Abstract: By means of on-the-spot investigation and literature review, this paper combs the expression forms, historical and cultural origins of the two kinds of Tower Buildings: the Chinese style tower whic...

Abstract: The art performance tourism is favored by tourists nowadays as it reflects cultural connotation of tourism products, releases cultural charm of tourism destinations, and meets tourists’ pursuit of ...

Abstract: This paper analyzes the basic background of competency research and reviews the relevant research literature. It is believed that competence, as a term, is different in different languages and cult...

Abstract: China has a deep traditional culture and a long history, and is rich in traditional settlements (designated as “Famous Historic-Cultural Villages/Towns”, “Chinese Traditional Villages” by Chinese Government). To help people develop these traditional settlements to achieve the great goal of Chinese National Rejuvenation, Chinese scholar put forward the Cultural Landscape Genes of Traditional Settlements (CLGTS) in 2003. Since then, CLGTS theory has been employed to solve the issues of Chinese traditional settlements, such as the identification and regionalization of cultural landscape genes in traditional settlements, and the understanding of architectural features. Although CLGTS theory has made great strides in many application fields, there is still a lack of scientific findings in exploring the symbol mechanism from a perspective of semiotics. To explore this, we firstly examined the core features of CLGTS through a dialectical perspective. We analyzed two features of CLGTS in depth. First, CLGTS is the dialectical combination of macro settlement image and micro cultural factors of traditional settlements, material appearance and inherent traditional cultural implications, overall features and local self-renewal mechanisms, qualitative and quantitative methods, superiority of cultural factors and rich cultural connotation. Second, CLGTS is famous for its nonlinearity, self-organization, and self-iteration due to various spatial shapes and complex structures. Based on the above, we first proposed the concept of Symbolization Method of CLGTS (SM-CLGTS). Then, we further explored the key features, classification methods, and corresponding representation methods of CLGTS symbols. Finally, by using Visual C#.net program language, we developed a prototype system of the Traditional Landscape Genetic Symbol Database (TLGSD) to create and centrally manage CLGTS symbols. Test results show that TLGSD can meet the needs of constructing a CLGTS symbol database for a given region. This study is of great significance to explore and contribute to visualizing the CLGTS symbols.

Abstract: The influence of artificial intelligence technology on teaching design is explored to improve teaching efficiency. First, artificial intelligence is introduced and its impacts on teaching design are analyzed. Second, the connotation of the paradigm of teaching design and the paradigm shift for teaching design are explored using the paradigm shift analysis framework. Finally, the changes in teaching design under artificial intelligence are analyzed, and the impacts of artificial intelligence on teaching activities are investigated. The results show that the application of artificial intelligence technology has led to different levels of change in the six elements of teaching design, including teaching objectives, service objects (teachers and students), teaching content, teaching media, teaching environment, and teaching evaluation. The connotation and paradigm shift of the teaching design are introduced from the four elements based on the artificial intelligence technology. It is found that artificial intelligence technology can enhance the learning ability and cognitive ability of students to a certain extent while improving the teaching efficiency and learning efficiency. The investigation proves that the teaching design based on artificial intelligence technology can be applied to teaching activities, thereby improving the learning efficiency of students and the teaching efficiency of teachers.

Abstract: Smart manufacturing is a popular concept for smarter decision-making and more efficient production. Although distributed methods for data management and processing in smart manufacturing have many ...

Abstract: In the era of big data, within the intense environment of social media, the effective communication of cultural heritage initiatives is considered of equal or—in some cases—even greater importance than heritage data themselves. Media and journalists play a critical and in some cases conflicting role in audience engagement and the sustainable promotion of cultural heritage narratives within the social media environment. The aim of this study was to assess the role of media and journalists in propagating cultural heritage news through social media platforms, and the narratives they tend to create in the digital public sphere. A qualitative approach is employed as a means of examining in-depth specific narratives, their meaning(s) and connotation(s), using semantic analysis.

Abstract: Hainan is located at the southernmost tip of China, since ancient times it has always occupied an important position on the Silk Road. Hainan culture is dominated by minority and marine cultures and has a rich intangible cultural heritage. Hainan has always been committed to the development and utilization of its wide cultural heritage, and the development direction is mainly based on live display and folk activities. In May 2020, the Chinese government announced the establishment of the Hainan Free Trade Port Policy and System, the establishment of a Hainan International Free Trade Zone, and the development of tourism, modern services, and high-tech industry. All these put forward higher requirements for the protection of Hainan’s cultural heritage, not just traditional ways to protect and promote, but also to use the dividends of current scientific and technological development to keep up with the times to protect and promote. The integration of digital technology will be the development direction of cultural heritage and intangible cultural heritage. This paper enumerates and analyzes other cases and academic directions of intangible cultural heritage, combined with the present situation of intangible cultural heritage in Hainan. It also analyzes the predicament of handiwork inheritance in Hainan intangible cultural heritage, expounds the structure, humanistic connotation, and construction skills of Li nationality ship house, and summarizes the role of a novel deep learning convolutional neural network- (CNN-) based virtual reality framework of intangible cultural heritage conservation in promoting the intangible cultural heritage of traditional skills. It also puts forward the scheme and heritage conservation virtual reality content construction and provides the process of building a virtual reality platform for the intangible cultural heritage of ship-shaped houses, which as an example can be used as a reference for intangible cultural heritage researchers in other areas. At the same time, it fills the gap for the artificial intelligence-based digitization of the intangible cultural heritage.

Abstract: Framing involves the positive or negative presentation of an argument or issue depending on the audience and goal of the speaker. Differences in lexical framing, the focus of our work, can have large effects on peoples’ opinions and beliefs. To make progress towards reframing arguments for positive effects, we create a dataset and method for this task. We use a lexical resource for “connotations” to create a parallel corpus and propose a method for argument reframing that combines controllable text generation (positive connotation) with a post-decoding entailment component (same denotation). Our results show that our method is effective compared to strong baselines along the dimensions of fluency, meaning, and trustworthiness/reduction of fear.

Abstract: Visual representations remain under-studied in environmental discourse analysis. Drawing on Barthes’ notions of denotation, connotation and myth in visual communication, I provide three examples of...

Abstract: The purpose of this research is to: (1) clarify the scope and connotation of the OPOP (One Product/Project/Performance, One Paper) model comprehensively; (2) show its application in design and creative teaching; (3) introduce this model to more people. First, the author reviews the design doctoral education system and its shortcomings and analyzes the similarities and differences between “Ph.D. of Design” and “Master of Design”; second, the researcher discusses the DIKW (Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom) pyramid, cognition and communication theory separately. The author also interviewed the two teachers who created the OPOP model to clarify its core meaning and goals. Finally, the author invited students who participated in an OPOP forum to fill out a questionnaire in order to analyze and understand their responses and suggestions. The OPOP model allows participants to realize that “creativity” and “interpretation” are equally important and to gradually learn to use academic papers to transform personal “tips” and “experience” into “knowledge” that can be imparted. The author hopes that the OPOP model and the general frameworks mentioned in this study can inspire all readers, enabling them to continuously explore the connotation and further possibilities of OPOP in light of the actual situation.

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the acculturation of Islam and local culture in the Javanese traditional wedding ceremony. This research uses a qualitative approach. Collecting data by interview, observation, and documentation. The location of this research is in Kedungjati, Grobogan. Data analysis using the semiotic theory of Roland Barthes. The result of this research is that the ritual of siraman in Javanese traditional wedding in Kedungjati has connotation, denotation, and myth meaning as in the semiotic analysis of Roland Barthes. The siraman ritual has sixteen stages of the process, namely the installation of bleketepe , sungkeman , ngracik toyo , praying , siraman , sesuci , pecah kendhi pratolo , pondhongan or gendongan , ganti busana , pangkas rikma , tanam rikma , pagas tumpeng , Dulang pungkasan , adol dawet , itung duwit , and simpen pedaringan .

Abstract: School physical education plays an irreplaceable important role in the overall growth of people, and culture is of great significance in the process of achieving physical education goals. This article uses research methods of literature and logical deductive to find that the current school physical education teaching emphasizes symbolic knowledge transmission, ignoring the infiltration of cultural connotation; it is separated from the students’ cultural background and life experience; it separates sports knowledge from sports awareness and sports spirit the lack of cultural responsiveness and other phenomena. Based on this, school physical education should strengthen the awareness of physical education teachers’ cultural response and implement the responsibility of cultural subjects; enhance physical education teachers’ cultural response capabilities and promote the reform of physical education teaching methods; explore the cultural elements of school physical education curriculum knowledge to promote the learning of sports knowledge; observe student sports culture background, to promote the effective generation of sports knowledge and explore the cultural responsive path of school sports teaching in four aspects.

Abstract: The objective of this research is to assess the impact of ethics on research productivity within laboratories of public universities. To achieve this objective, neural networks’ method is used to highlight impacting and impacted variable modalities. Findings show ethical variables having the greatest impact on research productivity are ethics supporting document and transparency, while the variables most impacted by ethics are publications and scientific projects. Finally, the originality of this work lies in the reconciliation of two dimensions that appear to be irreconcilable a priori, namely, ethics which has a social connotation and productivity which has an economic connotation. It also resides in employing neural networks’ method, with is rarely used in social sciences.

Abstract: For the Fathers of the Church there was nothing intrinsically wrong with dancing. Nevertheless, certain forms of choreutic gesture were often used with a negative connotation to highlight religious alterity. The results of this cultural construction can also be identified at a local level in some sources regarding the Iberian Peninsula. In addition to some conciliar norms, the article considers texts by Licinian of Cartagena, Isidore of Seville and Valerio of Bierzo.

Abstract: By constructing a mixed teaching mode of courses, students' needs for knowledge learning can be better met, and it is also the need for the connotative development of schools to improve teaching quality. "Internet+education" has formed a new educational ecology relying on the network, and also endowed mixed teaching with a new and unique connotation. Based on this, it is also necessary to reconstruct the basic attributes of blended teaching. Based on the analysis of the problems existing in the hybrid teaching model of colleges and universities in the "Internet +" era, a method for constructing an online and offline hybrid teaching platform based on "Internet +" is proposed. So as to meet the needs of students' self-construction under the premise of effectively playing the leading role of teachers.

Abstract: Based on the literature review in recent years, this paper first expounds the concept connotation and structural dimensions of workplace loneliness, then mainly summarizes the empirical research on workplace loneliness, and finally prospects the areas that can be further explored in the future, in order to provide support for the follow-up research.

Abstract: This article will explore the possible reimagining of the infertile female body through the lens of theology. The rise of feminist movements and socio-political influence has impacted both men and women’s identity. Motherhood is still interconnected with the female identity, and this becomes problematic when women experience reproductive loss. Reproductive loss can challenge one’s faith and hope. Socially, when it comes to infertility there is still a negative connotation attached to it. This study serves to break the silence on this topic and explore ways to change the narrative surrounding infertility.

Abstract: In Colleges and universities, the organization of Ideological and political teaching courses can strengthen the ideological education of students, but at present there are still some problems in the ideological and political teaching in Colleges and universities, the ideological and political teaching has not achieved the expected effect, and the ideological and political teaching will be hindered in the work. This paper focuses on the connotation of Ideological and political teaching in Colleges and universities, and puts forward the measures of transformation and upgrading of Ideological and political teaching management.

Abstract: The dissemination of intangible cultural heritage is a dynamic dissemination based on human beings, which is transmitted through oral and heart-teaching methods. This kind of inheritance method is very dependent on the inheritor, and it is very easy to cause the attenuation or loss of cultural connotation in the process of communication. With the continuous advancement of globalization and digitalization, the emergence of new media forms has brought a certain impact to the dissemination of intangible cultural heritage. The traditional dissemination and promotion of intangible cultural heritage mainly relies on oral, written, pictures and other forms. If the original dissemination method is continued without innovation, the intangible cultural heritage may face the embarrassing situation of being left out. For this, we must not Don’t think about new channels and ways of dissemination of intangible cultural heritage. From the perspective of intangible cultural heritage inheritance and creative communication, this paper analyzes the characteristics of intangible cultural heritage works from the perspective of new media communication, and proposes diversified creative methods and multi-platform communication methods to protect and inherit our country's intangible cultural heritage. This article uses the literature research method to grasp the current research status of our country's intangible cultural heritage through the study of a large number of literature materials, and to provide a theoretical basis for subsequent investigation and research. It also uses the questionnaire survey method to learn about the market’s demand and interest in intangible cultural heritage, which is of great help to the implementation of inheritance and creative communication practices. The results of the experiment show that the media has the greatest influence, accounting for 65.1%; followed by friend promotion and museum exhibitions, accounting for 35.6% and 38% respectively; people who actively understand through their hobbies and interests are the least, accounting for only 13.6%, and they are passively accepted mainly. Therefore, new media inheritance and creative dissemination of intangible cultural heritage is very necessary.

Abstract: Place brand cannot be built without regional culture, and regional cultural confidence from excellent regional culture is an important force for place brand internationalization and win host country consumers. Alao, regional culture also plays an important role in the informatization of brand matrix support. Based on the perspective of legitimacy, this paper puts forward the connotation of regional cultural confidence strategy and discusses the specific effectiveness of regional cultural confidence strategy. In the future, the regional cultural confidence strategy from the perspective of legitimacy can be exploratively constructed and tested based on big data, which is of great significance for enriching relevant theories of local brand internationalization strategy.

Abstract: This paper analyzes the intelligent and digital trend of remanufacturing industry, discusses the connotation and characteristics of additive remanufacturing technology, compares and analyzes the application status and application technology of additive remanufacturing technology in China’s military industry, points out that additive remanufacturing technology has broad application prospects in national defense science and technology, and brings higher military and economic benefits.

Abstract: Language, culture, the interdependence of ethnic groups, linguistic view of the world and anthropocentric paradigm, the role and characteristics of national-cultural linguistic units in discursive communication are interdisciplinary problems and are studied as ethnological, sociological, psychological, and cultural processes. The study of the linguistic and cultural aspects of communication is important for highlighting the unique potential of the language as an expression of national consciousness and national contemplation, the national mentality of the Uzbek people, the national way of life, the level of national and cultural values. This article discusses these issues, in particular, the analysis of the meaning of linguistic units in the process of communication, the correct interpretation of their semantic and pragmatic meaning.

Abstract: This article presents a quantitative characterization of the language of early childhood educators, with the goal of identifying their lexical preferences and typical uses in the socio-affective domain. In this cross-sectional, descriptive study, 20 participants were selected by convenience sampling and provided continuous audio recordings, which were transcribed and categorized using LIWC2015 software. The findings show that the greatest lexical densities are associated with the categories “cognitive processes”, “relativity”, “social processes”, “affective processes”, and “perceptual processes”, and a number of subcategories like “motion” and “positive emotion”. Lower densities were found in “anxiety”, “sadness”, health”, “religion”, and “death”. Furthermore, two commonly used clusters were identified: one centered on words with an emotional connotation, and another centered on words with a social connotation. Lastly, the categories “body”, “health”, “motion”, “ingestion”, “causation”, “exclusion”, and “sexual” are good predictors of socio-affective word production. Our findings suggest a distinctive and prominent use of a number of semantic categories associated with the socio-affective domain. Future research directions and their potential to contribute to formative processes in early childhood education are also discussed.

Abstract: Stylistics analysis gives an impartial and scientific opinion based on solid quantifiable data and methodical application. It makes use of specific technical vocabulary and notions derived from linguistics. The four layers of language aspects that can be studied stylistically are phonology, graphology, grammar, and semantics. The purpose of this research is to examine the stylistic features of Robert Frost's poem "An Old Man’s Winter Night" through the lens of stylistic analysis. The structure and style of Robert Frost's writing, as well as his subjects, viewpoints, and themes are all examined in this study. Each level has been thoroughly investigated, with attention paid to the phonetic, phonological, graphitic, semantic, and grammatical aspects of language choice. This research is descriptive qualitative with content analysis approach. To attain the purpose, the data is analysed through stylistics devices. Frost employed a variety of stylistic elements to emphasize his point, including alliteration, assonance, tone modulation, denotation, connotation, metaphor, personification, symbolism, and imagery.

Abstract: As technology advances, digitalization has become more and more widespread This is true of the continuation and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage in which digital technology is also increasingly utilized For one thing, the contents of intangible cultural heritage that are difficult to preserve need to be refined for technological presentation For another, the emotional connotation of intangible cultural heritage implied in the inheriting process should be retained as far as possible This paper discusses that how digital technology broadens the path of inheriting intangible cultural heritage, analyzes the logical connection between the protection of intangible cultural heritage and digital technology, and also explores the future of developing intangible cultural heritage with the help of digital technology