Caring for children while helping aging parents can turn ordinary family life into a constant series of urgent decisions. The Sandwich Generation Estate Plan offers a calm, practical way to organize the people, records, and conversations that matter before a crisis forces the issue.Attorney Hao Li explains how to identify decision-makers, coordinate health-care information, review beneficiary designations, protect digital accounts, plan for household continuity, and prepare for car...

This book enables readers to acquire a fundamental knowledge of control theory on classical control, modern control, and advanced control, including representative control methods. From the pedagogic perspective, the author intends that this book helps students to develop an ability to flexibly apply control theory to solve practical engineering problems. In this sense, this book is also a professional reference for engineers dedicated to automation and system control.This book att...

This book enables readers to acquire a fundamental knowledge of computer vision from the perspective of geometry, including knowledge of image processing and pattern recognition intended for two-dimensional geometry analysis of images, knowledge of computer vision intended for three-dimensional geometry analysis of images. From the pedagogic point of view, the author intends that this book helps students develop an ability to flexibly apply geometry fundamentals of computer vision to solve...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of grassland ecosystems based on publications by Chinese scholars. It offers an up-to-date review of the recent advances in grassland research in China, discusses the climatic and physical conditions governing the grasslands, describes their types and distribution, and introduces a new classification scheme for grassland ecosystems. Further, it details the plant, animal, and microbial compositions of each grassland ecosystem type, examining the a...

Upbringing and parenting runs through the child's growth process. This chapter starts with the analysis of the characteristics of parenting, and establishes a hierarchical relationship model of parenting. At the same time, it analyses the definition and connotation of each level of the model, instructing parents to recognize what resources they have in the process of upbringing and parenting, what resources can be used, and how to achieve the ideal goal of parenting and raising children. A...

Machine Learning for Subsurface Characterization develops and applies neural networks, random forests, deep learning, unsupervised learning, Bayesian frameworks, and clustering methods for subsurface characterization. Machine learning (ML) focusses on developing computational methods/algorithms that learn to recognize patterns and quantify functional relationships by processing large data sets, also referred to as the "big data." Deep learning (DL) is a subset of machine learning that proc...

This two-volume set (CCIS 1565 and CCIS 1566) constitutes selected and revised papers from the 16th International Conference on Bio-Inspired Computing: Theories and Applications, BIC-TA 2021, held in Taiyuan, China, in December 2021.The 67 papers presented were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 211 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: evolutionary computation and swarm intelligence; DNA and molecular computing; machine learning and computer v...

This two-volume set (CCIS 1565 and CCIS 1566) constitutes selected and revised papers from the 16th International Conference on Bio-Inspired Computing: Theories and Applications, BIC-TA 2021, held in Taiyuan, China, in December 2021.The 67 papers presented were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 211 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: evolutionary computation and swarm intelligence; DNA and molecular computing; machine learning and computer v...

Traditional Chinese Medicine has played an important role in the treatment of COVID-19 in China. As the first batch of national Chinese medicine team in China, the authors shared their experience of treating severe COVID-19 cases with TCM at Jinyintan Hospital in Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak in China. Twenty severe cases have been selected and reported in this book. The medical history, inspection results and treatment rationales have been described in detail, adequately illustrate...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Bio-Inspired Computing: Theories and Applications, BIC-TA 2022, held in Wuhan, China, during December 16–18, 2022.The 56 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 148 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: evolutionary computation and swarm intelligence; machine learning and deep learning; intelligent control and simulation and molecular...

This book takes a comprehensive look at the governance and civil society of Macao, the shadowy mecca of gambling in Asia, and the reforms, changes, and social movements which are challenging that reputation today. Thanks to the rapid expansion of the local casino industry, Macao has experienced spectacular economic growth since it returned to Chinese rule in 1999. Following double-digit rates of economic growth between 2002 and 2013, Macao has become one of the wealthiest regions in Asia, ...

This book systematically summarises the state-of-the-art research in the field of single-layer brazed cubic boron nitride (CBN) abrasive tools in terms of manufacturing technology, wear mechanisms and machining performance.The authors present manufacturing methods and related principles, and explore the wear behaviour and mechanisms of single-layer brazed CBN abrasive tools, providing insights into tool manufacturing and tool life. They also clarify the scientific issues in the gri...