The contribution of coaching psychology to educational fields is increasingly recognised. This timely book introduces coaching psychology as a facilitative method to support learning in different educational contexts.Coaching Psychology for Learning: Facilitating Growth in Education is conveniently organised into three parts:Part One begins with a detailed account of educational paradigms, learning theories, and coaching psychology theories; it then revie...

Integrating latest research results and characterization techniques, this book helps readers understand and apply fundamental principles in nonlinear polymer rheology. The author connects the basic theoretical framework with practical polymer processing, which aids practicing scientists and engineers to go beyond the existing knowledge and explore new applications. Although it is not written as a textbook, the content can be used in an upper undergraduate and first year graduate course on ...

This book provides a concise and in-depth exposition of distributed control and optimization problems of multi-agent systems. The book integrates various ideas and tools from dynamic systems, control theory, graph theory, and optimization to address the special challenges posed by such complexities in the environment as communication delay, topological dynamics, and environmental uncertainties. In order to deal with the mismatched uncertainties and time delay, observer-based controller and...

This book focuses on bolted conical-cylindrical shells in aero-engine thin-walled structures, investigating their nonlinear dynamic behavior under extreme service conditions. It innovatively establishes an accurate mechanical model for bolt connections, systematically analyzing complex interface contact states (stick, slip, separation) and their nonlinear effects on stiffness, damping, and frictional energy dissipation, addressing critical gaps in the field. The scope extends to vibration ...

In an article for Wired Magazine in 2006, Jeff Howe defined crowdsourcing as an idea for outsourcing a task that is traditionally performed by a single employee to a large group of people in the form of an open call. Since then, by modifying crowdsourcing into different forms, some of the most successful new companies on the market have used this idea to make people’s lives easier and better. On the other hand, software testing has long been recognized as a time-consuming and expensive act...

This book introduces the fundamental theory of electromagnetic ultrasonic guided waves, together with its applications. It includes the dispersion characteristics and matching theory of guided waves; the mechanism of production and theoretical model of electromagnetic ultrasonic guided waves; the effect mechanism between guided waves and defects; the simulation method for the entire process of electromagnetic ultrasonic guided wave propagation; electromagnetic ultrasonic thickness measurem...

This book focuses on the evaluation of wave energy in the Maritime Silk Road. Firstly, it compares wave energy and other main energy sources, and then discusses the various disadvantages. It also presents the current research and the difficulties of wave energy evaluation, and systematically analyzes the climatic characteristics of the wave energy, including the temporal–spatial distribution and climatic trend of a series of key factors (e.g. wave power density, availability, richness, sta...

Novel Optical Nanoprobes for Chemical and Biological Analysis starts with a brief introduction to several kinds of versatile nanomaterials with novel optical properties, such as gold/silver nanoparticles, quantum dots, upconversion nanoparticles and graphene. It mainly focuses on the latest sensor design strategies, which apply the optical properties of nanomaterials to various detection techniques including colorimetry, fluorescence, and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). ...

The Qing Dynasty: A History of China, PART THREE, plunges you into the rise and fall of China's last imperial house — a realm of emperors and generals, reformers and dreamers, all standing on the ragged edge of a world in flux. I wrote this book to let readers step inside the Forbidden City and feel what it was like when the court truly believed it could endure forever. From Emperor Qianlong's ostentatious triumphs to the final, reluctant abdication of the child emperor Pu...

The Qing Dynasty: A History of China, PART ONE, takes you on an unforgettable journey through the rise, glory, and transformation of China's last imperial dynasty. From the scattered Wild Jurchens of the northern forests to the disciplined warriors of Jianzhou, this story traces how Nurhaci forged order out of chaos and laid the foundations of a state that would outlive him by centuries. He bound his movement together around five guiding principles — discipline, loyalty, l...

The Qing Dynasty: A History of China, PART TWO, sweeps you into a vivid journey through the rise and rule of China's last imperial dynasty. This book doesn't merely catalogue emperors and battles — it breathes life into them. You will stand beside Prince Yinzhen, who emerged victorious from a bitter and contentious succession struggle to become the Yongzheng Emperor, and watch him set about rebuilding an exhausted realm with stern discipline and bold reform. You'll feel th...

Opening a new window into Chinese intellectual discourse, this unique book is a critical engagement with the issues, problems, and meanings of contemporary Chinese intellectual thought. As key participants in these debates who have exercised a significant influence on the development of contemporary Chinese thought, the volume's contributors explore concerns over the role of the intellectual and the outcomes of knowledge production in the humanities. Masterfully translated, these essays pr...