New Releases by Jen Wang

Return to the land of Ooo with this super-sized edition collecting some of Fionna and Cake’s most memorable adventures together in one complete collection for the first time! In Adventure Time with Fionna & Cake, our titular heroes save a mysterious Flame Prince from the insidious clutches of the Ice Queen, rescue Prince Gumball from the insidious clutches of an enchanted flan, and recover a magical artifact from the insidious clutches of a suddenly handsome Lumpy Space Prince. That’s a whole lot of insidiousness! Good thing Fionna and Cake are ready for anything! (Well, er, except maybe a handsome Lumpy Space Prince . . .) In Adventure Time with Fionna & Cake: Card Wars, Cake finds herself up against her greatest opponent yet: the Floop Master! After Lumpy Space Prince has to bow out of a Card Wars tournament with a broken wrist, Cake decides to enter in his place. She’s determined to prove she’s the best player out there—even if it means skipping out on hang time with her best friend! Can Fionna and Cake survive the separation? And just what the floop’s with this Floop Master, anyway?! And finally, complete your Fionna and Cake collection with a trio of short stories covering everything from stolen sweaters to Lady Lemongrab herself! Collects Adventure Time with Fionna & Cake #1–6 from acclaimed writer/artist Natasha Allegri (Bee and PuppyCat), Adventure Time with Fionna & Cake: Card Wars #1–6 from award-wining NYT bestselling author Jen Wang (The Prince and the Dressmaker) and illustrated by Britt Wilson (Ghost Queen) and more, and featuring shorts from creators N.D. Stevenson (Nimona), Lucy Knisley (Apple Crush), and Kate Leth (Patsy Walker: AKA Hellcat).

Ash has always felt alone. Adults ignore the climate crisis. Other kids Ash’s age are more interested in pop stars and popularity contests than in fighting for change. Even Ash’s family seems to be sleepwalking through life. The only person who ever seemed to get Ash was their Grandpa Edwin. Before he died, he used to talk about building a secret cabin, deep in the California wilderness. Did he ever build it? What if it’s still there, waiting for him to come back...or for Ash to find it? To Ash, that maybe-mythical cabin is starting to feel like the perfect place for a fresh start and an escape from the miserable feeling of alienation that haunts their daily life. But making the wilds your home isn’t easy. And as much as Ash wants to be alone...can they really be happy alone? Can they survive alone? From New York Times–bestselling author and illustrator Jen Wang comes a singularly affecting story about self-discovery, self-reliance, and the choice to live when it feels like you have no place in the world.

Wang discusses the dynamics of Sino–US relations since 2008 and the implications for relations between Taiwan and both the United States and the People’s Republic of China. Ever since China surpassed Japan to become the world’s second largest economy, it has appeared to shift its policy shift from “biding our time” and a self-described “peaceful rise” toward increased assertiveness in regional and international affairs. This has only become more pronounced since the 19th Party National Congress in October 2017, when Xi Jinping reiterated his agenda for “the Chinese Dream.” In contrast, the US’s “Pivot to Asia” strategy has been widely perceived as unsuccessful. In its precarious political position between China and the United States, Taiwan is especially exposed to the fluctuations in policy and diplomatic relations between the two powers. The three bilateral relationships are intertwined, with policy changes and actions in any one of them affecting the other two. Wang emphasizes the “small power” and “disputed nation-state” perspective of Taiwan, over the “great power politics” of the United States and China. In doing so, he presents an analysis of how the changing dynamics of Sino–US relations and the great power transition in Asia have an impact on smaller stakeholders in the region. A valuable resource for scholars and policy-makers with a focus on Taiwan’s position in Sino–US relations.

Stargazing is a heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel in the spirit of Real Friends and El Deafo, from New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Jen Wang. Moon is everything Christine isn''t. She’s confident, impulsive, artistic . . . and though they both grew up in the same Chinese-American suburb, Moon is somehow unlike anyone Christine has ever known. But after Moon moves in next door, these unlikely friends are soon best friends, sharing their favorite music videos and painting their toenails when Christine''s strict parents aren''t around. Moon even tells Christine her deepest secret: that she has visions, sometimes, of celestial beings who speak to her from the stars. Who reassure her that earth isn''t where she really belongs. Moon''s visions have an all-too-earthly root, however, and soon Christine''s best friend is in the hospital, fighting for her life. Can Christine be the friend Moon needs, now, when the sky is falling? Jen Wang draws on her childhood to paint a deeply personal yet wholly relatable friendship story that’s at turns joyful, heart-wrenching, and full of hope.

Jen Wang relata un cuento romántico sobre la identidad, el amor y la familia, un cuento de hadas para todas las edades que te robará el corazón. El príncipe Sebastian está buscando novia. O mejor dicho, sus padres la están buscando por él, porque Sebastian está demasiado ocupado tratando de esconder su pequeño secreto. Al príncipe lo que más le gusta es vestirse de mujer y salir a disfrutar de la noche parisina, siempre ocultando su identidad. El arma secreta de Sebastian -y también su mejor amiga- es la brillante costurera Frances, quien debe ocultar públicamente su propio oficio para evitar sospechas (y seguir trabajando en exclusiva para el príncipe). Nadie debe saber quién es ella ni qué hace cuando entra en palacio, lo que convierte su vida en un misterio para todos. Día a día, su colaboración con el príncipe aumenta casi tanto como sus mutuos sentimientos. ¿Serán capaces de encontrar la manera de disimular su relación ante la familia real o se atreverán a exponer el doble secreto? ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Paris, at the dawn of the modern age: Prince Sebastian is looking for a bride―or rather, his parents are looking for one for him. Sebastian is too busy hiding his secret life from everyone. At night he puts on daring dresses and takes Paris by storm as the fabulous Lady Crystallia―the hottest fashion icon in the world capital of fashion! Sebastian’s secret weapon (and best friend) is the brilliant dressmaker Frances―one of only two people who know the truth: sometimes this boy wears dresses. But Frances dreams of greatness, and being someone’s secret weapon means being a secret. Forever. How long can Frances defer her dreams to protect a friend? Jen Wang weaves an exuberantly romantic tale of identity, young love, art, and family. A fairy tale for any age, The Prince and the Dressmaker will steal your heart.

The Lumberjanes short stories collected for the first time in paperback! Join April, Jo, Mal, Molly and Ripley as they explore their all-girls camp. From ghost ponies to strange plants, these Lumberjanes are ready to take on anything that comes their way as long as they have each other. With stories written by Eisner Award-winner Faith Erin Hicks, and New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, these adventures are definitely something you don’t want to miss. Collecting all the Lumberjanes one-shots for the first time, Lumberjanes: Bonus Tracks has a star studded cast of talent that is just too good to pass up! Featuring Faith Erin Hicks (Nameless City, Friends with Boys), Rosemary Valero-O''Connell (Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me), Jen Wang (In Real Life, Adventure Time with Fionna and Cake: Card Wars), Christine Norrie (Hopeless Savages), Kelly Thompson (Jem & The Holograms, Hawkeye), and Holly Black (The Spiderwick Chronicles).

Prince Sebastian hides from his parents his secret life of dressing up in women''s clothes as the hottest fashion icon in Paris, the fabulous Lady Crystallia, while his friend Frances the dressmaker strives to keep her friend''s secret.

Prince Sebastian is looking for a bride or rather, his parents are looking for one for him. Sebastian is too busy hiding his secret life from everyone. At night he puts on daring dresses and takes Paris by storm as the fabulous Lady Crystallia the hottest fashion icon in the world capital of fashion!

Current health strategy has usually concentrated on the treatment of diseases after its start within a general health-care system. The way is harsh for the people. The trend of expenditures in health care will nearly undoubtedly lead to massive rises in medical expenses, likely failing the national health insurance system. The flow of healthcare would be set to change, with more critical rank involved in preventive medicine. Thus, with its focus on aging, anti-aging medicine might play a vital character in preventive medicine. For example, there are two antiaging drugs (USA) and one antiaging nutraceutical (Japan) for the human clinical trials under the approvals by Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and these tests are ongoing. The term for anti-aging clinical trials is the first time to be used approved by FDA for the clinical trial using metformin. The first example of this standard change is approval by FDA of the clinical trial for deciding the efficacy of metformin, in reducing the risk for aging-associated diseases. This book is intended to introduce these messages to ordinary people. Hopefully, people will have a better future.

"Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of irreversible blindness among adults, age 60 and older, in developed countries. While oxidative stress is implicated in the pathogenesis of AMD, clinical studies have shown that dietary antioxidants can delay progression of AMD. Currently, there is no FDA-approved treatment for AMD. Therefore, we hypothesized that N-acetylcysteine amide (NACA), a thiol antioxidant, would protect retinal pigment epithelium and impede the progression of retinal degeneration. The goal of this work was to evaluate the efficacy of NACA in preventing retinal pigment epithelial cell and photoreceptor death in AMD models. To achieve this, we used the oxidants tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) and sodium iodate (NaIO3) in a cell model and an animal model to evaluate the effects of NACA. Our data suggest that pretreatment with NACA reduces the sub-lethal (but not lethal) effects of TBHP in primary cultures of human retinal pigment epithelial cells. NACA significantly improves cell survival when administered prior to and during the occurrence of oxidative damage similar to that observed in the development of dry AMD. In the chemically- induced retinal degeneration animal model, NACA eye drops partially prevented reduction in visual function, as determined from electroretinograms (ERG) recorded 36 hours after NaIO3 injection. Other toxic effects were observed at a later time point after NaIO3 injection: increased lipid peroxidation (as measured by formation of 4-hydroxynonenal, 4-HNE), elevated cysteine levels, and death of photoreceptors resulting in outer nuclear layer thinning. NACA eye drops reversed these toxic effects. In conclusion, this potent antioxidant should continue to be investigated as a treatment for AMD"--Abstract, page iv.

Jen takes the girls on a nature walk to show them which plants are edible in case they need to survive in the wilderness. Along the way, she tells them the story about an axe murderer who took his friends out, one by one until no one was left, thoroughly scaring Mal. Terrified and unable to sleep, Mal thinks she sees something lurking outside. Is it...THE AXE MURDERER?!?!

"Originally published in single magazine form as Adventure Time with Fionna and Cake: Card Wars 1-6"--Indicia.

What¡¯s to Love: No one can deny the cultural impact of Charles M. Schulz¡¯s Peanuts, and it has been a singular honor for us to be able to continue his legacy. In 2015, Peanuts celebrates its 65th anniversary, so we thought there was no better way to recognize Snoopy, Charlie Brown, and the rest of the gang than to invite some of the world¡¯s best-known names in comics, children¡¯s books, comic strips, cartoons, and webcomics to come together and show their love for Schulz. What It Is: Peanuts: A Tribute to Charles M. Schulz is a giant love letter from creators new and old from comic strips to webcomics, children¡¯s books to comic books. Unprecedented at this scale, it is very rare for the Schulz estate to allow other cartoonists to illustrate the Peanuts gang in their own signature styles. This collection of original stories, pin-ups, and strips pay tribute to Schulz and the world of Peanuts, and includes contributions from Raina Telgemeier (Smile), Jen Wang (In Real Life), Patrick McDonnell (Mutts), Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo), Terry Moore (Rachel Rising), Mike Allred (Silver Surfer), Paul Pope (Battling Boy), and many more. Features an introduction by Lincoln Peirce (Big Nate).

This book provides practitioners with a step-by-step guide on how to conduct efficiency analysis using the stochastic frontier approach.

Final issue! The Floop Master is revealed, and Cake takes on the rest of the tournament!

This book presents a wealth of images of the different diseases and conditions encountered in the field of uroradiology with the aim of enabling the reader to recognize lesions, to interpret them appropriately and to make correct diagnoses. The images have been selected because they depict typical or classic findings and provide a route to lesion recognition that is superior to memorization of descriptions. The imaging modalities represented include CT, CT angiography, CT urography, MRI, MRA, MRU, diffusion-weighted MRI and ADC mapping, dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI, sonography, conventional angiography, excretory urography, retrograde pyelography, cystography, urethrography and voiding cystourethrography. For each depicted case, important imaging features are highlighted and key points identified in brief accompanying descriptions. Readers will find that the book provides excellent guidance in the selection of imaging modalities and facilitates diagnosis. It will be an ideal ready source of information on key imaging features of urinary tract diseases for medical students, residents, fellows and physicians handling these diseases.

From New York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow, the story of a girl who gets into gaming—and ends up on a globe-spanning crusade to stop exploitation online.

A collection of seven new stories by comics artists centers on a central theme of finding a hidden door.

This book looks at the relationship between Chinese international relations (IR) scholarship and China’s rise as a world power. Specifically, it addresses how China’s rising international status since the early 1990s has shaped the country’s IR studies, and the different ways that Chinese IR scholars are interpreting that rise. The author argues that the development of IR studies in China has been influenced by China’s past historical experiences, its recent change in status in world politics, and indigenous scholarly interpretations of both factors. Instead of treating Chinese IR scholars as value-free social scientists, the author shows how Chinese scholars—as purposive, strategic, and emotional actors—tend to manipulate existing (mostly Western) IR theories to support their policy propositions and identity statements. This book represents one of few efforts to determine how local Chinese scholars are constructing IR knowledge, how they are dealing with intersections between indigenous Chinese and imported IR theory and concepts, and how Chinese scholars are analyzing “their China” in terms of its current rise to power.

It''s been called one of Asia''s "miracle economies". The beauty of its mountains and rivers was astounding enough to attract the Dutch, Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese navies.And, since, then it has produced everything from boba tea to famous director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain) to millions of exported goods. This is Taiwan. It''s where East meets West-and it has a lot to offer curious travelers.Whether you''re a backpacker trekking through Asia on a budget, a business traveler coming to Taipei for a week of luxury, a descendant visiting the land of your ancestors, or someone who''s curious about the history, culture, food, and people of this unique island-Taipei: Footsteps will help you experience Taiwan from the perspective of a local.Written and designed by a team of five local college students who researched every corner of the island over a period of eighteen months, this book includes listings and descriptions of both popular and lesser-known tourist sites. It also features easy-to-use guides and maps.In Taipei: Footsteps, discover for yourself why this island has captured the imagination of so many people around the world.

Optically transparent, wide bandgap metal oxide semiconductors are a promising candidate for large-area electronics technologies that require lightweight, temperature-sensitive flexible substrates. Because these thin films retain relatively high carrier mobilities even in an amorphous state, metal oxide-based field effect transistors (FETs) can be processed at near-room temperatures. Compared to amorphous silicon FETs, which are the dominant technology used in display backplanes, metal oxide FETs have been demonstrated with higher charge carrier mobilities, higher current densities, and faster response performance. In this thesis we present a low-temperature (''1000C), scalable, fully lithographic process for top-gate, bottom-contact amorphous zinc indium oxide FETs using parylene, a room-temperature-deposited CVD polymer, as gate dielectric. Electrical characteristics were compared for FETs of varying device dimensions (W, L) using a standard set of extracted device parameters. We show in both simulation and experiment that the FET threshold voltage can be modified by varying the channel thickness alone, without requiring the additional complexity of multiple channel materials or different dopings. The baseline lithographic process was further developed to enable the integration of FETs of different channel thicknesses, and hence threshold voltages, on a single substrate. The availability of FETs with different threshold voltages allows the implementation of enhancement-depletion (E/D) logic circuits that have faster speeds and smaller device areas than single-VT topologies. Using the two-VT lithographic process, we fabricated integrated E/D inverters that operate at VDD as low as 3V with gains u003e 20 and symmetric noise margins ~1.2V. Furthermore, we demonstrated integrated 11-stage and 21-stage E/D ring oscillators that operated rail-to-rail at VDD= 3V and maintained oscillation for VDD as low as 1.7V. These results demonstrate the potential for low VDD metal oxide-based integrated circuits fabricated in a low temperature budget, fully lithographic process for large-area transparent electronics.

The story of two very different people: KoKo, a twenty-something free spirit living her life to the max, and Jon, a quiet average guy who has given up his own dreams to move to Peru with his girlfriend. When the two meet, they find themselves rethinking their own lives.

"The influences of ZnO nanoparticles on cellular responses to activation of muscarinic receptors were studied in Chinese hamster ovary cells expressing the human M3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor. ZnO particles (20 nm) induced cytotoxicity in a time and concentration-dependent manner: following a 24 h exposure, toxicity was minimal at concentrations below 20 [mu]g/ml but virtually complete at concentrations above 28 [mu]g/ml. ZnO particles did not affect antagonist binding to M3 receptors or allosteric ligand effects, but increased agonist binding affinity while eliminating guanine nucleotide sensitivity. At a noncytotoxic concentration (10 [mu]g/ml), ZnO increased resting [Ca2]i from 40 to 130 nM without compromising calcium homeostatic mechanisms. ZnO particles had minimal effects on inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3)- or thapsigargin-mediated release of intracellular calcium from the endoplasmic reticulum, but strongly inhibited store operated calcium entry (capacitive calcium entry). The latter effect was seen as 1) a decrease in the plateau phase of the response and 2) a decrease in Ca2 entry upon introduction of calcium to the extracellular medium following thapsigargin-induced depletion of calcium from the endoplasmic reticulum (EC50''s [approximately] 2 [mu]g/ml). Thus, ZnO nanoparticles interfere with two specific aspects of the M3 signaling pathway, agonist binding and store operated calcium entry"--Abstract, leaf iii