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This book provides a comprehensive examination of the interaction between Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI) and EU competition law, covering in particular Article 106 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and state aid rules. It also takes the telecommunications, p... More

This book gathers relatively recent and significant topics in the field of ion channel research. Ion channels form the molecular basis for membrane excitability in cells from the cardiovascular and nervous systems. In many non-excitable cells, ion channels contribute to diverse function including se... More

This book is a compilation of selected papers from the 8th International Multidisciplinary Conference on Optofluidics (IMCO 2018) held in Shanghai on August 5-8, 2018, as well as papers from the IMCO 2019 held in Hong Kong on June 14-17, 2019. The work focuses on the current development in the field... More

This title provides a unique theoretical framework for multi-mode resonant antennas and different approaches to their implementation, with an emphasis on mode gauge functionality, a new concept for a clear identification and flexible control of all usable resonant modes in multi-mode resonant antenn... More

This book is an up-to-date text covering topics in utilizing hydrogen bonding for constructing functional architectures and supramolecular materials. The first chapter addresses the control of photo-induced electron and energy transfer. The second chapter summarizes the formation of nano-porous ma... More

This book covers the advances in the studies of hydrogen-bonding-driven supramolecular systems  made over the past decade. It is divided into four parts, with the first introducing the basics of hydrogen bonding and important hydrogen bonding patterns in solution as well as in the solid state. The... More

Despite the recent development and interest in the photonics of metallic wire structures, the relatively simple concepts and physics often remain obscured or poorly explained to those who do not specialize in the field. Electromagnetic Behaviour of Metallic Wire Structures provides a clear and coher... More

This book will appeal to scientists and engineers who are concerned with the design of microwave wideband devices and systems. For advanced (ultra)-wideband wireless systems, the necessity and design methodology of wideband filters will be discussed with reference to the inherent limitation in fract... More

This book constitutes the workshop proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, DASFAA 2018, held in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, in May 2018. The 23 full papers presented were carefully selected and reviewed from 44 submissions to the four followi... More

In her previous life, she mistakenly loved this useless man. She was used, deceived, and finally abandoned. She was treated like a forsaken person, and in the end, she couldn't even rest in peace.Before she died, she was filled with hatred. She met her master and used her life's worth of memories to... More

In her previous life, she mistakenly loved this useless man. She was used, deceived, and finally abandoned. She was treated like a forsaken person, and in the end, she couldn't even rest in peace.Before she died, she was filled with hatred. She met her master and used her life's worth of memories to... More

In her previous life, she mistakenly loved this useless man. She was used, deceived, and finally abandoned. She was treated like a forsaken person, and in the end, she couldn't even rest in peace.Before she died, she was filled with hatred. She met her master and used her life's worth of memories to... More

In her previous life, she mistakenly loved this useless man. She was used, deceived, and finally abandoned. She was treated like a forsaken person, and in the end, she couldn't even rest in peace.Before she died, she was filled with hatred. She met her master and used her life's worth of memories to... More

In her previous life, she mistakenly loved this useless man. She was used, deceived, and finally abandoned. She was treated like a forsaken person, and in the end, she couldn't even rest in peace.Before she died, she was filled with hatred. She met her master and used her life's worth of memories to... More

In her previous life, she mistakenly loved this useless man. She was used, deceived, and finally abandoned. She was treated like a forsaken person, and in the end, she couldn't even rest in peace.Before she died, she was filled with hatred. She met her master and used her life's worth of memories to... More

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th China Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks, CWSN 2021 held in Guilin, China, in October 2021.The 19 papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on ​theory and technology on ... More

A report from the International Monetary Fund.... More

A report from the International Monetary Fund.... More

A report from the International Monetary Fund.... More

This landmark anthology of short fiction presents six electrifying voices from Singapore: Alfian bin Sa'at, Wena Poon, Jeffrey Lim, Tan Mei Ching, Claire Tham, and Dave Chua. The tales they tell are graphic, gritty, and evocative, examining the lives of an array of complex characters, tormented by d... More

Communication-Protocol-Based Filtering and Control of Networked Systems is a self-contained treatment of the state of the art in communication-protocol-based filtering and control; recent advances in networked systems; and the potential for application in sensor networks. This... More

This book examines how institutional and environmental features in neighbourhoods can contribute to social resilience, highlighting the related socio-demographic issues, as well as the infrastructure, planning, design and policies issues. It is divided into three themes – infrastructure, planning, a... More

This book provides essential information on emergency management. It is composed of two parts, addressing the basic theory and related methods of emergency management, including risk management, coordination management, crisis management and disaster management. By putting the emphasis on interdis... More

Advanced Technologies in Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks collects selected papers from the 7th China Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks (CWSN2013) held in Qingdao, October 17-19, 2013. The book features state-of-the-art studies on Sensor Networks in China with the theme of "Advances in wireless sens... More

This book presents and discusses strategies for the design and implementation of common-mode suppressed balanced microwave filters, including, narrowband, wideband, and ultra-wideband filters This book examines differential-mode, or balanced, microwave filters by discussing several implementations o... More