Conceptual Fusion Research Articles

Psychological mechanism and cognitive basis of humorous speech

To more clearly present the psychological mechanism and cognitive basis of humorous speech, this study measured college students using various scales, discussed the role of humorous coping in resolving their social anxiety and regulating their mental health, and attempted to construct a cognitive symbol working model from three dimensions: theory of innocence, modern semiotics, and conceptual integration theory. We used the proposed model to present the psychological mechanism and cognitive basis of humorous speech. This study found that humor coping is positively correlated with college students’ social anxiety, which is positively correlated with mental health. Affinity humor style and humor coping can positively predict college students’ communication anxiety, but affinity humor style has better predictive power. This research held that relevance is the general principle of communicative cognition and has become a space of conceptual synthesis network. The combination of conceptual fusion and deviation theory with conventional theory can help us better understand verbal humor and reveal its cognitive basis. There is a close relationship between humorous language and human psychological mechanisms. Finally, there is also a clear relationship between different psychological mechanisms and the structure of humorous language.

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The Sims Online computer game engages ideas of place where construction of a place is contingent on the conceptual fusion of space and experience. This paper discusses the ways in which this fusion occurs in this exceptionally popular digital environment. I explore how both the space and the subject (required to mediate, record and name experience) are represented. Two familiar architectural devices are used to construct space in the game; the map and the axonometric, as historical tropes that remain active in digital space. An avatar or Sim operates as the experiencing subject in the game and the oscillating relationship between the body of the Sim and the body of the player is teased out. Finally, the place that results from the fusion of space and experience in this particular environment is described and analysed.

Cyber-Physical Internet (CPI)-enabled logistics infrastructure integration framework in the greater bay area

The emerging digital economy has facilitated the digital transformation of the logistics industry toward a standard and collaborative state. The logistics infrastructure has accordingly attracted much attention as the basis for supporting digital economy implementation. Moreover, the initiatives of regional collaborative development, such as in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) of China, have accelerated the integration of logistics infrastructure and operation-level collaboration. Fortunately, the Cyber-Physical Internet (CPI) has created new opportunities for promoting infrastructure integration through the cyber, physical and internet dimensions. However, regional infrastructure integration in the GBA faces various challenges associated with CPI network operations. Thus, a bottom-up approach is proposed to facilitate logistics infrastructure integration in the CPI environment based on the conceptual fusion of computer networks. Considering the fundamental difference in network fusion and operation mechanisms between CPI and computer networks, a CPI-LI2 (logistics infrastructure integration) framework is designed as an integrated solution. Finally, a simulation study is conducted using real-life medical logistics data from the GBA to verify the effectiveness of the CPI-LI2 framework. Experiments show that the framework is well adapted to large-scale logistics networks with dynamically changing links.

Psychological mechanism and cognitive basis of humorous speech

To more clearly present the psychological mechanism and cognitive basis of humorous speech, this study measured college students using various scales, discussed the role of humorous coping in resolving their social anxiety and regulating their mental health, and attempted to construct a cognitive symbol working model from three dimensions: theory of innocence, modern semiotics, and conceptual integration theory. We used the proposed model to present the psychological mechanism and cognitive basis of humorous speech. This study found that humor coping is positively correlated with college students’ social anxiety, which is positively correlated with mental health. Affinity humor style and humor coping can positively predict college students’ communication anxiety, but affinity humor style has better predictive power. This research held that relevance is the general principle of communicative cognition and has become a space of conceptual synthesis network. The combination of conceptual fusion and deviation theory with conventional theory can help us better understand verbal humor and reveal its cognitive basis. There is a close relationship between humorous language and human psychological mechanisms. Finally, there is also a clear relationship between different psychological mechanisms and the structure of humorous language.

Evolutionary Multi-Objective Feature Selection Algorithms on Multiple Smart Sustainable Community Indicator Datasets

The conceptual fusion of smart city and sustainability indicators has inspired the emergence of the smart sustainable city (SSC). Given the early stage of development in this field, most SSC studies have been primarily theoretical. Notably, existing empirical studies have overlooked the crucial aspect of feature engineering in the context of SSC, despite its significance in advancing SSC initiatives. This paper introduces an approach advocating for feature subset selection to maximize prediction accuracy and minimize computational time across diverse SSC indicators encompassing socio-cultural, economic, environmental, and governance categories. The study systematically collected multiple datasets on SSC indicators, covering various themes within the SSC framework. Employing six carefully chosen multiple-objective evolutionary feature selection algorithms, the research selected feature subsets. These subsets were then utilized in modeling algorithms to predict SSC indicators. The proposal enhanced prediction accuracy for life expectancy, online shopping intentions, energy consumption, air quality, water quality, and traffic flow for a smart and sustainable city by minimizing the subset features. The findings underscore the efficacy of feature subset selection in generating minimal features, thereby enhancing both prediction accuracy and computational efficiency in the realm of SSC indicators. For researchers aiming to develop sustainable systems for real-time data monitoring within SSC, the identified subset features offer a valuable resource, negating the necessity for extensive dataset collection. The provided SSC datasets are anticipated to serve as a catalyst, inspiring researchers to embark on empirical studies that explore SSC development from diverse perspectives, ultimately contributing to a more profound understanding of the SSC dynamics.

Hybrid Optimization Based Multi-Objective Path Planning Framework for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been touted as a cost-effective way to follow sensitive resources across wide areas. The extensive wireless sensor networks that UAVs travel through have allowed them to acquire exceptional amounts of data. The path planning of UAV operations in low-altitude urban environments is the main emphasis of this research. Regarding two objectives, namely journey distance and safety level, a Multi-Objective Path Planning (MOPP) framework is introduced. A unique hybrid optimization approach is used to optimally find the best flight path between adjacent acquisition stations based on these MOPPs. The conceptual fusion of traditional DHOA with WOA results in the suggested hybrid model known as Deer Hunter Updated Whale Optimization (DHUWO). Ultimately, the projected collision-free optimal path framework referred to Multi-Objective Path Planning with DHUWO (MOPP-DHUWO) model is compared over the existing models in terms of safety level and distance as well.

Optimized Deep Ensemble Technique for Malicious Behavior Classification in Cloud

We must find novel approaches to improve intrusion detection systems in cloud computing as network traffic increases and attacks become more pervasive and complex. This study offers Ensemble methods for Cloud-based Network Intrusion Detection and Classification. The main means through which Ensemble Learning enhances each Machine Learning result Using algorithms and a strong classifier. In starting, the redundant data is removed from the collected raw data and the data cleaning is performed as the pre-processing phase. From these pre-processed data, modified holoentropy, correntropy, information gain, and statistical features are extracted. An ensemble technique that uses models like the neural network (NN), support vector machine (SVM), random forest (RF), and optimized deep belief network (DBN) performs the final detection of the presence or absence of attacks. The process of fine-tuning is supervised, and in order to increase the training’s accuracy, the weights received from the RBM pre-training are modified. A new hybrid model called Moth Logarithmic Assisted Deer Hunting Optimization performs this fine-tuning (MLADHO). The conceptual fusion of the traditional Moth Flame Optimization (MFO) and the Deer Hunting Optimization Algorithm (DHO) yields the suggested algorithm. Finally, both the algorithmic and classifier evaluation is performed by comparing the suggested over conventional methods.

Behavior of helium cavities in ion-irradiated W-Ni-Fe ductile-phase toughened tungsten

This study reports on the distribution of helium (He) cavities in a hot-rolled W-Ni-Fe ductile-phase toughened tungsten (DPT W) composite irradiated to a dose and a helium concentration that are comparable to those in the material after 5-year irradiation in a conceptual fusion power plant. The DPT W sample consists of W particles embedded in a ductile-phase NiFeW matrix with a nominal composition of 90W-7Ni-3Fe by weight. It was hot-rolled to a thickness reduction by 87% (87R DPT W). Sequential and individual irradiations of the material with 1.2 MeV Ni+ ions to a fluence of 2.15 × 1016 Ni+/cm2 and 90 keV He+ ions to 6.5 × 1015 He+/cm2 was performed at 973 K. Larger He cavities with a lower number density are observed in NiFeW than W. Helium cavities are aggregated preferentially along the NiFeW/W interphase boundary. This behavior is not observed along the W/W grain boundary under the same irradiation conditions. The average corrected cavity diameter or volume appears to be smaller in the sequentially irradiated sample than He+ ion irradiated sample. There is no evidence for formation of visible voids or Ni precipitates in W phase irradiated with Ni+ ions only. Diffusion, clustering and trapping of vacancies and He atoms during He+ ion irradiation at 973 K may be responsible for the formation of the He cavities.

Food supply chains and the antimicrobial resistance challenge: On the framing, accomplishments and limitations of corporate responsibility

This paper presents a critique of supply chain responses to a particular global wicked problem – antimicrobial resistance (AMR). It evaluates the understanding of AMR (and drug-resistant infections) as a food system challenge and critically explores how responsibility for addressing it is framed and implemented. We place the spotlight on the AMR strategies applied in UK retailers’ domestic poultry and pork supply chains. This provides a timely analysis of corporate engagement with AMR in light of the 2016 O’Neill report on Tackling Drug Resistant Infections Globally, which positioned supermarket chains, processors, and regulators as holding key responsibilities. Research included interviews with retailers, industry bodies, policy makers, farmers, processors, consultants and campaigners. We evaluate how strategy for tackling AMR in the food system is focused on antimicrobial stewardship, particularly targets for reducing antibiotic use in domestic food production. The global value chain notion of multipolar governance, where influence derives from multiple nodes both inside and outside the supply chain, is blended with more-than-human assemblage perspectives to capture the implementation of targets. This conceptual fusion grasps how supply chain responsibility and influence works through both a distributed group of stakeholders and the ecological complexity of the AMR challenge. The paper demonstrates in turn: how the targets for reducing antibiotic use in domestic meat production represent a particular and narrowly defined strategic focus; how those targets have been met through distributed agency in the UK supply chain; and the geographical and biological limitations of the targets in tackling AMR as a wicked problem.

Cost analysis and energy return on investment of fuel cell and gas turbine integrated fusion-biomass hybrid system; application of a small scale conceptual fusion reactor GNOME

The objective of this study was to propose a fusion-biomass hybrid system with fuel cell and gas turbine as a technical option for fusion application to generate electricity. Fusion reactor with dual coolants lithium lead (DCLL) blanket design employing SiCf/SiC could provide over 900 °C of high temperature heat for waste biomass gasification process. Waste biomass such as municipal waste solid and residues from agricultural and forestry sites could be sufficiently processed. A small scale conceptual fusion reactor GNOME is designed under the assumption that the system will be deployed in a place where a low amount of waste biomass is generated. Results showed that 364 MW GNOME reactor could produce 410 MWth power through divertor and blanket according to fusion power plant system analysis code (FUSAC). The hybrid system enables to generate 454 MWe with 80% capacity factor which is 7008 h operation in a year. Net electricity of 289 MWe could be produced through solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and gas turbine showed 30% of overall system efficiency due to the high self-consumption of GNOME reactor. The levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) is 208 $/MWh and the energy return on investment (EROI) is 3.9.

A novel fusion reactor with chain reactions for proton–boron11

AbstractUsing a combination of laser–plasma interactions and magnetic confinement configurations, a conceptual fusion reactor is proposed in this paper. Our reactor consists of the following: (1) A background plasma of boron11 and hydrogen ions, plus electrons, is generated and kept for a certain time, with densities of the order of a mg/cm3 and temperatures of tens of eV. Both the radiation level and the plasma thermal pressure are thus very low. (2) A plasma channel is induced in a solid target by irradiation with a high power laser that creates a very intense shock wave. This mechanism conveys the acceleration of protons in the laser direction. The mechanisms must be tuned for the protons to reach a kinetic energy of 300–1200 keV where the pB11 fusion cross section is significantly large (note that this value is not a temperature). (3) Those ultra-fast protons enter the background plasma and collide with boron11 to produce three alphas. Fusion born alphas collide with protons of the plasma and accelerate them causing a chain reaction. (4) A combination of an induction current and a magnetic bottle keeps the chain reaction process going on, for a pulse long enough to get a high energy gain. (5) Materials for the background plasma and the laser target must be replaced for starting a new chain reaction cycle.

МЕТАФОРА "ЛОНДОН-МИР" КАК КЛЮЧЕВАЯ МЕТАФОРА В СТРУКТУРЕ ЛОНДОНСКОГО ТЕКСТА АНГЛИЙСКОЙ ЛИНГВОКУЛЬТУРЫ

The article examines the metaphor London-as-the-World in the structure of the London text of English linguistic culture (i.e., an emic or invariant text for a group of texts related to the British capital). Such an analysis makes it possible to update the most important dimension of the London text: its objects turns out to be a key component of Englishness, being conceptualized as a model of all-English and world processes, as an analogy of the civilized world and the universe. The metaphorical realizations of the London text are seen as the result of conceptual fusion. The research cited in the article is carried out at the junction of the cognitive and semiotic approaches, according to which socially significant mental entities are examined via a semantic analysis of corresponding supertexts. The integration of the cognitive and the semiotic is effected within the framework of unified semantics. Thereby a semiotic analysis of text consists in singling out propositions of diverse degrees of similarity in it, in the selection and classification of predicates with which characters and “things” are endowed in the text, and in the inclusion of individual entities from the text in the general categories, what reveals the picture of the world deep structure from the standpoint of that text. The article draws on the literary canon of New English, and a study into that material educes a continuity in the metaphors and the means of their linguistic expression that were used by the English-speaking community to structure the reality. The article thus postulates the relative stability of London text as a supertextual entity.

Possibilities for distributed leadership in South African schools: Policy ambiguities and blind spots

Against the background of the recently published Policy on the South African Standard for Principals, the aim of this article is to determine whether distributed leadership is catered for in the South African regulatory and policy framework. It is argued that due to the accountability demands of a fundamentally bureaucratic education system, distributed leadership with its heterarchical features will most likely not be applied by South African public school principals. In addition, the article argues that there is ambiguity in the leadership/management function principals are expected to perform. This is manifested in the existence of a policy–practice gap, conceptual (con-) fusion pertaining to the actions of school management and leadership, a managerial mind-set of education authorities and a divergence of top-down and bottom-up expectations of a principal’s role. Furthermore, the post-apartheid capacity deficit and the contextual diversity of schools will require development of new attitudes, skills and knowledge by principals, staff members and district and provincial officials for distributed leadership to be a viable approach.

First principles review of options for tritium breeder and neutron multiplier materials for breeding blankets in fusion reactors

The current breeding blankets proposed in the different conceptual fusion power plants are based mainly on the use of Li4SiO4 and/or Li2TiO3 as tritium breeder and Be/Be12Ti as neutron multiplier or an eutectic Li17Pb83 for as a hybrid tritium and neutron multiplier. While these materials offer some tritium breeding capabilities, some recent studies show that the tritium self-sufficiency may not be ensured with these materials due to the strong reduction of blanket coverage after the integration of other in-vessel reactor systems (heating and current drive, limiters, large or double-null divertor systems, etc.). Also, some materials like Be raises several key feasibility concerns. The goal of this paper is to perform an update of the screening for tritium breeder and neutron multiplier materials and to assess the tritium breeding performance of the selected compounds in order to reveal new options. As for the neutron multiplier materials, a new subdivision between solid and liquid multipliers is proposed. For the selected compounds, detailed 3D heterogeneous neutronic analyses have been performed with MCNP5-1.60 assuming the architecture of the current EU DEMO Helium Cooled Pebble Bed (HCPB) as a benchmark breeding blanket. From the point of view of ceramic breeders, Li8ZrO6 has been found to outperform Li4SiO4 by more than 4% in terms of tritium breeding, having 6% higher melting point. From the point of view of solid neutron multipliers, Be12Cr, Be12V, Be13Zr and Be13Y show a similar performance as Be12Ti, while LaPb3, Zr5Pb4 and YPb2 offer a solution for a Be-free blanket. As for liquid multipliers, Pb in combination with a ceramic breeder shows a very promising option. Moreover, Pb compounds like Pb90Mn10 and Pb95Ba5 offer similar performance as Pb with a lower melting point (290 °C). Due to the significant advantages of molten Pb as neutron multiplier, future work will be conducted to define a design of a helium cooled Molten Lead Ceramic Breeder blanket, as simple, cost effective blanket concept.

Uncertainties in power plant design point evaluations

When designing a new large experimental device, extrapolation from current knowledge and scaling laws into unexplored design space is unavoidable, and predicting the behaviour of a new device is therefore subject to significant uncertainties. This makes it difficult to determine an optimal design. For conceptual fusion power plants, a further concern is whether the expected performance will yield any net electricity and for pulsed power plants a reasonable pulse length.In this work, we focus on evaluating the effects of selected uncertainties regarding the general plasma physics performance in the current European pulsed DEMO design (nominally 500MW net electrical power, 2h pulse length). This is meant as a first step towards uncertainty quantification for DEMO. We use a Monte-Carlo method in combination with the systems modelling code PROCESS to map out the probable machine performance. The results show that assuming only these specific uncertainties it is a reasonable assumption that the current design is capable of providing 400MW of net electricity while maintaining a pulse length of 1h or more.

Robotic-assisted laparoscopy in reproductive surgery: a contemporary review.

Robotic surgery is a conceptual fusion of the conventional open surgery and the minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery. We reviewed the current role of robotic-assisted laparoscopy in the field of reproductive surgery by a literature search in PubMed database. We analyzed the reported advantages and limitations of the use of robotics in reproductive surgeries like myomectomy, tubal reanastomosis, endometriosis, ovarian tissue cryopreservation, and ovarian transposition. Overall, robotic assistance in reproductive surgery resulted in decreased blood loss, less post-operative pain, shorter hospital stay, and faster convalescence, whereas reproductive outcomes were similar to open/laparoscopic approaches. The main drawbacks of robotic surgery were higher cost and longer operating times. It is as safe and effective as the conventional laparoscopy and represents a reasonable alternate to abdominal approach. Procedures that are technically challenging with the conventional laparoscopy can be performed with robotic assistance. It has advantages of improved visualization and Endowrist™ movements allowing precise suturing. This helps to overcome the limitations of laparoscopy, especially in complicated procedures, and may shorten the steep learning curve in minimal invasive surgery. Randomized controlled trials looking at both short- and long-term outcomes are warranted to strengthen the role of robotic surgery in the field of reproductive surgery.

A Corpus-based Stylistic Analysis of Body-Soul and Heaviness-Lightness Metaphors in Kundera's Novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being

This paper represents an attempt to conduct a corpus-based stylistic analysis of two conceptual metaphors in The Unbearable Lightness of Being , which is a novel written by Milan Kundera. Soul-body and lightness-heaviness metaphors are foregrounded as being central themes all through the novel. The way such metaphors are used in the novel indicates an insightful employment of metaphor as a cognitive tool which empowers language users with a capacity of conceptualizing different experiences. The researcher adopts conceptual metaphor theory to produce a sort of conceptual analysis incorporating Leech's semantic componential analysis within the overall analytic procedure. Different techniques are figured out in relation to the creative ways of manipulating the cognitive level of language, such as conceptual switching , conceptual extension , and conceptual fusion . These creative techniques are carefully used in the novel under investigation with different ranges of metaphorical creativity. Conceptual switching might be simple but very active in deviating from the conventional conceptual system. Conceptual extension marks certain minute elaborations conventional metaphors undergo extending the limits of cognitive conceptualization. As for conceptual fusion, it proves to be interestingly powerful in producing certain aggregations of metaphorical mappings. Keywords: Conceptual Metaphor Theory, Metaphorical Creativity, Metaphorical Mappings, Corpus Stylistics

Stylistic stratagems in The Cloud of Unknowing

following essay characterises the mystical discourse by the anonymous author of the Cloud of Unknowing as one containing the seeds of spiritual illumination. In other words, the discourse of the late fourteenth-century mystical treatise the Cloud of Unknowing does not only give testimony to a union with the divine or provide instruction on how to achieve such a union, it also sets out to affect the cognition of the reader during the textual encounter itself. By analysing the style and content of the author’s pedagogy, all the time bearing in mind important contextual considerations, it becomes clear that transmitting the received grace of the union on to his reader (the communicative axis of the author-text-reader) is a constituent part of the contemplative author’s work – a feature that aligns the work to the apophatic tradition. In this context, The Book of Contemplation, as the heading rubric in MS. Harleian 674 says, A Book of Conemplacyon þe whiche is clepyd þe Clowde of Vnknowyng, in þe whiche a soule is onyd wiþ God, appears not only to be a book about prayer techniques, it is also a clever text-prayer in which the described contemplation directly takes place and in which a considerable role is assigned to certain stylistic stratagems. These are the creation of symbolic space and interior geography, the dramatization and magnification of psychic dynamics, and disruption of linear thinking through conceptual alliteration and conceptual fusion.

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Social Model of Health: New Perspectives

This paper argues that the CRPD moves toward a conceptual fusion of social, economic and cultural rights with civil and political rights, through its adoption of a social model of health. Accordingly, the CRPD sets out positive obligations on State parties to provide timely and appropriate treatment to people with mental illness, including the provision of adequate community and social services and a coherent system of integration between community and institutional facilities. The CRPD also supports a strict limitation on the provision of involuntary medical treatment, and reconciles these apparently competing objectives through an emphasis on autonomy, self determination and supported decision making. This interpretation of the CRPD, set out below, is based on an analysis of the thematic interconnections between the CRPD framework, the right to equal recognition before the law in Article 5 and Article 12, right to enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health in Article 25, and the right to respect for physical and mental integrity in Article 17. It reads the CRPD as embedding a ‘new age’ of mental health law in the social model of health, and a recovery model of mental health.

An Intermedial Reading of Paley's Sita Sings the Blues

In her article An Intermedial Reading of Paley's Sita Sings the Blues Ipshita Chanda discusses the film text of Nina Paley's 2008 animation film, a culturally reconceptualized version of Valmiki's Sanskrit epic Ramayana. Chanda discusses the film as an intermedial retextualization of the Ramayana in the film where media boundaries and genres are crossed in textual, audio, and visual media. The basic premise from which Chanda proceeds is that the condition of intermediality in film is produced by a conceptual fusion of different media which, in turn, are analyzed using theories of reception and contact between different media across time, space, and cultures with regard to source text and received text. Ipshita Chanda, An Intermedial Reading of Paley's Sita Sings the Blues page 2 of 9 CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture 13.3 (2011): Thematic issue New Perspectives on Material Culture and Intermedial Practice. Ed. Steven Totosy de Zepetnek, Asuncion Lopez-Varela, Haun Saussy, and Jan Mieszkowski