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Chinese Politics Illustrated
The Cultural, Social, and Historical Context
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
This unique book offers the readers a ring-side seat to watch the drama of Chinese politics as it is experienced by the players themselves. It provides an opportunity for non-Chinese readers to get a feel of the intricacies of contemporary Chinese politics as they are played out in real-life situations....
Lessons from the Disturbed Waters
The Diaoyu/Diaoyutai/Senkaku Islands Disputes
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015
Although the flare-up of tensions in East Asia over the disputed islands, which are alternatively called Diaoyu (China), Diaoyutai (Taiwan) and Senkaku (Japan), seems to be ever more frequent, it has not always been the case. Lessons from the Disturbed Waters traces the origin of the issue back to...
Singapore Perspectives 2013
Governance
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
This volume is conceptualised around the notion by Raymond Williams, a cultural theorist, that any cultural system comprises fragments of the past and the emergent alongside the dominant. The book focuses on ‘governance’ or how a society governs itself across the state, business and civic sectors...
by Steve Charnovitz
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
The advent of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995 transformed international economic law for states, enterprises, and nongovernmental organizations. This book analyzes how the WTO is changing the path of international trade law and examines the implications of these trends for the world economy...
A Half-Century of Physical Asymptotics and Other Diversions
Selected Works by Michael Berry
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017
Michael Berry is a theoretical physicist who has contributed to a wide variety of areas in quantum mechanics, optics and related mathematics, linked by the geometrical aspects of waves, especially phase. This collection of his selected published and unpublished papers, reviews, tributes to other scientists,...
Plant Biosecurity Policy Evaluation
The Economic Impacts of Pests and Diseases
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Good biosecurity policy decisions, particularly in relation to plant industry protection, are of ever increasing importance. Growth in the speed and diversity of trade, the effects of climate change and the resultant spread of pests and diseases continue to highlight this. This book contains an introduction...
by Manhong Mannie Liu, Jiani Wang, Su Chen
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
The Chinese economy is growing at an unprecedented speed, and one of the emerging trends is angel investment. It is an area with tremendous potential for growth. Compared with the more mature markets in Western countries, however, angel investing in China is still at an early stage, due to a lack...
Robot Journalism
Can Human Journalism Survive?
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing all aspects of communications and journalism as automatic processes are being introduced into all facets of classical journalism: investigation, content production, and distribution. Traditional human roles in these fields are being replaced by automatic processes...
Fundamentals of Atomic Force Microscopy
Part I: Foundations
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
The atomic force microscope (AFM) is a highly interdisciplinary instrument that enables measurements of samples in liquid, vacuum or air with unprecedented resolution. The intelligent use of this instrument requires knowledge from many distinct fields of study. These lecture notes aim to provide advanced...
Advances in Cooperative Robotics
Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on CLAWAR 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
This book provides state-of-the-art scientific and engineering research findings and developments in the area of mobile robotics and associated support technologies around the theme of cooperative robotics. The book contains peer reviewed articles presented at the CLAWAR 2016 conference. The book...
by Hong-Sang Jung, Bin Wang
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Since 1980, the number of climate-related disasters has been greatly increased globally. Scientific consensus based on the IPCC fifth report suggested that global warming would bring more intense and frequent extreme climate events. These climate-related disasters hinder the achievement of sustainable...
by J Michael Bennett, Danny S. K. Ho
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Project Management for Engineers, as the title suggests, is a direct attempt at addressing the ever-increasing and specific needs for better project management of engineering students, practicing engineers and managers in the industry. It aims not only to present the principles and techniques of Project...
Smoothed Point Interpolation Methods
G Space Theory and Weakened Weak Forms
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2013
Based on the widely used finite element method (FEM) and the latest Meshfree methods, a next generation of numerical method called Smoothed Point Interpolation Method (S-PIM) has been recently developed. The S-PIM is an innovative and effective combination of the FEM and the meshfree methods, and...
Risk
A Study of Its Origins, History and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2014
Over a period of several centuries, the academic study of risk has evolved as a distinct body of thought, which continues to influence conceptual developments in fields such as economics, management, politics and sociology. However, few scholarly works have given a chronological account of cultural...