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This thesis focuses on the development of efficient and scalable total syntheses of natural products that can be used as preferred scaffolds for anti-infective drug discovery.

This thesis focuses on the growth of a new type of two-dimensional (2D) material known as hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) using chemical vapor deposition (CVD). This came as a major surprise to many working in the 2D field, as it had been generally assumed that hexagonal-shaped h-BN was impossible due to energy dynamics.

This book presents novel research ideas and offers insights into radar system design, artificial intelligence and signal processing applications.

This book discusses various dynamic facets of the life of Rashid al-Ghannushi , a distinguished Islamic thinker and activist not only in Tunisia and North Africa, but in the entire Muslim world.

This book focuses on non-GNSS positioning systems and approaches. Its comprehensive and systematic treatment of practical issues in wireless positioning makes the book particularly suitable for readers who are interested in learning about practical wireless positioning solutions.

In this book, the molecular recognition of DNA using small molecules is discussed, with a study of the photochemistry of BrU-labeled DNA.

This book explores teaching and learning through science investigation and practical work. The book illustrates how teaching through science investigations in ways that are informed by research can lead to positive learning outcomes for students.

This book describes fundamental theory and recent advances of sum frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy.

This new concept, on the grounds of the comparison with political system, takes political culture as the subjective side of political system and incorporates ideology into political culture, thus undoubtedly enriching our knowledge of political culture.

This book assesses river health in the Lancang River Basin with regard to the impacts of hydropower projects. In closing, the lessons learned regarding environmental protection and hydropower development in the Lancang River Basin are shared, e.g.

This book considers the impact of climate change on cities, advocating that people are the panaceas and antidote to mitigating climate change, by enhancing their involvement in achieving sustainable development Goals (SDGs).

This book serves as an introduction to contrastive linguistics - the synchronic study of two or more languages, with the aim of discovering their differences and similarities, especially the former, and applying these discoveries to related areas of language study and practice.

This book examines urban development and its role in planning in China and other Asian cities. As a textbook for the "Model Course in English" for international students listed by the Ministry of Education in China, it helps international researchers and students to understand urban development and planning in Asian cities.

This book analyzes of the surplus of production capacity in China. There was no surplus of productive capacity in above industries between 2002 and 2012, and the current surplus is due to poor government policies on real estate prices after 2012.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the development of educational policies and legislation in China, particularly following the introduction of Reform and Opening Up in 1978.

This book provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of research on technical and vocational education in China.

This monograph is intended for the designers and would-be designers of secure and efficient wireless communication systems under intentional interference.

This book presents the theoretical framework for the evolution of the international monetary system and the internationalization of the RMB.

This book presents the fundamentals of arc phenomena, various arc welding power sources, their control strategies, welding data acquisition, and welding optimization.

This book investigates the use of network technologies in research, and explores how such use potentially changes the nature of professional learning between academics. The change to this critical aspect of research - scholarly communication - has potentially led to more distributed research in interconnected research environments.

Further, using the appraisal framework, it identifies stance markers in news texts and examines the social-institutional and (inter)personal aspects of journalistic stance on the basis of insights gained from participant observation in news institutions in order to understand news-production processes.

The book traces India's Saudi Policy and locates the current state of bilateral relations and the challenges it faces.

This multifaceted book examines the free market reform of the Chinese healthcare system in the 1980s and the more collectivist or socialist counter-reforms that have been implemented since 2009 to remedy some of the problems introduced by marketization.

This book examines the flow of investment into rural land assets in Europe, particularly farmland, woodland and wineries, but extending also to leisure uses such as golf courses and theme parks.

This report is a partial result of the China's Quarterly Macroeconomic Model (CQMM), a project developed and maintained by the Center for Macroeconomic Research (CMR) at Xiamen University.

This book focuses on the practice of leading for those in 'middle management' positions in primary and secondary schools, such as those responsible for curriculum leadership, including senior teachers, assistant principals, and curriculum leaders.

The book discusses how to establish a land-use system for small and medium-sized cities in order to promote low carbon economic development and to ensure sustainable development. The second is the establishment of a people-oriented harmonious city, which is important for the green development of city.

As the first book about software culture, this book discusses software culture from three perspectives including historical perspective, the classification of software and software applications.