Examples are presented showing the way in which biological systems produce a range of functions which can be implemented in engineering, such as feedback-control of stiffness (muscles and nervous system), the design...Examples are presented showing the way in which biological systems produce a range of functions which can be implemented in engineering, such as feedback-control of stiffness (muscles and nervous system), the design of fault-free structures (trees) and damage-tolerant materials (wood) and high performance insulation (penguin feathers) and shock absorbers (hedgehog spines).展开更多
The modified shear lag model proposed recently was applied to calculate thermal residual stresses and subsequent stress distributions under tensile and compressive loadings. The expressions for the elastic moduli and ...The modified shear lag model proposed recently was applied to calculate thermal residual stresses and subsequent stress distributions under tensile and compressive loadings. The expressions for the elastic moduli and the yield strengths under tensile and compressive loadings were derived which take account of thermal residual stresses. The asymmetries in the elastic modulus and the yield strength were interpreted using the derived expressions and the obtained results of the stress calculations. The model predictions have exhibited good agreements with the experimental results and also with the other theoretical predictions展开更多
With the development of modern information technology and network society,the era of digital transformation has arrived,many educational resources have been developed and utilized,and the problem of space-time separat...With the development of modern information technology and network society,the era of digital transformation has arrived,many educational resources have been developed and utilized,and the problem of space-time separation of global Chinese learners is gradually being solved.The use of mobile application learning can achieve convenient and fast learning,reduce learning costs,and flexibly adjust learning progress.After experiencing COVID-19,the demand for human-computer interaction in mobile learning is even more necessary.Therefore,to make applications achieve seamless docking with the needs of learners in the design of learning,the research investigates and analyzes the five dimensions of time,space,mode,subject,and object.The research tests the reliability and validity of the questionnaire,removes the relevant items and conducts non-parametric tests,then puts forward corresponding strategies according to the results of the questionnaire.It aims to enhance the efficiency of Chinese learners in HSK(Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi,Chinese Proficiency Test)learning and promote Chinese learning and the spread of the Chinese language and culture.展开更多
Short-term overseas study tours, as a new type of cross-cultural autonomy education in the era of globalization, aims to help students improve their intercultural communication competence through tourism and cultural ...Short-term overseas study tours, as a new type of cross-cultural autonomy education in the era of globalization, aims to help students improve their intercultural communication competence through tourism and cultural learning. Many studies' subjects are concentrated on the higher learning institutions. However, few of them are concerned about application-oriented university students' ICC. So the behavior and role of students' ICC in the overseas study tours in 2016 and 2017 in one of the application-oriented universities in Zhejiang province becomes the main focus. It exams from three aspects: intercultural attitudes, knowledge and behaviors. Basically, students benefit a lot from study tours, especially in the aspect of practical communication, among which, they change from shy, inexperienced learners to be brave, confident, and skilled in the tours. Also, considering the problems of host school are existed, the suggestions proposed by participants that practical courses of destination countries had better be arranged for students to understand and adapt to it beforehand. Besides, more communication and interactions between students and teachers should be increased to create a more active and relaxed classroom atmosphere, which contribute to mobilize students' initiative and enthusiasm to better become a complementary influence to promote students' ICC.展开更多
The evaluation algorithm and the application of the influence diagram were surveyed, which argues that to construct an explicit, compact and objective influence diagram is of the most importance. There are two suggest...The evaluation algorithm and the application of the influence diagram were surveyed, which argues that to construct an explicit, compact and objective influence diagram is of the most importance. There are two suggested ways for realization of the influence diagram: introducing the achievements of the modern psychology, cognitive science, behavior science, and so on to represent and solve uncertainty to build a well-constructed influence diagram; based on the observed data to build an influence diagram. Also, the limitations of the influence diagram were analyzed, such as that it cannot deal with asymmetric problems efficiently, cannot picture dynamic problems, cannot model the problems with a limitless horizon, and ther is no highly efficient algorithm. And some potential methods to overcome these limitations were pointed out.展开更多
This study takes the human resource management major of Guangzhou Institute of Science and Technology as an example to discuss the factors influencing the applied talent training mode and improvement paths under digit...This study takes the human resource management major of Guangzhou Institute of Science and Technology as an example to discuss the factors influencing the applied talent training mode and improvement paths under digital informatization.The research points out that digital informatization poses new challenges and opportunities to higher education and requires the applied talent training mode to practice and innovate.This study identified five key influencing factors of the applied talent training mode under digital informatization:curriculum setting,teaching methods,faculty structure,practical teaching,and student training.This research presents the improvement paths,including optimizing curriculum settings,innovating teaching methods,adjusting teacher structure,improving practical teaching,and creating student training.Implementing these paths will help students master the latest knowledge and skills of digital informatization,improve their practical ability and innovative thinking to meet the social demand for human resource management professionals,and promote the development of higher education system.展开更多
[Objective] China is the world's largest fertilizer consumer. Fertilizer plays an important role in maintaining China's food security. Along with population and economic growth, overuse of fertilizers has caused ser...[Objective] China is the world's largest fertilizer consumer. Fertilizer plays an important role in maintaining China's food security. Along with population and economic growth, overuse of fertilizers has caused serious environmental problems, such as soil acidification, decline in soil organic carbon, and agricultural non-point source pollution. This study aimed to analyze the factors influencing farmers" decision making on fertilizer use, and provide policy recommendations on ways to affect fertilization. [Method] An econometric model reflecting fertilization of rural households was estimated from a survey distributed to 1 043 households randomly selected from 19 provinces in China. [Result] Results of the study showed that education years of fertilizer decision maker, fertilizer quality, organic fertilizer application, fertilizer price, and agricultural product price had significant effects on the fertilizer application rate at 1% level. Soil nutrient affected the fertilizer application rate at 10% level. [Conclusion] Policies aimed at improving the reasonable use of fertilizer should focus on the regulation of chemical fertilizer price, foundation of the organic-inorganic fertilizer system, soil testing, formulated fertilization, and agricultural extension service.展开更多
This paper firstly sheds much light upon metaphor operation from the conceptual strata,parts of metaphor and types of metaphor to investigate the interior characteristics.The deep structure and the surface structure o...This paper firstly sheds much light upon metaphor operation from the conceptual strata,parts of metaphor and types of metaphor to investigate the interior characteristics.The deep structure and the surface structure of metaphor unite metaphorical concepts with application of metaphor in the literature works and life.展开更多
As cultural facilities,physical bookstore is an important part of urban infrastructure.Influenced by the development of social economy and the internet,physical bookstores also have become a combination of cultural sp...As cultural facilities,physical bookstore is an important part of urban infrastructure.Influenced by the development of social economy and the internet,physical bookstores also have become a combination of cultural space and tourism experience.In this case,it is necessary to explore the spatial characteristics and influencing factors of physical bookstores.This study uses Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise(DBSCAN),spatial analysis and geographical detectors to calculate the spatial distribution pattern and factors influencing physical bookstores in national central cities/municipality(hereafter using cities)in western China.Based on spatial data,population density,road density and other data,this study constructed a data set of the influencing factors of physical bookstores,consisting of 11 factors along 6 dimensions for 3 national central cities in western China.The results are as follows:first,the spatial distribution pattern of physical bookstores in Xi’an,Chengdu,and Chongqing is unbalanced.The spatial distribution of physical bookstores in Xi’an and Chongqing is from southwest to northeast and are relatively clustered,while those in Chengdu are relatively discrete.Second,the spatial distribution pattern of physical bookstores has been formed under the influence of different factors.The intensity and significance of influencing factors differ in the case cities.However,in general,the social factor,business factor,the density of research facilities,tourism factor and road density are the main driving factors in the three cities.There is a synergistic relationship between public libraries and physical bookstores.Third,the explanatory power becomes stronger after the interaction between various factors.In Xi’an and Chengdu,the density of communities and the density of research facilities have stronger explanatory power for the dependent variable after interacting with other factors.However,in Chongqing,the traffic factors have stronger explanatory power for the dependent variable after interacting with other factors.The results could provide a practical reference for the sustainable development of physical bookstores and encourage a love of reading among the public.展开更多
With the continuous development and progress of the market economy,the number of building construction projects is increasing.In order to effectively improve the quality of housing construction projects,relevant depar...With the continuous development and progress of the market economy,the number of building construction projects is increasing.In order to effectively improve the quality of housing construction projects,relevant departments must actively promote various quality supervision and management technologies in order to fundamentally improve the construction engineering technology.The monitoring effect to a certain extent achieves the sustainable development goals of the quality of construction projects.This paper combines the case to analyse the factors affecting the operation of anti-leakage construction technology in the construction project,and discusses the application path of technology in the construction of housing construction.展开更多
This article explains how two AI systems have been incorporated into the everyday operations of two Singapore public healthcare nation‐wide screening programs.The first example is embedded within the setting of a nat...This article explains how two AI systems have been incorporated into the everyday operations of two Singapore public healthcare nation‐wide screening programs.The first example is embedded within the setting of a national level population health screening program for diabetes related eye diseases,targeting the rapidly increasing number of adults in the country with diabetes.In the second example,the AI assisted screening is done shortly after a person is admitted to one of the public hospitals to identify which inpatients—especially which elderly patients with complex conditions—have a high risk of being readmitted as an inpatient multiple times in the months following discharge.Ways in which healthcare needs and the clinical operations context influenced the approach to designing or deploying the AI systems are highlighted,illustrating the multiplicity of factors that shape the requirements for successful large‐scale deployments of AI systems that are deeply embedded within clinical workflows.In the first example,the choice was made to use the system in a semi‐automated(vs.fully automated)mode as this was assessed to be more cost‐effective,though still offering substantial productivity improvement.In the second example,machine learning algorithm design and model execution trade-offs were made that prioritized key aspects of patient engagement and inclusion over higher levels of predictive accuracy.The article concludes with several lessons learned related to deploying AI systems within healthcare settings,and also lists several other AI efforts already in deployment and in the pipeline for Singapore's public healthcare system.展开更多
文摘Examples are presented showing the way in which biological systems produce a range of functions which can be implemented in engineering, such as feedback-control of stiffness (muscles and nervous system), the design of fault-free structures (trees) and damage-tolerant materials (wood) and high performance insulation (penguin feathers) and shock absorbers (hedgehog spines).
文摘The modified shear lag model proposed recently was applied to calculate thermal residual stresses and subsequent stress distributions under tensile and compressive loadings. The expressions for the elastic moduli and the yield strengths under tensile and compressive loadings were derived which take account of thermal residual stresses. The asymmetries in the elastic modulus and the yield strength were interpreted using the derived expressions and the obtained results of the stress calculations. The model predictions have exhibited good agreements with the experimental results and also with the other theoretical predictions
基金2023 International Chinese Teaching Practice Innovation Project(YHJXCX23-039)2024-2025 Higher Education Fund of the Macao SAR Government(MF2342)+2 种基金National Social Science Fund of China(BBA230063)National Social Science Fund of China(BCA200090)Research on the Training Path of Innovative Thinking Ability of College Students in Guangdong(2023GXJK233)。
文摘With the development of modern information technology and network society,the era of digital transformation has arrived,many educational resources have been developed and utilized,and the problem of space-time separation of global Chinese learners is gradually being solved.The use of mobile application learning can achieve convenient and fast learning,reduce learning costs,and flexibly adjust learning progress.After experiencing COVID-19,the demand for human-computer interaction in mobile learning is even more necessary.Therefore,to make applications achieve seamless docking with the needs of learners in the design of learning,the research investigates and analyzes the five dimensions of time,space,mode,subject,and object.The research tests the reliability and validity of the questionnaire,removes the relevant items and conducts non-parametric tests,then puts forward corresponding strategies according to the results of the questionnaire.It aims to enhance the efficiency of Chinese learners in HSK(Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi,Chinese Proficiency Test)learning and promote Chinese learning and the spread of the Chinese language and culture.
文摘Short-term overseas study tours, as a new type of cross-cultural autonomy education in the era of globalization, aims to help students improve their intercultural communication competence through tourism and cultural learning. Many studies' subjects are concentrated on the higher learning institutions. However, few of them are concerned about application-oriented university students' ICC. So the behavior and role of students' ICC in the overseas study tours in 2016 and 2017 in one of the application-oriented universities in Zhejiang province becomes the main focus. It exams from three aspects: intercultural attitudes, knowledge and behaviors. Basically, students benefit a lot from study tours, especially in the aspect of practical communication, among which, they change from shy, inexperienced learners to be brave, confident, and skilled in the tours. Also, considering the problems of host school are existed, the suggestions proposed by participants that practical courses of destination countries had better be arranged for students to understand and adapt to it beforehand. Besides, more communication and interactions between students and teachers should be increased to create a more active and relaxed classroom atmosphere, which contribute to mobilize students' initiative and enthusiasm to better become a complementary influence to promote students' ICC.
基金NationalScienceFoundationofChina (No .70 2 72 0 0 2 )
文摘The evaluation algorithm and the application of the influence diagram were surveyed, which argues that to construct an explicit, compact and objective influence diagram is of the most importance. There are two suggested ways for realization of the influence diagram: introducing the achievements of the modern psychology, cognitive science, behavior science, and so on to represent and solve uncertainty to build a well-constructed influence diagram; based on the observed data to build an influence diagram. Also, the limitations of the influence diagram were analyzed, such as that it cannot deal with asymmetric problems efficiently, cannot picture dynamic problems, cannot model the problems with a limitless horizon, and ther is no highly efficient algorithm. And some potential methods to overcome these limitations were pointed out.
基金funded by the 2024 Research Project of Guangdong Academy of Human Resources-Research on the Training Mode of Digital Information-based Applied Talents in Private Higher Education Institutions of Guangdong Province(No.GDHRS-24-02-030)the 2023 Education and Teaching Reform Project of Guangzhou Institute of Science and Technology-Research on the Training Path of Applied Talents for Human Resource Management in Private Higher Education Institutions of Guangdong Province(No.2023JG056)Qualified Curriculum Construction Project of Guangzhou Institute of Science and Technology-Modern Enterprise Management(No.2024HGKC06).
文摘This study takes the human resource management major of Guangzhou Institute of Science and Technology as an example to discuss the factors influencing the applied talent training mode and improvement paths under digital informatization.The research points out that digital informatization poses new challenges and opportunities to higher education and requires the applied talent training mode to practice and innovate.This study identified five key influencing factors of the applied talent training mode under digital informatization:curriculum setting,teaching methods,faculty structure,practical teaching,and student training.This research presents the improvement paths,including optimizing curriculum settings,innovating teaching methods,adjusting teacher structure,improving practical teaching,and creating student training.Implementing these paths will help students master the latest knowledge and skills of digital informatization,improve their practical ability and innovative thinking to meet the social demand for human resource management professionals,and promote the development of higher education system.
基金Supported by International Plant Nutrition Institute,China Program~~
文摘[Objective] China is the world's largest fertilizer consumer. Fertilizer plays an important role in maintaining China's food security. Along with population and economic growth, overuse of fertilizers has caused serious environmental problems, such as soil acidification, decline in soil organic carbon, and agricultural non-point source pollution. This study aimed to analyze the factors influencing farmers" decision making on fertilizer use, and provide policy recommendations on ways to affect fertilization. [Method] An econometric model reflecting fertilization of rural households was estimated from a survey distributed to 1 043 households randomly selected from 19 provinces in China. [Result] Results of the study showed that education years of fertilizer decision maker, fertilizer quality, organic fertilizer application, fertilizer price, and agricultural product price had significant effects on the fertilizer application rate at 1% level. Soil nutrient affected the fertilizer application rate at 10% level. [Conclusion] Policies aimed at improving the reasonable use of fertilizer should focus on the regulation of chemical fertilizer price, foundation of the organic-inorganic fertilizer system, soil testing, formulated fertilization, and agricultural extension service.
文摘This paper firstly sheds much light upon metaphor operation from the conceptual strata,parts of metaphor and types of metaphor to investigate the interior characteristics.The deep structure and the surface structure of metaphor unite metaphorical concepts with application of metaphor in the literature works and life.
基金Under the auspices of National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41271179)。
文摘As cultural facilities,physical bookstore is an important part of urban infrastructure.Influenced by the development of social economy and the internet,physical bookstores also have become a combination of cultural space and tourism experience.In this case,it is necessary to explore the spatial characteristics and influencing factors of physical bookstores.This study uses Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise(DBSCAN),spatial analysis and geographical detectors to calculate the spatial distribution pattern and factors influencing physical bookstores in national central cities/municipality(hereafter using cities)in western China.Based on spatial data,population density,road density and other data,this study constructed a data set of the influencing factors of physical bookstores,consisting of 11 factors along 6 dimensions for 3 national central cities in western China.The results are as follows:first,the spatial distribution pattern of physical bookstores in Xi’an,Chengdu,and Chongqing is unbalanced.The spatial distribution of physical bookstores in Xi’an and Chongqing is from southwest to northeast and are relatively clustered,while those in Chengdu are relatively discrete.Second,the spatial distribution pattern of physical bookstores has been formed under the influence of different factors.The intensity and significance of influencing factors differ in the case cities.However,in general,the social factor,business factor,the density of research facilities,tourism factor and road density are the main driving factors in the three cities.There is a synergistic relationship between public libraries and physical bookstores.Third,the explanatory power becomes stronger after the interaction between various factors.In Xi’an and Chengdu,the density of communities and the density of research facilities have stronger explanatory power for the dependent variable after interacting with other factors.However,in Chongqing,the traffic factors have stronger explanatory power for the dependent variable after interacting with other factors.The results could provide a practical reference for the sustainable development of physical bookstores and encourage a love of reading among the public.
文摘With the continuous development and progress of the market economy,the number of building construction projects is increasing.In order to effectively improve the quality of housing construction projects,relevant departments must actively promote various quality supervision and management technologies in order to fundamentally improve the construction engineering technology.The monitoring effect to a certain extent achieves the sustainable development goals of the quality of construction projects.This paper combines the case to analyse the factors affecting the operation of anti-leakage construction technology in the construction project,and discusses the application path of technology in the construction of housing construction.
文摘This article explains how two AI systems have been incorporated into the everyday operations of two Singapore public healthcare nation‐wide screening programs.The first example is embedded within the setting of a national level population health screening program for diabetes related eye diseases,targeting the rapidly increasing number of adults in the country with diabetes.In the second example,the AI assisted screening is done shortly after a person is admitted to one of the public hospitals to identify which inpatients—especially which elderly patients with complex conditions—have a high risk of being readmitted as an inpatient multiple times in the months following discharge.Ways in which healthcare needs and the clinical operations context influenced the approach to designing or deploying the AI systems are highlighted,illustrating the multiplicity of factors that shape the requirements for successful large‐scale deployments of AI systems that are deeply embedded within clinical workflows.In the first example,the choice was made to use the system in a semi‐automated(vs.fully automated)mode as this was assessed to be more cost‐effective,though still offering substantial productivity improvement.In the second example,machine learning algorithm design and model execution trade-offs were made that prioritized key aspects of patient engagement and inclusion over higher levels of predictive accuracy.The article concludes with several lessons learned related to deploying AI systems within healthcare settings,and also lists several other AI efforts already in deployment and in the pipeline for Singapore's public healthcare system.