★★★★★ Readers’ Favorite"With the fast-paced nature of modern life, people often tend to miss out on enjoying the little things that life has to offer. Zen Musings From a Fly on the Wall is a collection of inspiring essays…[that] encourage readers to soak in everything around us and find beauty in their essence. Chen has an engaging and accessible writing style that will appeal to all readers. You can open any page in the book and read...

This new collection turns a critical anthropological eye on the nature of health policy internationally. The authors reveal that in light of prevailing social inequalities, health policies may intend to protect public health, but in fact they often represent significant structural threats to the health and well being of the poor, ethnic minorities, women, and other subordinate groups. The volume focuses on the 'anthropology of policy,' which is concerned with the process of decision-making...

A UBE – União Brasileira de Escritores – tem a satisfação de trazer a público a Antologia Sino-Brasileira de Contos, uma obra bilíngue – português/mandarim, mandarim/português – resultante da feliz parceria com a Associação de Escritores de Xangai.O livro traz 16 contos, sendo 8 de autores(as) brasileiros(as), entre clássicos e contemporâneos, e 8 de autores(as) chineses(as).O ineditismo desta antologia está no fato de os contos chineses terem sido traduzidos diret...

Во всех мирах царит хаос: жестокий повелитель демонов уничтожил небожителей и совершенствующихся, оставшиеся в живых вынуждены прятаться. Старейшины секты Хэнъян решают отправить в прошлое Ли Сусу — дочь главы, чтобы она нашла будущего повелителя демонов и уничтожила его. Девушка перемещается на пятьсот лет назад и занимает тело Е Сиу — любимой дочери прославленного генерала. Каково же было ее удивление, когда оказалось, что будущий повелитель демонов, Таньтай Цзинь, — ее муж! Какие страшн...

Путешествие во времени продолжается, и Ли Сусу находит способ помешать возвращению повелителя демонов: у нее есть всего три года, чтобы извлечь злые кости Таньтай Цзиня. Теперь, став императором Чжоу-го, он намерен укрепить свою власть и ради этого превратить бессмертного дракона в демона. Но судьба вновь играет с Таньтай Цзинем и Ли Сусу: они попадают в сон о прошлом дракона, где им достаются роли супругов — небожителя Мин Е и принцессы-жемчужницы Сан Цзю. Возможно, здесь они сблизятся и ...

Wideband Radar focuses on system theories and signal processing techniques for wideband radar systems. Author Professor Teng Long and his fellows present a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental theory, latest technology developments in signal processing and recent progresses in civil applications of wideband radar. Each chapter begins with an introduction describing what a reader will find in that chapter. The book is addressed to all scientists, whether at universities or...

The TENG Guide to the Chinese Orchestra is a seminal guide to equip composers, scholars and music enthusiasts worldwide with the necessary knowledge to work with Chinese musical instruments. The INSTRUMENTATION section outlines the history, physical attributes and performance techniques of Chinese musical instruments in detail. It also includes practical scoring advice for composers and reference charts for fingerings and chords. The ORCHESTRATION section contains systematic analyses of sc...

This book aims to introduce the principle and design of various foundations, covering shallow foundations, mat foundations, earth retaining structures, excavations, pile foundations, and slope stability. Since the analysis and design of a foundation are based on the soil properties under short-term (undrained) or long-term (drained) conditions, the assessment of soil properties from the geotechnical site investigation and the concept of drained or undrained soil properties are discussed in...

Coincided with China’s economic reform and her rapid ascendance to a great power status, the relations between Taiwan and Chinese mainland since 1979 have also seen some encouraging development. However, the rapprochement is nothing but a smooth ride. Taiwan Strait has always been full of tensions and hostility since the communist took over the mainland over sixty years ago.The periodical tensions in the cross-Strait relations have from time to time threatened to derail the peace talks bet...

Despite China's desire to make its rapid ascendance in the 21st century as non provocative as possible, the key to ensure China's peaceful rise lies in two-way integration and engagement. A closely integrated China with the rest of the world and China's acceptance of existing international norms and rules may compel China to behave in a more predictable and responsive way. This co-edited book examines China's rising military capacity and the complex feelings its neighbors, such as Taiwan, ...

This book is a collection of peer-reviewed best selected research papers presented at the Sixth International Conference on Advances in Distributed Computing and Machine Learning (ICADCML 2025), organized by Dept. of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan during January 9–10, 2025. This book presents recent innovations in the field of scalable distributed systems in addition to cutting-edge research in the field of Interne...

This book is a collection of peer-reviewed best selected research papers presented at the Sixth International Conference on Advances in Distributed Computing and Machine Learning (ICADCML 2025), organized by Dept. of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan during January 9–10, 2025. This book presents recent innovations in the field of scalable distributed systems in addition to cutting-edge research in the field of Interne...