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FIGURE 4. Carex fangiana X. F. Jin & Y. Y in Notes on Carex (Cyperaceae) from China: three new species
No full textFIGURE 4. Carex fangiana X. F. Jin & Y. Y. Zhou, sp. nov. (A) habit; (B) staminate scale; (C) pistillate scale; (D) perigynium; (E) achene (drawn by Xiao-Feng Jin from holotype in SZ).Published as part of Zhou, Ying-Ying & Jin, Xiao-Feng, 2014, Notes on Carex (Cyperaceae) from China: three new species, pp. 133-140 in Phytotaxa 164 (2) on page 138, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.164.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/513266
The politics of fashion: perceptions of power in female clothing and ornamentation as reflected in the sixteenth-century Chinese novel Jin Ping Mei
No full textThis thesis examines issues of female power and influence in sixteenth-century China focusing on how women and their roles were perceived in the changing social environment of the mid-late Ming dynasty. Using aspects of a New Historicist approach, information from contemporary literary and historical sources are analysed alongside each other. With its emphasis on the lives of women and preoccupation with the description of material objects, the late Ming novel Jin Ping Mei forms an important element in the thesis. China in the sixteenth century saw expanding urbanisation, the emergence of a new wealthy merchant class, increasing visibility of women and a questioning of traditional morality. Fashion consciousness, as one of the most conspicuous aspects of the new material culture, is a possible indicator of these trends. Traditional Western theories contend that fashion began in the particular context of Renaissance Europe. However, this study argues that a similar fashion awareness existed in China too, and was manifested in a competitive striving for social status, in this case specifically among women. In contrast to previous studies which downplayed the impact women had on defining traditional Chinese culture, this thesis demonstrates how women and their sartorial choices began to redefine the boundaries of material culture, influencing literati discourse which, in turn, re- influenced female behaviour
FIGURE 1. Neottia bicallosa X.H. Jin. A. Habit. B in A new species of Neottia (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae) from southwestern China
No full textFIGURE 1. Neottia bicallosa X.H. Jin. A. Habit. B. Front view of flower. C. Dorsal sepal. D. Lateral sepal. E. Petal. F. Lip. G. Ovary and column. (All drawn from the holotype by Sun, Y.B.)Published as part of Jin, Xiao-Hua, 2014, A new species of Neottia (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae) from southwestern China, pp. 188-190 in Phytotaxa 177 (3) on page 189, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.177.3.8, http://zenodo.org/record/514472
Figure 3 from: Lu Y-F, Jin X-F (2022) Notes on Carex (Cyperaceae) from China (VIII): five new species and a new variety from southern and south-western China. PhytoKeys 188: 31-47. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.188.77776
No full textFigure 3 Carex huanjiangensis sp. nov. A lower part of habit B upper part of habit C lateral spike D terminal spike E staminate glume F pistillate glume G utricle H nutlet (Drawn by Xiao-Feng Jin; based on holotype: Beijing Exped 894059 in PE)
Otacilia xueshanensis Mu & Jin & Zhang 2022, sp. nov.
No full textOtacilia xueshanensis sp. nov. (Ḣ山Þffifl) Figs 10G–H, 17, 18 Type material. Holotype ♂: CHINA: Guizhou Province: Bijie City, Weining Yi and Hui and Miao Autonomous County, Xueshan Town, Xueshan Reservoir (27°03.90′N, 104°06.34′E, 2423 m elev.), 19Aug. 2017, leg. Yannan Mu. Paratypes: 2♀, same data as holotype. Etymology. The species name is derived from the type locality; adjective. Diagnosis. This new species resembles O. submicrostoma Jin, Fu, Yin & Zhang, 2016 by having a similarly shaped FA, transverse and slender embolus, and similar bulb (see Fig. 17A, C and fig. 11A, C in Jin et al. 2016), but males can be distinguished by the thin RTA and a small and obvious apophysis present at the prolateral base of the RTA (vs wide RTA without basal apophysis, compare Figs 17B–D, 18B–D and figs 11D, 12C in Jin et al. 2016). Females can be distinguished by the thin median septum (vs without median septum, compare Fig. 18E with fig. 12D in Jin et al. 2016) and the compact, closely situated copulatory openings, copulatory ducts and connecting tube (vs loose and clearly separated, compare Fig. 17E–F and fig. 11E–G in Jin et al. 2016). Description. Male: holotype (Fig. 10G): total length 2.81, carapace 1.51 long, 1.32 wide (CW); abdomen 1.31 long, 0. 89 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.09, ALE 0.09, PME 0.08, PLE 0.09; AME–AME 0.05, AME–ALE 0.01, ALE–ALE 0.22, PME–PME 0.13, PME–PLE 0.07, PLE–PLE 0.38, ALE–PLE 0.10. Eye area 0.51 wide (EAW), cephalic region 0.71 wide (CRW), EAW/CRW 0.72. CRW/CW 0.54. MOA 0.22 long, anterior width 0.20, posterior width 0.27. Clypeal height 0.15 (CH), CH /AME 1.67. Chelicerae with three promarginal and six retromarginal teeth. Carapace yellow, with broad black ring around margin of carapace. Abdomen oval, gray, with large rectangular dorsal scutum anteriorly, two irregular black spots at middle area, one black chevron marking and three transverse stripes posteriorly (Fig. 10G). Palp as in Figs 17A–D, 18A–D. FA high, located at anterior of femur. PTA sclerotized, tip round (Figs 17A, 18A). RTA thin, long and straight, with small apophysis prolaterally at base of RTA (Figs 17B, 18B). Tegulum oval, wider than cymbium. Tegulum apophysis large, triangular. Sperm duct tapering to embolus. Embolus slender, transverse. Conductor absent. Female (Fig. 10H): total length 3.95–4.24 (n=2). One paratype total length 3.95, carapace 1.64 long, 1.49 wide (CW); abdomen 2.31 long, 1.57 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.11, ALE 0.10, PME 0.09, PLE 0.11; AME – AME 0.03, AME – ALE 0.01, ALE – ALE 0.24, PME – PME 0.11, PME – PLE 0.05, PLE – PLE 0.40, ALE – PLE 0.10. Eye area 0.53 wide (EAW), cephalic region 0.77 wide (CRW), EAW/CRW 0.69. CRW/CW 0.52. MOA 0.26 long, anterior width 0.22, posterior width 0.30. Clypeal height 0.13 (CH), CH / AME 1.18. Carapace dark brown, with broad black ring around margin of carapace, and hand-shaped brown pattern at middle part around fovea. Abdomen gray, without dorsal scutum, anterior black, two triangular black spots at middle area, four chevron stripes posteriorly (Fig. 10H). Epigyne as in Figs 17E–F, 18E–F. Epigynal plate longer than wide. Median septum extremely thin, crack-like. Copulatory openings small, with wing-shaped copulatory plug (Figs 17E). Copulatory ducts short and thick, close to each other and slightly separated at posterior part. Connecting tube thin, strongly curved. Bursa oval, transparent. Spermathecae oval, transverse, close to each other. Fertilization ducts located at anterior of spermathecae. Measurements of legs: Distribution. China (Guizhou Province).Published as part of Mu, Yannan, Jin, Chi & Zhang, Feng, 2022, Description of eight new species of Otacilia Thorell, 1897 from southern China (Araneae: Phrurolithidae), pp. 238-260 in Zootaxa 5134 (2) on pages 258-260, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5134.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/653488
Figure 5 from: Lu Y-F, Xu Y-L, Xie W-Y, Zhang H-W, Cai X, Jin X-F (2021) Two new species and a new combination from Zhejiang, East China. PhytoKeys 184: 111-126. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.184.73327
No full textFigure 5 Ixeridium dimorphifolium sp. nov. A habit B bract C outer phyllary D inner phyllary E opened involucre (showing receptacle) F floret G achene (Illustrated by Xiao-Feng Jin; based on Xiao-Feng Jin 4568, ZM)
Nanocnide zhejiangensis X. F. Jin & Y. F. Lu
No full text2. <i>Nanocnide zhejiangensis</i> X. F. Jin & Y. F. Lu, Nordic J. Bot. 37: e02339. 2019. <p> <b>Type</b>:— Mainland China. Zhejiang: Mt. Tongling, Meichang, 16 Apr. 2012, <i>X. F. Jin 2806</i> (holotype, HTC; isotype, PE, ZM).</p> <p> <b>Description</b>:—Perennial herb. Stems erect, basally branched, diffuse, 15‒50 cm tall, glabrous. Leaves alternate; blades triangular-ovate, broadly ovate or flabellate, 0.8‒4.0 cm long, 1.0‒ 3.5 cm wide, obtuse at apex, cuneate or broadly cuneate or rarely truncate at base, with deeply 3‒9-crenate margin, adaxially green, sparsely hirsute, abaxially pale green or pale purple, glabrous, 3‒5-veined; cystoliths conspicuous on both surfaces, botuliform; petioles 0.7‒4.5 cm long, glabrous; stipules elliptic-oblong, ovate or broadly ovate, 1.0‒ 1.5 mm long, glabrous. Staminate inflorescences in distal axils, cymose dichotomously branched, longer than leaves, sparsely flowered; peduncles 3.6‒9.0 cm long, glabrous; pedicels 1‒5 mm long, glabrous. Pistillate inflorescences in clusters, in distal axils, shorter than leaves; peduncles 3‒25 mm long, glabrous, without pedicels. Staminate flowers purplish red, ca 2 mm in diam.; perianth lobes five, ovate, 1.2‒1.5 mm long, with green costa, glabrous; stamens five, shorter than perianths, with yellow anthers. Pistillate flowers green; perianth lobes four, unequal, outer two longer, ca 1.5 mm long, boat-shaped, with keeled costa, acuminate or solitary spinose—setaceous at apex, dorsally glabrous, inner two long-ovate, ca 1 mm long, glabrous. Achenes compressed-ovoid, pale yellow, ca 1 mm long, verrucose.</p> <p> <b>Distribution</b>:—Endemic to Mainland China (Mt. Tongling in Zhejiang).</p>Published as part of <i>Aoki, Satoshi, Li, Pan, Matsuo, Ayumi, Suyama, Yoshihisa & Ito, Motomi, 2023, Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Nanocnide (Urticaceae) with particular attention to the Ryukyu Islands endemic N. lobata, pp. 23-40 in Phytotaxa 607 (1)</i> on pages 35-36, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.607.1.3, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/8212166">http://zenodo.org/record/8212166</a>
Sang Jin Kim
No full text학위논문(석사)--아주대학교 일반대학원 :의학과,2015. 2ABSTRACT i
TABLE OF CONTENTS ii
LIST OF FIGURES iv
LIST OF TABLES v
I. INTRODUCTION 1
II. MATERIALS AND METHODS 3
A. Subjects 3
B. Protocol of topical TA application 3
C. Assessment of TA treatment efficacy 3
D. Histopathological and immunohistochemistrical analysis 4
E. Image analysis 5
F. Statistical analysis 6
III. RESULTS 7
A. Clinical assessment of TA treatment efficacy 7
1. Clinical photographs 7
2. Melasma severity scale (MSS) 7
3. Modified melasma area and severity index (mMASI) 8
4. Chromameter 9
5. Subjective satisfaction score 10
B. Histological analysis 11
1. Pigmentation 11
2. Vascularity 11
3. Mast cell 13
4. Other immunohistochemical results 14
IV. DISCUSSION 20
V. CONCLUSION 23
REFERENCES 24
SUPPLEMENTS 27
국문요약 31MasterBackground and Objectives: Melasma is an acquired hyperpigmentary disorder mainly on the face. Tranexamic acid (TA), a plasmin inhibitor, has been suggested as an efficient treatment modality on melasma. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects and action mechanism of topical TA in the treatment of melasma.
Material and methods: Twenty three healthy Korean females with melasma were enrolled, and applied 2% TA formulation on the whole face for 12 weeks. Pigmentation and erythema were objectively assessed using melasma severity scale (MSS), modified melasma area and severity index (mMASI), and chromameter. The subject satisfaction questionnaire was also documented. Skin biopsies were obtained from 10 subjects on baseline and 12 weeks after treatment. Histological and immunohistochemical analyses were performed.
Results: After 12 weeks, significant improvement in MSS and mMASI showed in 22 of 23 patients. L* values were increased in both lesional and perilesional normal skin after 12 weeks. The improvement was noticed in 4 weeks. a* values were decreased in both lesional and perilesional normal skin. Subjective satisfaction score was improved. Fontana-Masson staining showed significant decrease of pigmentation in both lesional and perilesional normal skin after treatment. There were no changes in vascularity and number of mast cells. ET-1 expression was significantly decreased in the epidermis of both lesional and perilesional normal skin after treatment. SCF expression in the epidermis was significantly decreased in the lesional skin after treatment. There were no changes in expressions of α-MSH, EP2, and VEGF.
Conclusion: Topical TA improved pigmentation and erythema in melasma. Decreased expression of ET-1 and SCF in the epidermis after treatment was suspected to be an action mechanism of topical TA for melasma treatment
FIGURE 3. Carex daxinensis Y. Y. Zhou & X. F in Notes on Carex (Cyperaceae) from China: three new species
No full textFIGURE 3. Carex daxinensis Y. Y. Zhou & X. F. Jin, sp. nov. (A) habit; (B) staminate scale; (C) pistillate scale; (D) perigynium; (E) achene (drawn by Xiao-Feng Jin from holotype in HTC).Published as part of Zhou, Ying-Ying & Jin, Xiao-Feng, 2014, Notes on Carex (Cyperaceae) from China: three new species, pp. 133-140 in Phytotaxa 164 (2) on page 136, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.164.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/513266
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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