This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th CCF China Blockchain Summit on Blockchain Technology and Application, CBCC 2025, held in Shanghai, China, during December 18–21, 2025.The 26 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 102 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Blockchain Privacy Protection; Blockchain Data and Behavior Analysis; Blockchain Technology Innovation and Applications; Smart Contract; Block...

Intelligent Railway Alignment Design offers a comprehensive exploration of intelligent railway alignment optimization. The book considers a variety of critical topics, starting with the optimal selection of key technical standards for railway design and then introduces the comprehensive geographic information model. The methods for evaluating the suitability of the railway alignment based on the comprehensive geographic information model are discussed, together with economic optimization m...

This book explores metonymic patterns in Li Bai's poetry from a cognitive poetic perspective **and offers new insights into the use of metonymies in poetry more widely.**Focusing more specifically on Annotations to the Annals of the Complete Collection of Li Bai compiled by A Qi, it sheds light on the poetic style of one of the most celebrated poets of China's Tang Dynasty (610-907 AD).Adopting corpus-based and introspection methods, this book builds a met...

CFD analysis for pump design and performance evaluationDesigning highly efficient pumps requires transitioning from traditional trial-and-error methods to advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) approaches and tools. Impeller Pumps: Design and Performance Evaluation using Computational Fluid Dynamics provides researchers and engineers with detailed methodologies for applying CFD to centrifugal, axial flow, mixed flow, vortex, and multistage pu...

The book "In the Mao Zedong era" is a memoir about the lives of the Chinese people, for better or worse - before and after the liberation in China, focusing on the period from 1949 to 1976. We follow the author's own life, looking back at the historical events of that period. She hopes that through this book, more people around the world will understand the true historical story of China during the Mao Zedong´s time.

Ferns are the most remarkable of plants, and their science is both complex and beautiful. Among our most ancient plants, they have a unique way of reproducing, and their story reveals much about our planet's evolution. Ferns tells a remarkable science story by tracing their origins to over 350 million years ago. It explores how ferns migrated from seat to land, how they sought light and interacted within ecosystems, how they survived mass extinctions, and what their ability to ada...

This book will employ physical modeling and mathematical derivation to develop an analytical theory for electromagnetic metasurface, which aims to deepen physical mechanisms and lays a solid theoretical foundation for further research on metasurfaces. Firstly, the book presents the general description of metasurface boundary conditions and key calculation methods, Secondly, the book develops the network transmission theory for multi-layer metasurface structures, yielding mathematical model...

This sixth volume of the book series applies finite injury priority method to R-calculi and obtain (in)completeness theorem for binary-valued, Post three-valued, B2^2-valued and L4-valued first-order logics, and extend the method to infinite injury priority method and 0"-method for default logic to produce pseudo-extensions of a default theory, corresponding to different R-calculi. Finite injury priority method and tree constructions are discussed in this book. This book offers a ...

Mixed-flow PumpsModeling, Simulation, and MeasurementsLearn to improve and optimize the design and operation of mixed-flow pumpsMixed-flow pumps have a huge range of applications in agriculture, hydroelectric power, and other industries that incorporate fluid transport. They are centrifugal pumps incorporating the characteristics of both axial and radial pumps to increase the flow rate and discharge pressure. Though...

This book series consists of two parts, decidable description logics and undecidable description logics. It gives the R-calculi for description logics. This book offers a rich blend of theory and practice. It is suitable for students, researchers and practitioners in the field of logic.

The authoritative reference work on Translanguaging, one of the most dynamic and fast-growing areas of research in modern linguisticsTranslanguaging has transformed how we understand language, bilingualism, and education, challenging conventional views and reshaping theory, policy, and practice. The Handbook of Translanguaging is the most comprehensive resource available, bringing together leading scholars from diverse disciplines and global perspectives t...

Including detailed discussions of both the current state and future directions of the field, this comprehensive textbook presents a complete overview of multilingualism.Written by internationally recognized researchers and educators, Understanding Multilingualism: An Introduction provides detailed coverage of the various dimensions of modern multilingualism. It highlights the interdisciplinary nature of the field by exploring the broad spectrum of differen...