Lingnan University

Study on the use of aqueous nano-MgO dispersions for mild deacidification of ancient books

Abstract During the long-term preservation of ancient books, acidic substances will continuously erode and cause them to suffer severe damage. As a mild deacidification agent, nano-MgO is often dispersed in organic solvents for large-scale deacidification. This study is based on...

The Policy Umwelt: How AI Problem Representations Render Governance Alternatives Unthinkable

This paper investigates how AI narratives actively constrain the horizon of conceivable governance options. Moving beyond the established finding that narratives influence policy, we argue they fundamentally prefigure the scope of the politically thinkable by creating what we ter...

Towards Building a Multi-Source Heterogeneous Knowledge Graph for Complex Material Question Answering

Large Language Models (LLMs) show considerable potential for materials-science question answering. However, LLM responses may still be affected by unsupported parametric associations, while dense Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) can fragment relational evidence across text ch...

Huang Ya’s Wisteria and the Cold War middlebrow: melodrama, Manichean worlds, and Mahua literature

As the longest-serving editor of the literary magazine Chao Foon, Malaysian Chinese (Mahua) writer Huang Ya (1932–1992) is widely regarded as a central figure in shaping Mahua modernism during the 1960s. Existing scholarship has largely focused on his editorial advocacy for Malay...

‘Like a Fish in the Water’: Subjective Well‐Being and the Alignment of Perceptions of Democracy With Political Structures

ABSTRACT Happiness research has long highlighted the role of national culture, yet few studies distinguish between objective conditions and collective cultural environments in which citizens form political perceptions. Focusing on perceptions of democracy, this study examines how...