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Wang Shuo and the commercialisation of contemporary Chinese culture
Get PDFThis thesis examines the commercialisation of Chinese culture that has taken place over the past twenty years in mainland China. It explores the contribution of Wang Shuo, a cultural figure who straddles different fields of culture, moving from literature to the ultimate mass culture medium of television, this study plots Wang Shuo' s development from educational failure, to business failure, to fiction writer, film & TV editor, film director and cultural critic and analyst. His stories, films, TV series and articles have caused shock-waves throughout national cultural circles as he has transformed the terms of the debate from academic discourse to a validation of the role of the market in the culture field. Although Wang Shuo has not been labelled as a dissident, his approach to the culture market has had a more subversive effect on official ideology that those overt dissidents who have had to live in exile or have been imprisoned. He has utilised the language of official ideology to satirise the authorities, turning the ideology and its supporters into figures of fun. Yet his own goals have been strictly personal and economic ones. The authorities recognize the value of Wang Shuo's work in the cultural market but at the same time distrust his works and place him under strict censorship. Examining the way Wang Shuo and people surround him have succeeded in different fields of cultural achievement is a mirror to understanding the process of the transformation of contemporary Chinese culture from a socialist state-controlled culture to a market-oriented mass culture industry
pJ-Level Energy-Consuming, Low-Voltage Ferroelectric Organic Field-Effect Transistor Memories
No full textFerroelectric organic
field-effect transistors (Fe-OFETs) have
attracted considerable attention because of their promising potential
for memory applications, while a critical issue is the large energy
consumption mainly caused by a high operating voltage and slow data
switching. Here, we employ ultrathin ferroelectric polymer and semiconducting
molecular crystals to create low-voltage Fe-OFET memories. Devices
require only pJ-level energy consumption. The writing and erasing
processes require ∼1.2 and 1.6 pJ/bit, respectively, and the
reading energy is ∼1.9 pJ/bit (on state) and ∼0.2 fJ/bit
(off state). Thus, our memories consume only <0.1% of the energy
required for devices using bulk functional layers. Besides, our devices
also exhibit low contact resistance and steep subthreshold swing.
Therefore, we provide a strategy that opens up a path for Fe-OFETs
toward emerging applications, such as wearable electronics
Rhitymna verruca Wang 1991
No full textRhitymna verruca (Wang 1991) Material examined. 1 male (PJ 2497, SD 129), 1 female (PJ 2498) (SMF 56646), L3. 1 male (SMF 56654), L5, 8.XI.2004, PJ 2488. Further material from Laos (between Vientiane and Luang Prabang) see Jäger (2003). The present specimens represent the first records for the Luang Nam Tha Prov. This species lives in the foliage of shrubs and trees in forests. In the same habitat Thelcticopis severa, Heteropoda dagmarae and Olios spp. were found.Published as part of Jäger, Peter, 2007, Spiders from Laos with descriptions of new species (Arachnida: Araneae), pp. 29-58 in Acta Arachnologica 56 (1) on page 56, DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.56.29, http://zenodo.org/record/81833
Book Discussion : PJ Powers
No full textThe UJ Campus Health Services and the Student Affairs Division in partnership with the UJ Library invite you to meet PJ Powers (Thandeka) the co-author of the book HERE I AM About the book: Here I Am, written with Marianne Thamm, is an intimate and hilarious account of the life and times of one of this country’s most recognisable and enduring performers. From the dizzying heights of international stardom to the dark depths of her struggle with alcohol, this is a must-read to explore the heady mix of politics and music of the time. More than just a story about the personal journey of one of South Africa’s most beloved music icons, this extraordinary memoir of PJ Powers – or Thandeka, as she was affectionately renamed by Soweto crowds – is set against the turbulent backdrop of South Africa’s recent political history. It features a gallery of political leaders and international celebrities, including the likes of Nelson Mandela, Graça Machel, Chris Hani, Joaquim Chissano, Queen Elizabeth II, Brenda Fassie, Sharon Stone and Robert De Niro. Facilitator: Prof Alban Burke, Director – PsyCad, University of Johannesburg PJ Powers will also perform a few songs on the day. Date: 27 August 2015 Time: 16:30 for 17:00 Venue: Auditorium (6th Floor), APK Library, University of Johannesburg (corner Kingsway and University Road, Auckland Park) RSVP: By Wednesday, 26 August 2015 to Theodorah Modise on [email protected] / 011 559 226
Book Discussion : PJ Powers
No full textThe UJ Campus Health Services and the Student Affairs Division in partnership with the UJ Library invite you to meet PJ Powers (Thandeka) the co-author of the book HERE I AM About the book: Here I Am, written with Marianne Thamm, is an intimate and hilarious account of the life and times of one of this country’s most recognisable and enduring performers. From the dizzying heights of international stardom to the dark depths of her struggle with alcohol, this is a must-read to explore the heady mix of politics and music of the time. More than just a story about the personal journey of one of South Africa’s most beloved music icons, this extraordinary memoir of PJ Powers – or Thandeka, as she was affectionately renamed by Soweto crowds – is set against the turbulent backdrop of South Africa’s recent political history. It features a gallery of political leaders and international celebrities, including the likes of Nelson Mandela, Graça Machel, Chris Hani, Joaquim Chissano, Queen Elizabeth II, Brenda Fassie, Sharon Stone and Robert De Niro. Facilitator: Prof Alban Burke, Director – PsyCad, University of Johannesburg PJ Powers will also perform a few songs on the day. Date: 27 August 2015 Time: 16:30 for 17:00 Venue: Auditorium (6th Floor), APK Library, University of Johannesburg (corner Kingsway and University Road, Auckland Park) RSVP: By Wednesday, 26 August 2015 to Theodorah Modise on [email protected] / 011 559 226
Photodynamic therapy with topical 5-aminolevulinic acid as a post-operative adjuvant therapy for an incompletely resected primary nasopharyngeal papillary adenocarcinoma.
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Photodynamic therapy suppresses the migration and invasion of head and neck cancer cells in vitro.
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