DATA CENTER HANDBOOKWritten by 59 experts and reviewed by a seasoned technical advisory board, the Data Center Handbook is a thoroughly revised, one-stop resource that clearly explains the fundamentals, advanced technologies, and best practices used in planning, designing, building and operating a mission-critical, energy-efficient, sustainable data center. This handbook, in its second edition, covers anatomy, ecosystem and taxonomy of data centers that en...

Filled with intriguing true stories, and packed with black-and-white illustrations and photographs, The Forensic Casebook draws on interviews with police personnel and forensic scientists - including animal examiners, botanists, zoologists, firearms specialists, and autopsists - to uncover the vast and detailed under workings of criminal investigation.Encyclopaedic in scope, this riveting, authoritative book leaves no aspect of forensic science untouched, covering such fas...

This book focuses on the use of acupuncture as a possible and alternative treatment in analgesia, drug addiction, depression, itchiness, peripheral nerve regeneration, stroke, diabetes, cognitive deficits and sleep regulation. Formal recognition by WHO and UNESCO concerning the use and efficacy of acupuncture science in modern medicine has encouraged high levels of investment and commitment to research and development activities into acupuncture science from several top-level health scienc...

This book is a collection of lectures from the academic seminar series, "Power and Order: Social Governance in Imperial China," organized by the School of History and Culture at Henan University.It features presentations by renowned scholars, including Yan Buke, Bao Weimin, Zhang Jianguang, and Hou Xudong, among others. The book is divided into three parts. Part I, "The Nature of the Imperial System," examines the development and trends of Chinese history under imperial rule throug...

Nonclinical Evaluation Studies of Cellular and Gene Therapy Products: Strategies, Models, and Regulatory Frameworks systematically explores the nonclinical evaluation of Cell and Gene Therapies (CGT) products, emphasizing risk mitigation and innovation. The book provides comprehensive coverage, including 20+ chapters spanning preclinical toxicology, pharmacokinetics, and novel evaluation models. It is the first book to integrate organ-on-chip models into CGT evaluation, reflecting FDA/NMPA...

At the cutting edge of the growing field of the history of childhood, this book shows how placing children at the centre of historical analysis enables the past to be viewed in new ways.Demonstrating that changes in the way Chinese children were viewed and cared for emerged in the context of an international shift towards child-centred education, the book places Chinese childhood in a global context. It discusses how the state and the family interacted through policy, education, me...

The Deming Conference on Applied Statistics has long been deemed an influential event in the biostatistics and biopharmaceutical profession. It provides learning experience on recent developments in statistical methodologies in biopharmaceutical applications and FDA regulations.This book honors 80 years of contributions and dedication of the Deming Conference in biostatistics, and biopharmaceutical clinical trial methodology and applications. All chapters are contributed by world-c...

This book focuses on big data analytics in biostatistics and bioinformatics. As a contributed volume, it seeks to stimulate the growth of this dynamic field in the era of artificial intelligence. By presenting an overview of recent advances in biostatistics and bioinformatics through advanced statistical and machine learning methods, the book offers valuable insights for data scientists and biostatisticians working in public health, neuroscience, and related disciplines.It is a use...

The sixteenth century was a turning point for both law and drama. Relentless professionalization of the common law set off a cascade of lawyerly self-fashioning – resulting in blunt attacks on lay judgment. English playwrights, including Shakespeare, resisted the forces of legal professionalization by casting legal expertise as a detriment to moral feeling. They celebrated the ability of individuals, guided by conscience and working alongside members of their community, to restore justice....

The Deming Conference on Applied Statistics has long been deemed an influential event in the biostatistics and biopharmaceutical profession. It provides learning experience on recent developments in statistical methodologies in biopharmaceutical applications and FDA regulations.This book honors 80 years of contributions and dedication of the Deming Conference in biostatistics, and biopharmaceutical clinical trial methodology and applications. All chapters are contributed by world-c...

The considerable interest in graphene and 2D materials is sparking intense research on layered materials due to their unexpected physical, electronic, chemical, and optical properties. This book will provide a comprehensive overview of the recent and state-of-the-art research progress on layered materials for energy storage and other applications. With a brief introduction to layered materials, the chapters of this book gather various fascinating topics such as electrocatalysis for fuel ce...

This book presents thirty-one accounts by final-year pre-service teachers, providing guidance and insights for less advanced teacher education students, and illustrating the use of life history and narrative stories as methods for pre-service teachers to explore educational issues in classroom practice. This life-history approach identifies those political, economic, and social forces that have impinged on the individual at different points in their life and contributed to the process of c...