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    Wang Shuo and the commercialisation of contemporary Chinese culture

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    This thesis examines the commercialisation of Chinese culture that has taken place over the past twenty years in mainland China. It explores the contribution of Wang Shuo, a cultural figure who straddles different fields of culture, moving from literature to the ultimate mass culture medium of television, this study plots Wang Shuo' s development from educational failure, to business failure, to fiction writer, film & TV editor, film director and cultural critic and analyst. His stories, films, TV series and articles have caused shock-waves throughout national cultural circles as he has transformed the terms of the debate from academic discourse to a validation of the role of the market in the culture field. Although Wang Shuo has not been labelled as a dissident, his approach to the culture market has had a more subversive effect on official ideology that those overt dissidents who have had to live in exile or have been imprisoned. He has utilised the language of official ideology to satirise the authorities, turning the ideology and its supporters into figures of fun. Yet his own goals have been strictly personal and economic ones. The authorities recognize the value of Wang Shuo's work in the cultural market but at the same time distrust his works and place him under strict censorship. Examining the way Wang Shuo and people surround him have succeeded in different fields of cultural achievement is a mirror to understanding the process of the transformation of contemporary Chinese culture from a socialist state-controlled culture to a market-oriented mass culture industry

    A Study of the Classical Landscape at the Wang River Villa of Wang Wei

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    The landscape of Wang Wei's Wang River Villa is examined by reviewing the essays and papers written about the poetical collaboration, the “Wang River Collection.” The purpose of this paper is to clarify the meaning of villa architecture in China. The author expects that this research will contribute to a mutual understanding between cultures. The villa was a Utopia for Wang. On the other hand, he was a pious Buddhist and Buddhistic concepts are reflected in the landscape. I consider the features of the classical landscape of Xie Lingyun and "Chu Ci," as written in “The Collection,” a reflection of the Buddhistic concept. When considering what the classics meant to Wang Wei, it is apparent that his villa is a representation of the classical landscape. It is not an imitation of the classical landscape, but a unique and original creation of art by Wang.departmental bulletin pape

    First person – Yihua Wang

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    First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Journal of Cell Science, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Yihua Wang is the first author on ‘Nuclear entry and export of FIH are mediated by HIF1α and exportin1, respectively’, published in Journal of Cell Science. Yihua is a Lecturer in Biological Sciences at the University of Southampton, studying cell signalling in lung fibrosis and cancer, drug target validation and gene function analysis

    Supporting the research process through expanded library data services

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    Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe how the authors gained a better understanding of the variety of library users' data needs, and how gradually some new data services were established based on current capabilities.Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses a case study of the new data services at the John Cotton Dana Library, at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark campus, to demonstrate the possible ways to extend data reference services and provide data computing services. A content analysis of services records shows how each user group falls into the multiple data services levels and subcategories.Findings – Library users can be classified into many different categories, and each of these may have different needs. Research centers might have big projects involving data gathering and applications where a librarian can mainly provide consultation; while an individual faculty member or student might need the librarians as research partners, with help for their specific problems. Computing data services can involve group training and statistical analysis assistance, where researchers need emergent help. Data librarians can take various opportunities for data management education, thereby gradually raising awareness and cultivating better research habits among researchers.Originality/value – Library data computing services can make unique contributions to faculty and students' research and study. Institution, library and users' interaction determines the levels and extent of data services and is generalized from the description and analysis of typical data service examples. Classic concept of data services levels is applied to a concrete case of data services program, and sub-categories of each data services level and user types are developed based on the authors' services record.This article is (c) Emerald Group Publishing and permission has been granted for this version to appear here at the RUcore: Rutgers University Community Repository . Emerald does not grant permission for this article to be further copied/distributed or hosted elsewhere without the express permission from Emerald Group Publishing Limited.Peer reviewe

    Power scaling of ytterbium-doped fiber superfluorescent sources

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    Power scaling of ytterbium-doped fiber superfluorescent sources based on single-stage and two-stage cladding-pumped fiber configurations is reported. For the single-stage configuration, a novel fiber-end termination scheme was employed to suppress laser oscillation in combination with a simple all-fiber scheme for achieving a predominantly single-ended output. The fiber was cladding-pumped by a diode stack at 976 nm and yielded ~62 W of single-ended amplified spontaneous emission output for 119 W of launched pump power, limited by the onset of parasitic lasing. At pump powers in excess of 40 W, the slope efficiency with respect to the launched pump power was 67%. The emission spectrum spanned the wavelength range from 1030 to 1100 nm and the bandwidth (FWHM) was 12 nm. Scaling to higher power levels was demonstrated using a two-stage cladding-pumped fiber configuration comprising of a low-power fiber superfluorescent seed source and a high-power amplifier. The two-stage source yielded 122W of amplified spontaneous emission output (limited by available pump power) in a beam with M ~ 2.1. The slope efficiency for the amplifier with respect to the launched pump power was 77%. The prospects for further improvement in performance and output power are considered

    The supporting information for Spatial Changes of Late Quaternary Slip Rates along the Gyaring Co Fault: Implications for Strain Partitioning and Deformation Modes in Central Tibet

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    Author: Wang Duo, Hong Chang, Gongming Yin, Fei Han, Zebin Mao, Jinhua Du Wenjun Zheng and Xulong Wang Corresponding author: Xulong Wang ([email protected]) Contents of this file Text S1 Figures S1 to S3 Table S1 Introduction The supporting information including sampling, pretreatments, all details of Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating and collected rates and ages along strike-slip and normal faults in central Tibet. Text S1 shows detailed OSL dating processing and analysis procedures. Figures S1, S2 and S3 show OSL dating details at Kong Co, Aruo and Nacha site, respectively. Table S1 shows the rates and ages of strike-slip and normal faults and their corresponding references in central Tibet

    The supporting information for Spatial Changes of Late Quaternary Slip Rates along the Gyaring Co Fault: Implications for Strain Partitioning and Deformation Modes in Central Tibet

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    Author: Wang Duo, Hong Chang, Gongming Yin, Fei Han, Zebin Mao, Jinhua Du Wenjun Zheng and Xulong Wang Corresponding author: Xulong Wang ([email protected]) Contents of this file Text S1 Figures S1 to S3 Table S1 Introduction The supporting information including sampling, pretreatments, all details of Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating and collected rates and ages along strike-slip and normal faults in central Tibet. Text S1 shows detailed OSL dating processing and analysis procedures. Figures S1, S2 and S3 show OSL dating details at Kong Co, Aruo and Nacha site, respectively. Table S1 shows the rates and ages of strike-slip and normal faults and their corresponding references in central Tibet

    The Supporting Information for Spatial Changes in Late Quaternary Slip Rates along the Gyaring Co Fault: Implications for Strain Partitioning and Deformation Modes in Central Tibet

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    Author: Wang Duo, Hong Chang, Gongming Yin, Fei Han, Zebin Mao, Jinhua Du Wenjun Zheng and Xulong Wang Corresponding author: Xulong Wang ([email protected]) Contents of this file Text S1 Figures S1 to S3 Table S1 Introduction The supporting information including sampling, pretreatments, all details of Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating and collected rates and ages along strike-slip and normal faults in central Tibet. Text S1 shows detailed OSL dating processing and analysis procedures. Figures S1, S2 and S3 show OSL dating details at Kong Co, Aruo and Nacha site, respectively. Table S1 shows the rates and ages of strike-slip and normal faults and their corresponding references in central Tibet

    Bi-doped silica-based fiber amplifier for O-band transmission

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    Bismuth (Bi)-doped fibers offer a great potential to develop fiber sources in the 1150-1800nm wavelength region. Here, we review our recent work on Bi-doped fiber amplifiers in the O-band covering from 1300-1360nm
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