371 research outputs found
Fuzzy qualitative approach to address uncertainty in human motion analysis / Lim Chern Hong
No full textHuman motion analysis is one of the most active researches in computer vision society nowadays due to its wide spectrum of applications. Current researchers have been
focused on implementing sophisticated algorithms with the goal to achieve good recognition rate but such work are limited to some constraints or assumptions. As a consequence, these systems are impractical to deploy in real-world environment due to the abounded uncertainties in the human motion analysis pipeline such as human size variation, viewpoint variation, and classification ambiguity. Failing in handling these uncertainties could
affect the overall system performance. In this thesis, fuzzy qualitative reasoning is studied to address the above uncertainties.
Human modelling is the enabling step in the human motion analysis system where the identified person from a video camera will be projected and represented in a better model to ease the latter processes such as feature extraction. Improper care on the variation of human size and camera positions from the ground might results in a defect human
model such as inconsistent human size, and odd human shape. Such defects will hinder the feature extraction process and the error in this step might be cumulated in the rest of
the pipeline and deteriorate the overall system performance. In this thesis, fuzzy qualitative Poisson human model is proposed to generalize the human model in terms of sizes and camera viewpoints.
Besides that, to recognize an action with independent to the human viewpoint is a great challenge in human motion analysis, but remains unsolved due to its inherent
difficulty. Most state-of-the-art methods are found to be impractical where multi camera system is required to serve the purpose. In this context, view specific action recognition framework is proposed to capture and construct the view specific action model for the objective to achieve view invariant human action recognition within single camera. In the framework, a novel human contour namely fuzzy qualitative human contour is proposed for view estimation which helps in the construction of the view specific action model.
Action recognition is the final step in the human motion analysis pipeline where the aim is to infer the action or activity from the video. However, classification ambiguity
could abounded in this step such as the confusion in viewpoint, action, and scene context due to some similarity factors. These cases are denoted as non-mutually cases in the thesis as their results could not be fully distinguished from the others. Hence, a crisp or binary
classifier may not be so effective to deduce the final output for these cases. As a solution, fuzzy qualitative rank classifier is proposed to model the non-mutually exclusive case in the training step and infer with the multi-label and ranking result. This is intuitively
reflecting how human decision is made towards the ambiguous case. In addition, dynamic fuzzy qualitative rank classifier is proposed as the extension to overcome the heuristic method in the learning step. In summary, the collective impact of the above contributions will constitute to achieve a more practical and feasible framework towards the human motion analysis applications. Particular video surveillance system that ensure the public safety and lead to a better and safer society
Scattering Amplitudes of Massive N=2 Gauge Theories in Three Dimensions
No full textWe study the scattering amplitudes of mass-deformed Chern-Simons theories and Yang-Mills-Chern-Simons theories with N=2 supersymmetry in three dimensions. In particular, we derive the on-shell supersymmetry algebras which underlie the scattering matrices of these theories. We then compute various 3 and 4-point on-shell tree-level amplitudes in these theories. For the mass-deformed Chern-Simons theory, odd-point amplitudes vanish and we find that all of the 4-point amplitudes can be encoded elegantly in superamplitudes. For the Yang-Mills-Chern-Simons theory, we obtain all of the 4-point tree-level amplitudes using a combination of perturbative techniques and algebraic constraints and we comment on difficulties related to computing amplitudes with external gauge fields using Feynman diagrams. Finally, we propose a BCFW recursion relation for mass-deformed theories in three dimensions and discuss the applicability of this proposal to mass-deformed N=2 theories
Asian voices in English
No full textTwo kinds of writing experience are focused upon: one is the experience of post-colonial writers, who are re- appropriating the English language for their own cultural purposes. The other is the experience of immigrant writers, who bring an Asian view to bear on the culture of the English-speaking countries in which they livepublished_or_final_versionContributors pviiIntroduction / Chan, Mimi p1The study of 'new literatures in English' at university level: current problems and trends / Zach, Wolfgang p3Plenary lecture / Han, Suyin p17Plenary lecture / Kim, Richard E. p23The writer writing in English in multiethnic Singapore: a cultural peril, a cultural promise / Lim, Catherine p33The filipino writer in English as stroyteller and translator / Santos, Bienvenido p43The experience of writing in an expatriate situation / Chand, Meira p51Scaling daragang magayon: the bilingual poet translating herself / Bobis, Merlinda C. p55'Listen, mom, I'm a banana': mother and daughter in maxine Hong Kingston's the woman warrior and Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club / Chan, Mimi p65Publishing Asian writers in English / Comber, Leon p79English versus islam: the Asian voice of salman rushdie / Harris, Roy p87Response to Mr New's comments / Harris, Roy p99The echoing of quiet voices / Hussein, Aamer p101Caliban in the andes: figures of enchantment as post- colonial text / Kanaganayakam, Chelva p109David Henry Hwang and The Revenge of Madame Butterfly / Kerr, Douglas p119A case of (MIS) taken identity: politics and aesthetics in some recent Singaporean novels / Morse, Ruth p131The poems of Su Tung-P'o: catches and losses in the net of translation / Osing, Gordon T. p147Speech, culture and histroy in the novels of Kazuo Ishiguro / Page, Norman p161The Chinese margin in Philippine literature in English / Tope, Lily Rose p169The social context of English-language drama in Malaysia / Zuhra, Nur-nina p177Spontaneous impressions of Asian voices / Harrex, Syd p18
(A) Study of Hong Myung-Hee's [Lim Geuk-jung]
No full text본 연구는 벽초 홍명희(碧初 洪命喜)의 작가의식 형성과정과 그의 작품 『임꺽정』에 구현된 작가의식 내용을 밝히는 것을 목적으로 한다.
문학작품은 작가의 체험이나 이념정향뿐만 아니라 창작의 사회·경제적 조건, 문학텍스트의 해석적 실천 등 다양한 창작 통로를 가진다. 기존의 『임꺽정』연구들이 작가의 체험이나 이념적 측면에만 초점을 맞춘 것은 이러한 면을 간과한 것이다. 작품을 보다 객관적으로 해명하기 위해서는 시대적 조건에 의해 규정되는 작가의식의 도움이 필요하다. 본 연구는 보다 체계적이고 구체적인 작가의식 형성과정을 파악하기 위해 골드만의 세계관 추출방법을 차용하여 이에 의거해 추적하는 방식을 택할 것이다.
홍명희의 작가의식을 이러한 관점에서 파악하려 할 때 그것은 사대부라는 신분조건을 배경으로 하여 동경유학생활과 신간회활동과정을 경험하는 동안 변증법적으로 전개되는 과정을 거쳤다고 할 수 있다.
사대부 가계 출신이라는 홍명희의 신분적 배경은 세계관이 형성되기 이전의 초기의식을 규정하였다. 그는 첫째, 순수한 관료 내지 학자적 면모가 강한 풍산 홍씨의 경제적이고 지적인 풍토 위에서 여유로운 자기성찰과 더불어 외부적 변화에 능동적으로 대처해나갈 자세를 배울 수 있었고, 둘째, 재경사족이라는 특성상 상대적으로 지주의 성격이 약한 가문의 영향으로 농민이나 민중에 대한 시각이 비교적 너그러웠을 것이다.
홍명희의 동경 유학은 근대적 지식인으로 성장하는 계기를 열었다. 그는 다른 유학생들이 그러했듯이, 일본의 자유주의적 사상분위기 속에서 전통적 인습과 사고를 객관화하여 비판적으로 볼 수 있었다. 그러나, 그는 자유로운 사고를 막는 고루한 양반 의식에 구속되는 것을 거부하면서도 자신의 뿌리인 사대부적 전통 모두를 부정하지는 않았다. 그에게는 극단적인 자기부정에 이르지 않고도 신사고를 수용할 수 있는 유연성과 탁월한 평형감각이 있었던 것이다.
홍명희는 '공산주의자와 민족주의자들의 통일전선'인 신간회에 사회주의 계열의 인물로 참여하지만 이에 앞서 부르조아 민족주의자의 단체 결성에도 참여하는 등 이념에 있어 유연한 태도를 보여주었다. 신간회에서 주도적으로 활동하면서 좌우 세력을 아우르고 화합시키려고 힘썼다는 점 역시 그가 극단적인 이념주의자가 아니라는 사실을 증거해준다. 이러한 조화로운 세계인식 태도 속에서 유교적 이상과 민중의식이라는 두가지 축을 중심으로 하는 그의 세계관이 탄생하고, 여기서 작가의식 또한 정립되기에 이른다. 홍명희의 『임꺽정』은 이러한 작가의식의 내용을 구현하면서 1930년대의 시대상황이 요구하는 민족해방운동의 실천형식으로 창작되었다.
『임꺽정』에서 추구되는 유교적 이상의 세계는 정명론적 질서의 세계와 가족을 중심으로 하는 동심원적 질서의 세계이다.
임꺽정패의 소외의식을 통해 비판적으로 재현되고 있는 당시의 시대상황은 정명론적 질서가 파괴된 상태였다. 임꺽정패의 주체적 의식 결여는 질서의 세계에서 이탈된 자들로서의 소외감에 기인한다. 작가는 임금으로부터 백성에 이르기까지 질서파괴의 가해자로 참여하고 있는 이 상황을 비판하면서 유교적 조화에 대한 이상을 추구하고 있다. 마찬가지로, 임꺽정패의 비윤리성은 그들이 가족이라는 기본단위 형성에 실패한데 따른 파생적 결과이다. 여기에는 가정이 다양성을 수렴하며 조화롭게 살아가는 공동체적 원리를 수양하는 근거가 된다는 작가의 의식이 담겨있다.
한편, 민중에 대한 관심은 존재를 구속하는 현실적 조건들을 초월하려는 데에서 나타난다. 이것은 유토피아적 전망과 관련되는 부분이다.
임꺽정과 의형제들은 현실의 질서체계에는 조화롭게 적응하지 못했지만, 청석골이라는 폐쇄적 공간을 통해 결핍의 요소들을 결속의 원리로 바꾸고 있다. 현실적으로 무력한 민중계급의 인물들에게 새로운 존재의 의미를 부여하는 계기를 마련하고자 했던 작가의 유토피아적 전망이 작용하고 있는 것이다. 봉단과 이장곤의 결혼은 남자와 여자에게, 상층계급과 하층계급에게 요구되는 이원적 가치를 결합시킨다는 의미에서 현실의 갈등을 해소시키고 조화를 이루어내는 미래지향적인 모델을 상징한다. 그리고, 갖바치는 초현실적인 이미지로 역사와 현실을 뛰어넘으면서 『임꺽정』을 이끌어가는 독특한 전망을 수립한다. 그는 세속과 신성, 삶과 죽음이라는 대립하는 항목들의 경계를 초월해버림으로써 현실초극적 양상을 띠게되는 유토피아 의식의 체현 인물이다.
마지막으로, 『임꺽정』의 문학사적 의의를 논함에 있어, 이 작품이 계급문학과 민족문학의 대립을 지양하고 근대적 민족문학을 수립하고자 하는 과제에 직면했던 시대의 산물이라는 점은 주목할 만하다. 『임꺽정』은 식민지 시대의 대응논리로서 민족이라는 공통항을 묶어내야 하는 이 시기 민족문학의 필요충분조건을 지니고 있다. 그것은 민중의 생활에 밀착하는 구체적 관심에서 출발하여 우리 고유의 것으로 무장된 민족성을 찾아내는 데에 이르는 모습에서 확인된다. 이와 함께 『임꺽정』이 이전의 낭만주의적 역사소설의 유형에서 벗어나 근대 역사의식을 반영시키고 있다는 점은 역사소설의 실천적 의미와 관련하여 의미있게 검토될 수 있는 측면이다.
이제까지의 연구를 통해서 『임꺽정』이 작가 홍명희의 정치적 행적이나 이념의 직접적 반영물이 아니라는 점을 확인할 수 있었으며, 또한 이는 문학사회학의 기본 입장을 재확인하는 작업이었다고 할 수 있다. 이 작품의 진정한 의미가 작가 개인에게 환원되기 보다는 그 사회의 구성원들과 오늘을 사는 우리 자신들에 대한 물음으로 되살아나야 한다는 의미에서 이러한 작업은 의의가 있다고 여겨진다.;This study aims at finding out the forming process of Hong Myung-Hee's author consciousness and the content of the embodied in 『Lim Geuk- Jungd』.
Literature text can be explained in various ways. In fact author's experience, ideology, and social and economic conditions give us a lot of possibility of interpretation. The existing studies for 『Lim Geuk- Jung』 have only focused at the author's experiences or his ideology. But this attitude has overlooked the possibility of various explanations. To explain it objectively, the help of author consciousness prescribed by social conditions is needed. This study will borrow Goldmann's method for world-vision to grasp the embodying process of author consciousness more systematically and definitely. And on the basis of it, Hong Myung-Hee' s author consciousness will be traced.
Highborn social position had shaped Hong Myung-Hee's early consciousness before he established his world-vision. So he could reflect himself and observe class conflict generously. Through the studying in Tokyo and working for Shin-Gan group , he had flexibility and an eminent sense of balance so that he could receive new thought without extreme self-denial.
After all, this harmonious world understanding attitude bore his world-vision based on Confucian ideas and the popula consciousness, which made his author consciousness clear.
Therefore, Hong Myung-Hee's 『Lim Geuk- Jung』 was written as the practical form of national liberation movement which was demanding in 1930's, embodying his author consciousness.
The Confucian ideal world pursued in 『Lim Geuk-Jung』 is the world of correct nominalism order and the world of family-centered order. But it is destroyed in the social situation which is showed through the sense of alienation and immorality of Lim Geuk-Jung group.
Hong Myung-Hee's interest in the lower classes appears in the utopian prospect related with characters of the lower classes and it shows the trial to rise above the restrained real conditions. First, Lim Geuk-Jung and his sworn brothers can change the factor of lack into the principle of unity in Chung-suk valley, the isolated place. Second, the marriage of Bong Dan and Lee Jang-Gon combines the dualistic value which is demanded to male and female, the upper classes and the lower classes. It symbolizes the future model which solve the real conflicts and harmonize. Finally, Gad-ba-chi is described as a sage who is beyond the boundary between the worldliness and divinity and between living and death. so he achieves the utopia.
Therefore, 『Lim Geuk- Jung』 reflects the demand for sublating opposition between class literature and national literature and establishing the modern national literature. And 『Lim Geuk- Jung』 is valued as the work which shows the modern historical consciousness.목차 = ⅰ
論文槪要 = ⅱ
Ⅰ. 序論 = 1
A. 연구사 검토 및 문제 제기 = 1
B. 연구방향 및 방법 = 6
Ⅱ. 홍명희의 작가의식 형성과정 = 14
A. 전통 사대부가문의 수혜자 의식 = 14
B. 의식의 지평 확대 = 22
1. 동경유학시절의 신학문 수용 = 22
2. 신간회활동시의 좌우대립 지양노력 = 28
C. 작가의식의 정립과 『임꺽정』의 창작 = 34
Ⅲ. 『임꺽정』에 구현된 작가의식 = 43
A. 유교적 이상과 현실적 갈등의 비판적 재현 = 43
1. 정명론적 질서 파괴와 청석골패의 소외의식 = 43
2. 가족해체와 청석골패의 비윤리성 = 56
B. 민중적 인물을 통한 유토피아적 전망 = 64
1. 폐쇄적 결속의 원리 추구 : 임꺽정과 의형제 = 64
2. 이원적 가치의 결합 : 봉단-이장곤 = 75
3. 대립의 초월적 해결 : 갖바치 = 81
Ⅳ. 『임꺽정』의 문학사적 의의 = 89
Ⅴ. 結論 = 97
참고문헌 = 101
ABSTRACT = 10
An Investigation of the Relationship among Marketing Orientation, Marketing Mix and Parent Satisfaction in the Context of Pre-primary Education in Hong Kong
No full textLam, Wai Lim.Thesis Ed.D. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2016.Includes bibliographical references (leaves ).Abstracts also in Chinese.Title from PDF title page (viewed on …)
Antagonistic Roles of PhyA and PhyB in Far-Red Light-Dependent Leaf Senescence in Arabidopsis thaliana
No full textLeaf senescence is regulated by diverse developmental and environmental factors to maximize plant fitness. The red to far-red light ratio (R:FR) detected by plant phytochromes is reduced under vegetation shade, thus initiating leaf senescence. However, the role of phytochromes in promoting leaf senescence under FR-enriched conditions is not fully understood. In this study, we investigated the role of phyA and phyB in regulating leaf senescence under FR in Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis). FR enrichment and intermittent FR pulses promoted the senescence of Arabidopsis leaves. Additionally, phyA and phyB mutants showed enhanced and repressed senescence phenotypes in FR, respectively, indicating that phyA and phyB antagonistically regulate FR-dependent leaf senescence. Transcriptomic analysis using phyA and phyB mutants in FR identified differentially expressed genes (DEGs) involved in leaf senescence-related processes, such as responses to light, phytohormones, temperature, photosynthesis and defense, showing opposite expression patterns in phyA and phyB mutants. These contrasting expression profiles of DEGs support the antagonism between phyA and phyB in FR-dependent leaf senescence. Among the genes showing antagonistic regulation, we confirmed that the expression of WRKY6, which encodes a senescence-associated transcription factor, was negatively and positively regulated by phyA and phyB, respectively. The wrky6 mutant showed a repressed senescence phenotype compared with the wild type in FR, indicating that WRKY6 plays a positive role in FR-dependent leaf senescence. Our results imply that antagonism between phyA and phyB is involved in fine-tuning leaf senescence under varying FR conditions in Arabidopsis.(c) The Author(s) 2018
Stock Market Integration Between the Hong Kong SAR and the People's Republic of China - the Use of a Revised 'H' Share Model and Enhanced Institutional Support
No full textPhDBilateral, multilateral and regional linkages between stock exchanges generate
increased sources of funds, investor return and product choice. Such
associations can also lower transaction costs in both initial listing and
subsequent trading, increase liquidity more generally in the secondary market
and enhance investor protection and confidence in the stability and reputation
of the market and the status of companies listed on the market. This thesis
argues that the integration of the stock markets between The Special
Administrative Region of Hong Kong ("Hong Kong") and the People's
Republic of China (CTRC) is therefore a desirable objective and investigates
how a more successful and substantial degree of integration could be achieved
in this area.
Integration, in particular, requires harmonization of laws and regulations. In
1993,H shares issued by PRC companies were first allowed to cross-list on the
Hong Kong Stock Exchange. This listing was made possible by the
introduction of a new set of legal and operational rules promulgated in both the
PRC and Hong Kong.
This thesis expounds four models of integration, the H Share Model, the
System Harmonization Model, the Mixed Harmonization and Mutual
Recognition Model, and the Full Harmonization Model and argues that H share
regulations are an effective way to further integration despite problems
inherited from the PRC's 'pre-open door' policy.
In considering other potential models, the European Union and the United
States capital market are also considered as potential models for further
integration of the PRC and Hong Kong stock markets despite the inherent
limitations of the latter model.
It is also proposed that enhanced institutional support can be used as an
effective means of accelerating the integration process. Investigating both the
feasibility and possible implementation of market integration within an
appropriate institutional framework ensures an autonomous, legal and
independent environment separate from the political realm
Thermal Modelling of the Ventilation and Cooling inside Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Generators
No full textAxial flux permanent magnet generators are of particular interest for power generation in harsh and confined conditions. Due to their compactness and high power density, the ventilation and cooling inside axial flux permanent magnet generators have becoming increasingly important for further performance improvement. This thesis describes the developments of a lumped parameter, thermal modelling technique for axial flux permanent magnet generators. The main aim of this research is to develop a fast and accurate thermal modelling tool which can be used for rapid machine design and ultimately, to replace complex and time consuming CFD analyses in the machine design process.
The thesis illustrates the construction of a generic thermal equivalent circuit, which comprises of conductive and convective sub-circuits, to model the conduction and convection heat transfers and temperature distributions in the radial and axial directions, within these machines. The conduction heat transfer between the solid components of these electrical machines is modelled by an annulus conductive thermal circuit derived from previous researchers; whereas, for convection heat transfer between the working fluid (air) and solids, the author has developed two convective thermal circuits, which are demonstrated as the Temperature Passing Method (TPM) and Heat Pick-up method in (HPM) in the thesis. Several case studies were designed to investigate the validity and accuracy of these thermal sub-circuits with both steady and transient boundary conditions. Since all the thermal impedances and capacitances used in the thermal circuits are in dimensionless form, the developed generic thermal equivalent circuit is capable of performing thermal simulations for axial flux generators of different sizes and topologies. Furthermore, special correction factors were introduced into the developed generic thermal equivalent circuit, to take into account the heat transfer in the circumferential direction in axial flux machines.
The thesis also demonstrates how the heat transfer in the stator windings is modelled in the generic thermal equivalent circuit. Two analytical models, which are the Simple Concentric Model (SCM) and Concentric-annulus Layer Model (CLM) were developed, for the evaluation of the thermal resistances of the stator windings. The results evaluated from these analytical models were validated by several numerical models and experimental results of two-phase materials published by previous researchers.
Lastly, experimental validation of the lumped parameter thermal equivalent circuit model and CFD simulations was conducted. Heat transfer coefficient measurements were carried out on two separate test rigs, which were a simplified single-sided axial flux machine test rig and a large-scale low speed axial flux machine. The experimental results were compared with the numerical results obtained from both the lumped parameter and CFD models. Good agreement between the experimental, lumped parameter model and CFD results were found. These indicate that the developed generic thermal circuit is potentially capable of replacing CFD analyses in the axial flux machines design process
A Review of Love and Sex in Lim Tsong-Guan's Taiwanese Poetry
No full text[[abstract]]Lim Tsong-Guan is the first man and pioneer writing Taiwanese poems, also his native language, after World War II. He has insisted on writing his poetry in Taiwanese, and also claims that it may be called Taiwan Literature only written in Taiwanese languages included Formosan Austronesian, Holo Taiwanes and Hakafa. He has written over one thousand poems with broad subject matter, and being a very important poet in Taiwan with broadmined and universal view. He is definitely regarded as〝Father of Taiwanese potery〞.
Lim Tsong-Guan has written over 200 Taiwanese poems with Love and Sex. 90％ of them was written after he was 50 years old, and all of them is his experience to make love with his six lovers. It is a rare phenomenon in the world and mankinds. This paper tries at writing about 40 of The Love and Sex in LimTsong-Guan’s Taiwanese poems. The author of the paper has visited and interviewed Lim Tsong-Guan nearly 30 times, in the interview He has insisted his viewpoint that he writes poems with love and sex, because he wants to prove and serch the real love in mankind and the world.The most beautiful and extremely perfect feeling in making love must be based on the real love between two lovers, Lim proves that his inspirations in writing sex poems was based on the experience of making love with his beloved lovers.
How do foreign currency derivatives impact firm value: empirical evidence from industrial firms in Asian countries
No full textEmpirical research has shown that derivatives have significant impact on firm value. However, the relationship between use of derivatives and firm value is still vague as some studies have indicated a positive relationship while other studies have indicated otherwise. This empirical study aims to contribute to the literature of derivative use by further examining how derivatives impact firm value. The research design behind this investigation employs a hand-collected dataset encompassing a sample of 130 industrial firms from Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan from the period of 2008 to 2017. By examining how firms hedge long-term and short term foreign currency exposures with foreign currency derivatives, a clearer picture can be obtained regarding the hedging strategies on Asian firms. This study also examined the effectiveness of derivative usage through comparing the derivative assets and derivative liabilities of firms. This empirical research also studied the impact of utilising foreign currency derivatives in general, as well as different types of foreign currency derivatives, on firm values. The findings in this study are also compared between developed and developing markets to assess the difference and similarities of hedging strategies and firm characteristics of sample firms in both markets. The main findings of this study are as follows. Forward foreign currency contracts are the preferred foreign currency derivative to hedge both short-term and long term foreign currency exposures. Findings also indicate that with the exception of Hong Kong firms, firms from the other countries are experiencing effective derivative hedging on currency exposures. As for the impact of foreign currency derivatives, only coefficients for Hong Kong sample firms are statistically positive and significant. As for the type of derivative contract, foreign options are the only contract which is significant in affecting firm value. However, options are viewed negatively by market participants as evidenced by the hedging discount on firm value
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