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  • Proceedings of the First International Forum on Financial Mathematics and Financial Technology (Financial Mathematics and Fintech)

    Proceedings of the First International Forum on Financial Mathematics and Financial Technology (Financial Mathematics and Fintech)

    by Zhiyong Zheng

    This book contains high-quality papers presented at the First International Forum on Financial Mathematics and Financial Technology. With the rapid development of FinTech, the in-depth integration between mathematics, finance and advanced technology is the general trend. This book focuses on selecte... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2021
  • Toxicology of Nanomaterials

    Toxicology of Nanomaterials

    by Yuliang Zhao • Weiyue Feng • Zhiyong Zhang

    This book provides the reader with a comprehensive view of analytical methods for nanotoxicology studies. After an introduction to nanomaterials and toxicological studies, the book discusses various characterization methods of nanomaterials and continues with the detection of nanoparticles in vivo a... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2016
  • The Compass of Zen

    The Compass of Zen

    by Seung Sahn

    The Compass of Zen is a simple, exhaustive--and often hilarious--presentation of the essence of Zen by a modern Zen Master of considerable renown. In his many years of teaching throughout the world, the Korean-born Zen Master Seung Sahn has become known for his ability to cut to the heart of Buddhi... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 1997
  • Only Don't Know

    Only Don't Know

    by Seung Sahn

    <p>Here is the inimitable Zen Master Seung Sahn up close and personal—in selections from the correspondence that was one of his primary modes of teaching. <p>Seung Sahn received hundreds of letters per month, each of which he answered personally, and some of the best of which are included here. Hi... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 1999
  • Ten Gates: The Kong-an Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn

    Ten Gates: The Kong-an Teaching of Zen Master Seung Sahn

    by Seung Sahn

    Zen is famous for koans (called kong-ans in Korean, and in this book), those bizarre and seemingly unanswerable questions Zen masters pose to their students to check their realization (such as "What is the sound of one hand clapping?"). Fear of koans keeps some people from ever giving Zen practice a... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2007
  • Progress of Nuclear Safety for Symbiosis and Sustainability

    Progress of Nuclear Safety for Symbiosis and Sustainability

    by Hidekazu Yoshikawa • Zhijian Zhang

    This book introduces advanced methods of computational and information systems allowing readers to better understand the state-of-the-art design and implementation technology needed to maintain and enhance the safe operation of nuclear power plants. The subjects dealt with in the book are (i) Full ... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2014
  • Public Happiness (Community Quality-of-Life and Well-Being)

    Public Happiness (Community Quality-of-Life and Well-Being)

    by Seung Jong Lee

    We all strive for personal happiness in one way or another, but what about public happiness? What does public happiness mean and what role can governments and public policies play? The current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the inadequacies of old governance paradigms and even before this pandemi... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2022
  • The Whole World is a Single Flower

    The Whole World is a Single Flower

    by Stephen Mitchell • Seung Sahn

    This remarkable book is of great importance not only for the variety of the 365 kong-ans, but for Zen Master Seung Sahn's own questions and commentary which accompany each kong-an. This prodding and guidance serve as guideposts along a difficult road to enlightenment. The kong-ans themselves and pra... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 1988
  • Gourmets in the Land of Famine

    Gourmets in the Land of Famine

    by Seung-Joon Lee

    Focusing on the rice trade, Lee (history, National U. of Singapore) examines conflicts over the system of food provisioning for the Chinese city of Canton (Guangzhou) between 1900 and 1937 and its impact on the city's food politics and culture. He describes how the viewpoints of local managers of ... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2011
  • Wanting Enlightenment Is a Big Mistake: Teachings of Zen Master Seung San

    Wanting Enlightenment Is a Big Mistake: Teachings of Zen Master Seung San

    by Seung Sahn • Hyon Gak Sunim

    A major figure in the transmission of Zen to the West, Zen Master Seung Sahn was known for his powerful teaching style, which was direct, surprising, and often humorous. He taught that Zen is not about achieving a goal, but about acting spontaneously from "don't-know mind." It is from this "before-t... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2006
  • Membranes for Environmental Applications (Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World #42)

    Membranes for Environmental Applications (Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World #42)

    by Eric Lichtfouse • Zhien Zhang • Wenxiang Zhang

    This book introduces recent developments of membrane technologies applied to gas and water treatments, energy processes and environmental issues. Novel knowledge and mechanisms on membrane fabrication and usage in energy, chemical, and environmental engineering are detailed in 12 book chapters from ... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2020
  • Membrane Technology Enhancement for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Industrial Growth (Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation)

    Membrane Technology Enhancement for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Industrial Growth (Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation)

    by Mohamed Mehdi Chehimi • Zhien Zhang • Wenxiang Zhang

    This book presents a detailed discussion of the fundamentals and practical applications of membrane technology enhancement in a range of industrial processes, energy recovery, and resource recycling. To date, most books on the applications of membrane technology have mainly focused on gas pollution ... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2021
  • CRISPR: A Machine-Generated Literature Overview

    CRISPR: A Machine-Generated Literature Overview

    by Ping Wang • Ziheng Zhang • Ji-Long Liu

    The book presents a machine-generated literature review on CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) from 114 selected papers published by Springer Nature in the last few years, which are then organized by the book editors with a human-written introduction to each chapter. E... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2022
  • Social Factors and Community Well-Being

    Social Factors and Community Well-Being

    by Rhonda Phillips • Youngwha Kee • Seung Jong Lee

    This book explores social factors that influence well-being, as well as the relationship between these factors. It examines individual areas of social policy from the perspective of children's well-being, gender equity, and the impact of crime and social capital. The book discusses the relationshi... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2016
  • Community Well-Being and Community Development: Conceptions and Applications (SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research #0)

    Community Well-Being and Community Development: Conceptions and Applications (SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research #0)

    by Rhonda Phillips • Seung Jong Lee • Yunji Kim

    This briefs provides foundations of both community wellbeing and community development, and the relationships between the two areas, including both similarities and differences. Community well-being encompasses a large array of concepts and disciplines. Community development, as an established dis... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2015
  • Perspectives on Community Well-Being (Community Quality-of-Life and Well-Being)

    Perspectives on Community Well-Being (Community Quality-of-Life and Well-Being)

    by Rhonda Phillips • Youngwha Kee • Seung Jong Lee

    This volume brings together multiple diverse perspectives from around the globe on quality of life and community well-being from a place-based perspective. It provides both conceptual and applied explorations across disciplines, ideas and perspectives to foster more interest and research in communit... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2019
  • The Soils of Taiwan

    The Soils of Taiwan

    by Zueng-Sang Chen • Zeng-Yei Hseu • Chen-Chi Tsai

    This book presents a comprehensive and up-to-date overview on soils of Taiwan. It includes sections on soil research history, climate, geology, geomorphology, major soil types, soil maps, soil properties, soil classification, soil fertility, land use and vegetation, soil management, soils and human... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2015
  • Robotic Welding, Intelligence and Automation

    Robotic Welding, Intelligence and Automation

    by Tzyh-Jong Tarn • Shan-Ben Chen • Xiao-Qi Chen

    The primary aim of this volume is to provide researchers and engineers from both academic and industry with up-to-date coverage of new results in the field of robotic welding, intelligent systems and automation. The book is mainly based on papers selected from the 2014 International Conference on R... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2015
  • Low-carbon, Sustainable Future in East Asia: Improving energy systems, taxation and policy cooperation (Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy)

    Low-carbon, Sustainable Future in East Asia: Improving energy systems, taxation and policy cooperation (Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy)

    by Soo-Cheol Lee • Hector Pollitt • Seung-Joon Park

    East Asia is a key region in the global economy, including both the second and third largest global economies already and, led by China, continuing to expand at a rapid rate. This economic growth has led to unprecedented gains in prosperity in the region but it has also led to increasing environment... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2016
  • Achtsamkeit in Arbeitswelten: Für eine Kultur des Bewusstseins in Unternehmen und Organisationen (FOM-Edition)

    Achtsamkeit in Arbeitswelten: Für eine Kultur des Bewusstseins in Unternehmen und Organisationen (FOM-Edition)

    by Yong-Seun Chang-Gusko • Judith Heße-Husain • Manfred Cassens • Claudia Meßtorff

    „Achtsamkeit“ ist ein im Gesundheitsbereich zunehmend beachtetes Thema. Etliche Unternehmen richten Achtsamkeitsseminare für ihre Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter mit dem Ziel aus, die Gesundheit und Zufriedenheit der Belegschaft zu stärken, Produktivitätsverluste zu vermeiden und ihre Attraktivität... More

    Language: GER
    Copyright: 2019
  • Cognitive Wireless Networks (SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering)

    Cognitive Wireless Networks (SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering)

    by Ping Zhang • Zhiyong Feng • Qixun Zhang

    This brief examines the current research in cognitive wireless networks (CWNs). Along with a review of challenges in CWNs, this brief presents novel theoretical studies and architecture models for CWNs, advances in the cognitive information awareness and delivery, and intelligent resource managemen... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2015
  • Natural Language Processing: A Machine Learning Perspective

    Natural Language Processing: A Machine Learning Perspective

    by Yue Zhang • Zhiyang Teng

    With a machine learning approach and less focus on linguistic details, this gentle introduction to natural language processing develops fundamental mathematical and deep learning models for NLP under a unified framework. NLP problems are systematically organised by their machine learning nature, inc... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2021
  • Force Control Theory and Method of Human Load Carrying Exoskeleton Suit

    Force Control Theory and Method of Human Load Carrying Exoskeleton Suit

    by Jing Zhang • Zhiyong Yang • Wenjin Gu • Lihua Gui

    This book reports on the latest advances in concepts and further development of principal component analysis (PCA), discussing in detail a number of open problems related to dimensional reduction techniques and their extensions. It brings together research findings, previously scattered throughout ... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2017
  • 5G for Future Wireless Networks: First International Conference, 5GWN 2017, Beijing, China, April 21-23, 2017, Proceedings (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering #211)

    5G for Future Wireless Networks: First International Conference, 5GWN 2017, Beijing, China, April 21-23, 2017, Proceedings (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering #211)

    by Haijun Zhang • Zhiyong Feng • Victor C.M. Leung • Yonghui Li • Keping Long • Zhongshan Zhang

    This book constitutes the proceedings of the First International Conference on 5G for Future Wireless Networks, 5GWN 2017, held in Beijing, China, in April 2017. The 64 full papers were selected from 135 submissions and present the state of the art and practical applications of 5G technologies. Th... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2018
  • Intelligence Science and Big Data Engineering. Big Data and Machine Learning Techniques

    Intelligence Science and Big Data Engineering. Big Data and Machine Learning Techniques

    by Zhi-Hua Zhou • Xiaofei He • Xinbo Gao • Yanning Zhang • Zhi-Yong Liu • Baochuan Fu • Fuyuan Hu • Zhancheng Zhang

    The two-volume set LNCS 9242 + 9243 constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Intelligence Science and Big Data Engineering, IScIDE 2015, held in Suzhou, China, in June 2015.   The total of 126 papers presented in the proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 416... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2015
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