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The discovery of resistant starch is considered one of the major developments in our understanding of the importance of carbohydrates for health in th…

A Comprehensive, Thorough Introduction to High-Speed Networking Technologies and Protocols Network Infrastructure and Architecture: Designing High-Ava…

This proceedings contains papers presented at the Electronics in Extreme Environments, International Fuel Cells and Related Systems, and Advanced Diel…

Since the 1980s, and especially since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, there has been a substantial extension in the adoption and use of Environmental As…

A Unified Summary of the Models and Optimization Methods Used in Computational Lithography Optical lithography is one of the most challenging areas of…

Fisheries Economics has always been an interdisciplinary field of study with economic analysis based on stock population dynamics, but many published …

With information on the subject of dielectric materials, this volume brings important updates to electronic device engineers and researchers in the ar…

Wireless channels are becoming more and more important, with the future development of wireless ad-hoc networks and the integration of mobile and sate…

Liquid-Phase Epitaxy (LPE) is a technique used in the bulk growth of crystals, typically in semiconductor manufacturing, whereby the crystal is grown …

Vanilla is the world's most commonly-used flavour and fragrance, used in foods, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and other products and is therefore of cons…

Drying is by far the most useful large scale operation method of keeping solid foods safe for long periods of time, and is of fundamental importance i…

The computer game industry is clearly growing in the direction of multiplayer, online games. Understanding the demands of games on IP (Internet Protoc…

The collapse of many of the World’s fisheries continues to be of major concern and the enhancement of fish stocks through techniques such as ranching …

This book provides both engineers and scientists with a competent and comprehensive survey on the different types of sensors currently applied in mode…

For engineering and scientific endeavors to progress there must be generally accepted ethical guidelines in place to which engineers and scientists mu…

Food nanotechnology is an expanding field. This expansion is based on the advent of new technologies for nanostructure characterization, visualization…

Wireless Personal Area Networks provides an in-depth analysis of the recent IEEE 802.15.4 standard for low data rate wireless personal area networks (…

Consultant and long-time Food and Drug Administration (FDA) food labeling expert James Summers answers the many questions surrounding FDA food labelin…

Ecosystems of the benthic environment are a sensitive index to ecological change, and as such demand long-term and effective monitoring. Methods for t…

International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) 2010 Award Finalists in the Culinary History category. Chocolate. We all love it, but how m…

Covering the latest technologies in process engineering, this handbook and ready reference features high pressure processing, alternative solvents and…

EVERY SECOND COUNTS WHEN YOU'RE RESPONDING TO AN EMERGENCY INVOLVINGCONFINED SPACE-HERE'S THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO PERFORMING FLAWLESS RESCUES! Confine…

Wireless communications has witnessed a tremendous growth during the past decade and further spectacular enabling technology advances are expected in …

Although the notion is a relatively recent one, the notions and principles of Granular Computing (GrC) have appeared in a different guise in many rela…

Mechatronics represents a unifying interdisciplinary and intelligent engineering science paradigm that features an interdisciplinary knowledge area an…

Basic Helicopter Aerodynamics is widely appreciated as an easily accessible, rounded introduction to the first principles of the aerodynamics of helic…

From laptop computers and mobile phones to digital cinema, Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs) are integral components in an increasing array of highly des…

The emerging idea of the semantic web is based on the maximum automation of the complete knowledge lifecycle processes: knowledge representation, acqu…

Nanotechnology is a progressive research and development topic with large amounts of venture capital and government funding being invested worldwide. …

Presenting the results of an ambitious project, this book summarizes the efforts towards an open, web-based modular and extendable simulation platform…

Automatic speech recognition (ASR) is a very attractive means for human-machine interaction. The degree of maturity reached by speech recognition tech…

Nondestructive Testing involves the use of methods such as wave propagation, electromagnetism, electrical conductivity, and thermal conductivity to te…

The Second Edition features new content, examples,methods, techniques, and best practices Assurance Technologies Principles and Practices is based on …

AAA (Authentication, Authorization, Accounting) describes a framework for intelligently controlling access to network resources, enforcing policies, a…

An understanding of the mechanical properties of unsaturated soils is crucial for geotechnical engineers worldwide, as well as to those concerned with…

The main focus of this book is a review of how the Common Fisheries Policy is enforced throughout the Community, with a discussion of its successes an…

The markets for organic and fair trade food are growing rapidly. Although there are some important differences, both seek to address the consumer desi…

This up-to-date, single-source reference on the preparation of single-phase inorganic materials covers the most important methods and techniques in so…

Learn how to employ JADE to build multi-agent systems! JADE (Java Agent DEvelopment framework) is a middleware for the development of applications, bo…

Providing an updated and comprehensive account of the properties of solid polymers, the book covers all aspects of mechanical behaviour. This includes…

This book provides the main topics currently used for the calculus of structures. The reference establishes a link between the traditional approach on…

Kernel methods have long been established as effective techniques in the framework of machine learning and pattern recognition, and have now become th…

The book identifies new nanometric architectures that would be of particular interest for applications and the technological route to reach them. Nano…