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Shipping is associated with various environmental impacts, such as pollutants discharged to air and sea. Much of this pollution appears to be unregulated, and global emissions from shipping are expected to more than triple between 2020 and 2050. This paper reviews global, national, regional and port-level legislative approaches that have been implemented to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2)
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threatens global public health and modern surgical medicine. Expression of β-lactamase genes is the major mechanism by which pathogens become antibiotic resistant. Pathogens expressing extended spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) and carbapenemases (CP) are especially difficult to treat and are associated with increased hospitalization and mortality rates. Despite considera
Background: Studies investigating postural orientation in uninjured youth athletes are scarce. Understanding how postural orientation during functional performance tests change with age in uninjured athletes has the potential to enhance awareness of changes in performance after injury and to set realistic goals for injured athletes. Thus, the aim of this study was to explore postural orientation d
According to Grice’s analysis, conversational implicatures are carried by the saying of what is said (Grice 1989: 39). In this paper, it is argued that, whenever a speaker implicates a content by flouting one or several maxims, her implicature is not only carried by the act of saying what is said and the way of saying it, but also by the act of non-saying what should have been said according to wh
Despite the long tradition of fieldwork and qualitative research practice in tourism studies, the reporting of methodological notes and reflections is limited in the literature. Many excellent methodological remarks in research reports and graduate theses find few outlets in academic journals and those few contributions that are eventually published often emphasize the novelty of the method rather
This research is a case study of the social activism experiences of Ai Xiaoming, a literature professor, feminist, rights activist, and independent documentary filmmaker. The research addresses the broad struggle for recognition and representation of feminists, activists, independent filmmakers, public intellectuals and scholars in digital China. The analysis of her case has led to the creation of
Background: The increased risk of cardiovascular events (CVE) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is not fully explained by traditional risk factors. Immuno-inflammatory mechanisms and autoantibodies could be involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerotic disease. It has been suggested that anti-phosphorylcholine antibodies (anti-PC) of the IgM subclass may have atheroprotective effects. Here, we aimed
This study analyses the documentary filmmaking of Ai Xiaoming, filmmaker, literature professor, feminist and rights activist, on the issues of the Jiabiangou Rightist Labour Camp and the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The analyses deploy Foucault’s framework of truth-telling in the three axes of subjectification, namely, knowledge, power and morality. Ai regards documentary filmmaking as a way to challe
Positive ascites cytology is a strong prognostic factor in patients with early-stage ovarian cancer (OvCa). However, limited information is currently available on the impact of positive ascites cytology on patient prognoses under each clinical background. We herein investigated the comprehensive impact of positive ascites cytology on patients with epithelial OvCa and the effectiveness of additiona
Abstract in Chinese本文通过分析 2016年在香港大学举办的“情欲中国：性与女性主体”展映纪录片，以及受邀但因伦理问题未参展的影片，探讨中国独立纪录片电影在处理隐私、性别、暴力、创伤等议题时的女权主义立场性：1）电影人的关怀伦理立场，以及与影片主人公形成（亲密）团结立场；2）影片主人公从坦白和渴求的立场出发，从基于性别的暴力和歧视中重宣自主；3）电影人与影片主人公从不同的立场出发，通过发行控制来降低纪录片对主人公个人生活可能造成的负面影响；4）片中人物与电影人自我转变的演进，因此恢复一度禁止的放映；5）从活跃分子立场出发的政治代言，以及从电影人立场出发的艺术意义上的再现；6）理论与实践之间的紧张关系要求学者、电影人和活跃分子反思性别与知识生产的传统关系，置身于具体处境中进行讨论和落实纪录片伦理。本文认为在制作、展映、评论中国关于女性的纪录片时，有必要采取女权主义的关怀伦理This article analyses a series of ‘Desiring China: Sexuality and Female Subjectivity’ screening and discussion of Chinese independent documentary films at the University of Hong Kong in 2016. It explores a feminist positionality in Chinese independent documentary film to deal with privacy, gender, violence, and trauma: 1) filmmaker’s position on the ethics of care and (intimate) solidarity with pr
On the position of filmmaker as feminist, this article aims to investigate the documentarian’s strategies of dealing with the cruelty in activism and the cruelty suffered by women in Chinese context. I will firstly analyse the protagonists’ shock from We the Workers (2017), which shows the tension between activism logic and cinematic representation of activist. This tension was eased by recognisin
Background: Work and other everyday activities are beneficial for well-being among people with mental illness, but poor circumstances can create detrimental effects, possibly aggravated by additional vulnerabilities linked with their mental illness. This study aimed to investigate how activity factors were related to well-being and functioning among three vulnerable groups using outpatient mental
