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Measuring University Internationalization

Indicators across National Contexts

By: Catherine Yuan Gao

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Measuring University Internationalization

Indicators across National Contexts

By: Catherine Yuan Gao

This book investigates university internationalization in different national contexts and compares internationalization performance across national boundaries. Internationalization has been recognised by policymakers as the key to perform successfully within the new global context: the author identifies primary motivations for universities to embrace this agenda, and deconstructs the phenomenon into measurable dimensions and components. Using extensive qualitative data from university leaders and practitioners, this book analyses the global forces that shape the international education landscape, and reviews the existing instruments for measuring internationalization. In doing so, the author proposes an integrated understanding of university internationalization and indicates benchmarks that can help to quantify and measure this phenomenon. This book will be of interest and value to students and scholars of university internationalization.

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Springer

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3030214656

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9783030214654

Peony Pavilion Onstage

Four Centuries in the Career of a Chinese Drama

By: Catherine Swatek

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Peony Pavilion Onstage

Four Centuries in the Career of a Chinese Drama

By: Catherine Swatek

After its completion in 1598, The Peony Pavilion (Mudan ting) began a four-hundred-year course of transmission and dissemination in China and around the world. Within China, the play’s wide popularity propelled its appearance in numerous editions, adaptations, and libretti. Performances ranged from “pure singing” at private gatherings to full stagings in commercial theaters. As the crown jewel of Kun opera reportoire, Mudan ting has a richly documented history and lends itself to careful study. In the late twentieth century, however, classical Kun opera is on the verge of extinction in China, and creative talent is gravitating to centers outside China’s mainland. In 1998, the play was reintroduced to audiences in Europe and North America in various versions, adding new chapters to the story of the work. Peony Pavilion Onstage examines Tang Xianzu’s classic play from three distinct viewpoints: public-literati playwrights; professional performers of Kun opera; and quite recently, directors and audiences outside China. Catherine Swatek first examines two adaptations of the play by Tang's contemporaries, which point to the unconventionality of the original work. She goes on to explore how the play has been changed in later adaptations, up to its most recent productions by Peter Sellars and Chen Shi-Zheng in the United States and Europe. Peony Pavilion Onstage is essential reading for scholars and performers of this masterpiece and other great works of Chinese drama.

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University of Michigan Press

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1938937104

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9781938937101

Layer-by-Layer Films for Biomedical Applications

By: Catherine Picart,Frank Caruso,Jean-Claude Voegel

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Layer-by-Layer Films for Biomedical Applications

By: Catherine Picart,Frank Caruso,Jean-Claude Voegel

The layer-by-layer (LbL) deposition technique is a versatile approach for preparing nanoscale multimaterial films: the fabrication of multicomposite films by the LbL procedure allows the combination of literally hundreds of different materials with nanometer thickness in a single device to obtain novel or superior performance. In the last 15 years the LbL technique has seen considerable developments and has now reached a point where it is beginning to find applications in bioengineering and biomedical engineering. The book gives a thorough overview of applications of the LbL technique in the context of bioengineering and biomedical engineering where the last years have witnessed tremendous progress. The first part familiarizes the reader with the specifics of cell-film interactions that need to be taken into account for successful application of the LbL method in biological environments. The second part focuses on LbL-derived small drug delivery systems and antibacterial agents, and the third part covers nano- and microcapsules as drug carriers and biosensors. The fourth and last part focuses on larger-scale biomedical applications of the LbL method such as engineered tissues and implant coatings.

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John Wiley & Sons

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3527335897

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9783527335893

Taoism and Self Knowledge

The Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection (Xiuzhen tu)

By: Catherine Despeux

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Taoism and Self Knowledge

The Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection (Xiuzhen tu)

By: Catherine Despeux

Catherine Despeux’s book Taoism and Self Knowledge is a study of the Internal Alchemical text "Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection." It begins with an analysis of pictographic and symbolic representation of the body in early Taoism after which the author examines different extant versions of the "Chart" as it was transmitted among Quanzhen groups in the Qing dynasty. The book is comprised of four main parts: the principal parts of the body and their nomenclature in Internal Alchemy, the spirits in the human body, and the alchemical processes and procedures used in thunder rituals and self-cultivation. This is a revised, expanded edition of the original French edition Taoïsme et connaissance de soi. La carte de la culture de la perfection (Xiuzhen tu) Paris, 2012.

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311

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BRILL

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900438345X

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9789004383456

The Emperor's New Mathematics

Western Learning and Imperial Authority During the Kangxi Reign (1662-1722)

By: Catherine Jami

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The Emperor's New Mathematics

Western Learning and Imperial Authority During the Kangxi Reign (1662-1722)

By: Catherine Jami

Jami explores how the emperor Kangxi solidified the Qing dynasty in 17th-century China through the appropriation of the 'Western learning', and especially the mathematics, of Jesuit missionaries. This text details not only the history of mathematical ideas, but also their political and cultural impact.

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453

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Oxford University Press

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0199601402

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9780199601400

Liang Shuming and the Populist Alternative in China

By: Catherine Lynch

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Liang Shuming and the Populist Alternative in China

By: Catherine Lynch

In Liang Shuming and the Populist Alternative in China, Catherine Lynch offers an alternative understanding of Liang Shuming’s work. While the current work on Liang suggests a connection to other Asian philosophical traditions (like Confucianism and Buddhism), this new work argues that Liang’s work is an important part of the evolution of the modern Chinese thought and examines the role of populist ideas in the development of Liang’s thinking. In addition to Liang’s writings, this reading of Liang relies on lengthy interviews the author completed with Liang as well as with people associated with Liang. This book adds a new perspective based on access the author had to Liang while he was still alive.

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9004363289

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9789004363281

The People between the Rivers

The Rise and Fall of a Bronze Drum Culture, 200–750 CE

By: Catherine Churchman

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The People between the Rivers

The Rise and Fall of a Bronze Drum Culture, 200–750 CE

By: Catherine Churchman

This fundamental study provides the first comprehensive history in any language of the lands between the Red and Pearl Rivers in southern China and the people who resided there over a span of a thousand years. Bringing to life the mysterious early people known as Li and Lao who inhabited the area, Catherine Churchman explores their custom of casting large bronze kettledrums. As the symbols of political authority and legitimacy for the Li and Lao rulers, the abundance of drums found in the archaeological record is an indication not only of the great number of such rulers, but also of their great wealth and power, which increased significantly from the third century CE even as the Chinese Empires tightened their control over surrounding districts. Drawing on a combination of Classical Chinese sources and scholarship in archaeology, anthropology, and historical linguistics, the author explains the political and economic factors behind the rise to power and subsequent disappearance of the indigenous leadership and its drum culture. She fills significant gaps in our understanding of the early interactions between China and northern Southeast Asia, challenging many widely held assumptions about the history of Chinese settlement and ethnic relations in the region, including those concerning the relationship between the Chinese Empires and the lands that would form the heart of a future Vietnamese state. A crucial work for understanding historical developments in the highland regions south of the Yangtze valley, it examines the first steps in the Sinic penetration of this highland world, one that has continued to the present. Bringing unprecedented attention to the historical identity of a previously overlooked region and a people, this book creates a new category in East Asian history.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442258616

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9781442258617

Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

By: Walter C. Low,Catherine M. Verfaillie

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Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

By: Walter C. Low,Catherine M. Verfaillie

The commercialization of biotechnology has resulted in an intensive search for new biological resources for the purposes of increasing food productivity, medicinal applications, energy production, and various other applications. Although biotechnology has produced many benefits for humanity, the exploitation of the planet's natural resources has also resulted in some undesirable consequences such as diminished species biodiversity, climate change, environmental contamination, and intellectual property right and patent concerns.This book discusses the role of biological, ecological, environmental, ethical, and economic issues in the interaction between biotechnology and biodiversity, using different contexts. No other book has discussed all of these issues in a comprehensive manner. Of special interest is their impact when biotechnology is shared between developed and developing countries, and the lack of recognition of the rights of indigenous populations and traditional farmers in developing countries by large multinational corporations.

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571

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World Scientific

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9812775773

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9789812775771

Psychology in Action

By: Karen Huffman,Karen Dowdell,Catherine Ashley Sanderson

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Psychology in Action

By: Karen Huffman,Karen Dowdell,Catherine Ashley Sanderson

Revised edition of Psychology in action, [2015]

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119472792

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Measuring University Internationalization

Indicators across National Contexts

By: Catherine Yuan Gao

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Indicators across National Contexts

By: Catherine Yuan Gao

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Palgrave Macmillan

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3030214672

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Measuring University Internationalization

Measuring University Internationalization

Peony Pavilion Onstage

Peony Pavilion Onstage

Layer-by-Layer Films for Biomedical Applications

Layer-by-Layer Films for Biomedical Applications

Taoism and Self Knowledge

Taoism and Self Knowledge

The Emperor's New Mathematics

The Emperor's New Mathematics

Liang Shuming and the Populist Alternative in China

Liang Shuming and the Populist Alternative in China

The People between the Rivers

The People between the Rivers

Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

Psychology in Action

Psychology in Action

Measuring University Internationalization

Measuring University Internationalization

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