Advanced Ceramics for Energy Storage, Thermoelectrics and Photonics describes recent progress in ceramic synthesis and applications in the areas of rechargeable batteries, capacitors, fuel cells, ferroelectrics, thermoelectrics, and inorganic luminescence materials. Both fundamental scientific advancements and technological breakthroughs in terms of new ceramic chemistries, new synthesis methodologies, and new applications are discussed in detail. The latest developments in advanced electr...

This book presents state-of-the-art research methods, results, and applications in social media and health research. It aims to help readers better understand the different aspects of using social web platforms in health research. Throughout the chapters, the benefits, limitations, and best practices of using a variety of social web platforms in health research are discussed with concrete use cases. This is an ideal book for biomedical researchers, clinicians, and health consumers (includi...

"There is perhaps no voice better suited to tell the stories of contemporary China's conflicted, layered reality. China is at once a very young and a very old country, and as much guided by revolutionary fervor as by the heavy memories of history. Where the techniques of literary realism often seem powerless before the many contradictions of the country's headlong plunge into uneven development, Xia Jia has discovered a way to use speculative fiction, with its rich semantic web of fantasti...

Along California's coastline, the Pacific Ocean is rising and pressing in, imperiling both wildlife and the maritime towns and cities that millions of people call home. In California Against the Sea, Los Angeles Times coastal reporter Rosanna Xia asks: As climate chaos threatens the places we love so fiercely, will we finally grasp our collective capacity for change?Xia, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, investigates the impacts of engineered landscapes, the market press...

He was the most powerful man in the Wealthy Class. Rumor has it that he has a fiery temper and is very proud and dismissive of anyone. However, he had to do everything he could to get her to marry him, no matter what methods he used. If you dare to anger me, you will have to pay a heavy price! " "Hubby, I was wrong. My finger broke. The price was too heavy …" "He immediately took out a medicine box and helped her bandage it." Your entire body is mine, if you dare to hurt yourself even a li...

Since she couldn't recognize him as her husband, she treated him like a rapist. The most infuriating part was that this little girl had been fooling around right under his nose. One day when she was drunk, she put her hand on his neck, "Do you know, despicable uncle? My husband is a crook. " The man's handsome face was ashen. Curved? Looks like if I don't get rid of this little girl, then ten years of being a special forces soldier was all for nothing. When he woke up the next day, he sudd...

Love is the spirit of humanity, but can one love a spirit? Julius, a bookstore attendant, is certain of his undying love for a spiritual apparition. However, she is now gone, deceased from this world for centuries, so how can he pursue someone that no longer exists in the world of the living? His answer is to create her from within. If he cannot find the one he loves, then seeing her again through artistic expression will be his only salvation. Yet, Julius himself is no artist, so who can ...

"A nightmare that had haunted her for four years. That year, when he and she had met and killed her best friend, she had resented him but had ultimately chosen to forgive him. Four years later, when they had met again, she had already gotten him, forgetting all the grudges.She was just an orphan who had been adopted by others. She tried everything she could think of for the sake of the people around her, but she had no love with the person around her.His encounter with her caused him to re...

Godly Doctor Ye Qiao was able to use a silver needle to pick up a dead person's flesh and bones, but because of a wild fox's sudden intrusion, he was struck to death by lightning.He would pass out just like that. Furthermore, he was going to be framed by his own woman to become a murderer, imprisoned, beaten up, and had his face ruined … But it didn't matter, the Godly Doctor could cut off his own bones and pull out the entire beautiful skin, returning to t...

Since she couldn't recognize him as her husband, she treated him like a rapist. The most infuriating part was that this little girl had been fooling around right under his nose. One day when she was drunk, she put her hand on his neck, "Do you know, despicable uncle? My husband is a crook. " The man's handsome face was ashen. Curved? Looks like if I don't get rid of this little girl, then ten years of being a special forces soldier was all for nothing. When he woke up the next day, he sudd...

Finsler geometry is just Riemannian geometry without a quadratic restriction. It has applications in many fields of natural sciences, including physics, psychology, and ecology. The book is intended to provide basic materials on Finsler geometry for readers and to bring them to the frontiers of active research on related topics.This book is comprised of three parts. In Part I (Chapters 1–4), the author introduces the basics, such as Finsler metrics, the Chern connection, geometric ...

Two things that Wen Ru regretted the most in her life.First, he fell in love with Gu.Second, to marry Gu Zhichen.Because she loved him, she fell into a trap and didn't know it. Because she married him, she was ruined by him.He was like the most merciless of men, ruthlessly chopping at the false image of her blissful life. Then he smiled at her and said, "Wen Ru, let's go to hell together!"