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Chao Yuen Ren (1892–1982)
No full textY. R. Chao is easily the most famous linguist to have come out of China. Born before the end of the last dynasty in China, he received a traditional Confucian education, but was also one of the first Chinese people to be sent to the West for training in modern Western science (under the Boxer Indemnity Fund). The remarkable breadth and scope of his studies included physics, mathematics, linguistics, musical and literary composition, and translation, and he was a pioneer in many of these fields
Chao. III. Selections
No full textLive recording.Selections from Yuen Ren Chao's diary.Electronic reproduction from Rulan Chao Pian Audio Cassette Collection.Spoken in English
Chao diary selections: 1911-1914 inclus
No full textLive recording.Electronic reproduction from Rulan Chao Pian Audio Cassette Collection.Spoken in English
Chao Phraya Monthly Streamflow Reconstruction
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Nguyen, H. T. T., Galelli, S., Xu, C., & Buckley, B. M. (2022). Droughts, Pluvials, and Wet Season Timing across the Chao Phraya River Basin: A 254-Year Monthly Reconstruction from Tree Rings and δ18O. Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL10044
C-YR Chao Related 別人家的 + my answer
No full textElectronic reproduction from Rulan Chao Pian Manuscript Collection
EBSD data for sheared partially molten rocks (olivine + basalt)
No full textThe samples included in this data set are 0609, 0705, 0765, 0767, 0775, 0817.
Files are .ctf files exported from the HKL channel5 software. Basic noise reduction has been done as described in the paper.
Each file is named by the sample number and the section of the map.This data set contains the EBSD data for samples of olivine + basaltic melt deformed in torsion. The results are published in "Crystallographic preferred orientation of olivine in sheared partially molten rocks: The source of the 'a-c switch'" by Chao Qi, Lars Hansen, David Wallis, Ben Holtzman and David Kohlstedt on Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G-cubed) 2018.NSF OCE-1459717NSF EAR-1520647NERC NE/M000966/1Qi, Chao; Kohlstedt, David L. (2018). EBSD data for sheared partially molten rocks (olivine + basalt). Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://doi.org/10.13020/D6FD43
Vulnerability and Resilience of the Bang Luang Community to Flooding from the Chao Phraya River
No full textFlooding is a natural phenomenon and in the past Thai people have adapted to flood events. However over the years land degradation, deforestation and bad urban practices have exacerbated the impact of flood disasters. This study of flood management in Thailand shows how human activities and interventions have impacted on the river basin system. This research focuses on the vulnerability to flood hazard of the people living or working near the Chao Phraya River. The case study is of the community living or working in the proximity of Wat Bang Luang (Bang Luang Temple) of the Pathum Thani Province, Thailand.
This research explores the capacity of communities to live with or cope with floods. Their adaptations to changes in flood regimes will depend on several factors: political (especially when Thailand has a long history of preoccupation with engineering and technological solutions as the main approach to disaster response), economic, ecological (human modification to flood plains), social (kin-based networks) and cultural factors.
The data collected from the target community showed a power struggle between Thai culture and the dominant hazard management paradigm. This research put a human face on natural disaster and looked at the issue of flooding from the experiences of ordinary people. The findings showed that some members of the community are resilient while others are passive and are more vulnerable to floods. However, it is important not to label any individual or group as either vulnerable or resilient as people can be both at the same time and policy makers need to build on the strengths, rather than focus on the weaknesses and on offering emergency relief
Reducing flow time in aircraft manufacturing
No full text"October 1992."Includes bibliographical references (p. 35).Supported by MIT's Leaders for Manufacturing Program.Jackson S. Chao and Stephen C. Graves
Developing a constitutive approach for peats from laboratory data
No full textRecent research effort carried out at Delft University of Technology to improve the experimental knowledge and develop a comprehensive modelling approach for fibrous organic soils is summarised. Experimental results and numerical analyses are combined to discuss some contradictory results which have delayed advanced characterisation of peats. Part of the apparent inconsistencies commonly found in the literature is due to the influence of the testing apparatus, including rough platens and membrane restraint, which inhibit homogenous deformation modes and alter the response of the samples compared to the true material behaviour. The consequences of non-homogenous deformation are particularly relevant on peats due to the unique combination of their exceptionally low stiffness and high strength. An elastic–plastic constitutive framework was developed starting from repeatable reconstituted samples of peats, taking care of reducing end restraint to a large extent in the experimental setup. The results suggested that an elastic–plastic model for peats should include a non-associated flow rule and a mixed volumetric–deviatoric hardening law. The role played by different fibres at the laboratory scale is discussed, and the additional reinforcement offered by bigger fibres on the observed behaviour of natural peats is addressed.Geo-engineerin
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