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Dragon (DVD)
Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Wei Tang, Kara Hui, Wu Jiang, …
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R55
Discovery Miles 550
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Peter Chan directs this Hong Kong martial arts drama that sees an
incredibly scrupulous detective on the trail of a former criminal
who has attempted to start a new life. Set in 1917, the film finds
Liu Jinxi (Donnie Yen) and his wife Ayu (Wei Tang) living quietly
in a small village. Their sense of tranquillity is disrupted when a
pair of robbers descend on the local store and Liu's intervention
results in their death. Detective Xu Baijiu (Takeshi Kaneshiro), a
man so faithfully attached to the law he values it above human
life, arrives in the village to investigate and is immediately
suspicious of Liu. How could an ordinary villager possess the
skills to overcome two hardened criminals? The assiduous detective
begins an investigation into Liu's past, threatening to uncover his
identity as a retired martial arts expert and lead his many enemies
to his door...
Radically reoriented under market reform, Chinese cities are
playing an important role in China's economic development. The
creation of housing and land markets is rapidly changing the face
of Chinese cities. Mushrooming skyscrapers in the newly established
central business district contrast shapely with the nearby old
urban areas and unruly migrant settlements in urban fringes.
Chinese cities present both the landscapes of the first and third
world. Yet, radical marketization co-exists with ever-presence of
state control. "Urban Development in" "Post-Reform" "China"
explores the interaction of China's market development, state
regulation and the resulting transformation and creation of new
urban spaces. It provides the first integrated treatment of China's
urban development in the dynamic market transition. Focusing on
land and housing development, the authors show how the market has
been "created" under post-reform urban conditions, which in turn
challenges state regulation. Urban space constitutes a critical
component of China's new growth strategies. Through the
reconfiguration of urban space, market-oriented land development
has been launched by the Chinese version of local boosterism. The
authors examine "the state in action" and highlight how changing
urban governance towards local entrepreneurial state facilitates
market formation. City planning has been transformed from
allocating state resources to place promotion; and municipal
government formulated various competitive urban strategies through
place-making. The resulting changes in urban internal structure are
manifested in the renewal of the city center and urban sprawl at
the periphery, creating "novel" urban landscape ofredeveloped
central districts, university towns, science parks, and "urban
villages."China has been very successful in using urban land
development as an economic growth engine. The authors examine
complex interactions between the market and state in creating
China's new urbanism. State power is unlikely to wane and will
persist. Despite more market orientation, the state is still
playing an important role in urban development, especially in
making the cities more competitive in the era of globalization and
the development of service industries.
Architecture Asia, as the official journal of the Architects
Regional Council Asia, aims to provide a forum not only for
presenting Asian phenomena and their characteristics to the world,
but also for understanding diversity and multiculturalism within
Asia from a global perspective. This issue reveals the development
of Thailand contemporary architecture, and features five essays and
twelve projects that elaborate this perspective. The five essays
elaborate the contemporary architecture of Thailand in Southeast
Asia, and how Thailand architecture was influenced by western
architectural theories and finally found a good balance between
modernisation and localisation. The twelve projects, accompanied
with full-colour photos and text descriptions, concentrate on the
exploration of modernity, regionalism and futurism in Thai
architecture from 1940 to 1980, and highlight architectural works
that reflect on practical industrial buildings, demonstrate the
exploration of Thai contemporary architecture from form, space and
architecture to the complex disciplines of ecology, humanities,
society and industry.
Bioceramics play an important role in repairing and regenerating
defective or damaged bone. Annually, more than 500,000 bone graft
procedures are performed in the United States and approximately 2.2
million are conducted worldwide. Advanced Bioactive Inorganic
Materials for Bone Regeneration and Drug Delivery reviews the
latest advances in the field of bioceramics. The book summarizes
innovative concepts, bioceramic design, and methods for material
synthesis and drug delivery. Offering guidance for biomedical
engineering researchers and material scientists, the book explores:
Novel mesoporous bioactive glasses and silicate-based ceramics for
bone regeneration and drug delivery Bioactive silicate ceramics,
including their mechanical properties, interaction with
bone-forming cells, and in vivo osteogenesis and angiogenesis
Silica nanospheres with a core-shell structure and their specific
properties for controllable drug delivery The 3D-printing technique
to prepare advanced bioceramic scaffolds for bone tissue
engineering applications-including the preparation, mechanical
strength, and biological properties of 3D-printed porous scaffolds
of calcium phosphate cement and silicate bioceramics Biomimetic
preparation and controllable crystal growth and biomineralization
of bioceramics Inorganic and organic composite materials and their
unique biological, electrical, and mechanical properties that
enable the design of excellent bone regeneration and gene delivery
systems A comprehensive survey of the research progress of
bioceramics and their applications in bone repair and regeneration,
this volume is designed to enhance study and career development for
those in this field and to facilitate further research and
opportunities for new solutions.
The ARCASIA Awards for Architecture is an annual award established
by the Architects Regional Council Asia to recognise the
outstanding architectural works of Asian architects. It hopes to
encourage the inheritance of the Asian spirit and promote the
improvement of the Asian architectural environment as well as the
role of architects and architecture in the social, economic and
cultural development of Asian countries. This special issue of
Architecture Asia gives a comprehensive review of the 26 winning
projects of ARCASIA Awards for Architecture 2022 which includes
Single Family Residential Projects, Multi-family Residential
Projects, Commercial Buildings, Resort Buildings, Institutional
Buildings, Social and Cultural Buildings, Specialised Buildings,
Industrial Buildings, Historical Restoration Projects, Adaptive
Reuse projects, Integrated Development. Through brief project
descriptions and rich images, it provides a wonderful opportunity
for readers all over the world to get a quick glance at what
happened in Asian architecture in 2022.
Bioceramics play an important role in repairing and regenerating
defective or damaged bone. Annually, more than 500,000 bone graft
procedures are performed in the United States and approximately 2.2
million are conducted worldwide. Advanced Bioactive Inorganic
Materials for Bone Regeneration and Drug Delivery reviews the
latest advances in the field of bioceramics. The book summarizes
innovative concepts, bioceramic design, and methods for material
synthesis and drug delivery. Offering guidance for biomedical
engineering researchers and material scientists, the book explores:
Novel mesoporous bioactive glasses and silicate-based ceramics for
bone regeneration and drug delivery Bioactive silicate ceramics,
including their mechanical properties, interaction with
bone-forming cells, and in vivo osteogenesis and angiogenesis
Silica nanospheres with a core-shell structure and their specific
properties for controllable drug delivery The 3D-printing technique
to prepare advanced bioceramic scaffolds for bone tissue
engineering applications-including the preparation, mechanical
strength, and biological properties of 3D-printed porous scaffolds
of calcium phosphate cement and silicate bioceramics Biomimetic
preparation and controllable crystal growth and biomineralization
of bioceramics Inorganic and organic composite materials and their
unique biological, electrical, and mechanical properties that
enable the design of excellent bone regeneration and gene delivery
systems A comprehensive survey of the research progress of
bioceramics and their applications in bone repair and regeneration,
this volume is designed to enhance study and career development for
those in this field and to facilitate further research and
opportunities for new solutions.
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