This paper explores Du Boisian notion of double consciousness and the notion of black nihilism suggested by Cornel West in Ralph Ellison＇s Invisible Man （1952） and August Wilson＇s Fences （1986）. In order to cond...This paper explores Du Boisian notion of double consciousness and the notion of black nihilism suggested by Cornel West in Ralph Ellison＇s Invisible Man （1952） and August Wilson＇s Fences （1986）. In order to conduct this study, the researcher adopts African American approach and shows that double consciousness and black nihilism are the immediate effects of African Americans＇ marginalisation. According to W. E. B. Du Bois, all African Americans develop the sense of double consciousness which means being both African and American simultaneously. On the other hand, Cornel West believes that black Americans suffer from nihilism which means loss of hope and absence of meaning. The paper is an attempt to compare the novel Invisible Man and the play Fences thematically based on these two theories. It then looks to find the considerable similarities in the conditions of the protagonists of these two literary works. Although both protagonists migrate to the North to escape Southern racism in the era prior to the Civil Rights Movement, they become totally disillusioned, for they are treated as the invisible marginal. Interestingly though, at the end of both stories, there remains a ray of hope for reactivation and the creation of democracy for black Americans.展开更多
The civilisation transformations which occur in the sphere of human work, have a strong influence over their functioning both in the professional and extraprofessional spheres. Scientific analyses, as well as everyday...The civilisation transformations which occur in the sphere of human work, have a strong influence over their functioning both in the professional and extraprofessional spheres. Scientific analyses, as well as everyday observation, suggest that there are increases in the tension between work and personal life, which results in imbalance and perceiving both the spheres as mutually contradictory, as well as having adverse consequences for workers and their families, organisations, the society, and economics. As regards this occurrence, the aim of the article is to show selected civilizational trends which generate the issues with maintaining work--personal life balance of contemporary humans. The article is of theoretical character and is based on the method of critical literature analysis, as well as on the analysis of formal-legal documents, reports, and statistical sources. The theoretical-case analyses let one formulate a conclusion that the transformation one undergone in the sphere of professional work often bears adverse consequences for the sphere of workers＇ personal lives and this should be a significant scientific research field.展开更多
Background:The prognosis of colorectal cancer depends on the number of positive lymph nodes(LNþ)and the total number of lymph nodes resected(rLN).This represents the lymph-node ratio(LNR).The aim of our study is ...Background:The prognosis of colorectal cancer depends on the number of positive lymph nodes(LNþ)and the total number of lymph nodes resected(rLN).This represents the lymph-node ratio(LNR).The aim of our study is to assess how the length of the resected specimen(RL)influences the prognostic values of the LNR.Methods:We conducted a retrospective study of all the patients operated on for colorectal cancer from 2000 to 2015 at our institution.Pathology details were analysed.The total number of rLN,the number of LNþ,and the LNR were calculated and measured against the RL.The receiver-operating characteristic(ROC)curve of patients with LNþwas calculated.Results:Of the 670 patients included in our study,337 were men(50.3%)and the mean age was 69.2 years.The correlation with prognosis of the LNR is greater than that of the LNR adjusted to RL(LNR/RL),both in subjects with positive nodes(n=312)and in all cases(n=670).The LNR presents a higher prognostic value than LNR/RL and RL in patients with LNþexcept for metastatic recurrence,for which the predictive value appears slightly higher for LNR/RL.The statistical significance of the maximal divergence in Kaplan–Meier survival plots was demonstrated for the LNR(P=0.043),not for LNR/RL(P=0.373)and RL alone(P=0.314).Conclusion:An increase in RL causes an increase in the number of harvested lymph nodes without affecting the number of LNþ,thus representing a confounding factor that could alter the prognostic value of the LNR.Prospective larger-scale studies are needed to confirm these findings.展开更多
文摘This paper explores Du Boisian notion of double consciousness and the notion of black nihilism suggested by Cornel West in Ralph Ellison＇s Invisible Man （1952） and August Wilson＇s Fences （1986）. In order to conduct this study, the researcher adopts African American approach and shows that double consciousness and black nihilism are the immediate effects of African Americans＇ marginalisation. According to W. E. B. Du Bois, all African Americans develop the sense of double consciousness which means being both African and American simultaneously. On the other hand, Cornel West believes that black Americans suffer from nihilism which means loss of hope and absence of meaning. The paper is an attempt to compare the novel Invisible Man and the play Fences thematically based on these two theories. It then looks to find the considerable similarities in the conditions of the protagonists of these two literary works. Although both protagonists migrate to the North to escape Southern racism in the era prior to the Civil Rights Movement, they become totally disillusioned, for they are treated as the invisible marginal. Interestingly though, at the end of both stories, there remains a ray of hope for reactivation and the creation of democracy for black Americans.
文摘The civilisation transformations which occur in the sphere of human work, have a strong influence over their functioning both in the professional and extraprofessional spheres. Scientific analyses, as well as everyday observation, suggest that there are increases in the tension between work and personal life, which results in imbalance and perceiving both the spheres as mutually contradictory, as well as having adverse consequences for workers and their families, organisations, the society, and economics. As regards this occurrence, the aim of the article is to show selected civilizational trends which generate the issues with maintaining work--personal life balance of contemporary humans. The article is of theoretical character and is based on the method of critical literature analysis, as well as on the analysis of formal-legal documents, reports, and statistical sources. The theoretical-case analyses let one formulate a conclusion that the transformation one undergone in the sphere of professional work often bears adverse consequences for the sphere of workers＇ personal lives and this should be a significant scientific research field.
文摘Background:The prognosis of colorectal cancer depends on the number of positive lymph nodes(LNþ)and the total number of lymph nodes resected(rLN).This represents the lymph-node ratio(LNR).The aim of our study is to assess how the length of the resected specimen(RL)influences the prognostic values of the LNR.Methods:We conducted a retrospective study of all the patients operated on for colorectal cancer from 2000 to 2015 at our institution.Pathology details were analysed.The total number of rLN,the number of LNþ,and the LNR were calculated and measured against the RL.The receiver-operating characteristic(ROC)curve of patients with LNþwas calculated.Results:Of the 670 patients included in our study,337 were men(50.3%)and the mean age was 69.2 years.The correlation with prognosis of the LNR is greater than that of the LNR adjusted to RL(LNR/RL),both in subjects with positive nodes(n=312)and in all cases(n=670).The LNR presents a higher prognostic value than LNR/RL and RL in patients with LNþexcept for metastatic recurrence,for which the predictive value appears slightly higher for LNR/RL.The statistical significance of the maximal divergence in Kaplan–Meier survival plots was demonstrated for the LNR(P=0.043),not for LNR/RL(P=0.373)and RL alone(P=0.314).Conclusion:An increase in RL causes an increase in the number of harvested lymph nodes without affecting the number of LNþ,thus representing a confounding factor that could alter the prognostic value of the LNR.Prospective larger-scale studies are needed to confirm these findings.
