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Animals, Political Liberalism and Public Reason
by Federico ZuoloThis book explores the problem of disagreement concerning the treatment of animals in a liberal society. Current laws include an unprecedented concern for animal welfare, yet disagreement remains pervasive. This issue has so far been neglected both in political philosophy and animal ethics. Although starting from disagreement has been the hallmark of many politically liberal theories, none have been devoted to the treatment of animals, and conversely, most theories in animal ethics do not take the disagreement on this issue seriously. Bridging this divide with a change of perspective, Zuolo argues that we should begin from the disagreement on the moral status of animals and the treatment we owe them. Reconstructing the epistemic nature of disagreement about animals, Zuolo proposes a novel form of public justification to find principles acceptable to all. By setting out a unified framework which honours the liberal principles of respect for diversity, a robust liberal political theory capable of dealing with diverse forms of disagreement, and even some forms of radical dissent, is achieved.
The Connectivity Cooperation Between China and Europe: A Multi-Dimensional Analysis (Routledge Series on China-Europe Relations)
by Liu ZuokuiThis book is the first systematic China-based study on connectivity cooperation between China and Europe. It is packed with discussion of scholars not just from China, but also Central and Eastern Europe on the origin and paradigm of China-European connectivity from a range of different perspectives. As a result of intensive coordination efforts, the study co-edited by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Institute of International Politics and Economics in Serbia, aims at providing policy suggestions for fostering greater links between China and European countries heading into the future. Furthermore, this Cooperation is used as a special research case to showcase and promote cooperation between China and Europe along with its achievements and challenges. This collection of essays is the fruit of extensive transnational efforts and will be a valuable resource for all those working in the areas of International Relations and Political Science with a focus on China and Europe.
Cultivate Again To Be Unparalleled: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Dao ZuoCangYea cultivator at the grand completion stage was ambushed while he was on his journey he accidentally reincarnated and coincidentally trained in the most basic energy of the universe but i swear he really didn't do it voluntarily are you good at long-range attacks well let's play melee are you good at hand-to-hand combat fine then stand there and wait to be killed by me brat don't be so unconvinced this year you're playing with a comprehensive character the dangerous revenge of the cultivation world the cunning of the immortal world the legendary experiences of the god realm everything was in the recultivating unparalleled
Cultivate Again To Be Unparalleled: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Dao ZuoCangYea cultivator at the grand completion stage was ambushed while he was on his journey he accidentally reincarnated and coincidentally trained in the most basic energy of the universe but i swear he really didn't do it voluntarily are you good at long-range attacks well let's play melee are you good at hand-to-hand combat fine then stand there and wait to be killed by me brat don't be so unconvinced this year you're playing with a comprehensive character the dangerous revenge of the cultivation world the cunning of the immortal world the legendary experiences of the god realm everything was in the recultivating unparalleled
Cultivate Again To Be Unparalleled: Volume 8 (Volume 8 #8)
by Dao ZuoCangYea cultivator at the grand completion stage was ambushed while he was on his journey. he accidentally reincarnated and coincidentally trained in the most basic energy of the universe. but i swear, he really didn't do it voluntarily. are you good at long-range attacks? well, let's play melee! are you good at hand-to-hand combat? fine, then stand there and wait to be killed by me! brat, don't be so unconvinced. this year, you're playing with a comprehensive character. the dangerous revenge of the cultivation world; the cunning of the immortal world; the legendary experiences of the god realm... everything was in the .
Cultivate Again To Be Unparalleled: Volume 6 (Volume 6 #6)
by Dao ZuoCangYeA certain Mahayana Period cultivator was ambushed while he was on his journey. He accidentally reincarnated and coincidentally trained in the most basic energy of the universe. But I swear, he really didn't do it voluntarily. Are you good at long-range attacks? Well, let's play melee! Are you good at hand-to-hand combat? Fine, then stand there and wait to be killed by me! Brat, don't be so unconvinced. This year, you're playing with a comprehensive character. The dangerous revenge of Cultivation Realm; The cunning of Immortal Realm; The legendary experience of Divine Realm... Everything was in the .
Cultivate Again To Be Unparalleled: Volume 7 (Volume 7 #7)
by Dao ZuoCangYeA certain Mahayana Period cultivator was ambushed while he was on his journey. He accidentally reincarnated and coincidentally trained in the most basic energy of the universe. But I swear, he really didn't do it voluntarily. Are you good at long-range attacks? Well, let's play melee! Are you good at hand-to-hand combat? Fine, then stand there and wait to be killed by me! Brat, don't be so unconvinced. This year, you're playing with a comprehensive character. The dangerous revenge of Cultivation Realm; The cunning of Immortal Realm; The legendary experience of Divine Realm... Everything was in the .
Cultivate Again To Be Unparalleled: Volume 5 (Volume 5 #5)
by Dao ZuoCangYeA certain Mahayana Period cultivator was ambushed while he was on his journey. He accidentally reincarnated and coincidentally trained in the most basic energy of the universe. But I swear, he really didn't do it voluntarily. Are you good at long-range attacks? Well, let's play melee! Are you good at hand-to-hand combat? Fine, then stand there and wait to be killed by me! Brat, don't be so unconvinced. This year, you're playing with a comprehensive character. The dangerous revenge of Cultivation Realm; The cunning of Immortal Realm; The legendary experience of Divine Realm... Everything was in the .
Cultivate Again To Be Unparalleled: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
by Dao ZuoCangYeA certain Mahayana Period cultivator was ambushed while he was on his journey. He accidentally reincarnated and coincidentally trained in the most basic energy of the universe. But I swear, he really didn't do it voluntarily. Are you good at long-range attacks? Well, let's play melee! Are you good at hand-to-hand combat? Fine, then stand there and wait to be killed by me! Brat, don't be so unconvinced. This year, you're playing with a comprehensive character. The dangerous revenge of Cultivation Realm; The cunning of Immortal Realm; The legendary experience of Divine Realm... Everything was in the .
Cultivate Again To Be Unparalleled: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Dao ZuoCangYeA certain Mahayana Period cultivator was ambushed while he was on his journey. He accidentally reincarnated and coincidentally trained in the most basic energy of the universe. But I swear, he really didn't do it voluntarily. Are you good at long-range attacks? Well, let's play melee! Are you good at hand-to-hand combat? Fine, then stand there and wait to be killed by me! Brat, don't be so unconvinced. This year, you're playing with a comprehensive character. The dangerous revenge of Cultivation Realm; The cunning of Immortal Realm; The legendary experience of Divine Realm... Everything was in the .
Lovely Wife: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Zuo ZuoIn order to save her half-sister, she had lost 40 kilograms. She didn't expect to find out that it was all a scheme, and at the same time, her heart had been dug out to become a sacrifice to save her little sister …On the operating table, she thought that she was going to die, but she didn't expect that with her hate filled heart, she would be able to be revived as her little sister.Scoundrel male, fighting stepmother, she turned the hand into the rain.However, she was the only one who attracted the love of her past self. That person just so happened to be in love with her from the past, causing many misunderstandings …Whose heart was she bewitched by the entanglement of hate and love?
Fixed-Time Cooperative Control of Multi-Agent Systems
by Zongyu Zuo Qing-Long Han Boda NingThis monograph presents new theories and methods for fixed-time cooperative control of multi-agent systems. Fundamental concepts of fixed-time stability and stabilization are introduced with insightful understanding. This book presents solutions for several problems of fixed-time cooperative control using systematic design methods. The book compares fixed-time cooperative control with asymptotic cooperative control, demonstrating how the former can achieve better closed-loop performance and disturbance rejection properties. It also discusses the differences from finite-time control, and shows how fixed-time cooperative control can produce the faster rate of convergence and provide an explicit estimate of the settling time independent of initial conditions. This monograph presents multiple applications of fixed-time control schemes, including to distributed optimization of multi-agent systems, making it useful to students, researchers and engineers alike.
Self-Construction in a Transcultural Context: Young Chinese Immigrants Constructing Selves in the UK
by Yijia ZuoThis book explores the ways in which individuals construct and integrate self-positions in a transcultural context, by adopting a pluralist theoretical and methodological approach that includes both Western post-modern viewpoints and ancient Chinese philosophical ideas.The book starts with stories of two second-generation Chinese young people and their mothers' life experiences in the UK, which can be seen as an epitome of individuals living in the modern and complex environment of the time. Using social constructionist viewpoints, it then analyzes the overt interaction between the individual and outside environment and interprets the recessive interaction, such as the individual’s psychological response to the outside environment, which might be unknown to him or herself, using the psychodynamic approach based on object relations theory and other psychoanalytic concepts, such as defense mechanisms. The book uses Confucian philosophy to show how Chinese people think about the relation between other people and themselves and also integrates different and even opposing theories and viewpoints from Taoist philosophy.This creative book provides a theoretical and practical approach to explore the conception of “self” and the way in which individuals construct their self-positions in a complex context. Combining cutting-edge Western psycho-social viewpoints and ancient Chinese philosophy, it appeals to readers interested in “self,” psycho-social approaches, psychoanalytic viewpoints and Chinese philosophy.
The Chang’E-1 Topographic Atlas of the Moon
by Wei Zuo Xin Ren Lingli Mu Jianjun Liu Chunlai LiThis atlas is based on the lunar global Digital Elevation Models (DEM) of Chang'E-1 (CE-1), and presents CCD stereo image data with digital photogrammetry. The spatial resolution of the DEM in this atlas is 500m, with horizontal accuracy of 192m and vertical accuracy of 120m. Color-shaded relief maps with contour lines are used to show the lunar topographical characteristics. The topographical data gathered by CE-1 can provide fundamental information for the study of lunar topographical, morphological and geological structures, as well as for lunar evolution research.
Engineering Asset Management 2016
by Ming J. Zuo Lin Ma Joseph Mathew Hong-Zhong HuangThese proceedings gather selected peer-reviewed papers from the 11th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM), which was held in Jiuzhaigou, China, on 25-28 July, 2016. These proceedings cover a wide range of topics in engineering asset management, including: #65533; strategic asset management; #65533; condition monitoring and diagnostics; #65533; integrated intelligent maintenance; #65533; sensors and devices; #65533; information quality and management; #65533; sustainability in asset management; #65533; asset performance and knowledge management; #65533; data mining and AI techni ques in asset management; #65533; engineering standards; and #65533; education in engineering asset management. The breadth and depth of these state-of-the-art, comprehensive proceedings make them an excellent resource for asset management practitioners, researchers and academics, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Vulgar Beauty: Acting Chinese in the Global Sensorium
by Mila ZuoIn Vulgar Beauty Mila Zuo offers a new theorization of cinematic feminine beauty by showing how mediated encounters with Chinese film and popular culture stars produce feelings of Chineseness. To illustrate this, Zuo uses the vulgar as an analytic to trace how racial, gendered, and cultural identity is imagined and produced through affect. She frames the vulgar as a characteristic that is experienced through the Chinese concept of weidao, or flavor, in which bitter, salty, pungent, sweet, and sour performances of beauty produce non-Western forms of sexualized and racialized femininity. Analyzing contemporary film and media ranging from actress Gong Li’s post-Mao movies of the late 1980s and 1990s to Joan Chen’s performance in Twin Peaks to Ali Wong’s stand-up comedy specials, Zuo shows how vulgar beauty disrupts Western and colonial notions of beauty. Vulgar beauty, then, becomes the taste of difference. By demonstrating how Chinese feminine beauty becomes a cinematic invention invested in forms of affective racialization, Zuo makes a critical reconsideration of aesthetic theory.
Modelling and Analysis of Fine Sediment Transport in Wave-Current Bottom Boundary Layer (IHE Delft PhD Thesis Series)
by Liqin ZuoThe evolution and utilization of estuarine and coastal regions are greatly restricted by sediment problems. This thesis aims to better understand fine sediment transport under combined action of waves and currents, especially in the wave-current bottom boundary layer (BBL). Field observations, experimental data analysis, theoretical analysis and numerical models are employed. Silt-dominated sediments are sensitive to flow dynamics and the suspended sediment concentration (SSC) increase rapidly under strong flow dynamics. This research unveils several fundamental aspects of silty sediment, i.e., the criterion of the incipient motion, the SSC profiles and their phase-averaged parameterization in wave-dominated conditions. An expression for sediment incipient motion is proposed for silt-sand sediment under combined wave and current conditions. A process based intra-wave 1DV model for flow-sediment dynamics near the bed is developed in combined wave-current conditions. The high concentration layer (HCL) was simulated and sensitivity analysis was carried out by the 1DV model on factors that impact the SSC in the HCL. Finally, based on the 1DV model, the formulations of the mean SSC profile of silt-sand sediments in wave conditions were proposed. The developed approaches are expected to be applied in engineering practice and further simulation.
Work and Family in Urban China
by Jiping ZuoThis book examines a three-way interaction among market, state, and family in China's recent market reform. It depicts transformations in urban women's experiences with both paid and non-paid domestic work. The book challenges China's free-market approach and demonstrates its negative impacts on women's work and family experiences by revealing labor commodification processes and work-to-family conflicts as the state abandons its commitment to public welfare. Using interview data collected from 165 women of three different cohorts in urban China during the 2000-2008 period, this study uncovers the revival of traditional gendered family roles among urban women and men as one of their strategies to resist market brutality and their struggles to balance work and family demands. The book also explores urban women's non-market definitions of marital equality, and highlights theoretical and policy implications concerning market efficiency, marital equality, and the state's role in protecting public good.
The Hoek-Brown Failure criterion—From theory to application
by Jianping Zuo Jiayi ShenThis book provides a comprehensive coverage of the theory and principle of the Hoek-Brown (HB) failure criterion, methods or guidelines for estimating the HB input parameters, and the methodology of application of the HB criterion in rock engineering projects. It aims to help researchers, engineers and research students who work in the area of rock mechanics and mining engineering. Academics can quickly obtain an overview of the state of the art of the theory and principle of the Hoek-Brown criterion by reading the book before they advance their researches on the topics related to rock failure criteria. Geotechnical engineers can select appropriate Hoek-Brown input parameters for the design and analysis of rock engineering projects with the help of the principles introduced in this book. Research students may use the book as a textbook to learn the principle of rock mechanics related to rock mass properties.
Urban Water Management for Future Cities: Technical And Institutional Aspects From Chinese And German Perspective (Future City #12)
by Jiane Zuo Moritz Reese Stephan KösterThis book features expert contributions on key sustainability aspects of urban water management in Chinese agglomerations. Both technical and institutional pathways to sustainable urban water management are developed on the basis of a broad, interdisciplinary problem analysis.
Proceedings of the 24th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate
by Jian Zuo Gui Ye Hongping YuanThis book covers various current and emerging topics in construction management and real estate. Papers selected in this book cover a wide variety of topics such as new-type urbanization, planning and construction of smart city and eco-city, urban–rural infrastructure development, land use and development, housing market and housing policy, new theory and practice of construction project management, big data application, smart construction and BIM, international construction (i.e., belt and road project), green building, off-site prefabrication, rural rejuvenation and eco-civilization and other topics related to construction management and real estate. These papers provide useful references to both scholars and practitioners. This book is the documentation of “The 24th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate,” which was held in Chongqing, China.
Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate
by Jian Zuo Jiayuan Wang Liang Zou Zhikun DingThe Chinese Research Institute of Construction Management (CRIOCM) in collaboration with Shenzhen University (SZU) proudly invites all academics, researchers and professionals to participate in the CRIOCM 2012, the 17th International Symposium on "Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate." We will uphold and preserve the idea and tradition of pragmatism and innovation, to offer an excellent academic and communication platform for academics and professionals to exchange information on the latest developments in real estate and construction management.
Advanced Transmission Electron Microscopy: Imaging and Diffraction in Nanoscience
by Jian Min Zuo John C.H. SpenceThis volume expands and updates the coverage in the authors' popular 1992 book, Electron Microdiffraction. As the title implies, the focus of the book has changed from electron microdiffraction and convergent beam electron diffraction to all forms of advanced transmission electron microscopy. Special attention is given to electron diffraction and imaging, including high-resolution TEM and STEM imaging, and the application of these methods to crystals, their defects, and nanostructures. The authoritative text summarizes and develops most of the useful knowledge which has been gained over the years from the study of the multiple electron scattering problem, the recent development of aberration correctors and their applications to materials structure characterization, as well as the authors' extensive teaching experience in these areas. Advanced Transmission Electron Microscopy: Imaging and Diffraction in Nanoscience is ideal for use as an advanced undergraduate or graduate level text in support of course materials in Materials Science, Physics or Chemistry departments.
Inclusive Development and Poverty Reduction (International Research on Poverty Reduction)
by Changsheng Zuo Chengwei Huang Xiaojun He Xiaolin WangThis book discusses poverty reduction and inclusive development in China. The relevant research reports included here combine unique perspectives and thorough analysis, and include both comparative and empirical analyses. Although China is the first country to have achieved the UN’s Millennium Development Goals, it still faces enormous problems and challenges in terms of narrowing the income gap, reducing poverty and attaining sustainable development. This book not only provides valuable theoretical material to help readers understand inclusive development and poverty reduction in today’s China, but also offers relevant government authorities a solid theoretical and practical basis for informed decision-making.
The Evolution of China's Poverty Alleviation and Development Policy (Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path)
by Changsheng ZuoThis book explains in simple language the change of perspective and the transition of the systems for poverty alleviation, based on the fifteen-year development of China’s poverty alleviation policy. Written by scholars from the International Poverty Reduction Center in China, Peking University and the China Agricultural University who have been engaged in the field of poverty alleviation for many years, the contributions combine views on China's poverty reduction policy with the authors’ personal experiences. It is a valuable reference resource for researchers at the forefront of poverty alleviation and also appeals to anyone interested in poverty alleviation and China’s poverty alleviation changes.