Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this book provides ready access to legislation and practice concerning the environment in China. A general introduction covers geographic considerations, political, social and cultural aspects of environmental study, the sources and principles of environmental law, environmental legislation, and the role of public authorities. The main body of the book deals first with laws aimed directly at protecting the environm...

Gene flow is a natural process that occurs spontaneously and enables the evolution of life. However, with the release of genetically modified organisms, concerns have focused on introduced foreign transgenes and their dispersal in nature through gene flow. This book examines gene flow of transgenes, such as herbicide resistance genes, with the goal of understanding the factors that may affect the process of gene flow. A greater biological understanding is essential to make sound management...

This book highlights the fundamental theories and prediction methods of radiowave propagation for the design, building, and operation of contemporary satellite systems. The primary objective of this book is to inquire into whether and how it is possible in a democracy to effectively decrease short-sighted policies. Although the commonplace expression “responsibility to future generations” has become firmly established in public and political vocabulary, its operational meaning and practice...

During a deep-sea exploration, the vessel mysteriously lost control and was wrecked upon impact. As the crew attempted to escape, they were startled by the sight of a gigantic eye. Is this an illusion generated by the crew members while being in the depths of the sea, or is there truly such a massive unidentified creature living in the deep sea? The X Exploration Special Ops Team is dispatched to the scene to investigate the truth.

These two volumes constitute the revised selected papers of the 6th International Conference, CSEI 2024, held in Haikou, China, during November 1–3, 2024.The 51 full papers included in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 171 submissions. They cover a wide range of areas related to educational information science and technology, educational informatization and big data for education, innovative application for the deeper integration of education practice and info...

These two volumes constitute the revised selected papers of the 6th International Conference, CSEI 2024, held in Haikou, China, during November 1–3, 2024.The 51 full papers included in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 171 submissions. They cover a wide range of areas related to educational information science and technology, educational informatization and big data for education, innovative application for the deeper integration of education practice and info...

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the National Conference of Theoretical Computer Science, NCTCS 2018, held in Shanghai, China, in October 2018. The 11 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 31 submissions. They present relevant trends of current research in the area of algorithms and complexity, software theory and method, data science and machine learning theory.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the Third International Conference on Science of Cyber Security, SciSec 2021, held in Shanghai, China, in August 2021.The 17 full papers and 5 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions.These papers cover the following subjects: Cyber Security, Detection, Machine Learning and much more.