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Medicine Across Cultures: History and Practice of Medicine in Non-Western Cultures

Springer, 2003

This work deals with the medical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Indian, Egyptian, and Tibetan medicine, the book includes essays on comparing Chinese and western medicine and religion and medicine. Each essay...

Cognitive Networks: Towards Self-Aware Networks

John Wiley & Sons, 2007

Cognitive networks can dynamically adapt their operational parameters in response to user needs or changing environmental conditions. They can learn from these adaptations and exploit knowledge to make future decisions.

Cognitive networks are the future, and they are needed simply because they enable users to focus on things other...

Encyclopedia of World Cultures: Indexes

Macmillan Technical, 1995

It has taken ten years of work to produce this ten-volume Encyclopedia of World Cultures. Thirteen editors, six associate editors, 800 contributors, 20 translators, and the staffs of the Human Relations Area Files, G. K. Hall and Co., and Macmillan Library Reference have been involved in the process.

In keeping with the global scope of...

London For Dummies

For Dummies, 2008

London is both traditional and trend-setting — the home of ceremonious pomp and pageantry and the "anything goes" aura of Soho. You can hang around the Tower of London or seek out the happening spots. Dine on fish and chips, try modern British cuisine, or take advantage of great ethnic restaurants, including Indian, French,...

Systems Biology for Traditional Chinese Medicine

John Wiley & Sons, 2012

The application of systems biology methods to Traditional Chinese Medicine

Emphasizing the harmony of the human body with the environment, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has evolved over thousands of years. It is a systemic theory derived from clinical experience, the philosophy of holism and systematology, and the...

Doing Business in the New China: A Handbook and Guide

Praeger Publishers, 2004

China's economy, despite recently weathered challenges, continues to prove attractive to foreign investors, expanding businesses, and entrepreneurs seeking global opportunities. This handbook has been written for anyone with an interest in doing business in China, including the consultants and specialists who work with global companies, but it is...

A Comprehensive Evaluation on Emergency Response in China: The Case of Pandemic Influenza (H1N1) 2009 (Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path)

Springer, 2018

This book is a third-party evaluation of H1N1 prevention and control effects in China. Based on the characteristic of H1N1 pandemic around the world and current public health management system in China, this book evaluates the comprehensive effects by considering the countermeasures, joint prevent and control mechanism operated by central and...

A History of Mathematics: From Mesopotamia to Modernity

Oxford University Press, 2005

A History of Mathematics covers the evolution of mathematics through time and across the major Eastern and Western civilizations. It begins in Babylon, then describes the trials and tribulations of the Greek mathematicians. The important, and often neglected, influence of both Chinese and Islamic mathematics is covered in detail,...

Digital Games and Learning

Continuum International, 2011

Several years ago, I attended a conference in Shanghai that brought together leading American and Chinese thinkers about games and learning. The event’s organizers asked us to share what we saw as best practices from our respective countries. The Chinese game designers proudly displayed games that included historically...

Grey Information: Theory and Practical Applications (Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing)

Springer, 2005

This book is a crystallization of the authors' work over the last twenty-five years. The book covers the latest advances in grey information and systems research, providing a state-of-the-art overview of this important field. Covering the theoretical foundation, fundamental methods and main topics in grey information and systems research, this book...

Symbolic and Numerical Scientific Computation: Second International Conference, SNSC 2001, Hagenberg, Austria

Springer, 2003

Scientific computation has a long history, dating back to the astronomical tables of the Babylonians, the geometrical achievements of the Egyptians, the calendars of the Mayans, and the number theory of the ancient Chinese. The success of these activities led in many parts of the world to the development of mathematical theories trying to explain...

Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power

Metropolitan Books, 2019

A riveting tour through the landscape and meaning of modern conspiracy theories, exploring the causes and tenacity of this American malady, from Birthers to Pizzagate and beyond.

American society has always been fertile ground for conspiracy theories, but with the election of Donald Trump, previously...

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