This book investigates the relationship between information communication and community development in China in the new media age, drawing on theoretical resources from journalism, communication, urban sociology, community management, and the activities of social movements.Contrasting existing scholarship that centers on new technologies and virtual aspects of today’s communication, the study highlights community residents’ daily praxis in real social spaces and the interaction bet...

This book first describes fundamental knowledge on human thermal comfort, adaptive thermal comfort, thermal comfort in sleeping environments, modeling of human thermal comfort, and thermal comfort assessment using human trials. Next, it presents an in-depth review of concept progress and evaluation of various personal comfort system, summarizes important findings and feasible applications, current gaps as well as future research needs. The seven chapters included in this section are task/a...

This book elaborates on the significance of the development of marine unmanned equipment as well as the history and current status of the development at home and abroad and analyzes the technical characteristics of marine unmanned equipment from the dimensional fields of overview, basic principles, key technologies, and applications in marine engineering, taking unmanned aircraft and unmanned boat equipment platforms as examples. The four necessary technologies to achieve the intelligent d...

Managing nuclear waste remains one of the most significant challenges for the nuclear industry in terms of both safety and environmental concerns. This book offers a thorough examination of the migration and immobilization of nuclear waste.Focusing on the chemistry of radioactive elements in natural rocks, waters, and engineered barriers, the book details how key isotopes travel through or are retained by soils, clays, and groundwater. It also examines how chemical conditions, mine...

Traditional ways of thinking about the teachings of Jesus are often bound to one system of thought or another. Such ways of thinking are typically greater expressions of society's thinking (whether in the church or in the world) than what Jesus taught. Jesus is Not Safe concerns some such ways, ways that a thoughtful disciple of Jesus needs to challenge.

This four-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics, IWACIII 2025, held in Zhuhai, China, in October 31 – November 4, 2025.The 173 papers presented were thoroughly reviewed and selected from the 393 qualifies submissions.

Timeless Ripples concerns becoming beautifully oneself. The fictitious and non-fictitious characters heard a saying of, spoke with, or encountered Jesus in some way--Roman soldiers, religious leaders, farmers, innkeepers, prisoners, prostitutes, disciples, the serpent, philosophers, Judas Iscariot, and many others. Some hate Jesus, some love him, some are ambivalent, some are mystified, some are atheists, some are fanatics, etc. The story of one character interacts with the stories of othe...

Different from traditional medical devices, customized prostheses made with 3D printing realizes a transition from one size fits all to tailor-made precision. The book systematically introduces the basic issues, design preparation, clinical applications, potential risks, precautions, and regulatory supervision of 3D printing personalized prostheses in the field of orthopedics. It will be a theoretical and technical reference for clinical doctors, engineering technicians, regulatory and res...

Wastes to Low-Carbon Construction Materials provides a comprehensive overview of the utilization of wastes in the production of low-carbon construction materials. It covers a wide range of topics, including the basics of waste-tomaterials, the use of various types of waste, the manufacturing and processing of low-carbon construction materials, and the design and applications of wasteto-materials in low-carbon construction. Notable features of this book include the detailed discussion of di...

This book reflects the latest research trends, methods and experimental results in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Transportation, which covers abundant state-of-the-art research theories and ideas. As a vital research area that is highly relevant to current developments in a number of technological domains, the topics covered include Autonomous Transportation Systems, Autonomous Transportation Management and Control Technology, Autonomous Transportation Equipment Techn...

The proceedings present a collection of articles from the 3rd International Conference on Machine Vision, Image Processing & Imaging Technology (MVIPIT 2025), held from September 27 to 29, 2025, in Shenyang, China. The proceedings offer a comprehensive collection of cutting-edge research, innovative methodologies, and practical applications. Readers will find detailed analyses and results on the latest advancements in machine vision and image processing, which are crucial for developing mo...

The proceedings present a collection of articles from the 3rd International Conference on Machine Vision, Image Processing & Imaging Technology (MVIPIT 2025), held from September 27 to 29, 2025, in Shenyang, China. The proceedings offer a comprehensive collection of cutting-edge research, innovative methodologies, and practical applications. Readers will find detailed analyses and results on the latest advancements in machine vision and image processing, which are crucial for developing mo...