In a remote corner of the universe, the light of Sirius shone upon two intertwined worlds: Taka and Naru.The Zeta of Naru had destroyed their own home through endless war. With what remained of their fleet, they crossed the sea of stars and set their greedy eyes on the blue planet Earth. But they met fierce resistance from Earth's original inhabitants, the Lizard Clan. As their forces crumbled, the Zeta made their most desperate move. They summoned the Eternal Evil from the abyss o...

Brooke Lin, a young woman from a mountain village, is admitted to a university in the city. On her first day, she finds herself helpless and embarrassed at the payment window over her tuition fees, only to be discreetly rescued by a young professor passing by, Ethan Lu. After the semester begins, the wealthy heir Hugo Zhao relentlessly pursues her, while Ethan Lu repeatedly steps in to protect her. From teacher and student to kindred spirits, the two navigate the pressures of an eleven yea...

This is a healing contemporary romance novel about a young woman who, after experiencing betrayal, encounters a stern yet gentle cardiac surgeon at the darkest moment of her life. Together, through mutual healing and redemption, they rebuild their lives and love.At eighteen, Emily made an innocent vow by Moon Lake, but reality soon cracked its surface. On the eve of her graduate school graduation, she was hospitalized for a minor surgery, only to hear a stranger's voice answer her ...

An up-to-date and accurate discussion of spiking neural P systems in time series analysisIn Spiking Neural P Systems for Time Series Analysis, the authors explore the fundamentals and the current states of both spiking neural P systems and time series analysis and examine the application models of time series analysis. You’ll also find walkthroughs of recurrent-like, echo-like, and reservoir computing models for time series prediction.The book cove...

This comprehensive book provides a global overview of how bullying and peer victimization affect children and adolescents.Organised by geographical regions, the chapters outline socio-cultural contexts of bullying in 110 countries/societies. Researchers and practitioners present anti-bullying prevention and intervention methods as well as the existence (or absence) of laws and policies to protect children and adolescents from bullying. They present detailed insights from countries/...

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the development and application of near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) in cancer surgery. It thoroughly examines the history, principles, agents, functions, and devices associated with NIRF, along with the latest preclinical research and clinical applications. Special emphasis is placed on the advancements in the second NIRF window and its global implementation in cancer surgery, including innovative molecular imaging technologies in clinica...

This edited volume brings together researchers to discuss violence and trauma experienced by immigrants, migrants, and refugees in the United States. Despite their growing presence, immigrants, migrants, and refugees continue to be confronted with violence, such as domestic violence and school violence, and trauma due to xenophobic sentiments, displacement from their homelands, and detention and deportation. This book contributes to the growing number of empirical studies exploring the vio...

The two-volume set LNCS 9516 and LNCS 9517 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Multimedia Modeling, MMM 2016, held in Miami, FL, USA, in January 2016.The 32 revised full papers and 52 poster papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 117 submissions. In addition 20 papers were accepted for five special sessions out of 38 submissions as well as 7 demonstrations (from 11 submissions) and 9 video showcase papers.The pape...

This book focuses on histone mutations, especially those mutations closely related to cancer. Genetic mutations and epigenetic alterations contribute to the development of a variety of cancers: recent genetic studies have identified e.g. H3K27M and H3G34R/V mutation in over 75% of DIPG cases, H3.3K36M mutation in more than 90% of chondroblastoma cases, and H3G34W/L mutation in over 90% of giant cell tumors of bone. Given the high incidence and tumorigenesis effects of histone H3 mutations,...

Wireless mesh networks (WMN) encompass a new area of technology set to play an important role in the next generation wireless mobile networks. WMN is characterized by dynamic self-organization, self-configuration, and self-healing to enable flexible integration, quick deployment, easy maintenance, low costs, high scalability, and reliable services.

This is the first research report on mining development in the SCO member countries conducted by a Chinese research institute. It focuses on the economic development, mineral resources endowment and current status of mining development, mining investment environment, and cooperation in geosciences and mining industry between China and other SCO member countries. The aim of this book is to promote the practical cooperation in geoscience and mining in the SCO and to build a closer community ...

The two-volume set LNCS 9516 and 9517 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Multimedia Modeling, MMM 2016, held in Miami, FL, USA, in January 2016.The 32 revised full papers and 52 poster papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 117 submissions. In addition 20 papers were accepted for five special sessions out of 38 submissions as well as 7 demonstrations (from 11 submissions) and 9 video showcase papers.The papers a...