Cultural Regeneration of Post-industrial Negative Heritage in Urban Design in China

Under the background that urban development has been renovated constantly, the paper has analyzed cultural circulation system and recycling effect in urban renovation, and emphasized that traditional culture should be extended with industrial heritage as the carrier, so as to transform post- industrial negative heritage into modern civilization adapting to modern life. By taking Beijing "789" for example, its development process and situation have been introduced. Based on the spirit of place, the practical significance of cultural creative park and reuse of industrial heritage have been illustrated. It considers that cultural creation can not only extend cultural context, but also help to find new inspiration in industrial heritage, transforming the function of negative landscape in urban renovation in the form of "catalysis", improving its economic value, social cultural value and cultural effective circulation value.

The Role of Music in Multicultural Education:A Tool for Promoting Cultural Understanding and Inclusion

In this essay,it will be examined how music can be a powerful tool in multicultural education in promoting humanity and cultural sensitivity.As classroom diversity increases,the challenge lies with educators to ensure that an equal and appropriate learning environment for all students with cultural sensitivity is maintained.To address this problem,therefore,the study explores how music may be effectively incorporated into intercultural education approaches.This paper has evidence that music is a language that has transcended cultures and promotes tolerance,appreciation,and acceptance of diversity through a synthesis of literature and examples.Several implications posit that music can make people feel they belong,enhance the relations of people from diverse cultures,and provide a practical way of learning about other cultures.The potential of music as a tool to engage social justice issues and liberate oppressed groups is also discussed in this research.It exists,but with caution to cultural appropriation and stereotyping of students,thus requiring educators to be sensitive and socially-apperceived on the best practice ways on how to integrate music into classrooms.The end explains how music helps in nurturing a generation of embracing the world,more sensitive and more inclined to the happenings in society to create a society that will be more sensitive and tolerant with the growing society which is diversifying.Therefore,the current article recommends further exploration and development of music-facilitated/inclined pedagogy of ME in hopefully enhancing cultural consciousness/sensitivity and fostering more social integration.

Study of Cultural Negative Transfer in Cross-cultural Communication

Different nations in the world have their own cultures, and these cultures are characterized by both universality and particularity. The former provides a foundation and guarantee for intercultural communication, while the latter often leads to negative cultural transfer in communication if the speakers are unconscious of cultural differences. This paper makes a general analysis of the negative transfer of surface-structure culture in language forms and that of deep-structure culture in values, thought patterns, religious beliefs and ethics. It holds that failure in intercultural communication will occur if inadequate attention is paid to cultural differences in the process of language and culture learning.

Negative Stereotyping Attitudes towards Mental Illness: Is It Culturally Related?

Background: Stigma of mental illness is often related to attitude studies in social science research, cross-cultural psychology and education in social behaviour. Majority of these studies used opinion on mental illness to examine attitudes. Method: A cross-sectional survey was presented to 208 registered nurses in Australia. Principal component analyses (with oblique rotation) were used to identify underlying dimensionality in the correlations of items for negative stereotyping attitudes. Subscale score variations were analysed across nurse type and ethnicity to examine the discriminant validity of the subscales. Results: Principal component analysis (PCA) revealed one dimension accounting for 50.5% of the variations within items for negative stereotyping. Developed as scale, labelled as “Dislike Attributed to Mental Illness (DISL)”, reliability analysis indicated high internal consistency with alpha coefficient of .93. Chinese general nurses scored highest on the DISL scale than the other three groups: Chinese psychiatric nurses, Anglo general and Anglo psychiatric nurses. Conclusion: Psychometric evaluation of the Dislike Attributed to Mental Illness (DISL) indicates that it is a reliable scale for measuring negative stereotyping attitudes towards mental illness. The main statistical significance was due to nurse ethnicity.

Negative Cultural Transfer in Cross-Cultural Communication for International Business

With the depth development of economic globalization, the multi-culture conflict, communication and integration are strengthened. Meanwhile, series of problems about cross-cultural communication for international business have happened. One of the core problem is negative cultural transfer. This paper gives the analysis about its causes and effects. At last, the way to solve it have been found.

Collective Oriented Culture and Its Negative Impact upon Oral English Teaching

As one of the most distinguished features of Chinese Culture,collective oriented culture is the deep structure of Chinese cultural psychology which has shaped Chinese character and influenced their behavior.As a result of it,Chinese students suffer this negative effect from collective orientated culture when acquiring English,especially in oral English acquisition.TEFL teachers should be aware of cultural psychology and try their best to minimize its negative effect instead of neglecting or even enlarging it during oral English teaching.

Patients with culture negative pyogenic liver abscess have the same outcomes compared to those withKlebsiella pneumoniae pyogenic liver abscess

BACKGROUND: Etiologic organism is not frequently isolated despite multiple blood and lfuid cultures during management of pyogenic liver abscess (PLA). Such culture negative pyogen-ic liver abscess (CNPLA) is routinely managed by antibiotics targeted toKlebsiella pneumoniae. In this study, we evaluated the outcomes of such clinical practice. METHODS: All the patients with CNPLA andKlebsiella pneu-moniaePLA (KPPLA) admitted from January 2003 to Decem-ber 2011 were included in the study. A retrospective review of medical records was performed and demographic, clinical and outcome data were collected. RESULTS: A total of 528 patients were treated as CNPLA or KPPLA over the study period. CNPLA presented more com-monly with abdominal pain (P=0.024). KPPLA was more com-mon in older age (P=0.029) and was associated with thrombo-cytopenia (P=0.001), elevated creatinine (P=0.002), bilirubin (P=0.001), alanine aminotransferase (P=0.006) and C-reactive protein level (P=0.036). CNPLA patients tend to have anemia (P=0.015) and smaller abscess (P=0.008). There was no differ-ence in hospital stay (15.7 vs 16.8 days) or mortality (14.0% vs 11.0%). No patients required surgical drainage after initiation of medical therapy. CONCLUSION: Despite demographic and clinical differences between CNPLA and KPPLA, overall outcomes are not different.

Mean platelet volume as a novel predictor of systematic inflammatory response in cirrhotic patients with culturenegative neutrocytic ascites

AIM: To identify a mean platelet volume(MPV) cutoff value which should be able to predict the presence of bacterial infection.METHODS: An observational, analytic, retrospective study. We evaluated medical records of cirrhotic patients who were hospitalized from January 2012 to January 2014 at the Gastroenterology Department of "Hospital General de México Dr. Eduardo Liceaga", we included 51 cirrhotic patients with ascites fluid infection(AFI), and 50 non-infected cirrhotic patients as control group. Receiver operator characteristic curves were used to identify the best cutoff value of several parameters from hematic cytometry, including MPV, to predict the presence of ascites fluid infection.RESULTS: Of the 51 cases with AFI, 48 patients(94.1%) had culture-negative neutrocytic ascites(CNNA), 2(3.9%) had bacterial ascites, and one(2%)had spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. Infected patients had greater count of leucocytes and polymorphonuclear cells, greater levels of MPV and cardiac frequency(P < 0.0001), and lower mean arterial pressure compared with non-infected patients(P = 0.009). Leucocytes, polymorphonuclear count, MPV and cardiac frequency resulted to be good or very good predictive variables of presence of AFI in cirrhotic patients(area under the receiving operating characteristic > 0.80). A cutoff MPV value of 8.3 fl was the best to discriminate between cirrhotic patients with AFI and those without infection. CONCLUSION: Our results support that MPV can be an useful predictor of systemic inflammatory response syndrome in cirrhotic patients with AFI, particularly CNNA.

Cultural Empathy and Its Cultivation in Cross-Cultural Communication

With the continuous development of global integration and frequent exchanges between countries,heterogeneous cultural conflicts grow as a result.A good ability of cross-cultural communication is playing an important part in resolving these contradictions and conflicts.Cultural empathy is an important factor of cross-cultural communication ability,and is the key factor to the smooth and successful cross-cultural communication.Cultural empathy needs to follow the moderate principle—neither"missing"nor"excessive".This article discusses the connotation of cultural empathy from the basic connotation of cross-cultural communication,i.e.following the principle of moderation will be helpful in multicultural communication across cultural differences through multi-channel cultivation and,with agreement to disagree,to achieve effective cross-cultural communication.

Study on the Formation and Construction of the Cultural Empathy in the Cross- cultural Communication

The development of globalization has promoted different regions to be closely linked and the boundaries between different cultural cycles to be gradually broken,so that the communication and integration between different cultures emerge. In cross-cultural communication,cultural empathy is not only a problem and necessarily implemented strategy,but also plays an important role,so people must improve their own cultural sensitivity,set up the awareness in cultural empathy on the basis of recognizing cultural diversity and equality,break the thinking inertia in the local culture and increase the consciousness in cognizing cultural empathy,put aside the idea of cultural centralism and strengthen the cultural inclusivity,and widely understand the basic cultures of other countries and reduce cultural empathy.

An Analysis of A Native of Beijing in New York from the Perspective of Cultural Empathy

Cultural empathy competence is the key to effective intercultural communication,for it has significant impact on the quality,effect and process of intercultural communication.This paper analyzes the communication barriers that cause failures in intercultural communication in the TV series A Native of Beijing in New York from the perspective of cultural empathy competence and reiterates the importance of developing cultural empathy competence in different cultural contexts.

English Communication on Migration and Measures to Overcome the Negative Culture

Since the reform and opening up, China has more opportunities and European countries, exchanges and cooperation.However, in the process of communication, we may inadvertently ignore each other's culture and customs, the lack of cross-cultural communication awareness in local culture to measure the culture of other countries, such behavior is called negative transfer culture. Negative Transfer of Culture will have cultural misunderstandings and conflicts between nations and hinder the smooth progress of cross-cultural communication. In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstanding, strengthen the friendship between different countries, we should understand, learn and overcome cultural negative transfer. This will combine theoretical knowledge and examples to explain the culture, language and culture negative relationship between migration and elaborate cultural negative transfer of two levels: Negative Transfer negative transfer surface culture and deep culture(including values migration and ethnic psychological aspects), and its negative impact on the English cross-cultural communication. In addition, this paper will propose some strategies and corresponding to the principle of helping people overcome the negative transfer in crosscultural communication, enhance cross-cultural communication ability, up from psychological acceptance, adaptation, and tolerance of different cultures.

Study of Politeness in Cross Cultural Communication

Politeness is a universal linguistic phenomenon but also relative by nature and subject to culture. The politeness in pragmatic study and its cultural specificity in cross cultural communication are explained. Some tactics in cross communication are also suggested.

Empathy and Cognitive Schema:The Ways of Chinese Culture Going Global Reconsidered

In spite of its acknowledged achievements and contributions in recent years,it is still necessary to review the diplomacy of Chinese culture going global.Approached from the perspective of cognition and affection,the main reason leading to the low efficiency of Chinese official cross-cultural communication is that the collectivism implied in the governmental institutes is in conflict with the individualism schema in Western mainstream discourse,making it difficult to invoke empathy from Western audience.By contrast,some popular culture spread through the Internet is empathy-provoking only because it contains two schemata of nostalgia and individualism that have been embedded in many Western netizens’cognition.In other words,popular culture has little communicating power to transmit the essence of Chinese culture.Given the limitations of these two ways,China should at least make adjustments on four aspects to improve the effect of its culture going out:(1)integrate more mutually shared schemata into the selected Chinese culture;(2)modernize the cultural contents and transmission methods;(3)reduce the role of the government and insist on diversifying and individualizing communication subjects;(4)encourage the creation of fine culture.

Cultivation of Intercultural Communicative Competence --Comparative Study of Chinese - western Cultures

Foreign language learning starts with the cultivation of learners' linguistic competence and can only be called successful if learners are inter- culturally competent. This article first takes a closer look at the origin and significance of intercultural communication,then compares the differences between Chinese and western culture in marriage,heroism and educational concepts,and finally suggests attaching importance to the integration of language learning and cultural transmission,cultivation of both cultural sensitivity and cultural empathy in order to help language learners acquire communicative competence.

The Influence of Negative Language Transfer

With the advance of the research of language learning, the field of SLA has expanded more expansively and native language transfer has become a popular issue in academia field. It exists in all language learning process, with different forms,which is mainly observed in three aspects including pronunciation, vocabulary and syntax. Furthermore, negative transfer is a major barrier influencing learners' second language improvement. This paper dwells on negative transfer. The comparison on language system and cultural background between native and target language should be attached great importance and analyzed.It is conducive to reduce the effect of native language and speed up the rapid learners' learning step.

Using Converging Strategies to Reduce Divergence in Intercultural User Interface Design

This chapter starts with an introduction illuminating the theoretical back-ground necessary for taking culture into account in HCI design. Definitions of concepts used are provided followed by a historical overview on taking culture into account in HCI design. Subsequently, a glimpse of the current state of research in culture-centered HCI design is derived from secondary literature providing the gist of the structures, processes, methods, models and theoretic approaches concerning the relationship between culture and HCI design (“converging” strategies). After presenting controversies and challenges, a short discussion of results from empirical studies and design recommendations for culture-centered HCI design lead to implications and trends in future intercultural user interface design research to close the knowledge gap (the “divergence”) regarding the relationship between culture and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), i.e. converging the divergence to reach the convergent divergence.

IUID Method-Mix: Towards a Systematic Approach for Intercultural User Interface Design (IUID)

A method-mix for intercultural user interface design (IUID) is explained and exemplified by application examples based on a hybrid approach covering cultural contexts in human-computer interaction (HCI) design using a model of culturally influenced HCI. Cultural influence on HCI is described using cultural variables for user interface design. Assumptions and empirical results regarding the influence of culture on HCI, considering the path of the information processing and the interaction style between Chinese and German users are explained based on cultural models. Subsequent indicators represent the relationship between culture and HCI (culturally imprinted by the user). Correlations adopted theoretically between cultural dimensions and variables for HCI design were investigated. These correlations represent relevant constituents of a model for culturally influenced HCI. Considerations applying this model and evidence for the proper application of the IUID method-mix are presented elucidating why and how cultural aspects play a role in HCI design and usability/UX engineering. The IUID method-mix serves to inspire HCI engineers in the requirement analysis phase as well as HCI designers in the design phase. The readers are thereby sensitized to the challenges of intercultural usability/UX engineering and intercultural HCI design and will be equipped with methodological knowledge relevant to the derivation of design recommendations for user interface design for and in their desired cultural contexts. Finally, implications for practitioners are shown, including HCI style scores and practical design recommendations, to prognosticate the effort and the expenditures for considering the cultural context in IUID.

共情传播视域下中国体育故事跨文化传播的国际认同建构

中国体育故事存在国际认同不足等困境,如何基于文化陌生感的语境建构中国体育故事跨文化传播的国际认同,是亟待思考的现实议题。该研究以共情传播为理论,指出了中国体育故事中的共情元素、共性历史、共同诉求和共通价值,为跨文化传播中建构国际认同提供了共情可能。并以国际认同的建构为导向,构建了中国体育故事跨文化传播中的共情传播模式,认为承载不同价值观、不同主题的中国体育故事,在相应的跨文化传播场域,能够经由共情传播建构国际认同。基于这一模式提出了中国体育故事跨文化传播中建构国际认同的路径:提炼中国体育故事与世界的共情元素,消解认知偏差;从平民视角和他者视角讲述中国体育故事,强化情感认同;强化中国体育交流故事传播中的聚合效应,以共识促认同。

基于移情设计理念下的秦岭生态旅游IP形象设计研究

为了促进秦岭生态文化保护及旅游业的发展,针对目前文创产品的发展现状及不足之处,以移情理念为视角,提出有效设计策略,为秦岭生态文化的传承与发展提供新的思路。根据调研和受众问题反馈,将移情设计理念引入文创IP设计,归纳设计流程为“观察-互动-感知”3个阶段,从视觉、交互、情感等层面系统性梳理秦岭文创产品移情输出设计流程。提取秦岭生态地域形态、色彩与文化语义等设计要素,明晰设计要点,以秦岭四宝IP文创及衍生设计为例,进行秦岭四宝文创IP的视觉形象设计。通过移情设计对秦岭生态元素分析与整理,能够有效契合受众的情感需求,将优秀的文化元素及情感映射到IP设计本身,为受众赋予秦岭生态文化旅游设计形态与色彩,提升文化价值促进秦岭生态文化的发展与保护。