Mine dynamic hazards mainly include the rockburst, high-speed landslide, coal andgas outburst, underground debrisflow, gob area catastrophic collapse, tailings damcollapse, and water inrush, etc. Rockburst is usually referred to as dynamiccatastrophe, which results in causalities and roadway destruction, caused by elasticstrain energy emitting in a sudden, rapid and violent way from coal or roc…
Ban Wang traces the shifting concept of the Chinese state from the late nineteenth century to the present, showing how the Confucian notion of tianxia—“all under heaven”—influences China’s dedication to contributing to and exchanging with a common world.
Besides being a matter of academic interest, the study of earthquake-inducedhydrologic changes also has important implications for water resources, hydro-carbon exploration and engineered systems. For example, groundwater level changesfollowing earthquakes can affect water supplies (Chen and Wang2009). The aban-donment of Crete during the Late Minoan period has been attributed by some to adeple…
Multifunctional scaffolds based on smart materials have been applied in different tissue engineering fields. The most frequently studied areas in the literature include the use of multifunctional scaffolds in bone, cartilage and muscle formation, in cardiovascular and endothelium tissue engineering, in the growth of skin and in neural regeneration. Other applications include their use in dental…
This collection of essays represents the first of its kind in exploring the conjunction of translation and social media communication, with a focus on how these practices intersect and transform each other against the backdrop of the cascading COVID-19 crisis. The contributions in the book offer empirical case studies as well as personal reflections on the topic, illuminating a broad range of t…
The PRC government has made development of rural biomass energy, specifically, an essential part of its long-term development strategy in rural areas. Most significantly, the Renewable Energy Law (effective January 2006) supports the development of bioenergy in all its forms—wind, solar, hydro, and biomass. The law calls for the exploration and use of bioenergy in rural areas and for local go…
The Reverend Miao Xing, the second name Wen Hao, nick-name “Golden Arhat”, was born in the town of Dengfeng, Henan province. In his childhood he indulged in WU SHU, writing and calligraphy, he especially liked the Buddhistic Teaching. When he was twenty years old, his level of mastership became quite high, but he continued to perfect himself. He started to travel regions close to the valley…