Chen: 1169 books
by C Julian Chen
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
This is a self-contained monograph on human voice. It systematically expounds a theory of voice production initiated by Leonhard Euler, through an analysis of large amount of human voice data, especially simultaneously acquired voice signals and electroglottograph signals, as well as temporal variations...
Trans Studies
The Challenge to Hetero/Homo Normativities
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
Winner of the 2017 Sylvia Rivera Award in Transgender Studies from the Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)
From Caitlyn Jenner to Laverne Cox, transgender people have rapidly gained public visibility, contesting many basic assumptions about what gender and embodiment mean. The vibrant discipline...
Big Mechanisms in Systems Biology
Big Data Mining, Network Modeling, and Genome-Wide Data Identification
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
Big Mechanisms in Systems Biology: Big Data Mining, Network Modeling, and Genome-Wide Data Identification explains big mechanisms of systems biology by system identification and big data mining methods using models of biological systems. Systems biology is currently undergoing revolutionary changes...
Transition and Development in China
Towards Shared Growth
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
China's transition from a planned economy to a market economy has succeeded in producing more than a decade of phenomenal growth. Whilst similar reforms in countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union have seen an initial downturn in production, usually with a significant rise...
Useful Complaints
How Petitions Assist Decentralized Authoritarianism in China
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
This book develops an informational theory to account for the coexistence of China’s exceptionally resilient authoritarianism and its high decentralization. The nuanced information contained in citizens’ complaints, which are filed through the petition system, helps to sustain China’s decentralized...
The Rise and Fall of Fu Ren University, Beijing
Catholic Higher Education in China
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
This new book tells the story of the rise and fall of Fu Ren University (1925-1952) and provides an analysis of a key Catholic higher education institution in China.
Asian Development Review
Volume 28, Number 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
The Asian Development Review is a professional journal for disseminating the results of economic and development research carried out by staff and resource persons of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The Review seeks high-quality papers with relevance to policy issues and operational matters done...
Astronomy for Older Eyes
A Guide for Aging Backyard Astronomers
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
This book is for the aging amateur astronomy population, including newcomers to astronomy in their retirement and hobbyists who loved peering through a telescope as a child. Whether a novice or an experienced observer, the practice of astronomy differs over the years. This guide will extend the enjoyment...
by Vincent Chen
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The seventeenth century was a momentous epoch. While western European countries were busy expanding westward and eastward, Russia, quietly crossed the Ural Mountains, absorbed Siberia and reached as far as Alaska. Russia did not expand toward the East with out opposition from the western European...
Breathing Spaces
Qigong, Psychiatry, and Healing in China
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2003
The charismatic form of healing called qigong, based on meditative breathing exercises, has achieved enormous popularity in China during the last two decades. Qigong served a critical social organizational function, as practitioners formed new informal networks, sometimes on an international scale,...
by Jiagui Chen, Qunhui Huang, Huagang Peng
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
This book is compiled based on the research methodology and technical approach applied in the Blue Book of Corporate Social Responsibility. It consists of five parts: Summary, index, Industry, Case Studies, and Appendices. The index evaluates Chinese enterprises annually on their performance in CSR...
Madonnas and Mavericks
Power Women in Singapore
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2017
There is a saying that women hold up half the sky. This cannot be more true than in the Singapore context where women form more than 50% of the workforce. This book is a tribute to the women who have contributed to the growth of Singapore. The women have been selected across varying fields ranging...
Introduction to Cities
How Place and Space Shape Human Experience
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
The revised and updated second edition of Introduction to Citiesexplores why cities are such a vital part of the human experience and how they shape our everyday lives. Written in engaging and accessible terms, Introduction to Citiesexamines the study of cities through two central concepts: that cities...
X-Ray Free Electron Lasers
Applications in Materials, Chemistry and Biology
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
The ultra-bright femtosecond X-ray pulses provided by X-ray free electron lasers (XFELs) open up opportunities to study the structure and dynamics of a wide variety of systems beyond what is possible with synchrotron sources. This book introduces the principles and properties of currently operating...