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Provides a strategic framework for people who practice UX research who wish to be heard by their stakeholders. This title gives you the techniques needed to involve stakeholders throughout the process of planning, execution, analysis, and reporting UX research.

Ecological modelling has developed rapidly in recent decades, with the focus primarily on the restoration of lakes and wetlands. Ecological Modelling and Engineering in Lakes and Wetlands presents the progress being made in modelling for a wealth of applications. It covers the older biogeochemical models still in use today, structurally dynamic models, 3D models, biophysical models, entire watershed models, and ecotoxicological models, as well as the expansion of modeling to the Arctic and Antarctic climate-zones. The book also addresses modelling the effect of climate change, including the development of ecological models for addressing storm water pond issues, which are increasingly important in urban regions where more concentrated rainfalls are a consequence of climate change. The ecological engineering topics covered in the book also emphasize the advancements being made in applying ecological engineering regimes for better environmental management of lakes and wetlands. Examines recent progress towards a better understanding of these two important ecosystemsPresents new results and approaches that can be used to develop better modelsDiscusses how to increase the synergistic effect between ecosystems engineering and modelling

Biorefineries outlines the processes and steps to successfully scale up production of two types of biofuels, butanol and ethanol, from cellulosic residues for commercial purposes. It covers practical topics, including biomass availability, pretreatment, fermentation, and water recycling, as well as policy and economic factors. This reflects the unique expertise of the editor team, whose backgrounds range from wood and herbaceous feedstocks to process economics and industrial expertise. The strategies presented in this book help readers to design integrated and efficient processes to reduce the cost of production and achieve an economically viable end product Outlines the economic benefits of designing a single operational process.Includes all currently available processes on pretreatment, fermentation and recoveryCovers all pretreatment, fermentation, and product recovery optionsFocuses on biofuels but acts as a stepping stone to develop cost-efficient processes for an array of commodity chemicals

What conclusions can be drawn from recent advances in international trade and international macroeconomics? By addressing issues while enabling deeper and sharper analyses of old issues, this book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the global economy. It focuses on developing questions and opportunities for future research.

A short guide for managers to introduce big data technology to their organizations and change the culture and expectations around information management.

Examines major areas of basic and clinical research within neuroscience, as well as emerging and promising subfields. This title focuses on the neurosciences, neurology, and literature that shows how science and the humanities can come together - and have come together in the past.

Focuses on the applying brain plasticity to advance and recover human ability. This title starts off discussing brain plasticity in the young, adults and old brains with follow on discussions regarding the type of neuroscience-based training that is on offer in impaired child populations as well as discussing the therapeutics involved in adults.

Brings biology and engineering together to address the challenges of future energy needs. This book consolidates the most recent research on technologies, concepts, and commercial developments in various types of used biofuels and integrated biorefineries, across the disciplines of biochemistry, biotechnology, phytology, and microbiology.

Heuristic evaluation is perhaps the best-known inspection method, requiring a group of evaluators to review a product against a set of general principles. This book covers five inspection methods: heuristic evaluation, perspective-based user interface inspection, cognitive walkthrough, pluralistic walkthrough, and formal usability inspections.

Suitable for engineers, researchers and students dealing with the analysis and modeling of structures, from large civil engineering projects such as dams to aircraft structures and small engineered components, this edition focuses on the core knowledge, mathematical and analytical tools needed for successful structural analysis and modeling.

Presents a practical, instructive approach to successfully implementing the freemium model into your software products by building analytics into product design from the earliest stages of development. This book provides guidelines for using data and analytics through all stages of development to optimize your implementation of the freemium model.

Develops the value proposition for information in the enterprise and succinctly outlines the numerous forms of data storage. This book balances business and technology, with non-product-specific technical detail. It shows how to leverage data to deliver ROI for a business.

Agile software development approaches have had significant impact on industrial software development practices. This title focuses on gaps in the requirements of applying architecture-centric approaches and principles of agile software development and demystifies the agile architecture paradox.

Provides pipeline engineers with the tools to evaluate and inspect pipelines, safeguard the life cycle of their pipeline asset and ensure that they are optimizing delivery and capability. This book begins with an overview of pipeline risk management and engineering assessment, and regulatory approaches to liquid pipeline risk management.

A training and reference guide to the use of observation class ROVs for surveying, inspection, and research purposes. Intended for marine and offshore engineers and technicians using ROVs, it is also suitable for use by ROV designers and project managers in client companies making use of ROV technology.

The rare earths represent a group of chemical elements, the lanthanides, together with scandium and yttrium, which exhibit similar chemical properties. This title deals with the science and technology of the rare earth elements in an integrated manner. It offers the researcher and graduate student a complete and thorough coverage of the field.

Gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) has been the technique of choice of analytical scientists for many years. This book summarizes the major advances and relevant applications of GC-MS techniques over the years, with chapters by leading authors in the field of environmental chemistry.

Kenya is a thriving country in East Africa: its economy is largely based on the natural environment that frames the tourism sector, mainly through safaris and holidays on the coast. This book offers a holistic view on Kenya's natural environment and resources.

Bringing together advanced research on breathing, emotion and evolution, this book examines areas of basic and clinical research within neuroscience, as well as emerging and promising subfields.

Describes the principles that should always guide your interactions with participants from a real-world perspective. This title provides you with examples of how to apply these principles across a variety of situations throughout the user research process, from technical difficulties to emotional outbursts to awkward interactions.

Provides an overview of every phase of administering an application, from working with the vendor before installation, the installation process itself, handling upgrades, working with application users to report problems, scheduling backups, automating tasks that need to be done on a repetitive schedule, and finally retiring an application.

Shows how high-performance application developers can leverage the power of GPUs using Fortran, the familiar language of scientific computing and supercomputer performance benchmarking. This book explains how to understand the target GPU architecture, identify computationally intensive parts of the code, and modify the code to manage the data.

Explains how to apply the complex MARTE standard in practical situations. This guide illustrates with numerous examples how you can use MARTE to design and develop real-time and embedded systems and software.

Describes techniques for analyzing distributed algorithms based on award winning combinatorial topology research. This book presents a theoretical foundation relevant to many real systems reliant on parallelism with unpredictable delays, such as multicore microprocessors, wireless networks, distributed systems, and Internet protocols.

Describes the fundamental principles of physical metallurgy and the basic techniques for assessing microstructure. This book enables you to understand the properties and applications of metals and alloys at a deeper level than that provided in an introductory materials course.