When the umbrellas were held up against the tear gas attack in the protest on September 28, 2014, the hot issue raised by the marathon-like Yellow Umbrella Movement was not only the matter of politics but also a coinc...When the umbrellas were held up against the tear gas attack in the protest on September 28, 2014, the hot issue raised by the marathon-like Yellow Umbrella Movement was not only the matter of politics but also a coincidence created for the Hong Kong locals to face, or to be faced with an already moot cliche： How the Hongkongese can redef＇me and redeem their almost lost socio-cultural identity, particularly under the increasingly hegemonic influences and the socio-cultural invasion of the mainland after the 1997 Handover. My present paper is not intended to discuss the topic of identity on the platform of politics, or the postcolonial studies such as transculturation or cultural hybridty. But instead, I am far more interested in locating such issue on the aesthetic dimension of collective memory, which is revealed in two local contemporary Hong Kong compositions. In the process of shaping and reshaping a form of＂HongKongeseness＂ in which the composers tend to create and the local listeners tend to experience, albeit transient, can appear in every nuance of the sonic metaphor embedded in the pre-existing indigenous tunes of a self-contained compositional work.展开更多
Routh stability test is covered in almost all undergraduate control texts. It determines the stability or, a little beyond, the number of unstable roots of a polynomial in terms of the signs of certain entries of the ...Routh stability test is covered in almost all undergraduate control texts. It determines the stability or, a little beyond, the number of unstable roots of a polynomial in terms of the signs of certain entries of the Routh table constructed from the coefficients of the polynomial. The use of the Routh table, as far as the common textbooks show, is only limited to this function. We will show that the Routh table can actually be used to construct an orthonormal basis in the space of strictly proper rational functions with a common stable denominator. This orthonormal basis can then be used for many other purposes, including the computation of the H2 norm, the Hankel singular values and singular vectors, model reduction, H∞ optimization, etc. Keywords Routh stablity criterion - Orthonormal basis - Root-mean-squared value - Hankel operater - Nehari problem - Model reduction This work was supported by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council.展开更多
The Rural Development Foundation (RDF) ,founded in 1996,is an Indian nonprofit organization with the mission of providingquality education for underprivileged rural children. RDF founded and continues to operate five ...The Rural Development Foundation (RDF) ,founded in 1996,is an Indian nonprofit organization with the mission of providingquality education for underprivileged rural children. RDF founded and continues to operate five schools and one junior college in AndhraPradesh State,taking a unique holistic approach to education through innovative programs and methodology. Rather than using the con-展开更多
For every torsion free Fuchsian group F with Poincaré’s -operator norm ║г║=1, it is proved that there exists an extremal Beltrami differential of F which is also extremal under its own boundary correspondence...For every torsion free Fuchsian group F with Poincaré’s -operator norm ║г║=1, it is proved that there exists an extremal Beltrami differential of F which is also extremal under its own boundary correspondence. It is also proved that the imbedding of the Teichmüller space T(Γ) into the universal Teichmüller space T is not a global isometry unless Γ is an elementary group.展开更多
High-investment industries are facing the issueof a high level of inventories.According to thelatest statistics from an authoritative source,while prices are falling fast,inventories of theprimary aluminum industry ha...High-investment industries are facing the issueof a high level of inventories.According to thelatest statistics from an authoritative source,while prices are falling fast,inventories of theprimary aluminum industry have increasedabout 30 percent over the beginning of the year.The problem of oversupply as a result of in-vestment boom and production expansions onlow levels is emerging,rendering a new issuefor the current economic operations.For展开更多
The Munich-based chemical group WACKER is increasing its dispersible polymer pow-der capacity in China by a further 30000 tons per year by building a new spray dryer inNanjmg,Jiangsu province.Scheduled to start operat...The Munich-based chemical group WACKER is increasing its dispersible polymer pow-der capacity in China by a further 30000 tons per year by building a new spray dryer inNanjmg,Jiangsu province.Scheduled to start operations in late 2008,the new plant willbe constructed by Wacker Polymer Systems,a joint venture of WACKER of Germany andAir Products of the United States.The aim of this investment project is to secure suffi-展开更多
Sinopec Zhenhai Refining & Chemical Co.,Ltd.announced that construction on its 1.0million t/a ethylene project was completed in Zhenhai,Ningbo,Zhejiang province onDecember 28th.The company has spent RMB23.5 billio...Sinopec Zhenhai Refining & Chemical Co.,Ltd.announced that construction on its 1.0million t/a ethylene project was completed in Zhenhai,Ningbo,Zhejiang province onDecember 28th.The company has spent RMB23.5 billion to construct this project since 2007.Theproject is expected to bring sales revenue of over RMB20.0 billion to the company whenfull operational in March 2010 as scheduled.展开更多
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. announced on October30th the phase IV expansion of the tire plant of HangzhouYokohama Tire Co., Ltd., a passenger-car tire manufacturing/salecompany in China, to increase its production c...The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. announced on October30th the phase IV expansion of the tire plant of HangzhouYokohama Tire Co., Ltd., a passenger-car tire manufacturing/salecompany in China, to increase its production capacityfrom current 3 million to 5.1 million tires a year,following the vigorous demand for tires in the Chinesemarket.The expansion facility is scheduled to be operational展开更多
East Hope Group held a groundbreaking ceremony on April 26th for itschlor-alkali comprehensive project in the Lashengmiao Chlor-Alkali ChemicalPark, Wuhai, Inner Mongolia. The RMB15 billion project, which willbe opera...East Hope Group held a groundbreaking ceremony on April 26th for itschlor-alkali comprehensive project in the Lashengmiao Chlor-Alkali ChemicalPark, Wuhai, Inner Mongolia. The RMB15 billion project, which willbe operated by East Hope Group’s subsidiary Wuhai Zhonglian ChemicalCo Ltd, includes a 2 million t/a lime unit, a 2.4 million t/a calcium carbideunit, a 1 million t/a caustic soda unit, 1.2 million polyvinyl chloride展开更多
文摘When the umbrellas were held up against the tear gas attack in the protest on September 28, 2014, the hot issue raised by the marathon-like Yellow Umbrella Movement was not only the matter of politics but also a coincidence created for the Hong Kong locals to face, or to be faced with an already moot cliche： How the Hongkongese can redef＇me and redeem their almost lost socio-cultural identity, particularly under the increasingly hegemonic influences and the socio-cultural invasion of the mainland after the 1997 Handover. My present paper is not intended to discuss the topic of identity on the platform of politics, or the postcolonial studies such as transculturation or cultural hybridty. But instead, I am far more interested in locating such issue on the aesthetic dimension of collective memory, which is revealed in two local contemporary Hong Kong compositions. In the process of shaping and reshaping a form of＂HongKongeseness＂ in which the composers tend to create and the local listeners tend to experience, albeit transient, can appear in every nuance of the sonic metaphor embedded in the pre-existing indigenous tunes of a self-contained compositional work.
文摘Routh stability test is covered in almost all undergraduate control texts. It determines the stability or, a little beyond, the number of unstable roots of a polynomial in terms of the signs of certain entries of the Routh table constructed from the coefficients of the polynomial. The use of the Routh table, as far as the common textbooks show, is only limited to this function. We will show that the Routh table can actually be used to construct an orthonormal basis in the space of strictly proper rational functions with a common stable denominator. This orthonormal basis can then be used for many other purposes, including the computation of the H2 norm, the Hankel singular values and singular vectors, model reduction, H∞ optimization, etc. Keywords Routh stablity criterion - Orthonormal basis - Root-mean-squared value - Hankel operater - Nehari problem - Model reduction This work was supported by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council.
文摘The Rural Development Foundation (RDF) ,founded in 1996,is an Indian nonprofit organization with the mission of providingquality education for underprivileged rural children. RDF founded and continues to operate five schools and one junior college in AndhraPradesh State,taking a unique holistic approach to education through innovative programs and methodology. Rather than using the con-
文摘For every torsion free Fuchsian group F with Poincaré’s -operator norm ║г║=1, it is proved that there exists an extremal Beltrami differential of F which is also extremal under its own boundary correspondence. It is also proved that the imbedding of the Teichmüller space T(Γ) into the universal Teichmüller space T is not a global isometry unless Γ is an elementary group.
文摘High-investment industries are facing the issueof a high level of inventories.According to thelatest statistics from an authoritative source,while prices are falling fast,inventories of theprimary aluminum industry have increasedabout 30 percent over the beginning of the year.The problem of oversupply as a result of in-vestment boom and production expansions onlow levels is emerging,rendering a new issuefor the current economic operations.For
文摘The Munich-based chemical group WACKER is increasing its dispersible polymer pow-der capacity in China by a further 30000 tons per year by building a new spray dryer inNanjmg,Jiangsu province.Scheduled to start operations in late 2008,the new plant willbe constructed by Wacker Polymer Systems,a joint venture of WACKER of Germany andAir Products of the United States.The aim of this investment project is to secure suffi-
文摘Sinopec Zhenhai Refining & Chemical Co.,Ltd.announced that construction on its 1.0million t/a ethylene project was completed in Zhenhai,Ningbo,Zhejiang province onDecember 28th.The company has spent RMB23.5 billion to construct this project since 2007.Theproject is expected to bring sales revenue of over RMB20.0 billion to the company whenfull operational in March 2010 as scheduled.
文摘The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. announced on October30th the phase IV expansion of the tire plant of HangzhouYokohama Tire Co., Ltd., a passenger-car tire manufacturing/salecompany in China, to increase its production capacityfrom current 3 million to 5.1 million tires a year,following the vigorous demand for tires in the Chinesemarket.The expansion facility is scheduled to be operational
文摘East Hope Group held a groundbreaking ceremony on April 26th for itschlor-alkali comprehensive project in the Lashengmiao Chlor-Alkali ChemicalPark, Wuhai, Inner Mongolia. The RMB15 billion project, which willbe operated by East Hope Group’s subsidiary Wuhai Zhonglian ChemicalCo Ltd, includes a 2 million t/a lime unit, a 2.4 million t/a calcium carbideunit, a 1 million t/a caustic soda unit, 1.2 million polyvinyl chloride
