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Special Topics in Quantum Optics
by Weiping Zhang Zeng-Bing ChenThis book highlights quantum optics technologies that can revolutionize the way we encode, store, transmit, and handle information. These technologies can help us overcome bottlenecks in classical physics-based information technology in information transmission capacity, computing speed, and information security. The book provides readers with new perspectives on potential applications of the quantum theory. Besides, the book summaries the research advances in quantum optics and atom optics, including manipulation and construction of the quantum states of photons and even atoms, molecules, and matter at the quantum level, and new phenomena and technologies brought about by the interactions between photons and the quantum states of matter. The book provides extensive and thoroughly exhaustive coverage of quantum optics. It is suitable for researchers and graduate students of optical physics and quantum optics.
Chinese Conceptions of Democratic Education: Ethnographic Insights and Classroom Practice (Critical Global Citizenship Education)
by Wenchao ZhangThis book draws on a rich ethnographic study to examine Chinese democracy and its practices in democratic education.As the first book to interrogate practices of democratic education from an insider perspective, it offers a unique model of Chinese democratic education based in school practices. It illuminates connections between the school practices of Chinese democratic education, the Chinese democratic system and the effects of globalizations. As such, it analyses the particular ways in which educators can and must balance global needs and local cultures. Ultimately arguing that comprehension of Chinese democracy and its educational practices should take root in the specific social and cultural context in which it was developed, it advocates that a more comprehensive understanding of democracy and democratic education can be achieved. Building on this premise, it outlines ways to guide enhanced critical analysis and cultivate mutual cultural respect, thereby contributing to the pursuit of a more peaceful world. Drawing on rich and detailed narratives, dialogue, observation, and reflexivity, the author successfully situates the Chinese experience within a global landscape and challenges the mainstream understanding of democracy on the global stage.Promoting tolerance of other cultures and opening up new ways of thinking from a globally diverse perspective, it will appeal to researchers, postgraduate students and educators with interests in global citizenship education, social studies education, democracy, and international education.
Fundamentals of Order and Rank Statistics
by Wenyi Zhang Seungwon Lee Iickho Song So Ryoung ParkThis book is devoted to the fundamentals of order and rank statistics. Primarily focusing on theoretical properties, it also discusses practical aspects, including interesting applications of step and impulse functions for the distribution of random variables, magnitudes, and signs. New concepts are introduced, such as independent and semi-identically distributed random vectors and probability density-mass functions. This book also presents an investigation of relative magnitudes in order statistics, and of correlation coefficients among signs, ranks, and magnitudes. The basic concepts are described in clear terms, and step-by-step details are provided for most of the presented mathematical results. The exposition is accompanied by numerous examples and more than 100 exercises, for which a complete solution manual is available. Providing a useful reference, and requiring only a basic understanding of probability and random variables, the book will appeal to a wide readership.
The 37th Annual Conference on Power System and Automation in Chinese Universities (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering #1030)
by Xiao-Ping Zhang Yi Ding Pingliang Zeng Vladimir Terzija Yunxia LuoThis book includes original, peer-reviewed research papers from the 37th Annual Conference of Power System and Automation in Chinese Universities (CUS-EPSA), held in Hangzhou, China on October 23-25, 2022. These papers cover topics as Evolution and development path of the power system, Resilience assessment, analysis and planning of power system, Power system planning and reliability, Modelling and simulation of novel power system, Power electronic for power system stability analysis, Power system relay protection and automation and so on. The papers included in this proceedings share the latest research results and practical application examples on the methodologies and algorithms in these areas, which makes the book a valuable reference for researchers, engineers, and university students.
Android Malware Detection and Adversarial Methods
by Xiaosong Zhang Weina Niu Ran Yan Jiacheng GongThe 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 backdrop. The publication meticulously explores the background, methods, adversarial approaches, and future trends related to Android malware. It is organized into four parts: the overview of Android malware detection, the general Android malware detection method, the adversarial method for Android malware detection, and the future trends of Android malware detection. Within these sections, the book elucidates associated issues, principles, and highlights notable research. By engaging with this book, readers will gain not only a global perspective on Android malware detection and adversarial methods but also a detailed understanding of the taxonomy and general methods outlined in each part. The publication illustrates both the overarching model and representative academic work, facilitating a profound comprehension of Android malware detection.
Government Anti-Corruption Strategies: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
by Yahong Zhang Cecilia LavenaThis book is designed to help students, researchers, and practitioners understand public corruption and anti-corruption practices from an international perspective. It describes the problems governments face in dealing with public corruption, outlines strategies that have and have not been implemented by the government, and explains why some countries have achieved great success with handling corruption and why others still struggle to do so. It contains useful knowledge about public corruption and strategic approaches to preventing, reducing, and combating corruption.
Game Theory for Wireless Communications and Networking (Wireless Networks And Mobile Communications Ser.)
by Yan Zhang Mohsen GuizaniThis comprehensive technical guide explains game theory basics, architectures, protocols, security, models, open research issues, and cutting-edge advances and applications. Describing how to employ game theory in infrastructure-based wireless networks and multihop networks to reduce power consumption, it facilitates quick and easy reference to related optimization and algorithm methodologies. The book explains how to apply the game theoretic model to address resource allocation, congestion control, attacks, routing, energy management, packet forwarding, and MAC.
Application of Big Data, Blockchain, and Internet of Things for Education Informatization: Third EAI International Conference, BigIoT-EDU 2023, August 29-31, 2023, Liuzhou, China, Proceedings, Part II (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering #581)
by Yinjun Zhang Nazir ShahThe five-volume set LNICST 580-584 constitutes the proceedings of the Third EAI International Conference on Application of Big Data, Blockchain, and Internet of Things for Education Informatization, BigIoT-EDU 2023, held in Liuzhou, China, during August 29–31, 2023. The 272 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 718 submissions. With a primary focus on research fields such as Digitization of education, Smart classrooms and Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs), these papers are organized in the following topical sections across the five volumes: Part I: Application of data mining in smart education; Application of intelligent algorithms in English teaching. Part II: Application of decision tree algorithm in intelligent management system of universities; Research on the application of Big data in smart teaching. Part III: Exploration of the application of computer-aided technology in intelligent translation; Application of neural network algorithms in intelligent teaching; Application of artificial intelligence algorithms in the field of smart education. Part IV: Research on smart teaching in deep learning; Research and application of recommendation algorithms in personalized intelligent education; Application of cloud computing in intelligent teaching resource library; Application research of computer-aided online intelligent teaching. Part V: Application and practice of new media in smart teaching; Application of clustering algorithm in intelligent education resource library; Application of association rule algorithm in intelligent education system.
Multimedia Technology and Enhanced Learning: 5th EAI International Conference, ICMTEL 2023, Leicester, UK, April 28-29, 2023, Proceedings, Part I (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering #532)
by Yu-Dong Zhang Bing Wang Zuojin Hu Xianwei JiangThe four-volume set LNICST 532, 533, 534 and 535 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th EAI International Conference on Multimedia Technology and Enhanced Learning, ICMTEL 2023, held in Leicester, UK, during April 28-29, 2023.The 121 papers presented in the proceedings set were carefully reviewed and selected from 285 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: AI-based education and learning systems; medical and healthcare; computer vision and image processing; data mining and machine learning; workshop 1: AI-based data processing, intelligent control and their applications; workshop 2: intelligent application in education; and workshop 3: the control and data fusion for intelligent systems.
3D Computer Vision: Foundations and Advanced Methodologies
by Yu-Jin ZhangThis book offers a comprehensive and unbiased introduction to 3D Computer Vision, ranging from its foundations and essential principles to advanced methodologies and technologies. Divided into 11 chapters, it covers the main workflow of 3D computer vision as follows: camera imaging and calibration models; various modes and means of 3D image acquisition; binocular, trinocular and multi-ocular stereo vision matching techniques; monocular single-image and multi-image scene restoration methods; point cloud data processing and modeling; simultaneous location and mapping; generalized image and scene matching; and understanding spatial-temporal behavior. Each topic is addressed in a uniform manner: the dedicated chapter first covers the essential concepts and basic principles before presenting a selection of typical, specific methods and practical techniques. In turn, it introduces readers to the most important recent developments, especially in the last three years. This approachallows them to quickly familiarize themselves with the subject, implement the techniques discussed, and design or improve their own methods for specific applications. The book can be used as a textbook for graduate courses in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, data science, and related subjects. It also offers a valuable reference guide for researchers and practitioners alike.
Quality Control of Chinese Medicines: Strategies and Methods
by Jing Zhao Shaoping LiThis book focuses on the strategies and methods for quality control of Chinese medicines used in prevention and treatment of diseases for thousands of years in China and East Asia. It explains various strategies and methods for quality markers discovery and herbal glycoanalysis, as well as practices for control of heavy metal and pesticide residues. Strategies to overcome the shortage of reference compounds for quality control of Chinese medicines are also provided. The book also introduces analytical techniques for different analytes in Chinese medicines with an emphasis on sample preparation in automation and high extraction efficiency methods, the key process affecting the time and accuracy of the techniques. It is of interest to quality control scientists in academia and industry working on Chinese medicines and/or herbal medicine and also pharmacists, pharmacologists, food chemists, and nutritionists who want to understand Chinese medicines.
Berry Fruit: Value-Added Products for Health Promotion (ISSN)
by Yanyun ZhaoValued for its unique flavors, textures, and colors, berry fruit is a rapidly-growing crop that provides significant health benefits due to its many bioactive components. Berry Fruit: Value-Added Products for Health Promotion provides an understanding of the functional chemicals, shelf-life and microbial safety concerns, and applications in the food industry. Written by international experts, each chapter presents scientific background, research results, critical reviews of relevant issues, and case studies. Chapters include worldwide production information, bioactive food constituents and their potential health benefits, methods of enhancing food quality, and potential uses of berry processing by-products.
Air Curtains for Buildings and Industrial Processes (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology)
by Alexander Zhivov Andrey StronginThis book is based on several decades of authors’ research and practical experience in the areas of industrial and commercial buildings ventilation and energy efficiency as well as in process optimization in different types of industrial facilities. The Book discusses different types of air curtains used around the world and describes design, applications, pros and cons and examples for each type of air curtain. The book is illustrated with schematics of air curtains and pictures from their real-life implementation from around-the -world. To compare various design of air curtains, authors propose several indicators/efficiency criteria, which address effectiveness of air curtains, their energy and performance efficiency. The target audience for this book are energy and process engineers and designers of large commercial and industrial facilities, warehouses, and hangars.
Digital Multimedia Communications: 20th International Forum on Digital TV and Wireless Multimedia Communications, IFTC 2023, Beijing, China, December 21–22, 2023, Revised Selected Papers, Part II (Communications in Computer and Information Science #2067)
by Jun Zhou Xiaokang Yang Guangtao Zhai Ping An Hua Yang Long YeThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Forum on Digital Multimedia Communication, IFTC 2023, held in Beijing, China, December 21–22, 2023. The 57 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 150 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: CCIS 2066: Image Processing, Media Computing, Metaverse and Virtual Reality, and Multimedia Communication. CCIS 2067: Quality Assessment, Source Coding, and Application of AI.
Digital Multimedia Communications: 20th International Forum on Digital TV and Wireless Multimedia Communications, IFTC 2023, Beijing, China, December 21–22, 2023, Revised Selected Papers, Part I (Communications in Computer and Information Science #2066)
by Jun Zhou Xiaokang Yang Guangtao Zhai Ping An Hua Yang Long YeThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Forum on Digital Multimedia Communication, IFTC 2023, held in Beijing, China, December 21–22, 2023. The 57 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 150 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: CCIS 2066: Image Processing, Media Computing, Metaverse and Virtual Reality, and Multimedia Communication. CCIS 2067: Quality Assessment, Source Coding, and Application of AI.
Monitoring and Early Warning Technologies on Karst Lands: Surface Collapse and Groundwater Contamination (Advances in Karst Science)
by Wanfang Zhou Mingtang Lei Xiaozhen Jiang Jianling Dai Xiao Ma Fubiao Zhou Zongyuan PanThis book compiles a broad range of monitoring and early warning technologies focused on high-resolution in-situ water quality parameters at springs and monitoring wells. The surface collapses often cause severe damage to infrastructures, properties, and loss of lives, whereas contaminated groundwater poses risks to human health and the environment. Collapses are critical in karst systems, sparsing a seventh of Earth’s land surface. Karsts are also very relevant for drinking water, yet karst represents a fourth of global drinking water. Mitigating collapses and contaminated groundwater in karst aquifers can be complicated and costly. These parameters detect hydrodynamics, internal soil erosion, and ground deformation changes as karst collapse and pollution proxies. This book represents the most comprehensive overview of decades of research on karst collapse and groundwater contamination. This book is of interest to researchers and policymakers.
Blockchain Technology and Application: 6th CCF China Blockchain Summit, CBCS 2023, Haikou, China, December 15–18, 2023, Revised Selected Papers (Communications in Computer and Information Science #2098)
by Jianming Zhu Xianhua Song Zeguang Lu Yong Ding Qianhong WuThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th CCF China Blockchain Summit, CBCS 2023, held in Haikou, China, in December 2023. The 13 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 72 submissions. The papers deal with research results and development activities in all aspects of blockchain science and technology.
MAC Protocol Design in Full-Duplex Enabled Wireless Networks (Wireless Networks)
by Weihua Zhuang Ning Zhang Wen Wu Liqun Fu Shengbo LiuThis book thoroughly examines the design of full-duplex medium access control (MAC) protocols in wireless networks. It is organized into three main sections: (a) Fundamentals and preliminaries of full-duplex communications, (b) A comprehensive review of the existing full-duplex MAC protocols, and (c) Designs of full-duplex MAC protocols in three typical wireless networks, i.e., wireless local access networks (WLANs), multi-hop networks and millimeter-wave networks. Also, the authors extensively address key challenges in these three wireless full-duplex networks, such as the hidden-node problem, accumulative interference, and deafness and blockage problems. Solutions to these challenges are meticulously devised to enhance the overall network performance. The wireless full-duplex communication technique, facilitating simultaneous transmission and reception within the same frequency band, holds immense potential for enhancing spectrum efficiency and network capacity. It emerges as a pivotal technology in the sixth-generation (6G) networks. This book provides a comprehensive review and in-depth exploration of full-duplex MAC design across various networks, encompassing WLANs, multi-hop networks, and millimeter-wave networks. Acknowledging the challenges faced by full-duplex WLANs, particularly the hidden-node problem, it also introduces a pioneering hidden-node-free design and a MAC protocol design, which features a full-duplex enhanced carrier-sensing mechanism. Addressing the need to augment end-to-end throughput in multi-hop networks employing full-duplex relaying, the authors present an analytical model for end-to-end throughput and propose a multi-hop full-duplex MAC protocol designed to optimize network performance. Furthermore, the exploration extends to full-duplex millimeter-wave networks, delving into issues of deafness and blockage. A directional full-duplex MAC protocol is introduced to enhance network capacity and mitigate blockage problems. This book concludes by outlining prospective research directions within the related fields of study and offers valuable insights for future exploration. This book targets researchers and advanced level students in computer science and electrical engineering. It also caters to professionals engaged in the fields of wireless networks, full-duplex system, protocol design, and network optimization will also buy this book.
Language after Heidegger (Studies in Continental Thought)
by Krzysztof ZiarekWorking from newly available texts in Heidegger's Complete Works, Krzysztof Ziarek presents Heidegger at his most radical and demonstrates how the thinker's daring use of language is an integral part of his philosophical expression. Ziarek emphasizes the liberating potential of language as an event that discloses being and amplifies Heidegger's call for a transformative approach to poetry, power, and ultimately, philosophy.
Sports and Human Rights (Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Rights #10)
by Andreas R. Ziegler Sophie Weerts Véronique BoilletBased on a series of themes and case studies, this book aims to illustrate the impact of sports policies and practices on individuals and their identities, and to analyze the potential solutions offered by International human rights law (IHRL) for these infringements. It bridges the gap between IHRL and sports studies, and will be useful to scholars in both fields, especially those unfamiliar with each other’s work. Furthermore, by investigating the context of sport and its governance, this collection offers a series of valuable insights, enabling the development of an interpretation of ‘law in context’ for legal scholars in the field of human rights. As the governance and regulation of sport are seen as illustrations of other forms of normativity, this book also contributes to the conversation about the transnational dimension of law and legal orders. In this respect, it illustrates that normative autonomy in the field of sport, associated with the idea of lex sportiva, tends to be relative regarding IHRL. The sporting environment is not disconnected from major contemporary social issues: it constitutes a public space in which injustices can be denounced, but also the theater in which prejudices are perpetuated against various parties, such as athletes or workers. IHRL commonly addresses attacks on individual dignity and social justice issues by guaranteeing rights to individuals and offering them protection mechanisms. In this context, can IHRL solve the problems encountered in the sporting environment? This is the question that animates this volume. This is an open access book.
The Yeshiva and the Rise of Modern Hebrew Literature (Jews in Eastern Europe)
by Marina ZilbergertsThe Yeshiva and the Rise of Modern Hebrew Literature argues that the institution of the yeshiva and its ideals of Jewish textual study played a seminal role in the resurgence of Hebrew literature in modern times. Departing from the conventional interpretation of the origins of Hebrew literature in secular culture, Marina Zilbergerts points to the practices and metaphysics of Talmud study as its essential animating forces. Focusing on the early works and personal histories of founding figures of Hebrew literature, from Moshe Leib Lilienblum to Chaim Nachman Bialik, The Yeshiva and the Rise of Modern Hebrew Literature reveals the lasting engagement of modern Jewish letters with the hallowed tradition of rabbinic learning.
A Planet of Viruses: Third Edition
by Carl ZimmerIn 2020, an invisible germ—a virus—wholly upended our lives. We’re most familiar with the viruses that give us colds or Covid-19. But viruses also cause a vast range of other diseases, including one disorder that makes people sprout branch-like growths as if they were trees. Viruses have been a part of our lives for so long that we are actually part virus: the human genome contains more DNA from viruses than our own genes. Meanwhile, scientists are discovering viruses everywhere they look: in the soil, in the ocean, even in deep caves miles underground. Fully revised and updated, with new illustrations and a new chapter about coronaviruses and the spread of Covid-19, this third edition of Carl Zimmer’s A Planet of Viruses pulls back the veil on this hidden world. It presents the latest research on how viruses hold sway over our lives and our biosphere, how viruses helped give rise to the first life-forms, how viruses are producing new diseases, how we can harness viruses for our own ends, and how viruses will continue to control our fate as long as life endures.
Group Actions in Ergodic Theory, Geometry, and Topology: Selected Papers
by Robert J. ZimmerRobert J. Zimmer is best known in mathematics for the highly influential conjectures and program that bear his name. Group Actions in Ergodic Theory, Geometry, and Topology: Selected Papers brings together some of the most significant writings by Zimmer, which lay out his program and contextualize his work over the course of his career. Zimmer’s body of work is remarkable in that it involves methods from a variety of mathematical disciplines, such as Lie theory, differential geometry, ergodic theory and dynamical systems, arithmetic groups, and topology, and at the same time offers a unifying perspective. After arriving at the University of Chicago in 1977, Zimmer extended his earlier research on ergodic group actions to prove his cocycle superrigidity theorem which proved to be a pivotal point in articulating and developing his program. Zimmer’s ideas opened the door to many others, and they continue to be actively employed in many domains related to group actions in ergodic theory, geometry, and topology. In addition to the selected papers themselves, this volume opens with a foreword by David Fisher, Alexander Lubotzky, and Gregory Margulis, as well as a substantial introductory essay by Zimmer recounting the course of his career in mathematics. The volume closes with an afterword by Fisher on the most recent developments around the Zimmer program.
Journey: A Novel
by Andrew ZimmermanFor fans of Mitch Albom, Paulo Coelho, and Elizabeth Gilbert, Journey is a novel of magical realism that takes the reader from the NYC high-tech corporate world to the mystical city of Glastonbury, England. Amazon’s #1 New Release for metaphysical fiction in 2020, Journey is a tale of both spiritual and emotional awakening. In his effort to be the next CEO of Ascendant, a New York-based tech giant, Paul Moore neglects everything―his family and himself―in his race to the top. But a trip to Glastonbury, England changes everything. A complete counterpoint to Paul’s corporate day job, Glastonbury is a spiritual Disneyworld, catering to would-be witches, goddesses, druids, fairies, neopagans, and burned-out hippies. Exploring the city, Paul is drawn to the energy of a nearby hill―Tor―said to be the mythical Isle of Avalon of Arthurian lore. At Tor, Paul meets a beautiful soul reader, Christine, who plants the seeds that turn his life upside down. Returning home, Mary, Paul’s wife, sees the changes in him and is both scared and intrigued as she watches him struggle to navigate between the business and spiritual worlds. When a series of synchronistic events pull Paul to return to Glastonbury and Christine, Mary reluctantly agrees to share his journey back. They depart, both unaware that their lives will never be the same. Journey is a story inspired by real events. Part of a planned trilogy.