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Fu Describing About the Author Himself: A Focus on Ban Gu "You tong fu"
No full textFrom Later Han dynasty onwards, the number of fu describing about the author himself has increased. There are several possible reasons for this, but the most important reason is probably that there was no other genre through which one could express oneself except for fu in this period. For instance, the fiveword poetry was still in the middle way of establishing its own style at that moment. Moreover, in Former Han, there were few opportunities for authors to talk about themselves in detail in fu, because the main readers were emperors and kings of countries. In Later Han, the readers had become more diverse. That is probably the reason why more fu began to mention about the authors themselves in this period. Ban Gu (32-92), who is a representative scholar of Later Han and also a man of letters, expressed his aim by writing "You tong fu". Its main content is that though one's encounter with a disaster or felicity is not always derived from our behavior, we have to have a strong will and take action to overcome disasters. This idea is supported by Ban Gu's experiences of not attaining his aim. Such experiences are common in Chinese authors. One of the earliest examples is Chu Ci. Also, Chu Ci is the one of the origins of fu. It is surprising that authors expressed things about themselves mostly in fu describing journeys. It may be easier to understand this tendency if we think they substituted the heaven wander in Chu Ci with a ground journey. Chu Ci was a model for authors to express their aim which could not come true, even if the journey on the ground and the wander in heaven are different
Impact of kerogen heterogeneity on sorption of organic pollutants. 1. sorbent characterization
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Online Iterative Adaptive Dynamic Programming Approach for Solving the Zero-Sum Game for Nonlinear Continuous-Time Systems with Partially Unknown Dynamics
No full textThe current study presents an online iterative adaptive dynamic programming approach to resolve the zero-sum game (ZSG) for nonlinear continuous-time (CT) systems containing a partially unknown dynamic. The Hamilton-Jacobian-Issacs (HJI) equation is solved along the state trajectory according to the value function approximation and the policy improvement online. Relaxed dynamic programming is utilized to ensure the algorithm’s convergence. Model and costate networks were established to conduct the method. Computational simulations are performed to present the efficiency of the algorithm.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.Control & Simulatio
Note of congratulations from Jack Huang to Dr. Frank Fu, January 1, 1983
No full textA note of congratulations to Dr. Frank H. Fu (Fu Haojian) from Springfield College Alum, Jack Huang, Class of 1936, dated January 1, 1983. The card has country lane scene on the front, with a tree with pink leaves, a buttfly, and a tree with its leaves still green. There is the roof of a house just visible over the hill. It also says Congratulations. Inside is short message.Mr. Huang wrote a short personal note congratulating him for his efforts and the recent recognition by then President Ronald Reagan, or the actor as he refers to him, and saying how proud the Chinese are of him. An author of 17 textbooks and more than 100 journal articles, Frank H. Fu, G’73, DPE’75, has worked across the world in China, Canada, and the United States. Throughout his career, he has received many distinguished honors, including the Medal of Honor in 2009 by the SAR Government of Hong Kong.
Fu has held positions at institutions such as the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Springfield College, where he served as director of the International Center starting in 1978. Five years later, Fu returned to Hong Kong, but has since remained actively involved with Springfield College, participating in talks on the campus and even hosting a gathering of nearly 60 alumni in Hong Kong.
Currently, Fu is the associate vice president of Hong Kong Baptist University, where he also works as the director of the Dr. Stephen Hui Research Centre of Physical Recreation and Wellness. In addition, Fu is president of the Society of Chinese Scholars on Exercise Physiology and Fitness, chairperson of Hong Kong Coach Education Committee, a research fellow of the Research Consortium of SHAPE America, and an international fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology
Direct quantification of creatinine in human urine by using isotope dilution extractive electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry
No full textA Tio2 Photoelectrocatalytic System for Wastewater Detoxification and Disinfection
No full textThis work systematically investigate the nanoparticulate TiO2 photocatalysis and
photoelectrocatalysis based methods for decomposition, detoxification and disinfection of
a series of biological contaminants ranged from small biological compounds such as
amino acids and nucleotide bases, to large biological compounds including protein, lipid
and DNA, to living microorganisms such as bacteria and virus. The small biological
compounds (e.g., amino acids and nucleotide bases) are the basic building blocks of the
large biological compounds (e.g., proteins and DNA), and the large biological compounds
are the building blocks of the living microorganisms (e.g., bacteria and viruses). Due to
the complicity involved, in order to understand the full spectrum of the decomposition,
detoxification and disinfection mechanisms of living microorganisms, a bottom-up
strategy was employed in this study. The photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic
degradation of small biological compounds were firstly investigated to gain the necessary
information for a better understanding of degradation mechanisms of large biological
compounds. The photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic degradation of large biological
compounds were then investigated to gain the necessary information for a better
understanding of decomposition/disinfection mechanisms of living microorganisms. This
was followed by the investigation of photocatalytic and photoelectrocatalytic
decomposition/detoxification/disinfection of living microorganisms.
Chapter 1 of the thesis provides comprehensive literature reviews of the present status
of research developments relevant to this work and the justification for the research topic.
Nanoparticulate TiO2 photoanode is a key element of the proposed research. Chapter
2 describes the fabrication and characterisation of the nanoparticulate TiO2 photoanode.
The nanoparticulate TiO2 photoanode was successfully fabricated using a sol-gel method.
The photoelectrocatalytic properties of the resultant TiO2 photoanodes were systematically
evaluated using water, as well as organic model compounds in both bulk and thin-layer
photoelectrochemical cells. The results indicated that the resultant photoanodes possess
high photocatalytic activity. The measured net charge under the exhaustive conditions in
a thin-layer photoelectrochemical cell is essentially the same as the theoretically required
charge, demonstrating a superior oxidation power and 100% electron collection efficiency.
Photocatalytic (PC) and photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) degradation of small biological
compounds such as amino acids and nucleotide bases were carried out in Chapters 3 and 4.
These small biological compounds were found to be photocatalytically and
photoelectrocatalytically degradable. The degradation efficiency of PEC method was
found to be higher than that of PC method for all compounds investigated. The organic
nitrogens in the original compounds can be oxidised to either NH3/NH4 + or NO3- or both,
depending the chemical structures of the original compounds and the degradation methods
used. Both experimental results and the theoretically calculated frontier electron densities
values of (2FEDHOMO)2 and (FEDHOMO)2+(FEDLUMO)2 demonstrated that the reaction
mechanisms/pathways of PEC processes differed remarkably from that of PC processes.
As a part of the proposed “bottom-up” strategy, PC and PEC degradation of large
biological compounds such as bovine serum albumin (BSA), lecithin and bacteria
genomic DNA were performed in Chapter 5. A new method for estimating the theoretical
charge required to mineralise these large biological compounds with unknown chemical
formula was firstly developed and experimentally validated. The degradation efficiency
of PEC method was found to be higher than that of PC method for all large biological
compounds investigated.
In Chapter 6, a bactericidal technique (PEC-Br) utilising in situ photoelectrocatalytically generated photohole (h+), Br2•- and active oxygen species (AOS) for instant inactivation and rapid decomposition of Gram-negative bacteria such as E. coli was proposed and experimentally validated. The method is capable of inactivating 99.90% and 100% of 9×106 CFU/mL E. coli within 0.40 s and 1.57 s, respectively. To achieve the same inactivation effect, the PEC-Br method is 358 and 199 times faster than that of the PEC method, and 2250 and 764 times faster than that of the PC method.
The Chapter 7 demonstrated the bactericidal technique developed in Chapter 6 can
also be applied as a virucidal technique for rapid inactivation of viruses such as
replication-deficient recombinant adenovirus (RDRADS). The PEC-Br method is capable
of deactivating 99.77% and 100% of RDRADS within 14.32 s and 31.65 s, respectively.
The final chapter of the thesis (Chapter 8) summarises the outcomes of this study and
future work.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)Griffith School of EnvironmentScience, Environment, Engineering and TechnologyFull Tex
Practical application of on-line partial discharge monitoring technique on 500kV shunt reactor
No full textConsidering the damage mechanism of oil-impregnated paper insulation in power transformers, shunt reactors and other high voltage electrical apparatus caused by partial discharge, a concept of “destructive partial discharge” is introduced in this paper. The intensity of this discharge is regarded as several thousands pico-coulomb (pC) and may cause the insulation a fatal damage. An oil-paper insulation is usually able to withstand this type of partial discharge for a period of time prior to failure. This provides engineers a time window to detect it. This paper describes an on-line partial discharge monitoring system for 500kV shunt reactors. The commission results from 3 single-phase shunt reactors either connected or disconnected to the grid showed that the on-line partial discharge detecting system has a high noise immunising ability. Two years later after the installation, a pre-warning signal was received from one shunt reactor indicating the existence of an intermittent discharge. The acoustic emission system located its position at the low end of the high voltage bushing in the oil. Dissolved gasses analysis (DGA) in the oil suggested the presence of partial discharge, as acetylene (C2H2) was as high as 20ppm. PD activity was further confirmed by a physical examination on the reactor
Lu Yu and Tu Fu
No full textLu Yu 陸游 (1125-1209), the famous patriot poet of the Southern Sung, admired Tu Fu above all the poets of the past, and the deep influence which Tu Fu exercised on him may be seen throughout his work. In spite of this fact, however, there are many differences which mark the lives and works of the two men. As a first step towards a comparative study of the two poets, the author has attempted to discover how Lu Yu evaluated his predecessor, using evidence found in Lu Yu's poems themselves. By Lu Yu's time, Tu Fu was already widely recognized as the greatest Chinese poet. It had become a popular pastime to try to identify individual poems of Tu Fu on the basis of isolated phrases or couplets, or to compose poems made up of clever imitations of various couplets of Tu Fu. But Lu Yu, unlike most of his contemporaries, was less attracted by Tu Fu's poetic technique than by his poetic spirit, and regarded the latter as the most valuable lesson to be learned. He insisted that it was Tu Fu the man rather than Tu Fu the poet, Tu Fu the patriot rather than Tu Fu the artist, who deserved to be most highly admired. This was the foundation upon which Lu Yu's evaluation of Tu Fu rested, and the premise upon which he approached his work
Dr. Frank Fu
No full textA portrait photograph of Dr. Frank H. Fu (Fu Haojian). The writing on the photograph says "17 yrs."An author of 17 textbooks and more than 100 journal articles, Frank H. Fu, G’73, DPE’75, has worked across the world in China, Canada, and the United States. Throughout his career, he has received many distinguished honors, including the Medal of Honor in 2009 by the SAR Government of Hong Kong.
Fu has held positions at institutions such as the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Springfield College, where he served as director of the International Center starting in 1978. Five years later, Fu returned to Hong Kong, but has since remained actively involved with Springfield College, participating in talks on the campus and even hosting a gathering of nearly 60 alumni in Hong Kong.
Currently, Fu is the associate vice president of Hong Kong Baptist University, where he also works as the director of the Dr. Stephen Hui Research Centre of Physical Recreation and Wellness. In addition, Fu is president of the Society of Chinese Scholars on Exercise Physiology and Fitness, chairperson of Hong Kong Coach Education Committee, a research fellow of the Research Consortium of SHAPE America, and an international fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology.Photograph is stapled with other photographs to folder of original student record kept by the International center
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