Since its founding in 1949, the People's Republic of China has been a one-party state in which the Chinese Communist Party holds a monopoly of political power. Many Western students are unfamiliar with the structures, institutions, and ideologies by which the Party exercises this power. The Government of China examines those issues in depth. It also details the historical development of China's Communist government and explores recent trends, including signs that a more responsive, open sy...

The problems of corruption, social injustice, public unrest, disparity in income and regional development, shortage of energy and resources, unemployment, aging population, inadequate social and economic safety network, pollution, etc., are poised to jeopardize political stability and cast a shadow on the moral foundation of economic reform. How to cope with these new problems is a daunting task facing the Chinese leadership and people in the twenty-first century. The new generation of lea...

Perguntas e respostas frequentes de dúvidas que recebemos de nossos pacientes. O que é acupuntura? Para que ela serve? Como ela funciona?Aprenda mais sobre a acupuntura e o que ela pode fazer por você.

This book provides a state-of-the-art review of the applications of electrospun nanofibers for piezoelectric and triboelectric energy harvesting. It comprises eight chapters and covers the basis of electrospinning, nanofibers, piezoelectricity, triboelectricity and the emerging research on the use of nanofibers in energy harvesting devices. It is a key reference for graduate students, researchers and scientists in the fields of energy harvesting, sensors or nanofibers, and it will benefit ...

Since the end of the Cold War, the new Chinese leadership generation has had to promulgate new guiding principles for handling global diplomacy which acknowledges China's new position. Given the dramatic changes in the international system and its domestic economic success for the growing "China's rise" idea on the global stage, China in the 21st century faces a mixture of old and new challenges, including terrorism, hegemonism, and authoritarianism. While Deng Xiaooping combined Taoism, a...

Tang Lang Quan ist einer der großen, traditionellen Kung Fu Stile Chinas. Aufgrund seiner Effektivität und der Möglichkeit, diesen Stil auch bis ins hohe Alter zu trainieren, wird Tang Lang Quan heute weltweit trainiert und erfreut sich großer Beliebtheit. In diesem Buch werden Entstehung und Grundlagen des Kung Fu (Gong Fu) anhand des Gottesanbeterinnen Stils (Tang Lang Quan) erläutert und dessen Prinzipien anhand einiger Beispiele erklärt. Auch für Anhänger anderer Stile und Interessente...

Third-variable effect refers to the effect transmitted by third-variables that intervene in the relationship between an exposure and a response variable. Differentiating between the indirect effect of individual factors from multiple third-variables is a constant problem for modern researchers.Statistical Methods for Mediation, Confounding and Moderation Analysis Using R and SAS introduces general definitions of third-variable effects that are adaptable to...

The book explores the fault-tolerant control (FTC) methods for unmanned flight vehicle (UFV) by considering practical safety issues in low-altitude economic environments. It provides systematic and comprehensive descriptions of practical FTC issues of UFV in low-altitude economic environments, such as highly demanded performance constraints requirements in the presence of faults and disturbances, communication constraints including limited bandwidth and time-delay among numerous UFV, compo...

In The Politics of Affective Relations, editors Daniel Bell and Hahm Chaihark refine our understanding of the East Asian conception of the self by examining how that conception was formulated, reproduced, and utilized throughout history. Sparked by a strong dissatisfaction with the state over many discourses regarding East Asian politics, this volume moves beyond the simplistic exchange of polemics regarding "Asian Values" and reaches a more nuanced understanding of "relationality...

Traditional ways of thinking about the teachings of Jesus are often bound to one system of thought or another. Such ways of thinking are typically greater expressions of society's thinking (whether in the church or in the world) than what Jesus taught. Jesus is Not Safe concerns some such ways, ways that a thoughtful disciple of Jesus needs to challenge.

Using real-world data case studies, this innovative and accessible textbook introduces an actionable framework for conducting trustworthy data science.Most textbooks present data science as a linear analytic process involving a set of statistical and computational techniques without accounting for the challenges intrinsic to real-world applications. Veridical Data Science, by contrast, embraces the reality that most projects begin with an ambiguous domain ...

Drug Discovery Stories, Volume Two showcases the discovery journeys of recent blockbuster drugs approved between 2023 and 2024, along with promising drug candidates. This book delves into structural biology, biological functions of targets, hit compound identification, hit-to-lead optimization, binding modes, key biological and pharmacokinetic data, and clinical results. It also covers other candidate compounds against the same targets and includes additional content based on the authors' ...