Tong: 155 books

In-depth and systemic examination of distribution automation with specific focus on fault location and service restoration Focuses on the detailed and systemic examination of fault location and service restoration in distribution grid Arms the readers with a complete picture of what fault location...

Fast-paced economic growth in Southeast Asia from the late 1960s until the mid-1990s brought increased attention to the overseas Chinese as an economically successful diaspora and their role in this economic growth. Events that followed, such as the transfer of Hong Kong and Macau to the People's...

Co-Existing in a Globalized World: Key Themes in Inter-Professional Ethics brings together, and engages with, the scholarly work accomplished individually under the banner of professional ethics in various fields. The overarching theme of the volume is that globalization inevitably pairs professionals...

The level of politicisation of the environment has been low in the UK. Economic concerns outweigh environmental ones in political debates, public policies and political agendas. Can the rise of social media communication change this situation?  Tweeting the Environment #Brexit argues that,...

This publication will teach you the basics of how to become a Mat Inspector. With step by step guides and instructions, you will not only have a better understanding, but gain valuable knowledge of how to become a Mat Inspector

This book investigates key security issues in connection with the physical layer for random wireless cellular networks. It first introduces readers to the fundamentals of information theoretic security in the physical layer. By examining recently introduced security techniques for wireless point-to-point...

In four chapters and an introduction, this book systematically helps readers understand the development of the Geographical Sciences both in China and in the world during the past 30 years.  Through data analysis of methodologies including CiteSpace, TDA, qualitative analysis, questionnaires,...

Traditional Chinese medicine has a strong scientific basis, but the science of these important preparations is often rarely discussed. Western approaches often simplify traditional Chinese medicine to drug discovery in Chinese plants, however, the majority of traditional Chinese medications use complex...

The second edition provides an update of the recent developments in classical and computational solid mechanics. The structure of the book is also updated to include five new areas: Fundamental Principles of Thermodynamics and Coupled Thermoelastic Constitutive Equations at Large Deformations, Functional...

Guidance and clear counsel (from a Chinese Christian church leader in Singapore) on the rites of Chinese funerals, and the extent to which Christians can participate; so as to both obey the commands of Scripture and be filial family members.

From a not too distant past in Wan Chai district, Hong Kong, take: 1° An idealistic revolutionary: a dreamer but nevertheless a bright young lady; 2° A heavy set French man: a quiet, aging arms dealer; 3° A cop, somewhat corrupted. Immerse them all in a tram preheated by political unrest. First...

A Hundred Flowers Blossoming is a collection of literary essays written by faculty members of Xi'an International Studies University, China with two distinctive features. The first one is a Chinese perspective on Western literary works, which is normally not found in the scholarship in the West. The...

Modeste secrétaire, élevant seule son fils, Marylou est très en retard pour une importante réunion de travail. Coincée dans les embouteillages et le métro, elle finit par piquer un sprint, son lourd dossier sous le bras. Elle tente le tout pour le tout. La vie tient parfois à une poignée de...

Lorsque le jeune Ferdinand Bataille, traits cassés sur peau mate, imper fatigué du premier de la classe, est engagé par HBMB (pour « Health, Beauty, Mind and Body »), un géant des cosmétiques, rien ne laisse soupçonner qu'il sera bientôt l'un des dirigeants qui font et défont le destin du...