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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
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
Moelleriella puerensis H. Yu, Z. Q. Wang & Y. Wang 2022, sp. nov.
No full textMoelleriella puerensis H. Yu, Z. Q. Wang & Y. Wang, sp. nov. Etymology:— Named after Puer City, where the species was first collected. Holotype:— CHINA. Yunnan Province, Puer City, Simao District, Xinfang Reservoir (N22°28’12”, E 100°57’12”), alt. 1371 m, on whiteflies on abaxial surface of leaves, 7 October 2019, H. Yu (YHH10001, holotype; YFCC 8615, ex-holotype culture); Ibid., (YHH 10002, paratype; YFCC 8625, ex-paratype living culture); Ibid., (YHH 10003, paratype; YFCC 8625 ex-paratype living culture). Sexual morph:— Stromata generally effuse to thin pulvinate with pronounced ovoid tubercles on periphery of stroma, pale yellow, 1.5–3.6 mm in diameter, opaque. Hyphae loose textura intricata to epidermoidea. Perithecia 280–520 × 425–600 µm, fully embedded, ostioles orange, numerous perithecia (>10) per stroma, subglobose to ovoid. Asci 130–285 × 6.0–12.5 µm, cylindrical, hyaline. Apical cap hemispherical, 3.5–5.0 × 6.0–8.5 µm. Ascospores as long as asci, hyaline, filiform, multi-septate, smooth, disarticulating into secondary spores. Secondary spores 7.9–13 × 2.3–3.5 µm, fusiform with rounded ends. Asexual morph:— Sexual and asexual morph usually existing in the same stroma, exclusively anamorphic stromata pulvinate with sloping sides (convex), pale yellow to orange. Conidiomata aggregated in center of stroma, simple depressions of the surface without distinct rims, several conidiomata per stroma, fusing with neighboring ones, widely open. Conidial masses orange. In section, conidioma flask-shaped or irregular, shallow, 150–180 × 130–170 µm, with phialides formed in a thick compact palisade. Phialides 9–30 × 1–2 µm, cylindrical, slightly tapering towards tip, Conidia 9.7–13.4 × 1.3–2.3 µm hyaline, smooth, one-celled, fusoid, with acute ends, Paraphyses present. Colonies on PDA at 25°C slow-growing, tomentose, compact, pale yellow. Conidial masses circularly arranged towards center of colonies, abundant, confluent and deep orange. Conidia 11.2–17 × 2.1–3.1 µm. Paraphyses absent. Hirsutella -like synanamorph is present. Phialides 8.5–48.6 × 0.5–1.5 µm, flask-shaped, with a long neck 5.6–41.5 µm long. Known distribution:— Puer City, Yunnan Province, China. Notes:— Moelleriella puerensis was similar to M. raciborskii. However, the teleomorph of M. puerensis differed from M. raciborskii in having longer asci and shorter secondary spores (Liu et al. 2006). The anamorph of M. puerensis differed from M. raciborskii by having shorter conidia; the conidia formed in PDA was wider than M. raciborskii (Liu et al. 2006).Published as part of Wang, Zhi-Qin, Wang, Yao, Wang, Yuan-Bing & Yu, Hong, 2022, A new species of Moelleriella from Yunnan Province in Southwestern China, pp. 187-194 in Phytotaxa 555 (2) on pages 191-192, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.555.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/687607
Ophiocordyceps furcatosubulata H. Yu, Y. Wang & Y. B. Wang 2021, sp. nov.
No full textOphiocordyceps furcatosubulata H. Yu, Y. Wang & Y.B. Wang, sp. nov. (Figure 2) MycoBank MB 836253 Etymology:— furcatosubulata, referring to the furcate and subulate sterile apices. Holotype:— CHINA. Yunnan Province: Puer City, Simao District, Xinfang Reservoir (N 22°42′40.74″, E 100°57′27.81″), alt. 1348 m, on the larva of elaterid beetle buried in soil, 7 October 2019, Yao Wang (YHH 17005, holotype; YFCC 904, ex-holotype culture). Sexual morph: — Stromata single, solid, yellow to brown, arising from the head of host, 40–80 mm long, 1.5–2.2 mm wide. Stipes clavate, slender, 1.5–2.1 mm wide. Fertile parts cylindrical, yellow to brown with dark brown ostioles, 7.2–14.1 mm long, 1.7–2.2 mm diam, often with a sterile apex. Sterile apices pale yellow, furcate and subulate, 2–6 branches, 4.0–8.0 × 0.5 mm. Perithecia immersed, long ovoid or pyriform, 289.6–405.8 × 87.0–159.2 µm. Asci hyaline, cylindrical, 138.8–202.5 × 4.3–6.0 μm. Apical cap prominent and thick, hemiglobose to taper, 4.2– 5.7 µm wide, 2.4–5.1 µm high. Ascospores hyaline, filiform, multi-septate, finally breaking into secondary ascospores. Secondary ascospores cylindrical, 3.7–5.3 × 1.3–2.0 µm. Asexual morph: —Colonies on PDA growing very slowly, reaching 18–21 mm (19 ± 1.7 mm) diam after 3 months at 25 °C, hard, irregular swell or flat, white to grey, reverse pale brown. Hyphae hyaline, septate, branched, smoothwalled, 1.2–3.6 μm wide. Conidiophores cylindrical, 8.1–25.4 × 1.6–3.3 µm. Conidiogenous cells polyphialidic or rarely monophialidic, forming on conidiophores or side branches, hyaline, with a slender or subulate base, tapering gradually or abruptly into a thin neck, smooth-walled or verruculose, 3.5–15.8 × 0.9–1.7 µm. Conidia hyaline, solitary, aseptate, smooth-walled, broadly ellipsoid or ellipsoid, 1.5–2.5 × 1.2–1.9 µm. Chlamydospores present. Host: —Larvae of elaterid beetles, 18.0– 31.3 mm long, 1.9–3.4 mm wide. Other material examined: — VIETNAM. Nghe An Province: Pu Mat National Park (N 18°55′45.24″, E 104°35′20.26″), alt. 620 m, on the larva of elaterid beetle buried in soil, 28 April 2017, Yuan-Bing Wang (YHH 17001; YFCC 902); LAOS. Oudomxay Province: Muang Xay County, Nagang Village (N 20°42′51.38″, E 102°5′44.48″), alt. 698 m, on the larva of elaterid beetle buried in soil, 29 July 2019, Yao Wang (YHH 17003; YFCC 903); CHINA. Yunnan Province: Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Xishuangbanna, Mengla County, Mohan (N 21°10′54.15″, E 101°43′30.71″), alt. 879 m, on the larva of elaterid beetle buried in soil, 5 October 2019, Hong Yu (YHH 17006). Known distribution:— China, Vietnam and Laos.Published as part of Wang, Yao, Wu, Hui-Juan, Tran, Ngoc Lan, Zhang, Guo-Dong, Souvanhnachit, Sisommay, Wang, Yuan-Bing & Yu, Hong, 2021, Ophiocordyceps furcatosubulata, a new entomopathogenic fungus parasitizing beetle larvae (Coleoptera: Elateridae), pp. 268-278 in Phytotaxa 482 (3) on pages 273-274, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.482.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/541948
Distributed H∞-consensus filtering in sensor networks with multiple missing measurements: The finite-horizon case
No full textThe official published version of the article can be found at the link below.This paper is concerned with a new distributed H∞-consensus filtering problem over a finite-horizon for sensor networks with multiple missing measurements. The so-called H∞-consensus performance requirement is defined to quantify bounded consensus regarding the filtering errors (agreements) over a finite-horizon. A set of random variables are utilized to model the probabilistic information missing phenomena occurring in the channels from the system to the sensors. A sufficient condition is first established in terms of a set of difference linear matrix inequalities (DLMIs) under which the expected H∞-consensus performance constraint is guaranteed. Given the measurements and estimates of the system state and its neighbors, the filter parameters are then explicitly parameterized by means of the solutions to a certain set of DLMIs that can be computed recursively. Subsequently, two kinds of robust distributed H∞-consensus filters are designed for the system with norm-bounded uncertainties and polytopic uncertainties. Finally, two numerical simulation examples are used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed distributed filters design scheme.This work was supported in part by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) of the UK under Grant GR/S27658/01, the Royal Society of the UK, and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany
Performance enhancement of spherical natural graphite by phenol resin in lithium ion batteries
No full textAkanthomyces zaquensis Y. H. Wang, W. J. Wang, Ke Wang, C. H. Dong, J. R. Hao, P. M. Kirk & Y. J. Yao, sp. nov.
No full textAkanthomyces zaquensis Y.H. Wang, W.J. Wang, Ke Wang, C.H. Dong, J.R. Hao, P.M. Kirk & Y.J. Yao, sp. nov. (Figs. 2–4) Fungal Names registration: FN570746. Etymology:— zaquensis, referring to the collecting site near the Za Qu River. Colonies on PDA were rapidly growing, attaining a diameter of 25–28 mm and 30–34 mm within 10 days at 20 and 25 ºC, respectively, round, flat, white. Reverse primrose to pale yellow. Colonies on MEA and PCA attained a diameter of 23–28 mm and 28–31 mm within 10 days at 20 and 25ºC, respectively, round, flat, white. Reverse pale yellow (FIGURE 2). The vegetative hyphae on PDA medium were delicate, hyaline, smooth-walled, 0.4–2.0 μm wide. Phialides occurring directly on the aerial hyphae; simple, 8.0–40.0 µm long, rarely over 100 µm, 0.6–1.2 µm at the base, tapering to about 0.4 µm at the tips. The conidia produced on the three media were one-celled, smooth-walled, hyaline; (1.5–)3.0–6.0(–7.0) × 0.5–1.2(–1.5) µm; adhering in heads at the apex of the phialides, long-ellipsoidal to almost cylindrical (FIGURE 3). The optimum temperature for growth was 5–37 ºC on three media (17–34 mm diameter in 10 d at 15–30 ºC), little growth (usually less than 10 mm diameter) at ≤10 ºC, no growth at ≥ 33 ºC (FIGURE 4). Notes: Akanthomyces zaquensis was isolated from O. sinensis. The species differed from A. lecanii by having bigger conidia. Furthermore, A. zaquensis produced single and lanceolate or narrowly lageniform phialides directly from the aerial hypha. Sexual state:—Unknown. Holotype:— CHINA. Qinghai Province: Yushu Prefecture, Zadoi County, Sulu Country, Duoxiao Village beside the Za Qu River, isolated from both the stroma and the sclerotium of O. sinensis on the ground, 20 May 2002, J.J. Li (holotype HMAS 246915, ex-holotype living culture CGMCC 19934). Other material examined:— CHINA. Qinghai Province: Yushu Prefecture, Zadoi County, Sulu Country, Duoxiao Village beside the Za Qu River, from both the stroma and the sclerotium of O. sinensis on the ground, 20 May 2002, J.J. Li (isotype HMAS 246914, isotype HMAS 246916, isotype HMAS 246917).Published as part of Wang, Yong-Hui, Wang, Wen-Jing, Wang, Ke, Dong, Cai-Hong, Hao, Ji-Rong, Kirk, Paul M. & Yao, Yi-Jian, 2023, Akanthomyces zaquensis (Cordycipitaceae, Hypocreales), a new species isolated from both the stroma and the sclerotium of Ophiocordyceps sinensis in Qinghai, China, pp. 198-208 in Phytotaxa 579 (3) on pages 203-204, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.579.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/755039
Improved measurement of the branching fraction of h c → γη′/η and search for h c → γπ 0
No full textAbstract The processes h c → γP (P = η′, η, π 0) are studied with a sample of (27.12 ± 0.14) × 108 ψ(3686) events collected by the BESIII detector at the BEPCII collider. The decay h c → γη is observed for the first time with the significance of 9.0 σ, and the branching fraction is determined to be (3.77 ± 0.55 ± 0.13 ± 0.26) × 10 −4, while B (h c → γη′) is measured to be (1.40 ± 0.11 ± 0.04 ± 0.10) × 10 −3, where the first uncertainties are statistical, the second systematic, and the third from the branching fraction of ψ(3686) → π 0 h c . The combination of these results allows for a precise determination of R h c = B h c → γη B h c → γ η ′ , which is calculated to be (27.0 ± 4.4 ± 1.0)%. The results are valuable for gaining a deeper understanding of η − η′ mixing, and its manifestation within quantum chromodynamics. No significant signal is found for the decay h c → γπ 0, and an upper limit is placed on its branching fraction of B (h c → γπ 0) < 5.0 × 10 −5, at the 90% confidence level
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