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Wang Shuo and the commercialisation of contemporary Chinese culture
No full textThis 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
Assessment of sorbent/water ratio effect on adsorption using dimensional analysis and batch experiments
No full textMany factors affect adsorption phenomena in solid–liquid systems. One of the most important factors is the sorbent/
water (S/W) ratio in the system. However, the effect of varying S/W ratios on the adsorption is still unclear. In this
study, batch experiments were examined to observe the adsorption of four contaminants (copper, cadmium, Butachlor,
and Deltamethrin) in six soils with texture ranging from silty clay to loamy sand and with different S/W ratios. Dimensional
analysis was used to assess the relationship between adsorption phenomena and S/W ratio. We have assumed
that the total amount of sorbate sorbed in soil is a function of the equilibrium concentration, the volume of sorbate
solution, and the sorbent amount in the system. A power function (Freundlich-like) model was obtained from the
dimensional analysis. It can describe precisely the adsorption phenomena of different sorbents and sorbates in the
moisture regime of paddy soils. Therefore, proper adsorption parameters can be obtained by this power function model
regardless of the solids effect, which can then be utilized to describe the fate of solute in soil using solute transport
models. 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved
Dynamic response of soft poroelastic bed to nonlinear water waves — a boundary layer correction approach
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Dynamic response of soft poroelastic bed to linear water waves — boundary layer correction approach
No full textArtysta nowoczesny jako T.W.
No full textThe author analyses archival materials from IPN (Instytut Pamięci Narodowej – The Institute of National Remembrance) concerning a painter nicknamed ‘Tadeusz’. In 1973–1979, ‘Tadeusz’ was active as secret collaborator (t.w. – ”tajny współpracownik”) of SB (Służba Bezpieczeństwa – Interior Ministry Security Service). IPN documents contribute to the mapping of Polish art of the 1970s only to a limited extent. Nevertheless, they can form a basis for posing questions on artists’ collaborations with SB. The author claims that the acceptance of collaboration with SB was grounded in Tadeusz’s understanding of art based on the Enlightenment concept of modern art. He argues with a commonly accepted view that experimental art was persecuted in the Polish People’s Republic in the 1960s and the 1970s, and that the communist government showed any particular interest in fine art. In the annex, the author provides a full list of names found in Tadeusz’s files
Organotypic keratinocyte-fibroblast cocultures on a bilayer gelatin scaffold as a model of skin equivalent
No full textCultured keratinocytes and dermal fibroblasts on a double-layer scaffold with bi-medium culture system
No full textRetinoschisin R141H Mutant
No full text5N6W
Retinoschisin R141H Mutant
DOI: 10.2210/pdb5n6w/pdb
EMDataBank: EMD-3595
Classification: STRUCTURAL PROTEIN
Deposited: 2017-02-16 Released: 2017-04-12
Deposition author(s): Ramsay, E.P., Collins, R.F., Owens, T.W., Siebert, C.A., Jones, R.P.O., Roseman, A., Wang, T., Baldock, C.
Organism: Homo sapiens
Expression System: Homo sapiens
Mutation(s):
Retinoschisin R141H Mutant
No full text5N6W
Retinoschisin R141H Mutant
DOI: 10.2210/pdb5n6w/pdb
EMDataBank: EMD-3595
Classification: STRUCTURAL PROTEIN
Deposited: 2017-02-16 Released: 2017-04-12
Deposition author(s): Ramsay, E.P., Collins, R.F., Owens, T.W., Siebert, C.A., Jones, R.P.O., Roseman, A., Wang, T., Baldock, C.
Organism: Homo sapiens
Expression System: Homo sapiens
Mutation(s):
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