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This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the analysis of functionally graded materials and structures. Functionally graded materials (FGMs), in which the volume fractions of two or more constituent materials are designed to vary continuously as a function of position along certain directio... More

Based on a fundamental understanding of the interaction between bacteria and materials, this timely volume emphasizes the latest research in the antimicrobial interfacial design and provides an invaluable blueprint for improving antimicrobial performance on devices and products. Antimicrobial Coati... More

This two-volume set of LNICST 414 and 415 constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on IoT and Big Data Technologies for Health Care, IoTCARE 2021, which took place in October 2021. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The 79 revi... More

This two-volume set of LNICST 414 and 415 constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on IoT and Big Data Technologies for Health Care, IoTCARE 2021, which took place in October 2021. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The 79 revi... More

Energy efficiency issues for green internet of things (IoT) are investigated in this book, from the perspectives of device-to-device (D2D) communications, machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, and air-ground networks. Specifically, critical green IoT techniques from D2D communications in the cell... More

Van der Waals Heterostructures A comprehensive resource systematically detailing the developments and applications of van der Waals heterostructures and devices Van der Waals Heterostructures is essential reading to understand the developments made in van der Waals heterostructures and devices in al... More

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications, ADMA 2020, held in Foshan, China in November 2020.The 35 full papers presented together with 14 short papers papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 96 submissions. The paper... More

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th Chinese Conference, IVS 2016, held in Beijing, China, in October 2016. The 19 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 45 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on low-level preprocessing, s... More

This book focuses on advances in our understanding of the regulatory mechanisms of brain iron uptake, iron homeostasis and iron metabolism in the pathophysiology and pharmacology of CNS disease models. Dysregulation of brain iron homeostasis can lead to severe pathological changes in the neural syst... More

Addresses the three fundamental aspects of hydrogen as a fuel resource: generation, storage, and utilizationProvides theoretical basis for the chemical processes required for hydrogen generation, including solar, photoelectrochemical, thermochemical, and fermentation methodsDiscusses storage of hydr... More

According to legend, there was a young woman named Mulan whose aged and frail father was conscripted. Mulan, unwilling to see her father fighting in a war, disguises herself as a man and joins the army in his place. For the next ten years she shows remarkable skill as a warrior and becomes a famous ... More

This book systematically introduces the clinical and imaging characteristics of mediastinal diseases, with emphasis on the essential relationship between clinical diseases and imaging, and on imaging diagnosis and differential diagnosis. This book systematically expounds the etiology, clinical and i... More

The book provides a cross-disciplinary and multi-scale assessment of a world top river, the Changjiang (Yangtze River) and its adjacent marginal environment, the East China Sea. The studies in this volume bridges the watersheds of the river and the marginal sea through a combined approach of hydro-... More

This Key Concepts pivot explores the aesthetic concept of ‘imaginative contemplation.’ Drawing on key literature to provide a comprehensive and systematic study of the term, the book offers a unique analysis and definition of the connotations of the term, describing its aesthetic mentality and exami... More

This book is the first book to comprehensively and deeply explain and construct the legal system of Chinese art auctions. Based on agency theory in traditional contract law, this book combs the legal relationship between client, auctioneer, and buyer. Aiming at the most difficult problem of art iden... More

With China’s rapid advancements in urbanization and industrialization, there has been significant labor movement away from agriculture in the rural regions. Using four village case studies, Song examines how this restructuring process affects the rural population. Much of her research is centered on... More

The serial narrative is one of the most robust and popular forms of storytelling in contemporary China. With a domestic audience of one billion-plus and growing transnational influence and accessibility, this form of storytelling is becoming the centerpiece of a fast-growing digital entertainment in... More

The Compass of Zen is a simple, exhaustive--and often hilarious--presentation of the essence of Zen by a modern Zen Master of considerable renown. In his many years of teaching throughout the world, the Korean-born Zen Master Seung Sahn has become known for his ability to cut to the heart of Buddhi... More

<p>Here is the inimitable Zen Master Seung Sahn up close and personal—in selections from the correspondence that was one of his primary modes of teaching. <p>Seung Sahn received hundreds of letters per month, each of which he answered personally, and some of the best of which are included here. Hi... More

Zen is famous for koans (called kong-ans in Korean, and in this book), those bizarre and seemingly unanswerable questions Zen masters pose to their students to check their realization (such as "What is the sound of one hand clapping?"). Fear of koans keeps some people from ever giving Zen practice a... More

"One day Harry's family gave a party. They invited the lady next door. She came with her music. When she started to sing, Harry almost bit her leg. ... That night, Harry slept in the doghouse." What can Harry do? He tries many things in this hilarious adventure, but the lady next door just sings ... More

Harry the dog finds a graceful way to dispose of his new sweater with roses on it. ... More

Harry is a white dog with black spots who likes everything, except having a bath.... More

The beloved character Harry the Dirty Dog returns in this brand-new Level One I Can Read! A fun story to share with all dog fans, as well as families and classrooms.Harry, the mischievous little white dog with black spots, isn’t happy when the children blame him for a squirrel’s bad behavior. When h... More

The beloved character Harry the Dirty Dog returns in this brand-new picture book! A fun story to share with all dog fans, as well as guinea pig families and classrooms. Harry, the mischievous little white dog with black spots, isn’t happy when the children are paying more attention to the neighbor’... More