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Blade of Kings (DVD)
Ying Qu, Jaycee Chan, Bo-Lin Chen, Charlene Choi, Gillian Chung, …
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Fast-paced Hong Kong action adventure. Set in a land ruled by a
vengeful queen (Ying Qu), who insists that all men will be slaves
to women, the film follows the journey of two young brothers,
Charcoal Head (Jaycee Chan) and Blockhead (Bo-Lin Chen), who come
into the possession of a mysterious map. Presuming that the map
will lead them to treasure, the boys set out on an adventure in the
hope of finding wealth and happiness. They are pursued by Spring
(Charlene Choi) and Blue Bird (Gillian Chung), two beautiful female
warriors with secret intentions, and quickly discover that the map
has led them into danger. Will the boys be able to fight their way
to the bottom of the riddle - and past rivals as formidable as the
Lord of Armour (Jackie Chan) - to fulfil their destiny?
Focusing on social work and social service delivery, this book
examines the social policies and programmes designed to address
different societal issues and concerns across India and China. It
focuses on gaining understanding of design and delivery of social
welfare policies related to special interest groups, highlighting
important contemporary challenges such as child labour, child
abuse, exploitation of women, problems related to disabled people,
mental health issue, illiteracy and unemployment. Offering a
comparative perspective, the book considers the impact of political
administration in both countries to critically assess key issues
related to social welfare in two different political, economic,
social, and cultural contexts.
Focusing on social work and social service delivery, this book
examines the social policies and programmes designed to address
different societal issues and concerns across India and China. It
focuses on gaining understanding of design and delivery of social
welfare policies related to special interest groups, highlighting
important contemporary challenges such as child labour, child
abuse, exploitation of women, problems related to disabled people,
mental health issue, illiteracy and unemployment. Offering a
comparative perspective, the book considers the impact of political
administration in both countries to critically assess key issues
related to social welfare in two different political, economic,
social, and cultural contexts.
The blasted expanse of the Shadow Barrens has menaced the Kingdom
of the Blue Rose for generations. Legends of its sinister residents
and the fallen glories of long-lost Mount Oritaun have provoked
both fear and wistful hope. Now, an envoy from that lost kingdom
has made contact, and a history long forgotten by all but a few
scholars has been brought to light. But the armies of Shadow loom
over Mount Oritaun, and its lunar light may soon be extinguished
forever. Tales from the Mount features nine short stories which
visit the deadly Shadow Barrens, wicked fallen Austium, and the
lunar glories of Mount Oritaun. These are the tales of a people
lost, the shattered pieces of an ancient and proud civilization,
and the sinister stain that has crept over those legacies in the
generations since the Doom of Faenaria. Come explore some of the
most tragic parts of the Blue Rose setting with us. Authors for
this anthology include Natania Barron, Nerine Dorman, Georgina
Kamsika, Rhiannon Louve, Michael Matheson, Tiffany Trent, Caias
Ward, and Suzanne Willis. This anthology is tied to the Envoys to
the Mount campaign book for Blue Rose: The Roleplaying Game of
Romantic Fantasy from Green Ronin Publishing.
Beside technological issues, this book discusses the administrative
and industrial aspects of third generation mobile communications.
The authors emphasize existing problems and propose solutions. They
provide the most comprehensive and topical information on 3G mobile
communications currently available. As the first wave of
third-generation communication devices arrives, technological and
societal effects will be widespread. The ability to communicate via
hand-held devices voice, data, and video raises many challenges and
questions. Beside detailed looks at technological issues, from the
system protocol to implementation technologies, this book discusses
the administrative and industrial aspects of third-generation
mobile communications. The authors emphasize existing problems and
propose solutions. They seek to provide the most comprehensive and
topical information on 3G mobile communications currently
available. Chapters offer an overview of wireless technology and
terminology, protocols for mobility management, the safety of
radio-frequency energy, WLAN (wireless local area networks),
multiple access schemes, and microwave photonics. It is intended as
an introduction and reference for engineers entering the field of
wireless communications.
The lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is a modern numerical technique,
very efficient, flexible to simulate different flows within
complex/varying geome tries. It is evolved from the lattice gas
automata (LGA) in order to overcome the difficulties with the LGA.
The core equation in the LBM turns out to be a special discrete
form of the continuum Boltzmann equation, leading it to be
self-explanatory in statistical physics. The method describes the
micro scopic picture of particles movement in an extremely
simplified way, and on the macroscopic level it gives a correct
average description of a fluid. The av eraged particle velocities
behave in time and space just as the flow velocities in a physical
fluid, showing a direct link between discrete microscopic and
continuum macroscopic phenomena. In contrast to the traditional
computational fluid dynamics (CFD) based on a direct solution of
flow equations, the lattice Boltzmann method provides an indirect
way for solution of the flow equations. The method is characterized
by simple calculation, parallel process and easy implementation of
boundary conditions. It is these features that make the lattice
Boltzmann method a very promising computational method in different
areas. In recent years, it receives extensive attentions and
becomes a very potential research area in computational fluid
dynamics. However, most published books are limited to the lattice
Boltzmann methods for the Navier-Stokes equations. On the other
hand, shallow water flows exist in many practical situations such
as tidal flows, waves, open channel flows and dam-break flows."
Beside technological issues, this book discusses the
administrative and industrial aspects of third generation mobile
communications. The authors emphasize existing problems and propose
solutions. They provide the most comprehensive and topical
information on 3G mobile communications currently available.
As the first wave of third-generation communication devices
arrives, technological and societal effects will be widespread. The
ability to communicate via hand-held devices voice, data, and video
raises many challenges and questions. Beside detailed looks at
technological issues, from the system protocol to implementation
technologies, this book discusses the administrative and industrial
aspects of third-generation mobile communications. The authors
emphasize existing problems and propose solutions. They seek to
provide the most comprehensive and topical information on 3G mobile
communications currently available. Chapters offer an overview of
wireless technology and terminology, protocols for mobility
management, the safety of radio-frequency energy, WLAN (wireless
local area networks), multiple access schemes, and microwave
photonics. It is intended as an introduction and reference for
engineers entering the field of wireless communications.
The lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is a modern numerical technique,
very efficient, flexible to simulate different flows within
complex/varying geome tries. It is evolved from the lattice gas
automata (LGA) in order to overcome the difficulties with the LGA.
The core equation in the LBM turns out to be a special discrete
form of the continuum Boltzmann equation, leading it to be
self-explanatory in statistical physics. The method describes the
micro scopic picture of particles movement in an extremely
simplified way, and on the macroscopic level it gives a correct
average description of a fluid. The av eraged particle velocities
behave in time and space just as the flow velocities in a physical
fluid, showing a direct link between discrete microscopic and
continuum macroscopic phenomena. In contrast to the traditional
computational fluid dynamics (CFD) based on a direct solution of
flow equations, the lattice Boltzmann method provides an indirect
way for solution of the flow equations. The method is characterized
by simple calculation, parallel process and easy implementation of
boundary conditions. It is these features that make the lattice
Boltzmann method a very promising computational method in different
areas. In recent years, it receives extensive attentions and
becomes a very potential research area in computational fluid
dynamics. However, most published books are limited to the lattice
Boltzmann methods for the Navier-Stokes equations. On the other
hand, shallow water flows exist in many practical situations such
as tidal flows, waves, open channel flows and dam-break flows."
This book analyzes the positive changes, challenges, and
corresponding solutions regarding charitable donation in China. It
discusses a number of issues, including donors and their modes of
donation, donation intermediaries and their behavioral
characteristics, cultural and social factors influencing charitable
donation, methods of raising charitable funds, ways of providing
charitable assistance and innovation, and trends in the development
of charitable donation mechanisms in China. Confirming previous
findings and integrating theoretical and applied studies, the book
draws new conclusions and offers fresh insights into the research
questions. It also includes a multi-dimensional analysis of the
behavioral patterns of the donors and the charitable donation
mechanisms in contemporary China from integrated perspectives, with
a systematic generalization of their key features and trends.
Further topics explored include the community-based charity
promotion mechanism and the trends in the mechanism development in
China, which have seldom been touched on by other scholars in the
field.
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The Regent's Reign (Paperback)
Alex McGilvery; Cover design or artwork by Jian Guo
bundle available
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R555
R465
Discovery Miles 4 650
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The Devil Reversed (Paperback)
Alex McGilvery; Cover design or artwork by Jian Guo
bundle available
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R560
R470
Discovery Miles 4 700
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In this monograph, the authors reports the current advancement in
high frequency piezoelectric crystal micromachined ultrasound
transducers and arrays and their biomedical applications.
Piezoelectric ultrasound transducers operating at high frequencies
(> 20 MHz) are of increasing demand in recent years for medical
imaging and biological particle manipulation involved therapy. The
performances of transducers greatly rely on the properties of the
piezoelectric materials and transduction structures, including
piezoelectric coefficient (d), electromechanical coupling
coefficient (k), dielectric permittivity (e) and acoustic impedance
(Z). Piezo-composite structures are preferred because of their
relatively high electromechanical coupling coefficient and low
acoustic impedance. A number of piezo-composite techniques have
been developed, namely "dice and fill," "tape-casting," "stack and
bond," "interdigital phase bonding," "laser micromachining" and
"micro-molding". However, these techniques are either difficult to
achieve fine features or not suitable for manufacturing of high
frequency ultrasound transducers (> 20 MHz). The piezo-composite
micromachined ultrasound transducers (PC-MUT) technique discovered
over the last 10 years or so has demonstrated high performance high
frequency piezo-composite ultrasound transducers. In this
monograph, piezoelectric materials used for high frequency
transducers is introduced first. Next, the benefits and theory of
piezo composites is presented, followed by the design criteria and
fabrication methods. Biomedical applications using piezo composites
micromachined ultrasound transducers (PC-MUT) and arrays will also
be reported, in comparison with other ultrasound transducer
techniques. The final part of this monograph describes challenges
and future perspectives of this technique for biomedical
applications.
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