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Studies on the host anti-tumour responses and the immunodysfunctions in tumour-bearing mice.
Get PDFby Wong Yee Wah.Thesis (M.Ph.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1987.Bibliography: leaves 130-148
Xian dai zai Ri Hua qiao de Hua ren jiao yu ji zhuan bian zhong de wen hua ren tong: Hengbin Zhonghua jie Hengbin Hua qiao fu nü hui de ge an yan jiu
No full textWong, Yee Lam Elim.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013.Includes bibliographical references.Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web.Abstracts also in Chinese
Improvement of Pleurotus pulmonarius strain through backcrossing breeding method / Wong Yee Ting
No full textPleurotus pulmonarius (Fries) Quélet, commonly known as grey oyster mushroom, is one of the highly commercialised as edible oyster mushroom around the world. The growing market is demanding for new and improved P. pulmonarius hybrids with better yield and quality. The present study was carried out to generate backcrossed (BC1) hybrid of P. pulmonarius through backcrossing of F1 hybrid H4 with recurrent parent PL27 using conventional methods. The backcrossing was aimed to improve the productivity, yield quality and biological efficiency of hybrid with interested morphological traits from the parental strain of P. pulmonarius. A total of 14 fast-growing monokaryons from F1 hybrid H4 were backcrossed with 16 monokaryons isolated from recurrent parent PL27. As result, 67 BC1 hybrid combinations were compatible out of 188 crosses being carried out in this study, with a success rate of 35.6 %. Six BC1 hybrids were selected after evaluation of radial and linear growth study to conduct conventional cultivation method in polybags. Series of morphological measurements and analysis were conducted during cultivation. Four BC1 hybrid were selected for second cycle of cultivation to evaluate the stability of trait performance and heritability of BC1 hybrids. H4(46) X PL27(44) and H4(22) X PL27(43) were chosen as potential BC1 hybrids for successive backcrossing due to consistency in rapid growth potential, large basidiocarp size, high productivity, optimum biological efficiency, low contamination rate and high storage value
Does public consultation affect policy formulation? Negotiation strategies between the administration and citizens
No full textWhile public consultation is a signature process of democratic policy formulation, many governments manoeuvre to refract citizen’s opinions or conduct it perfunctorily. Using the case of a medium of instruction policy in Hong Kong, this article unveils the strategies that the state and citizens employ to put their opinion through to the final policy text, during a public consultation process. Recent literature has identified the mechanisms through which individual actors or organisations contribute to broad policy agenda-setting or policy programme development. However, yet to be investigated is how they – sometimes with conflicting interests – collectively negotiate a policy with the state via public consultations. This paper investigates this very phenomenon, building on previous work conducted in the public policy field, analysing 51 government-generated documents through both thematic content analysis and critical discourse analysis. The paper uncovers four strategies adopted by administrations (non-commitment, case closure, disengagement for irrelevance, and placation) to evade citizens’ equity-oriented demands and stakeholders’ three counter strategies (mobilising other stakeholders into a coalition, reopening the case pointing out a new problem, and appealing by affirming relevance). The state’s discrete refusals and stakeholders’ conjoint reengagement tactics draw our attention to the complexity and subtlety involved in negotiation via public consultations
ESL teacher practices and perceptions of code-switching in a Malaysian Chinese independent school / Wong Yee Von
Get PDFCode-switching has always been a common phenomenon in contemporary English classrooms in Malaysia. Preliminary observation on the utilisation of codeswitching has a distinctive attribute in Malaysian Chinese Independent School (MCIS). First, students are all Chinese medium background who at their primary levels had very little chance to use English. Such context is likely to encourage teachers to code-switch as Yao (2011) suggests, teachers are likely to use student's native language to engage with the students. Next, the MCIS community does not receive equal consideration to the national secondary school. Thus, comprehension of this setting is fractional, and the literature is restricted. In light of these, the present study provides analysis of English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers’ practices and perception of code-switching in an MCIS, Kuala Lumpur. The MCIS has been chosen on the basis of convenience. The study selected eight teachers, utilising purposive sampling. Ethnographic recording and a semistructured interview were used to gather the information. This study infers that there is a relationship between teacher practice and perspectives on the code-switch within the MCIS English classroom
Metabolic syndrome and kidney stone disease: A systematic review of literature
No full textINTRODUCTION: Worldwide obesity has more than doubled since 1980 with more than 600 million obese patients in 2014. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is the co-occurrence of metabolic abnormalities, including centrally distributed obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and hyperglycemia. With a concurrent rise in the incidence of kidney stone disease, we wanted to conduct a systematic review focused on the association of MetS to nephrolithiasis.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A systematic review was performed according to the Cochrane and preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines on all English language articles for the following relevant keywords: association, metabolic syndrome, metabolic syndrome traits, syndrome X, nephrolithiasis, kidney stones, and renal calculi. Our inclusion criteria were studies comparing the prevalence of kidney stone disease in patients with and without MetS.RESULTS: The initial literature search identified 355 potentially relevant studies. After screening, 22 full text articles were reviewed and 6 (219,255 patients) were included in the final review. All studies displayed increasing odds of nephrolithiasis with increasing number of MetS traits, where patients with three or more MetS traits tended to have a higher prevalence of nephrolithiasis. Studies also showed different significant components of MetS contributing to nephrolithiasis.CONCLUSIONS: Our review shows a definite association of MetS with kidney stone disease. Although multifactorial in etiology, lifestyle and dietary factors seem to be increasingly important in prevention of stone disease.</p
The effect of construal fit on consumers' evaluative judgments.
Get PDFWong, Yee Na.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 70-77).Abstract and appendix also in Chinese.Abstract (English) --- p.iAbstract (Chinese) --- p.iiAcknowledgment --- p.iiiTable of Contents --- p.ivList of Tables --- p.viList of Figures --- p.viiINTRODUCTION --- p.1THEORETICAL BACKGROUND --- p.2Psychological Distance as Determinant of Basis for Evaluations --- p.2Feelings as Information --- p.8Construal Fit Effect and Consumers' Evaluations --- p.14When Feeling Right is Called into Question --- p.20OVERVIEW OF STUDIES --- p.23STUDY 1 --- p.25Pretest: Stimuli Development --- p.25Method --- p.25Results and Discussion --- p.27Main Study --- p.27Method --- p.27Results and Discussion --- p.29STUDY 2 --- p.34Pretest: Stimuli Development --- p.34Method --- p.34Results and Discussion --- p.35Main Study --- p.36Method --- p.36Results and Discussion --- p.38STUDY 3 --- p.4SPretest: Stimuli Development --- p.46Method --- p.46Results and Discussion --- p.47Main Study --- p.48Method --- p.48Results and Discussion --- p.51GENERAL DISCUSSION --- p.59Construal Fit and Psychological Distance --- p.61Construal Fit and Persuasion --- p.62Managerial Contributions --- p.64Limitations and Future Research --- p.65CONCLUSION --- p.69REFERENCES --- p.70APPENDIX --- p.7
Penang Chinese Commerce in the 19th Century The Rise and Fall of the Big Five
No full textThe story of Penang would be incomplete without the Big Five Hokkien families (the Khoo, the Cheah, the Yeoh, the Lim, and the Tan). It was the Big Five who played a preponderant role not only in transforming Penang into a regional entrepot and a business and financial base, but also in reconfiguring maritime trading patterns and the business orientation of the region in the nineteenth century. Departing from the colonial vantage point, this book examines a web of transnational, hybrid and fluid networks of the Big Five comprising of family relationship, sworn brotherhood, political alliance and business partnerships, which linked Penang and its surrounding states (western Malay states, southwestern Siam, southern Burma, and the north and eastern coasts of Sumatra) together to form one economically unified geographical region, having inextricable links to China and India. With these intertwining networks, the Big Five succeeded in establishing their dominance in all the major enterprises (trade, shipping, cash crop planting, tin mining, opium revenue farms), which constituted the linchpin of Penang's and its region's economy. By disentangling and dissecting this intricate web of networks, this book reveals the rise and decline of the Hokkien mercantile families' nearly century-long economic ascendancy in Penang and its region."Wong Yee Tuan's study of the five clans of Penang represents a major breakthrough in the study of the Malayan Chinese. He documents an extremely important aspect of the nineteenth-century Asian diaspora, exposing the intricate links between families, businesses, secret societies, revenue farms and public life of some of the key groups of Chinese in Penang and northern Malaya. The book weaves together the various strands of overseas Chinese life not only in Malaya, but also in the Netherlands Indies, Siam and China. Mostimportantly, it shows the process by which the Chinese leaders gained political, economic and social power as well as the way by which these powers were lost." -- Carl A. Trocki, Emeritus Professor, Asian Studies, Queensland University of Technology, Australia"This volume can be situated within a growing historiographical current whereby regional studies of connections, networks and interactions are gradually transcending national histories. Incorporating commercial, ethnic and social elements, the history presented can be concurrently seen as a business case study, a sociological exploration, a political economy treatise and an inquiry into Hokkien networking. Wong Yee Tuan is to be congratulated on this signal study in how local, national and broader regional histories can be integrated." -- Geoffrey Wade, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University "By aligning family, socio-political and business interests, the leading Penang Hokkien clans centralized their 'home port' as a hub of regional commercial networks, thus successfully extending the trading colonies of Chinese diaspora westward to the edge of the Indian Ocean. Wong has fastidiously researched and compellingly proven this, with a clear eye for relevant cross-cultural collaborations with indigenous and international actors. The important legacy of the 'Big Five' clanhouses is now firmly embedded in the George Town World Heritage Site, inciting further inquiry into the cultural formation of collective entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia." -- Khoo Salma Nasution, Heritage Advocate and Local Historian, Penang.Intro -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Penang and the Big Five in the Regional Context -- 3. Kith and Kin: The Big Five Familial Web -- 4. Opium Farm Rivalry -- 5. The Contest for "White Gold -- 6. Western Mercantile Elite and their Challenge to the Penang Chinese -- 7. New Regional Order and the Decline of the Big Five -- 8. Conclusion -- Appendices -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the AuthorThe story of Penang would be incomplete without the Big Five Hokkien families (the Khoo, the Cheah, the Yeoh, the Lim, and the Tan). It was the Big Five who played a preponderant role not only in transforming Penang into a regional entrepot and a business and financial base, but also in reconfiguring maritime trading patterns and the business orientation of the region in the nineteenth century. Departing from the colonial vantage point, this book examines a web of transnational, hybrid and fluid networks of the Big Five comprising of family relationship, sworn brotherhood, political alliance and business partnerships, which linked Penang and its surrounding states (western Malay states, southwestern Siam, southern Burma, and the north and eastern coasts of Sumatra) together to form one economically unified geographical region, having inextricable links to China and India. With these intertwining networks, the Big Five succeeded in establishing their dominance in all the major enterprises (trade, shipping, cash crop planting, tin mining, opium revenue farms), which constituted the linchpin of Penang's and its region's economy. By disentangling and dissecting this intricate web of networks, this book reveals the rise and decline of the Hokkien mercantile families' nearly century-long economic ascendancy in Penang and its region."Wong Yee Tuan's study of the five clans of Penang represents a major breakthrough in the study of the Malayan Chinese. He documents an extremely important aspect of the nineteenth-century Asian diaspora, exposing the intricate links between families, businesses, secret societies, revenue farms and public life of some of the key groups of Chinese in Penang and northern Malaya. The book weaves together the various strands of overseas Chinese life not only in Malaya, but also in the Netherlands Indies, Siam and China. Mostimportantly, it shows the process by which the Chinese leaders gained political, economic and social power as well as the way by which these powers were lost." -- Carl A. Trocki, Emeritus Professor, Asian Studies, Queensland University of Technology, Australia"This volume can be situated within a growing historiographical current whereby regional studies of connections, networks and interactions are gradually transcending national histories. Incorporating commercial, ethnic and social elements, the history presented can be concurrently seen as a business case study, a sociological exploration, a political economy treatise and an inquiry into Hokkien networking. Wong Yee Tuan is to be congratulated on this signal study in how local, national and broader regional histories can be integrated." -- Geoffrey Wade, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University "By aligning family, socio-political and business interests, the leading Penang Hokkien clans centralized their 'home port' as a hub of regional commercial networks, thus successfully extending the trading colonies of Chinese diaspora westward to the edge of the Indian Ocean. Wong has fastidiously researched and compellingly proven this, with a clear eye for relevant cross-cultural collaborations with indigenous and international actors. The important legacy of the 'Big Five' clanhouses is now firmly embedded in the George Town World Heritage Site, inciting further inquiry into the cultural formation of collective entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia." -- Khoo Salma Nasution, Heritage Advocate and Local Historian, Penang.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
The Association of Metabolic Syndrome and Urolithiasis
Get PDFThere has been an increasing prevalence of kidney stones over the last 2 decades worldwide. Many studies have indicated a possible association between metabolic syndrome and kidney stone disease, particularly in overweight and obese patients. Many different definitions of metabolic syndrome have been suggested by various organizations, although the definition by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) is universally considered as the most acceptable definition. The IDF definition revolves around 4 core components: obesity, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus. Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain the pathophysiology of urolithiasis resulting from metabolic syndrome, amongst which are the insulin resistance and Randall’s plaque hypothesis. Similarly the pathophysiology of calcium and uric acid stone formation has been investigated to determine a connection between the two conditions. Studies have found many factors contributing to urolithiasis in patients suffering from metabolic syndrome, out of which obesity, overweight, and sedentary lifestyles have been identified as major etiological factors. Primary and secondary prevention methods therefore tend to revolve mainly around lifestyle improvements, including dietary and other preventive measures
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