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In the Chinese City (Hardcover)

An Essential Work for Understanding the Contemporary Chinese City. Beijing is host to the 2008 Olympic Games followed by the 2010 Universal Exposition in Shanghai. These two cities have undergone an architectonic and urban metamorphosis unprecedented... more

Rethinking Chinese Politics (Hardcover)

Understanding Chinese politics has become more important than ever. Some argue that China s political system is institutionalized or that win all/lose all struggles are a thing of the past but Joseph Fewsmith argues as in all Leninist systems political... more

Collected Writings on Chinese Cultural History (Hardcover)

A great observer and writer of Chinese culture Tsien Tsuen-hsin contributed profoundly to the West s understanding of the East and vice versa spending six decades as a professor and curator at The University of Chicago. These articles explore Chinese... more

Cambridge Companions to Culture: The Cambridge Companion to Modern Chinese Culture (Hardcover)

At the start of the twenty-first century China is poised to become a major global power. Understanding its culture is more important than ever before for western audiences but for many China remains a mysterious and exotic country. This Companion... more

Bloomsbury Studies in World Philosophies: Chinese and Indian Ways of Thinking in Early Modern European Philosophy: The Reception and the Exclusion (Hardcover)

Why were Chinese and Indian ways of thinking excluded from European philosophy in early modern times? This is a study of what happened to the European understanding of China and India between the late 16th century and the first half of the 18th... more

Holidays Around the World: Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Chinese New Year : With Fireworks Dragons and Lanterns (Hardcover)

Children have never had so many reasons to learn how Chinese people everywhere ring in the new and ring out the old. As China takes its new place on the global stage understanding Chinese culture and values becomes ever more essential to our next... more

Education for International Understanding in China (Hardcover)

Identifying the essential feature of education for international understanding advocated by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) the book explores how Chinese schools have implemented education for international... more

Understanding Complex Systems: Complex Dynamics in Physiological Systems: From Heart to Brain (Hardcover)

Nonlinear dynamics has become an important field of research in recent years in many areas of the natural sciences. In particular it has potential applications in biology and medicine; nonlinear data analysis has helped to detect the progress of... more

Pre-owned - The Great Pretender : The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness (Hardcover)

From one of America s most courageous young journalists (NPR) comes a propulsive narrative history investigating the 50-year-old mystery behind a dramatic experiment that changed the course of modern medicine. Shortlisted for the 2020 Royal Society... more

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology: Fuzziness: Structural Disorder in Protein Complexes (Hardcover)

Detailed characterization of fuzzy interactions will be of central importance for understanding the diverse biological functions of intrinsically disordered proteins in complex eukaryotic signaling networks. In this volume Peter Tompa and Monika... more

Nuclear Medicine Cases (Hardcover)

Publisher s Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality authenticity or access to any online entitlements included with the product. A unique case-based approach to understanding nuclear medicine... more

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology: Integrins and Ion Channels: Molecular Complexes and Signaling (Hardcover)

Interdisciplinarity is more often invoked than practised. This is hardly surprising considering the daunting vastness of modern biology. To reach a satisfactory understanding of a complex biological system a wide spectrum of conceptual and experimental... more

Essential Medical Texts for Students and Trainees: Essential Clinical Medicine: Symptoms Diagnosis Management (Hardcover)

Covering all the clinical topics required of a modern curriculum for medical students this book guides the reader from accurate assessment of symptoms through to a structured and clear understanding of medical disorders. Each subject is approached in a... more

Royal Asiatic Society Books The Development of Modern Medicine in Non-Western Countries (Hardcover)

The history of medicine in non-European countries has often been characterized by the study of their native traditional medicine such as (Galenico-)Islamic medicine and Ayurvedic or Chinese medicine. Modern medicine in these countries on the other hand... more

Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine: Pancreatic Stem Cells (Hardcover)

From the discovery of Pdx1 the first master gene of pancreatic development to the most recent findings on the role of microRNAs in beta cell homeostasis the last fifteen years have seen an unprecedented advance in our understanding of the precise... more

Advances in Medicine & Biologyvolume 22 (Hardcover)

Preface; Primary & Secondary Tumors of Synovial Joints Bursae & Tendon Sheats; Comorbid Incomnia in Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders; Effects of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Insomnia Treatment: The Possible Physiological Mechanisms; Combined... more

Internationalising the University: The Chinese Context (Hardcover)

The contributors to Internationalising the University: the Chinese Context offer an in-depth understanding of the rapidly changing developments in the fields of institutional social management curriculum and student concerns and changes. more

Comparative Literature in the Light of Chinese Prosody (Hardcover)

With exemplary cases of original texts from across disciplines and cultures this is the first book that discusses how reading and understanding could often be surreptitiously and serendipitously influenced by the “invisible� but prosodically... more

Modes of Regulation in the Intermediate Field Between Contract Law and Tort Law: A Chinese Law Perspective (Hardcover)

This book through empirical case studies reconstructs the principles of legal regulation in the intermediate field thereby facilitating the understanding of the functional distinction between contract law and tort law. The intermediate field with fuzzy... more

Pioneer Chinese Christian Women : Gender Christianity and Social Mobility (Hardcover)

This collection reveals the life and work of pioneer Chinese Christian women who have until now been largely invisible. The essays illustrate how gender affected their understanding of Christianity and career choices. more

Developmental Fairy Tales: Evolutionary Thinking and Modern Chinese Culture (Hardcover)

Jones revises our understanding of modern China by tracing the ways that evolutionary works developed into a form of vernacular knowledge in modern Chinese literature. From children s primers to print culture from fairy tales to filmmaking his analysis... more

Galvani s Spark: The Story of the Nerve Impulse (Hardcover)

Galvani s Spark chronicles the gradual understanding of the nerve impulse which is the basis of all thoughts sensations and actions. The story begins with Luigi Galvani s chance observation of a spark from a friction machine causing a frog s leg to... more

Pharmacogenomics of Alcohol and Drugs of Abuse (Hardcover)

Pharmacogenomics is the basis of personalized medicine which is said to be the medicine of the future. Understanding genetic variation in drug and alcohol response is vital for professionals working in rehabilitation programs. The same principles that... more

The Mirror of Writing (Hardcover)

This book is an annotated and illustrated translation from The Mirror of Writing by Kang Youwei (1889). It contributes to the study of modern Chinese art and culture and to an understanding of the history and aesthetics of Chinese calligraphy. It... more

Acupuncture and Acupressure (Hardcover)

Acupuncture and acupressure are both widely practiced forms of alternative medicine. Acupuncture is part of traditional Chinese medicine that requires the insertion of needles to pre-determined pressure points. Acupuncture and acupressure methods... more

Doing Business with China: Avoiding the Pitfalls (Hardcover)

This book is about understanding the differences and risks ownership culture and management practices when investing managing or working with Chinese companies. It explores the progression of overseas listing of Chinese companies and the reasons behind... more

Mental Health Services: A Public Health Perspective (Hardcover)

This revised and expanded third edition text utilizes a public health framework and the latest epidemiological treatment and service systems research to promote a comprehensive understanding of the organization financing and delivery of mental health... more

de Gruyter Textbook: Liver Regeneration (Hardcover)

understanding the mechanisms involved in liver regeneration is of crucial importance for clinical medicine not only regarding carcinogenesis and diabetes treatment but also for the use of stem cells for cell therapy and liver surgery. This... more

Advanced Functional Analysis (Hardcover)

Functional analysis and operator theory are widely used in the description understanding and control of dynamical systems and natural processes in physics chemistry medicine and the engineering sciences. Advanced Functional Analysis is a self-contained... more

Predictive Toxicology in Drug Safety (Hardcover)

According to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) developing new scientific approaches to detecting understanding predicting and preventing adverse events was a critical path to the future of drug safety. This... more

Wooden Books: Earth Grids : The Secret Patterns of Gaia s Sacred Sites (Hardcover)

In this beautiful little book researcher Hugh Newman explores the science and history of Earth Grids from Ancient Chinese medicine to the invention of longitude and latitude straight through to our current electrical system. more

The Special Economic Zones of China and Their Impact on Its Economic Development (Hardcover)

The special economic zones that have been established in China are playing an important role in the economic development of the country. This in-depth examination of the zones provides a broad understanding of the formation of the Southern Chinese... more

International Political Economy China s Automotive Modernization: The Party-State and Multinational Corporations (Hardcover)

As a window for understanding the relationship between globalization and the state s pursuit of national industrial development this book examines how and why the Chinese government succeeded in leveraging China s international competitive advantages... more

NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 3: Free Radicals in Biology and Environment (Hardcover)

Our understanding of the quantitative aspects of free radical chemistry and the involvement of radicals in such areas as biology medicine the environment etc. has developed spectacularly over recent years yet the various topics are commonly discussed... more

Hepatic Fibrosis (Hardcover)

Covers the pathogenesis of hepatic fibrosis etiology pathology molecular biology biomarkers clinical features diagnosis pharmacology as well as treatment and prevention of hepatic fibrosis including the use of integrative traditional Chinese medicine... more

Endoscopy (Hardcover)

Endoscopy has had a major impact in the development of modern medicine and other medical specialties. The field of endoscopic procedure has developed over the last decade. By using different data it provided a better understanding of pathogenic... more

End-Of-Life Care: A Transforming Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: The Social Work Role (Hardcover)

The teacher and gerontological social work scholar Mercedes Bern-Klug joins experts on nursing law medicine sociology and social work to provide a thorough understanding of nursing home palliative care. Their broad definition of palliative care treats... more

Advances in Pharmacology Pharmacology of G Protein Coupled Receptors: Volume 62 Book 62 (Hardcover)

G protein coupled receptors remain the most important class of therapeutic targets in medicine. In the last 5 years tremendous advances have been made in our understanding of the structure and mechanism of this critical family of drug targets. The... more