This book introduces the ecological, low-carbon, and sustainable concept of ideal cities from different views. With beliefs and practices of scholars in the past in pursuit of ideal cities, it is written with historical events in the development of low-carbon cities. In this way, activities about carbon peaking and carbon neutrality happening worldwide at present can be shown, and efforts variety countries have paid off can be exhibited. Besides, as for the centralized and the distributed ...

An up-to-date and accurate discussion of spiking neural P systems in time series analysisIn Spiking Neural P Systems for Time Series Analysis, the authors explore the fundamentals and the current states of both spiking neural P systems and time series analysis and examine the application models of time series analysis. You’ll also find walkthroughs of recurrent-like, echo-like, and reservoir computing models for time series prediction.The book cove...

Return was written as a journey of self-discovery for the author. He hopes the reader returns to their true self after finishing this thought-provoking novel. Jun Wang wrote this novel as a response to feeling lied to and cheated by others in society. He would like to show others that they can accomplish God’s work by simply growing up and accepting life’s truths.About the Author:Jun Wang was born in Xu Zhou, China. He was born into a middle-class family and achieved excelle...

Addressing China's critical water challenges demands more than infrastructure alone. It requires intelligent, data-driven hydrological information systems. This book presents a comprehensive framework for modern hydrological monitoring, grounded in a mobile-prioritized, data-automated, emergency-ready operational model. It systematically introduces the latest monitoring technologies and their practical applications across China, covering precipitation, water level, flow, sediment, groundwa...

Airborne Microplastics: Analysis, Fate and Human Health Effects, Volume 105 in the Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors. - Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors - Presents the latest release in the Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry series - Updated release includes the latest information ...

This book shows a panorama of sustainable development practices covering 70 major cities. This book has created the analysis framework of the “New Normal” of China’s economy, demonstrated the features and connotation of the "New Normal", carried out in-depth analysis and systematic study on the connotation and extension of the “New Normal” of China’s economy from ten aspects including growth shift, structural upgrading, innovation drive, regional synergy, moderate inflation, reform bonus, ...

In the Western world, examination of business and finance can often be a dry enterprise. Wang Jun shows, through this extraordinary collection of writings, both the breadth of his world view and the connections which surely exist between the finance, the arts, philosophy and culture. His is a singular voice, which takes the reader beyond the normal realm of finance discourse.—Helen Brand, Chief Executive, ACCAIf China, rapidly becoming one of the world's lea...

Presents a systematic and comprehensive study of hydraulic fracturing, original in its concentration of core soil problemsThere have been a number of well-studied cases in which dams have failed or been damaged by concentrated leaks for no apparent cause. In some of these experiences, investigators concluded that differential settlement cracks were the probable causes, even though no cracks were seen on the surface. In these examples, it was not determined...

Despite the large volume of publications devoted to neural networks, fuzzy logic, and evolutionary programming, few address the applications of computational intelligence in design and manufacturing. Computational Intelligence in Manufacturing Handbook fills this void as it covers the most recent advances in this area and state-of-the-art applicati

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of ICIVIS2023, held in Baoding, China, in August 2023. The papers included in the proceedings have been carefully reviewed and selected from the submitted manuscripts in the areas of image, vision and intelligent systems.This book provides a reference for theoretical innovative problems as well as recent practical solutions and applications for the state-of-the-art results in image, vision and intelligent systems. The intended audience...

This book covers channel coding and modulation technologies in DTTB systems from the general concepts to the detailed analysis and implementation.Covers the Chinese DTTB standard which was announced recently and hasn’t been covered in detailIntroduces the SFN network using the successful implementation of DTMB in Hong Kong as an exampleIntroduces the latest announced systems including the ATSC M/H and DVB-NGH

This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date, and practical introduction to the estimand framework and its application in clinical trials. Since its introduction by the International Council for Harmonisation (ICH) through the E9(R1) guideline in 2019, the estimand framework has led to a significant shift in the design, conduct, analysis, and interpretation of clinical trials. By explicitly aligning trial objectives with the clinical question of interest—and by carefully accounting for i...