A collection of crochet patterns for 3 dimensional flowers and foliage which can be used to create beautiful floral bouquets to display at home or gift to friends and family.This practical guide to crochet flowers explains how to make and construct 35 different types of flowers and foliage including all the most popular flowers and plants. These can then be combined in endless combinations to create wonderful bouquets to display at home or to give as gifts....

Dan and Cathy 's swinging adventures continue in this SUNSTONE spin-off as they explore their love and boundaries and discover that trust is the key to it all.

A girl from a small town in China memorized her first half life and wrote her story for her family. The book tells the hardship of Author's own growth and entrepreneurship. From the book, you can vaguely see the glorious twenty years of China's economy and export manufacturing industry!一位从中国小镇长大的姑娘回忆她的前半生，为家人而写下自己的故事。 书中道尽作者自立成长及创业的艰辛。 从书里，大家也依稀可以看到中国经济及出口制造业所经历的二十年辉煌。

This book provides a comprehensive examination of three key water reforms in China. By leveraging unique natural experiments and employing state-of-the-art applied microeconometric methods, this book offers robust insights into the causal links between water reforms and economic outcomes in China.The book covers three major reforms: the rural drinking water program, private sector participation in urban water supply, and the adoption of Increasing Block Tariffs (IBTs) in the urban ...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the development and challenges of offshore wind power generation. It emphasizes the significance of wind energy as a crucial element in China's energy transformation and its contribution to achieving the country's carbon peak and carbon neutrality targets. The book begins by introducing the current status of offshore wind power, highlighting its global expansion and China's leading position in installed capacity. It explores the complexities a...

Skeletal muscle is not an organ merely for locomotion with simple anatomical and metabolic features as has been viewed for a long time. The understanding that physical activity plays a vital role in health promotion and disease prevention under the slogan of “exercise is medicine” has dramatically increased the enthusiasm and demand for knowledge about the skeletal muscle. This book, "The Skeletal Muscle: Plasticity, Degeneration and Epigenetics", is a follow up of another book authored by...

This user-friendly book provides a comprehensive overview of diagnostic imaging in infectious and inflammatory diseases in heart and chest. It starts with a general review of infectious diseases, including pathogenesis and pathology-radiology correlations. In separate chapters, the authors then introduce clinical images of typical bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections in a wide range of clinical conditions and circumstances. Each disease is clearly illustrated using cases comb...

This book systematically discusses the intelligent scheduling problem of complex semiconductor manufacturing systems from theory to method and then to application. The main contents include data-driven scheduling framework of semiconductor manufacturing system, data preprocessing of semiconductor manufacturing system, correlation analysis of performance index of semiconductor production line, intelligent release control strategy, dynamic dispatching rules simulating pheromone mechanism, an...

Power System Frequency Control: Modeling and Advances evaluates the control schemata, secondary controllers, stability improvement methods, optimization considerations, microgrids, multi-microgrids, and real-time validation required to model and analyze the dynamic behavior of frequency in power systems. Chapters review a range of advanced modeling and analytical considerations for single to multi-area networks using traditional and hybrid sources, including renewable sources, FACT devices...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common neurological disorder that impacts focus, self-control, and other skills important in daily life. Caused by differences in brain anatomy and wiring, it is known to be one of the most common conditions in childhood. As ADHD plays a serious role in how children function in school and in their everyday life, having a deep understanding of this neurological condition is critical. This book explores recent advances in neuroimaging tech...

This thesis provides a novel methodological basis for mechanistically understanding the dynamics of chemicals in products (CiPs) in the anthroposphere and physical environment and establishes a modeling continuum from production of a chemical to its concentrations in various environmental compartments. Using this framework, the thesis investigates how CiPs are transported and transformed and how they accumulate in the global environment. Furthermore, it identifies the measures needed to mi...

This book explores the topic of teacher cognition, making use of sociocultural theory as a framework to understand what teachers know, think, believe and do in their professional contexts through ‘applied’ conversation analysis. The author examines what teaching and learning mean to teachers by analyzing the interactional work they do with their students, considering when and why teachers make interactive decisions as well as how they utilize new technological tools to address their pedago...