Ever wished your kitchen had a little more Wok Happens Tired of sanitized, boring cookbooks that tiptoe around flavor bombs and kitchen chaos? Brace yourself, because Wok Happens is the loud, unapologetic, no-filter guide to Chinese cooking you’ve been waiting Forget perfection.Forget culinary snobbery. This is Chinese home-style cooking turned inside out and upside down—spicy, messy, joyful, rebellious. From the sizzle of chili oil to the numbing ...

本书是《中国法院信息化发展报告》的英文版，围绕《人民法院信息化建设五年发展规划（2016～2020）》所确定的建设任务，对中国法院2016年建设人民法院信息化3.0版、打造“智慧法院”的成效进行了总结分析。书中围绕审判管理信息化、信息化推进司法公开、信息化助力基本解决执行难、司法大数据应用等方面总结了全国法院信息化的进展；对地方法院在信息化建设、信息化助力提升司法质效、助力诉讼服务、助力司法大数据应用等方面的情况进行了分析。

The first English translation of Tibet's founding myth, written by the renowned Chinese poet, novelist, and winner of China's Mao Dun Prize.The Song of King Gesar is one of the world's great epics, as significant for Tibetans as the Odyssey and Iliad were for the ancient Greeks. Passed down in song from one generation to the next, it is sung by Tibetan bards even today. Set partly in ancient Tibet, where evil spirits mingle with the lives ...

Variational methods are very powerful techniques in nonlinear analysis and are extensively used in many disciplines of pure and applied mathematics (including ordinary and partial differential equations, mathematical physics, gauge theory, and geometrical analysis).In our first chapter, we gather the basic notions and fundamental theorems that will be applied throughout the chapters. While many of these items are easily available in the literature, we gather them here both for the convenie...

Where to Place the Grace Note? offers a glimpse into the world of classical piano music through a series of conversations between Lin Li, an amateur pianist and English Literature scholar, and her piano teacher Yu Chun Yee, who was Professor of Piano at the Royal College of Music for thirty years. Starting from the seemingly straightforward question in the book's title, their conversations meander through a series of general issues pertaining to phrasing, musical interpretation, teaching, ...

This bestseller and winner of every major literary award in Taiwan is an elegiac novel about love and loss, broken dreams and desolate hearts—and music: "A delightful read."—Ha JinA widower grieving for his young wife. A piano tuner concealing a lifetime of secrets. An out-of-tune Steinway piano. A journey of self-discovery across time and continents, from a dark apartment in Taipei’s red-light district to snow-clad New York.At the heart of the story is the...

Summary of the controlled synthesis of photofunctional nanoparticles and their hybrid nanocomposites, as well as their potential in biomedical applicationsPhotofunctional Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications presents the latest research and developments surrounding photofunctional nanomaterials, including rare earth luminescence nanomaterials and photothermal agents, for biomedical applications related to imaging, biosensing, controlled drug delivery ...

The Immersion Method for Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation: Applications for Sustainability comprehensively explores the synergy between microbiology and engineering, focusing on MICP and its applications in material improvement and environmental remediation. Highlighting the immersion method, the book elucidates MICP's ability to enhance mechanical properties uniformly throughout treated materials, offering a sustainable alternative for various engineering challenges. Emp...

Plasma chemistry, a foundational science driving advancements in the engineering of biomedicine, space propulsion, and semiconductor manufacturing, is currently increasingly relying on AI to diagnose and control chemical compositions and reaction rates in plasmas. This book presents a groundbreaking aspect of fundamental plasma chemistry that integrates modern ML and neuromorphic systems and is the first book to introduce such a unique theory. It explores these topics in depth and introduc...

Li Xuelian, married to Qin Yuhe, is pregnant with their second child. Happy news? Not in China, with its one-child policy. It is a crime. What is she to do? Her only option is divorcing before the second child is born.Once the baby has entered into the household registry, we’ll marry again. The baby will be born after the divorce, so we’ll each have one child when we marry again. No law says couples with one child can’t marry.” Perfect! Except that after the divorce, Qin marries ....

Sustainable Manufacturing SystemsLearn more about energy efficiency in traditional and advanced manufacturing settings with this leading and authoritative resourceSustainable Manufacturing Systems: An Energy Perspective delivers a comprehensive analysis of energy efficiency in sustainable manufacturing. The book presents manufacturing modeling methods and energy efficiency evaluation and improvement methods for different manufactur...

This book comprehensively introduces the development of rule of law and law-based governance in China. Through theoretical interpretation, background analysis and empirical analysis of several key issues, this book answers why and how China promotes its rule of law and how the country identifies major challenges of promoting rule of law. It also looks at how China solves its problems in the process of practicing socialist rule of law.