This book constitutes the referred proceedings of the Second International Conference on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, ICPAMI 2025, held in Dalian, China, during August 29–31, 2025.The 23 papers presented here were carefully reviewed and selected from 51 submissions. Their insightful talks covered the applications, challenges, and future directions of Multimodal Foundation and Large Language Models, the frontiers and perspectives in 3D Spatial Video Reconstruction, and...

Contributed by eminent researchers, this unique volume is a collection of papers in the field of structural engineering with a special focus on stability and dynamics.The useful reference text benefits professionals, researchers, academics and graduate students in mechanical engineering and civil engineering.Readership: Researchers, professionals, academics and graduate students in mechanical engineering and civil engineering.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 25th International Conference, The Inclusive Web: Realizing Safe, Accessible, Inclusive, and Sustainable Web Engineering, ICWE 2025, held in Delft, The Netherlands, during June 30–July 3, 2025.The 12 full papers and 8 short papers, 6 (Industry Track); 3 Tutorials; 5 (Posters & Demonstrations); and 5 (PhD Symposium) included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 72 submissions. These papers focus on following topical sect...

Functionally Graded Porous Structures: Applied Methods in Mechanical Performance Evaluation, Machine Learning Aided Analysis, and Additive Manufacturing presents a state-of-the-art review of the latest advances and cutting-edge technologies in this important research field. The book is divided into three key sections. The first section begins with an introduction to functionally graded porous structures and details the effects of graded porosities on bending, buckling, and vibration behavi...

The book focuses on control and communication for demand response with thermostatically controlled loads. This is achieved by providing in-depth study on a number of major topics such as load control, optimization strategies, communication network model, resource allocation methods, system design, implementation, and performance evaluation. Two major cost modeling methods are established in detail, which are cost modeling based on Taguchi Loss Function and cost modeling based on regulation...

Current and Future Application of Artificial Intelligence in ClinicalMedicine presents updateson the application of machine learning and deep learning techniques in medicalprocedures. . Chapters in the volume have been written by outstandingcontributors from cancer and computer science institutes with the goal of providing updated knowledge to the reader. Topics covered in the bookinclude 1) Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in cancer diagnosis and therapy,2) Updates in AI applicat...

Current and Future Application of Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Medicine presents updates on the application of machine learning and deep learning techniques in medical procedures. . Chapters in the volume have been written by outstanding contributors from cancer and computer science institutes with the goal of providing updated knowledge to the reader. Topics covered in the book include 1) Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in cancer diagnosis and therapy, 2) Updates in AI ap...

This book examines the popular, yet puzzling, Chinese saying Nande hutu 难得糊涂 to uncover how the ancient Chinese wisdom of not knowing is constructed, interpreted, practiced and valued in contemporary society.Originating in the calligraphy of Qing-dynasty scholar Zheng Banqiao, Nande hutu translates literally as: “hard to attain muddle-headedness”. Mieke Matthyssen traces the historical development of this saying and related philosophies to reveal a culturally cond...

This book includes peer reviews articles from the First International Conference on Engineering Structures (ICES2024), held at Guangzhou, China, on 8-11 November 2024. The conference is an international multi-disciplinary forum for scientists and engineers to disseminate the latest innovations and achievements, discuss current trends and emerging issues in structural engineering and structural mechanics communities, and promote information exchange within multidisciplinary field. The book ...

China's massive economic restructuring in recent decades has generated alarming incidences of mental disorder affecting over one hundred million people. This timely book provides an anthropological analysis of mental health in China through an exploration of psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy and psychosocial practices, and the role of the State.The book offers a critical study of new characteristics and unique practices of Chinese psychology and cultural tradition, highlighting...

This Springer Brief provides a new approach to prevent user spoofing by using the physical properties associated with wireless transmissions to detect the presence of user spoofing. The most common method, applying cryptographic authentication, requires additional management and computational power that cannot be deployed consistently. The authors present the new approach by offering a summary of the recent research and exploring the benefits and potential challenges of this method. This b...

Since the mid-1990s, as China has downsized and privatized its state-owned enterprises, severe unemployment has created a new class of urban poor and widespread social and psychological disorders. In Unknotting the Heart, Jie Yang examines this understudied group of workers and their experiences of being laid off, "counseled," and then reoriented to the market economy. Using fieldwork from reemployment programs, community psychosocial work, and psychotherapy train...