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Focusing on the interdisciplinary nature of mineral materials science, this book explores its foundational principles and applications across various fields. It delves into the properties and behaviors of mineral materials, emphasizing their significance in technology and industry. By integrating insights from geology, materials science, and engineering, the text provides a comprehensive overview of current research trends and future directions, making it a valuable resource for students and professionals interested in the intersection of these disciplines.

* A thorough examination of Ging Guanpeng's Buddha Preaching, one of the biggest paintings ever created by a Qing Dynasty court painter* Volume 3 in the Connecting Art Histories in the Museum series, published in co-operation with the Berlin State MuseumsDing Guanpeng's Buddha Preaching, created in 1770, is one of the biggest paintings ever made by a Qing dynasty court painter. But up until today, this work of art, which is part of the collection of Berlin's Ethnologisches Museum, has been largely ignored, even by Chinese art historians. In his book, the author Ching-Ling Wang, curator of Chinese art at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, examines the significance of the painting with fresh eyes. Taking into account the latest research, Wang reassesses this piece in terms of its artistic merits and its importance in the history of art. He raises questions concerning its function and meaning and investigates the place it holds in the history of culture. In addition, this volume looks at the eventful history of the painting, describes how it found its way into the collection in Berlin and analyzes its iconography and technique.

This modern classic, originally published in 1960, has been reissued with a new foreword and additional supplementary material. The book offers readers a fresh perspective on its themes and relevance, enhancing the experience for both new and returning audiences. The inclusion of the foreword and supplements provides deeper insights into the work's significance and context, making it a valuable addition to any literary collection.

China is the first country to grow, produce and drink tea. Over the long history of drinking tea, a special Chinese tea culture came into being. Tea is indispensable in the life of the Chinese people. It is not simply a type of drink, but a transmitter of culture, representing the philosophy, aesthetic views and way of life of the Chinese people, from which the spiritual world of the Chinese people can be discerned. This book relates the rich knowledge about Chinese tea and Chinese tea culture in terms of the origin of tea, its history, the methods and customs of drinking tea and tea drinking vessels. It explains the Chinese tea ceremony in depth and with an easy-to-understand approach and introduces the colorful teahouse culture, legends about tea, and the literature and art closely connected with tea.

This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER '98, held in Singapore, in November 1998. The 32 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 95 submissions. The book is divided into chapters on conceptual modeling and design, user interface modeling, information retrieval on the Web, semantics and constraints, conceptual modeling tools, quality and reliability metrics, industrial experience in conceptual modeling, object-oriented database management systems, data warehousing, industrial case studies, object-oriented approaches.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Deductive and Object-Oriented Databases, DOOD '95, held in Singapore in December 1995. Besides two keynote papers by Stefano Ceri and Michael Kifer, the book contains revised full versions of 28 papers selected from a total of 88 submissions. The volume gives a highly competent state-of-the-art report on DOOD research and advanced applications. The papers are organized in sections on active databases, query processing, semantic query optimization, transaction management, authorization, implementation, and applications.