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A Conversation with Xianghong Feng, Author of Tourism and Prosperity in Miao Land
No full textIn this installment of Lexington Books\u27 Anthropology of Tourism: Heritage, Mobility and Society Author Conversations, series editor Michael A. Di Giovine talks to anthropologist Xianghong Feng, author of the book, Tourism and Prosperity in Miao Land: Power and Inequality in Rural China. With rich ethnographic detail, Feng focuses on the intersection of tourism development, power and inequality in the southern interior of China. Capital-intensive, elite-driven tourism has reshaped the social and cultural patterns of the ethnic Miao. Although tourism is often touted as able to empower women, lower classes, and minorities, Feng shows that often it reinforces the very power structures that it attempts to equalize
Xenoastrosphaeriella aquatica sp. nov. from freshwater habitat in Yunnan Province, China
No full textLuo, Zong-Long, Bao, Dan-Feng, Li, Long-Li, Luan, Sha, Su, Hong-Yan (2022): Xenoastrosphaeriella aquatica sp. nov. from freshwater habitat in Yunnan Province, China. Phytotaxa 544 (2): 193-200, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.544.2.
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No full textThis is a curious book. The verso of the title-page says simply "Reprinted from the 1953 edition." From all I can learn, that is true, but that original was printed not by the University Press of the Pacific but by the Foreign Languages Press in Beijing. Indeed, it seems as though this book is a photocopy reprint of that original, and so even the page references in my comment on that book still apply here. These fables are often directly admonitory and/or of a highly political slant. Thus the author writes of skylarks "Poets like these are the true friends of the people" (6). The best of the fables, I believe, are "The Snake and the Rabbit" (42) and "The Original Rat" (61), which may also have the best illustration. Among the most overtly political are those on the imperialist weasel munching a duckling (27) and the imperialist snake against the collective bees (29). Other good fables include "The Hunter and His Wife" (12), "The Lion and the Setting Sun" (15), "The Lion and the Lamb" (34), "The Fox and the Rabbits' Farm" (39), "The Cow and Her Rope" (53), "The Curious Crow" (44), and "The Cow and Her Calf" (54). There is a T of C at the front after the highly political "Publisher's Note." 7½" x 9¼".Feng Hsueh-feng, translated by Gladys Yan
A Study of Demographics, Housing Preferences, Wai Sha Feng Shui Belief and Purchase Intention－An Example from Miaoli County, Tawian
No full textThe residents in Taiwan have experienced two serious earthquakes for the past decades causing house collapse and heavy casualties, which has gradually increased people’s attention on housing safety. In addition to the rapid economic growth bringing about growth in well-being and quality of people’s lives, plus frequently reported builder/contractor fraud cases, purchasing a house is not merely an issue of price; instead, is a demand for home builders/contractors’ brand image and related housing attributes. In view of the fact that many previous researches placed their focuses on people’s intention to purchase real estates in metropolitan areas and a few focuses were placed on less populated counties; this study was then designed with a target population aged 25 to 64 in Miaoli County. The present study investigated the effects of factors of demographic variables, housing preferences, and Wai Sha Feng Shui belief on house purchase intention. This research was conducted using a survey questionnaire, and obtained a total of 235 valid questionnaire copies. The collected data were analyzed with SPSS 18.0 statistics software.
The present study revealed the following findings: (1) House attributes, residency quality, construction safety, and Wai Sha Feng Shui belief had no direct effect on house purchase intention; (2) Area functions had direct effects on house purchase intention; and (3) house purchasing behavior differed in demographic variables. Based on the above findings, some suggestions were proposed to relevant stakeholders for reference.[[abstract]]The residents in Taiwan have experienced two serious earthquakes for the past decades causing house collapse and heavy casualties, which has gradually increased people’s attention on housing safety. In addition to the rapid economic growth bringing about growth in well-being and quality of people’s lives, plus frequently reported builder/contractor fraud cases, purchasing a house is not merely an issue of price; instead, is a demand for home builders/contractors’ brand image and related housing attributes. In view of the fact that many previous researches placed their focuses on people’s intention to purchase real estates in metropolitan areas and a few focuses were placed on less populated counties; this study was then designed with a target population aged 25 to 64 in Miaoli County. The present study investigated the effects of factors of demographic variables, housing preferences, and Wai Sha Feng Shui belief on house purchase intention. This research was conducted using a survey questionnaire, and obtained a total of 235 valid questionnaire copies. The collected data were analyzed with SPSS 18.0 statistics software.
The present study revealed the following findings: (1) House attributes, residency quality, construction safety, and Wai Sha Feng Shui belief had no direct effect on house purchase intention; (2) Area functions had direct effects on house purchase intention; and (3) house purchasing behavior differed in demographic variables. Based on the above findings, some suggestions were proposed to relevant stakeholders for reference
Supplemental Material - Proteomic profiling of kidney samples in patients with pure membranous and proliferative lupus nephritis
No full textSupplemental Material, for Proteomic profiling of kidney samples in patients with pure membranous and proliferative lupus nephritis by Yun-Ying Chen, Ying Ding, Lin-Lin Li, Sha-Sha Han, Min Huang, Catherine C. L. Wong, Feng Yu, and Ming-hui Zhao in Lupus</p
Supplemental Material - Proteomic profiling of kidney samples in patients with pure membranous and proliferative lupus nephritis
No full textSupplemental Material, for Proteomic profiling of kidney samples in patients with pure membranous and proliferative lupus nephritis by Yun-Ying Chen, Ying Ding, Lin-Lin Li, Sha-Sha Han, Min Huang, Catherine C. L. Wong, Feng Yu, and Ming-hui Zhao in Lupus</p
Supplemental Material - Proteomic profiling of kidney samples in patients with pure membranous and proliferative lupus nephritis
No full textSupplemental Material, for Proteomic profiling of kidney samples in patients with pure membranous and proliferative lupus nephritis by Yun-Ying Chen, Ying Ding, Lin-Lin Li, Sha-Sha Han, Min Huang, Catherine C. L. Wong, Feng Yu, and Ming-hui Zhao in Lupus</p
A translation comparison of stray birds between Zheng Zhenduo’s version and Feng Tang’s version : from the perspective of manipulation theory
No full textThis paper employed Lefevere’s Manipulation Theory to explain respectively how
three main factors of Manipulation Theory, namely patronage, ideology and poetics
controlled Zheng Zhenduo’s and Feng Tang’s translation activity of Tagore’s Stray
Birds. And then the paper will analyze their translation strategies by comparing
certain poems in Stray Birds. However, author of this paper did not aim to reconfirm
Lefevere’s Manipulation Theory, but under his theoretical framework, tried to
interpret translation phenomenon from an extra-linguistic perspective.
Through analysis and comparison, the importance of three core elements was
different in those two versions. For Zheng Zhenduo, three main elements shared equal
impacts on his translation. His individual ideology and poetics conformed to
prevailing ideology and poetics in those days, and his patronage also exerted a
positive influence, therefore his Stray Birds received favorable reviews.
In Feng Tang’s case, individual poetics played the most important role. Although his
poetics reflected literary trends to some extent, but that is still not the mainstream in
today’s literary market. The translator’s subjectivity in Feng’s version was clearly
stronger than Zheng’s. For the purpose of literary innovation and commercial interests,
patronage did not manipulate Feng’s translation too much. As a result, Feng Tang’s
Stray Birds was forced to stop sales.
Key words: Zheng Zhenduo; Feng Tang; Stray Birds; Manipulation TheoryMaster of Art
Fables: Feng Hsueh-feng
No full textOnce this book arrived, I thought it a repeat of something I already have. Closer inspection shows that I have a softbound second edition of 1955, while this is the first edition of 1953. Apparently the order of fables changed significantly in the second edition, though there are fifty-one fables here as there. As I mention there, the fables are often directly admonitory and/or of a highly political slant. Thus the author writes of skylarks ”Poets like these are the true friends of the people” (6). The best of the fables, I believe, are ”The Snake and the Rabbit (42) and ”The Original Rat” (61), which may also have the best illustration. Among the most overtly political are those on the imperialist weasel munching a duckling (27) and the imperialist snake against the collective bees (29). Other good fables include ”The Hunter and His Wife” (12), ”The Lion and the Setting Sun” (15), ”The Lion and the Lamb” (34), ”The Fox and the Rabbits' Farm” (39), ”The Cow and Her Rope” (53), ”The Curious Crow” (44), and ”The Cow and Her Calf” (54). There is a T of C at the front.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Original language: chiStated first editionFeng Hsueh-Feng, translated by Gladys Yan
New Disturbance Vector for SHA-0 Collision *
No full textMost of recent collision attacks on SHA-0 are based on the differential path given by Xiaoyun Wang et al. Their disturbance vector was thought to be the best one. We noticed that the way they calculate number of sufficient conditions is not accurate, and we also found some new properties of the third Boolean function MAJ (b ∧ c) ∨ (c ∧ d) ∨ (d ∧ b). In this paper we present a new disturbance vector, and a new differential path is derived from it. In our differential path, there are less sufficient conditions after step 20 but more of them are in the range of message modification techniques, which means this path has great potential in reducing complexity of SHA-0 collision attack. By advanced message modification, all conditions in up to step 23 can be satisfied. The complexity of our attack is 2 35 SHA-0 operations. This is the best single block collision attack on SHA-0
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