13th International Ceramics Congress : proceedings of the 13th International Ceramics Congress, part of CIMTEC 2014-13th International Ceramics Congress and 6th Forum on New Materials, June 8-13, Montecatini Terme, Italy. Part E / / edited by Pietro Vincenzini, World Academy of Ceramics and National Research Council, Italy ; co-edited by Sanjay Mathur, University of Cologne, Germany, Paolo Colombo, University of Padova, Italy, Christopher C. Berndt, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787246503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Faenza, Italy : , : TTP, , [2014]; ©2014
• ISBN: 3-03826-687-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (158 p.)
• Collana: Advances in science and technology, , 1662-8969 ; ; volume 91
• Disciplina: 620.14
• Soggetti: Ceramics; Ceramic materials; Ceramic engineering
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 13th International Ceramics Congress - Part E; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1: Nanomaterials for Energy and Sustainability; Self-Propagation Low Temperature Flameless Combustion Synthesis of Ni and Al Nanoparticles: Time-Resolved XRD Study; Compositional Designs for High Performance Antifingerprint Coated Concealed Cistern Control Panels; Sol-Gel Derived Two-Dimensional Nanostructures of Calcium Phosphates; Study on the Synthesis of Batches of the System Y-Ba-Cu-O Using Sol-Gel Method; Consolidated Nanocomposite Materials with the Defined Properties; Hydrogen Production from Thermochemical Water-Splitting Using Ferrites Prepared by Solution Combustion SynthesisSelf-Cleaning and Anti-Fogging Surfaces Based on Nanostructured Metal Oxides; Chapter 2: Porous Ceramics; Fabricating of Diatomite Based Ceramic Water Filter by a Novel Casting Method; Characterization of Aerogels - Challenges and Prospects; Evaluating Porosity in Cordierite Diesel Particulate Filter ; Materials: Advanced X-Ray Techniques and New Statistical Analysis Methods; Modeling the Properties of Cellular Ceramics: From Foams to Lattices and Back to Foams; Porous Silicas for Enhanced Drug ReleaseLightweight Bi-Layered Ceramic Tiles for Novel Applications; Porous Clay Ceramic for Environmental Technologies; Al2O3 Preforms with Gradient Porosity for Brake Disk Application; Chapter 3: Ceramic Thin Films and Coatings; Relationship between Residual Stresses and Damaging in Thermally Grown Oxide on Metals: Raman Spectroscopy and Synchrotron Micro-Diffraction Contributions; Influence of Application Technology in the Structural Characteristics of Ceramic Coatings with Advanced Anticorrosive and Tribological Properties; Amorphous Alumina Coatings on Glass Bottles Using Direct Liquid Injection MOCVD for Packaging ApplicationsTemperature Dependent 4-, 5- and 6-Fold Coordination of Aluminum in MOCVD-Grown Amorphous Alumina Films: From Local Coordination to Material Properties; Comparison of the Ablation Mechanism of C/C-SiC Composite under Atmospheric and Low Pressure; Oxide Films Formed on FeCrAl Steel Foil Coated with Pt and Al Films; Keywords Index; Authors Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 13th International Ceramics Congress, part of CIMTEC 2014-13th International Ceramics Congress and 6th Forum on New Materials, June 8-13, 2014, Montecatini Terme, Italy. The 21 papers are grouped as follows: Chapter 1: Nanomaterials for Energy and Sustainability; Chapter 2: Porous Ceramics; Chapter 3: Ceramic Thin Films and Coatings.

Human Behavior Understanding in Networked Sensing : Theory and Applications of Networks of Sensors / / edited by Paolo Spagnolo, Pier Luigi Mazzeo, Cosimo Distante

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910298973103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014
• ISBN: 3-319-10807-7
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2014.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (463 p.)
• Disciplina: 004.6; 006.37
• Soggetti: Optical data processing; Computer networks; Artificial intelligence; Image Processing and Computer Vision; Computer Communication Networks; Artificial Intelligence
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Part I: Distributed Sensing – Architectures -- Towards Cognitive and Perceptive Video Systems -- Access-Centric In-Network Storage Optimization in Distributed Sensing Networks -- Decentralized Human Tracking in Visual Sensor Networks -- Real-Time Tracking for Moving Target in WSN with Uncovered Holes -- Sequential Anomaly Detection Using Wireless Sensor Networks in Unknown Environment -- Part II: Distributed Sensing – Applications -- A Full-Scale Hardware Solution for Crowd Evacuation via Multiple Cameras -- Visual Sensor Networks – Adaptive Online Configuration of Surveillance Networks with Distributed Smart Cameras -- Human Detection and Tracking in Healthcare Applications Through the Use of a Network of Sensors -- Automatic Players Detection and Tracking in Multi-Camera Tennis Videos -- Data Fusion with a Dense Sensor Network for Anomaly Detection in Smart Homes -- People Counting Across Non-Overlapping Camera Views by Flow Estimation among Foreground Regions -- 2D ; Human Pose Estimation and Tracking in Non-Overlapping Cameras -- Exploiting Crowd Synthesis for Multi-Camera Human Tracking -- Part III: Multi-Robot Systems -- Distributed Probabilistic Search and Tracking of Agile Mobile Ground Targets Using a Network of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles -- A Heterogeneous Robotic Network for Distributed Ambient Assisted Living -- Cooperative Multi-Robot Patrol in an Indoor Infrastructure -- Distributed Thermal Identification and Exploitation for Multiple Soaring UAVs -- Distributed Coordination of Networked Robots for Perimeter Surveillance Tasks -- Social-Aware Coordination of Multi-Robot Systems Based on Institutions -- Design of Safety Map with Collectives of Smartphone Sensors.
• Sommario/riassunto: This unique text/reference provides a broad overview of both the technical challenges in sensor network development, and the real-world applications of distributed sensing. Important aspects of distributed computing in large-scale networked sensor systems are analyzed in the context of human behavior understanding, including such topics as systems design tools and techniques, in-network signals, and information processing. Additionally, the book examines a varied range of application scenarios, covering surveillance, indexing and retrieval, patient care, industrial safety, social and ambient intelligence, and sports analysis. Topics and features: Contains valuable contributions from an international selection of leading experts in the field Presents a high-level introduction to the aims and motivations underpinning distributed sensing Describes decision-making algorithms in the presence of complex sensor networks Provides a detailed analysis of the design, implementation, and development of a distributed network of homogeneous or heterogeneous sensors Reviews the application of distributed sensing to human behavior understanding and autonomous intelligent vehicles Includes a helpful glossary and a list of acronyms This authoritative collection offers practical insights of great benefit to graduate students, researchers, and practitioners from such diverse communities as computer vision, networked embedded sensing, and artificial intelligence. Dr. Paolo Spagnolo, Dr. Pier Luigi Mazzeo and Dr. Cosimo Distante are Researchers at the Italian National Research Council, Lecce, Italy.