Wspc imprint: 2707 books
Battle for Hearts and Minds
New Media and Elections in Singapore
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2015
The Singapore 2011 General Election was dubbed by some as the first "Internet" election. How far is this true and to what extent did old and new media influence voting behaviour and political participation? What was the role of Facebook, Twitter, party political websites, political discussion...
by Takuji Kinkyo, Yoichi Matsubayashi, Shigeyuki Hamori
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
In the wake of the global financial crisis, leading industrialized countries have managed to show only a gradual recovery, while East Asian economies have surged ahead. In particular, China achieved growth in excess of 10% in 2010 and is expected to continue growing at a rapid pace. It appears that...
Fossil Fuels
Current Status and Future Directions
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Concerns over energy resources and the environmental impact of energy use will continue to be part of the polical agenda across the globe. World Scientific's unique series of books on Current Energy Issues is intended, in part, as an expansion and update of the material contained in the World Scientific...
by Min-Hua Chiang
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
South Korea's post-war economic success is a well-known story. However, its development in the past two decades is relatively less investigated. By reviewing key economic issues in South Korea's economy today, this book offers an input to the research of contemporary South Korea, in particular the...
by Liang Fook Lye, John Wong
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
The rate of urbanisation will accelerate in the years ahead. The massive influx of people to cities will result in the demand for more services, expending more resources and generating more waste. The forces of globalisation and better connectivity will hasten this urbanisation process. Although the...
by Rafik Aliev
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Uncertain computation is a system of computation and reasoning in which the objects of computation are not values of variables but restrictions on values of variables.
This compendium includes uncertain computation examples based on interval arithmetic, probabilistic arithmetic, fuzzy arithmetic,...
by Matthew Y Ma
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2009
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Fundamentals of Patent Protection for Engineers
How to be a Prolific Inventor
This book is the first of its kind to teach scientists and engineers how to go beyond simply getting a patent granted. It covers various aspects, from basic concepts of patent laws, patent preparation...
Social Security's Investment Shortfall: $8 Trillion Plus — and The Way Forward
Plus How the US Government's Financial Deficit Reporting = 64 Madoffs
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2012
The aim of this book is to document, on a solid and convincing foundation, two public policy mistakes of the United States Government that have been extremely costly. First, the failure to combine stocks with long-term government bonds in the Social Security Trust Fund, the way other nations do, has...
Singapore's National Wages Council
An Insider's View
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2013
Written by Emeritus Professor LIM Chong-Yah, Founding Chairman of the tripartite National Wages Council (NWC), this unique volume offers readers an insider's view of the genesis and the evolution of the wage determination mechanism and system in Singapore under the aegis of the NWC. As a tripartite...
by Michael Yit Lin Chew
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
This 5th edition covers the latest practices and processes of various alternative methods for the construction of tall buildings from foundation to roof. The text progresses through the stages of site investigation, excavation and earthmoving, foundation construction, basement construction, structural...
Why Are You Always on the Phone?
SMART Skills with the Smartphone Generation
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2016
Why Are You Always on the Phone? SMART Skills with the Smartphone Generation is a revelation and an actual depiction of what goes on in the everyday lives of youth who are connected and are online most of the time either vi
Golden Dragon and Purple Phoenix
The Chinese and Their Multi-Ethnic Descendants in Southeast Asia
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
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Book Launch of Golden Dragon and Purple Phoenix - 3rd July 2013
Many books have been written about the Chinese in Southeast Asia, but very few, if any, are written specifically about the multi-ethnic descendants of Chinese immigrants. Golden Dragon and Purple Phoenix...
Modi and the World
(Re) Constructing Indian Foreign Policy
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2017
Contrary to prior expectations, Narendra Modi has expended a significant amount of time, energy and political capital in conducting India's engagement with the outside world since becoming Prime Minister in May 2014. In accordance with wider perceptions about Modi, there were expectations of significant,...
Speaking of Children
The Singapore Children's Society Collected Lectures
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2015
The book sheds light on the transformation of childhood in Singapore, over our many milestones. It is a collection of lectures by distinguished authorities on various aspects of childhood. They encompass a rich mix of historical material and personal anecdotes garnered from the speakers themselves...