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This thesis presents a series of experimental techniques based on scanning probe microscopy, which make it possible access the degree of freedom of protons both in real and energy space. These novel techniques and methods allow direct visualization of the concerted quantum tunneling of protons withi... More

The study of policy analysis in Taiwan began in the 1970s; however while other countries have recognised the need for detailed examination of the theory and practice of policy analysis at different levels of government, Taiwanese studies have remained limited. This book brings together for the firs... More

Landslides in cold regions have different mechanisms from those in other areas, and comparatively few research efforts have been made in this field. Recently, because of climate change, some new trends concerning landslide occurrence and motion have appeared, severely impacting economic development... More

This book mainly provides the current status of water pollution faced by China under rapid changing environment and the actions that have been taken for prevention and treatment of water pollution. It points out that the water pollution situation is severe. Facing water pollution, China’s experience... More

Asset Price Response to New Information examines the effect of two types of psychological biases (namely, conservatism bias and representativeness heuristic) on the asset price reaction to new information. The author constructs various models of a competitive securities market or a security market ... More

One of the core building blocks of traditional economic theory is the concept of equilibrium, a state of the world in which economic forces are balanced and in the absence of external influences the values of economic variables remain static. Many traditional equilibrium models, or equilibria, are ... More

The book is the first book on complex matrix equations including the conjugate of unknown matrices. The study of these conjugate matrix equations is motivated by the investigations on stabilization and model reference tracking control for discrete-time antilinear systems, which are a particular kin... More

This book describes and illustrates 300 species of free-living marine nematodes from the East China Sea and includes eighteen new species. Free-living marine nematode is the most dominant and diverse meiofaunal group in marine benthic habitats. It has strong adaptability and wide distribution, and p... More

"Defiant and uncategorizable, Lo Kwa Mei-en's Yearling, with its teeming species, battles, and passions, read like an illuminated manuscript: mysterious, visceral, awe-full. Hers are some of the most enviable poems I have ever read, and herald Mei-en as the new standard bearer for innovative structu... More

Guard: Master, the princess said she was in a bad mood and didn't have time to see you.SOME MAN: Opposed to her?Guard: Master, the wangfei said she is in a good mood and wants to test the effect of the new drug on the crown prince.SOME MAN: Bind it back!Guard: Master, the wangfei said she was in a g... More

Guard: Master, the princess said she was in a bad mood and didn't have time to see you.SOME MAN: Opposed to her?Guard: Master, the wangfei said she is in a good mood and wants to test the effect of the new drug on the crown prince.SOME MAN: Bind it back!Guard: Master, the wangfei said she was in a g... More

Guard: Master, the princess said she was in a bad mood and didn't have time to see you.SOME MAN: Opposed to her?Guard: Master, the wangfei said she is in a good mood and wants to test the effect of the new drug on the crown prince.SOME MAN: Bind it back!Guard: Master, the wangfei said she was in a g... More

Guard: Master, the princess said she was in a bad mood and didn't have time to see you.SOME MAN: Opposed to her?Guard: Master, the wangfei said she is in a good mood and wants to test the effect of the new drug on the crown prince.SOME MAN: Bind it back!Guard: Master, the wangfei said she was in a g... More

Guard: Master, the princess said she was in a bad mood and didn't have time to see you.SOME MAN: Opposed to her?Guard: Master, the wangfei said she is in a good mood and wants to test the effect of the new drug on the crown prince.SOME MAN: Bind it back!Guard: Master, the wangfei said she was in a g... More

Guard: Master, the princess said she was in a bad mood and didn't have time to see you.SOME MAN: Opposed to her?Guard: Master, the wangfei said she is in a good mood and wants to test the effect of the new drug on the crown prince.SOME MAN: Bind it back!Guard: Master, the wangfei said she was in a g... More

This book describes the latest developments of lanthanum zirconate based thermal barrier coatings. The physical, thermal, and mechanical properties of lanthanum zirconate powder and coatings are critically evaluated. Processing and characterizations of lanthanum zirconate powder and coatings under v... More

As the most populous country in the world, China’s demographic challenges have always been too many people for ecological system, resources, and the environment. However, by the early 1990s, fertility rate in China had dropped below the replacement level, and China’s low fertility has now attracted ... More

The book aims to equalize the theoretical involvement with industrial practicality and build a bridge between academia and industry by reducing the mathematical difficulties. It provides an overview of distributed control and distributed optimization theory, followed by specific details on industria... More

Many African countries are increasingly interested in learning from China's experiences in achieving effective agricultural development. The Chinese government and academic community are also keen to share experiences and lessons with Africa. China made agriculture one of its development assistance ... More

This volume presents an in-depth review of experimental and theoretical studies on the newly discovered Fe-based superconductors.   Following the Introduction, which places iron-based superconductors in the context of other unconventional superconductors, the book is divided into three sections cove... More

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Bioinformatics Research and Applications, ISBRA 2020, held in Moscow, Russia, in December 2020. The 23 full papers and 18 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 131 submissions. They w... More

Aerospace vehicles are by their very nature a crucial environment for safety-critical systems. By virtue of an effective safety control system, the aerospace vehicle can maintain high performance despite the risk of component malfunction and multiple disturbances, thereby enhancing aircraft safety a... More

To a degree insufficiently captured by the term governance, the present age is one of institutional complexity. China is a case in point. An amalgam of socialist, capitalist, corporatist, and pluralist characteristics, China's systems of governance defy classification using extant categories in the ... More

Geophysical mass flows, such as landslides, avalanches or debris flows, are frequent mass movement processes in mountain areas and often cause disastrous damage. This book lays a foundation for formulating the depth-averaged equations describing the shallow geophysical mass flows over non-trivial t... More

This book presents for the first time a detailed and comprehensive interpretation of Zhongguancun, China’s first national self-dependent innovation demonstration zone. Explored in the book are examples of world-class, leading enterprises in fields, such as the Internet, big data, artificial intelli... More