An Analysis of the Spiritual Salvation of Adela in A Passage to India

This paper mainly analyzes the spiritual salvation of the protagonist Adela in the novel. In the early 20 thcentury, India is under the British colonial rule and Indians suffer a lot from it. India lacks autonomy and there is a wide racial gap between the British and Indians. In this context, Adela has deeply-rooted prejudice against Indians at first, whose discrimination makes her falsely accuse Aziz of attempting to rape her. However, merging into the Indian society gives Adela a chance to see the goodness of Indians, and finally her racial prejudice is eliminated.

The Christian Doctrines of Salvation at the Earlier Stages of The Pilgrim's Progress

John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress has been written to preach the Christian doctrines of salvation.Therefore its allegorical protagonists have gradually gone through four stages of development on the path to salvation.This paper is focused on the earlier two stages,that is,the repentance of sins and the temptations after conversion.

The Christian Doctrines of Salvation in John Bunyan's"Doubting Castle"and"Enchanted Ground"

John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress has been written to preach the glad tidings of salvation.Therefore its allegorical protagonists have gradually gone through many tests and trials on the path to salvation.This paper is focused on the doctrinal instruction of the later two episodes,Doubting Castle and Enchanted Ground.

Pilgrim's Progress, Progress of Salvation

Through a comparative analysis of The Pilgrim's Progress and The Journey to the West, the paper aims to reveal what common ground is shared by the two novels and what light is thrown on the theme of spiritual salvation. The fruit of the study leads to a conclusion that both novels have employed religious doctrines and social criticisms to make the theme of spiritual salvation more palatable for their readers.

Grace in Disgrace——Analysis of salvation of David

库切的代表作《耻》一直得到了来自学术界的广泛关注。与以往的论文研究该作中《耻》的表现不同，本论文尝试揭示主人公通过救赎而表现出荣耀的一面。本文分为两方面：主人公对女儿的爱和自己对性的虚荣心的瓦解。

A Quest for the Spiritual Salvationin The Waste Land

The Waste Land, the most famous poem of Thomas Stearns Eliot, reveals man's spiritual desolation, the quest out of the spiritual waste land and the metaphorical journey to the possible spiritual salvation. The knights'quest for the Holy Grail is one of the main threads of the poem and the application of this legend makes the poem involve the quest motif. This paper will make an analysis of the quest pattern in The Waste Land to reveal the wastelanders'mood of despair and their quest for spiritual salvation.

Body Salvation and Celie's Rite of New Life in The Color Purple

The novel conveys important, political messages exploring the idea of feminism and women's emancipation. Alice Walker demonstrates her views on civil rights and commitment to feminism through Celie. From a womanist's point of view,this essay examines the traumatic journeys and body salvation that Celie goes through, her spiritual and emotional growth, till finally she find her rite of new life.

The Tragedy of Man and Salvation Through Art:Marguerite Yourcenar’s Reflections on Human Condition in Oriental Tales

Written between 1936 and 1938,then continuously reworked in the following decades,Oriental Tales appeared for the first time byÉdition Gallimard in 1938 and reappeared in 1963 in a revised version.This work covers most of the ancient cultures:Greek fables,Balkan ballads,Hindu or Chinese apologues,and Japanese medieval novels.This collection of tales has a so eccentric,exotic,distant,and archaic color that the author Marguerite Yourcenar did not hesitate to name it“Oriental”.The temporal and geographical remoteness of the stories reveals no less the depth of Yourcenar’s critical considerations on the human condition in general or in concrete terms.Man,entangled in the labyrinth of the world,is doomed to tragedy.Art,such as the writing that is in the making,presents a salutary way out.

RAPD Analysis for Genetic Diversity of Varanus salvator

[Objective] The aim was to carry out RAPD analysis on genetic diversity of Varanus salvator. [Method] 20 random primers were used for PCR amplification of genomic DNA of 36 individuals of V. salvator. [Result] 10 primers could produce highly reproducible RAPD bands. A total of 2 952 DNA fragments were successfully amplified. Each individual got 82 amplified bands on average,47 of which showed polymorphism. The polymorphic locus percent was 57.32%. The genetic distance among 36 individuals ranged from 0.035 9 to 0.335 9 with an average of 0.135 9. The Nei＇s gene diversity index （H） and Shannon＇s information index （I） were 0.181 9 and 0.263 0,respectively,indicating that V. salvator had greater genetic diversity. [Conclusion] The phylogenetic tree was inferred by using UPGMA analysis,it was found that the 36 individuals could be classified as one group,and there was no obvious population differentiation.

Self-adaptive large neighborhood search algorithm for parallel machine scheduling problems

A self-adaptive large neighborhood search method for scheduling n jobs on m non-identical parallel machines with mul- tiple time windows is presented. The problems＇ another feature lies in oversubscription, namely not all jobs can be scheduled within specified scheduling horizons due to the limited machine capacity. The objective is thus to maximize the overall profits of processed jobs while respecting machine constraints. A first-in- first-out heuristic is applied to find an initial solution, and then a large neighborhood search procedure is employed to relax and re- optimize cumbersome solutions. A machine learning mechanism is also introduced to converge on the most efficient neighborhoods for the problem. Extensive computational results are presented based on data from an application involving the daily observation scheduling of a fleet of earth observing satellites. The method rapidly solves most problem instances to optimal or near optimal and shows a robust performance in sensitive analysis.

Rapid evolution of T2/S-RNase genes in Fragaria linked to multiple transitions from self-incompatibility to self-compatibility

The T2/RNase gene family is widespread in eukaryotes,and particular members of this family play critical roles in the gametophytic self-incompatibility(GSI) system in plants.Wild diploid strawberry(Fragaria)species have diversified their sexual systems via self-incompatible and self-compatible traits,yet how these traits evolved in Fragaria remains elusive.By integrating the published and de novo assembled genomes and the newly generated RNA-seq data,members of the RNase T2 gene family were systematically identified in six Fragaria species,including three self-incompatible species(Fragaria nipponica,Fragaria nubicola,and Fragaria viridis) and three self-compatible species(Fragaria nilgerrensis,Fragaria vesca,and Fragaria iinumae).In total,115 RNase T2 genes were identified in the six Fragaria genomes and can be classified into three classes(Ⅰ-Ⅲ) according to phylogenetic analysis.The identified RNase T2 genes could be divided into 22 homologous gene sets according to amino acid sequence similarity and phylogenetic and syntenic relationships.We found that extensive gene loss and pseudogenization coupled with small-scale duplications mainly accounted for variations in the RNase T2 gene numbers in Fragaria.Multiple copies of homologous genes were mainly generated from tandem and segmental duplication events.Furthermore,we newly identified five S-RNase genes in three self-incompatible Fragaria genomes,including two in F.nipponica,two in F.viridis,and one in F.nubicola,which fit for typical features of a pistil determinant,including highly pistil-specific expression,highly polymorphic proteins and alkaline isoelectric point(pI),while no S-RNase genes were found in all three selfcompatible Fragaria species.Surprisingly,these T2/S-RNase genes contain at least one large intron(>10 kb).This study revealed that the rapid evolution of T2/S-RNase genes within the Fragaria genus could be associated with its sexual mode,and repeated evolution of the self-compatible traits in Fragaria was convergent via losses of S-RNase.

广东是否有圆鼻巨蜥(Varanus salvator)的自然分布

圆鼻巨蜥(Varanus salvator)是国家Ⅰ级保护动物,一直认为广东有圆鼻巨蜥的自然分布,但缺乏科学证据支持。我们在文献分析、访问调查和野外调查的基础上,结合圆鼻巨蜥生态习性和栖息地知识,对广东是否有该物种分布进行了综合分析。结果表明,没有足够证据支持广东历史上有圆鼻巨蜥的自然分布;文献资料记载的韶关、云浮、深圳和阳江发现的圆鼻巨蜥实体实为走私放生或走私途中逃离的个体,不是本地种;296名受访者中仅茂名有2人在野外见过圆鼻巨蜥,但为当地林业局放生的走私个体;在野外布设的21条样线上没有观察到圆鼻巨蜥实体或痕迹;清远、韶关、云浮属亚热带气候,气温较低,并不适宜热带动物巨蜥生存;茂名和阳江气候偏热,自然环境符合巨蜥对栖息地的要求,在阳江放生的圆鼻巨蜥种群可能已经存活下来,且建立了自然种群,大致的分布范围是茂名林洲顶鳄蜥自然保护区、阳江百涌保护区和漠阳江流域,但数量相当稀少;在韶关等地放生的个体,可能由于气候原因没有存活下来。本研究有助于科学制定广东生物多样性保护战略。

Region coverage control for multiple stratospheric airships with combined self-/event-triggered mechanism

The region coverage control problem of multiple stratospheric airships system is firstly addressed in this paper.Towards it,we propose a two-layer control framework with the artificial potential field(APF)-based region coverage control law and the adaptive tracking control law.The APF-based region coverage control law ensures the coverage task is achieved until every single stratospheric airship ends up performing station keeping where near the respective global minimum point,in which an innovative solution to the local minimum problem is put forward.The adaptive tracking control law is designed to realize motion control using tracking the desired velocity and angular velocity given by coverage control law,with the consideration of several practical control problems as unknown individual differences and external disturbances.To save resources,the combined self-/event-triggered mechanism designed therein significantly reduces the times of state information transmission and control law calculation.The effectiveness of the proposed control framework is verified through simulations.

Performance Study of an FFH/BFSK Self-Normalizing Receiver with Multitone Jamming's Frequency Offsets

This study investigates how frequency offsets of multitone jamming affect the fast frequencyhopped binary frequency shift keying （FFH/BFSK） self-normalizing （SNZ） receiver under additive white Gaussian noise （AWGN）. The average bit-error-rate （BER） expressions of the FFH/BFSK SNZ receiver and the average BER expressions of an FFH/BFSK spread-spectrum （SS） communication system with frequency offsets of multitone jamming for the sake of understanding the simulation results better. Simulation results show that BER performance of the FFH/BFSK SNZ receiver with diversity under the worst case multitone jamming （MTJ） and AWGN suffers from multitone jamming＇s frequency offsets when the jamming power is moderate, which is validated by several simulations with different frequency offsets configured in multitone jamming. Therefore, an FFH/BFSK SNZ receiver under multitone jamming can be combated with the help of frequency offsets of multitone jamming.

小说《红字》中丁梅斯代尔的悲剧成因探析

美国作家霍桑的小说《红字》讲述的是西方宗教禁欲主义压制下的爱情悲剧。男主人公牧师丁梅斯代尔与有夫之妇海斯特·白兰犯通奸罪,为了逃脱法律的制裁,丁梅斯代尔选择一条自我惩罚的救赎之路。霍桑被誉为19世纪最伟大的浪漫主义小说家,亦是心理分析小说的开拓者,他从社会、道德和心理三个层面探析了丁梅斯代尔从罪恶走向灵魂解脱的艰难痛苦的内心演变历程,进而追寻了主人公长达七年的漫长救赎之路的成因。作者借用丁梅斯代尔的悲剧人生发出了对宗教压抑气氛的控诉以及对人性解放的呼吁,同时也揭示了加尔文清教派的狭隘性和它的精神统治对人们心灵的蹂躏和摧残,使读者对清教徒道貌岸然的虚伪本质有了更为深入的认识和了解。

走出“启蒙与救亡”:从一场关于鲁迅是否为民族主义者的争论说起

新世纪初学界发生了一场关于鲁迅是否为民族主义者的争论。虽然争论双方在这一问题上持有截然相反的观点,但他们却具有同样的思想基础,即民族主义/个性主义、中国/西方、传统/现代等二元对立框架。无论肯定还是否定鲁迅是一个民族主义者,这种框架导致双方貌似合理的论证中都频繁出现了对“西方”“西方文化”“现代性”“民族主义”等概念绝对化、简单化的理解与使用。1980年代以来“启蒙与救亡”的二元对立思想所带来的盲点在这场争论中暴露无遗。国内外思想史研究界早已超越了这种二元对立的思维模式,鲁迅研究界的最重要成果也都是建立在这种超越之上的,但这场争论及后来的回响说明它的影响依然强大,现代文学研究界需要继续对“启蒙与救亡”二元对立的基础思维框架进行深入总结与反思。

突围·救赎·反思:白薇女性主义创作论

白薇是中国现代文学史上著名的湘籍女性作家,其独立且独特的女性意识体现在小说和戏剧创作中。白薇一生坎坷,磨难多艰,突围、救赎、解构与反思是白薇生命体验和创作历程的关键词。其笔下的女性人物往往能在新思潮的启蒙下挣脱封建家庭的牢笼,积极迈向寻求女性自我价值的道路。时代氛围、个人生命体验、写作追求就这样交织在白薇的创作生涯中,对其深入探讨将给予人们诸多启迪。

妇女与救亡:抗日救亡语境中《全民报·妇女周刊》与妇女运动的宣传动员

1935年“一二·九运动”掀起了北平、上海等地抗日救亡运动的新高潮,以争取妇女权益为主旨的妇女运动汇入救亡大潮中。彼时北平发行的重要报纸《全民报》为国民党北平特别市政府掌控,但该报“公开讨论妇女问题”的副刊《妇女周刊》吸纳孙文淑、张晓梅等进步知识女性,并与进步妇女团体北平妇女救国会建立紧密关系。在言论取向上,《妇女周刊》积极探讨妇女运动与救亡运动之关系,大胆批评国民党政府的妇女政策,关注底层劳动妇女的职业和教育等,体现了进步的言论立场。《妇女周刊》对妇女运动的宣传动员,一定程度上反映了国民党政府控制下都市报纸的正刊与副刊存在的割裂状况,即关注社会文化议题的副刊有可能成为进步知识分子的言说平台。这既与抗日救亡运动大潮紧密相关,复又促进了抗日救亡舆论的发展和高涨。

杭州抗日救亡歌咏运动述论

1937年7月至1945年10月期间,杭州的抗日救亡歌咏运动经历了萌芽期、发展期和恢复期三个主要阶段,呈现出高—高—低的发展趋势。在抗战的不同阶段,党组织以直接或间接的方式对杭州各类歌咏组织的建立和群众性歌咏活动的开展产生了至关重要的影响。

“内美”与“国画民学”——黄宾虹的绘画美学思想与民族文化建构及其当下意义

黄宾虹浑厚华滋的绘画风格所诠释的“内美”,和他所建构的“内美”与“国画民学”学术系统,是一位坚守民族文化传统和民族精神传承的知识分子面对20世纪上半叶国家动荡、民族危亡贡献出的文化救国、救亡良策。形而上的“内美”,既具体表现为个人内在的精神修养和国家民族所呈现出的民族修养,亦是“国画民学”萃取的中国绘画蕴藏的巨大文化价值,是对中国古典画论中“传神”“技进乎道”等思想的继承和发展。黄宾虹以“内美”为核心范畴,使传统画论中零散的、渗透在审美各方面的重“内美”观念或倾向有机联系在一起,并“以金石入画”的实践证明了“内美”与“国画民学”在当代实行的可能。对“内美”的价值追求不仅内部推动中国画语言的革新与创造,亦使得民族文化精神得以永续。