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Nien Chang
No full textNien Chang (January 28, 1915 – November 2, 2009) was a Chinese author who recounted her harrowing experiences of the Cultural Revolution in her memoir Life and Death in Shanghai.https://nsuworks.nova.edu/nsudigital_forums/1070/thumbnail.jp
Farai un vers de dreit nien trubadúra Guilhema de Peitieu a literární historie
No full textThis study strives to bring to the attention the context of literary history findings concerning thetroubadour song “Farai un vers de dreit nien” and his supposed author. The analysis discusses thescientific debate of the historical identification of the song’s author, its chronological placement andthe song’s attribution among other author’s texts. It reexamines parts of the song proposing severalconsiderations derived from the historical and literary context that might offer interesting perspectivesfor the interpretation of the song.13414
Farai un vers de dreit nien trubadúra Guilhema de Peitieu a literární historie // Farai un vers de dreit nien of the troubadour Guilhem de Peitieu and the findings of literary history
No full textThis study strives to bring to the attention the context of literary history findings concerning the
troubadour song “Farai un vers de dreit nien” and his supposed author. The analysis discusses the
scientific debate of the historical identification of the song’s author, its chronological placement and
the song’s attribution among other author’s texts. It reexamines parts of the song proposing several
considerations derived from the historical and literary context that might offer interesting perspectives
for the interpretation of the song
The mobility capacity of the manufacturing multinational enterprise: a framework and two case studies
Get PDFIn this paper, I try to develop a framework, which presents the factors influencing the mobility capacity of the manufacturing activity of a multinational enterprise (the difficulty/ease with which it can transfer its manufacturing activity from the initial host territory to another territory). I differentiate five factors: (1) the nature (generic vs. specific) of the territorial resources used by the multinational’s subsidiary; (2) market access offered by production in the host territory; (3) the durability and specificity of the fixed assets owned by the multinational enterprise in the host territory; (4) other barriers making exit out of the host territory difficult (redundancy costs, interrelatedness of the subsidiary’s activity with other units of the multinational enterprise, etc.); and (5) the availability of substitute plants by the multinational enterprise that can take over the production of the host territory’s subsidiary. Once the framework is presented, I use it to analyse the mobility potential of the activities of two multinational enterprises: a Taiwanese company (Nien Hsing Textile Co.) that was assembling trousers in Nicaragua (fieldwork in 1998 and 2007) and a Japanese company (Sony) that was assembling television sets and manufacturing cathode ray tubes in Wales (fieldwork in 2000-2001). The study shows the importance, in the short run, of the heaviness of the capital goods used in production as factor limiting mobility. In the long run, however, the degree of specificity (uniqueness) of the territorial resources employed by the multinational enterprise (qualified labour, specialised suppliers, etc.) is crucial. The study shows also the risk of the “no-upgrading trap†of inward manufacturing investment for peripheral host territories. Indeed, multinational enterprises that realise small profit margin activities, and in which labour costs occupy an important share in total production costs, will want to maintain their international mobility capacity to be able to respond swiftly to changes in the configuration of location advantages. Therefore, they will restrict their sunk investments (in fixed assets, in training, in collaborations with local suppliers, etc.) in the host territory. This strategy counters the local embeddedness of the subsidiary and limits its structural economic impact on the host territory.
Lysophospholipids increase IL-8 and MCP-1 expressions in human umbilical cord vein endothelial cells through an IL-1- and Edg1-dependent mechanism.
No full textSphingosine 1 –phosphate regulates inflammation-related genes in human endothelial cells through S1P(1) and S1P(3).
No full textThe political role of the people's liberation army 1949-1973
Get PDFThis thesis is to study the political role of the People's Liberation Army from the approach of structure and function. The framework of the thesis consists of three major parts, first, the influence of Chinese traditional political culture on, and the formation of, the political role of the PL A; second, the influence of domestic political struggles and external military conflicts on the development of the political role of the PLA; and the third, the analysis of the transition of the PLA's political role from the structure and personnel arrangements of the CCPCC Within the above-mentioned three scopes, this thesis make a thorough discussion on the following: (1) The relationship between the structure of the PRC and the formation of the PLA's political role; (2) How has ideology influenced the army's political role; (3) What is Mao's viewpoint and his influence on the development of the army's political role; (4) What is the link between the army and the party, and how has this developed; (6) What accounts for the expansion of the PLA's political functions; (7) What is the influence of political factional struggles on the PLA's political role; (8) Is it political institution or military institution that controls the recruitment of the military elite; (9) What are the disparities between the military elite in handling international conflicts and what are their political considerations; (10) What is the Party's position in the army; (11) How have the Party’s important meetings and personnel arrangements influenced the rise and fall of the PLA's political role
Oral Vancomycin and Gentamicin for Treatment of Very Early Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
No full text10.1159/000475660Digestion954310-31
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