This is a study of Chinese Hui Muslim women's historic and unrelenting spiritual, educational, political and gendered drive for an institutional presence in Islamic worship and leadership: 'a mosque of one's own' as a unique feature of Chinese Muslim culture. The authors place the historical origin of women's segregated religious institutions in the Chinese Islamic diaspora's fight for survival, and in their crucial contribution to the cause of ethnic/religious minority identity and solida...

The 4-volume set LNAI 13013 – 13016 constitutes the proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2021, which took place in Yantai, China, during October 22-25, 2021.The 299 papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 386 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Robotics dexterous manipulation; sensors, actuators, and controllers for soft and hybrid robots; cable-driven par...

In the late 1970s Islam regained its force by generating novel forms of piety and forging new paths in politics throughout the world, including China. The Islamic revival in China, which came to fruition in the 2000s and the 2010s, prompted increases in government suppression but also intriguing resonances with the broader Muslim world—from influential theoretical and political contestations over Muslim women’s status, the popularization of mass media and the appearance of new patterns of ...

One day, Papa Smurf is working on an important experiment in his laboratory. A loud explosion goes off and Papa turns green - from head to toe. He tries means and ways to undo the magic but nothing works. He eventually seeks the help of an old friend, the Enchanter Homnibus, who advises him to visit a hot spring called 'Skunk Spring' where the water smells terrible… Copyright by Peyo 2022. The audiobook is produced by Storytel Production and published by Storyside 2022.

Hefty Smurf seeks the help of Handy Smurf to build a smurf machine that can exercise and compete with him. All goes well until Robot Hefty defeats Hefty Smurf at a game of tennis. It all goes downhill from there. Robot Hefty quickly gains popularity with the Smurfs as he helps them with their chores and Hefty is heartbroken to see himself replaced by a robot…. Copyright by Peyo 2022. The audiobook is produced by Storytel Production and published by Storyside 2022.

When China's first HIV-positive patient was reported in 1985, among those initially infected were peasants who had sold their plasma to international companies. Then it became clear that sex workers and injecting drug users were also becoming infected, and later, transient populations, ethnic groups and the poor. The realisation that HIV was a profoundly social issue had begun to dawn. It was becoming clear that this epidemic was being propelled by three main economic drivers: the blood tr...

This book focuses on the theory of the Zakharov system in the context of plasma physics. It has been over 40 years since the system was first derived by V. E. Zakharov – and in the course of those decades, many innovative achievements with major impacts on other research fields have been made.The book represents a first attempt to highlight the mathematical theories that are most important to researchers, including the existence and unique problems, blow-up, low regularity, large t...

This book gathers selected papers from 2023 International Conference on Mechanical Design (2023 ICMD), held in Chengdu, China. The main objectives are to bring the community of researchers in the fields of mechanical design together, to exchange and discuss the most recent investigations, challenging problems and new trends, and to encourage the wider implementation of the advanced design technologies and tools in the world, particularly throughout China. The theme of 2023 ICMD is “Innovat...

The 4-volume set LNAI 13013 – 13016 constitutes the proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2021, which took place in Yantai, China, during October 22-25, 2021.The 299 papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 386 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Robotics dexterous manipulation; sensors, actuators, and controllers for soft and hybrid robots; cable-driven par...

Deep China investigates the emotional and moral lives of the Chinese people as they adjust to the challenges of modernity. Sharing a medical anthropology and cultural psychiatry perspective, Arthur Kleinman, Yunxiang Yan, Jing Jun, Sing Lee, Everett Zhang, Pan Tianshu, Wu Fei, and Guo Jinhua delve into intimate and sometimes hidden areas of personal life and social practice to observe and narrate the drama of Chinese individualization. The essays explore the remaking of the moral ...

It's snowing in Smurf Village and all the Smurfs, except for Sneezy Smurf, are out playing in the snow. The Smurfs come up with an idea and build him a special suit to keep him warm and toasty in the cold. He enjoys a snowball fight with the other smurfs but something goes wrong with his suit… Copyright by Peyo 2022. The audiobook is produced by Storytel Production and published by Storyside 2022.

Smurfstorm loves Fridays very much because on Fridays she gets to train with her dragonfly, Spitfire. One day, Spitfire goes missing and Smurfstorm searches high and low for her beloved dragonfly. She heads to the swamp with Hefty Smurf and they encounter a mud monster who wants to eat them. Will the Smurfs be able to escape from the mud monster and be reunited with Spitfire? Copyright by Peyo 2022. The audiobook is produced by Storytel Production and published by Storyside 2022.