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By bringing together a distinguished group of scholars who have deep, extensive and complementary knowledge and expertise of the Chinese education system, The Work and Lives of Teachers in China engages in detailed discussions on contemporary issues about teachers and teaching in China. It locates t... More

This unique resource explains the fundamental physics of semiconductor nanolasers, and provides detailed insights into their design, fabrication, characterization, and applications. Topics covered range from the theoretical treatment of the underlying physics of nanoscale phenomena, such as tempera... More

The New Lives of Teachers examines the varied, often demanding commitments on teachers’ lives today as they attempt to pursue careers in primary and secondary education. Building upon Huberman’s classic study, it probes not only teachers’ everyday lives, but also the ways in which they negotiate the... More

This book unpicks the complex, dynamic blend of individuals’ psychological and professional assets, workplace conditions and leadership support which enable teachers who stay in teaching to continue to make a difference in their careers, regardless of shifts in policy, workplace, professional and pe... More

This timely Handbook takes stock of the range of debates that characterise the field of international education and development, and suggests key aspects of a research agenda for the next period. It is deliberately divergent in its approach, recognising the major ideological and epistemological divi... More

This book provides new knowledge, insights and experience about school-university partnerships. Drawing upon evidence from international research of the world’s most improved systems, and learning from a UK research council funded ‘knowledge exchange’ project, it reveals that when the profound diffe... More

"The Hidden Land" means that a large amount of land in the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) was "hidden" or unknown, since the land was managed by both the administrative and the military systems, and only the former was made public while the latter was being hidden due to confidentiality issues. This is on... More

Over the past two decades, the banking industry has expanded and consolidated at a stunningly unprecedented speed. In this time banks have also moved from focusing purely on commercial banking activities to being heavily involved in market-based and transaction-oriented wholesale and investment bank... More

This Atlas is organized in a way with a combination of basic theory and clinical practices, and of real photos and text description in perforator flap. The book includes four parts: the first part is the overview of the definition, vascular physiology and main principles of clinical applications of ... More

"Gene Therapy for Cartilage and Bone Tissue Engineering" outlines the tissue engineering and possible applications of gene therapy in the field of biomedical engineering as well as basic principles of gene therapy, vectors and gene delivery, specifically for cartilage and bone engineering. It is in... More

This book presents the effects of perceptual training on the perception of English lexical stress in rising intonation by Mandarin-speaking EFL learners in Taiwan, and shows that these effects can be positive as well as negative. The book is of interest to researchers in lexical stress and intonatio... More

The data behind a distinct form of racism in online datingThe Dating Divide is the first comprehensive look at "digital-sexual racism," a distinct form of racism that is mediated and amplified through the impersonal and anonymous context of online dating. Drawing on large-scale behavioral data from ... More

This book provides insights into the Third International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Signal Processing (eISSP 2020) held By Electronics & Communication Engineering Department of G H Patel College of Engineering & Technology, Gujarat, India, during 28–30 December 2020. The book comprises co... More

The book includes insights that reflect the advances in the field of Internet of Things from upcoming researchers and leading academicians across the globe. It contains the high-quality peer-reviewed papers of 'International Conference on Internet of Things for Technological Development (IoT4TD 201... More

This book chiefly addresses the analysis and design of geosynchronous synthetic aperture radar (GEO SAR) systems, focusing on the algorithms, analysis, methods used to compensate for ionospheric influences, and validation experiments for Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). Further, it invest... More

This book includes high-quality, peer-reviewed papers from the International Conference on Recent Advancement in Computer, Communication and Computational Sciences (RACCCS-2018), held at Aryabhatta College of Engineering & Research Center, Ajmer, India on August 10–11, 2018, presenting the latest de... More

This book features high-quality, peer-reviewed papers from the International Conference on Recent Advancement in Computer, Communication and Computational Sciences (RACCCS 2019), held at Aryabhatta College of Engineering & Research Center, Ajmer, India, on August 16–17, 2019. Presenting the latest d... More

This book features high-quality, peer-reviewed papers from the Fourth International Conference on Recent Advancements in Computer, Communication, and Computational Sciences (RACCCS 2021), held at Aryabhatta College of Engineering and Research Center, Ajmer, India, on August 20–21, 2021. Presenting t... More

MACHINE INTELLIGENCE, BIG DATA ANALYTICS, AND IoT IN IMAGE PROCESSING Discusses both theoretical and practical aspects of how to harness advanced technologies to develop practical applications such as drone-based surveillance, smart transportation, healthcare, farming solutions, and robotics used in... More

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Shiya Village is a remote, climate-friendly village. The people here are hardworking and kind, the men are self-sufficient in their work. This year's spring, however, broke the serenity of the past. A group of men surrounded the area … So there was a river of blood here. Auntie Shi did her best. He ... More

Shiya Village is a remote, climate-friendly village. The people here are hardworking and kind, the men are self-sufficient in their work. This year's spring, however, broke the serenity of the past. A group of men surrounded the area … So there was a river of blood here. Auntie Shi did her best. He ... More

The first time they met, he sent her to the police station. The second time he saw her, he sent her to the police station. The third time he saw her. If you don't want to go to jail, stay here and pay my debt... More

A mysterious woman who shared the rent, one story after another buried deep in the earth, those stories of good and evil, all telling me that ghosts are far inferior to the inscrutable human heart.... More

It was late autumn of that year, and the rain was very cold …... More