Progress on research and mitigation of wind-blown sand risk in Dunhuang Singing Sand Mountain and Crescent Spring Scenic area,China

The Singing Sand Mountain and Crescent Spring Scenic Spot in Dunhuang,Northwest China is a world-renowned desert attraction that is also an integral component of the Dunhuang UNESCO Global Geopark.This scenic area underwent a 30-year transformation,i.e.,from a severe sand risk with spring water threatened by sand burial due to dune deformation,to restoration of the original sand flow field and mitigation of the sand burial problem.The current paper summarizes the research on the intensive monitoring of the dynamic change of star dunes near the spring,observation of wind and sand flow movement,and then restoring the harmonic vibration of the sand particles(singing sand)that were previously silenced.The existing and prospective impacts of anthropogenic and natural forces on the deformation of the sand dunes are investigated by integrated methods,guiding the implementation of mitigating measures with significant ameliorative effects.Contrast to common sand control practices that aim to reduce wind speed and stop blown sands,our research highlights the importance of maintaining the natural wind flow field in stabilizing surrounding dunes.These mitigation measures consist of removing excessive vegetation and newly constructed buildings to recover the original wind flow field and sand transport activity.Such research and mitigation efforts ensure the scientific protection and restoration of the special desert landform,and contribute to the mutual enhancement of the conservation and exploitation of this desert scenic spot and similar sites.

The Destruction of Diasporic White Individuals’Sense of Identity in The Grass is Singing

The importance of diaspora identity has grown in recent years as the world becomes more interconnected and diaspora individuals are increasingly involved in matters among different ethnics.The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing is considered one of the most outstanding works of literature after World War II.Interest in ethnic identity has been heightened.The book is recognized as an introspective reflection of the spiritual crisis suffered by diaspora people and societal crises of the time.The thesis will examine the oppression imposed by dominant white group by exploring the transformation of diasporic white individuals’identity.

An Ecofeminist Approach to The Grass Is Singing

The article intends to interpret The Grass Is Singing from the perspective of ecofeminism and analyze the unequal relationships between man and nature,man and woman,the white race and the black race.

The Comparison between "I Hear America Singing " and "春望"

Through the introduction of the American poem "I Hear America Singing" and its writer Walt Whitman, the Chinese poem " 春望 "and its writer:杜甫, and the comparison of these two poems in prosody, language, contents and emotion, writing techniques, political views field, etc, this essay analyses further some poetic phenomenon, and also draws a vivid picture of America in 19 century and China in 8 century.

An Analysis of "the Other" and "the Other World" in Doris Lessing's The Grass Is Singing

The term "Other" is a key concept in the framework of postcolonialism.This paper attempts to analyze the native black people's role-"the Other" in the process of colonization.The British writer Doris Lessing finds the unltimate expression in her first novel The Grass Is Singing.With the settlement of the colonizers,the South Africa has been rendered by the white colonizers as "the Other World" and the native people are regarded as "the Other" who are degraded into unspeakable animals by white people.

Jokes on Singing

A ——Why do you sing in the bathtub(浴缸)? ——The door won't lock, so I have to. B ——I've been singing ever since I was two years old. ——No wonder you're hoarse(嘶哑的). C ——Why do you always stand outside on the porch when your wife sings? ——Because I don't want the neighbors to think I'm beating her.

A HMM-based Mandarin Chinese Singing Voice Synthesis System

We propose a mandarin Chinese singing voice synthesis system, in which hidden Markov model(HMM)-based speech synthesis technique is used. A mandarin Chinese singing voice corpus is recorded and musical contextual features are well designed for training. F0 and spectrum of singing voice are simultaneously modeled with context-dependent HMMs. There is a new problem, F0 of singing voice is always sparse because of large amount of context, i.e., tempo and pitch of note, key, time signature and etc. So the features hardly ever appeared in the training data cannot be well obtained. To address this problem,difference between F0 of singing voice and that of musical score(DF0) is modeled by a single Viterbi training. To overcome the over-smoothing of the generated F0 contour, syllable level F0 model based on discrete cosine transforms(DCT) is applied, F0 contour is generated by integrating two-level statistical models.The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed system outperforms the baseline system in both objective and subjective evaluations. The proposed system can generate a more natural F0 contour. Furthermore, the syllable level F0 model can make singing voice more expressive.

The Literature Review on The Grass Is Singing

The Grass Is Singing has aroused great attention since its publication in 1950.The scholars,domestic and overseas,have studied it from various theoretical perspectives,such as feminism,post-colonialism,eco-feminism,psychoanalysis,feminist geography and archetypal criticism.They mainly focus on the form of Lessing’s artistic creation,her feminist attitude,her philosophy of life and her colonial position.This thesis intends to summarize the previous research results in recent years and then to find the space left to analyze The Grass Is Singing.

A Probe into the Features of Creation and Singing of the Vocal Caprice Moonlight on the Spring River

The vocal caprice Moonlight on the Spring River is an outstanding representative in China's vocal music art,in which singers are highly required in both humanity and singing skills.To interpret this piece of work,satisfying tone quality,good intonation and correct control of breath are all necessary,but only those who have a thorough understanding of its background and features of creation can interpret the artistic conception in Moonlight on the Spring River better and perfectly.

Efficacy of Singing Bowls in Childhood Asthma—A Pilot and Feasibility Study

The potential use of sound and vibration for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes remains largely under-explored and under-estimated.Sound and vibrational energy has great positive impact on the mind and body.It could be particularly useful for psychosomatic diseases as a complementary therapy.Singing bowls,the spiritual ancient therapy has been claimed to aid in mind relaxation and painful and inflammatory conditions.Childhood asthma is an inflammatory airway disease and a psychosomatic disorder.The psychological management in it is often neglected leading to under-treatment or a relapse.Hence,we hypothesized that sound therapy with singing bowls might be useful as complementary therapy in management of childhood asthma.We aimed to study the effect of singing bowl session on child’s asthma severity and control and on the psychological well-being.Children<18 years of age and suffering from childhood asthma were recruited after informed written consent of parents.At the baseline,demographic and clinical details were noted.Anthropometric parameters,PEFR readings,asthma severity,parental and child’s subjective feeling of well-being,asthma control score,and pediatric symptom checklist score(based on age)were determined.The child was given 15 min of singing bowl session as per the set protocol.The subjective and objective evaluation of asthma control and psychological assessment was repeated at 1 month and 3 months follow-up and compared with the baseline results for clinical significance.Eighteen children formed the study group with a mean age of 9.13±2.15 years(range 2–15.25 years).4 children had psychological issues on initial screening.There was a significant improvement in asthma severity,subjective feeling of well-being and asthma control score at 3 months(p<0.05).Singing bowl therapy could be a useful,low-cost complementary therapy in childhood asthmatics.

Low-Rank Sparse Representation with Pre-Learned Dictionaries and Side Information for Singing Voice Separation

At present, although the human speech separation has achieved fruitful results, it is not ideal for the separation of singing and accompaniment. Based on low-rank and sparse optimization theory, in this paper, we propose a new singing voice separation algorithm called Low-rank, Sparse Representation with pre-learned dictionaries and side Information (LSRi). The algorithm incorporates both the vocal and instrumental spectrograms as sparse matrix and low-rank matrix, meanwhile combines pre-learning dictionary and the reconstructed voice spectrogram form the annotation. Evaluations on the iKala dataset show that the proposed methods are effective and efficient for singing voice separation.

Discussion on the “Localization” Singing Technique Transformation of Opera in the Background of Chinese Culture

Opera has been developed in China for more than a hundred years as an “imported product” in the West. But the deep-rooted traditional ideas and the artistic aesthetics accumulated over thousands of years have also given the opera a new youth in China. Among them, the most affected area is singing technique. As one of the most intuitive external performance features of opera, singing technique has been the most affected by “localization” and has created a unique singing method belonging to China. Of course, this method is not formed in one fell swoop. The purpose of this paper is to explore the process of “localization” of opera singing technique in the context of Chinese culture, and to demonstrate it completely from the forms, methods, ideas and systems of change, so as to apply the theory more deeply to practical singing and teaching.

Singing Therapy Improving Peak Flow, Speech and Eating Abilities in Adults with Cerebral Palsy

Introduction: Individuals with cerebral palsy (CP) often suffer from speech impairments and dysphagia due to impaired motor control of the tongue and lips. Aim: To investigate the effect of singing on peak flow, speech- and swallowing abilities in individuals with CP. Method: Ten adults with CP received one-to-one singing lessons by a professional singing teacher for one hour twice a week for 6 months. Methods: The peak flow, swallowing-, speech-, and eating abilities were investigated pre, and after 3 months and 6 months of singing. Results: The meal analysis revealed that an average of eleven factors was improved after 6 months of singing. Nine out of ten participants improved their pronunciation of the letter “N” and seven participants improved their pronunciation of the letter “G”. The singing lessons increased the peak flow significantly (p = 0.02;Pre = 246 ± 36, 3 months = 287 ± 34, and 6 months = 336 ± 48). Self-reported difficulties on a 1 - 10 scale reduced significantly for both swallowing (p = 0.039) and speaking (p = 0.049). Conclusion: 6 months of singing lessons improve the peak flow, speech-, swallowing- and eating abilities in adults with CP. The present study indicates that singing is a very promising intervention for the treatment of speech and eating impairments in individuals with CP.

The Female Dilemma in The Grass Is Singing

Doris Lessing,a British female writer,published her first work,The Grass is Singing in 1950,which has attracted the attention of literary critics since its publication.From the perspectives of postcolonialism,ecology and ecofeminism,the critics interpret the racial oppression and conflicts in the African colonies and the tragic story of Mary,which is the heroine under the influence of racial discrimination.From the perspective of feminist criticism theory,this paper mainly discusses the survival and spiritual dilemma faced by Mary,the heroine who is oppressed and bound in the patriarchal society,the reasons behind Mary’s dilemma,and Mary’s behavior and measures when facing the dilemma.It reveals the survival status of women in patriarchal society,which is the author’s criticism and irony of the patriarchal society.It is of positive significance for the development of feminist literature to cry out about women’s miserable situation.

Feminism Fighter or Patriarchy Victim——Taking Grass is Singing for Example

The Grass is Singing is a complicated novel including race,gender,and other political issues.As the main character in the novel,Mary is a typical round character who are more realistic and her personalities somewhat inconsistent.A full development and complex traits also make Mary like a real person.From the perspective of feminism,should Mary be viewed as a feminism fighter or a patriarchy victim?The independence and strong-minded in her characteristics showing not only her strength,but also her identity as a colonialist.Mary is merely one of the victims of patriarchal society,for she is coerced by the social prejudice and her personal predicament between Dick and Moses.

小学英语诗歌差异教学策略谈——以Singing colours为例

小学英语教材中有一些常见的短篇韵律诗,比如Chant和Rhyme,但篇幅长且作为一个独立语篇的诗歌教学内容并不多见,因此,很多一线教师在这方面缺少实践与研究。但诗歌教学是落实学生核心素养的重要途径之一,它不仅能丰富学生的语言知识,提高语言技能,还能培养学生丰富的想象力,提升思维品质,有利于学生从不同的角度去鉴别中西方文化,形成跨文化交际能力。

How singing can make you feel better in tough times

During a morning shift change at St Marcy Mercy Livonia Hospital in Detroit,Michigan,the medical staff were feeling weary.Their surgical floor had been converted into a department for coronavirus patients and spirits were low.Nurse Lori Marie Key was asked if she would sing Amazing Grace for her colleagues during the morning briefing.So she did.As her voice soared,one of her fellow nurses filmed her.