42,214 research outputs found
How Creativity is Changing China
No full textThe question Professor Li Wuwei investigates is not 'whether' creativity is changing China - but 'how' creativity is changing China. The outcome will have a profound impact on how China develops and its economic role in the world.\ud
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Creative industries maintain and protect historical and cultural heritage, improve cultural capital, and foster communities as well as individual creativity. This leads to the improvement of cultural assets of cities, the establishment of city brands and identity, the promotion of the creative economy, and overall economic and social development. In this context, creativity is changing China forever.\u
How Creativity is Changing China
No full textThis book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. The question Professor Li Wuwei investigates is not 'whether' creativity is changing China - but 'how' creativity is changing China. The outcome will have a profound impact on how China develops and its economic role in the world. Creative industries maintain and protect historical and cultural heritage, improve cultural capital, and foster communities as well as individual creativity. This leads to the improvement of cultural assets of cities, the establishment of city brands and identity, the promotion of the creative economy, and overall economic and social development. In this context, creativity is changing China forever
Left‐Behind Children and Return Decisions of Rural Migrants in China
No full textThis paper examines how left-behind children influence return migration in China. We first present a simple model that incorporates economic and non-economic motives for migration duration (or intentions to return). Based on Dustmann (2003b), the parent is assumed to be altruistic and to care about the prospects of her left-behind children. We then propose two complementary empirical tests based on an original dataset from a rural household survey carried out in Wuwei County (Anhui province, China) in fall 2008. We first use a discrete-time proportional hazard model to estimate the determinants of migration duration for both on-going migrants with incomplete length of duration and return migrants with complete length of duration. Second, we apply a binary Probit model to study the return intentions of on-going migrants. Both models find consistent results regarding the role of left-behind children as a significant motive for return. First, left-behind children are found to pull their parents back to the village, the effect being stronger for pre-school children. Second, sons are found to play a more important role than daughters in reducing migration duration.return migration; migration duration; left-behind children; discrete-time duration analysis; China
Return migrants : The rise of new entrepreneurs in rural China
No full textThis paper analyzes return migrants' occupational choice upon their return to their home village, by using an original rural household survey conducted in Wuwei county (Anhui province, China) in 2008. We apply two complementary approaches : a horizontal comparative analysis of occupational choice between non-migrants and return migrants, and a vertical investigation of the impact of migration experience on returnees only. Two main findings are drawn up from the estimation of probit models which account for potential selection bias and endogeneity. First, return migrants are more likely to be self-employed and to opt for higher ability jobs than non-migrants. Second, both return savings and the frequency of job changes during migration increase the likelihood for return migrants to become self-employed. These findings suggest that (a) working experience during migration enhances individual's human capital and entrepreneurial ability, and (b) repatriated migration experience is a key stimulating factor in promoting rural entrepreneur activity.Return migrants ; occupational change ; entrepreneurship ; Asia ; China
Cancer Incidence and Mortality Survey in Wuwei, Gansu Province, Northwestern China from 2003 to 2012: A Retrospective Population-based Study
No full textBackground: Population-based cancer registry collects the data on cancer incidence and mortality deaths from covered population to describe and survey the epidemics in certain areas. The aim of this study was to estimate the cancer incidence and mortality in Wuwei, Gansu province, Northwestern China from 2003 to 2012. The goal is to better understand cancer distribution and long-term development of cancer prevention and treatment in Wuwei.
Methods: Data were collected from the Wuwei Cancer Registry between 2003 and 2012. In this registry, data from 46 cancer report centers were included in this analysis. Incidence/mortality rates, age-specific incidence/mortality rates, age-standardized incidence/mortality rates, and cumulative incidence/mortality rates were calculated. Totally, 9,836,740 person-years (5,110,342 for males and 4,726,398 for females) had been monitored over this time period. The gender ratio of male/female was 1.08:1. The number of new cancer cases and related deaths was 24,705 and 17,287 from 2003 to 2012, respectively.
Results: The proportion of morphological verification was 74.43%. The incidence of cases identified through death certification only was 1.21%, and the mortality to incidence ratio was 0.70. The average crude incidence was 251.15/100,000 persons (310.61 and 186.87 for males and females per 100,000 persons, respectively). The age-standardized rates by Chinese standard population (ASR-China) and by world standard population (ASR-world) were 207.76 and 245.42 per 100,000 persons, respectively. The crude cancer mortality was 175.74/100,000 persons (228.34 and 118.86 for males and females per 100,000 persons). ASR for China and the world was 149.57 and 175.13/100,000 persons, respectively. The most common cancers and leading causes of cancer-related deaths in Wuwei were as follows: cancers of stomach, esophagus, liver, lung, colorectum, breast, cervix, lymphoma, blood (leukemia), brain, and central nervous system. In Wuwei, during 2003 and 2012, cancer incidence and mortality rates increased by 1.32% and 1.31%/year, respectively. During this time, colorectum cancer incidence and mortality rates increased by 2.69% and 7.54%/year, respectively, in Wuwei. The incidence and mortality of other gastric, esophageal, liver, and lung cancers also all increased.
Conclusions: The results of this study report a more accurate cancer burden among the population of Wuwei, China. Active research of cancers etiology and effective prevention should be established to reduce the incidence and mortality associated with cancers
Assessment of Self-Archiving in Institutional Repositories: Depositorship and Full-Text Availability
No full textThis research evaluates the success of open access self-archiving in several well-known institutional repositories. Two assessment factors have been applied to examine the current practice of self-archiving: depositorship and the availability of full text. This research discovers that the rate of author self-archiving is low and that the majority of documents have been deposited by a librarian or administrative staff. Similarly, the rate of full-text availability is relatively low, except for Australian repositories. By identifying different practices of self-archiving, repository managers can create new strategies for the operation of their repositories and the development of archiving policies
Effect of Tibetan Compound Wuwei manna bath on langxiu disease
No full textObjective To observe the effect of Tibetan Compound Wuwei manna bath in the treatment of langxiu disease. Methods 96 patients with “langxiu†disease in our hospital from January 2020 to January 2021 were randomly selected for the study, according to the computer random method, 48 cases were divided into a group and group B were treated with Tibetan medicine compound five flavor manna bath. Then the therapeutic effect and adverse reactions of the two groups were compared. Results: after treatment, the treatment effect of group B was better than that of group A, and the incidence of adverse reactions of group B was lower than that of group A. P ＜ 0.05； Conclusion: the patients with langxiu disease were treated with Tibetan medicine compound Wuwei manna bath,It can effectively improve the treatment effect and reduce the occurrence of adverse reactions, which is worthy of wide promotion and application
Information integration research on cumulative effect of ‘Siqi, Wuwei, and Guijing’ in Traditional Chinese Medicine
No full textAbstractObjectiveTo study the morphological basis of the role of Siqi (cold as winter, cool as autumn, warm as spring, hot as summer), Wuwei (five flavors: sweet, pungent, salty, sour, and bitter), and Guijing (meridian tropism) through the use of information integration.MethodsA 14C-2-deoxy-glucose autoradiography method was adopted to determine the overall impact of treatment with 39 herbs on functions of various tissues and organs. Data was measured at 4 hs after a single dose and following the last treatment of repeated doses for a week. Least-squares estimation was used and fitted for each herb regression effect of organs and tissues after single and repeated treatment. The slope of the regression line represented the cumulative trend of the effect of the herbs (β), and the standard deviation of the slope (Sβ) was compared with those of the untreated animals (t ‘test). All significantly cumulative effect trends were applied with an artificial neural network, which integrated the relationship among Siqi, Wuwei, and Guijing with tissues and organs.ResultsThere is a certain relationship among the Siqi, Wuwei, Guijing and the anatomy of organs and tissues, but the different scores indicate that influence of Siqi, Wuwei, Guijing to anatomy of organs and tissues was a nonlinear state.ConclusionResults demonstrated that the effects of Siqi, Wuwei, and Guijing have a morphological basis, and each concept was associated with multiple anatomical structures
Information Literacy and Librarian-Faculty Collaboration: A Model for Success:
No full textIn the age of information explosion and technological advancement, issues of information storage, organization, access, and evaluation have become necessarily important in our societies. Addressing issues of information literacy and designing how they can be best integrated in students' learning process are of critical importance. Library professionals in the United States, particularly in the academia, have realized the importance of information literacy and have attempted in various ways to address these issues. The ultimate goal is to make information literacy an integral part of the academic curriculum, thus helping students to succeed not only during their years in college but also for their lifelong career choices. This article will look at ways of how information literacy can best be incorporated into students' academic experience, and how this process can make students' learning meaningful and successful. Specifically, the author will examine the model of librarian-faculty collaboration in integrating information literacy into the curriculum, as demonstrated in the Ohio Five Colleges' Information Literacy Program.Publisher version of this article is available at: http://www.white-clouds.com/iclc/cliej/cl24.ht
Dao jiao shen xiang hua yan jiu: yi Wuwei Shi bo wu guan cang de yi tang wei li = Study of daoist ritual paintings : a set in Wuwei City Museum
No full textM.Phil.This thesis studies a set of Daoist ritual paintings held by Wuwei City Museum. It aims to investigate the structure of a set of Daoist ritual paintings and how the Daoist paintings take part in the Daoist ritual performance.The thesis divides into two parts. Part 1 examines the age of production of Wuwei set. By comparing the style of the decorative motif, the image of deities and the written source in scroll, the thesis points out the production of Wuwei set is in the early Qing.Part 2 focuses on the structure of Wuwei set. Through the reconstruction of the whole set of paintings, I argue that Wuwei set includes two components. The first and main component is “Chao Yuan Tu”(朝元圖). Paintings involved in forming “Chao Yuan Tu” will not be hung or used separately. The formation of “Chao Yuan Tu” constructs the Daoist pantheon and defines the sacred space from the secular. Different from “Chao Yuan Tu”, the other scrolls are used in specific ritual session or temporary ritual space. They manifest the flexibility and mobility of the ritual paintings.本文以甘肅武威市博物館藏的一堂道教神像畫為研究對象，通過整理、分析傳世六十七軸神像畫，還原神像畫的空間排列，並探討一堂相對完整的神像畫之構成及其與儀式演行的關係。論文第一部分探討神像畫的繪製年代。通過對比和分析神像畫的文字內容、裝飾圖像風格及神祇的面容、身形比例，指出武威神像畫繪製於清代初年。論文第二部分探討完整成堂神像畫的構成。通過還原神像畫的空間分佈，指出武威神像畫可分為兩種構成，一組是朝元圖圖式，另一組是使用於特定儀式節次的神像。朝元圖圖式的神像畫佔武威神像畫的大多數，為了表現盛大的朝元場景，神像畫不輕易分拆使用，有著展現道教神譜和界定壇場神聖空間的意義。其餘神像畫均是因應特定儀式節次而產生的圖像，有的懸掛在壇外的臨時儀式空間，有的在特定儀節才懸掛，表現了神像畫作為儀式用畫的靈活性。何希文."2019年8月".Parallel title from added title page.Thesis M.Phil. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2019.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 98-112).Abstracts in Chinese and English.Title from PDF title page (viewed on February 23, 2022).He Xiwen
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