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L'accueil de la crise et le récit d'épilepsie
Authors: Polard André
Published: November 2013

1880 : Hughlings Jackson et la fin du Falling Sickness . L’épilepsie entre dans le « royaume de la neurologie », abandonnant le concept plus large qui la représentait. Ce dernier gardait en effet une place à l’épilepsie profane : celle du Sujet, qui ne soit pas réduite au patient. Tel est le point de départ de cet article qui présente une conception de l’accueil de la crise et surtout étudie les particularités du Récit d’épilepsie dans sa dimension subjonctive et ses linéaments déroutants, mais pourtant à prendre en compte. Il n’est nullement question ici de psychologiser, mais d’entendre dans toute sa dimension cette phrase capitale pour nous de Caelius Aurélien, « l’épilepsie saisit également les sens et l’esprit », et d’aller vers une conception de l’épilepsie plus large que beaucoup appellent de leur vœux, comme en témoignent les récits ici présentés.
Plus qu'une épilepsie, une maladie : le syndrome de Dravet
Authors: Dravet Charlotte
Published: November 2013

Le syndrome de Dravet est une maladie, d’origine génétique, due à une mutation sur le gène scn 1 a , le plus souvent de novo . Les crises épileptiques commencent avant 1 an, chez des nourrissons sans antécédents pathologiques et apparemment normaux jusque-là. Les crises sont polymorphes (crises convulsives généralisées ou unilatérales, crises focales, absences, myoclonies), fréquentes et difficilement contrôlables par le traitement. Par la suite, elles s’associent à un déficit cognitif, des troubles du comportement et des troubles moteurs. La maladie évolue dans le temps mais persiste à l’âge adulte. Les enfants deviendront, dans la plupart des cas, des adultes avec déficit cognitif et difficultés motrices, les rendant plus ou moins dépendants. Une prise en charge précoce est donc nécessaire, médicale, psychologique, rééducative, sociale, devant aussi prendre en compte le soutien aux parents et à la fratrie.
Avons-nous bien entendu ? Vous avez dit « épilepsie » ?
Authors: Clément Marie-Christine
Published: November 2013

Malgré les nombreux progrès réalisés dans la connaissance et les traitements de cette maladie, la survenue d’une épilepsie chez un jeune enfant et l’annonce de ce diagnostic à ses parents peuvent avoir des répercussions importantes sur sa construction psychique, à la fois du fait des troubles neurologiques et neuropsychologiques qui lui sont associés, et du fait des perturbations des interactions précoces parents-enfant qu’elle induit. Peur des crises et angoisse de mort, peur des conséquences sur le cerveau, secret et honte risquent de majorer les difficultés et de perturber le fonctionnement familial. Une bonne connaissance des différents aspects de cette pathologie complexe doit permettre aux professionnels concernés d’accompagner de façon adaptée l’enfant tout au long de son parcours personnel affectif, social, scolaire, et d’aider sa famille à retrouver un équilibre au fil du temps.
Le pédopsychiatre, la transdisciplinarité et les soins d'enfants atteints d'épilepsie grave en CAMSP
Authors: Lisack-Schwindenhammer Élisabeth , Hu-Berteaud Laure
Published: November 2013

Cet article s’appuie sur des situations cliniques de suivi en camsp d’enfants atteints d’épilepsie grave : il s’agit de montrer l’importance d’un travail de lien dont le pédopsychiatre doit être garant, pour permettre une prise en charge globale et adaptée aux besoins de l’enfant et de sa famille (parents et fratrie), tant sur le plan organique que psychique.
Accueillir un enfant atteint d'épilepsie en structure d'accueil petite enfance
Authors: Brioir Judicaëlle
Published: November 2013

Accueillir un jeune enfant atteint d’épilepsie en structure d’accueil collectif relève du droit à l’accès aux services ordinaires dont peut bénéficier tout enfant dans notre société. Pour autant, l’accueil de l’enfant atteint d’épilepsie complexe n’est pas si simple, y compris dans les structures ayant particulièrement travaillé l’accueil des enfants en situation de handicap depuis de nombreuses années. Nombre de craintes, peurs, fantasmes persistent face aux manifestations épileptiques et l’accueil de l’enfant qui en est atteint soulève maints questionnements qui trouveront des pistes de réponse dans la rencontre au quotidien avec l’enfant, un travail d’équipe et les échanges en confiance entre les acteurs concernés (parents et professionnels).
Moving Beyond the One-Shot for Professional Development
Authors: Blakesley Elizabeth
Published: November 2013

Conference presentations and vendor demonstrations are valuable, and these options often seem more economical as well. However, the benefits that can be gained for an individual and the institution from attending an intensive institute cannot be underestimated. Among the benefits of an intensive institute are gaining more in-depth knowledge about the topic, learning and collaborating more through the extended schedule, greatly enhanced opportunities for networking and learning from peers, and taking part in a learning community. This chapter will discuss these benefits and others. Just as research shows that semester-long courses can be more effective for developing information literacy skills than one-shot library instruction sessions, intensive institutes can provide a much richer professional development opportunity than an hour-long conference presentation. For adult learners, this type of environment can be much more valuable for short-term and long-term benefits.
Providing Professional Development Opportunities to Staff in Tough Economic Times
Authors: Sacco Kathleen L.
Published: November 2013

Libraries today have been feeling budget crunches due to decreases in funds and increases in materials costs and salaries of their employees. There are also pressures on libraries of all types to respond to new technologies and modes of knowledge acquisition. Because of these constant changes, library staff and administrators must work together to develop comprehensive, sustainable training programs that benefit both employees and the library as a whole. Administrators can foster this by developing their libraries into learning organizations. This chapter will outline how library administration can keep costs in check while providing a vibrant professional development program for their employees.
Benefits of Internal Professional Development for Academic Librarians
Authors: Tomlinson Carissa
Published: November 2013

While often overlooked, there are many benefits of in-house professional development programs for academic librarians. This is especially true as the roles of academic librarians continue to evolve and change. This chapter argues that internal professional development not only helps academic librarians share their varied skills, tools, and practices with institutional colleagues, but also improves employee morale, collegiality, and organizational culture. Additionally, by structuring an internal professional development program using a peer-learning model, librarians gain a sense of community while seeing value in each librarian’s individual knowledge. Also, peer learning can be a mechanism for institutional knowledge management and the transfer of institutional memory through intergenerational and cross job function learning. In addition to exploring the evolving nature of the academic librarian and the importance of professional development as peer learning in the context of the local institution, this chapter will describe in detail one university library’s internal professional development program for librarians.
Contrasting Professional Development and Continuing Education Opportunities for Library Professionals
Authors: Bradshaw Agnes K.
Published: November 2013

By design or not, most librarians restrict their professional organization involvement to professional librarian organizations. Limiting professional involvement to only library related organizations will not provide the depth of professional knowledge that today’s librarian needs to have in order to keep up with the requirements of the profession. Library budgets and funding have been slashed due to economic downturns, and patrons are turning to libraries for assistance with a variety of concerns that libraries did not have to address in previous times. Reaching beyond the scope of the profession, librarians can broaden their knowledge base and use that broader knowledge base to benefit their patrons and communities.
Professional Development Opportunities Provided by Consortia
Authors: Robinson Tami Echavarria
Published: November 2013

Continuing education for librarians and library staff is a need all libraries must consider for the effective professional development of their human resources and the functioning of their libraries. Similar concerns regarding the needs and barriers to obtaining ongoing continuing education are found across different types of libraries and in different regions of the country. Although studied separately and in different regions of the country, among concerns of library school media specialists documented in studies, results are similar to those revealed in a survey of Inland Northwest Library Council (INCOL) librarians in public, academic, and special libraries. Consortia offering continuing education are not well documented in the literature, but examples that exist reveal a feasible, collaborative, effective resource as a means to provide for these needs in member libraries. The history of these consortia is not only important as a means of documentation of their existence, but more so of their value and usefulness proven over a long time period. INCOL, in the Inland Northwest region of the Pacific Northwest of the United States, is a model of such a consortium that continues to be relevant after more than 30 years of offering ongoing continuing education to its constituency.
Adult Learners Online
Authors: Morris Adam A. , Miller Michael T.
Published: November 2013

The current chapter describes how adult learners of different cultures experience and respond to online learning, and what different instructional strategies and personnel in higher education can do to develop an appropriately delivered online experience. Adult learners approach formal education differently than younger children (Olsen & Clark, 1977), namely the utilitarian functions of education and the application of learning to personal experiences, and personal needs are paramount to the learning experience (Peters & Associates, 1980). This foundation has a limited element of cultural differentiation and is complicated by using one-size-fits all online courses. Instructors, administrators, and instructional designers must all collaborate to re-think and re-build the effective online course experience: an experience with a hallmark of flexibility and diversified instructional techniques. Effective cultural responsiveness can greatly improve adult learning and potentially respond to a unique group of learner motivations.
Understanding Online Cultural Learning Styles and Academic Performance of Management Students in an Ethnic Context
Authors: Bokhari Syed Raza Ali , Panhwar Iqbal Ahmed
Published: November 2013

This study utilizes Structural Equation Modeling with maximum likelihood discrepancy function to examine the relationship among various cultural dimensions and multicultural learning styles, and subsequently the impact thereof on student academic performance. 210 MBA students who enrolled in an online class were examined. The hypothetical model integrated proven learning styles and cultural theories. While Kolb’s Learning Styles Inventory (LSI) version 3.1 captured attributes of learning style preferences, the Cultural Dimensions of Learning Framework questionnaire developed by Parrish and Linder-VanBerschot (2010) captured cultural preferences. Three structural models (epistemological beliefs, social beliefs, and temporal perceptions dimension of culture) were analyzed. It was found that epistemological beliefs and temporal perceptions dimensions of culture exhibited a positive relationship with multicultural learning styles; the social relationship dimension showed negative relationship, while total effect on student academic performance across was relatively similar across all models.
Cross-Cultural Challenges in the Design and Delivery of Online Language Programs
Authors: Iraki Frederick Kang’ethe
Published: November 2013

Whether online, offline, hybrid, distant, or even e-learning, recent developments in technology all over the world have changed the way learning and teaching is designed and delivered. Recently, some university consortia in the US announced that they would be offering large-scale online degree courses, for free. Irrespective of the repercussions of such an initiative, it seems very likely that the future of higher education will be online courses. In recognition of this reality, universities are providing continuous professional development to their faculty, particularly in the area of online teaching and learning. But the challenges are not only technical but cultural too. This chapter discusses the general requirements and challenges (both technical and cultural) that face a designer of an online or hybrid language program that is communicative, interactive, exciting, motivating and engaging for students. More specifically, the chapter details the road travelled by the author in designing and delivering a hybrid Intermediate 2 Swahili program in spring 2013 to American students at American University in Washington DC. The technical, technological, and cultural issues encountered by both the lecturer and the students are reviewed in the chapter.
Best Practices of Teaching Cross-Cultural Adults in Online Format
Authors: Hagler Barbara
Published: November 2013

Online learning is on the increase, as is the teaching of cross-cultural adults. Best practices of teaching cross-cultural adults in the online format are presented and discussed in this chapter. Online learning benefits are also discussed. Online learning needs to be regularly evaluated to ensure learning is actually taking place. Suggestions relating to the evaluation of online learning are presented. Additional references are included for further reading opportunities related to the best practices of teaching cross-cultural adults in the online format.
Homofobie en heteroseksisme
Authors: Le Roux Mark , Dreyer Yolanda
Published: November 2013

Homophobia and heterosexism. The article investigated phenomena such as fear, aversion and hatred as a result of heterosexism and homophobia. This is done from three angles. The first is that of the individual relationship with the Other. The second is a reflection on prejudice concerning homosexuality in the context of a cultural, social and religious environments. Perceptions with regard to sexuality and power are the result of social constructions. These two perceptions influence relationships. The third angle concerns individual reactions to fear as emotion and affect. The article considered a contra discourse to redress aversion and hatred. It argued that a shift should take place from being a perpetrator to being tolerant and from being a victim to becoming an agent of hope.
Ethics of prayer and work in 1 and 2 Thessalonians
Authors: Loba-Mkole Jean-Claude
Published: November 2013

This article raises the question of the balance between prayer and work. This topic is discussed through an intercultural approach of Paul’s recommendation about praying and working without ceasing (1 Th 1:9; 3:10). The main hypothesis postulates that constant prayer and work are associated with the concepts of thanksgiving (words of the εὐχαριστ-lemma) and exemplarity. It is argued that Pauline recommendations about praying and working without ceasing prove to be supported not only by an original biblical culture, but also by a church culture as well as a currently emerging African culture.
Inner strategies of coping with operational work amongst SAPS officers
Authors: Gumani Masefako A. , Fourie Mattheus E. , Terre Blanche Martin J.
Published: November 2013

Orientation: Identification of the inner coping strategies used by South African Police Service (SAPS) officers who do operational work is something the SAPS should consider to ensure the officers’ management of trauma and efficiency at work.Research purpose: The objective of this study was to describe inner coping strategies used by officers in the Vhembe district (South Africa) to reconstruct stressful and traumatic experiences at work.Motivation for the study: Most studies on coping amongst SAPS officers focus on organisational stress and not on the impact of the officers’ operational work.Research design, approach and method: An exploratory design was used and 20 SAPS officers were selected through purposive sampling. In-depth face-to-face and telephone interviews, as well as diaries were used to collect data, which were analysed using content thematic data analysis.Main findings: The results showed that the main categories of coping strategies that led to management of the impact of operational work amongst the selected sample were centred around problem-focused and emotion-focused strategies, with some use of reappraisal and minimal use of avoidance. Considering the context of the officers’ work, the list of dimensions of inner coping strategies amongst SAPS officers should be extended.Practical/managerial implications: Intervention programmes designed for the SAPS, including critical incident stress debriefing, should take the operational officers’ inner strategies into account to improve the management of the impact of their work.Contribution/value-add: This study contributes to the body of knowledge on the inner coping strategies amongst SAPS officers, with special reference to operational work in a specific setting.
As teses de abril de 2011 sobre educação, consciência de classe e estratégia revolucionária
Authors: Taffarel Celi Nelza Zulke
Published: November 2013

O artigo apresenta os principais problemas educacionais do Brasil e suas possíveis soluções, na forma de cinco teses. Essas teses foram identifi cadas após análise da bibliografia pertinente. As teses foram expostas para expressar o conteúdo atual da lutade classes. A conclusão que chegamos é que a função social da escola está em disputa,bem como os rumos da organização dos trabalhadores em educação, sua formação, remuneração, assistência, saúde, previdência. Está em disputa a compreensão do trabalho socialmente útil como princípio educativo e o financiamento da educação. Por fim, são apresentadas as táticas no campo da revolução permanente, ou seja, astáticas para a luta de curto, médio e longo prazo da classe trabalhadora para superarestrategicamente o capitalismo.
Neopragmatismo Rortyano e Educação
Authors: Masson Gisele
Published: November 2013

Este artigo aborda a concepção de educação do fi lósofo norte-americano Richard Rorty. Trata-se de resultado de estudo teórico assentado nos fundamentos da teoria marxista, cujo objetivo foi explicitar o neopragmatismo rortyano e seus desdobramentos naconcepção de educação defendida pelo autor. Inicialmente, o texto apresenta questões centrais do pragmatismo clássico e do neopragmatismo. Posteriormente, analisa as implicações da concepção neopragmática de educação desenvolvida por Rorty. Destaca-se que a concepção rortyana de educação como edificação se subdivide emsocialização e individualização, e tem por objetivo garantir que seja transmitido apenaso que é seguro para a manutenção e o aprimoramento da sociedade, inviabilizando apossibilidade de construção de um projeto educativo que contribua para o processo dedesenvolvimento de estratégias para a superação da sociedade capitalista. Rorty propõe substituir o modelo representacional do conhecimento por um comunicacional em que o entendimento intersubjetivo se coloca no lugar da objetividade.
O debate sobre as desigualdades e diferenças sociais na educação no Brasil: significados e contradições
Authors: Wessler Boneti Lindomar
Published: November 2013

O artigo analisa o contexto histórico e as circunstâncias sociais da origem do debate sobre as desigualdades e diferenças sociais na educação no Brasil. O argumentocentral utilizado tem como base o pressuposto de que o debate sobre as desigualdadese diferenças sociais na educação tem origem a partir de duas dinâmicas interligadas do mundo social: a construção histórica do arcabouço institucional da educação (normas, regras e valores), e os novos processos sociais ocorridos ao longo da históriabrasileira, que fomentam novos fins e significados ao fazer educacional, no qual se situa efetivamente a origem do debate analisado. Argumenta-se que, no processohistórico da consolidação do pensamento científico dominante dos dias atuais, foram sendo liberados ingredientes para a formação do conceito de cientificidade, originados especialmente nas ciências da natureza e apropriados pela classe burguesa como mecanismos de distinção de classe. Tais ingredientes, como é o caso da noçãode cientifi cidade, evolução e homogeneidade, traduzem a ideia de “normalidade” e“civilidade” constantes no arcabouço institucional da educação. Assim, considera-seque mesmo a institucionalização da educação, que tem como parâmetro o “modelocivilizatório” burguês europeu, mantendo-se inalterada, novos processos sociais, como é o caso das diferentes dinâmicas econômicas, sociais e culturais, delineiam novos contornos para os fins e significações da educação, de onde nasce o debate sobre as diferenças e desigualdades sociais na educação.
Sobre formas e conteúdos: a deficiência como produção histórica
Authors: Martins Piccolo Gustavo , Gonçalves Mendes Enicéia
Published: November 2013

O presente artigo, estruturado metodologicamente mediante processo de revisão literária, objetiva abrir um campo de diálogos e possibilidades no que tange aoentendimento da defi ciência pelo prisma da produção social. Principia demarcandoa necessidade de pensarmos os fenômenos sociais para além das aparências que lheapetecem, tendo como segundo ato a contextualização da soberania do saber médicosobre outros conhecimentos como processo ligado umbilicalmente ao fortalecimento do sistema capitalista como tropos societal dominante. Finaliza apresentando o grupo nominado Disability Studies, que interpreta a deficiência como categoria marcada por intensos mecanismos de opressão e segregação histórica, portanto, nada naturais ou eternas, cuja transformação se processa em inequívoca reciprocidade a mutação da própria estrutura social que a circunscreve.
O Estado e a educação na perspectiva da classe trabalhadora
Authors: Ponte Fernando
Published: November 2013

Neste artigo, destacando alguns autores que questionam a categoria trabalho como centralidade e outros que criticam tal posição, procura-se situar outra abrangência para o debate. Trata-se de sugerir que, sem considerar o caráter histórico-cultural, o trabalho, como princípio positivo, torna-se uma idealização, inclusive como princípio educativo reivindica a perspectiva da classe trabalhadora. Ou seja, se não se considera seu conceito como criação de valor, a emancipação formativa reduz-se ao plano da consciência, perde sua ontologia. Nesse âmbito, a centralidade política do capital é a substância do que parece ser a retomada da centralidade do trabalho. O seu real antagonismo é colocar o Estado e a educação sob outra centralidade, a teoria revolucionária como princípio educativo orientador.
Cidadania e justiça na gestão escolar nas escolas públicas e privadas
Authors: Happ Botler Alice Miriam
Published: November 2013

A pesquisa tem como objetivo investigar a vivência da democracia e da cidadania na gestão escolar, bem como problematizou as relações referentes à justiça. O estudo qualitativo comparativo analisou duas escolas de Recife (pública e privada) reconhecidas como democráticas. Buscou-se informações a respeito das concepções de organização democrática e de justiça, a coleta dados foi feita através de entrevistas, questionário e observações em que analisou-se como as regras são construídas coletivamente ecomo se configuram as concepções de participação, autonomia e cidadania. Dentr eos resultados obtidos, destacaram-se diferenças relativas ao respeito de alunos, pais e professores às regras escolares, o que relacionamos ao nível de conscientização decorrente da participação em sua elaboração, bem como aos valores partilhados em cada ambiente. As concepções de justiça denotam referências à sua dimensão legal. Dentre as conclusões, a organização escolar mobiliza diferentes princípios de justiçanas escolas; estes, no entanto, contrariaram as suposições cogitadas, a exemplo da suposta valorização de uma perspectiva mercantilista da justiça na escola privada ou de uma perspectiva da justiça universalista na escola pública.
Interferências dos órgãos de classe na Universidade na perspectiva de professores advogados, engenheiros e médicos
Authors: Volpato Gildo
Published: November 2013

O artigo tem como objetivo pesquisar as interferências dos órgãos de classe na universidade e no trabalho realizado pelos professores universitários nos cursos que tradicionalmente formam profissionais liberais. Foram analisadas publicações eentrevistas semi-estruturadas com catorze profissionais liberais professores da área de Direito, Engenharia Civil e Medicina, pertencentes a três universidades catarinenses. O estudo revelou que os órgãos de classe criticam a expansão dos cursos pela faltade qualidade, mas, também, pela reserva de mercado. Os órgãos de classe exercem influência na docência, especialmente pela posição desses frente às políticas de expansão, bem como na definição do perfil da formação.
Safely Transporting Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evaluation and Intervention
Authors: Yonkman Janell , Lawler Bryanna , Talty Judith , O’Neil Joseph , Bull Marilyn
Published: November 2013

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to investigate transportation practices of caregivers who transport children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).

METHOD. We reviewed documented transportation evaluations of children with ASD. The evaluations were conducted by pediatric occupational therapists at an outpatient center of a large children’s hospital.

RESULTS. A review of 82 charts of patients diagnosed with ASD revealed that 74% of children with ASD were escaping their child safety restraint. More than 20% of parents reported that their child demonstrated aggressive or self-injurious behavior during travel, affecting not only their own safety but also that of others in the vehicle, including the driver.

CONCLUSION. Escaping from a child restraint can be a life-threatening problem among children with ASD. Parents, caregivers, and health care professionals should be aware of services available from trained therapists, certified child passenger safety technicians, or both to maximize safety during personal travel in the family vehicle.
Driving Characteristics of Teens With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity and Autism Spectrum Disorder
Authors: Classen Sherrilene , Monahan Miriam , Wang Yanning
Published: November 2013

Vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death among teens. Teens with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), or both (ADHD–ASD) may have a greater crash risk. We examined the between-groups demographic, clinical, and predriving performance differences of 22 teens with ADHD–ASD (mean age = 15.05, standard deviation [SD] = 0.95) and 22 healthy control (HC) teens (mean age = 14.32, SD = 0.72). Compared with HC teens, the teens with ADHD–ASD performed more poorly on right-eye visual acuity, selective attention, visual–motor integration, cognition, and motor performance and made more errors on the driving simulator pertaining to visual scanning, speed regulation, lane maintenance, adjustment to stimuli, and total number of driving errors. Teens with ADHD–ASD, compared with HC teens, may have more predriving deficits and as such require the skills of a certified driving rehabilitation specialist to assess readiness to drive.
Extracting the time variable gravity field from satellite gravity data using a sawtooth filter
Authors: Gurria E. , López C.
Published: November 2013

Abstract. The Grace satellite pair has been in operation since March 2002 providing monthly gravity potential solutions. This data set contains the variation of the gravity potential as a function of time however its use is limited by the presence of vertical striping noise which overwhelms the time variable signal. Several sophisticated filters exist to extract the time variable signal from the noise however they are seldom used as these filters are complex and difficult to implement. Consequently a large proportion of users of time variable Grace data use a conventional Spherical Gaussian Filter with a large smoothing radius of 600–1000 km which greatly attenuates the vertical striping noise however it also attenuates the remaining signal significantly. The difficulty in removing the noise is that the vertical striping noise is not band limited. We have studied the nature of the vertical striping noise and have found that it occurs over all harmonic degrees however it is associated only with the high harmonic orders. We also find that it occurs only in the east–west and radial components of the gravity field and that the noise is much greater than the signal in these two components. Further we observe that these two components are very similar at all geographic latitudes and that by performing a phase shift and subtracting one component from the other, one obtains a noise free signal. We use this procedure to define a new filter which we call the Sawtooth Filter and find that this filter offers three interesting properties: (i) it subtracts the vertical striping noise from the time variable signal (ii) it amplifies the higher degree harmonics thus improving the spatial resolution (iii) it is simpler to implement and use than the Spherical Gaussian Filter.
After-Sales Services and Consumers’ Perception of Quality: A Study of Refrigerator Users (Consumers) in South East Nigeria
Authors: OKO A. E. NDU , Onuoha Onuoha A.
Published: November 2013

Even well designed, defect-free products can fail if they do not fit consumers’ perceptions of high quality or if appropriate follow-up service is unavailable. Poor however is that some products that command high customer favourable perception with high turnover do not always turn out to be profitable. The objective of the study, therefore, is to ascertain the impact of after-sales services on consumers’ perception of quality and corporate turnover and profitability. One hundred and twenty (120) consumer and vendor (manufacturers) respondents from each of the major commercial cities of the five (5) states of South East Nigeria were conveniently selected for study. Data generated from the respondents using a set of questionnaire, were analyzed using statistical tools. The results showed, among others, that after-sales services impact positively on consumers’ perception of quality loyalty, however little on turnover and corporate profitability. Based on the findings of the study, the research concludes that there is still room for growth in after sales services and customer loyalty management as many marketers and product managers, especially in household appliances market, have not fully grasped and made use of the whole potential of after-sales service and the strategic importance of the management of customer loyalty for corporate profitability given the inputs of after sales services. The research thus, recommends, among others, that firms should ensure that customer service is an integral part of the product offering, to be subjected to the same quality standards as the production process, adopt good pricing strategy and monitor customer behaviour for profit maximization among others.
Research Note: The Impact of the Tourism Industry on the World's Largest Economies —An Input—Output Analysis
Authors: Lamonica Giuseppe Ricciardo , Mattioli Elvio
Published: November 2013

This paper evaluates the role and position occupied by the tourism sector in the economic systems of the most industrialized countries. As the sector is not officially recorded, the analysis focuses on one of its most important components: hotel and restaurant services. The main novelty of this study is that it takes joint account of the direct and indirect links between the other economic sectors of a country and those of other countries. The analysis uses the World Input—Output Tables and two descriptive measures: the backward and forward linkages. Joint consideration of these two indices reveals that only for China does tourism prove to be a key sector, while in the remaining countries it proves to be an independent sector.
Why Should Computational Work and Aesthetics Be Taught in the Art Classroom?
Authors: Hsu Wun-Ting , Lai Wen-Shu
Published: November 2013

With the advent of computation technology, people have immersed themselves in a mixed world-the real and the virtual world from which computational aesthetics (CA) emerges. Only by understanding the social meanings and specific relationships between the codes and visual presentation of computational work can students fully comprehend and appreciate our culture’s artistic environment. This paper examines (a) what CA is, (b) why computational work and aesthetics are appropriate subjects for an art classroom today, and (c) the implications of introducing such subjects into the art curriculum.
Assembling Visuality: Social Media, Everyday Imaging, and Critical Thinking in Digital Visual Culture
Authors: Knochel Aaron D.
Published: November 2013

Art education faces significant curricular challenges through the confluence of two contributing innovations that are transforming learning in the art classroom: networked digital technologies and shifts in curricular focus to a visual culture pedagogy. These shifts present forms of visual research in student’s learning that may involve crowdsourcing a community of users, analysis of the social practice of tagging, or assembling image collections that allow students to engage in understanding visuality. Visuality, as a central construct of critical thinking in visual culture, assembles social constructions of images that are often invisible to understand the performativity of visual culture in constructing our social worlds. Efforts to augment the curriculum of a university-level art education course to explore the opportunities social media provides to build students’ critical thinking skills in their relationships to images in a visual culture are reviewed. These investigations in visuality and social media provide an indication of the ways that the field of art education, through a visual culture pedagogy, may contribute to critical thinking in a participatory culture.
Youth-Created Avatars, Sites, and Role-Playing in the Virtual Game The Sims 2
Authors: Stokrocki Mary
Published: November 2013

This study examined how five adolescents learned about and played a digital game, The Sims 2. Through participant observation, I examined participants’ aesthetic preferences, spatial practices, learning strategies, and storytelling within The Sims 2. The context of this study was a 10-week summer day camp held in a working-class Arizona community. Findings describe participants’ avatar and building designs, strategies for making quick spatial decisions, and tool choices. Set within a visual and material culture art education framework, and with attention to the need for teachers to engage in media literacy education, the study contributes to previous research on gaming sites, virtual realities, and media education.
Rethinking an Elementary Art Methods Course: A Model of Three Visual Arts Integration Strategies
Authors: Bae Jaehan
Published: November 2013

This study examines what pre-service elementary teachers learned from an art methods course and how they later applied it to their teaching. Interviews were conducted and lesson plans collected from seven individuals who participated in the same art methods course. The methods course proposed three visual arts integration strategies: learning with, learning through, and learning about visual arts as useful instructional strategies for integrating visual arts with other subjects. The findings of the study indicated that participants embraced the strategy of integration of visual arts in the teaching of other subjects. However, the participants’ lesson plans reflected that these participants viewed the visual arts as a means of teaching other subjects rather than as an integral part of each subject area. Although participants did learn about the three visual arts integration strategies taught in the methods class, most only superficially applied learning through visual arts in their teaching, and they seldom employed learning with and about visual arts when teaching their elementary-level classes.
Megamorfologia e morfoestrutura do Planalto de Borborema
Authors: CORRÊA Antonio Carlos de Barros , TAVARES Bruno de Azevêdo Cavalcanti , MONTEIRO Kleython de Araújo , CAVALCANTI Lucas Costa de Souza , LIRA Daniel Rodrigues de
Published: November 2013

A abordagem morfoestrutural do relevo pode ser definida em diversas escalas levando em consideração aspectos variados da morfogênese. Nesse sentido, este trabalho procura enfatizar a importância dos componentes endógenos sobre a morfogênese da principal unidade do relevo nordestino brasileiro, o Planalto da Borborema. O enfoque morfoestrutural utilizado buscou reconstituir a influência dos mecanismos endógenos atuantes sobre a hierarquização regional dos compartimentos do relevo. A partir dos dados integrados da revisão da literatura, juntamente com o cruzamento em meio digital do mapa geológico com o modelo digital de elevação, acrescido de transectos topográficos, foi possível estabelecer um modelo conceitual para a compartimentação morfoestrutural do Planalto da Borborema, a partir do qual se postulou a divisão do planalto em oito sub-compartimentos morfoestruturais distintos. A partir da compartimentação do planalto o papel dos controles estrutural e litológico foi destacado por meio da elaboração de perfis topográficos que permitiram uma melhor interpretação de cada compartimento e seus elementos definidores. O Planalto da Borborema corresponde ao conjunto de terras altas contínuas que se distribuem ao longo da fachada do Nordeste oriental do Brasil, ao norte do rio São Francisco, acima da cota de 200 metros, cujos limites são marcados por uma série de desnivelamentos topográficos, cuja gênese epirogênica está ligada ao desmantelamento de Gondwana e ao magmatismo intraplaca atuante ao longo do Cenozóico. Do ponto de vista metodológico, a identificação de três níveis hierárquicos de compartimentos morfoestruturais, a saber, o macrodomo correspondente à Província Borborema incluindo suas bacias fanerozóicas, o planalto stricto sensu e seus compartimentos, coloca em dúvida a validade de alguns dos modelos clássicos de taxonomia das formas de relevo, que atribuem apenas um nível categórico para as unidades morfoestruturais supracitadas.
Caracterização hidroquímica das águas subterrâneas no Município de Itu (SP)
Authors: IRITANI Mara Akie , YOSHINAGA-PEREIRA Sueli , EZAKI Sibele , ODA Geraldo Hideo , FERREIRA Luciana Martin Rodrigues
Published: November 2013

Com vistas ao planejamento do uso da água subterrânea no eixo Sorocaba-Campinas, região de crescente urbanização e industrialização, realizou-se um estudo hidroquímico no Município de Itu (SP). A partir dos resultados analíticos de 50 amostras de poços tubulares profundos estudados na década de 1990, foram constatadas águas predominantemente bicarbonatadas cálcicas no Aquífero Cristalino e bicarbonatadas sódicas a cálcicas no Aquífero Tubarão. As águas foram classificadas como adequadas e boas para uso agrícola e pecuário. No entanto, para consumo humano, foram identificados poços tubulares cujas águas não atendem aos padrões bacteriológicos da Portaria de potabilidade do Ministério da Saúde (Portaria 2914, de 12/12/2011), provavelmente associados a problemas de proteção sanitária (5 com a presença de coliformes fecais e 13 com coliformes totais). Elevadas concentrações de ferro e/ou manganês também foram identificadas em 16 poços e devem estar relacionadas tanto a características geológicas como a problemas construtivos. Verificou-se ainda uma ocorrência anômala de fluoreto, provavelmente associada à alteração mineral de granitoides da região.
The work of French surgeons in disseminating obstetrics in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 18th century
Authors: Parent Arnaud
Published: November 2013

In the second half of the 18th century giving birth was a perilous process in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, partly since obstetrics was not yet a recognised subject. The abolition of the Jesuit Order, which was quite influential in the field of education, provided a good opportunity to reassess the Commonwealth’s educational system. As a result, the Commission of National Education was created, leading to major reforms, especially in the field of medicine. However, because of the lack of specialists in the Commonwealth, it was necessary to search for teachers abroad.
Obstetrics was already well developed at that time in France, and the French physicians Pierre Maignan and Nicolas Regnier distinguished themselves by disseminating this science in the Commonwealth. Pierre Maignan was the first person to teach obstetrics at the School of Surgery in Warsaw. But more is known about Nicolas Regnier. In 1775, thanks to his efforts, the first department of childbirth in Lithuania was established, and in 1781 he took charge of the departments of the theory of medicine and obstetrics at the School of Medicine in Vilnius. His lessons demonstrate the knowledge and practices of surgery and obstetrics in the last quarter of 18 century.
Pierre Maignan and Nicolas Regnier were pioneers in obstetrics in the Commonwealth. Moreover, they were a good example of the fertile scientific cooperation between France and Poland-Lithuania in the 18th century.
Transfiguration de la réalité par le mythe dans quelques contes de Michel Tournier
Authors: Bouloumié Arlette
Published: November 2013

Cet article étudie la présence transfiguratrice du mythe du double dans trois contes de Michel Tournier : « Que ma joie demeure », « Tristan Vox » et « Le nain rouge », regroupés dans Le coq de bruyère (Gallimard, 1978). Partant de faits divers insolites ou tragiques, l’auteur transfigure le réel en en dégageant la portée symbolique ou mythique, celle-ci étant suggérée par le biais de la métaphore ou de la technique de la réminiscence.
Musées et visites virtuelles : évolutions et possibilités de développement
Authors: Terrisse Marc
Published: November 2013

Le développement des visites virtuelles liées aux musées a débuté avec l’explosion d’Internet dans les années 1990. Tout en mettant en avant le caractère irremplaçable des visites réelles, les objectifs de ces premiers systèmes virtuels se focalisent sur une diffusion d’oeuvres numérisées à l’intention des spécialistes et du grand public. Les buts poursuivis sont à la fois éducatifs, scientifiques et touristiques, notamment dans le cas des publics éloignés. Les derniers procédés virtuels de visites comme le Google Art Project, malgré un degré de réalisme jusque-là inégalé, ne changent pas la donne quant aux usages identifiés lors de l’apparition des premières visites virtuelles. Toutefois, en parallèle à la multiplication des supports utilisant Internet et aux progrès technologiques à venir, l’ensemble de ces procédés encore perfectibles offre des possibilités de développement importantes.
L’expographie numérique ou la question du « comment » !
Authors: Gélinas Dominique
Published: November 2013

L’engouement des musées pour les technologies de l’information dans la diffusion du patrimoine culturel n’est plus à nier. Si les raisons et les avantages pour lesquels les institutions muséales doivent se lancer dans l’aventure numérique – visibilité, attractivité, accessibilité, etc. – sont désormais bien connus, l’homogénéité des usages identifiés dans de nombreuses institutions questionne la réelle portée des transformations qu’occasionne l’entrée du numérique au musée. Le « pourquoi » laisse alors place au « comment », questionnement qui demeure un terrain moins bien connu de la rencontre entre musée et technologies. Comment pouvons-nous remplir l’espace numérique ? Comment pouvons-nous organiser le contenu muséal dans le numérique afin qu’il soit significatif et surtout appropriable par le public ? Dans ce contexte, le présent article questionne plus particulièrement l’expographie numérique sur trois plans. Tout d’abord, les dispositifs et l’interface ; ensuite, la perception de l’expographe à l’égard des technologies et le traitement qu’il fait du contenu ; finalement, les publics avec leurs besoins réels et leurs utilisations.
ERBB2 mutations define a subgroup of endometrial carcinomas associated with high tumor mutational burden and the microsatellite instability‐high (MSI‐H) molecular subtype
Authors: Brodeur Melica Nourmoussavi , Selenica Pier , Ma Weining , Moufarrij Sara , Dagher Christian , Basili Thais , Abu‐Rustum Nadeem R. , Aghajanian Carol , Zhou Qin , Iasonos Alexia , Ellenson Lora H. , Weigelt Britta , Chui M. Herman
Published: July 2024

Anti‐HER2 therapy is indicated for erb‐b2 receptor tyrosine kinase 2 (ERBB2)‐amplified/overexpressing endometrial carcinoma (EC). Mutations constitute another mode of ERBB2 activation, but only rare ERBB2‐mutated ECs have been reported. We sought to characterize the clinicopathologic and genetic features of ERBB2‐mutated EC. From an institutional cohort of 2638 ECs subjected to clinical tumor‐normal panel sequencing, 69 (2.6%) with pathogenic ERBB2 mutation(s) were identified, of which 11 were also ERBB2‐amplified. The most frequent ERBB2 hotspot mutations were V842I (38%) and R678Q (25%). ERBB2 mutations were clonal in 87% of evaluable cases. Immunohistochemistry revealed low HER2 protein expression in most ERBB2‐mutated ECs (0/1+ in 66%, 2+ in 27%); all 3+ tumors (7.3%) were also ERBB2‐amplified. Compared to ERBB2‐wildtype ECs (with or without ERBB2 amplification), ERBB2‐mutated/non‐amplified ECs were enriched for the microsatellite instability‐high (MSI‐H) and, to a lesser extent, DNA polymerase epsilon, catalytic subunit (POLE) molecular subtypes, and associated with high tumor mutational burden and low chromosomal instability. Survival outcomes were similar between patients with ERBB2‐mutated/non‐amplified versus wildtype EC, whereas ERBB2 amplification was associated with worse prognosis on univariate, but not multivariate, analyses. In conclusion, ERBB2 mutation defines a rare subgroup of ECs that is pathogenically distinct from ERBB2‐wildtype and ERBB2‐amplified ECs.
Population variation in signaling behavior and contest outcome in the jacky dragon
Authors: Barquero Marco D.
Published: July 2024

Being aggressive and by extension, dominant, is an important mechanism for determining access to resources such as mates or territories. While predictors of contest outcome and dominance are increasingly studied, we have a poor understanding of how they vary across populations. Here, I use the widely distributed Australian agamid lizard, the Jacky dragon (Amphibolurus muricatus), to quantify variation in features predicting contest outcome among males of different populations. I measured physical attributes, maximal physiological performance capacity (sprint speed, endurance, bite force) and visual displays during staged encounters. I found that morphology, performance capacity and the type and frequency of visual displays used during agonistic interactions varied significantly across populations. Contest winners from the Cann River State Forest population favored tail‐flicks and push‐up/body‐rocks, while those from Royal National Park were more likely to chase and individuals from Yarratt State Forest performed more bite‐lunges than other populations. The losers of contests also differed in their displays. Individuals from the Cann River population were dominant over the others based on behavioral attributes (i.e., aggressive visual displays, chases and bite‐lunges). I suggest that population differences in signal form and function could have implications for range dynamics as populations come into contact in an era of rapid environmental change.