Wang Baoqiang is a Chinese comedian well known for his bumpkin man-child characters. Whereas critics worry that the return of in Hollywood comedy signals retreat from responsibility, I will argue Wang’s roles films Lost on Journey (2010) and Thailand (2012) not only bring about laughter but also challenge neoliberal entrepreneurial subjectivity which informs norms masculinity China. Such embodi...

The unique Hamiltonian description of neuroand psycho-dynamics at the macroscopic, classical, inter-neuronal level of brain’s neural networks, and microscopic, quantum, intra-neuronal level of brain’s microtubules, is presented in the form of open Liouville equations. This implies the arrow of time in both neuroand psycho-dynamic processes and shows the existence of the formal neuro-biological ...

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Forages are the most important ingredient in a dairy cow’s ration. She is a ruminant and to be a healthy, productive cow she needs a healthy, productive rumen. High quality forages are the key to achieving a healthy rumen and a productive cow. However, because of the importance of forages in maintaining rumen health and cow performance, when deficiencies in the amount or quality of the forage i...

Corn silage represents a mixture of highly digestible, energy-dense grain and a poor quality forage (stover). The value of altering the grain to stover ratio through agronomic and harvesting strategies has been recognized for some time, however many of these practices have been applied to hybrids selected primarily for grain yield and adapted for harvest as silage. Although the feeding value of...

Stemming from the long tradition of biographical writing, cinema has communicated history by means of re-enactments of the lives of significant public figures through time (Landy 1996). It can be argued that film biographies or ‘biopics’ possess a more personal, graphic and emotional vividness as opposed to professional historians chronicling the subject’s life work (Tibbetts 2005). The musical...