College guides written by students for students.Massachusetts Institute of Technology Students Tell It Like It IsThis insider guide to Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA, features more than 160 pages of in-depth information, including student reviews, rankings across 20 campus life topics, and insider tips from students on campus. Written by a student at MIT, this guidebook gives you the inside scoop on everything from academics and nightlife to housing ...

“In her urgent call for solace in a world caught in the crux of disorder and chaos, Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim offers this anthology of meditations on our individual plight to nurture hope. Hope in Disarray imparts the architecture of hope through pieces of the modern world, giving relevance to our effort to enhance the relationship between the mind, the spirit, and the divine.”—Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., President and Founder of Rainbow PUSH CoalitionWith practicality and vulnerab...

This book presents selected, peer-reviewed proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Mechanical Engineering, Automation and Sustainable Development 2021 (AMAS2021), held in the city of Ha Long, Vietnam, from November 4 to 7, 2021. AMAS2021 is a special meeting of the International Conference on Material, Machines and Methods for Sustainable Development (MMMS), with a strong focus on automation and fostering an overall approach to assist policy makers, industries, and research...

This book presents selected, peer-reviewed proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Material, Machines and Methods for Sustainable Development (MMMS2022), held in the city of Can Tho, Vietnam, from 10 to 13 November 2022. The purpose of the conference is to explore and ensure an understanding of the critical aspects contributing to sustainable development with a focus on advanced mechanical engineering, automation, materials, machines and methods. The contributions published in t...

This book presents selected, peer-reviewed proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Material, Machines and Methods for Sustainable Development (MMMS2022), held in the city of Can Tho, Vietnam, from 10 to 13 November 2022. The purpose of the conference is to explore and ensure an understanding of the critical aspects contributing to sustainable development with a focus on advanced mechanical engineering, automation, materials, machines and methods. The contributions published in t...

This book presents selected, peer-reviewed proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Material, Machines and Methods for Sustainable Development (MMMS2022), held in the city of Can Tho, Vietnam, from 10 to 13 November 2022. The purpose of the conference is to explore and ensure an understanding of the critical aspects contributing to sustainable development with a focus on advanced mechanical engineering, automation, materials, machines and methods. The contributions published in t...

Take Your Ministry Beyond Cultural Competence to Cultural FluencyIn Thriving Intercultural Ministry, specialist Pablo Kim Sun draws on years of intercultural ministry experience to guide churches and ministries beyond multicultural good intentions to genuine intercultural transformation. He offers a trauma-informed, embodied approach, addressing how cultural displacement and discrimination live in bodies and systems across generations, and how intercultura...

Hyung Jin Kim Sun is a Mennonite. He was born in Paraguay and raised by a Korean immigrant family, before attending an evangelical seminary in the United States. There he joined a Mennonite church, though he often returned from gatherings feeling uneasy. Most Mennonites he met were white, with European heritage, and their faith community was often their ethnic community as well. As a Korean-Paraguayan, Kim Sun felt that he would never be Mennonite enough. This crisis of religious identity ...

Invisibility persists throughout the Asian American story. On the one hand, xenophobia has long contributed to racism and discrimination toward Asian Americans. On the other hand, terms such as perpetual foreigner and honorific whites have been thrust upon Asian Americans, minimizing their plight with racism and erasing their experience as racial minorities. Even more indiscernible in America's racial landscape are Asian American women. The compounded effects of a patriarchal Asian culture...

“In her urgent call for solace in a world caught in the crux of disorder and chaos, Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim offers this anthology of meditations on our individual plight to nurture hope. Hope in Disarray imparts the architecture of hope through pieces of the modern world, giving relevance to our effort to enhance the relationship between the mind, the spirit, and the divine.”****—Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., President and Founder of Rainbow PUSH CoalitionWith prac...

The first of its kind, this comprehensive resource integrates cellular mechanobiology with micro-nano techniques to provide unrivalled in-depth coverage of the field, including state-of-the-art methods, recent advances, and biological discoveries. Structured in two parts, the first part offers detailed analysis of innovative micro-nano techniques including FRET imaging, electron cryo-microscopy, micropost arrays, nanotopography devices, laser ablation, and computational image analysis. The...

This book presents the first comprehensive study of the life and teachings of Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church, through the lens of Korean shamanism-the nation's ancient spiritual tradition. Professor Chong Sun Kim argues that Moon's theology and charismatic authority derive not from Christianity, as is often asserted, but from shamanistic beliefs and practices rooted in trance, spiritual mediation intertwined with elements of witchcraft and divination, and the invoca...