This book focuses on the latest trends and advancements in road engineering at home and abroad, emphasizing both theory and practice. It covers topics such as road alignment design, materials, drainage design, construction, and maintenance, aiming to develop readers' ability to analyze and solve practical problems in road engineering. This textbook plays a significant role in enhancing the foundational course system of transportation engineering and cultivating high-quality professional an...

The second edition of the book published by Springer in 2006, Optical Polarization in Biomedical Applications concerns the optical methods exploring a unique feature of light —its polarization—for quantitative tissue characterization. The new edition will introduce new topics and expand on existing, cutting-edge developments in this field. Particular attention is paid to recent theoretical and instrumental advances in Mueller polarimetry and their potential clinical applic...

Can the limitations of the Riemann integral be overcome? What is its relationship with modern analysis?The theory of Lebesgue integration is a crucial component in the development of modern analysis. This book is an in-depth real analysis textbook, which introduces the basic theory of modern analysis and the basic skills of analysis. Based on the knowledge of real analysis, the theory of interpolation of operators and the Fourier transform theory are further introduced systematical...

True ladybirds, classified in the tribe Coccinellini, are easily recognisable by their relatively large and shiny bodies and contrasting colour patterns. They are one of the most widely studied groups of beetles, being of economic importance and used as model organisms in biological and ecological research. Ladybird Beetles of the Australo-Pacific Region covers 22 genera and 95 valid species, including 12 new species, of ladybird beetles from Australia, New Guinea and the Pacific area. For...

This book presents recent advanced techniques in sliding mode control and observer design for industrial power systems, focusing on their applications in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells and power converters. Readers will find not only valuable new fault detection and isolation techniques based on sliding mode control and observers, but also a number of robust control and estimation methodologies combined with fuzzy neural networks and extended state observer methods. The book also ...

Ever wondered why someone succeeded and someone failed? If you do, you are not alone because this has been a puzzle until the theory that has been introduced by this book.

Aimée Lambert is still reeling from the consequences of her failed marriage when fate simultaneously introduces two compelling men, both of whom have significant impact on her. Based on a true story of karma and destiny, this novel shares testimony to the true power of three universal forces – love, fate and healing - that break down cultural barriers and conventional perspectives. “Only the Soul Knows is an inspirational, thought-provoking, soul-searching life story, interwoven with spiri...

The four-volume set LNCS 16268-16271 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Theory of Cryptography, TCC 2025, held in Aarhus, Denmark, during December 1–5, 2025. The total of 70 full papers presented in the proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 242 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows:Part I: Secure Computation; Homomorphic Primitives; Proofs;Part II: Foundations; Obfuscation and Functional Encr...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th Workshop on Chinese Lexical Semantics, CLSW 2023, held in Singapore, during May 19–21, 2023.The 61 full papers and 15 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 215 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: lexical semantics and related fields, including Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Computational Lexicography, Phycological...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th Workshop on Chinese Lexical Semantics, CLSW 2023, held in Singapore, during May 19–21, 2023.The 61 full papers and 15 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 215 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: lexical semantics and related fields, including Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Computational Lexicography, Phycological...

The four-volume set LNCS 16268-16271 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Theory of Cryptography, TCC 2025, held in Aarhus, Denmark, during December 1–5, 2025. The total of 70 full papers presented in the proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 242 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows:Part I: Secure Computation; Homomorphic Primitives; Proofs;Part II: Foundations; Obfuscation and Functional Encr...

The four-volume set LNCS 16268-16271 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Theory of Cryptography, TCC 2025, held in Aarhus, Denmark, during December 1–5, 2025. The total of 70 full papers presented in the proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 242 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows:Part I: Secure Computation; Homomorphic Primitives; Proofs;Part II: Foundations; Obfuscation and Functional Encr...