During the production period of shale gas, proppant particles and rock debris are produced together,which will seriously erode the elbows of gathering pipelines. In response to this problem, this paper takes the elbow...During the production period of shale gas, proppant particles and rock debris are produced together,which will seriously erode the elbows of gathering pipelines. In response to this problem, this paper takes the elbow of the gathering pipeline in the Changning Shale Gas Field as an example to test the erosion rate and material removal mechanism of the test piece at different angles of the elbow through experiments and compares the four erosion models with the experimental results. Through analysis, it is found that the best prediction model for quartz sand-carbon steel erosion is the Oka model. Based on the Oka model, FLUENT software was used to simulate and analyze the law of erosion of the elbow of the gas gathering pipeline under different gas flow velocities, gas gathering pressure, particle size, length of L1,and bending directions of the elbow. And a spiral pipeline structure is proposed to reduce the erosion rate of the elbow under the same working conditions. The results show that this structure can reduce erosion by 34%.展开更多
As the main link of ground engineering,crude oil gathering and transportation systems require huge energy consumption and complex structures.It is necessary to establish an energy efficiency evaluation system for crud...As the main link of ground engineering,crude oil gathering and transportation systems require huge energy consumption and complex structures.It is necessary to establish an energy efficiency evaluation system for crude oil gathering and transportation systems and identify the energy efficiency gaps.In this paper,the energy efficiency evaluation system of the crude oil gathering and transportation system in an oilfield in western China is established.Combined with the big data analysis method,the GA-BP neural network is used to establish the energy efficiency index prediction model for crude oil gathering and transportation systems.The comprehensive energy consumption,gas consumption,power consumption,energy utilization rate,heat utilization rate,and power utilization rate of crude oil gathering and transportation systems are predicted.Considering the efficiency and unit consumption index of the crude oil gathering and transportation system,the energy efficiency evaluation system of the crude oil gathering and transportation system is established based on a game theory combined weighting method and TOPSIS evaluation method,and the subjective weight is determined by the triangular fuzzy analytic hierarchy process.The entropy weight method determines the objective weight,and the combined weight of game theory combines subjectivity with objectivity to comprehensively evaluate the comprehensive energy efficiency of crude oil gathering and transportation systems and their subsystems.Finally,the weak links in energy utilization are identified,and energy conservation and consumption reduction are improved.The above research provides technical support for the green,efficient and intelligent development of crude oil gathering and transportation systems.展开更多
Common-image gathers are extensively used in amplitude versus angle(AVA)and migration velocity analysis(MVA).The current state of methods for anisotropic angle gathers extraction use slant-stack,local Fourier transfor...Common-image gathers are extensively used in amplitude versus angle(AVA)and migration velocity analysis(MVA).The current state of methods for anisotropic angle gathers extraction use slant-stack,local Fourier transform or low-rank approximation,which requires much computation.Based on an anisotropic-Helmholtz P/S wave-mode decomposition method,we propose a novel and efficient approach to produce angle-domain common-image gathers(ADCIGs)in the elastic reverse time migration(ERTM)of VTI media.To start with,we derive an anisotropic-Helmholtz decomposition operator from the Christoffel equation in VTI media,and use this operator to derive the decomposed formulations for anisotropic P/S waves.Second,we employ the first-order Taylor expansion to calculate the normalized term of decomposed formulations and obtain the anisotropic-Helmholtz decomposition method,which generates the separated P/S wavefields with correct amplitudes and phases.Third,we develop a novel way that uses the anisotropic-Helmholtz decomposition operator to define the polari-zation angles for anisotropic P/S waves and substitute these angles to decomposing formulations.The polarization angles are then calculated directly from the separated vector P-and S-wavefields and converted to the phase angles.The ADCIGs are thusly produced by applying the phase angles to VTI ERTM.In addition,we develop a concise approximate expression of residual moveout(RMO)for PP-reflections of flat reflectors in VTI media,which avoids the complex transformations between the group angles and the phase angles.The approximate RMO curves show a good agreement with the exact solution and can be used as a tool to assess the migration velocity errors.As demonstrated by two selected examples,our ADCIGs not only produce the correct kinematic responses with regards to different velocity pertubatation,but also generate the reliable amplitude responses versus different angle.The final stacking images of ADCIGs data exhibit the identical imaging effect as that of VTI ERTM.展开更多
Recently,humans have been facing serious water pollution problems that aggravate water resources shortages.By 2025,two-thirds of the world's population is likely to live in countries with moderate or severe water ...Recently,humans have been facing serious water pollution problems that aggravate water resources shortages.By 2025,two-thirds of the world's population is likely to live in countries with moderate or severe water shortages(Azizullah et al.,2011).Rivers,lakes,and reservoirs are important sources of water.Globally,there are approximately 8.5 million rivers(Linke et al.,2019),21.15 million natural lakes,and 1.427 million large reservoirs(Messager et al.,2016).Many of them have been contaminated due to urbanization,industrialization,and agricultural activities.In particular,all rivers,lakes,and reservoirs have their own slow-gathering areas(SGAs)where the input contaminants are easily stopped and deposited due to their non-open morphologies and low flow speeds.展开更多
Notwithstanding the religious intention of billions of devotees,the religious mass gathering increased major public health concerns since it likely became a huge super spreading event for the severe acute respiratory ...Notwithstanding the religious intention of billions of devotees,the religious mass gathering increased major public health concerns since it likely became a huge super spreading event for the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2).Most attendees ignored preventive measures,namely maintaining physical distance,practising hand hygiene,and wearing facemasks.Wearing a face mask in public areas protects people from spreading COVID-19.Artificial intelligence(AI)based on deep learning(DL)and machine learning(ML)could assist in fighting covid-19 in several ways.This study introduces a new deep learning-based Face Mask Detection in Religious Mass Gathering(DLFMD-RMG)technique during the COVID-19 pandemic.The DLFMD-RMG technique focuses mainly on detecting face masks in a religious mass gathering.To accomplish this,the presented DLFMD-RMG technique undergoes two pre-processing levels:Bilateral Filtering(BF)and Contrast Enhancement.For face detection,the DLFMD-RMG technique uses YOLOv5 with a ResNet-50 detector.In addition,the face detection performance can be improved by the seeker optimization algorithm(SOA)for tuning the hyperparameter of the ResNet-50 module,showing the novelty of the work.At last,the faces with and without masks are classified using the Fuzzy Neural Network(FNN)model.The stimulation study of the DLFMD-RMG algorithm is examined on a benchmark dataset.The results highlighted the remarkable performance of the DLFMD-RMG model algorithm in other recent approaches.展开更多
This paper presents a large gathering dataset of images extracted from publicly filmed videos by 24 cameras installed on the premises of Masjid Al-Nabvi,Madinah,Saudi Arabia.This dataset consists of raw and processed ...This paper presents a large gathering dataset of images extracted from publicly filmed videos by 24 cameras installed on the premises of Masjid Al-Nabvi,Madinah,Saudi Arabia.This dataset consists of raw and processed images reflecting a highly challenging and unconstraint environment.The methodology for building the dataset consists of four core phases;that include acquisition of videos,extraction of frames,localization of face regions,and cropping and resizing of detected face regions.The raw images in the dataset consist of a total of 4613 frames obtained fromvideo sequences.The processed images in the dataset consist of the face regions of 250 persons extracted from raw data images to ensure the authenticity of the presented data.The dataset further consists of 8 images corresponding to each of the 250 subjects(persons)for a total of 2000 images.It portrays a highly unconstrained and challenging environment with human faces of varying sizes and pixel quality(resolution).Since the face regions in video sequences are severely degraded due to various unavoidable factors,it can be used as a benchmark to test and evaluate face detection and recognition algorithms for research purposes.We have also gathered and displayed records of the presence of subjects who appear in presented frames;in a temporal context.This can also be used as a temporal benchmark for tracking,finding persons,activity monitoring,and crowd counting in large crowd scenarios.展开更多
This paper systematically studies the influencing factors and mechanism of the agglomeration of scientific and technological innovation talents in Zhejiang Province. The findings are as follows: Firstly, environmental...This paper systematically studies the influencing factors and mechanism of the agglomeration of scientific and technological innovation talents in Zhejiang Province. The findings are as follows: Firstly, environmental factors such as marketization level, financial development, opening to the outside world, infrastructure construction, medical resources, educational resources, cultural resources and policy support have a positive impact on the agglomeration of scientific and technological talents in Zhejiang Province;Secondly, in the transmission mechanism of the influence of various environmental factors on the concentration of scientific and technological talents in Zhejiang, economic development plays an intermediary role, and the effect is obvious. Various environmental factors indirectly affect the concentration of scientific and technological talents in Zhejiang through economic development. Finally, although both the level and quality of economic development have significant effect on the total concentration of scientific and technological talents in Zhejiang, the mediating effect of economic development level is more significant. These studies are for Zhejiang Province. It provides a theoretical basis for cultivating high-end talents and realizing the agglomeration of scientific and technological innovation talents.展开更多
The 10th China Obesity Science Conference was held in Beijing from May 10th to 11th, 2024. Experts from authoritative institutions such as the National Health Commission, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Pre...The 10th China Obesity Science Conference was held in Beijing from May 10th to 11th, 2024. Experts from authoritative institutions such as the National Health Commission, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and the China Institute of Sports Science gathered to discuss on the topics including obesity prevalence trends.展开更多
We are delighted to serve as guest editors for this special issue in the Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.The purpose of this special issue is dedicated to gathering the latest research work on M...We are delighted to serve as guest editors for this special issue in the Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.The purpose of this special issue is dedicated to gathering the latest research work on Multiscale&Multifield Coupling in Geomechanics,where we delve into the intricate interplay of various fields and scales that govern the behavior of geomaterials.In total,30 manuscripts from USA,China,UK,Germany,Canada,India and United Arab Emirates are selected to be included in this issue.展开更多
The 13th Meeting of the China-Africa Think Tanks Forum took place in Dar es Salaam,Tanzania,on March 8,2024.Under the theme of“China-African Practice:Building a Community with a Shared Future”,the forum delved into ...The 13th Meeting of the China-Africa Think Tanks Forum took place in Dar es Salaam,Tanzania,on March 8,2024.Under the theme of“China-African Practice:Building a Community with a Shared Future”,the forum delved into the major concerns and strategic cooperation between China and Africa in the new era.It aimed to advance the implementation of various initiatives and accomplishments in China-Africa cooperation while also gathering insights for the upcoming session of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation(FOCAC).展开更多
The National People’s Congress meets every year for about a week in March.But there is much more to China’s democracy.SOME 2,977 elected deputies will be attending the second plenary meeting of the 14th National Peo...The National People’s Congress meets every year for about a week in March.But there is much more to China’s democracy.SOME 2,977 elected deputies will be attending the second plenary meeting of the 14th National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in early March.This,the world’s largest legislative body,is the most striking manifestation of China’s governance system,whole-process people’s democracy.For outsiders,the gathering seems symbolic and ceremonial.However,the deliberation undertaken by the unpaid deputies in the week that they are together is merely the most visible element in a complex consultative system of government.展开更多
The‘Spring Cup’Table Tennisand Badminton International Championship Held by China Cultural Centerin Benin。On March 16,China Cultural Center in Benin,together with the Benin Badminton and Table Tennis Association,he...The‘Spring Cup’Table Tennisand Badminton International Championship Held by China Cultural Centerin Benin。On March 16,China Cultural Center in Benin,together with the Benin Badminton and Table Tennis Association,held the 2024"Spring Cup"Table Tennis and Badminton International Championship at the Palace of Arts,Entertainment and Sports in Cotonou.More than 100 athletes from China,Benin,Togo,India and other countries gathered to show their talents.展开更多
In a secluded corner of a café,several young people sit around a small square table laden with an assortment of drinks and desserts.They take turns introducing themselves.The setup is reminiscent of speed dating ...In a secluded corner of a café,several young people sit around a small square table laden with an assortment of drinks and desserts.They take turns introducing themselves.The setup is reminiscent of speed dating or a team-building meeting,but the content of discussion is far from either.The unique event is known as Death Café.The purpose of the gathering is to discuss issues related to death.Participants express their thoughts,share experiences and rarely exposed emotions,and offer mutual support amidst a whirlwind of intense feelings.展开更多
主题语境:自然生态与环境篇幅:340词建议用时:6分钟。1 Turn on a light outside at night,and it won't be long before lots of insects start gathering around it.This behavior has led to a popular comparison for attracti...主题语境:自然生态与环境篇幅:340词建议用时:6分钟。1 Turn on a light outside at night,and it won't be long before lots of insects start gathering around it.This behavior has led to a popular comparison for attraction,“like a moth to a flame”(飞蛾扑火).However,accord-ing to a new study published in the journal Nature Communications,it turns out that insects aren't at-tracted to artificial lights,but rather confused by them.展开更多
More than 200 scholars,researchers,former government o!cials and party leaders from over 50 countries gathered in the sprawling building of the Chinese Academy of History in Beijing on 20 March for the third Internati...More than 200 scholars,researchers,former government o!cials and party leaders from over 50 countries gathered in the sprawling building of the Chinese Academy of History in Beijing on 20 March for the third International Forum on Democracy:The Shared Human Values.The forum debated the concept of democracy,its trajectories and prospects,and,more importantly,how it can be made to work and deliver tangible results for di"erent countries.展开更多
On 5 March,national and global spotlight turned to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing where around 3,000 deputies gathered to open the second session of the 14th National People’s Congress(NPC).Over a span of se...On 5 March,national and global spotlight turned to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing where around 3,000 deputies gathered to open the second session of the 14th National People’s Congress(NPC).Over a span of seven days,the deputies,representing all of China’s ethnic groups,regions and sectors,discussed and decided on a range of issues critical for the country’s development.展开更多
Human living environment interacts with human behaviors.Environment to some degree determines human behaviors which in return reshape and sustain the dynamic environment.Taking Richard Jefferies' The Acorn Gathere...Human living environment interacts with human behaviors.Environment to some degree determines human behaviors which in return reshape and sustain the dynamic environment.Taking Richard Jefferies' The Acorn Gatherer as a case study,this paper makes an argument that the behaviors of the villagers in the story can be more adequately interpreted in view of the backward countryside environment,and the same is true with the author Richard Jefferies' non-interference in the omniscient third-person point of view in writing the story.It is Richard Jefferies' family environment that makes up his viewpoint of writing,reflecting his critical loving of the countryside,where lives boom and conventions are extremely followed.展开更多
The Acorn Gatherer by Richard Jefferies is an allegorical tragedy, in which a nameless boy, born out of wedlock, is viewed as a sort of icon of sin, and is ultimately driven to death by the rigid and unforgiving socia...The Acorn Gatherer by Richard Jefferies is an allegorical tragedy, in which a nameless boy, born out of wedlock, is viewed as a sort of icon of sin, and is ultimately driven to death by the rigid and unforgiving social conventions.展开更多
Reverse Time Migration(RTM)Surface Ofset Gathers(SOGs)are demonstrated to deliver more superior residual dip information than ray-based approaches.It appears more powerful in complex geological settings,such as salt a...Reverse Time Migration(RTM)Surface Ofset Gathers(SOGs)are demonstrated to deliver more superior residual dip information than ray-based approaches.It appears more powerful in complex geological settings,such as salt areas.Still,the computational cost of constructing RTM SOGs is a big challenge in applying it to 3D feld data.To tackle this challenge,we propose a novel method using dips of local events as a guide for RTM gather interpolation.The residual-dip information of the SOGs is created by connecting local events from depth-domain to time-domain via ray tracing.The proposed method is validated by a synthetic experiment and a feld example.It mitigates the computational cost by an order of magnitude while producing comparable results as fully computed RTM SOGs.展开更多
基金supported by the Petrochina's “14th Five-Year plan” Project(2021DJ2804)Sichuan Natural Science Foundation(2023NSFSC0422)。
文摘During the production period of shale gas, proppant particles and rock debris are produced together,which will seriously erode the elbows of gathering pipelines. In response to this problem, this paper takes the elbow of the gathering pipeline in the Changning Shale Gas Field as an example to test the erosion rate and material removal mechanism of the test piece at different angles of the elbow through experiments and compares the four erosion models with the experimental results. Through analysis, it is found that the best prediction model for quartz sand-carbon steel erosion is the Oka model. Based on the Oka model, FLUENT software was used to simulate and analyze the law of erosion of the elbow of the gas gathering pipeline under different gas flow velocities, gas gathering pressure, particle size, length of L1,and bending directions of the elbow. And a spiral pipeline structure is proposed to reduce the erosion rate of the elbow under the same working conditions. The results show that this structure can reduce erosion by 34%.
基金This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(52074089 and 52104064)Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province of China(LH2019E019).
文摘As the main link of ground engineering,crude oil gathering and transportation systems require huge energy consumption and complex structures.It is necessary to establish an energy efficiency evaluation system for crude oil gathering and transportation systems and identify the energy efficiency gaps.In this paper,the energy efficiency evaluation system of the crude oil gathering and transportation system in an oilfield in western China is established.Combined with the big data analysis method,the GA-BP neural network is used to establish the energy efficiency index prediction model for crude oil gathering and transportation systems.The comprehensive energy consumption,gas consumption,power consumption,energy utilization rate,heat utilization rate,and power utilization rate of crude oil gathering and transportation systems are predicted.Considering the efficiency and unit consumption index of the crude oil gathering and transportation system,the energy efficiency evaluation system of the crude oil gathering and transportation system is established based on a game theory combined weighting method and TOPSIS evaluation method,and the subjective weight is determined by the triangular fuzzy analytic hierarchy process.The entropy weight method determines the objective weight,and the combined weight of game theory combines subjectivity with objectivity to comprehensively evaluate the comprehensive energy efficiency of crude oil gathering and transportation systems and their subsystems.Finally,the weak links in energy utilization are identified,and energy conservation and consumption reduction are improved.The above research provides technical support for the green,efficient and intelligent development of crude oil gathering and transportation systems.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2020YFA0710604 and 2017YFC1500303)the Science Foundation of the China University of Petroleum,Beijing(2462019YJRC007 and 2462020YXZZ047)the Strategic Cooperation Technology Projects of CNPC and CUPB(ZLZX2020-05).
文摘Common-image gathers are extensively used in amplitude versus angle(AVA)and migration velocity analysis(MVA).The current state of methods for anisotropic angle gathers extraction use slant-stack,local Fourier transform or low-rank approximation,which requires much computation.Based on an anisotropic-Helmholtz P/S wave-mode decomposition method,we propose a novel and efficient approach to produce angle-domain common-image gathers(ADCIGs)in the elastic reverse time migration(ERTM)of VTI media.To start with,we derive an anisotropic-Helmholtz decomposition operator from the Christoffel equation in VTI media,and use this operator to derive the decomposed formulations for anisotropic P/S waves.Second,we employ the first-order Taylor expansion to calculate the normalized term of decomposed formulations and obtain the anisotropic-Helmholtz decomposition method,which generates the separated P/S wavefields with correct amplitudes and phases.Third,we develop a novel way that uses the anisotropic-Helmholtz decomposition operator to define the polari-zation angles for anisotropic P/S waves and substitute these angles to decomposing formulations.The polarization angles are then calculated directly from the separated vector P-and S-wavefields and converted to the phase angles.The ADCIGs are thusly produced by applying the phase angles to VTI ERTM.In addition,we develop a concise approximate expression of residual moveout(RMO)for PP-reflections of flat reflectors in VTI media,which avoids the complex transformations between the group angles and the phase angles.The approximate RMO curves show a good agreement with the exact solution and can be used as a tool to assess the migration velocity errors.As demonstrated by two selected examples,our ADCIGs not only produce the correct kinematic responses with regards to different velocity pertubatation,but also generate the reliable amplitude responses versus different angle.The final stacking images of ADCIGs data exhibit the identical imaging effect as that of VTI ERTM.
基金supported by the 100 Talents Initial Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.E190620201)the Science and Technology Program of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region(Grant No.2021GG0089)the Scientific Research Project from the Chongqing Water Resources Bureau(Grant No.5000002021BF40001)。
文摘Recently,humans have been facing serious water pollution problems that aggravate water resources shortages.By 2025,two-thirds of the world's population is likely to live in countries with moderate or severe water shortages(Azizullah et al.,2011).Rivers,lakes,and reservoirs are important sources of water.Globally,there are approximately 8.5 million rivers(Linke et al.,2019),21.15 million natural lakes,and 1.427 million large reservoirs(Messager et al.,2016).Many of them have been contaminated due to urbanization,industrialization,and agricultural activities.In particular,all rivers,lakes,and reservoirs have their own slow-gathering areas(SGAs)where the input contaminants are easily stopped and deposited due to their non-open morphologies and low flow speeds.
基金This work was funded by the Deanship of Scientific Research(DSR),King Abdulaziz University(KAU),Jeddah,Saudi Arabia,under grant no.(HO:023-611-1443)The authors,therefore,gratefully acknowledge DSR technical and financial support。
文摘Notwithstanding the religious intention of billions of devotees,the religious mass gathering increased major public health concerns since it likely became a huge super spreading event for the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2).Most attendees ignored preventive measures,namely maintaining physical distance,practising hand hygiene,and wearing facemasks.Wearing a face mask in public areas protects people from spreading COVID-19.Artificial intelligence(AI)based on deep learning(DL)and machine learning(ML)could assist in fighting covid-19 in several ways.This study introduces a new deep learning-based Face Mask Detection in Religious Mass Gathering(DLFMD-RMG)technique during the COVID-19 pandemic.The DLFMD-RMG technique focuses mainly on detecting face masks in a religious mass gathering.To accomplish this,the presented DLFMD-RMG technique undergoes two pre-processing levels:Bilateral Filtering(BF)and Contrast Enhancement.For face detection,the DLFMD-RMG technique uses YOLOv5 with a ResNet-50 detector.In addition,the face detection performance can be improved by the seeker optimization algorithm(SOA)for tuning the hyperparameter of the ResNet-50 module,showing the novelty of the work.At last,the faces with and without masks are classified using the Fuzzy Neural Network(FNN)model.The stimulation study of the DLFMD-RMG algorithm is examined on a benchmark dataset.The results highlighted the remarkable performance of the DLFMD-RMG model algorithm in other recent approaches.
基金This research was supported by the Deanship of Scientific Research,Islamic University of Madinah,Madinah(KSA),under Tammayuz program Grant Number 1442/505.
文摘This paper presents a large gathering dataset of images extracted from publicly filmed videos by 24 cameras installed on the premises of Masjid Al-Nabvi,Madinah,Saudi Arabia.This dataset consists of raw and processed images reflecting a highly challenging and unconstraint environment.The methodology for building the dataset consists of four core phases;that include acquisition of videos,extraction of frames,localization of face regions,and cropping and resizing of detected face regions.The raw images in the dataset consist of a total of 4613 frames obtained fromvideo sequences.The processed images in the dataset consist of the face regions of 250 persons extracted from raw data images to ensure the authenticity of the presented data.The dataset further consists of 8 images corresponding to each of the 250 subjects(persons)for a total of 2000 images.It portrays a highly unconstrained and challenging environment with human faces of varying sizes and pixel quality(resolution).Since the face regions in video sequences are severely degraded due to various unavoidable factors,it can be used as a benchmark to test and evaluate face detection and recognition algorithms for research purposes.We have also gathered and displayed records of the presence of subjects who appear in presented frames;in a temporal context.This can also be used as a temporal benchmark for tracking,finding persons,activity monitoring,and crowd counting in large crowd scenarios.
文摘This paper systematically studies the influencing factors and mechanism of the agglomeration of scientific and technological innovation talents in Zhejiang Province. The findings are as follows: Firstly, environmental factors such as marketization level, financial development, opening to the outside world, infrastructure construction, medical resources, educational resources, cultural resources and policy support have a positive impact on the agglomeration of scientific and technological talents in Zhejiang Province;Secondly, in the transmission mechanism of the influence of various environmental factors on the concentration of scientific and technological talents in Zhejiang, economic development plays an intermediary role, and the effect is obvious. Various environmental factors indirectly affect the concentration of scientific and technological talents in Zhejiang through economic development. Finally, although both the level and quality of economic development have significant effect on the total concentration of scientific and technological talents in Zhejiang, the mediating effect of economic development level is more significant. These studies are for Zhejiang Province. It provides a theoretical basis for cultivating high-end talents and realizing the agglomeration of scientific and technological innovation talents.
文摘The 10th China Obesity Science Conference was held in Beijing from May 10th to 11th, 2024. Experts from authoritative institutions such as the National Health Commission, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and the China Institute of Sports Science gathered to discuss on the topics including obesity prevalence trends.
文摘We are delighted to serve as guest editors for this special issue in the Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.The purpose of this special issue is dedicated to gathering the latest research work on Multiscale&Multifield Coupling in Geomechanics,where we delve into the intricate interplay of various fields and scales that govern the behavior of geomaterials.In total,30 manuscripts from USA,China,UK,Germany,Canada,India and United Arab Emirates are selected to be included in this issue.
文摘The 13th Meeting of the China-Africa Think Tanks Forum took place in Dar es Salaam,Tanzania,on March 8,2024.Under the theme of“China-African Practice:Building a Community with a Shared Future”,the forum delved into the major concerns and strategic cooperation between China and Africa in the new era.It aimed to advance the implementation of various initiatives and accomplishments in China-Africa cooperation while also gathering insights for the upcoming session of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation(FOCAC).
文摘The National People’s Congress meets every year for about a week in March.But there is much more to China’s democracy.SOME 2,977 elected deputies will be attending the second plenary meeting of the 14th National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in early March.This,the world’s largest legislative body,is the most striking manifestation of China’s governance system,whole-process people’s democracy.For outsiders,the gathering seems symbolic and ceremonial.However,the deliberation undertaken by the unpaid deputies in the week that they are together is merely the most visible element in a complex consultative system of government.
文摘The‘Spring Cup’Table Tennisand Badminton International Championship Held by China Cultural Centerin Benin。On March 16,China Cultural Center in Benin,together with the Benin Badminton and Table Tennis Association,held the 2024"Spring Cup"Table Tennis and Badminton International Championship at the Palace of Arts,Entertainment and Sports in Cotonou.More than 100 athletes from China,Benin,Togo,India and other countries gathered to show their talents.
文摘In a secluded corner of a café,several young people sit around a small square table laden with an assortment of drinks and desserts.They take turns introducing themselves.The setup is reminiscent of speed dating or a team-building meeting,but the content of discussion is far from either.The unique event is known as Death Café.The purpose of the gathering is to discuss issues related to death.Participants express their thoughts,share experiences and rarely exposed emotions,and offer mutual support amidst a whirlwind of intense feelings.
文摘主题语境:自然生态与环境篇幅:340词建议用时:6分钟。1 Turn on a light outside at night,and it won't be long before lots of insects start gathering around it.This behavior has led to a popular comparison for attraction,“like a moth to a flame”(飞蛾扑火).However,accord-ing to a new study published in the journal Nature Communications,it turns out that insects aren't at-tracted to artificial lights,but rather confused by them.
文摘More than 200 scholars,researchers,former government o!cials and party leaders from over 50 countries gathered in the sprawling building of the Chinese Academy of History in Beijing on 20 March for the third International Forum on Democracy:The Shared Human Values.The forum debated the concept of democracy,its trajectories and prospects,and,more importantly,how it can be made to work and deliver tangible results for di"erent countries.
文摘On 5 March,national and global spotlight turned to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing where around 3,000 deputies gathered to open the second session of the 14th National People’s Congress(NPC).Over a span of seven days,the deputies,representing all of China’s ethnic groups,regions and sectors,discussed and decided on a range of issues critical for the country’s development.
文摘Human living environment interacts with human behaviors.Environment to some degree determines human behaviors which in return reshape and sustain the dynamic environment.Taking Richard Jefferies' The Acorn Gatherer as a case study,this paper makes an argument that the behaviors of the villagers in the story can be more adequately interpreted in view of the backward countryside environment,and the same is true with the author Richard Jefferies' non-interference in the omniscient third-person point of view in writing the story.It is Richard Jefferies' family environment that makes up his viewpoint of writing,reflecting his critical loving of the countryside,where lives boom and conventions are extremely followed.
文摘The Acorn Gatherer by Richard Jefferies is an allegorical tragedy, in which a nameless boy, born out of wedlock, is viewed as a sort of icon of sin, and is ultimately driven to death by the rigid and unforgiving social conventions.
基金This study is jointly supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2017YFC1500303 and 2020YFA0710604)the Science Foundation of China University of Petroleum,Beijing(2462019YJRC007 and 2462020YXZZ047)the Strategic Cooperation Technology Projects of CNPC and CUPB(ZLZX2020-05).
文摘Reverse Time Migration(RTM)Surface Ofset Gathers(SOGs)are demonstrated to deliver more superior residual dip information than ray-based approaches.It appears more powerful in complex geological settings,such as salt areas.Still,the computational cost of constructing RTM SOGs is a big challenge in applying it to 3D feld data.To tackle this challenge,we propose a novel method using dips of local events as a guide for RTM gather interpolation.The residual-dip information of the SOGs is created by connecting local events from depth-domain to time-domain via ray tracing.The proposed method is validated by a synthetic experiment and a feld example.It mitigates the computational cost by an order of magnitude while producing comparable results as fully computed RTM SOGs.