This book summarizes the recent advances in applications of starch in state-of-the-art drug carriers (hydrogel, micro- and nano-particulate carriers) with stimulus-responsive and target-specific properties. It also highlights the role of starch and its derivatives in transmucosal administration to improve the bioavailability of drugs. Further, it outlines the principles of effective, advanced, starch-based drug delivery systems and illustrates how these principles are key to the developmen...

Based on a new perspective, this book explores the theory of internationalization of technological innovation in four aspects, namely strategy, organization, resource allocation and environment, and analyzes the development rules and key points of management in the internationalization of technological innovation for Chinese firms. On the basis of theoretical and empirical studies, this book proposes an evolutionary model of the internationalization of technological innovation. It is hoped...

Providing practical and methodological guidance alongside valuable recommendations, the Handbook on Post-Schumpeterian Innovations presents a new framework for designing, developing and evaluating non-producer, especially user innovation.Featuring a comprehensive worldwide view, chapters emphasise the role of users to innovation, showcasing key case studies and insights. Analysing significant theoretical and empirical developments in the field of post-Schumpeterian innovat...

Spanning more than forty years and over two continents, it is a novel set in the historical background of the latter part of the twentieth century. At age four, Nan fled from the Communist China to Taiwan through a perilous journey led by her mother. There she grew up in a meager yet nurturing environment. After college, she came to Cornell University for graduate studies. Her subsequent experience and close relationship with a group of five all-male fellow graduate students took her throu...

Innovation is widely recognized as a major source of modern productivity growth. Indeed, it is seen as constituting a central process of economic advancement in industrialized countries. Despite this, a considerable gap still exists in knowledge and technological capability between industrialized countries and the more dynamic developing countries such as China. Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are a major contributor to China's economy and SME's contribution to China's GDP is clo...

This volume presents the proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Vibration Conference (APVC) 2019, emphasizing work devoted to Vibration Engineering for a Sustainable Future. The APVC is one of the larger conferences held biannually with the intention to foster scientific and technical research collaboration among Asia-Pacific countries. The APVC provides a forum for researchers, practitioners, and students from, but not limited to, areas around the Asia-Pacific countries in a collegial and stimul...

“Nah, we should liven things up instead!”It’s time to assault the Catacombs of the Heroic Spirits! Members of the Elearis cult have kidnapped people from the orphanage and occupied a dungeon. Now, Kelvin and his friends have the job of rescuing the hostages while bringing down the cult—an especially tough prospect given that Reviver may be manipulating everything from the shadows!Our heroes hatch a plan and put it into action, but unfortunately, even the best laid plans rar...

“Why don’t you all come at me at once, with all your power!!!”The Beast King Festival continues, and several schemes are afoot! Kelvin and Leonhart are duking it out, Ange is shadowing our favorite battle junkie, and Sera is on the hunt for a mysterious yet strangely familiar contestant who shares her last name. Many threads slowly weave into one final confrontation, but how will it all shake out? Kelvin is certainly powerful, yet Leonhart has got to have tricks up his sleeve as we...

“It’s been too long...Melfina-sama.”The Baal family battle has concluded! Those who were once enemies cool down and rest, having bonded over their ordeal, while the other members of Kelvin’s party continue on their separate journeys, scattered across Abyssland.But the moment everything calms down, a newcomer shows his face! Bell’s erstwhile partner finally comes out of hiding, though it seems his demeanor was just for show—not that anyone ever trusted him. But rest assured,...

JUST DESSERTS Saeroyi’s feud with Jangga Group has culminated in the kidnapping of Yiseo! The life of the girl Saeroyi loves is at stake, and he’ll save her if it’s the last thing he does—even if Chairman Jang and a slew of gangsters are standing in his way. But Yiseo is no damsel in distress, and with the two of them fighting tooth and nail, Saeroyi might finally learn just how sweet revenge tastes…and get the girl while he’s at it!

SWEET AND SOUR “I’ll see you tonight.” That was Saeroyi’s promise to Yiseo—the kindling sparks of their feelings for each other. Too bad the universe has other plans…Saeroyi, coming to the rescue of Geunsoo, ends up beaten, bloody, and broken. And Yiseo, waiting for the romance she’s been dreaming of for so long, instead receives news of the worst-case scenario. With her date comatose and the culprit at large, things can’t help but seem bleak. But the darkest hour is just before the dawn, ...

This book offers a complete and well-organized review of the latest advances made in developing ultra-weak chemiluminescence techniques for analytical applications. It systematically introduces the current theories, mechanisms, instruments, technologies, and real applications of ultra-weak chemiluminescence. Compared to books devoted to the normal chemiluminescence and bioluminescence, this book covers a wide range of ultra-weak chemiluminescence based on inorganic chemical reactions and n...