Chemical Spill Studies
Edited by
Stéphane Le Floch, CEDRE Research Department in Brest, France
Frédéric Muttin, EIGSI in La Rochelle, France
February 2021
The detection of marine pollution requires a scientific and operational response to identify contaminants, chemicals and hydrocarbons, and to support contrasting observations. Remote Detection and Maritime Pollution originates from the proceedings of CE... (Read more)
Core Concepts – Software Aspects
Philippe Darche, Institut Universitaire de Technologie (IUT), France
February 2021
Since its commercialization in 1971, the microprocessor, a modern and integrated form of the central processing unit, has continuously broken records in terms of its integrated functions, computing power, low costs and energy saving status. Today, it is pr... (Read more)
Software and Hardware Aspects of Development, Debugging and Testing – The Microcomputer
Philippe Darche, Institut Universitaire de Technologie (IUT), France
February 2021
Since its commercialization in 1971, the microprocessor, a modern and integrated form of the central processing unit, has continuously broken records in terms of its integrated functions, computing power, low costs and energy saving status. Today, it is pr... (Read more)
Fundamentals and Techniques
Safwan El Assad, Polytech Nantes, France
Dominique Barba, Polytech Nantes, France
February 2021
This book was written with the intention of presenting – in an integrated way – the basic knowledge and techniques on which modern digital communication systems are based and how they are implemented in their realization. Digital Communications 1 is... (Read more)
Directed and Practical Work
Safwan El Assad, Polytech Nantes, France
Dominique Barba, Polytech Nantes, France
February 2021
The second volume of these books on digital communications deals with knowledge and skills acquisition. Digital Communications 2 is structured into two parts; the first deals with the tutorial aspect. This is an ordered set of thirty-three problems cove... (Read more)
Edited by
Astrid Guillaume, Sorbonne University, France
Lia Kurts-Wöste, Bordeaux Montaigne University, France
February 2021
The cultural sciences are now being re-established as an important paradigm for demanding interdisciplinarity and for considering the responsibility of researchers in their work. Making Sense, Making Science demonstrates the federative relevance of the ... (Read more)
Christelle Gillioz, University of Bern, Switzerland
Sandrine Zufferey, University of Bern, Switzerland
February 2021
The use of experimental methodology in the field of linguistics has boomed in recent decades. However, implementation of such methods does require an understanding and mastery of specific theoretical and methodological principles. Introduction to Experi... (Read more)
Three-time Knowledge
Michel Nadot, School of Health Sciences Fribourg, Switzerland
February 2021
Nursing students’ access to higher education does not mark the beginning of basic scientific research into this discipline, and it is now a struggle for this fact to remain visible. Prejudices, misrepresentations and myths mislead nurses about the ori... (Read more)
Concepts, Tools and Methods
François-Xavier Meunier, ENSTA Paris, France
February 2021
Technical superiority is one of the keys to military domination. Thus, defense industries have supported the development of increasingly efficient systems and made significant contributions to technical progress. However, since the late 1980s, defense i... (Read more)
Deserts, Aridity, Exploration and Conquests
Edited by
Fernand Joly (1917–2010), Institut Scientifique Chérifien (Institut Scientifique de Rabat), Morocco
Guilhem Bourrié, Académie d’Agriculture de France, France
February 2021
The wild beauty of deserts has always been a source of fascination the world over. Mankind and Deserts 1 – the first of three volumes – describes their location and geographic variety. There are both hot and cold deserts, those at high altitude or thos... (Read more)
Transdisciplinary Theoretical Approach
Christian Goglin, University of Burgundy – France-Comté, France.
February 2021
Equity crowdfunding is a new way for seed stage start-ups to generate initial capital and, as such, raises questions around the choices made by investors within this area. Understanding it is important for investor protection, as investors are generally un... (Read more)
Worldwide Academic Competition and Geopolitics
Franck Leprévost, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
February 2021
Since the publication of the first Shanghai ranking in 2003, the international rankings of universities have become ever-more important. This book examines the evolution of higher education systems and the role of universities in contemporary societies, wh... (Read more)
Edited by
Ruth Scheps, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Marie-Christine Maurel, Sorbonne University, France
February 2021
Art and science are not separate universes. This book explores this claim by showing how mathematics, geometry and numerical approaches contribute to the construction of works of art. This applies not only to modern visual artists but also to important ... (Read more)
Reflections, Challenges and Limitations
Yves-Alain Ach, Leonardo da Vinci School of Management (EMLV), France
Sandra Rmadi-Saïd, Leonardo da Vinci School of Management (EMLV), France
February 2021
The brand is the company’s most important asset. In their financial statements, companies are faced with a lack of accounting recognition for the brands they have created, and value recognition for the brands they have acquired. This book studies the nat... (Read more)
Edited by
Denia Kolokotsa, School of Environmental Engineering of the Technical University of Crete, Greece
Nikos Kampelis, Energy Management in the Built Environment Research (EMBER) laboratory of the Technical University of Crete, Greece
February 2021
This book focuses on near-zero energy buildings (NZEBs), smart communities and microgrids. In this context, demand response (DR) is associated with significant environmental and economic benefits when looking at how electricity grids, communities and build... (Read more)
Corporate Social Responsibility and Shared Value Creation
Nacer Gasmi, University Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France
February 2021
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is simply the maximization of a company’s value over time, undertaken because, in the long run, social and environmental problems ultimately become financial problems. The justification for CSR is therefore associate... (Read more)
Frameworks and Tools
Marcos Lima, SKEMA Business School, France
February 2021
This book is a compilation of tools, techniques and frameworks for use in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation (E&I) education. Developed and honed over the past two decades, these teaching approaches are combined with well-versed practical insight... (Read more)
Introductory Course
Mikhail Moklyachuk, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
February 2021
This book provides easy access to the basic principles and methods for solving constrained and unconstrained convex optimization problems. Included are sections that cover: basic methods for solving constrained and unconstrained optimization problems with ... (Read more)
Understanding and Supporting Technological Changes
Edited by
Marc-Eric Bobillier Chaumon, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, France
February 2021
The accelerating pace of technological change (AI, cobots, immersive reality, connected objects, etc.) calls for a profound re-examination of how we conduct business. This requires new ways of thinking, acting, organizing and collaborating in our work. ... (Read more)
Homogeneous Random Motions and their Applications
Anatoliy Pogorui, Consultant
Anatoliy Swishchuk, University of Calgary, Canada
Ramón M. Rodríguez-Dagnino, Consultant
February 2021
This book is the first of two volumes on random motions in Markov and semi-Markov random environments. This first volume focuses on homogenous random motions. This volume consists of two parts, the first describing the basic concepts and methods that ha... (Read more)
Daniel Ventre, CESDIP (Centre de Recherche sur le Droit et les Institutions Pénales) Laboratory, France
December 2020
Artificial intelligence, since its birth in the 1950s, has captured the attention of defense agencies around the world; yet it was only after twenty years that it met with real success in the application of expert military systems. Today, artificial intell... (Read more)
Empowering Innovation for a New Sustainable Future
Patrick Duvaut, IMT, France
Xavier Dalloz, Xavier Dalloz Consulting, France
David Menga, EDF Lab Paris-Saclay, France
François Koehl, Mazars, France
Vidal Chriqui, Consutant
Joerg Brill, Airbus Defense and Space, Germany
December 2020
I.AM catalyzes the “convergence for good” of the biological, physical and digital worlds, helping us to better tackle the toughest challenges of the 2020s: climate change, resource depletion, an aging population, social inclusion, the empowerment of pe... (Read more)
Sew Up the Urban Fabric
Edited by
Lazaros Mavromatidis, INSA (Institut National des Sciences Appliquées) Lyon, France
December 2020
This book explores, discusses and considers spatial research and its relevant pedagogic perspectives on the crossings, interactions and transformations of contemporary territorialities. The book addresses the issue of conceiving “translocal” spaces of ... (Read more)
Digitalization, a New Key Driver for Industrial Management
Edited by
Jean-Pierre Dal Pont, Société des Experts Chimistes de France (SECF), France
Marie Debacq, AgroParisTech, France
December 2020
As a result of knowledge exchange between the academic and industrial worlds, this book analyzes the process industries impacted by the digital revolution that accompanies the ongoing energy and environmental transitions. Process Industries 2 first disc... (Read more)
Tomasz Krysinski, Airbus Helicopters, France
François Malburet, ENSAM in Aix-en-Provence, France
December 2020
Transportation technologies affect the depletion of non-renewable resources and the environment. Beyond organizational and behavioral solutions, improvement of existing technologies or development of new technologies is now a major challenge. After decades... (Read more)
Realities and Future Prospects
Sonia Ben Slimane, ERIM-ESCP Paris, France
Hatem M’henni, ESCT (École Supérieure de Commerce de Tunis), Tunisia
December 2020
In analyzing the complex link between entrepreneurship, innovation and development in the context of the emerging world, this book offers a holistic reading of this triptych based on a theoretical foundation that is itself subject to controversy: the natio... (Read more)
Storage, Visualization and In Memory Strategies
Paul Louis George, Inria, France
Frédéric Alauzet, Inria, France
Adrien Loseille, Inria, France
Loïc Maréchal, Inria, France
December 2020
Triangulations, and more precisely meshes, are at the heart of many problems relating to a wide variety of scientific disciplines, and in particular numerical simulations of all kinds of physical phenomena. In Volume 1, the theoretical foundations relat... (Read more)
Opportunities for Companies and Challenges for the Industry
Foued Cheriet, MOISA, France
Carole Maurel, University of Montpellier, France
Paul Amadieu, Montpellier Management Institute, France
Hervé Hannin, Montpellier SupAgro, France
December 2020
This collective work highlights the new challenges facing the French wine industry and the issues that arise from it. Written on the basis of academic work and field studies, conducted by a group of Montpellier academics in Economics and Management Science... (Read more)
Core Concepts- Hardware Aspects
Philippe Darche, Institut Universitaire de Technologie (IUT) de Paris, France
December 2020
Since its commercialization in 1971, the microprocessor, a modern and integrated form of the central processing unit, has continuously broken records in terms of its integrated functions, computing power, low costs and energy saving status. Today, it is pr... (Read more)
Core Concepts: Communication in a Digital System
Philippe Darche, Institut Universitaire de Technologie (IUT) de Paris, France
December 2020
Since its commercialization in 1971, the microprocessor, a modern and integrated form of the central processing unit, has continuously broken records in terms of its integrated functions, computing power, low costs and energy saving status. Today, it is pr... (Read more)
Yaroslav Chabanyuk, Lublin University of Technology, Poland
Anatolii Nikitin, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
Uliana Khimka, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
December 2020
This book analyzes stochastic evolutionary models under the impulse of diffusion, as well as Markov and semi-Markov switches. Models are investigated under the conditions of classical and non-classical (Levy and Poisson) approximations in addition to jumpi... (Read more)
Empowerment and Transformation
Christine Bouissou-Bénavail, University of Paris VIII, France
December 2020
Educational Studies in the Light of the Feminine analyzes a professional trajectory in which engagement in research is a driving force for development, psychosocial integration and socio-professional commitment. This book promotes the emergence of an et... (Read more)
In the Beginning was Technique
Michel J.F. Dubois, Institut polytechnique UniLaSalle, France
December 2020
Current descriptions of the future of humanity suggest that some problems reside in our relationship with technique – what it gives us and takes away from us, what we are with and possibly without it. This book studies the relationship that we have wi... (Read more)
Nord-Eddine Sad Chemloul, University of Tiaret, Algeria
December 2020
Dimensional analysis is the basis for the determination of laws that allow the experimental results obtained on a model to be transposed to the fluid system at full scale (a prototype). The similarity in fluid mechanics then allows for better redefinition ... (Read more)
From Normal to Useful
Cyrille Cazeau, Victor Hugo Clinic and the Hôtel-Dieu Hospital, France
December 2020
This book presents the different models of terrestrial bipedalism, from the most distant – that of the dinosaurs – to the closest – that of the great apes. Comparative biomechanical analysis allows us to identify the functional characteristics of ... (Read more)
Prolegomenes - Calculation and Storage Functions - Models of Computation and Computer Architecture
Philippe Darche, the Institut Universitaire de Technologie (IUT) de Paris, France
November 2020
Since its commercialization in 1971, the microprocessor, a modern and integrated form of the central processing unit, has continuously broken records in terms of its integrated functions, computing power, low costs and energy saving status. Today, it is pr... (Read more)
The Wiener-Hopf Solution - Advanced Applications
Vito G. Daniele, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Guido Lombardi, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
November 2020
This book, comprising two volumes, has a dual purpose. The first is to introduce a general methodology for solving diffraction problems in geometries constituted of angular regions – The Wiener-Hopf Solution – Theory (Volume 1). The second is to offer ... (Read more)
Edited by
Laurent Morillon, University of the French West Indies, West Indies
November 2020
The current “generalized digitization” of society is influencing the health environment, healthcare organizations as well as actors. In this context, human and social sciences deconstruct, nuance and sometimes even challenge certain preconceived ideas ... (Read more)
Challenges and Opportunities
Edited by
Julien Atchoua, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Côte d'Ivoire
Jean-Jacques Bogui, Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Côte d'Ivoire
Saikou Diallo, Virginia Modeling Analysis and Simulation Center, USA
November 2020
Despite a persistent digital divide, the integration and use of information and communication technology (ICT) in African countries is becoming increasingly apparent in various sectors of activity (banking, education, trade, etc.). The increase in ICT rais... (Read more)
A Research Methods Approach
Edited by
Hugo Loiseau, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
Daniel Ventre, CESDIP (Centre de Recherche sur le Droit et les Institutions Pénales) Laboratory, France
Hartmut Aden, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany
November 2020
The question of using research methods from the humanities and social sciences to investigate cybersecurity currently remains unexplored. For these disciplines, this new, complex and multifaceted phenomenon can be considered from a variety of complementary... (Read more)
An Art of Decision Making
Églantine Schmitt, University of Technology of Compiègne (Sorbonne Universités), France
November 2020
Manipulating and processing masses of digital data is never a purely technical activity. It requires an interpretative and exploratory outlook – already well known in the social sciences and the humanities – to convey intelligible results from data ana... (Read more)
Pascal Latouche, University of Paris-Saclay, France
November 2020
By paying attention to entrepreneurs, we can see that the entrepreneurial process is an exciting project that lasts a lifetime. But it won’t always be easy! For entrepreneurs, winning clients can often mean working with or for large groups and organizati... (Read more)
The Movement of Electricity in Medical Science
Céline Cherici, University of Picardy Jules Verne, France
November 2020
In From Clouds to the Brain, a historical and epistemological journey is retraced. The focus of this book is the history of medical electricity, and it is this journey that is explored, accompanied by a look at electricity’s medical effects on the body, ... (Read more)
Edited by
Vlad Stefan Barbu, University of Rouen Normandy, France
Nicolas Vergne, University of Rouen Normandy, France
November 2020
This book is a collective volume authored by leading scientists in the field of stochastic modeling for dependent data, associated statistical topics and corresponding applications. These issues are crucial, as we face a growing need for increasingly compl... (Read more)
Jean Lerbet, University of Paris Saclay, France
Noël Challamel, University of South Brittany, France
François Nicot, INRAE, France
Félix Darve, University Grenoble Alpes, France
November 2020
This book exposes the general concepts and results concerning stability issues, especially for non-conservative systems. It then presents an approach of stability that is different from Lyapunov’s theory and leads to the second-order work criterion (whic... (Read more)
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