Black Hole Mass and Spin Measurements and Accretion Disk Evolution in X-ray Binaries

1.Introduction At the 2006 General Assembly of International Astronomical Union(IAU GA) in Prague,Czech Republic, I was invited to deliver a public discourse to a very broad audience of fields of astronomy and the general public;I subsequently published the summary of the talk entitled Similar phenomena at different scales:black holes,the Sun,y-ray bursts,supernovae,galaxies and galaxy clusters     

Exploring thc Vast Universe Hand in ltand,Working Together toward a Better Future for Humankind Speech by Chinese Vice President Xl Jinping at the Opening Ceremeny of the IAU XXVIII General Assembly on August 21,201 2 in Beijing

Today, more than 2,000 astronomers from all over the world gather together in Beijing to attend the 28^th General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). This is a grand event for astro...     

Restrueturing the IAU -- An Interview with New IAU General Secretary Thierry Montmerle

Q: As the incoming General Secretary of IAU, what are your goals for the next three years ? Prof. Montmerle: I have two main goals: one is helping Division Presidents and Vice-Presidents to implement...     

lntcrnational Cooperation and Education is Key to Chinese Astronomy --An Interview with Prof. Robert Williams

Q: What is your assessment of this IAU General Assembly? ProL Williams: From my standpoint, it has gone extremely well. The quality of the talks that I heard was quite high. We were successful in attr...     

IAU Beijing Meeting： A Landmark for Chinese Astronomy

The year 2012 will probably be one of the most memorable years in the history of Chinese astronomy. In this year, astronomers across the nation celebrated the 90^th birthday of the Chinese Astronomical...     

A new face at Natural Science Foundation of China——An interview with NSFC President Wei Yang

<正>Upon assuming his new post as the President of NSFC in late February,Wei Yang deined the mission of NSFC:‘to expand the territory of exploration,to enrich the source of innovation,to strengthen interdisciplinary interaction,and to nurture young talents’.Known for his innovative approaches in higher education during his previous tenure as the President of Zhejiang University,what new measure is in store in Yang’s new presidency has atracted much atention.In the recent interview with NSR,     

Impact of Enforcement of Right of Communication through Information Network

On 27 October 2001, the Standing Committee of the People's Congress reviewed and passed the Amendment to the Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China. In Article 10 of the amended Copyright Law as of 2001 has been incorporated a new subject matter under the copyright protection: the right of communication through information network, that is, the right to make a work available to the public by wire or by wireless means, so that people may have access to the work from a place and at a time individually chosen by them. This is the first time to have put the right of communication through information network in place in the law in China. But, the legislators did not make any specific provisions concerning this right in the Copyright Law.     

The Issue of Validity of SIPO's Gazette No.80 and Its Solution

The Constitution is of supreme legal force. It is a common sense knowledge that any law and administrative regulations contrary to it are not valid legally. To be frank, however, it is an arduous and gradual process to build up a nation under the rule of law. Some typical events or cases often play a tremendous role in laying the foundation of the rule of law in the law-making process in various nations. As a case in point, Marbury v. Madison, a precedent of judicial review, in the 19th century, has contributed greatly to the promotion of the rule of law in the U.S.. In 2003, three Ph.D. scholars wrote to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress because of the "Sun Zhigang Event", which resulted in the abolishment of the Measures for Housing and Sending Back Tramps/Vagrants and Beggars in Urban Areas. This event will be kept in the history of the governance under the rule of law in China. For this writer, exploration in the issue relating to the validity of duration of patent referred to in the State Intellectual Property Office's (SIPO) Gazette No.80 (hereinafter referred to as Gazette No. 80) involves an issue within the Patent Law, and, as well, of great significance to the entire legal system. These writers hope to clarify the issue of duration of the patent right by exploring the validity of Gazette No. 80. They also hope to promote the amplification of the mechanism for review of unconsttutional actions in China.     

The Mature John Keats in His Ode To Autumn

Trying to find the harmony and unity among conflicts,and to seek the original himself in those distinctive images,John keats successfully achieved his points in his ode To Autumn.Following the idea of new criticism,this article tries to analyize the poem from three aspects:different images of autumn;paradoxes in the poem and the relationship between the season autumn and the author’s autumn in his life.     

On the Issue of Suspension of Patent Infringement Procedure

Within the framework of the patent system in China, the patents for invention, utility mode and design are under the examination of different types: the patents for invention are examined as to substance, and those for utility model and design as to formality only, which renders the patent right for utility model and design relatively less certain and vulnerable to challenge. For example, in the infringement lawsuit involving a patent for utility model or design, the defendant often files a request with the Patent Reexamination Board (PRB) of the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) for invalidation of the patent in respect of which the plaintiff, the patentee, has instituted the proceedings in the court. In case like this, the court will suspend the legal procedure under Article 136 of the Several Provisions on Issues Relating to Application of Law to Trial of Cases of Patent Disputes formulated by the Supreme People's Court.