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The Mission and Interitance of Takao Memories\ue2A Study of Lin Shu-Guang\ue2s Literary and Historical Writing
No full textLin Shu-Guang was born during the Japanese colonial period. As a Kaohsiung citizen, not only did he witness the various changes of Takao since the Japanese colonial period, but he also transcribed the Takao memories engraved in his mind, contributing a rich collection of local literature and history publications, which present the people, time, and space from a variety of aspects, giving readers a chance to perceive the historical background and the form of society at the time through his words. We cannot help but wonder what triggered Lin to take up his pen to record Takao? How did he embed the many-sided memories of himself, the officials, and the civilians into his works? What kind of emotions toward his hometown are contained in these works?
Therefore, the author attempts to reconstruct the written memories of Lin by analyzing and comparing his publications of Takao series, and those published on newspapers and magazines, to actual history, with the aid of documents and graphics that show the development history of Kaohsiung, in hopes to clarify the content of Lin\ue2s literature and history documents and its importance. First, the current study discusses the impact of Lin\ue2s life course on his literary works, including the content, form of writing, and writing techniques, which greatly present what Lin has been through in his life course. Secondly, the study mainly discusses the folk proverb written by Lin, exploring how he turned folk proverb, which is commonly used as sub-content, into the core, engraving the memories of the civilians and his own, weaving the emotions, time, and space into the written works. Lastly, the study puts Lin\ue2s writing of beliefs as the main focus, investigating his contribution to preserve the customs and deity beliefs of Kaohsiung, and the unbreakable connection between folk proverb and beliefs
<Notes>A Reconsideration of Central Asian History Centered on the Silk-Road Theory, In Light of Takao Moriyasu's Criticism
No full textIn the 1960's a view of Central Asian history based on the Silk-Road theory maintained a dominant position in the academic world in Japan. Hisao Matsuda was the advocate of the theory and emphasized the importance of the Silk-Road, a conduit for cultural and material exchange between the East and the West, for the people of Central Asia. Matsuda argued that the economy of oasis cities in Central Asia depended heavily on the caravan-trade conducted along the Silk Road. According to Matsuda's theory, agriculture was only secondary in the region. In the late 1970's A History of Central Asia by the author of this paper was published criticizing Matsuda's view. The author questioned whether the value of Silk Road for the people of Central Asia was truly so great. He argued that agriculture was more important than the caravan trade. The book gave rise to academic disputes in Japan. The disputes revolved around how the value of the Silk Road for the people in Central Asia should be estimated. The dispute never reached a conclusion, but this author's view seems to have gained the upper hand in the intervening thirty years. However, Takao Moriyasu's The Silk-Road and the Tang-Dynasty, which appeared in 2007, severely criticized the views of this author. Moriyasu appears to wish to revive Matsuda's theory. This paper counters Moriyasu's criticism from many points of view and reaffirms this author's earlier position
Nemoura hikosan Shimizu 2016
No full textNemoura hikosan nomen nov. http://lsŠd.specŠesfŠle.org/urn:lsŠd: Plecoptera.specŠesfŠle.org: TaxonName: 491561 Nemoura japonica Needham 1905, p. 110. Syntype (male & female) from Mt. HŠkosan, Kyushu, Japan. — Okamoto 1922, p. 36; Kohno 1964, p. 32; IllŠes 1966, p. 468; KawaŠ 1967, p. 32; KawaŠ 1976, p. 40; ShŠmŠzu et al. 2005, p. 279 fŠg. 23-6. The descrŠptŠon Šn ShŠmŠzu et al. (2005) Šs a mŠsŠdentŠfŠcatŠon. In 1998, the syntypes were examined by the present author. The syntypes were misplaced in the vial labeled “ Austroperla cyrene (Newman) ”. Apparently, Needham examined the species just before describing Nemoura japonica Needham, 1905, perhaps leading to a female of Austroperla being placed in a vial with the label “female of Nemoura japonica, Hikosan, Buzen. 23th Aug ’02” which indicated the type specimen. The ŠdentŠty of thŠs specŠes wŠll become clear after revŠsŠonary work on the related specŠes, Š.e. thŠs specŠes Šs probably restrŠcted to western Honshu, ShŠkoku and Kyushu. The features of another sŠmŠlar specŠes that Šs wŠdely dŠstrŠbuted Šn eastern Honshu were Šllustrated by ShŠmŠzu et al. (2005). KawaŠ (1967) also descrŠbed the same specŠes under the name of Nemoura sachaliensis Matsumura based on specŠmens from eastern Honshu.Published as part of Shimizu, Takao, 2016, Dates, Validity And Spelling Of Japanese Stoneflies (Plecoptera) Described By Shonen Matsumura, pp. 27-30 in Illiesia 12 (6) on page 28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.476101
Unique Tropism and Entry Mechanism of Mumps Virus
No full textMumps virus (MuV) is an important human pathogen that causes parotitis, orchitis, oophoritis, meningitis, encephalitis, and sensorineural hearing loss. Although mumps is a vaccine-preventable disease, sporadic outbreaks have occurred worldwide, even in highly vaccinated populations. MuV not only causes systemic infection but also has a unique tropism to glandular tissues and the central nervous system. In general, tropism can be defined by multiple factors in the viral life cycle, including its entry, interaction with host factors, and host-cell immune responses. Although the underlying mechanisms of MuV tropism remain to be fully understood, recent studies on virus–host interactions have provided insights into viral pathogenesis. This review was aimed at summarizing the entry process of MuV by focusing on the glycan receptors, particularly the recently identified receptors with a trisaccharide core motif, and their interactions with the viral attachment proteins. Here, we describe the receptor structures, their distribution in the human body, and the recently identified host factors for MuV and analyze their relationship with MuV tropism
Large-Scale Expression and Purification of Mumps Virus Hemagglutinin-Neuraminidase for Structural Analyses and Glycan-Binding Assays
No full textLinearly polarized lasing in one-dimensional hybrid photonic crystal containing cholesteric liquid crystal
No full textThis article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. This article appeared in Yuko Matsuhisa, Ryotaro Ozaki, Yuuki Takao, and Masanori Ozaki, J. Appl. Phys. 101, 033120 (2007) and may be found at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2434835.We have achieved single-mode laser action in a one-dimensional hybrid photonic crystal (HPC) containing cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) as a defect and experimentally investigated the polarization characteristics of the laser light. The laser light emitted from the HPC containing the CLC was linearly polarized, which was different from that of the simple CLC, despite the CLC being contained in this structure. We have theoretically calculated the optical propagation to justify the experimental result. The calculated result was in good agreement with the experimental result and showed the difference in optical characteristics between the simple CLC and the HPC containing the CLC
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