Among the increasing inquiries into the relation of"interality"with various disciplines,interality and rhetoric have rarely been connected directly.This essay attempts to examine interality in rhetorical fig...Among the increasing inquiries into the relation of"interality"with various disciplines,interality and rhetoric have rarely been connected directly.This essay attempts to examine interality in rhetorical figures by focusing on how interality works in metaphor under the two criteria of openness and negotiation so as to establish an interality hierarchy.This assumed metaphor interality hierarchy is justified as Form 3(vehicle present,tenor implied)>Form 2(tenor present,vehicle implied)>Form 1(tenor and vehicle both present).By applying this interality hierarchy to analyzing metaphors in the imaginative classic of Chuang Tzu,we find that its rich metaphors in all three forms are well weaved to generate appropriate interality,leaving readers in the adequate and comfortable space of poetry and eloquence.This research is expected not only to theorize the specific nature and function of interality in metaphor,but offer implications for exploring interality in other rhetorical figures as well.展开更多
While scientists have long known that African elephants show sadness for their dead,little has been reported about similar emotions in wild Asian elephants.However,a new study suggests that Asian elephants may inter t...While scientists have long known that African elephants show sadness for their dead,little has been reported about similar emotions in wild Asian elephants.However,a new study suggests that Asian elephants may inter their dead calves.展开更多
ASEAN-China Centre(ACC)is an inter-governmental organization co-founded by 10 ASEAN Member States(AMS)and China.ACC was officially launched at the Commemorative Summit marking the 20th anniversary of ASEAN-China dialo...ASEAN-China Centre(ACC)is an inter-governmental organization co-founded by 10 ASEAN Member States(AMS)and China.ACC was officially launched at the Commemorative Summit marking the 20th anniversary of ASEAN-China dialogue relations on 18 November 2011.ACC Secretariat is located in Beijing.The current Secretary-General is H.E.Mr.Shi Zhongjun.The establishment of ACC reflects the fruitful development of ASEAN-China relations and the strategic vision of the leaders of both sides.As a one-stop information and activities centre,ACC is committed to promoting friendly exchanges and practical cooperation between ASEAN and China in various fields including trade,investment,education,culture,tourism,and information and media.展开更多
Dear editor,As of 2023,the domestic cat population in China reached 65 million,surpassing dogs to become the most numerous companion animal in the country.Feline calicivirus(FCV)infection,one of the three most prevale...Dear editor,As of 2023,the domestic cat population in China reached 65 million,surpassing dogs to become the most numerous companion animal in the country.Feline calicivirus(FCV)infection,one of the three most prevalent infectious diseases in cats,poses a severe threat to feline health.FCV,classified under the Caliciviridae family(genus Vesivirus).展开更多
Parkinson's disease(PD)is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer's disease(AD),and currently,no disease-modifying therapies are available[1].A key pathological hallmark of PD is t...Parkinson's disease(PD)is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer's disease(AD),and currently,no disease-modifying therapies are available[1].A key pathological hallmark of PD is the presence of Lewy bodies,which are primarily composed of aggregatedα-synuclein(α-syn)[2].The misfolding,self-aggregation,and inter-neuronal propagation of pathologicalα-syn,likely via a prion-like mechanism,are thought to drive the progressive degeneration of dopaminergic neurons and contribute to disease progression[3].However,the molecular mechanisms governing the neuronal uptake and inter-neuronal transmission ofα-syn remain inadequately understood.展开更多
Preterm birth and suboptimal fetal growth remain significant perinatal challenges worldwide.Recent data indicate that China's perinatal profile has improved due to reductions in preterm birth rates.However,the cou...Preterm birth and suboptimal fetal growth remain significant perinatal challenges worldwide.Recent data indicate that China's perinatal profile has improved due to reductions in preterm birth rates.However,the country has a 6.5%prevalence of small-for-gestational-age(SGA),ranking fifth globally in total SGA birth numbers^([1,2]).展开更多
Accessible communication based on sign language recognition(SLR)is the key to emergency medical assistance for the hearing-impaired community.Balancing the capture of both local and global information in SLR for emerg...Accessible communication based on sign language recognition(SLR)is the key to emergency medical assistance for the hearing-impaired community.Balancing the capture of both local and global information in SLR for emergency medicine poses a significant challenge.To address this,we propose a novel approach based on the inter-learning of visual features between global and local information.Specifically,our method enhances the perception capabilities of the visual feature extractor by strategically leveraging the strengths of convolutional neural network(CNN),which are adept at capturing local features,and visual transformers which perform well at perceiving global features.Furthermore,to mitigate the issue of overfitting caused by the limited availability of sign language data for emergency medical applications,we introduce an enhanced short temporal module for data augmentation through additional subsequences.Experimental results on three publicly available sign language datasets demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed approach.展开更多
基金supported by Chinese National Social Science Fund Project:“On Argumentative Textual Functions of Major Tropes and Schemes”(15BYY178).
文摘Among the increasing inquiries into the relation of"interality"with various disciplines,interality and rhetoric have rarely been connected directly.This essay attempts to examine interality in rhetorical figures by focusing on how interality works in metaphor under the two criteria of openness and negotiation so as to establish an interality hierarchy.This assumed metaphor interality hierarchy is justified as Form 3(vehicle present,tenor implied)>Form 2(tenor present,vehicle implied)>Form 1(tenor and vehicle both present).By applying this interality hierarchy to analyzing metaphors in the imaginative classic of Chuang Tzu,we find that its rich metaphors in all three forms are well weaved to generate appropriate interality,leaving readers in the adequate and comfortable space of poetry and eloquence.This research is expected not only to theorize the specific nature and function of interality in metaphor,but offer implications for exploring interality in other rhetorical figures as well.
文摘While scientists have long known that African elephants show sadness for their dead,little has been reported about similar emotions in wild Asian elephants.However,a new study suggests that Asian elephants may inter their dead calves.
文摘ASEAN-China Centre(ACC)is an inter-governmental organization co-founded by 10 ASEAN Member States(AMS)and China.ACC was officially launched at the Commemorative Summit marking the 20th anniversary of ASEAN-China dialogue relations on 18 November 2011.ACC Secretariat is located in Beijing.The current Secretary-General is H.E.Mr.Shi Zhongjun.The establishment of ACC reflects the fruitful development of ASEAN-China relations and the strategic vision of the leaders of both sides.As a one-stop information and activities centre,ACC is committed to promoting friendly exchanges and practical cooperation between ASEAN and China in various fields including trade,investment,education,culture,tourism,and information and media.
基金supported by grants from the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2022YFD1800100)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.32272982)Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai(Grant No.23ZR1477100).
文摘Dear editor,As of 2023,the domestic cat population in China reached 65 million,surpassing dogs to become the most numerous companion animal in the country.Feline calicivirus(FCV)infection,one of the three most prevalent infectious diseases in cats,poses a severe threat to feline health.FCV,classified under the Caliciviridae family(genus Vesivirus).
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province,China(2023-MSLH-029).
文摘Parkinson's disease(PD)is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer's disease(AD),and currently,no disease-modifying therapies are available[1].A key pathological hallmark of PD is the presence of Lewy bodies,which are primarily composed of aggregatedα-synuclein(α-syn)[2].The misfolding,self-aggregation,and inter-neuronal propagation of pathologicalα-syn,likely via a prion-like mechanism,are thought to drive the progressive degeneration of dopaminergic neurons and contribute to disease progression[3].However,the molecular mechanisms governing the neuronal uptake and inter-neuronal transmission ofα-syn remain inadequately understood.
基金funded by the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province(grant number 2024JJ5283 to XH)。
文摘Preterm birth and suboptimal fetal growth remain significant perinatal challenges worldwide.Recent data indicate that China's perinatal profile has improved due to reductions in preterm birth rates.However,the country has a 6.5%prevalence of small-for-gestational-age(SGA),ranking fifth globally in total SGA birth numbers^([1,2]).
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.62376197)the Tianjin Science and Technology Program(No.23JCYBJC00360)the Tianjin Health Research Project(No.TJWJ2025MS045).
文摘Accessible communication based on sign language recognition(SLR)is the key to emergency medical assistance for the hearing-impaired community.Balancing the capture of both local and global information in SLR for emergency medicine poses a significant challenge.To address this,we propose a novel approach based on the inter-learning of visual features between global and local information.Specifically,our method enhances the perception capabilities of the visual feature extractor by strategically leveraging the strengths of convolutional neural network(CNN),which are adept at capturing local features,and visual transformers which perform well at perceiving global features.Furthermore,to mitigate the issue of overfitting caused by the limited availability of sign language data for emergency medical applications,we introduce an enhanced short temporal module for data augmentation through additional subsequences.Experimental results on three publicly available sign language datasets demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed approach.
