Chin Na is the art of seizing and controlling, and is an element of all Chinese martial arts including Taijiquan.Today, most people practice Taijiquan to maintain health or cure sickness. For the last fifty years the martial aspects of Taijiquan have been ignored, and the art is now incomplete. Most[...]

This book is about the Tao (proper way) of mastering health, which traces its roots to ancient China. The author gained these skills from immigrant herbal experts in Montreal's Chinatown. He provides a history of its use among the Montreal Chinese during the 1950s and 1960s. In doing so, he touches [...]

This engaging textbook for advanced undergraduate students and beginning graduates covers the core subjects in linear algebra. The author motivates the concepts by drawing clear links to applications and other important areas, such as differential topology and quantum mechanics. The book places part[...]

Numerous wireless systems have adopted MIMOs(Multiple-in & Multiple-out smart antennas), yet no comprehensive book which examines MIMO-aided transceiver synchronization issues exists. This book thoroughly investigates and analysis performance characteristics of various code acquisition schemes inclu[...]

This book details the interdisciplinary nature of mathematical modeling and numerical algorithms. It combines a variety of applications from diverse fields to illustrate how the methods can be used to model physical processes, design new products, find solutions to challenging problems, and increase[...]

This collection of proceedings from one of the most popular TMS symposia explores the current progress in the characterization of materials. Addressing technologies, applications, and innovative research, these papers coverdefinations of ferrous and nonferrous metals and alloys, minerals, advanced a[...]