Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man Discussing Narratives of Domestic Abuse and Gaslighting through the Cassandra Myth

Renowned for its hard-hitting exploration of gaslighting and domestic abuse, Leigh Whannell’s 2020 film The Invisible Man has inevitably been linked to the #MeToo movement. Despite the film’s contemporary premise, however, its narrative of male violence and female silencing is fundamentally rooted within classical literature and can be seen as an appropriation of the Cassandra myth. This article will be reviewing the continued relevance of the Cassandra myth today and the impact of her appearance within the horror movie genre. It will identify how Cassandra’s narrative as a truth-speaker, who is met with disbelief, has been appropriated for both thematic and critical effect. It will also consider the gendered implication of truth-speakers in horror and the impact of representing a female Cassandra onscreen to critique gendered issues, such as female silencing, domestic abuse, and gaslighting. By applying the classical figure of Cassandra to Whannell’s The Invisible Man, this article will continue by highlighting the patriarchal mechanisms which have historically dictated the reliability of female truth-speaker, thus connecting modern truth-speakers to their ancient counterparts.

Establishing indicators for assessing non-carcinogenic risks under chronic inhalation expo-sure to benzene and average annual mpc for benzene as per health risk criteria

Recently multiple new toxicological and epidemiologic data on negative effects produced by chemicals have become available; given that, it is necessary to improve quantitative criteria applied in health risk assessment. It is advisable to revise previously established reference concentrations and to make more precise lists of organs and systems affected by a chemical in concentrations which are either equal to reference one or exceed it. Our research aim was to establish a reference concentration for benzene and additional quantitative indicators of its effects (additional reference concentrations) on specific organs and systems under chronic inhalation exposure; another aim was to determine average annual MPC verified as per permissible lifetime carcinogenic risk using evolution models. The research allowed recommending 0.005 mg/m3 to be used as a reference concentration under chronic inhalation exposure to benzene; a decrease in quantity of B-lymphocytes was recommended as a critical effect since this decrease might produce negative effects on the blood and immune system. Additional reference concen-trations for benzene were fixed at 0.007 mg/m3 for the liver as a critical organ and 0.012 mg/mg3 for violated process of organism development as a critical effect. They can be used as additional indicators for assessing non-carcinogenic health risks under chronic inhalation exposure to benzene in its elevated concentrations. Our research results were used to substantiate average annual MPC for benzene in ambient air; its recommended value was 0.005 mg/m3 since it provided safety (absence of impermis-sible (unacceptable) lifetime health risk), probable carcinogenic effects taken into account.

Inhibitors of Neutral Peptidase

There are several circulated hormones that control intravascular blood volume which are secreted from cardiac tissue, such as atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and brain (B-type) natriuretic peptide (BNP). These peptides will be elevated in case of heart failure (HF), and because of their diuretic, natriuretic, vasodilating effects as well as suppressing renin production they will work as compensated for HF. The natriuretic peptides system has critical effect against renin – angiotensin – aldosterone system (RAAS). A suggested therapeutic approach was discussed in HF treatment via performing human recombinant ANP and BNP, but it’s requiring more clinical trials to evaluate the quality of this approach compared to conventional treatment.

Impact of Different Factors on the process of Leaf Spot Disease in Mulberry

The effect of temperature, relative mugginess, adjusted compost, and plant spacing on the improvement of Cercospora moricola leaf spot disease in mulberry was investigated. At the point when the external temperature and relative dampness were 25-30 oC and more than 80%, disease advancement was at its top in August and September. The impacts of adjusted manure and plant spacing on disease advancement were additionally investigated, and they uncovered a critical effect on disease seriousness. Disease seriousness was decreased by 6-8 percent when a reasonable dose of NPK compost was applied. As opposed to unequal manure application in the dirt, adjusted compost treatment brought about decreased leaf microorganism infection. Close plant spacing (60 cm) was additionally demonstrated to be more helpful for disease advancement than distance spacing (90 cm).

Effect of Plant Age, Temperature and Vector Load on ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ in planta titer and Shoot Proliferation Symptoms in Carrot

A decade ago, shoot proliferation symptoms (witches’ broom) in carrots were believed to be the cause of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma’ and/or Spiroplasma infection, yet in recent years, this association appeared to have weakened and a closer association was found with the yet-unculturable, psyllid-transmitted Gram-negative bacterium, ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’. In Israel, carrots are grown throughout the year, yet shoot proliferation symptoms tend to appear only in mature plants and mostly during late spring to early summer. We hypothesized that factors such as plant age, temperature and vector load, which vary along the year, have a critical effect on symptoms development and set to examine these factors under controlled conditions. Here we show that young carrot seedlings are as prone as older plants, to develop shoot proliferation symptoms, following ‘Ca. L. solanacearum’ inoculation. Surprisingly, we found that the local ‘Ca. L. solanacearum’ haplotype was extremely sensitive to constant temperature of 30˚C, which led to a significant reduction in bacterial growth and symptoms development, compared with 18˚C which was very conducive for symptoms development. We have also found that inoculations with 10 or 20 psyllids per plant results in faster symptoms development compared with inoculations with 2 psyllids per plant, however, the disease progress rate was insignificant among the different vector loads. These data provide important insight to the effects of plant age, temperature and vector load on ‘Ca. L. solanacearum’ and its associated symptoms and strengthen the notion that ‘Ca. L. solanacearum’ is the main responsible agent for carrot witches broom in Israel.