From Transcendence to ＂Altercendence＂？

There seems to be a renewed interest in the last couple decades in studying and writing about consciousness. Consciousness may be the most difficult question humans are trying to resolve. Yet eliciting transcendence, a phenomenon that rises above, or goes beyond, normal limits of consciousness, has been an identified goal for many artists in the past, possibly even in cave art. Drawing on works shown in the 2006 Art Gallery of Hamilton exposition called Sublime Embrace： Experiencing Consciousness in Contemporary Art and in the 2002 Houston Contemporary Art Museum 2002 show called THE INWARD EYE： Transcendence in Contemporary Art, the author will explore the biological, psychological, cultural, and spiritual facets of transcendence. Perhaps, with the renewed symbiotic relationship between the sciences and art, the convergence of digital media, and the emergence of global communication networks, we are at the verge of art that will create a change, an alteration in our consciousness, and an altercendent state. What this change will be is yet a mystery.

Vibrant Development and Innovation from Tradition Notes on Curating ‘Transcendence:Wu Yuanxin's Blue Calico Collection and Design Works’

OnAugust22,2023,theopeningceremony of"Transcendence:Wu Yuanxin's Blue Calico Collection and Design Works"was held in Beijing.It was co-hosted by China National Arts and Crafts Museum and China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum,Chinese Folk Literature and Art Association.

Exploring the Intersection of Spirituality and Religion:Transcendence,Secularism,and Personal Beliefs in Contemporary Society

This paper explores the intersection of spirituality and religion,focusing on how transcendence,secularism,and personal beliefs shape contemporary spiritual practices.It examines the philosophical foundations of transcendence,the rise of existentialism,and the distinction between spirituality and religion.Secularism's role in fostering personal spirituality and reducing religious authority is discussed,alongside the psychological and societal impacts of spiritual transcendence.The paper also critiques the limitations of spirituality,emphasizing the need for a balanced approach that integrates cognitive development and mental health perspectives.

Electricity Generation from Heatwaves

We chose a definition of heatwaves (HWs) that has ~4-year recurrence frequency at world hot spots. We first examined the 1940-2022 HWs climatology and trends in lifespan, severity, spatial extent, and recurrence frequency. HWs are becoming more frequent and more severe for extratropical mid- and low-latitudes. To euphemize HWs, we here propose a novel clean energy-tapping concept that utilizes the available nano-technology, micro-meteorology knowledge of temperature distribution within/without buildings, and radiative properties of earth atmosphere. The key points for a practical electricity generation scheme from HWs are defogging, insulation, and minimizing the absorption of infrared downward radiation at the cold legs of the thermoelectric generators. One sample realization is presented which, through relay with existing photovoltaic devices, provides all-day electricity supply sufficient for providing air conditioning requirement for a residence (~2000-watt throughput). The provision of power to air conditioning systems, usually imposes a significant stress on traditional city power grids during heatwaves.

The "Marrow-bone" Wisdom-Yeats' Lyrics of Transcendence

The lyrics of transcendence by William Butler Yeats is to a greatextent a comprehensive interpretation of Yeats' views on poet ics and life.According to Yeats,transcendence is essentially a cold,lofty wisdom with which human beings could transcend their innate limitations,incompleteness as well as the secularities of existence,therefore achieving the mastery over one's fate.The thematic study of Yeats' lyrics of transcendence offers an unique approach to Yeats' philosophy in art and life.

Transcendence and Wandering

Shen Congwen and Thomas Hardy are both known for their regional novels,Hardy for his "Wessex" novels,and Shen Congwen for his "World of Xiangxi" .Both writers display a sense of transcendence and wandering in their female characters.Both Xiao Xiao in Shen Congwen' s Xiao Xiao and Eustacia in Hardy' s The Return of the Native transcend the traditions and customs of their times,and experience a consequent wandering.But the ways of the two writers in presenting their heroines is quite different.While Xiao Xiao was mentally active but did nothing except follow the traditional system,Eustacia' s thought was followed by her own words and actions.

Hemingway's Transcendence in both Life and Writing

Ernest Hemingway is a productive writer full of legends. His extraordinary experiences has an enormous impact on his writing. This paper reveals Hemingway's transcendence both in life and in writing through his life experiences and some of his representative works.

Transcendence for the Values of Mahler Type Function with Several Variables

We prove the transcendence for the values of Mahler type function with several variables, which satisfies some non-linear functional equation.

Immanent Transcendence in Chinese and Western Process Thinking＊

The main classical schools of Chinese philosophy can be characterized as process thinking and their concepts are related to those of Whitehead＇s philosophy of organism. （Neo-）Confucianism, Daoism, and Chinese Buddhism all find their roots in the Yi ding with a strong emphasis on human experience of the flux of time. These Eastern and Western world views allow attempts to consciously experience experiential reality in terms of immanent transcendence. These attempts are discussed also by considering the functioning of the human brain, emphasizing the importance of brain asymmetry.

Models of Presence and Loss of Transcendence in History

The article seeks to elucidate the status of transcendence in the historiography of secularization through the perspective of collective memory. It discusses two typological models dealing with the basic metaphysical problem concerned with the presence and meaning of transcendence in real human existence. According to the first, the historical reality of secularization causes a break from the collective memory whose roots are in religion. In contrast, the second model considers that despite the deep transformations in the status of religion in a reality of secularization, an experience of historical continuity may also occur there. These models denote the two poles in the argument about the meaning and value of history for modem people. The article suggests a phenomenological analysis of the two models and criticizes their deficiencies. Finally, the ＂tension model＂ is outlined as a third alternative that aims at overcoming the binary situation created by the first two in favor of a perspective that necessitates and contains both immanence and transcendence.

Transcendence of traditional melodrama A brief analysis on Lillian Hellman＇s The Little Foxes

Lillian Hellman is a leading figure in 20th century American theatre. Due to the intensity of feeling and the general theme of good vs. evil, her plays are tagged with ＂melodrama＂. However, by examining one of her masterpieces The Little Foxes, it is revealed that Lillian Hellman transcends the confmes of traditional melodrama by combining the complexity of real life into the pretense of representation, thus making her play forcefully believable.

The Path Dependence of Enterprise Strategic Adjustment and Its Transcendence Analysis

The world today is in a period of great development and integration of economy,information,and technology,especially the high-tech industries represented by big data,cloud computing,and artificial intelligence.It is promoting the rapid increase of human productivity and leading the changes in various industries.Enterprises are facing more and more uncertain external environments.The previous organizational strategy,personnel structure,and operating strategies have been unable to adapt to the turbulent external environment,and innovation has become the norm.Therefore,how to find an innovative breakthrough point on the original strategic road on which to survive has become a matter of life and death.From the perspective of path dependence theory,this paper analyzes the characteristics of path dependence and transcendence path dependence during the adjustment of corporate strategy,and analyzes the internal causes and mechanisms of its generation with the help of the PEST model.Based on this,the negative impact of path dependence on the adjustment of the strategy was found.Furthermore,it was found above that the degree of transcendence path dependence in corporate strategic adjustment is determined by two factors:its ability to drive independent innovation in a dynamic environment and its ability to transform strategically.Finally,according to the research conclusions,it proposes countermeasures to overcome the path dependence of enterprises when adjusting their strategies,and provides suggestions for companies to find breakthrough points in disruptive innovation.

The Path Dependence of Enterprise Strategic Adjustment and Its Transcendence Analysis

The world today is in a period of great development and integration of economy,information,and technology,especially the high-tech industries represented by big data,cloud computing,and artificial intelligence.It is promoting the rapid increase of human productivity and leading the changes in various industries.Enterprises are facing more and more uncertain external environments.The previous organizational strategy,personnel structure,and operating strategies have been unable to adapt to the turbulent external environment,and innovation has become the norm.Therefore,how to find an innovative breakthrough point on the original strategic road on which to survive has become a matter of life and death.From the perspective of path dependence theory,this paper analyzes the characteristics of path dependence and transcendence path dependence during the adjustment of corporate strategy,and analyzes the internal causes and mechanisms of its generation with the help of the PEST model.Based on this,the negative impact of path dependence on the adjustment of the strategy was found.Furthermore,it was found above that the degree of transcendence path dependence in corporate strategic adjustment is determined by two factors:its ability to drive independent innovation in a dynamic environment and its ability to transform strategically.Finally,according to the research conclusions,it proposes countermeasures to overcome the path dependence of enterprises when adjusting their strategies,and provides suggestions for companies to find breakthrough points in disruptive innovation.

The Beauty of Chu Mirror with Its Inheritance and Transcendence

Chu mirror is one of the important components of Chu culture,and its decoration is an exotic flower of decorative arts garden in China. The Chu bronze mirror carries a rich Jingchu culture connotation. Its superb craftsmanship,fine carved decorative patterns and inaage- rounded shapes reflect the mysterious religion belief, rigorous life attitude, romantic humanism and deep moral universe structure view of Chu people.It is the valuable cultural heritage that the ancestors left for the Jingchu land and the Chinese people. Digging the beauty of Chu mirror and its inheritance and transcendence, in the ＂global＂ and ＂globalization＂ context, conform to the issue of the 18th CPC National Congress ＂ improving the national cultural soft power, playing the role of the cultttral leading customs, educating people, serving the society and promoting the development＂ .

English Language Teaching from the Perspective of Mediate Learning Experience

This paper is intended to discuss what English teachers can do to promote English learning,and seek out a method to compensate for the weaknesses we have in English language teaching,from the perspective of Feuerstein’s Theory of Mediated Learning Experience(MLE).From the research of Feuerstein’s theory,we can find it challenges some traditional thoughts and has brought some innovative ideas to education.It considers the role of the mediator a key factor in effective learning and puts forward the tool for dynamic assessment.The quality of the MLE interaction is best described by a series of twelve parameters,which one would hope to find in the adult/child learning interaction,and which contribute to cognitive enhancement and development.I will take three parameters of MLE-Intentionality and reciprocity,Transcendence,Mediation of meaning-which are of great significance to language teaching,to discuss the educational context in China,and to elaborate the implications of Feuerstein’s mediation theory on EFL teaching.

TRANSCEND研究

1 研究背景 TRANSCEND[替米沙坦（美卡素）用于治疗对ACE抑制剂不耐受心血管病患者的随机临床研究]研究是大型临床研究ONTARGET的平行研究，旨在观察对ACE抑制剂不耐受的患者中替米沙坦的心血管保护作用，结果证实：在目前已知最佳的标准心血管保护治疗方案基础上，加用替米沙坦80mg是否可以进一步提供心血管高危患者长期临床获益和良好安全性的保证。

Memory and The Mill on the Floss

George Eliot is the most remarkable among the women novelists of the 19th century. We can find that memory plays an important role in almost all of her works. The Mill on The Floss is the best work that George Eliot ever produced, and memory is perhaps the central element in the structure of it, acting as a means of transcending the unstructured world, in which past and present are unified. It can also place the individual in contact with the felt experience of the past, and allow an individual to act in accordance with his whole experience.

The Factors of Both Romanticism and Transcendentalism in Emily Dickinson's Character

Emily Dickinson is one of the most widely read and well-known American poets. Although there were just seven poems published during her lifetime, she was brought to many people's attention. Some people believe that Dickinson is a real romantic but others think she is a transcendentalist. However, both the factors of romanticism and transcendentalism can be seen in her character indeed. Romantic factors include individualism in her personality and her escaping from society. Transcendental factors are oversoul and mysticalness. If all the factors are taken into account, Emily Dickinson can fall into the category of both romanticism and transcendentalism.

The Feminist Tendency in Hotel du Lac

It is true that some important feminist literary theories apply to Hotel du Lac,which illustrates clearly Brookner’s deep concern over modern women’s predicament in favor of their interests,and thus proves her strong tendency to feminism.And then it is pointed out that the reason for Brookner’s perverse attitude toward feminism mainly lies in her unwillingness to confine herself to the category of feminism and actually Brookner has transcended the more stereotypical feminism.

Updates on gastric electrical stimulation to treat obesity: Systematic review and future perspectives

AIM: To evaluate the current state-of-the-art of gastric electrical stimulation to treat obesity. METHODS: Systematic reviews of all studies have been conducted to evaluate the effect of different types of gastric electrical stimulation(GES) on obesity.RESULTS: Thirty-one studies consisting of a total of 33 different trials were included in the systematic review for data analysis. Weight loss was achieved in most studies, especially during the first 12 mo, but only very few studies had a follow-up period longer than 1 year. Among those that had a longer follow-up period, many were from the Transcend(Implantable Gastric Stimulation) device group and maintained significant weight loss. Other significant results included changes in appetite/satiety, gastric emptying rate, blood pressure and neurohormone levels or biochemical markers such as ghrelin or HbA1 c respectively. CONCLUSION: GES holds great promises to be an effective obesity treatment. However, stronger evidence is required through more studies with a standardized way of carrying out trials and reporting outcomes, to determine the long-term effect of GES on obesity.