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When the Yellow River Floods explores the relationship between environmental degradation, hydraulic engineering, and nation-building in the context of Liu E’s The Travels of Lao Can. This book contributes to the field by providing a unique perspective on modern Chinese literary history that goes beyond conventional narratives that focus solely on political and cultural factors. The main areas covered include the role of water management in literary nation-building and the connections between the novel’s various themes, such as river engineering, medical and political discourses, national sentiment, and landscape description. The book is targeted toward scholars and students of Chinese literature, history, and environmental studies, as well as those interested in the intersections between literature, nation-building, and environmental challenges. By offering a comprehensive and material-based analysis of The Travels of Lao Can, this book broadens the understanding of nation-buildin

The book presents an innovative method that will free you from using the trial-and-error method of finding solutions to your problems, pointing you in the direction of a strong solution. This is a targeted search method. You will save time and effort, and you will get a solution without disadvantages using this method. The method has five steps, so it is easy to use, and easy to get good results. It has been refined and improved over 40 years by incorporating what we learned from using it, and incorporating the experiences of many others. This book should be useful to engineers, scientists, students, inventors, and people solving complex problems in business, government, and social environments, as well as everyday problem solvers.

Self-Access Language Learning (SALL) has played a prominent part in language education in universities. Its role is to foster autonomous learning among students. With the wide-spread implementation of SALL and its increasing impacts on students, it is important to understand how SALL is managed in order to meet the learning needs of the users in the most resource-effective way. This book provides readers with an understanding of SALL management by setting the discussion against a wider backdrop and also examining details of current good practice. The authors examine issues of leadership and management in education before turning to look at the roles of a SALL manager, and suggest how these roles are changing and what the future may hold for managing SALL. Case studies are used to illustrate how SALL is managed in different universities as a way of contextualising the issues discussed in the book. The book is of relevance to institutional and departmental managers, classroom-based lan

The social, economic and technological developments have inspired the advancement in architectural design, construction technology and building services installations in modern cities. Hong Kong, as a modern city famous of its tall buildings in Asia Pacific, has gone through remarkable changes in its building design and construction since 1970s. Building owners and occupants are now keen on achieving better environmental health, human comfort, life safety and more effective use of space. This book assesses the contemporary changes in design concepts and development trends of the major disciplines in building services engineering. Among the analyses featured are trends on heating, ventilating and air-conditioning, electrical and fire services, plumbing and drainage, and building automation systems. Powerful examples of well-known building projects in Hong Kong and Mainland China will be put forward and discussed. Written by a team of experts in the building services engineering discip

Originating from a genuine need of the secondary school teachers of English in Hong Kong to understand what it means to implement a task-based curriculum in the English classroom, this book aims to support and empower frontline ELT teachers in implementing a task-based approach systematically without losing sight of the importance of grammar teaching within the framework of tasks. Useful examples are provided to illustrate how grammar teaching can be conducted through meaningful tasks in authentic contexts. The importance of viewing assessment as an integral part of the learning, teaching and assessment cycle is also discussed with practical suggestions on developing assessment tasks and assessment assessment criteria provided. In the form of a self-learning package, this book can be readily used for independent self-study or as a school-based staff-development programme run by teachers themselves. Student-teachers of English, teacher educators and curriculum developers will also find

This book focuses on Lam Woo, a well-known, highly successful building contractor whose company was based in Hong Kong at the beginning of the twentieth century. At a time when Hong Kong was expanding rapidly, Lam Woo contributed significantly to the building of its infrastructure such as land reclamation, and the construction of dockyards and roads. Using in-depth historical studies on Anglican Christianity in Hong Kong and China, rich archival sources, and historical photographs, this book illustrates the life of a man, who was a pioneer builder of majestic heritage buildings throughout Hong Kong such as St. Paul's Church, St. Paul's Coeducational College, the Diocesan Boys' School, and St. Stephen's College, all of which remain in use today. Lam Woo was more than a builder—his selfless support of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's revolution earned him the title of the "Perfect Revolutionary". As one of the founders of St. Paul's Girls' School, known today as St. Paul's Coeducational College, Lam Wo

The book provides guidelines and practical creative exercises which equip creative-major students in early semesters as well as creative practitioners with fundamental knowledge on creation methods. Combination of functionality, simplicity and aesthetics in modern design is considered a fundamental design principle in the Bauhaus School in Germany,and, inspired by the School, the creative handcrafting exercises and the concepts introduced in this book are primarily coherent with this principle. The book draws a direction between two and three dimensional material-based design and modern digital creation process. The first part of the book introduces various creative handcrafting exerciseson proportion, geometry and modularity, among other fundamental design principles. The creative exercises will sensitise students on aesthetical and structural issues, and thus serve as an essential building block for application of the design principles to computer-based creative processes, which ar

Assessment is an important part of effective teaching and learning. It allows achievements to be recognized and helps both teachers and learners to reflect on and review their performance and progress. While assessment has long been an end-of-learning activity to measure what learners can do, the outcome-oriented approach does not always foster learning motivation effectively. A new perspective now encourages ongoing appraisal in the classroom to improve learning. This book reflects current thinking of assessment with a stated focus on assessment for learning (AfL). It informs teachers about the latest developments and provides teachers with important tools for integrating assessment in the classroom. The discussions on assessment theories are in-depth and the examples used for illustrating the concepts are plentiful.

The author traces several generations of family history to show that his father Lee Sik-pang was not only an accomplished artist, but also a well-connected covert operative first for the Republic of China in the 1930s and then for the Allies during World War II.

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In everyone’s life, there are the most difficult times. Have you encountered yours? The Buddha was a human being, not a god. He knew the path to true wealth, spoke of love and affection, and was caring and righteous. Encountering him will help you navigate with fewer road blocks. In this book, may you find solace and overcome tough obstacles through vivid comics that weave stories relevant to today’s living.

In everyone’s life, there are the most difficult times. Have you encountered yours? The Buddha was a human being, not a god. He knew the path to true wealth, spoke of love and affection, and was caring and righteous. Encountering him will help you navigate with fewer road blocks. In this book, may you find solace and overcome tough obstacles through vivid comics that weave stories relevant to today’s living.

In everyone’s life, there are the most difficult times. Have you encountered yours? The Buddha was a human being, not a god. He knew the path to true wealth, spoke of love and affection, and was caring and righteous. Encountering him will help you navigate with fewer road blocks. In this book, may you find solace and overcome tough obstacles through vivid comics that weave stories relevant to today’s living.

In everyone’s life, there are the most difficult times. Have you encountered yours? The Buddha was a human being, not a god. He knew the path to true wealth, spoke of love and affection, and was caring and righteous. Encountering him will help you navigate with fewer road blocks. In this book, may you find solace and overcome tough obstacles through vivid comics that weave stories relevant to today’s living.

In everyone’s life, there are the most difficult times. Have you encountered yours? The Buddha was a human being, not a god. He knew the path to true wealth, spoke of love and affection, and was caring and righteous. Encountering him will help you navigate with fewer road blocks. In this book, may you find solace and overcome tough obstacles through vivid comics that weave stories relevant to today’s living.

在工程環境中，結構物的破壞多源自材料內部微小裂隙發展。在線彈性條件下，當應力場強度增大到某一臨界值，裂紋便失穩擴展而導致材料斷裂，這個臨界或失穩擴展的應力強度因子即斷裂韌度。前人針對不同材料與形狀之試體進行不同形式之斷裂力學試驗決定斷裂韌度，研究含裂縫之材料在受力變形作用下抵抗斷裂之能力。 本研究根據賴俊仁(2001)以花崗岩與張育源(2017)以砂岩所製作之單裂縫矩型與圓柱試體進行四點彎曲試驗所得之材料參數(楊氏模數、泊松比、破壞負載與邊界條件)，建立一套ABAQUS有限元素模型，計算裂縫尖端鄰近處應力及其距離，再換算試體之I與II型斷裂韌度。 本研究分別對純I型、純II型與I+II複合型斷裂韌度之試驗模型選取之不同跨距，進行ABAQUS有限元素分析。針對不同元素選取、網格劃分(全域和局部撒點方式)、節點密度大小、實縫及虛縫缺口之繪製方式，進行數值模擬並比較相關結果。將本研究所得結果與Wang et al.(1977)比較，當裂隙比例介於0.25與0.45之間，I與II型無因次校正因子絕對偏差率均小於5 %。

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《经济管理前沿》是由吉林大学商学院主办的集刊，坚持理论研究和实践研究相结合、定量分析和定性分析相结合，关注我国社会、经济等领域的重大学科前沿问题，刊登结合中国现实问题进行深入分析、阐述和研究的高水平研究成果。本书是第7卷，内容涉及促进大规模创新框架的建立（Building a Framework for Facilitating Mass Innovation）、通过重复投资决策学习（Reinforcement Learning in Repeated Portfolio Decisions）、环境责任对我国绿色消费行为的推动作用（The Driving Effect of Environmental Responsibility on Green Consumption Behavior in China）等。

This is a novel, not a text book, although the reader may like to use some of the content of this book for German language teaching or learning. This is a novel that is intended to serve a dual purpose: For reading pleasure and for picking up and/or boosting one’s existing knowledge of German. The book should be read chapter by chapter, starting from Part I all the way to the end of Part II, as the story and the progression of the language instruction and discussion follow a linear thread. As far as the story goes, the reader will find the two main characters, William and Becky from Hong Kong, both college students who have just completed their first year of a degree programme and are now on exchange to University of Freiburg in Germany for a semester – August to December, which eventually turns out to be a bit longer, extending to end of February. This is part of an internationalization programme that they are going through and capitalizing on. On arrival in Germany their first stop

本书为初级部分第II册，适合稍微有些汉语基础的学生学习，每课设一个主题课文，然后附带3-4篇与主题相关的短文。除主题课文有生词表外，其余阅读小短文没有生词表。主题课文的生词有英文注释和汉语注释，生词尽量涵盖这一课所讨论的主题。

Memories are still vivid on the incident: on 29 January 2010, a five-storey building at 45J Ma Tau Wai Road, To Kwa Wan, Hong Kong collapsed, causing four deaths and two injuries. The tragedy has raised public concerns about the safety of many of Hong Kong's old and dilapidated buildings. Realising that the presence of ageing buildings lacking proper care and maintenance poses potential threats to residents and the public at large, since 2012, the Buildings Department has implemented the Mandatory Building Inspection Scheme (MBIS) to carry out inspection and rectification works for buildings aged 30 years or above. This book, as a pioneer to review and examine the statistics and distributions of the aged buildings in Hong Kong, provides critical insights on the building decay and neglect problems. The statistical information highlighted in the book also serves to project the estimated number of aged buildings to be covered by the MBIS in the future, and the demand of professional wor

Modern architecture has become increasingly concerned about the integration and harmony between the natural and built environments. Terms like environmental protection and management, energy conservation, renewable energy, sustainability and ecology have been pouring into our ears on a daily basis. In fact, all these concepts are not new from an ancient Chinese point of view; Feng Shui or more academically, Kan Yu, is exactly the traditional Chinese wisdom aimed at creating harmony between the environment, buildings and people. Feng Shui is the philosophy which has influenced traditional building design in China for thousands of years. Based on Scientific Feng Shui for the Built Environment: Fundamentals and Case Studies published in 2011, this enhanced new edition has further taken into account the enhancements and new inputs in theories and applications. Emphasis is placed on two themes, sustainability and science. New case studies regarding sustainable design as viewed from a Feng

讓人一試就有效的超級學習通！ 知識就是力量，更是競爭的最佳戰鬥力！ 想要學得多、學得快、學得好，除了速度，更要講求效率； 本書徹底根除讀書1不3沒有弊病：不喜歡、沒動力、沒目標、沒時間， 針對學生、進修、上班族全方位升等規劃，六大核心要領，量身打造專屬的學習方法， 讓你用對方法、花對力氣，節能省時，聰明學習，輕鬆倍增A+競爭力！ Method 1　確立方向與心態，強化1%的學習天賦 Method 2　掌握黃金時段締造學習高效率 Method 3　靈活運用讀書訣竅提升學習力 Method 4　藉助筆記功夫淬煉知識準確度 Method 5　另類思考激發記憶潛能 Method 6　妥善控管個人知識小宇宙

F－4「幽靈」II式戰鬥機是麥克唐納飛機公司在50年代為美國海軍研製的一種長程全天候艦載防空戰鬥機，由於它設計超前，且運用了當時很多新技術，其性能滿足了上世紀50、60年代的空戰理論要求，因此被美國其他軍種廣泛採購，空軍採購的數量甚至是海軍數量的近三倍。 「幽靈」II戰鬥機在服役後的幾十年裡，型號層出不窮，它執行任務範圍廣，作戰功能多，廣泛用在戰鬥、轟炸、攻擊、偵察和防空壓制等。「幽靈」還大量出口到美國盟友國家，至今還在很多國家服役。如果「米格」MiG飛機和「薩姆」SAM防空飛彈是冷戰時期蘇聯的代名詞，那麼「幽靈」就是當時美國的代名詞。本書完整介紹「幽靈」II戰鬥機家族、海外服役情況、參戰經歷。

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透過《泰語กจดII：掌握泰語，這本就夠》這本書，讓讀者將深入認識泰國歷史，探索其古今發展的精彩歷程。書中提供詳盡的泰語結構，使讀者能夠熟悉拼音系統，輕鬆掌握泰語的基本要素。同時，透過對句構的深入理解，讀者將打下堅實的基本功夫，為更高層次的語言學習奠定基礎。此外，書中也融合了實用的按摩、銀行及節慶等相關會話內容，使讀者能夠在真實情境中自信應對，進一步提升語言應用能力。

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《台灣理論關鍵詞》續篇 台灣不只是經驗的提供者，也能成為理論的生產者 從在地複雜性出發，開創世界理論的新語言 台灣理論，能否從經驗之島走向世界對話？從原住民歷史到漂流身分，從中介狀態到生態空間，《台灣理論關鍵詞II》繼續以關鍵詞為方法，從台灣自身的複雜經驗中，發掘出直面全球問題的理論資源。本書不只探索台灣如何思考自己，更推問：台灣如何成為理論生產的主體？在流動與交錯、未完成與生成之間，台灣提出自身的問題意識，創造出可以對話世界的新語言。 《台灣理論關鍵詞II》是《台灣理論關鍵詞》的續篇，各詞條相當程度地援引了若干先前即已提出的關鍵詞，與之進行對話，並且多所開展。本冊的理論關鍵詞有三大特點，一是對原住民和定居殖民議題普遍的關注和深化。二是許多關鍵詞與跨、漂、流、渡有關，也有不少聚焦在中間狀態、中介關係，或是標舉未完成、不確定狀態或多重關聯的複雜性。三是觸及到空間、生態與土地，逐漸地從人當成主體與物當成客體的二元對立中開拓可能出路，企圖破除人類中心主義的思考模式，展現空間或是土地等物質條件的能動性和作用性。這些探討可以彰顯台灣殖民歷史、生態環境、社會組織、政治制度交互纏繞的獨特性，也可以讓我們有足夠的理論工具更為積極的去面對人類社會所發生的各種重大議題。

How did a small church in Silicon Valley grow into a worldwide movement of spiritual renewal? In Envision Without Limits, Pastor Tong Liu reveals the keys behind River of Life Christian Church’s remarkable growth. From breaking growth barriers to building strong small groups and inspiring men and women to lead—this book is packed with practical strategies and spiritual insight for churches today.

自古以來，動物一直是藝術創作中重要的靈感來源。從史前時代的洞穴壁畫，到古埃及的神祇形象，再到中國傳統的青銅器與繪畫，動物不僅是藝術家描繪的對象，更承載著豐富的文化意涵與象徵意義。延續三月號「藝術中的自然史I」專題，本期推出專題的第二部分——「藝術中的自然史II」。相較於第一部分更聚焦於植物學，本次專題將視角轉向豐富多彩的動物世界，探討藝術家如何再現、詮釋人與動物之間的關係。（企劃／朱貽安）

*本書為《Pose Method 游、騎、跑三項運動技術》全新增訂版* *新增〈鐵人三項賽中的競賽表現與技術〉及〈重力在跑步中的作用〉兩大章節* 國家級教練及頂尖選手親身見證，美國陸軍、世界知名健身機構CrossFit指定訓練教材 曾任美、英、俄等五國國家奧運代表隊教練、全球暢銷作《跑步，該怎麼跑》作者 尼可拉斯．羅曼諾夫博士（Dr. Nicholas Romanov）生涯力作 從游、騎、跑出發 一套劃時代的革命性運動技術教學訓練法 幫助你順應自然重力，以全新思維突破個人最佳運動表現 喬治．達拉姆（George Dallam）｜美國鐵人三項國家隊前教練 提姆．唐（Tim Don）｜前226超鐵世界紀錄保持人 葛理翰．弗萊徹博士（Graham Fletcher, Ph.D.）｜運動生物力學博士 喬．福瑞（Joe Friel, M.S.）｜《鐵人三項訓練聖經》作者 葉蓮娜．伊凡諾娃（Elena Ivanova）｜奧運跳高金牌得主 安德魯．瓊斯（Andrew Johns）｜英國鐵人三項運動員 提姆‧諾克斯（Tim Noakes）｜知名運動科學家 ──專業推薦 「過去很少有人可以把『運動技術』的理論與練法講得如此系統化與合乎自然之道，但作者羅曼諾夫博士做到了。 只要你熱愛訓練，也想知道避免受傷與提升效率的技巧為何，你一定能跟我一樣，在這本書中找到答案。」 ──運動作家、教練、本書譯者暨選書人　徐國峰 在過往，我們普遍認為運動的推進力主要來自反作用力── 跑者／車手／泳者主動運用肌肉的力量向後推蹬／向下推蹬踏板／用力划手，才有了向前的動力。 但本書作者羅曼諾夫博士發現，這個理論是有問題的。 其實要讓身體移動，關鍵並非肌力， 而是我們每天都在感受，卻也時常忽略它存在的「重力」 ──人體在移動時，肌肉只是輔助，重力才是主角。 因此，透過運動生物力學及大量實證研究結果，加上多年的教學實戰經驗， 羅曼諾夫博士將他的創見歸納成為「Pose Method 姿勢法」這套運動教學理論架構與訓練法， 拆解分析各式運動技能，並歸納出統一的原則，使我們能運用重力、氧氣、心智三大元素， 以最有效率、最符合運動生物力學的方式執行運動動作。 這本《Pose Method 鐵人三項技術全書》，即是這套理論的集大成之作

Taking the “tidal wave” of memory in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century as its starting point, this monograph explores collective memory of World War II in East Asia (1937–1945) through film. Weiss argues that Chinese, Japanese, and American remembrance of World War II is intertwined in what she terms a “memory loop,” the transnational mediation and remediation of war narratives. Gender is central to this process, as the changing representation of male soldiers, political leaders, and patriarchal father figures within these narratives reveals Japanese and Chinese challenges to each other and to the perceived “foundational” American narrative of the war. This process continues to intensify due to the globally visible nature of the memory loop, which drives this cycle of transmission, translation, and reassessment. This volume is the first to bring together a collection of Chinese and Japanese war films that have received little attention in English-language literature. I

俄烏戰爭決勝關鍵武器，豹式戰車憑什麼？ ◎各式無人機、火箭彈、肩射飛彈成為戰場新利器，意謂戰車時代已結束？ ◎豹II戰車評比獲世界第一，到底有多強？成為俄烏戰爭中的高額懸賞物。 ◎德國主戰坦克製造商──萊茵金屬，豹II還沒上場，股價已飆漲超過125%。 ◎德軍裝甲兵訓練多嚴格？就算捨去一切現代設備，只要砲塔還能動，就能打。 本書作者是陸軍退役中校黃竣民，粉絲專頁「James的軍事寰宇」版主， 從小就常聽長輩談論德製軍械的故事， 像是臺語俗諺「德國槍、俄羅兵」（德國槍枝十分精良，俄羅斯軍人驍勇善戰）， 為了實現操作這些真槍實砲裝備的夢想，決定報考軍校。 之後對德國裝甲部隊的歷史、人物與裝備的興趣越來越濃厚。 退役之後甚至親赴德國「尋根」，拜訪德國名將隆美爾的故居與後人， 更獲得參訪戰車工廠的機會，是迄今唯一登上豹II主力戰車的臺灣人。 本書就是他多年來親赴德國戰車工廠取得的第一手觀察， 看德國製造精神，如何創造出舉世各國爭相採購擁有的陸戰大殺器。 ◎公認的戰場精品，卻鮮少登場：不斷進化的豹II戰車家族 德國戰車，怎麼從仿製、偷偷研發，由虎到豹，進化成世界最強坦克？ 豹II戰車強在哪？為什麼世界各國都想要？ 其砲管平穩到能端著啤酒行進，在3公里距離輕易擊毀俄軍主力坦克。 ◎豈止豹II──冷戰後至今，各種現役中的戰車 鼬鼠II戰車，不比休旅車大多少，卻有飛彈車、迫擊砲、救護車等靈活變化。 美洲獅步兵戰車，能在戰場上當場升級裝甲，彈藥甚至能自己計算爆炸時機。 PzH-2000自走砲，於2分鐘內開完10砲，射程超過40公里、誤差僅1公尺。 KF51黑豹戰車，能與無人機、電戰系統協同作戰，還搭載了AI射控系統。 ◎德國戰車的誕生與進化──豹、貂、鼬、豬，戰車家族 豹I戰車比對手重6噸，速度卻更快，一度成為北約標準配備，更上陣援烏。 貂鼠步兵戰車，冷戰時的運兵載具，能裝上飛彈，從6公里外襲擊敵軍。 鼬鼠I戰車，尺寸更小，搭配機砲、飛彈後，比它更大的戰車也不足為懼。 ◎未成功量產的測試車款──今日戰車的養分與經驗 德美合作的KPz-70戰車，集尖端科技於一身，但造價高達650萬美元……。 VT 1-2戰

內容簡介 ˙The learning goals that center on the thematic units are set in accordance with the language proficiency levels, established by the ACTFL ˙To Comply with the pedagogical principle of backward design to establish the teaching/learning goals for the intermediate learner of Chinese ˙Integrates into its thematic contents the ACTFL-defined, three mores of language uses as well the 5C concepts ˙Assist the learner to achieve holistic progress and to cultivate specific linguistic abilities of Chinese ˙The selecting of keywords/phrases in thetextbooks is greatly in line with vocabulary levels defined by the HSK and by the TOCFL. The regional difference in language uses between the two sides of theTaiwan Strait are also meticulously annotated in the textbooks In recent years, the background of learners has become diversified, and the number of self-study students of elementary Chinese is also increasing. On the pedagogical front, however, learning materials, found to be biased towards s

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Adaptive reuse refers to reusing an old building for a purpose other than which it was originally built or designed. This conservation approach has become increasingly popular around the world. However, there are few publications that focus on its application in Asia. This book fills this gap by looking at both unique and shared aspects of adaptive reuse in three Asian urban centers: Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Singapore. Building on government policy documents and extensive field work, this book contextualizes adaptive reuse in each city and reveals the impetus behind a wide range of projects from revitalization in Hong Kong, commercial development in Shanghai, to community building in Singapore. The introductory chapter sets adaptive reuse within an international perspective, noting salient differences and similarities between Asia and other parts of the world. It also anchors the discussion within a regional perspective, focusing on the similarities and differences between Hong Kong,