Brachypterous Stenus species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Steninae) from West-Central China

Five new brachypterous species belonging to the genus Stenus Latreille are described from Taibaishan Nature Reserve, Shaanxi Prov., West-Central China: S. (Hypostenus) hui Tang & Puthz sp. n., S. (Hemistenus) alioventralis Tang & Puthz sp. n., S. (Hemistenus) fortunatoris Tang & Puthz sp. n., S. (Hemistenus) taibaishanus Tang & Puthz sp. n. and S. (Hypostenus) nigriceps Tang & Puthz sp. n

Clevis joint for deployable space structures

This invention relates generally to pin clevis joints, and more particularly, to zero play pin clevis joints for connecting structural members of a deployable space structure. A joint includes a pin, a tang, and a shackle. The pin is tapered at the same angle as the bores extending through the projections of the shackle and the tang. A spring washer biases the tang onto the tapered sidewall of the pin. The invention solves the free play problem associated with deployable space structures by using a tapered pin which is held in tapered holes by the spring washers

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Postcard from Mengni Tang, during the Linfield College Semester Abroad Program at Hong Kong Baptist University in Chin

Folk Adage in the Literati Notes of Tang Dynasty

Written in classical Chinese but enriched with vernacular expressions, slangs, dialectic expressions, loan words and so on, the Tang literati notes (biji 笔记) forms a rich and valuable corpus for studying the lexis of the Tang dynasty (618-907) and middle ancient Chinese. This paper, with the use of literary works and dictionaries as references, gives a lexical elaboration and analysis on certain folk adages (suyu 俗 语) used in the representative Tang literati notes, such as Feng Yan 封演’s Feng Shi Wen Jian Ji 封氏闻见记, Li Kuangyi 李匡乂’sZi Xia Ji 资暇集, Duan Chengshi 段成式’s You Yang Za Zu 酉阳杂俎and SuE 苏鹗’s Su Shi Yan Yi 苏氏演义. Nowadays there are still differences in stating the definition, components and characteristics of folk adage. In this paper, discussion is focused on those popular sayings quoted together with the word ‘su’ (俗) , such as ‘suyu’ (俗语), ‘su yue’ (俗曰), ‘su yun’ (俗云), and ‘su yan’ (俗言). Firstly, with reference to the examples founded in Tang notes, the paper examines and clarifies the characteristics of folk adage including its form and meaning, and then comments on the definition and coverage of folk adage with a comparative analysis on proverb (yanyu 谚语). With related to the meaning of folk adage, a sociocultural review on the reflection of common ideas and beliefs of the people of Tang and pre-Tang periods is also made.Secondly, examples are also taken to show their functions and significance in lexicography, which include serving as the first textual evidences, supplementing entries and explanations, advancing textual evidences, and supplementing textual evidences in dictionary entries. Lastly, the paper concludes with the contribution of such lingual material to the compilation and revision of dictionaries and to the study of the variation of folk adage.published_or_final_versio

V-slotted screw head and matching driving tool facilitate insertion and removal of screw fasteners

A V-slotted designed screw and a screwdriver with a V-shaped tang facilitate driving the screw into difficult locations and minimize axial forces thus avoiding damage to the screw

Xiaobing Tang. Global space and the nationalist discourse of modernity : the historical thinking of Liang Qichao

This article reviews the book Global Space and the Nationalist Discourse of Modernity: The Historical Thinking of Liang Qichao written by Xiaobing Tang

Building a diversity featured search system by fusing existing tools

This paper describes our diversity featured retrieval system which are built for the task of ImageCLEFPhoto 2008. Two existing tools are used: Solr and Carrot. We have experimented with different settings of the system to see how the performance changes. The results suggest that the system can indeed increase diversity of the retrieved results and keep the precision about the same