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Dissociation of posture remapping and cognitive load in level-2 perspective-taking: Raw data of three experiments
No full textYeh, Yei-Yu, Wang, Chi-Chin, Cheng, Shih-kuen, & Chiu, Chui-De. (in press). Dissociation of posture remapping and cognitive load in level-2 perspective-taking. Cognition
Characterizing the departure process of a single server queue from the embedded Markov renewal process at departures
No full textRethinking Import-substituting Industrialization: Development Strategies and Institutions in Taiwan and China
Full text linkimport-substituting industrialization, export-oriented industrialization, development strategies, institutions
Genetically pyramiding protease-inhibitor genes for dual broad-spectrum resistance against insect and phytopathogens in transgenic tobacco
No full textProgram Notes of Cheng-Hsin Kuo\ue2s Violin Recital
No full textThis report is the program notes of Cheng-Hsin Kuo\ue2s Violin Recital, which was performed at Chiang Kai-shek Chateau in National Sun Yat-sen University on December 9, 2019. The repertoires of the recital include Johann Sebastian Bach\ue2s Partita for Solo Violin in D Minor, BWV 1004: Chaconne, Niccol\uc3\ub2 Paganini\ue2s 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1 No. 13, Johannes Brahms\ue2 Violin Sonata in G Major, Op. 78, and Henryk Wieniawski\ue2s Polonaise Brillante in A Major, Op. 21. The program notes will present the lives of the four composers, as well as the background and music styles of the four compositions, so that the performer can further understand the content of the works, and interpret them with more conviction
A Union Bound on the Error Probability of Binary Codes Over Block-Fading Channels
No full textBlock-fading is a popular channelmodel that approximates
the behavior of different wireless communication systems.
In this paper, a union bound on the error probability of binarycoded
systems over block-fading channels is proposed. The bound
is based on uniform interleaving of the coded sequence prior to
transmission over the channel. The distribution of error bits over
the fading blocks is computed. For a specific distribution pattern,
the pairwise error probability is derived. Block-fading channels
modeled as Rician and Nakagami distributions are studied. We
consider coherent receivers with perfect and imperfect channel
side information (SI) as well as noncoherent receivers employing
square-law combining. Throughout the paper, imperfect SI is
obtained using pilot-aided estimation. A lower bound on the performance
of iterative receivers that perform joint decoding and
channel estimation is obtained assuming the receiver knows the
correct data and uses them as pilots. From this, the tradeoff between
channel diversity and channel estimation is investigated and
the optimal channel memory is approximated analytically. Furthermore,
the optimal energy allocation for pilot signals is found
for different channel memory lengths
Reticulaphis septica Yeh & Hsu, sp. nov.
No full textReticulaphis septica Yeh & Hsu sp. nov. (Figs. 14, 15) Apterous adult female. A small species, body ovate, black with purplish-blue burnish, marginal setae short and stout, with fan-shaped apices, body margin without waxy powder. Body 0.47–0.53 mm long, about 1.33 (1.27–1.41) times as long as wide, widest part at position corresponding to front legs, 2 shrunken furrows from prosomal margin to submargin at positions corresponding to front and middle legs. Antennae much shorter than space between them, L-shaped bend without segmentation, long arm about 25–37.5 μm with 1 minute rhinaria and 1 terminal seta near apex. Eyes submarginal, with 2 facets (some individuals with 3 facets). Prosoma distinctly reticulated with pale thin lines, dorsum with 3 deep transverse ridges on median area and several rounded areas surrounding it; 5 pairs of minute setae on central axis of prosoma, 1 st pair between eyes; prosoma with 10 pairs of marginal setae, all marginal setae short and stout, almost as long as long arm of antennae, with fan-shaped or serrated apices. Legs short, hind legs somewhat exposed; front and middle tibiae shorter than femora, hind tibiae equal to or shorter than femora; tarsi narrower than tibia, longer than wide; 1 long fine capitate seta on dorsal front tarsi, 2 such setae on middle and hind tarsi. Abdominal tergites II–VII about 140–157.5 μm wide and 57.5–67.5 μm long, also reticulated, without siphunculi and with 6 pairs minute setae along converging sides of tergites, only base tubercles visible. Abdominal tergite VIII an equilateral triangle, about 75–85 μm wide and 30–40 μm long, with 2 blunt, stout apical setae, nearly as long as marginal setae. Cauda knobbed, constricted basally. Subanal plate deeply bilobed, each lobe with 4–6 setae. Material examined. Holotype, Taiwan: Dashe Township, Kaohsiung Co., on Ficus septica, 9 -iv- 2006, H.T. Yeh (# 476). Paratypes, Taiwan: Luodong Township, Ilan Co., 28 -iii-2006, 22 apterous adults from F. septica (on 2 microscope slides) (Y.F. Chen # 469); Baihe Township, Tainan Co., 8 -iv-2007, 12 apterous adults from F. septica (C.C. Ko # 596); Da-an District, Taipei City, 21 -iv-2007, 14 apterous adults from F. septica (T.C. Hsu # 600); Dashe Township, Kaohsiung Co., 27 -v-2007, 48 apterous adults from F. septica (on 7 microscope slides) (H.T. Yeh # 608) (ANIC, BMNH, CDFA, NMNS, TARIIC, USNM). Etymology. The specific name ‘ septica ’ is derived from the associated host plant, F. s e p t i c a. Remarks. This species can be found in suburbs or hills, and feeds year round on new to mature leaves. The population density can be very high on mature leaves, and often causes serious sooty molds. This species differs from R. mirabilis in the pair of tiny setae between the eyes on the dorsal prosoma, and the comparatively stout marginal setae with distinctly fan-shaped apices of the prosoma; and differs from R. asymmetrica by the ovate body shape, and the pleural regions of prosoma not being expanded.Published as part of Yeh, Hsin-Ting, Ko, Chiun-Cheng & Hsu, Tung-Ching, 2008, Review of the East-Asian genus Reticulaphis (Aphididae: Hormaphidinae), with two new species, pp. 34-48 in Zootaxa 1782 on pages 45-46, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.27431
The politics of fashion: perceptions of power in female clothing and ornamentation as reflected in the sixteenth-century Chinese novel Jin Ping Mei
Full text linkThis thesis examines issues of female power and influence in sixteenth-century China focusing on how women and their roles were perceived in the changing social environment of the mid-late Ming dynasty. Using aspects of a New Historicist approach, information from contemporary literary and historical sources are analysed alongside each other. With its emphasis on the lives of women and preoccupation with the description of material objects, the late Ming novel Jin Ping Mei forms an important element in the thesis. China in the sixteenth century saw expanding urbanisation, the emergence of a new wealthy merchant class, increasing visibility of women and a questioning of traditional morality. Fashion consciousness, as one of the most conspicuous aspects of the new material culture, is a possible indicator of these trends. Traditional Western theories contend that fashion began in the particular context of Renaissance Europe. However, this study argues that a similar fashion awareness existed in China too, and was manifested in a competitive striving for social status, in this case specifically among women. In contrast to previous studies which downplayed the impact women had on defining traditional Chinese culture, this thesis demonstrates how women and their sartorial choices began to redefine the boundaries of material culture, influencing literati discourse which, in turn, re- influenced female behaviour
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