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Die Weltfinanzkrise von 2008 hat die globale Wirtschaft in ihren Grundfesten erschüttert. Die Wurzeln dieser Erschütterung sind vom Prozess der wirtschaftlichen Globalisierung und Deregulierung der Märkte nicht zu trennen. Wie werden die zugehörigen Entwicklungen und Erfahrungen jeweils in Ost und West konzeptualisiert und kommunikativ begleitet? Exemplarisch soll hier der kommunikative Reflex der genannten Ereignisse erfasst werden, insofern er in einschlägigen Texten ausgewählter prominenter Presseorgane in Deutschland bzw. China prozessbegleitend manifest ist. Untersucht wird der Zeitrahmen von 1992 bis 2012, speziell die Resonanz auf die globalen Transformationsprozesse nach dem Zusammenbruch der Sowjetunion (1990-1992), auf die Asienkrise (1997-1999), auf das Platzen der 'Dotcom-Blase' (2000-2002) sowie auf die aktuelle Weltfinanzkrise (2008-2012). Die Untersuchung liefert einen Einblick dazu, wie das wirtschaftliche und wirtschaftspolitische Handeln maßgebender Akteure in den Texten reflektiert, kommentiert und bewertet wird. Methodisch greift die Untersuchung das Verfahren der linguistischen Frame-Analyse auf und verbindet dieses auf innovative Weise mit Verfahren der qualitativen Forschung aus den Sozialwissenschaften.

This book introduces 10 mega business trends, ranging from big data to the O2O model. By mining and analyzing mountains of data, the author identifies these 10 emerging trends and goes to great lengths to explain and support his views with up-to-date cases. By incorporating the latest developments, this book allows readers to keep abreast of rapidly advancing digital technologies and business models. In this time of mass entrepreneurship and innovation, acquiring deep insights into business trends and grasping opportunities for innovation give readers (business executives in particular) and their companies a competitive advantage and the potential to become the next success story. The Chinese version of the book has become a hit, with some business schools using it as a textbook for their S & T Innovation and Business Trends programs. It also provides business executives with a practical guide for their investment and operation decisions.

This book will appeal to scientists and engineers who are concerned with the design of microwave wideband devices and systems. For advanced (ultra)-wideband wireless systems, the necessity and design methodology of wideband filters will be discussed with reference to the inherent limitation in fractional bandwidth of classical bandpass filters.

Membrane transporters play a vital role in the obligate intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii , mediating the acquisition of nutrients from host cells, the regulation of ion gradients, and the maintenance of metabolic homeostasis. Despite their central importance for parasite survival, pathogenesis, and drug resistance, the majority of T. gondii transporters remain poorly characterized. Key unresolved questions include the mechanisms underlying purine nucleotide transport across the plasma membrane and the import/export of metabolites for core pathways in the apicoplast (e.g., thiamine, isopentenyl diphosphate[IPP]/dimethylallyl diphosphate [DMAPP], and coproporphyrinogen III) and mitochondria (e.g., amino acids and cofactors). Recent advances in bioinformatics and CRISPR-based phenotypic screening have enabled systematic identification of transporter candidates. This review summarizes current knowledge of T. gondii  transporters localized to the plasma membrane, apicoplast, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, and Golgi apparatus, highlighting their roles in nutrient acquisition, metabolic crosstalk, and organellar function. Furthermore, we propose a screening strategy integrating transmembrane domain prediction, CRISPR phenotyping, and hyperLOPIT-based protein localization to prioritize uncharacterized transporters for functional study. These insights underscore the potential of transporters as therapeutic targets and provide a roadmap for future research into the physiology of T. gondii . Graphical abstract

A complete reference text to airdrop recovery systems with self-inflating airbags, focusing on analysis, test data, and engineering practicalities Comprehensively covers the fundamental theories, design, matching, and analysis of airdrop recovery systems that include a parachute and self-inflating airbag system Gives step-by-step guidance to aid.

This book examines the role of institutions in China’s recent large-scale economic, social and political transformation. The book argues that, although the importance of institutions in China’s rapid economic growth and social development over the past 30 years is widely acknowledged, exactly how institutions affect changes in particular national and historical settings is less well understood. Unlike existing literature, it offers perspectives from a variety of disciplines - including law, economics, politics, international relations and communication studies – to consider whether institutions form, evolve and change differently according to their historical or cultural environments and if their utilitarian functions can, and should be, observed, identified and measured in different ways. The book discusses China’s political and legal institutions; the international institutions with which China engages; institutions promoting science and technology; media companies; and local institutions including the household registration system. It also examines how institutions themselves have been formed, changed and re-formed over recent decades, and suggests theoretical and methodological adjustments in institutional analysis to allow a fuller understanding of the institutional dynamics of China’s transformation. Xiaoming Huang is Professor of International Relations at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. His recent publications include The Rise and Fall of the East Asian Growth System: Institutional Competitiveness and Rapid Economic Growth (also published by Routledge). 1. Introduction: Institutional Analysis and China’s Transformation: Issues and Concepts - Xiaoming Huang 2. China and International Institutions - Harry Harding 3. Institution Formation, Imitation and Borrowing: Zhongguancun as a Case Study on Mechanisms of Institutional Change - Sheng Hong 4. Science and Technology Institutions and Performance in China: The Semi-Conductor Industry - Keun Lee and Wang Rui 5. Power, Rights and Interests: A Law and Economic Analysis of Urban Housing Demolition and Relocation in China - Yujun Feng 6. China’s Road to a Rechtsstaat: Rule of Law, Constitutional Democracy and Institutional Change - Li Weisen 7. China's Evolving Institutional Exclusion: The Hukou System and Its Transformation - Fei-ling Wang 8. China’s Changing Hukou System: Institutional Objectives, Formal Arrangements and Informal Practices - Jason Young 9. State Capacity, Democratic Principles and Constitutional Order: Modern State-building in Post-Totalitarian Society - Qiang Li 10. Institutional Accumulation and Gradual Substitution: The Dynamics of Developmental Democracy in China - Dingping Guo 11. Propaganda vs. Promotion: The Political Economy of CCTV - Yong He 12. Village Elections and the Institutionalization of Legitimate Authority - C S Bryan Ho 13. Conclusion: The Institutional Dynamics of China’s Transformation: What We Have Learnt? - Xiaoming Huang