State Highway 35 (SH35) connects Opotiki to Gisborne along the Raukumara Peninsula in the North Island, New Zealand. This corridor passes through an area which is prone to landslides, especially during the wet season....State Highway 35 (SH35) connects Opotiki to Gisborne along the Raukumara Peninsula in the North Island, New Zealand. This corridor passes through an area which is prone to landslides, especially during the wet season. This, in turn, influences the traffic and has detrimental effects to the local economy, as it is dependent mainly on tourism and commercial transportation by road. This paper will focus on the landslides which occurred between June and September 2018, within the Bay of Plenty East on the north side of the Raukumara Peninsula. The paper will analyze both the nature and triggering mechanisms behind these landslides. As the landslides occur in the wet season, rainfall has been commonly considered the main trigger. However, the paper will argue that vehicle vibrations have been contributing to the instability of the slopes within the Bay of Plenty East. This paper will be instrumental in developing future transportation strategies in this part of the North Island.展开更多
Until he was four years old,James Henry Trotter had a happy life.He lived peacefully with his mother and father in a beautiful house beside the sea.There were always plenty of other children for him to play with,and t...Until he was four years old,James Henry Trotter had a happy life.He lived peacefully with his mother and father in a beautiful house beside the sea.There were always plenty of other children for him to play with,and there was the sandy beach for him to run about on,and the ocean to paddle in.It was the perfect life for a small boy.展开更多
Hot charge carriers(HC)are photoexcited electrons and holes that exist in nonequilibrium high-energy states of photoactive materials.Prolonged cooling time and rapid extraction are the current challenges for the devel...Hot charge carriers(HC)are photoexcited electrons and holes that exist in nonequilibrium high-energy states of photoactive materials.Prolonged cooling time and rapid extraction are the current challenges for the development of future innovative HC-based optoelectronic devices,such as HC solar cells(HCSCs),hot energy transistors(HETs),HC photocatalytic reactors,and lasing devices.Based on a thorough analysis of the basic mechanisms of HC generation,thermalization,and cooling dynamics,this review outlines the various possible strategies to delay the HC cooling as well as to speed up their extraction.Various materials with slow cooling behavior,including perovskites and other semiconductors,are thoroughly presented.In addition,the opportunities for the generation of plasmon-induced HC through surface plasmon resonance and their technological applications in hybrid nanostructures are discussed in detail.By judiciously designing the plasmonic nanostructures,the light coupling into the photoactive layer and its optical absorption can be greatly enhanced as well as the successful conversion of incident photons to HC with tunable energies can also be realized.Finally,the future outlook of HC in optoelectronics is highlighted which will provide great insight to the research community.展开更多
In 2022,the role of digital economy as a stabilizer and accelerator of the national economy was more prominent.Industry digitalization,which is driven by China’ s intelligent manufacturing,has become the main engine ...In 2022,the role of digital economy as a stabilizer and accelerator of the national economy was more prominent.Industry digitalization,which is driven by China’ s intelligent manufacturing,has become the main engine of China’ s digital economy development.As the core component of industrial digitalization,industrial e-commerce also developed in full swing.In the past three years,the COVID-19 pandemic has brought plenty of pressure to China’s industrial economy.展开更多
Chinese lending is pushing development of Africa,“debt trap” accusations groundless,say envoys This year marks the 10th anniversary of the proposal of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).The progresses and achievemen...Chinese lending is pushing development of Africa,“debt trap” accusations groundless,say envoys This year marks the 10th anniversary of the proposal of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).The progresses and achievements of the BRI have drawn plenty of attention from domestic and international media covering this year’s Two Sessions.展开更多
Despite that language learning strategy(LLS) has been heatedly discussed since its emergence in 1975, its conceptualization, categorization and strategy training models are still in dispute. However, what commonly rev...Despite that language learning strategy(LLS) has been heatedly discussed since its emergence in 1975, its conceptualization, categorization and strategy training models are still in dispute. However, what commonly revealed by most studies is that there is a positive correlation between the use of language learning strategy and language learners' performance. This paper applies Dornyei's classification, known as cognitive strategies, metacognitive strategies, social strategies and affective strategies. By reviewing previous studies on the application of metacognitive strategy in English as a second language(ESL) reading comprehension, plenty of useful implications for reading pedagogy are suggested. It further explains how certain important metacognitive strategies, namely Semantic Mapping(SM) and Experience-Text-Relationship(ETR), can be implemented in second language reading comprehension, aiming to encourage language learners to be aware of learning strategies,"learn how to learn"(Cohen, 1988, p66)!展开更多
Energy is a vital commodity that sustains human lives,as well as economic processes.The challenges towards energy generation,demand and supply are plenty owing to the use of fossil fuels leading to climate change and ...Energy is a vital commodity that sustains human lives,as well as economic processes.The challenges towards energy generation,demand and supply are plenty owing to the use of fossil fuels leading to climate change and environmental problems like water and air pollution.With the increasing awareness over climate change,post Paris Agreement,the role of energy plays a key role towards achieving the proposed target.The contributions in this Special Issue of Geoscience Frontiers on Energy includes 8 papers from esteemed research groups worldwide which explores,highlights and provide new insights towards the various aspects of energy.展开更多
If you read many English compositions, you will find thag parallel structures are used widely and universally. You might ask, 'Why is parallelism so importtnt to a writer?' 'Why do we make mistakes if we u...If you read many English compositions, you will find thag parallel structures are used widely and universally. You might ask, 'Why is parallelism so importtnt to a writer?' 'Why do we make mistakes if we use parallelism in writing?' As far as these questions are concerned, I’d like to talk on parallelism in展开更多
Temperature control and sensitive handling are fundamental requirements of most life sciences products today.While a stunning clutch of data released by China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing(CFLP)recently has d...Temperature control and sensitive handling are fundamental requirements of most life sciences products today.While a stunning clutch of data released by China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing(CFLP)recently has drawn plenty of attention.It showed that 30%of the fruit and vegetable are spoiled during transportation.If the number is down展开更多
Have you ever dreamed of st udy ing in China but weren’t sure where to start?When you searched online for options,did you feel frustrated and confused?This happens frequently with prospective students scouring
It is the ninth year for China to implement the Antitrust Law and the law enforcement has been seeing plenty of new measures,which helps the Law keep improving.Since the year of 2014,the antitrust law enforcement divi...It is the ninth year for China to implement the Antitrust Law and the law enforcement has been seeing plenty of new measures,which helps the Law keep improving.Since the year of 2014,the antitrust law enforcement division of the State Council has disclosed a series of sensational antitrust investigation cases and the foreign-invested companies serve as a target among these cases.For instance,the"展开更多
Sino-French economic relations are entering a new era with plenty of development opportunities,according to a senior official from the China Council for the Promo-tion of International Trade(CCPIT).Zhang Wei,Vice Chai...Sino-French economic relations are entering a new era with plenty of development opportunities,according to a senior official from the China Council for the Promo-tion of International Trade(CCPIT).Zhang Wei,Vice Chairman of the CCPIT said at the 19th China-France Economic Seminar that the Third展开更多
There are plenty of reasons to not go hiking during winter,with Beijing’s freezing cold being the most common excuse for staying home and hibernating.For keen and prepared hikers,this presents an opportunity.With mos...There are plenty of reasons to not go hiking during winter,with Beijing’s freezing cold being the most common excuse for staying home and hibernating.For keen and prepared hikers,this presents an opportunity.With most people preferring to stay indoors,some of the most crowded hiking spots in Beijing become free of people,allowing uninterrupted appreciation of the same scenery that causes crowds when the weather is mild.展开更多
Chinese will account for about 40 percent of Asian outbound travelers by 2030,and that will present plenty of opportunities for global travel and tourism companies,said a report by The Boston Consulting Group(BCG).Coa...Chinese will account for about 40 percent of Asian outbound travelers by 2030,and that will present plenty of opportunities for global travel and tourism companies,said a report by The Boston Consulting Group(BCG).Coauthored with TripAdvisor,the world’s largest travel website,the report,named Winning the Next Bil-lion Asian Travelers—Starting with China,sheds light on the travel and tourism industry in China.展开更多
As China’s cities experience re-cord numbers of hazardous smog days,sales of residential air purifiers have been boom-ing.Overall sales of air purifier products on average increased 11 percent annu-ally between 2010 ...As China’s cities experience re-cord numbers of hazardous smog days,sales of residential air purifiers have been boom-ing.Overall sales of air purifier products on average increased 11 percent annu-ally between 2010 and 2012,according to China’s Ministry of Commerce.The air purifier market still has plenty of room to grow,according to mar-展开更多
文摘State Highway 35 (SH35) connects Opotiki to Gisborne along the Raukumara Peninsula in the North Island, New Zealand. This corridor passes through an area which is prone to landslides, especially during the wet season. This, in turn, influences the traffic and has detrimental effects to the local economy, as it is dependent mainly on tourism and commercial transportation by road. This paper will focus on the landslides which occurred between June and September 2018, within the Bay of Plenty East on the north side of the Raukumara Peninsula. The paper will analyze both the nature and triggering mechanisms behind these landslides. As the landslides occur in the wet season, rainfall has been commonly considered the main trigger. However, the paper will argue that vehicle vibrations have been contributing to the instability of the slopes within the Bay of Plenty East. This paper will be instrumental in developing future transportation strategies in this part of the North Island.
文摘Until he was four years old,James Henry Trotter had a happy life.He lived peacefully with his mother and father in a beautiful house beside the sea.There were always plenty of other children for him to play with,and there was the sandy beach for him to run about on,and the ocean to paddle in.It was the perfect life for a small boy.
基金This work was financially supported by the Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan,Belt&Road Young Scientist Program(Grant No.19160745500)P.V.and H.P.thank Jane&Aatos Erkko Foundation(project“ASPIRE”)for fundingThis work is part of the Academy of Finland Flagship Programme,Photonics Research and Innovation(PREIN),Decision No.320165.
文摘Hot charge carriers(HC)are photoexcited electrons and holes that exist in nonequilibrium high-energy states of photoactive materials.Prolonged cooling time and rapid extraction are the current challenges for the development of future innovative HC-based optoelectronic devices,such as HC solar cells(HCSCs),hot energy transistors(HETs),HC photocatalytic reactors,and lasing devices.Based on a thorough analysis of the basic mechanisms of HC generation,thermalization,and cooling dynamics,this review outlines the various possible strategies to delay the HC cooling as well as to speed up their extraction.Various materials with slow cooling behavior,including perovskites and other semiconductors,are thoroughly presented.In addition,the opportunities for the generation of plasmon-induced HC through surface plasmon resonance and their technological applications in hybrid nanostructures are discussed in detail.By judiciously designing the plasmonic nanostructures,the light coupling into the photoactive layer and its optical absorption can be greatly enhanced as well as the successful conversion of incident photons to HC with tunable energies can also be realized.Finally,the future outlook of HC in optoelectronics is highlighted which will provide great insight to the research community.
文摘In 2022,the role of digital economy as a stabilizer and accelerator of the national economy was more prominent.Industry digitalization,which is driven by China’ s intelligent manufacturing,has become the main engine of China’ s digital economy development.As the core component of industrial digitalization,industrial e-commerce also developed in full swing.In the past three years,the COVID-19 pandemic has brought plenty of pressure to China’s industrial economy.
文摘Chinese lending is pushing development of Africa,“debt trap” accusations groundless,say envoys This year marks the 10th anniversary of the proposal of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).The progresses and achievements of the BRI have drawn plenty of attention from domestic and international media covering this year’s Two Sessions.
文摘Despite that language learning strategy(LLS) has been heatedly discussed since its emergence in 1975, its conceptualization, categorization and strategy training models are still in dispute. However, what commonly revealed by most studies is that there is a positive correlation between the use of language learning strategy and language learners' performance. This paper applies Dornyei's classification, known as cognitive strategies, metacognitive strategies, social strategies and affective strategies. By reviewing previous studies on the application of metacognitive strategy in English as a second language(ESL) reading comprehension, plenty of useful implications for reading pedagogy are suggested. It further explains how certain important metacognitive strategies, namely Semantic Mapping(SM) and Experience-Text-Relationship(ETR), can be implemented in second language reading comprehension, aiming to encourage language learners to be aware of learning strategies,"learn how to learn"(Cohen, 1988, p66)!
文摘Energy is a vital commodity that sustains human lives,as well as economic processes.The challenges towards energy generation,demand and supply are plenty owing to the use of fossil fuels leading to climate change and environmental problems like water and air pollution.With the increasing awareness over climate change,post Paris Agreement,the role of energy plays a key role towards achieving the proposed target.The contributions in this Special Issue of Geoscience Frontiers on Energy includes 8 papers from esteemed research groups worldwide which explores,highlights and provide new insights towards the various aspects of energy.
文摘If you read many English compositions, you will find thag parallel structures are used widely and universally. You might ask, 'Why is parallelism so importtnt to a writer?' 'Why do we make mistakes if we use parallelism in writing?' As far as these questions are concerned, I’d like to talk on parallelism in
文摘Temperature control and sensitive handling are fundamental requirements of most life sciences products today.While a stunning clutch of data released by China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing(CFLP)recently has drawn plenty of attention.It showed that 30%of the fruit and vegetable are spoiled during transportation.If the number is down
文摘Have you ever dreamed of st udy ing in China but weren’t sure where to start?When you searched online for options,did you feel frustrated and confused?This happens frequently with prospective students scouring
文摘It is the ninth year for China to implement the Antitrust Law and the law enforcement has been seeing plenty of new measures,which helps the Law keep improving.Since the year of 2014,the antitrust law enforcement division of the State Council has disclosed a series of sensational antitrust investigation cases and the foreign-invested companies serve as a target among these cases.For instance,the"
文摘Sino-French economic relations are entering a new era with plenty of development opportunities,according to a senior official from the China Council for the Promo-tion of International Trade(CCPIT).Zhang Wei,Vice Chairman of the CCPIT said at the 19th China-France Economic Seminar that the Third
文摘There are plenty of reasons to not go hiking during winter,with Beijing’s freezing cold being the most common excuse for staying home and hibernating.For keen and prepared hikers,this presents an opportunity.With most people preferring to stay indoors,some of the most crowded hiking spots in Beijing become free of people,allowing uninterrupted appreciation of the same scenery that causes crowds when the weather is mild.
文摘Chinese will account for about 40 percent of Asian outbound travelers by 2030,and that will present plenty of opportunities for global travel and tourism companies,said a report by The Boston Consulting Group(BCG).Coauthored with TripAdvisor,the world’s largest travel website,the report,named Winning the Next Bil-lion Asian Travelers—Starting with China,sheds light on the travel and tourism industry in China.
文摘As China’s cities experience re-cord numbers of hazardous smog days,sales of residential air purifiers have been boom-ing.Overall sales of air purifier products on average increased 11 percent annu-ally between 2010 and 2012,according to China’s Ministry of Commerce.The air purifier market still has plenty of room to grow,according to mar-
