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Research on Promotion Strategies of Regional Soft Power: Take City’s Cultural Soft Power for Example [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This paper, based on clarification of connotation of soft power, analyzes elements of regional soft power,such as regional culture, public service, the quality of man power, regional image, regional communication and regional innovation, and then take ...
DIAO, Yanhua, LI, Laisheng
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Creating Ti–Fe α/β Alloys by Diffusion‐Driven Solid‐State Processing

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This study proposes making alloys containing fast diffusing elements that are difficult to produce by ingot metallurgy, by diffusion‐driven solid‐state HIP processing of elemental powders and low‐temperature homogenisation. Here, novel Fe‐Ti α–β alloys are formed having fine α–β lamellae, a small β prior grain size without significant intermetallics ...
Jiaqi Xu   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soft power by accident or by design: If You Are the One and Chinese television [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Through analyses of film festivals, CCTV, Confucius Institutes, auteurs, blockbusters, reality TV, and online digital cultures, this book exposes the limitations of China's officially promoted soft power in both conception and practice, and ..
Sun, W
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Rising India’s Soft Power: Illusion or Influence? [PDF]

open access: yesRevista UNISCI
This article traces how India’s soft power has been analysed over the years since its conceptualisation in the 1990s. It argues that most of the focus has been on its potential non-military elements of soft power thereby perpetuating illusion about India’
Ajaya Das
doaj   +1 more source

Soft Mechanical‐Electrical Logic Using Liquid Metal‐Filled 3D‐Printed Architectures

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
We present 3D‐printed soft mechanical–electrical logic elements that use liquid metal–filled silicone tubes actuated by thermoplastic polyurethane/polylactic acid (TPU/PLA) architectures to produce Boolean operations. Complementary normally open and normally closed unit cells perform repeatable binary transitions and can be combined into more complex ...
Christoph Lehmann   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human rights between hard powers and soft law. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
La globalización ha llevado a una fragmentación de las fuentes del derecho y la primacía del derecho legislativo sucumbe ante la forma-contrato y la jurisdicción.
Baccelli, Luca
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Account of eco‐friendly energy conversion reaction: Iron‐based nitrogen electrofixation

open access: yesElectron
Ammonia is a crucial raw ingredient used in the manufacturing of fertilizers and pharmaceuticals, which are major sectors of the national economy in the chemical and agricultural industries.
Liyuan Xu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mechanics of single-network hydrogels with network imperfection

open access: yesGiant
Polymer network is a crucial component of hydrogels, and network imperfection is a prominent feature of polymer networks, significantly influencing the performance of hydrogels. Two essential features of network imperfection are unequal chain lengths and
Zhi Sheng   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

China’s Foreign Policy and its Choice for Cultural Soft Power: The Tools

open access: yesSocial Change Review, 2019
Chinese soft power can be assessed in many aspects because there are several tools in which soft power can manifest. This article seeks to assess the efficiency of China’s soft power using four tools from the perspective of public diplomacy. The analysis
Rahman Saifur
doaj   +1 more source

SOFT POWER: THE CONCEPT AND APPROACHES

open access: yesVestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2017
The article examines the correlation of two concepts: «soft power» and «propaganda» in International Relations. The author argues that within realism these concepts are used synonymously, but within neoliberalism they have fundamental differences.
M. M. Lebedeva
doaj   +1 more source

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