Yan Wei: 15 books
by Wei Yan, Wei Wang, Yiyin Shan
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2015
With China becoming a major force in steel research and development, this book highlights the work of a group from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, led by the first four authors. This group has the ideal knowledge base for writing this updated book on heat-resistant steels. The fifth author, Sha,...
Regulating Municipal Water Supply Concessions
Accountability in Transitional China
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2014
This book discusses the recently introduced concession policy, which is also known as PPP worldwide, on municipal utilities policy in China. In this context, critics have claimed that there is a gap in accountability with regard to concessions. The author utilizes interdisciplinary methods and comparative...
by Xiaopeng Chen, Yan Lv, Wei Wang
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
This volume is devoted to original research results and survey articles reviewing recent developments in reduction for stochastic PDEs with multiscale as well as application to science and technology, and to present some future research direction. This volume includes a dozen chapters by leading experts...
by Yongjie Sha, Jiang Wu, Yan Ji
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
This book focuses on observing and understanding the urban planning and relevant development patterns applied to the creation of urban districts against the backdrop of the current rapid urbanization and transformation of Shanghai on its way to becoming a world city. Based on a review of the four...
Introduction to Intelligent Surveillance
Surveillance Data Capture, Transmission, and Analytics
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2017
This accessible textbook/reference reviews the fundamental concepts and practical issues involved in designing digital surveillance systems that fully exploit the power of intelligent computing techniques. The book presents comprehensive coverage of all aspects of such systems, from camera calibration...
Strengths and Challenges of New Immigrant Families
Implications for Research, Education, Policy, and Service
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Immigration to America is an issue that often sparks intense emotional reactions_from passion and compassion to anger and even rage. Often missing from the dialogue, however, is discussion of the strengths of immigrant newcomers_the abilities and positive characteristics they bring as individuals...
by Angang Hu, Yilong Yan, Xing Wei
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
A great nation has a great dream; a great country has a great dream. China’s dream is to build a society of common prosperity and a world in which all people live together in peace and harmony.
This book provides predictions up to 2030 regarding the future major developments and trends of...
Visual Cryptography for Image Processing and Security
Theory, Methods, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
This unique book describes the fundamental concepts, theories and practice of visual cryptography. The design, construction, analysis, and application of visual cryptography schemes (VCSs) are discussed in detail. Original, cutting-edge research is presented on probabilistic, size invariant, threshold,...
Introduction to Intelligent Surveillance
Surveillance Data Capture, Transmission, and Analytics
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2019
This practically-oriented textbook introduces the fundamentals of designing digital surveillance systems powered by intelligent computing techniques. The text offers comprehensive coverage of each aspect of the system, from camera calibration and data capture, to the secure transmission of surveillance...
by Wei Qi Yan
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2016
This concise textbook examines the fundamental aspects of intelligent computing for surveillance systems, from camera calibration and data capturing, to secure data transmission. The text covers digital surveillance from the level of an individual object or biometric feature, to the full lifecycle...
by Liwei Jiao, Yan Yang, Wei Liu
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
A Thematic Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese is a unique resource for intermediate to advanced students of Chinese.
The dictionary presents 9,000 words organized thematically in 300 different subject areas. These themes cover the vocabulary necessary for daily use and for conducting meaningful...
by Wei Yan Ng, Li Lian Foo, Tien Yin Wong
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2017
Practical Guide to VIVA and OSCE in Ophthalmology Examinations is an essential study guide presented in a direct, exam-style question-and-answer format. It combines detailed explanations with high quality clinical photographs tailor-made to help readers ace specialist oral examinations (MMed, MRCS,...
Governance Innovation and Policy Change
Recalibrations of Chinese Politics under Xi Jinping
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
This edited volume assesses governance innovation and institutional change under the fifth generation of China’s political leaders headed by Xi Jinping. The configuration of long-term policy innovation without regime change requires skilled political actors who secure strategic majorities and set...
Ancient China and its Eurasian Neighbors
Artifacts, Identity and Death in the Frontier, 3000–700 BCE
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2017
This volume examines the role of objects in the region north of early dynastic state centers, at the intersection of Ancient China and Eurasia, a large area that stretches from Xinjiang to the China Sea, from c.3000 BCE to the mid-eighth century BCE. This area was a frontier, an ambiguous space that...
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