Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgement -- Chapter 1 Band Reduction of HSI Segmentation Using FCM -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Existing Method -- 1.2.1 K-Means Clustering Method -- 1.2.2 Fuzzy C-Means -- 1.2.3 Davies Bouldin Index -- 1.2.4 Data Set Description of HSI -- 1.3 Proposed Method -- 1.3.1 Hyperspectral Image Segmentation Using Enhanced Estimation of Centroid -- 1.3.2 Band Reduction Using K-Means Algorithm -- 1.3.3 Band Reduction Using Fuzzy C-Means -- 1.4 Experimental Results -- 1.4.1 DB Index Graph -- 1.4.2 K-Means-Based PSC (EEOC) -- 1.4.3 Fuzzy C-Means-Based PSC (EEOC) -- 1.5 Analysis of Results -- 1.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2 A Fuzzy Approach to Face Mask Detection -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Existing Work -- 2.3 The Proposed Framework -- 2.4 Set-Up and Libraries Used -- 2.5 Implementation -- 2.6 Results and Analysis -- 2.7 Conclusion and Future Work -- References -- Chapter 3 Application of Fuzzy Logic to the Healthcare Industry -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Background -- 3.3 Fuzzy Logic -- 3.4 Fuzzy Logic in Healthcare -- 3.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4 A Bibliometric Approach and Systematic Exploration of Global Research Activity on Fuzzy Logic in Scopus Database -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Data Extraction and Interpretation -- 4.3 Results and Discussion -- 4.3.1 Per Year Publication and Citation Count -- 4.3.2 Prominent Affiliations Contributing Toward Fuzzy Logic -- 4.3.3 Top Journals Emerging in Fuzzy Logic in Major Subject Areas -- 4.3.4 Major Contributing Countries Toward Fuzzy Research Articles -- 4.3.5 Prominent Authors Contribution Toward the Fuzzy Logic Analysis -- 4.3.6 Coauthorship of Authors -- 4.3.7 Cocitation Analysis of Cited Authors -- 4.3.8 Cooccurrence of Author Keywords…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- La diffusion dépend du contexte national et international -- Au-delà des conditions-cadre, les institutions et mécanismes de diffusion technologique peuvent être efficaces -- Des initiatives nouvelles de diffusion font leur apparition, pour certaines au stade expérimental -- Diffusion des nouvelles technologies de production : principales considérations intéressant l'action des pouvoirs publics -- Adhésion du public et nouvelles technologies -- Adhésion du public et nouvelles technologies : principales considérations intéressant l'action des pouvoirs publics -- Influence de la prospective sur la prochaine révolution de la production -- Prospective : principales considérations intéressant l'action des pouvoirs publics -- De l'importance des politiques avisées dans les domaines de la science et de la R-D -- Le dynamisme de la science, des systèmes de recherche et leur influence sur la production dépendent souvent de l'action des pouvoirs publics -- Graphique 1.1. …”

“…A la demande du Comité des Politiques de Développement Territorial de l’OCDE, le Service du Développement Territorial a entrepris un travail expérimental sur les régions fonctionnelles. Ces régions correspondent à des bassins d’emploi et semblent ouvrir des perspectives nouvelles pour les analyses territoriales internationales. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…9.2 Current cooling technologies for concentrating solar thermal power plants -- 9.2.1 Wet cooling towers -- 9.2.2 Dry cooling towers -- 9.3 Air-cooled heat exchanger and cooling tower sizing -- 9.3.1 Thermohydraulics of air-cooled heat exchanger -- 9.3.2 Mechanical draft cooling tower -- 9.3.3 Natural draft cooling tower -- 9.4 Advances in dry cooling technologies for concentrating solar thermal power plants -- 9.4.1 Solar hybrid natural draft dry cooling tower -- 9.4.2 Water hybrid cooling -- 9.4.2.1 Inlet air precooling with wet media -- 9.4.2.2 Inlet air precooling with nozzle spray -- 9.4.3 Windbreak wall hybrid natural draft dry cooling tower -- 9.4.3.1 CFD modeling -- 9.4.3.2 Experimental study -- 9.4.4 Advances in tower structure -- 9.5 Conclusions -- References -- 10 - High-temperature latent heat storage for concentrating solar thermal (CST) systems -- 10.1 General introduction -- 10.2 Introduction to latent heat storage -- 10.3 General challenges for concentrating solar thermal latent heat storage systems -- 10.3.1 Phase change material selection -- 10.3.2 Corrosion and containment compatibility -- 10.3.3 Latent heat storage sizing for a concentrating solar thermal power plant -- 10.3.4 Understanding charge/discharge characteristics -- 10.3.5 Exergetic efficiency -- 10.4 Latent heat storage configurations for concentrating solar thermal applications -- 10.4.1 Tank phase change material latent heat storage -- 10.4.1.1 Finned tubes -- 10.4.1.2 Heat pipe/thermosyphons -- 10.4.1.3 Particles and metal structures -- 10.4.1.4 Metal foams -- 10.4.2 Encapsulated phase change material latent heat storage -- 10.4.3 Heat transfer comparison between the tank phase change material latent heat storage-based and encapsulated phase change materialebased latent heat…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…13.4 Error Analysis -- 13.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 14 Video Watermarking Technique Based on Motion Frames by Using Encryption Method -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Methodology Used -- 14.2.1 Discrete Wavelet Transform -- 14.2.2 Singular-Value Decomposition -- 14.3 Literature Review -- 14.4 Watermark Encryption -- 14.5 Proposed Watermarking Scheme -- 14.5.1 Watermark Embedding -- 14.5.2 Watermark Extraction -- 14.6 Experimental Results -- 14.7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 15 Feature Extraction and Selection for Classification of Brain Tumors -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Related Work -- 15.3 Methodology -- 15.3.1 Contrast Enhancement -- 15.3.2 K-Means Clustering -- 15.3.3 Canny Edge Detection -- 15.3.4 Feature Extraction -- 15.3.5 Feature Selection -- 15.3.5.1 Genetic Algorithm for Feature Selection -- 15.3.5.2 Particle Swarm Optimization for Feature Selection -- 15.4 Results -- 15.5 Future Scope -- 15.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 16 Student's Self-Esteem on the Self-Learning Module in Mathematics 6 -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.1.1 Research Questions -- 16.1.2 Scope and Limitation -- 16.1.3 Significance of the Study -- 16.2 Methodology -- 16.2.1 Research Design -- 16.2.2 Respondents of the Study -- 16.2.3 Sampling Procedure -- 16.2.4 Locale of the Study -- 16.2.5 Data Collection -- 16.2.6 Instrument of the Study -- 16.2.7 Validation of Instrument -- 16.3 Results and Discussion -- 16.4 Conclusion -- 16.5 Recommendation -- References -- Chapter 17 Effects on Porous Nanofluid due to Internal Heat Generation and Homogeneous Chemical Reaction -- Nomenclature -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 Mathematical Formulations -- 17.3 Method of Local Nonsimilarity -- 17.4 Results and Discussions -- 17.5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 18 Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations: Finite Difference Method -- 18.1 Introduction…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 BBUCAF: A Biometric-Based User Clustering Authentication Framework in Wireless Sensor Network -- 1.1 Introduction to Wireless Sensor Network -- 1.2 Background Study -- 1.3 A Biometric-Based User Clustering Authentication Framework -- 1.3.1 Biometric-Based Model -- 1.3.2 Clustering -- 1.4 Experimental Analysis -- 1.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 DeepNet: Dynamic Detection of Malwares Using Deep Learning Techniques -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Literature Survey -- 2.2.1 ML or Metaheuristic Methods for Malware Detection -- 2.2.2 Deep Learning Algorithms for Malware Detection -- 2.3 Malware Datasets -- 2.3.1 Android Malware Dataset -- 2.3.2 SOREL-20M Dataset -- 2.4 Deep Learning Architecture -- 2.4.1 Deep Neural Networks (DNN) -- 2.4.2 Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) -- 2.4.3 Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN) -- 2.4.4 Deep Belief Networks (DBN) -- 2.4.5 Stacked Autoencoders (SAE) -- 2.5 Proposed System -- 2.5.1 Datasets Used -- 2.5.2 System Architecture -- 2.5.3 Data Preprocessing -- 2.5.4 Proposed Methodology -- 2.5.5 DeepNet -- 2.5.6 DBN -- 2.5.7 SAE -- 2.5.8 Categorisation -- 2.6 Result and Analysis -- 2.7 Conclusion &amp -- Future Work -- References -- Chapter 3 State of Art of Security and Risk in Wireless Environment Along with Healthcare Case Study -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Literature Survey -- 3.3 Applications of Wireless Networks -- 3.4 Types of Attacks -- 3.4.1 Passive Attacks -- 3.4.2 Release of Message Contents -- 3.4.3 Traffic Analysis -- 3.4.4 Eavesdropping -- 3.5 Active Attacks -- 3.5.1 Malware -- 3.5.2 Password Theft -- 3.5.3 Bandwidth Stealing -- 3.5.4 Phishing Attacks -- 3.5.5 DDoS -- 3.5.6 Cross-Site Attack -- 3.5.7 Ransomware -- 3.5.8 Message Modification -- 3.5.9 Message Replay -- 3.5.10 Masquerade -- 3.6 Layered Attacks in WSN…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- List of abbreviations -- List of symbols -- List of figures -- List of tables -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Problem -- 1.2 Research question and contribution -- 1.3 Outline -- 2 The goodwill debate -- 2.1 Chapter overview -- 2.2 The concept of goodwill -- 2.3 Main issues -- 2.3.1 Pooling and purchase methods illustrated -- 2.3.2 Arguments raised in the discussion -- 2.3.2.1 Conceptual issues -- 2.3.2.2 Status quo of accounting rules -- 2.3.2.2.1 United States -- 2.3.2.2.2 International Accounting Standards -- 2.3.2.2.3 Germany -- 2.3.2.3 Practical issues -- 2.3.3 Theoretical analysis of arguments raised -- 2.4 Empirical evidence relevant to the goodwill debate -- 2.4.1 Overview -- 2.4.2 Research questions -- 2.4.3 Direct evidence -- 2.4.3.1 Survey evidence -- 2.4.3.2 Determinants of goodwill write-offs -- 2.4.3.3 Determinants of other goodwill-related financial reporting decisions -- 2.4.3.3.1 Influence of goodwill accounting rules on acquisition premiums -- 2.4.3.3.2 Determinants of purchase price allocation decisions -- 2.4.3.3.3 Determinants of amortization parameters -- 2.4.3.4 Determinants of the purchase/pooling choice -- 2.4.3.4.1 Factors influencing the purchase/pooling choice -- 2.4.3.4.2 Managers' willingness to "purchase" the pooling method -- 2.4.3.5 Managers' lobbying for goodwill-related accounting rules -- 2.4.4 Indirect evidence -- 2.4.4.1 Experimental evidence -- 2.4.4.2 Information content of goodwill write-offs -- 2.4.4.3 Value relevance of goodwill book value and amortization -- 2.4.4.3.1 Balance sheet approach -- 2.4.4.3.2 Combined balance sheet and income statement approaches -- 2.4.4.3.3 Income statement approach -- 2.4.4.3.4 International comparison studies -- 2.4.4.4 Market reactions to the purchase/pooling decision -- 2.4.4.5 Market reactions to mandated changes in accounting rules for business combinations…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Grasping Python's Core Philosophy -- Contributing to data science -- Discovering present and future development goals -- Working with Python -- Getting a taste of the language -- Understanding the need for indentation -- Working at the command line or in the IDE -- Performing Rapid Prototyping and Experimentation -- Considering Speed of Execution -- Visualizing Power -- Using the Python Ecosystem for Data Science -- Accessing scientific tools using SciPy -- Performing fundamental scientific computing using NumPy -- Performing data analysis using pandas -- Implementing machine learning using Scikit-learn -- Going for deep learning with Keras and TensorFlow -- Plotting the data using matplotlib -- Creating graphs with NetworkX -- Parsing HTML documents using Beautiful Soup -- Chapter 3 Setting Up Python for Data Science…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…5.2 Device Operation -- 5.3 Material Properties -- 5.4 Device and Material Scaling to the Nanometer Size -- 5.5 Multi-Bit Operation and 3D Integration -- 5.6 Applications -- 5.7 Future Outlook -- 5.8 Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 6: Ferroelectric FET Memory -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Ferroelectric FET for Flash Memory Application -- 6.3 Ferroelectric FET for SRAM Application -- 6.4 System Consideration: SSD System with Fe-NAND Flash Memory -- 6.5 Perspectives and Summary -- References -- Chapter 7: Nano-Electro-Mechanical (NEM) Memory Devices -- 7.1 Introduction and Rationale for a Memory Based on NEM Switch -- 7.2 NEM Relay and Capacitor Memories -- 7.3 NEM-FET Memory -- 7.4 Carbon-based NEM Memories -- 7.5 Opportunities and Challenges for NEM Memories -- References -- Chapter 8: Redox-based Resistive Memory -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Physical Fundamentals of Redox Memories -- 8.3 Electrochemical Metallization Memory Cells -- 8.4 Valence Change Memory Cells -- 8.5 Performance -- 8.6 Summary -- References -- Chapter 9: Electronic Effect Resistive Switching Memories -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Charge Injection and Trapping -- 9.3 Mott Transition -- 9.4 Ferroelectric Resistive Switching -- 9.5 Perspectives -- 9.6 Summary -- References -- Chapter 10: Macromolecular Memory -- 10.1 Chapter Overview -- 10.2 Macromolecules -- 10.3 Elementary Physical Chemistry of Macromolecular Memory -- 10.4 Classes of Macromolecular Memory Materials and Their Performance -- 10.5 Perspectives -- 10.6 Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 11: Molecular Transistors -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Experimental Approaches -- 11.3 Molecular Transistors -- 11.4 Molecular Design -- 11.5 Perspectives -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 12: Memory Select Devices -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Crossbar Array and Memory Select Devices…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Solving Puzzles: Reasoning by Analogy -- Investigating Inventiveness and Using Your Imagination -- Understanding the importance of analogies to creativity -- Watching your language -- Seeing how words play tricks -- Confused Comparisons and Muddled Metaphors -- Seeing false analogies in action -- Uncovering false analogies -- Becoming a Thought Experimenter -- Discovering thought experiments -- Dropping Galileo's famous balls: Critical thinking in action -- Splitting brains in half with philosophy -- Answers to Chapter 5's Exercises -- Schrödinger's Cat -- Chapter 6 Thinking in Circles: The Power of Recursion -- Thinking Like a Computer Programmer -- Taking tips on clarity from programmers -- Thinking methodically with algorithms -- Approaching the chaos -- Producing a solution -- Distinguishing between semantics and syntax -- Thinking dialectically -- Sort, Select, Amplify, Generate: Using Design Skills to See New Solutions -- Check all the angles -- State the problem, gather relevant information, and analyze the implications -- Look close, look away, look back -- Try to avoid facts -- Ordering Yourself a Nice, Fresh Argument! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Eugen Comşa -- My Father -- Memories about Eugen Comşa -- Childhood Memories about Eugen Comşa -- Remembering about Eugen Comşa -- Short Biography of Eugen Comşa -- Selected Publications by Eugen Comşa -- Monographs -- Articles -- 1 Food Production Modes in Neolithic Anatolia and the Neolithization of the Balkans -- Bibliography -- 2 The Neolithic Site at Čatež-Sredno Polje -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Scope of Paper -- 2.3 The Site at Čatež-Sredno Polje -- 2.4 The Stone Tools -- 2.5 The Ceramics -- 2.6 Considerations -- Bibliography -- 3 Building and Burning: The Construction and Combustion of Chalcolithic Dwellings in the Lower Danub -- 3.1 Introduction: The Problem -- 3.2 The Diversity of Prehistoric Architecture -- 3.3 The Building Process -- 3.3.1 Foundation Trenches -- 3.3.2 Walls' Wooden Structure -- 3.3.3 Wattle and Daub -- 3.3.4 Water and Construction -- 3.3.5 Wooden Platform -- 3.3.6 Ceiling and Roof -- 3.3.7 Walls' Finishing -- 3.3.8 Ovens -- 3.4 The Burning Process -- 3.5 Burning the House: A Reverse Process of Construction -- 3.6 Conclusion: The Importance of the Experimental Approach -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- 4 Tărtăria Tablets: The Latest Evidence in an Archaeological Thriller -- 4.1 The Background: The Script-Like Signs Found at Turdaş and Vinča, Troy and Knossos -- 4.2 Tărtăria Tablets as the Icon on the Possibility of a European Neolithic Writing -- 4.3 A Pivotal but Questionable Discovery -- 4.3.1 Four Stages for an Investigation -- 4.4 A Magic-Religious Complex Discovered and Lost -- 4.5 Why the Tărtăria Tablets are Dubiously Dated Archaeological Artifacts -- 4.5.1 The Gossip about Radiocarbon Dating -- 4.5.2 The Vague Stratigraphy of the Tablets Inside the Pit…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…About the Special Issue Editor -- Andrea Lamberti ZnO- and TiO2-Based Nanostructures Reprinted from: Nanomaterials 2018, 8, 325, doi: 10.3390/nano8050325 -- Simas Rackauskas, Nadia Barbero, Claudia Barolo and Guido Viscardi ZnO Nanowire Application in Chemoresistive Sensing: A Review Reprinted from: Nanomaterials 2017, 7, 381, doi: 10.3390/nano7110381 -- Lili Yang, Yong Yang, Yunfeng Ma, Shuai Li, Yuquan Wei, Zhengren Huang and Nguyen Viet Long Fabrication of Semiconductor ZnO Nanostructures for Versatile SERS Application Reprinted from: Nanomaterials 2017, 7, 398, doi: 10.3390/nano7110398 -- Xiaoliang Wang, Yanyan Zhao, Kristian Molhave and Hongyu Sun Engineering the Surface/Interface Structures of Titanium Dioxide Micro and Nano Architectures towards Environmental and Electrochemical Applications Reprinted from: Nanomaterials 2017, 7, 382, doi: 10.3390/nano7110382 -- Liqin Xiang and Xiaopeng Zhao Wet-Chemical Preparation of TiO2-Based Composites with Different Morphologies and Photocatalytic Properties Reprinted from: Nanomaterials 2017, 7, 310, doi: 10.3390/nano7100310 -- Ming-Hung Hsu, Sheng-Po Chang, Shoou-Jinn Chang, Wei-Ting Wu and Jyun-Yi Li Oxygen Partial Pressure Impact on Characteristics of Indium Titanium Zinc Oxide Thin Film Transistor Fabricated via RF Sputtering Reprinted from: Nanomaterials 2017, 7, 156, doi: 10.3390/nano7070156 -- Po-Hsun Shih and Sheng Yun Wu Growth Mechanism Studies of ZnO Nanowires: Experimental Observations and Short-Circuit Diffusion Analysis Reprinted from: Nanomaterials 2017, 7, 188, doi: 10.3390/nano7070188 -- Eloísa Berbel Manaia, Renata Cristina Kiatkoski Kaminski, Bruno Leonardo Caetano, Marina Magnani, Florian Meneau, Amélie Rochet, Celso Valentim Santilli, Valérie Briois, Claudie Bourgaux and Leila Aparecida Chiavacci The Critical Role of Thioacetamide Concentration in the Formation of ZnO/ZnS Heterostructures by Sol-Gel Process Reprinted from: Nanomaterials 2018, 8, 55, doi: 10.3390/nano8020055 -- Ying Chen, Hao Ding and Sijia Sun Preparation and Characterization of ZnO Nanoparticles Supported on Amorphous SiO2 Reprinted from: Nanomaterials 2017, 7, 217, doi: 10.3390/nano7080217 -- Abu ul Hassan Sarwar Rana, Ji Young Lee, Areej Shahid and Hyun-Seok Kim Growth Method-Dependent and Defect Density-Oriented Structural, Optical, Conductive, and Physical Properties of Solution-Grown ZnO Nanostructures Reprinted from: Nanomaterials 2017, 7, 266, doi: 10.3390/nano7090266 -- Alena Folger, Julian Kalb, Lukas Schmidt-Mende and Christina Scheu Tuning the Electronic Conductivity in Hydrothermally Grown Rutile TiO2 Nanowires: Effect of Heat Treatment in Different Environments Reprinted from: Nanomaterials 2017, 7, 289, doi: 10.3390/nano7100289 -- Saera Jin, Eunhye Shin and Jongin Hong TiO2 Nanowire Networks Prepared by Titanium Corrosion and Their Application to Bendable Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Reprinted from: Nanomaterials 2017, 7, 315, doi: 10.3390/nano7100315 -- Loïc Berthod, Olga Shavdina, Isabelle Verrier, Thomas Kämpfe, Olivier Dellea, Francis Vocanson, Maxime Bichotte, Damien Jamon and Yves Jourlin Periodic TiO2 Nanostructures with Improved Aspect and Line/Space Ratio Realized by Colloidal Photolithography Technique Reprinted from: Nanomaterials 2017, 7, 316, doi: 10.3390/nano7100316 -- Yucang Liang, Susanne Wicker, Xiao Wang, Egil Severin Erichsen and Feng Fu Organozinc Precursor-Derived Crystalline ZnO Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization and Their Spectroscopic Properties Reprinted from: Nanomaterials 2018, 8, 22, doi: 10.3390/nano8010022 -- Jianling Hu, Jianhai Tu, Xingyang Li, Ziya Wang, Yan Li, Quanshui Li and Fengping Wang Enhanced UV-Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity by Constructing Appropriate Heterostructures between Mesopore TiO2 Nanospheres and SnO4 Nanoparticles Reprinted from: Nanomaterials 2017, 7, 336, doi: 10.3390/nano7100336 -- Xiaobo Pan, Xinyue Liang, Longfang Yao, Xinyi Wang, Yueyue Jing, Jiong Ma, Yiyan Fei, Li Chen and Lan Mi Study of the Photodynamic Activity of N-Doped TiO2 Nanoparticles Conjugated with Aluminum Phthalocyanine Reprinted from: Nanomaterials 2017, 7, 338, doi: 10.3390/nano7100338 -- Ting Li, Dongyan Ding, Zhenbiao Dong and Congqin Ning Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting Properties of Ti-Ni-Si-O Nanostructures on Ti-Ni-Si Alloy Reprinted from: Nanomaterials 2017, 7, 359, doi: 10.3390/nano7110359 -- Nicolas Crespo-Monteiro, Anthony Cazier, Francis Vocanson, Yaya Lefkir, Stéphanie Reynaud, Jean-Yves Michalon, Thomas Kämpfe, Nathalie Destouches and Yves Jourlin Microstructuring of Mesoporous Titania Films Loaded with Silver Salts to Enhance the Photocatalytic Degradation of Methyl Blue under Visible Light Reprinted from: Nanomaterials 2017, 7, 334, doi: 10.3390/nano7100334 -- Huimin Hao, Kory Jenkins, Xiaowen Huang, Yiqian Xu, Jiahai Huang and Rusen Yang Piezoelectric Potential in Single-Crystalline ZnO Nanohelices Based on Finite Element Analysis Reprinted from: Nanomaterials 2017, 7, 430, doi: 10.3390/nano7120430 -- Sijia Sun, Tongrong Deng, Hao Ding, Ying Chen and Wanting Chen Preparation of Nano-TiO2-Coated SiO2 Microsphere Composite Material and Evaluation of Its Self-Cleaning Property Reprinted from: Nanomaterials 2017, 7, 367, doi: 10.3390/nano7110367 -- Dirk Oliver Schmidt, Nicolas Raab, Michael Noyong, Venugopal Santhanam, Regina Dittmann and Ulrich Simon Resistive Switching of Sub-10 nm TiO2 Nanoparticle Self-Assembled Monolayers Reprinted from: Nanomaterials 2017, 7, 370, doi: 10.3390/nano7110370 -- Mara Bruzzi, Riccardo Mori, Andrea Baldi, Ennio Antonio Carnevale, Alessandro Cavallaro and Monica Scaringella Thermally Stimulated Currents in Nanocrystalline Titania Reprinted from: Nanomaterials 2018, 8, 13, doi: 10.3390/nano8010013 -- Satoshi Yamamoto, Masafumi Ono, Eiji Yuba and Atsushi Harada In Vitro Sonodynamic Therapeutic Effect of Polyion Complex Micelles Incorporating Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Reprinted from: Nanomaterials 2017, 7, 268, doi: 10.3390/nano7090268 -- Benjamin Demarco, Dimitra Chatzitheodoridou, Walter Fazzini, Hanna Engelke and Valentina Cauda Andrea Ancona, Bianca Dumontel, Nadia Garino, Lipid-Coated Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles as Innovative ROS-Generators for Photodynamic Therapy in Cancer Cells Reprinted from: Nanomaterials 2018, 8, 143, doi: 10.3390/nano8030143 -- Peng Zhang, Xiaojian Wang, Zhidan Lin, Huaijun Lin, Zhiguo Zhang, Wei Li, Xianfeng Yang and Jie Cui Ti-Based Biomedical Material Modified with TIO/TIN, Duplex Bioactivity Film via Micro-Arc Oxidation and Nitrogen Ion Implantation Reprinted from: Nanomaterials 2017, 7, 343, doi: 10.3390/nano7100343 -- Jayden McCall, Joshua J. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Reducing potential risks and accelerating the release of software products -- Streamlining the release process so that it becomes standardized -- Improving metrics and KPIs for successful releases -- Four critical DevOps metrics -- Summary -- Questions -- Chapter 5: Understanding What Makes DevOps Release Management Unique -- DevOps is holistic -- DevOps integrates CI/CD, QA, security, and feedback -- DevOps incorporates business teams into the development process -- The three ways of DevOps -- The first way - flow/systems thinking -- The second way - amplify feedback loops -- The third way - a culture of continual experimentation and learning -- How do traditional release management methodologies stack up against DevOps? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Lernt aus euren Builds -- Iteriert bis zum MVP -- Wie man es falsch macht -- Validiertes Lernen -- Minimiert eure Experimente. Wirklich. -- Zusammenfassung -- Kapitel 4 - Planen, (um) rechtzeitig fertig zu werden -- Redet mit dem Team -- Die Kunst des gekonnten Schätzens -- Plant, Stück für Stück zu produzieren -- Macht nicht aus jedem Slice ein Release -- Das andere Geheminis gekonnter Schätzungen -- Managt euer Budget -- Was würde da Vinci tun? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Developing Programming and Taking It Live -- Moving from Dreams to the FM Dial -- Music programs -- Spoken word programs -- Experimental radio programs -- Setting the Scene -- Deciding on program titles and DJ names -- Making musical selections -- Considering guests for your show -- Promoting your radio program -- Preparing Your Shows -- Checking equipment -- Cueing music -- Going Live! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Getting Started with Data Science and Python -- Chapter 1 Discovering the Match between Data Science and Python -- Understanding Python as a Language -- Viewing Python's various uses as a general-purpose language -- Interpreting Python -- Compiling Python -- Defining Data Science -- Considering the emergence of data science -- Outlining the core competencies of a data scientist -- Linking data science, big data, and AI -- Creating the Data Science Pipeline -- Understanding Python's Role in Data Science -- Considering the shifting profile of data scientists -- Working with a multipurpose, simple, and efficient language -- Learning to Use Python Fast -- Loading data -- Training a model -- Viewing a result -- Chapter 2 Introducing Python's Capabilities and Wonders -- Working with Python -- Contributing to data science -- Getting a taste of the language -- Understanding the need for indentation -- Working with Jupyter Notebook and Google Colab -- Performing Rapid Prototyping and Experimentation -- Considering Speed of Execution -- Visualizing Power -- Using the Python Ecosystem for Data Science -- Accessing scientific tools using SciPy -- Performing fundamental scientific computing using NumPy -- Performing data analysis using pandas -- Implementing machine learning using Scikit-learn -- Going for deep learning with Keras and TensorFlow -- Performing analysis efficiently using XGBoost -- Plotting the data using Matplotlib -- Creating graphs with NetworkX -- Chapter 3 Setting Up Python for Data Science -- Working with Anaconda -- Using Jupyter Notebook -- Accessing the Anaconda Prompt -- Installing Anaconda on Windows -- Installing Anaconda on Linux…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.1.5.2 Competitive Ratio of ORFA -- 4.1.5.3 Rounding Gap of RDIP -- 4.1.5.4 The Overall Competitive Ratio -- 4.1.6 Performance Evaluation -- 4.1.6.1 Experimental Setup -- 4.1.6.2 Evaluation Results -- 4.1.7 Future Directions -- 4.2 Dynamic Network Slicing for High‐quality Services -- 4.2.1 Service and User Requirements -- 4.2.2 Related Work -- 4.2.3 System Model and Problem Formulation -- 4.2.3.1 Fog Computing -- 4.2.3.2 Existing Network Slicing Architectures -- 4.2.3.3 Regional SDN‐based Orchestrator -- 4.2.3.4 Problem Formulation -- 4.2.4 Implementation and Numerical Results -- 4.2.4.1 Dynamic Network Slicing in 5G Networks -- 4.2.4.2 Numerical Results -- 4.3 Collaboration of Multiple Network Operators -- 4.3.1 Service and User Requirements -- 4.3.2 System Model and Problem Formulation -- 4.3.2.1 IoT Solutions in 3GPP Release 13 -- 4.3.2.2 Challenges for Massive IoT Deployment -- 4.3.2.3 Inter‐operator Network Sharing Architecture -- 4.3.2.4 Design Issues -- 4.3.3 Performance Analysis -- 4.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 Lightweight Privacy‐Preserving Learning Schemes* -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 System Model and Problem Formulation -- 5.3 Solutions and Results -- 5.3.1 A Lightweight Privacy‐preserving Collaborative Learning Scheme -- 5.3.1.1 Random Gaussian Projection (GRP) -- 5.3.1.2 Gaussian Random Projection Approach -- 5.3.1.3 Illustrating Examples -- 5.3.1.4 Evaluation Methodology and Datasets -- 5.3.1.5 Evaluation Results with the MNIST Dataset -- 5.3.1.6 Evaluation Results with a Spambase Dataset -- 5.3.1.7 Summary -- 5.3.1.8 Implementation and Benchmark -- 5.3.2 A Differentially Private Collaborative Learning Scheme -- 5.3.2.1 Approach Overview -- 5.3.2.2 Achieving ε‐Differential Privacy -- 5.3.2.3 Performance Evaluation -- 5.3.3 A Lightweight and Unobtrusive Data Obfuscation Scheme for Remote Inference -- 5.3.3.1 Approach Overview…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…8.3.3 Improved Flowchart for C5.0BN -- 8.3.4 Importance of Splitting Criteria in Decision Tree Algorithms -- 8.4 Computational Experiments and Result Analysis -- 8.4.1 Implementation of C5.0BN using scikit-learn -- 8.4.2 Perform Test and Train Split -- 8.4.3 Fit on Train Set -- 8.4.4 Predict on Test Set -- 8.4.5 Measure Accuracy of the Classifier -- 8.4.5.1 Accuracy -- 8.4.5.2 Memory used -- 8.4.5.3 Training time -- 8.4.5.4 Search time -- 8.4.5.5 Error rate -- 8.5 Conclusion -- References -- 9 Deep learning for double-negative detection in text data for customer feedback analysis on a product -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Related work -- 9.3 Proposed methodology -- 9.4 Experimental results and discussion -- 9.5 Conclusion -- References -- 10 Sarcasm detection using deep learning in natural language processing -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.1.1 What is sarcasm? …”

“…The book outlines the theoretical concepts, experimental studies, and various smart city applications that create value for inhabitants of urban areas. …”