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Chinese Transformation of Buddhism

By: Kenneth Kuan Sheng Ch'en

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Chinese Transformation of Buddhism

By: Kenneth Kuan Sheng Ch'en

When Buddhism was introduced into China at about the beginning of the Christian era, the Chinese were captivated at first by its overpowering world view. Consequently, Buddhism in China has usually been discussed in terms of the Indianization of Chinese life and thought, but Kenneth Ch'en shows that as Indian ideas were gaining ground the Chinese were choosing among them and modifying them to fit their situation. To demonstrate how the Chinese transformed Buddhism the author investigates its role in the ethical, political, literary, educational, and social life of the Chinese. Buddhism was able to gain a wide following by accommodating itself to Chinese ethical practices. The Buddhist monastic community submitted to the jurisdiction of the state and the monasteries also became integrated into the economic life of the empire through their ownership of land and their operation of industrial and commercial enterprises. Through an analysis of the work of a representative Chinese poet the author reveals the ways in which Buddhism came to be reflected in the literary life of China. Finally, he explores the methods used by the Buddhists to popularize their religion. Originally published in 1973. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Almighty Pretending System

Volume 7

By: Sheng HuaMiaoBi

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Almighty Pretending System

Volume 7

By: Sheng HuaMiaoBi

The beautiful lady shouted angrily, "Zhou Xiaofei, are you going to die if you don't act tough?" Zhou Xiaofei said helplessly, "How did you know?" If I don't act tough, I really will die! " Zhou Xiaofei, who had suffered a car accident, was given a new lease on life after receiving a darn system that required acting tough to acquire all sorts of skills. From then on, Zhou Xiaofei was either pretending to be strong or he was pretending to be strong ...

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Funstory

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164948268X

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Managing Data From Knowledge Bases: Querying and Extraction

By: Wei Emma Zhang,Quan Z. Sheng

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Managing Data From Knowledge Bases: Querying and Extraction

By: Wei Emma Zhang,Quan Z. Sheng

In this book, the authors first address the research issues by providing a motivating scenario, followed by the exploration of the principles and techniques of the challenging topics. Then they solve the raised research issues by developing a series of methodologies. More specifically, the authors study the query optimization and tackle the query performance prediction for knowledge retrieval. They also handle unstructured data processing, data clustering for knowledge extraction. To optimize the queries issued through interfaces against knowledge bases, the authors propose a cache-based optimization layer between consumers and the querying interface to facilitate the querying and solve the latency issue. The cache depends on a novel learning method that considers the querying patterns from individual’s historical queries without having knowledge of the backing systems of the knowledge base. To predict the query performance for appropriate query scheduling, the authors examine the queries’ structural and syntactical features and apply multiple widely adopted prediction models. Their feature modelling approach eschews the knowledge requirement on both the querying languages and system. To extract knowledge from unstructured Web sources, the authors examine two kinds of Web sources containing unstructured data: the source code from Web repositories and the posts in programming question-answering communities. They use natural language processing techniques to pre-process the source codes and obtain the natural language elements. Then they apply traditional knowledge extraction techniques to extract knowledge. For the data from programming question-answering communities, the authors make the attempt towards building programming knowledge base by starting with paraphrase identification problems and develop novel features to accurately identify duplicate posts. For domain specific knowledge extraction, the authors propose to use a clustering technique to separate knowledge into different groups. They focus on developing a new clustering algorithm that uses manifold constraints in the optimization task and achieves fast and accurate performance. For each model and approach presented in this dissertation, the authors have conducted extensive experiments to evaluate it using either public dataset or synthetic data they generated.

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Springer

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3319949357

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Frontiers of Solid State Chemistry

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Solid State Chemistry in China, Changchun, China, 9-12 August, 2002

By: Shou-Hua Feng,Jie-Sheng Chen

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Frontiers of Solid State Chemistry

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Solid State Chemistry in China, Changchun, China, 9-12 August, 2002

By: Shou-Hua Feng,Jie-Sheng Chen

Solid state chemistry is a multidisciplinary field that deals with the synthesis, structural characterization and properties of various solids, and it has been playing a more and more important role in the design and preparation of advanced materials. This book includes the excellent research results recently obtained by a wide spectrum of solid state chemists both from China and from abroad. Among the distinguished contributors are C N R Rao, M Greenblatt and Y T Qian, to name a few. A variety of subjects representing the frontiers of solid state chemistry ? which are categorized into solids with electrical, optical and magnetic properties; porous solids and catalysts; hybrid inorganic-organic solids; solid nanomaterials; and new synthetic methods and theory ? are presented. This book will benefit readers who are interested in the chemistry and physics of solids, as well as materials scientists and engineers.The proceedings have been selected for coverage in: ? Chemistry Citation IndexTM? Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP CDROM version / ISI Proceedings)

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World Scientific

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9812381058

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Binary Neural Networks

Algorithms, Architectures, and Applications

By: Baochang Zhang,Sheng Xu,Mingbao Lin,Tiancheng Wang,David Doermann

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Binary Neural Networks

Algorithms, Architectures, and Applications

By: Baochang Zhang,Sheng Xu,Mingbao Lin,Tiancheng Wang,David Doermann

Deep learning has achieved impressive results in image classification, computer vision, and natural language processing. To achieve better performance, deeper and wider networks have been designed, which increase the demand for computational resources. The number of floatingpoint operations (FLOPs) has increased dramatically with larger networks, and this has become an obstacle for convolutional neural networks (CNNs) being developed for mobile and embedded devices. In this context, Binary Neural Networks: Algorithms, Architectures, and Applications will focus on CNN compression and acceleration, which are important for the research community. We will describe numerous methods, including parameter quantization, network pruning, low-rank decomposition, and knowledge distillation. More recently, to reduce the burden of handcrafted architecture design, neural architecture search (NAS) has been used to automatically build neural networks by searching over a vast architecture space. Our book will also introduce NAS and binary NAS and its superiority and state-of-the-art performance in various applications, such as image classification and object detection. We also describe extensive applications of compressed deep models on image classification, speech recognition, object detection, and tracking. These topics can help researchers better understand the usefulness and the potential of network compression on practical applications. Moreover, interested readers should have basic knowledge of machine learning and deep learning to better understand the methods described in this book. Key Features Reviews recent advances in CNN compression and acceleration Elaborates recent advances on binary neural network (BNN) technologies Introduces applications of BNN in image classification, speech recognition, object detection, and more

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CRC Press

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1003816797

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Mechanical Behavior and Damage Fracture Mechanism of Deep Rocks

By: Sheng-Qi Yang

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Mechanical Behavior and Damage Fracture Mechanism of Deep Rocks

By: Sheng-Qi Yang

This book presents mainly experimental studies on the mechanical behavior and damage fracture mechanism of deep rocks including sandstone, marble, mudstone and granite, combining with several advanced technologies of X-ray micro-CT and AE monitoring. It has several unique features: 1) Investigates the influence of loading path on triaxial strength and deformation behavior of sandstone and marble; 2) Analyzes the effect of borehole size on triaxial strength and deformation behavior of hollow sandstone; 3) Explores the influence of high temperature on triaxial deformation and permeability behavior of sandstone and granite; 4) to reveal the damage fracture mechanism of deep rocks using spatial AE techniques and X-ray micro CT observations. This work will appeal to a wide readership from technicians in the field of geotechnical engineering and engineering geology to scholars carrying out research in the rock mechanics.

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Springer Nature

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9811677395

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Cultural Bifocals on Chinese TV Series and Diaspora Fiction

By: Sheng-mei Ma

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Cultural Bifocals on Chinese TV Series and Diaspora Fiction

By: Sheng-mei Ma

The book explores how Chinese TV series and Asian Diaspora fiction are consumed, experienced, and adapted by and for audiences worldwide, particularly those of the Chinese diaspora. It focuses or ‘zooms in’ on well-known exceptional Chinese TV series such as Reset and The Bad Kids and ‘zooms-out’ to explore a wider panorama of lesser-known TV dramas and films. It also explores Asian American representations of ‘bespoke immigrants’, the Nobelist Kazuo Ishiguro and other ‘1.5-generation novelists’, a Canadian missionary’s memoir, a Taiwanese Canadian young adult fantasy author, among others. Through the analysis of this material, it reveals how some Asian American writers are themselves liable to portraying stereotypes of Asian immigrant communities, reinforcing familiar tropes of the white gaze. It also features an insightful analysis of Taiwan’s films and culture, highlighting how Taiwanese identity is represented and moreover shaped by cross-strait tensions. Exploring a diversity of content and media consumption, this book will appeal to students and scholars of media studies, Cultural studies, Chinese studies and Asian studies.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040152333

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The Plum in the Golden Vase Or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume Three

The Aphrodisiac

By: Hsiao Hsiao Sheng

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The Plum in the Golden Vase Or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume Three

The Aphrodisiac

By: Hsiao Hsiao Sheng

A five-volume translation of the classic sixteenth-century Chinese novel on the domestic life of a corrupt merchant

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Princeton University Press

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0691150184

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III-Nitride LEDs

From UV to Green

By: Shengjun Zhou,Sheng Liu

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III-Nitride LEDs

From UV to Green

By: Shengjun Zhou,Sheng Liu

This book highlights state-of-the-art in III-nitrides-based light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Motivated by the application prospects in lighting, high-resolution display, and health & medicine, the book systematically introduces the physical fundamentals, epitaxial growth, and device fabrications of III-nitride-based LEDs. Important topics including the structures of chips, device reliability and measurements and the advances in mini and micro LEDs are also discussed. The book is completed with a decade of research experience of the author’s team in the design and fabrication of III-nitrides-based LEDs, presenting the novel achievements in the stress control of the large mismatch heterostructures, defect formation and inhibition mechanism of the heteroepitaxial growth, LED epitaxial technologies, and the fabrication of high-efficient flip-chip LEDs. The book comprises of a valuable reference source for researchers and professionals engaged in the research and development of III-nitrides-based LEDs.

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9811904367

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Buddhism in China

A Historical Survey

By: Kenneth Kuan Sheng Ch'en

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Buddhism in China

A Historical Survey

By: Kenneth Kuan Sheng Ch'en

CONTENTS: Preface. Table of Chinese Dynasties. Maps of Dynasties. Introduction, Growth and Domestication. Maturity and Acceptance. Decline. Conclusion. Glossary. Chinese Names and Titles. Bibliography. Index.

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0691216053

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The Rape of Nanking

A Historical Study

By: Zhang Sheng

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The Rape of Nanking

A Historical Study

By: Zhang Sheng

The Massacre of Nanking took place in 1937, during the War of the Japanese Invasion of China. 75 years after the event, we are finally able to analyze and study what happened in Nanking on three levels: as an historical event, as a legal case, and as an object in the Chinese people's collective consciousness.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110652897

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Legal Reform in Taiwan under Japanese Colonial Rule, 1895-1945

The Reception of Western Law

By: Tay-sheng Wang

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Legal Reform in Taiwan under Japanese Colonial Rule, 1895-1945

The Reception of Western Law

By: Tay-sheng Wang

Taiwan’s modern legal system--quite different from those of both traditional China and the People’s Republic--has evolved since the advent of Japanese rule in 1895. Japan has gradually adopted Western law during the 19th-century and when it occupied Taiwan--a frontier society composed of Han Chinese settlers--its codes were instituted for the purpose of rapidly assimilating the Taiwanese people into Japanese society. Tay-sheng Wang’s comprehensive study lays a solid foundation for future analyses of Taiwanese law. It documents how Western traditions influenced the formation of Taiwan’s modern legal structure through the conduit of Japanese colonial rule and demonstrates the extent to which legal concepts diverged from the Chinese legal tradition and moved toward Western law.

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University of Washington Press

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0295803886

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Microparticle Dynamics in Electrostatic and Flow Fields

By: Sheng Chen

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Microparticle Dynamics in Electrostatic and Flow Fields

By: Sheng Chen

This thesis proposes new approaches for modelling contacting interactions and electrostatic interactions between microparticles in the framework of the discrete element method and presents a systematic investigation on the agglomeration, migration and deposition of microparticles in presence of electrostatic and flow fields. It reports an exponential-form scaling for the size distribution of early-stage agglomerates in homogeneous isotropic turbulence and formulate the agglomeration and deagglomeration rates. The evolution of spherical clouds of charged particles that migrate under the action of an external electrostatic field is then investigated. Scaling laws of cloud radius and particle number density are obtained by solving a continuum convection equation. Finally, it investigates the deposition of charged particles on a flat plane and fibers. A dimensionless adhesion parameter is constructed to predict the structure of deposits. The temporal evolution of the deposit structure, particle capture efficiency, and the pressure drop are displayed with varying values of Coulomb repulsion and adhesion magnitudes.

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9811608431

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Modernism and the Nativist Resistance

Contemporary Chinese Fiction from Taiwan

By: Sung-sheng Yvonne Chang

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Modernism and the Nativist Resistance

Contemporary Chinese Fiction from Taiwan

By: Sung-sheng Yvonne Chang

The first comprehensive English-language study of literary trends in the fiction of Taiwan over the last forty years, this pioneering work explores a rich tradition of literary Modernism in its shifting relationship with Chinese politics and culture. Situating her subject in its historical context, Sung-sheng Yvonne Chang traces the connection between Taiwan's Modernists and the liberal scholars of pre-Communist China. She discusses the Modernists' ambivalent relationship with contemporary Taiwan's conservative culture, and provides a detailed critical survey of the strife between the Modernists and the socialistically inclined, anti-Western Nativists. Chang's approach is comprehensive, combining Chinese and comparative perspectives. Employing the critical insights of Raymond Williams, Peter Burger, M. M. Bahktin, and Fredric Jameson, she investigates the complex issues involved in Chinese writers' appropriation of avant-gardism, aestheticism, and various other Western literary concepts and techniques. Within this framework, Chang offers original, challenging interpretations of major works by the best-known Chinese Modernists from Taiwan. As an intensive introduction to a literature of considerable quality and impact, and as a case study of the global spread of Western literary Modernism, this book will be of great interest to students of Chinese and comparative literature, and to those who wish to understand the broad patterns of twentieth-century literary history.

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Duke University Press

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0822382598

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Politics of Disillusionment

The Chinese Communist Party Under Deng Xiaoping, 1978-1989

By: Hsi-sheng Ch'i

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Politics of Disillusionment

The Chinese Communist Party Under Deng Xiaoping, 1978-1989

By: Hsi-sheng Ch'i

An analysis of the Chinese Communist Party from the time of Deng Xiaoping's return to power in 1978 to his resignation from his last major party post in the wake of the 1989 Tiananmen crisis, this work traces the evolution of Deng's grand strategy to create unity and stability so that he could launch his ambitious programme to modernize China by the year 2000. The author examines the impact of Deng's goal on the events of spring 1989.

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M.E. Sharpe

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076564021X

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Fundamental Theories of Mega Infrastructure Construction Management

Theoretical Considerations from Chinese Practices

By: Zhaohan Sheng

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Fundamental Theories of Mega Infrastructure Construction Management

Theoretical Considerations from Chinese Practices

By: Zhaohan Sheng

Fundamental Theories of Mega Infrastructure Construction Management: Theoretical Considerations from Chinese Practices is a collection of decades of research and applications of managing megaprojects using theories of complex systems and management sciences. It presents basic (classical) theory of megaproject management and is a showcase of more than 30 years of research of complex system and management sciences on the theory of megaproject management resulting from the integrating of theory and practice of megaprojects. The theory and models have undergone rigorous systematic testing during the management and implementation of megaprojects in China. Megaprojects are huge undertakings, often in infrastructure (bridges, tunnels, airports, etc.) that involve huge levels of investment, often take years to complete, and typically run into delays, cost overruns, and any number of unforeseen problems. Over the last few decades, no one country has undertaken more of these projects than China, and this book presents the fundamental theories underlying the practice of Mega Infrastructure Construction Management as practiced in China. Individual chapters provide a basic definition of Mega Infrastructure Construction and it’s management; an overview of the theories behind it; the Formation Path; basic concepts; fundamental principles; scientific problems; the Method System of Meta-synthesis; specialized methods in research; and intelligent management of Mega Infrastructure Construction. Although the theoretical construction management problems in this book are derived from construction practices in China, they can be applied universally and extended for great fundamental significance.

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3319619748

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Structure- and Adatom-Enriched Essential Properties of Graphene Nanoribbons

By: Shih-Yang Lin,Ngoc Thanh Thuy Tran,Sheng-Lin Chang,Wu-Pei Su,Ming-Fa Lin

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Structure- and Adatom-Enriched Essential Properties of Graphene Nanoribbons

By: Shih-Yang Lin,Ngoc Thanh Thuy Tran,Sheng-Lin Chang,Wu-Pei Su,Ming-Fa Lin

Structure- and Adatom-Enriched Essential Properties of Graphene Nanoribbons offers a systematic review of the feature-rich essential properties in emergent graphene nanoribbons, covering mainstream theoretical and experimental research. It includes a wide range of 1D systems; namely, armchair and zigzag graphene nanoribbons with and without hydrogen terminations, curved and zipped graphene nanoribbons, folded graphene nanoribbons, carbon nanoscrolls, bilayer graphene nanoribbons, edge-decorated graphene nanoribbons, and alkali-, halogen-, Al-, Ti, and Bi-absorbed graphene nanoribbons. Both multiorbital chemical bondings and spin arrangements, which are responsible for the diverse phenomena, are explored in detail. First-principles calculations are developed to thoroughly describe the physical, chemical, and material phenomena and concise images explain the fundamental properties. This book examines in detail the application and theory of graphene nanoribbons, offering a new perspective on up-to-date mainstream theoretical and experimental research.

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CRC Press

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0429683332

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Dimensions of Variation in Written Chinese

By: Zheng-Sheng Zhang

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Dimensions of Variation in Written Chinese

By: Zheng-Sheng Zhang

Dimensions of Variation in Written Chinese uses a corpus-based, multi-dimensional model to account for variation in written Chinese. Using statistical method and two-dimensional visual representation, it provides a concrete and objective view of the internal variation in written Chinese. This book is a timely work that addresses the growing interest in quantitative genre analysis and how knowledge thus gained can contribute to the teaching as well as understanding of the Chinese language.

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Taylor & Francis

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1317375289

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The Last Isle

Contemporary Film, Culture and Trauma in Global Taiwan

By: Sheng-mei Ma

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The Last Isle

Contemporary Film, Culture and Trauma in Global Taiwan

By: Sheng-mei Ma

Taiwan is in danger of becoming the last isle, losing its sovereignty and identity. The Last Isle opens from where Taiwan film scholarship leaves off—the 1980s Taiwan New Cinema, focusing on relatively unknown contemporary films that are “unglobalizable,” such as Cape No. 7, Island Etude, Din Tao, and Seven Days in Heaven. It explores Taiwan films’ inextricability with trauma theory, the irony of loving and mourning Taiwan, multilingualism, local beliefs, and theatrical practices, including Ang Lee’s “white” films. The second half of the book analyzes Taiwan’s popular culture in Western-style food and drink, conditions over living and dying, and English education, concluding with the source of Taiwan’s anxiety—China. This book distinguishes itself from Taiwan scholarship in its stylistic crazy quilt of the scholarly interwoven with the personal, evidenced right from the outset in the poetic title “The Last Isle,” coupled with the “dissertating” subtitle. This approach intertwines the helix of reason and affect, scholarship and emotion. The Last Isle accomplishes a look at globalization from the bottom up, from a global Taiwan whose very existence is in doubt.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1783483407

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Shadow Banking in China

An Opportunity for Financial Reform

By: Andrew Sheng,Ng Chow Soon

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Shadow Banking in China

An Opportunity for Financial Reform

By: Andrew Sheng,Ng Chow Soon

An authoritative guide to the rise of Chinese shadow banking and its systemic implications Shadow Banking in China examines this rapidly growing sector in the Chinese economy, and what it means for your investments. Written by two world-class experts in Chinese banking, including the Chief Advisor to the China Banking Regulatory Commission and former Chairman of the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong, this book is unique in providing true, first-hand perspectives from authorities within the world's largest economy. There is little widely-available information on China's shadow banking developments, and much of it is rife with disparate data, inaccuracies and overblown risks due to definitional and measurement differences. This book clears the confusion by supplying accurate information, on-the-ground context and invaluable national balance sheet analysis you won't find anywhere else. Shadow banking has grown to be a key source of credit in China, and a major component of the economy. This book serves as a primer for analysts and investors seeking real, useful information about the sector to better inform investment decisions. Discover what's driving the growth of shadow banking in China Learn the truth about both real and inflated risks Dig into popular rhetoric and clarify common misconceptions Access valuable data previously not published in English Despite shadow banking's critical influence on the Chinese economy, there have been very few official studies and even fewer books written on the subject. Understanding China's present-day economy and forecasting its future requires an in-depth understanding of shadow banking and its inter-relationship with the banking system and other sectors. Shadow Banking in China provides authoritative reference that will prove valuable to anyone with financial interests in China.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119266343

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High Temperature Phase Equilibria and Phase Diagrams

By: Chu-Kun Kuo,Zu-Xiang Lin,Dong-Sheng Yan

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High Temperature Phase Equilibria and Phase Diagrams

By: Chu-Kun Kuo,Zu-Xiang Lin,Dong-Sheng Yan

High temperature phase equilibria studies play an increasingly important role in materials science and engineering. It is especially significant in the research into the properties of the material and the ways in which they can be improved. This is achieved by observing equilibrium and by examining the phase relationships at high temperature. The study of high temperature phase diagrams of nonmetallic systems began in the early 1900s when silica and mineral systems containing silica were focussed upon. Since then technical ceramics emerged and more emphasis has been placed on high temperature studies. This book covers many aspects, from the fundamentals of phase diagrams, experimental and computational methods, applications, to the results of research. It provides an excellent source of information for a range of scientists such as materials scientists, especially ceramicists, metallurgists, solid-state physicists and chemists, and mineralogists.

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1483286738

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Essentials of Computational Electromagnetics

By: Xin-Qing Sheng,Wei Song

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Essentials of Computational Electromagnetics

By: Xin-Qing Sheng,Wei Song

Essentials of Computational Electromagnetics provides anin-depth introduction of the three main full-wave numerical methodsin computational electromagnetics (CEM); namely, the method ofmoment (MoM), the finite element method (FEM), and thefinite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. Numerous monographscan be found addressing one of the above three methods. However,few give a broad general overview of essentials embodied in thesemethods, or were published too early to include recent advances.Furthermore, many existing monographs only present the finalnumerical results without specifying practical issues, such as howto convert discretized formulations into computer programs, and thenumerical characteristics of the computer programs. In this book,the authors elaborate the above three methods in CEM usingpractical case studies, explaining their own research experiencesalong with a review of current literature. A full analysis isprovided for typical cases, including characteristics of numericalmethods, helping beginners to develop a quick and deepunderstanding of the essentials of CEM. Outlines practical issues, such as how to convert discretizedformulations into computer programs Gives typical computer programs and their numericalcharacteristics along with line by line explanations ofprograms Uses practical examples from the authors' own work as well asin the current literature Includes exercise problems to give readers a betterunderstanding of the material Introduces the available commercial software and theirlimitations This book is intended for graduate-level students in antennasand propagation, microwaves, microelectronics, andelectromagnetics. This text can also be used by researchers inelectrical and electronic engineering, and software developersinterested in writing their own code or understanding the detailedworkings of code. Companion website for the book: ahref="http://www.wiley.com/go/sheng/cem"www.wiley.com/go/sheng/cem/a

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1118179005

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Trust Management in the Internet of Vehicles

By: Adnan Mahmood,Michael Sheng,Wei Emma Zhang,Sira Yongchareon

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Trust Management in the Internet of Vehicles

By: Adnan Mahmood,Michael Sheng,Wei Emma Zhang,Sira Yongchareon

The Internet of Vehicles (IoV) is referred to as an efficient and inevitable convergence of the Internet of Things, intelligent transportation systems, edge / fog and cloud computing, and big data, all of which could be intelligently harvested for the cooperative vehicular safety and non-safety applications as well as cooperative mobility management. A secure and low-latency communication is, therefore, indispensable to meet the stringent performance requirements of the safety-critical vehicular applications. Whilst the challenges surrounding low latency are being addressed by the researchers in both academia and industry, it is the security of an IoV network which is of paramount importance, as a single malicious message is perfectly capable enough of jeopardizing the entire networking infrastructure and can prove fatal for the vehicular passengers and the vulnerable pedestrians. This book thus investigates the promising notion of trust in a bid to strengthen the resilience of the IoV networks. It not only introduces trust categorically in the context of an IoV network, i.e., in terms of its fundamentals and salient characteristics, but further envisages state-of-the-art trust models and intelligent trust threshold mechanisms for segregating both malicious and non-malicious vehicles. Furthermore, open research challenges and recommendations for addressing the same are discussed in the same too.

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1003826113

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Scale-Size and Structural Effects of Rock Materials

By: Shuren Wang,Hossein Masoumi,Joung Oh,Sheng Zhang

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Scale-Size and Structural Effects of Rock Materials

By: Shuren Wang,Hossein Masoumi,Joung Oh,Sheng Zhang

Scale-Size and Structural Effects of Rock Materials presents the latest research on the scale-size and structural effects of rock materials, including test methods, innovative technologies, and applications in indoor testing, rock mechanics and rock engineering. Importantly, the book explains size-dependent failure criteria, including the multiaxial failure and Hoek-Brown failure criterion. Five chapters cover the size effect of rock samples, rock fracture toughness, scale effects of rock joints, microseismic monitoring and application, and structural effects of rock blocks. The book reflects on the scientific and technical challenges from extensive research in Australia and China. The title is innovative, practical and content-rich. It will be useful to mining and geotechnical engineers researching the scale-size and structural effects of rock materials, including test methods, innovative technologies and applications in indoor testing, rock mechanics, and engineering, and to those on-site technical specialists who need a reliable and up to date reference. - Presents the latest theory and research on the scale, size and structure of rock materials - Develops new methods for evaluating the scale-size dependency and structural effects of rock and rock-like materials - Describes new technologies in mining engineering, tunneling engineering and slope engineering - Provides an account of size-dependent failure criterion, including multiaxial and Hoek-Brown - Gives practical and theoretical insights based on extensive experience on Australian and Chinese geotechnical projects

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0128205024

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My Stunning Female Boss

Volume 2

By: Sheng Xiudedouhao

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My Stunning Female Boss

Volume 2

By: Sheng Xiudedouhao

The loli was gentle and easy to push around. The big sis liked to eat young grass; for a wife who liked extramarital affairs, the queen's whip couldn't be lacking!Before I resigned, I was a diaosi employee, and my boss goddess treated me like a dog.After I resigned, I was the world's number one programmer. I stepped on the Wealthy Marshal, accepted goddesses, lolis, celebrities, queens, royal sisters ... None of them could escape!

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Funstory

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1647577330

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9781647577339

Politics of Disillusionment

Chinese Communist Party Under Deng Xiaoping, 1978-89

By: Hsi-Sheng Chi

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Politics of Disillusionment

Chinese Communist Party Under Deng Xiaoping, 1978-89

By: Hsi-Sheng Chi

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Routledge

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1315289032

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9781315289038

Software-Defined Wide Area Network Architectures and Technologies

By: Cheng Sheng,Jie Bai,Qi Sun

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Software-Defined Wide Area Network Architectures and Technologies

By: Cheng Sheng,Jie Bai,Qi Sun

Starting with problems and challenges faced by enterprise WANs, Software-Defined Wide Area Network Architectures and Technologies provides a detailed description of SD-WAN’s background and basic features, as well as the system architecture, operating mechanism, and application scenarios of the SD-WAN solution based on the implementation of Huawei SD-WAN Solution. It also explains key SD-WAN technologies and analyzes real SD-WAN deployment cases, affording readers with design methods and deployment suggestions for the SD-WAN solution. The information presented in this book is easy to understand and very practical. It enables you to become adept in the SD-WAN solution’s implementation and design principles. The book is intended for ICT practitioners, such as network technical support engineers, network administrators, and network planning engineers, to use in studying theory. Furthermore, it serves as reference material for network technology enthusiasts. Authors Cheng Sheng is the Chief Architect of Huawei’s SD-WAN Solution. He has nearly 20 years of experience in network product and solution design, as well as extensive expertise in product design and development, network planning and design, and network engineering project implementation. Jie Bai is an Architect of Huawei’s SD-WAN Solution. He is well versed in Huawei security products and SD-WAN Solution and has written books such as Huawei Firewall Technology Talk as well as Huawei Anti-DDoS Technology Talk. Qi Sun is a Senior Information Architect of Huawei, and he is knowledgeable in Huawei SD-WAN Solution, CloudVPN Solution, and Cloud Management Solution. He also participated in the information architecture design and delivery of multiple solutions.

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CRC Press

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1000381714

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9781000381719

Broad Bandwidth and High Dimensional Quantum Memory Based on Atomic Ensembles

By: Dong-Sheng Ding

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Broad Bandwidth and High Dimensional Quantum Memory Based on Atomic Ensembles

By: Dong-Sheng Ding

This thesis presents an experimental study of quantum memory based on cold atomic ensembles and discusses photonic entanglement. It mainly focuses on experimental research on storing orbital angular momentum, and introduces readers to methods for storing a single photon carried by an image or an entanglement of spatial modes. The thesis also discusses the storage of photonic entanglement using the Raman scheme as a step toward implementing high-bandwidth quantum memory. The storage of photonic entanglement is central to achieving long-distance quantum communication based on quantum repeaters and scalable linear optical quantum computation. Addressing this key issue, the findings presented in the thesis are very promising with regard to future high-speed and high-capacity quantum communications.

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Springer

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9811074763

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Reservoir Ecotoxicology

By: De-Sheng Pei,Naima Hamid,Marriya Sultan,Suman Thodhal Yoganandham

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Reservoir Ecotoxicology

By: De-Sheng Pei,Naima Hamid,Marriya Sultan,Suman Thodhal Yoganandham

Reservoir construction is the key strategy for water resource management. In recent years, the migration of pollutants and their transformation into the reservoir ecosystem has become a global problem. Intensified anthropogenic activities and unsustainable practices have amplified the pollutant levels in the reservoir. Therefore, this book intends to highlight environmental characteristics of the reservoir, study methods of ecotoxicology, and mechanistic toxicogenetic pathways of pollutants in the reservoir. Adverse outcome pathway (AOPs) model is used to elucidate toxicological effects of reservoir pollutants. Moreover, ecological and human health risks of the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR), the largest power generation reservoir on earth, and its pollution status are also discussed.

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3031263448

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