This work analyses and interprets Chinese managers' perceptions of environmental management and regulatory enforcement practices in Chinese enterprises. Most importantly, it identifies the bottlenecks to environmental protection in Chinese firms, and presents a roadmap of how they can be overcome.

Propaganda, Media, and Nationalism in Mainland China and Hong Kong gives a clear and insightful introduction to the nature of media in China and Hong Kong and presents a conceptual discussion of propaganda. It presents two case studies of Chinese media control including the presentation of Taiwan, Xinjiang, and Tibet and the misrepresentation of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong. This book also provides an important in-depth discussion of the battle between state propaganda ...

Discover the difference between making a robot move and making a robot think.Using Mindstorms EV3 and LeJOS—an open source project for Java Mindstorms projects—you’ll learn how to create Artificial Intelligence (AI) for your bot. Your robot will learn how to problem solve, how to plan, and how to communicate. Along the way, you’ll learn about classical AI algorithms for teaching hardware how to think; algorithms that you can then apply to your own robotic inspirat...

The science and technology related to semiconductors have received significant attention for applications in various fields including microelectronics, nanophotonics, and biotechnologies. Understanding of semiconductors has advanced to such a level that we are now able to design novel system complexes before we go for the proof-of-principle experimental demonstration.This book explains the experimental setups for optical spectral analysis of semiconductors and describes the experim...

This book reveals the latest research findings and innovations in electromagnetic wave absorption and shielding by exploring the design and application of absorbent materials, the optimization of shielding structures and the improvement of testing and evaluation methods.From conductive materials to magnetic materials, and composite materials to nanomaterials, Electromagnetic Wave Absorption and Shielding Materials details the characteristics and advantages of vario...

This book proposes a bank risk aggregation framework based on financial statements. Specifically, bank risk aggregation is of great importance to maintain stable operation of banking industry and prevent financial crisis. A major obstacle to bank risk management is the problem of data shortage, which makes many quantitative risk aggregation approaches typically fail. Recently, to overcome the problem of inaccurate total risk results caused by the shortage of risk data, some researchers hav...

Wolf Warrior Diplomacy and China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs: From Policy to Podium traces the evolution of Chinese foreign policy from Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping, examining the domestic and international role that aggression plays in the diplomacy of the Chinese Communist Party. Yaoyao Dai and Lu Wei Rose Luqiu demonstrate that China’s diplomacy has constantly evolved with the changing domestic environment and global power balance and that, at the behest of Xi Jinping, “Wolf Warr...

Semiconductor nanowires were initially discovered in late 90's and since then there has been an explosion in the research of their synthesis and understanding of their structures, growth mechanisms and properties. The realisation of their unique electrical, optical and mechanical properties has led to a great interest for their use in electronics, energy generation and storage.This book provides a timely reference on semiconductor nanowires including an introduction to their synthe...

Dooms could hardly believe his eyes. "This is crazy! An actual message in a bottle."Three best friends kick off summer with a beachside sleepover only to find a bottle tangled in seaweed, holding a mysterious message. What starts as a hunt for silver and gold leads to something far greater. Guided by Poppa and Old Dave, the boys uncover clues that test their faith, friendship, and understanding of true treasure.Will they find the final clue? Another Bible verse? Or...

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the workshops that were held in conjunction with the 24th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, PAKDD 2020, in Singapore, Singapore, in May 2020.The 17 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 50 submissions.The five workshops were as follows:· First International Workshop on Literature-Based Discovery (LBD 2020)

Meet Kylan, a remarkable child who experiences the world in a unique way. Even though Kylan is non-speaking and has his challenges, he continues to find joy in simple moments through his love for life, family, and the outdoors.Join Kylan on a heartwarming adventure where simple moments become extraordinary!With beautiful illustrations and interactive elements on each page, Ky's Blue Skies celebrates diversity, empathy, and the joy found in everyday experiences.

This two-volume set of LNAI 13551 and 13552 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th CCF Conference on Natural Language Processing and Chinese Computing, NLPCC 2022, held in Guilin, China, in September 2022.The 62 full papers, 21 poster papers, and 27 workshop papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 327 submissions. They are organized in the following areas: Fundamentals of NLP; Machine Translation and Multilinguality; Machine Learning for NLP; Informatio...