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Towards a Unified Fatigue Life Prediction Method for Marine Structures

By: Weicheng Cui,Xiaoping Huang,Fang Wang

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Towards a Unified Fatigue Life Prediction Method for Marine Structures

By: Weicheng Cui,Xiaoping Huang,Fang Wang

In order to apply the damage tolerance design philosophy to design marine structures, accurate prediction of fatigue crack growth under service conditions is required. Now, more and more people have realized that only a fatigue life prediction method based on fatigue crack propagation (FCP) theory has the potential to explain various fatigue phenomena observed. In this book, the issues leading towards the development of a unified fatigue life prediction (UFLP) method based on FCP theory are addressed. Based on the philosophy of the UFLP method, the current inconsistency between fatigue design and inspection of marine structures could be resolved. This book presents the state-of-the-art and recent advances, including those by the authors, in fatigue studies. It is designed to lead the future directions and to provide a useful tool in many practical applications. It is intended to address to engineers, naval architects, research staff, professionals and graduates engaged in fatigue prevention design and survey of marine structures, in fatigue studies of materials and structures, in experimental laboratory research, in planning the repair and maintenance of existing structures, and in rule development. The book is also an effective educational aid in naval architecture, marine, civil and mechanical engineering. Prof. Weicheng Cui is the Dean of Hadal Science and Technology Research Center of Shanghai Ocean University, China. Dr. Xiaoping Huang is an associate professor of School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. Dr. Fang Wang is an associate professor of Hadal Science and Technology Research Center of Shanghai Ocean University, China.

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3642418317

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Marriage, Law and Gender in Revolutionary China

By: Xiaoping Cong

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Marriage, Law and Gender in Revolutionary China

By: Xiaoping Cong

Explores the social and cultural significance of Chinese communist legal practice in constructing marriage and gender relations in the turbulent period from 1940 to 1960.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107148561

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9781107148567

The Whole Process of E-commerce Security Management System

Design and Implementation

By: Ronggang Zhang,Lijuan Fang,Xiaoping He,Chuan Wei

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The Whole Process of E-commerce Security Management System

Design and Implementation

By: Ronggang Zhang,Lijuan Fang,Xiaoping He,Chuan Wei

This book systematically and integrally introduces the new security management theories and methods in the e-commerce environment. Based on the perspective of dynamic governance of the whole process, starting from the theoretical framework, this book analyzes the gap between the current situation and requirements of security management, defines its nature, function, object and system, and designs and constructs the whole process security management organization and operation system of e-commerce. It focuses on the core and most prominent risk control links (i.e. security impact factors) in e-commerce security, including e-commerce information and network security risk, e-commerce transaction risk, e-commerce credit risk, e-commerce personnel risk, etc. Then, the tools and methods for identifying and controlling various risks are described in detail, at the same time, management decision-making and coordination are integrated into the risk management. Finally, a closed loop of self-optimization is established by a continuous optimization evolution path of e-commerce security management.

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Springer Nature

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9811994587

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9789811994586

Chinese Literature and Culture in the Age of Global Capitalism

Renaissance or Rehabilitation?

By: Xiaoping Wang

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Chinese Literature and Culture in the Age of Global Capitalism

Renaissance or Rehabilitation?

By: Xiaoping Wang

Combining anatomies of textual examples with broader contextual considerations related with the social, political and economic developments of post-Mao China, Xiaoping Wang intends to explore newly emerging social and cultural trends in contemporary China, and find the truth content of Chinese society and culture in the age of global capitalism. Through in-depth textual analyses covering a variety of media, ranging from fiction, poetry, film to theoretical works as well as cultural phenomena which mirror social and cultural occurrences and reflect the present ideological proclivities of the Chinese society, this study offers timely interpretations of China in the age of globalization, its political inclinations, social fashions and cultural tendencies, and provides thought-provoking messages of China’s socio-economic and political reality.

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BRILL

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9004461191

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9789004461192

Ideology and Utopia in China's New Wave Cinema

Globalization and Its Chinese Discontents

By: Xiaoping Wang

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Ideology and Utopia in China's New Wave Cinema

Globalization and Its Chinese Discontents

By: Xiaoping Wang

Ideology and Utopia in China’s New Wave Cinema investigates the ways in which New Wave filmmakers represent China in this age of neoliberal reform. Analyzing this paradigm shift in independent cinema, this text explores the historicity of the cinematic form and its cultural-political visions. Through a close reading of the narrative strategy of key films in New Wave Cinema, Xiaoping Wang studies the movement’s impact on film, literature, culture and politics.

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Springer

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3319911406

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Teachers' Schools and the Making of the Modern Chinese Nation-State, 1897-1937

By: Xiaoping Cong

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Teachers' Schools and the Making of the Modern Chinese Nation-State, 1897-1937

By: Xiaoping Cong

During the educational and social transformations in politically tumultuous early twentieth-century China, Chinese teacher's schools played a critical role. They were a force in the changes that swept Chinese society, bridging Chinese and Western ideals, empowering women, and contributing to rural modernization. This innovative account examines the social and political aspects and impacts of these schools, their role in a society in transistion, and their production of grassroots forces that lead to the Communist Revolution.

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UBC Press

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0774841338

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Postsocialist Conditions

Ideas and History in China’s "Independent Cinema", 1988-2008

By: Xiaoping Wang

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Postsocialist Conditions

Ideas and History in China’s "Independent Cinema", 1988-2008

By: Xiaoping Wang

In Postsocialist Conditions: Idea and History in China’s “Independent Cinema,” 1988-2008, WANG Xiaoping offers a comprehensive survey and trenchant critique of China’s “Independent Cinema” by the sixth-generation auteurs. By showing the multi-valence of the postsocialist conditions in contemporary Chinese society, their films articulate a new cultural-political logic in postsocialist China, which is also the logic of the market in this era of neoliberal transformation, brought about by the forces of marketization since the late 1980s. The directors laudably show the spirits of humanism and the humanitarian concerns of the underclass, yet the shortage and repudiation of class analysis prohibits the artists from exploring the social contradictions and the cause of class restructuration.

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9004385584

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9789004385580

Children of Marx and Coca-Cola

Chinese Avant-garde Art and Independent Cinema

By: Xiaoping Lin

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Children of Marx and Coca-Cola

Chinese Avant-garde Art and Independent Cinema

By: Xiaoping Lin

Children of Marx and Coca-Cola affords a deep study of Chinese avant-garde art and independent cinema from the mid-1990s to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Informed by the author’s experience in Beijing and New York—global cities with extensive access to an emergent transnational Chinese visual culture—this work situates selected artworks and films in the context of Chinese nationalism and post-socialism and against the background of the capitalist globalization that has so radically affected contemporary China. It juxtaposes and compares artists and independent filmmakers from a number of intertwined perspectives, particularly in their shared avant-garde postures and perceptions. Xiaoping Lin provides illuminating close readings of a variety of visual texts and artistic practices, including installation, performance, painting, photography, video, and film. Throughout he sustains a theoretical discussion of representative artworks and films and succeeds in delineating a variegated postsocialist cultural landscape saturated by market forces, confused values, and lost faith. This refreshing approach is due to Lin’s ability to tackle both Chinese art and cinema rigorously within a shared discursive space. He, for example, aptly conceptualizes a central thematic concern in both genres as "postsocialist trauma" aggravated by capitalist globalization. By thus focusing exclusively on the two parallel and often intersecting movements or phenomena in the visual arts, his work brings about a fruitful dialogue between the narrow field of traditional art history and visual studies more generally. Children of Marx and Coca-Cola will be a major contribution to China studies, art history, film studies, and cultural studies. Multiple audiences—specialists, teachers, and students in these disciplines, as well as general readers with an interest in contemporary Chinese society and culture—will find that this work fulfills an urgent need for sophisticated analysis of China’s cultural production as it assumes a key role in capitalist globalization.

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824837630

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9780824837631

China's Geography

Globalization and the Dynamics of Political, Economic, and Social Change

By: Gregory Veeck,Clifton W. Pannell,Xiaoping Shen,Youqin Huang

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China's Geography

Globalization and the Dynamics of Political, Economic, and Social Change

By: Gregory Veeck,Clifton W. Pannell,Xiaoping Shen,Youqin Huang

Despite China's clear and growing importance on the world stage, it remains often and easily misunderstood. Indeed, there are many Chinas, as this comprehensive survey, the most current and authoritative introduction available, vividly illustrates. Now in a thoroughly revised and updated edition, this text traces the changes occurring in this powerful and ancient nation across both time and space. Beginning with China's diverse landscapes and environments, and continuing through its formative history and tumultuous recent past, the authors show contemporary China as a product of both internal and external forces. They consider historical and current successes and difficulties, including economic, political, cultural, and environmental challenges, while placing China in its international context as a massive, developing, diverse nation that is meeting the needs of its 1.4 billion citizens while becoming an aggressive major regional and global player. Through clear prose and 160 insightful maps, tables, and photos, China's Geography illustrates and explains the great economic, political, and social differences found throughout China's many regions. Accompanying the book is a companion website that provides a wealth of additional materials, including sample lectures, color versions of all the graphics, time series and provincial data files for student projects in Excel, lists of favorite films and websites, and public domain maps for student use.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538140810

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9781538140819

23 European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering

A framework for sustainability of coal based energy and chemical processes

By: Siyu Yang,Xiaoping Jia,Chen Yun,Yu Qian

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23 European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering

A framework for sustainability of coal based energy and chemical processes

By: Siyu Yang,Xiaoping Jia,Chen Yun,Yu Qian

A framework is proposed for sustainability study of coal based chemical and energy processes. Comprehensive analysis from efficiency, energy, economic, and environment perspectives. Process modelling, synthesis, and life cycle analysis, are conducted. Based on these multi-layer analyses, optimization is applied to explore for new process innovation and existing process modification. The analysis is illustrated with two case studies. The first case is the coal based methanol production process, which environmental impacts were investigated in a life cycle assessment. The second case is the co-production of electricity and methanol, in which key parameters are designed by mutual optimisation of energy efficiency and economic cost.

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0128086475

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9780128086476

China in the Age of Global Capitalism

Jia Zhangke's Filmic World

By: Xiaoping Wang

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China in the Age of Global Capitalism

Jia Zhangke's Filmic World

By: Xiaoping Wang

Jia Zhangke is praised as “the most internationally prominent and celebrated figure of the Six-Generation of Chinese filmmakers”. This book provides an examination the content and forms of Jia’s featured films and analyzes their merits and faults. Jia’s films often narrate the lives of ordinary Chinese people against the backdrop of the political-economic changes. The author conducts an in-depth analysis of how this change have ferociously impinged upon the characters’ living conditions since China integrated itself with the world economy in the high tide of accelerated globalization since the 1970s. The author focuses on discussing the “politics of dignity” expressed by Jia’s allegorical renditions to explore the director’s political unconsciousness and cultural-political notions. This book maps ten of Jia Zhangke’s films onto three major themes: Jia’s filmmaking and China in the market society; truth claims and political unconscious; “post-socialist modernity” in the age of globalization. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese film studies, as well as other disciplines, such as political science, sociology, anthropology, etc.

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Routledge

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100070243X

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9781000702439

Stability of KAM Tori for Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation

By: Hongzi Cong,Jianjun Liu,Xiaoping Yuan

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Stability of KAM Tori for Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation

By: Hongzi Cong,Jianjun Liu,Xiaoping Yuan

The authors prove the long time stability of KAM tori (thus quasi-periodic solutions) for nonlinear Schrödinger equation subject to Dirichlet boundary conditions , where is a real Fourier multiplier. More precisely, they show that, for a typical Fourier multiplier , any solution with the initial datum in the -neighborhood of a KAM torus still stays in the -neighborhood of the KAM torus for a polynomial long time such as for any given with , where is a constant depending on and as .

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American Mathematical Soc.

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1470416573

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9781470416577

China and the Cholera Pandemic

Restructuring Society under Mao

By: Xiaoping Fang

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China and the Cholera Pandemic

Restructuring Society under Mao

By: Xiaoping Fang

Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward campaign organized millions of Chinese peasants into communes in a misguided attempt to rapidly collectivize agriculture with disastrous effects. Catastrophic famine lingered as the global cholera pandemic of the early 1960s spread rampantly through the infected waters of southeastern coastal China. Confronted with a political crisis and the seventh global cholera pandemic in recorded history, the communist government committed to social restructuring in order to affirm its legitimacy and prevent transmission of the disease. Focusing on the Wenzhou Prefecture in Zhejiang Province, the area most seriously stricken by cholera at the time, Xiaoping Fang demonstrates how China’s pandemic was far more than a health incident; it became a significant social and political influence during a dramatic transition for the People’s Republic. China and the Cholera Pandemic reveals how disease control and prevention, executed through the government’s large-scale, clandestine anticholera campaign, were integral components of its restructuring initiatives, aimed at restoring social order. The subsequent rise of an emergency disciplinary health state furthered these aims through quarantine and isolation, which profoundly impacted the social epidemiology of the region, dividing Chinese society and reinforcing hierarchies according to place, gender, and socioeconomic status.

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University of Pittsburgh Press

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0822988070

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9780822988076

Services for Aging Persons in China

Spatial Variations in Supply and Demand

By: Xiaoping Shen,Shangyi Zhou,Xiulan Zhang

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Services for Aging Persons in China

Spatial Variations in Supply and Demand

By: Xiaoping Shen,Shangyi Zhou,Xiulan Zhang

This volume draws upon one of the first comprehensive studies on the regional variations of services for aging persons in China to provide an empirical and theoretical understanding of the impact of China's rapidly growing aging population on the country's socioeconomic, cultural, and political systems. In three parts, the manuscript combines case-oriented comparative methods with variable-oriented statistical and GIS analyses to examine the spatial patterns and relationships between supply and demand of affordable and accessible services for aging persons in China. Part one gives a historical review of population aging in China, including the development of services for aging persons and government policies and programs geared towards elders. Part two provides an analysis of spatial variations of supply and demand for services including food, housing, health, and community services for aging persons. Part three uses case studies to analyse the regional and local dimensions of elderly services. Suggestions are made for future planning, development, and policies. This book will appeal to policy makers, city planners, service providing businesses, and advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying economic geography, planning, and regional development.

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