INTELLIGENT IOT FOR THE DIGITAL WORLDDISCOVER HOW THE INTELLIGENT INTERNET OF THINGS WILL CHANGE THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY IN THE NEXT DECADEIn the digital world, most data and Internet of Things (IoT) services need to be efficiently processed and executed by intelligent algorithms using local or regional computing resources, thus greatly saving and reducing communication bandwidth, end-to-end service delay, long...

This book summarizes recent advances in epoxy vitrimer research, giving thorough discussion of the classification and fabrication of epoxy vitrimers and their composites. Epoxy vitrimers are reversible covalently crosslinked networks with dynamic covalent bonds, combining the excellent mechanical properties of thermosets with the re-processability of thermoplastics. The authors explore and summarize many current and potential applications of epoxy vitrimer composites across the domains of ...

Whip up tasty vegan versions of your favorite Chinese dishesNow you can easily satisfy your cravings for Chinese food while maintaining a plant-based diet. The Vegan Chinese Cookbook offers a wide range of delicious recipes, including both classic plant-based dishes and vegan versions of home and restaurant favorites. You'll be inspired to start preparing mouthwatering dishes immediately with recipes that utilize simple ingredients you can easily find at y...

Wind-induced Vibration of Long Span Suspension Bridges in mountainous areas includes the author's research on such bridges and adopts a combination of on-site measurements, wind tunnel tests, theoretical analyses and numerical calculations to discuss: the characteristics and parameters of the wind environment at bridge sites; the buffeting response of bridges under the effect of winds on bridges in mountainous areas; the vortex response of wide-bodied flat steel box girders; chattering cha...

“Joyously wild stuff. Highly recommended.” —The New York TimesThe Red Threads of Fortune is one of a pair of unique, standalone introductions to Neon Yang's Tensorate Series, which Kate Elliott calls "effortlessly fascinating." For more of the story you can read its twin novella The Black Tides of Heaven, available simultaneously.Fallen prophet, master of the elements, and daughter of the supreme Protector, Sanao Mokoya ha...

The Tensorate Series, which has been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Locus, and Lambda Literary Awards, is an incomparable treasure of modern epic fantasy.Across four novellas, Neon Yang established themself as a fantasist in bold defiance of the limitations of their genre. Available now in a single volume, these four novellas trace the generational decline of an empire and unfurl a world that is rich and strange beyond anything you've dreamed.

**A finalist for the 2019 Lammy Award for best LGBTQ SF/F/Horror and the Locus Award for Best NovellaNeon Yang continues to redefine the limits of silkpunk fantasy with their Tensorate novellas, which the New York Times lauded as "joyously wild." In this third volume, an investigation into atrocities committed at a classified research facility threaten to expose secrets that the Protectorate will do anything to keep hidden.**You are reading this because I am de...

Prepare yourself for The Ascent to Godhood, the fourth book in Neon Yang's silkpunk Tensorate series, a wide-ranging, imaginative, engaging playground that the New York Times lauded as "joyously wild."Finalist for the 2020 Locus AwardThe Protector is dead.For fifty years, the Protector ruled, reshaping her country in her image and driving her enemies to the corners of the map. For half a century the world turned ar...

New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang’s acclaimed novel about two girls navigating power and corruption in an elite institution—a modern immigrant story that combines the drama of Gossip Girl with the hard truths of Speak.They’re called parachutes: wealthy teenagers dropped off to live and study in the United States while their parents remain in Asia. That’s how Claire, from Shanghai, comes to live with Dani, who c...

With an armored, oath-bound hero reminiscent of *The Mandalorian*and the Asian-inspired epic fantasy of She Who Became the Sun, Neon Yang’s Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame is a stunning q****ueer novella about a dragon hunter finding home with a dragon queen.Few know the true identity of the masked guildknight of Mithrandon.She barely remembers herself.The...

Once transmigrated, he was sent to the monarch's room in a daze. If you look closely, this husband Tian Xu can be considered a Floral Male! Gritting his teeth, he decided to put it down … But did her husband torture her every day? The reason was that she was hooked up with his Seventh Brother?! God, what did her previous self do …

This book aims to empirically and theoretically study how the economic growth and inequality affected China’s rural poverty since China’s reform and opening-up. Apart from the trickle-down effect, some empirical researches show that rising inequality usually links with unfairly shared of the economic growth, which is not good for the poor, and this book particularly concerns with the impact of inequality on poverty reduction. In 11 chapters, it leads readers to review the dynamic changes o...