How one art educator combines the strengths from two educational systems, Chinese and Canadian, to develop a teaching philosophy

In this studio-based thesis, "How One Art Educator Combines the Strengths from Two Educational Systems, Chinese and Canadian, To Develop A Teaching Philosophy," combines several aspects of the author's studio practices and with her learning experiences as a Chinese student in Canadian fine arts program. This thesis shows the process of how the author improved her art-making abilities and how she developed her teaching philosophy and methods by using the education that she received from ceramics courses at a Canadian university as a link to her education in painting and drawing in China. At the same time, through qualitative research, the author uses her art-making, personal living and learning experiences as a research case in order to explore and gather truly first-hand data. The author shares her own experiences in art education and art-making in China and Canada to help the readers easily understand her theoretical rationale, an approach which is consistent with her belief that theory can result from actual practice

Analysis on tacrolimus efficacy in the treatment of vernal keratoconjunctivitis

AIM: To evaluate the curative effects of tacrolimus on vernal keratoconjunctivitis(VKC). <p>METHODS: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.Sixteen ambulatory patients from department of ophthalmology in West China Hospital of Sichuan University were randomly divided into drug treatment group and control group. Patients in treatment group were treated with tacrolimus eye drops, and control group with the basic placebo eye drops. Observation period of the trial was 28 days after taking the drops. The signs and symptoms were recorded and marked respectively. Total variation of ocular signs before or after therapy was main therapeutic index but subjective symptoms were the secondary index. <p>RESULTS: Comparison in groups: there were significant differences on the scores of signs and symptoms before and after medication. After the drug treatment group, consciousness of each period symptom score was lower than before the medication, and over time, symptom score gradually reduced, the difference was statistically significant, but the control group after the medication had no statistically significant differences between different periods. Compared between the groups: There were no significant differences of subjective symptoms and signs before and after medication at the first review, but there were statistically significant differences during the other two reviews. Score variation(scores before or after medication)had no significant differences in the first review but had it in the following two times.<p>CONCLUSION:Tacrolimus can be used to improve the signs and symptoms of VKC, especially for the severe patients who are nonresponse to the anti-anaphylaxis drops. Tacrolimus can be quick and excellent to improve the effects, so it can be applied into clinic

Bis[2,4-dichloro-6-(ethyl­imino­meth­yl)phenolato-κ2 N,O]nickel(II)

In the title compound, [Ni(C9H8Cl2NO)2], the NiII ion lies on an inversion centre and is coordinated in a slightly distorted square-planar geometry by an N and an O atom from two symmetry-related bidentate 2,4-dichloro-6-(ethyl­imino­meth­yl)phenolate ligands. In the crystal structure, there are short Cl⋯Cl distances of 3.506 (1) and 3.350 (1) Å

SnS2 quantum dots: facile synthesis, properties and applications in ultraviolet photodetector

Tin sulfide quantum dots (SnS2 QDs) are n-type wide band gap semiconductor. They exhibit a high optical absorption coefficient and strong photoconductive property in the ultraviolet and visible regions. Therefore, they have been found to have many potential applications, such as gas sensors, resistors, photodetectors, photocatalysts, and solar cells. However, the existing preparation methods for SnS2 QDs are complicated and require a high temperature and high pressure environment; hence they are unsuitable for large-scale industrial production. An effective method for the preparation of monodispersed SnS2 QDs at normal temperature and pressure will be discussed in this paper. The method is facile, green, and low-cost. In this work, the structure, morphology, optical, electrical, and photoelectric properties of SnS2 QDs are studied. The synthesized SnS2 QDs are homogeneous in size and exhibit good photoelectric performance. A photoelectric detector based on the SnS2 QDs is fabricated and its J-V and C-V characteristics are also studied. The detector responds under λ=365 nm light irradiation and reverse bias voltage. Its detectivity approximately stabilizes at 1011 Jones at room temperature. These results show the possible use of SnS2 QDs in photodetectors

Febuxostat methanol solvate

In the title compound {systematic name: [2-(3-cyano-4-isobutyl­oxyphen­yl)-4-methyl-1,3-thia­zole-5-carb­oxy­lic acid (febuxostat) methanol monosolvate}, C16H16N2O3S·CH4O, the benzene and thia­zole rings in the febuxostat mol­ecule are twisted at 5.3 (1)°. In the crystal structure, inter­molecular O—H⋯O and O—H⋯N hydrogen bonds link the febuxostat and methanol mol­ecules into helical chains along the 21 screw axis

Bis[μ2-bis­(diphenyl­phosphan­yl)methane-κ2 P:P′]bis­(μ4-diphenyl­phosphinato-κ4 O:O:O′:O′)bis­(μ2-trifluoro­acetato-κ2 O:O′)tetra­silver(I) acetonitrile disolvate

In the cation of the title compound, [Ag4(C2F3O2)2(C12H10O2P)2(C25H22P2)2]·2CH3CN, the two independent Ag+ cations are four-coordinated in a distorted tetra­hedral geometry by one P atom from a bis­(diphenyl­phosphan­yl)methane (dppm) ligand, one O atom from a trifluoro­acetate anion and two O atoms from two diphenyl­phosphinate (dpp) ligands. Two dppm ligands, two dpp ligands and two trifluoro­acetate anions bridge four metal atoms, forming a centrosymmetric tetra­nuclear complex. Intra­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds and a weak π–π inter­action [centroid–centroid distance = 3.9804 (13) Å] are also observed