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55. Library wars : discourse, power and Dystopian Young Adult Literature from the East and West

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Ma, Lan

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In the last twenty years, much of the excitement over the rapid development of technology has faded away as it has not provided all the answers to social problems. On the contrary, some problems have become more acute through the use of new technologies, such as the subjugation and monitoring of citizens, a phenomenon this thesis examines in a sample of the many dystopian works written for young adults which have emerged in both the West and the East in the last two decades. These works reveal authors' thoughts about the power structure of human society; their concerns and ideas about the past and present and their expectations about the future of the world. This thesis is based on a comparative analysis of the contemporary Western and Eastern Dystopian Young Adult Literature (DYAL) from a sociological perspective. The focus will be on issues of information control and censorship in DYAL, because knowledge is one of the main bones of power contention in a dystopian prospect. Based on the theories of sociology of literature and Michel Foucault's theory about discourse and power and a historical review of the development of YAL in the East and West, this research attempts to structure the spatiotemporal attributes of DYAL, and expound the circulated, exchanged and interactive relationship between (D)YAL and society. From this structure, more importantly, a discourse-power mapping framework for analysing dystopian literature has been developed. Although there have been numerous studies on the Western DYAL, comparative research on the Western and Eastern DYAL has been scarce. Hence, three representative dystopian YA works from USA (The Great Library series, Rachel Caine, 2015), Japan (Library Wars series, Hiro Arikawa, 2006) and China (Infernal Affairs, Sizhe Zangyi, 2014) were selected to be analysed with the framework in order to discuss the discourse-power relationship; the political ideas and social concerns shown in works from different cultural backgrounds. Furthermore, the results of the qualitative research on the Western and Eastern reader groups' discussions have been included in the comparative analysis of the works. This sheds light on both authors' and readers' thoughts about discourse-power structure and the future prospect of human society inside and outside DYAL. This thesis aims to demonstrate the sociological issues around DYAL from a different theoretical scope. The study may provide an effective framework for the researchers in this field and could be applicable to further educational conversations. Hence, this research has realistic and practical importance not only for scholars and educators in YA literature, but also for the sociologists who are interested in youth culture in the digital era.

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2022
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67. Analysis of National Wave Brand Value and New Consumer Class Loyalty Combined with the HIROSE Model

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Ma Lan

Subjects
hirose model, m-hirose model, multiple regression, national tide brand value, 97p10, Mathematics, QA1-939
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With the continuous development of China’s market economy and the gradual transformation of market competition to brand competition, the brand has an increasingly important role for enterprises. Based on the HIROSE model, this study constructs the M-HIROSE model, which is more suitable for the evaluation of the value of the National Tide brand by adjusting the brand revenue, brand expansion power, and period. To explore the relationship between the loyalty of the new consumer class and national brands, multiple regression is used for analysis. By empirically analyzing the basic financial data of China’s five national tide brand operators in the past three years, the results show that the ranking of the final brand value of the enterprises and the ranking order of the loyalty drivers are consistent, and the loyalty drivers basically determine the final brand value of the enterprises. The direct effect of new consumer class loyalty on the National Tide brand is significant (R2=0.235, p

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2024
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68. Yunnan Copper Company Co., Ltd. v. Kunming Wanbao Jiyuan Biotechnology Co., Ltd. Yunnan Zhongheng Innovation Investment Company Co., Ltd. : (Dispute Over Sales Contract: Identification of the Nature and Validity of the Closed Circular Sales Contracts)

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Ma, Lan, Mao, Yingyue, China Applied Jurisprudence Institute, Zhu, Feng, With Contrib. by, Ding, Wenyan, With Contrib. by, Han, Hongyu, With Contrib. by, Ma, Qiujing, With Contrib. by, Zheng, Daxuan, Translated by, Cao, Zhijian, Translated by, Sun, Lin, Translated by, Zhu, Xiaohua, Translated by, Niu, Benlin, Translated by, Duan, Jing, Translated by, Xiao, Jialiu, Translated by, and Zheng, Yi, Translated by

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2023
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79. A Benchmark for Multi-UAV Task Assignment of an Extended Team Orienteering Problem

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Xiao, Kun, Lu, Junqi, Nie, Ying, Ma, Lan, Wang, Xiangke, and Wang, Guohui

Subjects
Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence, Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Systems and Control
Abstract

A benchmark for multi-UAV task assignment is presented in order to evaluate different algorithms. An extended Team Orienteering Problem is modeled for a kind of multi-UAV task assignment problem. Three intelligent algorithms, i.e., Genetic Algorithm, Ant Colony Optimization and Particle Swarm Optimization are implemented to solve the problem. A series of experiments with different settings are conducted to evaluate three algorithms. The modeled problem and the evaluation results constitute a benchmark, which can be used to evaluate other algorithms used for multi-UAV task assignment problems.

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2020

82. EXPRESSION OF PXR, MDR1, CYP3A5, AND CYP2B6 IN HIGH-GRADE SEROUS OVARIAN CANCER AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE

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ZHANG Ping, MA Lan, CHEN Hua

Subjects
high grade serous ovarian cancer, pxr, mdr1, cyp3a5, cyp2b6, mdr, chemotherapy resistant, Medicine
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Objective To investigate the expression and significance of progesterone X receptor (PXR), multidrug resistant protein 1 (MDR1), cytochrome P450 3A5 (CYP3A5), and cytochrome P450 2B6 (CYP2B6) in high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC). Methods A total of 56 patients with HGSOC admitted to the Department of Gynecology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital from September 2019 to December 2021 were included in the experimental group. The patients were further divided into drug resistant group (24 cases) and sensitive group (32 cases) according to their resistance to platinum chemotherapy drugs. The control group included 16 patients with uterine fibroids admitted during the same period. The expression of PXR, MDR1, CYP3A5, and CYP2B6 in HGSOC and normal fallopian tubes were determined by immunohistochemistry, real-time quantitative PCR, and Western blotting. Results Compared with the control group, the positive expression rates of PXR, MDR1, CYP3A5, and CYP2B6 were significantly increased in the experimental group (χ2=12.879-17.174,P0.05). Conclusion PXR, MDR1, CYP3A5, and CYP2B6 are highly expressed in HGSOC, which may be involved in its occurrence and development. The detection of PXR, MDR1, CYP3A5, and CYP2B6 expression can be used to determine the sensitivity of HGSOC to chemotherapy, which is helpful to provide guidance for postoperative chemotherapy.

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2023
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83. Implementation of UAV Coordination Based on a Hierarchical Multi-UAV Simulation Platform

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Xiao, Kun, Ma, Lan, Tan, Shaochang, Cong, Yirui, and Wang, Xiangke

Subjects
Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Systems and Control
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In this paper, a hierarchical multi-UAV simulation platform,called XTDrone, is designed for UAV swarms, which is completely open-source 4 . There are six layers in XTDrone: communication, simulator,low-level control, high-level control, coordination, and human interac-tion layers. XTDrone has three advantages. Firstly, the simulation speedcan be adjusted to match the computer performance, based on the lock-step mode. Thus, the simulations can be conducted on a work stationor on a personal laptop, for different purposes. Secondly, a simplifiedsimulator is also developed which enables quick algorithm designing sothat the approximated behavior of UAV swarms can be observed inadvance. Thirdly, XTDrone is based on ROS, Gazebo, and PX4, andhence the codes in simulations can be easily transplanted to embeddedsystems. Note that XTDrone can support various types of multi-UAVmissions, and we provide two important demos in this paper: one is aground-station-based multi-UAV cooperative search, and the other is adistributed UAV formation flight, including consensus-based formationcontrol, task assignment, and obstacle avoidance., Comment: 12 pages, 10 figures. And for the, see https://gitee.com/robin_shaun/XTDrone

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2020
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85. Measurement and Analysis of the Scientific and Technological Innovation Efficiency of Industrial Enterprises above a Designated Scale in China

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Ma Lan, Wang Qi, and Wang Dalei

Subjects
History of scholarship and learning. The humanities, AZ20-999, Social Sciences
Abstract

To explore the technological innovation efficiency of industrial enterprises above designated size and its influencing factors under the China’s economic census industry classification, using the stochastic frontier approach to estimates the innovation efficiency of the 34 industry from 2008 to 2018. Taking the sales revenue of new products as the dependent variable, R&D capital stock and R&D personnel equivalent are taken as the independent variable, control variables are reasonably selected. The characteristics and influencing factors of innovation efficiency between industries are analyzed. The results show that the innovation efficiency of all industries in China is steadily improving, and the difference between industries is gradually narrowing. Industries with high innovation efficiency are related to future competition and national economy and people’s livelihood, while industries with low innovation efficiency are concentrated in mining and supply industry. The low input and low output industries are in the majority. The influence of innovation capital input on output is greater than that of personnel input. The proportion of state-owned property rights and capital constraints have a negative effect on innovation output, while the sales income has a positive effect on innovation output. Therefore, China should further improve the innovation efficiency of industrial industries, adopt classified policies, and increase the number of industries with low input and high output. The conclusion of the paper is of reference value to the development of China’s 14th five-year industry and the medium and long term planning.

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2023
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