Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) have revolutionized the way we learn representations from graph-structured data, becoming a cornerstone for applications in social networks, recommendation systems, biology, and beyond. However, mainstream GNNs rely heavily on message passing, an iterative process of propagating information between connected nodes. While powerful, this method often incurs significant computational costs, making efficient training a growing challenge as graph sizes scale up....

The book discusses superconducting fault current limiters and their applications in power systems, exploring the principles, simulations and engineering practices, but focusing on systematic applications in traditional and renewable power systems. It provides in-depth studies on a number of major topics such as architecture of superconducting fault current limiter, device design, parameter optimization, prototype testing, co-ordination control and performance evaluation. It also describes ...

Unlock the intricacies of Chinese property law with this groundbreaking book, perfect for legal practitioners, scholars, and international investors. This comprehensive guide delves into the complexities of Chinese property law, offering detailed analysis, practical case studies, and insightful global comparisons. Understand the evolution and current landscape of property law in China, and see how theoretical principles are applied in real-world scenarios. Whether you're navigating cross-b...

This book aims to collect research findings and provide insightful recommendations on various aspects of female epilepsy patients of childbearing age. This book discusses multidisciplinary effort of brain science, reproductive medicine, endocrinology, drug metabolism, genetics, maternal and infant medicine, etc.This book is written by a multidisciplinary team of researchers who had a passion for improving the quality of life of women with epilepsy, to demonstrate the latest scienti...

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 book examines the recent trend of extending data dependencies to adapt to rich data types in order to address variety and veracity issues in big data. Readers will be guided through the full range of rich data types where data dependencies have been successfully applied, including categorical data with equality relationships, heterogeneous data with similarity relationships, numerical data with order relationships, sequential data with timestamps, and graph data with complicated struc...

Imaging of tissue blood flow (BF) distributions provides vital information for the diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of various vascular diseases. The innovative near-infrared speckle contrast diffuse correlation tomography (scDCT) technique produces full 3D BF distributions. Many advanced features are provided over competing technologies including high sampling density, fast data acquisition, noninvasiveness, noncontact, affordability, portability, and translatability across varied sub...

This book systematically introduces readers to the theory of deep learning and explores its practical applications based on the MindSpore AI computing framework. Divided into 14 chapters, the book covers deep learning, deep neural networks (DNNs), convolutional neural networks (CNNs), recurrent neural networks (RNNs), unsupervised learning, deep reinforcement learning, automated machine learning, device-cloud collaboration, deep learning visualization, and data preparation for deep learnin...

This two –volume set, LNCS 10366 and 10367, constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the First International Joint Conference, APWeb-WAIM 2017, held in Beijing, China in July 2017.The 44 full papers presented together with 32 short papers and 10 demonstrations papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 240 submissions. The papers are organized around the following topics: spatial data processing and data quality; graph data processing; data mining, privacy and seman...

This two volume set LNCS 10177 and 10178 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, DASFAA 2017, held in Suzhou, China, in March 2017.The 73 full papers, 9 industry papers, 4 demo papers and 3 tutorials were carefully selected from a total of 300 submissions. The papers are organized around the following topics: semantic web and knowledge management; indexing and distributed systems; network embedding; tr...

This book introduces readers to a workload-aware methodology for large-scale graph algorithm optimization in graph-computing systems, and proposes several optimization techniques that can enable these systems to handle advanced graph algorithms efficiently. More concretely, it proposes a workload-aware cost model to guide the development of high-performance algorithms. On the basis of the cost model, the book subsequently presents a system-level optimization resulting in a partition-aware ...

Chinese companies have been increasingly active in outbound investment in recent years, with Germany the third largest destination in Europe. Adopting an analytical approach and utilizing case studies and expert interviews, this book examines Chinese mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in Germany, with a focus on the companies’ business growth, particularly the integration process and subsequent growth after acquisition.The authors contend that Chinese investors take a different approa...