The book features Ying Zhang, an associate professor specializing in premodern Chinese history at Ohio State University. It delves into his expertise, offering insights into historical contexts, significant events, and cultural developments in China before the modern era. Through his scholarly work, readers gain a deeper understanding of the complexities and nuances of premodern Chinese society and its lasting impact on contemporary issues.
Responses to Standards-based Accountability in the United States
Focusing on the impact of standards-based accountability policies, this study explores the evolving characteristics of state education agencies (SEAs) in the U.S. It delves into the motivations and strategies these agencies adopt for organizational change, supported by institutional theories and empirical evidence. A proposed theoretical framework outlines the change process, emphasizing how accountability policies reshape the structure and networks of SEAs. The analysis underscores the significance of organizational insights in effective policy design.
This book explores the integration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) into Western Medicine's clinical psychology, highlighting TCM's 6,000-year history and its holistic approach to treating psychological disorders. The author discusses TCM's diagnostic principles, healing mechanisms, and potential benefits for individuals and healthcare systems, especially post-COVID-19.
The book is the first book on complex matrix equations including the conjugate of unknown matrices. The study of these conjugate matrix equations is motivated by the investigations on stabilization and model reference tracking control for discrete-time antilinear systems, which are a particular kind of complex system with structure constraints. It proposes useful approaches to obtain iterative solutions or explicit solutions for several types of complex conjugate matrix equation. It observes that there are some significant differences between the real/complex matrix equations and the complex conjugate matrix equations. For example, the solvability of a real Sylvester matrix equation can be characterized by matrix similarity; however, the solvability of the con-Sylvester matrix equation in complex conjugate form is related to the concept of con-similarity. In addition, the new concept of conjugate product for complex polynomial matrices is also proposed in order to establish a unified approach for solving a type of complex matrix equation.
eine transkulturelle Perspektive
Der Band bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über Schmerz und dessen Behandlung aus der Sicht der Traditionellen Chinesischen Medizin (TCM). Er beleuchtet die historische Entwicklung der TCM, kulturelle Wechselwirkungen und die Grundlagen der Schmerztheorie innerhalb dieses Systems. Besondere Schwerpunkte sind die Rolle der Meridiane, die Verbindung zwischen Stress und Schmerz sowie die Unterschiede zur Schulmedizin. Zudem werden verschiedene Therapieansätze wie Qìgong, physikalische Therapie und Pflanzenheilkunde vorgestellt, ergänzt durch ein Interview zur integrativen Schmerztherapie.