The energy demands of contemporary society mandate the urgent development and commercialisation of a ‘post-Li-ion battery’. Metal anodes are an important piece of this puzzle. This research and reference text discusses the role of metal electrodes in batteries in detail. Introducing the fundamental theoretical properties of metal anodes, the book surveys the history and prospects of the field, covering a wide range of metals, including Li, Na, K, Mg, Al, Zn, Ge, Sn, Sb and Bi. The first bo...

China is a multiethnic country with vast territory, a land of diverse ecosystems. With the drive for industrialization in China and the implementation of 'western grand development' strategy in western regions, both governments and people face great challenges in environmental protection and sustainable use of biodiversity resources as a result of growing interaction between human activities and natural environment. To meet the challenges, governments in these regions need to adopt a serie...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Quality of Information and Communications Technology, QUATIC 2023, held in Aveiro, Portugal, during September 11–13, 2023.The 17 full papers and 4 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 37 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Disseminating Advanced Methods, Techniques, and Tools for Supporting Quality ICT Engineering and Management...

Teaching and Learning Chinese as a Second or Foreign Language, edited by Ko-Yin Sung, addresses three emerging themes in the field of Chinese language teaching and learning. (1) Increasingly ubiquitous in all language learning and teaching, and for the learning of Chinese as a second language in particular, information and communication technology (ICT) can serve as an important and effective tool. Several chapters focus on how certain emerging ICT tools are applied in teaching and learnin...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, PROFES 2023, which took place in Dornbirn, Austria, in December 2023.The 21 full technical papers, 6 industrial papers, 8 short papers and 1 poster paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 82 submissions. The book also contains one tutorial paper, 11 workshop papers and 3 doctoral symposium papers.The contributions were organized in top...

Edge computing has been identified as one of the key technologies for 5G networks and beyond due to two prominent advantages: low network latency and reduced core network load. By empowering cloud capabilities and IT service environments at the network edge, edge computing can well support applications of 5G and beyond, such as augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR), vehicular network (ultra-reliable low-latency communication services)，Internet of Things (massive machine type communication serv...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, PROFES 2023, which took place in Dornbirn, Austria, in December 2023.The 21 full technical papers, 8 short papers, and 1 poster paper presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 82 submissions. The book also contains one tutorial paper, 12 and workshop papers and 3 doctoral symposium papers.The contributions were organiz...

This book systematically reviews the experiences and problems encountered in the development of China’s rural areas over the past three decades since the start of the country’s economic reform. As such, it addresses the most important aspects in terms of China’s rural communities, farmers and agriculture from the perspective of development, such as the agricultural management system, rural land tenure system, rural fiscal and taxation system, financial system, science and technology system...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings at PAKDD Workshops 2015, held in conjunction with PAKDD, the 19th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in May 2015. The 23 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 57 submissions. The workshops affiliated with PAKDD 2015 include: Pattern Mining and Application of Big Data (BigPMA), Quality Issues, Measures of Interestingness and Evaluation of data mining models (...