This book examines the presence and patterns of posttraumatic growth in selected biblical texts in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament to show how ancient Israelites interpreted trauma, particularly the fall of Jerusalem, and how these responses reshape biblical interpretation and theology.It offers a reflection on the theological and psychological implications of trauma in the Bible, ultimately encouraging a positive approach to personal suffering and crises. In the first chapter, Li a...

This book is a collection of selected papers from the 11th international Conference on Tourism and Hospitality between China and Spain [www.china-spain.org].The COVID-19 pandemic was a global unprecedented event which was a huge crisis and challenge for the tourism and hospitality industry to confront. This book focuses on the tourist experience and perception during the pandemic time as well as the normal time. The experience and perception can affect the tourist's satisfaction an...

This is the first book to introduce UUDN for 5G, including the concept, challenges, architecture and key technologies.The new network architecture based on “de-cellular” and “user-centric” is proposed with three kinds of decoupling: user plane and control plane decoupling from radio access, control and transmission decoupling from network, local service and network service decoupling.Key characteristics of UUDN are provided, including four aspects: Intelligent network knows...

Satellite images acquired at night provide a visually arresting perspective of the Earth and the human activities that light up the otherwise mostly dark Earth. These night-time light satellite images can be compiled into a geospatial time series that represent an invaluable source of information for both the natural and social sciences. Night-time light remote sensing has been shown to be particularly useful for a range of natural science and social science applications, including studies...

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online.While the 5th Generation (5G) system is being widely deployed across the globe, the research and consensus building for the 6th generation (6G) are already well underway with high expectations toward the merger of digital, physical and human worlds. The main goal of this book is to introduce the upcoming 6G technologies and outline the foreseen challenges, enablers, and architectural...

This book presents a methodology for the real-time scheduling problems of real-time systems (RTS) from the viewpoint of control theory. Generally, any system can be viewed as an RTS if it performs real-time application functions and behaves correctly depending on given logical activities and satisfying specified deadlines for the activities. This monograph provides broad views and detailed introductions to supervisory control theory (SCT) and its application in real-time scheduling and rec...

This book is a comprehensive introduction to model predictive control (MPC), including its basic principles and algorithms, system analysis and design methods, strategy developments and practical applications. The main contents of the book include an overview of the development trajectory and basic principles of MPC, typical MPC algorithms, quantitative analysis of classical MPC systems, design and tuning methods for MPC parameters, constrained multivariable MPC algorithms and online optim...

"Essentials of Diagnosis, Treatment, and Application of Cardio and Peripheral vascular Diseases" is intended to serve as a clinical resource for healthcare professionals who evaluate and manage patients with cardiovascular and related diseases in various forms and challenges. The author strives to provide short, focused chapters so that busy practitioners can quickly find the information they need when facing specific symptoms and manifestations of coronary heart disease, hypertension, oth...

Micro/nano-scale engineering—especially the design and implementation of ultra-fast and ultra-scale energy devices, sensors, and cellular and molecular systems—remains a daunting challenge. Modeling and control has played an essential role in many technological breakthroughs throughout the course of history. Therefore, the need for a practical guide to modeling and control for micro/nano-scale devices and systems has emerged.The first edited volume to address this rapidly growing f...

This book discusses the use of advanced techniques to produce and understand music in a digital way. It gathers the first-ever English-language proceedings of the Conference on Sound and Music Technology (CSMT), which was held in Xiamen, China in 2018. As a leading event, the CSMT reflects the latest advances in acoustic and music technologies in China.Sound and technology are more closely linked than most people assume. For example, signal-processing methods form the basis of musi...

This 2-volume set constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on 6G for Future Wireless Networks, 6GN 2022, held in Harbin, China, in December 2022.The 60 full papers were selected from 194 submissions and present the state of the art and practical applications of 6G technologies. The papers are arranged thematically in tracks as follows: Resource Allocation for 6G Networks; Security and Privacy for 6G Networks; Big data mining and pattern analysis techniques fo...

The mechanisms by which buildings and infrastructures degrade are complex, as are the procedures and methods for inspection and for rehabilitation.This book examines the various problems caused by non-uniform deformation changes, poor durability, and natural and human disasters such as earthquakes and fire. Attention is given to the causes and mech