Red Roses Research Articles

Lili Is Crying

Lili Is Crying Hélène Bessette Translated by Kate Briggs (bio) An extract from a translation-in-progress; the underlinings indicate places to revisit and think on, notes to myself to think on or go back to alternative possibilities—in other words, markers of doubt. hell damnation, cruelty, lies, deceit, betrayal, tears, severances,assassination, calumny, perfidy, misery and death.Says the shepherd.Driving sheep ahead of him down the narrow stony track past thegarden, beneath the ruined fort on the empty hill, arid dry andwhite in the Provençal sun.Hell damnation, cruelty, lies, deceit, betrayal, tears, severances,assassination, calumny, perfidy, misery and death.The mistral is up.Pale blades of wheat swaying alongside the dusty trackwhere packed sheep are pressing forward and, behind them,the shepherd.Invisible rain, warm and soft, sinking into the dust.And the mistral to lift it away. [End Page 58] The fort in silhouette against a low cloud running through it fromone opening to the other.A flurry of wind. A block of stone crumbles. Lili, Lilicalls the mother, Charlotte.She's wearing a straw hat with a wide black ribbon.She's coming in from the garden.The dark outline of the cypress grown to the height of the heavycloud of the overbearing fort which dominates us.She has cut red roses in the fat and bumping rain.Lili, Lili, where are you Lili? My Lili.From a window enribboned with plants Lili leans out andlooks around.Here I am, Maman.Her faded face, her forty-year-old face, in the frame of thegaudy window.My Lili, says the mother, Charlotte. I was so frightened.I thought you were outdoors.It's going to storm.A lightning flash.Go in, Lili, go in.Don't stay there in the frame of that decorated window.You were calling me, Maman?That's enough little girl, go in now. And I'm coming in too.The crash of thunder. The gate slammed against the wild mistral,the garlanded window now shut.And the rain sweeping against the windows, against thelowered blinds.Lili fetch me a vase I can put these red roses in.No Lili, not that one, the other one on the living room cabinet.No Lili, not that one, you're not there yet.That's the one, you found it. Would you know how to put theflowers in the vase, Lili?My Lili I'll leave it to you to put the flowers in this vase. [End Page 59] The rumble of thunder.The simultaneous lightning flash.The driving wind.The rain, franticloud, wild, panicked, thrilled, folded back on itself, returned.Don't put the light on, Lili, you'll attract the lightning, don't putthe light on.Yes, Maman.The falling face of this forty-year-old Lili, her face of shadowagainst the white screen of the windows zebra-ed with rain,against the whiteness of the long starched curtains.Yes, Maman.Come, Lili, come to me,whispers the mother, Charlotte. (She is whispering because she isafraid of the storm.)She sits down in the rustic armchair, its seat softened withcushions.And Lili at her feet.My daughter, my Lili.Pressed up against each other.Thunder, lightning flashes, the rumblings, the crashings, the clappings,the distancings, the mistral unleashed, the mistral shocked,choked, stopped, lurking in the corner of banked clouds. The skydisfigured.Water tromping.The fig tree in the garden bent double.Thank goodness, my Lili, that you and me, you the daughter andme the mother we love each other in life, and we are shelteringtogether in this sweet and good Provençal house.The quiet hour striking within the house while, outside, thestorm rumbles.But Lili, you're crying! Why are you crying?Lili is crying.And outside the storm farther away, [End Page 60] the wind beating back,the rain retreating,the fig tree righted again. All the while: Lili crying. [End Page 61] Kate Briggs kate briggs is the author of This Little Art. She is also the translator of two volumes of Roland Barthes's lecture...

The Blooming of the Lancastrian Red Rose: The Red Rose as a Nascent Paraheraldic Device in Pembroke College MS 243

The Blooming of the Lancastrian Red Rose: The Red Rose as a Nascent Paraheraldic Device in Pembroke College MS 243

Cultivar Diversity of Balsam (Impatiens balsamina L.) in Banyumas Regency

Balsam or garden balsam (Impatiens balsamina L.) is a widely grown flowering plant belonging to the family Balsaminaceae. The most conspicuous part to distinguish the balsam is the difference in the flower shape and colors of each cultivar. The purpose of this research is to find out the cultivars diversity of the balsam. The method used in this study was survey with purposive sampling. The variables observed in this study was morphological characteristics including the stem, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds. The data obtained were analysed descriptively. The result of this study showed that there were 15 cultivars of I. Balsamina i.e. 'Pinkish White 5 Petal', 'Mix Pink Camellia, 'Pinkish White Camellia, 'Vivid Pink', 'White', 'Light Pink', 'Pinkish White', 'Light Magenta', 'Vivid Red', 'Red Camellia, 'Reddish Camellia, 'Rose Red Camellia, 'Vivid Magenta Camellia, 'Rose Green Camellia, and 'Vivid Pink Camellia’.

Sex and Desire in Eileen Chang’s “Red Rose, White Rose”

Eileen Chang’s novella “Red Rose, White Rose” presents a love triangle between one man and two women, who struggle in the turbulent 1940s, a radically transitional period in China. The traditional lifestyle and morality upheld by the Chinese public for several generations were challenged by the importation of foreign civilization, a process accompanied by military and ideological tensions. Drawing upon the theory of Deleuze and Guattari, this article argues that the three main characters in the novella have difficulty in gratifying their multiple desires, which results from the crumbling of the old order represented by China’s traditional mindset defended by seniors, and from the absence of a reliable new order to be largely formulated in line with Western models. In this transitional age which confuses and suffocates the young Chinese generation, education fails to fulfill its role as a bridge connecting Chinese tradition and Western modernity, and it fails to emancipate young people – and females in particular – from an outdated mentality and lifestyle.

STUDI PEMBUATAN TABLET EFFERVESCENT DENGAN EKSTRAK BUNGA MAWAR MERAH (Rosa sp.) PADA PASCA POTONG BUNGA MAWAR DAN JENIS FILLER (NaHCO3, KHCO3, CaCO3)

Red roses (Rosa sp) are a decorative plant species. Their petals contain the pigment anthocyanin, which is classified as a flavonoid and is able to capture free radicals. Due to their popularity, roses are an abundant resource and can be processed into effervescent drink tablets. This study aims to investigate the influence of time after harvest and filler type on the quality of the red rose extract powder, on effervescent tablets made from the said extract and on effervescent drink quality. The study was conducted in two stages. Phase I tested the quality of pigment extract of hybrid varieties of Dutch roses. Three post-harvest durations were tested using a Randomized Block Design: fresh, or 0 days after harvesting (U0), 2 days after harvesting (U1) and 4 days after harvesting (U2). Phase II used a Randomized Block Design arranged in factorial to test rose extracts taken from flowers at 3 post-harvest durations (U0, U1, U2) in combination with 3 different filler types [NaHCO3 (N0), KHCO3 (N1), CaCO3 (N2)]. Resulting pigment extracts were analyzed for water quality, pigment quality, pH, and colour intensity. Effervescent tablets made from the various pigment extracts were also measured for water quality, sugar level, pH, moisture content, tablet density, and colour intensity. Study findings revealed that time after harvest affected pigment extract pH, absorbance, light (L), and red (a+)/yellow (b+) colour intensity, while water content and soluble solid content and quantity were unaffected. Analysis of effervescent tablets found that time after harvest, was linked to differences in water content, texture, light intensity (L) and red (a+)/yellow (b+) intensity while there was no effect on moisture level. Analysis of effervescent tablet drinks found that harvest time and filler type affected pH, dissolution speed, colour intensity and flavour. However, neither time after cutting nor filler type had a significant effect on the quantity of soluble solid, colour, appearance or taste of the drinks.

Non-destructive assessment of flesh firmness and dietary antioxidants of greenhouse-grown tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) at different fruit maturity stages.

Non-destructive methods have been widely recognized for evaluating fruit quality traits of many horticultural crops and food processing industry. Destructive (analytical) test, and non-destructive evaluation of the quality traits were investigated and compared for ‘Red Rose’ tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) fruit grown under protected environment. Fresh tomato fruit at five distinctive maturity stages namely; breaker (BK), turning (TG), pink (PK), light-red (LR), and red (RD) were labeled and scanned using the handheld near infra-red (NIR) enhanced spectrometer at a wavelength range of 285–1200 nm. The labeled tomato samples were then measured analytically for flesh firmness, lycopene, β-carotene, total phenolic content (TPC) and total flavonoids content (TFC). The results revealed that quality traits could be estimated using NIR spectroscopy with a relatively high coefficient of determination (R2): 0.834 for total phenolic content, 0.864 for lycopene, 0.790 for total flavonoid content, 0.708 for β-carotene; and 0.679 for flesh firmness. The accumulation of Lyco and β-Car rapidly increased in tomatoes harvested between the TG and the LR maturity stages. Harvesting tomatoes at BK maturity stage resulted in significantly higher flesh firmness than harvesting at the later maturity stages. Tomato fruits had the lowest TPC and TFC contents at the earliest maturity stage (BK), while they had intermediate TPC and TFC levels at LR and RD maturity stages. NIR spectroscopic measurements of fruit firmness and lipophilic antioxidants in tomato fruit at various maturity stages were partially in accordance with those estimated by destructive (analytical) methods. Based on these findings, we recommend using non-destructive NIR spectroscopy as an effective tool for predicting tomato fruit quality during harvest stage and postharvest processing.

Complete genome sequence of Mycobacterium Mya-zh01, an endophytic bacterium, promotes plant growth and seed germination isolated from flower stalk of Doritaenopsis.

No genomic sequence of Mycobacterium isolated from orchids has been reported yet; therefore, this study intends to analyze the complete genomic sequence of a growth-promoting Mycobacterium from orchid Doritaenopsis. Mycobacterium strain Mya-zh01 was isolated from the flower stalk of Doritaenopsis Jiuhbao Red Rose. Our results show that Mya-zh01 can effectively produce and secrete the plant growth hormone indole-3-acetic acid (IAA). Inoculation of Mya-zh01 increased root number and length, plant height, leaf number, and leaf length in Doritaenopsis. Furthermore, inoculation of Mya-zh01 promotes seed germination in Doritaenopsis. We sequenced and assembled chromosome for Mya-zh01 (5,027,704bp with 68.48% GC content), which was predicted to encode 4968 proteins with functions in oxidation reduction, growth, plasma membrane, ATP and DNA binding, carbon metabolism and biosynthesis of amino acids pathways. Mya-zh01 may trap iron from nature or host cells to facilitate the growth of the orchids by producing two siderophores (Mycobactin and Nocobactin NA). Four pathways (tryptamine, indole-3-acetamide, indole-3-pyruvate, and flavin monooxygenase) and seven enzymes [tryptophan synthase alpha chain, tryptophan synthase beta chain, amidase, monoamine oxidase, indole-3-pyruvate monooxygenase, indole-3-pyruvate decarboxylase and aldehyde dehydrogenase (NAD +)] involved in IAA biosynthesis were predicted in Mya-zh01 genome. In conclusion, this study demonstrated the significance of Mya-zh01 in facilitating plant growth and seed germination in Doritaenopsis by IAA biosynthesis, which provides a new insight into the mechanism of plant-bacteria interaction in Doritaenopsis.

Somatic embryogenesis and cryopreservation of Stewartia species

Stewartia is a genus of flowering shrubs and trees in the family Theaceae. Stewartia species are native to eastern Asia, with the exception of S. ovata and S. malacodendron, which are indigenous to southeastern North America. Despite having outstanding ornamental value and unique horticultural features, Stewartias are not readily available for landscaping in the horticultural trade due to difficulty with mass propagation. In addition to commercial propagation, there is a need to develop propagation techniques for the conservation of the North American species, which are rare (S. ovata) or endangered (S. malacodendron). This research examined somatic embryogenesis as a means to mass propagate Asian and North American Stewartia species and to provide material for cryopreservation of valuable Stewartia germplasm. By testing a variety of plant growth regulators (PGRs), somatic embryogenesis was induced from immature zygotic embryo explants of seven Stewartia species—five Asian and two North American. Additionally, embryogenic cultures were obtained from three North American cultivars, S. malacodendron ‘Delmarva’, S. ovata ‘Red Rose’, and ‘Royal Purple’. For two Stewartia species, S. ovata and S. sinensis, somatic embryogenesis was induced from immature endosperm. Picloram (0.05 or 0.1 mg/L) and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic (2 or 4 mg/L) were the most effective PGRs for inducing somatic embryogenesis of North American and Asian Stewartia species, respectively. All seven Stewartia species examined produced somatic embryos that converted into plants that could be transferred to the greenhouse. Embryogenic tissue from five Stewartia species were successfully put into cryo-storage and recovered, providing a means of long-term germplasm storage. This is the first report of somatic embryogenesis in the genus Stewartia. This is the first report of somatic embryogenesis from immature zygotic embryos in the genus Stewartia and it was accomplished with seven different species.

Improved functional and nutritional properties of tomato fruit during cold storage.

The use of synthetic antioxidants has been associated with serious concerns for human and environmental health. During ripening stages, tomato fruit is exposed to different abiotic stresses which not only influence its nutritional, mechanical, and functional properties at harvest, but also affect the quality and shelf life of the fruit during storage. This study investigated the pattern of changes in dietary antioxidants during various ripening stages of tomato fruit (cv. Red Rose) and their impact on storage behavior of the fruit during cold storage. Tomato fruits were harvested at mature green, breaker, turning, pink, light-red and red stages of maturity. Then, they were analysed for flesh firmness, soluble solids content, titratable acidity, total sugars, pH, dry matter content, lipophilic (lycopene, β-carotene, and total carotenoids), and hydrophilic (ascorbic acid, phenolic and flavonoids) antioxidants. Additional fruits were harvested at each maturity stage and divided into three equal lots, then were subjected to low-temperature (10 ± 1 °C) storage with 80 ± 5% RH, for 7, 14, and 21 days. Flesh firmness, and the levels of dietary antioxidants were analysed following the subsequent storage periods. The results revealed that the peak of hydrophilic antioxidants such as ascorbic acid, phenolic compounds, and flavonoids was between the ‘pink’ and the ‘light-red’ stages of fruit maturity. Whereas tomatoes harvested at the ‘red’ stage of maturity had the highest levels of lycopene and β-carotene. Both the stage of fruit maturity at harvest and duration of cold storage influenced flesh firmness, organoleptic and functional properties of ‘Red Rose’ tomato fruit. In conclusion, the results of the current investigation have practical implications in formulating foods with improved functional properties at processing industries.

КОНЦЕПТУАЛЬНО-ФІЛОСОФСЬКЕ І ЛІНГВОКУЛЬТУРОЛОГІЧНЕ ОБҐРУНТУВАННЯ ТРАНСФОРМАЦІЙ ПРИ ПЕРЕКЛАДІ ПОЕТИЧНОГО ТЕКСТУ З АНГЛІЙСЬКОЇ МОВИ ЯПОНСЬКОЮ І КИТАЙСЬКОЮ : ПОРІВНЯЛЬНО-ТИПОЛОГІЧНИЙ АСПЕКТ

The paper focuses on the problem of translation and translatability of poetic texts with regard to genetically different languages that have dichotomically opposed writing systems, particularly alphabetic and character based ones. On the one hand these are the languages that belong to the Indo-European family, namely, English, Ukrainian and Russian and, on the other, the East Asian languages, particularly, Japanese and Chinese. The core of the study is Robert Burns' poem "A Red, Red Rose" translated into the above-mentioned languages. When translating this poem from English (phonetic) into Japanese (character-syllabic), or Chinese (ideographic) languages, an attempt to convey poet's feelings embodied in the original context with the help of characters, the structural and semantic properties of which are dichotomously opposite to the alphabetic graphemes of the English writing, it is necessary to make substantial lexical and grammatical transformations that do not allow to preserve the identity of the original. In a sense, such translation can be viewed as an attempt to use characters as phonetic signs that correspond to certain lexemes of the original. At the same time, replacing words written in the phonemic way (letters) by whole graph-semantic units (characters), leads, on the one hand, to the loss of specific connotations of the original, and on the other, to the emergence of semantic interference due to multiple meanings of the most characters, therefore preventing adequate perception of the original content by native speakers of the Japanese or Chinese languages. Characters are intended, first of all, to directly fix thoughts as ready-made word forms. Consequently, when translating, or more precisely, interpreting the mental code of the English written tradition, and accordingly poetry, using Japanese / Chinese language, you need to find a way to translate it into the mental code of the Japanese or Chinese poetic tradition. Only by getting more or less successful result one can consider the goal of the adequate translation accomplished. So, this paper suggests an approach to translating a poetic text from a phonetic into a character language on the basis of semantic and linguocultural analysis of the dichotomically opposed cultural concepts.

Inhabited by the Unspoken

Inhabited by the Unspoken Vanessa Loh (bio) Green Target Tina Barr Barrow Street Press www.barrowstreet.org 82 Pages; Print, $16.95 After reading Tina Barr's third collection Green Target, there is a sedate sense of ever-present danger you can't quite put your finger on. It's in the garden. There's beauty and also something lurking. The idea of a paradise lost comes to mind, but doesn't quite satisfy. John Milton wrote that he wanted to "justify the ways of God to men." But it isn't providence that wants justification. Barr doesn't marvel at the beauty, she names it plain and simple. Yet, as Barr remarks in a November 2018 interview on NPR's All Things Considered, "There's always some sense of darkness working against the texture of the poem." Contributing to this "sense of darkness," most of the poems lack tonal cues and withhold that last explanatory phrase that sharpens the poem to a point. With no final statement from the poet you're not totally confident you understood the message—which makes the poetry even more ominous. We are faced with nature and with humanity, but Barr denies us the third term of providence, which might justify and resolve. Though she never introduces a god of any kind, Barr almost always offers a third element where we might expect a classic dichotomy. This is most obvious in the poem "In Fruiting, Which Is Dying, Is Made Seed." Consider the essential insight simply in the title: the age-old association between birth and death is made that much more ambivalent with the additional elements of fruit and seed. On the one hand, fruit is aligned with a raison d'être; it harbors seed, which supplies sustenance; but those simply as a byproduct of being alive. And in the context of this poem, the seed is the residuum and that which escapes control or justification. The poem is about the unspeakable and ends with an allusion to a less-than-consensual sexual encounter: The girl pinned on her bed nightafter night, sits in her garden, with a cup of tea.A ruby-throat buzzes her dressing gown,tries to drink from its red roses. The final couplet of this difficult poem calls to mind the ancient Greek story of a painting competition in which Zeuxis paints grapes so realistically that birds peck at the image attempting to eat them. But in the story, Zeuxis is not the better painter. Parrhasius wins the competition because his painting of a curtain fools not merely the birds but the judges, who urge him to open the curtain and reveal his work. Barr's poem combines the painted curtain and the painted grapes into the imagery of the dressing gown to strike a final note about perception and deception. But while nothing lies beneath Parrhasius's curtain, the dressing gown conceals a female body, and the imagery conjuring the phallic beak of the hummingbird, although not outright stated, is not to be overlooked. But rather than a symbol of danger, I think the poem urges us to read this imagery as relief from an even greater threat. As the bird flutters around the imaginary flower looking for nectar, we, like the ancient judges, realize the entire scene, not merely the flowers, is not real—or, perhaps more than the trompe l'oeil of ancient Greece might suggest, reality is layered. Four of Barr's poems take their titles directly from the title of paintings by Jasper Johns, including the poem "Green Target, Jasper Johns, 1955." Paintings, by Johns and others, feature prominently—whether Barr engages in a poetic examination of one or simply makes reference. Barr writes ekphrastically in parts—always in the service of something not only visual but also conceptual. In the poem "After the Judgment of Cambyses"—a reference to a diptych by Dutch painter Gerard David in 1448 depicting the flaying of a corrupt judge—Barr begins with an unusually abstract stanza, a poetic rendition of a conventional description of the process of learning: "some tiny [End Page 21] ray skids us / towards a lightening, a new possible." Rather...

The Circus Rose by Betsy Cornwell

Reviewed by: The Circus Rose by Betsy Cornwell Fiona Hartley-Kroeger Cornwell, Betsy The Circus Rose. Clarion, 2020 [288p] Trade ed. ISBN 9781328639509 $17.99 E-book ed. ISBN 9780358164432 $9.99 Reviewed from galleys Ad Gr. 7-10 The Circus Rose has been home to different-fathered twins Ivory and Rosie all their lives: their mother is the bearded lady/ringmistress, and the other acts, including their beloved Bear, are their family. When a disgruntled order of religious extremists threatens their way of life and a terrible accident nearly claims Rosie’s life, the sisters must fight to save their livelihood and their mobile, motley, beautiful home. Told in chapters that alternate between stagehand Ivory’s thoughtful prose and acrobat Rosie’s free verse, this is a delicately lovely reimagining of the fairy tale “Snow White and Rose Red.” The space of the circus houses a rich range of queerness: Rosie’s love for Bear (a princess trapped in a male bear’s shape) and Ivory’s for the faery magician Tam (whose people don’t subscribe to a human gender binary) are accepted and honored, while the love triangle of Mama and the girls’ fathers resolves into a polyamorous trio. Sadly, though, the plot is slight and the world building consistently underdeveloped, leaving the reader wishing for more narrative substance to support the circus dazzle. Readers looking for queer fairy-tale [End Page 426] reworkings will therefore fare better with McLemore’s Blanca & Roja (BCCB 10/18), but the cleverness here may nonetheless interest fairy tale aficionados and audiences interested in queer themes. Copyright © 2020 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

How the Red Sun Rose: The Origins and Development of the Yan’an Rectification Movement, 1930–1945, by Gao Hua. Translated by Stacy Mosher and Guo Jian. Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 2018. vii+812 pp. US$70.00 (cloth).

<i>How the Red Sun Rose: The Origins and Development of the Yan’an Rectification Movement, 1930–1945</i>, by Gao Hua. Translated by Stacy Mosher and Guo Jian. Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 2018. vii+812 pp. US$70.00 (cloth).

The Effect of Red Rose Extract on Helicobacter Pylori Eradication: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Background Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is believed to be the most common bacterial infection worldwide. Herein, we aimed to investigate the effect of red rose extract on H. pylori eradication in 9 to 15 year-old children. Materials and Methods In this randomized controlled clinical trial,by the convenience sampling method 332 children were screened for H. pylori infection. Their stool samples were studied by the H. pylori Antigen Enzyme Immunoassay (EIA) Test Kit. Positive cases were divided into two groups and received either red rose extract or placebo for 14 days. The stool exam was repeated once again at treatment termination. Data were analyzed using SPSS software (version 21.0). Results In total 17.8% (n=59) of the 332 cases were positive for Helicobacter pylori stool antigen (HpSA), and 56 completed the study. The mean HpSA titer remained stable in the red rose extract treated group but it increased in the placebo group following intervention; however, the difference was statistically insignificant (p=0.57). Moreover, the intervention resulted in no difference in the eradication rate between the two groups (p=0.57). Conclusion Red rose extract did not reduce HpSA titer after intervention, so it cannot be solely considered as an alternative for H. pylori eradication. Further studies with a different dose and duration or with combined regimens are recommended.

A NEW APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF COORDINATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS

Coordinative constructions are traditionally opposed to subordinative constructions. However, this opposition comes down to denial of dependence in coordinative constructions. Thereby the parity of these two constructions does not come to light: subordinative construction can be described without coordinative one. This situation is not improved by detection of a coordinative triangle in all coordinative constructions. The article shows a new approach in the study of coordinative constructions: a coordinative construction is a system; there are not only specific relations – a coordinative triangle, – but also specific elements. Novelty of the study consists in the address to extralinguistic facts, viz. a mathematical concept of a set and its elements. There are a lot of similarities between them. A set in mathematics includes generalizing elements and the composed row in coordinative constructions; in the first case the set is not partitioned, in the second case it is partitioned. In mathematics equivalent components in coordinative constructions correspond to the set elements. A characteristic property in mathematics is homogeneity in coordinative constructions and etc. It is firstly demonstrated, that coordinative and subordinative constructions are correlative and the study of one construction is impossible without the study of the other one. Their parity is shown in coordinative constructions with elements of one set, in subordinative ones with elements of different sets. Cf.: roses and tulips –red roses. In the coordinatiму construction elements of one set are called: «flowers »; in the subordinative construction there are elements of different sets: «flowers » and «colors». It should be noted that the mathematical concept of a set relates to so called logical aspect in linguistics or thinking about reality.

Highly efficient magnetic separation of organic dyes from liquid water utilizing Fe3O4@graphene composites

The Fe3O4@graphene composites was prepared by a simple hydrothermal strategy for efficient removal of organic dyes from liquid water. The effects of solution pH, contact time, adsorbent dosage and initial dye concentration on the adsorption performance of Fe3O4@graphene composites were systematically studied and the maximum adsorption capacities of Methyl orange (MO), Rose Red B (RB), Malachite green (MG), Congo red (CR) and Crystal Viollet (CV) on Fe3O4@graphene magnetic composites were found to be 144.9, 105.2, 59.9, 77.9 and 208.3 mg · g−1, respectively. The adsorption studies indicated that pseudo-second-order model could depict adsorption kinetics very well and that Langmuir isotherm model could describe isotherms well. The adsorption capacity of organic dyes on Fe3O4@graphene composites decreases with adsorption-desorption cycling, but still remains more than 42% of its initial adsorption capacity after 5 cycles. The results suggest that combining the high porousity structure, lightweight, and high surface area of graphene composites with the superparamagnetic property of Fe3O4, the prepared Fe3O4@graphene composites is promising candidate for removal of organic dyes pollutions from water effectively.

Using Nanoimprint Lithography to Create Robust, Buoyant, Superhydrophobic PVB/SiO2 Coatings on wood Surfaces Inspired by Red roses petal

Robust, buoyant, superhydrophobic PVB/SiO2 coatings were successfully formed on wood surface through a one-step solvothermal method and a nanoimprint lithography method. The as-prepared PVB/SiO2/wood specimens were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), thermogravimetric/differential thermogravimetric (TG–DTG) analyses. The superhydrophobic property and abrasion resistance of rose-petal-like wood were measured and assessed by water contact angle (WCA) and sand abrasion tests. The results show that PVB/SiO2/wood not only exhibited a robust superhydrophobic performance with a WCA of 160° but also had excellent durability and thermostability during the sand abrasion tests and against corrosive liquids. Additionally, the as-prepared PVB/SiO2/wood specimens show high buoyancy.

«ТЕМАТИЧНІ СФЕРИ» І СТИЛЬОВІ МАРКЕРИ МАЛОЇ ПРОЗИ КОСТЯ ГОРДІЄНКА

DOI: 10.28925/2412-2475.2019.1416 In the research, through the focus of ideological-thematic content and stylistic structures of short prose by Kostya Gordienko, we attempt to demonstrate the specifics of the artist’s creative pursuits. In particular, on the material of stories “Red Roses” and “Fedko” we determine the features of visual and expressive means and techniques found in the structure of the artistic text. In the article we emphasize that the writer is interested not so much in the social conditions of restless, full of complex contradictions of reality, but in their reflection in the lives of the characters. The author artificially comprehends the depth of a person’s fall “to the bottom”, determines the degree of moral and spiritual anger to which he is able to reach.We emphasize that the ideological-thematic paradigm of Kostya Gordienko’s early prose plays an important place in which the theme of children’s destinies is revealed in two polar social dimensions: in an unjust bourgeois society and in Soveit times. Writing about children in an objective-realistic tone, the writer is concerned with the situations that are most exceptional in the tragedy, which are most fully reflected in the crisis moments of social confrontation: war, revolution, famine. In conclusion, we emphasize that Kostya Gordienko’s early prose lacks a romantic idea of reality. Instead, we see the tragic image of the world, burdened with hunger, danger and fear of loneliness, suffering and hopelessness, loss of humanity in man.

War trauma narratives: visualization, focalization, narration techniques in short stories by Antanas Škėma, Visuomis, and Jurgis Jankus

The article analyzes different narrative techniques that help to express traumatic war-related experiences in short stories. For this case study of motifs related to experiences of war and the use of ingenious techniques of narrative construction, the following fictional texts (short stories) were selected: “Silence of the Night” (1947) by Antanas Škėma; “Rose Red” (1915) by Visuomis (pseudonym of Paulius Galaunė); and “World Painter” (1951) by Jurgis Jankus. In 1944 Škėma (1910–1961) and Jankus (1906–2002) left Lithuania and moved to the West. In 1949 Škėma emigrated to the United States, a year later Jankus did the same. Galaunė (1890–1988) permanently stayed in Lithuania after finishing his studies in St. Petersburg. The article suggests the hypothesis that short stories written in emigration contain brighter motifs and convey a stronger belief of getting over the traumatic war experiences. The analysis of these texts reveals the most effective elements that portray traumatic war experiences in the narrative.

Study on Processing Technology of Rose Milk Beverage

The main raw materials of rose milk beverage are Yunnan red roses and milk. By analyzing the proportions of rose juice to milk, sucrose, citric acid and sodium alginate, and by taking flavor, taste, color and tissue state as the evaluation parameters, we conducted single-factor experiments and orthogonal experiments, and identified the optimum formula of rose milk beverage: 8% rose juice, 6% milk, 10% sucrose, 0.1% citric acid, and 0.15% compound stabilizer (sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, sodium alginate in the proportion of 1:1). Unique flavor of rose milk beverage with rich nutrition can be prepared by using the optimum formula we obtained.