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Intelligent Agent Technology

Research and Development

By: Ning Zhong

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This volume is an attempt to capture the essence of the state-of-the-art of intelligent agent technology and to identify the new challenges and opportunities that it is or will be facing. The most important feature of the volume is that it emphasizes a multi-faceted, holistic view of this emerging technology, from its computational foundations OCo in terms of models, methodologies, and tools for developing a variety of embodiments of agent-based systems OCo to its practical impact on tackling real-world problems. Contents: Formal Agent Theories; Computational Architecture and Infrastructure; Learning and Adaptation; Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Agents; Distributed Intelligence; Agent Based Applications. Readership: Graduate students in computer science and engineering, academics/lecturers, researchers, software/systems engineers, IT engineers and industrialists.

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World Scientific

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9812811044

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Information and Communications Security

8th International Conference, ICICS 2006, Raleigh, NC, USA, December 4-7, 2006, Proceedings

By: Peng Ning

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Information and Communications Security

8th International Conference, ICICS 2006, Raleigh, NC, USA, December 4-7, 2006, Proceedings

By: Peng Ning

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Information and Communications Security, ICICS 2006, held in Raleigh, NC, USA, December 2006. The 22 revised full papers and 17 revised short papers cover security protocols, applied cryptography, access control, privacy and malicious code, network security, systems security, cryptanalysis, applied cryptography and network security, and security implementations.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540494960

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Selected Papers (1945-1980), with Commentary

By: Chen Ning Yang

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Selected Papers (1945-1980), with Commentary

By: Chen Ning Yang

Consists of 73 articles and added items exclusively for this edition.

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World Scientific

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9812703357

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Interpretation of Organic Spectra

By: Yong-Cheng Ning

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Interpretation of Organic Spectra

By: Yong-Cheng Ning

Although there are a number of books in this field, most of them lack an introduction of comprehensive analysis of MS and IR spectra, and others do not provide up-to-date information like tandem MS. This book fills the gap. The merit of this book is that the author will not only introduce knowledge for analyzing nuclear magnetic resonance spectra including 1H spectra (Chapter 1), 13C spectra (Chapter 2) and 2D NMR spectra (Chapter 3), he also arms readers systemically with knowledge of Mass spectra (including EI MS spectra and MS spectra by using soft ionizations) (Chapter 4) and IR spectra (Chapter 5). In each chapter the author presents very practical application skills by providing various challenging examples. The last chapter (Chapter 6) provides the strategy, skills and methods on how to identify an unknown compound through a combination of spectra. Based on nearly 40 years researching and teaching experience, the author also proposes some original and creative ideas, which are very practical for spectral interpretation.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470828315

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Fundamentals of Modern VLSI Devices

By: Yuan Taur,Tak H. Ning

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Fundamentals of Modern VLSI Devices

By: Yuan Taur,Tak H. Ning

A thoroughly updated third edition of an classic and widely adopted text, perfect for practical transistor design and in the classroom. Covering a variety of recent developments, the internationally renowned authors discuss in detail the basic properties and designs of modern VLSI devices, as well as factors affecting performance. Containing around 25% new material, coverage has been expanded to include high-k gate dielectrics, metal gate technology, strained silicon mobility, non-GCA (Gradual Channel Approximation) modelling of MOSFETs, short-channel FinFETS, and symmetric lateral bipolar transistors on SOI. Chapters have been reorganized to integrate the appendices into the main text to enable a smoother learning experience, and numerous additional end-of-chapter homework exercises (+30%) are included to engage students with real-world problems and test their understanding. A perfect text for senior undergraduate and graduate students taking advanced semiconductor devices courses, and for practicing silicon device professionals in the semiconductor industry.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108848052

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Developing and Hosting Applications on the Cloud

By: Alex Amies,Harm Sluiman,Qiang Guo Tong,Guo Ning Liu

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Developing and Hosting Applications on the Cloud

By: Alex Amies,Harm Sluiman,Qiang Guo Tong,Guo Ning Liu

A Complete, Practical Guide to Building and Hosting Cloud Services That Deliver Exceptional Business Value In this unique title, key developers of the IBM SmartCloud Enterprise share indispensable insights for developing and operating cloud-based solutions on any cloud platform. Drawing on their unsurpassed in-the-trenches experience, the authors help you develop the new mindset and skills needed to succeed in cloud environments, where development, business, and system operations are linked more tightly than ever. Using examples based on IBM SmartCloud Enterprise, the authors cover a wide variety of cloud "use cases," while also introducing general principles for automating and optimizing IT infrastructure in any cloud environment. They begin by presenting an authoritative, accessible review of cloud computing and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud concepts. Next, they demonstrate how to use cloud tools, develop basic cloud applications, and utilize standards to establish interoperability between clouds. Finally, drawing on deep personal experience, they offer best-practice solutions for all facets of cloud hosting, including security, monitoring, performance, availability, and business support. Throughout, they emphasize real-world problem solving, offering numerous code examples and practical demonstrations of real-world tools and utilities. Coverage includes Understanding each cloud deployment model: private, community, public, and hybrid Reviewing key cloud computing use cases, including those based on virtualization and collaboration Developing for the cloud with the LAMP stack, Windows, J2EE, WebSphere, and other technologies Building apps for the IBM SmartCloud Enterprise public infrastructure Using the command line toolkit, Java, and REST APIs to manage IBM SmartCloud Enterprise resources Exploring cloud computing standards and open source projects that promote interoperability among clouds Building cloud applications to customize images, deliver network services, install/manage software, and provide remote desktops Using IBM's powerful self-service and delegated administration models and best-of-breed VM images Leveraging open source projects for cloud service management and virtualization Understanding cloud service security: trusted certificates, identity/access management, SSH, HTTPS, IPSec, application hardening, and much more Monitoring and optimizing performance and availability through the entire system lifecycle Managing, scaling, and automating cloud applications to meet business needs This title will be valuable to every enterprise developer, architect, and IT manager seeking the full benefits of cloud-based services; all ISVs building value-add services on public clouds; and everyone building applications that rely heavily on IaaS, Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), or Business as a Service (BaaS).

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IBM Press

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0133066851

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Coordination in Syntax

By: Niina Ning Zhang

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Coordination in Syntax

By: Niina Ning Zhang

Coordination in syntax is an important part of the analysis of sentence structure. Niina Ning Zhang addresses the issues raised by coordinate pairings and the implications of these structures, looking in particular at examples within English and Chinese. The volume covers the major questions regarding coordinates in syntax, providing a fresh perspective to arguments raised within previous literature. She explains how such coordinate complexes are structured, how some coordinators can be combined in parts of speech, the fixed nature of some of these pairings and what changes exist between the coordinate and non-coordinate constructions. The theories raised are backed up by a rich variety of examples as well as providing a cross-linguistic perspective, contextualising these ideas within current syntactic research.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139485083

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Selected Papers II, with Commentaries

By: Chen Ning Yang

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Selected Papers II, with Commentaries

By: Chen Ning Yang

This book is a collection of Professor Chen Ning Yang's personally selected papers (1971-2012) supplemented by his commentaries. Its contents reflect the professor's changing interests after he reached age sixty.

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World Scientific

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9814449024

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Electronic Thin-Film Reliability

By: King-Ning Tu

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Electronic Thin-Film Reliability

By: King-Ning Tu

Thin films are widely used in the electronic device industry. As the trend for miniaturization of electronic devices moves into the nanoscale domain, the reliability of thin films becomes an increasing concern. Building on the author's previous book, Electronic Thin Film Science by Tu, Mayer and Feldman, and based on a graduate course at UCLA given by the author, this new book focuses on reliability science and the processing of thin films. Early chapters address fundamental topics in thin film processes and reliability, including deposition, surface energy and atomic diffusion, before moving onto systematically explain irreversible processes in interconnect and packaging technologies. Describing electromigration, thermomigration and stress migration, with a closing chapter dedicated to failure analysis, the reader will come away with a complete theoretical and practical understanding of electronic thin film reliability. Kept mathematically simple, with real-world examples, this book is ideal for graduate students, researchers and practitioners.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139492705

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Reborn to Revenge

Volume 2

By: Ning BaiZhu

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Reborn to Revenge

Volume 2

By: Ning BaiZhu

Because of her background, she had been framed by her fiance and sister. Once she was reborn, the heavens had given her a similar identity. How was she going to use her 'resources' to take revenge this time?!

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Funstory

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1647577039

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Ethics, Law and Health Care

A guide for nurses and midwives

By: Fiona McDonald,Shih-Ning Then

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Ethics, Law and Health Care

A guide for nurses and midwives

By: Fiona McDonald,Shih-Ning Then

Understanding ethics and law in health care is an essential part of nurse and midwife professional standards, and a core component of qualifying programmes. Ethics, Law and Health Care teaches applied ethics and law in a way that illustrates the real world applications of these essential aspects of practice. It enables readers to not only recognise but also address legal and ethical issues that will arise in their professional practice. The book approaches these issues using the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Codes of Ethics, the Codes of Professional Conduct and the four principles of biomedical ethics: - Autonomy - Non-maleficence - Beneficence - Justice. Filled with case studies, review questions and useful further reading, this book gives readers a solid understanding of ethics and law in health care, and a clear decision-making framework so they can take action confidently. Please note, this book is written specifically for the Australian market. New to this Edition: - A new chapter on health, law, ethics and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders - Illustrated with 'real world' applications, the bookensures students understand how core components of the nursing and midwifery curriculum are put in to practice - Copies of the Codes of Ethics and Professional Conduct for Nurses and Midwives are provided as appendixes for ease of reference

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350310638

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Web Intelligence

By: Ning Zhong,Jiming Liu,Yiyu Yao

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Web Intelligence

By: Ning Zhong,Jiming Liu,Yiyu Yao

This excellently written monograph provides – for the first time ever - a thorough introduction and systematic overview of all aspects of intelligent data processing on the Web. It presents both the current state of research as well as application aspects. All major topics related to Web Intelligence which can have impact on future directions and developments are presented in detail. This book will be a valuable source of reference for years to all research and development professionals interested in Web Intelligence. Students will also appreciate the numerous illustrations and examples.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540443843

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Hero's Destiny

A Tribute to Beethoven's 250th Anniversary

By: Ning Zhang

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Hero's Destiny

A Tribute to Beethoven's 250th Anniversary

By: Ning Zhang

This is a monograph on Western classical music written by a Chinese American. It contains the results of the author's years of work, i.e., more than two hundred thousand words of Beethoven-themed essays in the form of poems, essays, prose, and reviews. The book covers all aspects of the great composer Beethoven's life and career from his birth experience to his emotional life, from the background of the times to his ideology, from the review of his works to the analysis of music appreciation. The book is rich in historical information, rigorous in argumentation, incisive in commentary, and fluent in sentiment and reason. As a nonacademic scholar of Beethoven, this book is characterized by a distinctive personality, free from the constraints of traditional rules and regulations. Based on a comprehensive and profound understanding of the historical figure and his works, the author presents his original arguments and opinions on some important professional topics and fields.

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Fulton Books, Inc.

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1639851291

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A Student's Guide to Coding and Information Theory

By: Stefan M. Moser,Po-Ning Chen

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A Student's Guide to Coding and Information Theory

By: Stefan M. Moser,Po-Ning Chen

This is a concise, easy-to-read guide, introducing beginners to coding theory and information theory.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107601967

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Energy Storage for Smart Grids

Planning and Operation for Renewable and Variable Energy Resources (VERs)

By: Pengwei Du,Ning Lu

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Energy Storage for Smart Grids

Planning and Operation for Renewable and Variable Energy Resources (VERs)

By: Pengwei Du,Ning Lu

Energy storage is a main component of any holistic consideration of smart grids, particularly when incorporating power derived from variable, distributed and renewable energy resources. Energy Storage for Smart Grids delves into detailed coverage of the entire spectrum of available and emerging storage technologies, presented in the context of economic and practical considerations. Featuring the latest research findings from the world's foremost energy storage experts, complete with data analysis, field tests, and simulation results, this book helps device manufacturers develop robust business cases for the inclusion of storage in grid applications. It also provides the comparisons and explanations grid planners and operators need to make informed decisions about which storage solutions will be most successful when implemented in operational grids. - Connects the latest research findings in energy storage with strategies for economical and practical implementation in grid systems - Brings together diverse knowledge resources in one comprehensive volume covering all major storage technologies, explained by experts from the world's leading research institutions - Includes detailed data analysis from field tests and simulations to help planners and engineers choose the storage method that will add the most value to their grid operations

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Academic Press

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0124095437

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Solder Joint Technology

Materials, Properties, and Reliability

By: King-Ning Tu

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Solder Joint Technology

Materials, Properties, and Reliability

By: King-Ning Tu

The European Union’s directive banning the use of lead-based (Pb) solders in electronic consumer products has created an urgent need for research on solder joint behavior under various driving forces in electronic manufacturing, and for development of lead-free solders. This book provides a comprehensive examination of advanced materials reliability issues related to copper-tin reaction and electromigration in solder joints, and presents methods for preventing common reliablity problems.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387388923

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9780387388922

The Chinese HEART in a Cognitive Perspective

Culture, Body, and Language

By: Ning Yu

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The Chinese HEART in a Cognitive Perspective

Culture, Body, and Language

By: Ning Yu

This book is a cognitive semantic study of the Chinese conceptualization of the heart, traditionally seen as the central faculty of cognition. The Chinese word xin, which primarily denotes the heart organ, covers the meanings of both "heart" and "mind" as understood in English, which upholds a heart-head dichotomy. In contrast to the Western dualist view, Chinese takes on a more holistic view that sees the heart as the center of both emotions and thought. The contrast characterizes two cultural traditions that have developed different conceptualizations of person, self, and agent of cognition. The concept of "heart" lies at the core of Chinese thought and medicine, and its importance to Chinese culture is extensively manifested in the Chinese language. Diachronically, this book traces the roots of its conception in ancient Chinese philosophy and traditional Chinese medicine. Along the synchronic dimension, it not only makes a systematic analysis of conventionalized expressions that reflect the underlying cultural models and conceptualizations, as well as underlying conceptual metaphors and metonymies, but also attempts a textual analysis of an essay and a number of poems for their metaphoric and metonymic images and imports contributing to the cultural models and conceptualizations. It also takes up a comparative perspective that sheds light on similarities and differences between Western and Chinese cultures in the understanding of the heart, brain, body, mind, self, and person. The book contributes to the understanding of the embodied nature of human cognition situated in its cultural context, and the relationship between language, culture, and cognition.

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110213346

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9783110213348

Broadband Planar Antennas

Design and Applications

By: Zhi Ning Chen,Michael Yan Wah Chia

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Broadband Planar Antennas

Design and Applications

By: Zhi Ning Chen,Michael Yan Wah Chia

The increasing demand for wireless communications has revolutionised the lifestyle of today’s society and one of the key components of wireless technology is antenna design. Broadband planar antennas are the newest generation of antennas boasting the attractive features required, such as broad operating bandwidth, low profile, light weight, low cost and ease of integration into arrays or Radio Frequency (RF) circuits, to make them ideal components of modern communications systems. Research into small and broadband antennas has been spurred by the rapid development of portable wireless communication devices such as cell phones, laptops and personal digital assistants. This all-encompassing volume, Broadband Planar Antennas: Design and Applications, systematically describes the techniques for all planar antennas from microstrip patch antennas, suspended plate antennas and planar inverted-L/F antennas to planar dipole antennas. Also discussed are some of the most recent outcomes such as broadband antenna issues in promising ultra-wideband applications. Clearly describes the fundamentals of planar antennas and categorises them according to their radiation characteristics Introduces the advanced progress in broadband planar antennas for modern wireless communications Includes a wealth of case studies, design guidelines, figures and tables This text is essential reading for antenna, RF and microwave engineers and manufacturers within the telecommunications industry. Its highly accessible approach will also appeal to researchers, postgraduate students and academic lecturers.

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John Wiley & Sons

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047087175X

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9780470871751

Trig Or Treat: An Encyclopedia Of Trigonometric Identity Proofs (Tips) With Intellectually Challenging Games

By: Adrian Ning Hong Yeo

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Trig Or Treat: An Encyclopedia Of Trigonometric Identity Proofs (Tips) With Intellectually Challenging Games

By: Adrian Ning Hong Yeo

This encyclopedia contains trigonometric identity proofs for some three hundred identities. The book is presented in the form of mathematical games for the reader's enjoyment and includes a concordance of trigonometric identities, enabling easy reference.Trig or Treat is a must-have for:• every student of trigonometry, to find the proofs for trigonometric identities that may be set in class or in exams;• every teacher of trigonometry, to have easy access to trigonometric identities of different levels of difficulty, to set assignments for different levels of students;• every library, to provide a ready resource for students• every aficionado of Sudoku, crossword puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, Tetris, and other games, who love an intellectual challenge.

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World Scientific

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9814518263

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The Contemporary Theory of Metaphor

A Perspective from Chinese

By: Ning Yu

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The Contemporary Theory of Metaphor

A Perspective from Chinese

By: Ning Yu

This volume aims to contribute to the theory of metaphor from the viewpoint of Chinese, in order to help place the theory into a wider cross-linguistic and cross-cultural perspective. It focuses on metaphors of emotion, the "time as space" metaphor and the Event Structure Metaphor.

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John Benjamins Publishing

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902722353X

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9789027223531

Antennas for Base Stations in Wireless Communications

By: Zhi Ning Chen,Kwai-Man Luk

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Antennas for Base Stations in Wireless Communications

By: Zhi Ning Chen,Kwai-Man Luk

Design Antennas for Modern Wireless Communications Systems Written by a global team of expert contributors, this book offers complete details on the wide range of antennas used in today's wireless communication networks. Coverage includes the most popular applications in WWAN (GSM, CDMA, and WCDMA), WLAN (Bluetooth and WiFi), WMAN (WiMAX), and WPAN (UWB and RFID). Antennas for Base Stations in Wireless Communications presents a full picture of modern base station antenna technology--from fundamentals and parameters to engineering and advanced solutions--and highlights new technologies in antenna design with enhanced performance. Real-world case studies provide you with practical examples that can be applied to your own system designs. Apply measurement techniques for various parameters Enable frequency re-use and channel capacity optimization in mobile radio networks Design antennas for mobile communications-CDMA, GSM, and WCDMA Implement advanced antenna technologies for GSM base stations Facilitate enhanced system capacity Design unidirectional antennas, including directed dipole, wideband patch, and complementary antennas Optimize antenna designs for WLAN (WiFi) applications Design antennas for Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) applications, including RFID and UWB

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071612890

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An Introduction to Single-User Information Theory

By: Fady Alajaji,Po-Ning Chen

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An Introduction to Single-User Information Theory

By: Fady Alajaji,Po-Ning Chen

This book presents a succinct and mathematically rigorous treatment of the main pillars of Shannon’s information theory, discussing the fundamental concepts and indispensable results of Shannon’s mathematical theory of communications. It includes five meticulously written core chapters (with accompanying problems), emphasizing the key topics of information measures; lossless and lossy data compression; channel coding; and joint source-channel coding for single-user (point-to-point) communications systems. It also features two appendices covering necessary background material in real analysis and in probability theory and stochastic processes. The book is ideal for a one-semester foundational course on information theory for senior undergraduate and entry-level graduate students in mathematics, statistics, engineering, and computing and information sciences. A comprehensive instructor’s solutions manual is available.

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9811080011

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