Since 1948 when the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, all students have been declared the right to education. The rights of disabled students have not been explicitly addressed, however, and each country has developed their own rules and regulations. Although similarities exist among the different countries, differences are evident, especially in both the extent and acknowledgment of these rights.The Legal Rights of Students with Disabilities: In...

This book examines recent research on designing online charging and discharging strategies for mobile electric vehicles (EVs) in smart grid. First, the architecture and applications are provided. Then, the authors review the existing works on charging and discharging strategy design for EVs. Critical challenges and research problems are identified. Promising solutions are proposed to accommodate the issues of high EV mobility, vehicle range anxiety, and power systems overload.The a...

This book presents the concerns, concepts and methodologies of Ecological Discourse Analysis (EDA) based on the shared positions and practices of previous undertakings of discourse analysis. EDA is regarded as an emerging paradigm in discourse studies which undertakes ecologically motivated study of discourses that influences ecological relations.The authors propose a multifaceted ecosophy that incorporates Chinese ethical and philosophical traditions and ecological...

The first English-language anthology of its kind, Red Is Not the Only Color offers a window into the uncharted terrain of intimate relations between Chinese women. As urban China has undergone rapid transformation, same-sex relations have emerged as a significant, if previously neglected, touchstone for the exploration of the meaning of social change. The short fiction in this volume highlights tensions between tradition and modernization, family and state, art and commerce, love ...

Reliability Engineering and the Application of CNC Machine Tools discusses the basic theory of reliability, reliability design, reliability-driven product manufacturing support technology, reliability management technology, factor analysis and the control of reliability engineering, and the implementation of reliability systems in NC machine tools. The book provides many practical case studies and experience summaries of CNC machine tool reliability engineering; these provide valuable lear...

Since 2006, Clarkesworld Magazine has been entertaining science fiction and fantasy fans with their brand of unique science fiction and fantasy stories. Collected here are all of the stories this Hugo Award-winning magazine published during the first half of their ninth year. Includes stories by Aliette de Bodard, Naomi Kritzer, Ken Liu, Robert Reed, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Catherynne M. Valente, Kij Johnson, Jay Lake, Matthew Kressel, Rich Larson, and many more!

Tackle the most challenging problems in science and engineering with these cutting-edge algorithmsMulti-objective optimization problems (MOPs) are those in which more than one objective needs to be optimized simultaneously. As a ubiquitous component of research and engineering projects, these problems are notoriously challenging. In recent years, evolutionary algorithms (EAs) have shown significant promise in their ability to solve MOPs, but challenges remain at th...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction, articles, interviews and art. Our April 2025 issue (#223) contains:Fiction* "Through These Moments, Darkly" by Samantha Murray* "The Seed" by Sheri Singerling* "Aegiopolis Testudo" by Gordon Li* "Still Water" by Zhang Ran* "Symbiotic" by Carolyn Zhao* "In My Country" by Thomas Ha* "An Even Greater Col...

The recent heritage boom in China is transforming local social, economic, and cultural life and reshaping domestic and global notions of China's national identity. Based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork conducted largely by young anthropologists in China, Grassroots Values and Local Cultural Heritage in China departs from the dominant top-down UNESCO-influenced narrative of cultural heritage preservation and approaches the local not as a fixed definition of place but as a shifting site ...

The Go-To Reference for Acquisition of Neurosurgical Operative KnowledgeTraditional learning methods and static didactics are no longer sufficient in an era of rapidly advancing surgical tools and increasingly complex operative approaches. Operative Fundamentals in Neurological Surgery edited by Nitin Agarwal, Hanna N. Algattas, Edward G. Andrews, Kamil W. Nowicki, and Xiaoran Zhang fills a gap in the literature. The book provides a unique compilation of n...

The rise of Android malware poses a significant threat to users’ information security and privacy. Malicious software can inflict severe harm on users by employing various tactics, including deception, personal information theft, and device control. To address this issue, both academia and industry are continually engaged in research and development efforts focused on detecting and countering Android malware.This book is a comprehensive academic monograph crafted against this backd...

The Go-to Reference for Acquisition of Neurosurgical Operative KnowledgeTraditional learning methods and static didactics are no longer sufficient in an era of rapidly advancing surgical tools and increasingly complex operative approaches. Operative Fundamentals in Neurological Surgery edited by Nitin Agarwal, Hanna N. Algattas, Edward G. Andrews, Kamil W. Nowicki, and Xiaoran Zhang fills a gap in the literature. The book provides a unique compilation of n...