This study tries to provide an interpretive framework for understanding communication practices in the Chinese criminal courts. Using ethnographic research methods, it describes culture-specific patterns of communication in Chinese criminal trials and interprets their culture-specific functions....

This monograph provides an outlook on the similarities and differences of introducing mathematical proofs in German and Taiwanese mathematics textbooks. The author conducted two comparisons, the general comparison and the specific comparison, on geometry content between three German and three Taiwanese textbook series from grades 7 to 9....

Terns usually will aggregate in the same reproduction area during breeding season.The color pattern of eggs may match the background, and it is important for breeding adults to distinguish their own eggs, especially in colonies with high density. This research was carried out at Penghu of Taiwan....

There is plenty of evidence to suggest that companies in some parts of the world are increasingly diversifying the geographic scope of their business activities in the pursuit of competitive advantage. Although geographic expansion comes with a set of benefits, different phases of cost may diminish the performance benefits of internationalization....

This book provides a comprehensive review of precoding techniques for digital communications systems from a signal processing perspective. In the first part of the book the authors provide an overview of the principles of precoding for channels with intersymbol interference (ISI) such as Tomlinson-Harashima precoding and Trellis precoding....

Praise for Making Quality Work \"Making Quality Work challenges leaders to use the best processes and explains in succinct, readable shorthand how managers can help good people work better.\"?Robert W. Galvin, Chairman of the Executive Committee, Motorola, Inc....

This attractive series reveals the V&A\"s spectacular and extensive pattern collections. Each title in the series includes a free CD of high resolution images....