Future SF is a magazine focusing on international science fiction.In this oversized issue we've collected stories from the established masters as well as some exciting up-and-comers in China, Japan, and South Korea.From machine societies to ocean depths, from interstellar migrations to genetically engineered mermaids, these tales envision very different, often dark, but always fascinating futures.Includes the following stories:Rœsin by Wu Guan (translated fr...

With increasing temperatures and an escalation in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, agricultural productivity remains at risk of being compromised. With the food security of millions threatened, there remains a need to develop alternative, sustainable production models which can thrive in the face of climate change.Advances in plant factories: New technologies in indoor vertical farming reviews the wealth of research on optimising plant...

This book features five peer-reviewed reviews on machine vision applications in agriculture.The first chapter examines recent advances in machine vision technologies for the measurement of soil texture, structure and topography. The chapter also provides an overview of the basic principles of machine vision technologies, focussing on areas such as 3D surface modelling.The second chapter considers the use of machine learning methods to classify multiple diseases across sever...

Lingdao, the Chinese word for leadership, is rarely used to denote acts of social persuasion that occur outside of contexts of formal rank or status. However, the ubiquity of informal leadership in China raises a number of practical and theoretical questions.Based on an analysis of selected Chinese cinematic works depicting settings of educational practice and policy, the book explores how "Western" understandings of leadership emerge from these texts to form discursive me...

内容简介连接古与今，让更多人走进良渚世界，看见5000年。良渚文明是中国第一个进入早期国家的区域文明，良渚古城是实证中华5000年文明史的圣地。第43届世界遗产委员会将良渚古城遗址载入《世界遗产名录》。2019年良渚文化被写进中学历史课本。良渚文化距今5300~4300年，目前我们所知道的良渚，并无历史文献记载，是通过考古将无数碎片拼缀而成的。本书将带你听见良渚传来的隐密不可察觉的声音。这是一本记录良渚文明及其考古、申遗历程的大众读物，作者用“考古发掘式的写法”、从城墙、低坝、王陵这三块碎片集中展示了良渚文明的各个方面：复杂的王国古城、当时世界上最大的水利系统、超精微雕刻具有统一精神信仰内含的良渚玉器、良渚人的生活和生产；良渚考古80余年的历程：良渚的初始发现、良渚王墓的发现过程、良渚古城的发现、良渚水利系统的发现；良渚申遗的历程：良渚申遗文本的产生、良渚申遗评审、见证良渚申遗成功等等。本书作为大众读物，记录了良渚文明及其考古、申遗的全过程。借用考古发掘的手法，层层递进，展示了良渚文明的各个方面。包括良渚王墓、古城、水利系统的发现，以及良渚申遗的历程等。同时把目光投向背后的...

Muslims in Amdo Tibetan Society: Multi-Disciplinary Approaches offers nine case studies from several academic disciplines. The chapters describe the ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and religious diversity within the Muslim communities of Amdo and illustrate complex social interactions with other Amdo communities. While relations between Han Chinese and Tibetans, and between Han Chinese and Muslims in Qinghai and Gansu, have already attracted scholarly attention, this volume has a special foc...

An accessible introduction to constructing and interpreting Bayesian models of perceptual decision-making and action.Many forms of perception and action can be mathematically modeled as probabilistic—or Bayesian—inference, a method used to draw conclusions from uncertain evidence. According to these models, the human mind behaves like a capable data scientist or crime scene investigator when dealing with noisy and ambiguous data. This textbook provides an approacha...

This book studies recent developments in immigration in one Akha village in northern Thailand by examining issues such as the coffee economy, ethnic relations, religious beliefs and cultural changes. The author demonstrates how their social structure and culture allow the immigrant population in this location to adapt to the demands of modernity by making constant adjustment to their tradition. The analysis sheds important light on how this marginal population manages to turn the tension b...

Calculations and Simulations of Low-Dimensional MaterialsA comprehensive guide to methods for calculating and simulating the properties of low-dimensional materialsTwo-dimensional materials are those, such as graphene and 2D oxides, whose thickness is so small as to approach the atomic scale. Potential applications for these materials exist in an enormous range of scientific and industrial fields. A previous era of low-dimensional materials...

Most discussion of visitor experiences uses a behavioural or managerial approach where the way the visitor thinks is ignored - it's a black box. Visitor Experience Design is the first book of its kind to examine best practice in creating and delivering exciting and memorable travel and visitation experiences from a cognitive psychological perspective - it opens the black box. The chapters draw on recent findings from cognitive psychology, cognitive science and neuroscience to provide a bas...

Political leadership styles in East Asian states are shaped and influenced by a number of domestic factors. These factors include the type of political system that an East Asian state adopted from their days of independence and decolonization. There is a diverse array of political systems in the region, ranging from Western-style liberal democracies like Japan and South Korea to autocratic one-party states like North Korea. Most other East Asian countries adopt systems somewhere in between...

An original advanced level reference appealing to both the microwave and antenna communitiesAn overview of the research activity devoted to the synthesis of transmission lines by means of electrically small planar elements, highlighting the main microwave applications and the potential for circuit miniaturizationShowcases the research of top experts in the fieldPresents innovative topics on synthesized transmission lines, which represent f...