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Recent Progress in Medical Miniature Robots

• 1st Edition
• November 1, 2024
• Li Zhang + 2 more
• English
• Paperback 978-0-443-13385-5

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• eBook 978-0-443-13386-2

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Recent Progress in Medical Miniature Robots: From Bench to Bedside serves as a specialized and dedicated reference on tethered miniature robots and their related collective behaviors. The book presents the latest achievements in the research of miniature robotics and introduces a variety of miniature robots on the milli-/micro/nano-scale, with tethered/untethered and individual/swarm designs, describing the various types and analyzing the underlying principles per class. Clinicians, academicians, healthcare professionals, researchers, students, engineers, and scientists working in the field of medical miniature robots and related biomedical applications will benefit from the knowledge presented in this book.Robotic technology helps the medical field realize new surgical procedures and medical treatments that were previously unachievable. Innovative technologies like medical robotics will continue to improve the performance of minimally invasive interventions, allowing more accessible surgical treatments. With the advancement of robotic technologies across the scales, novel robotic-assisted surgical procedures and therapeutic interventions are revolutionizing medical diagnosis and treatment solutions, which enable and enhance visualization, accessibility, and accuracy for surgeons to carry out minimally invasive interventions that benefit medical doctors and patients worldwide.

Construction Materials and Their Properties for Fire Resistance and Insulation

• 1st Edition
• November 1, 2024
• Paul O. Awoyera + 1 more
• English
• Paperback 978-0-443-21620-6

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• eBook 978-0-443-21621-3

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Construction Materials and Their Properties for Fire Resistance and Insulation covers the properties of novel types of concrete and other more conventional building materials in fire scenarios. The volume also stands out as an invaluable reference resource for its relevance to varied audiences both in academia and industry, spanning materials science, civil and structural engineering, and fire safety engineering. Ensuring buildings are fire safe starts at the very beginning of planning new builds or renovations. Hence, it's essential, in fact, that the right materials are chosen not only according to their load-bearing capabilities but also their susceptibility to decay and fire resistance.

Metal Value Recovery from Industrial Waste Using Advanced Physiochemical Treatment Technologies

• 1st Edition
• November 1, 2024
• Dimitrios A Giannakoudakis + 4 more
• English
• Paperback 978-0-443-21884-2

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• eBook 978-0-443-21883-5

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Metal Value Recovery from Industrial Waste Using Advanced Physiochemical Treatment Technologies focuses on the fundamental and advanced topics involved with the technologies for the extraction of metal ions from different industrial discarded volumes which may be sludge or wastewater. Uniqueness of the book lies in the fact that it covers each topic related to industrial wastes and elaborate discussions on metal ion recovery to make the readers confident about the topics and concepts explained in the section.Moreover, this book examines high potential in different downstream processes like membrane filtration, hybrid techniques, chemical leaching, electrochemical techniques, and a variety of advanced recovery techniques. Emphasis will be given to state-of-the-art concept, latest research, practical applications or commercialization through case studies, and comparative evaluation of the processes for metal ion recovery from industrial wastes.

Multiscale Modelling of Concrete

• 1st Edition
• November 1, 2024
• Shanaka Baduge + 3 more
• English
• Paperback 978-0-443-22378-5

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• eBook 978-0-443-22379-2

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Concrete is a heterogenous multi-phase and multi-scale material that is difficult to model and understand due to its heterogeneity. Thus, knowing the properties and modelling concrete in different scales is essential to predict properties and fracture.Most of the research has been focused on meso scale, or the methods available to model and predict micro-scale properties are not linked to experimental methods, so properties for microscale cannot be derived and it is onerous to validate such methods.Considering the above constraints in the multi-scale modelling of concrete, the book covers different modelling techniques of scales of concrete - macro, meso, micro/nano and molecular level, characterising mechanical properties and parameters required for modelling using macro and micro level experiments and linking these levels using analytical and numerical methods to upscale results from micro to the macro level.

BioMEMS Devices

• 1st Edition
• November 1, 2024
• Azrul Azlan Hamzah + 2 more
• English
• Paperback 978-0-443-24015-7

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• eBook 978-0-443-24014-0

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BioMEMS Devices covers the fundamentals of bioMEMS and discusses how MEMS are implemented into biomedical devices. The book discusses the most up-to-date technologies, including the various types of electrochemical, optical, and mechanical MEMS sensors. Other topics include bio cell and particle separation and filtration using microfluidic platform such as dielectrophoresis (DEP) and microfilters. MEMS devices for drug mixing, pumping and transdermal drug delivery using microneedles and micropumps are also discussed, along with recent advances in point-of-care diagnostics and MEMS in medical implantsThe book concludes with a discussion on integration of bioMEMS system with IoT, medical practitioners’ adaptation of the devices, market penetration, emerging technologies, and future outlooks.

Leveraging Metaverse and Analytics of Things (AoT) in Medical Systems

• 1st Edition
• November 1, 2024
• D. Jude Hemanth + 1 more
• English
• Paperback 978-0-443-24049-2

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• eBook 978-0-443-24048-5

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Leveraging Metaverse and Analytics of Things (AoT) in Medical Systems explores the potential benefits and applications of emerging technologies such as metaverse and AoT in the field of healthcare. The book provides insights into how these technologies can be leveraged to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of medical systems. It explores the concept of metaverse and its potential applications in healthcare, including the use of virtual and augmented reality technologies for medical education, training, and simulation, as well as the development of immersive environments for patient care and therapy.The book also delves into the field of AoT, such as the use of wearable devices, smart sensors, and other connected technologies. Applications to monitor patient health, track medical outcomes, and inform clinical decision-making are covered. Integrating both technologies can help improve medical training, diagnosis, treatment, and patient outcomes through the use of virtual reality and real-time data analytics.

Reliability Assessment and Optimization of Complex Systems

• 1st Edition
• November 1, 2024
• Akshay Kumar + 2 more
• English
• Paperback 978-0-443-29112-8

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System reliability has become the paramount attribute of any production unit. The process of maximizing system reliability while adhering to multiple constraints is referred to as reliability optimization. There are two primary approaches to enhancing a system's performance and reliability: developing a product with reduced failures (failure avoidance) or incorporating resilience to ensure the system continues functioning even in the event of a failure (fault tolerance). Recognizing the significance of system design in reliability optimization, 'Reliability Assessment and Optimization of Complex Systems' delves into a range of tools and techniques for designing optimized complex systems. Each chapter explores system modeling and the implementation of various metaheuristics for optimization purposes. This book provides readers in the domain of applied mathematics with a comprehensive understanding of system reliability analysis and improvement, thereby offering substantial value to their knowledge and expertise.

Advances in Heat Transfer

• 1st Edition
• Volume 58
• November 1, 2024
• John Patrick Abraham + 2 more
• English
• Hardback 978-0-443-29538-6

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• eBook 978-0-443-29539-3

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Advances in Heat Transfer, Volume 58 presents the latest in a serial that highlights new advances in the field, with this updated volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors.

Semiconductors and Semimetals

• 1st Edition
• Volume 117
• November 1, 2024
• Chennupati Jagadish + 1 more
• English
• Hardback 978-0-443-31464-3

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• eBook 978-0-443-31465-0

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Semiconductors and Semimetals series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.

Device-Aided Therapies in Parkinson's disease

• 1st Edition
• Volume 8
• November 1, 2024
• Per Odin + 2 more
• English
• Hardback 978-0-443-31468-1

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• eBook 978-0-443-31469-8

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Device aided therapies are emerging as mainstay of treatment of Parkinson’s in the advanced stages of the condition and also in the “earlier” stages of advanced PD. With the numbers of patients set to double by 2040, the societal and medical costs of advanced PD are likely to be of enormous consequence to patients , carers, medical communities and also policymakers. Device based therapies therefore, chosen properly and in right patients have much to offer for patients, carers and health care professionals and can range from subcutaneous options ( such as the newly available levodopa or apomorphine) to deep brain stimulation and also experimental delivery methods using neurotrophic factors. In this comprehensive state of the art book we discuss these latest options from a global set of key opinion leaders and also emerging specialists using a gender balanced modern and nuanced approach .