Ce livre est le premier en langue française à synthétiser les bonnes pratiques de traitement des troubles de la personnalité borderline et à s'intéresser aux interventions thérapeutiques les plus récentes. Structuréen 12 chapitres, il aborde tous les aspects de la prise en charge du patient depuis la prise en charge en urgence jusqu'à la mise en place d'une thérapie adaptée sans négliger l'approche pharmacologique. « Il s'agit du premier livre qui propose clairement en langue française un ...

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this book provides a practical analysis of criminal law in Hong Kong. An introduction presents the necessary background information about the framework and sources of the criminal justice system, and then proceeds to a detailed examination of the grounds for criminal liability, the justification of criminal offences, the defences that diminish or excuse criminal liability, the classification of criminal offences, a...

Need cheering up? How about a nostalgic trip back to the 1970s with a different perspective?Follow the true story of two young yet disparate Brits as they venture east to Hong Kong to join the colonial police out there. Initially bought-in to the adventure, bright lights and the hedonistic pleasures of the Exotic East, Alan and Bob are thrown into a world somewhat divergent to the picture painted whilst under training. They begin to butt heads with corruption, colonial excess, priv...

First published in 1999, this book constitutes a unique account of the development and reform of health care in Hong Kong. Its main focus is on policy developments since 1945. Victor Wong demonstrates the development of a two-tier health system in both a capitalist and Chinese context. His work is one of both health policy and political economy. Wong utilises the latter perspective to show the state’s role in the interests of capital, the public demand for health care and the power of the ...

The book addresses and documents farmers' risks in developing and emerging economies. It draws lessons from experimental economics on measuring risk preferences, attitudes, gender differences in managing risks, and risk management strategies in countries across Africa and Asia. It argues policy makers, especially in emerging economies, need a better understanding of farmers' attitudes toward risk and choices of risk management strategies when designing policies to support production agricu...

The global population is projected to reach almost 10 billion by 2050, and food and feed production will need to increase by 70%. Wheat, maize and sorghum are three key cereals which provide nutrition for the majority of the world's population. Their production is affected by various abiotic stresses which cause significant yield losses. The effects of climate change also increase the frequency and severity of such abiotic stresses. Molecular breeding technologies offer real hope for impro...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second CCF Intelligent Vehicles Symposium on Intelligent Vehicles, CCF CIVS 2024, held in Wuhan, China, during October 19–20, 2024.The 31 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The papers contained in these proceedings address challenging issues in autonomous driving, lidar, radar, camera, LLM, battery, motor, electronic control, charging technology, sensing, location, HD Maps...

This book contains extended and revised versions of the best papers presented at the 29th IFIP WG 10.5/IEEE International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration, VLSI-SoC 2021, held in Singapore, in October 2021*.The 12 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from the 44 papers (out of 75 submissions) presented at the conference. The papers discuss the latest academic and industrial results and developments as well as future trends in the field ...