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Diminishing confined fossil resources has spurred the scientific community to strive for alternative, sustainable resources, such as terrestrial biomass, which can potentially substitute fossil-based derivatives. Lignocellulosic biomass is deemed an indispensable carbon source for meeting industrial and social demands regarding energy/fuels and chemicals. Over the past decade, significant advances have been shown in developing a broad spectrum of high-value chemicals and functional materials derived from biomass-based substrates. In connection with this, furanic chemicals, such as 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and furfural, have recently received considerable attention due to their potential...
This exhaustive cumulative guide covers the changes in key personnel and administrative institutions from 1968 to the present. It traces the career paths of the many high officials within the numerous governmental, military, educational, and economic organizations in China. The directory also provides information on major institutions in China by following the restructuring, division, and mergers of organizations. This new edition includes new sections on trade organizations; special administrative regions; museums, libraries, and galleries; banks and insurance companies; and social and community mass organizations.
This volume contains 108 selected papers presented at the 2012 international conference on Technology for Education and Learning (ICTEL 2012), Macau, China, March 1-2, 2012. The conference brought together researchers working in various different areas of Technology for Education and Learning with a main emphasis on technology for business and economy in order to foster international collaborations and exchange of new ideas. This proceedings book has its focus on Technology for Economy, Finance and Education representing some of the major subareas presented at the conference.
The result of painstaking research by a renowned Sinologist, this compilation consists of over 3,100 biographical entries and detailed descriptions of individuals who used to play a decisive role in the People's Republic of China, including: -- Government officials, such as ministers or ambassadors -- Provincial cadres and cultural commissioners -- Party officials and functionaries of mass organizations Covering recently deceased personalities as well as figures who have retired, been exiled, disappeared, or withdrawn from public life for other reasons, Bartke has created an invaluable working tool for both historical and contemporary studies.
Organ vascular injury is the basis of multiple organ damage. which is a complex pathological process with multiple mechanisms and links among mechanisms contributing to the disease. To cope much management often focuses a single drug on a single target which is frequently not entirely effective. Chinese medicine with a long traditional history extending more than 2000 years is a medical system that applies multiple ingredients associated with the resolution of complex disease problems. Numerous compounded Chinese medicines have shown very desirable effects on organ vascular injury related disease in clinical use. For example, a number of studies over the past decades has revealed a positive ...
This is the first systematic, longitudinal study of the organization and operations of Chinese government at the county level. Highlighting the relationships between county officials and the administrative and production units above and below them, the authors open a window on the vast bureaucratic middle ground between Beijing policymaking and community-level politics.