Tabla de Contenidos: “…Other Sensors -- 9.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10 FPGA-Based Automatic Speech Emotion Recognition Using Deep Learning Algorithm -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Related Work -- 10.2.1 Machine Learning-Based SER -- 10.2.2 Deep Learning-Based SER -- 10.3 FPGA Implementation of Proposed SER -- 10.4 Implementation and Results -- 10.5 Conclusion and Future Scope -- References -- Chapter 11 Hardware Implementation of RNN Using FPGA -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.1.1 Motivation -- 11.1.2 Background -- 11.1.3 Literature Survey -- 11.1.4 Project Specification -- 11.2 Proposed Design -- 11.3 Methodology -- 11.3.1 Block Diagram Explanation -- 11.3.2 Block Diagram for Recurrent Neural Network -- 11.3.3 Textual Input Data (One Hot Encoding) -- 11.4 PYNQ Architecture and Functions -- 11.4.1 Hardware Specifications -- 11.5 Result and Discussion -- 11.6 Conclusion -- References -- Index -- EULA…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapman Hybrid II -- Chapman Hybrid III -- Chapman Sidewinder -- 16 Precision Cadillac Track and Chapman Lencin -- 17 Fluid and remote heads -- Flight head (remote) -- Hot head (remote) -- Kenworthy Snorkel camera systems (remote) -- Libers III (remote) -- Oppenheimer Spin-Axis 360 head (remote) -- Pearson fluid head -- Power pod (remote) -- Weaver/Steadman fluid head -- Weaver/Steadman's "ds RemoteTM" (remote) -- 18 Field operation -- How to build a dance floor (for the dolly) -- Leveling the sub-floor -- Lay the plywood -- ABS/Sintra -- Dance floor wedges -- Setting your dolly marks -- Accessorize your dolly -- An exterior tee marker -- Dollies -- Laying dolly track -- Installing the dolly on the track -- Making a correction -- Marks -- Courtesy grease cover -- A complement of tapes (dog collar) -- Setting dolly planks -- Rolling track cart -- Dolly tricks of the trade that will help you -- Stake bed racks (grip manufactured) -- Ladder rack set-up -- The "Putter Scooter" (aka butt dolly) -- Other butt scooters (Putter Scooters) (grip manufactured) -- The Studebaker -- Butt rail dolly (four foot long shown) -- Shopping cart dolly -- Dolly ramps -- Protective caps for dolly track (made from PVC) -- Quick tricks -- Rainproof your microphone -- Truck load chart -- Make a city skyline on a set -- Aircraft on flatbed -- Cover unwanted sprinklers -- Shower cap -- Hiding a frame's edge -- Tying down an easy-up leg -- Proper bagging ("see, the full weight is off the ground") -- Wind stick on floppy flag -- Push pin in crouch tip (for ready use) -- Tape shim -- High-roller transport -- Camera safety shields -- Making diffusion frames -- Using newspapers at a "cutter and light diffusion" (clever!) …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 5 Biases in Individual Decision‐Making -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Judgments Regarding Risk -- 5.2.1 The Hot‐Hand and Gambler's Fallacies -- 5.2.2 The Conjunction Fallacy and Representativeness -- 5.2.3 The Availability Heuristic -- 5.2.4 Base Rate Neglect and Bayesian Updating -- 5.2.5 Probability Weighting -- 5.2.6 Overconfidence -- 5.2.7 Ambiguity Aversion -- 5.3 Evaluations of Outcomes -- 5.3.1 Risk Aversion and Scaling -- 5.3.2 Prospect Theory -- 5.3.2.1 Framing -- 5.3.3 Anticipated Regret -- 5.3.3.1 Reference Dependence -- 5.3.4 Mental Accounting -- 5.3.5 Intertemporal Choice -- 5.3.6 The Endowment Effect -- 5.3.7 The Sunk Cost Fallacy -- 5.4 Bounded Rationality -- 5.4.1 Satisficing -- 5.4.2 Decision Errors -- 5.4.3 System 1 and System 2 Decisions -- 5.4.4 Counterpoint on Heuristics and Biases -- 5.5 Final Comments and Future Directions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 6 Other‐regarding Behavior: Fairness, Reciprocity, and Trust -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.1.1 What Is Other‐regarding Behavior? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright and Credits -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part 1: NLP Basics -- Chapter 1: Introduction to NLP -- Introduction to natural language processing -- NLU + NLG = NLP -- NLU -- NLG -- Gensim and its NLP modeling techniques -- BoW and TF-IDF -- LSA/LSI -- Word2Vec -- Doc2Vec -- LDA -- Ensemble LDA -- Topic modeling with BERTopic -- Common NLP Python modules included in this book -- spaCy -- NLTK -- Summary -- Questions -- References -- Chapter 2: Text Representation -- Technical requirements -- What word embedding is -- Simple encoding methods -- One-hot encoding -- BoW -- Bag-of-N-grams -- What TF-IDF is -- Shining applications of BoW and TF-IDF -- Coding - BoW -- Gensim for BoW -- scikit-learn for BoW (CountVectorizer) -- Coding - Bag-of-N-grams -- Gensim for N-grams -- scikit-learn for N-grams -- NLTK for N-grams -- Coding - TF-IDF -- Gensim for TF-IDF -- scikit-learn for TF-IDF -- Summary -- Questions -- References -- Chapter 3: Text Wrangling and Preprocessing -- Technical requirements -- Key steps in NLP preprocessing -- Tokenization -- Lowercase conversion -- Stop word removal -- Punctuation removal -- Stemming -- Lemmatization -- Coding with spaCy -- spaCy for lemmatization -- spaCy for PoS -- Coding with NLTK -- NLTK for tokenization -- NLTK for stop-word removal -- NLTK for lemmatization -- Coding with Gensim -- Gensim for preprocessing -- Gensim for stop-word removal -- Gensim for stemming -- Building a pipeline with spaCy -- Summary -- Questions -- References -- Part 2: Latent Semantic Analysis/Latent Semantic Indexing -- Chapter 4: Latent Semantic Analysis with scikit-learn -- Technical requirements -- Understanding matrix operations -- An orthogonal matrix -- The determinant of a matrix -- Understanding a transformation matrix -- A transformation matrix in daily life examples…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…6.8 Other Leaders -- 6.9 Challenges from Moving Leaders to Innovators -- References -- 7 The Innovators -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Some Characteristics of Innovators -- 7.3 Hot Topics of Innovators -- 7.3.1 ChatGPT -- 7.3.2 TinyML -- 7.3.3 Geospatial Machine-Learning Satellite -- 7.3.3.1 Finally, the New Sensor Suites Are Special Purpose -- 7.3.4 Flexible, Scalable, Adaptable Architectures for Data, AI, People -- 7.4 Simulation and Synthetic Data -- 7.4.1 Simulation -- 7.4.2 Synthetic Data -- 7.5 Causal Inference -- 7.5.1 Predictive Models vs Prescriptive Models-They Are Not the Same! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Java's Approach to Memory and Concurrency -- Basic Concepts of Java Memory Management -- Memory Leaks in Java -- Introducing Mark-and-Sweep -- The Basic Mark-and-Sweep Algorithm -- How the JVM Optimizes Garbage Collection -- Evacuation -- The HotSpot Heap -- Other Collectors -- ParallelOld -- Finalization -- Finalization Details -- Java's Support for Concurrency -- Thread Lifecycle -- Visibility and Mutability -- Exclusion and Protecting State -- volatile -- Useful Methods of Thread -- Deprecated Methods of Thread…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Challenges to Treatment -- FUTURE RESEARCH -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 Cosmetic Medical Procedures and Body Adornment -- INTRODUCTION -- MOTIVATIONS FOR COSMETIC PROCEDURES -- Increased Acceptance of Cosmetic Medical Treatments -- Body Image -- Gender -- Ethnicity -- Age -- TYPE-CHANGING COSMETIC PROCEDURES -- Rhinoplasty -- Facial Skeletal Procedures -- Cosmetic Breast Augmentation -- RESTORATIVE PROCEDURES -- Rhytidectomy and Blepharoplasty -- Minimally Invasive Cosmetic Procedures -- Lipoplasty -- Abdominoplasty -- OTHER PROCEDURES -- Tattoos and Body Piercing -- Genital Enhancement -- PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS AMONG COSMETIC SURGERY PATIENTS -- Body Dysmorphic Disorder -- Eating Disorders -- PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE COSMETIC PATIENT -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 Women's Sleep Throughout the Lifespan -- INTRODUCTION -- Sleep Primer -- SLEEP AND THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE -- Subjective and Objective Sleep Changes -- Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) or Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD), Dysmenorrhea, Sleepiness, and Sleep -- Treatments to Alleviate Premenstrual Sleep Disturbance -- Oral Contraceptives (OCs) and Sleep -- SLEEP DURING PREGNANCY AND POSTPARTUM -- Sleep During Pregnancy -- Sleep and Postpartum -- Sleep Strategies for Expecting and New Mothers -- SLEEP AND MENOPAUSE -- Reproductive Hormones and Sleep -- Hot Flashes and Sleep Disturbance -- Mood and Sleep -- Cultural and Ethnic Factors -- Sleep Strategies for Menopausal Women -- SLEEP AND AGING -- Sleep Architecture and Circadian Rhythms -- Sleep Disorders and Their Correlates Among Aging Women -- Treatments for Advanced Rhythms -- Polypharmacy and Sleep Among Aging Women -- SLEEP CHALLENGES -- Shift Work -- Chronic Insomnia in Women -- Obstructive Sleep Apnea -- FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11 Promotion of Physical Activity for Women's Health -- INTRODUCTION…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Categorizing Security Controls -- Purpose Categories -- Mechanism of Action Categories -- Chapter 6 Ethics: Objective 1.4 Understand ISC2 Code of Ethics -- Corporate Ethics Codes -- ISC2 Code of Ethics -- Canon 1 -- Canon 2 -- Canon 3 -- Canon 4 -- Ethics Complaint Procedure -- Chapter 7 Security Governance Processes: Objective 1.5 Understand Governance Processes -- Security Policies and Procedures -- Security Policies -- Security Standards -- Security Guidelines -- Security Procedures -- Laws and Regulations -- Part II Domain 2: Business Continuity (BC), Disaster Recovery (DR) &amp -- Incident Response (IR) Concepts -- Chapter 8 Business Continuity: Objective 2.1 Understand Business Continuity (BC) -- Business Continuity Planning -- BCP Scope Definition -- Business Impact Analysis -- Business Continuity Controls -- Single Point of Failure Analysis -- Other Continuity Risks -- High Availability and Fault Tolerance -- High Availability -- Fault Tolerance -- Storage -- Networking Components -- Redundancy Through Diversity -- Chapter 9 Disaster Recovery: Objective 2.2 Understand Disaster Recovery (DR) -- Disaster Recovery Planning -- Types of Disasters -- Initial Response -- Assessment -- Disaster Recovery Metrics -- Training and Awareness -- Backups -- Backup Media -- Backup Types -- Disaster Recovery Sites -- Hot Sites -- Cold Sites -- Warm Sites -- Offsite Storage -- Alternate Business Processes -- Testing Disaster Recovery Plans -- Read-Throughs -- Walk-Throughs -- Simulations -- Parallel Tests -- Full Interruption Tests -- Chapter 10 Incident Response: Objective 2.3 Understand Incident Response -- Creating an Incident Response Program…”

“…Written for the economists and policymakers working within European institutions, it uses comprehensive surveys by Europe's leading scholars in economics and European policy to demonstrate how economic research can contribute to good policy decisions, and vice versa, demonstrating how economics research can be motivated and made relevant by hot policy questions…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Product overview -- 2.1 WebSphere Business Integration Server -- 2.1.1 IBM Business Integration Reference Architecture overview -- 2.1.2 Components of WebSphere Business Integration Server 4.3.0 -- 2.2 WebSphere InterChange Server -- 2.2.1 Collaborations -- 2.2.2 Business objects -- 2.2.3 Maps -- 2.2.4 WebSphere Business Integration Toolset -- 2.3 New features in WebSphere InterChange Server 4.3 -- 2.3.1 Move to Java 1.4.2 and Eclipse 2.1 -- 2.3.2 End-to-end security -- 2.3.3 Role-based access control -- 2.3.4 Hot deployment -- 2.3.5 Large-object support -- 2.3.6 JMS transport optimization -- 2.3.7 Database connection resilience -- 2.3.8 Fail Events Management API -- 2.3.9 Failed Event Manager -- 2.3.10 Dynamic Service Calls -- 2.3.11 Bidirectional language support -- 2.3.12 One Persistent Name Server hosts multiple ICSs and adapters -- 2.3.13 Web services -- 2.3.14 Remote service support for Integrated Test Environment -- 2.3.15 Improved tooling facilities for Activity Editor, Map Designer, and Connector Configurator -- 2.3.16 IBM Tivoli License Manager -- 2.3.17 Linux support -- Chapter 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Working with text data -- 6.1.1. One-hot encoding of words and characters -- 6.1.2. Using word embeddings -- 6.1.3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Guest -- Virtual Networking -- Resource Allocation and Provisioning -- Management Interfaces for Virtual Machines -- Cloud Models -- Summary -- Exam Essentials -- Review Questions -- Chapter 3 Server Maintenance -- Given a Scenario, Perform Server Hardware Maintenance -- Out-of-Band Management -- Local Hardware Administration -- Components -- Drives -- Hot-Swappable Hardware -- Basic Input/Output System (BIOS)/Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) -- Explain Licensing Concepts -- Models -- Open Source -- Subscription -- License vs. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Deleting objects permanently using the web console -- Deleting objects permanently using gsutil -- Use case - restricting access with both ACLs and IAM -- Managing permissions in bucket using the GCP console -- Use case - signed and timed URLs -- Setting up signed URLs for cloud storage -- Use case - reacting to object changes -- Setting up object change notifications with the gsutil notification watchbucket -- Use case - using customer supplied encryption keys -- Use case - auto-syncing folders -- Use case - mounting GCS using gcsfuse -- Mounting GCS buckets -- Use case - offline ingestion options -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Relational Databases -- Relational databases, SQL, and schemas -- OLTP and the ACID properties -- Scaling up versus scaling out -- GCP Cloud SQL -- Creating a Cloud SQL instance -- Creating a database in a Cloud SQL instance -- Importing a database -- Testing Cloud SQL instances -- Use case - managing replicas -- Use case - managing certificates -- Use case - operating Cloud SQL through VM instances -- Automatic backup and restore -- Cloud Spanner -- Creating a Cloud Spanner instance -- Creating a database in Cloud Spanner instances -- Querying a database in a Cloud Spanner instance -- Interleaving tables in Cloud Spanner -- Summary -- Chapter 7: NoSQL Databases -- NoSQL databases -- Cloud Bigtable -- Fundamental properties of Bigtable -- Columnar datastore -- Denormalization -- Support for ACID properties -- Working with Bigtable -- When to use Bigtable -- Solving hot-spotting -- Choosing storage for Bigtable -- Solving performance issues -- Ideal row key choices -- Performing operations on Bigtable -- Creating and operating an HBase table using Cloud Bigtable -- Exporting/Importing a table from Cloud Bigtable -- Scaling GCP Cloud BigTable -- The Google Cloud Datastore -- Comparison with traditional databases…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Putting it all together -- A simple file browser -- Electron -- Electron processes -- The renderer process -- Vue.js -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Managing Many Simultaneous Client Connections -- Understanding concurrency -- Concurrency is not parallelism -- Routing requests -- Understanding routes -- Using Express to route requests -- Using Redis for tracking client state -- Storing user data -- Handling sessions -- Cookies and client state -- A simple poll -- Authenticating connections -- Basic authentication -- Handshaking -- Using JSON Web Tokens for authentication -- Summary -- Further reading -- Chapter 6: Creating Real-Time Applications -- Introducing AJAX -- Responding to calls -- Creating a stock ticker -- Bidirectional communication with socket.io -- Using the WebSocket API -- socket.io -- Drawing collaboratively -- Listening for Server Sent Events -- Using the EventSource API -- The EventSource stream protocol -- Asking questions and getting answers -- Building a collaborative document editing application -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Using Multiple Processes -- Node's single-threaded model -- The benefits of single-threaded programming -- Multithreading is already native and transparent -- Creating child processes -- Spawning processes -- Forking processes -- Buffering process output -- Communicating with your child -- Sending messages to children -- Parsing a file using multiple processes -- Using the cluster module -- Cluster events -- Worker object properties -- Worker events -- Using PM2 to manage multiple processes -- Monitoring -- Process files -- Real-time activity updates of multiple worker results -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Scaling Your Application -- When to scale? -- Network latency -- Hot CPUs -- Socket usage -- Many file descriptors -- Data creep -- Tools for monitoring servers -- Running multiple Node servers…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Secret key ciphers -- Advanced Encryption Standard -- Data Encryption Standard -- How AES works -- Encrypting and decrypting using AES -- Summary -- Chapter 4 : Asymmetric Cryptography -- Foundational mathematics -- Asymmetric cryptography -- Public and private keys -- Asymmetric cryptography algorithms -- Integer factorization -- Discrete logarithm -- Elliptic curves -- Integrated encryption scheme -- Introducing RSA -- Encrypting and decrypting with RSA -- Introducing ECC -- Mathematics behind ECC -- Point addition -- Point doubling -- Point multiplication -- The discrete logarithm problem -- Generating keys with ECC -- Digital signatures -- RSA digital signature algorithms -- Generating RSA digital signatures -- The elliptic curve digital signature algorithm -- Generating ECDSA digital signatures -- Different types of digital signatures -- Blind signatures -- Multisignatures -- Threshold signatures -- Aggregate signatures -- Ring signatures -- Cryptographic constructs and blockchain technology -- Homomorphic encryption -- Secret sharing -- Commitment schemes -- Zero-knowledge proofs -- zk-SNARKs -- zk-STARKs -- Zero-knowledge range proofs -- Encoding schemes -- Base64 -- base58 -- Verifiable random functions -- Summary -- Chapter 5 : Consensus Algorithms -- Introducing consensus -- Fault tolerance -- FLP impossibility -- Analysis and design -- Model -- Processes -- Timing assumptions -- Classification -- Algorithms -- CFT algorithms -- Paxos -- Raft -- BFT algorithms -- Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance -- Istanbul Byzantine Fault Tolerance -- Tendermint -- Nakamoto consensus -- Variants of PoW -- HotStuff -- Choosing an algorithm -- Finality -- Speed, performance, and scalability -- Summary -- Chapter 6 : Bitcoin Architecture -- Introducing Bitcoin -- Cryptographic keys -- Private keys in Bitcoin -- Public keys in Bitcoin -- Addresses…”

“…The first book on this hot topic includes such major research areas as printed electronics, sensors, biomaterials and 3D cell printing. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…1.7.7 Variable resistance -- 1.7.8 Accelerometer (knock sensors) -- 1.7.9 Linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) -- 1.7.10 Hot wire air flow sensor -- 1.7.11 Thin film air flow sensor -- 1.7.12 Vortex flow sensor -- 1.7.13 Pitot tube -- 1.7.14 Turbine fluid flow sensor -- 1.7.15 Optical sensors -- 1.7.16 Oxygen sensors -- 1.7.17 Light sensors -- 1.7.18 Thick-film air temperature sensor -- 1.7.19 Methanol sensor -- 1.7.20 Rain sensor -- 1.7.21 Oil sensor -- 1.7.22 Dynamic vehicle position sensors -- 1.7.23 Summary -- 1.8 Actuators -- 1.8.1 Introduction -- 1.8.2 Solenoid actuators -- 1.8.3 EGR valve -- 1.8.4 Motorized actuators -- 1.8.5 Stepper motors -- 1.8.6 Synchronous motors -- 1.8.7 Thermal actuators -- 1.9 Testing electronic components, sensors and actuators -- 1.9.1 Introduction -- 1.9.2 Testing sensors -- 1.9.3 Testing actuators -- 1.10 Updates -- 1.10.1 Sensors overview and developments -- Chapter 2 Tools and equipment -- 2.1 Basic equipment -- 2.1.1 Introduction -- 2.1.2 Basic hand tools -- 2.1.3 Accuracy of test equipment -- 2.1.4 Multimeters -- 2.1.5 Logic probe -- 2.2 Oscilloscopes -- 2.2.1 Introduction -- 2.2.2 Waveforms -- 2.3 Scanners/fault code readers and analysers -- 2.3.1 On-board diagnostics introduction -- 2.3.2 Serial port communications -- 2.3.3 OBD2 signal protocols -- 2.3.4 Entry level scanners -- 2.3.5 Bosch KTS diagnostic equipment -- 2.3.6 Engine analysers -- 2.4 Emission testing -- 2.4.1 Introduction -- 2.4.2 Exhaust gas measurement -- 2.4.3 Exhaust analyser -- 2.4.4 Emission limits -- 2.5 Pressure testing -- 2.5.1 Introduction -- 2.5.2 Automotive pressure oscilloscope transducer -- 2.5.3 Breakout boxes -- 2.6 Diagnostic procedures -- 2.6.1 Introduction -- 2.6.2 The 'theory' of diagnostics -- 2.7 Pass-through technology -- 2.7.1 Introduction -- 2.7.2 J2534 -- 2.7.3 Hardware and software requirements…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.4 Reliability Physics Analysis -- 3.4.1 Reliability Physics Alternatives -- 3.4.2 Reliability Physics Models and Examples -- 3.4.2.1 Arrhenius Equation -- 3.4.2.2 Eyring Equation -- 3.4.2.3 Black's Equation -- 3.4.2.4 Peck's Law -- 3.4.2.5 Norris‐Landzberg Equation -- 3.4.2.6 Creep Mechanisms -- 3.4.3 Component Selection -- 3.4.4 Critical Components -- 3.4.5 Moisture‐Sensitivity Level -- 3.4.6 Temperature‐Sensitivity Level -- 3.4.7 Electrostatic Discharge -- 3.4.8 Lifetime -- 3.5 Surviving the Heat Wave -- 3.6 Redundancy -- 3.7 Plating Materials: Tin Whiskers -- 3.8 Derating and Uprating -- 3.9 Reliability of New Packaging Technologies -- 3.10 Printed Circuit Boards -- 3.10.1 Surface Finishes -- 3.10.1.1 Organic Solderability Preservative (OSP) -- 3.10.1.2 Immersion Silver (ImAg) -- 3.10.1.3 Immersion Tin (ImSn) -- 3.10.1.4 Electroless Nickel Immersion Gold (ENIG) -- 3.10.1.5 Lead‐Free Hot Air Solder Leveled (HASL) -- 3.10.2 Laminate Selection -- 3.10.3 Cracking and Delamination -- 3.10.4 Plated Through‐Holes and Vias -- 3.10.5 Conductive Anodic Filament -- 3.10.6 Strain and Flexure Issues -- 3.10.7 Pad Cratering -- 3.10.8 PCB Buckling -- 3.10.9 Electrochemical Migration -- 3.10.9.1 Temperature -- 3.10.9.2 Relative Humidity -- 3.10.9.3 Voltage Bias -- 3.10.9.4 Conductor Spacing -- 3.10.9.5 Condensation -- 3.10.10 Cleanliness -- 3.10.10.1 Chloride -- 3.10.10.2 Bromide -- 3.10.10.3 Cations -- 3.10.10.4 Weak Organic Acids -- 3.10.10.5 Cleanliness Testing -- 3.11 Non‐Functional Pads -- 3.12 Wearout Mechanisms -- 3.12.1 IC Wearout -- 3.13 Conformal Coating and Potting -- 3.13.1 Silicone -- 3.13.2 Polyurethane -- 3.13.3 Epoxy -- 3.13.4 Acrylic -- 3.13.5 Superhydrophobics -- References -- Chapter 4 Design for the Use Environment: Reliability Testing and Test Plan Development -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.1.1 Elements of a Testing Program…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…8.4.3 Future improvements -- References -- 9 - Active solar water heating systems -- 9.1 History -- 9.2 Overview of technologies for active solar water heating systems -- 9.2.1 Direct (open-loop) solar water heating -- 9.2.2 Indirect (closed-loop) solar water heating -- 9.2.3 Drain-back systems -- 9.2.4 Air systems -- 9.2.5 Pool heaters -- 9.3 Economics and energy efficiency of active solar water heating systems -- 9.3.1 Performance improvement of basic solar water heating components -- 9.3.1.1 Solar thermal collectors -- Flat-plate collector -- Evacuated-tube collector -- Concentrating collector -- 9.3.1.2 Heat transfer fluid -- 9.3.1.3 Storage tank -- 9.3.1.4 Heat exchangers -- 9.4 Applications of active solar water heating systems: case study -- 9.4.1 Domestic hot water -- 9.4.2 Space-heating -- 9.4.3 Space cooling -- 9.4.4 Pool heating -- 9.4.5 Commercial applications -- 9.4.6 Industrial applications -- 9.4.6.1 Case study -- 9.5 Conclusions and future trends -- References -- Three - Solar cooling technologies -- 10 - Photovoltaic-powered solar cooling systems -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Performance index -- 10.3 Photovoltaic-powered refrigeration system -- 10.3.1 Studies on photovoltaic-powered refrigerators -- 10.3.2 Energy storage in a photovoltaic-powered refrigerator -- 10.3.3 Innovative application in photovoltaic-powered refrigerators -- 10.3.4 Photovoltaic-powered refrigerators available in the market -- 10.4 Photovoltaic-powered air-conditioning system -- 10.4.1 Energy performance of photovoltaic-powered air conditioners -- 10.4.2 Economic evaluation of photovoltaic-powered air conditioner -- 10.4.3 Commercial products of photovoltaic-powered air conditioners -- 10.5 Conclusions -- References -- 11 - Solar-powered absorption cooling systems -- 11.1 Overview -- 11.1.1 Absorption refrigeration -- 11.1.2 Working pair for absorption cooling…”

“…The text offers novel examples of the use of computation fluid dynamics in relation to hot topics, including passive air cooling and thermal storage. …”