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2. Virulence Factors and Carbapenem-Resistance Mechanisms in Hypervirulent Klebsiella Pneumoniae.
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Liao, Yiqun, Gong, Junjie, Yuan, Xiaoliang, Wang, Xiaoling, Huang, Yuanhong, and Chen, Xiaohong
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KLEBSIELLA pneumoniae ,KLEBSIELLA infections ,NOSOCOMIAL infections ,LIVER abscesses ,COMMUNITY-acquired infections ,DRUG resistance ,INFECTION control - Abstract
Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKP) has emerged as a novel variant of K. pneumoniae, exhibiting distinct phenotypic and genotypic characteristics that confer increased virulence and pathogenicity. It is not only responsible for nosocomial infections but also community-acquired infections, including liver abscesses, endophthalmitis, and meningitis, leading to significant morbidity and mortality. HvKP has been reported all over the world, but it is mainly prevalent in Asia Pacific, especially China. Moreover, hvKP can acquire carbapenemase genes resulting in the emergence of carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent K. pneumoniae (CR-hvKP), which possesses both high virulence and drug resistance capabilities. Consequently, CR-hvKP poses substantial challenges to infection control and presents serious threats to global public health. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive summary of the epidemiological characteristics, virulence factors, and mechanisms underlying carbapenem resistance in hvKP strains with the aim of offering valuable insights for practical prevention strategies as well as future research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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3. Indian and Chinese papers in Nature.
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Mahesh, G.
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SCHOLARLY periodicals , *BIOLOGICAL research - Abstract
The article reports on the contribution of India and China in the publications of research articles in "Nature," an international journal of science. It includes a table and a chart depicting the number of publications by India and China from 1945 to 2012 which shows the contribution of China to be slightly higher than that of India. Also included is the Nature Publishing Index Asia-Pacific that tracks the number of research journals from the Asia Pacific region.
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- 2012
4. Weak in ability but still follow what the headquarters asks: a legitimacy‐based view of MNC employees' adoption of English.
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Hsu, Anna JC, Au, Kevin, and Dowejko, Marta K
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ENGLISH language , *LANGUAGE ability , *SEMI-structured interviews , *CORPORATE headquarters , *LANGUAGE policy , *CORPORATE governance , *LANGUAGE research - Abstract
This paper advances a legitimacy‐based view on what factors determine multinational corporation (MNC) employees' adoption of English at work. We posit that legitimacy judgment represents an alternative mechanism, other than language ability, for explaining MNC employees' response to headquarters' corporate language policy. The hypotheses were confirmed in two studies with mixed‐methods (experiments; semi‐structured interviews), involving MNC employees in China. Our findings verified that corporate language policy increases positive legitimacy judgment, which in turn enhances employees' adoption of English at work. Further analysis showed that language ability moderates the mediating effect of legitimacy judgment, such that this effect is stronger for employees with lower language ability. Semi‐structured interviews confirmed the experimental findings and brought more insight into why and how Chinese employees adopt English in daily work. This paper contributes to the research on corporate language policy, legitimacy judgment, and cross‐border management in Asia Pacific. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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5. Inspiration and wellness tourism: the role of cognitive appraisal.
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Liu, Biqiang, Li, Yaoqi, Kralj, Anna, Moyle, Brent, and He, Mang
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MEDICAL tourism ,INSPIRATION ,TOURISM ,MODEL theory ,TOURISM marketing ,TOURISTS - Abstract
Integrating Cognitive Appraisal Theory with the transmission model of inspiration, this paper investigates the tourist inspiration-eliciting process in the context of wellness tourism. A questionnaire survey (N = 974) was provided to wellness tourists in Shizhu county, China, with findings revealing the motivations of wellness tourists positively influence goal relevance and goal congruence. Goal congruence led to the elicitation of inspiration, which could be separated into two stages of inspired-by and inspired-to. Tourist inspiration was found to diminish as frequency of visitation increased. This research provides conceptual clarity surrounding the intricate connection between motivations and tourist inspiration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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6. Breaking the negative cycle of age and proactive behavior: the role of job variety and future time perspective.
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Cao, Man, Zhao, Shuming, Ma, Yufei, and Lv, Hongjiang
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TIME perspective , *OLDER people , *PERSONNEL management - Abstract
The industrialized world's workforce is aging. China, as one of the important representative countries in the Asia‐Pacific region, is also experiencing an aging trend. Older people are often viewed as inflexible and unwilling to proactively change their environment or themselves to some extent. Prior studies have also found a negative association between age and proactive behavior. Therefore, breaking this negative cycle of age and proactive behavior becomes significant for the literature on age and management practices regarding older employees. In this paper, we identified job variety as a critical boundary condition and suggested that it would moderate the relationship between age and future time perspective, ultimately affecting proactive behavior. Our model was tested using a multilevel and multisource sample including 36 managers and 193 employees in China. The results showed that when job variety is high, the negative relationship between age and behavior becomes nonsignificant. Further, the interaction between age and job variety influenced proactive behavior through individuals' future time perspective. By identifying the important role of job variety, our study contributes to human resource management interventions for the aging workforce in China and other Asia‐Pacific countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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7. ASIA-PACIFIC AT THE CROSSROADS - IMPLICATIONS FOR AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC DEFENSE POLICY.
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HUNTER, MURRAY
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INTERNATIONAL relations ,AUSTRALIAN foreign relations ,FOREIGN relations of the United States ,MILITARY policy - Abstract
This paper examines the changing geo-political situation in the Asia-Pacific Region from an Australian defense policy perspective. The article focuses on China, the US, and Indonesia and examines Australia's strategic defense needs for the coming decade. The paper concludes by laying out four strategic defense options for Australia, 1. maintaining the US alliance, 2. going back to "fortress Australia," 3. towards Asian integrations, and 4. the "New Zealand" option. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
8. Connectedness of Asia Pacific forex markets: China's growing influence.
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Chow, Hwee K.
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RENMINBI ,INDIAN rupee ,U.S. dollar ,FOREIGN exchange market ,AUSTRALIAN dollar ,FINANCIAL crises ,FOREIGN exchange rates - Abstract
This paper investigates the degree of connectedness of Asia Pacific forex markets post‐global financial crisis and relates it to developments in the renminbi markets. The connectedness measure developed by Diebold and Yilmaz (2014) (Journal of Econometrics, 182, 119–134) reveal the strength of linkages across the U.S. dollar currency pairs of 12 currencies, namely offshore renminbi, onshore renminbi, euro, yen, Australian dollar, Indian rupee, Korean won, Malaysian ringgit, New Zealand dollar, Singapore dollar, Thai baht and Taiwan dollar. With the gradual liberalization of China's exchange rate system, shocks from the renminbi markets contribute more to fluctuations in almost all individual Asia Pacific currency markets vis‐à‐vis the yen. Rolling regressions show a number of Asia Pacific currencies exhibit tighter association with the renminbi when the latter underwent exchange rate regime reform. Finally, results from a two‐step analysis involving a panel regression provide evidence that time‐varying sensitivities of Asia Pacific currencies to the renminbi are directly related to the countries' trade and financial links with China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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9. THE GEOPOLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE COVID-19: A CATALYST FOR AN ASIAN-PACIFIC CENTRE OF GLOVAL SUPERPOWER.
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Perianes Bermúdez, Ana Belén
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COVID-19 ,GEOPOLITICS ,COVID-19 pandemic ,INTERNATIONAL competition ,INTERNATIONAL security ,GROUP decision making - Abstract
Before the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, the world was in a process of transition from the unipolar system which had ruled the world since the end of the Cold War to an increasingly multilateral order. With this regard, there was a kind of consensus between academics, decision-makers and other interested actors in the international arena in the sense that the world was transitioning towards a much more multipolar order in which the US would lose gradually its status of the only superpower for the benefit of mainly China but also for other Asian-Pacific states. The aim of this paper is to examine the extent of the consequences of the COVID-19 at the geopolitical level in the framework of global power redistribution. In this sense, this paper will analyse if the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly altered the US and Chinese social, economic and political scenarios in the framework of the great power competition and also if the pandemic will substantially shift the geopolitical balance of the world. This study will try to answer which have been the effects of the pandemic in terms of geopolitics and the prospects of its impact on the global power redistribution and international leadership competition at the short and medium term. In this sense, the main question to be answered in this research is: Has the COVID-19 pandemic lead to a faster than previously expected Western loss of economic and political power able to lead to new world order transition dynamics with significant consequences for the international security architecture? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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10. Signal-in-Space and Positioning Performance of BDS Open Augmentation Service.
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Chen, Liang, Zhou, Guangyu, Chen, Guo, Sun, Weibin, and Pan, Luotian
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PERFORMANCE standards - Abstract
As a typical augmentation satellite system for centimeter-level positioning, PPP (Precise Point Positioning) service based on PPP-B2b signal of China's new generation BeiDou system (BDS-3) was released for Asia-Pacific area on July, 2020. This paper first introduces the recovery theory of PPP-B2b SSR (State Space Representation) messages and then implements a real-time PPP-B2b precise positioning terminal to decode and obtain the PPP-B2b SSR orbit, clock, and biases. On those bases, the coverage, signal-in-space, and positioning performance of PPP-B2b SSR are evaluated. The results show that PPP-B2b SSR of BDS-3 can cover the most area of 50°E-180°E, 30°S-70°N and improve signal-in-space accuracy significantly. The improvement rate on BDS clock offset can reach 77%, which far exceeds average 40% improvement on BDS orbit, while it is opposite for GPS with 80% improvement rate on orbit and 61% on clock offset. Average SISRE (signal-in-space range error) of PPP-B2b SSR is better than 10 cm. The 95% positioning results show that centimeter- to decimeter-level positioning can be achieved after a few minutes of convergence based on PPP-B2b SSR, which satisfies the BDS open service performance standard. Comparing to BDS PPP based on PPP-B2b SSR, BDS + GPS PPP can promote convergence significantly with average 40% improvement rate for 95% epochs and can further improve positioning accuracy with 30%-35% improvement rate in horizontal and 10%–15% in vertical direction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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11. Price trends on the international steam coal market in 2000-2020.
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STALA-SZLUGAJ, KATARZYNA and GRUDZIŃSKI, ZBIGNIEW
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THERMAL coal ,COAL sales & prices ,INTERNATIONAL markets ,PRICE indexes ,INTERNATIONAL trade ,PRICE levels - Abstract
Copyright of Mineral Resources Management / Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi is the property of Mineral & Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2021
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12. China's new foreign policy under Xi Jinping: towards ‘Peaceful Rise 2.0’?
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Zhang, Jian
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INTERNATIONAL relations - Abstract
Since the leadership transition in China in November 2012, there have been significant changes in Chinese foreign policy. It has been widely observed that under the new leadership headed by President Xi Jinping, Beijing has become more assertive in international affairs. This paper ex- amines the emerging contours of China's foreign policy under Xi and the implications for the future regional order in the Asia Pacific. It argues that recent international behaviour of China is the manifestation of a new phase of Chinese foreign policy that could be defined as ‘peaceful rise 2.0’. In this analysis, while Beijing still adheres to its declared ‘peaceful development’ policy aiming to maintain a stable external environment conducive to its ascendance, the manner in which it seeks to do so are considerably different from past decades. The paper further argues that despite China's growing power, President Xi faces greater difficulties than his predecessor to achieve his foreign policy objectives. Indeed Beijing's capacity to shape the regional environment in its favour in the near future is arguably declining rather than increasing. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2015
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13. Evaluation of favourable hot dry rock areas in the east of the Yishu fault zone in China.
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Deng, Q., Jiang, A., Tong, Z., Lin, H., Gao, Z., Sun, X., and Nie, M.
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ANALYTIC hierarchy process ,HEAT storage ,GEOTHERMAL resources ,HOT springs - Abstract
Hot dry rock (HDR) geothermal resources have great development potential and prospects, owing to their wide distribution and high thermal storage temperature. HDR resources are abundant in China, but their exploration and exploitation remain in the early stages. The Yishu fault zone in Shandong Province in eastern China is in a high-temperature geothermal zone of the Pacific Rim. Three craters and 15 hot springs are in this area, which possesses abundant geothermal resources and favourable conditions for the occurrence of HDR resources. Nevertheless, HDR resources in this area have not been studied in detail, and the index-evaluation system for HDR is still imperfect. In this paper, five index layers are selected, including: the gravity and magnetic fields, geothermal field, tectonic activity, reservoir and cover characteristics, and remotely sensed features. Thirteen index elements were also selected as evaluation factors. In combination, these index layers and index elements have established a favourable evaluation index system for HDR resources in this region, and the analytic hierarchy process has been used to determine the weight of each factor. Then, the GIS spatial analysis function is used to carry out spatial superposition analyses for each index element, and finally the distribution characteristics of HDR resources east of the Yishu fault zone were determined, with four favourable selection areas being delineated. The occurrence conditions of HDR resources are analysed in detail with evaluation indexes. It is believed that HDR resources are closely related to neotectonic movement, volcanism and rocks with high heat-generation rates. Searching for areas with geothermal anomalies is indispensable for the evaluation of HDR resources. This study provides a basis for the exploration and development of HDR resources in the region, and it can also provide a reference for similar work in other parts of the country. A set of evaluation indexes to determine favourable areas for HDR resources, including gravity, geothermal field, geological structure and crustal stability, heat storage and heat cover and features on remotely sensed images, is established. East of Yishu fault zone, there is a great potential of HDR resources, with an area of 19 399 km
2 of favourable and more favourable areas, accounting for approximately 38.8% of the total area. HDR resources are likely closely associated with neotectonics, igneous activity, geothermal anomalies and rocks with a high heat-generation rate such as granites. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2021
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14. CHINA'S GRAND STRATEGY IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION: AN ENGLISH SCHOOL PERSPECTIVE.
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Manzoor, Saima
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GREAT powers (International relations) ,GOAL (Psychology) ,INTERNATIONAL relations ,BALANCE of power - Abstract
Grand Strategy determines the ultimate goals and interests of a state. It has long-term effects on state policies. With the advent of the 21
st century, China has emerged as a regional and global power. After entering the new era of development, China set specific goals and decided to achieve them, especially in the Asia-Pacific region. These goals are to convert China into a prosperous society, increase per capita income at par with developed states and realize modernization. In 2013, Xi Jinping announced China's Grand Strategy, while stating that the period extended to 2020 (and beyond) is the era of strategic opportunity for China. This article discusses China's Grand Strategy in the Asia- Pacific region. First, it conceptualizes Chinese strategy by focusing on its main objectives and interests. Secondly, it analyses its components while identifying how China is utilizing its economic, political, diplomatic, and security means to secure its interests in the region and maintain regional order. It also examines Chinese foreign policy in the Asia-Pacific region according to the institutions of international society described by Hadley Bull. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2021
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15. End of the Asia-Pacific: Geoeconomics, belt and road and the Indo-Pacific.
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Poon, Jessie P.H., Peng, Peng, Qian, Xiaoying, and Yang, Yu
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BELT & Road Initiative , *ENERGY industries , *ECONOMIC globalization , *INTERNATIONAL economic integration , *ECONOMIC models - Abstract
Construction of the United States-led Indo-Pacific (IPAC) and the China-led Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is an exercise in power to reshape the geopolitics of Asia-Pacific. Under the IPAC metageography, China is potentially excluded while the US's security border is extended to the Indian Ocean. BRI, on the other hand, has been advanced as an alternative model of economic globalization and diplomacy that is characterized by open and fluid borders. In this paper, we draw on a geoeconomic lens using oil/gas and the solar energy trade to shed light on Asia-Pacific's changing metageography. Power is constituted through relational coupling and decoupling as China and the US are locked in geoeconomic competition that expands but also contracts imaginaries of the region. The findings suggest that neither China nor the US holds a relational advantage in all energy sectors; each country however leads in sub-sectors. China, BRI and Asian IPAC are all significant importers of US oil and gas while China's solar trade has accelerated regional integration that includes the US. The paper concludes that China's exclusion from IPAC is not consistent with the geoeconomic realities of energy trade. BRI on the other hand has staked its success as an anti-colonial space. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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16. The rise of hybrid actors in the Asia-Pacific.
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Ong, Weichong
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MILITARY strategy ,IRREGULAR warfare ,NON-state actors (International relations) ,MILITARY policy - Abstract
This article examines the manifestation and trends of hybrid warfare in the Asia-Pacific region through the lenses of the following three key hybrid actors: China, North Korea and ISIS affiliates in Southeast Asia. This article explains why the hybrid approach can be such an attractive strategic option for both state and non-state actors in the Asia-Pacific. Finally, this paper will address the impact of how the constant pushing of boundaries in hybrid warfare can lead to unintended consequences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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17. China's Military Capability and Anti-access Area-denial Operations.
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Permal, Sumathy
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MILITARY science ,SPECIAL operations (Military science) ,MILITARY strategy - Abstract
China's military developments and growing naval capabilities are the focus of much discussion among strategists and policy makers. China's moves in this direction are of particular concern because of the implications to maritime security in the region, particularly to countries that have territorial disputes. Its burgeoning military power and growing naval and maritime capability are linked to the country's overall maritime strategy and rising profile in the international arena, raising questions outside the region as to her long-term intentions in the Asia-Pacific region. Of particular interest is China's Anti-access Area-denial (A2/AD) strategy. This paper undertakes an analysis of China's military with specific reference to the A2/AD strategy, and is premised on the belief that the A2/AD strategy is a component of overall Chinese maritime strategy. This paper suggests that People's Liberation Army Navy military capabilities and force developments are inter-related to the evolution of China's maritime strategy, and that China's building onto A2/AD would pose a significant threat to regional security. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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18. INSTITUTIONAL BALANCING IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC.
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Akşemsettinoğlu, Gökhan
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POWER (Social sciences) ,FOREIGN relations of the United States ,INTERNATIONAL relations - Abstract
Copyright of Ankara University SBF Journal / Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi is the property of Ankara University SBF Journal and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2013
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19. Precise orbit determination of Beidou Satellites with precise positioning.
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Shi, Chuang, Zhao, QiLe, Li, Min, Tang, WeiMing, Hu, ZhiGang, Lou, YiDong, Zhang, HongPing, Niu, XiaoJi, and Liu, JingNan
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NATURAL satellite orbits ,ARTIFICIAL satellites in navigation ,COMPUTER software ,DATA analysis - Abstract
Chinese Beidou satellite navigation system constellation currently consists of eight Beidou satellites and can provide preliminary service of navigation and positioning in the Asia-Pacific Region. Based on the self-developed software Position And Navigation Data Analysis(PANDA) and Beidou Experimental Tracking Stations (BETS), which are built by Wuhan University, the study of Beidou precise orbit determination, static precise point positioning (PPP), and high precision relative positioning, and differential positioning are carried out comprehensively. Results show that the radial precision of the Beidou satellite orbit determination is better than 10 centimeters. The RMS of static PPP can reach several centimeters to even millimeters for baseline relative positioning. The precision of kinematic pseudo-range differential positioning and RTK mode positioning are 2-4 m and 5-10 cm respectively, which are close to the level of GPS precise positioning. Research in this paper verifies that, with support of ground reference station network, Beidou satellite navigation system can provide precise positioning from several decimeters to meters in the wide area and several centimeters in the regional area. These promising results would be helpful for the implementation and applications of Beidou satellite navigation system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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20. What drives impulsive travel intention in tourism live streaming? A chain mediation model based on SOR framework.
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Liang, Xuedong, Huo, Yanda, and Luo, Peng
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INTENTION ,TOURISM ,TRUST ,SOCIAL impact - Abstract
Tourism live streaming (TLS) has experienced a surge in popularity; however, impulsive travel intention in this context has received limited scholarly attention. Based on the stimulus – organism–response (SOR) framework and presence, this research explores impulsive travel intention in TLS. Adopting WeChat to spread our survey, we analyzed 348 valid questionnaires from TLS viewers in China. Our research reveals that TLS features positively impact physical and social presence, subsequently affecting flow experience and trust, and ultimately boosting impulsive travel intentions. The findings provide theoretical insights and practical implications for online travel agencies, scenic area managers, and travel streamers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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21. Building a Security Community in Asia-Pacific Region: Can China Contribute?
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Zhe, Sun
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NATIONAL security ,BOUNDARY disputes ,FOREIGN relations of the United States in the 21st century ,INTERNATIONAL relations ,TWENTY-first century - Abstract
The Asia-Pacific has seen the emergence of a new security dilemma, as geopolitical friction increases due to escalating crises. Significant tensions between China and many of its Asian neighbors have arisen due to maritime disputes, the North Korea nuclear crisis, and a military arms race. There are three main areas of the common security challenges in the Asia and Pacific region today: Chinese military growth, the U.S. military dominance and strategic “rebalance,” and conflicts or hot spots in the region. The future way out of the Asia-Pacific's current security dilemma depends heavily on how the U.S., China, and Japan can work together. This paper seeks to examine three issues: 1) the logic of China's military growth and how serious a threat it has posed to other countries in the region; 2) the major barriers that hold back military exchange programs between China and the U.S.; and 3) the intervening factor, the strengthening of a U.S.-Japan alliance and its repercussions for China. It will provide proposals to establish a collective framework including more specific security dialogues and cooperation in this region. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2015
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22. C Force to Hong Kong: The Price of Collective Security in China, 1941.
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Macri, Franco David
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WORLD War II , *SINO-Japanese War, 1937-1945 , *20TH century Canadian military history ,SIEGE of Hong Kong, 1941 - Abstract
In November 1941 two Canadian infantry battalions arrived in the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong as reinforcements for the garrison. This deployment is considered an element of Britain's effort to deter Japanese aggression south against areas more vital, but this paper will demonstrate how other significant geopolitical issues led to this event. Canadian troops were sent to Hong Kong largely because of U.S. influence. Aimed at bolstering Chinese morale, Hong Kong's reinforcement was meant to sustain the Sino-Japanese war in order to provide indirect support to the Soviet Far East when the Red Army faced destruction in Europe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
23. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): the Chinese perspective.
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Devadason, Evelyn S.
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CUSTOMS unions ,FREE trade ,INTERNATIONAL economic integration ,INTERNATIONAL economic relations - Abstract
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was accepted by the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) as one among other pathfinders, for a comprehensive Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP). Though the TPP negotiations do not include China at the moment, she has declared her interest in the TPP and is paying close attention to it. In fact, many question the likely success of the TPP with China's exclusion from it, given her prominence in the region. To provide insights for leveraging trade opportunities with the TPP economies, China's export potentials with the TPP are empirically tested and compared with those of alternative economic configurations in East Asia which China is a party to, namely the ASEAN+1, ASEAN+3 and ASEAN+6. The empirical findings suggest that China's participation in the TPP will offer better market access for final goods, an important trade opportunity that is somewhat limited in partnerships through regional initiatives. Even then, the paper contends that the payoffs to China following the TPP deal remain intangible and at best speculative given the coverage (or substance) and depth of the agreement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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24. China's Rise in Oceania: Issues and Perspectives.
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Wesley-Smith, Terence
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CHINESE investments , *ECONOMIC development , *INTERNATIONAL relations , *ECONOMIC history , *INTERNATIONAL economic relations - Abstract
This paper identifies a broad context for assessing China's increased interest in the Pacific Islands, and examines some of the major implications for regional security, regional politics, Western influence and self-determination in the region. It argues that Beijing's policy towards the Pacific is not driven by strategic competition with the United States, as some have maintained. Nor is it reducible to a specific set of interests centred on natural resources and, especially, competition with Taiwan. Although these factors are important, China's activities in the region are best understood as part of a much larger outreach to the developing world that is likely to endure and intensify. The paper suggests that China's rise is generally welcomed by island leaders, and makes the case that it offers island states economic and political opportunities not available under established structures of power and influence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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25. Mechanisms for the Advanced Asian Summer Monsoon Onset since the Mid-to-Late 1990s*.
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Xiang, Baoqiang and Wang, Bin
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MONSOONS ,WATER management ,PRECIPITATION (Chemistry) ,FARM management - Abstract
Understanding the variability and change of monsoon onset is of utmost importance for agriculture planning and water management. In the last three decades, the Asian summer monsoon onset (ASMO) has remarkably advanced, but the physical mechanisms underlying the change remain elusive. Since the overall ASMO occurs in May, this paper focuses on the change of mean fields in May and considers enhanced mean precipitation and monsoon westerly winds as signs of advanced ASMO. The results reveal that the advanced ASMO mainly represents a robust decadal shift in the mid-to-late 1990s, which is attributed to the mean state change in the Pacific basin characterized by a grand La Niña-like pattern. The La Niña-like mean state change controls the ASMO through the westward propagation of Rossby waves and its interaction with the asymmetric background mean states in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific, which intensifies the Northern Hemispheric perturbations and westerly winds. Intriguingly, the abrupt decadal shifts of monsoon onset in the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal occur in 1999, in contrast to the South China Sea with a decadal shift in 1994. Numerical experiments with a coupled climate model demonstrate that the advanced monsoon onset in the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal is governed by the enhanced zonal sea surface temperature (SST) gradients in the equatorial Pacific, while that in the South China Sea is primarily determined by the abrupt SST warming near the Philippine Sea. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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26. Creating sustainable value from aviation assets in Asia Pacific.
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Baum, Caspar
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AIRPORTS ,COMMERCIAL aeronautics conferences ,CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
The Asia Pacific region, led by China, is set to dominate growth in the aviation sector for the next generation. Demand for aviation is at an all-time high, and is set to rocket over the coming decade. This is leading to a wealth of investment in the region's infrastructure assets: creating new airports and upgrading existing ones. This paper, based on a presentation given at the recent SMART Airport Conference in Hong Kong, explores ways in which owners and investors can obtain, maintain and grow value from their aviation assets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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27. China, India and Brazil: Tiger technologies, dragon multinationals and the building of national systems of economic learning.
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John Mathews
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ECONOMIC policy ,INTERNATIONAL business enterprises ,ECONOMIC competition ,BUSINESS planning ,INTERNATIONAL economic relations ,HIGH technology industries - Abstract
The biggest business story today is China, along with India and Brazil. These three emerging giants are predicted by Goldman Sachs to account for over half of global business activity by 2050. Competition and strategy as practised by these countries – and by firms and countries of the Asia-Pacific more generally – can no longer be thought of as a ‘peripheral’ feature of the world economy. Now Asia-Pacific – its firms, industries, countries – is moving to the core of the global economy, whereas strategies and competitive behaviours developed here are proving to be of much more than peripheral interest. In this paper I reflect on the technology leverage strategies developed to enter advanced industries (tiger technologies), on the accelerated internationalization achieved through complementing the global value chains created through globalization (dragon multinationals) and on the national innovative capacities developed in the region, and to what extent the practices of China, India and Brazil in developing national systems of economic learning may be said to replicate the strategies that worked so successfully in East Asia. The paper concludes that the propagation of East Asian strategies to these emerging giants promises much greater success than in countries following the precepts of the Washington Consensus.Asian Business & Management (2009) 8, 5–32. doi:10.1057/abm.2008.28 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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28. The Political Economy of China's Incursion into the Caribbean and Pacific.
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McElroy, Jerome L. and Wenwen Bai
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ISLANDS , *DIPLOMACY , *INVESTMENTS - Abstract
This paper examines the recent incursion by China (meaning both Beijing and Taipei) into the Caribbean and Pacific. The general contours of Chinese trade and investment are discussed to provide a background context for a more specific exploration of Chinese aid, especially to small islands across the two regions. A review of recent literature primarily from Western sources reveals that the main strategic use of aid by Beijing (People's Republic of China - PRC) has been to support the demands of its growing economy but secondarily to isolate Taiwan (Republic of China - ROC) diplomatically. This conclusion, illustrated with several case vignettes, is based on the focus of Chinese aid on those islands retaining diplomatic links with Taipei as well as on the political manoeuvreing this Cross-Strait rivalry has spawned. The paper further suggests that the types of projects Beijing and Taipei have funded, like those of their Western counterparts before them (Australia, Japan, United States), yield limited long-term island development gains. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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29. China's Global Search for Energy Security: cooperation and competition in Asia-Pacific.
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Zhao, Suisheng
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NATURAL resources ,FACTORS of production ,PETROLEUM industry ,OIL fields ,INTERNATIONAL relations ,ECONOMIC activity ,BOUNDARY disputes - Abstract
China has adopted a state-centered approach towards energy security to deepen political and commercial relationships with all energy producing nations and to aggressively invest in oil fields and pipelines around the world. Applying this approach to its relations with its Asia-Pacific neighbors has produced mixed results. While China's energy diplomacy has brought about opportunities for cooperation with some of its neighbors, notably some countries in Central Asia and continental Southeast Asia, it has become a source of conflict with some other neighbors, especially those with border disputes over maritime territories which may have rich natural resources. This paper examines China's state-led search for energy security and its implications for China's relations with Asia-Pacific countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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30. China's Travel Agency Regulations: Evolution and Impacts on the Asia Pacific Tourism
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Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (20th : 2010 : Hobart, Tas.) and Huang, Songshan Sam
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- 2010
31. China and the Asia-Pacific Security Order: Harmonious Society and Harmonious World?
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Foot, Rosemary
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INTERNATIONAL relations , *INTERNATIONAL security , *INTERNATIONAL organization - Abstract
IR scholars as well as policy-makers have generally accepted that a major transition in the Asia-Pacific security order is under way with China's rising power being the primary cause of this evolution. This paper first examines, in a general way, the concept of order before drawing on a definition that focuses on the more dynamic attributes of the concept.The paper next examines China's concept of regional order on the basis of its statements and behaviour. It then assesses the degree of compability between China's regional order preferences and those of several of the other states in the region. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
32. The ROC's Foreign Aid and the Southward Policy.
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Teh-chang Lin
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INTERNATIONAL economic relations ,INTERNATIONAL economic assistance ,INTERNATIONAL relations ,ECONOMIC policy ,FINANCIAL aid - Abstract
This paper assumes that in Taipei's foreign aid policymaking, political and economic motivations are intermingled. As an instrument of foreign policy, the ROC's foreign aid program has been utilized to accomplish its Southward policy. This paper discusses the economic assistance that Taiwan has provided to the Philippines, Vietnam, and Indonesia, which are also the main focus of the ROC's Southward policy. The mixture of political and economic motivations in the aid given by the International Economic Cooperation Development Fund (IECDF) to these three Southeast Asian countries has also exemplified the ROC's recent internal and external dilemmas. From a regional perspective, the ROC's Southward policy and its economic assistance to these Southeast Asian countries present the first concrete step in its involvement in the process of economic integration in the Asia-Pacific region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1995
33. "A Better Tomorrow"? The Struggle for Global Visibility.
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Aihwa Ong
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GLOBALIZATION ,WORLD citizenship ,SOUTHEAST Asians ,MASS media ,FINANCIAL markets ,ETHNICITY ,CAPITALISM ,EMPLOYMENT - Abstract
This paper argues that new publics are being configured by globalization, and that these transnational publics engage state power in a variety of ways. Emerging fields of translocal connection and norm-making — in spaces of global visibility — are regulated by the power relations of mass media, trade, and financial markets. These ideas are explored through an account of three ethnicized Chinese publics — based on the overseas Chinese mass media, as well as the transnational circulation of ethnic Chinese professionals and of Asian capital. These three publics, it is argued, produce new kinds of ethnicized normativities — reflecting ambivalences over capitalism, the masculine embodiment of Pacific Rim capital, and assumptions about its global nature — that induce particular kinds of subjectivity and citizenship among the diasporic Chinese. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1997
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34. Microbial Characteristics of Nosocomial Infections and Their Association with the Utilization of Hand Hygiene Products: A Hospital-Wide Analysis of 78,344 Cases.
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Liu, Song, Wang, Meng, Wang, Gefei, Wu, Xiuwen, Guan, Wenxian, and Ren, Jianan
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HYGIENE products , *NOSOCOMIAL infections , *MEDICAL care , *MULTIDRUG resistance , *STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus , *SURGICAL site , *DISEASES , *BACTERICIDES , *CROSS infection , *DRUG resistance in microorganisms , *HAND washing , *HEALTH facilities , *REGRESSION analysis , *SURGICAL site infections , *DEPARTMENTS , *DISEASE incidence , *METHICILLIN-resistant staphylococcus aureus , *GRAM-negative aerobic bacteria - Abstract
Background: Nosocomial infections are the main adverse events during health care delivery. Hand hygiene is the fundamental strategy for the prevention of nosocomial infections. Microbial characteristics of nosocomial infections in the Asia-Pacific region have not been investigated fully. Correlation between the use of hand hygiene products and the incidence of nosocomial infections is still unknown. This study investigates the microbial characteristics of nosocomial infections in the Asia-Pacific region and analyzes the association between the utilization of hand hygiene products and the incidence of nosocomial infections.Patients and Methods: A total of 78,344 patients were recruited from a major tertiary hospital in China. Microbial characteristics of major types of nosocomial infections were described. The association between the utilization of hand hygiene products and the incidence of nosocomial infections was analyzed using correlation and regression models.Results: The overall incidence of nosocomial infections was 3.04%, in which the incidence of surgical site infection was 1%. Multi-drug resistance was found in 22.8% of all pathogens, in which multi-drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus were 56.6% and 54.9%, respectively. The utilization of hand hygiene products (including hand sanitizer, soap and paper towel) was associated negatively with the incidence of surgical site infection in surgical departments and the incidence of nosocomial infections in non-intensive care unit (ICU) departments (especially in surgical departments). Regression analysis further identified that higher utilization of hand hygiene products correlated with decreased incidence of major types of nosocomial infections.Conclusions: Multi-drug-resistant organisms are emerging in Asia-Pacific health care facilities. Utilization of hand hygiene products is associated with the incidence of nosocomial infections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2017
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35. The Japan-Australia contribution to a liberal and inclusive regional order: beyond the ‘China gap’.
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Satake, Tomohiko
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JAPANESE foreign relations ,AUSTRALIAN foreign relations ,INTERNATIONAL relations - Abstract
This article discusses how Japan and Australia could contribute to a liberal and inclusive order in the Asia-Pacific region. Critics argue that closer ties between Japan and Australia could undermine the stability of regional security, dividing Asia into ‘mutually hostile armed blocs’ consisting of US allies and China. Contrary to such a view, this article argues that deepening and enhancing Japan–Australia security cooperation could, if carefully managed, help to maintain an inclusive regional order based on institutions, norms and values, as well as a stable balance of power relations. In particular, the article contends that Japan and Australia can contribute to regional order by strengthening their ‘middle-power cooperation’ through regional capacity-building, institution-building, rule-making or norm-setting, and coalition-building, while supporting the US military presence in the region. It then concludes that, despite differing attitudes towards Beijing, Tokyo and Canberra can further contribute to the longevity of the current regional order by inclusive institutional architecture and liberal norms and values. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2016
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36. Weekend effect in summertime temperature and precipitation over the Yangtze River Delta region.
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Song, Ziyi and Zhang, Jingyong
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TEMPERATURE effect ,ATMOSPHERIC temperature ,SURFACE temperature ,WEATHER forecasting ,POINT processes - Abstract
The Yangtze River Delta (YRD) region, located over East China, is an international urban agglomeration radiating Asia Pacific with convenient transportation, advanced manufacturing industry, and modern service industry. The intensive human activities have exerted substantial effects on the weather and climate over the YRD region during the past decades, thus bringing more challenges to accurate weather and climate forecasting. However, the weekly cycles of surface air temperature and precipitation linked closely to human activities and their corresponding physical processes remain insufficiently understood. Here, we investigate the weekly cycles of summertime surface air temperature and precipitation and the weekend effect over the YRD region for the period of 2008–2019 using high-resolution observational data and reanalysis data. The results demonstrate that lower surface air temperature and higher precipitation generally manifest during weekends compared to weekdays over the YRD region particularly over the areas with intensive human activities. Further analysis of the underlying physical processes points to the aerosol-cloud-radiation interaction which largely explains the weekend effect in summertime temperature and precipitation over the YRD region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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37. âChinaâs peaceful rise: a comparative studyâ.
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Wang, Jianwei
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INTERNATIONAL competition , *MILITARY science , *COMPARATIVE studies - Abstract
Chinaâs rise has become a world phenomenon causing reactions from and debates in all major players on both sides of the Pacific Ocean. But so far no systematic studies have been done to compare various major playersâ perception and responses to Chinaâs rise and to explore how and why they are similar or different. This paper aims at taking preliminary steps to investigate this significant research topic by focusing on three major countries in the Asia-Pacific region: the United States, Japan, and South Korea. Three research questions will be asked and for empirical testing. First, how do these three countries look at Chinaâs rise as a global economic and military power at both elite and popular level? Second, what are some of the sources for the similarities or differences in their cognitive and policy articulations towards Chinaâs rise? Thirdly, how do the dynamic interactions between these three countries and China change or reinforce their original perceptions of China as a rising power? In answering these and other related questions, the study may shed insights on the potential and limitations of cooperation between China and these regional and global powers in the 21st century. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
38. Prediction of Overall Energy Consumption of Data Centers in Different Locations.
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Zhang, Yiliu and Liu, Jie
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SERVER farms (Computer network management) ,ENERGY consumption ,CARBON emissions ,POTENTIAL energy ,CARBON analysis ,ELECTRONIC data processing ,DATA warehousing - Abstract
The use of big data leads to higher demands for hyperscale data centers (HDCs) in terms of the scale and quantity required for data storage and processing. Before the construction of an HDC, it is necessary to comprehensively analyze the economic budget according to the energy requirements and potential energy cost. We propose a global energy consumption prediction framework based on the power usage effectiveness (PUE) calculation that considers all heat sources and power consumption. The framework integrates physical models and a statistical framework that combines IT equipment energy consumption and data center energy consuming predictions. Furthermore, the framework provides a method to calculate the carbon emissions and electricity cost of the data center. Using hourly meteorological data as climate parameters, combined with a limited range of energy parameters, the annual PUE values of 60 regions were estimated, and a further analysis of the Carbon Usage Effectiveness (CUE) and electricity costs in China was conducted as an example. Based on experimental validation and an evaluation of real-time data, our framework can predict the overall energy consumption of HDCs effectively, filling a gap in HDC research in the Asia-Pacific region and providing a basis for HDC feasibility analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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39. Public diplomacy as a determinant of bilateral tourism between the influencer and influencee countries: evidence from the Asia-Pacific region.
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Gu, Zhenhua, Gao, Xiang, and Ryu, Sunghan
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PUBLIC diplomacy ,STUDENT exchange programs ,TOURISM ,POLITICAL communication ,POLITICAL knowledge ,DETERMINANTS (Mathematics) - Abstract
This article explores whether and how a novel index of Chinese public diplomacy influences the flow of tourists between China and countries in the Asia-Pacific region from 2000 to 2019. Countries more actively influenced by Chinese public diplomatic activities are found to have supported a larger inbound and outbound tourists with China. Sister-cities relationship, exchange students, and informational contacts in our composite index are drivers of our finding. Our results contribute to expanding the knowledge on the informal political communication aspect of bilateral tourism determinationand the important role of public diplomacy in the hospitality and tourism context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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40. Preface: Responses to the Special Issue, ‘Ideas of Asian Regionalism’ (Japanese Journal of Political Science, Vol. 12 Part 2).
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INOGUCHI, TAKASHI and HE, BAOGANG
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SPECIAL issues of periodicals ,POLITICAL science ,REGIONALISM ,CONVERGENT thinking ,DELIBERATION - Abstract
The Japanese Journal of Political Science published a special issue, ‘Ideas of Asian Regionalism’ in Vol. 12 (2) (August 2011). In the papers that follow, Rosemary Foot and Gilbert Rozman focus on angles they each see as not being adequately addressed in the special issue. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2012
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41. Societal trust, risk avoidance and corporate risk taking: evidence from the global insurance industry.
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Sun, Tao
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RISK aversion ,RISK-taking behavior ,INSURANCE companies ,FINANCIAL planning ,EMERGING markets ,RISK (Insurance) - Abstract
The global insurance industry is undergoing fundamental change, with countries that are classified as emerging economies (such as China and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region) playing increasingly important roles. In this article, we investigate the effect of two important dimensions of a country's culture, societal trust and risk avoidance, on risk taking by insurance firms around the world between 2001 and 2014. We measure societal trust and risk avoidance using the World Value Survey. Our results indicate that there is a positive and significant association between the level of societal trust and insurer risk taking in a country, while there is a negative and significant association between the level of risk avoidance and insurer risk taking. We show that our main results are robust to changes in sample composition and potential bias related to the 2007–2009 global financial crisis. One possible concern is that insurer risk taking could be affected by many institutional and societal factors of a country that are not included in our regression analysis. To alleviate this concern, we use the two-stage least squares regression method with instrumental variables to address the potential endogeneity problem related to omitted variables, and find that our results remain unchanged. Additionally, we show that the negative relationship between risk avoidance and insurer risk taking still holds when we use alternative uncertainty avoidance measures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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42. The analysis and detection of orbit maneuvers for the BeiDou satellites based on orbital elements.
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Qin, Zhiwei, Huang, Guanwen, Zhang, Qin, Le, Wang, Xie, Shichao, She, Haonan, Lai, Wen, and Wang, Xiaolei
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BEIDOU satellite navigation system ,GLOBAL Positioning System ,ORBIT determination ,GEOSYNCHRONOUS orbits ,SINE function ,MANEUVERING boards ,GEOSTATIONARY satellites - Abstract
The service areas of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) are China, the Asia–Pacific, and the world via three stages of development. The BDS constellation is designed to maintain a geostationary Earth orbit (GEO), inclined geosynchronous orbit (IGSO), and medium Earth orbit (MEO). These orbital maneuvers yield certain difficulties for data processing, especially for the BeiDou satellites, such as a decrease in the real-time service performance, which causes a missing precise orbit product from the maneuvered satellites. The frequencies of the orbital maneuvers for the GEO and IGSO satellites are higher than those for the MEO satellites. The maneuvering time and strategy cannot be obtained by common users due to secrecy, which can yield a decline in the service performance of the BDS. Thus, in this study, we analyzed the variation in the orbital semimajor axis for the satellites. The long-term variation in the orbital semimajor axis changes linearly. The short-term variation in the orbital semimajor axis also has periodicity, which can be described by the sum of sine functions. According to the long-term variation in the orbital semimajor axis for the satellites, we propose a detection method for in-plane orbital maneuvering of the GEO, IGSO, and MEO satellites. We then propose a detection method for out-of-plane maneuvering of the GEO satellites. BDS and Global Positioning System (GPS) data from the broadcast ephemeris were analyzed to verify the proposed methods. The experimental results from 2013 to 2019 show that the frequency of orbital maneuvering is approximately once a month for the GEO satellites, once every six months for the IGSO satellites, and once every 1.4 years for the MEO satellites. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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43. The cultural relevance of the composition-based view.
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Luo, Yadong
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SOCIAL context ,SOCIOCULTURAL factors ,ORGANIZATION management ,COMPETITIVE advantage in business - Abstract
In this article I offer my comments on the "Cultural Roots of Compositional Capability in China: Balanced Moderation" (Zhou, Li, Zhou, & Prashantham, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, forthcoming, 2019) that extends the composition-based view (CBV) originally developed by Luo and Child (Management and Organization Review, 11(3): 379-411, 2015). Uniting congruity with novelty and integrating internal and external learning are important cultural conduits for compositional capability. I illustrate some further thoughts into the social and cultural context of the CBV in a bid to foster continued research on this theory that explains the unique growth pathway for ordinary firms that lack strategic assets. I also discuss how the social and cultural context influences the balance between utilizing and possessing resources, between ordinary and distinctive capabilities, and between temporary and sustainable competitive advantages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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44. Dynamic response law and instability mechanism of steep inclined soft-hard interphase bedding slope under strong earthquakes.
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Yan, Gongxing and Lou, Guochong
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LANDSLIDES ,EARTHQUAKES ,EARTHQUAKE zones ,ROCK slopes ,EARTHQUAKE resistant design ,SEISMOGRAMS ,GEOPHONE - Abstract
China has a vast land area with complex topography and landforms, of which the mountain area accounts for more than 60% of the total area. China is located between the Pacific Rim seismic zone and the Mediterranean-Himalayan earthquake zone, causing frequent earthquake disasters. Earthquake-linked secondary disasters cause far greater damage than themselves, and often cause geological disasters such as landslides and slope collapses in mountainous areas. The secondary disaster caused by the earthquake is closely related to the dynamic response of the slope and the dynamic characteristics of the slope. Geological structure of different slopes and the conditions of ground motion loading have different influences on the pressure and stability of the steep layer between soft and hard phases. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to explore the main modes and processes of slope instability induced by strong earthquakes based on the dynamic response characteristics and laws of slopes, to explore the model deformation and failure phenomena during the test, and to analyze the different results of different lithological slope bodies. This article will use the research methods of specific problems and specific analysis to compare the data and draw conclusions. The research results show that under the common slope body, the acceleration of the falling object is different with different angle and height. Therefore, combined with the investigation of the deformation and failure of the slope in the earthquake zone, the dynamic response law of the rock slope is obtained, which provides a reasonable explanation for the collapse of many large landslides during the earthquake, and provides a theoretical basis for the future design of seismic structures and field slope monitoring and protection against disaster. Combined with physical simulation and numerical simulation methods, the instability and damage characteristics and mechanism of layered slopes under strong earthquake conditions are analyzed and demonstrated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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45. FOREIGN POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.
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POLICY sciences ,CHINESE politics & government - Abstract
The article discusses the work in 2008 of policy analysts of the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) on developments in the Pacific region and in China. The paper on RAMSI, a regional assistance for the Solomon Islands, by CIS analyst Gaurav Sodhi is mentioned along with the ongoing CIS appraisal of Pacific development and what needs to be done by Australia. Also reported is the issue analysis of CIS fellow John Lee on political reform in China entitled "Putting Democracy in China on Hold" released in May 2008.
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- 2008
46. China's growing influence and risk in Asia–Pacific stock markets: evidence from spillover effects and market integration.
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Ma, Xiaomeng, Zou, Dong, Huang, Chuanchao, and Lv, Shuliang
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STOCK exchanges ,FINANCIAL crises ,RELATIONSHIP marketing ,MARKETS ,EVIDENCE - Abstract
This study examines China's influence in the Asia–Pacific stock markets by focusing on spillover effects and market integration and employs how the financial crises and financial liberalization affect the relationship among these markets. Based on the series of studies of Diebold and Yilmaz (2009, 2012, 2015), this study employs the generalized vector autoregressive framework to examine the spillover effects among the main Asia–Pacific stock markets. The multifactor R-squared measure proposed by Pukthuanthong and Roll (2009) is employed to examine the market integration of Chinese stock market. The results indicate that spillover effects and market integration tend to increase, indicating that China stock market is playing a more important role in the Asia–Pacific stock markets. This study provides more evidence that financial crises and financial liberalization can strengthen spillover effects and market integration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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47. Sixty years of Accounting & Finance: a bibliometric analysis of major research themes and contributions.
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Linnenluecke, Martina K., Marrone, Mauricio, and Singh, Abhay K.
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ACCOUNTING ,BIBLIOMETRICS ,SOCIAL responsibility of business ,ACCOUNT books ,RESEARCH funding - Abstract
This article offers a systematic review of the major contributions in the journal Accounting & Finance over the past 60 years. We apply several different bibliographic tools to model highly cited articles and major strands of research that have significantly advanced research in accounting and finance across the Asia‐Pacific region. An analysis of bursting (or 'hot') topics shows major research trends over time, including recent 'hot' topics such as China‐related research, corporate social responsibility and sustainable finance. The article concludes by highlighting new research directions ‐ Accounting & Finance has opened towards more interdisciplinary research and greater diversity in methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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48. The US Asia-Pacific Policy and Regional Response.
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Shaheen, Nafisa and Askari, Muhammad Usman
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UNITED States armed forces ,STABILITY theory ,ECONOMIC expansion - Abstract
China's economic growth and military modernization have forced the US to shift its focus from the Middle-East to the Asia-Pacific region. The US Pivot to Asia Pacific policy aims to maintain the US hegemony by containing China in this region. This article is an attempt to gauge the responses of those regional countries which are having close economic and political relations with China and the US. It also tries to highlight the factors which increased the US military and diplomatic involvement in the region. This article tries to find the answer of research question that why the US has introduced Asia-Pacific policy and how the regional countries have responded to it. As per the nature of the research, secondary sources have been used to complete this research. Three qualitative approaches such as historical, descriptive and exploratory within the broader framework of post positivist paradigm have been used to find the answer of the research question. This study is conducted under the lens of Hegemonic Stability Theory. This study concludes with the argument that regional countries have shown mixed reactions to the US policy and geo-political competition is likely to grow between the US and China in future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
49. Conventional long-range strike weapons of US allies and China's concerns of strategic instability.
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Zhao, Tong
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NUCLEAR weapons ,WEAPONS - Abstract
Conventional long-range strike weapons of US allies may exacerbate Chinese concerns about the survivability of its small nuclear arsenal against a precision pre-emptive strike from the US-led coalition, although the degree of the new threat depends on various factors including the numbers and types of such weapons to be deployed. Conventional hypersonic missiles, in particular, may generate acute threat perception, as they can play the role of "door kicker" against China's so-called anti-access, area-denial capabilities and pave the way for subsequent massive strikes with more traditional weapons. The development of conventional long-range-strike weapons by US allies also affects the risk of conventional conflicts escalating inadvertently to the nuclear level. Such risks are particularly salient in the Asia–Pacific region because of at least two factors: the ambiguous role of Chinese theater nuclear weapons and significant entanglement of conventional and nuclear capabilities at the theater level. Such conventional capabilities of US allies also help shape the region's overall military balance—something China treats as part of its broader understanding of the term "strategic stability." Regional players, however, have competing visions about what constitutes a stable military balance. They also have conflicting interpretations of why other parties are pursuing conventional long-range-strike weapons. The development of such capabilities will pose growing challenges to regional strategic stability in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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50. Does China have a stranglehold on trans-Pacific shipping?
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Burnson, Patrick
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LOGISTICS ,MARITIME shipping ,MANUFACTURING industries ,CONTAINER ships - Abstract
The article discusses the dependence of U.S. logistics to Chinese manufacturing and shipping in the Pacific Rim. The insufficiency of American-flagged container vessels due to over-dependence on other nations' ships which is outlined in the paper "Sea Strangulation: How the United States has become vulnerable to Chinese maritime coercion," by professor Patrick Bratton and retired U.S. Navy captain Carl Schuster is mentioned. Chief economist Nariman Behravesh also comments on the topic.
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- 2016
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