Camillo Camilli＇s Imprese for the Academies

This study examines the humanistic influence of ancient and Renaissance art in Camillo Camilli＇s Imprese of 1586. Camillo Camilli （ca. 1560-1615--his exact birth date is unknown） was an Italian poet of the sixteenth-century. His family came from Monte San Savino, Siena, and records mention that he died on July 13, 1615, in Ragusa. While personal documentation on Camilli＇s life is scarce there are substantial sources about his literary career as a translator, compiler and poet. Camilli wrote extensively. There are the five canti on Erminia e Tancredi which were collated with Tarquo Tasso＇s （1544-1595） unfinished poems, and his commentaries for Ludovico Ariosto＇s Orlando Furioso in 1584 and for Tasso＇s Gerusalemme Liberata in 1585. Under the influence of Tasso＇s writings and his involvement in the commentary of Gerusalemme Liberata （1585）, Camilli started formulating his concetto （conceit） of what an impresa is （badge, device or insignia）. The focus of this essay is on Camilli＇s Imprese for the Academies. The whole collection of the lmprese consists of three volumes. The frontispiece to each volume depicts three different stage settings filled with classical ornamentation and bearing in the center of the lintel the impresa or insignia of Francesco Ziletti＇s printing company--a starfish surrounded by stars and bound by a ribbon. Camilli selected this image to announce through the imprese the significance of these famous men （uominifamosi） of the academy, granting them immortality and honor for their cultural and intellectual accomplishments.

Strategies for College English Teaching in Military Academies

As pointed out in College English Curriculum Requirements, the main objective of College English teaching and learning in military academies is to"develop cadets' ability to use English in a well-rounded way, especially in their listening and speaking abilities, so that in their future studies and careers they will be able to communicate effectively, and at the same time enhance their ability to study independently and improve their comprehensive cultural quality so as to meet the needs of PLA's modernization."This paper focuses on some effective strategies which may be of some practical use for the teaching and learning of the English language.

Discussion on the Design of Campus Environments of Art Academies

In this paper, through the investigation and research on some representative art academies, the difference between art academies and general institutions of higher learning in campus environment is explored in depth. Hopefully, the specific characteristics of the design for campus environments of art academies as well as all sorts of factors causing the characteristics can be discovered, including the specific characteristics of campus subjects, the originality of campus buildings, and the novelty of campus sculpture.

The connotation, background and logic of existence of the modem university academies

With the popularization of the higher education in China. its advantages of the cultivation of talents are also weakening. The emergence of the university academies is the inevitable result of the contemporary university education seeking its own development. Starting from the connotation, background and logic of existence of the modem university academies, the author of this paper carries out researches on university academies, which is of certain reference values and promotion to the popularization and development of the university academies in the contemporary era.

A new approach to assessing the science and technology competitiveness of China's provincial academies of sciences

Purpose： This study aims to establish a new framework for evaluating science and technology （S＆T） competitiveness that is appropriate to meet the needs of provincial academies of sciences （PASs） in China.Design/methodology/approaches： An evaluation index, including such assessing indicators as research strength, research impact, research development and trends, and regional contributions, is developed for China＇s PASs. Taking the Jiangxi Academy of Sciences （JXAS） as an example, we first explain how to apply this framework to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of PASs in China. Then, we compare the results of all 17 PASs in order to get a comprehensive understanding of their competitiveness.Findings： Our results show the development path, current status, innovation advantages, and weaknesses of JXAS very clearly. Based on our comparative analysis, we ranked the 17 PASs from the perspective of different dimensions, by which their competitiveness strengths and weaknesses can be highlighted for improvement.Research limitations： In this analysis, we did not take S＆T policies, S＆T systems, or historical factors into consideration. Thus, we may have ignored the influence of the soft individual differences of different PASs in China..Practical implications： The evaluation index developed in this paper provides a useful insight into an analytical method that can be used by PASs or other provincial research institutions （PRIs） to assess their competitiveness.Originality/value： Compared with existing evaluation frameworks, our method has two main characteristics： First, we added three new dimensions, including the PASs＇ applicable research outputs, regional contributions, and comparative advantages; second, we conducted a comparative analysis of local research institutes in their different advantaged industrial areas, which makes our analytical method more comprehensive for local research institutions.

A SINO-US STATEMENT ON SUSTAINABILITY SIGNED IN BEIJING BY TOP LEADERS OF TWO ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES

On January 16 in Beijing, the president of the CAS, Prof. Zhou Guangzhao, met his US counterpart, Dr. Bruce Alberts, president of the US National Academy of Sciences. On behalf of the two sides, the two leaders signed a joint statement of sustainable development, signaling an important step forward in the field of S&T cooperation between the largest developing country and the largest developed country in today’s world. Three dominant themes were under discussion at the meeting of Chinese and US officers: challenges posed to scientists and research units in a drastically changing world; science & sustainable development constitute a vista in common for the

Probabilistic method and its application for evaluating carbonation life of newly-built concrete structures

In order to evaluate the carbonation life of newly-built concrete structures,two kinds of nondestructive methods are adopted to test the thickness of the concrete cover and the ultrasonic velocity of two newly-built tunnel structures.Simultaneously a probabilistic method is proposed based on the relationship between the accelerated carbonation rate and the ultrasonic velocity.This proposed method is applied to evaluate the carbonation related lives of two newly-built tunnels and the results indicate that even under nearly the same environment and CO2 combining conditions,there exits a big difference in the probabilistic carbonation lives between the two tunnels;i.e.,the probabilistic lives of Tunnel A and Tunnel B are 94.0% and 82.3% and the corresponding maximum discrepancies are 11.6% and 27.0%,respectively.Thus,it can be concluded that the scattered quality of the concrete cover is attributed to the differences in construction technique,which eventually leads to the diversity in the evaluated probabilistic carbonation lives of the two tunnels.

Analysis on Characters and Growth Factors of academicians of Agriculture Faculty of Chinese Academy of Engineering

The research analyzed birthplace, work site and Work unit, discipline, agri- cultural product variety, current age, and selected age, as well as internal and exter- nal factors for growth, which providers references for exploring development of high- level agricultural S＆T talents and formulation of relevant policies.

Reference of Traditional Academic Landscape for Landscape Construction of Modern Campuses

Under the background of cultural regression,the paper emphasized that architectural and environmental characteristic could be a synonym of a college.Chinese college campus environment should abound in Chinese cultural characteristic.Through analysis on traditional academy landscape,it pointed out that construction and structure of academy were deeply influenced by academic culture,and scenery had been taken to express emotions.In terms of site selection,it paid attention to selection of sites near the mountain and by the river,so as to meet the purpose of culture and moral cultivation.In terms of structure,symmetrical layout was mostly adopted.By aid of artificial construction at the inside,academic cultural atmosphere had been enhanced.After analysis of difference between ancient academy and modern campus,it pointed out that traditional academy had natural heritage relation with modern college,and its landscaping concept and scientificness were of value to modern landscaping.Hence,it further studied reference of traditional academic landscape for modern campus landscape construction,highlighting that landscape environment construction should lay stress on diversity,practicability,ecology and culture,so as to achieve heritage and integration of traditional national culture.

立面“步移景异”——解读Academie MWD艺术中心

Academie MWD艺术中心在主立面的设计上采用"步移景异"的设计手法,即通过步伐的移动,看到不同的立面效果,同时也是对周围环境景观及建筑的融入。MWD的建筑主立面在水平彩色金属板的垂直方向增加双层的贴膜玻璃板百叶,不同的贴膜样式取决于不同的周围环境景色,因此产生多变的立面效果。

Congratulate Professors Zheng Yongfei and Mo Xuanxue Elected Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2009

Zheng Yongfei,Member of the Editoral Board for Acta Geologica Sinica（English Edition）,Geochemist,Professor of the University of Science and Technology of China （USTC）. Professor Zheng Yongfei was born in Changfeng County,Anhui Province,in October 1959. He received his bachelor＇s degree from the Department of Geology at Nanjing University in 1982,and also master＇s degree in 1985.He obtained Dr.rer.nat.

Congratulations to Prof.Wanming Zhai,associate Editor-in-Chief of JMT,elected as an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences

ongratuations to Wanming Zhai, Ph.D., associate Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Modem Transportation （JMT）, who was among the 51 newly elected academi-clans announced by Chinese Academy of Sciences （CAS） on Dec. 9, 2011. Dr. Zhai is a professor at Southwest Jiaotong University, deputy director of Traction Power State Key Laboratory, and director of Key Laboratory of High-Speed Railway Engineering.

Academie MWD 触摸艺术的温度

迪尔贝克城(Dilbeek)位于比利时首都区布鲁塞尔市的西部。当地隶属法语区,是有名的文化交流中心,公共文化设施极为丰富。为了加强迪尔贝克城的文化内涵,营造浓郁的文化氛围,主要在西班牙马德里执业的设计事务所carlos arroyo arquitectos设计了集音乐厅、剧院与礼堂为一体的综合性文化建筑——Academie MWD艺术中心。

The Challenges for Women in the Academic Organization

For needed changes to occur, we need to do gender in higher education and tenure differently. The way that tenure is established and reviews for tenure are conducted need to be based more on a system that allows for the development of the whole individual. The future health of academia rests on the development and refinement of a system that creates a healthy environment for all members of that system. All faculty members cannot and should not be held to standards that were created in another time, which constructed the academic role as a gendered role. Individuals need to consider how we do gender, and how that creates an impact on our organization, academia. A process for equitable review of all participants in the system requires that all individuals be involved in the process of defining the standards for a tenurable professor. Then all voices should and must be represented when we construct how we do tenure so that even minority voices still have their chance to speak. There is a better way to perform the roles we take in academia, there is a better way to perform our gender in this setting, and from recognizing this we can then move to a better way to do all this that is academia.

Research on the evaluation index system of development work of the transformation of the secondary school of newly-built local undergraduate colleges and universities in our country

The newly-built local undergraduate colleges and universities positively respond to the call of national policy and successively joined the rank of transition to the application of technology-based development of university, in order to seek their own development path. Whether the transformation development work of secondary college can succeed or not directly decide whether the transformation work of the whole college can carry on smoothly or not. This essay, by establishing eighteen secondary indicators, investigates seven aspects of the newly-built local undergraduate colleges and universities secondary college transformation work, such as the general idea, specialty construction, talents training mode, teaching staff construction, integration of production with teaching, social services and quality assurance, hoping that it can play a reference to the work of other colleges and universities.

Shi Mingxian──Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering

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Congratulations for the 80th birthday of academician Chunyun Guan and great achievement in scientific research and life time teaching

Professor Chunyun Guan,born in Jingzhou, Hubei Province in 1938, is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, chairman of the Academic Committee of Hunan Agricultural University,and the former president of the University.Throughout his career, leading his research team, Prof.Guan has been working tirelessly in the fields of rapeseed genetics and breeding as well as high-yield and high-efficiency cultivation system.

Dai Jinxing──Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

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