NCube/papyrus huggingface dataset:
Partner behavioral responses to pain mediate the relationship between partner pain cognitions and pain outcomes in women with provoked vestibulodynia

Partner behavioral responses to pain can have a significant impact on patient pain and depression, but little is known about why partners respond in specific ways. Using a cognitive-behavioral model, the present study examined whether partner cognitions were associated with partner behavioral responses, which prior work has found to predict patient pain and depressive symptoms. Participants were 354 women with provoked vestibulodynia and their partners. Partner pain-related cognitions were assessed using the partner versions of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale and Extended Attributional Style Questionnaire, whereas their behavioral responses to pain were assessed with the Multidimensional Pain Inventory. Patient pain was measured using a numeric rating scale, and depressive symptoms were assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory–II. Path analysis was used to examine the proposed model. Partner catastrophizing and negative attributions were associated with negative partner responses, which were associated with higher patient pain. It was also found that partner pain catastrophizing was associated with solicitous partner responses, which in turn were associated with higher patient pain and depressive symptoms. The effect of partner cognitions on patient outcomes was partially mediated by partner behavioral responses. Findings highlight the importance of assessing partner cognitions, both in research and as a target for intervention.  Perspective  The present study presents a cognitive-behavioral model to partially explain how significant others' thoughts about pain have an effect on patient pain and depressive symptoms. Findings may inform cognitive-behavioral therapy for couples coping with PVD.

Keyphrases: Provoked vestibulodynia, Genital pain, Female, Cognitive-behavioral therapy, Partner responses
La littérature numérique, existe-t-elle?

This article attempts to analyze the definition of "electronic literature" as given by the Electronic Literature Organization and to understand the relationship between electronic literature and digital literature. The thesis defended here is that this change of adjective hides a change in the theoretical status of the object that it attempts to define. The definition of electronic literature once concentrated on the tools used in the production of literary works and the critical analysis concentrating on the objects produced with the aid of new technologies. The move to the adjective "digital" marks a change in perception: now, from this perspective, the challenge is no longer to study works produced thanks to computers, but to understand the new status of literature in the age of the digital. To demonstrate this thesis, the article proposes to analyze one recent literary example: the 1984 trilogy by Eric Plamondon. Cet article essaie d’analyser la définition de « littérature électronique » donnée par l’Electronic Literature Organization et de comprendre le rapport entre littérature électronique et littérature numérique. La thèse défendue ici est que ce changement d’adjectif cache un changement du statut théorique de l’objet que l’on essaie de définir. Il y a encore quelques années, la définition de la littérature électronique s’axait sur les outils utilisés pour produire les œuvres littéraires et les analyses critiques se concentraient alors sur des objets produits à l’aide de nouvelles technologies. Le passage à l’adjectif « numérique » détermine un changement de perception : désormais, on se réfère davantage à un phénomène culturel qu’aux outils technologiques et, dans cette perspective, l’enjeu n’est plus d’étudier les œuvres littéraires produites grâce à l’informatique, mais de comprendre le nouveau statut de la littérature à l’époque du numérique. Pour démontrer cette thèse, l’article propose l’analyse d’un exemple littéraire récent : la trilogie « 1984 » d’Éric Plamondon.

Keyphrases: Mayonnaise, Pomme S, Plamondon, Éric, Espace numérique, Production des contenus, Théorie de la littérature, Éric Plamondon, Hongrie-Hollywood Express, Littérature numérique, Littérature québécoise
Pour une définition du "numérique"

On ne peut pas parler d’édition numérique sans approfondir le sens du mot « numérique » lui-même. L’édition numérique fait partie d’une série complexe de pratiques qui jalonnent désormais notre quotidien. Une réflexion théorique à propos de ce mot est indispensable pour pouvoir comprendre les caractéristiques structurales des nouvelles pratiques éditoriales et leur rapport avec la dimension de plus en plus numérique de l’ensemble de notre culture. Ce chapitre a l’ambition de clarifier la signification d’un mot omniprésent dans notre langage dans le but de développer un esprit critique par rapport aux caractéristiques spécifiquement « numériques » des modèles actuels de production et de circulation des contenus.

Keyphrases: Circulation des contenus, Espace numérique, Production des contenus, Théorie des médias, Humanités numériques, Virtuel
Un autre Moyen Âge et le Moyen Âge des autres : les études médiévales vues d'Amérique

Quand des collègues et amis de la Société de Langues et de Littératures Médiévales d’Oc et d’Oïl m’ont proposé de présenter une conférence sur le Moyen Âge en Amérique du Nord, je me suis d’abord dit que je n’étais peut-être pas le mieux placé pour en illustrer la spécificité, puisque je suis un pur produit de l’enseignement supérieur français, ayant fait toutes mes études universitaires à l’université de Montpellier. Après réflexion, j’ai convenu cependant que les quinze années passées à enseigner la langue et la littérature médiévales en Amérique du Nord, plus précisément à l’université Western Ontario au Canada anglais puis, depuis 2003, à l’université de Montréal, au Québec, me donnaient sans doute une certaine perspective sur ce qui se fait actuellement dans la recherche et dans l’enseignement du Moyen Âge outre Atlantique. [Introduction]

Keyphrases: Littérature médiévale, Amérique du Nord, Histoire de la littérature, Études médiévales, Moyen Âge
Agendas in legislative decision-making

Despite the wide range of agendas used in legislative decision-making, the literature has focused almost exclusively on two stylized formats, the so-called Euro-Latin and Anglo-American agendas. As emphasized by Ordeshook and Schwartz [1987], this focus leaves a sizable gap in our understanding of the legislative process. To help address the deficiency, I first define a very broad class of agendas (called simple agendas) whose features are common among agendas used in legislative settings. I then characterize the sophisticated (Farquharson [1969]) voting outcomes implemented by agendas in this class. By establishing a clear connection between the structure of simple agendas and the outcomes associated with them, the characterization extends our understanding of legislative decision-making well beyond the very limited scope of Euro-Latin and Anglo-American agendas.

Keyphrases: Majority voting, Sophisticated voting, Agendas, Committees, Implementation
Beyond a "woman's problem" : the role of relationship processes in female genital pain

Female genital pain is a prevalent condition that can disrupt the psychosexual and relational well-being of affected women and their romantic partners. Despite the intimate context in which the pain can be elicited (i.e., during sexual intercourse), interpersonal correlates of genital pain and sexuality have not been widely studied in comparison to other psychosocial factors. This review describes several prevailing theoretical models explaining the role of the partner in female genital pain: the operant learning model, cognitive-behavioral and communal coping models, and intimacy models. The review includes a discussion of empirical research on the interpersonal and partner correlates of female genital pain and the impact of genital pain on partners’ psychosexual adjustment. Together, this research highlights a potential reciprocal interaction between both partners’ experiences of female genital pain. The direction of future theoretical, methodological, and clinical research is discussed with regard to the potential to enhance understanding of the highly interpersonal context of female genital pain

Keyphrases: Genital pain, Vulvodynia, Provoked vestibulodynia, Genito-pelvic pain, Pain, Dyspareunia, Romantic relationships, Partners, Intimacy, Attachment, Partner responses to pain, Relationship satisfaction, Empathy, Catastrophizing, Ambivalence over emotional expression, Pain self-efficacy
La modernisation navale chinoise : défense active, ambitions nouvelles et réalisme stratégique

Beijing a engagé la Chine sur la voie de la modernisation navale. Pour preuves, les acquisitions de matériels, l’augmentation du budget alloué et surtout la mise en œuvre de la stratégie dite du collier de perles des mers de Chine jusqu’au golfe Persique sont souvent évoquées. À notre avis, loin de représenter l’expression de la menace tant redoutée, la modernisation navale chinoise constitue davantage un instrument du réalisme défensif du pays qui cherche à éviter d’être déclassé et de laisser au profit des États-Unis ou d’autres concurrents régionaux l’occasion d’exercer une pression sur son développement. For quite a few years, some analyses have claimed that Beijing has committed China to a naval modernization program. Equipment acquisition, budget increase and especially the deployment of the so-called “String of Pearls” (naval bases from the East and South China Seas to the Persian Gulf) are considered proof of new Chinese ambitions. In our view, this naval modernization does not represent an imminent threat, but rather a tool of the defensive realism strategy practiced by Beijing with the national goal of avoiding naval marginalisation, thereby permitting the United States and other regional competitors to pressure Chinese development.

Keyphrases: Chine, Beijing, Modernisation navale chinoise, Stratégie politique, Chine, Beijing, Defense active
Do romantic partners' responses to entry dyspareunia affect women's experience of pain? : the roles of catastrophizing and self-efficacy

Introduction  Entry dyspareunia is a sexual health concern which affects about 21% of women in the general population. Characterized by pain provoked during vaginal penetration, introital dyspareunia has been shown by controlled studies to have a negative impact on the psychological well-being, sexual function, sexual satisfaction, and quality of life of afflicted women. Many cognitive and affective variables may influence the experience of pain and associated psychosexual problems. However, the role of the partner's cognitive responses has been studied very little.  Aim  The aim of the present study was to examine the associations between partners' catastrophizing and their perceptions of women's self-efficacy at managing pain on one side and women's pain intensity, sexual function, and sexual satisfaction on the other.  Methods  One hundred seventy-nine heterosexual couples (mean age for women = 31, SD = 10.0; mean age for men = 33, SD = 10.6) in which the woman suffered from entry dyspareunia participated in the study. Both partners completed quantitative measures. Women completed the Pain Catastrophizing Scale and the Painful Intercourse Self-Efficacy Scale. Men completed the significant-other versions of these measures.  Main Outcome Measures  Dependent measures were women's responses to (i) the Pain Numeric Visual Analog Scale; (ii) the Female Sexual Function Index; and (iii) the Global Measure of Sexual Satisfaction scale.  Results  Controlled for women's pain catastrophizing and self-efficacy, results indicate that higher levels of partner-perceived self-efficacy and lower levels of partner catastrophizing are associated with decreased pain intensity in women with entry dyspareunia, although only partner catastrophizing contributed unique variance. Partner-perceived self-efficacy and catastrophizing were not significantly associated with sexual function or satisfaction in women.  Conclusions  The findings suggest that partners' cognitive responses may influence the experience of entry dyspareunia for women, pointing toward the importance of considering the partner when treating this sexual health problem.

Keyphrases: Catastrophizing, Self-efficacy, Partner, Sexual function, Sexual satisfaction, Provoked vestibulodynia, Pain, Vulvodynia, Dyspareunia, Couple therapy, Vestibulitis, Sexual pain
Harmful or helpful : perceived solicitous and facilitative partner responses are differentially associated with pain and sexual satisfaction in women with provoked vestibulodynia

Introduction.  Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is a highly prevalent vulvovaginal pain condition that negatively affects women's emotional, sexual, and relationship well-being. Recent studies have investigated the role of interpersonal variables, including partner responses.   Aim.  We examined whether solicitous and facilitative partner responses were differentially associated with vulvovaginal pain and sexual satisfaction in women with PVD by examining each predictor while controlling for the other.   Methods.  One hundred twenty-one women (M age = 30.60, SD = 10.53) with PVD or self-reported symptoms of PVD completed the solicitous subscale of the spouse response scale of the Multidimensional Pain Inventory, and the facilitative subscale of the Spouse Response Inventory. Participants also completed measures of pain, sexual function, sexual satisfaction, trait anxiety, and avoidance of pain and sexual behaviors (referred to as “avoidance”).   Main Outcome Measures.  Dependent measures were the (i) Pain Rating Index of the McGill Pain Questionnaire with reference to pain during vaginal intercourse and (ii) Global Measure of Sexual Satisfaction Scale.   Results.  Controlling for trait anxiety and avoidance, higher solicitous partner responses were associated with higher vulvovaginal pain intensity (β = 0.20, P = 0.03), and higher facilitative partner responses were associated with lower pain intensity (β = −0.20, P = 0.04). Controlling for sexual function, trait anxiety, and avoidance, higher facilitative partner responses were associated with higher sexual satisfaction (β = 0.15, P = 0.05).   Conclusions.  Findings suggest that facilitative partner responses may aid in alleviating vulvovaginal pain and improving sexual satisfaction, whereas solicitous partner responses may contribute to greater pain.

Keyphrases: Provoked vestibulodynia, Pain, Sexual satisfaction, Partner responses, Vulvodynia
La contre-culture et le théâtre francophone

Lors d'une des dernières conférences de presse qu'il donnait à titre de premier ministre du Québec le 5 septembre 2012, Jean Charest reconnaissait candidement que ni son gouvernement ni lui n'avaient prévu l'ampleur de la mobilisation étudiante qui a perturbé tout le Québec pendant le « Printemps érable » et qui a joué dans sa défaite aux élections générales du 4 septembre. [...]

Keyphrases: Contre-culture, Création collective, Printemps érable, Théâtre québécois, Mai 68, Militantisme
Ranking by rating

Each item in a given collection is characterized by a set of possible performances. A (ranking) method is a function that assigns an ordering of the items to every performance profile. Ranking by Rating consists in evaluating each item’s performance by using an exogenous rating function, and ranking items according to their performance ratings. Any such method is separable: the ordering of two items does not depend on the performances of the remaining items. We prove that every separable method must be of the ranking-by-rating type if (i) the set of possible performances is the same for all items and the method is anonymous, or (ii) the set of performances of each item is ordered and the method is monotonic. When performances are m-dimensional vectors, a separable, continuous, anonymous, monotonic, and invariant method must rank items according to a weighted geometric mean of their performances along the m dimensions.

Keyphrases: Ranking methods, Separability
Montréal à la belle époque

Entre 1898 et 1914, Montréal constitue un centre d'activité dramatique tout à fait exceptionnel. Tant par la qualité des pièces que par le nombre de spectacles offerts, Montréal ne diffère guère des autres one week stands d'Amérique du Nord tels que Toronto, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Washington, etc. Mais, c'est en sa qualité de ville bilingue qu'elle acquiert une personnalité théâtrale particulière. [...]

Keyphrases: Institution littéraire, Histoire du théâtre, Institution théâtrale, Montréal, Théâtre québécois
« Le cyclope »

Heureuse idée que de présenter une oeuvre d'Euripide (480 à 406 avant J.-C). Les cinéastes (Jules Dassin avec « Médée » et Cacoyannis avec « Les Troyennes » et « Iphigénie ») avaient bien découvert le filon, mais les gens de théâtre l'avaient, paradoxalement, oublié. Cela se comprend. Les pièces d'Euripide souffrent mal des traductions lyrico-universitaires. Il fallait, pour remettre Euripide à jour et lui rendre sa verdeur, une personne vouée au théâtre et rompue au jeu. [...]

Keyphrases: Critique, Euripide, Jean-Pierre Ronfard, Compte rendu, Le Cyclope (oeuvre), Théâtre québécois
L'organisation du théâtre à Montréal de 1880 à 1883 : trois année cruciales

Lorsque débute la saison 1880-1881, Montréal compte 140 000 habitants, majoritairement francophones. Elle a pourtant déjà cet aspect cosmopolite des grandes villes nord-américaines avec ses quartiers ethniques, ses zones réservées, ses rues marchandes et sa place financière. [...]

Keyphrases: 19e siècle, Dix-neuvième siècle, Histoire du théâtre, Institution théâtrale, Montréal, Théâtre canadien-français, Théâtre québécois, XIXe siècle
Le splendide délire d'un soliloque à vingt voix : « Ne blâmez jamais les Bédouins (Québec) »

Quelque part dans un désert, Michaela, une cantatrice italienne, est ficelée sur une voie ferrée où vont bientôt se télescoper deux trains lancés à pleine vitesse. Les train sont expérimentaux et militaires, évidemment. On présume que le premier, Santa Claus, vient de l'Ouest puisqu'il est anglophone et que l'autre, Staline, vient de l'Est. Staline parle russe, comme il se doit. Les deux convois roulent avec la même conviction aveugle et suicidaire. [...]

Keyphrases: Absurde, René-Daniel Dubois, Théâtre québécois, Tragique, Dubois, René-Daniel, Ne blâmez jamais les Bédouins (oeuvre)
Woman and partner-perceived partner responses predict pain and sexual satisfaction in vestibulodynia couples

Introduction.  Provoked vestibulodynia (PVD) is a highly prevalent vulvovaginal pain condition that results in significant sexual dysfunction, psychological distress, and reduced quality of life. Although some intra-individual psychological factors have been associated with PVD, studies to date have neglected the interpersonal context of this condition.   Aim.  We examined whether partner responses to women's pain experience—from the perspective of both the woman and her partner—are associated with pain intensity, sexual function, and sexual satisfaction.   Methods.  One hundred ninety-one couples (M age for women = 33.28, standard deviation [SD] = 12.07, M age for men = 35.79, SD = 12.44) in which the woman suffered from PVD completed the spouse response scale of the Multidimensional Pain Inventory, assessing perceptions of partners' responses to the pain. Women with PVD also completed measures of pain, sexual function, sexual satisfaction, depression, and dyadic adjustment.   Main Outcome Measures.  Dependent measures were women's responses to: (i) a horizontal analog scale assessing the intensity of their pain during intercourse; (ii) the Female Sexual Function Index; and (iii) the Global Measure of Sexual Satisfaction Scale.   Results.  Controlling for depression, higher solicitous partner responses were associated with higher levels of women's vulvovaginal pain intensity. This association was significant for partner-perceived responses (β = 0.29, P < 0.001) and for woman-perceived partner responses (β = 0.16, P = 0.04). After controlling for sexual function and dyadic adjustment, woman-perceived greater solicitous partner responses (β = 0.16, P = 0.02) predicted greater sexual satisfaction. Partner-perceived responses did not predict women's sexual satisfaction. Partner responses were not associated with women's sexual function.   Conclusions.  Findings support the integration of dyadic processes in the conceptualization and treatment of PVD by suggesting that partner responses to pain affect pain intensity and sexual satisfaction in affected women.

Keyphrases: Provoked vestibulodynia, Dyspareunia, Pain, Sexual satisfaction, Partner responses, Vulvodynia
Relationship satisfaction moderates the associations between male partner responses and depression in women with vulvodynia : a dyadic daily experience study

Vulvodynia is a prevalent vulvovaginal pain condition that interferes with women’s psychological health. Given the central role of sexuality and relationships in vulvodynia, relationship satisfaction may be an important moderator of daily partner responses to this pain and associated negative sequelae, such as depression. Sixty-nine women (M age = 28.12 years, SD = 6.68) with vulvodynia and their cohabiting partners (M age = 29.67 years, SD = 8.10) reported their daily relationship satisfaction, and male partner responses on sexual intercourse days (M = 3.74, SD = 2.47) over 8 weeks. Women also reported their depressive symptoms. Relationship satisfaction on the preceding day moderated the associations between partner responses and women’s depressive symptoms in several significant ways: (1) On days after women reported higher relationship satisfaction than usual, their perception of greater facilitative male partner responses was associated with their decreased depression; (2) on days after women reported lower relationship satisfaction than usual, their perception of greater negative male partner responses was associated with their increased depression; (3) on days after men reported higher relationship satisfaction than usual, their self-reported higher negative responses were associated with decreased women’s depression, and higher solicitous responses were associated with increased women’s depression, whereas (4) on days after men reported lower relationship satisfaction than usual, their self-reported higher negative responses were related to increased women’s depression, and higher solicitous responses were associated with decreased women’s depression. Targeting partner responses and relationship satisfaction may enhance the quality of interventions aimed at reducing depression in women with vulvodynia.

Keyphrases: Partner responses, Vulvodynia, Relationship satisfaction, Depression, Daily experience methodology
Mémoire et appropriation : essai sur la mémoire théâtrale au Québec

S'il est un thème omniprésent (je dirais volontiers obsessionnel) dans l'histoire théâtrale du Québec, c'est bien celui de l'appropriation et, plus globalement, de la propriété. Cette obsession n'est en fait qu'une quête vitale, la quête de l'identité. Dans l'histoire de notre théâtre, quête de l'identité et appropriation vont nécessairement de pair, car le théâtre d'ici fut d'abord un théâtre d'ailleurs: de Paris, de Londres, de Broadway. [...]

Keyphrases: Identité, Institution théâtrale, Mémoire, Quête identitaire, Théâtre québécois, Histoire du théâtre
Compte rendu : "Le burlesque québécois et américain" de Chantal Hébert

En 1981, Chantal Hébert consacrait un premier ouvrage au théâtre burlesque du Québec. Il s'agissait d'une version modifiée de son mémoire de maîtrise. Elle y révélait l'apport et l'importance du burlesque dans l'histoire théâtrale locale. Dans « Le burlesque québécois et américain », que viennent de publier les Presses de l'Université Laval et qui est sa thèse de doctorat, Chantal Hébert nous entraîne dans la dramaturgie burlesque en nous proposant une analyse comparée d'oeuvres québécoises et américaines caractéristiques de ce genre populaire. [...]

Keyphrases: Chantal Hébert, Féminisme, Théâtre américain, Théâtre burlesque, Théâtre québécois, Hébert, Chantal, Histoire du théâtre, Compte rendu