following a period of conflict between russia and the west, new signs of confrontation between the united states and china are observed. china as the most populous country in the world with the highest rate of economic growth at international level, china neither stands the hegemonic power of the united states nor has the intention of direct confrontation with it. in effect, china seeks to find...

Presently, the competition of soft power has become an important trend in international competition. The expansion and dissemination of culture soft power has even caused challenges and risks to other countries’ national security. Therefore, by summarizing the characteristics of and the trends of international culture soft power competition, considering the chief impacts on Chinese culture secu...

This paper presents an interleaved boost converter with coupled inductors for photovoltaic (PV) energy conversion. The proposed soft-switching boost converter uses an interleaved method to increase its power density and coupled-inductor technology to extend its step-up voltage ratio. To reduce switching losses of active switches, the proposed interleaved boost converter incorporates a synchrono...

This paper proposes a new power control strategy during soft handover in WCDMA systems. According to the link qualities of the downlink channels involved in soft handover, the transmit powers of the base stations in the active set are dynamically allocated. This new optimized power control scheme reduces the additional interference caused by the multiple site transmission during soft handover. ...

the concept of soft sets, introduced by molodtsov [20] is a mathematicaltool for dealing with uncertainties, that is free from the difficultiesthat have troubled the traditional theoretical approaches. in this paper, weapply the notion of the soft sets of molodtsov to the theory of hilbert algebras.the notion of soft hilbert (abysmal and deductive) algebras, soft subalgebras,soft abysms and sof...

The focus of this research is in the area of Japanese soft power in Japan-China relations. The extent to which Japanese soft power is effective in Japan-China relations August 22, 2013 2 The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the extent to which Japanese soft power is effective on the bilateral relationship. Such a study is important in order to clarify how Japanese culture serves as a ...

This article reviews three recent books on the EU: T.R. Reid’s The United States of Europe:The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy (Penguin, New York, 2004); Mark Leonard’s Why Europe will Run the 21st Century (Fourth Estate, London, 2005); and Jeremy Rifkin’s The European Dream: How Europe’s Vision of the Future is Quietly Eclipsing the American Dream (Tarcher/Penguin, New York, 2...