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Wang Shuo and the commercialisation of contemporary Chinese culture
Full text linkThis 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
Application for Wen-Lin Wang to attend Springfield College
No full textThis two-page document is the application for Wen-Lin Wang to attend Springfield College, then known as the International YMCA College. The document contains basic biographical information including what sports they played and what experience he had with the YMCA
Shih Ching Wang and Wen-Lin Wang, Class of 1921
No full textThis photograph shows Shih Ching Wang and Wen-Lin Wang, class of 1921 of the International YMCA College, now Springfield College. Shih Ching Wang (back) and Wen-Lin Wang (front) are in a dormitory room, sitting in a bed and in a chair respectively, with Shih Ching holding a flute and Wen-Lin holding a sanxian. It seems that they are rehearsing a piece of music.A caption in the back states: "Mar 16 1920"
Thienemannimyia (Thienemannimyia) sinogalbina Lin & Wang, 2019, nom. n.
No full text<i>Thienemannimyia</i> (<i>Thienemannimyia</i>) <i>sinogalbina</i> nom. n. <p> <i>Thienemannimyia galbina</i> Cheng & Wang, 2009: 54, figs 14–16.</p> <p> <i>http://zoobank.org/ FBE357A4-BF71-499B-98F6-A3CE25D228C0</i></p> <p> <b>Holotype:</b> (NKU No. 02260) China, Fujian, Wuyishan, Wuyi Mountain Natural Conversation, Sangan, 24.iv.1993, light trap, X.H. Wang. <b>Paratype</b>: 1 male (NKU N0. 11728) China, Sichuan, Shimian County, near Nanya River, 16.vi.1996, light trap, X.H. Wang.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> China.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The new name consists of the original species name with the prefix ‘sino’ indicating the currently known distribution, China.</p>Published as part of <i>Lin, Xiao-Long & Wang, Xin-Hua, 2019, Thienemannimyia (Thienemannimyia) sinogalbina nom. n., a replacement name for Thienemannimyia galbina Cheng & Wang, 2009, pp. 73-74 in CHIRONOMUS Journal of Chironomidae Research 32</i> on page 73, DOI: 10.5324/cjcr.v0i32.3318, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/7995429">http://zenodo.org/record/7995429</a>
Student folder for Wen-Lin Wang
No full textThis is the student folder at Springfield College for Wen-Lin Wang. Basic biographical information on Mr. Wang is given
Grades of Wen-Lin Wang
No full textThese are the grades achieved at Wen-Lin Wang at Springfield College, at the time known as the International YMCA College, from 1916-1920
Requirement for a core 1 galactosyltransferase in the Drosophila nervous system:
No full textGlycosylation is important in a lot of fundamental biological processes, including cell recognition, cell adhesion, and cell signaling. Mucin-type O-glycosylation involves the synthesis of glycoproteins, expressed in mucous secretions and as transmembrane proteins on the cell surfaces. However, the biological functions of mucin-type O-glycans remain incompletely understood. I have pursued genetic and biochemical studies to understand their importance during development in Drosophila.
Mucin-type O-glycosylation is initiated by the attachment of N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) to Ser or Thr residues, and then elongated by additional sugars. To examine the requirements for mucin-type glycosylation in Drosophila, I characterized the expression and phenotypes of core 1 galactosyltransferases (core 1 GalTs), which elongate O-GalNAc by adding galactose in a β1, 3 linkage. Among Drosophila core 1 GalTs, CG9520 (C1GalTA) is expressed in the amnioserosa and central nervous system. A null mutation in C1GalTA is lethal. The mutant animals show a morphogenetic defect in their central nervous system in which the ventral nerve cord is greatly elongated and the brain hemispheres are distorted. Lectin staining and blotting experiments confirmed that C1GalTA is required for the synthesis of Gal-ß1,3-GalNAc in vivo. Our observations establish a role for mucin-type O-glycosylation during neural development in Drosophila.
Overexpression of C1GalTA causes a wing blistering phenotype, which occurs when adhesion between the two ventral and dorsal surfaces of the wing blade is lost, and is also commonly seen in integrin mutants. This result implicates mucin-type O-glycans in cell adhesion in the Drosophila wing blade.
Altogether, these results suggest a role of mucin-type O-glycosylation in Drosophila development, including the morphogenesis of central nervous system and the formation of the wing blade.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical references (p. 90-94)by Yuh-Ru Li
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