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Sherry Cheng and Wei Jiang oral history interview and transcript
No full textThis recording and transcript form part of a collection of oral history interviews conducted by the Chao Center for Asian Studies at Rice University. This collection includes audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with Asian Americans native to or living in Houston.Sherry Cheng holds a Master of Music degree in piano performance from the University of Maryland and a Bachelor of the same from the University of Oklahoma. She moved to Houston in 1999 with her husband, Houston Symphony violist Wei Jiang. Sherry is
involved in various capacities in Houston’s diverse arts community. As a musician, Sherry performs frequently in chamber music concerts, collaborating with musicians from the Houston Symphony and other freelance musicians. Sherry is the founder and director of the HCC Chamber Music Series, which brings innovative classical chamber music programming featuring some of Houston's finest professional musicians to the community at large. As an arts writer and music critic, Sherry is a contributing writer for Arts and Culture TX magazine as well as Classical Review online. She also serves on Houston Grand Opera’s Cultural Advisory Committee. As an early childhood music educator, Cheng has taught music in a preschool for 20 years and continues to be a fierce advocate for integrating the arts into the school curriculum.
Born in Wuhan, China, Wei Jiang began studying violin with his father at the age of 5, then studied viola after being admitted to the prestigious Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. Immediately upon graduating with the highest honors, Wei became the youngest person to have been appointed to a teaching position at the Conservatory. During his five year tenure at the Central Conservatory, Wei toured extensively with his string quartet in Asia and Europe. He was also a founding member of the Eclipse Ensemble, a unique performing group that showcased music by contemporary Chinese composers. Wei came to the United States in 1996 to further his musical training at the Oberlin Conservatory and later at the University of Maryland. In 1999, he became a member of the Houston Symphony. He is a member of the Fidelis String Quartet, which made its Carnegie Hall debut in 2005 and is often featured in chamber music concerts throughout the city and state. He also frequently collaborates with his wife in performances of chamber music and new music, and the family of four also hosts small home concerts on social media during coronavirus quarantine. In his spare time, Wei enjoys playing tennis with his family, traveling, and the simple pleasures of life
Sherry Cheng and Wei Jiang oral history interview reflecting on Covid-19 pandemic
No full textThis recording and transcript form part of a collection of oral history interviews conducted by the Chao Center for Asian Studies at Rice University. This collection includes audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with Asian Americans native to or living in Houston.The special oral history collection is created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sherry Cheng and Wei Jiang, who were previously interviewed by HAAA in April, was invited back to speak about their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how as musicians they were impacted; and how they have contributed to the city by volunteering in aid of others— either through the Houston Food Bank, Asia Society, or the Houston Symphony Orchestra Committee, and others who are impacted by the pandemic
sou-cheng-choi/GAIL_Dev:
No full textGAIL is a suite of algorithms for integration problems in one, many, and infinite dimensions, and whose answers are guaranteed to be correct. GAIL is created, developed, and maintained by Fred Hickernell (Illinois Institute of Technology), Sou-Cheng Choi (University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory), and their collaborators including Yuhan Ding (IIT), Lan Jiang (IIT), and Yizhi Zhang (IIT)
Lobellina gladius Hu & Jiang & Jiang 2019, sp. nov.
No full textLobellina gladius sp. nov. Figures 2, 4, 6, 10–14, 16, 18, 20, Tables 4–5 Type material. Holotype: male, China, Hunan, Xinning county, Langshan National Geopark. Coordinates: 26.273767N, 110.732951E, alt. 770m, in forest of bamboo, leg. Ji-Gang Jiang, Cheng Jiang, Li-Ping Duan, 29.iv.2018. Paratypes: 5 females and 2 juveniles, about 30 specimens in alcohol, the same data as holotype, collection number as J2018042904. One female, subadult, and 4 juvenile, Guangxi, Ziyuan county, Langshan National Geopark. Coordinates: 26.274416N, 110.732011E, alt. 685m, in forest of bamboo, leg. Ji-Gang Jiang, Cheng Jiang, Li-Ping Duan, 29.iv.2018 (J2018042903). Female and male, Guangxi, Ziyuan county, Langshan National Geopark. Coordinates: 26.276824N, 110.730528E, alt. 510m, nearby the entrance of the Park, leg. Ji-Gang Jiang, Cheng Jiang, Li-Ping Duan, 29.iv.2018 (J2018042901). One male, Hunan, Xinning county, Shunhuangshang National Nature Reserve, Coordinates: 26.450028N, 111.014716E, alt. 930m, in forest, leg. Ji-Gang Jiang, Cheng Jiang, Li-Ping Duan, 1.v.2018 (J2018050102). Type materials are housed in the Key Laboratory of Zoology, Hunan University of Arts and Science (HUAS), Changde, Hunan Province, China. Diagnosis. Three pigmented eyes on head, mandible with six teeth, cephalic chaeta O present and including in tubercle Fr, cephalic tubercle Di not fused, non-cross type chaetotaxy on posterior area of head, cephalic lateral tubercle Dl, L and So independent respectively, Ant. I with 9 chaetae, Th. I with 4+4 tubercles, VT with 6–8 (usually 7) chaetae. Description. Body length: holotype, male, 4.0 mm. Usually, males: 4.0– 4.4 mm, females: 3.5–4.8 mm, juveniles: 1.5–3.5 mm. Body color. Red while living (Fig. 2) and white in alcohol (Fig. 4). Chaetal morphology (Fig. 6). Dorsal ordinary chaetae of four types: Ml, Mc, Mcc and me. Macrochaetae Ml long, sheathed, smooth and with blunt tip, gladius shaped (Fig. 6j), some Ml not sheathed and with pointed tip, such as F chaetae on head (Fig.6k) and macrochaetae on Abd. VI (Fig. 6l). Macrochaetae Mc similar to Ml morphologically, but shorter (Fig. 6 m–n). Macrochaetae Mcc morphologically similar to Mc and shorter than Mc (Fig. 6o). Mesochaetae similar to ventral chaetae, thin, smooth, and pointed, with various length (Fig. 6 p–r, t). S-chaetae on terga thin, smooth, equal to Mc and longer than Mcc (Fig. 6s). Head (Table 4, Fig. 10). Eyes 3+3, black (Fig. 11). Antenna 4-segmented (Fig. 16). Ant. I with 9 Chaetae. Ant. II with 9–11 Chaetae. Ant. III dorsally fused to Ant. IV. Two guard chaetae sgd and sgv present. Two short rods exposed in separate pit. Ant. IV dorsally with 8 thickened and curved sensilla, apical bulb trilobed. sensory organite (or) present. Ventral chaetotaxy of Ant. IV: ap with 7 bs and 3 miA, ca with 3 bs and 1 miA, cm with 2 bs and 2 miA, cp with 1 miA. On ventral side of Ant. III, Vi, Vc, Ve respectively with 3, 5, 4 chaetae. Buccal cone weakly developed, labrum truncated, chaetal formula as 0/2, 2. Mandible with four apical teeth, one curved middle tooth and one basal tooth (Fig. 12). Maxilla crochet form (Fig. 13). Labium with 11 chaetae and no x (Fig.18). Group Vi with 6+6 chaetae (Fig.18). Groups Vea, Vem and Vep with 5, 2 and 2 chaetae respectively. Dorsal chaetotaxy of head as in Table 4. and Fig. 10. Dorsal central area with 6 separate tubercles: 1 tubercle Cl, 2 An, 1 Fr and 2 Oc. Dorsal posterior area with 4 separate tubercles: 2 Di and 2 De. Line of chaetae Di2–De2 not crosses line Di1– De1 on head (non-cross type, Deharveng, 1983). Dorsal lateral area with 3 separate tubercles: Dl, L and So. Thorax (Table 5 & Fig. 10). Th. I with 4+4 tubercles (Di, De, Dl and L). Th. II and Th. III with 4+4 tubercles respectively. Chaetotaxy of thorax and legs as in Table 2. Unguis with a basal inner tooth, unguiculus absent. Chaeta M present on tibiotarsus. Abdomen (Table 5 & Fig. 10). Abd.I–IV respectively with 4+4 tubercles. Abd. V dorsally with 3+3 tubercles, two tubercles Di separate from each other, tubercle De separate from Dl, tubercle L present, on ventral side. Abd. VI with 1 tubercle on each side. VT with 7+7 chaetae, sometimes 6+6 or 8+8. Furcular remnant with 4 chaetae (Fig. 20). Etymology. The name of the species derives from the “ gladius ” shape of its macrochaetae. Remarks. The new species can be separated from known species by the following characters: Th. I with 4+4 tubercles; tubercle Di with 3 chaetae on Abd. I–III respectively, VT with 6–8 chaetae (usually 7); non-crossed type chaetae on cephalic posterior area. Including the new species, sixteen species of genus Lobellina are known worldwide. Seven of them have O chaeta on cephalic tubercle Fr, of which, 4 with chaeta O free from the tubercle, and three species, i.e. L. nanjingensis, L.fusa and L. gladius sp. nov. with chaeta O included in tubercle Fr. The new species can be easily differentiated from the other two species of the last group by the following key.Published as part of Hu, Ya-Hui, Jiang, Cheng & Jiang, Ji-Gang, 2019, Two new species of Lobellini from Central-South China (Collembola Neanuridae), pp. 77-89 in Zootaxa 4712 (1) on pages 83-88, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4712.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/358686
Crossodonthina langshanensis Hu & Jiang & Jiang 2019, sp. nov.
No full textCrossodonthina langshanensis sp. nov. Figures 1, 3, 5, 7–9, 15, 17, 19, Tables 1–3 Type material. Holotype: female, China, Hunan, Xinning county, Langshan National Geopark. Coordinates: 26.277054N, 110.730618E, alt. 520m, in forest, leg. Ji-Gang Jiang, Cheng Jiang, Li-Ping Duan, 30.iv.2018 (J2018043002). Paratypes: 2 females, China, Hunan, Xinning county, Langshan National Geopark. Coordinates: 26.276580N, 110.729240E, alt. 470m, in forest, leg. Ji-Gang Jiang, Cheng Jiang, Li-Ping Duan, 30.iv.2018 (J2018043003); 3 juvenile, Guangxi, Ziyuan county, Langshan National Geopark, Coordinates: 26.276824N, 110.730528E, alt. 510m, nearby the entrance of the Park, leg. Ji-Gang Jiang, Cheng Jiang, Li-Ping Duan, 29.iv.2018 (J2018042901). Type materials are housed in the Key Laboratory of Zoology, Hunan University of Arts and Science (HUAS), Changde, Hunan Province, China. Othermaterial. 2females, China, Hunan, Xinningcounty,LangshanNationalGeopark. Coordinates: 26.276986N, 110.736902E, alt. 527m, in forest, leg. Ji-Gang Jiang, Ya-Hui Hu, Wei Hu, 25.vii.2019 (J2019072502). Diagnosis. 2+2 black eyes on head; labral chaetotaxy as 2/4, 2; cephalic chaeta O present; tubercle Dl on Th. II with 3 chaetae (2+s); mandible with 2 prominent basal teeth and 2 fringed rami of quite different sizes; maxilla with marginal filaments on outer lamella; tubercle Di on Abd. V separated; Description. Body length: holotype 2.4 mm, two paratypes 2.3–2.4 mm, three juveniles 1.0– 1.1mm. Color. Red while living (Fig. 1) and white in alcohol (Fig. 3). Chaetal morphology (Fig. 5). Dorsal ordinary chaetae of five types: Ml (Fig. 5 a–b), Mc (Fig. 5c), Mcc (Fig. 5d), me (Fig. 5 e–f) and mi (Fig. 5h). S-chaetae on terga thin, smooth, shorter than Ml and longer than Mc (Fig. 5g). Head. Eyes 2+2, black. Antenna 4-segmented (Fig. 15). Ant. I with 9 chaetae. Ant. II with 11 chaetae. Ant. III and IV dorsally fused. Dorsal sensory guard chaeta (sgd) on Ant. III not migrated distally, two rods exposed in separate pit. Ant. IV dorsally with 8 slightly thickened and blunt sensilla, apical bulb trilobed. sensory organite (or) present. Ventral chaetotaxy of Ant. IV: ap with 8 bs and 3 miA, ca with 2 bs and 3 miA, cm with 3 bs and 1 miA, cp without miA. On ventral side of Ant. III, Vi, Vc, Ve with 3, 4, 4 chaetae respectively. Buccal cone moderately developed. Labrum truncated, chaetal formula as 2/4, 2 (adult) or 4/4, 2 (juvenile). Labium with 11 chaetae and 2 x (Fig. 17). Mandible complicated (Fig. 8), consisting of 2 rami, 2 definite teeth and some spine-like chaetae. Small ramus consisting of one spine-like chaeta and 7–8 slender chaetae, large ramus developed, with 2 rows of marginal chaetae, 4 strong and spine-like chaetae, marginal chaetae on ramus simple, bifurcated or tri-furcated, about 9-12 spine-like chaetae present on the central area of basal part of the large ramus. The longer ramus about 10 times as long as the small one. Maxilla consisting of two lamellae, the inner lamella much shorter than the outer one, with two minute apical teeth, the outer one with marginal filaments on inner side (Fig. 9). On ventral side of head, group Vi with 6+6 chaetae, groups Vea, Vem and Vep with 4, 3 and 2 chaetae respectively. Dorsal tubercles and chaetotaxy of head as in Tab. 1. and Fig. 7. Dorsal central area with 6 separate tubercles; one tubercle Cl, 2 An, one Fr and 2 Oc, chaeta O absent. Dorsal posterior area with 4 separate tubercles: 2 Di and 2 De. Line of chaetae Di2–De2 crosses line Di1– De1 on head (cross-type, Deharveng 1983). Dorsal lateral area with 1 fused tubercle (Dl+L+So). Thorax (Table 2 & Fig. 7). Th. I with 3+3 tubercles (Di, De, Dl). Th. II and Th. III with 4+4 tubercles respectively, ms on tubercle Dl of Th. II present (its form as in Fig. 5i). Chaetotaxy of thorax and legs as in Table 2. Unguis with a basal inner tooth, unguiculus absent. Chaeta M present on tibiotarsus. Abdomen (Table 2 & Fig. 7). Abd. I–IV respectively with 4+4 tubercles. Abd. V dorsally with 2+2 tubercles, two tubercles Di close to each other, but not fused together, tubercle De fused to Dl, tubercle L present on ventral side. Abd. VI with 1 tubercle on each side, no cryptopygy. VT with 4+4 chaetae. Furcular remnant with 3-4 chaetae (Fig. 19). Etymology. The name of the species derives from the locality where it was collected. Ecology. Among decayed leaves in forest. Remarks. So far, 12 species of genus Crossodonthina were reported worldwide, 11 species were from Asia and only one from Oceania, seven species were reported from China (Jiang & Zhang, 2012). In genus Crossodonthina, three species have 2+2 eyes, they are C. bidentata, C. hainana and C. montana, the new species is the fourth one with 2+2 eyes. In general appearance, Crossodonthina langshanensis sp. nov. strongly resembles Chinese species C. bidentata (Luo & Chen, 2009) in the number of mandible basal teeth, the arrangement of body tubercles, the presence of chaeta O of tubercle Fr, the number of chaetae on VT, and the presence of inner tooth on claw. However, these species can be distinguished by the following features: structure of mandible (in C. langshanensis with two fringed rami, in C. bidentata with three fringed rami), structure of maxilla (in C. langshanensis outer lamella fringed, in C. bidentate outer lamella not fringed), whether the tubercle Di fused on Abd. V or not (in C. langshanensis not fused, in C. bidentate fused), the labral chaeta formula (in C. langshanensis 2/4, 2, in C. bidentata 2/5, 2), number of chaetae (besides of ms) on tubercles Dl of Th. II (in C. langshanensis 3, in C. bidentata 4). The new species is also similar to the 2+2-eyed Chinese species C. montana (Lee & Kim, 1990) and C. hainana (Xiong et al., 2005) in the arrangement of body tubercles, the presence of chaeta O of tubercle Fr, the separate tubercle Di of Abd. V and the presence of 4+4 chaetae on VT. The new species can be separated from the above species by the characters listed in Table 3.Published as part of Hu, Ya-Hui, Jiang, Cheng & Jiang, Ji-Gang, 2019, Two new species of Lobellini from Central-South China (Collembola Neanuridae), pp. 77-89 in Zootaxa 4712 (1) on pages 78-82, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4712.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/358686
Analyzing Interpersonal Metafunction through Personal Pronouns in Song Ci Jiang Cheng Zi. Ji Meng
Get PDFInterpersonal metafunction has been studied in the four translated versions of Song Ci Jiang Cheng Zi. Ji Meng through contrastive analysis with the focus on personal pronouns. It aims to find out that the use of different personal pronouns connotes different interpersonal meaning and test the feasibility and applicability of Systemic Functional Grammar to discourse analysis. It also helps people who love Song Ci better appreciate this Ci-poem from a different angle
FIGURES 8–9 in Two new species of Lobellini from Central-South China (Collembola Neanuridae)
No full textFIGURES 8–9. Crossodonthina langshanensis sp. nov. 8 mandible, 9 maxilla.Published as part of Hu, Ya-Hui, Jiang, Cheng & Jiang, Ji-Gang, 2019, Two new species of Lobellini from Central-South China (Collembola Neanuridae), pp. 77-89 in Zootaxa 4712 (1) on page 83, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4712.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/358686
FIGURES 15–16. Ant. I–IV in Two new species of Lobellini from Central-South China (Collembola Neanuridae)
No full textFIGURES 15–16. Ant. I–IV: 15 Crossodonthina langshanensis sp. nov., 16 Lobellina gladius sp. nov.Published as part of Hu, Ya-Hui, Jiang, Cheng & Jiang, Ji-Gang, 2019, Two new species of Lobellini from Central-South China (Collembola Neanuridae), pp. 77-89 in Zootaxa 4712 (1) on page 86, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4712.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/358686
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