This two volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th EAI International Conference on Communications and Networking, ChinaCom 2019, held in November/December 2019 in Shanghai, China. The 81 papers presented were carefully selected from 162 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on Internet of Things (IoT), antenna, microwave and cellular communication, wireless communications and networking, network and information security, communication QoS, reliability ...

A fully comprehensive introduction to smart grid standards and their applications for developers, consumers and service providersThe critical role of standards for smart grid has already been realized by world-wide governments and industrial organizations. There are hundreds of standards for Smart Grid which have been developed in parallel by different organizations. It is therefore necessary to arrange those standards in such a way that it is easier for r...

“—Are you telling me that it’s an enormous electromagnet?!” In the wake of rescuing the mindcontrolled AnchoR, moments later, Naoto and Marie come to a rude awakening over a crucial element of the behemoth's design: its natural ability to disrupt clockwork technology! Caught between a desperate Tokyo Military and a doomsday weapon stronger than even they anticapted, the two geniuses are facing their greatest crisis yet! The third volume of the gear fantasy by Yuu Kamiya x Tsubaki Himana x ...

This book reports on the results of a survey of 38 major Chinese cities’ public service performances and provides an overview of the development of basic public services in the larger cities. The quality of urban public services is examined from 9 different perspectives: basic healthcare and public health, housing, public transportation, public security, employment and social security, compulsory education, urban environment, culture and sports, and government services. Moreover, a series ...

This book focuses on the performance optimization of fault diagnosis methods for power systems including both model-driven ones, such as the linear parameter varying algorithm, and data-driven ones, such as random matrix theory. Studies on fault diagnosis of power systems have long been the focus of electrical engineers and scientists. Pursuing a holistic approach to improve the accuracy and efficiency of existing methods, the underlying concepts toward several algorithms are introduced an...

This open access book collects eight reports from the specialist committees, presented and discussed at the 22nd International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC 2025) held in Wuxi, China, on September 22–26, 2025. This congress aims to further understand various disciplines underpinning marine structural design, production and operation through internationally collaborative endeavors. It provides a forum to exchange the latest research development in marine structural research fo...

This is an authoritative book that acts as a guide to understanding maize kernel development. Written by a team of experts, it covers topics spanning pre- and post-fertilization events, embryo and endosperm development, grain filling and maturation, and factors influencing crop yield. It explores the significance of maize and other cereal grains, existing hypotheses and research, and important gaps in our knowledge and how we might fill them. This is a valuable resource for researchers of ...

This book provides an analytic description of the converging trend entailed by the technological development related to cinema industries. It is becoming essential for the development of the cinema industry to settle the competition issues raised by the convergence trade. Furthermore, this book tries to define the relationship between the production, distribution and exhibition stages of the cinema industry. In the end, this book explores the impact the latest technology can have on the ov...

This open access book collects the official discussers’ reports and all floor discussions, including the replies by the committees, presented at the 22nd International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC 2025) held in Wuxi, China, on September 22–26, 2025. This congress aims to further understand various disciplines underpinning marine structural design, production and operation through internationally collaborative endeavors. It provides a forum to exchange latest research develop...

The Beauty of Mathematics in Computer Science explains the mathematical fundamentals of information technology products and services we use every day, from Google Web Search to GPS Navigation, and from speech recognition to CDMA mobile services. The book was published in Chinese in 2011 and has sold more than 600,000 copies. Readers were surprised to find that many daily-used IT technologies were so tightly tied to mathematical principles. For example, the automatic classi...

Modern acoustics has blossomed rapidly in the past decades. Beginning as a branch off from the classical physics, modern acoustics has become an interdisciplinary science that has exceeded the boundaries of its origins. As a result, the demand for graduate students, professionals and specialists who need to master the knowledge of acoustics is growing quickly. The primary goal of this publication is to meet this urgent need by providing an updated, comprehensive reference book that educate...

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 13th EAI International Conference on Broadband Communications, Networks, and Systems, Broadnets 2022, which took place in March 2023. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually.The 9 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 23 submissions. The papers are thematically grouped as follows: Mobile Communication Networks; Mobile Software Security; and Algorithm, Model and Applica...