855 research outputs found
Hong Kong Output Dynamics: An Empirical Analysis
No full textAdvanced statistical techniques are used to analyze Hong Kong output dynamics. Hong Kong, Japan and the U.S. are found to share some common long-term and short-term cyclical variations. While the Hong Kong economy is susceptible to external shocks and Granger-caused by the other two economies, local factors account for a large proportion of output growth variability and are mainly responsible for her output uncertainty. On the transmission mechanism, the selected trade and financial variables have incremental explanatory power but do not lessen the ability of domestic and foreign output variables to explain Hong Kong growth dynamics. Interestingly, the U.S. does not appear to exert undue influences on Hong Kong.Common trends/cycles, transmission mechanism, structural determinants
Thermal analysis of the Wire and Arc Additive Manufacturing process using the F.E. method
No full textIn this research, a thermal analysis of the wire and arc additive manufacturing process is presented based on the F.E. method. An important quality of the F.E. model that is presented in this research is to describe the temperature field that is experienced by the deposited material in the wire and arc additive manufacturing process. In contrast to the traditional method of monitoring the substrate temperature, the F.E. model allows to describe the temperature field that is experienced by the deposited material constituting both the multilayer weld deposit and the component. Accordingly, the F.E. model is capable to describe the effect of the locally attained temperature field on the microstructure of the deposited material constituting the multilayer weld deposit in terms of the thermal characteristics including the temperature distribution, the locally attained temperature values, the cooling rates and the temperature gradients throughout the component. Two cooling methods are proposed to control the heat dissipation from the component to the environment based on the application of an interlayer waiting time and immersing the component into a cooling medium. The results show a significant effect of the cooling methods on the temperature field that is experienced by the material constituting both the multilayer weld deposit and the component. Indicating that the cooling methods that are proposed in this research are effective to control the microstructure and the temperature field that is experienced by the component in the wire and arc additive manufacturing process. The resulting microstructure is characterised in terms of the microstructural morphology and the microstructural constituents, using optical microscopy based on the average grain size and the distribution of alloying elements throughout the material constituting the multilayer weld deposit. In addition, the average grain size and the distribution of the alloying elements throughout the material are evaluated in terms of the hardness values.Materials Science and Engineerin
Leadership styles, school effective, needs of 'mien' (face) behaviour: the interactions in Hong Kong private schools
No full textNational cultures vary and the variations challenge the conventional wisdom of the Western management theory and practice in other cultural contexts. Specifically, the national characteristic of 'face(mien) behaviour' is immensely important at all levels in Chinese interpersonal communications. The notion of 'mien' permeates every aspect of interpersonal relationships in Chinese culture because of the culture’s overarching concern with relationships. This study examines the nature of 'mien' behaviour, explores how 'mien' functions in the Hong Kong educational context, and how leadership styles of secondary school principals interact with 'mien' as perceived by their teaching staff and how, eventually, these interactions influence the effectiveness of the schools. Whenever Chinese behaviour is discussed, the social philosophy of Confucianism is relevant. The Confucian ethical system regulating social behaviour has three principle ideas: ren(), yi() and li(); benevolence, righteousness or justice, and propriety or courtesy. This study also examines how these three principles nurture 'mien' and considers whether any alternate style of leadership in Hong Kong context can be formulated
Out in the Undercurrents: Queer Politics in Hong Kong Popular Music
No full textQueer culture in Hong Kong was characterized by a playful politics of invisibility, opacity, and ambivalence, proposed as a queer alternative to the confrontational, identity-based politics often advocated in the West. The coming out of pop star Anthony Wong and other celebrities in 2012 marks a turning point. Taking Hong Kong as a lens, this chapter investigates the articulation between sexuality and popular music in the context of China. It traces the emergence of a Chinese movement to find postcolonial, indigenous—tongzhi, ku’er—ways of understanding sexual diversity, leading to the disruptive surprise of public figures coming out, apparently in accordance with Western models and in contrast to earlier local sexual politics of ambivalence and invisibility. The discussion presents an inquiry into global queer theory and local popular music cultures, showing how the latter holds the potential to upset, or at least surprise, the conceptual premises of the former
Bilingual preschool education: a comparative study between Hong Kong and Shanghai
No full textGlobal and local factors have recently pushed English-Chinese bilingualism to the forefront of early childhood education in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Signaling new sociolinguístic alignments, each city is pursuing language policies according to its own political and economic imperatives. Using Bronfenbrenner’s (1977) ecological system's theory as a framework for analysis, this research study examines the contextual layers that shape the linguistic environments of the two cities, focusing on the macrosystem’s forces of globalization, the exosystem’s social networks, the mesosystem's institutions and human players, the microsystem's schools and homes, and the chronosystem’s biology, acknowledging all factors that affect child development. In the hope of providing better strategies and interventions for developing second language learning, it looks at the stakeholders' attitudes towards, beliefs about, and expectations of English, as well as at parental involvement in children’s English education, perceptions about NETs (native English-speaking teachers), and curriculum implementation. Quantitative and qualitative data collected (from four schools in each city and a total of 438 respondents) through questionnaires, interviews and archival documents are then triangulated to identify differences and similarities between the two cities. The results show that English is universally promoted for its economic benefits, both to individuals and society. The form of preschool bilingualism advocated by the governments of Hong Kong and Shanghai, however, is unduly influenced by political and nationalist considerations. This has lead in Shanghai to conceptualizations of bilingualism that allow only for the acquisition of English without its attendant cultural and philosophical dimensions. In Hong Kong, the government's attempt to arbitrarily reduce the size of English-medium education, has lead, due to blowback, to extremely high English literacy expectations for preschoolers, delivered through overly ambitious programmes. In both cities, attempts to safeguard the use of the mother tongue as the primary medium of Instruction stand in the way of early bilingual development through immersion or partial immersion. In addition, the stakeholders' disparate expectations about when, how and why English at preschool is important have given rise to conflicts and dilemmas that distort the two cities' cultures of learning and the extent and form of their education reforms. The recommendations made seek to create for bilingual preschool education, sufficient space, given the current political, social, and economic conditions in both cities, to allow educators to pursue it with the most effective pedagogies
The integration of tertiary education within the framework of further education with special reference to the problems envisaged in the design and implementation of staff development programmes.
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PRESENCE AS CYBER-IMMERSION AND INFANTILE LIFEWORLD TRANSITION FACTOR F.E. VASILYUK'S TYPOLOGY
No full textАвтор статьи анализирует психологические аспекты "виртуализации" человека и его бытия в контексте типологии жизненных миров Ф.Е. Василюка. Выдвигается гипотеза о сущностной близости пребывания человека в виртуальном пространстве и нахождения в инфантильном жизненном мире. Автор полагает, что ключевую роль в процессах киберпогружения и перехода в инфантильный жизненный мир может играть нахождение в "состоянии присутствия" как субъективного переживания пребывания в иллюзорном мире, альтернативном реальности.The author analyses psychological aspects of "virtualization" in terms of F.E. Vasilyuk's lifeworlds' typology. The author states that being in the cyberspace is similar to existence in the infantile lifeworld and that the "presence" phenomenon may serve as the key mechanism to cyber-immersion and "slipping" into the infantile lifeworld.111-11
Fairytale Therapy Today: Determining its Boundaries and Content
No full textAbstractPositions existing in psychology in relation to modern fairytale therapy are analyzed while stating the insufficient development of the theoretical basis thereof. Based on F.E. Vasilyuk's ideas on the need to develop a psychotechnical approach, the author believes that fairytale therapy has the features of a psychotechnical system. The article outlines all kinds of approaches to the understanding of the object, methods and essence of fairytale therapy as a special scientific and practical area
The art of scholarly reviewing: Principles and practices
No full textThe quality and reputation of an academic journal can depend on several factors, but high-quality peer reviews are always a core requirement. Unfortunately, reviews are not always up to the standard that they should be. Poor reviews can result in a number of problems including sub-standard articles being accepted and good manuscripts being rejected. Good reviews are comparable to good papers; they require attention and dedication to write well. Although journals are different, it is important that reviewers approach their task with goodwill, i.e. that they approach a manuscript with an open mind, read it with care and attention and make comments that are constructive and show self-reflection. Reviewers need to know the evaluation standards and the limits of their own expertise and, if in doubt, not to be afraid to say so.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Information and Communication Technolog
Een Code Division Multiplex systeem met behulp van orthogonale Hadamard-codes
No full textNaast de bekende frekwentie- en tijdmuItipeling-methoden (FDM resp. TDM) is een derde kanaaI-multipeling mogelijk: Code Division Multiplex (CDM). Niet de ligging in het frekwentiespektrum of een tijdslot op de tijdas geeft de mogelijkheid tot kanaaIscheiding, maar het "patroon"-verschiI dat tussen orthogonale codes bestaat. Een vergelijking tussen TDM en CDM wordt gemaakt en er wordt afgeleid dat in analogie met FDM een zeker "non simultaneous load advantage" te verdienen is. Behandeld wordt de bouw van een acht-kanalen CDM systeem met behulp van digitale bouwstenen.Applied SciencesElectrotechniekTransmissie van Informati
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