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This unique book starts from the premise that students, scholars,
and educators should be given access to a form of global education
that is genuinely global. Using the notion of interculturality as
change and exchange as a basis, the authors examine fifty discourse
instruments (e.g. idioms, neologisms, slogans) related to what they
call 'Chinese stories of interculturality'. China, like other
countries, has a rich and complex history of intercultural
encounters and her engagement with the notion today, which shares
similarities and differences with glocal discourses of
interculturality, deserves to be unpacked and familiarized with. By
so doing, digging into the intricacies of the Chinese and English
languages, the reader is empowered to unthink, rethink and
especially reflect on their own take on the important notion of
interculturality.
This book establishes a bridge between exercise-mediated functional
status of autophagy and non-communicable chronic diseases for
elucidating and clarifying the corresponding signal pathways and
underlying mechanisms. The book consists of 13 chapters focusing on
the in-depth discussion on signal pathways for regulating the
functional status of autophagy for the prevention, treatment and
rehabilitation of chronic diseases, the optimization of exercise
intervention strategies for common and frequently-occurring chronic
diseases, and the development of exercise mimetic pills for the
persons with disability for exercise performance, or the persons
without willing to exercise. This book is interesting and will be
useful to a wide readership in the various fields of exercise
science, exercise fitness, sports medicine, preventive medicine,
and functional foods.
The IoT topology defines the way various components communicate
with each other within a network. Topologies can vary greatly in
terms of security, power consumption, cost, and complexity.
Optimizing the IoT topology for different applications and
requirements can help to boost the network's performance and save
costs. More importantly, optimizing the topology robustness can
ensure security and prevent network failure at the foundation
level. In this context, this book examines the optimization schemes
for topology robustness in the IoT, helping readers to construct a
robustness optimization framework, from self-organizing to
intelligent networking. The book provides the relevant theoretical
framework and the latest empirical research on robustness
optimization of IoT topology. Starting with the self-organization
of networks, it gradually moves to genetic evolution. It also
discusses the application of neural networks and reinforcement
learning to endow the node with self-learning ability to allow
intelligent networking. This book is intended for students,
practitioners, industry professionals, and researchers who are
eager to comprehend the vulnerabilities of IoT topology. It helps
them to master the research framework for IoT topology robustness
optimization and to build more efficient and reliable IoT
topologies in their industry.
This book introduces the components and principles of the common
ballast management systems. The working principles of different
filtration, cleaning and sterilizing equipment are also introduced.
The calculation norm of the construction design and the calculation
method of simulation are described. Besides, different aspects of
system management are analyzed. The principle of various detecting
sensors, the hardware of control system and the design method of
human-computer interface are respectively introduced. Last but not
least, the maintenance and management of ballast water management
system are described, mainly the maintenance and management of key
components which composes the system.
This easy-to-read guide provides a concise introduction to the
engineering background of modern communication systems, from mobile
phones to data compression and storage. Background mathematics and
specific engineering techniques are kept to a minimum so that only
a basic knowledge of high-school mathematics is needed to
understand the material covered. The authors begin with many
practical applications in coding, including the repetition code,
the Hamming code and the Huffman code. They then explain the
corresponding information theory, from entropy and mutual
information to channel capacity and the information transmission
theorem. Finally, they provide insights into the connections
between coding theory and other fields. Many worked examples are
given throughout the book, using practical applications to
illustrate theoretical definitions. Exercises are also included,
enabling readers to double-check what they have learned and gain
glimpses into more advanced topics, making this perfect for anyone
who needs a quick introduction to the subject.
This easy-to-read guide provides a concise introduction to the
engineering background of modern communication systems, from mobile
phones to data compression and storage. Background mathematics and
specific engineering techniques are kept to a minimum so that only
a basic knowledge of high-school mathematics is needed to
understand the material covered. The authors begin with many
practical applications in coding, including the repetition code,
the Hamming code and the Huffman code. They then explain the
corresponding information theory, from entropy and mutual
information to channel capacity and the information transmission
theorem. Finally, they provide insights into the connections
between coding theory and other fields. Many worked examples are
given throughout the book, using practical applications to
illustrate theoretical definitions. Exercises are also included,
enabling readers to double-check what they have learned and gain
glimpses into more advanced topics, making this perfect for anyone
who needs a quick introduction to the subject.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th
International Workshop on Internet and Network Economics, WINE
2011, held in Singapore, in December 2011. The 31 revised full
papers and 5 revised short papers presented together with the
abstracts of 3 papers about work in progress were carefully
reviewed and selected from 100 submissions. The papers are
organized in topical sections on algorithmic game theory,
algorithmic mechanism design, computational advertising,
computational social choice, convergence and learning in games,
economics aspects of security and privacy, information and
attention economics, network games and social networks.
This book proposes a new method for working on the complex and
polysemic notion of interculturality, aimed at scholars, students
and educators who have an interest in enriching and challenging
their own take on this somewhat controversial scientific notion.
Multiple examples of observability made by the authors are provided
to illustrate the method. The book helps readers to look at
themselves as ‘producers’, ‘consumers’ and ‘promoters’
of selected knowledge of interculturality. This book represents an
original contribution to the field, by introducing the importance
of observation and reflexivity in building up varied epistemic
engagements with the notion of interculturality.
The IoT topology defines the way various components communicate
with each other within a network. Topologies can vary
greatly in terms of security, power consumption,
cost, and complexity. Optimizing the IoT
topology for different applications and requirements
can help to boost the network’s performance and save
costs. More importantly, optimizing the topology robustness can
ensure security and prevent network
failure at the foundation level. In this context, this
book examines the optimization
schemes for topology robustness in the
IoT, helping readers to construct a robustness
optimization framework, from self-organizing to
intelligent networking. The book provides the relevant
theoretical framework and the latest empirical
research on robustness optimization of IoT
topology. Starting with the self-organization of
networks, it gradually moves to genetic evolution.
It also discusses the application of neural
networks and reinforcement learning to endow the
node with self-learning ability to allow intelligent
networking. This book is intended for students, practitioners,
industry professionals, and researchers who are eager to
comprehend the vulnerabilities of IoT topology. It helps them
to master the research framework for IoT topology
robustness optimization and to build more efficient and
reliable IoT topologies in their industry.
This book urges readers to develop a radical capacity to unthink
and rethink interculturality, through multiple, pluri-perspectival
and honest dialogues between the authors, and their students. This
book does not give interculturality a normative scaffolding but
envisages it differently by identifying some of its polyphonic
textures. China's rich engagement with interculturality serves to
support the importance of being curious about other ways of
thinking about the notion beyond the 'West' only. As such, the
issues of culture, identity, language, translation, intercultural
competence and silent transformations (amongst others) are
re-evaluated in a different light. This is a highly informative and
carefully presented book, providing scientific insights for readers
with an interest in interculturality.
This book establishes a bridge between exercise-mediated functional
status of autophagy and non-communicable chronic diseases for
elucidating and clarifying the corresponding signal pathways and
underlying mechanisms. The book consists of 13 chapters focusing on
the in-depth discussion on signal pathways for regulating the
functional status of autophagy for the prevention, treatment and
rehabilitation of chronic diseases, the optimization of exercise
intervention strategies for common and frequently-occurring chronic
diseases, and the development of exercise mimetic pills for the
persons with disability for exercise performance, or the persons
without willing to exercise. This book is interesting and will be
useful to a wide readership in the various fields of exercise
science, exercise fitness, sports medicine, preventive medicine,
and functional foods.
This book introduces the components and principles of the common
ballast management systems. The working principles of different
filtration, cleaning and sterilizing equipment are also introduced.
The calculation norm of the construction design and the calculation
method of simulation are described. Besides, different aspects of
system management are analyzed. The principle of various detecting
sensors, the hardware of control system and the design method of
human-computer interface are respectively introduced. Last but not
least, the maintenance and management of ballast water management
system are described, mainly the maintenance and management of key
components which composes the system.
This book studies the performance of distributed detection systems
by means of large deviation techniques under two distinct models.
In the first model, the error performance is investigated as the
number of sensors tends to infinity by assuming that the i.i.d.
sensor data are quantized locally into m-ary messages and
transmitted to the fusion center for binary hypothesis testing. It
is found that when the second moment of the post-quantization
log-likelihood ratio is unbounded, the Neyman-Pearson error
exponent becomes a function of the test level; whereas the Bayes
error exponent remains unaffected. Also shown is that in Bayes
testing, the equivalence of absolutely optimal and best
identical-quantizer systems is not limited to error exponents but
extends to the actual Bayes errors up to a multiplicative constant.
In the second model, the null and alternative distributions become
spatially correlated Gaussian, differing in the mean. The issue
considered includes whether contiguous marginal likelihood ratio
quantizers are optimal. It is shown that this is not true in
general, and a sufficient condition is obtained under the case of a
single observation per sensor.
This Handbook aims to present the rapid development of antenna
technologies, particularly in the past two decades, and also
showcasing the newly developed technologies and the latest
applications. The handbook will provide readers with the
comprehensive updated reference information covering theory,
modeling and optimization methods, design and measurement, new
electromagnetic materials, and applications of antennas. The
handbook will widely cover not only all key antenna design issues
but also fundamentals, issues related to antennas (transmission,
propagation, feeding structure, materials, fabrication,
measurement, system, and unique design challenges in specific
applications). This handbook will benefit the readers as a full and
quick technical reference with a high-level historic review of
technology, detailed technical descriptions and the latest
practical applications.
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