Provides a systematic overview of a hot research area, examining the principles and theories of energy harvesting communicationsThis book provides a detailed and advanced level introduction to the fundamentals of energy harvesting techniques and their use in state-of-the-art communications systems. It fills the gap in the market by covering both basic techniques in energy harvesting and advanced topics in wireless communications. More importantly, it discusses the ...

This book consists of ten chapters on IC packaging technologies, covering failure modes, mechanisms, advanced structures and reliability methods, with a focus on materials, structure and stress.Reliability, a key indicator of product quality, spans multiple disciplines such as materials science and electronics. In China's pursuit of "high-quality development" a focus on reliability is essential to advancing manufacturing.Written by a leading expert from the State Key Labora...

This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of current achievements and future possibilities for the application of epigenetic and epigenomic techniques to the improvement of crops. Creating crops more resilient to the stresses caused by climate change will be an important part of a climate-smart and sustainable agriculture strategy for the future. All critical environmental stressors are explored: temperature, salt, drought, pollutants, pests, fungi, bacteria, and viruses. The exciting...

This volume consists of papers presented at the 2014 International Symposium on Systems and Computer Technology (ISSCT 2014, Shanghai, China, 15-17 November 2014). The demand for systems and informatics have been constantly increasing, as more and more computer applications have been built. Great efforts have been made to improve the state of the a