663 research outputs found
Role of the E3 ubiquitin ligase HRD1 in the regulation of serotonin transporter function
No full text博士(医学)Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Science広島大
Visual kei ja rappion estetiikka
No full textOpinnäytetyö käsittelee japanilaista alakulttuuria visual keitä ja sen yhteisiä piirteitä eurooppalaisen 1800-luvun dekadenssin taidesuuntauksen kanssa. Aluksi määritellään visual kei ja tarkastellaan sen suhdetta kirjoittajaan. Myös dekadenssi ja sen suhde japanilaiseen taiteeseen ja orientalismiin määritellään. Sen jälkeen esitellään visual kein ja dekadenssin yhteisiä teemoja: väkivaltaa, unia, sukupuolta ja sairautta. Lopuksi pohditaan niiden poliittisuutta.
Sekä visual keitä että dekadenssia leimaa synkkyys ja halu paeta ns. normaalia. Molemmat näkevät rappion väistämättömänä ja haluavat tehdä siitä kaunista.
Opinnäytetyön tarkoitus on selventää visual kein teemoja suhteessa kirjoittajaan ja hänen taiteeseensa. Vaikka visual kei on inspiroivaa, on siinä myös kritisoitavaa, eikä kirjoittajan näkökulma sen teemoihin ole välttämättä sama kuin visual kei -artisteilla.The thesis discusses the Japanese sub-culture called visual kei and its confluence with the 19th century European art trend called decadence. At first, visual kei and decadence are defined and the author’s relationship to visual kei is discussed. Decadence and its relationship to orientalism is also addressed. After that the thesis introduces the joint themes of visual kei and decadence: violence, dreams, gender and disease. In the end a few words are said on the political nature of them.
Both visual kei and decadence exemplify gloominess and will to escape the so called normal. They both see decay inevitable and want to turn it into something beautiful.
The purpose of the thesis is to determine the themes of visual kei as they apply to the author and his art. Although visual kei is inspiring, it has many aspects to be criticised. The author’s viewpoint to visual kei themes varies from that of the visual kei artist
Regulations and media literacy education on online sexual information: A Japanese perspective
No full textThis paper presents a Japanese perspective on measures against online sexual informaiton. A research queistion is set on what kinds of measures are required in order to protect youth from the harmful influence of online sexual informaiton. The paper firstly examines measures initiated by both national and local governments as well as by cell phone carriers, and secondly explores how to protect youth from potential online sexual dangers toward them. Lastly, the paper investigates the impact of online sexual information on Japanese young people's behaviors and values in comparison with that of other countries in an attempt to provide the basis for accurate measures. The results of the research found that online sexual information has some significant impact on young people, including the increase of the curiosity for sexual crimes. --Media literacy,Internet education,Mobile communications,Contents regulation,Harmful information,Child porngraphy
Whangai: remembering, understanding and experiencing
No full textThe Māori customary practice of whangai is often equated with adoption or foster care.
There are, however, significant differences between the institutions. Adoption or foster care, tends to be mainly focused on the interests of the child. The institution of whangai, while being cognizant of the interests of the child, is weighted more towards establishing, nurturing and cementing relationships between individuals, families and broader relational networks. In this paper we draw on the lived experiences of six people who have been raised as whangai and/or have raised whangai. We were interested in their understanding of the cultural concept of whangai, how the customary practice of whangai has changed over time, and their projected thoughts on future generations’ experience of whangai. Findings suggest that the institution of whangai remains as a strong vehicle for both the care of children and for the nurturing of whangai kinship relationships. While participants recognised that contemporary Māori social environments have contributed toward multiple manifestations of whangai, most felt it to be an institution that will be valued and carried into the future
Transgender People's Negotiation of Gender Identity in Public Restrooms: Spatial Access, Interaction, and Body Position
No full textChan Kei Tung.Thesis M.Phil. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2016.Includes bibliographical references (leaves ).Abstracts also in Chinese.Title from PDF title page (viewed on …)
Kei Hiruta: Hannah Arendt and Isaiah Berlin: Freedom, Politics and Humanity, Princeton University Press 2021. : Hannah Arendt and Isaiah Berlin: Freedom, Politics and Humanity, by Kei Hiruta.
No full textThe first thing to notice about Kei Hiruta’s monograph is that it is not a partisan book. The second is that it is one of those works that, while including the historical itinerary, also covers the philosophical debate that runs through it. Kei Hiruta’s research is thus, located at the intersection of political philosophy and intellectual history. The present monograph is the outcome of his project entitled “Berlin’s Bête Noire: Hannah Arendt and Isaiah Berlin on Freedom, Politics, and Humanity” which chronicles the intellectual, political, and personal conflict between Arendt and Berlin. Hiruta has also edited the book Arendt on Freedom, Liberation, and Revolution (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). Here, the author delves into the idea of freedom and totalitarianism as points of disagreement and agreement between two giants of twentieth-century thought. He thus elaborates a concise and essential document of political theory.The first thing to notice about Kei Hiruta’s monograph is that it is not a partisan book. The second is that it is one of those works that, while including the historical itinerary, also covers the philosophical debate that runs through it. Kei Hiruta’s research is thus, located at the intersection of political philosophy and intellectual history. The present monograph is the outcome of his project entitled “Berlin’s Bête Noire: Hannah Arendt and Isaiah Berlin on Freedom, Politics, and Humanity” which chronicles the intellectual, political, and personal conflict between Arendt and Berlin. Hiruta has also edited the book Arendt on Freedom, Liberation, and Revolution (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). Here, the author delves into the idea of freedom and totalitarianism as points of disagreement and agreement between two giants of twentieth-century thought. He thus elaborates a concise and essential document of political theory
The bridges over the river Kei
No full textThe article is the outcome of the author\u27s long-standing interest in the number and variety of bridges that were built within a short section of the Great Kei River at Victoria Drift - in close proximity to the village of Komgha - over a 100-year period. The particular bridges under scrutiny - with their dates of construction - are as follows:
Temporary Military Bridge, 1877 (no longer extant)
Lattice Girder Wagon Bridge, 1879
Timber Railway Bridge, 1905 (only foundations remaining)
Relocated Lattice Girder Railway Bridge, 1948
N2 SANRAL Concrete Bridge, 1977
Already, But Not Yet: Albert Camus' Coming Algeria and The First Man
No full textTsang, Kei Wing Janice.Thesis M.Phil. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2016.Includes bibliographical references (leaves ).Abstracts also in Chinese.Title from PDF title page (viewed on …)
Johnnie To Kei-Fung\u27s Where a Good Man Goes
No full textREVERTING TOSOCIAL ORDER BY CONTAINMENT: JOHNNIE TO KEI-FUNG\u27S WHERE A GOOD MAN GOES The 1999 Hong Kong International Film Festival hailed the Hong Kong director Johnnie To Kei-Fung as a Director in Focus, featuring eleven of his films. The opening film of the Festival was his world premiere, Where a Good Man Goes, casting Lau Ching-wan and Ruby Wong, telling a story of the return of a prodigal son. The film, in short, evolves around a central theme "home". The author of this article suggests that this "home" is of the concept of a traditional home held by the Chinese, from ancient days to the present, and is also patriarchal. The film\u27s story also tells of the "grand narratives" governing the order of the Chinese society since the early ages, which incidentally coincide with the Western view, that no evil can escape judgment and if a prodigal son returns,..
Aesthetics of the beautiful: Ideologic tensions in contemporary assessment
No full textPedagogy is an uncertain art. Yet by its very nature, contemporary teaching and learning practice typically suggests that the expert teacher must come to know their student well enough to plan and predict for educational challenges that will expand and extend their thinking. In many countries, this process is underpinned by bureaucratic ideology that has persuasively developed an agenda for assessment as accountability for pedagogy. As a result assessment practice in these educational institutions is very public, highly accountable and heavily prescribed through curriculum documents that claim to encompass societal agendas. In some cases, such practices are even legislated. Assessment practice is now seen as integral to the pedagogical process since it is through assessment that the teacher purportedly comes to understand the learner; thus providing a rationale for the teaching approaches and strategies that are applied in order to progress learning. In this chronotopic location I suggest there is little room for uncertainty, since the quest to capture the "essence" of the learner and mould them towards societal goals is as much a political agenda of accountability as it is pedagogical
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