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Focusing on the theory and applications of point processes, Point Processes for Reliability Analysis naturally combines classical results on the basic and advanced properties of point processes with recent theoretical findings of the authors. It also presents numerous examples that illustrate how g... More

Focusing on shocks modeling, burn-in and heterogeneous populations, Stochastic Modeling for Reliability naturally combines these three topics in the unified stochastic framework and presents numerous practical examples that illustrate recent theoretical findings of the authors. The populations of m... More

This conceptually rich and empirically grounded book draws upon expertise from a panel of emerging and established international scholars to explore the institutionalization and effect of multicultural education on a global scale. Previous studies of multicultural education have largely ignored the... More

This handbook for educators and researchers consists of an unparalleled set of conceptual essays and empirical studies that advance new perspectives and build empirical ground on multicultural education issues from 10 different selected societies in Asia Pacific. This unique, edited book will be a s... More

This book helps readers to overcome the challenges encountered during the imaging diagnosis of soft tissue tumors due to their diversity and the significant overlap in imaging features between different tumors. It does so by fostering familiarization with typical findings and clearly explaining the... More

This book focuses on land and disaster governance in Asian countries. The Asian region has become increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters, including floods, cyclones, storms, earthquakes, drought, typhoons and tsunamis. Further, as a result of unsustainable changes being made in patterns of l... More

A strand of hair was wrapped around her finger tip by a pair of slender white hands. Just as Song Qian felt this, a gentle and low voice was heard. "You're awake." His tone was light, as if he was an old friend that he had known for many years, or perhaps it was a lover that loved each other for the... More

A strand of hair was wrapped around her finger tip by a pair of slender white hands. Just as Song Qian felt this, a gentle and low voice was heard. "You're awake." His tone was light, as if he was an old friend that he had known for many years, or perhaps it was a lover that loved each other for the... More

A strand of hair was wrapped around her finger tip by a pair of slender white hands. Just as Song Qian felt this, a gentle and low voice was heard. "You're awake." His tone was light, as if he was an old friend that he had known for many years, or perhaps it was a lover that loved each other for the... More

A strand of hair was wrapped around her finger tip by a pair of slender white hands. Just as Song Qian felt this, a gentle and low voice was heard. "You're awake." His tone was light, as if he was an old friend that he had known for many years, or perhaps it was a lover that loved each other for the... More

A strand of hair was wrapped around her finger tip by a pair of slender white hands. Just as Song Qian felt this, a gentle and low voice was heard. "You're awake." His tone was light, as if he was an old friend that he had known for many years, or perhaps it was a lover that loved each other for the... More

A strand of hair was wrapped around her finger tip by a pair of slender white hands. Just as Song Qian felt this, a gentle and low voice was heard. "You're awake." His tone was light, as if he was an old friend that he had known for many years, or perhaps it was a lover that loved each other for the... More

"Ambitious and brave, this book is a lyric meditation not just on identity, but authenticity." – Jamie Ford, NY Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Fay Wu Goodson is a 25-year-old queer, multiracial woman who documents the identity journeys of other New Yorkers. She f... More

A report from the International Monetary Fund.... More

Fantasy from Asia and the Asian Diaspora is a Tordotcom Novella Sampler featuring stories by Zen Cho, Saad Z. Hossain, S. L. Huang, Nghi Vo, and JY Neon Yang…At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.... More

One of the core roles of a practising geotechnical engineer is to analyse and design foundations. This textbook for advanced undergraduates and graduate students covers the analysis, design and construction of shallow and deep foundations and retaining structures as well as the stability analysis an... More

This book introduces readers to recent advancements in financial technologies. The contents cover some of the state-of-the-art fields in financial technology, practice, and research associated with artificial intelligence, big data, and blockchain—all of which are transforming the nature of how prod... More

Academics and practitioners from across Asia and beyond revisit the issues and impact of climate change in Asia. They examine the preconditions for good governance regarding climate change, and the role of state and non-state actors in climate change governance, and explore different political-lega... More

This book offers a comprehensive overview of ZnO-nano carbon core shell hybrid issues. There is significant interest in metal oxide/nanocarbon hybrid functional materials in the field of energy conversion and storage as electrode materials for supercapacitors, Li ion secondary battery, electrocatal... More

A report from the International Monetary Fund.... More

Marx's Das Kapital cannot be put into a box marked "economics." It is a work of politics, history, economics, philosophy and even in places, literature (yes Marx's style is that rich and evocative). Marx's Das Kapital For Beginners is an introduction to the Marxist critique of capitalist production ... More

This book discusses poverty reduction and inclusive development in China. The relevant research reports included here combine unique perspectives and thorough analysis, and include both comparative and empirical analyses. Although China is the first country to have achieved the UN’s Millennium Devel... More

A large international conference on Advances in Intelligent Control and Computer Engineering was held in Hong Kong, March 17-19, 2010, under the auspices of the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists (IMECS 2010). The IMECS is organized by the International Association of... More

A large international conference on Advances in Intelligent Control and Innovative Computing was held in Hong Kong, March March 16-18, 2011, under the auspices of the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists (IMECS 2010). The IMECS is organized by the International Associat... More

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereedpost-workshop proceedings of the 16th International Workshop on InformationSecurity Applications, WISA 2015, held on Jeju Island, Korea, in August 2015. The 35 revised full papers presented in this volume werecarefully reviewed and selected from 78 submi... More