Kirjahaku

Fine contemporary translations of one of the great poets of the T'ang dynasty.

Comprehensive and in-depth in its coverage, Atherosclerosis: Cellular, Molecular & Biochemical Mechanism and Novel Therapy reviews the recent progress in atherosclerosis research and offers cutting edge perspectives from experts in the field. Written by an international team of authors including leading physician-scientists, research experts and physicians, chapters are divided into four major sections, covering risk factors, cellular and molecular mechanisms, biochemical mechanisms and novel and future therapeutics.Atherosclerosis: Cellular, Molecular & Biochemical Mechanism and Novel Therapy analyses recent progress from both conceptual and technological perspectives, suggesting new directions for atherosclerosis research and treatment for a growing population of researchers and clinicians in cardiovascular and related fields.

This book will cover studies on basic theory, measurements, and modeling of surface solar radiation, and frontier of the related studies. It's primary readers are senior undergraduate students and graduate students who major in atmospheric sciences (including climate change), hydrology, geography, and environmental sciences. The book will be written in easy language. There are several specific books in this field. An "Introduction to Atmospheric Radiation" by Prof. Kuo-Nan Liou is excellent one. However, it is full of equations, which are difficult to understand for ones who do not major in atmospheric science. "Solar and Infrared Radiation Measurements" by Frank Vignola, Joseph Michalsky, and Thomas Stoffel provides important information to measurement instruments of surface solar radiation, but lack explanations to their application to scientific questions. As the global warming has been a hot topic for the scientific community at large and public in general, this book will provide detailed information to clarify the contribution of surface solar radiation to global warming. One of key issues on this is the argument about the global dimming and brightening. However, large uncertainties could exist for the surface solar radiation observations. For example, there is an argument that the observations of surface solar radiation have an important urban bias and can't represent regional or global averages in depicting mean and trend. More discussions have emerged on uncertainties associated with the observations of surface solar radiation. This book will revisit such debates.

Thirteenth century China, and the Song Empire is crumbling due to endemic corruption and the incursion of barbarians from abroad. Ambitious men do what they must to get ahead, trampling the commoners who come in their path. Into the decaying ranks of the civil service, a young scholar called Song Ci is admitted. He soon gets the chance to prove his worth by developing an unmatched skill for interpreting crime scenes. In a series of complex murder cases that baffled his predecessors, Song is finally able to dispense justice to the relatives of those whose lives have been lost in the chaos.As the world he knows wanes, Song will be pitted against increasing dangers that will tax him to the edge of his abilities. But will his efforts be enough to save the empire?