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A 2-D Finite Element Model Simulation of the Melting Process of Al-Ti Alloy in Vacuum Induction Furnace with Cold Crucible (VIFCC)
No full textDiscrepant green fluorescence expression in Pcx-EGFP transgenic mice and its relationship with promoter DNA methylation
No full textA Study of the Garden Hermeneutic System in “Yushan Chu”
No full text晚明造園風氣興盛，營構出可居可遊的人文活動空間，相關的書寫活動亦蓬勃展開。祁彪佳卜築寓山，並藉由書寫園記、詩文，詮釋寓山的景觀與意境，其中《寓山注》以一組園記的形式呈現，尤其饒具意味。首先它是園主自撰之文，最能緊密結合勝景的命名，說明園林的整體規劃、景象結構，與迴映主人生命的園林意境。其次它乃分景作記，猶如在遊園的動態序列中暫作駐足，使其在景象結構中的性質與關係得到專注的審視。其三諸記內容包括景象結構的書理，園林意境的呈現，每每抒發主人的精神意態，居遊之人的應接之情從而得以舒展於文字之間。其四它為主人有意集結成書，有附錄、有評點，自成完整的結構，是晚明園主自撰園記最完整的典型。祁氏以自我為山水作注，建構寓山園林，再以文字書寫為此主體化之園林作注。 本文即試圖透過《寓山注》的文本解讀，分別從園記取數、命名取意、園林景象結構之導覽、園林主體意境之抒發等角度進行觀察，探訪祁氏藉由《寓山注》所可能賦與寓山園林的多重層次的意義。首先依據其歷年日記、《寓山注》、寓山圖，考知寓山得名勝景凡六十一處，作「寓山勝景施作年表」，進而以主人「家世受易」的背景，解說《寓山注》四十九篇園記之取數。其次說明園中諸景之命名，並抉發園林總名沿用舊稱之深意，歸結於以寓統攝夢覺之人生感懷。再次，從主人園林美感的開發、自然與人工的景象要素、途徑與掩映的景象導引，分析《寓山注》所鋪陳出的景象結構。最後，則從園林建制映照家族情感、漱石觀水體現主人情志、登高眺遠縱覽時空幻變，闡述主人生命意識所映覆的園林意境，寓山之山水遂不只是一片客觀的山水，而是為主人所內化了的主體性空間。In the late Ming Dynasty, the trend of building garden was flourishing. The gardens were created as a livable, travelable, and human activities' space. At the same time, the garden writing also grew prosperously. Chi Piaochia (祁彪佳) built Yushan (寓山) and interpreted Yushan's landscape and imagery by writing prose (yuanji園記) and poetry. Yushan Chu (《寓山注》), a set of Chi's prose, was specially meaningful. First of all, the prose was written by garden owner so they can combine closely with the naming of sceney to explain the garden's arrangements, scenic structure, and the garden imagery. Second, just like every stay in one's visiting garden, the prose was diversified by different scenery. By means of this, the property and relation of scenic structure got devoted gaze. Third, the prose revealed the scenic structure, garden imagery, and the owner's spirit. The feeling of the dweller or the visitor can be relieved by words. Forth, the prose was edited by the garden owner's intention. It has a complete structure with appendix and annotation. It is the very model of the garden owner's garden writing in the late Ming dynasty. Chi annotated himself on landscape, built Yushan garden, and then annotated the subjective garden by this garden writing. This research tries to analyze Yushan Chu from the following points of view: the number of prose, the meaning of naming, the guide of scenic structure, and the expressing of garden imagery of subjectivity, through the writing of Chi's Yushan Chu tried to look for Yushan garden's possible multi-meanings. First, according to Chi's diaries, Yushan Chu, and Yushan paintings, we learned that there are sixty-one scenes in Yushan, and I offered a chronology of Yushan scenery's building, interpreted the succession of Chi family's studying “Yi” (《易》), and then explained why the number was set in forty-nine in Yushan Chu. In addition, I also try to explain the naming of the garden views, why Yushan was named after the former one, and concluded that both dreaming and awakening in life were sojourn. Furthermore, I analyze the scenic structure in Yushan Chu by means of the essentials of scenery, and the scenic guide. At last, I expoound the garden owner's sense of life concealed in the garden's imagery through the clan's feeling reflected in the garden's organization, the garden owner's mind developed by observing the scenery, and the observation of the change of nature by climbing high. Finally, sojourned landscape was no longer objective scenery, but deeply internalized in the garden owenr's subjective space
INTEGRATED ECOLOGICAL PLANNING IN SINGAPORE: NEOTIEWPIA ECO-VILLAGE IN BUSTLING METROPOLITAN
Full text linkABSTRACT :The Neotiewpia Eco-Village is located within the Lim Chu Kang district at the north of Singapore. The Eco-Village only comprised of 3.5 sq km. Meanwhile the area was
dominated by farms, chalets and Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. In 2006, National University of Singapore, School of Design and Environment (SDE), MSc. Environmental Management and Nature Society of Singapore initiated an ecological planning exercise within the Neotiewpia site
to reduce the environmental impact from the development while providing Eco-friendly Tourism and R&D activities that feasible in the site. We did participate in the exercise and we tried explaining the ecological process, the limitation and potential development for integrated
ecological planning framework in Developing Countries like Indonesia, Brazil, etc with high ecological-values ecosystems. The Vision of Neotiewpia was “A Model Eco-Village that Respects its Natural Heritage, Builds Strong Community Links and Promotes Economic Development on Nature’s Premises." And Neotiewpia was successfully planned and designed with integrated ecological planning approach. It embraced the land evaluation and impact assessment. Further the plan was found feasible by the Singapore Government by earmarking the Lim Chu Kang and Kranji for Agri-tainment development in 2008 (although partially
implemented). The Neotiewpia or Lim Chu Kang area was found thriving with Green-Economy and Agro-Tourism. This integrated ecological planning could be translated to other areas in Developing Countries with agriculture potential and facing development pressures such as Neotiewpia. This concept would give alternate Green-Solution to the current economic crisis
Natural Variation of the Circadian Clock in Neurospora
No full textMost living organisms on earth experience daily and expected changes from the rotation of the earth. For an organism, the ability to predict and prepare for incoming stresses or resources is a very important skill for survival. This cellular process of measuring daily time of the day is collectively called the circadian clock. Because of its fundamental role in survival in nature, there is a great interest in studying the natural variation of the circadian clock. However, characterizing the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying natural variation of circadian clocks remains a challenging task. In this chapter, we will summarize the progress in studying natural variation of the circadian clock in the successful eukaryotic model Neurospora, which led to discovering many design principles of the molecular mechanisms of the eukaryotic circadian clock. Despite the success of the system in revealing the molecular mechanisms of the circadian clock, Neurospora has not been utilized to extensively study natural variation. We will review the challenges that hindered the natural variation studies in Neurospora, and how they were overcome. We will also review the advantages of Neurospora for natural variation studies. Since Neurospora is the model fungal species for circadian study, it represents over 5 million species of fungi on earth. These fungi play important roles in ecosystems on earth, and as such Neurospora could serve as an important model for understanding the ecological role of natural variation in fungal circadian clocks.Advances in Genetics, Vol. 99
Corrigendum to “A generic multi-level framework for microscopic traffic simulation with automated vehicles in mixed traffic” [Transport. Res. Part C: Emerg. Technol. 110 (2020) 291–311] (Transportation Research Part C (2020) 110 (291–311), (S0968090X19304322), (10.1016/j.trc.2019.11.019))
No full textThe authors regret that a contributing author was missing from the list of authors. The complete list of authors should be: “S.C. Calvert, B. van Arem, & J. W. C. van Lint”. All are with Delft University of Technology, Department of Transport & Planning, The Netherlands updated as above. The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.Transport and Plannin
Towards the Holy Grail: combining system dynamics and discrete-event simulation in healthcare
No full textThe idea of combining discrete-event simulation and system dynamics has been a topic of debate in theoperations research community for over a decade. Many authors have considered the potential benefits ofsuch an approach from a methodological or practical standpoint. However, despite numerous examples ofmodels with both discrete and continuous parameters in the computer science and engineering literature,nobody in the OR field has yet succeeded in developing a genuinely hybrid approach which truly integratesthe philosophical approach and technical merits of both DES and SD in a single model. In this paperwe consider some of the reasons for this and describe two practical healthcare examples of combinedDES/SD models, which nevertheless fall short of the “holy grail” which has been so widely discussed inthe literature over the past decade
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