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Another World: Romantic Devil King

Volume 5

By: Xin SuiMengHan

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Another World: Romantic Devil King

Volume 5

By: Xin SuiMengHan

The main character of the Martial Arts Family, who had been passed down through the world of swords and magic, was now in a completely different world! Since he was already here, he might as well take things as they were! A game in another world! Our goal: to travel to another world! Take down the iron bucket and fill up the whole harem!

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Funstory

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1649482272

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Land Surface Observation, Modeling And Data Assimilation

By: Shunlin Liang,Xin Li,Xianhong Xie

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Land Surface Observation, Modeling And Data Assimilation

By: Shunlin Liang,Xin Li,Xianhong Xie

This book is unique in its ambitious and comprehensive coverage of earth system land surface characterization, from observation and modeling to data assimilation, including recent developments in theory and techniques, and novel application cases. The contributing authors are active research scientists, and many of them are internationally known leading experts in their areas, ensuring that the text is authoritative.This book comprises four parts that are logically connected from data, modeling, data assimilation integrating data and models to applications. Land data assimilation is the key focus of the book, which encompasses both theoretical and applied aspects with various novel methodologies and applications to the water cycle, carbon cycle, crop monitoring, and yield estimation.Readers can benefit from a state-of-the-art presentation of the latest tools and their usage for understanding earth system processes. Discussions in the book present and stimulate new challenges and questions facing today's earth science and modeling communities.

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World Scientific

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981447262X

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9789814472623

Ecology and Evolution of Rhizobia

Principles and Applications

By: En Tao Wang,Chang Fu Tian,Wen Feng Chen,J. Peter W. Young,Wen Xin Chen

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Ecology and Evolution of Rhizobia

Principles and Applications

By: En Tao Wang,Chang Fu Tian,Wen Feng Chen,J. Peter W. Young,Wen Xin Chen

This book reviews the history and development of rhizobial ecology (diversity, function and interactions with the biotic and abiotic environments), evolution (genome diversification, systematics of symbiotic genes) and application. Further, it describes the new concept of rhizobia, the latest systematic methods, biogeographic study methods, and genomic studies to identify the interactions between rhizobia, legumes and environments. To enable readers to gain a comprehensive understanding of rhizobial biogeography, the book provides effective protocols for the selection and application of high-efficiency rhizobial inoculants. In addition, it presents standard and modern methods used in studies on rhizobial ecology and evolution in dedicated appendices, making it a unique and valuable handbook for researchers.

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Springer Nature

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9813295554

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Advanced Discrete-Time Control

Designs and Applications

By: Khalid Abidi,Jian-Xin Xu

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Advanced Discrete-Time Control

Designs and Applications

By: Khalid Abidi,Jian-Xin Xu

This book covers a wide spectrum of systems such as linear and nonlinear multivariable systems as well as control problems such as disturbance, uncertainty and time-delays. The purpose of this book is to provide researchers and practitioners a manual for the design and application of advanced discrete-time controllers. The book presents six different control approaches depending on the type of system and control problem. The first and second approaches are based on Sliding Mode control (SMC) theory and are intended for linear systems with exogenous disturbances. The third and fourth approaches are based on adaptive control theory and are aimed at linear/nonlinear systems with periodically varying parametric uncertainty or systems with input delay. The fifth approach is based on Iterative learning control (ILC) theory and is aimed at uncertain linear/nonlinear systems with repeatable tasks and the final approach is based on fuzzy logic control (FLC) and is intended for highly uncertain systems with heuristic control knowledge. Detailed numerical examples are provided in each chapter to illustrate the design procedure for each control method. A number of practical control applications are also presented to show the problem solving process and effectiveness with the advanced discrete-time control approaches introduced in this book.

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981287478X

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Social Transformation in Modern China

The State and Local Elites in Henan, 1900-1937

By: Xin Zhang

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Social Transformation in Modern China

The State and Local Elites in Henan, 1900-1937

By: Xin Zhang

In this book, Xin Zhang sheds light on the sources of China's modernization.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521642892

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9780521642897

Globalization, Consumption And Popular Culture In East Asia

By: Tai Wei Lim,Wen Xin Lim,Xiaojuan Ping,Katherine Hui-yi Tseng

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Globalization, Consumption And Popular Culture In East Asia

By: Tai Wei Lim,Wen Xin Lim,Xiaojuan Ping,Katherine Hui-yi Tseng

This book aims to provide comprehensive empirical and theoretical studies of expanding fandom communities in East Asia through the commodification of Japanese, Korean and Chinese popular cultures in the digital era. Using a multidisciplinary approach including political economy, East Asian studies, political science, international relations concepts and history, this book focuses on a few research objectives. In terms of methodology, it is an area studies approach based on interpretative work, observation studies, policy and textual analysis. First, it aims to examine the closely intertwined relationship between the three major stakeholders in the iron triangle of production companies, consumers and states (i.e., role of government in policy promotion). Second, it studies the interpenetration, adaptation, innovation and hybridization of exogenous Western culture with traditional popular cultures in (North) East Asia. Third, it studies the influence of popular cultures and how cultural products resonate with a regional audience through collective consumption, contents reflective of normative values, the emotive and cognitive appeal of familiar images and social learning as well as peer effect found in fan communities. It then examines how consumption contributes to soft cultural influence and how governments leverage on its comparative advantages and cultural assets for commercial success and in the process augment national (cultural) influence. These questions will be discussed and analyzed and contextualized through the case studies of J-pop (Japanese popular culture), K-pop (Korean popular culture or Hallyu) and Chinese popular culture (including Mando-pop and Taiwanese popular culture).

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World Scientific

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981467821X

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Bio-Inspired Computation and Applications in Image Processing

By: Xin-She Yang,João Paulo Papa

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Bio-Inspired Computation and Applications in Image Processing

By: Xin-She Yang,João Paulo Papa

Bio-Inspired Computation and Applications in Image Processing summarizes the latest developments in bio-inspired computation in image processing, focusing on nature-inspired algorithms that are linked with deep learning, such as ant colony optimization, particle swarm optimization, and bat and firefly algorithms that have recently emerged in the field. In addition to documenting state-of-the-art developments, this book also discusses future research trends in bio-inspired computation, helping researchers establish new research avenues to pursue. - Reviews the latest developments in bio-inspired computation in image processing - Focuses on the introduction and analysis of the key bio-inspired methods and techniques - Combines theory with real-world applications in image processing - Helps solve complex problems in image and signal processing - Contains a diverse range of self-contained case studies in real-world applications

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Academic Press

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012804537X

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Tradition of the Law and Law of the Tradition

Law, State, and Social Control in China

By: Xin Ren

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Tradition of the Law and Law of the Tradition

Law, State, and Social Control in China

By: Xin Ren

Traditionally, social theorists in the West have structured models of state social control according to the tenet that socialization is accomplished by means of external controls on behavior: undesirable actions are punished and desirable actions result either in material reward or a simple respite from the oppressive attentions of an authoritarian state. In this volume, the author presents the tradition of law in China as an exception to the Western model of social control. The Confucian bureaucracy that has long structured Chinese social life melded almost seamlessly with the Maoist revolutionary agenda to produce a culture in which collectivism and an internalized adherence to social law are, in some respects, congenital features of Chinese social consciousness. Through her investigation of the Maoist concept of revolutionary justice and the tradition of conformist acculturation in China, the author constructs a fascinating counterpoint to traditional Western arguments about social control.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313370109

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9780313370106

Finite Element Methods for Nonlinear Optical Waveguides

By: Xin-Hua Wang

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Finite Element Methods for Nonlinear Optical Waveguides

By: Xin-Hua Wang

This book provides researchers at the forefront of nonlinear optical technologies with robust procedures and software for the systematic investigation of the fundamental phenomena in nonlinear optical waveguide structures. A full vectorial electromagnetic formulation is adopted and the conditions under which simplification to a scalar formulation is possible are clearly indicated. The need to model the dielectric saturation properly is identified, and improved algorithms are presented for obtaining the complete power dispersion curve of structures exhibiting bistability. As the stability analysis of nonlinear modes is crucial to the development of nonlinear model methods, an effective procedure to investigate the propagation of the scalar nonlinear waves in 3D is another important feature of the book. All of the procedures described, as well as an automatic mesh generator for the finite element method, are incorporated into a software package which is included with this book.

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Routledge

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1351448587

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Migration Patterns and Intentions of Floating Population in Transitional China

The Road for Urban Dream Chasers

By: Tiyan Shen,Xin Lao,Hengyu Gu

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Migration Patterns and Intentions of Floating Population in Transitional China

The Road for Urban Dream Chasers

By: Tiyan Shen,Xin Lao,Hengyu Gu

This book investigates domestic migration and migration intentions in China from the individual, city, and provincial levels. Since the 1990s, accompanying the rapid urbanization, an important feature of China’s social transition is its large-scale interregional migration, which has reshaped China’s economic geography and population distribution and greatly affected the socio-economic development. The floating population, migrants working and living in the destination cities without local hukou, have aroused wide public concern in the past decades. Based on China’s national population census data and China Migrants Dynamic Survey data, this book comprehensively employs statistical analysis, spatial analysis, network analysis, econometric and spatial econometric methods to analyze the spatial pattern and influencing mechanism of internal migration and migration intentions of floating population from different levels and different perspectives. The research results of this book have significant policy implications for the urban governance on the floating population. The novelty of this book is that it comprehensively investigates domestic migration and migration intentions from the individual, city and provincial levels, combining their spatial patterns and network structures. It not only provides a wealth of case studies for domestic migration research in China, but also broadens the research scope of spatial demography by employing new methods of spatial econometrics (such as MGWR and ESF). This book is suitable for undergraduates and graduates majoring in Human Geography, Regional Economics, Urban Planning and Urban Governance, as well as related researchers and practitioners.

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Springer Nature

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9811933758

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9789811933752

Anglo-Chinese Encounters Before the Opium War

A Tale of Two Empires Over Two Centuries

By: Xin Liu

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Anglo-Chinese Encounters Before the Opium War

A Tale of Two Empires Over Two Centuries

By: Xin Liu

Anglo-Chinese Encounters Before the Opium War: A Tale of Two Empires Over Two Centuries studies the fascinating encounters between the two historic empires from Queen Elizabeth I’s first letter to the Ming Emperor Wanli in 1583, to Lord Palmerston’s letter to the Minister of China in 1840. Starting with Queen Elizabeth I’s letter to the Chinese Emperor and ending with the letter from Lord Palmerston to the Minister of China just before the Opium War, this book explores the long journey in between from cultural diplomacy to gunboat diplomacy. It interweaves the most known diplomatic efforts at the official level with the much unknown intellectual interactions at the people-to-people level, from missionaries to scholars, from merchants to travelers and from artists to scientists. This book adopts a novel "mirror" approach by pairing and comparing people, texts, commodities, artworks, architecture, ideologies, operating systems and world views of the two empires. Using letters, gifts and traded goods as fulcrums, and by adopting these unique lenses, it puts China into the world history narratives to contextualise Anglo-Chinese relations, thus providing a fresh analysis of the surviving evidence. Xin Liu casts a new light on understanding the Sino-centric and Anglo-centric world views in driving the complex relations between the two empires, and the reversals of power shifts that are still unfolding today. The book is not intended for specialists in history, but a general audience wishing to learn more about China’s historical engagement with the world.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000637565

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Reconfiguring Class, Gender, Ethnicity and Ethics in Chinese Internet Culture

By: Haomin Gong,Xin Yang

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Reconfiguring Class, Gender, Ethnicity and Ethics in Chinese Internet Culture

By: Haomin Gong,Xin Yang

New information technologies have, to an unprecedented degree, come to reshape human relations, identities and communities both online and offline. As Internet narratives including online fiction, poetry and films reflect and represent ambivalent politics in China, the Chinese state wishes to enable the formidable soft power of this new medium whilst at the same time handling the ideological uncertainties it inevitably entails. This book investigates the ways in which class, gender, ethnicity and ethics are reconfigured, complicated and enriched by the closely intertwined online and offline realities in China. It combs through a wide range of theories on Internet culture, intellectual history, and literary, film, and cultural studies, and explores a variety of online cultural materials, including digitized spoofing, microblog fictions, micro-films, online fictions, web dramas, photographs, flash mobs, popular literature and films. These materials have played an important role in shaping the contemporary cultural scene, but have so far received little critical attention. Here, the authors demonstrate how Chinese Internet culture has provided a means to intervene in the otherwise monolithic narratives of identity and community. Offering an important contribution to the rapidly growing field of Internet studies, this book will also be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese culture, literary and film studies, media and communication studies, and Chinese society.

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1317360265

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Intelligent Optimization and Control of Complex Metallurgical Processes

By: Min Wu,Weihua Cao,Xin Chen,Jinhua She

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Intelligent Optimization and Control of Complex Metallurgical Processes

By: Min Wu,Weihua Cao,Xin Chen,Jinhua She

This book discusses the intelligent optimization and control of complex metallurgical processes, including intelligent optimization and control of raw-material proportioning processes, coking process, and reheating furnaces; intelligent control of thermal state parameters in sintering processes; and intelligent decoupling control of gas collection and mixing-and-pressurization processes. The intelligent control and optimization methods presented were originally applied to complex metallurgical processes by the authors, and their effectiveness and their advantages have been theoretically proven and demonstrated practically. This book offers an up-to-date overview of this active research area, and provides readers with state-of-the-art methods for the control of complex metallurgical processes.

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9811511454

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Mainland China's Taiwan Policy

From Peaceful Development to Selective Engagement

By: Xin Qiang

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Mainland China's Taiwan Policy

From Peaceful Development to Selective Engagement

By: Xin Qiang

The Taiwan issue has always been a core national interest of mainland China, which has steadfastly vowed to fulfill national reunification. This book provides a comprehensive and updated explanation of the strategic motivations, behavioral logic, and policymaking rationale of Beijing’s Taiwan policy. It will aid readers in predicting the future development of cross-Strait relations, reducing the risk of strategic miscalculations, and defusing potential geostrategic perils. The book analyzes Beijing’s changing policy toward Taiwan during the Kuomintang and Democratic Progressive Party administrations. It explains the key driving forces for Beijing’s Taiwan policy in these different periods, which have displayed fundamental shifts from confrontation to cooperation and then back to confrontation. The book also delves into how the rising strategic rivalry between China and the US may influence Beijing’s Taiwan policy and the prospect of cross-Strait relations in the near future. The book will be a useful reference to deepen intellectual understanding of Beijing’s broader security and diplomatic policies. It will also appeal to government policymakers who have a keen and vested interest in peace and security in the West Pacific.

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100061056X

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Purple-Eyed Empress

Volume 1

By: Xin Yue

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Purple-Eyed Empress

Volume 1

By: Xin Yue

Why should I?" Why was he in this Jin Long Dynasty that did not know of that time and space?Maybe, maybe this was the best way, Master only had Miss Xue Er in his eyes.In the eyes of my master, I am nothing, I am not even qualified to love him. Why did you do this to me?"Lord God, tell me, should I stay in this palace or not ...

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Funstory

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1647968755

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Robot Control and Calibration

Innovative Control Schemes and Calibration Algorithms

By: Xin Luo,Zhibin Li,Long Jin,Shuai Li

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Robot Control and Calibration

Innovative Control Schemes and Calibration Algorithms

By: Xin Luo,Zhibin Li,Long Jin,Shuai Li

This book mainly shows readers how to calibrate and control robots. In this regard, it proposes three control schemes: an error-summation enhanced Newton algorithm for model predictive control; RNN for solving perturbed time-varying underdetermined linear systems; and a new joint-drift-free scheme aided with projected ZNN, which can effectively improve robot control accuracy. Moreover, the book develops four advanced algorithms for robot calibration – Levenberg-Marquarelt with diversified regularizations; improved covariance matrix adaptive evolution strategy; quadratic interpolated beetle antennae search algorithm; and a novel variable step-size Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm – which can effectively enhance robot positioning accuracy. In addition, it is exceedingly difficult for experts in other fields to conduct robot arm calibration studies without calibration data. Thus, this book provides a publicly available dataset to assist researchers from other fields in conducting calibration experiments and validating their ideas. The book also discusses six regularization schemes based on its robot error models, i.e., L1, L2, dropout, elastic, log, and swish. Robots’ positioning accuracy is significantly improved after calibration. Using the control and calibration methods developed here, readers will be ready to conduct their own research and experiments.

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Springer Nature

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9819957664

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9789819957668

Recent Advances in Cancer Research and Therapy

By: Xin-Yuan Liu,Sidney Pestka,Yu-Fang Shi

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Recent Advances in Cancer Research and Therapy

By: Xin-Yuan Liu,Sidney Pestka,Yu-Fang Shi

Cancer continues to be one of the major causes of death throughout the developed world, which has led to increased research on effective treatments. Because of this, in the past decade, rapid progress in the field of cancer treatment has been seen. Recent Advances in Cancer Research and Therapy reviews in specific details some of the most effective and promising treatments developed in research centers worldwide. While referencing advances in traditional therapies and treatments such as chemotherapy, this book also highlights advances in biotherapy including research using Interferon and Super Interferon, HecI based and liposome based therapy, gene therapy, and p53 based cancer therapy. There is also a discussion of current cancer research in China including traditional Chinese medicine. Written by leading scientists in the field, this book provides an essential insight into the current state of cancer therapy and treatment. Includes a wide range of research areas including a focus on biotherapy and the development of novel cancer therapeutic strategies. Formatted for a broad audience including all working in researching cancer treatments and therapies. Discusses special traits and results of Chinese cancer research.

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Elsevier

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0123978335

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9780123978332

RESEARCH ON THE IMPACT MECHANISM OF CARBON TARIFF AND CARBON LABELING ON AGRI-TRADE AND EMISSIONS REDUCTION

By: Chuanmin SHUAI, Xin CHENG,Lu ZHANG,Jing SHUAI

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RESEARCH ON THE IMPACT MECHANISM OF CARBON TARIFF AND CARBON LABELING ON AGRI-TRADE AND EMISSIONS REDUCTION

By: Chuanmin SHUAI, Xin CHENG,Lu ZHANG,Jing SHUAI

This book discusses on the Impact Mechanism of Carbon Tariffs and Carbon Labeling on Agri-trade and Emissions Reduction. Specifically, (1) it has analyzed the effect of carbon tariffs on Agri-trade and emissions reduction based on the hypothesis of carbon factor movement and the game theory, and built a Theoretical Model for carbon labeling to lead low-carbon behavior based on the international practices; (2) it simulated the impact of carbon tariffs on world's macro-economy and Agri-trade in China and worldwide using the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) model; (3) it has made the first attempt to see the differences of willingness to pay for low-carbon products, purchasing behavior and expectations for government subsidies between consumers of different regions at different levels in China, by adopting questionnaire survey and scenario experiment; and (4) it has done an empirical analysis of carbon labels’ effect on low carbon consumption behavior based on Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and experimental observation data with large samples. Finally, it has proposed policy recommendations based on the findings of the above theoretic and empirical studies.

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American Academic Press

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1631818007

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9781631818004

Network Science Models for Data Analytics Automation

Theories and Applications

By: Xin W. Chen

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Network Science Models for Data Analytics Automation

Theories and Applications

By: Xin W. Chen

This book explains network science and its applications in data analytics for critical infrastructures, engineered systems, and knowledge acquisition. Each chapter describes step-by-step processes of how network science enables and automates data analytics through examples. The book not only dissects modeling techniques and analytical results but also explores the intrinsic development of these models and analyses. This unique approach bridges the gap between theory and practice and channels’ managerial and problem-solving skills. Engineers, researchers, and managers would benefit from the extensive theoretical background and practical examples discussed in this book. Advanced undergraduate students and graduate students in mathematics, statistics, engineering, business, public health, and social science may use this book as a one-semester textbook or a reference book. Readers who are more interested in applications may skip Chapter 1 and peruse through the rest of the book with ease.

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Springer Nature

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3030964701

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9783030964702

Evolutionary Computation

Theory and Applications

By: Xin Yao

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Evolutionary Computation

Theory and Applications

By: Xin Yao

Evolutionary computation is the study of computational systems which use ideas and get inspiration from natural evolution and adaptation. This book is devoted to the theory and application of evolutionary computation. It is a self-contained volume which covers both introductory material and selected advanced topics. The book can roughly be divided into two major parts: the introductory one and the one on selected advanced topics. Each part consists of several chapters which present an in-depth discussion of selected topics. A strong connection is established between evolutionary algorithms and traditional search algorithms. This connection enables us to incorporate ideas in more established fields into evolutionary algorithms. The book is aimed at a wide range of readers. It does not require previous exposure to the field since introductory material is included. It will be of interest to anyone who is interested in adaptive optimization and learning. People in computer science, artificial intelligence, operations research, and various engineering fields will find it particularly interesting.

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9810223064

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9789810223069

Changing Pedagogy

Analysing ELT Teachers in China

By: Xin-min Zheng,Chris Davison

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Changing Pedagogy

Analysing ELT Teachers in China

By: Xin-min Zheng,Chris Davison

China's growing economic, military and political stability have, for the first time, started to gain international recognition. As China increasingly opens up to the world, its unique role in the context of economic globalization is becoming more pronounced, which is exemplified by its recent membership of the WTO and Beijing's successful bid to host the Olympic Games. Unsurprisingly, this has resulted in an explosion in the popularity of English language learning in China, which has, in turn, led to radical reform of the curricula, teaching methods, teacher education and assessment system in China in order to improve standards. This fascinating monograph explores the nature of the implemented English language curriculum in China, focussing, in particular, on the pedagogy of secondary school teachers. There follows an insightful analysis into how such teachers, in different situations and with different backgrounds and motivations, make decisions about what and how they teach, and the extent to which they adapt the promoted methods in the their individual teaching environments. The authors then use their findings to propose an innovative and coherent framework, which has far-reaching consequences for pedagogy in China and across the world.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1441167226

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Cultural Work and Creative Subjectivity

Recentralising the Artist Critique and Social Networks in the Cultural Industries

By: Xin Gu

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Cultural Work and Creative Subjectivity

Recentralising the Artist Critique and Social Networks in the Cultural Industries

By: Xin Gu

This book critically investigates the declining status of creative workers in contemporary societies following changes associated with the neoliberal creativity discourse – from the distribution of resources around cultural production to consumption, and from the management of ‘labour time’ to ‘life time’. These changes have narrowed career pathways for creative workers, resulting in exploitative working conditions for both professionals and amateurs. The contemporary cultural industries accentuate entrepreneurialism, informed by ‘social network markets’ and a capacity to engage technologised consumer culture. This book suggests that a radically different view is needed to understand how creative workers justify their continued participation in the cultural industries. It pays particular attention to the identities of marginalised cultural workers (underpaid or under-rewarded) and argues that cultural work cannot be understood as a route into entrapment by self-exploitation (sacrificial labour) nor as an abstract form of creative autonomy. Creative workers must engage the ‘artist critique’ to re-claim the social values of making culture as ‘public labour’. Bringing together theory and practice via contemporary case studies, this book is a significant contribution to research on the cultural economy and will be of interest to researchers in this field and practitioners in the management of cultural work.

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1000933431

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Modern Permanent Magnet Electric Machines

Theory and Control

By: Jacek F. Gieras,Jian-Xin Shen

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Modern Permanent Magnet Electric Machines

Theory and Control

By: Jacek F. Gieras,Jian-Xin Shen

The late 1980s saw the beginning of the PM brushless machine era, with the invention of high-energy density permanent magnets (PM) and the development of power electronics. Although induction motors are now the most popular electric motors, the impact of PM brushless machines on electromechanical drives is significant. Today, PM machines come second to induction machines. Replacement of electromagnetic field excitation systems by PMs brings the following benefits: No electrical energy is absorbed by the field excitation system and thus there are no excitation losses, causing substantial increase in efficiency Higher power density (kW/kg) and/or torque density (Nm/kg) than electromagnetic excitation Better dynamic performance than motors with electromagnetic excitation (higher magnetic flux density in the air gap) Simplification of construction and maintenance Less expensive for some types of machines Modern Permanent Magnet Electric Machines: Theory and Control serves as a textbook for undergraduate power engineering students who want to supplement and expand their knowledge in the fundamentals of magnetism, soft magnetic materials, permanent magnets (PMs), calculation of magnetic circuits with PMs, modern PM brushed DC machines and their controls, modern PM brushless DC motors and drive control, and modern PM generators. The book can help students learn more about electrical machines and can serve as a prescribed text for teaching elective undergraduate courses such as modern permanent magnet electrical machines. Since the book is written in a simple scientific language and without redundant mathematics, it can also be used by practicing engineers and managers employed in electrical machinery or electromagnetic device industries.

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CRC Press

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1000777006

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World History and National Identity in China

By: Xin Fan

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World History and National Identity in China

By: Xin Fan

Focuses on individual lived experiences to trace the development of world-historical studies in China's long twentieth century.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108842607

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Embedded Courts

Judicial Decision-Making in China

By: Kwai Hang Ng,Xin He

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Embedded Courts

Judicial Decision-Making in China

By: Kwai Hang Ng,Xin He

A study of the decision-making process of Chinese courts and the non-legal forces and regional factors that influence judicial outcomes.

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The Order of Purple Thorn

Volume 4

By: Xin BanHongShuangXi

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The Order of Purple Thorn

Volume 4

By: Xin BanHongShuangXi

There was righteousness in the heaven and earth, and it was all in the shape of a hodgepodge. The bottom part was a river, while the top part was a sun. In the human world, one could live freely.With a righteous heart, there was no difference between a region, a gender, or a status.His name was Nan Feng, and he had crawled out from the pile of dead to be reborn.Uninhibited, but not losing the truth, with action to open up a different path for themselves, with the ability to walk out of a colorful life.The story began with the Redbud Token ...Book Collection: Redbud Order (195782611)

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Funstory

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1647368774

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Best Guard of the Beauty

Volume 1

By: Xin Buzaima

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Best Guard of the Beauty

Volume 1

By: Xin Buzaima

When he returned to the city, he was prepared to take good care of his brother's sister and make up for the pain in his heart. However, after receiving the old man's order, he became the personal bodyguard of the beautiful CEO.See how the little bodyguard dominates China and walks the world.

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Funstory

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1647577268

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Visual Question Answering

From Theory to Application

By: Qi Wu,Peng Wang,Xin Wang,Xiaodong He,Wenwu Zhu

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Visual Question Answering

From Theory to Application

By: Qi Wu,Peng Wang,Xin Wang,Xiaodong He,Wenwu Zhu

Visual Question Answering (VQA) usually combines visual inputs like image and video with a natural language question concerning the input and generates a natural language answer as the output. This is by nature a multi-disciplinary research problem, involving computer vision (CV), natural language processing (NLP), knowledge representation and reasoning (KR), etc. Further, VQA is an ambitious undertaking, as it must overcome the challenges of general image understanding and the question-answering task, as well as the difficulties entailed by using large-scale databases with mixed-quality inputs. However, with the advent of deep learning (DL) and driven by the existence of advanced techniques in both CV and NLP and the availability of relevant large-scale datasets, we have recently seen enormous strides in VQA, with more systems and promising results emerging. This book provides a comprehensive overview of VQA, covering fundamental theories, models, datasets, and promising future directions. Given its scope, it can be used as a textbook on computer vision and natural language processing, especially for researchers and students in the area of visual question answering. It also highlights the key models used in VQA.

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Springer Nature

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9811909644

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Picking Up A Goblin For Father

Volume 1

By: Xin Yue

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Picking Up A Goblin For Father

Volume 1

By: Xin Yue

The hateful Bat Essence actually forced me back to my original form, I don't even have the mana to use my mana anymore ... The baby had put me in a porcelain bottle. Even though I'm a spider, I don't like the darkness at all, especially in such a small space. Not only am I unable to move, it's hard for me to breathe.

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Funstory

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1647964385

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Diesel Engine System Design

By: Qianfan Xin

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Diesel Engine System Design

By: Qianfan Xin

Diesel Engine System Design links everything diesel engineers need to know about engine performance and system design in order for them to master all the essential topics quickly and to solve practical design problems. Based on the author's unique experience in the field, it enables engineers to come up with an appropriate specification at an early stage in the product development cycle. - Links everything diesel engineers need to know about engine performance and system design featuring essential topics and techniques to solve practical design problems - Focuses on engine performance and system integration including important approaches for modelling and analysis - Explores fundamental concepts and generic techniques in diesel engine system design incorporating durability, reliability and optimization theories

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0857090836

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Cooperative Control of Multi-Agent Systems

An Optimal and Robust Perspective

By: Jianan Wang,Chunyan Wang,Ming Xin,Zhengtao Ding,Jiayuan Shan

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Cooperative Control of Multi-Agent Systems

An Optimal and Robust Perspective

By: Jianan Wang,Chunyan Wang,Ming Xin,Zhengtao Ding,Jiayuan Shan

Cooperative Control of Multi-Agent Systems: An Optimal and Robust Perspective reports and encourages technology transfer in the field of cooperative control of multi-agent systems. The book deals with UGVs, UAVs, UUVs and spacecraft, and more. It presents an extended exposition of the authors' recent work on all aspects of multi-agent technology. Modelling and cooperative control of multi-agent systems are topics of great interest, across both academia (research and education) and industry (for real applications and end-users). Graduate students and researchers from a wide spectrum of specialties in electrical, mechanical or aerospace engineering fields will use this book as a key resource. - Helps shape the reader's understanding of optimal and robust cooperative control design techniques for multi-agent systems - Presents new theoretical control challenges and investigates unresolved/open problems - Explores future research trends in multi-agent systems - Offers a certain amount of analytical mathematics, practical numerical procedures, and actual implementations of some proposed approaches

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Academic Press

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0128204451

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Hazard-causing System and Assessment of Water and Mud Inrush in Tunnel

By: Shucai Li,Zhenhao Xu,Xin Huang,Yuchao Du

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Hazard-causing System and Assessment of Water and Mud Inrush in Tunnel

By: Shucai Li,Zhenhao Xu,Xin Huang,Yuchao Du

This book is composed of eight chapters, introducing the authors’ research and application achievements in the hazard-causing system and disaster evaluation of water and mud inrush in tunnels over the past 10 years. Through a large number of case studies and analysis, and on the basis of existing research, this book puts forward 3 categories and 11 types of tunnel water and mud inrush hazard-causing systems and 4 typical water and mud inrush disaster-forming modes. The authors carefully study the typical cases of tunnel water and mud inrush hazard-causing system, discuss the types of karst water system, structural characteristics, macro-geological identification, engineering identification, karst tunnel route selection principles and evaluation methods in detail, and then develop a dynamic evaluation method of tunnel water and mud inrush construction risk interval and an evaluation method for the resistance body. Ultimately, the authors put forward a systematic identification method of tunnel water and mud inrush disaster, which integrates geological identification, geophysical exploration identification, and drilling identification, and construct a dynamic management and analysis platform for tunnel water and mud inrush cases. This book is used as a reference book for teachers, graduate students, and undergraduates in colleges and universities of civil engineering, transportation, water conservancy and hydropower, mining, geology, etc., and also as a reference for technicians in related engineering fields.

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9811995230

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Fundamentals of Software Culture

By: Zheng Qin,Huidi Zhang,Xin Qin,Kaiping Xu,Kouemo Ngayo Anatoli Dimitrov,Guolong Wang,Wenhui Yu

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Fundamentals of Software Culture

By: Zheng Qin,Huidi Zhang,Xin Qin,Kaiping Xu,Kouemo Ngayo Anatoli Dimitrov,Guolong Wang,Wenhui Yu

As the first book about software culture, this book discusses software culture from three perspectives including historical perspective, the classification of software and software applications. This book takes credit from the view of science and technology development. It analyzed scientific innovations and the social areas promoted following the growth of technology. And according to the fact that information helps to build human cultural form, we proposed the concept and researching method of software culture. The aim of writing this book is to strengthen the connection between software and culture, to replenish knowledge system in the subject of software engineering, and to establish a new area of study that is the culture of software.

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9811307016

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Reborn To Be World's Beauty

Volume 2

By: Xin Yu

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Reborn To Be World's Beauty

Volume 2

By: Xin Yu

At first, I thought she was weak and could be bullied, so I decided to end the engagement. But I didn't expect her to be so shrewd that I made a mistake. The Crown Prince sighed, [She is such a seductive monster!] Her body was clearly soft, yet she couldn't fall ... One Emperor lifted her up and carried her into his room. "Then obey me! A black belly with a perverted body, it was a perfect match! ...... She was a beautiful little girl who had been reborn into the chaotic world, and she would bring glory to the world and bring power to the world.

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Funstory

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1636451624

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