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Article ; Online: A Case Probe into Emotional Experiences of Chinese English Majors in L2 Listening Learning Process

Jian Huang

SAGE Open, Vol

A Positive Psychology Perspective

2022 Volume 12

Abstract: The role of emotions in L2 instruction has been well-recognized. With the rise of positive psychology in SLA, the investigations of L2 learners’ emotions have shifted from concern with negative emotions to inclusion of positive ones. However, few studies ...

Abstract	The role of emotions in L2 instruction has been well-recognized. With the rise of positive psychology in SLA, the investigations of L2 learners’ emotions have shifted from concern with negative emotions to inclusion of positive ones. However, few studies from the recent literature on positive and negative emotions have distinguished their emotions across different language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), although emotions are universally recognized as domain-specific. Moreover, of these few studies, even fewer have reported specifically on emotional experiences of L2 learners in the process of listening learning, which is understandable given the general under-exploration of listening as compared with other language skills. This case study attempts to address this gap by exploring academic emotions of Chinese undergraduate English majors in the process of acquiring English listening skills from the perspective of Positive Psychology. Based on data collected from various sources over two semesters, a refined categorization of listening learners’ academic emotions is proposed and the characteristics of their emotions are revealed in terms of diversity, intensity, and frequency. The categorization and characteristics imply that L2 listening instructors might need to pay special attention to the emotional dimension of their instruction and learn to be an emotional therapist, though this is not their traditionally expected role.
Keywords	History of scholarship and learning. The humanities ; AZ20-999 ; Social Sciences ; H
Subject code	370 ; 420
Language	English
Publishing date	2022-02-01T00:00:00Z
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Article ; Online: Effects of climate change on different geographical populations of the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Jian Huang

Ecology and Evolution, Vol 11, Iss 24, Pp 18357-

2021 Volume 18368

Abstract: Abstract The effects of climate change on pest phenology and population size are highly variable. Understanding the impacts of localized climate change on pest distribution and phenology is helpful for improving integrated pest management strategies. ... ...

Abstract	Abstract The effects of climate change on pest phenology and population size are highly variable. Understanding the impacts of localized climate change on pest distribution and phenology is helpful for improving integrated pest management strategies. Here, the population dynamics of cotton bollworms (Helicoverpa armigera) from Maigaiti County, south Xinjiang, and Shawan County, north Xinjiang, China, were analyzed using a 29‐year dataset at lower latitudes and a 23‐year dataset at higher latitudes to determine the effects of climate change on the population dynamics of H. armigera. The results showed that all generations of H. armigera at both sites showed increasing trends in population size with climate warming. Abrupt changes in phenology and population number occurred after abrupt temperature changes. Climate change had a greater effect on the phenology of H. armigera at higher latitudes than at lower latitudes and led to a greater increase in population size at lower latitudes than at higher latitudes; the temperature increase at higher latitudes will cause a greater increase in the adult moth population size in the future compared to that at lower latitudes; and abrupt changes in the phenology, temperature increase, and population size at lower latitudes occurred earlier than those at higher latitudes. Thus, it is necessary to develop sustainable management strategies for Helicoverpa armigera at an early stage.
Keywords	abrupt change ; climate change ; geographical population ; Helicoverpa armigera ; Ecology ; QH540-549.5
Subject code	333
Language	English
Publishing date	2021-12-01T00:00:00Z
Publisher	Wiley
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Article ; Online: Hydrophobic gating in bundle-crossing ion channels

Jian Huang / Jianhan Chen

Communications Biology, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 1-

a case study of TRPV4

2023 Volume 9

Abstract: Abstract Transmembrane ion channels frequently regulate ion permeation by forming bundle crossing of the pore-lining helices when deactivated. The resulting physical constriction is believed to serve as the de facto gate that imposes the major free ... ...

Abstract	Abstract Transmembrane ion channels frequently regulate ion permeation by forming bundle crossing of the pore-lining helices when deactivated. The resulting physical constriction is believed to serve as the de facto gate that imposes the major free energy barrier to ion permeation. Intriguingly, many ion channels also contain highly hydrophobic inner pores enclosed by bundle crossing, which can undergo spontaneous dewetting and give rise to a “vapor barrier” to block ion flow even in the absence of physical constriction. Using atomistic simulations, we show that hydrophobic gating and bundle-crossing mechanisms co-exist and complement one and another in the human TRPV4 channel. In particular, a single hydrophilic mutation in the lower pore can increase pore hydration and reduce the ion permeation free energy barrier by about half without affecting the bundle crossing. We believe that hydrophobic gating may play a key role in other bundle-crossing ion channels with hydrophobic inner pores.
Keywords	Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5
Subject code	612
Language	English
Publishing date	2023-10-01T00:00:00Z
Publisher	Nature Portfolio
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Article ; Online: Solving large-scale multi-agent tasks via transfer learning with dynamic state representation

Lintao Dou / Zhen Jia / Jian Huang

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, Vol

2023 Volume 20

Abstract: Many research results have emerged in the past decade regarding multi-agent reinforcement learning. These include the successful application of asynchronous advantage actor-critic, double deep Q-network and other algorithms in multi-agent environments, ... ...

Abstract	Many research results have emerged in the past decade regarding multi-agent reinforcement learning. These include the successful application of asynchronous advantage actor-critic, double deep Q-network and other algorithms in multi-agent environments, and the more representative multi-agent training method based on the classical centralized training distributed execution algorithm QMIX. However, in a large-scale multi-agent environment, training becomes a major challenge due to the exponential growth of the state-action space. In this article, we design a training scheme from small-scale multi-agent training to large-scale multi-agent training. We use the transfer learning method to enable the training of large-scale agents to use the knowledge accumulated by training small-scale agents. We achieve policy transfer between tasks with different numbers of agents by designing a new dynamic state representation network, which uses a self-attention mechanism to capture and represent the local observations of agents. The dynamic state representation network makes it possible to expand the policy model from a few agents (4 agents, 10 agents) task to large-scale agents (16 agents, 50 agents) task. Furthermore, we conducted experiments in the famous real-time strategy game Starcraft II and the multi-agent research platform MAgent. And also set unmanned aerial vehicles trajectory planning simulations. Experimental results show that our approach not only reduces the time consumption of a large number of agent training tasks but also improves the final training performance.
Keywords	Electronics ; TK7800-8360 ; Electronic computers. Computer science ; QA75.5-76.95
Subject code	006
Language	English
Publishing date	2023-04-01T00:00:00Z
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Article ; Online: Knockdown of GBP5 alleviates lipid accumulation and inflammation in alcoholic fatty liver through inhibition of NF-κB pathway in mice

Jiangyun Ma / Jian Huang / Xing Wei

Journal of Men's Health, Vol 19, Iss 5, Pp 21-

2023 Volume 28

Abstract: Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a global liver disease that manifests in a variety of forms, including alcoholic hepatitis, liver inflammation, fatty liver, and liver cirrhosis. One of the early stages of ALD is alcoholic fatty liver (AFL) disease, ... ...

Abstract	Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a global liver disease that manifests in a variety of forms, including alcoholic hepatitis, liver inflammation, fatty liver, and liver cirrhosis. One of the early stages of ALD is alcoholic fatty liver (AFL) disease, which is primarily characterized by the accumulation of lipids and inflammation in hepatocytes. Guanylate binding protein 5 (GBP5) has been investigated for its involvement in disease progression. The regulatory effects of GBP5 on the progression of AFL disease are still not well understood. This study aims to investigate the impact of GBP5 on AFL progression and its underlying mechanism of action. To achieve this, gene expression was evaluated using western blot and reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) methods. Lipid accumulation was confirmed using the Oil Red O staining assay, while the levels of Triglyceride (TG), aspartate aminotransferases (AST), and alanine aminotransferases (ALT) were measured using commercial kits. The levels of inflammatory cytokines were assessed using enzyme-linked immuno sorbent assay (ELISA) assay. Finally, cell apoptosis was evaluated using flow cytometry. Cell apoptosis was evaluated through flow cytometry. Our work demonstrated that GBP5 expression was up-regulated in the Ethyl Alcohol (EtOH) group. Additionally, lipid accumulation was increased after EtOH inducement, but this change was attenuated by silencing GBP5. Silencing of GBP5 reduced EtOH-mediated inflammation and cell apoptosis. Finally, it was discovered that knockdown of GBP5 retarded the EtOH-stimulated nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB) pathway. Knockdown of GBP5 alleviated lipid accumulation and inflammation in AFL through inhibition of NF-κB pathway. This finding suggested that GBP5 may be a useful bio-target for AFL treatment.
Keywords	gbp5 ; alcoholic fatty liver ; lipid accumulation ; inflammation ; nf-κb pathway ; Medicine (General) ; R5-920
Subject code	610
Language	English
Publishing date	2023-05-01T00:00:00Z
Publisher	MRE PRESS
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Article ; Online: Refining Graph Structure for Incomplete Multi-View Clustering.

Li, Xiang-Long / Chen, Man-Sheng / Wang, Chang-Dong / Lai, Jian-Huang

IEEE transactions on neural networks and learning systems

2024 Volume 35, Issue 2, Page(s) 2300–2313

Abstract: As a challenging problem, incomplete multi-view clustering (MVC) has drawn much attention in recent years. Most of the existing methods contain the feature recovering step inevitably to obtain the clustering result of incomplete multi-view datasets. The ... ...

Abstract	As a challenging problem, incomplete multi-view clustering (MVC) has drawn much attention in recent years. Most of the existing methods contain the feature recovering step inevitably to obtain the clustering result of incomplete multi-view datasets. The extra target of recovering the missing feature in the original data space or common subspace is difficult for unsupervised clustering tasks and could accumulate mistakes during the optimization. Moreover, the biased error is not taken into consideration in the previous graph-based methods. The biased error represents the unexpected change of incomplete graph structure, such as the increase in the intra-class relation density and the missing local graph structure of boundary instances. It would mislead those graph-based methods and degrade their final performance. In order to overcome these drawbacks, we propose a new graph-based method named Graph Structure Refining for Incomplete MVC (GSRIMC). GSRIMC avoids recovering feature steps and just fully explores the existing subgraphs of each view to produce superior clustering results. To handle the biased error, the biased error separation is the core step of GSRIMC. In detail, GSRIMC first extracts basic information from the precomputed subgraph of each view and then separates refined graph structure from biased error with the help of tensor nuclear norm. Besides, cross-view graph learning is proposed to capture the missing local graph structure and complete the refined graph structure based on the complementary principle. Extensive experiments show that our method achieves better performance than other state-of-the-art baselines.
Language	English
Publishing date	2024-02-05
Publishing country	United States
Document type	Journal Article
ISSN	2162-2388
ISSN (online)	2162-2388
DOI	10.1109/TNNLS.2022.3189763
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Article ; Online: Investigation on Polishing the Concave Surface of Zirconia Ceramics with Magnetic Compound Fluid Enhanced by Hydration Reaction

Xiaoxing Li / Jian Huang / Qipeng Cao / Yuhui Liao / Ming Feng

Magnetochemistry, Vol 9, Iss 74, p

2023 Volume 74

Abstract: Zirconia ceramics are prominent engineering materials and are widely used in computers, consumer electronics, and the fifth-generation communication industry. However, zirconia ceramics are a typical hard-to-cut material, and the product structures are ... ...

Abstract	Zirconia ceramics are prominent engineering materials and are widely used in computers, consumer electronics, and the fifth-generation communication industry. However, zirconia ceramics are a typical hard-to-cut material, and the product structures are more complex as the demanding on the industry increases. In this case, the polishing efficiency should be improved for meeting these requirements. To overcome the problem of polishing concave surfaces of zirconia ceramics, a small polishing tool with a magnetic compound fluid (MCF) was invented. The effect of the polishing parameters on the surface roughness and material removal rate was analyzed by an L9(3 3 ) orthogonal experiment. The weight ratio of the parameters was also studied based on the experimental results. With the combination of chemical and mechanical functions, the polishing characteristics were further examined. Based on the soaking experiments, the material removal mechanism is discussed. The results are as follows: (1) the optimal polishing parameters were the revolution speed of the MCF carrier n c of 400 rpm, the working gap h of 0.1 mm, the CIP size D of 5 μm for better surface roughness, the revolution speed of the MCF carrier n c of 400 rpm, the working gap h of 0.1 mm, and the CIP size D of 7 μm for a higher material removal rate. The impact degrees on surface roughness and material removal rate were a revolution speed of the MCF carrier of 54% > working gap of 31%> CIP size of 15% and working gap of 40% > revolution speed of the MCF carrier of 32% > and CIP size of 18%, respectively. (2) Surface roughness was rapidly reduced in the first 20 min and tended to be stable in the last 10 min of polishing. A circular polished area was observed on the flat workpiece for studying the typical material removal curve, and the deepest point was found at the fringe of the material removal curve. The concave workpiece was polished successfully, and the best surface roughness R a reached 1 nm and 1.2 nm. (3) A pH = 10 with a sodium hydroxide ...
Keywords	hydration reaction ; magnetic field ; zirconia ceramics ; Chemistry ; QD1-999
Subject code	670
Language	English
Publishing date	2023-03-01T00:00:00Z
Publisher	MDPI AG
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Article ; Online: Integrated control of braking-yaw-roll stability under steering-braking conditions

Jia Chen / Yihang Liu / Renping Liu / Feng Xiao / Jian Huang

Scientific Reports, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-

2023 Volume 17

Abstract: Abstract Sharp steering-braking at a high speed exposes sport utility vehicles with high gravity centers and narrow wheel tracks to the risks of tire locking, sideslip and rollover. To avoid these risks and ensure braking safety, yaw stability and roll ... ...

Abstract	Abstract Sharp steering-braking at a high speed exposes sport utility vehicles with high gravity centers and narrow wheel tracks to the risks of tire locking, sideslip and rollover. To avoid these risks and ensure braking safety, yaw stability and roll stability upon steering-braking, a braking-yaw-roll stability integrated control strategy was proposed, which consists of a supervisor, an upper and a lower controller for the front and rear axle independent drive electric vehicle. In the supervisor, a nonlinear vehicle predictive model was constructed and four control modes were proposed according to the vehicle status and rollover indexes. The weight coefficients between braking force, yaw stability and roll stability are determined dynamically by the control mode and output to the upper controller. The upper controller used a nonlinear model predictive control to determine the longitudinal braking force distribution of the four wheels. And in the lower controller, the regenerative braking torque and friction braking torque of each wheel were distributed. Finally, simulation verifications were carried out on the high and low adhesion roads. The results show that the control strategy proposed in this study can effectively prevent the vehicle from rollover while ensuring braking safety and yaw stability.
Keywords	Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q
Subject code	629
Language	English
Publishing date	2023-11-01T00:00:00Z
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Article ; Online: Effect of Rituximab on 24-Hour Urine Protein and Albumin or Renal Function in Patients with Glomerulonephritis

Fangzhong Huang / Jian Huang / Yan Liu / Jinli Li

Journal of Healthcare Engineering, Vol

2022 Volume 2022

Abstract: This study aimed to investigate the correlation between the urine protein/creatinine ratio (PCR) and 24 h urine total protein quantity (24hUTP) in morning and random urine and its prediction equation. Rituximab (RTX), a monoclonal antibody that acts on ... ...

Abstract	This study aimed to investigate the correlation between the urine protein/creatinine ratio (PCR) and 24 h urine total protein quantity (24hUTP) in morning and random urine and its prediction equation. Rituximab (RTX), a monoclonal antibody that acts on the B cell epitope CD20, has been used in the renal field since 2005 and has become a hot topic in the clinical treatment of many glomerulonephritis diseases. Apart from focusing on the safety and efficacy of RTX in clinical treatment, some scholars are still working on the mechanism of its action in the treatment of renal diseases, trying to find its specific targets in renal tissues. Results. There was no significant difference between morning urine PCR, random urine PCR, and 24hUTP (P=0.81); there was a significant positive correlation between morning urine PCR and 24hUTP (r = 0.90, P<0.01) and between random urine PCR and 24hUTP (r = 0.95, P<0.01), and the correlation between random urine PCR and 24hUTP was higher than that between morning urine PCR and 24hUTP. The results of the ROC curve analysis showed that the correlation between morning urine PCR, random urine PCR, and 24hUTP was higher than that between morning urine PCR and 24hUTP in different groups. The optimal threshold values for random urine PCR to predict 2.4hUTP were 0.56 g/g (sensitivity 93.5%; specificity 75.4%), 1.11 g/g (sensitivity 98.3%; specificity 92.4%), and 3.43 g/g (sensitivity 87.9%; specificity 89.9%), respectively. The equations for predicting 24hUTP by morning urine PCR and random urine PCR were as follows: (1) 24hUTP(g) = 0.793 + 0.793 × morning urine PCR + 0.124 × total cholesterol − 0.177 × Alb (coefficient of determination R2 = 0.87); (2) 24hUTP(g) = 0.369 + 0.856 × random urine PCR + 0.132 × total cholesterol − 0.092 × Alb (coefficient of determination R2 = 0.92); the prediction equation of random urine was more accurate than that of morning urine. The correlation was not affected by gender, age, 24 h urine volume, etiology, eGFR, Alb, or total cholesterol level, and the correlation between random urine PCR and 24hUTP was higher than that of morning urine PCR. CR prediction equation was used instead of the 24hUTP test.
Keywords	Medicine (General) ; R5-920 ; Medical technology ; R855-855.5
Subject code	616
Language	English
Publishing date	2022-01-01T00:00:00Z
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Article ; Online: Spatial–Temporal Patterns of Population Aging in Rural China

Chan Chen / Jie Li / Jian Huang

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 19, Iss 15631, p

2022 Volume 15631

Abstract: 1) Background: Population aging has been accelerating in China since the 1990s, and the number of people over 65 reached 190 million in 2020. However, the spatial distribution of the aged is not homogeneous; in rural areas, the aged population accounted ...

Abstract	(1) Background: Population aging has been accelerating in China since the 1990s, and the number of people over 65 reached 190 million in 2020. However, the spatial distribution of the aged is not homogeneous; in rural areas, the aged population accounted for 17.72% of the total population, whereas in urban areas, it accounted for 11.11%, which is 6.61 p.p. less. Therefore, this study aims to examine the spatial heterogeneity and influencing factors of population aging in rural China from 2000 to 2020. (2) Methods: First, Getis–Ord Gi* was used to analyze the spatial clustering of the aged population in rural China. Then, standard deviational ellipse was used to characterize the temporal trend of the spatial clustering of population aging in rural China. Finally, potential influencing factors that could have contributed to the spatial–temporal patterns were analyzed using a novel spatial statistical package “Geographical Detector”. (3) Results: (a). Aging in rural populations increased and occurred throughout China from 2000 to 2020. (b). The spatial patterns of aging in China are roughly divided by the Hu Line, which is the population density boundary of China. (c). The mean center of the aged population tended to orient around a northeast-to-southwest major axis over the past 20 years, contrary to the internal migration pattern that flows from north to south. (d). The population age structure, longevity rate, and fertility rate were the predominant factors of aging in rural areas. (4) Conclusions: As the aged population is rapidly increasing in rural areas in China in a spatially heterogeneous fashion, governments and private sectors need to collaborate to alleviate the problem.
Keywords	population aging ; rural ; China ; Geographical Detector ; county level ; Medicine ; R
Subject code	910 ; 950
Language	English
Publishing date	2022-11-01T00:00:00Z
Publisher	MDPI AG
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