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Face aux défis du siècle, le progrès scientifique peut-il encore être une réponse ? On voit aujourd'hui l'émergence d'une nouvelle approche de la recherche et de l'innovation, soucieuse de répondre aux enjeux sociaux et environnementaux. Partout dans le monde, laboratoires, entreprises...

This book analyzes the ways in which the Chinese government and military responded to the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan province. It adopts a comparative and historical perspective in studying the responses of the Chinese government in the first critical 72 hours, the mobilization of the People’s...

The exhibition entitled “Papi in Posa,” i.e., “Papal Portraiture,” with the highly refined and historically significant Braschi Palace – home of the Museum of Rome – in 2004, and now in Washington, The John Paul II Center, is not offered only as an excellent exposition of masterpieces...

This book is a timely comparison of the divergent worlds of policy implementation and policy ambition, the messy, often contradictory here-and-now reality of languages in schools and the sharp-edged, shiny, future-oriented representation of languages in policy. Two deep rooted tendencies in Australian...

The design of chemical reactors and their safety are as critical to the success of a chemical process as the actual chemistry taking place within the reactor. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the practical aspects of multiphase reactor design and operation with an emphasis on safety...

Given its geographical proximity to Asia and its close alliance with the West, Australia, amid the rise of Asian economies, needs to re-formulate its policies on trade, investment and security. Over the years, in making decisions on issues relating to trade, investment and security, the Australian...

Patent drafters charge $75 to $100 per sheet to prepare drawings -- but you can draw them yourself! How to Make Patent Drawings is an essential guide for inventors who want to complete a crucial step in the patenting process themselves -- creating formal patent drawings that comply with the strict...

This book analyzes the post-subprime crisis world from the global, Asian and Chinese perspectives. It dispels some of the myths about the crisis's effects on Asia and China; and exposes the ugly truth of bailout policies and their distortion and hindering of the world's economic rebalancing effort in the post-subprime era.

In China, the central government has the political will to control organized crime, which is seen as a national security threat. The crux of the problem is how to control local governments that have demonstrated lax enforcement without sufficient regulation from the provincial governments. The development...

This book examines the politics of policing in Greater China, including mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao. As the author shows, police ideological indoctrination is strongest in mainland China, followed by Hong Kong, and Taiwan, where the police is under increasing political stress, in...

First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.

Un guide complet pour une maison mieux rangée, et pour une meilleure organisation ! Vous rêvez d'une maison mieux rangée, mais vous ne savez pas par où commencer ? Grâce à ce livre prenez les choses en main ! Tout d'abord, faites le point avec vous-même : pourquoi le bazar s'accumule-t-il ?...

A vent’anni dalla morte di Paolo Borsellino e dalla campagna stragista di Cosa Nostra restano i misteri sulla gestazione della Seconda Repubblica.

Milan, since the period after World War II, has developed its own specific interpretation of modern architecture: a Milanese path to architectural Modernity. In model suburban developments like QT8 (a proving ground for the best solutions formulated by international architectural culture in the 1920s...