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Metamaterial-based Toraldo pupils for super-resolution at millimetre wavelengths
No full textUsing the long-established Cardiff metal-mesh filter technology, we have exploited our ability to artificially manipulate the phase of a wavefront across a device in order to produce a dielectric-based Toraldo pupil working at millimeter wavelengths. The use of a Toraldo pupil to push the angular resolution of an optical imaging system beyond the classical diffraction limit is yet to be realized in the millimeter regime, but is an exciting prospect. Here we present the design and measured performance of a prototype Toraldo pupil, based on a 5 annuli design
FIGURES 20–23 in Four new species of the subgenus Homoneura from Jiangxi Province, China (Diptera: Lauxaniidae: Homoneura)
No full textFIGURES 20–23. Homoneura (Homoneura) pangae sp. nov. Male. 20. body, lateral view; 21. head, lateral view; 22. thorax, dorsal view; 23. apex of abdomen, lateral view.Published as part of Shi, Li, Gao, Xue Feng & Shen, Rong Rong, 2017, Four new species of the subgenus Homoneura from Jiangxi Province, China (Diptera: Lauxaniidae: Homoneura), pp. 361-377 in Zootaxa 4365 (3) on page 371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4365.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/306604
FIGURES 29–34 in Four new species of the subgenus Homoneura from Jiangxi Province, China (Diptera: Lauxaniidae: Homoneura)
No full textFIGURES 29–34. Homoneura (Homoneura) stepheni sp. nov. Female. 29. body, lateral view; 30, 31. head, lateral and dorsal view; 32. thorax, dorsal view; 33. apex of male abdomen, lateral view; 34. wing.Published as part of Shi, Li, Gao, Xue Feng & Shen, Rong Rong, 2017, Four new species of the subgenus Homoneura from Jiangxi Province, China (Diptera: Lauxaniidae: Homoneura), pp. 361-377 in Zootaxa 4365 (3) on page 373, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4365.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/306604
Toward a Motivation Model of Pragmatics/ Rong Chen.
No full textIn English.With the "discursive turn" has come a distrust - a complete rejection by some - of theories that seek deeper reasons for surface phenomena. Rong Chen argues that this distrust, with its accompanying overemphasis on specificity and fluidity of linguistic meaning and social values, is unwarranted and unhelpful. Drawing on insights from social theories and various strands of pragmatics, he proposes a motivation model of pragmatics (MMP), contending that language use can be adequately, coherently, and elegantly studied via the motivation behind it in its varied and dynamic contexts. The model, with its well-laid out components, is then applied to (im)politeness research, cross-cultural pragmatics, diachronic pragmatics, discourse and genre analysis, conversation analysis, identity construction, and the study of metaphor, sarcasm, parody, and lying. MMP is thus a framework aimed at accounting for fluidity with stable notions, specificity with general principles, and differences with similar underlying factors. As such, the book should appeal to students of pragmatics, (im)politeness, conversation analysis, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, communication, sociology, and psychology.Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Chapter 1 Pragmatics then and now -- Chapter 2 A motivation model of pragmatics (MMP) -- Chapter 3 MMP and (im)politeness -- Chapter 4 MMP and cross-/intercultural variation -- Chapter 5 MMP and diachronic pragmatics -- Chapter 6 MMP and discourse -- Chapter 7 MMP and metaphor -- Chapter 8 MMP and the non-literal -- Afterword -- References -- Appendix -- Subject index -- Author index1 online resource (XIII, 333 p.)
One new species and new record of the leafhopper genus Watara Dworakowska from Thailand (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini)
No full textSong, Yue-Hua, Gao, Ya-Rong, Li, Can (2018): One new species and new record of the leafhopper genus Watara Dworakowska from Thailand (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini). Zootaxa 4418 (3): 281-286, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4418.3.
Specialised metabolites as chemotaxonomic markers of Coptosapelta diffusa, supporting its delimitation as sisterhood phylogenetic relationships with Rubioideae
No full textGao, Rong-Rong, Liu, Zhi-Fang, Yang, Xue-Fei, Song, Yu-Liang, Cui, Xiao-Yun, Yang, Ji-Yuan, Lu, Chun-Hua, Shen, Yue-Mao (2021): Specialised metabolites as chemotaxonomic markers of Coptosapelta diffusa, supporting its delimitation as sisterhood phylogenetic relationships with Rubioideae. Phytochemistry (112929) 192: 1-7, DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2021.112929, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2021.11292
Distinct myeloid population phenotypes dependent on TREM2 expression levels shape the pathology of traumatic versus demyelinating CNS disorders
No full text(Cell Reports 42, 112629; June 27, 2023) In the originally published version of this article, Han Gao, the first author of this paper, was given the position of corresponding author as well as lead contact due to a misunderstanding regarding these roles. After an explanation of the roles were given, the three original corresponding authors (Han Gao, Roberta Brambilla, and Limin Rong) agreed that corresponding author duties should be limited to Brambilla and Rong. Furthermore, the position of lead contact should be given to Limin Rong, who is designated as corresponding author and has accepted responsibility of handling communications about the paper from readers. The article has since been updated to reflect the accurate responsibilities of each author. The authors regret this error and any confusion that it may have caused
Jiang Rong, Le Totem du loup, (Wolf Totem) translated by Yan Hansheng and Lisa Carducci
No full textPublished in China in 2004 by Changjiang wenyi chubanshe, Jiang Rong’s novel Lang tuteng (Wolf Totem) was immediately a phenomenal success. I myself witnessed this success while in China, where bookshops displayed multiple stacks of the book. Its author, Jiang Rong, the pseudonym of Lu Jiamin, was an activist in the Tiananmen Square movement in 1989; now a researcher in social sciences and the husband of Zhang Kangkang, a well-known writer, Jiang Rong maintained a mystery surrounding his iden..
An odontometric biodistance analysis of the Rong and the A'chik
No full textThesis (M.A.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2023Little is known about the population history and genetic affinities of many of the tribal groups of northeastern India, including the Rong and the A'chik. Previous linguistic and genetic studies have suggested that these non-Hindu tribal groups may be descendants of East Asian immigrants. Due to the linguistic and genetic research, cultural differences between the groups, and geographic barriers it was hypothesized that members of these two tribal groups share a population history different from that of ethnic groups of other regions of the subcontinent. This study employs tooth size allocation analysis to test hypotheses concerning the origins of the Rong and the A'chik as well as the nature and extent of odontometric variation found among members of both tribes. The author took measurements of the mesiodistal and buccolingual dimensions of the permanent teeth among 166 A'chik and 185 Rong individuals. The author compared the aforementioned data with measurements obtained among 1,151 members of seven ethnic groups from other regions of South Asia. Group centroids from canonical variates analysis were plotted in three dimensions to assess patterns of similarities among samples. Canonical variates, from both sex-pooled and non-pooled analyses, identify the Rong and A'chik as possessing closer affinities to each other than to members of the other groups, thereby supporting the hypothesis of separate population origins from members of other South Asian ethnic groups. Overall, the results suggest the Rong and A'chik have a different geographic origin than, and little admixture with, the other population groups from elsewhere on the subcontinent.UAF Graduate School, the UAF College of Liberal Arts, and the Alaska NSF EPSCoRChapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Rationale -- 2.1 Genetic background -- 2.1.1 Genetic variation -- 2.1.2 Heritability -- 2.1.3 Gene flow -- 2.1.4 Genetic drift -- 2.1.5 Mutation -- 2.1.6 Natural selection -- 2.2 Dental anthropology -- 2.2.1 Dental development -- 2.2.2 Field theory and clone model -- 2.2.3 Mouse models -- 2.2.4 Dental genetic variance -- 2.2.5 Fluctuating asymmetry -- 2.2.6 Sexual dimorphism -- 2.3 Biodistance analysis -- 2.3.1 A history and overview of statistical approaches (dentition) -- 2.3.2 Tooth size apportionment. Chapter 3: History and ethnography -- 3.1 Population history -- 3.1.1 Background -- 3.1.2 Early population history of the subcontinent -- 3.1.3 Tibeto-Burman population history of the Northeast -- 3.2 The Rong -- 3.2.1 The People and habitation -- 3.2.2 Kinship and marriage systems -- 3.2.3 Language and religion -- 3.2.4 Economy -- 3.2.5 History of migration -- 3.2.6 Recent history -- 3.3 The A'chik -- 3.3.1 The people and habitation -- 3.3.2 Kinship and marriage systems -- 3.3.3 Language and religion -- 3.3.4 Economy -- 3.3.5 History of migration -- 3.3.6 Recent history. Chapter 4: Description of materials and methods -- 4.1 Materials -- 4.1.1 Exclusions -- 4.2 Methods -- 4.2.1 Data collection -- 4.3 Statistical analysis -- 4.3.1 Inter- and Intra-observer reliability -- 4.3.2 Odontometrics. Chapter 5: Results -- 5.1 Paired-samples t-test and antimeres -- 5.2 Descriptive statistics -- 5.3 EM estimation -- 5.4 Levene's test -- 5.5 Principal components analysis -- 5.6 MANOVA -- 5.7 Canonical variate analysis -- 5.8 Classification matrices -- 5.9 Correlation matrices. Chapter 6: Discussion -- 6.1 Sexual dimorphism -- 6.2 Dental correlations -- 6.3 Tooth size -- 6.4 Residence patterns and limitations -- 6.5 Genetic studies -- 6.6 Linguistic evidence -- 6.7 Rong and A'chik origins. Chapter 7: Conclusions -- 7.1 Future research -- Appendices -- Bibliography
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