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The main objective of the ICITMS 2012 is to provide a platform for researchers, engineers, academics and industrial professionals from all over the world to present their research results and development activities in Information Technology and Management Science. This conference provides opportunit... More

Innovative Management in Information and Production is based on the proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Innovative Management, Information and Production. This symposium is held by International Society of Management Engineers. The symposium took place on October 8-10, in HCMC, Viet... More

Evaluating Production Efficiency in China examines production from engineering and statistics perspectives rather than from economics and mathematics perspectives. The authors present an observable benchmark as the criterion of the production efficiency to replace the unobservable production fronti... More

This volume of the Chinese Water Systems subseries offers up-to-date and comprehensive information on various aspects of the Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China. Following a detailed introduction of the lake basin, the respective chapters present the findings of studies examining surfa... More

The 2008 Sichuan earthquake killed 87,000 people and left 5 million homeless. In response to the devastation, an unprecedented wave of volunteers and civic associations streamed into Sichuan to offer help. The Politics of Compassion examines how civically engaged citizens acted on the ground, how th... More

In the 1960s and 1970s, around 17 million Chinese youths were mobilized or forced by the state to migrate to rural villages and China's frontiers. Bin Xu tells the story of how this 'sent-down' generation have come to terms with their difficult past. Exploring representations of memory including per... More

'Chu's smart, iconoclastic portrait dismantles seven misconceptions' (New Statesman) about modern China and offers a corrective to Western assumptions.THE CHINESE ARE THE MOST HARDWORKING PEOPLE ON EARTH...so why are the younger generation derided as spoiled and lazy?CHINESE PEOPLE DON'T CARE ABOUT ... More

One of the hottest new trends is to drive a vintage Japanese performance car, learn performance upgrades with this book. Whether it's a Datsun 510 or 240Z, an early '70s Mazda RX2, or an early Toyota Celica, these cars are gaining attention from enthusiasts and collectors alike!... More

This Brief identifies various aspects of energy challenges faced by the Chinese central/local governments, and also provides an opportunity to study how best to achieve green growth and a low-carbon transition in a developing country like China. The progress of China's carbon mitigation policies al... More

Understanding Criminal Justice in Hong Kong provides a much-needed overview of the criminal justice system in Hong Kong. It is designed to be used as a text for students studying this subject as part of a wider course in criminal justice, police studies, law or social work, and for practitioners wor... More

In recent years law, crime and justice have become increasingly politicised in Hong Kong. Understanding Criminal Justice in Hong Kong, 2nd Edition offers a detailed and comprehensive overview of and introduction to the criminal justice system in Hong Kong, building upon recent events and controversi... More

This book investigates the ways in which new developments in areas of language teaching practice, such policymaking, planning, methodology and the use of educational technology spread globally and are adopted, rejected or adapted locally.... More

This book explores how econometric modelling can be used to provide valuable insight into international housing markets. Initially describing the role of econometrics modelling in real estate market research and how it has developed in recent years, the book goes on to compare and contrast the impac... More

Rapid advances in computing have enabled the integration of corpora into language teaching and learning, yet in China corpus methods have not yet been widely adopted. Corpus Linguistics in Chinese Contexts aims to advance the state of the art in the use of corpora in applied linguistics and contribu... More

This book offers data-based insights into the problems of translation education and their causes in the context of localization and globalization in the era of big data. By examining language services around the globe, illustrating applications of big-data technology and their future development, an... More

 Healthy environment is important for any kind of biota on earth. It provides the basic elements of life such as clean water, fresh air, fertile soil and supports ecosystem of the food chain. Pollution drastically alters quality of the environment by changing the physico-chemical and biological aspe... More

Four years ago, she had pretended to commit suicide while pregnant and disappeared from his world. Four years later, in order to treat her child's illness, she met him and fell in love with him again.... More

Four years ago, she had pretended to commit suicide while pregnant and disappeared from his world. Four years later, in order to treat her child's illness, she met him and fell in love with him again.... More

Four years ago, she had pretended to commit suicide while pregnant and disappeared from his world. Four years later, in order to treat her child's illness, she met him and fell in love with him again.... More

Four years ago, she had pretended to commit suicide while pregnant and disappeared from his world. Four years later, in order to treat her child's illness, she met him and fell in love with him again.... More

Four years ago, she had pretended to commit suicide while pregnant and disappeared from his world. Four years later, in order to treat her child's illness, she met him and fell in love with him again.... More

This book presents novel design principles and technologies for dynamic isolation based on experimental studies. These approaches have now become the local standard in Beijing and are currently being promoted for use nationwide. Further, the book provides details of measures and guidelines for the... More

This book gives a systematic exposition of China's logistics development to the English-reading community. The ultimate goal of the book is to present a timely portrayal of China's logistics market growth and the evolution status of China's logistics industry. Being the fourth volume of the "Conte... More

This book presents reinforcement learning (RL) based solutions for user-centric online network selection optimization. The main content can be divided into three parts. The first part (chapter 2 and 3) focuses on how to learning the best network when QoE is revealed beyond QoS under the framework of... More

The volume focuses on theoretical and computational approaches and involves areas such as simulation-based engineering and science, integrated computational materials engineering, mechanics, material science, manufacturing processes, and other specialized areas. Most importantly, the state-of-the-ar... More