This book provides a unique perspective on atom economical utilization of biomass resources into value-added productions. Humins are inevitably formed during the process of biomass conversion, which compete with desired products, restrain the activity of catalyst and hinder the recycling of catalyst and separation of products. To further improve the efficiency of biomass conversion toward downstream products, unambiguous elucidation of the chemical structure and formation mechanism of humi...

This great collection of traditional Chinese stories is a book to delight the imagination of children everywhere. Here you will find stories of witches, shape-changing monsters, and gentle people, as well as what happens to greedy people and foolish donkeys! These strange tales from faraway places have been collected and carefully translated by Yu-li Liu because she wants let the world of children understand the culture of China and the Chinese. These twelve stories are unique, interesting...

The Biochemical Man Night Blue was created by Doctor Feng Lei, and was then forced to teleport to a thousand years ago by Selina, who loved Doctor Mu Feng Lei. Completing a mission that even Nightland himself didn't know about. Later, in that era, Blue Night fell in love with a man named Feng Chen Xiao. This caused a series of grudges in the martial arts world to arise. Eventually, he died and returned to the modern era, learning the ultimate meaning of his creation.

One accident blew up, but it wasn't the end. It was the beginning. It was an inexplicable era, an inexplicable time and space. Due to the arrival of Han Master, everything had changed. The genius of the Han Family, a prodigy in terms of business, but the most outstanding thing was still the Ancient Martial Arts Class. In the impoverished Ancient Martial Arts Realm, Master Han had actually used his own hard work and effort to break through to the Sky Realm. But the Heavenly Tribulation was ...

This book offers an insightful description of the productive behavior of four-character schematic idiomatic expressions (SIEs) in Mandarin and explores from a usage-based perspective the issue of how young learners acquire the partial productivity of these expressions. The beginning chapters contribute to a constructional understanding of the quadri-syllabic SIEs and an in-depth distributional analysis of three typical schematic patterns based on natural corpus data. The following chapters...

The history of China’s National Games reflects both the transformation of elite sport in China and wider Chinese society. This is the first book to describe the origins and development of the National Games through their dynamic relationship with Chinese politics, nationalism and identity in the modern era.Looking specifically at the role of the National Games in China’s changing social, political and economic circumstances from 1910 to 2009, this book uncovers how the National Gam...

"Su Xiaoyue, a doctor in her previous life, had somehow traveled to ancient times." At that time, the Emperor had already bestowed her with a marriage. With her modern wisdom, she didn't accept this arrangement.As for the betrothed Prince Luo Xuan, as he interacted with her, he was gradually attracted by her outspoken and straightforward personality, and fell in love with this particular woman.What kind of sacrifice would Su Xiaoyue make for the love between them? What could have happened ...

When a whale shares his heart song at the beach, lonely Sasha answers his call and embarks on a miraculous journey encountering mermaids, seafaring friends, and an Earth goddess along the way. Inspired by the loving compassion of the humpback whales who are reaching out worldwide to help us remember who we are and what we are capable of, Hearting with Herman shares the ageless wisdom that we are never alone.The simple act of Hearting helps us experience op...

Praise for Interactions I & II:"Practical and lively without neglecting the structure and the writing system. The workbook is especially interesting and helpful." —Chauncey C. Chu, University of Florida". . . by far the best first-year textbooks available." —Sabina Knight, Smith CollegeConnections I & II is the second-year sequence to accompany the enormously popular introductory texts Interactions I & II by Margaret Yan and Jennifer Li-chia Liu. This innovative sys...

Praise for Interactions I & II:"Practical and lively without neglecting the structure and the writing system. The workbook is especially interesting and helpful." —Chauncey C. Chu, University of Florida". . . by far the best first-year textbooks available." —Sabina Knight, Smith CollegeConnections I & II is the second-year sequence to accompany the enormously popular introductory texts Interactions I & II by Margaret Yan and Jennifer Li-chia Liu. This innovative sys...

With digital media becoming ever more prevalent, it is essential to study policy and marketing strategies tailored to this new development. In this volume, contributors examine government policy for a range of media, including digital television, IPTV, mobile TV, and OTT TV. They also address marketing strategies that can harness the unique nature of digital media’s innovation, production design, and accessibility. They draw on case studies in Asia, North America, and Europe to offer best ...

Carbon dots (CDs) as an emerging carbon nanomaterial have attracted considerable attention and have been widely used in numerous fields. When compared with semiconductor quantum dots and organic dyes, CDs have a low toxicity, good biocompatibility and good anti-photobleaching. These qualities give them the potential to be a greener optical probe than other types of quantum dots and organic dyes.Covering several common synthesis strategies, including biomass synthesis, large-scale s...