Authors:Michael W. Charney, Tong Chee Kiong, Brenda S. A. Ye
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Keywords: chinese, dimensions, diaspora, social, cultural, migrants, abroad, educational
Number of Pages: 204
Published: 2003-03-31
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 9812380418
ISBN-13: 9789812380418

Fast-paced economic growth in Southeast Asia from the late 1960s until the mid-1990s brought increased attention to the overseas Chinese as an economically successful diaspora and their role in this economic growth. Events that followed, such as the transfer of Hong Kong and Macau to the People s Republic of China, the election of a non-KMT government in Taiwan, the Asian economic crisis and the plight of overseas Chinese in Indonesia as a result, and the durability of the Singapore economy during this same crisis, have helped to sustain this attention. The study of the overseas Chine

Author: Adrian Yeo
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing
Keywords: diet, a2z
Number of Pages: 152
Published: 2008-08-14
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 9812834486
ISBN-13: 9789812834485

This invaluable book explains, in simple language, why we overeat, and why we find food that is salty, fatty and sweet so tempting and addictive. It then zooms into the simplest and most basic principles of effective dieting, which the author himself has used over the past 25 years with success. The book distills only what is absolutely necessary. Cutting through the mountain of information on dieting, nutrition and healthy living, this book makes the message and advice so simple and clear that even a child can understand and appreciate it, as well as put it into practice everyday. An FAQ s

Authors:Alan C. Bovik, Chang Wen Chen, Dmitry B. Goldgof,
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Keywords: perception, machine, artifical, intelligence, vol, series, huang, processing, image, understanding, festschrift, thomas, advances
Number of Pages: 396
Published: 2003-01-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9812380914
ISBN-13: 9789812380913

Directed towards image processing researchers, including academic faculty, graduate students and industry researchers, as well as toward professionals working in application areas.

Authors:Fang Lizhi, Remo Ruffini,
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing
Keywords: astrophys, relativistic, concepts, basic
Number of Pages: 230
Published: 1983-12-01
List price: $41.00
ISBN-10: 9971950669
ISBN-13: 9789971950668

Author: Zheng Yongnia
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing
Keywords: china, relations, series, local, contemporary, dynamics, federalism, reforms, facto, central
Number of Pages: 460
Published: 2007-01-23
List price: $110.00
ISBN-10: 9812700161
ISBN-13: 9789812700162

This book is the first attempt to conceptualize China’s central-local relations from the behavioral perspective. Although China does not have a federalist system of government, the author believes that, with deepening reform and openness, China’s central-local relations is increasingly functioning on federalist principles.

Authors:M. Levinshtein, etc., S. Rumyanstev, M. Shur,
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Keywords: semiconductors, a3b5, elementary, parameters, series, semiconductor, handbook
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 1995-01-28
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9810214200
ISBN-13: 9789810214203

"Handbook Series on Semiconductor Parameters" consists of five volumes and includes data on the most popular semiconductor materials. These volumes aim to be a basic reference for scientists, engineers, students and technicians working in semiconductor materials and devices. The books have been kept compact but comprehensive and contain the values of frequently needed parameters selected and commented by leading experts on these materials. These two volumes include data on Si, Ge, diamond, GaAs, GaP, GaSb, InAs, InP and InSb.

Authors:Yi Tang, Bin Li,
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing
Keywords: risk, credit, fixed, income, market, counterparty, presence, derivatives, analysis, modeling, trading, strategies, quantitative
Number of Pages: 520
Published: 2007-01-23
List price: $129.00
ISBN-10: 9810240791
ISBN-13: 9789810240790

This book addresses selected practical applications and recent developments in the areas of quantitative financial modeling in derivatives instruments, some of which are from the authors own research and practice.