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Tydi-lang: a language for typed streaming hardware: A manual for future Tydi-lang compiler developers
No full textTransferring composite data structures with variable-length fields often requires designing non-trivial protocols that are not compatible between hardware designs. When each project designs its own data format and protocols the ability to collaborate between hardware developers is diminished, which is an issue especially in the open-source community. Because the high-level meaning of a protocol is often lost in translation to low-level languages when a custom protocol needs to be designed, extra documentation is required, the interpretation of which introduces new opportunities for errors. The Tydi specification (Tydi-spec) was proposed to address the above issues by codifying the composite and variable-length data structures in a type and providing a standard protocol to transfer typed data among hardware components. The Tydi intermediate representation (Tydi-IR) extends the Tydi-spec by defining typed interfaces, typed components, and connections among typed components.In this paper, we propose Tydi-lang, a high-level hardware description language (HDL) for streaming designs. The language incorporates Tydi-spec to describe typed streams and provides templates to describe abstract reusable components. We also implement an open-source compiler from Tydi-lang to Tydi-IR. We leverage a Tydi-IR to VHDL compiler, and also present a simulator blueprint to identify streaming bottlenecks. We show several Tydi-lang examples to translate high-level SQL to VHDL to demonstrate that Tydi-lang can efficiently raise the level of abstraction and reduce design effort.https://github.com/twoentartian/tydi-lang Source code for the thesis project.Computer Scienc
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
[[alternative]]An Examination of Yen Yu's Giving Himself the Sobriquet "Ts'ang-lang Pu-k'o'"
No full text[[abstract]]This study advances a different view on the commonly accepted account of Yen Yti's adoption of his sobriquet Ts'ang-lang pu-k'o (lit. Fleeing Traveler of the Ts'ang-lang River), which holds that Yen Yii once dwelt at the river of the Ts'ang-lang and dubbed himself accordingly. A careful examination of the related sources enables us to disprove this traditional account. The present study will then go on to suggest a new interpretation of Yen's sobriquet.
This paper consists of three parts. Part one is an examination of the sources, including the most influential biography, Chu Hsia's (ca. 1670) "Yen Yii chuan," and some other related records in various gazetteers. These sources suggest as an explanation for Yen's sobriquet that the Ts'ang-lang river located by Yen's dwelling inspired him to call himself "Ts'ang-lang pu-k'o." However, the only dependable biographical sources, the works of Yen and his contemporaries, along with Huang Kung-shao's preface to Yen's collected works "Ts'ang-lang yin-chuan hsll," written shortly after Yen's death, include no record of any Ts'ang-lang river in Yen's hometown Shao-wu, in Fu-chien Province.
In part two, I provide the first of my three interpretations of the subject matter. First, I shall look at the intrinsic connections among his given name (ming), two by-names (fzu), and sobriquet (hao), and their relation to Taoist thought, particularly concepts of the reclusive life. Second, I will discuss Yen's early life in seclusion, and his association with friends of Taoist inclinations as contributing factors to his adoption of his sobriquet, which expresses an ideal of flight from secular troubles.
In part three I present further interpretations of the significance of Yen's choice of sobriquet. His inspiration for dubbing himself "Ts'ang-lang pu-k'o" derived most likely from the "Yli-fu" [Fisherman] chapter of the Ch'u-tz'u anthology, in which a "Ts'ang-lang" river serves as a symbol of worldly society. However, on tracing the itinerary of Yen's travels, I find no mention of the real Ts'ang-lang river recorded in the "Yu-fu." A discussion of Yen's thought suggests that his sobriquet was more likely derived from the discourse of the "Yii-fu," which presents two seemingly antithetical ideals: the spirit of patriotic sacrifice, represented by Ch'ii Yuan, and self-cultivation through withdrawal from the mundane realm, represented by the fisherman. In Yen's own poetry, we find evidence of these contradictory impulses. Considering Yen's life in the context of the late Sung dynasty, we find that such attitudes were prevalent among intellectuals of the era.
Key Words: fleeing traveler, vagrant sojourner
derived most likely from the "Yli-fu" [Fisherman] chapter of the Ch'u-tz'u anthology, in which a "Ts'ang-lang" river serves as a symbol of worldly society. However, on tracing the itinerary of Yen's travels, I find no mention of the real Ts'ang-lang river recorded in the "Yii-fu." A discussion of Yen's thought suggests that his sobriquet was more likely derived from the discourse of the "Yii-fu," which presents two seemingly antithetical ideals: the spirit of patriotic sacrifice, represented by Ch'il Yuan, and self-cultivation through withdrawal from the mundane realm, represented by the fisherman. In Yen's own poetry, we find evidence of these contradictory impulses. Considering Yen's life in the context of the late Sung dynasty, we find that such attitudes were prevalent among intellectuals of the era.
Key Words: fleeing traveler, vagrant sojourner[[fileno]]JA01_1997_p21
Attitude toward the adoption of WAP banking services in Hong Kong.
Full text linkby Tai Oi Yen, Irene, Yip Ping Yin, Gerald.Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 38-40).ABSTRACT --- p.iiiTABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.ivLIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES --- p.vChapterChapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1Chapter II. --- BACKGROUND --- p.3Chapter III. --- CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK --- p.8Chapter IV. --- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY --- p.15Chapter V. --- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION --- p.19Chapter VI. --- IMPLICATIONS TO MANAGER AND RESEARCHERS --- p.27Chapter VII. --- CONCLUSION AND WAP BANKING OUTLOOK --- p.33APPENDIX --- p.36BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.3
The Poetry of Ping-Pong
No full textIn this chapter, the author looks at the poetry of Ping-Pong, his favorite sport. According to Marty Reisman, the game of Ping-Pong died in Bombay, India, in 1952. Reisman, nicknamed “The Needle,” was favored to win the World Table Tennis Championship that day. The author says he has always loved Ping-Pong because you can get into a rhythm, hit the ball back and forth across the net for hours, with any racquet, and simply talk. Ping-Pong, like poetry, is a players' sport, not ideal for spectators. Bob Mankoff, the cartoon editor of The New Yorker, claims that there is palpable humor in the game. With Ping-Pong, the author insists that we are all capable of attuning ourselves to the hidden life of sports, a relationship that is about kinesthesia and embodiment.</p
Pakej pengarangan kertas soalan examination paper authoring package EPAP / Pang Yen Ping
No full textThe Examination Paper Authoring Package (EPAP) is a web-based system that
helps teachers and lectures in colleges and universities lo create examination papers
online. The EPAP provides faster efficient, and yet secure way of examination papers
creation that will reduce the lecturer's workload.
EPAP provides three question types such as multiple choice question, structured
question and essay question that enables lecturer to create questions easily. It also
allows for the questions maintenance in which lecturer is allowed to edit the questions.
The EPAP will organize the papers to be printed out for publishing purpose.
Guided by the Waterfall with Prototyping model methodology, EPAP will be
developed phase by phase together with the iterative prototyping to meet the user
requirements. The EPAP will be developed on the multi-tier client/server, using
ColdFusion technology and the ColdFusion Markup Language together with HTML,
Javascripts. Microsoft SQL server will serves as database server in the EPAP that
provide secure storage for the examination papers.
The EPAP will be built within the limitation boundaries of the project. The
constraints that limit the EP AP are stated in the project limitation. There are suggestions
for future enhancements for the EPAP that will certainly result in better user
experiences. However, during the course of the EP AP development, continuous efforts
will be put in to fulfill the user requirements
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