In this book, Jin Kai provides an alternative perspective on the power interactions between a rising China and a "relatively" declining U.S. in the changing world situation. Grounded in previous scholarship, Jin argues that China's rise is historically, culturally, and structurally different; a peaceful power transition requires engagement by the U.S. in international institutions. Grounded in case studies and theory, this study will be of relevance to any reader interested in the evolving...

The challenge of standardising social work education remains a much-discussed but under-documented issue, particularly in developing and less-developed countries. Existing literature often emphasises the need for student-centred learning but lacks a comprehensive examination of how students can shape curricula, lesson plans and teaching methods in cooperation with educators.This edited volume brings together leading scholars from across the Global North and South to explore the co-...

With increasing temperatures and an escalation in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, agricultural productivity remains at risk of being compromised. With the food security of millions threatened, there remains a need to develop alternative, sustainable production models which can thrive in the face of climate change.Advances in plant factories: New technologies in indoor vertical farming reviews the wealth of research on optimising plant...

Additive Manufacturing (AM), popularly known as 3D printing, is playing an increasingly significant role in the manufacturing arena. AM has revolutionized how prototypes are to be made and small batch manufacturing should be carried out. Due to high flexibility and high efficiency of lasers, laser-assisted Manufacturing (LAM) and AM technologies are recently getting much attention over traditional methods.This textbook is a timely information resource for undergraduates, postgraduates and ...

This book studies the development of modern and contemporary design art in China since 1978. Starting with the design enlightenment, and closely following the evolution of the visual and material forms in three levels of “individual”, “group”, and “country” since the reform and opening up, the book comprehensively and meticulously describes and analyzes the social particularity of the changes of Chinese design art in this period and makes corresponding evaluations on its “success” and “fai...

Edle Tropfen zuhause herstellen – einfach und legal? Eigene ätherische Öle und Pflanzenwasser (Hydrolate) selbst erzeugen? Wie das? Kai Möller, erfahrener Destillateur und Fachautor, nimmt den Leser mit auf eine Reise durch die Welt der Trendspirituose Gin mit ihren vielfältigen Herstellungsweisen und Aromapflanzen (Botanicals). Unter Berücksichtigung und Erläuterung der geltenden rechtlichen Grundlagen führt er durch die verschiedenen Herstellungsweisen und -schritte, von der Mazeration (...

Based on the accumulation of research experience and knowledge over the past 30 years, this volume lays out the research issues posed by the construction of various types of Chinese language resources, how they were resolved, and the implication of the solutions for future Chinese language processing research.This volume covers 30 years of development in Chinese language processing, focusing on the impact of conscientious decisions by some leading research groups. It focuses on con...

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second BenchCouncil International Federated Intelligent Computing and Block Chain Conferences, FICC 2020, held in Qingdao, China, in October/ November 2020.The 32 full papers and 6 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 103 submissions. The papers of this volume are organized in topical sections on AI and medical technology; AI and big data; AI and block chain; AI and education technolog...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Cloud Computing, Security, Privacy in New Computing Environments, CloudComp 2016, and the First EAI International Conference SPNCE 2016, both held in Guangzhou, China, in November and December 2016.The proceedings contain 10 full papers selected from 27 submissions and presented at CloudComp 2016 and 12 full papers selected from 69 submissions and presented at SPNCE 2016. CloudComp 2016 presents r...