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This book presents high-/mixed-voltage analog and radio frequency (RF) circuit techniques for developing low-cost multistandard wireless receivers in nm-length CMOS processes. Key benefits of high-/mixed-voltage RF and analog CMOS circuits are explained, state-of-the-art examples are studied, and c... More

This book provides readers with a state-of-the-art description of techniques to be used for ultra-low-power (ULP) and ultra-low-cost (ULC), short-range wireless receivers.  Readers will learn what is required to deploy these receivers in short-range wireless sensor networks, which are proliferating ... More

Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs) play an important role in most modern signal processing and wireless communication systems where extensive signal manipulation is necessary to be performed by complicated digital signal processing (DSP) circuitry. This trend also creates the possibility of fabrica... More

The book Handheld Total Chemical and Biological Analysis Systems: Bridging NMR, Digital Microfluidics, and Semiconductors centers on the complete design of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) microsystems for in vitro chemical and biological assays based on semiconductor chips and portable magnet. Dif... More

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Innovative Technologies and Learning, ICITL 2020, held in Porto, Portugal, in November 2020. The 65 full papers presented together with 2 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 127 submissions... More

This book constitutes the proceedings of the Third International Conference on Technology and Innovation in Learning, Teaching and Education, TECH-EDU 2022, was held in Lisbon, Portugal, in August/September 2022.The 21 full papers and 18 short paper presented in this volume were carefully reviewed a... More

FOOD and interdisciplinary research are the central focus of the 1st International Conference on Food Design and Food Studies: Experiencing Food, Designing Dialogues, reflecting upon approaches evidencing how interdisciplinarity is not limited to the design of objects or services, but seeks awarenes... More

This book reveals how the critique of the domination of capitalism inaugurated by the Frankfurt School becomes pluriversal, motivating the historical Critical Theory of Coloniality (CTC) dialogue between the Global South and the Global North. CTC expresses the emergence and historical actuality of... More

This book provides readers with a single-source reference to the state-of-the-art in analog and mixed-signal circuit design in nanoscale CMOS.  Renowned authors from academia describe creative circuit solutions and techniques, in state-of-the-art designs, enabling readers to deal with today’s techno... More

This book is a collection of essays on neglected aspects of the Great War. It begins by asking what exactly was so "Great" about it, before turning to individual studies of various aspects of the war. These fall broadly into two categories. Firstly personal, micro-narratives that deal directly wi... More

This book presents recent material science-based and mechanical analysis-based advances in joining processes. It includes all related processes, e.g. friction stir welding, joining by plastic deformation, laser welding, clinch joining, and adhesive bonding, as well as hybrid joints. It gathers selec... More

This book focusses on all advanced methods of joining such as friction stir welding, joining by plastic deformation, laser welding, advanced mechanical joining, adhesive bonding and hybrid joining. The volume presents the state-of-the-art of advanced methods of joining and also serves as a reference... More

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology, QUATIC 2021, held in Algarve, Portugal*, in September 2021.The 30 full papers and 9 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 98 submissions. ... More

This book presents the proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Water Energy Food and Sustainability – ICoWEFS 2021, a major forum to foster innovation and exchange knowledge in the water-energy-food nexus, embracing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, bringing ... More

Quer aprender a habilidade em demanda de programação PHP... E fazê-lo rápido? Você é novo na programação de computadores ou apenas quer melhorar em algumas habilidades? Se assim for, este livro é um recurso maravilhoso para você. PHP é uma das mais amplamente utilizadas linguagens de programação op... More

Aprenda JavaScript. O JavaScript é uma linguagem de programação dinâmica que é comumente usado em navegadores da web para controlar o comportamento das páginas web e interagir com os utilizadores. Permite a comunicação assíncrona e pode atualizar partes de uma página da web ou até mesmo substituir ... More

Uma história especialmente destinada a crianças com mais de 10 anos, mas também apropriada para gente adulta, baseada na vida social das formigas que, em termos de organização, tem muitas semelhanças com a estrutura social dos seres humanos. É intenção desta pequena história dar uma lição sobre a n... More

Conheça o coronel reformado Quentin James Abernathy, ex-membro das Forças Armadas de Sua Majestade.O coronel Abernathy, um solteirão aposentado, vive agora da sua pensão e da fortuna de família. Já de idade avançada, é membro de um clube prestigiado de cavalheiros, em Londres.Em "Quem Dorme é o Leão... More

One Health, the concept of combined veterinary and human health, has now expanded beyond emerging infectious diseases and zoonoses to incorporate a wider suite of health issues. Retaining its interdisciplinary focus which combines theory with practice, this new edition illustrates the contribution ... More

Sinopse: Erros malditos, lembranças dolorosas e grandes mentiras. Uma história de perversão. Helen Gardener é assassinada num cruzeiro transatlântico. O Diamond Royale zarpou de Southampton com destino a Nova Iorque, levando o seu assassino a bordo. Passado nos anos 50, Águas Envenenadas acompanha... More

Results of regular monitoring of the species diversity and structure of plant communities is used by conservation biologists to help understand impacts of perturbations caused by humans and other environmental factors on ecosystems worldwide. Changes in plant communities can, for example, be a refle... More