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Dependable Embedded Systems
This Open Access book introduces readers to many new techniques for enhancing and optimizing reliability in embedded systems, which have emerged particularly within the last five years. This book introduces the most prominent reliability concerns from today’s points of view and roughly recapitulates the progress in the community so far. Unlike other books that focus on a single abstraction le…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-52017-5
- Collation
- XIII, 608
- Series Title
- Embedded Systems (EMSY)
- Call Number
- 620 DEP
Values for a Post-Pandemic Future
This open access book shows how value sensitive design (VSD), responsible innovation, and comprehensive engineering can guide the rapid development of technological responses to the COVID-19 crisis. Responding to the ethical challenges of data-driven technologies and other tools requires thinking about values in the context of a pandemic as well as in a post-COVID world. Instilling values must …
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- 978-3-031-08424-9
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- X, 250
- Series Title
- Philosophy of Engineering and Technology (POET, volume 40)
- Call Number
- 600 VAL
A Decade of Research Activities at the Department of Industrial Engineering (…
This open access book celebrates the decennial of the Department of Industrial Engineering of Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy. It covers the main research achievements developed at the department in the fields of aerospace, marine, energy, statistical, mechanical and management engineering. Five pre-existing departments merged in 2013, and the research results are here summarized to ce…
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- 978-3-031-53397-6
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- XI, 161
- Series Title
- Springer Aerospace Technology (SAT)
- Call Number
- 620 DEC
Structural Health Monitoring Damage Detection Systems for Aerospace
This open access book presents established methods of structural health monitoring (SHM) and discusses their technological merit in the current aerospace environment. While the aerospace industry aims for weight reduction to improve fuel efficiency, reduce environmental impact, and to decrease maintenance time and operating costs, aircraft structures are often designed and built heavier than re…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-72192-3
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- XII, 284
- Series Title
- Springer Aerospace Technology (SAT)
- Call Number
- 620 STR
Anal Incontinence : Clinical Management and Surgical Techniques
This open access book describes the latest advances in the anal incontinence diagnostic and therapeutic processes. Anal incontinence is a devastating condition heavily impacting on the patients’ lives. Those suffering from this disorder are generally very embarrassed and reluctant to undergo an appropriate clinical evaluation, thus becoming more isolated and worsening the quality of their l…
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- 1
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- 978-3-031-08392-1
- Collation
- XI, 211
- Series Title
- Updates in Surgery
- Call Number
- 610 ANA
Robotic Surgery of Colon and Rectum
This is an open access book. Colorectal surgery is one of the most performed procedures in dedicated colorectal and general surgery units worldwide. In the last two decades, the minimally invasive laparoscopic approach has become very popular worldwide, attracting great interest among patients (lower risk of infection, less pain, and faster recovery) and demonstrating excellent oncological resu…
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- 978-3-031-33020-9
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- XI, 206
- Series Title
- Updates in Surgery (UPDATESSURG)
- Call Number
- 610 ROB
Infections in Surgery : Prevention and Management
Infections in surgery, commonly known as surgical site infections (SSIs), are complications that may occur after a surgical procedure. SSIs represent a serious problem leading to increased morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs, highlighting the need for continued efforts to improve surgical practices and reduce their incidence. Several factors can contribute to the development of SSIs: …
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- 978-3-031-60462-1
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- XII, 192
- Series Title
- Updates in Surgery (UPDATESSURG)
- Call Number
- 610 INF
Thyroid Surgery
This open access book on thyroid surgery has been authored by an international team of contributors who present a comprehensive understanding of both benign and malignant thyroid disorders. It also outlines an interdisciplinary approach to their surgical management that reflects the latest changes in surgical techniques. The book reviews the most up-to-date literature available on thyroid surge…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-031-31145-1
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- XV, 185
- Series Title
- Updates in Surgery (UPDATESSURG)
- Call Number
- 610 THY
Primary Adrenal Malignancies
Dissemination of knowledge is the best and only strategy capable of improving clinical management in rare and ultra-rare malignancies, including primary adrenal malignancies. It is preliminary to any further healthcare policy such as, for example, the centralization of cases in referral institutions. Adrenal primary malignancies are probably the rarest among rare pathologies. This epidemiolo…
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- 978-3-031-62300-4
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- X, 176
- Series Title
- Updates in Surgery (UPDATESSURG)
- Call Number
- 610 PRI
Data Science-Based Full-Lifespan Management of Lithium-Ion Battery : Manufact…
This open access book comprehensively consolidates studies in the rapidly emerging field of battery management. The primary focus is to overview the new and emerging data science technologies for full-lifespan management of Li-ion batteries, which are categorized into three groups, namely (i) battery manufacturing management, (ii) battery operation management, and (iii) battery reutilization ma…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-031-01340-9
- Collation
- XXIII, 258
- Series Title
- Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)
- Call Number
- 620 LIU d
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