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Cseas Weekly Bulletin (October 15, 2018), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

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Acu Faculty Publication Catalog 2018, Acu Library Scholars Lab, Avery Weems, Erica Pye, Melinda Isbell

Faculty Publications and Performances by Year

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Cseas Weekly Bulletin (October 8, 2018), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

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Advances In Business, Hospitality, And Tourism Research: Volume 1, Cihan Cobanoglu, Le Minh Thanh, Abdulkadir Corbaci

University of South Florida (USF) - M3 Publishing

This is the first volume of the Advances in Business, Hospitality, and Tourism Research Book Series. This volume has the following parts:

• Part 1: Accounting
• Part 2: Consumer Behavior
• Part 3: Environmental Issues/Sustainability & Green Tourism
• Part 4: Food and Beverage Management
• Part 5: Hospitality & Tourism/Smart Tourism
• Part 6: Human Resource Management
• Part 7: Management, Finance & Banking
• Part 8: Marketing
• Part 9: Service Management
• Part 10: Technology, E-Business & Social Media

ISBN: 978-1-7321275-2-4

Cseas Weekly Bulletin (October 1, 2018), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

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Do Larger Churches Tolerate Pastoral Narcissism More Than Smaller Churches?, David R. Dunaetz, Hannah L. Jung, Stephen L. Lambert

Great Commission Research Journal

Pastoral narcissism in churches is a problem, from both a theological and practical perspective. In this study, we explore the question of whether church size is related to tolerance for narcissism. In the popular press, pastors of megachurches are often portrayed as narcissistic. The Dominance Complementarity Model of narcissistic leaders (Grijalva & Harms, 2004) predicts that churches which have less dominant followers, as may be the case in larger churches, would be more tolerant of narcissistic pastors than smaller churches. Yet larger churches also have the resources to hire the most qualified staff, which would presumably exclude candidates high in …

Boating In The Floating World: Ukiyo-E Prints (2018), Theory & History Of Art & Design Department, Elena Varshavskaya (H791 Instructor)

Ukiyo-e Prints Course | Exhibition Catalogs

"The student-curated exhibition “Boating in the Floating World” focuses on images of boats in ukiyo-e prints as represented in some works from the collection of the RISD Museum. Boats were occasionally depicted in the 18th century celebrity-focused figurative genres. Fairly often they appeared in bijinga – images of beauties, rarely in yakusha-e – portraits of kabuki theater actors, sometimes in compositions derived from literature, history or lore. Nautical motifs became much more pronounced from 1830s with the powerful upsurge of the landscape genre that is believed to have been triggered by the increasingly available Berlin blue – a non-fugitive artificial …

Thailand’S Low-Cost Carrier Airline Industry: Is The Services Marketing Mix The Elixir For Economic Growth And Prosperity?, Phoom Srisook, Vinai Panjakajornsak

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

In 2017, low-cost carrier (LCC) airlines consistently grew at a faster pace compared to the world’s average growth. In 2017, LCCs carried an estimated 1.2 billion passengers and accounted for approximately 30% of the world’s total scheduled passengers. In Southeast Asia, passenger traffic grew by approximately 10% in 2017, where six of the region’s 10 countries recorded double-digit growth. Southeast Asian airlines now have 1,600 airplanes on order, in addition to an active fleet of close to 2,000 airplanes, with LCCs currently accounting for approximately 70% of Thailand’s domestic seat capacity. Competition, however, amongst the LCCs has become fierce, with …

“Little Brown Brothers”: Height And The Philippine–American Colonial Encounter (1898–1946), Gideon; University Lasco

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

Thisarticle looks at how scientific racism, biomedicine, public health, sports, and a nascent bureaucracy intersected in the making of height (human stature) as an important attribute of individuals and populations during the Philippine–American colonial encounter. In relation to the “tall” Americans, Filipinos were depicted and problematized as “short,” and the attention to children’s growth, the rise of sports, and the establishment of a bureaucracy all contributed to making height a measure of health and a parameter of inclusion (and exclusion) in various domains of society.KEYWORDS: HEIGHT • ANTHROPOMETRY • PUBLIC HEALTH • COLONIALISM • PHILIPPINES

Cseas Weekly Bulletin (September 24, 2018), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

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Evolution Of Nuchal Glands, Unusual Defensive Organs Of Asian Natricine Snakes (Serpentes: Colubridae), Inferred From A Molecular Phylogeny, Hirohiko Takeuchi, Alan H. Savitzky, Li Ding, Anslem De Silva, Indraneil Das, Tao Thien Nguyen, Tein-Shun Tsai, Teppei Jono, Guang-Xiang Zhu, Dharshani Mahaulpatha, Yezhong Tang, Akira Mori

Biology Faculty Publications

A large body of evidence indicates that evolutionary innovations of novel organs have facilitated the subsequent diversification of species. Investigation of the evolutionary history of such organs should provide important clues for understanding the basis for species diversification. An Asian natricine snake, Rhabdophis tigrinus, possesses a series of unusual organs, called nuchal glands, which contain cardiotonic steroid toxins known as bufadienolides. Rhabdophis tigrinus sequesters bufadienolides from its toad prey and stores them in the nuchal glands as a defensive mechanism. Among more than 3,500 species of snakes, only 17 Asian natricine species are known to possess nuchal glands or …

Research Achievement And Prospect Development On Wheat Genome, Fu Xiangdong, Liu Qian, Li Zhensheng, Zhang Aimin, Ling Hongqing, Tong Yiping, Liu Zhiyong

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

China is the largest wheat producer and consumer in the world. Wheat production is of great importance for national food security and is greatly influenced by the spatial variation of climatic variables, soils, cultivars, etc. The un-deciphered wheat genome has prevented the development of map-based cloning and molecular design breeding technology for a long time. Supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences Strategic Priority Program "Innovative System of Designer Breeding by Molecular Modules", Chinese scientists made a significant contribution in deciphering the wheat genome. Moreover, some new wheat varieties have been successfully developed using the theory of "multi-module assembly breeding". …

Application And Prospect Of Molecular Module-Based Crop Design Technology In Maize Breeding, Hao Huaiqing, Liu Lili, Yao Yuan, Feng Xue, Li Zhigang, Chao Qing, Xia Ran, Liu Hongtao, Wang Baichen, Qin Feng, Xie Qi, Jing Haichun

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Maize is one of the most important food crops and plays a decisive role in the people's livelihood and national economy in China. Its sustained and stable production is of great strategic significance for ensuring food security and supply-side structural reform. Although traditional hybrid breeding technology has made a great contribution to increasing maize production, it can no longer satisfy the demand for a better life of current society. With the rapid development of modern biotechnology, molecular breeding has become an important direction and an inevitable choice for maize breeding, and the molecular module-based crop design technology, by combining multiple …

Expanding Science And Technology Cooperation With Latin America In New Era—Case Study Of Science And Technology Cooperation Between Chinese Academy Of Sciences And Latin America, Tong Ting, Sun Hui

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Due to its unique geographical location, rich natural resources, and relatively open and flexible policy environment, Latin America has emerged as an important region for science, technology, and innovation in the world. The past years have witnessed growing momentum in the S&T cooperative relations between China and Latin America. Based on bibliometric measures, this study analyzes the status-quo of the science and technology development of Latin America, landscape of science and technology cooperation between Latin America and the rest of the world, as well as the cooperation between the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Lain American countries. It also explores …

Innovation And Achievements Of Designer Breeding By Molecular Modules In China, Xue Yongbiao, Chong Kang, Han Bin, Gui Jianfang, Jing Haichun

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

With over 1.3 billion people, food security is always the No. 1 issue in the governmental agenda in China, and sustainable food production requires innovation in crop breeding. This paper outlines the research effort and output of the past five years of a grand project of Chinese Academy of Sciences of the Innovation System of Designer Breeding by Molecular Modules, and provides a few examples of how to combine the cutting-edge theories and technologies of life sciences to design rice varieties and other species. The achievements demonstrate that the project has made substantial progresses in designer breeding by using molecular …

Achievements And Prospect Of Designer Breeding By Molecular Modules In Rice, Xue Yongbiao, Han Bin, Chong Kang, Wang Tai, He Zuhua, Fu Xiangdong, Chu Chengcai, Cheng Zhukuan, Xu Yunyuan, Li Ming

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Cultivation of cereal crops including rice, started in China over 8000 years ago, and Chinese knowledge of crop breeding has great impact on cereal production of the whole world. As of the early 1990s, scientists from Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS), representing China as one of the sponsor countries, joined the International Rice Genome Project and were in charge of sequencing Chromosome 4 of "geng" rice and the whole genome of "xian" rice 93-11, which marked the beginning of the serial efforts from Chinese plant science community to develop rice into a model crop/plant to study genomic and molecular basis underlying …

Update And Perspect Of Soybean Molecular Module-Based Designer Breeding In China, Tian Zhixi, Liu Baohui, Yang Yanping, Li Ming, Yao Yuan, Ren Xiaobo, Xue Yongbiao

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Soybean is one of the most economically important leguminous seed crops that provide the majority of plant proteins, and more than a quarter of the world's food and animal feed. At present, the soybean breeding technology in China mainly relys on conventional breeding, and the levels of both fundamental study and production lag behind those of the United States. Supported by "Innovative System of Designer Breeding by Molecular Modules", one of the strategic priority research programs of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese soybean scientists have dissected several important molecular modules controlling yield and seed quality, revealed the coupling mechanisms of …

Research Advances And Prospects For Fish Genetic Breeding, Gui Jianfang, Zhou Li, Zhang Xiaojuan

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Rapid advances in molecular basis and genetic improvement of economically important traits in fish have led to flourishing development of aquatic seed industry. Based on analyzing the origin, development, and status of fish genetic breeding in China, we mainly summarize recent progresses on complete genome sequencing, identification of molecular modules controlling complex traits including sex control, disease resistance, hypoxia tolerance, and feed efficient utilization, and breeding of a new allogynogenetic gibel carp variety supported by the Strategic Priority Program "Innovative System of Designer Breeding by Molecular Modules". Moreover, we highlight the future perspectives in modern aquatic seed industry for intensive …

High-Throughput Crop Phenotyping: Accelerators For Development Of Breeding And Precision Agriculture, Guo Qinghua, Yang Weicai, Wu Fangfang, Pang Shuxin, Jin Shichao, Chen Fan, Wang Xiujie

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Phenotyping is an important linkage for studying the interaction mechanism of "genotype-phenotype-environment". The development of crop phenotyping with independent intellectual property rights is of great significance for accelerating the breeding process and assisting the monitoring in precision agriculture. Taking rice, maize, and other major food crops as the research objects, Crop 3D phenotyping system has realized multi-scale and multi-temporal crop growth dynamic monitoring, which provide an important tool support for breeding. This article first reviewed the research progress of phenotyping platforms, then introduced the main research progress of Crop 3D platform, and finally summarized the future phenotyping research direction.

Advances In Seed Chipping Technology And Its Applications In Crop Breeding, Zhai Chenguang, Liu Longfei, Yao Yuan, Jing Haichun, Lu Hong

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

In recent years, crop molecular maker assisted selection has been developing rapidly in China. Automatic seed chipper is the key equipment that affects the breeding scale and speed. The related technology is developing very fast, and will improve the level of crop breeding in the future. Here we introduce the value of automatic seed chipper in crop breeding, the domestic and international development status and technical principle. We also describe the technical characteristics of China's first commercial breeding seed chip equipment in detail, and point out the development in our breeding seed chip equipment.

Five Years After The Belt And Road Initiative Proposed: Implementation And Reflection, Hu Biliang

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

This paper summarizes the major works that have been carried out during the 5 years after the Belt and Road Initiative was proposed by President Xi Jinping. These works include that the basic institutional framework has been built up, some key infrastructure projects have been launched, and some cooperative development zones have been established, as well as the important supporting system has been also set up for guaranteeing the smooth construction of the Belt and Road Initiative. This paper also explains the important factors why China proposed and implemented the Initiative, such as accelerating world economic growth particularly for the …

Take Lead In Building World-Class Scientific Research Institution—Enlightenment Based On Research Of French National Center For Scientific Research's Governance Mode, Sheng Xia

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

"Taking the lead in building a world-class scientific research institution" is one of the Pioneer Initiatives' requirements put forward by General Secretary Xi Jinping in 2013 to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). As a national strategic scientific and technological force, CAS takes the lead in building an internationally first-class scientific research institution. It needs to accord with its own reality and to learn from the development experience of the world's advanced scientific research institutions so as to realize the modernization of scientific research governance system and capacity. As the largest basic research center in Europe, French National Center for …

Science And Technology Lead Innovation, Industry Promote Poverty Alleviation—Effect And Enlightenment Of Poverty Alleviation Project Of Paper Mulberry In Heze City, Shandong Province, China, Shen Shihua, Peng Xianjun, Duan Rui, Xiong Wei

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

National major demand and social and economic development are the direction and drive force of scientific and technological innovation. In turn, scientific and technological innovation promotes economic development and social progress, and such innovation is new motive force to promote alleviation of poverty. According to the current situation of crude protein feedstuffs and the development situation of animal husbandry in China, the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences has bred a new hybrid paper mulberry with fast growth, high yield, and high quality, and puts forward the industrial development model of "replacing grain with trees, planting and raising circulation", …

Cas Science And Technology Promotion And Development Prize 2017

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

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Innovative Research On The Evaluation And Monitoring Achievements Of Ecological Security Barrier Protection And Construction Of Tibet

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

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Chengdu Branch, Chinese Academy Of Sciences Scientific And Technological Cooperation Department

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

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Efficient Management On Soil And Fertilizer To Promote Sustainable Development Of Local Agro-Ecosystems In Liaohe Plain, China, Chen Xin, Zhang Xudong, Yu Wantai, Liang Wenju, He Hongbo, Guo Shuhai, Shen Shanmin

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Liaohe Plain is an important region of the temperate agro-ecosystem in China. To develop efficient agriculture in Liaohe Plain is the key to the stability of food production in Northeast China. However, the sustainable development of agro-ecosystem in Liaohe Plain has been severely constrained by decreasing cultivated land and worsening environment caused by long-term excessive use of resources. Focusing on the development of local agriculture and the management on agricultural resources, Shenyang Agro-ecosystem Experimental Station has conducted a series of long-term experiments since 1990s to explore the change of soil fertility under different management modes of soil nutrients. The retention, …

Shenyang Agro-Ecosystem Experimental Station, Chinese Academy Of Sciences, Institute Of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy Of Sciences

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

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Cseas Weekly Bulletin (September 17, 2018), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

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Fouling Polychaetes In Tanjung Priok Port Of Jakarta, Indonesia, Hadiyanto Hadiyanto

ASEAN Journal on Science and Technology for Development

Fouling polychaetes in Tanjung Priok Port, Jakarta and their status were studied in order to update the list of marine alien species in Indonesia. Polychaetes were collected using six PVC panels that were submerged at a depth of 0.5 m over three months in Jakarta Bay. Polychaetes were identified to the lowest taxon possible based on characteristics of external morphology. The geographical distribution of identified polychaetes was then determined based on taxonomic literature in order to justify whether they were native or alien species for Indonesian waters. Twelve fouling polychaetes belonging to nine families are reported here. Of these, nine …