Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) is increasingly common and has applications in various fields such as clinical diagnosis, animal and plant breeding, and conservation of species. This incredible tool ...

Pure, orthodox and incorruptible, Judge Bao has been serving as the preeminent embodiment of justice in China for almost a thousand years, so much so his court cases have been adapted as stories, ...

College of Mathematics and Statistics, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350117, P. R. China Center for Applied Mathematics of Fujian Province, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350117, P. R.

This is a textbook for an introductory combinatorics course lasting one or two semesters. An extensive list of problems, ranging from routine exercises to research questions, is included. In each ...

During the last few years, considerable interest has been focused on the phase that waves accumulate when the equations governing the waves vary slowly. The recent flurry of activity was set off by ...

On certain familiar assumptions the answer is simple enough. If we possess all the relevant information, if we can start out from a given system of preferences and if we command complete knowledge of ...

Mathematics for Biosciences is an ideal resource for those students needing a complete course of Mathematics, from basic algebra to advanced calculus and their applications. More than just a ...

Many important applications in global optimization, algebra, probability and statistics, applied mathematics, control theory, financial mathematics, inverse problems, etc. can be modeled as a ...

Activated sludge is the most widely used biological wastewater treatment process globally to date, although its high energy demand makes it a major contributor of greenhouse gas emissions. Over recent ...

Abstract This work introduces a new sensing system for biped robots based on plantar robot skin, which provides not only the resultant forces applied on the ankles but a precise shape of the pressure ...

On the surface of complex sea areas with obstacles, the encirclement mission against one hostile unmanned surface vehicle (USV) with high capability is usually extremely challenging. Especially when ...

A leading historian offers a fresh interpretation of China’s roots, culture, and transformation into a modern nation-state. Renowned historian Wang Gungwu traces China’s transformation from a ...