Introduction: Fostering is a widespread practice in West Africa. It played an essential role in the circulation of children. The failure of its community regulation, not compensated by a legal framework, has made its ...Introduction: Fostering is a widespread practice in West Africa. It played an essential role in the circulation of children. The failure of its community regulation, not compensated by a legal framework, has made its practice precarious. Observation: A case study was conducted on Dior, who was hospitalised in a psychiatric ward for a delusional disorder of filiation. Dior was entrusted to her maternal grandmother and aunt at ages 2 and 9. During these fosterings, the place of the symbolic father was not substituted, causing a void that challenged her imagination. The outcome was an inscription in a genealogy where she had found herself with prestigious parents. Discussion: Fostering has strongly disrupted the family dynamics in Dior’s case. One of her options was to assume the paternal function, the use of which was perceived as a defiance or even a transgression. This same function would be a starting point of a psychosis whose filial character would only be an attempt at rectification where reality and imagination collide. Conclusion: Our study reveals the importance of stable parental figures at stake in fostering contexts, which constitute a risk factor for the development of a subsequent psychosis.展开更多
The latest CPC Central Committee plenum laid out measures to foster new and quality productive forces in pursuit of high-quality development.HIGH-quality development is China’s primary task in building a modern socia...The latest CPC Central Committee plenum laid out measures to foster new and quality productive forces in pursuit of high-quality development.HIGH-quality development is China’s primary task in building a modern socialist country in all respects.For this purpose,at its third plenary session in July this year,the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC)declared its resolve to“improve the institutions and mechanisms for fostering new quality productive forces in line with local conditions…Relevant rules and policies will be improved to accelerate the formation of relations of production that are more compatible with new quality productive forces,and to channel various types of advanced production factors toward the development of new quality productive forces.These steps will help realize a significant increase in total factor productivity.”展开更多
Despite being a leading candidate to meet stringent energy targets,lithium(Li) metal batteries(LMBs)face severe challenges at low temperatures such as dramatic increase in impedance,capacity loss and dendrite growth.U...Despite being a leading candidate to meet stringent energy targets,lithium(Li) metal batteries(LMBs)face severe challenges at low temperatures such as dramatic increase in impedance,capacity loss and dendrite growth.Unambiguously fingerprinting rate-limited factors of low-temperature LMBs would encourage targeted approaches to promote performances.Herein,the charge transfer impedance across solid electrolyte interphase(SEI) is identified to restrict battery operation under low temperature,and we propose a facile approach on the basis of ambiently fostering SEI(af-SEI) to facilitate charge transfer.The concept of af-SEI stems from kinetic benefits and structural merits to construct SEI at ambient temperature over low temperature developed SEI that is temporally consuming to achieve steady state and that is structurally defective to incur dendrite growth.The af-SEI allows ionically conductive and morphologically uniform layer on the anode surface,which exhibits a lower resistance and induces an even deposition of Li in the subsequent low temperature battery operation.Armed with af-SEI,the LMBs deliver the improved rate performance and prolonged cycle life when subjected to low temperature cycling.This work unveils the underlying causes that limit low temperature LMB performances,and enlightens the facile test protocols to build up favorable SEI,beyond scope of material and morphology design.展开更多
On the 20th anniversary of UNESCO’s adoption of the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage,the first Beijing International Week of Intangible Cultural Heritage was held from October 22nd to 2...On the 20th anniversary of UNESCO’s adoption of the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage,the first Beijing International Week of Intangible Cultural Heritage was held from October 22nd to 25th,2023,co-sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the People’s Government of Beijing Municipality.Around the theme of“Unveiling the Beauty of Intangible Cultural Heritage,Fostering Global Harmony”,nearly 1,000 representatives,500 projects of intangible cultural heritage and more than 3,000 exhibits and works from 18 provinces(autonomous regions and municipalities)and about 40 countries from Asia,Europe,North and South America and Africa(including live exhibitions in 20 countries and regions)gathered together in Beijing through exhibitions。展开更多
THE unfailing admiration that the splendor of China’s traditional culture inspires in people throughout the world is often accompanied by their amazement at the modern innovations mirroring China’s ancient civilizat...THE unfailing admiration that the splendor of China’s traditional culture inspires in people throughout the world is often accompanied by their amazement at the modern innovations mirroring China’s ancient civilization.This was apparent at the recently concluded five-day China(Shenzhen)International Cultural Industries Fair(ICIF)in June.In addition to digitally showcasing the ingenious inventions,cultural relics,and intangible cultural heritage of ancient China,the digital China exhibition area also highlighted the cultural industry’s latest technological creations at the fair.展开更多
Education represents the future of a country.Balanced education cultivates not only scientists,but also skilled workers;not only managers with entrepreneurial spirit,but also artisans with craftsmanship.Being the worl...Education represents the future of a country.Balanced education cultivates not only scientists,but also skilled workers;not only managers with entrepreneurial spirit,but also artisans with craftsmanship.Being the world’s largest manufacturing country for 13 consecutive years,China has been actively pushing forward the high-quality development of its vocational education,so as to train a larger high-quality manufacturing workforce to consolidate its position.展开更多
“Making the Garden of World Civilizat ion Flourish,”is a high-minded concept that celebrates the common ground that all the world’s citizens stand upon.Whether American,Chinese,or any other nationality,we,as inhabi...“Making the Garden of World Civilizat ion Flourish,”is a high-minded concept that celebrates the common ground that all the world’s citizens stand upon.Whether American,Chinese,or any other nationality,we,as inhabitants of this flawed but beautiful planet,share common values that bind us together in a way that is both concrete and abstract.展开更多
The widely known ping pong diplomacy led to the establishment of Sino-US diplomatic relations after a two-decade breakdown,and became a major historical event that promoted the development of relations between countri...The widely known ping pong diplomacy led to the establishment of Sino-US diplomatic relations after a two-decade breakdown,and became a major historical event that promoted the development of relations between countries and even changed the international situation.However,what is little known is that the ping pong diplomacy was actually used much earlier when China established diplomatic relations with African countries in the 1950s and 1960s.In fact,in addition to ping pong diplomacy,sports diplomacy between China and African countries has always played an important role in bringing the two sides closer.展开更多
Nowadays, creativity is the main need for continuing the life in the various aspects of society, especially education. Parenting attitude of youth fostering as an important factor can be effect on creativity, because ...Nowadays, creativity is the main need for continuing the life in the various aspects of society, especially education. Parenting attitude of youth fostering as an important factor can be effect on creativity, because youth are dependent to parents and they are as power recourse for youth. Youth are in interaction with parents and parents can be ready appropriate filed in home and family to efflorescence their youth’s creativity. The present study undertakes to provide a descriptive and correlative analysis on the relationship between youth fostering and student creativity. Parenting attitudes (including domination, high dependency, and negligence) and creativity (including fluency, originality, flexibility and elaboration) are taken as independent and dependent variables, respectively. To test the hypotheses, information collected from three questionnaires was analyzed: 1) multiple choice paper and pencil test for measuring Torrance creativity (1973), 2) parent attitude survey (PAS) of Drews and Teahen (1957), and 3) evaluation of students’ creativity by masters. Statistical population of the study includes all students of Urmia Medical Sciences University (209 males and 218 females) and their parents. Data analysis was performed by SPSS software using descriptive and inferential statistical methods. Results indicate no significant relationship between student creativity and parents attitude on youth fostering (r = 0.20) and parents put more emphasis on educational success than creativity. Also, female students had better performance than males in terms of creativity.展开更多
There is scarcity of evidence-based information about socio-demographic as well as ailment factors associated with foster children in Bangladesh. Thus the aim of the present study was to determine the socio-economic, ...There is scarcity of evidence-based information about socio-demographic as well as ailment factors associated with foster children in Bangladesh. Thus the aim of the present study was to determine the socio-economic, health and nutritional status of young foster children in urban Dhaka. A total of 208 (1%;n = 208/28,948) under-5 foster children were enrolled in the Diarrheal Disease Surveillance System of icddr,b between 1993-2012. Randomly selected under-5 children (n = 624) with a ratio of 1:3 were extracted and constituted as comparison group. Forty-three percent (n = 90) foster children were male. Lack of formal schooling of mother was higher among foster children compared to non-foster children (52% vs. 35%;p < 0.001). Higher proportion of foster children suffered from some or severe dehy-dration (60% vs. 47%;p = 0.001) and often received intravenous saline (12% vs. 5%;p = 0.002) in comparison to non-foster children. Significantly lower proportion of foster children had rotavirus diarrhea (26% vs. 43%;p < 0.001). In multivariate analysis, foster children were 2 times (95% CI: 1.31-4.32) more likely to be stunted and 194 times (95% CI: 82.25-457.76) more likely to be non-breastfed. Infants aged 6-11 months were 8 times (95% CI: 3.70-15.50) more likely to be foster compared to older children and probability of fostering was 7 times (95% CI: 3.96-13.33) higher among mothers with a median age of 25 years. The findings of our study clearly demonstrate the existing health and nutritional problems of foster children. Therefore, appropriate health and nutrition interventions are critical for foster children in Bangladesh.展开更多
As the world marks the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War and Nigeria celebrates the centenary of the amalgamation of the northern and southern Protectorates of 1 st January 1914, when Nigeria became a n...As the world marks the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War and Nigeria celebrates the centenary of the amalgamation of the northern and southern Protectorates of 1 st January 1914, when Nigeria became a nation, it is pertinent to examine the contribution of education to fostering peace and unity in the post War era in Nigeria, from 1914 to 1938. Through historical research this project analyzes primary and secondary sources such as journals, publications, textbooks and internet materials. The findings of the study revealed that Nigeria, like other participating British colonial territories felt the impact of the First World which began in Europe in 1914 and ended in 1918. Much of the fighting took place among the central powers. In 1917, the USA joined the war against Germany as a consequence of her submarine activities and intrigues in Mexico. The War had a negative political, economic and social impact on all nations, leading to the peace conference in Paris and the treaty of Versailles in June 1919. Nigeria played a very vital role in the drive to achieve this by providing military training as well as a training in citizenship for democracy and political leadership. A culture of peace, education and non-violence has been the norm in Nigeria since the post-war period. The aims of the paper therefore are to understand the state and the role of education during the war and post-war period in Nigeria, to analyze the role of education in fostering peace in the education and to recommend ways of maintaining peace in the education sector in Nigeria. It is therefore recommended in this paper that the Nigerian Educational Research Development Council, should formulate policies that will bring cohesion with a bid to balancing the gap between the North and the South, that Labour Unions should resolve issues with government on a round table conference and not through violence and strike actions i.e. the Nigeria Union of Teachers, government should not mix educational matter with politics and education personnel should be well remunerated and given maximum encouragement to enhance productivity in the sector.展开更多
In today’s increasingly globalized world,study abroad programs are receiving unprecedented attention as a significant part of international education.The mission of Soka University of America(SUA)is in line with the ...In today’s increasingly globalized world,study abroad programs are receiving unprecedented attention as a significant part of international education.The mission of Soka University of America(SUA)is in line with the trend of producing U.S.graduates in higher education who demonstrate intercultural and international competence.SUA has joined the academic world in this growing area of interest and requires all its students to study abroad.Learning from other institutions and exploring its own path,SUA has developed a comprehensive study abroad program that seamlessly integrated in the liberal arts curricular of the university,which positively affected foreign language learning,improved students’abilities to function as global citizens,and opened various opportunities worldwide for the students.To insure students’study abroad experiences fruitful,the following aspects need to be considered:1.systematic institutional support;2.designated staff to work on study abroad affairs;3.advising students about the courses to take while abroad;4.students need support from the entire home institution;and 5.connect study abroad with a given institution’s broader goals.展开更多
Consumers and developers are the market transaction subjects which drive the development of building energy efficiency market. High energy prices, unreasonable heating system, information asymmetry of building energy ...Consumers and developers are the market transaction subjects which drive the development of building energy efficiency market. High energy prices, unreasonable heating system, information asymmetry of building energy suppress demand of energy efficiency construction; high technical risk and construction cost, nonstandard market restrict the supply of energy efficiency construction. To promote the development of building energy efficiency, we must set up effective incentive policies for both sides of the market transaction, improve the supervisory system, promote the technological progress, build the information sharing platform, so as to achieve the purpose of cultivating and improving the building energy efficiency market system, regulating the behavior of supply and demand subject, building the mutually beneficial and cooperative partnership, and realizing the balance of interests.展开更多
文摘Introduction: Fostering is a widespread practice in West Africa. It played an essential role in the circulation of children. The failure of its community regulation, not compensated by a legal framework, has made its practice precarious. Observation: A case study was conducted on Dior, who was hospitalised in a psychiatric ward for a delusional disorder of filiation. Dior was entrusted to her maternal grandmother and aunt at ages 2 and 9. During these fosterings, the place of the symbolic father was not substituted, causing a void that challenged her imagination. The outcome was an inscription in a genealogy where she had found herself with prestigious parents. Discussion: Fostering has strongly disrupted the family dynamics in Dior’s case. One of her options was to assume the paternal function, the use of which was perceived as a defiance or even a transgression. This same function would be a starting point of a psychosis whose filial character would only be an attempt at rectification where reality and imagination collide. Conclusion: Our study reveals the importance of stable parental figures at stake in fostering contexts, which constitute a risk factor for the development of a subsequent psychosis.
文摘The latest CPC Central Committee plenum laid out measures to foster new and quality productive forces in pursuit of high-quality development.HIGH-quality development is China’s primary task in building a modern socialist country in all respects.For this purpose,at its third plenary session in July this year,the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC)declared its resolve to“improve the institutions and mechanisms for fostering new quality productive forces in line with local conditions…Relevant rules and policies will be improved to accelerate the formation of relations of production that are more compatible with new quality productive forces,and to channel various types of advanced production factors toward the development of new quality productive forces.These steps will help realize a significant increase in total factor productivity.”
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22379121)Shenzhen Foundation Research Fund granted by the Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Committee (JCYJ20220530112812028)+1 种基金Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (G2022KY0606)Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics Open Fund (No. 2023FE005)。
文摘Despite being a leading candidate to meet stringent energy targets,lithium(Li) metal batteries(LMBs)face severe challenges at low temperatures such as dramatic increase in impedance,capacity loss and dendrite growth.Unambiguously fingerprinting rate-limited factors of low-temperature LMBs would encourage targeted approaches to promote performances.Herein,the charge transfer impedance across solid electrolyte interphase(SEI) is identified to restrict battery operation under low temperature,and we propose a facile approach on the basis of ambiently fostering SEI(af-SEI) to facilitate charge transfer.The concept of af-SEI stems from kinetic benefits and structural merits to construct SEI at ambient temperature over low temperature developed SEI that is temporally consuming to achieve steady state and that is structurally defective to incur dendrite growth.The af-SEI allows ionically conductive and morphologically uniform layer on the anode surface,which exhibits a lower resistance and induces an even deposition of Li in the subsequent low temperature battery operation.Armed with af-SEI,the LMBs deliver the improved rate performance and prolonged cycle life when subjected to low temperature cycling.This work unveils the underlying causes that limit low temperature LMB performances,and enlightens the facile test protocols to build up favorable SEI,beyond scope of material and morphology design.
文摘On the 20th anniversary of UNESCO’s adoption of the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage,the first Beijing International Week of Intangible Cultural Heritage was held from October 22nd to 25th,2023,co-sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the People’s Government of Beijing Municipality.Around the theme of“Unveiling the Beauty of Intangible Cultural Heritage,Fostering Global Harmony”,nearly 1,000 representatives,500 projects of intangible cultural heritage and more than 3,000 exhibits and works from 18 provinces(autonomous regions and municipalities)and about 40 countries from Asia,Europe,North and South America and Africa(including live exhibitions in 20 countries and regions)gathered together in Beijing through exhibitions。
文摘THE unfailing admiration that the splendor of China’s traditional culture inspires in people throughout the world is often accompanied by their amazement at the modern innovations mirroring China’s ancient civilization.This was apparent at the recently concluded five-day China(Shenzhen)International Cultural Industries Fair(ICIF)in June.In addition to digitally showcasing the ingenious inventions,cultural relics,and intangible cultural heritage of ancient China,the digital China exhibition area also highlighted the cultural industry’s latest technological creations at the fair.
文摘Education represents the future of a country.Balanced education cultivates not only scientists,but also skilled workers;not only managers with entrepreneurial spirit,but also artisans with craftsmanship.Being the world’s largest manufacturing country for 13 consecutive years,China has been actively pushing forward the high-quality development of its vocational education,so as to train a larger high-quality manufacturing workforce to consolidate its position.
文摘“Making the Garden of World Civilizat ion Flourish,”is a high-minded concept that celebrates the common ground that all the world’s citizens stand upon.Whether American,Chinese,or any other nationality,we,as inhabitants of this flawed but beautiful planet,share common values that bind us together in a way that is both concrete and abstract.
文摘The widely known ping pong diplomacy led to the establishment of Sino-US diplomatic relations after a two-decade breakdown,and became a major historical event that promoted the development of relations between countries and even changed the international situation.However,what is little known is that the ping pong diplomacy was actually used much earlier when China established diplomatic relations with African countries in the 1950s and 1960s.In fact,in addition to ping pong diplomacy,sports diplomacy between China and African countries has always played an important role in bringing the two sides closer.
文摘Nowadays, creativity is the main need for continuing the life in the various aspects of society, especially education. Parenting attitude of youth fostering as an important factor can be effect on creativity, because youth are dependent to parents and they are as power recourse for youth. Youth are in interaction with parents and parents can be ready appropriate filed in home and family to efflorescence their youth’s creativity. The present study undertakes to provide a descriptive and correlative analysis on the relationship between youth fostering and student creativity. Parenting attitudes (including domination, high dependency, and negligence) and creativity (including fluency, originality, flexibility and elaboration) are taken as independent and dependent variables, respectively. To test the hypotheses, information collected from three questionnaires was analyzed: 1) multiple choice paper and pencil test for measuring Torrance creativity (1973), 2) parent attitude survey (PAS) of Drews and Teahen (1957), and 3) evaluation of students’ creativity by masters. Statistical population of the study includes all students of Urmia Medical Sciences University (209 males and 218 females) and their parents. Data analysis was performed by SPSS software using descriptive and inferential statistical methods. Results indicate no significant relationship between student creativity and parents attitude on youth fostering (r = 0.20) and parents put more emphasis on educational success than creativity. Also, female students had better performance than males in terms of creativity.
文摘There is scarcity of evidence-based information about socio-demographic as well as ailment factors associated with foster children in Bangladesh. Thus the aim of the present study was to determine the socio-economic, health and nutritional status of young foster children in urban Dhaka. A total of 208 (1%;n = 208/28,948) under-5 foster children were enrolled in the Diarrheal Disease Surveillance System of icddr,b between 1993-2012. Randomly selected under-5 children (n = 624) with a ratio of 1:3 were extracted and constituted as comparison group. Forty-three percent (n = 90) foster children were male. Lack of formal schooling of mother was higher among foster children compared to non-foster children (52% vs. 35%;p < 0.001). Higher proportion of foster children suffered from some or severe dehy-dration (60% vs. 47%;p = 0.001) and often received intravenous saline (12% vs. 5%;p = 0.002) in comparison to non-foster children. Significantly lower proportion of foster children had rotavirus diarrhea (26% vs. 43%;p < 0.001). In multivariate analysis, foster children were 2 times (95% CI: 1.31-4.32) more likely to be stunted and 194 times (95% CI: 82.25-457.76) more likely to be non-breastfed. Infants aged 6-11 months were 8 times (95% CI: 3.70-15.50) more likely to be foster compared to older children and probability of fostering was 7 times (95% CI: 3.96-13.33) higher among mothers with a median age of 25 years. The findings of our study clearly demonstrate the existing health and nutritional problems of foster children. Therefore, appropriate health and nutrition interventions are critical for foster children in Bangladesh.
文摘As the world marks the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War and Nigeria celebrates the centenary of the amalgamation of the northern and southern Protectorates of 1 st January 1914, when Nigeria became a nation, it is pertinent to examine the contribution of education to fostering peace and unity in the post War era in Nigeria, from 1914 to 1938. Through historical research this project analyzes primary and secondary sources such as journals, publications, textbooks and internet materials. The findings of the study revealed that Nigeria, like other participating British colonial territories felt the impact of the First World which began in Europe in 1914 and ended in 1918. Much of the fighting took place among the central powers. In 1917, the USA joined the war against Germany as a consequence of her submarine activities and intrigues in Mexico. The War had a negative political, economic and social impact on all nations, leading to the peace conference in Paris and the treaty of Versailles in June 1919. Nigeria played a very vital role in the drive to achieve this by providing military training as well as a training in citizenship for democracy and political leadership. A culture of peace, education and non-violence has been the norm in Nigeria since the post-war period. The aims of the paper therefore are to understand the state and the role of education during the war and post-war period in Nigeria, to analyze the role of education in fostering peace in the education and to recommend ways of maintaining peace in the education sector in Nigeria. It is therefore recommended in this paper that the Nigerian Educational Research Development Council, should formulate policies that will bring cohesion with a bid to balancing the gap between the North and the South, that Labour Unions should resolve issues with government on a round table conference and not through violence and strike actions i.e. the Nigeria Union of Teachers, government should not mix educational matter with politics and education personnel should be well remunerated and given maximum encouragement to enhance productivity in the sector.
基金The author would like to acknowledge Arch Asawa,Hyon Moon,Alex Okuda and Fran Fujii for supporting this research by allowing her to interview with them and providing her relevant data.
文摘In today’s increasingly globalized world,study abroad programs are receiving unprecedented attention as a significant part of international education.The mission of Soka University of America(SUA)is in line with the trend of producing U.S.graduates in higher education who demonstrate intercultural and international competence.SUA has joined the academic world in this growing area of interest and requires all its students to study abroad.Learning from other institutions and exploring its own path,SUA has developed a comprehensive study abroad program that seamlessly integrated in the liberal arts curricular of the university,which positively affected foreign language learning,improved students’abilities to function as global citizens,and opened various opportunities worldwide for the students.To insure students’study abroad experiences fruitful,the following aspects need to be considered:1.systematic institutional support;2.designated staff to work on study abroad affairs;3.advising students about the courses to take while abroad;4.students need support from the entire home institution;and 5.connect study abroad with a given institution’s broader goals.
基金supported by Nature Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 71171141)Soft Science Research Project of MOE (Grant No. 2013-R1-14)Social Science Planning Project in Tianjin City (Grant No. TJGLHQ1403)
文摘Consumers and developers are the market transaction subjects which drive the development of building energy efficiency market. High energy prices, unreasonable heating system, information asymmetry of building energy suppress demand of energy efficiency construction; high technical risk and construction cost, nonstandard market restrict the supply of energy efficiency construction. To promote the development of building energy efficiency, we must set up effective incentive policies for both sides of the market transaction, improve the supervisory system, promote the technological progress, build the information sharing platform, so as to achieve the purpose of cultivating and improving the building energy efficiency market system, regulating the behavior of supply and demand subject, building the mutually beneficial and cooperative partnership, and realizing the balance of interests.
