Juan Li

In architecture, a facade is the skin of a building. Eco-Friendly Building Facade demonstrates just how important this 'skin' is by illustrating its impact on energy efficiency. Sunlight, ventilation, low energy, noise minimisation, rainwater harvest, prefabricated components, flexibility, etc., all the environmental elements are taken into consideration in the design process and are illustrated here with sufficiently detailed images, drawings and articles.

This book introduces readers to environmental background investigation, pollution source intensity evaluation and risk assessment approaches used at three main types of groundwater-contaminated sites: municipal domestic waste landfills, hazardous waste landfills and oil-contaminated sites. In addition, typical contaminated sites throughout China are examined to demonstrate how these approaches can be applied for their investigation, assessment and restoration. By reading this book, readers will gain a deeper understanding of the restoration and management of typical groundwater-contaminated sites.

This book introduces readers to environmental background investigation, pollution source intensity evaluation and risk assessment approaches used at three main types of groundwater-contaminated sites: municipal domestic waste landfills, hazardous waste landfills and oil-contaminated sites. In addition, typical contaminated sites throughout China are examined to demonstrate how these approaches can be applied for their investigation, assessment and restoration. By reading this book, readers will gain a deeper understanding of the restoration and management of typical groundwater-contaminated sites.

Multi-objective optimization problems (MOPs) and uncertain optimization problems (UOPs) which widely exist in real life are challengeable problems in the fields of decision making, system designing, and scheduling, amongst others. Decomposition exploits the ideas of ‘making things simple’ and ‘divide and conquer’ to transform a complex problem into a series of simple ones with the aim of reducing the computational complexity. In order to tackle the abovementioned two types of complicated optimization problems, this book introduces the decomposition strategy and conducts a systematic study to perfect the usage of decomposition in the field of multi-objective optimization, and extend the usage of decomposition in the field of uncertain optimization.

From a professional point of view, this book describes the design of retail shops through a series of high-quality examples. They are diverse in theme and style. It is the design that makes them outstanding and impressive. If you want to find inspira^tions for you next design, or simply want to explore these designs, this book is the best choice.

Das Buch ist die erste deutschsprachige Monographie zu Christian Wolffs Theologia naturalis, jenes letzten Teils seines grossen metaphysischen Systems. Christian Wolff ist die zentrale Gestalt in der deutschen Aufklarung in der ersten Halfte des 18. Jahrhunderts. Aus der Sicht seiner Gegner war Wolff nichts anderes als ein Fatalist, Deist und Atheist. Aber er fallt auch durch ausgepragt konservative Zuge auf, die sich in seinen metaphysischen und religionsphilosophischen Arbeiten zeigen. Wolff selbst hielt es fur moeglich, dass die Anwendung der philosophischen Methode auf die Theologie der christlichen Religion nicht schaden wurde. Wie ist dies moeglich? Die Autorin pruft Wolffs Wunderbeweis, seine Spinozismus-Kritik und seine Argumente fur die naturliche und offenbarte Religion im Kontext seines Gesamtwerkes. Dies sind die Hauptthemen der damaligen philosophischen Auseinandersetzungen. Dadurch tritt der Charakter der Metaphysik Wolffs zwischen Tradition und Aufklarung in ein neues Licht.

Step-by-step illustrated instructions for mastering the thirteen forms of early Yang-style tai chi are presented in this guide that explores the deep, internal work necessary for the effective practice of tai chi. Original.

The happy lives of the citizens of Fort Fish are about to be turned upside down by what seems to be a natural disaster. But as events unfold, two survivors of the deadly tsunami, Sifu and his sister Shuiruo, learn that the disaster was anything but natural. Rather, it was the result of careless human activity. Despite the devastation of their home, their family, and their lives, Sifu, Shuiruo, and their friend Fuxi are not giving up, but are determined to lead their race to a new life on the Purple Planet. When an unexpected guest, the human girl Qiqi, arrives in Sifu's home, the siblings must decide how to respond to this child of the land, a member of the race that has callously taken from them everything they love. In the remnants of Fort Fish, Sifu, Shuiruo, Fuxi, and Qiqi race against the continuing destruction of their home to lead all the survivors in fishdom to a happier, healthier life on the Purple Planet. But as soon as they set foot on their new would-be home, unexpected challenges arise that put the prospect of the continuation of their race at risk. Fort Fish does not shy away from important controversial issues humankind faces today. By inviting readers to consider these issues from the perspective of the races that live beneath the surface of our planet's waters, we are challenged to reconsider the behaviors that are leading to the rampant destruction of the Earth, and of the habitats of the countless creatures that dwell here. The story of the inhabitants of Fort Fish and their fight for survival takes the reader under the sea, onto the land, and into the furthest reaches of space. Along the way, we are shown glimpses of important slices of history and myth that encompass our interaction with all life, on land, in the sea, and in space. Join Sifu and his friends on this adventure that explores our world and our relationship to it.