Youth participation in governance in China: The roles of perceived responsibility and political efficacy

Wang Yixuan,Zhai Fuhua,Gao Qin,Wang Zijiao,Wang Yuqi 한국사회복지학회 2024 Asian Social Work and Policy Review Vol.18 No.1

Youth participation in governance goes beyond the scope of positive youth development and involves young people engaging in real‐world social governance. Drawing on a culturally sensitive review of policies related to youth participation, this study investigated the effect of subjective factors (i.e., perceived responsibility and political efficacy) on young adults' participation in governance in China. A subset of young adult ( N = 2396) was extracted from the national 2019 Chinese Social Survey. Regression and mediation analyses found a positive association between their perceived responsibility and participation in governance, which was significantly mediated by their perceived political efficacy. Furthermore, conditional indirect effects were found when using education and generational status of the young adults as moderators. Education was found to alleviate the negative effect of perceived responsibility on political efficacy and its negative indirect effect on youth participation. These findings highlight the importance of policymakers, social workers, and other practitioners in developing and promoting evidence‐based community programs that empower, encourage, and motivate young adults to recognize their individual responsibility and political efficacy in social governance.

More than double jeopardy: An intersectional analysis of persistent income disadvantages of Chinese female migrant workers

Yixuan Wang,Cheng Cheng,Yanjie BIAN 이화여자대학교 아시아여성학센터 2018 Asian Journal of Women's Studies(AJWS) Vol.24 No.2

Researchers have attributed the low wages of Chinese female migrant workers to the independent effects of gender and hukou (household registration). Using an intersectional perspective that recognizes the interplay of gender, birthplace, and hukou, this paper identifies six different groups of workers in China’s urban labor market. Both in-depth interviews and survey data demonstrate that from 2003 to 2013, a decade seen as one of China’s continuous economic growth and rising income inequality, female migrant workers earned the lowest wages among the six groups, and their income disadvantages were more than double the disadvantages of gender and hukou combined. This trend was persistent during this decade even after the workers’ education, party membership, and labor market segregation were taken into account. These results imply a within-job wage differential for female migrant workers and a discriminatory wage policy that is tacitly observed by both state and private employers.

Academic performance and peer relations among rural-to-urban migrant children in Beijing: Do social identity and self‐efficacy matter?

Yixuan Wang,Fei Pei,Fuhua Zhai,Qin Gao 한국사회복지학회 2019 Asian Social Work and Policy Review Vol.13 No.3

Due to the household registration system, millions of rural-to-urban migrant children in China are ineligible to receive urban social welfare benefits. These children poten-tially suffer from the evolving awareness of their perceived inferior social identity and experiences of inequalities at an early stage of life. This study examined whether self-perceived social identity is related to academic performance and peer relations among rural-to-urban migrant children in Beijing. Data were collected from 136 children during 2013 and 2014 in three schools for migrant children in Beijing. Path analysis showed that children who identified as a Beijinger, compared with those who self-identified with their rural hometown, had better self-efficacy, which in turn was associated with better academic performance and better peer relations. Enlightened by Western theories, these findings suggest that migrant children’s performance in school could be enhanced by cultivating positive perceptions of their social identity through teachers’ practice and community- and policy-level social support.

Impact of Foreign Inflows on China’s Tax Revenue

Wang Yixuan 한중경제문화학회 2023 한중경제문화연구 Vol.21 No.-

21세기 중국 가극 속 여성의 이미지 연구

왕예선(YiXuan Wang),이미선(MiSun Lee) 한국문화융합학회 2023 문화와 융합 Vol.45 No.12

21세기에 중국에서 활동하는 작곡가들은 ‘가극’으로 불리는 오페라 분야에서 중국 당대의 소재를 서사로 구성한 다양한 주제의 작품을 창작하고 있다. 본 연구는 21세기 중국 가극의 여성 이미지를 고찰하여 변화된 여성상을 고찰하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 중국 가극을 주제에 따라 ‘붉은 혁명’, ‘전통 설화’, ‘현실과 여인의 사랑’ 세 장르로 나누어 작품을 선정하고 여주인공의 캐릭터 형성, 여성의 위상과 역할, 창작 가극 속 새로운 여성상 등을 분석하였다. 본 연구의 결론은 첫째, 이미지 표현 형식에서는 다양한가능성을 시도했으나 여성 캐릭터 유형의 고착화는 피할 수 없었다. 둘째, 여성의 사회적 지위는 가극속 여성상과 밀접한 관련이 있다. 셋째, 가극에서 원작의 인물과 또 다른 이미지의 새로운 여성 캐릭터를 창조하는 것은 21세기 중국 가극의 특색이다. 중국 가극은 여성 캐릭터들을 통해 사회적인 문제와가치들을 탐구하고 있으며, 이는 중국 사회에서 여성들의 역할과 가치를 재조명하고 21세기 여성의 정체성 확립과 내적역량 강화에 영향을 끼치고 있다. In 21st-century China, amidst the trend of internationalization, Chinese opera has been narrating various themes relevant to the contemporary context. This study aims to explore both the differences and similarities between the portrayal of women in 21st-century Chinese opera and the traditional female image of the past. Chinese opera is categorized into three thematic categories: 'Red Revolution', 'Traditional Legend', and 'Reality and Women's Love'. This study analyzes the formation of heroine roles and the status and functions of women within these themes. The conclusions of the study are as follows: First, while the representation of females in 21st-century Chinese opera often adheres to established archetypes, it also explores a variety of expressive possibilities. Second, the social status of women is intricately linked to their depiction in opera, where women are not only performers but also creators. Third, a distinctive characteristic of Chinese opera is the creation of new female characters, diverging from traditional portrayals. Through these roles, Chinese opera delves into social issues and values, significantly influencing the empowerment and development of women's identity and inner strength in this century.

Job Search Activity of Unemployed Married Men and Women in Canada

Yaping Zhou(Yaping Zhou),Yixuan Wang(Yixuan Wang) 한국캐나다학회 2011 Asia-Pacific Journal of Canadian Studies (APJCS) Vol.17 No.1

Cyclical bust and boom and the resulting economic restructuring result in some workers being forced out of work. Based on the controversy over the presence or absence of gender differences in coping responses to unemployment that differ in unequal expectations of sex roles and sexual division of labor among the unemployed married individuals, this paper, using the 2008 Labor Force Survey conducted by Statistics Canada, explores whether there are gender-based differences in job seeking, one of the most important strategies for coping responses to unemployment. The finding shows that women value their employment as much as men and make similar efforts to re-enter the labor market when unemployed.

Metal Fatigue-Limit Estimation Based on Intrinsic Dissipated Energy

Yixuan Jiao,Geonil Lee,Liang Wang,Jung-Hoon Park,Nak-Sam Choi 한국정밀공학회 2022 International Journal of Precision Engineering and Vol.9 No.6

Fatigue-limit estimation of engineering materials through thermographic methods has been improved for reliable prediction. In this study, the fatigue limit for STS304 austenitic stainless steel was estimated at load frequencies of 1 and 5 Hz on the basis of the surface temperature change and intrinsic dissipated energy. The sensitivity of STS 304 steel to fatigue damage, the deviation of the measurement data, and the determination coefficient of the predicted fatigue limit were measured at various stress amplitudes through a fatigue test. When the intrinsic dissipated energy was adopted as an indicator, it significantly improved the damage sensitivity and the reliability coefficient in comparison to the surface-temperature change. The intrinsic dissipated energy behavior at 5 Hz predicted a reliable fatigue limit, in which the predicted limit value was approximately 10% lower than that obtained by the staircase method.

Study on the different effects of aluminum doping on Fe-Mn and Ni-Mn based compounds as cathode material for sodium-ion batteries

Danlei Qiao,Yixuan Zhang,Chang Su,Guoqiang Liu,Qingxiang Wang,Lei Wen 한국공업화학회 2023 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Vol.124 No.-

Al-doped Fe-Mn and Ni-Mn based materials with P2-type layered structure has been synthesized andtested as a positive electrode material for rechargeable sodium batteries. The modification mechanismsof Al doping in Fe-Mn and Ni-Mn based materials have been discussed. The synthesized Al-doped Ni-Mnbased material Na0.67Mn0.8Ni0.16Al0.04O2 delivers a reversible capacity of 135.1 mAh g1, which correspondsto 92.1% of the initial capacity with excellent cyclability for 200 cycles. What’s more, it can stillremain a capacity of 96.2 mAh g1 at a current density of 2000 mA g1. When the voltage range increaseto 1.5 – 4.3 V, its initial discharge capacity can reach 190.3 mAh g1.

新冠疫情背景下网购合同履行现状考察

서예헌 ( Xu Yixuan ),왕봉업 ( Wang Fengye ) 경상대학교 법학연구소 2020 法學硏究 Vol.28 No.4

网购合同从其产生时就因具有高效性,给人民带来了极大便利而取得了快速发展,作为一种新兴的合同形式,其既有着传统合同的本质,即当事人在合法自愿的基础上达成的改变民事法律关系的协议,又因为其产生和订立均依靠网络而有着不同于一般合同的特点。新冠疫情的突然爆发影响了人们工作生活的方方面面,在疫情期间人们出行受到极大阻碍,网购越来越成为人们的选择,但同时合同地履行也必然受到阻碍,网购合同作为一种合同,也不可避免地受到了此次疫情的影响,鉴于网购在人们日常的生活中占比日益增大,网购合同也发挥着越来越重要的作用,本文探讨近期新冠疫情背景下网购合同展现出的特征,研究如何减少疫情影响,顺利履行网购合同以及疫情下网购合同责任的承担。 本文以此次新冠肺炎的疫情为契机,分别从四部分进行了研究,在第一部分分析了新冠疫情的法律性质,对新冠疫情的定性和分析,同时探讨不可抗力与情势变更的特性,新冠疫情属于何类的问题;第二部分分析新冠疫情下网购合同的履行,探究了网购合同的本质,网购合同的具体履行情况分析;随后讨论新冠疫情下网购合同的违约责任,标的物不同,违约程度不同, 应当承担不同的违约责任;在最后一部分中,分析新冠疫情下网购合同的履行保障,为了网购合同的顺利履行,经营者、消费者应当谨慎使用其权利,按约履行义务,监管部门对此进行积极的监督。本次通过研究探寻疫情下的网购合同履行,以期对消费者权利的保护及网购的发展有所帮助。 The online shopping contract has been developed rapidly since its emergence because of its high efficiency and great convenience for people. As a new form of contract, it has the essence of traditional contract, which is that the agreement is reached by the parties on the basis of legality and voluntariness to change the civil legal relationship, and it is different from the general contract because its emergence and conclusion depending on the network. The sudden outbreak of COVID-19 epidemic has affected all aspects of people's work and life. During the epidemic, people's travelling mobility has been greatly restricted, therefore, the online shopping has increasingly been regarded as people's shooping choice. But at the same time, the fulfillment of contracts is bound to be hindered. As a contract, the online shopping contract is inevitably affected by the epidemic. In view of the increasing proportion of online shopping in people's daily life, online shopping contracts also play an increasingly important role. This paper discusses the characteristics of online shopping contracts under the background of the recent COVID-19 epidemic, studies how to reduce the impact of the epidemic to fulfill online shopping contracts successfully, and researches liabilities should be taken on the online shopping contracts. Taking the COVID-19 epidemic as an opportunity, this paper is studied from four parts. In the first part, it analyzes the legal nature of COVID-19 epidemic to difine and analyze COVID-19 epidemic, discusses the characteristics of force majeure and situation change, and probes whether COVID-19 epidemic belongs to force majeure or situation change. The second part analyzes the fulfillment of online shopping contracts under the COVID-19 epidemic, explores the essence of online shoppingcontracts, and analyzes the specific fulfillment of online shopping contracts. Then this paper discusses the liability for breaching online shopping contracts under the COVID-19 epidemic to conclude that different subject matter and different degree of breaching contracts should bear different liability; In the last part, it analyzes the guarantee of the fulfillment of online shopping contracts under the COVID-19 epidemic. In order to fulfill the online shopping contracts successfully, operators and consumers should use their rights carefully and fulfill their obligations according to the contract, and the regulatory authorities should take active supervision. This study explores the fulfillment of online shopping contracts under the epidemic in order to improve the protection of consumers' rights and the development of online shopping.

UDGAN: A new urban design inspiration approach driven by using generative adversarial networks

干薇,Zhao Zichen,Wang Yuankai,Zou Yixuan,Zhou Shiqi,오지강 한국CDE학회 2024 Journal of computational design and engineering Vol.11 No.1

The morphological design of urban space affects the quality of the environment. The traditional experience-based design approach was greatly improved by introducing computational design tools. However, the existing urban design tools are mostly developed on pre-set rules or given targets, which have few contributions to enhance creativity or generate inspiring schemes. Therefore, this paper proposes a new computational urban design approach named UDGAN, integrating generative adversarial networks (GANs) and multi-objective optimization algorithms. This model utilizes urban design scheme plans over the past 20 years from a particular designer as training datasets. Four preference models were trained to autonomously generate stylized urban design schemes. Eight morphological parameters were used to analyze the model performance by comparing generated results with the ground truth. This GAN-based surrogate approach is combined with a morphological indicator alignment process using multi-objective optimization model to obtain better results. The result shows that the R2 predicted by the improved Pix2Pix model reaches 0.798, and the similarity of the generated results can be stably distributed between 0.7 and 0.8, so the design scheme of this preferred style can be effectively learned. At the same time, the pre-trained model greatly reduces the time consumption of the design scheme generation, taking 5 min approximately to complete a generation process. This approach quickly generated the design scheme with preferred features, supporting the designer with creativity and greatly saving the time of design creation, transforming computational design into an inspiration-driven process.