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  • HERITAGE, HOMEMAKING, AND IDENTITY FORMATION IN MIGRANT WORKERS
    JUNMIN LIU
    Liu explores the experiences of Yi migrant workers in Shenzhen, China, investigating how their cultural heritage influences their search for identity and a sense of belonging. This book uncovers the intricate relationship between heritage and homemaking, examining how Yi migrants engage in their cultural practices within various settings such as families, workplaces, restaurant...

    $1,100.00

  • BARRIER ENGINEERING
    YILIU LIU
    This book aims to provide a systematic approach to the design, assessment, operation, and maintenance of safety barriers that are used for preventing accidents and protecting humans, equipment, and the environment. Barrier Engineering: Models and Methods for Technical Safety is based on the philosophy of risk management, providing a thorough guide on identifying, analyzing, des...

    $3,300.00

  • UNDERSTANDING TEACHER LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATIONAL CHANGE
    PENG LIU
    This book examines the vital roles of teacher leadership in the ever-evolving landscape of educational change, a constant presence in educational settings. As a cornerstone of school improvement initiatives, teacher leadership is essential; however, research in this field frequently lacks strong theoretical foundations and thorough exploration. This edited volume provides a com...

    $1,240.00

  • DISTRIBUTED SECONDARY CONTROL OF MICROGRID SYSTEMS
    HAOMING LIU / MUHAMMAD YASIR ALI KHAN / JINGJING ZHAI
    This book presents a detailed description of the transition from the traditional power system to the microgrid (MG) system. The authors introduce the basic concepts of an MG system along with its different operating modes and classifications. The various benefits, challenges, and technical aspects of an MG are highlighted. They demonstrate different control strategies that are ...

    $2,320.00

  • THE LAW OF THE SEA AND THE PLANETARY CRISIS
    NENGYE LIU AND SHIRLEY V. SCOTT
    This book examines the challenge of negotiating and implementing new legal regimes addressing contemporary ocean challenges in the context of uncertain planetary futures. The book covers the themes of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. Contributors examine a range of emerging, understudied issues, including the legal regulation of ocean acidification, the develop...

    $1,240.00

  • DECIPHERING IP LAW AND ITS CONFLICT AND COMPLEMENTARITY WITH COMPETITION LAW
    KUNG-CHUNG LIU
    This book introduces a general theory of intellectual property (IP) law, highlighting its importance and relevance in addressing complex IP issues in the digital economy, which often intersect with competition law. The book argues for the need for a unified theory of IP to elevate it as a discipline in its own right, while recognizing the diversity and nuance of IP laws. It exp...

    $1,480.00

  • GRAPH LEARNING TECHNIQUES
    BAOLING SHAN / XIN YUAN / WEI NI / REN PING LIU / ERYK DUTKIEWICZ
    This comprehensive guide addresses key challenges at the intersection of data science, graph learning, and privacy preservation. It begins with foundational graph theory, covering essential definitions, concepts, and various types of graphs. The book bridges the gap between theory and application, equipping readers with the skills to translate theoretical knowledge into actiona...

    $1,380.00

  • UNDERSTANDING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN TOP CHINESE UNIVERSITIES
    LAZARUS OBED LIVINGSTONE BANDA / JIN LIU
    Combining theory and case studies, this book explores the factors that influence the academic success of international students in China. It emphasizes the importance of cultural understanding and tailored support systems in improving academic outcomes. The authors utilize the Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) to examine how students' academic outcomes are shaped by personal, envir...

    $1,480.00

  • PRIVACY IN VEHICULAR NETWORKS
    BAIHE MA / XU WANG / WEI NI / REN PING LIU
    In an era where vehicular networks and Location-Based Services (LBS) are rapidly expanding, safeguarding location privacy has become a critical challenge. Privacy in Vehicular Networks delves into the complexities of protecting sensitive location data within the dynamic and decentralized environment of vehicular networks. This book stands out by addressing both the theoretical ...

    $1,380.00

  • THE SAGE HANDBOOK OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
    SHUANG LIU
    The SAGE Handbook of Intercultural Communication offers a global, interdisciplinary, and contextual approach to understanding the complexities of intercultural communication in our diverse and interconnected world. The handbook brings together established theories, methodologies, and practices and provides a comprehensive exploration of intercultural communication in respo...

    $1,940.05

  • CARBON CATALYSIS
    LIU, ZHIGANG
    This book provides a systematic review of carbon materials, focusing on their properties, development and applications. It emphasizes the synthesis processes of these materials and carbon catalysis, as well as the latest advances in novel carbon materials. Carbon materials are non-metallic substances composed mainly of organic materials with a wide range of applications. They c...

    $4,900.00

  • KRIGING IN SLOPE RELIABILITY ANALYSIS
    LEI-LEI LIU / JING-ZE LI / LEI HUANG
    Kriging can be used to determine optimal unbiased predictions for regionalized variables and has been shown to be a powerful tool in slope reliability analysis for reliability-based design. This is the first book to systematically cover the basic theory and applications of the method in slope reliability assessment. The book gives an extensive and detailed presentation of princ...

    $1,480.00

  • ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND K-12 EDUCATION
    JOSEPH MINTZ, WAYNE HOLMES, LEPING LIU AND MARIA PEREZ-ORTIZ
    This book problematizes and explores appropriate ways of using AI technology that can augment educational practice, especially in K-12 teaching and learning. Since the launch of OpenAI ChatGPT in November 2022, people have been debating “to chat or to cheat” while more and more educators have started to explore “to add or to integrate” it into teaching and learning. A list of q...

    $1,160.00

  • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND STATISTICS
    D LAMONT JOHNSON / CLEBORNE D MADDUX / LEPING LIU
    This important book focuses on creating new ideas for using educational technologies such as the Internet, the World Wide Web, and various software packages to further research and statistics. You will explore on-going debates relating to the theory of research, research methodology, and successful practices. Information Technology in Educational Research and Statistics also co...

    $2,060.00

  • CHINA AND US FOREIGN INVESTMENT LAWS AND PRACTICES
    LIU ZIYU
    The book is a comparative study of the national security review of foreign investment laws in China and the US. The author establishes a theoretical framework to explain the dominant role of ideas on national security and foreign investment rooted in China and the US, as well as the oriented role of China-US investment interaction. She concludes that it is difficult for China a...

    $1,240.00

  • THE AUTONOMOUS STATE OF CHILDCARE
    SERENA LIU
    This title was first published in 2001. Public childcare provision in Britain is an issue that raises much passion and has been the source of much disappointment. Free childcare in Britain is limited. Public policy has been slow to change in terms of providing more childcare. Insufficient public childcare provision is a barrier to acheiving equal rights for women, especially wi...

    $660.00

  • APPROACHING THE TSINGHUA BAMBOO SLIPS
    GUOZHONG LIU
    This book provides a detailed introduction to the study of the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips, explaining the preservation and analysis of the artifacts and their significance in historical research of the pre-Qin period. The Tsinghua Bamboo Slips are a collection of Chinese texts inscribed on approximately 2,500 bamboo slips. They were excavated from a Warring States Period tomb and ar...

    $4,700.00

  • HANDBOOK OF MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY
    DONGYOU LIU
    With a history that likely dates back to the dawn of human civilization more than 10,000 years ago, and a record that includes the domestication and selective breeding of plants and animals, the harnessing of fermentation process for bread, cheese, and brewage production, and the development of vaccines against infectious diseases, biotechnology has acquired a molecular focus d...

    $9,000.00

  • RETHINKING SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION IN CHINA
    LIU ZHONGBO
    This book examines science and technology policies in China over time and explores the development of scholarly communication through the lens of the political economy of communication. Despite political censorship and restrictions on the production of academic knowledge in China, the number of scholarly publications has skyrocketed over the past 20 years. By explaining these s...

    $1,140.00

  • ALPHAGO SIMPLIFIED
    MARK LIU
    May 11, 1997, was a watershed moment in the history of artificial intelligence (AI): the IBM supercomputer chess engine, Deep Blue, beat the world Chess champion, Garry Kasparov. It was the first time a machine had triumphed over a human player in a Chess tournament. Fast forward 19 years to May 9, 2016, DeepMind’s AlphaGo beat the world Go champion Lee Sedol. AI again stole th...

    $1,360.00

  • ASSOCIATION MODELS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY
    HONGJIE LIU
    Association Models in Epidemiology: Study Designs, Modeling Strategies, and Analytic Methods is written by an epidemiologist for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners who will use regression techniques to analyze data. It focuses on association models rather than prediction models. The book targets students and working professionals who lack bona fide modeling exper...

    $2,320.00

  • ACADEMIA'S BILLION-DOLLAR ROULETTE
    KEN-TYE YONG / MORNING LIU
    This book explores how in a rapidly shifting world, higher education has found itself at the crux of socio-economic, demographic, and technological transformations. This book dives deep into this evolving landscape, navigating the vast complexities of global higher education and its cultural implications. From demographic challenges and economic pressures to the game-changing i...

    $640.00

  • LANGUAGE TEACHER PSYCHOLOGY IN THE ONLINE TEACHING CONTEXT
    HONGGANG LIU
    Employing a mixed-method approach, the book investigates the psychology of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers in the online teaching environment in China during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, questionnaires were conducted on Chinese EFL teachers to explore the profiles of EFL teachers’ anxiety, self-efficacy, buoyancy and engagement. Additionally, semi-structure...

    $1,200.00

  • ADAPTIVE DETECTION FOR MULTICHANNEL SIGNALS IN NON-IDEAL ENVIRONMENTS
    ZEYU WANG / WEIJIAN LIU / HONGMENG CHEN
    This book systematically presents adaptive multichannel signal detection in three types of non-ideal environments, including sample-starved scenarios, signal mismatch scenarios, and noise plus subspace interference environments. The authors provide definitions of key concepts, detailed derivations of adaptive multichannel signal detectors, and specific examples for each non-ide...

    $2,320.00

  • THE ROMANCE OF THREE HAMLETS
    HAO LIU
    Through a metaphorical journey of Shakespeare in traditional Chinese theatre, using three Chinese opera productions of Hamlet as signposts, the book discusses the relationship between Shakespeare and Chinese theatrical traditions. A brief discussion of the Yue-opera Hamlet looks back at the role of Shakespeare in the Chinese discourse of renaissance and re-evaluation of traditi...

    $1,240.00

  • ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF RISK, CRISIS, AND DISASTER COMMUNICATION
    BROOKE FISHER LIU, AMISHA M. MEHTA
    This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of core concepts, research, and practice in risk, crisis, and disaster communication. With contributions from leading academic experts and practitioners from diverse disciplinary backgrounds including communication, disaster, and health, this Handbook offers a valuable synthesis of current knowledge and future directions for the f...

    $1,380.00

  • 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

  • MANEUVERABLE FORMATION CONTROL IN CONSTRAINED SPACE
    DONGYU LI / XIAOMEI LIU / QINGLEI HU / SHUZHI GE
    Inspired by the community behaviors of animals and humans, cooperative control has been intensively studied by numerous researchers in recent years. Cooperative control aims to build a network system collectively driven by a global objective function in a distributed or centralized communication network and shows great application potential in a wide domain. From the perspectiv...

    $4,700.00

  • CHINA’S URBANIZATION IN THE NEW ROUND OF TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION, 2020-2050
    WANG WEI / DENG YUSONG / NIU SANYUAN / WANG RUIMIN / SHAO TING / ZHAO YONG / LIU XIN
    Based on a major research project undertaken by a team at the Institute of Market Economy, Development Research Center of the State Council of China, a project which included extensive survey research, and involved also many international scholars including researchers at the World Economic Forum Research Center and OECD, this book explores the possible future trajectories for ...

    $1,240.00

  • DESIGNED TO FAIL
    ROSEANN LIU
    A provocative examination of how systemic racism in education funding is sustained.   For people who care about urban school districts like Philadelphia’s, addressing the challenges that these schools face often boils down to the need for more money. But why are urban districts that serve Black and Brown students still so perennially underfunded compared to majority-white ones?...

    $384.34