Militarized Conflict Modeling Using Computational Intelligence

Journalism EthicsThis concise and authoritative work offers the latest guidance on journalism ethics for students and media professionals and will help empower news consumers to make informed decisions about the trustworthiness of their sources of information. It offers advice on all aspects of journalism ethics including accuracy and seeking the truth, representation of women, LGBTQ coverage, climate change, mental health, use of images, conflict reporting, elections, and how to use artificial intelligence. The author brings a unique perspective and depth of knowledge to the complex challenges facing journalists and news consumers in this era of fake news, disinformation, and artificial intelligence.

Evolution of language has evolved at multiple levels—from changes in the cognitive processes by which language is acquired in the individual, to language change by diffusion of acquired linguistic features across populations of individuals, to the emergence of linguistic features over phylogenetic time scales. Evolution of language at each of these levels interacts with that at each other level. This volume is a collection of essays by noted researchers from diverse fields that deals with a broad spectrum of issues in the study of language evolution. The principle topics addressed here include: the genetic and cognitive bases for the phylogenetic emergence of language; several distinct accounts of the underlying cognitive processes by which children learn to acquire language; a critique of the methods employed by historical linguists in the last century; the modeling of language evolution using mathematical and computational techniques; discussions on the complexity of language.

Psychopathology: An Empathic Representational Approach retraces the foundations of classical phenomenological psychopathology and integrates them with modern ideas drawn from anthropology, cognitive neuroscience, computational science, and evolutionary biology to synthesize a comprehensive framework and provide fresh insights. This book explores how the scientific concepts of ‘information and representation’ can be used to understand subjective mental phenomena and integrate them in empathic clinical dialogues during interactions with patients. It explores key issues in clinical psychopathology coherently and systematically, illustrates advanced topics in an accessible manner using clinical case examples, metaphors and clarifying diagrams, and directly links advanced conceptual frameworks with pragmatic skills in the clinical dialogue process. This volume is aimed at a broad audience of mental health professionals, researchers, and students in psychiatry, psychology, and social work.

本章探討人工智慧（Artificial Intelligence, AI）技術在服務業中的創新應用與管理，分析如何應用AI技術解決服務業面臨的少子化和勞力密集挑戰，提升成本效率和用戶體驗。透過具體案例，展示AI技術在行銷、人才管理、用戶體驗和作業管理中的應用。最後，提出應用AI 技術時應注意的倫理和法規問題，並展望未來發展趨勢。

This book tells the truly unique life story of Dr. John Maeda, a visionary leader in multiple fields and recipient of a City University of Hong Kong Honorary Doctorate. The book discusses Dr. Maeda’s most interesting experiences, from his childhood at his parents’ tofu factory in Seattle to his days as an MIT professor, a pioneering digital artist, Silicon Valley venture capitalist, and more. It is suitable for readers interested in art, design, technology, artificial intelligence, and the Asian immigrant family experience in the United States.

台灣醫療科技展為全球首個橫跨醫療、電子資通訊、科技、生技製藥、醫療器材的專業會展，今年特別聚焦人工智慧（Artificial Intelligence, AI）技術在醫療領域應用。本研究報告將從AI角度切入，觀察我國各大醫療院所、科技大廠與新創企業，在診斷治療、篩檢、醫務管理、衛生教育、人員培訓等領域應用與布局情形。

人工智慧（Artificial Intelligence, AI）已成為全球各國積極發展的重要領域，根據Tortoise Global AI Index指出，新加坡人才指標排名全亞洲第一，透過研析新加坡政策可借鏡AI人才培育措施。本研究聚焦於人才培育關鍵政策之《新加坡AI計畫》，藉由梳理新加坡AI人才培育政策脈絡與思路，提供我國政府或企業未來培育AI人才之參考。

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.

Prof. William S-Y. Wang, an eminent linguist, has made significant contributions to the field regarding lexical diffusion, experimental phonetic studies, language simulation and modeling, and aging and language. To celebrate his 90th birthday, colleagues and friends worldwide have contributed over 30 articles to a two-volume Festschrift. The English volume includes topics such as Chinese language evolution, the relationship between language and music, and the brain processes involved in language production. This Festschrift is written by and for experienced language researchers and is also suitable for students of Chinese linguistics and those interested in Chinese culture, history, and neurology.

China’s remarkable journey from poverty to becoming the world’s second-largest economic power is marked by extraordinary urban growth and consumption capacity of its urban population. Central to this development fervor are multifunctional commercial complexes and shopping malls, now key features of modern urban districts. The concept of shopping malls, originally introduced to China by American architects in the 1980s, has since flourished on an even larger scale than their American counterparts. This book delves into the origins of shopping mall development in the United States after World War II, tracing how American architects exported this building type into China’s rapidly evolving urban landscapes, particularly in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Kunming, and Guangzhou. Using primary sources, statistical analyses, and illustrated case studies, the book explores the evolution of shopping malls as a consequence of China’s profound economic, social, and cultural change over the past fou

【特別企畫】 用ChatGPT Atlas瀏覽器加速AI工作流  一句指令自動完成填表、結帳等複雜步驟  一鍵統整多個網頁資料，自動比較與彙整  不只讀文字，也讀PDF、網頁與學術圖片  即時摘要長文重點，框選文字即時查詢  支援Chrome擴充功能，讓AI融入瀏覽核心 【特別企畫】 Apple Intelligence全面啟動 已支援繁體中文，從書寫工具、即時翻譯到視覺智慧，再帶來更聰明的Siri 【特別企畫】 vivo X300 Pro vs. OPPO Find X9 Pro 蔡司美學對決哈蘇色彩 【特別企畫】 百吋電視真的要來了！？ 一次看懂LG、Samsung、Sony、Panasonic產品差異 【採購趨勢】 5大需求挑選創作者相機 即拍即用的短影音創作 、輕裝旅拍生活紀錄、開箱或線上講師、風格導向的內容創作、影像質感與後製為優先考量

The Tropic of Cancer Sustainability Belt Sustainability is a global trend, and a global lingua franca. How can Taiwan use sustainability to tell our story on an international stage? How can Taiwan create a sustainability brand that is equipped with a global perspective? The National Park Service (NPS) considers the Tropic of Cancer a great place to start. By connecting the dots of Taiwan’s mountain resources, ocean resources, and sustainability partners into a line, and then making that line into a belt, we can turn the Tropic of Cancer – which many think of as just a bunch of geographic markers – into a whole new window for getting to know Taiwan. As the 180km north-south Tropic of Cancer Belt crosses Taiwan, it crosses coasts, wetlands, foothills, high mountains, oceans, cities, and villages. Along the way, it encompasses every form of ecology, life, and production, forming world-class environmental marvels. The NPS is using the Tropic of Cancer Sustainability Belt project to put

Mindfulness and meditation, practices that are rooted in Buddhism, have become mainstream treatments in counseling and psychotherapy that provide evidence of successful outcomes among secular clients. However, for clients from non-Western backgrounds, dissociating mindfulness practice from the core Buddhist teachings can dilute the transformative power of these practices, causing cultural confusion and lowering the effectiveness of treatment. This book is the first to present Early Buddhist Teachings as a theoretical orientation for the millions of individuals affiliated with Buddhism to create a culturally congruent counseling model. Using original sources in Pāli, it explores key Buddhist concepts such as dependent co-arising, non-self, impermanence, and many others. The authors then compare them with Western psychological concepts, furthering ongoing dialogue between Buddhism and psychotherapy and fostering powerful integrations. This volume also demonstrates how to use the Buddhi

【特別企畫】 學用AI搜尋引擎ChatGPT search、Perplexity AI 告別關鍵字！自然對話，即時解答，讓搜尋變得更簡單 【特別企畫】 買AI PC該指名Copilot+ PC嗎？ AMD、Intel、高通三大平台都準備好了！ 【特別企畫】 解鎖Android 15隱藏功能 私人空間存放隱私App或資料、改用密碼金鑰代替密碼、在Wi-Fi中隱藏裝置名稱、手機變身網路攝影機、失竊偵測鎖定以確保資料安全 【特別企畫】 PlayStation 5 Pro值得買嗎？ 分析3大升級重點，比較與PS5、PS5（Slim）的差異 【DRJ】 如何在iPhone搶先啟用Apple Intelligence？

《生成式AI融入教育的理論、策略與研究設計》是世界首本全面探討生成式人工智慧（Generative Artificial Intelligence，簡稱生成式AI）研究議題與方法的專著，與其他只強調工具操作或教學應用的書籍相比，這本書對生成式AI在教育研究的理論、策略、研究設計與分析方法都有深入的討論。書中首先概述了生成式AI在教育領域的研究趨勢，並指出一般學者在進行相關研究時遭遇的困難及需要改善之處。不僅針對學者研究過程中的問題，提出了可行的研究設計模式，更透過結合不同學習策略及教育理論，來提升研究的價値。此外，書中亦展示生成式AI在不同學科、對象及學習活動的研究設計實例與分析結果。對於有意進行生成式AI研究及教學的學者與教師，這是一本必讀的啟蒙書。

【特別企畫】 用ChatGPT秒變Excel高手 不會製作表格？透過ChatGPT快速生成表格模板 不會計算數字？加減乘除公式交給ChatGPT搞定 不會自訂格式？下指令讓ChatGPT寫出套用公式 不會分析資料？對ChatGPT描述情境就能獲得函數 不會跨表計算？複雜的函數ChatGPT也能輕鬆搞定 【特別企畫】 iPhone 16全系列關鍵評測 4款機型該怎麼選？買數字系列還是Pro系列好？Apple Intelligence可以期待嗎？ 【特別企畫】 是時候買摺疊手機了嗎？ 全方位分析大小摺疊的特色、差異與拍攝品質 【特別企畫】 家用廢棄3C最佳解決方案 資源回收、再生利用、價值變現，把握政府補助政策！ 【特別企畫】 Sony ZV-E10 II動手玩 YouTuber / Vlogger的最佳利器？和前作相比升級了哪些地方？是否值得入手？ 【新玩意】 解析PlayStation Portal遙控遊玩機 PS5的好夥伴，專為遙控遊玩而生 【採購趨勢】 AI按摩椅採購Q&A 與傳統按摩椅的差異？導入哪些AI應用？適合那些族群使用？有哪些產品可以選擇？

在過去的十年裏，大眾對人工智能 (Artificial Intelligence) 的猜想越趨狂熱，過往鮮少有科技議題如人工智能一般，可以吸引一整代人的注意力和想像力。 試想想：現時大眾媒體每天有多少篇有關人工智能的文章？ 美國荷里活製作了多少有關人工智能的科幻電影，引起人們對未來人工智能世界的幻想與恐懼？ 世界上有多少專家會議正商討處理這個問題？ 科技巨頭和各國政府又投放了多少時間、精力和金錢研究人工智能？ 本書將帶領讀者進入作者菲利普·拉瑞（Philip LARREY）的思辨世界，探索人類與人工智能之間錯綜複雜的關係。本書共有五章，作者首先簡述了人工智能近年的發展，再從一些如意識、生命形式等哲學概念和現實事例作分析，探討了人工智能的哲學含義及其倫理、社會和哲學影響。

【特別企畫】 微軟Copilot+ PC登場！解鎖Windows 11新AI功能 現在的AI PC不是Copilot+ PC？微軟重新定義AI PC，NPU算力不夠都不行！ Copilot+ PC才能搶先體驗小畫家以AI生成圖片的Cocreator功能、Live Caption為影片加上即時翻譯字幕、Recall以時間軸回顧電腦上的所有操作 【特別企畫】 24個ChatGPT的GPTs工具推薦 寫作、生產力、日常實用工具，全都免費使用 【特別企畫】 Apple生成式AI來了！ Apple Intelligence登場，深度整合iOS 18、iPadOS 18和macOS Sequoia 【特別企畫】 Arc瀏覽器Windows也能用 極簡化設計更專注，個人化需求打造工作區 【特別企畫】 解密Threads功能特色 你今天「脆」了嗎？快跟上台灣爆紅的新社群平台 【採購趨勢】 比智慧電視更Smart的AI TV 什麼是AI電視？與智慧電視的差異？具體的功能有哪些？是否會有隱私風險？有哪些產品可選擇？

In The New Politics of Beijing–Hong Kong Relations, Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo looks at the diverging changes to the ideologies from both Beijing and Hong Kong, and the ideological conflicts as taken in the form of factional political struggles between 2012 and the present. This book examines the paternalistic authoritarianism that can be seen in Beijing’s policy toward Hong Kong since the promulgation of the national security law in late June 2020. Lo analyzes the ideological shift from liberal nationalism to conservative nationalism in mainland China, which has taken place since late 2012. The increasingly radical localism in Hong Kong after 2014 transformed Beijing–Hong Kong relations into a conflict-ridden situation characterized by factional struggles. While the imposition of the national security law into Hong Kong since late June 2020 has stabilized the city politically, Beijing’s policy toward Hong Kong is now guided by the principles of protecting its national security and mainta

How a professional understands “landscape” will determine the value he/she places on it and the actions he/she will take to intervene. In other words, the view of landscape influences fundamentally how and in what way the landscape profession involves itself in a landscape. The view of landscape gives direction to guide professional performance and also the impetus driving the use of knowledge and technical skills to provide solutions to landscape issues. Indeed, our limited knowledge and understanding of a landscape can limit the creative solutions we can offer. This book aims to clarify the concept of landscape using the most recent understandings to offer diverse and profound new meanings which can point towards novel creative landscape interventions. In order to build the links between landscape theories and everyday life experience, this book interprets landscape according to five interlayered dimensions. It was written in two languages, and uses notes, stories, drawings, and phot

The Tragedy of 228: Historical Truth and Transitional Justice in Taiwan is published by Memorial Foundation of 228. The book mainly explores eight different aspects of the 228 Incident, as shown in each of its chapter title: “What Caused the Incident: A Comparison of Government and Citizen Accounts from 1947,” “International Perspectives on the Legal Status of Taiwan during and after the Incident,” “Military Deployment and Suppression during the Incident,” “Taiwan's News Media under the Impact of the Incident,” “The Roles of Local Government Heads during the Incident,” “The Roles of Intelligence Agencies during the Incident,” “Historical Explorations of the Campaign to Redress Injustices of the Incident (1987-1997),” and “Presidential Attitudes towards the Movement for Transitional Justice (1988-2019).” Through the publication of the book, the Memorial Foundation of 228 attempts to set a new milestone in the study of 228 Incident by pursuing the transitional justice in international a

人工智慧（Artificial Intelligence, AI）已成為全球各國積極發展的重要領域，根據Tortoise Global AI Index指出，英國人才指標排名全歐洲第一，透過研析英國政策可借鏡AI人才培育措施。本研究盤點自2017年至2022年英國AI人才培育政策，從初期藍圖規劃至後續實際具體作法，藉由梳理英國AI人才培育政策的脈絡與思路，提供我國政府或企業未來培育AI人才之參考。

人工智慧（Artificial Intelligence, AI）已成為全球各國積極發展的重要領域，根據Tortoise Global AI Index指出，美國人才指標排名全球第一，透過研析美國政策可借鏡AI人才培育措施。本研究盤點自2018年至2021年美國AI人才培育相關政策，歸納出內部培育與外部攬才兩大具體作法，藉由梳理美國AI人才培育政策的脈絡與思路，提供我國政府或企業未來培育AI人才之參考。

In Modern Chinese Counter-Enlightenment: Affect, Reason, and the Transcultural Lexicon, Peng Hsiao-yen argues that a trend of Counter-Enlightenment had grown from the late Qing to the May Fourth era in the 1910s to the 1920s and continued to the 1940s. She demonstrates how Counter-Enlightenment was manifested with case studies such as Lu Xun’s writings in the late 1900s, the Aesthetic Education movement from the 1910s to 1920s, and the Science and Lifeview debate in the 1920s. During the period, the life philosophy movement, highlighting the epistemic debate on affect and reason, was connected with its counterparts in Germany, France, and Japan. The movement had widespread and long-term impact on Chinese philosophy and literature. Using the transcultural lexicon as methodology, this book traces how the German term Lebensanschauung (lifeview), a key concept in Rudolf Eucken’s life philosophy, constituted a global tide of Counter-Enlightenment that inspired the thought of leading Chinese

Malaysian Cinema in the New Millennium offers a new approach to the study of multiculturalism in cinema by analysing how a new wave of filmmakers champion cultural diversity using cosmopolitan themes. Adrian Lee offers a new inquiry of Malaysian cinema that examines how the ‘Malaysian Digital Indies’ (MDI) have in recent years repositioned Malaysian cinema within the global arena. The book shines a new light on how politics and socioeconomics have influenced new forms and genres of the post-2000s generation of filmmakers, and provides a clear picture of the interactions between commercial cinema and politics and socioeconomics in the first two decades of the new millennium. It also assesses how the MDI movement was successful in creating a transnational cinema by displacing and deterritorialising itself from the context of the national, and illustrates how MDI functions as a site for questioning and proposing a new national identity in the era of advanced global capitalism and new Isla

It is written from an objective, external viewpoint and paints a colourful and lively picture of Sanguinetti in a voice that could almost be his own. Using Sanguinetti' s life experiences, the biographer touches on various historical events, including the Mau Mau revolution in Kenya and the 1957 riots in Hong Kong, and details the social and political problems of the times, such as lingering colonialism, class structure issues, and human rights violations, among others. These glimpses of history through Sanguinetti' s eyes are accessible, thought-provoking, and truly representative of the man himself.Offering a well-rounded image of the eccentric subject, this book fulfils Sanguinetti' s common response to questions about both his personal and professional life — “ more when I know you better” . It will undoubtedly be of interest to those who knew Sanguinetti as well as legal professionals, young barristers, and readers with an interest in post-war history in Gibraltar, Kenya, and espe

Frontiers of Memory in the Asia-Pacific explores the making and consumption of conflict-related heritage throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Contributing to a growing literature on ‘difficult heritage’, this collection advances our understanding of how places of pain, shame, oppression, and trauma have been appropriated and refashioned as ‘heritage’ in a number of societies in contemporary East and Southeast Asia and Oceania. The authors analyse how the repackaging of difficult pasts as heritage can serve either to reinforce borders, transcend them, or even achieve both simultaneously, depending on the political agendas that inform the heritage-making process. They also examine the ways in which these processes respond to colonialism, decolonization, and nationalism. The volume shows how efforts to preserve various sites of ‘difficult heritage’ can involve the construction of new borders in the mind between what is commemorated and what is often deliberately obscured or forgotten. Tak

In On Saving Face, Michael Keevak traces the Western reception of the Chinese concept of “face” during the past two hundred years, arguing that it has always been linked to nineteenth-century colonialism. “Lose face” and “save face” have become so normalized in modern European languages that most users do not even realize that they are of Chinese origin. “Face” is an extremely complex and varied notion in all East Asian cultures. It involves proper behavior and the avoidance of conflict, encompassing every aspect of one’s place in society as well as one’s relationships with other people. One can “give face,” “get face,” “fight for face,” “tear up face,” and a host of other expressions. But when it began to become known to the Western trading community in China beginning in the middle of the nineteenth century, it was distorted and reduced to two phrases only, “lose face” and “save face,” both of which were used to suggest distinctly Western ideas of humiliation, embarrassment, honor, a

This book, Chiang Yee and His Circle: Chinese Artistic and Intellectual Life in Britain, 1930–1950, celebrates the life and work of Chiang Yee (1903–1977), a Chinese writer, poet, and painter who made his home in London, England during the 1930s and 1940s. It examines Chiang’s relationship with his circle of friends and colleagues in the English capital, and assesses the work he produced during his sojourn there. This edited volume, with contributions from eleven distinguished scholars, tells a story of a Chinese intellectual community in London that up to now has been largely overlooked. It portrays a dynamic picture of the London-based émigré life during the years that led up to the war and during the conflict that was the catalyst for many of them moving on. In addition, the book broadens our understanding of cultural interactions between China and the West in Hampstead, one of the most vibrant artistic communities in London.

Mementoes of HMS Tamar abound in Hong Kong, but what is really known about this troopship and her role in the maintenance of British imperial rule? Using logbooks, newspapers, and numerous other sources, this book pieces together the multifaceted and largely unknown history of the Tamar . From her launch into service to her roles as a hospital, theatre stage, and transport for military personnel, the Tamar carried not just people, but also their mundane dreams and ambitions— for friends, families, and staying alive. Any ideas or concerns about sustaining the empire seldom featured in their minds at all, but it was this empire that the Tamar served for seventy-nine years, steaming the equivalent of thirty-two times around the Earth and transporting tens of thousands of people to what would seem to them another world. In this engaging narrative, the Tamar’s exploits and the experiences of her crew and passengers parallel those of the British Empire and its subjects, bringing to life t

IFRS+IT產學專家共同撰寫！ *科技是無疆界的知識與運用，因應科技快速變化，本書洞悉資訊科技(Information Technology)到智慧轉型(Intelligence Transformation)的轉換變革。 *台灣推動IFRS、商業會計法、及商業會計處理準則，接軌國際；IFRS+IT結合IFRS相關法令融入實務作業及整合至ERP系統，擘畫智慧製造OT+IT系統整合架構至各產業鏈資訊整合。 *運用IFRS+IT架構，以經營者思維為主，提供企業經營整體知識，善用企業內部資訊進行管理與決策，也可即時洞察企業的內外部風險。 *有助於企業隨時可翻閱比對智慧製造、帳務管理、模擬實務作業；善用科技知識發揮整合效益，大、中、小型企業共享產業鏈的整合商機。 *本書為中華企業資源規劃學會「IFRS資訊規劃師」認證教材指定用書。

What does it mean to be queer in a Confucian society in which kinship roles, ties, and ideologies are of such great importance? This book makes sense of queer cultures in China—a country with one of the largest queer populations in the world—and offers an alternative to Euro-American blueprints of queer individual identity. This book contends that kinship relations must be understood as central to any expression of queer selfhood and culture in contemporary cultural production in China. Using a critical approach—“queering Chinese kinship”—Lin Song scrutinizes the relationship between queerness and family relations, and questions Eurocentric queer culture’s frequent assumption of the separation of queerness from blood family. Offering five case studies of queer representations across a range of media genres, this book also challenges the tendency in current scholarship on Chinese and East Asian queerness to understand queer cultures as predominantly counter-mainstream, marginal, and un

Eros of International Relations: Self-Feminizing and the Claiming of Postcolonial Chineseness is a distinctive work that explores the much-neglected Chinese perspective in broader international relations theory. Using the concept of “self-feminizing”—adoption of a feminine identity to oblige and achieve mutual caring as a relational strategy—this book argues that postcolonial actors have employed gendered identities in order to survive the squeezing pressure of globalization and nationalism in their own ways. Sovereign actors who have historically claimed to act on behalf of Chineseness have taken advantage of the images of femininity thrust upon them by transnational capitalism, the media, or intellectual thought. Shih illustrates the feminist potential for emancipation through a range of empirical examples, showing that women of various Chinese characteristics, acting on behalf of their nation, city, and corporations, reject the masculinization of their groups of belonging as remedy

在近十幾、二十年中，年輕世代創作者無論是在跳躍的影像剪接、敘述邏輯，乃至於技術採用上，或許都令我們有感於今日的藝術表現，已經與我們熟悉的藝術相去甚遠。在2021年三月建立在NFT的衍生藝術乍然進入我們眼簾時，或許很多人的疑惑是「這為什麼是藝術？」更不用說依據人工智能（artificial intelligence，AI）產生的創作究竟是否是藝術的討論。彷彿新生的藝術物種，他們的面貌常常截然有別於過往我們熟悉的模樣或對藝術的定義。然而這些「藝術」與創作均非突然乍至，甚至已然開啟了一個需要且值得我們去認識的狀態。也因此，2021年的最後一個專題，我們決定以「視窗世代」作為一段時間的總結，以及對未來開展的展望。（企劃／朱貽安）

An individual’s health depends on their personal lifestyle and living conditions, which are influenced by a host of complex physical, social, and economic determinants. The same is true of organisational and community health. This book explains the Healthy Settings Approach as a means to define population and health standards as well as a framework to promote and evaluate health in daily living activities. The determinants affecting public health go beyond the availability and quality of healthcare, and a concerted effort from all sectors of the community is required to bring about sustained improvements. Using the Healthy Settings Approach to facilitate the “right to health”, this book argues that promoting health in multiple and varied settings concurrently will ensure healthy living throughout the community and, ultimately, the world. The author uses real life experiences from different countries, with a focus on Hong Kong, and discusses many initiatives that have been enacted (alth

“Red and blue appear in stark contrast with one another on the map of America. But the even more profound divide is the alienation in our hearts.” This work is a striking analysis of the struggles faced by American society, written from the perspective of a Chinese professor of history who spent 60 years of his life in the US. As both an insider and outsider to this country, Cho-yun Hsu is able to perceive what many other Americans may take for granted, and it is this viewpoint—together with his decades of experience teaching history at the University of Pittsburgh—that make this work so unusual and worthwhile. This work analyzes American history through a wide range of topics, including culture, politics, economics, industrialization, class, ethnicity, the urban-rural divide, and more. Expertly analyzing the origins of the tension and conflict between different classes and ethnic groups in American society, this book seeks to offer a way forward from a humanistic perspective, in the

St. Stephen’s Girls’ College is one of the many schools run under the auspices of the Anglican Church in Hong Kong. Starting as a tiny missionary school for upper-class Chinese girls and their younger brothers, it has evolved into a large establishment, comprising kindergarten, primary and secondary sections, playing its full part in the public sector of education and now serving a complete socio-economic cross-section of the community. As one of the earliest schools for girls in the territory, St. Stephen’s played a significant role in the opening up of educational opportunities for Chinese girls. This book records the history and development of the school and is written for its 90th Anniversary, using much original source material. The author, who was head of the school for over thirty years, has set this history within the educational, social and political context of the times. This book will be of obvious interest to those who have a connection with the school: council members, t

Appropriate for use by students at varying levels of competence, Burmese: A Cultural Approach provides a thorough and systematic introduction to the Burmese writing system in Part One and a series of true-to-life conversations in Part Two. Students with some prior knowledge of the spoken language but little familiarity with the Burmese script can use Part One to solidify their grasp of the Burmese sound system as well as its orthography. Intrepid beginners could also start their study of the language by making use of Part One. Doing so would mean making a slower start at formulating phrases as compared to using a romanization system but learners would gain a firmer foundation for the later—and eventually, faster—development of their speaking and reading skills. The conversations in Part Two are extensively annotated in order to illustrate grammatical patterns, characteristic turns of phrase, and typical habits of social interaction. True to an anthropological approach to language le

From the accomplished psychological professional and expert of social etiquette, celebrated blogger and social influencer, counselor and mentor, author and essayist Virginia Leung: [An Original Work] of the most captivating, awe-inspiring writing. Did you know that personality and attitude are the two deciding aspects of your fate? Be crowned with a halo now as I share my top tips for improving your mentality, analytical skills, perspective, mindset, communication, Adversity Quotient, social etiquette- and putting them all into practice! Epigraph For the state of things to change for the better, You must first change yourself for the better; For the state of things to improve even more, You must always be improving yourself even more! Preface Blind spots in our thinking, a lack of emotional intelligence or poor social skills- various problems, like these, admittedly drive away many opportunities. At times, one wonders whether these are foregone conclusions- or are they a result o

你不用會AI技術，只要換上AI思維 人工智慧（AI）不像物聯網和工業4.0那麼難以落實， AI的應用不需要太多配套，只要掌握 AI思維， 大中小型企業都能有感升級！ 企業可利用AI單點突破、快速導入： ★行銷→區隔市場　★製造→提升良率、改善品質； ★業務→預測需求　★人資→增強員工能力、預測離職率…… 不論製造、設計、家電或運輸業，都能用AI加速發展！ 許多企業領導人對人工智慧（AI）的應用仍在觀望，擔心可能要重新改造整個組織才能落實，或不清楚AI能提供何種幫助。 周忠信教授認為，跟工業4.0、物聯網等新科技相比，AI在各種應用上可以單點突破，不需太多配套。AI不止能處理複雜、大規模的問題，也能對營運的細部功能提供協助，無論是在行銷、製造、業務或人資等領域。 本書以大量實際案例說明，企業主管並不需要去學AI技術，但是一定要改變原有的慣性思考模式，改以AI思維來面對問題與挑戰。同時，作者以最淺白的文字介紹AI的五種能力、四層智慧程度，與三類學習方式，藉由「AI的543」帶領讀者全面了解人工智慧。 今日，人類必須結合AI，發展「AI孿生」（AI twin），展開第二次進化。「AI孿生」是我們在網路世界的AI夥伴，能讓人類擁有超級大腦——Because AI (Artificial Intelligence), becomes AI (Augmented Intelligence).——「因為人工智慧，從而擴增智慧」，AI能幫助企業主、主管與員工完成許多以前無法完成的任務。 AI正以迅雷不及掩耳之速席捲所有領域，對個人與企業而言，換上AI思維已是刻不容緩之事。 ★專文推薦—— 孫藹彬／鼎新電腦、鼎捷軟件創辦人 劉克振、楊瑞祥博士／研華科技董事長、技術長 ★智慧推薦—— 王慶華／台灣引興股份有限公司董事長 吳天勝／漢翔航空工業股份有限公司研發長 吳樹曜／明曜國際健康科技股份有限公司董事長 李健勳／財團法人精密機械研究發展中心副總經理 沈柏延／中華民國資訊軟體協會理事長 邱瑞堂／大苑子開發股份有限公司董事長 劉品辰／鉅虹建設股份有限公司董事長 賴通仕／美溪機電工業股份有限公司董事長 （依姓名筆畫排序）