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The Yao Muslims : religion and social change in southern Malawi
Full text linkThe African Muslim minority in Malawi has been identified with
one particular linguistic group, the Yao. The dissertation
begins with the problem of their conversion and adherence to
Islam in the face of seemingly adverse circumstances. In
exploring-solutions to this problem the emergence of a Yao
identity is outlined and the politics of conversion are
described. The narrative then moves on to the transformations of
the Yao Muslims in the hundred years since their conversion. A
model of religious change is developed that attempts to account
for both the dynamics of change and the contemporary situation
of Islam in southern Malawi. The Yao Muslims are shown to be
divided into three competing and sometimes hostile factions that
are termed the Sufis, the sukuti or 'quietist' movement and the
new reformists. The appearance of these movements and their
interaction with one another is described in relation to the
questions of identity and religious practice. The model proposes
a three phase scheme of Islamic change (appropriation and
accommodation followed by internal reform and then the new
reformist movement) that is defined in part by the relationship
of the Yao Muslims to writing and the Book. It is suggested that
a certain logic of transformation is endogenous to Islam as a
religion of the Book and that the scripturalist tendencies of
the reformist movement give it an advantage over the followers
of Sufi practices, especially in the context of modern systems
of communication and education. The general approach is that of
an historical anthropology, linking notions of structured change
to anthropological concerns with ritual and practice. The
analysis concludes by raising questions about the nature of
religious change in the context of an increasingly volatile
world system and the place of the anthropology of religion in
the understanding of modernity
Ying Yao's Piano Recital 1
Full text linkSonata in G, Hoboken XVI No. 6, Franz Joseph Haydn
Fantasy-Pieces, Op. 12, Robert Schumann
Sonata Ill, Op. 46, Dmitri Kabalevsky
Memories in an Ancient Garden (1987), Alexina LouieRelated performance for this degree -- Ying Yao's Piano Recital 2: https://hdl.handle.net/2346/104181
Related performance for this degree -- Ying Yao's Piano Recital 3: https://hdl.handle.net/2346/104182
Related performance for this degree -- Ying Yao's Piano Recital 4: https://hdl.handle.net/2346/104183Recital recordings are archival copies for educational purposes only. Members of the TTU community may request to listen/view them for educational purposes via the PDF link to the left
The Yao People
No full textArticle describing the life and cultural customs of the Yao, an ethnic minority in Laos, including their working habits, food, housing, and religious ceremonies.Yananda, Nan Chan Sungsi, Luang Nonwakorn and E.G. Sebastian. 1925. "The Yao: a Paper Written in Reply To the Questionnaire of the Siam Society." In Journal of the Siam Society, 19 , no. 2: 82-9
A nine month progress report on investigation of social network and bibliometric network
No full textCurrent concepts on oxidative/carbonyl stress, inflammation and epigenetics in pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Full text linkChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a global health problem. The current therapies for COPD are poorly effective and the mainstays of pharmacotherapy are bronchodilators. A better understanding of the pathobiology of COPD is critical for the development of novel therapies. In the present review, we have discussed the roles of oxidative/aldehyde stress, inflammation/immunity, and chromatin remodeling in the pathogenesis of COPD. An imbalance of oxidants/antioxidants caused by cigarette smoke and other pollutants/biomass fuels plays an important role in the pathogenesis of COPD by regulating redox-sensitive transcription factors (e.g., NF-κB), autophagy and unfolded protein response leading to chronic lung inflammatory response. Cigarette smoke also activates canonical/alternative NF-κB pathways and their upstream kinases leading to sustained inflammatory response in lungs. Recently, epigenetic regulation has been shown to be critical for the development of COPD because the expression/activity of enzymes that regulate these epigenetic modifications have been reported to be abnormal in airways of COPD patients. Hence, the significant advances made in understanding the pathophysiology of COPD as described herein will identify novel therapeutic targets for intervention in COPD
Introduction à la phonologie historique des langues miao-yao
No full textHaudricourt André-G. Introduction à la phonologie historique des langues miao-yao. In: Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient. Tome 44 N°2, 1951. pp. 555-576
Belisana xiangensis Yao & Li, 2013, sp. nov.
No full textBelisana xiangensis sp. nov. Figs 22 –24, 41 Type material. Holotype: Male (IZCAS), Tham Xiang [18 ° 54.550 ′N, 102 ° 26.527 ′E, alt. 270 m], 1.54 km south of Vieng keo Village, Vang Vieng District, Vien Tiane, Laos, 3 December 2012, leg. Z. Yao (Yao-LA 086). Paratypes: 1 male and 2 females (IZCAS), same data as holotype. Etymology. The specific name refers to the type locality; adjective. Diagnosis. The species resembles B. leuser (Huber 2005 a: 62, figs 376–394), but can be distinguished by different shape of distal apophyses of male chelicerae (Figs 23 D and 24 C), small membranous flap (Figs 22 B and 24 B) and different position of pockets (Figs 23 A and 24 D). Description. Male (holotype): Total length 1.47 (1.56 with clypeus), prosoma 0.56 long, 0.63 wide, opisthosoma 0.91 long, 0.75 wide. Legs I, II and IV lost, leg III: 6.76 (1.95 + 0.25 + 1.60 + 2.41 + 0.55). Habitus as in Fig. 23 E. Dorsal shield of prosoma and sternum whitish, without marks; ocular area with indistinct dark marks. Leg III yellowish, without darker rings. Opisthosoma yellowish, without spots. Distance PME-PME 0.11, diameter PME 0.07, distance PME-ALE 0.01, AME absent. Ocular area not elevated. Thoracic furrow absent. Sternum wider than long (0.50 / 0.44). Chelicerae as in Figs 23 D and 24 C, with a pair of thumb-shaped apophyses proximally and a pair of long, curved apophyses distally (distance between tips: 0.28). Pedipalpi as in Figs 22 A–B and 24 A–B; trochanter with a short retrolatero-ventral apophysis; femur with a dorsal apophysis; procursus simple proximally but complex distally, with a membranous flap retrolaterally and a bent spine; bulb with a hooked apophysis and a simple embolus. Variation: Total length in another male: 1.47 (1.57 with clypeus); leg I lost. Female: Similar to male, habitus as in Figs 23 F–G. One of the specimens measured: Total length 1.69 (1.78 with clypeus), prosoma 0.59 long, 0.63 wide, opisthosoma 1.10 long, 0.73 wide; tibia I: 3.27 (leg I lost in another specimen). Distance PME-PME 0.12, diameter PME 0.08, distance PME-ALE 0.01, AME absent. Epigynum (Figs 23 A and 24 D) simple and flat externally, with dark internal shade and a pair of pockets 0.29 apart. Vulva (Figs 23 B and 24 E) with a wavy arch anteriorly and a pair of long, narrow pore plates. Retrolateral trichobothrium of tibia I at 18 %; most hairs lost on legs. Distribution. Known only from the type locality (Fig. 41).Published as part of Yao, Zhiyuan & Li, Shuqiang, 2013, New and little known pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Laos, pp. 1-51 in Zootaxa 3709 (1) on page 27, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3709.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/24883
Belisana xiangensis Yao & Li, 2013, sp. nov.
No full textBelisana xiangensis sp. nov. Figs 22 –24, 41 Type material. Holotype: Male (IZCAS), Tham Xiang [18 ° 54.550 ′N, 102 ° 26.527 ′E, alt. 270 m], 1.54 km south of Vieng keo Village, Vang Vieng District, Vien Tiane, Laos, 3 December 2012, leg. Z. Yao (Yao-LA 086). Paratypes: 1 male and 2 females (IZCAS), same data as holotype. Etymology. The specific name refers to the type locality; adjective. Diagnosis. The species resembles B. leuser (Huber 2005 a: 62, figs 376–394), but can be distinguished by different shape of distal apophyses of male chelicerae (Figs 23 D and 24 C), small membranous flap (Figs 22 B and 24 B) and different position of pockets (Figs 23 A and 24 D). Description. Male (holotype): Total length 1.47 (1.56 with clypeus), prosoma 0.56 long, 0.63 wide, opisthosoma 0.91 long, 0.75 wide. Legs I, II and IV lost, leg III: 6.76 (1.95 + 0.25 + 1.60 + 2.41 + 0.55). Habitus as in Fig. 23 E. Dorsal shield of prosoma and sternum whitish, without marks; ocular area with indistinct dark marks. Leg III yellowish, without darker rings. Opisthosoma yellowish, without spots. Distance PME-PME 0.11, diameter PME 0.07, distance PME-ALE 0.01, AME absent. Ocular area not elevated. Thoracic furrow absent. Sternum wider than long (0.50 / 0.44). Chelicerae as in Figs 23 D and 24 C, with a pair of thumb-shaped apophyses proximally and a pair of long, curved apophyses distally (distance between tips: 0.28). Pedipalpi as in Figs 22 A–B and 24 A–B; trochanter with a short retrolatero-ventral apophysis; femur with a dorsal apophysis; procursus simple proximally but complex distally, with a membranous flap retrolaterally and a bent spine; bulb with a hooked apophysis and a simple embolus. Variation: Total length in another male: 1.47 (1.57 with clypeus); leg I lost. Female: Similar to male, habitus as in Figs 23 F–G. One of the specimens measured: Total length 1.69 (1.78 with clypeus), prosoma 0.59 long, 0.63 wide, opisthosoma 1.10 long, 0.73 wide; tibia I: 3.27 (leg I lost in another specimen). Distance PME-PME 0.12, diameter PME 0.08, distance PME-ALE 0.01, AME absent. Epigynum (Figs 23 A and 24 D) simple and flat externally, with dark internal shade and a pair of pockets 0.29 apart. Vulva (Figs 23 B and 24 E) with a wavy arch anteriorly and a pair of long, narrow pore plates. Retrolateral trichobothrium of tibia I at 18 %; most hairs lost on legs. Distribution. Known only from the type locality (Fig. 41).Published as part of Yao, Zhiyuan & Li, Shuqiang, 2013, New and little known pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Laos, pp. 1-51 in Zootaxa 3709 (1) on page 27, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3709.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/24883
FIGURE 2. Wanniyala badulla Yao & Li in Two new species of the spider genus Wanniyala Huber & Benjamin, 2005 (Araneae Pholcidae) from Sri Lanka
No full textFIGURE 2. Wanniyala badulla Yao & Li sp. nov., holotype male (C–F) and paratype female (A–B, G–H). A. Epigynum, ventral view; B. Vulva, dorsal view, arrow points at large sclerite; C. Bulb, prolateral view; D. Chelicerae, frontal view; E–H. Habitus (E, G. Dorsal view; F. Lateral view; H. Ventral view). Scale bars: 0.10 (A–D), 0.50 (E–H).Published as part of Xin, Yafei, Yao, Zhiyuan & Li, Shuqiang, 2020, Two new species of the spider genus Wanniyala Huber & Benjamin, 2005 (Araneae Pholcidae) from Sri Lanka, pp. 566-574 in Zootaxa 4759 (4) on page 569, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4759.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/374109
Multisetosa neimongolensis Wen and Yao 1984
No full textMultisetosa neimongolensis Wen and Yao, 1984: PALPublished as part of Nielsen, David H., Robbins, Richard G. & Rueda, Leopoldo M., 2021, Annotated world checklist of the Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae (1758 - 2021) (Acari: Trombiculoidea), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution, pp. 1-243 in Zootaxa 4967 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4967.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/474551
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