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The second edition of Rheology of Fluid and Semisolid Foods: Principles and Application, examines the concepts needed to characterize rheological behavior of fluid and semisolid foods and to use various ingredients to develop desirable flow properties in fluid foods, and structure in gelled systems. It covers important applications of rheology to sensory assessment and swallowing, and handling and processing foods. All of the chapters have been updated to help readers better understand the importance rheological properties play in food science and utilize these properties to characterize food. About the Author: M. A. "Andy" Rao is a Professor Emeritus of Food Engineering, Cornell University. He received the Scott Blair Award for Excellence in Rheology of American Association of Cereal Chemists), the Distinguished Food Engineering Award of American Society of Agricultural Engineers, and elected a Fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists. Dr. Rao helped develop the "Vane Method" measurement of yield stress for a variety of food products -- a standard measurement tool used by the food industry today. He has actively supported and promoted food engineering through cooperative professional teaching and research activities in Brazil, India, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, and Thailand.

Chemistry. --- Food Science. --- Food science. --- Chimie --- Food -- Testing. --- Rheology. --- Food --- Rheology --- Biomedical Engineering --- Chemical Engineering --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Chemical & Materials Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Testing --- Testing. --- Computers. --- Computation by Abstract Devices. --- Biotechnology. --- Colloids --- Deformations (Mechanics) --- Elasticity --- Plasticity --- Viscosity --- Computer science. --- Informatics --- Science --- Food—Biotechnology. --- Automatic computers --- Automatic data processors --- Computer hardware --- Computing machines (Computers) --- Electronic brains --- Electronic calculating-machines --- Electronic computers --- Hardware, Computer --- Computer systems --- Cybernetics --- Machine theory --- Calculators --- Cyberspace --- Theory of Computation. --- Food technology --- Chemical engineering

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This book covers the relationship between information and communication technologies (ICTs) and communities – both physical and virtual. The chapters deal with such subjects as online social network communities, implicit online communities, tools for researching communities, user generated content communities, communities of practice, and trust in communities. Among the many contexts for community technology applications studied in these chapters are businesses and professional settings, health care, game communities, e-government, rural communities, low income communities and physical neighborhoods. Collectively, they demonstrate the dynamic and interdisciplinary nature of evolving communities and technologies scholarship.

Computer Science. --- Information Systems and Communication Service. --- User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction. --- Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences. --- Computer science. --- Information systems. --- Social sciences --- Informatique --- Sciences sociales --- Data processing. --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Systèmes d'information --- Computers -- Social aspects -- Congresses. --- Computers and civilization -- Congresses. --- Information society -- Congresses. --- Computers and civilization --- Information society --- Computers --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Computer Science --- Social aspects --- Automatic computers --- Automatic data processors --- Computer hardware --- Computing machines (Computers) --- Electronic brains --- Electronic calculating-machines --- Electronic computers --- Hardware, Computer --- Computers. --- User interfaces (Computer systems). --- Application software. --- Computer systems --- Cybernetics --- Machine theory --- Calculators --- Cyberspace

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Distributed processing has a strong theoretical foundation, but many day-to-day practitioners make limited use of the advantages this theory can give them. The result includes unreliable systems with obscure and intermittent failures that can cost time, money and in extreme cases, lives. Reliable construction of distributed and concurrent systems must incorporate theory in practice. This book provides a concise presentation of the theory closely linked to the practical realisation of these concepts. This easy-to-follow textbook focuses on practical issues of building working distributed systems and gives an overview of the basic theory, principles and techniques, whilst illustrating how these fit together, via the process of building interesting, non-trivial systems. Topics and features: ¢ Provides all the elements needed for a complete development of a distributed system, from theory to practice ¢ Offers an integrated approach to the field of distributed processing, and presents a coherent view of the field as a practical subject ¢ Links theoretical models of concurrency with practical realisation of systems ¢ Contains many examples from C, Java Ada and Eiffel, as well as case studies ¢ Considers important aspects of the engineering process, including models that can be used to assess and analyse parts of distributed systems, implementation techniques, as well as protocols and security concerns ¢ Many pedagogical tools: chapter summaries, exercises (with sketch solutions and hints), comprehensive glossary, Internet support for students and instructors, accessible at http://www.scm.tees.ac.uk/p.j.brooke/dpb/. ¢ Ideal for use by lecturers as a coherent one-term course or module on distributed systems Written with undergraduates in mind, especially relevant for intermediate-level students, this user-friendly textbook will prove a clear and comprehensive guide to the topic and the foundations for a methodological approach to building these systems. Dr Phil Brooke is a lecturer in computer science at the University of Teesside, and Dr Richard Paige is a lecturer in computer science at the University of York. Both have extensive teaching experience, from which this textbook has grown.

Programming --- Computer. Automation --- computerbesturingssystemen --- programmeren (informatica) --- Processament distribuït de dades --- Computers. --- Software engineering. --- Theory of Computation. --- Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems. --- Computer software engineering --- Engineering --- Automatic computers --- Automatic data processors --- Computer hardware --- Computing machines (Computers) --- Electronic brains --- Electronic calculating-machines --- Electronic computers --- Hardware, Computer --- Computer systems --- Cybernetics --- Machine theory --- Calculators --- Cyberspace --- Descentralització dels recursos de tractament (Informàtica) --- Informàtica --- Informàtica distribuïda --- Procés distribuït --- Processament de dades distribuït --- Processament de dades electròniques --- Processament electrònic de dades --- Processament distribuït (Informàtica) --- Sistemes distribuïts (Informàtica) --- Tractament distribuït --- Ordinadors, Xarxes d' --- Processament distribuït --- Distribució --- Processos de distribució

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This practical guide provides a succinct treatment of the general concepts of cell biology, furnishing the computer scientist with the tools necessary to read and understand current literature in the field. The book explores three different facets of biology: biological systems, experimental methods, and language and nomenclature. After a brief introduction to cell biology, the text focuses on the principles behind the most-widely used experimental procedures and mechanisms, relating them to well-understood concepts in computer science. The presentation of the material has been prepared for the reader’s quick grasp of the topic: comments on nomenclature and background notes can be ascertained at a glance, and essential vocabulary is boldfaced throughout the text for easy identification. Computer science researchers, professionals and computer science students will find this an incomparable resource and an excellent starting point for a more comprehensive examination of cell biology. "This concise book is an excellent introduction for computer scientists to the exciting revolution under way in molecular biology. It provides lucid, high-level descriptions of the fundamental molecular mechanisms of life, and discusses the computational principles involved. I wish this little gem was available when I was ‘learning the ropes’– it would have been my first choice of reading material." --Roni Rosenfeld, Carnegie Mellon University.

Cytology --- Bioinformatics. --- Bio-informatics --- Biological informatics --- Biology --- Information science --- Computational biology --- Systems biology --- Data processing. --- Data processing --- Cell biology --- Cellular biology --- Cells --- Cytologists --- Artificial intelligence. --- Engineering mathematics. --- Information theory. --- Computational Biology/Bioinformatics. --- Artificial Intelligence. --- Computer Appl. in Life Sciences. --- Mathematical and Computational Engineering. --- Theory of Computation. --- Communication theory --- Communication --- Cybernetics --- Engineering --- Engineering analysis --- Mathematical analysis --- AI (Artificial intelligence) --- Artificial thinking --- Electronic brains --- Intellectronics --- Intelligence, Artificial --- Intelligent machines --- Machine intelligence --- Thinking, Artificial --- Bionics --- Cognitive science --- Digital computer simulation --- Electronic data processing --- Logic machines --- Machine theory --- Self-organizing systems --- Simulation methods --- Fifth generation computers --- Neural computers --- Mathematics --- Bioinformatics . --- Computational biology . --- Applied mathematics. --- Computers. --- Automatic computers --- Automatic data processors --- Computer hardware --- Computing machines (Computers) --- Electronic calculating-machines --- Electronic computers --- Hardware, Computer --- Computer systems --- Calculators --- Cyberspace --- Bioinformatics --- 576 --- 576 Cellular and subcellular biology. Cytology --- Cellular and subcellular biology. Cytology

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The study of all technological systems, in terms of design, safety assessment or training purposes requires that significant attention is dedicated to the human perspective. Techniques for user-centred design are normally applied and exploited before implementing new control devices or safety systems that are managed by a human user or operator. This demands that appropriate models of Human Machine Interaction and associated taxonomies for classifying human behaviour are available for theoretical and practical application. In the automotive environment, the paradigm of the joint human-machine system is called the "Driver-Vehicle-Environment" (DVE) model. Several studies have pointed out the unique nature of this domain, which can refer the standardisation and normalisation of behaviours, contexts and technology. This book presents a general overview of the various factors that contribute to modelling human behaviour in this specialised environment. All of these aspects contribute to creating the overall picture of the DVE model, and demonstrate the scope and dimensions of the many different interaction processes that demand modelling consideration. This long-awaited volume, written by world experts in the field, presents state-of-the-art research and case studies. It will be invaluable reading for professional practitioners graduate students, researchers and alike. Pietro Carlo Cacciabue is a senior scientist at the Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen, within the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Ispra, Italy. He is the author of two monographs and several book and journal publications relating to safety engineering and human-machine interaction in the domains of energy production and transportation. He is the principal Editor, together with Erik Hollnagel, of The International Journal of Cognition, Technology & Work.

Motorcars engineering --- auto's --- Road traffic --- Computer Science. --- Models and Principles. --- User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction. --- Information Systems and Communication Service. --- Computer science. --- Information systems. --- Informatique --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Systèmes d'information --- Driver assistance systems. --- Human behavior -- Mathematical models. --- Motor vehicle driving -- Mathematical models. --- Automobiles --- Motor vehicle driving --- Human behavior --- Driver assistance systems --- Human-machine systems --- Human engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Mechanical Engineering --- Automotive Engineering --- Computer Science --- Automatic control --- Mathematical models --- Human engineering. --- Mathematical models. --- Ergonomics --- Human factors in engineering design --- Driving, Motor vehicle --- Motor vehicle operation --- Computers. --- User interfaces (Computer systems). --- Interfaces, User (Computer systems) --- Human-computer interaction --- Automatic computers --- Automatic data processors --- Computer hardware --- Computing machines (Computers) --- Electronic brains --- Electronic calculating-machines --- Electronic computers --- Hardware, Computer --- Computer systems --- Cybernetics --- Machine theory --- Calculators --- Cyberspace --- Informatics --- Science --- Bioengineering --- Environmental engineering --- Industrial engineering --- Human comfort --- Human-robot interaction --- Sociotechnical systems --- Human behavior models --- Electronic equipment