This book explores metonymic patterns in Li Bai's poetry from a cognitive poetic perspective **and offers new insights into the use of metonymies in poetry more widely.**Focusing more specifically on Annotations to the Annals of the Complete Collection of Li Bai compiled by A Qi, it sheds light on the poetic style of one of the most celebrated poets of China's Tang Dynasty (610-907 AD).Adopting corpus-based and introspection methods, this book builds a met...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th CCF China Blockchain Summit on Blockchain Technology and Application, CBCC 2025, held in Shanghai, China, during December 18–21, 2025.The 26 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 102 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Blockchain Privacy Protection; Blockchain Data and Behavior Analysis; Blockchain Technology Innovation and Applications; Smart Contract; Block...

Using the implementation of a deep learning framework as an example, C++ Template Metaprogramming in Practice: A Deep Learning Framework explains the application of metaprogramming in a relatively large project and emphasizes ways to optimize systems performance. The book is suitable for developers with a basic knowledge of C++. Developers familiar with mainstream deep learning frameworks can also refer to this book to compare the differences between the deep learning fram...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the Second China Conference on Networking, CCF ChinaNet 2025, which took place in Shenyang, China, during September 12-14, 2025.The 13 full papers included in the book were carefully reviewed and selected from 102 submissions. They deal with networking technologies such as cloud computing; mobile and network security; computer engineering and networks; etc. The theme of this year's conference was “Integrating Industry, Search, and Innovation...

Intelligent Railway Alignment Design offers a comprehensive exploration of intelligent railway alignment optimization. The book considers a variety of critical topics, starting with the optimal selection of key technical standards for railway design and then introduces the comprehensive geographic information model. The methods for evaluating the suitability of the railway alignment based on the comprehensive geographic information model are discussed, together with economic optimization m...

This sixth volume of the book series applies finite injury priority method to R-calculi and obtain (in)completeness theorem for binary-valued, Post three-valued, B2^2-valued and L4-valued first-order logics, and extend the method to infinite injury priority method and 0"-method for default logic to produce pseudo-extensions of a default theory, corresponding to different R-calculi. Finite injury priority method and tree constructions are discussed in this book. This book offers a ...

A 400-million-year journey through the surprising history of Earth's most ancient plants.Ferns are the most remarkable of plants, both complex and beautiful. Among Earth's most ancient plants, their story reveals much about our planet's history. Ferns embarks on an exhilarating 400-million-year journey through the world of these astounding plants. It explores how ferns first evolved, how they continuously adapted to their environment and survived every mass extinct...

This book will employ physical modeling and mathematical derivation to develop an analytical theory for electromagnetic metasurface, which aims to deepen physical mechanisms and lays a solid theoretical foundation for further research on metasurfaces. Firstly, the book presents the general description of metasurface boundary conditions and key calculation methods, Secondly, the book develops the network transmission theory for multi-layer metasurface structures, yielding mathematical model...

Employing the intellectual migration analytical framework, this book examines the dynamics of student and professional migration. Intellectual migration encompasses a spectrum where higher education students and professionals at various life stages move to pursue intellectual credentials that can promote career development. Besides exploring the link between internal and international migration, chapters in this book investigate how key notions of the intellectual migration framework — int...

Nanomedicine is an emerging and rapidly evolving field, which could significantly help in early disease diagnosis, therapeutic improvement, novel therapeutic modality development, and medical expenditure reduction. The challenge remains, however, that the specially designed and carefully synthesized nanomedicines function poorly in animal verification despite great performance in vitro. A deeper understanding of the physicochemical properties of nanomedicine is the key.This book ap...

Does the language we speak affect the way we think? This Element provides a synthesis of contemporary research on the interplay between language and cognition in speakers of two or more languages and examines variables deemed to impact bilingual acquisition and conceptualization of language-specific thinking patterns during L2 learning. An overview of different yet interrelated studies is offered across a variety of conceptual domains to illustrate different approaches and key variables. T...

This book series consists of two parts, decidable description logics and undecidable description logics. It gives the R-calculi for description logics. This book offers a rich blend of theory and practice. It is suitable for students, researchers and practitioners in the field of logic.