Janus-Faced Madness in Bessie Head’s A Question of Power

janus-faced madness in bessie head’s a question of power

this paper is an attempt to discuss the concept of madness and its differentcauses and functions in bessie head’s semiautobiographical novel a question ofpower. it aims to explore the multifaceted insanity of elizabeth the exiled coloredprotagonist in terms of different theories. we will see how once a devastatingtrauma turns out to be a habilitating schizophrenia. head challenges the readers’n...

A Question of Madness

The Janus Faced

This paper briefl y discusses the history of the standard information retrieval evaluation criteria, measures and methods, and why they are unsuitable for the evaluation of interactive information retrieval. A new framework for evaluation of interactive information retrieval is proposed, based on the criterion of usefulness.

Janus-faced role of SIRT1 in tumorigenesis

Silent mating type information regulation 1 (Sirtuin 1; SIRT1) has been reported to regulate various physiological events, such as aging and metabolism, via deacetylation of histone and nonhistone proteins. Notably, cumulative evidence supports the notion that SIRT1 has a Janus-faced role in tumorigenesis. SIRT1 contributes to anti-inflammation, genomic stability, and cancer cell death, and hen...

Hungary : The Janus - faced Success

This paper offers a broad overview of the Hungarian development strategy over the past two decades. Combining historical and functional analysis, some major strengths and weaknesses are identified, with special emphasis on the country’s open-door policies and the role played by the European Union. The paper investigates why the impetus of institutional and financial integration was lost by abou...

CD40-CD40L: a Janus-faced interaction.

The common denominator of arterial diseases is inflammation. Co-stimulatory molecules are essential to propagate and modulate immune reactions and thus the inflammatory response (1). In diseases such as atherosclerosis and restenosis, the co-stimulatory CD40-CD40L dyad plays a pivotal role. However, both CD40 and CD40L have Janus-faced properties. In the majority of studies, genetic or pharmaco...