Nanomaterials have become a key component for energy-related applications. Their design principle, synthesis and applications are well discussed in various scientific and engineering books, but a gap remains in discussions regarding the application of cutting-edge X-ray techniques to these materials. This volume provides insights from the latest development of X-ray techniques to investigate nanomaterials in specific energy fields, bridging the gap between X-ray analytical scientists and m...

How did Tencent become one of the world's most innovative tech giants? This book offers a rare, in-depth look at Tencent's rise through the lens of innovation management. From early products like QQ to the creation of WeChat and its expansive digital ecosystem, the book explores how Tencent drives continuous and breakthrough innovation across technology, management, platforms, and social value. It introduces Tencent's unique Sequoia-like innovations (deep, directed, invisible, and compound...

Rock Mechanics and Engineering: Prediction and Control of Landslides and Geological Disasters presents the state-of-the-art in monitoring and forecasting geotechnical hazards during the survey and design, construction, and operation of a railway. This volume offers the latest research and practical knowledge on the regularity of disaster-causing activities, and the monitoring and forecasting of rockfalls, landslides, and debris flow induced by rainfall and human activity. The book gives gu...

Drylands, a home for nearly 2.5 billion people, are highly vulnerable to anthropogenic climate change, and dryland area may expand to 50% of the Earth's surface by 2100. Climate change may aggravate the prevalence of undernutrition and malnutrition because of adverse effects on quantity and quality of food production in these regions. This book takes a holistic approach to sustainable management of drylands to make agriculture drought-resilient. Eminent scientists from around the world sha...

Teaching and Learning Chinese as a Second or Foreign Language, edited by Ko-Yin Sung, addresses three emerging themes in the field of Chinese language teaching and learning. (1) Increasingly ubiquitous in all language learning and teaching, and for the learning of Chinese as a second language in particular, information and communication technology (ICT) can serve as an important and effective tool. Several chapters focus on how certain emerging ICT tools are applied in teaching and learnin...

Ce premier numéro hors-série de la revue Jentayu offre un panorama unique de la littérature taïwanaise contemporaine, une littérature diverse et largement ouverte sur le monde, puisant à toutes les sources. Dix-neuf auteurs différents, pour la plupart traduits pour la première fois en français. Un recueil richement illustré, publié avec le soutien du Centre culturel de Taïwan à Paris et du ministère de la Culture de Taïwan. Textes (nouvelles, essais et poèmes) en traductio...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th Information Retrieval Technology Conference, AIRS 2019, held in Hong Kong, China, in November 2019.The 14 full papers presented together with 3 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 27 submissions. The scope of the conference covers applications, systems, technologies and theory aspects of information retrieval in text, audio, image, video andmultimedia data.