Recent Advances of Neural Network Models and Applications: Proceedings of the…

This volume collects a selection of contributions which has been presented at the 23rd Italian Workshop on Neural Networks, the yearly meeting of the Italian Society for Neural Networks (SIREN). The conference was held in Vietri sul Mare, Salerno, Italy during May 23-24, 2013. The annual meeting of SIREN is sponsored by International Neural Network Society (INNS), European Neural Network Societ…

Embedding STEAM in Early Childhood Education and Care

This book approaches STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics) in early childhood education from multiple angles. It focuses on the teaching and learning of children from two years of age to the early years of school. Proponents of STEAM describe how it can create opportunities for children to learn creatively, and various chapter authors make strong connections between…

Scientific Knowledge as a Culture

This book, in its first part, contains units of conceptual history of several topics of physics based on the research in physics education and research based articles with regard to several topics involved in teaching science in general and physics in particular. The second part of the book includes the framework used, the approach considering science knowledge as a special type of culture –…

Transactions on Engineering Technologies: Special Issue of the World Congress…

This volume contains fifty-six revised and extended research articles, written by prominent researchers participating in the congress. Topics covered include electrical engineering, chemical engineering, circuits, computer science, communications systems, engineering mathematics, systems engineering, manufacture engineering and industrial applications. This book offers theoretical advances i…

Independent Component Analysis of Edge Information for Face Recognition

The book presents research work on face recognition using edge information as features for face recognition with ICA algorithms. The independent components are extracted from edge information. These independent components are used with classifiers to match the facial images for recognition purpose. In their study, authors have explored Canny and LOG edge detectors as standard edge detection met…

Science Education and Teacher Professional Development

This book presents a radical reconceptualization of subject-focused and research-led teacher professional development. Drawing on the experiences of more than 50 high school teachers and technicians who participated in science-based research with their students, the author examines how this enables teachers to develop a ‘Teacher Scientist’ model of professional identity. Through active part…

Directed Information Measures in Neuroscience

Analysis of information transfer has found rapid adoption in neuroscience, where a highly dynamic transfer of information continuously runs on top of the brain's slowly-changing anatomical connectivity. Measuring such transfer is crucial to understanding how flexible information routing and processing give rise to higher cognitive function. Directed Information Measures in Neuroscience reviews …

Pesticide Contamination in Freshwater and Soil Environs : Impacts, Threats, a…

Taking into consideration that the agricultural industry is greatly dependent on pesticide chemicals to deal with the damage caused due to pests, this new volume details the challenges along with the bioremediation and remediation measures, such as the use of beneficial microorganisms, polymeric nanocomposites for nanoremediation, phytoremediation, and more. It looks at pesticide contaminat…

Bio-management of Postharvest Diseases and Mycotoxigenic Fungi

Bio-management of Postharvest Diseases and Mycotoxigenic Fungi deals with the current state and future prospects of using various bio-management techniques that are natural, eco-friendly, and environmentally safe. It aims to increase awareness of their potential as well as sensitizing readers to the various aspects of biologicals in pest control. Key Features: Highlights classical versus …

Bioenergy and Environmental Biotechnology for Sustainable Development

This book covers a range of important topics on environmental remediation, biofuels and value-added microbial products for environmental clean-up, water and wastewater recycling and sustainable wastewater treatment using microalgae. Designed to document advances in biotechnology, this book highlights bio-resource utilization in fostering low-carbon renewable energy-based economies and provides …

Abiotic and Biotic Stress Management in Plants Volume II : Biotic Stress

This book deals with an array of topics in the broad area of biotic stress responses in plants, focusing on “problems and their management” by selecting some of the widely investigated themes. Such as: major insect-pest of cereal crops in India and their management, biotic stresses of major pulse crops and their management strategies, insect pests of oilseed crops and their management, biot…

Agricultural Biotechnology, Biodiversity and Bioresources Conservation and Ut…

This book covers a range of important topics on crop and animal genetics, breeding and genomics, as well as biodiversity and genetic resources conservation and utilization reflecting three thematic sections of working groups of the Biotechnology Society of Nigeria. The topics range from agricultural biotechnology, including genetically modified organisms and gene-editing for agronomically impor…

Advances in postharvest management of cereals and grains

Post-harvest losses of cereals and other grains, whether from spoilage microorganisms or insect pests, remain a significant issue in both the developed and developing world. Challenges include restrictions on chemicals for decontamination and increasing levels of insect resistance. This collection reviews the wealth of research addressing those challenges. Part 1 of this collection assesses the…

Abiotic & Biotic Stress Management in Plants : Volume I

This book deals with an array of topics in the broad area of abiotic stress responses in plants focusing “problems and their management” by selecting some of the widely investigated themes. Such as, Cell signalling in Plants during abiotic and biotic stress, Salinity stress induced metabolic changes and its management, High temperature stress: responses, mechanism and management, Low temper…

Agro-Climatology : Advances and Challenges

The chapters in this book cover crop -weather interaction and agro-met observatory, agro-climatic analysis, crop micro-meteorology, remote sensing, crop simulation models, weather codes and their management, integrated weather forecast and agro advisories, climate change, livestock climatology/meteorology and astrometeorology. To understand the text of the book, under terminology, simple detail…

Mechanical Measurements

This book focuses both on the basics and more complex topics in mechanical measurements such as measurement errors & statistical analysis of data, regression analysis, heat flux, measurement of pressure, and radiation properties of surfaces. End of chapter problems, solved illustrations, and exercise problems are presented throughout the book to augment learning. It is a useful reference for st…

PARTISIPASI PASANGAN USIA SUBUR SEBAGAI AKSEPTOR DALAM PROGRAM KELUARGA BEREN…

Partisipasi pasangan usia subur sebagai akseptor dalam program keluarga berencana di Kampung KB Layang-Layang Kelurahan 29 Ilir pada masa pandemi covid-19 mengalami kenaikan. Objek dalam penelitian ini ialah Pasangan Usia Subur di Kampung KB Layang-Layang. Penelitian ini memiliki tujuan untuk mengkaji secara mendalam mengenai faktor dan bentuk partisipasi yang dilakukan oleh pasangan usia subur…

Intelligent Tools for Building a Scientific Information Platform: From Resear…

This book is a selection of results obtained within three years of research performed under SYNAT—a nation-wide scientific project aiming at creating an infrastructure for scientific content storage and sharing for academia, education and open knowledge society in Poland. The book is intended to be the last of the series related to the SYNAT project. The previous books, titled “Intellige…

Applied Information Science, Engineering and Technology: Selected Topics from…

The objective of the book is to give a selection from the papers, which summarize several important results obtained within the framework of the József Hatvany Doctoral School operating at the University of Miskolc, Hungary. In accordance with the three main research areas of the Doctoral School established for Information Science, Engineering and Technology, the papers can be classified into …

PERANCANGAN ULANG UI-UX DESAIN WEBSITE BKKBN PROVINSI SUMATERA SELATAN DENGAN…

Every year, the BKKBN website for South Sumatra Province experiences development from the center without conducting a direct survey of the website's feasibility with its users. At present, the South Sumatra Provincial BKKBN employees feel that the South Sumatra Provincial BKKBN website has an unattractive appearance and is not user-friendly. The appearance of the user interface and the user exp…

Models and Measures in Measurements and Monitoring

This book examines modern methods of creating models and measures in measurements, physical and probabilistic measures, models, spaces and bases of signals and fields, deterministic and probabilistic models and measures of angular quantities. Examples of their use on a circle and in phase measurements are given; models and measures for diagnostics in the electric power industry, in standardless…

Computer and Information Science 2021—Summer

Edition

1

ISBN/ISSN

978-3-030-79474-3

Collation

xiv, 202p.:Ill.

Series Title

-

Call Number

004. Lee c

New Trends and Challenges in Information Science and Information Seeking Beha…

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

978-3-030-68466-2

Collation

xvi, 170p.:Ill

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-

Call Number

020 New

Foundations of Data Science Based Healthcare Internet of Things

Edition

1

ISBN/ISSN

978-981-33-6460-8

Collation

xii, 64p.:Ill

Series Title

SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology

Call Number

610.285 Mah f

Science | Environment | Health

This book provides a fascinating insight into the on-going process of self- reflection in the Science|Environment|Health (S|E|H) community. The basic vision of a new S|E|H pedagogy is to establish a transdisciplinary dialogue between the three educational fields of science education, environmental education, and health education. This approach finds growing interest among science educators. Sin…

Frontier Computing

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-

ISBN/ISSN

978-981-16-0115-6

Collation

XXIX, 2443p.:Ill

Series Title

Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering

Call Number

004.6 Fro

Advances and Applications in Computer Science, Electronics and Industrial Eng…

This book presents the proceedings of the Conference on Computer Science, Electronics and Industrial Engineering (CSEI 2020), held in Ambato in October 2020, with participants from 15 countries and guest speakers from Chile, Colombia, France, Japan, Spain, Portugal, and USA. It discusses topics such as the use of metaheuristic for non-deterministic problem solutions, software architectures for …

Spacecraft Thermal Control Technologies

This book presents fundamental theories, design and testing methodologies, and engineering applications concerning spacecraft thermal control systems, helping readers gain a comprehensive understanding of spacecraft thermal control systems and technologies. With abundant design methods, advanced technologies and typical applications to help them grasp the basic concepts and principles of engine…

Trends and Applications in Information Systems and Technologies

This book is composed of a selection of articles from The 2021 World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST'21), held online between 30 and 31 of March and 1 and 2 of April 2021 at Hangra de Heroismo, Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal. WorldCIST is a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent results and innovations, current trends, pr…

Industrial Cloud-Based Cyber-Physical Systems: The IMC-AESOP Approach

This book presents cutting-edge emerging technologies and approaches in the areas of service-oriented architectures, intelligent devices and cloud-based cyber-physical systems. It provides a clear view on their applicability to the management and automation of manufacturing and process industries. It offers a holistic view of future industrial cyber-physical systems and their industrial usage a…