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Created in 1989 by Azeddine GUERFI, operating in the field of publishing and distribution of books. It has 1500 titles in extracurricular, university, professional training, literature, history, children's books and art-books.
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Taking a disease-based approach, Fish Viruses and Bacteria: Pathobiology and Protection focuses on the pathobiology of and protective strategies against the most common, major microbial pathogens of economically important marine and freshwater fish. The book covers well-studied, notifiable piscine viruses and bacteria, including new and emerging diseases which can become huge threats to local fish populations in new geographical regions if transported there via infected fish or eggs. A concise but thorough reference work, this book: - Covers key viral and bacterial diseases of notable fish species; - Reviews major well-established piscine pathogens as well as new, emerging and notifiable diseases; and - Contains the most up-to-date research contributed by a team of over fifty world experts. An invaluable bench book for fish health consultants, veterinarians and all those wanting instant access to information, this book is also a useful textbook for students specializing in fish health and research scientists initiating fish disease research programmes. ; Taking a disease-based approach, this book focuses on the pathobiology of and protective strategies against the most common, major microbial pathogens of economically important marine and freshwater fish. It covers well-studied, notifiable piscine viruses and bacteria, including new and emerging diseases. ; 1: Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus, Arun K. Dhar, Scott LaPatra, Andrew Orry and F.C. Thomas Allnutt 2: Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis Virus, Jo-Ann C. Leong and Gael Kurath 3: Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia Virus, John S. Lumsden 4: Epizootic Haematopoietic Necrosis and European Catfish Virus, Paul Hick, Ellen Ariel and Richard Whittington 5: Oncogenic Viruses: Oncorhynchus masou Virus and Cyprinid Herpesvirus, Mamoru Yoshimizu, Hisae Kasai, Yoshihiro Sakoda, Nanako Sano and Motohiko Sano 6: Infectious Salmon Anaemia, Knut Falk and Maria Aamelfot 7: Spring Viraemia of Carp, Peter Dixon and David Stone 8: Channel Catfish Viral Disease, Larry A. Hanson and Lester H. Khoo 9: Largemouth Bass Viral Disease, Rodman G. Getchell and Geoffrey H. Groocock 10: Koi Herpesvirus Disease, Keith Way and Peter Dixon 11: Viral Encephalopathy and Retinopathy, Anna Toffan 12: Iridoviral Diseases: Red Sea Bream Iridovirus and White Sturgeon Iridovirus, Yasuhiko Kawato, Kuttichantran Subramaniam, Kazuhiro Nakajima,Thomas Waltzek and Richard Whittington 13: Alphaviruses in Salmonids, Marius Karlsen and Renate Johansen 14: Aeromonas salmonicida and A. hydrophila, Bjarnheidur K. Gudmundsdottir and Bryndis Bjornsdottir 15: Edwardsiella spp., Matt J. Griffin, Terrence E. Greenway and David J. Wise 16: Flavobacterium spp.: F. psychrophilum, F. columnare and F. branchiophilum, Thomas P. Loch and Mohamed Faisal 17: Francisella noatunensis, Esteban M. Soto and John P. Hawke 18: Mycobacterium spp., David T. Gauthier and Martha W. Rhodes 19: Photobacterium damselae, John P. Hawke 20: Piscirickettsia salmonis, Jerri Bartholomew, Kristen D. Arkush and Esteban M. Soto 21: Renibacterium salmoninarum, Diane G. Elliott 22: Streptococcus iniae and S. agalactiae, Craig A. Shoemaker, De-Hai Xu and Esteban M. Soto 23: Vibriosis: Vibrio anguillarum, V. ordalii and Aliivibrio salmonicida, Alicia E. Toranzo, Beatriz Magariños and Ruben Avendaño-Herrera 24: Weissella ceti, Timothy J. Welch, David P. Marancik and Christopher M. Good 25: Yersinia ruckeri, Michael Ormsby and Robert Davies
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Stimulating and thought-provoking, this important new text looks at the welfare problems and philosophical and ethical issues that are caused by changes made to an animal's telos, behaviour and physiology, both positive and negative, to make them more productive or adapted for human uses. These changes may involve selective breeding for production, appearance traits, or competitive advantage in sport, transgenic animals or the use of pharmaceuticals or hormones to enhance production or performance. Changes may impose duties to care for these animals further and more intensely, or they may make the animal more robust. The book considers a wide range of animals, including farm animals, companion animals and laboratory animals. It reviews the ethics and welfare issues of animals that have been adapted for sport, as companions, in work, as ornaments, food sources, guarding and a whole host of other human functions. This important new book sparks debate and is essential reading for all those involved in animal welfare and ethics, including veterinarians, animal scientists, animal welfare scientists and ethologists.
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Completely updated and revised, and synthesizing the recent explosion in animal welfare literature, the sixth edition of this best-selling textbook continues to provide a thorough overview of behaviour and welfare of companion and farm animals, including fish. The introductory section has been completely revised, with all following chapters updated, redesigned and improved to reflect our changing understanding. This edition includes: - New and revised chapters on climate change and sustainability, ethics, and philosophy to ensure that the book provides the latest information in a changing world; - New information on human interactions with other animal species, big data, modern technologies, brain function, emotions and behaviour; - Solutions and advice for common abnormal behaviours. Written by a world-leading expert and key opinion leader in animal behaviour and welfare, this text provides a highly accessible guide to the subject. It is an essential foundation for any veterinary, animal science, animal behaviour or welfare-focused undergraduate or graduate course.
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This is an autobiography of Chinese Kongfu star Jackie Chan. The book is a true recording of this international superstar’s growth and life experience for the last 50 years. It tells us the legendary actor’s stories, and also reflects a fantastic acting age.
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If there’s no clear justice in our world, can we rely on justice from another world? “Hey, I’m just as scientific as those CSI folks! It’s just that happen to be haunted by the victims as well…” –Police Officer Good old-fashioned police work + Mystical forces of the supernatural = A compelling page-turner combining the best of the whodunit and the ghost story. The wife of the president of a well-known finance firm is found dead at home, and security cameras show that the victim was pulled off her bed by an unseen force, and killed by multiple blows to the head. Rumors swirl in the neighborhood about the apartment being haunted, and even TV talk shows are talking about the “ghost killer.” Ah-che, the police detective in charge of the case, drags his colleague and best friend Ma into the investigation. Ma is a skilled detective and a lover of logic puzzles. He decides to take on the case and do everything he can to find the truth, because he doesn’t believe that a ghost did it—not because of his devotion to scientific investigation methods, but because he knows that a ghost would never go to all this trouble just to kill someone. Plus, what Ma never told anyone is that he can see ghosts—and the victim’s spirit has already visited him… An inversion of the typical detective novel, Ghost Tricks starts with a traditional scientific investigation before having its protagonist interact with another world, where the secrets and troubles of supernatural forces are revealed. The novel’s initial skepticism toward the ghostly transforms into an uncovering of what goes on behind unexplainable phenomena, creating the perfect blend of the detective novel and thee ghost story. The writing is action-packed and brings the reader into a multitude of scenes and settings, recalling the vividness of a film. The plotting is tight, humorous, and suspenseful, rivalling the best action-comedies out of Hollywood.
The novel integrates Tibet's natural history, travel notes, and lyrical literature in describing the demise and dilemmas of Tibet's natural scenery and humanistic customs – a sorrowful elegy lamenting the passing of utopia. In search of snow leopards, a traveler broke through countless obstacles to reach the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and was allowed to conduct a 72-day snow leopard survey at the Conservation Research Station. Time passes, and he opens his travel log by accident only to find that his heart is still in Tibet – the decision to take a leave of absence from school, returning to the Plateau thrice – what is he looking for now? In the 1950s, Udagawa Huihai entered Tibet illegally through India to understand the subtleties of Buddhism at a time when the Tibetan army and the People's Liberation Army engaged in guerrilla warfare. He eventually settles down in Lhasa, living together with Rinpoche, resulting in TAMING THE SHEEP. Utilizing two different time and space plot lines, Chen-Fu Hsu supplements his tale with the Tibetan drama "Princess Wencheng," folding together important historical scenes from the seventh century, twentieth century, and contemporary Tibet. All events traverse beyond the limitations of time. In detail, one observes the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, where most people think the Buddha's light shines – we recognize that it has never been calm. After cultural transplantation in the Han Dynasty, the Cultural Revolution swept through, afforestation and grazing ceased, Tibetans not only lived like mayflies but their original nature and life had already gone through several calamities and drifted with the times. From the perspective of contemporary travelers, we observe the biological phenomena of Tibet. Mirroring the natural balance of grassland ecology and the Tibetan natural history, from shale to pikas, snow leopards, vultures, etc., Hsu also describes sheep epidemics from environmental history and geography. Ecological issues such as mining pollution, prairie rat disaster, and agricultural and animal husbandry conflicts reflect Tibet's emotional identity and economic development battles. Exquisite philosophies, metaphors, integrating ecology, geography, drama, architecture, travel notes, against a beautiful context – the book depicts the human landscape, herder culture, and the nature of Tibetan in a meticulous manner. In addition to showing the author's depth and displaying his rich experience in learning and training, we also witness his loving care for the land. In an elegiac form, THE TAMING OF THE SHEEP allows readers to see how history repeats itself on this Plateau and the plight of its people.
Though technically “short” stories, the eight sci-fi tales in this collection are never short on world building. Drawing on diverse influences from martial arts to high adventure, software engineering to piracy, they are nonetheless bound by a common concern with how technological advances are mediated by the limitations of our humanity. The titular first story presents itself as classic martial arts fiction, but behind the duels and high-minded feats lies a sympathetic exploration of human beings transformed into bio-chemical robot slaves. The interstellar setting of “The Death of Chaos” echoes the terrestrial Age of Discovery, drawing out reflections on colonization, and an investigation into the truth behind a series of momentous prophecies. An AI protagonist named Hamlet features in three stories, “An Affair”, “Hamlet’s Commensurate Crises”, and “Roba’s Farewell”, dialectics on AI morality that pay tribute to Asimov’s three laws of robotics. Addressing the theme of reincarnation against a setting of high seas piracy, “Vengeance” portrays a man grappling with the contradictions between two selves: that of his current life, and that of his previous life. In “Yaliena” the curator of a computer museum discovers a very human mystery embedded in the code of defunct software programs. In the final story, “Inverse Function”, a simple mathematical principal becomes the deciding factor in a criminal case involving a storytelling machine. With a firm grounding in both hard science and classic science fiction, author Isaac Hsu has a gift for posing challenging theoretical and technical questions within a narrative framework. Readers of this diverse collection will know the thrill of keeping pace with his light-speed mind as it pushes into the outer reaches of human thought.
Little Mouse dreams of travelling around the world. He envies his friend Big Mouse, who is always going somewhere. They live different lives and read different books, but it seems Little Mouse is closer to fulfilling his dream than he thinks. Little Mouse is a very small chef. He’s too busy at work to have time to stop. But he has a dream – to travel around the world! Big Mouse lives in a library, with a globe and a map of the world, and lots and lots of books. He enjoys sharing his news of the world with Little Mouse, who thinks his friend is very lucky. One day, Little Mouse is busier than ever at work, and doesn’t realize how close he is to living his dream! Every child has a dream, but how can they make that dream come true? Little Mouse’ s Dream is like a fable – with few words, and gorgeous illustrations, the story inspires the reader to dream and think about life.
The newly opened amusement park is welcoming all the guest. But how do the animals in the forest cross the city to arrive their destination? The hedgehog spikes up because of a loud honk by a car. His drills burst the pedestrian’s balloons. Beep Beep! He is immediately taken away. The little wild boar is too excited about the sand pit in the park. He rushed out and…Beep Beep! He is taken away. The starving Lion sees a pet dog on the street.He can’t help but open his month… Will they be able to get to the amusement park? A fun story with a small adventure vividly pictures the innocence and naughtiness of the kids.
Yak est un petit lapin plein d’énergie… mais pas très poli !À cause de cela, il a du mal à se faire des amis.Heureusement pour lui, la Fée polie vient à son secours.
This is the first album of caricatures that records Taiwan’s not-so-distant past from 1940 to 2020, completely bilingual with Chinese and English placed side by side. It compiles a total of 184 caricatures of Taiwan’s history and 302 important keywords of Taiwan, divided by event and arranged in chronological order. Like standing on a historical timeline, it guides us to experience memories of the past and show us important people and events from Taiwan since 1940. Reference content： 01 https://www.kuan-culture.com/%E6%89%8B%E7%B9%AA%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3%E9%97%9C%E9%8D%B5%E5%AD%97 02 https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=344180440105447 About the Author A caricaturist documenting factual and current events.Born in Shuangxi, Taipei, in 1963.Graduated from the National Taiwan Academy of Arts Art Department, Chinese Painting Group, and the C.T.E de Vincennes School of Design, Division of Exhibition Space Design, in Paris, France. Part1 A Hand-Drawn History of 1940-1948 #Taiwan Hit by a Demographic Shock #Second Chinese Civil War #Chongqing Negotiations #Taiwan Power Myth #Peng Meng-chi #27 Brigade #Hsieh Hsueh-hung #Pai Chung-hsi #Lin Ting-li #Ko Yuan-fen #Chang Chi-lang #Chen Fu-chih #Chen Cheng-po #Chen Tsuan-ti #Tang Te-chang #Huang Jung-tsan #Yuanshan Massacre #Chiayi Militia #Thomas Liao #Chung Hao-tung #April 6 Incident #Temporary Provisions for National Mobilization to Suppress the Communist Rebellion #Huang Chi-nan #Yang Kuei Part2 A Hand-Drawn History of 1949-1987 #Chen Yi Communist Spy Case #Chen Cheng #Taiwan Area Emergency Martial Law #40,000 to 1 Dollar #White Group #Kao Yi-sheng #Losing Watan #Valery S. de Beausset #July 13 Penghu Incident #Grand Victory at Kuningtou #Tang Shou-jen #Not Reporting Known Communists Is a Crime Equal to Being One #Civil Service Recruitment According to Province of Origin #China Women’s Anti-Communist and Anti-Russia League #Outbreak of the Korean War #US Seventh Fleet to Taiwan's Defense #Kuo Kuo-chi #Kuo Yu-hsin #Western Enterprises Inc. #Wu San-lien #Military Education at Senior High School Level and Above #37.5% Rent Reduction and Land-to-the-Tiller #China Youth Anti-Communist National Salvation Corps #Termination of Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance #Lee You-pang #Battle of Nanri Island #Luku Base Case #Xiluo Bridge Open for Traffic #Treaty of Taipei #Getting Rich in the White Terror Period #Tuapse Incident #Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty #Dachen Islands Withdrawal #Sun Li-jen Coup Case #Vietnam War #May 24 Incident #August 7 Flood #Central Cross-Island Highway Open for Traffic #Lei Chen Case #Chiang Regime Failed to Stop Mongolia Joining the UN #Start of Taiwan Television Broadcasts #Chen Chih-hsiung #Storing Water in Shihmen Reservoir #Hukou Coup #MacArthur Thruway Open for Traffic #Declaration of Formosan Self-Salvation #End of US Aid #Chiang Ching-kuo, Boss of the Intelligence Agency #Nine-Year Compulsory Education #Electoral Fraud Through Power Failure #Peeled Banana Case #Peng Ming-min Escapes Taiwan #April 24 Chiang Assassination Incident #Taiyuan Insurrection #Protect Diaoyu Movement #Establishment of China-Japan Diplomatic Relations #Blowhard Taiwanese Youth Policy #Cheng Ping #Death of Chiang Kai-shek #Yen Chia-kan #80,000 Invalidated Votes #Pai Ya-tsan Incident #Death of Mao Zedong #Wang Sing-nan Mail Bomb Incident #Zhongli Incident #Completion of Sun Yat-sen Freeway #Chiang Ching-kuo Elected President #Taiwan Relations Act #Qiaotou Incident #Hsu Hsin-liang #Yu Teng-fa #Taoyuan Airport Renamed Chiang Kai-shek Airport #Kaohsiung City’s Status Raised #Chungtai Hotel Incident #Formosa Magazine #Formosa Incident #Formosa Incident and Chen Shui-bian #Huang Hsin-chieh #Age of Defense Lawyers #Wang Ching-hsu’s Massive Arrests #Shih Ming-teh Apprehended #Lin Family Murders #Formosa Trials #US Pressure in the Formosa Trials #First-Class Special Exam #Chen Wen-chen Incident #Hsu Shih-hsien #Chiang Nan Case #Tenth Credit Cooperative Case #May 19 Green Action #Democratic Progressive Party Established #Lee Yuan-tseh #Taoyuan Airport Incident #March 7 Incident #Lifting of Martial Law #Opening Up of Cross-Strait Family Visits Part3 A Hand-Drawn History of 1988-2010 #Death of Chiang Ching-kuo #February Political Struggle #May 20 Incident #Breaking Through the Blacklist #Establishment of Eslite Bookstore #President from Taiwan: Lee Teng-hui #Blacklist Incident #Wild Lily Student Movement #End of Diplomatic Relations with Saudi Arabia #Big Four of the Non-Mainstream #Su Chien-ho Case #End of the Period of National Mobilization for Suppression of the Communist Rebellion #Taiwan Independence Association Case #Chen Wan-chen Case #TRA Zaoqiao Train Collision #South Link Line Open for Traffic #April 19 Occupation of Zhongxiao West Road #Criminal Code Article 100 #Chien Kang Kindergarten Bus Fire #Hualien Collective Electoral Fraud #Silver Medal in Olympic Baseball #Establishment of South Korea-China Diplomatic Relations #Lifting of Martial Law on Kinmen and Matsu #Complete Re-election of the Ten-Thousand-Year Congress #Wave of Hijackings in China #Koo-Wang Talks #New Party Established #Qiandao Lake Incident #Influence of the Qiandao Lake Incident #Nagoya Air Crash #Direct Elections of Provincial Governor and City Mayors #Welcome Restaurant Fire #Lee Teng-hui’s February 28 Apology #Implementation of National Health Insurance #Lee Teng-hui’s Visit to Cornell University #Taiwan Strait Missile Crisis #First Direct Presidential Election Candidates Lin and Hau #First Direct Presidential Election Candidates Peng and Hsieh #First Direct Presidential Election Candidates Lee and Lien Elected #Liu Pang-yu Murder Case #Pai Hsiao-yen Case #Chiang Wei-kuo Passed Away #Two-State Theory #Great Earthquake of September 21 #First Party Alternation #Pachang Creek Incident Part4 A Hand-Drawn History of 2000-2020 #Millennium Bug #Bursting of the Dot-Com Bubble #First Party Alternation #Pachang Creek Incident #Pingtung Speaker Cheng Tai-chi Executed #Gaoping Bridge Collapse #Sydney Olympics #Construction of Fourth Nuclear Reactor Halted #Merchant Vessel Amorgos Oil Spill # US-China Airplane Collision #Taiwan Solidarity Union Established #September 11 Terrorist Attacks #DPP Biggest Party in National Assembly #China Joined WTO #US-China Most-Favored Nation Treatment #Taiwan Joined GATT #Euro Issued #Aung San Suu Kyi Released #China Airlines Penghu Air Crash #Sri Lanka Civil War Ended #One Country on Each Side Talk #Policy Cutting Use of Plastic Implemented #Spring Festival Chartered Flights for Cross-Strait Taiwanese Businesspeople #Outbreak of SARS Epidemic #Chiang-Soong Mei-ling Dies of Illness in New York #First Taiwan Pride Parade #Referendum Act Officially Announced #Withdrawal of Parties, Government and Military from Media #Hand-in-Hand Taiwan Rally #March 19 Shooting Incident #Lawsuit to Declare Election of President Invalid #Athens Olympics #US President George 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Bush Second Term #US Military Invasion of Iraq #Taipei 101 Completed and Opened #Hsu Wen-long One China Statement #Ad Hoc National Assembly Elections #South Asia Earthquake #Hurricane Katrina Struck America #Worsening of Avian Flu #Chen Che-nan Casino Scandal #NCC Organization Act Passed #Major KMT Victory in 3-in-1 Elections #Cessation of Guidelines for National Unification #Depose Chen Red Shirt Army Movement #Chen Shui-bian State Visits #Earthquake in Indonesian Java #Solar System Reduced to Eight Stars #Abe Shinzo, New Prime Minister of Japan #North Korea Nuclear Tests #Former Iraq President Hussein Executed #Taiwan High-Speed Rail Open for Traffic #Opening of the National 228 Memorial Museum #Ma Ying-jeou Special Expenses Case #Sarkozy Elected President of France #Global Oil Prices Skyrocket #US Subprime Mortgage Crisis #Kaohsiung’s Sanmin Township Renamed Namasia Township #Ma Ying-jeou and Vincent Siew Elected President and Vice President #Tsai Ing-wen, New DPP Chairperson #Central Bank Opened Taiwan for Renminbi Influx #Beijing Olympics #National Pension Officially Set Up #Want Want Domination of China Post #Chen Yunlin in Taiwan #Three Cross-Strait Links #Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act #Obama Assumed Presidential Post #Panda Diplomacy #Typhoon Morakot #Dalai Lama’s Visit to Taiwan #Wenhu Line Open for Traffic #Liu Chao-shiuan Asked to Resign #Google Announced Withdrawal from Chinese Market #Sean Lien Shooting #Major US Arms Sales to Taiwan #Chen Shui-bian Imprisoned #Cross-Strait Cooperation Agreement on Medicine and Public Health Affairs #Status of Five Cities Raised #Great Japan Earthquake of March 11 #Plasticizer Incident #Kuokuang Petrochemical Scrapped Development #US Military Killed Bin Laden #Ma-Wu Ticket Formed #Steve Jobs Passed Away #Arab Spring #Ma-Wu Successfully Elected for Second Term #Fuel and Electricity Inflation Policy #Lin Yi-shih Bribery Case #US President Obama Second Term #Xi Jinping Appointed Highest Leader of China #Boston Marathon Bombing #White Shirt Army Movement #Dapu Incident #Syria Chemical Weapon Attack #Ma-Wang Strife #Sunflower Movement #Russian Annexation of Crimea #TransAsia Airways Penghu Air Crash #Kaohsiung Gas Explosion #Ting Hsin Malevolent Oil #Chen Shui-bian Released #Greece Debt Crisis #European Refugee Crisis #Two Days Off per Week Policy #Hung Hsiu-chu Replacement Controversy #Ma-Xi Meeting #Paris Terrorist Attack #Wei Kuan Building Collapse #Taiping Island Turned into Rock #Hsiung Feng III Missile Misfire #Trump Elected US President #Trump-Tsai Call #One Fixed Day Off and One Flexible Rest Day Formally Adopted #Park Geun-hye Impeachment #China-Europe Railway #Establishment of China-Pakistan Diplomatic Relations #Three Major Pension Reforms Passed in Three Readings #Taipei Universiade # Lee Ming-che Incident #Relaxing of Organized Crime Definition Passed in Three Readings #China Lifts Restrictions on Presidential Term #Taiwan Travel Act #North Korea-US Summit #UK Signs Bill to Leave the EU #2018 North and South Korea Summit #Yellow Vest Movement #Reiwa Era #Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage #Japan-South Korea Trade War #Tsai Ing-wen Transit in New York #Diplomatic Crisis #Tsai-Lai Ticket Second Term #Havoc Wreaked by Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia #China-India Border Clashes #Han Kuo-yu Recalled #Communist Planes Harassed Taiwan #Hong Kong Area National Security Law Passed #Lee Teng-hui Passed Away
