Considers the role of fertiliser use in agriculture as a major contributor to the imbalance of the global nitrogen cycleReviews the effectiveness of inorganic nitrogen fertilisers and organic sources of nitrogen in optimising nitrogen use efficiencyHighlights recent developments in the use of enhanced efficiency nitrogen fertilisers to reduce nitrous oxide emissions

La France compte environ 450 000 Chinois – dont près de la moitié sont originaires de la province de Wenzhou. Leur essor spectaculaire a fini par rendre visible une présence jusque-là discrète, à Paris, en Seine-Saint-Denis, comme dans nombre de grandes villes françaises.L'organisation sociale des Chinois de France est fascinante car elle combine traditions millénaires et modernité marchande, stratégie locale et globalisation capitaliste sauvage. Cet univers souterrain et industrieu...

With the rapid advancement of sensor technology and digital system, the capabilities of network communication have significantly improved, allowing multiple computing nodes to exchange information and collaborate seamlessly through networks. This progress has accelerated the development of distributed optimization theory and its applications in emerging fields such as low altitude economy, big data, and artificial intelligence. These emerging domains usually involve solving complex large-s...

A Discourse Analysis of News Translation in China offers hitherto underexplored inroads into Chinese media through insider perspectives on a unique Chinese newspaper, Cankao Xiaoxia which not only is the largest circulating newspaper in China but is also unique in that its news consists entirely of stories translated from foreign news sources.The size of the publication, the unique nature of the publication, and the view from the inside of such an organization gat...

Multiscale Structural Topology Optimization discusses the development of a multiscale design framework for topology optimization of multiscale nonlinear structures. With the intention to alleviate the heavy computational burden of the design framework, the authors present a POD-based adaptive surrogate model for the RVE solutions at the microscopic scale and make a step further towards the design of multiscale elastoviscoplastic structures. Various optimization methods for structural size,...

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...

An advanced introduction to the simulation and hardware implementation of BLDC motor drivesA thorough reference on the simulation and hardware implementation of BLDC motor drives, this book covers recent advances in the control of BLDC motor drives, including intelligent control, sensorless control, torque ripple reduction and hardware implementation. With the guidance of the expert author team, readers will understand the principle, modelling, design and ...

Second-Order Consensus of Continuous-Time Multi-Agent Systems focuses on the characteristics and features of second-order agents, communication networks, and control protocols/algorithms in continuous consensus of multi-agent systems. The book provides readers with background on consensus control of multi-agent systems and introduces the intrinsic characteristics of second-order agents' behavior, including the development of continuous control protocols/algorithms over various types of und...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Big Data, BigData 2022, held as part of the Services Conference Federation, SCF 2022, held in Honolulu, HI, USA, in December 2022.The 4 full papers and 5 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 16 submissions.The 2022 International Congress on Big Data (BigData 2022) aims to provide an international forum that formally explores various business insights of a...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th World Congress on Services, SERVICES 2019, held as part of the Services Conference Federation, SCF 2019, in San Diego, USA, in June 2019.The 11 full papers and 2 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 14 submissions. The papers cover topics in the field of software engineering foundations and applications with a focus on novel approaches for engineering requirements, design and architectures, testi...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Web Services, ICWS 2021, held virtually as part of SCF 2021, during December 10-14, 2021.The 7 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers cover aspects of services computing and applications. Centered around services computing, it covers various systems and networking research pertaining to cloud, edge and Internet-of-Things (IoT), as we...

This volume constitutes the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Services Computing 2020, held as Part of SCF 2020 in Honolulu, HI, USA in September 2020..The 8 full papers and 2 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 20 submissions. They cover topics such as: foundations of services computing; scientific workflows; business process integration and management; microservices; modeling of services systems; service security and pr...