Mei: 169 books
China's Poor Regions
Rural-Urban Migration, Poverty, Economic Reform and Urbanisation
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
The number of poor people in China is huge, despite recent economic advances. This book investigates the problem of poverty in China's regions, discussing in particular the role of rural-urban migration in reducing poverty. It surveys the distribution and characteristics of poverty, examines anti-poverty...
Conducting Business in China
An Intellectual Property Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2012
With the rise of the Chinese economy and consumer market, intellectual property (IP) conflicts in Sino-U.S. business transactions are increasing, and consequently, companies are intent on achieving maximum IP values in China-related cross-border transactions. Conducting Business in China: An Intellectual...
Sequential Experimentation in Clinical Trials
Design and Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
Sequential Experimentation in Clinical Trials: Design and Analysis is developed from decades of work in research groups, statistical pedagogy, and workshop participation. Different parts of the book can be used for short courses on clinical trials, translational medical research, and sequential experimentation. The...
Automated Data Collection with R
A Practical Guide to Web Scraping and Text Mining
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
A hands on guide to web scraping and text mining for both beginners and experienced users of R
Introduces fundamental concepts of the main architecture of the web and databases and covers HTTP, HTML, XML, JSON, SQL.
Provides basic techniques to query web documents and data sets (XPath and regular...
The Micro-Analysis of Regional Economy in China
A Perspective of Firm Relocation
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
The book presents the comprehensive research findings on the basic features, formation mechanisms and evolution laws of Chinese enterprise migration, from the micro-perspective of enterprise migration; and on this basis, the influences from enterprise migration on industrial agglomeration and diffusion...
Education Policy Analysis
Liberal Studies and National Education in Hong Kong
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
This book reports on a five-year longitudinal study of the policy relating to the introduction of Liberal Studies, which was developed as an interdisciplinary curriculum in the New Senior Secondary (NSS) academic structure in post-colonial Hong Kong. It also examines the implementation of Moral and...
Programming Massively Parallel Processors
A Hands-on Approach
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2010
Programming Massively Parallel Processors discusses the basic concepts of parallel programming and GPU architecture. Various techniques for constructing parallel programs are explored in detail. Case studies demonstrate the development process, which begins with computational thinking and ends with...
Internet Mercenaries and Viral Marketing
The Case of Chinese Social Media
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
Social media and emerging internet technologies have expanded the ideas of marketing approaches. In particular, the phenomenon of the internet in China challenges the common perception of new media environments. Internet Mercenaries and Viral Marketing: The Case of Chinese Social Media presents case...
The Disruption of International Organised Crime
An Analysis of Legal and Non-Legal Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
Analyzing the structures of transnational organized crime, this book considers whether traditional mechanisms and national jurisdictions can tackle this increasing menace. Highlighting the strengths and weaknesses in the present methods of control, the book discusses the possibilities of developing...
Individual Counseling and Therapy
Skills and Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Individual Counseling and Therapy, 3rd edition, goes beyond the typical counseling textbook to teach the language of therapy from the basic to the advanced. Lucidly written and engaging, this text integrates theory and practice with richly illustrated, real-life case examples and dialogues that demystify...
Heterogeneous System Architecture
A New Compute Platform Infrastructure
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2015
Heterogeneous Systems Architecture - a new compute platform infrastructure presents a next-generation hardware platform, and associated software, that allows processors of different types to work efficiently and cooperatively in shared memory from a single source program. HSA also defines a virtual...
Apache Spark 2: Data Processing and Real-Time Analytics
Master complex big data processing, stream analytics, and machine learning with Apache Spark
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018
Build efficient data flow and machine learning programs with this flexible, multi-functional open-source cluster-computing framework
Key Features
Master the art of real-time big data processing and machine learning
Explore a wide range of use-cases to analyze large data
Discover ways to optimize...
Internetware
A New Software Paradigm for Internet Computing
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
This book presents a comprehensive introduction to Internetware, covering aspects ranging from the fundamental principles and engineering methodologies to operational platforms, quality measurements and assurance and future directions. It also includes guidelines and numerous representative real-world...
by Mei Yan
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
In this thesis, the focus is on the study of new catalytic properties of unsupported nanoporous metals in heterogeneous organic reactions under liquid-phase conditions. The author was the first to fabricate nanoporous copper with tunable nanoporosity and apply it for organic reactions. The catalyst...