Inflammation and cancer are two major disorders that cause huge concerns in our society. However, what one may not know is that both diseases are closely associated and, in particular, both occur in the gastrointestinal tract and liver. This book describes the mechanics of how inflammation can progress to cancer in these organs. The authors in this book comprehensively discuss the different biomarkers for early diagnosis, and current therapeutic treatments for these diseases. All of these would allow us to better understand the pathogenesis of both diseases. As such, this book provides comprehensive information concerning the interrelationship between inflammation and cancer in a cohesive manner, and the information derived would benefit not only basic scientists but also clinicians who are working in these fields.

This proceedings constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th EAI International Conference on Communications and Networking, ChinaCom 2020, held in November 2020 in Shanghai, China. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The 54 papers presented were carefully selected from 143 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on Transmission Optimization in Edge Computing; Performance and Scheduling Optimization in Edge Computing; Mobile Edge Network System; Communication Routing and Control; Transmission and Load Balancing; Edge Computing and Distributed Machine Learning; Deep Learning.

This proceedings constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Communications and Networking, ChinaCom 2021, held in November 2021. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The 47 full papers and 5 workshop papers presented were carefully selected from 130 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on Scheduling and Transmission Optimization in Edge Computing; Complex System Optimization in Edge Computing; Network Communication Enhancement; Signal Processing and Communication Optimization; Deep Learning and Vehicular Communication; Edge Computing and Deep Learning; Finite Blocklength and Distributed Machine Learning; Deep Learning and Network Performance Optimization; Edge Computing and Reinforcement Learning.

This two volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th EAI International Conference on Communications and Networking, ChinaCom 2019, held in November/December 2019 in Shanghai, China. The 81 papers presented were carefully selected from 162 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on Internet of Things (IoT), antenna, microwave and cellular communication, wireless communications and networking, network and information security, communication QoS, reliability and modeling, pattern recognition and image signal processing, and information processing.

This two volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th EAI International Conference on Communications and Networking, ChinaCom 2019, held in November/December 2019 in Shanghai, China. The 81 papers presented were carefully selected from 162 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on Internet of Things (IoT), antenna, microwave and cellular communication, wireless communications and networking, network and information security, communication QoS, reliability and modeling, pattern recognition and image signal processing, and information processing.

Financial econometrics brings financial theory and econometric methods together with the power of data to advance understanding of the global financial universe upon which all modern economies depend. Financial Econometric Modeling is an introductory text that meets the learning challenge of integrating theory, measurement, data, and software to understand the modern world of finance. Empirical applications with financial data play a central position in this book's exposition. Each chapter is a how-to guide that takes readers from ideas and theories through to the practical realities of modeling, interpreting, and forecasting financial data. The book reaches out to a wide audience of students, applied researchers, and industry practitioners, guiding readers of diverse backgrounds on the models, methods, and empirical practice of modern financial econometrics. Financial Econometric Modeling delivers a self-contained first course in financial econometrics, providing foundational ideas from financial theory and relevant econometric technique. From this foundation, the book covers a vast arena of modern financial econometrics that opens up empirical applications with data of the many different types that are now generated in financial markets. Every chapter follows the same principle ensuring that all results reported in the book may be reproduced using standard econometric software packages such as Stata or EViews, with a full set of data and programs provided to ensure easy implementation.

This book covers state-of-the-art topics covering evidences indicate that the gut microbiota can be harnessed for cancer prevention as well as to modulate the efficacy of chemotherapy and immunotherapy. This book includes: 1) characterization of the dysregulated microbiome in gastrointestinal cancers (Chapters 1-6); 2) the molecular mechanism of action of gut microbiota via microbial metabolites and direct interaction with host cancer or immune cells (Chapters 7-11); 3) key methodologies for studying the role of gut microbiota in cancers (Chapters 12-13); and 4) the potential application of gut microbes for the prevention and treatment of gastrointestinal cancers (Chapters 14-17). The contributors are international experts in molecular and cellular biology, microbiology, metabolomics, bioinformatics and physician scientists to provide in-depth reviews of this subject. This book provides a rich resource of information on this important topic for graduate students, basic researchers and physicians.