In the field of biomedical engineering, the micro-grinding of materials is critical for precision and biocompatibility. Understanding the heat transfer mechanisms and temperature field models during minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) micro-grinding is essential for optimizing performance and ensuring the integrity of sensitive biomedical materials. Heat generation can directly impact the quality and precision of the grinding process, affecting tool wear, surface finish, and material proper...

This book is a progressive exposition on Halliday's academic thought and its origins by the renowned linguist Hu Zhuanglin, based on 30 years of research. The first part, "Chinese Origin," introduces readers to the author's gradual understanding that Halliday's academic thought mainly came from Chinese scholars such as Wang Li, Luo Changpei, and Gao Mingkai. In 1980s, Halliday and his students introduced the theory of Systemic Functional Linguistics into the foreign language and linguistic...

This book provides research-based approaches and classroom strategies for frontline teachers and practitioners, to aid them in formulating actionable approaches to develop student assessment literacy (SAL) in school and higher education sectors. This book helps readers to:Understand the concept of SAL and its significant role in assisting students’ achievements of desirable learning goalsDesign and implement supportive classroom strategies for inducting students to ...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Network and System Security, NSS 2021, held in Tianjin, China, on October 23, 2021.The 16 full and 8 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 62 submissions. They focus on theoretical and practical aspects of network and system security, such as authentication, access control, availability, integrity, privacy, confidentiality, dependability and sustainability ...

While renewable energy is vital to ensuring a sustainable power grid, it is highly variable and unpredictable, and electricity generation from renewables is usually small and distributed compared to traditional power generation. Energy storage is attracting attention as an effective approach to addressing the variable nature of renewable energy, as its implementation can improve grid stability, reliability, and resilience. This book focuses on the fundamentals, advances, and applications o...

In this book, we put forward a holistic conceptual framework for implementing Scholarship of Learning and Teaching (SoLT) in higher education. Unlike previous SoLT studies, which usually focus on a specific aspect, here various aspects are integrated into a holistic framework. Further, it identifies three main stakeholders, namely, the higher education institution, teaching staff, and students. These stakeholders are in turn connected by four interlocking themes: staff professional develop...

The world’s largest economies have set clear development plans for hydrogen energy. From an Economy, Energy, and Environment (3E) point of view, hydrogen energy can be considered an ideal technology for enabling the energy transition from fossil fuels, restructuring energy systems, securing national energy sources, accelerating carbon neutralization, and driving the development of technologies and industry.Green hydrogen production by water electrolysis is the key for hydrogen ener...

March is one such hunter, tracking the Ill from town to town to find the antiques that contain the demons before they can possess anyone. If the worst has come to pass, March's full powers are unleashed to battle the fiendish Ill. Born of tragedy, the artifacts all have their own tales to tell, as do each of their victims. But March's story may be the most tragic of all.

The diabolic Lady Janjaghee has captured Rodin and now plans to ensnare March and destroy everything she loves. Jake and Belma plunge into the darkness of Lady Janjaghee’s castle to rescue March, but they may have to save her from herself—if March allows her love for Rodin to overwhelm her, the Ill inside her will devour her soul. But tapping the evil force in her heart may be the only way for March to defeat Lady Janjaghee!

Many are the forms of the Ill and diverse are their machinations. Friendship can indeed motivate some Ill to acts of malice or misguided affection, and love can lead to strange fates. March learns that the only thing you can count on when facing the Ill is that no two are alike, especially when it comes down to how to deal with them! Then a petty theft in Rodin’s shop leads to Jake reminiscing about her youth and the tragic loss that led her to become a Ciste Vihad!

Among the quiet villages and towns of 18th century Europe, demons known as the Ill hide within the most beautiful works of art, sparked to life by the torment of their creators. Attracted by their jewel-like allure, the unwary find themselves possessed by the Ill and driven to horrific acts of violence. Only the hunters of the Ciste Vihad can dispel the Ill.

Working out of Rodin's antique shop, March and the powerful yet compassionate Ciste Vihad Jake travel the land purging the Ill wherever they find them. Although some types of Ill may possess a tragic innocence, even these misunderstood beings can cause problems only the Ciste Vihad can solve. Even so, the most terrifying Ill are spawned within the darkest depths of human wickedness, and it will take all of March's strength to face them.