Modeling Dose-Response Microarray Data in Early Drug Development Experiments Using R

本書是『工業4.0系列』的地理資訊技術之第一本書，書名：整合地理資訊技術之物聯網系統開發(基礎入門篇):An Introduction to the System Development of In-ternet of Thing integrated with Geographic Information Technology，主要是在工業4.0環境之中，需要一個雲端平台的來針對所有裝置資料進行儲存、分享、運算、分析、展示、整合運用…等廣範用途，上述這些需求，我們需要一個簡易、方便與擴展性高雲端服務。 筆者針對上面需求為主軸，以QNAP 威聯通 TS-431P2-1G 4-Bay NAS主機為標的物，開始介紹如何使用QNAP 威聯通 TS-431P2-1G 4-Bay NAS雲端主機，從資料庫建立，資料表規劃到網頁主機的php程式攥寫、資料呈現，在應用Google 雲端資源：Google Chart 到Google Map等雲端資源的使用到程式系統的開發，一步一步的圖文步驟，讀者可以閱讀完後，就有能力自行開發雲端平台的應用程式。 本文也使用讀者熟悉的Arduino或其他相容開發板，來進行微型系統開發的範例，希望讀這閱讀之後，可以針對物聯網、工業4.0等開發系統時，針對雲端的運用，可以自行建置一個商業級的雲端系統服務，其穩定性、安裝困難度、維護成本都遠低於自行組立的主機系統，省下來的時間可以讓讀者可以專注在開發物聯網、工業4.0等產品有更多的心力。 未來筆者希望可以推出更多的入門書籍給更多想要進入『工業4.0』、『物聯網』這個未來大趨勢，所有才有這個工業4.0』系列的產生。

This is the anecdotal story of Clive Grossman SC and his travels from his birthplace in Hackney in London during the Second World War to what was then Southern Rhodesia. He describes his life in Rhodesia and what later became Zimbabwe, growing up there, schooling, working as a clerk then university in Cape Town, practice at the Bar, his time in the military, and eventually his trip to Hong Kong which resulted in an invitation to work in the Attorney General’s Office and a life thereafter at the Hong Kong Bar.

Look Again！再看一次，看透古典神作的天才密碼！ 每幅古典名作，都是進入另一個時代的窗口。 本書不是要帶你穿越時空去想像觀看者最初是如何畫出這幅畫，而是要鼓勵讀者用現代人的能力和現代人的參照資料「再看一次」（look again）。 它向我們訴說著什麼？用什麼語言？儘管年代已遠，和我們的生活可能有著怎麼樣的關係？可以吸引生活在21世紀的我們嗎？ 不帶任何成見，從純淨的心智出發，未必要按照順序，也不用緊抓著每個步驟不放！ 作者奧森．沃德提供最原始的「注視的方法」，是由十個易記的步驟組成。 「T.A.B.U.L.A.R.A.S.A.」是一個簡單的口訣，每個字母分別代表觀賞行為的一部分。 「Ｔ」時間（Time） 「Ａ」聯想（Association） 「Ｂ」背景（Background） 「Ｕ」理解（Understand） 「Ｌ」再看一次（Look Again） 「Ａ」評價（Assess） 「Ｒ」節奏（Rhythm） 「Ａ」寓言（Allegory） 「Ｓ」結構（Structure） 「Ａ」氛圍（Atmosphere） 每個步驟都會用一個藝術史上的例子來搭配，示範如何運用這些注視技巧。 每一個人都可以穿越時空， 盡情在博物館與古典大師辯論、爭執， 去懷疑、詮釋、評價或質問他們。 即使是藝術上的巨擘，也沒有什麼不能評論的，一切都是開放的、可接近的，最終也將是可以理解的。

“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

This book adds richly not only to understanding of the unique form of Daoism in Central Hunan today, but to the entire fashi tradition that rose to prominence in the Song–Yuan. In the hills of China’s central Hunan province, an anxious young apprentice officiates over a Daoist ritual known as the Banner Rite to Summon Sire Yin. Before a crowd of masters, relatives, and villagers—and the entire pantheon of gods and deceased masters ritually invited to witness the event—he seeks to summon Celestial Lord Yin Jiao, the ferocious deity who supplies the exorcistic power to protect and heal bodies and spaces from illness and misfortune. If the apprentice cannot bring forth the deity, the rite is considered a failure and the ordination suspended: His entire professional career hangs in the balance before it even begins. This richly textured study asks how the Banner Rite works or fails to work in its own terms. How do the cosmological, theological, and anthropological assumptions ensconced i

◣一本揭露幻想文學景象的精緻專書◥ 收錄167幅全彩圖像 囊括《金銀島》《哈利波特》《納尼亞傳奇》《魔戒》 美國亞馬遜4.8星超高好評 榮獲世界奇幻獎 專業人士特別貢獻獎 網羅世界各國奇幻文學、童話、經典文學故事中的路線圖 蒐集作家創作時的手繪草稿，參考用的美麗中世紀古地圖 「若你打算講述一個複雜的故事，就必須先在地圖上下功夫。」 ──J. R. R. 托爾金 何謂「作家的地圖」？這些地圖是人類想像力的展示，它是文字化的思想，圖像化的故事。每行文字、每個圖像與符號都有各自的意義，都是製圖師獻給讀圖人的一份指引。 作家的地圖，不光是附在書中大大小小的圖片，更是作者在寫作時使用的地圖、插圖，以及激發他們創作的真實地點的地圖。這些地圖可能從未刊印，甚至許多不存在於市面上，但正是透過這些地圖的引領，最後成就了一本文學巨作。 作家夢想的異域，都是他們之所以成為作家的重要基礎。本書收錄167幅全彩圖像，網羅世界各國奇幻文學、童話、經典文學故事中的路線圖、作家創作時的手繪草稿，甚至令創作者也為之著迷的中世紀古地圖等。 藉由每位製圖師、創作者的地圖，我們得以了解一部作品的核心思維，一窺知名作家們的創作旅程，同時回味當年，未知的奇幻世界帶給我們的悸動。 《彼得潘》夢幻島 《金銀島》藏寶圖 《魔戒》大荒原、中土世界 《納尼亞傳奇》納尼亞王國 《哈利波特》劫盜地圖 《冰與火之歌》維斯特洛世界 《嚕嚕米》姆米谷 《小熊維尼》百畝森林地圖 《龍與地下城》遊戲地圖 《馴龍高手》博克島、野蠻群島 《烏托邦》木版畫 《聖經》伊甸園 《神曲》地獄圖 《地海》小島世界 《魯賓遜漂流記》荒島圖 《綠野仙蹤》奧茲國 《童話古地圖》 《瓦特希普高原》兔子旅程路線 《失落的世界》路線圖 《天才少年的奇幻冒險》製圖師的地圖《錫公主》故事地圖原稿 【外國媒體一致盛讚】 這本書蒐羅了作家們迷人而充滿智慧的靈感沉思，以一幅又一幅想像或真實的地圖妝點。有時我會盯著這些精美的地圖出神，許久之後才強迫自己卻閱讀文字，而讀完後，我又慶幸自己讀到了這麼美妙的文章。我對這本書徹底著迷，看得廢寢忘食，甚至捨不得放下書本來寫這篇評論。──《旗幟周刊》（Weekly Standard） 奇幻世界可以追溯到一五一六年湯瑪斯·摩爾的諷刺文學《烏托邦》，一路延續到現在廣受歡迎的史詩大作《權力遊戲：冰與火之歌》，

This ground-breaking edited collection draws together Australian historical scholarship on Chinese women, their gendered migrations, and their mobile lives between China and Australia. It considers different aspects of women’s lives, both as individuals and as the wives and daughters of immigrant men. While the number of Chinese women in Australia before 1950 was relatively small, their presence was significant and often subject to public scrutiny. Moving beyond traditional representations of women as hidden and silent, this book demonstrates that Chinese Australian women in the twentieth century expressed themselves in the public eye, whether through writings, in photographs, or in political and cultural life. Their remarkable stories are often inspiring and sometimes tragic and serve to demonstrate the complexities of navigating female lives in the face of racial politics and imposed categories of gender, culture, and class. Historians of transnational Chinese migration have come

It is impossible to reflect on 2020 without discussing Covid-19. The term, literally meaning corona- (CO) virus (VI) disease (D) of 2019, has become synonymous with “the virus”, “corona” and “the pandemic”. The impact of the virus on our lives is unprecedented in modern human history, in terms of scale, depth and resilience. When compared to other epidemics that have plagued the world in recent decades, Covid-19 is often referred to as being much more “deadly” and is associated with advances in technology which scientists have described as “revolutionary”. From politics to economics, spanning families and continents, Covid-19 has unsettled norms: cultural clashes are intensified, politics are even more polarized, and regional tensions and conflicts are on the rise. Global trade patterns and supply chains are increasingly being questioned and redrawn. The world is being atomized, and individuals are forced to accept the “new normal” in their routines. In an attempt to combat the virus

The Landscape of Historical Memory explores the place of museums and memorial culture in the contestation over historical memory in post–martial law Taiwan. The book is particularly oriented toward the role of politics—especially political parties—in the establishment, administration, architectural design, and historical narratives of museums. It is framed around the wrangling between the “blue camp” (the Nationalist Party, or KMT, and its supporters) and the “green camp” (Democratic Progressive Party, or DPP, and its supporters) over what facets of the past should be remembered and how they should be displayed in museums. Organized into chapters focused on particular types of museums and memorial spaces (such as archaeology museums, history museums, martyrs’ shrines, war museums, memorial halls, literature museums, ethnology museums, and ecomuseums), the book presents a broad overview of the state of museums in Taiwan in the past three decades. The case of Taiwan museums tells us much

Empowered by Ancestors: Controversy over the Imperial Temple in Song China (960–1279) examines the enduring tension between cultural authority and political power in imperial China by inquiring into Song ritual debates over the Imperial Temple. During these debates, Song-educated elites utilized various discourses to rectify temple rituals in their own ways. In this process, political interests were less emphasized and even detached from ritual discussions. Meanwhile, Song scholars of particular schools developed various ritual theories that were used to reshape society in later periods. Hence, the Song ritual debates exemplified the great transmission of ancestral ritual norms from the top stratum of imperial court downward to society. In this book, the author attempts to provide a lens through which historians, anthropologists, experts in Chinese Classics, and scholars from other disciplines can explore Chinese ritual in its intellectual, social, and political forms.

This collection of selected works by Professor Albert H.Y. Chen shows the contours of the author’s scholarship as it developed over 35 years of his academic career, from 1984 to the present. The essays are divided into three sections which cover the three major domains of Professor Chen’s research. Part I covers the legal developments and controversies of “One Country, Two Systems” since the Hong Kong interpretation on “the right of abode” in 1999 to the anti-extradition movement of 2019. Part II shifts to focus on tradition and modernity in Chinese Law, including China’s Confucian and Legalist traditions and how the socialist legal system in China evolved and modernized in the era of “reform and opening”. Part III examines the transplantation of Western thinking and constitutionalism to East Asia in modern times and discusses the achievements and failures of these efforts. In conjunction with an introductory chapter that sets out the basic orientation and paradigm of these legal and c

一、新日本語能力試験基準に基き、作成します。 It's made based on JLPT. 二、新日本語能力試験N1の単語を網羅して、制覇できます。 Collect all the JLPT N1 vocabulary, and can be easily operated with one hand, making learning more efficient, this is an indispensable exercise for those aiming for the JLPT N1 exam. 三、多く練習するのを通して難しい問題でも早く完熟できます。 Even a difficult problem can become mature early through practicing much. 四、重なることなく、それぞれ違う多くの問題をしっかり練習するのを通して、使い方はもとより、どんどん会話能力も増進できるようになります。 The questions simulate the 4 questions of the JLPT N1 word problem test, and you will be able to familiarize with various vocabularies through practicing by constantly working on problems.

Guide for Design, Installation, and Assessment of Post-installed Reinforcements sets out the installation, design, and assessment guidelines for post-installed reinforcements and fills a much-needed gap in the literature. The technology of post-installed reinforcement is growing increasingly important since reinforcing bars are being used frequently in horizontal, vertical, and overhead applications on the rehabilitation and strengthening of existing structures. Post-installed reinforcements are also used in specific situations in new construction to simplify construction procedures and provide flexibility in design and construction. This book has its main focus on Hong Kong but sets a standard that could be followed both in the Mainland and beyond.

Advances in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the area of investment analysis and portfolio management. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in security analysis, portfolio management, options, futures, and other related issues. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance, economics, and accounting and applied research in the financial community.

Maid to Queer is the first book about Asian female migrant workers who develop same-sex relationships in a host city. Based on participant observation and in-depth interviews with Indonesian domestic workers in Hong Kong, the book explores the meanings of same-sex relationships to these migrant women. Instead of searching for reasons to explain why they engage in a same-sex relationship, this book provides an ethnographic perspective by addressing their Sunday activities and considering how migration policies and the practices of Hong Kong people unintentionally produce alternative sexuality and desires for them. The author contrasts the migrant experiences of same-sex relationships with the Western discourse that individuals carry a strong sense of sexual identification prior to migration; same-sex desires among Indonesian domestic workers are often not realized until they leave home. Addressing the changes from maid to queer, this book documents the intersections of domestic work, la

Sino-French Trade at Canton, 1698–1842 presents a rare and lively view of the French experience at Canton, and calls for a reappraisal of France’s role in that trade. France was one of the two most important Western powers in the eighteenth century, and was home to one of the three major European East India companies. Yet the nation is woefully underrepresented in Canton trade scholarship. Susan E. Schopp rescues the French from the sidelines, showing that they exerted a presence that, though closely watched by their rivals, is today largely unrecognized. Their contributions were diverse, ranging from finding new sea routes to inspiring the renovation of hong façades. Consequently, to ignore the French, or to dismiss them as simply “also-rans,” results in a skewed perception of the Canton system. Schopp also demonstrates that while the most distinctive aspect of the French model of company trade was the dominant role of the state—indeed, the French East India Company has been memorabl

This book, written by an internationally acknowledged pioneer in endocrine surgery, is intended as advice for aspiring medical professionals, in particular for young people from around the world who are hoping to attend one of the great medical schools in the US or the UK, such as Harvard or Oxford. In clear, concise language, Dimitrios Linos explains the steps one needs to take to get into a top medical school, succeed as a resident, and become a board certified doctor. Drawing on his many years of experience, Linos discusses the career paths for practicing physicians, how to avoid burnout, and the importance of finding a work-life balance. This is an honest, engaging and thoughtful book, written in an encouraging manner from someone who knows personally the struggles and triumphs of being a doctor and who wants to help others become "the best physician in the world." --------------- Professor Linos has eloquently delivered his advice for aspiring physicians. To Dr. Linos’ exhortat

Fragmented Memories and Screening Nostalgia for the Cultural Revolution argues that films and TV dramas about the Cultural Revolution made after China’s accession to the WTO in 2001 tend to represent personal memories in a markedly sentimental, nostalgic, and fragmented manner. This new trend is a significant departure from earlier films about the subject, which are generally interpreted as national allegories, not private expressions of grief, regret or other personal feelings. With China entering a postsocialist era, the ideological conflation of socialism and global capitalism has generated enough cultural ambiguity to allow a space for the expression of personalized reminiscences of the past. By presenting these personal memories—in effect alternative narratives to official history—on screen, individuals now seem to have some agency in narrating and constructing history. At the same time such autonomy can be easily undermined since the promotion of the sentiment of nostalgia is of

This is the first collection of essays in English, contributed by well-known experts of Chinese literature as well as scholars of a younger generation, dedicated to the poetry of Du Fu, commonly regarded as the greatest Chinese poet. These essays are engaged in historically nuanced close reading of Du Fu’s poems, both canonical and less known, from new angles and in various contexts, and discuss a series of critical issues, including the local and the imperial; the body politic and the individual body; poetry and geography; perspectives on the complicated relation of religion and literature; materiality and contemporary reception of Du Fu; poetry and visual art; and tradition and modernity. Many of the poems discussed in this book were written in the backwater town of Kuizhou, far from Du Fu’s earlier residence in the capital city Chang’an, at a time when the Tang dynasty was going through devastating social and political disturbances. The authors contend that Du Fu’s isolation from

一窺恐龍的世界 看恐龍如何在四格漫畫中， 大、搞、破、壞！ 解說超過60種以上的恐龍，不但有咕嚕咕嚕大快朵頤、吃飯細嚼慢嚥好好吃的類型，還有展翅高飛任我行、優游自在好快樂的古生物。輕鬆看四格漫畫，就是悠哉悠哉的祕訣。 為什麼中生代的霸主恐龍會滅絕？ 草食性恐龍為什麼長得如此巨大？ 海中之王的蛇頸龍竟然不是恐龍！？ 鳥類與恐龍其實有著密不可分的關係！ 恐龍存活於中生代的時期，繁盛時期持續了1億6千萬年左右，相比之下，人類的同類誕生至今也不過區區幾百萬年。然而在6600萬年前，恐龍一個不剩，全數滅絕了。為了解開神祕面紗，就跟著導遊小鴿子來到恐龍世界，一起探索吧！ ■精彩內容 擁有四格漫畫的恐龍世界指南，60種以上的四格漫畫，介紹翱翔空中的翼龍、統治大海巨龍，再到陸生恐龍霸主，不管吃肉的還是吃素的，所有中生代的生物通通一網打盡！ ■本書特色 通過全彩圖解介紹加深知識，快速了解恐龍生態學。 抓出恐龍的特徵，像是讓人覺得有趣或厲害的特點。 恐龍專欄：延伸介紹冷知識，解開恐龍的祕密。 恐龍DATA（基本資料）：說明類別、體型大小、存活時期等資訊。 ■讀者迴響 「我買給喜愛恐龍的兒子，但我那個對恐龍不感興趣的女兒也愛上了。」 「孫子很喜歡這本。就內容來說，這種敘述方式很適合閱讀，大人讀起來也很有趣。」 ——亞馬遜讀者 「記載非常多的恐龍，內容很有趣！四格漫畫與專欄都很好懂，五年級的女兒很開心的閱讀著呢！」 ——樂天讀者 ■推薦給這樣的人！ ・送給對恐龍有興趣的孩子，不知道要買哪一本的家長。 ・有點感興趣，但至今都還沒有真正閱讀過恐龍書的初學者。 ・閒暇時，想悠悠哉哉看書，不想過度腦力激盪的的大忙人。

Promoting All-Round Education for Girls presents the history of Heep Yunn School, one of the oldest girls’ schools in Hong Kong. Amalgamated from two British mission schools founded in the 1880s for destitute girls and daughters of Christian parents, and renamed Heep Yunn School in 1936, the institution has witnessed and responded to the dramatic changes of Hong Kong over the years. By the time of the outbreak of the Second World War, Heep Yunn had expanded to offer a full Chinese middle school course for girls based upon Christian principles of all-round education. The school expanded rapidly after the war and became a bilingual institution to meet the demand for English language education. Eventually English would become the primary medium of instruction soon after the introduction of nine-year universal education in 1978. Heep Yunn strives to provide a full-fledged all-round education in the midst of political and education reforms. The school opted to switch its status from a gove

作者通过阅读大量的国内外主流文献，归纳了企业技术创新内、外部驱动因素研究的四个具体问题：企业R&D活动特征如何对企业技术创新产生影响；政府激励政策对企业技术创新是否达到了预期的激励作用，二者是否存在非线性影响；省级区域内对外开放程度、金融发展、科教和经济发展水平等区域环境要素与企业技术创新之间是否存在同期因果关系；企业与供应商、客户之间关系的紧密程度是否对企业技术创新产生影响。本书通过分别构建面板数据个体固定效应模型、面板数据泊松回归模型和面板数据负二项回归模型等对上述四个问题进行了实证检验。

Everyday Masculinities in 21st-Century China: The Making of Able-Responsible Men argues that a moral dimension in Chinese masculinity is of growing significance in fast-changing China. ‘Able-responsible men’—those who can create wealth and shoulder responsibilities—have replaced the ‘moneyed elite’ of the earlier reform-and-opening-up era as the dominant male ideal. With vivid and highly readable case studies, Wong presents a compelling account of the forces that coerce men to live up to the able-responsible standard. She demonstrates the impact this pressure has on the lives of not only boys and men, but also on women, and shows how it invites both complicit and resistant reactions. The book lays bare the socio-political context that nurtures the cultural expressions of hegemonic masculinity under the rule of Xi Jinping. The president himself has emerged in public consciousness as the embodiment of the ideal able-responsible man. Based on anthropological fieldwork in Nanchong, Sichu

“Knickerbocker's History of New York” is the book by Washington Irving, an American writer who was born in New York City on April 3, 1783. It is published in December, 1809, with which Washington living, at the age of twenty-six, first won wide credit and influence. Knickerbocker's History of New York is a satire on self-important local history and contemporary politics. Prior to its publication, Irving started a hoax akin to today's viral marketing campaigns; he placed a series of missing person adverts in New York newspapers seeking information on Diedrich Knickerbocker, a crusty Dutch historian who had allegedly gone missing from his hotel in New York City. Today, author Washington Irving is best remembered for the iconic tales "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle." However, Irving also produced a number of well-regarded works of history and biography. This brilliant volume combines fact and fiction, offering a satirica

The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy (1848—1850) is a novel by the English author William Makepeace Thackeray. The novel took two years for him to write. Set in 19th century London, England, this novel features a young English gentleman Arthur Pendennis born in the country who sets out to seek his place in life and society. The novel portrays his love affairs with the callous Blanche Amory and poor Fanny. Both of them marry other people, and Pendennis finally weds Laura Bell, his adopted sister, who had always loved him. The characters include the snobbish social hanger-on Major Pendennis and the tipsy Captain Costigan. Miss Amory and Sir Francis Clavering are somewhat reminiscent of Becky Sharp and Sir Pitt from Vanity Fair. In line with other Thackeray's works, Pendennis offers an insightful and satiric picture of human character and aristocratic society. The masterful characterizations include the snobbish Major Pendennis and the

福爾摩斯誰不知道？ 但你真的100%曉得他是什麼樣的人？ 你知道他是大偵探，你知道他破案無數，你知道他智力超高。 但你知道他向貴族索價毫不手軟嗎？ 又或者你知道他曾入室行竊，被逮後卻因「某個原因」而逃過刑罰？ 又也許你知道他菸癮重、會嗑藥、瘋起來會三天三夜不吃不喝？ 福爾摩斯太出名了，就算未曾讀過他的故事，人們大抵也知道他是戴著帽子、叼著菸斗，與華生醫生共同辦案的私家偵探；但也因為這種「陌生的熟悉感」，以致許多人根本沒讀過福爾摩斯的故事。 這實在太可惜了。 他會受到這麼多「福粉」熱愛，絕對不是因為推理過程有多麼曲折離奇；當然，早在小勞勃道尼或是班尼迪克出演之前，他更不是以帥臉圈粉。 那麼，福粉們到底迷他什麼？迷他料事如神、身手矯健、從不失手？真的嗎？就只有這樣？答案這麼簡單嗎？ 福粉們自然可以給出不同於此的百千萬種答案，然而，還不是福粉的你，腦海中的福爾摩斯又是什麼樣的？ 他會不會比你想像的要執著得多？他會不會比你想像的要粗魯得多？他會不會比你想像的要更加臭屁三萬倍？（相信我，絕對不會是一百倍） 甚至，有沒有可能，他──福爾摩斯──是真實存在的？ 他到底是什麼樣的人？ P.S. 噢，或許你看過有人把夏洛克（Sherlock）拆組成 She R Lock，但你知道，這絕絕對對與華生所描述的某個特質相關嗎？ >>>以防你沒留意到這本書很超值──52個故事，厚達880頁，售價才399元。

"In what period did objects of worship appear in China? Could there be a possible convergence between written testimonies and archaeological remains? How was the production of icons understood, especially in light of its eventual condemnation in iconoclastic discourse? This history of cultic images designed for religious worship in China remains to be written. The statue collections over the course of 16th to 20th centuries in central Hunan of southern China will give us insight into the local artistic tradition of statue-making, and the dynamics of multifarious religious practices consisting of a hybrid of Buddhism, Daoism, Confucian, Shamanism, and so forth. The documents contained inside these effigies, as well as the inscriptions found on the statues themselves, provide first-hand information that has not been filtered down through theological or philosophical discourses. Moreover, this art of domestic statuary—which is found far from palaces, large temples, monasteries, and pain

The academic setting has a significant influence on the well-being of children and teens. Effective school leadership is, therefore, essential in promoting a healthy school environment. This book, the first of its kind in Hong Kong, establishes the kind of leadership a health-promoting school needs to be successful. It explains the steps school leaders should take to promote health, beginning with an explanation of the link between health and education and then moving into a discussion of how schools can be transformed and what sort of leaders are required for such a transformation. These changes can be applied in individual classrooms and schools as well as more broadly across whole education systems. The theoretical healthy school framework outlined in the main text by Dr Robin Cheung, a seasoned scholar-practitioner in the field of school health promotion, is complemented by success stories written from interviews conducted by Dr Cheung’s co-authors, which are included in the suppl

Paul A. Van Dyke’s new book, Whampoa and the Canton Trade: Life and Death in a Chinese Port, 1700–1842, authoritatively corrects misconceptions about how the Qing government treated foreigners when it controlled all trade in the Guangzhou port. Van Dyke reappraises the role of Whampoa in the system—a port twenty kilometres away from Guangzhou—and reassesses the government’s attitude towards foreigners, which was much more accommodating than previous research suggested. In fact, Van Dyke shows that foreigners were not bound by local laws and were given freedom of movement around Whampoa and Canton to the extent that they were treated with leniency even when found in off-limit places. Whampoa and the Canton Trade recounts the lives of seamen who travelled half-way around the globe at great risk and lived through a historic period that would become the framework for subsequent encounters between China and the rest of the world. Were it not for the exchanges between the major powers and t

This book is a novel modelled on Plato’s Republic as a series of dialogues between a half-retired college professor and his former student, taking place in several weeks in a row on various scenic and memorable locations in Hong Kong – in Central, on the Peak, on Repulse Bay and in Stanley on Hong Kong Island, as well as in Cheung Chau, an outlying island of Hong Kong. The story starts by the professor greeting and receiving his former student Julian to tea and for a friendly chat in the professors’ favourite old teahouse in Central. Their conversation, initially centring around the current events taking place in Hong Kong, soon evolves into an in-depth discussion of the immediate and subtler causes and factors leading to such a state of affairs that has been described by the local media and the Government as ‘public activities’. Since both the professor and Julian find their discussion and exchange very interesting and fruitful, they decide to continue with it in the weeks that follo

In The Making of Macau’s Fusion Cuisine: From Family Table to World Stage, Annabel Jackson argues that Macanese cuisine cannot be seen as a unique product of Portuguese colonialism in southern China. Instead, it needs to be understood in the context of Portugal’s culinary footprint in Asia and beyond. She contends that the culinary cultures of other Portuguese colonies in Asia and Africa also influenced the cuisine in Macau. Macanese cuisine plays a role in evoking a sense of Macanese identity within Macau as well as in the Macanese diaspora. As the Macanese have increasingly defined themselves as an ethnically and culturally distinct group, their cuisine has growingly been seen as a critical identifier of cohesion and difference. The book shows how Macanese cuisine is moving from being an everyday production of food in a domestic setting to something more symbolic and ceremonial. It also argues that the practice of recipe sharing, historically controversial among the Macanese, is now

"A “concise encyclopaedia” of Hong Kong in the Belt and Road. With the emergence of the Belt and Road boom have come many related research papers, but few have addressed Hong Kong’s role and opportunities in the initiative. Hong Kong in the Belt and Road Initiative fills this gap. This monograph represents the efforts of some twenty experts from both Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland, providing a comprehensive introduction to the national initiative and exploring various opportunities for the territory in the Belt and Road as well as Hong Kong’s cooperation with relevant regions along the routes, offering many highly valuable policy recommendations."

For years, Faina, the Russian wife of Chiang Kai-shek''s son Ching-kuo, was a missing link in our understanding of 20th century China. Mark O''Neill''s new biography tells an astonishing story of a young woman who started as a Soviet factory worker and found herself deeply entwined in the political turmoil of the formation of modern China. This is not just a story of a political couple, but rather a wider anging and compelling tale of the forces that shaped a political generation-and eventually, democracy in Taiwan. --RanaMitter,ProfessoroftheHistoryandPoliticsofModernChina;DirectoroftheUniversityofOxfordChinaCentre

In January 1980, a young police officer named John MacLennan committed suicide in his Ho Man Tin flat. His death came mere hours before he was to be arrested for committing homosexual acts still, at that point, illegal in Hong Kong. But this was more than the desperate act of a young man, ashamed and afraid; both his death and the subsequent investigation were a smokescreen for a scandal that went to the heart of the establishment. MacLennan came to Hong Kong from Scotland during a tumultuous time in Hong Kong’s history. The governorship of Sir Murray MacLehose was to be a time of reform and progress, but with that remit came the determination of many to suppress scandals and silence those who stirred up trouble. Both the life and death of John MacLennan seemed to many of those in power to threaten the stability of one of Britain’s last colonies.

Lens on China: Intermediate and Advanced Readings on Film for Learning Chinese is an innovative textbook that uses film to teach Mandarin Chinese. It not only provides students with a non-traditional way to learn Chinese by combining visual and textual materials, but also creates real, sociocultural and linguistic situations where students can use their acquired skills. Each lesson of the textbook focuses on one film in a highly engaging and effective way of learning. Each lesson comes with a comprehensive vocabulary list, detailed grammar explanations, and exercises in various forms. Such a design ensures a balance between basic language training in vocabulary and grammatical structure, and more advanced goals in interactive communication and in-depth reflection. Ten films are chosen to help the student achieve sociocultural knowledge that will deepen their understanding of contemporary China. Half of the films selected are light-hearted works on youth, love, and aspirations, with d

Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the quantitative analysis of finance and accounting. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in finance and accounting as well as applications of quantitative methods to problems in financial management, financial accounting, and business management. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance and accounting and applied research in the financial community and the accounting profession.

For myself, however, it is the human element, the recollected words, the remembered faces, which give life to the printed record.” James Hayes’s many writings have made a major contribution to knowledge about life in rural Hong Kong. This book presents sixteen of his illuminating and original articles, each of which is rooted in his experiences as a district officer, administering and visiting villages under his care. His interest in the life and lives of the people went far beyond the formal demands of his official work, and Dr Hayes grew to admire and respect the villagers. As a result, his writings are suffused with his affection and esteem. Intended for scholars in the field of New Territories history as well as general readers interested in rural life in the region, A Pattern of Life provides a fascinating, academically important, yet highly readable picture of traditional life in rural South China and reinforces Dr Hayes’s reputation as one of the most important writers on the N

…. to imagine a language means to imagine a form of life. ––Ludwig Wittgenstein (Philosophical Investigation, 1953) Whatever specific goal motivated people who study Chinese at first eventually dissolves into the larger Chinese world, and that world—its loves and joys, its stings and frustrations, in any case its incapability of being boring—takes over. This is a fascinating, insightful collection of essays by some of the world’s most renowned China experts, who share personal recollections of their time in China—often beginning in the 1970s, when foreigners were just beginning to navigate the linguistic and cultural terrain of that country—and reflect on what learning Chinese has meant to them in their careers and lives. These ten native English speakers share rare and, at times, humorous and intimate moments, of how learning and speaking Chinese has removed barriers, built rapport, opened doors and sometimes led them down entirely unexpected roads that have changed the course of th

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目錄 PREFACE INTRODUCTION SECTION A: BIBLICAL INSIGHTS OF FATHER LEADERSHIP 1. God as Father in the Old Testament 2. Father Leadership in the Trinity 3. The Father Leadership of Jesus 4. The Apost1e Paul as a Father Leader 5. The Father Heart of God SECTION B: CHARACTERISTICS OF FATHER LEADERSHIP 6. Relationship and Performance 7. The Care of Fathers 8. Giving of Corrections 9. The Glory of Fathers 10. Giving Sacrifices 11. The Father as Shepherd 12. A Father Figure 13. A Man of Influence SECTION C: APPLICATIONS OF FATHER LEADERSHIP IN THE CHURCH 14. Introducing Father Leadership to a Church 15. Testimonies APPENDIX BIBLIOGRAPHY