“Smoothies for Diabetes Patients" is a comprehensive guidebook that combines mouthwatering flavors, healthy ingredients, and expert knowledge to create a collection of smoothie recipes tailored specifically for individuals with diabetes. With 50 delectable recipes, it offers a wide range of options for breakfast, snacks, and even dessert, making it a must-have resource for anyone seeking to maintain a balanced and enjoyable diet while managing diabetes.Each recipe is thoughtfully d...

Ling Li unveils the often-hidden inner workings of China's Party-state. The Chinese Communist Party has crafted and relied on an integrated regulatory system, where politics and law are fused, to govern both its internal operations and its relations with the state. Drawing on two decades of in-depth research, Li delves into the 'black box' of decision-making in the Party-state, analyzing the motivations and strategies that drive individual and institutional choices in corruption, anti-corr...

This book approaches the nature of Emily Dickinson from a multi-dimensional perspective. It studies nature in Dickinson’s works from five aspects including historical, pictorial, ecocritical, philosophical and nonhuman perspectives, providing a tentative interdisciplinary study to display her charm, so as to promote Dickinson’s studies, and open new ways in this field.

Smart Sensors Networks: Communication Technologies and Intelligent Applications explores the latest sensor and sensor networks techniques and applications, showing how networked wireless sensors are used to monitor and gather intelligence from our surrounding environment. It provides a systematic look at the unique characteristics of wireless sensor networks through their usage in a broad range of areas, including healthcare for the elderly, energy consumption, industrial automation, intel...

Running the gamut from the infamous 'pig butchering' romance con to sophisticated online extortion and investment fraud, Southeast Asia has emerged as the global hub for cybercrime. Based on years of field research, Scam takes an in-depth look at the history and inner dynamics of the region's online scam industry. Revealed are the appalling working conditions - akin to modern slavery - in the hundreds of prisonlike compounds that have mushroomed throughout multiple countries. The ...

Igniting Creativity with Reading Intelligence: The Method that Integrates Art and Technology introduces a practical model for developing creative talent in the digital and AI era.The book outlines how art, design, and technology can be taught together through capability-driven learning, presenting clear educational models, theoretical foundations, and real-world projects across film, animation, game design, and digital media. It also highlights the role of AI and digital tools in m...

In this book, the authors pursue quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods approaches, conducting hundreds of large-scale surveys and in-depth interviews in 679 schools, 67 counties and 13 provinces throughout China. They also conducted longitudinal case studies in five municipalities and provinces to better reflect education reform and development in different education levels or sectors. The authors used national statistical data from the 1970s to 2013, as well as a wealth of first-han...

Cloud computing is becoming the next revolution in the IT industry; providing central storage for internet data and services that have the potential to bring data transmission performance, security and privacy, data deluge, and inefficient architecture to the next level. Enabling the New Era of Cloud Computing: Data Security, Transfer, and Management discusses cloud computing as an emerging technology and its critical role in the IT industry upgrade and economic development in the future. ...

This book includes original, peer-reviewed research papers from the 13th China Academic Conference on Printing and Packaging (CACPP 2022), held in Jinan, China, on November 10-12, 2022. The proceedings cover the recent findings in color science and technology, image processing technology, digital media technology, mechanical and electronic engineering and numerical control, materials and detection, digital process management technology in printing and packaging, and other technologies. As ...

This book explores the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the field of translation. As technology advances, AI-driven tools and methodologies are reshaping traditional translation workflows, redefining the roles of translators, and enhancing both efficiency and accuracy in translation tasks. Through comprehensive analyses and case studies, this book offers valuable insights into how AI is driving innovation in both translation practice and education, fostering a futur...

This book includes original, peer-reviewed research papers from the 16th China Academic Conference on Printing and Packaging (CACPP 2025), held in Xi’an, China on November 13-15, 2025. The proceedings cover the recent findings in color science and technology, image processing technology, communication technology, mechanical and electronic engineering, materials and detection, printing and packaging technology, and so on. As such, the book is of interest to university researchers, R&D engin...

This book focuses on cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X), currently the most promising wireless communication technology for Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V), Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I), Vehicle-to-Pedestrian (V2P), Vehicle-to-Network (V2N) and Vehicle-to-Cloud (V2C) communications. Because of its low latency and high reliability, C-V2X has become an essential enabling technology for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs) and autonomous driving.This book begins by introducing re...