Wild Geese Research Articles

Serologic and Molecular Prevalence of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus Among Poultry in the Republic of Korea.

Background: Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging infectious disease caused by Dabie bandavirus, which belongs to the genus Bandavirus, family Phenuiviridae, and order Bunyavirales. It has been found in tick species, various animals, and humans. The aim of this study was to detect RNA of antigens and antibodies against SFTS virus (SFTSV) among poultry such as chickens, ducks, and wild geese from five provinces in the Republic of Korea (ROK). Materials and Methods: A one-step reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR and nested PCR were performed after viral RNA extraction. The phylogenetic tree was constructed after sequencing data were analyzed and aligned. An indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and a neutralization test (NT) were performed to test for IgG antibodies of SFTSV. Results: Of a total of 606 poultry serum samples collected, 568 and 539 serum samples were used to perform ELISA and NT, respectively. Of a total of 606 serum samples tested by RT-PCR targeting the S segment, 15 (2.5%) were positive for SFTSV. From the 15 positive serum samples for the SFTSV antigen, three from chickens, three from ducks, and one from wild geese were classified as genotype B-2; one from chickens was classified as genotype B-3; and three from chickens and four from wild geese were classified as genotype D. Of the 568 serum samples tested by ELISA, 83 (28.0%) from chickens, 81 (32.9%) from ducks, and 8 (30.8%) from wild geese were seropositive. Of the 539 serum samples for which an NT was performed, 113 (38.6%) from chickens and 75 (30.5%) from ducks were positive for SFTSV antibodies. Conclusions: The results of this study provide useful information regarding detection of SFTSV RNA and antibodies among poultry and the possibility of SFTSV transmission in various types of poultry, including chickens, ducks, and wild geese, in the ROK.

The Soul of Ethnic Music: The Mongolian Ethnic Song "Hongyan" as an Example

In the era of new media, Chinese film music presents a diversified development situation, and in Chinese film music, the element of ethnic music is an important part that cannot be ignored, and it has an important influence on the development of Chinese film music. The article mainly starts from the content and role of film music, specifically analyses the application of folk music in Chinese film music, and explores the three major elements of folk music, namely, musical instruments, folk songs and operas, and at the same time, takes the Mongolian song "The Wild Geese" as an example, and focuses on the analysis of the application of the elements of folk songs in Chinese film music.

Powstanie i cechy palety barw Kangxi wucai 康熙五彩 oraz falangcai 珐琅彩 – spotkanie kultur a estetyka podwójnej obcości. Część I: Problematyka terminologii i badań nad porcelaną eksportową

This essay focusses on issues connected with research into the history of exported porcelain from the Far East. To this end, it discusses the literary context of the expressions “the family of roses” and “the family of greens,” and also the genesis, main features, and current terminology relating to the two most widespread techniques of glaze-painting decoration (Kangxi wucai 康熙五彩 and falangcai 珐琅彩). The article discusses the most important techniques of decoration that preceded the development of the Kangxi wucai palette and the relations between technological development and the taste of the period. It also indicates the important items in Polish collections, especially in the National Museum in Gdańsk. From the holdings of this museum, the author selects a plate decorated with wild geese on Lake Taihu. An analysis of the plate – with regard to the technology of its production, aesthetics, and iconography – is the main element in the article. Polish items are presented in the context of important European collections: the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Musée Guimet, the National Museum in Oslo, and the Museo Correr in Venice. The author formulates a new term in art theory: the aesthetics of double foreignness. It makes it possible to give a name to a phenomenon that develops in the process of reception and analysis of objects produced in one developed and isolated civilization, intended for and commissioned by a second civilization.

A Study of Multilingual Tourism Language Landscape in Xi'an under the Perspective of Linguistic Economics—Taking Great Tang All Day Mall, Hui Min Street and Big Wild Goose Pagoda as Examples

Linguistic landscape research focuses on the presentation of language on signage in urban space, and the choice of language on signage is often constrained by a variety of factors. From the perspective of linguistic economics, this paper explores the economic factors involved in the construction of the linguistic landscapes of Datang Never Night City, Hui Min Street and Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Datang Never Night City, Hui Min Street and Big Wild Goose Pagoda are representative attractions in Xi'an City, in which the official government language landscape and private language landscape are mainly in Chinese, and bilingualism and multilingualism are common. In this paper, the concepts of linguistic economics, such as cost and benefit, efficiency and equity, supply and demand, are used as analytical tools to explain the economic motivations in the construction of the language landscapes of the Great Tang Nocturnal City, Hui Min Street and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. The analysis points out that the official domain emphasizes the political utility of the signage, while the private owners focus on the economic benefits of the signage, and this difference results in the inconsistency of the language choices on the signage. The analysis in this paper suggests that the economics of language can provide a useful analytical tool for certain language policy and planning studies.

From the Deer to the Monkey: how the transmission of the Jātaka animal stories to medieval China enriched Chinese culture and complemented Confucianism

ABSTRACT In contrast with Chinese literary tradition and Confucianism, there was a multitude of animals and birds in the Jātaka stories, which had yet to be researched as a reference point of Confucianism. Because of Buddhism’s opposition to the use of animals as a sacrifice, its rejection of consuming animal meat, and because animals were considered as a state of the former existence of Śākyamuni Buddha, Buddhist literature gives ample room to animal images as full-fledged main characters and moral agents. A careful analysis of the use of herbivores such as deer, turtles, wild geese, and monkeys as a narrative device in the Jātaka stories demonstrates that personified animals served as a source of inspiration for humans. Turning animals into articulate moral agents render them no longer the object of human sympathy as in Confucianism nor metaphors in philosophical Daoism, but intellectually equal and ethically superior to humans. The Buddhist idea of cherishing all sentient beings was not merely based on compassion but also an egalitarian perspective that acknowledges animals’ subjectivity as autonomous emotional-moral agents. This unique dimension of Buddhism complemented the Confucian anthropocentric worldview and enriched Chinese literature and art.

An Irish Rebel in New Spain: The Tumultuous Life and Tragic Death of William Lamport

An Irish Rebel in New Spain: The Tumultuous Life and Tragic Death of William Lamport

The Research on the Representational Strategies of Femme Fatale in Contemporary Chinese Film-noir

In 2014, Chinese director Diao Yinan’s feature Black Coal, Thin Ice wins the Golden Bear Award for Best Director at the 64th Berlin Film Festival, sparking enthusiastic discussion on the prospect of the so-called 'Chinese film-noir'. Among the classic noir elements that sparked discussion in these films, the lethal woman, or the ‘femme fatale’ stands out to be the one that attracts the most attention. In the span of a decade, the Chinese femme fatale varies quite enormously in her role in the narrative and the gender implication her relationship with the noir hero represents. This essay will build on Mark Conrad’s definition of film-noir, Jack Boozer’s categorization of femme fatale, and Elisabeth Bronfen’s tragic theory to analyze the construction of femme fatale in 2010s Chinese film noir. Equipped with these theoretical tools, this essay will focus on recent Chinese films-noirs and draw connections between their different representational strategy of the femme fatale to complete their noir narrative. This essay argues that while films like the Hunt Down (2019) and Long Day’s Journey Into Night (2018) approaches the lethal woman in the classic androcentric or even misogynist way, Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014) and the Wild Goose Lake (2019) endows her with more subjectivity and agency while complicating her relationship with the noir hero.

Goose Meat as a Source of Dietary Manganese—A Systematic Review

Manganese is a trace element with essential physiological functions that should be supplied to animals and humans through diet. Goose meat is prevalent in many regions of the world. Therefore, the aim of the study was a systematic review (PRISMA statement, 1980-2022) of the content of Mn in raw and cooked goose meat and their relation to the recommended intake at the level of adequate intake (AI) and the nutrient reference values-requirements (NRV-R). The literature analysis shows that the content of Mn in goose meat depends on the breed, type of muscles, the presence of skin, and the cooking method used. AI level recommendations for Mn intake range from 0.003 to 5.50 mg/day, depending on the country, age, and gender. Consumption by adults (regardless of sex) of 100 g of domestic or wild goose meat covers the daily AI per Mn in various percentages, depending on the type of muscles (more Mn in leg muscles), presence of skin (more Mn in skinless muscles), and thermal treatment (pan fried with oil, grilled, and cooked meat contains more). Placing information on the Mn content in goose meat and the percentage of NRV-R on the packaging may be valuable information for the consumer in making food choices to diversify the diet. There are few studies on the content of Mn in goose meat. Therefore, it is reasonable to conduct research in this area.

Whole genome sequencing of a wild swan goose population.

DATA REPORT article Front. Genet., 24 February 2023Sec. Livestock Genomics Volume 14 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2023.1038606

A European comparison of screening and referral by childcare professionals of maltreatment in children aged 0–3: A wild goose chase or maybe not

AbstractFramed within the European project ECLIPS (Enhancing the Capacity to combat chiLd abuse through an Integral training and Protocol for childcare professionalS), this study aims at understanding the needs related to the screening and referral of child maltreatment by childcare professionals working with children aged 0–3 in daycare settings of four European countries (Belgium, Hungary, Italy and Latvia). While children in this age group display the highest risk of abuse compared to older children, research and practice are less focused on them. Given their daily exposure, childcare professionals are in a unique position to identify and refer child maltreatment of infants and toddlers. However, data from desk research and focus groups held in the four countries revealed significant gaps in both processes. Screening for abuse is not mandatory for childcare professionals, and many barriers limit its effectiveness, such as the lack of training and the absence of standardised practices. Referral is mainly undermined by psychological barriers, namely fear and lack of self‐efficacy. This is a fundamental first step to developing strategies to face underreporting and filling knowledge gaps while supporting the fundamental competencies necessary to safeguard the young child's best interest, which is the final goal of the ECLIPS project.

Lens-Oppositional Wild Geese Optimization Based Clustering Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks Assists Real Time Disaster Management

Recently, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) find their applicability in several real-time applications such as disaster management, military, surveillance, healthcare, etc. The utilization of WSNs in the disaster monitoring process has gained significant attention among research communities and governments. Real-time monitoring of disaster areas using WSN is a challenging process due to the energy-limited sensor nodes. Therefore, the clustering process can be utilized to improve the energy utilization of the nodes and thereby improve the overall functioning of the network. In this aspect, this study proposes a novel Lens-Oppositional Wild Goose Optimization based Energy Aware Clustering (LOWGO-EAC) scheme for WSN-assisted real-time disaster management. The major intention of the LOWGO-EAC scheme is to perform effective data collection and transmission processes in disaster regions. To achieve this, the LOWGO-EAC technique derives a novel LOWGO algorithm by the integration of the lens oppositional-based learning (LOBL) concept with the traditional WGO algorithm to improve the convergence rate. In addition, the LOWGO-EAC technique derives a fitness function involving three input parameters like residual energy (RE), distance to the base station (BS) (DBS), and node degree (ND). The proposed LOWGO-EAC technique can accomplish improved energy efficiency and lifetime of WSNs in real-time disaster management scenarios. The experimental validation of the LOWGO-EAC model is carried out and the comparative study reported the enhanced performance of the LOWGO-EAC model over the recent approaches.

Measurement and mitigation of the “wild goose chase” phenomenon in taxi services

This paper examines the so-called wild goose chase phenomenon in taxi systems and proposes a new mitigation strategy based on dynamic vehicle swaps. An analytic queuing network model, including a system of differential equations, is derived to yield approximate formulas for the expected system performance in the steady-state equilibria under the vehicle swap strategy. This model is solved numerically to yield equilibrium points and the expected system performance metrics. To corroborate the theoretical predictions, a new data-processing method based on dynamic programming is proposed to identify and measure multiple distinct equilibrium states from observed data. Agent-based simulations are conducted to generate examples of such data, and to verify the formulas. Numerical results show that (i) the proposed measurement method works well in identifying the distinct equilibria, and (ii) the vehicle swap strategy works quite effectively in mitigating the wild goose chase phenomenon.

Wild goose chase: Geese flee high and far, and with aftereffects from New Year's fireworks

AbstractIn the present Anthropocene, wild animals are globally affected by human activity. Consumer fireworks during New Year (NY) are widely distributed in W‐Europe and cause strong disturbances that are known to incur stress responses in animals. We analyzed GPS tracks of 347 wild migratory geese of four species during eight NYs quantifying the effects of fireworks on individuals. We show that, in parallel with particulate matter increases, during the night of NY geese flew on average 5–16 km further and 40–150 m higher, and more often shifted to new roost sites than on previous nights. This was also true during the 2020–2021 fireworks ban, despite fireworks activity being reduced. Likely to compensate for extra flight costs, most geese moved less and increased their feeding activity in the following days. Our findings indicate negative effects of NY fireworks on wild birds beyond the previously demonstrated immediate response.

The Plants are Plotting: Political Orders in Ostenso’s Wild Geese

This article attends to non-human agency and plant communities in Martha Ostenso’s 1925 novel Wild Geese. As non-humans shape the novel’s setting and plot, they are entwined with human action but not subordinated to human agency or political systems; on the contrary, plant communities are political forces who ally, resist, and clash during the implementation of European agricultural practises in the early twentieth century. Thus, the setting details of this CanLit novel can be repurposed to think about the possibilities of community beyond colonial control. This article begins by drawing on Vanessa Watts’ articulation of ecosystems-as-societies as a framework for plant agency. It then follows Margret Boyce’s eco-critical engagement with Wild Geese to examine how the farm’s monocrops are connected to, but not determined by, the heteropatriarchal family and the colonial state. Further, by considering how homoeroticism emerges against colonial heteropatriarchy in non-agricultural settings, queerness is shown to pre-exist and resist the organizing tendencies of settler colonialism. Finally, this article turns to non-human alliances in the novel’s finale to demonstrate the ongoing struggle between political powers. To grapple with colonialism and its legacies, non-human agency and political power must also be recognized.

Drama out of a crisis: James Connolly’s Under Which Flag (1916) and Teresa Deevy’s The Wild Goose (1936)

ABSTRACT A distinctive strategy of remembrance in Irish historical drama is the depiction of a current crisis through allusion to another traumatic passage in the deep or recent past. In this essay we examine two relatively neglected Irish plays staged twenty years apart which were produced at key moments of reversal and reflection, and which concentrate on female agency, the cyclical Irish curse of betrayal, anxieties of masculinity, and the clash of morality and law. James Connolly’s Under Which Flag? (1916) and Teresa Deevy’s The Wild Goose (1936) are exemplary instances of how Irish historical drama approaches crisis and commemoration. In each case, by returning respectively to the Fenian Rising of 1867 and events surrounding the Treaty of Limerick of 1691, Connolly and Deevy are able to argue for the continuity of crisis in ways that avoid the fatalism that characterises less nuanced forms of dwelling on and in the past.

A Study on the Gilt Silver Dharma Relics Pagoda Excavated from the Heavenly Palace of the Qingzhou White Pagoda of the Liao Dynasty

The Qingzhou White Pagoda is a śarīra pagoda of the Buddha Śākyamuni built by the commission of Empress Dowager Zhangsheng in the Liao Dynasty. This paper illuminates the aim of the Buddhist services undertaken at the Heavenly Palace of the Qingzhou White Pagoda and the Empress Dowager’s religious aspirations and wishes by examining the “gilt silver sutra plate” enshrined in the (Gilt Silver) Dharma Relics Pagoda and the engraved images and a statue on the Pagoda’s body and pedestal. Through the latter analysis, the paper also brings to light how the Pagoda conveys the shamanistic tradition of the Liao imperial court.</br>At the time, the Buddhist services had been mainly intended for Emperor Shengzong’s rebirth in the Tuṣita Heaven. For this reason, the “gilt silver sutra plate” is inscribed with an excerpt only relating to a rebirth in Tuṣita from the “Root Dharani” of the Great Dharani Sutra of Immaculate and Pure Light. Moreover, the images on the Pagoda’s body are engraved with the unprecedented inclusion of Jiebiluozhancha, a Brahman who also notably appears in the Sutra. The Empress Dowager wished Maitreya would descend to the earth, and she aspired to become a Chakravarti (King Saṅkha) destined to rule over Jambudvîpa in the Final Dharma Age. On the Pagoda’s body, the Empress Dowager is depicted wearing a crown of a bodhisattva with a golden grand mountain ornament(Jinboshan) and holding a branch of the naga-puspa tree. Meanwhile, Maitreya is shown on the pedestal of the Pagoda with Śākyamuni’s alms bowl in one hand and the other hand carrying a staff adorned with the head of a wild goose. The wild goose's head, in particular, is an image closely associated with the shamanistic rituals of the Liao imperial family. In sum, the inner space of the Dharma Relics Pagoda is a “gilt silver sutra plate,” which manifests the faith of Maitreya and rebirth in his Tuṣita Heaven, and its outer surface are the images displaying the aspiration of the royal donor for Maitreya’s descent and the corresponding portrayal of Maitreya Buddha.

De novo assembly of a wild swan goose (Anser cygnoides) genome.

The swan goose (Anser cygnoides) is the ancestor of the Chinese domestic goose. A previous study reported a scaffold-level genome version for a Chinese indigenous goose breed, and this assembly was used as the swan goose's reference genome. To date, there is still a lack of a chromosome-level genome for the swan goose. Here, we reported a de novo assembly of the genome of a wild swan goose using an integrated strategy that combines Illumina Hiseq, Oxford Nanopore and chromosome conformation capture (Hi-C) sequencing. A total of 134.6 Gb Nanopore data with sequencing coverage of 110.33 and 69.45 Gb Illumina data with coverage of 56.93 were obtained. The genome assembly size was 1153.41Mb, with a contig N50 of 22.75Mb. The total size and N50 length of our assembly were larger than the previously reported scaffold-level genome version. In addition, whole-genome sequencing data of 10 geese were mapped to the previous and the current assemblies. On average, 97.88 and 93.18% of the reads were properly mapped and paired into our and the previous assemblies. This high-quality chromosome-level swan goose genome could provide a valuable resource for the utilisation of goose studies and breeding.

Evaluation of Nutritional Quality and Sensory Parameters of Meat from Mallard and Four Species of Wild Goose.

Future challenges concerning protein supply for food and feed include the management of all currently available resources. In Sweden, wildfowl are hunted for several reasons, one of which is to protect growing crops. In this study, meat from wild geese and mallard was evaluated with respect to its quality and sensory parameters. The most pronounced sensory differences were between meat from the barnacle goose and the Canada goose and between meat from mallards that were farmed and born wild. This study also provides measurements of values for the nutritional and heavy metal contents of the meat from these wildfowl species in order to elucidate their possible use as modern foods.

Approximation of criminal sanctions in the European Union: A wild goose chase?

The era when criminal law was solely a matter of national legislation is long gone. In the European Union, the approximation of substantive criminal norms and procedural rights has not escaped the attention of the European legislator. Inevitably, the move towards supranational criminal law has affected the field of sentencing and criminal sanctions. This paper seeks to discuss the changes that the development of EU criminal law brings on sentencing. The focus lies on the approximation of criminal sanctions within the EU, in an attempt to understand the scope and the added value of the EU’s approach in the field. First, the legal basis of article 83 TFEU is presented and analyzed, in order to define the limits of the Union’s competence in the field of sentencing. Subsequently, the approach of the European legislator when adopting minimum rules on the approximation of criminal sanctions is unravelled, and the relationship between functional approximation and mutual recognition is discussed. Finally, this paper concludes with some critical reflections upon the approximation of criminal sanctions in the EU, with an eye towards the future of Europe’s Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ).

현대인의 초상 ‘기러기 가족’ 탐색을 통한 위기 분석

This study attempted to explore the effects of family separation on the process of maintaining wild geese family relationships through the movie 'Single Rider'. This study collected significant data from the wild goose family in the film, such as their dialogue, nonverbal components, and major daily lives or events that cause behavioral changes. This data changed to texts were analyzed with a Matrix analysis by applying A Crisis Model of the Wild Geese Family Relationship. The results of analysis were these. Firstly, the lack or absence of intimacy, sex life, and trust between wild goose couples has had a dangerous effect on their relationship. Secondly, the loss of role due to the fathers’ absence brought a crisis to the relationship between fathers and children. Finally, from the perspective of each of the couples, wild goose fathers spend a long time living alone, which causes problems and reduces their health-related quality of life, and wild goose mothers also experienced identity confusion and crisis due to role changes caused by living separately. These results show that due to the instability of family separation itself, these wild geese families eventually raised possibilities of family disruptions or break-up's.