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In the context of tourism planning and promotion, there is wide acknowledgement that conceptualisations of tourism identity cannot be grounded merely in physical place, but should also encompass a wide range of factors including, for instance, cultural relations, tourist activities, and social networking. There are opportunities in late modern society for relating the identity of a city's tourism with digitally-presented tourists' perceptions and activities through social media studies. This research explores multiple research approaches to delineate the digital identity of Suzhou's tourist destinations, as presented in online user-generated contents. It is hoped that this social media study can provide supplementary information for tourism bureaus and agencies to make informed judgements on effecting pertinent improvements to optimise existing tourism resources and create more enticing environments for tourists. The research follows a case study approach and conducts an empirical study on Suzhou, a Chinese historic city. The analysis of the results show that the social media study is potentially useful in identifying the key characteristics of particular tourist destinations from visitors' perspectives that may also be helpful for the evaluation of tourists' experiences.

Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- (Un)Authorised Heritage Discourse and Practice in China -- Carol Ludwig and Linda Walton -- Section 1: (Re)constructions, (Re)inventions, and Representations of Heritage -- 1. The Social Life of Heritage-Making -- Cultural Representations and Frictions -- Florence Graezer Bideau -- 2. Confucian Academies and the Materialisation of Cultural Heritage -- Linda Walton -- 3. From Destruction to Reconstruction -- China's Confucian Heritage, Nationalism, and National Identity -- Yingjie Guo -- 4. Set in Stone -- Continuity and Omission in Possessive Representations of the Great Wall -- Kristin Bayer -- Section 2: Creating Identities: Constructing Pasts, Disseminating Heritage -- 5. Contemporary Fabrication of Pasts and the Creation of New Identities? -- Open Air Museums and Historical Theme Parks in the UK and China -- Carol Ludwig and Yiwen Wang -- 6. Creating Cultural Identity in China -- Popularizing Archaeological Material and Cultural Heritage -- Patrick Wertmann -- 7. The Museum as Expression of Local Identity and Place -- The Case of Nanjing -- Kenny K.K. NG -- Section 3: History, Nostalgia, and Heritage: Urban and Rural -- 8. The Role of History, Nostalgia and Heritage in the Construction and Indigenisation of State-led Political and Economic Identities in Contemporary China -- Andrew Law -- 9. Local Voices and New Narratives in Xinye Village -- The Economy of Nostalgia and Heritage -- Marina Svensson -- Section 4: Appropriations and Commodifications of Ethnic Heritage -- 10. 'Even If You Don't Want to Drink, You Still Have to Drink' -- The Yi and Alcohol in History and Heritage -- Joseph Lawson -- 11. 'Ethnic Heritage' on the New Frontier -- The Idealisation and Commodification of Ethnic 'Otherness' in Xinjiang -- David O'Brien and Melissa Shani Brown -- Afterword.

1. The rural fringe in China : existing conflicts and prospective urban-rural synergies / Giulio Verdini -- 2. Collaborative approaches for planning the rural areas of Chinese cities / Yu Guo and Sheng Zhong -- 3. The rising Chinese middle class and the 'construction' of a new countryside / John Sturzaker and Andrew Law -- 4. The intermediate role of medium-size cities in China between ultra-dense rural areas and ultra-large cities / Abigail-Laure Kern, Marlene Leroux and Jean-Clause Bolay -- 5. Rural regeneration in the Yangtze River Delta : the challenge and potential for rural heritage tourism development / Yiwen Wang -- 6. Rural-urban edge : a review of spatial planning representation and policy discourse in the Pearl River Delta / Francesca Frassoldati and Dongjin Qi -- 7. Preservation and sustainable development of suburban historical villages : a case study of Dayuwan Village in Wuhan / Shidan Cheng, Yang Yu and Rongbo Hu -- 8. A pedagogical approach to designing the future of China's urban fringe / Rebecca Kiddle, Joon Sik Kim and Bing Chen.

This study examines how Taiwan's central government has implemented since 2013 the Public Warning Cell Broadcast Service (CBS), which was an innovative type of disaster public warning system. The study attempts to shed light on citizens' assessment of CBS as well as gains insights from an expert focus group. Using the 2018 citizen satisfaction survey of the public alert and warning system, this study aims specifically to analyze the influence of information communication, information delivery frequency, quality of service, and age on citizens' assessment of CBS in Taiwan. The results of this study have implications for CBS assessment intended to improve citizens' experience of CBS use. In addition, the study draws upon the discussion among an expert focus group regarding risk knowledge, technical monitoring and warning service, dissemination and communication of warnings, and community response capability of CBS. Based upon the expert focus group discussion, this study identifies the main service advantages and challenges in the implementation process, so that future policy planners may draw lessons from the Taiwan experience.

Background: To challenge dominant conceptions of children and innovate nursing education, our team created an open-access training module (https://childsxethics.net/) addressing ethical considerations for children undergoing surgery.
Objective: To evaluate the level of Bloom's Taxonomy cognitive, affective, and psychomotor learning reached by graduate nursing students after completing the training module.
Methods: A qualitative descriptive study was conducted using Bloom's Taxonomy. Data sources comprised of participants' course assignments.
Results: Participants (n=19) wrote 19 online reflections, 43 peer responses and completed two group assignments. The module and associated class assignments promoted high levels of cognitive and affective learning. The type of assignment influenced participants' levels of learning. Cognitive and affective learning processes were enhanced when integrating reflections and fostering interactions among learners.
Implications: Study findings will inform future iterations of the training module. Our innovative educational resource will facilitate the recognition of children as active moral agents and improve their surgical experiences.

Uncontrolled haemorrhage shock is the highest treatment priority for military trauma surgeons. Injuries to the torso area remain the greatest treatment challenge, since external dressings and compression cannot be used here. Bleeding control strategies may thus offer more effective haemostatic management in these cases. Chitosan, a linear polysaccharide derived from chitin, has been considered as an ideal material for bleeding arrest. This study evaluated the potential of chitosan-based dressings relative to commercial gauze to minimise femoral artery haemorrhage in a swine model. Stable haemostasis was achieved in animals treated with chitosan fibre (CF) or chitosan sponge (CS), resulting in stabilisation of mean arterial pressure and a substantially higher survival rate (100% vs. 0% for gauze). Pigs receiving treatment with CF or CS dressings achieved haemostasis within 3.25 ± 1.26 or 2.67 ± 0.58 min, respectively, significantly more rapidly than with commercial gauze (>100 min). Moreover, the survival of animals treated with chitosan-based dressings was dramatically prolonged (>180 min) relative to controls (60.92 ± 0.69 min). In summary, chitosan-based dressings may be suitable first-line treatments for uncontrolled haemorrhage on the battlefield, and require further investigation into their use as alternatives to traditional dressings in prehospital emergency care.