By concentrating on the topic of school enrolment policy for rural-to-urban migrant children in China, this book analyses the unequal power relations and structural inequalities that can appear in the context of education.The author complements current knowledge by applying theoretical resources of policy sociology, in particular the thinking of Pierre Bourdieu, into analysis of educational policymaking in the Chinese context. He takes a policy trajectory approach to trace the (une...

This book explores the institutions through which Taiwan was governed under Japanese colonial rule, illuminating how the administration was engineered and how Taiwan was placed in Japan’s larger empire building. The author argues that rather than envisaging the ruling of the society and then going on to frame policies accordingly Japanese rule in Taiwan was more ad hoc: utilizing and integrating "native" social forces to ensure cooperation.Part I examines how the Japanese administr...

This interdisciplinary study tackles the controversy of translating nephesh ( נפֶֶשׁ ) by using an intergenerational translation team to deepen our understanding of this term and providing a more valuable translation in Chinese, especially for use in specialist Children’s Bibles. Traditionally nephesh is often translated in the Bible as ‘soul’, but despite the limitations of this popular rendering, it has led Christians in Chinese contexts to falsely understand views regarding the nature o...

This book gathers selected and peer reviewed papers from 2025 11th International Conference on e-Society, e-Learning and e-Technologies, held in Florence, Italy during June 20-22, 2025. The aim of the conference is for the scientists, scholars, engineers, and students from institutions around the world and industries to present ongoing research outcomes and activities, to exchange new ideas and application experiences face to face, to establish business or research relations and to find gl...

The explosion caused two people to move towards the north and south.Chen had spent three years recovering his health, but Xi had forgotten everything.Returning once again, she felt that this time, there was nothing that could stop the two of them from being together.Who knew that Xi Shuangzhe had lost his memory and became someone else's husband …The man who had once been deeply in love with her had pushed her against the corner of the wall at the wedding. He had lifted her chin with his f...

The explosion caused two people to move towards the north and south.Chen had spent three years recovering his health, but Xi had forgotten everything.Returning once again, she felt that this time, there was nothing that could stop the two of them from being together.Who knew that Xi Shuangzhe had lost his memory and became someone else's husband …The man who had once been deeply in love with her had pushed her against the corner of the wall at the wedding. He had lifted her chin with his f...

This book on systemic functional linguistics (SFL) represents a significant contribution to the field, offering a diverse exploration of how SFL can be applied across a variety of contexts. This book as a whole aims to demonstrate the adaptability and depth of SFL, pushing the boundaries of traditional linguistic analysis and highlighting its relevance in contemporary discourse.This book makes a novel contribution to the literature on systemic functional linguistics by blending the...

Mucosal Barriers and Host-Microbiota Interplay: Dysbiosis to Barrier Dysfunction, a volume in Elsevier's new series Hot Topics in Physiology, provides an in-depth exploration of mucosal barriers, including their structure, establishment, and consideration of different diseases and intervention strategies. Published in association with the International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUSP), this is an ideal reference for those researching or studying biology and medicine, particularly gas...

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), covering key concepts and contributions to the field and instructing beginners to apply SFL to different areas.Authored by contributors with extensive experience of teaching SFL, this book is composed of 14 chapters covering theories, descriptions, and applications of SFL. It encompasses the following topics:SFL theory and the organizing principles;descriptions of vario...

This book belongs to the subject of control and systems theory. It studies a novel data-driven framework for the design and analysis of iterative learning control (ILC) for nonlinear discrete-time systems. A series of iterative dynamic linearization methods is discussed firstly to build a linear data mapping with respect of the system’s output and input between two consecutive iterations. On this basis, this work presents a series of data-driven ILC (DDILC) approaches with rigorous analysi...

In The Oxford Handbook of Music in China and the Chinese Diaspora, twenty-three scholars advance knowledge and understandings of Chinese music studies. Each contribution develops a theoretical model to illuminate new insights into a key musical genre or context. This handbook is categorized into three parts. In Part One, authors explore the extensive, remarkable, and polyvocal historical legacies of Chinese music. Ranging from archaeological findings to the creation of music histo...

Proceedings from the 2013 LTEC conference in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The papers examine diverse aspects of Learning Technology for Education in Cloud environments, including social, technical and infrastructure implications. Also addressed is the question of how cloud computing can be used to design applications to support real time on demand learning using technologies. The workshop proceedings provide opportunities for delegates to discuss the latest research in TEL (Technology Enhanced Learn...