This Lecture book is about objective image quality assessment—where the aim is to provide computational models that can automatically predict perceptual image quality. The early years of the 21s
This book utilizes an innovative approach combining qualitative and quantitative methods to investigate the correlations between monetary policy, economic growth, inflation and asset price volatility,
A groundbreaking new work on the topic, this book includes detailed proofs, summaries of technical results, and solutions to the semi-global and global stabilization problems of linear time delay syst
Foreign aid has connected China and the international community through many channels, and created new types of strong partnerships throughout the world. As a recipient country, China and donors have
From small beginnings as an unknown soldier, Wang Jianlin ventured into business and led a residential development company that was in imminent danger of going bankrupt. He managed to turn the busines
This book examines the decade from 2004 to 2013 during which people in China witnessed both a skyrocketing number of food safety crises, and aggregating regulatory initiatives attempting to control th
This book focuses on service economy development, particularly on how an industrial economy evolves into a service economy. The book is organized in three sections: The first theoretically answers the
Undoubtedly, Mandarin Chinese is very different from many other languages. However, that does not mean that it is difficult to learn.One of the greatest challenges in learning Mandarin is mastering it
This book is the first case study on Wenda Gu that systematically investigates the cultural and artistic context of his life and works, examining selected images of his artwork spanning from the late
China has been undergoing rapid urbanisation since the beginning of the economic reforms in 1978. Large numbers of people have migrated from rural to urban areas. At the same time market forces have
Urban reuse, creative production, consumerism and heritage protection have formed a productive alliance for the transformation of inner-city districts of Shanghai. This in-depth study, based on the au
This book argues that the liberal concept of rights presupposes and is grounded in an individualistic culture or shared way of relating, and that this particular shared way of relating emerged only in
