Workshops at 18th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE2022)

Workshops at 18th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE2022)
Author: H.H. Alvarez Valera
Publisher: IOS Press
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2022-07-05
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1643682873

The term Intelligent Environments (IEs) refers to physical spaces in which information and communication technologies are interwoven with sensing technologies, innovative user interfaces, robotics and artificial intelligence to create interactive spaces which increase the awareness and enhance the experience of those occupying them. The growing IE community is rooted in academia, but increasingly involves practitioners. It explores the core ideas of IEs as well as the factors necessary to make them a reality, such as energy efficiency, the computational constraints of edge devices and privacy issues. This book presents papers from Workshops held during the 18th International Conference on Intelligent Environments, IE2022, held as a hybrid conference in Biarritz, France, from 20 to 23 June 2022. The conference is now recognized as a major annual venue in the field of IE. It offers a truly international forum for the exchange of information and ideas, and welcomes contributions from all technically active regions of the planet. Included here are 35 papers from the 1st International Workshop on Sentiment Analysis and Emotion Recognition for Social Robots (SENTIRobots’22); 1st International Workshop on Edge AI for Smart Agriculture (EAISA’22); 2nd International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Emerging Topics (ALLEGET’22); 11th International Workshop on the Reliability of Intelligent Environments (WoRIE’22); 2nd International Workshop on Self-Learning in Intelligent Environments (SeLIE’22); 5th Workshop on Citizen Centric Smart Cities Solutions (CCSCS’22); 11th International Workshop on Intelligent Environments Supporting Healthcare and Well-being (WISHWell’22) Exploring some of the latest research and developments in the field, the book will be of interest to all those working with intelligent environments and its associated technologies.

2021 21st International Conference on Solid State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers)

2021 21st International Conference on Solid State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers)
Author: IEEE Staff
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-06-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9781665448451

The major areas of activity in the development of Sensor, Actuators and Transducers solicited and expected at this conference include but are not limited to Mechanical Physical Sensors and Microsystems Materials, Fabrication, and Packaging Technologies Nanoscale Devices and Nanomaterials Transducers with Soft, Flexible or Composite Materials Chemical and Environmental Sensors and Microsystems Bio Sensors and Bio Microsystems Medical Microsystems Microfluidics (non bio) Energy and Power MEMS Acoustic Microdevices and RF MEMS Integrated Photonics and Optical MEMS

Flexible Sensors for Energy-Harvesting Applications

Flexible Sensors for Energy-Harvesting Applications
Author: Anindya Nag
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2022-04-21
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 303099600X

This book investigates the fabrication of different types of flexible sensors and their subsequent implementation for energy-harvesting applications. A range of techniques, including 3D printing, soft lithography, laser ablation, micro-contract printing, screen-printing, inkjet printing and others have been used to form the flexible sensors with varied characteristics. These sensors have been used for biomedical, environmental and healthcare applications on the basis of their performances. The quality of these flexible sensors has depended on certain types of nanomaterials that have been used to synthesize the conductive parts of the prototypes. These nanomaterials have been based on different sizes and shapes, whose quality varied on the basis of certain factors like crystallinity, shapes and sizes. One of the primary utilization of these nanotechnology-based flexible sensors has been the harvesting of energy where nano-generators and nano-harvesters have been formed to generate and store energy, respectively, on small and moderate magnitudes. Mechanical and thermal energies have been harvested on the basis of the piezoelectric, pyroelectric and triboelectric effects created by the formed prototypes. The work highlights the amalgamation of these sectors to spotlight the essence of these types of sensors and their intended application.

Handbook of Robotic Surgery

Handbook of Robotic Surgery
Author: Stênio de Cássio Zequi
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 1849
Release: 2024-10-02
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0443132720

Handbook of Robotic Surgery serves as a primer covering the main areas of knowledge in robotic surgery. This comprehensive book provides essential information on all aspects related to robotic surgery, from the present up to the future. The discussion presented in sections ranges from the historical background of robotic surgery up to more recent and future technological innovations such as remote controls, surgically distant collaboration, simulators, modern surgical robotics, fluorescence-guided surgery, and virtual reality. The book also contains sections dedicated to the safety conditions in surgery and patient protection, which will be suitable for surgeons, health professionals, biomedical engineering professionals, healthcare administrators, and students. There are specific chapters for all areas in which robotic surgery has been used in daily clinical practice or is under development.• Written by doctors, engineers, and nurses, thus eliminating communication barriers and making it accessible for health and engineering professionals• Provides initial literature offering a broad overview of all aspects of robotic surgery that will serve as a solid theoretical base for future developments in robotic subfields• Analyzes cost-effectiveness of robotic surgery, discussing its use in developing countries, ethics, medical-legal aspects, education, training, mentorship, leadership, certification of professionals, and credentialing of robotic centers• Contributed to by key opinion leaders from several nations and continents, taking into account different socioeconomic and cultural regional realities which can influence the widespread use of robotic surgery in the world

Emerging Ferroelectric Materials and Devices

Emerging Ferroelectric Materials and Devices
Author:
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2023-11-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0443193916

Semiconductors and Semimetals series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors. - 2019 marks the year that nitride ferroelectrics were reported, and the indicators and mechanisms used for oxide ferroelectricity appear inadequate - The emergence of nitride ferroelectrics has opened new frontiers in ferroelectric materials research and ferroelectric based technologies. This book is a direct consequence of this - Draws upon the collective knowledge and expertise of leading scientists and researchers in this field to provide a holistic view on the state of ferroelectric nitride research and applications

Nanotechnology to Monitor, Remedy, and Prevent Pollution

Nanotechnology to Monitor, Remedy, and Prevent Pollution
Author: Muhammad Bilal
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 686
Release: 2024-06-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0443156611

For decades an increasingly rapid urbanization pace, modern industrial development, and constantly intensive agricultural practices have caused controlled or uncontrolled release of hazardous contaminants that seriously threaten our environment. All natural spheres (atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, lithosphere, and anthroposphere) seem to have been exposed to harmful practices and emerging research in nanomaterials is now trying to combat their adverse impact on physical ecosystems and organisms, as well as human health. In this context, pollution remediation at the nanoscale has come to the forefront for its potential to unlock sustainable, highly efficient, and cost-effective technologies, capable to restore in situ or ex situ land, water, and air resources. Nanotechnology to Monitor, Remedy, and Prevent Pollution covers design, fabrication, and extensive applications of engineered nanostructured materials in various shapes and morphologies (such as nanoparticles, wires, tubes, fibres) that, because of their size, surface-to-volume ratio, and high reactivity, function as catalysts and adsorbents of organic pollutants (aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons), gases, chemicals (arsenic, manganese, iron, nitrate, heavy metals), antibiotics, and biological entities (bacteria, viruses, parasites). Their integration with biotechnological processes for monitoring and prevention of pollution is also explored alongside the invisible dangers caused by noise. This is a valuable book for academics, researchers, undergraduate and postgraduate students working on environmental engineering for sustainability, environmental sciences, biotechnology, and nanotechnology.? - Comprehensively presents applications of state-of-the-art nanotechnologies and nanomaterials for control, prevention, and removal of persistent air, water, and soil pollutants. - Provides a new benchmark for pros and cons of established processes for nano remediation, revealing the importance of such research beyond national boundaries and policies. - Classifies noise as a contaminant and discusses how its real impacts on human and animal life can be limited through impedance-matching nanotechnology.

A Fresh Concept of Software-resemblant Hardware to Leap to 6G and Future Networks

A Fresh Concept of Software-resemblant Hardware to Leap to 6G and Future Networks
Author: Jacopo Iannacci
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2024-04-01
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 104008527X

For a decade, with the uptake of 4G, we have become accustomed to the relentless increase in data and services on the move. The deployment of 5G is advancing crucial key performance indicators (KPIs), along with quality of service (QoS). Setting the horizon to 2030 and later, 6G will take the KPIs to numbers 100–1000 times better than 5G. Yet, the actual disruption of 6G and future networks (FN) will take place following other unprecedented paths. Artificial intelligence (AI) will be exploited in a threadlike fashion, at any level of the network physical infrastructure. This will introduce, to date unknown features, like self-sustaining, self-evolution and high-resilience of small portions of the infrastructure, pioneering the concept of a network of networks. Each segment of the infrastructure will bear a high degree of independence, while working at the same time as a whole, in full orchestration with the rest of the network. Given such a scenario, this book claims that the established and currently in use paradigms for the design and development of hardware–software (HW–SW) systems, are not appropriate to address the challenges of 6G and, further ahead, of FN. In response, unprecedented design approaches are suggested, relying on a fresh reinterpretation of the standard concept of HW, with specific attention to the network edge and edge intelligence (EI). This work develops some conceptual tools that may help address the technical challenges resulting from the intricate scenario sketched above. Within the mentioned HW reconceptualization, a pivotal role is forecasted for microtechnologies and nanotechnologies, intended with a broad meaning, which embraces, among others, devices, systems (MEMS/NEMS) and materials.

Microfluidics and Multi Organs on Chip

Microfluidics and Multi Organs on Chip
Author: P. V. Mohanan
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 712
Release: 2022-07-11
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 981191379X

This book highlights the application of microfluidics in cell biology research, chemical biology, and drug discovery. It covers the recent breakthroughs and prospects of organ-on-a-chip, human-on-a-chip, multi-organ-on-a-chip for personalized medicine. The book presents the preclinical studies of organs-on-a-chip, concepts of multiple vascularized organ-on-chips, application of organ-on-a-chip in blood-brain barrier model, culture and co-culture of cells on multi-organ-on-chip and parameter measurements in microfluidic devices. It underscores the advantage of microfluidic devices for developing efficient drug carrier particles, cell-free protein synthesis systems, and rapid techniques for direct drug screening. Further, it entails human-on-a-chip for measuring the systemic response as well as immediate effects of an organ reaction on other organs. In summary, this book reviews the development of a microfluidic-based organ-on-a-chip device for the preclinical evaluation, ADME studies of drugs, chemicals, and medical devices. This book is a valuable source for pharma companies, product developers, students, researchers, academicians, and practitioners.

Smart Diagnostics for Neurodegenerative Disorders

Smart Diagnostics for Neurodegenerative Disorders
Author: Arpana Parihar
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2023-08-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0323955401

Smart Diagnostics for Neurodegenerative Disorders: Neuro-sensors explores all available biosensor-based approaches and technologies as well as their use in the diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic management of a variety of neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and epileptic disorders. The book also discusses contemporary and revolutionary biosensor platforms that are being used to produce a quantitative quick lab-on-a-chip point-of-care (POC) assay for several types of predictive and diagnostic biomarkers linked with neurodegenerative disorders. It offers a combinatorial strategy for learning recent advances and designing new biosensor-based technologies in the fields of medical science, engineering and biomedical technology. Early detection of neurological conditions has the potential to treat the disease and extend the life expectancy of patients. Recent improvements in biosensor-based approaches that target specific cell surface biomarkers can be used for early detection of neurodegenerative disease. - Provides an in-depth understanding of biomarkers associated with neurodegenerative disease to build and create a variety of biosensors - Presents biosensor-based strategies to create and construct enhanced platforms for quick diagnosis of biomarkers linked to a variety of neurological illnesses - Discusses the current challenges and future trends in developing diagnostic devices for early detection of neurodegenerative disorders, presenting new avenues for more sensitive and selective point-of-care devices