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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
Total synthesis of the fumiquinazoline alkaloids: Solid-phase studies
No full textWe have previously described an efficient four-step synthesis of the fumiquinazoline alkaloids (Wang, H.; Ganesan, A. J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63, 2432-2433). Here, we demonstrate that this route is readily adaptable to combinatorial synthesis on solid phase. Linear tripeptides containing a central anthranilate unit were assembled on the Wang resin and subjected to dehydration and cyclative release to yield the pyrazino[2,1-b]quinazoline-3,6-diones in high purity. To demonstrate the scope of this protocol, a small library [ca. 20 compounds] of unnatural analogues was prepared by parallel synthesis
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
Non-fragile H infinity control for switched stochastic delay systems with application to water quality process
Full text linkArticle first published online: 14 JAN 2013
Link to a related website: https://re.public.polimi.it/bitstream/11311/1028692/2/Non-fragile%20H%20control%20for%20switched%20stochastic%20delay%20systems_11311-1028692_Wang.pdf, Open Access via UnpaywallIn this paper, the problem of non-fragile observer-based H ∞ control for discrete-time switched delay systems is investigated. Both data missing and time delays are taken into account in the links from sensors to observers and from controllers to actuators. Because data missing satisfies the Bernoulli distribution, such problem is transformed into an H ∞ control problem for stochastic switched delay systems. Average dwell time approach is used to obtain sufficient conditions on the solvability of such problems. A numerical example and a real example for water quality control are provided to illustrate the effectiveness and potential applications of the proposed techniques.Dong Wang, Peng Shi, Wei Wang and Hamid R. Karim
Periacma acriuncta Wang, Li & Liu 2001
No full textPeriacma acriuncta Wang, Li & Liu, 2001 (Figure 20) Periacma acriuncta Wang, Li & Liu, 2001: 272. Wing expanse: 17.0–19.0 mm. Material examined: Holotype: „, Mt. Qingchen (30 ° 58 9 N, 103 ° 31 9 E), Sichuan Province, 11 July 1980. Additional material: 1 „, Xianfeng (29 ° 40 9 N, 109 ° 08 9 E), Hubei Province, 1280 m, 22 July 1999, coll. Houhun Li et al. Distribution: China, Hubei (Sichuan). Remarks: This species is distinguished by the uncus with a pointed process at the apex, the valva gradually narrowed from the base to the apex, and the sacculus without a distinct distal process.Published as part of Wang, S. X. & Li, H. H., 2006, Review of the genus Periacma Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae) from China, with descriptions of four new species, pp. 2371-2393 in Journal of Natural History 40 (41 - 43) on page 2384, DOI: 10.1080/00222930601088123, http://zenodo.org/record/523174
Periacma simaoensis Li, Wang & Yan 1996
No full textPeriacma simaoensis Li, Wang & Yan, 1996 (Figure 14) Periacma simaoensis Li, Wang & Yan, 1996: 205. Wing expanse: 16.5 mm. Material examined: Holotype: „, Simao (22 ° 48 9 N, 100 ° 58 9 E), Yunnan Province, 1325 m, 24 April 1995, coll. Guangyun Yan. Distribution: China (Yunnan). Remarks: This species resembles P. fengxianensis, but can be distinguished from the latter by the uncus not dilated apically, the sacculus heavily sclerotized distally, and the aedeagus with distal 1/6 divided into two parts.Published as part of Wang, S. X. & Li, H. H., 2006, Review of the genus Periacma Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae) from China, with descriptions of four new species, pp. 2371-2393 in Journal of Natural History 40 (41 - 43) on page 2382, DOI: 10.1080/00222930601088123, http://zenodo.org/record/523174
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