简介:GiventheresilienceofConfucianism,Chinesestudentscontinuetobeinfluencedbytheirculturalbeliefsystems,whichhaveaneffectontheirEnglish-second-language(ESL)learningexperienceinanEnglish-speakingcountry.ThisisespeciallyapparentsinceChinesestudentsexperiencethegreatestculturaldemandsincountrieswithopposingcustomsandvalues.ThemostpowerfultenetsofChineseculturearemaintainingharmony,collectivity,andhierarchicalrelationships.TheseaspectsofChinesecultureinfluencethecommunicationstyleoftheChineseandtheireducationalsystem.ThisarticleexaminesfivemaincharacteristicsofChinesecommunication:implicitcommunication,listening-centeredness,politeness,focusoninsiders,andface-savingstrategies.TheChineseemphasisoneducationandacademicachievementisdiscussedintermsofparentalinfluence,environment,effortversusability,andpedagogywithintheChineseculturalcontext.EducationalimplicationsforChineseESLstudentsstudyinginCanadaarealsoaddressed.
简介:AfterthereleaseofthepreviousreporttotheCommitteeonSpaceResearch(COSPAR)onprogressachievedbyChinesescientistsinionosphericresearches(LiuLBandWanWX,2016),intherecenttwoyears(2016–2017)manyinterestingnewinvestigationsintovariousionosphericrelatedissueshavebeencompleted.Inthisreport,about100publicationsaresummarized.Thetopicshighlightedareasfollows:Ionosphericspaceweather,ionosphericdynamics,ionosphericclimatologyandmodelling,ionosphericirregularityandscintillation,GlobalNavigationSatelliteSystem(GNSS)relatedionosphericissuesandothertechniques,andradiowavepropagationintheionosphere.AnoutstandingfeatureisthatmoreandmoreobservationsfromtheMeridionalProjectsupportedtheionosphericinvestigations.
简介:Allhumanslearnabouttheworldthroughfivesensesastheyarethefirstcontactpointwheninformationentersthebrain.TheVARKlearningstyleinventoryisthesoleassessmenttooltomeasureanindividual’slearningpreferenceintermsofsenses.VARKrepresentsvisual(V),aural(A),read/write(R),andkinaesthetic(K).TheaimofthisstudywastoexaminethereliabilityofVARKquestionnaireversion7.8inChineselearnerswithfourmultitrait-multimethodconfirmatoryfactoranalysis(MTMM-CFA)modelsforfurtherresearchstudy.Atotalof177Chinesenursingundergraduateswererecruited.Theresultsshowedthatcorrelatedtrait-correlateduniqueness(CTCU)wasthebest-fitmodeltotheVARKscoresandthereliabilityestimatesforthescoresoftheVARKsubscalesrangedfrom0.69-0.84.Amongthese177nursingstudents,therewere46(26%)visuallearners,27(15.3%)aurallearners,11(6.2%)read/writelearners,21(11.9%)kinaestheticlearners,and72(40.7%)multi-modallearners.
简介:Physiognomyisamethodofobservingpeople.Accordingtoone'sappearance,ancientChineseTaoistpriestcanpredicthispersonality,physicalcondition,lifeexperience,andfatebyphysiognomy.AncientChinesephysiognomycanbetracedbacktothe7thcenturyBC.Accordingtothehistoricalrecords,aministerwasabletojudgeprince'sabilitiesanddestiniesbyhisfacialfeaturesintheSpringandAutumnperiod.
简介:In2015,TheCentralBankcutinterestratessixtimesinarow.Therearetwomainpurposes:oneistoreducetheinterestburdenoncorporateloans,andstimulatecorporateinvestment.Second,toreduceinterestincomeonresidentialdeposits,andstimulateresidentstoincreasecurrentconsumption.However,manyempiricaldataprovethatalthoughtheeffectofinterestratedeclineonstimulatingcorporateinvestmentismoreobvious,theeffectofstimulatingresidentstoincreasecurrentconsumptionisnotobvious,andhouseholdsavingscontinuetogrowrapidly.Thisshowsthatthemainfactoraffectingthecurrentconsumptionofresidentsisnolongerthebank’sdepositinterestrate,buttheirreplaceabilityoffutureconsumergoodsforcurrentconsumergoods,incomerestrictionsandothereconomicfactorsthatcanaffectcross-timeconsumption.Thispaperisbasedonthetheoryofintertemporalutilitymaximization.TheempiricalanalysisoftheimpactoftheratechangeonChina’sresidents’consumption,lookingforthereasonswhyresidents’consumptionisnotsensitivetochangesintherate,andputforwardcorrespondingcountermeasuresandsuggestions.
简介:Allowme,first,toexpressourpleasureandappreciationofbecomingoneofSilkRoadNGOCooperationNetworkSIRONETmembers.WelookforwardtoplayinganeffectiveroleasthefirstAraborganizationtojoinyourorganization.
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简介:AreviewarticlebyHaoetal.(JAmCollCardiol2017;69(24):2952–66)hashadhugerepercussionsamongthosefamiliarwithtraditionalChinesemedicine(TCM)intheinternationalacademiccommunity.ItevaluatedtheefficacyandsafetyofTCMforcardiovasculardiseaseandthepharmacologicaleffectofactiveTCMingredientsonthecardiovascularsystemandpotentialmechanisms.Wehaveseveralcomments:Firstly,wegiveabriefsummaryaddressingnonpharmacotherapyinTCM,includingacupuncture,moxibustion,Qigong,andTaiChi.Secondly,wehaveaddedtraditionalantiarrhythmicdrug–relatedrandomizedcontrolledtrialstomakethecoveragemorecomprehensive.Lastly,wesupporttheconceptthatresearchinto,developmentof,andapplicationofactiveingredientsispartofmodernTCM.