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Leadership styles, school effective, needs of 'mien' (face) behaviour: the interactions in Hong Kong private schools
No full textNational cultures vary and the variations challenge the conventional wisdom of the Western management theory and practice in other cultural contexts. Specifically, the national characteristic of 'face(mien) behaviour' is immensely important at all levels in Chinese interpersonal communications. The notion of 'mien' permeates every aspect of interpersonal relationships in Chinese culture because of the culture’s overarching concern with relationships. This study examines the nature of 'mien' behaviour, explores how 'mien' functions in the Hong Kong educational context, and how leadership styles of secondary school principals interact with 'mien' as perceived by their teaching staff and how, eventually, these interactions influence the effectiveness of the schools. Whenever Chinese behaviour is discussed, the social philosophy of Confucianism is relevant. The Confucian ethical system regulating social behaviour has three principle ideas: ren(), yi() and li(); benevolence, righteousness or justice, and propriety or courtesy. This study also examines how these three principles nurture 'mien' and considers whether any alternate style of leadership in Hong Kong context can be formulated
Phortica (Ashima) pavriarista Cheng & Chen 2008
No full text14) Phortica (Ashima) pavriarista Cheng & Chen, 2008 Phortica (Phortica) pavriarista Cheng & Chen in Cheng et al., 2008: 620. Phortica speculum (Maca & Lin, 1993): Chen et al., 2005b: 420 (part, misidentification). Phortica (Ashima) pavriarista: Chen & Máca, 2012: 507. Diagnosis. Arista only very slightly expanded apically (“Fig. 14” in Cheng et al. 2008); all postgonites strongly sclerotized, apically more or less pointed; posterior postgonite on only one lateral lobe of aedeagal sheath; lateral lobes submedially separated from each other; one lateral lobe of aedeagal sheath with 2 relatively close anterior postgonites (“Fig. 17” in Cheng et al. 2008). Supplementary description (not repeating characters common to P. foliiseta). Supracervical setae 12–14. Dorsomedial, tentorial apodeme 1/2 as long as basal, parallel portion of dorsolateral, tentorial apodeme. Longest, dorsal branch of arista shorter than longest seta on pedicel. Cibarial, medial sensilla 9–10 per side; posterior sensilla 4–6 per side. All tarsi with gray tarsomere V. The antisymmetry is observed in the postgonites: in A-type, the left lateral lobe bears 2 anterior postgonites, and the right lobe 1 posterior and 1 anterior postgonites (“Fig. 17” in Cheng et al. 2008); but in B-type, vice versa. Specimen examined. Thailand: 1♂ (B-type), above Sangwal, Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai, 1,250 m a.s.l., 6.i.2008, H. Bänziger leg. (SEHU). Distribution. China (Yunnan), Thailand *. Remarks. This species resembles P. andreagigoni in having the less expanded apex of arista, but can be distinguished from it by the diagnostic characters.Published as part of Toda, Masanori J., Bänziger, Hans, Sati, Pradeep C., Fartyal, Rajendra S., Suwito, Awit & Katoh, Toru, 2020, Taxonomy and evolution of asymmetric male genitalia in the subgenus Ashima Chen (Diptera: Drosophilidae: Phortica Schiner), with descriptions of seven new species, pp. 1-54 in Zootaxa 4789 (1) on page 20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4789.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/388461
Phortica (Ashima) nudiarista Cheng & Chen 2008
No full text15) Phortica (Ashima) nudiarista Cheng & Chen, 2008 Phortica (Phortica) nudiarista Cheng & Chen in Cheng et al., 2008: 619. Phortica brachychaeta Chen & Toda in Chen et al., 2005b: 422 (part, misidentification). Phortica (Ashima) nudiarista: Chen & Máca, 2012: 507. Diagnosis. Arista apically with distinct, leaf-like expansion narrower than long and apically tapering and pointed but neither dorsal nor ventral branches (“ Fig. 8 ” in Cheng et al. 2008); one lateral lobe of aedeagal sheath with 2 anterior postgonites widely separated; the other lateral lobe with 1 posterior and 1 anterior postgonites (“Fig. 11” in Cheng et al. 2008). Supplementary description (not repeating characters common to P. pavriarista). Supracervical setae 9–11. Cibarial, medial sensilla approximately 9 per side; posterior sensilla approximately 5 per side. The antisymmetry is observed in the postgonites: in A-type, the left lateral lobe bears 2 anterior postgonites, and the right lobe 1 posterior and 1 anterior postgonites (“Fig. 11” in Cheng et al. 2008); but in B-type, vice versa. Specimens examined. China: 1♂ (B-type), Zhengxing, Jingdong, Yunnan, 24.vii.2009 (SEHU). Thailand: 1♂ (B-type), above Sangwal, Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai, 1,250 m a.s.l., 24.vii.2008, H. Bänziger leg. (SEHU); 1♂ (Atype), above Sangwal, Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai, 1,250 m a.s.l., 9.i.2008, H. Bänziger leg. (SEHU); 1♂ (B-type), path to Pha Lad, Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai, 5.x.2008, H. Bänziger leg. (SEHU); 1♂ (B-type), path to Bung La U O, Ban Thi Pho Ji, Umphang Distr., Tak, ~ 800 m, 22.i.2008, H. Bänziger leg. (SEHU). Malaysia: 1♂ (B-type), Ulu Gombak, Selangor, 9.xii.2013, M.J. Toda leg. (SEHU). India: 1♂ (B-type), Uttarakhand, Chamoli Distr., Simli (Narainbagar), 5.ix.2010, P.C. Sati leg. (SEHU). Distribution. China (Yunnan), Thailand *, Peninsular Malaysia *, India (Uttarakhand)*. Remarks. This species resembles P. pavriarista in the morphology of the aedeagal sheath and postgonites, but can be distinguished from it by the diagnostic characters.Published as part of Toda, Masanori J., Bänziger, Hans, Sati, Pradeep C., Fartyal, Rajendra S., Suwito, Awit & Katoh, Toru, 2020, Taxonomy and evolution of asymmetric male genitalia in the subgenus Ashima Chen (Diptera: Drosophilidae: Phortica Schiner), with descriptions of seven new species, pp. 1-54 in Zootaxa 4789 (1) on page 20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4789.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/388461
sj-pdf-2-cat-10.1177_10760296231158585 - Supplemental material for Comparing Vitamin K Antagonists and Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Meta-Analysis
No full textSupplemental material, sj-pdf-2-cat-10.1177_10760296231158585 for Comparing Vitamin K Antagonists and Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Meta-Analysis by Wei-Chieh Lee, Jhih-Yuan Shih, Hsiu-Yu Fang, Po-Jui Wu, Chih-Yuan Fang, Huang-Chung Chen and
Yen-Nan Fang, Wei-Ting Chang, Mien-Cheng Chen in Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis</p
sj-docx-1-cat-10.1177_10760296231158585 - Supplemental material for Comparing Vitamin K Antagonists and Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Meta-Analysis
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-cat-10.1177_10760296231158585 for Comparing Vitamin K Antagonists and Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Meta-Analysis by Wei-Chieh Lee, Jhih-Yuan Shih, Hsiu-Yu Fang, Po-Jui Wu, Chih-Yuan Fang, Huang-Chung Chen and
Yen-Nan Fang, Wei-Ting Chang, Mien-Cheng Chen in Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis</p
Stegana (Oxyphortica) mediospinosa Cheng, Xu & Chen, 2010, sp. nov.
No full textStegana (Oxyphortica) mediospinosa sp. nov. (Figs 1–4) Diagnosis. This species, very similar to S. (O.) setifrons in the shape of gonopods, can be differentiated from it by having the surstylus slightly inward protruded ventrally, with one sclerotized process dorsally and one strong prensiseta subbasally (Fig. 2). Description. Male and female: Frons almost dark brown. Face, clypeus and gena yellow. Mesoscutum yellow in male, brownish yellow in female. Pleura yellow below. Scutellum yellow to brownish. Abdominal tergites 2 nd and 3 rd grayish brown, 4 th to 6 th black; sternites yellow, 6 th and 7 th tergites brown to dark brown in female. Measurements. BL = 3.25 mm in the holotype (range in 53 4 ΨΨ paratypes: 2.66–3.03 in 3, 3.35– 3.50 in ΨΨ), ThL = 1.40 mm (1.16–1.34 in 3, 1.26–1.50 in ΨΨ), WL = 2.95 mm (2.08–2.33 in 3, 2.80– 3.20 in ΨΨ), WW = 1.12 mm (0.98–1.13 in 3, 1.04–1.24 ΨΨ), arb = 8 / 4 (7–9 / 4–5), avd = 1.00 (0.76 –1.00), adf = 2.00 (1.18–2.11), flw = 2.00 (1.56–1.90), FW/HW = 0.37 (0.35–0.43), ch/o = 0.08 (0.07–0.11), prorb = 1.25 (1.07–1.29), rcorb = 0.75 (0.65–0.86), vb = 0.70 (0.50–0.71), dcl = 0.51 (0.37–0.55), presctl = 0.55 (0.50–0.60), sctl = 0.92 (1.07–1.24), sterno = 0.71 (0.72–0.89), orbito = 1.56 (1.71–2.33), dcp = 0.30 (0.26– 0.35), sctlp = 0.91 (0.84–1.12), C = 3.17 (2.70–3.20), 4 c = 0.73 (0.74–0.89), 4 v = 1.52 (1.58–2.06), 5 x = 0.83 (1.00– 1.27), ac = 4.00 (3.67–3.93), M = 0.44 (0.45–0.48), C 3 F = 0.79 (0.74–0.93). Specimens examined. Holotype 3 (SCAU, No. 120486), CHINA: Mengyang (22 ° 20 'N, 100 ° 51 'E), Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, 700 m, 14.ix. 2002, H.W. Chen. Paratypes: CHINA: 2 ΨΨ (SCAU, Nos 120487,88), same data as holotype; 43 1 Ψ (KIZ) 53 (SCAU, Nos 120489 - 93), 23 1 Ψ (SCAU, Nos 120494 - 96), Menglun, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, 21 ° 41 'N, 101 ° 25 'E, 700–900 m, 12.viii. 2001, M.J. Toda, 22.ix. 2003, H.W. Chen, 16.iv. 2007, H.W. Chen; 23 6 ΨΨ (KIZ), Mengla, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, 21 ° 28 ΄ N, 101 ° 38 ΄ E, alt. 600 m, 22–25.iv. 2007, J.J. Gao. LAOS: 23 (SCAU, Nos 120497, 98), Reu Gnomnolat, 680 m, 25.v. 2007, X.M. Wang. Etymology. A combination of the Latin words: medius and spinosus, referring to the surstylus submedially with 1 strong prensiseta. Distribution. China (Yunnan), Laos.Published as part of Cheng, Yu, Xu, Miaofeng & Chen, Hongwei, 2010, The Stegana (Oxyphortica) convergens species group from the Oriental region (Diptera: Drosophilidae), pp. 57-63 in Zootaxa 2531 on pages 59-60, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19654
Image_1_Genomic Insights Into the Unique Demographic History and Genetic Structure of Five Hmong-Mien-Speaking Miao and Yao Populations in Southwest China.tif
No full textSouthern China was the original center of multiple ancestral populations related to modern Hmong-Mien, Tai-Kadai, Austroasiatic, and Austronesian people. More recent genetic surveys have focused on the fine-scale genetic structure and admixture history of southern Chinese populations, but the genetic formation and diversification of Hmong-Mien speakers are far from clear due to the sparse genetic sampling. Here, we reported nearly 700,000 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) data from 130 Guizhou Miao and Yao individuals. We used principal component analysis, ADMIXTURE, f-statistics, qpAdm, phylogenetic tree, fineSTRUCTURE, and ALDER to explore the fine-scale population genetic structure and admixture pattern of Hmong-Mien people. The sharing allele patterns showed that our studied populations had a strong genetic affinity with ancient and modern groups from southern and southeastern East Asia. We identified one unique ancestry component maximized in Yao people, which widely existed in other Hmong-Mien-speaking populations in southern China and Southeast Asia and ancient samples of Guangxi. Guizhou Hmong-Mien speakers harbored the dominant proportions of ancestry related to southern indigenous East Asians and minor proportions of northern ancestry related to Yellow River farmers, suggesting the possibility of genetic admixture between Hmong-Mien people and recent southward Sino-Tibetan-related populations. Furthermore, we found a genetic substructure among geographically different Miao and Yao people in Leishan and Songtao. The Yao and Miao people in Leishan harbored more southern East Asian ancestry, but Miao in Songtao received more northern East Asian genetic influence. We observed high mtDNA but low Y-chromosome diversity in studied Hmong-Mien groups, supporting the role of sex-specific residence in influencing human genetic variation. Our data provide valuable clues for further exploring population dynamics in southern China.</p
Table_3_Genomic Insights Into the Unique Demographic History and Genetic Structure of Five Hmong-Mien-Speaking Miao and Yao Populations in Southwest China.xlsx
No full textSouthern China was the original center of multiple ancestral populations related to modern Hmong-Mien, Tai-Kadai, Austroasiatic, and Austronesian people. More recent genetic surveys have focused on the fine-scale genetic structure and admixture history of southern Chinese populations, but the genetic formation and diversification of Hmong-Mien speakers are far from clear due to the sparse genetic sampling. Here, we reported nearly 700,000 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) data from 130 Guizhou Miao and Yao individuals. We used principal component analysis, ADMIXTURE, f-statistics, qpAdm, phylogenetic tree, fineSTRUCTURE, and ALDER to explore the fine-scale population genetic structure and admixture pattern of Hmong-Mien people. The sharing allele patterns showed that our studied populations had a strong genetic affinity with ancient and modern groups from southern and southeastern East Asia. We identified one unique ancestry component maximized in Yao people, which widely existed in other Hmong-Mien-speaking populations in southern China and Southeast Asia and ancient samples of Guangxi. Guizhou Hmong-Mien speakers harbored the dominant proportions of ancestry related to southern indigenous East Asians and minor proportions of northern ancestry related to Yellow River farmers, suggesting the possibility of genetic admixture between Hmong-Mien people and recent southward Sino-Tibetan-related populations. Furthermore, we found a genetic substructure among geographically different Miao and Yao people in Leishan and Songtao. The Yao and Miao people in Leishan harbored more southern East Asian ancestry, but Miao in Songtao received more northern East Asian genetic influence. We observed high mtDNA but low Y-chromosome diversity in studied Hmong-Mien groups, supporting the role of sex-specific residence in influencing human genetic variation. Our data provide valuable clues for further exploring population dynamics in southern China.</p
Table_1_Genomic Insights Into the Unique Demographic History and Genetic Structure of Five Hmong-Mien-Speaking Miao and Yao Populations in Southwest China.xlsx
No full textSouthern China was the original center of multiple ancestral populations related to modern Hmong-Mien, Tai-Kadai, Austroasiatic, and Austronesian people. More recent genetic surveys have focused on the fine-scale genetic structure and admixture history of southern Chinese populations, but the genetic formation and diversification of Hmong-Mien speakers are far from clear due to the sparse genetic sampling. Here, we reported nearly 700,000 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) data from 130 Guizhou Miao and Yao individuals. We used principal component analysis, ADMIXTURE, f-statistics, qpAdm, phylogenetic tree, fineSTRUCTURE, and ALDER to explore the fine-scale population genetic structure and admixture pattern of Hmong-Mien people. The sharing allele patterns showed that our studied populations had a strong genetic affinity with ancient and modern groups from southern and southeastern East Asia. We identified one unique ancestry component maximized in Yao people, which widely existed in other Hmong-Mien-speaking populations in southern China and Southeast Asia and ancient samples of Guangxi. Guizhou Hmong-Mien speakers harbored the dominant proportions of ancestry related to southern indigenous East Asians and minor proportions of northern ancestry related to Yellow River farmers, suggesting the possibility of genetic admixture between Hmong-Mien people and recent southward Sino-Tibetan-related populations. Furthermore, we found a genetic substructure among geographically different Miao and Yao people in Leishan and Songtao. The Yao and Miao people in Leishan harbored more southern East Asian ancestry, but Miao in Songtao received more northern East Asian genetic influence. We observed high mtDNA but low Y-chromosome diversity in studied Hmong-Mien groups, supporting the role of sex-specific residence in influencing human genetic variation. Our data provide valuable clues for further exploring population dynamics in southern China.</p
Table_7_Genomic Insights Into the Unique Demographic History and Genetic Structure of Five Hmong-Mien-Speaking Miao and Yao Populations in Southwest China.xlsx
No full textSouthern China was the original center of multiple ancestral populations related to modern Hmong-Mien, Tai-Kadai, Austroasiatic, and Austronesian people. More recent genetic surveys have focused on the fine-scale genetic structure and admixture history of southern Chinese populations, but the genetic formation and diversification of Hmong-Mien speakers are far from clear due to the sparse genetic sampling. Here, we reported nearly 700,000 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) data from 130 Guizhou Miao and Yao individuals. We used principal component analysis, ADMIXTURE, f-statistics, qpAdm, phylogenetic tree, fineSTRUCTURE, and ALDER to explore the fine-scale population genetic structure and admixture pattern of Hmong-Mien people. The sharing allele patterns showed that our studied populations had a strong genetic affinity with ancient and modern groups from southern and southeastern East Asia. We identified one unique ancestry component maximized in Yao people, which widely existed in other Hmong-Mien-speaking populations in southern China and Southeast Asia and ancient samples of Guangxi. Guizhou Hmong-Mien speakers harbored the dominant proportions of ancestry related to southern indigenous East Asians and minor proportions of northern ancestry related to Yellow River farmers, suggesting the possibility of genetic admixture between Hmong-Mien people and recent southward Sino-Tibetan-related populations. Furthermore, we found a genetic substructure among geographically different Miao and Yao people in Leishan and Songtao. The Yao and Miao people in Leishan harbored more southern East Asian ancestry, but Miao in Songtao received more northern East Asian genetic influence. We observed high mtDNA but low Y-chromosome diversity in studied Hmong-Mien groups, supporting the role of sex-specific residence in influencing human genetic variation. Our data provide valuable clues for further exploring population dynamics in southern China.</p
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