Despite the velocity and scale of the cumulative changes of immigrant integration and receptivity infrastructures in fast growing regions of the United States, less research has focused on the new and evolving experiences in these regions in recent years. Editors Paul N. McDaniel and Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez and the contributors in Integration and Receptivity in Immigrant Gateway Metro Regions in the United States fill this gap through case studies of different types of immigrant...

The long-awaited cookbook from an iconic New York restaurant, revealing never-before-published recipesSince its humble opening in 2005, Xi’an Famous Foods has expanded from one stall in Flushing to 14 locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. CEO Jason Wang divulges the untold story of how this empire came to be, alongside the never-before-published recipes that helped create this New York City icon. From heavenly ribbons of liang pi doused in a bright...

親身實證→11天就能迅速降2公斤！半年將體脂從32%降到23%！吃得開心，才能持久，同時餵飽自己與靈魂的舒壓減醣計劃！找出最適合自己的減重方案，混搭也沒問題！重新建立不復胖的飲食日常。激瘦限醣餐20g‧無壓少醣餐36g‧佛系減醣餐50g三階段皆適用於減醣新手、肉食愛好者、想試試微減醣的你。從此擺脫泡芙人稱號、健檢不再有脂肪肝、產後瘦身無障礙，控制血糖一直瘦！目測就能抓分量！全書使用常見餐盤尺寸，按照餐盤擺放食材，即可約略抓出專屬的客制減醣盤餐。8吋平盤：適合總醣量20g以下的盤餐，因澱粉較少，使用8吋盤盛裝看起來豐富又飽足。10吋深盤：適合總醣量36g～50g的盤餐，可加入較多五穀飯或盛裝有湯汁的料理，輕鬆配置所需的主菜與配菜比例。方案一‧激瘦限醣餐健康營養剛剛好，每盤適合想要快速看到減重效果...

Web3 is a new frontier of internet architecture emphasizing decentralization and user control. This text for MBA students and industry professionals explores key Web3 concepts, starting from foundational principles and moving to advanced topics like blockchain, smart contracts, tokenomics, and DeFi. The book takes a clear, practical approach to demystify the tech behind NFTs and DAOs as well as the complex regulatory landscape. It confronts challenges of blockchain scalability, a barrier t...

This book focuses on the treatment and disposal technology used for solid waste in China, puts forward an optimal management scheme that takes into account the complete lifecycle, and introduces a new technical model that reflects the synergies of resource utilization and secondary pollution control. In addition, it provides a set of methods for professional on-site investigation, risk assessment, classification management and control to minimize the risk of groundwater contamination by so...

This book presents and surveys normalization techniques with a deep analysis in training deep neural networks. In addition, the author provides technical details in designing new normalization methods and network architectures tailored to specific tasks. Normalization methods can improve the training stability, optimization efficiency, and generalization ability of deep neural networks (DNNs) and have become basic components in most state-of-the-art DNN architectures. The author provides g...

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 18th EAI International Conference on Tools for Design, Implementation and Verification of Emerging Information Technologies, TridentCom 2023, which was held in Nanjing, China, during November 11-13, 2023.The 9 full papers were selected from 30 submissions and deal the emerging technologies of big data, cyber-physical systems and computer communications. The papers are grouped in thematical sessions on blockchain ...

This book presents the evolution roadmap of Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (RMS) and their characteristics since its invention in the 1990s. It discusses the role of RMS in today’s increasingly competitive manufacturing environment and unpredictable markets and the new challenges and opportunities in RMS design and operations in the emerging Industry 4.0/5.0 era. In addition, this book investigates the relationship between reconfigurable manufacturing and smart manufacturing and demo...

This book delves into the forefront of robotics and AI with this scholarly collection from the 11th International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications (RiTA) Volume 1. This book consists of two Sections/Chapters, namely Sensors, Signals and Systems and Robotics, Automation and Control. The former elucidates the pivotal role of sensors, signals and systems in propelling advancements in robotics and AI, while the latter illuminates the transformative power of autonomo...

This book dives into the vanguard of robotics and AI with this scholarly edition, a compilation of pioneering research from the 11th International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications (RiTA) Volume 2. This book focuses on ‘Machine Learning and AI Applications’, which elucidates the transformative power of contemporary AI across a multitude of domains, from medical diagnostics to natural language comprehension. This book uncovers innovative models, avant-garde traini...

This book gathers peer-reviewed papers presented on the 11th International Conference on Industrial Economics System and Industrial Security Engineering (IEIS 2024). With the economic globalization, there have been many new phenomena, new situations and new challenges in the industries in many countries. This book covers a great deal of research achievements in industrial restructuring strategy, industrial organization, industrial policy, departmental economic research, industrial competit...

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 11th Chinese National Conference of Social Media Processing, SMP 2023, held in Anhui, China, in November 2023.The 16 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 88 submissions. The papers are organized in the topical sections on knowledge representation and reasoning; knowledge acquisition and knowledge base construction; linked data, knowledge integration, and knowledge graph storage management; n...