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41. Communication and Networking in Smart Grids

    By Yang Xiao

    Appropriate for researchers, practitioners, and students alike, Communication and Networking in Smart Grids presents state-of-the-art approaches and novel technologies for communication networks in smart grids. It explains how contemporary grid networks are developed and deployed and presents a...

    Published April 24th 2012 by CRC Press
42. Mobile Communication and Greater China

    Edited by Rodney Wai-chi Chu, Leopoldina Fortunati, Pui-Lam Law, Shanhua Yang

    Series: Routledge Research on Social Work, Social Policy and Social Development in Greater China

    This edited volume is the first book-length study focusing entirely on mobile phone use in China. Drawing on examples from a wide range of contemporary situations in China and beyond, the contributors argue that the mobile phone is in fact an important means by which one can understand a rapidly...

    Published April 22nd 2012 by Routledge
43. Multiscale Hydrologic Remote Sensing

    Perspectives and Applications

    Edited by Ni-Bin Chang, Yang Hong

    Multiscale Hydrologic Remote Sensing: Perspectives and Applications integrates advances in hydrologic science and innovative remote sensing technologies. Raising the visibility of interdisciplinary research on water resources, it offers a suite of tools and platforms for investigating spatially and...

    Published March 22nd 2012 by CRC Press
44. Laser Ablation in Liquids

    Principles and Applications in the Preparation of Nanomaterials

    Edited by Guowei Yang

    This book focuses on the fundamental concepts and physical and chemical aspects of pulsed laser ablation of solid targets in liquid environments and its applications in the preparation of nanomaterials and fabrication of nanostructures. The areas of focus include basic thermodynamic and kinetic...

    Published February 21st 2012 by Pan Stanford Publishing
45. Plasma Discharge in Liquid

    Water Treatment and Applications

    By Yong Yang, Young I. Cho, Alexander Fridman

    Plasma methods that effectively combine ultraviolet radiation, active chemicals, and high electric fields offer an alternative to conventional water treatment methods. However, knowledge of the electric breakdown of liquids has not kept pace with this increasing interest, mostly due to the...

    Published January 23rd 2012 by CRC Press
46. Political Culture and Participation in Rural China

    By Yang Zhong

    Series: China Policy Series

    Despite China’s rapid urbanisation and industrialisation, most Chinese still live in the vast countryside or have rural household registration. Although there was significant economic improvement in rural areas in the 1980s, the rural economy has been stagnating or deteriorating since then, and the...

    Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge
47. ZnO Nanostructures and Their Applications

    Edited by Sun Xiaowei, Yi Yang

    This book focuses on the various functional properties and potential applications of one-dimensional ZnO nanostructures, from basic principles to our most recent discoveries. It comprises experimental analysis of various properties of ZnO nanostructures, preparation techniques, research methods,...

    Published November 10th 2011 by Pan Stanford Publishing
48. Polyurethane Shape Memory Polymers

    By W.M. Huang, Bin Yang, Yong Qing Fu

    Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are some of the most important and valuable engineering materials developed in the last 25 years. These fascinating materials demonstrate remarkably versatile properties—including capacity for actuation and stimulus responsiveness—that are enabling technologists to...

    Published September 7th 2011 by CRC Press
49. Visual Cryptography and Secret Image Sharing

    Edited by Stelvio Cimato, Ching-Nung Yang

    Series: Digital Imaging and Computer Vision

    With rapid progress in Internet and digital imaging technology, there are more and more ways to easily create, publish, and distribute images. Considered the first book to focus on the relationship between digital imaging and privacy protection, Visual Cryptography and Secret Image Sharing is a...

    Published August 9th 2011 by CRC Press
50. Regulatory Governance and Risk Management

    Occupational Health and Safety in the Coal Mining Industry

    By Binglin Yang

    Series: Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies

    Regulatory Governance and Risk Management will be the first book addressing the diffusion of risk-based governance in the coal mining industry from a health and safety standpoint. More specifically, it aims to understand a puzzling phenomenon. Since the 1990s, the approach of risk-based governance...

    Published July 26th 2011 by Routledge