Joyce’s Perceptive Analysis of the Paralysed City

Joyce once bragged that if Dublin were to be destroyed by some catastrophe, it could be rebuilt brick by brick, using his works. Without a doubt, the city's streets, landmarks and denizens inhabit Joyce's mammoth works, in such a scrupulous, honest approach that Dublin appears transformed into a living personality. He also remarked that his sole intention was to write a chapter of the moral history of his country and he chose Dublin for the scene because that city seemed to him the centre of paralysis. His other expressive quote goes: “When I die Dublin will be written in my heart”. Thus, he did not attempt to describe the beauty of his own city like any other writer but eyed on the spiritual liberation of his country citizens. This essay critically examines Joyce’s knack of creating and inspecting the panorama of city Dublin in all the aforementioned aspects. Keywords: Paralysis, Dublin, City, Streets, Nativity

Plasma treatment in textile industry

Plasma technology applied to textiles is a dry, environmentally- and worker-friendly method to achieve surface alteration without modifying the bulk properties of different materials. In particular, atmospheric non-thermal plasmas are suited because most textile materials are heat sensitive polymers and applicable in a continuous processes. In the last years plasma technology has become a very active, high growth research field, assuming a great importance among all available material surface modifications in textile industry. The main objective of this review is to provide a critical update on the current state of art relating plasma technologies applied to textile industryFernando Oliveira (SFRH/BD/65254/2009) acknowledges Fundacao para a Cioncia e Tecnologia, Portugal, for its doctoral grant financial support. Andrea Zille (C2011-UMINHO-2C2T-01) acknowledges funding from Programa Compromisso para a Cioncia 2008, Portugal

Tools and Strategies for Engaging the Supervisor in Technology-Supported Work-Based Learning, Evaluation Research

This study reports the results of the formative evaluations of two computer-supported tools and the associated strategies for their use. Tools and strategies embedded in web-based courses can increase a supervisor’s involvement in helping employees transfer learning onto the workplace. Issues relating to characteristics of the tools and strategies as well as factors influencing their likelihood of use are identified via summaries of the two evaluation studies

A review on antitumor action of amygdalin on various types of cancers

Cancer can be described as the abnormal cell division which is uncontrolled and involves the destruction of neighbour cells and tissues. This condition is significantly holds up a fact that 18 million fresh cases were detected during 2018 and the prevalence rate of cancer within 0 to 74 years is 20.2%. WHO stated that 9.6 million deaths worldwide occur by this disease. A complete cure for cancer has not been found yet but in recent years researches are made in the development of site-specific drugs with low cytotoxic effect with high specificity. However, amygdalin which belongs to the nitroside group has a standout feature for the presence of cyanide in it, this cyanide involves in the decomposition of carcinogenic substances and ultimately leads to the blocking of the nutrient source to the tumor cells which inhibits further growth of cancer cells leading to the cancer cell apoptosis. Amygdalin is extensively used in various diseases such as bronchitis, nausea, leprosy, asthma, etc but recently the antitumor property was evident in a large number of in-vitro studies in various types of cancer such as breast, renal, bladder, cervical, prostate by inhibiting the growth of tumor cells, apoptosis, and reducing metastasis of tumor cells. During this review, we look upon the role of amygdalin in a range of diseases and mainly focused on the treatment of various types of cancers.</jats:p