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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book interprets the concepts, philosophies and cultural traditions of lunli (roughly construed as 'relationships and rationality') from the perspective and domain of 'dialogue civilization.' On the conceptual level, it expounds the common reference and different tenets of the Chinese lunli and the Western 'ethic', exploring the characteristics of lunli and 'ethic' in civilization history, considering notably the difference between unification of family and state and division of the two at the embryonic stage of civilization. The book draws on the lunli-oriented culture and religion-based culture to demonstrate the difference between Chinese lunli and Western 'ethic' in their respective top design and ultimate care, by exploring the issue 'What the world would be like, if there were no lunli' for the Chinese and 'What the world would be like, if there were no God' for westerners. Since lunli is the most prominent feature of 'being Chinese', or the most symbolic and interpretative Chinese cultural concept, this pivot provides a key introduction for Western readers not only to the concept itself, but also to modern day Chinese culture.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book emphasizes the rising need for people to have a basic understanding of science and technology and the emphatic role they can play in shaping the AI-driven future, especially in terms of creating sustainable societies with growing job opportunities. This book highlights why a smoothly functioning society will require, but does not yet possess in critical numbers, policymakers, senior managers, government officials, and those entering the high-end of the AI-driven job market who have a shared vision and a shared understanding of how science shapes the future of sustainable societies.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This timely and ambitious volume - a product of close research collaboration with the United Nations Multi-Country Office for Micronesia - is conceived as a holistic 'journey' across various domains of progress in a region that, despite fundamental common traits, remains vast and diverse. Pacific island countries and territories (PICTs) have (too) often been identified with elements of vulnerability, whether these be social, economic, or environmental in nature. While these factors cannot be overlooked, this volume aims to showcase not only the long-standing and emerging challenges but, perhaps more importantly, the opportunities, the resilience, the resourcefulness, and the ambition that local socioeconomic development patterns in the Pacific already encompass. Beyond PICTs themselves, we hope that the analyses collected in this book will contribute to highlighting the global significance of the human-nature nexus in the current Anthropocene. Often captured in the concept of 'small islands, big oceans', the importance of the region and its islands and peoples transcends the geographical remoteness and small size of many PICTs.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This 40-volume set LNCS 15842-15869 constitutes -the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Intelligent Computing, ICIC 2025, held in Ningbo, China, in July 2025.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -China abruptly became the second largest economy and, at the same time, the second largest R&D spender in the world, aiming openly to become an innovation powerhouse that holds the edge in critical technologies. The significant consequences on global trade flows, international security, governance and economy are increasingly drawing the attention of policymakers, academics, and industry leaders worldwide. The study highlights the main characteristics and trends of the national innovation system in China, as well as its strengths, challenges, and prospects. It examines in detail public policies, funding mechanisms for innovation, inbound and outbound FDI, IPR mechanisms, public perception towards technology, priority industries, and other factors. It thus identifies the main innovative actors of the system, including government, industry and research institutions, highlighting the patterns of interaction among them. The findings are showcased in a focused case study on the AI industry and further serve to advance policy recommendations for the EU.Traditionally, China has made more effort and has achieved better results in understanding and learning from 'the West'. It is now vital for other countries to better understand China.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The book provides a comprehensive exploration of the dynamic field of pharmacology and its fundamental principles. It delves into the intricate interactions between drugs and the human body, focusing on pharmacokinetics, which explains the dynamics of drug actions in the body, and pharmacodynamics, which uncovers the mechanisms through which drugs exert their effects. The book also emphasizes the crucial aspects of therapeutics and gene-based therapy, shedding light on modern approaches to disease treatment. Readers will gain insights into drugs that target the autonomic nervous system, influencing functions beyond voluntary control, and drugs that act on the central nervous system, impacting neurological processes. Additionally, the book examines medications affecting renal and cardiovascular functions, playing a significant role in maintaining homeostasis. Moreover, it explores the realm of drugs influencing gastrointestinal function, essential for digestive health.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book covers all aspects of dialysis, including hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and other extracorporeal therapies. It explains applied anatomy, physiology, and theoretical aspects of dialysis in question-and-answer format. It also deals with practical and clinical aspects involved in the day-to-day care of dialysis patients.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book provides a comprehensive and concise introduction of experiments on contemporary issues of language processing and the brain. It covers a wide range of neurolinguistic and neuroscience topics, including but not limited to word recognition, reading acquisition and dyslexia (in typically developed children, foreign language learners, and deaf people), comprehension of sentences and fictional narratives, the interplay of language processing/acquisition with other cognitive domains, and aging of language comprehension and Chinese reading.This book showcases the significance of empirical studies on language and cognitive processing, particularly those emerging from the Taiwan research community, to illuminate the intricate nature of the language faculty enabled by the sophisticated computations of the brain. This book informs readers of crucial issues in the neurolinguistic literature and advances in neuroimaging technology and provides perspectives inspired by evolution and neuroscience.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book demonstrates the potential of urine as a biomarker resource for early disease detection, covering the related theory, strategies, tools and findings. Biomarker is measurable changes associated with the disease. Blood, as a critical part of the internal environment, is closely monitored and controlled by the body to maintain homeostasis, especially in the early stages of diseases. In contrast, urine, as a form of waste excreted by the body, accumulates early and small changes of the body without homeostatic control. Accordingly, urine can offer an ideal resource for early biomarker discovery. The book discusses exciting preliminary applications of urine biomarkers for diseases affecting major biological systems. It is useful for scientists, clinicians, venture capitalists of related field.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book provides a comprehensive view to those who are interested in human trafficking, child trafficking, and child protection in China. Based on over 2000 case laws from 1990 to 2020, this book provides an in-depth analysis of the causes, criminal patterns, and consequences of child trafficking happened in 30 provinces in China. It reveals a phenomenon that has not attracted much attention at the international level -- the trafficking of children, intranational and transnational, for resale and illegal adoption.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book introduces the current research progress on hesitant fuzzy decision-making based on probability theory and methods. From the perspectives of theory expansion, information fusion, and information mining, it explores novel perspectives, ideas, and techniques for addressing hesitant fuzzy uncertain decision-making problems and demonstrates them through practical applications and case studies. It aims to provide a reference for researchers, practitioners, and graduate students in the fields of decision analysis, fuzzy theory, and information fusion.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book gives a detailed introduction to the technical background, feature extraction methods, PHM models and big data embedding methods of the big data theory in PHM for intelligent electromechanical systems. Combination with deep learning and big data, this book explains the hybrid algorithm framework of PHM such as ensemble intelligence and optimized intelligence and introduces PHM models for bearing, IGBT, MOSFET and other components and their big data embedding platform. This book improves the PHM method and theory of electromechanical system under industrial big data and provides reference for the development of intelligent electromechanical equipment and intelligent industrial production in the future.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book, Differential Geometry: Advanced Topics in CR and Pseudohermitian Geometry (Book I-D), is the fourth in a series of four books presenting a choice of advanced topics in Cauchy Riemann (CR) and pseudohermitian geometry, such as Fefferman metrics, global behavior of tangential CR equations, Rossi spheres, the CR Yamabe problem on a CR manifold-with-boundary, Jacobi fields of the Tanaka Webster connection, the theory of CR immersions versus Lorentzian geometry. The book also discusses boundary values of proper holomorphic maps of balls, Beltrami equations on Rossi spheres within the Koranyi Reimann theory of quasiconformal mappings of CR manifolds, and pseudohermitian analogs to the Gauss Ricci Codazzi equations in the study of CR immersions between strictly pseudoconvex CR manifolds. The other three books of the series are: Differential Geometry: Manifolds, Bundles, Characteristic Classes (Book I-A) Differential Geometry: Riemannian Geometry and Isometric Immersions (Book I-B) Differential Geometry: Foundations of Cauchy-Riemann and Pseudohermitian Geometry (Book I-C).

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Spain has become one of the most prominent fertility markets in the world, largely fuelled by the availability of human eggs. Behind the promise of cutting-edge technology and parenthood lies a carefullytailored system to recruit, manage, and discipline egg donors. In this book, Anna Molas explores how young women are incorporated as egg donors into the global reproductive industry. Through in-depth ethnographic fieldwork with both donors and clinicians, the book reveals the fragile processes of selection, monitoring, and control that ensure the supply of human eggs. Introducing the concept oftaming, Molas illuminates the gendered, racialized, and classed dimensions of reproductive labor. Engaging with the political economy of reproduction and the future of reproductive medicine, this book is an essential resource for scholars in medical anthropology, Science and Technology Studies, and feminist studies.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book demonstrates the potential of urine as a biomarker resource for early disease detection, covering the related theory, strategies, tools and findings. Biomarker is measurable changes associated with the disease. Blood, as a critical part of the internal environment, is closely monitored and controlled by the body to maintain homeostasis, especially in the early stages of diseases. In contrast, urine, as a form of waste excreted by the body, accumulates early and small changes of the body without homeostatic control. Accordingly, urine can offer an ideal resource for early biomarker discovery. The book discusses exciting preliminary applications of urine biomarkers for diseases affecting major biological systems. It is useful for scientists, clinicians, venture capitalists of related field.In the 2nd edition, most of the chapters are updated and reorganized according to the latest research. Many new chapters have been added to supplement the discussion of this area.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book introduces University 4.0 as an Educational Technology subject and studies in detail the processes of formation and development of Universities 4.0. It includes materials and applied recommendations for improving the management of Universities 4.0, as well as for the transition to Educational Technology through the creation of Universities 4.0. It also contains recommendations for improving the effectiveness of state regulation of Educational Technology in general and Universities 4.0, in particular, in the interests of sustainable development.The first part of the book forms the theoretical foundations of University 4.0 as a scientific concept, presenting a view from the standpoint of sustainable development. The second part defines the place of University 4.0 in the sustainable development strategy of Russia and Central Asia. The third part reveals best practices for creating and developing Universities 4.0 in Russia and Central Asia. The fourth part focuses on the contribution of Universities 4.0 to the sustainable development of Russia and Central Asia. The fifth part provides recommendations for improving University 4.0 management in support of the sustainable development of Russia and Central Asia.This book is suitable for scholars studying higher education, the society and economy of Russia and Central Asia, and sustainable development. It is also of interest to practising experts, university leaders and state regulators of education.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book discusses the role of artificial intelligence in neurological disorders, including, alleviating movement disorders, psychiatric disorders, diagnosis of neurological and neurodegenerative disorders, dementia, neuronal cancer, neuronal Infections, and brain diseases. It explores applications of artificial intelligence in the early diagnosis, prognosis, and development of new therapies against neurodegenerative disorders. This book also provides cutting-edge research using AI for studying neuroimage analysis, toward the discovery of new biological pathways and systems implicated in dementia and related diseases. It also reviews AI-based interventions in depression research and treatment. The chapter also examines the potential benefits of using AI to help manage depression, from improved access to coordinated care. This book is an essential source for students, researchers, academicians, and neurologists aiming to understand AI-based approaches for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of neurological disorders. 276 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book provides recent advances in the understanding of the central processes in the resolution of inflammation. It also describes the active, specialized pathways that bring the resolution of inflammation. Further, the book examines the key molecular and cellular events that are involved in the resolution of inflammation processes involved in tissue repair and regain of physiological function. Importantly, it sheds light on the cellular and molecular processes through which conventional inflammatory cytokines control mammalian tissue repair and regeneration. It also explores the perturbation of processes that are involved in the resolution of inflammation with aging and reviews clinical trials of anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory therapies. Towards the end, the book discusses the role of inflammation in the development and progression of cancer. This book is an invaluable resource for scientists, academicians, and research scholars interested in the latest cutting-edge knowledge in the field of immunology, inflammation, inflammation resolution, and inflammatory diseases. 340 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book provides a comprehensive exploration of plant functional traits and their critical role in understanding and predicting ecosystem functions in response to environmental changes. By bridging the gap between traditional ecological research and emerging macro-ecological technologies, this book offers an in-depth understanding of how functional traits at various levels, from organs to entire ecosystems, can be utilized to address complex ecological challenges, including global change.The chapters cover a wide range of topics essential to the field of ecology, including the development and application of plant functional traits, the scaling of traits from individual plants to communities, and the integration of these traits into advanced models and remote sensing technologies. Novel frameworks, such as plant community traits, ecosystem traits (ESTs), and plant trait networks (PTNs) are discussed, providing new ways to link species-level traits with ecosystem processes. These concepts are pivotal in expanding the application of trait-based ecology, allowing for more accurate predictionsof ecosystem productivity, community assembly, and biodiversity patterns on a regional and global scale. The book also addresses the challenge of linking leaf and root traits to ecosystem functions, offering insights into how these traits can be scaled up and used to understand the adaptation strategies of plants in complex environments.Targeted at undergraduate and graduate students and researchers in ecology, this book is ideal for those seeking both fundamental and advanced knowledge of trait-based research in ecology. Offering valuable insights and practical frameworks that are essential for tackling the ecological challenges, the book is a must-read for anyone interested in the integration of macroecology, geography, and remote sensing to solve current regional ecological problems and global change.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book presents select proceedings of the 10th International and 50th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power. It covers recent research developments in the area of fluid mechanics, measurement techniques in fluid flows, computational fluid dynamics. The key research topics discussed in this book are fundamental studies in flow instability and transition, fluid-structure interaction, multiphase flows, solidification, melting, cavitation, porous media flows, bubble and droplet dynamics, bio-mems, micro-scale experimental techniques, flow control devices, underwater vehicles, bluff body, bio-fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, turbomachinery, propulsion and power, heat transfer and thermal engineering, fluids engineering, advances in aerospace and defence technology, micro- and nano-systems engineering, acoustics, structures and fluids, advanced theory and simulations, novel experimental techniques in thermo-fluids engineering, and many more. The book is a valuable reference for researchers and professionals interested in thermo-fluids engineering.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book discusses the role of artificial intelligence in neurological disorders, including, alleviating movement disorders, psychiatric disorders, diagnosis of neurological and neurodegenerative disorders, dementia, neuronal cancer, neuronal Infections, and brain diseases. It explores applications of artificial intelligence in the early diagnosis, prognosis, and development of new therapies against neurodegenerative disorders. This book also provides cutting-edge research using AI for studying neuroimage analysis, toward the discovery of new biological pathways and systems implicated in dementia and related diseases. It also reviews AI-based interventions in depression research and treatment. The chapter also examines the potential benefits of using AI to help manage depression, from improved access to coordinated care. This book is an essential source for students, researchers, academicians, and neurologists aiming to understand AI-based approaches for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of neurological disorders.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book provides recent advances in the understanding of the central processes in the resolution of inflammation. It also describes the active, specialized pathways that bring the resolution of inflammation. Further, the book examines the key molecular and cellular events that are involved in the resolution of inflammation processes involved in tissue repair and regain of physiological function. Importantly, it sheds light on the cellular and molecular processes through which conventional inflammatory cytokines control mammalian tissue repair and regeneration. It also explores the perturbation of processes that are involved in the resolution of inflammation with aging and reviews clinical trials of anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory therapies. Towards the end, the book discusses the role of inflammation in the development and progression of cancer. This book is an invaluable resource for scientists, academicians, and research scholars interested in the latest cutting-edge knowledge in the field of immunology, inflammation, inflammation resolution, and inflammatory diseases.¿.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book discusses the role of artificial intelligence in neurological disorders, including, alleviating movement disorders, psychiatric disorders, diagnosis of neurological and neurodegenerative disorders, dementia, neuronal cancer, neuronal Infections, and brain diseases. It explores applications of artificial intelligence in the early diagnosis, prognosis, and development of new therapies against neurodegenerative disorders. This book also provides cutting-edge research using AI for studying neuroimage analysis, toward the discovery of new biological pathways and systems implicated in dementia and related diseases. It also reviews AI-based interventions in depression research and treatment. The chapter also examines the potential benefits of using AI to help manage depression, from improved access to coordinated care. This book is an essential source for students, researchers, academicians, and neurologists aiming to understand AI-based approaches for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of neurological disorders.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book provides recent advances in the understanding of the central processes in the resolution of inflammation. It also describes the active, specialized pathways that bring the resolution of inflammation. Further, the book examines the key molecular and cellular events that are involved in the resolution of inflammation processes involved in tissue repair and regain of physiological function. Importantly, it sheds light on the cellular and molecular processes through which conventional inflammatory cytokines control mammalian tissue repair and regeneration. It also explores the perturbation of processes that are involved in the resolution of inflammation with aging and reviews clinical trials of anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory therapies. Towards the end, the book discusses the role of inflammation in the development and progression of cancer. This book is an invaluable resource for scientists, academicians, and research scholars interested in the latest cutting-edge knowledge in the field of immunology, inflammation, inflammation resolution, and inflammatory diseases.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book presents a comprehensive exploration of palmprint recognition, synthesizing over a decade of research in contact-based, contactless, 3D, and multispectral systems. As one of the earliest approaches in biometrics, contact-based palmprint systems have evolved significantly, achieving greater portability and accuracy, even when handling large-scale datasets. In contrast, contactless systems, which allow users to position their palms near the camera without physical contact, offer a hygienic, user-friendly alternative that has quickly gained popularity in various applications. Additionally, the advancement of 3D palmprint recognition and the introduction of cutting-edge sensors, such as line-scan and multicamera systems, have further enhanced the accuracy and reliability of these systems.This book is structured into 13 chapters, divided into three key sections. The first part delves into contact-based systems, emphasizing their growing efficiency and performance in both small devices and large-scale scenarios. The second part provides in-depth coverage of contactless systems, detailing essential processes like palmprint acquisition, ROI localization, feature extraction, and matching techniques. The third section examines the latest developments in multiple sensing systems, focusing on 3D and multispectral recognition.Targeted at researchers and engineers in biometrics, particularly those specializing in palmprint recognition, this book offers valuable insights and practical algorithms for enhancing system performance. It is also an excellent resource for readers with a broader interest in biometric technologies, offering a rich understanding of the latest trends and innovations in the field.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book presents the proceedings of 10th International Conference on Building Materials and Construction held at Okinawa, Japan on 21-24 Feb 2025. It showcases the latest advancements in sustainable building materials, construction techniques, and architectural design. From groundbreaking research to practical applications, this book is a must-have resource for researchers, engineers, architects, and industry professionals looking to stay at the forefront of the construction industry.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book presents peer-reviewed articles from the 6th International Conference on Processing and Characterization of Materials (ICPCM 2024) held on 5-7 Dec. at Rourkela in India. Topics included in this conference but not limited to are:Fabrication of MaterialsCompositesBulk metallic glassOxidation of MaterialsCorrosion of MaterialsNanomaterialsRefractory MaterialsSteelDefence MaterialsWaste ManagementCeramic Materials.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book presents peer-reviewed articles and highlights successful examples of integrating science and mathematics for future global initiatives from the 9th International Conference on the Applications of Science and Mathematics (SCIEMATHIC 2024), held in Malaysia. It provides knowledge exchange between experts in the fields of science and mathematics that promotes harmony and holistic understanding for future generations. Topics included in this proceeding are mathematics and statistics, physics, chemistry, engineering sciences, and artificial intelligence.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book examines multiple disruptive processes and the imperative to redesign civic education that will assist young people to cope with uncertainty generated by the intersection of these processes. It identifies multiple and intersecting disruptions influencing young people and the worlds in which they live and indicates how future constructions of education are likely to impact young people and the extent to which they can assist with issues of life uncertainty. Additionally, this book develops a new agenda for future educational values and suggests ways in which civic education can be redeveloped to support young people across political systems facing uncertainties. It serves as a valuable reference for universities globally and their courses in the specific area of civic and citizenship education, as well as comparative education, development education, and international education. 128 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This Open Access Book explores how classical information theory s focus on syntactic information has limited the further development of communication science. Recently, communication technologies that handle and transmit semantic information have gained widespread attention in academia. Semantic communication has paved new directions for the future of communication technology development, yet it lacks a general mathematical guiding theory. To address this challenge, this open access book constructs a theoretical framework for semantic information theory and provides a systematic exposition of the measurement system for semantic information and the theoretical limits of semantic communication. It serves as a professional reference for researchers in information and communication. The book begins by deeply analyzing the data characteristics of various information sources and the needs of downstream tasks to summarize and generalize the universal attribute of semantic information synonymity and to define the synonymous mapping between semantic information and syntactic information. Stemming from this core concept, synonymous mapping, this book introduces the measures of semantic information. It then introduces a new mathematical tool, Synonymous Asymptotic Equipartition (AEP), to explore the mathematical properties of synonymous typical sequences and applies random coding and synonymous typical sequence decoding/encoding to prove the semantic lossless source coding theorem, semantic channel coding theorem, and semantic limited distortion source coding theorem. In addition, the semantic information measures in the continuous case are discussed and a new channel capacity formula of the band-limited Gaussian channel is obtained, which is an important extension of the classical channel capacity.The book is a valuable resource for researchers, academics, and professionals in the field of information and communication, particularly those interested in advancing the frontiers of semantic communication technology. 115 pp. Englisch.