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This tightly focused analysis of China’s research universities offers important insights on the changing global landscape of higher education and the expanding role of China as a geopolitical leader.This timely study charts the intentional and accelerated rise of China’s research universities by ana... More

This two-volume set of LNAI 12274 and LNAI 12275 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management, KSEM 2020, held in Hangzhou, China, in August 2020.*The 58 revised full papers and 27 short papers were carefully reviewed and ... More

This two-volume set of LNAI 12274 and LNAI 12275 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management, KSEM 2020, held in Hangzhou, China, in August 2020.*The 58 revised full papers and 27 short papers were carefully reviewed and ... More

Established for more than 75 years, The Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics, 36th Edition , provides concise, high-yield content that reflects today’s fast-changing advances in medical technology and therapeutics. In one convenient, portable resource, you’ll find complete coverage of every are... More

This book assesses the global significance of China’s decade-long campaign to reduce poverty. After showing how the country’s unique approach to poverty alleviation brought about unparalleled progress toward achieving both the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Sustainable Development Goals... More

This is a timely book that will satisfy the research needs of scholars and specialists who are trying to understand the real economy in China, especially in relation to the country's financial reform.... More

This book develops a modeling framework to analyze the problem of inventory management with alternative delivery times. The general context considered here is that a seller replenishes its inventory in fixed intervals and, between replenishments, allocates the limited inventory to satisfy customers... More

This two volume set LNCS 9642 and LNCS 9643 constitutesthe refereed proceedings of the 21st International Conference on DatabaseSystems for Advanced Applications, DASFAA 2016, held in Dallas, TX, USA, inApril 2016. The 61 full papers presented were carefully reviewed andselected from a total of 183... More

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 15th EAI International Conference on Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness in Heterogeneous Networks, QShine 2019, held in Shenzhen, China, in November 2019. The 16 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected ... More

This book introduces readers to the fundamentals of estimation and dynamical system theory, and their applications in the field of multi-source information fused autonomous navigation for spacecraft. The content is divided into two parts: theory and application. The theory part (Part I) covers the m... More

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 37th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2018, held in XI'an, China, in October 2018.The 30 full and 13 short papers presented together with 3 keynotes were carefully reviewed and selected from 151 submissions.This events covers a... More

This book focuses on environmental engineering, and on wastewater treatment and reuse in particular, which is a vital aspect for countries and regions suffering from water shortages. It introduces a new water cycle management concept for designing water systems that mimic the hydrological cycle, wh... More

The papers in this volume represent a broad, applied swath of advanced contributions to the 2015 ICSA/Graybill Applied Statistics Symposium of the International Chinese Statistical Association, held at Colorado State University in Fort Collins.  The contributions cover topics that range from statis... More

This book is a collection of 15 case studies on China’s foreign aid and economic cooperation with developing countries. Each case introduces the general information of a China’s project, analyzes its features and impacts, and especially focuses on analysis of the characteristics of China’s foreign a... More

This book systematically presents 40 pests, 7 natural pest enemies, and 20 diseases and weeds commonly encountered in sugarcane production, combining clear colour photos with detailed scientific descriptions. It covers a range of related topics, including morphological identification, habits and fre... More

This book examines paintings using a computational and quantitative approach. Specifically, it compares paintings to photographs, addressing the strengths and limitations of both. Particular aesthetic practices are examined such as the vista, foreground to background organisation and the depth pla... More

The book provides an overview of III-nitride-material-based light-emitting diode (LED) technology, from the basic material physics to the latest advances in the field, such as homoepitaxy and heteroepitaxy of the materials on different substrates. It also includes the latest advances in the field, s... More