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This book addresses the algorithm analysis and VLSI architecture of video encoders, especially for high definition and scalable video coder. The three design challenges and related system issues of memory bandwidth (including system memory and internal memory), hardware area, and power consumption (required operating frequency) are all discussed.  With the high definition encoder, the authors focus on algorithm modification and design parallelism to provide high processing capability for the video encoder. Several corresponding hardware schedules are also included to cooperate with proposed architecture. For scalable video coding, the emphasis is placed not only on video algorithms, but also on hardware performance. The algorithm modification, data reuse schemes from frame-level to candidates-level, and architecture design contribute in the developing of three scalabilities and first MCTF hardware design.  Finally, the first SVC encoder chip for HDTV1080p is presented and all above design issues are considered together.

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Cerebral hemorrhage is a common and often fatal subtype of stroke. while in the past it has received relatively little attention compared to ischemic stroke, there have been major advances in our understanding of this devastating form of stroke. The papers by world experts cover the field from molecular biology to clinical trials. ... Read more

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Global Integrated Supply Chain Systems assimilates the principal views from international authors, who provide a combination of industrial experience and scholarly research, in the area of supply chain systems. This book discusses the business and technical reasons for integrating supply chain systems, and provides excellent arguments for globalization resulting through integration of supply chain systems. Readers of Global Integrated Supply Chain Systems will receive an excellent overall understanding of what comprises supply chain systems, why they should be integrated and how the resultant global organization will be able to compete and grow in this age of communication. They will also find practical business reasons for the crucial need to integrate supply chain systems in global enterprises and, more importantly, collaborating clusters of organizations. ... Read more

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This book summarizes two significant tendencies for application of conservation laws and energy release rates. The first is to establish a bridge between some famous invariant integrals and microcrack damage descriptions. The second is the direct extension from the understandings established in Fracture Mechanics for conventional materials to those for functional materials. In the first point it discusses the vanishing nature for both components of the J_k-integral vector when the closed contour encloses all discontinuities completely. Both mathematical manipulations and numerical examinations are given. Thus the M-integral and the L-integral are independent of coordinate shifts and, more significantly, the M-integral presents a new description for the damage level of a microcracking brittle solid. In the second point it discusses the direct extension from the basic understandings established in Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics to those for functional materials, e.g., piezoelectric ceramics. Owing to the mechanical and electric coupling, some new insights of energy release rates are discussed in detail. ... Read more

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The purposes of this study were to understand ESL (English as a Second Language) students? learning motivations and learning strategies in the West North Central division of the United States. This study concluded that the ESL students tend to be more instrumentally motivated than integratively motivated when learning English, and female students use strategies more frequently than male students when learning English. The researcher suggests that since ESL students? learning motivations and strategies are different, ESL instructors should understand more about students? motivations and strategies in order to vary their teaching styles to achieve better results in language learning. ... Read more

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Chapters: Jo Chen, Yi Huan, Lai Ann, Nicky Lee, Selena Lin, Chen Uen. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Jo Chen () (born July 4, 1977) is a female comic book artist and writer most well known for her highly detailed painted comic book covers. Chen was born in Taipei, Taiwan and emigrated to the United States in late 1994. Working professionally in the Asian comic book industry since age fourteen, she burst suddenly onto the U.S. comic book scene with her art work for the Racer X mini-series, part of the Speed Racer series published by Wildstorm/D.C. Comics in 2000. She quickly established herself producing interiors and covers for titles including Darkminds: Macropolis, Battle of the Planets, Robotech, Fight For Tomorrow, Taskmaster, The Demon, Thor, and (Batman ... Read more

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The Asian Arowanas (Scleropages sp.) belong to the most fascinating fish of the World.Due to their brilliant colors, their large scales, their swimming pattern and their large fins, they remind us of the ancient and mythological Dragons!
Keeping these Dragon fishes at home brings luck and fits perfectly to the philosophy of Feng Shui.
However, some wild populations of Dragon fishes are threatened by extinction and all are therefore listed on Appendix 1 of CITES. Thus only captive bred specimens are open for the trade.

This book reflects the actual status quo of the captive bred Asian Arowana population, with well over 500 fascinating and brilliant color photographs.
Everything you need to know, wanted to know or should now about those fascinating creatures is in this book!
Separated in chapters about Arowana breeding farms, reports (with photos) of true international Arowana fans, all the different color patterns in photos, breeding reports, feeding, other fish that can be kept with the Dragon, diseases and cures, water parameters, how to obtain a CITES permit, really everything you need to know about the Dragon fish! The ultimate Arowana reference book!! ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Burials in Taiwan, Cemeteries in Taiwan, People Executed by Taiwan, Suicides in Taiwan, Gladys Aylward, Chen Yi, Sanmao, Cheng Nan-Jung, Cemetery of Zhenghaijun, Chen Yi-Hsiung, Wuchih Mountain Military Cemetery, Chin Pao San, Wayne Pai, Qiu Miaojin, ni Min-Jan, Chan I-Hua. Excerpt: Chen Yi (Chinese: ; pinyin: Chén Yí; Wade-Giles: Ch'en I; courtesy names Gongxia () and later Gongqia (), sobriquet Tuisu (); 1883 - June 18, 1950) was the Chief Executive and Garrison Commander () of Taiwan after it was surrendered by Japan to the Republic of China, which acted on behalf of the Allied Powers, in 1945. His infamous mishandling of the tension between Taiwanese locals and Mainlanders precipitated the February 28 Incident, and he was later dismissed and executed for disloyalty (though for reasons unrelated to his tenure in Taiwan). Chen was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang. After studying at Qiushi Academy (now Zhejiang University), in 1902 he went to a military academy in Japan for seven years . He joined Guangfuhui while in Japan. He returned to Japan in 1917 to study in a military university for three years, then resided in Shanghai. He is said to have been a "Japanophile." He was the first senator () and governor of Zhejiang (since October 1925). Chen was also the commander of the 19th Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army (). After 1927, he worked in the Military Affairs Department (), then as the chairman of Fujian in 1933, and Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan. Chen served as governor of Fujian province for eight years, beginning in 1934. His experience in Fujian, the province immediately across the straits from Taiwan and the source of a larger percentage of Taiwan's population, was clearly a factor in Chen's selection to take contro... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=363236 ... Read more

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Chapters: Hou Jing, Emperor Wu of Chen, Wang Lin, Hou Andu, Wang Sengbian, Wu Mingche, Xiao Mohe, Zhu Yi, Chen Qingzhi. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 67. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Hou Jing (Chinese: ; pinyin: Hóu Jng) (died 552), courtesy name Wanjing (), was a general for the Chinese states Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, and Liang Dynasty, and briefly, after controlling the Liang imperial regime for several years, usurped the Liang throne, establishing a state of Han. He was soon defeated by the Liang prince Xiao Yi the Prince of Xiandong, and he was killed by his own associates while in flight. He was one of the reviled figures in Chinese history, known for his exceeding cruelty to enemies and civilians. It is not known when Hou Jing was born, but it was known that he was from Huaishuo Garrison () -- one of the garrisons that Northern Wei established on the northern border to defend against Rouran attacks. He appeared to be ethnically Han, but the matter of his ethnicity is not conclusive. When he was young, he was one of a group of friends who associated with Gao Huan, who often spent time in the countryside, seeking to correct injustice. During the reign of Emperor Xiaoming, Northern Wei plunged into a state of civil war, with much of the state overrun by agrarian rebellions. Around this time, Hou joined the army of the Northern Wei general Erzhu Rong, and initially, he learned tactics from Erzhu's lieutenant Murong Shaozong (), but soon, Murong found it necessary to consult Hou for his opinion on tactical matters. After Erzhu largely put down the rebellions, Hou was made the governor of Ding Province (, roughly modern Baoding, Hebei). After Erzhu was killed by Emperor Xiaozhuang in 530, and Emperor Xiaozhuang was in turn killed by Erzhu's relatives, members of the Erzhu...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=7579158 ... Read more

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Chapters: I. M. Pei, Roman Tam, Chen Yi, Ma Lik, Kwan Tak Hing, Eddy Zheng, Martin Lee, Connie Chan, Bolo Yeung, Donnie Yen, Jimmy Lai, Lau Kar-Leung, Jasper Tsang, Xie Xingfang, Ha Yu, Yuen Woo-Ping, Peng Weiguo, Jeme Tien Yow, Bow Sim Mark, Chen Gongbo, Bow Kum, Eileen Yin-Fei Lo, Alfred Cheung, ou Chuliang, Karl Maka, Tsang Tak-Sing, Zi Lan Liao, Celine Chen, Lau Chin-Shek, Yang Zhi, Zhang Jiewen, Keuh Agong, Yeung Sum, Wu Weian, Bak Sheut Sin, Sarah Song, Yu Shaoteng, Tan Ende, Chen Yunchang, Zhang Li, Lu Lin, Lee Man Fong, Hu Zhijun, Henry Halsey Noyes, Li Ai, Li Zhixing, Hou Hanru, Peng Weijun, Dong Zhaozhi, Xu Deen, Zhi Xinhua, Peter Lei, Yang Pengfeng, Tang Dechao, Leong on Kei, Tang Xiaoyin, Feng Feng, So Yokoku, Chen Jingwen, Ju Lian, Dai Xianrong, Yang Jinghui, Ye Zhibin, Deng Shichang, Wen Xiaoming, Yang Bin, Y. C. Wong, Huang Zhiyi, Feng Junyan, Cao Zhijie, Kwei Chih-Hung, Ye Xuanping, Liu Guangbiao, Huang Zhongming, Luo Lin, Zhou Hanming, Yin Lianchi, Huang Jialing, Su Wanwen, You Meihong, Shallin Tse. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 112. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ieoh Ming Pei () (born April 26, 1917), commonly known by his initials I. M. Pei, is a Chinese-born American architect and is considered a master of modern architecture. Born in Guangzhou and raised in Hong Kong and Shanghai, Pei drew inspiration at an early age from the gardens at Suzhou. He was fascinated by movies from the United States, especially those of Buster Keaton and Bing Crosby, and taught himself English by reading the Bible and novels by Charles Dickens. In 1935, Pei moved to the United States and enrolled in the University of Pennsylvania's architecture school, but quickly transferred to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was unhappy with the focus on Beaux-Arts architecture,...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=15155 ... Read more

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Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Hans Joachim Morgenthau (February 17, 1904 - July 19, 1980) was one of the leading twentieth-century figures in the study of international politics. He made landmark contributions to international-relations theory and the study of international law, and his Politics Among Nations, first published in 1948, went through many editions and was for decades the most-used textbook in its field in U.S. universities. In addition, Morgenthau wrote widely about international politics and U.S. foreign policy for general-circulation journals such as The New Leader, Commentary, Worldview, and The New Republic. He knew and corresponded with many of the leading intellectuals and writers of his era, such as Reinhold Neibuhr, George F. Kennan, and Hannah Arendt. At one point in the early Cold War, Morgenthau was a consultant to the U.S. State Department when Kennan headed its Policy Planning Staff. For most of his career, however, Morgenthau was an academic critic of U.S. foreign policy rather than a formulator of it. Indeed, he pubblicly opposed American involvement in Vietnam. Morgenthau was born in a Jewish family in Coburg, Germany, and educated at the universities of Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich. He taught and practiced law in Frankfurt before emigrating to the United States in 1937, after several interim years in Switzerland and Spain. Morgenthau taught for many years at the University of Chicago, and at the end of his career he taught at the New School for Social Research and the City University of New York. Hans Morgenthau is considered one of the "founding fathers" of the realist school in the 20th century. This school of thought holds that nation-states are the main actors in international relations, and that the main concern of the field is the study of power. Morgenthau emphasized the importance of "the national interest," and in Politics Among Nations he wrote that "the main signpost that h...http://booksllc.net/?l=de ... Read more

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Chapters: Chinese Classical Violinists, Taiwanese Violinists, Ma Sicong, Chen Yi, Sirena Huang, Jiafeng Chen, Frank Huang, Nie Er, Hu Kun, Cho-Liang Lin, Robert Chen, Lu Siqing, Shi Wen-Long, Wu Ting-Yu, Li I-Ching, Hu Nai-Yuan, Chen Da Wei, Wen Xiao Zheng, Xiang Gao. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 71. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ma Sicong (Chinese: ; pinyin: M Scng; Wade-Giles: Ma Szu-ts'ung; May 7, 1912 May 20, 1987) was a Chinese violinist and composer. He was referred to in China as "The King of violinists." His Nostalgia () for violin, composed in 1937 as part of the Inner Mongolia Suite (), was considered one of the most favorite pieces of 20th century China. During his youth, Ma went to Paris to study music, and was then admitted to the Conservatoire de Paris, majoring in violin. In early 1932, Ma returned to China, and got married in the same year. In the following period he composed many renowned pieces such as Lullaby, Inner Mongolia suite, Tibet tone poem (), and Madrigal (). Ma was appointed president of the newly established Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing by the Central government Politburo of the People's Republic of China in December 1949. When the Cultural Revolution broke out in June 1966, Ma became a target of the Red Guards and so-called revolutionaries. In the night of January 15, 1967, Ma and his family managed to escape to Hong Kong, and fled to the United States with escorts provided by the U.S. Consulate in Hong Kong. In May, 1967, a special file was opened to investigate the circumstances of Ma's escape, under the leadership of Kang Sheng (), head of the Central Investigation Agency, and Xie Fuzhi (), the Minister of Public Security. Many of Ma's friends and family members were subsequently implicated. In 1968, a standing warrant was issu...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=22475059 ... Read more

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Chapters: Ma Su, Huang Hao, Zhang Yi, Chen Shou, Yang Yi, Zhuge Zhan, Li Yan, Fei Shi, Xi Zheng, Qiao Zhou, Zhang Zun, Dong Yun, Liu Xun, Chen Zhen, Liu Ba, Xiang Lang, Xu Jing, Guo Youzhi, Huang Chong, Liao Li. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 50. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ma Su (190 228) was a military strategist for the Kingdom of Shu during the Three Kingdoms era of China. He was the younger brother of Shu advisor, Ma Liang. Ma Su had extraordinary talents in military stratagems and was admired by the Prime Minister of Shu, Zhuge Liang. However, a tactical blunder by Ma Su at the Battle of Jieting resulted in Shu being dealt a huge defeat by Zhang He, a general of the Kingdom of Wei. Much dramatization shrouds the death of Ma Su. In the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms as well as the Peking Opera Loss of Jieting, Ma Su was said to have been beheaded at the order of Zhuge Liang. However, according to biographies of Ma Su and his close friend Xiang Lang () in the Records of Three Kingdoms, Ma Su had actually attempted to escape after the defeat at Jieting but was captured. He eventually died of sickness in jail before the ordered execution could be carried out. A local of Yicheng (), Ma Su was one of the five brothers in the family, all of whom were renowned for their intellects, though Ma Su's elder brother Ma Liang was deemed to be the most talented among them all. Together with Ma Liang, Ma Su began his service under Liu Bei around 205 AD, while the later founder of the Kingdom of Shu was still a guest of Liu Biao in Jingzhou (, present day Hubei and Hunan). Since the start, Liu Bei's chief advisor Zhuge Liang had been impressed by Ma Su's expansive knowledge in military strategies. Before Liu Bei died in 223, he warned Zhuge Liang that Ma Su was not as ta...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=352144 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Chen Yi, Zhou Yongkang, Xie Fuzhi, Liang Guanglie. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Chén Yì (Chinois simplifié: 陈毅, chinois traditionnel: 陳毅) est né le 26 aout 1901 à Lezhi dans le Sichuan et décédé le 6 juin 1972 à Pékin. Chen Yi mena en parallèle une carrière politique et militaire. Ce fils de magistrat suit des études classiques et apprend le français. Après l'obtention d'une bourse, il résida en France de 1919 à 1921 grâce au Mouvement Travail-Études qui aidait de jeunes chinois à venir étudier en France. D'autres dirigeants chinois comme Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, Cai Hesen, Li Lisan, Zhao Shiyan, Li Weihan profitèrent de ces études à l'étranger. Jusqu'en 1927, c'est 4 000 jeunes chinois qui viendront étudier et travailler en France. C'est à cette époque que Chen Yi adhéra au socialisme. Chen Yi étudie la chimie à Grenoble et Lyon, il travailla dans les usines Michelin. Fréquentant des étudiants révolutionnaires, il est expulsé de France en 1921 après une manifestation au fort Saint-Irénée le siège de l'institut franco-chinois de Lyon. Liu Shaoqi, Jakob Rosenfeld et Chen Yi (de gauche à droite) en mai 1943Chen Yi adhéra en 1923 au parti communiste chinois créé en 1921. En 1928, Chen Yi rejoint Mao Zedong et Zhu De dans les montagnes du Jinggang. Il participe alors à la création de l' armée rouge des travailleurs et des paysans de Chine, mieux connue sous le nom d' armée rouge chinoise qui préfigure l'Armée populaire de libération. Encerclés par l'armée de la République de Chine, beaucoup plus puissants que les forces communistes, les communistes ont été contraints de fuir de Jiangxi en octobre 1934. Ainsi commence le voyage historique à travers l'intérieur de la Chine plus connu sous le no...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Huang Ju, Chen Yi, Zhu Rongji, Jiang Zemin, Zhang Chunqiao, Chen Liangyu. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Huang Ju (黄菊) (né en septembre 1938 à Jiashan, Chine et mort le 2 juin 2007 à Beijing Chine), est un homme politique chinois. Élu en novembre 2002 membre du Comité permanent du bureau politique du Parti communiste chinois et en mars 2003 vice-premier ministre du Conseil des affaires de l'État de la République populaire de Chine. Han, a adhéré en mars 1966 au Parti communiste chinois (PCC). Huang est né en septembre 1938 à Jiashan, province du Zhejiang. Après être sorti de la faculté de l'électrotechnique de l'université de Qinghua, il a travaillé comme ingénieur en 1963 dans l'atelier d'énergie de l'usine de machines de préfabriqués de Shanghai et fut secrétaire du directeur de cette usine jusqu'en 1967. Puis, ingénieur dans l'atelier d'énergie de l'usine de métallurgie de Zhonghua à Shanghai, il devient secrétaire adjoint de la branche du Parti pour cet atelier. En 1977 il devient directeur adjoint du Comité révolutionnaire de l'usine de métallurgie de Zhonghua à Shanghai et directeur adjoint de cette usine. En 1980 il devient directeur adjoint de la compagnie de construction mécanique générale de pétrochimie de Shanghai, directeur adjoint du bureau No. 1 de l'industrie mécano-électrique de Shanghai. En 1983 il est élu membre du Comité permanent du Comité municipal du PCC pour Shanghai et secrétaire du Comité du parti de la commission municipale du travail pour l'industrie. Lorsque Zhu Rongji devint vice-Premier ministre du Conseil des affaires de l'État en 1991, Huang lui succéda comme maire de Shanghai et secrétaire du Parti de la ville jusqu'en octobre 2002. Il n'a pas laissé un souveni...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Suicides in Taiwan, Ruan Lingyu, Tai Chi-Tao, Sanmao, Cheng Nan-Jung, Wang Guowei, Chen Yi-Hsiung, Wayne Pai, Qiu Miaojin, ni Min-Jan, Chan I-Hua. Excerpt: Ruan Lingyu (Chinese: ; pinyin: Run Língyù; April 26, 1910 March 8, 1935), born Ruan Fenggen (), was a Chinese silent film actress. One of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s, her tragic death at the age of 24 led her to become an icon of Chinese cinema. Born in Shanghai in 1910, Ruan made her first film at the age of 16 for the then prominent Mingxing Film Studio. She was brought up by her mother who worked as a house maid to provide for her. Her first big break came in Spring Dream of an Old Capital ( or Reminiscences of Beijing, 1930). A massive hit, it was her first major work after signing for the newly-formed Lianhua Studio. Thereafter Ruan became the company's major film star. Her best works came after 1931, starting with the melodrama Love and Duty (, 1931) (directed by Bu Wancang). Beginning with Three Modern Women (, 1932; dir: Bu Wanchang), Ruan started collaborating with a group of talented leftist directors; most of her subsequent films have a strong socialist slant to them. In Little Toys (, 1933), a film by Sun Yu, Ruan played a long-suffering toy-maker. Her next film, Shennü (, The Goddess, 1934; dir: Wu Yonggang), is often hailed as the pinnacle of Chinese silent cinema, with Ruan's portrayal of a sympathetic prostitute bringing up a child one of the classics of the era. Later that year, Ruan made her penultimate film, New Women (), with director Cai Chusheng, where she played an educated Shanghai woman forced to death by an unfeeling society. A final film, National Customs () was released shortly after her death. Following the completion of New Women, Ruan... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=407928 ... Read more