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Reading Ruth : towards a postmodernist, literary and womanist analysis
No full textBibliography: leaves 132-140.This dissertation examines the book of Ruth from a postmodemist, literary and womanist perspective. The main methodology is postmodemist literary criticism, but it employs intertextual and autobiographical approaches as well. Chapter 1 is an exploration of the plot of Ruth and reveals that in order for the end goal of the plot to be achieved "emptiness has to return to fullness." It is shown that Ruth's action (her decision to return with Naomi) is the catalyst that begins the process that ultimately leads to the denouement of the plot. The fact that it is the two women, Ruth and Naomi, who drive the plot forward, indicates that the Book of Ruth is a woman's story. Chapter 2 demonstrates that the significance of narrative time for any literary analysis lies in the fact that the amount of time allowed for the retelling of the events rarely corresponds to the time it took for the events to happen. Since Ruth is a short story, the choice of what to tell, what to omit as well as how long to dwell on details are indeed significant. In other words it is shown that literary time is only spent on those aspects which are crucial for the advancement of the narrative. Since the reader's main goal is to see how the conflicts are resolved, the literary time spent on the resolution of the conflicts is an indication of where the weight of the story needs to lie. In this case, it is certainly with Ruth and Naomi judging from the amount of time spent on dialogues between the two women. They are therefore the ones that contribute to the resolution of the conflicts of the plot. Chapter 3 reveals that in the book of Ruth the narrative voice or the perspective of attitudes, conceptions and worldview are those of a woman. The fact that the book of Ruth is named after a woman; the fact that at the very outset all the males in the story die and it is the women that take over the narrative; the fact that in the end the women of Bethlehem declare that Ruth is better to Naomi than seven sons are just some of the reasons that substantiate the argument that the narrative voice in the book of Ruth was that of a woman. It is also shown that this narrative voice (whether overt or covert) subverts gender and ethnic expectations. Chapter 4 outlines the way in which biblical characters are portrayed. The subsections of chapter 4 deal with the characterisation of each major character: Naomi, Boaz, and Ruth. Chapter 4 is the longest chapter since it is difficult to evaluate characterisation without engaging the other facets of literary criticism as well, such as plot and dialogue
Bibliography and brief literary biography of author Ruth Moore, born 1903. Her f
No full textBibliography and brief literary biography of author Ruth Moore, born 1903. Her first novel, The Weir, was published in 1943
Métricas de autor Ruth Alejandra Patiño Jacinto
No full textInforme de las métricas de autor de la Dra. Ruth Alejandra Patiño Jacinto de las publicaciones indexadas en Google Académico cuyo objetivo es entregar un insumo para el fortalecimiento de las capacidades y potencialidades de los autores de la Universidad Santo Tomás en el posicionamiento y visibilidad de sus publicacionesReport of the author metrics of Ruth Alejandra Patiño Jacinto of the publications indexed in Google Scholar whose objective is to provide an input for the strengthening of the capacities and potentialities of the authors of the Santo Tomás University in the positioning and visibility of their publicationshttp://unidadinvestigacion.usta.edu.c
The Miller F. Whittaker Library\u27s Renovation Project
No full textThe author describes the renovation project undertaken by the Miller F. Whittaker Library at South Carolina State University
Association analyses of 249 796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index
No full textRuth Loos and colleagues report results of a large genome-wide association study for body mass index. They identify 18 new loci associated with this trait, some of which map near key hypothalamic regulators of energy balance
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RBP4 variants are significantly associated with plasma RBP4 levels and hypertriglyceridemia risk in Chinese Hans
No full textWe previously found that plasma RBP4 levels were strongly associated with metabolic syndrome components. This study aimed to determine whether RBP4 variants are associated with the metabolic syndrome components and plasma RBP4 levels, and to investigate whether the associations between plasma RBP4 and the metabolic syndrome components are causal. Five tagSNPs were tested for their associations with plasma RBP4 levels and metabolic syndrome components in a population-based sample of 3,210 Chinese Hans. A possible causal relationship between plasma RBP4 levels and hypertriglyceridemia was explored by Mendelian randomization. Plasma RBP4 levels were significantly associated with rs10882273 (beta z -0.10SD[-0.17, -0.03], P = 0.0050), rs3758538 (beta z -0.13SD[-0.24, -0.02], P = 0.0249) in all participants, and with rs17108993 in Shanghai participants (beta z -0.19SD[-0.32, -0.05], P = 0.0061). The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs3758538 was significantly associated with hypertriglyceridemia (OR 0.62 [0.45-0.85], P = 0.0026) and triglycerides (beta z -0.19SD [20.30, 20.07], P = 0.001) in all participants. In Mendelian randomization analysis, the observed effect size of association between rs3758538 and hypertriglyceridemia was different from the expected effect size (P = 0.0213). This is the first study to show that the RBP4 variants are significantly associated with plasma RBP4 levels and hypertriglyceridemia risk in Chinese Hans. However, results of Mendelian randomization do not support the hypothesis thatRBP4 levels are causally related to hypertriglyceridemia risk.-Wu, Y., H. Li, R. J. F. Loos, Q. Qi, F. B. Hu, Y. Liu, and X. Lin. RBP4 variants are significantly associated with plasma RBP4 levels and hypertriglyceridemia risk in ChineseHans. J. Lipid Res. 2009. 50: 1479-1486.Version of Recor
Genotype information and quality control statistics for the 9 obesity-susceptibility variants included in the study.
No full text<p>Article reference: 1) Loos et al., 2009; 2) Hinney et al., 2007; 3) Loos et al., 2008; 4) Willer et al., 2009; 5) Zhao et al., 2009; 6) Thorleifson et al., 2009;</p><p>HWE: Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium; Call-rate: rate of successful genotyping. All variants passed initial quality-control criteria with a call-rate ≥95% and genotype distribution were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (P>0.05). The genotype distribution and effect allele frequencies varied from 17.7% for rs987237 to 83.7% for rs654238), which were in consistency with previous reports.</p
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