The Commonwealth Travel Service Corporation(CTC Travel)is a comprehensive travel service provider deeply rooted in Singapore since its establishment in 1990.As a Singaporean tourism company with strong ties to China,C...The Commonwealth Travel Service Corporation(CTC Travel)is a comprehensive travel service provider deeply rooted in Singapore since its establishment in 1990.As a Singaporean tourism company with strong ties to China,CTC Travel has actively promoted cultural and tourism cooperation between the two countries for the past 35 years.According to Chen Bin,CEO of CTC Travel,traveling to China has always been a key business segment for his company,accounting for a quarter of its total business volume.Since its establishment 35 years ago,the company has arranged for nearly 700,000 Singaporean travelers to visit various regions of China for purposes including sightseeing,visiting relatives and friends,and attending business events.展开更多
The Double Take column looks at a single topic from an African and Chinese perspective.This month,we discuss the concept of travel with a small budget.The concept of Qiongyou-travelling on a tight budget-has gained si...The Double Take column looks at a single topic from an African and Chinese perspective.This month,we discuss the concept of travel with a small budget.The concept of Qiongyou-travelling on a tight budget-has gained significant traction among young travellers in China.展开更多
Across[3]an act of travelling from one place to another[5]the money you pay for a journey by bus,train or taxi[7]to visit the places of interest in a city,etc.as a tourist[8]arrange to buy a ticket in advance[10]a jou...Across[3]an act of travelling from one place to another[5]the money you pay for a journey by bus,train or taxi[7]to visit the places of interest in a city,etc.as a tourist[8]arrange to buy a ticket in advance[10]a journey during which you visit a place and return[12]a person who is travelling or who often travels.展开更多
From January 25 to January 26,the New York Travel&Adventure Show was held at Jacob K.Javits Convention Center in New York,the United States.China National Tourist Office in New York,with“Nihao!China”as the theme...From January 25 to January 26,the New York Travel&Adventure Show was held at Jacob K.Javits Convention Center in New York,the United States.China National Tourist Office in New York,with“Nihao!China”as the theme,cooperated with a number of Chinese travel agencies and over ten cultural museums to comprehensively demonstrate China’s innovation achievements of the integration of culture and tourism and the unique charm of ice&snow tourism.展开更多
In this paper,we investigate the periodic traveling wave solutions problem for a single population model with advection and distributed delay.By the bifurcation analysis method,we can obtain periodic traveling wave so...In this paper,we investigate the periodic traveling wave solutions problem for a single population model with advection and distributed delay.By the bifurcation analysis method,we can obtain periodic traveling wave solutions for this model under the influence of advection term and distributed delay.The obtained results indicate that weak kernel and strong kernel can both deduce the existence of periodic traveling wave solutions.Finally,we apply the main results in this paper to Logistic model and Nicholson’s blowflies model.展开更多
Travel is not just about seeing new places;it's about seeing the world through new eyes.It's an opportunity to learn,to grow and to be inspired.This enlightening journey begins the moment we step out of our co...Travel is not just about seeing new places;it's about seeing the world through new eyes.It's an opportunity to learn,to grow and to be inspired.This enlightening journey begins the moment we step out of our comfort zones.展开更多
The International Astronomical Union named a small crater on the Moon after the Moroccan explorer Ibn Battouta in 1976.The crater,located on the Moon’s visible side,is called the Ibn Battouta crater.Ibn Battouta is r...The International Astronomical Union named a small crater on the Moon after the Moroccan explorer Ibn Battouta in 1976.The crater,located on the Moon’s visible side,is called the Ibn Battouta crater.Ibn Battouta is regarded as one of the four great medieval travellers.Born in Tangier,he spent nearly 30 years exploring over 30 countries across Africa,Europe,and Asia,including China,covering approximately 120,000 km.In 1355,he documented his travels in a work known as The Rihla.This account has attracted significant academic interest due to its rich details about diverse cultures.展开更多
Travel broadens the mind.And now travelers can broaden their minds by exploring the amazing geographical,cultural and culinary diversity that China offers,facilitated by the new visa-free transit policy.With visitors ...Travel broadens the mind.And now travelers can broaden their minds by exploring the amazing geographical,cultural and culinary diversity that China offers,facilitated by the new visa-free transit policy.With visitors from 54 countries now able to stay in China for 10 days in transit without a visa and travel further in the country,“China travel”has gained new traction.展开更多
Visitors are flocking to China’s first immersive tourist area recreating everyday life as it appeared in the Tang Dynasty,to embrace the past and understand the importance of culture and tradition.
Jinmao Tex(short for Chongqing Jinmao Textile Accessories Co.,Ltd.),founded in 1960,is the largest manufacturer of ring traveller and steel ring in China,and its ring traveller delivery tops in China market for more t...Jinmao Tex(short for Chongqing Jinmao Textile Accessories Co.,Ltd.),founded in 1960,is the largest manufacturer of ring traveller and steel ring in China,and its ring traveller delivery tops in China market for more than 30 consecutive years.In recent years,in order to serve the transformation and upgrading of the textile industry,Jinmao Tex invested"China Ring Traveller and Steel Ring R&D center",focused on the technological innovation of key textile accessories,developed high-performance and long-life textile accessories to assist textile mills save energy,reduce consumption,improve quality and increase efficiency.Jinmao Tex has now become a“steel ring+ring traveller”solution provider for high-speed spinning and differential fiber spinning.展开更多
In interpersonal communication,the principle of politeness is an important communicative principle that is widely applied in people’s daily life.However,the communication patterns of the principle of politeness and f...In interpersonal communication,the principle of politeness is an important communicative principle that is widely applied in people’s daily life.However,the communication patterns of the principle of politeness and face theory in the travel planning process among friends still need further exploration.This study aims to analyze the specific manifestations of these principles in the communication patterns of travel planning among friends through a pragmatic interpretation of the principle of politeness and face theory,providing a new perspective for understanding linguistic behavior in interpersonal relationships.展开更多
The Traveling Salesman Problem(TSP)is a well-known NP-Hard problem,particularly challenging for conventional solving methods due to the curse of dimensionality in high-dimensional instances.This paper proposes a novel...The Traveling Salesman Problem(TSP)is a well-known NP-Hard problem,particularly challenging for conventional solving methods due to the curse of dimensionality in high-dimensional instances.This paper proposes a novel Double-stage Surrogate-assisted Pigeon-inspired Optimization algorithm(DOSA-PIO)to address this issue.DOSA-PIO integrates the ordering points to identify the clustering structure method for data clustering and employs a local surrogate model to assist the evolution of the Pigeon-inspired Optimization(PIO)algorithm.This combination enhances the algorithm’s ability to explore the solution space and converge to optimal solutions more effectively.Additionally,two novel approaches are introduced to extend the generalizability of continuous algorithms for solving discrete problems,enabling the adaptation of continuous optimization techniques to the discrete nature of TSP.Extensive experiments using benchmark functions and high-dimensional TSP instances demonstrate that DOSA-PIO significantly outperforms comparative algorithms in various dimensions(10D,20D,30D,50D,and 100D).The proposed algorithm provides superior solutions compared to traditional methods,highlighting its potential for solving high-dimensional TSPs.By leveraging advanced data clustering techniques and surrogate-assisted optimization,DOSA-PIO offers an effective solution for high-dimensional TSP instances,with experimental results confirming its superior performance and potential for practical applications in complex optimization problems.展开更多
Axel Pons,once a Moto2 World Championship competitor,made a big lifestyle change several years ago when he decided to travel the world barefoot.He's the son of Sito Pons,who has been a MotoGP winner twice.At the s...Axel Pons,once a Moto2 World Championship competitor,made a big lifestyle change several years ago when he decided to travel the world barefoot.He's the son of Sito Pons,who has been a MotoGP winner twice.At the start of his motorcycle-racing career,there were high expectations and a lot of pressure on him.In the Moto2 World Championship,he had some good results,with a 16th-place finish in 2016 being his best.But then he took a break from racing and tried fashion modeling.In 2019,he said he wanted to slow down and leave his past behind.But no one expected the kind of change that was coming.展开更多
Currently,renewable energy has been broadly implemented across diverse sectors,particularly evidenced by its substantially higher integration levels in power systems.Thelarge-scale integration of renewable energy reso...Currently,renewable energy has been broadly implemented across diverse sectors,particularly evidenced by its substantially higher integration levels in power systems.Thelarge-scale integration of renewable energy resources introduces distinct fault characteristics into power grids,potentially rendering traditional line protection schemes inadequate for transmission lines interfacing with these sources.Therefore,it is imperative to study line protection methods unaffected by the integration of renewable energy resources.After analyzing the propagation process of the fault traveling wave along the transmission line,a non-unit protection based on traveling wave distancemeasurement is proposed.The core principle of the proposedmethod relies onmeasuring the temporal interval ΔT between detections of the first and second fault backward traveling waves at the measurement point.The Teager energy operator(TEO),which demonstrates advantages in highlighting stepmutation characteristics,was employed to extract ΔT by processing the fault backward traveling wave signal detected at the measurement point.To evaluate the efficacy of the proposed protection method,various fault scenarios were simulated in the established PSCAD/EMTDC simulation system.Validation results confirm that the proposed non-unit protection can provide full-line protection coverage,enabling fast and reliable discrimination of internal and external faults with inherent immunity to renewable energy penetration.展开更多
文摘The Commonwealth Travel Service Corporation(CTC Travel)is a comprehensive travel service provider deeply rooted in Singapore since its establishment in 1990.As a Singaporean tourism company with strong ties to China,CTC Travel has actively promoted cultural and tourism cooperation between the two countries for the past 35 years.According to Chen Bin,CEO of CTC Travel,traveling to China has always been a key business segment for his company,accounting for a quarter of its total business volume.Since its establishment 35 years ago,the company has arranged for nearly 700,000 Singaporean travelers to visit various regions of China for purposes including sightseeing,visiting relatives and friends,and attending business events.
文摘The Double Take column looks at a single topic from an African and Chinese perspective.This month,we discuss the concept of travel with a small budget.The concept of Qiongyou-travelling on a tight budget-has gained significant traction among young travellers in China.
文摘Across[3]an act of travelling from one place to another[5]the money you pay for a journey by bus,train or taxi[7]to visit the places of interest in a city,etc.as a tourist[8]arrange to buy a ticket in advance[10]a journey during which you visit a place and return[12]a person who is travelling or who often travels.
文摘From January 25 to January 26,the New York Travel&Adventure Show was held at Jacob K.Javits Convention Center in New York,the United States.China National Tourist Office in New York,with“Nihao!China”as the theme,cooperated with a number of Chinese travel agencies and over ten cultural museums to comprehensively demonstrate China’s innovation achievements of the integration of culture and tourism and the unique charm of ice&snow tourism.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(12261050)Science and Technology Project of Department of Education of Jiangxi Province(GJJ2201612 and GJJ211027)Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province of China(20212BAB202021)。
文摘In this paper,we investigate the periodic traveling wave solutions problem for a single population model with advection and distributed delay.By the bifurcation analysis method,we can obtain periodic traveling wave solutions for this model under the influence of advection term and distributed delay.The obtained results indicate that weak kernel and strong kernel can both deduce the existence of periodic traveling wave solutions.Finally,we apply the main results in this paper to Logistic model and Nicholson’s blowflies model.
文摘Travel is not just about seeing new places;it's about seeing the world through new eyes.It's an opportunity to learn,to grow and to be inspired.This enlightening journey begins the moment we step out of our comfort zones.
文摘The International Astronomical Union named a small crater on the Moon after the Moroccan explorer Ibn Battouta in 1976.The crater,located on the Moon’s visible side,is called the Ibn Battouta crater.Ibn Battouta is regarded as one of the four great medieval travellers.Born in Tangier,he spent nearly 30 years exploring over 30 countries across Africa,Europe,and Asia,including China,covering approximately 120,000 km.In 1355,he documented his travels in a work known as The Rihla.This account has attracted significant academic interest due to its rich details about diverse cultures.
文摘Travel broadens the mind.And now travelers can broaden their minds by exploring the amazing geographical,cultural and culinary diversity that China offers,facilitated by the new visa-free transit policy.With visitors from 54 countries now able to stay in China for 10 days in transit without a visa and travel further in the country,“China travel”has gained new traction.
文摘Visitors are flocking to China’s first immersive tourist area recreating everyday life as it appeared in the Tang Dynasty,to embrace the past and understand the importance of culture and tradition.
文摘Jinmao Tex(short for Chongqing Jinmao Textile Accessories Co.,Ltd.),founded in 1960,is the largest manufacturer of ring traveller and steel ring in China,and its ring traveller delivery tops in China market for more than 30 consecutive years.In recent years,in order to serve the transformation and upgrading of the textile industry,Jinmao Tex invested"China Ring Traveller and Steel Ring R&D center",focused on the technological innovation of key textile accessories,developed high-performance and long-life textile accessories to assist textile mills save energy,reduce consumption,improve quality and increase efficiency.Jinmao Tex has now become a“steel ring+ring traveller”solution provider for high-speed spinning and differential fiber spinning.
文摘In interpersonal communication,the principle of politeness is an important communicative principle that is widely applied in people’s daily life.However,the communication patterns of the principle of politeness and face theory in the travel planning process among friends still need further exploration.This study aims to analyze the specific manifestations of these principles in the communication patterns of travel planning among friends through a pragmatic interpretation of the principle of politeness and face theory,providing a new perspective for understanding linguistic behavior in interpersonal relationships.
基金funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Project No.52072314,52172321,52102391)China Shenhua Energy Co.,Ltd.,Science and Technology Program(Project No.GJNY-22-7)+2 种基金China State Railway Group Co.,Ltd.Science and Technology Program(P2022×013,K2023×030)Key science and technology projects in the transportation industry of the Ministry of Transport(2022-ZD7-131)the fundamental research funds for the central universities(2682022ZTPY068).
文摘The Traveling Salesman Problem(TSP)is a well-known NP-Hard problem,particularly challenging for conventional solving methods due to the curse of dimensionality in high-dimensional instances.This paper proposes a novel Double-stage Surrogate-assisted Pigeon-inspired Optimization algorithm(DOSA-PIO)to address this issue.DOSA-PIO integrates the ordering points to identify the clustering structure method for data clustering and employs a local surrogate model to assist the evolution of the Pigeon-inspired Optimization(PIO)algorithm.This combination enhances the algorithm’s ability to explore the solution space and converge to optimal solutions more effectively.Additionally,two novel approaches are introduced to extend the generalizability of continuous algorithms for solving discrete problems,enabling the adaptation of continuous optimization techniques to the discrete nature of TSP.Extensive experiments using benchmark functions and high-dimensional TSP instances demonstrate that DOSA-PIO significantly outperforms comparative algorithms in various dimensions(10D,20D,30D,50D,and 100D).The proposed algorithm provides superior solutions compared to traditional methods,highlighting its potential for solving high-dimensional TSPs.By leveraging advanced data clustering techniques and surrogate-assisted optimization,DOSA-PIO offers an effective solution for high-dimensional TSP instances,with experimental results confirming its superior performance and potential for practical applications in complex optimization problems.
文摘Axel Pons,once a Moto2 World Championship competitor,made a big lifestyle change several years ago when he decided to travel the world barefoot.He's the son of Sito Pons,who has been a MotoGP winner twice.At the start of his motorcycle-racing career,there were high expectations and a lot of pressure on him.In the Moto2 World Championship,he had some good results,with a 16th-place finish in 2016 being his best.But then he took a break from racing and tried fashion modeling.In 2019,he said he wanted to slow down and leave his past behind.But no one expected the kind of change that was coming.
基金funded in part by Science and Technology Project of State Grid Sichuan Electric Power Company under Grant 521997230003.
文摘Currently,renewable energy has been broadly implemented across diverse sectors,particularly evidenced by its substantially higher integration levels in power systems.Thelarge-scale integration of renewable energy resources introduces distinct fault characteristics into power grids,potentially rendering traditional line protection schemes inadequate for transmission lines interfacing with these sources.Therefore,it is imperative to study line protection methods unaffected by the integration of renewable energy resources.After analyzing the propagation process of the fault traveling wave along the transmission line,a non-unit protection based on traveling wave distancemeasurement is proposed.The core principle of the proposedmethod relies onmeasuring the temporal interval ΔT between detections of the first and second fault backward traveling waves at the measurement point.The Teager energy operator(TEO),which demonstrates advantages in highlighting stepmutation characteristics,was employed to extract ΔT by processing the fault backward traveling wave signal detected at the measurement point.To evaluate the efficacy of the proposed protection method,various fault scenarios were simulated in the established PSCAD/EMTDC simulation system.Validation results confirm that the proposed non-unit protection can provide full-line protection coverage,enabling fast and reliable discrimination of internal and external faults with inherent immunity to renewable energy penetration.
