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Nanomaterials from Renewable Resources for Emerging Applications details developments in nanomaterials produced from renewable materials and their usage in food and packaging, energy conservation, and environmental applications. • Introduces fundamentals of nanomaterials from renewable resources, including processing and characterization. • Covers nanomaterials for applications in food and packaging, including nanocellulose, lignin- and chitosan-based nanomaterials, and nanostarch. • Discusses applications in energy conservation, such as supercapacitors, electrolyte membranes, energy storage devices, and insulation. • Describes environmental uses such as water remediation and purification and oil spill clean-ups. • Highlights advantages and challenges in commercialization of green nanoparticle-based materials. Equally beneficial to researchers and professionals, this book is aimed at readers across materials science and engineering, chemical engineering, chemistry, and related fields interested in sustainable engineering.

Extensively revised, the fifth edition of this successful textbook offers a practical framework for approaching and carrying out business in China. Building on the strengths of the previous editions and on the 30-year China business experience of the author, the book provides a guide to market entry, managing operations, and marketing in this unique social and cultural environment, including: Why foreign businesses in China need to understand and interact with government in China, both central and local, and how best to do this New and revised case studies, including case studies on successful companies entering and operating in China such as Volkswagen, Hermes, Honeywell and Diageo An in-depth focus on internet marketing in China Choosing business partners and negotiating Dos and don'ts. Updated to include information on new government policy on trade partnerships, commercial law, and anti-corruption drives, the fifth edition of Doing Business in China will continue to be the preferred text for international students of Chinese business and management studies and for practitioners with an eye on China.

Bioinformatics in Agriculture: Next Generation Sequencing Era is a comprehensive volume presenting an integrated research and development approach to the practical application of genomics to improve agricultural crops. Exploring both the theoretical and applied aspects of computational biology, and focusing on the innovation processes, the book highlights the increased productivity of a translational approach. Presented in four sections and including insights from experts from around the world, the book includes: Section I: Bioinformatics and Next Generation Sequencing Technologies; Section II: Omics Application; Section III: Data mining and Markers Discovery; Section IV: Artificial Intelligence and Agribots. Bioinformatics in Agriculture: Next Generation Sequencing Era explores deep sequencing, NGS, genomic, transcriptome analysis and multiplexing, highlighting practices forreducing time, cost, and effort for the analysis of gene as they are pooled, and sequenced. Readers will gain real-world information on computational biology, genomics, applied data mining, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. This book serves as a complete package for advanced undergraduate students, researchers, and scientists with an interest in bioinformatics. Discusses integral aspects of molecular biology and pivotal tool sfor molecular breeding Enables breeders to design cost-effective and efficient breeding strategies Provides examples ofinnovative genome-wide marker (SSR, SNP) discovery Explores both the theoretical and practical aspects of computational biology with focus on innovation processes Covers recent trends of bioinformatics and different tools and techniques

China has changed dramatically since the first edition of Doing Business in China was published in 2000, but the second, third and now this fourth edition have kept pace with the rapid developments. China is now far more international but the fundamental business culture has not altered greatly. The new edition of this highly successful textbook offers Western and non-Chinese businesspeople a theoretical framework for the understanding of business practices, markets, negotiations, organizations, networks and the Chinese business context. Building on the strengths of the previous editions, the book provides a guide to market entry, managing operations and marketing in this unique social and cultural environment by including: Factors that lead to business success 14 new or revised case studies, including include windfarms, fine wines and new consultancy businesses Discussion of marketing issues, notably products, pricing, distribution, advertising and promotion Dos and don'ts when choosing business partners and negotiating Guides to further resources in local cultures to help businesses tailor their strategies to local conditions. Offering a fresh look at the evolving marketplaces and their interactions with government and the army, the fourth edition of Doing Business in China will continue to be the preferred text for international students of Chinese business and management studies and for practitioners with an eye on China.

Good management of soil ensures that mineral elements do not become deficient or toxic to plants, and that appropriate mineral elements enter the food chain. Soil management is important both directly and indirectly to crop productivity, environmental sustainability, and human health. Because of the projected increase in world population and the consequent need for the intensification of food production, the management of soil will become increasingly important in the coming years. To achieve future ford security, the management of soil in a sustainable manner will be the challenge, through proper nutrient management and appropriable soil conservation practices. The present book entitled “Soil Fertility Management: A Way to Sustainable Agriculture” is an overview of soil fertility degradation and its management. The whole subject matter has been compiled in 18 chapters. With its applications oriented and interdisciplinary approach, the book will be serve as useful reference to student, teachers, researchers, scientists, policy makers and other interested in soil science, agronomy, crop science, environmental science and agriculture.

Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2014 2nd International Conference on Precision Mechanical Instruments and Measurement Technology (ICPMIMT 2014), May 30-31, 2014, Chongqing, China

Selected papers from the 2012 International Conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing (ICAMMP 2012), December 22-23, 2012, Beihai, China

Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2012 2nd International Conference on Machinery Electronics and Control Engineering (ICMECE 2012), December 29-30, 2012, Jinan, Shandong, China

Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2012 International Conference on Information Technology and Management Innovation (ICITMI 2012), November 10-11, 2012, Guangzhou, China

Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2013 2nd International Conference on Opto-Electronics Engineering and Materials Research (OEMR 2013), October 19-20, 2013, Zhengzhou, Henan, China

Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2011 International Conference on Material Science and Information Technology (MSIT 2011), September 16-18, 2011, Singapore

Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2012 2nd International Conference on Materials Science and Information Technology (MSIT 2012), August 24-26, 2012, Xi'an, Shaan, China

In past twenty years or so, information technology has influenced and changed every aspect of our lives and our cultures. Without various IT-based applications, we would find it difficult to keep information stored securely, to process information and business efficiently, and to communicate information conveniently. In the future world, ITs and information engineering will play a very important role in convergence of computing, communication, business and all other computational sciences and application and it also will influence the future world's various areas, including science, engineering, industry, business, law, politics, culture and medicine. The International Conference on Information Engineering and Applications (IEA) 2011 is intended to foster the dissemination of state-of-the-art research in information and business areas, including their models, services, and novel applications associated with their utilization. International Conference on Information Engineering and Applications (IEA) 2011 is organized by Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Nanyang Technological University, University of Michigan and the Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, and is sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). The objective of IEA 2011 is to will provide a forum for engineers and scientists in academia, industry, and government to address the most innovative research and development. Information Engineering and Applications provides a summary of this conference including contributions for key speakers on subjects such as technical challenges, social and economic issues, and ideas, results and current work on all aspects of advanced information and business intelligence.

Selected, peer reviewed papers of the 2011 International Conference on Materials Engineering for Advanced Technologies

Delegates and friends, we are very pleased to extend to you the sincerest of welcomes to this, the 10th International Conference on Knowledge Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems at the Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth, UK, brought to you by KES International. This is a special KES conference, as it is the 10th in the series, and as such, it represents an occasion for celebration and an opportunity for reflection. The first KES conference was held in 1997 and was organised by the KES conference founder, Lakhmi Jain. In 1997, 1998 and 1999 the KES conferences were held in Adelaide, Australia. In 2000 the conference moved out of Australia to be held in Brighton, UK; in 2001 it was in Osaka, Japan; in 2002, Crema near Milan, Italy; in 2003, Oxford, UK; in 2004, Wellington, New Zealand; and in 2005, Melbourne, Australia. The next two conferences are planned to be in Italy and Croatia. Delegate numbers have grown from about 100 in 1997, to a regular figure in excess of 500. The conference attracts delegates from many different countries, in Europe, Australasia, the Pacific Rim, Asia and the Americas, and may truly be said to be ‘International'. Formed in 2001, KES International has developed into a worldwide organisation that provides a professional community for researchers in the discipline of knowledge-based and intelligent engineering and information systems, and through this, opportunities for publication, networking and interaction.

This volume contains the proceedings of the 1st International Conference on A?ective Computing and Intelligent Interaction (ACII 2005) held in Beijing, China, on 22–24 October 2005. Traditionally, the machine end of human–machine interaction has been very passive, and certainly has had no means of recognizing or expressing a?ective information. But without the ability to process such information, computers cannot be expected to communicate with humans in a natural way. The ability to recognize and express a?ect is one of the most important features of - man beings. We therefore expect that computers will eventually have to have the ability to process a?ect and to interact with human users in ways that are similar to those in which humans interact with each other. A?ective computing and intelligent interaction is a key emerging technology that focuses on m- iad aspects of the recognition, understanding, and expression of a?ective and emotional states by computers. The topic is currently a highly active research area and is receiving increasing attention. This strong interest is driven by a wide spectrum of promising applications such as virtual reality, network games, smart surveillance, perceptual interfaces, etc. A?ective computing and intelligent interaction is a multidisciplinary topic, involving psychology, cognitive science, physiology and computer science. ACII 2005 provided a forum for scientists and engineers to exchange their technical results and experiences in this fast-moving and exciting?eld. A total of 45 oral papers and 82 poster papers included in this volume were selected from 205 c- tributionssubmittedbyresearchersworldwide.