A novel theory of how technological revolutions affect the rise and fall of great powersWhen scholars and policymakers consider how technological advances affect the rise and fall of great powers, they draw on theories that center the moment of innovation—the eureka moment that sparks astonishing technological feats. In this book, Jeffrey Ding offers a different explanation of how technological revolutions affect competition among great powers. Rather than focusing...

**2024年芝加哥全球事務協會年度選書當AI科技碰上地緣政治，誰有能力主導技術應用，誰就是本世紀的霸權國家！科技與關稅戰波濤洶湧，經濟強國正蠢蠢欲動，這場競爭，我們準備好了嗎？**　　2018年金磚五國齊聚約翰尼斯堡，以習近平為首探討如何在「第四次工業革命」中搶占先機。這場不同於以往的宣示，象徵著新的國際格局即將來臨。從英國紡織業、德國化學工業、再到美國晶片，每一次工業革命都為某些國家帶來前所未有的經濟優勢，也讓曾經的霸主陷入衰退。然而，經濟霸權的誕生，關鍵從來不是有多快發明新技術！　　從政府制度、技術創新再到教育體制，讓創新技術成為經濟推手的關鍵，就在「通用技術擴散」，大國確實在短期內壟斷創新技術，但讓霸權成為霸權的關鍵，在於教育制度、技術向下轉移、前後向技術連結帶來的加成影響。在AI時代想要拔得頭籌，唯有傾全國之力才能搶占先機！　　今天，當人工智慧、量子運算、生物科技等顛覆性技術快速發展，Open AI創辦人奧特曼甚至敢言，人類將在下個百年迎來史無前例的進步時，...

A novel theory of how technological revolutions affect the rise and fall of great powersWhen scholars and policymakers consider how technological advances affect the rise and fall of great powers, they draw on theories that center on the moment of innovation—the eureka moment that sparks astonishing technological feats. In this book, Jeffrey Ding offers a different explanation of how technological revolutions affect competition among great powers.Rather tha...

In recent years, there has been a growing emphasis on making statistical methods and analytics accessible to health data science researchers and students. Following the first book on "Statistical Analytics for Health Data Science with SAS and R" (2023, www.routledge.com/9781032325620), this book serves as a comprehensive reference for health data scientists, bridging fundamental statistical principles with advanced analytical techniques. By providing clear explanations of statistical theor...

This book aims to compile typical fundamental-to-advanced statistical methods to be used for health data sciences. Although the book promotes applications to health and health-related data, the models in the book can be used to analyze any kind of data. The data are analyzed with the commonly used statistical software of R/SAS (with online supplementary on SPSS/Stata). The data and computing programs will be available to facilitate readers’ learning experience. There has been considerable ...

Führungswissen für Unperfekte Sie sind unkonventionell, leidenschaftlich und Führungskraft? Sie lieben Ihren Job und wären darin gerne noch besser? Dann sind Sie hier goldrichtig! Scott Jeffrey Miller langweilt Sie nicht mit peinlichen Gruppenübungen oder angestaubten Leadership-Weisheiten, sondern stellt Sie vor 30 packende Herausforderungen aus dem Führungsalltag. Er zeigt Ihnen, wie Sie • schwierige Gespräche führen und Erfolge feiern, • Vertrauen gewinnen und heilige Kühe schlachten, •...

This monograph provides a concise point of research topics and reference for modeling correlated response data with time-dependent covariates, and longitudinal data for the analysis of population-averaged models, highlighting methods by a variety of pioneering scholars. While the models presented in the volume are applied to health and health-related data, they can be used to analyze any kind of data that contain covariates that change over time. The included data are analyzed with the use...

Führungswissen für UnperfekteSie sind unkonventionell, leidenschaftlich und Führungskraft? Sie lieben Ihren Job und wären darin gerne noch besser? Dann sind Sie hier goldrichtig! Scott Jeffrey Miller langweilt Sie nicht mit peinlichen Gruppenübungen oder angestaubten Leadership-Weisheiten, sondern stellt Sie vor 30 packende Herausforderungen aus dem Führungsalltag. Er zeigt Ihnen, wie Sie • schwierige Gespräche führen und Erfolge feiern, • Vertrauen gewinnen und heilige Kühe schlach...

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Healthcare: From Knowledge to Practice offers a comprehensive text on the landscape of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in the health professions. Each chapter is dedicated to a health profession and is authored by an expert in EDI and workforce diversity in their respective discipline (such as medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, physiotherapy, and so on). Chapters characterize the present state of workforce diversity in the discipline, chronic...

The book brings together experts working in public health and multi-disciplinary areas to present recent issues in statistical methodological development and their applications. This timely book will impact model development and data analyses of public health research across a wide spectrum of analysis. Data and software used in the studies are available for the reader to replicate the models and outcomes. The fifteen chapters range in focus from techniques for dealing with missing data wi...