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    Gu Xiong : The River

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    Gu Xiong’s installation “The River” is described by O’Brian as a meditation on migrancy and displacement. The author situates the work within the life of the artist, who left China because of political oppression, and the history of the Canadian West, which has marginalized its Chinese inhabitants. Short poetic texts by Gu Xiong in which he identifies with spawning salmon are included. Biographical notes. 19 bibl. ref

    The evolution of the Han wedding dress design research and innovation / Gu Yanping and Rose Dahlina Rusli

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    China's long history has given birth to a colorful folk culture, and weddings are a significant part of life. The Chinese often use the term "married" to describe one's marital status, and wedding attire plays a crucial role in this cultural expression. Particularly in China’s dominant ethnic group, the Han, wedding dress traditions are something people pay great attention to. This article explores the evolution of Han wedding attire, detailing how it has changed since the Zhou Dynasty, up through the reforms and opening to the outside world. Throughout the dynasties, Han wedding dresses have exhibited unique characteristics and differences. With the economic, political, and cultural developments during the early Republic era, the grand and solemn traditional wedding dress gradually became westernized. However, Han Chinese traditional wedding attire remains a living cultural symbol, embodying the unique, beautiful, and mysterious essence of ancient Oriental culture, and representing the Han nationality. In designing modern Han wedding dresses, it is important to create designs that are aligned with contemporary trends while preserving the distinct characteristics of Han culture. By incorporating elements from different dynasties, such as traditional patterns, colors, fabrics, and shapes, alongside modern techniques and some western influences, innovation in Han wedding dress design can be achieved. Furthermore, through combining this research with personal innovation design practices, we can continue to inherit and carry forward the tradition of Han wedding attire, making a lasting contribution to its preservation

    Deng Erya jiu cang jia gu.

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    李宗焜拓摹并題."鄧爾雅(一八八四-一九五四)舊藏甲骨. 一九六九年五月鄧祖玄奉母葉多福女士之命以其父爾雅先生所藏甲骨慨贈香港中文大學聯合書院. 二〇一五年夏移藏大學圖書館""乙未仲冬余應香港中文大學圖書館李露絲館長之邀為館藏甲骨之儲存與展示貢愚余以坐言不如起行遂為之董理重為類次並施拓摹携歸裱冊而還之且識數語以記因緣李宗焜於史語所""Deng Erya (yi ba ba si - yi jiu wu si) jiu cang jia gu. Yi jiu liu jiu nian wu yue Deng Zuxuan feng mu Ye Duofu nü shi zhi ming yi qi fu Erya xian sheng suo cang jia gu kai zeng Xianggang Zhong wen da xue Lian he shu yuan. Er ling yi wu nian xia yi cang Da xue tu shu guan""Yi wei zhong dong yu ying Xianggang Zhong wen da xue tu shu guan Li Lusi guan zhang zhi yue wei guan cang jia gu zhi chu cun yu zhan shi gong yu yu yi zuo yan bu ru qi xing sui wei zhi dong li chong wei lei ci bing shi tuo mo xie gui biao ce er huan zhi qie shi shu yu yi ji yin yuan Li Zongkun yu Shi yu suo"In accordion binding.Li Zongkun tuo mo bing ti

    Han dai Gu wen shang shu jing zi yan jiu

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    Based on these fragments, this dissertation first makes an attempt to clarify the issues involving the Gu Wen Shang Shu that was discovered in the Kong's wall, as reported in various documents of the Han Dynasty. It then proceeds to discuss the characteristics and the origins of the "archaic scripts" in the Shuo-wen Jie-zi and the Stone Classics in Three Scripts of the Wei Dynasty, as these two texts and the script of Gu Wen Shang Shu are closely related.Finally, by examining the discrepancies between the quotations of the Shang Shu in the Shuo-wen Jie-zi and the version of Ma Rong and Zheng Xuan, this dissertation constructs the argument that such discrepancies are perhaps the result of the interpretative replacement of characters which was, after all, a common method of teaching employed by gu wen scholars of the Eastern Han.It further deals with the argument of the "li-shu" transliteration (li gu ding), and through a detailed analysis of the expressions and terms used in the text, it expounds the view that the li-shu transliteration of the Gu Wen Shang Shu was non-existent in the Han Dynasty, let alone a so called li-shu transliterated version.Seeking to challenge this viewpoint, the author of this dissertation has made a close examination of the Gu Wen Shang Shu and has discovered that it was actually written in "li-shu", rather than in archaic script. Through a survey of relevant philological issues, the arguments are presented in this dissertation.The controversy surrounding the opposition between the archaic and vernacular scripts (jin gu wen) of the Han Dynasty is one of the most complex issues in Chinese philology. Scholars have yet to come to a consensus on which script the Gu Wen Shang Shu (The Book of History Written in Archaic Script) was written. For a long time, a popular view has been that the difference between "jin wen" (vernacular script: li-shu) and "gu wen" (archaic script) lies in the types of script used, as the so-called Gu Wen Shang Shu is believed to have been written in archaic script.The issue of script of Gu Wen Shang Shu has been a significant topic in Chinese philology. Moreover, the controversy over the archaic script and the contemporary script of the Han Dynasty is very much about the Shang Shu. An understanding of this issue is crucial in resolving problems confronting other archaic texts.Though the original text of the Gu Wen Shang Shu is no longer extant, there are a few surviving fragments in the quotations of the Shang Shu in the Shuo-wen Jie-zi, the "archaic scripts" in the Stone Classics in Three Scripts (San-ti Shi-jing), the "li-shu" transliteration (li gu ding) of the Shang Shu and the quotations of the Gu Wen Shang Shu of Ma Bong and Zheng Xuan in the Jin-dian Shi-wen.蘇春暉.論文(哲學博士)--香港中文大學, 2007.參考文獻(p. i-xvi).Adviser: Chan Hung Kan.Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-01, Section: A, page: 0198.Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web.Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web.Abstracts in Chinese and English.School code: 1307.Lun wen (zhe xue bo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2007.Can kao wen xian (p. i-xvi).Su Chunhui

    The Ancient Chinese Concepts of Shang 商 and Gu 賈 : Their Meaning and Historical Background

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    It has popularly been understood that the characters shang 商 and gu 賈 which express ideas of commerce and merchants can be separated in meaning such that shang refers to itinerant merchants (xingshang 行商) and gu refers to stationary merchants or shopkeepers (zuogu 坐賈). However, they cannot be restricted to these meanings. They were at times used interchangeably, and each author had a particular tendency in their usage. Moreover, in the Qin and Han periods, the words gu and guren 賈人 were technical terms used in legal documents to indicate commerce and merchants respectively. Without regard to this actual situation in his own time, Ban Gu 班固. in the Commerce chapter of his work "Explanations of the White Tiger Palace." asserted that shang meant "moving" (xing 行) and gu meant "stationary" (zhi 止). This was because he only considered the description recorded in the Zuozhuan and the Zhouli. His commerce chapter was written with the intention of showing that the Old Text Theory was superior to the competing New Text Theory. At the end of the Later Han, the idea that shang meant "itinerant" and gu meant "stationary" became an established theory due to the work of Zheng Xuan 鄭玄. Nevertheless, this distinction was not strictly followed even in later periods. In these periods, technical terms in legal documents indicating merchants changed from shanggu 商賈 in the Wei and Jin to just Shang in the Six Dynasty period. This latter term was then inherited by the Sui and Tang

    On Local Zeta Integrals

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    Gu, Dalin.Thesis M.Phil. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2016.Includes bibliographical references (leaves ).Abstracts also in Chinese.Title from PDF title page (viewed on …)

    Recensione di Gu Mu: Fremderfahrung als Selbstreflexion: Goethes Die Leiden des jungen Werther in China (1922–2016)

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    Gu Mu offers a clear excursus on the reception of Goethe's novel "Die Leiden des jungen Werther" in China from 1920 to 2016. The author highlights the cultural implications that have occurred through the reading of Goethe's novel in Chin

    Gu-4 suppresses affinity and avidity modulation of CD11b and improves the outcome of mice with endotoxemia and sepsis.

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    BACKGROUND: Systemic leukocyte activation and disseminated leukocyte adhesion will impair the microcirculation and cause severe decrements in tissue perfusion and organ function in the process of severe sepsis. Gu-4, a lactosyl derivative, could selectively target CD11b to exert therapeutic effect in a rat model of severe burn shock. Here, we addressed whether Gu-4 could render protective effects on septic animals. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: On a murine model of endotoxemia induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS), we found that the median effective dose (ED50) of Gu-4 was 0.929 mg/kg. In vivo treatment of Gu-4 after LPS challenge prominently attenuated LPS-induced lung injury and decreased lactic acid level in lung tissue. Using the ED50 of Gu-4, we also demonstrated that Gu-4 treatment significantly improved the survival rate of animals underwent sepsis induced by cecal ligation and puncture. By adhesion and transwell migration assays, we found that Gu-4 treatment inhibited the adhesion and transendothelial migration of LPS-stimulated THP-1 cells. By flow cytometry and microscopy, we demonstrated that Gu-4 treatment inhibited the exposure of active I-domain and the cluster formation of CD11b on the LPS-stimulated polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Western blot analyses further revealed that Gu-4 treatment markedly inhibited the activation of spleen tyrosine kinase in LPS-stimulated THP-1 cells. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Gu-4 improves the survival of mice underwent endotoxemia and sepsis, our in vitro investigations indicate that the possible underlying mechanism might involve the modulations of the affinity and avidity of CD11b on the leukocyte. Our findings shed light on the potential use of Gu-4, an interacting compound to CD11b, in the treatment of sepsis and septic shock

    Therapeutic effects of lactosyl derivative Gu-4 in a collagen-induced arthritis rat model

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    Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory disorder that is characterized by persistent recurrence of joint inflammation leading to cartilage and bone destruction. The present anti-arthritis therapies failed to achieve satisfactory remission in all patients; therefore, it is still necessary to develop novel approaches to fulfill the demand in clinic. Here, we reported the therapeutic effects of lactosyl derivative Gu-4, a synthetic compound that was previously identified as a selective inhibitor against leukocyte integrin CD11b, in a bovine type II collagen induced arthritis (CIA) rat model. First, prophylactic administration of Gu-4 (1.2728 mg/kg) to rats by intraperitoneal injection every 2 days from the first day of collagen immunization significantly decreased the incidence of CIA, diminished the mean paw volume increase, and reduced the number of swollen paws. Second, administration of Gu-4 (1.2728 mg/kg) to rats at early-onset stage of CIA prevented the progression of the pathological process of RA, accelerated the remission of paw edema, and declined the arthritis score; after 5 weeks treatment, X-ray and histological examinations were carried out, the ankle joint of hind limb of Gu-4 treated CIA rats exhibited slighter bone erosion and much less inflammatory cell infiltration compared to those of saline treated animals; furthermore, Gu-4 remarkably attenuated the production of rheumatoid factor (RF) in the serum of CIA rats as determined by ELISA. Moreover, we performed in vitro lymphocyte proliferation assay and found that Gu-4 significantly inhibited the proliferation of splenic lymphocytes isolated from CIA rats in a dose-dependent manner. Our results suggest that Gu-4 can effectively ameliorate CIA and might be an alternative option for the treatment of RA.http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000307763900008&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=8e1609b174ce4e31116a60747a720701Biochemistry & Molecular BiologySCI(E)5ARTICLE5-6305-3132

    Online Iterative Adaptive Dynamic Programming Approach for Solving the Zero-Sum Game for Nonlinear Continuous-Time Systems with Partially Unknown Dynamics

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    The current study presents an online iterative adaptive dynamic programming approach to resolve the zero-sum game (ZSG) for nonlinear continuous-time (CT) systems containing a partially unknown dynamic. The Hamilton-Jacobian-Issacs (HJI) equation is solved along the state trajectory according to the value function approximation and the policy improvement online. Relaxed dynamic programming is utilized to ensure the algorithm’s convergence. Model and costate networks were established to conduct the method. Computational simulations are performed to present the efficiency of the algorithm.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Control & Simulatio
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