Gold Mountain Research Articles

Diagnostic performance of the (1-3)-β-d-glucan assay in patients with different risks for invasive fungal diseases.

We evaluated the diagnostic performance of the β-d-glucan (BDG) test (Beijing Gold Mountain River Tech) in diagnosing invasive fungal disease (IFD) and its variations among patients with different risks. Patients≥18 years old who underwent a serum BDG test (positive cutoff value>80 pg/ml) from April 2017 through May 2018 were collected consecutively. Patients were classified into three groups: group 1, patients with host factors as defined by the prior 2008 European Organization for Research and Treatment (EORTC) criteria; group 2, those with extended host factors in 2020 EORTC criteria; and group 3, those without any risk factor mentioned in the criteria. IFD was defined by 2020 EORTC criteria, but BDG was not considered. Diagnostic performance of the serum BDG test was measured by the area under the curve (AUC) of the receiver-operating characteristic curve. Among 469 patients, 15.4% (72/469) were diagnosed with IFD (48/191 [25.1%], 14/144 [9.7%], and 10/134 [7.5%] in groups 1, 2, and 3, respectively). The BDG assay showed fair performance (AUC 0.748 [95% CI: 0.688-0.810]). Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) were 77.8%, 60.7%, 26.4%, and 93.8%, respectively. PPV was higher in group 1, and NPV was higher in group 3. Additionally, diagnostic odds ratios were 6.73, 2.88, and 5.92 in groups 1, 2, and 3. Immunosuppressant use, non-IFD/Candida colonization, and central venous catheter were associated with false positivity. Clinicians should cautiously interpret the BDG assay, considering the various diagnostic performances depending on the different levels of risk.

Lost and Found on Ocean Beach of the Old Gold Mountain

Lost and Found on Ocean Beach of the Old Gold Mountain

Творчество Хусея Будаева в контексте развития балкарской литературы в первой трети ХХ века

The scientific work examines the work of the poet Budaev Husey Aslanovich (1880-1973), his contribution to the development of spiritual poetry, his place in settlement poetry, and works aimed at harmony in family and social life are also analyzed. The article establishes the insepara-ble connection of the works of H. Budaev with the semantics and poetics of folklore, which is the specificity of the author's poetic world. The depth of philosophical thought and the acuteness of social analysis permeating the work of Budaev Husey are noted. The analysis of the author's crea-tive heritage ("Altyn tau" - "Golden Mountain", "Khak Zholunda" - "Dear truth") allowed us to determine his creative individuality and uniqueness. Poems like "Din ieleny kuyu" ("Crying for the Lights of Faith, defending theologians, express protest against the violence committed during the era of Stalinism. The work establishes that the work of Husey Budaev was formed within the framework of the poetic traditions of the pre-Soviet period, laid down by the classics of Karachay-Balkarian literature Semenov Kaltur, Dzhanibekov Appa, Kochkarov Kaspot. The presentation of their ideas in clear words and understandable images is a tradition of Karachay-Balkarian oral folk poetry. The work notes the direct realization of folklore artistic installations in the poetry of Husey Budaev. To complete the tasks, the author employed comparative and contextual method-ologies, which are coupled in the paper with the concept of consistency and integrity of analysis. Historicism is the primary methodological and systematic premise guiding the inquiry.

Immigrant Exclusion Acts: On Early Chinese Labor and Domestic Matriarchal Agency in Lin Yutang’s Chinatown Family

In the introduction to her influential work on Asian American cultural studies and feminist materialist critique, Immigrant Acts: On Asian American Cultural Politics, Lisa Lowe shatters the contradictions manifested in Asian immigration, wherein Asians’ entry into the United States marked them either as marginalized from “within” the national political sphere or as linguistically, culturally, and racially “outside” of the national polity For Asian immigrants, the debate of being simultaneously needed and excluded is no more evidenced historically than using Chinese labor during the California Gold Rush in the mid-nineteenth century. Their migratory relocation was hardly met with ease and public enthusiasm, however. Evoking anxiety in their Anglo counterparts, the Chinese were characterized as foreign noncitizens: barbaric, alien, and dangerous, the quintessential “yellow peril” threatening to displace white European immigrants such as the Irish. The irrational fear of the “Oriental” from the Far East led to a succession of immigration exclusion laws passed by Congress that denied the Chinese from entering the U.S. and their rights to naturalization in 1882. Passed by Congress and signed by President Chester A. Arthur, the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act suspended the entry of Chinese laborers into the U.S. based on their nationality for ten years. This paper argues that the possibility of agency for Chinese workers existed throughout the exclusionary period. Specifically, this site of agency resides with Chinese women and is expressed through a literary mode. For instance, Lin Yutang’s Chinatown Family (1948) captures this moment of immigrant agency in the post-exclusion era. Lin, a pioneering Chinese writer and inventor who wrote texts such as My Country and My People (1935), The Importance of Living (1937), and Moment in Peking (1939), often utilized his narratives to bridge the clash between the East and West. Identifying what I see as the inadequacy of probing one of the earliest Chinese American texts from a rigid literary mode, I move to reconsider the novel as a legal counternarrative to the three exclusionary laws: the Page Law of 1875, the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, and the Cable Act of 1922. To direct my critical reorientation of Lin’s novel away from, though not necessarily against, literary castings of this early immigrant tale, I take the narrative as a strategic literary re-imagination that structures itself around these three legislative pieces to critique restrictive practices enacted upon the Chinese. The novel showcases how Chinese immigrants maneuvered and manipulated the legal system in their favor during assimilation. In this context, critical reappraisal is needed in scrutinizing how the Exclusion Act generated a wave of domestic-based diasporic relocation of Chinese workers from California to New York. Due to acute anti-Chinese sentiments on the West Coast, resetting Chinese workers in the northeast in search of a new Gold Mountain led to a unique phenomenon. This dispersal elevated Chinese women as valuable social capitals who transformed metropoles like New York City and redefined their views as nationalist subjects of the “about-to-be” in industrial capitalist modernity. Through a legal framework, then, Lin’s portrayal of the Fong clan suggests the emergence of a gendered Sino-immigrant agency, one that enabled the Chinese woman/mother to situate herself as the locus of the traditional patriarchal Chinese entrepreneurial family and the forefront of the northeast industrial capitalist scene.

Study on Ecological Environment Control in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area—A Case Study of Water Level Zone Control

On ecological environment governance, the General Secretary has repeatedly put forward the ecological concept of "green mountain is gold mountain and silver mountain". After the completion of the Three Gorges Dam and the storage of the reservoir, a water-level zone with a drop of up to 30m has been formed. This paper discusses a series of problems in the treatment of water-level zone, such as the slow progress of the work, the existence of secondary pollution and the lack of relevant support, and puts forward measures to strengthen management, environmental monitoring and vegetation restoration in view of the existing problems.

From the Obstructive “Mountain” to the Free “Water”: Examining the Evolution of Transculturalism in Ling Zhang’s Immigrant Narratives

ABSTRACT Ling Zhang, a well-known overseas Chinese author in contemporary Sinophone literary circles, has written extensively about Chinese immigrants in Canada. However, the Anglophone versions of her remarkable novels Gold Mountain Blues (translated into English; 2011) and Where Waters Meet (composed in English; 2023) are not widely acknowledged. Gold Mountain Blues describes immigration to Canada as a mountain that obstructs the Chinese diaspora’s communication with their homeland, and Where Waters Meet describes water as a free medium that facilitates transpacific connections. This article conducts a comparative reading of the two works of fiction and argues that the titular contrast implies Zhang’s evolution in addressing ethnocentrism, deterritorializing locality, and degenderizing subjectivity through the change in her writing language. The association of Zhang’s progressive strategy with her devotion to translingual practice reflects the boundary-crossing trend in her writing career and suggests a broader space to examine the literary transformation of ethnic minority authors.

Regional differences in China’s ecological civilization construction from an evolutionary perspective and the influencing factors

ABSTRACT As the global economy, society, and environment are undergoing profound changes and the realization of sustainable development has become the common aspiration of the international community, ecological civilization construction has become an increasingly important issue for China to formulate its long-term development strategies and promote modernization. This study analyzes the characterization of 655 established pilot zones of ecological civilization construction and ‘clear waters and green mountains are as valuable as mountains of gold and silver’ innovative practices from 2017 to 2022. The spatial distribution of ecological civilization areas in China follows a pattern where more regions are in the southeast than in the northwest (Hu Line). The focus of China’s comprehensive ecological civilization construction has been towards the southwest in the first year and has subsequently shifted towards the northwest. The overall Gini coefficient decreased from 0.494 to 0.299, and regional ecological civilization disparities gradually narrowed. Currently, regional construction disparities between the eastern and western regions are a major obstacle to balanced development; therefore, promoting coordinated regional development is necessary. Various factors affecting the pattern of ecological civilization construction, including natural resources, economic development, social progress, policies, and culture, were identified. The availability of natural resources and economic development cause regional differences in construction levels. This research will help promote the coordinated development of Chinese ecological civilization, while the development experiences of different regions can also provide guidance for sustainable development in developing countries.

Evaluating the Effect of Adding Selected Herbs, Spices, and Fruits to Fermented Olympus Mountain Tea (Sideritis scardica) Kombucha Sweetened with Thyme Honey: Assessment of Physicochemical and Functional Properties

This study examined the effects of adding herbs, spices, and fruits into fermented Olympus Mountain tea (Sideritis scardica) kombucha using thyme honey as a sweetener. This study evaluated how these additions affected the tea’s physical, chemical, and functional characteristics. Two different enrichments were proposed: a “Golden Mountain tea and honey Kombucha” (KG) with fresh ginger, turmeric powder, and lemon zest and juice and a “Red Mountain tea and honey Kombucha” (KR) with dried hibiscus calyces, rose petals, and lavender blossoms. In KR, the levels of vitamin C increased from 33.2 ± 2.7 to 48.4 ± 4.5. Additionally, the levels of calcium increased from 31.0 ± 1.2 to 55.7 ± 1.2, while the levels of potassium practically doubled from 64.7 ± 0.6 to 115.7 ± 2.5. An increased potassium concentration was observed in KG, and ionic iron was found for the first time after both enrichments. The total phenolic and flavonoid contents, along with antioxidant capacity, as assessed by the ABTS and DPPH methods, were found to be substantially enhanced in KR. In KG, the total phenolic content increased, together with antioxidant activity, as assessed by ABTS. Enrichment with hibiscus calyces, rose petals, and lavender blossoms significantly increased inhibitory effects against α-amylase, α-glucosidase, acetylcholinesterase, and butyrylcholinesterase. On the other hand, enrichment with ginger, turmeric, and lemon zest and juice decreased inhibitory effects against α-glucosidase and increased those against α-amylase, acetylcholinesterase, and butyrylcholinesterase. KR had the strongest enzyme-inhibiting activity, with its α-glucosidase-inhibiting activity increased by approximately 18 times. Therefore, enrichment with selected herbs, spices, and fruits can transform fermented Olympus Mountain tea kombucha sweetened with honey into a novel beverage with enhanced functional properties.

ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ СОЛОВЬЕВСКОГО ЗОЛОТОРОССЫПНОГО ЦЕНТРА ПРИАМУРСКОЙ ПРОВИНЦИИ

The authors have carried out the analysis of geological and structural features and gold content of the Solovyov gold-bearing center, located on the western flank of the Amur gold-bearing province and confined to the junction of the Aldano-Stanovoi, Mongol-Okhotsk and Amur geoblocks. The center consists of nine ore-placer nodes (Berezitovy, Solovyovsky, Urkiminsky, Dzheltulaksky, Talginsky, Uspenovsky, Ilikano-Unakhinsky, Zolotogorsky and Mogotsky). In geological and structural terms, ore-placer nodes correspond to intrusive dome uplifts (Berezite, Solovyovsky and Urkiminsky nodes) or tectonic blocks of the Aldano-Stanovoy geoblock base metamorphic rocks, saturated with intrusive Archean to late Mesozoic formations (Jeltulak, Talginsky, Uspensky, Ilikano-Unakhinsky, Zolotogorsky and Mogotsky nodes). In the center there are 383 placers of gold and 9 deposits of ore gold – Berezitovoye, Mosin Mine, Kirovskoye, Solovyevskoye, Malourkanskoye, Odolgo, Uspenovskoye, Golden Mountain, Uganskoe, as well as dozens of gold manifestations. Since 1867, about 500 tons of gold have been extracted from the placers of the center, on average about 3.3 tons per year. Gold deposits yielded about 53 tons of ore gold. The ratio of the amount of placer and ore gold extracted from the subsoil is 9.4:1. This indicates the center high prospects for finding new gold deposits. The prospects for further exploitation of placers have been identified, consisting in the introduction of new technologies that ensure the extraction of small and fine fractions of gold and thereby involve poor and man-made placers in the exploitation. It is shown that the Solovyovsky placer gold center future depends on the identification and exploitation of new deposits of gold-polymetallic, gold-sulfide-quartz, gold-quartz, gold-antimony and gold-mercury formations.

Financial Analysis of Industrial Metallurgical Industry Based on Harvard Analysis Framework after RCEP

On January 1, 2022, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) officially entered into force, and a total of 15 member countries, including China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and ten ASEAN countries, officially started to implement the agreement. The successful signing of RCEP marks the establishment of the world's largest FTA, which will significantly reduce tariffs among member countries and al-so promote the opening of markets among member countries, thus boosting trade among countries to cope with the downward economic pressure. In re-cent years, China's economic development has placed more emphasis on high quality, emphasizing that green water and green mountains are golden mountains, and protecting the environment stands on an equal footing with development. Under the influence of many factors such as the entry into force of RCEP and China's new development pattern, how to transform heavy polluters in line with the trend has become an intense and urgent issue. Here the author uses the Harvard analytical framework to select A-share listed Baowu Group for analysis and exploration, focusing on Baowu Group's financial and development status after the merger and how to cope with environmental expenditure audits in the context of RCEP policy.

Problems and Countermeasures of Green Financial Market in Gansu Province

Green finance has become a crucial tool to assist countries and regions in inexperienced development. smartly developing inexperienced finance is Associate in Nursing intrinsic demand for active the idea of "Clear waters and green mountains are as good as mountains of gold and silver", promoting the development of ecological civilization, and a crucial live to attain the goal of "double carbon". Initiatives. inexperienced finance plays an important role in supporting the inexperienced and low-carbon transformation of Gansu's economy. Scientific and objective assessment of the event level of inexperienced finance in province, analysis of regional variations within the development of inexperienced finance in province, and identification of shortcomings and weaknesses area unit the key links to market the steady development of inexperienced finance in province. Therefore, constructing a in theory compatible, comprehensive, and integrated index system to assess the amount of inexperienced finance development in province and every town (state) is of nice sensible significance for deeply recognizing the muse of inexperienced finance development and exploring the trail of inexperienced finance innovation and development in province throughout the important amount of comprehensive inexperienced economic and social transformation.

Chapter 7 Start the Presses? John Alden Mason as Mesoamericanist and a Reluctant New Deal Archaeologist in the 1930s

ABSTRACTDuring the 1930s, J. Alden Mason was a curator at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia. He was best known during this time for his work at the site of Piedras Negras in northwestern Guatemala. Yet, the 1930s excavations at Piedras Negras were not published until 2005. This delayed publication prevented other scholars from building on this work. Also, during the 1930s, Mason led lesser‐known excavations around the Philadelphia area with federal work relief funding. No field records exist for these investigations, the whereabouts of artifacts are unknown, and only a single short article was ever published on the scant archaeological findings. Exactly what archaeology was done and where through these New Deal investigations is unknown and may be unknowable. Mason struggled with the overly bureaucratic nature of New Deal archaeology, and this might help explain his lack of due diligence with archiving his records, or with completing a properly detailed report. Today's archaeologists deal with similar constraints. But we are also ethically bound to publish our results in a reasonable time frame, rather than hoard our data the way a dragon hoards a mountain of gold. If we fail to meet these ethical principles, we really are little more than well‐educated looters.

Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative organisms, Beni-Suef, Egypt

BackgroundCarbapenem-resistant Gram-negative organisms (CRGNO) are a growing threat. We aimed in our study to determine the genotype of carbapenemases at Beni-Suef University Hospital by using newly introduced lateral flow assays in comparison with molecular techniques and test the effectiveness of ceftazidime/avibactam against them.MethodsScreening for carbapenemase production was done by mSuperCARBA (CHROMagar™ company). Genotypic characterization was done using 3 different kits of lateral flow assays: the NG-Test CARBA5 assay (NG Biotech, Guipry, France), RESIST-3 O.K.N. (Coris BioConcept, Belgium) and Carbapenem-resistant K.N.I.V.O Detection K-Set (Beijing Gold Mountain river Tech Development Co, China), whereas genotypic characterization was done for blaVIM blaIMP, blaKPC, blaOXA-48, and blaNDM by PCR.ResultsThe high prevalence of CRGNO in Beni-Suef University Hospital (29%) was dominated by Klebsiella pneumonia (83.3%) harboring OXA-48 (92%). Lateral flow immunoassays showed high sensitivity and specificity for each type of carbapenemases in comparison with PCR.ConclusionThe coexistence of multiple carbapenemases genes in the same isolate increased resistance to new therapeutic options, e.g., CZA/AVI. Proper implementation of isolation measures in health care facilities can render the spread of CRGNO.

Pollution Reduction and Economic Growth —A Small Town’s Journey to Sustainable Development

It’s commonly believed that one can do well by doing good. When applied to business, the concept means that an environmentally friendly and responsible business can also do well in regards to profit. Or, if a state or region devotes resources to improving the environment, the economic growth will be strengthened. This concept echoes the essential meaning of the famous quote by China’s leader, “Clean waters and green mountains mean mountains of gold and silver.” Is this theory true in the real world? We intend to investigate the case of a small rural town from northern China which went from a heavily polluted town with small businesses scattered around, to today’s paradise with clean waters, green parks, and sustainable agro-farms. The town went from a poor rural town with low GDP before the 1990s to boomed economy in early 2000s, when the heavy pollution imposed a threat to the health of local residents. After almost two decades of government intervention, the town has transformed into a clean and sustainable community with public parks and agro-tourism based farms.Our paper intends to take a close look at the transformation process, and describe key factors of success, and identify areas for improvement. We also attempt to provide implications for future research, and recommendations for policy makers.

Высокогорный природный парк «Ак Чолушпа» как территория экотуристского интереса

Высокогорный природный парк «Ак Чолушпа» как территория экотуристского интереса

Implications of North Korean Forest Policy and “Golden Mountain Strategy”

This study analyzes the implications of forest management and golden walks, which are forest policies that have stood out in North Korea since Chairman Kim Jong‐un took power. North Korea strategically uses the term golden mountain to mean “forest restoration that contributes to economic development and improvement of the living standards of its people.” This study emphasizes that the concept of forest use has changed with the introduction and implementation of forest management in North Korea. This study presupposes that since 2019, the Golden Mountain Strategy has evolved into a concept that encompasses not only economic development and improvement of the national standard of living but also forest restoration, that is, protection of the ecological environment. In addition, this strategy is not limited to forest use policies but also encompasses aspects of national development. It combines “sustainable development” with strategies to protect the ecological environment, develop local economies, and strengthen national status.

Habitat quality evolution characteristics and multi-scenario prediction in Shenzhen based on PLUS and InVEST models

Based on the PLUS model, research proposed a method to adjust the probability of land use transition to reduce the calculation error of the number of pixels. The refined algorithm is applied to simulate Shenzhen land use situation in 2030 under a progressive scenario using three periods of Shenzhen land use data in 2000, 2010 and 2020. Then, InVEST model was employed to evaluate the distribution situation and future trends of habitat quality in Shenzhen during the study period. Following are the conclusions: 1) The construction land in Shenzhen expanded rapidly and the ecological land gradually shrank during the research period. The proportion of artificial surface area increased by about 45.4% (304.98 km2) within 20 years. 2) By simulating the land use situation of Shenzhen in 2030, the results revealed that the land use change of Shenzhen in the future is mainly concentrated in the central and western regions. 3) The overall average habitat quality of Shenzhen was at a medium level, but the habitat quality showed a continuous degradation trend in each year throughout the study period. Spatially, the habitat quality degradation are mainly concentrated in Shenzhen’s central and western region. 4) Under the natural development scenario, Shenzhen’s habitat quality would experience a sharp decline by 2030. The habitat quality of the conservation area is guaranteed to a certain degree, but the artificial surface expansion outside the area will still affect the habitat quality in the boundary constraint scenario; Only in scenario of ecological priority, the habitat quality of Shenzhen has been restored and improved to a large extent. 5) In order to slow down the degradation trend and improve the regional ecological environment. It is necessary not only to strictly implement various protection boundaries delineated in the context of Territorial Spatial Planning, but also to implement the policy of “Clear waters and green mountains are as good as mountains of gold and silver” in the process of urban development. Government should reasonably control the scale of cities, optimize the ecological compensation mechanism, and implement ecological restoration policies such as returning farmland to forests and returning farmland to grassland.

Analysis of new energy user satisfaction and research on prospective customer mining in Jiangsu province——based on IPA model and potential customer value model

With the increasingly prominent environmental pollution and energy crisis, the slogan "Green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains" has become increasingly loud. New energy vehicles, as a new means of transportation, are highly praised by most environmentalists because of the particularity of their power. This survey takes new energy vehicle users in Jiangsu Province of China as the research object. Based on the results of the questionnaire, an IPA model is established to analyze new energy vehicle user satisfaction, and a potential customer value model is established to mine potential users. It provides some useful theoretical thinking for the development and popularization of new energy vehicles.

Temples and the Ruins of Time in Sunthorn Phu’s Nirat to Golden Mountain Temple

Temples and the Ruins of Time in Sunthorn Phu’s <i>Nirat to Golden Mountain Temple</i>

Based on the Development Countermeasures of Yunnan Garden in the Southwest Frontier of Honghe Prefecture

Located in the Himalayan south extension of Yunnan garden has its specificity, because the element is very rich, tiancheng natural endowment objectively has "cast" the vivid "Chinese ink painting", "move for the scene, turned into", in the carved, in "painting" in "Yunnan garden", perfecting the connotation and extension creation process, is an economic phenomenon, also belongs to the cultural category, is the crystallization of Yunnan collective wisdom, is constructing "Yunnan garden" system. Since the 1990s, relying on its own resource endowment, making use of the market and combining with the growing needs of Yunnan people for a "better life", Yunnan has created a unique "Yunnan School Garden". The 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 15) was held in Kunming, China on October 11-24, 2021. The conference is in line with the concept of "clear waters and green mountains are mountains of gold and silver" under construction in China. Dian-style gardens practice biodiversity. On the basis of analyzing the resource endowment of Yunnan, this paper traces the growth process of "Yunnan Garden" and puts forward the countermeasures and measures for development.