Introduces the detailed basis and recent development of single molecule/particle nanocatalysis based on single molecule techniquesThis unique book introduces and summarizes the recent development of single molecule/particle nanocatalysis to provide both comprehensive coverage of fundamentals for different methods now in widespread use and the extensive applications in different catalytic systems. Chapters are mainly based on different detection methods, including single molecule fl...

As an in-depth guide to understanding wind effects on cable-supported bridges, this book uses analytical, numerical and experimental methods to give readers a fundamental and practical understanding of the subject matter. It is structured to systemically move from introductory areas through to advanced topics currently being developed from research work. The author concludes with the application of the theory covered to real-world examples, enabling readers to apply their knowledge.

This book provides an in-depth understanding of doctoral students’ feedback engagement, an essential component of feedback dialogues co-constructed with their supervisors in intercultural supervision. Drawing on Bakhtin’s theory of dialogism, this mixed-methods study explores, from cognitive, affective, behavioural and socio-cultural perspectives, the perceptions and experiences of Chinese international doctoral students’ engagement with their non-Chinese supervisors’ written feedback. In ...

A smart civil structure integrates smart materials, sensors, actuators, signal processors, communication networks, power sources, diagonal strategies, control strategies, repair strategies, and life-cycle management strategies. It should function optimally and safely in its environment and maintain structural integrity during strong winds, severe earthquakes, and other extreme events.This book extends from the fundamentals to the state-of-the-art. It covers the elements of smart ci...

This book focuses on the design and development of flight control for micro-small fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The content is progressively deepened and closely linked to current engineering practices. By conducting an in-depth study of several key themes—such as UAV design, modeling, single-machine control and planning, swarm control and planning, and the development of visual perception algorithms—this book enables readers with no prior background to grasp advanced develop...

This book presents a comprehensive review of recent developments in vanadium-based nanomaterials for next-generation electrochemical energy storage. The basic electrochemical energy storage and conversion equipment are elaborated, and the vanadium-based nanomaterials of the synthesis approaches, characterizations, electrochemical storage mechanisms, and performance optimization tactics are discussed. Examples are taken from various chemical energy storage devices to expound the functions o...

Spaces of Creative Resistance: Social Change Projects in Twenty-First-Century East Asiabrings together an exciting cross-regional interdisciplinary group of scholars, scholar activists, artists, and others for a collection that addresses the last two decades' hollowing out of social connections, socioeconomic income gaps, and general precarity of life in East Asian societies. Written by authors from China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, each chapter is focused on peopl...

每個人都有利用 NFT 一夕致富的機會本書帶你步入 Web 3.0 熱潮，即刻啟動自己的商業布局✦ 本書有系統性地帶你全方位進入 NFT 領域：從 NFT 概念及運作、衡量 NFT 價值及規劃發行、NFT 的社群行銷經營，到維持 NFT 熱度的策略做法，一步到位！✦ 從遊戲、社交平台、教育、金融、藝術領域的 NFT 運用例子，找出可行的 NFT 商業模式。探索元宇宙和 Web 3.0 的浪潮下，各界科技巨頭的元宇宙商業模式，培養創新的新時代思維及眼界。✦ 無論你是零基礎、想要發行 NFT 的創作者、企業經營者，都能分析找出適合自己的經營模式，打造無限的獲利潛力。新手、創作者、企業家必備的 NFT 指南全面了解 NFT、元宇宙、Web 3.0，就靠這一本！【本書適合讀者】◆ 初學者對元宇宙、NFT、Web 3.0 擁有更基礎、更全面的認識。◆ 創作者 / ...

The boys love (BL) genre was created for girls and women by young female manga (comic) artists in early 1970s Japan to challenge oppressive gender and sexual norms. Over the years, BL has seen almost irrepressible growth in popularity and since the 2000s has become a global media phenomenon, weaving its way into anime, prose fiction, live-action dramas, video games, audio dramas, and fan works. BL’s male–male romantic and sexual relationships have found a particularly receptive home in oth...

China in the Era of Social Media discusses how social media is changing the world in an unprecedented way through speed, scope, and depth. In the last decade or so, social media in China has witnessed the most explosive growth in the world. Being the most populous nation in the world, it has the most social media users in the world as well. This book examines the current situation and unique characteristics of Chinese social media, the significance of social media in the country’s...

This open access book presents a series of complicated hydraulic phenomena and related mechanism of high-speed flows in head-head dam. According to the basic hydraulic theory, detailed experiments and numerical simulations, microscopic scale analysis on cavitation bubbles, air bubbles, turbulent eddy vortices and sand grains are examined systemically. These investigations on microscopic fluid mechanics, including cavitation erosion, aeration protection, air–water flow, energy dissipation a...

This Element proposes an alternative framework for rethinking the role of finance in serving the real economy from the perspective of New Structural Financial Economics. It challenges the conventional wisdom that developing countries should take the financial structure of developed countries as the benchmark and financial structure does not matter in spurring long-run economic development. As a sub-discipline of New Structural Economics, New Structural Financial Economics has three tenets....