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This chapter consists of brief and critical introduction to the study, and firstly it introduces the novelist, secondly, the brief background of the study, major characters, plot and themes of novel.
1.1 Introduction to Burnt Shadows Novel
Kamaila Shamsie, one of the well known literary figures of present time is very much famous for the production of great literary pieces. She wrote a number of novels .Her novels are vastly read and praised for their excellence and theme, her novels mostly depicts and presents themes related to the civilization, culture and history of her mother land and sub-continent on whole .she is found mostly talking about theme of love and war. Burnt Shadows is one of her best literary creations which is completely authentic, complex, breath-stopping was published on 10 October 2009.This is a historical novel consists of three parts presenting different time spans and different settings talking about the stories of two families .The whole story revolve around a Japanese young protagonist Hireko Tania who lives in Nagasaki quite happily along with her family. Her happiness is doubled with the deep love affair between her and her German fianc?? Konrad weiss with whom she is going to get married very soon .August 9,1945 was a very unlucky morning for her as Atom Bomb was thrown on her mother land Nagasaki Which brought destructions, deaths, tears,sepration and disasters and it took away every near person and dear things from her .It snatches away her all joys and gifts her tears and irremovable loss. Hiroko is now the one of the survivors of Nagasaki bombing which left three crane shaped spot on her back, is now left with only one choice to forget everything and give a new beginning to her life .She does so but her misries seems infinite she keeps on changing homes, cities and countries in the search her identity and place but her untiring journey starts from Nagasaki and ends at New York, with her oldhooh.
Chapter 2
Literature Review
2.1: What is Feminism?
Feminism is a theory or set of beliefs that aims at establishing women equality with men on political, social and economical as well as moral and ethical ground. The terms "feminism" and "feminist" become very much common and well known after 1970s, Katherine Hepburn believes that feminism was started in 1942.During these years so many other movements also came into being which mostly focused the rights of human .Feminism asserts to form and build equality among men and women in every platform and every walk of life. It struggles to give justice to women who are living under the dominance of male and are considered as inferior sex .They must not be dealt in this way male and female are naturally equal ,so to consider them inferior is a injustice. To solve all these problems of women and provide them equality in every aspect and every walk of life feministic concepts are established.
2.2: Three waves of feminism
Feminism has been divided into three categories by some feminist and great literary figures, the famous three waves of feminism are: 1. First Wave (1848 to 1920) 2. Second Wave (1960 to 1980) 3. Third wave (1990 to continued) Feminism has a long history as its history tells us that this movement took a huge span of time to become famous and earn name and place in literature. Generally it is believed that it went through major stages which are now a day's known as THREE WAVES OF FEMINISM based on slight differences in believes related to the rights of woman in society. In early time women were considered as inferior in every field .they had no right to vote or to take any decision .they were not given any share from property and rather treated as inferior and less important human creature. Those uncountable and unavoidable problems give birth to Feminism. Rebbeca, Chafetz and Dwarkin, and Pateman were famous feminist of that era they jointly divided feminism in three stages and named such change as THREE WAVES OF FEMINISM.
First-wave feminism: This movement started from 1848 and ended till 1920.Followers of this movement believed that women must be given equality ,they have their own existence so they must be treated equal living being .They should be given place, status and equality.
Second- wave feminism: This movement started from early 1960 and ended to late 1980.It was wider in its scope than the previous one .It generated a set of believes that equality is basic right of women but the need more than it. In all walks of life and in every aspect they must be given their own place and name.
Third wave feminism :it was launched on 1990 and its is still being accepted and practiced .It was more general in its scope than the previous one. It also talked about the rights of middle class women as well. This movement was not only about the rights of upper class women but it also talked about the basic rights of women of middle class in various areas and various societies It generally believed that women are born equal to men so they must be treated not just as equal in means of existence but they must be allowed to make their own identity and they must be left free to make their own name in this society.
2.3 Post-colonial Feminism
English literature has been raised and praised worldwide through out many decades .During late 19th century post colonial literature started to be produced .It soon earned a lot of name .Post colonial literature talked about universal themes like war, love etc. Among these themes feminism also got highlighting place in many mater pieces of post colonial literature. Post colonialist have tried to keep on highlighting these themes further in their future writings .Post colonial feminism, like western feminism talks about women sufferings, miseries of women belonging to various backgrounds and races. They have made efforts to change the westernized concept of feminism, as we see Bapsi Sidhwa says in one of her interview says that women are no more lesser & unimportant so they should not be treated as useless and valueless ,due to such reasons the image of Pakistan is not good and she is considered as fundamentalist but now not only the men but women are also playing their role to form and build a new and better image of Pakistan in the eyes of Europe in particular and the world in general. This is how she has been playing a vital role as strong believer and preacher of feminism in current times. Her concept varies little bit from the westernized concept of feminism .As we see it believes that women is a universal group they possess the right of social equality and gender justice must be done .Such concepts are similar to third world feminism which originates from equal internal ideologies and socio cultural aspects .Post colonial feminism varies little bit from the some bold and key features of modern feminism .Comparatively the women of Pakistan in general and sub-continent in particular is in more worst and, subjugate condition in comparison of the women of the well developed countries .But they are not lagging behind in terms of having less abilities rather they have been provided with least opportunities ,postcolonial is junction of Such views on the whole .
2.4: Kamila Shamise as Feminist Writer
Literature is no doubt a reflection of what we have in our mind and in our surroundings & society .A writer is possibly believed as the presenter and painter of all the happenings, customs, cultures, history and civilization of any society to which he or she belongs. In Pakistan the number of well known Pakistani female writers is countable on finger tips, but among the content of those names we do find the name of Kamila Shamise. Kamaila shamise is a well known Pakistani novelist with a vast literary background. No doubt she is professional writer who got huge encouragement from her family. Her writings have presented a very positive image of Pakistani women
She has written so many books like salt and saffron, Broken Verses where women are given an important role, mostly being protagonist of Shamsie's novels. Kamila shamise is no doubt very much well versed at the art of characterization and this is just because of her keen observation of the women of her society .
Her women are presented with entire new look .Her ladies are very much active and energetic. As we see in Burnt shadows Hiroko is found as very strong lady with plenty of positivity and huge boldness .She faces every hardship with the same strength and courage , at no place she is found ready to give up. In this way Kamila shamise has proved her excellence as a genius feminist writer.
2.5 Feministic Perspective in Burnt Shadows
Burnt shadows are excellently written by Kamila Shamise. She depicts an unmatchable panoramic vision of later half of 20th century .The story begins with the horrifying picture of atomic bomb dropping in Nagasaki and its worst impacts and damage on the protagonist character of this novel .No doubt Kamaila shamise is an outstanding writer, she earned lot of fame especially for writing worth reading novels .In the same way Burnt Shadows bears excellence. Munro's characters are very much realistic and original .In comparison to her male characters her female characters are more active and worth appreciating .In Burnt shadows women characters are presented as very much progressive adapetative and realistic .Her females are more strong and they bears very strong moral and ethical characters and emotional strength than the male characters of the novel. The female characters are presented and painted in such a way that it remains quite easy for any reader to believe on them that these type of women characters can really exist in real life. The Novel Burnt Shadows is a story about its major character Hiroko Tania .Her character is very much original and real enough to believe in .Her character is flexible and who always believe in keep on moving ahead, this s because of her positivity that despite of the occurrence of huge tragic incident like the dropping of atomic bomb and facing the disaster caused by it digesting the worst damage gifted by it .But she gives her life another chance that she moves to India and accepts Sajjid's love and marries him but her sufferings seems un end able as she has to leave Delhi coz of chaos and anarchy caused by Pak-India partition, later she loses her son Raza and moves to New York .If we see and analyze the character of Elizabeth ,her character is also realistic which symbolically represents all the women victim in the male dominated society. She is a common wife living under the complete dominance and working under the finger tips of her husband James Burton. She is very much sad and gloomy deep inside but even though she fulfills all the due duties & responsibilities of a wife very well. She never demands or complaint for equality rather always tries to present herself a happy aristocratic modern wife. Chapter 3 3.1 Research Question Q1: Kamila Shamise an eminent female Pakistani writer has depicted some secondary female characters as inactive feminist .Justify? Q2: How much it is true that, Kamila Shamise has presented two sides of one coin by presenting some of women character as less or anti-feminist 'like Elizabeth Burton and some as active feminist like Hiroko?
Justification to the study:
Active Feminist VS Anti-Feminist
Kamila shamise has presented the image of women very positive clear, conclusive confident, decisive, specific & affirmative .In her writings women is always given an important role, especial place. A burnt shadow is very much feminist texts which explore the feminine psyche of the women characters. Hiroko, who is the protagonist character & her very psyche, is depicted very well by the novelist throughout the novel. Though she faces number of tragedies throughout her life but even then she remains positive and optimist No where she is observed as spreading negativity .As a individual she is a strong character and firm believer of Feminism. She at no cost considers herself inferior in terms of sex or gender .neither she wants other women to consider their self as low or less important creature. On other hand, Elizabeth Burton who is apparently introduced as modern aristocrat wife living quite happily with her husband but actually its wise versa .She acts to look happy under the dominance of her conservative and narrow-minded husband But in reality she remains unhappy and gloomy deep inside .she curse her such condition inside her heart but never dares rather never wants to share her problems with other not even Hiroko. But when Hiroko with her intelligence notice it she tries to convince Elizabeth being an active Feminist but she rejects her sympathies by giving the proof loyalty with her husband .Her husband is very narrow minded person .In this way Shamise has presented two contrasting aspects of feminism by depicting some characters as Active Feminist & some anti- Feminist .
Chapter 4
4.1 Feminism in Burnt Shadows in the light of textual references
Burnt shadows can b easily called a feminist novel as it presents psycho analysis of women's experiences throughout their lives .The female characters of this novel are portrayed as bold & optimist. They fall but they get up, again they fall but they again get up with same strength and same strong will power and courage .we see at many places women characters encounters many hardships and sufferings but they face those situations with huge confidence and courage .The Female characters of burnt shadows are self reliant, optimist, positive and they bear strong will power which is always unbreakable and immortal even at most difficult times. The novelist has presented a very positive character of women in her writings by depicting women psychology with depth, the novel is about a gril Hirko Tanka she faces so many tragedies caused by some strong reasons. She losses everything which is dear to her and the bitterness of such feelings always remains unforgettable till her last breath ,but despite of that she never gives up ,always come up with very affirmative behavior. Kamila shamise has presented the image of women very positive clear ,conclusive confident ,decisive, specific & affirmative .In her writings women is always given an important role ,especial place and Burnt shadows are feminist texts which explore the feminine psyche of the women characters. Hiroko, who is the protagonist character in Burnt shadows her very psyche, is depicted very well by the novelist throughout the novel. Munro's writings have presented a very positive image of Pakistani women Hiroko,is the protagonist character in Burnt shadows her very psyche, is depicted very well by the novelist throughout the novel .Novelist has portrayed her characters as bold and very much progressive in society. We see at many places women characters encounters many hardships and sufferings but they face those situations with huge confidence and courage. Female characters of burnt shadows are self reliant, optimist, positive and they bear strong will power .The novelist has presented the women psychology with depth, the novel talks about so tragedies caused by world wars and its worst effects on the minds of so many unlucky survivor who survived but nothing else left for them to live for .The novelist has presented a very positive character of women in this novel. Kamila Shamsie's novel is indeed depiction of world wars effects and there are many characters in the novel which are presented as a victim as we have the character of Ms.Tanika who keeps on changing her country in order to forget bitter past and have mental peace.
The whole story revolve around a Japanese young protagonist Hiroko Tania who lives in Nagasaki quite happily along with her family. Her happiness is doubled with the deep love affair between her and her German fianc?? Konrad weiss with whom she is going to get married very soon .August 9 ,1945 was a very unlucky morning for her as Atom Bomb was thrown on her mother land Nagasaki Which brought destructions, deaths, tears,sepration and disasters and it took away every near person and dear things from her .It snatches away her all joys and gifts her tears and irremovable loss. Hiroko is now the one of the survivors of Nagasaki bombing which left three crane shaped spot on her back, is now left with only one choice to forget everything and give a new beginning to her life .She does so but her misries seems infinite she keeps on changing homes, cities and countries in the search her identity and place but her untiring journey starts from Nagasaki and ends at New York, with her oldhooh.
In these novel women characters are presented as very much positive and believer of not giving up at any cast as we find such traits in the protagonist character of this novel. She bears strong will power and always remains positive. She loses everything during the dropping of atomic bomb in Nagasaki but yet she wants to give her life a new begging and leaves her land and goes to Delhi (INDIA) There she meets and Elizabeth Burton, and her conservative and narrow-minded husband James Burton .Elizabeth is found victim as she lives under the complete dominance and influence of her husband but she faces everything quietly .when James come to know that Hiroko as come all alone to Delhi He passes negative remakes about her journey. James bears a negative mind with lot of negative thoughts. He seems having a very less respect for women rather he consider women as a inferior sex in every respect and in every regards Elizabeth is also found very typical wife ,& she always seems in position of 'YES boss"futher it can be easily understood from these lines taken from novel Burnt shadows:
'So much for those demure Japanese women of all the stories she'd heard. Here was one who would squeeze the sun in her fist if she ever got the chance; yes, and tilt her head back to swallow its liquid light. At what point, Elizabeth wondered, had she started to believe there was virtue in living a constrained life? She clicked her heels against the floor in impatience at herself. Virtue really had nothing to do with it'
Elizabeth is found as a sitting duck and victim as she keeps on accepting all the indifferences and injustices gifted by her husband .Apparently she tries to presents herself as a modern aristocratic lady who all the time shows her due concerns and sincerities for her husband for her Husband James Burton . Kim ,the granddaughter of Hiroko also bears a passive characters she lacks the power of decision making and boldness.Symbolcially these both female characters shows women as a victim in English society.Elzibeth is found inactive and reluctant to raise her voice against the violence and oppressions faced by her .She seems to consider hardships and happenings as her destiny .When Hiroko meets her ,and comes to know about her domestic problems she tries hard to get her ride with her on the same boat but it seems useless. Though later she accepts her ideology about the existence and importance being women but still remains reluctant to practically act on her suggestions.
This novel is often called as global as in one story we see the culture, civilization of many different countries like Japan, Germany, Britain, Afghanistan, Pakistan & America. Her characters keeps on moving from one place to other often to forget bitter past or to get better future or get mental peace. But they seems fail to get what they really want in the way they really wanted. At many places we find Hiroko goes under the affect of Nostalgia, though she remains very progressive and flexible, when ever she leaves any country to move to other she soon maintains herself accordingly
But the bitter memory of her personal and tragedical loss always remains with her. She expresses her feelings with her friend Elizabeth in this way as she says:
'Do you see those flowers on the hillside Ilse? I want to know their names in Japanese. I want to hear Japanese'I want to look like the people around me'I want the doors to slide open instead of swinging open. I want all those things that never meant anything, that still wouldn't mean anything if I hadn't lost them. You see, I know that. I know that but it doesn't stop me from wanting them'
Her tone expresses her deep love for her mother land .Her love for her country seems increasing with time She seems gloomy deep inside but still she never thinks to give up, Despite of those unforgettable bitter past memories but yet she believes on moving ahead. When she moves to America in later years of her life she remains eager to learn English language and maintains her spirit of learning new things with new morning.
Hroko is found a firm believer of feminism .she never accepts social & sexual indifferences neither for herself nor for others.Shamise's heroine is very much realistic ho never turns her face away from the realities of her life .She faces them all alone with a huge belief on herself .She never consider herself as helpless, always remains active, bold and ties to find mental peace and keeps on struggling to build her own identity. Without any doubt Shamsie has painted all the colures and feminist traits in her character. Her character seems very much inspiring for other girls of her time own today's time as well to follow & copy the level of her boldness and intensity of her will power.In the same way at many places the traces of feminism can be found.
Chapter -5
To sum up the above mentioned discussion Burnt shadows no doubt is the feminist study where the novelist has presented the very feminine psyche of women characters in her novel .Keeping in view all the above mentioned texts Burnt shadows can easily called a Feminist novel .Novelist has presented her female character as very positive and very much optimist who despite the occurrence of great tragedies they face all problem, hardships sufferings and miseries with huge brevity and lot of confidence .As we see Hiroko who loses her house ,her near ones ,her fianc?? and her mother city Nagasaki. But still remains steadfast firm and hopeful. She never thinks to give up .Her strong will power helps to keep on moving further in her life .She changes many places, cites and countries but till the end her fight with her own sufferings till end but never give up .This novel gives us a positive teachings, huge optimism courage and strong will power which are very much important for any women to face all kinds of problems.
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That works until the timeout hits, then the camera just snaps to where it wants to be. I need to be able to get this functionality: psuedocode: DeviceCam.setTarget( Vec3( 0, 1, 0 ) ); and have the camera look in that direction as soon as the app starts up and any movements after that are all based off of that direction. With setTimeout, the camera is looking in that direction until the timeout is done, then it snaps to where the device orientation thinks it's looking. Basically, I need to be able to set the initial direction for the DeviceOrientationCamera and not have the input manager change it to something drastically different as soon as I attach control. I have this scene: http://client.elementxcreative.com/bjs/DeviceOrientation/index.html I have exported it from unity with the camera facing the set of 4 cubes, though when you load the game in various different phone orientations it's looking at various different sets of cubes. ( FYI, there are 4 sets of cubes: 1 cube, 2 cubes, 3 cubes, and 4 cubes ). I need it to always look at the 4 boxes when I load the scene, no matter my orientation.
Hello, I'm trying to use a Device Orientation Camera for a game. I want it to be looking in a specific direction in the game every time you start the game, regardless of your real world rotation. But whenever I start the game, the camera immediately rotates to where I'm looking in the real world instead of starting up looking in my starting direction. I know this must be pretty confusing, but hopefully someone can understand it and help me out. Thanks
Video Texture keeps loading mp4 when looping
tbgeorge posted a topic in Questions & AnswersHey, I'm working with video textures and I just noticed that they continue reloading themselves whenever they finish so they can loop. Is this a bug/is there a way to fix this? I was using this playground link and got the results in the attached image: http://www.babylonjs-playground.com/#CHQ4T#1 -Thanks
Starting angle for particles emitted from an emitter
tbgeorge posted a topic in Questions & AnswersHi, so I have this scene and I've tried to hack together a way to change the angle of each particle though there is still one frame occasionally that it shows up at angle = 0. Here's a link to my playground scene: http://www.babylonjs-playground.com/#1PO0WU#10 Would it be possible to set a starting angle for particles to come out of the emitter at? Such as: particleSystem.startingAngle = #; Thanks
Export shadow darkness from unity
tbgeorge posted a topic in Questions & AnswersHey I'm trying to get the light intensity in unity to export with my scene. I tried to add _darkness as an exported variable but the SceneLoader doesn't seem to load it in. -Thanks
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tbgeorge posted a topic in Questions & Answers******* EDIT ******* This isn't happening in the nightly build, though the mesh does not show up anymore if I freeze the material Hey, I'm trying to freeze most of the materials in my scene that shouldn't change right at the beginning of the app. This error happens when I freeze the material used by an instanced mesh. I can freeze all other materials just fine. As soon as the instanced mesh comes into view of the camera I get this error: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'index' of undefined -- babylon.max.nightly.js:6297 Engine.updateAndBindInstancesBuffer @ babylon.max.nightly.js:6297 Mesh._renderWithInstances @ babylon.max.nightly.js:17952 Mesh._processRendering @ babylon.max.nightly.js:17960 Mesh.render @ babylon.max.nightly.js:18027 SubMesh.render @ babylon.max.nightly.js:19514 RenderingGroup.render @ babylon.max.nightly.js:14289 RenderingManager.render @ babylon.max.nightly.js:14221 Scene._renderForCamera @ babylon.max.nightly.js:15991 Scene._processSubCameras @ babylon.max.nightly.js:16033 Scene.render @ babylon.max.nightly.js:16186 (anonymous function) @ main.js:76 Engine._renderLoop @ babylon.max.nightly.js:5995Is it possible to freeze a material used by an instanced mesh? -Thanks
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tbgeorge replied to tbgeorge's topic in Questions & AnswersWell, that shouldn't be the issue here, unless I'm understanding you incorrectly, because if you look at line 59-65, I'm assigning the loaded meshes the same material I assigned to the Babylon created planes ( which is casting shadows correctly ). What I'm confused about is how they are using the exact same material, though their shadows are still different.
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tbgeorge posted a topic in Questions & AnswersHi, I'm trying to load a scene that has meshes with transparent textures on them (leaves). Though when I have those meshes cast shadows, it ignores the transparency and the shadow is incorrect. But when I do it with code, it seems to work as intended. Here is a link to my babylon playground: http://www.babylonjs-playground.com/#1JA4FW#5 Also, I was having a weird issue with the texture even causing shadows to cast at all, my solution was to put a single black pixel in the upper left and lower left corners of the texture and this caused shadows to show up. Any help is appreciated. Thanks
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I've figured it out. I had this code in the scene.executeWhenReady function and for some reason that was causing problems: scene.materials.forEach( function( mat ) { mat.freeze(); }); I moved it to a render loop that stops itself and it now works fine. Inside scene.executeWhenReady() : engine.runRenderLoop( freezeMaterials ); The 'freezeMaterials' function: function freezeMaterials() { scene.materials.forEach( function( mat ) { mat.freeze(); }); scene.getEngine().stopRenderLoop(freezeMaterials); }
Hi, I'm trying to get the prefab instances to export correctly, and when they export, the .babylon file seems correct though if I have a material on the prefab at all (even the default material) I get an error when loading the scene. This is the error: "Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'index' of undefined babylon.max.nightly.js:6297" Which leads to this section of code: Engine.prototype.updateAndBindInstancesBuffer = function (instancesBuffer, data, offsetLocations) { this._gl.bindBuffer(this._gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, instancesBuffer); if (data) { this._gl.bufferSubData(this._gl.ARRAY_BUFFER, 0, data); } if (offsetLocations[0].index !== undefined) { // this is the line in question var stride = 0; for (var i = 0; i < offsetLocations.length; i++) { var ai = offsetLocations[i]; stride += ai.attributeSize * 4; } for (var i = 0; i < offsetLocations.length; i++) { var ai = offsetLocations[i]; this._gl.enableVertexAttribArray(ai.index); this._gl.vertexAttribPointer(ai.index, ai.attributeSize, ai.attribyteType || this._gl.FLOAT, ai.normalized || false, stride, ai.offset); this._caps.instancedArrays.vertexAttribDivisorANGLE(ai.index, 1); } } else { for (var index = 0; index < 4; index++) { var offsetLocation = offsetLocations[index]; this._gl.enableVertexAttribArray(offsetLocation); this._gl.vertexAttribPointer(offsetLocation, 4, this._gl.FLOAT, false, 64, index * 16); this._caps.instancedArrays.vertexAttribDivisorANGLE(offsetLocation, 1); } } }; This is not the current nightly build, but it is fairly recent, probably a week or two old. Any ideas? I can post more info/code if needed.
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tbgeorge posted a topic in Questions & AnswersHey all, I'm trying to get the rotation of a DeviceOrientationCamera in the same way I get it from a FreeCamera by saying var camera = new BABYLON.FreeCamera("freeCam", BABYLON.Vector3.Zero(), scene); // var camera = new BABYLON.DeviceOrientationCamera("deviceCam", BABYLON.Vector3.Zero(), scene); var rot = camera.rotation; but this doesn't work. If I move the FreeCamera around with my mouse, the rotation is updated and constantly changing while I'm moving the mouse, but the DeviceOrientationCamera doesn't update the rotation variable when I view it on my cell phone. Is there a different way to get the camera's rotation that I'm missing?
Ok great, glad it's not just me. I ended up just using an event listener for 'mousemove' and adding up rotations and applying them on update.
BUMP... I've been trying stuff for hours and have gotten nowhere. engine.switchFullscreen(true) ... does nothing engine.isPointerLock = true ... does nothing I can only get the camera to react to the mouse movement without having to left click if I say attachControl(canvas) when the pointer lock is disabled. Obviously this is not the functionality I need. I've looked at several tutorials that do it such as this: http://p215008.mittwaldserver.info/Maze/ But as far as I can tell, I'm doing nothing different when it comes to controls/camera. I did try to manually adjust the camera rotation via an event listener on "mousemove" which worked when the pointer was locked, but it isn't as smooth as the built-in camera controls and also causes some issues with my HUD. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Problem with Pointer Lock
tbgeorge posted a topic in Questions & AnswersHello all, I'm trying to get a basic fps camera into my scene, but nothing I do to enable control when the pointer is locked seems to work. I can get the pointer to lock no problem, but when it is locked and hidden, it doesn't rotate the camera, but after I lock it and unlock it once, it moves the camera when it is not locked. Does anyone have any suggestions on this? I'm using the standard Pointer Lock API and using the camera.attachControl(canvas) and camera.detachControl(canvas) function calls. The problem is illustrated here http://www.babylonjs-playground.com/#219IXL#0 After locking and unlocking the pointer once, the camera will follow the mouse without having to click. I need this to happen when the pointer IS locked.
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When Your BEST FRIEND Dates Your EX!To do this, you should first disclose your new relationship to your ex-partner and set boundaries. You should then focus on fostering a positive relationship with the best friend so all your hard work is worth it. Categories: Getting a Date. There are 10 references cited in this article, which can be found at the bottom of the page. Make sure your feelings for the best friend are real. Though you may be wrapped up in emotion right now, you should pause and consider how deep your feelings are for the best friend.
'Can I date my ex-boyfriend's best friend?'
The problem could occur once you start hanging out your ex and the new guy. When enough time passes things won't be weird, but if it is the friend will hopefully be smart enough to keep you guys apart.
Ex-Boyfriends and Ex-Girlfriends. +5. One of my used-to-be-closest friends is meeting my ex. How should I deal with this? 10, Views · How should I deal with my ex dating my other ex whom I'm very close friends with?. Q: What are the rules for dating your ex-boyfriends pal? pCoy Couplep . Ideally, the guy isn't your ex's best friend. If he is, be prepared for. When my boyfriend and I broke up we stayed friends. He quickly met someone else, who he's happy with, and I like. We hang out with a bigger.
Best case scenario, the guy is more of a casual acquaintance who doesn't want to spend a ton of time with one of your exes. Hopefully the new guy won't be put in a situation of having to decide between you and your ex, but if that does happens, fingers crossed it comes out in your favor.
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When you do start dating, definitely try to avoid hanging out with your ex early on. Let the relationship breathe and build without his influence. If the guy spends time with your ex without you, do not ask him how your ex is doing.
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Particularly in bed. Did your ex get upset, or was he cool with the situation? More from guyspeak. How do I date someone within my ex's circle of friends? My boyfriend's best friend hit on me!
Not only is that his best friend, but he massively betrayed him. Despite that, the new couple have a short-lived relationship with Joey's blessing. How to Date Your Ex's Best Friend. Dating your ex-partner's best friend can feel like a tricky situation, as you do not want to upset your ex-partner. If you have. 9 signs you probably shouldn't date your friend's ex trying to decide whether or not dating someone your friend has dated is a good idea.
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Share this article via facebook Share this article via twitter. Avoid comparing the best friend to your ex. To create a healthy relationship with the best friend, you should avoid comparisons between the best friend and your ex. Your relationship is not a competition and the best friend has different qualities than your ex.
Open Letter to My Best Friend Dating My Ex-Boyfriend
Comparing the best friend and your ex will just lead to conflict and tension in your new relationship. Maybe he tends to plan more intimate dates at home, and your ex would go all out with an expensive dinner for date night.
Rather than compare the two, focus on the positives of each approach. Then, remind yourself that you are with the best friend because he does things differently and offers different things than your ex did. Trash talking your ex, in front of the best friend or with other friends, will only create more tension between your ex and the best friend.
Your hurtful words about your ex may make your new partner upset. This could then lead to tension and conflict between the two of you. Allow the best friend to spend time with your ex.
For the sake of your new relationship, you should try to be okay with your new partner spending time with your old partner. Your new partner may also miss spending time with his best friend, despite the circumstances.
You should encourage them to spend time together so it does not seem like you are trying to be controlling or selfish in the relationship.
Making an effort to spend time together as a group can help to normalize the situation and allow your ex to get used to your new relationship. Be respectful of your ex's feelings at social events. If you still share mutual friends with your ex, you and your new partner will eventually end up at social events where your ex is present.
When and if this happens, you should try to be respectful towards your ex's feelings and be considerate of your ex when you are around him with the best friend.
This may mean not showing too much physical affection with the best friend when you are around your ex, such as holding hands, kissing, or cuddling together. Displays of affection could make your ex uncomfortable or upset, especially if you recently broke up and are now seeing his best friend. You should also try to be inclusive of your ex, especially if your ex and his best friend are still close.
This may mean including your ex in social get togethers with other friends or being okay if your ex hangs out with you and the best friend. Over time, the situation should normalize and hopefully your ex will get used to your relationship with the best friend.
Image result for best friend dating my ex quotes. boyfriend's friends girl code My boyfriend isnt a piece of shit Boyfriend Rules. Boyfriend RulesYour. Open Letter to My Best Friend Dating My Ex-Boyfriend when I think of best friends is someone who dates the man-child who took advantage. It's even worse when your ex and a current friend decide to date. If conversations about your ex gives you negative emotions, it's best to avoid conversations.
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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) are established first-line pharmacological treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), while antipsychotics are used as an augmentation strategy for SSRI in OCD patients who have either no response or a partial response to SSRI treatment. The goal of the present study was to identify genetic variants and pathways that are associated with the long-term clinical response of OCD patients to SSRI or SSRI with antipsychotics.
We first performed a genome-wide association study of 96 OCD patients to examine genetic variants contributing to the response to SSRI or SSRI with antipsychotics. Subsequently, we conducted pathway-based analyses by using Improved Gene Set Enrichment Analysis for Genome-wide Association Study (i-GSEA4GWAS) to examine the combined effects of genetic variants on the clinical response in OCD.
While we failed to detect specific genetic variants associated with clinical responses to SSRI or to SSRI with an atypical antipsychotic at genome-wide levels of significance, we identified 8 enriched pathways for the SSRI treatment response and 5 enriched pathways for the treatment response to SSRI with an antipsychotic medication. Notably, the calcium signaling pathway was identified in both treatment responses.
Citation: Umehara H, Numata S, Tajima A, Nishi A, Nakataki M, Imoto I, et al. (2016) Calcium Signaling Pathway Is Associated with the Long-Term Clinical Response to Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI) and SSRI with Antipsychotics in Patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. PLoS ONE 11(6): e0157232. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157232
Editor: Kenji Hashimoto, Chiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, JAPAN
Received: January 11, 2016; Accepted: May 26, 2016; Published: June 9, 2016
Copyright: © 2016 Umehara et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Data Availability: We deposited genome-wide association study data to the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) of the National Center for Biotechnology Information under the accession number GSE76611. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE76611).
Funding: This work was supported in part by Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST (TO)(http://www.jst.go.jp/), Japan Agency for Medical Research and development, AMED (TO)(http://www.amed.go.jp/), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (No. 90346594) (SS)(https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-grants/), and Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (No. 15k19734) (HU) (https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-grants/).
Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a neuropsychiatric disorder that occurs in approximately 2% of the population, and is characterized by repetitive, persistent, intrusive thoughts and repetitive, compulsive behaviors [1]. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are the most common first-line treatment for OCD [2], and antipsychotics have been proposed as augmenting agents in OCD patients who have either no response or a partial response to SSRI treatment. However, how to use antipsychotic drugs, such as the choice, optimal dose, and duration, has not been still established [3,4,5,6]. However, because of the variability in treatment response among OCD patients, and because several weeks are needed to reveal the efficacy of medications, the identification of biomarkers that predict treatment responses would enhance treatment outcomes in these individuals. While previous pharmacogenomics studies have focused on candidate biomarker genes, such as BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor), COMT (catechol-O-methyltransferase), CYP2D6 (cytochrome P450, family 2, subfamily D, polypeptide 6), and SLC6A4 [solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter), member 4], the results of these analyses have been inconsistent [7].
Genome-wide association study (GWAS) is an approach to examine the association between the particular trait and hundreds of thousands of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) across the genomes in different individuals at the same time, and have identified many genetic locus association with many complex diseases [8].
To date, only one GWAS has examined treatment responses to serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) in OCD patients [9]. Notably, this group identified single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), rs17162912, which is near the DISP1 gene, associated with SRI treatment responses at genome-wide level of significance. In the current study, we aimed to further these findings by identifying genetic variants contributing to the response to SSRI or SSRI combined with antipsychotics, via GWAS analysis of 96 OCD patients.
Materials and Methods
Ninety-six OCD patients were recruited from Tokushima University Hospital in Japan, as described in detail in a separate study [10]. All subjects who participated in this study were of Japanese origin, and 10 subjects had not taken any psychotropic drugs. Diagnoses of OCD were made according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) criteria by at least 2 expert psychiatrists. Clinical symptoms were evaluated at baseline and at the end of treatment using the Yale Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS). The mean follow up duration of this study was 13.1 ± 8.1 month. During the follow up period of this study, all patients had taken medications without psychotherapy treatments. After treatment, patients were divided into three groups according to their pharmacological response: group A was comprised of patients that exhibited >35% reduction in Y-BOCS scores after treatment with a high dose of SSRI (fluvoxamine 200mg-300mg, paroxetine 40mg-60mg, sertraline 150mg-200mg, or escitalopram 20mg), while group B was comprised of patients that had either no response or a partial response to SSRI treatment and exhibited a >35% reduction in Y-BOCS scores after one low-dose antipsychotic augmentation treatment (risperidone 0.25mg-3mg, olanzapine 2.5mg-10mg, quetiapine 100mg, perospirone 4mg-8mg, or aripiprazole 3mg-24mg) combined with SSRI. The remaining patients, who responded neither to SSRI treatment nor to SSRI treatment combined with antipsychotic augmentation comprised group C. The institutional ethics committee of the University of Tokushima Graduate School approved the current study and all subjects signed written, informed consent forms.
Genotyping and Quality Control
A total of 695,789 SNPs were genotyped for each subjects using the Illumina HumanOmniExpress-24v1-0 BeadChip according to the manufacturer's instructions(Illumina, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA). Quality control was conducted using PLINK v1.07 software. SNPs with call rates < 95%, minor allele frequencies < 5%, and Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium test P-values < 10−6 were excluded from the subsequent association analysis. Individuals with excessive missing genotypes, sex discrepancies, and cryptic duplicates were removed. After quality control, a total of 505,934 SNPs from 93 individuals (46 males and 47 females) were subjected to further analysis. We deposited genome-wide association study data to the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) of the National Center for Biotechnology Information under the accession number GSE76611.
Statistical Analyses
To evaluate the effect of each SNP on the clinical response to SSRI (group A vs. group B plus C) or to SSRI combined with antipsychotics (group B vs. group C), logistic regression analysis was performed using PLINK v1.07 software, with adjustments for the following covariates: sex, age, onset age, and Y-BOCS baseline score. Pathway-based analyses were conducted using i-GSEA4GWAS v2 (http://gesa4gwas-v2.psycho.ac.cn/), a web server designed to enable functional analysis of SNPs in trait-associated pathways identified by GWAS [11], using the SNPs and P-values obtained from our GWAS. i-GSEA4GWAS employs SNP label permutation to correct gene variation to reduce the bias due to different genes with different number of mapped SNPs. This correction ensures to identify gene sets consisting of non-random high-association genes with biological plausibility instead of random high-association genes with large numbers of mapped SNPs [12]. This analysis has been applied in many studies [13,14,15,16,17]. The parameters used for i-GSEA4GWAS v2 analysis were as follow: SNPs were mapped to the nearest genes within their 20 kilobases (kb) upstream/downstream; the gene set/pathway databases were from KEGG (http://www/genome.jp/kegg/) and BioCarta (http://www.biocarta.com); and only gene sets/pathways comprising at least 20 and at most 200 genes were examined. A false discovery rate (FDR) correction of 0.05 was applied for multiple testing. The pathways/gene sets with FDR < 0.25 is regarded as 'possible`or `hypothesis`, while the threshold of FDR < 0.05 is regarded as 'high confidence`or 'with statistical significance`in this analysis [12].
After quality control, a total of 93 patients were divided into three groups according to their pharmacological responses. Specifically, groups A, B, and C were comprised of, 56, 23, and 17 patients, respectively. The clinical characteristics of the patients in each group are summarized in Table 1. No significant differences in gender, age, onset age, or duration of illness was observed among the three groups. However, significant differences were observed among the groups in Y-BOCS scores at baseline and at the end of the treatment.
Genome-wide Association Study
After quality control, a total of 505,934 SNPs were examined in the present pharmacogenomics study. Of these, 178 were nominally associated with the SSRI treatment response, and one was nominally associated with the treatment response to SSRI in combination with an antipsychotic medication (P < 1.0 × 10−3). However, none of these SNPs exhibited genome-wide levels of significance (P < 5 × 10−8). The 10 SNPs exhibiting the strongest associations with each treatment response are shown Table 2, and a list of SNPs with P values < 1.0 x 10−3 is included in supplement file (S1 Table). Notably, rs6557479, which is located near the ARID1B (AT-rich interactive domain 1B) gene, was among the 10 SNPs with the strongest associations with SSRI treatment response. ARID1B encodes a DNA binding subunit of the Brahma-associated factor chromatin remodeling complex, which plays a key role in the regulation of gene activity and neurodevelopment [18], and mutations in this gene have been associated with autism, intellectual disability, and developmental delay [19,20,21].
Meanwhile, the SNP that exhibited the strongest association with the response to SSRI combination with antipsychotic medication was rs3812398, which is located in the CHN2 (chimerin 2; P = 8.9 × 10−4) gene. CHN2, which is expressed in a variety of human tissues but is expressed at the highest levels in the brain, is GTPase-activating protein that plays an important role in the establishment of functional brain circuitry by controlling axon pruning [22]. Mutations in this gene have been associated with schizophrenia and atypical psychosis [23,24].
Pathway Analysis
Table 3 lists the significantly enriched pathways for each treatment response. Eight pathways were identified from the results of the GWAS for the SSRI treatment response, while 5 pathways were identified from the results of the GWAS for the treatment response to SSRI in combination with an antipsychotic medication (FDR values < 0.05). Among these pathways, the calcium signaling pathway was significantly enriched in both treatment responses.
While we identified suggestive 178 SNPs that had significant associations with long-term clinical responses to SSRI in OCD patients, none of the associations exhibited the genome-wide levels of significance. To reveal combined effects of SNPs on SSRI response, we conducted a pathway-based analysis using our GWAS data and identified eight pathways associated with treatment responses. Of these, the FCER1 pathway, the Fc epsilon RI signaling pathway, the T cell receptor (TCR) signaling pathway, and the TCR pathway were associated with immune system function. Consistent with our findings, previous studies have linked immune system dysfunctions, such as alterations in cytokine productione, with OCD [25,26]. Moreover, SSRIs have been shown to exert immunological effects, such as reduced lymphocyte proliferation, alterations in cytokine secretion, and induction of apoptosis [27]. The axon guidance exhibited the strongest association with the response to SSRI treatment in OCD patients. In previous studies, microRNA target genes have been enriched in several pathways during SSRI treatment, including axon guidance [28]. The calcium signaling pathway was also exhibited significant association with the response to SSRI treatment in OCD patients. Ca2+ signaling is an important intracellular signal that modulates many different cellular functions, including the central nervous system [29]. SSRIs affect Ca2+ signaling through the regulation of intracellular Ca2+ concentrations, and thereby modulate cell proliferation, immune system function, and gene transcription, as well as exocytosis at synapses in several cell types, including neurons, astrocytes, microglia, platelets, and lymphocytes [30,31,32].
To date, one GWAS has examined treatment responses to SRIs in OCD patients [9]. However, none of the 42 SNPs identified by Qin and colleagues that exhibited significant associations (P < 10−4) with SRI responses in OCD patients were among the 178 SNPs that exhibited nominal associations with SSRI response (P < 10−3) in the present study. These inconsistent results between studies might be due to differences in sample size (93 vs. 804), antidepressant drug treatment (SSRI vs. SRI, including serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, and a tricyclic antidepressant), dosages used for treatment, treatment duration (13.1 ± 8.1 months vs. lack of detailed information), and/or to differences in the methods used for evaluation and definition of treatment responses (Y-BOCS scores vs. self-report).
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first GWAS to examine genetic variants contributing to the response of OCD patients to SSRI combined with antipsychotic therapy. Here, we identified one suggestive SNP that showed a significant association with patient responses to such treatment; however, the link between this SNP and patient outcomes did not reach the genome-wide level of significance. We subsequently detected five pathways that were significantly enriched in this treatment group. Of these, the calcium signaling pathway exhibited the strongest association with patient responses to SSRI combined with antipsychotic therapy. Notably, this pathway was also associated with the response to SSRI treatment in OCD patients. Consistent with these findings, previous studies have suggested that antipsychotics target microglial intracellular Ca2+ signaling [33], and that the combined SSRI-antipsychotic treatment exerts selective effects on components of the calcium cascade in prefrontal cortex of rat and human peripheral mononuclear cells [34,35].
There are several limitations to the present study. First, the sample size was limited to enable the detection of small effects of genetic variants on treatment responses, and we failed to detect specific genetic variants associated with clinical responses at genome-wide levels of significance (P < 5 × 10−8) although we revealed several enriched pathways (FDR < 0.05). Further studies using a large cohort will therefore be necessary to confirm our findings. Second, the patients that comprised our cohort were treated in a naturalistic clinical course, and were treated with a variety of medications. As such, studies using patients who are taking a single antidepressant are needed. Finally, clinical characteristics of the patients in each pharmacological response group might affect our results although logistic regression analysis was performed to examine the effect of SNP on the clinical response with adjustments for sex, age, onset age, and Y-BOCS baseline score.
In conclusion, we have identified several pathways that may contribute to the response of OCD patients to SSRI and/or SSRI combined with antipsychotic treatments. Of these, several were associated with cellular mechanisms known to be affected by SSRIs or antipsychotics. Our results provide novel insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying clinical response variability to SSRI and SSRI with antipsychotics in OCD patients.
Supporting Information
S1 Table. Association results of GWAS for the SSRI treatment response in OCD (P values < 1.0 x 10−3).
The authors would like to thank all the volunteers who understood our study purpose and participated in this study, and the physicians who helped us to collect clinical data and blood samples at the mental hospitals. The authors would also like to thank Mrs. Akemi Okada for her technical assistance.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SN TO. Performed the experiments: HU AT AN. Analyzed the data: HU AT II. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HU MN SS. Wrote the paper: HU SN.
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