite des sources a interconnecter permettent d'appliquer une methodologie de synthese des diverses familles de convertisseurs. Cet ouvrage presente les grands types de composants disponibles, toujours du point de vue de l'utilisateur avec les commandes rapprochees et les circuits annexes requis pour leur bon fonctionnement (circuits d'aide a la commutation par exemple). Il traite des differents composants passifs (condensateurs, composants bobines), et detaille la technologie des circuits imprimes, notamment leur conception. Electronique de puissance pour l'industrie et les transports 1 s'interesse a l'importance du packaging, en explicitant la representation electrique equivalente des modeles thermiques des composants ainsi que les technologies de refroidissement disponibles pour l'electronique de maniere generale. L'aspect modelisation y est present, au meme titre que les differents aspects technologiques, utiles a l'ingenieur concepteur d'un convertisseur electronique de puissance soucieux d'obtenir des performances et une fiabilite satisfaisantes. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condizione: new. Toute personne, qu'elle le veuille ou non, est exposee aux champs electromagnetiques. La grande majorite du temps, ils sont de tres faibles niveaux et sans consequence mais ils peuvent provoquer des effets indesirables sur la sante lorsqu'ils deviennent intenses. Couvrant les frequences de 0 Hz a 300 GHz, Exposition humaine aux champs electromagnetiques offre une vision d'ensemble de ce sujet sensible et complexe. Apres un rappel des notions de champs electromagnetiques, il presente quelques exemples de sources de rayonnement de la vie quotidienne et des secteurs industriels ou medicaux. Les effets biophysiques et biologiques de ces champs sur le corps humain sont detailles et les limites d'exposition sont rappelees. L'evaluation de l'exposition et la mise en place d'une reglementation adaptee au sein des entreprises sont egalement traitees.Technique et pratique, cet ouvrage s'adresse aux personnes possedant une base scientifique, aux acteurs de la prevention du risque, aux medecins, en particulier ceux du travail, et aux concepteurs d'equipements. Les enseignants y trouveront des applications concretes permettant d'illustrer leurs cours. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condizione: new. La serie Smart innovation presente les themes lies a la dynamique technologique, entrepreneuriale, territoriale et economique de l'innovation. Elle privilegie les approches novatrices des acteurs qui, par leurs comportements, strategies et politiques d'innovation intelligente, modifient les modeles economiques dans une perspective de croissance durable. Entrepreneur est une profession a la mode dans les pays industriels, emergents et en developpement depuis plus de trente ans. La creation d'entreprise est partout une tentative de reponse pour non seulement faire face a la montee du chomage mais egalement pour stimuler l'innovation sous toutes ses formes (technologique, organisationnelle, sociale, etc.).Depuis le XVIIIe siecle, des economistes ont etudie ce phenomene. Ils ont pour la plupart attribue a l'entrepreneur un role central dans l'economie a la fois en tant qu'innovateur et createur de richesses et d'emplois.Ces theories sont largement exposees dans la pensee economique de R. Cantillon et J.-B. Say a D. Audretsch, en passant par J. Schumpeter, M. Casson et W. Baumol.Cet ouvrage analyse la fonction entrepreneuriale selon son contexte historique dans les economies de la libre entreprise. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Condizione: new. Le recours aux droits de propriete intellectuelle rencontre un succes planetaire mais souvent en decalage par rapport aux besoins de protection de l'innovation. En temoignent la proliferation de brevets litigieux, mais aussi le cout des licences, le comportement predateur des trolls de brevets ou encore les innombrables atteintes au droit d'auteur. Les pratiques qui se sont developpees recemment vont bien audela du role traditionnel de protection de l'innovation fonde sur le droit a exclure. Les pouvoirs publics ont pris conscience de l'importance des besoins de reforme. Cependant, beaucoup reste a faire pour ameliorer la maniere dont la propriete intellectuelle contribue a l'essor des nouvelles formes d'innovation.Propriete intellectuelle et protection de l'innovation analyse cette lancinante question: au nom de l'innovation, faut-il plutot abolir les droits de propriete intellectuelle, s'en tenir au statu quo, ou reformer le systeme ? Cet ouvrage plaide pour la reforme et en esquisse les principaux axes. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. En el contexto de la aeronautica se preven numerosas aplicaciones nuevas de los sistemas incorporados, como el despliegue de sensores para pruebas de vuelo o para la vigilancia de la salud estructural. Sin embargo, la creciente carga de cableado a bordo requiere soluciones inalambricas. Ademas, preocupaciones como la seguridad o la vida util del sistema excluyen el uso de almacenamiento de energia electroquimica. La captacion, el almacenamiento y la gestion de la energia ambiental son, por lo tanto, temas clave. Este libro presenta estos conceptos y los ilustra a traves de implementaciones reales en aviones. Con cinco anos de experiencia en este campo especializado, los autores presentan los resultados de pruebas de vuelo reales a traves de una asociacion con Airbus. Se resumen los conceptos basicos, junto con las implementaciones practicas en los aviones, enriqueciendo el libro a traves de aspectos muy especificos relacionados con los sistemas incorporados desplegados en los aviones. Este libro sera de interes tanto para los estudiantes como para los ingenieros en ejercicio en el campo. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. El telon de fondo de este libro es un planeta sometido a una creciente presion de las influencias antropogenicas, en el que los efectos de la actividad humana estan empezando a afectar a la dinamica biologica y a los equilibrios biogeoquimicos. En este contexto, los autores introducen la ecocatalisis, una disciplina emergente en la interfaz entre la quimica verde y la ingenieria ecologica, como una herramienta con la que afrontar muchos de los problemas del clima ambiental actual. La ecocatalisis supone el uso de fitotecnologias adaptadas a la contaminacion, la rehabilitacion ecologica de los lugares contaminados y la mejora de estos procesos mediante la quimica verde innovadora, todo lo cual contribuye al desarrollo de las prioridades cientificas. Este reciclaje ecologico promueve la innovacion economica y ecologica, la conversion de la biomasa y la transicion de los combustibles fosiles a las energias renovables. Al esbozar las cuestiones de la globalizacion y la seguridad alimentaria, la contaminacion por metales, la degradacion de los ecosistemas y sus efectos en la fauna y la flora, asi como en los seres humanos, este libro ilustra como un innovador avance en la quimica ambiental ha logrado estimular y hacer avanzar el campo del reciclaje ecologico, incorporando soluciones como la fitoextraccion de sitios degradados por las actividades mineras para comprender mejor las condiciones sociales, ambientales y economicas del desarrollo sostenible. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. L'histoire des sciences est trop souvent transmise et enseignee d'une maniere qui ne rend pas justice a la contribution de tous les acteurs de la science. Pour pallier ce probleme, Des savants, des dates, des livres presente une nouvelle approche. Apres avoir expose une typologie des livres de science et introduit une courbe de datation, il developpe une methode qui permet d'etudier de maniere scientifique l'histoire des sciences. Les concepts d'evenement scientifique et de sequence epistemologique sont decrits et illustres par de nombreux exemples tires de la culture scientifique generale. L'aboutissement de la methode se trouve dans la mise au point d'un questionnaire, ebauche d'un eventuel catalogue des evenements scientifiques qui peut servir a analyser statistiquement l'histoire des sciences. Des savants, des dates, des livres s'adresse a toute personne ayant une connaissance minimale de la science et qui souhaite approfondir son savoir. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condizione: new. La serie Smart innovation presente les themes lies a la dynamique technologique, entrepreneuriale, territoriale et economique de l'innovation. Elle privilegie les approches novatrices des acteurs qui, par leurs comportements, strategies et politiques d'innovation intelligente, modifient les modeles economiques dans une perspective de croissance durable. Largement analyses dans les economies developpees, les systemes d'innovation le sont beaucoup moins dans celles emergentes et dans les pays en developpement. Le cas des MINT (Mexique, Indonesie, Nigeria, Turquie) s'avere interessant pour definir ce qui caracterise ces economies et les distingue reellement.Les MINT ont des modeles de croissance rapide au developpement laborieux. Si la litterature flatte leurs perspectives de croissance economique ou demographique, l'entree par la voie de l'innovation demontre de nombreuses contraintes structurelles et systemiques que cet ouvrage propose d'analyser.Sur un plan theorique d'abord, Les systemes d'innovation dans les economies emergentes traite de l'etat de l'art des travaux SNI (systeme national d'innovation) dans les pays en developpement et plus particulierement dans les pays emergents. Puis sur un plan empirique, il analyse l'heterogeneite de ces SNI dans les MINT et le reel potentiel de ces derniers dans une trajectoire a long terme. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. The dominance of trusted intermediaries could be weakened by blockchain, a distributed ledger technology, one of the functions of which is to constitute timestamped proofs by replacing inter-individual trust with algorithmic trust. Blockchain self-executing smart contracts allow us to rethink the practice in the domain of e-commerce, interbank communication, fundraising (and ICOs), justice (timestamping evidence, acts authenticated by blockchain) and businesses in numerous sectors (entertainment, AI, health, real estate, tourism, transport, etc.) which attempt to propose new services by benefiting from blockchains. This book aims to put into perspective the technical innovations and the uses brought about by blockchain, by identifying that which has a medium- or long-term impact, all while taking into account the social, economic, judicial and administrative resistances that are likely to develop. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Energy Transition in Metropolises, Rural Areas and Deserts presents detailed field studies of energy transition in Lille, Riyadh, Fayence, Bokhol, Ouarzazate and the Arabian Desert. It analyzes local actions and good practices according to the resources and constraints involved in the process of removing the obstacles to the transition. Solutions are sought for the right type of space for buildings, transport, industry and services, and targets are set for Europe, the Middle East and Africa as part of the Paris Climate Agreement. As a pedagogical tool, this book is aimed at not only politicians and professionals, but also any members of the public who wish to learn about changes in production and energy consumption. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Solving Transport Problems establishes fundamental points and good practice in resolving matters regarding green transportation. This is to prompt further research in conveyance issues by providing readers with new knowledge and grounds for integrated models and solution methods. Focusing on green transportation, this book covers various sub-topics and thus consists of diverse content. Traditionally, academia and transport practitioners have mainly concentrated on efficient fleet management to achieve economic benefits and better-quality service. More recently, due to growing public environmental concerns and the industry understanding of the issue, the academic community has started to address environmental issues. The studies of green transportation compiled in this book have identified certain areas of interest, such as references, viewpoints, algorithms and ideas. Solving Transport Problems is for researchers, environmental decision-makers and other concerned parties, to start discussion on developing optimized technology and alternative fuel-based integrated models for environmentally cleaner transport systems. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. The ever-growing number of medical services offered by digital healthcare applications is greatly influencing the medical sector on a global scale. These applications improve patient follow-up through predictive, preventative, personalized, participative and precision medicine. This new therapeutic era provides novel innovative approaches in medical care that can be understood as digital therapy. Digital Therapy thus presents an overview of the many incremental technologies in digital healthcare. Among those covered are humanoid assistance robots developed to meet caring challenges and artificial intelligence techniques that show promising results in the early diagnosis of certain chronic diseases. The book also outlines recommendations for reducing incapacitation in healthsystem management during coronary disease epidemics. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. This book is the first of four dealing with bioclimatic design and construction by focusing on the most basic and polyvalent of modern environmental systems: the bioclimatic greenhouse, the "Swiss-army chainsaw" of architecture. More specifically, this first volume focuses on preliminary bioclimatic design of greenhouses, laying down fundamental principles that are also likely to be invaluable in designing, in more general terms, bioclimatic and low-energy architecture, with low environmental impact. This multi-volume book covers both free-standing greenhouses that can naturally heat and cool themselves, and lean-to greenhouses that support the natural heating and cooling of buildings; this includes both agricultural greenhouses and greenhouses suited to host people. As a result, it is a trans-disciplinary work deriving its areas of concern from a broad range of study areas, spanning from environmental, to constructional, to structural, drawing the clarity of the approach from the fact that the topics are presented by a single author with a single voice and a designer's mindset. To achieve this, the book adopts a composite set of explanatory strategies and communication registers including extensive support by 3D construction drawings and examples and presents not only stateof-the-art solutions, but also experimental ones. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Optimizing the process of converting heat into mechanical power is a major challenge when it comes to meeting targets for protecting primary energy resources and minimizing our environmental impact. For many years to come, the use of thermal engines will continue to be necessary for transportation on land, by sea and by air, as well as for many industrial applications. Against this background, Thermodynamics of Heat Engines aims to present a comprehensive overview of the thermodynamic concepts, including combustion, that are necessary for understanding the phenomena governing the energy efficiency of internal and external combustion engines as well as that of gas turbines and jet propulsion engines. Existing and developing industrial applications, based on combined heat and power (CHP) or the use of staged cycles, are presented, with particular attention paid to the recovery of low temperature waste heat. This book, which is mainly intended for university and engineering students but is also useful for engineers and technicians working in the fields concerned, provides a basis for reflection on the optimization of energy systems. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. This book is the second of four dealing with bioclimatic design and construction by focusing on the most basic and polyvalent of modern environmental systems: the bioclimatic greenhouse, the "Swiss-army chainsaw" of architecture. More specifically, this second volume focuses on how the structure of bioclimatic wooden greenhouses may be designed and built. In more general terms, it helps us consider how to design and build the structure of bioclimatic, low-energy architecture, with low environmental impact. This multi-volume book covers both free-standing greenhouses that can naturally heat and cool themselves, and lean-to greenhouses that support the natural heating and cooling of buildings; this includes both agricultural greenhouses and greenhouses suited to host people. As a result, it is a trans-disciplinary work deriving its areas of concern from a broad range of study areas, spanning from environmental, to constructional, to structural, drawing the clarity of the approach from the fact that the topics are presented by a single author with a single voice and a designer's mindset. To achieve this, the book adopts a composite set of explanatory strategies and communication registers including extensive support by 3D construction drawings and examples and presents not only stateof-the-art solutions, but also experimental ones. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. This book is the third of four dealing with bioclimatic design and construction by focusing on the most basic and polyvalent of modern environmental systems: the bioclimatic greenhouse, the "Swiss-army chainsaw" of architecture. More specifically, this third volume focuses on how the envelope of bioclimatic wooden greenhouses may be designed and built. In more general terms, it helps us to consider how to design and build the transparent and opaque enclosures of bioclimatic, low-energy architecture, with low environmental impact. This multi-volume book covers both free-standing greenhouses that can naturally heat and cool themselves, and lean-to greenhouses that support the natural heating and cooling of buildings; this includes both agricultural greenhouses and greenhouses suited to host people. As a result, it is a trans-disciplinary work deriving its areas of concern from a broad range of study areas, spanning from environmental, to constructional, to structural, drawing the clarity of the approach from the fact that the topics are presented by a single author with a single voice and a designer's mindset. To achieve this, the book adopts a composite set of explanatory strategies and communication registers including extensive support by 3D construction drawings and examples and presents not only stateof-the-art solutions, but also experimental ones. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. From queues to telecoms. Queues are, of course, omnipresent in our world, at the bank, the supermarket, the shops, on the road. and yes, they also exist in the domain of telecoms. Queues Applied to Telecoms studies the theoretical aspect of these queues, from Poisson processes, Markov chains and queueing systems to queueing networks. The study of the use of their resources is addressed by the theory of teletraffic. This book also outlines the basic ideas in the theory of teletraffic, presenting the teletraffic of loss systems and waiting systems. However, some applications and explanations are more oriented towards the field of telecommunications, and this book contains lectures and more than sixty corrected exercises to cover these topics. On your marks. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Data structures and algorithms is a fundamental course in Computer Science, which enables learners across any discipline to develop the much-needed foundation of efficient programming, leading to better problem solving in their respective disciplines. A Textbook of Data Structures and Algorithms is a textbook that can be used as course material in classrooms, or as self-learning material. The book targets novice learners aspiring to acquire advanced knowledge of the topic. Therefore, the content of the book has been pragmatically structured across three volumes and kept comprehensive enough to help them in their progression from novice to expert. With this in mind, the book details concepts, techniques and applications pertaining to data structures and algorithms, independent of any programming language. It includes 181 illustrative problems and 276 review questions to reinforce a theoretical understanding and presents a suggestive list of 108 programming assignments to aid in the implementation of the methods covered. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Data structures and algorithms is a fundamental course in Computer Science, which enables learners across any discipline to develop the much-needed foundation of efficient programming, leading to better problem solving in their respective disciplines. A Textbook of Data Structures and Algorithms is a textbook that can be used as course material in classrooms, or as self-learning material. The book targets novice learners aspiring to acquire advanced knowledge of the topic. Therefore, the content of the book has been pragmatically structured across three volumes and kept comprehensive enough to help them in their progression from novice to expert. With this in mind, the book details concepts, techniques and applications pertaining to data structures and algorithms, independent of any programming language. It includes 181 illustrative problems and 276 review questions to reinforce a theoretical understanding and presents a suggestive list of 108 programming assignments to aid in the implementation of the methods covered. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. The main objective of this book is to offer an overview and a critical assessment of current connectivity issues in Asia and Europe, seen from an industrial perspective. Critical insights into the contemporary debate on connectivity during times of crisis, which has led to significant economic and social disruptions, are offered throughout the book. European and Asian countries seek to "bounce forward" and not "bounce back" as they navigate the complex economic recovery process. Innovation and investment emerge as critical players to help an economic recovery that shifts towards a more resilient and environmentally friendly approach, to ensure that the world economies stay connected. The global health crisis has revealed that, more than ever before, ubiquitous connectivity, underpinned by pioneering innovation, is a must. As such, governments worldwide need to ensure that businesses and societies emerge stronger and more resilient from existing and emerging crises by laying solid foundations that help to circumnavigate future disruptions of a global magnitude. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. This book is dedicated to the study of the theory of electromagnetism. It is not intended to cover all aspects of the topic, but instead will give a certain perspective, that of its relationship with special relativity. Indeed, special relativity is intrinsic to electromagnetism; thus, this paradigm eliminates some false paradoxes. Electromagnetism also discusses the limit of classical mechanics, and covers problems that arise when phenomena related to the propagation of electromagnetic waves are encountered. These are problems that even the greatest scientists of the last two hundred years have not been able to entirely overcome. This book is directed towards the undergraduate level, and will also support the readers as they move on to advanced technical training, such as an engineering or master's degree. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Public key cryptography was introduced by Diffie and Hellman in 1976, and it was soon followed by concrete instantiations of public-key encryption and signatures; these led to an entirely new field of research with formal definitions and security models. Since then, impressive tools have been developed with seemingly magical properties, including those that exploit the rich structure of pairings on elliptic curves. Asymmetric Cryptography starts by presenting encryption and signatures, the basic primitives in public-key cryptography. It goes on to explain the notion of provable security, which formally defines what "secure" means in terms of a cryptographic scheme. A selection of famous families of protocols are then described, including zero-knowledge proofs, multi-party computation and key exchange. After a general introduction to pairing-based cryptography, this book presents advanced cryptographic schemes for confidentiality and authentication with additional properties such as anonymous signatures and multi-recipient encryption schemes. Finally, it details the more recent topic of verifiable computation. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. According to the World Health Organization, one in every ten people worldwide falls ill from eating contaminated food every year, with 550 million cases of diarrheal diseases. Microbiological risk assessment aims to characterize the nature and probability of harm resulting from human exposure to the biological agents that are present in foodstuffs. This assessment must take into account all stages of the chain: from the production of raw materials to consumption. After briefly introducing food safety and risk assessment, this book details the four major steps of microbiological risk assessment. The contributors first present hazard identification and then exposure assessment, which is subdivided into methods for the detection and enumeration of pathogens and for the quantification of the level of exposure. Then, hazard characterization is subdivided into pathogenicity mechanisms and quantification of the doseresponse relationship. Finally a guide for microbiological risk characterization is provided. The conclusion presents possible development avenues for microbiological risk assessment, particularly its integration into a holistic assessment of food systems. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Smart homes use Internet-connected devices, artificial intelligence, protocols and numerous technologies to enable people to remotely monitor their home, as well as manage various systems within it via the Internet using a smartphone or a computer. A smart home is programmed to act autonomously to improve comfort levels, save energy and potentially ensure safety; the result is a better way of life. Innovative solutions continue to be developed by researchers and engineers and thus smart home technologies are constantly evolving. By the same token, cybercrime is also becoming more prevalent. Indeed, a smart home system is made up of connected devices that cybercriminals can infiltrate to access private information, commit cyber vandalism or infect devices using botnets. This book addresses cyber attacks such as sniffing, port scanning, address spoofing, session hijacking, ransomware and denial of service. It presents, analyzes and discusses the various aspects of cybersecurity as well as solutions proposed by the research community to counter the risks. Cybersecurity in Smart Homes is intended for people who wish to understand the architectures, protocols and different technologies used in smart homes. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Isogeometric analysis (IGA) consists of using the same higher-order and smooth spline functions for the representation of geometry in Computer Aided Design as for the approximation of solution fields in Finite Element Analysis. Now, about fifteen years after its creation, substantial works are being reported in IGA, which make it very competitive in scientific computing.This book provides a contemporary vision of IGA by first discussing the current challenges in achieving a true bridge between design and analysis, then proposing original solutions that answer the issues from an analytical point of view, and, eventually, studying the shape optimization of structures, which is one of the greatest applications of IGA. To handle complex structures, a full analysis-to-optimization framework is developed, based on non-invasive coupling, parallel domain decomposition and immersed geometrical modeling. This seems to be very robust, taking on all of the attractive features of IGA (the designanalysis link, numerical efficiency and natural regularization), giving us the opportunity to explore new types of design. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…