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Below are a few plot hooks to get us started! Feel free to reach out to me on Discord or via DMs here if you're interested. If none of the plots below catch your eye, we can always come up with something together!

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Commission Board: Swirl

Space Station Curios

Himeko volunteers for a shift at Herta's Space Station to help with their staffing issues, and immediately notices a pattern of odd occurrences—strange power fluctuations, unexplained phenomena, missing personnel… She’s beginning to suspect that a curio might just be behind the sudden turnover. Alas, if she wants to investigate further, then she can only hope that her “company assigned” partner would agree with her.

( sea of quanta muses. mystery type. maybe we could go for groundhog day type of feels? )

Back Alley of Belobog

Intrigued by rumours of a hidden alley in Belobog, Himeko readily accepts the request for her to look into things. Strange noises, shadowy figures, eerie symbols that seems to appear in the evening, only to disappear once morning comes and talks about doppelgangers? Just what sort of horrors can be uncovered?

( sea of quanta muses. potential cryptids? maybe it’s just gas leak )

General Plots:

Exploration: Salsotto

Once upon a time, Himeko and Pom-Pom had been tasked by Herta to search for the Cadence Glass—a material that can only be found on the ruined world of Salsotto. Due to… Unforeseen circumstances, they were unable to complete their task and now, years later, Herta has requested once more if the Astral Express could once again look for it. Thankfully, this task should only need two pair of hands. Unfortunately, Himeko’s quite unsure who would be willing to go with her in a place where the world has, quite literally, stopped.

( any muse. adventure in the sands. bring your crocs )

Exploration: Vonwacq

A small planet brimming with life, and almost entirely covered by rainforests and dotted with islands. It is said that their land allows for their trees for bear the sweetest of fruits. A visit to the planet is always possible, but keep this in mind: The Nameless once visited the planet during Akivili's time. Yanming, one of the Nameless at the time, trod on some twigs sprouting from the sacred Vonwacq forest. The laws of the forest dictated that any broken twig must be repaid in kind -— with two broken ribs.

( any muse. beach episode! beach episode! just… with a risk of danger if you’re not kind to the flora and fauna )

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IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, Volume 5, Issue 9, September 2024

1) Editorial: From Explainable Artificial Intelligence (xAI) to Understandable Artificial Intelligence (uAI)

Author(s): Hussein Abbass, Keeley Crockett, Jonathan Garibaldi, Alexander Gegov, Uzay Kaymak, Joao Miguel C. Sousa

Pages: 4310 - 4314

2) Incomplete Graph Learning via Partial Graph Convolutional Network

Author(s): Ziyan Zhang, Bo Jiang, Jin Tang, Jinhui Tang, Bin Luo

Pages: 4315 - 4321

3) Adversarial Machine Learning for Social Good: Reframing the Adversary as an Ally

Author(s): Shawqi Al-Maliki, Adnan Qayyum, Hassan Ali, Mohamed Abdallah, Junaid Qadir, Dinh Thai Hoang, Dusit Niyato, Ala Al-Fuqaha

Pages: 4322 - 4343

4) A Distributed Conditional Wasserstein Deep Convolutional Relativistic Loss Generative Adversarial Network With Improved Convergence

Author(s): Arunava Roy, Dipankar Dasgupta

Pages: 4344 - 4353

5) A Similarity-Based Positional Attention-Aided Deep Learning Model for Copy–Move Forgery Detection

Author(s): Ayush Roy, Sk Mohiuddin, Ram Sarkar

Pages: 4354 - 4363

6) Enhancing Reinforcement Learning via Transformer-Based State Predictive Representations

Author(s): Minsong Liu, Yuanheng Zhu, Yaran Chen, Dongbin Zhao

Pages: 4364 - 4375

7) Bilateral-Head Region-Based Convolutional Neural Networks: A Unified Approach for Incremental Few-Shot Object Detection

Author(s): Yiting Li, Haiyue Zhu, Sichao Tian, Jun Ma, Cheng Xiang, Prahlad Vadakkepat

Pages: 4376 - 4390

8) Regional Ensemble for Improving Unsupervised Outlier Detectors

Author(s): Jiawei Yang, Sylwan Rahardja, Susanto Rahardja

Pages: 4391 - 4402

9) Progressively Select and Reject Pseudolabeled Samples for Open-Set Domain Adaptation

Author(s): Qian Wang, Fanlin Meng, Toby P. Breckon

Pages: 4403 - 4414

10) A Lightweight Multidendritic Pyramidal Neuron Model With Neural Plasticity on Image Recognition

Author(s): Yu Zhang, Pengxing Cai, Yanan Sun, Zhiming Zhang, Zhenyu Lei, Shangce Gao

Pages: 4415 - 4427

11) A Multimodal Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm for Filter Feature Selection in Multilabel Classification

Author(s): Emrah Hancer, Bing Xue, Mengjie Zhang

Pages: 4428 - 4442

12) A Nonparametric Split and Kernel-Merge Clustering Algorithm

Author(s): Khurram Khan, Atiq ur Rehman, Adnan Khan, Syed Rameez Naqvi, Samir Brahim Belhaouari, Amine Bermak

Pages: 4443 - 4457

13) Universal Transfer Framework for Urban Spatiotemporal Knowledge Based on Radial Basis Function

Author(s): Sheng-Min Chiu, Yow-Shin Liou, Yi-Chung Chen, Chiang Lee, Rong-Kang Shang, Tzu-Yin Chang, Roger Zimmermann

Pages: 4458 - 4469

14) Building a Robust and Efficient Defensive System Using Hybrid Adversarial Attack

Author(s): Rachel Selva Dhanaraj, M. Sridevi

Pages: 4470 - 4478

15) Retain and Adapt: Online Sequential EEG Classification With Subject Shift

Author(s): Tiehang Duan, Zhenyi Wang, Li Shen, Gianfranco Doretto, Donald A. Adjeroh, Fang Li, Cui Tao

Pages: 4479 - 4492

16) Prefetching-based Multiproposal Markov Chain Monte Carlo Algorithm

Author(s): Guifeng Ye, Shaowen Lu

Pages: 4493 - 4505

17) Shuffled Grouping Cross-Channel Attention-Based Bilateral-Filter-Interpolation Deformable ConvNet With Applications to Benthonic Organism Detection

Author(s): Tingkai Chen, Ning Wang

Pages: 4506 - 4518

18) An Intelligent Fingerprinting Technique for Low-Power Embedded IoT Devices

Author(s): Varun Kohli, Muhammad Naveed Aman, Biplab Sikdar

Pages: 4519 - 4534

19) A Novel Applicable Shadow Resistant Neural Network Model for High-Efficiency Grid-Level Pavement Crack Detection

Author(s): Handuo Yang, Ju Huyan, Tao Ma, Yitao Song, Chengjia Han

Pages: 4535 - 4549

20) Prioritized Local Matching Network for Cross-Category Few-Shot Anomaly Detection

Author(s): Huilin Deng, Hongchen Luo, Wei Zhai, Yanming Guo, Yang Cao, Yu Kang

Pages: 4550 - 4561

21) IOTM: Iterative Optimization Trigger Method—A Runtime Data-Free Backdoor Attacks on Deep Neural Networks

Author(s): Iram Arshad, Saeed Hamood Alsamhi, Yuansong Qiao, Brian Lee, Yuhang Ye

Pages: 4562 - 4573

22) An Unbiased Fuzzy Weighted Relative Error Support Vector Machine for Reverse Prediction of Concrete Components

Author(s): Zongwen Fan, Jin Gou, Shaoyuan Weng

Pages: 4574 - 4584

23) Stabilizing Diffusion Model for Robotic Control With Dynamic Programming and Transition Feasibility

Author(s): Haoran Li, Yaocheng Zhang, Haowei Wen, Yuanheng Zhu, Dongbin Zhao

Pages: 4585 - 4594

24) A Unified Conditional Diffusion Framework for Dual Protein Targets-Based Bioactive Molecule Generation

Author(s): Lei Huang, Zheng Yuan, Huihui Yan, Rong Sheng, Linjing Liu, Fuzhou Wang, Weidun Xie, Nanjun Chen, Fei Huang, Songfang Huang, Ka-Chun Wong, Yaoyun Zhang

Pages: 4595 - 4606

25) Learning Counterfactual Explanation of Graph Neural Networks via Generative Flow Network

Author(s): Kangjia He, Li Liu, Youmin Zhang, Ye Wang, Qun Liu, Guoyin Wang

Pages: 4607 - 4619

26) Linear Regression-Based Autonomous Intelligent Optimization for Constrained Multiobjective Problems

Author(s): Yan Wang, Xiaoyan Sun, Yong Zhang, Dunwei Gong, Hejuan Hu, Mingcheng Zuo

Pages: 4620 - 4634

27) Strategic Gradient Transmission With Targeted Privacy-Awareness in Model Training: A Stackelberg Game Analysis

Author(s): Hezhe Sun, Yufei Wang, Huiwen Yang, Kaixuan Huo, Yuzhe Li

Pages: 4635 - 4648

28) An Explainable Intellectual Property Protection Method for Deep Neural Networks Based on Intrinsic Features

Author(s): Mingfu Xue, Xin Wang, Yinghao Wu, Shifeng Ni, Leo Yu Zhang, Yushu Zhang, Weiqiang Liu

Pages: 4649 - 4659

29) Unsupervised Representation Learning for 3-D Magnetic Resonance Imaging Superresolution With Degradation Adaptation

Author(s): Jianan Liu, Hao Li, Tao Huang, Euijoon Ahn, Kang Han, Adeel Razi, Wei Xiang, Jinman Kim, David Dagan Feng

Pages: 4660 - 4674

30) A Causality-Informed Graph Intervention Model for Pancreatic Cancer Early Diagnosis

Author(s): Xinyue Li, Rui Guo, Hongzhang Zhu, Tao Chen, Xiaohua Qian

Pages: 4675 - 4685

31) Remaining Useful Life Prediction via Frequency Emphasizing Mix-Up and Masked Reconstruction

Author(s): Haoren Guo, Haiyue Zhu, Jiahui Wang, Vadakkepat Prahlad, Weng Khuen Ho, Clarence W. de Silva, Tong Heng Lee

Pages: 4686 - 4695

32) UPR-BP: Unsupervised Photoplethysmography Representation Learning for Noninvasive Blood Pressure Estimation

Author(s): Chenbin Ma, Peng Zhang, Fan Song, Zeyu Liu, Youdan Feng, Yufang He, Guanglei Zhang

Pages: 4696 - 4707

33) SBP-GCA: Social Behavior Prediction via Graph Contrastive Learning With Attention

Author(s): Yufei Liu, Jia Wu, Jie Cao

Pages: 4708 - 4722

34) Quadratic Neuron-Empowered Heterogeneous Autoencoder for Unsupervised Anomaly Detection

Author(s): Jing-Xiao Liao, Bo-Jian Hou, Hang-Cheng Dong, Hao Zhang, Xiaoge Zhang, Jinwei Sun, Shiping Zhang, Feng-Lei Fan

Pages: 4723 - 4737

35) Automatic Plane Pose Estimation for Cardiac Left Ventricle Coverage Estimation via Deep Adversarial Regression Network

Author(s): Le Zhang, Kevin Bronik, Stefan K. Piechnik, Joao A. C. Lima, Stefan Neubauer, Steffen E. Petersen, Alejandro F. Frangi

Pages: 4738 - 4752

36) Variable Curvature Gabor Convolution and Multibranch Structures for Finger Vein Recognition

Author(s): Jun Li, Huabin Wang, Shicheng Wei, Jian Zhou, Yuankang Shen, Liang Tao

Pages: 4753 - 4764

37) ClassLIE: Structure- and Illumination-Adaptive Classification for Low-Light Image Enhancement

Author(s): Zixiang Wei, Yiting Wang, Lichao Sun, Athanasios V. Vasilakos, Lin Wang

Pages: 4765 - 4775

38) Improving Code Summarization With Tree Transformer Enhanced by Position-Related Syntax Complement

Author(s): Jie Song, Zexin Zhang, Zirui Tang, Shi Feng, Yu Gu

Pages: 4776 - 4786

39) Automated Detection of Harmful Insects in Agriculture: A Smart Framework Leveraging IoT, Machine Learning, and Blockchain

Author(s): Wahidur Rahman, Muhammad Minoar Hossain, Md. Mahedi Hasan, Md. Sadiq Iqbal, Mohammad Motiur Rahman, Khondokar Fida Hasan, Mohammad Ali Moni

Pages: 4787 - 4798

40) MTPret: Improving X-Ray Image Analytics With Multitask Pretraining

Author(s): Weibin Liao, Qingzhong Wang, Xuhong Li, Yi Liu, Zeyu Chen, Siyu Huang, Dejing Dou, Yanwu Xu, Haoyi Xiong

Pages: 4799 - 4812

41) Reinforced Reweighting for Self-Supervised Partial Domain Adaptation

Author(s): Keyu Wu, Shengkai Chen, Min Wu, Shili Xiang, Ruibing Jin, Yuecong Xu, Xiaoli Li, Zhenghua Chen

Pages: 4813 - 4822

42) Cross-Modality Calibration in Multi-Input Network for Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis Evaluation

Author(s): Michela Gravina, Domiziana Santucci, Ermanno Cordelli, Paolo Soda, Carlo Sansone

Pages: 4823 - 4836

43) A Novel Grades Prediction Method for Undergraduate Students by Learning Explicit Conditional Distribution

Author(s): Na Zhang, Ming Liu, Lin Wang, Shuangrong Liu, Runyuan Sun, Bo Yang, Shenghui Zhu, Chengdong Li, Cheng Yang, Yuhu Cheng

Pages: 4837 - 4848

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Tao Hongjing

Tao Hongjing (456–536), Tongming, was a Chinese alchemist, astronomer, calligrapher, military general, musician, physician, and pharmacologist, and writer during the Northern and Southern dynasties (420–589). A polymathic individual of many talents, he was best known as a founder of the Shangqing "Highest Clarity" School of Taoism and the compiler-editor of the basic Shangqing scriptures.

Tao Hongjing was a prolific writer and had extensive knowledge of the Chinese classics, history, literature, numerology, astrology, geography, and traditional Chinese medicine. He compiled some fifty works, such as the Gujin zhoujun ji (古今州郡記, "Notes on ancient and modern provinces and commanderies") and Lunyu jizhu (論語集注, "Collected commentaries on the Lunyu").

In Six Dynasties poetry, Tao Hongjing's best known poem was written in reply to Xiao Yan's question, "Is there anything in the mountains?" It expresses his intention of being a recluse and not leaving the mountains. 

You asked me "Is there anything in the mountains", There are many white clouds above the mountain ridge. They can only be admired and enjoyed by myself,  But they are not worth holding in my hands and presenting to you, my lord.

The Siku quanshu collection includes three works by Tao Hongjing, the Zhen'gao (真誥, "Declarations of the perfected"), Gujin daojian lu(古今刀劍錄, "Register of ancient and recent swords"), and Zhenling weiye tu (真靈位業圖, "Chart of the Ranks and Functions of the Perfected Immortals"), which was the first Daoist work about theogony.

The Daozang (Taoist Canon) contains many of Tao Hongjing's works, such as the Zhen'gao, Huayang Tao Yinju Ji (華陽陶隱居集, "Hermit Tao's Flourishing Yang Writings"), and Yangxing Yanming Lu (養性延命錄, "Extracts on Nourishing Spiritual Nature and Prolonging Bodily Life").

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The pressure is off and high temperature superconductivity remains

In a critical next step toward room-temperature superconductivity at ambient pressure, Paul Chu, Founding Director and Chief Scientist at the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH), Liangzi Deng, research assistant professor of physics at TcSUH, and their colleagues at TcSUH conceived and developed a pressure-quench (PQ) technique that retains the pressure-enhanced and/or -induced high transition temperature (Tc) phase even after the removal of the applied pressure that generates this phase.

Pengcheng Dai, professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University and his group, and Yanming Ma, Dean of the College of Physics at Jilin University, and his group contributed toward successfully demonstrating the possibility of the pressure-quench technique in a model high temperature superconductor, iron selenide (FeSe). The results were published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

"We derived the pressure-quench method from the formation of the man-made diamond by Francis Bundy from graphite in 1955 and other metastable compounds," said Chu. "Graphite turns into a diamond when subjected to high pressure at high temperatures. Subsequent rapid pressure quench, or removal of pressure, leaves the diamond phase intact without pressure."

Read more.

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Global Automotive Door Sills Market Size, Share, Segments and Growth Factor Analysis Report 2028

The study on Automotive Door Sills Market with its type and application sales analysis is very essential for all the decision-makers or strategists operating in this industry. The report is made by analysts with deep industry knowledge and experience. The global, regional, and country annual sales and revenue has been studied for the historical years and estimated for the current year. With the help of analytical tools, primary interviews, and data triangulation the report is enriched with quality data. The qualitative data on the upcoming industry trends with market triggers and risks are covered as a separate section in this comprehensive report.

As understood and analyzed in the global Automotive Door Sills market report the growth CAGR in the year 2022 to 2028 is showing a promising inclination. The macro and microeconomic conditions are studied and forecast data is anticipated.

Click here to get a FREE Sample PDF Copy of the Automotive Door Sills Market Research Report @ https://www.decisiondatabases.com/contact/download-sample-59819

As per this report analysis, the Automotive Door Sills market is expected to show a CAGR (revenue) of xx% between the forecast years and the global market size can cross USD XX million by the end of 2028, growing from USD XX million in the year 2022. This report specifically covers the global market share (sales as well as revenue) of key companies in the Automotive Door Sills business, as mentioned in a separate Chapter 3.

Regionally, the Automotive Door Sills market data is studied under the below-mentioned regions and countries – Americas covering (United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil), APAC covering (China, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, India, Australia), Europe covering (Germany, France, UK, Italy, Russia, Spain), Middle East & Africa covering (Egypt, South Africa, Israel, Turkey, and other GCC Countries).

This research study gives a comprehensive overview of market share and growth opportunities of the Automotive Door Sills market as per type and application. The report also covers key manufacturers’ profiles with sales and gross margin data.

The key manufacturers covered in this report: Breakdown data in Chapter 3.

Gronbach GmbH

Normic Industries

Innotec

Hangzhou Green Offroad Auto Parts

SKS Kontakttechnik GmbH

Zealio Electronics

Shenzhen Yanming Plate Process

Prius Auto Industries

Galio

Shenzhen ATR Industry

STEProtect (Sliplo)

Others

To inquire about report customization, feel free to reach out to our team of expert analysts @ https://www.decisiondatabases.com/contact/ask-questions-59819

This study considers the Automotive Door Sills value and volume generated from the sales of the following segments:

Segmentation by type: breakdown data from 2017 to 2022, in Section 2.3; and forecast to 2028 in section 11.7.

Front Side Doors

Back Side Door

Tailgate

Segmentation by application: breakdown data from 2017 to 2022, in Section 2.4; and forecast to 2028 in section 11.8.

Passenger Car

Commercial Vehicle

The latest developments of the industry and the sales channel, manufacturing process along with the manufacturing cost study is covered in the report.

Key Questions Answered –

What will be the Automotive Door Sills market CAGR and size between 2022-2028?

Who are the top/leading players of the Automotive Door Sills market?

What changes are expected in the Automotive Door Sills market in the next six years?

Which are the top product and leading applications of the Automotive Door Sills market?

What are the leading market drivers and major risks factors for the Automotive Door Sills market?

Which region/country leads and foresees highest growth in the next six years?

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DecisionDatabases.com is a global business research report provider, enriching decision makers and strategists with qualitative statistics. DecisionDatabases.com is proficient in providing syndicated research reports, customized research reports, company profiles, and industry databases across multiple domains. Our expert research analysts have been trained to map clients’ research requirements to the correct research resource leading to a distinctive edge over its competitors. We provide intellectual, precise, and meaningful data at a lightning speed.

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Rubber Automotive Door Sills Market 2022 | Industry Size, Share, Demand And Growth Analysis Report Till 2028

The study on Rubber Automotive Door Sills Market with its type and application sales analysis is very essential for all the decision-makers or strategists operating in this industry. The report is made by analysts with deep industry knowledge and experience. The global, regional, and country annual sales and revenue has been studied for the historical years and estimated for the current year. With the help of analytical tools, primary interviews, and data triangulation the report is enriched with quality data. The qualitative data on the upcoming industry trends with market triggers and risks are covered as a separate section in this comprehensive report.

As understood and analyzed in the global Rubber Automotive Door Sills market report the growth CAGR in the year 2022 to 2028 is showing a promising inclination. The macro and microeconomic conditions are studied and forecast data is anticipated.

Click here to get a FREE Sample PDF Copy of the Rubber Automotive Door Sills Market Research Report @ https://www.decisiondatabases.com/contact/download-sample-59582

As per this report analysis, the Rubber Automotive Door Sills market is expected to show a CAGR (revenue) of xx% between the forecast years and the global market size can cross USD XX million by the end of 2028, growing from USD XX million in the year 2022. This report specifically covers the global market share (sales as well as revenue) of key companies in the Rubber Automotive Door Sills business, as mentioned in a separate Chapter 3.

Regionally, the Rubber Automotive Door Sills market data is studied under the below-mentioned regions and countries – Americas covering (United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil), APAC covering (China, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, India, Australia), Europe covering (Germany, France, UK, Italy, Russia, Spain), Middle East & Africa covering (Egypt, South Africa, Israel, Turkey, and other GCC Countries).

This research study gives a comprehensive overview of market share and growth opportunities of the Rubber Automotive Door Sills market as per type and application. The report also covers key manufacturers’ profiles with sales and gross margin data.

The key manufacturers covered in this report: Breakdown data in Chapter 3.

Gronbach GmbH

Normic Industries

Innotec

Hangzhou Green Offroad Auto Parts

SKS Kontakttechnik GmbH

Zealio Electronics

Shenzhen Yanming Plate Process

Prius Auto Industries

Galio

Shenzhen ATR Industry

STEProtect (Sliplo)

Others

To inquire about report customization, feel free to reach out to our team of expert analysts @ https://www.decisiondatabases.com/contact/ask-questions-59582

This study considers the Rubber Automotive Door Sills value and volume generated from the sales of the following segments:

Segmentation by type: breakdown data from 2017 to 2022, in Section 2.3; and forecast to 2028 in section 11.7.

Front Side Doors

Back Side Door

Tailgate

Segmentation by application: breakdown data from 2017 to 2022, in Section 2.4; and forecast to 2028 in section 11.8.

Passenger Car

Commercial Vehicle

The latest developments of the industry and the sales channel, manufacturing process along with the manufacturing cost study is covered in the report.

Key Questions Answered –

What will be the Rubber Automotive Door Sills market CAGR and size between 2022-2028?

Who are the top/leading players of the Rubber Automotive Door Sills market?

What changes are expected in the Rubber Automotive Door Sills market in the next six years?

Which are the top product and leading applications of the Rubber Automotive Door Sills market?

What are the leading market drivers and major risks factors for the Rubber Automotive Door Sills market?

Which region/country leads and foresees highest growth in the next six years?

Purchase the Complete Global Rubber Automotive Door Sills Market Research Report @ https://www.decisiondatabases.com/contact/buy-now-59582

About Us:

DecisionDatabases.com is a global business research report provider, enriching decision makers and strategists with qualitative statistics. DecisionDatabases.com is proficient in providing syndicated research reports, customized research reports, company profiles, and industry databases across multiple domains. Our expert research analysts have been trained to map clients’ research requirements to the correct research resource leading to a distinctive edge over its competitors. We provide intellectual, precise, and meaningful data at a lightning speed.

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Sons of Sima Liang

[From JS059]

[Liang] had five sons: Cui, Ju, Yang, Zong and Xi.

Cui, courtesy name Maohong, passed on early.

Ju [d. 26 July 291], courtesy name Yanming, was designated Heir and became Colonel of Garrison Cavalry. He was murdered together with his father. He was posthumously conferred General who Regulates the Army, with posthumous title as the Mindful [huai] King. His son You was established. This was the Mighty [wei] King.

You [d. 326], courtesy name Yongyou, in the middle of Yong'an [304 AD] followed Emperor Hui on the northern conquest. When the Emperor moved to Chang'an, You returned to his state. When the Emperor returning to Luo, due to the southern conquest 800 troops were given to him, specially to set up four sections of Serrated Gates.

At the beginning of Yongxing [304 – 306], he led the masses to obey the King of Donghai, Yue [JS059]. At the punishment of Liu Qiao he had merits and was designated General who Spreads the Martial, using Yundu in Jiangxia to benefit his fief, combined with the former to 25 000 households.

When Yue conquered Ji Sheng, he petitioned to keep You, leading 3 000 troops, to defend Xuchang, with added drums and pipes, flags and banners. When Yue returned, You returned to his state. At the end of Yongjia [308 – 313], due to the congestion of bandits and thieves, he thereupon went south to cross the Jiang. [In 311, JS005] Emperor Yuan instructed him to be Army Consulting Libationer.

At the beginning of Jianwu [317 – 318], he became General of the Garrison Army. At the end of Taixing [318 -321], he acted as General of the Army of the Left. In the middle of Taining [323 – 326], he was advanced to the title of General of Guards, concurrently Cavalier in Regular Attendance. In the 1st Year of Xianhe [326 AD], he passed away. He was conferred Palace Attendant and Specially Advanced.

His son the Reverent [gong] King, Tong, was established. Due to the King of Nandun, Zong's plan to rebel, he was deposed. Afterwards Emperor Cheng was sad that Liang in one gate [?] had been exterminated and terminated. He decreed Tong again to have his fief, with promotion to Supervisor of the Private Writers and Palace Attendant. When he passed away, he was posthumously bestowed rank of Superintendent of the Brilliantly Blessed.

His son Yi was established. In office he reached Cavalier in Regular Attendance. When he passed away, his son Zun was established. At the beginning of Yixi [405 – 418], the Inspector of Liang# province, Liu Zhi, planned rebellion. He pushed forward Zun as sovereign. The affair leaked and he submitted to execution. Lian, son of [Zun's] younger brother Kai, held on to the establishment. When the Song received the abdication, the state was eliminated.

Yang [b. 284, d. 329] had the courtesy name Yannian. At the end of Taikang [280 -289], he was enfeoffed Duke of Xiyang county and designated Cavalier in Regular Attendance. At the murder of Liang [in 291], Yang was at the time 8 sui old. The General who Garrisons the South, Pei Kai [JS035], was his relative by marriage. He hid them to accordingly escape. In night he moved eight times, fo this reason he managed escape. When Wei was executed, he was advanced in feudal rank to King, successively Colonel of Foot Soldeirs and General of Valiant Cavalry of the Army of the Left.

At the beginning of Yuankang [291 - 299], he was advanced in fief to King of a commandery. At the beginning of Yongxing [304 - 306], he was designated a Palace Attendant. Due [being in] the King of Changsha, Ai's faction, he was deposed to be a commoner. When Emperor Hui returned to Luo, he again enfeoffed Yang, to be General who Calms the Army, also using Qisi and Xiling in Runan to benefit his state.

At the beginning of Yongjia [307 – 313], he was designated General of the Garrison Army, additionally Cavalier in Regular Attendance, acting as General of the Rear Army, again using Zhu and Qichun to benefit him, combined with the previous 35 000 households. Subsequently when the King of Donhai, Yue, set out east to Juancheng, he thereupon went south and crossed the Jiang.

When Emperor Yuan inherited the rule, he was further designated Great General who Calms Army, Opening Office, and given 1000 soldiers and 100 cavalry. It was decreed that he and the King of Nandun, Zong were to command the wandering people to thereby fill [?] the Central Provinces. West of the Jiang was desolate and distressed.

When Emperor Yuan walked the eastern steps, he was advanced to the rank of Palace Attendant and Grand Guardian [on 1 May 317]. Due to Yang's string of honours, when he headed meetings he specially had a raised dais [?]. At the beginning of Taixing [318 – 321], he Recorded the Affairs of the Masters of Writing, was put use to act as Great Master of the Imperial Clan, additionally with Feathered Preserve and Hewing Axes [guards?], a squad of 60 swordsmen, and was advanced to the rank of Grand Steward. At the pacification of Wang Dun, he acted as Grand Commandant.

When Emperor Ming was enthroned [in 323], due to Yang being the elder of the ancestral house, he specially bowed to him. Yang freely indulged  troops and soldiers' forcible confiscation. There were ministerial memorials excusing Yang's officials and, decrees did not inquiring into it.

When the Emperor was bedridden with illness [in 325], Yang and Wang Dao [jS065] similarly received testamentary instructions to assist Emperor Cheng. Since at the time the Emperor was an immature infant, decreed Yang to rely on the former affairs of King Xian of Anping, Fu. He set up a raised dais with screen above the hall. The Emperor personally welcomed and bowed [to him].

At the beginning of Xianhe [326 – 334], he was incriminated with his younger brother, the King of Nandun, Zong, dismissed from office, and demoted to be King of Yiyang county. When Su Jun [JS100] made chaos, Yang paid visit to Jun to make a statement of his merits. Jun was greatly pleased. A false decree returned Yang to his rank and title.

When Jun was pacified, he was given death [on 29 March 329]. His Heir Bo and Bo's younger brothers Chong and Xisong submitted to execution. The state was abolished. At the beginning of Xiankang [335 – 342], once again his dependants were registered, using Yang's grandson Min as Chief Commandant of the Imperial Equipage and Servant at Court.

Zong [d. November 326] had the courtesy name Yanzuo. In the middle of Yuankang [291 – 299], he was enfeoffed Marquis of Nandun county, then promoted in rank to be Duke. During the punishment of Liu Qiao [JS061] he had merits, was advanced in fief to King, adding to his estate 5 000, combined with his earlier 10 000 households, and was General who Conquers the Caitiffs.

He and elder brother Yang together went across the Jiang. When Emperor Yuan inherited the rule, he was designated Cavalier in Regular Attendance. When Emperor Min was at the Western Capital, he used Zong as General who Pacifies the East. When Emperor Yuan was enthroned, he was designated General who Calms the Army, acting as General of the Left. When Emperor Ming walked the eastern steps, he was concurrently Colonel of the Chang River, moved to General of the Guards of the Left. He was together Yu Yin intimate with the Emperor, commissioned accordingly with the forbidden battalion.

Zong, Wang Dao [JS065] and Yu Liang's [JS073] purposes and and inclinations were not similar. He joined and connected knights of little importance, to use as belly and heart. Dao and Liang together accordingly spoke of it [?]. The Emperor, due to Zong being connected by relation, always tolerated him.

Reaching the Emperor's sincere illness, Zong and Yin were privately planning for rebellion. Liang pushed open the door to enter [the Emperor's bedchamber?], rose to defend the bed [?] and with running tears spoke of them, the Emperor started to realize. [Zong] was moved to be General of Agile Cavalry,. Yin to be Great Corrector of Ancestry. Zong thereupon had a resentful appearance in his manner of speech.

At the beginning of Xianhe [326 – 334], the Palace Assistant Safeguarding Clerk Zhong Ya [JS070] impeached Zong with planning to rebel. Yu Liang sent the General of the Guards of the Right, Zhao Yin, to collect him. Zong used troops to resist in battle, and was killed by Yin. Then demoted his family to be the Ma clan, and moved his wife and sons to Jin'an, afterwards the origin for them. His three sons, Chuo, Chao and Yan, were deposed to be commoners.

Xi [d. 312] was in the beginning enfeoffed Duke of Ruyang. During the punishment of Liu Qiao he had merits and was advanced in rank to be King. At the end of Yongjia, he was lost to Shi Le.

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SMi’s exclusive speaker interview with Abon Pharmaceuticals, Director just released

SMi Reports: An exclusive interview with Dr. Yanming Zu, Director at Abon Pharmaceuticals, who will be presenting an Opening Address on ‘Challenges of lyophilized product development’, in the run-up to the 4th annual Lyophilization USA Conference taking place 15th-16th November 2018, Iselin, New Jersey, USA. The two-day conference promises to provide a stimulating environment for delegates, with an impressive list of international industry experts from Pfizer, Amgen and Merck sharing their experience and thought-leadership across a full conference programme.

SMi Group caught up with Dr. Yanming Zu to talk about her role in the field and her responsibility for the generic and proprietary product development, as a registered pharmacist and her career as a Senior Principle Scientists joining Abon Pharmaceuticals back in 2009. Dr. Zu’s research and development work contributed to a number of ANDA filings and approvals, and generated several patents, research papers, review articles and presentations.

–SNAPSHOT OF INTERVIEW–

Q . What is the greatest challenge to overcome in the field at the moment?

A. Poor solubility and instability of new chemical entities are challenges in the field of lyophilisation, especially with the increasing number of the insoluble and unstable drugs.��

Q. What technology has really caught your eye in the Lyophilization field in the past year?

A. Controlled nucleation is one of the most typical trends in the industry, as uncontrolled nucleation introduces significant heterogeneity affecting the product quality, while the controlled nucleation technology allows for improved uniformity, consistence and thus the product quality assurance.”

– Download the full interview online – http://www.lyophilization-usa.com/PR07

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Process optimization of lyophilization from a regulatory perspective

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Methods beyond lyophilization: Spray drying, foam drying and microwave drying

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Coronavirus Live Updates: China Expands Travel Limits to Include 35 Million People

China restricts travel for 35 million people as the death toll rises.

The authorities on Friday greatly expanded a travel lockdown in central China to include 12 cities near the center of the outbreak, effectively penning in 35 million residents — nearly the population of Canada — in an effort to contain the deadly virus.

The new limits — abruptly decreed ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, China’s busiest travel season — were an extraordinary step that underlined the ruling Communist Party’s deepening fears about the outbreak of a little understood coronavirus.

Just one day after China restricted travel in and from Wuhan, a city of 11 million people and the capital of Hubei Province, and four nearby towns, the government announced plans to suspend public transportation services covering more than half the population of the province.

The rapidly expanding outbreak has overwhelmed the province’s hospitals and fueled fears of a global pandemic. Chinese health officials reported on Friday that there had been 26 deaths from and 830 cases of the coronavirus, a sharp increase.

On Thursday morning, the authorities imposed a travel lockdown in Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak. Airlines canceled hundreds of flights to Wuhan, leaving thousands of people stranded.

Later in the day, officials said they would also halt public transportation in the nearby cities of Huanggang, Ezhou, Zhijiang and Chibi, which are together home to more than nine million residents. And by Friday, restrictions had been announced in eight other cities.

China reports two deaths outside the epicenter.

The official death toll from the mysterious coronavirus increased by more than a half-dozen in 24 hours, while the number of confirmed cases jumped by more than 200.

The majority of the deaths have occurred in Hubei Province in central China, but two deaths have been confirmed outside the epicenter.

One patient died in Hebei Province, more than 600 miles north of Wuhan, the authorities announced on Thursday.

Another death was confirmed in Heilongjiang, a province near the border with Russia, more than 1,500 miles from Wuhan.

The disease has also been detected in Vietnam, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and the United States, in travelers who had visited China.

Residents, some displaying symptoms of the virus, are turned away from overrun hospitals.

As Wuhan residents waited in long lines at hospitals to be checked for possible coronavirus infections, some residents complained they were not able to get the treatment they needed.

Xiao Shibing, 51, has had a fever for 15 days and finds it difficult to breathe. When he went to a hospital, he was not given a test for the new coronavirus, said his daughter, Xiao Hongxia. He was told he had a viral chest infection and was sent home.

Mr. Xiao’s family has continued to seek treatment, visiting other hospitals but being turned away by at least three because of a shortage of beds, his wife, Feng Xiu, said. “It is like kicking a ball from here to there,” she said.

Cai Pei, 41, said his wife began coughing and developed a fever three days ago. He wrote on Weibo that hospitals would not admit her, and he had difficulty finding masks and cold medicine in local pharmacies.

They still do not know if she is infected with the new coronavirus or some more common ailment.

“Sometimes I can only hide and cry, but I couldn’t tell her and had to reassure her that it is not the virus,” Mr. Cai said by phone. “It is very scary. If it’s real, we have a child and elderly parents at home. What if we all get sick?”

Anxiety hangs over residents on Lunar New Year’s Eve.

The Lunar New Year is the most important holiday in the traditional Chinese calendar and celebrations start on the eve, which this year falls on Friday. Chinese are expected to travel home in time to help wrap dumplings or fry sticky rice cakes for all-important reunion dinners with their extended families. At midnight, families around the country would set off firecrackers and fireworks.

But these celebrations are set to be far more muted this year, particularly in Wuhan and other parts of Hubei Province where the authorities have imposed travel restrictions.

In Wuhan, people waited anxiously on Friday outside Hankou Hospital, one of the medical facilities designated to test for the coronavirus, as their relatives sought treatment inside.

Several of them said the Lunar New Year would pass this year without the usual celebrations or vacation travel. They and other residents said that the city is now also confronting food supply problems because so many shops and markets have closed, adding to the hardships caused by the city shutdown.

“We won’t have a new year celebration tonight. There’s no feeling for it, and no food,” Wu Qiang, a city resident in his 50s who was waiting outside the hospital entrance for word about his son, told a New York Times correspondent.

Mr. Wu said he understood the need to close off the city, but added that city authorities should ensure that enough shops and markets are selling fresh food. He said his son had been sneezing, setting off alarm at home.

“I think he’s O.K., but now even an ordinary sneeze makes you worry,” Mr. Wu said. “You start to think every cough or sneeze might be the virus.”

Chen Yanming, 47, who said her father may have contracted the coronavirus, said she was melancholic and anxious as the Lunar New Year came. She said her father had had a high fever for a few days and was being treated inside the hospital.

“Today should be the Chinese people’s happiest day,” she said, “but this sickness has destroyed that feeling.”

Hospitals in Wuhan make urgent appeals for supplies and help.

Hospitals and medical workers at the center of the outbreak made urgent appeals for supplies, as stocks of surgical masks and other equipment quickly flew off shelves.

“Shortage of medical supplies, request help!!!” the Wuhan Children’s Hospital said Thursday in a post on Weibo, a Chinese social network.

The hospital asked for donations of surgical masks, disposable garments, protective goggles and gloves.

Several other hospitals, including the Hubei General Hospital, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University and the Central Hospital of Wuhan posted similar notices.

The central government on Thursday acknowledged the severe strain on resources, and the Ministry of Finance announced an urgent allocation of one billion renminbi, about $144 million, for epidemic prevention and control work.

State news media also carried reports of people volunteering to help ease the strain on health workers.

Young doctors at the Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University volunteered to take on additional shifts or to take over from colleagues with children, the state broadcaster CCTV reported.

A team of 30 volunteers in Wuhan mobilized to drive doctors to and from hospitals, while others have offered to help the local Red Cross answer phone calls and publicize requests for help from hospitals, according to a report by the China Business Journal.

Masks may help, but experts say it’s more important to wash your hands.

Many infectious disease specialists say that cheap, disposable masks that cover the nose and mouth can help prevent the spread of infections if they are worn properly and used consistently.

But there isn’t much high-quality scientific evidence on their effectiveness outside health care settings, experts say.

Dr. Julie Vaishampayan, chairwoman of the public health committee for the Infectious Diseases Society of America, said surgical masks are “the last line of defense.”

The masks will, however, block most large respiratory droplets from other people’s sneezes and coughs from entering your mouth and nose, said Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease physician at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. Coronaviruses are primarily spread through droplets, he said.

Dr. Mark Loeb, an infectious disease specialist at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, said a study during an outbreak of the SARS coronavirus found that any type of protection — whether a mask or a respirator — reduced the risk of infections in health care workers by about 85 percent.

“The most important message was that the risk was lower if they consistently used any mask,” he said.

The American and British governments on Friday urged travelers to avoid the city of Wuhan and the surrounding area amid growing signs that the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus is worsening.

The American Embassy in Beijing advised travelers from the United States to avoid Hubei Province, where Wuhan is the capital. It said the State Department had already ordered nonemergency government personnel to leave the city. It further warned that the Chinese government might prevent travelers from arriving or leaving.

The notice from the State Department was a Level 4 advisory, the sternest warning the United States government issues regarding travel. Other Level 4 warnings issued by the State Department cover travel to Syria, North Korea, Afghanistan, Iraq, Venezuela and Yemen, among other places.

The warning is a step up from Washington’s earlier cautions. Just a day before, the American government had been advising travelers to “exercise extreme caution” when traveling to the Wuhan area.

The British government, in a notice dated Thursday, similarly advised against all but essential travel to Wuhan.

A Texas student may be infected, health officials say.

A Texas A&M University student was being isolated at home on Thursday as health officials said they were examining whether he could be the second known case of Wuhan coronavirus in the United States.

The man had traveled from Wuhan, China, where the outbreak of the respiratory illness began, and health care providers determined that he met the criteria for coronavirus testing, health officials in Brazos County, Texas, said. They said they would promptly announce if testing confirmed the patient’s illness was a case of Wuhan coronavirus.

Texas A&M said in a statement that the immediate health risk to those on its campus in College Station was considered low.

The case marked a growing roster of people being monitored around the United States since officials identified the country’s first confirmed Wuhan coronavirus patient in Washington State this week. Officials have been working to contact people who were on his flight home from the Wuhan region, and on Thursday they increased the number of people they have identified as having had close contact with that patient in recent days to 43. Those people will get daily check-ins from medical personnel to monitor their health.

Reporting was contributed by Chris Buckley, Javier Hernández, Vivian Wang, Austin Ramzy, Elaine Yu, Tiffany May, Carlos Tejada, Russell Goldman, Gillian Wong, Paulina Villegas, Steven Lee Myers, Denise Grady, Karen Zraick, Roni Caryn Rabin, Carl Zimmer and Rick Gladstone. Amber Wang, Albee Zhang, Claire Fu, Elsie Chen, Yiwei Wang and Zoe Mou contributed research.

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Once a Cold War Flashpoint, a Part of Taiwan Embraces China’s Pull

By Chris Horton, NY Times, Sept. 2, 2018

KINMEN COUNTY, Taiwan--The islands of Kinmen County, and the Nationalist troops stationed there, withstood artillery shelling from China long after the Communist victory in the Chinese civil war.

Today, relations between China and Kinmen, just miles apart, are very different indeed.

Kinmen, about twice the size of Manhattan, has been governed from Taiwan since the defeated Nationalists fled China for the islands in 1949. But Taiwan’s main island is 140 miles away, while China looms visibly in the near distance. That distance is narrowing--both literally and figuratively.

A new airport for the Chinese city of Xiamen is being built just north of Kinmen, on an island three miles away, and land reclamation for that project will bring Chinese territory almost a mile closer.

A proposed bridge to the Xiamen airport from Kinmen would essentially eliminate the remaining gap. Last month, China began supplying Kinmen with drinking water through a new 10-mile pipeline. And Kinmen will probably soon get cheaper electricity from its onetime enemy.

The Aug. 5 ceremony to open the pipeline underscored how much Kinmen, home to about 130,000 people, has been pulled into the orbit of China, whose ruling Communist Party has never controlled Taiwan and wants to annex it.

Liu Jieyi, the director of Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office, used his speech at the ceremony on the island to demand that self-governing, democratic Taiwan accept the “One China” policy, which declares that Taiwan and China are part of the same country.

He almost certainly wouldn’t have made such a speech on Taiwan’s main island, where suspicion of China runs high. When Mr. Liu’s predecessor toured Taiwan in 2014, he was met with protests in multiple cities and his car was splashed with paint.

Wang Ting-yu, a Taiwanese lawmaker with the Democratic Progressive Party, said the freedom and democracy enjoyed in Kinmen made it unlikely that its residents would want to be part of authoritarian China. But he said China’s ruling Communist Party had had some success on the island with so-called United Front tactics, under which it works with non-Communist groups to achieve its goals.

“As far as bringing Kinmen closer to China, I’d say at present it still looks doubtful,” Mr. Wang said, “but you can’t deny that the resources China has invested in United Front work in Kinmen have had a certain effect.”

The new pipeline will provide Kinmen with 30 percent of its tap water, making up for strains on water supplies from growing Chinese tourism, environmental factors and the two sorghum liquor distilleries that provide most of the county’s tax revenue.

On a recent hot afternoon at Kinmen’s Tianpo Reservoir, where the pipeline from China empties, Hong Yanming, a Kinmen resident, called the new water connection a “joyous occasion for both sides of the Taiwan Strait.” She was taking photos with friends and family visiting from China.

Ms. Hong moved to Kinmen from China 24 years ago after marrying a local man. She is one of a few thousand Chinese women to have married Kinmenese men in the last three decades, one aspect of the growing ties between Kinmen and China. Many Kinmenese own property or do business in China.

As in mainland Taiwan, identity can be a complicated question for people born in Kinmen. The older generation tends to identify more as Chinese than Taiwanese, while younger people often view China’s growing influence warily.

The island, along with adjacent Lesser Kinmen, was shelled sporadically by China from the 1950s through the late 1970s. It was heavily militarized and cut off even from mainland Taiwan until 1992, when martial law on Kinmen ended--five years later than in the rest of Taiwan--and residents participated in their first local elections.

Kinmen, unlike mainland Taiwan, did not spend half a century as a Japanese colony; it was a Chinese territory for most of that time. Such stark differences in their experiences, as well as the distance between the islands, have made the relationship awkward.

Tourists visiting Kinmen from mainland Taiwan might find it odd to hear a resident speak of “going to Taiwan” for school or work, implying that Kinmen isn’t part of Taiwan.

Many Kinmenese say they’ve been abandoned by Taipei, Taiwan’s capital, since the arrival of democracy. Mr. Chen, an independent politician who is Kinmen’s first elected magistrate not to be a member of the Nationalists, or Kuomintang, said none of Taiwan’s elected presidents had paid enough attention to the county’s needs.

After Kinmen’s demilitarization in 1992, he said, “we lacked water, we lacked electricity and we lacked roads--we had nothing.”

Economically, he said, Kinmen has largely had to fend for itself since then, relying primarily on sorghum liquor sales and, more recently, Chinese tourism. Ferry services to mainland China began in 2001, and Kinmen’s view of its giant neighbor has been softening since then.

“Right now, actually, I see the mainland as also being quite democratic, at least what I’ve seen in Xiamen,” Mr. Chen said of the booming Chinese city nearby. Asked to clarify that, he said he meant that the local government departments he’d met with had been “quite open.”

Lauren Dickey, a researcher at King’s College London who specializes in Beijing-Taiwan relations, said China’s pull on Kinmen was only natural.

“If the local government on Kinmen is not finding the central government in Taipei to be meeting its needs, then it is perhaps only logical that the Kinmen government would reach out to the geographically closest resources to ensure needs are met,” she said.

In the shadow of Xiamen’s urban buzz, much of Kinmen’s population has been hollowed out, with young people opting to move to the Taiwanese mainland or to China. Most of its photogenic traditional villages are only about one-third occupied, with many of the old courtyard homes in disrepair.