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Program Notes of Tse-Chen Chang's Violin Recital
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This report is Tse-Chen Chang's violin Program Notes on November, 8, 2022. The two pieces on the program include violin concerto in E minor, Op. 64 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), and Sonata for violin and piano in D minor, Op. 121 by Robert Alexander Schumann (1810-1856). The notes will introduce the lives of the two composers, compositional background of individual work, and the analysis of the design and materials in each work
Ming-Chen Lo: Jenseits des Leidens
No full textRezension zu: Ming-Chen Lo, Jenseits des Leidens. Adornos Beitrag zu einer Denkpsychologie. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter 2020.Rezension zu: Ming-Chen Lo, Jenseits des Leidens. Adornos Beitrag zu einer Denkpsychologie. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter 2020
The political role of the people's liberation army 1949-1973
Full text linkThis thesis is to study the political role of the People's Liberation Army from the approach of structure and function. The framework of the thesis consists of three major parts, first, the influence of Chinese traditional political culture on, and the formation of, the political role of the PL A; second, the influence of domestic political struggles and external military conflicts on the development of the political role of the PLA; and the third, the analysis of the transition of the PLA's political role from the structure and personnel arrangements of the CCPCC Within the above-mentioned three scopes, this thesis make a thorough discussion on the following: (1) The relationship between the structure of the PRC and the formation of the PLA's political role; (2) How has ideology influenced the army's political role; (3) What is Mao's viewpoint and his influence on the development of the army's political role; (4) What is the link between the army and the party, and how has this developed; (6) What accounts for the expansion of the PLA's political functions; (7) What is the influence of political factional struggles on the PLA's political role; (8) Is it political institution or military institution that controls the recruitment of the military elite; (9) What are the disparities between the military elite in handling international conflicts and what are their political considerations; (10) What is the Party's position in the army; (11) How have the Party’s important meetings and personnel arrangements influenced the rise and fall of the PLA's political role
Facilitating, understanding, and controlling the oxygen reduction reaction for fuel cell technology using (1) laccase-inspired tricopper molecular catalysts, (2) a high temperature and pressure reaction vessel, and (3) a hybrid bilayer membrane electrochemical platform
Full text linkThe objectives of my thesis were to investigate three major facets of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR: O2 + 4 H+ + 4 e– → 2 H2O). First, I developed new tri-copper catalysts for the ORR with a specific focus on the active site present in multi-copper oxidases, which are the most active enzymes for the ORR. Second, I evaluated the ORR kinetics at high temperature (between 100 and 200 °C) and under pressurized conditions (between 0.7 and 3.4 MPa). Third, I designed and prepared a hybrid bilayer membrane (HBM) electrochemical platform to control the ORR mechanism by modulating the proton flux.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2018-05-01The student, Chun Ming Edmund Tse, accepted the attached license on 2016-01-28 at 10:52.The student, Chun Ming Edmund Tse, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2016-01-28 at 11:05.This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2016-02-17 at 13:52.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #9051 on 2016-07-07 at 14:15:55Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-07T21:04:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3
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Gibellula flava Ming J. Chen & B. Huang 2021, sp. nov.
No full textGibellula flava Ming J. Chen & B. Huang, sp. nov. (Fig. 2) Mycobank: MB838443 Type: — CHINA. Anhui Province: Shitai County, Guniujiang National Nature Reserve, on a spider, 1 August 2020, Mingjun Chen & Ting Wang, holotype GNJ20200814-46. GenBank sequence data for GNJ20200814-46: SSU = MW969660, LSU = MW969673, TEF = MW961413, RPB1 = MW980146. Asexual morph: white to yellowish-white mycelial mat, completely covering the host spider. Synnemata 1.9–2.5 × 0.2–0.5 mm, clustered in the back of host, slightly narrowing toward the tip. Conidiophores arising along the entire length of the outer hyphae of synnemata and from the mycelia covering the host, verrucose, 33.5–123.5(–182.5) × (3–)4–9.5(–11.5) μm, tapering suddenly to a short distinct neck, enlarging into an ellipsoid to globose vesicle, 6–9(–12) × (5–)6–8(–9) μm; several metulae born on each vesicle, obovoid to broadly obovoid, (4.5–)5.5–7 × 3.5–5.5 μm, bearing a few narrowly obovate to clavate phialides with papillate apices, 5.5–7×1.5–2.5 μm. Conidia fusiform, (2.5–)3–4(– 5.5) × 1–2(–3) μm; vesicle, metulae, phialide forming a spherical head, (28–)34.5–44(–51) μm in diam. Sexual morph: Perithecia arising from the cream to yellow mycelial mat, superficial or partly embedded, gregarious, elongatedellipsoidal, with dark orange papillate ostioles, cream to orange, 290–380 × 98–130 μm. Asci cylindrical, 8-spored, up to 130–220 × 5 μm, ascus cap 5 × 2.5–3.5 μm. Ascospores hyaline, smooth, filiform, 130–170 × 2.5 μm, readily disarticulating into part-spores; part-ascospores bacilliform with apices rounded, 4.5–7.5 × 2.5 μm. Granulomanus-like asexual morph absent. Etymology: — flava named after the colour in the sexual morph specimen. Additional material examined: — CHINA. Anhui Province: Shucheng County, Wanfoshan National Forest Park, on a spider, June 2019, Mingjun Chen & Bo Huang WFS20190625-25; Shucheng County, Wanfoshan National Forest Park, June 2009, on a spider, Mingjun Chen & Bo Huang WFS20190625-01. GenBank sequence data for WFS20190625-25: SSU = MW036749, LSU = MW084343, TEF = MW091325, RPB1 = MW384883. Known distribution: —Shucheng County, Anhui Province, China. Notes: —According to descriptions of both sexual and asexual morphs for Gibellula pulchra from Mains (1950) and from the phylogenetic analysis, G. pulchra is the most closely related species with the new species. However, G. pulchra differs from G. flava in having longer verrucose conidiophores (150–600 μm) with slightly longer metulae (6–12 μm), phialides (6–10 μm) and conidia (2.5–6.4 μm). The sexual morph of G. flava produces superficial and elongate ellipsoidal small perithecia with shorter asci. The perithecia of G. pulchra are ovoid in shape and the asci are 600–660 × 5–7 μm.Published as part of Chen, Ming-Jun, Wang, Ting, Lin, Yan & Huang, Bo, 2021, Gibellula flava sp. nov. (Cordycipitaceae, Hypocreales), a new pathogen of spider from China, pp. 125-133 in Phytotaxa 527 (2) on pages 128-130, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.527.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/574446
A Novel CNT-PDMS-Based Tactile Sensing Array With Resistivity Retaining and Recovering by Using Dielectrophoresis Effect
No full textEffect of chemical amendments on the concentration of cadmium and lead in long-term contaminated soils
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The IEEE symposium on Computers and Communications
No full textISCC 2010 General Chairs: A. Corradi; M. Daneshmad - Technical Program Co-Chairs: P. Bellavista; Chi-Ming Chen; H. Hossanein. Proceedings of the 15th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications 2010, Riccione, Italy, June 22-25, 2010
Ma Shou-chen : Ming Dynasty courtesan/artist
No full textMa Shou-chen, poet, calligrapher and painter was a courtesan of the Ming dynasty. By studying the life and works of Ma Shou-chen, who was not a member of either the scholar or the academic/professional class of artists but who was very desirous of conforming to literati aesthetic tastes in her artistic works, new light is thrown upon the problem of identifying new aspects of Ming dynasty literati aesthetic taste. A study of Ma Shou-chen’s works illuminates the question of identifying qualities of literati painting and also serves to examine the question of female artists in China. Female artists were known for their weak brush stroke and other negative qualities. Was this true, or was the "conventional wisdom" based on an attitude toward
a female's social position rather than her ability as an artist?
Ma Shou-chen provides us with a good example for examining these points. She is well-known in Chinese art history, yet she is discussed by Siren largely in sections restricted to female artists. In Chinese biographies too, mention of Ma Shou-chen is included with other female artists. The purpose of this thesis is to discuss a limited, though it is felt, a representative
cross-section of her works with the aim of determining Ma Shou-chen’s place in art history.
In Section I, biographical data concerning Ma Shou-chen is discussed. This includes an estimate of her active period (1570-1604). Her relationship with Wang Chih-teng, a leading literatus of the Suchow area, is examined together with an exploration of the relationship of special courtesans to the
literati as a class.
What this meant in Chinese society and the repercussions on the artistic output of courtesans is also discussed.
Section II includes a discussion of the Chinese historical records which comment on Ma Shou-chen's works. There is also an exploration of the reason why certain artists and not others were named in records as having an influence on Ma Shou-chen's works. A brief discussion of the history of Chinese flower painting explains the relevance of placing Ma Shou-chen's works within the framework of literati rather than academic artists' works. A discussion of the critical comments regarding Ma Shou-chen's works by Chinese art historians gives rise to the possibility
that critical comments were often based more upon social status than actual works.
In Section III an analysis of Ma Shou-chen's artistic works, largely concerned with her speciality of orchid paintings, shows an historical process. However, there is no final classification
of her undated works. In addition, the typical qualities of her works involves rather stable compositions, a propensity for stretching the brush strokes across the surface of the painting, little concern with atmospheric qualities or far distance. These facts serve to enhance the two dimensional quality of her paintings. This factor in turn serves to focus the attention of the viewer upon Ma Shou-chen's calligraphy.
Section IV discusses the findings of the analysis of Ma Shou-chen's works in relation to Ming dynasty literati artists. This thesis concludes with the theory that smaller and more intimate literati works are more representative of the main-
stream of literati artists in the Ming dynasty. The works of Ma Shou-chen, who was trained to respond to literati tastes and was an accomplished artist, show the more relaxed social atmosphere of the Ming dynasty.
Two appendices are included. The first is a catalogue of the works of Ma Shou-chen discussed in this thesis. The second is a translation of the Chinese literary sources concerning Ma Shou-chen.Arts, Faculty ofFine Arts, Department of, Department ofGraduat
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