Achieving sustainable patterns of consumption and production is perhaps the biggest challenge facing our society today. The de-mand for more safe environmentally benign products is rising and many companies are lookin...Achieving sustainable patterns of consumption and production is perhaps the biggest challenge facing our society today. The de-mand for more safe environmentally benign products is rising and many companies are looking for new ways to progressively improve the sus-tainability of their products. Moreover, there are numerous opportunities and countless innovations, technological as well as non-technologi-cal,that need to be exploited to improve the sustainability of products. Manufacturing industry is an important sector of any economy and hasthe potential to become a driving force for enabling sustainable patterns of production and consumption through introducing efficient productionpractices and developing products and services that help reduce environmental impacts. The benefits of adopting an integrated policy towardsproduct development based on life cycle thinking and eco-design to stimulate improvement of the environmental performance of each part ofproduct life cycle phases and achieve sustainable patterns of production and consumption are emphasized. The challenges in implementingsustainable manufacturing and the circular economy approaches are listed. A number of solutions are suggested to face up these challenges,for instance, increased awareness of enterprises particularly SME's of product life cycle issues and the opportunities that are available for costsavings and profit making from eco-innovation in product development for both the domestic and export markets and providing practical helpand advice directly to enterprises on integrated product development to promote enterprise led Eco-innovation. Aiming at contributing to sus-tainable manufacturing in China, Sino-UK Low Carbon Manufacturing Consortium, a multi-disciplinary research and educational partnershipbetween academia, industry and government agencies in the UK and China with interest in sustainable manufacturing issues, has been formedrecently.The vision, aims and benefits of membership of the consortium are also discussed.展开更多
In the process of meida Convergence,many researchers paid excessive attention to media technology, industry and management,and ignored the culture dimensions of media convergence. Therefore,to transcend media converge...In the process of meida Convergence,many researchers paid excessive attention to media technology, industry and management,and ignored the culture dimensions of media convergence. Therefore,to transcend media convergence technology, industrial thinking and more to the particularity attach importance to cultural media, it is a right way to achieve media convergence. But in the context of China's culture,media convergence should value the cultural uniqueness and the imbalance of the realistic problems,to reach innovation and breakthrough.展开更多
In uncovering the mechanisms of teaching critical thinking in China,scholars tend to ignore the re-quirement of rational thinking in teaching. Based on the discussion of rational presuppositions of critical thinking i...In uncovering the mechanisms of teaching critical thinking in China,scholars tend to ignore the re-quirement of rational thinking in teaching. Based on the discussion of rational presuppositions of critical thinking in Western cultures, this article argues that, while Western critical thinking presets a kind of rationality which is biased to-wards descriptive logic rather than prescriptive logic, the virtue - centered traditional Chinese culture cultivates a gener-al habit of using methods of prescriptive logic. Descriptive logic accounts for “how to get” true judgments while pre- scriprive logic aims at explaining “why a true judgment is true”. Critical thinking education in China should pay more attention to the role descriptive logic plays. The fact that the new - media infomiarion disseminarion is deepening in- tercultiiral communication makes it necessary to implement critical thinking education in China,but the implementa-tion should be focused on cultivating the students* ability to organize discourse in a logical way.展开更多
People with various cultural backgrounds and habits have different modes of thinking,making it difficult to communicate between different cultures. Based on culture,thinking and their relationship,this paper analyzes ...People with various cultural backgrounds and habits have different modes of thinking,making it difficult to communicate between different cultures. Based on culture,thinking and their relationship,this paper analyzes the differences between Chinese and the Western cultures to find the solutions to the problem of how to use the differences to establish international mind and global vision to achieve"cultural confidence".展开更多
Phrasal verbs,such as look after,look forward to,look through,etc.,account for a large per-centage in English vocabulary,and they are even more difficult than single words for.English learn-ers to learn.For one reason...Phrasal verbs,such as look after,look forward to,look through,etc.,account for a large per-centage in English vocabulary,and they are even more difficult than single words for.English learn-ers to learn.For one reason,they are of a large quantity by formation.By looking throughWebster’s Third New International Dictionary(1961),we can see how colorful the forms of展开更多
In cross-cultural communication(CC),due to the different cultural backgrounds and values,there are great differences between Chinese and Western thinking patterns,which often lead to cultural conflicts.Cultural differ...In cross-cultural communication(CC),due to the different cultural backgrounds and values,there are great differences between Chinese and Western thinking patterns,which often lead to cultural conflicts.Cultural differences cover a wide range,and this paper analyzes the great influence of cultural differences on CC from the perspectives of thinking patterns and value orientation in daily life in China and the West,and intends to find out the reasons behind and come up with solutions.展开更多
M etaphor is not only a rhetoric means of language,but also a basic way of human cognition and thinking. In daily life,consciously using metaphor,people comprehend the outside world through metaphor. Culture has gener...M etaphor is not only a rhetoric means of language,but also a basic way of human cognition and thinking. In daily life,consciously using metaphor,people comprehend the outside world through metaphor. Culture has generality that is different from cultural understanding in metaphor. Therefore,the application of metaphor must adapt to corresponding culture mode and common sense of historical culture,so as to form different understandings in conversation. Cross-cultural communication refers to the communication between people with different cultural backgrounds and metaphor reflects the difference between Chinese and western cognition,which also reflects the difference between Chinese and western thinking.However,context is another important reason of metaphor causing cross-cultural communication misinterpretation. As the communication between people with different cultural backgrounds,the cultivation of cross-cultural communication ability needs be formed in mutual cultural exchange,and the improvement of metaphor thinking has a great significance.展开更多
Cable-stayed bridges have been widely used in high-speed railway infrastructure.The accurate determination of cable’s representative temperatures is vital during the intricate processes of design,construction,and mai...Cable-stayed bridges have been widely used in high-speed railway infrastructure.The accurate determination of cable’s representative temperatures is vital during the intricate processes of design,construction,and maintenance of cable-stayed bridges.However,the representative temperatures of stayed cables are not specified in the existing design codes.To address this issue,this study investigates the distribution of the cable temperature and determinates its representative temperature.First,an experimental investigation,spanning over a period of one year,was carried out near the bridge site to obtain the temperature data.According to the statistical analysis of the measured data,it reveals that the temperature distribution is generally uniform along the cable cross-section without significant temperature gradient.Then,based on the limited data,the Monte Carlo,the gradient boosted regression trees(GBRT),and univariate linear regression(ULR)methods are employed to predict the cable’s representative temperature throughout the service life.These methods effectively overcome the limitations of insufficient monitoring data and accurately predict the representative temperature of the cables.However,each method has its own advantages and limitations in terms of applicability and accuracy.A comprehensive evaluation of the performance of these methods is conducted,and practical recommendations are provided for their application.The proposed methods and representative temperatures provide a good basis for the operation and maintenance of in-service long-span cable-stayed bridges.展开更多
Evolutions and readjustment permeate China’s diplomatic policy in the six decades’ history of PRC, thanks to the tremendous changes happened to both the world and PRC. Enormous opportunities and challenges to China ...Evolutions and readjustment permeate China’s diplomatic policy in the six decades’ history of PRC, thanks to the tremendous changes happened to both the world and PRC. Enormous opportunities and challenges to China coincide in the present world. China and EU are rising with bigger role to play in the world, though daunting challenges to bilateral relations beckon.展开更多
文摘Achieving sustainable patterns of consumption and production is perhaps the biggest challenge facing our society today. The de-mand for more safe environmentally benign products is rising and many companies are looking for new ways to progressively improve the sus-tainability of their products. Moreover, there are numerous opportunities and countless innovations, technological as well as non-technologi-cal,that need to be exploited to improve the sustainability of products. Manufacturing industry is an important sector of any economy and hasthe potential to become a driving force for enabling sustainable patterns of production and consumption through introducing efficient productionpractices and developing products and services that help reduce environmental impacts. The benefits of adopting an integrated policy towardsproduct development based on life cycle thinking and eco-design to stimulate improvement of the environmental performance of each part ofproduct life cycle phases and achieve sustainable patterns of production and consumption are emphasized. The challenges in implementingsustainable manufacturing and the circular economy approaches are listed. A number of solutions are suggested to face up these challenges,for instance, increased awareness of enterprises particularly SME's of product life cycle issues and the opportunities that are available for costsavings and profit making from eco-innovation in product development for both the domestic and export markets and providing practical helpand advice directly to enterprises on integrated product development to promote enterprise led Eco-innovation. Aiming at contributing to sus-tainable manufacturing in China, Sino-UK Low Carbon Manufacturing Consortium, a multi-disciplinary research and educational partnershipbetween academia, industry and government agencies in the UK and China with interest in sustainable manufacturing issues, has been formedrecently.The vision, aims and benefits of membership of the consortium are also discussed.
文摘In the process of meida Convergence,many researchers paid excessive attention to media technology, industry and management,and ignored the culture dimensions of media convergence. Therefore,to transcend media convergence technology, industrial thinking and more to the particularity attach importance to cultural media, it is a right way to achieve media convergence. But in the context of China's culture,media convergence should value the cultural uniqueness and the imbalance of the realistic problems,to reach innovation and breakthrough.
文摘In uncovering the mechanisms of teaching critical thinking in China,scholars tend to ignore the re-quirement of rational thinking in teaching. Based on the discussion of rational presuppositions of critical thinking in Western cultures, this article argues that, while Western critical thinking presets a kind of rationality which is biased to-wards descriptive logic rather than prescriptive logic, the virtue - centered traditional Chinese culture cultivates a gener-al habit of using methods of prescriptive logic. Descriptive logic accounts for “how to get” true judgments while pre- scriprive logic aims at explaining “why a true judgment is true”. Critical thinking education in China should pay more attention to the role descriptive logic plays. The fact that the new - media infomiarion disseminarion is deepening in- tercultiiral communication makes it necessary to implement critical thinking education in China,but the implementa-tion should be focused on cultivating the students* ability to organize discourse in a logical way.
基金a phased achievement for a school-level teaching reform research project of A Curriculum Design for Cultivating Cross-culture Critical Thinking English Proficiency Based on PBL,Taiyuan Normal University(JGLX1838)
文摘People with various cultural backgrounds and habits have different modes of thinking,making it difficult to communicate between different cultures. Based on culture,thinking and their relationship,this paper analyzes the differences between Chinese and the Western cultures to find the solutions to the problem of how to use the differences to establish international mind and global vision to achieve"cultural confidence".
文摘Phrasal verbs,such as look after,look forward to,look through,etc.,account for a large per-centage in English vocabulary,and they are even more difficult than single words for.English learn-ers to learn.For one reason,they are of a large quantity by formation.By looking throughWebster’s Third New International Dictionary(1961),we can see how colorful the forms of
基金The research is supported by the foundation of Chengdu University of Technology for Key Teachers(10912-JXGG2020-00539)It is also a researching finding of the Project of Sichuan Foreign Language Literature Research Center“A Research of Sichuan Opera Translation and Overseas Circulation in Cross-cultural Communication”(SCYC2020-03).
文摘In cross-cultural communication(CC),due to the different cultural backgrounds and values,there are great differences between Chinese and Western thinking patterns,which often lead to cultural conflicts.Cultural differences cover a wide range,and this paper analyzes the great influence of cultural differences on CC from the perspectives of thinking patterns and value orientation in daily life in China and the West,and intends to find out the reasons behind and come up with solutions.
基金One of the project achievements of Guangdong Province Education Science Research"11~th Five Year"Plan,Project No:2011TJK064
文摘M etaphor is not only a rhetoric means of language,but also a basic way of human cognition and thinking. In daily life,consciously using metaphor,people comprehend the outside world through metaphor. Culture has generality that is different from cultural understanding in metaphor. Therefore,the application of metaphor must adapt to corresponding culture mode and common sense of historical culture,so as to form different understandings in conversation. Cross-cultural communication refers to the communication between people with different cultural backgrounds and metaphor reflects the difference between Chinese and western cognition,which also reflects the difference between Chinese and western thinking.However,context is another important reason of metaphor causing cross-cultural communication misinterpretation. As the communication between people with different cultural backgrounds,the cultivation of cross-cultural communication ability needs be formed in mutual cultural exchange,and the improvement of metaphor thinking has a great significance.
基金Project(2017G006-N)supported by the Project of Science and Technology Research and Development Program of China Railway Corporation。
文摘Cable-stayed bridges have been widely used in high-speed railway infrastructure.The accurate determination of cable’s representative temperatures is vital during the intricate processes of design,construction,and maintenance of cable-stayed bridges.However,the representative temperatures of stayed cables are not specified in the existing design codes.To address this issue,this study investigates the distribution of the cable temperature and determinates its representative temperature.First,an experimental investigation,spanning over a period of one year,was carried out near the bridge site to obtain the temperature data.According to the statistical analysis of the measured data,it reveals that the temperature distribution is generally uniform along the cable cross-section without significant temperature gradient.Then,based on the limited data,the Monte Carlo,the gradient boosted regression trees(GBRT),and univariate linear regression(ULR)methods are employed to predict the cable’s representative temperature throughout the service life.These methods effectively overcome the limitations of insufficient monitoring data and accurately predict the representative temperature of the cables.However,each method has its own advantages and limitations in terms of applicability and accuracy.A comprehensive evaluation of the performance of these methods is conducted,and practical recommendations are provided for their application.The proposed methods and representative temperatures provide a good basis for the operation and maintenance of in-service long-span cable-stayed bridges.
文摘Evolutions and readjustment permeate China’s diplomatic policy in the six decades’ history of PRC, thanks to the tremendous changes happened to both the world and PRC. Enormous opportunities and challenges to China coincide in the present world. China and EU are rising with bigger role to play in the world, though daunting challenges to bilateral relations beckon.
