As China is increasingly integrated into the processes of economic, political, social, and cultural globalization, important questions arise about how Chinese people perceive and evaluate such process
Specialists from the US provide 15 chapters detailing a culturally informed approach to positive psychology, focusing on Asian Americans, Latina/os, African Americans, and American Indians, and addres
Networking and communication are important aspects of big data, especially when real-time or near real-time applications are demanded. For example, the storage of big data depends on distributed syste
Cognitive and behavioral scientists Chubb (U. of California at Irvine), Dosher (UCI), Lu (Ohio State U.), and Shiffrin (Indiana U.) collect different perspectives on fundamental questions of the infor
Lin Arison invites readers on a journey through Umbria, in the company of Michael Tilson Thomas and the New World Symphony orchestra. Part memoir, part travelogue, this lushly illustrated volume featu
This insightful book explores the spread of network imagery in three areas of sociology – social capital, social support, and China – using as its protagonist a man active in all three: Nan Lin.Social
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Queueing Theory and Network Applications, QTNA 2017, held in Qinhuangdao, China, in August 2017. The 19 full papers inclu
Selenium is arguably the naturally occurring trace element of greatest concern worldwide. In excessive amounts it can lead to toxicosis and teratogenesis in animals, while the impact of selenium defic
Levinas Faces Biblical Figures captures the drama of the encounter between a great philosopher and a text of primary importance. The book considers the ways in which Levinas's thoughts can open up the
"This volume is a collection of original studies based on one of the first research programs on comparative analysis of social capital. Data are drawn from national representative samples of the Unite
