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Yuen

jwɛn
Sunken wreck of the Wei-Yuen off Liugong Island
Sunken wreck of the Wei-Yuen off Liugong Island
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Yuen
    (Zoöl) The crowned gibbon (Hylobates pileatus), native of Siam, Southern China, and the Island of Hainan. It is entirely arboreal in its habits, and has very long arms. the males are dark brown or blackish, with a caplike mass of long dark hair, and usually with a white band around the face. The females are yellowish white, with a dark spot on the breast and another on the crown. Called also wooyen, and wooyen ape.
Usage in the news

Photo from Julie Funasaki Yuen. midweek.com

A WCCO-TV news camera captures Hussein Samatar after his victory party at the Safari Restaurant in Minneapolis on Tuesday, Nov 2, 2010 (MPR Photo/Laura Yuen). minnesota.publicradio.org

B, Prof KY Yuen FRCPath. thelancet.com

30 AM on July 10, 2012 by Laura Yuen (0 Comments) Filed under: Minneapolis, St Paul, Transportation. minnesota.publicradio.org

But not Elkin Yuen, who worked for Carr Futures. nytimes.com

The Jazzmen founders are good friends with the acclaimed Wong brothers of Trey Yuen , who developed this recipe for them. nola.com

But not Elkin Yuen , who worked for Carr Futures. nytimes.com

Professor Margaret Brimble (centre) says working with students like Tsz Ying Yuen (left) and Orla Finch is the reason she comes to work each day. nzherald.co.nz

Known for his work on "The Matrix," Yuen Woo-ping will take on the Chinese-Canadian co-production about a female assassin who uncovers a conspiracy. hollywoodreporter.com

In this photo taken Sunday, Sept 2, 2012, promotional posters of Legislative Council election candidates Christopher Lau Ka-hung, left, and Shiu Yeuk-yuen, second left, from the pro-democracy People Power are displayed at a park in Hong Kong. ydr.com

30 PM on April 26, 2012 by Laura Yuen Filed under: Crime, Minneapolis, Transportation. minnesota.publicradio.org

MPR reporter Laura Yuen with Friday's terror trial developments. minnesota.publicradio.org

With Laura Yuen and Elizabeth Dunbar. minnesota.publicradio.org

00 AM on September 14, 2012 by Laura Yuen (7 Comments) Filed under: Food, St Paul, Transportation. minnesota.publicradio.org

02 PM on April 10, 2012 by Laura Yuen Filed under: Immigration, Minneapolis, St Paul. minnesota.publicradio.org

Usage in scientific papers

Yuen, H.P., Kennedy, R.S., Lax, M.: Optimum testing of multiple hypotheses in quantum detection theory.
Optimal Observables for Minimum-Error State Discrimination in General Probabilistic Theories

In this paper we will respond to the recent Reply paper by Renner that the criticisms of Yuen [2-5] and Hirota on the security of quantum key distribution (QKD) protocols are derived from a logical error.
On the Foundations of Quantum Key Distribution - Reply to Renner and Beyond

Together with distorting our correct claim that the condition (HY) means the key is near-uniform to that it is necessary for security, a “logical error” on Yuen and Hirota is manufactured in through a counterexample in footnote .
On the Foundations of Quantum Key Distribution - Reply to Renner and Beyond

It may be mentioned that the counter-example uses a very strict meaning for his vague condition (HY) that neither Yuen nor Hirota ever indicated.
On the Foundations of Quantum Key Distribution - Reply to Renner and Beyond

Yuen, Fundamental Quantitative Security in Quantum Key Distribution, Phys.
On the Foundations of Quantum Key Distribution - Reply to Renner and Beyond

Usage in literature

In addition to this the foreign soldiers burnt down the Palace at Yuen Ming Yuen, so we fled to Jehol. "Two Years in the Forbidden City" by The Princess Der Ling

These are the pages of the forgotten incident in the life of Yuen Yan which this narrator has sought out and discovered. "Kai Lung's Golden Hours" by Ernest Bramah

The highest of the three is called Chuang Yuen, "Head of the List" or "Prince of Letters. "Beacon Lights of History, Volume XIV" by John Lord

Ma-yuen pursued not the exhausted robbers; and Yo-fei killed not those who made their submission. "The Pirates Own Book" by Charles Ellms

But his triumph was short-lived, for eight days later tidings of unrest in Yuen-nan reached Peking. "Camps and Trails in China" by Roy Chapman Andrews and Yvette Borup Andrews

The railway runs from Haiphong in Indo-China to Yuen-nan-fu, the capital of Yuen-nan province. "Across China on Foot" by Edwin Dingle

On their return to Pekin the party visited the ruins of the famous Summer Palace, Yuen-Ming-Yuen. "Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XII. No. 30. September, 1873" by Various

In the work of reform three viceroys stand pre-eminent, viz., Li Hung Chang, Yuen Shi Kai and Chang Chitung. "The Awakening of China" by W.A.P. Martin

Chang then led all his disciples, to the number of three hundred, to the highest peak of the Yuen-t'ai. "Myths and Legends of China" by E. T. C. Werner

Sir Hope Grant, with the French troops under Montauban, had fought their way up to Yuen-ming-Yuen, the Summer Palace of the emperor. "Crown and Anchor" by John Conroy Hutcheson