Overseas Scholars Research Articles

Exploring the Translation Patterns of “Ren”: Insights into Translation Practice from a Cross-Cultural Perspective

The concept of rén is a central aspect of traditional Chinese political thought, with various translations in English literature. This study examines the translations of rén in Lectures on Traditional China’s Political Thoughts and analyzes the statistics and trends among these translations. The findings reveal a lack of uniformity in the translations of rén, indicating that different translators interpret the concept in various ways. Furthermore, the parts of speech used in the translations differ, reflecting the unique perspectives of local and overseas scholars. Through etymological interpretations, this study explores the meanings behind typical English translations of rén such as virtue, benevolent, morality, humanity, good, kind, love, compassion, authoritative, man of skill, perfect man, and gentleness. These interpretations shed light on the diverse understanding of rén in traditional Chinese political thought. Overall, this study provides a comprehensive overview of the translations and interpretations of rén, highlighting the complexity and richness of this fundamental concept in Chinese philosophy.

A Bibliometric Analysis of Study on Eileen Chang Using CiteSpace

In the context of literary studies undergoing development, the works of Eileen Chang, a seminal Chinese-American writer, have garnered significant scholarly attention, reflecting her profound impact on modern Chinese literature. The study analyzed publication trends, high-frequency keywords, and the scholarly network, providing insights into the research status of Eileen Chang’s works. The analysis revealed a disparity between Chinese and overseas research focuses, with Chinese scholars predominantly exploring themes such as Eileen Chang’s works, feminist consciousness, and literary figures related to her. Overseas scholars, on the other hand, exhibit a broader research scope encompassing topics like translation, modern Chinese literature, and cultural aspects. The analysis highlighted the prominent scholars in the field and their publication patterns, indicating the emergence of new scholars in recent years. Based on the findings, this study proposed suggestions for future researchers, emphasizing the importance of interdisciplinary approaches, international collaboration, comparative studies, utilization of digital humanities, and exploration of underrepresented topics.

Sustainable Tourism and Community Benefits: Experiences from Yunnan Province, China

Sustainable ecotourism has been considered an alternative approach to tourism development specifically to enhance community benefits vis-a-vis the protection of natural and cultural heritage in the indigenous settlements. This study takes the case of the indigenous communities of Xishuangbanna to examine the potential community benefits of ecotourism development and the key issues responsible for promoting sustainable development. It has adopted an exploratory approach to review secondary sources, such as previous research papers and reports specifically on eco-tourism, ethnic cultural heritage, and community development in the Dai villages of Xishuangbanna. Face-to-face and online interviews with tourism academics from China were also conducted. Empirical research conducted by both Chinese and overseas scholars, particularly in the Dai villages of Xishuangbanna, was selected as a reference to perform critical analysis. Findings revealed that local communities have received significant economic benefits from tourism development; however, their local culture and heritage values have been manipulated in the interests of capital and political needs. Indigenous authenticity has been largely influenced by the entrepreneurial interests, bureaucratic mandates, and economic necessities of the local people. As such, the prevailing model of tourism development generally favors the tourism entrepreneurs and the state with less attention to Dai ethnic people. This study suggests adopting inclusive community participation and collaborative efforts to promote sustainable ecotourism and community development in ethnic settlements around the globe especially country like Nepal. The article makes an effort to examine the case of the indigenous communities of Xishuangbanna, the Peoples' Republic of China the theoretical lens of PMPD.

The Usage of Modern Platforms and Online-Services for Organizing of the Distance Educational Process in the Context of Modern Neuroscience

The paper is focused on the question of remote learning a foreign language in the context of neuroscience. The notions of “distance training”, “neuropsychology”, and “pedagogic technologies of remote teaching ” have been cleared up. It has been emphasized that an educational institution is free to choose its own model of the organizing of remote training. It has been pointed out that neuropsychology is based on experimental and clinical neuropsychology and that the first neuropsychological research had been carried out by L. S. Vygotskyi (1956) and A. Luriya (1965). The articles of domestic and overseas scholars, which contain critical analysis of remote teaching a foreign language, have been reviewed. The survey of different countries scientists' publications, concerning foreign language distance teaching's directions of the study, has been clarified. The advantages of the distance teaching have been defined. It has been pointed out that autonomic activities of a student cannot be passively organized. The advantages and disadvantages of home-schooling have been clarified. The accent has been made on the usage of modern platforms and online-services, particularly Moodle and Google Classroom. The influence of neuropsychology on higher mental processes has been explored. It has been noted that the lack of “live” social relationship is finally dangerous, especially for children, and emphasized that while organizing remote training process cognitive exercises should be used to boost children’s brain functioning. The accent has been made on the necessity of cognitive activities for enhancing children's concern for studying. The unique example of the usage of A. Luriya’s (1964) and M. Rosenzweig's (2009) methodologies has been given. The well-known master on school psychology B. Arrowsmith-Young’s study (2012) on remedial work with children, who have problems in learning, has been analyzed.

Talent cultivation method of aerospace manufacturing engineering incorporating new aerospace technology

In order to meet the needs of the state and society for improving the quality of undergraduate education and cultivating innovative talents, individualized training mode has gradually become the direction of higher education reform. In China, there is a long-standing situation that talent cultivation is out of touch with industrial demand. In order to explore the training mode of innovative talents in the new era, the idea of cultivating individualized talents with scientific research as feedback to teaching is established in this paper. The latest research results of aerospace are incorporated into the training process of aircraft manufacturing engineering professionals and professional knowledge system are optimized. By building high-level courses with overseas scholars and domestic industry experts, an off-campus practice training base for personalized talent training is established, and the teaching contents and methods is reformed. The practice has proved that the personalized talent training mode and method proposed in this paper have achieved good results.

Research and analysis of Computer Modernization in the Integration of Chinese Education in Education of Chinese Characters in Southeast Asia

With the development of global economic integration, Chinese language education has attracted more and more overseas scholars, and we also put forward higher requirements for Chinese character education. In this paper, the general situation of the teaching of Chinese as a foreign language and the deficiencies of the current teaching of Chinese as a foreign language are explained, and combined with the Chinese education in Southeast Asian countries computer education Chinese teaching modernization development to discuss, for the reference of readers.

On the history and historiography of the “South China School”

The South China School is currently an influential academic school in China, and its scholarship methods and practices are worthy of attention and discussion. The formation of the South China School is rooted in the tradition of “downward-looking” and interdisciplinary scholarship since the construction of the liberal arts at Sun Yat-sen University, and is inspired by the theories and methods of Fu Yiling and Liang Fangzhong in the study of Chinese social and economic history. On this basis, the School has actively absorbed the historiographical theories of the Western annals school, and formed a common philosophy of scholarship through long-term cooperation and exchange with overseas scholars. The formation of the South China School is closely related to the changes in Chinese society and its academic trends in the last hundred years, which reflect certain common features of Chinese historiography from tradition to modernity. Exploring the formation process of this school should be of some significance for the development of contemporary Chinese historiography.

School leadership in Indonesia: A systematic literature review

This paper reviews systematically literature on school leadership in the context of Indonesian education from 2004 to 2019. Its purpose is to investigate major issues which exist in the school leadership practices in Indonesia and propose some sustainable solutions so that educational policymakers, stakeholders and scholars can improve their awareness and knowledge of school leadership. Eight core international EDLM (educational leadership and management) journals were used as the source of the literature. Additionally, a high-quality journal with the indexation of Scopus and Social Sciences Citation Index, Asia Pacific Journal of Education (APJE), was included. The literature search yielded 16 articles that were reviewed. This study reports several crucial issues that need to have serious attention paid to them, including a lack of capacity to lead and manage schools, insufficiency of published studies, and the inappropriateness of principal selection processes. The suggested solutions for these problems consist of developing principal training centres in all the provinces of Indonesia, conducting more collaboration with overseas scholars, and improving principal selection procedures. Contributions for theory, practices and further study are provided.

Internationalization of Higher Education under the Belt and Road Initiatives

Abstract This is a systematic literature review of the internationalization of higher education in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative (bri). Following the systematic literature review methods, the author selected eight English and 29 Chinese studies in the academic databases. Through an inductive thematic analysis, the author synthesized five primary themes: (a) philosophical and theoretical foundations of bri education; (b) introduction of higher education development in bri countries; (c) higher education cooperation between China and bri countries; (d) international higher education and economic development; and (e) international student education management. The goal of this review is to underline new opportunities and challenges of bri education discussed within the literature and to present how the research can inform scholars, practitioners, and policymakers in the field of international higher education. It called for more joint research among Chinese scholars and overseas scholars in bri countries. In terms of the future research direction, the author suggested more research on the theoretical exploration and empirical investigation in international higher education within the context of bri.

Research progress on preparation, characterization, and application of nanoparticle‐based microencapsulated phase change materials

As an energy storage material, microencapsulated phase change materials (MPCMs) have become a research hotspot in recent years due to their unique thermophysical properties. However, this material usually has limitations in terms of its performance, such as low encapsulation efficiency, leakage during phase change, poor cycle stability, and high degree of supercooling. To solve these problems, nanoparticle as-modified material to improve the performance of MPCMs has attracted the attention of both domestic and overseas scholars. This paper aims to review the research progress of MPCMs modified by nanoparticle from three aspects: preparation, performance, and application. In this paper, the preparation method and principle of nanoparticles used for the modification of MPCMs are first introduced. Then, based on different properties (mechanical properties, thermal conductivity, thermal stability, and supercooling), the research works of nanoparticle-modified MPCMs in recent years are reviewed. Finally, the practical applications of nanocomposite MPCM in the field of slurry, building, asphalt pavement, and battery thermal management are reported.

Study of Dagestan through the 9th-13th centuries Arabic sources in historiography of Russian and overseas scholars

The article reviews main works of Russian and foreign authors devoted to the study of the history of medieval Dagestan based on Arabic sources of the 9th-13th centuries on a chronological basis. The Dagestan society political and social life, historical geography, islamization of the region were these and other questions under the focus of these scholars who had developed them on the basis of the in-depth study and knowledge of Arabic historical and geographical sources. The scientific novelty of the paper is determined by the fact that in this work a comparative study of the literature throughout the 19th and early 21st centuries, belonging to the Russian and foreign historiography on Dagestan according to the Arab authors of the 9th-13th centuries, is carried out. The material presented in the article makes it possible to see the source-study outcomes of scholars in studying the history of medieval Dagestan from early Arabic sources, and shows different aspects of the problem which need further development.

Analysis of Presupposition in Cosmetics Advertisements

Pragmatic presupposition focuses on the study of the relationship between the speaker and the hearer at the time of communication and the language they used. It can effectively serve advertising language from the linguistic field. In other words, pragmatic presupposition can meet some of the requirements of the advertisements. Nowadays people confront a variety of commercial advertisements, such as food advertisements, drink advertisements, digital product and cosmetic advertisements, etc. In fact, advertising language is the core factor which determines the success or failure of one commercial advertisement. Most domestic and overseas scholars have studied advertising language through cooperative principles，rhetoric and systemic-functional grammar, etc. However, they do not pay enough attention to the pragmatic presupposition manifested in both Chinese and English cosmetic advertisements. Therefore, this paper conducts a comparative study based on previous studies of pragmatic presupposition with new data. The data analyzed in this study are taken from some major fashion magazines in America, United Kingdom and China, such as VOGUE, Cosmopolitan，Trends health，etc. These cosmetic advertisements were advertised in the recent 20 years. Through the analysis, it is found that there is no significant difference between Chinese and English cosmetic advertisements in terms of types of pragmatic presupposition manifested. Both Chinese and English advertisers mainly adopt four types of pragmatic presupposition: existential presupposition, factive presupposition, state presupposition and behavior presupposition, and state presupposition takes up the largest proportion. The present study provides a more comprehensive analysis of pragmatic presupposition and classification of it. In addition, the results of this study also could help advertisers and consumers increase their mutual understanding.

Imaginary Time Crystal of Thermal Quantum Matter**Supported in part by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFA0302001), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11674221 and 11745006), the Shanghai Rising-Star Program, Eastern Scholar Professor of Distinguished Appointment Program, the AFOSR (Grant No. FA9550-16-1-0006), the MURI-ARO (Grant No. W911NF-17-1-0323) through UC Santa Barbara, the

Temperature is a fundamental thermodynamic variable for matter. Physical observables are often found to either increase or decrease with it, or show a non-monotonic dependence with peaks signaling underlying phase transitions or anomalies. Statistical field theory has established connection between temperature and time: a quantum ensemble with inverse temperature β is formally equivalent to a dynamic system evolving along an imaginary time from 0 to iβ in the space one dimension higher. Here we report that a gas of hard-core bosons interacting with a thermal bath manifests an unexpected temperature-periodic oscillation of its macroscopic observables, arising from the microscopic origin of space-time locked translational symmetry breaking and crystalline ordering. Such a temperature crystal, supported by quantum Monte Carlo simulation, generalizes the concept of purely spatial density-wave order to the imaginary time axis for Euclidean action.

Conditional generative adversarial networks based on the principle of homologycontinuity for face aging

AbstractAge is one of the most important biological characteristics of the human face. The increase of age coincides with the increase of the aging degree of the face. Face aging synthesis is attracting increasingly more attention from domestic and overseas scholars in the computer vision and computer graphics fields, and it can be integrated into the basic research of face correlation, such as cross‐age face analysis and age estimation. At present, some achievements have been made in face aging synthesis research; however, it is still an urgent problem to reduce the number of parameters and computational complexity of the network while ensuring the aging effect. Therefore, a new face aging algorithm is proposed in this article. Unlike the previous methods of aging process simulation, we introduce an assisted age classification network based on the principle of homology continuity, which is more in line with the human cognition process. After pretraining, the result of age classification is improved, and the pretraining model is then added to the framework of aging face generation for fine‐tuning to constrain the generated aging face, which can improve the aging accuracy of the generated image. Furthermore, we reconstruct the input face by using the age tag of the input face and the synthesized aging face and maintain the identity invariance in the face aging process by minimizing the reconstruction loss. The experimental results show that the method proposed in this article produces a considerable effect of face aging and significantly reduces the number of parameters and the complexity of computational.

Relations between Canada and the European Union as the Subject of Political Research

The given article is dedicated to peculiarities of studying foreign policy of Canada, in particular their relations with the European Union. Regardless of their distant geographic location, Canada has a long history of relations with the countries of the European continent. In particular, in the 20th century Canada played the role of the security donor for Europe and paid a substantial contribution into the victory in both world wars and its active participation in suppression to the Soviet threats during the Cold war. These circumstanced influenced the formation of Canadian foreign policy towards European countries. New division of the world powers as a result of the process of democratization of the Eastern part of the European continent resulted in widening and deepening European integrational processes, thus opening new perspectives and restrictions on the way of implementing Canadian national interests. These peculiarities are also caused by the unique character of the Canadian state-building policy, the fact of their bilingual society, geographic location, direct neighboring with the United States of America. However, common values and social-political orientations encouraged maintaining transatlanting ties and common positions in dealing with problems of global development both in Europe and Canada. It is stated that in the sphere of political research the Canadian scholars are given the biggest dominance. Moreover, there hasn’t been enough strictly conceptual or valid theoretical material among the articles published until recently. Changed became noticeable at the edge of the 80s-90s in the last century. However, articles didn’t signify the formation of the powerful, self-confident academic sphere in studying Canadian foreign policy. It is explained by the low interest towards foreign policy of this North-American State by overseas scholars. It is also analyzed that the Ukrainian researchers didn’t make thorough investigation in this sphere, although they have constantly demonstrated their interest in political aspects of Canada’s development as well as their Euro-integration issue. Key words: political science; foreign policy; Canada; the European Union.

First-principles study of crystal structures and superconductivity of ternary YSH6 and LaSH6 at high pressures

The work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants No. 11604290 and No. 51732010), National Key R & D Program of China (Grant No. 2018YFA0703400), Funding Program for Recruited Oversea Scholars of Hebei Province (Grant No. CL201729), the Ph.D. Foundation by Yanshan University (Grant No. B970), and the Natural Science Research Project of Education Department of Anhui Province (KJ2018A0342). A.B. acknowledges financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (FIS2016-76617-P) and the Department of Education, Universities and Research of the Basque Government and the University of the Basque Country (IT756-13).

An overview of numerical methods for the first kind Fredholm integral equation

In the field of engineering technology, many problems can be transformed into the first kind Fredholm integral equation, which has a prominent feature called “ill-posedness”. This property makes it difficult to find the analytical solution of first kind Fredholm integral equation. Therefore, how to find the numerical solution of first kind Fredholm integral equation has been a common concern of domestic and overseas scholars in recent years. In this article, various numerical solution methods of first kind Fredholm integral equation are introduced in detail. First, the existence and convergence of the solution of the integral equation are given. Second, the current mainstream numerical methods, such as regularization method, wavelet analysis method and multilevel iteration method are introduced in detail. Finally, we presented a concise overview of the numerical method of first kind Fredholm integral equation.

New Developments of Chinese Government Publications and Library Collections

Chinese government publications constitute a significantly large portion of print and digital information output in China. This material genre is critical to the operation of the country, to people’s lives, and therefore, is important to research and scholarly work. Overseas scholars rely heavily on libraries to access and use Chinese government publications, however, collecting this type of materials has been a challenge since the scope of Chinese government publications has not been clear, and the collecting channels have been limited. This paper intends to discuss the scope of Chinese government publications, its availability in digital format, the types of publications library normally collects, and opportunities and challenges in collecting them.

Periprosthetic joint infection after artificial joint replacement and preoperative anemia

Periprosthetic joint infection is the most serious complication after artificial joint arthroplasty. Epidemiological investigation has indicated that perioperative anemia is an independent risk factor for periprosthetic joint infection, which could play an important role by suppressing cellular mechanisms and autoimmune functions. Many domestic and overseas scholars have studied the relationship between periprosthetic joint infection and postoperative anemia, but the relationship between preoperative anemia and periprosthetic joint infection is relatively rare. However, preoperative anemia can reduce the C3b receptor on surface of red blood cells, decrease immune function of the body, increase blood-borne infection, prolong postoperative rehabilitation time, and lead to periprosthetic joint infection. For patients with preoperative anemia, prophylactic antibiotics could be used to prevent. And complement chalybeate used before operation, correct anemia by hemopoietin, treat chronic complications influence by hemoglobin production and improve patient's own immune status, blood transfusion treatment for patients with blood transfusion indications are performed. It could be better prevent occurrence of periprosthetic joint infection after total joint arthroplasty, and reducing chance of secondary or multiple renovations.

Erlitou and Xia: A Dispute between Chinese and Overseas Scholars

Erlitou and Xia: A Dispute between Chinese and Overseas Scholars