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 X-ray Phase-Contrast Imaging Using Near-Field Speckles by Marie-Christine Zdora English | EPUB | 2021 | 350 Pages | ISBN : 3030663280 | 101.6 MB This thesis presents research on novel X-ray imaging methods that improve the study of specimens with small density differences, revealing their inner structure and density distribution. Exploiting the phase shift of X-rays in a material can significantly increase the image contrast compared to conventional absorption imaging. This thesis provides a practical guide to X-ray phase-contrast imaging with a strong focus on X-ray speckle-based imaging, the most recently developed phase-sensitive method.
 Virtual Power Plants and Electricity Markets: Decision Making Under Uncertainty by Luis Baringo English | EPUB | 2020 | 386 Pages | ISBN : 3030476014 | 52.1 MB This textbook provides a detailed analysis of operation and planning problems faced by virtual power plants participating in different electricity markets. The chapters address in-depth, topics such as: optimization, market power, expansion, and modelling uncertainty in operation and planning problems of virtual power plants. The book provides an up-to-date description of decision-making tools to address challenging questions faced by virtual power plants such as:  Vascular Morphogenesis: Methods and Protocols by Domenico Ribatti English | EPUB | 2021 | 238 Pages | ISBN : 1071609157 | 23.6 MB This detailed new edition aims to provide a range of methods and protocols for studying vascular morphogenesis in vivo and in vitro to reflect up-to-date advances in the field. Of note, the book explores endothelial cell signaling is currently understood to promote fundamental cues for cell fate specification, embryo patterning, organ differentiation, and postnatal tissue remodeling. Written for the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.  Urban Socio-Economic Segregation and Income Inequality: A Global Perspective by Maarten van Ham English | EPUB | 2021 | 518 Pages | ISBN : 3030645681 | 138.7 MB This book investigates the link between income inequality and socio-economic residential segregation in 24 large urban regions in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. It offers a unique global overview of segregation trends based on case studies by local author teams. The book shows important global trends in segregation, and proposes a Global Segregation Thesis.  Unsustainable: The History and Politics of Green Energy English | 2021 | ISBN: 3030789039 | 197 Pages | PDF EPUB | 2 MB This book examines the history, politics, and economics of alternative energy. Since the energy crisis of the 1970s, governments around the world have subsidized and otherwise incentivized alternative forms of energy to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. This search has taken on added urgency in the twenty-first century, as the specter of climate change has engendered ambitious state-level renewable portfolio standards, enhanced federal incentives, and inspired "100% renewable" electrical generation targets in such states as Vermont and Hawaii. To save the planet from destruction, wind, solar, and other renewable energy alternatives must replace fossil fuels. But how did we get here and what is the cost?  Understanding Physics Using Mathematical Reasoning: A Modeling Approach for Practitioners and Researchers English | 2021 | ISBN: 3030802043 | 209 Pages | PDF EPUB | 11 MB This book speaks about physics discoveries that intertwine mathematical reasoning, modeling, and scientific inquiry. It offers ways of bringing together the structural domain of mathematics and the content of physics in one coherent inquiry. Teaching and learning physics is challenging because students lack the skills to merge these learning paradigms. The purpose of this book is not only to improve access to the understanding of natural phenomena but also to inspire new ways of delivering and understanding the complex concepts of physics. To sustain physics education in college classrooms, authentic training that would help develop high school students' skills of transcending function modeling techniques to reason scientifically is needed and this book aspires to offer such training  Understanding COVID-19 by Douglas Hustad English | 2021 | ISBN: 1644945045 | 51 Pages | PDF | 11 MB  Undecidability, Uncomputability, and Unpredictability English | 2021 | ISBN: 3030703533 | 181 Pages | PDF EPUB | 14 MB For a brief time in history, it was possible to imagine that a sufficiently advanced intellect could, given sufficient time and resources, in principle understand how to mathematically prove everything that was true. They could discern what math corresponds to physical laws, and use those laws to predict anything that happens before it happens. That time has passed. Gödel's undecidability results (the incompleteness theorems), Turing's proof of non-computable values, the formulation of quantum theory, chaos, and other developments over the past century have shown that there are rigorous arguments limiting what we can prove, compute, and predict. While some connections between these results have come to light, many remain obscure, and the implications are unclear. Are there, for example, real consequences for physics - including quantum mechanics - of undecidability and non-computability? Are there implications for our understanding of the relations between agency, intelligence, mind, and the physical world?
 Truth From the Valley : A Practical Primer on IT Management for the Next Decade by Mark Settle  The Sisters Are Alright, Second Edition: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America English | 2021 | ISBN: 1523093889 | 186 Pages | EPUB | 1.17 MB A slew of harmful stereotypes continues to follow Black women. The second edition of this bestseller debunks vicious misconceptions rooted in long-standing racism and shows that Black women are still alright. |
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