Translating Tenor: With Reference to the English Versions of Hong Lou Meng

The objective of this paper is to see how the Chinese tenor as exhibited by the use of titles and honorifics in the classic novel Hong Lou Meng is translated in its five English versions. I shall compare the translations of several dialogues from the novel with special reference to the tenor-markers. By adopting House’s interpersonal equivalence as a criterion to measure the social distance and power between the dyads as shown by the tenor in both the SL conversations and their respective TL versions, I shall investigate the relationship between the interpersonal equivalence that is acquired in the TT and the strategies that are adopted to translate the dialogues. The argument put forward here is that in order to produce a translation that not only reads fluently but also retains the linguistic and cultural features of a foreign literary work, foreignising should be adopted as a mainstream rather than exclusive strategy, with assistance drawn from domesticating solutions.L’article cherche à montrer comment le ténor chinois, tel qu’il est présenté par des titres et des formules de politesse dans le roman classique Hong Lou Meng, est traduit dans cinq versions anglaises. Je comparerai les traductions des dialogues du roman avec une référence spéciale aux traits spécifiques des ténors. En adoptant l’équivalence interpersonnelle de House comme critère pour mesurer la distance et le pouvoir social entre le dyade tel qu’il est décrit dans les conversations en langue-source et leurs versions respectives dans la langue-cible. J’examinerai le rapport entre l’équivalence interpersonnelle acquise dans le texte-cible et les stratégies adoptées pour traduire les dialogues. L’objectif est de produire une traduction qui se lit facilement, et qui retient aussi les traits linguistiques et culturels d’un travail littéraire étranger. L’étrangéisation devrait être adoptée comme principe au lieu d’une stratégie exclusive de domestication des textes

Toric Intraocular Lenses

This chapter described a short history about the toric intraocular lenses (IOLs) and then discussed some interesting topics such as the measurement of (front and posterior) corneal astigmatism and surgically induced astigmatism; the manual marking techniques and image-guided systems and intraoperative aberrometry-based methods; the new toric lens calculation calculators and toric IOLs formulas; the post operation care of toric IOLs and re-rotation of misaligned toric IOLs; and some relevant issues on multifocal toric intraocular lens. Meanwhile, this chapter also discussed toric IOL in some special cases like keratoconus corneal ectatic disorders, post-refractive surgery and post-keratoplasty, etc

DeepAAT: Deep Automated Aerial Triangulation for Fast UAV-based Mapping

Automated Aerial Triangulation (AAT), aiming to restore image pose and reconstruct sparse points simultaneously, plays a pivotal role in earth observation. With its rich research heritage spanning several decades in photogrammetry, AAT has evolved into a fundamental process widely applied in large-scale Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) based mapping. Despite its advancements, classic AAT methods still face challenges like low efficiency and limited robustness. This paper introduces DeepAAT, a deep learning network designed specifically for AAT of UAV imagery. DeepAAT considers both spatial and spectral characteristics of imagery, enhancing its capability to resolve erroneous matching pairs and accurately predict image poses. DeepAAT marks a significant leap in AAT's efficiency, ensuring thorough scene coverage and precision. Its processing speed outpaces incremental AAT methods by hundreds of times and global AAT methods by tens of times while maintaining a comparable level of reconstruction accuracy. Additionally, DeepAAT's scene clustering and merging strategy facilitate rapid localization and pose determination for large-scale UAV images, even under constrained computing resources. The experimental results demonstrate DeepAAT's substantial improvements over conventional AAT methods, highlighting its potential in the efficiency and accuracy of UAV-based 3D reconstruction tasks. To benefit the photogrammetry society, the code of DeepAAT will be released at: https://github.com/WHU-USI3DV/DeepAAT

Electrically tunable Gilbert damping in van der Waals heterostructures of two-dimensional ferromagnetic metals and ferroelectrics

Tuning the Gilbert damping of ferromagnetic (FM) metals via a nonvolatile way is of importance to exploit and design next-generation novel spintronic devices. Through systematical first-principles calculations, we study the magnetic properties of the van der Waals heterostructure of two-dimensional FM metal CrTe2 and ferroelectric (FE) In2Te3 monolayers. The ferromagnetism of CrTe2 is maintained in CrTe2/In2Te3 and its magnetic easy axis can be switched from in-plane to out-of-plane by reversing the FE polarization of In2Te3. Excitingly, we find that the Gilbert damping of CrTe2 is tunable when the FE polarization of In2Te3 is reversed from upward to downward. By analyzing the k-dependent contributions to the Gilbert damping, we unravel that such tunability results from the changed intersections between the bands of CrTe2 and Fermi level on the reversal of the FE polarizations of In2Te3 in CrTe2/In2Te3. Our work provides an appealing way to electrically tailor Gilbert dampings of two-dimensional FM metals by contacting them with ferroelectrics.Comment: 4 Figures, accepted by Applied Physics Letter

Intraoperative Liposomal Bupivacaine Does Not Reduce Opioid Use vs. Ropivacaine: A Systematic Review

Introduction: Liposomal bupivacaine (LB) is a long-acting analgesic that, due to its liposomal formulation, purportedly extends its analgesic effect up to 72 hours. However, the clinical efficacy of LB appears mixed. This systematic review seeks to evaluate the effectiveness of liposomal bupivacaine in improving postoperative outcomes compared to ropivacaine (ROPI), another commonly used long-acting analgesic. Materials and Methods: Prospective and randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating the efficacy of LB compared to ROPI were selected for review. Primary outcomes included hospital length of stay (LOS) and postoperative opioid consumption measured in oral morphine equivalents (OME). Secondary outcomes included analgesic cost. Results: 14 studies met the review criteria. We found that LB and ROPI are equivalent in managing postoperative pain. 8 of the 14 trials reported equal efficacy between LB and ROPI as determined by OME post-procedure and 10 of the 14 trials reported similar LOS after surgery. These findings remained consistent across multiple surgical procedures and multiple drug administrative modalities. Conclusion: Our systematic review found that LB was not superior to ROPI in reducing postoperative OME use and hospital LOS. The only consistent finding was the significantly increased cost of LB compared to that of ROPI. Therefore, the use of LB over ROPI cannot be justified

catena-Poly[cobalt(II)-bis­(μ-3,7-dichloro­quinoline-8-carboxyl­ato-κ3 N,O:O′)]

In the crystal structure of the title compound, [Co(C10H4Cl2NO2)2]n, the CoII cation lies on a twofold rotation axis. Each cation is N,O-chelated by the carboxyl­ate anions of two 3,7-dichloro­quinoline-8-carboxyl­ate ligands. The second carboxyl­ate O atom of each ligand coordinates to the CoII cation of an adjacent mol­ecule, linking the cations into a linear chain. Strong inter­chain π–π stacking inter­actions are observed in the crystal structure (perpendicular distance 3.42 Å, centroid-to-centroid distance 3.874 Å

Planning Model for Integrated Energy Supply System in Park Level Regions Under the Energy Internet

With the reduction of traditional fossil fuels and the increasing severity of environmental issues, it is of great significance to study energy system planning and optimization models that complement and integrate multiple energy utilization methods in the context of the energy internet for building an integrated energy supply system. Firstly, this article divides the planning indicators of the regional integrated energy supply system into four categories based on the goal of “two highs and three lows”; Secondly, analyze the three key issues of exergy efficiency, economy, and multi energy coupling in regional integrated energy planning; Finally, a multi-objective planning model for regional integrated energy systems that takes into account equipment capacity planning and operation scheduling optimization is proposed, with the optimization objectives of minimizing the annual value of full life cycle cost and maximizing efficiency, and a double-layer optimization structure is designed for efficient solution

Authentication using c-VEP evoked in a mild-burdened cognitive task

In recent years, more and more researchers are devoting themselves to the studies about authentication based on biomarkers. Among a wide variety of biomarkers, code-modulated visual evoked potential (c-VEP) has attracted increasing attention due to its significant role in the field of brain-computer interface. In this study, we designed a mild-burdened cognitive task (MBCT), which can check whether participants focus their attention on the visual stimuli that evoke c-VEP. Furthermore, we investigated the authentication based on the c-VEP evoked in the cognitive task by introducing a deep learning method. Seventeen participants were recruited to take part in the MBCT experiments including two sessions, which were carried out on two different days. The c-VEP signals from the first session were extracted to train the authentication deep models. The c-VEP data of the second session were used to verify the models. It achieved a desirable performance, with the average accuracy and F1 score, respectively, of 0.92 and 0.89. These results show that c-VEP carries individual discriminative characteristics and it is feasible to develop a practical authentication system based on c-VEP