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The Ideas of Ronald H. Coase

Market failure and planning by contract for sustainable development

By: Lawrence W. C Lai

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The Ideas of Ronald H. Coase

Market failure and planning by contract for sustainable development

By: Lawrence W. C Lai

This book is the first work dedicated to the key ideas of Nobel Laureate Ronald Coase on pollution and public goods with sustainable development in mind from the perspective of an economist-town planner. The seminal contributions of Ronald Coase, foretold in the form of the Coase Theorem by another Nobel laureate, George Stigler, have been much analyzed and often misinterpreted by friends and foes alike. In this book, Lawrence Lai attempts to revisit Coase's seminal works and bring to the fore their importance in economic and urban planning policy analysis. Coase's comparative institutional approach offers an important vehicle for the analysis of pressing social issues such as sustainable development, and all those interested in the creation of new platforms for performing policy analysis will welcome this important work.

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Taylor & Francis

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1136820485

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Media in Hong Kong

Press Freedom and Political Change, 1967-2005

By: Carol P. Lai

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Media in Hong Kong

Press Freedom and Political Change, 1967-2005

By: Carol P. Lai

Making full use of newly declassified material, extensive interviews and specific case studies, this book examines the Hong Kong media over a forty year period, focusing in particular on how its newspapers and TV stations have struggled for press freedom under the colonial British administration, as well as Chinese rule.

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Routledge

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113414508X

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Negotiating Religious Gaps

The Enterprise of Translating Christian Tracts by Protestant Missionaries in Nineteenth-Century China

By: John Lai

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Negotiating Religious Gaps

The Enterprise of Translating Christian Tracts by Protestant Missionaries in Nineteenth-Century China

By: John Lai

This book constitutes a pioneering and comprehensive text-in-context study of the translation of Christian tracts (from English into Chinese) by Protestant missionaries in nineteenth-century China. It focuses on the large body of hitherto widely neglected Protestant Chinese books and tracts, putting the translated texts into their socio-political, cultural and ideological contexts. This integrated approach proves to be fruitful and insightful in describing and explaining actual practices of translation, or translation norms. [...] The book addresses the central issue of how original texts were selected, translated and presented by Protestant missionaries under the patronage of various missionary institutions in order to achieve their specific agendas. Based on primary materials and rare archival documents, this extensive survey of the corpus of Chinese Christian literature fills a significant gap in the evaluation of Protestant missions to China, especially with regard to the role of the Religious Tract Society (RTS). Moreover, the contributions of Chinese collaborators are examined in detail to achieve a more balanced view in accessing the role of missionary translators. The book also sheds light on the sophisticated procedures and strategies of cross-cultural translation, particularly on the facet of religious translation in the Chinese translation tradition. "... John T.P. Lai provides a wealth of information about the development of Protestant religious publishing in late imperial China. Full of interesting data and illustrations, this work should find an audience with church historians and mission scholars." Joseph Tse-Hei Lee in Sino-Western Cultural Relations Journal Fields of interest: Religious Studies, Translation Studies, History of Christianity in Modern China. Contents: Introduction. Chapter 1: Translation, Protestant Missions, and the Chinese Context. Chapter 2: Institutional Patronage: The Ideological Control of Tract Societies. Chapter 3: Teamwork Translation: The Invisibility of Chinese Collaborators. Chapter 4: Christian Tracts in Chinese Costume: A Critical Survey. Chapter 5: Rewriting the Children's Message: The Peep of Day. Chapter 6: Domesticating for Chinese Literati: The Anxious Inquirer. Conclusion Appendices: Appendix A: Protestant Missionary Publishers and Societies in China. Appendix B: Protestant Missionaries and Chinese Translators. Appendix C: Chinese Translations of Christian Literature, 1812-1907. Appendix D: Most Well-Received Christian Literature in Chinese, 1812-1907. Appendix E: Favell L. Mortimer's Works in Chinese. Appendix F: William Muirhead's Works in Chinese. Bibliography. Index.

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1040282792

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Libraries and Information Centres in Hong Kong

A Life's Work

By: Julia L.Y. Chan,Angela S.W. Yan,Lai-bing Kan

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Libraries and Information Centres in Hong Kong

A Life's Work

By: Julia L.Y. Chan,Angela S.W. Yan,Lai-bing Kan

The directory records information on 763 libraries in Hong Kong, listing 53 community centre libraries, 62 general and public libraries, 27 post-secondary college and university libraries, 16 theological libraries, 432 school libraries, 50 government departmental libraries, 24 hospital/medical/nursing libraries, 95 special libraries and 4 club/society libraries. In October 1994, questionnaires were sent or faxed to every library listed in the previous edition and various other sources. For those libraries who had contributed to the previous edition (1988) a copy of their previous entries was supplied for amendment and addition; to prospective new entrants sample entries were sent for general guidance. Information in the directory has been compiled from the returned questionnaires or direct telephone contacts with those who did not respond to the initial questionnaires. The final deadline for collection of data was September 1995. Approximately 750 questionnaires were sent out. More than 98% responded, many with enthusiasm for the project. The response to the questionnaires is gratifying, which indicates that the directory has achieved a high level of respect among libraries and information services in Hong Kong. The main body of the directory consists of a single alphabetic sequence of entries for the various institutions, with a classified section at the end. Each entry contains detailed information such as the address, person in charge, opening hours, services provided, funds available, stock, loan and reader statistics, catalogue type, and extension activities organized. The directory serves as a major resource for librarians and information specialists and is a necessary purchase of any library and information centre.

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Hong Kong University Press

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9622094090

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Midnight Anchorwoman

Volume 3

By: Wei Lai

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Midnight Anchorwoman

Volume 3

By: Wei Lai

Behind every live broadcast, there was a hidden secret. The female host Xia Mu entered the 404 live broadcast room. As the live broadcast was about to end, the image of her roommate Su Lin falling from a high vantage point appeared on the screen. The next day, Xia Mu received news of Su Lin's death. This was just the beginning, the terrifying scenes of death kept appearing, the ghosts of movie theaters, the shadows of women's toilets, the men hanging on the hooks, the women with paper faces ... Who can unravel the secret behind the death broadcast room? The mysterious and unfathomable Sealing Village, the frightening and terrifying decapitation techniques, the mysterious disappearance of the Night Ghost Clan, and the unimaginable strange things that happened around Xia Mu. The demonic symbols that were everywhere, the iron boxes that were dug out from the cave, the secrets that were hidden in the boxes, all these seemingly unbelievable things were finally linked together. Xia Mu was surprised to discover that her status as a friend and relative had changed, and what she saw was not the truth at all. From the very beginning, an invisible hand had begun to control everything.

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Funstory

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1648469515

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The Chinese in the West Indies, 1806-1995

A Documentary History

By: Walton Look Lai

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The Chinese in the West Indies, 1806-1995

A Documentary History

By: Walton Look Lai

The Chinese in West Indies starts with an excellent introductory essay to place nineteenth-century Chinese immigration in its wider context: the worldwide Chinese migrations, the post-slavery Caribbean background, the contract labour schemes developed after emancipation . . . All the documents are well chosen, and together they deal with virtually every important aspect of the migration of Chinese people to the West Indies and their subsequent experiences. Foreword In the first seven chapters, nearly all the documents are 'official', generated by government agencies or officers. Colonial Office correspondence and papers, reports of Immigrations Department officials and British agents in South China, reports and papers of the Colonial Land and Emigration Commission in London, Parliamentary Papers these are the main sources from which Look Lai chooses his extracts . . . But in chapters 8 and 9, which deal with the post-indenture Chinese after 1870, and the free immigration starting around 1890, the type of documentation changes. The Chinese were no longer the responsibility of any governmental agency and their arrival and subsequent activities generated little official documentation. In these chapters, Look Lai relies on non-official sources . . . Although the documentary extracts do not go beyond 1950, the family biographies have been updated to the early 1990s. They are based on personal interviews with, or written accounts by, elderly family members.

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9766400210

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Commemorating the Past and Looking Towards the Future

OCPA 2000 : Proceedings of the Third Joint Meeting of Chinese Physicists Worldwide, 31 July-4 August, 2000, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK

By: Ngee-pong Chang,Hon Ming Lai,Cheuk-Yin Wong

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Commemorating the Past and Looking Towards the Future

OCPA 2000 : Proceedings of the Third Joint Meeting of Chinese Physicists Worldwide, 31 July-4 August, 2000, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK

By: Ngee-pong Chang,Hon Ming Lai,Cheuk-Yin Wong

OCPA 2000 provided a forum for researchers from the various subfields of physics to broaden their knowledge horizons. It promoted friendship among ethnic Chinese physicists from all the continents and fostered a sense of belonging to a community with a strong tradition of scholarship and heritage. Ethnic Chinese physicists gathered to review past accomplishments and to consider making further contributions to the world of physics.

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World Scientific

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9812381228

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Zoning and Property Rights, 2nd edition

A Hong Kong Case Study

By: Lawrence Wai-chung Lai

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Zoning and Property Rights, 2nd edition

A Hong Kong Case Study

By: Lawrence Wai-chung Lai

The author combines the unique multidisciplinary backgrounds of an academic, a political scientist, a lawyer and an urban planner to provide the reader with a novel and challenging discussion about the economic nature of land use zoning. Besides establishing a coherent framework for zoning based on the Coasian property rights paradigm, the book offers the reader several up-to-date case studies, including the government role in assigning exclusive property rights via marine fish culture zoning in Hong Kong. The observations provided in the case studies make a valuable contribution to the reader's knowledge of both the effects of zoning systems and the value of the property rights framework for analysis. They also have important implications for future town planning exercises. Lawrence Lai has been a Lecturer in economics in the Department of Surveying at the University of Hong Kong since 1989. His research interests are property rights analyses in respect of politics, urban planning and environment. This book will be of value to students working in a wide range of subjects, including the building environment and economics, as well as property professionals and environmental planners.

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Hong Kong University Press

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962209452X

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Iron Goddess of Mercy

By: Larissa Lai

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Iron Goddess of Mercy

By: Larissa Lai

Iron Goddess of Mercyby Lambda Literary Award winner Larissa Lai (for the novel The Tiger Flu) is a long poem that captures the vengeful yet hopeful movement of the Furies mid-whirl and dance with them through the horror of the long now. Inspired by the tumultuous history of Hong Kong, from the Japanese and British occupations to the ongoing pro-democracy protests, the poem interrogates the complicated notion of identity, offering a prism through which the term “Asian” can be understood to make sense of a complex set of relations. The self crystallizes in moments of solidity, only to dissolve and whirl away again. The poet is a windsock, catching all the affect that blows at her and ballooning to fullness, only to empty again when the wind changes direction. Iron Goddess of Mercy is a game of mah jong played deep into the night, an endless gamble. Presented in sixty-four fragments to honor the sixty-four hexagrams of the I Ching, Iron Goddess of Mercy also borrows from haibun, a traditional Japanese form of travel writing in which each diary entry closes with a haiku. The poem dizzies, turns on itself. It rants, it curses, it writes love letters, but as the Iron Goddess is ever changing, so is the object of her address: a maenad, Kool-Aid, Chiang Kai-shek, the economy, a clown, freedom of speech, a brother, a bother, a typist, a monster, a machine, Iris Chang, Hannah Arendt, the Greek warrior Achilles, or a deer caught in the headlights. Finally, a balm to the poem’s devastating passion and fury, Iron Goddess of Mercy is also a type of oolong tea, a most fragrant infusion said to have been a gift from the compassionate bodhisattva Guan Yin. Summoning the ghosts of history and politics, Iron Goddess of Mercy explores the complexities of identity through the lens of rage and empowerment. This publication meets the EPUB Accessibility requirements and it also meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG-AA). It is screen-reader friendly and is accessible to persons with disabilities. A Simple book with few images, which is defined with accessible structural markup. This book contains various accessibility features such as alternative text for images, table of contents, page-list, landmark, reading order and semantic structure.

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arsenal pulp press

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1551528452

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Chinatowns

Towns within Cities in Canada

By: David Chuenyan Lai

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Chinatowns

Towns within Cities in Canada

By: David Chuenyan Lai

This book is a definitive history of Chinatowns in Canada. From instant Chinatowns in gold- and coal-mining communities to new Chinatowns which have sprung up in city neighbourhoods and suburbs since World War II, it portrays the changing landscapes and images of Chinatowns from the late nineteenth century to the present. It also includes a detailed case study of Victoria's Chinatown, the earliest such settlement in Canada.

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UBC Press

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0774856793

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Becoming Chinese American

A History of Communities and Institutions

By: Him Mark Lai

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Becoming Chinese American

A History of Communities and Institutions

By: Him Mark Lai

Becoming Chinese American discusses the historical and cultural development of Chinese American life in the past century. Representing a singular breadth of knowledge about the Chinese American past, the volume begins with an historical overview of Chinese migration to the United States, followed by critical discussion of the development of key community institutions, Chinese-language schools, newspapers, and politics in early Chinese American life. Rather than emphasize experiences of discrimination, the collection focuses on Chinese American community formation that tested the racially-imposed boundaries on their new lives in the United States. Written by noted Chinese American scholar Him Mark Lai, the essays in this volume will be of interest to scholars of Asian and Asian American studies, as well as American history, ethnicity, and immigration.

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Rowman Altamira

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0759115540

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9780759115545

Chinese Community Leadership

Case Study of Victoria in Canada

By: David Chuenyan Lai

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Chinese Community Leadership

Case Study of Victoria in Canada

By: David Chuenyan Lai

1. Introduction -- 2. Establishment of CCBA, 1884-1885 -- 3. Oligarchic rule, 1884-1890s -- 4. Functions and activities, 1884-1890s -- 5. Organizational growth, 1890s-1930s -- 6. Democratic rule, 1900s-1930s -- 7. Political dominance, 1940s-1960s -- 8. Nominal leadership, 1970s-2000s -- 9. Retrospect and prospect.

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World Scientific

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9814295183

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Nativism and Modernity

Cultural Contestations in China and Taiwan under Global Capitalism

By: Ming-yan Lai

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Nativism and Modernity

Cultural Contestations in China and Taiwan under Global Capitalism

By: Ming-yan Lai

Comparative study of contemporary nativist literary and cultural movements in China and Taiwan.

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SUNY Press

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0791472868

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9780791472866

Selected Plays of Stan Lai

Volume 1: Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land and Other Plays

By: Stan Lai

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Selected Plays of Stan Lai

Volume 1: Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land and Other Plays

By: Stan Lai

Bringing the iconic plays of Stan Lai to an English-language readership

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University of Michigan Press

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0472055070

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Town Planning Practice

Context, Procedures and Statistics for Hong Kong

By: Lawrence Wai-Chung Lai,Ki Fong

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Town Planning Practice

Context, Procedures and Statistics for Hong Kong

By: Lawrence Wai-Chung Lai,Ki Fong

This book is the first systematic attempt to introduce the current practice and statistics of town planning in Hong Kong. Part I gives an analytical account of the practical and ideological context, discusses design principles and describes procedures of town planning with particular reference to change in use. The emphasis is on skills of plan interpretation and an appreciation of the intellectual disposition of planners and various objective constraints confronting them. Part II is the first of its kind in presenting and analysing the statistics of planning applications for 11 zones from 1978 to 1998. The success rates of planning applications as well as the main reasons used by the Town Planning Board for rejecting planning applications are elucidated.

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Hong Kong University Press

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962209516X

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Asian English Writers of Chinese Origin

Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong

By: Amy Tak-yee Lai

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Asian English Writers of Chinese Origin

Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong

By: Amy Tak-yee Lai

This is the first book to bring together nine Asian English writers of Chinese descent from Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong: Catherine Lim, Christine Lim, Ee Tiang Hong, Kee Thuan Chye, Lee Kok Liang, Shirley Lim, Timothy Mo, Xu Xi and Agnes Lam. It discusses how the withdrawal of colonial power and the implementation of nation-building policies impact race/ethnicity, class and language in these former British colonies. The last chapters take a special look at postcolonialism and gender politics, and explore how Chinese women, at home or abroad, defy the Orientalist gaze and the native patriarchy.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1443816213

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9781443816212

Sino-Christian Theology

A Theological Qua Cultural Movement in Contemporary China

By: Pan-Chiu Lai

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Sino-Christian Theology

A Theological Qua Cultural Movement in Contemporary China

By: Pan-Chiu Lai

«Sino-Christian theology» usually refers to an intellectual movement emerged in Mainland China since the late 1980s. The present volume aims to provide a self-explaining sketch of the historical development of this theological as well as cultural movement. In addition to the analyses on the theoretical issues involved and the articulations of the prospect, concrete examples are also offered to illustrate the characteristics of the movement.

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Peter Lang

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3631604351

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Writing along the forest

By: Lai Hong Kanh

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Writing along the forest

By: Lai Hong Kanh

Writing along the forest is the Diary of a young teacher, also a young soldier on the way across Truong Son mountains range to the Southeast battlefield in the 1970s. Line by line with a innocently rustic voice, the book has found the sympathy of readers, especially the generation who “Split up Truong Son to save the country”. All the dreamy memories of school age boys, the love of homeland, lovely faces of the girls in the rear, especially the crazy first love,… have created the attraction of each page of the book.. - Dao Ngoc Chung, Writer

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Ukiyoto Publishing

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9354909329

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9789354909320

When Fox is a Thousand

By: Larissa Lai

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When Fox is a Thousand

By: Larissa Lai

An evocative novel that links the lives of a ninth-century poet/nun and a contemporary Asian-American woman.

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arsenal pulp press

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1551521687

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Development of Medical Garments and Apparel for the Elderly and the Disabled

By: Ng Sau-Fun,Hui Chi-Leung,Wong Lai-Fan

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Development of Medical Garments and Apparel for the Elderly and the Disabled

By: Ng Sau-Fun,Hui Chi-Leung,Wong Lai-Fan

Although the main theme of this book is products for the elderly and the disabled, it also contains major sections on medical garments, which include personal protective equipment (PPE), hip protectors (HP), pressure garments (PG), compression stockings (CS), wet dressings, products for wound dressing, adult incontinence products, sanitary napkins, disposable diapers, vital signs monitoring garments, motion aware clothing, wearable sensors and smart diapers and so on. The development of apparel for the elderly and the disabled is a challenge for the healthcare and clothing industries. The developed apparel products are not only based on various design, fashion and comfort concepts but also considered in terms of particular medical problems, restorative care functions, and appropriate solutions for healthcare purposes.

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CRC Press

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100008311X

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Chinese American Transnational Politics

By: Him Mark Lai

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Chinese American Transnational Politics

By: Him Mark Lai

Born and raised in San Francisco, Lai was trained as an engineer but blazed a trail in the field of Asian American studies. Long before the field had any academic standing, he amassed an unparalleled body of source material on Chinese America and drew on his own transnational heritage and Chinese patriotism to explore the global Chinese experience. In Chinese American Transnational Politics, Lai traces the shadowy history of Chinese leftism and the role of the Kuomintang of China in influencing affairs in America. With precision and insight, Lai penetrates the overly politicized portrayals of a history shaped by global alliances and enmities and the hard intolerance of the Cold War era. The result is a nuanced and singular account of how Chinese politics, migration to the United States, and Sino-U.S. relations were shaped by Chinese and Chinese American groups and organizations. Lai revised and expanded his writings over more than thirty years as changing political climates allowed for greater acceptance of leftist activities and access to previously confidential documents. Drawing on Chinese- and English-language sources and echoing the strong loyalties and mobility of the activists and idealists he depicts, Lai delivers the most comprehensive treatment of Chinese transnational politics to date.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252055861

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Synthesized Transmission Lines

Design, Circuit Implementation, and Phased Array Applications

By: Tzyh-Ghuang Ma,Chao-Wei Wang,Chi-Hui Lai,Ying-Cheng Tseng

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Synthesized Transmission Lines

Design, Circuit Implementation, and Phased Array Applications

By: Tzyh-Ghuang Ma,Chao-Wei Wang,Chi-Hui Lai,Ying-Cheng Tseng

An original advanced level reference appealing to both the microwave and antenna communities An overview of the research activity devoted to the synthesis of transmission lines by means of electrically small planar elements, highlighting the main microwave applications and the potential for circuit miniaturization Showcases the research of top experts in the field Presents innovative topics on synthesized transmission lines, which represent fundamental elements in microwave and mm-wave integrated circuits, including on-chip integration Covers topics that are related to the microwave community (transmission lines), and topics that are related to the antenna community (phased arrays), broadening the readership appeal

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118975723

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Forecasting Air Travel Demand

Looking at China

By: Yafei Zheng,Kin Keung Lai,Shouyang Wang

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Forecasting Air Travel Demand

Looking at China

By: Yafei Zheng,Kin Keung Lai,Shouyang Wang

This book provides an updated, concise summary of forecasting air travel demand methodology. It looks at air travel demand forecasting research and attempts to outline the whole intellectual landscape of demand forecasting. It helps readers to understand the basic idea of TEI@I methodology used in forecasting air travel demand and how it is used in developing air travel demand forecasting methods. The book also discusses what to do when facing different forecasting problems making it a useful reference for business practitioners in the industry.

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Routledge

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1351215493

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Matrices in Combinatorics and Graph Theory

By: Bolian Liu,Hong-Jian Lai

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Matrices in Combinatorics and Graph Theory

By: Bolian Liu,Hong-Jian Lai

Combinatorics and Matrix Theory have a symbiotic, or mutually beneficial, relationship. This relationship is discussed in my paper The symbiotic relationship of combinatorics and matrix theoryl where I attempted to justify this description. One could say that a more detailed justification was given in my book with H. J. Ryser entitled Combinatorial Matrix Theon? where an attempt was made to give a broad picture of the use of combinatorial ideas in matrix theory and the use of matrix theory in proving theorems which, at least on the surface, are combinatorial in nature. In the book by Liu and Lai, this picture is enlarged and expanded to include recent developments and contributions of Chinese mathematicians, many of which have not been readily available to those of us who are unfamiliar with Chinese journals. Necessarily, there is some overlap with the book Combinatorial Matrix Theory. Some of the additional topics include: spectra of graphs, eulerian graph problems, Shannon capacity, generalized inverses of Boolean matrices, matrix rearrangements, and matrix completions. A topic to which many Chinese mathematicians have made substantial contributions is the combinatorial analysis of powers of nonnegative matrices, and a large chapter is devoted to this topic. This book should be a valuable resource for mathematicians working in the area of combinatorial matrix theory. Richard A. Brualdi University of Wisconsin - Madison 1 Linear Alg. Applies., vols. 162-4, 1992, 65-105 2Camhridge University Press, 1991.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1475731655

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The Lost Century

By: Larissa Lai

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The Lost Century

By: Larissa Lai

Lambda Literary Award winner Larissa Lai (The Tiger Flu) returns with a sprawling historical novel about war, colonialism and queer experience during Japan’s occupation of Hong Kong during World War II. On the eve of the return of the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong to China in 1997, young Ophelia asks her peculiar great-aunt Violet about the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World War II and the disappearance of her uncle Theo. From Violet, she learns the story of her grandmother, Emily. Emily’s marriage—three times—to her father’s mortal enemy causes a stir among three very different Hong Kong Chinese families, as well as among the young cricketers at the Hong Kong Cricket Club, who’ve just witnessed King Edward VIII’s abdication to marry Wallis Simpson. But the class and race pettiness of the scandal around Emily’s marriage is violently disrupted by the Japanese Imperial Army’s invasion of Hong Kong on Christmas Day, 1941, which plunges the colony into a landscape of violence none of its inhabitants escape from unscathed, least of all Emily. When her situation becomes dire, Violet, along with a crew of unlikely cosmopolitans determines to rescue Emily from the wrath of the person she thought loved her the most, her husband, Tak-Wing. In the middle of it all, a strange match of timeless Test cricket unfolds, in which the ball has an agency all its own. With great heart, The Lost Century explores the intersections of Asian relations, queer Asian history, underground resistance, the violence of war, and the rise of modern China― a sprawling novel of betrayal, epic violence and intimate passions. This publication meets the EPUB Accessibility requirements and it also meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG-AA). It is screen-reader friendly and is accessible to persons with disabilities. A Simple book with few images, which is defined with accessible structural markup. This book contains various accessibility features such as alternative text for images, table of contents, page-list, landmark, reading order and semantic structure.

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1551528983

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Of Sweet Addictions

A Short Story Collection

By: Le-an Lai Lacaba

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Of Sweet Addictions

A Short Story Collection

By: Le-an Lai Lacaba

In another collection of short stories by Le-an Lai Lacaba, she defines love as being drunk, drunk of sweet addictions… Due to the record breaking storm that hits their city, both of them have to be apart. Although 500 miles away from each other, they still find ways to communicate. But how will they fight the longing for each other’s company, and make their love last forever “Indelibly”? Ana is not quite sure of what she feels toward Dale. He is a suitor from the “Other Side of the Bridge” who is always late, annoying and downright persistent. One thing’s for sure, though: every time she looks at him, her heart skips a beat. It’s the 50th pebble. Since he learned about the penguin tradition, he did his best to give her a pebble, every month, and she keeps them all somewhere in their room. Their hair starts turning into gray and wrinkles start appearing in their face but in “My Little Penguin”, their love never grows old. “Burn” makes him burn, until he realizes he can’t live without her. His mom taught him to never play with fire, but he can’t resist Burn. She is such an addictive fire. In “The End”, Samantha can’t stop herself from falling in love with the guy who drives her crazy - Kent Clark, the bad boy. She should have known. Guys with tattoos are up to no good. In this collection of love stories, get drunk with these sweet addictions and surely, you won’t be able to stop yourself from flipping through the pages.

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Excavating the Afterlife

The Archaeology of Early Chinese Religion

By: Guolong Lai

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Excavating the Afterlife

The Archaeology of Early Chinese Religion

By: Guolong Lai

In Excavating the Afterlife, Guolong Lai explores the dialectical relationship between sociopolitical change and mortuary religion from an archaeological perspective. By examining burial structure, grave goods, and religious documents unearthed from groups of well-preserved tombs in southern China, Lai shows that new attitudes toward the dead, resulting from the trauma of violent political struggle and warfare, permanently altered the early Chinese conceptions of this world and the afterlife. The book grounds the important changes in religious beliefs and ritual practices firmly in the sociopolitical transition from the Warring States (ca. 453–221 BCE) to the early empires (3rd century–1st century BCE). A methodologically sophisticated synthesis of archaeological, art historical, and textual sources, Excavating the Afterlife will be of interest to art historians, archaeologists, and textual scholars of China, as well as to students of comparative religions. Art History Publication Initiative. For more information, visit http://arthistorypi.org/books/excavating-the-afterlife Honorable Mention for the 2016 Society for American Archaeology Book Award in the Scholarly Category

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University of Washington Press

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0295805706

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Rebirth: I Am A Doctor

Volume 1

By: Lai Hama

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Rebirth: I Am A Doctor

Volume 1

By: Lai Hama

Kill love and hate sadness he is wrong to love a person the suffering of the separation finally he died of a loved one tossing and turning he has risen again come to a new world here have no his blood but have only endless conspiracy and politics and he had no way to had to take risks to do your own thing and a daughter miss his brave face facing the acura female teacher he is calm but he also has a little secret in my heart what exactly is this secret a staged conspiracy he can escape behind all the conspiracy in the end is who is operating is it possible that someone is deliberately antagonizing him or was he jealous of the scoundrels all these in the rebirth of i am a doctor in the show let us wait and see see how he conquers the beauty hold the beauty back

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Funstory

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1647963540

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Advances in Cryptology -- ASIACRYPT 2006

12th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Cryptology and Information Security, Shanghai, China, December 3-7, 2006, Proceedings

By: Xuejia Lai

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Advances in Cryptology -- ASIACRYPT 2006

12th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Cryptology and Information Security, Shanghai, China, December 3-7, 2006, Proceedings

By: Xuejia Lai

Constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Cryptology and Information Security. This book presents papers on attacks on hash functions, stream ciphers and boolean functions, biometrics and ECC computation, id-based schemes, public-key schemes, RSA and factorization, and more.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540494758

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9783540494751

Frontiers in Human Genetics

Diseases and Technologies

By: E. Yap,Poh San Lai

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Frontiers in Human Genetics

Diseases and Technologies

By: E. Yap,Poh San Lai

With the completion of human genome sequencing, human genetics is poised for major developments in functional genomics, molecular diagnostics, pathogenesis of complex multifactorial diseases and gene-based therapy. This book includes manuscripts from an international symposium on human genetics and gene therapy as well as articles written by a selection of young researchers in the Asia Pacific region who are actively involved in a diverse range of medical problems, including cancers, infections, hypertension and myopia. New technologies being developed in gene therapy, lab-on-chips and bioinformatics are reported. The book provides a snapshot of the diverse approaches and solutions being developed at the frontiers of human genetics.

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World Scientific

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9812385231

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9789812385239

Planning within Complex Urban Systems

By: Shih-Kung Lai

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Planning within Complex Urban Systems

By: Shih-Kung Lai

Imagine living in a city where people could move freely and buildings could be replaced at minimal cost. Reality cannot be further from such. Despite this imperfect world in which we live, urban planning has become integral and critical especially in the face of rapid urbanization in many developing and developed countries. This book introduces the axiomatic/experimental approach to urban planning and addresses the criticism of the lack of a theoretical foundation in urban planning. With the rise of the complexity movement, the book is timely in its depiction of cities as complex systems and explains why planning from within is useful in the face of urban complexity. It also includes policy implications for the Chinese cities in the context of axiomatic/experimental planning theory.

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Routledge

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1000206203

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9781000206203

Tentmaking

Business as Missions

By: Patrick Lai

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Tentmaking

Business as Missions

By: Patrick Lai

Those who are unfamiliar with the world of tentmaking will find valuable information to introduce them to the concept and to help in getting started. Designed to be a manual, Tentmaking is more than just an overview of questions and issues. This work will serve as an in-depth reference for existing tentmakers. This thoroughly researched collection is the result of interviews from over 450 people serving in the 10/40 window. It provides a unique viewpoint on missions, sharing proven, workable alternatives to conventional missionary life. Tentmaking provides an important and much needed resource to this specialized area of world missions.

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Biblica

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1932805532

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9781932805536

Smart Energy for Transportation and Health in a Smart City

By: Chun Sing Lai,Loi Lei Lai,Qi Hong Lai

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Smart Energy for Transportation and Health in a Smart City

By: Chun Sing Lai,Loi Lei Lai,Qi Hong Lai

A comprehensive review of the advances of smart cities’ smart energy, transportation, infrastructure, and health Smart Energy for Transportation and Health in a Smart City offers an essential guide to the functions, characteristics, and domains of smart cities and the energy technology necessary to sustain them. The authors—noted experts on the topic—include the theoretical underpinnings, the practical information, and the potential benefits for the development of smart cities. The book includes information on various financial models of energy storage, the management of networked micro-grids, coordination of virtual energy storage systems, reliability modeling and assessment of cyber space, and the development of a vehicle-to-grid voltage support. The authors review smart transportation elements such as the advanced metering infrastructure for electric vehicle charging, power system dispatching with plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and the best practices for low power wide area network technologies. In addition, the book explores smart health that is based on the Internet of Things and smart devices that can help improve patient care processes and decrease costs while maintaining quality. This important resource: Examines the challenges and opportunities that arise with the development of smart cities Presents a state-of-the-art financial models of smart energy storage Clearly explores the elements of a smart city based on the advancement of information and communication technology Contains a review of advances in smart health for smart cities Includes a variety of real-life case studies that illustrate the various components of a smart city Written for practicing engineers and engineering students, Smart Energy for Transportation and Health in Smart Cities offers a practical guide to the various aspects that create a sustainable smart city.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119790336

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9781119790334

The Super Son-in-law

Volume 3

By: Lai LeLaoDi

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The Super Son-in-law

Volume 3

By: Lai LeLaoDi

Can vegetative wake up? Of course! Because Chu Hao did wake up, not only that, he also accidentally acquired a magical ability. Before, he was framed by his in-laws, rejected by his wife, ridiculed by others. After, with the magical ability, his beautiful wife began to care about him and love him. The beauties are scrambling around him, and even his parents-in-law began to please him. ☆About the Author☆ Lai Le Lao Di, an excellent online novelist. His novels have rich plots and sincere emotions.

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Funstory

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1648141242

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