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Nanophotonics and Plasmonics: An Integrated View (Series in Optics and Optoelectronics)
by Ching Png • Yuriy AkimovThis book provides a first integrated view of nanophotonics and plasmonics, covering the use of dielectric, semiconductor, and metal nanostructures to manipulate light at the nanometer scale. The presentation highlights similarities and advantages, and shows the common underlying physics, targets, a... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Tensor Network Contractions: Methods and Applications to Quantum Many-Body Systems (Lecture Notes in Physics #964)
by Xi Chen • Gang Su • Maciej Lewenstein • Shi-Ju Ran • Emanuele Tirrito • Cheng Peng • Luca TagliacozzoTensor network is a fundamental mathematical tool with a huge range of applications in physics, such as condensed matter physics, statistic physics, high energy physics, and quantum information sciences. This open access book aims to explain the tensor network contraction approaches in a systematic ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Nano-Bio- Electronic, Photonic and MEMS Packaging
This book shows how nanofabrication techniques and nanomaterials can be used to customize packaging for nano devices with applications to electronics, photonics, biological and biomedical research and products. It covers topics such as bio sensing electronics, bio device packaging, MEMS for bio devi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Reconstruction and Intelligent Control for Power Plant
The authors' innovative research ideas in power plant control are presented in this book. This book focuses on 1) cognition and reconstruction of the temperature field; 2) intelligent setting and learning of power plants; 3) energy efficiency optimization and intelligent control for power plants, an... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2023 -
Communication and Control for Networked Complex Systems
This book reports on the latest advances in the study of Networked Control Systems (NCSs). It highlights novel research concepts on NCSs; the analysis and synthesis of NCSs with special attention to their networked character; self- and event-triggered communication schemes for conserving limited ne... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Immigration Policy and Crisis in the Regional Context: Asian and European Experiences
This book compares the immigration policies of EU states and Asian countries—Germany, Poland, Estonia, Taiwan, China, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam,- and Thailand—analyses the policy strengths and weaknesses of various political actors in the regions and explores what can be learned from the experienc... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Intelligent Equipment, Robots, and Vehicles: 7th International Conference on Life System Modeling and Simulation, LSMS 2021 and 7th International Conference on Intelligent Computing for Sustainable Energy and Environment, ICSEE 2021, Hangzhou, China, October 22–24, 2021, Proceedings, Part III (Communications in Computer and Information Science #1469)
The three-volume set CCIS 1467, CCIS 1468, and CCIS 1469 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Life System Modeling and Simulation, LSMS 2021, and of the 7th International Conference on Intelligent Computing for Sustainable Energy and Environment, ICS... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Artemisinin and Nitric Oxide: Mechanisms and Implications in Disease and Health (SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science)
This book discusses both the beneficial and harmful aspects of NO in biology and medicine, and also introduces the emerging discovery of artemisinin in antitumor, antibacterial infection, anti-inflammation, and antiaging contexts. In 1992 nitric oxide (NO) was voted "Molecule of the Year" by Scienc... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
China's Multilateral Co-operation in Asia and the Pacific: Institutionalizing Beijing's 'Good Neighbour Policy' (Politics in Asia)
The leaders and bureaucrats of China have actively attended, initiated, promoted or made skilful use of regional multilateral political, economic, and security institutions to accelerate regional cooperation and integration with neighboring states, convince Asian states that China’s rise will not th... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Domestic Politics, International Bargaining and China's Territorial Disputes (Politics In Asia Ser.)
This is a groundbreaking analysis of China's territorial disputes, exploring the successes and failures of negotiations that have taken place between its three neighbours, namely India, Japan and Russia. By using Roberts Putnam's two level game framework, Chung relates the outcome of these disputes ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2004 -
A Sociolinguistic History of British English Lexicography
by Heming Yong • Jing PengA Sociolinguistic History of British English Lexicography traces the evolution of British English dictionaries from their earliest roots to the end of the 20th century by adopting both sociolinguistic and lexicographical perspectives. It attempts to break out of the limits of the dictionary-ontology... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Contentious Integration: Post-Cold War Japan-China Relations in the Asia-Pacific (Rethinking Asia and International Relations)
The Asian-Pacific is now one of the most important regions in the global system, where the interplay of integrative economic, geo-political and sociocultural processes provide increasing scope for regional leadership to be exercised, particularly by China and Japan. This book studies the relationshi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Uncertain Graph and Network Optimization (Springer Uncertainty Research)
This first book focuses on uncertain graph and network optimization. It covers three different main contents: uncertain graph, uncertain programming and uncertain network optimization. It also presents applications of uncertain network optimization in a lot of real problems such as transportation pr... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
What Drives China’s Economy: Economic, Socio-Political, Historical and Cultural Factors (Routledge Focus on Economics and Finance)
by Qing-Ping MaThe spectacular economic growth experienced by China since 1978 has often been hailed as the "China Miracle". Many economists have tried to understand the forces behind China’s phenomenal growth and the explanations can be divided into two broad schools of economic thought — one school of thought wh... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Intelligent Computing, Networked Control, and Their Engineering Applications
The three-volume set CCIS 761, CCIS 762, and CCIS 763 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Life System Modeling and Simulation, LSMS 2017, and of the International Conference on Intelligent Computing for Sustainable Energy and Environment, ICSEE 2017, he... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Rising East Asia: The Quest for Governance, Prosperity, and Security
by Chien-Pin LiRising East Asia by Chien-pin Li helps readers understand the dynamic changes to China, Japan, and Korea since the end of World War II. Although the three countries have experienced stellar economic growth, there have also been shifts in political dynamics, social order, and security landscapes. To ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Rising East Asia: The Quest for Governance, Prosperity, and Security
by Chien-Pin LiRising East Asia by Chien-pin Li helps readers understand the dynamic changes to China, Japan, and Korea since the end of World War II. Although the three countries have experienced stellar economic growth, there have also been shifts in political dynamics, social order, and security landscapes. To ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Reuse in the Big Data Era: 18th International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, ICSR 2019, Cincinnati, OH, USA, June 26–28, 2019, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11602)
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, ICSR 2019, held in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA in June 2019. The 13 research papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 32 submissions. In addition, 3 industry innovation p... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Practical Handbook of Echocardiography: 101 Case Studies
Practical Handbook of Echocardiography: 101 Case Studies Echocardiography is now one of the most commonly used diagnostic imaging tools, yet many clinicians remain unaware of the range of conditions echo can reveal or how echo can be used to help plan therapy. Moreover, it can be quite challenging e... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2007 -
Comparative Cardiac Imaging: A Case-based Guide
Provides the information necessary to guide clinicians to more efficient and appropriate use of the cardiac imaging modalities at their disposal Most books currently available on cardiac imaging focus on just modality. As the number of imaging options has increased, the choice of procedure has becom... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Ferromagnetic Microwire Composites
This book is centered at theforefront of an interdisciplinary subject: multifunctional magnetic microwiresand their composites and applications. After introducing general background information and progress made in thisexciting field, the book describes techniques for the fabrication of magnetic mi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Pollutant Dispersion in Built Environment
This book discusses energy transfer, fluid flow and pollution in built environments. It provides a comprehensive overview of the highly detailed fundamental theories as well as the technologies used and the application of heat and mass transfer and fluid flow in built environments, with a focus on ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
China’s Foreign Policy: The Emergence of a Great Power
This volume explains China’s foreign policy from the perspective of its historical recovery after 1949 and the country’s subsequent rise as a great power, including its transformation into a global power. It also illuminates how China has, in tandem with its rise, developed an increasing array of po... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Disease Mechanisms And Therapy
Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Disease Mechanisms and Therapy provides the latest information on a condition that is characterized by motoneuron loss and muscle atrophy, and is the leading genetic cause of infant mortality. Since the identification of the gene responsible for SMA in 1995, there have been ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Biotechnology of Major Cereals
by Li Zhu • Wendy Wendy • Ning Zhou • Jeffrey Beringer • James Bing • Chen Wei • Tristan Coram • Tanya Curtis • Jim Jim • Sylvester Elikana Anami • Gabor Gabor • Nigel Nigel • Hai-Chun Jing • Balázs Kalapos • Cuma Karaoglu • Anca Macovei • Hilde-Gunn Hilde-Gunn • Kaitlin Pidgeon • Ayten Salantur • Parwez Samnakay • Inez Slamet-Loedin • Alexandra Soltész • Caroline Sparks • Nicholas Storer • Yong-Wei Sun • Kerry Swartwood • Attila Vágújfalvi • Joyce Joyce • Gen-Ping Wang • Huixia Wu • Lan-Qin Xia • Xiu-Dao Yu • Li-Xin Zhang • Yu-Miao ZhangBiotechnology of Major Cereals focuses on the recent advances and future prospects in cereal biotechnology. The first part of the book covers the world's major cereals and focus on new developments and trends. The second part is technology rather than species-led, detailing fundamental developments ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016