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This book presents essential methods of deformation compatibility control, and explicitly addresses the implied conditions on the methods' deformation compatibility.  Consequently, these conditions can be considered in engineering structure design, while the conditions on stable equilibrium can be t... More

Papaya (Carica papaya) is an important and widely-cultivated tropical fruit, grown in more than 60 countries of the world. Global papaya production has grown significantly over the last few years, mainly as a result of increased production in India. Papaya has become an important agricultural export... More

From 1954 until Mao Zedong's death 22 years later. Dr. Li Zhisui was the Chinese ruler's personal physician. For most of these years, Mao was in excellent health; thus he and the doctor had time to discuss political and personal matters. Dr. Li recorded many of these conversations in his diaries, as... More

She came from an otherworldly Apricot Forest Family and was reborn into a young girl in the 21st century. She received the teachings of Shennong. From then on, a storm surged, stunning everyone in the world.... More

She came from an otherworldly Apricot Forest Family and was reborn into a young girl in the 21st century. She received the teachings of Shennong. From then on, a storm surged, stunning everyone in the world.... More

She came from an otherworldly Apricot Forest Family and was reborn into a young girl in the 21st century. She received the teachings of Shennong. From then on, a storm surged, stunning everyone in the world.... More

She came from an otherworldly Apricot Forest Family and was reborn into a young girl in the 21st century. She received the teachings of Shennong. From then on, a storm surged, stunning everyone in the world.... More

This book argues that as colonialism brought the concept of individual, as opposed to collective, land ownership to indigenous society, along with Western surveying techniques, the changes that resulted altered the relationship of the state to its citizens, and, thereby, the structure of local socie... More

Machine Learning, a vital and core area of artificial intelligence (AI), is propelling the AI field ever further and making it one of the most compelling areas of computer science research. This textbook offers a comprehensive and unbiased introduction to almost all aspects of machine learning, from... More

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed revised selected papers from the Second IAPR International Workshop, PSL 2013, held in Nanjing, China, in May 2013. The 10 papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissions. Partially supervised learning is a rapid... More

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First CCF International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, CCF-ICAI 2018, held in Jinan, China in August, 2018. The 17 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 82 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on ... More

This book describes five qualitative investment decision-making methods based on the hesitant fuzzy information. They are: (1) the investment decision-making method based on the asymmetric hesitant fuzzy sigmoid preference relations, (2) the investment decision-making method based on the hesitant fu... More

A POWERFUL MEDITATION ON GIRL POWER AND SELF CONFIDENCE: The book shows young women how to embrace their power, take risks and accomplish anything they can imagine. Through the lens of JoJo'spersonal experience, she shows readers themes such as finding your passion, keeping strong in the face of ad... More

"There's no holiday like Valentine's Day... ...At least according to JoJo Siwa--candy hearts and frilly tutus are two of her favorite things! This year she's hosting a Valentine's-themed sleepover with BowBow and her friends. (Party time!!!) Best of all, JoJo has a new dance workshop to look forwar... More

When her neighborhood decides to throw a block party, JoJo Siwa has the best idea ever: she'll perform her hit song, Boomerang, as a highlight of the big summer bash. With her crew of friends behind her and the support of her trusty sidekick BowBow, JoJo's sure their summer will be as sweet as it ge... More

What do you get when you mix a dog wash and a puppy pageant? A pooch-perfect day! <p><p>JoJo's friends are hosting a spring fundraiser for their middle school--and thanks to a little help from BowBow, they brainstorm the most adorable idea! JoJo, Miley, and Jacob decide to host a dog wash immedia... More

"The fifth book in a chapter book series featuring Nickelodeon superstar, JoJo Siwa! <p><p>Miley joined the Art Stars, an organization for performing artists, and this weekend is its inaugural event. That means Art Stars from all over the country meet for a lakeside campout where they'll kayak and ... More

JoJo is on tour! Her suitcase is packed with glittery ensembles, BowBow is stowed in a bedazzled doggie bag, and JoJo’s BFF, Miley, is next to her on the plane as they touch down in London. When they check into their star-studded hotel, JoJo and Miley get the royal treatment and BowBow gets a proper... More

The sixth book in a chapter book series featuring Nickelodeon superstar, JoJo Siwa! <p><p> When JoJo’s friend Jacob and his baking partner, Louis, get invited to a fancy beach resort for a cake contest, JoJo volunteers to come cheer them on. With Grace, Miley, and Kyra in tow, the whole Siwa squad... More

Babysitting hijinks abound in JoJo and BowBow’s next chapter book adventure! <p><p> When JoJo introduces Kyra to her fashion designer idol, Goldie Chic, Kyra’s starstruck. Kyra wants to be just like Goldie when she grows up! JoJo and Kyra quickly fall for Goldie’s wild but adorable three-year-old... More

It's Miley's birthday, and she's having a sparkle-themed party! It will be held at an indoor ice-skating rink, and she got custom sparkle skates from her grandma as an early birthday gift. She and her friends will skate all day! <p><p>JoJo has spent weeks making the perfect glittery decorations fo... 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 constitutes the refereed proceedings at PAKDD Workshops 2015, held in conjunction with PAKDD, the 19th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in May 2015. The 23 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 57 sub... More

The three-volume set LNAI 11439, 11440, and 11441 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 23rd Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, PAKDD 2019, held in Macau, China, in April 2019. The 137 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 542 ... More

The three-volume set LNAI 11439, 11440, and 11441 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 23rd Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, PAKDD 2019, held in Macau, China, in April 2019. The 137 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 542 ... More