The Lifted Shadow

The Chinese shadow puppet tradition is one of negotiation: where the local (folktales and traditions) meets the national (“culture”?), and the national (??) meets the international (???). It is a cultural practice in which the masses create entertainment, which is then intellectualized and refined by social (and cultural) “elites.” In a nation that has rejected feudalism in the past, the shadow puppet tradition is one of many at risk of being commercialized and exported as national commodity. It offers potential cultural “heritage,” soft power to go hand-in-hand with China\u27s economic and industrial might. When a nation has produced everything and exported everywhere, where must it look to mark or brand itself in a world of monotonic goods and services, of homogenizing capitalistic globalization? More importantly, where can its people look? Who are its “people”? Through the foil of the Chinese shadow puppet tradition, I ask questions of identity and culture in a world that is migrating beyond the physical (towards virtual sociocultural landscapes). I dissect the various façades of my puppet theatre through an exploration of Peter Schumann’s 1999 article, “What, At the End of This Century, Is the Situation of Puppets & Performing Objects?” In the process, I discover myself as puppeteer and subject-at-hand. Thus, the study of my artist practice as a whole is an ongoing enquiry into self-identity and issues of inheriting” a culture in our current technological landscape, as complicated by globalization and internationalism (both economic and socio-cultural)

Debt maturity structure and forward-looking disclosure

This paper examines how corporate debt maturity relates to forward-looking disclosures. I find that higher levels of short-maturity debt are associated with increases in forward-looking disclosures, consistent with firms fulfilling the demand for information when faced with increased uncertainty due to refinancing risks. My results are robust to a gamut of measures of forward-looking disclosures. To address endogeneity concerns, I conduct instrumental variables estimations with three different choices of instruments and also estimate a simultaneous equations model. Overall, my results consistently show that corporate debt maturity structure shapes firms' disclosures.Includes bibliographical references

Partial Heights and the Geometric Bombieri-Lang Conjecture

We prove the geometric Bombieri-Lang conjecture for projective varieties which have finite morphisms to abelian varieties over function fields of characteristic 0. Our proof is complex analytic, which applies the classical Brody lemma to construct entire curves on complex varieties. Our key ingredients includes a new notion of partial height and its non-degeneracy in a suitable sense. The non-degeneracy is required in the application of the Brody lemma.Comment: 61 page

The Geometric Bombieri-Lang Conjecture for Ramified Covers of Abelian Varieties

In this paper, we prove the geometric Bombieri-Lang conjecture for projective varieties which have finite morphisms to abelian varieties of trivial traces over function fields of characteristic 0. The proof is based on the idea of constructing entire curves in the pre-sequel "Partial heights, entire curves, and the geometric Bombieri-Lang conjecture." A new ingredient is an explicit description of the entire curves in terms of Lie algebras of abelian varieties.Comment: The original paper arXiv:2305.14789v1 is split into two papers: arXiv:2305.14789v2 and the current pape

Uniqueness and delayed blow-up of solutions for fractional stochastic differential equations with mulitiplicative noise

The solution of some deterministic equation without noise may not be unique or existential. We study a nonlinear fractional partial differential equation which is driven by multiplicative noise of the form \[D_t^\beta u = \left[ { - {{\left( { - \Delta } \right)}^s}u + \zeta \left( u \right)} \right]dt + A\sum\limits_{m \in Z_0^d} {\sum\limits_{j = 1}^{d - 1} {{\theta_m}{\sigma_{m,j}}\left( x \right)} } \circ dW_t^{m,j},\;\; s \ge 1,\;\;\frac{1}{2} 0$is a constant depending on the noise intensity,$\circ$represent the Stratonovich-type stochastic differential. We prove that under some extra hypothese about$\zeta$, the multiplicative noise can delay the blow-up of the deterministic solution, and the above equation admits a pathwise unique solution with infinite life time with large probability. The existence and uniqueness of the solutions of the above stochastic equation are proved by using Galerkin approximations and priori estimates. We also verify the validation of hypotheses in the time fractional Keller-Segel and time fractional Fisher-KPP equations in 3D case.Comment: there was some errors, fatal and severe errors to make the main results wrong in this pape

Zhodnocení finanční pozice společnosti HUAWEI

Import 02/11/2016The bachelor thesis is focused on financial analysis, which refers to profitability, solvency, liquidity, stability, history and the prospects for growth, trade comparison and other financial indicators and methods, analysis of enterprise. The aim of submitting bachelor thesis is provided the financial analysis of Huawei Company during 2009 to 2014 period. Bachelor thesis is divided to five chapters, including introduction and conclusion. The most important is chapter four, because there is used financial analysis for Huawei Company.The bachelor thesis is focused on financial analysis, which refers to profitability, solvency, liquidity, stability, history and the prospects for growth, trade comparison and other financial indicators and methods, analysis of enterprise. The aim of submitting bachelor thesis is provided the financial analysis of Huawei Company during 2009 to 2014 period. Bachelor thesis is divided to five chapters, including introduction and conclusion. The most important is chapter four, because there is used financial analysis for Huawei Company.154 - Katedra financídobř

Undergraduates’ Self-reported Learning Outcomes of General Education Courses: A Case Study of a Chinese Elite University

Based on a conceptual framework of college impact, this article studies the impact of gender, graduation paths, family cultural capital and disciplines on undergraduates’ self-reported learning outcomes of general education courses. The conclusions are as follows: female students report significantly higher learning outcomes of general education courses than male students; students who will enter the labor market after graduation report significantly higher learning outcomes of general education courses than students who will enter graduate school; students majoring in social sciences report higher learning outcomes of general education courses than students from other disciplines. Familial cultural capital has no significant influence on undergraduates’ self-reported learning outcomes of general education courses. This article makes exploratory explanations of the above results from two perspectives

Research on the Mechanism of Entrepreneurship Education on College Students’ Entrepreneurial Willingness and Its Future Prediction

The strength of college students’ entrepreneurial willingness is a barometer for measuring the effectiveness of entrepreneurship education. It is also an important avenue for college students to expand their employment opportunities and enhance the quality of their employment in the face of new employment trends. Comprehensive universities offer a wide range of disciplines and great professional specialization. It is of great significance to explore the diversity results in college students’ entrepreneurship education indicators. According to the data on the relationship between entrepreneurial education and entrepreneurship willingness in comprehensive universities in Jiangsu province, various factors such as subject characteristics, work experience, educational background, and family environment significantly impact college students’ willingness to become entrepreneurs. The implementation of entrepreneurship education, including the awakening of entrepreneurial consciousness, the cultivation of entrepreneurial abilities, and the improvement of entrepreneurial willingness, has a direct impact on college students’ willingness to start their own businesses

Factors influencing immunogenicity and safety of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in liver transplantation recipients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BackgroundThis review summarizes the factors influencing the efficacy and safety of the COVID-19 vaccine in LTR through meta-analysis, hoping to provide strategies for vaccine use.MethodsElectronic databases were screened for studies on mRNA vaccines in LTR. The primary outcome was the pooled seroconversion rate, and the secondary outcome was the incidence of adverse events+breakthrough infections. Subgroup analyses were made based on BMI, associated comorbidities, presence of baseline leukopenia, time since transplant, and drugs used.ResultIn total, 31 articles got included. The pooled seroconversion rate after at least two doses of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination was 72% (95% CI [0.52-0.91). With significant heterogeneity among studies I2 = 99.9%, the seroconversion rate was about 72% (95%CI [0.66-0.75]), from the studies reporting two doses of vaccine slightly higher around 75%(95%CI [0.29-1.22]) from studies reporting three doses. The pooled seroconversion rate within the lower to normal BMI group was 74% (95% CI [0.22-1.27], Pi=0.005) against 67% (95% CI [0.52-0.81], Pi=0.000) in the high BMI group. The pooled seroconversion rate in the ‘‘positive leukopenia’’ group was the lowest, 59%. Leukopenia could influence the vaccine seroconversion rate in LTR. From the time since transplant analysis after setting seven years as cut off point, the pooled seroconversion rate after at least two doses of COVID-19 vaccination was 53% (95% CI [0.18-0.83], P=0.003, I2 = 99.6%) in <7years group and 83% (95% CI [0.76-0.90], P=0.000 I2 = 95.7%) in > 7years group. The only time since transplantation had reached statistical significance to be considered a risk factor predictor of poor serological response (OR=1.27 95%CI [1.03-1.55], P=0.024). The breakthrough infection rate after vaccination was very low2% (95% CI 0.01-0.03, I2 = 63.0%), and the overall incidence of adverse events, which included mainly pain at the injection site and fatigue, was 18% (95%CI [0.11-0.25], I2 = 98.6%, Pi=0.000).ConclusionThe seroconversion rate in LTR vaccinated with at least two doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine could be significantly affected by the vaccine type, immunosuppressant used, BMI, leukopenia, associated comorbidities, and time since transplantation. Nevertheless, booster doses are still recommended for LTR