This book introduces readers to the history of design thinking in pre-modern China. The content is structured according to successive dynasties, covering the seven major periods of the pre-Qin, Qin and Han, Wei and Jin, Sui and Tang, Song and Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. Each chapter introduces the most representative individuals of the period and discusses their work and ideas in order to reveal the national and cultural features of the respective periods. A distinctive feature of cultural identity running through the long course of China’s historical development is the argument that actions are determined by ideas: Such a view can be found in long-standing thinking on art, design, and creativity.

This book discusses a spectrum of approaches to designing the food-energy-water nexus at different spatial-urban scales. The book offers a framework for working on the FEW-nexus in a design-led context and integrates the design of urban neighbourhoods and regions with methodologies how to simultaneously engaging residents and stakeholders and evaluating the propositions in a FEW-print, measuring the environmental impact of the different designs. The examples are derived from on the ground practices in Sydney, Tokyo, Detroit, Amsterdam and Belfast.

The encyclopedia of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery will be a comprehensive collection of works that will serve as a complete source of information for all otolaryngologists, including the ones in training and interested medical students or health care personnel.

Designed and written by a team of clinically established academics, this is a unique book that is an excellent manual for physicians practicing pain medicine or treating pain in neurosurgery, orthopedic, neurology, or family practice clinics. As a practical resource, this book is written to be more accessible to the reader and is designed to be more clinically-focused and useful in day-to-day practice.

The present volume of the book series Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology brings together current reviews from leading experts to address the diversity of placentation by which species establish and maintain pregnancy. Development of viviparity and placentation in rodents, dogs, pigs, cattle, horses, marsupials, primates and elephants are discussed.

Dieses Lehrbuch vermittelt ein grundlegendes, dennoch kurz gefasstes Verständnis für die Zusammenhänge der Energieumwandlungsprozesse und umfasst dabei die gesamte Bandbreite der Energietechnik. Die Schwerpunkte reichen von der kompletten Beschreibung der konventionellen und vor allem nachhaltigen, erneuerbaren Energietechniken, über Gas- und Dampfturbinen-Kraftwerke sowie Kraft-Wärme-Kälte-Kopplungsanlagen bis hin zur Energiespeicherung, Energieverteilung und abschließend zu einem Abriss der Globalen Erwärmung mit zugehöriger Klimapolitik.
In der aktuellen Auflage wurden mehrere Kapitel von neuen Autoren überarbeitet und teils grundlegend neu verfasst. Die aktuellen politischen Änderungen wurden u. a. in den verschiedenen Kapiteln der erneuerbaren Techniken, der Energieverteilung sowie der Marktliberalisierung und Energiewende durch sorgfältige Überarbeitungen eingebracht.