The movement of the Iron&Steelmaking(I&S)industry towards Net-Zero emissions and digitalized processes through disruptive,breakthrough technologies will be achieved through the use of Hydrogen.The biggest chal...The movement of the Iron&Steelmaking(I&S)industry towards Net-Zero emissions and digitalized processes through disruptive,breakthrough technologies will be achieved through the use of Hydrogen.The biggest challenge for the refractory industry is to continue to meet the performance expectations while,at the same time,moving to a more sustainable production direction.The complexity and urgency of these technological changes,highlighted by the European Green Deal,requires ambitious,international,interdisciplinary and intersectoral projects,bringing together institutes from across the global value chain,to carry out cutting edge research.The European Union,through its flagship doctoral training program,MSCA,has,and continues to support research and development as well as the promotion of the refractory industry in Europe.An introduction to two MSCA projects and some of the results achieved are highlighted within this article.展开更多
The sixth China International Import Expo(CIIE),the world’s first national-level import-themed expo,saw a total of 78.41 billion U.S.dollars’worth of tentative deals reached for one-year purchases of goods and servi...The sixth China International Import Expo(CIIE),the world’s first national-level import-themed expo,saw a total of 78.41 billion U.S.dollars’worth of tentative deals reached for one-year purchases of goods and services,setting a record high.展开更多
Now the world has entered into an era of cross-cultural communication. Cultures influence and infiltrate one another. Willing or not, people must first encounter culture shock when they migrate from a familiar cultura...Now the world has entered into an era of cross-cultural communication. Cultures influence and infiltrate one another. Willing or not, people must first encounter culture shock when they migrate from a familiar cultural background to a strange one. This thesis analyzes what causes culture shock and puts forward some suggestions to deal with it. Those who are about to go into a new culture environment may have some mental preparation.展开更多
The stigma associated with the disease may be as subtle as avoidance,or dramatic as physical aggression.COVID-19 has begun to cause social disruption by growing disease-related stigma and xenophobia against some cultu...The stigma associated with the disease may be as subtle as avoidance,or dramatic as physical aggression.COVID-19 has begun to cause social disruption by growing disease-related stigma and xenophobia against some cultural,national,racial or religious groups worldwide.1 People of East Asian origin and those with facial features like them,or those with a travel history to areas affected by the outbreak,are especially being subjected to xenophobia in personal contact and online threats.COVID-19 has arisen as an unknown and newly emerged highly contagious infection that has spread rapidly across the globe and is associated with high mortality,leading to fear of encountering those infected.2 Leaders across the world have taken strict measures such as lockdowns and shutdown of various vital services that have caused chaos in people’s lives and increased concerns about the disease.3 Box 1 lists the factors leading to stigmatisation towards those infected with COVID-19.展开更多
A method of dealing with two-target problem in terms of coordinate transformation and differential game is presented in this paper. It has analysed the capture region, escape region and danger region. This approach is...A method of dealing with two-target problem in terms of coordinate transformation and differential game is presented in this paper. It has analysed the capture region, escape region and danger region. This approach is helpful to a pilot to possess the favourable position in an air-to-air combat in plane.展开更多
A new method is presented for dealing with asymmetrical Abel inversion in this paper.We separate the integrated quantity into odd and even parts using Yasutomo's method. The asymmetric local value is expressed as ...A new method is presented for dealing with asymmetrical Abel inversion in this paper.We separate the integrated quantity into odd and even parts using Yasutomo's method. The asymmetric local value is expressed as the product of a weight function and a symmetric local value. The symmetric distribution is expanded into Fourier-Bessel series. The coefficients of the series are determined by the use of a least-square-fitting method.展开更多
Resale price maintenance(RPM) exerts both positive and negative influences on the market competition.Such duality and the consequent difficulties in presenting evidence have often become highly controversial issues in...Resale price maintenance(RPM) exerts both positive and negative influences on the market competition.Such duality and the consequent difficulties in presenting evidence have often become highly controversial issues in anti-monopoly law enforcement.We found that in reality,effects of jump-dealing and RPM can offset each other.This paper systematically proposed the offsetting theory of jump-dealing and RPM,and analyzed their policy implications for anti price monopoly,thus providing some simple principles and methods to the law enforcement against vertical price monopoly.This will not only reduce the possible "superfluous actions " in current law enforcement,but also help avoid compounded mistakes due to difficulties of enforcement.展开更多
This study aimed to clarify the characteristics of Japanese male family caregivers in terms of their sense of care burden, their capacity to deal with stress, and their subjective sense of well-being. A survey consist...This study aimed to clarify the characteristics of Japanese male family caregivers in terms of their sense of care burden, their capacity to deal with stress, and their subjective sense of well-being. A survey consisting of questionnaires and interviews was conducted from March to May 2014 in the subjects’ homes. Subjects were 27 Japanese males (the age range: 54 - 85) who provided home care for their family member. Caregivers who were good at relieving stress or who had a subjective sense of well-being were found to have a low care burden. The types and seriousness of diseases of the care recipients were not related to the caregivers’ sense of burden, capacity to deal with stress, or subjective sense of well-being. Based on the interview results, caregivers were found to have the following characteristics: they were particular about methods of care;they learned how to provide home care by themselves;they used their social intelligence in home care;they always provided home care while keeping the future in mind;and most notably, they considered home care to be their primary occupation. On the whole, male caregivers were found to alleviate the burdens of home care by making use of the nursing-care service systems that enabled them to relieve stress and enjoy their leisure time. Caregivers considered home care to be their occupation and used their past social experiences. The workforce helped them deal with the care recipients’ health conditions or day-to-day changes so that they could overcome the care burden.展开更多
Protecting the rights and interests of workers and staff members constitutes an important aspect of China's human rights protection. At the time when the country is dealing with impacts of the global financial crisis...Protecting the rights and interests of workers and staff members constitutes an important aspect of China's human rights protection. At the time when the country is dealing with impacts of the global financial crisis, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions has been working fruitfully and effectively to accelerate economic and social development and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of workers, therefore making contributions to the protection of the rights and interests of Chinese workers. Now I would like to make a brief introduction on this subject.展开更多
The iconic image of a giant radiating dyke swarm subsequently fragmented into three pieces via supercontinental breakup was produced by Paul May in1971(see next page).That figure presented a large part of
China National Offshore Oil Co. (CNOOC) and two other companies had jointly signed two new production-sharing contracts to explore offshore oil and natural gas fields in Myanmar. CNOOCs Myanmar Ltd., China Huanqiu ...China National Offshore Oil Co. (CNOOC) and two other companies had jointly signed two new production-sharing contracts to explore offshore oil and natural gas fields in Myanmar. CNOOCs Myanmar Ltd., China Huanqiu Contracting and Engineering Corp. and Golden Aaron Pte. Ltd. of Singapore had signed contracts with展开更多
Dealing with climate change has attracted global attention,and promoting carbon emission reduction and achieving carbon neutrality is the policy goal pursued by numerous countries.In the past year,to adapt to the tren...Dealing with climate change has attracted global attention,and promoting carbon emission reduction and achieving carbon neutrality is the policy goal pursued by numerous countries.In the past year,to adapt to the trend of the global low-carbon transition,cope with extreme climate phenomena,reduce the impact of the EU carbon border tax,compete for the international discourse power,and seek breakthroughs in relations with the US and Europe,Russia’s cognition and position concerning climate change has changed signifcantly;Russia is taking increasingly active steps to achieve carbon neutrality goals.Therefore,it has launched a Green New Deal.However,due to restrictions by internal and external factors,it will be a long and difcult process for Russia’s real green transformation from concept to policy and action.展开更多
Without cooperative behaviors, our society or organization falls into social dilemma situations where every member selects uncooperative (defective) behaviors, and the situation gets worse and worse. Such a situatio...Without cooperative behaviors, our society or organization falls into social dilemma situations where every member selects uncooperative (defective) behaviors, and the situation gets worse and worse. Such a situation in a society or an organization leads to violation of social or organizational rules, and at the worst case it suffers from serious accidents or scandals. Therefore, it is important for us to make efforts and take measures to elicit cooperative behaviors. It was demonstrated theoretically that altruism strategy and adaptive prediction and ascertainment strategy are in some cases better than rational strategy under the situation of social dilemma. We built up a mathematical model in order to examine how the probability of correctly predicting and ascertaining the behavior (cooperation or defection) of opponents and the mixture of (a) altruism (all cooperation) strategy, (b) individualism (all defection) strategy, and (c) adaptive prediction and ascertainment strategy affected the expected profit. Simulation results showed that the tit-for-tat strategy was better than the rational (individualism) strategy when the probability of correctly predicting and ascertaining defection of the opponent was considerably higher. As an application of the basic study above, it was explored, using a simulation method, how such a system as opening reputation or peer review in public could work satisfactorily to prevent defective behaviors in auction dealing. The result showed that the information on the handle name and the reputation effectively worked to prevent defective behaviors.展开更多
The annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co- operation (APEC) forum in Hawaii will have something more concrete to focus on than the usual bromides about extending free trade in the region. Barack Obama, the ho...The annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co- operation (APEC) forum in Hawaii will have something more concrete to focus on than the usual bromides about extending free trade in the region. Barack Obama, the host, will use the occasion to laud progress展开更多
President Barack Obama travels to Honolulu to meet with the 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation bloc. The president hopes to advance a trade deal few know about but that could shape the future of U.S. commerci...President Barack Obama travels to Honolulu to meet with the 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation bloc. The president hopes to advance a trade deal few know about but that could shape the future of U.S. commercial relations overall, and with fast-growing展开更多
最近读到郑孝通编写的《今日大众英语》,真是爱不释手。该书编入42篇涉及当今热门话题的精悍时文,由此展示了人们极想知道的大量现代生活常用词语。书中所附译、注和练习,精当实用,体例别致,又是一绝。当然,再好的书也难免有疏漏。下面...最近读到郑孝通编写的《今日大众英语》,真是爱不释手。该书编入42篇涉及当今热门话题的精悍时文,由此展示了人们极想知道的大量现代生活常用词语。书中所附译、注和练习,精当实用,体例别致,又是一绝。当然,再好的书也难免有疏漏。下面我想就其中第二篇 China’s First State-level Fu-tures Market(中国首家国家级期货市场)中两个词语的含义提出商榷意见。一、这篇文章第1和第10自然段先后出现 deal with 和 deal in 两个词组,都用来当“经营(商品)”讲。(限于篇幅,恕不引用原文)编者又在“短语鉴别”栏列出词条“deal with:经营”。(见该书第10页)可是,根据多种权威词典的解释:“经营商品”只能说 deal in certain goods,跟商人做买卖才说 deal展开更多
基金the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No.764987.The CESAREF project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programunder grant agreement No.101072625.
文摘The movement of the Iron&Steelmaking(I&S)industry towards Net-Zero emissions and digitalized processes through disruptive,breakthrough technologies will be achieved through the use of Hydrogen.The biggest challenge for the refractory industry is to continue to meet the performance expectations while,at the same time,moving to a more sustainable production direction.The complexity and urgency of these technological changes,highlighted by the European Green Deal,requires ambitious,international,interdisciplinary and intersectoral projects,bringing together institutes from across the global value chain,to carry out cutting edge research.The European Union,through its flagship doctoral training program,MSCA,has,and continues to support research and development as well as the promotion of the refractory industry in Europe.An introduction to two MSCA projects and some of the results achieved are highlighted within this article.
文摘The sixth China International Import Expo(CIIE),the world’s first national-level import-themed expo,saw a total of 78.41 billion U.S.dollars’worth of tentative deals reached for one-year purchases of goods and services,setting a record high.
文摘Now the world has entered into an era of cross-cultural communication. Cultures influence and infiltrate one another. Willing or not, people must first encounter culture shock when they migrate from a familiar cultural background to a strange one. This thesis analyzes what causes culture shock and puts forward some suggestions to deal with it. Those who are about to go into a new culture environment may have some mental preparation.
文摘The stigma associated with the disease may be as subtle as avoidance,or dramatic as physical aggression.COVID-19 has begun to cause social disruption by growing disease-related stigma and xenophobia against some cultural,national,racial or religious groups worldwide.1 People of East Asian origin and those with facial features like them,or those with a travel history to areas affected by the outbreak,are especially being subjected to xenophobia in personal contact and online threats.COVID-19 has arisen as an unknown and newly emerged highly contagious infection that has spread rapidly across the globe and is associated with high mortality,leading to fear of encountering those infected.2 Leaders across the world have taken strict measures such as lockdowns and shutdown of various vital services that have caused chaos in people’s lives and increased concerns about the disease.3 Box 1 lists the factors leading to stigmatisation towards those infected with COVID-19.
文摘A method of dealing with two-target problem in terms of coordinate transformation and differential game is presented in this paper. It has analysed the capture region, escape region and danger region. This approach is helpful to a pilot to possess the favourable position in an air-to-air combat in plane.
文摘A new method is presented for dealing with asymmetrical Abel inversion in this paper.We separate the integrated quantity into odd and even parts using Yasutomo's method. The asymmetric local value is expressed as the product of a weight function and a symmetric local value. The symmetric distribution is expanded into Fourier-Bessel series. The coefficients of the series are determined by the use of a least-square-fitting method.
基金phase-wise achievement of the project B-T-C Paradigm and Application of "Jump-dealing"(Project No.:71272190)funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,headed by Professor Yu Li,vice president of Tianjin University of Finance and Economics,director of Center for Economic Analysis of Law and Policy Evaluation and member of Expert Advisory Board of the State Council Anti-monopoly Commission of China
文摘Resale price maintenance(RPM) exerts both positive and negative influences on the market competition.Such duality and the consequent difficulties in presenting evidence have often become highly controversial issues in anti-monopoly law enforcement.We found that in reality,effects of jump-dealing and RPM can offset each other.This paper systematically proposed the offsetting theory of jump-dealing and RPM,and analyzed their policy implications for anti price monopoly,thus providing some simple principles and methods to the law enforcement against vertical price monopoly.This will not only reduce the possible "superfluous actions " in current law enforcement,but also help avoid compounded mistakes due to difficulties of enforcement.
文摘This study aimed to clarify the characteristics of Japanese male family caregivers in terms of their sense of care burden, their capacity to deal with stress, and their subjective sense of well-being. A survey consisting of questionnaires and interviews was conducted from March to May 2014 in the subjects’ homes. Subjects were 27 Japanese males (the age range: 54 - 85) who provided home care for their family member. Caregivers who were good at relieving stress or who had a subjective sense of well-being were found to have a low care burden. The types and seriousness of diseases of the care recipients were not related to the caregivers’ sense of burden, capacity to deal with stress, or subjective sense of well-being. Based on the interview results, caregivers were found to have the following characteristics: they were particular about methods of care;they learned how to provide home care by themselves;they used their social intelligence in home care;they always provided home care while keeping the future in mind;and most notably, they considered home care to be their primary occupation. On the whole, male caregivers were found to alleviate the burdens of home care by making use of the nursing-care service systems that enabled them to relieve stress and enjoy their leisure time. Caregivers considered home care to be their occupation and used their past social experiences. The workforce helped them deal with the care recipients’ health conditions or day-to-day changes so that they could overcome the care burden.
文摘Protecting the rights and interests of workers and staff members constitutes an important aspect of China's human rights protection. At the time when the country is dealing with impacts of the global financial crisis, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions has been working fruitfully and effectively to accelerate economic and social development and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of workers, therefore making contributions to the protection of the rights and interests of Chinese workers. Now I would like to make a brief introduction on this subject.
文摘The iconic image of a giant radiating dyke swarm subsequently fragmented into three pieces via supercontinental breakup was produced by Paul May in1971(see next page).That figure presented a large part of
文摘China National Offshore Oil Co. (CNOOC) and two other companies had jointly signed two new production-sharing contracts to explore offshore oil and natural gas fields in Myanmar. CNOOCs Myanmar Ltd., China Huanqiu Contracting and Engineering Corp. and Golden Aaron Pte. Ltd. of Singapore had signed contracts with
文摘Dealing with climate change has attracted global attention,and promoting carbon emission reduction and achieving carbon neutrality is the policy goal pursued by numerous countries.In the past year,to adapt to the trend of the global low-carbon transition,cope with extreme climate phenomena,reduce the impact of the EU carbon border tax,compete for the international discourse power,and seek breakthroughs in relations with the US and Europe,Russia’s cognition and position concerning climate change has changed signifcantly;Russia is taking increasingly active steps to achieve carbon neutrality goals.Therefore,it has launched a Green New Deal.However,due to restrictions by internal and external factors,it will be a long and difcult process for Russia’s real green transformation from concept to policy and action.
文摘Without cooperative behaviors, our society or organization falls into social dilemma situations where every member selects uncooperative (defective) behaviors, and the situation gets worse and worse. Such a situation in a society or an organization leads to violation of social or organizational rules, and at the worst case it suffers from serious accidents or scandals. Therefore, it is important for us to make efforts and take measures to elicit cooperative behaviors. It was demonstrated theoretically that altruism strategy and adaptive prediction and ascertainment strategy are in some cases better than rational strategy under the situation of social dilemma. We built up a mathematical model in order to examine how the probability of correctly predicting and ascertaining the behavior (cooperation or defection) of opponents and the mixture of (a) altruism (all cooperation) strategy, (b) individualism (all defection) strategy, and (c) adaptive prediction and ascertainment strategy affected the expected profit. Simulation results showed that the tit-for-tat strategy was better than the rational (individualism) strategy when the probability of correctly predicting and ascertaining defection of the opponent was considerably higher. As an application of the basic study above, it was explored, using a simulation method, how such a system as opening reputation or peer review in public could work satisfactorily to prevent defective behaviors in auction dealing. The result showed that the information on the handle name and the reputation effectively worked to prevent defective behaviors.
文摘The annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co- operation (APEC) forum in Hawaii will have something more concrete to focus on than the usual bromides about extending free trade in the region. Barack Obama, the host, will use the occasion to laud progress
文摘President Barack Obama travels to Honolulu to meet with the 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation bloc. The president hopes to advance a trade deal few know about but that could shape the future of U.S. commercial relations overall, and with fast-growing
文摘最近读到郑孝通编写的《今日大众英语》,真是爱不释手。该书编入42篇涉及当今热门话题的精悍时文,由此展示了人们极想知道的大量现代生活常用词语。书中所附译、注和练习,精当实用,体例别致,又是一绝。当然,再好的书也难免有疏漏。下面我想就其中第二篇 China’s First State-level Fu-tures Market(中国首家国家级期货市场)中两个词语的含义提出商榷意见。一、这篇文章第1和第10自然段先后出现 deal with 和 deal in 两个词组,都用来当“经营(商品)”讲。(限于篇幅,恕不引用原文)编者又在“短语鉴别”栏列出词条“deal with:经营”。(见该书第10页)可是,根据多种权威词典的解释:“经营商品”只能说 deal in certain goods,跟商人做买卖才说 deal