This book provides a state-of-the-art review of the applications of electrospun nanofibers for piezoelectric and triboelectric energy harvesting. It comprises eight chapters and covers the basis of electrospinning, nanofibers, piezoelectricity, triboelectricity and the emerging research on the use of nanofibers in energy harvesting devices. It is a key reference for graduate students, researchers and scientists in the fields of energy harvesting, sensors or nanofibers, and it will benefit ...

The Conflict Resolution Grail explains what causes conflicts and offers the world an alternative solution. It goes beyond theory, techniques, policies, and interpersonal skills. This book helps you resolve your conflicts through awareness, compassion and a negotiator's toolbox.Global conflict is one of the top challenges the world faces today. Our survival as the human race demands that we pay attention to our own role in conflict. Resolving conflict on a global scale requires change at th...

There's nothing like a cheating boyfriend to make you reconsider your life.And for Paris Tehrani, an impromptu move to Manhattan is the perfect reset button. Determined to avoid crawling back to her dead-end life in California, Paris applies for an assistant position to a hedge fund CEO. Sure, she's not totally qualified for the position, but who is these days? Fake it till you make it, right?Wrong. All too quickly, Paris realizes her "job" is to cater to the whims...

Bash is a powerful and widely-used shell and command-line interface for the Linux operating system. It provides a way to interact with the system and execute commands, as well as a programming language for creating scripts to automate tasks and perform more complex operations.

Navigate the intersection of deep learning technologies and Rust programming with Deep Learning with Rust. This groundbreaking book is predicated on the idea that the future of efficient, reliable, and secure deep learning applications lies in leveraging Rust's unparalleled features, such as its guarantee of memory safety, concurrency without data races, and abstractions that don't compromise performance.You’ll explore basic neural concepts through the construction and deployment o...

Decision-making errors, both perceptual and logical, can have far-reaching consequences in our lives. To better understand how these errors can affect our decision-making, this book offers examples of mistakes people often make in their personal and professional lives. These mistakes can range from minor missteps to dramatic misjudgments, but ultimately all lead to a negative outcome. By examining examples of these blunders, one can better recognize the signals of faul...

Covering a broad range of topics with side-by-side radiographic images, Multimodal Imaging Atlas of Cardiac Masses provides basic-to-advanced clinical tips on the use, clinical applications, and interpretation of cardiac imaging for cardiac masses. Written by a team of international experts in cardiac imaging, cardiac pathology, and cardiac surgery, this title features separate chapters on imaging modalities, anatomic pitfalls, cardiac thrombus, benign tumors, infectious lesions, and malig...

This book comprehensively covers a range of pathological cases in clinical cardiology. Chapters are case focused and detail how a patient is diagnosed and treated in a step-by-step format. A range of engaging video clips enhances the reader’s appreciation and understanding of how to apply these techniques into their day-to-day clinical practice with special focus on congenital heart disease diagnosis and management.Case-Based Clinical Cardiology presents a range of clinica...

The Soil Nexus: Understanding Ecosystem Dynamics and Digital Innovations explores the intricate relationships between soil health, ecosystem function, and cutting-edge technologies. This comprehensive book examines the critical role of soil in biogeochemical cycles, microbial dynamics, and sustainable agricultural practices while also addressing contemporary challenges such as climate change and urbanization. Key methodologies, including digital soil mapping, artificial intelligence, and i...

This book presents a both detailed and comprehensive look at metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), a relatively new class of materials with a broad application potential. The beginning chapters focus on introducing the requisite fundamental knowledge of MOFs with respect to their classification, synthesis, functionalization approaches, and various other physiochemical facets such as structural morphology and coordination chemistry. The remaining chapters cover an array of diverse applications, ...

This book presents the first unified, practical framework for continuous-time series analysis using state-of-the-art neural architectures. Moving beyond traditional discrete-time methods, it directly addresses real-world challenges such as irregular sampling, asynchronous observations, and hidden system dynamics through Neural ODEs, SDEs, and CDEs.Covering both foundational and advanced models — RNNs, Transformers, graph networks, and emerging quantum-hybrid approaches — the book b...

Told through contradicting, unreliable narrators and almost entirely in dialogue, Seyed Qader Hedayati's GABOR fuses the experimentation of George Saunders with the absurdist satire of Joseph Heller to deliver a seldom explored portrait of Kurdish boyhood and friendship under the anarchy of occupation.In a Kurdish village under military occupation, a group of boys scrape together their savings and buy a hand-stitched football to prove they aren't losers to...