Prenos filozofije in nasprotovanja: vpliv qingovskega konfucianizma na Južni Vietnam

Southern Vietnam was reclaimed by the Vietnamese in the mid-seventeenth century. They first brought their folk Buddhism and various popular religions to new land; however, the bureaucratic system then forced the Chinese Han–Song dynasties’ institutionalized and politicalized Confucianism on the population. The arrival of the Chinese from overseas since the late seventeenth century marked the introduction of Qing Confucianism into Southern Vietnam, shaping the pro-Yangming studies among local literati. Many writers claim that Qing Confucianism had no impact on Vietnam. Obviously, however, these writers ignored the diversity of Vietnamese Confucianism in the new frontiers in the South. Qing Confucianism was truly absorbed into many aspects of life among the local gentry, popularizing the so-called pro-Yangming studies.The article aims to study the transmission, contestation, transformation, and manipulation of Qing Confucianism in Southern Vietnam by penetrating deeper into the life, career, mentality, merits, and influence of local Confucianists and reviving the legacies of practical learning in local scholarship. The research discovers that the practical learning of Qing Confucianism dominated the way of thinking and acting of local elites, affecting ideological, educational, cultural and socio-economic domains of local society. However, the domination of the classical Confucian orthodoxy and the lack of state-sponsored institutionalization in late feudal periods, as well as the later overwhelming imposition of Western civilization under French colonial rule, seriously challenged and downgraded the impacts of Qing Confucianism in Vietnam. Therefore, Yangming studies were once transmitted but had limited impact on Vietnam.Vietnamci so ozemlje Južnega Vietnama pridobili sredi sedemnajstega stoletja. Na novo­pridobljeno ozemlje se je sprva širil ljudski budizem in različne ljudske religije, kasneje pa je birokratski sistem ljudstvu vsilil še institucionaliziran in spolitiziran kitajski konfucianizem, ki se je izoblikoval med dinastijama Han in Song. Kitajski prišleki so v Južni Vietnam od poznega sedemnajstega stoletja naprej prinašali qingovski konfucianizem, pri čemer so se med lokalnimi literati izoblikovale t. i. proyangmingove študije. Številni pisci trdijo, da qingovski konfucianizem ni vplival na razvoj v Vietnamu, a so očitno prezrli raznolikost vietnamskega konfucianizma na novih južnih mejah. Ta je namreč vplival na številne vidike življenja lokalnega plemstva, predvsem pa je populariziral t. i. proyangmingove študije.Namen članka je z raziskovanjem življenja, karier, mentalitete, zaslug in vplivov lokalnih konfucianistov ter s tem oživljanja dediščine praktičnega učenja v lokalni produkciji znanja prikazati prenos, nasprotovanje, transformacijo in manipulacijo qingovskega konfucianizma v Južnem Vietnamu. Študija je pokazala, da je praktično učenje qingovskega konfucianizma določalo način mišljenja in delovanje lokalnih elit ter s tem vplivalo na ideološka, izobraževalna, kulturna in družbeno-ekonomska področja lokalne družbe. Pri tem pa so prevlada klasične konfucijanske ortodoksnosti, pomanjkanje institucionalizacije v poznem fevdalnem obdobju, ki bi jo podpirala država, ter kasnejše uvajanje zahodne civilizacije pod francosko kolonialno vlado postopoma zmanjšali vpliv qingovskega konfucianizma, Yangmingove študije pa so tako v Vietnamu imele zgolj omejen vpliv

Attitude of construction workers toward labour safety

The construction industry has one of the most dangerous working environments among various professions. Workers in construction investment projects account for a large component of the costs, and there are many risks to labour safety. Therefore, ensuring that workers are not injured and aiming for zero labour accidents is a significant imperative and challenge for project managers and construction workers. Ensuring safety during construction work contributes to the success of a project. This paper presents a study of worker attitudes toward labour safety. The research was conducted by using an expert interview approach and questionnaire survey in order to find out which factors influence construction worker attitudes about labour safety conditions. Factor analysis found five factors that affect the attitudes of workers toward labour safety: 1) organisational policy; 2) communication; 3) risk acceptance; 4) psychology; 5) equipment monitoring and management

Two Higgs singlets A4A_4 Flavor Symmetry with Minimal Breaking

We study the seesaw realization of a $A_4$model with two Higgs singlets. In this model, the mixing angle $\theta_{13}$ and leptogenesis are zero if the components of right handed neutrino mass matrix resulting from the two Higgs singlets are exact degenerate. We then study the minimal breaking of the model by a tiny shift between aforementioned components. This minimal breaking results in deviations of lepton mixing angles from their tri-bimaximal mixing values in which the current experimental value of $\theta_{13}$ can be achieved. Besides, the baryon asymmetry of the Universe is successfully generated through non-zero leptogenesis by the decay of right handed neutrinos

Leptogenesis in A4A_4 Flavor Symmetry Model by Renormalization Group Evolution

We study how leptogenesis can be implemented in the seesaw models with $A_4$ flavor symmetry, which lead to the tri-bimaximalneutrino mixing matrix. By considering renormalzation groupevolution from a high energy scale of flavor symmetry breaking(the GUT scale is assumed) to the low energy scale of relevantphenomena, the off-diagonal terms in a combination of DiracYukawa-coupling matrix can be generated. As aresult, the flavored leptogenesis is successfully realized. Wealso investigate how the effective light neutrino mass $|\langle m_{ee}\rangle |$ associated with neutrinoless double beta decaycan be predicted byimposing the experimental data on the low energy observables. Wefind a link between the leptogenesis and the neutrinoless doublebeta decay characterized by $|\langle m_{ee}\rangle|$ through ahigh energy CP phase $\phi$, which is correlated with the lowenergy Majorana CP phases. It is shown that the predictions of $|\langle m_{ee}\rangle|$ for some fixed parameters of the highenergy physics can be constrained by the current observation ofbaryon asymmetry

Structural and Functional Characterization of the Escherichia coli MetNI Methionine Transporter

Despite the ubiquitous role of ATP Binding Cassette (ABC) importers in nutrient uptake, only the E. coli maltose and vitamin B12 ABC transporters have been structurally characterized in multiple conformations relevant to the alternating access transport mechanism. To complement our previous structure determination of the E. coli MetNI methionine importer partner in the inward facing conformation (Kadaba et al. Science 321, 250-253, 2008), we have explored conditions stabilizing the outward facing conformation. Using two variants, the Walker B E166Q mutation with ATP and EDTA to stabilize MetNI in the ATP-bound conformation, and the N229A variant of the binding protein MetQ to disrupt methionine binding as shown in this work, a high affinity MetNIQ complex was formed with a dissociation constant measured to be 27 nM. We then solved a 2.95 Å resolution crystal structure of the outward-facing conformation of the MetNI transporter, in complex with its binding protein, MetQ. The structure sheds light on how the C-regulatory domains regulate transport activity by rearrangement of a hydrogen bonding network between their interfaces in two different conformations. Structure of the substrate-free homologous MetQ from N. meningitides was also resolved using the N-to-A mutation (N238A). Superimposition of the substrate-bound, substrate-free (homologous model) MetQ and the binding protein MetQ in complex with its MetNI transporter (complexed MetQ) reveals unexpected structural features of the complexed MetQ, indicates a different substrate delivery mechanism for the MetNI transporter. These structural insights, coupled with thermodynamic binding constant and in vivo transport studies, support an unconventional transport mechanism for the Type-I methionine ABC importer

Application Machine Learning in Construction Management

Machine Learning is a subset and technology developed in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). One of the most widely used machine learning algorithms is the K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) approach because it is a supervised learning algorithm. This paper applied the K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) algorithm to predict the construction price index based on Vietnam's socio-economic variables. The data to build the prediction model was from the period 2016 to 2019 based on seven socio-economic variables that impact the construction price index (i.e., industrial production, construction investment capital, Vietnam’s stock price index, consumer price index, foreign exchange rate, total exports, and imports). The research results showed that the construction price index prediction model based on the K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) regression method has fewer errors than the traditional method

Factors Influencing the Households’ Adaptation under Natural Disaster Risk in the Coastal Areas of Giao Thien, Giao Thuy, Nam Dinh, Vietnam

This research is to identify the impacts of natural disaster risk on households of local residents and to identify the adaptation of households with natural disaster risk in Giao Thien commune, Giao Thuy district, Nam Dinh province, Vietnam. Both qualitative and quantitative methods are applied in this study to assess the overall impact of disasters on the livelihood strategies of households in response to natural disaster.  The findings show that the risks of natural disasters affecting the livelihood of the local population in the study area are typhoons, floods, coastal erosion/ sea level rise, and saltwater intrusion. Currently, people in the researching area are not merely affected by one disaster but usually 2-3 or even 4 types of disasters in a short period of time. Therefore, this leads to economic losses, in the form of assets of the households. There are 6 solutions to cope with disaster risks that people often used to reduce the damage include: (1) regularly monitor information; (2)  Change season calendar; (3) Change crop varieties; (4) Buy insurance; (5) Save of fertilizer and pesticide inputs; (6) Save seed production