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SHui open data research platform
No full textData collected and revised by individual instutions of the Shui-Consortium. Publication by the EU-China Consortium SHui.For each data-file, the author (institution) of the file is given as “operator”.-- At project end, June 30th, 2022.-- For each data-file, the author/data owner for citation is given as “operator” and “contact”.-- Plot data as .csv; catchment data ad libitum.Spatial situation data: Plot data and catchment data available; country, latitude, and longitude coordinates given.-- Temporal situation data: Long-term and single-season data available. Start and end date for each data file given.CC BY-SA. No embargo. The release on the Shui download site and CSIC repository implies expiration of any embargo delivered by the data owner.Project Co-ordinators: Dr. Jose Alfonso Gómez Calero (Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (IAS-CISC), Dr. Weifeng Xu (Fujian Agriculture and Forest University, FAFU).This data set contains data from the SHui open-data platform for sharing long-term agricultural experiments aimed to optimizing yield and soil and water. Data and additional material are available under https://shui.boku.ac.at/shui/public/startAlphanumeric data measured at hydrologic and agronomical experiments (e.g., plant development, soil properties, hydrology, erosion, management).Further information on the data, project, partners, and publications under https://www.shui-eu.org/EU-China Consortium SHui: European Union Project 773903 and Chinese MOST.Peer reviewe
[[alternative]]A Study of The Effects of the Traditional concept of Feng-Shui To the modern Engineering Behavior.
No full text[[abstract]]This research discusses about Feng-Shui and its effect to interior design. The study focuses on the related concepts and attitude toward general people. The researcher applies several analyses, including average, standard deviation, and variance analysis to the answers retrieved from subjects participating in the survey of "Relevant Attitude toward Feng-Shui and Engineering Behavior."
The analyses are proceeded in both the overall and separated layers' prospect. The results are as following:
1. To general people, there is no difference between gender and the degree of being influenced by the concept of Feng-Shui.
2. To general people, the cognitive attitude toward Feng-Shui develops when they age.
3. The higher education general people get, the more cognitive attitude toward Feng-Shui they have.
4. The concept of Feng-Shui shows no relevant difference among the Catholics, the Christians, or atheists while it relevantly influences people who believe in the folk religion, Taoism, or Buddhism.
5. People who ask Feng-Shui are relevantly influenced by the concept of Feng-Shui.
Our disappearing heritage: Hong Kong's fung shui woodland
No full textThis dissertation is about an important area in the discipline of architectural conservation, and it is cultural Landscape, defined as the combination of built and natural heritage resources. The understanding of the concept of “cultural landscape” is relatively new to Hong Kong, having been formally introduced by Dr. Ken Nicolson in 2002 as part of the syllabus of the postgraduate curriculum of HKU’s Architectural Conservation Programmes (ACP). Today, the people of Hong Kong are more aware of cultural landscape, and the term now appears in government documents. However, the concept has been with Hong Kong for a long time, expressed in the principles of fung shui. Many of Hong Kong’s cultural landscapes are influenced by fung shui and a common feature is fung shui woodland, which will be the focus of this dissertation.
Fung shui is a belief system and a traditional form of landscape planning, and villages in Hong Kong and their woodlands are sited according to the principles of fung shui. The purpose of fung shui is clearly described in Yoon (1980). He stated that the aim of Fung Shui, is to maximize the wellbeing of human by maintaining the harmony between human and the nature. It is believed that all matter on the earth; both living and non-living things carry Qi or cosmic breath, which are responsible for ensuring posterity and vitality. Either insufficient or excessive Qi would result in decline and misfortune.
In “Venturing Fung Shui Woods (2004)”, it is mentioned that some of the oldest fung shui woodlands in Hong Kong date back to more than 300 years. Fung shui woodland is an important element of rural Hong Kong cultural landscapes representing our traditional belief system and high cultural significance. The author also describes fung shui woodlands as like a living herbarium or plant museum, offering valuable resources for both academic research and nature conservation. A review of the recent literature on fung shui woodland, in Fung Shui View (2012), the authors explain the value of the fung shui woodland is not only in terms of ecological, but also social. From the above publication, it is clear that the fung shui woodland is one of the important cultural landscape elements in Hong Kong, which illustrates our tradition cultural beliefs and the important value of original village settlements.published_or_final_versionConservationMasterMaster of Science in Conservatio
Multiple commodities optimization of lean technology infusion for automobile manufacturer
No full textThesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design & Management Program, 2002.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Includes bibliographical references.by Shui-Fang Chou.S.M
A Novel Immersed Boundary Method for Direct Numerical Simulations of Solid-Fluid Flows
No full textThis thesis has been submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for a postgraduate degree (e.g. PhD, MPhil, DClinPsychol) at the University of Edinburgh. Please note the following terms and conditions of use: • This work is protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights, which are retained by the thesis author, unless otherwise stated. • A copy can be downloaded for personal non-commercial research or study, without prior permission or charge. • This thesis cannot be reproduced or quoted extensively from without first obtaining permission in writing from the author. • The content must not be changed in any way or sold commercially in any format or medium without the formal permission of the author. • When referring to this work, full bibliographic details including the author, title, awarding institution and date of the thesis must be given
Khwamchua ruang Feng-shui thi wang na
No full textIn this article, the author argues that the Second King's palace, widely known in Thai as ""wang na"", was decorated with several stone lion statues because of the belief in Feng-shui --a system of spirit influences for good and evil believed by the Chinese to attend the natural features of landscape. The statues were assumed to help preventing natural disasters, as the palace was located on the river shore
America, China and Taiwan: Three Challenges for Chen Shui-bian
No full textThis study analyzes several of the major challenges that the Taiwanese government will confront during President Chen Shui-bian\u27s second term of office. These include serious strains in relations with the US, a continued deterioration in ties with the People\u27s Republic of China (PRC) and increased political polarization, ethnic division and gridlock at home. The author suggests that, while these problems are certainly formidable, they should not be exaggerated. Nor should they be attributed solely to one politician or political cam
RE-MADE (IN) HONG KONG: Co-(Shop)housing: People's alternative approach to redevelop Tin Shui Wai New Town
No full textIn the future scenario 5 years from now, the Hong Kong government decided to help gentrify the whole Hong Kong cities, so decided to demolish all the public housing in Hong Kong and relocate the underprivileged people to “Hong Kong Land” in Mainland China. Tin Shui Wai New Town will be developed once again trying to get rid of the negative image with the gentrification approach of the government to private housing estates. The Right to the City is questioned. Who own the city? Who has the right to the city? In the process of demolition of Tin Shui Wai, protestors occupy the deconstruction site and start their own version of redevelopment. People should be protected to live in their original living place. People should have the right to make decision on their living environment. This project touches on a lot of important aspects happening in Hong Kong, including urban renewal, resident’s right to the land, resettlement, self-building, etc. What is the people’s approach to redevelopment? How to empower the people? A people’s version of redevelopment will be the centre of the project. This is a housing project, by researching the transformation of housing typology in Hong Kong and co-housing projects in Europe. A new typology, Co-(Shop)housing is developed. By combining the characteristics of the South-east Asian Shophouse typology and that of the cohousing neighborhood typology, a new housing typology which fits the culture with the introduction of community decision making in the building and maintainence process is being introduced.Design as PoliticsArchitectureArchitecture and The Built Environmen
Xi jun ji qun yun dong zhong shui dong xiang hu zuo yong de yan jiu
No full textZhai, He = 细菌集群运动中水动相互作用的研究 / 翟翯.Thesis M.Phil. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2015.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 54-59).Abstracts also in Chinese.Title from PDF title page (viewed on 08, November, 2016).Zhai, He = Xi jun ji qun yun dong zhong shui dong xiang hu zuo yong de yan jiu / Zhai He
Begonia caryotarum Y. M. Shui et W. H. Chen 2021, sp. nov.
No full textBegonia caryotarum Y.M.Shui et W.H.Chen, sp. nov., Figs. 1 & 2 Type:— CHINA. Yunnan Province: Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Malipo County, Babu Community, in rock crevices at the foot of limestone hills in Caryota obtusa Griff. forests, elev. ca. 900 m, cultivated at Kunming Botanical Garden, 5 July in 2021, Shui Y. M., Li J.X. et al. B2021-002 (holotype KUN!) (Fig. 3). Diagnosis: —The new species is most similar to B. hekouensis S.H.Huang (1999: 21) in having the same petiole indumentum, flower tepal number, placentation structure, and ovary shape and color, but differs mainly in its apex of leaf blade acute (vs. acuminate), tepal pinkish- to orangish-red (vs. orangish-red), larger tepals in the staminate flower (Table 1), anther connectives slightly extended (vs. obvious extended) (Shui et al. 2017), and stigma once spiraled (vs. twice spiraled and convoluted). Description: —Herb, monoecious, perennial, 20–40 cm tall. Rhizomes creeping, well-branched, hispid, 5–10 mm thick, internodes 5–22 mm long. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules persistent on rhizomes and erect flowering stems, red, sheath-like, triangular after being pressed, 7–11 × 4–5 mm, entire, adaxially glabrous, abaxially villous, apex acuminate with 5–6 mm aristate setae; petiole light green to purplish-red, fleshy, 7–22 cm long, densely villous; blade basifixed, asymmetric, ovate, papery, 11–16 × 9–14 cm, adaxially with sparse 5–6 mm aristate setae, base cordate with lobes overlapping or not, margin sinuate-crenate and ciliate, apex acute, venation palmate-pinnate, 6–8 primary veins, slightly impressed above and prominent beneath, adaxially green to brownish-red, glabrous, sometimes with silver spots and blotches, abaxially light green to purplish-red, densely villous on veins and veinlets. Inflorescences axillary on a short erect stem with one internode, dichasially cymose, 8–24 cm long; peduncles light green to reddish-green, villous, 4–21 cm long; bracts caducous, greyish-green, 8–9 × 5–6 mm, triangular, apex acuminate, margin entire, adaxially glabrous, abaxially with red short villous hairs; bractlets persistent, membranous, greyish-green, sparsely villous, oblong, 3–5 × 5–7 mm, apex acuminate, margin ciliate. Staminate flowers: pedicels light to reddish-green, 18–23 mm long, villous; tepals 4, outer pair larger, broadly-ovate, outer surface pinkish- to orange-red, protuberant in the middle with dense red villous hairs, sparsely villous elsewhere, inner surface pinkish-red, glabrous, 13–18 × 11–16 mm, apex obtuse to rounded, margin entire, inner pair elliptic, pink to light pink, glabrous, 10–16 × 5–10 mm, apex obtuse to rounded, margin entire; androecium actinomorphic, ca. 5 mm across; stamens orange-yellow, 80–120; filaments fused on a short stalk; anthers obovate, ca. 1.2 mm long, dehiscing by longitudinal slits, connectives slightly extended. Pistillate flowers: pedicels light to reddish-green, 16–22 mm long, villous; tepals 5, broadly ovate, outer 2 ovate, outer surface pinkish- to orange-red, sparsely villous, inner surface glabrous, 10–12 × 8–10 mm, apex acuminate, margin entire, inner 3 broadly elliptic, outer surface pink glabrous or sparsely villous, inner surface pink to light pink, glabrous, 10–17 × 7–10 mm, apex obtuse to rounded, margin entire; styles 2, shortly fused at base, light orangish-yellow, stigmas bilobed and once spiraled; ovary orange, villous, 13–15 × 10–12 mm, with 3 unequal wings, dorsal wing ca. 9 mm wide, lateral wings ca. 1.5 mm wide, 2-locular, placentation axile, with 2-branched placenta per locule. Fruits capsular, pendent, brownish-red, brown when dry, villous, dorsal wing triangular-rounded, ca. 16 mm long, lateral wings very short. Etymology: —The specific epithet refers to the habitat of the species which occurs in Caryota obtusa forests. Phenology: —Flowering was observed from July to August. Fruiting starts from September to October. Distribution and habitat: —The new species grows in rock crevices at the foot of limestone hills in Caryota obtusa forests at elev. 700–900 m, in Babu Babu Community, Malipo County, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. Additional specimens: CHINA. Yunnan Province: Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Malipo County, Babu Community, in rock crevices of limestone hill foot in Caryota obtusa forest, elev. ca. 900 m, cultivated in Kunming Botanical Garden of CAS, July 24 in 2020, Shui Y.M., Li J.X. et al. B2020-009 (KUN). The same locality, 18 July in 2021, Xiao B. s.n. (KUN). Conservation status: — Only one small-sized population with ca. 30 mature individuals of Begonia caryotarum was observed in the type locality of ca. 1 km 2 area. The habitat is being severely damaged due to the construction of an international road between China and Vietnam. Hence this species is categorized as Critically Endangered [CR B2 ab (ii, iv), C2 a (i)] according to the IUCN categories and criteria (IUCN 2019). Notes: — Begonia caryotarum and its most similar species B. hekouensis both occur in limestone hill forests in southeast Yunnan, China. In November 2003, the pedlar of the new species plants told the second author that it came from N. Vietnam near the China-Vietnam boundary, hence it is probable B. caryotarum also occurs in N. Vietnam. If confirmation of the occurence of the species in Vietnam is obtained, it may be necessary to update the IUCN status.Published as part of Dong, Wen-Ke, Li, Jing-Xiu, Chen, Wen-Hong, Xiao, Bo & Shui, Yu-Min, 2021, Begonia caryotarum (Begonia sect. Platycentrum), a new species from southeast Yunnan, China, pp. 113-118 in Phytotaxa 529 (1) on pages 113-117, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.529.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/581435
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