Continuous Revolution Research Articles

Large-Scale Satisfaction Rating-Driven Selection of New Energy Vehicles: A Basic Uncertain Linguistic Information Bonferroni Mean-Based MCGDM Approach Considering Criteria Interaction

The continuous revolution of new energy technologies and the introduction of subsidy policies have promoted green consumers’ willingness to purchase new energy vehicles and automotive online service platforms have disclosed vehicle reputation and consumer satisfaction ratings information. However, due to issues such as uncertain data quality, large data volumes, and the emergence of positive reviews, the cost for potential car buyers to acquire useful decision-making knowledge has increased. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a scientific decision-making method that leverages the advantages of large-scale consumer satisfaction ratings to support potential car buyers in efficiently acquiring credible decision-making knowledge. In this context, the Bonferroni mean (BM) is a prominent operator for aggregating associated attribute information, while basic uncertain linguistic information (BULI) represents both information and its credibility in an integrated manner. This study proposes an embedded-criteria association learning BM operator tailored to large-scale consumer satisfaction ratings-driven scenarios and extends it to the BULI environment to address online ratings aggregation problems. Firstly, to overcome the limitations of BM with weighted interaction (WIBM) when dealing with independent criteria, we introduce an adjusted WIBM operator and extend it to the BULI environment as the BULIWIBM operator. We discuss fundamental properties such as idempotence, monotonicity, boundedness, and degeneracy. Secondly, addressing the constraints on interaction coefficients in BM due to subjective settings, we leverage expert knowledge to explore potential temporal characteristics hidden within large-scale consumer satisfaction ratings and develop a method for learning criteria and interaction coefficients. Finally, we propose a conversion method between user credibility-based ratings and BULI. By combining this method with the proposed adjusted BM operator, we construct a multi-criteria group decision-making (MCGDM) approach for product ranking driven by large-scale consumer satisfaction ratings. The effectiveness and scientific rigor of our proposed methods are demonstrated through solving a new energy vehicle selection problem on an online service platform and conducting comparative analysis. The case analysis and comparative analysis results demonstrate that the interaction coefficients, derived from expert knowledge and 42,520 user ratings, respectively, fell within the ranges of [0.2391, 0.7857] and [0.6546, 1.0]. The comprehensive interaction coefficient lay within the range of [0.4674, 0.7965], effectively mitigating any potential biases caused by subjective or objective factors. In comparison to online service platforms, our approach excels in distinguishing between alternative vehicles and significantly impacts their ranking based on credibility considerations.

SYSTEMS WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR DEFENSE AND SECURITY

To date, artificial intelligence systems are predicted to rapidly enter the defense and security sector. The importance of such automation systems is still under research, in order the qualitative and qualitative indicators for decision making to be improved. In such researches, real-time data analysis tools have to be used and their data exchanged. Common examples are surveillance drones, large amount of sensors and the connection to cloud computing. In the field of cybersecurity AI algorithms undergo continuous revolution. By the use of Artificial intelligence algorithms predictions are the key results for adequate and correct decisions. Huge amounts of data processing define the possibility to make right decisions in non-deterministic environments. In this review report an overview of the already used systems is made and benefits and risks of using artificial intelligence systems in defense and security is examined.

좋음의 이데아로 헉슬리 ‘멋진 신세계’ 다시읽기

The book 'Sapiens' written by Yuval Harari, it's argued that the Homo species was able to shape human history due to their desire to alter their destiny through continuous revolution. By relying on cutting-edge science and technology to enhance human physical and mental abilities, human capacities have been transformed beyond recognition. This phenomenon is analogous to the current situation in which science and technology have permeated people's lives and significantly altered their lifestyles. This is particularly evident after the four industrial revolutions. Consequently, the challenge facing humanity extends beyond humans to non-human entities. In 1932, 'Brave New World' was published, which depicted a society dominated by science and technology. It allows us to re-examine ourselves and understand the significance of human existence in future society characterized by science and technology. This report focuses on the novel's unreasonable educational systems, which reflect some of the current educational situations in society. Plato, an ancient Greek philosopher, emphasized the importance of education and the educational process through three metaphors. His theory is also applicable in the current social environment of scientific development. From an educational perspective, we must ask ourselves what goodness is and find our own answers. The education of goodness represents the true meaning of our current social education.

Adaptive Polynomial Coding of Multi-base Hybrid Compression

With increasing demand for the intensive use of images, especially linked to online applications as well as the massive, continuous revolution of mobile phone technology, the need has emerged for efficient, standard image compression techniques that ensure simplicity and speed. These must be compatible with user needs, but also meet the challenges of improving compression techniques. Polynomial coding is one such techniques still under development, based on a modelling concept of deterministic and probabilistic coding bases. This paper introduces a new mathematical iterative polynomial model to represent both coding bases. The model proposes an efficient hybrid way where coefficients are represented as lossless while residuals are presented as a lossy but with minimum loss, which ensures effective performance in terms of compression ratios and quality. Results show that while the technique has some limitations, the proposed system achieves equivalent compression ratios as the standard JPEG technique, but with superior quality for the same compression ratio.

JDAPCOO: Resource Scheduling and Energy Efficiency Optimization in 5G and Satellite Converged Networks for Power Transmission and Distribution Scenarios.

Along with the continuous revolution of energy production and energy consumption structures, the information data of smart grids have exploded, and effective solutions are urgently needed to solve the problem of power devices resource scheduling and energy efficiency optimization. In this paper, we propose a fifth generation (5G) and satellite converged network architecture for power transmission and distribution scenarios, where power transmission and distribution devices (PDs) can choose to forward power data to a cloud server data center via ground networks or space-based networks for power grid regulation and control. We propose a Joint Device Association and Power Control Online Optimization (JDAPCOO) algorithm to maximize the long-term system energy efficiency while guaranteeing the minimum transmission rate requirement of PDs. Since the formulated issue is a mixed integer nonconvex optimization problem with high complexity, we decompose the original problem into two subproblems, i.e., device association and power control, which are solved using a genetic algorithm and improved simulated annealing algorithm, respectively. Numerical simulation results show that when the number of PDs is 50, the proposed algorithm can improve the system energy efficiency by 105%, 545.05% and 835.26%, respectively, compared with the equal power allocation algorithm, random power allocation algorithm and random device association algorithm.

Study of Blockchain Technology Applied to International Marketing and Potential Business Disruptions

Technology has played a significant role in the continuous revolution in the internationalization of products. Most relevantly the transmission and communication tools. Starting from the invention of Print Media, Radios, Telephone, Fax and Internet. The Internet with emails, social media and e-commerce platforms made the world a smaller place where every small, medium business or individuals can easily market their product or service in any foreign country. While its possibility today, International marketing has many challenges yet to be addressed. On the other hand, like the Internet, the advent of Blockchain technology is likely to disrupt international marketing forte with its capabilities of distributed ledger technology, Smart Contracts and bringing Authenticity in untrusted environments. Objective of this paper is to draft the applications of blockchain in the future of international marketing. How Blockchain can help the global business environment to cope with diverse parameters. To evaluate if the said technology has potential to disrupt the current marketing methodologies by bringing trust in untrusted global business ecosystems. In this study we will explore the literature concerning the research done across the international business cut with blockchain technology and try to accomplish the objective with explorative study.

Factors influencing green purchase behavior among millennials: the moderating role of religious values

Purpose An individual’s standard of living is profoundly affected by industrialization and technology’s continuous revolution. At present, the environment is uncontrollable and global warming is increasing. Therefore, there is a need to protect the earth immediately as the lives of all creatures are at risk. The purpose of this paper is to determine the factors related to green purchase behavior (GPB) by incorporating religious values (RGV) as a moderator. Moreover, the moderating role of RGV has been incorporated so that the importance of RGV in the life of millennials can be examined. Design/methodology/approach Smart partial least square (PLS) has been used for data analysis, and PLS-structural equation modeling has been used to assess measurement and structural models. Findings The findings reveal that environmental concern, environmental knowledge and green perceived value positively and significantly affect attitude and subjective norm (SN). Moreover, attitudes toward the purchase of green products and SNs also show a positive and significant relationship with green purchase intention (GPI). In addition, GPI is also positively and significantly associated with GPB. However, green brand knowledge portrays a positive but insignificant relationship with attitude and SN. Finally, RGV does not strengthen the relationship between intention and behavior. Originality/value Religion is a strong predictor of individual behavior as people are emotionally connected with Islam’s teachings. Therefore, the study provides a unique contribution by adding RGV as a moderator in the model of TRA. Also, the authors targeted the specific generation, i.e. millennials, so that millennials’ behavior can be identified as it covers Pakistan’s large population. Also, millennials are the people who are more involved in decision-making.

Study of Nanotechnology and Its Application

Nanotechnology is new frontiers of this century. The world is facing great challenges in meeting rising demands for basic commodities(e.g., food, water and energy), finished goods (e.g., cellphones, cars and airplanes) and services (e.g., shelter, healthcare and employment) while reducing and minimizing the impact of human activities on Earth’s global environment and climate. Nanotechnology has emerged as a versatile platform that could provide efficient, cost-effective and environmentally acceptable solutions to the global sustainability challenges facing society. In recent years there has been a rapid increase in nanotechnology in the fields of medicine and more specifically in targeted drug delivery. Opportunities of utilizing nanotechnology to address global challenges in (1) water purification, (2) clean energy technologies, (3) greenhouse gases management, (4) materials supply and utilization, and (5) green manufacturing and hemistry. Smart delivery of nutrients, bio-separation of proteins, rapid sampling of biological and chemical contaminants, and nano encapsulation of nutraceuticals are some of the emerging topics of nanotechnology for food and agriculture. Nanotechnology is helping to considerably improve, even revolutionize, many technology and Industry sectors: information technology, energy, environmental science, medicine, homeland security, food safety, and transportation, among many others. Today’s nanotechnology harnesses current progress in chemistry, physics, materials science, and biotechnology to create novel materials that have unique properties because their structures are determined on the nanometer scale. This paper summarizes the various applications of nanotechnology in recent decades Nanotechnology is one of the leading scientific fields today since it combines knowledge from the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Medicine, Informatics, and Engineering. It is an emerging technological field with great potential to lead in great breakthroughs that can be applied in real life. Novel Nano and biomaterials, and Nano devices are fabricated and controlled by nanotechnology tools and techniques, which investigate and tune the properties, responses, and functions of living and non-living matter, at sizes below100 nm. The application and use of Nano materials in electronic and mechanical devices, in optical and magnetic components, quantum computing, tissue engineering, and other biotechnologies, with smallest features, widths well below 100 nm, are the economically most important parts of the nanotechnology nowadays and presumably in the near future. The number of Nano products is rapidly growing since more and more Nano engineered materials are reaching the global market the continuous revolution in nanotechnology will result in the fabrication of nanomaterial with properties and functionalities which are going to have positive changes in the lives of our citizens, be it in health, environment, electronics or any other field. In the energy generation challenge where the conventional fuel resources cannot remain the dominant energy source, taking into account the increasing consumption demand and the CO2 .Emissions alternative renewable energy sources based on new technologies have to be promoted. Innovative solar cell technologies that utilize nanostructured materials and composite systems such as organic photovoltaic offer great technological potential due to their attractive properties such as the potential of large-scale and low-cost roll-to-roll manufacturing processes

Dynamic model of a novel thermogravity rotary actuator for solar energy harvesting

The direct conversion of thermal energy to mechanical energy is always been a challenging but demanding problem. In this article, we presented a nonconventional direct conversion mechanism of the readily available solar thermal and gravity energy to rotational mechanical energy. The developed rotating assembly affixed concentrically with a plurality of actuating arms harnesses the integrated solar-gravity energy. Each actuating arm shifts the center of gravity of the attached solid mass with concentrated solar heating. The alternate shift in the center of gravity of each actuating arm with exposure to solar radiation produces a continuous revolution of rotating assembly around its axis of rotation. With a particular set of the system parameters with Al/Si3N4 bimetallic strip the thermal efficiency of the proposed thermogravity bimetallic strip heat actuator/engine is 12.41% which is 100 times more efficient compared to a gravity-less thermal engine with same set up. The proposed thermogravity system can generate mechanical power ranges from less than 1 W to 40 kW with a particular set of system parameters. This solar-gravity rotary actuator is a novel work in this domain which has a huge impact and contribution in the available rotary actuator or energy harvester knowledge.

Qualitative research in the context of Brazilian Psychiatric Reform: voices, places, skills/actions

This study sought to assess qualitative research based on the context of Brazilian psychiatric reform. An integrative review was conducted in the LILACS and SciELO databases resulting in a shortlist of 25 papers. Research subjects are workers, users and family members, the scenarios are predominantly psychosocial care centers and the themes preponderantly address the technical and care-related dimension of the reform. The analysis gave rise to two thematic categories: Brazilian psychiatric reform; complex social process or reform of models? - addressing the supremacy of scientific research concerned with care-related innovations and technologies in the field of mental health, to the detriment of the political, ideological and social aspects that constitute part of the Brazilian reform; Reform or revolution: social actors between brackets? - which brings a continuous revolution on all fronts as a proposal to reverse this situation, rallying the strength of social movements. There is an urgent need for rescuing the political framework and the direction of social movements in the class struggle, since it is not only a question of denial or complaint, but also of creating revolutionary ways to make the reform viable.

The Dynamics of Conflict and Diplomacy in Asia

The Dynamics of Conflict and Diplomacy in Asia Prashanth Parameswaran (bio) Though the observation attributed to Winston Churchill that "to jaw-jaw is better than to war-war" is often quoted by officials today to express a preference for peace over war as separate outcomes, the complex interactions between diplomacy and conflict are still far from fully understood.1 In The Costs of Conversation: Obstacles to Peace Talks in Wartime, Oriana Skylar Mastro offers an insightful treatment of the important but underexamined question of what drives warring parties to pursue diplomacy. Mastro argues that calculations about strategic costs—specifically, interpretations of weakness on the part of the enemy ("adverse inference") and how the enemy may change its strategy in response to that interpretation ("strategic capacity")—drive the extent of willingness on the part of states to talk to the enemy. Mastro's original framework for explaining wartime diplomatic posture provides a useful window into how states calculate the costs of conversation during war and generates clear and specific predictions for testing against alternative explanations. The four main cases examined in the book—China in the Korean War, China in the Sino-Indian War, India in the Sino-Indian War, and North Vietnam in the Vietnam War—proceed clearly, with keen attention to various decision points within these conflicts as well as to how they affect the timing and conditions for continuities and changes in diplomatic postures. The clearly defined case selection criteria Mastro adopts upfront does leave out some episodes of conflict in Asia during the Cold War, including the India-Pakistan conflicts and the Sino-Vietnamese War. But the four episodes examined in the book do nonetheless represent significant and diverse cases, with variation in regime type, relative capabilities, [End Page 174] and diplomatic posture while also controlling for regional effects and international conditions by restricting the cases to a twenty-year period (p. 31). The additional explorations of the United States in both the Korean War (pp. 56–60) and the Vietnam War (pp. 122–24) are also useful in extending the argument, even if the level of detail provided is much less than in the four primary case studies. Overall, the book makes a persuasive and nuanced case for the explanatory power of the costly conversations thesis in these four episodes and three wars. While Mastro's wartime diplomatic posture framework itself initially draws a clear distinction between low and high strategic costs and a dichotomy between open and closed diplomatic postures, the exploration of the cases themselves repeatedly acknowledges the complexity that is evident to those familiar with these dynamics. This includes China's hedging of its bets even as it moved to an open diplomatic posture during the Korean War (pp. 49–51) and the limited openness that India displayed during the Sino-Indian War even as its behavior still fit the definition of a closed diplomatic posture (p. 95). The book also engages with alternative explanations thoroughly in each of the four cases. As Mastro herself acknowledges, other accounts do place greater weight on the role of rationalist, ideational, domestic, and international factors in aspects of each case, which is no surprise given the involvement of outside powers in all three wars as well as the role of dominant personalities such as Mao Zedong and Jawaharlal Nehru. The book's approach of isolating and then testing alternative explanations against the evidence utilized has value in this respect, even if disagreements are likely to persist over important aspects, such as the extent to which internal politics implicitly shaped Nehru's decision-making during the Sino-Indian War or the inextricable link made in some accounts between domestic and international considerations in Mao's "continuous revolution" during the Korean War.2 For the most part, Mastro makes a convincing case that these other factors played a supporting but not dominant role in specific decisions that affected continuities and changes in wartime diplomatic posture. The book also raises questions about how the argument could be further tested. For instance, although the strategic logic of the costly conversations thesis may not be time-bound, more recent cases could help test the [End Page 175] argument in contemporary settings...

The implication of lean process Industry 4.0 on service company: motivation on marketer productivity enhancement

Industry 4.0 is known as a continuous industrial revolution which has made rapid development through optimization processes supported by technological innovations since the end of the 1970’s. It has made the manufacturing industry become more productive with efficient operational costs through continuous technology information applications supported by the communication systems of futuristic technology. However, obstacles were often found in the early phases of the implementations, such as the low number of acquired accounts and average balances of new acquired customers in the months measured by marketers’ productivity in field. One of the factors that influenced the employee productivity level was motivation. Motivation is considered as a power that forces employees to reach specific goals and targets in organizations. This study aimed to determine the factors that influence working motivation in the financial service sector industry based on mobile banking applications. It also sought to find how far motivation influences employees’ working performance. A regression analysis approach was applied as method to find the effect of employee’s motivation on working performance by adding other variables. Then, the variable was analyzed whether it had a positive and significant correlation with the performance productivity variable. The result showed that there was a significant and positive correlation between motivation and marketers’ performance productivity. The other two variables gave a different response. Therefore, it can be concluded that industry differentiation on product, working pattern, and employee’s background were affecting the suitability result between employee’s motivation and produced performance level. JEL Classification: L1, M1, M21.

Revolution? What Revolution?

Revolution? What Revolution? Yongjin Zhang (bio) Wars and revolutions, Hannah Arendt once famously claimed, “determined the physiognomy of the twentieth century.” 1 For one thing, the two World Wars had devastating and destructive impacts on the historical development of the century. Think also of the systemic challenges to the international order presented by the Bolshevik Revolution and the Chinese Communist Revolution, which attempted to create and sustain different domestic political and economic orders founded on a rival socioeconomic system and ideology. Furthermore there was the 1952 Egyptian Revolution, the 1959 Cuban Revolution, and the 1979 Iranian Revolution, and one could also point to anticolonial revolutions that delegitimized imperialism and made the sovereign order global. China had its own share of wars and revolutions in the twentieth century. The modern transformation of the country is characteristically marked by the 1911 Republican Revolution, which ended its dynastic history and changed the Chinese body politic. It is also marked by the deadly contest between the Nationalist and Communist revolutions in what are often called the “revolutionary civil wars,” leading to the Communist victory and the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. Mao Zedong and his comrades continued to wage revolution after 1949, culminating in the disastrous Cultural Revolution of 1966–76. As a revolutionary power in the postwar international system, China actively promoted revolution worldwide, exporting it as one thrust of the country’s foreign policy. It was Deng Xiaoping who launched the “second revolution” through opening and reform in 1978, which changed the country from a revolutionary power to a reformist state. It is therefore only natural that fundamental changes in China in the twentieth century are often understood in terms of successive revolutions—or continuous revolution, as Mao would have it. By the same token, revolution, either as a critical perspective or as a descriptive, analytical, and normative term, has become deeply entrenched and practically indispensable in the study of Chinese history and politics. [End Page 154] Wittingly or not, Elizabeth Economy’s The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State largely follows this analytical mode in an attempt to make sense of China’s contemporary transformation under the leadership of Xi Jinping. “Deng’s ‘second revolution’ had drawn to a close,” Economy asserts, and “Xi Jinping’s ‘third revolution’ was underway” (p. 10). She judiciously selects six areas of Xi’s top reform priorities for critical examination. Chapters 2 to 7 each provide a captivating account of the transformation of China’s political institutions and processes that led to the dramatic centralization of authority. These are symbolized by the declaration of Xi as the core of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership, the intensified penetration of society by the party-state through the control of the internet and of the free flow of ideas and information, the reassertion of the party in the decision-making of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), the expanded role of the SOEs in core sectors of the Chinese economy, the government’s drive to reinvent China as an innovative nation, the war on pollution, and finally China’s ambition under Xi to reassert itself as a great power in world politics through the exercise of its growing hard and soft power. Economy investigates these ongoing transformative changes in China not as a disinterested academic but as an acutely involved policy analyst concerned with understanding the “seeming inconsistencies and ambiguities of Chinese policy today” (p. x). Her study attempts “to assess the relative success or shortcomings of the Chinese leadership’s initiatives on their own merits” (p. xi). The analysis is punctuated by conversations with Chinese officials, interviews of think-tank analysts and civil-society activists, and discussions with Chinese scholars in Beijing, Shanghai, Dubai, and Washington, D.C. There are also encounters with Jack Ma at the Economic Club of New York and debates at New York University. Cutting through the maze of what she calls “fast-changing, contradictory and occasionally misleading information” (p. x) about the transformation of China that has arguably overloaded information circuits, Economy has carefully woven a rich tapestry that provides a big picture while also including telling and baroque details of China’s ongoing...

Curating Revolution: Politics on Display in Mao's China by Denise Y. Ho

Reviewed by: Curating Revolution: Politics on Display in Mao's China by Denise Y. Ho Sigrid Schmalzer Denise Y. Ho. Curating Revolution: Politics on Display in Mao's China. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 308 pp. $99.99 (cloth), $29.99 (paper). The field of People's Republic of China (PRC) studies could not ask for a finer contribution than this sharp analysis of political power, subtle exploration of lived experience, and beautifully wrought portrait of Mao-era material culture. Through six case studies, Denise Ho illuminates the role of objects—"a gray brick building, a begging gourd, a dissected frog, the scars on a worker's body, a luxurious fur coat, a Song dynasty vase"—in making revolutionary ideology "material and thereby intelligible" to the masses (260, 16). The result is a fresh and compelling perspective that demonstrates the inseparability of political and material culture and significantly enriches the growing literature on the history of propaganda in the PRC. Each chapter of this captivating book focuses on a single site of cultural production, all located in Shanghai. "Making a Revolutionary Monument" examines the dilemmas museum workers faced in memorializing the First Party Congress, as their Marxist-historicist commitment to accuracy came into conflict with the growing need to exaggerate the role of Mao and denigrate his more historically significant rivals. In "Exhibiting New China," Ho explores the nooks and crannies of the reconstructed shanty town in Fangua Lane, a "living exhibition" where visitors—domestic and international—internalized the stark differences between oppressive past and revolutionary present. Chapter 3, "Curating Belief," analyzes a temporary exhibition from 1963-1964, "Love Science and Eliminate Superstition," within the larger history of science dissemination (科普 kepu) and antisuperstition campaigns: ironically, material evidence took a more muted role here, outweighed by narratives that encouraged faith in science. Chapter 4, "Cultivating Consciousness," offers an invaluable account of the mid-1960s Socialist Education movement through the "class education exhibitions" arranged in Shanghai and throughout the nation: in these vivid displays, "past wounds freshened into new hate, and class enemies paced, awake" (154). In the following chapter, "The Cultural Revolution's Object Lessons," Red Guards draw on such "class education" to curate their own exhibitions of materials confiscated from ransacked houses: they had learned, and were now teaching others, to "see class in things and therefore crimes in things" (210). The final chapter, "Antiquity in Revolution," brings us back to the trials of cultural workers, this time at the Shanghai Museum, whose curators sought politically unimpeachable justifications for the preservation of wenwu (文物 cultural relics)—as in Mao's powerful 1938 dictum, "We are Marxist historicists; we must not mutilate history" (237). Through these six cases run some of the most enduring but elusive questions in PRC studies—most fundamentally, how the CCP managed the contradictory needs of "a state in power" and a "revolutionary movement." Ho finds both "modes" at play in Mao-era exhibitionary culture. The first was a stabilizing force, providing historical and political [End Page E-21] legitimacy for the PRC state; the second threatened that hard-won stability but formed an ideologically necessary component of the "continuous revolution" Mao espoused. Some of Ho's most fascinating insights appear as she demonstrates the interplay between these two modes, by tracing, for example, the format and content of the Red Guards' big-character posters back to the explanatory panels of state-organized class education exhibitions. "To curate revolution was to make revolution material" (13). Yet this apparently straightforward objective posed thorny problems for cultural workers, at once Marxist materialists dedicated to "seeking truth from facts" and also committed state propagandists. Beyond the awkward question of how to paint a truthful picture of history that sufficiently glorified Mao lay a more profound tension. On the one side lay the demand for historical and scientific accuracy; on the other stood the need to create compelling propaganda capable of instilling revolutionary passion among the people. Cultural workers turned time and again to Mao's essay "On Practice" for guidance on how to shepherd audiences on the road from "perceptual" to "rational" understanding. But the relationship between evidence and argument proved slippery: ironically, the exhibits most explicitly "scientific" relied...

The Experience of L’Internationale in Modern China

Abstract During the 20th-century Chinese revolution, L’Internationale was one of the most important political symbols. After the failure of the Paris Commune in 1871, Eugène Pottier wrote the poem titled “L’Internationale” which was published for the first time until 1887. It was set to music by Pierre Degeyter in 1888 and introduced into China from both France and the Soviet Union (USSR). Qu Qiubai and Xiao San made great contribution to the work of translation that influenced the official version in 1962. From a hymn for the International Workingmen’s Association to the revolutionary song of all the proletariats, L’Internationale was the historical witness of the National Revolution, the Chinese Communist Revolution and the Continuous Revolution, whose symbolic meanings were connected closely to the tensions between nationalism and internationalism.

Performance Investigation of Three Combined Airfoils Bladed Small Scale Horizontal Axis wind Turbine by BEM and CFD Analysis

The present work is based on the comparative study between “Blade-Element- Momentum” (BEM) analysis and “Computational-Fluid-Dynamics” (CFD) analysis of small-scale horizontal axis wind turbine blade. In this study, the pitch is considered as fixed and rotor speed is variable. Firstly, the aerodynamic characteristics of three different specialized airfoils were analyzed to get optimum design parameters of wind turbine blade. Then BEM was performed with the application of the open source wind turbine design and performance computation software Q-Blade v0.6. After that, CFD simulation was done by Ansys CFX software. Here, k-ω “Shear-Stress-Transport” (SST) model was conducted for three-dimensional visualization of turbine performance. However, the best coefficient of performance was observed at 6o angle of attack. At this angle of attack, in the case of BEM, the highest coefficient of performance was 0.47 whereby CFD analysis, it was 0.43. Both studies showed good performance prediction which was a positive step to accelerate the continuous revolution in wind energy sector.

Re-examining the end of Mao’s revolution: China’s changing statecraft and Sino-American relations, 1973–1978

Synthesizing heretofore available Chinese sources, this article re-examines the long process of the end of China’s continuous revolution from 1973 to 1978, a transitional period insufficiently addressed by scholars. It explores China’s evolving statecraft in the maelstrom of leadership struggles, as Chinese leaders – Mao Zedong, Hua Guofeng, and Deng Xiaoping – continuously redefined China’s foreign and domestic goals, fluctuating between revolution and development. This article concludes that despite predominant scholarly focus on geopolitics, China’s changing perception of its national interests largely determined Sino-American relations from Richard Nixon’s historic trip in 1972 to normalisation of relations in 1979.

Smart Way to Nutritional Security in India

In the changing climatic conditions and global scenario, in a continued green revolution; we have already accomplished food security and is legal through food security bill. Whereas, Systematic Management of Agricultural Resources and Technology (SMART) is the only way to nutritional security. India started breathing for agriculture with 30 Crore people (300 million) in the 1950's when we faced a huge food shortage and had to receive food under PL 480 agreement with the United States. Farmers brought us up from a net importer of food grains in 1950s, to an exporter; a huge jump. Whereas now again there is a shortage for pulses and oilseeds though we are having enough of cereals. What went wrong? We do have sufficient genetic diversity, we do have high yielding varieties, we have farmer supporting systems, but we were not SMART enough. Indian agriculture has registered impressive growth over last few decades with the same momentum of continued green revolution. Recent past has registered highest production levels in horticultural and fishery, animal husbandry products. The food grain production has increased from 51 million tonnes (MT) in 1950-51 to 265.57 MT during 2013-14 highest ever since independence. Even during 1950's we were the largest producers and exporters of many agricultural produce. At present, we have lost the first places in production of so many crops to our neighbours. It need not to be a monopoly but we should know our potential and at least to maintain the production level rather than giveup. So wise is the farmer, rich will be our nation. Hence, come on farmers raise up! We are your dependants! Self sufficiency has to be counted from the root level. If not at the level of an individual farmer, it should be from villages. A village should produce its needs starting from solar energy to food grain, milk, vegetables and feeds reducing the burden on transport and transportation loss. There is lack of 'we-feeling' or 'togetherness' in farm villages which cannot be created but can be inculcated in their minds for a better livelihood.

Political entrepreneurship: Jefferson, Bayard, and the election of 1800

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that an implication of Holcombe’s (2002) model is a “revolution trap.” This paper extends Holcombe’s model adding Klein’s concept of entrepreneurship as judgment concerning the use of heterogeneous political capital. The authors use the case of the USA presidential election of 1800 to demonstrate the utility of the extension, and to discuss how political entrepreneurship served to prevent a revolution trap. The political entrepreneurship of 1800 established the precedent of peaceful transition of power in the USA, which opened the door to the rapid economic development of the early nineteenth century.Design/methodology/approach– This is a historical case study using letters, newspapers, pamphlets, and other pieces of empirical evidence to highlight an important moment of political entrepreneurship.Findings– Many contemporary observers predicted that the USA would devolve into continuous revolution, which the authors argue Holcombe’s (2002) model predicts. However, political entrepreneurship ended the revolutionary period in the former British North America. Moreover, the political entrepreneurship ending the election crisis established the precedent of peaceful political succession. This precedent comparatively elevated the returns of productive, market entrepreneurship (Baumol, 1990). As a result, the USA experiences a prolonged period of entrepreneurially driven economic growth.Originality/value– To the authors knowledge, no one has developed the implication of a “revolution trap” from Holcombe’s (2002) model, nor has anyone applied Klein’s (2008) model to extend Holcombe’s model of political entrepreneurship. Although the disputed presidential election of 1800 has been extensively researched, no one has analyzed the election and its resolution from the perspective of political entrepreneurship.

Physics, Mechanics, Mathematics

Dynamics features movement and stable means. Continuous Stable dynamics thus means continuous movement or motion. That is a moving object which enjoys continuous movement. For example, the electron continuous revolution round the nucleus, the revolution of the moon round the earth and that of the earth round the sun. In this formula, the continuous movement of the moving object round the origin of coordinates in space is studied. Regarding the importance of the angular speed calculation in most of applied sciences such as dynamic mechanics , aerospace , dynamic systems and lock of a relation established in this connection , the need is felt that in order to design and optimize dynamic systems , a reasonable relation should be presented . This paper tries to prove such a relation in the easiest possible way.