This book provides a comprehensive introduction to computational epidemiology, highlighting its major methodological paradigms throughout the development of the field while emphasizing the needs for a new paradigm shift in order to most effectively address the increasingly complex real-world challenges in disease control and prevention.Specifically, the book presents the basic concepts, related computational models, and tools that are useful for characterizing disease transmission ...

An Anthology of Chinese Music is a three-volume series encompassing songs, instrumental works, and opera, presenting China's musical masterpieces spanning millennia. Each entry features original scores, lyrics, and in-depth analysis. These explore the works' creative origins, cross-cultural dissemination, and blend scholarly rigor with performative accessibility. Commentaries dissect musical structures, techniques, and cultural significance, revealing the scholarly ethos, the regional vibr...

As the end of the world arrives in downtown Shanghai, one man’s only wish is to return a library book...When a publisher agrees to let a star author use his company’s attic to write in, little does he suspect this will become the author’s permanent residence...As Shanghai succumbs to a seemingly apocalyptic deluge, a man takes refuge in his bathtub, only to find himself, moments later, floating through the city's streets...The characters in this literary exploration...