What we make, makes us. This is the central tenet of Artful Design, a photorealistic comic book that examines the nature, purpose, and meaning of design. A call to action and a meditation on art, authenticity, and social connection in a world disrupted by technological change, this book articulates a fundamental principle for design: that we should design not just from practical needs but from the values that underlie those needs.Artful Design takes readers on a j...

This book introduces an ethnographic case study of two English majors of ethnic minority at YUN, a local university of nationalities in southwest China. Drawing on the theories of post-structuralism and critical multiculturalism, this book mainly studies two female multilingual individuals in Yunnan, China. By scrutinizing university policies, curriculum, personal learning histories, and by discussing the unequal power relationship between national policies, school curricula, and ethnic mu...

在理想、信仰與野心、慾望糾纏裹挾的時代，在權力與金錢對人性異化的漩渦裡，一個人半生的追求、掙扎、迷惘，一對靈魂二十余載的愛恨聚散，一群「七〇後」、「海歸」所經歷的一九九七年至二〇〇九年的中國當代史。小說主要講述了一個生於七〇年代中國內地山區縣城、成年後出國留學並改名「丹尼」的「男孩兒」，四十餘載的人生歷程，包括：「文革」、「嚴打」、「改革開放」、「出國留學潮」、「炒股熱」等歷史事件、社會現象在他成長、生活經歷中的折射；在權力、金錢和個人野心的壓迫下，他如何從一個充滿幻想的「有志青年」，蛻變為一個受權力操縱的「白手套」，以及他在此過程中的掙扎、異化、痛苦和反省；他前後的幾段情史，尤其是他與同為「白手套」的林歡長達二十餘年分分合合的愛情故事。作為小說的歷史和社會背景，作者用寫實的手法詳細描寫了，九十年代中後期一群中國留學生在美國豐富多采的求學、謀生、戀愛的生活畫卷，「九七香港回歸」、「克林頓性醜聞」、「美國轟炸中國駐南聯盟大使館」、「互聯網泡沫」、「九一一恐怖襲擊」、「中國加入...

The area of machine learning, especially deep learning, has exploded in recent years, producing advances in everything from speech recognition and gaming to drug discovery. Tomographic imaging is another major area that is being transformed by machine learning, and its potential to revolutionise medical imaging is significant.Written by active researchers in the field, Machine Learning for Tomographic Imaging presents a unified overview of deep-learning-based tomographic i...

This book introduces the theory and applications of metaheuristic algorithms. It also provides methods for solving practical problems in such fields as software engineering, image recognition, video networks, and in the oceans.In the theoretical section, the book introduces the information feedback model, learning-based intelligent optimization, dynamic multi-objective optimization, and multi-model optimization. In the applications section, the book presents applications of optimiz...

SummaryProgramming for Musicians and Digital Artists: Creating Music with ChucK offers a complete introduction to programming in the open source music language ChucK. In it, you'll learn the basics of digital sound creation and manipulation while you discover the ChucK language. As you move example-by-example through this easy-to-follow book, you'll create meaningful and rewarding digital compositions and "instruments" that make sound and music in direct r...

In Narratives in East Asia and Beyond: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Using Narratives as a Research Method, contributors from diverse fields jointly argue for the interdisciplinary appeal of using narratives as a research method. Scholars from the fields of philosophy of narrative, ethnographic research, linguistics, political sciences, international relations, and area studies reflect on how to approach, understand, and utilize narratives to comprehend social structures and interact...

New Polymeric Products: Fundamentals, Forming Methods and Applications introduces applications of polymer materials in different fields, including new products and processing methods. This book is rich in content and creativity and introduces the development, history, characteristics and existing processing methods of polymer materials in a comprehensive and systematic manner. Sections include the latest achievements from future travel, energy problems, special environment, lens materials ...

Algae are sunlight-driven cell factories, and can efficiently absorb CO2 and convert light energy to chemical energy such as lipid, starch and other carbohydrates and release O2. Algal feedstock is a promising resource for bioproduct production, given its high photosynthetic efficiency for producing biomass compared to conventional crops. Microalgae can be used for flue-gas and wastewater bioremediation. This book highlights recent breakthroughs in the multidisciplinary areas of algal biot...

This book systematically introduces the basic principles and technologies of Faraday lasers, starting from the development history and trends of diode lasers. High-precision frequency-stabilized diode lasers are essential instruments for frontier scientific research. They are the core components in the booming fields of quantum precision measurement, time-frequency communication, and atomic physics, and are of great significance to economic development and security construction. It elabora...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the fruitful achievement of China's Quantitative Economics during the past 30 years, assembling pioneering contributions of prominent quantitative economists in China. It chronicles significant events and the detailed evolution of Quantitative Economics in China. This well-organized book is a must-have for scholars to get a full picture of the status quo, and identify possible research gaps.

For study resources and the English-language Chinese Perpetual (Lunar) Calendar, please visit ichingstream.com.About “Hidden Principles Ode” (Chan Ao Ge Zhang) (English Edition)Composed during or after the Song to Yuan period (960 to 1368), “Hidden Principles Ode” is a foundational classic of I Ching Six Lines Divination (Liu Yao), closely connected to Wen Wang Gua and the Na Jia Method. Frequently cited in major compendia such as “The Comp...