The COVID-19 pandemic dominated the globe for at least three years, and infected a large proportion of the worldwide population. After the acute infection, many stay in poor health for months. The nature of this aftermath is not yet fully understood, therefore the management of this syndrome through biomedical therapy is not ideal. Health services are struggling to help those who are still suffering. The condition has now been recognised as post-COVID-19 syndrome (PCS) — providing a common...

The energy demands of contemporary society mandate the urgent development and commercialisation of a ‘post-Li-ion battery’. Metal anodes are an important piece of this puzzle. This research and reference text discusses the role of metal electrodes in batteries in detail. Introducing the fundamental theoretical properties of metal anodes, the book surveys the history and prospects of the field, covering a wide range of metals, including Li, Na, K, Mg, Al, Zn, Ge, Sn, Sb and Bi. The first bo...

Nonlinear Control Techniques for Electro-Hydraulic Actuators in Robotics Engineering meets the needs of those working in advanced electro-hydraulic controls for modern mechatronic and robotic systems. The non-linear EHS control methods covered are proving to be more effective than traditional controllers, such as PIDs. The control strategies given address parametric uncertainty, unknown external load disturbance, single-rod actuator characteristics, and control saturation. Theoretical and ...

La croissance de l'économie et la progression de l'ouverture et de la réforme chinoise ont développé une hétérogénéité culturelle, notamment dans les entreprises à capitaux étrangers en Chine, selon les nationalités, langues, comportements et mentalités de leurs employés. Cependant, le choc culturel existe non seulement entre les Asiatiques et leurs collègues issus de l'Europe ou de l'Amérique du Nord, mais aussi entre les employés asiatiques eux-mêmes, ce qui est souvent beaucoup moins pr...

Raphaël Enthoven et Jacques Perry-Salkow nous convient ici à esquisser une histoire buissonnière de la pensée, dans un livre qui offre à l’appétit du savoir un banquet grave et malicieux, un dialogue incessant où les lettres parlent et où le philosophe répond (ou l’inverse).

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Workshop on Connectomics in Artificial Intelligence in Radiation Therapy, AIRT 2019, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2019 in Shenzhen, China, in October 2019.The 20 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 24 submissions. The papers discuss the state of radiation therapy, the state of AI and related technologies, and hope to find a pathway to revolutionizing the field to ultimately impr...

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 from 55 submissions. The papers are organized thematically in tracks, starting with mobile systems, cloud resource management and scheduling, machine learning, telecommunication systems, and net...