This Element offers a comprehensive examination of forensic linguistics in China. It traces the origins of the field in the 1980s and 1990s, and highlights the progress made in the 2000s, with a focus on the work of influential scholars such as Pan Qingyun, Wang Jie, Du Jinbang, Liao Meizhen, Yuan Chuanyou, and Wang Zhenhua. It discusses the development of Discourse Information Theory, the Principle of Goal, Functional Forensic Discourse Analysis, and Legal Discourse as a Social Process. I...

Video Health Monitoring in Hospitals discusses the emergence of camera-based, contactless physiological measurement as a groundbreaking solution in healthcare monitoring. The book highlights the technology's non-invasiveness, capacity for continuous and long-term monitoring, and its ability to capture not only vital signs but also contextual information and behaviors. A unique aspect of this book is its rich set of compelling healthcare applications that will attract broader audiences (inc...

Discover how the miracles of ancient Chinese healing techniques can compliment modern medicine to battle breast cancer."The whole presentation is clear and logical, and even the first ten chapters on the theoretical and historical aspect of Chinese medicine is fascinating and thought-provoking. Strongly recommended." — Library JournalFor centuries, traditional Chinese medicine has helped millions of cancer patients...

The Dragon's WayTo Natural, Healthy, Lasting Weight LossHere at last is the secret to taking off pounds and inches and keeping them off for life. Unlike popular "miracle" diet programs and products, The Dragon's Way addresses the root cause of your weight problems and offers a remarkable six-week program that shows you how to reach your optimum weight and stay there. The Dragon's Way is based on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) theories that have been practiced ...

Fundamental theory and practical algorithms of weakly supervised classification, emphasizing an approach based on empirical risk minimization.Standard machine learning techniques require large amounts of labeled data to work well. When we apply machine learning to problems in the physical world, however, it is extremely difficult to collect such quantities of labeled data. In this book Masashi Sugiyama, Han Bao, Takashi Ishida, Nan Lu, Tomoya Sakai and Gang Niu pre...

This book presents a fine-grained and dynamic description of the discursive construction of legal reasoning in judicial opinions, drawing upon the Systemic Functional linguistic perspective of language and genre. It aims to explore the discursive resources in constructing legal reasoning across metafunctions, at different levels, and of various sizes.This book contributes to the linguistic understanding of legal reasoning in judicial opinions and extends genre studies to large text...

Smart food safety series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors. - Provides the latest information on food research - Offers outstanding and original reviews on a range of food research topics - Serves as an indispensable reference for researchers and students alike

This book investigates the relationship between social capital and loneliness of older adults living in urban China during the COVID-19 outbreak period. It also tested the mediation role of community-based cognitive social capital on the relationship between community-based structural social capital and loneliness of older urban Chinese adults.This book targets at a broad audience with knowledge in social gerontology and social work with older adults. It will appeal to academic res...

Since the beginning of the 21st century, China has been experiencing a dramatically rapid economic development. What is the real life of Chinese people like under China’s steady GDP fast growth? How rich are the rich and how poor are the poor? This book provides first-hand data on standards of living in Chinese households, which may help to answer the above questions.The Survey and Research Center for China Household Finance conducted the first and only nationally representat...

Thyde Monnier poursuit l’exploration de la famille Desmichels en remontant le fil de son histoire. À soixante jours d’intervalle, deux garçons naissent sur le domaine de la Guirande. Firmin, c’est l’héritier du nom, de la terre. Pascal, que l’on surnommera Nans le berger, c’est l’enfant de l’amour, le fils de la servante. Saura-t-il pardonner à sa mère sa passion de jeunesse et dominer celle, irrépressible, qui le pousse dangereusement vers des émois interdits ?

Nan Lu – eine fiktive Stadt in Westchina. Es ist das Jahr 1943, in China herrscht Bürgerkrieg und die japanischen Truppen dringen mit unvorstellbarer Brutalität ins Landesinnere vor. Die drohende Gefahr beeinflusst das Leben der Bewohner Nan Lus auf dramatische Weise. Atmosphärisch dicht erzählt Susanne Wantoch von dem Überlebenskampf der Bewohner in ihrem packenden Debütroman von 1948 und lässt uns teilhaben an diesem dunklen Kapitel der chinesischen Geschichte.

Providing an updated summary of the application of different types of sensors for the analysis of food safety and quality, this book discusses the core principles, current research status, challenges and successful examples for each technology. In addition, the prospective and future trends for each topic are covered in each chapter. The editor and contributors are all experts in designing and constructing different types of sensors in food analysis, mainly focusing on the determination of...