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Plant cells house highly dynamic cytoskeletal networks of microtubules and actin microfilaments. They constantly undergo remodeling to fulfill their roles in supporting cell division, enlargement, and differentiation. Following early studies on structural aspects of the networks, recent breakthrou... More

This book helps to solve the problem of substantial waste and inefficiency in port production by analyzing operational efficiency at more than 30 Chinese and Korean leading container ports using three types of DEA model. In addition it offers a returns-to-scale analysis, which is particularly usefu... More

This book is a comparative study of the critical factors in berth productivity in Chinese and South Korean container terminals. It first defines the concept of berth productivity, and then establishes a regression model to evaluate the productivity factor. With the results obtained for the leading... More

With the rapid development of Chinese urbanization in the 21st century, "urban diseases" become more serious, mainly manifested in water environmental pollution, urban flooding, water shortage, and deterioration of water ecology. It is necessary to establish a modern rainwater management system, sci... More

Accidently, Chu yun woke his fighting spirit up which can upgrade. Then he started his way of counterattack.At the begining, he was just a dust. At final, he practiced the highest standard Martial arts. However, at the same time, he got a lot of enemies. When everyone wanted to kill him, he defended... More

Accidently, Chu yun woke his fighting spirit up which can upgrade. Then he started his way of counterattack.At the begining, he was just a dust. At final, he practiced the highest standard Martial arts. However, at the same time, he got a lot of enemies. When everyone wanted to kill him, he defended... More

Accidently, Chu yun woke his fighting spirit up which can upgrade. Then he started his way of counterattack.At the begining, he was just a dust. At final, he practiced the highest standard Martial arts. However, at the same time, he got a lot of enemies. When everyone wanted to kill him, he defended... More

Accidently, Chu yun woke his fighting spirit up which can upgrade. Then he started his way of counterattack.At the begining, he was just a dust. At final, he practiced the highest standard Martial arts. However, at the same time, he got a lot of enemies. When everyone wanted to kill him, he defended... More

Accidently, Chu yun woke his fighting spirit up which can upgrade. Then he started his way of counterattack.At the begining, he was just a dust. At final, he practiced the highest standard Martial arts. However, at the same time, he got a lot of enemies. When everyone wanted to kill him, he defended... More

Accidently, Chu yun woke his fighting spirit up which can upgrade. Then he started his way of counterattack.At the begining, he was just a dust. At final, he practiced the highest standard Martial arts. However, at the same time, he got a lot of enemies. When everyone wanted to kill him, he defended... More

Accidently, Chu yun woke his fighting spirit up which can upgrade. Then he started his way of counterattack.At the begining, he was just a dust. At final, he practiced the highest standard Martial arts. However, at the same time, he got a lot of enemies. When everyone wanted to kill him, he defended... More

Accidently, Chu yun woke his fighting spirit up which can upgrade. Then he started his way of counterattack.At the begining, he was just a dust. At final, he practiced the highest standard Martial arts. However, at the same time, he got a lot of enemies. When everyone wanted to kill him, he defended... More

Accidently, Chu yun woke his fighting spirit up which can upgrade. Then he started his way of counterattack.At the begining, he was just a dust. At final, he practiced the highest standard Martial arts. However, at the same time, he got a lot of enemies. When everyone wanted to kill him, he defended... More

Accidently, Chu yun woke his fighting spirit up which can upgrade. Then he started his way of counterattack.At the begining, he was just a dust. At final, he practiced the highest standard Martial arts. However, at the same time, he got a lot of enemies. When everyone wanted to kill him, he defended... More

Computational intelligence techniques are becoming more and more important for automated problem solving nowadays. Due to the growing complexity of industrial applications and the increasingly tight time-to-market requirements, the time available for thorough problem analysis and development of tail... More

This book provides a comprehensive study of the state of the art in location privacy for mobile applications. It presents an integrated five-part framework for location privacy research, which includes the analysis of location privacy definitions, attacks and adversaries, location privacy protection... More

This new edition of College Physics Essentials provides a streamlined update of a major textbook for algebra-based physics. The first volume covers topics such as mechanics, heat, and thermodynamics. The second volume covers electricity, atomic, nuclear, and quantum physics. The authors provide em... More

This new edition of College Physics Essentials provides a streamlined update of a major textbook for algebra-based physics. The first volume covers topics such as mechanics, heat, and thermodynamics. The second volume covers electricity, atomic, nuclear, and quantum physics. The authors provide em... More

A critical challenge in deep learning is the vulnerability of deep learning networks to security attacks from intelligent cyber adversaries. Even innocuous perturbations to the training data can be used to manipulate the behaviour of deep networks in unintended ways.  In this book, we review the lat... More

Passage to Manhood addresses the intersection of modernity, heroin use, and HIV/AIDS as they are embodied in a new rite-of-passage among young men in the Sichuan province of southwestern China. Through a nuanced analysis of the Nuosu population, this book seeks to answer why the Nuosu has a disprop... More

This thesis focuses on the transport and magneto-transport properties of graphene p-n-p junctions, such as the pronounced quantum Hall effect, a well-defined plateau–plateau transition point, and scaling behavior. In addition, it demonstrates persistent photoconductivity (PPC) in the monolayer MoS2 ... More

This book covers and makes four major contributions: 1) analyzing and surveying the pros and cons of current approaches for identifying rumor sources on complex networks; 2) proposing a novel approach to identify rumor sources in time-varying networks; 3) developing a fast approach to identify multi... More

This book provides in-depth coverage on the latest concepts, systems, and technologies that are being utilized in biorefineries for the production of biofuels and value-added commodities. Written by internationally recognized experts, the book provides a comprehensive overview of pretreatment techno... More

This comprehensive book focuses on multimodality imaging technology, including overviews of the instruments and methods followed by practical case studies that highlight use in the detection and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Chapters cover PET-CT, SPECT-CT, SPECT-MRI, PET-MRI, PET-optical im... More

This book examines the success story of Seng Heng Bank (SHB), the successful acquisition of SHB by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), and the continuing sound management and performance of ICBC (Macau). It shows how a loss-making small bank grew into one of the best banks in Macao and h... More