This book examines the European Union’s (EU’s) norm and policy diffusion in relation to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).By looking at the EU’ engagement with ASEAN in trade and non-traditional security, the book analyzes the drivers, processes, and effectiveness of the EU’s norm and policy diffusion in ASEAN and explains the EU’s foreign policy and power projection in the context of its relationship with ASEAN. In doing so, it helps to advance knowledge about the...

This volume provides updated protocols for chemical protein synthesis. Chapters guide readers through development methods, strategies, and applications of protein chemical synthesis. Written in the format of the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series, each chapter includes an introduction to the topic, lists necessary materials and reagents, includes tips on troubleshooting and known pitfalls, and step-by-step, readily reproducible protocols.Authoritative an...

This book is among the first to map out China’s strategic narratives in the context of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Recognizing that the Chinese actors involved with and influencing Chinese foreign policy has continued to grow under the leadership of Xi Jinping, the authors shed light on the nuances and variations of distinctive sources of China’s foreign policy with regard to the current war in Ukraine. They empirically analyse the nuances and variations of Chinese sources of foreign ...

Innovation and Application of Engineering Technology contains the proceeding of International Symposium of Engineering Technology and Application Convocation (ISETA 2017, 25-28 May 2017, Montreal, Canada). The Symposium provided an international forum for discussion and communication of engineering technology and application of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mining Engineering, Risk and Occupational Engineering and other fields related to engineering.Sponsore...

How did Tencent become one of the world's most innovative tech giants? This book offers a rare, in-depth look at Tencent's rise through the lens of innovation management. From early products like QQ to the creation of WeChat and its expansive digital ecosystem, the book explores how Tencent drives continuous and breakthrough innovation across technology, management, platforms, and social value. It introduces Tencent's unique Sequoia-like innovations (deep, directed, invisible, and compound...

Progress in Mine Safety Science and Engineering II discusses mine safety techniques and technologies, methods and approaches, as well as problems and issues, and will be of invaluable to academics and engineers interested or involved in mine safety issues.

This book is a comprehensive and systematic exposition of the history of the emergence, development, and evolution of Chinese imperial examination system. It gathers the author’s insights from over thirty years of research on the history of the imperial examination and can be regarded as a summary work on the study of imperial examination history in China. It follows the historical sequence, taking the development and evolution of the imperial examination as the warp, and the characters, e...

Industrial Decarbonization: Materials, Methods, and Developments offersa timely and in-depth exploration of the technologies and strategies reshaping high-emission industries in the global push toward carbon neutrality. As sectors such as chemicals, steel, cement, concrete, asphalt, and construction face mounting pressure to reduce their environmental impact, this book provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary perspective on the innovations driving industrial transformation....

Scientific Computing with MATLAB®, Second Edition improves students’ ability to tackle mathematical problems. It helps students understand the mathematical background and find reliable and accurate solutions to mathematical problems with the use of MATLAB, avoiding the tedious and complex technical details of mathematics. This edition retains the structure of its predecessor while expanding and updating the content of each chapter.The book bridges the gap between problems ...

This LNCS conference volume constitutes the proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop onData Augmentation, Labeling, and Imperfections (DALI 2023), held on October 12, 2023, in Vancouver, Canada, in conjunction with the 26th InternationalConference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention(MICCAI 2023). The 16 full papers together in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 23 submissions.The conference fosters a collabor...

This edited volume examines the crucial, yet overlooked, role narratives play in the rapidly changing relationship between Europe and China.Its contributors analyse the role of narratives in different societies and arenas ranging from economic and foreign policy to history and social media. Emphasizing the social dimension of narrative, the volume challenges traditional state-centric and strategic approaches in international politics. It also engages with the ubiquity of stories ab...

System Simulation Techniques with MATLAB and Simulink comprehensively explains how to use MATLAB and Simulink to perform dynamic systems simulation tasks for engineering and non-engineering applications.This book begins with covering the fundamentals of MATLAB programming and applications, and the solutions to different mathematical problems in simulation. The fundamentals of Simulink modelling and simulation are then presented, followed by coverage of intermediate level m...