Chen Family Research Articles

Existence of chaos and the approximate solution of the Lorenz–Lü–Chen system with the Caputo fractional operator

Dynamical systems and fractional differential equations can be modeled using variable-order differential operators. In this study, the dynamics of a variable-order fractional Lorenz–Lü–Chen system with variable-order and constant-order derivatives are examined. We propose a generalized numerical scheme for simulating fractional differential operators with power-law kernels. The numerical scheme is based on the fundamental theorem of fractional calculus and the Lagrange polynomial interpolation. Furthermore, we examine how random parameter variations affect an approximate unified chaotic model with variable order. Specifically, we examine chaos disappearance in systems that rapidly switch from one family to another. In our simulation study, we show that increasing the key parameter and reducing its reciprocal fractional order together can suppress chaotic fluctuations much earlier than if the parameters remain fixed. Different simulation techniques have also been explored for fractional order switched chaotic systems with random parameters. The proposed system can also be solved using power series methods. The novelty of this paper is not to examine weak chaos masked by additive noise, but rather to describe the dynamics of systems that are subjected to such noise as parameter switching. By adjusting the structure, parameters, and order of the system, different chaotic oscillations and special dynamic behaviors of the Lorenz–Lü–Chen family chaos system are discovered and analyzed.

A Study on Narrative Art of Raise the Red Lantern

In the history of modern and contemporary Chinese literature, Su Tong, a leading representative of avant-garde writers, is good at using creatively narrative skills to develop his stories. Raise the Red Lantern is one of his famous masterpieces, which ranks among the top 100 Chinese novels of the 20th century. The story began with a small sedan chair carrying Lotus, a 19-year-old college student, into Chen Family. She was going to be a fourth concubine for Chen Zuoqian, a 50-year-old master of Chen family. The books tells the unfortunate marriage and tragic fate of Lotus under the feudal system in Chen family. This paper aimed to analyze and appreciate narrative art in Raise the Red Lantern from three aspects: narrative contents, narrative language and narrative techniques, which will enrich the interpretation of the novella. Su Tong made use of vivid characterization, delicate environmental description, rich metaphors and symbols as well as intradiegetic narrator to represent the readers the tragedy of women in a feudal family and provoke in-dept thinking of fate of women group.

Textual research on the birthplace of Chen Xunzhai, a doctor of the Republic of China

Chen Xunzhai was a famous Fujian traditional Chinese medicine expert in the period of the Republic of China. There are different records of his native place in the existing literature. By reviewing the published journals and books, interviewing Chen Xunzhai's scattered works and genealogy and visiting his descendants, this article conducted investigations and researches and confirmed that Chen Xunzhai, also named Guangcheng, was born in Shangyang Village, Gaopo Town in Yongding County of Fujian Province. He was the 22nd generation of descendants of Chen family in Shangyang Yingchuan County, not the descendant of the Chen family in Jiang Tian Nanyang of Chang Le City. Neither was he the seventh-generation grandson of Chen Xiuyuan. The findings of this paper will lay the foundation for the further researches on Chen Xunzhai.

Identification of a novel player in insulin‐mediated lipolysis inhibition

Lipolysis is a tightly regulated catabolic process essential for maintaining whole‐body energy homeostasis. It exists in a dynamic balance between activation by β‐adrenergic stimulation during starvation or prolonged exercise, and inhibition by insulin following nutrient intake. Dysregulation of lipolysis can lead to ectopic fat accumulation in the blood and insulin‐sensitive tissues, encouraging the development of metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes and non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease. Despite this, the mechanism by which insulin regulates lipolysis remains controversial and incomplete. The prevailing model hinges on the enzymatic function of the Akt substrate, phosphodiesterase 3B (PDE3B) in explaining insulin’s antilipolytic action. However, several studies have challenged this and suggested that whilst PDE3B is essential, its function alone cannot explain this regulation. Instead, we implicate another protein, α/β‐hydrolase domain‐containing protein 15 (ABHD15) as a novel player in insulin‐mediated lipolysis inhibition. Through stable knockdown or knockout of ABHD15 in 3T3‐L1, brown or fat explant adipocytes, we demonstrate a significant defect in insulin’s inhibition of lipolysis that is rescued upon ABHD15 re‐expression. Moreover, through the characterisation of ABHD15 and PDE3B mutants lacking novel insulin‐regulated phosphorylation sites previously identified by our lab, we have explored a putative mechanism by which these proteins facilitate insulin’s inhibition of lipolysis. In summary, we have identified a novel regulator of lipolysis that will likely shed light on the mechanism of this important process.Support or Funding InformationAustralian Government Research Training Program Scholarship, The Chen Family Research Scholarship.

"Nurturing Individuals, Kinship, and Culture: Kitchens as Social Spaces in Wayson Choy’s The Jade Peony and Ruby Slipperjack’s Silent Words"

Developing a strong sense of community and preserving cultural identity are key components of Chinese Canadian and Indigenous literatures; this shared identity provides a sense of ethnic and cultural solidarity for so-called “visible minorities” in Canada, a key concern in both Wayson Choy’s novel The Jade Peony and Ruby Slipperjack’s novel Silent Words. In these novels the locus of culture becomes the kitchen or the campfire, sites where culture is made tangible through the preparation and consumption of traditional cuisine. In The Jade Peony, the Chen family kitchen is a social space where three generations of Chinese Canadians reinforce their kinship ties by sharing meals and other elements of Chinese culture. Kitchens and campfires function similarly in Silent Words: Danny connects with other Ojibwa people in these sites, strengthening his cultural identity and alleviating his isolation while simultaneously learning traditional methods of subsistence hunting and food preparation. By comparing passages from Choy’s The Jade Peony and Slipperjack’s Silent Words, it is shown that kitchens and campfires are both sites of strengthened kinship connections and also function as vehicles for the preservation of culture through the preparation and consumption of traditional meals.

Fighting Words: Four New Document Finds Reignite Old Debates in Taijiquan Historiography

Martial arts historiography has been at the center of China’s culture wars and a cause celebre between traditionalists and modernizers for the better part of a century. Nowhere are the stakes higher than with the iconic art of taijiquan , where, based on a handful of documents in the Chen, Wu, and Yang lineages, traditionalists have mythologized the origins of taijiquan, claiming the Daoist immortal Zhang Sanfeng as progenitor, while modernizers won official government approval by tracing the origins to historical figures in the Chen family. Four new document finds, consisting of manuals, genealogies, and stele rubbings, have recently emerged that disrupt the narratives of both camps, and, if authentic, would be the urtexts of the taijiquan ‘classics’, and force radical revision of our understanding of the art. This article introduces the new documents, the circumstances of their discovery, their contents, and the controversies surrounding their authenticity and significance, as well as implications for understanding broader trends in Chinese culture and politics.

Transmuted exponentiated Chen distribution with application to survival data

This article considers an extension of the exponentiated Chen distribution based on the quadratic rank transmutation map technique. Some structural properties of the transmuted exponentiated Chen distribution are discussed. The estimation procedure is performed using the method of maximum likelihood. Finally, the flexibility of the new distribution is illustrated using strengths of glass fibres data and nicotine in cigarettes data. References G. R. Aryal and C. P. Tsokos. Transmuted Weibull distribution: A generalization of the Weibull probability distribution. Euro. J. Pure Appl. Math. , 4(2):89–102, 2011. http://www.ejpam.com/index.php/ejpam/article/view/1170 Z. Chen. A new two-parameter lifetime distribution with bathtub shape or increasing failure rate function. Stats. Prob. Lett. , 49:155–161, 2000. doi:10.1016/S0167-7152(00)00044-4 Y. P. Chaubey and R. Zhang. An extension of Chen's family of survival distributions with bathtub shape or increasing hazard rate function. Commun. Stat. A: Theor. , 44(19):4049–4064, 2015. doi:10.1080/03610926.2014.997357 M. S. Khan and R. King. Transmuted modified Weibull distribution: A generalization of the modified Weibull probability distribution. Euro. J. Pure Appl. Math. , 6(1):66–88, 2013. http://www.ejpam.com/index.php/ejpam/article/view/1606 M. S. Khan, R. King and I. Hudson. Characterizations of the transmuted inverse Weibull distribution. ANZIAM J , 55:C197–C217, 2014. doi:10.21914/anziamj.v55i0.7785 M. S. Khan and R. King. A new class of transmuted inverse Weibull distribution for reliability analysis. Am. J. Math. Manage. Sci. . 33(4):261–286, 2014. doi:10.1080/01966324.2014.929989 M. S. Khan, R. King and I. Hudson. A new three parameter transmuted Chen lifetime distribution with application. J. Appl. Stat. Sci. , 21(3) 2015. https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=54720 F. Merovci. Transmuted Rayleigh distribution. Austrian J. Stat. , 42(1):21–31, 2013. http://www.ajs.or.at/index.php/ajs/article/view/vol42,%20no1-2 R. L. Smith and J. C. Naylor. A comparison of maximum likelihood and Bayesian estimators for the three-parameter Weibull distribution. J. Roy. Stat. Soc. C–App. , 36:358–369, 1987. doi: 10.2307/2347795 W. T. Shaw and I. R. C. Buckley. The alchemy of probability distributions: Beyond Gram–Charlier expansions, and a skew-kurtotic-normal distribution from a rank transmutation map. Technical report, 2009. http://arxiv.org/abs/0901.0434 Federal Trade Commission (USA). Results of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide testing for 1,249 varieties of domestic cigarettes sold in 1995. File No. 962 3099, Jan. 1998. https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/1998/01/results-tar-nicotine-and-carbon-monoxide-testing-1249-varieties

Effect of random parameter switching on commensurate fractional order chaotic systems

The paper explores the effect of random parameter switching in a fractional order (FO) unified chaotic system which captures the dynamics of three popular sub-classes of chaotic systems i.e. Lorenz, Lu and Chen's family of attractors. The disappearance of chaos in such systems which rapidly switch from one family to the other has been investigated here for the commensurate FO scenario. Our simulation study show that a noise-like random variation in the key parameter of the unified chaotic system along with a gradual decrease in the commensurate FO is capable of suppressing the chaotic fluctuations much earlier than that with the fixed parameter one. The chaotic time series produced by such random parameter switching in nonlinear dynamical systems have been characterized using the largest Lyapunov exponent (LLE) and Shannon entropy. The effect of choosing different simulation techniques for random parameter FO switched chaotic systems have also been explored through two frequency domain and three time domain methods. Such a noise-like random switching mechanism could be useful for stabilization and control of chaotic oscillation in many real-world applications.

International Trade and the Transformation of Taiwanese Sugar Merchants: A Case Study of the Chen Fuqian Family in Takao, 1860–1905

Focusing on the business operation of the Chen Fuqian family in south Taiwan, this paper analyses the importance of traditional business customs and family organization in international trade. Alongside the expansion of trade in Taiwan in the late Qing period, Taiwanese merchants would try to learn Western system of management to better position themselves in the intensive business competition. The development of the Chen family business thus epitomized the interaction between traditional Chinese and Western managerial system. (This article is in Chinese.)

Historical and Cultural Connotation of the Architectural Wood Carving Ornament in the Ancestral Temple of Chen Family - With “Feast in Bronze Sparrow Terrace Held by Cao Cao” and “Jiantu Conference” as Examples

The paper aims to analyze the features of the craftsmanship and composition and study the architectural ornament art and cultural and aesthetic implication of the architectural wood carving of the Ancestral Temple of Chen Family, which is the key cultural site under the state protection.

Flower Power's Enduring Poet Laureate

Gee continuedfrom previous page heartfelt, engaging, and particularly evocative when describing how Kiam feels in Jenny's presence, from his showing her a scar to their first kiss, and there are depictions of their subsequent embraces and burgeoning physical intimacy. How the writing is so truthful and moving is all too important because it contrasts where Jack O'Connor's life and ways lead him—we eventually learn of his own interests in Jenny. Whether characters can or should or do cross racial lines becomes a larger concern of the novel; it's well worth reading the entire book to discover who ends up with whom, and why. Whether characters can or should or do cross racial lines becomes a larger concern ofthe novel. Choy also comments upon interracial relationships with a more minorbut still substantial character, Meiying, a young woman also living in Vancouver's Chinatown who falls in love with a young Japanese man. The consequences of their relationship are as moving as what occurs between Kiam, Jenny, and Jack; Choy tells another story of life here through Kiam's perspective that will affect readers and provoke yet more intense thought and feeling. All That Matters is also a novel about the survival and growth of the Chen family. Kiam's stepmother, called "gai-mou" meaning helpmate (for the father), is a younger, beautiful woman who is shipped over from China. Choy creates a compelling portrait of her life, for the reader follows her from her arrival as she settles in and gives birth to three more children. Choy's sensitivity is admirable because he shows the reader, in very tender scenes, how the stepmother fears for the life ofthe first child, Kiam's little sister, Jook-Liang, since girls are often given away or removed upon birth in China. Choy also shows the reader the stepmother's struggles of giving birth to two sons and the pain and grief she must endure upon losing one. What should be admired most ofall, ifone steps back, is Choy's consummate skill as a novelist. He manages to weave all ofhis concerns-^Chinese Canadian history, the culture ofa Chinese family, the events of the world and Canada's reaction to them, and how a young man, Kiam-Kim, can find his place in life in Vancouver's Chinatown—into one longer compelling narrative. This is never easy to do, especially when writing about the past, far back in the 1900s. And all throughout, the prose is graceful, artful, filled with freshness and energy. The writer's mind could not be more insightful, the story always significant; and so All That Matters should be regarded as a rare, winning book, one to savor and carefully consider. Allen Gee is an assistantprofessor ofcreative writing at Georgia College* where he is alsofacultyfiction editorfor thejournal Arts & Letters. Flower Power's Enduring Poet Laureate Kirby Olson Richard Brautigan: Essays on the Writings and Life Edited By John F. Barber McFarland http://www.mcfarlandpub.com 314 pages; paper, $39.95 Time is central to the controversy surrounding writer Richard Brautigan. Neil Schiller, for instance, writes against linear understanding of Brautigan in his essay "The Historical Present: Notions of History , Time and Cultural Lineage in the Writings of Richard Brautigan": There is a malleable quality to Brautigan's time.... It can start and stop at will; the narrator can step outside of his moment and describe another one while waiting for that to come to an end. ...If history is a chaos of facts reconstructed into a narrative, then so too is time a maelstrom of impressions that are reconstructed into a chronology. It is not linear in and of itself, which is just one model of narrative . Another model would be cyclical; another perhaps modular. Brautigan's is dimensional, molecular, conceptually geographical, with moments placed like coordinates.... While Schiller argues that Brautigan is a leveler oftime-based linear narratives, many ofthe thirty-plus other critics in the volume see Brautigan as directly related to his time and unable to survive outside the ecosystem of flower-power. Kevin Ring writes, "He represented something almost intangible but very desirable, that myth of the literary west coast, when the...

Colors of the mountain

Da Chen was born in 1962, in the Year of Great Starvation. Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution engulfed millions of Chinese citizens, and the Red Guard enforced Mao's brutal communist regime. Chen's family belonged to the despised landlord class, and his father and grandfather were routinely beaten and sent to labor camps, the family of eight left without a breadwinner. Despite this background of poverty and danger, and Da Chen grows up to be resilient, tough, and funny, learning how to defend himself and how to work toward his future. By the final pages, when his says his last goodbyes to his father and boards the bus to Beijing to attend college, Da Chen has become a hopeful man astonishing in his resilience and cheerful strength.

Inequality in the Rewards for Holding up Half the Sky: Gender Wage Gaps in China's Urban Labour Market, 1988-1994

The intuition underlying our analysis of these data is simple and direct. Each yearbook entry shows the proportion of female workers and the average wage of all workers. If mens wages exceed womens wages by a substantial margin we expect a negative association between the proportion of female workers and the average wage: the higher the proportion of women the lower the average wage. Applying econometric methods to large numbers of such observations permits us to obtain statistical estimates of the gender wage gap in Chinas urban labour markets. We seek answers to a series of interrelated questions. Do men earn more than women? If so is the wage gap large or small? Does the male-female wage differential rise or fall over time? To what extent can the wage gap be attributed to specific factors such as location economic sector type of ownership (state collective other) or educational attainments? What is the size and trend of the residual male-female wage inequalities which persist after we apply statistical controls for these factors? To what extent are women crowded into low-paying industries? (excerpt)

Differential expression of NFkB and response to oxidative stress in normal human melanocytes and metastatic melanoma cells

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Global minima for transition metal clusters described by Sutton–Chen potentials

Using a Monte Carlo minimization approach we report the global minima for metal clusters modelled by the Sutton–Chen family of potentials containing up to 80 atoms. The resulting structures are discussed in the light of both experimental and theoretical data for clusters of the appropriate elements.

The Structure of Corporate Ownership: Causes and Consequences

This paper argues that the structure of corporate ownership varies systematically in ways that are consistent with value maximization. Among the variables that are empirically significant in explaining the variation in ownership structure for 511 U.S. corporations are firm size, instability of profit rate, whether or not the firm is a regulated utility or financial institution, and whether or not the firm is in the mass media or sports industry. Doubt is cast on the Berle-Means thesis, as no significant relationship is found between ownership concentration and accounting profit rates for this set of firms.