A Study on Translation of Reduplicative Words in Children’s Literature: A Case Study of Bronze and Sunflower

The translation of Chinese reduplicative words plays a key part in the reproduction of the style of the children’s literature and is a decisive factor affecting the quality of the translation. Taking Bronze and Sunflower as an example, the authors find that Helen Wang endeavors to preserve the rhythm and musicality of the novel by employing various translation strategies. However, due to the great disparities between Chinese and English, more than half of the reduplicative words ablate in the process of C-E translation. To remedy it, Helen Wang employs “parallel Structure” “alliteration” “-ing structure” etc. when translating the non-duplicative words. The present study is of some instruction for Chinese Children’s literature “going out”.

Predicting Relative Binding Affinity Using Nonequilibrium QM/MM Simulations

Calculating binding free energies with quan-tum-mechanical (QM) methods is notoriously time-consum-ing. In this work, we studied whether such calculations can beaccelerated by using nonequilibrium (NE) moleculardynamics simulations employing Jarzynski’s equality. Westudied the binding of nine cyclic carboxylate ligands to theocta-acid deep-cavity host from the SAMPL4 challenge withthe reference potential approach. The binding free energieswere first calculated at the molecular mechanics (MM) levelwith free energy perturbation using the generalized Amberforce field with restrained electrostatic potential charges forthe host and the ligands. Then the free energy corrections for going from the MM Hamiltonian to a hybrid QM/MM Hamiltonian were estimated by averaging over many short NE molecular dynamics simulations. In the QM/MM calculations, the ligand was described at the semiempirical PM6-DH+ level. We show that this approach yields MM → QM/MM free energy corrections that agree with those from other approaches within statistical uncertainties. The desired precision can be obtained by running a proper number of independent NE simulations. For the systems studied in this work, a total simulation length of 20 ps was appropriate for most of the ligands, and 36−324 simulations were necessary in order to reach a precision of 0.3 kJ/ mol

Development of Chinese Strategic Petroleum Reserves Base on Comparable Research about Japanese Situation and Policies

AbstractPetroleum is one of the most important energy which can’t be regenerated. During the increasing development of world economy, petroleum has become significant energy to keep a county's economy survival. Japan which has almost no petroleum capacity had started strategic petroleum reserve since last century. Abundant reserve helped Japan conquering twice petroleum crises. As the biggest and fastest developing country, China has the main purpose to protect economy rise consecutively. Petroleum reserve also is emphasized more by Chinese government in present time. According to research base on Japanese and Chinese petroleum situation, legislation, policies, and response measures, the article put forward three stage reserve system of China, and discussed some relative issues about development of Chinese strategic petroleum reserve

Exploration of Teaching Reform in the Course of Concrete Structure Design Principles in the Context of the New Era

In response to the requirements for cultivating applied talents in civil engineering under the background of the new era, and addressing the practical problems existing in the teaching of the course on concrete structure design principles in higher education institutions, this paper conducts an analysis of the current situation and challenges of the course teaching. It focuses on issues such as the abstract difficulty of teaching content, the singularity of teaching methods, and the lack of practical teaching. Combining the characteristics of the course and the industry’s demand for talent capabilities, the paper explores and outlines reform measures, including optimizing course content, transforming the roles of teachers and students, and integrating theory with practice. The aim is to provide insights and inspiration for the teaching of related courses

Exploration of Integrating Ideological and Political Education into the Curriculum of “Road Survey and Design” from the Perspective of Moral and Intellectual Education in the New Era

In the context of the new era and the goal of moral and intellectual education, the design of ideological and political education in curriculum holds significant importance for civil engineering majors. By incorporating ideological and political education into the curriculum, students’ political awareness, comprehensive qualities, innovative spirit, social responsibility, environmental consciousness, attention to social development, and technological innovation can be cultivated. After integrating ideological and political content into the “Road Survey and Design” course, there have been significant improvements in students’ political awareness, comprehensive qualities, innovative spirit, social responsibility, environmental consciousness, career development awareness, and teachers’ instructional capabilities

Exploration and Innovative Research on Ideological and Political Education in Architectural Mechanics Course

The emphasis and implementation of ideological and political education in courses lie within the courses themselves, ensuring effective education through the process of course implementation and playing a role in nurturing students. This paper explores the elements of ideological and political education in the architectural mechanics course. It provides a detailed design of ideological and political education in accordance with the course content and characteristics. Additionally, innovative designs incorporating ideological elements are introduced for parts of the course. Finally, an application exploration is conducted within the sections of the course, specifically focusing on the subtopic of “rigid frames”, with the hope of providing reference value to related courses

Yongmiao Hong, Oliver Linton, Jiajing Sun, and Meiting Zhu’s contribution to the Discussion of “the Discussion Meeting on Probabilistic and statistical aspects of machine learning”

This paper proposes a neural network-based approach for automating offline change-point de-tection. The authors show that CUSUM and generalized CUSUM are a special case of their neuralnetwork class. They emphasize misclassification error rates and their theoretical contribution is toestablish some elegant results for these under i.i.d. unit variance Gaussian data with a possiblechange in mean

Ultrabroadband, high color purity multispectral color filter arrays

Multispectral imagers that capture spatial and spectral information are of growing importance in various fields, particularly in remote sensing and metrology. To enable integrated snapshot multispectral imagers and eliminate the drawbacks of traditional systems, such as bulkiness and slow scanning mechanisms, miniature, broadband multispectral filter arrays with narrow line widths, high transmission, and CMOS compatibility are essential. However, current miniature filter arrays, primarily based on diffraction nanostructures, suffer from limitations such as small working bandwidth, low transmission, poor color purity, and sensitivity to polarization and incident angles. To address these challenges, we present a high-order Fabry-Perot Multispectral Filter Array (MSFA) with selective peak suppression, leveraging subwavelength structures for filter tuning without changing the physical thickness and employing an ultrathin metal layer to exploit high-order resonances, significantly extending the working range and spectral resolution. High color purity across a broad range (400nm-1000nm) is made possible through optical absorption from polysilicon and selective suppression from a platinum layer. The fabricated color filter arrays cover wavelengths from 622nm to 960nm, with Full Width Half Maximum (FWHM) ranging from 13nm to 31nm and average transmissions exceeding 60%. Furthermore, these filters can be downscaled to sizes compatible with modern CMOS imagers, reaching dimensions as small as 1um. The introduction of a resonance combining design further extends the working range (455nm-960nm), aligning with the capabilities of silicon photodetectors. Its adaptability across wavelength ranges and potential for tunable applications hold promise for transformative imaging and display technologies across a wide spectrum.Comment: 24 pages,5 figures,articl

Greed doesn’t grow on trees: the indirect association between proenvironmental behaviour and materialism through adolescents’ psychological entitlement

PurposeThis study aims to explore the potential that acting proenvironmentally protects adolescents from developing materialistic value.Design/methodology/approachConvenience sampling was adopted to collect data from two randomly selected secondary schools in central China. A total of 784 participants were included in the survey.FindingsThe mediation analysis revealed that adolescent proenvironmental behaviour was negatively associated with materialism. The results of the moderated mediation model showed that psychological entitlement mediates the association between adolescent proenvironmental behaviour and materialism, and that family socioeconomic status acts as a moderator in the association between proenvironmental behaviour and psychological entitlement.Practical implicationsThe current results advise educational practitioners on alleviating adolescent materialism. Policy makers and schools can add more environmental practice to the curriculum and extracurricular activities. Moreover, identifying the personal benefits of proenvironmental behaviour can motivate young people to act proenvironmentally, which not only factually reduces over-consumption but also attracts more attention from young people to the environment.Originality/valuePrevious studies rarely explored the individual belief or perception accounting for the negative association between proenvironmental behaviour and materialism. Therefore, the authors adopt psychological entitlement, a belief reflecting the dark side of individual perception, to explain why proenvironmental behaviour reduces materialism.</div