Kai Tao's Books

Emperor Can't Resist

Volume 5

By: Kai CheBuRenLu

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Qin Buzhou had been on the battlefield for many years, but he had never seen such an undedicated assassin. Day after day, he grabbed onto his sleeves and hugged his arms, crying for him to accompany him. This was something intolerable, but Qin Buzhou's face was cold. "Last night, His Majesty said that Chenqie had to go through with it, but today, he already changed his mind. As expected of a man, you can't trust his words. Hmph, chenqie is about to leave!" "Yes, I'll do it alone," someone said, his expression unchanged.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

746

Publisher

Funstory

Published Date

ISBN 10

1636898114

ISBN 13

9781636898117

A Hill and the Blue Sky

By: Kwok Hon Kai

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Hill and the Blue Sky

By: Kwok Hon Kai

It is about a boy who went through an extraordinary childhood surviving the Japanese occupation of Penang. He encountered a strange event during that time. He heard the bleating of a kid goat that died three days before. It could be called a vision or a calling but thus the event influenced the rest of his life. Though not born of Christian parents, he embraced Christianity when he came of age. He was unexpectedly called to holy office and ordained as a priest of the Anglican Church. He was also unexpectedly sent to China by the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity in 1986 to lecture in Rural Telephone Development. It was at a time when all Malaysian Chinese around his age were barred from visiting China. The story ends with his unexpected meeting of the Queen of England at the Cathedral of St Mary the Virgin, Kuala Lumpur in October 1989.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

194

Publisher

Xlibris Corporation

Published Date

ISBN 10

148368976X

ISBN 13

9781483689760

The Metaphysics of Philosophical Daoism

By: Kai Zheng

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Metaphysics of Philosophical Daoism

By: Kai Zheng

Drawing on evidence from a wide range of classical Chinese texts, this book argues that xingershangxue, the study of "beyond form", constitutes the core argument and intellectual foundation of Daoist philosophy. The author presents Daoist xingershangxue as a typical concept of metaphysics distinct from that of the natural philosophy and metaphysics of ancient Greece since it focusses on understanding the world beyond perceivable objects and phenomena as well as names that are definable in their social, political, or moral structures. In comparison with other philosophical traditions in the East and West, the book discusses the ideas of dao, de, and "spontaneously self-so", which shows Daoist xingershangxue’s theoretical tendency to transcendence. The author explains the differences between Daoist philosophy and ancient Greek philosophy and proposes that Daoist philosophy is the study of xingershangxue in nature, providing a valuable resource for scholars interested in Chinese philosophy, Daoism, and comparative philosophy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

196

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

0429825625

ISBN 13

9780429825620

Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss in the Chinese-Speaking World

Reorienting the Political

By: Kai Marchal,Carl K. Y. Shaw

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss in the Chinese-Speaking World

Reorienting the Political

By: Kai Marchal,Carl K. Y. Shaw

Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss in the Chinese-Speaking World: Reorienting the Political examines the reception of Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss in China and Taiwan. The legacies of both Schmitt, the German legal theorist and thinker who joined the Nazi party, and Strauss, the German-Jewish classicist and political philosopher who became famous after his emigration to the United States, are highly controversial. Since the 1990s, however, these thinkers have had a powerful resonance for Chinese scholars. Today, when Chinese intellectuals debate the Chinese state, the future role of China in the world, the liberal international order, and even the meaning of Confucian civilization, they often employ Schmittian and Straussian concepts like “the political,” “friend–enemy,” “state of exception,” “liberal education,” and “natural right.” The very possibility of a genuine Chinese political theory is often thought to be tied to the legacy of these two thinkers. This volume explores this complex phenomenon with a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approach. The twelve essays in this volume are written from a range of perspectives by philosophers, political theorists, historians, and legal scholars from China, Germany, Taiwan, and the United States.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

291

Publisher

Lexington Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

1498536271

ISBN 13

9781498536271

Control of Nonlinear Systems

Stability and Performance

By: Yongduan Song,Kai Zhao,Hefu Ye

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Control of Nonlinear Systems

Stability and Performance

By: Yongduan Song,Kai Zhao,Hefu Ye

The book Control of Nonlinear Systems–Stability and Performance fills a crucial gap in the field of nonlinear control systems by providing a comprehensive yet accessible treatment of the subject. Unlike many existing texts that are either too complex for beginners or omit essential topics, this book strikes the right balance of mathematical rigor and practicality. The main objective of the book is to simplify and unify the existing techniques for designing and analyzing control systems for nonlinear systems. It aims to alleviate confusion and difficulty in understanding these methods, making it an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and practitioners in the field. By presenting the material in a tutorial manner, the book enhances the reader's understanding of the design and analysis of a wide range of control methods for nonlinear systems. The emphasis on stability and performance highlights the practical relevance of the concepts discussed in the book. Overall, Control of Nonlinear Systems–Stability and Performance is a valuable contribution to the field of nonlinear control systems. Its emphasis on practical applications and its accessible presentation make it an indispensable resource for engineers seeking to enhance their knowledge and skills in this important area of control theory.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

327

Publisher

CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1040098754

ISBN 13

9781040098752

The Dynamics of Social Movements in Hong Kong

Real and Financial Linkages and the Prospects for Currency Union

By: Stephen Wing Kai Chiu,Tai Lok Lui

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Dynamics of Social Movements in Hong Kong

Real and Financial Linkages and the Prospects for Currency Union

By: Stephen Wing Kai Chiu,Tai Lok Lui

Studies of Hong Kong society have long focused one-sidedly upon economic prosperity and political stability. Contributors to this volume redress this imbalance by taking a critical view of Hong Kong's political development from the perspectives of social conflict and collective action. Instead of looking at Hong Kong from the top, this volume documents the active role played by local actors from below (political groups, student activists, trade unions, women groups, environmentalists, and community organizers) and their impact on social and political development in Hong Kong society in the context of political transition and democratization, economic restructuring, and an emergent local identity.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

346

Publisher

Hong Kong University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

962209497X

ISBN 13

9789622094970

New Conjugated Polymers Based on Benzodifuranone and Diketopyrrolopyrrole

By: Kai Zhang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

New Conjugated Polymers Based on Benzodifuranone and Diketopyrrolopyrrole

By: Kai Zhang

In this work synthesis and properties of novel Pi-conjugated polymers containing diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) and benzodifuranone (BZDF) chromophores in the main chain, which are suitable as active materials in optoelectronic applications, are developed and investigated. The polymers were synthesized via metal-mediated or -catalyzed Suzuki, Stille, Sonogashira and Yamamoto cross-coupling polycondensation reactions or by using oxidative and anodic electropolymerization. The resulting polymers were characterized using gel permeation chromatography, NMR-, UV/vis-, and fluorescence spectroscopy, mass spectroscopy, and cyclic voltrammetry. The polymers exhibit low HOMO-LUMO band gaps and reversible oxidation and reduction processes, which suggests a strong donor-acceptor character. Electrochromic properties were found upon oxidation and reduction. Additionally, a series of cross-linked conjugated microporous polymers was synthesized. They exhibit high surface area and micropores in nanometer range. Furthermore, the influence via variation of electron donor and acceptor on the HOMO-LUMO band gaps of the conjugated polymers was studied.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

233

Publisher

disserta Verlag

Published Date

ISBN 10

3954250128

ISBN 13

9783954250127

The Rise of Confucian Ritualism in Late Imperial China

Ethics, Classics, and Lineage Discourse

By: Kai-wing Chow

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Rise of Confucian Ritualism in Late Imperial China

Ethics, Classics, and Lineage Discourse

By: Kai-wing Chow

This pathbreaking work argues that the major intellectual trend in China from the seventeenth through the early nineteenth century was Confucian ritualism, as expressed in ethics, classical learning, and discourse on lineage. Reviews "Chow has produced a work of superb scholarship, fluently written and beautifully researched. . . . One of the landmarks of the current reconstruction of the social philosophy of the Qing dynasty. . . . Chow's book is indispensable. It has illuminating analyses of many mainstream writers, institutions, and social categories in eighteenth-century China which have never previously been examined." —Canadian Journal of History "Chow's monograph moves ritual to center stage in late imperial social and intellectual history, and the author makes a powerful case for doing so. . . . Because the author understands the intellectual history of late Ming and Qing as the history of a movement, or successive movements, of fundamental social reform, he has also made an important contribution to social and political history as these were related to intellectual history." —Journal of Chinese Religion "Chow's book is an excellent contribution to recent scholarship on the intellectual history of the Confucian tradition and provides a balance for other studies that have emphasized ideas to the exclusion of symbols." —The Historian

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

358

Publisher

Stanford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0804765782

ISBN 13

9780804765787

Chinese Émigré Intellectuals and Their Quest for Liberal Values in the Cold War, 1949–1969

By: Kenneth Kai-chung Yung

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Chinese Émigré Intellectuals and Their Quest for Liberal Values in the Cold War, 1949–1969

By: Kenneth Kai-chung Yung

This book will inspire readers who are concerned about the prospects for democracy in contemporary China by painting a picture of the Chinese self-exiles’ experiences in the 1950s and 1960s.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

254

Publisher

BRILL

Published Date

ISBN 10

9004466045

ISBN 13

9789004466043

Emission Trajectories and Mitigation Schemes for China

By: Kai Fang,Qifeng Zhang,Yiqi Tang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Emission Trajectories and Mitigation Schemes for China

By: Kai Fang,Qifeng Zhang,Yiqi Tang

This book seeks to model the possible emission trajectories and identify the feasible mitigation schemes for China to meet its climate commitments to peak emissions before 2030 and net zero emissions before 2060. In line with these ambitions, China has taken a number of measures to improve carbon efficiency and energy structure in recent years. The book first analyzes changes in the carbon footprint at the city level, identify the different pathways to peak emissions by province and industry, and develop a bottom-up approach to determining when and how China could reach peak emissions. It then illustrates how the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) reduces abatement costs, and examines the cost-saving effects under carbon intensity reduction and peak emissions targets. Based on the findings and the status quo in China, the authors propose a multicriteria allocation scheme for carbon emission allowances at the provincial level and quantify the impact of sectoral coverage on the abatement costs of the ETS by developing a cost-based approach to sectoral coverage in China. In addition, the co-benefits between CO2 and PM2.5 reductions as a result of the ETS operation are elaborated. The book will benefit researchers and policy-makers interested in environmental governance, climate policy, environmental economics, and sustainable development.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

205

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Published Date

ISBN 10

1000968901

ISBN 13

9781000968903

Political Economy of China–Taiwan Relations

Origins and Development

By: Chien-Kai Chen

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Political Economy of China–Taiwan Relations

Origins and Development

By: Chien-Kai Chen

China–Taiwan economic ties are now among the key factors influencing the relations between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait which is still one of the flashpoints in today’s world. This book traces the origin and the process of how so-called “cross-strait economic ties” became such a key factor in China-Taiwan relations throughout the 1990s and how this factor has affected China–Taiwan relations since then. By focusing on “Taiwan’s domestic politics” as it relates to the domestic conflicts between opposing political and economic forces in Taiwan over the political relations and economic ties across the Taiwan Strait, the book demonstrates that the growth of cross-strait economic ties since 1990 has significantly affected Taiwan’s domestic politics which in turn has had a profound impact on China–Taiwan relations. Although the growth of China–Taiwan economic ties could hardly resolve the so-called “Taiwan problem” and might even lead to some political and economic conflicts between the two sides at times, through Taiwan’s domestic politics, it has reduced the likelihood of severe confrontation, especially the military one, in the Taiwan Strait. As this book reveals, the interactions between the economic winners, the economic losers, the political parties, the government, and the general public in Taiwan’s domestic politics as a result of the growth of cross-strait economic ties have played an important role in the development of China–Taiwan relations, leading to a very confrontational situation from 1995 to 2008, a relatively peaceful Taiwan Strait from 2008 to 2016, and a “cold peace” between the two sides since 2016.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

243

Publisher

Lexington Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

1498568068

ISBN 13

9781498568067

Sustainable Wireless Communications

By: Jianping An,Kai Yang,Xiaozheng Gao,Neng Ye

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Sustainable Wireless Communications

By: Jianping An,Kai Yang,Xiaozheng Gao,Neng Ye

This book discusses the architecture of future wireless networks, reliable communications between different nodes, and energy-efficient resource allocations for achieving sustainable wireless communications. To meet the increasing demands of wireless communication networks and achieve sustainable wireless communications, various promising technologies in this book have been investigated and developed. This book is to present cutting-edge research results on achieving sustainable wireless communications. In particular, the sustainable ultra-dense heterogeneous networks and the sustainability issues of non-orthogonal multiple access are investigated, the performances of cooperative networks with space-time network coding under different scenarios are evaluated, the dynamic estimation for a unified laser telemetry, tracking, and command system is discussed, and the energy-efficient resource allocation schemes are developed for future wireless communication networks. We believe that the results in this book can provide useful insights for the design of future wireless communication networks and achieving sustainable wireless communications. Graduate students, researchers, and engineers in the field of wireless communications can benefit from the book.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

216

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

9811904480

ISBN 13

9789811904486

The History of the Adventures of Vivi and Vera

Written by Dung Kai-cheung under the Inspiration of the Ancient Chinese Treatise Celestial Creations and the Works of Man

By: Dung Kai-cheung (董啟章)

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The History of the Adventures of Vivi and Vera

Written by Dung Kai-cheung under the Inspiration of the Ancient Chinese Treatise Celestial Creations and the Works of Man

By: Dung Kai-cheung (董啟章)

Award-winning author Dung Kai-cheung weaves together two inventive narratives in this remarkable book. One is the story of a novelist who recounts his family’s history against the backdrop of Hong Kong’s development from the 1930s to the 1990s. Dung builds this story through vignettes about the protagonist’s relationship with technological inventions that shaped his life, as glimpsed through his uncertain memory and family myths. Running parallel to this is a rebellion by the novelist’s oppressed fictional characters, who attempt to break the yoke of servile obedience laid upon them by the conventions of novel-writing. The central character, Vivi, has been written into being by the author and, once created, she seems to take on a life of her own and moves from being fabricated to being real, even bravely undertaking the journey to meet her creator—the novelist—in the real world. Fantasy and realism combine to suggest that crossing boundaries is inherent part of our nature. “Dung Kai-cheung is the most important writer of contemporary Hong Kong. Since the end of the last century, his work has constituted an alternative history of Hong Kong: the city’s splendor and dilemma, its fantastic metamorphoses and uncanny fate. The History of the Adventures of Vivi and Vera represents Dung at his best. The novel chronicles the changes and continuities of Hong Kong in the final decades of colonial rule, and projects a futuristic vision in which postcolonial nostalgia meets postmodernist fantasia, and family romance begets science fantasy. Above all, Dung seeks to inscribe Hong Kong as fiction, and celebrate the power of creativity that is Hong Kong.” —David Der-wei Wang, Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese Literature at Harvard University “Dung Kai-cheung is Hong Kong’s most prolific and innovative contemporary novelist. His work is at once playful and challenging, brilliant and imaginative, and filled with a sense of mystery and discovery. The first volume in Dung’s acclaimed ‘Natural History’ trilogy, The History of the Adventures of Vivi and Vera is nothing short of a qishu, or ‘book of wonder.’ Freely navigating different times and spaces, people and objects, autobiographies and fictions, Dung Kai-cheung has written a new allegory for our troubled times.” —Michael Berry, Professor of Contemporary Chinese Cultural Studies at UCLA, author of Speaking in Images and A History of Pain

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

563

Publisher

Hong Kong University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

9881604761

ISBN 13

9789881604767

Virtual Manufacturing

By: Wasim Ahmed Khan,Abdul Raouf,Kai Cheng

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Virtual Manufacturing

By: Wasim Ahmed Khan,Abdul Raouf,Kai Cheng

Virtual Manufacturing presents a novel concept of combining human computer interfaces with virtual reality for discrete and continuous manufacturing systems. The authors address the relevant concepts of manufacturing engineering, virtual reality, and computer science and engineering, before embarking on a description of the methodology for building augmented reality for manufacturing processes and manufacturing systems. Virtual Manufacturing is centered on the description of the development of augmented reality models for a range of processes based on CNC, PLC, SCADA, mechatronics and on embedded systems. Further discussions address the use of augmented reality for developing augmented reality models to control contemporary manufacturing systems and to acquire micro- and macro-level decision parameters for managers to boost profitability of their manufacturing systems. Guiding readers through the building of their own virtual factory software, Virtual Manufacturing comes with access to online files and software that will enable readers to create a virtual factory, operate it and experiment with it. This is a valuable source of information with a useful toolkit for anyone interested in virtual manufacturing, including advanced undergraduate students, postgraduate students and researchers.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

816

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

0857291866

ISBN 13

9780857291868

How China Sees the World

Insights From China’s International Relations Scholars

By: Huiyun Feng,Kai He,Xiaojun Li

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

How China Sees the World

Insights From China’s International Relations Scholars

By: Huiyun Feng,Kai He,Xiaojun Li

This book intends to make sense of how Chinese leaders perceive China’s rise in the world through the eyes of China’s international relations (IR) scholars. Drawing on a unique, four-year opinion survey of these scholars at the annual conference of the Chinese Community of Political Science and International Studies (CCPSIS) in Beijing from 2014–2017, the authors examine Chinese IR scholars’ perceptions of and views on key issues related to China’s power, its relationship with the United States and other major countries, and China’s position in the international system and track their changes over time. Furthermore, the authors complement the surveys with a textual analysis of the academic publications in China’s top five IR journals. By comparing and contrasting the opinion surveys and textual analyses, this book sheds new light on how Chinese IR scholars view the world as well as how they might influence China’s foreign policy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

139

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

9811504822

ISBN 13

9789811504822

Transnational Memory and Popular Culture in East and Southeast Asia

Amnesia, Nostalgia and Heritage

By: Liew Kai Khiun

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Transnational Memory and Popular Culture in East and Southeast Asia

Amnesia, Nostalgia and Heritage

By: Liew Kai Khiun

Transnational Memory and Popular Culture in East and Southeast Asia explores the significance of transnational popular culture in the formation and mediation of collective memories across the region. It looks at case studies including: the politics of cinematic remembering of Hong Kong films on Southeast Asia, the digital and holographic enshrinement of departed celebrities like Wong Kar Kui, Bruce Lee and Teresa Teng and the dredging of personal memories of the encounters with the Korean Wave in Singapore. In addition, it explores how cultural memories are used as focal points of staging cultural revival and movements in Singapore and Taiwan. Contrary to the assumptions of the importance of newness in modern popular culture productions, the continued relevance of this otherwise dated material reflects the significance of these texts in the development and strengthening of collective cultural memories. The discussion of such issues has often been grounded geo-spatially on the “national” and contemporary contexts, this volume will develop a more temporalized and transnational perspective in the shaping of otherwise local cultural identifications.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

163

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Published Date

ISBN 10

1783484381

ISBN 13

9781783484386

Physical Oceanography of the Baltic Sea

By: Matti Leppäranta,Kai Myrberg

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Physical Oceanography of the Baltic Sea

By: Matti Leppäranta,Kai Myrberg

The Baltic Sea oceanographic research community is wide and the research history is over 100 years old. Nevertheless, there is still no single, coherent book on the physical oceanography of the Baltic Sea as a whole. There is a strong need for such a book, coming from working oceanographers as well as the university teaching programmes in advanced undergraduate to graduate levels. In the regional conference series in physical oceanography (Baltic Sea Science Conference, Baltic Sea Oceanographers' conference, Baltex-conferences) about 500 scientists take part regularly. Even more scientists work in the fields of marine biology, chemistry and the environment, and they need information on the physics of the Baltic Sea as well. There are nine countries bordering on the Baltic Sea and five more in the runoff area. The Baltic Sea as a source of fish, means of transportation and leisure activities is highly important to the regional society. In the runoff area there are a total of 85 million people. Research and protection strategies need to be developed, as the Baltic Sea is probably the most polluted sea in the world. Since the Baltic Sea has become an inner sea of the EU (apart from small shore parts of Russia in Petersburg and Kaliningrad), it is anticipated that the importance of the region will consequently rise. The book will arouse interest among students, scientists and decision makers involved with the Baltic problems. It will also give important background information for those working with biogeochemical processes in the Baltic Sea, because the physical forcing for those processes is of vital importance.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

423

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

3540797033

ISBN 13

9783540797036

Publishing, Culture, and Power in Early Modern China

By: Kai-wing Chow

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Publishing, Culture, and Power in Early Modern China

By: Kai-wing Chow

This path-breaking book argues that printing—both with woodblocks and with movable type—exerted a profound influence on Chinese society in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

416

Publisher

Stanford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0804733686

ISBN 13

9780804733687

AI Superpowers

China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order

By: Kai-Fu Lee

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

AI Superpowers

China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order

By: Kai-Fu Lee

AI Superpowers is Kai-Fu Lee's New York Times and USA Today bestseller about the American-Chinese competition over the future of artificial intelligence.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

275

Publisher

Harper Business

Published Date

ISBN 10

132854639X

ISBN 13

9781328546395

3d Printing And Additive Manufacturing Of Electronics: Principles And Applications

By: Chee Kai Chua,Wai Yee Yeong,Hong Yee Low,Tuan Tran,Hong Wei Tan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

3d Printing And Additive Manufacturing Of Electronics: Principles And Applications

By: Chee Kai Chua,Wai Yee Yeong,Hong Yee Low,Tuan Tran,Hong Wei Tan

3D printed electronics have captured much attention in recent years, owing to their success in allowing on-demand fabrication of highly-customisable electronics on a wide variety of substrates and conformal surfaces. This textbook helps readers understand and gain valuable insights into 3D printed electronics. It does not require readers to have any prior knowledge on the subject.3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing of Electronics: Principles and Applications provides a comprehensive overview of the recent progress and discusses the fundamentals of the 3D printed electronics technologies, their respective advantages, shortcomings and potential applications. The book covers conventional contact printing techniques for printed electronics, 3D electronics printing techniques, materials and inks inks for 3D-printed electronics, substrates and processing for 3D-printed electronics, sintering techniques for metallic nanoparticle inks, designs and simulations, applications of 3D-printed electronics, and future trends. The book includes several related problems for the reader to test his or her understanding of the topics.This book is a good guide for anyone who is interested in the 3D printing of electronics. The book is also an effective textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses that aim to arm their students with a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of 3D printed electronics.Related Link(s)

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

384

Publisher

World Scientific

Published Date

ISBN 10

9811218374

ISBN 13

9789811218378

Chance & Choice

Memorabilia

By: Kai Lai Chung

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Chance & Choice

Memorabilia

By: Kai Lai Chung

This book begins with a historical essay entitled “Will the Sun Rise Again?” and ends with a general address entitled “Mathematics and Applications”. The articles cover an interesting range of topics: combinatoric probabilities, classical limit theorems, Markov chains and processes, potential theory, Brownian motion, Schrödinger-Feynman problems, etc. They include many addresses presented at international conferences and special seminars, as well as memorials to and reminiscences of prominent contemporary mathematicians and reviews of their works. Rare old photos of many of them enliven the book.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

327

Publisher

World Scientific

Published Date

ISBN 10

9812560122

ISBN 13

9789812560124

Institutional Balancing in the Asia Pacific

Economic Interdependence and China's Rise

By: Kai He

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Institutional Balancing in the Asia Pacific

Economic Interdependence and China's Rise

By: Kai He

This book examines the strategic interactions among China, the United States, Japan, and Southeast Asian States in the context of Chinaâ€™s rise and globalization after the cold war. Engaging the mainstream theoretical debates in international relations, the author introduces a new theoretical frameworkâ€”institutional realismâ€”to explain the institutionalization of world politics in the Asia-Pacific after the cold war. Institutional realism suggests that deepening economic interdependence creates a condition under which states are more likely to conduct a new balancing strategyâ€”institutional balancing, i.e., countering pressures or threats through initiating, utilizing, and dominating multilateral institutionsâ€”to pursue security under anarchy. To test the validity of institutional realism, Kai He examines the foreign policies of the U.S., Japan, the ASEAN states, and China toward four major multilateral institutions, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum (ARF), ASEAN Plus Three (APT), and East Asian Summit (EAS). Challenging the popular pessimistic view regarding Chinaâ€™s rise, the book concludes that economic interdependence and structural constraints may well soften the "dragonâ€™s teeth." Chinaâ€™s rise does not mean a dark future for the region. Institutional Balancing in the Asia Pacificwill be of great interest to policy makers and scholars of Asian security, international relations, Chinese foreign policy, and U.S. foreign policy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

224

Publisher

Taylor & Francis US

Published Date

ISBN 10

041546952X

ISBN 13

9780415469524

Multiple Access Technology Towards Ubiquitous Networks

Overview and Efficient Designs

By: Neng Ye,Xiangming Li,Kai Yang,Jianping An

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Multiple Access Technology Towards Ubiquitous Networks

Overview and Efficient Designs

By: Neng Ye,Xiangming Li,Kai Yang,Jianping An

This book investigates the multiuser communication and its key technology—multiple access technology, as well as transceiving design methods. Multiple access methods toward B5G and 6G currently allows the superposition transmissions of multiuser signals with controllable mutual interference. By deploying advanced multiuser detector, current technology significantly enhances the connectivity, improves the spectral efficiency and simplifies the signaling interactions. Considering that the major challenge of current multiple access technology is the design of transceiver due to the overlapped and distorted signals from multiple users, we analyze the promising candidate multiple access schemes and then develop some sights on how to formulate the transmit signals and how to achieve efficient symbol recovery. Specifically, the incorporation of constellation rotation, rate splitting and deep learning techniques in enhancing the transmission efficiency of multiple access technology are considered.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

194

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

9811940258

ISBN 13

9789811940255

Business Expansion and Structural Change in Pre-War China

Liu Hongsheng and His Enterprises, 1920-1937

By: Kai Yiu Chan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Business Expansion and Structural Change in Pre-War China

Liu Hongsheng and His Enterprises, 1920-1937

By: Kai Yiu Chan

This book examines the relationship between business expansion and the structure of business in pre-war China through a careful and pioneering study of the enterprises of Liu Hongsheng during the 1920s and 1930s. Unlike previous studies that have concentrated on such conceptual discussions as ‘networks’ and the role of the state in Chinese economic and business history, this present work focuses on the institutional changes within Chinese business to critically delineate the major institutions in the working of Chinese-owned enterprises. Not only does it explore those institutions of Western origin, such as the company and modern banking, but also those of native tradition. Liu Hongsheng was one of the leaders of the Chinese business community in Shanghai from the 1910s to the early 1950s. Through the examination, utilizing a large number of previous unused archival materials, of the major lines of his businesses including coal-distribution, wharf operations, cement making, match-manufacturing, banking, and real estate, this study identifies the major institutional changes involved in the course of the expansion of the whole business before the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War. In particular, the author argues that the ‘accounts office’ or ‘zhangfang’ was the core of the organization. This book will be of great interest to specialists and students of Chinese business and economic history. It also provides a base for comparative business and economic history, especially for those who are interested in comparing European and American businesses with the Chinese ones. Lastly, this book serves the interest of scholars and students of East Asian history, who will find in Liu’s story a substantial example of the creative institutional dimension of business in the Chinese diaspora. “Professor Chan has richly documented the fascinating business practices used by the Chinese capitalist Liu Hongsheng: his devious maneuvers as a comprador taking actions contrary to the wishes of his foreign employer; his jousting as chairman of the board with unruly Chinese shareholders in a limited liability company; his inventive accounting as a venture capitalist financing industrial enterprises. With a firm command of archival materials, Chan is able to reveal seldom seen inner workings of Chinese business.” —Sherman Cochran, Hu Shih Professor of Chinese History, Cornell University

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

334

Publisher

Hong Kong University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

9622097642

ISBN 13

9789622097643

Introduction to Classical Chinese

By: Kai Vogelsang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Introduction to Classical Chinese

By: Kai Vogelsang

This textbook provides a comprehensive scholarly introduction to Classical Chinese and its texts. Classical Chinese is the language of Confucius and Mencius and their contemporaries, who wrote the seminal texts of Chinese philosophy more than 2,000 years ago. Although it was used as a living language for only a relatively short time, it was the foundation of Chinese education throughout the Imperial age, and formed the basis of a literary tradition that continues to the present day. This book offers students all the necessary tools to read, understand, and analyse Classical Chinese texts, including: step-by-step clearly illustrated descriptions of syntactic features; core vocabulary lists; introductions to relevant historical and cultural topics; selected readings from classical literature with original commentaries and in-depth explanations; introductions to dictionaries and other reference works on the study of ancient China; and a guide to philological methods used in the critical analysis of Classical Chinese texts. The extensive glossary provides phonological reconstructions, word classes, English translations, and citations to illustrate usage, while the up-to-date bibliography serves as a valuable starting point for further research.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

587

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0198834977

ISBN 13

9780198834977

Landmarks

GIScience for Intelligent Services

By: Kai-Florian Richter,Stephan Winter

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Landmarks

GIScience for Intelligent Services

By: Kai-Florian Richter,Stephan Winter

This book covers the latest research on landmarks in GIS, including practical applications. It addresses perceptual and cognitive aspects of natural and artificial cognitive systems, computational aspects with respect to identifying or selecting landmarks for various purposes, and communication aspects of human-computer interaction for spatial information provision. Concise and organized, the book equips readers to handle complex conceptual aspects of trying to define and formally model these situations. The book provides a thorough review of the cognitive, conceptual, computational and communication aspects of GIS landmarks. This review is unique for comparing concepts across a spectrum of sub-disciplines in the field. Portions of the ideas discussed led to the world’s first commercial navigation service using landmarks selected with cognitive principles. Landmarks: GI Science for Intelligent Services targets practitioners and researchers working in geographic information science, computer science, information science, cognitive science, geography and psychology. Advanced-level students in computer science, geography and psychology will also find this book valuable as a secondary textbook or reference.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

233

Publisher

Springer Science & Business

Published Date

ISBN 10

3319057324

ISBN 13

9783319057323

Privacy-preserving Computing

for Big Data Analytics and AI

By: Kai Chen,Qiang Yang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Privacy-preserving Computing

for Big Data Analytics and AI

By: Kai Chen,Qiang Yang

Privacy-preserving computing aims to protect the personal information of users while capitalizing on the possibilities unlocked by big data. This practical introduction for students, researchers, and industry practitioners is the first cohesive and systematic presentation of the field's advances over four decades. The book shows how to use privacy-preserving computing in real-world problems in data analytics and AI, and includes applications in statistics, database queries, and machine learning. The book begins by introducing cryptographic techniques such as secret sharing, homomorphic encryption, and oblivious transfer, and then broadens its focus to more widely applicable techniques such as differential privacy, trusted execution environment, and federated learning. The book ends with privacy-preserving computing in practice in areas like finance, online advertising, and healthcare, and finally offers a vision for the future of the field.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

270

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1009299506

ISBN 13

9781009299503

Year Of The Rat

2020, As it Happened, Around the World

By: Jorah Kai

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Year Of The Rat

2020, As it Happened, Around the World

By: Jorah Kai

THE YEAR OF THE METAL RAT, 2020, was a time of panic, uncertainty, and great division. CHINA, VIETNAM, CANADA, SAUDI ARABIA, ITALY, ARGENTINA, AMERICA, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, PHILIPPINES, NETHERLANDS, GUATEMALA, UGANDA, THE U.K., SINGAPORE, RUSSIA… As the pandemic spread, some wore masks and socially distanced to protect the vulnerable, while others protested all public health measures as a form of tyranny and caused loud and obnoxious mass disruptions to critical infrastructure in a jarring display of 'personal freedom.' Fake news and echo chambers enabled 'alternative facts,' while unhinged narratives and cartoonish conspiracies ran rampant, often trumping coverage of legitimate and existential converging catastrophes. In YEAR OF THE RAT, the sequel to the international best-seller 'The Invisible War' (Kai's Diary), Jorah Kai documents the world’s largest ‘Zero Covid bubble’ while the outside world handles the pandemic uniquely. Reaching out to friends across the globe, he weaves their stories together. Thirty-six writers from 33 cities in 16 countries share their daily struggles, hopes, and fears for the YEAR OF THE RAT as the SARSCOV2 virus spreads catastrophe to every corner of the globe. "It’s ... the metaphor of the yin and the yang. I’d say right now; we are in the yin. It’s a kind of disaster. It’s sad. And on the yang side... it looks like some sort of a mathematical balance that I cannot explain." - JCVD “I would have done the whole thing for a donut and a tuna fish sandwich. The money meant nothing. It was the opportunity to at least prove to myself that I wasn’t a liar, that I wasn’t living a life of disillusionment. When you think of yourself as being a very creative person, and turn around and realize you’ve been leading a lie.” - Sylvester Stallone (Rocky). "At the beginning of the pandemic, Jorah Kai led a plucky band of frontline workers and activists to fight the pandemic with science. Some called him a harbinger, others a ‘pandemic guru’ as they navigated an increasingly bizarre world of book deals, TV appearances, speaking engagements, and a recovery event with his childhood hero, martial arts movie star Jeanne Claude Van Damme. But nothing could prepare him for what came next..." - The Narrator

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

496

Publisher

More Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1959604007

ISBN 13

9781959604006

China’s Challenges and International Order Transition

Beyond “Thucydides's Trap”

By: Huiyun Feng,Kai He

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

China’s Challenges and International Order Transition

Beyond “Thucydides's Trap”

By: Huiyun Feng,Kai He

China’s Challenges and International Order Transition introduces an integrated conceptual framework of “international order” categorized by three levels (power, rules, and norms) and three issue-areas (security, political, and economic). Each contributor engages one or more of these analytical dimensions to examine two questions: (1) Has China already challenged this dimension of international order? (2) How will China challenge this dimension of international order in the future? The contested views and perspectives in this volume suggest it is too simple to assume an inevitable conflict between China and the outside world. With different strategies to challenge or reform the many dimensions of international order, China’s role is not a one-way street. It is an interactive process in which the world may change China as much as China may change the world. The aim of the book is to broaden the debate beyond the “Thucydides Trap” perspective currently popular in the West. Rather than offering a single argument, this volume offers a platform for scholars, especially Chinese scholars vs. Western scholars, to exchange and debate their different views and perspectives on China and the potential transition of international order.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

331

Publisher

University of Michigan Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0472131761

ISBN 13

9780472131761

Self-Powered and Soft Polymer MEMS/NEMS Devices

By: Ajay Giri Prakash Kottapalli,Kai Tao,Debarun Sengupta,Michael S. Triantafyllou

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Self-Powered and Soft Polymer MEMS/NEMS Devices

By: Ajay Giri Prakash Kottapalli,Kai Tao,Debarun Sengupta,Michael S. Triantafyllou

This book explores the fabrication of soft material and biomimetic MEMS sensors, presents a review of MEMS/NEMS energy harvesters and self-powered sensors, and focuses on the recent efforts in developing flexible and wearable piezoelectric nanogenerators. It also includes a critical analysis of various energy harvesting principles, such as electromagnetic, piezoelectric, electrostatic, triboelectric, and magnetostrictive. This multidisciplinary book is appropriate for students and professionals in the fields of material science, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and bioengineering.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

303005554X

ISBN 13

9783030055547

Book's by Kai Tao

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email