This monograph describes mathematical techniques for various aspects of flexural gravity wave propagation, pertinent to ocean engineering. It focuses on frontier problems in hydroelasticity including blocking dynamics of flexural gravity waves in both homogeneous and stratified fluids. Various wave-structure interaction problems with similar dispersion relations are revisited and solutions are demonstrated through real-life physical problems. It covers developments in the frequency and tim...

This book describes the various technologies used in silviculture with a special focus on newer technologies that have been adopted over the past two decades in plantation forestry practised in the Southern Hemisphere.Historically, innovations in silviculture technology have been slow to develop; however, over the past two decades, new technologies have been invented and adopted to deal with labour, efficiency, and quality challenges. This book presents a comprehensive introduction...

This book presents theadvances in abrasive based machining and finishing in broad sense. Specifically, the book covers the novel machining and finishing strategies implemented in various advanced machining processes for improving machining accuracy and overall quality of the product. This book presents the capability of advanced machining processes using abrasive grain. It also covers ways for enhancing the production rate as well as quality. It fulfills the gap between the production of a...

About the bookSimon, a middle-aged actor, receives a shocking phone call that turns his world upside down. The message reveals that his long-lost biological father, Peter, is alive. From that moment on, Simon's life transforms into a riveting journey through time and secrets, beginning in Canada.As Simon delves into the mysteries of his family's past, he grapples with questions that haunt him: Who concealed the truth, and why? What hidden secrets lurk withi...

Spectroscopy can be defined as the study of the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter, during which absorption, emission, or scattering of radiation may take place. The structure and chemical properties of a system can easily be understood and studied with the help of atomic and molecular spectroscopic techniques because there exists a fundamental relationship between the properties of a substance and the interaction of radiation with that substance. The importance of spectr...

This book presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Processing and Characterization of Materials (ICPCM 2021) organized by the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela. Various topics covered in this book include materials processing, materials characterization, mineral concentration, metal extraction and refining, surface engineering, thin films and coatings, materials for nuclear, aviation and defence applicati...

Food Packaging: Innovations and Shelf-life covers recently investigated developments in food packaging and their influence in food quality preservation, shelf-life extension, and simulation techniques. Additionally, the book discusses the environmental impact and sustainable solutions of food packaging. This book is divided into seven chapters, written by worldwide experts. The book is an ideal reference source for university students, food engineers and researchers from R&D laboratories w...

July 16 2008, the day after the graduates of Bismarck boarding school graduated and had their prom night. They day that the students would leave the school with their belongings and go to their homes for three months of summer break. Early in the morning, about 08h30 the students would be locking their dormitories and would be coming down to leave. Cars and taxies were parked in front of the school lawn waiting for students to arrive. They waited and waited until, suddenly; the first stude...

A new unsupervised approach to the problem of Information Extraction by Text Segmentation (IETS) is proposed, implemented and evaluated herein. The authors’ approach relies on information available on pre-existing data to learn how to associate segments in the input string with attributes of a given domain relying on a very effective set of content-based features. The effectiveness of the content-based features is also exploited to directly learn from test data structure-based features, wi...

This book is about an ordinary girl who has only two friends and is unpopular. Every day at school, she gets teased and bullied by a gang of five boys because of her shaggy appearance. She lives with her older brother and his unpleasant fianc, as their parents had died in a plane accident years ago. During a Christmas holiday, her and her brother go with some friends and drive across the country until they reach the coast and board on a ferry that takes them to an unknown island. They do a...

Cloud Services, Networking and Management provides a comprehensive overview of the cloud infrastructure and services, as well as their underlying management mechanisms, including data center virtualization and networking, cloud security and reliability, big data analytics, scientific and commercial applications.Special features of the book include:State-of-the-art contentSelf-contained chapters for readers with specific interests

The Mediterranean region is well known around the world for its rich culinary history. While most books tend to only focus on the nutritional, culinary, and/or health aspects of Mediterranean cuisine, this book presents a more scientific approach and discusses the composition of specific foods from the Mediterranean basin as well as specific processing methodologies applied to produce food in this area of the world.