24 research outputs found
Between environmental literature and ocean literature, Syaman Rapongan and Liao Hongji
No full textThe subject of the bachelor thesis is a literary analysis of selected works with oceanic subject matter by contemporary Taiwanese authors Syaman Rapongan (*1957) and Liao Hongji (*1957). Rapongan's novel The Eyes of the Sky (2012) and Liao Hongji's short story cycle Fishermen (1996) will be presented in the broader context of "bentu literature" (bentu wenxue; i.e., local Taiwanese literature) and closely related environmental and ocean literature. In the analytical part, the author will focus on the motivic construction in the work of Rapongan and Liao in relation to ocean and environmental themes. The main focus will be on the differences in the conception of the ocean and marine culture in Rapongan's work as a member of the indigenous tribe Tao, and Liao Hongji, whose origin is Han. The thesis further examines whether and how environmental and oceanic literature overlap, using Wu Mingyi's definition of environmental literature. Keywords Syaman Rapongan, Liao Hongji, ocean literature, environmental literature, bentu wenxu
Between environmental literature and ocean literature, Syaman Rapongan and Liao Hongji
No full textThe subject of the bachelor thesis is a literary analysis of selected works with oceanic subject matter by contemporary Taiwanese authors Syaman Rapongan (*1957) and Liao Hongji (*1957). Rapongan's novel The Eyes of the Sky (2012) and Liao Hongji's short story cycle Fishermen (1996) will be presented in the broader context of "bentu literature" (bentu wenxue; i.e., local Taiwanese literature) and closely related environmental and ocean literature. In the analytical part, the author will focus on the motivic construction in the work of Rapongan and Liao in relation to ocean and environmental themes. The main focus will be on the differences in the conception of the ocean and marine culture in Rapongan's work as a member of the indigenous tribe Tao, and Liao Hongji, whose origin is Han. The thesis further examines whether and how environmental and oceanic literature overlap, using Wu Mingyi's definition of environmental literature. Keywords Syaman Rapongan, Liao Hongji, ocean literature, environmental literature, bentu wenxuePředmětem bakalářské práce je literárně-vědná analýza vybraných děl s oceánskou tematikou současných tchajwanských autorů Syamana Rapongana (*1957) a Liao Hongjiho (*1957). Raponganův román Oči Nebes (2012, přel. Šimonová, 2017) a Liao Hongjiho povídkový cyklus Rybáři (1996, přel. Krámská, 2017) budou představeny v širším kontextu "literatury bentu" (bentu wenxue; tj. místní taiwanské literatury) a s ní úzce související environmentální a oceánské literatury. V analytické části se autorka zaměří na motivickou výstavbu v tvorbě Rapongana a Liaoa ve vztahu s oceánskou a environmentální tematikou. Hlavní důraz bude kladen na rozdíly v pojetí oceánu a mořské kultury v tvorbě Rapongana jako příslušníka kmene původních obyvatel Tao, a Liao Hongjiho, jehož původ je hanský. Práce dále zkoumá, zda a jak se proudy environmentální a oceánské literatury překrývají, při čemž pracuje s definicí environmentální literatury podle Wu Mingyiho. Klíčová slova Syaman Rapongan, Liao Hongji, literatura oceánu, environmentální literatura, bentu wenxueKatedra sinologieDepartment of SinologyFilozofická fakultaFaculty of Art
Stress reduction effects of ultra-high performance fiber reinforced concrete overlaid steel bridge deck developed with a new interfacial bond method
No full textThe effects of a 25 mm of UHPFRC overlay on reducing the stress of the open ribs-stiffened orthotropic steel decks (OSDs) are assessed experimentally and analytically. To integrate the UHPFRC overlay and the OSDs, an adhesive-based bonding technique is developed and evaluated beforehand using a pull-off test and a three-point bending test, where a 3 MPa of excellent bond strength and an invisible slip demonstrate the reliability of the technique. With the developed bonding technique, an up to 80% of strain reduction and a peak clipping phenomenon are observed in the strain of the critical locations of the steel deck and structural members in the hotspot areas due to the UHPFRC. In addition, it is found that the superior high strengths and the strain hardening of UHPFRC can postpone the initiation and propagation of cracks. As a result, an effective enhancement of stiffness of OSDs and an apparent fatigue life extension can be achieved even with a thin layer
Research and Implementation of local color in animation
No full textTaking With Hui'an Women living in the south China's Fujian Province as an example, the thesis analysis the constitution of Hui'an woman's finery. Through the deeply scratch of color theory, we analysis the physiological reason which cause color in eyes. Study the mental acts created by physiological reason and color's collocation and symbolic meaning, the thesis brings up a viewpoint that use the native color element to enhance the art infectivity when we are creating animation. By strengthen the local color's colored activity, making the animation have a special effect visual reception, I make an animation named < seek > which tells a story about diligent and sapiential Hui'an woman. The article illustrate how I use local color to build up the characters; control the tempo of animation; sublime the theme of story, make a better effect of local color to manifest Hui'an women's spirit of laborious, brave and septennial. The innovative research of this thesis might be helpful to the animator when they are plant to create a cartoon with local characteristic and color style.Computer Science, Artificial IntelligenceComputer Science, CyberneticsEngineering, Electrical & ElectronicImaging Science & Photographic TechnologyEICPCI-S(ISTP)
Dynamic probabilistic models for efficient and generalizable human action recognition
No full textDecember 2024School of EngineeringHuman action recognition (HAR) focuses on identifying human actions in video data. It has numerous important applications such as surveillance and smart homes. Despite its significance, HAR is challenging due to the complex dynamic patterns associated with human actions, the presence of redundant and irrelevant data in input, the high computational efficiency requirements, and the necessity to recognize both known and unknown human actions. This thesis aims to combine state-of-the-art dynamic deep models with explicit uncertainty modeling to achieve accurate, robust, and efficient HAR. First, to address the complex dynamic patterns inherent in human actions, we integrate transformer models with uncertainty modeling for complex HAR. Using the self-attention mechanism of the transformer, our model captures intricate dependencies among atomic actions. Additionally, we extend the transformer into a probabilistic transformer by treating the attention scores as random variables to capture both data and model uncertainties. Evaluations of our model on benchmarks demonstrate its superiority over existing methods. Second, to mitigate the impact of the redundant and irrelevant data on HAR, we propose an uncertainty-based spatial-temporal attention mechanism for continuous action recognition. By explicitly modeling the mutual information between the predicted labels and features using uncertainty, we generate attention masks that enable the model to prioritize high-MI features, while disregarding redundant and irrelevant ones. Evaluations on continuous action recogntion benchmarks demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach. Third, to achieve both real-time HAR along with accurate uncertainty quantification (UQ), we introduce a Bayesian Evidential Deep Learning (BEDL) framework. By combining Bayesian and evidential deep learning, BEDL employs a knowledge distillation procedure to transfer accurate UQ from a Bayesian model to a deep evidential model, which performs fast inference and precise UQ. Experiments demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of BEDL. Finally, we tackle the challenge of recognizing both known and unknown human actions. We propose a Bayesian open-setHAR method that utilizes a deep ensemble to estimate epistemic uncertainty, enabling the distinction between known and unknown actions. Additionally, we employ optical flow to guide the model's focus on high-motion regions. Our evaluations on benchmarks reveal that our method achieves superior performance.Ph
Stress reduction effects of ultra-high performance fiber reinforced concrete overlaid steel bridge deck developed with a new interfacial bond method
No full textThe effects of a 25 mm of UHPFRC overlay on reducing the stress of the open ribs-stiffened orthotropic steel decks (OSDs) are assessed experimentally and analytically. To integrate the UHPFRC overlay and the OSDs, an adhesive-based bonding technique is developed and evaluated beforehand using a pull-off test and a three-point bending test, where a 3 MPa of excellent bond strength and an invisible slip demonstrate the reliability of the technique. With the developed bonding technique, an up to 80% of strain reduction and a peak clipping phenomenon are observed in the strain of the critical locations of the steel deck and structural members in the hotspot areas due to the UHPFRC. In addition, it is found that the superior high strengths and the strain hardening of UHPFRC can postpone the initiation and propagation of cracks. As a result, an effective enhancement of stiffness of OSDs and an apparent fatigue life extension can be achieved even with a thin layer
Author Correction: A novel microRNA signature predicts survival in liver hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatectomy
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Fouling Resistant CA/PVA/TiO2 Imprinted Membranes for Selective Recognition and Separation Salicylic Acid from Waste Water
No full textInvestigation of the residual stress in reaction-bonded SiC under irradiation
No full textThe development of reaction-bonded SiC (RB-SiC) for an application in nuclear reactor environments has been suspended for many years because of the possible swelling mismatch between SiC and Si under irradiation. Therefore, we studied the residual stresses in RB-SiC due to the irradiation-induced swelling mismatch and the mismatch between the coefficients of thermal expansion. The maximum irradiation-induced swelling stress for the amorphous state was obtained by irradiation with 2 MeV Au2+ ions (1 x 10(16) ions/cm(2)) at room temperature. Utilizing Raman piezo-spectroscopy, nanoindentation tests and thermal expansion coefficient measurements, we demonstrate that the irradiation-induced swelling stress is remarkably high at low temperatures, whereas the thermal stress becomes the dominant residual stress at medium (415 degrees C < T< 700 degrees C) or higher temperatures. By optimizing the residual Si content in the RB-SiC, the thermal stress and the irradiation-induced swelling stress can be adjusted and the initiation of cracks can be prevented. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.SCI(E)[email protected]
