Taiwan has become a new flashpoint in Sino-U.S. relations in recent years. The nation just concluded its presidential and legislative elections in January 2024. The incumbent Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won a pyrrhic victory—with DPP keeping the presidential seat but losing the majority in Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan (Congress). The political status of Taiwan is one of the few, if not the only, issues that have won bipartisan support. New Developments in the Trilateral Relationshi...

“A harrowing portrait of sexual violence and its thunderous reverberations. Through Jenna Tang’s incisive translation, the reader is brought along a heartbreaking and unflinching journey.”—Crystal Hana Kim, author of If You Leave Me*Shortlisted for the Baifang Schell Books Prize*The most influential book of Taiwan’s #MeToo movement—a heartbreaking account of sexual violence and a remarkable reinvention of the trauma plot, t...

六朝或謂魏晉南北朝，即北朝六朝：魏、晉、後魏、北齊、北周、隋，及南朝六朝：東吳、東晉、宋、齊、梁、陳。從公元二二零年至公元五八八年，共約三百六十八年。在這期間各方英雄豪傑，紛紛爭霸，逐鹿中原。群雄對峙、分裂、戰火紛飛。國祚有的都非常短暫。例如，北周只有短短二十四年。整個六朝時期，社會動盪頻繁。烽煙四起。所以一般都認為六朝玉雕應是鳳毛麟角，很是稀少。偶爾有機緣收入一件，真是欣喜若狂。文物出版品中的古玉部分，六朝古玉尚付闕如。即使有機會面對六朝古玉時，也會有難以確認之感。畢竟缺乏比較及對照組。在收集過程中，主要的參考書籍為《中華文明傳真．魏晉南北朝》（劉煒主編，羅宗真著，商務印書館（香港）出版）。及《中華圖案五千年第五輯．魏晉南北朝》（美工科技公司出版）。以既有確定之出土文物的資料，來作為判斷所接觸之古玉是否為六朝古玉。自己摸索前進，而非倚靠博物館或其他典藏機構，因為這些地方，也都幾乎沒有六朝的玉器或文獻資料。例如，西魏黃玉板雕畫中的鳥獲，在對照西魏時期敦煌壁畫圖案之後，乃獲得實質的印證。鳥獲的圖像只有在六朝西魏時期才出現。在黃玉板雕畫中出現鳥獲圖像，即可歸之於...

Based on five years of work and research on simulated learning experiences, this book highlights the integration of simulations in practice, research, and policy classes at the School of Social Work, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). It illustrates the versatile application of simulations in teaching social work practice across various settings, including mental health, schools, libraries, disabilities, and end-of-life care. It explores the use of simulations in teaching clin...

This book summarizes the current knowledge of anthocyanins, provides systematic information for future exploration of anthocyanin applications. It focuses on several aspects regarding the studying progression in the field of anthocyanins. The first section of the book provides a brief introduction to the scope and progress on anthocyanins, which is followed by the second section that describes the natural sources, structure, extraction approaches, bioavailability, and current stabilizing a...

This book aims to establish a wind energy evaluation system, to provide scientific reference for site selection, daily operation and long-term planning of wind power generation, thus to make contribution to breaking the shackles of power shortage. Firstly, it presents the advantages and disadvantages of offshore wind power, then further discusses about the status quo and challenges for wind power programs along the Maritime Silk Road and offer suggestions. A wind energy evaluation system w...

This book brings together expert opinions from scientists to consider the evidence for climate change and its impacts on ticks and tick-borne infections. It considers what is meant by 'climate change', how effective climate models are in relation to ecosystems, and provides predictions for changes in climate at global, regional and local scales relevant for ticks and tick-borne infections. It examines changes to tick distribution and the evidence that climate change is responsible. The eff...

This edited book continues the calls to broaden the dialogue on multicultural education, which has long been dominated by Western Anglosphere perspectives. It critically examines how multicultural education shapes school and curriculum development across Asian education systems. The book examines concepts and evidence that demonstrate the transformative potential of multicultural education in harnessing the value of living together in diversity. It presents cases that show how schools and ...

“A harrowing portrait of sexual violence and its thunderous reverberations. Through Jenna Tang’s incisive translation, the reader is brought along a heartbreaking and unflinching journey.”—Crystal Hana Kim, author of If You Leave Me*Shortlisted for the Baifang Schell Books Prize*The most influential book of Taiwan’s #MeToo movement—a heartbreaking account of sexual violence and a remarkable reinvention of the trauma plot, t...

Rigorously inventive and revelatory in its adventurousness, 1650–1850 opens a forum for the discussion, investigation, and analysis of the full range of long-eighteenth-century writing, thinking, and artistry. Combining fresh considerations of prominent authors and artists with searches for overlooked or offbeat elements of the Enlightenment legacy, 1650–1850 delivers a comprehensive but richly detailed rendering of the first days, the first principles, and the first effo...

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Third International Conference on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems, INISCOM 2017, held in Ho chi Minh City, Vietnam, in September 2017.The 31 revised full papers carefully reviewed and selected from 45 submissions. The papers cover topics on telecommunications systems and networks, intelligent systems, industrial networks, and applications, computer science, security and privacy, hardware and...