The definitive collection of works by one of the Tang Dynasty's most eccentric (and badly-behaved) poets, now back in print for the first time in decades.Li He is the bad-boy poet of the late Tang dynasty. He began writing at the age of seven and died at twenty-six from alcoholism or, according to a later commentator, “sexual dissipation,” or both. An obscure and unsuccessful relative of the imperial family, he would set out at dawn on horseback, pause, write a poe...

This book introduces the basic framework of advanced focal plane technology based on the third-generation infrared focal plane concept. The essential concept, research advances, and future trends in advanced sensor arrays are comprehensively reviewed. Moreover, the book summarizes recent research advances in HgCdTe/AlGaN detectors for the infrared/ultraviolet waveband, with a particular focus on the numerical method of detector design, material epitaxial growth and processing, as well as C...

A collection of crochet patterns for 3 dimensional flowers and foliage which can be used to create beautiful floral bouquets to display at home or gift to friends and family.This practical guide to crochet flowers explains how to make and construct 35 different types of flowers and foliage including all the most popular flowers and plants. These can then be combined in endless combinations to create wonderful bouquets to display at home or to give as gifts....

Advances in Biosystems investigates the latest techniques for evaluating, detecting, measuring, and enhancing the functional bioactivities, chemical composition, and physicochemical characteristics of animal, plant, and environmental biosystems. This comprehensive, interdisciplinary handbook provides detailed explanations for tracking functional molecules during various biological processes, along with practical methodologies for both laboratory and industrial applications. Sections cover ...

The March Third Festival on Tongue Tip gives a comprehensive introduction to the food culture of the "March Third Festival," which is known as the cultural symbol of Guangxi.Starting from the rice culture of the Zhuang ethnicity, the book combs through the formation and development, connotation, and characteristics of Guangxi cuisine, completely outlining the famous dishes in the region embedded in local history and cultural activities. With detailed recipes, the book provi...

This book provides a comprehensive guide to using data-driven methods in reliability and safety engineering for industrial systems. It explores how modern technologies like data analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence can enhance decision-making, predict failures, and improve system resilience.In an era of increasingly complex industrial systems, traditional methods often fail to address reliability and safety challenges. This book highlights how integrating data-d...

This open access book is a proceeding of the International Conference on Urban Climate, Sustainability, and Urban Design in Mianyang (MYUCSUD). This work focuses on the latest thoughts, ideas, models, methods, solutions, and practices on urban climate mitigation and adaptation through sustainable planning and design, covering interdisciplinary topics in architecture, urban-rural planning, meteorology, building and construction engineering, material engineering, geographic sciences, public ...

This book studies the organizational influences on judicial discretion within Adjudicative Committee (AC) proceedings in China. It argues that institutional reforms and practice have mainly reduced judicial discretion within AC proceedings through the rationalization of organizational processes. This central argument will be of particular interest to the readers, as previous studies offer little insight into the overall impacts of judicial institution reforms. This book is the first that u...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th National Conference on Man-Machine Speech Communication, NCMMSC 2024, held in Urumqi, China, during August 15–18, 2024.The 33 papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 205 submissions. They deal with topics such as speech technology and large language models, audio processing, prosody modeling and dialogue systems. Key areas include speech recognition, speaker identification and verifica...

This book constitutes the proceedings from the workshops LDTM 2024, MMMI/ML4MHD 2024, and ML-CDS 2024 which were held in conjunction with the 27th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2024, in Marrakesh, Morocco, in October 2024.The papers included in this book stem from the following workshops:- LDTM 2024, Workshop on Longitudinal Disease Tracking and Modeling with Medical Images and Data, which accepted 13 papers f...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Neural Computing for Advanced Applications, NCAA 2024, held in Guilin, China, during July 5–7, 2024.The 89 revised full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 227 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections:Part I: Neural network (NN) theory, NN-based control systems, neuro-system integration and engineering applications;...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR + InnoBiz 2024, held in Shenzhen, China, during September 25–28, 2024.The 36 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 82 submissions. The theme of this year’s conference was “Social Robotics: Embracing Innovation for Business”, focusing on recent technological innovation in the robotic industry.