This book discusses the applications of distributed ledger technology in healthcare environments such as e-healthcare records and data security, health insurance management and fraud detection, pharmaceutical supply chain management and drug traceability, and IoT enabled patient monitoring.

This book concentrates on sensing and measurement technologies for rehabilitation applications. The book looks at motion sensing technologies, human motion and exogames and healthcare applications including speech, respiration, and recovery from stroke or accident.

This edited book focuses on the applications of machine learning in the healthcare sector, both at the macro-level for guiding policy decisions, and at the granular level, showing how machine learning techniques can be applied to help individual patients.

The book focuses on various aspects of EM radiation from a variety of perspectives. The goal is to provide the reader with a conceptual basis for understanding EM radiation and to introduce some associated computational tools for obtaining relevant quantitative results relating to its distribution.

This book discusses recent advances in the application of deep learning techniques to electromagnetic theory and engineering. The contents represent pioneer applications of deep learning techniques to electromagnetic engineering, where physical principles described by the Maxwell's equations dominate.

Competence can be defined as "the ability to undertake responsibilities and perform activities to a recognised standard on a regular basis". The intention of this guide is to provide a framework for a Competence Management System (CMS) that is simple and has a focus on practicable implementation. This guidance is aimed at all enterprises that involve activities associated with engineering disciplines.

The hands-on reference of digital technology for using PV systems, especially in remote or harsh environments. Topics include transformers, micro-inverter, distribution automation, PV powered water pumping, power point and solar tracking, soiling and cleaning, IoT based PV module cooling, storage and energy management.

Optimisation of electric drives for machines and EV requires considering the components as a whole. Integrated systems can be smaller, have greater flexibility, lower cost and higher power density. This book presents recent research and trends in integrated electrical motor drive technology.

This book discusses digital twin technologies for applications in the healthcare system. The book also addresses the various research perspectives and challenges in implementation of digital twin technology in terms of data analysis, cloud management and data privacy issues.

Understanding lightning is of importance due to the increase in extreme weather events. The 2nd edition of this classic work has been thoroughly updated and revised, with new content on EM radiation at various wavelengths. Volume 1 treats electrodynamics, whilst volume 2 addresses effects and modelling.

Understanding lightning is of importance due to the increase in extreme weather events. The 2nd edition of this classic work has been thoroughly updated and revised, with new content on EM radiation at various wavelengths. Volume 1 treats electrodynamics, whilst volume 2 addresses effects and modelling.

This Code of Practice sets out the requirements for the design, specification, installation, commissioning, operation, and maintenance of grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) systems.

This book covers physical layer security (PHY) for wireless sensing and radio environment concepts along with the related security implications in terms of eavesdropping, disruption, manipulation and, in general, the exploitation of wireless sensing by unauthorised users.

In this edited book, the authors present the challenges, technologies, applications and future trends of the artificial intelligence-enabled internet of things (AIoT) in realizing smart and intelligent environments.

The two volumes of this reference book cover power electronics for drives and energy systems for electrified transport and the development of the power grid. Volume 1 covers converters and control for drives, while Volume 2 addresses clean generation and power grids.

The two volumes of this reference book cover power electronics for drives and energy systems for electrified transport and the development of the power grid. Volume 1 covers converters and control for drives, while Volume 2 addresses clean generation and power grids.

This book provides an advanced introduction to inertial data processing along with design architectures and algorithms used to aid inertial navigation systems. The emphasis is on the high-end sensors and systems used in aerospace applications, but material is also included that provides an overview of low-cost sensor data processing.

This Code of Practice sets out the requirements for the design, specification, installation, commissioning, operation, and maintenance of grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) systems.

This book explores the principles of analysing maritime-transportation related practical problems using data-driven models, with a particular focus on machine learning. Coverage includes data-enabled methodologies, technologies, applications and case studies.

This book offers a concise overview on storing electric energy in magnetic fields of superconducting coils, a technology that avoids the need for lithium for batteries. The book covers principles, control, use of SMES for power quality and stability, use with AI, and cybersecurity.

n-type solar cells are less prone to defects and degradation compared to p-type solar cells. This makes n-type solar cells more effective, but manufacturing challenges remain. This reference conveys the state of research and development for n-type solar cells.

This edited book gives insights into the deployment, application, management, and benefits of explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) in medical decision support systems (MDSS). The book discusses XAI-based analytics for patient-specific MDSS as well as related security and privacy issues.

From architectures to specific use-case-oriented communication design, key technologies, management mechanisms and security, this book offers a broad overview of the latest research and advances in non-geostationary satellite orbit (NGSO) communications systems.

Wind energy is a pillar of the emerging clean energy system. This volume, written by industry experts, is the complete reference on how to configure efficient wind turbine systems, focusing on the components in the nacelle and the drive train.

This book covers challenges and solutions of autonomic computing trustworthiness from methods and techniques to achieve consistent and reliable system self-management. This is an ideal tutorial guide for independent study with simple and well documented diagrams to explain techniques and processes.

This edited book covers novel techniques and solutions that provide medical information processing and security for smart healthcare applications. It covers the recent trends in the field of medical information processing and focuses on new security approaches and privacy solutions for smart healthcare applications.

Thanks to advances in sensing and computer vision technologies, robots can be found today in healthcare, medicine and the industry. Topics covered in this edited book include various types of sensors used in robotics, sensing schemes, sensing technologies and their applications including robotics, prosthetics, wearables and healthcare.

This book provides an overview of some advanced techniques and technologies developed for polarimetric radars. It covers how the systems are designed to meet challenging performance requirements and also covers some of the most challenging application fields.

The use of ICT and ITS (intelligent transport systems) have supported the developments of more rapid, more reliable and more precisely timed strategies for freight transport. This book reviews recent developments in the field of ITS for freight logistics.

Utility-scale Li-ion batteries are poised to play key roles for the clean energy system, but their failure has severe effects. AI can help with their monitoring and management. This work covers machine learning, neural networks, and deep learning, for battery modeling.

The 2nd edition of the reference on protection of electrical power systems using computer-based methods. It covers the algorithms underlying protection techniques. The new edition offers a revision and additional material including comparison between algorithms, system identification, and networks with renewables.

This book provides a broad and balanced span of information, covering both fundamentals and applications across academic and industrial state-of-the-art activities on assembly, joining and repair of high-performance structures made from fibre-reinforced polymer composites.

Guide to Electrical Maintenance, 2nd Edition will seek to update the Guidance document to incorporate changes and updates in UK standards since first publication as well as engage with a more developed marketplace including newer technologies and the economics of maintenance within a more sustainable agenda.

This new Guide describes the underlying principles and typical configurations for the earthing and bonding of electrical traction system assets and other lineside assets and structures to reduce hazards to people and failures to equipment and systems.

This book provides an up-to-date account of the status of research and implementation of automotive radars. The book covers fundamental, novel and essential technologies, such as MIMO, waveform design, and interference mitigation. The book includes chapters on exterior and interior uses of radar technology.

Principles of Modern Radar: Basic Principles is a comprehensive text for courses in radar systems and technology, a professional training textbook for formal in-house courses and for new hires; a reference for ongoing study following a radar short course and a self-study and professional reference book.

This book outlines the role of the near-field to far-field (NF-FF) transformations in the framework of EM measurements, their development and the current state of art. The classical NF-FF transformation techniques (without and with probe compensation) are summarized.

Microgrids use ICT to deliver energy, but they can be open to cyber-attacks. This reference provides an up-to-date framework for resilient control and protection of microgrids. It investigates cyber-attacks on smart grids, discusses vulnerabilities and solutions.

This book shows how innovations in network analytics, IoTs and cloud computing platforms are being used to ingest, analyse and correlate a myriad of big data across the entire network stack in order to increase quality of service and quality of experience (QoS/QoE) and to improve network performance.

Reviewing key concepts in modern electronics, this book is a valuable resource for anyone needing an overview of the principles of electronic devices, or to review or update their knowledge in this field. Each chapter includes worked examples of theorems, and clear summaries of procedures, methods and equations.

Graph analytics are being empowered through novel analytics techniques to explore and pinpoint beneficial relationships between different entities such as organizations, people and transactions. This edited book presents the various aspects and importance of graph data science, with contributions by authors from academia and industry.

In this book, the authors articulate the challenges associated with streaming data and analytics, describe data analytics algorithms and approaches, present edge and fog computing concepts and technologies and show how streaming analytics can be accomplished in edge device clouds. They also delineate several industry use cases.

This expanded and updated second edition is an essential guide to technologies for operating modern flexible power systems. Additional content for this edition includes four new chapters on recent modelling, control and stability analysis of power electronic converters and electric vehicles.

This expanded and updated second edition covers advanced data-driven signal processing techniques for the analysis of power system data and transient oscillations in power grids. New content includes new architectures for smart grids and microgrids, multitemporal data fusion, deep learning, multichannel phasor measurement.

Blockchain technology for smart grids holds great promise for grid management and secure transactions. Written by an international team, this timely work introduces the concept of blockchain and covers applications in smart grids, including sensors, security and privacy, AI and the use of cryptocurrencies for energy transactions.

Guide to Electrical Maintenance, 2nd Edition will seek to update the Guidance document to incorporate changes and updates in UK standards since first publication as well as engage with a more developed marketplace including newer technologies and the economics of maintenance within a more sustainable agenda.

This edited book covers the challenges, opportunities, innovations, new concepts and emerging trends related to the use of machine learning, blockchain and big data analytics for IoTs. It is aimed at a broad audience of ICTs, Data science, machine learning and cybersecurity researchers.

This book is a systematic reference guide to state estimation for power systems. Written by experts from industry and academia, this book covers crucial technology for controlling power systems with distributed generation. Chapters cover several modelling methods as well real-time monitoring and practical lessons.

This book examines machine learning trends in predictive technology to solve real-time healthcare problems. By using real-time data inputs to build predictive models, this new technology can model disease progression, assist with interventions or predict patient outcomes.

This new Guide describes the underlying principles and typical configurations for the earthing and bonding of electrical traction system assets and other lineside assets and structures to reduce hazards to people and failures to equipment and systems.

This book covers the newest applications of bioelectromagnetics in the healthcare sector, providing valuable insights into the current and future possibilities of bioelectromagnetics in twelve cohesively structured chapters. Each chapter is written by experts in the field.

This 4th edition of the classic reference on electric fuses has been substantially updated. The contents, data, descriptions and illustrations have been revised, and new topics added including fuses for photovoltaic systems, battery storage and electric vehicles.

Starting with the concepts of data flow and concurrent programming, the authors cover the development of state machines, event programming and consumer producer systems using LabVIEW™ programming for instrumentation and automation systems. The book is a useful resource for undergraduate and graduate students and entry-level engineers.

This Guide has been prepared for all those involved in the design, selection, installation and operation of direct electric heating and heat pumps in new and existing domestic properties in the UK. It also provides an insight into market models of how heat may be provided in the future.

This book explores how technology can facilitate social distancing in order to better manage pandemics and future outbreaks. The authors present key concepts, models and practical technology-based social distancing scenarios, and then enabling technologies including machine learning, AI, computer vision, blockchain and big data.

Covering new developments and state-of-the-art research in Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs), this edited book is a useful reference for ICT networking engineers, researchers, scientists, engineers, advanced students and lecturers in both academia and industry working on Wireless Communications and WMNs.

Written by a worldwide expert on nuclear energy, this book is a concise but thorough work on fusion-fission hybrid technology. Chapters review nuclear fission and fusion principles, then explore how to use surplus neutrons from fusion to assist with fission processes, and how to obtain the necessary deuterium and tritium.

Demand response (DR) describes controlled changes in the power consumption whose role is to better match the power demand with the supply. This reference, written by an international team of experts from academia and industry, covers the principles, implementation and applications of DR.

The book provides original analytical and computational methodologies for solving the EM interaction with modern metasurface structures. New sophisticated modeling methods and closed-form solutions are explored, thereby providing enablers for future developments of thin-layer-based technologies.

The book is a comprehensive discussion of the most advanced time-domain modeling methods and applications in electromagnetics and electrical engineering. It provides guidelines about why some choices must be made among the principal modeling approaches and then discusses numerical and analytical methods, and applications.

Exploring technologies supporting future autonomous road vehicles and systems, with a particular focus on vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANETs), this book is essential reading for researchers and advanced students from academia, industry and government working on the automation of road vehicles.

This edited book demonstrates the effective use of AI in healthcare via a number of innovative case studies. The editors show how increased use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) can improve the delivery of health care services in areas such as disease detection or medical decision support.

This edited book focuses on the hardware systems for gait analysis such as speed, pressure, or body angles as well as data visualisation and mathematical models for interpreting this data. The book is written by a range of international researchers from academia, industry, and clinical settings.

In this comprehensive reference, the authors present new and innovative control and estimation methods based on dynamical nonlinear and partial differential equation systems, which are used in solving control problems such as stability and robustness issues in robotics, mechatronics, and other engineering applications.

This edited book covers challenges, concepts, systems, architectures, technologies, and design characteristics of human-machine cooperation and interaction systems in smart manufacturing environments using state of the art technologies including artificial intelligence, 5G, IoTs, Blockchains, CPS, sensing, automation and robotics.

The rapid increase in globalization, human population, land prices and climate change are forcing cities to build upward. From architecture to engineering and city planning, this comprehensive reference covers the state-of-the-art of advanced research, innovations and future perspectives towards sustainable high-rise buildings.

Focusing on the management of security and the principles of security technologies as applied to transport systems, this book equips readers with an understanding of what management actions need to be taken and what sort of technologies are suitable to deploy in defending against cyberattacks. Multiple modes of transport are covered.

This is a concise book on cooling and thermal management of rotating electrical machines, such as drives, motors and generators. The work provides a sound insight into heat transfer and fluid flow so that readers can understand the thermal design of any machine.

The IET Wiring Regulations is the national standard for electrical installations in domestic, commercial and industrial settings. It is the essential standard for all those concerned with the design, installation, certification and maintenance of electrical installations. Amendment 2:2022 is a major update to BS 7671:2018, The IET Wiring Regulations, Eighteenth Edition.

The Student's Guide to the IET Wiring Regulations is designed for students studying for a career in the electrotechnical industry. The content will enhance the reader's understanding of the IET Wiring Regulations and how to interpret them, as well as integrating with current qualifications being delivered.

Electrician's Guide to the Building Regulations includes the latest guidance on third-party certification schemes and covers relevant parts of the Building Regulations, including Fire Safety, Ventilation and Conservation of Energy. This guide has been fully updated to BS 7671:2018+A2:2022.

The On-Site Guide is an essential guide to BS 7671. It enables the competent electrician to deal with installations (up to 100 A, 3-phase) providing information in a convenient, easy-to-use format. This publication has been further updated to include two subsequent amendments to the IET Wiring Regulations as BS 7671:2018+A2:2022.

Electrical Installation Design Guide: Calculations for Electricians and Designers provides step-by-step guidance on the design of electrical installations. The guide will be useful for apprentices and trainees carrying out the calculations necessary for a basic installation and has been fully updated to BS 7671:2018+A2:2022.

Guidance Note 8: Earthing & Bonding includes information from BS 7430 Code of Practice for Earthing. It covers key guidance for all involved with specifying, designing, installing or verifying electrical installations and has been fully updated to BS 7671:2018+A2:2022.

Guidance Note 7: Special Locations provides a comprehensive guide to the various special locations and installations for which additional measures are required to comply with BS 7671 and has been fully updated to BS 7671:2018+A2:2022.

Guidance Note 6: Protection Against Overcurrent is a key guide to this important area of BS 7671. It is intended for all involved with specifying, designing, installing or verifying electrical installations and has been fully updated to BS 7671:2018:2022.

Guidance Note 5: Protection Against Electric Shock provides a core element of safety for specifiers, designers, contractors and inspectors. It includes clear guidance on how to apply the safety requirements of BS 7671 concerning electric shock and has been fully updated to BS 7671:2018+A2:2022.

Guidance Note 4: Protection Against Fire is a vital guide to an important safety aspect of working with electricity. It is aimed at everyone involved with fire safety in electrical installations, including consulting engineers, electrical installers, inspectors and technicians and has been fully updated to BS 7671:2018:2022.

Guidance Note 3: Inspection & Testing is a fundamental guidance book for all those involved with the testing and inspection of electrical installations. It also contains essential guidance for those studying for inspection and testing qualifications and has been fully updated to BS 7671:2018:2022.

Guidance Note 2: Isolation & Switching provides clear guidance on what can be a confusing aspect of BS 7671. It is ideal for those working in specification, testing and inspection and for consulting engineers, as well as electrical installers and has been fully updated to BS 7671:2018:2022.

Guidance Note 1: Selection & Erection is a fundamental guide for specifiers, installers and those inspecting and testing installations. It contains clear guidance on how to apply the relevant sections of BS 7671 and has been fully updated to BS 7671:2018+A2:2022.

This Guide has been prepared for all those involved in the design, selection, installation and operation of direct electric heating and heat pumps in new and existing domestic properties in the UK. It also provides an insight into market models of how heat may be provided in the future.

This practical reference covers the key concepts and technologies of nano- and picogrids in conjunction with connected generation, EV charging, IoT and cloud computing, and power quality and protection issues. Case studies help provide a full understanding of the concepts explored.

This edited book looks at the role technology has played to monitor, map and fight the COVID-19 global pandemic. The vital role that intelligent advanced healthcare informatics has played during this crucial time are explored, as well as e-healthcare, telemedicine, and life support systems.

This edited book covers big data analysis methods of patient data gained via IoT-enabled monitoring systems. The information gathered can be processed to aid clinicians with diagnoses, prognoses and interventions. This book is a great reference to those using, designing, modelling and analysing intelligent healthcare services.