Mike Peng and Klaus Meyer have direct, first-hand, experience of researching and teaching in Europe, Asia and North America. This combined experience makes them uniquely qualified to write this textbook, which offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to international business that starts f[...]

Control engineering seeks to understand physical systems, using mathematical modeling, in terms of inputs, outputs and various components with different behaviors. This book provides a view of the technologies that are implemented in most varieties of modern industrial control engineering.[...]

Today, when a security accident occurs, the top three questions security administrators ask are: What has happened? Why did it happen? What should I do? Answers to the first two questions form the 'core' of "Cyber Situational Awareness". Whether the last question can be well answered is greatly depe[...]

In computational science, reproducibility requires that researchers make code and data available to others so that the data can be analyzed in a similar manner as in the original publication. Code must be available to be distributed, data must be accessible in a readable format, and a platform must [...]

Energy Practices for Happiness, Longevity, and Awakening Is it possible to maintain a youthful flow of abundant vitality throughout our entire lives? Qigong masters such as Robert Peng know that we can by using time-tested practices to amplify our physical, mental, and spiritual energy. With The Mas[...]

"Palace Architecture" explores the transformation of the palace in ancient China, from the primitive state of early palaces to the ornate and luxurious imperial palaces of the great dynasties. Chinese palace architecture was closely related to the Chinese ideology of land, agriculture, and the worsh[...]

Originating from Europe's largest and most respected eye hospital, the goal of the 1st edition of Moorfields Manual of Ophthalmology, published in 2007, was to provide a practical resource for those caring for patients with eye disease. Similarly the goal of this 2nd edition is to provide both pract[...]