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  • THEORY OF NONREGULAR FACTORIAL DESIGNS
    CHING-SHUI CHENG / BOXIN TANG
    Nonregular factorial designs are a class of factorial designs that enable researchers to study simultaneously the effects of many explanatory variables on a response variable of interest. Factorial designs have been in the mainstream of design research for decades, but interest in nonregular factorial designs has been increasing significantly in the last twenty years or so. The...

    $1,480.00

  • SUBALTERN LINGUISTICS
    AHMAR MAHBOOB / AURELIE MALLET / LEE CHENG KOAY
    Subaltern Linguistics challenges the goals and theoretical foundations of colonial linguistics, academia, and education and provides alternative approaches and practices. The goal of subaltern practice is to create economies, projects, and resources that can be made and used by community members and leaders to develop and promote community beneficial projects in their own langu...

    $1,160.00

  • UNIVERSAL STANDARDS FOR DEFINING OBSCENITY
    LONG CHENG
    In the existing literature, there is no universal standard for defining obscenity. The book aims to demonstrate that there indeed exist underlying universal standards for defining obscenity (USDOs). However, their application to different contexts of time, place, and culture, may legitimately result in varied manifestations. The author examines a definition of obscenity propose...

    $1,240.00

  • MEDICAL TOURISM
    HUAN, TZUNG-CHENG (TC)
    This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the evolving world of medical tourism. It delves into the origins and development of medical travel, examining how historical practices have shaped contemporary trends. Part I lays the groundwork with an analysis of the fundamental shifts in health and tourism, tracing the critical developments from traditional practices to modern...

    $1,400.00

  • THE FIVE POWER DEFENCE ARRANGEMENTS
    ANG CHENG GUAN
    Ang describes the development of the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA), an important security regional arrangement, from its inception to the present from the perspectives of the five FPDA allies. The book recounts the establishment of the FPDA in 1971 from the Anglo-Malaysian Defence Agreement and its development in the first 20 years to the end of the Cold War in 1990. B...

    $1,240.00

  • A CRITICAL HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY CHINESE FICTION
    CHENG GUANGWEI
    This book studies the history of contemporary Chinese fiction criticism, highlighting the role of critics in shaping contemporary literary history. The author divides the history of contemporary Chinese fiction criticism into three periods: 1949–1976, 1977–1991, and 1992–2015. The first period saw the emergence of the circle of critics who insisted on judging literary works by ...

    $4,500.00

  • ECOTOURISM HORIZONS
    HUAN, TZUNG-CHENG (TC)
    This book invites readers on a captivating journey through the complexities of ecotourism around the world. Ecotourism Horizons: From Community Empowerment to Global Perspectives offers a comprehensive exploration of the diverse landscapes and issues within the realm of ecotourism, divided into two insightful parts. Part I unveils community-based ecotourism's transformative pot...

    $1,480.00

  • FOAM SCLEROTHERAPY: A TEXTBOOK
    JOHN J. BERGAN / VAN LE CHENG
    The advent of foam sclerotherapy has been one of the most important developments in the field of phlebology. Just as surgery has evolved into more minimal invasion, so has the treatment of varicose veins. Foam sclerotherapy is quick, efficient, easy to use and inexpensive, and is widely believed to become the dominant form of therapy for varicose veins. Foam Sclerotherapy: A Te...

    $4,900.00

  • CHAOTIC DYNAMICS OF FRACTIONAL DISCRETE TIME SYSTEMS
    VIGNESH DHAKSHINAMOORTHY / GUO-CHENG WU / SANTO BANERJEE
    The book reviews the application of discrete fractional operators in diverse fields such as biological and chemical reactions, as well as chaotic systems, demonstrating their applications in physics. The dynamical analysis is carried out using equilibrium points of the system for studying their stability properties and the chaotic behaviors are illustrated with the help of bifu...

    $1,480.00

  • THE “HISTORICIZATION" OF CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE
    CHENG GUANGWEI
    This book provides a concise introduction to the intellectual trends in contemporary Chinese literature from the 1950s to the 1990s and the influence of overseas Sinology. The turbulent period of the second half of the 20th century in China witnessed a significant societal shift from a revolutionary to an economic focus. This transformation introduced and stimulated various ide...

    $1,480.00

  • MULTI-SENSOR FILTERING FUSION WITH CENSORED DATA UNDER A CONSTRAINED NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
    HANG GENG / ZIDONG WANG / YUHUA CHENG
    This book presents the up-to-date research developments and novel methodologies on multi-sensor filtering fusion (MSFF) for a class of complex systems subject to censored data under a constrained network environment. The contents of this book are divided into two parts covering centralized and distributed MSFF design methodologies. The work provides a framework of optimal centr...

    $1,480.00

  • INTRODUCTION TO LIDAR REMOTE SENSING
    CHENG WANG / XUEBO YANG / XIAOHUAN XI / SHENG NIE / PINLIANG DONG
    Light detection and ranging, or LiDAR, is an advanced active remote sensing technology developed in the last 30 years to measure variable distances to the Earth. This book explains the fundamental concepts of LiDAR technology and its extended spaceborne, airborne, terrestrial, mobile, and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platforms. It addresses the challenges of massive LiDAR data...

    $2,400.00

  • ANALYSIS, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF FOUNDATIONS
    YUNG MING CHENG / CHI WAI LAW / LEILEI LIU
    Analysis, Design and Construction of Foundations covers the key concepts in the analysis and design of foundation systems, balancing theory with engineering practice. The book examines in depth the methods used for the analysis, design and construction of shallow foundations, deep foundations, excavation and lateral support systems, slope stability and stabilization and ground ...

    $4,700.00

  • IMPLEMENTING A 21ST CENTURY COMPETENCY-BASED CURRICULUM THROUGH LESSON STUDY
    ERIC C.K. CHENG, BRUCE LANDER
    Drawing from a comprehensive collection of university-funded teaching development projects, this edited volume explores the theories and practices behind developing pedagogies through Lesson Study for a 21st-century curriculum. It encompasses various aspects such as lesson observation, assessment literacy, online teaching pedagogy, values education, STEM education, language edu...

    $1,200.00

  • THE POLICING MACHINE
    TONY CHENG
    A revelatory look at how the NYPD has resisted change through strategic and selective community engagement.   The past few years have seen Americans express passionate demands for police transformation. But even as discussion of no-knock warrants, chokeholds, and body cameras has exploded, any changes to police procedures have only led to the same outcomes. Despite calls for in...

    $344.53

  • RNA-SEQ IN DRUG DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT
    FENG CHENG
    The research and development process in modern drug discovery and development is a complex and challenging task. Using traditional biological test methods such as PCR to measure the expression levels or function of these genes is costly and time-consuming. RNA-seq can measure the expression patterns of thousands of genes simultaneously and provide insights into functional pathw...

    $1,280.00

  • ACOUSTIC WAVES IN BOREHOLES
    FREDERICK L. PAILLET / CHUEN HON CHENG
    Introducing the first, self-contained reference on acoustic waveform loggingAcoustic measurements in boreholes were first made as a specialized logging technique in geological exploration, but recent advances have greatly expanded the potential applications of this technique. Acoustic Waves in Boreholes provides a thorough review of the theory and interpretation techniques need...

    $1,380.00

  • A COMPLEMENTARY STUDY OF LEXICALIST APPROACHES AND CONSTRUCTIONIST APPROACHES
    QILONG CHENG / QIANWEN CHENG
    This book presents a complementary study of lexicalist approaches and constructionist approaches in linguistics. Specific topics discussed include different versions of semantic roles, predicate decomposition, event structures, argument realizations, and cognitive construction grammars. For decades, the relationship between certain concepts and constructions along with related ...

    $1,160.00

  • THE EVOLUTION OF CHINESE POPULAR MUSIC
    YA-HUI CHENG
    Ya-Hui Cheng examines the emergence of popular music genres – jazz, rock, and hip-hop – in Chinese society, covering the social underpinnings that shaped the development of popular music in China and Taiwan, from imperialism to westernization and from modernization to globalization. The political sensitivities across the strait have long eclipsed the discussion of these shared ...

    $1,160.00

  • DEEP LEARNING FOR CRACK-LIKE OBJECT DETECTION
    KAIGE ZHANG / HENG-DA CHENG
    Computer vision-based crack-like object detection has many useful applications, such as inspecting/monitoring pavement surface, underground pipeline, bridge cracks, railway tracks etc. However, in most contexts, cracks appear as thin, irregular long-narrow objects, and often are buried in complex, textured background with high diversity which make the crack detection very chall...

    $560.00

  • REASSESSING LEE KUAN YEW'S STRATEGIC THOUGHT
    ANG CHENG GUAN
    Building on the author’s 2012 book, Lee Kuan Yew’s Strategic Thought, this new book presents a comprehensive overview of Lee Kuan Yew’s strategic thought over the course of his entire life. It analyses the factors underlying Lee Kuan Yew’s thinking, discusses his own writings and speeches, and shows how his thinking on foreign policy, security and international relations evolve...

    $1,100.00

  • VARIABLE GAIN CONTROL AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN ENERGY CONVERSION
    CHENGHUI ZHANG / LE CHANG / CHENG FU
    The variable gain control method is a new construction technique for the control of nonlinear systems. By properly conducting state transformation that depends on the variable gains, the control design problem of nonlinear systems can be transformed into a gain construction problem, thus effectively avoiding the tedious iterative design procedure. Different from the classical b...

    $2,000.00

  • CASE EXAMPLES IN CHILD WELFARE AND FAMILY SERVICES FOR SOCIAL WORKERS
    TYRONE CHENG
    This book provides social work students at both undergraduate and graduate level with compelling child welfare case examples, intervention plans, and tips for building working alliances with clients. The 50 such case examples, categorized by maltreatment type(s) and by underlying problem(s), each present an intertwined network of issues characterizing the members of a family an...

    $1,000.00

  • CONSTITUTIONALIZING TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE
    CHENG-YI HUANG
    This book explores the complicated relationship between constitutions and transitional justice. It brings together scholars and practitioners from different countries to analyze the indispensable role of constitutions and constitutional courts in the process of overcoming political injustice of the past. Issues raised in the book include the role of a new constitution for the s...

    $1,160.00

  • ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN WIRELESS ROBOTICS
    KWANG-CHENG CHEN
    Robots, autonomous vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and smart factory, will significantly change human living style in digital society. Artificial Intelligence in Wireless Robotics introduces how wireless communications and networking technology enhances facilitation of artificial intelligence in robotics, which bridges basic multi-disciplinary knowledge among artificial int...

    $1,125.00

  • AN INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONIC WARFARE; FROM THE FIRST JAMMING TO MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES
    CHI-HAO CHENG / JAMES TSUI
    Since its creation at the beginning of World II, radars have forever transformed the practice of modern warfare. The evolution of countermeasure conducted by electronic warfare systems against radars and radars’ corresponding counter countermeasures is an intriguing technical subject. This book provides a very accessible introduction to a broad range of radar and electronic war...

    $1,170.00

  • LAW OF EXPORT CREDIT INSURANCE AND GUARANTEES
    CHENG LIN
    Examining the law of export credit insurance and export credit guarantees, this book clarifies the legal nature of ECI and ECGs as insurance and guarantees respectively by comparing their legal characteristics regarding contract formation process, terms and conditions, duty of fair presentation, claim handling process and subrogation and recoveries. It further explores why some...

    $1,160.00

  • LEARNER INTERACTIONS IN MASSIVE PRIVATE ONLINE COURSES
    DI SUN / GANG CHENG
    By employing learning analytics methodology and big data in Learning Management Systems (LMSs), this volume conducts data-driven research to identify and compare learner interaction patterns in Massive Private Online Courses (MPOCs). The uncertainties about the temporal and sequential patterns of online interaction, and the lack of specific knowledge and methods to investigate ...

    $520.00

  • MANAGING SCHOOL INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL FOR STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT
    ERIC C. K. CHENG
    Cheng articulates the extent to which knowledge management approaches can create Intellectual Capital (IC) and contribute to improvements in education quality. He argues that public schools have long contended with the requirements of quality assurance in a competitive environment of decreasing student numbers, increasing parental choice and rising standards of accountability. ...

    $1,160.00

  • HEALTHY AGEING IN ASIA
    GOH CHENG SOON
    Asia is the world’s most populous region and has the highest per capita number of older people in the world. It is also home to the healthy ageing traditions of Ayurveda and Chinese Medicine and the rich regional traditions of Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, and South Asia. This book addresses policies related to ageing, traditional Asian approaches to ageing, an integrated medic...

    $1,760.00


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