"Tea Classic" is the first monograph of the earliest, most complete and most comprehensive introduction of tea in China and the world . It is known as the tea encyclopedia , written by Lu Yu of the Tang Dynasty .This book is about the history, origin, current situation, production technology of tea production, as well as the comprehensive theory of tea drinking techniques and tea ceremony principles. It is an epoch-making tea school monograph, an incisive agronomic book, and a book ...

Many people today are familiar with Indian yoga but the secrets of the Chinese system have never been widely available. TAOIST YOGA offers a comprehensive course, which has passed down through the generations from ancient Chinese masters. Specially written to make its contents accessible to the Westerner, the book explains the mysteries of Taoist spiritual alchemy, which entails many sexual practices to preserve the generative force of the body.

This book, structured as an edited volume, consists of 12 chapters organized into four key themes: Theoretical Foundations, Human Factors, Application Domains, and Future Challenges. It highlights the dynamic and interdisciplinary nature of cyber deception research, offering insights into diverse application areas such as industrial control systems and AI security.Cyber deception has emerged as a critical strategy for defending digital assets across academia, industry, and governme...

The book tells the story of Chia family, and the traditional ceremonies that accompany marriage, death, and birth. The family's peaceful life is up-ended with the Japanese invasion and the family flees to the countryside. As the country falls into turmoil, the household head, Chia Hao-tz'u is kidnapped. The family's burdens fall on the shoulders of his wife, Tu Hua. After the long war ends, civil war breaks out. The Communists take over the mainland and confiscate the family's property. Tu...

This 18-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th Chinese Conference on Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision, PRCV 2025, held in Shanghai, China, during October 15-18, 2025.The 692 full papers included in this book, comprising 66 oral presentations and 626 posters, were carefully reviewed and selected from 2370 submissions.PRCV's mission is to serve as a comprehensive platform for dialogues among researchers from both the academic field and the industry....

This six-volume set LNAI 15877-15882 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2025, held in Palermo, Italy, during July 22–26, 2025.The 130 full papers and 129 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 711 submissions.The conference program comprises seven thematic tracks:Track 1: AIED Architectures and ToolsTrack 2: Machine Learning and ...

This book introduces readers to the algorithm of Compass & GPS dual-system software receivers, and to the software implementation. It provides detailed descriptions of key theories in the fields of signal processing, communication, control, and signal estimation. The book is based on the author’s extensive experience in GNSS receiver design. The MATLAB script developed for this book demonstrates most of the key theories and equips the reader with excellent tools for practicing them.

This three-volume set CCIS 2590-2592 constitutes poster papers and late breaking results, workshops and tutorials, practitioners, industry and policy track, doctoral consortium, blue sky and wideAIED papers presented at the 26th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2025, held in Palermo, Italy, during July 22–26, 2025.The 72 full papers and 73 short papers (72 of them presented as posters) presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected...

This book systematically reviews a broad range of cases in education that utilize cutting-edge AI technologies. Furthermore, it introduces readers to the latest findings on the scope of AI in education, so as to inspire researchers from non-technological fields (e.g. education, psychology and neuroscience) to solve education problems using the latest AI techniques. It also showcases a number of established AI systems and products that have been employed for education. Lastly, the book disc...

This book provides a comprehensive and systematic introduction to inverse problems for stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs), with particular emphasis on stochastic parabolic and hyperbolic equations. It addresses both the unique challenges and new opportunities that arise in the stochastic setting. Key topics include inverse state problems (such as determining unknown initial conditions) and inverse source problems (identifying unknown source terms), with a focus on the mathem...

This 18-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th Chinese Conference on Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision, PRCV 2025, held in Shanghai, China, during October 15-18, 2025.The 692 full papers included in this book, comprising 66 oral presentations and 626 posters, were carefully reviewed and selected from 2370 submissions.PRCV's mission is to serve as a comprehensive platform for dialogues among researchers from both the academic field and the industry....

This six-volume set LNAI 15877-15882 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2025, held in Palermo, Italy, during July 22–26, 2025.The 130 full papers and 129 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 711 submissions.The conference program comprises seven thematic tracks:Track 1: AIED Architectures and ToolsTrack 2: Machine Learning and ...