Chinese president Xi Jinping is most famously associated with his “Chinese Dream” campaign, envisioning a great rejuvenation of the nation. Many observers, though, view China’s pursuit of this dream as alarming. They see a global power ready to abandon its low-profile diplomacy and eager to throw its weight around.Red Chamber, World Dream represents an interdisciplinary effort of deciphering the Chinese Dream and its global impact. Jing Sun employs methods from political s...

This tutorial-style presentation of the fundamental techniques and algorithms in adaptive control is designed to meet the needs of a wide audience without sacrificing mathematical depth or rigor. The text explores the design, analysis, and application of a wide variety of algorithms that can be used to manage dynamical systems with unknown parameters. Topics include models for dynamic systems, stability, online parameter estimation, parameter identifiers, model reference adaptive control, ...

Viral Hepatitis Elimination in Asia and the Pacific: On the Path of Worldwide Treatment documents the narratives, innovations, and scope of work in the Asia-Pacific region in starting, consolidating, and moving towards the elimination of viral hepatitis. The Asia-Pacific region is disproportionately affected by viral hepatitis, accounting for two-thirds of the global burden. Countries from low-, middle- and high-income economies have adopted different strategies to address combating and el...

This book LNCS 15925 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Sports Analytics, ISACE 2025, held in Shanghai, China, during September 26-27, 2025.The 21 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 57 submissions. These papers explore the frontiers of sports analytics, which is an interdisciplinary field that integrates artificial intelligence, data science, psychology, and smart devices to enhance athletic performance, strategy, and d...

This book accentuates the anatomies involved in spine surgery techniques, from the base of the skull down to the sacrum and the sacroiliac joint. It includes extensive illustrations that cover all major spine surgeries. It also discusses the instrumentations used with different operative approaches. The book features high-resolution pictures of operative dissection, cadaveric specimens, and intraoperative imaging that clearly illustrate the relevant anatomy of various spine surgery procedu...

This book summarizes the reported health benefits of bioactive factors in cereal foods and their potential underlying mechanisms. Focusing on potential mechanisms that contribute to the various effects of bioactive factors on obesity, diabetes and other metabolic diseases, it helps to clarify several dilemmas and encourages further investigations in this field. Intended to promote the consumption of cereal foods or whole cereal foods to reduce the risk of chronic diseases, and to improve d...

This book focuses on the synthetic and overall study of the history of literary theory, history of art or history of literary critics. Firstly, it proves itself a good combination of the history of thoughts of literature as well as thoughts of art. This book manages to break the barrier barring the two categories of literature and art apart by regarding the literature and art as the expressive form of the leading artistic spirit or aesthetic taste of one period. Secondly, the book makes it...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First National Conference on Big Data Technology and Applications, BDTA 2015, held in Harbin, China, in December 2015.The 26 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers address issues such as the storage technology of Big Data; analysis of Big Data and data mining; visualization of Big Data; the parallel computing framework under Big Data; the architecture and basic theory ...

The Smurfs are busy preparing for the village's spring ball. They team up to make Smurfette a princess gown for the ball and work together to build her a special flower carriage. But things don't go as planned… Copyright by Peyo 2022. The audiobook is produced by Storytel Production and published by Storyside 2022.

It's the start of autumn and the Smurfs are preparing for the change in seasons. Meanwhile, Vanity Smurf is on the search for a fresh flower to wear in his hat and accidentally puts on the rude hat that Papa Smurf created a long time ago. He undergoes a change in personality and gets on the nerves of all the Smurfs… Copyright by Peyo 2022. The audiobook is produced by Storytel Production and published by Storyside 2022.

Handy Smurf loves his job but he has an unfulfilled dream – he wants to become a great inventor! He builds a new machine to help repaint the dining hall's roof and the laboratory. But when the birds decide to nest on his machine, things go awry and Handy loses control of the machine… Copyright by Peyo 2022. The audiobook is produced by Storytel Production and published by Storyside 2022.

It's summer vacation and the Smurfs celebrate with a lively performance at the village square. Everyone ignores Brainy Smurf's performance and he leaves for the forest in a huff. He ends up being captured by a woodcutter who sells him to the wicked witch Merulla… Copyright by Peyo 2022. The audiobook is produced by Storytel Production and published by Storyside 2022.