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A century-old journal, a young woman caught in global upheaval, a life striving to serve God as a missionary. All feature in this illuminating book, which expands on the writings of the author's maternal grandmother as she navigates the histories many of us have only read about. Born in Tabriz, Persia, Mary Agnes Wilson was the daughter of missionaries. After being sent to college in America, young Agnes graduates and begins a career as a teac...

A uniquely inspiring and thought-provoking journey through a colourful celebration of food, nature and the world we live in from the founder of Better Foods.

This book contributes to the understanding of environment-economy relations from the perspective of economic geography, grounded in the institutional context of China. It demonstrates how classical economic geographies, new economic geographies, and geographies of economic globalization work together to affect the environment. It covers a series of classical topics like industrial location and industrial dynamics and some emerging fields like ...

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This edited volume presents the results of a three-year comparative study on Chinese cultural diplomacy (CD) across Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, which contributes to the broader theoretical debate on China`s increasing soft power in international relations. The study, 'China's Cultural Diplomacy and the Role of Non-State Actors' was conducted by a research team at the Oriental Institute of the Academy of Sciences ...

This book presents the state-of-the-art approach for transmission line protection schemes for smart power grid. It provides a comprehensive solution for real-time development of numerical relaying schemes for future power grids which can minimize cascade tripping and widespread blackout problems prevailing all around the world. The book also includes the traditional approach for transmission line protection along with issues and challenges in ...

Time travel is the cutting edge of modern research. Like gravity waves, temporal waves can now be detected and traced back to the time and place of their origin, even making it possible for one to travel back in time. Or at least for one's consciousness to be projected through a wormhole to appear in a three-dimensional projection of one's original body, thanks to the temporal projection chamber. Only three countries have the apparatus to make...

The years between Indian independence (1947) and the dominance of colour cinema (early 1960s) saw the emergence and fruition of a distinct, confident, and nuanced black and white aesthetic in Hindi mainstream cinema. Shadow Craft is an ardent and immersive study of cinematic craftings that emblematise the oeuvres of Kamal Amrohi, Raj Kapoor, Nutan, Bimal Roy, Guru Dutt, and Abrar Alvi. Films such as Aag (1948), Mahal (1949), Seema (1955), Pyaa...

This book gathers selected research papers presented at the International Conference on Recent Trends in Machine Learning, IOT, Smart Cities & Applications (ICMISC 2020), held on 29-30 March 2020 at CMR Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Discussing current trends in machine learning, Internet of things, and smart cities applications, with a focus on multi-disciplinary research in the area of artificial intelligence and cyber...

The book covers pathological and radiological diagnosis of various brain tumors well illustrated by around 900 high quality colored images. It covers MR images, intra-operative squash cytology, histopathology and immunohistochemistry microphotographs of brain and spine tumors along with differential diagnosis of each. Molecular diagnosis and prognosis of each tumor completes the profile. The book illustrates case studies with typical and rare ...

This book explores xiangsheng, one of the most popular folk art performance genres in China, its enlistment by official propaganda machine after the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and its revival in popularity under Guo Degang and his Deyun Club. Just as the 1950's saw the shift of xiangsheng 's social function from entertainment to the political tool of 'serving the party', Guo Degang has completed the paradigm shift by turn...

Based on extensive research on the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, this book closely examines the claims and controversy surrounding the 'Nanjing Massacre', a period of murder in 1937-1938 committed by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing (Nanking), after the capture of the then capital of the Republic of China, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Focusing on weighing up arguments denying Nanjing Massacre, this b...

Die vorliegende Studie bildet eine systematische Auseinandersetzung mit der schulinternen Leistungsbeurteilung anhand von vorgegebenen Erwartungshorizonten im Kontext der zentralen Prüfungen zum Erwerb des Mittleren Schulabschlusses und greift hiermit ein gesellschaftlich stark relevantes Thema auf, welches bislang unerforscht blieb. Die zentralen Befunde deuten auf die Existenz einer multifaktoriell beeinflussten, heterogenen Nutzungspraxis d...

Learn to automate SQL Server operations using a framework built from a combination of metadata-driven stored procedures, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), and Business Intelligence Markup Language (Biml). Bring all the power of Transact-SQL (T-SQL) and Microsoft .NET to bear on your repetitive data, data integration, and ETL processes. Do this for no added cost over what you've already spent on licensing SQL Server. The tools and methods...

Learn how to use R 4, write and save R scripts, read in data files, use built-in functions, and write custom statistical functions. This in-depth tutorial includes key R 4 features such as a new color palette for charts, an enhanced reference counting system, and normalization of matrix and array types where matrix objects will formally inherit from the array class, eliminating many inconsistencies. Each chapter starts with a list of learnin...

Culture's Engine offers an insightful and penetrating analysis of the enduring relationship between technology and society. William Gosling explores in absorbing historical detail how humans have experienced change through a sequence of technological revolutions, each giving rise to new social organisation, which in turn influences the shape and timing of the next such revolution. Gosling argues that it is through this dialogue that successful...

This book presents selected papers from the 7th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research (ICAER 2019), providing a comprehensive coverage encompassing all fields and aspects of energy in terms of generation, storage, and distribution. Themes such as optimization of energy systems, energy efficiency, economics, management, and policy, and the interlinkages between energy and environment are included. The contents of this book wil...

ES GIBT EINEN TEUFLISCHEN PLAN, DAS GÖTTLICHE ZU VOLLENDENNoahs Rettung vor der Sintflut, Mohammeds Bekehrung durch den Engel Gabriel, die Terroranschläge 1978 in Mekka und 2001 in New York. Wesentlich haben diese Ereignisse die Geschichte beeinflusst. Doch sind sie und andere auch zusammenhängende Ausschnitte eines größeren Plans: Eine Geheimgesellschaft sucht seit Jahrtausenden die Teile Gottes, die durch eine Sünde entstanden sind. Der Arch...

This book discusses the recent developments in the therapeutic implications of cancer stem cells for the effective diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of cancer. It summarizes the various stem cells of common cancers including colon, pancreas, lungs, prostate, melanoma, and glioblastoma, and reviews the potential role of cancer stem cells in tissue aggressiveness, examining the functional contribution of cancer stem cells in the establishment...