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After an overview of major scientific discoveries of the 18th and 19th centuries, this circuits and systems history book provides a record of the many outstanding scientists, mathematicians and engineers who laid the foundations of circuit theory and filter design from the mid-20th Century.

The modern workforce is closer to gender-equal than it has ever been, and many efforts are in place to support further progress. The Internet of Women provides an exciting look at personal narratives and case studies of female leaders and cultural shifts around the globe that illustrate this promising trend.

Presents the latest research theories and modern-day examples of design research in higher education. The chapters provide interpretations and examples of how today's new design researchers conceptualize this growing methodology across areas as varied as classroom teaching methodologies, instructional innovations, educational technology, equality studies, and environmental education.

Ultra Wideband (UWB) communications are poised to enable short-range applications, such as remote health monitoring (e-health) and home or office automation. Sensor networks are also suitable candidates for UWB. This book presents recent research and applications that have taken place in UWB communication.

Modern robots have arrived at a mature state both in their mechanical and mental abilities. An Introduction to Robophilosophy explores the philosophical questions that arise in the development, creation, and use of mental, anthropomorphic and zoomorphic robots that are capable of semiautonomous / autonomous operation, decision making and human-like action.

A great deal of aid has been given to poor countries which are suffering from climate change, however donor nations have failed to restrict their own carbon emissions. Many poor countries feel they are being expected to forgo the industrial benefits which came from the industrial revolution powered by fossil fuels. This book outlines the achievements of renewable energy to the end of 2015.

The theme of this book is ""Role of ICT for multi-disciplinary applications in 2030"". Technical topics discussed include wireless sensor networks; advanced iot and m2m; future space communications infrastructure; ICT networks for CONASENSE in 2030; international ICT research; secure vehicular ad-hoc networks; heterodox networks; the CONASENSE innovation era; and CONASENSE at the nanoscale.

Provides models, methodologies and tools to support each step of the co-design flow of embedded systems implemented by exploiting heterogeneous multi-processor architectures mapped on distributed systems, as well as fully integrated onto a single chip.

Short computing times are crucial for timely diagnostics in biomedical applications, but lead to a high demand in computing for new and improved imaging techniques. In this book reconfigurable computing with FPGAs is discussed as an alternative to multi-core processing and graphics card accelerators.

Focuses on the design of analogue and digital communication systems. The basics of analogue communication systems are outlined, before moving on to digital communication systems. The book is divided into five modules, and provides numerous examples and illustrations for detailed understanding of the subject.

Demonstrates the development of a class-AB current-mode sample-and-hold circuit with an order of magnitude improvement in its figure of merit compared to other state-of-the-art designs. The concepts and design procedures of single-branch filters, follower-integrator-based lowpass filters, and modular transconductance reduction techniques for very low frequency filters are also presented.

Explores various aspects of smart photonics, including fibre sensors, optoelectronic devices and waveguide devices. The chapters are written by researchers who presented papers at the 2015 International Symposium of Next-Generation Electronics. The ISNE 2015 provided a common forum in the areas of opto-electron devices, photonics, integrated circuits, and microelectronic systems and technologies.

Beijing Institute for the Learning Society (BILS) was established in 2011 through the efforts of Beijing Leading Group Office for Construction of Learning City and Beijing Normal University. The Institute is building a platform that integrates intellectual resources of universities in Beijing to serve the learning city's construction. This book summarizes the goals set by BILS.

Presents updated information about inflammatory bowel disease for health-care workers. The theoretical content is based on controlled and randomized clinical studies. Coverage includes all important topics required to understand ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.

Explores the design and implementation of e-collaboration technology in a workplace setting. Featuring extensive coverage of a range of topics relating to the benefits and challenges of these tools, this book is an essential reference source for students, researchers, and practitioners seeking relevant research on the use of digital spaces within organisational contexts.

Addresses both the techniques to model, analyse and optimise the radio links and transmission systems, together with the most advanced radio access, resource management and mobile networking technologies. This text summarises the work of more than 500 researchers from more than 120 institutions in Europe, America and Asia, from both academia and industry.

Presents recent developments in university-industry-collaborations, using case studies from Japan, and showing the mutual needs from both universities and enterprises in the knowledge-based society. Technical topics discussed include development of university-industry collaboration (UIC); development of UIC in Japan; case studies of UIC in Japan; and the global contribution of UIC from Japan.

The Faculty Awards series recognises outstanding faculty members at colleges and universities across the United States. This year's Volume 2 edition includes almost 1,400 national award winners from over 730 US colleges and universities within the disciplines of Health Sciences and Nursing, Medicine, Law, Public Affairs, Political & Policy Sciences, Business, Fine Arts and Education.

The Faculty Awards series recognises outstanding faculty members at colleges and universities across the United States. This year's Volume 3 edition includes over 1,280 national award winners from over 554 US colleges and universities within the disciplines of Engineering, Computer and Information Sciences and Science.

The Faculty Awards series recognises outstanding faculty members at colleges and universities across the United States. This year's Volume 1 edition includes 1,400 national award winners from over 500 US colleges and universities within the disciplines of Liberal Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities. Photos and winner descriptions are selectively included.

School Culture Improvement follows an abstract-concrete-abstract train of thought. The first three chapters answer the questions from the angle of abstract theory: what is the school culture and how is it managed? What is the school culture drive model? What is the school culture assessment? The two chapters thereafter solve major problems from the perspective of operations: how to develop the school culture solution and how to implement the school culture and promote cultural practices? The book concludes at the abstract theoretical level, on the position of sociological reflection, exploring what is the rationality and legitimacy of school culture and how does school culture happen?School Culture Improvement is one of the few school culture monographs which aims directly at management. Its contribution and features lie in two aspects: connecting school culture and school improvement and connecting research on project case and school culture, thus establishing a relatively complete system of school culture improvement theory. In this book, the author originates the following views and models: concept of school culture, school culture tripod structure theory, school culture spectrum theory, school culture drive model, and school culture unity and conflict.

Over the period of last few decades, the 'C' language has become an icon for computer programmers. The field of computer science has undergone tremendous change, and the rate of obsolescence of concepts, programming platforms, tools and utilities is extremely high. However, in spite of such vast changes, the only thing that has retained its stability is the 'C' language. Even today, millions of students, hobbyists and professional programmers enjoy the sturdiness, reliability and user friendliness of the 'C' language. Today 'C' enjoys the undisputable recognition in the computing paradigm for diversified applications, from the basic programming, microcontrollers, and spreadsheets to system programming. In this book, most of the usual theoretical features have been skipped, for these have been widely published in previous books. Rather than introducing the underpinning theory, the authors approach has been "e;learning-through-doing"e;, which is one that often appeals to programmers. Theory is followed by practical implementation, and in this way the book will cover programming aspects in a self-tutor manner providing an excellent overview, from basic to advance programming. Topics discussed include: * GCC interface* First time 'C' User* Decision and looping structures* Arrays and pointers* Functions, structures and union* Linear data structures

Covers ground-based research instruments and environments for both life and physical sciences research. This book discusses the opportunities and limitations of protocols and instruments to compensate gravity or simulate microgravity, such as clinostats, random positioning machines, levitating magnets, electric fields, vibrations, tail suspension, and centrifuges for hyper-g studies.

Major advances have been reported in Brain-Computer Interface / Brain-Machine Interface (BCI/BMI) applied to rehabilitation. This subject received much attention within the Society on Communication, Navigation, Sensing and Services (CONASENSE). Describing the state of the art on various BCI/BMI activities related to neuro-rehabilitation is the central theme of this book.

The Disputationes Workshop series is an international initiative aimed at disseminating stem cell related cutting edge knowledge among scientists, healthcare workers, students and policy makers. This book gathers together some of the ideas discussed during the third and fourth Disputationes Workshops held in Florence (Italy) and Aalborg (Denmark), respectively.

Provides insights in to the process of identifying user requirements by describing varying case studies in which technologies or software has been developed. A variety of user requirements are provided illustrating the effect of changing the targeted user group with respect to age, to the context and the different technologies or software.

Understanding the molecular mechanisms of cancer is the key for transforming treatment. A substantial proportion of human genes show alternative splicing, and misregulation of Pre-MRNA splicing is seen in several cancers. This book investigates these matters.

It is important to understand the limitations of integrating clinical phenotypes with genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic and metabolomic approaches. This book focuses on some key advances in this field.

In recent years, a considerable amount of effort has been devoted, both in industry and academia, towards the efficient utilization of the available spectrum under the various propagation models which lead towards the design and dimensioning of the future network Internet of Things (IoT).This book focuses on Television White Space (TVWS) opportunities and regulatory aspects for cognitive radio applications, and includes case studies for the exploitation of TVWS depending on user's mobility, and the geo-location between user and the Base Station. The book presents recent advances in spectrum sensing, reflecting state of the art technology and research achievements in this area as well as a new insights in spectrum sensing of performance modeling, analysis and worldwide applications. Technical topics discussed include: * Novel Application of TV White Space* Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio* Cooperative Spectrum Sensing* DoA Estimation Algorithms

In order to address the research concern, this book involves in an intensive exploration of two universities which are transforming their traditional educational approaches to PBL. Specifically, this book is concerned with how managers, staff members, and students interpret PBL and its implementation. It reveals that the challenges for implementing PBL are closely linked to organizational members' conception of PBL, social learning and motivation at the university.