Long-term Performance and Durability of Masonry Structures : Degradation Mechanisms, Health Monitoring and Service Life Design / by Ghiassi, Bahman, editor 648718, Lourenço, Paulo B., editor 649475, ScienceDirect (Online service) 7722

“…Long-Term Performance and Durability of Masonry Structures: Degradation Mechanisms, Health Monitoring and Service Life Design focuses on the long-term performance of masonry and historical structures. The book covers a wide range of related topics, including degradation mechanisms in different masonry types, structural health monitoring techniques, and long-term performance and service life design approaches. …”
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Tethered Space Robot : Dynamics, Measurement, and Control / by Huang, Panfeng, author 649632, Meng, Zhongjie, author 649633, Liu, Jian-Guo, author 217725, Zhang, Fan, author 649634, ScienceDirect (Online service) 7722

“…It is the first time the concept has been described in a book, which describes the system and mission design of TSR and then introduces the latest research on pose measurement, dynamics and control. The book covers the TSR system, from principle to applications, including a complete implementing scheme. …”
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Chemical Resistance of Thermosets / by Baur, Erwin, editor 649906, Ruhrberg, Katja, editor 649907, Woishnis, William Andrew, editor 535144, ScienceDirect (Online service) 7722

“…Specifically, the resistance data in this book covers the following materials, allyl, epoxy, unsaturated polyester resin, unsaturated polyurethane resin, vinyl ester resin, furan resin, polyaminobismaleimide, acrylics, polycyanurates and filled/reinforced thermosets. …”
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Digitization of Healthcare Data using Blockchain / by Poongodi, T., editor 651343, Sumathi, D., editor 651344, Balusamy, Balamurugan, editor 651284, Savita, K. S., editor 651345

“…Moreover, it focuses on the integration of workflow strategies like NLP, and AI which could be adopted for boosting the clinical documentation and electronic healthcare records (EHR) usage by bringing down the physician EHR data entry. Also, the book covers the usage of smart contracts for securing patient records. …”

MODELING, DYNAMICS, AND CONTROL OF ELECTRIFIED VEHICLES / by Zhang, Hui, editor 642685, Cao, Dongpu, 1978-, editor 650280, Du, Haiping, 1968- editor 650281

“…Modelling, Dynamics and Control of Electrified Vehicles provides a systematic overview of EV-related key components, including batteries, electric motors, ultracapacitors and system-level approaches, such as energy management systems, multi-source energy optimization, transmission design and control, braking system control and vehicle dynamics control. In addition, the book covers selected advanced topics, including Smart Grid and connected vehicles. …”

Machine Learning for Drug Discovery / by Melo, Marcelo C.R., author 652450, Maasch, Jacqueline R. M. A., author 652448, Fuente-Nunez, Cesar de la, author 652449, ACS Publications (Online service) 645714

“…Machine Learning for Drug Discovery is designed to suit the needs of graduate students, advanced undergraduates, chemists or biologists otherwise new to this research domain with minimal previous exposure to Machine Learning (ML) methods, or computational scientists with minimal exposure to medicinal chemistry. The e-book covers basic algorithmic theory, data representation methods, and generative modeling at a high level. …”
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Cricket & conquest: The history of South African cricket retold, 1795-1914 by Ashwin Desai

“… This is not a book about a story retold; it is the bringing to life of a story buried under the pages of colonialism’s long innings in this neck of the woods. The core of the book covers the game in the 19th Century, an age in which bloody colonial subjugation spread its tentacles. …”
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Book Review: Virginie Rey, Mediating Museums: Exhibiting Material Culture in Tunisia (1881-2016) by Amy Levin

“…Review of a 2019 book on the history of Tunisian museums since the 19th century. The book covers public and private institutions since the French protectorate, describing how political and cultural changes affected exhibition methods and priorities…”
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Book Review: Experimentation and Interpretation, The Use of Experimental Archaeology in the Study of the Past by Dana C. E. Millson by Holly Steane Price

“…According to the papers in this book, all of which were presented at the Theoretical Archaeological Group (TAG) conference in Southampton in 2008, a large one. This book covers experimental processes from the dating of bricks through the development of beakers to demonstrations of brewing techniques, and investigates past and present peoples and ideas, from Neolithic archaeoacoustics, through the relevance of experimentation within archaeology to the implementation of luminescence dating in the investigation of Medieval buildings.…”
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CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, MATERIALS DESIGN AND METHODOLOGIES : Trends and Issues / by Ambigapathy Pandian, 1957-, editor 377741, Chow, Thomas Voon Foo, editor 516957, Shaik Abdul Malik Mohamed Ismail, editor 512262

“…This book reflects an exceptional collection of articles, literature reviews and research finding primarily linked to curriculum and material development activities. The book covers various aspects from the theoretical frameworks and research findings that govern curriculum and material development processes to actual classroom practices that incorporated learners’ needs and contexts. …”

Statistical Approach to Wall Turbulence / by Tardu, Sedat, 1959-, author 530098

“…Several books exist on fluid turbulence, but Statistical Approach to Wall Turbulence is original in the sense that it focuses solely on the turbulent flows bounded by solid boundaries. The book covers the different physical aspects of wall turbulence, beginning with classical phenomenological aspects before advancing to recent research in the effects of the Reynolds numbers, near wall coherent structures, and wall turbulent transport process. …”

Applied thematic analysis / by Guest, Greg, 1963- 532842, MacQueen, Kathleen M. 532843, Namey, Emily E. 532844

“…The book is primarily designed for research studies with an applied focus, but is also useful for theoretically oriented qualitative research. The book covers all aspects of the qualitative data analysis process including planning, data preparation, identification of themes, codebook development and code application, reliability and inter-coder agreement, data reduction techniques, comparative techniques, integration with quantitative data, and software considerations. …”

PROFESSIONAL Visual Studio 2017 / by Johnson, Bruce, author

“…Visual Studio 2017 includes a host of features aimed at improving developer productivity and UI, and this book covers them all with clear explanation, new figures, and expert insight. …”

FAILURE ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION / by Ali, Aidy, editor, Tamin, Mohd. Nasir, contributor, Wong, King Jye, contributor, Johar, Mahzan, contributor, Sayin, Baris, contributor, Akcay, Cemil, contributor, Yildizlar, Baris, contributor, Bozkurt, Tarik Serhat, contributor, Stanimirovic, Ivanka, contributor, Stanimirovic, Zdravko, contributor, Afsharnia, Fatemeh, contributor, Thanapalan, Kary, contributor, Bowkett, Mark, contributor, Guo, Kelvii Wei, contributor, Othman, Rashidi, contributor, Hasni, Mohd. Shah Irani, contributor, Mokhtar, Ainul Akmar, contributor, Kamarul Bahrin, Muhammad Kamil, contributor, Igwebike-Ossi, Clementina, contributor, Fragoudakis, Roselita, contributor, Vukelic, Goran, contributor, Vizentin, Goran, contributor

“…This book covers recent advancement methods used in analysing the root cause of engineering failures and the proactive suggestion for future failure prevention. …”

Thoria-based Nuclear Fuels : Thermophysical and Thermodynamic Properties, Fabrication, Reprocessing, and Waste Management / by Das, Dasarathi editor 632843, Bharadwaj, S. R. (Shyamala R.), editor 632845

“…This book presents the state of the art on thermophysical and thermochemical properties, fabrication methodologies, irradiation behaviours, fuel reprocessing procedures, and aspects of waste management for oxide fuels in general and for thoria-based fuels in particular. The book covers all the essential features involved in the development of and working with nuclear technology. …”

Composite and Nanocomposite Materials : From Knowledge to Industrial Applications / by Ngo, Tri-Dung, editor 636588

“…Keeping in mind the advantages of composite and nanocomposite materials, this book covers fundamental effects, product development, properties, and applications of the materials including material chemistry, designing, and manufacturing. …”

Cryptology for Engineers : An Application-Oriented Mathematical Introduction / by Schmied, Robert, author 636127

“…Cryptology for Engineers is a study of digital security in communications systems. The book covers the cryptographical functionalities of ciphering, hash generation, digital signature generation, key management and random number generation, with a clear sense of the mathematical background on the one hand and engineers' requirements on the other. …”

Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management : Principles and practices for sustainable operations and management / by Grant, David B., author 318072, Trautrims, Alexander, author 643802, Wong, Chee Yew, author 196045

“…Based on extensive research, this book covers the whole scope of sustainable logistics. …”

Lung Function Testing in the 21st Century : Methodologies and Tools Bridging Engineering to Clinical Practice / by Ionescu, Clara Mihaela, editor 632559, ScienceDirect (Online service) 7722

“…Lung function measurement devices and protocols are also covered. This book covers multidisciplinary domains, bringing new technology ideas from mathematics, physics, biology and engineering into the field of respiratory engineering. …”
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Definitive Guide to Arm® Cortex®-M23 and Cortex-M33 Processors / by Yiu, Joseph, author 187762, ScienceDirect (Online service) 7722

“…The Definitive Guide to Arm® Cortex®-M23 and Cortex-M33 Processors focuses on the Armv8-M architecture and the features that are available in the Cortex-M23 and Cortex- M33 processors. This book covers a range of topics, including the instruction set, the programmer’s model, interrupt handling, OS support, and debug features. …”
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