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A critical reconsideration of the history of photography that
explores how commerce and conflict fueled its practice in
nineteenth-century China Photography's development as a new form of
art and technology coincided with profound changes in the way China
engaged with the world in the nineteenth century. The medium
evolved in response to war, trade, travel, and a desire for
knowledge about an unfamiliar place. Power and Perspective provides
a rich account of the exchanges among photographers, artists,
patrons, and subjects in the treaty port cities that connected
China and the West. Drawing primarily from the Peabody Essex
Museum's historic and largely unpublished collection of
photographs, this generously illustrated volume examines the
confrontations and collaborations that shaped the adoption and
practice of photography in China. Offering an original reassessment
of the colonial legacy of the medium, Power and Perspective
addresses photography's representations of racial hierarchy and its
entanglement with histories of European imperialism in
nineteenth-century China. Distributed for the Peabody Essex Museum
Exhibition Schedule: Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA (September 24,
2022-April 2, 2023)
Black phosphorus (BP)-based two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials are
used as components in practical industrial applications in
biomedicine, electronics, and photonics. There is a need to
controllably shape engineered scalable structures of 2D BP building
blocks, and their assembly/organization is desired for the
formation of three-dimensional (3D) forms such as macro and hybrid
architectures, as it is expected that these architectures will
deliver even better materials performance in applications.
Semiconducting Black Phosphorus: From 2D Nanomaterial to Emerging
3D Architecture provides an overview of the various synthetic
strategies for 2D BP single-layer nanomaterials, their scalable
synthesis, properties, and assemblies into 3D architecture. The
book covers defect engineering and physical properties of black
phosphorous; describes different strategies for the development of
2D nanostructures of BP with other species such as polymers,
organic molecules, and other inorganic materials; offers a
comparative study of 3D BP structures with other 3D architectures
such as dichalcogenides (TMDs, graphene, and boron nitride); and
discusses in detail applications of 3D macrostructures of BP in
various fields such as energy, biomedical, and catalysis. This is
an essential reference for researchers and advanced students in
materials science and chemical, optoelectronic, and electrical
engineering.
The book examines the relationship between imperial examinations
and literature from the perspective of restoring the cultural
ecology of imperial examinations in Ming China, breaking through
the paradigm of pure literature research. This book presents an
important practice in adjusting the pattern of literary research.
The contents of this book include five mutually independent but
supportive parts:Â 1) the living conditions and careers of
the literary attendants; 2) the educational background and
school’s consciousness of the Ming literati; 3) top candidates
and Ming literature; 4) genres of imperial examination and the Ming
society; 5) exam cheating cases from the perspective of politics
and literature. This book will appeal to readers interested in
Chinese literature and culture and the imperial examination system
in ancient China.
This book aims to seek for the truth which connects public value
and social development as basis to build a harmony community for
individuals as well as society. The book tries to bridge science,
technology, economics, politics, history, ethics, and environment
under the concept of public values, and reveals the essentials of
public policy for individual and social development. The potential
audience of the book are officials and policy makers in the public
sectors, as well as managers in the private sectors.
China's economy has been transforming rapidly over the last 25
years. As a result, Chinese conurbations have changed remarkably,
with cities expanding both vertically and horizontally, and the
physical environment acting as a medium for unprecedented
urbanization. This has provided vast opportunities for investors,
real estate developers, and service companies, but also presents
huge challenges-as traditional city spaces have been reconfigured,
environmental risks and the volatility of real estate markets
increased. However, as engagement with China is becoming
strategically important for many, forming a synthesized lens
through which to read China across the vicissitudes of its real
estate sector bears historic significance. By offering an
insightful framework and structure for understanding China's
variegated real estate dynamics, players, and markets,
Understanding China's Real Estate Markets codifies the principles
and practices of real estate development, finance, and investment
in China and builds foundations for future academic research and
practical knowledge in shaping and engaging the urban environment
within China and beyond.
This book aims to seek for the truth which connects public value
and social development as basis to build a harmony community for
individuals as well as society. The book tries to bridge science,
technology, economics, politics, history, ethics, and environment
under the concept of public values, and reveals the essentials of
public policy for individual and social development. The potential
audience of the book are officials and policy makers in the public
sectors, as well as managers in the private sectors.Â
China's economy has been transforming rapidly over the last 25
years. As a result, Chinese conurbations have changed remarkably,
with cities expanding both vertically and horizontally, and the
physical environment acting as a medium for unprecedented
urbanization. This has provided vast opportunities for investors,
real estate developers, and service companies, but also presents
huge challenges-as traditional city spaces have been reconfigured,
environmental risks and the volatility of real estate markets
increased. However, as engagement with China is becoming
strategically important for many, forming a synthesized lens
through which to read China across the vicissitudes of its real
estate sector bears historic significance. By offering an
insightful framework and structure for understanding China's
variegated real estate dynamics, players, and markets,
Understanding China's Real Estate Markets codifies the principles
and practices of real estate development, finance, and investment
in China and builds foundations for future academic research and
practical knowledge in shaping and engaging the urban environment
within China and beyond.
Computational Intelligence in Protein-Ligand Interaction Analysis
presents computational techniques for predicting protein-ligand
interactions, recognizing protein interaction sites, and
identifying protein drug targets. The book emphasizes novel
approaches to protein-ligand interactions, including machine
learning and deep learning, presenting a state-of-the-art suite of
skills for researchers. The volume represents a resource for
scientists, detailing the fundamentals of computational methods,
showing how to use computational algorithms to study protein
interaction data, and giving scientific explanations for biological
data through computational intelligence. Fourteen chapters offer a
comprehensive guide to protein interaction data and computational
intelligence methods for protein-ligand interactions.
As the essence of Chinese traditional culture, classical Chinese
poetry in Singapore played a very important role in the social and
cultural development of Singapore's Chinese community. Numerous
poems depicted the unique scenery of tropical rainforest and the
customs with a Nanyang flavor, recorded the various historical
events from the colonial era, the World War II to the independent
nation, and reflected the poets' multiple feelings. This book
sketches out the brief history of classical Chinese poetry in
Singapore over a hundred years, and focuses on the complex identity
of poets from different generations, the function of literary
societies in the construction of cultural space and the influence
of modern media on the development of classical Chinese poetry
based on the text interpretation. In addition, the author attempts
to define different types of poetry writing using diaspora
literature and Sinophone literature. The discussion of these topics
will not only expand the research horizon of Chinese literature,
but also provide a meaningful reference to the studies of the
worldwide Chinese overseas, especially in Southeast Asia.
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