Unit

It is a basic concept in Taoism that personal infinity can be achieved by visualizing the process where human bodies unify with the Universe through Taoism study and practice. This project, Unit is an animated adaptation of drawings created by my mother, Mrs. Hanjinying, who is writing and painting for a textbook on Taoism. It is a visualized journey of a Taoism experience featuring two characters who are different manifestations of the same self that unite and connect to nature and the Universe through their spiritual development. The animation is four minutes in length. The imagery consists of 2D based characters composited with surreal environments and effects. The characters were hand drawn and colored digitally. The elements in the environment, such as smoke and bubbles, were generated as 3D elements using After Effects. The prerecorded music soundtrack was edited in Soundbooth. My creative intent was to visualize a concept based on existing arts and documents and animate it without narration. The production process progressively emphasized idea refinement and simplification. The challenge was to create an atmosphere of a Taoist space. Finally, Unit was created to honor my Mother with a revision of her interpretation on life, the Universe and Taoism. Unit has been donated to the Art Museum of Taoism in Beijing, China as a display video within the museum

Reissner-Nordstr\"om Metric in the Friedman-Robertson-Walker Universe

The metric for a Reissner-Nordstr$\ddot{o}$m black hole in the background of the Friedman-Robertson-Walker universe is obtained. Then we verified it and discussed the influence of the evolution of the universe on the size of the black hole. To study the problem of the orbits of a planet in the expanding universe, we rewrote the metric in the Schwarzschild coordinates system and deduced the equation of motion for a planet.Comment: 8 pages, no figure

Role of microRNA Pathway in Mental Retardation

Deficits in cognitive functions lead to mental retardation (MR). Understanding the genetic basis of inherited MR has provided insights into the pathogenesis of MR. Fragile X syndrome is one of the most common forms of inherited MR, caused by the loss of functional Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein (FMRP)

Dilaton Black Holes in de Sitter or Anti-de Sitter Universe

Poletti and Wiltshire have shown that, with the exception of a pure cosmological constant, the solution of a dilaton black hole in the background of de Sitter or anti-de Sitter universe, does not exist in the presence of one Liouville-type dilaton potential. Here with the combination of three Liouville-type dilaton potentials, we obtain the dilaton black hole solutions in the background of de Sitter or anti-de Sitter universe.Comment: 13 pages,to appear in Phys. Rev.