China's runaway bestseller and winner of the inaugural Man Asian Literary Prize
Published in China in 2004, "Wolf Totem" has broken all sales records, selling millions of copies (along with millions more on the black market).. Part period epic, part fable for modern days, "Wolf Totem" depicts t[...]
An epic Chinese tale in the vein of THE LAST EMPEROR, WOLF TOTEM depicts the dying culture of the Mongols-the ancestors of the Mongol hordes who at one time terrorized the world-and the parallel extinction of the animal they believe to be sacred: the fierce and otherworldly Mongolian wolf.[...]
The book provides a self-contained introduction to the various intelligent tools made available by intelligent systems, presenting a coherent framework for the intelligent management of complex interactive infrastructures. The state of the art is presented with numerous examples that explain fundame[...]
"This book covers the fundamentals, theory, design, fabrication, characterization, and application of self-healing polymers and polymer composites"--[...]
Risk-control practices are often carried out by the finance function of a corporation without much input from other functional areas and lack of analysis on their impact of the supply chain and operational decisions. This book aims to bridge the gap in the literature by providing an unified approach[...]
Nutraceutical Properties and Health Benefits.
Scientists have attributed more than 40 percent of the failures in new drug development to poor biopharmaceutical properties, particularly water insolubility. Issues surrounding water insolubility can postpone, or completely derail, important new drug development. Even much-needed reformulation of c[...]
Suitable for engineers and researchers in power system, lightning protection, and grounding, this title covers various topics related to power system grounding. It presents fundaments and theories of grounding systems and balances technology and methodology related to grounding system design.[...]
This updated edition will offer the most updated, useful, and relevant information on immigration and immigrant students. Rong and Preissle will help educators understand the significance of the demographic data on immigration and what it means to their schools. By analyzing various educational prac[...]
A new Age of Dragons is about to begin. The powerful creatures will return to rule the world once more, but this time will be different. This time, they will have allies. Who will help them? Around the world, some young humans are making a strange discovery. They are learning that they were born wit[...]
A modern classic, "Shang Yun-Xiang Style Xingyiquan" is essential for Xingyiquan practitioners and a useful guide for any practitioner of the Chinese martial arts. While focusing on Shang-style Xingyiquan (derived from author Li Wen-Bin's training under Grandmaster Shang Yun-Xiang), this book clearl[...]
This book covers a wide range of subjects in applying machine learning approaches for bioinformatics projects. The book succeeds on two key unique features. First, it introduces the most widely used machine learning approaches in bioinformatics and discusses, with evaluations from real case studies,[...]