Advances in Business Information Systems and Analytics, 2018
This chapter aims to address corporative social responsibility (CSR) as a key element of co-creat... more This chapter aims to address corporative social responsibility (CSR) as a key element of co-creative culture in developing sustainability in practice of regional innovation. This point is drawn from a lesson learned from a case study of a renewable energy project, which is called Winds of Change (WoC) in Denmark. In this chapter, the authors firstly regard creativity as a pathway to develop sustainability from a socio-cultural approach that also provides a basis of understanding that in the practice of developing sustainability, it requires a co-creative culture. Therefore, they use a systems view and examine co-creative behaviors in the case of WoC through the interplays between three dimensions including domain, field, and individuals (or organizations). Using this case, the authors conclude that a better sustainable world requires a better practice of CSR among organizations based on which the different actors should contribute to their cooperative efforts in a co-creation proces...
2015 12th International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FSKD), 2015
This paper emphasizes the increasing awareness and ability of developing creativity in Informatio... more This paper emphasizes the increasing awareness and ability of developing creativity in Information Technology (IT) education, which is motivated by the need to be creative engineers as part of the social identity of young IT engineers. This suggests this paper to discuss three questions: 1) what is creativity and engineering creativity? 2) why is IT understood as a creative domain? And 3) how to increase the awareness and ability of developing creativity in IT education? The above three questions will lead to a literature review in order to seeking for the answers. In addition, this paper points out Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is one of the potential strategy of teaching creativity to young IT engineers. So this paper has both theoretical and practical significances of improvement for creativity in IT industry and education in the future.
This paper aims at explore what we can learn from rethinking ‘practice’ in traditional Chinese th... more This paper aims at explore what we can learn from rethinking ‘practice’ in traditional Chinese thoughts for today’s improvement of science education in using Problem-Based Learning (PBL). This firstly drives a discussion on four dimensions of Traditional Practical Learning (TPL): 1) practice varying learning, 2) learning in practice, 3) reflective learning on practice, and 4) learning to practice. It further helps to summarize both advantages and limitations of TPL. Secondly, the summary brings ideas on how to enrich our understanding of practical learning and experiential learning models in Chinese science education. Finally, PBL is regarded as one of the potential strategies to innovate contemporary science education that drives an analysis on how to make localization of PBL through TPL in a Chinese context. Briefly, this paper contributes to bridging diverse perspectives of being historical, cultural, and contemporary to address appropriate strategies in science education innovat...
This article focuses on a research question: how can we understand a metaphor describing a studen... more This article focuses on a research question: how can we understand a metaphor describing a student project as an 'extra group member' in creativity development in the particular context of Problem-Based Learning (PBL)? This metaphor takes its theoretical departure from social approaches to learning, creativity, and PBL. It is empirically based upon a Ph.D. study (2008-2012) which aims to explore the influence of the PBL environment on the development of university students' creativity. The empirical data was collected using multiple methods, such as interviews and observation, with 65 students from Electronic Systems, Medialogy, Architecture and Design, and Computer Science at Aalborg University (AAU), Denmark. By focusing on the illustration and discussion of the metaphor, this article contributes to an understanding of the role of student projects in building a situated creative learning community that has practical, theoretical, and methodological significance.
Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Simulation, and Human-Computer Interaction, 2019
This chapter has two aims: 1) to bridge the link between creativity, learning, information ecolog... more This chapter has two aims: 1) to bridge the link between creativity, learning, information ecology, and community of practice that underpins the theoretical necessity of contextual user-centered approach to learning design by ICT in developing contexts; and 2) to specifically discuss how a human-computer interaction for development (HCI4D) based on learning design can be applied to provide the practical instrument for building creative learning environment in developing contexts. Theoretically, the chapter will build a new framework by using three prominent theories: creativity theories, information ecology, and theory of communities of practice. This chapter also has practical contributions to offer developmental scholars and project managers a vocabulary to address the process and learning issues in both formal and informal learning environments and opening up new ways for understanding creativity, learning, and usages of ICT in a developmental context.
As technology has radically changed language translation in the age of globalization, the researc... more As technology has radically changed language translation in the age of globalization, the research on translation technology should not only benefit current research on translation of languages but also have a long-term positive impact on technology in the sociocultural context. The focuses of this paper are twofold. Firstly, it discusses how translation technology drives the changes in intercultural communication that bring both bright and dark sides. Secondly, it explores how translation technology’s involvement and interaction with human translator in practice of language translation from a socio-technical-cultural system perspective. Based on the discussion, this paper particularly addresses human translator’s collaboration with translation technology should be regarded as a cultural mediator helping to realize successful intercultural communication; and meanwhile, the human translator’ s subjectivity should be highlighted, and translation technology’s cultural design should be ...
Proceedings of the 2016 International Seminar on Education Innovation and Economic Management (SEIEM 2016), 2016
In order to test the feasibility of the curriculum system of TRIZ used in humanities and social s... more In order to test the feasibility of the curriculum system of TRIZ used in humanities and social science majors, compared with the traditional creativity developing, this study will test whether it is effective to cultivate students' creativity and to train their ability to solve problems. This study designs the randomly experimental targets in the two control groups for pretest and post-test. This study tests creative thinking and student self-evaluation questionnaire, and the result indicates that in terms of the pretest for the two groups of students the indicators have no significant difference. In light of the post-test, for the two groups of students, their creative thinking indicators have improved significantly. However, the differences between the experimental group and the control group are not significant. Finally, this study has discussed the value of TRIZ Course contained in Humanities and Social Science Teaching and addressed the needs to improve.
International Journal of Urban Planning and Smart Cities, 2020
This article will focus on how smart museums provide conditions for creative and playful learning... more This article will focus on how smart museums provide conditions for creative and playful learning experience that facilitates creative tourism development, overcomes cultural barriers of public participation, and therefore benefits to smart city planning. Theoretically, a social-cultural perspective to the concept of creativity will be outlined that further brings a framework that intertwines with concepts of creativity, learning, playfulness, fun, and participation. This framework addresses why and how visitors in smart museums may learn creative and playful experience through participation with new technologies. Furthermore, by taking emerging smart museums in China as a case, this article also brings implications for other cultures on how to develop diverse methods and varies strategies for encouraging public participation in smart city planning in the future.
Is a manager's likability important from an employee's perspective? Research results in this fiel... more Is a manager's likability important from an employee's perspective? Research results in this field are scant and inconsistent. The current study explored employees' response to managers' likability and the moderating effect of power distance at both the cultural and individual levels. In study 1, following the countercultural priming experimental paradigm proposed by Van den Bos et al. (2013), 121 college students from China (a high power distance culture) and 99 college students from Denmark (a low power distance culture) were randomly assigned to either a countercultural (experimental) condition or a control condition. All participants were required to complete a manager selection task using the zero-acquaintance paradigm to measure their preference for likable managers. The results confirmed the moderating role of power distance at the cultural level. Study 2 further explored the moderating effect of power distance orientation at the individual level, as well as the boundary condition of the degree of resource dependence from the employee's perspective. One hundred and three Chinese participants with work experience were randomly assigned to either the subordinate perspective (high resource dependence) or the HR department perspective (low resource dependence) condition and completed the same task as in study 1. The results suggested that high power distance-oriented participants demonstrate stronger preference for likable manager candidates than do low power distance-oriented participants. In addition, these findings hold only when employees expect a high resource dependence relation with the manager. Theoretical and practical implications of the research findings and future research directions were discussed.
Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Humanities and Social Science, 2016
The recent work has emphasized craftsmen are key actors in developing creative industries. Howeve... more The recent work has emphasized craftsmen are key actors in developing creative industries. However, little attention has been paid to the particular study on creativity of craftsmen. This paper aims to explore how can we understand craftsman's creativity in a theoretical framework of Person, Process, Product, and Press (4Ps)? This research question drives to develop a theoretical study bridging two areas of creativity and craftsman's work. This will further indicate craftsman's working practice is full of complexity that stimulates creative behavior and that also requires a systematic view to understand craftsman's creativity as involving interaction between 4Ps.
Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 2015
In the past century, our society has been through several periods of dramatic changes, driven by ... more In the past century, our society has been through several periods of dramatic changes, driven by innovations such as transportation systems, telephone. Last few decades have experienced technologies that are evolving so rapidly, altering the constraints of space and time and reshaping the way we communicate, learn, and think. Rapid advances in information technologies and other digital systems are reshaping our ecosystem. Innovations in ICT allow us to transmit information quickly and widely, propelling the growth of new urban communities, linking distant places and diverse areas of endeavor in productive new ways, which a decade ago was unimaginable. Thus, the theme of this World Congress is 'Innovating ICT for Social Revolutions'. The four day World Congress is expected to provide an opportunity for the researchers from academia and industry to meet and discuss the latest solutions, scientific results and methods in the usage and applications of ICT in the real world.
Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 2015
In the past century, our society has been through several periods of dramatic changes, driven by ... more In the past century, our society has been through several periods of dramatic changes, driven by innovations such as transportation systems, telephone. Last few decades have experienced technologies that are evolving so rapidly, altering the constraints of space and time and reshaping the way we communicate, learn, and think. Rapid advances in information technologies and other digital systems are reshaping our ecosystem. Innovations in ICT allow us to transmit information quickly and widely, propelling the growth of new urban communities, linking distant places and diverse areas of endeavor in productive new ways, which a decade ago was unimaginable. Thus, the theme of this World Congress is 'Innovating ICT for Social Revolutions'. The four day World Congress is expected to provide an opportunity for the researchers from academia and industry to meet and discuss the latest solutions, scientific results and methods in the usage and applications of ICT in the real world.
This study explores engineering design students’ perceptions of humor in the experiences of creat... more This study explores engineering design students’ perceptions of humor in the experiences of creativity development in Project-Organized Groups (pogs). This study links theories including humor, learning, creativity, and engineering design in one framework. Empirically, this study carried out interviews with a total of 13 students in engineering design education at Northeastern University (neu) in China. We found that students think all humorous people are creative, and they welcome humor in project groups; they also regard humor as not only a personality or communication tool, but also the outcome of applying creative ideas in design practice. The students additionally think that humor is mainly used to keep individuals’ harmonious relationship with the group and that humor is the immediate ability to create using language in ongoing communication contexts. These findings are helpful to unpack the black box of humor from a learner’s perspective and contribute to future joint efforts...
This paper provides a literature review that firstly demonstrates a growing interests in studies ... more This paper provides a literature review that firstly demonstrates a growing interests in studies on creative climate and group creativity that is followed by a discussion on the important methodological significances of assessment of climate and the complexity of assessing group creativity. From the discussion, we suggest that the nature of the diversity of members of a group should be part of an assessment index. This contributes to future instrument development in assessment of group creativity.
Knowledge Management for Competitive Advantage During Economic Crisis
This chapter aims to investigate how the Chinese hierarchical management system influences the cl... more This chapter aims to investigate how the Chinese hierarchical management system influences the climate of creativity in university laboratories. A questionnaire (Creative Climate Questionnaire, CCQ) survey was carried out with 25 laboratories (126 participants) at 7 universities in Northeastern China. The comparative study reveals both the advantages and disadvantages of the hierarchical management system for creativity in university laboratories. To some extent, the hierarchical system stimulates different levels of laboratories to shape different collective objectives and goals, and it increases the synergy of the creative abilities of group members in laboratories. However, the uniform model of "hard resource distribution" regulated by the hierarchical system cannot meet the diverse needs for the development of creativity in university laboratories.
The present study reported the presence of a hepatitis B virus (HBV) major integration site (MIS)... more The present study reported the presence of a hepatitis B virus (HBV) major integration site (MIS) chr16: 51320015 and discussed the significance of quantitative measurement of this site. A total of 30 hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) positive (+) and 30 HBeAg negative (‑) patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) were enrolled in the present study, and the levels of intrahepatic (IH) covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA), serum HBV DNA and hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) were detected. Conventional reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT‑qPCR) and Sanger sequencing were designed to verify the chr16: 51320015 integration site, and the copy numbers of this site were measured using molecular clone and SYBR Green I RT‑qPCR. This site was found to be present in the hepatocytes of all the enrolled patients, and the average number of copies was 1.46x10‑2±4.94x10‑2 copies/cell (3.48x10‑5‑0.212 copies/cell). No significant difference in the copy numbers of this site...
The function of zeolites as the capturer of nitrosamines is depicted in this paper. N-nitrosodime... more The function of zeolites as the capturer of nitrosamines is depicted in this paper. N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) and N-nitrosopyrrolidine (NPYR) can be selectively adsorbed by zeolite NaY or NaZSM-5 in solution or gaseous phase. The adsorption capacity of zeolite is discussed in terms of adsorbate-adsorbent interaction, involving their pore structure and electrostatic attraction along with the impact of adsorption temperature. In addition, one of the tobacco specific nitrosamines, N-nitrosonornicotine (NNN), is also employed as a probe to explore how the bulky nitrosamines are adsorbed by zeolites. The especial function of adsorption enables zeolites to be utilized for removal of nitrosamines in environment.
We present an in-depth algorithmic study of the linear approximations of addition modulo 2 n. Our... more We present an in-depth algorithmic study of the linear approximations of addition modulo 2 n. Our results are based on a fairly simple classification of the linear approximations of the carry function. Using this classification, we derive an Θ(log n)-time algorithm for computing the correlation of linear approximation of addition modulo 2 n , an optimal algorithm for generating all linear approximations with a given non-zero correlation coefficient, and determine the distribution of the correlation coefficients. In the generation algorithms, one or two of the selection vectors can optionally be fixed. The algorithms are practical and easy to implement.
International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP), 2012
Recent studies have argued the increasing complexity of engineering practice brings challenges to... more Recent studies have argued the increasing complexity of engineering practice brings challenges to engineers. Creativity has been thought as one necessary element in engineering education. And to let students work with project work has been regarded as a good strategy of developing creativity. However, the literature shows studies on engineering education, most previous efforts take a departure of psychological perspective to discuss developing creative skills through project work; there is a lack of discussion on how project work supports achieving new knowledge and creativity in a social theory framework. Therefore, this paper aims to answer this lack and provide a literature review by focusing on three questions: 1) Which kinds of knowledge are needed for engineering students? 2) What are relationships between knowledge, learning and creativity? And 3) why does a solving project context support creativity and learning? Based on answering the three questions, the literature review ...
Advances in Business Information Systems and Analytics, 2018
This chapter aims to address corporative social responsibility (CSR) as a key element of co-creat... more This chapter aims to address corporative social responsibility (CSR) as a key element of co-creative culture in developing sustainability in practice of regional innovation. This point is drawn from a lesson learned from a case study of a renewable energy project, which is called Winds of Change (WoC) in Denmark. In this chapter, the authors firstly regard creativity as a pathway to develop sustainability from a socio-cultural approach that also provides a basis of understanding that in the practice of developing sustainability, it requires a co-creative culture. Therefore, they use a systems view and examine co-creative behaviors in the case of WoC through the interplays between three dimensions including domain, field, and individuals (or organizations). Using this case, the authors conclude that a better sustainable world requires a better practice of CSR among organizations based on which the different actors should contribute to their cooperative efforts in a co-creation proces...
2015 12th International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FSKD), 2015
This paper emphasizes the increasing awareness and ability of developing creativity in Informatio... more This paper emphasizes the increasing awareness and ability of developing creativity in Information Technology (IT) education, which is motivated by the need to be creative engineers as part of the social identity of young IT engineers. This suggests this paper to discuss three questions: 1) what is creativity and engineering creativity? 2) why is IT understood as a creative domain? And 3) how to increase the awareness and ability of developing creativity in IT education? The above three questions will lead to a literature review in order to seeking for the answers. In addition, this paper points out Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is one of the potential strategy of teaching creativity to young IT engineers. So this paper has both theoretical and practical significances of improvement for creativity in IT industry and education in the future.
This paper aims at explore what we can learn from rethinking ‘practice’ in traditional Chinese th... more This paper aims at explore what we can learn from rethinking ‘practice’ in traditional Chinese thoughts for today’s improvement of science education in using Problem-Based Learning (PBL). This firstly drives a discussion on four dimensions of Traditional Practical Learning (TPL): 1) practice varying learning, 2) learning in practice, 3) reflective learning on practice, and 4) learning to practice. It further helps to summarize both advantages and limitations of TPL. Secondly, the summary brings ideas on how to enrich our understanding of practical learning and experiential learning models in Chinese science education. Finally, PBL is regarded as one of the potential strategies to innovate contemporary science education that drives an analysis on how to make localization of PBL through TPL in a Chinese context. Briefly, this paper contributes to bridging diverse perspectives of being historical, cultural, and contemporary to address appropriate strategies in science education innovat...
This article focuses on a research question: how can we understand a metaphor describing a studen... more This article focuses on a research question: how can we understand a metaphor describing a student project as an 'extra group member' in creativity development in the particular context of Problem-Based Learning (PBL)? This metaphor takes its theoretical departure from social approaches to learning, creativity, and PBL. It is empirically based upon a Ph.D. study (2008-2012) which aims to explore the influence of the PBL environment on the development of university students' creativity. The empirical data was collected using multiple methods, such as interviews and observation, with 65 students from Electronic Systems, Medialogy, Architecture and Design, and Computer Science at Aalborg University (AAU), Denmark. By focusing on the illustration and discussion of the metaphor, this article contributes to an understanding of the role of student projects in building a situated creative learning community that has practical, theoretical, and methodological significance.
Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Simulation, and Human-Computer Interaction, 2019
This chapter has two aims: 1) to bridge the link between creativity, learning, information ecolog... more This chapter has two aims: 1) to bridge the link between creativity, learning, information ecology, and community of practice that underpins the theoretical necessity of contextual user-centered approach to learning design by ICT in developing contexts; and 2) to specifically discuss how a human-computer interaction for development (HCI4D) based on learning design can be applied to provide the practical instrument for building creative learning environment in developing contexts. Theoretically, the chapter will build a new framework by using three prominent theories: creativity theories, information ecology, and theory of communities of practice. This chapter also has practical contributions to offer developmental scholars and project managers a vocabulary to address the process and learning issues in both formal and informal learning environments and opening up new ways for understanding creativity, learning, and usages of ICT in a developmental context.
As technology has radically changed language translation in the age of globalization, the researc... more As technology has radically changed language translation in the age of globalization, the research on translation technology should not only benefit current research on translation of languages but also have a long-term positive impact on technology in the sociocultural context. The focuses of this paper are twofold. Firstly, it discusses how translation technology drives the changes in intercultural communication that bring both bright and dark sides. Secondly, it explores how translation technology’s involvement and interaction with human translator in practice of language translation from a socio-technical-cultural system perspective. Based on the discussion, this paper particularly addresses human translator’s collaboration with translation technology should be regarded as a cultural mediator helping to realize successful intercultural communication; and meanwhile, the human translator’ s subjectivity should be highlighted, and translation technology’s cultural design should be ...
Proceedings of the 2016 International Seminar on Education Innovation and Economic Management (SEIEM 2016), 2016
In order to test the feasibility of the curriculum system of TRIZ used in humanities and social s... more In order to test the feasibility of the curriculum system of TRIZ used in humanities and social science majors, compared with the traditional creativity developing, this study will test whether it is effective to cultivate students' creativity and to train their ability to solve problems. This study designs the randomly experimental targets in the two control groups for pretest and post-test. This study tests creative thinking and student self-evaluation questionnaire, and the result indicates that in terms of the pretest for the two groups of students the indicators have no significant difference. In light of the post-test, for the two groups of students, their creative thinking indicators have improved significantly. However, the differences between the experimental group and the control group are not significant. Finally, this study has discussed the value of TRIZ Course contained in Humanities and Social Science Teaching and addressed the needs to improve.
International Journal of Urban Planning and Smart Cities, 2020
This article will focus on how smart museums provide conditions for creative and playful learning... more This article will focus on how smart museums provide conditions for creative and playful learning experience that facilitates creative tourism development, overcomes cultural barriers of public participation, and therefore benefits to smart city planning. Theoretically, a social-cultural perspective to the concept of creativity will be outlined that further brings a framework that intertwines with concepts of creativity, learning, playfulness, fun, and participation. This framework addresses why and how visitors in smart museums may learn creative and playful experience through participation with new technologies. Furthermore, by taking emerging smart museums in China as a case, this article also brings implications for other cultures on how to develop diverse methods and varies strategies for encouraging public participation in smart city planning in the future.
Is a manager's likability important from an employee's perspective? Research results in this fiel... more Is a manager's likability important from an employee's perspective? Research results in this field are scant and inconsistent. The current study explored employees' response to managers' likability and the moderating effect of power distance at both the cultural and individual levels. In study 1, following the countercultural priming experimental paradigm proposed by Van den Bos et al. (2013), 121 college students from China (a high power distance culture) and 99 college students from Denmark (a low power distance culture) were randomly assigned to either a countercultural (experimental) condition or a control condition. All participants were required to complete a manager selection task using the zero-acquaintance paradigm to measure their preference for likable managers. The results confirmed the moderating role of power distance at the cultural level. Study 2 further explored the moderating effect of power distance orientation at the individual level, as well as the boundary condition of the degree of resource dependence from the employee's perspective. One hundred and three Chinese participants with work experience were randomly assigned to either the subordinate perspective (high resource dependence) or the HR department perspective (low resource dependence) condition and completed the same task as in study 1. The results suggested that high power distance-oriented participants demonstrate stronger preference for likable manager candidates than do low power distance-oriented participants. In addition, these findings hold only when employees expect a high resource dependence relation with the manager. Theoretical and practical implications of the research findings and future research directions were discussed.
Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Humanities and Social Science, 2016
The recent work has emphasized craftsmen are key actors in developing creative industries. Howeve... more The recent work has emphasized craftsmen are key actors in developing creative industries. However, little attention has been paid to the particular study on creativity of craftsmen. This paper aims to explore how can we understand craftsman's creativity in a theoretical framework of Person, Process, Product, and Press (4Ps)? This research question drives to develop a theoretical study bridging two areas of creativity and craftsman's work. This will further indicate craftsman's working practice is full of complexity that stimulates creative behavior and that also requires a systematic view to understand craftsman's creativity as involving interaction between 4Ps.
Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 2015
In the past century, our society has been through several periods of dramatic changes, driven by ... more In the past century, our society has been through several periods of dramatic changes, driven by innovations such as transportation systems, telephone. Last few decades have experienced technologies that are evolving so rapidly, altering the constraints of space and time and reshaping the way we communicate, learn, and think. Rapid advances in information technologies and other digital systems are reshaping our ecosystem. Innovations in ICT allow us to transmit information quickly and widely, propelling the growth of new urban communities, linking distant places and diverse areas of endeavor in productive new ways, which a decade ago was unimaginable. Thus, the theme of this World Congress is 'Innovating ICT for Social Revolutions'. The four day World Congress is expected to provide an opportunity for the researchers from academia and industry to meet and discuss the latest solutions, scientific results and methods in the usage and applications of ICT in the real world.
Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 2015
In the past century, our society has been through several periods of dramatic changes, driven by ... more In the past century, our society has been through several periods of dramatic changes, driven by innovations such as transportation systems, telephone. Last few decades have experienced technologies that are evolving so rapidly, altering the constraints of space and time and reshaping the way we communicate, learn, and think. Rapid advances in information technologies and other digital systems are reshaping our ecosystem. Innovations in ICT allow us to transmit information quickly and widely, propelling the growth of new urban communities, linking distant places and diverse areas of endeavor in productive new ways, which a decade ago was unimaginable. Thus, the theme of this World Congress is 'Innovating ICT for Social Revolutions'. The four day World Congress is expected to provide an opportunity for the researchers from academia and industry to meet and discuss the latest solutions, scientific results and methods in the usage and applications of ICT in the real world.
This study explores engineering design students’ perceptions of humor in the experiences of creat... more This study explores engineering design students’ perceptions of humor in the experiences of creativity development in Project-Organized Groups (pogs). This study links theories including humor, learning, creativity, and engineering design in one framework. Empirically, this study carried out interviews with a total of 13 students in engineering design education at Northeastern University (neu) in China. We found that students think all humorous people are creative, and they welcome humor in project groups; they also regard humor as not only a personality or communication tool, but also the outcome of applying creative ideas in design practice. The students additionally think that humor is mainly used to keep individuals’ harmonious relationship with the group and that humor is the immediate ability to create using language in ongoing communication contexts. These findings are helpful to unpack the black box of humor from a learner’s perspective and contribute to future joint efforts...
This paper provides a literature review that firstly demonstrates a growing interests in studies ... more This paper provides a literature review that firstly demonstrates a growing interests in studies on creative climate and group creativity that is followed by a discussion on the important methodological significances of assessment of climate and the complexity of assessing group creativity. From the discussion, we suggest that the nature of the diversity of members of a group should be part of an assessment index. This contributes to future instrument development in assessment of group creativity.
Knowledge Management for Competitive Advantage During Economic Crisis
This chapter aims to investigate how the Chinese hierarchical management system influences the cl... more This chapter aims to investigate how the Chinese hierarchical management system influences the climate of creativity in university laboratories. A questionnaire (Creative Climate Questionnaire, CCQ) survey was carried out with 25 laboratories (126 participants) at 7 universities in Northeastern China. The comparative study reveals both the advantages and disadvantages of the hierarchical management system for creativity in university laboratories. To some extent, the hierarchical system stimulates different levels of laboratories to shape different collective objectives and goals, and it increases the synergy of the creative abilities of group members in laboratories. However, the uniform model of "hard resource distribution" regulated by the hierarchical system cannot meet the diverse needs for the development of creativity in university laboratories.
The present study reported the presence of a hepatitis B virus (HBV) major integration site (MIS)... more The present study reported the presence of a hepatitis B virus (HBV) major integration site (MIS) chr16: 51320015 and discussed the significance of quantitative measurement of this site. A total of 30 hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) positive (+) and 30 HBeAg negative (‑) patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) were enrolled in the present study, and the levels of intrahepatic (IH) covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA), serum HBV DNA and hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) were detected. Conventional reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT‑qPCR) and Sanger sequencing were designed to verify the chr16: 51320015 integration site, and the copy numbers of this site were measured using molecular clone and SYBR Green I RT‑qPCR. This site was found to be present in the hepatocytes of all the enrolled patients, and the average number of copies was 1.46x10‑2±4.94x10‑2 copies/cell (3.48x10‑5‑0.212 copies/cell). No significant difference in the copy numbers of this site...
The function of zeolites as the capturer of nitrosamines is depicted in this paper. N-nitrosodime... more The function of zeolites as the capturer of nitrosamines is depicted in this paper. N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) and N-nitrosopyrrolidine (NPYR) can be selectively adsorbed by zeolite NaY or NaZSM-5 in solution or gaseous phase. The adsorption capacity of zeolite is discussed in terms of adsorbate-adsorbent interaction, involving their pore structure and electrostatic attraction along with the impact of adsorption temperature. In addition, one of the tobacco specific nitrosamines, N-nitrosonornicotine (NNN), is also employed as a probe to explore how the bulky nitrosamines are adsorbed by zeolites. The especial function of adsorption enables zeolites to be utilized for removal of nitrosamines in environment.
We present an in-depth algorithmic study of the linear approximations of addition modulo 2 n. Our... more We present an in-depth algorithmic study of the linear approximations of addition modulo 2 n. Our results are based on a fairly simple classification of the linear approximations of the carry function. Using this classification, we derive an Θ(log n)-time algorithm for computing the correlation of linear approximation of addition modulo 2 n , an optimal algorithm for generating all linear approximations with a given non-zero correlation coefficient, and determine the distribution of the correlation coefficients. In the generation algorithms, one or two of the selection vectors can optionally be fixed. The algorithms are practical and easy to implement.
International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP), 2012
Recent studies have argued the increasing complexity of engineering practice brings challenges to... more Recent studies have argued the increasing complexity of engineering practice brings challenges to engineers. Creativity has been thought as one necessary element in engineering education. And to let students work with project work has been regarded as a good strategy of developing creativity. However, the literature shows studies on engineering education, most previous efforts take a departure of psychological perspective to discuss developing creative skills through project work; there is a lack of discussion on how project work supports achieving new knowledge and creativity in a social theory framework. Therefore, this paper aims to answer this lack and provide a literature review by focusing on three questions: 1) Which kinds of knowledge are needed for engineering students? 2) What are relationships between knowledge, learning and creativity? And 3) why does a solving project context support creativity and learning? Based on answering the three questions, the literature review ...
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