Xu: 298 books
Interfacial Wave Theory of Pattern Formation in Solidification
Dendrites, Fingers, Cells and Free Boundaries
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2017
This comprehensive work explores interfacial instability and pattern formation in dynamic systems away from the equilibrium state in solidification and crystal growth. Further, this significantly expanded 2nd edition introduces and reviews the progress made during the last two decades. In particular,...
Sinews of Power
The Politics of the State Grid Corporation of China
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Electricity is a basic requirement for a modern economy, and transmission grids at the center of transition to a low-carbon power system. They are the principal means to integrate large shares of wind and solar power and they are essential to ensuring a secure and reliable electricity supply. Grid...
Discourses of the Developing World
Researching properties, problems and potentials
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
Against the backdrop of overwhelming discourse scholarship emanating from the Western cosmopolitan centres, this volume offers a development-centred approach to unfamiliar, marginalized or otherwise disadvantaged discourses of the Third World or the Global South. Written by leading researchers based...
by E. Mr. Gelbard, Corinne Deléchat, Ejona Ms. Fuli
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2015
This paper analyzes the persistence of fragility in some sub-Saharan African states and the multiple dimensions of state weakness that are simultaneously at play. This study also provides an overview of the analytics of fragility, conflict, and international engagement with fragile states before turning...
Ethnic China
Identity, Assimilation, and Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
There are some serious concerns and critical questions about the on-going minority protesting in China, such as Tibetan monks’ self-immolations, Muslims’ suicide bombings, and Uyghur large-scale demonstrations. Why are minorities such as the Uyghur dissatisfied, when China is rising as a world...
Principal Evaluation
Standards, Rubrics, and Tools for Effective Performance
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2013
James H. Stronge's latest book offers a detailed framework for principal evaluation based on copious research and extensive field work. The book includes a comprehensive set of standards as well as rubrics, forms, and resources for use from the design stage through to implementation and beyond.
by Gengsheng Wang, Yashan Xu
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017
This book introduces a number of recent advances regarding periodic feedback stabilization for linear and time periodic evolution equations. First, it presents selected connections between linear quadratic optimal control theory and feedback stabilization theory for linear periodic evolution equations....
Peace in the East
An Chunggun's Vision for Asia in the Age of Japanese Imperialism
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
On October 26, 1909, the Korean patriot An Chunggŭn assassinated the Japanese statesman Itō Hirobumi in Harbin, China. More than a century later, the ramifications of An’s daring act continue to reverberate across East Asia and beyond. This volume explores the abiding significance of An, his life,...
Alliance Persistence within the Anglo-American Special Relationship
The Post-Cold War Era
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2017
This book seeks to demystify the persistence of the Anglo-American Special Relationship (AASR) in the post-Cold War era by constructing a new theory of alliance persistence. This theory of alliance persistence not only has stronger explanatory power than the predominant model of interests and sentiments,...
by Zhenghao Xu, Meihua Deng
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
This book introduces readers to nearly 600 common weeds. In addition to essential information, each chapter includes photos for a specific type of weed to show its morphology in different growth periods, such as seedling, root, flower, fruit, and mature plant. The book also discusses control measures,...
by Xinwen (Fina) Xu
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2011
Intermediate Examination Paper from the year 2010 in the subject Communications - Intercultural Communication, grade: A, University of Florida, course: Intercultural Communication, language: English, abstract: According to my 'linear-active', 'multi-active' and 'reactive' triangle chart, I am not...
Mr. Science and Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution
Science and Technology in Modern China
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2012
Despite the verdict of the Cultural Revolution as a disaster for China, a number of scholars have called for re-examining socialist science under Mao’s aegis. Western observers once found much to admire in Chairman Mao’s mass science, with its origins in the May Fourth era. This collection represents...
by Y Zhao, T Kramer, Robert Brown
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2011
Dimensional metrology is an essential part of modern manufacturing technologies, but the basic theories and measurement methods are no longer sufficient for today's digitized systems. The information exchange between the software components of a dimensional metrology system not only costs a great...
Natural Theology Reconfigured
Confucian Axiology and American Pragmatism
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
Classic natural theology in its logical, rational, Aristotelian presentation has encountered an impasse. Since the Enlightenment, nature has ceased to be a vital topic in theological discussions until a recent revival of interest stemming from ecological and feminist concerns. Provocatively transcending...