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Magnetic Flux Leakage

Theories and Imaging Technologies

By: Songling Huang,Wei Zhao

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Magnetic Flux Leakage

Theories and Imaging Technologies

By: Songling Huang,Wei Zhao

This book systematically introduces magnetic flux leakage testing principles and their applications in practice. Signal detection, collection, processing, the inversion of magnetic flux leakage defect and 3D imaging are discussed in detail with extensive project experiences, making the book an essential reference for researchers, developers and engineers in nondestructive testing.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110480158

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Wolf Warrior Diplomacy and China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs

From Policy to Podium

By: Yaoyao Dai,Lu Wei Rose Luqiu

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Wolf Warrior Diplomacy and China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs

From Policy to Podium

By: Yaoyao Dai,Lu Wei Rose Luqiu

Wolf Warrior Diplomacy and China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs: From Policy to Podium traces the evolution of Chinese foreign policy from Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping, examining the domestic and international role that aggression plays in the diplomacy of the Chinese Communist Party. Yaoyao Dai and Lu Wei Rose Luqiu demonstrate that China’s diplomacy has constantly evolved with the changing domestic environment and global power balance and that, at the behest of Xi Jinping, “Wolf Warrior” diplomats in China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs have embraced a more confident and proactive role in foreign policy. Combining advanced computational methods with analysis of press conferences, public speeches, and government statements, this book offers a comprehensive evaluation of continuity and change in the diplomatic language of the Chinese Communist Party and media reactions to Chinese diplomacy in the Global South. This book will be of particular interest to scholars of communication, rhetoric, political science, and international relations.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1666914061

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Optical Metrology for Precision Engineering

By: Wei Gao,Yuki Shimizu

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Optical Metrology for Precision Engineering

By: Wei Gao,Yuki Shimizu

This book provides readers the fundamentals of optical metrology for precision engineering. The next-generation measurement technologies based on ultrashort pulse laser and optical frequency comb are also presented, making it an essential reference book for various engineering fields. • Introduces fundamental theories and techniques • Combines theories with practical applications • Presents technologies in an easy-to-understand way

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3110542366

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A Good-for-Nothing

Volume 2

By: Lin Wei

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A Good-for-Nothing

Volume 2

By: Lin Wei

The little trash of the Exorcist Family had been packaged and given to someone else to be his wife. After he was deceived and humiliated. Married to his most hated enemy. Only a husband is good in this world. His family treated him like a root and his enemies treated him like a treasure.

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Funstory

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1649350678

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Banking Regulation in China

The Role of Public and Private Sectors

By: W. He,He Wei Ping

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Banking Regulation in China

The Role of Public and Private Sectors

By: W. He,He Wei Ping

Banking Regulation in China provides an in-depth analysis of the country's contemporary banking regulatory system, focusing on regulation in practice. By drawing on public and private interest theories relating to bank regulation, He argues that controlled development of the banking sector transformed China's banks into more market-oriented institutions and increased public sector growth. This work proves that bank regulation is the primary means through which the Chinese government achieves its political and economic objectives rather than using it as a vehicle for maintaining efficient financial markets.

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Springer

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1137367555

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Rulin waishi and Cultural Transformation in Late Imperial China

By: Shang Wei

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Rulin waishi and Cultural Transformation in Late Imperial China

By: Shang Wei

Rulin waishi (The Unofficial History of the Scholars) is more than a landmark in the history of the Chinese novel. This eighteenth-century work, which was deeply embedded in the intellectual and literary discourses of its time, challenges the reader to come to grips with the mid-Qing debates over ritual and ritualism, and the construction of history, narrative, and lyricism. Wu Jingzi’s (1701–54) ironic portrait of literati life was unprecedented in its comprehensive treatment of the degeneration of mores, the predicaments of official institutions, and the Confucian elite’s futile struggle to reassert moral and cultural authority. Like many of his fellow literati, Wu found the vernacular novel an expressive and malleable medium for discussing elite concerns. Through a close reading of Rulin waishi, Shang Wei seeks to answer such questions as What accounts for the literati’s enthusiasm for writing and reading novels? Does this enthusiasm bespeak a conscious effort to develop a community of critical discourse outside the official world? Why did literati authors eschew publication? What are the bases for their social and cultural criticisms? How far do their criticisms go, given the authors’ alleged Confucianism? And if literati authors were interested solely in recovering moral and cultural hegemony for their class, how can we explain the irony found in their works?

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1684170435

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Adaptive Dynamic Programming with Applications in Optimal Control

By: Derong Liu,Qinglai Wei,Ding Wang,Xiong Yang,Hongliang Li

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Adaptive Dynamic Programming with Applications in Optimal Control

By: Derong Liu,Qinglai Wei,Ding Wang,Xiong Yang,Hongliang Li

This book covers the most recent developments in adaptive dynamic programming (ADP). The text begins with a thorough background review of ADP making sure that readers are sufficiently familiar with the fundamentals. In the core of the book, the authors address first discrete- and then continuous-time systems. Coverage of discrete-time systems starts with a more general form of value iteration to demonstrate its convergence, optimality, and stability with complete and thorough theoretical analysis. A more realistic form of value iteration is studied where value function approximations are assumed to have finite errors. Adaptive Dynamic Programming also details another avenue of the ADP approach: policy iteration. Both basic and generalized forms of policy-iteration-based ADP are studied with complete and thorough theoretical analysis in terms of convergence, optimality, stability, and error bounds. Among continuous-time systems, the control of affine and nonaffine nonlinear systems is studied using the ADP approach which is then extended to other branches of control theory including decentralized control, robust and guaranteed cost control, and game theory. In the last part of the book the real-world significance of ADP theory is presented, focusing on three application examples developed from the authors’ work: • renewable energy scheduling for smart power grids;• coal gasification processes; and• water–gas shift reactions. Researchers studying intelligent control methods and practitioners looking to apply them in the chemical-process and power-supply industries will find much to interest them in this thorough treatment of an advanced approach to control.

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3319508156

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The Lin-Ni's Problem for Mean Convex Domains

By: Olivier Druet,Frédéric Robert,Juncheng Wei

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The Lin-Ni's Problem for Mean Convex Domains

By: Olivier Druet,Frédéric Robert,Juncheng Wei

The authors prove some refined asymptotic estimates for positive blow-up solutions to $\Delta u+\epsilon u=n(n-2)u^{\frac{n+2}{n-2}}$ on $\Omega$, $\partial_\nu u=0$ on $\partial\Omega$, $\Omega$ being a smooth bounded domain of $\mathbb{R}^n$, $n\geq 3$. In particular, they show that concentration can occur only on boundary points with nonpositive mean curvature when $n=3$ or $n\geq 7$. As a direct consequence, they prove the validity of the Lin-Ni's conjecture in dimension $n=3$ and $n\geq 7$ for mean convex domains and with bounded energy. Recent examples by Wang-Wei-Yan show that the bound on the energy is a necessary condition.

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American Mathematical Soc.

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0821869094

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Insulation Aging Phenomenon in Green Energy Systems

Photovoltaic and Electrical Vehicle Perspectives

By: Jia-Wei Zhang,Wei-Hang Deng,Chatchai Putson,Fouad Belhora,Abdelowahed Hajjaji

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Insulation Aging Phenomenon in Green Energy Systems

Photovoltaic and Electrical Vehicle Perspectives

By: Jia-Wei Zhang,Wei-Hang Deng,Chatchai Putson,Fouad Belhora,Abdelowahed Hajjaji

This book is a must-read for those interested in the aging phenomenon of materials used in new energy systems, such as photovoltaic and electric vehicles. It provides a fundamental framework for this topic and important basic data and references for insulation materials used in these systems. It covers the aging of photovoltaic systems installed in different environments, including space, as well as the aging of the discharge present in the drive motors of electric vehicles. This book is suitable for researchers and students interested in green energy systems and can be used for teaching, research, and science popularization.

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Springer Nature

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9819976073

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Generalized Difference Methods for Differential Equations

Numerical Analysis of Finite Volume Methods

By: Ronghua Li,Zhongying Chen,Wei Wu

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Generalized Difference Methods for Differential Equations

Numerical Analysis of Finite Volume Methods

By: Ronghua Li,Zhongying Chen,Wei Wu

This text presents a comprehensive mathematical theory for elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic differential equations. It compares finite element and finite difference methods and illustrates applications of generalized difference methods to elastic bodies, electromagnetic fields, underground water pollution, and coupled sound-heat flows.

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CRC Press

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0824703308

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Wizard Emperor

Volume 3

By: Wei Han

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Wizard Emperor

Volume 3

By: Wei Han

Three thousand years of glory, dust and earth, eight thousand miles of journey; Yun and Yue! Soldiers in the battlefield, Magi feared by the world. Carrying the honor and prosperity of the Gong Yang family, would Li Mu choose to avenge his family or to stay loyal to the dying empire? The dead are gone, where is the living?! Shaman spirits were gradually awakening along with the growth of this young man, and when the Shaman who was above the power level had once again stepped onto the stage of history, he asked the whole world, who could compete against him?! My name is Li Mu, and I'm from Witch Prefecture. I'm a low-level martial practitioner of the True Martial University.

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Funstory

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1636457487

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Lifeline Engineering Systems

Network Reliability Analysis and Aseismic Design

By: Jie Li,Wei Liu

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Lifeline Engineering Systems

Network Reliability Analysis and Aseismic Design

By: Jie Li,Wei Liu

This book, for the first time, introduces comprehensively all main topics of lifeline earthquake engineering, including the structure analysis, network evaluation, and network design. The distinctive features involved in this book are the construction of theories and methods for stochastic analysis of structures based the physical idea, probability analytical algorithms for network evaluation by employing Boolean Algebra, functional evaluation of water distribution networks using hydraulic analysis, and network design methods by employing genetic, simulated annealing, and hybrid algorithms.

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9811591016

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Structure-Preserving Doubling Algorithms for Nonlinear Matrix Equations

By: Tsung-Ming Huang,Ren-Cang Li,Wen-Wei Lin

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Structure-Preserving Doubling Algorithms for Nonlinear Matrix Equations

By: Tsung-Ming Huang,Ren-Cang Li,Wen-Wei Lin

Nonlinear matrix equations arise frequently in applied science and engineering. This is the first book to provide a unified treatment of structure-preserving doubling algorithms that have been recently studied and proven effective for notoriously challenging problems, such as fluid queue theory and vibration analysis for high speed trains; present recent developments and results for the theory of doubling algorithms for nonlinear matrix equations associated with regular matrix pencils; and highlight the use of doubling algorithms in achieving robust solutions for notoriously challenging problems that other methods cannot.? Structure-Preserving Doubling Algorithms for Nonlinear Matrix Equations is intended for researchers and computational scientists, and graduate students may also find it of interest.

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SIAM

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1611975360

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The Chinese Philosophy of Fate

By: Yixia Wei

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The Chinese Philosophy of Fate

By: Yixia Wei

This book is based on the study of the traditional Chinese philosophy, and explores the relationship between philosophy and people’s fate. The book points out that heaven is an eternal topic in Chinese philosophy. The concept of heaven contains religious implications and reflects the principles the Chinese people believed in and by which they govern their lives. The traditional Chinese philosophy of fate is conceptualized into the "unification of Heaven and man". Different interpretations of the inter-relationships between Heaven, man and their unification mark different schools of the traditional Chinese philosophy. This book identifies 14 different schools of theories in this regard. And by analyzing these schools and theories, it summarizes the basic characteristics of traditional Chinese philosophy, compares the Chinese philosophy of fate with the Western one, and discusses the relationship between philosophy and man’s fate.

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Springer

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981104371X

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Distributed Energy Management of Electrical Power Systems

By: Yinliang Xu,Wei Zhang,Wenxin Liu,Wen Yu

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Distributed Energy Management of Electrical Power Systems

By: Yinliang Xu,Wei Zhang,Wenxin Liu,Wen Yu

Go in-depth with this comprehensive discussion of distributed energy management Distributed Energy Management of Electrical Power Systems provides the most complete analysis of fully distributed control approaches and their applications for electric power systems available today. Authored by four respected leaders in the field, the book covers the technical aspects of control, operation management, and optimization of electric power systems. In each chapter, the book covers the foundations and fundamentals of the topic under discussion. It then moves on to more advanced applications. Topics reviewed in the book include: System-level coordinated control Optimization of active and reactive power in power grids The coordinated control of distributed generation, elastic load and energy storage systems Distributed Energy Management incorporates discussions of emerging and future technologies and their potential effects on electrical power systems. The increased impact of renewable energy sources is also covered. Perfect for industry practitioners and graduate students in the field of power systems, Distributed Energy Management remains the leading reference for anyone with an interest in its fascinating subject matter.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119534887

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Marrying Buddha

By: Wei Hui Zhou

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Marrying Buddha

By: Wei Hui Zhou

Her second semi-autobiographical novel of desire and lust in a new city far from China...According to the author, Marrying Buddha is the continuation of her first novel Shanghai Baby, the international bestseller which was banned in China and catapulted her to fame and notoriety in the country of her birth. As in Shanghai Baby, the protagonist is Coco, a young successful female novelist who decides to leave Shanghai for New York. Coco embarks on the next leg of life's journey, a road that leads her through love, desire, and spiritual awakening. In Manhattan she meets Muju. Muju and Coco share a deep, intense passion, experimenting and exploring their desires at every available opportunity. But into this relationship enters glamorous, wealthy and impossibly urbane New Yorker Nick. And when as a result her relationship with Muju is threatened, Coco returns to China, to the tiny temple-studded island of Putu, the place of her birth. It is on Mount Putu where Coco finds some inner peace - but once back in Shanghai she is visited by both Muju and Nick and is once again caught up in the intensity and passion of the two relationships. After both men leave Coco discovers she is pregnant, but has no idea of whether it is Muju or Nick who is the father...

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Robinson

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1780337523

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Models and Algorithms for Public Transportation Scheduling

By: Ming Wei

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Models and Algorithms for Public Transportation Scheduling

By: Ming Wei

This book presents an arterial green-wave synchronous coordination model for bus and non-bus lanes based on platoon dispersion theory. As the traffic light at an upstream intersection change from red to green, the dispersive characteristics of these vehicles moving from upstream to the downstream were analyzed by assuming velocities of two platoon following a normal distribution pattern. The model aims at analyzing relationship between traffic flow, distance between adjacent intersections, and signaling time in order to achieve arterial green-wave synchronous coordination in both the bus and non-bus lanes. To facilitate coordination in a traffic signal control system, the number of vehicles forced to stop at the head of the platoon as well as the number of vehicles trapped at the tail of the platoon were deter-mined and presented in a tabular form for use in the proposed traffic light coordination model. Finally, a numeric computation for the coordination of successive signals is presented to illustrate the validity of the proposed model.

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Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. USA

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1649975252

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Safe Autonomy with Control Barrier Functions

Theory and Applications

By: Wei Xiao,Christos G. Cassandras,Calin Belta

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Safe Autonomy with Control Barrier Functions

Theory and Applications

By: Wei Xiao,Christos G. Cassandras,Calin Belta

This book presents the concept of Control Barrier Function (CBF), which captures the evolution of safety requirements during the execution of a system and can be used to enforce safety. Safety is formalized using an emerging state-of-the-art approach based on CBFs, and many illustrative examples from autonomous driving, traffic control, and robot control are provided. Safety is central to autonomous systems since they are intended to operate with minimal or no human supervision, and a single failure could result in catastrophic results. The authors discuss how safety can be guaranteed via both theoretical and application perspectives. This presented method is computationally efficient and can be easily implemented in real-time systems that require high-frequency reactive control. In addition, the CBF approach can easily deal with nonlinear models and complex constraints used in a wide spectrum of applications, including autonomous driving, robotics, and traffic control. With the proliferation of autonomous systems, such as self-driving cars, mobile robots, and unmanned air vehicles, safety plays a crucial role in ensuring their widespread adoption. This book considers the integration of safety guarantees into the operation of such systems including typical safety requirements that involve collision avoidance, technological system limitations, and bounds on real-time executions. Adaptive approaches for safety are also proposed for time-varying execution bounds and noisy dynamics.

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Springer Nature

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3031275764

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Adaptive Backstepping Control of Uncertain Systems with Actuator Failures, Subsystem Interactions, and Nonsmooth Nonlinearities

By: Wei Wang,Changyun Wen,Jing Zhou

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Adaptive Backstepping Control of Uncertain Systems with Actuator Failures, Subsystem Interactions, and Nonsmooth Nonlinearities

By: Wei Wang,Changyun Wen,Jing Zhou

In practice, actuators often undergo failures and various factors influence its effectiveness. Also due to the increasing complexity of large-scale systems, subsystems are often interconnected, whereas the interactions between any two subsystems are difficult to deal with. This book details a series of new methodologies of designing and analyzing adaptive backstepping control systems involving treatment on actuator failures, subsystem interactions and nonsmooth nonlinearities. Moreover, it discusses some interesting open issues in adaptive failure accommodation, decentralized adaptive control and distributed adaptive coordinated control.

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CRC Press

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1498776442

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Boundary Element Programming in Mechanics

By: Xiao-Wei Gao,Trevor G. Davies

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Boundary Element Programming in Mechanics

By: Xiao-Wei Gao,Trevor G. Davies

Nonlinear stress analysis (a branch of solid mechanics) is an essential feature in the design of such diverse structures as aircraft, bridges, machines, and dams. Computational techniques have become vital tools in dealing with the complex, time-consuming problems associated with nonlinear stress analysis. Although finite element techniques are widely used, boundary element methods (BEM) offer a powerful alternative, especially in tackling problems of three-dimensional plasticity. This book describes the application of BEM in solid mechanics, beginning with basic theory and then explaining the numerical implementation of BEM in nonlinear stress analysis. The book includes a state-of-the-art CD-ROM containing BEM source code for use by the reader. This book will be especially useful to stress analysts in industry, research workers in the field of computational plasticity, and postgraduate students taking courses in engineering mechanics.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521773598

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A Notional Analysis of Chinese Academic Discourse on China

Centennial Reflection on China’s Revolutionary Road

By: Weixiao Wei

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A Notional Analysis of Chinese Academic Discourse on China

Centennial Reflection on China’s Revolutionary Road

By: Weixiao Wei

Notional Analysis of Chinese Academic Discourse on China presents an executive summary of Chinese academic discourse about China’s progress and achievements in the past one hundred years. Using a scientometric method to analyze bibliographic records retrieved from the largest library database in China on aspects of Chinese Studies, this book offers an insider’s view regarding social, cultural, historical and political aspects of China that have never been systematically published in English before. This book first follows a quantitative approach using bibliometric analysis to identify keywords in the Chinese academic works about China in conceptual clusters for the past hundred years. Then a qualitative method is adopted to select significant and representative discourses within each conceptual cluster. By helping to establish two-way communication and facilitate mutual understanding, this book holds great potential for helping to resolve conflict and promoting peace. This book offers an eye-opening experience for anyone studying or researching Chinese Studies, including related subjects such as Chinese language, culture and education, or a broader subject within global politics, economy, sociology and culture, which acknowledges China as a major player in the field.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000989259

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Underwater Biomimetic Vehicle-Manipulator System

Control and Planning

By: Shuo Wang,Yu Wang,Min Tan,Rui Wang,Xiang Dong,Qingping Wei,Liuji Shang

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Underwater Biomimetic Vehicle-Manipulator System

Control and Planning

By: Shuo Wang,Yu Wang,Min Tan,Rui Wang,Xiang Dong,Qingping Wei,Liuji Shang

This book is about the design and control of biomimetic underwater robots. It explains the six aspects of the underwater biomimetic vehicle- manipulator system in detail and provides practical examples. This book is the authors’ long-term exploration of the theoretical and technical issues in the development of the underwater biomimetic vehicle-manipulator system and is written based on more than 15 years of scientific research and practical experience. This book is a helpful reference for the researchers, engineers, master and Ph.D. students in the field of biomimetic underwater robots.

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9819906555

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Differential Equations for Engineers

By: Wei-Chau Xie

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Differential Equations for Engineers

By: Wei-Chau Xie

Xie presents a systematic introduction to ordinary differential equations for engineering students and practitioners. Mathematical concepts and various techniques are presented in a clear, logical, and concise manner. Various visual features are used to highlight focus areas. Complete illustrative diagrams are used to facilitate mathematical modeling of application problems. Readers are motivated by a focus on the relevance of differential equations through their applications in various engineering disciplines. Studies of various types of differential equations are determined by engineering applications. Theory and techniques for solving differential equations are then applied to solve practical engineering problems. A step-by-step analysis is presented to model the engineering problems using differential equations from physical principles and to solve the differential equations using the easiest possible method. This book is suitable for undergraduate students in engineering.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139488163

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Radial Basis Function Neural Networks With Sequential Learning, Progress In Neural Processing

By: Ying Wei Lu,P Saratchandran,Narasimman Sundararajan

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Radial Basis Function Neural Networks With Sequential Learning, Progress In Neural Processing

By: Ying Wei Lu,P Saratchandran,Narasimman Sundararajan

This book presents in detail the newly developed sequential learning algorithm for radial basis function neural networks, which realizes a minimal network. This algorithm, created by the authors, is referred to as Minimal Resource Allocation Networks (MRAN). The book describes the application of MRAN in different areas, including pattern recognition, time series prediction, system identification, control, communication and signal processing. Benchmark problems from these areas have been studied, and MRAN is compared with other algorithms. In order to make the book self-contained, a review of the existing theory of RBF networks and applications is given at the beginning.

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World Scientific

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9814495271

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Modeling and Optimization of Interdependent Energy Infrastructures

By: Wei Wei,Jianhui Wang

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Modeling and Optimization of Interdependent Energy Infrastructures

By: Wei Wei,Jianhui Wang

This book opens up new ways to develop mathematical models and optimization methods for interdependent energy infrastructures, ranging from the electricity network, natural gas network, district heating network, and electrified transportation network. The authors provide methods to help analyze, design, and operate the integrated energy system more efficiently and reliably, and constitute a foundational basis for decision support tools for the next-generation energy network. Chapters present new operation models of the coupled energy infrastructure and the application of new methodologies including convex optimization, robust optimization, and equilibrium constrained optimization. Four appendices provide students and researchers with helpful tutorials on advanced optimization methods: Basics of Linear and Conic Programs; Formulation Tricks in Integer Programming; Basics of Robust Optimization; Equilibrium Problems. This book provides theoretical foundation and technical applications for energy system integration, and the the interdisciplinary research presented will be useful to readers in many fields including electrical engineering, civil engineering, and industrial engineering.

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3030259587

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Computational Methods for Deep Learning

Theoretic, Practice and Applications

By: Wei Qi Yan

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Computational Methods for Deep Learning

Theoretic, Practice and Applications

By: Wei Qi Yan

Integrating concepts from deep learning, machine learning, and artificial neural networks, this highly unique textbook presents content progressively from easy to more complex, orienting its content about knowledge transfer from the viewpoint of machine intelligence. It adopts the methodology from graphical theory, mathematical models, and algorithmic implementation, as well as covers datasets preparation, programming, results analysis and evaluations. Beginning with a grounding about artificial neural networks with neurons and the activation functions, the work then explains the mechanism of deep learning using advanced mathematics. In particular, it emphasizes how to use TensorFlow and the latest MATLAB deep-learning toolboxes for implementing deep learning algorithms. As a prerequisite, readers should have a solid understanding especially of mathematical analysis, linear algebra, numerical analysis, optimizations, differential geometry, manifold, and information theory, as well as basic algebra, functional analysis, and graphical models. This computational knowledge will assist in comprehending the subject matter not only of this text/reference, but also in relevant deep learning journal articles and conference papers. This textbook/guide is aimed at Computer Science research students and engineers, as well as scientists interested in deep learning for theoretic research and analysis. More generally, this book is also helpful for those researchers who are interested in machine intelligence, pattern analysis, natural language processing, and machine vision. Dr. Wei Qi Yan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. His other publications include the Springer title, Visual Cryptography for Image Processing and Security.

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3030610810

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The General Economic Theory

An Integrative Approach

By: Wei-Bin Zhang

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The General Economic Theory

An Integrative Approach

By: Wei-Bin Zhang

This book develops a general economic theory that integrates various economic theories and ideas and establishes important relationships between economic variables that are not formally recognized in the economic literature. The author demonstrates how the basic model is integrated with neoclassical growth theory, Walrasian general equilibrium theory, and Ricardian distribution theory, and how these theories can be incorporated through a single set of equations with a microeconomic basis. The book offers new insights into income and wealth distribution between heterogeneous households, racial and national differences in growth and development, interdependence between different stock variables with portfolio choices among different markets. It will appeal to scholars of economists interested in an integrative theoretical approach to this discipline.

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Computational Methods for Electromagnetic Phenomena

Electrostatics in Solvation, Scattering, and Electron Transport

By: Wei Cai

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Computational Methods for Electromagnetic Phenomena

Electrostatics in Solvation, Scattering, and Electron Transport

By: Wei Cai

A unique and comprehensive graduate text and reference on numerical methods for electromagnetic phenomena, from atomistic to continuum scales, in biology, optical-to-micro waves, photonics, nanoelectronics and plasmas. The state-of-the-art numerical methods described include: • Statistical fluctuation formulae for the dielectric constant • Particle-Mesh-Ewald, Fast-Multipole-Method and image-based reaction field method for long-range interactions • High-order singular/hypersingular (Nyström collocation/Galerkin) boundary and volume integral methods in layered media for Poisson–Boltzmann electrostatics, electromagnetic wave scattering and electron density waves in quantum dots • Absorbing and UPML boundary conditions • High-order hierarchical Nédélec edge elements • High-order discontinuous Galerkin (DG) and Yee finite difference time-domain methods • Finite element and plane wave frequency-domain methods for periodic structures • Generalized DG beam propagation method for optical waveguides • NEGF(Non-equilibrium Green's function) and Wigner kinetic methods for quantum transport • High-order WENO and Godunov and central schemes for hydrodynamic transport • Vlasov-Fokker-Planck and PIC and constrained MHD transport in plasmas

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1139619845

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Numerical And Symbolic Computations Of Generalized Inverses

By: Yimin Wei,Predrag Stanimirovic,Marko Petkovic

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Numerical And Symbolic Computations Of Generalized Inverses

By: Yimin Wei,Predrag Stanimirovic,Marko Petkovic

We introduce new methods connecting numerics and symbolic computations, i.e., both the direct and iterative methods as well as the symbolic method for computing the generalized inverses. These will be useful for Engineers and Statisticians, in addition to applied mathematicians.Also, main applications of generalized inverses will be presented. Symbolic method covered in our book but not discussed in other book, which is important for numerical-symbolic computations.

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9813238682

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9789813238688

Leadership: Political-economic, Regional Business And Socio-community Contexts

By: Tai Wei Lim

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Leadership: Political-economic, Regional Business And Socio-community Contexts

By: Tai Wei Lim

Political leadership styles in East Asian states are shaped and influenced by a number of domestic factors. These factors include the type of political system that an East Asian state adopted from their days of independence and decolonization. There is a diverse array of political systems in the region, ranging from Western-style liberal democracies like Japan and South Korea to autocratic one-party states like North Korea. Most other East Asian countries adopt systems somewhere in between these two polar ends. This volume begins with a macro-political perspective of leadership. It then looks at case studies of political leadership and the factors that influence the shape and outcome of leadership styles in the region.The book also examines the concept of community leadership and its impact on community well-being. Several specific case studies are examined in depth. While examining political leadership from a macro theoretical and empirical perspective, the book also adopts historical-anthropological perspectives to analyse case studies. The case studies also examine policy formulation and implementation to look at the role of government in handling community-level issues.Finally, the book focuses on economic leadership in international political economy and global business.

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9811213240

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A Theory of Interregional Dynamics

Models of Capital, Knowledge and Economic Structures

By: Wei-Bin Zhang

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A Theory of Interregional Dynamics

Models of Capital, Knowledge and Economic Structures

By: Wei-Bin Zhang

Over more than two centuries the development of economic theory has created a wide array of different theories, concepts and results. Nevertheless, there is no general theory, which mrifies these varied theories into a comprehensive one. Economics has been split between partial and conflicting representations of the functioning of market economies. We have a collection of separate theories such as the Marxian economics, the Keynesian economics, the general equilibrium theory, and the neoclassical growth theory. These diverse economic theories have co-existed but not in a structured relationship with each other. Economic students are trained to understand economic phenomena by severally incompatible theories one by one in the same course. Since the end of Second Wodd War many crises in economic theory have been announced. The economist experienced the crisis of the general equilibrium economics, the crisis of the neoclassical growth economics, the crisis of the Keynesian economics, not to mention the crises of the Marxian economics. It is quite reasonable to expect the loss of confidence in theoretical economics even among professional economists after so many crises in a very short period of time. But a crisis offers new opportmrities for change, either for better or for worse. The past crises in theoretical economics may be perceived as a historical opportmrity to construct a general economic theory by which the traditional theories are integrated into a higher whole.

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3642181481

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Mathematical Logic

Foundations for Information Science

By: Wei Li

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Mathematical Logic

Foundations for Information Science

By: Wei Li

Mathematical logic is a branch of mathematics that takes axiom systems and mathematical proofs as its objects of study. This book shows how it can also provide a foundation for the development of information science and technology. The first five chapters systematically present the core topics of classical mathematical logic, including the syntax and models of first-order languages, formal inference systems, computability and representability, and Gödel’s theorems. The last five chapters present extensions and developments of classical mathematical logic, particularly the concepts of version sequences of formal theories and their limits, the system of revision calculus, proschemes (formal descriptions of proof methods and strategies) and their properties, and the theory of inductive inference. All of these themes contribute to a formal theory of axiomatization and its application to the process of developing information technology and scientific theories. The book also describes the paradigm of three kinds of language environments for theories and it presents the basic properties required of a meta-language environment. Finally, the book brings these themes together by describing a workflow for scientific research in the information era in which formal methods, interactive software and human invention are all used to their advantage. This book represents a valuable reference for graduate and undergraduate students and researchers in mathematics, information science and technology, and other relevant areas of natural sciences. Its first five chapters serve as an undergraduate text in mathematical logic and the last five chapters are addressed to graduate students in relevant disciplines.

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3764399775

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Climate Under Cover

By: Tadashi Takakura,Wei Fang

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Climate Under Cover

By: Tadashi Takakura,Wei Fang

This book gives a full description of the simulation techniques used in the greenhouse industry, including different environments from mulching to greenhouses. Another important topic discussed at length is the relationship between plants and the environment. An emphasis is put on the relationship between quantitative phenomena and qualitative analyses. Most of the phenomena involved are non-linear and non-steady-state. In this second edition we describe these phenomena with an approach called System Dynamics and mathematical models developed in the simulation languages MATLAB and SIMULINK. These models can be easily adapted to the specific requirements of the readers, and the environments in which they work. In general, the subjects covered in this book are relevant to graduate students, scientists, and researchers in the agricultural and biological sciences. This book is a valuable addition to libraries of agricultural organizations and individual professionals in both developing and developed countries.

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1402008465

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Big Mechanisms in Systems Biology

Big Data Mining, Network Modeling, and Genome-Wide Data Identification

By: Bor-Sen Chen,Cheng-Wei Li

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Big Mechanisms in Systems Biology

Big Data Mining, Network Modeling, and Genome-Wide Data Identification

By: Bor-Sen Chen,Cheng-Wei Li

Big Mechanisms in Systems Biology: Big Data Mining, Network Modeling, and Genome-Wide Data Identification explains big mechanisms of systems biology by system identification and big data mining methods using models of biological systems. Systems biology is currently undergoing revolutionary changes in response to the integration of powerful technologies. Faced with a large volume of available literature, complicated mechanisms, small prior knowledge, few classes on the topics, and causal and mechanistic language, this is an ideal resource. This book addresses system immunity, regulation, infection, aging, evolution, and carcinogenesis, which are complicated biological systems with inconsistent findings in existing resources. These inconsistencies may reflect the underlying biology time-varying systems and signal transduction events that are often context-dependent, which raises a significant problem for mechanistic modeling since it is not clear which genes/proteins to include in models or experimental measurements. The book is a valuable resource for bioinformaticians and members of several areas of the biomedical field who are interested in an in-depth understanding on how to process and apply great amounts of biological data to improve research. - Written in a didactic manner in order to explain how to investigate Big Mechanisms by big data mining and system identification - Provides more than 140 diagrams to illustrate Big Mechanism in systems biology - Presents worked examples in each chapter

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0128097078

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9780128097076

Nonlinear Filtering

Methods and Applications

By: Kumar Pakki Bharani Chandra,Da-Wei Gu

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Nonlinear Filtering

Methods and Applications

By: Kumar Pakki Bharani Chandra,Da-Wei Gu

This book gives readers in-depth know-how on methods of state estimation for nonlinear control systems. It starts with an introduction to dynamic control systems and system states and a brief description of the Kalman filter. In the following chapters, various state estimation techniques for nonlinear systems are discussed, including the extended, unscented and cubature Kalman filters. The cubature Kalman filter and its variants are introduced in particular detail because of their efficiency and their ability to deal with systems with Gaussian and/or non-Gaussian noise. The book also discusses information-filter and square-root-filtering algorithms, useful for state estimation in some real-time control system design problems. A number of case studies are included in the book to illustrate the application of various nonlinear filtering algorithms. Nonlinear Filtering is written for academic and industrial researchers, engineers and research students who are interested in nonlinear control systems analysis and design. The chief features of the book include: dedicated coverage of recently developed nonlinear, Jacobian-free, filtering algorithms; examples illustrating the use of nonlinear filtering algorithms in real-world applications; detailed derivation and complete algorithms for nonlinear filtering methods, which help readers to a fundamental understanding and easier coding of those algorithms; and MATLAB® codes associated with case-study applications, which can be downloaded from the Springer Extra Materials website.

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3030017974

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An Introduction to Linear and Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis

A Computational Approach

By: Prem Kythe,Dongming Wei

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An Introduction to Linear and Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis

A Computational Approach

By: Prem Kythe,Dongming Wei

Modern finite element analysis has grown into a basic mathematical tool for almost every field of engineering and the applied sciences. This introductory textbook fills a gap in the literature, offering a concise, integrated presentation of methods, applications, software tools, and hands-on projects. Included are numerous exercises, problems, and Mathematica/Matlab-based programming projects. The emphasis is on interdisciplinary applications to serve a broad audience of advanced undergraduate/graduate students with different backgrounds in applied mathematics, engineering, physics/geophysics. The work may also serve as a self-study reference for researchers and practitioners seeking a quick introduction to the subject for their research.

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0817681604

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Multivariate Time Series Analysis and Applications

By: William W. S. Wei

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Multivariate Time Series Analysis and Applications

By: William W. S. Wei

An essential guide on high dimensional multivariate time series including all the latest topics from one of the leading experts in the field Following the highly successful and much lauded book, Time Series Analysis—Univariate and Multivariate Methods, this new work by William W.S. Wei focuses on high dimensional multivariate time series, and is illustrated with numerous high dimensional empirical time series. Beginning with the fundamentalconcepts and issues of multivariate time series analysis,this book covers many topics that are not found in general multivariate time series books. Some of these are repeated measurements, space-time series modelling, and dimension reduction. The book also looks at vector time series models, multivariate time series regression models, and principle component analysis of multivariate time series. Additionally, it provides readers with information on factor analysis of multivariate time series, multivariate GARCH models, and multivariate spectral analysis of time series. With the development of computers and the internet, we have increased potential for data exploration. In the next few years, dimension will become a more serious problem. Multivariate Time Series Analysis and its Applications provides some initial solutions, which may encourage the development of related software needed for the high dimensional multivariate time series analysis. Written by bestselling author and leading expert in the field Covers topics not yet explored in current multivariate books Features classroom tested material Written specifically for time series courses Multivariate Time Series Analysis and its Applications is designed for an advanced time series analysis course. It is a must-have for anyone studying time series analysis and is also relevant for students in economics, biostatistics, and engineering.

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1119502853

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9781119502852

Distributed Coordination of Multi-agent Networks

Emergent Problems, Models, and Issues

By: Wei Ren,Yongcan Cao

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Distributed Coordination of Multi-agent Networks

Emergent Problems, Models, and Issues

By: Wei Ren,Yongcan Cao

Distributed Coordination of Multi-agent Networks introduces problems, models, and issues such as collective periodic motion coordination, collective tracking with a dynamic leader, and containment control with multiple leaders, and explores ideas for their solution. Solving these problems extends the existing application domains of multi-agent networks; for example, collective periodic motion coordination is appropriate for applications involving repetitive movements, collective tracking guarantees tracking of a dynamic leader by multiple followers in the presence of reduced interaction and partial measurements, and containment control enables maneuvering of multiple followers by multiple leaders.

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0857291696

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