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Sun Shu’ao and Yan Ying: The Human Nature Spectrum of Natural-Civilization Prime Ministers and the Low-Entropy Governance Model
No full textThis paper proposes a scientific-philosophical model of “natural-civilization prime ministers” based on historical cases, systems theory, and entropy analysis. By examining the human nature and governance strategies of Sun Shu’ao and Yan Ying during the Spring and Autumn period, the study identifies their low-disturbance, decentralized, and non-performance-driven traits, which maintained civilizational stability. Sun Shu’ao and Yan Ying are not moral exemplars but “low-entropy governance personalities,” functioning as steady-state regulators within political systems. A comparative analysis with the Warring States period demonstrates the structural disappearance of such personalities due to accelerated civilization, militarization, and bureaucratic quantification. The paper further unifies this model with the Lao–Yang Genesis Cosmology: prime ministers as “Earth,” rulers as “Heaven,” and civilization as a natural system, providing a scientifically grounded framework for individual governance, institutional design, and social self-organization. Finally, the study discusses implications for modern governance, emphasizing the scarcity and systemic importance of low-entropy personalities in highly engineered societies. This research offers a cross-temporal perspective connecting historical politics, civilizational evolution, and contemporary governance
Diffusiophoresis of concentrated suspensions of spherical particles with identical ionic diffusion velocities
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Taxonomy and phylogeny of three heterotrich ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora), with description of a new Blepharisma species
No full textYan, Ying, Fan, Yangbo, Chen, Xiangrui, Li, Lifang, Warren, Alan, Al-Farraj, Saleh A., Song, Weibo (2016): Taxonomy and phylogeny of three heterotrich ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora), with description of a new Blepharisma species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177 (2): 320-334, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12369, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.1236
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Diffusiophoresis of Concentrated Suspensions of Spherical Particles with Distinct Ionic Diffusion Velocities
No full textSedimentation Velocity and Potential in a Concentrated Suspension of Charged Liquid Drops
No full textVariations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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