This book describes the distribution of bamboo forest and bamboo species for construction, the types and characteristics of both engineered and natural full-culm bamboo materials for construction, the development history and research status of different forms of bamboo architecture. We go on to describe standards, relevant international organizations, research institutions and production and processing enterprises and typical cases. Starting from six aspects, this book systematically descr...

Gina, you can sleep now. Thierry, same. And Tim — you can finally close that one open eye.Gina Raimondo called it "absolutely devastating." Thierry Breton called it "catastrophic." Tim Cook hasn't said anything publicly — but with Apple's entire silicon future running through one island, everyone knows he checks the Taiwan headlines before bed.The Avoidable Chip War is the book all three of them need to read.US policymakers — you can stop forcing TS...

Offering a unique and helpful approach to this complex field, Khonsari and Sintek’s Cardiac Surgery: Safeguards and Pitfalls in Operative Technique, Sixth Edition, edited by Drs. Abbas Ardehali and Jonathan Chen, details the most important cardiac surgery techniques with a focus on avoiding and managing surgical pitfalls and complications. From general considerations through the surgical correction of acquired and congenital heart conditions, it provides practical, hands-on guidance in a c...

Provides a comprehensive assessment of the major developments in global pig breeding programmesConsiders how genetics and breeding can be utilised to improve the sustainability and reduce the environmental impact of pork productionReviews the factors which can affect the reproductive efficiency of boars and sows, focussing on those that can impact semen quality and reproductive performance respectively

Contemporary, middle-class America is the setting for these fifteen tales of ordinary men, women, and children: an estranged couple survives a harrowing road trip, another unhappy couple spars with exasperating neighbors, a daughter goes on an unusual hike, and children are misunderstood and must fend for themselves. Here, in this unsettling collection, normal people are confronted with the unknown, the unpredictable, and the extraordinary, and practical, everyday life balances precariousl...

The special medical Qi Gong described in this book was developed and perfected over the course of 1,700 years by Taoists, traditional Chinese medical doctors, and Qi Gong experts in China to meet the needs of a woman’s unique anatomy. Author Tina Zhang leads readers through a variety of pleasurable postures and easy exercises that address specific areas of the body. In turn, these exercises, which work progressively to strengthen the spirit-mind-body connection, enhance natural female ener...

The New Jersey State Constitution is a throughly revised new edition that provides an extensive historical account and constitutional analysis of the state's governing charter. In addition to an overview of New Jersey's constitutional history, it provides an in-depth, section-by-section analysis of the entire constitution, detailing the many significant changes that have been made since its initial drafting. This treatment, along with a table of cases, index, and bibliography is a...

One grieving man hijacked the sun to shield the powerless. A billionaire turned their survival into a subscription.In a post-AI century where intelligent machines have priced human labor — and human mercy — out of the world, Qiu Fengyang has one weapon left: a shadow. Out of grief for his grandmother and the bulldozed Hakka mountains of his childhood, he smuggles a sentient bacterial swarm to the Earth–Sun L1 point and unfurls a living umbrella across the sky — a s...

Lady Mechanika tries to escape disturbing revelations about her past by embarking on a dangerous hunt for a mythical lake monster that's been terrorizing a remote village in Siberia. But are any creatures more dangerous than the monsters that lurk within the mind? Collects LADY MECHANIKA: THE DEVIL IN THE LAKE #1-4, including a gorgeous cover gallery with art by SIYA OUM and series creator JOE BENITEZ.

In a Victorian asylum full of grotesque inmates, sadistic guards, and a fanatical doctor, a young lady wakes to find her arms and legs have been replaced with mechanical limbs. But who among this gruesome menagerie is the true Monster of the Ministry of Hell? The origins of the notorious adventuress known as Lady Mechanika! Collects LADY MECHANIKA: THE MONSTER OF THE MINISTRY OF HELL #1-4

Darriwilian to Sandbian (Ordovician) Graptolites from Northwest China analyzes the significance of these exquisite, mostly pyritic, graptolites of the middle to late Ordovician period from North China and Tarim, China—locations that have developed the world's most complete successions of strata and fossil records. The book provides the first systematic account of the renowned graptolite faunas, with over 100 species belonging to 45 genera and 15 families preserved in black shale and limest...

Critical Conversations in Canadian Public Law is a groundbreaking open-access collection of peer-reviewed essays showcasing interdisciplinary thinking on topical public law issues at the forefront of the evolving relationship between state and society.In Canada, this relationship is undergoing a period of significant reinvention, as evidenced, for example, by the movements for reconciliation, decolonization and Indigenization, the calls to recognize and remedy systemic rac...