Yong Zhang: 16 books
Biotechnology and Medical Science
Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Biotechnology and Medical Science
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
This book is an all-embracing review of biotechnology, biomedical engineering, bioinformatics, pharmacy and medicinal chemistry, and biopharmaceutical technology. Existing theories and the latest findings are discussed. Researchers, engineers, academics, and industry professionals will find this book...
The Korean Wave
Evolution, Fandom, and Transnationality
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Since the Korean Wave phenomenon started in 1997, Hallyu has undergone many changes. Geographically, while Asia has been the largest cultural market for the Korean cultural industries, other parts of society, including North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America have gradually admitted...
Soft Power
China's Emerging Strategy in International Politics
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2009
Soft power has become a very popular concept in international affairs, appearing in government policy papers, academic discussions, and the popular media. In China, soft power has become one of the most frequently used phrases among political leaders, leading academics, and journalists. Defined against...
by Xuhong Qian, Zhenjiang Zhao, Yufang Xu
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2015
In biotechnology and bioengineering, small molecules can be used to increase the efficiency reduce the cost and damage to the environment of certain bioprocesses. This book introduces readers to the important field of chemically promoted biotechnology and bioengineering and presents the theory behind...
by Yushu Zhang, Yong Xiang, Leo Yu Zhang
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
This book gives a comprehensive and systematic review of secure compressive sensing (CS) for applications in various fields such as image processing, pattern recognition, Internet of things (IoT), and cloud computing. It will help readers grasp the knowledge of secure CS and its applications, and...
Advancing Health and Wellbeing in the Changing Urban Environment
Implementing a Systems Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
This book addresses up-to-date urban health issues from a systems perspective and provides an appealing integrated urban development strategy based on a 10-year global interdisciplinary research programme created by the International Council for Science (ICSU), and sponsored by the InterAcademy Partnership...
Never Send a Human to Do a Machine's Job
Correcting the Top 5 EdTech Mistakes
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Do what you do best and let technology do the rest
Technology has transformed lives. Why then, has it not transformed education? What needs to change to ensure integration that empowers students and enhances teacher depth? Learn how to let technology cultivate student autonomy, creativity,...
Brahman and Dao
Comparative Studies of Indian and Chinese Philosophy and Religion
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
The present geopolitical rise of India and China evokes much interest in the comparative study of these two ancient Asian cultures. There are various studies comparing Western and Indian philosophies and religions, and there are similar works comparing Chinese and Western philosophy and religion....
Inorganic Two-dimensional Nanomaterials
Fundamental Understanding, Characterizations and Energy Applications
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
Inorganic 2D nanomaterials, or inorganic graphene analogues, are gaining great attention due to their unique properties and potential energy applications. They contain ultrathin nanosheet morphology with one-dimensional confinement, but unlike pure carbon graphene, inorganic two-dimensional nanomaterials...
Intelligent Knowledge
A Study beyond Data Mining
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2015
This book is mainly about an innovative and fundamental method called “intelligent knowledge” to bridge the gap between data mining and knowledge management, two important fields recognized by the information technology (IT) community and business analytics (BA) community respectively. The book...
by Yong Zhou, JinRong Wang, Lu Zhang
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
This invaluable monograph is devoted to a rapidly developing area on the research of qualitative theory of fractional ordinary and partial differential equations. It provides the readers the necessary background material required to go further into the subject and explore the rich research literature....
by David Zhang, Fangmei Chen, Yong Xu
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
This book covers the key advances in computerized facial beauty analysis, with an emphasis on data-driven research and the results of quantitative experiments. It takes a big step toward practical facial beauty analysis, proposes more reliable and stable facial features for beauty analysis and designs...
by David Zhang, Yong Xu, Wangmeng Zuo
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
This monograph describes the latest advances in discriminative learning methods for biometric recognition. Specifically, it focuses on three representative categories of methods: sparse representation-based classification, metric learning, and discriminative feature representation, together with their...
Drying Up
What to Do About Droughts in the People's Republic of China
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Climate change is one of a few major factors that ensure the country will continue to struggle to supply its cities and industries and fields with enough water, particularly in the North, as well as face more frequent and longer droughts. The country has shown a stunningly agile disaster response...
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