This book provides a unique perspective on atom economical utilization of biomass resources into value-added productions. Humins are inevitably formed during the process of biomass conversion, which compete with desired products, restrain the activity of catalyst and hinder the recycling of catalyst and separation of products. To further improve the efficiency of biomass conversion toward downstream products, unambiguous elucidation of the chemical structure and formation mechanism of humi...

This great collection of traditional Chinese stories is a book to delight the imagination of children everywhere. Here you will find stories of witches, shape-changing monsters, and gentle people, as well as what happens to greedy people and foolish donkeys! These strange tales from faraway places have been collected and carefully translated by Yu-li Liu because she wants let the world of children understand the culture of China and the Chinese. These twelve stories are unique, interesting...

The Biochemical Man Night Blue was created by Doctor Feng Lei, and was then forced to teleport to a thousand years ago by Selina, who loved Doctor Mu Feng Lei. Completing a mission that even Nightland himself didn't know about. Later, in that era, Blue Night fell in love with a man named Feng Chen Xiao. This caused a series of grudges in the martial arts world to arise. Eventually, he died and returned to the modern era, learning the ultimate meaning of his creation.

This book offers an insightful description of the productive behavior of four-character schematic idiomatic expressions (SIEs) in Mandarin and explores from a usage-based perspective the issue of how young learners acquire the partial productivity of these expressions. The beginning chapters contribute to a constructional understanding of the quadri-syllabic SIEs and an in-depth distributional analysis of three typical schematic patterns based on natural corpus data. The following chapters...

One accident blew up, but it wasn't the end. It was the beginning. It was an inexplicable era, an inexplicable time and space. Due to the arrival of Han Master, everything had changed. The genius of the Han Family, a prodigy in terms of business, but the most outstanding thing was still the Ancient Martial Arts Class. In the impoverished Ancient Martial Arts Realm, Master Han had actually used his own hard work and effort to break through to the Sky Realm. But the Heavenly Tribulation was ...

"Su Xiaoyue, a doctor in her previous life, had somehow traveled to ancient times." At that time, the Emperor had already bestowed her with a marriage. With her modern wisdom, she didn't accept this arrangement.As for the betrothed Prince Luo Xuan, as he interacted with her, he was gradually attracted by her outspoken and straightforward personality, and fell in love with this particular woman.What kind of sacrifice would Su Xiaoyue make for the love between them? What could have happened ...

Praise for Interactions I & II:"Practical and lively without neglecting the structure and the writing system. The workbook is especially interesting and helpful." —Chauncey C. Chu, University of Florida". . . by far the best first-year textbooks available." —Sabina Knight, Smith CollegeConnections I & II is the second-year sequence to accompany the enormously popular introductory texts Interactions I & II by Margaret Yan and Jennifer Li-chia Liu. This innovative sys...

Praise for Interactions I & II:"Practical and lively without neglecting the structure and the writing system. The workbook is especially interesting and helpful." —Chauncey C. Chu, University of Florida". . . by far the best first-year textbooks available." —Sabina Knight, Smith CollegeConnections I & II is the second-year sequence to accompany the enormously popular introductory texts Interactions I & II by Margaret Yan and Jennifer Li-chia Liu. This innovative sys...

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the development and application of near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) in cancer surgery. It thoroughly examines the history, principles, agents, functions, and devices associated with NIRF, along with the latest preclinical research and clinical applications. Special emphasis is placed on the advancements in the second NIRF window and its global implementation in cancer surgery, including innovative molecular imaging technologies in clinica...

Reading in Chinese as an Additional Language focuses on Chinese literacy acquisition, which has been considered most difficult by both learners and teachers of Chinese as an additional language (CAL).Three major areas are covered: (1) acquisition of Chinese characters; (2) reading comprehension subskills and reader’s identity; (3) reading instruction and assessment. The first part delves into the foundation of Chinese literacy development—how to learn and teach Chinese cha...

This comprehensive book explores the challenges and opportunities when teaching public policy courses. Reflecting on political polarisation and the rapidly evolving contemporary environment, the contributors critically engage with course design and structure and offer innovative activities, assignments, and tips for the classroom.Michelle C. Pautz and Li-Yin Liu bring together expert specialists from a range of backgrounds to examine teaching techniques from diverse public policy l...

Over the last 15 years, the application of innovative steel concepts in the automotive industry has increased steadily. Numerical simulation technology of hot forming of high-strength steel allows engineers to modify the formability of hot forming steel metals and to optimize die design schemes. Theories, Methods and Numerical Technology of Sheet Metal Cold and Hot Forming focuses on hot and cold forming theories, numerical methods, relative simulation and experiment techniques fo...