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This book highlights the latest advances in functional micro/nano imaging probes and their applications for biomedical imaging and therapy. Given the rapid emergence of transdisciplinary research and applications in materials, chemical probes and translational medicine in recent years, scientists in... More

This book describes the fundamental building-block of many new computer vision systems: dense and robust correspondence estimation. Dense correspondence estimation techniques are now successfully being used to solve a wide range of computer vision problems, very different from the traditional appli... More

Because he did not know who he had offended, he was chased and killed by cultivators. After escaping, he was bombarded by heavenly lightning, obtaining the inheritance of heavenly lightning, grasping the power of thunder, and becoming the Ancient Supreme!... More

Because he did not know who he had offended, he was chased and killed by cultivators. After escaping, he was bombarded by heavenly lightning, obtaining the inheritance of heavenly lightning, grasping the power of thunder, and becoming the Ancient Supreme!... More

Because he did not know who he had offended, he was chased and killed by cultivators. After escaping, he was bombarded by heavenly lightning, obtaining the inheritance of heavenly lightning, grasping the power of thunder, and becoming the Ancient Supreme!... More

This book constitutes the post-conference proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Information Security and Cryptology, Inscrypt 2019, held in Nanjing, China, in December 2019. The 23 full papers presented together with 8 short papers and 2 invited papers were carefully reviewed and se... More

Comprehensive and up to date coverage of robust control theory and its application•   Presented in a well-planned and logical way•   Written by a respected leading author, with extensive experience in robust control•   Accompanying website provides solutions manual and other supplementary material... More

Recent rapid housing market expansion in China is presenting new challenges for policy makers, planners, business people, and citizens. Now that housing in middle-income China is driven by consumer choices and is no longer dominated by state policy decisions, housing policy issues in Chinese cities ... More

This is the first book illustrating China’s forest carbon projects. It includes an analysis of the policy and future development trends of China’s forest carbon market and showcases the country’s most representative forest carbon projects. Accordingly, it offers a valuable resource for all policymak... More

This book describes the latest developments of lanthanum zirconate based thermal barrier coatings. The physical, thermal, and mechanical properties of lanthanum zirconate powder and coatings are critically evaluated. Processing and characterizations of lanthanum zirconate powder and coatings under v... More

The past few decades have seen universities take on a leading role in urban development, actively providing public services beyond teaching and research. The relationship between the university and the city has great influence on the space of university, which is vividly reflected in the process of ... More

Multiple Dimensions of Teaching and Learning for Occupational Practice offers a collection of international perspectives on work-related education and training at further/Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), higher and professional levels. The book provides a new area of study of ... More

The further education (and skills) sector in England has been viewed as a backwater of educational research compared to the other sectors. This comparative lack of research and related publications may be due in part to the huge diversity of the sector. Further Education, Professional and Occupation... More

There is a growing interest in the knowledge economy, and the new types of job and ways of working associated with it. This book analyses how a particular group – creative knowledge workers – carry out their jobs and learn within it. Using empirical research from advertising and software development... More

Teachers and Teaching in Vocational and Professional Education introduces a critical understanding of how teachers deliver occupational or vocational courses at various academic levels. Including wider coverage of work-related programmes and based on empirical research, this book uses the term occup... More

Professional Development of Teacher Educators in Further Education critically analyses the specific challenges relating to teacher educators in the English further education (FE), such as the diverse nature of learners and the variety of educational contexts. It focuses on the journeys to becoming t... More

This book constitutes the proceedings of the Second International Conference on 5G for Future Wireless Networks, 5GWN 2019, held in Changsa, China, in February 2019. The 13 full papers were selected from 34 submissions and present the state of the art and practical applications of 5G technologies. T... More

Vocationalism in Further and Higher Education presents a collection of research-based papers on the ‘English model’ of vocationalism and higher education. It argues that negative societal and political perceptions have hindered the debate about the significance and relevance of vocational education ... More

Informal Learning, Practitioner Inquiry and Occupational Education explores how practitioners in a variety of occupations perform their jobs and argues that working and learning are intricately connected. Drawing on theories around working and learning in informal, formal and lifelong settings, the ... More

A variety of crucial and still most relevant ideas about nothingness or emptiness have gained profound philosophical prominence in the history and development of a number of South and East Asian traditions—including in Buddhism, Daoism, Neo-Confucianism, Hinduism, Korean philosophy, and the Japanese... More

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Mobile Networks and Management, MONAMI 2020, held in Chiba, Japan, in November 2020. The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The 19 full papers were carefully reviewed and se... More

Extremal Optimization: Fundamentals, Algorithms, and Applications introduces state-of-the-art extremal optimization (EO) and modified EO (MEO) solutions from fundamentals, methodologies, and algorithms to applications based on numerous classic publications and the authors’ recent original research r... More

Climate change poses a fundamental threat to humanity, and thus solutions for both mitigation and adaptation strategies are becoming increasingly necessary. Biochar can offer a range of environmental services, such as reclamation of degraded land, improvement of soil fertility and carbon sequestrat... More

This book explores the dynamics of China’s new united front work in Hong Kong. Mainland Chinese penetrative politics can be seen in the activities of local pro-Beijing political parties, clans and neighborhood associations, labor unions, women and media organizations, district federations, and some ... More

This book shows that Hong Kong’s protests from June to December 2019 originated from not only an attempt to extradite a Hong Kong man involved in a Taiwan murder case, but also China’s effort at extraditing corrupt mainlanders who laundered dirty money in the territory. The mixture of peaceful and v... More