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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Business Intelligence and Information Technology (BIIT 2021) held in Harbin, China, during December 18–20, 2021. BIIT 2021 is organized by the School of Computer and Information Engineering, Harbin University of C... More

Percy Jackson meets Tristan Strong in this hilarious, action-packed middle grade contemporary fantasy that follows a young boy as he journeys across China to seal the underworld shut and save the mortal realm. <p><p>Zachary Ying never had many opportunities to learn about his Chinese heritage. His ... More

Pacific Rim meets The Handmaid's Tale in this blend of Chinese history and mecha science fiction for YA readers. <p><p> The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the mecha aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall. It doesn't mat... More

Rice is the staple food for half of the world's population. Consumption of rice is the major exposure route globally to the class one, non-threshold carcinogen inorganic arsenic. This book explains the sources of arsenic to paddy soils and the biogeochemical processes and plant physiological attribu... More

This book collects high-quality papers on the latest fundamental advances in the state of Econophysics and Management Science, providing insights that address problems concerning the international economy, social development and economic security. This book applies the multi-fractal detrended class ... More

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The success of the Internet of Things and rich cloud services have helped create the need for edge computing, in which data processing occurs in part at the network edge, rather than completely in the cloud. In Edge Computing: A Primer the vision and definition of Edge computing is introduced, as w... More

Una heroína temeraria e indomable que, si no puede cambiar el mundo, le prenderá fuego. Los chicos de Huaxia sueñan con ser emparejados con una chica para poder convertirse en pilotos de crisálidas, los gigantes mecanizados que se usan para luchar contra las criaturas que acechan al otro lado de l... More

This book provides essential information on emergency management. It is composed of two parts, addressing the basic theory and related methods of emergency management, including risk management, coordination management, crisis management and disaster management. By putting the emphasis on interdis... More

This book is the first work to conduct the emergency logistics optimization problem under the epidemic environment (whether natural or man-made), which provides a new perspective for the application of optimization theory. In this book, the research methods involve epidemic dynamics, scenario-based ... More

The authors systematically review methods of online digital advertising (ad) fraud and the techniques to prevent and defeat such fraud in this brief. The authors categorize ad fraud into three major categories, including (1) placement fraud, (2) traffic fraud, and (3) action fraud. It summarizes m... More

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Data Science, ICDS 2019, held in Ningbo, China, during May 2019. The 64 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 210 submissions. The research papers cover the areas of Advancement of... More

This book focuses on the metallogeny and main tectonic events of the North China Craton from early Precambrian to Phanerozoic. It covers the Archean crustal growth, Paleoproterozoic rifting-subduction-collision processes, Great Oxidation Event, Meso-Neoproterozoic multiple rifting, Phanerozoic rewo... More

This book is composed of 8 chapters, each focusing on a major non-destructive technique, including optical, acoustic and biological methods. The content of each chapter is based on the author's studies and current research developments. The book is aimed at graduate students, senior undergraduate ... More

This book covers the essential concepts and strategies within traditional and cutting-edge feature learning methods thru both theoretical analysis and case studies. Good features give good models and it is usually not classifiers but features that determine the effectiveness of a model. In this book... More

A year ago, in order to inherit the family business, the tame, boring little rabbit that was chosen turned into a fanged kitten after the expiration of the contract.On the screen, she was calm and confident, unparalleled in the world. Privately, she was ruthless and swift.Only then did Leng Liang kn... More

A year ago, in order to inherit the family business, the tame, boring little rabbit that was chosen turned into a fanged kitten after the expiration of the contract.On the screen, she was calm and confident, unparalleled in the world. Privately, she was ruthless and swift.Only then did Leng Liang kn... More

This book incorporates theoretical framework and management cases in discussions on social enterprise in China. The authors look to address two fundamental questions about social enterprises in China that have been very controversial over the years. First, what is social enterprise? This book propos... More

Eden lived with her widower father on their Washington State raspberry ranch. Steve, a photographer friend, submitted Eden's picture in a contest to choose a local Tulip Queen. Then older, sophisticated Johnny Halloran, seeing potentials in Eden as a future Miss America, offered to manage her. His... More

This book contains contributions to the 10th International Workshop on Bifurcation and Degradation in Geomaterials held in Hong Kong, May 28-30, 2014. This event marks the silver Jubilee anniversary of an international conference series dedicated to the research on localization, instability, degrad... More

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th Chinese Conference on Biometric Recognition, CCBR 2016, held in Chengdu, China, in October 2016. The 84 revised full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 138 submissions. The papers focus on Face Recognit... More

The Routledge Intermediate Chinese Reader is a comprehensive reader designed to provide varied, stimulating and up-to-date reading material for learners of Chinese at the intermediate level. The Chinese Reader provides a bridge between basic literacy skills and the ability to read full novels and n... More

Biofabrication for Orthopedics A comprehensive overview of biofabrication techniques for orthopedics and their novel applications With an ever-increasing global population and the rise in the occurrence of orthopedic diseases amongst an aging population, it is essential for technological advances to... More

This book systematically introduces the advancement of transparent soil modelling technique and its application. The transparent soil modelling technique provides an essential tool for visualizing soil-structure interaction and other geotechnical problems such as grouting, soil plugging. The geotech... More

Mesoporous materials are a class of molecules with a large and uniform pore size, highly regular nanopores, and a large surface area. This book is devoted to all aspects and types of these materials and describes, in an in-depth and systematic manner, the step-by-step synthesis and its mechanism, as... More