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Digital Twins and Simulation Technology: Concepts and Applications
by Lavanya Sharma and Pradeep K. GargThis book provides a comprehensive overview of the concept of digital twins, emphasising its strategic importance across various commercial domains. This book covers the fundamentals, data requirements, tools, and technologies essential for understanding and implementing digital twins. It discusses how digital twins are used for running simulations, analysing performance issues, and generating potential improvements to optimise business processes. The book explores the architecture, historical background, and real-time applications in sectors including urban planning, healthcare, smart cities, and manufacturing. Explains digital twin technology, including its core principles, architecture, and how it replicates physical objects in virtual platforms, in detail Covers the data types and tools necessary for creating and maintaining digital twins, including sensors, data processing systems, and integration methodologies Explores technologies such as Computer Vision, IoT, AI, ML, 5G, AR, and VR that drive the functionality and application of digital twins Analyses practical applications in diverse sectors like urban planning, smart cities, healthcare, manufacturing operations, and power-generation equipment, showcasing real-world use cases and benefits Examines real-time challenges and limitations associated with implementing digital twin technology, providing a balanced view of its capabilities and constraints It is a reference book for researchers, scholars, and students who are working or interested in learning about digital twin technology.
Digital Twins: For Superior Clinical Decision Making (Analytics and AI for Healthcare)
by Nilmini Wickramasinghe Nalika Ulapane Amir AndargoliThis book centres on the topic of digital twins for superior healthcare decision support, as access is enabled to large volumes of multi-dimensional data such as patient’s electronic medical records, medical scans, and data. The reader learns about the possibility of a digital representation of analogous clinical cases built from data-driven models to represent and present relevant information and germane knowledge in context.Together with cutting-edge technologies, the authors share the ability of data-driven models to offer more efficient clinical decision support. The authors take a three-prong approach in the study of digital twins, the positive contributions made in other industries, the different types of applications and the numerous benefits offered. Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques, such as machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) algorithms, are discussed in the context of digital twins in healthcare applications. By looking at digital twins it is possible to reduce workflow challenges and provide fast and precise diagnosis. This then demonstrates how digital twins therefore support superior clinical decision-making. Importantly, the authors identify critical success issues, including co-design and research, for the design, development, and deployment of suitable digital twins.This book is written for the healthcare audience, professionals, physicians, medical administrators, managers, and IT practitioners. It also serves as a useful reference for senior-level undergraduate students and graduate students in health informatics and public health.
Digital Work and Digital Workers in Europe and China (China Policy Series)
by Laurence Roulleau-Berger Wen JunThis book is a study of digital workers across diverse contexts in China and Europe, giving valuable insight into their origins, abilities, and working conditions.As the growth of digital work changes the nature of work and employment and the consequences of this for individual workers, this book considers the shift of much economic activity to online activity, examines increasing economic globalization that involves a new global division of labor, with novel forms of global capitalism, and emphasizes the fact that increasingly work for many people is now digital work. It highlights the consequences of this shift, which include the casualization of work, new subaltern labor, and the precarity of employment contracts – whether as self-employment or digital wage – and the relations between digital work, globalization, and emotional capitalism. It discusses how new forms of labor exploitation and how individual and collective mobilizations are emerging, how specific groups such as migrants are especially vulnerable, and how these new forms of capitalism and of working are leading to a rearrangement of the geographical structure of the world economy, with notable consequences for Asia and other non-Western regions.Broadening the global understanding of the evolving nature of work in the digital age, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of the sociology of work and economic sociology, as well as digital sociology.
Digital World Englishes (Language and Digital Media)
by Patricia FriedrichDigital World Englishes aims to be an introduction to and exposition of the universe of world Englishes as represented in online spaces. It presents aspects of world Englishes theory in relation to our evolving digital reality and examples of authentic language variation, change, and code-mixing. To do that, it visits such stations as world Englishes frameworks, pedagogy, new media, augmented intelligence, interactions with other languages, research methodology, and Internet user identities. The reader of the book will come away from the reading with a clear idea of what world Englishes are and how they have morphed, adapted, and come to manifest in online environments. This is likely the first book-length treatment of this topic from the lenses of linguistic creativity, morphing identities, and the power of languages of wider communication.
Digitalisation and Digital Transformation: First Research Twinning Conference, RTC-Digital 2023, Liverpool, UK, March 27–30, 2023, Proceedings (Communications in Computer and Information Science #2647)
by Igor Potapov Vira Shendryk Dmytro Chumachenko Volodymyr Proshkin Oleksandr Berezko James McCafferty Olexandr KonovalovThis book CCIS 2647 constitutes the refereed proceedings of First Research Twinning Conference on Digitalisation and Digital Transformation, RTC-Digital 2023, held in Liverpool, UK, during March 27–30, 2023. The 29 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 101 submissions.The objective is to help Ukrainian academics at Universities and Research institutes to integrate into the international research network and to find new research contacts. In the long term, the high-quality research across the Digital Theme should drive the development of the Digital Infrastructure, Digital Economy and IT sector in Ukraine and support the recent OECD Policy Response "Digitalisation for recovery in Ukraine".
Digitalization and Women's Rights: Volume 1 (Security, Audit and Leadership Series)
by Muharrem Kılıç and Sezer Bozkus̨ KahyaoğluTechnological advancements frequently hinder the progress of women in the business sphere. In our current landscape, the rapid evolution of technology—driven by digital transformation—has created significant barriers to women’s participation. This has given rise to new forms of discrimination that often go unacknowledged and unaddressed. The unfortunate reality is that this issue is sidelined in discussions about the economy and broader implications for employment. We must recognize and confront the unique challenges women face in this technological age, as their exclusion not only impacts them but also stifles innovation and growth in our economy. It is time to advocate for a more inclusive approach that empowers women in the tech world.In this vital context, it is essential to recognize the discrimination and emerging challenges that women will face, although these issues may not have been previously explored in sufficient detail. This work has been thoughtfully created to fill that gap, serving as a crucial reference about these matters. By shedding light on existing gaps in the research, this book promises to enrich future studies and provide invaluable insights for researchers who investigate and evaluate related works. One of the most pressing challenges ahead for women in the rapidly evolving digital landscape is understanding and navigating the economic opportunities available to them. As we enter this new era, women will undergo a transformative journey that demands adaptability and learning in the face of continuous innovation. This work aspires to contribute significantly to these conversations and empower women as they embrace the future.
Digitaltechnik für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Bernd BüchauVon den Grundlagen der Boole’schen Algebra bis zur Synthese digitaler Systeme Die Digitaltechnik stellt heute praktisch für alle elektrischen und elektronischen Geräte des täglichen Lebens und in der industriellen Anwendung die Basis dar—deswegen ist sie so wichtig und unverzichtbar. Deshalb ist dieses Gebiet auf möglichst verständliche und vollständige Weise im vorliegenden Lehr- und Übungsbuch behandelt worden. Auch wenn es manchmal kniffelig wird, keine Angst, der Autor führt Sie sicher durch dieses Gebiet zum Ziel, mit fundierten Grundlagen und vielen Beispielen sowie Übungen. Als Interessierter wie auch als Studierender werden Sie mit den vielen Übungen zuverlässig auf die Praxis und anstehende Prüfungen vorbereitet – viel Erfolg. Sie erfahren Was die Digitaltechnik in Theorie und Praxis ist Welche mathematischen Grundlagen Sie benötigen Wie eine Analyse durchgeführt wird Wie eine Synthese einer digitalen Schaltung erfolgt
Dilemmas and Decision Making in Cancer Care: A Practice-Based Approach (Dilemmas and Decision Making)
by Sarah Housden Julia HubbardThis book presents realistic cancer-related clinical dilemmas and provides guidance on how to assess options and make ethical decisions.The provided case studies explore how decisions are made in ethically and sometimes morally challenging situations in practice. Approaches to care delivery focus on the perspective of the individual in terms of their practical, social, psychological, and emotional needs. Considerations are integrated with a range of solutions-focused perspectives to allow readers to discuss clinical dilemmas in a safe space while applying and expanding their professional knowledge.This book provides an invaluable resource for any healthcare student, clinical supervisor, academic educator, and anybody working within the cancer setting.
Dimensional Analysis for Meds: Simplified Dosage Calculations
by Anna M. CurrenDosage calculation can be very challenging and intimidating for students. However, renowned author and educator, Anna Curren applies her experience, knowledge, and proven method to take the fear-factor out of manual math in Dimensional Analysis: Simplified Dosage Calculations, Seventh Edition. She breaks down the subject using dimensional analysis which reduces all calculations into a single, easy-to-solve equation. Furthermore, her conversational writing style brings the students to a safe place in the often-intimidating realm of math. The updated Seventh Edition presents only the essential information. The first section includes a chapter with an overview of the metric system; as Curren states, 98% of all calculations involve metric measures. The text is structured to feature content in small instructional steps followed by assessments to reinforce what has been learned.
Dimensional Metrology
by Richard Leach Han HaitjemaThis book provides in-depth coverage of metrology principles for students, practicing engineers, technologists and researchers.Dimensional Metrology presents and explains mathematical principles and treatments and practical applications of metrology, with numerous chapter exercises that link theory to the solution of practical problems. Computer-based classes of dimensional metrology are covered, such as CMM-technology, areal surface measurement and X-ray computed tomography. Readers are shown how to perform and evaluate dimensional measurements and interpret the results. Measuring instruments and methods are explained so that readers can determine which one to use for specific applications.This book aims to give both technicians and academic researchers in the field a thorough understanding of both the mathematical principles and uses and their applications. It can well act as the basis for a course series at the bachelor’s and master’s level for students in mechanical engineering.
Dimensions of the Impersonal in Clarice Lispector: Ecstasy, Horror, Solidarity (Routledge Studies in Latin American and Iberian Literature)
by Wojciech SawalaThis book explores the fictional work of Clarice Lispector (1920–1977), the eminent twentieth-century Brazilian writer. It employs the theoretical framework of "affirmative biopolitics" by Roberto Esposito, engaging with Michel Foucault and Giorgio Agamben, alongside voices like Mircea Eliade, Anthony Giddens, and Agata Bielik-Robson. The focus is on rethinking and valuing “impersonality,” crucial for understanding the anthropological, metaphysical, ethical, and political implications in Lispector's works. The main thesis posits that Lispector’s writings, from journalistic chronicles to significant books like The Passion According to G.H., present a complex anthropological vision marked by an ontological and ethical “deadlock” between personality and impersonality. This vision suggests that humans are trapped in a personal mode of existence, separated from their ontological essence, leading to a metaphysical guilt. The book analyzes this deadlock both in individual and communal-political contexts, highlighting the cryptotheological dimension in Lispector’s mystical and messianic themes rooted in Jewish tradition.
Dinosaur Fact Frenzy!
by Mathew J. WedelThere’s a DINOSAUR FACT FRENZY headed your way! Did you know that Velociraptors were about the same size as a turkey? Or that Incisivosaurus had big front teeth, like a beaver, that it used for cutting plants? Dozens of bite-size facts are paired with fun dinosaur images, welcoming in even the most reluctant readers. Whether kids are in the mood to browse or to devour a book from cover to cover, even a dedicated dino fan is sure to learn something surprising as they flip through these pages.
Dinosaur Fact Frenzy! (Fact Frenzy)
by Mathew J. WedelThere&’s a DINOSAUR FACT FRENZY headed your way! Did you know that Velociraptors were about the same size as a turkey? Or that Incisivosaurus had big front teeth, like a beaver, that it used for cutting plants? Dozens of bite-size facts are paired with fun dinosaur images, welcoming in even the most reluctant readers. Whether kids are in the mood to browse or to devour a book from cover to cover, even a dedicated dino fan is sure to learn something surprising as they flip through these pages.
Dinosaur Fact Frenzy! (Fact Frenzy)
by Mathew J. WedelThere&’s a DINOSAUR FACT FRENZY headed your way! Did you know that Velociraptors were about the same size as a turkey? Or that Incisivosaurus had big front teeth, like a beaver, that it used for cutting plants? Dozens of bite-size facts are paired with fun dinosaur images, welcoming in even the most reluctant readers. Whether kids are in the mood to browse or to devour a book from cover to cover, even a dedicated dino fan is sure to learn something surprising as they flip through these pages.
Diplodocus
by Nick HunterYoung readers are full of questions about their favorite dinosaurs! What did Diplodocus eat? And how did it use its tail to protect itself from predators? Readers can get all the facts on this plant-eating, long-necked dinosaur. Engaging text and images make this book a great choice for information to use in a report or just to read for fun.
Directed C-H Bond Functionalization: Concepts and Applications
by Debabrata Maiti Supriya RejStreamlined, cost-effective, and environmentally benign concepts for the synthesis of chemical building blocks and pharmaceuticals Directed C—H Bond Functionalization summarizes recent advances in the field of selective and efficient C—H bond functionalization using directing groups. Written by a team of experts in the field, Directed C—H Bond Functionalization includes information on: History of the C—H bond activation and its discoveryIn-built functional group-directed C—H functionalization, proximal C—H bond functionalization, and template-assisted distal C—H bond functionalizationTransient-directing group-assisted C—H bond functionalization and bifunctional non-covalent template-assisted C—H functionalizationRedox catalytic methods and metal-free directed C—H functionalization reactionsIndustrial and synthetic application of directed C—H bond functionalization in organic synthesis, medicinal, and process chemistry With its all-encompassing approach, Directed C—H Bond Functionalization is a timely, essential reference for synthetic chemists in academia and industry working in the fields of organic synthesis, catalysis, sustainable chemistry, and drug design.
Disability Life Stories: Unfiltered Voices on School, Family, Career, and Finding Purpose
by Barbara M. Newman Philip R. Newman Annemarie Vaccaro Adam M. Moore Ezekiel W. Kimball Alexis Carlson Emily DoffingBased on a 10-year longitudinal study in the United States, this much-needed text offers insight into the developmental trajectories of people with disabilities from childhood through adulthood using their language and amplifying their voices. Through in-depth interviews with 14 disabled people, the authors learned important lessons about how each individual developed and enacted a sense of life purpose. Their experiences are illustrated through rich and unfiltered narratives about childhood, family interactions, primary and secondary education, college, and work experiences. These life stories also illuminate growth over time, capturing details of educational, identity, relationship, and career trajectories. Featuring discussion questions at the end of each chapter, the book stimulates individual and group reflection and invites readers to engage in action as allies and advocates for equity and inclusion for disabled people. Disability Life Stories is essential reading for everyone—especially educators (in-service and pre-service), disability scholars, families, community organizers, healthcare professionals, and disabled people themselves.
Disability Psychotherapy: What it is and Why it Matters
by Angelina VeigaDisability Psychotherapy explores the growing practice of working psychotherapeutically with people with disabilities.Over three parts, the book explores the history of disability psychotherapy, working as a disability psychotherapist and applications of disability psychotherapy. The contributors, representing a range of approaches, describe the practice of disability psychotherapy through clinical material, discuss their experiences of working in the field and reflect on their learnings. The book also considers the contributions of the Institute of Psychotherapy and Disability, and how relational attachment work with patients, colleagues, research and clinical writing creates a thriving community.Disability Psychotherapy will be of interest to experienced and student psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, counsellors, educators, carers, parents, advocates and anyone who is concerned about widening access for people with disabilities and their networks to high quality psychotherapy treatment.
Disability as a Boundary Object: Combining Inclusivity, Value and Therapy (Routledge Advances in Disability Studies)
by Per Koren SolvangThe concept of disability is actively used by social justice movements and welfare state systems, but it is often rejected by people involved with patient organisations, neurodiversity movements, and comparable diversity proponents.This book unites these social actor positions by outlining an overarching disability model. It discusses the potential for the model to serve as a boundary object for people with impairments, activist organisations, professionals, redistributive welfare systems, and scholarly works in Disability Studies. Using a three‑fold model in which disability is understood as a social construction, a valued condition, and an unwanted state that can improve from therapy, it shows the potential of the three frameworks as discursive powers inherent to a broad and unifying model of disability as well as the possible use of such a broad disability model for diverse actors positioned in heterogeneous social arenas.It will be of interest to all scholars, students, and professionals working within the field of Disability Studies, sociology, social policy, health studies, and social work.
Disbanding the Patriarchy: Sex, Policy, and Power
by Yolanda K VegaDisbanding the Patriarchy: Sex Policy & Power presents evidence from Australia, Europe, India, the UK, and the USA, revealing the calculated efforts to impede progress, dictated by oligarchs, the media, religious dogmas, and androcentric leaders. Patriarchal forces are deliberately accelerating the regression of equality. The decline of democracy and human rights threaten health services, political frameworks, financial stability, and education systems. Celebrating the remarkable triumphs of activists, feminists, and advocates, their strength, courage, and perseverance exemplifies how united successes are possible. The four feminist waves, along with the current tsunami, are recognised as powerful demonstrations of collective voices disrupting corruption and exposing the reality that wealth does not equate to intelligence or capacity. Incorporating academic research, personal experiences, and a practical toolkit in every chapter, this book presents a comprehensive assessment of both contemporary and prescriptive norms that suppress autonomy, marginalise the majority, and distort reality. Readers will gain a critical, evidence-based understanding of the barriers to equality, alongside practical strategies to disband phallocentric principles and influence the implementation of sustainable, meaningful social reforms. Proportionate representation, reinforced by inclusive leadership, has been proven to deliver financial prosperity, effective governance, and social advancement, presenting a compelling case for disbanding unacceptable power structures in the pursuit of a fairer and more balanced world. For those who wear one or many hats — feminists, policymakers, educators, caregivers, researchers, advocates, activists, journalists, students, academics, lawyers, jurists, healthcare professionals, executives, entrepreneurs, artists, NGOs, and politicians — note the United Nations calculates that achieving legal parity could take another 286 years at the current rate. This alarming reality serves as a call to action, reminding the reader that transformative positive developments are within reach. Neutralising regression demands deliberate, sustained, and collective efforts to transform suppression into equal justice — one decisive action at a time.
Disciplined Entrepreneurship for Climate and Energy Ventures: 24 Steps to Build Solutions for People and the Planet (Disciplined Entrepreneurship Series)
by Bill Aulet Ben Soltoff Tod Hynes Francis O'Sullivan Libby WaymanCreate exciting new products and build successful companies in the climate and energy sectors In Disciplined Entrepreneurship for Climate and Energy Ventures: 24 Steps to Build Solutions for People and the Planet, veteran entrepreneur Bill Aulet, climate tech expert Ben Soltoff, and the faculty behind MIT's Climate & Energy Ventures course, Tod Hynes, Francis O'Sullivan, and Libby Wayman, deliver a comprehensive discussion of how to bring your climate or energy startup/venture to life. You'll learn how to create a successful climate and energy venture using the authors' effective, 24-step framework that you can apply to your entrepreneurial idea, taking much of the guesswork and uncertainty out of your business journey. The book offers a precise, scientific approach to entrepreneurship and proves that effective entrepreneurship is more about the careful application of data and science than it is an exercise in blind intuition. You'll find: A step-by-step guide to starting your new climate or energy venture offering a clear, systematic path to profitability Instructions on building and scaling your new firm and meeting your entrepreneurial ambitions Templates, tools, techniques, and strategies for climate and energy entrepreneurs at every stage of their business' growth, from initial idea to globally scaled solution Perfect for aspiring and practicing entrepreneurs, founders, and managers in the climate, energy, and environment sectors, Disciplined Entrepreneurship for Climate and Energy Ventures is an expert guide for professionals ready to level-up their entrepreneurial skills and achieve a positive impact on people and the planet.
Discovering Nutrition
by Melissa Bernstein Kimberley McMahon Dr. Paul InselIncorporating the latest research and dietary guidelines, Discovering Nutrition, Seventh Edition introduces students to the fundamentals of nutrition with an engaging and personalized approach. Written with a diverse student population of nutrition majors and non-majors in mind, this text focuses on teaching behavior change and personal decision making with an emphasis on how our nutritional behaviors influence lifelong personal health and wellness, while also presenting up-to-date scientific concepts in several innovative ways. Thoroughly updated, the new seventh edition covers current nutrition topics of interest such as personalized nutrition, nutrigenomics, the obesogenic environment, gut health, microbiome, plant-based diet, functional foods, bioavailability, nutrition density, and gut microbiome. Feature boxes such as the new Lifestyle Medicine, Why Is This Important? Quick Bites, and more, ensure students learn practical nutrition information.
Discovering Therapeutic Efficacy: Selected Works of Howard Bacal (World Library of Mental Health)
by Howard BacalDiscovering Therapeutic Efficacy brings together selected papers and book chapters by Howard Bacal, spanning 40 years as a psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, and psychotherapist.The book includes several key pieces of writing influenced by psychoanalytic figures Bacal had the rare opportunity to study under including Michael Balint, Wilfred Bion, Heinz Kohut, Marion Milner, J. D. Sutherland, and Donald Winnicott. The chapters variously describe how the concept of optimal responsiveness is pivotal to the uniqueness of therapeutic need and how each psychoanalytic dyad discovers its unique capacity to implement it. Bacal describes how this led him to develop specificity theory, a process theory of therapeutic possibility.Discovering Therapeutic Efficacy is replete with illustrative clinical examples. It will be of great interest and of practical usefulness not only to psychoanalysts, but to every practitioner of dynamic psychotherapy as they strive to be as optimally responsive as they can to their patients and students.The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 license.
Discrete and Computational Geometry, Graphs, and Games: 24th Japanese Conference, JCDCGGG 2022, Virtual Event, September 9–11, 2022, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14364)
by Jin Akiyama Hiro Ito Toshinori SakaiThis book, LNCS 14364, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th Japanese Conference on Discrete and Computational Geometry and Graphs, JCDCGGG 2022, held virtually during September 9-11, 2022. The 22 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. The papers feature advances made in the field of computational geometry and focus on emerging technologies, new methodology and applications, graph theory and dynamics.
Diseases of Swine
by Kent J. Schwartz Locke A. Karriker Jeffrey J. Zimmerman Jianqiang Zhang Eric R. BurroughA comprehensively updated edition of the gold standard reference on swine health and disease This newly revised Twelfth Edition of Diseases of Swine is designed to serve as a comprehensive and detailed reference on swine health and disease. It offers swine health specialists the information and knowledge they need to effectively respond to and treat pig diseases. It provides coverage of individual pig and herd health, making the book an effective resource for addressing diseases at the farm, local, regional, and global levels. With contributions and updates from more than 100 international experts in swine health, this edition of Diseases of Swine provides improved organization and ease of access, allowing readers to quickly find the information they need. The new edition also includes new and updated chapters on surveillance, monitoring, and biosecurity, as well as information concerning new emerged and transboundary infectious agents. Readers will also find: A thorough introduction to herd evaluation and considerations of pig behavior and welfareComprehensive explorations of environment and health, including recommended air temperatures, minimum ventilation rates, and morePractical discussions on differential diagnosis of diseaseComplete coverage of drug pharmacology, therapy, and prophylaxis Written for practicing swine veterinarians, academicians, and veterinary students, Diseases of Swine, Twelfth Edition will also benefit professionals working with agencies responsible for swine health, public health, or zoonotic diseases.