scholarly journals The Cultural Hybridity of Chineseness

Prism ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 366-384
Author(s):  
Levi S. Gibbs
Keyword(s):  
Rural Women ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Shaanxi Province ◽  
Cultural Hybridity ◽  
Contemporary Novels ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Northern Shaanxi

Abstract This article looks at three contemporary novels where songs sung by rural women from the border region of northern Shaanxi Province evoke cultural and temporal hybridities, fusing social continuity with the threat and promise of change. The novels alternately portray untamed others—ranging from a Xiongnu soldier to a mountain bride to a country girl—as invasive threats and purveyors of potentially beneficial hybridities, adapting tropes of ethnic alterity to rethink the rural-urban divide and challenge both urban-centered and rural-centered discourses of progress. The wild brings vibrancy to the civilized, the center is drawn to the periphery, and the rural and urban are alternately desired and dismissed. In the end, these rural women's songs erase hierarchical notions of center and periphery and bring together alternative worldviews and visions of progress as only songs of the borderland can.

scholarly journals Estimating Changes in the Green Water Productivity of Cropping Systems in Northern Shaanxi Province in China’s Loess Plateau

Water ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinping Wang ◽  
Jinzhu Ma ◽  
Afton Clarke-Sather ◽  
Jiansheng Qu
Keyword(s):  
Loess Plateau ◽  
Hydrological Modeling ◽  
Meteorological Data ◽  
Water Productivity ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Northern Region ◽  
Green Water ◽  
Shaanxi Province ◽  
Cropping Patterns ◽  
Northern Shaanxi

Water shortages limit agricultural production in the world’s arid and semi-arid regions. The Northern region of China’s Shaanxi Province, in the Loess Plateau, is a good example. Raising the water productivity of rainfed grain production in this region is essential to increase food production and reduce poverty, thereby improving food security. To support efforts to increase crop water productivity (CWP), we accounted for limitations of most existing studies (experimental studies of specific crops or hydrological modeling approaches) by using actual field data derived from statistical reports of cropping patterns. We estimated the CWPs of nine primary crops grown in four counties in Northern Shaanxi from 1994 to 2008 by combining statistics on the cultivated area and yields with detailed estimates of evapotranspiration based on daily meteorological data. We further calculated both the caloric CWP of water (CCWP) and the CWP of productive water (i.e., water used for transpiration). We found that regional CWP averaged 6.333 kg mm–1 ha–1, the CCWP was 17,683.81 cal mm–1 ha–1, the CWP of productive green water was 8.837 kg mm–1 ha–1, and the CCWP of productive green water was 24,769.07 cal mm–1 ha–1. Corn, sorghum, and buckwheat had the highest CWP, and although potatoes had the largest planted area and relatively high CWP, they had a low CCWP.

scholarly journals Rural and urban prevalence of sexual assault against women in an African population

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 628-635
Author(s):  
Adeleke NA ◽  
Adebimpe WO ◽  
Farinloye EO ◽  
Olowookere AS
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Urban Area ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas

Background: Sexual assault is about the most dehumanizing form of gender based violence against women worldwide. Nigeria and many other countries in Africa do not have National data on women sexual assault. This survey is aimed at generating data on sexual assault against women in Osun state, Nigeria. Objective: To determine the patterns of sexual assault against women in Urban and Rural areas of Osun State in South western Nigeria. Methodology: A cross section survey using interviewer administered questionnaire was carried out among selected 1,200 women aged 15 years and above in urban and rural areas, between August and December 2014. The questionnaire was patterned after WHO Multi-country study on women’s health and domestic violence data instrument. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 17.0. Results: Mean age of the respondents was 23.75 ±(13.22) years in rural area, in the urban area it was 27.69 ±(10.23) years. 46 % and 54 % were married in urban and rural areas respectively. The prevalence of completed rape was 10.0 % in urban and 9.2 % in rural, while that of attempted rape was 31.4 % and 20.0 % in the urban and rural area respectively. Women in the rural areas experienced repeat sexual assault and suffered non-genital injuries more the in urban area. Having partner and living in urban area were associated with female sexual assault. Conclusions: Sexual assault against women constitutes public health issue in Osun state with rural women incurring greater negative health consequences. Primary prevention strategies should focus at young men and women in both rural and urban areas of the state. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.18(3) 2019 p.628-635

scholarly journals Changes in the epidemiological characteristics of human brucellosis in Shaanxi Province from 2008 to 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cui-hong An ◽  
Zhi-guo Liu ◽  
Shou-min Nie ◽  
Yang-xin Sun ◽  
Suo-ping Fan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Incidence Rate ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Small Ruminants ◽  
Raw Milk ◽  
Shaanxi Province ◽  
Significant Feature ◽  
Human Brucellosis ◽  
Northern Shaanxi ◽  
Southern Shaanxi ◽  
Epidemiological Characteristics

AbstractIn the present study, surveys of case numbers, constituent ratios, conventional biotyping, and multilocus sequence typing (MLST) were applied to characterize the incidence rate and epidemiological characteristics of human brucellosis in Shaanxi Province, China. A total of 12,215 human brucellosis cases were reported during 2008–2020, for an annual average incidence rate of 2.48/100,000. The most significant change was that the county numbers of reported cases increased from 36 in 2008 to 84 in 2020, with a geographic expansion trend from northern Shaanxi to Guanzhong, and southern Shaanxi regions; the incidence rate declined in previous epidemic northern Shaanxi regions while increasing each year in Guanzhong and southern Shaanxi regions such as Hancheng and Xianyang. The increased incidence was closely related to the development of large-scale small ruminants (goats and sheep) farms in Guanzhong and some southern Shaanxi regions. Another significant feature was that student cases (n = 261) were ranked second among all occupations, accounting for 2.14% of the total number of cases, with the majority due to drinking unsterilized goat milk. Three Brucella species were detected (B. melitensis (bv. 1, 2, 3 and variant), B. abortus bv. 3/6, and B. suis bv. 1) and were mainly distributed in the northern Shaanxi and Guanzhong regions. Three known STs (ST8, ST2, and ST14) were identified based on MLST analysis. The characteristics that had not changed were that B. melitensis strains belonging to the ST8 population were the dominant species and were observed in all nine regions during the examined periods. Strengthened human and animal brucellosis surveillance and restriction of the transfer of infected sheep (goats) as well as students avoiding drinking raw milk are suggested as optimal control strategies.

Geochemical Characteristics and Comprehensive Utilization of the Main Coal Seams in Wubu Mining Area, Northern Shaanxi Province

2013 ◽  
Vol 734-737 ◽  
pp. 755-758
Author(s):  
Zhi Xue Li ◽  
Ming Pei Li ◽  
Long Yi Shao
Keyword(s):  
Elemental Analysis ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Calorific Value ◽  
Mining Area ◽  
Proximate Analysis ◽  
Shaanxi Province ◽  
Coal Seams ◽  
Comprehensive Utilization ◽  
Coal Analysis ◽  
Northern Shaanxi

Use a variety of coal analysis methods on the Wubu mining area main coal seams S1 and T1 in proximate analysis, elemental analysis, and technologic property analysis, the results show that the main coal seams is a kind of medium ash, medium volatile coal, especially low-medium sulfur, high calorific value coal. They have a good chemical properties and technologic properties, and can be used for coking, civilian, steam coal.

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