Baguaquan and xingyiquan are two styles that complement each other as yin does yang. Bagua is known for its circular movements and its practice of “circle walking.” Xingyi embodies characteristic linear movements said to be derived from the logical strategies for using spear and staff. The rich content in this anthology comes from the rare academic and hands-on experience of those presented in chapters here. Readers will no doubt benefit from the practical...

An ancient cauldron would refine a world; a brush would draw all the creatures in the world; a long sword would cut down 3,000 great daos; a legend would narrate all the love in one lifetime; and the Nine Heavens Starfield, the Cosmic Star, would depict a young man's path to the pinnacle under the heavens!

This book features a collection of high-quality, peer-reviewed research papers presented at the 3rd International Conference on Smart Electrical Grid and Renewable Energy (SEGRE 2025), held in Mianyang, China, from July 25th to 28th, 2025. It covers up-to-date, cutting-edge research on electrical and power engineering, smart grid operations, and sustainable energy. This book provides an opportunity for researchers and academics, as well as practitioners from industry, to publish their idea...

An ancient cauldron would refine a world; a brush would draw all the creatures in the world; a long sword would cut down 3,000 great daos; a legend would narrate all the love in one lifetime; and the Nine Heavens Starfield, the Cosmic Star, would depict a young man's path to the pinnacle under the heavens!

An ancient cauldron would refine a world; a brush would draw all the creatures in the world; a long sword would cut down 3,000 great daos; a legend would narrate all the love in one lifetime; and the Nine Heavens Starfield, the Cosmic Star, would depict a young man's path to the pinnacle under the heavens!

An ancient cauldron would refine a world; a brush would draw all the creatures in the world; a long sword would cut down 3,000 great daos; a legend would narrate all the love in one lifetime; and the Nine Heavens Starfield, the Cosmic Star, would depict a young man's path to the pinnacle under the heavens!

This book provides an in-depth study of community and home eldercare in modern China, examining its integration with urban community governance. Community eldercare, established through public-private partnerships, reveals a hybrid economy where state control and marketization coexist. By situating eldercare within the community, it becomes intertwined with population governance, particularly with the recent adoption of smart care technologies. As a result, community eldercare transforms i...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Data Science, ICPCSEE 2025, held in Hiroshima, Japan, during September 19–21, 2025.The 41 full papers and 1 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 135 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Education using big data, intelligent computing or data mining, etc.; Education research, methods and materials for data science and engineering;...

Tianman Continent flourished with vigorous martial arts.Youngster Su Yi, accompanied by Myriad Demonic Beasts, staged a counteroffensive rise.He soared above millennia-old aristocratic families one by one.He ascended to the peak in this otherworldly realm.His journey steered toward Primordial Divine Godhood!

A guide to the seemingly effortless yet explosively powerful martial art techniques of Fa Jin• Explains how to collect energy within and discharge it for self-defense as well as healing• Explores how to counter the natural instinct to resist force with force and develop yielding softness through the 13 Original Movements of Tai Chi• Illustrates routines for the partner practice of “Push Hands” (Tui Shou)Fa Jin, an advanced yang style of Tai Chi, complements ...

Unifying Electrical Engineering and Electronics Engineering is based on the Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering (ICEE 2012). This book collects the peer reviewed papers presented at the conference. The aim of the conference is to unify the two areas of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. The book examines trends and techniques in the field as well as theories and applications. The editors have chosen to include the following topics...

In At Risk, Karen J. Swift and Marilyn Callahan examine risk and risk assessment in the context of professional practice in child protection, social work, and other human services. They argue that the tools, technologies, and practices used to measure risk to the individual have gone unquestioned and unstudied and that current methods of risk assessment may be distorting the principles of social justice.Central to this study is an examination of the everyday experiences of...