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Biomass to Renewable Energy Processes, Second Edition, explains the theories of biological processes, biomass materials and logistics, and conversion technologies for bioenergy products such as biogas, ethanol, butanol, biodiesel, and synthetic gases. The book discusses anaerobic digestion of waste ... More

The Cold War officially ended in 1991 and opened a world of fresh opportunities for the Peace Corps. The fact that PCVs could move seamlessly into a constellation of states that once comprised the USSR is a testament to the flexibility and durability of the organization. All Peace Corps needs is an ... More

It is often assumed that privatization leads to profit, and that well-delineated property rights and a strong private sector will help boost an economy. This book investigates the property rights in Chinese enterprises in the reform era, finding that distinction between the public and the private ar... More

Untangle your web scraping complexities and access web data with ease using Python scripts Key Features Hands-on recipes for advancing your web scraping skills to expert level. One-Stop Solution Guide to address complex and challenging web scraping tasks using Python. Understand the web page stru... More

This collection provides a bracing window into some of the central ideas to have emerged from within grassroots struggles from 2006 to 2010. Rethinking Our Dance, the second of two volumes, offers a wide range of essays from frontline activists in Afghanistan, Argentina, Brazil, Niger, and Taiwan, a... More

This book traces the factors that contributed to the success in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea and identifies the concept of familism as a major environmental factor. The government of South Korea has achieved remarkable outcomes in its COVID-19 response, despite the fact that S... More

"A stellar collection of essays. Indispensable reading."--Immanuel Wallerstein, Fernand Braudel CenterThis comprehensive volume provides a glimpse into the wide-ranging discussions, debates, and arguments that have gone into making the World Social Forum (WSF) one of the more prominent platforms of ... More

This volume is a collection of original studies based on one of the first research programs on comparative analysis of social capital. Data are drawn from national representative samples of the United States, China and Taiwan. The three societies selected for study allow the examination of how polit... More

This book presents state-of-the-art theories and technologies and discusses developments in the two major fields: engineering and sustainable computing. In this modern era of information and communication technologies [ICT], there is a growing need for new sustainable and energy-efficient communicat... More

This book gathers selected papers presented at the 4th International Conference on Inventive Communication and Computational Technologies (ICICCT 2020), held on 28–29 May 2020 at Gnanamani College of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India. The respective contributions highlight recent research efforts and ad... More

This book gathers selected papers presented at the Inventive Communication and Computational Technologies conference (ICICCT 2019), held on 29–30 April 2019 at Gnanamani College of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India. The respective contributions highlight recent research efforts and advances in a new par... More

This book includes high impact papers presented at the International Conference on Communication, Computing and Electronics Systems 2019, held at the PPG Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India, on 15-16 November, 2019. Discussing recent trends in cloud computing, mobile computing, and advancemen... More

This book is a comprehensive document visualizing the future of built environment from a multidisciplinary dimension, with special emphasis on the Indian scenario. The multidisciplinary focus would be helpful for the readers to cross-refer and understand others' perspectives. The text also include... More

This book is a comprehensive document visualizing the future of built environment from a multidisciplinary dimension, with special emphasis on the Indian scenario. The multidisciplinary focus would be helpful for the readers to cross-refer and understand others' perspectives. The text also include... More

Copyright and International Negotiations provides a historical study of the development of Chinese copyright law in terms of China's contemporary political economy and the impact that international copyright law has had. The analysis shows how China's copyright system is intertwined with censorship... More

Previous Chapter Next Chapter AdvertisementWith the death of the Pill Emperor, it was a fortuitous opportunity for him to be reborn.In the Divine Continent, there were hundreds of countries. There were countless sects that killed without end, just for a chance at survival.After encountering the betr... More

Previous Chapter Next Chapter AdvertisementWith the death of the Pill Emperor, it was a fortuitous opportunity for him to be reborn.In the Divine Continent, there were hundreds of countries. There were countless sects that killed without end, just for a chance at survival.After encountering the betr... More

Previous Chapter Next Chapter AdvertisementWith the death of the Pill Emperor, it was a fortuitous opportunity for him to be reborn.In the Divine Continent, there were hundreds of countries. There were countless sects that killed without end, just for a chance at survival.After encountering the betr... More

Previous Chapter Next Chapter AdvertisementWith the death of the Pill Emperor, it was a fortuitous opportunity for him to be reborn.In the Divine Continent, there were hundreds of countries. There were countless sects that killed without end, just for a chance at survival.After encountering the betr... More

Filling the gap between basic undergraduate courses and advanced graduate courses, this text explains how to analyze and solve conduction, convection, and radiation heat transfer problems analytically. It describes many well-known analytical methods and their solutions, such as Bessel functions, sep... More

"Sony vs. Samsung is business history at its best! It explores the divergent fortunes of these two electronics giants in the last decade and identifies the true reasons behind Sony's decline and Samsung's rise. Contrary to popular belief, Chang shows that success (or failure) does not simply arise f... More

In the Great Wastelands of the Dongze Continent, the Eighth Phase female Emperor Ye Ling.They were persecuted jointly by the four great families.Before he died, he fought back with all his might.Phoenix Nirvanic Rebirth. Soul Piercing Zhao Family's daughter.To defy the heavens, move the heavens and ... More

Experimental Methods in Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics focuses on how to analyze and solve the classic heat transfer and fluid mechanics measurement problems in one book. This work serves the need of graduate students and researchers looking for advanced measurement techniques for thermal, flow, ... More

Virtually every analysis of Chinese politics views the Politburo as the nerve center of the system, but questions abound as to how this center governs itself and how it interacts with the system around it. Specifically, how much consultation occurs during the drafting of major Politburo documents, a... More

Across the AEC industry, the non-technical skills possessed by organisations are key to their overall performance. In this study, the particular importance of optimising the so-called "soft power" of organisations, is addressed. Things like organisational culture, responsible corporate behaviour, an... More