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"Rivers of the soul" by Miyamoto Yuriko : biography of the author, translation, discussion
No full textMiyamoto Yuriko has been acclaimed as a writer for many years, although it is perhaps only since the war that her works have been made more readily available to the public. During much of her life, she was placed under a writing ban by the authorities and could publish little. Moreover, the works she wrote as a Communist, and her works on women in particular, were more readily accepted by the public after various social changes occurred in post-war Japan.
Most of her works, apart from essays and criticisms of which she wrote a great many, are autobiographical. This lends a deep credibility and vitality to her writing since her growth and development, both as a woman and as a writer, are vividly portrayed.
One of her works, "Kokoro no Kawa", is a short story describing in semi-autobiographical style her first marriage to Araki Shigeru. It depicts the protagonist's development, and her increasing awareness and understanding of her position, to the final climax of the story.
A translation of "Kokoro no Kawa" is here presented, together with a biography of Yuriko and a detailed analysis of the story itself
An attempt at ab initio crystal orbital calculation of electronic structure of B-type model-DNA
No full textMiyamoto Yuriko: A trajetória de um "eu" feminino na história japonesa
No full textThe watakushi shōsetsu, or shishōsetsu — translated as I novel or narrative of the self — is a term used to classify many literary works written in Japan, especially those from the first half of the 20th, it brings together the most diverse types of texts under its name as long as the subject dealt with in them can be associated with reality, understood as the experiences lived by its author. This article deals with the trajectory of the Japanese writer Miyamoto Yuriko (1899-1951) in whose work political engagement and efforts to denounce the female condition in Japanese society play a central role, and examines the extent to which her writing, in which many autobiographical elements are present, would be further or closer to the notion of watakushi shōsetsu.O watakushi shōsetsu, ou shishōsetsu — que pode ser traduzido como romance, escrita ou narrativa do eu — é um termo usado para classificar muitas obras escritas no Japão, especialmente aquelas da primeira metade do século XX, e reúne os mais diversos tipos de textos sob a sua rubrica, bastando que o assunto tratado neles possa ser associado à realidade, entendida como as experiências vividas por seu autor. Este artigo trata da trajetória da escritora japonesa Miyamoto Yuriko (1899-1951), em cuja obra, o engajamento político e os esforços para denunciar a condição feminina na sociedade japonesa ocupam um papel central, e examina em que medida sua escrita, na qual muitos elementos autobiográficos estão presentes, se afastaria ou se aproximaria do watakushi shōsetsu
A Festschrift in honor of Akira Imamura's 77th birthday, his recent retirement, and his many contributions to theoretical chemistry INTRODUCTION:Introduction
No full textThe Imamura Festschrift Issue of Theoretical Chemistry Accounts is a special multifocus international issue commemorating the 77th birthday of Professor Akira Imamura and his many contributions to the fields of theoretical chemistry, polymer science, molecular biophysics, chemical physics, and molecular biology. This issue has contributions in theoretical developments of methods applicable to larger polymeric systems, for example, the elongation method pioneered by Professor Imamura and his group, and more recently by the groups of Professor Yuriko Aoki at Kyushu University and Professor Feng Long Gu at South China Normal University, supported by several funds from the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). In addition, there are contributions from top experimental and theoretical groups in the areas of nanotechnology, bionanotechnology, quantum transport theory, molecular biophysics, molecular electronics, and even molecular medicine and medical diagnostics, where the marriage between theory and experiment is very important to be able to fully understand, interpret, and utilize the wealth of new and exciting experimental data. The development of new and refined methods, and the extension of older more conventional methods, will be required for these fields to continue to evolve/co-evolve and develop, as they have in the last 60 years. But to evolve in a guided fashion (guided evolution), that is, to meet the needs and functions of not only the individual scientists and research groups but also of society in general, will require a concerted effort from not only experimentalists and theoreticians in each individual subdiscipline but also for them to work together and share their accumulated knowledge and experience, as is now being done in various research networks around the world, including the one originally initiated/formed by Professor Imamura and Professor Janos Ladik at the Third International Congress of Quantum Chemistry (ICQC) in Kyoto, Japan. Through this network, Professor Imamura has been able to pass on a wealth of knowledge, expertise, and experience to the current and future generations of scientists in Germany, the United States, and China, as Professor Imamura is still doing with his lectures both in Japan at Kyushu University and in China at South China Normal University, and previously in Erlangen at the University of Erlangen, in Heidelberg at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Germany, and in Ithaca, New York at Cornell University in the United States. He has been a real example of the modern protean research scientist and professor who has continued to be in research and teaching, active well beyond the formerly set retirement age of 63 or 65 set by society. The idea that researchers and professors cannot be active in their 60s, 70s, and 80s has now also been shown to be a misconception that needs to be corrected at the funding and institutional levels. Too many very active, knowledgeable, and experienced researchers and professors have been forced to stand on the sidelines, while those who have replaced them have very little practical knowledge, expertise, and more importantly, life experience. A whole generation of young academics are being hired who have never worked a day in industry, never visited an industrial laboratory and/or research group, and hence are unable, (don't know) and in many cases, unwilling to train and educate their students with the skills they need to not only work in industry but also to create new and exciting new industries. The idea that the large chemical and pharmaceutcal companies and government laboartories will hire all of the ever increasing numbers of undergraduate and graduate (MSc and PhD) students no longer applies. The university mission is no longer just to teach, give knowledge, and to do research, but also to innovate, that is, to train the students to take their acquired knowledge from their text books and apply it with the newly acquired knowledge in the research laboratories to start and develop new industries and companies. But this means that the students need to be trained in the fields of engineering economics, finance, and scientific and international law, so that they are able to undertake such projects, in addition to understanding and applying their scientific knowledge. It will also require a concerted effort by funding agencies, state, local, federal, and even international bodies that seek to create and sustain strong economies and infrastructure, which will support and be supported by the highly motivated, trained, and educated work forces. The third pillar is now being established, but it needs to now be totally and completely integrated with the other establishments and infrastructure
Systemic lupus erythematosus: strategies to improve pregnancy outcomes
No full textYuriko Yamamoto, Shigeru Aoki Perinatal Center for Maternity and Neonate, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan Abstract: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease with a high prevalence in females of childbearing age. Thus, reproduction in SLE patients is a major concern for clinicians. In the past, SLE patients were advised to defer pregnancy because of poor pregnancy outcomes and fear of SLE flares during pregnancy. Investigations to date show that maternal and fetal risks are higher in females with SLE than in the general population. However, with appropriate management of the disease, sufferers may have a relatively uncomplicated pregnancy course. Factors such as appropriate preconception counseling and medication adjustment, strict disease control prior to pregnancy, intensive surveillance during and after pregnancy by both the obstetrician and rheumatologist, and appropriate interventions when necessary play a key role. This review describes the strategies to improve pregnancy outcomes in SLE patients at different time points in the reproduction cycle (preconception, during pregnancy, and postpartum period) and also details the neonatal concerns. Keywords: systemic lupus erythematosus, pregnancy outcomes, lupus flar
Difficulty and Enforcement Frequency of Transfer Technique in Clinical Practice : Frequency of Practicing Transitional Care Skills and Difficulties the First-Year and Forth-Year Students Have in Practical Training
No full textProblems in Education of Nursing Skills in the Practice of Fundamental Clinical Nursing : Analysis of Practical Experiences of Students for 2 Years
No full textThe Features of Learning Needs and Educational Needs Which Were Perceived by Teachers of Nursing School Located in Chugoku and Shikoku Area
No full textDeveloping human minor salivary glands: morphological parallel relation between the expression of TGF-beta isoforms and cytoskeletal markers of glandular maturation
No full textA morfogênese das glândulas salivares envolve eventos complexos e coordenados, dependentes da interação epitélio-mesênquima e do microambiente. Fatores de crescimento coordenam vários desses processos biológicos e o fator transformador de crescimento-beta (TGF-) mostra-se relevante. Utilizando imunoistoquímica e imunofluorescência, a distribuição do TGF-1, 2 e 3 foi mapeada e sua expressão comparada com a expressão de marcadores de maturação em glândulas salivares humanas obtidas de fetos que tinham entre 4ª e 24ª semanas de vida intra-uterina. O TGF-1 foi detectado durante a fase pseudoglandular no mesênquima. Nas outras etapas da diferenciação glandular esse fator foi expresso no citoplasma das células acinares até a glândula salivar adulta. O TGF-2 foi detectado desde o estágio de botão inicial da glândula salivar. Sua expressão foi observada nas células ductais e sua presença aumentada ao longo da diferenciação glandular. O TGF-3 foi visto durante a fase pseudoglandular das glândulas salivares, inicialmente fraco nas células ductais e foi o único detectado em células mioepiteliais. A troca de subunidades de TGF- durante a maturação das glândulas salivares sugere mudanças estimuladas durante os complexos estágios de desenvolvimento dessas glândulas. O presente estudo reafirma essa evidência, e mostra que as subunidades do TGF- são fatores importantes durante a diferenciação de glândulas salivares.Morphogenesis of salivary glands involves complex coordinated events. Synchronization between cell proliferation, polarization and differentiation, which are dependent on epithelialmesenchymal interactions and on the microenvironment, is a requirement. Growth factors mediate many of these orchestrated biological processes and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF- ) appears to be relevant. Using immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence, we have mapped the distribution of TGF- 1, 2 and 3 and compared it with the expression of maturation markers in human salivary glands obtained from fetuses ranging from weeks 4 to 24 of gestation. TGF- 1 first appeared during pseudoglandular stage in the surrounding mesenchyme and, in the more differentiated stages, was expressed in the cytoplasm of acinar cells throughout the adult gland. The TGF- 2 was detected since the bud initial stage of the salivary gland. Its expression was observed in ductal cells and increased along gland differentiation. The TGF- 3 was detected from the pseudoglandular stage of the salivary gland, being weakly expressed on ductal cells, and it was the only factor detected on myoepithelial cells. The data suggest that TGF- have a role to play in salivary gland development and differentiation
Difficulties of Nursing Student's Skills in the Practice of Fundamental Clinical Nursing and Their Coping Ways
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