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Top Gear Hypercars: The Greatest Automotive Gamechangers
by Jason BarlowNewer, faster and more spectacular than ever, join the Top Gear team as they get to grips with the latest and most innovative Hypercars.Top Gear Hypercars uncovers the 15 latest and greatest Hypercars, each pushing design and automotive technology to the limit.Aston Martin, Bugatti, Ferrari, Koenigsegg, Lamborghini and Red Bull are reconfiguring the Hypercar landscape, all featured in this lavishly illustrated book, complete with technical cross-sections, vital stats, driving reports and insider access to the people who make these incredible machines.With a foreword from racing legend Horacio Pagani, this book answers the question: exactly what makes a Hypercar ‘Hyper’?
Top Quark Spin Correlations with the CMS Detector (Springer Theses)
by Jason R. ThiemanThe differential top quark precision measurements of polarizations and spin correlations presented in this dissertation may potentially lead to breakthroughs in several key areas: observing quantum entanglement and Bell's Inequality violations in a hadronic system, discovering toponium, illuminating supersymmetry, interpreting field theories beyond the Standard Model, and advancing the understanding of electroweak vacuum stability. Additionally, this thesis provides a significantly improved understanding of CMS detector lepton trigger efficiencies, which has greatly enhanced the search for Lorentz invariance violation in top quark events, boosting the sensitivity by greater than a factor of 100. Finally, the thesis includes TCAD simulations that explore the feasibility of using the initial transient induced current, as described by the Ramo-Shockley Theorem, to achieve the picosecond timing precision in silicon pixel detectors needed for four-dimensional tracking.
Top of the Morning: The Inspiration for Apple TV's THE MORNING SHOW
by Brian StelterDiscover the cutthroat world behind the polite smiles and perky demeanors of morning news in the book that inspired the Apple TV series starring Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, and Steve Carrell.When America wakes up with personable and charming TV hosts, it's hard to imagine their show bookers having to guard a guest's hotel room all night to prevent rival shows from poaching. But that is just a glimpse of the intense reality revealed in this gripping look into the most competitive time slot in television.Featuring exclusive content about all the major players in American morning television, the book illuminates what it takes to win the AM -- when every single viewer counts, tons of jobs are on the line, and hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake. Author Brian Stelter is behind the scenes as Ann Curry replaces Meredith Vieira on the Today show, only to be fired a year later in a fiasco that made national headlines. He's backstage as Good Morning America launches an attack to dethrone Today and end the longest consecutive winning streak in morning television history. And he's there as Roberts is diagnosed with a crippling disease -- on what should be the happiest day of her career.So grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and discover the dark side of the sun.PRAISE FOR TOP OF THE MORNING"Mr. Stelter pulls back the curtains and exposes a savage corporate world that might have been inhabited by the Sopranos." - Washington Times"A troubling look inside an enterprise as vicious and internecine as a soap opera." - Kirkus Reviews
Top-Bar Beekeeping: Organic Practices for Honeybee Health
by Les Crowder Heather HarrellTop-Bar Beekeeping is an offering designed to encourage beekeepers around the world to keep bees naturally by providing beekeeping basics, hive management and the utilization of top-bar hives.In recent years, beekeepers have had to face tremendous challenges, from pests, such as varroa and tracheal mites, to the mysterious but even more devastating phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Yet in backyards and on rooftops all over the world, bees are being raised successfully, even without antibiotics, miticides, or other chemical inputs. More and more organically-minded beekeepers are now using top-bar hives, in which the shape of the interior resembles a hollow log. Long lasting and completely biodegradable, a top-bar hive made of untreated wood allows bees to build comb naturally rather than simply filling prefabricated foundation frames in a typical box hive with added supers.Top-bar hives yield slightly less honey but produce more beeswax than a typical Langstroth box hive. Regular hive inspection and the removal of old combs helps to keep bees healthier and naturally disease-free.Top-Bar Beekeeping provides complete information on hive management and other aspects of using these innovative hives. All home and hobbyist beekeepers who have the time and interest in keeping bees intensively should consider the natural, low-stress methods outlined in this book. It will also appeal to home orchardists, gardeners, and permaculture practitioners who look to bees for pollination as well as honey or beeswax.
Top-Down Design of Disordered Photonic Structures: Multidisciplinary Approaches Inspired by Quantum and Network Concepts (SpringerBriefs in Physics)
by Sunkyu Yu Xianji Piao Namkyoo ParkThis book introduces recent advances in the deterministic design of photonic structures, which overcome the current limitation in conventional disordered materials. It develops new concepts for disordered photonics inspired by notions in quantum mechanics, solid-state physics, mathematics and network theory, such as isospectrality, supersymmetry, graph network, small-world, de Broglie-Bohm theory, and parity-time symmetry.The multidisciplinary approach based on the core concepts of isospectrality (Chapter 2) and metadisorder (Chapter 3) offers a new perspective on the design methodology in photonics and in general disordered structures toward top-down designs of future photonic applications: perfect bandgap with strong modal localization, switching of random waves for binary and fuzzy logics, photonic analogy of graph networks, interdimensional signal transport, robust wave functions in disordered structures, and a novel method of energy storage and phase trapping based on Bohmian photonics. This book will provide new design criteria for physicists and engineers in photonics, and inspirations for researchers in other fields.
Topical Drifts in Intelligent Computing: Proceedings of International Conference on Computational Techniques and Applications (ICCTA 2021) (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #426)
by Jyotsna Kumar Mandal Pao-Ann Hsiung Rudra Sankar DharThis book gathers a collection of high-quality peer-reviewed research papers presented at International Conference on Computational Techniques and Applications (ICCTA 2021), organized by the Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), Kolkata Center, India, during 8 – 9 October 2021. This includes research in the areas of intelligent computing and communication systems including computing, electronics, green energy design, communications, computers to interact and disseminate information on latest developments both academically and industrially for computational drifts. The three main tracks are (i) computing in network security, AI and data science; (ii) contemporary issues in electronics, and communication technology; and (iii) intelligent computing in electrical power, control systems and energy technology.
Topical Issues of Rational Use of Natural Resources 2019, Volume 1: Proceedings of the XV International Forum-Contest of Students and Young Researchers under the auspices of UNESCO (St. Petersburg Mining University, Russia, 13-17 May 2019)
by Vladimir LitvinenkoTopical Issues of Rational Use of Natural Resources 2019 Vol. 1 contains the contributions in presented at the XV International Forum-Contest of Students and Young Researchers under the auspices of UNESCO (St. Petersburg Mining University, Russia, 13-17 May 2019). The Forum-Contest is a great opportunity for young researchers to present their work to the academics involved or interested the area of extraction and processing of natural resources. The topics of the book include: • Geotechnologies of resource extraction: current challenges and prospects • Cutting edge technologies of geological mapping, search and prospecting of mineral deposits • Digital and energy saving technologies in mineral resource complex • Breakthrough technologies of integrated processing of mineral hydrocarbon and technogenic raw materials with further production of new generation materials • The latest management and financing solutions for the development of mineral resources sector • Environment protection and sustainable nature management • New approaches to resolving hydrocarbon sector-specific issues Topical Issues of Rational Use of Natural Resources 2019 Vol. 1 collects the best reports presented at the Forum-Contest, and is of interest to academics and professionals involved in the extraction and processing of natural resources.
Topical Issues of Rational Use of Natural Resources, Volume 2
by Vladimir LitvinenkoTopical Issues of Rational Use of Natural Resources 2019 Vol. 2 contains the contributions presented at the XV International Forum-Contest of Students and Young Researchers under the auspices of UNESCO (St. Petersburg Mining University, Russia, 13-17 May 2019). The Forum-Contest is a great opportunity for young researchers to present their work to the academics involved or interested the area of extraction and processing of natural resources. The topics of the book include: • Geotechnologies of resource extraction: current challenges and prospects • Cutting edge technologies of geological mapping, search and prospecting of mineral deposits • Digital and energy saving technologies in mineral resource complex • Breakthrough technologies of integrated processing of mineral hydrocarbon and technogenic raw materials with further production of new generation materials • The latest management and financing solutions for the development of mineral resources sector • Environment protection and sustainable nature management • New approaches to resolving hydrocarbon sector-specific issues Topical Issues of Rational Use of Natural Resources 2019 Vol. 2 collects the best reports presented at the Forum-Contest, and is of interest to academics and professionals involved in the extraction and processing of natural resources.
Topical Themes in Energy and Resources
by Michael Norton Yasumitsu Tanaka Yu-You LiThis book combines issues several critical ones in the energy field (low-energy technologies, renewable energies such as the hydrogen economy, and geothermal energy). Moving towards a more sustainable world requires a complete revolution in the way we manage energy and resources. However, from an academic perspective, this theme is so broad that most educators and researchers tend to focus on just one aspect, and maintaining the broad viewpoint which is necessary for making strategic judgments becomes difficult. Tohoku University addressed this challenge when developing a new education and training program for environmental leaders and brought together the extensive range of expertise available in specific fields into one special course which forms the basis of this book. Now in one volume, both students and educators can be brought up to date on a wide range of critical issues currently being addressed in the field of energy and resources. Chapters on resources include availability (for instance, rare earth metals), extraction and recycling of metals and plastics, and technological solutions to specific waste-disposal problems. In addition, broader strategic issues such as limits to growth and the interaction between the economic system and environmental issues are addressed. Even though each chapter provides topical data and knowledge from disparate and specialized fields, the book is written at a level that is readily understandable by students from all scientific, engineering, and humanities fields.
Topics and Trends in Current Statistics Education Research: International Perspectives (ICME-13 Monographs)
by Gail Burrill Dani Ben-ZviThis book focuses on international research in statistics education, providing a solid understanding of the challenges in learning statistics. It presents the teaching and learning of statistics in various contexts, including designed settings for young children, students in formal schooling, tertiary level students, and teacher professional development. The book describes research on what to teach and platforms for delivering content (curriculum), strategies on how to teach for deep understanding, and includes several chapters on developing conceptual understanding (pedagogy and technology), teacher knowledge and beliefs, and the challenges teachers and students face when they solve statistical problems (reasoning and thinking). This new research in the field offers critical insights for college instructors, classroom teachers, curriculum designers, researchers in mathematics and statistics education as well as policy makers and newcomers to the field of statistics education. Statistics has become one of the key areas of study in the modern world of information and big data. The dramatic increase in demand for learning statistics in all disciplines is accompanied by tremendous growth in research in statistics education. Increasingly, countries are teaching more quantitative reasoning and statistics at lower and lower grade levels within mathematics, science and across many content areas. Research has revealed the many challenges in helping learners develop statistical literacy, reasoning, and thinking, and new curricula and technology tools show promise in facilitating the achievement of these desired outcomes.
Topics in Artificial Intelligence Applied to Industry 4.0
by Amit Kumar Tyagi Swetta Kukreja Mahmoud Ragab AL-Refaey Abdullah Saad AL-MalaiseTopics in Artificial Intelligence Applied to Industry 4.0 Forward thinking resource discussing emerging AI and IoT technologies and how they are applied to Industry 4.0 Topics in Artificial Intelligence Applied to Industry 4.0 discusses the design principles, technologies, and applications of emerging AI and IoT solutions on Industry 4.0, explaining how to make improvements in infrastructure through emerging technologies. Providing a clear connection with different technologies such as IoT, Big Data, AR and VR, and Blockchain, this book presents security, privacy, trust, and other issues whilst delving into real-world problems and case studies. The text takes a highly practical approach, with a clear insight on how readers can increase productivity by drastically shortening the time period between the development of a new product and its delivery to customers in the market by 50%. This book also discusses how to save energy across systems to ensure competitiveness in a global market, and become more responsive in how they produce products and services for their consumers, such as by investing in flexible production lines. Written by highly qualified authors, Topics in Artificial Intelligence Applied to Industry 4.0 explores sample topics such as: Quantum machine learning, neural network implementation, and cloud and data analytics for effective analysis of industrial data Computer vision, emerging networking technologies, industrial data spaces, and an industry vision for 2030 in both developing and developed nations Novel or improved nature-inspired optimization algorithms in enhancing Industry 5.0 and the connectivity of any components for smart environment Future professions in agriculture, medicine, education, fitness, R&D, and transport and communication as a result of new technologies Aimed at researchers and students in the interdisciplinary fields of Smart Manufacturing and Smart Applications, Topics in Artificial Intelligence Applied to Industry 4.0 provides the perfect overview of technology from the perspective of modern society and operational environment.
Topics in Contemporary Mathematical Analysis and Applications (Mathematics and its Applications)
by Hemen DuttaTopics in Contemporary Mathematical Analysis and Applications encompasses several contemporary topics in the field of mathematical analysis, their applications, and relevancies in other areas of research and study. The readers will find developments concerning the topics presented to a reasonable extent with various new problems for further study. Each chapter carefully presents the related problems and issues, methods of solutions, and their possible applications or relevancies in other scientific areas. Aims at enriching the understanding of methods, problems, and applications Offers an understanding of research problems by presenting the necessary developments in reasonable details Discusses applications and uses of operator theory, fixed-point theory, inequalities, bi-univalent functions, functional equations, and scalar-objective programming, and presents various associated problems and ways to solve such problems This book is written for individual researchers, educators, students, and department libraries.
Topics in Dynamics of Bridges, Volume 3
by Alvaro CunhaTopics in Dynamics of Bridges, Volume 3: Proceedings of the 31st IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2013, the third volume of seven from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Structural Dynamics, including papers on: Vibration Monitoring Damping Damage Detection Health Monitoring Dynamic Behavior Dynamic Modeling Human-Induced Vibration
Topics in Dynamics of Civil Structures, Volume 4
by Paul Reynolds Aleksandar Pavic Shamim Pakzad Fikret Necati Catbas Vitomir RacicTopics in Dynamics of Civil Structures, Volume 4: Proceedings of the 31st IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2013, the fourth volume of seven from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Structural Dynamics, including papers on: Modal Parameter Identification for Civil Structures Vibration Control of Civil Structures Cable Dynamics Damage Detection Models for Civil Structures Data-Driven Health Monitoring of Structures & Infrastructure Experimental Techniques for Civil Structures Human-induced Vibrations of Civil Structures Structural Modeling for Civil Structures
Topics in Experimental Dynamic Substructuring, Volume 2
by Matt Allen Daniel Rixen Randy MayesTopics in Experimental Dynamics Substructuring, Volume 2: Proceedings of the 31st IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2013, the second volume of seven from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Structural Dynamics, including papers on: Nonlinear Substructures SEM Substructures Wind Turbine Testbed - Blade Modeling & Correlation Substructure Methods SEM Substructures Wind Turbine Testbed Frequency Based Substructures Fixed Base Substructure Methods Substructure Methods SEM Substructures Wind Turbine Testbed Frequency Based Substructures Fixed Base Substructure Methods
Topics in Experimental Dynamics Substructuring and Wind Turbine Dynamics, Volume 2
by S. N. Voormeeren D. T. Griffith R. Mayes D. De Klerk D. Rixen M. S. Allen S. ChauhanTopics in Experimental Dynamics Substructuring and Wind Turbine Dynamics, Volume 2, Proceedings of the 30th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2012, the second volume of six from the Conference, brings together 31 contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Structural Dynamics.
Topics in Integral and Integro-Differential Equations: Theory and Applications (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control #340)
by Hemen Dutta Harendra Singh Marcelo M. CavalcantiThis book includes different topics associated with integral and integro-differential equations and their relevance and significance in various scientific areas of study and research. Integral and integro-differential equations are capable of modelling many situations from science and engineering. Readers should find several useful and advanced methods for solving various types of integral and integro-differential equations in this book. The book is useful for graduate students, Ph.D. students, researchers and educators interested in mathematical modelling, applied mathematics, applied sciences, engineering, etc. Key Features • New and advanced methods for solving integral and integro-differential equations • Contains comparison of various methods for accuracy • Demonstrates the applicability of integral and integro-differential equations in other scientific areas • Examines qualitative as well as quantitative properties of solutions of various types of integral and integro-differential equations
Topics in LC Oscillators: Principles, Phase Noise, Pulling, Inductor Design
by Konstantinos ManetakisThis book introduces an intuitive, self-sustained oscillator model and applies it to describe some of the most critical performance metrics of LC oscillators, such as phase noise, entrainment, and pulling. It also covers the related topics of magnetic coupling and inductor design. The author emphasizes the basic principles and illuminates them with approximate calculations, adopting a design-oriented approach that imparts intuition and complements simulations. This book constitutes a novel and fresh perspective on the subject and can be helpful to electrical engineering students and practicing engineers. It also serves as a bridge between the mathematical treatises of the subject and the more practical circuit-oriented approaches.
Topics in Magnetohydrodynamic Topology, Reconnection and Stability Theory (CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences #591)
by David MacTaggart Andrew HillierThe book presents an advanced but accessible overview of some of the most important sub-branches of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD): stability theory, magnetic topology, relaxation theory and magnetic reconnection. Although each of these subjects is often treated separately, in practical MHD applications they are normally inseparable. MHD is a highly active field of research.The book is written for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers working on MHD-related research in plasma physics and fluid dynamics.
Topics in Mathematical Fluid Mechanics
by Arnaud Debussche Hugo Beirão da Veiga Peter Constantin Gregory Seregin Franco Flandoli Giovanni P. Galdi Michael RůžičkaThis volume brings together five contributions to mathematical fluid mechanics, a classical but still very active research field which overlaps with physics and engineering. The contributions cover not only the classical Navier-Stokes equations for an incompressible Newtonian fluid, but also generalized Newtonian fluids, fluids interacting with particles and with solids, and stochastic models. The questions addressed in the lectures range from the basic problems of existence of weak and more regular solutions, the local regularity theory and analysis of potential singularities, qualitative and quantitative results about the behavior in special cases, asymptotic behavior, statistical properties and ergodicity.
Topics in Matroid Theory
by Leonidas S. PitsoulisTopics in Matroid Theory provides a brief introduction to matroid theory with an emphasis on algorithmic consequences. Matroid theory is at the heart of combinatorial optimization and has attracted various pioneers such as Edmonds, Tutte, Cunningham and Lawler among others. Matroid theory encompasses matrices, graphs and other combinatorial entities under a common, solid algebraic framework, thereby providing the analytical tools to solve related difficult algorithmic problems. The monograph contains a rigorous axiomatic definition of matroids along with other necessary concepts such as duality, minors, connectivity and representability as demonstrated in matrices, graphs and transversals. The author also presents a deep decomposition result in matroid theory that provides a structural characterization of graphic matroids, and show how this can be extended to signed-graphic matroids, as well as the immediate algorithmic consequences.
Topics in Medical Image Processing and Computational Vision
by Renato M. Natal Jorge Joao Manuel TavaresThe sixteen chapters included in this book were written by invited experts of international recognition and address important issues in Medical Image Processing and Computational Vision, including: Object Recognition, Object Detection, Object Tracking, Pose Estimation, Facial Expression Recognition, Image Retrieval, Data Mining, Automatic Video Understanding and Management, Edges Detection, Image Segmentation, Modelling and Simulation, Medical thermography, Database Systems, Synthetic Aperture Radar and Satellite Imagery. Different applications are addressed and described throughout the book, comprising: Object Recognition and Tracking, Facial Expression Recognition, Image Database, Plant Disease Classification, Video Understanding and Management, Image Processing, Image Segmentation, Bio-structure Modelling and Simulation, Medical Imaging, Image Classification, Medical Diagnosis, Urban Areas Classification, Land Map Generation. The book brings together the current state-of-the-art in the various multi-disciplinary solutions for Medical Image Processing and Computational Vision, including research, techniques, applications and new trends contributing to the development of the related areas.
Topics in Modal Analysis & Parameter Identification, Vol. 9: Proceedings of the 42nd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics 2024 (Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series)
by Brandon J. Dilworth Timothy Marinone Jon FurlichTopics in Modal Analysis, Testing & Parameter Identification, Volume 9: Proceedings of the 42nd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2024, the nineth volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Modal Analysis, Modal Testing and Modal Parameter Identification including papers on: Analytical Methods Modal Applications Basics of Modal Analysis Experimental Techniques Multi Degree of Freedom Testing Boundary Conditions in Environmental Testing Operational Modal Analysis Modal Parameter Identification Novel Techniques
Topics in Modal Analysis & Parameter Identification, Volume 8: Proceedings of the 40th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics 2022 (Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series)
by Michael Mains Brandon J. Dilworth Timothy MarinoneTopics in Modal Analysis & Testing, Volume 8: Proceedings of the 40th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2022, the eighth volume of nine from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Modal Analysis, including papers on:Operational Modal & Modal Analysis ApplicationsExperimental TechniquesModal Analysis, Measurements & Parameter EstimationModal Vectors & ModelingBasics of Modal AnalysisAdditive Manufacturing & Modal Testing of Printed Parts
Topics in Modal Analysis & Parameter Identification, Volume 9: Proceedings of the 41st IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics 2023 (Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series)
by Michael Mains Brandon J. Dilworth Timothy MarinoneTopics in Modal Analysis, Testing & Parameter Identification, Volume 9: Proceedings of the 41st IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2023, the ninth volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Modal Analysis, Modal Testing and Modal Parameter Identification including papers on:Analytical MethodsModal ApplicationsBasics of Modal AnalysisExperimental TechniquesOperational Modal AnalysisModal Parameter IdentificationNovel TechniquesRotating MachineryAdditive Manufacturing ApplicationsBiomedical Applications