Discussions on China's Current Economic Situation

It can be certain that the series of related policies will create a breakthrough in China’s economy.The inflation rate in China is low at present, and this is the right moment to adopta currency policy to raise directly the income of peasants and low-income families.

Prompt: Discuss social problem related to the discussions we had in class. Explain the means in which this specific problem impacts the society as a whole or segments of society

The progression of society tends to be linked with higher moral standards.Evolution has changed humanity from barbaric creatures to intelligent beings capable of making ethical decisions.In recent years,the gradual disappearance of Jim Crowism was noticeable as shown by the reduction in explicit racist behaviors—the most convincing sign being Barack Obama’s successful election to become the first African American president.

Visualizing Clashes and Alliances in Social Networks of Political Discussions

Political discussions are characterized by conflicts of interest, and decisions are made based on negotiations. In general, participants need to reinforce their opinions and influence other participants. In this context, it is important to know how allies and opponents are positioned, in order to understand the discussion dynamics and plan adequate actions. This paper suggests the use of social network visualizations to explicit oppositions and alliances in order to support the understanding and following of political discussions. A system which supports these visualizations was built. An experiment performed to test the proposed visualizations showed to which extent they can be more efficient in identifying information about clashes and alliances than an online discussion system can.

Conducting Discussions on Controversial Issues in College Classrooms

Student identity,their dichotomous logical framework,and teachers' beliefs constitute the major obstacles in conducting classroom discussion on controversial issues. This essay analyzes these obstacles and provides suggestions for teachers in tackling the problems,so that classroom discussions on controversial issues may exert beneficial outcomes.

Coexistence of liver abscess, hepatic cystic echinococcosis and hepatocellular carcinoma: A case report

BACKGROUND Human cystic echinococcosis(CE)is a life-threatening zoonosis caused by the Echinococcus granulosus(sensu lato).Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)is a leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the world.The coexistence of CE and HCC is exceedingly rare,and only several well-documented cases have been reported.In addition to this coexistence,there is no report of the coexistence of CE,HCC,and liver abscess to date.Herein,we aimed to report a case of coexistence of liver abscess,hepatic CE,and HCC.CASE SUMMARY A 65-year-old herdsman presented to the department of interventional therapy with jaundice,right upper abdominal distension and pain for 10 d.Laboratory test showed that he had positive results for HBsAg,HBeAb,HBcAb,and echino-coccosis IgG antibody.The test also showed an increased level of alpha fetopro-tein of 3400 ng/mL.An abdominal computed tomography(CT)scan revealed an uneven enhanced lesion of the liver at the arterial phase with enhancement and was located S4/8 segment of the liver.In addition,CT scan also revealed a mass in the S6 segment of the liver with a thick calcified wall and according to current guideline and medical images,the diagnoses of hepatic CE(CE4 subtype)and HCC were established.Initially,transarterial chemoembolization was performed for HCC.In the follow-up,liver abscess occurred in addition to CE and HCC;thus,percutaneous liver puncture drainage was performed.In the next follow-up,CE and HCC were stable.The liver abscess was completely resolved,and the patient was discharged with no evidence of recurrence.CONCLUSION This is the first reported case on the coexistence of liver abscess,hepatic CE,and HCC.Individualized treatment and multidisciplinary discussions should be performed in this setting.Therefore,treatment and diagnosis should be based on the characteristics of liver abscess,hepatic CE,and HCC,and in future clinical work,it is necessary to be aware of the possibility of this complex composition of liver diseases.

Consumption and Culturonomics

Lawmakers testify to the power of culture combined with tourism to spur economic growth and enhance the confidence of the nation.“Cultural economics.”That was President Xi Jinping’s thrust in his discussions with fellow deputies to the National People’s Congress(NPC)from Jiangsu Province during last year’s NPC session.Economically developed provinces generally see a cultural boom,he said.“It is worthwhile looking into the reason behind it.”

Celebrating 20 Years of Progress RSPO to release revised global standards for sustainable palm oil

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil(RSPO)held its annual conference(RT2023)in Jakarta,Indonesia,from November 20 to 22,2023.Themed“Partners for the Next 20,”the meeting highlighted what RSPO’s members and partners have achieved over the last two decades.Nearly a thousand delegates from the global sustainable palm oil industry held discussions on the core challenges facing the industry including mitigating climate change,increasing uptake of certified sustainable palm oil(CSPO),protecting labor rights,and facilitating greater smallholder inclusion in green supply chains through compliance with emerging international regulations.

Integrating Knowledge and Action

The diplomatic protocol of the Chinese foreign minister beginning a year’s foreign visits in Africa highlights the distinct Chinese characteristics and style in its relations with Africa.For more than 30 years,such visits have allowed Chinese foreign ministers to engage in faceto-face discussions and learn firsthand about the economic and social development in Africa,thereby helping China to deepen its understanding of the continent and adjust its Africa policies.

Finishing first with Monforts at Techtextil 2024

Monforts–which celebrates its 140th anniversary this year–continues to lead the field in finishing and coating technologies for technical textiles.The company is looking forward to many fruitful discussions on the scope of existing and new processes and applications at the forthcoming Techtextil show in Frankfurt from April 23-26.

Responses to discussions on‘Optimal reinsurance designs based on risk measures:a review’

We would like to thank four discussants(Professor Chengguo Weng,Professor Tim J.Boonen,Professor Shengchao Zhuang,and Professor Ambrose Lo)for their interesting discussions and comments on our review paper about optimal reinsurance designs based on riskmeasures.Their discussions and comments providemore other interesting research topics for the study of optimal reinsurance designs.Our specified response to each discussant is given as follows.

Some discussions on the prediction model of three-dimensional shock losses

Wennerstrom and Puterbaugh （1984） presented a model for predicting the shock loss in a compressor blade row that took into account the three-dimemionality of the shock surface. Both the measured data and the numerical solution show that the shock surface is almost normal to the relative flow on each S1 stream surface near the design flow condition. The shock surface is oblique in the spanwise direction because of the sweep of

Workshop Discussions On "A Girls' Trip"&"The Rescue Truck"

Xudong Zhang:Today well be discussing four short stories:"Liu Jianhua the Migrant Worker"(Mingong Liu Jianhua 民工劉建華),2"Intimate Conversations in a Salon"(Falang qinghua 髮廊情話),3 "A Girls, Trip"(Zimei xing 姊妹行),and "The Rescue Truck"(Jiuming che 救命車).

Views on the Discussions on the Issue of City Features

The issue of city features was putforword after the founding of New China(in 1950s).At that time,discussions weremainly related to architectural style andtype in the city.Since the adoption of the reform policyand with the rapid growth of our socialisteconomy,these has been a lot of progress inthe development of cities.Meanwhile。

High-Octane Discussions

China hosts symposium on energy cooperation amid soaring international oil prices On May 23, gas attendant Xiao Yang was amazed by the scene he had not seen in the more than two years he has worked at a gas station in Beijing's Chaoyang District. At about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, hundreds of vehicles lined up to top up their petrol tanks. He was unaware then, but the same thing was taking place in all gas stations throughout Beijing. The immediate trigger for this frenzied buying was a news broadcast ...

Discussions on real-world acupuncture treatments for chroni clow-back pain in older adults

Chronic low-back pain(CLBP) is one of the most common pain conditions. Current clinical guidelines for low-back pain recommend acupuncture for CLBP. However, there are very few high-quality acupuncture studies on CLBP in older adults. Clinical acupuncture experts in the American Traditional Chinese Medicine Association(ATCMA) were interested in the recent grant on CLBP research announced by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. The ATCMA experts held an online discussion on the subject of real-world acupuncture treatments for CLBP in older adults. Seven participants, each with more than 20 years of acupuncture practice, discussed their own unique clinical experience while another participant talked about the potential mechanism of acupuncture in pain management. As a result of the discussion, a picture of a similar treatment strategy emerged across the participants for CLBP in older adults. This discussion shows that acupuncture may have complicated mechanisms in pain management, yet it is effective for the treatment of chronic pain involving maladaptive neuroplasticity;therefore, it should be effective for CLBP in older adults.

Argumentative Conversational Agents for Online Discussions

Artificial Intelligence is revolutionising our communication practices and the ways in which we interact with each other. This revolution does not only impact how we communicate, but it affects the nature of the partners with whom we communicate. Online discussion platforms now allow humans to communicate with artificial agents in the form of socialbots. Such agents have the potential to moderate online discussions and even manipulate and alter public opinions. In this paper, we propose to study this phenomenon using a constructed large-scale agent platform. At the heart of the platform lies an artificial agent that can moderate online discussions using argumentative messages. We investigate the influence of the agent on the evolution of an online debate involving human participants. The agent will dynamically react to their messages by moderating, supporting, or attacking their stances. We conducted two experiments to evaluate the platform while looking at the effects of the conversational agent. The first experiment is a large-scale discussion with 1076 citizens from Afghanistan discussing urban policy-making in the city of Kabul. The goal of the experiment was to increase the citizen involvement in implementing Sustainable Development Goals. The second experiment is a small-scale debate between a group of 16 students about globalisation and taxation in Myanmar. In the first experiment, we found that the agent improved the responsiveness of the participants and increased the number of identified ideas and issues. In the second experiment, we found that the agent polarised the debate by reinforcing the initial stances of the participant.

Discovering High-Quality Threaded Discussions in Online Forums

Archives of threaded discussions generated by users in online forums and discussion boards contain valuable knowledge on various topics. However, not all threads are useful because of deliberate abuses, such as trolling and flaming, that are commonly observed in online conversations. The existence of various users with different levels of expertise also makes it difficult to assume that every discussion thread stored online contains high-quality contents. Although finding high-quality threads automatically can help both users and search engines sift through a huge amount of thread archives and make use of these potentially useful resources effectively, no previous work to our knowledge has performed a study on such task. In this paper, we propose an automatic method for distinguishing high-quality threads from low-quality ones in online discussion sites. We first suggest four different artificial measures for inducing overall quality of a thread based on ratings of its posts. We then propose two tasks involving prediction of thread quality without using post rating information. We adopt a popular machine learning framework to solve the two prediction tasks. Experimental results on a real world forum archive demonstrate that our method can significantly improve the prediction performance across all four measures of thread quality on both tasks. We also compare how different types of features derived from various aspects of threads contribute to the overall performance and investigate key features that play a crucial role in discovering high-quality threads in online discussion sites.

CALL FOR PAPERS

The 2023 CIC Blue Ocean Forum for Worldwide Scientists, sponsored by the China Institute of Communications and organized by China Communications Editorial Office, will be held at the beginning of August this year, aiming at the theme on “Sharing Academic Ideas & Promoting Innovation for Development”. The forum will feature world-class speakers, academic panels, and discussions. The Forum co-chairs invite the submission of original papers for presentation.