The phenomenon of variation is common in texts of different literatures and cultures. For the development of Comparative Literature in China, in order to break through the linguistic barriers between Eastern and Western civilizations, the Chinese Professor Cao Shunqing develops the Variation Theory of Comparative Literature in 2005. The Variation Theory of Comparative Literature is a valuable i...

We construct a model of the banking firm and use it to study bank behavior and bank regulatory policy during crises. In our model, during a crisis a bank can increase the risk of its asset portfolio (“risk shift”), convert bank assets to the personal benefit of the bank manager (“loot”), or do both. Each action is socially costly. To mitigate such actions, a regulator has three policy tools: it...

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Abstract This work investigated the impact of 1.5 °C and 2 global warming levels (GWLs) above pre-industrial on annual seasonal mean changes in temperature extremes over Côte d’Ivoire its different climatic zones. We used multi-model Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment for Africa 25 regional climate models under RCP8.5 scenario. The are quantified relative to period 1971–2000 ba...

Our goal is to provide learning mechanisms to game agents so they are capable of adapting to new behaviors based on the actions of other agents. We introduce a new on-line reinforcement learning (RL) algorithm, ALeRT-AM, that includes an agent-modeling mechanism. We implemented this algorithm in BioWare Corp.’s role-playing game, Neverwinter Nights to evaluate its effectiveness in a real game. ...

Extreme climate events have a greater impact on natural and human systems than average climate. The spatial temporal variation of 16 temperature nine precipitation extremal indices was investigated using the daily maximum minimum surface air records from 113 meteorological stations in China’s arid regions 1960 to 2016. warmth [warm spell duration (WSDI); numbers warm nights, days, tropical nigh...

Abstract The following is an edited transcript of the opening plenary session Institute for World Literature in July 2020 – held online as a result Covid-19. In this conversation with IWL ’s director and associate director, Orhan Pamuk discusses his understanding world literature place it, ongoing work on novel Nights Plague , then nearing completion.

this paper explores the possible origins of some names in 1001 nights. the names of the major characters of the night stories, and their borrowed reflexes in arabic, have been traced back to their ancient persian roots. examples from classical works are brought to argue that shahrāzād, shahriyār, and dīnāzād are not only the correct forms but more suitable to the deep structure of the frame-sto...

Illegal archaeological excavations, generally denoted as looting, is one of the most important damage factors to cultural heritage, it upsets human occupation stratigraphy sites interest. Looting identification and monitoring are not an easy task. A consolidated instrument used for detection features in general, more specifically study looting remote sensing. Nevertheless, passive optical sensi...