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    This book discusses what is often called the “Great Leap Famine”, which occurred in China during the years from 1959 to 1961. Scholarly consensus suggests that 30 million Chinese perished. Yang Songlin’s book provides an evidence-based, systematic and substantial rebuff, concluding that a much smaller number of deaths can be verified. This book is of interest to scholars of China and Chinese ... Read more

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    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    This book discusses the security issues in a wide range of wireless devices and systems, such as RFID, Bluetooth, ZigBee, GSM, LTE, and GPS. It collects the findings of recent research by the UnicornTeam at 360 Technology, and reviews the state-of-the-art literature on wireless security. The book also offers detailed case studies and theoretical treatments – specifically it lists numerous ... Read more

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    Taiwan Travelogue

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    Narrated by Sarah Mariè Skaer ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 12 min

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  • Multimodal Large Models

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    Series series Artificial Intelligence (R0)
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