Advances in wide bandgap semiconductor materials are enabling the development of a new generation of power semiconductor devices that far exceed the performance of silicon-based devices. These technologies offer potential breakthrough performance for a wide range of applications, including high-power and RF electronics, deep-UV optoelectronics, quantum information and extreme-environment applications.This reference text provides comprehensive coverage of the challenges and latest r...

This book presents methods for investigating whether relationships are linear or nonlinear and for adaptively fitting appropriate models when they are nonlinear. Data analysts will learn how to incorporate nonlinearity in one or more predictor variables into regression models for different types of outcome variables. Such nonlinear dependence is often not considered in applied research, yet nonlinear relationships are common and so need to be addressed. A standard linear analysis can produ...

Ding Mao – The Subtle LightPart of the Life Path Discovery Series (Standard Edition) by Master Kai (Nova Masters Consulting)"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles." — Sun TzuThis is the first book in the world to focus solely on the Day Pillar—the most personal and powerful component of your BaZi chart.Your Day Pillar reveals how you think, act, connect, and lead. For the ...

Ding Si – The Insightful FlamePart of the Life Path Discovery Series (Standard Edition) by Master Kai (Nova Masters Consulting)"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles." — Sun TzuThis is the first book in the world to focus solely on the Day Pillar—arguably the most personal and revealing part of the Four Pillars of Destiny (BaZi) system. Your Day Pillar reveals how you connect, fee...

Ding Wei – The Soft PowerPart of the Life Path Discovery Series (Standard Edition) by Master Kai (Nova Masters Consulting)"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles." — Sun TzuThis is the first book in the world to focus solely on the Day Pillar—arguably the most personal and powerful element of the Four Pillars of Destiny (BaZi) system. Your Day Pillar reveals your inner core: how you love, lead, dec...

Ding Chou – The Hidden SparkPart of the Life Path Discovery Series (Standard Edition) by Master Kai (Nova Masters Consulting)"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles."— Sun TzuThis is the first book in the world to focus solely on the Day Pillar — the most personal and powerful component of your BaZi chart.Your Day Pillar reveals how you think, act, connect, and lead...

Ding Hai – The Quiet TransformerPart of the Life Path Discovery Series (Standard Edition) by Master Kai (Nova Masters Consulting)"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles."— Sun TzuThis is the first book in the world to focus solely on the Day Pillar—the most personal and powerful part of your BaZi chart.Your Day Pillar reveals how you think, feel, connect, and evolve...

Ding You – The Illuminating MusePart of the Life Path Discovery Series (Standard Edition) by Master Kai (Nova Masters Consulting)"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles." — Sun TzuThis is the first book in the world to focus solely on the Day Pillar—arguably the most intimate and revealing component of the Four Pillars of Destiny (BaZi) system. Your Day Pillar is your core self: ho...

'Harmonious World' and China's New Foreign Policy consists of essays by China specialists on the Chinese government's characterization of foreign policy as a 'harmonious world.' The essays deal with such topics as 'harmonious world' and China's new diplomacy, China's multilateral diplomacy after the Cold War, China's changing image of and engagement with the world order, China's energy security diplomacy, and China's trade diplomacy. These insightful contributions will help students in thi...

De-Whitening Intersectionality: Race, Intercultural Communication, and Politics re-evaluates how the logic of color-blindness as whiteness is at play in the current scope of intersectional research on race, intercultural communication, and politics. Calling for a re-centering of difference by exploring the emergence and inception of intersectionality concepts, the coeditors and contributors distinguish between the uses of intersectionality that seem inclusive versus those that actually ena...

ilsa und ihre Familie bleiben der Schlüssel in beiden Handlungssträngen - ob an der Seite der KI in einer utopisch anmutenden Welt mit zu viel Weiterentwicklung, oder im Zuge von Geopolitik und gesellschaftlichem Wandel in einer weiter eskalierenden Welt voller Bedrohungen. Ist die Natur des Menschen nur der Grund für die Bedrohung oder auch der Schlüssel zu mehr Bewusstheit, Hoffnung und Nachhaltigkeit? Teil 1 hat das Menschsein und die realen Herausforderungen der Politik der Gegenwart b...

The key to the solution of geological hazards such as Karst water inrush and mud burst in tunnel lies in the accurate prediction or detection of Karst and groundwater. By means of on-site monitoring, theoretical analysis and indoor simulation experiments, the authors conduct in-depth research on the characteristics of water-bearing media and their mechanism of action, and explored the relevance of "Karst morphology", "Karst groundwater" and "fractal characteristics". An evaluation model of...