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Sinophlaeobida taiwanensis Yin & Yin, 2007, sp. nov.
No full textSinophlaeobida taiwanensis sp. nov. Figs. A–F Type materials Holotype: male, China: Taiwan Pingtung, (22 ° 40 'N, 120 ° 29 'E), alt, 25m (K.S. Lin), 21 March 1980. Paratype: 1 female Pingtung (K.C. Chou & C.N. Lin) 4 August 1982; 1 male, same data as holotype; 1 female Pingtung (K.C. Lin & C.N. Lin) 3 August 1982 (AIT); 1 male, Pingtung Kenting (21 ° 57 'N, 120 ° 47 'E) (K.W. Wang) 23 May 1989; 1 male, Pingtung Manchou (22 °02'N, 120 ° 50 'E) alt, 31m, (K.W. Wang) 17 Jan. 1990; 1 male Pingtung Manchou, (H.T. Chen) 24 May 1998 (NMNH). Descriptions Male (figs. A-C). Body median in size. Head larger and short, shorter than length of pronotum. Face oblique distinctly in profile, with sulcus throughout, contracted distinctly in the median part. Antennae ensiform, widened distinctly in the basal part, toward apices gently narrow, 18 segments, surpassing over the posterior margin of pronotum, length of a middle segment 2.5 times its width. Eyes globose, longitudinal diameter 1.5 times horizontal diameter and 1.6 times subocular furrow. Pronotum cylindrical, median keel normal, low, slightly cut by hind transverse sulcus, lateral carinae parallel nearly, the prozona is 1.5 times of metazona in length, hind margin excised slightly in the middle. The length of interspace of mesosterum equal to the narrowest, lateral lobes of metasternum separated. Tegmina abbreviated, scale, lateral. Upper keel of hind femur serrated slightly, well proportioned, length as long as 4.6 times of maximum width, the end of lower knee lobes rounded. Hind tibia with 12 spines on the inner and 11 spines outer side, external apical spine absent. Second joint of hind tarsus shorter than the first joint. Tympanum organ distinct. Epiproct with longitudinal groove in the middle. Cercus slender, reaching to the tip of epiproct, furculae absent. Subgenital plate short, conical. Female (figs. D-F). Body larger, more robust. Antennae ensiform, 18 segments, shorter, not reaching to the posterior margin of pronotum. Longitudinal diameter of eyes 1.5 times horizontal diameter and equal to subocular furrow. The narrowest of interspace of mesosterum is 1.1 times its length. Length of the hind femur as long as 5.4 times of maximum width. Epiproct triangular, basal half part with longitudinal groove in the middle. Cercus short-conical, about reaching to the 2 / 3 of epiproct. Ovipositor valves short, distinctly hooked in the end, outer margin smooth. Coloration Males Body yellowish-brown. Antennae brown, apical three segments pale. Pronotum brown. Postocular band black, extending to the tegmina. Tegmina darker in anterior 2 / 3 part and yellowish-brown in posterior 1 / 3 part. Hind femur yellowish-brown, knee dark. Hind tibia brown, basal part dark. Abdomen and subgenital plate yellowish-brown. Females The color of body is similar to male. Acknowledgements This study is financially supported by the grants of the National Natural Sciences Foundation of Peoples Republic of China (No. 30630010) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. KSCX 2 -YW-Z). We are grateful to Prof. Yien-Shing Chow, who is the former Director of National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung for his kind invitation to the first author to visit Taiwan. We are also grateful to Mr. K.S. Lin, K.C. Chou, C.N. Lin, K.W. Wang & H.T. Chen for collecting specimens. We thank Dr. Zhiwei Liu (Biological Science Department, Eastern Illinois University, U.S. A) for providing some references. FIGURES A–F Photographs of Sinophlaeobida taiwanensis sp. nov. A Side view of holotype; B Dorsal view of holotype; C Head and pronotum of holotype; D Head and pronotum of paratype; E Dorsal view of paratype; F Side view of paratype.Published as part of Yin, Xiang-Chu & Yin, Hong, 2007, A new genus and new species of Phlaeobinae from China (Orthoptera: Acrididae), pp. 65-68 in Zootaxa 1547 on pages 66-67, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.27388
Shitifen Sangxian ba shi nian dai yin yue ju de chuan tong yu ji cheng
No full textWong, Hei Yin.Thesis M.Phil. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2014.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 154-162).Abstracts also in Chinese.Title from PDF title page (viewed on 05, January, 2017).Wong, Hei Yin
The Calendar of Yin(殷)
No full textProfessor Tung Tso-pin has made an attempt to reconstruct the calendar of Yin. Since his premisses seem to contain some points open to question, each of them should be subjected to close examination. How Professor Tung has determined the first day of each month? The present author's view is this; the new moon and intercalation were put at the end of the year throughout the Yin dynasty. This is, the author believes, proved in the present study which is based on the examination of oracle bone inscriptions. These two devices seem to have been in use until the 6-7 centuries, B.C., from the beginning of the Chou period. In the present article the author introduces a new view on the problem of "sheng-pa" and "ssu-pa"; they represent the halves of the synodic month which is found to have been in use in ancient India. In short, the Yin had a still incomplete calendar, and the view of Professor Tung that they already used an institutionalized calendar is untenable
Development of A New Approach To Earthquake Prediction: Load/Unload Response Ratio (Lurr) Theory
No full textThe seismogenic process is nonlinear and irreversible so that the response to loading is different from unloading. This difference reflects the damage of a loaded material. Based on this insight, a new parameter-load/unload response ratio (LURR) was proposed to measure quantitatively the proximity to rock failure and earthquake more than ten years ago. In the present paper, we review the fundamental concept of LURR, the validation of LURR with experimental and numerical simulation, the retrospective examination of LURR with new cases in different tectonic settings (California, USA, and Kanto region, Japan), the statistics of earthquake prediction in terms of LURR theory and the random distribution of LURR under Poisson's model. Finally we discuss LURR as a parameter to judge the closeness degree to SOC state of the system and the measurement of tidal triggering earthquake. The Load/Unload Response Ratio (LURR) theory was first proposed in 1984 (YIN, 1987). Subsequently, a series of advances were made (YIN and YIN, 1991; YIN, 1993; YIN rt al., 1994a,b, 1995; MARUYAMA, 1995). In this paper, the new results after 1995 are summarized (YIN el al., 1996; WANG et al., 1998a, 1999; ZHUANG and YIN, 1999)
Yin-yang dialectics and communitarianism in cross-cultural management research
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to comment on “Global implication of the indigenous epistemological system from the East: How to Apply yin-yang balancing to paradox management” by Li (2016). As a pioneer in developing indigenous Chinese management theories, Li has been focused on extracting essential principles of the Chinese yin-yang philosophy and applying them to organization and management phenomena within and outside China (Li, 1998, 2012, 2014a, b). In this paper (Li, 2016), Li sharpens his thinking on the unique attributes of the Chinese yin-yang balancing perspective so as to both distinguish it from and connect it to Western Aristotelian and Hegelian philosophies in regard to contradictions and paradoxes that are increasingly more prevalent in contemporary organizations. The author found Li’s paper thought provoking and highly relevant to cross-cultural management research. The author reflects on the yin and yang of the yin-yang perspective itself and discusses how it can be extended for theorizing about cross-cultural or inter-cultural management research.
Design/methodology/approach
Applying yin-yang dialectics on the East-West cultural differences, this commentary contends that the strengths and weaknesses of the cultural mindsets of the East and the West are relative and potentially complementary to each other, and seeks to balance and integrate Eastern and Western perspectives for theorizing and tackling cultural differences and conflicts in a globalized world.
Findings
On the basis of yin-yang dialectics on cultural differences, a communitarianism model is proposed for cross-cultural researchers to balance and integrate individualism and collectivism, a well-established East-West cultural difference.
Originality/value
The theoretical model of communitarianism builds upon but transcends either Eastern or Western cultural differences toward a viable global value system.
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Yin-Yang O-Hang and technological art
No full textThis research aims to suggest a means of creating a closer relationship between technological artwork and its viewers through applying 'naturalising' technology in art using the theory of Yin-Yang O-Hang. The questions are raised : 1/. What are the vital factors of technological artworks? 2/. What sorts of methods can make using technology in arts more effective? 3/. How to overcome the difficulties in getting an intimate relationship between viewers and technological artworks? In order to optimise the aesthetic use of technology in art, the research is thus focused on 'naturalising' technology as a possible solution to overcome the negative aspects of technological artworks through the application of the theory of Yin-Yang O-Hang.Throughout this research, the author has discussed the fundamental concerns of the theory and its applications in Western and Eastern art. Furthermore, in investigating a number of artworks, the trends have been explored in technological art which are compatible with nature and humanity. The author has tried to find a way of applying the theory of Yin-Yang O-Hang to make technological art more intimate and accessible to viewer
Zhong-Yong as dynamic balancing between Yin-Yang opposites
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to comment on Peter Ping Li’s understanding of Zhong-Yong balancing, presented in his article titled “Global implications of the indigenous epistemological system from the East: How to apply Yin-Yang balancing to paradox management.” Seeing his understanding of Zhong-Yong balancing being incorrect and incomplete, the author proposes an alternative perspective on Zhong-Yong as dynamic balancing between Yin-Yang opposites.
Design/methodology/approach
The author first explain why Peter P. Li’s “asymmetry” and “superiority” arguments are flawed by referring to the original text of the classical book of Zhong-Yong (中庸) and a comparison between Zhong-Yong and Aristotle’s doctrine of the mean. The author then propose an alternative approach to Zhong-Yong balancing that is embedded in the original text Zhong-Yong but somehow has been neglected by many Chinese scholars. The author concludes the commentary by unifying the two alternative approaches to Zhong-Yong balancing under the inclusion-selection-promotion-transition (ISPT) framework of Zhong-Yong balancing.
Findings
There are three main findings. First, as the original text of Zhong-Yong does not prescribe asymmetry, Peter P. Li’s notion of “Yin-Yang balancing” is ironically unbalanced or anti-Zhong-Yong due to his emphasis on asymmetry to the exclusion of symmetry. Second, due to the equivalency between Zhong-Yong and Aristotle’s doctrine of the mean, Peter P. Li’s assertion that “Yin-Yang balancing” is superior as a solution to paradox management is flawed. Third, his “Yin-Yang balancing” solution is only (the less sophisticated) one of two alternative approaches to Zhong-Yong balancing, i.e., ratio-based combination of Yin-Yang opposites. What Peter P. Li and many other Chinese have neglected is another approach to Zhong-Yong that is embedded in the original text of Zhong-Yong, which I call “analysis plus synthesis.”
Research limitations/implications
As it is a commentary there are no specific limitations except for what can be covered in the space available.
Practical implications
The “analysis plus synthesis” approach to Zhong-Yong can be adopted by practitioners who are demanded to balance between opposite forces in daily life and work.
Social implications
The rejection of the “Yin-Yang balancing being superior” assertion facilitates reduction of friction and non-cooperation between intellectual traditions.
Originality/value
This commentary contributes to the “West meets East” discourse by debunking Peter P. Li’s assertion that Yin-Yang balancing is superior as a solution to paradox management and his prescription that balancing between Yin-Yang opposites must be asymmetric. It also contributes to the Chinese indigenous management research by identifying a largely neglected approach to Zhong-Yong balancing (i.e. “analysis plus synthesis”) that is alternative to the commonly understood ratio-based combination approach (e.g. “Yin-Yang balancing”). In addition, it contributes to the management literature by proposing the ISPT framework of Zhong-Yong balancing.
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