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"Hearing naturally declines over time, even for those of us who didn't attend loud concerts or crank up the volume in our earbuds. Nearly 20 percent of Americans have hearing loss, and for those 60 and older, that spikes to 50 percent. Too many of us neglect our hearing, and when we do, we can miss out on conversations, lose connections, and increase our risk for falls, loneliness, depression, cognitive decline, and even dementia. In Hearing Loss For Dummies, Dr. Frank Lin and Dr. Nicholas Reed--top experts in their field--explain how hearing degrades over time and what you can do about it, from making simple lifestyle changes to using technology, including traditional and new over-the-counter hearing aids." -- Page 4 of cover

This book provides an in-depth examination of the regulatory, entrepreneurial, and organizational factors driving the growth and transformation of China’s supplemental education industry. As parents in China increasingly seek to enhance their children's academic performance, for-profit tutoring businesses have surged, making China the largest and most dynamic for-profit education market globally. This industry significantly impacts the U.S. higher education landscape, with over 70% of Chinese students in American universities having taken test preparation classes for standardized tests. The author, a former insider in China’s education sector, investigates how opportunistic organizations flourished in an ambiguous policy environment, catalyzing both organizational and institutional changes. Despite state-imposed restrictions, the industry evolved into one dominated by private, nationally operating, and globally financed corporations. The book highlights how opportunistic organizations, founded by marginal entrepreneurs, quickly came to dominate the market. As their non-compliant practices proliferated, these organizations drove the privatization and marketization of education from below. This exploration reveals that while opportunism can lead to negative consequences, it also plays a crucial role in shaping and evolving markets.

This book examines the law and practice of venture capital in China. Using an extensive dataset, it compares the world's largest markets - the US and China. This comprehensive evaluation of the past, present and future of venture capital in China is a must read for scholars, policy makers and practitioners.

"Taipei is rocked by the back-to-back murders of a petty criminal and a police captain just as the city is preparing to host the big Austronesian Cultural Festival. The celebration is set to bring in indigenous performers from all around the Pacific Rim to the island nation of Taiwan. Jing-nan, the proprietor of Unknown Pleasures, a popular food stand at Taipei's largest night market, is thrown into the intrigue. Is he being set up to take the rap, or will he be the next victim? The fallout could jeopardize Jing-nan's relationship with Nancy, his grad-school girlfriend. Nancy herself has to come to terms with reconciling with her estranged mother, who was living with the murdered criminal, and had an adversarial relationship with the dead cop. Jing-nan also has to be careful not to alienate his trusty workers Dwayne and Frankie the Cat, who are facing their own personal trials. Dwayne, who is of aboriginal descent, tries to navigate a productive path while respecting his heritage, even if he can't seem to make it to the gym. Septuagenarian Frankie helps a fellow veteran in a contemporary world that seems to have forgotten them. Jing-nan, meanwhile, is facing his biggest personal and professional challenges yet, and everything is on the line. Worst of all, he could lose followers on social media"-- Provided by publisher

In Taipei, Taiwan, the kidnapping of a Mainlander billionaire throws national media into a tizzy—not least because of the famous victim’s vitriolic anti-immigration politics. Jing-nan has known Peggy Lee, a bullying frenemy who runs her family’s huge corporation, since high school. Peggy’s father has been kidnapped, and the ransom the kidnappers are demanding is not money but IP: a high-tech memory chip that they want to sell in China. Jing-nan feels sorry for Peggy until she starts blackmailing him into helping out. Peggy is worried the kidnappers’ deadline will pass before the police are able to track down the chip. But when the reluctant Jingnan tries to help, he finds himself deeper and deeper in trouble with some very unsavory characters—the most unsavory of whom might be the victim himself.

The book offers a close examination of cognition-in-interaction in three distinctive aspects: learning to teach, novice and expert teachers cognition, and interactive decision making. Book views cognition as a socially constructed and contextual process, and treats interaction as a framework that deals with psychological matters and visible way.