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Migrant workers, collaborative research and spatial pressures : an interview with Meng Yue
No full textIn July last year I had the opportunity to interview Meng Yue, literary scholar and author of Shanghai and the Edges of Empire (2006). Meng Yue has been collaborating with Toronto-based architect and artist Adrian Blackwell for a number of years, with their students from literature and architecture undertaking highly interesting research on the peripheral zones of Beijing. Questions of peri-urban food production, land use, resource distribution and the multiplication of labour skills have framed these investigations. The interview below is extracted from a considerably longer discussion we had in Beijing during the late summer of 2007, half of which was lost to the faulty battery of an ipod (the rest remains to be transcribed from video…)
Correction to: Visible lattice points along curves
No full textThe article “Visible lattice points along curves”, written by Kui Liu and Xianchang Meng, was originally published electronically on the publisher’s internet portal on 27 July 2020 without open access. With the author(s)’ decision to opt for Open Choice the copyright of the article changed on 9 July 2021 to © The Author(s) 2020 and the article is forthwith distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Sequels to honglou meng : how gu taiqing continues the story in honglou meng ying
No full textAfter Honglou meng (1791) was published, a number of sequels appeared that redefined its major characters, rewrote its ending, and continued the story of life within the two Jia households. One of these was Honglou meng ying (1877), by female poet, Gu Taiqing. Despite its status as the earliest extant novel written by a woman, few studies have been devoted to examining it. Building on research that Ellen Widmer has provided on Gu Taiqing and her work, including Honglou meng ying, I will explore the novel further in terms of its relationship to the parent work and to other sequels written by men, and also examine it on its own terms as a literary work. Some of the main questions that I will address include: how does it compare to other sequels to Honglou meng? How does Gu Taiqing’s continuation of Honglou meng depart from the parent novel? I have organized my discussion by providing an introduction to Gu Taiqing, whilst providing contextual information about women’s education, their relationship to fiction, and the impact of Honglou meng. Chapter One will deal with the broad issue of sequels in the Chinese context, the popularity of writing sequels during the Ming and Qing dynasties, and conclude with some observations about Honglou meng sequels in particular. The second chapter will deal exclusively with Gu Taiqing’s Honglou meng ying, evaluating it in terms of how the author continues the parent work, how she refashions its characters and themes, and how her sequel reflects her own unique concerns (which may not have been part of the original parent work). Finally, I will conclude with some remarks about Honglou meng ying in terms of its relation to sequel writing in late imperial China and its contribution to our understanding of women’s reading and writing in the final years of the Qing dynasty.Arts, Faculty ofAsian Studies, Department ofGraduat
On Meng Sen's teaching and lecture notes of Ming and Qing history at Peking University during the 1930s
No full textWhile teaching the histories of the Ming and Qing dynasties, Meng Sen (1869-1937), developed three textbooks in the 1930s: Lecture Notes on the Ming History (.... Mingshi jiangyi), Lecture Notes on the Qing History (.... Qingshi jiangyi), and Lecture Notes on the History of the Founding of the Manchu State (....... Manzhou kaiguo shi jiangyi). In these book titles, the term " history" refers specifically to "standard history."In tracing Meng Sen's original intention in producing these textbooks, all three works suggest the author's desire to write history. He wrote Lecture Notes on the Ming History to prepare a future revision of the History of the Ming (.. Mingshi); similarly he wrote Lecture Notes on the Qing History and Lecture Notes on the History of the Founding of the Manchu State with the intention to revise the Draft History of the Qing (... Qingshi gao). Meng Sen summarized Sima Guang's (..., 1019-86) view of history as " imitating the good and avoiding the bad," which he believed represented the "essential meaning of history." Meng followed Sima Guang's model in compiling the Lecture Notes on the Ming History and Lecture Notes on the Qing History, as shown in their style and format. By comparison, his writing of the Lecture Notes on the History of the Founding of the Manchu State attempted to merge the traditional annals-biographic style with narrative history from the West, or to pour old wine into a new bottle. Meng Sen presented his innovative efforts at Peking University, introducing young scholars to standards for history writing, and doing his utmost to guide and encourage his students; some of whom became noted scholars in the study of Ming and Qing histories.A&HCIARTICLE2119-1545
Regarding the Dates of Birth and Death of Li Meng-Yang : Ming Period Poet
No full textIn this paper, the author has confirmed the dates of birth and death of Li
Meng-Yang, a poet of middle period of the Ming dynasty in China.
The author has referred his poems and literature as well as letters written
between him and his friends, and critically reviewed various views and arguments
about his lifetime compiled over the past four hundred years.
In conclusion, the author has determined the date of his birth and death as
follows according to lunar calendar. Li Meng-Yang was born on the 7th of
December, Cheng-Hua 8 (1472), and died 30th of December, Jia-Jing 8 (1529).departmental bulletin pape
Characteristics of the Cervical Microbiome in Women with Cervical Insufficiency (CI) and its Role in Predicting the Successful Cerclage / Pessary Intervention
No full textMeng, Meng.Thesis Ph.D. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2016.Includes bibliographical references (leaves ).Abstracts also in Chinese.Title from PDF title page (viewed on …)
Mckenzieana Meng & Xing, 2022, nom. n.
No full textGenus <i>Mckenzieana</i> nom. n. <p> <i>Helaspis</i> McKenzie 1963: 34 (Mandibulata: Hexapoda: Hemiptera: Diaspididae) is preoccupied by <i>Helaspis</i> Imbrie 1959: 400 (Brachiopoda: Strophomenata: Productida: Productellidae).</p> <p> <b>Type species:</b> <i>Helaspis mexicana</i> McKenzie, 1963: 34.</p> <p> <b>Remarks on nomenclatural change.</b> McKenzie (1963) established the armoured scale genus <i>Helaspis</i> with the type species <i>Helaspis mexicana</i> McKenzie 1963. The genus is a valid name in Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Diaspididae, subfamily Aspidiotinae, tribe Aspidiotini (Normark <i>et al.</i> 2019). The genus includes only the type species, recorded from Mexico.</p> <p> Unfortunately, the name <i>Helaspis</i> McKenzie 1963 is preoccupied by <i>Helaspis</i> Imbrie 1959, a fossil marine brachiopod genus (Brachiopoda: Strophomenata: Productida: family Productellidae) based on the type species <i>Helaspis luma</i> Imbrie 1959. Thus, <i>Helaspis</i> McKenzie 1963 is a junior homonym of <i>Helaspis</i> Imbrie 1959. According to Article 60 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a new replacement name is proposed for <i>Helaspis</i> McKenzie 1963: <i>Mckenzieana</i> <b>nom. n.</b></p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The replacement name for the genus is derived from the name H.L. McKenzie, the author of the armoured scale insect genus <i>Helaspis</i>; gender feminine.</p>Published as part of <i>Meng, Shitao & Xing, Jichun, 2022, Replacement of names for two armoured scale genera (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha Diaspididae) due to homonymy, pp. 299-300 in Zootaxa 5116 (2)</i> on page 299, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5116.2.7, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/6367391">http://zenodo.org/record/6367391</a>
Numerical modelling of ice floods in the Ning-Meng reach of the Yellow River basin
No full textThe Ning-Meng reach of the Yellow River basin is located in the Inner Mongolia region at the Northern part of the Yellow River. Due to the special geographical conditions, the river flow direction is towards the North causing the Ning-Meng reach to freeze up every year in wintertime. Both during the freeze-up and break-up period, unfavourable conditions occur which may cause ice jamming and ice dam formation leading to dike breaching and overtopping of the embankment. Throughout history this has often led to considerable casualties and property loss. Enhanced economic development and human activities in theregion have altered the characteristics of the ice regime in recent decades, leading to several ice disasters during freezing or breaking-up periods. The integrated water resources management plan developed by the Yellow River Conservancy Commission (YRCC) outlines the requirements for water regulation in the upper Yellow River during ice flood periods. YRCC is developing measures that not only safeguard against ice floods, but also assure the availability ofadequate water resources. These provide the overall requirements for developing an ice regime forecasting system including lead-time prediction and required accuracy. In order to develop such a system, numerical modelling of ice floods is an essential component of current research at the YRCC, together withfield observations and laboratory experiments. In order to properly model river ice processes it is necessary to adjust the hydrodynamic equations to account for thermodynamic effects. In this research, hydrological and meteorological data from 1950 to 2010 were used to analyse the characteristics of ice regimes in the past. Also, additional field observations were carried out for iceflood model calibration and validation. By combining meteorological forecasting models with statistical models, a medium to short range air temperature forecasting model for the Ning-Meng reach was established. These results were used to improve ice formation modelling and prolong lead-time prediction. The numerical ice flood model developed in this thesis for the Ning-Meng reach allows better forecasting of the ice regime and improved decision support for upstream reservoir regulation and taking appropriate measures for disaster risk reduction.Dissertation submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the Board for Doctorates of Delft University of Technology and of the Academic Board of the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education.Environmental Fluid Mechanic
Wang Meng and his Writings Inspired by Xinjiang
No full textWang Meng, an important figure of modern Chinese literature, is best known as an author experimenting with literary techniques at the turn of the 70s and the 80s. Our paper examines a relatively little-known part of his work inspired by the writer's many-year stay in Xinjiang. Examined proses originate primarily from two collections - In Yili and Hello, Xinjiang. In the analysis of Wang Meng's literary creation we take into account the historical context and we present particular features of the literary image of non-Han culture in the work of a Han writer. We also examine the use of narrative techniques, with particular focus on "stream of consciousness" technique
Design and testing of a thick-film dual-modality sensor for composition measurements in heterogeneous mixtures
No full textThe current paper focuses on design and laboratory evaluation of a dual-modality sensor, developed for the needs of oil and gas extraction industry to measure the composition of heterogeneous mixtures in harsh conditions. The sensor combines ultrasonic and electrical measurement techniques, which are non-destructive, rapid and can potentially provide an on-line industrial measurement. Such a ‘dual-modality’ measurement could potentially be reliable in a wider range of process conditions. A distinct feature of the sensors presented here is their construction, which makes use of the thick-film technology, enabling the construction of multi-layered structures of both conductive and non-conductive layers, some of which may exhibit piezoelectric properties for ultrasonic measurement purposes. These are later fired on a ceramic substrate to provide rugged sensors, capable of working in aggressive industrial environments. Laboratory experiments to investigate the feasibility of the dual-modality sensors were conducted and some comparisons with the theoretical predictions are presented
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