This book presents a novel framework design for the next generation Marine Wireless Communication Networks (MWCNs). The authors first provide an overview of MWCNs, followed by a discussion of challenges in the design and development of MWCNs in support of a diversity of marine services such as real-time marine monitoring, offshore oil exploration, drilling, marine tourism and fishing. The authors then propose cross layer networking solutions to achieve a high performance modern MWCN that e...

A systematic reference on battery swap technology across transportation modesLong charging times, high upfront vehicle costs, and peak-demand grid strain remain barriers in electric mobility. Battery Swapping for Sustainable Transportation examines the technical, commercial, and regulatory dimensions of swap-based solutions. Written by a team of specialists in battery recycling, sustainability consulting, and energy transition, this reference addresses mar...

Offers an up-to-date overview of Battery Passports for Sustainable Lifecycle ManagementBattery Passport: A Comprehensive Guide to Technology, Policy, and Global Implementation explores one of the most pressing developments in the global battery industry: the creation and implementation of digital passports to track batteries across their full lifecycle. As demand for electric vehicles, renewable energy storage, and portable devices accelerates, supply chai...

The problems in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) are not only novel and interesting but also deeply rooted in profound mathematical context. The team at the International Mathematical Olympiad Research Center at East China Normal University has compiled and studied problems from past IMOs, dividing them into four volumes based on the mathematical fields involved: algebra, geometry, number theory, and combinatorics.In the geometry volume, the IMO geometry problems are o...

The two-volume set CCIS 1959 and 1960 constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 38th CCF National Conference on Computer Applications, CCF NCCA 2023, held in Suzhou, China, during July 16–20, 2023.The 39 revised full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 197 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections:Volume I:Artificial intelligence and application.Volume II:Data...

The two-volume set CCIS 1959 and 1960 constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 38th CCF National Conference on Computer Applications, CCF NCCA 2023, held in Suzhou, China, during July 16–20, 2023.The 39 revised full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 197 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections:Volume I:Artificial intelligence and application.Volume II:Data...

This book presents radiological findings in patients with 2019 Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia (COVID-19). It starts with a general review of COVID-19 Pneumonia discovery, including etiology characteristics, transmission routes and pathogenic mechanisms. In the following chapters, details in clinical classification, imaging manifestations in different groups, and imaging features of family aggregated coronavirus pneumonia are introduced. In addition, key points in differential diagnosis of COV...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Advances in Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems, BICS 2018, held in Xi’an, China, in July 2018.The 83 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 137 submissions. The papers were organized in topical sections named: neural computation; biologically inspired systems; image recognition: detection, tracking and classification; data analysis and natural language processing; ...

This volume brings together conceptualizations and empirical studies that explore the socio-cultural dimension of new media and its implications on learning in the 21st century classroom. The authors articulate their vision of new-media-enhanced learning at a global level. The high-level concept is then re-examined for different degrees of contextualization and localization, for example how a specific form of new media (e-reader) changes specific activities in different cultures. In additi...

This book provides an overview of electronic and optical properties of graphite-related systems. It presents a well-developed and up-to-date theoretical model and addresses important advances in essential properties and diverse quantization phenomena. Key features include various Hamiltonian models, dimension-enriched carbon-related systems, complete and unusual results, detailed comparisons with the experimental measurements, clear physical pictures, and further generalizations to other e...

C N Yang is a towering figure of science who has significantly extended human understanding of nature, headed one of the foremost research institutes in physics for three decades, and made great contributions to the advances of Chinese physics. This Festschrift in honor of Professor Yang on his centenary birthday consists of two volumes: Volume A consists of general essays concerning Professor Yang the person, as well as the authors' impressions and reminiscences of him, which are mainly (...

This book is devoted to the optimum design of the DCT in a hybrid AC/DC microgrid, which takes into account not only the influence of different inductors/capacitors values, but also numerous design goals (i.e., VCG, efficiency, stability and so on). This book examines the DCT's design problem in detail. It begins by reviewing existing DCTs in, the hybrid AC/DC microgrid and their design problems. Following that, this book proposes a family of DCT optimization design approaches to ensure th...