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Surrogate Power: The Agency of the Replacement Mother in Mid-Victorian Literature

Throughout the mid-nineteenth century, literary representations of replacement maternal figures helped normalize forms of surrogate motherhood within Victorian childrearing and caregiving structures. Through cultural and literary study, this dissertation articulates the dialectical relationship that developed between fiction and society as maternal norms developed and shifted. Through an analysis of advice texts and the social influence of Queen Victoria’s performance of maternal norms, this work expands previous understandings of how motherhood came to be imagined and idealized in the early years of Victoria’s reign. It then demonstrates how literature highlights the need to revise and expand prevailing understandings of maternity. Next, it reveals how fictional surrogate mothers establish power to overcome the threats they pose to social, familial, and maternal constructions. It ultimately demonstrates that surrogate mothers help revise maternal norms by playing integral roles in enhancing the future prosperity of the middle and upper classes of England. By unmooring motherhood from biological constraints, fictional surrogate mothers call into question the intrinsic nature of dominant maternal norms and open up spaces for female social agency

Occupational Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit

In recent years, the number of inpatient cardiovascular surgeries has significantly increased in hospitals around America. Occupational therapists in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame, California) lack a standard protocol for addressing physical, cognitive, and psychosocial factors in patients post cardiac surgery. Furthermore, individuals’ experience and clinical reasoning frequently guides interventions rather than current evidence. The American Occupational Therapy Association’s Centennial Vision encourages occupational therapists to pursue science-driven practices and provide evidence-based interventions. In response to this Vision, an evidence-based clinical pathway was developed for the occupational therapists at Mills-Peninsula Medical Center. The clinical pathway facilitates patients’ return to their highest level of function during post cardiac surgery rehabilitation. The proposed clinical pathway includes physical recovery, early detection of cognitive impairment, and psychosocial health for patients post cardiac surgery. The final clinical pathway was compiled into a clinical manual, entitled Clinical Pathway for Post Cardiac Surgery – Progression of Occupational Therapy in Intensive Care Unit, and adapted into a pocket guide

An Analysis of Dai Brocade Pattern and Application Innovation in Denim Garment

This research is financed by “2019 Graduate research innovation program project of Jiangnan university”（2019 JNKY19-035; “Major Projects of Philosophy and Social Sciences in Jiangsu Universities” (2019STZDA02) Abstract The Dai brocade has a long history, unique craftsmanship, simple and unique style. It has bright colors, strong contrasts, and exquisite patterns, with unique national art and cultural colors. This article expounds the artistic form of the brocade pattern from the subject matter of the pattern, analyzes its artistic aesthetics, cultural connotation, and visual symbols. Attempting to apply the Dai brocade pattern to the design of denim women's clothing. The results show that the combination of traditional Dai brocade patterns and modern denim elements can leading denim clothing a more diversified and international charm Keywords: The Dai ethnic Brocade Pattern; denim; fashion design; art; national culture DOI: 10.7176/ADS/80-06 Publication date: February 29th 202

Development of Design Ideas: Fusion of Culture- The Silk Road Dream through Fashion Art

This research is financed by “The Major Projects of Philosophy and Social Sciences Research in Jiangsu Universities (2019SJZDA021).” Abstract How to execute the ideas of designer’s mind through a theme of design according to fashion scene into factual mockups with the consumers’ acceptance is the prime object in design sector. The main intention of this study is to develop the design ideas according to specific theme, process to carry out those design into wearable form, fulfilment of designer’s achievement and research values of design theme. Author developed a design collection as a designer for a renowned fashion design competition hold in Shanghai, with a given competition concept on the ‘Silk Road’ and the principles of innovation. To execute the design theme towards the final steps of achievements designer used different process of design accordingly and this study will discuss step by step developments. In this design idea there will have a discussion of Silk Road dream in terms of fashion art to realize the actuality of design according to theme. From this study one can realize the relation between theme research and design ideas as well as the systematic method of design development as a designer, and will help the design students as a self-learning guide to understand about participating fashion design competition. The given experiment of design process will be considered as an example to illustrate the focus point of this research. Keywords: Design development, Silk Road, Fusion of culture, Fashion art, Achievement DOI: 10.7176/ADS/79-10 Publication date: December 31st 201

Sterilization of lung matrices by supercritical carbon dioxide

Lung engineering is a potential alternative to transplantation for patients with end-stage pulmonary failure. Two challenges critical to the successful development of an engineered lung developed from a decellularized scaffold include (i) the suppression of resident infectious bioburden in the lung matrix, and (ii) the ability to sterilize decellularized tissues while preserving the essential biological and mechanical features intact. To date, the majority of lungs are sterilized using high concentrations of peracetic acid (PAA) resulting in extracellular matrix (ECM) depletion. These mechanically altered tissues have little to no storage potential. In this study, we report a sterilizing technique using supercritical carbon dioxide (ScCO(2)) that can achieve a sterility assurance level 10(−6) in decellularized lung matrix. The effects of ScCO(2) treatment on the histological, mechanical, and biochemical properties of the sterile decellularized lung were evaluated and compared with those of freshly decellularized lung matrix and with PAA-treated acellular lung. Exposure of the decellularized tissue to ScCO(2) did not significantly alter tissue architecture, ECM content or organization (glycosaminoglycans, elastin, collagen, and laminin), observations of cell engraftment, or mechanical integrity of the tissue. Furthermore, these attributes of lung matrix did not change after 6 months in sterile buffer following sterilization with ScCO(2), indicating that ScCO(2) produces a matrix that is stable during storage. The current study's results indicate that ScCO(2) can be used to sterilize acellular lung tissue while simultaneously preserving key biological components required for the function of the scaffold for regenerative medicine purposes

The modified two-by-one fixed orthodontic appliance for bodily movement of canine: a case report

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A pro-drug of the green tea polyphenol (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) prevents differentiated SH-SY5Y cells from toxicity induced by 6-hydroxydopamine

Regular consumption of green tea benefits people in prevention from cardiovascular disorders, obesity as well as neurodegenerative diseases. (-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) is regarded as the most biologically active catechin in green tea. However, the stability and bioavailability of EGCG are restricted. The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether a pro-drug, a fully acetylated EGCG (pEGCG), could be more effective in neuroprotection in Parkinsonism mimic cellular model. Retinoic acid (RA)-differentiated neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells were pre-treated with different concentrations of EGCG and pEGCG for 30 min and followed by incubation of 25 μM 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) for 24 h. We found that a broad dosage range of pEGCG (from 0.1 to 10 μM) could significantly reduce lactate dehydrogenase release. Likewise, 10 μM of pEGCG was effective in reducing caspase-3 activity, while EGCG at all concentrations tested in the model failed to attenuate caspase-3 activity induced by 6-OHDA. Furthermore, Western-blot analysis showed that Akt could be one of the specific signaling pathways stimulated by pEGCG in neuroprotection. It was demonstrated that 25 μM of 6-OHDA significantly suppressed the phosphorylation level of Akt. Only pEGCG at 10 μM markedly increased its phosphorylation level compared to 6-OHDA alone. Taken together, as pEGCG has higher stability and bioavailbility for further investigation, it could be a potential neuroprotective agent and our current findings may offer certain clues for optimizing its application in future. © 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.postprin