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Stephen W. Brown, piano, Fang-Yi Shen, cello, Sunday, May 6, 2007
No full textFang-Yi Shen, cello, "In partial fulfi llment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts"Stephen W. Brown, piano, "In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music
The Slow Erosion Limit in a Model of Granular Flow
No full textWe study a 2 × 2 system of balance laws that describes the evolution of a granular material (avalanche) flowing downhill. The original model was proposed by Hadeler and Kuttler (Granul Matter 2:9–18, 1999). The Cauchy problem for this system has been studied by the authors in recent papers (Amadori and Shen in Commun Partial Differ Equ 34:1003–1040, 2009; Shen in J Math Anal Appl 339:828–838, 2008). In this paper, we first consider an initial-boundary value prob- lem. The boundary condition is given by the flow of the incoming material. For this problem we prove the global existence of BV solutions for a suitable class of data, with bounded but possibly large total variations. We then study the “slow erosion (or deposition) limit”. We show that, if the thickness of the moving layer remains small, then the profile of the standing layer depends only on the total mass of the avalanche flowing downhill, not on the time-law describing the rate at which the material slides down. More precisely, in the limit as the thickness of the moving layer tends to zero, the slope of the mountain is provided by an entropy solution to a scalar integro-differential conservation law
Dataset for Low-loss silicon core fibre platform for mid-infrared nonlinear photonics
No full textThis dataset provides the data for the figures in the following paper: Ren, Haonan, Shen, Li, Runge, Antoine F. J., Hawkins, Thomas W., Ballato, John, Gibson, Ursula and Peacock, Anna (2019) Low-loss silicon core fibre platform for mid-infrared nonlinear photonics. Light: Science & Applications</span
Prof. Th. W. Adorno and the author Hans Erich Nossack.
No full textProf. Th. W. Adorno and the author Hans Erich Nossack at a reception of Insel Verlag, Buchmesse Frankfurt 1966LB
Chinese users’ preference for web browser icons
No full textThis paper compares the perspicacity, appropriateness and preference of web browser icons from leading software providers with those of a culture-specific design. The history and future direction of web browsers is outlined, together with the implications for the future growth of Chinese internet users. China, with its rapidly expanding young netizens has now overtaken the USA in terms of the number of internet users (253 million) and we predict it will reach saturation (?70% internet penetration rate) by 2012. If correct, this will have a dramatic effect on the use of English as the ‘Lingua Franca’ of the Internet. This online study was conducted in Taiwan and involved 103 participants (mean age 21 years), who were given three sets of web browser icons to review, namely Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0, Macintosh Safari 3.0, and culturally specific icons created using the Culture-Centred Design methodology. The findings of the study show that all three sets have generally high recognition rates, but that some icon functions (e.g. Go/Visit and Favourite) in all three sets have poor recognition rates and are considered inappropriate. Furthermore, some significant differences were found when we analysed the level of user experience amongst several icon
Glyphidrilus gatesi Shen & Yeo 2005
No full textGlyphidrilus gatesi Shen & Yeo, 2005 (Fig. 6) Glyphidrilus gatesi Shen & Yeo, 2005: 16, Fig. 1. Type locality: Sungei Kayu, swamp forest near River Sedili, Johor, Malaysia. Material examined. — Holotype in the ZRC of RMBR (ZRC 1974.12.2.51). Remarks. — Glyphidrilus gatesi differs from G. mekongensis, new species in having shorter wings in 19–½24 and a shorter clitellum in 17–26, genital markings near line b in 15 on the right side only, and in 16–18 and 24–25 on both sides, and median unpaired in 13–19 and 24–27, intestinal origin in 18, three pairs of heart in 9–11, and spermathecae in 15–17.Published as part of Chanabun, Ratmanee, Bantaowong, Ueangfa, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Tongkerd, Piyoros, James, Samuel W. & Panha, Somsak, 2012, A New Species Of Semi-Aquatic Freshwater Earthworm Of The Genus Glyphidrilus Horst, 1889 From The Mekong River (Oligochaeta: Almidae), pp. 265-277 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 60 (2) on pages 270-274, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.450849
Nowe spojrzenie na planowanie architektury mieszkaniowej w afryce subsaharyjskiej
No full textThe author shares his reflections on state of art in housing and urban planning, deficiencies, expectations and possibilities in the Sahel region of Africa. He notices, that the housing problem in Africa is one of the challenges, which should be solved in order to recover life dignity of African people and secure their rights to traditional family life in acceptable conditions. The paper describes the studies on the typical dispersed urban structures and the need to foster this type of settlement structure and proposals of introduction of new on light steel frame housing system in the area of Sahel, combining the traditional way of building houses with modern technology. The particularly analysed case, is the housing problem in the Republic of Chad. The author presents the basic discussion on this topic and his architectural proposals. Unfortunately, the gap between the needs and the financial feasibility of housing construction in this area, makes this project already at the starting point extremely difficult to be realized without external subventions.Problem mieszkaniowy w Afryce jest jednym z wyzwań, które należy rozwiązać, aby Afrykanie mogli odzyskać godność życiową i zabezpieczyć swoje prawa do tradycyjnego życia rodzinnego w akceptowalnych warunkach. W artykule opisano badania nad typowymi rozproszonymi strukturami miejskimi i potrzebą wspierania tego typu struktur osadniczych oraz propozycji wprowadzenia nowego systemu konstrukcji domów, opartym na lekkim szkielecie stalowym, łączącym tradycyjny sposób budowania domów z nowoczesną technologią. Przypadkiem szczególnie analizowanym jest problem mieszkaniowy w Republice Czadu. Autor przedstawia podstawową dyskusję na ten temat i swoje propozycje architektoniczne. Niestety luka między potrzebami mieszkaniowymi w Czadzie a finansową wykonalnością budownictwa mieszkaniowego w tym obszarze sprawia, że projekt ten, już w punkcie wyjścia, jest niezwykle trudny do realizacji bez uzyskania zewnętrznych dotacji
Triomicrus contus Shen and Yin, new species
No full textTriomicrus contus Shen and Yin, new species (Fig. 5) Type material (5 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀). Holotype: China: ♂, labeled ‘ China: C. Zhejiang, Zhuji, Mt. W. Majian Town (马 剑镇), 29 ° 43 ’ 23 ’’N, 119 ° 59 ’08’’E, leaf litter, sifted, 200 m, 15.vi. 2012, T.-X. Zhao leg.’ (SNUC). Paratypes: China: 1 ♀, same data as holotype (SNUC); 1 ♀, labeled ‘ China: C. Zhejiang, Zhuji, Mt. W. Majian Town, 29 ° 43 ’ 16 ’’N, 119 ° 58 ’ 51 ’’E, leaf litter, sifted, 300 m, 30.vi. 2012, T.-X. Zhao leg.’ (SNUC); 1 ♂, labeled ‘ China: W. Jiangxi Province, Yichun City, Mingyue Shan (明月山), 27 ° 35 ’ 13 ’’N, 114 ° 16 ’ 53 ’’E, mixed forest, leaf litter, wood, sifted & beating, ca. 1600 m, 22.x. 2013, Peng, Shen & Yan leg.’ (SNUC); 3 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀, also from Mingyue Shan, ‘ 27 ° 35 ’ 44 ’’N, 114 ° 16 ’ 26 ’’E, mixed forest, leaf litter, wood, sifted & beating, ca. 1140 m, 23.x. 2013, Peng, Shen & Yan leg.’ (SNUC). Diagnosis. Antennomere XI with relatively deep impression surrounding slightly prominent, disc-like protuberance near base. Head lacking median vertexal carina. Pronotum finely punctate. Elytral subhumeral sulci absent. Profemora simple, protrochanters and protibiae lacking spur or spine, mesotibiae lacking denticle. Apical lamina of abdominal sternite VII broadest near the middle and arcuate toward apex. Aedeagus with right paramere strongly curved mesally, internal sac bearing several sclerotized spines and several densely hairy sclerites. Description. Male (Fig. 5 A). Length 2.13–2.20 mm. Head longer than wide, HL 0.42–0.46 mm, HW 0.41– 0.43 mm, lacking median vertexal carina; lateral portions of frons finely punctate; each eye composed of about 35 facets. Antennomere XI (Fig. 5 B–C) with relatively deep impression surrounding slightly prominent disc-like protuberance near base, diameter of impression about half of segmental length. Pronotum wider than long, PL 0.40–0.44 mm, PW 0.49–0.52 mm, with fine punctation. Profemora simple, protrochanters and protibiae lacking spur or spine, mesotibiae lacking denticle. Elytra wider than long, EL 0.75–0.80 mm, EW 0.83–0.85 mm, smooth; subhumeral sulci absent. Abdomen wider than long, AL 0.48–0.52 mm, AW 0.78–0.82 mm; abdominal tergite IV (first visible tergite) with discal carinae extending to two-thirds of tergal length; abdominal sternite VII modified (Fig. 5 D), with apical lamina broadest near middle and obliquely arcuate toward apex. Length of aedeagus (Fig. 5 F) including parameres 0.42 mm, with right paramere strongly curved mesally, internal sac bearing several sclerotized spines and densely hairy sclerite. Female. Similar to male; antennomere XI unmodified. Each eye composed of about 24 facets. Measurements: BL 1.95–2.10 mm, HL 0.40–0.45 mm, HW 0.40–0.41 mm, PL 0.38–0.42 mm, PW 0.48–0.51 mm, EL 0.68–0.73 mm, EW 0.78–0.80 mm, AL 0.46–0.50 mm, AW 0.78–0.80 mm. Distribution. Eastern China: Zhejiang and Jiangxi. Etymology. The specific epithet ‘ contus ’ means ‘a pike, lance’, referring to the shape of the apical lamina of sternite VII. Remarks. Populations from the Majian Town and Mingyue Mountain exhibit only slight geographic variation. Apical lamina of abdominal sternite VII of the population from Majian Town (Fig. 5 D) is slightly more slender than in the population from Mingyue Mountain (Fig. 5 E). Illustrations of the aedeagus (Fig. 5 F–G) found in each population are provided here.Published as part of Shen, Jia-Wei, Yin, Zi-Wei & Li, Li-Zhen, 2015, Triomicrus Sharp of Eastern China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), pp. 509-528 in Zootaxa 4007 (4) on pages 515-516, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4007.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/25422
Seeing the world anew : the radical vision of Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 & 1516 world maps /
No full text9781929154470 (ISBN). 192915447X (ISBN). First edition 2012. Accompanied by 2 foldeds map in front and back pockets: 1507 map -- 1516 map.; Includes bibliographical references: pages 98-107.; Maps from pockets also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-vn6254227; Original version of the 1507 map: Universalis cosmographiae secundum Ptholomaei traditionem et Americi Vespucii alioru que lustrationes. [St. Dié, France? : s.n., 1507]; Original version of the 1516 map: Carta marina, navigatoria Portugallen, navigationes atque tocius cogniti orbis terre marisque formam naturamq[u]e situs et terminos nostris temporibus recognitos et ab antiquorum traditione differentes eciam quor[um] vetusti non meminerunt auctores hec generaliter indicat / consumatum est in oppido S. Deodati compositione et digestione Martini Waldseemuller Ilacomili. [St. Dié, France? : s.n., 1516]. Prologue: In a Renaissance Vision, a Glimpse of the Modern / John W. Hessler -- "An island surrounded on all sides by sea" : The World Map, 1507 / John W. Hessler -- "Land of Cuba, part of Asia" : The Carta marina, 1516 / Chet Van Duzer -- Epilogue: A Renaissance That Resonates Still / John W. Hessler -- Notes -- Afterword / Ralph E. Ehrenberg -- About the authors -- Acknowledgments -- The Maps: The 1507 World Map, 12 sheets, with commentary -- Composite: front pocket -- The 1516 Carta marina, 13 sheets, with commentary -- Composite: back pocket
Klimat społeczny w szkole inkluzyjnej
No full textAuthor presented in this paper theoretical approach to the building of social climate in an inclusive school. The publication indicatessome tendencies and directions of changes to improve the functioning of these institutions and to implement the idea of inclusive education.Autorka przedstawiła w artykule teoretyczne ujęcie zagadnienia związanego z budowaniem klimatu społecznego w szkole inkluzyjnej. W publikacji ukazano pewne dążenia i kierunki zmian, jakich należy dokonywać w masowych szkołach, aby poprawić jakość funkcjonowania tych placówek, tak by kierowały się one ideą edukacji włączającej
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