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The Construction of African American Women’s Subjectivity in Toni Morrison’s Home

Zhang Bei
Toni Morrison’s novels mostly focus on the experience of African Americans, especially the African American women’s miserable experience in the white-dominated society. Loss of self-identity has always been Morrison’s concern in her writing. Home, which was published in 2012, tells a story about how...

Higher order Painlevé system of type D2n+2(1) and monodromy preserving deformation

Kenta Fuji, Keisuke Inoue, Keisuke Shinomiya, Takao Suzuki
Pages: 57 - 69
The higher order Painlevé system of type D2n+2(1) was proposed by Y. Sasano as an extension of PVI for the affine Weyl group symmetry with the aid of algebraic geometry for Okamoto initial value space. In this article, we give it as the monodromy preserving deformation of a Fuchsian system.

Gender Inequalities in STEM Careers in Developed and Developing Countries

A Systematic Review

Ekania Apriyanti Gunawan, Yadi Mulyadi, Iwan Kustiawan
Gender inequalities in careers has been an issue for a long time in many parts of the world. Even in the country with the best rates of gender equality in the world, gender inequalities persist across many professions. One of the career fields where there is a lot of gender inequality is science, technology,...

The Linguistic Art Style of “The Communist Manifesto”

Yi Zhang, Mengqi Zhang, Shuoyang Zang, Junfei Bi
The Communist Manifesto, as a Marxist programmatic document, not only has important theoretical value but also has a unique charm of language and art. This article mainly discusses the linguistic art style of “Communist Manifesto” with humorous imagery metaphors, smart language, exquisite and rigorous...

Islamic Bank Financing Behavior

A Survey in Asia

Tasya Aspiranti, Westi Riani, Ima Amaliah
This paper aims to analyze how is the Islamic Banks provided financing behavior in Asia. This financing behavior is interesting to study because economic conditions do not influence it and even contribute to the stability of the financial system and the economy. Currently, Islamic Banks are still relied...

Dispute Resolution by Indigenous Functionaries as an Effort to Strengthen Indigenous Institutions

Hayatul Ismi, Ulfia Hasanah, Zainul Akmal
The resolution of disputes through the judiciary received sharp criticism, both from practitioners and from legal theory. Judicial roles and functions are considered to be overloaded, slow and waste of time, expensive and less responsive to the public interest, or considered too formalist and too technical....

Life Satisfaction of Shangbanzu in Beijing and Influencing Factors

Yi Du
With the rapid development of Beijing and the increase of the working population, the biggest problem facing most of the working people who are about to enter the society is which district to live and develop. This article analyzed the two most important factors for working people and which area is happier...
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The Research of Sound Absorption Performance on Micro-Perforated Panel Absorb-er

M.Z. Sun, C. Yue, X.M. Zhang
This paper introduces the classical theory of MPA (micro-perforated panel absorb-er). Its sound absorption coefficient primarily related to these structure parameters. Based on the theory of MPA which is proposed by M, sound absorption performances are researched by using MATLAB. By this method, the...
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Research on PV Array Voltage Characteristic Test System Design

Fei Feng, Fangshen Wu, Jianfu Chen, Weishan Wang
Solar photovoltaic power generation is an important part of the system, and the work efficiency and system capacity is closely related to improving the energy conversion efficiency of the solar cell can increase the utilization of solar energy. Because of the characteristics of solar cells have a number...
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Design and Simulation of Car Windshield Broken Mechanism Based on ABAQUS

Tao Jiang
Automotive glass is one of the most important parts of automobile, the performance of automobile glass is di-rectly related to an important indicator of the safety of passengers and fuel economy. But in the face of all kinds of natural disasters and in the traffic accident, the doors and windows can't...

A Visualization Analysis of Research Status of Learning Analytics during Past Five Years in China

Jiahua Zhang, Qin Zou
In order to understand the current situation of learning analytics, it tackled domestic research of learning analytics in China during past five years from the perspective of visual research. Multiple methods including literature analysis, word frequency analysis, and co-word clustered analysis are used...
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SEMG Signals BP Neural Network Classification Based on Wavelet Packet Energy

Liuyang Xu, Lijuan Shi, Yi Yu, Xinqi He, Yun Zhao, Juntang Lin
The purpose of this paper is to study the different features of surface electromyography signals while subjects take different actions with their forearms. In this paper, the surface electromyography signals, recorded from some healthy volunteers under different actions (fist, fist exhibition, inside...
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Effects of ABA on Photosynthetic Characteristics of Chinese Cabbage under Aluminum Stress

Huaqiang Tan, Guiyuan Pu, Huanxiu Li
A pot experiment was conducted to study the effects of exogenous abscisic acid (ABA) on photosynthetic characteristics of Chinese cabbage under aluminum (Al) stress. Five treatments were used in the experiment: leaves were sprayed with 0 (CK), 1, 5, 10 and 20 mol-L-1 concentrations of abscisic acid solution....
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Grey correlation analysis on factors affecting industrial water pollution in Jiangsu Province

Aixiang Tao
Industry is the main industry of water pollution.we should reduce the total amount of industrial water pollution to enhance the overall quality of the environment . Taking Jiangsu as an example, this paper analyzes the factors that affect the industrial water pollution by using the grey correlation analysis...
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A Note on Fuzzy Soft Topological Spaces

Vildan Cetkin, Halis Aygun
The main aim of this paper is to give a characterization of FSTOP, the category of fuzzy soft topological spaces and its continuous mappings. For this reason, we construct the category of antichain soft topological spaces and its continuous mappings, denoted ASTOP, and show that FSTOP is isomorphic to...
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Optimal Policy for Deteriorating Items Ramp Type Demand with Shelf Life

Kai-Wayne Chuang, Chien-Nan Lin, Chun-Hsiung Lan
In this article, we have studied the inventory and pricing strategies for deteriorating items with ramp type demand and shelf life. In practice, there are many commodity such as food, medication exist the shelf life expiration date. Therefore the shelf life expiration date has become an important research...
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Application of ID3 Algorithm in the Analysis of Satellite Telemetry Data

Fan Yu, Qin Yan
In order to deeply exploit the knowledge hidden in the telemetry data and find out the correlation between the data, ID3 algorithm was used in the article to analyze the telemetry data of solar panel substrate. The information gain value of parameter was calculated and the maximum gain value is the split...
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Study on Furniture Product Configuration Design from perspective of Traditional Pattern Symbols

Cong Ye
In this paper, cultural symbols of tradi-tional patterns were analyzed according to consumer demand. And modern furni-ture design method featuring generaliza-tion and concretization and configuration, reference and mutual fusion, restructuring and inheritance was discussed. It will provide scientific...
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An Investigation on the Integration of CC and IOT Education Resources in Military Academies

Chunmu Hou, Xiaocai Liu, Tieliang Zhang
Cloud Computing and the Internet of Things are both developing rapidly in recent years. The military academies should also seize this opportunity to realize the integration of education resources in the Cloud Computing and the Internet of things environment effectively. In this way, the integrated combat...
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Research on the Technology of Compressing Images in Developing Android Mobile Application

Shaowu Zou, Guibin Su
In the Android mobile applications, transferring pictures is the main reason that users consume their network data flow. Although efficient image compression method is an effective way to solve the problem, the image compression method does not be extensively studied on the Android platform. In order...
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Study on A New Ecology Insulating Riser

Zhaoming Liu, Yangbo Chi
In order to replace the common ecology insulating riser, the dust of foundry is chosen as insulating-refractory material, sorel gel materials as binder and depending on the characteristic of foam beads that shrinking after heated to research on a new ecology insulating riser. The results show that the...
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Discussion on College English Teaching Model in Universities under New Situation

Wenjuan Du
In 2007 the “College English Curriculum Requirements” has established the college English teaching model of the student as the center, cultivating the language skills, the students’ comprehensive ability and autonomous learning ability. But in 2013 the “Beijing 2014-2016 College Entrance Framework Plan...
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Air-to-ground Attack Path Planning Method Without Terrain Restriction

Xiaowen Duan, Xiaoguang Gao
Through the analysis of the research status, battle features and operational requirements on air-to-ground attack, the paper proposes a new air-to-ground attack path planning method. Firstly, the characteristic point calculation method is put forward based on the scheduled attack direction and weapon...

The Application of "Practical Training Teaching Project" in the Teaching of Art Design

Shu Zhang, Yijie Liu
Practical training teaching project is to make students to conduct practical operational ability based on the particularity and professional characteristics of the design courses. At first, this paper introduces the significance of practical training teaching project, then puts forward the feasibility...
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Design and Analysis of Automobile Composite Muffler Model

Dongwei Wang
This paper introduced the theoretical design of automotive muffler. The muffler three-dimensional model was established using the computer, and convert the format of the three-dimensional model into STL, then by using the method of rapid prototyping, print out the muffler entities. By using the related...

From the Holistic Governance Perspective to Study Multidimensional Analysis of China's Food Safety Supervision System

Zhaorui Feng, Shaohua Xu, Shaowei Zhang, Min Sun
In order to put forward holistic governance analysis framework, implement multi-dimensional analysis of China's food safety supervision system, this study on the basis on the relevant research perspectives of holistic governance theory, from the value chain between market subjects, the whole process...

Research on Employee Participation System

Jianduan Li
Since the reform and opening up, China has made great achievements in economic construction. However, with China is entering into the "new normal" of the economy, the competition of enterprises is increasing and the pressure of development is increasing. The development of employee participation system...

The Analysis of Several Chinese Cultural Symbols in Chinese-American Literature

Jingbo Zhu
Today, Chinese-American works have already become an important aspect of American literature and culture. The thesis is an attempt to analyze several Chinese cultural symbols in some famous Chinese-American works. The representation of these symbols is an implication to show these writers' cultural identity,...
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Reuses of the Ionic Polymer metal composites (IPMCs) with various thicknesses

Shufeng Li, Yip Joanne, Gaohua Liu, Bowen Cheng
The IPMCs with various thicknesses were manufactured by a hot-pressed method and their actuations in terms of tip force and displacement when being reused with different treatments were investigated. Three selected treatments are no treatment, treatment in deionized water or 2M NaCl solution. To achieve...

The Repressive Hypothesis: Natural Sexuality, Suppressed Eros and a Chance of an Alternative

Philipp Tagirov
The article studies the so called "repressive hypothesis" according to which eros and sexuality are suppressed by authoritarian social order. This hypothesis is based of Freudian idea of repressive nature of culture and developed primarily by W. Reich and G. Marcuse. The current analysis points out the...
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Discussion of the Measurement Invariance Across Gender in the Version of the Part of Responsiveness in Servqual Scale

Feng-Ming Liu, Yun-Chin Huang, Shih-Lung Ching, Yu-Jia Hu
This quantitative research was to examine the measurement invariance across gender for the part of Responsiveness in SERVQUAL Scale for retail chain stores business in Taiwan. The SERVQUAL Scale has become the most common questionnaire for investigating the perception of service quality in current service...
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A Design of LED Digital Tube Intelligent Alarm Clock Based on MCU

Xijia Feng
In order to make up for some shortcomings in the alarm clock based on smart phones, a design of LED digital tube intelligent alarm clock based on MCU is proposed. The project: LED digital tube intelligent alarm clock is based on MCU, which consists of the STC90C516RD MCU, together with some peripherals...

Design and Implementation on Physical Fitness and Health Standards Query System for College Students

Li Zhu
Schools must implement the national physical exercise standards, and through the evaluation to promote students to actively participate in physical exercise, improve physical health, promote the overall development of body, and become high-quality builders with right sports awareness and healthy lifestyle....

On Several Reflection Factors during the Interior Design of Green Residence

Gao Shanshan
Nowadays, with the rapid development of the society and economy, the living standards of people increase rapidly. People are gradually pursuing green and environmental living concepts rather than the extensive type living modes. Due to the increase of people’s cognition of scientific development concept...
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Survey and Study on the Effects of New Media Technology on College Students

Mei Bie, Zhe Wang, Jian Zhang
It shows that college students as a representative of the new media user has become an important part of Internet culture. The advantages of new media applications in the field of higher education are: achieve the mobile learning, change the interaction form between college teachers and students, and...
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Sentence length, sentence fragment and images affecting presentation of search result pages

Hong Xu, Ye Jiang, Yi-min Wang, Ye-wei Sun, Xue-qing Li
Presentation styles of search results have been constantly changing in these years, which affect users’ click-through behaviors. In order to discover what the efficient presentation styles are, in this study, we investigate three features of search results: sentence length, full sentence/ sentence fragment...

Research and Design of College Chinese Teaching based on the Diversified Teaching Method

Liqin Xu, Xiaoli Jiang
The teaching effect of college Chinese teaching is not satisfactory. In the course of teaching, teachers' teaching method is single, and students' learning interest is low and pays no attention. They can't not only grasp the basic theoretical knowledge and skills, and even the understanding of the course...

Developing Performance Assessment Instruments to Evaluate the Competence Achievement in Patisserie Learning

Mauren Gita Mirani, Ana
The lack of standardized assessment instruments which can assess student achievement competence in learning patisserie made the researchers motivated to create it. The purpose of this study is to create the design of assessment instrument which can be applied in teaching patisserie. This study used Developmental...
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Application of Natural Ventilation in Metal Mine Ventilation System

Yongliang Zhang, Qinglei Tan
With the increase of mining depth, heat harm is becoming more and more serious, paper established series of fan operating parameters model, designed energy-saving system of use natural ventilation to solve mine thermal harm, combined ventilation remote monitoring and natural ventilation, and innovated...
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Research on Moving Target Tracking and Information Filtering in Complex Building Environment

Xiangyi Bu
An algorithm of target tracking based on information filteringBook and particle filter is proposed in this paper. Accurate foreground region through the fusion of neighbour-information is segmented and features of foreground are extract to build an initial template for particle filter. The experimental...
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Characteristic Analysis of Seal Type Hydraulic Dumper Based on AMESim

Jungong Ma, Weiping Wang, Qiang Wu
Seal type hydraulic dumper is frequently used in helicopter rotor system to prevent ground resonance and air resonance. In this paper, we modeled the seal type hydraulic dumper with the Hydraulic Component Design database in AMESim and analyzed the impact of driving frequency and gas content of the hydraulic...
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Comparison on the Antioxidant Activities of Extracts from Six Tropical Fruit Tree Leaves

Liqing Du, Feiyue Ma, Qiong Fu, Yuge Liu, Xiumei Zhang
Phenolic acids concentrations, total phenolic and flavonoid contents and antioxidant activities in extracts from Naseberry, Jackfruit,Longan, Litchi, Carambola and Loquat leaves were determined. The total phenolic contents varied from 4.43% in Litchi to 11.97% in Naseberrys. The Four major phenolics,...
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First-principles calculations of second-order elastic constants and generalized-stacking-fault energy for GaAs

Yunchang Fu, Huili Zhang, Chun Zhang, Chunhua Zeng
The second-order elastic constants and generalized-stacking-fault energy surfaces for semiconductors GaAs have been predicted by using the first-principles calculations. The calculations employ the density functional theory within local-density-approximation method. The lattice constants of GaAs is 5.626Å,...
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A Weakly Secure Privacy Preserving Mechanism for Crowd Sensing

Pengfei Chen, Shukui Zhang, ChengKuan Lin
The popularity of smart sensing devices is greatly convenient for extensive collection of information. The information collected may include providers' private message, like location, personal identity, and so on. For protecting information providers' privacy, we design the information transfer mechanism...
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The Application of Big Data Technology in Basic Computer Teaching of Ethnic Preparatory

Yuhan Jie
The computer foundation is a major course of ethnic preparatory education. In this paper, the research situation of traditional preparatory basic computer teaching has been analyzed, in view of the crisis of the teaching, the application background, characteristics and essence of big data technology...
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Detection and inversion of diggings water-bearing structure by using electrical imaging

Fengshan Ma, Qingyun Di, Kepeng Li, Shanfei Wang, Wei Li
The water-riched overburden of a seabed mine poses threat to safe exploitation. The level -135 m strike drift of the Xinli mine district of Sanshandao gold mine in Shandong province was selected to be the survey site for electrical imaging, in order to map the groundwater distribution of the overlying...

"Adapt to the need of the production line adaptive social" building research and practice of applied talents training system

Jing Bai, Yanxia Song, Dejun Liu, Huida Duan
Based on local engineering applied undergraduate cultivating talent poor adaptability, engineering application ability is not strong. So we study the engineering background can be incorporated into the whole course of teaching philosophy. To realize the seamless docking adaptive social needs of personnel...

Motivational Strategies Using in College English Teahcing in China

Juju Wang
This paper explores how to apply motivational theories in college English teaching on the base of the introduction of its psychological development from humanism, behaviorism to cognitivism. Different strategies specific to high and low proficiency students are also listed after with the hope that providing...

Indonesian Curriculum 2013: Instructional Management, Obstacles Faced by Teachers in Implementation and the Way Forward

Imam Gunawan
This research aims to determine: (1) the processes of instructional management based on Curriculum 2013; (2) the constraints faced; and (3) the efforts of its solution in Elementary School in Malang City, Indonesia. This research used a qualitative approach. The research instrument is the researcher...
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Effect of fly ash on the structure and strength of concrete

Jun Liu, Yahui Zhang, Runqing Liu, Chao Duan
In order to explore the effect of fly ash on the pore structure and comprehensive strength properties of concrete, the effect of contents and particle size distribution of fly ash on the grade pore porosity and strength of the concrete were analyzed by mercury intrusion method. The results show that,...