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This treatment of computer science and its applications in the arts focuses on Chinese arts and painting, offering a multi-disciplinary perspective from the angles of computer graphics, interactivity, human-computer interaction, and artificial intelligence.

This book introduces a new technology for environmental protection, namely plasma cleaning.

This book addresses the latest findings on practical ultra-high voltage AC/DC (UHVAC/UHVDC) power transmission. The book subsequently illustrates the basic theories, economic analysis, and key technologies of UHV power networks in detail, and describes the design of the UHVAC substations and UHVDC converter stations and transmission lines.

With the increasing popularization of the Internet, together with the rapid development of 3D scanning technologies and modeling tools, 3D model databases have become more and more common in fields such as biology, chemistry, archaeology and geography.

"Smart Membrane Materials and Systems: From Flat Membranes to Microcapsule Membranes" comprehensively and systematically treats modern understanding of smart or intelligent membranes with environmental stimuli-responsive functions.

"Visual Sensing and its Applications: Integration of Laser Sensors to Industrial Robots" provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of research and development on this robotic vision system.

Provides coverage of research on sonar design, including the basic theory and techniques of digital signal processing, basic concept of information theory, ocean acoustics, underwater acoustic signal propagation theory, and underwater signal processing theory.

"Real-Time Graphics Rendering Engine" reveals the software architecture of the modern real-time 3D graphics rendering engine and the relevant technologies based on the authors' experience developing this high-performance, real-time system.

Morphology Genetic Materials Templated from Nature Species provides a comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of research on bio-inspired functional materials including materials science and engineering aspects of the fabrication, properties, and applications.

This book takes on pervasive computing, introducing SmartShadow, which emulates shadows in the physical world by creating an always-available virtual personal space. Presents models, methods and software infrastructure and a sample smart car application.

"Molecular Imaging: Fundamentals and Applications" is a comprehensive monograph which describes not only the theory of the underlying algorithms and key technologies but also introduces a prototype system and its applications, bringing together theory, technology and applications.

Presents the findings on behaviours of steel structural components in a fire, such as the catenary actions of restrained steel beams, the design methods for restrained steel columns, and the membrane actions of concrete floor slabs with steel decks. The book is of interest to architects, code officials, building designers and fire fighters.