The book tells the story of Chia family, and the traditional ceremonies that accompany marriage, death, and birth. The family's peaceful life is up-ended with the Japanese invasion and the family flees to the countryside. As the country falls into turmoil, the household head, Chia Hao-tz'u is kidnapped. The family's burdens fall on the shoulders of his wife, Tu Hua. After the long war ends, civil war breaks out. The Communists take over the mainland and confiscate the family's property. Tu...

This book introduces readers to the algorithm of Compass & GPS dual-system software receivers, and to the software implementation. It provides detailed descriptions of key theories in the fields of signal processing, communication, control, and signal estimation. The book is based on the author’s extensive experience in GNSS receiver design. The MATLAB script developed for this book demonstrates most of the key theories and equips the reader with excellent tools for practicing them.

"Tea Classic" is the first monograph of the earliest, most complete and most comprehensive introduction of tea in China and the world . It is known as the tea encyclopedia , written by Lu Yu of the Tang Dynasty .This book is about the history, origin, current situation, production technology of tea production, as well as the comprehensive theory of tea drinking techniques and tea ceremony principles. It is an epoch-making tea school monograph, an incisive agronomic book, and a book ...

This six-volume set LNAI 15877-15882 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2025, held in Palermo, Italy, during July 22–26, 2025.The 130 full papers and 129 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 711 submissions.The conference program comprises seven thematic tracks:Track 1: AIED Architectures and ToolsTrack 2: Machine Learning and ...

This six-volume set LNAI 15877-15882 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2025, held in Palermo, Italy, during July 22–26, 2025.The 130 full papers and 129 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 711 submissions.The conference program comprises seven thematic tracks:Track 1: AIED Architectures and ToolsTrack 2: Machine Learning and ...

This six-volume set LNAI 15877-15882 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2025, held in Palermo, Italy, during July 22–26, 2025.The 130 full papers and 129 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 711 submissions.The conference program comprises seven thematic tracks:Track 1: AIED Architectures and ToolsTrack 2: Machine Learning and ...

Many people today are familiar with Indian yoga but the secrets of the Chinese system have never been widely available. TAOIST YOGA offers a comprehensive course, which has passed down through the generations from ancient Chinese masters. Specially written to make its contents accessible to the Westerner, the book explains the mysteries of Taoist spiritual alchemy, which entails many sexual practices to preserve the generative force of the body.

This collection, edited by Jim A. Kuypers, analyzes genres of public communication to examine how the pandemic has impacted specific areas of scholarship within the communication discipline. Contributors begin each chapter by acknowledging the parameters of their sub-discipline and then discussing key elements being affected by the pandemic and pandemic responses. Viewing the pandemic through the eyes of their sub-disciplines, contributors offer unique insights on the effects of the pandem...

With the rapid evolution of wireless communication technologies, emerging applications like autonomous driving, telemedicine, and virtual reality are becoming integral to modern life. These advancements have significantly increased computing demands and coverage requirements, posing challenges for traditional systems and resource-constrained devices. Unmanned aerial vehicle-assisted mobile edge computing (UAV-assisted MEC) offers an innovative solution, enabling rapid deployment of communi...

This book documents timely and systematically marvelous fossils (plants and sporopollen) related to the biggest mass extinction of the Permian–Triassic transition. Numerous beautiful pictures and comprehensive records on the plants of this unique and critical interval of geohistory are presented in this book. It greatly contributes to understanding of the Permian–Triassic plant diversity and evolution. For geologists, it is important to understand the Permian–Triassic crisis, and for stude...

Despite China's desire to make its rapid ascendance in the 21st century as non provocative as possible, the key to ensure China's peaceful rise lies in two-way integration and engagement. A closely integrated China with the rest of the world and China's acceptance of existing international norms and rules may compel China to behave in a more predictable and responsive way. This co-edited book examines China's rising military capacity and the complex feelings its neighbors, such as Taiwan, ...

Over the past few decades there have been major advances in computed tomography (CT) to improve the performance of cardiac imaging. Thanks to the improved scanning speed, power boost tubes, and increased-width detectors, the latest CT technology delivers greater coverage, better spatial and temporal resolution, and functional information on cardiac diseases. Focusing on cardiac CT imaging, this book offers case-based information on cardiac diseases, presents the current technical status, a...