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Lessons from HubSpot, Salesforce, Gainsight and Other Iconic Brands"The Uber of this""The Salesforce of that""It's like Instagram, but for..."There is no such thing as an original idea anymore - right? Actually, it turns out that the world's most innovative companies have created so much more than just brand new products and technology. They've created entirely new market categories. The challenge is that successfully building new categories requires a perfect storm of luck and timing.Or does it? Category Creation is the first and only book on the topic written by executives and marketers actively building new categories. It explains how category creation has become the Holy Grail of marketing, and more importantly, how it can be planned and orchestrated. It's not about luck. You can use the same tactics that other category-defining companies have used to delight customers, employees, and investors. There's no better strategy that results in faster growth and higher valuations for the company on top.Author Anthony Kennada, former Chief Marketing Officer at Gainsight, explains how he led Gainsight in creating the "customer success" category, and shares success stories from fellow category-creators like Salesforce, HubSpot and others. It requires much more than just having the best product. You have to start and grow a conversation that doesn't yet exist, positioning a newly discovered problem in addition to your company and product offerings. The book explains the 7 key principles of category creation, including the importance of creating a community of early adopters who will rally around the problem they all share--especially if someone will lead them.* Identify the "go" and "no go" signals for category creation in your business* Activate customers and influencers as brand ambassadors* Grow a community by investing in live events and experiences* Prove the impact of category creation investments on growth, customer success, and company cultureWritten for entrepreneurs, marketers, and executives from startups to large enterprises, Category Creation is the exclusive playbook for building a category defining brand in the modern economy.

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The essential study guide for the new Microsoft 365 Certified Associate (MCA) Modern Desktop certification--covers Exam MD-100: Windows 10!The new Microsoft 365 Certified Associate (MCA) Modern Desktop certification exam measures a candidate's ability to deploy Windows, manage devices and data, configure connectivity, and maintain Windows. MCA certification, sought by a growing number of employers, is an important part of any IT professional's resume.The MCA Modern Desktop Administrator Study Guide: Exam MD-100 is a must-have book for anyone preparing for certification. This clear and accurate study guide covers 100% of exam objectives--providing hands-on exercises, challenging review questions, full explanations, and real-world examples. From the intricacies of Windows deployment to advanced security and enterprise capabilities, each chapter explains everything candidates need to know for passing the exam and earning MCA certification. This accurate, up-to-date study guide is designed to prepare administrators to deploy, configure, secure, manage, and monitor devices and client applications in an enterprise environment. Access to Sybex's comprehensive online learning environment--comprising a self-assessment test, a bonus practice exam, flashcards, a searchable glossary, and chapter exercise videos--is included to fully prepare for exam day. This study guide:* Covers all Exam: MD-100 objectives* Prepares readers to implement, install, and configure Windows 10* Reinforces comprehension and retention of central exam topics* Helps readers learn new skills or upgrade existing skills to Microsoft's latest desktop clientDemand for competent IT professionals is already high and continues to grow at a rapid pace. The MCA Modern Desktop Administrator Study Guide: Exam MD-100 is a valuable resource for preparing for the new Exam MD-100 and MCA certification.

Plastics & Sustainability clearly lays out the thorny and contentious issues that we encounter at the nexus of plastics and sustainability. The book serves as a practical guide for making sustainability decisions about how plastics are made and used, including current developments in the newest bio-based plastics. Designers, marketers, academics, and engineers will all find something of value in this balanced and thoughtful second edition.Increased public scrutiny of plastics materials and the plastics industry has led, paradoxically, to both a deeper understanding and growing confusion about polymers, their origins, their uses, their risks, and ultimately their disposal. The author makes objective comparisons among major polymer grades and bioplastics including their life cycle assessments and practical performance in commercial applications.

In diesem zweiten Band der Reihe ?Sustainable Energy Engineering? geht es um die Charakterisierung von Erdöllagerstätten, die einen wesentlichen Teil des Produktionsprozesses ausmacht und von großer Bedeutung für die Versorgungskette im Energiesektor ist. Auch wenn die Erdölindustrie lange als nicht ?nachhaltig? betrachtet wurde, ist durch neu entdeckte Erdölquellen und neu entwickelte Methoden zur Erdölförderung doch deutlich geworden, dass auch diese Industrie nicht nur einen Beitrag zu mehr Nachhaltigkeit leisten, sondern auch ?grüner? und umweltfreundlicher werden kann. Nachhaltige Energietechnik beginnt dort, wo die technischen, wirtschaftlichen und ökologischen Aspekte der Energieerzeugung zusammenkommen und sich gegenseitig beeinflussen.In dieser Sammlung von Beiträgen werden die strategischen und wirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen von Methoden zur Charakterisierung von Erdöllagerstätten dargestellt. Die Artikel in diesem Band gehen aus der gleichnamigen Zeitschrift hervor, die früher von Scrivener Publishing herausgegeben wurde. Die meisten wurden aktualisiert, und es wurden auch einige neue hinzugefügt, um die Ingenieure über sämtliche aktuellen Entwicklungen und neuen Methoden in der Branche auf dem Laufenden zu halten.Dieser wegweisende Band, der einen Überblick über den Stand der Technik vermittelt, ist ein Muss für alle Erdölingenieure in diesem Bereich, für Umweltingenieure, Studierende der Erdöltechnik und alle anderen Ingenieure und Wissenschaftler, die sich mit Erdöllagerstätten befassen.

This first volume in the new groundbreaking series, Advances in Renewable Energy, covers the latest concepts, trends, techniques, processes, and materials in solar energy, focusing on the state-of-the-art for the field and written by a group of world-renowned experts. Energy is one of the most important topics of our time, and renewable energy has been a long and still-unfolding story that has taken decades to bring us to where we are today. Even after so much progress, engineers and scientists are always still developing new and innovative techniques, processes, equipment, and materials to further the science and fulfill the mission of generating cleaner, renewable energy for the world's consumption. This new groundbreaking series, Advances in Renewable Energy, covers these topics across the spectrum, including solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources. This first volume in the series focuses on solar energy, probably the fastest-growing and developing area of renewable energy. With new materials and processes constantly coming online, it is important for engineers and scientists to stay abreast of the state-of-the-art in the field, and this volume does just that. Covering not just the basics of the technology and technological advances, the contributors delve into the financial aspects of solar energy systems as well. They look at total costs, not just initial costs, but the costs of maintenance, as well, Covering nearly every aspect of solar energy systems and the latest advances in the field, this is a must-have volume for any engineer, scientist, student, or educator working in or studying solar energy. This breakthrough new volume: Covers maintenance and reliability of solar energy systems Includes financial, as well as technical, information on solar energy systems and their operation and maintenance Covers all of the latest innovations and advances in the technology Is valuable as both a textbook and as a reference work and its uses are applicable in many areas of solar energy technology

This book is the fully revised and updated second edition of Power System Dynamics and Stability published in 1997. The modified title Power System Dynamics: Stability and Control reflects a slight shift in focus from solely describing power system dynamics to the means of dealing with them.

An authoritative and comprehensive guide to the devices and applications of Terahertz technologyTerahertz (THz) technology relates to applications that span in frequency from a few hundred GHz to more than 1000 GHz. Fundamentals of Terahertz Devices and Applications offers a comprehensive review of the devices and applications of Terahertz technology. With contributions from a range of experts on the topic, this book contains in a single volume an inclusive review of THz devices for signal generation, detection and treatment.Fundamentals of Terahertz Devices and Applications offers an exploration and addresses key categories and aspects of Terahertz Technology such as: sources, detectors, transmission, electronic considerations and applications, optical (photonic) considerations and applications. Worked examples?based on the contributors? extensive experience? highlight the chapter material presented. The text is designed for use by novices and professionals who want a better understanding of device operation and use, and is suitable for instructional purposes This important book:* Offers the most relevant up-to-date research information and insight into the future developments in the technology* Addresses a wide-range of categories and aspects of Terahertz technology* Includes material to support courses on Terahertz Technology and more* Contains illustrative worked examplesWritten for researchers, students, and professional engineers, Fundamentals of Terahertz Devices and Applications offers an in-depth exploration of the topic that is designed for both novices and professionals and can be adopted for instructional purposes.

A guide to the fundamental chemistry and recent advances of battery materials In one comprehensive volume, Inorganic Battery Materials explores the basic chemistry principles, recent advances, and the challenges and opportunities of the current and emerging technologies of battery materials. With contributions from an international panel of experts, this authoritative resource contains information on the fundamental features of battery materials, discussions on material synthesis, structural characterizations and electrochemical reactions.The book explores a wide range of topics including the state-of-the-art lithium ion battery chemistry to more energy-aggressive chemistries involving lithium metal. The authors also include a review of sulfur and oxygen, aqueous battery chemistry, redox flow battery chemistry, solid state battery chemistry and environmentally beneficial carbon dioxide battery chemistry. In the context of renewable energy utilization and transportation electrification, battery technologies have been under more extensive and intensive development than ever. This important book:* Provides an understanding of the chemistry of a battery technology* Explores battery technology's potential as well as the obstacles that hamper the potential from being realized* Highlights new applications and points out the potential growth areas that can serve as inspirations for future research* Includes an understanding of the chemistry of battery materials and how they store and convert energyWritten for students and academics in the fields of energy materials, electrochemistry, solid state chemistry, inorganic materials chemistry and materials science, Inorganic Battery Materials focuses on the inorganic chemistry of battery materials associated with both current and future battery technologies to provide a unique reference in the field. About EIBC Books The Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry (EIBC) was created as an online reference in 2012 by merging the Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry and the Handbook of Metalloproteins. The resulting combination proves to be the defining reference work in the field of inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry, and a lot of chemistry libraries around the world have access to the online version. Many readers, however, prefer to have more concise thematic volumes in print, targeted to their specific area of interest. This feedback from EIBC readers has encouraged the Editors to plan a series of EIBC Books [formerly called EIC Books], focusing on topics of current interest.EIBC Books will appear on a regular basis, will be edited by the EIBC Editors and specialist Guest Editors, and will feature articles from leading scholars in their fields. EIBC Books aim to provide both the starting research student and the confirmed research worker with a critical distillation of the leading concepts in inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry, and provide a structured entry into the fields covered.

Holding Accountants Accountable offers a detailed review of Jeffrey Matthews' remarkable (and often hair-raising) journey as a forensic accountant and contains hard-won, practical advice to help accountants avoid being caught in unethical practices. During the course of his career, Matthews faced death threats, retaliation, and family hardships while working on various fraud investigations. While challenged on many occasions, he never deviated from upholding professional standards. Holding Accountant Accountable is filled with real-life stories that clearly illustrate the common tendencies that so often hinder an accountant's ability to detect, deter, and prevent fraud and misconduct that could violate the standards and ethics of the accounting profession. Drawing on his years of experience, Matthews explains how accountants can avoid being subject to unethical and fraudulent practices, such as: Forgetting the Present: Many practitioners feel it could never happen to them or to their clients. Professionals must stay on top of emerging trends to identify new areas of weakness. Relying on Others: A work environment that is not conducive to collaboration, relies on inexperienced staff, and/or combined with an over-extended supervisor with limited time (or budget) can lead to a disaster. Accepting Not Testing: Practitioners must maintain a healthy dose of skepticism in discharging their duties. Underestimating the Effort and Qualifications: Often practitioners are presented with assignments but have little time, budget, or direction. Some firms push examiners to accept engagements they are not fully qualified to perform. Determining the Outcome Prior to Performing the Assignment: Examiners can become close to their clients and establish biases. Sometimes, the examiner may not realize there is a bias at all. In addition to the author's many colorful examples, Matthews clarifies his points by including the standards from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and the Institute of Internal Auditors. Written for accountants that want to maintain the highest ethical standards of their profession, Holding Accountants Accountable is a readable resource written by an acclaimed accountant, lecturer, and college professor.

Presents state-of-the-art review chapters by subject matter specialists in electrochemical energy storage systems The rising energy demand and scarcity of fossil fuels are major concerns these days and have drawn much attention to utilizing renewable energy sources with improved energy storage. To address this energy demand, research has been focused on developing high performance energy storage devices and extensive studies have been carried out on electrodes, electrolytes, as well as separators used in different types of batteries and supercapacitors. In this regard, nanostructured materials have drawn considerable attention due to their special properties of high surface areas providing a large number of active sites for electrochemical action and low charge diffusion path length in compared to their bulk counterparts. Various materials, from transition metal oxides, chalcogenides to carbonaceous materials to polymers with their unique properties, tailored morphology, and size can be used as effective electrode materials for different storage mechanism. Nanomaterials for Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices comprises 11 substantive chapters in 3 sections in which the first section discusses the fundamental physics, characterization techniques related to different types of batteries and supercapacitors and the computational perspective to understand the lithium ion battery mechanism. The next section elaborately reviews different types of batteries and their performances reported. The third and final section is focused on supercapacitor based on different nanostructured materials and their performances. Audience The book is aimed at researchers in materials science, solar and renewable energy, nanoscience, and electrochemistry. It will also be used by engineers and researchers in industry working on storage devices and supercapacitors.

Create loyal, engaged and results focused teams and organizations using a practical five-part servant leadership formula.Think of a world where people go to work completely engaged, are inspired to do more than they ever thought possible, remain 100% loyal to the teams and organizations they belong to, are achieving mind-blowing results, and gladly and even passionately follow their leader's direction. Is that a world you want to be a part of? The reality is you really can! However, it's not the world most people and leaders currently live in.When employees were asked in a Gallup poll whether their supervisor or anyone else at work cared about them, only 4 out of 10 strongly agreed with that statement. That is a startling number. We have a lot of work to do. Old leadership practices don't work anymore.In his work with hundreds of leaders and teams, Michael Rogers has created a practical approach to leadership that works. It is the Care to Lead Leader(TM). Care to Lead Leaders are different than most leaders. Most leaders talk of caring with their lips but are far from actually leading with their hearts.Care to Lead Leaders lead from their heart. They understand that leading from the heart wins the hearts of those they lead, which makes leading more purposeful and a lot easier.Through Michael's five-part SONIC leadership formula, you will become a Care to Lead Leader. You will discover:* One simple Care to Lead Leader practice that can literally revolutionize the culture of your teams and/or organizations.* How to build real trust on your teams and/or organizations and explode creativity and the volume of ideas.* How to have more courage and second guess yourself less.* Practical tips on skyrocketing individual performance.* The secret to creating the most loyal followers on the planet!* How to take your teams and/or organizations to unprecedent levels of achievement and results.In this book, Michael illustrates his ideas and concepts through introspective questions and inspiring stories that keep you engaged and have you regularly looking at your own leadership and asking; Am I the kind of leader people really want to follow?After reading this book, you'll have the tools to apply practical servant leadership approaches that create buy-in into bigger visions, improve loyalty and engagement and move your teams and organizations to unprecedented levels of action.

HOW TO EMBRACE THE DATA REVOLUTION TO DELIVER FASTER, CHEAPER, AND MORE EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS IN LIFE SCIENCES AND HEALTH CARE Digital transformation is changing the business of health care at breakneck speed--accelerated even further in the wake of COVID-19. Across the industry, from biotech and pharmaceutical companies to hospital systems, insurers, and more, everyone is looking for the next big technological innovations to develop new treatments, enhance care, improve outcomes, maximize efficiency, and increase value in our data-powered world. How did we get here, and what does the future hold? The Patient Equation: The Precision Medicine Revolution in the Age of COVID-19 and Beyond explores the history, current state, and future direction of the use of data in biotechnology and health care. Author Glen de Vries, co-founder of the leading cloud platform for life sciences research, shares his insights and leadership on precision medicine and the digital landscape of the future. Designed to help anyone in the business of life sciences navigate our complex world, this practical guide explains the principles, approaches, and business models that are crucial for keeping pace with the ongoing revolution in data and analytics. Throughout the book, real-life stories show you what individuals and organizations are doing to ensure the data revolution does not pass them by, from wearables to track fertility to apps to conquer diabetes, from AI-powered sepsis alerts to using breakthrough new data strategies in clinical trials. A must-have resource for anyone interested in the future of life sciences and health care, The Patient Equation: Covers the world of precision medicine, from the individual patient to the global population Explains the fundamentals of patient equations and data collection and analysis Discusses current progress and the most effective strategies to achieve future breakthroughs Examines approaches to predicting and preventing disease using smart data Illustrates why value-based reimbursement is the model of the future Describes how data and technology will help us conquer everything from chronic conditions to cancer to rare diseases to pandemic illness

The classic text that covers practical image processing methods and theory for image texture analysis, updated second editionThe revised second edition of Image Processing: Dealing with Textures updates the classic work on texture analysis theory and methods without abandoning the foundational essentials of this landmark work. Like the first, the new edition offers an analysis of texture in digital images that are essential to a diverse range of applications such as: robotics, defense, medicine and the geo-sciences.Designed to easily locate information on specific problems, the text is structured around a series of helpful questions and answers. Updated to include the most recent developments in the field, many chapters have been completely revised including: Fractals and Multifractals, Image Statistics, Texture Repair, Local Phase Features, Dual Tree Complex Wavelet Transform, Ridgelets and Curvelets and Deep Texture Features. The book takes a two-level mathematical approach: light math is covered in the main level of the book, with harder math identified in separate boxes. This important text:Contains an update of the classic advanced text that reviews practical image processing methods and theory for image texture analysisPuts the focus exclusively on an in-depth exploration of textureContains a companion website with exercises and algorithmsIncludes examples that are fully worked to enhance the learning experienceWritten for students and researchers of image processing, the second edition of Image Processing has been revised and updated to incorporate the foundational information on the topic and information on the latest advances.

Exponential Transformation Evolve your organization (and change the world) with a 10-week ExO Sprint Today's top business challenge is how to adapt to accelerating technological change. The convergence of new exponentially advancing technologies is blurring the lines between physical, digital and biological realms. The results are a complete uprooting of industries the world over. The bestselling book Exponential Organizations by globally recognized technology strategist Salim Ismail explained the emergence of a new kind of organization--the Exponential Organization--that thrives in the face of industry disruption and achieves its own exponential growth. Now, Exponential Transformation presents a step-by-step guide for any organization that wants to stay ahead of industry disruption and leverage the opportunities presented by exponential technologies. The authors worked with leading organizations around the world to help them apply Exponential Organization principles. The result is a 10-week process called the ExO Sprint, which speeds transformation while blocking the natural immune system response that organizations must overcome to successfully transform themselves. Exponential Transformation explains how any existing traditional business can transform itself into an Exponential Organization. "I have always admired and been awed by people who have floated successful businesses and are well known for creativity and innovation. I thought that it was a gift or special talent--more so, a talent that I lacked. My experience with the ExO Sprint has taught me that innovation is not just about having great ideas but also knowing how to convert those ideas into viable, impactful business opportunities. It has made me aware of the unlimited intellectual resources available in the world that we can tap into to solve almost any problem."--Priya Narayanswamy, ExO Sprint Participant

Introduces readers to the fundamentals and applications of variational formulations in mechanicsNearly 40 years in the making, this book provides students with the foundation material of mechanics using a variational tapestry. It is centered around the variational structure underlying the Method of Virtual Power (MVP). The variational approach to the modeling of physical systems is the preferred approach to address complex mathematical modeling of both continuum and discrete media. This book provides a unified theoretical framework for the construction of a wide range of multiscale models.Introduction to the Variational Formulation in Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications enables readers to develop, on top of solid mathematical (variational) bases, and following clear and precise systematic steps, several models of physical systems, including problems involving multiple scales. It covers: Vector and Tensor Algebra; Vector and Tensor Analysis; Mechanics of Continua; Hyperelastic Materials; Materials Exhibiting Creep; Materials Exhibiting Plasticity; Bending of Beams; Torsion of Bars; Plates and Shells; Heat Transfer; Incompressible Fluid Flow; Multiscale Modeling; and more.* A self-contained reader-friendly approach to the variational formulation in the mechanics* Examines development of advanced variational formulations in different areas within the field of mechanics using rather simple arguments and explanations* Illustrates application of the variational modeling to address hot topics such as the multiscale modeling of complex material behavior* Presentation of the Method of Virtual Power as a systematic tool to construct mathematical models of physical systems gives readers a fundamental asset towards the architecture of even more complex (or open) problemsIntroduction to the Variational Formulation in Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications is a ideal book for advanced courses in engineering and mathematics, and an excellent resource for researchers in engineering, computational modeling, and scientific computing.

A winning educational formula of engaging lessons and powerful strategies for science teachers in numerous classroom settingsThe Teacher's Toolbox series is an innovative, research-based resource providing teachers with instructional strategies for students of all levels and abilities. Each book in the collection focuses on a specific content area. Clear, concise guidance enables teachers to quickly integrate low-prep, high-value lessons and strategies in their middle school and high school classrooms. Every strategy follows a practical, how-to format established by the series editors.The Science Teacher's Toolbox is a classroom-tested resource offering hundreds of accessible, student-friendly lessons and strategies that can be implemented in a variety of educational settings. Concise chapters fully explain the research basis, necessary technology, Next Generation Science Standards correlation, and implementation of each lesson and strategy.Favoring a hands-on approach, this bookprovides step-by-step instructions that help teachers to apply their new skills and knowledge in their classrooms immediately. Lessons cover topics such as setting up labs, conducting experiments, using graphs, analyzing data, writing lab reports, incorporating technology, assessing student learning, teaching all-ability students, and much more. This book enables science teachers to:* Understand how each strategy works in the classroom and avoid common mistakes* Promote culturally responsive classrooms* Activate and enhance prior knowledge* Bring fresh and engaging activities into the classroom and the science labWritten by respected authors and educators, The Science Teacher's Toolbox: Hundreds of Practical Ideas to Support Your Students is an invaluable aid for upper elementary, middle school, and high school science educators as well those in teacher education programs and staff development professionals.

Offers an Interdisciplinary approach to the engineering of functional materials for efficient solar cell technologyWritten by a collection of experts in the field of solar cell technology, this book focuses on the engineering of a variety of functional materials for improving photoanode efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC). The first two chapters describe operation principles of DSSC, charge transfer dynamics, as well as challenges and solutions for improving DSSCs. The remaining chapters focus on interfacial engineering of functional materials at the photoanode surface to create greater output efficiency.Interfacial Engineering in Functional Materials for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells begins by introducing readers to the history, configuration, components, and working principles of DSSC It then goes on to cover both nanoarchitectures and light scattering materials as photoanode. Function of compact (blocking) layer in the photoanode and of TiCl4 post-treatment in the photoanode are examined at next. Next two chapters look at photoanode function of doped semiconductors and binary semiconductor metal oxides. Other chapters consider nanocomposites, namely, plasmonic nanocomposites, carbon nanotube based nanocomposites, graphene based nanocomposites, and graphite carbon nitride based nanocompositesas photoanodes. The book:* Provides comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals through the applications of DSSC* Encompasses topics on various functional materials for DSSC technology* Focuses on the novel design and application of materials in DSSC, to develop more efficient renewable energy sources* Is useful for material scientists, engineers, physicists, and chemists interested in functional materials for the design of efficient solar cellsInterfacial Engineering in Functional Materials for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells will be of great benefit to graduate students, researchers and engineers, who work in the multi-disciplinary areas of material science, engineering, physics, and chemistry.

Systematically discusses the growth method, material properties, and applications for key semiconductor materialsMOVPE is a chemical vapor deposition technique that produces single or polycrystalline thin films. As one of the key epitaxial growth technologies, it produces layers that form the basis of many optoelectronic components including mobile phone components (GaAs), semiconductor lasers and LEDs (III-Vs, nitrides), optical communications (oxides), infrared detectors, photovoltaics (II-IV materials), etc. Featuring contributions by an international group of academics and industrialists, this book looks at the fundamentals of MOVPE and the key areas of equipment/safety, precursor chemicals, and growth monitoring. It covers the most important materials from III-V and II-VI compounds to quantum dots and nanowires, including sulfides and selenides and oxides/ceramics.Sections in every chapter of Metalorganic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (MOVPE): Growth, Materials Properties and Applications cover the growth of the particular materials system, the properties of the resultant material, and its applications. The book offers information on arsenides, phosphides, and antimonides; nitrides; lattice-mismatched growth; CdTe, MCT (mercury cadmium telluride); ZnO and related materials; equipment and safety; and more. It also offers a chapter that looks at the future of the technique.* Covers, in order, the growth method, material properties, and applications for each material* Includes chapters on the fundamentals of MOVPE and the key areas of equipment/safety, precursor chemicals, and growth monitoring* Looks at important materials such as III-V and II-VI compounds, quantum dots, and nanowires* Provides topical and wide-ranging coverage from well-known authors in the field* Part of the Materials for Electronic and Optoelectronic Applications seriesMetalorganic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (MOVPE): Growth, Materials Properties and Applications is an excellent book for graduate students, researchers in academia and industry, as well as specialist courses at undergraduate/postgraduate level in the area of epitaxial growth (MOVPE/ MOCVD/ MBE).

Offers a theoretical and practical guide to the communication and navigation of autonomous mobile robots and multi-robot systemsThis book covers the methods and algorithms for the navigation, motion planning, and control of mobile robots acting individually and in groups. It addresses methods of positioning in global and local coordinates systems, off-line and on-line path-planning, sensing and sensors fusion, algorithms of obstacle avoidance, swarming techniques and cooperative behavior. The book includes ready-to-use algorithms, numerical examples and simulations, which can be directly implemented in both simple and advanced mobile robots, and is accompanied by a website hosting codes, videos, and PowerPoint slidesAutonomous Mobile Robots and Multi-Robot Systems: Motion-Planning, Communication and Swarming consists of four main parts. The first looks at the models and algorithms of navigation and motion planning in global coordinates systems with complete information about the robot's location and velocity. The second part considers the motion of the robots in the potential field, which is defined by the environmental states of the robot's expectations and knowledge. The robot's motion in the unknown environments and the corresponding tasks of environment mapping using sensed information is covered in the third part. The fourth part deals with the multi-robot systems and swarm dynamics in two and three dimensions.* Provides a self-contained, theoretical guide to understanding mobile robot control and navigation* Features implementable algorithms, numerical examples, and simulations* Includes coverage of models of motion in global and local coordinates systems with and without direct communication between the robots* Supplemented by a companion website offering codes, videos, and PowerPoint slidesAutonomous Mobile Robots and Multi-Robot Systems: Motion-Planning, Communication and Swarming is an excellent tool for researchers, lecturers, senior undergraduate and graduate students, and engineers dealing with mobile robots and related issues.

The book covers numerous tech entrepreneurial founders and software developers, and the exciting brands or products that they created. It goes deep on a handful of them, narrowly divulging exactly how a few software developers and startup founders created breakthrough tech products like Gmail, Slack, Dropbox, Ring, Snapchat, Bitcoin, Groupon, and more. It highlights and unpacks the general hero-worship that the media and our own minds practice about tech founders and tech entrepreneurs. This idealization of tech success can create a paradox, preventing average tech professionals from their own successful journeys. This book provides hard evidence that anyone in tech can create, and anyone on the peripheral of tech can break through to the center where innovation, creativity, and opportunity meet.The anecdotes, stories, evidence, facts, arguments, logic, principles, and techniques provided in this book have helped individuals and businesses engage in slow creation cycles, improve the morale of their development teams, and increased their delivery potential of their technology solutions overall.Average Joe covers:* Genius - The systematic deconstruction and debunking of the commonly held assumptions in the tech industry around supreme intelligence, and how that intelligence has been worshipped and sought after, despite the facts.* Slow Creation - How to force-manufacture creative ideation. How conscious and subconscious cycles of patterns, details, and secrets can lead to breakthrough innovations, and how those P.D.S. cycles, and systematic mental grappling, can be conjured and repeated on a regular basis.* Little-C Creativity - The conscious and miniature moments of epiphany that leak into our active P.D.S. cycles of Slow Creation.* Flow - Why it's great, but also - why it's completely unreliable and unnecessary. How to perpetually innovate without relying on a flow state.* Team Installation - How teams and companies can engage their employees in Slow Creation to unlock dormant ideas, stir up creative endeavors, and jumpstart fragile ideas into working products.* User Manipulation - How tech products are super-charged with tricks, secret techniques, and neural transmitters like Dopamine, Oxytocin, and Cortisol; how those products leverage cognitive mechanisms and psychological techniques to force user adoption and user behaviors.* Contrarianism - How oppositional and backward-thinking leaders create brand-new categories and the products which dominate those categories.* Showmanship - How tech players have presented their ideas to the world, conjured up magic, manufactured mystique, and presented compelling stories that have captured their audiences.

Conflicting Models for the Origin of Life provides a forum to compare and contrast the many hypotheses that have been put forward to explain the origin of life. There is a revolution brewing in the field of Origin of Life: in the process of trying to figure out how Life started, many researchers believe there is an impending second creation of life, not necessarily biological. Up-to-date understanding is needed to prepare us for the technological, and societal changes it would bring. Schrodinger's 1944 "What is life?" included the insight of an information carrier, which inspired the discovery of the structure of DNA. In "Conflicting Models of the Origin of Life" a selection of the world's experts are brought together to cover different aspects of the research: from progress towards synthetic life - artificial cells and sub-cellular components, to new definitions of life and the unexpected places life could (have) emerge(d). Chapters also cover fundamental questions of how memory could emerge from memoryless processes, and how we can tell if a molecule may have emerged from life. Similarly, cutting-edge research discusses plausible reactions for the emergence of life both on Earth and on exoplanets. Additional perspectives from geologists, philosophers and even roboticists thinking about the origin of life round out this volume. The text is a state-of-the-art snapshot of the latest developments on the emergence of life, to be used both in graduate classes and by citizen scientists. Audience Researchers in any area of astrobiology, as well as others interested in the origins of life, will find a modern and current review of the field and the current debates and obstacles. This book will clearly illustrate the current state-of-the-art and engage the imagination and creativity of experts across many disciplines.

Provides a strong foundation in electrochemical principles and best practicesWritten for undergraduate majors in chemistry and chemical engineering, this book teaches the basic principles of electroanalytical chemistry and illustrates best practices through the use of case studies of organic reactions and catalysis using voltammetric methods and of the measurement of clinical and environmental analytes by potentiometric techniques. It provides insight beyond the field of analysis as students address problems arising in many areas of science and technology. The book also emphasizes electrochemical phenomena and conceptual models to help readers understand the influence of experimental conditions and the interpretation of results for common potentiometric and voltammetric methods.Electroanalytical Chemistry: Principles, Best Practices, and Case Studies begins by introducing some basic concepts in electrical phenomena. It then moves on to a chapter that examines the potentiometry of oxidation-reduction processes, followed by another on the potentiometry of ion selective electrodes. Other sections look at: applications of ion selective electrodes; controlled potential methods; case studies in controlled potential methods; and instrumentation. The book also features several appendixes covering: Ionic Strength, Activity and Activity Coefficients; The Nicolsky-Eisenman Equation; The Henderson Equation for Liquid Junction Potentials; Selected Standard Electrode Potentials; and The Nernst Equation Derivation.* Introduces the principles of modern electrochemical sensors and instrumental chemical analysis using potentiometric and voltammetric methods* Develops conceptual models underlying electrochemical phenomena and useful equations* Illustrates best practice with short case studies of organic reaction mechanisms using voltammetry and quantitative analysis with ion selective electrodes* Offers instructors the opportunity to select focus areas and tailor the book to their course by providing a collection of shorter texts, each dedicated to a single field* Intended as one of a series of modules for teaching undergraduate courses in instrumental chemical analysisElectroanalytical Chemistry: Principles, Best Practices, and Case Studies is an ideal textbook for undergraduate majors in chemistry and chemical engineering taking instrumental analysis courses. It would also benefit professional chemists who need an introduction to potentiometry or voltammetry.

Learn the fundamentals of materials design with this all-inclusive approach to the basics in the fieldStudy of materials science is an important aspect of curricula at universities worldwide. This text is designed to serve students at a fundamental level, positioning materials design as an essential aspect of the study of electronics, medicine, and energy storage. Now in its 3rd edition, Principles of Inorganic Materials Design is an introduction to relevant topics including inorganic materials structure/property relations and material behaviors.The new edition now includes chapters on computational materials science, intermetallic compounds, and covalent compounds. The text is meant to aid students in their studies by providing additional tools to study the key concepts and understand recent developments in materials research. In addition to the many topics covered, the textbook includes:* Accessible learning tools to help students better understand key concepts* Updated content including case studies and new information on computational materials science* Practical end-of-chapter exercises to assist students with the learning of the material* Short biographies introducing pioneers in the field of inorganic materials scienceFor undergraduates just learning the material or professionals looking to brush up on their knowledge of current materials design information, this text covers a wide range of concepts, research, and topics to help round out their education. The foreword to the first edition was written by the 2019 Chemistry Nobel laureate Prof. John B. Goodenough.

ENGINEERING PHYSICS OF HIGH-TEMPERATURE MATERIALSDiscover a comprehensive exploration of high temperature materials written by leading materials scientistsIn Engineering Physics of High-Temperature Materials: Metals, Ice, Rocks, and Ceramics distinguished researchers and authors Nirmal K. Sinha and Shoma Sinha deliver a rigorous and wide-ranging discussion of the behavior of different materials at high temperatures. The book discusses a variety of physical phenomena, from plate tectonics and polar sea ice to ice-age and intraglacial depression and the postglacial rebound of Earth's crust, stress relaxation at high temperatures, and microstructure and crack-enhanced Elasto Delayed Elastic Viscous (EDEV) models. At a very high level, Engineering Physics of High-Temperature Materials (EPHTM) takes a multidisciplinary view of the behavior of materials at temperatures close to their melting point. The volume particularly focuses on a powerful model called the Elasto-Delayed-Elastic-Viscous (EDEV) model that can be used to study a variety of inorganic materials ranging from snow and ice, metals, including complex gas-turbine engine materials, as well as natural rocks and earth formations (tectonic processes). It demonstrates how knowledge gained in one field of study can have a strong impact on other fields.Engineering Physics of High-Temperature Materials will be of interest to a broad range of specialists, including earth scientists, volcanologists, cryospheric and interdisciplinary climate scientists, and solid-earth geophysicists. The book demonstrates that apparently dissimilar polycrystalline materials, including metals, alloys, ice, rocks, ceramics, and glassy materials, all behave in a surprisingly similar way at high temperatures. This similarity makes the information contained in the book valuable to all manner of physical scientists.Readers will also benefit from the inclusion of:* A thorough introduction to the importance of a unified model of high temperature material behavior, including high temperature deformation and the strength of materials* An exploration of the nature of crystalline substances for engineering applications, including basic materials classification, solid state materials, and general physical principles* Discussions of forensic physical materialogy and test techniques and test systems* Examinations of creep fundamentals, including rheology and rheological terminology, and phenomenological creep failure modelsPerfect for materials scientists, metallurgists, and glaciologists, Engineering Physics of High-Temperature Materials: Metals, Ice, Rocks, and Ceramics will also earn a place in the libraries of specialists in the nuclear, chemical, and aerospace industries with an interest in the physics and engineering of high-temperature materials.

Learn what it takes to be a success from the 'all-stars' of the financial planning and advisory professionFinancial planning involves everything from determining the client's financial position, cash flow, and investment strategies, to income tax planning, risk management, insurance, and retirement and estate planning. Financial planners and advisors are responsible for recommendations and decisions that help people define and achieve their financial goals. Rattiner's Secrets of Financial Planning gives industry professionals the opportunity to hear and learn from 'the best of the best' in the field.Author Jeffrey H. Rattiner, a respected leader in Certified Financial Planning (CFP), shares real-world insights and expert advice from hundreds of top-level advisors in the financial planning industry. Readers gain firsthand knowledge of the challenges these successful planners have faced and how they continue to build their practices and reap success in a dynamic financial environment. This comprehensive resource includes templates based on what the best CFPs use in their practices for work programs, data quantification reports, asset allocation model portfolios, pro forma statements, and checklists for each technical financial planning discipline. Designed specifically for industry professionals, this in-depth book:* Offers CFPs and financial advisors proven advice and practical methods to take their practice to the next level* Includes contributions from and interviews with the leading advisors in the profession* Provides templates taken from the practices of high-level financial advisors* Explains the key ingredients for building a superior financial planning practice* Helps develop successful financial planners and strengthen profitable practicesRattiner's Secrets of Financial Planning: From Running Your Practice to Optimizing Your Client's Experience is an important resource for CFPs, CPAs, financial advisors, financial planners, and high-level corporate executives working in the financial services industry.