“…Including comparative studies with developed and developing nations, analysis of past economic performance and future trends, and effects of demographic shifts such as population ageing…”

“…The book deals with novel aspects and perspectives in functionally graded materials (FGMs), which are advanced engineering materials designed for a specific performance or function with spatial gradation in structure and/or composition. …”

“…This increased number of needs, some of them specially challenging, is pushing the Scientific Community, as well as companies, towards the development of innovative solutions, ranging from new hardware / open source software approaches and integration with other devices, up to the adoption of artificial intelligence methods for the automatic extraction of salient features and quality assessment for performance verification The aim of the present book is to cover the most relevant topics and trends in Mobile Mapping Technology, and also to introduce the new tendencies of this new paradigm of geospatial science…”

“…As far as the aeronautic field is concerned, most structures are built combining very different materials and alloys, in order to match lightweight and structural performance requirements. In this framework, the application of fusion welding techniques, namely, tungsten inert gas or laser welding, is quite challenging due to the difference in physical properties, in particular the melting point, between adjoining materials. …”

“…Each is characterised by ritualised performance and by the ecstatic devotion of its followers, whether in the sports arena or the cathedral of worship. …”

“…This report is the result of research that started in 2008 with the aim of collecting, collating and writing up information about regulation, ownership, access, performance as well as prospects for public broadcasting reform in Africa. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…PART I: INTEROPERABLE MANAGEMENT OF THE PROCESS, National BIM digital platform for construction (INNOVance project) -- From cloud to BIM model of the built environment: the digitized process for competitive tender, project, construction and management -- The construction contract execution through the integration of Blockchain technology -- The BIMReL Project, the BIM interoperable library in the Lombardy Region -- Life cycle BIM-oriented data collection: a framework for supporting practitioners -- Decision-making BIM platform for chemical building products -- BIM electrical objects plug-in for industry 4.0 -- Da.Ma.Tra: Material Traceability Database -- Natural language processing for information and project management -- Structure of a general Exchange Information Requirements (EIR) for tenders according to the UNI 11337:2017 standard -- PART II: DESIGN STAGE, Clash detection and code checking BIM platform for the Italian market -- Digital tool for optimization -- Performance-based design approach for tailored acoustic surfaces -- Do Smart City policies work? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Pedestrian Performance Data -- Federal Investigation of the Evacuation of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 -- Free speed distributions — Based on empirical data in different traffic conditions -- Collecting Pedestrian Trajectory Data In Real-time -- Full-Scale Evacuation Experiments in a smoke filled Rail Carriage — a detailed study of passenger behaviour under reduced visibility -- Minimum Stair Width for Evacuation, Overtaking Movement and Counterflow — Technical Bases and Suggestions for the Past, Present and Future -- Study on information guiding based on human psych-physiological responses in China -- Research on pedestrian crowd characteristics and behaviours in peak-time on Chinese campus -- Pedestrian Dynamics -- Behaviour on tunnel fire -- Earthquake — the importance of earthquake-resistant design in case of emergency evacuations -- Decision Loads and Route Qualities for Pedestrians — Key Requirements for the Design of Pedestrian Navigation Services -- Cyclone and Storm Surge, Pedestrian Evacuation and Emergency Response in India -- Experimental Study and Theoretical Analysis of Signage Legibility Distances as a Function of Observation Angle -- Exploring Pedestrian Shopping Decision Processes — an Application of Gene Expression Programming -- Evacuation Simulation -- A Discrete choice framework for acceleration and direction change behaviors in walking pedestrians -- Calibration and validation of the Legion simulation model using empirical data -- Evacuation Simulation for Road Tunnels — Findings from the use of microscopic methodology for escape route analyses -- A Data-Driven Model of Pedestrian Movement -- Distributed intelligence in pedestrian simulations -- Design of Escape Routes by Simulating Evacuation Dynamics in Conjunction with a Probabilistic Safety Concept -- The 2001 World Trade Centre Evacuation -- Dynamic Navigation Field — a local and on-demand family of algorithms for wayfinding -- Microscopic calibration and validation of pedestrian models — Cross-comparison of models using experimental data -- Pedestrian flow optimization with a genetic algorithm based on Boolean grids -- Developing a Pedestrian Agent Model for Analyzing an Overpass accident -- The simulation of crowd dynamics at very large events — Calibration, empirical data, and validation -- Moore and more and symmetry -- The RiMEA Project — Development of a new Regulation -- Football Stadium Simulation — A microscopic simulation of the pedestrian access -- Instability of pedestrian flow in two-dimensional optimal velocity model -- Evacuation Simulation at Linz Central Station — Usefulness during design, approval and start-up -- Why “Faster is Slower” in Evacuation Process -- Development of an Agent-based Behavior Module for Evacuation Models — Focused on the Behaviors in the Dark -- Comparative Investigation of the Dynamic Simulation of Foot Traffic Flow -- Evacuation from underground railway stations — Available and required safe egress time for different station types and general evaluation criteria -- A discrete microscopic model for pedestrian dynamics to manage emergency situations in airport terminals -- Steps Toward the Fundamental Diagram — Empirical Results and Modelling -- Model for Office Building Usage Simulation -- Features of Discrete Event Simulation Systems for Spatial Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics -- Evolving Direct Perception Models of Human Behavior in Building Systems -- Fundamental diagram of a one-dimensional cellular automaton model for pedestrian flow — the ASEP with shuffled update -- Ship Evacuation -- Implementing Ship Motion in AENEAS — Model Development and First Results -- Data Collection in Support of the Modelling of Naval Vessels -- Collective animal motion -- Self-organised choice based on inter-attraction: the example of gregarious animals -- Traffic on bi-directional ant-trails -- Herding in Real Escape Panic -- From Ant Trails to Pedestrian Dynamics — Learning from Nature…”

“…This innovative approach allows forecasting the evolution over time of the on-board loads on the services and their time-varying performance, using credible user behavioral hypotheses. …”

“…A new chapter demonstrates how to use simulation to assess the interaction of system components to achieve performance goals, and Chapter 3 provides hands-on methods for developing process models to identify and remove bottlenecks, and for developing facility plans. …”

“…Although aimed in large part at a scholarly audience, China and the West should appeal to general readers of many kinds: those interested in politics, cultural history and theory, gender studies, sociology, theater, and media studies as well as musical composition and performance of 'classical' as well as traditional and popular kinds…”

“…"Many changes in students' performance and behavior stem from the emotional and behavioral problems that they may experience following such traumas as witnessing violence, undergoing assault or abuse, living through natural disasters, or experiencing acts of terrorism. …”

“…Sur cette période, quelle a été la pertinence des choix monétaires de la France au regard de sa performance économique à l’échelle internationale ? …”

“…This collection presents an introductory essay and eleven studies (written in English and German) that address claims to authority associated with differing kinds of texts from such varied perspectives as political performance, popular culture, history of science, interrelations between verbal texts and other arts, and artistic professionalism. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Onshore and Offshore Wind Energy: An Introduction -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Wind energy and Planet Earth -- 1.2 Winds of the world -- 1.3 From windmills to wind turbines -- 1.4 Power, energy and performance -- 1.5 Coming up to date -- References -- 2: Capturing the wind -- 2.1 Wind speed and power -- 2.2 Wild wind -- 2.2.1 Introductory -- 2.2.2 Wind statistics -- 2.2.3 Mapping and forecasting -- 2.3 Predicting turbine output -- References -- 3: Wind turbines -- 3.1 Turbine types and sizes -- 3.2 Aerodynamics -- 3.2.1 Rotor efficiency and the Betz Limit -- 3.2.2 Lift and drag -- 3.2.3 Rotor speed -- 3.2.4 Rotor blades -- 3.2.4.1 Choosing airfoils -- 3.2.4.2 Stall and pitch control -- 3.3 Mechanics -- 3.3.1 Gearboxes -- 3.3.2 Towers -- 3.3.3 Vibration and fatigue -- 3.4 Electrics -- 3.4.1 AC electricity -- 3.4.2 Generators -- 3.4.2.1 Introductory -- 3.4.2.2 Synchronous generators -- 3.4.2.3 Asynchronous generators -- 3.4.2.3.1 Squirrel-cage and wound-rotor induction machines -- 3.4.2.3.2 Doubly-fed induction generators -- 3.5 Turbine control -- 3.6 Onshore wind farms -- 3.6.1 Introductory -- 3.6.2 Siting and spacing -- 3.6.3 Monitoring and control -- References -- 4: Moving offshore -- 4.1 Introductory -- 4.2 Wind and waves -- 4.3 Turbines and foundations -- 4.4 Offshore wind farms -- 4.4.1 Case study: Horns Rev 2 -- 4.4.2 Case study: London Array -- 4.5 Bringing the power ashore -- References -- 5: Grid integration -- 5.1 Setting the scene -- 5.2 Connecting to the grid -- 5.2.1 Grid strength and fault levels -- 5.2.2 Electrical quality -- 5.3 Large-scale wind power -- 5.3.1 Introductory -- 5.3.2 Intermittency and variability -- 5.3.3 Capacity credit and backup generation -- References -- 6: Economics and the environment -- 6.1 Wind energy economics -- 6.1.1 Capital and installation costs…”

“…This issue also welcomes the submission of studies on diagnostic accuracy and psychometrics performance of existing and newly developed measures. …”

“…Following the success of Leading Beyond the Ego, this book shows how to apply Transpersonal Leadership - practiced leaders who are radical, ethical, authentic and act beyond their own interests to create high-performing organisations - in a wide range of leadership contexts. …”

“…Utilize this comprehensive, yet practical, overview of modern cryptography and cryptanalysis to improve performance. Learn by example with source code in C# and .NET, and come away with an understanding of public key encryption systems and challenging cryptography mechanisms such as lattice-based cryptography. …”

“…Coverage of ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework Core, and more, sits alongside the latest updates to the new unified .NET platform, from performance improvements to Windows Desktop apps on .NET 5, updates in XAML tooling, and expanded coverage of data files and data handling. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Chapter 0 Guide for Readers and Instructors -- 0.1 Outline of the Book -- 0.2 A Roadmap for Readers and Instructors -- 0.3 Internet and Web Resources -- 0.4 Standards -- Unit One Fundamentals -- Part One Overview -- Chapter 1 Data Communications, Data Networks, and the Internet -- 1.1 Data Communications and Networking for Today's Enterprise -- 1.2 A Communications Model -- 1.3 Data Communications -- 1.4 Networks -- 1.5 The Internet -- 1.6 An Example Configuration -- Chapter 2 Protocol Architecture, TCP/IP, and Internet-Based Applications -- 2.1 The Need for a Protocol Architecture -- 2.2 A Simple Protocol Architecture -- 2.3 The TCP/IP Protocol Architecture -- 2.4 Standardization within a Protocol Architecture -- 2.5 Traditional Internet-Based Applications -- 2.6 Multimedia -- 2.7 Sockets Programming -- 2.8 Recommended Reading and Animation -- 2.9 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- 2.10 Sockets Programming Assignments -- Appendix 2A The Trivial File Transfer Protocol -- Part Two Data Communications -- Chapter 3 Data Transmission -- 3.1 Concepts and Terminology -- 3.2 Analog and Digital Data Transmission -- 3.3 Transmission Impairments -- 3.4 Channel Capacity -- 3.5 Recommended Reading -- 3.6 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Appendix 3A Decibels and Signal Strength -- Chapter 4 Transmission Media -- 4.1 Guided Transmission Media -- 4.2 Wireless Transmission -- 4.3 Wireless Propagation -- 4.4 Line-of-Sight Transmission -- 4.5 Recommended Reading -- 4.6 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Chapter 5 Signal Encoding Techniques -- 5.1 Digital Data, Digital Signals -- 5.2 Digital Data, Analog Signals -- 5.3 Analog Data, Digital Signals -- 5.4 Recommended Reading and Animations -- 5.5 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Chapter 6 Error Detection and Correction -- 6.1 Types of Errors -- 6.2 Error Detection -- 6.3 Parity Check -- 6.4 The Internet Checksum -- 6.5 Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) -- 6.6 Forward Error Correction -- 6.7 Recommended Reading and Animations -- 6.8 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Chapter 7 Data Link Control Protocols -- 7.1 Flow Control -- 7.2 Error Control -- 7.3 High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC) -- 7.4 Recommended Reading and Animations -- 7.5 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Chapter 8 Multiplexing -- 8.1 Frequency-Division Multiplexing -- 8.2 Synchronous Time-Division Multiplexing -- 8.3 Cable Modem -- 8.4 Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line -- 8.5 xDSL -- 8.6 Multiple Channel Access -- 8.7 Recommended Reading and Animations -- 8.8 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Part Three Wide Area Networks -- Chapter 9 WAN Technology and Protocols -- 9.1 Switched Communications Networks -- 9.2 Circuit-Switching Networks -- 9.3 Circuit-Switching Concepts -- 9.4 Softswitch Architecture -- 9.5 Packet-Switching Principles -- 9.6 Asynchronous Transfer Mode -- 9.7 Recommended Reading -- 9.8 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Chapter 10 Cellular Wireless Networks -- 10.1 Principles of Cellular Networks -- 10.2 Cellular Network Generations -- 10.3 LTE-Advanced -- 10.4 Recommended Reading -- 10.5 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Part Four Local Area Networks -- Chapter 11 Local Area Network Overview -- 11.1 Bus and Star Topologies -- 11.2 LAN Protocol Architecture -- 11.3 Bridges -- 11.4 Hubs and Switches -- 11.5 Virtual LANs -- 11.6 Recommended Reading and Animations -- 11.7 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Chapter 12 Ethernet -- 12.1 Traditional Ethernet -- 12.2 High-Speed Ethernet -- 12.3 IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Standard -- 12.4 Recommended Reading and Animations -- 12.5 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Appendix 12A Digital Signal Encoding for LANs -- Appendix 12B Scrambling -- Chapter 13 Wireless LANs -- 13.1 Overview -- 13.2 IEEE 802.11 Architecture and Services -- 13.3 IEEE 802.11 Medium Access Control -- 13.4 IEEE 802.11 Physical Layer -- 13.5 Gigabit Wi-Fi -- 13.6 IEEE 802.11 Security Considerations -- 13.7 Recommended Reading -- 13.8 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Part Five Internet and Transport Protocols -- Chapter 14 The Internet Protocol -- 14.1 Principles of Internetworking -- 14.2 Internet Protocol Operation -- 14.3 Internet Protocol -- 14.4 IPv6 -- 14.5 Virtual Private Networks and IP Security -- 14.6 Recommended Reading and Animations -- 14.7 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Chapter 15 Transport Protocols -- 15.1 Connection-Oriented Transport Protocol Mechanisms -- 15.2 TCP -- 15.3 UDP -- 15.4 Recommended Reading and Animations -- 15.5 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Unit Two A dvanced Topics in Data Communications and Networking -- Part Six Data Communications and Wireless Networks -- Chapter 16 Advanced Data Communications Topics -- 16.1 Analog Data, Analog Signals -- 16.2 Forward Error-Correcting Codes -- 16.3 ARQ Performance Issues -- 16.4 Recommended Reading and Animations -- 16.5 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Chapter 17 Wireless Transmission Techniques -- 17.1 MIMO Antennas -- 17.2 OFDM, OFDMA, and SC-FDMA -- 17.3 Spread Spectrum -- 17.4 Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum -- 17.5 Code Division Multiple Access -- 17.6 Recommended Reading -- 17.7 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Chapter 18 Wireless Networks -- 18.1 Fixed Broadband Wireless Access -- 18.2 WiMAX/IEEE 802.16 -- 18.3 Bluetooth Overview -- 18.4 Bluetooth Radio Specification -- 18.5 Bluetooth Baseband Specification -- 12.5 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Appendix 12A Digital Signal Encoding for LANs -- Appendix 12B Scrambling -- Chapter 13 Wireless LANs -- 13.1 Overview -- 13.2 IEEE 802.11 Architecture and Services -- 13.3 IEEE 802.11 Medium Access Control -- 13.4 IEEE 802.11 Physical Layer -- 13.5 Gigabit Wi-Fi -- 13.6 IEEE 802.11 Security Considerations -- 13.7 Recommended Reading -- 13.8 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Part Five Internet and Transport Protocols -- Chapter 14 The Internet Protocol -- 14.1 Principles of Internetworking -- 14.2 Internet Protocol Operation -- 14.3 Internet Protocol -- 14.4 IPv6 -- 14.5 Virtual Private Networks and IP Security -- 14.6 Recommended Reading and Animations -- 14.7 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Chapter 15 Transport Protocols -- 15.1 Connection-Oriented Transport Protocol Mechanisms -- 15.2 TCP -- 15.3 UDP -- 15.4 Recommended Reading and Animations -- 15.5 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Unit Two A dvanced Topics in Data Communications and Networking -- Part Six Data Communications and Wireless Networks -- Chapter 16 Advanced Data Communications Topics -- 16.1 Analog Data, Analog Signals -- 16.2 Forward Error-Correcting Codes -- 16.3 ARQ Performance Issues -- 16.4 Recommended Reading and Animations -- 16.5 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Chapter 17 Wireless Transmission Techniques -- 17.1 MIMO Antennas -- 17.2 OFDM, OFDMA, and SC-FDMA -- 17.3 Spread Spectrum -- 17.4 Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum -- 17.5 Code Division Multiple Access -- 17.6 Recommended Reading -- 17.7 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Chapter 18 Wireless Networks -- 18.1 Fixed Broadband Wireless Access -- 18.2 WiMAX/IEEE 802.16 -- 18.3 Bluetooth Overview -- 18.4 Bluetooth Radio Specification -- 18.5 Bluetooth Baseband Specification -- 24.3 Web Access and HTTP -- 24.4 Recommended Reading and Animations -- 24.5 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems -- Chapter 25 Internet Multimedia Support -- 25.1 Real-Time Traffic -- 25.2 Voice Over IP -- 25.3 Session Initiation Protocol -- 25.4 Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) -- 25.5 Recommended Reading -- 25.6 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems…”