This book focuses on developing and optimizing ceramic membranes with hydrophobic and superhydrophobic properties for CO2 capture in membrane contactors, aimed at improving CO2 capture technology in thermal power plants and other industries. It examines the preparation of ceramic membranes, the mass transfer mechanisms in porous media, and the specific processes involved in capturing CO2. The book also compares the performance of commercial Al2O3 ceramic membranes with traditional polytetr...

The oil–gas conductor is the key part that connects subsea facilities and offshore equipment. The installation, construction and the stability control in subsequent operation of the conductor are main technical problems in the field of offshore oil and gas engineering.The book focuses on installation of oil and gas conductor in the offshore oil field. It includes three parts. The first part introduces the main installations and structural features of the wellhead above water and th...

Two high-school girls growing up in the inner city, one Japanese-American, the other African-American, hunger for basketball stardom and a life beyond South Central Los Angeles. As a star basketball player in her last year of high school, Nancy Takahiro's life is about to change forever. Facing the fear of leaving home and wondering where her skill will take her, Nancy is not prepared for the complications that arise when she meets Raina Webber, a devoted, ferocious athlete, whose love of ...

The Westphalian model of international relations has given us a zero-sum game of winners and losers that has proven to be ineffective in addressing the pressing issues of our times. Philosopher Zhao Tingyang has argued that by conceptualizing international relations from the planetary perspective of tianxia, we can develop a sense of “worldness” that at once acknowledges the plurality of moral ideals defining of the world’s cultures and seeks practical ways to formulate a shared m...

Jinshan peut être considérée comme une ville trois fois nouvelle, recréée successivement, d’abord à sa création en 1386 dans l’objectif de renforcer le système défensif national, puis en tant que ville satellite en 1972, et enfin comme ville nouvelle depuis la fin des années 1990. Cette évolution se produit non seulement à l’échelle locale et dans les espaces internes des villes satellites ou des villes nouvelles, mais aussi plus largement aux échelles municipale et régionale. Cette recher...

這是一本賞析閩南語古典詩詞吟唱的書，就從建立理論開始，最終，透過王偉勇先生的聲音，讓我們沈醉在詩詞吟唱的世界裡。楊金峯，臺灣彰化溪湖人，音樂理論博士，曾擔任國際現代音樂協會台灣分會理事，作品多次在國際音樂會上演出，現任職於成功大學藝術研究所，研究課題：閩南語詩詞吟唱、音樂現象、音樂劇、電影配樂。畢業於香港中文大學音樂系，曾師事林進祐、溫隆信、潘皇龍、Chinary Ung、許頌仁、錢南章、平義久及陳偉光。

In a world where wolves and betas share a fragile peace, Minji—a rare white omega—bears a secret destiny he never asked for. Marked by prophecy, he holds the power to break an ancient curse that has bound his kind for generations. But freedom comes at a price, and Minji must summon courage he didn’t know he had to face the challenges ahead.With his fierce alpha, Giyoon, offering love and strength, and his loyal brother, Joan, standing by his side, Minji embarks on a journey of self...

With increased demands on medical health care due to societal developments, the sole dependence on modern medicine or Western medicine is clearly insufficient. Traditional Chinese medicine, once derided by many in the west, is now firmly in the global limelight due to its numerous advantages in preventing and treating diseases. Chinese medicine achieves its curative effects by making use of natural therapies such as animal and plant parts, which are of interest to many doctors and patients...

Reading this anthology will help martial art students better understand differences between traditional schools and those that focus solely on profit. Owners can deepen their business acumen and utilize information provided in these chapters to shape their schools’ program. Of course many are influenced by martial art organizations that may be established on a local level, national or international. As an addition to your regular studies of martial art techniques and traditions, the inform...

While the Chinese urban movement has successfully transferred surplus labor from the countryside to urban industries that urgently require free and cheap labor, numerous problems have arisen as a result of the unprecedented huge-scale process. Such conditions such as overcrowding, substandard housing, lack of social services, corruption, and abuse of power have often reached crisis stage. American college students often ask: How does the government control the largest urban population in t...

This book aims to provide readers with adequate knowledge for clinical application of Chinese medicine, which is in line with the fundamental principle of “correspondence of Chinese medicinals and patterns.” It contains a brief introduction to relative theories, divides these medicinals by actions into categories such as exterior-releasing, heat-clearing, purgative, dampness-dispelling, fluid retention-disinhibiting, interior-warming, qi-regulating, blood-invigorating, blood-stanching, foo...

Reviews latest research on understanding potato plant physiology and genetic varietyDiscusses major advances in conventional and hybrid breeding as well as their application in improved varietiesFocuses on ways of supporting smallholders in key regions such as Africa