visual cultural studies and its discontents

... political enlistments and commercial compromises; with others, an awareness of its limits, a tendency to play on the limitation of its power and even the uncertainty of its effects But the paradox ... It has its own specific aesthetics: in other words, it has its own modes of dissensual invention of scenes and of characters, of demonstrations and statements, which distinguish it from, and sometimes ... art was constituted - and, with Hegel, declared as its own end - is the same time when it began to become commonplace in magazine productions and corrupted in bookstore trade and the newspaper -...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 18:20

... respect and engage with the paradigms and traditions of knowledge and of empirical and concrete work in each of these disciplinary areas in order to construct what we called cultural studies or cultural ... in higher education and elsewhere, cultural studies is, as an institutional form, very minor But the humanities and the arts are not And indeed the contestation that cultural studies was partly ... nor a suggestion that Birmingham was the only way to cultural studies Cultural studies was then, and has been ever since, an adaptation to its terrain; it has been a conjunctural practice It has...

Ngày tải lên: 05/05/2014, 22:57

... the structure of E53QbsSHMT and its binary complexes with Gly, l-Ser, l-allo-Thr and ternary complex with Gly and 5-formyl-THF (FTHF) In addition, the biochemical and spectral properties of these ... group and contained one monomer in the asymmetric unit Cell dimensions and details of data collection are shown in Table Expression and purification of bsSHMT and E53QbsSHMT The expression and purification ... m)1Æcm)1 at 388 nm) Thermal denaturation studies The thermal denaturation of bsSHMT and the E53QbsSHMT in the absence and presence of ligands, such as l-Ser and Gly were carried out by measuring...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 16:20

... various systems comprised 3899 and 4516 SPC molecules for the agonist and the antagonist in water, respectively, and 817 and 927 Me2SO molecules for the agonist and the antagonist, respectively, ... [82] and (B) sequence alignment of the Vb chain TCR(79–83), MBP(74–85) and MBP(95–103) P5 and P8 are prominent, solvent-exposed TCR contact residues of the MBP(86–105) peptide, and P4, P6 and ... in Me2SO, 98 sequential and medium-range NOEs and two long-range NOEs were used as distance restraints, whereas, in aqueous solution, 116 sequential and mediumrange NOEs and two long-range NOEs...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 16:20

... ) and no peptide (*)] IN strand-transfer activity was measured as described previously [58] and in Experimental procedures The Km and Vmax values for each IN peptide ratio were calculated and ... (LTRs) [4850], and a strand-transfer step, in which the processed viral DNA is inserted into the host chromosomal DNA [48,49,51] Because of its central role in the replication and pathogenesis ... to IN decreases its afnity for DNA; peptides that slightly increase the Km but, in addition, modify the Vmax and Kcat values; and peptides that bind IN, but have no effect on its activity Structural...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 16:21

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 05:22

... Scotland – a Presbyterian thistle which crucifies its own roses – or a symbol of the contrast between Scotland and England, with its flowers or ‘roses’ representing English achievement, and its ... political and cultural aims of the Scottish Renaissance and confirmed his magazine’s intention to continue to encourage new writing and criticism within Scotland, and in all three of Scotland’s languages, ... Re-imagining the Highlands Modernism and Littérature Engagée: A Scots Quair and City Fiction Poetry and Politics 11 29 53 68 93 113 131 154 Part III World War Two and its Aftermath Visionaries and Revisionaries:...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 12:43

... process are encountered and informed by different actors and agencies in a range of cultural, political and social contexts [21] [p.1].’ To better understand what globalization is and how it affects ... better chance of understanding what globalization is, how its processes work, and how these processes transform our lives in profound and Brown and Labonté Globalization and Health 2011, 7:29 http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/7/1/29 ... multidimensional and transformative in that it connected to the processes of globalization in both economic and cultural ways In particular, the research Brown and Labonté Globalization and Health...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... information visualization, and also poses challenges on existed visualization techniques For example, graph and network visualization techniques are used extensively to help biologists understand and ... University, December, 2010 Iterative Visual Analytics and its Applications in Bioinformatics Major Professors: Shiaofen Fang and Luo Si Visual Analytics is a new and developing field that addresses ... data in a succinct and comprehensible form And the biologists reason with the visual phenomenon and their domain knowledge for forming new insights and hypotheses With the visualization, they...

Ngày tải lên: 24/08/2014, 10:59

... represents south and symbolizes warmth and peace, red represents east and success, while black represents west and problems 15 CHAPTER 2: ENGLISH-VIETNAMESE CROSS -CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND USE OF ... defy logical and grammatical rules Without idioms English would lose much of its variety and humor both in speech and writing Cultural characteristics of English idioms: The abundance and variety ... English-Vietnamese Cross -Cultural Study of Idioms With Colors and Its Implications to ELT”, which impresses me most because cultural approach can help achieve more accurate and lively study and learning...

Ngày tải lên: 02/03/2015, 14:25

... English and its synonyms in Vietnamese 13 1.1.3.1 Literal and figurative meanings of “heart” and its 13 synonyms in Vietnamese 1.1.3.2 Idiomatic expressions containing the word “heart” 14 and its ... LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST GRADUATE STUDIES NGUYỄN THỊ HUỆ ENGLISH IDIOMS CONTAINING THE WORD “HEART” AND ITS SYNONYMS IN VIETNAMESE IDIOMS: A CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS FROM CULTURAL ... idioms and Vietnamese ones in general and idioms containing some words in these two languages in particular such as “eye”, “hand” and so on In these studies, collecting idioms in English and Vietnamese...

Ngày tải lên: 02/03/2015, 14:29

... them to handing down and vocational training for young people; focusing the forms of teaching handicraft by the handing down; training, retraining and improving the cultural standard and workmanship ... their cultural, historical and scientific values Thence, their image and product’s brand are enhanced Thus, their consumer market is expanded and developed Evaluation of chapter Traditional handicraft ... determination and assessment of development situation of a specific traditional handicraft village on the socio - economic and cultural aspects Overview of previous studies: Development of handicraft...

Ngày tải lên: 07/04/2015, 15:05

... Politeness strategies (PSs) 16 2.4.4 Relation of sandwich feedback and politeness 20 2.5 Vietnamese and American cross -cultural SFC CHAPTER 3: DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS 21 24 3.1 Overview of the research ... in daily conversations in American and Vietnamese University of Languages and International Studies, Hanoi Dahl, Ö (1999) Inflationary effects in language and elsewhere Stockholm University Doan, ... employed in salary negotiation by Vietnamese and Anglophone females in multi - cultural workplace in Vietnam University of Languages and International Studies, Hanoi Eckstein, J (2004) Feedback...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2015, 19:46

... relationship between language and culture Language and culture always exist together and reinforce each other 1.1.1.3 The relationship between language and proverbs, idioms Proverbs and idioms are important ... Idiomatic expressions containing the word “heart” in English and its synonyms in Vietnamese 1.1.3.1 Literal and figurative meanings of “heart” and its synonyms in Vietnamese “heart” has these following ... Other studies on English and Vietnamese culture Regarding Hunt P.C (2002) 1.2 Literature Review There have been a number of studies on similarities and differences between idioms in English and...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2015, 19:51

... English and its synonyms in Vietnamese 13 1.1.3.1 Literal and figurative meanings of “heart” and its synonyms in Vietnamese 13 1.1.3.2 Idiomatic expressions containing the word “heart” and 14 its ... (2nd edition), Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage 10 Jackson & Amela and Palmer (2000), Idioms and Culture, Cambridge University Press 11 Jenifer and W Mordie (1978), English Idioms and How to Use, Oxford ... Other studies on English and Vietnamese culture 18 1.2 Literature Review 19 1.3 Summary 21 CHAPTER 2: SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES OF IDIOMS CONTAINING THE WORD “HEART” AND ITS 23 SYNOMYMS IN VIETNAMESE...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2015, 19:51

... in better understanding both multidimensional and global constructs of successful ageing and its measurements Study I and II would evaluate the validity of multidimensional and global models ... two studies would shed light on how the two constructs of successful ageing could 17 be used and the advantages and disadvantages of using multidimensional and global models In studies III and ... religion/spirituality and ageing Past research is severely limited in its generalizability, because longitudinal data, cross -cultural comparisons, and studies of minority groups and faiths are scarce(112)...

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 09:02

... detrimental to the cultural studies project More than that, this will help keep cultural studies vital and relevant, as "[f]ew questions motivate students to join cultural studies more powerfully ... "this political dimension [of cultural studies] is one legitimate reason there is concern about the establishment of a cultural studies orthodoxy, about cultural studies' inclusion within the ... specifically in the 1970s brand of cultural studies an interventionary rhetoric that is very rich and captivating and inspiring, in how it weaves together a sense of duty and generosity to the youths...

Ngày tải lên: 11/09/2015, 21:33

... with and without eczema • Chapter 7: Conclusion and recommendations The overall conclusion and recommendations for future studies are presented here 12 Chapter Literature Review 2.1 In the Land ... Commercially available WGA kits (e.g Repli-g kit and GenomiPhi) are widely available and work by multiple displacement amplification in the presence of phi29 DNA polymerase and random primers at 30 oC ... generates single stranded DNA The cycle continues and subsequent extension of the random primers will generate double stranded DNA with an average length of 12 kb (Figure 2.4) 24 Random primers anneal...

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 08:47

... other in a β sandwich arrangement Each of these sheets is made up of four strands, in one sheet (A, B, E and D) and the other (G, F, C and C’) In addition, three loops (AB, EF and CC’) are located ... pro (R/G) NGF and pro-domain Fig 4.9A: Inhibition of receptors by specific antibodies and its effect on neurite outgrowth Fig 4.9B: Inhibition of receptors by specific antibodies and its effect ... preferred ligand for TrkA, BDNF and NT-4 for TrkB and NT3 for TrkC Since the discovery of the three-dimensional structures for Trk receptors (Ultsch et al., 1999) and complex between NGF and TrkA...

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 11:25

... Taylor-Couette flow (Coles 1965; Golubitsky and Stewart 1986; Chossat and Iooss 1994) and in differentially rotated systems (Hide and Titman 1967; Früh and Read 1999) More recently, Marques et ... lose stability and a quasiperiodic mixed mode QP is spawned In the wedgeshaped region between the curves NS1 and NS2, four states coexist: LC1 and LC2, which are both stable, and SS and QP which ... portraits in the neighborhood of the 2:1 resonance for QP at ωf /ω0 ≈ 0.1965 and A = 0.005 just outside the resonance horn and for LCL at ωf /ω0 = 2.0 and A = 0.005 inside the resonance horn; and...

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 14:02