Kang Chao's Books

Learn to Use Chinese Aspect Particles

By: Jian Kang Loar

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Learn to Use Chinese Aspect Particles

By: Jian Kang Loar

Aspect in Mandarin Chinese plays an important role in interpreting the temporal information of a sentence. It is an important verbal category, which is concerned with the speaker’s viewpoint or perspective on a situation: whether the situation is presented as complete (perfective aspect) or as ongoing (imperfective aspect), etc. Learning to understand the aspect particles or markers, and use them correctly, has always been one of the most difficult tasks for learners of Chinese. Learn to Use Chinese Aspect Particles is a pedagogical guide designed to equip teachers with necessary aspectual theoretical knowledge, and is aimed at in-service or trainee teachers, and intermediate or advanced students to reinforce teaching and learning. Challenging exercises are designed and explanations for the correct use of an aspect particle are given, thus making the book more useable and convenient to teachers and enhancing the practical reference value of the book.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

316

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1351257668

ISBN 13

9781351257664

Women Writers of Traditional China

An Anthology of Poetry and Criticism

By: Kang-i Sun Chang,Haun Saussy,Charles Yim-tze Kwong

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Women Writers of Traditional China

An Anthology of Poetry and Criticism

By: Kang-i Sun Chang,Haun Saussy,Charles Yim-tze Kwong

The book also includes an extended section of criticism by and about women writers.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

932

Publisher

Stanford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0804732310

ISBN 13

9780804732314

Utterance Particles in Cantonese Conversation

By: Kang Kwong Luke

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Utterance Particles in Cantonese Conversation

By: Kang Kwong Luke

Utterance particles, also known as modal particles or sentence-final particles, form a class of words in Cantonese which is of great descriptive and theoretical interest to students of language. Most utterance particles do not have any semantic content (truth-conditional meaning), and few can be said to have a consistent grammatical function. They are notorious for being extremely resistant to conventional syntactic and semantic analysis. The aim of this book is to seek a better understanding of utterance particles by concentrating analytical attention on three of them; namely, LA (la55), LO (lo55), and WO (wo44). Adopting a set of theoretical assumptions and analytical methods in the tradition of Conversation Analysis within an ethnomethodological framework, an attempt is made to approach these objects by examining them in the context of interactional details in naturally occurring conversations. This book presents original accounts of, and fresh insights into these utterance particles in Cantonese. But it also raises theoretical and methodological questions of more general interest. These include, among other things, the status of data and evidence in the analysis of language, and the possibility of a socially constituted linguistics.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

346

Publisher

John Benjamins Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

9027250197

ISBN 13

9789027250193

Contesting the Yellow Dragon

Ethnicity, Religion, and the State in the Sino-Tibetan Borderland, 1379-2009

By: Xiaofei Kang,Donald S. Sutton

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Contesting the Yellow Dragon

Ethnicity, Religion, and the State in the Sino-Tibetan Borderland, 1379-2009

By: Xiaofei Kang,Donald S. Sutton

Winner of the 2016 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award This book is the first long-term study of the Sino-Tibetan borderland. It traces relationships and mutual influence among Tibetans, Chinese, Hui Muslims, Qiang and others over some 600 years, focusing on the old Chinese garrison city of Songpan and the nearby religious center of Huanglong, or Yellow Dragon. Combining historical research and fieldwork, Xiaofei Kang and Donald Sutton examine the cultural politics of northern Sichuan from early Ming through Communist revolution to the age of global tourism, bringing to light creative local adaptations in culture, ethnicity and religion as successive regimes in Beijing struggle to control and transform this distant frontier.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

505

Publisher

BRILL

Published Date

ISBN 10

9004319239

ISBN 13

9789004319233

The Korean Struggle for International Identity in the Foreground of the Shufeldt Negotiation, 1866-1882

By: Woong Joe Kang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Korean Struggle for International Identity in the Foreground of the Shufeldt Negotiation, 1866-1882

By: Woong Joe Kang

The Korean Struggle for International Identity in the Foreground of the Shufeldt Negotiation, 1866-1880 places a special focus on how the Koreans view themselves and the outside world, especially China, Japan, and the United States. It challenges the one-sided, distorted China centered view of the historical and traditional Korea-China relationship, as well as the skewed view of the Korea-Japan relationship from the Japanese side. This book brings the much-neglected Korean views of these historical relationships into perspective."--BOOK JACKET.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

238

Publisher

University Press of America

Published Date

ISBN 10

0761831207

ISBN 13

9780761831204

Ceramic Membranes for Separation and Reaction

By: Kang Li

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Ceramic Membranes for Separation and Reaction

By: Kang Li

Ceramic Membranes for Reaction and Separation is the first single-authored guide to the developing area of ceramic membranes. Starting by documenting established procedures of ceramic membrane preparation and characterization, this title then focuses on gas separation. The final chapter covers ceramic membrane reactors;- as distributors and separators, and general engineering considerations. Chapters include key examples to illustrate membrane synthesis, characterisation and applications in industry. Theoretical principles, advantages and disadvantages of using ceramic membranes under the various conditions are discussed where applicable.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

316

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

0470319461

ISBN 13

9780470319468

The Taiwan-china Connection

Democracy And Development Across The Taiwan Straits

By: Tse-kang Leng

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Taiwan-china Connection

Democracy And Development Across The Taiwan Straits

By: Tse-kang Leng

Exploring the transitional role of the state in Taiwan's economic development, this book focuses especially on the impact of trade with mainland China. Tse-Kang Leng argues that the basic structure of political forces within Taiwan and its pattern of external economic relations have been transformed in the 1990s, with cross-Straits trade playing a key part. Although politically embarrassing to the government, this trade provides an economic opportunity that is irresistibly attractive to business interests.Thus, cross-Straits trade and investment have served as a fulcrum by which societal interests have moved an unwilling state. Going beyond the ?strong state? paradigm, the author's analysis of current cross-Straits economic policies reveals a sharp contrast between Taiwan's authoritarian past and its current era of democratization. Weighing the crucial forces at work in Taiwan?democratization, state-society interaction, and economic interdependence with mainland China?Leng provides a thorough analysis of Taiwan's political and economic development in the 1990s and beyond.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

172

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

0429964366

ISBN 13

9780429964367

The INS on the Line

Making Immigration Law on the US-Mexico Border, 1917-1954

By: S. Deborah Kang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The INS on the Line

Making Immigration Law on the US-Mexico Border, 1917-1954

By: S. Deborah Kang

The INS on the Line: Making Immigration Law on the US-Mexico Border, 1917-1954 offers a comprehensive history of the INS in the southwestern borderlands, tracing the ways in which local immigration officials both made and enforced the nation's immigration laws.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

297

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0199757437

ISBN 13

9780199757435

Diasporic Feminist Theology

Asia and Theopolitical Imagination

By: Namsoon Kang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Diasporic Feminist Theology

Asia and Theopolitical Imagination

By: Namsoon Kang

How do we navigate the question of identity in the fluid and pluralist conditions of postmodern society? Even more, how do we articulate identity as a defining particularity in the disappearance of borders, boundaries, and spaces in an increasingly globalist world? What constitutes identity and the formation of narratives under such conditions? How do these issues affect not only discursive practices, but theological and ethical construction and practice? This volumes explores these issues in depth. Diasporic Feminist Theology attempts to construct feminist theology by adopting diaspora as a theopolitical and ethical metaphor. Namsoon Kang here revisits and reexamines today's significant issues such as identity politics, dislocation, postmodernism, postcolonialism, neo-empire, Asian values, and constructs diasporic, transethnic, and glocal feminist theological discourses that create spaces of transformation, reconciliation, hospitality, worldliness, solidarity, and border-traversing. This work draws on diverse sources from contemporary critical discourses of diaspora studies, cultural studies, ethnic studies, postmodernism, postcolonialism, and feminism and feminist theology from a transterritorial space. This book is a landmark work, providing a comprehensive discourse for feminist theology today.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

394

Publisher

Augsburg Fortress Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1451472986

ISBN 13

9781451472981

Chinese Corporate Governance

History and Institutional Framework

By: Yong Kang,Lu Shi,Elizabeth D. Brown

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Chinese Corporate Governance

History and Institutional Framework

By: Yong Kang,Lu Shi,Elizabeth D. Brown

As China has aligned itself more closely with the international economy, it has also sought to adopt more Western-style corporate governance mechanisms. This report provides an overview of overview of corporate governance mechanisms in China, as well as an examination of continuing challenges and policy implications.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Rand Corporation

Published Date

ISBN 10

083304611X

ISBN 13

9780833046116

Physical Design for Multichip Modules

By: Mysore Sriram,Sung-Mo (Steve) Kang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Physical Design for Multichip Modules

By: Mysore Sriram,Sung-Mo (Steve) Kang

Physical Design for Multichip Modules collects together a large body of important research work that has been conducted in recent years in the area of Multichip Module (MCM) design. The material consists of a survey of published results as well as original work by the authors. All major aspects of MCM physical design are discussed, including interconnect analysis and modeling, system partitioning and placement, and multilayer routing. For readers unfamiliar with MCMs, this book presents an overview of the different MCM technologies available today. An in-depth discussion of various recent approaches to interconnect analysis are also presented. Remaining chapters discuss the problems of partitioning, placement, and multilayer routing, with an emphasis on timing performance. For the first time, data from a wide range of sources is integrated to present a clear picture of a new, challenging and very important research area. For students and researchers looking for interesting research topics, open problems and suggestions for further research are clearly stated. Points of interest include : Clear overview of MCM technology and its relationship to physical design; Emphasis on performance-driven design, with a chapter devoted to recent techniques for rapid performance analysis and modeling of MCM interconnects; Different approaches to multilayer MCM routing collected together and compared for the first time; Explanation of algorithms is not overly mathematical, yet is detailed enough to give readers a clear understanding of the approach; Quantitative data provided wherever possible for comparison of different approaches; A comprehensive list of references to recent literature on MCMs provided.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

205

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

1461526825

ISBN 13

9781461526827

Intercultural Pedagogical Reflections on Taiwan’s Education

By: Jason C. Chan,Tsao-Lin Fong,Rainer Kokemohr,Huang-Yao Hong,Yung-Kang Hsu,Hsin-Yi Huang,Guo-Tsai Hung,Ming-Shiang Ni,Shing-Shiang Ting,Hui-Ping Wu,Pichun Wu

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Intercultural Pedagogical Reflections on Taiwan’s Education

By: Jason C. Chan,Tsao-Lin Fong,Rainer Kokemohr,Huang-Yao Hong,Yung-Kang Hsu,Hsin-Yi Huang,Guo-Tsai Hung,Ming-Shiang Ni,Shing-Shiang Ting,Hui-Ping Wu,Pichun Wu

This book is a product of intercultural dialogues between Rainer Kokemohr from Germany and educational scholars from Taiwan, during a period of more than 15 years. When professor Kokemohr served as a part-time chair professor at the College of Education, NCCU, he had the opportunity to observe different schools and to dialogue with many scholars. Section One of the book presents discussions on pedagogical norms and goals. Section Two brings together articles that discuss educational goals in relation to concrete social interactions or special, pedagogically significant phenomena and structures that determine teaching-learning processes within educational institutions. In Section Three, the authors discuss the challenge of modern education in view of historical or life-historical educational conditions.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

344

Publisher

政大出版社

Published Date

ISBN 10

9869630456

ISBN 13

9789869630450

FX Law and Regulations in Korea

Problems and Prospects

By: Min-woo Kang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

FX Law and Regulations in Korea

Problems and Prospects

By: Min-woo Kang

In FX Law and Regulations in Korea: Problems and Prospects, Min-woo Kang offers a comprehensive and thorough discussion of the FX regulatory system in Korea, with a special focus on its chronic problems and possible remedies under the overhauled legal system.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

BRILL

Published Date

ISBN 10

9004540571

ISBN 13

9789004540576

Ta T'ung Shu

The One-world Philosophy of K'ang Yu-wei

By: Youwei Kang,Laurence G. Thompson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Ta T'ung Shu

The One-world Philosophy of K'ang Yu-wei

By: Youwei Kang,Laurence G. Thompson

This volume translates one of the major works of modern Chinese philosophy and in so doing makes a major contribution to the study of comparative philosophy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

298

Publisher

Psychology Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0415361567

ISBN 13

9780415361569

Modern Computational Aeroelasticity

By: Min Xu,Xiaomin An,Wei Kang,Guangning Li

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Modern Computational Aeroelasticity

By: Min Xu,Xiaomin An,Wei Kang,Guangning Li

The book provides a state-of-art overview of computational methods for nonlinear aeroelasticity and load analysis, focusing on key techniques and fundamental principles for CFD/CSD coupling in temporal domain. CFD/CSD coupling software design and applications of CFD/CSD coupling techniques are discussed in detail as well. It is an essential reference for researchers and students in mechanics and applied mathematics.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

320

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published Date

ISBN 10

3110576627

ISBN 13

9783110576627

Transgression and the Aesthetics of Evil

By: Taran Kang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Transgression and the Aesthetics of Evil

By: Taran Kang

How do we perceive evil? How do we represent evil? In Transgression and the Aesthetics of Evil, Taran Kang examines the entanglements of aesthetics and morality. Investigating conceptions and images of evil, Kang identifies a fateful moment of transformation in the eighteenth century that continues to reverberate to the present day. Transgression, once allocated the central place in the constitution of evil, undergoes a startling revaluation in the Enlightenment and its aftermath, one that needs to be understood in relation to emergent ideas in the arts. Taran Kang engages with the writings of Edmund Burke, the Marquis de Sade, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Hannah Arendt, among others, as he questions recent calls to "de-aestheticize" evil and insists on a historically informed appreciation of evil’s aesthetic dimensions. Chapters consider the figure of the "evil genius," the paradoxical appeal of the grotesque and the disgusting, and the moral status of spectators who behold scenes of suffering and acts of transgression. In grappling with these issues, Transgression and the Aesthetics of Evil questions the feasibility and desirability of insulating the moral from the aesthetic.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

219

Publisher

University of Toronto Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1487529090

ISBN 13

9781487529093

Diplomacy and Ideology in Japanese-Korean Relations: From the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century

By: E. Kang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Diplomacy and Ideology in Japanese-Korean Relations: From the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century

By: E. Kang

During the premodern period, Japan had significant political, economic and cultural relations with Korea. This book purports that this period, from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century, was the formative stage of the East Asian diplomacy and ideology which laid the foundations for foreign relations between these two countries in the modern period. The book also investigates how Japan's and Korea's political and diplomatic ideologies emerged as a nascent form of nationalism which scholars have not previously clarified.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

325

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

0230376932

ISBN 13

9780230376939

Harmony and War

Confucian Culture and Chinese Power Politics

By: Yuan-kang Wang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Harmony and War

Confucian Culture and Chinese Power Politics

By: Yuan-kang Wang

Confucianism has shaped a certain perception of Chinese security strategy, symbolized by the defensive, nonaggressive Great Wall. Many believe China is antimilitary and reluctant to use force against its enemies. It practices pacifism and refrains from expanding its boundaries, even when nationally strong. In a path-breaking study traversing six centuries of Chinese history, Yuan-kang Wang resoundingly discredits this notion, recasting China as a practitioner of realpolitik and a ruthless purveyor of expansive grand strategies. Leaders of the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) prized military force and shrewdly assessed the capabilities of China's adversaries. They adopted defensive strategies when their country was weak and pursued expansive goals, such as territorial acquisition, enemy destruction, and total military victory, when their country was strong. Despite the dominance of an antimilitarist Confucian culture, warfare was not uncommon in the bulk of Chinese history. Grounding his research in primary Chinese sources, Wang outlines a politics of power that are crucial to understanding China's strategies today, especially its policy of "peaceful development," which, he argues, the nation has adopted mainly because of its military, economic, and technological weakness in relation to the United States.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

330

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0231522401

ISBN 13

9780231522403

Chengli and the Silk Road Caravan

By: Hildi Kang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Chengli and the Silk Road Caravan

By: Hildi Kang

Chengli is an orphaned errand boy who lives in Chang'an China in 630 A.D. His mother has died from illness and his father is presumed dead after disappearing into the desert when Chengli was a baby. Now thirteen, Chengli feels ready for independence. He is drawn to the desert, beckoned by the howling of strange winds and the hope of learning something about his father--who he was and how he died. Chengli joins a caravan to travel down the merchant route known as the Silk Road, but it is a dangerous life, as his father knew. The desert is harsh, and there are many bandits--bandits interested in Chengli's caravan because a princess, her servants, and royal guards are traveling with them. But the desert is full of amazing places and life-changing experiences, as the feisty princess learns the meaning of friendship and Chengli learns the heroism of which he is capable.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

186

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

ISBN 10

1933718625

ISBN 13

9781933718620

Governance of Biodiversity Conservation in China and Taiwan

By: Gerald A. McBeath,Tse-Kang Leng

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Governance of Biodiversity Conservation in China and Taiwan

By: Gerald A. McBeath,Tse-Kang Leng

Written in a readable and concise manner, Governance of Biodiversity Conservation in China and Taiwan makes an interesting contribution to the study of Chinese environmental politics. Kathleen Burton, The China Quarterly McBeath and Leng s work on contemporary Chinese environmental governance and conservation provides an excellent overview of the key issues in the People s Republic as well as a timely comparison with environmental issues in Taiwan. . . McBeath and Leng s book is written in an concise and readable manner appropriate for undergraduate courses, while the breadth and depth of information makes it equally useful for graduate research. This book on China s environment makes a worthy contribution to contemporary conservation studies and policy issues, and should be essential reading for specialists and students working on biodiversity governance issues in China. Jack Patrick Hayes, Pacific Affairs This fascinating volume highlights the ongoing conflict between economic development and environmental protection in both mainland China and Taiwan. The authors value biological diversity and examine its loss and conservation from historical and comparative perspectives. Despite significant differences in institutional frameworks and environmental NGOs on the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, the authors also note a similar approach to biodiversity conservation and the entailed success or failure. This volume is a must read for people who are concerned with the endangered global ecosystem. Students in public policy comparison may find this volume instructive in combining institutional analysis with behavioral observation. Lin Gang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, People s Republic of China China and Taiwan have roughly one-eighth of the world s known species. Their approaches to biodiversity issues thus have global as well as national repercussions. Gerald McBeath and Tse-Kang Leng explore the ongoing conflicts between economic development, typically pursued by businesses and governments, and communities seeking to preserve and protect local human and ecosystem values. China and Taiwan have sharply different political and economic systems. In Taiwan, a public relatively more supportive of sustainable development, a free press, a more transparent decision-making process, and an autonomous civil society have influenced governance. Yet democratization has not guaranteed better environmental outcomes. In China, on the other hand, fragmentation of power and softer forms of authoritarianism than in the Maoist era have created openings for NGOs, scientists, journalists, and officials seeking a sustainable future to participate in the environmental policy making process. The authors provide an explicit and comparative treatment of the national policies preserving rare, threatened, and endangered species and ecosystems. Considerable attention is paid to the actors involved in policy formation and implementation as well as to recent cases concerning biodiversity conservation in China and Taiwan. This comprehensive volume will appeal to students and researchers in the areas of political science, environmental science and politics, environmental activists in national and international NGOs, and members of multinational corporations working in developing countries.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

253

Publisher

Edward Elgar Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

184720306X

ISBN 13

9781847203069

Manson's Tropical Diseases E-Book

By: Jeremy Farrar,Peter J Hotez,Thomas Junghanss,Gagandeep Kang,David Lalloo,Nicholas J. White,Patricia J. Garcia

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Manson's Tropical Diseases E-Book

By: Jeremy Farrar,Peter J Hotez,Thomas Junghanss,Gagandeep Kang,David Lalloo,Nicholas J. White,Patricia J. Garcia

For 125 years, physicians have relied on Manson's Tropical Diseases for a comprehensive clinical overview of this complex and fast-changing field. The fully revised 24th Edition, Dr. Jeremy Farrar, along with an internationally recognized editorial team, global contributors, and expert authors, delivers the latest coverage on parasitic and infectious diseases from around the world. From the difficult to diagnose to the difficult to treat, this highly readable, award-winning reference prepares you to effectively handle whatever your patients may have contracted. - Covers all of tropical medicine in a comprehensive manner, general medicine in the tropics, and non-clinical issues regarding public health and ethics. - Serves as an indispensable resource for physicians who treat patients with tropical diseases and/or will be travelling to the tropics, or who are teaching others in this area. - Contains a new section on 21st Century Drivers of Tropical Medicine, with chapters covering Poverty and Inequality, Public Health in Settings of Conflict and Political Instability, Climate Change, and Medical Product Quality and Public Health. - Includes all-new chapters on Surgery in the Topics, Yellow Fever, Systemic Mycoses, and COVID-19. - Covers key topics such as drug resistance; emerging and reemerging infections such as Zika, Ebola, and Chikungunya; novel diagnostics such as PCR-based methods; point-of care-tests such as ultrasound; public health in settings of conflict and political instability; and much more. - Differentiates approaches for resource-rich and resource-poor areas. - Includes reader-friendly features such as highlighted key information, convenient boxes and tables, extensive cross-referencing, and clinical management diagrams.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1638

Publisher

Elsevier Health Sciences

Published Date

ISBN 10

0702079618

ISBN 13

9780702079610

An Investigation Report on Large Public Hospital Reforms in China

By: Lulu Zhang,Meina Li,Feng Ye,Tao Ding,Peng Kang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

An Investigation Report on Large Public Hospital Reforms in China

By: Lulu Zhang,Meina Li,Feng Ye,Tao Ding,Peng Kang

This book provides a comprehensive understanding of public hospital reform in China, which is a hot topic for China’s new round of health sector reform. The authors use rich data from both health provider side and service user side and conduct a cross-sectional study in China with some comparative analysis between different locations. It provides the audience with a big picture of China’s public hospital and other components of health system as well. The book reviews the main policy measurements in the public hospital reforms and evaluates how these policies influence public hospitals' practices, especially on hospital governance and internal management.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

195

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

9811000395

ISBN 13

9789811000393

Business Process Reengineering

An ICT Approach

By: Heru Susanto,Fang-Yie Leu,Chin Kang Chen

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Business Process Reengineering

An ICT Approach

By: Heru Susanto,Fang-Yie Leu,Chin Kang Chen

This volume shows how ICT (information and communications technology) can play the role of a driver of business process reengineering (BPR). ICT can aid in enabling improvement in BPR activity cycles as it provides many components that enhance performance that can lead to competitive advantages. IT can interface with BPR to improve business processes in terms of communication, inventory management, data management, management information systems, customer relationship management, computer-aided design, computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), and computer-aided engineering. This volume explores these issues in depth.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

214

Publisher

CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0429949308

ISBN 13

9780429949302

The Emerging Technology of Big Data

Its Impact as a Tool for ICT Development

By: Heru Susanto,Fang-Yie Leu,Chin Kang Chen

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Emerging Technology of Big Data

Its Impact as a Tool for ICT Development

By: Heru Susanto,Fang-Yie Leu,Chin Kang Chen

Big Data is now highly regarded and accepted as a useful tool to help organizations manage their data and information effectively and efficiently. This new volume, The Emerging Technology of Big Data: Its Impact as a Tool for ICT Development, looks at the new technology that has emerged to meet the growing need and demand and studies the impact of Big Data in several areas of today’s society, including social media, business process re-engineering, science, e-learning, higher education, business intelligence, and green computing. In today’s modern society, information system (IS) through Big Data contributes to the success of organizations because it provides a solid foundation for increasing both efficiency and productivity. Many business organizations and educational institutions realize that compliance with Big Data will affect their prospects for success. Everyday, the amount of data collected from digital tools grows tremendously. As the amount of data increases, the use of IS becomes more and more essential. The book looks at how large datasets and analytics have slowly crept into the world of education and discusses methods of teaching and learning and the collection of student-learning data. The final chapter of the book considers the environmental impacts of ICT and emphasizes green ICT awareness as a corporate strategy through information systems. The global ICT industry accounts for approximately 2 percent of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and the manufacture, shipping, and disposal of ICT equipment also contributes environmentally. This chapter addresses these issues. The information provided here will be valuable information for education professionals, businesses, faculty, scientists and researchers, and others.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

312

Publisher

CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1351241249

ISBN 13

9781351241243

Sensors and Probes for Bioimaging

By: Young-Tae Chang,Nam-Young Kang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Sensors and Probes for Bioimaging

By: Young-Tae Chang,Nam-Young Kang

Sensors and Probes for Bioimaging A fulsome exploration of the history, design, and application of bioimaging probes and sensors In Sensors and Probes for Bioimaging, distinguished researcher Professor Young-Tae Chang and Professor Nam-Young Kang deliver a comprehensive discussion of bioimaging achieved with sensors and probes. In the book, readers will find a complete discussion of the history of colorful sensors and probes, probe design and the mechanisms of staining, as well as cell and tissue application and whole-body imaging. You’ll learn how probes can be used, how to choose and use a variety of probes, and new directions in research and application in the area of sensors and probes for bioimaging. Readers will also find: A thorough introduction to bioimaging, as well as discussions of chemical sensors and probes used in bioimaging Comprehensive explorations of organelle and cell selective probes, as well as discussions of a model for organelle selectivity Practical discussions of tissue selective probes and whole-body imaging Fulsome treatments of imaging for biological function and for the diagnosis of disease, including cancer and Alzheimer’s imaging Perfect for chemical biologists, analytical chemists, biochemists, and materials scientists, Sensors and Probes for Bioimaging will also earn a place in the libraries of clinical chemists and advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and professionals working in the bioimaging and sensor industry.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

373

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

352734960X

ISBN 13

9783527349609

East Goes West

By: Younghill Kang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

East Goes West

By: Younghill Kang

A beautiful collectible hardcover edition of the father of Korean American literature's "wonderfully resplendent evocation of a newcomer's America" (Chang-rae Lee, author of Native Speaker) A Penguin Vitae Edition Having fled Japanese-occupied Korea for the gleaming promise of the United States with nothing but four dollars and a suitcase full of Shakespeare to his name, the young, idealistic Chungpa Han arrives in a New York teeming with expatriates, businessmen, students, scholars, and indigents. Struggling to support his studies, he travels throughout the United States and Canada, becoming by turns a traveling salesman, a domestic worker, and a farmer, and observing along the way the idealism, greed, and shifting values of the industrializing twentieth century. Part picaresque adventure, part shrewd social commentary, East Goes West casts a sharply satirical eye on the demands and perils of assimilation. It is a masterpiece not only of Asian American literature but also of American literature. Penguin Vitae―loosely translated as "Penguin of one's life"―is a deluxe hardcover series from Penguin Classics celebrating a dynamic and diverse landscape of classic fiction and nonfiction from seventy-five years of classics publishing. Penguin Vitae provides readers with beautifully designed classics that have shaped the course of their lives, and welcomes new readers to discover these literary gifts of personal inspiration, intellectual engagement, and creative originality.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

434

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

ISBN 10

0143136283

ISBN 13

9780143136286

Conversion of Chinese Students in Korea to Evangelical Christianity

Factors, Process, and Types

By: Chang Seop Kang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Conversion of Chinese Students in Korea to Evangelical Christianity

Factors, Process, and Types

By: Chang Seop Kang

Currently, about 6 percent of the eighty thousand Chinese college students in Korea are Christians, certainly no small number considering their future role within the Chinese Church. In this study, Chang Seop Kang seeks to find out the factors, process, and types concerning the conversion of thirty Chinese international students. This qualitative study gives a rich picture of their conversion stories, providing many examples from their insider perspectives. The key finding connecting these stories is experiencing God. Overall, this book showcases how an inductive data analysis such as grounded theory can produce a powerful message that affirms biblical truth.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

242

Publisher

Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1666703524

ISBN 13

9781666703528

Aesthetics and Marxism

Chinese Aesthetic Marxists and Their Western Contemporaries

By: Kang Liu

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Aesthetics and Marxism

Chinese Aesthetic Marxists and Their Western Contemporaries

By: Kang Liu

DIVLiu’s study examines writers, philosophers, and political leaders in China and the West and reveals the extent to which they incorporate ideas about “culture” and “aesthetics” in their theories and practices./div

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

254

Publisher

Duke University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0822324482

ISBN 13

9780822324485

Disaster Management in China in a Changing Era

By: Yi Kang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Disaster Management in China in a Changing Era

By: Yi Kang

This book shows how Chinese officials have responded to popular and international pressure, while at the same time seeking to preserve their own careers, in the context of disaster management. Using the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake as a case study, it illustrates how authoritarian regimes are creating new governance mechanisms in response to the changing global environment and what challenges they are confronted with in the process. The book examines both the immediate and long-term effects of a major disaster on China’s policy, institutions, and governing practices, and seeks to explain which factors lead to hasty and poorly conceived reconstruction efforts, which in turn reproduce the very same conditions of vulnerability or expose communities to new risks. In short, it tells a “political” story of how intra-governmental interactions, state-society relations, and international engagement can shape the processes and outcomes of recovery and reconstruction.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

138

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

3662445166

ISBN 13

9783662445167

Compositional Subjects

Enfiguring Asian/American Women

By: Hyun Yi Kang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Compositional Subjects

Enfiguring Asian/American Women

By: Hyun Yi Kang

DIVTraces the way Asian American women have been represented in film, literature, and political economy./div

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

372

Publisher

Duke University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0822328984

ISBN 13

9780822328988

Endodontics: Clinical and Scientific Updates, An Issue of Dental Clinics of North America

By: Mo K. Kang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Endodontics: Clinical and Scientific Updates, An Issue of Dental Clinics of North America

By: Mo K. Kang

This issue of Dental Clinics of North America focuses on Endodontics, and is edited by Dr. Mo Kang. Articles will include: Endodontic Microbiology and Pathobiology: Current State of Knowledge; Conventional Endodontic Therapies: Innovation in Biomechanics; Endodontic Retreatments: Non-surgical and Surgical Approaches; Pain Management in Endodontics: Opportunity for New Therapeutics; Pulpal Management of Immature Teeth: Use of New Biomaterials for Conservative Therapies; Innovation in Bioactive Restorative Materials; Topic in Regenerative Endodontics; Biological Molecules for the Regeneration of the Pulp-dentin Complex; Cell Homing Approach in Endodontic Regeneration; Stem Cell Therapies for Oral and Systemic Diseases; Endodontic Treatment Outcomes, and more!

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

193

Publisher

Elsevier Health Sciences

Published Date

ISBN 10

0323482775

ISBN 13

9780323482776

The Chinese National Spirit

The Core of a Spiritual Home

By: Kang Ouyang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Chinese National Spirit

The Core of a Spiritual Home

By: Kang Ouyang

characteristics. this="" model="" can="" be="" applied="" to="" many="" countries="" around="" the="" globe.="" additionally,="" author="" points="" out="" that in="" construction="" of="" chinese="" national="" spirit="" it="" is="" also="" important="" consider="" positive="" elements="" from="" different cultures="" in="" other="" nations.divThis book discusses the Chinese nation’s spiritual home in a modern context. It analyzes various aspects of the problem, including background, theory, history, recent advances and solutions, from a global view. In discussing the development of Chinese national spirit, it also refers to western experiences of national culture and national spirit. To build the spiritual home, the traditional culture, values and faith need to be learned, analyzed and adapted to the modern context. Doing so helps to maintain the traditional characteristics while at the same time reinforcing new characteristics. This model can be applied to many countries around the globe. Additionally, the author points out that in the construction of Chinese national spirit it is also important to consider positive elements from different cultures in other nations.br

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

214

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

9811039151

ISBN 13

9789811039157

House Church Christianity in China

From Rural Preachers to City Pastors

By: Jie Kang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

House Church Christianity in China

From Rural Preachers to City Pastors

By: Jie Kang

This book provides a significant new interpretation of China's rapid urbanization by analyzing its impact on the spread of Protestant Christianity in the People's Republic. Demonstrating how the transition from rural to urban churches has led to the creation of nationwide Christian networks, the author focuses on Linyi in Shandong Province. Using her unparalleled access as both an anthropologist and member of the congregation, she presents a much-needed insider's view of the development, organization, operation and transformation of the region's unregistered house churches. Whilst most studies are concerned with the opposition of church and state, this work, by contrast, shows that in Linyi there is no clear-cut distinction between the official TSPM church and house churches. Rather, it is the urbanization of religion that is worthy of note and detailed analysis, an approach which the author also employs in investigating the role played by Christianity in Beijing. What she uncovers is the impact of newly-acquired urban aspirations for material goods, success and status on the reshaping of local Christian beliefs, practices and rites of passage. In doing so, she creates a thought-provoking account of religious life in China that will appeal to social anthropologists, sociologists, theologians and scholars of China and its society.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

296

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

3319304909

ISBN 13

9783319304908

The Meditative Way

Readings in the Theory and Practice of Buddhist Meditation

By: Roderick Bucknell,Chris Kang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Meditative Way

Readings in the Theory and Practice of Buddhist Meditation

By: Roderick Bucknell,Chris Kang

Buddhist meditation, while attracting less popular attention than some other meditative disciplines, has given rise to a particularly rich literature in recent years. Despite differences in style and terminology, these modern writings on Buddhist meditation serve much the same purposes as did the manuals and commentaries of the classical masters: to explicate and interpret the Buddha's teachings on meditation, to clarify the nature and value of the various meditative techniques and attainments, and/or to offer advice on the actual practice of meditation. Meditators are increasingly inclined to compare and evaluate critically what the different contemporary meditation masters have to say, to weigh up the results of relevant scientific studies, or to consult translations of the primary texts in search of the Buddha's 'original' teachings on meditation. Writers on meditation are also increasingly adopting an appropriately critical approach, particularly as regards the reliability of textual accounts. Relatively few still commit the old error of assuming that the Pali canon is a complete and faithful record of what the Buddha said on the subject, or that the classical commentators were infallible authorities. The present collection of twenty-eight readings is designed to give meditators, researchers, and general readers ready access to representative samples of those writings, and to the principal relevant texts.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

287

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1136804013

ISBN 13

9781136804014

Journey Through the White Terror

A Daughter's Memoir

By: Kang-i Sun Chang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Journey Through the White Terror

A Daughter's Memoir

By: Kang-i Sun Chang

Kang-i Sun Chang is Malcolm G. Chace ’56 Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale University. In her memoir, Journey Through the White Terror, she tells the powerful story of her father Paul Sun (1919-2007). Along with numerous others, Sun was imprisoned more than 60 years ago during the “White Terror”, the decade following the withdrawal of Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist government from Mainland China to Taiwan in mid-December 1949. During this time, the Nationalist government implemented a policy of “better to kill ten thousand by mistake than to set one free by oversight,” and as a result, many innocent civilians such as the author’s father became victims of ferocious searches and persecutions. At the time of her father’s arrest, Prof. Chang was not quite six years old; when her father returned home, she was almost sixteen. Having witnessed the injustice of her father’s imprisonment and the freedom their family later enjoyed in America, she felt compelled to write this story. Prof. Chang’s account of how the family survived the White Terror makes her book one of the most intense and thrilling works on the subject. But the book is also about soul-searching and the healing of a childhood trauma. It is a true story about the triumph of the human spirit in the face of adversity. Love and religion in such circumstances prove to be the ultimate deliverance. All this is described in considerable detail in this extraordinary memoir.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

220

Publisher

國立臺灣大學出版中心

Published Date

ISBN 10

9860056994

ISBN 13

9789860056990

The Cult of the Fox

Power, Gender, and Popular Religion in Late Imperial and Modern China

By: Xiaofei Kang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Cult of the Fox

Power, Gender, and Popular Religion in Late Imperial and Modern China

By: Xiaofei Kang

For more than five centuries the shamanistic fox cult has attracted large portions of the Chinese population and appealed to a wide range of social classes. Deemed illicit by imperial rulers and clerics and officially banned by republican and communist leaders, the fox cult has managed to survive and flourish in individual homes and community shrines throughout northern China. In this new work, the first to examine the fox cult as a vibrant popular religion, Xiaofei Kang explores the manifold meanings of the fox spirit in Chinese society. Kang describes various cult practices, activities of worship, and the exorcising of fox spirits to reveal how the Chinese people constructed their cultural and social values outside the gaze of offical power and morality.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

263

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0231133383

ISBN 13

9780231133388

International Conference on Intelligent Computing: Intelligent computing

By: De-Shuang Huang,Kang Li

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

International Conference on Intelligent Computing: Intelligent computing

By: De-Shuang Huang,Kang Li

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Computing, ICIC 2006, held in Kunming, China, August 2006. The book collects 161 carefully chosen and revised full papers. Topical sections include neural networks, evolutionary computing and genetic algorithms, kernel methods, combinatorial and numerical optimization, multiobjective evolutionary algorithms, neural optimization and dynamic programming, as well as case-based reasoning and probabilistic reasoning.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1357

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

3540372717

ISBN 13

9783540372714

Quest for Harmony

The Moso Traditions of Sexual Union and Family Life.

By: Chuan-kang Shih

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Quest for Harmony

The Moso Traditions of Sexual Union and Family Life.

By: Chuan-kang Shih

In this long-awaited ethnography, Chuan-kang Shih details the traditional social and cultural conditions of the Moso, a matrilineal group living on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces in southwest China. Among the Moso, a majority of the adult population practice a visiting system called tisese instead of marriage as the normal sexual and reproductive institution. Until recently, tisese was noncontractual, nonobligatory, and nonexclusive. Partners lived and worked in separate households. The only prerequisite for a tisese relationship was a mutual agreement between the man and the woman to allow sexual access to each other. In a comprehensive account, Quest for Harmony explores this unique practice specifically, and offers thorough documentation, fine-grained analysis, and an engaging discussion of the people, history, and structure of Moso society. Drawing on the author's extensive fieldwork, conducted from 1987 to 2006, this is the first ethnography of the Moso written in English.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

347

Publisher

Stanford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0804773440

ISBN 13

9780804773447

Book's by Kang Chao

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email