CMOS Past, Present and Future provides insight from the basics, to the state-of-the-art of CMOS processing and electrical characterization, including the integration of Group IV semiconductors-based photonics. The book goes into the pitfalls and opportunities associated with the use of hetero-epitaxy on silicon with strain engineering and the integration of photonics and high-mobility channels on a silicon platform. It begins with the basic definitions and equations, but extends to present...

Geotechnical design confronts uncertainties from incomplete subsurface knowledge, natural variability, geomaterial properties, construction errors, and differing solution models. Traditional approaches use conservative factors of safety or pre-calibrated partial factors to address uncertainties indirectly. Reliability-based design incorporates uncertainties directly but requires full statistical characterization, which is often unattainable in practice. Robust geotechnical design offers an...

Understand multiphase flows using multidisciplinary knowledge in physical principles, modelling theories, and engineering practices. This essential text methodically introduces the important concepts, governing mechanisms, and state-of-the-art theories, using numerous real-world applications, examples, and problems. Covers all major types of multiphase flows, including gas-solid, gas-liquid (sprays or bubbling), liquid-solid, and gas-solid-liquid flows. Introduces the volume-time-averaged ...

Algae are sunlight-driven cell factories, and can efficiently absorb CO2 and convert light energy to chemical energy such as lipid, starch and other carbohydrates and release O2. Algal feedstock is a promising resource for bioproduct production, given its high photosynthetic efficiency for producing biomass compared to conventional crops. Microalgae can be used for flue-gas and wastewater bioremediation. This book highlights recent breakthroughs in the multidisciplinary areas of algal biot...

This series of books focuses on the internal wave hydrodynamic effects on submersibles. As the first book in the series, it specifically studies the patterns and mechanisms of interaction between internal waves and submersibles. Internal waves are widely-present in the stratified ocean and are a type of nonlinear, large-amplitude wave phenomenon. Submersibles are highly likely to encounter internal waves during underwater operations, which can severely affect the stability and hydrodynamic...

Driven by the ever-increasing amount of mobile data, cellular networks evolve from small cell network to ultra-dense heterogeneous networks, to provide high system capacity and spectrum efficiency. By bringing base stations (BSs) to the approximate spatial scale and number magnitude, ultra-dense heterogeneous networks would definitely bring unprecedented paradigm changes to the network design. Firstly, along with densification of small cells, inter-cell interference becomes severe and may ...

Ride the Mule to Catch the Horse and Other Chinese Lessons for Finding LoveSwiping. Matching. Meetups. Setups. Hookups. If your dating life isn’t taking you in the direction you want, it is time to change course. But what to do? Take the important advice that renowned matchmaker Cassindy Chao has given to her elite clients for more than twenty years and get closer to the relationship you want.Whether you're single and searching for love or in a partnership seeking to deepen...

Exceptional Coolness is a collection of selected quotes and paintings by author Xuemo, divided into two chapters. Chapter One: Awakening to Truth features the most brilliant passages from the Luminous Mahamudra Series, organized around the themes of “Seeking the Mind,” “Training the Mind,” “Pacifying the Mind,” and “Molding the Mind.” Chapter Two: Keywords of Life outlines ten most common phrases that one must grasp on the path to enlightenment, along with one hundred quotes picked from Xu...

The Proceedings of the 5th China and International Young Scientist Terahertz Conference highlight important research and technological progresses on terahertz sensors, terahertz detection, terahertz biophysics and bioeffects, terahertz signal sources, terahertz transmission and regulation, terahertz device and materials, terahertz communication, terahertz radar and imaging, and the intersection and application of terahertz-related disciplines.

This book discusses the natural classification and biosystematics of Triticeae and presents the most significant findings of comprehensive studies on the Triticeae, an important tribe in the grass family (Poaceae) that includes major crops such as wheat, barley, rye, and triticale, as well as various forage crops found in different genera. The five-volume Chinese version of Biosystematics of Triticeae was published in 1998, 2004, 2006, 2011, and 2013, and included the 30 genera, t...

This book captures the latest results and techniques for cooperative localization and navigation drawn from a broad array of disciplines. It provides the reader with a generic and comprehensive view of modeling, strategies, and state estimation methodologies in that fields. It discusses the most recent research and novel advances in that direction, exploring the design of algorithms and architectures, benefits, and challenging aspects, as well as a potential broad array of disciplines, inc...

This proceedings volume features reviews and original research papers that contribute to the advanced interdisciplinary studies of theories, technologies, and strategies in terahertz (THz) science and technology. Topics covered include THz sensing, detection and sources, communications, and biophysical research. The THz spectrum is crucial for applications such as body security checks, non-destructive sensing, bio-imaging, and bio-medicine. It overlaps with the characteristic fingerprints ...