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Complete solo piano works of Zhou Long
Get PDFAccess to thesis restricted until 07/2023.Zhou Long is a contemporary composer of Chinese American descent, who
belongs to a generation of Chinese composers that began introducing traditional
Chinese music to western audiences. He gained international recognition after
receiving the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for his opera, Madame White Snake (2011). Very
few performances, recordings, and publications currently exist on Zhou’s piano
music, and this doctoral lecture recital is the first time an artist has performed the
complete collection of Zhou’s solo piano pieces. The pieces include: Mongolian Folk-
Tune Variations, Wu Kui, Pianogongs, and Pianobells. In his piano music, Zhou
makes use of unconventional extended piano techniques, imitates and evokes Chinese
traditional instruments, and likes to make connections with other art genres. Also, the
prominence of percussive elements in Zhou’s music is of a great importance. In this
lecture recital, the author has mainly focused on 1) the background information of
Zhou Long and his solo piano works; 2) the influence of Chinese traditional
instruments, ancient literatures and aesthetic concepts, in addition to folk elements on
his piano music; 3) how the composer combined those elements with western music
and compositional skills; and 4) the exploration of the percussive usage of the piano
along with various sound effect. Much of the discussion were from the author’s own
observations; it also include insights from an interview the author conducted with the
composer. Through the combined presentation of the lecture and performance of Zhou
Long’s four piano pieces, the author intended to help bring exposure to his piano
works, and to serve as a guide for piano students and teachers interested in exploring
Zhou’s piano music.Thesis (D.A.
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JBA898372 Supplemental Material - Supplemental material for Modified acellular porcine corneal matrix in deep lamellar transplantation of rabbit cornea
No full textSupplemental material, JBA898372 Supplemental Material for Modified acellular porcine corneal matrix in deep lamellar transplantation of rabbit cornea by Qian Wang, Hang Zhou, Yongqiang Sun, Chengbo Cao and Kunpeng Pang in Journal of Biomaterials Applications</p
Application of particle swarm optimization in adaptive self-interference cancellation
Get PDFThis thesis investigates the application of particle swarm optimization in self-interference cancellation. To achieve cancellation, the receiver has to differentiate between the transmit and receive signal. The transmit signal is already known at the transmitting side but it undergoes some distortion before it reaches the receiving end. An adaptive filter proves to be useful in estimating the distortion, but its weight remains an unknown factor. This thesis uses the particle swarm optimization algorithm to dynamically adjust the weights of the filter.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2022-08-01The student, Jingchao Zhou, accepted the attached license on 2020-07-07 at 14:08.The student, Jingchao Zhou, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2020-07-07 at 14:14.This Thesis was approved for publication on 2020-07-07 at 17:20.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #15513 on 2020-10-02 at 15:31:36Made available in DSpace on 2020-10-07T22:44:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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The long-term effect of gap size on soil invertebrates in subalpine forest
No full texthttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001809 National Natural Science Foundation of Chinahttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004829 Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Provincehttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004543 China Scholarship Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100012542 Sichuan Provincial Science and Technology Support Progra
The Death of the Author, or Not: An Examination of Contemporary Western Literary Theory (Book Review)
No full textZhou, M. (2017) The Death of the Author, or Not: An Examination of Contemporary Western Literary Theory (Book Review). Journal of East-West Thought, 2(7), 103-104.Jiang Zhang, The Death of the Author, or Not: An Examination of Contemporary Western Literary Theory. Beijing; China Social Sciences Press, 2017. 500 pp
A Research into PANG Tong
No full text庞统为荆州名士,曾先后在刘表、周瑜手下任职,投奔刘备集团较晚。后来他成为刘备主要谋士之一,并在取益州问题上打消了刘备的一些顾虑。其后他随刘备入益州,并为刘备夺取该州献计献策。庞统还表现出为刘备尽忠甚至不惜牺牲的一面,他在率众攻城时遇害。庞统有知人之才,善于品评人物,并曾向刘备举荐彭羕等。庞统与法正可说属于两种不同类型的谋士,他是有谋略且有德可称者。Pang Tong,a celebrity of Jingzhou,served under LIU Biao and ZHOU Yu,but finally joined LIU Bei's group,being one of the LIU's main counselors and dispelling his certain concerns over occupying Yizhou.As a LIU's follower,PANG Tong suggested some ways and means to capture Yizhou and he performed loyally at the expense of sacrificing himself when leading the army into the siege of Yizhou.He was a genius in selecting and judging talents,and he recommended PENG Yang to his master.FA Zheng and he belonged to different kinds of counselors,and the latter was famous for his strategies and morality.2011年福建省社会科学规划项目“儒道思想双重转型研究——以魏晋时期为中心”(项目号:2011B234)阶段性成果之
FIGURE 2 in Steinernema guangdongense sp. n. (Nematoda: Steinernematidae), a new entomopathogenic nematode from southern China with a note on S. serratum (nomen nudum)
No full textFIGURE 2. SEM photographs of the firstgeneration Steinernema guangdongense n. sp. A, head of a young female showing labial (l) and cephalic (c) papillae. B, tail of a young female. C, posterior end of a male showing genital papillae (p). E, F, spicule and gubernaculum. Scale bars: A, D = 10 μm, B = 42.9 μm, C = 42.5 μm. E, F = 20 μm.Published as part of Qiu, Lihong, Fang, Yuanyuan, Zhou, Yong & B, Yi Pang And Khuong, 2004, Steinernema guangdongense sp. n. (Nematoda: Steinernematidae), a new entomopathogenic nematode from southern China with a note on S. serratum (nomen nudum), pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 704 on page 6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15863
Angiotensin II induces soluble fms-Like tyrosine kinase-1 release via calcineurin signaling pathway in pregnancy
Get PDFMaternal endothelial dysfunction in preeclampsia is associated with increased soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFlt-1), a circulating antagonist of vascular endothelial growth factor and placental growth factor. Angiotensin II (Ang II) is a potent vasoconstrictor that increases concomitant with sFlt-1 during pregnancy. Therefore, we speculated that Ang II may promote the expression of sFlt-1 in pregnancy. Here we report that infusion of Ang II significantly increases circulating levels of sFlt-1 in pregnant mice, thereby demonstrating that Ang II is a regulator of sFlt-1 secretion in vivo. Furthermore, Ang II stimulated sFlt-1 production in a dose- and time-dependent manner from human villous explants and cultured trophoblasts but not from endothelial cells, suggesting that trophoblasts are the primary source of sFlt-1 during pregnancy. As expected, Ang II-induced sFlt-1 secretion resulted in the inhibition of endothelial cell migration and in vitro tube formation. In vitro and in vivo studies with losartan, small interfering RNA specific for calcineurin and FK506 demonstrated that Ang II-mediated sFlt-1 release was via Ang II type 1 receptor activation and calcineurin signaling, respectively. These findings reveal a previously unrecognized regulatory role for Ang II on sFlt-1 expression in murine and human pregnancy and suggest that elevated sFlt-1 levels in preeclampsia may be caused by a dysregulation of the local renin/angiotensin system
DMM Prize 2018 winner: Wenqing Zhou
No full textDisease Models & Mechanisms (DMM) is delighted to announce that the winner of the DMM Prize 2018 is Wenqing Zhou, for her paper entitled ‘Neutrophil-specific knockout demonstrates a role for mitochondria in regulating neutrophil motility in zebrafish’ (Zhou et al., 2018a). The prize of $1000 is awarded to the first author of the paper that is judged by the journal's editors to be the most outstanding contribution to the journal that year. To be considered for the prize, the first author must be a student or a postdoc of no more than 5 years standing
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