Pangs of Love tells the experiences of Chinese American immigrants, and especially the pangs the narrator, as a second generation, feels in family, love and social affairs. Based on the analysis of the narrator's ...Pangs of Love tells the experiences of Chinese American immigrants, and especially the pangs the narrator, as a second generation, feels in family, love and social affairs. Based on the analysis of the narrator's pangs, this paper argues that it is mainly the uncertainty of cultural identity that leads to the pangs of the narrator, and of the second generation Chinese Americans. This paper shows that the second generation can take advantage of their dual but conflicting cultural heritages to develop a renewed and specific cultural identity.展开更多
Sympathy is one of the essential themes that George Eliot discusses in her novels. She uses various effective narrative strategies for the emergence of that theme. This paper, based on a close reading on the passage f...Sympathy is one of the essential themes that George Eliot discusses in her novels. She uses various effective narrative strategies for the emergence of that theme. This paper, based on a close reading on the passage from Middlemarch, explores one of them——the incarnation of the narrator as a character. In Middlemarch, the narrator, as a character, both shows sympathy to the characters and asks for sympathy from the readers. To show his sympathy to the characters, he provides his comprehensive analysis of the characters and authorizes his characters to present their opinions. To ask for the sympathy, he directly addresses to the readers, uses free indirect speech in the narration, and expresses his own emotions. By the strategy of incarnation of the narrator as a character, Eliot clearly presents the readers her purpose of writing.展开更多
American novelist Philip Roth demonstrated admiration for and intimacy with Joseph Conrad’s works.Testimonies abound of Roth’s direct and oblique references to Conrad’s novels.A close and comparative reading of Rot...American novelist Philip Roth demonstrated admiration for and intimacy with Joseph Conrad’s works.Testimonies abound of Roth’s direct and oblique references to Conrad’s novels.A close and comparative reading of Roth’s American Pastoral and Conrad’s Lord Jim reveals the intertextuality between the two novels in three aspects:narrative techniques,characterization and the protagonist’s tragedy.By incorporating Conrad’s Lord Jim into the fabric of American Pastoral through intertextuality,Roth rewrites Jim’s story in a new historical and social context,throwing new light on the canonical work and revealing the dilemma and tragedy of American Jewish immigrants in their pursuit of American Dream.展开更多
The Tell-Tale Heart is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The story is first-person narrative of a narrator who murdered an old man with a clouded eye. This paper aims at identifying the speaker"I"as an unrel...The Tell-Tale Heart is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The story is first-person narrative of a narrator who murdered an old man with a clouded eye. This paper aims at identifying the speaker"I"as an unreliable narrator through analyzing the motivation, process and confession of the crime. It is found out that the narrator symbolizes man of evil, while, the old man's vulture eye symbolizes virtue. It's a story about the conflict between evil and virtue.展开更多
Mrs.Gaskell carried an excellent reputation in the Victorian era for her quality works in depicting the many strata of society and social changes[1].Among her classic works,Cranford is said to be the only book that sh...Mrs.Gaskell carried an excellent reputation in the Victorian era for her quality works in depicting the many strata of society and social changes[1].Among her classic works,Cranford is said to be the only book that she would reread again in her aged years[2].The unique standing of the novel may be ascribed to its careful use of the narrative strategy,specifically the role of the narrator.However,most of the studies on the narrator focus on the feminist point of view,and very few are concerned with the changes of the narrative voice between“I”and“we.”This paper attempts to explain the purpose of this transition by analyzing the role of the narrator and her interactions with other characters.It is concluded that the change of narrative voice is an illustration of the transition of the narrator’s role and emotion,which evokes the readers’emotional response and helps them better understand one of the themes-feminist utopia.This paper is divided into three sections.The first section looks at the social milieu of the novel.The second section discusses two major roles of the narrator,Mary Smith as a reporter and a mediator,respectively.The third section talks about the narrator’s growth from a minor character to a leading participant,and the implied theme is discussed as well.展开更多
A Dream n Red Mansions.on the basis of inheriting the Chinese ancient hovel narrative tradition,does a lot of innovations.there are several narrators in this nove1.such as a super storyteller as well as the stone and ...A Dream n Red Mansions.on the basis of inheriting the Chinese ancient hovel narrative tradition,does a lot of innovations.there are several narrators in this nove1.such as a super storyteller as well as the stone and Cao Xueqin.For each narrator lies in a diferent background,the narration of the novel is divided into throe 1evels.namely.the super narrative level,the main narrative level and the sub—narrative leve1.The writing purpose is properly presented throuIgh these narrators and narrative leVels,which shows the excellent narrative skills.Applying the super narrative level aims to dilute the sense of reality of the works.And discussing the narrative skills in A Dream in Red Mansions helps to have a comprehensive and in—depth understanding of these classic works.展开更多
Curation in museums involves not only presenting exhibits for visitors but also deeply shaping a systematic narrative experience through deliberate spatial layout design of the museum space.In contrast,the dynamic nat...Curation in museums involves not only presenting exhibits for visitors but also deeply shaping a systematic narrative experience through deliberate spatial layout design of the museum space.In contrast,the dynamic nature of virtual reality(VR)environments establishes virtual museums as a more potent space for both layout optimization and narrative construction,particularly when integrating visitors’diverse preferences to optimize the virtual museum and convey narratives.Therefore,we first collaborated with experienced curators to conduct a formative study to understand the workflow of curation and summarize the museum narratives that weave exhibits,galleries,and museum architecture into a compelling story.We then proposed a museum spatial layout framework that clarified three narrative levels(exhibit level,gallery level,and architecture level)to support the controllable spatial layout of the museum’s elements.Based on that,we developed VirtuNarrator,a proof-of-concept prototype designed to assist visitors in choosing different narrative themes,filtering exhibits,creating and adjusting galleries,and freely connecting them.The evaluation results validated that visitors received a more systematic museum narrative experience and perceptions of multi-perspective narrative design in VirtuNarrator.We also provided insights into VR-based museum narrative enhancement beyond spatial layout design.展开更多
A strategic narrative is not merely a discursive account through which a state explains its behavior;it also serves as an instrument of discursive power and a key mechanism of interaction and rivalry among states.Upon...A strategic narrative is not merely a discursive account through which a state explains its behavior;it also serves as an instrument of discursive power and a key mechanism of interaction and rivalry among states.Upon his return to the White House,Donald Trump declared that“the golden age of America begins right now,”signaling a new round of adjustments to the U.S.strategic narrative.While the“golden age”narrative functions to promote the new administration’s policies externally and provide interpretive framing,it also incorporates deterrence into its broader narrative structure and employs deterrent rhetoric to project highly intense and wide-ranging aggressive discourse.展开更多
Sport-related concussion(SRC)and its potential neurological sequela represent an emerging global health concern,requiring improved recovery management and strategies for return-to-play(RTP)to enhance brain health in a...Sport-related concussion(SRC)and its potential neurological sequela represent an emerging global health concern,requiring improved recovery management and strategies for return-to-play(RTP)to enhance brain health in athletes.Given the dynamic and multifaceted nature of SRC recovery,the purpose of this review is to synthesize existing literature on post-SRC outcomes in adult athletes,and to outline the temporal trajectories of key recovery indicators(symptoms,cognitive function,blood biomarkers)across distinct recovery phases until resolution.In the acute phase of SRC(first 48 h),symptom scores and brain damage markers peaked immediately,while cognitive impairments and neuroinflammation emerged with a slight delay.Following the initial rise,brain damage marker concentrations rapidly dropped below baseline levels at approximately 48 h following SRC injury.During the early recovery phase,neuroinflammation and most cognitive alterations resolved after 3–5 days,though symptom burden and attention deficits persisted for up to 7 days.Despite prolonged alterations reported in some individuals,recovery markers typically returned to pre-injury levels in the transition phase(≤2 weeks),though mild attention deficits were detected up to 3 weeks,and TNF-α concentrations remained elevated throughout late recovery(>2 weeks).These results reveal distinct temporal discrepancies across recovery markers and emphasize that physiological disturbances can outlast symptom resolution,underscoring the need for both multimodal assessments and appropriately timed evaluations to accurately track recovery progression.Incorporating structured follow-ups at key time points,particularly beyond symptom resolution,may improve RTP decision-making and reduce the risk of premature return and long-term neurological consequences.展开更多
This article utilizes Katherine Mansfield’s short story The Garden Party as the research object to explore the narrative generation conditions of ethical experience in the text. Through a close analysis of the novel...This article utilizes Katherine Mansfield’s short story The Garden Party as the research object to explore the narrative generation conditions of ethical experience in the text. Through a close analysis of the novel’s narrative structure and key scenes, the article argues that ethical discomfort does not evolve into enduring moral judgments within the text;rather, it is continually managed and deferred through the interplay of aesthetic order, familial discourse, and the distribution of social roles. The novel eschews a linear trajectory of ethical awakening, instead crafting a narrative mechanism that keeps ethical experience palpable yet inarticulable. The female subject is given the role of sensing ethical incongruity, but lacks the narrative position from which to articulate it as judgment. Consequently, ethics remains confined to the level of personalization and unimplementability. Far from a narrative of moral growth or awakening, The Garden Party exposes why ethical judgment has become structurally unrealizable in modern narratives.展开更多
Background:A significant challenge regarding notable historical figures is determining the accuracy of the words and actions attributed to them with the limited available evidence,when their biographers have presented...Background:A significant challenge regarding notable historical figures is determining the accuracy of the words and actions attributed to them with the limited available evidence,when their biographers have presented a biased life assessment.Lauded as a founding suffragette,the first female school principal,and the first white female practicing physician in Canada,Dr.Emily Stowe did not help historians.She destroyed her records,leaving her life story to be told by her daughter,who portrayed her as a heroine–a view that has persisted since the start of the 20th century.To improve the accuracy of assessing the life of Emily Stowe,as much information as possible about Stowe must be collected and interpreted.Methods:Presented is a narrative research method for analyzing historical figures that examines 22 life-changing events in the life of Stowe by answering six types of questions about each event:when,where,who,what,how,and why.Results:This narrative research,representing a psychoanalytic research process,finds that much of the repeated story of Stowe is either exaggerated or likely false.Conclusion:Following the example of Emily Stowe,this unique method is applicable for improving the historical accuracy in assessing the lives of other notable figures.It represents a method extendable to those currently alive,outside the public eye,searching to develop their own narrative.展开更多
By MAMADOU DIOUF,Seagull Books.Africa in the World’s Time.In this book,distinguished historian Mamadou Diouf repositions Africa at the centre of global historical imagination.Countering long-standing colonial narrati...By MAMADOU DIOUF,Seagull Books.Africa in the World’s Time.In this book,distinguished historian Mamadou Diouf repositions Africa at the centre of global historical imagination.Countering long-standing colonial narratives that relegated the continent to the margins,Diouf uncovers the intellectual,artistic,and cultural traditions through which Africans have continuously interpreted,debated,and rewritten their own histories.展开更多
Attention,All Villagers Chief Director:Jin Ying Length:Five Episodes Producer:bilibili Broadcasting Platform:bilibili This film series tells the stories of the new generation of farmers in China in a vibrant narrative...Attention,All Villagers Chief Director:Jin Ying Length:Five Episodes Producer:bilibili Broadcasting Platform:bilibili This film series tells the stories of the new generation of farmers in China in a vibrant narrative style.By documenting five villagers’daily lives,each episode highlights the challenges young people are facing in building their life and career in their rural hometowns.展开更多
This paper examines Hernán Díaz’s novel Trust (2022) through the lens of cultural deconstruction, analyzing how its four nested narratives systematically dismantle the American Dream ideology. The novel Bon...This paper examines Hernán Díaz’s novel Trust (2022) through the lens of cultural deconstruction, analyzing how its four nested narratives systematically dismantle the American Dream ideology. The novel Bonds and autobiography My Life collaboratively construct a financial myth portraying protagonist Andrew Bevel as an exemplar of self-made success. Subsequently, Ida’s Memoir exposes the subjective construction of history, declaring the American Dream’s bankruptcy at the epistemological level, while Mildred’s diary Futures deconstructs the myth from within by revealing that Bevel’s financial genius was built upon appropriation of his wife’s intellectual labor. This paper argues that Trust reveals the American Dream as an ideological illusion-narratively constructed, practically dependent on structural injustice, and essentially serving power reproduction.展开更多
Background:In mental health,recovery is emphasized,and qualitative analyses of service users’narratives have accumulated;however,while qualitative approaches excel at capturing rich context and generating new concept...Background:In mental health,recovery is emphasized,and qualitative analyses of service users’narratives have accumulated;however,while qualitative approaches excel at capturing rich context and generating new concepts,they are limited in generalizability and feasible data volume.This study aimed to quantify the subjective life history narratives of users of psychiatric home-visit nursing using natural language processing(NLP)and to clarify the relationships between linguistic features and recovery-related indicators.Methods:We conducted audio-recorded and transcribed semi-structured interviews on daily life verbatim and collected self-report questionnaires(Recovery Assessment Scale[RAS])and clinician ratings(Global Assessment of Functioning[GAF])from Japanese users of psychiatric home-visit nursing.Using the artificial intelligence-based topic-modeling method BERTopic,we extracted topics from the interview texts and calculated each participant’s topic proportions,and then examined associations between topic proportions and recovery-related indicators using Pearson correlation analyses.Results:“School”showed a significant positive correlation with RAS(r=0.39,p=0.05),whereas“Family”showed a significant negative correlation(r=–0.46,p=0.02).GAF was positively correlated with word count(r=0.44,p=0.02)and“Hospital”(r=0.42,p=0.03),and negatively correlated with“Backchannels”(aizuchi)(r=–0.41,p=0.03).Conclusion:The present results suggest that the quantity,quality,and content of narratives can serve as useful indicators of mental health and recovery,and that objective NLP-based analysis of service users’narratives can complement traditional self-report scales and clinician ratings to inform the design of recovery-oriented care in psychiatric home-visit nursing.展开更多
This narrative review examines recent advances in salivary biomarkers for oral squamous cell carcinoma(OSCC),a major subtype of oral cancer with persistently low five-year survival rates due to delayed diagnosis.Saliv...This narrative review examines recent advances in salivary biomarkers for oral squamous cell carcinoma(OSCC),a major subtype of oral cancer with persistently low five-year survival rates due to delayed diagnosis.Saliva has emerged as a noninvasive diagnostic medium capable of reflecting both local tumor activity and systemic physiological changes.Various salivary biomarkers,including microRNAs,cytokines,proteins,metabolites,and exosomes,have been linked to oncogenic signaling pathways involved in tumor progression,immune modulation,and therapeutic resistance.Advances in quantitative polymerase chain reaction,mass spectrometry,and next-generation sequencing have enabled comprehensive biomarker profiling,while point-of-care detection systems and saliva-based omics platforms are accelerating clinical translation.Remaining challenges include variability in salivary composition,lack of standardized collection protocols,and insufficient validation across large patient cohorts.This review highlights the mechanistic relevance,diagnostic potential,and translational challenges of salivary biomarkers in OSCC.展开更多
To explore effective paths for improving college students’ mental health, this study integrates narrative therapy and painting therapy to design a 7-week online group psychological counseling program. A total of 121 ...To explore effective paths for improving college students’ mental health, this study integrates narrative therapy and painting therapy to design a 7-week online group psychological counseling program. A total of 121 volunteer college students participated as subjects, and themed painting counseling was conducted via Tencent Meeting. Five scales, including the General Self-Efficacy Scale, Self-Esteem Scale, and Self-Rating Depression Scale, were used for pre-test and post-test comparisons. The results show that after the intervention, students’ self-efficacy (t = -5.528, p = 0.000) and self-esteem level (t = -2.153, p = 0.033) significantly improved statistically, and depression and anxiety showed a positive improvement trend. The research indicates that online narrative painting therapy can effectively release students’ psychological pressure, promote in-depth self-cognition and interpersonal connection construction, providing an operable innovative paradigm for college mental health education. Its interactivity and effectiveness are compatible with the psychological needs and internet usage habits of contemporary college students.展开更多
1.X.Zhang,M.S.Brown and D.0'Brien,"‘No CCP,No New China’:Pastoral Power in Official Narratives in China",The China Quarterly,Vol.235,2018,pp.784-803.2.L.Yang,"China's Think Tank Fever:Changing...1.X.Zhang,M.S.Brown and D.0'Brien,"‘No CCP,No New China’:Pastoral Power in Official Narratives in China",The China Quarterly,Vol.235,2018,pp.784-803.2.L.Yang,"China's Think Tank Fever:Changing Relations between the Communist Party of China and Intellectuals".China:An International Journal,Vol.16,No.2.2018,pp.12-30.展开更多
文摘Pangs of Love tells the experiences of Chinese American immigrants, and especially the pangs the narrator, as a second generation, feels in family, love and social affairs. Based on the analysis of the narrator's pangs, this paper argues that it is mainly the uncertainty of cultural identity that leads to the pangs of the narrator, and of the second generation Chinese Americans. This paper shows that the second generation can take advantage of their dual but conflicting cultural heritages to develop a renewed and specific cultural identity.
文摘Sympathy is one of the essential themes that George Eliot discusses in her novels. She uses various effective narrative strategies for the emergence of that theme. This paper, based on a close reading on the passage from Middlemarch, explores one of them——the incarnation of the narrator as a character. In Middlemarch, the narrator, as a character, both shows sympathy to the characters and asks for sympathy from the readers. To show his sympathy to the characters, he provides his comprehensive analysis of the characters and authorizes his characters to present their opinions. To ask for the sympathy, he directly addresses to the readers, uses free indirect speech in the narration, and expresses his own emotions. By the strategy of incarnation of the narrator as a character, Eliot clearly presents the readers her purpose of writing.
文摘American novelist Philip Roth demonstrated admiration for and intimacy with Joseph Conrad’s works.Testimonies abound of Roth’s direct and oblique references to Conrad’s novels.A close and comparative reading of Roth’s American Pastoral and Conrad’s Lord Jim reveals the intertextuality between the two novels in three aspects:narrative techniques,characterization and the protagonist’s tragedy.By incorporating Conrad’s Lord Jim into the fabric of American Pastoral through intertextuality,Roth rewrites Jim’s story in a new historical and social context,throwing new light on the canonical work and revealing the dilemma and tragedy of American Jewish immigrants in their pursuit of American Dream.
文摘The Tell-Tale Heart is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The story is first-person narrative of a narrator who murdered an old man with a clouded eye. This paper aims at identifying the speaker"I"as an unreliable narrator through analyzing the motivation, process and confession of the crime. It is found out that the narrator symbolizes man of evil, while, the old man's vulture eye symbolizes virtue. It's a story about the conflict between evil and virtue.
文摘Mrs.Gaskell carried an excellent reputation in the Victorian era for her quality works in depicting the many strata of society and social changes[1].Among her classic works,Cranford is said to be the only book that she would reread again in her aged years[2].The unique standing of the novel may be ascribed to its careful use of the narrative strategy,specifically the role of the narrator.However,most of the studies on the narrator focus on the feminist point of view,and very few are concerned with the changes of the narrative voice between“I”and“we.”This paper attempts to explain the purpose of this transition by analyzing the role of the narrator and her interactions with other characters.It is concluded that the change of narrative voice is an illustration of the transition of the narrator’s role and emotion,which evokes the readers’emotional response and helps them better understand one of the themes-feminist utopia.This paper is divided into three sections.The first section looks at the social milieu of the novel.The second section discusses two major roles of the narrator,Mary Smith as a reporter and a mediator,respectively.The third section talks about the narrator’s growth from a minor character to a leading participant,and the implied theme is discussed as well.
文摘A Dream n Red Mansions.on the basis of inheriting the Chinese ancient hovel narrative tradition,does a lot of innovations.there are several narrators in this nove1.such as a super storyteller as well as the stone and Cao Xueqin.For each narrator lies in a diferent background,the narration of the novel is divided into throe 1evels.namely.the super narrative level,the main narrative level and the sub—narrative leve1.The writing purpose is properly presented throuIgh these narrators and narrative leVels,which shows the excellent narrative skills.Applying the super narrative level aims to dilute the sense of reality of the works.And discussing the narrative skills in A Dream in Red Mansions helps to have a comprehensive and in—depth understanding of these classic works.
基金supported by the National Social Science Fund of China(No.19ZDA046)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.62302440)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.
文摘Curation in museums involves not only presenting exhibits for visitors but also deeply shaping a systematic narrative experience through deliberate spatial layout design of the museum space.In contrast,the dynamic nature of virtual reality(VR)environments establishes virtual museums as a more potent space for both layout optimization and narrative construction,particularly when integrating visitors’diverse preferences to optimize the virtual museum and convey narratives.Therefore,we first collaborated with experienced curators to conduct a formative study to understand the workflow of curation and summarize the museum narratives that weave exhibits,galleries,and museum architecture into a compelling story.We then proposed a museum spatial layout framework that clarified three narrative levels(exhibit level,gallery level,and architecture level)to support the controllable spatial layout of the museum’s elements.Based on that,we developed VirtuNarrator,a proof-of-concept prototype designed to assist visitors in choosing different narrative themes,filtering exhibits,creating and adjusting galleries,and freely connecting them.The evaluation results validated that visitors received a more systematic museum narrative experience and perceptions of multi-perspective narrative design in VirtuNarrator.We also provided insights into VR-based museum narrative enhancement beyond spatial layout design.
文摘A strategic narrative is not merely a discursive account through which a state explains its behavior;it also serves as an instrument of discursive power and a key mechanism of interaction and rivalry among states.Upon his return to the White House,Donald Trump declared that“the golden age of America begins right now,”signaling a new round of adjustments to the U.S.strategic narrative.While the“golden age”narrative functions to promote the new administration’s policies externally and provide interpretive framing,it also incorporates deterrence into its broader narrative structure and employs deterrent rhetoric to project highly intense and wide-ranging aggressive discourse.
文摘Sport-related concussion(SRC)and its potential neurological sequela represent an emerging global health concern,requiring improved recovery management and strategies for return-to-play(RTP)to enhance brain health in athletes.Given the dynamic and multifaceted nature of SRC recovery,the purpose of this review is to synthesize existing literature on post-SRC outcomes in adult athletes,and to outline the temporal trajectories of key recovery indicators(symptoms,cognitive function,blood biomarkers)across distinct recovery phases until resolution.In the acute phase of SRC(first 48 h),symptom scores and brain damage markers peaked immediately,while cognitive impairments and neuroinflammation emerged with a slight delay.Following the initial rise,brain damage marker concentrations rapidly dropped below baseline levels at approximately 48 h following SRC injury.During the early recovery phase,neuroinflammation and most cognitive alterations resolved after 3–5 days,though symptom burden and attention deficits persisted for up to 7 days.Despite prolonged alterations reported in some individuals,recovery markers typically returned to pre-injury levels in the transition phase(≤2 weeks),though mild attention deficits were detected up to 3 weeks,and TNF-α concentrations remained elevated throughout late recovery(>2 weeks).These results reveal distinct temporal discrepancies across recovery markers and emphasize that physiological disturbances can outlast symptom resolution,underscoring the need for both multimodal assessments and appropriately timed evaluations to accurately track recovery progression.Incorporating structured follow-ups at key time points,particularly beyond symptom resolution,may improve RTP decision-making and reduce the risk of premature return and long-term neurological consequences.
文摘This article utilizes Katherine Mansfield’s short story The Garden Party as the research object to explore the narrative generation conditions of ethical experience in the text. Through a close analysis of the novel’s narrative structure and key scenes, the article argues that ethical discomfort does not evolve into enduring moral judgments within the text;rather, it is continually managed and deferred through the interplay of aesthetic order, familial discourse, and the distribution of social roles. The novel eschews a linear trajectory of ethical awakening, instead crafting a narrative mechanism that keeps ethical experience palpable yet inarticulable. The female subject is given the role of sensing ethical incongruity, but lacks the narrative position from which to articulate it as judgment. Consequently, ethics remains confined to the level of personalization and unimplementability. Far from a narrative of moral growth or awakening, The Garden Party exposes why ethical judgment has become structurally unrealizable in modern narratives.
文摘Background:A significant challenge regarding notable historical figures is determining the accuracy of the words and actions attributed to them with the limited available evidence,when their biographers have presented a biased life assessment.Lauded as a founding suffragette,the first female school principal,and the first white female practicing physician in Canada,Dr.Emily Stowe did not help historians.She destroyed her records,leaving her life story to be told by her daughter,who portrayed her as a heroine–a view that has persisted since the start of the 20th century.To improve the accuracy of assessing the life of Emily Stowe,as much information as possible about Stowe must be collected and interpreted.Methods:Presented is a narrative research method for analyzing historical figures that examines 22 life-changing events in the life of Stowe by answering six types of questions about each event:when,where,who,what,how,and why.Results:This narrative research,representing a psychoanalytic research process,finds that much of the repeated story of Stowe is either exaggerated or likely false.Conclusion:Following the example of Emily Stowe,this unique method is applicable for improving the historical accuracy in assessing the lives of other notable figures.It represents a method extendable to those currently alive,outside the public eye,searching to develop their own narrative.
文摘By MAMADOU DIOUF,Seagull Books.Africa in the World’s Time.In this book,distinguished historian Mamadou Diouf repositions Africa at the centre of global historical imagination.Countering long-standing colonial narratives that relegated the continent to the margins,Diouf uncovers the intellectual,artistic,and cultural traditions through which Africans have continuously interpreted,debated,and rewritten their own histories.
文摘Attention,All Villagers Chief Director:Jin Ying Length:Five Episodes Producer:bilibili Broadcasting Platform:bilibili This film series tells the stories of the new generation of farmers in China in a vibrant narrative style.By documenting five villagers’daily lives,each episode highlights the challenges young people are facing in building their life and career in their rural hometowns.
文摘This paper examines Hernán Díaz’s novel Trust (2022) through the lens of cultural deconstruction, analyzing how its four nested narratives systematically dismantle the American Dream ideology. The novel Bonds and autobiography My Life collaboratively construct a financial myth portraying protagonist Andrew Bevel as an exemplar of self-made success. Subsequently, Ida’s Memoir exposes the subjective construction of history, declaring the American Dream’s bankruptcy at the epistemological level, while Mildred’s diary Futures deconstructs the myth from within by revealing that Bevel’s financial genius was built upon appropriation of his wife’s intellectual labor. This paper argues that Trust reveals the American Dream as an ideological illusion-narratively constructed, practically dependent on structural injustice, and essentially serving power reproduction.
文摘Background:In mental health,recovery is emphasized,and qualitative analyses of service users’narratives have accumulated;however,while qualitative approaches excel at capturing rich context and generating new concepts,they are limited in generalizability and feasible data volume.This study aimed to quantify the subjective life history narratives of users of psychiatric home-visit nursing using natural language processing(NLP)and to clarify the relationships between linguistic features and recovery-related indicators.Methods:We conducted audio-recorded and transcribed semi-structured interviews on daily life verbatim and collected self-report questionnaires(Recovery Assessment Scale[RAS])and clinician ratings(Global Assessment of Functioning[GAF])from Japanese users of psychiatric home-visit nursing.Using the artificial intelligence-based topic-modeling method BERTopic,we extracted topics from the interview texts and calculated each participant’s topic proportions,and then examined associations between topic proportions and recovery-related indicators using Pearson correlation analyses.Results:“School”showed a significant positive correlation with RAS(r=0.39,p=0.05),whereas“Family”showed a significant negative correlation(r=–0.46,p=0.02).GAF was positively correlated with word count(r=0.44,p=0.02)and“Hospital”(r=0.42,p=0.03),and negatively correlated with“Backchannels”(aizuchi)(r=–0.41,p=0.03).Conclusion:The present results suggest that the quantity,quality,and content of narratives can serve as useful indicators of mental health and recovery,and that objective NLP-based analysis of service users’narratives can complement traditional self-report scales and clinician ratings to inform the design of recovery-oriented care in psychiatric home-visit nursing.
基金supported by the College of Oral Medicine,Taipei Medical University,Taipei,Taiwan(Grant No.TMUCOM202502)supported by Taipei Medical University Hospital,Taipei,Taiwan(Grant No.114TMUH-NE-05).
文摘This narrative review examines recent advances in salivary biomarkers for oral squamous cell carcinoma(OSCC),a major subtype of oral cancer with persistently low five-year survival rates due to delayed diagnosis.Saliva has emerged as a noninvasive diagnostic medium capable of reflecting both local tumor activity and systemic physiological changes.Various salivary biomarkers,including microRNAs,cytokines,proteins,metabolites,and exosomes,have been linked to oncogenic signaling pathways involved in tumor progression,immune modulation,and therapeutic resistance.Advances in quantitative polymerase chain reaction,mass spectrometry,and next-generation sequencing have enabled comprehensive biomarker profiling,while point-of-care detection systems and saliva-based omics platforms are accelerating clinical translation.Remaining challenges include variability in salivary composition,lack of standardized collection protocols,and insufficient validation across large patient cohorts.This review highlights the mechanistic relevance,diagnostic potential,and translational challenges of salivary biomarkers in OSCC.
基金General Project of the 14th Five-Year Plan for Educational Science in Liaoning Province(2025):“Teaching Research on Group Narrative Painting Training to Improve College Students’Self-Efficacy and Psychological Resilience”(Project No.:JG25DB118)。
文摘To explore effective paths for improving college students’ mental health, this study integrates narrative therapy and painting therapy to design a 7-week online group psychological counseling program. A total of 121 volunteer college students participated as subjects, and themed painting counseling was conducted via Tencent Meeting. Five scales, including the General Self-Efficacy Scale, Self-Esteem Scale, and Self-Rating Depression Scale, were used for pre-test and post-test comparisons. The results show that after the intervention, students’ self-efficacy (t = -5.528, p = 0.000) and self-esteem level (t = -2.153, p = 0.033) significantly improved statistically, and depression and anxiety showed a positive improvement trend. The research indicates that online narrative painting therapy can effectively release students’ psychological pressure, promote in-depth self-cognition and interpersonal connection construction, providing an operable innovative paradigm for college mental health education. Its interactivity and effectiveness are compatible with the psychological needs and internet usage habits of contemporary college students.
文摘1.X.Zhang,M.S.Brown and D.0'Brien,"‘No CCP,No New China’:Pastoral Power in Official Narratives in China",The China Quarterly,Vol.235,2018,pp.784-803.2.L.Yang,"China's Think Tank Fever:Changing Relations between the Communist Party of China and Intellectuals".China:An International Journal,Vol.16,No.2.2018,pp.12-30.
