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Due to novel research on the application of bio-degradable biofilms in the packaging industry of food, starch is one of the most promising and promising sources. Starch-Based Nanomaterials for Food Packaging: Perspectives and Future Prospectus presents the properties and sources of starch- based nanomaterials, its perspectives, safety aspects, applications, and future trends. The chapters cover nanostructured materials, polysaccharide based bionanocomposites, starch based nanofibers, starch nanostructured based for food packaging application. Besides bringing nano gold imprinted starch bio nanocomposites, cereal starch-based nanoparticles, and edible packaging reinforced with starch-based nanomaterials. This is a complete resource to the food industrialists who deal directly with food packaging and fruit and vegetable preservation. - Presents measurement techniques in a concise treatment that other available literature lacks to explain - Provides the audience with engineering analogues written by an engineer to explain basic physics to engineers - Includes many new and useful graphics in the margins and boxes with supplementary material to immensely facilitate learning

This book provides a comprehensive survey of coded optical imaging. Illustrated with 386 figures, it takes readers from the fundamental concepts and theories to the latest research and applications in this field. It can be used in graduate-level courses in optics and photonics. It can also benefit scientists and engineers in optical imaging, computer graphics, and other related disciplines. This book starts from a brief history of coded optical imaging and key operations in its data acquisition and image reconstruction. It then presents the latest progress in technological development and applications in the areas of biomedicine, materials science, industrial inspection, optical physics, imaging science, information theory, and more. Chapters describe the most representative techniques, exposing readers to key research themes, including: · Optical signal encoding · Image reconstruction techniques · Compressed sensing · Artificial intelligence · Metasurface · Structured light · Lensless imaging · Holography · Tomography · Light-field imaging · Utrafast imaging · Hyperspectral imaging · Polarization imaging · Super-resolution imaging

Dieses Buch bietet einen Überblick über gängige Konzepte und Bausteine des Patentmanagements. Es wendet sich an Führungskräfte in den Bereichen Innovation, F&E und Patentmanagement sowie an Wissenschaftler und Studierende. Basierend auf der Zusammenarbeit mit bzw. einer Analyse von mehr als 450 technologieintensiven Unternehmen aus Europa, USA, Kanada, China, Japan, Südkorea, Brasilien und Indien liefert es wertvolle Informationen zu den Ausprägungen des Patentmanagements. Die 5. Auflage wurde vollständig überarbeitet, aktualisiert und erweitert.

As the demands for cleaner, more efficient, reduced and zero carbon emitting transportation increase, the traditional focus of Combustion Chemistry research is stretching and adapting to help provide solutions to these contemporary issues. Combustion Chemistry and the Carbon Neutral Future: What will the Next 25 Years of Research Require? presents a guide to current research in the field and an exploration of possible future steps as we move towards cleaner, greener and reduced carbon combustion chemistry. Beginning with a discussion of engine emissions and soot, the book goes on to discuss a range of alternative fuels, including hydrogen, ammonia, small alcohols and other bio-oxygenates, natural gas, syngas and synthesized hydrocarbon fuels. Methods for predicting and improving efficiency and sustainability, such as low temperature and catalytic combustion, chemical looping, supercritical fluid combustion, and diagnostic monitoring even at high pressure, are then explored. Some novel aspects of biomass derived aviation fuels and combustion synthesis are also covered. Combining the knowledge and experience of an interdisciplinary team of experts in the field, Combustion Chemistry and the Carbon Neutral Future: What will the Next 25 Years of Research Require? is an insightful guide to current and future focus areas for combustion chemistry researchers in line with the transition to greener, cleaner technologies. - Provides insight on current developments in combustion chemistry as a tool for supporting a reduced-carbon future - Reviews modeling and diagnostic tools, in addition to key approaches and alternative fuels - Includes projections for the future from leaders in the field, pointing current and prospective researchers to potentially fruitful areas for exploration

>> „Kniha Spotify je příběhem o odvaze outsidera, který se nenechal zastrašit giganty ze Silicon Valley – a stal se králem. Měl by si ho přečíst každý ostýchavý podnikatel. Ukazuje, že ochota bojovat za svůj nápad se může skutečně vyplatit.“ — Wall Street Journal > „Snažím se udělat z hudby zase zábavu.“ — Daniel Ek > „Čím to je, že Švédsko vyprodukovalo tolik inovací v oblasti digitální hudby? Proč se právě tady zrodila firma Spotify, dodnes vzdorující všemocnému Applu? Dva vynikající švédští novináři líčí vzestup společnosti, která proměnila moderní hudbu, nejen jako strhující příběh ze světa byznysu, ale také jako lekci z technologické geopolitiky. Rafinovaný a rozhodný Daniel Ek ze Spotify ukazuje, proč Silicon Valley nemusí vždycky vyhrát.“ — David Kirkpatrick, autor knihy Pod vlivem Facebooku > „Kniha Spotify se čte jako filmový scénář. Skvěle zachycuje příběh o tom, jak technologie proměnily hudbu – a příběh lidí, kteří za touto proměnou stojí.“ — Daniel Goldberg, spoluautor knihy Minecraft > „Svižný příběh švédského startupu překonávajícího technické i finanční překážky a větší konkurenty nadchne každého, kdo streamuje hudbu nebo se zajímá o hudební průmysl, Silicon Valley či podnikání v oblasti rizikového kapitálu.“ — John A. Riggs, autor knihy High Tension: FDR's Battle to Power America << ## O autorech Sven Carlsson (• 1986) působil v ekonomické redakci švédského deníku Svenska Dagbladet a ve zpravodajské agentuře AFP. Jonas Leijonhufvud (• 1974) má za sebou kariéru v ekonomické redakci novin Svenska Dagbladet, v deníku Dagens Nyheter a na televizních stanicích TV8 a TV4. Dnes oba pracují jako reportéři ekonomicky zaměřeného deníku Dagens industri a jeho specializovaného webu Di Digital. Technologiím se věnují také v podcastu Digitalpodden. # Více o knize http://www.melvil.cz/kniha-spotify

La historia completa de la plataforma de audio por streaming más grande del mundo En 2011, Daniel Ek, el joven fundador de Spotify, por fin logró el lanzamiento de su compañía en Estados Unidos, a pesar de que Steve Jobs había hecho lo posible porque ese momento nunca sucediera. La startup sueca había entrado al campo de batalla para cambiarlas reglas del juego en el negocio de la música. Spotify apenas había ganado una batalla, pero aún no la guerra: ahora tendría que luchar en contra y a favor de las grandes discográficas, al tiempo que seguía tratando de triunfar en la carrera de la rentabilidad. A partir de cientos de entrevistas y fuentes —entre las que destacan Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, Taylor Swift, Jay-Z, Sean Parker, Pony Ma Huateng y Jimmy Loving—, los autores reconstruyen la fascinante historia de una de las compañías que ha revolucionado la forma en que el mundo consume audio. Un relato equiparable al de David y Goliat que, además de revelador, muestra cómo la convicción,la voluntad implacable y los sueños son clave para los pequeños empresarios que se enfrentan a los gigantes de la tecnología.

Two journalists chronicle the David versus many Goliaths story of the streaming music giant's rise to success.The American edition of the revelatory Swedish book Spotify Untold, the basis of the new Netflix Original series The Playlist, out now!Steve Jobs tried to stop this moment from ever happening. Google and Microsoft made bids to preempt it. The music industry blocked it time and again. Yet, on a summer's eve in 2011, the whiz kid CEO of a Swedish start-up celebrated his company's US launch.In the midst of the Apple-Android tech war and a music label crusade against piracy and illegal downloading, Spotify redrew the battle lines, sent shockwaves through Silicon Valley, and got the hardline executives at Universal, Sony, and Warner to sign with its “free-mium” platform.In The Spotify Play, now adapted into an upcoming Netflix Original series, Swedish investigative tech journalists Sven Carlsson and Jonas Leijonhufvud, who covered the company from its inception, draw upon hundreds of interviews, previously untapped sources, and in-depth reporting on figures like Mark Zuckerberg, Sean Parker, Steve Jobs, Taylor Swift, Jay-Z, Pony Ma Huateng, and Jimmy Iovine. They have captured the riveting David vs. Goliath story of a disruptive innovator who played the industry giants in a quest to revolutionize the consumption of sound, building today's largest online source of audio, with more than 50 million songs, one million-plus podcasts, and over 300 million users.Praise for The Spotify Play“Two excellent Swedish journalists recount the historic rise of the company that changed modern music not just as a riveting business tale, but as a lesson in tech geopolitics. Spotify's Daniel Ek shows why Silicon Valley does not always win.” —David Kirkpatrick, New York Times–bestselling author of The Facebook Effect“An outsider-to-kingmaker narrative that should be read by every gun-shy entrepreneur too spooked by Silicon Valley's giants to go head-to-head with them.... Carlsson and Leijonhufvud have tracked Mr. Ek's career since the early days, and their expertise shows. The Spotify Play is... a revealing character study of an inventor who proved that the willingness to fight for an idea can indeed pay off—and that you don't have to be a pirate to have fun doing it.” —Wall Street Journal

An innovative investigation of the inner workings of Spotify that traces the transformation of audio files into streamed experience.Spotify provides a streaming service that has been welcomed as disrupting the world of music. Yet such disruption always comes at a price. Spotify Teardown contests the tired claim that digital culture thrives on disruption. Borrowing the notion of “teardown” from reverse-engineering processes, in this book a team of five researchers have playfully disassembled Spotify's product and the way it is commonly understood.Spotify has been hailed as the solution to illicit downloading, but it began as a partly illicit enterprise that grew out of the Swedish file-sharing community. Spotify was originally praised as an innovative digital platform but increasingly resembles a media company in need of regulation, raising questions about the ways in which such cultural content as songs, books, and films are now typically made available online.Spotify Teardown combines interviews, participant observations, and other analyses of Spotify's “front end” with experimental, covert investigations of its “back end.” The authors engaged in a series of interventions, which include establishing a record label for research purposes, intercepting network traffic with packet sniffers, and web-scraping corporate materials. The authors'innovative digital methods earned them a stern letter from Spotify accusing them of violating its terms of use; the company later threatened their research funding. Thus, the book itself became an intervention into the ethics and legal frameworks of corporate behavior.

PLUNKETT'S ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA INDUSTRY ALMANAC 2018 Key Findings: • Plunkett Research lists top 500 companies in Entertainment & Media Industry and names top trends changing the industry for the mid term. Key Features: • Industry trends analysis, market data and competitive intelligence • Market forecasts and Industry Statistics • Industry Associations and Professional Societies List • In-Depth Profiles of hundreds of leading companies • Industry Glossary • Buyer may register for free access to search and export data at Plunkett Research Online • Link to our 5-minute video overview of this industry Pages: 583 Statistical Tables Provided: 17 Companies Profiled: 408 Geographic Focus: Global A complete market research report, including forecasts and market estimates, technologies analysis and developments at innovative firms. You will gain vital insights that can help you shape your own strategy for business development, product development and investments. • How is the industry evolving? • How is the industry being shaped by new technologies? • How is demand growing in emerging markets and mature economies? • What is the size of the market now and in the future? • What are the financial results of the leading companies? • What are the names and titles of top executives? • What are the top companies and what are their revenues? Contents, Statistics, Forecasts and Analysis Include: Major Trends Affecting the Entertainment & Media Industry 1) Introduction to the Entertainment & Media Industry 2) TVs are Internet Ready/Game Consoles and Set Top Accessories Like Roku and Chromecast Stream Content 3) DVR Market Evolves/Time-Shifting Hurts Advertisers 4) Apple's iTunes Set the Standard in the Music Industry, but Digital Sales Slow 5) Pandora and Spotify Lead in Streaming Music Via Internet Radio but Face New Challenge from Apple Music/SiriusXM Tops 31 Million Subscribers 6) Broadcast Radio Stations on the Internet/The Era of Digital Radio Begins 7) New Video Game Console Technologies and Features Boost Sales 8) Reality TV Dominates Broadcast Programming/Falling Ratings Force Networks to Find New Ways to Distribute Content 9) Cable and Satellite TV Struggle with Cord-Cutting/Cheaper Streaming Options Proliferate, Including Netflix 10) Telecom Companies, Including AT&T and Verizon, Compete Fiercely Against Cable in the TV, Internet and Telephone Market 11) Television Ads Evolve to Face New Challenges, Formats and Online Competitors 12) Movie Attendance Is Steady/Film Companies Innovate with Digital Projection and Enhanced Cinema Experiences 13) China and India Expand Film and TV Production Activity 14) Global Internet Market Tops 3.5 Billion Users/Ultrafast Broadband Expands, both Fixed and Wireless 15) Entertainment-Based Retailing, including Power Towns 16) Mobile Videos and TV Gain Smartphone Users 17) Newspapers and Magazines See Excellent Growth in in Digital Editions and Apps 18) Tablets and Smartphones Cause Decline in PC and Laptop Computer Market 19) Virtual Worlds Provide Revenue for Games Publishers 20) Virtual Reality and 3-D Games Open New Opportunities/Immersion Games to Grow 21) Revenues Are Strong for MMORPGs, Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games 22) Global Mobile Apps Revenues to Hit $77 Billion Yearly in 2017 23) Theme Parks Draw Major Investment in China 24) Embedded LTE Wi-Fi and Onboard Apps Incorporated by Auto Makers in New Car Infotainment Systems Entertainment

PLUNKETT'S E-COMMERCE & INTERNET BUSINESS ALMANAC 2018Key findings:• Plunkett Research lists top 450 companies in E-Commerce & Internet and names top trends changing the industry for the mid term.Key Features:• Industry trends analysis, market data and competitive intelligence• Market forecasts and Industry Statistics• Industry Associations and Professional Societies List• In-Depth Profiles of hundreds of leading companies• Industry Glossary• Buyer may register for free access to search and export data at Plunkett Research Online• Link to our 5-minute video overview of this industryPages: 673Statistical Tables Provided: 15Companies Profiled: 441Geographic Focus: GlobalA complete market research report, including forecasts and market estimates, technologies analysis and developments at innovative firms. You will gain vital insights that can help you shape your own strategy for business development, product development and investments.• How is the industry evolving?• How is the industry being shaped by new technologies?• How is demand growing in emerging markets and mature economies?• What is the size of the market now and in the future?• What are the financial results of the leading companies?• What are the names and titles of top executives?• What are the top companies and what are their revenues?Contents, Statistics, Forecasts and Analysis Include:Major Trends Affecting the E-Commerce & Internet Business1) Introduction to the E-Commerce & Internet Business2) Bricks, Clicks and Catalogs Create Synergies While Online Sales Growth Surges3) Amazon Continues to Boost its Market Share4) Retailers Offer Expedited Delivery to Compete with Amazon5) Package Delivery by Drone6) Wi-Fi Enables Wireless Traffic Growth7) Global Internet Market Tops 4.0 Billion Users/Ultrafast Broadband Expands, both Fixed and Wireless8) Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Gains Traction9) Cloud Computing and Software as a Service (SaaS) Point the Way to the Future10) HTML5 Makes Web Pages More Interactive, Sets up the Semantic Web 3.0 of the Future11) China Is the World's Largest Ecommerce Market and Continues to Boom12) Social Media Generates $36 Billion in Global Online and Mobile Ad Revenues13) Overview of the Social Media Industry14) Digital Advertising Soars, Has Larger Share of U.S. Advertising Market Than TV15) Programmatic Ad Buying Dominates the Digital Media Market16) Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) Continue Strong Growth in Bookings/Hotels Fight to Keep Control of the Customer17) Apple's iTunes Set the Standard in the Music Industry, but Digital Sales Slow18) Pandora and Spotify Lead in Streaming Music Via Internet Radio but Face New Challenge from Apple Music/SiriusXM Tops 32 Million Subscribers19) Overview of the Mobile Apps Industry20) Cable and Satellite TV Struggle With Cord-Cutting/Cheaper Streaming Options Proliferate, Including Netflix21) Quality of Care and Health Care Outcomes Data Are Available Online, Creating a New Level of Transparency22) Online Banking Grows on Smartphones/The Internet and ATMs Replace Branches and Tellers23) Insurance Direct Selling and E-Commerce Grow24) The “Internet of Things (IoT)” and M2M: Wireless Sensors to Boom, Aided by Nanotechnology25) Manhattan's FreshDirect Sets the Pace in Grocery Sales Over the Internet/Amazon Competes in Groceries26) Designers and Manufacturers Bypass the Middleman with Direct-to-Consumer Online Business Models27) Fashion Rental Grows Thanks to Online Apparel Pioneer Rent the Runway28) Light-Weight Satellites and Project Loon Balloons Studied for Internet Access and Whole Earth Imaging29) “Sharing Economy” Gains Market Share in Travel with Online

Plasma is one of the most fundamental states of matter other than solid, liquid and gaseous. It consists of positive ions, neutral atoms, electrons, negative ions and neutral or charged molecules can be identified. Generally, plasma can be classified according to its gas temperature. Atmospheric-pressure plasma (APP), is actually a partly ionized gas. Non-equilibrium APP has an ability to produce a mixture of reactive species including, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS), which can act as biologically active agents. This book discusses the processes, technology and applications of APPs. The first chapter examines the influence of APPs on biomolecules. Chapter Two focuses on the development and application of optical techniques for diagnosing gliding arc discharge at atmospheric pressure, emphasis being placed on gaining a better understanding of the spatial, temporal and spectral discharge characteristics. Chapter Three presents several approaches for such free-form plasma activation of different plastics and polymers based on direct and indirect dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasmas. Chapter Four reviews the combination of plasmachemical oxidation PCO and atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition APCVD for creating novel functional surfaces. Chapter Five reviews the impact of gas diffusion barrier film synthesis on polymers by atmospheric pressure plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition. Chapter Six presents and discusses some of the most recent applications of microwave plasmas, with the view of understanding microwave plasma behaviour. Chapter Seven discusses selective synthesis of self-standing carbon nanostructures using microwave driven plasmas at atmospheric pressure conditions. Chapter Eight studies the application of non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma in textiles. Chapter Nine reviews a current state of the art and opportunities for the use of plasma surface treatment in the coating and conversion of paper products.

Bringing to life the stories behind the world's most successful digital businesses, How They Started Digital showcases profiles from gaming companies to social media brands. Giving insight and inspiration, each profile reveals how each idea originated and became the success it is today.

Achieve long-term business success—without sacrificing quarterly profits Triple Crown Leadership provides a step-by-step model for building organizations that are Excellent (high performing), Ethical (transparent), and Enduring (stands the test of time). It explains how to protect your organization's values, reputation, and profitability by focusing not only on culture, but organizational character; seeking solutions to challenges from all levels of personnel; and skillfully blending a “hard-edged” demand for results with a “soft-edged” spirit of collaboration. Bob Vanourek has held senior leadership positions at Pitney Bowes, Avery Division, Sensormatic, Recognition Equipment, and Monarch Marketing. Gregg Vanourek is the founder of Far Horizon, a leadership and personnel development firm with offices in the U.S. and Europe.