Montreal as a Multicultural Urban Setting in Recent English-Language Fiction from Quebec (David Homel and Gail Scott)

Judit Molnár(Judit Molnár ) 한국캐나다학회 2014 Asia-Pacific Journal of Canadian Studies (APJCS) Vol.20 No.2

The cultural, political and territorial ambiance of Quebec after the Quiet revolution, since the 1970s has considerably changed. A new generation of writers have emerged on the literary scene who continue to write in English in the officially French province of Canada. My intention is to compare two representative city novels: David Homel’s Midway (2010), and Gail Scott’s The Obituary (2010). I focus on the different representations of the same phenomeon: Homel’s experience of “multiplicity” is in sharp contrast to Scott’s sceptical portrayal of the multicultural and multiethnic reality of Montreal. The novels testify that more realities exist in the city.This is unambigously manisfest in the city’s soundscape, a fully integrated part of urban space; therefore, the protagonists’ language awareness, their altering attitude towards the city’s cacophony is also under scrutiny in the paper. The characters are poistioned differently, and the authors employ different writing techinques, too. In one case it is more traditional and linear (Homel), and in the other case it is experimental, fragmentated (Scott). By drawing comparisons, I intend to show that it is possible to embrace the diversity that characterizes urban existence in Montreal in more than one way.

Metaphors of Acculturation in Contemporary Korean Canadian Short Fiction

Judit Nagy(Judit Nagy ) 한국캐나다학회 2012 Asia-Pacific Journal of Canadian Studies (APJCS) Vol.18 No.1·2

K-pop’s Art of Attention: Canadian Repercussions of the Korean Wave in Music

Judit Nagy(Judit Nagy ) 한국캐나다학회 2014 Asia-Pacific Journal of Canadian Studies (APJCS) Vol.20 No.2

The aim of the study is to examine the extent of influence the Korean wave, and within the category, K-pop has exerted on Canadian audiences. Employing transculturation theories, synthesizing socio-cultural information, and using concrete examples as illustration, the study will propose reasons for K-pop’s popularity among Canadians. It will be demonstrated that the essential hybridity of the genre, cultural policy making, Canada-bound Korean immigration, international student and tourism demographics, young Canadians’ presence in Korea as exchange students, academics or EFL teachers and the popularity of social media are all influential factors in making K-pop thrive on Canadian soil.

Part 3. Management Education : International Communication Traps in Management Practice and Education

( Judit Hidasi ) 연세대학교 동서문제연구원 1995 East and West Studies Series Vol.34 No.-

Images of Storm in Melville`s Moby-Dick

( Judit Nagy ) 서울대학교 미국학연구소 2012 미국학 Vol.35 No.1

Apart from revealing a rich repository of Romantic and Transcendentalist elements, Melville`s oeuvre testifies to some Modern and even Post-modern traits, which makes him a forerunner of his time. Not only does his multiple and versatile use of storm images in Moby-Dick illustrate the Romantic and Transcendental cultural context of the novel, it also provides evidence of its precocious Modernity and latent Post-modernity through the realized psychological and philosophical storm image exponents. With a view to verifying the above premise, the article provides a detailed analysis of the seven centers around which images of storm group in the novel: the tempestuous winds of the Euroclydon, ekphrastic storms, Father Mapple`s moral storms, the theoretical storms of The Lee Shore, storms occurring during the Pequod`s voyage, Ahab`s stormy character, and finally, the antagonism of storm and calm.

Are frailty scales better than anesthesia or surgical scales to determine risk in cardiac surgery?

Judit Kovacs,Liviu Moraru,Krisztina Antal,Adrian Cioc,Septimiu Voidazan,Attila Szabo 대한마취통증의학회 2017 Korean Journal of Anesthesiology Vol.70 No.2

Background: In the last year there has been an increasing interest for using frailty scales for risk stratification of elderly patients undergoing major surgery. We planned to compare two frailty scales with risk scales already used in cardiac surgery, to study which of these scores have better prognostic value predicting postoperative outcome in open heart surgery. Methods: We conducted a prospective clinical trial, including 57 patients over 65 years. We calculated Cardiac Anesthesia Risk Evaluation score, EuroScore II, Clinical Frailty Scale, Edmonton Frail Scale for each patient and followed the postoperative complications, length of mechanical ventilation, length of stay in the intensive care unit and hospital, and in-hospital death related to these risk and frailty scores. Results: Postoperative complications occurred in 25 patients (43.9%), while four patients (7%) died with multiple organ failure. All scales had low predictability for postoperative complications, but for length of mechanical ventilation we obtained positive correlations with EuroScore II, Edmonton Frail Scale and Clinical Frailty Scale. EuroScore II can also predict the length of stay in the intensive care unit. For postoperative deaths, the highest sensitivity had EuroScore II, followed by Clinical Frailty Scale and Edmonton Frail Scale. Conclusions: EuroScore II and the frailty scales have an increased prognostic value regarding the postoperative outcome of patients (length of mechanical ventilation and in-hospital mortality), the EuroScore II can predict the length of stay in the intensive care unit as well.

A Time to Fast, a Time to Feast: The Crosstalk between Metabolism and the Circadian Clock

Judit Kovac,Jana Husse,Henrik Oster 한국분자세포생물학회 2009 Molecules and cells Vol.28 No.2

The cyclic environmental conditions brought about by the 24 h rotation of the earth have allowed the evolution of endogenous circadian clocks that control the temporal alignment of behaviour and physiology, including the uptake and processing of nutrients. Both metabolic and circadian regulatory systems are built upon a complex feedback network connecting centres of the central nervous system and different peripheral tissues. Emerging evidence suggests that circadian clock function is closely linked to metabolic homeostasis and that rhythm disruption can contribute to the development of metabolic disease. At the same time, metabolic processes feed back into the circadian clock, affecting clock gene expression and timing of behaviour. In this review, we summarize the experimental evidence for this bimodal interaction, with a focus on the molecular mechanisms mediating this exchange, and outline the implications for clock-based and metabolic diseases.

달팽이

Judit Grafel 현대건축사 2001 월간 CONCEPT Vol.- No.33

Comparison of the rheological and diffusion properties of some gelling agents and blends and their effects on shoot multiplication

Dobranszki, Judit,Magyar-Tabori, Katalin,Tombacz, Etelka The Korean Society of Plant Biotechnology 2011 Plant biotechnology reports Vol.5 No.4

The rheological and diffusion properties of blends of agar/guar gum, agar/Phytagel and Phytagel/guar gum were analysed and compared to those properties of agar or Phytagel applied alone at two different gelling concentrations. Moreover, their effects on the shoot multiplication of the apple scion Galaxy and two black locust clones (SF63, SF82) were studied, and their cost benefits over agar were calculated. Elastic hydrogel formation was demonstrated for each blend by rheological measurements, but the gel strength depended on the types and concentrations of the applied gelling agents and blends. Guar gum was able to speed the diffusion in the different blends, and diffusion was independent of gel strength. The rate of shoot multiplication increased (to 8.9 shoots per explant) and the percent of hyperhydrated shoots decreased (to 12%) when the blend of agar/guar gum was used for the shoot multiplication of apple. Similarly, the highest multiplication rates of black locust clones (between 3.9 and 4.1) were obtained on media solidified by blends containing guar gum. The best shoot performance with the lowest percent of hyperhydrated shoots (11-12% in SF63 and 2-23% in SF82) was achieved using agar alone or the agar/guar gum blend. The shoot multiplication was improved of both species and the production cost was reduced by 42% by using the agar/guar gum blend.

Genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationship of Angus herds in Hungary and analyses of their production traits

Márton Judit,Szabó Ferenc,Zsolnai Attila,Anton István 아세아·태평양축산학회 2024 Animal Bioscience Vol.37 No.2

Objective: This study aims to investigate the genetic structure and characteristics of the Angus cattle population in Hungary. The survey was performed with the assistance of the Hungarian Hereford, Angus, Galloway Association (HHAGA). Methods: Genetic parameters of 1,369 animals from 16 Angus herds were analyzed using the genotyping results of 12 microsatellite markers with the aid of PowerMarker, Genalex, GDA-NT2021, and STRUCTURE software. Genotyping of DNA was performed using an automated genetic analyzer. Based on pairwise identity by state values of animals, the Python networkx 2.3 library was used for network analysis of the breed and to identify the central animals. Results: The observed numbers of alleles on the 12 loci under investigation ranged from 11 to 18. The average effective number of alleles was 3.201. The overall expected heterozygosity was 0.659 and the observed heterozygosity was 0.710. Four groups were detected among the 16 Angus herds. The breeders’ information validated the grouping results and facilitated the comparison of birth weight, age at first calving, number of calves born and productive lifespan data between the four groups, revealing significant differences. We identified the central animals/herd of the Angus population in Hungary. The match of our group descriptions with the phenotypic data provided by the breeders further underscores the value of cooperation between breeders and researchers. Conclusion: The observation that significant differences in the measured traits occurred among the identified groups paves the way to further enhancement of breeding efficiency. Our findings have the potential to aid the development of new breeding strategies and help breeders keep the Angus populations in Hungary under genetic supervision. Based on our results the efficient use of an upcoming genomic selection can, in some cases, significantly improve birth weight, age at first calving, number of calves born and the productive lifespan of animals.