Systematic and Theoretical Unfolding of Research on Xi Jinping’s Discourses on Respecting and Protecting Human Rights

Xi Jinping’s discourses on respecting and protect-ing human rights stand as a shining example of the sinicization and modernization of Marxist human rights theory,embodying profound theoretical,political,practical,and cultural logic.Existing research has conducted comprehensive and systematic theoretical analysis and academic extractions on the following contents:the core essence in-herent in these important discourses,including the“theory of human rights concepts,”the“theory of human rights paths,”the“theory of human rights practices,”the“theory of human rights protection,”and the“theory of human rights governance,”along with their profound theoretical significance,practical significance,and global signifi-cance.In the future,researchers should emphasize efforts on studying the original texts and understanding the original principles.While focusing on the precision of concepts,the scientific nature of the prop-ositions,the maturity of theoretical systems,and the rigor of internal logic related to Xi Jinping’s discourses on respecting and protecting human rights,researchers should also pay attention to constructing a discourse system on human rights from the dimensions of discourse power,discourse cluster,and discourse field.Researchers should be adept at drawing innovative insights into human rights theory from China’s vibrant human rights practices and the vast masses of people.This approach will facilitate the systematic unfolding,academic trans-formation,and innovative development of Xi Jinping’s discourses on respecting and protecting human rights.

The Impact of Central Environmental Inspections on the Perception of Respect for Human Rights and Its Empirical Analysis

To develop China’s human rights cause with a people-centered approach,we should pay close attention to the concrete experiences of the general public regarding the protection of human rights.Deepening the research on the perception of respect for human rights can contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the practical achievements of the hu man rights cause.Public environmental rights,as a new type of human rights,have become an important aspect of the development of the human rights cause in the new era.The central envi ronmental inspection,as an authoritative and interventionist vertical governance mechanism,promotes the implementation of environmental policies by local Party committees and govern ments and strengthens environmental information disclosure and public participation in environ mental matters.As a result,it contributes to the realization of public environmental rights and stimulates public perception of respect for human rights.Among them,the“look-back inspec tion is an important component of the central environmental inspection,and its implemen tation consolidates and enhances the previous inspection work.An empirical analysis based on the World Values Survey’s data for China indicates that residents in the provinces that have underg one“look-back inspections are more inclined to believe that human rights are adequately re spected compared to residents in the provinces that have not underwent such inspections.It suggests that the advancement and improvement of the central environmental inspection system promote improvements in ecological environment quality and contribute to enhancing the public percep tion of respect for human rights.

重塑对教师的尊重——美国“RESPECT”项目评介

为了提高教育质量,奥巴马政府出台了"RESPECT"项目,拨款50亿美元全面改善教师教育质量。"RESPECT"意指确保教育成功、专业求精和合作教学,其目标是通过一系列的教师教育改革,最终把教育塑造成为最受尊重的职业。

美国“RESPECT”计划:深化中小学教学专业改革

美国教育部自2012年2月开始推行"RESPECT"计划,提出了"教学与领导"的共同愿景,明确了建设责任分担和共同决策的文化、培养和吸引优秀人才、促进教师专业发展、培养高效的校长与教师、提高教师薪酬等教学专业改革的七大核心内容,以更好地培养、招聘、支持、挽留并奖励优秀教师和校长。该计划呈现出重视来自一线教师和校长的声音、注重提升教师地位、强调教师终身发展、关注校长角色定位等特征。

教学专业化变革:美国RESPECT项目的实施蓝图探析

"重新认识教育成功、专业求精和合作教学"(RESPECT)项目是美国教育部致力于开展教学专业化变革的一个重大计划。项目主要从七个方面促进教学专业化发展,即分担责任与领导力、招聘与准备、成长与发展、评估、待遇与提升、学校环境和社区参与。项目具有一定的实施基础,从命名到政策框架再到实施目标都体现了尊重教师及提升教学专业化的重要性。

Reflection and operationalization of the common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities principle in the transparency framework under the international climate change regime

“Common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities”(CBDRRC) is the most significant guiding principle in the international climate change regime, created by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1992 and inherited by the Paris Agreement 24 years later. This paper examines the operationalization of the CBDRRC principle in one of the cornerstone rules of the regimedits transparency provisions, both in existing practice under the convention and possible evolvement in negotiations under the Paris Agreement, from the perspectives of both international rule-making and domestic implementation. The authors have found a continuous enhancement of the transparency framework since the 1990s, and gradual consolidation of a bifurcated system between developed and developing countries into a common one. The authors argue that the transparency framework, as part of the procedural rules, should be designed to facilitate transparent information sharing in accordance with substantive commitments under international climate change laws. Thus, it indirectly reflects historical responsibilities for climate change, while the framework should also be designed as feasible and reflective of the respective capabilities of nations. Finally, the evolution of the transparency framework will aim to enact common and enhanced provisions while differentiating between developed and developing countries in the near term, and greater transparency-related capacity-building for developing countries.

ORTHOGONAL MATRIX POLYNOMIALS WITH RESPECT TO LINEAR MATRIX MOMENT FUNCTION ALS:THEORY AND APPLICATIONS

In this paper orthogonal matrix polynomials with respect to a right matrix moment functional an introduced. Basic results, important examples and applications to the approximation of matrix integrals are studied. Error bounds for the proposed matrix quadrature rules are given.

Variations in Wear Resistance of a Novel Triboalloy Pseudoelastic TiNi Alloy-with Respect to its Pseudoelasticity and Hardness

It has recently been found that TiNt shape memory alloy has another attractive property; high resistance to wear. The wear resistance of this alloy benefits from its pseudoelasticity (PE). It has, however, been noticed that other mechanical properties also affect the wear resistance, especially the hardness. Research was conducted to investigate the correlation between the wear resistance and both the PE and hardness. It has been demonstrated that when the PE is high, lower hardness leads to higher wear resistance.

THE FEKETE-SZEG PROBLEM FOR CLOSE-TO-CONVEX FUNCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE KOEBE FUNCTION

An analytic function f in the unit disk D ：= {z ∈ C ： ｜z｜ 〈 1}, standardly normalized, is called close-to-convex with respect to the Koebe function k（z） ：= z/（1-z）2, z ∈ D, if there exists δ ∈ （-π/2,π/2） such that Re {eiδ（1-z）2f′（z）} 〉 0, z ∈ D. For the class C（k） of all close-to-convex functions with respect to k, related to the class of functions convex in the positive direction of the imaginary axis, the Fekete-Szego problem is studied.

Effect of Respective Additions of Ga, Zr and Combined Additions of Co, Ga, Zr on Magnetic Properties of Remanence-enhanced Nd_(8.4) Fe_(87.1) B_(4.5) Alloy

The effect of a partial substitution of Zr, Ga; Co and Ga; Co. Ga and Zr; respectively, for Fe on the structure and magnetic properties of Nd_8.4Fe_87.1B_4.5 alloy prepared by mechanical alloying has been studied in detail. It has been shown that, intrinsic coercivity μ0 H_c and maximum magnetic energy product (BH)_max increase for only Zr or Ga-containing samples, which is mainly due to the refinement of soft grains. The combined addition of Co and Ga is less effective for improving μoH_c and (BH)_max than the respective addition of Co or Ga. which may be due to the formation of CsCl-type CoGa. μoH_c and (BH)_max for combined Co, Ga. Zr-added alloy are higher than those for the combined Co, Ga-added alloy but lower than those for only Zr-containing alloy.

LEIBNIZ′FORMULA OF GENERALIZED DIFFERENCE WITH RESPECT TO A CLASS OF DIFFERENTIAL OPERATORS AND RECURRENCE FORMULA OF THEIR GREEN′S FUNCTION

In this paper, Leibniz' formula of generalized divided difference with respect to a class of differential operators whose basic sets of solutions have power form, is considered. The recurrence formula of Green function about the operators is also given.

ORTHOGONAL MATRIX POLYNOMIALS WITH RESPECT TO A CONJUGATE BILINEAR MATRIX MOMENT FUNCTIONAL: BASIC THEORY

In this paper basic results for a theory of orthogonal matrix polynomials with respect to a conjugate bilinear matrix moment functional are proposed. Properties of orthogonal matrix polynomial sequences including a three term matrix relationship are given. Positive definite conjugate bilinear matrix moment functionals are introduced and a characterization of positive definiteness in terms of a block Haenkel moment matrix is established. For each positive definite conjugate bilinear matrix moment functional an associated matrix inner product is defined.

Professor Yuan Cheng (Bert) Fung:My Respected Mentor and Cherished Friend

On September 14,2008,Drs.Shu Chien,Peter Chen,Geert Schmid-Schonbein,Pin Tong and I had the great pleasure of organizing a beautiful event in San Diego,California to celebration Dr.Fung’s 90thbirthday with his students,friends and family[1].The team gave me the honor and privilege to be the banquet speaker.I titled my speech as“Dr.Fung:My Respected Mentor and Cherished Friend”-something for those of you who have known Dr.Fung well can“resonate”.Still,I would like to take this opportunity to share with you an excerpt of the story I told about this great gentle man.

Architectural Space and Decorative Art of Ancestral Halls in Jiangxi Province: A Case Study of the Hall of Respecting Morality

As the most important sacrificial architecture in rural China, ancestral halls are material expressions of the traditional social, cultural and artistic spirit, which contain rich historical and cultural value. Taking the Wan Clan Ancestral Hall of Sanjiang Town, Nanchang County, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province for example, this study analyzed its spatial sequence, the planar shape and the facade form, and explained the connotation of "respecting law and discipline rites and advocating moral integrity" contained in the spirit of ancestral halls.

ON THE STABILITY OF NONHOLONOMIC MECHANICAL SYSTEMS WITH RESPECT TO PARTIAL VARIABLES

In this paper. a method to study the stability of nonholonomic systems withrespect to partial variables is given and several stability theorems of nonholonomicsystems with respect to partial variables are obtained. Moreover, a relationshipbetween the stability of a nonholonomic system with respect to all variables and thatto partial variables is obtained.

WEAK STOCHASTIC INTEGRALS WITH RESPECT TO THE WIENER D'-PROCESSES

Assume that D is a nuclear space and D' its strong topological dual space. Let {B_t}t∈(0,∞) be a Wiener D'-process. In this paper, the real-valued and D'-valued weak stochastic integral with respect to {B_t} are established.AMS Subject Classification. 60H05.

Derivative of a Determinant with Respect to an Eigenvalue in the Modified Cholesky Decomposition of a Symmetric Matrix, with Applications to Nonlinear Analysis

In this paper, we obtain a formula for the derivative of a determinant with respect to an eigenvalue in the modified Cholesky decomposition of a symmetric matrix, a characteristic example of a direct solution method in computational linear algebra. We apply our proposed formula to a technique used in nonlinear finite-element methods and discuss methods for determining singular points, such as bifurcation points and limit points. In our proposed method, the increment in arc length (or other relevant quantities) may be determined automatically, allowing a reduction in the number of basic parameters. The method is particularly effective for banded matrices, which allow a significant reduction in memory requirements as compared to dense matrices. We discuss the theoretical foundations of our proposed method, present algorithms and programs that implement it, and conduct numerical experiments to investigate its effectiveness.

Understanding heart failure in the elderly with respect to diastolic dysfunction and role for natriuretic peptides

The current issue of the Journal of Geriatric Cardiology contains an interesting paper by Dr. Yixin Song and colleagues raising important issues in the diagnosis and management of heart failure in elderly patients. Readers of this journal are in all likelihood aware that the epidemic of heart failure is of great impact medically and economically worldwide.

Respect for Patients’ Right to Autonomy

In this review article we examine the laws and rulings regarding informed consent.It is well known that the patient must give valid consent to medical treatment;and it is his or her prerogative to refuse treatment even if the said treatment will save his or her life.No doubt this raises many ethical debates and falls at the heart of medical law today.There is widespread refusal of or withdrawal from medical treatment by patients suffering from illnesses,including communicable and non-communicable diseases.In Papua New Guinea(PNG)while a patient has a right to refuse treatment,there is no legal right to demand treatment.The paper seeks to clarify the nature,extent and importance of a patient’s right to respect for autonomy from the practitioner.We will attempt to conceptualise the patient’s autonomy by exploring the legal framework of consent or more specifically informed consent.Where the law of PNG differs from the laws of other parts of the world we have focused on the laws of the former.The legal aspects and guidance by the regulatory authorities apply only to PNG.