1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910374558703321

Autore

D'Angelo, Daria

Titolo

Pedofilia : trauma o pura perversione? / Daria D'Angelo ; prefazione di Alfonso Di Giminiani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canterano : Aracne, 2019

ISBN

978-88-255-2664-6

Descrizione fisica

129 p. ; 22 cm

Collana

Conflitti, criticità e mutamenti sociali ; 14

Disciplina

364.15554

Locazione

FSPBC

Collocazione

COLLEZ. 2523 (14)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Contiene bibl. (pp. 125-129)



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910831008403321

Autore

Saha Tushar Kanti

Titolo

Information-Powered Engines / / by Tushar Kanti Saha

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

3-031-49121-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (146 pages)

Collana

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, , 2190-5061

Disciplina

332.04101

Soggetti

Thermodynamics

Coding theory

Information theory

Optics

Statistical physics

Biophysics

Biomolecules

Coding and Information Theory

Light-Matter Interaction

Statistical Physics

Molecular Biophysics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Theory background -- Chapter 3. Experimental Apparatus -- Chapter 4. High-performance information engine -- Chapter 5. Trajectory control using an information engine -- Chapter 6. Bayesian information engine -- Chapter 7. Information engine in a nonequilibrium bath -- Chapter 8. Identifying information engines -- Chapter 9. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents the experimental development of an information-powered engine inspired by the famous thought experiment, Maxwell’s demon, to understand its potential to produce energy for practical purposes. The development of an engine based on Maxwell’s demon was for a long time inconceivable, but technological advances have led to novel investigations into theoretical and practical applications. The



built information engine consists of a micron-sized glass bead trapped in a tightly focused laser beam. It rectifies the bead's Brownian motion by controlling the laser's position and generates a unidirectional motion against gravity without doing any work, thus converting thermal heat into stored gravitational potential energy. A theoretical model based on a spring-mass system describes the engine's dynamics and was then used to find optimum parameters to improve the engine's performance. Experimentally implementing these optimization strategies led to engine output powers comparable to those measured in biological motors. This book also highlights performance improvements made in the presence of measurement noise and presents important guiding principles to design information engines to operate in non-equilibrium environments. By focusing on practical applications, the book overall aims to broaden the scope of information-engine investigations. .