In Notre Dame, the author＇ s dualistic character for the character itself, is not separated, pure performance side, while excluding the other side, but as a whole, an indivisible whole humanity against each other the...In Notre Dame, the author＇ s dualistic character for the character itself, is not separated, pure performance side, while excluding the other side, but as a whole, an indivisible whole humanity against each other the existence. It presents the reader not only the appearance of beauty and ugliness, good and evil but also spirit. Therefore, it shows the reader what is true and what complete humanity.展开更多
巴黎圣母院旁的“功夫刀削面”餐厅,每日都吸引着居民和游客前来品尝刀削面,他们常常排起长龙,只为一品来自中国山西的传统刀削面。主题语境:饮食文化篇幅:360词建议用时:6分钟Every day,the Kung Fu Daoxiaomian restaurant,located ne...巴黎圣母院旁的“功夫刀削面”餐厅,每日都吸引着居民和游客前来品尝刀削面,他们常常排起长龙,只为一品来自中国山西的传统刀削面。主题语境:饮食文化篇幅:360词建议用时:6分钟Every day,the Kung Fu Daoxiaomian restaurant,located next to Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris,draws long lines of visitors looking for a serving of its daoxiao-mian,or knife-cut noodles,which is the heritage of North China's Shanxi Province,and the region's genera-tions of skilled noodle masters.展开更多
Semiotics is used in the sphere of visual arts as a tool that helps reading the message included in a certain work.Gothic architecture,as an outcome of the rich cultural context of medieval tradition,where metaphysics...Semiotics is used in the sphere of visual arts as a tool that helps reading the message included in a certain work.Gothic architecture,as an outcome of the rich cultural context of medieval tradition,where metaphysics,numbers and geometry were indispensable tools to symbolically manifest cosmological and theological concepts,is suggested as a good example for testing this approach in the field of architecture.In this paper,a semiotic reading for one of the most distinguished works of this era;i.e.,the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris,is introduced as a model for this methodology.Among many message included in the building,such as the functional or the technical messages,this is a trial to introduce a reading,i.e.,an interpretation,of what could be called rta hidden spiritual messase,The paper comes to a conclusion that the Gothic cathedral,as represented in Notre Dame de Paris,might be perceived as an extemalization of a standing hymn that was meant to send continuous appeals of protection to Heaven.展开更多
A country’s ability to create complex goods and diversify its lines of products is essential for addressing all types of vulnerabilities.Quantifying a country’s vulnerability to extreme climatic events,such as droug...A country’s ability to create complex goods and diversify its lines of products is essential for addressing all types of vulnerabilities.Quantifying a country’s vulnerability to extreme climatic events,such as droughts,superstorms,and other natural disasters,and its capacity for successful adaption,is an essential global need that has been ignored.This study examines the role of economic fitness(EF)in addressing climate change risk ex‐posure in BRICS countries in the context of the environmental Kuznets curve using panel data from 1995 to 2015.Panel threshold methodology is employed to ascertain the nonlinear relationship between EF and climate change risk exposure(i.e.,Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative Country Index(ND-GAIN)).In addition,empirical associations were estimated using panel-corrected standard errors,Driscoll-Kraay standard errors,and feasible generalized least squares estimation techniques.These findings demonstrated an inverted N shaped link between EF and ND-GAIN.Moreover,even after controlling for significant ND-GAIN influencing variables such as gross domestic product per capita,financial development,and urbanization,our robustness checks revealed significant and consistent findings.展开更多
文摘In Notre Dame, the author＇ s dualistic character for the character itself, is not separated, pure performance side, while excluding the other side, but as a whole, an indivisible whole humanity against each other the existence. It presents the reader not only the appearance of beauty and ugliness, good and evil but also spirit. Therefore, it shows the reader what is true and what complete humanity.
文摘巴黎圣母院旁的“功夫刀削面”餐厅,每日都吸引着居民和游客前来品尝刀削面,他们常常排起长龙,只为一品来自中国山西的传统刀削面。主题语境:饮食文化篇幅:360词建议用时:6分钟Every day,the Kung Fu Daoxiaomian restaurant,located next to Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris,draws long lines of visitors looking for a serving of its daoxiao-mian,or knife-cut noodles,which is the heritage of North China's Shanxi Province,and the region's genera-tions of skilled noodle masters.
基金The author expresses thankfulness to Mr.Emad Ramsey for his valuable assistance with proof reading the article.
文摘Semiotics is used in the sphere of visual arts as a tool that helps reading the message included in a certain work.Gothic architecture,as an outcome of the rich cultural context of medieval tradition,where metaphysics,numbers and geometry were indispensable tools to symbolically manifest cosmological and theological concepts,is suggested as a good example for testing this approach in the field of architecture.In this paper,a semiotic reading for one of the most distinguished works of this era;i.e.,the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris,is introduced as a model for this methodology.Among many message included in the building,such as the functional or the technical messages,this is a trial to introduce a reading,i.e.,an interpretation,of what could be called rta hidden spiritual messase,The paper comes to a conclusion that the Gothic cathedral,as represented in Notre Dame de Paris,might be perceived as an extemalization of a standing hymn that was meant to send continuous appeals of protection to Heaven.
文摘A country’s ability to create complex goods and diversify its lines of products is essential for addressing all types of vulnerabilities.Quantifying a country’s vulnerability to extreme climatic events,such as droughts,superstorms,and other natural disasters,and its capacity for successful adaption,is an essential global need that has been ignored.This study examines the role of economic fitness(EF)in addressing climate change risk ex‐posure in BRICS countries in the context of the environmental Kuznets curve using panel data from 1995 to 2015.Panel threshold methodology is employed to ascertain the nonlinear relationship between EF and climate change risk exposure(i.e.,Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative Country Index(ND-GAIN)).In addition,empirical associations were estimated using panel-corrected standard errors,Driscoll-Kraay standard errors,and feasible generalized least squares estimation techniques.These findings demonstrated an inverted N shaped link between EF and ND-GAIN.Moreover,even after controlling for significant ND-GAIN influencing variables such as gross domestic product per capita,financial development,and urbanization,our robustness checks revealed significant and consistent findings.
