The book discusses planthopper pests of rice. These insects are one of the most destructive pests, threatening food security around the world. The historical development of the rice planthopper problem shows that they are secondary pests and single-discipline control tactics or strategies were not able to manage them, and instead caused frequent resurgences. This book not only presents new appr…
This book focuses on advanced optical finishing techniques and design for high-performance manufacturing systems. It provides numerous detailed examples of how advanced automation techniques have been applied to optical fabrication processes. The simulations, removal rate and accurate experimental results offer useful resources for engineering practice. Researchers, engineers and graduate stude…
Following underwater acoustic channel modeling, this book investigates the relationship between coherence time and transmission distances. It considers the power allocation issues of two typical transmission scenarios, namely short-range transmission and medium-long range transmission. For the former scenario, an adaptive system is developed based on instantaneous channel state information. The…
Indigenous Education is a compilation of conceptual chapters and national case studies that includes empirical research based on a series of data collection methods. The book provides up-to-date scholarly research on global trends on three issues of paramount importance with indigenous education—language, culture, and identity. It also offers a strategic comparative and international educatio…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th IFIP WG 8.1 International Conference on Informatics and Semiotics in Organisations, ICISO 2015, held in Toulouse, France, in March 2015. The 21 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 46 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: organisational semiotics: theory and concepts; orga…
This book provides readers with a state-of-the-art description of techniques to be used for ultra-low-power (ULP) and ultra-low-cost (ULC), short-range wireless receivers. Readers will learn what is required to deploy these receivers in short-range wireless sensor networks, which are proliferating widely to serve the internet of things (IoT) for “smart cities.” The authors address key chall…
Optics and photonics offer new and vibrant approaches to meeting the challenges of the 21st century concerning energy conservation, education, agriculture, personal health and the environment. One of the most effective ways to address these global problems is to provide updated and reliable content on light-based technologies. Optical thin films and meta-materials, lasers, optical communication…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third CCF Internet Conference of China, ICoC 2014, held in Shanghai, China, in July 2014. The 10 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 94 submissions. The papers address issues such as software defined network, network security, future Internet architecture, Internet application, network management, network …
Buku ini merupakan buku Physiology Question-Based Learning (PqBL) kedua dan merupakan kelanjutan dari buku PqBL pertama yang berisi tentang fisiologi sistem kardiovaskular, pernapasan, dan ginjal. Salah satu tema yang disoroti dalam buku kedua adalah aspek dinamis dari aliran darah, yaitu aliran darah, aliran udara, dan aliran cairan tubular. Buku PqBL kedua ini mencakup tiga sistem fisiologis …
Buku ini merupakan publikasi pertama dari lebih dari satu dekade penyelenggaraan dan penyelenggaraan Inter-Med School Physiology Quiz (IMSPQ) di Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Acara ini sekarang menjadi acara fisiologi besar dan pada IMSPQ ke-12 tahun 2014 yang lalu, kami mengumpulkan 88 tim sekolah kedokteran dari 23 negara yang berkumpul untuk mengikuti kegiatan yang memacu adrenalin dan merangsang …