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Article
Publication date: 4 July 2023

Maojian Chen, Xiong Luo, Hailun Shen, Ziyang Huang, Qiaojuan Peng and Yuqi Yuan

This study aims to introduce an innovative approach that uses a decoder with multiple layers to accurately identify Chinese nested entities across various nesting depths. To…

Abstract

Purpose

This study aims to introduce an innovative approach that uses a decoder with multiple layers to accurately identify Chinese nested entities across various nesting depths. To address potential human intervention, an advanced optimization algorithm is used to fine-tune the decoder based on the depth of nested entities present in the data set. With this approach, this study achieves remarkable performance in recognizing Chinese nested entities.

Design/methodology/approach

This study provides a framework for Chinese nested named entity recognition (NER) based on sequence labeling methods. Similar to existing approaches, the framework uses an advanced pre-training model as the backbone to extract semantic features from the text. Then a decoder comprising multiple conditional random field (CRF) algorithms is used to learn the associations between granularity labels. To minimize the need for manual intervention, the Jaya algorithm is used to optimize the number of CRF layers. Experimental results validate the effectiveness of the proposed approach, demonstrating its superior performance on both Chinese nested NER and flat NER tasks.

Findings

The experimental findings illustrate that the proposed methodology can achieve a remarkable 4.32% advancement in nested NER performance on the People’s Daily corpus compared to existing models.

Originality/value

This study explores a Chinese NER methodology based on the sequence labeling ideology for recognizing sophisticated Chinese nested entities with remarkable accuracy.

Details

International Journal of Web Information Systems, vol. 19 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1744-0084

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Article
Publication date: 20 July 2023

Yue Zhang, Changjiang Zhang, Sihan Zhang, Yuqi Yang and Kai Lan

This study aims to examine the risk-resistant role of environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance in the capital market, focusing on an organizational standpoint…

Abstract

Purpose

This study aims to examine the risk-resistant role of environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance in the capital market, focusing on an organizational standpoint. Furthermore, it aims to offer management decision advice to companies seeking protection against stock market risks. Conclusions obtained through this research have the potential to enrich the economic consequences of ESG performance, provide practical implications for enhancing corporate ESG performance, improving corporate information quality and stabilizing capital market development.

Design/methodology/approach

Based on the data of Chinese A-share listed companies from 2009 to 2020, this study examines the risk-resistant function of ESG performance in the capital market. The impact of ESG performance on management behavior is analyzed from the perspective of organizational management and the three mechanisms of pre-event, during the event and post-event.

Findings

This paper demonstrates that companies that effectively implement ESG practices are capable of effectively mitigating risks associated with stock price crashes. Heterogeneity analysis reveals that the inhibitory effect of ESG performance on stock price crash risk is more pronounced in nonstate-owned enterprises and enterprises with higher levels of marketization. After controlling for issues such as endogeneity, the conclusions of this paper are still valid. The mechanism analysis indicates that ESG performance reduces the risk of stock price crash through three paths of organizational management: pre-event, during the event and post-event. That is, ESG performance plays the role of restraining managers’ opportunistic behavior, reducing information asymmetry and boosting investor sentiment.

Originality/value

This paper provides new insights into the relationship between ESG performance and stock price crash risk from an organizational management perspective. This study establishes three impact mechanisms (governance effect, information effect and insurance effect), offering a theoretical basis for strategic corporate decisions of risk management. Additionally, it comprehensively examines the contextual differences in the role of ESG performance, shedding light on the specific domains where ESG practices are influential. These findings offer valuable insights for promoting stable development in the capital market and fostering the healthy growth of the real economy.

Book part
Publication date: 12 November 2016

Falin Zhang

Propose a more comprehensive explanation on the determinants and fluctuations of China’s exchange rate policy in the past decade (2005–2015).

Abstract

Purpose

Propose a more comprehensive explanation on the determinants and fluctuations of China’s exchange rate policy in the past decade (2005–2015).

Approach

Case study on China’s exchange rate policies in three respective stages since 2005 and then a comparative study on these three stages.

Findings

Put forward a two-pronged explanation on the determinants and fluctuations of China’s exchange rate policy in the past decade and arrive at three specific conclusions. First, external pressure is only one factor among many influencing the formation of China’s national interests (Guojia Liyi in Chinese) and the decision-making process on exchange rate policy. Second, national interest is the fundamental driving force and substratum for making China’s exchange rate policy. Third, in the short term, the specific exchange rate policies in different periods were not always in accordance to the national interests (or Guojia Liyi), due to the influences of some factors on the decision-making environment.

Value

The comprehensive view is conducive to better explaining the formation and fluctuations of China’s exchange rate policy and consequently contributes to understanding and even predicting future policies.

Details

The Political Economy of Chinese Finance
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78560-957-2

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Article
Publication date: 1 August 2016

Yanqiu Chen, Xiaodong Zhou, Taolin Zhang, Zhijian Fu, Yuqi Hu and Lizhong Yang

– The purpose of this paper is to study the behavior of smoke flow in building fires and optimize the design of smoke control systems.

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to study the behavior of smoke flow in building fires and optimize the design of smoke control systems.

Design/methodology/approach

A total of 435 3-D fire simulations were conducted through NIST fire dynamics simulator to analyze thermal behavior of combined buoyancy-induced and pressure-driven smoke flow in complex vertical shafts, under consideration of influence of heat release rate (HRR) and locations of heat sources. This influence was evaluated through neutral pressure plane (NPP), which is a critical plane depicting the flow velocity distributions. Hot smoke flows out of shafts beyond the NPP and cold air flows into shafts below the NPP.

Findings

Numerical simulation results show that HRR of heat source has little influence on NPP, while location of heat source can make a significant difference to NPP, particularly in cases of multi-heat source. Identifying the location of NPP helps to develop a more effective way to control the smoke with less energy consumption. Through putting an emphasis on smoke exhausting beyond the NPP and air supplying below the NPP, the smoke control systems can make the best use of energy.

Research limitations/implications

Because of the chosen research approach, the research results may need to be tested by further experiments.

Practical implications

The paper includes implications for the optimization of smoke control systems design in buildings.

Originality/value

This paper fulfills an identified need to research the behavior of hot smoke in building fires and optimize the design of smoke control systems.

Details

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, vol. 26 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0961-5539

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Article
Publication date: 1 March 2018

Min Zhou

With the accelerating process of urbanization, the greening areas in high density cities are becoming less and less, and the aerial greening provides a possible way for the update…

Abstract

With the accelerating process of urbanization, the greening areas in high density cities are becoming less and less, and the aerial greening provides a possible way for the update of the urban building headspace greening. Based on this, the application of aerial greening in the urban headspace was studied. Starting from the plant, water, landscape sketch, pavement and other construction elements, the ecological art planning and design of the urban building headspace was studied. Then, the transformation of an old factory was studied, and the rain-flood gardens and infiltration floors linked to biological corridors were introduced in the high flood risk areas. In the building headspace, a rainwater harvesting system and an air garden were designed, and the ecological planning of aerial walkway was carried out to the front abandoned viaduct. The practice proves that the introduction of ecological science and technology and art culture in the urban headspace plays an important role in purifying urban air and increasing urban greening.

Details

Open House International, vol. 43 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0168-2601

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