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Emerging Technologies in Healthcare: Interpersonal and Client Based Perspectives (Rehabilitation Science in Practice Series)
by Christopher M. Hayre, Dave Muller, Marcia Scherer, Paul M.W. Hackett, and Ava Gordley-SmithThis edited book focuses on the role and use of emerging technologies within the healthcare sector. This text draws on expertise from leading practitioners and researchers who either utilize and/or are at the forefront of researching with emerging technology in anticipation of enhancing patient outcomes.Emerging Technologies in Healthcare: Interpersonal and Client-Based Perspectives focuses on the role of emerging technologies in society and how it may enhance medical treatment, management, and rehabilitation of service users. It offers expert perspectives on topics covering emerging technological advances and how they are being incorporated into healthcare, but also critically appraises forthcoming implementation. The editors draw from recent publications and the growing narrative surrounding technological advances, notably telerehabilitation, virtual reality, augmentation, and mHealth. Subsequent chapters focus on these, coupled with other emerging technologies, providing detailed insight into how these can either enhance and/or hinder patient/service user outcomes. Each chapter explores the multifaceted use and application of each emerging technology, that impacts on diagnosis, treatment, and (self-) management of individuals. For example, can emerging technology really facilitate patient diagnosis, improve, or remove practitioner–patient interactions, provide sound rehabilitation, and treat/monitor mental health conditions?This edited volume encompasses an array of emerging technologies that will remain pertinent to caregivers, families, practitioners, service users and policymakers. This is not a text on emerging technology alone but on its societal implications, accompanied by ethical, altruistic, and moral examples for such advances within the healthcare field. It is targeted that this text will enhance and offer original discussions surrounding the interconnectivity of technology and medicine, rehabilitation, and patient care.
Emerging Technologies in Manufacturing
by Matthew N. Sadiku Abayomi J. Ajayi-Majebi Philip O. AdeboThe manufacturing industry is a cornerstone of national economy and people’s livelihood. It is the way of transforming resources into products or goods which are required to cater to the needs of the society. Traditional manufacturing companies currently face several challenges such as rapid technological changes, inventory problem, shortened innovation, short product life cycles, volatile demand, low prices, highly customized products, and ability to compete in the global markets. Modern manufacturing is highly competitive due to globalization and fast changes in the global market. This book reviews emerging technologies in manufacturing. These technologies include artificial intelligence, smart manufacturing, lean manufacturing, robotics, automation, 3D printing, nanotechnology, industrial Internet of things, and augmented reality. The use of these technologies will have a profound impact on the manufacturing industry. The book consists of 19 chapters. Each chapter addresses a single emerging technology in depth and describes how manufacturing organizations are adopting the technology. The book fills an important niche for manufacturing. It is a comprehensive, jargon-free introductory text on the issues, ideas, theories, and problems on emerging technologies in manufacturing. It is a must-read book for beginners or anyone who wants to be updated about emerging technologies.
Emerging Technologies in Meat Processing: Production, Processing and Technology
by Enda J. Cummins James G. LyngMeat is a global product, which is traded between regions, countries and continents. The onus is on producers, manufacturers, transporters and retailers to ensure that an ever-demanding consumer receives a top quality product that is free from contamination. With such a dynamic product and market place, new innovative ways to process, package and assess meat products are being developed. With ever increasing competition and tighter cost margins, industry has shown willingness to engage in seeking novel innovative ways of processing, packaging and assessing meat products while maintaining quality and safety attributes. This book provides a comprehensive overview on the application of novel processing techniques. It represents a standard reference book on novel processing, packaging and assessment methods of meat and meat products. It is part of the IFST Advances in Food Science book series.
Emerging Technologies in NDT
by Igor Solodov Danny Van Hemelrijck Athanasios Anastasopoulos Gerhard BusseNon-destructive testing (NDT) is a pertinent task in nearly every field of human activity, from the assuring of aircraft integrity to the evaluation of infrastructural decay caused by deterioration or damage. The development of non-destructive methods for quality management results in economic and environmental benefits, in an increase in
Emerging Technologies in NDT: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1999
by Danny Van Hemelrijck, Athanassios Anastassopoulos, Theodore PhilippidisThis volume contains the papers presented at the 2nd International Conference entitled: "Emerging Technologies in NDT" which was held in Athens, Greece, May 24-26, 1999. This work covers frequently used non-destructive testing methods and introduces innovative ideas in the field. The title also focuses on visual and optical inspection, acoustic emission and ultrasonics as well as a range of other closely related topics.More than 50 papers were presented at the conferecne by invited and distinguished researchers from all over the world. This volume forms a valuable record of important contributions to the relevant literature. It contains not only the most up-to-date technology developments but provides also information regarding emerging NDT techniques/technologies and their potential applications in the field. The book covers frequently used NDT methods and introduces new and innovative ideas. Focussing on visual and optical inspection, acoustic emission, ultrasonics, nonlinear ultrasonics, infrared methods, X-ray radiography, special techniques, material characterisation, NDT of civil engineering structures, inspection of pipes and reliability and validation this volume will be a great boon to engineers, researchers, quality control managers, as well as teachers and graduate students in the field.
Emerging Technologies in Non-Destructive Testing V
by D. Van Hemelrijck A. S. Paipetis T. E. Matikas D. G. AggelisNon-destructive evaluation (NDE) methods have dominated most of the fields of applied research and technology over the last twenty years. These techniques provide information on the functional efficiency of materials and structures without causing any structural impact on the structure itself. Their use enables the monitoring of the structural inte
Emerging Technologies in Non-Destructive Testing VI: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Non-Destructive Testing (Brussels, Belgium, 27-29 May 2015)
by D. G. Aggelis S. Vanlanduit A. AnastasopoulosNon-Destructive Testing (NDT) is of worldwide significance, and is strongly related to the detection of damage in engineering structures (buildings, bridges, aircrafts, ships, pressure vessels, etc.) using non-invasive techniques (ultrasound, X-rays, Radar, neutrons, thermography, vibrations, acoustic emission, etc.). Emerging Technologies in Non-D
Emerging Technologies in Sport: Implications for Sport Management (Routledge Research in Sport Business and Management)
by Cheryl MallenAdvances in technology have always had a significant impact on sport. This book surveys the next generation of emerging technologies and considers how sport managers, governing bodies and officials can meet the challenges that they pose for sport competition, participation and events. It explores cutting edge developments in areas such as gene doping, vision and brain technologies, 3D printing technologies, molecular communication technologies and our ability to "rebuild" bodies. Each chapter considers the implications of a particular technology in terms of ethics, rules and regulations, facilities and resourcing, as well as the emergence of completely new forms of sport, and offers strategies for future sport management. Emerging Technologies in Sport is a valuable resource for sport industry professionals, undergraduate students in the fields of sport management, sport tourism, and sport business, and a fascinating read for anyone with an interest in sport and future applications of emerging technologies within sport.
Emerging Technologies in Wastewater Treatment (Wastewater Treatment and Research)
by Maulin P. ShahEmerging technologies in wastewater treatment plant is an ecological, profitable and natural technology designed to eliminate heavy metals, radionuclides, xenobiotic compounds, organic waste, pesticides, etc. from contaminated sites or industrial downloads through biological means. Since this technology is used in conditions on site, it does not physically disturb the site unlike conventional methods, that is, chemical or mechanical methods. In this technology, higher plants or microbes are used alone or in combination for the phytoextraction of heavy metals from sites contaminated with metals. Through microbial interventions, metals are immobilized or mobilized through redox conversions in contaminated sites. If they are mobilized, accumulating metal plants are placed to accumulate metals in their bodies. Next, metal-loaded plants are collected and recycled to reduce the volume of waste and then, disposed of as hazardous materials or used for the recovery of precious metals, if possible. In case of immobilization, metals are no longer available to be toxic to organisms. There are very few books published on the proposed theme. A good number of books have been published on environmental bioremediation, but the proposed book is a new and an innovative proposal specifically in wastewater treatment. Looking into the importance of emerging technologies in wastewater treatment research, the book will have a high and applicable value in industrial wastewater treatment research. Features: The book highlights the importance of emerging technologies in the wastewater treatment plant to clean up the environment from pollution caused by human activities. It assesses the potential application of several existing bioremediation techniques and introduces new emerging technologies. It is an updated vision of the existing emerging technologies in environmental bioremediation strategies with their limitations and challenges and their potential application to remove environmental pollutants. It also introduces the new trends and advances in environmental bioremediation with a thorough discussion of recent developments in this field. Highlights the importance of bioremediation to deal with the ever-increasing number of environmental pollutants.
Emerging Technology and Management Trends in Environment and Sustainability: Proceedings of the International Conference, EMTES-2022
by Sushovan Sarkar Shubhangi Gupta Ashok Kumar ShawThe International Conference (EMTES 2022) is oriented to include the themes like Water Quality Management, Advanced Water Treatment, Advanced Wastewater Treatment, Assessment and Control of Air Pollution, Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, Prevention of Groundwater Contamination, Wetland Management/Phyto-remediation, Case studies in Industrial Pollution Control, Liquid waste management, recent advancement in engineering, technology and management for optimization of environmental issues, application of IOT and IT in remedial measure of Environment and sustainability, Health issues and safety.
Emerging Technology in Modelling and Graphics: Proceedings of IEM Graph 2018 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing #937)
by Jyotsna Kumar Mandal Debika BhattacharyaThe book covers cutting-edge and advanced research in modelling and graphics. Gathering high-quality papers presented at the First International Conference on Emerging Technology in Modelling and Graphics, held from 6 to 8 September 2018 in Kolkata, India, it addresses topics including: image processing and analysis, image segmentation, digital geometry for computer imaging, image and security, biometrics, video processing, medical imaging, and virtual and augmented reality.
Emerging Therapies in Neurorehabilitation
by Diego Torricelli José L PonsThis book reports on the latest technological and clinical advances in the field of neurorehabilitation. It is, however, much more than a conventional survey of the state-of-the-art in neurorehabilitation technologies and therapies. It was formed on the basis of a week of lively discussions between curious PhD students and leading research experts during the summer school on neurorehabilitation (SSNR2012), September 16-21 in Nuévalos, Zaragoza (Spain). Its unconventional format makes it a perfect guide for all PhD students, researchers and professionals interested in gaining a multidisciplinary perspective on current and future neurorehabilitation scenarios. The book covers various aspects of neurorehabilitation research and practice, organized into different parts. The first part discusses a selection of common impairments affecting brain function, such as stroke, cerebral palsy and Parkinson's disease; the second deals with both spinal cord and brain plasticity. The third part covers the most recent rehabilitation and diagnostics technologies, including robotics, neuroprostheses, brain-machine interfaces and electromyography systems. Practical examples and case studies related to the application of some of the latest techniques in realistic clinical scenarios are covered in the fourth part.
Emerging Therapies in Neurorehabilitation III: Proceedings of the 10/11/12th Summer School on Neurorehabilitation (SSNR), held in 2022, 2023, 2024, in Baiona, Spain (Biosystems & Biorobotics #34)
by Dario Farina Jose L. Pons Jesus TorneroThis book offers a timely snapshot of research of biomedical and neural engineering, and their applications in neurorehabilitation. It gathers peer-reviewed contributions to three different conference editions (of the series Summer School on Neurorehabilitation (SSNR)) , which were held in Baiona, Spain, on June 12–17, 2022, June 11–16, 2023, and June 16–21, 2024, respectively. They report on applications of cutting-edge neuroprosthetic devices, robotic interfaces, and related technologies to assist patients with neurologic and musculoskeletal conditions, such as stroke, spinal cord injury, and amputation, among others. A special feature consists of the fact that both technological and clinical issues are discussed, providing readers with a multidisciplinary perspective on neurorehabilitation research and practice.
Emerging Threats of Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology: Addressing Security and Resilience Issues (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security)
by Igor Linkov Benjamin D. Trump Marie-Valentine Florin Edward PerkinsSynthetic biology is a field of biotechnology that is rapidly growing in various applications, such as in medicine, environmental sustainability, and energy production. However these technologies also have unforeseen risks and applications to humans and the environment. This open access book presents discussions on risks and mitigation strategies for these technologies including biosecurity, or the potential of synthetic biology technologies and processes to be deliberately misused for nefarious purposes. The book presents strategies to prevent, mitigate, and recover from ‘dual-use concern’ biosecurity challenges that may be raised by individuals, rogue states, or non-state actors. Several key topics are explored including opportunities to develop more coherent and scalable approaches to govern biosecurity from a laboratory perspective up to the international scale and strategies to prevent potential health and environmental hazards posed by deliberate misuse of synthetic biology without stifling innovation. The book brings together the expertise of top scholars in synthetic biology and biotechnology risk assessment, management, and communication to discuss potential biosecurity governing strategies and offer perspectives for collaboration in oversight and future regulatory guidance.
Emerging Topics in Hardware Security
by Mark TehranipoorThis book provides an overview of emerging topics in the field of hardware security, such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing, and highlights how these technologies can be leveraged to secure hardware and assure electronics supply chains. The authors are experts in emerging technologies, traditional hardware design, and hardware security and trust. Readers will gain a comprehensive understanding of hardware security problems and how to overcome them through an efficient combination of conventional approaches and emerging technologies, enabling them to design secure, reliable, and trustworthy hardware.
Emerging Treatment Technologies for Waste Management
by Ajay S. Kalamdhad Izharul HaqThis book is focused on the current status of industrial pollution, its source, characteristics, and management through various advanced treatment technologies. The book covers the recycle, reuse and recovery of waste for the production of value-added products. The book explores industrial wastewater pollution and its treatment through various advanced technologies and also the source and characteristics of solid waste and its management for environmental safety. It discusses new methods and technologies to combat the waste-related pollution and focuses on the use of recycled products. This book is of value to upcoming students, researchers, scientists, industry persons and professionals in the field of environmental science and engineering, microbiology, biotechnology, toxicology, further it is useful for global and local authorities and policy makers responsible for the management of liquid and solid wastes.
Emerging Trends and Innovations in Industries of the Developing World: A Multidisciplinary Approach
by Sai Kiran Oruganti Sudeshna Ray Dimitrios A. KarrasISC 2022 is dedicated to the Niti Aayog policies to promote sustainability through exchange of ideas emerging out of the academia. The ISC is an annual conference that is held in virtual mode until COVID restrictions on travel exist. The vision of the conference is to capacitate Academia with the necessary ideas that provide insights of the grassroot level development to various stakeholders of the Niti-Aayog policies. Towards this goal, the conference creates a conjunction of various stakeholders of Niti-Aayog policies that include- academic institutions, government bodies, policy makers and industry. The ISC organizers make concerted efforts to promote academic research that would technological, scientific, management & business practices, and insights into policy merits & disruptions. The framework of exchange of ideas is geared towards adoption of deep technologies, fundamental sciences & engineering, energy research, energy policies, advances in medicine & related case studies. This framework enables the round table discussions between the academia, industry and policy makers through its range of plenary and keynote speakers.
Emerging Trends and Techniques in Biofuel Production from Agricultural Waste (Clean Energy Production Technologies)
by Pardeep SinghThis edited book focuses primarily on biofuel production potential in agricultural waste, such as biogas generation, biohydrogen production, and research trends on managing or converting agricultural waste to biofuel. This book also draws attention to technological equipment, generated biofuels from agricultural waste through various biological and chemical processes, and the multiple factors responsible for biofuels from agricultural waste generation. Agriculture waste can be a renewable source of lignocellulosic feedstock for value-added products. Considering the non-replaceable fossil fuel reservoir, the exponentially growing human population urges an immediate search for alternative renewable energies. To confront the upcoming energy crisis, lignocellulosic agricultural waste is expected to be a sustainable, renewable, low-cost resource to derive bioenergy because of its high availability. This book will be of interest to researchers, scientists, and scholars working on agriculture waste management and biogas production. The book also serves as additional reading material for Industrial professionals, master's and degree students, policymakers, and NGOs working on biofuels and sustainable energy production.
Emerging Trends and Technologies on Intelligent Systems: Proceedings of 4th International Conference ETTIS 2024 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #1073)
by Emil Pricop Arti Noor Abhijit Sen Gaurav Trivedi Kriti SarohaThis book presents best selected papers presented at the 4th International Conference on Emerging Trends and Technologies on Intelligent Systems (ETTIS 2024) held from 27 to 28 March 2024 in hybrid mode at CDAC, Noida, India. The book includes current research works in the areas of artificial intelligence, big data, cyber-physical systems, and security in industrial/real-world settings. The book illustrates on-going research results, projects, surveying works, and industrial experiences that describe significant advances in all of the related areas.
Emerging Trends for Securing Cyber Physical Systems and the Internet of Things (Future Generation Information Systems)
by Bharat Bhushan Sudhir Kumar Sharma Ahmed J. Obaid Achyut Shankar Parma NandIn the past decades, cyber-physical systems (CPSs) have been widely applied to fields such as smart grids, environment monitoring, aerospace, smart transportation, and industrial automation. Great strides have been made in CPSs to improve the computing mechanism, communication, and quality of service by applying optimization algorithms. Currently, these efforts are integrated with the applications of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI). To maintain system reliability and stability, CPSs such as smart grids face numerous challenges, including large-scale Internet-of-Things (IoT) device adaptation, ever-increasing demands of electrical energy, and the rise of a wide range of security threats. These challenges bring forth the need to find sustainable and advanced solutions to guarantee reliable and secure operations in these systems.The goal of this book is to foster transformative, multidisciplinary, and novel approaches that ensure CPS security by taking into consideration the unique security challenges present in the environment. This book attracts contributions in all aspects pertaining to this multidisciplinary paradigm, which includes the development and implementation of Smart CPS, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, CPS for Industry 4.0, CPS architecture for IoT applications, and CPS forensics.This book: Discusses concepts including wireless sensor networks (WSNs), CPSs, and the IoT in a comprehensive manner. Covers routing protocols in sensor networks, attacks, and vulnerabilities in WSNs, the Internet of Cyber-Physical Things, and CPSs for industrial applications. Highlights technological advances, practical solutions, emerging trends, and prototypes related to privacy in CPSs and the IoT. Presents a pathway and architecture for proactive security schemes in CPSs to counter vulnerabilities, including phishing attacks, malware injection, internal stealing of data, and hacking. Discusses the most recent research and development on the enabling technologies for IoT-based CPSs. Owing to the scope and diversity of topics covered, the book will be of interest not only to researchers and theorists but also to professionals, material developers, technology specialists, and methodologists dealing with the multifarious aspects of data privacy and security enhancement in CPSs. The book will provide these professionals an overview of CPS security and privacy design, as well as enlighten them to promising solutions to research problems such as cyberattacks in CPS, risk identification and management in CPS, ML-based trust computational models for CPSs, nature-inspired algorithms for CPSs, and distributed consensus algorithms for event detection in CPSs. The secondary target audience of this book includes legal practitioners, hackers, cyber law policymakers, cyber forensic analysts, and global security consortiums who may use it to further their research exposure to pertinent topics in cybersecurity.
Emerging Trends in Advanced Spectroscopy (River Publishers Series In Optics And Photonics Ser.)
by Sabu Thomas Nandakumar Kalarikkal Jibin K. P. Yang Weiman Praveen G. L.Experimental studies carried out by a spectroscopic approach, and the techniques used for investigating the acquired information, can be given a robust modern analytical framework in the design of new materials, and for emphasis on the expansion of physical foundations of new materials. Emerging Trends in Advanced Spectroscopy may help to understand the applications of spectroscopic tools in material characterization. The text also shows how different spectroscopic methods are used by researchers worldwide, and how we can correlate the experimental observations with structural information.Technical topics discussed in the book include: Geometries, electronic structures and vibrational spectral studies Advanced spectroscopic techniques in polymer chemistry Spectroscopic portrayals of graphitic structures fluorescent metal nanoclusters as sensory probes for metal ions colorimetric chemo sensor Nano mixed ferrites and their applications to nanoelectronics Solid phase astrochemistry
Emerging Trends in Agri-Nanotechnology: Fundamental and Applied Aspects
by Xiaodong Yang Mahendra Rai Jyoti Singh Kelvii Wei Kelvii Wei Harikesh Bahadur Singh Prachi Singh Sandhya Mishra Surendra Singh Semih Otles Dr Birinchi Sarma Manoj Kumar Chitara Gagan Kumar Anupam Maharshi Amina Antonacci Marcelo Dutra Arbo Fabiana Arduini Daiana Silva Avila Carolina Castro Bueno Estefania V Campos R K Chaturvedi Deepika Chauhan Sampa Das Jhones L Oliveira Dr Renata De Lima Kunzes Dolma Carolina Alves Santos Professor Leonardo Fernandes Fraceto Aniket Gade Solange Cristina Garcia Renato Grillo Indarchand Gupta Janmejay Pandey Mauricio Tavares Jacques Akansha Jain S Marimuthu Vijay Kumar Mishra Arpan Mukherjee Jessica Nardi Raksha Pandit Jai Singh Patel K Raja Rahul Singh Rajput Ratul Moni Ram Indira Rathore Buket Yalcin Sahyar Viviana Scognamiglio N N Singh Amira S Soliman Ankit Srivastava Arohi Srivastava K S Subramanian J C Tarafdar Sudheer K YadavThe science of nanotechnology, the manipulation, design and engineering of devices at the atomic and molecular scale, is starting to be applied to many disciplines including aspects of agriculture and crop science. This book opens with a brief history of nanotechnology in agriculture. Applications are then examined in detail, including nanopesticides, nanosensors, nanofertilizers, and nanoherbicides. Topics covered include; the biosynthesis of nanoparticles (through microbes, plants and other biotic agents); the ecological consequences of their delivery into the environment (examining effects and toxicity on soil, soil biota, and plants); safety issues; an overview of the global market for nanotechnology products, and the regulation of nanotechnology in agriculture. The book concludes with speculations on what the future holds for the technology. The book has been written by an international group of researchers and experts from over 12 countries with experience across a wide range of issues relating to the industry. This book will be of use to a wide range of researchers and professional scientists in the agricultural sector, academia and industry, including microbiologists, chemical engineers, geneticists, plant scientists and biochemists.
Emerging Trends in Agri-nanotechnology: Fundamental And Applied Aspects
by Harikesh B. Singh Sandhya Mishra Leonardo Fernandes Fraceto Renata De LimaThe science of nanotechnology, the manipulation, design and engineering of devices at the atomic and molecular scale, is starting to be applied to many disciplines including aspects of agriculture and crop science. This book opens with a brief history of nanotechnology in agriculture. Applications are then examined in detail, including nanopesticides, nanosensors, nanofertilizers, and nanoherbicides. Topics covered include; the biosynthesis of nanoparticles (through microbes, plants and other biotic agents); the ecological consequences of their delivery into the environment (examining effects and toxicity on soil, soil biota, and plants); safety issues; an overview of the global market for nanotechnology products, and the regulation of nanotechnology in agriculture. The book concludes with speculations on what the future holds for the technology. The book has been written by an international group of researchers and experts from over 12 countries with experience across a wide range of issues relating to the industry. This book will be of use to a wide range of researchers and professional scientists in the agricultural sector, academia and industry, including microbiologists, chemical engineers, geneticists, plant scientists and biochemists.
Emerging Trends in Civil Engineering: Select Proceedings of ICETCE 2018 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering #61)
by K. Ganesh Babu H. Sudarsana Rao Y. AmarnathThis book comprises select papers from the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Civil Engineering (ICETCE 2018). Latest research findings in different branches of civil engineering such as structural engineering, construction materials, geotechnical engineering, water resources engineering, environmental engineering, and transportation infrastructure are covered in this book. The book also gives an overview of emerging topics like smart materials and structures, green building technologies, and intelligent transportation system. The contents of this book will be beneficial for students, academicians, industrialists and researchers working in the field of civil engineering.
Emerging Trends in Communication Networks
by Syed Faraz HasanThis book covers the state of the art in communication networks with the help of illustrative diagrams and recent references published in reputed journals and magazines. The book gives readers a glimpse into the next generation of communication networks. It explores topics that are currently in the research phase and/or are expected to be deployed in recent future such as LTE networks and IPv6 networks. This book is written for students/researchers who wish to come up to date with the recent trends in telecommunications.