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Wang Meng and contemporary Chinese literature: the vicissitudes of a committed writer
No full textThis 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
Wang Shuo and the commercialisation of contemporary Chinese culture
No full textThis 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
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
Periacma acutignatha Wang, Li & Liu 2001
No full textPeriacma acutignatha Wang, Li & Liu, 2001 (Figure 23) Periacma acutignatha Wang, Li & Liu, 2001: 275. Wing expanse: 12.5–14.5 mm. Material examined: Holotype: „, Neixiang (33 ° 02 9 N, 111 ° 50 9 E), Henan Province, 650 m, 12 July 1998, coll. Houhun Li. Paratypes: 4 „„, 3 ♀♀, 10–12 July 1998, same locality data as holotype (1 „, 1 ♀, in IZCAS). Distribution: China (Henan). Remarks: This species is related to P. erawanensis, but can be separated by the shape of the fore wing maculation, and the aedeagus with several sclerotized tooth-like distal spines in the male genitalia.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 2385, DOI: 10.1080/00222930601088123, http://zenodo.org/record/523174
Isotopic dependence of residual zonal flows
No full textWe identify an isotopic dependence of residual zonal flows from an analytic calculation. While the well-known Rosenbluth-Hinton residual zonal flows with radial scale greater than the magnetically trapped ion radial width rho(bi) have no isotopic dependence (Rosenbluth and Hinton 1998 Phys. Rev. Lett. 80 724), we find that shorter radial scale (shorter than rho(bi), but larger than the magnetically trapped electron radial width rho(be)) residual zonal flows (Wang and Hahm 2009 Phys. Plasmas 16 062309) exhibit isotopic dependence. These finer scale zonal flows in deuterium (D) plasmas can be stronger than those of hydrogen (H) plasmas, and possibly lead to lower turbulence and transport and better confinement in qualitative agreement with experimental results
Periacma ziyangensis Wang & Zheng 1995
No full textPeriacma ziyangensis Wang & Zheng, 1995 (Figure 9) Periacma ziyangensis Wang & Zheng, 1995: 7. Wing expanse: 15.0–17.0 mm. Material examined: Holotype: „, Ziyang (32 ° 33 9 N, 108 ° 32 9 E), Shaanxi Province, 350 m, 21 May 1994, coll. Jin Zhou. Allotype: ♀, 22 May 1994, same location data as holotype. Additional material: 1 „, 3 ♀♀, Ziyang, Shaanxi Province, 7 June 1973, coll. Feng Yuan and Chou Tian; 1 „, Ankang (32 ° 41 9 N, 109 ° 01 9 E), Shaanxi Province, 800 m, 5 July 2003, coll. Haili Yu; 10 „„, 11 ♀♀, Mt. Emei (29 ° 32 9 N, 103 ° 19 9 E), Sichuan Province, 24 May– 12 June 1979; 46 „„, 18 ♀♀, Chishui (28 ° 34 9 N, 105 ° 42 9 E), Guizhou Province, 390–500 m, 27–31 May 2000, coll. Yanli Du. Distribution: China (Beijing, Heilongjiang, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Sichuan) Remarks: This species is characterized by the gnathos with the ventral plate somewhat axe-like, the sacculus roundly projected near distal end, and the aedeagus with a narrow band at middle in the male genitalia; and the corpus bursae without signum but with two slightly sclerotized areas in the female genitalia.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 2379, DOI: 10.1080/00222930601088123, http://zenodo.org/record/523174
Periacma fengxianensis Wang & Zheng 1995
No full textPeriacma fengxianensis Wang & Zheng, 1995 (Figure 12) Periacma fengxianensis Wang & Zheng, 1995: 12. Wing expanse: male 12.0–14.0 mm. Material examined: Holotype: „, Zhouzhi (34 ° 10 9 N, 108 ° 12 9 E), Shaanxi Province, 1750 m, 20 July 1987, coll. Houhun Li. Allotype: ♀, Fengxian (33 ° 55 9 N, 106 ° 31 9 E), Shaanxi Province, 1600 m, 13 July 1988, coll. Houhun Li. Paratypes: 1 „, 2 ♀♀, 16– 20 July 1987, other same data as holotype; 1 „, 14 July 1988, same locality data as allotype. Additional material: 2 „„, Ningshan (33 ° 19 9 N, 108 ° 20 9 E), Shaanxi Province, 3 July 1995, coll. Hongyan Qin. Distribution: China (Shaanxi). Remarks: This species is characterized by the gnathos with the ventral margin straight and the aedeagus with the distal portion dentate at both sides in the male genitalia; and the corpus bursae with two differently shaped signa in the female genitalia.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 2380, DOI: 10.1080/00222930601088123, http://zenodo.org/record/523174
Periacma tianshuiensis Wang & Zheng 1995
No full textPeriacma tianshuiensis Wang & Zheng, 1995 (Figure 11) Periacma tianshuiensis Wang & Zheng, 1995: 9. Wing expanse: 12.0–18.0 mm. Material examined: Holotype: „, Fengxian (33 ° 55 9 N, 106 ° 31 9 E), Shaanxi Province, 1600 m, 9 July 1988, coll. Houhun Li. Allotype: ♀, Tianshui (34 ° 37 9 N, 105 ° 42 9 E), Gansu Province, 11 August 1988, coll. Xingyu Wu. Paratypes: 1 „, 10 July 1998, same locality data as holotype; 3 „„, 1 ♀, 9–10 July 1988, same locality data as allotype. Distribution: China (Gansu, Shaanxi). Remarks: This species is characterized by the sacculus not curved. It is related to P. orthiodes, but can be distinguished by the gnathos apically blunt and the sacculus much longer in the male genitalia; and the signum absent in the female genitalia.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 2380, DOI: 10.1080/00222930601088123, http://zenodo.org/record/523174
Anonymity and historical-anonymity in location-based services
No full textThe problem of protecting user's privacy in Location-Based Services (LBS) has been extensively studied recently and several defense techniques have been proposed. In this contribution, we first present a categorization of privacy attacks and related defenses. Then, we consider the class of defense techniques that aim at providing privacy through anonymity and in particular algorithms achieving "historical k- anonymity" in the case of the adversary obtaining a trace of requests recognized as being issued by the same (anonymous) user. Finally, we investigate the issues involved in the experimental evaluation of anonymity based defense techniques; we show that user movement simulations based on mostly random movements can lead to overestimate the privacy protection in some cases and to overprotective techniques in other cases. The above results are obtained by comparison to a more realistic simulation with an agent-based simulator, considering a specific deployment scenario
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