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Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness in Heterogeneous Systems: 14th EAI International Conference, Qshine 2018, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, December 3–4, 2018, Proceedings (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering #272)
This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 14th EAI International Conference on Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness in Heterogeneous Networks, QShine 2018, held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in December 2018. The 13 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Nephrology and Hypertension Board Review
Regarded as the “go-to” book for those seeking certification and recertification in nephrology with the American Board of Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Hypertension Board Review prepares you for success on the nephrology board exam. The fully updated second edition proportionally covers all top... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
117 House Designs of the Twenties (Dover Architecture)
In the post-World War I era, as the economic boom of the 1920s gathered momentum, millions of Americans set out to make the dream of owning their own home come true. Labor and materials were plentiful and cheap, and new trends in home design made the prospect of homebuilding an exciting venture. Thi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1923 -
Why Organizational Change Fails: Robustness, Tenacity, and Change in Organizations (Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society)
Change in organizations can arise spontaneously, or it can begin in response to a planned process of change. Even planned change is not as predictable as one might like it to be; it is often partial or incomplete, or the results of change may not be what one hoped. The aspects of an organization tha... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
Quick Guide to Kidney Transplantation: From Initial Evaluation To Long-term Post-transplant Care
Concise, easy to read, and designed for quick reference,Quick Guide to Kidney Transplantationis a compact resource for general nephrologists, residents, fellows, nurse practitioners, and others involved in the care of post-transplant patients. Focusing on must-know clinical information needed to pro... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Business-Driven IT-Wide Agile (Scrum) and Kanban (Lean) Implementation: An Action Guide for Business and IT Leaders
Business-Driven IT-Wide Agile (Scrum) and Kanban (Lean) Implementation: An Action Guide for Business and IT Leaders explains how to increase IT delivery capabilities through the use of Agile and Kanban. Factoring in constant change, communication, a sense of urgency, clear and measurable goals, poli... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
VR, Simulations and Serious Games for Education (Gaming Media And Social Effects Ser.)
This book introduces state-of-the-art research on simulation and serious games for education. Based partially on work presented at the 3rd Asia-Europe Symposium on Simulation and Serious Games (3rd AESSSG) held in Zhuhai, China as part of the 2016 ACM SIGGRAPH International Conference on Virtual-Rea... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Virtual and Augmented Reality, Simulation and Serious Games for Education (Gaming Media and Social Effects)
This book introduces state-of-the-art research on virtual reality, simulation and serious games for education and its chapters presented the best papers from the 4th Asia-Europe Symposium on Simulation and Serious Games (4th AESSSG) held in Turku, Finland, December 2018. The chapters of the book pre... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Demystifying China's Economy Development
by Fang CaiThis book explains why China's opening-up policy can boost the rapid growth of its economy. Based on concrete facts and economic logic, it offers a brief introduction to the history of China's successful development, which has unprecedentedly helped improve people's lives and community welfare over... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Perceiving Truth and Ceasing Doubts: What Can We Learn from 40 Years of China’s Reform and Opening-Up? (China Perspectives)
by Cai FangChina has experienced tremendous developmental success since its reform and opening-up policy in 1978. What has contributed to China’s high-speed economic growth? What lessons can be learned from China’s successful case? What might be the challenges that China would face on its path to becoming a hi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Demographic Perspective of China’s Economic Development (China Perspectives)
by Fang CaiChina is historically famous for its high demographic dividend and its huge working population, and this has driven tremendous economic growth over the past few decades. However, that population has begun to shrink and the Lewis turning point whereby surplus rural population has been absorbed into m... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
China’s Economic New Normal: Growth, Structure, and Momentum (Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path)
by Fang CaiThis timely volume on China’s economic “New Normal” features articles by leading scholars from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and other research institutions across the country. A broad range of perennial as well as hot-bottom topics related not just to economic growth but also to its social... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Understanding China's Economy: The Turning Point and Transformational Path of a Big Country
by Fang CaiThis book reviews and examines the reform and opening up in China from 1978 to 2011. It analyzes how China avoided to fall into the middle-income trap over those 33 years. The book makes a deep analysis of understanding how Chinese economy became a miracle in the world economic history and its devel... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
The Chinese Approach: How China Has Transformed Its Economy and System?
by Fang CaiThis volume introduces readers to the achievements made in the context of China’s reform and opening up. It tells China’s story with regard to twelve aspects: the reform path, opening up, macro-economy, regional development, the “three rural” policy, poverty alleviation, industrial development, scie... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Economics of the Pandemic: Weathering the Storm and Restoring Growth (China Perspectives)
by Cai FangThe year 2020 marked the time when China expected to attain its goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects. Yet it has witnessed the emergence of COVID-19 as a global pandemic that has spread to almost all countries and regions throughout the world. This serious public health d... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
China’s New Normal, Supply-side, and Structural Reform (China Perspectives)
by Cai FangChina’s continuous, rapid economic growth since the Reform and Opening up of the country in the early 1980s has been praised as a miracle of the world economy. However, since 2012, the rate of growth has slowed down, rendering some people pessimistic about the country’s economic prospects. This ti... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
The Routledge Handbook of the Belt and Road (Routledge International Handbooks)
by Cai FangThe second edition of The Routledge Handbook of the Belt and Road encompasses the many recent developments across the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) from 2019 to 2021, while retaining the comprehensive introduction to BRI from the first edition.The Handbook is a comprehensive review of the theory an... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
China's Economic Development: Implications for the World (China Perspectives)
by Cai FangCai Fang is one of China’s most distinguished economists. This book elucidates the worldwide significance of China’s economic development over the past 70 years from the perspectives of economic history and growth theory.The Chinese economy has undergone an unprecedented period of growth and develop... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2023 -
Principles and Practice of Image-Guided Radiation Therapy of Lung Cancer (Imaging in Medical Diagnosis and Therapy)
This book gives a comprehensive overview on the use of image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) in the treatment of lung cancer, covering step-by-step guidelines for clinical implementations, fundamental principles and key technical advances. It covers benefits and limitations of techniques as well as ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
The Profile of Political Leaders
By analysing a wide range of empirical research into leadership, this book provides a composite portrait of frequent characteristics, such as personality and demeanour, that influence both the success and popularity of political leaders. Through the lenses of mass psychology and collective behaviou... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
The Psychology of Power
The author tests the hypothesis that hubris and the Bathsheba syndrome tend to affect all top leaders, by zooming in on the best known and very highest executives of our own day and age, and examines the psychological forces tugging at the top level of political leadership.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Understanding Global News: A Critical Introduction
A lively and critical introduction to the news media, this book has been written specifically for media students and trainee journalists. Understanding Global News invites the reader to explore contemporary journalistic practice, and questions the assumption that the media provide a mere window on t... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1998 -
Collective Behavior and Public Opinion: Rapid Shifts in Opinion and Communication (European Institute for the Media Series)
This is a highly innovative and stimulating work with the outline of an entirely new approach to massive and rapid shifts in opinion and communication. It discusses and explains such mysterious phenomena as sudden crazes and crashes, fads and fashion, hypes and manias, moral outrage and protests, go... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2003 -
Exercise and Wellness for Older Adults: Practical Programming Strategies (2nd edition)
This book is an introduction to aging and wellness and is an essential guide to creating exercise and wellness programs for older adults, regardless of age or physical challenge. The text provides a framework to help readers make the critical shift from expectations of decline to an age-neutral focu... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Climate, Chaos and Collective Behaviour: A Rising Fickleness (Frontiers of Globalization)
This book introduces principles of Chaos theory (and Complex Adaptive Systems) to social science, in a lively and elegant way. It applies it to the twin disciplines of mass psychology (under social psychology, mostly in Europe) and collective behavior sociology (mostly in North America) that deal wi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022