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Identifying the essential feature of education for international understanding advocated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the book explores how Chinese schools have implemented education for international understanding since the 1980s. Through vivid ... More

This book lays out the theoretical foundation of the so-called multi-armed bandit (MAB) problems and puts it in the context of resource management in wireless networks. Part I of the book presents the formulations, algorithms and performance of three forms of MAB problems, namely, stochastic, Marko... More

A timely and comprehensive introduction to CO2 heat pump theory and usage A comprehensive introduction of CO2 application in heat pump, authored by leading scientists in the field CO2 is a hot topic due to concerns over global warming and the 'greenhouse effect'. Its disposal and application has at... More

Unique in focusing on both organic and inorganic materials from a system point of view, this text offers a complete overview of printed electronics integrated with classical silicon electronics. Following an introduction to the topic, the book discusses the materials and processes required for print... More

This book develops several novel foam-filled structures and steel-concrete-steel (SCS) sandwich structures, which provides more alternatives for ensuring the safety of buildings and infrastructures under extreme loading, like impact and blast. In the first part of this book, the aluminium foam- and ... More

This book covers fundamental principles and numerical methods relevant to the modeling of the injection molding process. As injection molding processing is related to rheology, mechanical and chemical engineering, polymer science and computational methods, and is a rapidly growing field, the book pr... More

This bookconstitutes the refereed proceedings of the workshops held at the 17thAsia-Pacific Web Conference, APWeb 2015, in Guangzhou, China, in September2015. The 15 fullpapers were carefully reviewed and selected from various submissions. The volumepresents the papers that have been accepted for ... More

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th IFIP WG 8.9 Working Conference on Research and Practical Issues of Enterprise Information Systems, CONFENIS 2017, held in Shanghai, China, in October 2017. The 17 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected fr... More

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of three workshops held at the 18th Asia-Pacific Web Conference, APWeb 2016, in Suzhou, China, in September 2016: the Second International Workshop on Web Data Mining and Applications, WDMA 2016, the First International Workshop on Graph Analytics and Q... More

This book examines recent research on designing online charging and discharging strategies for mobile electric vehicles (EVs) in smart grid. First, the architecture and applications are provided. Then, the authors review the existing works on charging and discharging strategy design for EVs. Crit... More

Proceedings of the International Conference on Human-centric Computing and Embedded and Multimedia Computing (HumanCom & EMC 2011) will cover topics of HumanCom and EMC, the current hot topics satisfying the world-wide ever-changing needs. Human-centric computing is to create novel solutions so tha... More

This introductory textbook for business statistics teaches statistical analysis and research methods via business case studies and financial data using Excel, MINITAB, and SAS.  Every chapter in this textbook engages the reader with data of individual stock, stock indices, options, and futures. On... More

Focusing on contemporary ideas about how aged care is provided, this book poses the question: How can people who are aged and frail live out the final phase of their lives with dignity? In seeking answers, the author examines what it means to be ‘at home’ in residential care in a novel and compassio... More

Grounding is the fundamental measures to ensure the safe operation of power systems, including power apparatus and control/monitoring systems, and guarantee the personal safety. Grounding technology is an interdiscipline involving electrical engineering, high voltage technology, electric safety, ele... More

Explore the cutting-edge in self-healing polymers and composites In Extrinsic and Intrinsic Approaches to Self-Healing Polymers and Polymer Composites, a pair of distinguished materials scientists delivers an insightful and up-to-date exploration of the fundamentals, theory, design, fabrication, cha... More

A state-of-art guide on the interdisciplinary aspects of design, chemistry, and physical properties of bio-inspired self-healing polymers Inspired by the natural self-healing properties that exist in living organisms-for example, the regenerative ability of humans to heal from cuts and broken bones-... More

High speed catamaran and multihull high speed marine vessel have become very popular in the last two decades. The catamaran has become the vessel of choice for the majority of high speed ferry operators worldwide. There have been significant advances in structural materials, and structural design ha... More

This book introduces the applications of laser in surface modification, such as laser cladding of Stellite alloys and metal-ceramic composites. Besides, nanomaterials including carbon nanotubes and Al2O3 nanoparticles are brought into the laser processing, to form high-temperature resistance, chemic... More

As one of the largest families within the Caridea, the Alpheidae have attracted much attention for its species richness, especially on coral reefs. The Alpheidae are one of the most abundant decapods in tropical and subtropical areas, with 48 genera and more than 700 known species. The Alpheidae pre... More

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th Information Retrieval Societies Conference, AIRS 2013, held in Singapore, in December 2013. The 27 full papers and 18 poster presentations included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 109 submissions. They are organized... More

In Ling Tian mainland, war spirit was a kind of inherent talent of the martial cultivators. Because of different attributes, every martial cultivator would awake different war spirit when the spirit door opened. Ye Feng, the descendant of a meritorious general, was adopted by the Nangong family be... More

In Ling Tian mainland, war spirit was a kind of inherent talent of the martial cultivators. Because of different attributes, every martial cultivator would awake different war spirit when the spirit door opened. Ye Feng, the descendant of a meritorious general, was adopted by the Nangong family be... More

In Ling Tian mainland, war spirit was a kind of inherent talent of the martial cultivators. Because of different attributes, every martial cultivator would awake different war spirit when the spirit door opened. Ye Feng, the descendant of a meritorious general, was adopted by the Nangong family be... More

In Ling Tian mainland, war spirit was a kind of inherent talent of the martial cultivators. Because of different attributes, every martial cultivator would awake different war spirit when the spirit door opened. Ye Feng, the descendant of a meritorious general, was adopted by the Nangong family be... More

In Ling Tian mainland, war spirit was a kind of inherent talent of the martial cultivators. Because of different attributes, every martial cultivator would awake different war spirit when the spirit door opened. Ye Feng, the descendant of a meritorious general, was adopted by the Nangong family be... More