The use of digital representations to aid in projects—Building Information Modeling (BIM)—is gaining traction worldwide as an effective and beneficial approach to executing projects that can reduce errors and improve project results. The author explains the current state of BIM use in China, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Following multiple case studies in each country, Professor Chang explores the explicit and implicit motivators that may drive BIM participation and the factor...

Ce premier numéro hors-série de la revue Jentayu offre un panorama unique de la littérature taïwanaise contemporaine, une littérature diverse et largement ouverte sur le monde, puisant à toutes les sources. Dix-neuf auteurs différents, pour la plupart traduits pour la première fois en français. Un recueil richement illustré, publié avec le soutien du Centre culturel de Taïwan à Paris et du ministère de la Culture de Taïwan. Textes (nouvelles, essais et poèmes) en traductio...

《故宮好好玩01**：從前從前皇帝有座動物園》推出英文版！**暢銷繪本作家陳又凌 X 國立故宮博物院嶄新的視角X****趣味發現，發現故宮文物之美，窺見文化外交歷史精彩片段！特別附錄：「皇家動物觀察員報告」以及「動物軼聞」從前從前皇帝有座動物園，動物園裡有許多來自各方的珍禽異獸，牠們從哪裡來?又是怎麼來的?皇帝真的喜歡這些動物嗎？所有的祕密，讓大收藏家乾隆皇帝來告訴你！國立故宮博物院收藏許多動物相關的畫作，這些動物在今日我們已經耳熟能詳，但在當時卻是非常難得一見，其中有許多動物都是來自海外...

Unlike many studies of social attitudes, which are based on large scale quantitative surveys, or which focus on the attitude of elites, this book considers the views of ordinary people, and is based on in-depth, qualitative interviews. This approach results in rich, nuanced data, and is especially helpful for highlighting ambivalent attitudes, where respondents may hold positive and negative views on a particular topic, views which are liable to change. The book examines attitudes on a ran...

As the first volume of World Scientific Encyclopedia with Semantic Computing and Robotic Intelligence, this volume is designed to lay the foundation for the understanding of the Semantic Computing (SC), as a core concept to study Robotic Intelligence in the subsequent volumes.This volume aims to provide a reference to the development of Semantic Computing, in the terms of 'meaning', 'context', and 'intention'. It brings together a series of technical notes, in average, no longer than 10 pa...

This book provides a comprehensive introduction the reliability, and electronic materials innovations in advanced memory device packaging from component to system level. Special features of this book are sections covering not only the advanced packaging materials, but also system level packaging and integration in memory modules and solid state drives (SSD).The book is an extremely useful and applicable guide to professionals and students on materials reliability in memory device p...

This volume aims to provide a reference to the development of robotic intelligence, built upon Semantic Computing, in terms of 'action' to realize the 'context' and 'intention' formulated by Semantics Computing during the 'thinking' or reasoning process. It addresses three core areas:

This book describes algorithmic methods and parallelization techniques to design a parallel sparse direct solver which is specifically targeted at integrated circuit simulation problems. The authors describe a complete flow and detailed parallel algorithms of the sparse direct solver. They also show how to improve the performance by simple but effective numerical techniques. The sparse direct solver techniques described can be applied to any SPICE-like integrated circuit simulator and have...

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Edge AI at Home: Run Local LLMs on Your Windows GPU is a practical, step-by-step handbook for anyone who wants to run powerful AI locally—right on a Windows GPU laptop or desktop—without relying on the cloud.Instead of getting stuck in theory, you'll follow clear, hands-on instructions to set up a local AI environment and start using it immediately for real work and creative projects. You'll learn how to run local models, build privacy-friendly workflows, and turn your own PC into ...

A balanced diet is the key to good nutrition - and nutrition is the foundation of our health and well-being. This recipe book, complete with tantalizing full-color photos, is your inspiration to explore a wide range of homemade, whole food, vegan meals, including many raw food recipes to give you a full range of nutrients and enzymes. You'll be introduced to colorful and delicious Asian ingredients such as bitter melon, okra, lotus root, wood ear and shiitake mushrooms, gai-lan (Chinese br...

An Oprah Daily Top 25 Fantasy Book of 2022From an award-winning team of authors, editors, and translators comes a groundbreaking short story collection that explores the expanse of Chinese science fiction and fantasy.In The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories, you can dine at a restaurant at the end of the universe, cultivate to immortality in the high mountains, watch roses perform Shakespeare, or arrive at the i...