The purpose of this article is to explore and classify themes and challenges in making urban freight distribution sustainable.The study has a cross sectional design which started by a narrative literature review and a...The purpose of this article is to explore and classify themes and challenges in making urban freight distribution sustainable.The study has a cross sectional design which started by a narrative literature review and analysis of a sample of related literature(like peer-reviewed articles and EU(European Union)documents).It ended with complementary discussion and recommendation for tackling the challenges.The results of the study illustrate eight and seven emerged categories of themes and challenges,respectively.It is concluded that there is great need for a packet of mixed strategies as well as a more holistic perspective where all actors together analyse and design future set-ups and operation of urban freight distribution.Such a holistic view is essential in order to:understand how different actors of the chain look upon sustainable urban freight distribution,avoid sub-optimal policies/governing rules,and suggest close-to-reality solutions for tackling the challenges.Freight distribution in urban areas is the main focus of this article.In addition,the study is demarcated to eco/environmental aspect of sustainability although it is impossible to completely exclude its interaction with economic and social aspects.The results offered in this paper provide a systematic structure for classifying issues related to sustainable urban freight distribution;something which will be beneficial for managers and policy-makers when they approach sustainable supply chain management challenges.This study provides a synthesized classification of themes and challenges which can guide researchers,industries,authorities,and policy-makers in future sustainability efforts.展开更多
Gathering the history and emotions of the nation of Australia,the movie Australia not only reflects Australians’exertion to construct an equal harmonious diversified new Australia but also incarnates Australian peopl...Gathering the history and emotions of the nation of Australia,the movie Australia not only reflects Australians’exertion to construct an equal harmonious diversified new Australia but also incarnates Australian people’s nisus to pursue the sense of belonging internally and seek international recognition externally.In order to expand the perspective of researching this movie and give enlightenment on constructing an equal harmonious diversified international community,based on culture identity theories,this paper tries exploring the themes of this movie.展开更多
Based on the narrative theory of Shlomith Rimmon-Kenan,the present paper will analyze the close connection between the choice and order of the focalizers and the themes of the novel to show that they are chosen and ar...Based on the narrative theory of Shlomith Rimmon-Kenan,the present paper will analyze the close connection between the choice and order of the focalizers and the themes of the novel to show that they are chosen and arranged deliberately and accorded to its themes.展开更多
The Journey to the West has adopted a conventional theme--life is a journey;in order to deliver one's soul,one has to go on the path of salvation.The purpose of this paper is to examine what steps the author has t...The Journey to the West has adopted a conventional theme--life is a journey;in order to deliver one's soul,one has to go on the path of salvation.The purpose of this paper is to examine what steps the author has taken to enlighten the readers as to the progress of spiritual salvation.In view of this purpose,the analysis will be focused on the preaching of religious doctrines and the criticism of social realities in the novel.展开更多
Katherine Mansfield is regarded as a prominent modernist writer of short stories in New Zealand and English literature.Her works manifest the perfect union of modernistic techniques and modernistic themes in reflectin...Katherine Mansfield is regarded as a prominent modernist writer of short stories in New Zealand and English literature.Her works manifest the perfect union of modernistic techniques and modernistic themes in reflecting the spiritual life of modern people.The modernistic themes,including the theme of alienation,the theme of loneliness and disillusionment,and the theme of the paradox of life and death in her representative short storyAt the Bay,demonstrate her great concern about the spiritual world of modern people and her reflection on the modern society.展开更多
As of 2006 Earth Science Frontiers(ESF) is transitioning from a quarterly publication to bi-monthly publication.Each year,issues of ESF will be developed along three themes:
As of 2006 Earth Science Frontiers (ESF) is transitioning from a quarterly publication to bi-monthly publication. Each year, from 2007 onwards, issues of ESF will be developed along three themes:1.Earth Materials for ...As of 2006 Earth Science Frontiers (ESF) is transitioning from a quarterly publication to bi-monthly publication. Each year, from 2007 onwards, issues of ESF will be developed along three themes:1.Earth Materials for Nos. 1 and 2.2.Earth Tectonics and Dynamics for Nos. 3 and 4.3.Earth Surface Processes for Nos. 5 and 6.'Earth Materials' will focus on the study of the Earth's composition, principally dealing with mineralogy and crystallography, petrology, fluids, mineral deposits and mineral exploration, and geochemistry.'Earth Tectonics and Dynamics' will focus on studies of displacement and deformation of lithosphere, including structural geology, regional tectonics and plate tectonics, continental dynamics, geophysics and tectonophysics.'Earth Surface Processes' will publish studies on the interactions and relationships between the lithosphere, the hydrosphere, the biosphere and the atmosphere.展开更多
As of 2006 Earth Science Frontiers(ESF)is transitioning from a quarterly publication to bimonthly publication.Each year ,from 2007 on wards ,issues of ESF will be developed along three
Emily Dickinson is the most famous legendary lyric poetess of the United States. She perceived death as a gradual pro cess with different functions. In the theme of love,desirable love,treacly love and miserable love ...Emily Dickinson is the most famous legendary lyric poetess of the United States. She perceived death as a gradual pro cess with different functions. In the theme of love,desirable love,treacly love and miserable love are accordingly analyzed,and the paper interprets nature from perspectives of universal images. Through elaborate interpretation and analysis,the paper shows the female poet's original insights on death,love and nature,shocking readers' mind,motivating more researches on her poetic themes,and citing more references for further study on Emily Dickinson and her poetry.展开更多
The poem Ulysses written by poet Alfred Tennyson presented an image of a powerful hero with great aspirations.This paper focuses on discussing the themes of the poem based on textual analysis and Tennyson’s personal ...The poem Ulysses written by poet Alfred Tennyson presented an image of a powerful hero with great aspirations.This paper focuses on discussing the themes of the poem based on textual analysis and Tennyson’s personal experience.Tennyson uses the hero to express his own aspiration for exploring the unknown world,recovery from the shadow of death and eternal pursuit for art.Furthermore,it conveys the hope of the poet and the realistic significance of the work by clarifying these themes.展开更多
This thesis aims at the elaboration of Willa Cather's pioneering themes based on her major works spanning over the prologue and epilogue of American pioneering age. Among which, O Pioneers! and My Antonia applause...This thesis aims at the elaboration of Willa Cather's pioneering themes based on her major works spanning over the prologue and epilogue of American pioneering age. Among which, O Pioneers! and My Antonia applause for the transcendent glory of innovative and enterprising pioneer ladies, declined in A Lost Lady and My Mortal Enemy and substituted with hedonism, affinity reliance and mammonism. In her late years, Cather resurrected her pioneering themes through the recollection of the best bygone time spent in waste west land.展开更多
Emily Bronte's is an mysterious poet and novelist, her only powerful novel Wuthering Heights not only creates a harrowing tale of passion and tragedy with happy ending, but also shows a full picture of Victorian A...Emily Bronte's is an mysterious poet and novelist, her only powerful novel Wuthering Heights not only creates a harrowing tale of passion and tragedy with happy ending, but also shows a full picture of Victorian Age. In this romantic novel, Emily not only creates Gothic atmosphere, but also explores some major themes of love and passion, revenge, nature and culture, religion. They are violating Victorian values and tastes. Actually, Wuthering Heights is no more than an autobiography of Emily herself. Through it, Emily's gloomy psyche, mysterious life and Victorian social criticism are better expressed.展开更多
"Apple"is one of the most common fruits in our daily life.It’s also an image that has different symbolic significances.Blake used"apple"in"A Poison Tree"to express more profound emotions..."Apple"is one of the most common fruits in our daily life.It’s also an image that has different symbolic significances.Blake used"apple"in"A Poison Tree"to express more profound emotions and thoughts.This essay argues that by analyzing the symbolic significance of the image of"apple"in the context of A Poison Tree,multiple themes could be figured out with the supporting evidence of the social background of the time.Lots of imagery,including"apple",can contribute to the inference of the themes of poems.At the same time,during the process,we can find out many interesting things,thus being of vital importance and great help to the composition and comprehension of a poem.展开更多
With the rise of China as an oriental giant in the world,Chinese culture is increasingly valued by Westerners.As one of the top four masterpieces,Romance of the Three Kingdoms is more and more familiar to foreigners.T...With the rise of China as an oriental giant in the world,Chinese culture is increasingly valued by Westerners.As one of the top four masterpieces,Romance of the Three Kingdoms is more and more familiar to foreigners.This paper introduces the his⁃torical background and historical events depicted in the works of LUO Guanzhong,and lists several themes discussed in The Three Kingdoms.LUO Guanzhong holds profound views on human nature and“tao”of heaven.展开更多
文摘The purpose of this article is to explore and classify themes and challenges in making urban freight distribution sustainable.The study has a cross sectional design which started by a narrative literature review and analysis of a sample of related literature(like peer-reviewed articles and EU(European Union)documents).It ended with complementary discussion and recommendation for tackling the challenges.The results of the study illustrate eight and seven emerged categories of themes and challenges,respectively.It is concluded that there is great need for a packet of mixed strategies as well as a more holistic perspective where all actors together analyse and design future set-ups and operation of urban freight distribution.Such a holistic view is essential in order to:understand how different actors of the chain look upon sustainable urban freight distribution,avoid sub-optimal policies/governing rules,and suggest close-to-reality solutions for tackling the challenges.Freight distribution in urban areas is the main focus of this article.In addition,the study is demarcated to eco/environmental aspect of sustainability although it is impossible to completely exclude its interaction with economic and social aspects.The results offered in this paper provide a systematic structure for classifying issues related to sustainable urban freight distribution;something which will be beneficial for managers and policy-makers when they approach sustainable supply chain management challenges.This study provides a synthesized classification of themes and challenges which can guide researchers,industries,authorities,and policy-makers in future sustainability efforts.
文摘Gathering the history and emotions of the nation of Australia,the movie Australia not only reflects Australians’exertion to construct an equal harmonious diversified new Australia but also incarnates Australian people’s nisus to pursue the sense of belonging internally and seek international recognition externally.In order to expand the perspective of researching this movie and give enlightenment on constructing an equal harmonious diversified international community,based on culture identity theories,this paper tries exploring the themes of this movie.
文摘Based on the narrative theory of Shlomith Rimmon-Kenan,the present paper will analyze the close connection between the choice and order of the focalizers and the themes of the novel to show that they are chosen and arranged deliberately and accorded to its themes.
文摘The Journey to the West has adopted a conventional theme--life is a journey;in order to deliver one's soul,one has to go on the path of salvation.The purpose of this paper is to examine what steps the author has taken to enlighten the readers as to the progress of spiritual salvation.In view of this purpose,the analysis will be focused on the preaching of religious doctrines and the criticism of social realities in the novel.
文摘Katherine Mansfield is regarded as a prominent modernist writer of short stories in New Zealand and English literature.Her works manifest the perfect union of modernistic techniques and modernistic themes in reflecting the spiritual life of modern people.The modernistic themes,including the theme of alienation,the theme of loneliness and disillusionment,and the theme of the paradox of life and death in her representative short storyAt the Bay,demonstrate her great concern about the spiritual world of modern people and her reflection on the modern society.
文摘As of 2006 Earth Science Frontiers(ESF) is transitioning from a quarterly publication to bi-monthly publication.Each year,issues of ESF will be developed along three themes:
文摘As of 2006 Earth Science Frontiers (ESF) is transitioning from a quarterly publication to bi-monthly publication. Each year, from 2007 onwards, issues of ESF will be developed along three themes:1.Earth Materials for Nos. 1 and 2.2.Earth Tectonics and Dynamics for Nos. 3 and 4.3.Earth Surface Processes for Nos. 5 and 6.'Earth Materials' will focus on the study of the Earth's composition, principally dealing with mineralogy and crystallography, petrology, fluids, mineral deposits and mineral exploration, and geochemistry.'Earth Tectonics and Dynamics' will focus on studies of displacement and deformation of lithosphere, including structural geology, regional tectonics and plate tectonics, continental dynamics, geophysics and tectonophysics.'Earth Surface Processes' will publish studies on the interactions and relationships between the lithosphere, the hydrosphere, the biosphere and the atmosphere.
文摘As of 2006 Earth Science Frontiers(ESF)is transitioning from a quarterly publication to bimonthly publication.Each year ,from 2007 on wards ,issues of ESF will be developed along three
基金sponsored by the project"the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities"(No.HEUCF131209)Higher Education Reform Project of Heilongjiang Province(JG2201201072)Humanities and Social Sciences Research Project of Education Department of Heilongjiang Province(12534042)
文摘Emily Dickinson is the most famous legendary lyric poetess of the United States. She perceived death as a gradual pro cess with different functions. In the theme of love,desirable love,treacly love and miserable love are accordingly analyzed,and the paper interprets nature from perspectives of universal images. Through elaborate interpretation and analysis,the paper shows the female poet's original insights on death,love and nature,shocking readers' mind,motivating more researches on her poetic themes,and citing more references for further study on Emily Dickinson and her poetry.
文摘The poem Ulysses written by poet Alfred Tennyson presented an image of a powerful hero with great aspirations.This paper focuses on discussing the themes of the poem based on textual analysis and Tennyson’s personal experience.Tennyson uses the hero to express his own aspiration for exploring the unknown world,recovery from the shadow of death and eternal pursuit for art.Furthermore,it conveys the hope of the poet and the realistic significance of the work by clarifying these themes.
文摘This thesis aims at the elaboration of Willa Cather's pioneering themes based on her major works spanning over the prologue and epilogue of American pioneering age. Among which, O Pioneers! and My Antonia applause for the transcendent glory of innovative and enterprising pioneer ladies, declined in A Lost Lady and My Mortal Enemy and substituted with hedonism, affinity reliance and mammonism. In her late years, Cather resurrected her pioneering themes through the recollection of the best bygone time spent in waste west land.
文摘Emily Bronte's is an mysterious poet and novelist, her only powerful novel Wuthering Heights not only creates a harrowing tale of passion and tragedy with happy ending, but also shows a full picture of Victorian Age. In this romantic novel, Emily not only creates Gothic atmosphere, but also explores some major themes of love and passion, revenge, nature and culture, religion. They are violating Victorian values and tastes. Actually, Wuthering Heights is no more than an autobiography of Emily herself. Through it, Emily's gloomy psyche, mysterious life and Victorian social criticism are better expressed.
文摘"Apple"is one of the most common fruits in our daily life.It’s also an image that has different symbolic significances.Blake used"apple"in"A Poison Tree"to express more profound emotions and thoughts.This essay argues that by analyzing the symbolic significance of the image of"apple"in the context of A Poison Tree,multiple themes could be figured out with the supporting evidence of the social background of the time.Lots of imagery,including"apple",can contribute to the inference of the themes of poems.At the same time,during the process,we can find out many interesting things,thus being of vital importance and great help to the composition and comprehension of a poem.
文摘With the rise of China as an oriental giant in the world,Chinese culture is increasingly valued by Westerners.As one of the top four masterpieces,Romance of the Three Kingdoms is more and more familiar to foreigners.This paper introduces the his⁃torical background and historical events depicted in the works of LUO Guanzhong,and lists several themes discussed in The Three Kingdoms.LUO Guanzhong holds profound views on human nature and“tao”of heaven.
