This paper re-examines the comparison of the demonstratives in English and Chinese,which has been discussed by many linguists.They argue that the demonstratives in English and Chinese don't correspond symmetricall...This paper re-examines the comparison of the demonstratives in English and Chinese,which has been discussed by many linguists.They argue that the demonstratives in English and Chinese don't correspond symmetrically,and that '这' in Chinese,for example,is more widely used than this in English.Earlier approaches to the comparison in terms of space,time and text distance are reviewed.This paper assumes that,compared with English demonstratives,the proximity indicated by Chinese demonstratives is more influenced by psychological factors.This paper holds that the space,time and text distance as well as psychological distance act upon each other,co-determining the choice of demonstratives in Chinese.展开更多
Founded in 1993,Zhejiang Rifa Textile Machinery Co.,Ltd.is a national key high-tech enterprise,a leading enterprise in China’s machinery industry,a CIMS engineering demonstration enterprise under the 863 Program,a na...Founded in 1993,Zhejiang Rifa Textile Machinery Co.,Ltd.is a national key high-tech enterprise,a leading enterprise in China’s machinery industry,a CIMS engineering demonstration enterprise under the 863 Program,a national CAD application engineering demonstration enterprise,a hightech enterprise of the National Torch Plan,and a vice president unit of the China Textile Machinery Association.It currently runs three subsidiaries,namely,Shandong Rifa Textile Machinery Co.,Ltd.,Anhui Rifa Textile Machinery Co.,Ltd.and Zhejiang Rifa Textile Machinery Tech Co.,Ltd.展开更多
The No.1 Central Document of 2024 emphasizes the need to learn from and apply the experience of the"Thousand-Village Demonstration,Ten-Thousand-Village Renovation"project to paint a new picture of livable,wo...The No.1 Central Document of 2024 emphasizes the need to learn from and apply the experience of the"Thousand-Village Demonstration,Ten-Thousand-Village Renovation"project to paint a new picture of livable,workable,harmonious,and beautiful villages,thereby accelerating agricultural and rural modernization and better advancing the construction of Chinese modernization.This paper,based on elucidating the scientific connotations and logical pathways of the"Thousand-Village Demonstration,Ten-Thousand-Village Renovation"project and"harmonious and beautiful villages",analyzes the practices of building"harmonious and beautiful villages"in Gansu Province.It proposes learning from the experience of coordinated advancement in the"Thousand-Village Demonstration,Ten-Thousand-Village Renovation"project to strengthen infrastructure and public service construction;learning from the experience of adapting to local conditions to reinforce rural industrial drive and integrated development;learning from the experience of environmental optimization and shaping to accelerate the improvement of human settlements and ecological civilization construction;and learning from the experience of co-construction,co-governance,and sharing to speed up rural governance and spiritual civilization development,thereby aiding the construction of harmonious and beautiful villages in Gansu.展开更多
[Objectives]To address the weeding challenges within the corn and soybean strip intercropping field and identify appropriate herbicide types and application methods suitable for the corn and soybean strip intercroppin...[Objectives]To address the weeding challenges within the corn and soybean strip intercropping field and identify appropriate herbicide types and application methods suitable for the corn and soybean strip intercropping fields in Siyang County.[Methods]The trial comprised six herbicide treatments and one blank control,with investigations conducted to assess efficacy,safety,and yield.[Results]Each herbicide treatment effectively controlled weeds,demonstrated high safety,and enhanced the yields of both soybeans and corn.The combined application of soil sealing with stem and leaf spray exhibited superior overall weed control compared to soil sealing alone.At 28 d following stem and leaf spray,the plant control effect and fresh weight control effect against weeds in the combined treatment of soil sealing with stem and leaf spray all exceeded 89%.[Conclusions]This study offers technical support for advancing the practice of strip intercropping between corn and soybeans.展开更多
CT:As the first ITMA ASIA+CITME exhibition held in Singapore,what are the highlights of this show?Are there any activities planned for the exhibition?Charles Beauduin:The first combined exhibition in Singapore will fe...CT:As the first ITMA ASIA+CITME exhibition held in Singapore,what are the highlights of this show?Are there any activities planned for the exhibition?Charles Beauduin:The first combined exhibition in Singapore will feature the unique selling proposition of an ITMA exhibition,such as live machinery demonstrations,and exhibits clustered in product sectors.As it is only a four-day exhibition,our exhibitors would like to concentrate on business and to present their technologies and solutions to the region’s buyers who don’t visit our Europe or China exhibitions.There is a highlight which will add value to our participants’experience-The ITMA Sustainability Forum which is presented by CEMATEX on the third day of the exhibition.展开更多
IntuiGrasp is a novel three-fingered dexterous hand that pioneers bio-inspired demonstrations with intuitive priors(BDIP)to bridge the gap between human tactile intuition and robotic execution.Unlike conven-tional pro...IntuiGrasp is a novel three-fingered dexterous hand that pioneers bio-inspired demonstrations with intuitive priors(BDIP)to bridge the gap between human tactile intuition and robotic execution.Unlike conven-tional programming,BDIP leverages human's innate priors(e.g.,“A pack of tissues requires gentle grasps,cups demand firm contact”)by enabling real-time transfer of gesture and force policies during physical demon-stration.When a human demonstrator wears IntuiGrasp,driven rings provide real-time haptic feedback on contact stress and slip,while inte-grated tactile sensors translate these human policies into image data,offering valuable data for imitation learning.In this study,human teachers use IntuiGrasp to demonstrate how to grasp three types of objects:a cup,a crumpled tissue pack,and a thin playing card.IntuiGrasp translates the policies for grasping these objects into image information that describes tactile sensations in real time.展开更多
Under the blazing sun of Kamuli District in Uganda’s Eastern Region,a group of young farmers gathered around a patch of freshly turned red soil.Cameras rolled as Uganda’s First Deputy Prime Minister Rebecca Kadaga j...Under the blazing sun of Kamuli District in Uganda’s Eastern Region,a group of young farmers gathered around a patch of freshly turned red soil.Cameras rolled as Uganda’s First Deputy Prime Minister Rebecca Kadaga joined local youth to plant the first chilli seedlings on a 10-acre(4.05 hectares)demonstration farm.The live broadcast,aired on the national agricultural television programme Kungula,marked not only the launch of a digital farming project led by AMPA Media,but also symbolised Africa’s growing ambition to unite tradition with technology.展开更多
The diffusion of industrial robot technology has coincided with increasing divergence in firms’market shares,potentially leading to enhanced market power and shifts in the distribution of factor income.This paper inv...The diffusion of industrial robot technology has coincided with increasing divergence in firms’market shares,potentially leading to enhanced market power and shifts in the distribution of factor income.This paper investigates the impact of industrial robot adoption on firms’labor income share and explores the underlying mechanisms,with particular attention to the rise of superstar firms.The findings suggest that,overall,the use of industrial robots contributes to an increase in labor’s income share,reflecting a generally favorable trend for labor’s position in primary income distribution.This effect,however,is markedly heterogeneous across different types of firms,regions,and industries.A significant concern is that robot adoption strengthens firms’relative market power within industries,fueling the emergence of superstar firms.These firms jointly influence labor income share through both a competition effect and a demonstration effect:the former is the main cause of declining labor shares,while the latter introduces a new channel through which labor’s share is further reduced.Although antitrust policies can help improve labor’s income share,they are not well-suited to curbing the market power expansion driven by industrial robot adoption.Thus,the concern over superstar firms’suppression of labor income remains.Amid the intensifying trend of“machines replacing humans”,this paper offers empirical insights into how to address the distributional implications brought about by the rise of superstar firms.展开更多
Within the context of the"Window of Qingtian"initiative for constructing beautiful countryside in the new era,this study focuses on Malingjiao Village in Zhenbu Town,Qingtian County,exploring innovative appr...Within the context of the"Window of Qingtian"initiative for constructing beautiful countryside in the new era,this study focuses on Malingjiao Village in Zhenbu Town,Qingtian County,exploring innovative approaches and practical models for rural revitalization in mountainous areas.By employing a combination of field research,policy analysis,and case studies,this research deeply analyzes the specific measures implemented in Malingjiao Village,including infrastructure enhancement,integration of primary,secondary,and tertiary industries,revitalization of collective assets,ecological conservation,and cultural heritage preservation.The results indicate that,by pursuing strategies of shared prosperity,agricultural-tourism integration,and integrated development of primary,secondary,and tertiary industries,the village has successfully optimized its industrial structure,expanded the collective economy,increased villager incomes,and improved the ecological environment.This study not only provides a referential demonstration model for beautiful countryside construction throughout Qingtian County but also offers empirical and theoretical support for rural revitalization in mountainous regions across southwestern Zhejiang and even the entire province.展开更多
Exploring the specific environmental impacts and mechanisms of China’s sustainable development pilot policy can enrich and expand China’s institutional and practical experiences,offering valuable insights and refere...Exploring the specific environmental impacts and mechanisms of China’s sustainable development pilot policy can enrich and expand China’s institutional and practical experiences,offering valuable insights and references for advancing global environmental sustainability.This study selects the National Innovation Demonstration Zone for Sustainable Development Agenda(NIDZSDA)as the sample and empirically evaluates the effects of the policy on urban environmental quality,using panel data from 74 prefecture-level cities in China between 2006 and 2020.The findings indicate that the sustainable development policy significantly improves urban environmental quality.Two key mechanisms identified are the aggregation of high-quality talent and the enhancement of technological innovation capabilities.Furthermore,the policy exhibits heterogeneous effects across different types of cities,with more pronounced improvements observed in mega and super cities,as well as in resource-based cities.展开更多
Dear Editor,We extend our academic appreciation to the contributors of this pioneering study,1 which leverages Mendelian Randomization(MR)to investigate the causal relationship between immune cell phenotypes and intra...Dear Editor,We extend our academic appreciation to the contributors of this pioneering study,1 which leverages Mendelian Randomization(MR)to investigate the causal relationship between immune cell phenotypes and intracranial aneurysms(IAs),demonstrating a certain level of innovation.By extracting 731 immunophenotypes from publicly available genetic databases and conducting large-scale analyses,the study comprehensively evaluates the impact of immune cell traits on IAs.Moreover,multivariable MR analysis was employed to adjust for interactions between different immune phenotypes,providing a novel perspective on the interplay between the immune system and IAs.展开更多
Summer residential tourism is the future trend in China because of tourists’living quality improvement,heat crisis,rising market demand,and optimization of the destinations’residential environment,transport and acce...Summer residential tourism is the future trend in China because of tourists’living quality improvement,heat crisis,rising market demand,and optimization of the destinations’residential environment,transport and accessibility.Compared with summer tourism and vacation tourism,summer residential tourism had got less attention and lacks in prospective and preventive research.Hence,this study focused on potential assessment,pattern recognition and phase segmentation of 32 residential tourism destinations in China selected from 4 lists.An index system of 16 indicators from 5 dimensions was established as Summer Residence Index(SRI),and Range method,Entropy weight method and Composite index method were chosen as the core methods.Three main conclusions were as follows.(1)Only 2 typical districts’SRI value were near to 0.6,and 4 destinations were below 0.1,about 26 destinations were at medium-level,which indicated that China’s summer residential tourism was not so popular and only few destinations have stepped into a higher level.(2)Seven patterns could be recognized based on the contribution of the 5 dimensions to SRI value,including 3 single-factor driven patterns and 4 compound factors driven patterns.(3)Like tourist area life cycle(TALC),Unconscious stage,Initial stage,Developmental stage and Maturity stage could be segmented for summer residential destinations with the value of below 0.1,0.1-0.3,0.3-0.5,and above 0.5.Four destinations were under Unconscious stage.Twenty-two destinations were at initiate stage.Only 4 destinations have stepped into development stage and 2 at maturity stage.China’summer residential tourism has just started and has a better prospect.This study is just an attempt and needs further consideration,for example,a tracking study of SRI calculation for each year will be carried to justify the effectiveness of SRI and to check the rationality of the empirical results.As time goes on,policies in housing,residential estate and other aspects should be included as a factor in the SRI index.Data availability should be optimized because of better data sources and new technologies.Some other districts or cities in 2 batches of national Comprehensive Tourism Demonstration Zones(CTDZs)pilots and provincial CTDZs will be further selections of summer residential tourism destinations.展开更多
The increasing complexity of on-orbit tasks imposes great demands on the flexible operation of space robotic arms, prompting the development of space robots from single-arm manipulation to multi-arm collaboration. In ...The increasing complexity of on-orbit tasks imposes great demands on the flexible operation of space robotic arms, prompting the development of space robots from single-arm manipulation to multi-arm collaboration. In this paper, a combined approach of Learning from Demonstration (LfD) and Reinforcement Learning (RL) is proposed for space multi-arm collaborative skill learning. The combination effectively resolves the trade-off between learning efficiency and feasible solution in LfD, as well as the time-consuming pursuit of the optimal solution in RL. With the prior knowledge of LfD, space robotic arms can achieve efficient guided learning in high-dimensional state-action space. Specifically, an LfD approach with Probabilistic Movement Primitives (ProMP) is firstly utilized to encode and reproduce the demonstration actions, generating a distribution as the initialization of policy. Then in the RL stage, a Relative Entropy Policy Search (REPS) algorithm modified in continuous state-action space is employed for further policy improvement. More importantly, the learned behaviors can maintain and reflect the characteristics of demonstrations. In addition, a series of supplementary policy search mechanisms are designed to accelerate the exploration process. The effectiveness of the proposed method has been verified both theoretically and experimentally. Moreover, comparisons with state-of-the-art methods have confirmed the outperformance of the approach.展开更多
词汇习得研究是语料库语言学界的研究热点,作为语料库驱动的短语研究的重要描述机制,扩展意义单位模型为研究词汇的整体性意义提供了新的研究视角。本研究利用美国当代英语语料库(COCA),以动词“demonstrate”为节点词,探讨了该词的扩...词汇习得研究是语料库语言学界的研究热点,作为语料库驱动的短语研究的重要描述机制,扩展意义单位模型为研究词汇的整体性意义提供了新的研究视角。本研究利用美国当代英语语料库(COCA),以动词“demonstrate”为节点词,探讨了该词的扩展意义单位,即该动词的搭配、类联接特点、搭配词的语义倾向,以及整个复合词项的语义韵信息。研究发现,动词“demonstrate”常出现在学术文章中,常与带有“研究”词义的词汇搭配,多用于书面语。同时,该词能够与名词、形容词、副词和介词等词性进行不同的类联接,从而构成丰富多样的句法结构。此外,该词与形容词、副词和介词搭配时,分别体现积极、中性和消极的语义倾向,整个复合词项分别呈现出褒义、中立和贬义的语义韵。通过研究词汇的扩展意义单位,二语学习者可以发现整个扩展意义单位所传达的态度意义,从而提高自身的语言表达能力。The study of vocabulary acquisition has become a hot topic in the corpus linguistics community. As an important descriptive mechanism for corpus-driven phrase research, the extended unit of meaning model provides a new research perspective on the holistic meaning of vocabulary. This study utilizes the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) to investigate the extended unit of meaning of the verb “demonstrate”. This includes its collocation, colligation, semantic preference and semantic prosody. The results of the study indicate that the verb “demonstrate” frequently appears in academic articles, often collocates with words carrying the meaning of research, and is predominantly used in written language. Furthermore, this verb is able to form various syntactic structures through different collocations with nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions. Additionally, when collocating with adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions, the verb exhibits positive, neutral, and negative semantic preferences, respectively, resulting in a positive, neutral, and negative semantic prosody. By studying the expanded semantic units of vocabulary, second language learners can uncover the attitudinal meanings conveyed by the extended unit of meaning, thereby enhancing their own language expression abilities.展开更多
To improve the quality of the illumination distribution,one novel indoor visible light communication(VLC)system,which is jointly assisted by the angle-diversity transceivers and simultaneous transmission and reflectio...To improve the quality of the illumination distribution,one novel indoor visible light communication(VLC)system,which is jointly assisted by the angle-diversity transceivers and simultaneous transmission and reflection-intelligent reflecting surface(STAR-IRS),has been proposed in this work.A Harris Hawks optimizer algorithm(HHOA)-based two-stage alternating iteration algorithm(TSAIA)is presented to jointly optimize the magnitude and uniformity of the received optical power.Besides,to demonstrate the superiority of the proposed strategy,several benchmark schemes are simulated and compared.Results showed that compared to other optimization strategies,the TSAIA scheme is more capable of balancing the average value and variance of the received optical power,when the maximal ratio combining(MRC)strategy is adopted at the receiver.Moreover,as the number of the STAR-IRS elements increases,the optical power variance of the system optimized by TSAIA scheme would become smaller while the average optical power would get larger.This study will benefit the design of received optical power distribution for indoor VLC systems.展开更多
The comprehensive improvement strategy of intra-county environment pollution in the city and countryside was searched.By the research method which combined the microscopic view,the macroscopic view with the dynamic pe...The comprehensive improvement strategy of intra-county environment pollution in the city and countryside was searched.By the research method which combined the microscopic view,the macroscopic view with the dynamic perspective,the seriousness of rural water quality,soil and atmospheric pollution in Xiangxiang,Xiangtan and the surrounding areas in Shaoshan irrigated area was revealed.The control measure which was 'four-dimensional pollution in the city and countryside'—— low-carbon-high-value agriculture and the technology innovation was proposed.The low-carbon-high-value technology innovation industrialization demonstration in three parts which included the pre-production,mid-production and post-production deep-processing of cultivation and breeding industry in the ecological cyclic agricultural garden in Shaoshan irrigated area was the driving force.We tried to propel the low-carbon ecological cultivation and breeding industry which included the paddy rice,grass,tree,medicinal herbs and pig,cow,chick,duck,fish.We wanted to relieve the structural unbalance of previous cultivation and breeding industry,'cheap grain hurting the farmers' and the short-leg problem of social-economic-ecological benefit.The results showed that the low-carbon-high-value agricultural system was a poly-generation technology system which promoted the multi-level and grading utilization,saved the energy,reduced the consumption and cleaned the production based on the ecology.展开更多
With Xiangtian Village, Jin＇an County as an example, development objec- tive and functional orientation of ecological and leisure agricultural demonstration park were described in detail, based on which a characteris...With Xiangtian Village, Jin＇an County as an example, development objec- tive and functional orientation of ecological and leisure agricultural demonstration park were described in detail, based on which a characteristic and promising plan of the park was proposed.展开更多
In order to resolve the issue of soil erosion in East African plateau, a micro-landscape irrigation region was established in Ethiopia plateau to research status quo of agricultural demonstration site in Jari in Ethio...In order to resolve the issue of soil erosion in East African plateau, a micro-landscape irrigation region was established in Ethiopia plateau to research status quo of agricultural demonstration site in Jari in Ethiopia and to analyze the relation between structure and function of inner elements in different landscapes of demonstration site. Furthermore, in accordance with ecology, silviculture, agriculture and economics, the ecological landscapes were classified as per landscape functions; lands returning from farming were classified and re-used; ecosystems of grassland, river, agriculture and courtyard were researched; the feasibility of ecological restoration and sustainable development in demonstration site was demonstrated; the model for rational irrigation and water conservation was proposed. The research guarantees sustainable development of agriculture and animal husbandry and provides references for undeveloped countries with similar problems.展开更多
Features of agritourism emerging in the development of modern agriculture were analyzed, it was stressed that industrial convergence was a basic feature of modern agriculture, and modern agriculture was the integratio...Features of agritourism emerging in the development of modern agriculture were analyzed, it was stressed that industrial convergence was a basic feature of modern agriculture, and modern agriculture was the integration of agriculture, science and technology, integration of agriculture, industry and trade, and integration of rural and urban areas. Agritourism was believed as the optimal carrier of expanding functions of modern agriculture combining agriculture, ecology and tourism industry. From such perspectives, causes for the loss of tourist functions in the development of agricultural demonstration zone were identified as 5 aspects, specifically including various planners from diverse fields; no any technical standard for the planning, or systematic planning theory and technique; many individual planning cases with poor applicability; no innovative idea brought into the tourism project planning; the loss of cultures in new tourist products. After proposing key points in the expansion planning of tourist functions, this research pointed out 4 countermeasures, i.e. (1) design concepts should be changed; (2) planning functions should be reoriented to match service facility planning with laws of tourism development and properly design tourist projects; (3) landscaping planning should be focused on; and (4) eco-environment protection and brand building should be enhanced.展开更多
文摘This paper re-examines the comparison of the demonstratives in English and Chinese,which has been discussed by many linguists.They argue that the demonstratives in English and Chinese don't correspond symmetrically,and that '这' in Chinese,for example,is more widely used than this in English.Earlier approaches to the comparison in terms of space,time and text distance are reviewed.This paper assumes that,compared with English demonstratives,the proximity indicated by Chinese demonstratives is more influenced by psychological factors.This paper holds that the space,time and text distance as well as psychological distance act upon each other,co-determining the choice of demonstratives in Chinese.
文摘Founded in 1993,Zhejiang Rifa Textile Machinery Co.,Ltd.is a national key high-tech enterprise,a leading enterprise in China’s machinery industry,a CIMS engineering demonstration enterprise under the 863 Program,a national CAD application engineering demonstration enterprise,a hightech enterprise of the National Torch Plan,and a vice president unit of the China Textile Machinery Association.It currently runs three subsidiaries,namely,Shandong Rifa Textile Machinery Co.,Ltd.,Anhui Rifa Textile Machinery Co.,Ltd.and Zhejiang Rifa Textile Machinery Tech Co.,Ltd.
基金Supported by 2025 Gansu Provincial Party School(Institute of Administration)System Social Science Planning Project(QSDXYB2025046).
文摘The No.1 Central Document of 2024 emphasizes the need to learn from and apply the experience of the"Thousand-Village Demonstration,Ten-Thousand-Village Renovation"project to paint a new picture of livable,workable,harmonious,and beautiful villages,thereby accelerating agricultural and rural modernization and better advancing the construction of Chinese modernization.This paper,based on elucidating the scientific connotations and logical pathways of the"Thousand-Village Demonstration,Ten-Thousand-Village Renovation"project and"harmonious and beautiful villages",analyzes the practices of building"harmonious and beautiful villages"in Gansu Province.It proposes learning from the experience of coordinated advancement in the"Thousand-Village Demonstration,Ten-Thousand-Village Renovation"project to strengthen infrastructure and public service construction;learning from the experience of adapting to local conditions to reinforce rural industrial drive and integrated development;learning from the experience of environmental optimization and shaping to accelerate the improvement of human settlements and ecological civilization construction;and learning from the experience of co-construction,co-governance,and sharing to speed up rural governance and spiritual civilization development,thereby aiding the construction of harmonious and beautiful villages in Gansu.
文摘[Objectives]To address the weeding challenges within the corn and soybean strip intercropping field and identify appropriate herbicide types and application methods suitable for the corn and soybean strip intercropping fields in Siyang County.[Methods]The trial comprised six herbicide treatments and one blank control,with investigations conducted to assess efficacy,safety,and yield.[Results]Each herbicide treatment effectively controlled weeds,demonstrated high safety,and enhanced the yields of both soybeans and corn.The combined application of soil sealing with stem and leaf spray exhibited superior overall weed control compared to soil sealing alone.At 28 d following stem and leaf spray,the plant control effect and fresh weight control effect against weeds in the combined treatment of soil sealing with stem and leaf spray all exceeded 89%.[Conclusions]This study offers technical support for advancing the practice of strip intercropping between corn and soybeans.
文摘CT:As the first ITMA ASIA+CITME exhibition held in Singapore,what are the highlights of this show?Are there any activities planned for the exhibition?Charles Beauduin:The first combined exhibition in Singapore will feature the unique selling proposition of an ITMA exhibition,such as live machinery demonstrations,and exhibits clustered in product sectors.As it is only a four-day exhibition,our exhibitors would like to concentrate on business and to present their technologies and solutions to the region’s buyers who don’t visit our Europe or China exhibitions.There is a highlight which will add value to our participants’experience-The ITMA Sustainability Forum which is presented by CEMATEX on the third day of the exhibition.
文摘IntuiGrasp is a novel three-fingered dexterous hand that pioneers bio-inspired demonstrations with intuitive priors(BDIP)to bridge the gap between human tactile intuition and robotic execution.Unlike conven-tional programming,BDIP leverages human's innate priors(e.g.,“A pack of tissues requires gentle grasps,cups demand firm contact”)by enabling real-time transfer of gesture and force policies during physical demon-stration.When a human demonstrator wears IntuiGrasp,driven rings provide real-time haptic feedback on contact stress and slip,while inte-grated tactile sensors translate these human policies into image data,offering valuable data for imitation learning.In this study,human teachers use IntuiGrasp to demonstrate how to grasp three types of objects:a cup,a crumpled tissue pack,and a thin playing card.IntuiGrasp translates the policies for grasping these objects into image information that describes tactile sensations in real time.
文摘Under the blazing sun of Kamuli District in Uganda’s Eastern Region,a group of young farmers gathered around a patch of freshly turned red soil.Cameras rolled as Uganda’s First Deputy Prime Minister Rebecca Kadaga joined local youth to plant the first chilli seedlings on a 10-acre(4.05 hectares)demonstration farm.The live broadcast,aired on the national agricultural television programme Kungula,marked not only the launch of a digital farming project led by AMPA Media,but also symbolised Africa’s growing ambition to unite tradition with technology.
基金supported by General Project of the National Social Science Fund of China(NSSFC),“Mechanisms and Strategies of Artificial Intelligence’s Impact on Inter-firm Wage Disparities”(Grant No.21BJY097).
文摘The diffusion of industrial robot technology has coincided with increasing divergence in firms’market shares,potentially leading to enhanced market power and shifts in the distribution of factor income.This paper investigates the impact of industrial robot adoption on firms’labor income share and explores the underlying mechanisms,with particular attention to the rise of superstar firms.The findings suggest that,overall,the use of industrial robots contributes to an increase in labor’s income share,reflecting a generally favorable trend for labor’s position in primary income distribution.This effect,however,is markedly heterogeneous across different types of firms,regions,and industries.A significant concern is that robot adoption strengthens firms’relative market power within industries,fueling the emergence of superstar firms.These firms jointly influence labor income share through both a competition effect and a demonstration effect:the former is the main cause of declining labor shares,while the latter introduces a new channel through which labor’s share is further reduced.Although antitrust policies can help improve labor’s income share,they are not well-suited to curbing the market power expansion driven by industrial robot adoption.Thus,the concern over superstar firms’suppression of labor income remains.Amid the intensifying trend of“machines replacing humans”,this paper offers empirical insights into how to address the distributional implications brought about by the rise of superstar firms.
基金Basic Scientific Research Operating Funds Program for Provincial Higher Education Institutions of Zhejiang College of Construction.
文摘Within the context of the"Window of Qingtian"initiative for constructing beautiful countryside in the new era,this study focuses on Malingjiao Village in Zhenbu Town,Qingtian County,exploring innovative approaches and practical models for rural revitalization in mountainous areas.By employing a combination of field research,policy analysis,and case studies,this research deeply analyzes the specific measures implemented in Malingjiao Village,including infrastructure enhancement,integration of primary,secondary,and tertiary industries,revitalization of collective assets,ecological conservation,and cultural heritage preservation.The results indicate that,by pursuing strategies of shared prosperity,agricultural-tourism integration,and integrated development of primary,secondary,and tertiary industries,the village has successfully optimized its industrial structure,expanded the collective economy,increased villager incomes,and improved the ecological environment.This study not only provides a referential demonstration model for beautiful countryside construction throughout Qingtian County but also offers empirical and theoretical support for rural revitalization in mountainous regions across southwestern Zhejiang and even the entire province.
基金fund support was received from National Social Science Fund of China[Grant No.23BJL010].
文摘Exploring the specific environmental impacts and mechanisms of China’s sustainable development pilot policy can enrich and expand China’s institutional and practical experiences,offering valuable insights and references for advancing global environmental sustainability.This study selects the National Innovation Demonstration Zone for Sustainable Development Agenda(NIDZSDA)as the sample and empirically evaluates the effects of the policy on urban environmental quality,using panel data from 74 prefecture-level cities in China between 2006 and 2020.The findings indicate that the sustainable development policy significantly improves urban environmental quality.Two key mechanisms identified are the aggregation of high-quality talent and the enhancement of technological innovation capabilities.Furthermore,the policy exhibits heterogeneous effects across different types of cities,with more pronounced improvements observed in mega and super cities,as well as in resource-based cities.
文摘Dear Editor,We extend our academic appreciation to the contributors of this pioneering study,1 which leverages Mendelian Randomization(MR)to investigate the causal relationship between immune cell phenotypes and intracranial aneurysms(IAs),demonstrating a certain level of innovation.By extracting 731 immunophenotypes from publicly available genetic databases and conducting large-scale analyses,the study comprehensively evaluates the impact of immune cell traits on IAs.Moreover,multivariable MR analysis was employed to adjust for interactions between different immune phenotypes,providing a novel perspective on the interplay between the immune system and IAs.
基金Supported by Ningxia Natural Science Foundation(2024AAC03100).
文摘Summer residential tourism is the future trend in China because of tourists’living quality improvement,heat crisis,rising market demand,and optimization of the destinations’residential environment,transport and accessibility.Compared with summer tourism and vacation tourism,summer residential tourism had got less attention and lacks in prospective and preventive research.Hence,this study focused on potential assessment,pattern recognition and phase segmentation of 32 residential tourism destinations in China selected from 4 lists.An index system of 16 indicators from 5 dimensions was established as Summer Residence Index(SRI),and Range method,Entropy weight method and Composite index method were chosen as the core methods.Three main conclusions were as follows.(1)Only 2 typical districts’SRI value were near to 0.6,and 4 destinations were below 0.1,about 26 destinations were at medium-level,which indicated that China’s summer residential tourism was not so popular and only few destinations have stepped into a higher level.(2)Seven patterns could be recognized based on the contribution of the 5 dimensions to SRI value,including 3 single-factor driven patterns and 4 compound factors driven patterns.(3)Like tourist area life cycle(TALC),Unconscious stage,Initial stage,Developmental stage and Maturity stage could be segmented for summer residential destinations with the value of below 0.1,0.1-0.3,0.3-0.5,and above 0.5.Four destinations were under Unconscious stage.Twenty-two destinations were at initiate stage.Only 4 destinations have stepped into development stage and 2 at maturity stage.China’summer residential tourism has just started and has a better prospect.This study is just an attempt and needs further consideration,for example,a tracking study of SRI calculation for each year will be carried to justify the effectiveness of SRI and to check the rationality of the empirical results.As time goes on,policies in housing,residential estate and other aspects should be included as a factor in the SRI index.Data availability should be optimized because of better data sources and new technologies.Some other districts or cities in 2 batches of national Comprehensive Tourism Demonstration Zones(CTDZs)pilots and provincial CTDZs will be further selections of summer residential tourism destinations.
基金co-supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.12372045)the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation,China(No.2023B1515120018)the Shenzhen Science and Technology Program,China(No.JCYJ20220818102207015).
文摘The increasing complexity of on-orbit tasks imposes great demands on the flexible operation of space robotic arms, prompting the development of space robots from single-arm manipulation to multi-arm collaboration. In this paper, a combined approach of Learning from Demonstration (LfD) and Reinforcement Learning (RL) is proposed for space multi-arm collaborative skill learning. The combination effectively resolves the trade-off between learning efficiency and feasible solution in LfD, as well as the time-consuming pursuit of the optimal solution in RL. With the prior knowledge of LfD, space robotic arms can achieve efficient guided learning in high-dimensional state-action space. Specifically, an LfD approach with Probabilistic Movement Primitives (ProMP) is firstly utilized to encode and reproduce the demonstration actions, generating a distribution as the initialization of policy. Then in the RL stage, a Relative Entropy Policy Search (REPS) algorithm modified in continuous state-action space is employed for further policy improvement. More importantly, the learned behaviors can maintain and reflect the characteristics of demonstrations. In addition, a series of supplementary policy search mechanisms are designed to accelerate the exploration process. The effectiveness of the proposed method has been verified both theoretically and experimentally. Moreover, comparisons with state-of-the-art methods have confirmed the outperformance of the approach.
文摘词汇习得研究是语料库语言学界的研究热点,作为语料库驱动的短语研究的重要描述机制,扩展意义单位模型为研究词汇的整体性意义提供了新的研究视角。本研究利用美国当代英语语料库(COCA),以动词“demonstrate”为节点词,探讨了该词的扩展意义单位,即该动词的搭配、类联接特点、搭配词的语义倾向,以及整个复合词项的语义韵信息。研究发现,动词“demonstrate”常出现在学术文章中,常与带有“研究”词义的词汇搭配,多用于书面语。同时,该词能够与名词、形容词、副词和介词等词性进行不同的类联接,从而构成丰富多样的句法结构。此外,该词与形容词、副词和介词搭配时,分别体现积极、中性和消极的语义倾向,整个复合词项分别呈现出褒义、中立和贬义的语义韵。通过研究词汇的扩展意义单位,二语学习者可以发现整个扩展意义单位所传达的态度意义,从而提高自身的语言表达能力。The study of vocabulary acquisition has become a hot topic in the corpus linguistics community. As an important descriptive mechanism for corpus-driven phrase research, the extended unit of meaning model provides a new research perspective on the holistic meaning of vocabulary. This study utilizes the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) to investigate the extended unit of meaning of the verb “demonstrate”. This includes its collocation, colligation, semantic preference and semantic prosody. The results of the study indicate that the verb “demonstrate” frequently appears in academic articles, often collocates with words carrying the meaning of research, and is predominantly used in written language. Furthermore, this verb is able to form various syntactic structures through different collocations with nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions. Additionally, when collocating with adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions, the verb exhibits positive, neutral, and negative semantic preferences, respectively, resulting in a positive, neutral, and negative semantic prosody. By studying the expanded semantic units of vocabulary, second language learners can uncover the attitudinal meanings conveyed by the extended unit of meaning, thereby enhancing their own language expression abilities.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.62071365)the Key Research and Development Program of Shaanxi Province(No.2017ZDCXL-GY-06-02).
文摘To improve the quality of the illumination distribution,one novel indoor visible light communication(VLC)system,which is jointly assisted by the angle-diversity transceivers and simultaneous transmission and reflection-intelligent reflecting surface(STAR-IRS),has been proposed in this work.A Harris Hawks optimizer algorithm(HHOA)-based two-stage alternating iteration algorithm(TSAIA)is presented to jointly optimize the magnitude and uniformity of the received optical power.Besides,to demonstrate the superiority of the proposed strategy,several benchmark schemes are simulated and compared.Results showed that compared to other optimization strategies,the TSAIA scheme is more capable of balancing the average value and variance of the received optical power,when the maximal ratio combining(MRC)strategy is adopted at the receiver.Moreover,as the number of the STAR-IRS elements increases,the optical power variance of the system optimized by TSAIA scheme would become smaller while the average optical power would get larger.This study will benefit the design of received optical power distribution for indoor VLC systems.
基金Supported by " Research on The Control Technology of Subtropical Agriculture Pollution System" Special Project of National Environment Protection Public Welfare Industry Science Research "Research on The Construction Strategy of Ecological Civilization" Development Plan Research Project of State Development and Reform Commission+1 种基金Xiangxiang " High-output and Efficient Cultivation of High Quality Rice and Processing Technology Industrialization Demonstration " in The Plan Test Site of National Science and Technology Enriching People and Developing County Special Project Action" Xiangxiang Middle and Long-term Development Plan of Modern Agriculture" of Subtropical Agriculture Ecology Institute in Chinese Academy of Science
文摘The comprehensive improvement strategy of intra-county environment pollution in the city and countryside was searched.By the research method which combined the microscopic view,the macroscopic view with the dynamic perspective,the seriousness of rural water quality,soil and atmospheric pollution in Xiangxiang,Xiangtan and the surrounding areas in Shaoshan irrigated area was revealed.The control measure which was 'four-dimensional pollution in the city and countryside'—— low-carbon-high-value agriculture and the technology innovation was proposed.The low-carbon-high-value technology innovation industrialization demonstration in three parts which included the pre-production,mid-production and post-production deep-processing of cultivation and breeding industry in the ecological cyclic agricultural garden in Shaoshan irrigated area was the driving force.We tried to propel the low-carbon ecological cultivation and breeding industry which included the paddy rice,grass,tree,medicinal herbs and pig,cow,chick,duck,fish.We wanted to relieve the structural unbalance of previous cultivation and breeding industry,'cheap grain hurting the farmers' and the short-leg problem of social-economic-ecological benefit.The results showed that the low-carbon-high-value agricultural system was a poly-generation technology system which promoted the multi-level and grading utilization,saved the energy,reduced the consumption and cleaned the production based on the ecology.
文摘With Xiangtian Village, Jin＇an County as an example, development objec- tive and functional orientation of ecological and leisure agricultural demonstration park were described in detail, based on which a characteristic and promising plan of the park was proposed.
基金Supported by South-South Cooperation Project of SSC/SPFS-FAO-Ethiopia-China~~
文摘In order to resolve the issue of soil erosion in East African plateau, a micro-landscape irrigation region was established in Ethiopia plateau to research status quo of agricultural demonstration site in Jari in Ethiopia and to analyze the relation between structure and function of inner elements in different landscapes of demonstration site. Furthermore, in accordance with ecology, silviculture, agriculture and economics, the ecological landscapes were classified as per landscape functions; lands returning from farming were classified and re-used; ecosystems of grassland, river, agriculture and courtyard were researched; the feasibility of ecological restoration and sustainable development in demonstration site was demonstrated; the model for rational irrigation and water conservation was proposed. The research guarantees sustainable development of agriculture and animal husbandry and provides references for undeveloped countries with similar problems.
基金Supported by Hebei Provincial Natural Science Foundation (G2010000337)~~
文摘Features of agritourism emerging in the development of modern agriculture were analyzed, it was stressed that industrial convergence was a basic feature of modern agriculture, and modern agriculture was the integration of agriculture, science and technology, integration of agriculture, industry and trade, and integration of rural and urban areas. Agritourism was believed as the optimal carrier of expanding functions of modern agriculture combining agriculture, ecology and tourism industry. From such perspectives, causes for the loss of tourist functions in the development of agricultural demonstration zone were identified as 5 aspects, specifically including various planners from diverse fields; no any technical standard for the planning, or systematic planning theory and technique; many individual planning cases with poor applicability; no innovative idea brought into the tourism project planning; the loss of cultures in new tourist products. After proposing key points in the expansion planning of tourist functions, this research pointed out 4 countermeasures, i.e. (1) design concepts should be changed; (2) planning functions should be reoriented to match service facility planning with laws of tourism development and properly design tourist projects; (3) landscaping planning should be focused on; and (4) eco-environment protection and brand building should be enhanced.
