With the fast growth ofmultimedia information, content-based video anal ysis, indexing and representation have attracted increasing attention in re cent years. Many applications have emerged in these areas such as video on-demand, distributed multimedia systems, digital video libraries, distance learning/education, entertainment, surveillance and geographical information systems. The need for content-based video indexing and retrieval was also rec ognized by ISOIMPEG, and a new international standard called "Multimedia Content Description Interface" (or in short, MPEG-7)was initialized in...

This brief provides a valuable reference for the contribution of essential oils in the green chemistry, mainly in terms of their characteristics corresponding to their compositions, the development of their extraction technologies including both conventional and green process (e.g. microwave, ultrasound), and their sustainable applications as antioxidants, antimicrobials, insecticides, green solvents and synthons for the green synthesis.

This story is about my experience during living abroad with the eight cities in four countries, which include China, Singapore, Canada and the USA. Like many foreign students, I have had to face the pressures of everyday life; I have spent the peaceful time in the universities; I have enjoyed visiting the wonderful places; I have achieved the success in the company; and I have gone through difficulty in life . The story describes why I left China after earning my PhD degree; how to challenge myself in Singapore; how to start a post doctoral research fellow work in Canada; how to continue the...