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The Clash Between Personal Fate, the Future, and Society in Ge Fei’s Jiangnan Trilogy
No full textGe Fei’s novels, both those written in his avant-garde period in the 80s and those published later after his "traditional, realistic turn", are all imbued with a strong sense of the individual’s fate as constantly rebuffed by history and by society.
Especially in his Jiangnan sanbuqu (Jiangnan trilogy 2004, 2007, 2011), the main characters share a common commitment to the society they are living in, some of them bravely engaging their lives in the achievement of historically significant endeavours or at least in a personal quest for self-accomplishment: however, the introspective/subjective narration subtly elaborated by the author shows how their fate is ineluctably shaded by any kind of constraints and threats, both to their personal autonomy and to the fulfilment of their ambitions. Ge Fei’s sophisticated narrative, blending techniques drawn from both Chinese tradition and Western fiction, manages to display a multifaceted view of modern Chinese history as dispersed with false projections and corrupted utopias, where the strive for social and individual liberty is doomed to failure. Both in revolutionary China at the beginning of last century and in contemporary People’s Republic, human existence reveals all its frailty in the eternal clash between personal “life plan” and the prognostication of a collective future
University of California Press eScholarship editions in process
No full textIn this collection of passionately argued essays, the internationally acclaimed poet and critic Wai-lim Yip calls Western scholarship to account for its treacherous representation of non-Western literature. Yip moves from Plato to Hans-Georg Gadamer, from Chuang-tzu to Mao Tse-tung, from John Donne to Robert Creeley, as he attempts to create a double consciousness that includes the state of mind of the original author and the expressive potentials of the target language. He aims, first, to expose the types of distortions that have occurred in the process of translation from one language to another and, second, to propose guidelines that will prevent this kind of linguistic violence in the future
Chi-Square and F Approximations of Hetelling's Generalized T0^2
No full textTitle: Chi-Square and F Approximations of Hetelling's Generalized T0^2, Author: Davin Y.N. Yip. Location: ThodeChi-square approximation of Retelling's generalized T0^2 have
been investigated by Professor Tiku. In this project, further results
on the approximation are presented and examined. Also, an F approximation
for the distribution of Retelling's generalized T0^2 is proposed. The
results are compared with other approximations and discussed.ThesisMaster of Science (MSc
Common polymorphisms in TLR4 gene associated with susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis in the sudanese
No full textAuthor name used in this publication: Leung, K.H.Author name used in this publication: Yip, S.P.2012-2013 > Academic research: refereed > Publication in refereed journalAccepted ManuscriptPublishedGreen (AAM
Fei xian xing jie zhi he wai jia jing tai ci chang dui biao mian deng li zi se san guan xi de ying xiang
No full textLi, Ming Yip = 非線性介質和外加靜態磁場對表面等離子色散關係的影響 / 李銘業.Thesis M.Phil. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2014.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 88-91).Abstracts also in Chinese.Title from PDF title page (viewed on 01, November, 2016).Li, Ming Yip = Fei xian xing jie zhi he wai jia jing tai ci chang dui biao mian deng li zi se san guan xi de ying xiang / Li Mingye
Mosses new to Hong Kong (1)
No full textTen moss species - Garkea flexuosa (Griffith) Marg. & Nork., Campylopus laxitextus Lac., Fissidens dubius P. Beauv., Fissidens ceylonensis Dozy & Molk, Fissidens maceratus Mitt., Philonotis thwaitesii Mitt., Isopterygium minutirameum (C. Muell.)Jaeg., Homalia trichomanoides (Hedw.) B.S.G., Pogonatum neesii (C. Muell.) Dozyand Polytrichum formosum Hedw. are reported new to Hong Kong. Among them, five are new to Guangdong Province of China
Long-term liver-related outcomes and liver stiffness progression of statin usage in steatotic liver disease
No full textBackground Statins have multiple benefits in patients with metabolic-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). Aim To explore the effects of statins on the long-term risk of all-cause mortality, liver-related clinical events (LREs) and liver stiffness progression in patients with MASLD. Methods This cohort study collected data on patients with MASLD undergoing at least two vibration-controlled transient elastography examinations at 16 tertiary referral centres. Cox regression analysis was performed to examine the association between statin usage and long-term risk of all-cause mortality and LREs stratified by compensated advanced chronic liver disease (cACLD): baseline liver stiffness measurement (LSM) of ≥10 kPa. Liver stiffness progression was defined as an LSM increase of ≥20% for cACLD and from <10 kPa to ≥10 or LSM for non-cACLD. Liver stiffness regression was defined as LSM reduction from ≥10 kPa to <10 or LSM decrease of ≥20% for cACLD. Results We followed up 7988 patients with baseline LSM 5.9 kPa (IQR 4.6–8.2) for a median of 4.6 years. At baseline, 40.5% of patients used statins, and cACLD was present in 17%. Statin usage was significantly associated with a lower risk of all-cause mortality (adjusted HR=0.233; 95% CI 0.127 to 0.426) and LREs (adjusted HR=0.380; 95% CI 0.268 to 0.539). Statin usage was also associated with lower liver stiffness progression rates in cACLD (HR=0.542; 95% CI 0.389 to 0.755) and non-cACLD (adjusted HR=0.450; 95% CI 0.342 to 0.592), but not with liver stiffness regression (adjusted HR=0.914; 95% CI 0.778 to 1.074). Conclusions Statin usage was associated with a relatively lower long-term risk of all-cause mortality, LREs and liver stiffness progression in patients with MASLD.</p
Effect of antidiabetic drug classes on the risk of liver-related events in individuals with T2D and MASLD
No full textBackground: we investigated the use of type 2 diabetes (T2D) medications, including pioglitazone, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs), and sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors, in individuals with T2D and metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), and explored the effect of these medications on long-term risk of liver-related events (LREs) and progression of liver stiffness in a retrospective cohort study.Methods: we enrolled 7867 individuals with T2D and MASLD from 16 tertiary referral centers between February 2004 and January 2023. We recorded the use of pioglitazone, GLP-1RAs, and SGLT-2 inhibitors and analyzed the effects of these antihyperglycemic medications on the risk of developing incident LREs and the progression of liver stiffness over a median of 5.1 years of follow-up.Results: pioglitazone, GLP-1RAs and SGLT-2 inhibitors were prescribed to 1238 (15.7%), 863 (11.0%), and 2386 (30.3%) individuals with T2D and MASLD, respectively. A significant increase in the utilization of GLP-1RAs and SGLT-2 inhibitors was observed from 2010–2017 to 2017–2023, with pioglitazone and SGLT-2 inhibitors being prescribed more frequently in Asian countries than in Western countries (pioglitazone: 17.9% vs 3.8%; SGLT-2 inhibitors: 34.4% vs 7.3%; P < .001). After propensity score matching, in competing risk models, SGLT-2 inhibitor use was significantly associated with a lower risk of developing both LREs (subdistribution hazard ratio, 0.23; 95% confidence interval, 0.08–0.69, P = .009) and liver stiffness progression (hazard ratio, 0.54; 95% confidence interval, 0.35–0.86, P = .008) after adjusting for potential confounders.Conclusions: SGLT-2 inhibitor use is more prevalent among Asian than Western individuals. SGLT-2 inhibitors are associated with a lower risk of LREs in individuals with T2D and MASLD
Lexicon Optimization in Languages without Alternations
No full textLanguages with few or no alternations have never fitted smoothly into rule-based theories with a commitment to lexical economy. To derive rich surface inventories from more parsimonious underlying inventories, it was necessary to postulate abstract underlying forms even for morphemes which only ever surfaced with one particular allophone. Even if lexical economy was demoted as a paramount consideration, the occurrence of alternations in one small corner of the grammar, such as in loanwords, still forced the linguist back to the abstract and rule-based analysis. This was so because the alternative, a set of phonotactic statements about the surface distribution of allophones, could not alone produce alternations: only rules could do that, and once the grammar included rules, they could be made use of for other purposes, including the non-alternating forms. Output-based theories are tailor-made for language of this type. Surface-true generalizations can be trivially dealt with. When alternations are encountered, they can be understood as the direct result of the pressure to observe these surface constraints, and no special rules are needed.
Using data from vowel systems in several Chinese dialects, Mandarin palatal consonants, and Chaoyang nasalization, it is argued that abstract underlying representations and rules that produce surface forms are highly inefficient for non-alternating systems, in that they frequently require both rules that derive A from B, and rules that derive B from A, in the same contexts. It is proposed that language is learnt on the basis of core data, and that non-core data - language games, poetry, speech errors, onomatopoeia, loanwords - can be used as a probe to investigate the nature of the underlying representations. This paper finds inconclusive evidence for abstract underlying representations, and concludes that the balance of the evidence suggests that learners acquire something rather close to what they hear, unless information from alternations or paradigms forces them to do otherwise. These findings provide support for Lexicon Optimization (Prince and Smolensky 1993).The definitive version of this paper was published in Current Trends in Phonology: Models and Methods (1996)Yip, M. (1996). Lexical optimization in languages without alterations. In J. Durand, & B. Laks (Eds.) Current trends in phonology: Models and methods (pp. 354-385). Salford, Manchester: European Studies Research Institute, University of Salford.ISBN: 9781901471007 (Published conference proceedings)This work was made possible in part by a generous grant from the Chiang Ching Kuo Foundatio
A Comparison of Two Methods of Analyzing a Set of Multidimensional Data
No full textTitle: A Comparison of Two Methods of Analyzing a Set of Multidimensional Data, Author: Shiu-Chin Yip, Location: ThodeIn multivariate analysis problems, one often encounters the
analysis of categorical data. Some authors prefer the analogy of such
analyses with those used for quantitative data, analysis of variance
and regression analysis. In most recent multivariate literature, most
authors agree the use of multidimensional contingency table method.
The purpose of this project is to compare the results obtained in
analyzing part of the data in a psoriasis-liver-methotrexate
interaction study using analysis of variance method and a method which is
more appropriate for categorical data.ThesisMaster of Science (MS
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