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The political role of the people's liberation army 1949-1973
Full text linkThis thesis is to study the political role of the People's Liberation Army from the approach of structure and function. The framework of the thesis consists of three major parts, first, the influence of Chinese traditional political culture on, and the formation of, the political role of the PL A; second, the influence of domestic political struggles and external military conflicts on the development of the political role of the PLA; and the third, the analysis of the transition of the PLA's political role from the structure and personnel arrangements of the CCPCC Within the above-mentioned three scopes, this thesis make a thorough discussion on the following: (1) The relationship between the structure of the PRC and the formation of the PLA's political role; (2) How has ideology influenced the army's political role; (3) What is Mao's viewpoint and his influence on the development of the army's political role; (4) What is the link between the army and the party, and how has this developed; (6) What accounts for the expansion of the PLA's political functions; (7) What is the influence of political factional struggles on the PLA's political role; (8) Is it political institution or military institution that controls the recruitment of the military elite; (9) What are the disparities between the military elite in handling international conflicts and what are their political considerations; (10) What is the Party's position in the army; (11) How have the Party’s important meetings and personnel arrangements influenced the rise and fall of the PLA's political role
Nécrologie : Wu Shang Shih (1904-1947)
No full textAllix André. Nécrologie : Wu Shang Shih (1904-1947). In: Revue de géographie jointe au Bulletin de la Société de géographie de Lyon et de la région lyonnaise, vol. 24, n°2, 1949. pp. 170-172
Microleon taiwanensis Sohn & Shih & Wu 2024, n. sp.
No full text<i>Microleon taiwanensis</i> n. sp. (Figs 4–6, 9) <p> <i>Types</i>. Holotype: male, “A55-20160614-115/ 2nd working station, Taimalee Res. Center/ 854m, Taitung County, Taiwan / L.C. Shih <i>leg.</i> ”, “ Genitalia slide/ SJC-1212/ ♂ J. C. Sohn ” [purple label], NMNS. Paratypes: 1♂, Hualien Co., Xiulin Township, Iron Wire Bridge Camp (24.167148N 121.325074E, alt. 1,950 m), 6 July 2023 (S Wu), NTM; 1♂, Ilan Co., Tianwan (alt. 1050 m), 17. Apr. 2012 (S Wu), genitalia slide no. [GSN] TFRI145453, TFRI; 1♂, Miaoli Co., Cholan Hydro Power Plant (alt. 621 m), 16 Aug. 2022 (LC Shih), [GSN] RBC8930, NMNS; 1♂, Nantou Co., Benbu River (alt. 800 m), 26 Jun. 2011 (S Wu & WC Chang), [GSN] TFRI157106, TFRI; 1♂, Nantou Co., Linxiao Temple, 12 Oct. 2016 (LC Shih), NMNS; 1♂, Nantou Co., Ruei-Yan River Major Wildlife Habitat (alt. 2,184 m), 10 Sept. 2018 (CH Wang <i>et al.</i>), NMNS; 1♂, Nantou Co., Lienhuachih Landscape Platform (alt. 721 m), 25 Apr. 2020 (XE Cai <i>et al.</i>), NMNS; 1♂, Taichung, Wushinkeng (alt. 950 m), 2 Feb. 2012 (HH Lin), [GSN] A32-20120222 - 043, NMNS; 1♂, Taipei Co., Wulai, Fushan (alt. 310 m), 15. Mar. 2013 (S Wu & WC Chang), [GSN] TFRI176411, TFRI.</p> <p> <i>Diagnosis</i>. This species is similar to a congener, <i>M. decolatus</i> from Japan and Korea in the absence of the juxtal processes but differs from the latter in having the ventral process of sacculus shorter than the dorsal one.</p> <p> <i>Description</i>. Habitus (Figs 4–6) – Head: Vertex brownish white, intermixed with pale orange scales on occipital area; frons pale grayish brown. Labial palpus brownish white, intermixed with pale grayish brown and dark brown scales laterally; 2 nd segment 4× longer than 1 st; 3 rd segment 2/5 as long as 2 nd. Antenna 3/4 as long as forewing; scape pale orange, sparsely intermixed with dark brown scales dorsally; flagellomeres brownish gray. Thorax: Patagium pale orange, sparsely irrorated with purplish brown; tegula pale orange, irrorated with purplish brown basally; mesonotum pale orange, with purplish brown streak medially. Forewing length ca. 7.1 mm, purplish brown; costal area purplish brown on basal 3/4, pale orange, peppered with purplish brown on distal 1/4; basal area orange, irrorated with purplish brown; apical patch pale orange, intermixed with purplish brown scales; discal spot small, orange; dorsal patch at middle of dorsum subtriangular, brownish orange; cilia brownish gray, peppered with purplish brown. Hindwing dark brown, with orange spot, surrounded by black on tornal angle; cilia pale gray, with two lines of dark brown irroration. Foreleg with coxa purplish brown, peppered with pale orange; femur orange, intermixed with purplish brown scales; tibia purplish brown, peppered with pale orange laterally, pale orange mesally; tarsomere dark brown, with pale orange ring distally. Midleg with coxa pale orange, intermixed with purplish brown scales; femur purplish brown laterally, pale orange mesally; tibia purplish brown dorsally, pale orange ventrally; tarsomere dark purplish brown, with pale orange ring distally. Hindleg with coxa pale orange, intermixed with purplish brown scales; femur purplish brown dorsally, pale orange ventrally; tibia pale orange, with purplish brown band at distal 1/6; tarsomere dark purplish brown, with pale orange ring distally. Abdomen: Terga and sterna purplish brown, intermixed with pale orange scales. Male genitalia (Fig. 9) – Uncus long tongue-shaped, upcurved at distal 1/3, with dense, long hairs laterally. Tegumen narrow, parallel-sided; gnathos broad, T-shaped, slightly emarginated and granulate on distal margin of medial plate, with lateral projections narrowly rounded on apex. Valva narrow, dilated in ear-shape and densely setose in distal half; costa slightly bulged at basal 2/5; sacculus broad, sparsely setose, extended to two processes distally, with left upper process 1/2 as long as right upper one, 1.5× longer than left lower process and right upper process 2× longer than right lower one. Vinculum small, U-shaped. Phallus of even width, slightly bent medially, with upcurved coecum; carina hastate; vesical with granulate area, without cornuti.</p> <p> <i>Distribution</i>. Taiwan (endemic).</p> <p> <i>Etymology</i>. This species is named after the country of the type locality.</p> <p> <i>Remarks</i>. This species seems to be quite common in the Taiwanese fauna and possibly it has been confused with <i>Microleon longipalpis</i> in the country.</p>Published as part of <i>Sohn, Jae-Cheon, Shih, Li-Cheng & Wu, Shipher, 2024, Review of Microleon Butler, 1885 (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) from Taiwan with description of a new species based on morphology and DNA barcoding, pp. 377-384 in Zootaxa 5403 (3)</i> on pages 379-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.3.7, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10562088">http://zenodo.org/record/10562088</a>
First person - Hui-Ying Tsai and Shih-Cheng Wu
No full text[[abstract]]First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Disease Models & Mechanisms, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Hui-Ying Tsai and Shih-Cheng Wu are co-first authors on ‘Loss of the Drosophila branched-chain α-ketoacid dehydrogenase complex results in neuronal dysfunction’, published in DMM. Hui-Ying is a research assistant in the lab of Chun-Hong Chen at National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan. Her research interest is modeling the human neurological disease maple syrup urine disease in Drosophila, assessing behavior as well as brain damage. Shih-Cheng is a postdoc in the same lab, with interests in modeling human disease and immunometabolism
Reliability‐Based Design for Basal Heave Stability of Deep Excavations in Spatially Varying Soils
No full textL1-guided differentiation of embryonic stem cells towards neural lineages
No full textEmbryonic stem cells are pluripotent cells that have the ability to differentiate into cell lineages from all three germ layers. However, the use of stem cells in therapeutics relies on the ability to control their differentiation. Studies have shown that implantation of undifferentiated ES cells into an injury site leads to their spontaneous differentiation and potential tumor formation. One method to control stem cell differentiation is through the design of biomaterials that mimic the natural microenvironment during development. Biomaterials can provide a microenvironment in which host as well as replacement therapeutic cells can reside. Controlling this microenvironment provides opportunities to present specific physical and soluble cues that control cell and tissue fate. Herein, we conjugate the cell adhesion molecule L1 to type I collagen to allow for its sustained, physiologically relevant presentation. L1 is a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily shared by neural and immune cells and has been shown to promote neurite extension as well as functional recovery in adult rats after contusion-induced spinal cord injury. In this study, we will investigate the role of L1 on mouse embryonic stem cells. We will assay the effects of L1 presentation on cell adhesion, proliferation, and most importantly differentiation of embryonic stem cells (mESCs). As L1 has a homophilic binding domain, we will study the effects of using a genetically modified mESCs that overexpress L1 in combination with our L1-grafted biomaterial. Collectively, these studies will provide greater insight into the role of designing materials to guide the differentiation of stem cells. These materials may be used as delivery mechanisms for stem cell therapeutics or scaffolds on which ones own stem cells can differentiate towards a particular required cell type or lineage.M.S.Includes bibliographical referencesby Hsuan Yu Shi
Enneapterygius erythrosoma Shen and Wu 1994
No full text245. Enneapterygius erythrosoma Shen and Wu, 1994:7, fig. 5 Holotype: NTUM 07815 (27.2), Wen–tz–keng, 21 Mar. 1991. Paratype: NTUM 07816 (1, 26.0), NTUM 07852 (1, 25.1), USNM 329658 (formly NTUM 7853, 1, 25.0), all collected with holotype; NTUM 07854 (1, 24.4), Liu–chiu, 8 Nov. 1990. Remark. Originally described with the authorship as Shen and Wu. This species was synonymized with Enneapterygius rubicauda Shen and Wu by Fricke (1997). However, Chiang and Chen (2008) resurrected it as a valid species.Published as part of Ho, Hsuan-Ching & Shao, Kwang-Tsao, 2011, 2957, pp. 1-74 in Zootaxa 2957 on page 5
Enneapterygius flavoccipitis Shen and Wu 1994
No full text246. Enneapterygius flavoccipitis Shen and Wu, 1994:8, fig. 6 Holotype: NTUM 07836 (23.3), Ho–bi–hou 23 May 1991. Paratype: NTUM 07837 (1, 23.0), same as holotype, NTUM 07842 (1, 25.9), Liu–chiu, 8 Nov. 1990, USNM 329659 (formly NTUM 7847, 1, 25.3), Liu–chiu, 8 Nov. 1990.Published as part of Ho, Hsuan-Ching & Shao, Kwang-Tsao, 2011, 2957, pp. 1-74 in Zootaxa 2957 on page 5
Enneapterygius leucopunctatus Shen and Wu 1994
No full text248. Enneapterygius leucopunctatus Shen and Wu, 1994:12, fig. 8 Holotype: NTUM 07823 (32.3), Wen–tz–keng, 21 mar. 1991. Paratype: NTUM 7851 (1, 29.0), same as holotype; NTUM 07852 (1, 32.3), same as holotype. Remark. This species was synonymized with Enneapterygius vexillarius by Fricke (1997). However, Chiang and Chen (2008) resurrected it as a valid species.Published as part of Ho, Hsuan-Ching & Shao, Kwang-Tsao, 2011, 2957, pp. 1-74 in Zootaxa 2957 on page 5
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