Tabla de Contenidos: “…Reprinted from: Molecules 2014, 19(9), 15075-15087 http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/19/9/15075 -- Article: Influence of Post-Treatment Operations on Structural Properties and Photocatalytic Activity of Octahedral Anatase Titania Particles Prepared by Zhishun Wei, Ewa Kowalska and Bunsho Ohtani an Ultrasonication-Hydrothermal Reaction Reprinted from: Molecules 2014, 19(12), 19573-19587 http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/19/12/19573 -- Takashi Kamegawa, Yasushi Ishiguro, Ryota Kido and Hiromi Yamashita Article: Design of Composite Photocatalyst of TiO2 and Y-Zeolite for Degradation of 2-Propanol in the Gas Phase under UV and Visible Light Irradiation Reprinted from: Molecules 2014, 19(10), 16477-16488 http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/19/10/16477 -- Dmitry Selishchev and Denis Kozlov Article: Photocatalytic Oxidation of Diethyl Sulfide Vapor over TiO2-Based Composite Photocatalysts Reprinted from: Molecules 2014, 19(12), 21424-21441 http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/19/12/21424 -- Atsuo Yasumori, Sayaka Yanagida and Jun Sawada Article: Preparation of a Titania/X-Zeolite/Porous Glass Composite Photocatalyst Using Hydrothermal and Drop Coating Processes Reprinted from: Molecules 2015, 20(2), 2349-2363 http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/20/2/2349 -- Cooper Langford, Maryam Izadifard, Emad Radwan and Gopal Achari Article: Some Observations on the Development of Superior Photocatalytic Systems for Transfer Mechanisms Application to Water Purification by the "Adsorb and Shuttle" or the Interphase Charge Reprinted from: Molecules 2014, 19(12), 19557-19572 http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/19/12/19557 -- Sifani Zavahir and Huaiyong Zhu Article: Visible Light Induced Green Transformation of Primary Amines to Imines Using a Silicate Supported Anatase Photocatalyst Reprinted from: Molecules 2015, 20(2), 1941-1954 http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/20/2/1941 -- Pushkar Kanhere and Zhong Chen Review: A Review on Visible Light Active Perovskite-Based Photocatalysts Reprinted from: Molecules 2014, 19(12), 19995-20022 http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/19/12/19995 -- Yossy Wicaksana, Sanly Liu, Jason Scott and Rose Amal Article: Tungsten Trioxide as a Visible Light Photocatalyst for Volatile Organic Carbon Removal Reprinted from: Molecules 2014, 19(11), 17747-17762 http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/19/11/17747 -- Beata Bajorowicz, Anna Cybula, Michal J. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…6.7 Conclusions and applicability of nanosilver to general nanotoxicology -- References -- 7 A Nanomaterial Registry -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.1.1 Mission -- 7.1.2 Overview of the current Registry tool -- 7.2 Registry concepts -- 7.2.1 Data content: MIANs -- 7.2.2 Data content: IOC -- 7.2.3 Data quality: compliance to the MIAN -- 7.3 Data curation -- 7.3.1 Example of data curation: assigning IOCs -- 7.3.2 Example of data curation: PCC data -- 7.4 Leveraging initiatives in nanotechnology -- 7.5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 8 Nanoinformatics: Data-Driven Materials Design for Health and Environmental Needs -- 8.1 Overview -- 8.2 Introduction-the information challenge -- 8.3 Quantifying information complexity in nanoscience -- 8.4 Harnessing nanoinformatics: case studies -- 8.4.1 Data-driven design of nanoparticles: attribute selection methods -- 8.4.2 A data science framework for exploring beyond physics: mapping the property landscape with limited information -- 8.5 Big data for nanotechnology policy -- References -- 3 PERSPECTIVES -- 9 A Case Study of a Nanoscale-Research Facility: Safety Through Design and Operation -- 9.1 The BNC facility -- 9.2 Safety considerations -- 9.3 Designing in safety -- 9.4 Identification of hazard potentials in the BNC -- 9.5 Designing in safety-key examples -- 9.6 Gas hazard mitigation design -- 9.7 Summary -- 10 Commercialization of Cellulose Nanocrystal (NCCTM) Production: A Business Case Focusing on the Importance of Proactive EH ... -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Regulatory framework in Canada -- 10.3 Physical-chemical characterization of NCCTM -- 10.3.1 Characterization of NCCTM in aqueous solutions -- 10.3.2 Characterization of spray-dried NCCTM -- 10.4 Ecotoxicological and toxicological test results for NCCTM -- 10.5 Occupational and environmental testing at the NCCTM demonstration plant…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 1.11 Chapter Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Infrastructure and Instruments -- 2.1 The Infrastructure of DeFi -- 2.2 Basics of Blockchains -- 2.2.1 Components of Blockchains -- 2.2.2 Cryptography -- 2.2.3 Hash Functions -- 2.2.4 Public-key Cryptography and Digital Signatures -- 2.3 Bitcoin and Ethereum -- 2.4 Permissioned vs Public Blockchains -- 2.5 L1s and L2s -- 2.6 Accounts, Keys, Wallets, and Addresses -- 2.6.1 Accounts -- 2.6.2 Keys -- 2.6.3 Wallets -- 2.6.4 Addresses -- 2.7 Transactions -- 2.7.1 Block-by-block Settlement -- 2.7.2 Irrevocable -- 2.7.3 Composable -- 2.7.4 Atomic -- 2.7.5 Gas -- 2.7.6 Mempool / MEV -- 2.8 Smart Contracts -- 2.9 Clients and Nodes -- 2.10 Block Explorers -- 2.11 Custody -- 2.12 Oracles -- 2.13 RegTech -- 2.14 Identity -- 2.15 Bridges -- 2.16 DeFi Instruments -- 2.17 Stablecoins -- 2.18 Derivatives -- 2.19 Chapter Summary -- Notes…”

“…In its energy transition so far, Germany has maintained a high degree of oil, natural gas and electricity supply security. Planned nuclear and coal phase-outs are set to increase the country's reliance on natural gas, making it increasingly important to continue efforts to diversify gas supply options, including through liquefied natural gas imports. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Liu Application of laser methane sensor in on-line monitoring of gas pipeline G.X. Jin, H. Meng, G.H. Jia, W.W. Wang, H. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Las aplicaciones de la eae en la cooperación para el desarrollo -- -5.1 P untos de ingreso clave para la EAE -- 5.2 Armonizacion de donantes para las EAE -- 5.3 N otas explicativas -- (A) Notas explicativas y listas de control para la EAE dirigidas por los gobiernos de países socios -- Nota explicativa y lista de control 1: E strategias, Programas y Planes Nacionales Genericos -- Notasexplicativa y lista de control 2: R eformas de la Politica Nacional y Programas de Apoyo al Presupuesto -- Nota explicativa y lista de control 3: P oliticas, Planes y Programas Sectoriales Nacionales -- Nota explicativa y lista de control 4: I nversiones, Planes y Programas de Infraestructura -- Nota explicativa y lista de control 5: P lanes y Programas de Desarrollo Espacial, Nacionales y Subnacionales -- Nota explicativa y lista de control 6: P lanes y Programas Transnacionales -- (B) Notas explicativas y listas de control para la Eae realizadas en relación con los procesos propios de las agencias donantes -- -Nota explicativa y lista de control 7: E strategias y Planes del Donante para la Asistencia al Pais -- Nota explicativa y lista de control 8: Acuerdos de asociacion del donante con otras agencias -- Nota explicativa y lista de control 9: P oliticas del donante especificas a un sector -- Nota explicativa y lista de control 10: Dispositivos financieros y programas de apoyo publico y privados para la infraestructura, respaldados por donantes -- (C) Notas explicativas y listas de control para la EAE en otras circunstancias relacionadas -- -Nota explicativa y lista de control 11: Comisiones de Revision Independientes -- Nota explicativa y lista de control 12: P royectos y Planes Mayores Liderados por el Sector Privado -- Caso ejemplo 5.1 Colocar al medio ambiente en el centro de las Estrategias de Reduccion de Pobreza: la EAE de los Documentos de la Estrategia de Reduccion de Pobreza: Uganda y Ruanda -- Caso ejemplo 5.2 I ncorporar las consideraciones ambientales en los procesos de la Estrategia de Reduccion de Pobreza de Ghana: la EAE del Proceso de Reduccion de Pobreza -- Caso ejemplo 5.3 L a EAE del credito para la reduccion de la pobreza, Tanzania (apoyo del presupuesto) -- Caso ejemplo 5.4 L a EAE para la reforma de politicas en los sectores del agua y el saneamiento en Colombia (prestamo para el desarrollo de una politica) -- Caso ejemplo 5.5 E l Programa de Apoyo para la Educacion en Kenia -- Caso ejemplo 5.6 L a EA Sectorial del Prestamo de Ajuste Sectorial para el Agua en Indonesia WATSAL) -- Caso ejemplo 5.7 L a Revision de los Aspectos Ambientales de la Energia en Iran y Egipto -- -Caso ejemplo 5.8 L a Evaluacion regional ambiental de la proteccion contra inundaciones en Argentina -- Caso ejemplo 5.9 E l plan de uso de tierra del Sperregebiet, Namibia -- Caso ejemplo 5.10 L a EAE de la Gran Estrategia de Desarrollo del Oeste, China -- Caso ejemplo 5.11 L as evaluaciones ambientales transfronterizas de la cuenca del Nilo -- Caso ejemplo 5.12 E l Plan de Desarrollo de la Cuenca de la Comision del rio Mekong -- Caso ejemplo 5.13 L a EAE en la estrategia de pais de la Sida para Vietnam -- Caso ejemplo 5.14 E l Acuerdo de Asociacion Programatico DFID-WWF -- -Caso ejemplo 5.15 E l Plan de Accion del CIDA para el VIH/Sida -- Caso ejemplo 5.16 Debida diligencia ambiental para los intermediarios financieros -- Caso ejemplo 5.17 L a Gestion de Riesgo Ambiental de un Proyecto de Desarrollo Impulsado por la Comunidad-Programa Nacional de Desarrollo Participativo (PNDP) Camerun -- Caso ejemplo 5.18 L a Comision Mundial sobre Presas -- Caso ejemplo 5.19 L a Revision de las Industrias Extractivas -- Caso ejemplo 5.20 P royecto de Energia Hidroelectrica Nam Theum 2, RDP Lao -- Caso ejemplo 5.21 E l potencial de la EAE con relacion a las grandes inversiones en petroleo y gas -- PARTE III.  -- Capítulo 6. Como evaluar una Evaluación Ambiental Estratégica -- -6.1 El papel de la evaluacion -- 6.2 La evaluacion del cumplimiento de los resultados contemplados -- 6.3 La evaluacion como control de control de calidad Lista de control -- 6.1: Preguntas clave para evaluar el cumplimiento de los resultados contemplados de un PPP -- Lista de control 6.2: P reguntas clave para la evaluacion como cotejar el control de calidad -- Capítulo 7. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…6.2.2 Indirect particle heating receivers -- 6.2.2.1 Gravity-driven particle flow-through enclosures -- 6.2.2.2 Fluidized particle flow-through tubes -- 6.2.3 Summary of particle receiver technologies -- 6.3 Other high-performance receiver designs -- 6.3.1 Light-trapping receiver designs -- 6.3.1.1 Surface features -- 6.3.1.2 Spiky receiver -- 6.3.1.3 Bladed geometries -- 6.3.1.4 Fractal-like geometries -- 6.3.2 Air curtains -- 6.4 Summary and conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 7 - Next generation of liquid metal and other high-performance receiver designs for concentrating solar thermal (CST) central tower -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Thermophysical properties of liquid metals -- 7.3 Liquid metals in central receiver systems -- 7.3.1 Experience in central receiver systems -- 7.3.2 The CRS-SSPS project of the International Energy Agency -- 7.3.3 Other projects with liquid metals in solar receivers -- 7.4 Innovative power conversion cycles with liquid metals as heat transfer fluid -- 7.5 Conclusions and outlook -- References -- 4 - Advances in the power block and thermal storage systems -- 8 - Supercritical CO2 and other advanced power cycles for concentrating solar thermal (CST) systems -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Stand-alone cycles -- 8.2.1 Steam Rankine cycles -- 8.2.2 Gas Brayton cycles -- 8.2.2.1 Air Brayton cycle -- 8.2.2.2 Helium Brayton cycle -- 8.2.2.3 Supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycles -- Simple cycle -- Recompression cycle -- Partial cooling cycle -- 8.2.3 Comparison of the presented cycles -- 8.3 Combined cycles -- 8.3.1 Organic Rankine cycle -- 8.3.2 Supercritical organic Rankine cycle -- 8.3.3 Absorption power cycles -- 8.3.3.1 Kalina cycle -- 8.3.3.2 Goswami cycle -- 8.4 Summary and conclusions -- References -- 9 - Advances in dry cooling for concentrating solar thermal (CST) power plants -- 9.1 Introduction…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Recovery Costs: A Severe Obstacle to a Self-growing -- Incentive Effect of High Crude Oil Price -- 3.1.3 Reliability -- 3.1.4 Example of Recycling Loop Effects on Performances -- 3.1.5 Legislation, Standards, and Related Publications -- 3.1.5.1 EU Waste Legislation Examples -- 3.1.5.2 Automotive -- Schedule -- 3.1.5.3 Packaging -- 3.1.5.4 Electrical and Electronic Equipment -- 3.2 Recycling Methods -- 3.2.1 Reprocessing of Processing Scraps and Mechanical Recycling -- 3.2.1.1 Effect of Pollutants -- 3.2.2 Recycled Material Upgrading -- 3.2.2.1 The Upgrading by Additives -- Compatibilizers -- Impact Modifiers -- Plasticization -- Additives for Aging Protection -- Sensorial Property Enhancers -- Special Additives and Packages for Recyclate Upgrading -- 3.2.2.2 The Purity Enhancement -- 3.2.3 Chemical Recycling -- 3.2.3.1 Thermoplastic Polyesters -- 3.2.3.2 Polyurethanes -- 3.2.4 Solvent Recycling -- 3.2.4.1 Pretreatment -- 3.2.4.2 Selective Dissolution -- 3.2.4.3 Separation -- 3.2.5 Thermal Recycling -- 3.2.6 Energy Recovery -- 3.2.7 Anaerobic Biodegradation of Biodegradable Plastics With Gas Recovery -- 3.2.8 Enzymatic Depolymerization of Polylactic Acid -- 3.2.9 The REnescience Process Recovering Plastics and Metals From Municipal Solid Waste Without Sorting -- 3.3 Sectorial Routes for Recycling -- 3.3.1 Used Polyethylene Terephthalate Bottles: Realities of Everyday Life -- 3.3.1.1 Collection of Bottles -- 3.3.1.2 Sorting of Plastics Bottles -- 3.3.1.3 Bottle Recycling -- 3.3.1.4 Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling -- 3.3.1.5 Bottle to Engineering Thermoplastic Polyester Grades -- 3.3.2 High-Density Polyethylene Bottles -- 3.3.3 Electricity and Electronics-to-Electricity and Electronics Recycling: FR Applications -- 3.3.4 Auto-to-Auto Recycling -- 3.3.4.1 Wastes of Air Intake Manifolds -- 3.3.4.2 Waste Polypropylene Parts Recycled in Thermoplastic Elastomer…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…6.3.1.3 Ultrashort pulse lasers -- 6.3.2 Wavelength based division -- 6.3.2.1 Mid infrared lasers (mid IR) -- 6.3.2.2 Infrared lasers (IR lasers) -- 6.3.2.3 Ultraviolet lasers (UV lasers) -- 6.4 Material removal mechanisms -- 6.4.1 Thermal ablation -- 6.4.2 Cold ablation/photochemical ablation/photo ablation -- 6.5 Laser microprocessing of materials -- 6.5.1 Direct laser micromachining in open surroundings -- 6.5.1.1 Metals and alloys -- 6.5.1.2 Semiconductors, composites, and specially developed materials -- 6.5.1.3 Glass and polymers -- 6.5.2 Direct laser micromachining in different surrounding conditions -- 6.6 Challenges and future of laser processing -- References -- 7 Underwater pulsed laser beam cutting with a case study -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Laser as a machine tool -- 7.3 Laser material interaction -- 7.4 Laser beam cutting -- 7.4.1 Process characteristics -- 7.4.2 Cut quality characteristics -- 7.4.3 Principles of laser beam cutting -- 7.4.3.1 Different types of laser beam cutting -- 7.4.3.1.1 Laser sublimation cutting -- 7.4.3.1.2 Controlled fracture technique -- 7.4.3.1.3 Laser fusion cutting -- 7.4.3.1.4 Reactive fusion cutting -- 7.4.3.1.5 Laser cutting at different assisted medium -- 7.4.3.1.6 Laser beam microcutting -- 7.4.4 Application of laser beam machining -- 7.5 Underwater laser beam machining -- 7.5.1 Advantages of laser beam cutting at submerged condition -- 7.5.2 Material removal mechanism of nanosecond pulsed laser beam cutting at submerged condition -- 7.5.3 Development of different types of liquid-assisted laser beam machining -- 7.5.3.1 Laser beam cutting in submerged condition -- 7.5.3.2 Underwater assist gas jet/waterjet assisted laser beam cutting -- 7.5.3.3 Molten salt-jet-guided/chemical laser beam -- 7.5.3.4 Water jet following the laser beam…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…(c) Taking account of diagnostic coverage -- (d) Subdividing the checklists according to the effect of diagnostics -- (e) Establishing a model -- (f) Nonlinearity -- (g) Equipment type -- (h) Calibration -- 5.2.3 Fault Tree Analysis -- 5.3 Taking Account of Auto Test -- 5.4 Human Factors -- 5.4.1 Addressing Human Factors -- 5.4.2 Human Error Rates -- "HEART" method -- "TESEO" method -- 5.4.3 A Rigorous Approach -- 6 - Failure Rate and Mode Data -- 6.1 Data Accuracy -- 6.2 Sources of Data -- 6.2.1 Electronic Failure Rates -- 6.2.2 Other General Data Collections -- 6.2.3 Some Older Sources -- 6.2.4 Manufacturer's Data -- 6.2.5 Anecdotal Data -- 6.3 Data Ranges and Confidence Levels -- 6.4 Conclusions -- 7 - Demonstrating and Certifying Conformance -- 7.1 Demonstrating Conformance -- 7.2 The Current Framework for Certification -- 7.3 Self-Certification (Including Some Independent Assessment) -- 7.3.1 Showing Functional Safety Capability (FSM) as Part of the Quality Management System -- 7.3.2 Application of IEC 61508 to Projects/Products -- 7.3.3 Rigor of Assessment -- 7.3.4 Independence -- 7.4 Preparing for Assessment -- 7.5 Summary -- B - Specific Industry Sectors -- 8 - Second Tier Documents-Process, Oil and Gas Industries -- 8.1 IEC International Standard 61511: Functional Safety-Safety Instrumented Systems for the Process Industry Sector (Second Edition to be Published in 2016) -- 8.1.1 Organizing and Managing the Life Cycle -- 8.1.2 Requirements Involving the Specification -- 8.1.3 Requirements for Design and Development -- (a) Selection of components and subsystems -- (b) Architecture (i.e., safe failure fraction) -- (c) Predict the random hardware failures -- (d) Software (referred to as "program") -- (i) Requirements -- (ii) Software library modules -- (iii) Software design specification -- (iv) Code -- (v) Programming support tools…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…5.2 Modeling Structure -- 5.2.1 Single-Junction Solar Cell Model -- 5.2.2 Modeling of Multijunction Solar PV Cell -- 5.3 MPPT Design Techniques -- 5.3.1 Design of MPPT Scheme Based on P&amp -- O Technique -- 5.3.2 Design of MPPT Scheme Based on FLA -- 5.4 Results and Discussions -- 5.4.1 Single-Junction Solar Cell -- 5.4.2 Multijunction Solar PV Cell -- 5.4.3 Implementation of MPPT Scheme Based on P&amp -- O Technique -- 5.4.4 Implementation of MPPT Scheme Based on FLA -- 5.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 Particle Swarm Optimization: An Overview, Advancements and Hybridization -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Particle Swarm Optimization: An Overview -- 6.3 PSO Algorithms and Pseudo-Code -- 6.3.1 PSO Algorithm -- 6.3.2 Pseudo-Code for PSO -- 6.3.3 PSO Limitations -- 6.4 Advancements in PSO and Its Perspectives -- 6.4.1 Inertia Weight -- 6.4.2 Constriction Factors -- 6.4.3 Topologies -- 6.4.4 Analysis of Convergence -- 6.5 Hybridization of PSO -- 6.5.1 PSO Hybridization with Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) -- 6.5.2 PSO Hybridization with Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) -- 6.5.3 PSO Hybridization with Genetic Algorithms (GA) -- 6.6 Area of Applications of PSO -- 6.7 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 7 Application of Genetic Algorithm in Sensor Networks and Smart Grid -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Communication Sector -- 7.2.1 Sensor Networks -- 7.3 Electrical Sector -- 7.3.1 Smart Microgrid -- 7.4 A Brief Outline of GAs -- 7.5 Sensor Network's Energy Optimization -- 7.6 Sensor Network's Coverage and Uniformity Optimization Using GA -- 7.7 Use GA for Optimization of Reliability and Availability for Smart Microgrid -- 7.8 GA Versus Traditional Methods -- 7.9 Summaries and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 8 AI-Based Predictive Modeling of Delamination Factor for Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) Drilling Process -- 8.1 Introduction…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…7.3.3 Methodology Flow Chart -- 7.3.4 Data Pre-Processing -- 7.3.5 Models Deployed -- 7.3.6 Training and Testing -- 7.4 Analysis -- 7.4.1 Datasets -- 7.4.2 Feature Extraction -- 7.4.3 Splitting of Data into Samples -- 7.4.4 Algorithms Used -- 7.4.4.1 Multinomial Logistic Regression -- 7.4.4.2 K-Nearest Neighbors -- 7.4.4.3 Decision Tree -- 7.4.4.4 Support Vector Machine (SVM) -- 7.4.4.5 Random Forest -- 7.5 Results and Discussion -- 7.5.1 Importance of Classification Reports -- 7.5.2 Importance of Confusion Matrices -- 7.5.3 Decision Tree -- 7.5.4 Random Forest -- 7.5.5 K-Nearest Neighbors -- 7.5.6 Logistic Regression -- 7.5.7 Support Vector Machine -- 7.5.8 Comparison of the Algorithms -- 7.5.8.1 Accuracies -- 7.5.8.2 Precision and Recall -- 7.6 Conclusions -- 7.7 Scope of Future Work -- References -- Chapter 8 Smart Vision-Based Sensing and Monitoring of Power Plants for a Clean Environment -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.1.1 Color Image Processing -- 8.1.2 Motivation -- 8.1.3 Objectives -- 8.2 Literature Review -- 8.2.1 Gas Turbine Power Plants -- 8.2.2 Artificial Intelligent Methods -- 8.3 Materials and Methods -- 8.3.1 Feature Extraction -- 8.3.2 Classification -- 8.4 Results and Discussion -- 8.4.1 Fisher's Linear Discriminant Function (FLDA) and Curvelet -- 8.5 Conclusion -- 8.5.1 Future Scope of Work -- References -- Chapter 9 Implementation of FEM and Machine Learning Algorithms in the Design and Manufacturing of Laminated Composite Plate -- Abbreviations -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Numerical Experimentation Program -- 9.3 Discussion of the Results -- 9.4 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Part II: Integration of Digital Technologies to Operations -- Chapter 10 Edge Computing-Based Conditional Monitoring -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.1.1 Problem Statement -- 10.2 Literature Review -- 10.3 Edge Computing -- 10.4 Methodology…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Municipal solid waste as renewable energy -- 6.1 Types of municipal solid waste -- 6.2 Gasification process of municipal solid waste -- 6.3 Power block -- 6.4 Gas turbine cycle -- 6.5 Steam turbine cycle -- 6.6 Combined cycle -- 6.6.1 Performance parameters -- 7. …”

“…Those wishing to extend their study of the subject beyond the well-trodden, ideal gas/quasi-steady-state rationalisations will require this book…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…11.8.1 Synchronization 223 -- 11.8.2 Ranging 224 -- 11.9 DOCSIS MAC Sub-Layer 226 -- 11.9.1 Downstream MAC 227 -- 11.9.2 Upstream MAC 228 -- 11.9.3 MAC Management Messages 232 -- 11.9.4 MAC Parameters 233 -- 11.10 CM Provisioning 239 -- 11.11 Security 240 -- 11.12 Introduction to Companion Protocols 242 -- 11.12.1 The PacketCableTM Protocol 242 -- 11.12.2 The OpenCableTM Protocol 242 -- 11.12.3 PacketCable Multimedia (PCMM) 242 -- 11.13 Conclusions 243 -- References 243 -- Further Readings 243 -- 12 Broadband in Gas Line (BIG) 245 -- 12.1 Introduction to BIG 245 -- 12.2 Proposed Technology 245 -- 12.3 Potential Drawbacks for BIG 245 -- 12.4 Broadband Sewage Line 247 -- Reference 247 -- 13 Power Line Communications 249 -- 13.1 Introduction 249 -- 13.2 The Early Years 250 -- 13.3 Narrowband PLC 251 -- 13.3.1 Overview of NB-PLC Standards 252 -- 13.4 Broadband PLC 253 -- 13.4.1 Overview of BB-PLC Standards 254 -- 13.5 Power Grid Topologies 257 -- 13.5.1 Outdoor Topologies: HV, MV, and LV 257 -- 13.5.2 Indoor Topologies 258 -- 13.6 Outdoor and In-Home Channel Characterization 261 -- 13.6.1 Characteristics of the HV Power Line Channel 262 -- 13.6.2 Characteristics of MV Power Line Channel 262 -- 13.6.3 Characteristics of LV Power Line Channel 263 -- 13.6.4 Power Line Noise Characteristics 263 -- 13.7 Power Line Channel Modeling 269 -- 13.7.1 Recent Results on the Modeling of Wireline Channels: Towards a Unified Framework 271 -- 13.8 The IEEE 1901 Broadband over Power Line Standard 273 -- 13.8.1 Overview of Technical Features 273 -- 13.8.2 The MAC and the Two PLCPs 274 -- 13.8.3 Access-Specific Features 275 -- 13.9 PLC and the Smart Grid 277 -- 13.9.1 PLC for MV 279 -- 13.9.2 PLC for LV 279 -- 13.10 Conclusions 283 -- References 284 -- Further Reading 285 -- 14 Wireless Broadband Access: Air Interface Fundamentals 287 -- 14.1 Introduction 287 -- 14.2 Duplexing Techniques 287 -- 14.2.1 Frequency-Division Duplex 288 -- 14.2.2 Time-Division Duplex 288 -- 14.3 Physical Layer Concepts 289.…”

“…This edition features Extensive updates to reflect modern practices and technologies, including gas condensate reservoirs, water flooding, and enhanced oil recovery Clearer, more complete introductions to vocabulary and concepts– including a more extensive glossary Several complete application examples, including single-phase gas, gas-condensate, undersaturated oil, and saturated oil reservoirs Calculation examples using Microsoft Excel with VBA throughout Many new example and practice problems using actual well data A revamped history-matching case study project that integrates key topics and asks readers to predict future well production…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Other developments 6.3.1. Gas insulated transformers 7. CASE STUDY - EVALUATION TOC OF AN INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMER 7.1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.6.2.4 Final Remarks -- 3.6.3 EXAMPLES -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS -- Acknowledgments -- REFERENCES -- 4 - Absorption of Sound in Seawater -- 4.1 PHYSICS AND PHENOMENA -- 4.2 EXPERIMENTAL DATA -- 4.2.1 ABSORPTION PRESSURE DEPENDENCE -- 4.2.2 ABSORPTION TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE -- 4.2.3 PH DEPENDENCE OF ABSORPTION -- 4.2.4 SALINITY DEPENDENCE -- 4.3 SOUND ABSORPTION MECHANISMS -- 4.3.1 SOUND ABSORPTION IN FRESHWATER -- 4.3.2 MOLECULAR CHEMICAL RELAXATION PROCESSES -- 4.3.2.1 Temperature Dependence -- 4.3.2.2 Pressure Effects -- 4.4 FORMULAS AND EXPRESSIONS -- 4.4.1 FRANCOIS AND GARRISON EQUATION FOR SOUND ABSORPTION IN SEAWATER -- 4.4.1.1 Boric Acid Coefficients -- 4.4.1.2 Magnesium Sulfate Coefficients -- 4.4.1.3 Pure Water Contribution -- 4.4.2 AINSLIE AND MCCOLM SIMPLIFIED EQUATION FOR SOUND ABSORPTION IN SEAWATER -- 4.5 SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 5 - Scattering of Sound -- 5.1 PHYSICS AND PHENOMENA -- 5.2 SCATTERING FROM POINT-LIKE OBJECTS -- 5.2.1 SINGLE OBJECTS -- 5.2.1.1 Rigid and Elastic Spheres -- 5.2.1.2 Gas Bubbles -- 5.2.1.3 Single Fish -- 5.2.1.4 Canonically Shaped Objects -- 5.2.1.5 Submarines -- 5.2.2 MULTIPLE OBJECTS -- 5.2.2.1 Fish Schools -- 5.2.2.2 Bubble Clouds -- 5.2.2.3 Deep Scattering Layer -- 5.2.2.4 Suspended Sediments -- 5.3 SCATTERING FROM EXTENDED, NEARLY PLANE, ROUGH SURFACES -- 5.3.1 BRAGG SCATTERING -- 5.3.2 REFLECTION FROM FACETS -- 5.3.3 LAMBERT'S LAW -- 5.3.4 SCATTERING FROM THE SEA SURFACE -- 5.3.5 SCATTERING FROM THE SEABED -- 5.4 THEORETICAL BASIS FOR SCATTERING CALCULATIONS -- 5.4.1 THE PERTURBATION APPROXIMATION -- 5.4.2 THE HELMHOLTZ-KIRCHHOFF METHOD -- 5.4.3 SCATTERING FROM SURFACES WITH TWO SCALES OF ROUGHNESS -- 5.5 SCATTERING FROM CURVED, ROUGH SURFACES -- 5.6 REVERBERATION -- 5.7 SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 6 - Ambient Noise -- 6.1 PHYSICS AND PHENOMENA…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…6.4.2 Neoclassical resistivity, bootstrap current, and noninductive sustainment -- 6.4.3 Fast-ion confinement and thermalization -- 6.4.4 ICRF physics -- 6.4.5 Stability and other operational limits -- 6.4.5.1 Density -- 6.4.5.2 Current -- 6.4.5.3 Beta -- Kink/ballooning mode -- Neoclassical tearing modes -- 6.4.5.4 Wall interactions -- 6.4.5.5 Disruptions and their avoidance -- 6.5 Results from the D-T experiments in TFTR -- 6.5.1 Fusion power optimization -- 6.5.2 Isotopic effects on confinement -- 6.5.2.1 Energy confinement -- 6.5.2.2 Particle confinement -- 6.5.2.3 Fast-ion confinement -- 6.5.3 Alpha particle confinement and thermalization -- 6.5.4 Alpha heating -- 6.5.5 Alpha-driven instabilities and their effects on alphas -- 6.6 Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 7 - JT-60U -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Upgrade to JT-60U -- 7.2.1 JT-60 and frontier work -- 7.2.2 Upgrade to JT-60U and equipment enhancement -- 7.3 Confinement innovation -- 7.3.1 Advanced tokamak approaches -- 7.3.2 High-βp mode plasmas -- 7.3.3 Sustainment of high-βp mode plasmas -- 7.3.4 Reversed shear mode plasmas -- 7.3.5 Sustainment of reversed shear mode plasmas -- 7.3.6 Improvement of H-mode plasmas -- 7.3.6.1 Threshold power -- 7.3.6.2 Grassy ELMs -- 7.3.6.3 Effect of reduced fast ion loss -- 7.3.6.4 Hybrid operation -- 7.3.7 Active MHD stability control -- 7.3.7.1 Neoclassical tearing mode suppression -- 7.3.7.2 Resistive wall mode suppression -- 7.3.8 Disruption mitigation -- 7.4 Heat and particle control -- 7.4.1 He ash exhaust -- 7.4.2 Ar gas seeding -- 7.4.3 Tungsten targets -- 7.5 Heating and current drive -- 7.5.1 N-NBI -- 7.5.1.1 Extension of NNB system -- 7.5.2 ECRF -- 7.5.2.1 Extension of ECRF system -- 7.6 Future directions -- 7.6.1 Outlook for ITER and DEMO -- 7.6.2 Upgrade to JT-60SA -- 7.7 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.1 Nation State Cyber Operations -- 4.1.1 Advanced Persistent Threats -- 4.1.2 Nation-State Cyber Operations against Critical Infrastructure -- 4.1.3 Elements of a Nation-State Cyber Organization -- 4.1.3.1 Cyber Research Institutions -- 4.1.3.2 Cyber Engineering and Development -- 4.1.3.3 Cyber and Clandestine Services -- 4.1.4 Structure of Nation-State Cyber Operations and Maneuver -- 4.1.4.1 Cryptocurrencies, Sanctions, and Subversion -- 4.1.5 Nation-State Cyber Operations Wrap-up -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5 Russian Cyber Operations -- 5.1 Russian Cyber Operations -- 5.1.1 Russian Policy, Tools, and Historical Use of Information Operations -- 5.1.1.1 Policy, Statecraft Tools, and Cryptocurrency -- 5.1.1.2 Information Operations, Developing Doctrine, and Russian Cyber Teams -- 5.1.1.3 Estonia Denial of Service Attack (2007) -- 5.1.2 Russian Information Operations -- 5.1.2.1 The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) -- 5.1.2.2 Russia and Ukrainian Power System Attacks -- 5.1.2.3 Foreign Intelligence Directorate (SVR)(APT 29 - Nobelium) -- 5.1.2.4 2020 SolarWinds (SVR) -- 5.1.2.5 Military Intelligence Directorate (GRU) -- 5.1.3 2022 Ukraine Invasion -- 5.1.4 Russian Cyber Operations Wrap-up -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6 Chinese Cyber Operations -- 6.1 Chinese Cyber Operations -- 6.1.1 Chinese Cyber Doctrine Development -- 6.1.2 2002-2012 Chinese Cyber Development Phase -- 6.1.2.1 2002-2007 Operation Titan Rain -- 6.1.2.2 2009 Operation Aurora -- 6.1.2.3 2007-2013 Operation Night Dragon - U.S. Gas Pipeline Intrusion Campaign -- 6.1.3 2012 to Present - Cyber Professionalization -- 6.1.3.1 Hacking/Cracking Training in China -- 6.1.3.2 Information Security Ironman -- 6.1.3.3 Cyber Collections on U.S. …”