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Wang Shuo and the commercialisation of contemporary Chinese culture
Full text linkThis thesis examines the commercialisation of Chinese culture that has taken place over the past twenty years in mainland China. It explores the contribution of Wang Shuo, a cultural figure who straddles different fields of culture, moving from literature to the ultimate mass culture medium of television, this study plots Wang Shuo' s development from educational failure, to business failure, to fiction writer, film & TV editor, film director and cultural critic and analyst. His stories, films, TV series and articles have caused shock-waves throughout national cultural circles as he has transformed the terms of the debate from academic discourse to a validation of the role of the market in the culture field. Although Wang Shuo has not been labelled as a dissident, his approach to the culture market has had a more subversive effect on official ideology that those overt dissidents who have had to live in exile or have been imprisoned. He has utilised the language of official ideology to satirise the authorities, turning the ideology and its supporters into figures of fun. Yet his own goals have been strictly personal and economic ones. The authorities recognize the value of Wang Shuo's work in the cultural market but at the same time distrust his works and place him under strict censorship. Examining the way Wang Shuo and people surround him have succeeded in different fields of cultural achievement is a mirror to understanding the process of the transformation of contemporary Chinese culture from a socialist state-controlled culture to a market-oriented mass culture industry
H∞ and L2–L∞ filtering for two-dimensional linear parameter-varying systems
No full textThis is the post print version of the article. The official published version can be obtained from the link below - Copyright 2007 Wiley-BlackwellIn this paper, the H∞ and l2–l∞ filtering problem is investigated for two-dimensional (2-D) discrete-time linear parameter-varying (LPV) systems. Based on the well-known Fornasini–Marchesini local state-space (FMLSS) model, the mathematical model of 2-D systems under consideration is established by incorporating the parameter-varying phenomenon. The purpose of the problem addressed is to design full-order H∞ and l2–l∞ filters such that the filtering error dynamics is asymptotic stable and the prescribed noise attenuation levels in H∞ and l2–l∞ senses can be achieved, respectively. Sufficient conditions are derived for existence of such filters in terms of parameterized linear matrix inequalities (PLMIs), and the corresponding filter synthesis problem is then transformed into a convex optimization problem that can be efficiently solved by using standard software packages. A simulation example is exploited to demonstrate the usefulness and effectiveness of the proposed design method
Wang Meng and contemporary Chinese literature: the vicissitudes of a committed writer
Full text linkThis thesis examines the way Wang Meng has developed as a writer from the 1950s to the 1990s in the context of New China's political and literary background. It looks at the compromises he was forced to make between his political beliefs in the Communist Party and his chosen role as a professional writer. After his disastrous early foray into what was deemed to be unacceptable political criticism with The Young Newcomer in the Organisation Department in the 1950s, when the opportunity came to start publishing again in the late 1970s he was boldly innovative in style, helping to transform New Period literature, but conservative in content, sticking to politically acceptable topics. It was only with Hard Porridge in 1989 that he ventured again, and very successfully, into political comment. There is no outstanding leading writer in contemporary China, but Wang Meng is a leading contender for the title
Outsourcing and Skill Imports: Foreign High-Skilled Workers on H-1B and L-1 Visas in the United States
Full text linkThis working paper looks in detail at the H-1B and L-1 visa programs for temporary employment in the United States. Based on official data from the US Citizenship and Immigration Services and the US Department of State, H-1B and L-1 visa issuance rapidly increased in the late 1990s, followed by a marked slowdown after 2001. This points to the highly cyclical nature of both visa programs. Indian nationals and immigrants working in computer-related occupations dominate the H1-B and L-1 population in the United States, but these two groups are also found to be the most cyclical segment, with very large declines in inflows after 2001. The total population of H-1B visaholders in 2003 is estimated to range between 387,000 and 746,000, of which 160,000 to 306,000 were Indian nationals. As all data on H-1B/L-1 visaholders are gross numbers and gross jobs data for comparable categories are absent, the extent of the impact of these visa programs on the US labor market cannot be gauged precisely. A broad range of US industries and educational institutions are found to be employing H-1B recipients, with the IT industry being the dominant sector. Evidence of aggressive wage-cost cutting, including paying H-1B recipients only the legally mandated 95 percent of the prevailing US wage, is found among some H-1B employers, although no systematic abuse of the system is present.Outsourcing, offshoring, high-skilled labor, immigration, H1B/L-1 visas
Letter from H. L. Russell to Carl Hayden
No full textLetter from H. L. Russell to Carl Hayden regarding fines in the park
Tigridiopalma longmenensis H. F. Wang, H. L. Cao & H. G. Ye 2021, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Tigridiopalma longmenensis</i> H.F. Wang, H.L. Cao & H.G. Ye, <i>sp. nov.</i> (Fig. 4) <p> <b>Type:</b> — CHINA. Guangdong Province: Huizhou City, Longmen County, 23°39′ N, 114°3′ E, 150 m, 12 September 2020, <i>H. F. Wang, H. L. Cao & H. G. Ye 20200912001</i> (holotype, IBSC, barcode number 0858304; isotypes, IBSC, barcode numbers 0858305 & 0858306).</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis:</b> — <i>Tigridiopalma longmenensis</i> is similar to <i>T. magnifica</i> in the herbaceous habit, the 5-merous flowers, dimorphic and unequal stamens, short stamens with the decurrent connective of anthers forming a short spur, and funnelform shaped capsules. However, the former differs from the latter by the inflorescences being polychasia (vs. scorpioid cymes), hypanthia with carinas on angles (vs. winged on angles), and the longer (antesepalous) stamens with a conspicuously white or pink spur (vs. without spurs) at the connective bases of anthers (Table 2, Fig. 2).</p> <p>Perennial herbs. Rhizomes usually woody. Stems erect, short, sparsely pubescent, 1–1.5 mm long. Leaves basal, with soft hairs when young, yellow puberulent when old; petiole terete, 4.4–18.4 cm long, succulent, sparsely pubescent, sulcate when old; blades membranous, narrowly cordate to ovate, 20.8–51.8× 13.6–44.9 cm, margin ciliate and irregular abruptly denticulate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially densely furfuraceous, purplish red, puberulous on veins, secondary veins 2–3 pairs, tertiary veins parallel. Inflorescences axillary, polychasium consisting of 2–5 scorpioid cymes; peduncle 9.4–32.7 cm long, sometimes furfuraceous at base, ribbed when dry; bracts 0.8–8.7× 0.5–4.3 cm, persistent. Pedicel 0.9–1.9 mm long, with carinas on angles, 0.2–0.5 mm wide, sometimes furfuraceous. Hypanthium funnelform to cup-shaped, 5-sided, apex truncate, carina 0.2–0.5 mm wide on angle. Calyx lobes 5, triangular to semiorbicular, 0.3–0.5 mm long. Petals 5, 1.1–1.6× 0.8–0.9 cm, adaxially dark red, abaxially with white lines, broadly obovate, almost rhomboid, apex truncate, oblique, and apiculate. Stamens 10, dimorphic and unequal; longer stamens 5, antesepalous, filaments 1.6–1.9 cm long, anthers 0.8–1.2 cm long, connective decurrent, forming a conspicuous spur abaxially, white or pink, ca. 1 mm long, and two ventral tubercles, yellow, ca. 1 mm long; smaller stamens 5, antepetalous, filaments 1.1–1.4 cm long, anthers 0.5–0.8 cm long, connective decurrent, forming a spur abaxially, ca. 1 mm long and two ventral tubercles, yellow, ca. 1 mm long. Ovary ovoid, 5-celled, apex with membranous crown; crown 5-lobed, with irregularly denticulate margin; style 0.9–1.2 cm long, magenta, terete, slightly curved. Capsule dehiscing into 5 valves from the apex, valves ca. 2–3 mm long, with irregularly denticulate margin. Hypanthium partially covering the capsule, funnel-shaped, 6.5–7.5× 9.1–10.2 mm, 5-sided, angles carinated. Seed numerous, brown, cuneate, 0.6–0.8× 0.3–0.5 mm.</p> <p> <b>Etymology:</b> —The specific epithet is derived from the type locality, Longmen County of Guangdong Province, China.</p> <p> <b>Geographical distribution and habitat:</b> — <i>Tigridiopalma longmenensis</i> is only known from Longmen County, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, China (Fig. 1). It often occurs on the rock crevices near streamside in forests at low elevations of 93–175 m.</p> <p> <b>IUCN conservation assessment:</b> —One population with more than 2500 individuals has been found in Longmen. There is no any significant or plausible threat to the habitat and the plant up to now. It is therefore evaluated as Endangered (EN B1a) according to IUCN Red List Criteria (IUCN 2019).</p> <p> <b>Phenology:</b> —Flowering from August to October; fruiting from October to November.</p> <p> <b>Additional specimens examined (paratypes):</b> — CHINA. Guangdong Province: Huizhou city, Longmen County, Youtian Forest Farm, 23°38′ N, 114°2′ E, elev. 115 m, 20 August 2020, <i>H. F</i> <i>. Wang & H. F.</i> <i>Zhu 20200820001</i> (IBSC); ibid., 24 October 2020, <i>H. F</i> <i>. Wang & Z. H.</i> <i>Wu 20201024007</i> (IBSC); ibid., 23°39′ N, 114°3′ E, elev. 151 m, 26 November 2020, <i>H. F</i> <i>. Wang, H. Dong & W. G.</i> <i>Zhu 20201126001</i> (IBSC).</p>Published as part of <i>Wang, Hui-Feng, Wang, Zheng-Feng, Qin, Qiao-Mei, Cao, Hong-Lin & Guo, Xiao-Ming, 2021, Tigridiopalma longmenensis (Melastomataceae), a new species from Guangdong, China, pp. 241-247 in Phytotaxa 500 (3)</i> on pages 244-246, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.500.3.8, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5424632">http://zenodo.org/record/5424632</a>
Letter from Carl Hayden to L. H. Mcellherren
No full textLetter from Carl Hayden to L. H. McEllherren detailing the funeral of Hon. M. P. Kinkaid, Chairman of the Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands as well as Hayden's travel plans for the summer
Forecast of July 2015—New Jersey: prospects for the long term
No full textThe July 2015 R/ECON forecast shows more rapid growth for the state in 2015 than in 2014. Nonagricultural employment rose by 0.7 percent—or 27,700 jobs in 2014—after growth of 1.2 percent or 45,100 jobs in 2013. Growth will improve to 1.1 percent in 2015 and 2016 and then average 0.8 percent over the rest of the forecast period, which goes through 2045. At these rates the job base will return to the peak level reached in the first quarter of 2008 in mid-2017. By the end of the forecast period in 2045 the employment base will be nearly a million jobs, and 23 percent, greater than its level at the peak.1 These projections assume no specific recession/recovery cycle disrupts the state’s or nation’s growth. Although this seems rather far-fetched given that the average business cycle (peak to peak) in the U.S. since World War II has lasted about 24 quarters and the current cycle is now in its seventh year, a caveat to keep in mind is that this is a long term TREND forecast; it does not purport to indicate at what point(s) CYCLES may occur.Rutgers Economic Advisory Service (R/ECON) quarterly repor
ljt-uiuc/H-k-c: H-k-c
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Generalized H-k after harmonic correction on receiver functions
a modification of H-k method by Zhu and Kanamori (2000)
by Jiangtao Li, Xiaodong Song, Pan Wang, and Lupei Zhu
Reference: Li, J., Song, X., Wang, P., & Zhu, L. (2019). A generalized H-k method with harmonic corrections on Ps and its crustal multiples in receiver functions. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 124(4), 3782-3801
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Control and Filtering for Discrete Linear Repetitive Processes with H infty and ell 2--ell infty Performance
No full textRepetitive processes are characterized by a series of sweeps, termed passes, through a set of dynamics defined over a finite duration known as the pass length. On each pass an output, termed the pass profile, is produced which acts as a forcing function on, and hence contributes to, the dynamics of the next pass profile. This can lead to oscillations which increase in amplitude in the pass to pass direction and cannot be controlled by standard control laws. Here we give new results on the design of physically based control laws for the sub-class of so-called discrete linear repetitive processes which arise in applications areas such as iterative learning control. The main contribution is to show how control law design can be undertaken within the framework of a general robust filtering problem with guaranteed levels of performance. In particular, we develop algorithms for the design of an H? and dynamic output feedback controller and filter which guarantees that the resulting controlled (filtering error) process, respectively, is stable along the pass and has prescribed disturbance attenuation performance as measured by and – norms
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