Poetic Features of William Golding＇s Novels

Though he is unmistakably a serious writer dealing with the most serious moral issues, William Golding has no dread of rhetoric. He is drown to rather than deterred by poetry and his fiction always has a dense and often poetic verbal texture, in which metaphor and image work as they do in poetry, and enrich and modify the bare significance of the moral form. As a poetic novelist, in addition to,reviving a moribund novel with a new and exciting subject, he has also reinvigorated the language with a new and more eloquent mode of discourse.     

Nonverbal communication：characteristics, functions and classification

This paper attempts to provide a brief but systematic survey of nonverbal communication in terms of its characteristics, functions, and classification. Nonverbal communication involves all those nonverbal stimuli in a communication setting that are generated by both the source and the receiver. First, unlike verbal communication, it does not have a fixed set of signs, and formal rules and structures; it is innate and continuous. Second, it performs such functions as repeating, complementing, substituting, regulating, and contradicting. Finally, nonverbal communication may be classified into two major types： those produced by the body （including physical appearance, body movements, physical contact, facial expressions, eye contact, and paralanguage）; and those associated with the setting （including space, time, and silence）.     

Silence in Cross-cultural Communication

In academic field,silence is classified as part of the nonverbal communication.Edward T.Hall regarded silence as a key standard of dividing high-context cultures and low-context cultures(毕 46).In high-context cultures,information is provided through gestures,the use of space,and even silence.Little information is explicitly explained by words.Chinese,Japanese,Native American cultures are high-context ones.However,"in low-context cultures,the verbal message contains most of the information and very little is embedded in the context."(Samovar,A.Larry,Richard E.Porter and Lisa A.Stefani 79).How do people from different cultures respond to silence? How their values affect their attitudes? What causes silence?     

A Contrastive Study of Intercultural Nonverbal Communication—tures Between English and Chinese

Non-verbal communication as well as verbal communication is the carrier of culture. It is a lso a very important form, which supplement and improve the verbal communication. In some specific circumstances, it plays an important role that verbal language can't take. This thesis, compared with chinese, introduce the gesture and its cultural connotation in English-speaking countries.     

The Application of Nonverbal Communication in College English Class

As an auxiliary means of teaching,nonverbal communication plays a vital role in college English class.Based on the analysis of the three most frequently used aspects in nonverbal communication:gestures,eye contact,and physical dis- tance,this paper is aimed at suggesting the significance of nonverbal communication in college English teaching and the appli- cation of it in college English class.     

Family-based association study of ZNF533, DOCK4 and IMMP2L gene polymorphisms linked to autism in a northeastern Chinese Han population

Objective： A study in a Caucasian population has identified two single-nucleotide polymorphisms （SNPs） in ZNF533, one in DOCK4, and two in IMMP2L, which were all significantly associated with autism. They are located in AUTS1 and AUTS5, which have been identified as autism susceptibility loci in several genome-wide screens. The present study aimed to investigate whether ZNF533, DOCK4, and IMMP2L genes are also associated with autism in a northeastern Chinese Han population. Methods： We performed a similar association study using families with three individuals （one autistic child and two unaffected parents）. A family-based transmission disequilibrium test （TDT） was used to analyze the results. Results： There were significant associations between autism and the two SNPs of ZNF533 gene （rs11885327： X^2=4.5200, P=0.0335; rs1964081 ：）（2=4.2610, P=0.0390） and the SNP of DOCK4 gene （rs2217262 X^2=5.3430, P=0.0208）. Conclusions： Our data suggest that ZNF533 and DOCK4 genes are linked to a predisposition to autism in the northeastern Chinese Han population.     

A Contrastive Study of Intercultural Nonverbal Communication-tures Between English and Chinese

Non-verbal communication as well as verbal communication is the carrier of culture. It is also a very important form, which supplement and improve the verbal communication. In some specific circumstances, it plays an important role that verbal language can＇t take. This thesis, compared with chinese, introduce the gesture and its cultural connotation in English-speaking countries.     

A Brief Introduction on Body Language

Body language is an important part of nonverbal communication and it is connected with culture. This article devotes to a comparison and contrast of body language in different cultures which aims to illustrate the differences and similarities of body language so as to achieve efficient communication.     

Unfolding of C2A Domain of Synaptotagmin I in the Presence of Guanidine Hydrochloride

The C2 domain originally referred to the second of four constant structural motifs in protein kinase C (PKC). Now this domain represents a large structural family sharing a homologous dimensional structure in many proteins that play important roles in many organisms. The C2A domain is one of the two C2 domains of synaptotagmin I involved in the Ca^2 regulation of exocytosis. This domain is mostly composed of β-sheet except for a small fraction of α-helix, and therefore provides an ideal model for a protein folding study. In this report, the unfolding equilibrium of the C2A domain in guanidine hydrochloride (GdnHCI) containing solutions has been studied using ultraviolet (UV) difference spectrum, fluorescence spectrum, size exclusion chromatography (SEC), and circular dichroism (CD) spectrum. The results suggest that unfolding of the C2A domain occurs as a two-state process during GdnHCI titration. By examining the changes of both tertiary structure and secondary structure, no intermediates could be detected during this unfolding study. However, it has been found that the native state of the C2A domain has a large hydrophobic surface. This result suggests that as a fragment of a protein, the C2A domain itself may exist in a state with large hydrophobic surface. This hydrophobic surface may be the molecular basis for interaction between domains in the whole protein.Furthermore, the hydrophobic behavior may play a role during the oligomerization of svnaptotagmin.     

Rise and Fall of the Peer-to-Peer Empire

The essence of the peer-to-peer design philosophy is to design protocols for end hosts, or "peers", to work in collaboration to achieve a certain design objective, such as the sharing of a large file. From a theoretical perspective, it has been recognized that the peer-to-peer design paradigm resembles gossip protocols, and with appropriate algorithmic design, it maximizes the network flow rates in multicast sessions. Over the past ten years, research on peer-to-peer computing and systems, a unique and intriguing category of distributed systems, has received a tremendous amount of research attention from academia and indus-try alike. Peer-to-peer computing eventually culminated in a number of successful commercial systems, showing the viability of their design philosophy in the Internet. The peer-to-peer design paradigm has pushed all design choices of innovative protocols to the edge of the Internet, and in most cases to end hosts themselves. It represents one of the best incarnation of the end-to-end argument, one of the frequently dis-puted design philosophies that guided the design of the Internet. Yet, research on peer-to-peer computing has recently receded from the spotlight, and suffered from a precipitous fall that was as dramatic as its me-teoric rise to the culmination of its popularity. This article presents a cursory glimpse of existing results over the past ten years in peer-to-peer computing, with a particular focus on understanding what has stimulated its rise in popularity, what has contributed to its commercial success, and eventually, what has led to its pre-cipitous fall in research attention. Our insights in this article may be beneficial when we develop our thoughts on the design paradigm of cloud computing.     

Improved compressed sensing for high-resolution ISAR image reconstruction

For inverse synthetic aperture radar （ISAR）, an ISAR signal in the crossrange direction has the characteristic of sparsity in the azimuth frequency domain. Due to this property, a Fourier basis is adopted as a kind of sparse basis, and high crossrange resolution imaging is achieved by using the compressed sensing （CS） method. However, the Fourier expanding for signal with finite length will result in energy leaking and spectrum widening. As a result, the Fourier basis cannot obtain the optimum sparse representation for signals of unknown frequencies in most cases. In this paper, we present an improved Fourier basis for sparse representation of the ISAR signal, which is constructed by frequency shift and weighting of the Fourier basis and available to obtain the robust recovery performance via CS. Simulation results show that the improved CS method outperforms conventional CS method that uses the Fourier basis.     

The Microstructure of Graphite Spherulites in Cast Iron

The microstructure of graphite spherulites (G.S.) in Ce addition ductile cast iron was carried out using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques. The structral characterization of the graphites is as following: there are platelets growing along the periphery as well as fan-like structure formed from platelet aggregates in the diameter section of spherulite, in which most of the platelets are with sizes ranging from several to tens nm in radial; the [001] direction of the platelets would have a tend to parallel to radial of the G. S. and meanwhile, they also a small misorientation deviated from the radial among the platelets each other. It shows that the anisotropy of graphites has been restrained by adding Ce element in cast iron and the structural characterization of the G. S. is consistent with the Double' s model of the conical helixes formed in helical growing and branching.     

Wide Symmetrical Dynamic Range PWM Neuron Circuit with Power Efficient Architecture

IntroductionAs the most important block in artificial neuralnetworks (ANNs) ,the behavior of the neuronstrongly influences the performance of the wholenetwork. The sigmoid function is popularlyadopted as the activation function of artificialneurons.The pulse stream approaches,which isoften used to model a neuron with this function,has a digital stream output as an analoginformation axis[1] .There have been several kindsof pulse stream neuron circuits[2 4 ] .The circuitproposed by Haycock and…     

Decolorization of reactive brilliant red K-2BP with the white-rot fungi under non-sterile conditions

In recent years, many researches indicate that whiterot fungus is a promising microbe in wastewater ireatmentThe basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium in whiterot fungi is the most extensively studied and discussed.The extracellular ligninolytic enzymes of white rot fungihave the ability to degrade a wide spectrum of recalcitrantorgano-pollutants such as chlorinated phenols and varioustypes of synthetic dyes because of their nonspecific char-acteristicst. And some significant mineralization (20%--48%) was observed during degradation of azo dyes.     

How A Later Scene in Hamlet Makes Use of An Earlier One

Hamlet,the first of the great tragedies,is generally regarded as Shakespeare’s most popular play on the stage,for it has the qualities of a "blood-and-thunder" thriller and a philosophical exploration of life and death.The play opens with Hamlet,Prince of Denmark,appearing in a mood of world-weariness occasioned by his father’s recent death and by his mother’s hasty remarriage with Claudius,his father’s brother.Shakespeare is good at describing the characters,controlling the languages,and he is a master to arrange the scene of drama,as well.He knows how to make use of an earlier scene in the later scene.I will explain it from the the death of Polonius and the scenes of Ophelia.     

MELT-BLOWN NONWOVEN FOR AIR FILTRATION

The technical parameters and the structural factors of melt-blown nonwovens used as filteringmedium are analysed,the orientation of particles filtered in a filter is described,and the optimalparameters for air filtration are obtained.The results are shown as follows:the ratio of tenacity oflongitudinal to cross direction has a close agreement with the random coefficient of fiber arrange-ment in practice;large particles are most likely trapped on the surface of a filter,and smaller parti-cles are filtered throughout the depth of a filter,and the deeper,the smaller;moreover,higher fil-tering efficiency and lower pressure drop can be effected through the optimization of parameters.     

A novel lambda negative-resistance transistor in the 0.5 μm standard CMOS process

A novel negative-resistance transistor (NRT) with a Lambda shaped I-V characteristic is demonstrated in the 0.5 μm standard CMOS process. To save on the number of component devices, this device does not use standard device models provided by CMOS processes, but changes a MOSFET and a BJT into a single device by fabricating them in the same n-well, with a p-type base layer as the MOSFET’s substrate. The NRT has a low valley current of -6.82 nA and a very high peak-to-valley current ratio of 3591. The peak current of the device is -24.49 μA which is low enough to reduce the power consumption of the deivce, and the average value of its negative resistance is about 32 kΩ. Unlike most negative-resistance devices which have been fabricated on compound semiconductor substrates in recent years, this novel NRT is based on a silicon substrate, compatible with mainstream CMOS technology. Our NRT dramatically reduces the number of devices, minimizing the area of the chip, has a low power consumption and thus a further reduction in cost.     

Spatiotemporal distribution and decadal change of the monthly temperature predictability limit in China

Based on the nonlinear Lyapunov exponent and nonlinear error growth dynamics, the spatiotemporal distribution and decadal change of the monthly temperature predictability limit （MTPL） in China is quantitatively analyzed. Data used are daily temperature of 518 stations from 1960 to 2011 in China. The results are summarized as follows： （1） The spatial distribution of MTPL varies regionally. MTPL is higher in most areas of Northeast China, southwest Yunnan Province, and the eastern part of Northwest China. MTPL is lower in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and Huang-huai Basin. （2） The spatial distribution of MTPL varies distinctly with seasons. MTPL is higher in boreal summer than in boreal winter. （3） MTPL has had distinct decadal changes in China, with increase since the 1970s and decrease since 2000. Especially in the northeast part of the country, MTPL has significantly increased since 1986. Decadal change of MTPL in Northwest China, Northeast China and the Huang-huai Basin may have a close relationship with the persistence of temperature anomaly. Since the beginning of the 21st century, MTPL has decreased slowly in most of the country, except for the south. The research provides a scientific foundation to understand the mechanism of monthly temperature anomalies and an important reference for improvement of monthly temperature prediction.     

DNA media storage

In 1994, University of Southern California computer scientist, Dr. Leonard Adleman solved the Hamiltonian path problem using DNA as a computational mechanism. He proved the principle that DNA computing could be used to solve computationally complex problems. Because of the limitations in discovery time, resource requirements, and sequence mismatches, DNA computing has not yet become a commonly accepted practice. However, advancements are continually being discovered that are evolving the field of DNA computing. Practical applications of DNA are not restricted to computation alone. This research presents a novel approach in which DNA could be used as a means of storing files. Through the use of multiple sequence alignment combined with intelligent heu- ristics, the most probabilistic file contents can be determined with minimal errors.     

Progression of the silicate cathode materials used in lithium ion batteries

Poly anionic silicate materials,which demonstrate a high theoretical capacity,high security,environmental friendliness and low-cost,are considered one of the most promising candidates for use as cathode materials in the next generation of lithium-ion batteries.This paper summarizes the structure and performance characteristics of these materials.The effects of different synthesis methods and calcination temperature on the properties of these materials are reviewed.Materials that demonstrate low conductivity,poor stability,cationic disorder or other drawbacks,and the use of various modification techniques,such as carbon-coating or compositing,elemental doping and combination with mesoporous materials,are evaluated as well.In addition,further research topics and the possibility of using these kinds of cathode materials in lithium-ion batteries are discussed.