Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book examines how to best protect humans in working environments. The author presents a wide range of methods along with specific criteria for assessing hazard and exposure in the workplace environment; more importantly, she also offers ways to reduce these hazards. Examining the technical, medical, and organizational aspects of work processes, this comprehensive text provides coverage of basic risk factors, law-based protection of labor, shaping conditions of occupational safety and ergonomics, psychophysical capabilities of humans in the working environment, and much more.
• Human Factors and Ergonomics
Health & Safety
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Major development efforts in organic materials research has grown for an array of applications. Organic spintronics, in particular, has flourished in the area of organic magneto-transport. Reflecting the main avenues of advancement in this arena, this volume explores spin injection and manipulation in organic spin valves, the magnetic field effect in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), and the spin transport effect in relation to spin manipulation. It also examines organic magnets as spin injection electrodes in organic spintronics devices, the coherent control of spins in organic devices using electronically detected magnetic resonance, and the possibility of using organic spin valves as sensors.
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Electromagnetics & Microwaves
Condensed Matter Physics
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Addressing the latest problems in biomedical optics and biophotonics, this handbook describes advanced biophotonics methods and techniques intensively developed in recent years. It discusses optical and terahertz spectroscopy and imaging methods for biomedical diagnostics based on the interaction of coherent, polarized, and acoustically modulated radiation with tissues and cells. It covers modalities of nonlinear spectroscopic microscopies, photonic technologies for therapy and surgery, and nanoparticle photonic technologies for cancer treatment and UV radiation protection. The text also elucidates the advanced spectroscopy and imaging of normal and pathological tissues.
• Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Optics & optoelectronics
Radiology
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An essential resource for anyone serious about detectors and electronics in the healthcare sector, this book addresses the state-of-the-art in the design of semiconductor detectors and integrated circuits in the context of medical imaging using ionizing radiation. It includes new, exciting opportunities in X-ray detection, Computer Tomography (CT), bone dosimetry, and nuclear medicine applications such as PET and SPECT. In addition to medical imaging, the book explores other applications of semiconductor radiation detection systems in areas related to security, such as luggage scanning, dirty bomb detection, and border control.
• Devices, Circuits, and Systems
Biomedical Engineering
Circuits & Devices
Electronics
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Reflecting the developments in gas turbine combustion technology that have occurred in the last decade, this third edition of a bestseller provides an up-to-date design manual and research reference on the design, manufacture, and operation of gas turbine combustors in applications ranging from aeronautical to power generation. Self-contained and only requiring a moderate amount of prior knowledge of physics and chemistry, the book covers aircraft engines and industrial gas turbines used in power generation. This edition discusses recent emissions regulations, explores how pollutants can be reduced, and includes a new chapter on alternative fuels and emissions.
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Aerospace Engineering
Combustion Engineering
Thermodynamics
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Offering a review of the systematic progress of this emerging class, this work provides a broad overview of shape-memory polymers (SMP) and their composites. This text presents detailed information on the wide range of SMP applications, including aeronautics, astronautics, biomedicine, and the automobile industry. Industry experts use each chapter to discuss an important aspect of these novel smart materials, from their properties and fabrication to the actuation approaches that can be used to trigger shape recovery. This comprehensive book also covers topics such as multifunctional SMPs and their composites as well as SMP-based composite materials.
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Polymers & Plastics
Composites
Polymer Science
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Nanoporous materials are critical to various fields of research. In this volume, a pioneering researcher guides experimentalists in their design of nanoporous material using computer simulation methodologies. The book explores molecular modeling, placing a heavy focus on simpler methods such as Monte Carlo simulation and thus proposing easier technology for the bench chemist. It examines density functional theory (DFT) and local reactivity descriptors. It also discusses the synthesis of nanoporous materials, the structural characterization of materials, and the design of new nanoporous materials. Dr. Chatterjee explores projected applications and concludes with a discussion of the catalytic activity of the nanoporous material and the reaction mechanism.
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Materials Chemistry
Materials Science
Catalysis
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Understanding the molecular interactions responsible for chiral recognition is of primary importance in life chemistry. This volume describes the structural and energetic aspects of these interactions. Topics discussed include optical spectroscopy in jet-cooled conditions in neutral chiral molecules and complexes, and mass spectrometry approaches to chiral recognition in ionic complexes. These include the study of the stability of supramolecular chiral host-guest adducts, the study of chiral catalysts and chiral selectors, the use of small DNA sequences as auxiliaries for discriminating the enantiomers of amino-acids, and the probe of the chirality of a single amino acid within a peptide chain.
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Physical Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Systems Biology
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The nano revolution has made available powerful new tools for studying biological phenomena, allowing a deeper look into biological problems. This book provides a complete overview of new developments in optical microscopy that enables structure determination at the nanoscale. The list of contributors represents top experts in their respective fields who have led the current upsurge or have laid the foundation for the development of modern microscopes and techniques. They offer a state-of-the-art treatment of critical topics in nanoscopy, ranging from imaging and manipulation to spectroscopy and visualization. The editor takes a truly interdisciplinary approach, combining the science and tools of biologists, physicists, and engineers.
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Optoelectronics
Optics & optoelectronics
Microscopy
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While still early in its development, cognitive radio is a highly promising communications paradigm that can effectively address the spectrum insufficiency problem. This book provides comprehensive technical and regulatory guidance across cognitive radio, cognitive wireless networks, and dynamic spectrum access. A one-stop reference written by those pioneering the field, it examines concepts, techniques, protocols, regulations, and standards, as well as recent progress and system implementations. It covers routing, Medium Access Control (MAC), cooperation schemes, resource management, mobility, and game theory approach.
• Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications
Digital & Wireless Communication
Telecommunications
Communications System Design
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