Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2010. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 158 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 136-144).

Ming Dynasty women¡¦s literature vigorous growth , emerges many famous family talented women , their poetic composition mostly reflects inner chamber female¡¦s life spirit in the feudal society , the work style many to chant the bosom to mourn perhaps to describe the scenery chants the thing , lacks the profound social surface . Until the end of the Ming and beginning of the Qing dynasty , in national hurriedly turmoil time , after the inner chamber poet degenerates into loses the people , woman¡¦s transfers the reflection chaos caused by war¡¦s reality and nationality¡¦s contradiction in literary production style , in the work presents the strong wandering feeling , sorrow of the exileing home and goes to pain of the country . In the Chinese history . During the end of the Ming and beginning of the Qing dynasty , the female poets have not been neglected in the historical mighty current , they and the masculine writer are the same , they experience are destitute and homeless because of war , and comes the testimony time by feminine sound and the angle of view . They expresses feeling , sadness family country the life experience by writing . This study is the discussion female poets of Ming adherents during the end of the Ming and beginning of the Qing dynasty . They narrate personal experience of politics turmoil by own sound and the angle of view . They are not only event¡¦s relators, is also the party concerned . Facing being destitute and homeless because of war, they reveal individual will, the sentiment and the choice in the poetic composition . Female poets¡¦ narration is always neglected outside the literature of Ming adherents writing . Is ¡§ the small narration ¡¨ not under a historical ¡§ big narration ¡¨ link ? Whether it can be regarded as supplement of history , waits for continuing to explore deeply. This study collects poets from the Ming and Qing Dynasties poetry anthology and selects achiever of female poets to discuss about their biography , their poetic composition and their spirit of Ming adherents . The research of literature of Ming adherents writing always focuses in the male poets , female poets actually little to obtain scholar's favor . Therefore this study attempts to seeks female poets¡¦ position and value in the literature of Ming adherents writing .

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Object of thesis – a social, cultural and partly political movement initiated by a whole range of talented young Catholic intellectuals – Young Catholic Movement (YCM) that operated in 1936 – 1940. The desire to prepare successors of S. Šalkauskis, K. Pakštas and J. Eretas and other Catholic culture workers united in Romuva Society in 1919 was one of the most important factors of YCM genesis. YCM was influenced by world-view and political climate unfavourable to liberal democracy formed in Europe in the 4th decade and provided YCM with national and social radicalism. Idealism opposed to materialism and Catholicism as religions and ideologies synthesis model – open („wide”) Catholicism and the Catholic Action (CA) became the basis of YCM religious programme. Meanwhile, the programme included the nation‘s efforts to seek for modernization of the country and the solidarity of nation. Refusal of traditional Catholicism exclusiveness enabled a positive attitude to cooperation with non-Catholics. This allowed the relations with hostile to CA ideological groups (with Nationalists, Voldemaras adherents, Populists, the Social Democrats, Communists). The paper focuses on cultural movement of Naujoji Romuva (NR), considered being the expression way of young Catholics deep world-view attitudes. During the period of significantly increased risk to independence (1938 - 1940) YCM performance was determined by efforts to educate the Lithuanian national and social solidarity in the... [to full text] / Disertacijos objektas – visos eilės talentingų jaunų katalikų intelektualų inicijuotas visuomeninis, kultūrinis ir iš dalies politinis judėjimas - jaunųjų katalikų sąjūdis (JKS) - veikęs 1936 – 1940 m. Vienu iš svarbiausių JKS genezės veiksnių buvo 1919 m. į Romuvos draugiją susivienijusių S. Šalkauskio, K. Pakšto ir J. Ereto bei kitų katalikų kultūrininkų siekis išsiugdyti savąją pamainą. JKS labai įtakojo ir 4 - ame dešimtmetyje Europoje susiformavęs nepalankus liberaliajai demokratijai pasaulėžiūrinis bei politinis klimatas, suteikęs JKS tautinio ir socialinio radikalumo. Materializmui priešpriešinamas idealizmas ir katalikybės kaip religijų ir ideologijų sintezės modelis - atviroji („plačioji”) katalikybė - bei Katalikų akcija (KA) tapo JKS religinės programos pagrindu. Tuo tarpu tautinė programa apėmė pastangas siekti šalies modernizavimo ir tautos solidarumo. Tradicinio katalikiškojo ekskliuzyvizmo atsisakymas įgalino teigiamą požiūrį į bendradarbiavimą su nekatalikais. Tai leido palaikyti santykius ir su priešiškomis KA ideologinėmis grupėmis (tautininkais, voldemarininkais, liaudininkais, socialdemokratais, komunistais). Darbe daug dėmesio skiriama Naujosios Romuvos kultūriniam sąjūdžiui, laikytinam jaunųjų katalikų giluminių pasaulėžiūrinių nuostatų raiškos būdu. JKS veikimą itin išaugusios grėsmės nepriklausomybei laikotarpiu (1938 – 1940) sąlygojo pastangos ugdyti lietuvių tautinį ir socialinį solidarumą, ruošiant katalikų ir jų įtakojamas bendratautinių... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]

Disertacijos objektas – visos eilės talentingų jaunų katalikų intelektualų inicijuotas visuomeninis, kultūrinis ir iš dalies politinis judėjimas - jaunųjų katalikų sąjūdis (JKS) - veikęs 1936 – 1940 m. Vienu iš svarbiausių jo genezės veiksnių buvo 1919 m. į Romuvos draugiją susivienijusių S. Šalkauskio, K. Pakšto ir J. Ereto bei kitų katalikų kultūrininkų siekis išsiugdyti savąją pamainą. JKS labai įtakojo ir 4 - ame dešimtmetyje Europoje susiformavęs nepalankus liberaliajai demokratijai pasaulėžiūrinis bei politinis klimatas, suteikęs JKS tautinio ir socialinio radikalumo. Materializmui priešpriešinamas idealizmas ir katalikybės kaip religijų ir ideologijų sintezės modelis - atviroji („plačioji”) katalikybė - bei Katalikų akcija (KA) tapo JKS religinės programos pagrindu. Tuo tarpu tautinė programa apėmė pastangas siekti šalies modernizavimo ir tautos solidarumo. Tradicinio katalikiškojo ekskliuzyvizmo atsisakymas įgalino teigiamą požiūrį į bendradarbiavimą su nekatalikais. Tai leido palaikyti santykius ir su priešiškomis KA ideologinėmis grupėmis (tautininkais, voldemarininkais, liaudininkais, socialdemokratais, komunistais). Darbe daug dėmesio skiriama Naujosios Romuvos (NR) kultūriniam sąjūdžiui, laikytinam jaunųjų katalikų giluminių pasaulėžiūrinių nuostatų raiškos būdu. JKS veikimą itin išaugusios grėsmės nepriklausomybei laikotarpiu (1938 – 1940) sąlygojo pastangos ugdyti lietuvių tautinį ir socialinį solidarumą, ruošiant katalikų ir jų įtakojamas bendratautinių... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Object of thesis – a social, cultural and partly political movement initiated by a whole range of talented young Catholic intellectuals – Young Catholic Movement (YCM) that operated in 1936 – 1940. The desire to prepare successors of S. Šalkauskis, K. Pakštas and J. Eretas and other Catholic culture workers united in Romuva Society in 1919 was one of the most important factors of YCM genesis. YCM was influenced by world-view and political climate unfavourable to liberal democracy formed in Europe in the 4th decade and provided YCM with national and social radicalism. Idealism opposed to materialism and Catholicism as religions and ideologies synthesis model – open („wide”) Catholicism and the Catholic Action (CA) became the basis of YCM religious programme. Meanwhile, the programme included the nation‘s efforts to seek for modernization of the country and the solidarity of nation. Refusal of traditional Catholicism exclusiveness enabled a positive attitude to cooperation with non-Catholics. This allowed the relations with hostile to CA ideological groups (with Nationalists, Voldemaras adherents, Populists, the Social Democrats, Communists). The paper focuses on cultural movement of Naujoji Romuva (NR), considered being the expression way of young Catholics deep world-view attitudes. During the period of significantly increased risk to independence (1938 - 1940) YCM performance was determined by efforts to educate the Lithuanian national and social solidarity in the... [to full text]

Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T14:46:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Aline Machado Rapello do Nascimento.pdf: 1403008 bytes, checksum: d5736b2cde9e7188a689131927c1127c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-12-31 / To evaluate whether complete arteriovenous ischemia followed by reperfusion of mesenteric blood flow aggravates lesions involving small intestine of horses, β--catenin and occludin expressions were measured in jejune epithelia of seven equines, without definite breed. The animals had been submitted to aseptic ventral midline celiotomy and five jejune segments collected corresponding to a baseline segment, a five minutes segment subjected to ischemia, and three segments collected after being subjected to five, sixty and one hundred and twenty minutes of tecidual reperfusion, respectively. Experimentally induced lesions created by total arteriovenous occlusion followed by reperfusion were similar to naturally acquired lesions, as much in the period of ischemia as in the aggravation of the injuries observed during reperfusion. Changes that occur when ischemic intestine is reperfused are progressive, and include mucosal, submucosal, and serosal edema; polymorphonuclear and mononuclear cell infiltrates; and alterations in vascular patterns. Imunohistochemistry analyses have shown strong staining baseline segments for β-catenin in all animals and its progressive lack of staining during ischemia and reperfusion treatments. That indicates progressive lack of intercellular adherence. Similar results of specific decreases of total expression of Occludin, a tight junction protein, were observed. This protein is involved in regulating the movement of solutes in the paracellular pathway and also plays an important role in the maintenance of cell polarity. The reduction of expressions of both intercellular proteins measured directly demonstrates β-catenin injury due to progression of edema during ischemia and its aggravation during reperfusion and also shows an increase of the permeability of paracelular pathways and its related consequences to degradation of Ocludina. / Realizou-se o estudo da patogenia da lesão por isquemia arteriovenosa completa dos vasos mesentéricos e reperfusão jejunal em eqüinos por meio da avaliação da expressão das proteínas β-catenina e ocludina presentes neste epitélio, em sete eqüinos, sem raça definida. Os animais foram submetidos á celiotomia asséptica na linha alba e coleta de cinco segmentos jejunais correspondestes á um segmento controle, um segmento tratado com isquemia por cinco minutos, e três segmentos coletados durante o período de reperfusão tecidual aos cinco, sessenta e cento e vinte minutos, respectivamente. As lesões induzidas experimentalmente por oclusão arteriovenosa total seguida por reperfusão foram similares às lesões adquiridas naturalmente tanto no período de isquemia quanto no agravamento das lesões observado nos tempos de reperfusão. As mudanças que ocorrem quando um intestino isquêmico sofre reperfusão são progressivas e incluem edema de mucosa, submucosa e serosa, infiltração polimorfonuclear e mononuclear e alterações nos padrões vasculares. A análise imunoistoquímica revelou forte expressão da β- catenina em todos os animais e a sua progressiva perda da expressão quando submetidos à isquemia e reperfusão. Isso indica perda progressiva da adesividade intercelular. Resultados similares de redução do total da expressão da Ocludina, uma proteína de junção de oclusão, foram observados. Esta proteína está envolvida na regulação dos movimentos dos solutos na via paracelular e também desempenha um importante papel na manutenção da polaridade celular. A diminuição da expressão de ambas as proteínas intercelulares demonstra a lesão à β-catenina devido à progressão do edema durante isquemia e o agravamento durante a reperfusão tecidual e também mostra um aumento na permeabilidade da via paracelular e suas conseqüências relacionadas à degradação da Ocludina.

This study has as purpose to verify the best possible strategies that can be used both in encounter and evangelization of Muslims in order to avoid persecution of Christians and destruction of their property in Africa, especially in Northern Nigeria. This Twenty first Century has witnessed numerous violent attacks against Christians which resulted in vandalization and looting of their property. Many lives of Christian men and women have been sacrificed amidst the violence. As a result, some Christians decided to flee the affected areas, abandoning in the process mission work to Muslims in order to safeguard their lives. This study proposes as research method the use of the pastoral cycle to arrive at these methods. From the study, it was discovered that several factors were responsible for the Islamic attacks against Christians in Northern Nigeria. Many negative effects had been noted as a result, mostly serious negative emotional scars left in the heart of the Christians believers and missionaries living and working in Northern Nigeria. Based on the findings of this study, new approaches towards coexistence and especially for the evangelisation of the Muslims in Northern Nigeria, especially in view of reduced bloody encounters. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / M. Th. (Missiology)

Intergroup relations and the factors affecting them constitute a subject of recurring interest within the academic community. Social identity theory suggests that group membership and the value we assign to it drives the expression of in-group favoritism and outgroup prejudice, among other intergroup phenomena. The present study examines how (ir)religious identities are related to topic-sentiment polarization in the form of positive in-group and negative outgroup bias during interreligious debates in YouTube commentaries. Drawing from the propositions of social identity theory, six hypotheses were tested. The data for the study, a product of a natural experiment, are comments posted on YouTube commentary sections featuring videos of interreligious debates between (a) Christian and atheist or (b) Christian and Muslim speakers. Using topic-sentiment analysis, a multistage method of topic modeling with latent semantic analysis (LSA) and sentiment analysis, 52,607 comments, for the Christian - atheist debates, and 24,179 comments, for the Christian - Muslim debates, were analyzed. The results offer support (or partial support) to the hypotheses demonstrating identity-specific instances of topic-sentiment polarization to the predicted direction. The study offers valuable insights for the relevance of social identity theory in real-world interreligious interactions, while the successful application of topic-sentiment analysis lends support for the more systematic utilization of this method in the context of social identity theory.

L'adenocarcinoma ductal de pàncrees és un càncer molt agressiu que actualment representa la quarta causa de mort per càncer als països occidentals. Les teràpies clàssiques, basades en la resecció quirúrgica, la radioteràpia i el tractament amb quimioteràpics com la gemcitabina, no són efectives en la gran majoria del pacients. En aquests darrers anys s'està estudiant l'aplicació de la teràpia gènica com a teràpia alternativa o adjuvant per al tractament d'aquesta neoplàsia. Una aproximació important és la que es basa en la transferència del gen de la timidina quinasa del virus Herpes simplex tipus 1 (TK) i l'administració de la pro-droga ganciclovir (GCV). Un dels atractius que presenta aquest sistema TK/GCV és que disposa d'un mecanisme amplificador de la mort cel·lular, que va més enllà d'eliminar la cèl·lula tumoral modificada genèticament amb el gen TK i que es coneix com l'efecte adjacent. S'ha proposat, que aquest efecte podria ser degut al trànsit dels metabòlits tòxics del GCV a través dels canals intercel·lulars que formen les unions gap.En aquesta tesi hem realitzat una caracterització de l'expressió de les molécules constitutives de les unions gap, les connexines, en l'adenocarcinoma de pàncrees; i hem estudiat el seu paper en l'eficàcia de dues estratègies terapèutiques basades en l'administració de compostos anàlegs de nucleòsids: el sistema suïcida TK/GCV i el quimioteràpic gemcitabina. S'ha estudiat també la possible contribució de l'E-cadherina, element clau de les unions adherents epitelials, en l'efecte citotòxic d'aquestes teràpies i amb especial èmfasi en el sistema TK/GCV.

Text in English with abstracts and keywords in English, Tswana and Afrikaans / Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top-ranking causes of death in many countries, including Namibia. The purpose of this research study was to determine the knowledge and the attitudes of religious leaders and congregants regarding TB and to describe practices of TB prevention among religious leaders and congregants in Khomas Region, Namibia. The researcher developed strategies for enhancing the prevention of TB by religious leaders in Khomas Region, Namibia. The Health Belief Model and the Socio-ecological Model were adopted for the study. A mixed-method convergent design was used in this study. Phase one of the study involved the use of a quantitative descriptive design and phase two comprised a sequential mixed-method study using the Delphi technique. Explorative, descriptive and contextual designs were applied in phase two. Data were collected using semi-structured questionnaires in both phase one and phase two. Phase one included 299 participants and phase two included 100 experts in TB and religion. A quantitative data analysis was done using Moon Stats 2018, version 2.0. A qualitative data analysis was done following the steps of content analysis. This study found that the participants were very knowledgeable about TB in that 241 (80.87%) participants indicated that bacteria are the cause of TB and 292 (97.99%) indicated that TB bacteria are spread through the air from one person to another. The participants had a good attitude towards TB in that 227 (76.65%) participants agreed that anyone can be infected with TB and 140 (47.78%) expressed compassion for people who have TB. Participants of the study had good practices for TB prevention, like seeking medical attention if they suspect they have TB. A total of 28 strategies for the primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of TB were developed. The recommendation made in this study is that religious leaders should be at the forefront of TB prevention activities due to their sphere of influence in society. All health sector stakeholders should support efforts by religious leaders to combat TB through sponsorships. / Bolwetsi jwa lehuba (TB) ke nngwe ya dibaki tsa loso tse di kwa setlhoeng mo dinageng tse dintsi, go akaretsa Namibia. Maikaelelo a thutopatlisiso eno e ne e le go sekaseka kitso le maitshwaro a baeteledipele ba sedumedi le baphuthegi mabapi le TB le go tlhalosa ditiragalo tsa thibelo ya TB magareng ga baeteledipele ba sedumedi le baphuthegi mo Kgaolong ya Khomas, Namibia. Mmatlisisi o dirile ditogamaano tsa go tokafatsa thibelo ya TB ka baeteledipele ba sedumedi mo Kgaolong ya Khomas, Namibia. Go amogetswe sekao sa Tumelo ya Boitekanelo le Sekao sa Ikholoji ya Loago mo thutopatlisisong. Go dirisitswe thadiso ya molebo o o kopantsweng mo thutopatlisisong eno. Kgato ya ntlha ya thutopatlisiso e akareditse tiriso ya molebo o o tlhalosang wa dipalopalo, mme kgato ya bobedi e nnile le thutopatlisiso ya molebo o o kopantsweng wa tatelano o o dirisang thekeniki ya Delphi. Go dirisitswe melebo ya tshekatsheko, tlhaloso le bokao mo kgatong ya bobedi. Data e ne ya kgobokanngwa go dirisiwa makwalopotsolotso a a batlileng a rulagantswe mo kgatong ya ntlha le kgato ya bobedi. Kgato ya ntlha e akareditse banni-le-seabe ba le 299, mme kgato ya bobedi e akareditse baitsenape ba le 100 ba TB le bodumedi. Tokololo ya data ya dipalopalo e ne ya dirwa go diriswa Moon Stats 2018, mofuta wa 2.0. Tokololo ya data e e lebelelang mabaka e ne ya dirwa go latelwa dikgato tsa tokololo ya diteng. Thutopatlisiso eno e fitlhetse gore banni-le-seabe ba ne ba na le kitso thata ka ga TB mo e leng gore banni-le-seabe ba ba 241 (80.87%) ba kaile gore ditwatsi ke tsona di tlholang TB, mme ba le 292 (97.99%) ba kaile gore ditwatsi tsa TB di phatlaladiwa mo moweng go tswa go motho yo mongwe go ya go yo mongwe. Banni-le-seabe ba na le megopolo e e siameng ka ga TB mo e leng gore banni-le-seabe ba ba 227 (76.65%) ba dumetse gore mongwe le mongwe a ka nna a tshwaetswa ke TB, mme ba le 140 (47.78%) ba ne ba bontsha boutlwelobotlhoko mo bathong ba ba nang le TB. Banni-le-seabe ba thutopatlisiso ba na le ditiragatso tse di siameng tsa thibelo ya TB, go tshwana le go batla thuso ya kalafi fa e le gore ba belaela gore ba na le TB. Go dirilwe palogotlhe ya ditogamaano di le 28 tsa thibelo ya ntlha, ya bobedi le ya boraro ya TB. Katlenegiso e e dirilweng mo thutopatlisisong eno ke gore baeteledipele ba sedumedi ba tshwanetse go nna kwa pele mo ditiragatsong tsa thibelo ya TB ka ntlha ya seemo sa bona sa tshusumetso mo setšhabeng. Baamegi botlhe ba lephata la boitekanelo ba tshwanetse go tshegetsa maiteko a baeteledipele ba sedumedi go lwantsha TB ka diketleetso. / Tuberkulose (TB) is een van die grootste doodsoorsake in Namibië en talle ander lande. Die doel van hierdie studie was om godsdiensleiers en gemeentelede in die Khomasstreek in Namibië se kennis van TB, hulle ingesteldheid jeens die siekte, en hulle voorkomingsmaatreëls te ondersoek. Die navorser het strategieë opgestel om te verhoed dat godsdiensleiers in hierdie streek TB opdoen. Die Gesondheidopvattings- en die Sosiaal-ekologiese model is met die oog op hierdie studie aangepas. ʼn Konvergente ontwerp met gemengde metodes is in hierdie studie gebruik. In fase 1 is ʼn kwantitatiewe, deskriptiewe ontwerp gevolg en in fase 2 is opeenvolgende gemengde metodes volgens die Delphitegniek toegepas. ʼn Verkennende, deskriptiewe en kontekstuele ontwerp is in fase gevolg. Data is in fase 1 en 2 aan die hand van halfgestruktureerde vraelyste ingesamel. In fase 1 het 299 respondente en in fase 2 het 100 TB- en godsdiensdeskundiges deelgeneem. ʼn Kwantitatiewe ontleding van die data is met Moon Stats 2018, weergawe 2.0 gedoen. Vervolgens is die data kwalitatief volgens die stappe van ʼn inhoudsanalise ontleed. In hierdie studie is bevind dat die deelnemers heel kundig was oor TB. Altesame 241 (80,87%) deelnemers het te kenne gegee dat bakterieë die oorsaak van TB is, en 292 (97,99%) het laat blyk dat TB-bakterieë luglangs van een persoon na ʼn ander versprei. Die deelnemers se ingesteldheid jeens TB was reg, want 227 (76,65%) deelnemers was dit eens dat enige iemand die siekte kan opdoen, en 140 (47,78%) het medelye gehad met TB-lyers. Daarby het hulle goeie voorkomingsmaatreëls gevolg soos om ʼn dokter te spreek toe hulle vermoed het dat hulle TB opgedoen het. Altesame 28 maatreëls is vir die primêre, sekondêre en tersiêre voorkoming van hierdie siekte getref. Daar word aanbeveel dat godsdiensleiers vanweë die aansien wat hulle in die samelewing geniet, die leiding in voorkomingsveldtogte moet neem. Alle belanghebbendes in die gesondheidsektor moet godsdiensleiers se pogings om TB te bestry, met borgskappe steun. / Health Studies / Ph. D. (Nursing)