Describes the entire data science procedure of how the infectious disease data are collected, curated, visualized, and fed to predictive models, which facilitates effective communication between data sources, scientists, and decision-makers. Describes practical concepts of infectious disease data and provides particular data science perspectives. Overview of the unique features and issues of infectious disease data and how they impact epidemic modeling and projection. Introduces various classes of models and state-of-the-art learning methods to analyze infectious diseases data with valuable insights on how different models and methods could be connected.

In "Garden Haiku: Raising Your Child with Ancient Wisdom," author Lily Wang gives parents spiritual guidelines for raising happy, respectful, and resourceful children. The simplicity and wisdom in these character-building principles have been extolled since ancient times but tend to get lost in today's world.

While "Garden Haiku" addresses parents and writes about young children, it is meant for everyone to enjoy. The themes and values are universal: we all grow from childhood to adulthood, and we are all our own best parents. We need to be nurturing and assuring people who believe in ourselves and support our dreams. Wang revives golden virtues with original poetic lucidity to bring Zen to parenting:

"Patience is to
Have no expectations
But greater acceptance

Children can devil or angel be-
Put your hands on their backs
The touch of their wings"

Wang equates parents with gardeners whose sole purpose is to nurture tender buds into full bloom. While we have our children's futures in our hands, they also have ours in theirs. A modern Zen classic, "Garden Haiku" is every caregiver's poetic manual on the art of parenting.

"Highly recommended "
-Midwest Book Review

"Just right for parents."
-Kirkus Book Reviews

"Distills magic into three-line poems celebrating life."
-ForeWord Magazine

Centering on babies and a mother's love, Lily Wang's "Baby Haiku" combines the essence of Eastern and Western poetics to portray the profundity of life and joy. No more than five lines, Haiku is the poetry that fits today's lifestyle and is perfect for new parents that aspire to read but are short on time. Short and concise, "Baby Haiku" allows the mind to experience Zen, life, and abundance. "Baby Haiku" helps to cleanse the mind and brings about a return to innocence. Wang's poems focus on the positives and remind us that children are far more powerful than they appear: "'Don't be fooled by their small sizes The star at night Have the gigantic cosmos condensed into light"" Wang compels you to look at your life differently and appreciate your blessings. Discover harmony with all beings and find peace within your soul with "Baby Haiku,"

Dynamics of Materials: Experiments, Models and Applications addresses the basic laws of high velocity flow/deformation and dynamic failure of materials under dynamic loading. The book comprehensively covers different perspectives on volumetric law, including its macro-thermodynamic basis, solid physics basis, related dynamic experimental study, distortional law, including the rate-dependent macro-distortional law reflecting strain-rate effect, its micro-mechanism based on dislocation dynamics, and dynamic experimental research based on the stress wave theory. The final section covers dynamic failure in relation to dynamic damage evolution, including the unloading failure of a crack-free body, dynamics of cracks under high strain-rate, and more.