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  • Public Health Practice in Australia

    The Organised Effort

    by Vivian Lin, James Smith, Sally Fawkes ...
    The third edition of Public Health Practice in Australia has been written as the impact and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are starting to be fully understood.The book takes a systems approach to public health, examining the impact of historical, social, economic, environmental, and political factors on the health of individuals, communities, and populations. Linking theoretical issues to ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • The Prime Number Conspiracy

    The Biggest Ideas in Math from Quanta

    Edited by Thomas Lin ...
    **Explore the mysteries and latest breakthroughs of the mathematical universe with the Pulitzer Prize-winning magazine Quanta—beloved by Bill Gates!Featuring a foreword by James Gleick, New York Times-bestselling author of Chaos: Making a New Science**These stories from Quanta Magazine map the routes of mathematical exploration, showing readers how cutting-edge research is done, while illuminating ... Read more

    $27.19 CAD

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  • Portraits in White

    by Kaori Lai ...
    Translated by Sylvia Lin, , Ph.D., Howard Goldblatt ...
    After the Chinese Civil War, the Kuomintang imposed authoritarian rule on Taiwan in the name of anticommunism. The White Terror, as martial law and state repression were known, would last for decades, casting a pall of uncertainty and fear over Taiwanese society—and its legacies still haunt Taiwan today. Kaori Lai’s Portraits in White explores everyday life under the White Terror, illuminating how ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Contested Taiwan

    Sovereignty, Social Movements, and Party Formation

    by Lev Nachman, James Lin, William Lavely, Madeleine Yue Dong ...
    Series series Taiwan and the World
    Where statehood is contested, questions of identity and territory define the political landscapeDespite maintaining de facto sovereignty, states like Taiwan find themselves unrecognized in today’s international system because another power claims the state as part of their territory. This fraught status, in turn, significantly affects the domestic politics of these places.Lev Nachman’s exploration ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • Noninvasive Physiological Measurement

    Wireless Microwave Sensing

    by James C. Lin ...
    This book explains the principles and techniques of microwave physiological sensing and introduces fundamental results of the noninvasive sensing of physiological signatures, vital signs, as well as life detection. Specifically, noninvasive microwave techniques for contact, contactless, and remote sensing of circulatory and respiratory movements and physiological volume changes are discussed ... Read more

    $122.99 CAD

  • Auditory Effects of Microwave Radiation

    by James C. Lin ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book examines the human auditory effects of exposure to directed beams of high-power microwave pulses, which research results have shown can cause a cascade of health events when aimed at a human subject or the subject’s head. The book details multidisciplinary investigations using physical theories and models, physiological events and phenomena, and computer analysis and simulation. Coverage ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD

  • Ploughshares Spring 2021 Guest-edited by Laura van den Berg

    by Laura van den Berg, Kaveh Akbar, Aldo Amparán, Eloisa Amezcua, Marianne Boruch, nicole v basta, Gabrielle Bates, Paola Bruni, Kayleb Rae Candrilli, Michael Collier, Dana Curtis, Nancy Chen Long, Gustavo Firmat, April Eliza Goldman, Michele Herman, Sarah Mackey Kirby, Daniel Lawless, Anni Liu, Chloe Martinez, Matthew Minicucci, Alicia Mountain, André Naffis-Sahely, Carl Phillips, Rowan Ricardo Phillips, Michael Shewmaker, Ralph Sneeden, R.A. Villanueva, Cynthia Williams, Wendy Xu, Maria Zoccola, Shaleigh Kwok, 'Pemi Aguda, Venita Blackburn, Fernando A. Flores, Tania James, Fajer Alexander Khansa, Amy Lin, Claire Luchette, Zora Mai Quỳnh, Helen Phillips, Fortunato Salazar, Seth Wang, Ruth Hoberman ...
    The Spring 2021 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and remains prescient in the digital age by providing readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton among minnows. ... Read more

    $9.61 CAD

  • Electromagnetic Fields in Biological Systems

    Edited by James C. Lin ...
    Series series Biological Effects of Electromagnetics
    Spanning static fields to terahertz waves, this volume explores the range of consequences electromagnetic fields have on the human body. Topics discussed include essential interactions and field coupling phenomena; electric field interactions in cells, focusing on ultrashort, pulsed high-intensity fields; dosimetry or coupling of ELF fields into biological systems; and the historical developments ... Read more

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  • Advances in Electromagnetic Fields in Living Systems

    Edited by James C. Lin ...
    Series Book 1 - Advances in Electromagnetic Fields in Living Systems
    Hardly any phenomenon in the modern environment is as ubiquitous as electromagnetic fields and waves. We have learned to understand the physical characteristics of these energy forms, and we have applied them in abundant ways to embellish our ways of life and our standards of living. Furthermore, we have come to depend on them for health, safety, information, comfOli, and conveyance. Apart from ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Handbook of Biofuels Production

    Edited by Rafael Luque, Carol Sze Ki Lin, Karen Wilson, James Clark ...
    Handbook of Biofuels Production, Second Edition, discusses advanced chemical, biochemical, and thermochemical biofuels production routes that are fast being developed to address the global increase in energy usage. Research and development in this field is aimed at improving the quality and environmental impact of biofuels production, as well as the overall efficiency and output of biofuels ... Read more

    $291.99 CAD

  • Web Information Systems and Applications

    17th International Conference, WISA 2020, Guangzhou, China, September 23–25, 2020, Proceedings

    Edited by Guojun Wang, Xuemin Lin, James Hendler, Wei Song, Zhuoming Xu, Genggeng Liu ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book constitutes the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Applications, WISA 2020, held in Guangzhou, China, in September 2020. The 42 full papers and 16 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 165 submissions. The papers are grouped in topical sections on world wide web, recommendation, query processing and algorithm, ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD

  • Renegotiating Film Genres in East Asian Cinemas and Beyond

    Edited by Lin Feng, James Aston ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book brings together nine original chapters to examine genre agency in East Asian cinema within the transnational context. It addresses several urgent and pertinent issues such as the distribution and exhibition practices of East Asian genre films, intra-regional creative flow of screen culture, and genre’s creative response to censorship. The volume expands the scholarly discussion of the ... Read more

    $153.69 CAD