Masquerade culture is an essential part of Sekondi-Takoradi cultural embodiment. The masquerade festival titled Ankos displays interesting costumes that have artistic elements of potent colour display and performances...Masquerade culture is an essential part of Sekondi-Takoradi cultural embodiment. The masquerade festival titled Ankos displays interesting costumes that have artistic elements of potent colour display and performances. The masquerade costumes manifest intricate fabric decoration techniques for example pleating, folding, gathering, smocking, hand and machine stitching and the use of varied colour schemes. These decorative techniques make costume production laborious, tedious and downtime constraints. In contributing to the innovative approaches to creating textile designs and prints, the study explored the inspirational possibilities of surface designs of the masquerade costume for textile designs and prints. The art-based research design and direct observation as research instrumentation were employed in the artistic creation for the study. Adobe Photoshop was used in the simulation design processes. The study revealed that the simulation design processes produced an innovative imitated visual appearance of the masquerade costume and production processes from a machine-stitched work to a hand-printed fabric. It is recommended that costume makers adopt the contemporary possibility of using hand screen to print hitherto the traditional laborious and tedious process of producing masquerade costumes.展开更多
Objective:To analyze the application of deep inspiration breath hold technique in radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery for left breast cancer and the improvement of cardiac dose.Methods:A total of 45 patients ...Objective:To analyze the application of deep inspiration breath hold technique in radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery for left breast cancer and the improvement of cardiac dose.Methods:A total of 45 patients with left breast cancer treated in our hospital after breast-conserving surgery were selected,and the selection time was set from January 2020 to August 2022.All patients received radiotherapy.The right breast,heart,and lung volumes,and dose parameters of the heart,lungs,right breast,and left anterior descending coronary artery were compared under free breathing(FB)and deep inspiration breath hold(DIBH)technical modes.Results:The heart volume of the DIBH group was smaller than that of the FB group,and the left and right lung volumes were significantly larger than those of the FB group.In the DIBH group,the heart dose parameters V5,proper lung dose parameters,and left anterior descending coronary artery dose parameters were found lower than that of the FB group,and the differences were statistically significant(P<0.05).Conclusion:Compared with FB,the DIBH technique can reduce the heart’s size and increase the lung volume when used for radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery for left breast cancer.It also reduces the dose to the heart,right lung,and left anterior descending coronary artery,thus protecting the heart and lungs.展开更多
Malaria is one of the major diseases threatening the lives of people in Africa.Over the past decade,China has provided anti-malaria assistance to Africa.In November 2007,fast control malaria team of Guangzhou Universi...Malaria is one of the major diseases threatening the lives of people in Africa.Over the past decade,China has provided anti-malaria assistance to Africa.In November 2007,fast control malaria team of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine cooperated with the Comoros health authority.In Moheli Island of the Comoros,the anti-malaria team adopted a new strategy of Mass Drug Administration(MDA)and active intervention.They established an e ective anti-malaria system and reporting system,as well as a local anti-malaria team.Furthermore,they treated patients with malaria in Moheli Island and implemended health education in local people.In a very short time,they have achieved remarkable results.This paper summarized the experiences of the project in order to provide useful reference for China to better carry out anti-malaria action in Africa and expand foreign health assistance.展开更多
University Inspirational Speech(UIS), as a significant part of American's higher education, is considered as an encouraging, convincing and motivating lesson to students. UIS might have a great effect on student&#...University Inspirational Speech(UIS), as a significant part of American's higher education, is considered as an encouraging, convincing and motivating lesson to students. UIS might have a great effect on student's outlook of life, helping them to grow as adults armed with noble ideals and entrepreneurial spirits. In order to convey the spirit of original speakers, it is crucial to choose a proper translation theory as a direction. Based on Skopos theory, the paper studied 2014 American UIS translation from the aspect of three rules of Skopos theory, presenting the application of the theory in translation process and to find out how the Skopos theory guides a translation process.展开更多
A great inspirational speech has power.Too often,people abandon their dreams due to various setbacks.After some time,their beliefs in themselves vanish and remain dormant until something can get them going again.Inspi...A great inspirational speech has power.Too often,people abandon their dreams due to various setbacks.After some time,their beliefs in themselves vanish and remain dormant until something can get them going again.Inspirational speeches have the power to do just that,waking up their beliefs and getting them motivated again.This paper is a study of the Chinese translation of English inspirational speeches on campus in USA under the framework of Skopos Theory and also can be a guide for those who are devoted to translating English inspirational speeches into Chinese.It is helpful for them to achieve an accurate,influent and felicitous translation by applying appropriate translation strategies.Before starting the research,eighteen English inspirational speeches in Inspirational Speeches on Campus in USA by Wang Ruize are selected as ST.展开更多
There are various modes of American pre-hospital emergency with different rescue levels which can meet the needs of out-of-hospital rescue in different environments and grades. Pre-hospital emergency workers are relat...There are various modes of American pre-hospital emergency with different rescue levels which can meet the needs of out-of-hospital rescue in different environments and grades. Pre-hospital emergency workers are relatively divided into different levels with different requirements of skills and practicing certificates. These sources and training of pre-hospital emergency workers of different levels are independent, totally different from those of medical workers in the hospital. By participating and watching the process of American pre-hospital emergency on the spot, observing and experiencing the classification and education levels of American pre-hospital emergency, analyzing the system of American pre-hospital emergency and their requirements for pre-hospital emergency workers' skills, and comparing with the actual situation of Chinese medicine education, the study showed the training differences between American pre-hospital emergency workers and Chinese pre-hospital emergency workers and their advantages in the hope of enhancing the pertinence of training Chinese pre-hospital emergency workers and providing a new direction for the development of Chinese pre-hospital emergency system from another view.展开更多
A technique for multiple deep-inspiration breath-hold (DIBH) volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) for a lung tumor has been proposed with 10 MV flattening-filter-free beams and an image sensor measuring a distance ...A technique for multiple deep-inspiration breath-hold (DIBH) volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) for a lung tumor has been proposed with 10 MV flattening-filter-free beams and an image sensor measuring a distance map to thorax surface. Planning CT images were acquired under a DIBH condition and a clinical target volume (CTV) was contoured. This procedure was repeated five times and an internal target volume (ITV) among the multiple DIBHs was created by integrating the five CTVs. A planning target volume (PTV) was defined by adding an isotropic margin of 5 mm to the ITV. Immediately before treatment, a 30-second half-arc cone-beam computer tomography (CBCT) imaging was performed under another DIBH condition, and the couch was repositioned so that tumor may be located inside the PTV contours. An infrared distance measurement device having laser diodes and an image sensor was attached to the couch, and a distance map to the patient thorax surface was recorded as a reference during still another DIBH condition. A half-arc segmented VMAT beams with two beam interrupts were delivered to the patient under multiple DIBHs, where the delivery time of each of the three segmented beams was 30 seconds. During the beam delivery, the distance map was monitored in real time to confirm that the distance to the thorax surface remained unchanged. In-treatment CBCT images suggested that the tumor position at the time of tumor registration was accurately reproduced during the DIBH VMAT delivery.展开更多
文摘Masquerade culture is an essential part of Sekondi-Takoradi cultural embodiment. The masquerade festival titled Ankos displays interesting costumes that have artistic elements of potent colour display and performances. The masquerade costumes manifest intricate fabric decoration techniques for example pleating, folding, gathering, smocking, hand and machine stitching and the use of varied colour schemes. These decorative techniques make costume production laborious, tedious and downtime constraints. In contributing to the innovative approaches to creating textile designs and prints, the study explored the inspirational possibilities of surface designs of the masquerade costume for textile designs and prints. The art-based research design and direct observation as research instrumentation were employed in the artistic creation for the study. Adobe Photoshop was used in the simulation design processes. The study revealed that the simulation design processes produced an innovative imitated visual appearance of the masquerade costume and production processes from a machine-stitched work to a hand-printed fabric. It is recommended that costume makers adopt the contemporary possibility of using hand screen to print hitherto the traditional laborious and tedious process of producing masquerade costumes.
文摘Objective:To analyze the application of deep inspiration breath hold technique in radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery for left breast cancer and the improvement of cardiac dose.Methods:A total of 45 patients with left breast cancer treated in our hospital after breast-conserving surgery were selected,and the selection time was set from January 2020 to August 2022.All patients received radiotherapy.The right breast,heart,and lung volumes,and dose parameters of the heart,lungs,right breast,and left anterior descending coronary artery were compared under free breathing(FB)and deep inspiration breath hold(DIBH)technical modes.Results:The heart volume of the DIBH group was smaller than that of the FB group,and the left and right lung volumes were significantly larger than those of the FB group.In the DIBH group,the heart dose parameters V5,proper lung dose parameters,and left anterior descending coronary artery dose parameters were found lower than that of the FB group,and the differences were statistically significant(P<0.05).Conclusion:Compared with FB,the DIBH technique can reduce the heart’s size and increase the lung volume when used for radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery for left breast cancer.It also reduces the dose to the heart,right lung,and left anterior descending coronary artery,thus protecting the heart and lungs.
文摘Malaria is one of the major diseases threatening the lives of people in Africa.Over the past decade,China has provided anti-malaria assistance to Africa.In November 2007,fast control malaria team of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine cooperated with the Comoros health authority.In Moheli Island of the Comoros,the anti-malaria team adopted a new strategy of Mass Drug Administration(MDA)and active intervention.They established an e ective anti-malaria system and reporting system,as well as a local anti-malaria team.Furthermore,they treated patients with malaria in Moheli Island and implemended health education in local people.In a very short time,they have achieved remarkable results.This paper summarized the experiences of the project in order to provide useful reference for China to better carry out anti-malaria action in Africa and expand foreign health assistance.
文摘University Inspirational Speech(UIS), as a significant part of American's higher education, is considered as an encouraging, convincing and motivating lesson to students. UIS might have a great effect on student's outlook of life, helping them to grow as adults armed with noble ideals and entrepreneurial spirits. In order to convey the spirit of original speakers, it is crucial to choose a proper translation theory as a direction. Based on Skopos theory, the paper studied 2014 American UIS translation from the aspect of three rules of Skopos theory, presenting the application of the theory in translation process and to find out how the Skopos theory guides a translation process.
文摘A great inspirational speech has power.Too often,people abandon their dreams due to various setbacks.After some time,their beliefs in themselves vanish and remain dormant until something can get them going again.Inspirational speeches have the power to do just that,waking up their beliefs and getting them motivated again.This paper is a study of the Chinese translation of English inspirational speeches on campus in USA under the framework of Skopos Theory and also can be a guide for those who are devoted to translating English inspirational speeches into Chinese.It is helpful for them to achieve an accurate,influent and felicitous translation by applying appropriate translation strategies.Before starting the research,eighteen English inspirational speeches in Inspirational Speeches on Campus in USA by Wang Ruize are selected as ST.
文摘There are various modes of American pre-hospital emergency with different rescue levels which can meet the needs of out-of-hospital rescue in different environments and grades. Pre-hospital emergency workers are relatively divided into different levels with different requirements of skills and practicing certificates. These sources and training of pre-hospital emergency workers of different levels are independent, totally different from those of medical workers in the hospital. By participating and watching the process of American pre-hospital emergency on the spot, observing and experiencing the classification and education levels of American pre-hospital emergency, analyzing the system of American pre-hospital emergency and their requirements for pre-hospital emergency workers' skills, and comparing with the actual situation of Chinese medicine education, the study showed the training differences between American pre-hospital emergency workers and Chinese pre-hospital emergency workers and their advantages in the hope of enhancing the pertinence of training Chinese pre-hospital emergency workers and providing a new direction for the development of Chinese pre-hospital emergency system from another view.
文摘A technique for multiple deep-inspiration breath-hold (DIBH) volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) for a lung tumor has been proposed with 10 MV flattening-filter-free beams and an image sensor measuring a distance map to thorax surface. Planning CT images were acquired under a DIBH condition and a clinical target volume (CTV) was contoured. This procedure was repeated five times and an internal target volume (ITV) among the multiple DIBHs was created by integrating the five CTVs. A planning target volume (PTV) was defined by adding an isotropic margin of 5 mm to the ITV. Immediately before treatment, a 30-second half-arc cone-beam computer tomography (CBCT) imaging was performed under another DIBH condition, and the couch was repositioned so that tumor may be located inside the PTV contours. An infrared distance measurement device having laser diodes and an image sensor was attached to the couch, and a distance map to the patient thorax surface was recorded as a reference during still another DIBH condition. A half-arc segmented VMAT beams with two beam interrupts were delivered to the patient under multiple DIBHs, where the delivery time of each of the three segmented beams was 30 seconds. During the beam delivery, the distance map was monitored in real time to confirm that the distance to the thorax surface remained unchanged. In-treatment CBCT images suggested that the tumor position at the time of tumor registration was accurately reproduced during the DIBH VMAT delivery.
