501 research outputs found
Chao cai liao yong yu ya bo chang ju jiao: ge xiang yi xing hao sun cai liao yu ti du guang xue na mi bo dao guan
No full textKwok, Hui Kin = 超材料用於亞波長聚焦 : 各向異性耗損材料與梯度光學納米波導管 / 郭栩健.Thesis M.Phil. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2015.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-69).Abstracts also in Chinese.Title from PDF title page (viewed on 26, September, 2016).Kwok, Hui Kin = Chao cai liao yong yu ya bo chang ju jiao : ge xiang yi xing hao sun cai liao yu ti du guang xue na mi bo dao guan / Guo Xujian
The Way of “Wei Yu” — An Orientation of Education for the Chinese in the Globalizing World, by ZHANG Shiya
Get PDFThe author discusses the characteristics of contemporary Chinese education in the context of globalization and internalization. Professor Zhang points out that the concept of Chinese includes not only the 56 ethnic groups inhabiting in China, but also Chinese descendants overseas. The author argued that all Chinese people have a common basis of identification%253A four words, Zhong He Wei Yu(center, harmony, position, birth), By analyzing and expatiating on Chinese characters the author argues that Wei Yu does not mean a simple adaptation, but means to interact and communicate with others culture by utilizing the characteristics and specialties of the main body of Chineseculture, by which we can reach a situation of enjoying where we are and what we have%253B knowing where we go and making a better life for us in whatever environment
Zai zhong he piao yi ya suo shi yan zhong de mai chong chang du suo jian yu zai shi yan ceng mian shang de li zi shu zong xiang can shu de tao lun
No full textShih, Kai = 在中和漂移壓縮實驗中的脈衝長度縮減與在實驗層面上的粒子束縱向參數的討論 / 師愷.Thesis M.Phil. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2014.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 94-96).Abstracts also in Chinese.Title from PDF title page (viewed on 27, September, 2016).Shih, Kai = Zai zhong he piao yi ya suo shi yan zhong de mai chong chang du suo jian yu zai shi yan ceng mian shang de li zi shu zong xiang can shu de tao lun / Shi Kai
The etiology of esophageal cancer in high- and low- risk areas of Jiangsu province, China
No full text [Background]Esophageal cancer (EC) remains one of the most common and fatal malignancies worldwide. The geographic variation in EC occurrence is striking, and China is an area with one of the highest incidences of EC. A number of epidemiological studies have been conducted toward EC in the past decades, results suggested that tobacco smoking, alcohol drinking, unhealthy dietary factors and chronic injuries of the esophageal mucosa are important in the development of this disease. Genetic polymorphisms in enzymes involved in metabolism of carcinogens may also influence individual susceptibility. However, the effects of major lifestyle and hereditary risk factors on the development of EC remain poorly understood in China. Moreover, little attention has been paid to the etiological heterogeneity between similar areas with great risk gradient. [Methods]From 2003 to 2007, a large population-based case-control study of EC has been conducted in a selected high-risk area and a selected low-risk area of Jiangsu Province, one of the highest cancer incidence areas in China. In total, 1,520 cases and 3,879 controls were recruited. In this thesis, we evaluated the role of major lifestyle factors such as tobacco smoking, alcohol drinking and dietary factors, as well as inherited determinants including family history of cancer and genetic polymorphisms of alcohol-metabolizing related genes on the risk of EC. In addition, we investigated how much of the risk gradient between two areas could be explained by variation in the distributions of major risk factors. [Results] Tobacco smoking and alcohol drinking moderately increased the risk of EC, while the positive associations were only found among men but not among women. Dietary factors were observed to play important roles in the development of EC. Specific dietary habits i.e., fast eating speed, and hot eating and/or drinking substantially elevated EC risk and could explain more than 20% of EC cases each. High intake of salty foods and fried foods, low consumption of raw garlic were also observed to increase the risk of EC. In addition to environmental and lifestyle factors, we confirmed that a positive family history can significantly increase EC risk, and found the inheritance may modify the effect of some unhealthy lifestyles. Moreover, we further explored the relationship between EC and single nucleotide polymorphismsof ADH1B, ADH1C and ALDH2 genes. Results showed that the slow metabolizing ADH1B G allele, ADH1C G allele and ALDH2 A allele significantly increased EC risk among moderate-to-heavy alcohol drinkers, and a significant interaction was observed between ALDH2 gene and alcohol consumption. Lastly, we found that more than 60% of EC cases could be attributable to major lifestyle risk factors in the study population; furthermore, dissimilar distribution of several lifestyle factors, together with variations of hereditary factors may be largely responsible for the incidence difference between two study areas. [Conclusion]The findings in this thesis confirm that unhealthy lifestyles including smoking, alcohol drinking and some dietary factors are the predominant risk factors of EC in China, and a large proportion of incidence difference between regions at varying risk could be attributed to the different prevalence of lifestyle factors. As most of the identified risk factors are modifiable, these could be translated into risk reduction prevention programs in China, and a substantial proportion of new EC cases are expected to be prevented by eliminating or avoiding these risk factors in the population. </p
The Relationship Between Pretend Play and Playfulness in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
No full textAbstract
Date Presented 3/30/2017
This study explored the relationship between pretend play and playfulness in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Our findings suggest that it is important to assist children with ASD to engage in pretend play, for doing so could promote their internal experience of playfulness.
Primary Author and Speaker: Hsiu-Man Chiu
Additional Authors and Speakers: Kuan-Lin Chen
Contributing Authors: Ya-Chen Lee, Cheng-Te Chen, Chien-Ho Lin, Yu-Ching Lin</jats:p
The location Decision of Taiwanese Investment in Vietnam: A Preliminary Study Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches
No full textThis study quantitatively explores which characteristics of Vietnamese provinces attract Taiwanese outward investment by a spatial autoregressive model. The author also uses a qualitative approach to further understand the logic behind my finding in the quantitative analysis. This study finds that industrial park is the most important factor to attract Taiwanese investors. Yet, it seems not come from only the agglomeration effect. In Vietnam, Taiwanese investment tends to locate in industrial parks, because the industrial park can provide a safer investment environment, where the regulations can make Taiwanese small and medium enterprises feel more guaranteed
Elliptic equations in convex domains
No full textA short survey of a series of results by the author, partly obtained in collaboration with Yu. Burago.</p
Women in African Drama: Representation and role
Get PDFThe purpose of this study is to examine the representation and role of women in African theatre. The discussion is based on published and unpublished plays by African writers selected from a pan-African perspective.
The thesis is divided into two major parts: Women in Society; The Portrayal of Women by Major Playwrights. Part I follows a thematic approach aimed at examining the position of women in three different areas which form the chapters for the part : Women, Tradition and Social
Change; The Urban Woman and Women in Politics. Part II of the thesis analyses major African playwrights' presentation of women characters. This part discusses not only the characterization of women by major playwrights but also these writers' attitude towards women and women's issues. Examined here in two chapters are The Portrayal of Women by
Major Male Playwrights and The Portrayal of Women by Major Female Playwrights.
Chapter 1, 'Women, Tradition and Social Change' discusses selected playwrights' examination of African women's experiences in the traditional African setting as a major foundation of the present and future socio-political situation of the continent; this chapter is the springboard
of the study.
From the traditional milieu the study then moves on to the
relatively new urban environment. This Chapter examines the predicaments in which the African woman finds herself as she struggles to survive in a world which differs significantly from the traditional one. Survival in the urban environment demands a certain degree of autonomy
from communal ties on the part of the individual. Yet in the case of the African woman, society does not hesitate to censure her movements and even to point an accusing finger at her for failing to satisfy traditional expectations when she is genuinely trying to meet the challenges presented by life in towns.
The myth that a woman's place is exclusively in the kitchen is a widespread one the world over. A more negative myth found in Africa is that participation of women in public affairs leads to social disaster. The third chapter of this study examines the role of African women in politics in the traditional and contemporary periods.
The fourth chapter discusses the portrayal of women by major male playwrights. Of great significance in this analysis is the attitude of these male writers towards women and also towards issues affecting women. It is for this reason that cross-references are made between these male writers and the female playwrights examined in Chapter 5.
Very negligible research has been done on drama by African women. It is in recognition of this unfortunate situation that the fifth and last chapter of this thesis is dedicated to women's self-perception as reflected in their portrayal of fellow-women in theatre. This chapter examines only major female playwrights; the minor female playwrights
are examined alongside the male in the appropriate areas in Chapters 1 to 3
Ji yu dan kong wei zhong xin de shi wen ya li chuan gan
No full textM.Phil.The nitrogen-vacancy center (NV center) in diamond is by far one of the most popular systems for sensing purposes. This can be attributed to its ease of optical detection at room temperature and its stability in nanostructures. In this work, we use the optically-detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) spectrum of the NV centers to sense hydrostatic pressures, quasi-hydrostatic pressures and beyond. By observing the shift of the two peaks of the ODMR spectrum, we show that the current NV centers retain most of their sensitivity at varying temperatures and pressures. On the other hand, the nanodiamond as an interesting material for pressure gradients detection enables us to experimentally establish a NV-based pressure mapping method, which would become a powerful technique for high pressure physics.High pressure physics needs to determine pressure and its distribution. Ruby is the most widely used sensor so far. Using the optical transitions of Ruby to measure pressure has typical drawbacks - the measurement is extremely sensitive to temperature and the size of the sensors is quite big. However, the metrology applications of NV in nanodiamond have stable performance at fluctuating temperatures. In addition, the NV center allows manual temperature correction. Compared to other pressure measurement techniques that are typically only sensitive to one point or part of the pressurized area, our results have spurred powerful new techniques to measure pressure and enable the implementation of spatial pressure mapping which could help improve sensing accuracy. Furthermore, we experimentally provide new perspective on the employment of the NV center, enabling it to be pressure sensor, and capable of analyzing the center's metrology applications under high pressure conditions.We can also use NV center to sense wavefunctions by examining its ¹³C hyperfine interactions under high and low pressures. According to the nature of the hyperfine interaction, it strongly depends on the relative positions of the nuclear and electron orbitals, so we have opportunity to monitor the effect of mechanical stress on the NV center. This is an extremely exciting attempt to measure the electronic spin density of NV center due to deformation of the diamond lattice.金剛石中的氮空位發光中心(NV 中心) 是迄今為止最常用的量子傳感系統之壹，原因是它在室溫下易於進行光學檢測並且具有穩定的納米結構。在這項工作中，我們通過NV 中心的光學探測磁共振(ODMR) 譜圖來感測靜水壓力，準靜水壓力以及更高壓力。通過觀察ODMR 譜圖中兩個共振峰的移動，我們發現NV 中心在不同的溫度和壓力下都可保持其大部分靈敏度。同時，作為壓力梯度檢測的有趣材料，納米金剛石使我們能夠通過實驗建立基於NV 的壓力測繪方法，這將成為高壓物理的強大技術。進行高壓物理的研究基本都需要對系統壓力的大小及分布進行判定。目前，在壓力檢測方面，紅寶石占據著主導地位。使用紅寶石的光學躍遷來測量壓力具有典型的缺點--測量結果極易受到溫度的影響，並且紅寶石作為傳感器其顆粒的尺寸也非常大。相比之下，納米金剛石中的NV 中心在波動的溫度下表現出穩定的性能，並且允許我們進行溫度校正。現有的壓力檢測手段通常僅對受壓範圍內的某壹點或某壹部分敏感，我們的測量可實現空間壓力測繪。這無疑激發了測量壓力的強大新技術，該技術有助於提高傳感精度。總體來看，我們在實驗上為NV 中心的使用提供了新的視角--使其成為壓力傳感器，並能夠分析中心在高壓條件下的計量應用。在這裏，我們還嘗試通過不同壓力下NV 中心與¹³C 的超精細相互作用來測量波函數。由於超精細相互作用強烈依賴核和電子軌道的相對位置，我們因此有機會監測機械應力對NV 中心的影響。利用金剛石晶格的變形來探測NV 的電子自旋密度，絕對是令人興奮的嘗試。Jiang, Yaxin = 基於氮空位中心的室溫壓力傳感 / 姜雅馨.Thesis M.Phil. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2019.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 90-106).Abstracts also in Chinese.Title from PDF title page (viewed on 06, January, 2021).Jiang, Yaxin = Ji yu dan kong wei zhong xin de shi wen ya li chuan gan / Jiang Yaxin
The Practice-as-Research Enquiry of \ue2Arts of self-healing\ue2: \ue2Red Bricks as an Example
No full textThe research idea for this essay emerged from the author's participation in the creation of the exhibition space of Red Bricks (2020) which originally was a piece of theater work.
Through the immersive form of art exhibition, the work aims to bring the viewer back to one of the events of the Anti-China Extradition in Hong Kong in 2019 - the Siege of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The author uses the Practice as Research approach (i.e., a research process in which theory and practice are complementary and inseparable) applied by scholar Yi-Chen Wu, in her creative theatre design and links this research on how Expressive Art Therapy can move from the idea of healing the self to the inspiration of creativity.
Guided by Practical as Research, the author focuses on art therapist Pat B. Allen's (2013) concept of \ue2Arts of Self-healing\ue2, which is a process of spiritual exploration to break through inner fears and sorrows to find the source of inspiration for creating art and design. This is complemented by Bruce L. Moon's (2011) concept of \ue2Existential Art Therapy\ue2, which explores the answers to life's questions through existentialist philosophy to make art therapy more comprehensive. Apart from helping the author to confront relevant political issues in a positive manner, this direction of research is also effective in enhancing the author's conceptual breakthrough in spatial design.
In the process of interweaving spatial design and theories, the author intends to discuss and validate two points. Firstly, how the practical study of \ue2Expressive Art Therapy\ue2 has enabled the author to achieve the effect of \ue2Arts of Self-healing\ue2 in the aesthetic practice of depicting her own insecurities. Secondly, the author has transformed the symbols of painting in the process of \ue2Arts of Self-healing\ue2 into a unique creative inspiration in this study, thus bringing a new dimension to the creation of spatial design
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