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“Thai Select” Restaurant Brand Equity: A London Analysis, Puris Sornsaruht, Sudaporn Sawmong

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

No abstract provided.

Morphological Control Of Ptcu2 Octahedron And Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalytic Performance Of Ptcu For Fuel Cell, Long-Sheng Cao, Lei Wan, Zhi-Gang Shao, Hong-Mei Yu, Ming Hou, Bao-Lian Yi

Journal of Electrochemistry

Platinum acetylacetonate (Pt(acac)₂) and copper acetylacetonate (Cu(acac)₂) were co-reduced to prepare PtCu₂ octahedron alloy catalyst in N,N-dimethylformamiade by solvothermal method. The PtCu₂ showed lattice compression, and high ratio of non-oxidized Pt with high electronic binding energy. All those structural features contributed to weak adsorption strength of oxygen species on Pt and lower d-band centre position. The influence of structure-directing agent on morphology of PtCu alloy was systematically studied. In the half cell test, as a result of the uniform morphology and regular octahedron of PtCu₂ formed, the mass activity and area specific activity …

The Better Player In The Chinese Educational Reform, Party Secretary Or School Principal?, Qian Zhao, Yuwei Liang

Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership

In the “top-down” reform of the teacher personnel system, the principal is the core of policy implementation, who also serves as the secretary of the Party organization. We focus on which type of leadership should principals choose to maximize his impact on teachers' professional ability and work stress. The HLM method was used to conduct a longitudinal study of teachers in Mentougou District of Beijing from 2013 to 2015. 603 teachers from 34 schools participated in this research. It is found that the policy couldn’t affect teachers directly, the principals plays a role as a bridge between them. Taking the …

Suggestions On Development Of Chinese Pig-Breeding Industry And Feed Industry, Yin Yulong

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

The development of pig-breeding industry is related to Chinese economic progress and daily life. The feed industry provides impetus and security for the increase of the pig-breeding industry. In this article, we firstly enumerate the problems those Chinese pig industry face and we are dealing with, such as the safety of pig germplasm resources, the safety of animal products, environmental safety, and low production efficiency. And this review makes recommendations for development of pig-breeding industry, such as concerning the pig germplasm resources in China, developing an environment-friendly and resource-efficient feed industry, and to develop the technologies to replace antibiotics.

Modern Value And Discipline Construction Of Chinese Traditional Crafts And Arts-Editorial Marks On, Hua Jueming

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Traditional crafts are of important livelihood value, academic value, and modern value, and they are indispensable for Chinese modernization construction, thus they should be included in the paradigm of Chinese modernization construction. Therefore, discipline construction of traditional crafts and arts is urgent issue to be researched and developed. For this purpose, Chinese Academy of Sciences started to composite and edit Complete Collection on Traditional Chinese Crafts and Arts in 1996. After 20 years effort, Part I and Part Ⅱ of 20 volumes was published in 2017. As a series of literature academic monograph, this publication achieved widely social impact, they …

Traditional Crafts, Diversity Of Social Modes And Higher Education, Dong Xiaoping

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Chinese government has recently enacted documents to revitalize the traditional crafts, determining this significant task from a strategic perspective. Most scientific and technical scholars as well as the ones of humanities and social science should seize this unprecedented historical opportunity, base upon the situation of China, strengthen modern science consciousness, establish the social system of technology and culture which focuses on the sinological value of traditional Chinese craft and forms a style of its own, and extract the solid and distinctive vitality elements including state system technology, value system technology, social structure technology, cultural narrative or Chinese story technology, and …

Strategic Approach On Promoting Reform Of China's Natural Protected Areas System With National Parks As Backbone, Huang Baorong, Ma Yonghuan, Huang Kai, Su Liyang, Zhang Conglin, Cheng Duowei, Wang Yi

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

China has formed a natural protected areas system with various types and functions, which has played an important role in protecting important natural ecosystems and biodiversity. However, for a long time, China basically implemented a "rescue" conservation strategy, focused on protected area expansion, and ignored the improvement of management quality and ability. The construction and management of protected area cannot keep China's pace of promoting ecological civilization construction. The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposes to establish a natural protected areas system with national parks as the main backbone, which poses urgent demands …

Innovating Funding Model Of Fundamental Scientific Research—Overview Of Key Research Program Of Frontier Sciences Of Chinese Academy Of Sciences, Bureau Of Frontier Sciences And Education, Chinese Academy Of Sciences

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Initiated in 2016, the key Research Program of Frontier Sciences is implemented by the Bureau of Frontier Sciences and Education as a new tool of management. With the goal of "laying a solid foundation exploring the unknown and seeking to be a pioneer", the program strongly supports a number of proven research projects carried out by eminent academicians and scientists, as well as some young and middleaged scientists who are dedicated to making contributions to the development of science and technology with great loyalty, diligence, and determination. This program, which conforms to the talent status and development trend of CAS, …

Strategies And Tactics Of Internationalization Of Chinese Stm Journals, Chu Jingli, Yan Qun

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

China has been an important country in science and technology of great influence. The internationalization of Chinese STM journals is an important embodiment of China's science and technology competitive power and cultural soft power. Chinese STM journals not only show China's science and technology achievement to the world, but also promote international communication and cooperation, expedite scientific research and innovation. This paper provided strategies and tactics on how could Chinese STM journals be international in eight facets:internationalization of Chinese STM journals should be included in the overall layout of The Belt and Road; provide flexible export policies and channels; accelerate …

Three-Dimensional Theoretical Model In Think Tank Diis, Pan Jiaofeng, Yang Guoliang, Liu Huihui

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

With the in-depth exploration of think tank construction, the rational development of think tanks and the output of high-quality research results have received increasingly attention in China. Nevertheless, the existing think tank research generally focuses on the part of the think tank problem, and it lacks the systematic thinking and cognition of the whole process of think tank research. To this end, based on the principle of think tank Data-Information-Intelligence-Solution (DⅡS), this study proposes a three-dimensional theoretical model of think tank DⅡS from the perspectives of research process, think tank orientation and method tools. Furthermore, the proposed model is analyzed …

Promote "Three Changes" Reform And Establish Long Term Mechanism For Poverty Alleviation By Science And Technology—Practice And Discussion On Science And Technology Poverty Alleviation Of Chinese Academy Of Sciences In Shuicheng County, Guizhou Province, China, Xia Yong, Tian Yifu, Yu Deshun, Tang Congguo, Wang Hongsheng, Han Yongbin

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Shuicheng county is a targeted poverty alleviation county of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). According to actual situation of Shuicheng county, CAS gives full play to the advantages of comprehensive science and technology, creates special science and technology poverty alleviation projects, and focuses on cultivating self-hematopoiesis function in poor areas. Here, main contents and effectivenesses of the science and technology poverty alleviation of CAS in Shuicheng county, Guizhou Province, China are reviewed. Summary of successful experiences, further the "three changes" reform and establishment of a long term mechanism for poverty alleviation by science and technology are discussed.

Science And Long-Term Monitoring Of Continental-Type Glaciers In Arid Region In China, Li Zhongqin, Wang Feiteng, Li Huilin, Xu Chunhai, Wang Puyu, Zhou Ping, Yue Xiaoying

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

China has 48 571 glaciers with a total area of 5.18×10 ⁴ km ², which accounts for 11%-14.5% of the total area of mountain glaciers in the world. These glaciers constitute a vital source of water for more than 100 million people and for wildlife ecosystems in this vast arid and semi-arid land in northwestern China. Urumqi Glacier No. 1, the best monitored glacier in China, is located at the headwaters of the Urumqi River in eastern Tianshan and is within the core area of central Asia. To implement the long term monitoring of Urumqi Glacier No. 1, the …

Phylogeographic Analyses Of A Widely Distributed Populus Davidiana: Further Evidence For The Existence Of Glacial Refugia Of Cool‐Temperate Deciduous Trees In Northern East Asia, Zhe Hou, Zhaoshan Wang, Zhanyang Ye, Shuhui Du, Shuya Liu, Jianguo Zhang

Aspen Bibliography

Despite several phylogeographic studies had provided evidence to support the existence of glacial refugia of cool‐temperate deciduous trees in northeast China, the species used in these studies were limited by the species ranges, which could not exclude the possibility that northern populations were the colonists from southern refugial populations during the last glacial maximum (LGM). Here, we estimated the nucleotide variation in Populus davidiana, a widespread species distributed in Eurasia. Three groups in northeast, central, and southwest China were constructed according to the simulation results from SAMOVA, composition of chloroplast haplotypes and structure results. We revealed that the northeast …

Can A Global Fund Help Solve The Global Marine Plastic Debris Problem?, Karen Raubenheimer, Alistair Mcilgorm

Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics

The problem of marine plastic debris impacts all of the world’s oceans and requires all nations to respond. However, developing States require funds to improve waste management infrastructure and services in order to reduce marine debris at source. Plastics manufacturers and retailers globally must be incentivised to design products for the environment as well as for the collection and end-of-life treatment facilities available within the intended markets. Given the oceans are a global common, we investigate the option of developing a global fund mechanism to progress the necessary actions to reduce plastic waste entering the world’s oceans. This requires consideration …

Cseas Weekly Bulletin (December 3, 2018), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

No abstract provided.

An Examination Of Entrainment In Typically Developing Children, Kiersten A. Pope

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Purpose: Conversational entrainment describes the tendency for individuals to align their behavior with their communication partners and is essential for successful interaction. Evidence of entrainment in adults is robust, yet research regarding its development is sparse. Here, we investigate the effectiveness of a quasi-conversational paradigm for the purpose of identifying the speech rate entrainment abilities of children.

Method: Data were collected from a total of 50 typically developing children from 5-14 years old. Participants completed an entrainment task to identify the presence of speech rate modification depending on the presence of “fast” or “slow” stimuli. The entrainment task utilized a …

Geological And Environmental Sciences - 2018

Geological and Environmental Sciences News

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Uis Bulletin, Volume 60, No. 2, December 2018, Efraín Mercado

KIP Articles

Contents: Editorial: Facing the future while living the present -- The President's Column: You are the UIS -- International Year of Caves and Karst: A Call to Action -- The International Standardization of Karst Research and Management -- Report of Activities 2018: History Commission -- 18th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology -- UIS Supported the Meeting "125 Years of Das Karstphänomen" -- Innovation in Show Cave Management: The 2018 ISCA Congress -- 12th Balkan Caver's Camp 2018 -- The France Habe Prize 2019 Regulations -- Research on the 60 years of UIS History -- The UIS through the Pins -- Cave …

The Effects Of Multilingualism Of Executive Function, Isabella Catalano

Department of Environmental Studies: Undergraduate Student Theses

In today's world, monolingualism is in the minority (Alonso et al., 2017); however, there is still a lack of understanding about the potential effects of being bi- or multilingual, and whether there is an effect of bilingualism in executive function is debated, given multiple contradictory studies (Paap et al., 2015). This study aims to more closely examine whether the number of languages spoken is related to executive function. In this study, sixty-three participants (mean age = 19.9 years, males = 10) completed the Stroop and flanker tasks, measures of inhibitory control, as well as the Language Experience and Proficiency Questionnaire, …

Aquatic Invasions: Causes, Consequences, And Solutions, Corey Ackerson, Melissa Carmichael, Olivia Carpenter, Hannah Crull, Jillian Henrichon, Maeve Mcgowan, Allison Mills, Nicholas Paolini, Everett Pierce, Nicole Scherer, Nicole Volosin, Kady Winsor, Markus Frederich

Marine Sciences Student Projects

Invasive species represent a global threat to ecosystems, human health, and the economy. A basic knowledge of invasive species biology is crucial to understand current and future impacts and implications. The purpose of this book is to provide a broad background on invasive species, and also details on specific examples through case studies.

The students in the course Aquatic Invasive Species (MAR 442) at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine, have researched and reviewed scientific literature to educate readers about these issues. The class, comprised of twelve junior and senior Marine Science, Marine Affairs, Applied Mathematics, and Environmental …

Cseas Weekly Bulletin (November 26, 2018), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

No abstract provided.

Advances And Challenges In Gene Editing Technologies, Lu Junnan, Chu Xin, Pan Yanping, Chen Yingxi, Wen Luan, Dai Junbiao

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Gene editing includes genetic manipulations like deletion, replacement, insertion, etc., which aims to obtain new gene functions, phenotypes, and even new species. As a burgeoning field of life science, gene editing has brought genetic manipulation into an unprecedented grand state. Here, we summary the developments of the technologies in gene editing, and the challenges and opportunities we currently facing, which aims to deepen the comprehension of this technique systems, and help to find breakpoints of this field.

Research Status And Future Development Strategies Of Synthetic Biology In Photosynthesis, Zhu Xinguang, Xiong Yan, Ruan Meihua, Liu Xiao, Xu Jian, Zhong Chao

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

This perspective first introduces the current status of photosynthesis research in China and in the world, followed by a brief discussion of the major progress of photosynthesis synthetic biology. Then we demonstrate the major weakness of current photosynthesis synthetic biology research in China, which includes fragmented research topics, lack of strong link to its end application and shortage of research funding, etc. Photosynthesis research will play a crucial role for the future global food security, energy security, and maintenance of a sustainable ecosystem and environment. The future photosynthesis synthetic biology research can focus on optimization of existing photosynthetic systems, coordination …

Innovative Policy System To Ensure The Development Of Synthetic Biology, Liu Xiao, Zeng Yan, Wang Liwei, Zhou Guangming, Xiong Yan

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Synthetic biology is an interdisciplinary field that combines life science and engineering to study the mechanism of life, and addresses a wide range of industry sectors and types of applications, such as energy, chemicals, medicine, environment and agriculture. It will also relate public policy issues range across R&D investment and commercialization, education and training, biosafety and biosecurity, intellectual property issues, and public perception. This paper reviews the policies for the development and application of synthetic biology, proposes suggestions for strategic planning, enacting the technical and market standards, the professional training and education, risk assessment and science communication platform, to established …

Design Life: Safety Risks And Ethical Challenges In Synthetic Biology, Li Zhenzhen, Dong Yongliang, Gao Yiwei

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

The rapid development of synthetic biology has aroused widespread concern in the academic community. The engineering properties of synthetic biology individualize it the practical meaning of "design" and "reconstruction". The artificially designed life can be introduced to the traditional DNA-based life evolution process, which may lead to a series of safety risks and ethical arguments. The article explores the controversy caused by the landmark events in the development of synthetic biology, draws in-depth analysis on the safety risks of synthetic biology, as well as the ethical dilemmas and inducements of them. Based on the regulatory mechanism of European countries and …

Synthetic Biology: Unsealing The Convergence Era Of Life Science Research, Zhao Guoping

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

It is their distinct spatial and temporal scales for natural substances defined various kinds of disciplines of natural sciences, as well as their connections. Based on the disruptive advances attributable to the revolutions of Molecular Biology and Genomics in the 20th century, by introducing the principles of engineering science into life science and biotechnology, the third revolution of Convergence has been emerged and rapidly developed into the cutting-edge frontier of academic research since the beginning of this century. The serial review articles of this issue illustrated both the history and the connotations of synthetic biology via highlighting main fields of …

Biological Components Design For Engineering Requirements, Cui Yinglu, Wu Bian

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Understanding life from the perspective of synthetic biology centers on the design, construction, and characterization of novel biological systems under the engineering design principles. Most catalytic functions in living organisms are performed by enzymes, which serve as one of the most important components in synthetic biology. While the amino acid sequence makes up the primary structure of the protein, the three-dimensional structure of protein determines its biochemical properties. Therefore, researches on biological functionality based on protein structure have become frontiers of the emerging field of synthetic biology. Meanwhile, the development of computational enzyme design algorithms can provide large amounts of …

Development And Challenges Of Synthetic Genetic Circuits, Lou Chunbo, Du Pei, Meng Fankang, Ji Xiangyu, Zhang Yihao

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Genetic circuits are dynamic regulation systems that control the life of every living organism. With the principles of engineering, synthetic genetic circuits are designed through simplifying and re-programming natural genetic circuits, and even by creating completely new principles that does not exist in nature. Genetic circuits are consisting of a wide variety of components, including genetic switches, oscillators, logic gates, and so on. The development of diverse synthetic circuits not only facilitated the understanding of basic principles of life, but also enabled the rebuilding of natural biological systems which has provided brand new solutions for a broad range of applications …

Design Of Metabolic Engineering Strategies For Biosynthesis Of Valuable Products, Ma Hongwu, Chen Xiulai, Yuan Qianqian, Liu Liming, Sun Jibin

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

One main objective of metabolic engineering is to rewire the metabolic network for efficient production of biochemicals. Due to the complexity of cellular metabolic networks, it is often not straightforward to identify the proper modification targets from thousands of metabolic genes. Therefore, a time-consuming trial & error process is often required for the successful development. Aided by computational modeling of large-scale metabolic networks, one can design optimal pathways for synthesis of objective products, reducing the uncertainty of development and thus accelerating the strain construction process. In this short text, we give brief introduction to metabolic engineering design methods from two …

Technologies For Dna Synthesis, Assembly, And Transplantation, Lu Junnan, Luo Zhouqing, Jiang Shuangying, Shen Yue, Wu Yi, Yang Huanming, Yuan Yingjin, Dai Junbiao

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

As an interdisciplinary subject between biology and engineering, synthetic biology has shown more and more applications in the fields of biomedicine, energy, new material, etc. Synthetic genomics focusing on de novo design and synthesis of new life system is one of the major directions in synthetic biology which relies on serial techniques including DNA synthesis, assembly, transplantation, etc. Here, we summary the current developments on technologies in genome synthesis, which aims to deepen the comprehension of the technique systems and shed light to the future development in this field.