The Making of a Eurasian: Writing, Miscegenation, and Redemption in Sui Sin Far

This paper examines the literary itinerary of Sui Sin Far/Edith Eaton with a specific focus on the shaping of her Eurasian authorship

Epiphyllous Hepaticae of Kowloon Peninsula (Hong Kong)

Twenty-eight species of epiphyllous liverworts were identified from twenty-five sites in Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong. Twenty-four of these species are new records to Hong Kong, while four of them are new epiphyllous records to the Chinese mainland. The majority of the sites are located between 30-200 m above sea level, representing the lowest altitude of epiphyllous liverworts found in the Chinese mainland. Characteristics of the host plants bearing epiphyllous liverworts are briefly discussed. The following new combination is proposed: Cololejeunea pseudolatilobula (Chen & Wu) But & Gao comb. nov. (Pedinolejeunea pseudolatilobula Chen & Wu)

Epiphyllous liverworts on rosette leaves of Ardisia species (Myrsinaceae) in China

Four species of Ardisia (Myrsinaceae, Magnoliopsida) with rosette or low-lying leaves in China (including Hong Kong) have been found to be the hosts for 12 species of epiphyllous liverworts which belong to 4 families and 9 genera. However, no obvious species-specific hostepiphyte relationship could be recognized

Зловживання процесуальними правами під час третейського розгляду

Бут І. О. Зловживання процесуальними правами під час третейського розгляду / І. О. Бут // Зловживання цивільними процесуальними правами: шляхи протидії : матер. круглого столу (м. Одеса, 27 лист. 2015 р.) / уклад.: І. В. Андронов, Н. В. Волкова, Р. Ф. Гонгало ; НУ ОЮА, Каф. цив. проц. – Одеса : Фенікс, 2015. – С. 72-76

Pressure and temperature driven phase transitions in HgTe quantum wells

We present theoretical investigations of pressure and temperature driven phase transitions in HgTe quantum wells grown on CdTe buffer. Using the 8-band \textbf{k$\cdot$p} Hamiltonian we calculate evolution of energy band structure at different quantum well width with hydrostatic pressure up to 20 kBar and temperature ranging up 300 K. In particular, we show that in addition to temperature, tuning of hydrostatic pressure allows to drive transitions between semimetal, band insulator and topological insulator phases. Our realistic band structure calculations reveal that the band inversion under hydrostatic pressure and temperature may be accompanied by non-local overlapping between conduction and valence bands. The pressure and temperature phase diagrams are presented.Comment: 9 pages, 8 figures + Supplemental material (5 pages

An empirical study of the impacts of redevelopment project on property prices of residential buildings in Hong Kong

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Arsonium ylides in organic synthesis

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The Concept of Nation: Russian and European Contexts

The article was submitted on 17.02.2017.Review of book: Miller, A. (2016). Natsiya, ili Moguschestvo mifa [Nation or the Power of Myth]. 146 р. St Petersburg, Europ. Univ. Press. In his recent book, the renowned expert on nationalism Aleksei Miller aims to make a comparative historical analysis of how the idea of the nation has been evolving in the Russian and European contexts, and, secondly, to introduce fundamental concepts and approaches to the problems of nationalism in world science. To examine the dynamics of the concept of nation, the author relies on the methods of conceptual history put forward by Reinhart Koselleck, the history of political discourse and thought by Quentin Skinner and J. G. A. Pocock, discourse analysis by Michel Foucault, and concepts of cultural, conceptual, and institutional transfers. The author follows the adventures of the concept of “nation” on Russian soil, which is of readily apparent interest and novelty. Miller starts from the Petrine era when, as he supposes, the concept was borrowed from Europe as a result of diplomatic contacts. As early as the eighteenth century, the word “nation” was used in two ways: on the one hand, as a counterpart to the word “narod” that had been previously used in the Russian language and, on the other hand, in its European meaning of a noble corporation and a sovereign state. An important advantage of the book is that Miller’s review of the “nation” concept includes recent political events. He analyses the effectiveness of “nation-state” and “statenation” patterns, and explains the semantic difference between the frequently used notions of “Russian” and “Russia’s” and between the English “national self-determination” and its Russian counterpart. Despite its undoubted relevance and usefulness, the book leaves a number of questions open. First of all, although its title is Nation or the Power of Myth, the book says nothing about myth – neither the concept nor its relation to “nation”. The author does not give a clear definition of the “nationalisation of dynasty” or his “beforeafter” opposition, which are crucial for his speculation. He does not comment on his alternative name for the well-known concept of imagined communities by Benedict Anderson. Inspecting historical examples of states to illustrate the dynamics of “nation” and nationalism, Miller leaves out the Habsburg monarchy, although it provided one of the most striking cases in the history of nation-building and national movements. Finally, the principle on which footnotes have been included is unclear throughout the text.Рецензия на книгу: Миллер А. И. Нация, или Могущество мифа / Алексей Миллер. – СПб. : Изд-во Европ. ун-та в Санкт-Петербурге, 2016. – 146 с. : ил. – (Сер. Азбука понятий. Вып. 2). В своей недавно вышедшей книге известный специалист в области изучения национализма ставит цель продемонстрировать в сравнительно-историческом ключе то, как эволюционировало содержание понятия «нация» в российском и общеевропейском контекстах, и представить основные концепции и подходы к изучению национализма в мировой науке. Методологическую базу исследования динамики понятия «нация» составили «история понятий» Р. Козеллека, история политического языка и концепций Кв. Скиннера и Дж. Покока, история дискурсов М. Фуко и концепции культурных, понятийных и институциональных трансферов. Несомненный интерес и определенную новизну представляет прослеживание автором приключений понятия «нация» на российской почве, начало которых Миллер относит к Петровской эпохе, когда это понятие, по его предположению, было заимствовано из Европы в результате дипломатических контактов. Уже с XVIII в. слово «нация» использовалось двояко: с одной стороны, как аналог ранее утвердившегося в русском языке понятия «народ», с другой – в европейской его трактовке как дворянской корпорации или суверенного государства. К несомненным достоинствам книги А. Миллера относятся доведение обзора трансформаций содержания понятия «нация» до последних политических событий современности, анализ эффективности моделей «нации-государства» и «государства-нации», пояснение смысловой разницы между активно используемыми в наши дни понятиями «российскость» и «русскость», national self-determination и «национальное самоопределение». При всей актуальности и несомненной полезности книга оставляет читателю ряд вопросов. Прежде всего, несмотря на название, в ней ничего не говорится о мифе – ни как о понятии, ни как о его отношении к нации. Автор не раскрывает такие ключевые в его рассуждениях понятия, как «национализация династии» и оппозиция «раньше – позже» в динамике «нации». Без комментариев остается название известной концепции Б. Андерсона «воображенные сообщества» вместо привычного «воображаемые сообщества». В число исторических примеров государств, с которыми связана история понятий нации и национализма, Миллер не включает габсбургскую монархию, представлявшую собой один из наиболее ярких случаев в истории нациестроительства и национальных движений. Ко всему прочему, неясен принцип выборочности библиографических ссылок

High intensity study of THz detectors based on field effect transistors

Terahertz power dependence of the photoresponse of field effect transistors, operating at frequencies from 0.1 to 3 THz for incident radiation power density up to 100 kW/cm^2 was studied for Si metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors and InGaAs high electron mobility transistors. The photoresponse increased linearly with increasing radiation power up to kW/cm^2 range. The saturation of the photoresponse was observed for all investigated field effect transistors for intensities above several kW/cm^2. The observed signal saturation is explained by drain photocurrent saturation similar to saturation in direct currents output characteristics. The theoretical model of terahertz field effect transistor photoresponse at high intensity was developed. The model explains quantitatively experimental data both in linear and nonlinear (saturation) range. Our results show that dynamic range of field effect transistors is very high and can extend over more than six orderd of magnitudes of power densities (from 0.5 mW/cm^2 to 5 kW/cm^2)

Smoking makes Marlboro cowboy 'unfit'

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