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Während der Han-Zeit (202 v.Chr.– 220 n.Chr.) wurden in China den Gräbern Begräbnistexte beigegeben. Diese sollten der Kommunikation zwischen Diesseits und Jenseits dienen. Dieses Werk analysiert systematisch Begräbnistexte aus etwa 180 Gräbern und zeigt so die Entwicklung der Jenseitsvorstellung in Verbindung mit dem gesellschaftlichen Wandel in der Han-Zeit auf. Ein besonderes Augenmerk wird dabei auf die Form und materielle Beschaffenheit der Texte, ihre physische und symbolische Position im Grab sowie das Layout der Begräbnistexte und die in ihnen verwendeten Siegel gelegt. Durch die statistische Auswertung des geografischen und zeitlichen Auftretens der Begräbnistexte werden zudem die Verbreitungszentren identifiziert und regionale Interaktionen aufgezeigt. Außerdem wird der Zusammenhang zwischen dem Ausbruch von Epidemien und der Verbreitung der grabschützenden Texte in der Ost-Han-Zeit untersucht. Anhand ausführlicher Textanalysen wird anschließend der Frage nachgegangen, ob grabschützende Texte als Produkte des Volksglaubens oder des Daoismus anzusehen sind.

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The book comprehensively investigates the relationship between critical urban form and fabric parameters and urban microclimate in the high-rise urban environment that prevails in Asian megacitiessuch as Shanghai. It helps readers gain a deeper understanding ofclimate-responsive urban design strategies and tactics for effectively mitigating the negative impacts of deteriorating urban thermal environments on pedestrian thermal comfort, outdoor air quality and building energy consumption. It also reviews the latest advances in urban climate research, with a focus on the challenges in terms of outdoor space comfort, health, and livability posed by the high-rise and high-density development in emerging Asian megacities, and proposes an integrated framework in response to the pressing need for microclimate research. It then presents a series of studies on high-rise residential and non-residential urban neighborhoods and districtsbased on instrumented field study, validated numerical simulation, and spatial analysis using a GIS platform. The book includes extensive, valuable experimental data presented in a clear and concise manner. The thermal atlas methodology based on empirical modeling and spatial analysis described is a useful climate-responsive design tool for both urban designer and architects. As such, the book is of particular interest to researchers, professionals, and graduate students in the fields of urban planning and design, building science and urban climatology.

Sociology --- Economics --- Statistical physics --- Meteorology. Climatology --- Building design --- Building materials. Building technology --- Architecture --- Economic geography --- ruimtelijke ordening --- sociologie --- economie --- bouwkunde --- architectuur --- klimatologie --- duurzame ontwikkeling --- Urban geography --- Sustainable architecture --- Climatology --- Building construction --- Sociophysics --- Econophysics --- Urban geography. --- Sustainable architecture. --- Climatology. --- Building construction. --- Sociophysics. --- Econophysics. --- Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns). --- Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings. --- Building Physics, HVAC. --- Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building. --- Mathematical sociology --- Climate --- Climate science --- Climate sciences --- Science of climate --- Atmospheric science --- Eco-architecture --- Environmentally conscious architecture --- Environmentally friendly architecture --- Green architecture --- Green building design --- Green design (Buildings) --- Sustainable design (Buildings) --- Sustainable design --- Geography --- Statistical methods --- Sociology, Urban. --- Buildings --- System theory. --- Urban Sociology. --- Climate Sciences. --- Complex Systems. --- Environmental engineering. --- Systems, Theory of --- Systems science --- Science --- Environmental engineering (Buildings) --- Environmental engineering --- Sanitary engineering --- Urban sociology --- Cities and towns --- Philosophy --- Human factors

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This book presents an overview of both the theory and experimental methods required to realize high efficiency solar absorber devices. It begins with a historical description of the study of spectrally selective solar absorber materials and structures based on optical principles and methods developed over the past few decades. The optical properties of metals and dielectric materials are addressed to provide the background necessary to achieve high performance of the solar absorber devices as applied in the solar energy field. In the following sections, different types of materials and structures, together with the relevant experimental methods, are discussed for practical construction and fabrication of the solar absorber devices, aiming to maximally harvest the solar energy while at the same time effectively suppressing the heat-emission loss. The optical principles and methods used to evaluate the performance of solar absorber devices with broad applications in different physical conditions are presented. The book is suitable for graduate students in applied physics, and provides a valuable reference for researchers working actively in the field of solar energy.

Optics. Quantum optics --- Physics --- Chemical thermodynamics --- Spectrometric and optical chemical analysis --- Enzymology --- Relation between energy and economics --- Electronics --- Telecommunication technology --- Applied physical engineering --- katalyse --- energiebeheer (technologie) --- energiemanagement (economie) --- energiebeleid --- energie-economie --- lasers (technologie) --- energie (technologie) --- tekstverwerking --- fysica --- microwaves --- spectrometrie

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Global Tea Breeding: Achievements, Challenges and Perspectives provides a global review on biodiversity and biotechnology issues in tea breeding and selection. The contributions are written by experts from China, India, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Turkey, Indonesia, Japan, Bangladesh, Korea, Nigeria, and etc., which countries amount to 90% of the world tea production. This book focuses on the germplasm, breeding and selection of tea cultivars for the production of black, green and Oolong teas from the tea plant, Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze. It can benefit the tea breeders in the global tea industry, as well as the breeders of other woody cash crops like coffee and other sub-tropical fruit trees.   Liang Chen is a Professor and Associate Director at National Center for Tea Improvement, Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (TRICAAS), Hangzhou, China. Zeno Apostolides is a Professor at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Zong-Mao Chen is the Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a Professor at the Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China.

Fruit trees -- Breeding. --- Tea --- Agriculture --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Agriculture - General --- Plant Sciences --- Tea. --- Breeding. --- Camellia sinensis --- Camellia thea --- Camellia theifera --- Life sciences. --- Food --- Agriculture. --- Plant breeding. --- Life Sciences. --- Plant Breeding/Biotechnology. --- Food Science. --- Biotechnology. --- Camellias --- Food science. --- Science --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Crops --- Breeding --- Food—Biotechnology.

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Optics. Quantum optics --- Physics --- Chemical thermodynamics --- Spectrometric and optical chemical analysis --- Enzymology --- Relation between energy and economics --- Electronics --- Telecommunication technology --- Applied physical engineering --- katalyse --- energiebeheer (technologie) --- energiemanagement (economie) --- energiebeleid --- energie-economie --- lasers (technologie) --- energie (technologie) --- tekstverwerking --- fysica --- microwaves --- spectrometrie