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Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Texts of the Synchronistic King List -- The Format of the Synchronistic King List -- The Composition of the Synchronistic King List -- The Purpose of the Synchronistic King List -- Conclusion -- Back Matter -- A List of Assyrian Kings -- A List of Babylonian Kings -- The Selected Synchronistic Kings of Assyria and Babylonia in the Lacunae of A.117 -- Bibliography -- Plates -- Index of Personal Names.

AbstractMany novels, poems, and academic works produced in the last decades of Qing China were characterized by a structure of North–South dichotomy. While existing studies have investigated the root of this narrative structure in Chinese traditions, this article tries to uncover Japan's lesser-known role in the revitalization of traditional discourses. It first discusses how Japanese intellectuals, such as Shiga Shigetaka and Naitō Konan, reconfigured Chinese discourses on the North–South dichotomy as theories to assert Japan's superiority over China. It goes on to examine how Liang Qichao appropriated Japanese theories to mobilize southern Chinese to participate in state politics. It then explores how Chinese revolutionary students in Japan exploited Japanese intellectuals' and Liang's discourses to promote a cross-provincial consciousness by representing China as a river-based region writ large. Lastly, it reveals how the restructured discourses on the North–South dichotomy were manipulated by revolutionaries after they flowed back to China.

Neighborhood Watch is a community crime prevention program organized mainly by local residents to maintain order and deter crime. Neighborhood Watch is an important element of community policing in Taiwan. Relying on previous research, this study illustrates the implementation process of Neighborhood Watch in Taiwan. Starting in the 1970s, Neighborhood Watch in Taiwan evolved through several stages, shifting from a focus on moral alignment to community building and crime prevention. The central pillar of Neighborhood Watch is civilian patrol groups commonly organized by either the government at all levels as part of their civilian defense scheme or neighborhood patrol squads staffed by local volunteers. The organization and resources associated with Neighborhood Watch elucidate the government's intention to integrate the program into community policing as an effective tool for building community safety and strengthening crime prevention. It is reasonable to predict that the Taiwan government and police are likely to continue their support for the operation of Neighborhood Watch as part of collective efforts to build healthy and safe communities.

[EN] Typological process, theorised by the Italian Typological School as a continuous transformation process of types, has been frequently discussed in the field of urban morphology. It was widely acknowledged in the field that the identification of typological process can be problematic for three reasons. First, the judgement on the degree to which the transformation of types is determined continuous is largely subject to individual researchers' opinions. Second, there is no agreement on the exact typological characteristics that are considered in the transformation process. Third, there is limited empirical studies on typological process at articulated scales. This paper attempts to shed some light on the definition of typological process in a rigorous manner through an empirical study of the transformation of Turkish houses. The research compares eight selected housing developments from five morphological periods of distinctive socio-economic, political and cultural conditions in Ankara since the late 19th century. First, a typological frame involving a set of spatial characteristics defining the types is established at the building, street and neighbourhood scales. Then, these spatial characteristics are compared in a chronological order. According to the number of typological characteristics showing continuous, partial continuous or mutational changes, typological process at the three scales are identified. This paper demonstrates a methodological advancement on the definition of typological process in relation to the aforementioned problems. It reduces the ambiguity in the definition of house types in Turkey and can be applicable to other contexts. ; Gokce, D.; Chen, F. (2018). Defining typological process in the transformation of Turkish houses. En 24th ISUF International Conference. Book of Papers. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 1233-1244. https://doi.org/10.4995/ISUF2017.2017.5055 ; OCS ; 1233 ; 1244

AbstractOnly a few studies have examined the relationship between consumers' self–brand connection and the intention to purchase counterfeit luxury brands in emerging economies. The current research explores the decision taken by consumers who are self‐connected to a brand to purchase counterfeit luxury brands. A survey‐based study was conducted among potential counterfeit buyers in nine malls in three cities in China. A sample of shoppers who physically shop in malls (n = 1,230) was used to test the hypotheses by using the structural equation model. Conspicuous consumption and emotional attachment were examined as mediators between self–brand connection and intention to purchase a counterfeit luxury brand. Creatively, this research used perceived counterfeit detection to determine how important people reflect their decision to purchase counterfeit luxury brands. The study also tests the moderation effect of economic benefit in the relationship between self–brand connection and counterfeit luxury brand purchase. Results demonstrate that consumers who are eager to build their self‐concept may decide to purchase counterfeit luxury brands. The mediation results show that conspicuous consumption and emotional attachment mediate the relationship. Interestingly, because of the involvement of perceived counterfeit detection, the effect is greater than the effect before mediation. Moreover, the economic benefit was found to increase the desire for counterfeit luxury brand purchases in emerging markets. The implication for managers is to customize the marketing campaigns that match the environment where the problem persists in reducing the consumer desire on counterfeit luxury brands and enhance the desire for the original luxury brand.

Carbon emissions caused by the massive consumption of energy have brought enormous pressure on the Chinese government. Accurately and rapidly characterizing the spatiotemporal characteristics of Chinese city-level carbon emissions is crucial for policy decision making. Based on multi-dimensional data, including nighttime light (NTL) data, land use (LU) data, land surface temperature (LST) data, and added-value secondary industry (AVSI) data, a deep neural network ensemble (DNNE) model was built to analyze the nonlinear relationship between multi-dimensional data and province-level carbon emission statistics (CES) data. The city-level carbon emissions data were estimated, and the spatiotemporal characteristics were analyzed. As compared to the energy statistics released by partial cities, the results showed that the DNNE model based on multi-dimensional data could well estimate city-level carbon emissions data. In addition, according to a linear trend analysis and standard deviational ellipse (SDE) analysis of China from 2001 to 2019, we concluded that the spatiotemporal changes in carbon emissions at the city level were in accordance with the development of China's economy. Furthermore, the results can provide a useful reference for the scientific formulation, implementation, and evaluation of carbon emissions reduction policies.