bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Biocontrol of Foot and Root Rot Disease of Grasspea (Lathyrus sativus) by Dual Inoculation with Rhizobium and Arbuscular Mycorrhiza
Authors: Rahman M , Ali ME , Alam F , Banu MB , Faruk MI , Bhuiyan MAH
Published: January 2019

The present study was carried out to evaluate the effect of indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and Rhizobium (R) on plant growth and their biocontrol against grasspea foot and root rot disease caused by Sclerotium rolfsii. The bio-control potential of these bio-agents against foot and root rot pathogen was carried out under pot culture condition using AMF alone or in combination with rhizobial inoculum in the nethouse of Soil Science Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Joydebpur, Gazipur during 2014-2015 through 2015-2016. The experiment was designed in RCBD with 8 treatments and 4 replications. Grasspea variety BARI Khesari-1 was used as a test crop. Peat based rhizobial inoculum (BARI RLs-10) was used in this experiment @ 50 g kg-1 seed. The AM fungi used in this experiment were Glomus fusianum, Glomus macrocarpum, Glomus warcuppi, Acaulospora foveata, Acaulospora denticulate, Gigaspora albida, Gigaspora rosea, Glomus spp. etc. Soil based AM inoculum containing about approximate 252 spores and infected root pieces of the host plant was used pot-1. There were eight treatments viz. T1: Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM), T2: Rhizobium, T3: AM + Rhizobium, T4: Sclerotium rolfsii, T5: Sclerotium rolfsii + AM, T6: Sclerotium rolfsii + Rhizobium, T7: Sclerotium rolfsii + AM + Rhizobium and T8: Control. Dual inoculation (AM + Rhizobium) increased 20-25% germination, 50-100% seed yield and 36-98% stover yield compared to control. Dual inoculation reduced 44-48% foot and root rot disease compared to control. On the contrary, Sclerotium rolfsii + Rhizobium, Sclerotium rolfsii + AM, and Sclerotium rolfsii + AM + Rhizobium reduced 12-17%, 16-20% and 28-31% foot and root rot disease, respectively compared to only Sclerotium rolfsii trearment. Therefore, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal species and its combination with rhizobial inoculum were significant both in the formation and effectiveness of AM symbiosis and the reduction of foot and root rot incidence in grasspea plants. Use of these bio-control agents could be promoted as an active component of bio-intensive Integrated Disease Management Program (IDMP) under organic mode.

Bangladesh J Microbiol, Volume 34 Number 2 December 2017, pp 109-117
Present trends in plant taxonomy in Bangladesh and its future
Authors: Irfanullah Haseeb Md
Published: January 2019

The trend in plant taxonomic research in Bangladesh between 1972 and 2002 has been investigated by using a broad categorisation scheme and a scoring system. Inventory taxonomic studies (morphological taxonomic studies involving plant resources cataloging) were found to be significantly higher than the integrated studies (studies using the knowledge of different disciplines of biology). Studies on angiosperms were found to be significantly more than any other groups and followed by that on algae, while gymnosperms received significantly least attention. Despite the world-wide decline in taxonomic research, taxonomy can make significant contributions in Bangladesh if initiatives are taken to complete the inventory of plant resources through a country-wide campaign, to incorporate integrated approaches in traditional taxonomy and to stress on the conservation issues in taxonomic studies. Such efforts could be more effective if cooperation among institutions concerned with plant taxonomy could be increased through efficient networking.Keywords: Plant taxonomy, plant systematics, BangladeshDOI:Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 10(1): 99, 2003 (June)
A Note on Riemannian Supermanifolds
Authors: Ali Showkat
Published: January 2019

The present research develops a theory of Riemannian supermanifolds up to a definition of Riemannian superspaces. Various fundamental concepts needed for the study of these spaces both from the Riemannian and the Lie theoretical viewpoints are introduced and some new notions of local forms of the torsion and curvature tensors are established for deriving certain constraints in classical case which is known as the super Bianchi identities.

Bangladesh J. Sci. Ind. Res. 42(2), 121-134, 2007
Decay of Temperature Fluctuations in MHD Turbulence before the Final Period in a Rotating System
Authors: Azad M Abul Kalam , Sarker MS Alam
Published: January 2019

Using Deissler's approach the Decay of temperature fluctuations in MHD turbulence before the final period in a rotating system is studied and have considered correlations between fluctuating quantities at two and three point. In this case two and three-point correlation equations in a rotating system is obtained and the set of equations is made to determinate by neglecting the quadruple correlations in comparison to the second and third order correlations. The correlation equations are converted to special form by taking their Fourier-transforms. Finally integrating the energy spectrum over all wave numbers the energy decay law of temperature fluctuations in MHD turbulence before the final period in a rotating system is obtained. Key words: Deissler's method; MHD turbulence; Rotating system; Temperature fluctuation. DOI: 10.3329/bjsir.v44i4.4604 Bangladesh J. Sci. Ind. Res. 44(4), 407-414, 2009
Variety and seed rate effects on the productivity of Aman rice seeded by drum seeder
Authors: Rashid M Harunur , Bhuiya MSU , Khan ZH
Published: January 2019

Key words: Variety; seed rate; productivity; direct wet seeding; drum seeder; Aman riceBangladesh J. Sci. Res. 24(1): 27-34, 2011 (June)
La Cartopartie, une nouvelle forme de balade urbaine déployée par les villes
Authors: l’Her Gwendoline , Servières Myriam , Siret Daniel
Published: January 2019

Une cartopartie est une balade urbaine qui vise à arpenter une zone géographique à plusieurs, afin de produire des données géo-référencées. Cet atelier initié par la communauté OpenStreetMap est actuellement approprié par des collectivités au sein de dispositifs de participation habitante qui mettent en œuvre des technologies numériques : métrologie citoyenne sur la qualité de l’air, sur l’environnement sonore, inventaire d’arbres remarquables, recensement des services d’hyperproximité. Les démarches étudiées dans cet article ont été menées sur les villes de Pornichet, Nantes et Rennes. À travers une analyse croisée, on s’attache à tracer les contours de cette forme de balade urbaine collective « cartopartie » et notamment à montrer comment les acteurs urbains articulent les espaces numériques avec les ateliers présentiels. Enfin on s’intéresse à comment cet ensemble hybride est pratiqué par les participants.
D’une conception informée par des données à la généralisation des systèmes cyber-physiques
Authors: Marin Philippe
Published: January 2019

Notre époque est marquée par l’utilisation des technologies numériques et nos modes de compréhension du monde sont modifiés. Ces nouveaux modes opératoires bouleversent les champs de la conception, de la création et de la fabrication. En considérant l’application des technologies de l’information à l’architecture, nous nous proposons d’identifier les évolutions récentes en matière d’architecture numérique en identifiant différentes formes d’hybridation des réalités physiques et numériques. Nous relevons d’une part le basculement de l’activité de conception vers une métaconception, et d’autre part une reconfiguration des savoirs dans une dynamique transdisciplinaire. Ainsi nous retenons deux principales activités, l’une mobilisant une instrumentation de la conception informée par des données, l’autre portant sur la conception d’environnements et de systèmes cyber-physiques. Nous cherchons à montrer quelles pourraient être les composantes d’une « écologie générale » qui permettrait de reconsidérer le rapport entre nature et technique, revisiter les couplages entre agents humains et non humains et identifier le renforcement d’une relation espace-temps-information.
Vers les analyses algorithmiques de l'espace et des territoires
Authors: Bailly Claire , Magerand Jean
Published: January 2019

Big data, data mining et machine learning connaissent un développement sans précédent. Les méthodes qu’ils réclament et/ou véhiculent envahissent les modes d’analyse de la plupart des domaines en charge du territoire et de l’urbain tels la sociologie ou la géographie. Ils provoquent de profondes remises en question épistémologiques.Cet article prend la mesure des changements qui affectent et redéfinissent, dans ce contexte, la lecture de nos environnements. Nous abordons pour cela quelques points actuellement saillants en matière de traitement automatisé des données.Partant du constat que les modes de lecture du monde co-évoluent avec les modes d’action sur lui, l’enjeu est in fine de mieux cerner la manière dont le big data, le data mining et le machine learning sont susceptibles d’affecter nos démarches de projet.
La Mesure de l’humain. Objets, pratiques et logiques numériques pour le réaménagement d’une place parisienne.
Authors: Zaza Ornella
Published: January 2019

En s’appuyant une ethnographie de trois ans réalisée au sein d’une collectivité territoriale, l’article propose d’interroger l’émergence de nouvelles pratiques numériques dans les opérations de réaménagement urbain. À travers la mise en place de « démonstrateurs de la smart city », l’espace public devient le terrain d’expérimentation de nouvelles solutions numériques à commercialiser, tant pour les acteurs publics que privés. Le récit sur la ville, qui résulte de ces démonstrateurs urbains, risque d’aplatir la conception phénoménologique de l’espace public : tout en cherchant à atteindre une approche qualitative, il en résulte que l’emploi des objets et des logiques du numérique pour le réaménagement urbain peut reconduire, non sans controverses, à un nouveau fonctionnalisme humaniste, qui réduit souvent la présence humaine en ville à des catégories génériques, rigides et préconçues.
Matérialités instables, Temporalités complexes. Stimulantes schizophrénies numériques
Authors: Doutriaux Emmanuel
Published: January 2019

Il est ici traité de la conception du projet – sur l’usage des outils collaboratifs de modélisation –, en partant de l’expérience de l’agence d’architecture de Philippe Gazeau, qui aura vécu le passage du travail à la main, à la Cao, et au Bim. « Si avec cet environnement tu gagnes du temps, tu en donnes aussi davantage – confient les architectes ». Ce hiatus apparent est ici questionné. Quand d’une part, à force d’être sujet à information amont, le projet aurait tendance à déserter sa nature flottante de cosa mentale, pour basculer très vite dans des formalisations triviales, d’un autre point de vue, l’accroissement des données et l’interopérabilité des formats permettraient, en engageant le projet dans le champ de simulations infinies, à surseoir à toute stabilité objective. Comment penser ces temporalités antagonistes ? Que dire des états matériels auxquelles elles engagent ?
Urbanismo de marca e lugares de adoração. Reflexões a partir de uma viagem a Lisboa
Authors: Ignacio Samuel Fernández
Published: January 2019

El marketing ha reducido a mercancía el mundo religioso. Por otro lado, los discursos publicitarios han difundido una ideología que sacraliza el rol que juegan los productos dentro de las prácticas rituales de la vida cotidiana. Las mercancías culturales permiten a los individuos distinguirse en sus elecciones de consumo, confeccionando un corpus de creencias y valores que configuran formas alternativas de experimentar lo religioso al margen de las iglesias. El presente artículo explora las posibles semejanzas que se pueden dar entre : 1) las lógicas que guían la producción simbólica de los escenarios urbanos del capitalismo avanzado y 2) las que habitualmente se relacionan con la experiencia de lo sagrado.
Disputa identitária em torno do conceito de autenticidade : Uma análise a partir do caso da cultura bretã (França)
Authors: Aguiar Luciana de Araujo
Published: January 2019

Dans cet article je souhaite comprendre les positionnements des acteurs insérés dans l’univers de la culture traditionnelle bretonne et leur prise de position par rapport à l’authenticité des aspects culturels bretons. Dans le milieu de la culture traditionnelle bretonne il y a une variété d’acteurs qui existent et coexistent avec des dispositions différenciées. Ces acteurs se positionnement par référence à l’authenticité des origines et l’inauthenticité d’une exploitation commerciale ou médiatique de leurs pratiques. Les disputes autour de l’authenticité des pratiques culturelles bretonnes font sens pour tous les acteurs, qui ont tous à se définir par rapport à elle pour légitimer les rapports entre eux. Cet article montrera les discours d’authentification de la culture bretonne, et tout en particulier, les représentations autour des pratiques d’authenticité à propos de la musique bretonne. À partir d’une recherche à la fois ethnographique et théorique, j’envisage d’analyser les disputes identitaires autour du concept d’authenticité à partir de l’analyse de la culture traditionnelle bretonne.
Uma hipertrofia do presente : Do trabalho e das situações de trabalho numa organização start-up
Authors: Coelho João Vasco
Published: January 2019

O universo start-up tem vindo a ser apresentado, em termos públicos, mediáticos e políticos, como uma possível nova via para o crescimento económico português. A referência a uma organização start-up define, no presente, uma amenidade, uma platitude, correlativa do louvor dos seus méritos como factos consumados. Perspetivas alternativas deste fenómeno são pouco frequentes ou pouco visíveis. O presente artigo equaciona as implicações da natureza temporária de uma organização start-up, apresentando os resultados de uma pesquisa longitudinal concretizada num contexto organizacional específico. Partindo da análise apresentada, sugere-se que as situações concretas de trabalho numa organização start-up são potencialmente enformadas por atributos socioculturais particulares, decorrentes de uma conceção e de um uso particular do tempo : a impermanência normativa, o foco concedido à ação, a secundarização do conflito, o fervor finito da experiência vivida.
Gandhi vs. Savarkar e Golwalkar : Secularismo pan-indiano e fundamentalismo hindu
Authors: Santos Pedro Matias
Published: January 2019

Este artigo pretende dar um contributo para a análise do nacionalismo indiano, quer sob a forma do nacionalismo pan-indiano alicerçado no secularismo, tal como foi definido por Gandhi, quer sob a forma do nacionalismo hindu alicerçado no fundamentalismo, tal como foi definido por outras duas figuras políticas, Savarkar e Golwalkar. As duas ideologias serão tratadas tanto no contexto do período colonial como mais tarde, na sequência da sua reactualização nas agendas políticas dos dois principais partidos políticos no período pós-colonial da Índia, o Congress Party (CP) (Partido do Congresso) ou Indian National Congress (INC) e o Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) (Partido do Povo Indiano) e o seu braço armado (RSS).
Devoções populares no Brasil : O ritual de pagamento de promessa a São Gonçalo de Amarante
Authors: Silva Márcio Douglas de Carvalho e
Published: January 2019

A Dança de São Gonçalo, muito presente na zona rural do Nordeste brasileiro, é um ritual de pagamento de promessa realizado na forma de dança e cantos. O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar como se dá a relação entre devoto e santo, estabelecida a partir do contrato da promessa, pela qual tanto o santo como o devoto ficam encarregados de cumprir obrigações específicas. São Gonçalo é português e teve seu culto introduzido no Brasil durante o período colonial. Atualmente, a devoção popular a este santo resiste graças aos pagamentos de promessas realizadas por pessoas simples, que, no ato de suas necessidades, recorrem a São Gonçalo na esperança de resolver seus problemas. Conhecido como santo casamenteiro das velhas em Portugal e no Brasil Colonial, atualmente o santo tornou-se um especialista em todas as causas, principalmente curar doenças. A metodologia adotada nesta pesquisa foi a etnografia, que engloba a observação dos rituais de São Gonçalo, entrevistas com os devotos, além de coleta e uso de fotografias.
Posthumain et réception, de The Tempest à Westworld
Authors: Lemonnier-Texier Delphine
Published: January 2019

Par le processus d’identification, le spectateur se trouve comme en immersion dans l’univers fictionnel, dont il fait l’expérience en même temps que le personnage ; c’est ce processus de compagnonnage avec le personnage qui définit la posture de réception implicite inscrite dans le texte du récit télévisuel. Lorsque l’univers fictionnel est posthumain, la fiction met en scène la question du statut ontologique du robot et la nature de la relation qui s’établit entre lui et le personnage humain, en jouant sur des effets de « vallée de l’étrange » entre les différents niveaux du récit télévisuel, par le biais du ressort narratif de l’empathie. L’utilisation de l’ironie dramatique et de l’empathie dans Westworld révèlent plusieurs niveaux possibles de lecture de l’intertexte shakespearien, qui permet ici de revisiter en profondeur les ressorts narratifs de la réception du posthumain.
Le sexe sans le sexe : convergence de la nudité frontale et de l’empowerment féminin dans Westworld
Authors: Campion Benjamin
Published: January 2019

Par son recours intensif à la nudité (plus ou moins) frontale et son inscription dans un genre patriarcal aussi codifié que le western, on pourrait présumer que la série de HBO Westworld (2016-) prend au pied de la lettre la réputation sulfureuse de son diffuseur et se sert des largesses censoriales offertes au câble premium américain pour mimer voire dupliquer les conventions formelles du cinéma pornographique soft. Or, l’analyse du destin bouleversé de ses deux héroïnes, Dolores Abernathy et Maeve Millay, nous révèle un rapport beaucoup plus conscient à la représentation sexuelle telle que peut l’accueillir une chaîne adulte comme HBO. En liant narrativement, mais surtout formellement, nudité frontale et empowerment féminin, Westworld reconfigure l’imagerie traditionnelle du sexe sans verser dans la fausse pudeur ni dans la provocation à outrance. La série permet au contraire à HBO d’asseoir son ambition d’ouvrir une troisième voie : celle d’un art télévisuel hardcore considérant le sexe comme une composante naturelle de son expression hebdomadaire.
« Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality? » : Westworld (HBO, 2016-) et la culture du complot
Authors: Lefait Sébastien
Published: January 2019

Cet article part d’un constat pour en explorer les conséquences. Le constat est simple : Westworld utilise les techniques bien connues du récit complotiste pour créer un univers transmédia mystérieux, dont le public est en permanence incité à percer les secrets. Les conséquences sont bien plus difficiles à sonder : en encourageant une telle lecture complotiste, Westworld étend-elle l’impératif de décryptage paranoïaque au réel dans son ensemble, qui inclut, entre autres, certaines parties de son continuum transmédia ? Pour étudier cet aspect de la réception de la série, mon propos s’appuie sur l’analyse d’une vidéo amateur diffusée sur Youtube, où un aficionado de Westworld se livre à une étude conspirationniste de la première saison. Cette analyse permet d’évaluer les conséquences potentielles sur nos sociétés d’une collusion, dont les fans supposent l’existence, entre l’industrie médiatique et la culture du complot.
Retour vers la matrice : le Westworld (Mondwest) de Michael Crichton (1973)
Authors: Girard Gaïd
Published: January 2019

Cet article se penche sur le film de Michael Crichton Westworld (1973) qui est la matrice de la série Westworld (2016-) diffusée sur HBO. Ce film (Mondwest en français), qu’il faut replacer dans le contexte de la contre-culture américaine des années 1970 et du nouvel Hollywood, pratique une hybridité générique jubilatoire et mélange hardiment science fiction et western, film d’horreur et thriller. La présence de Yul Brynner en robot gunslinger nourrit la distance ironique de l’œuvre, qui remet en cause les codes de la masculinité du Far West, de la société de consommation, et déjà, les rapports entre réel et simulacre. Si la série a repris l’argument narratif principal du film de 1973 – un parc de loisirs où les robots plus vrais que nature se rebellent – elle ne reprend pas la dimension camp du film de 1973, dans la mesure où l’accent est mis sur les androïdes et des problématiques philosophiques et technologiques différentes.
“The maze wasn’t made for you”: Artificial consciousness and reflexive narration in Westworld (HBO, 2016-)
Authors: Favard Florent
Published: January 2019

Cet article s’intéresse à la façon dont la série de science-fiction Westworld (HBO, 2016-présent) interroge la nature même de la conscience au travers d’une narration réflexive qui mêle la question du libre-arbitre et du sens de soi à celle de l’écriture du personnage sériel, s’appuyant ainsi sur l’héritage des séries de science-fiction narrativement complexes qui ont abordé ce thème au fil des dernières décennies. Après un point sur le « hard problem » de la définition de la conscience, l’article suit la logique de la série en interrogeant successivement la mémoire, l’improvisation et l’intérêt personnel, tout en mobilisant une analyse narratologique fondée notamment sur la théorie des mondes possibles.
« You know, when you suspect something, it’s always better when it turns out to be true » : Mémoire et média dans l’épisode « The Entire History of You » (S01E03) de Black Mirror (2011-)
Authors: Roche David
Published: January 2019

Cet article porte sur la série anthologique Black Mirror (2011-), créée par Charlie Brooker et d’abord diffusée par Channel 4, puis par Netflix à partir de la saison 3. Il s’intéresse tout particulièrement à l’épisode « The Entire History of You » (S01E03), avec des incursions dans six épisodes des saisons 3 et 4 – « Nosedive » (S03E01) « Playtest » (S03E02), « Men Against Fire » (S03E05), « Arkangel », (S04E02 ) « Crocodile » (S04E03) et « Black Museum » (S04E06). On verra comment, sous couvert d’un questionnement éthique assez convenu sur le devenir-cyborg (ou l’humain augmenté), l’épisode S01E03, comme la série de façon générale, élabore un discours métafictionnel en s’interrogeant sur le devenir de la mémoire humaine à l’ère du numérique, de la surveillance et de la culture de la convergence. La mise en abyme de la consommation d’images de soi et d’autrui permet d’interroger les modes de diffusion propre à la série. L’épisode suggère que, plutôt que de révolution technologique, c’est encore et toujours le statut du photographique qui pose problème au sujet humain, du fait de sa reproductibilité et de la perte de l’aura auquel il donne lieu. Ce faisant, la série insiste sur la continuité ontologique entre anciens et nouveaux médias qu’elle pense comme des « êtres en cours ».
Dollhouse de Joss Whedon (FOX, 2009-2010) : Écho, un « corps-marchandise » posthumain au service de la sérialité audiovisuelle
Authors: Achemchame Julien
Published: January 2019

Dollhouse de Joss Whedon est une série mettant en scène Écho, un personnage posthumain asservi, ayant la faculté d’acquérir un nombre illimité de personnalités afin d’accomplir différentes missions. En quête d’émancipation, Écho va lutter au sein d’un système qui, de par la réflexivité et l’intertextualité déployées dans la série, possède de nombreux points communs avec l’industrie hollywoodienne du divertissement. Série hybride, Dollhouse sert de « véhicule » à son interprète principale, Eliza Dushku, tout en réfléchissant sur l’articulation entre l’épisodique et le feuilletonnant.
L’épisode « San Junipero » de Black Mirror : les miroitements du post-humain
Authors: Machinal Hélène
Published: January 2019

Dans le contexte de la troisième révolution industrielle et de la redéfinition potentielle de l’identité humaine qu’entraînent les biotechnologies (l’homme augmenté) et la société écranique (Serroy, Lipovetsky) ou hypermédiatique (Bertrand Gervais), les séries TV d’anticipation sont l’un des miroirs le plus prégnants pour figurer les possibles évolutions de l’humain vers diverses formes d’hybridation et de mutation qui déclinent les possibles du posthumain. La série étant un format qui s’inscrit à la fois dans le temps long de la sérialité et le temps court de l’épisode, on analysera ici les modes de fonctionnement narratifs et esthétiques de la forme brève que prend l’épisode S03E04 de la Black Mirror (C. Brooker, Channel 4, Netflix, 2011- en production) intitulé « San Junipero ». La série a pour particularité d’opérer une défamiliarisation du récepteur qui passe souvent par l’introduction d’un novum en cours d’épisode : l’épisode « San Junipero » met en scène la possibilité d’une vie éternelle virtuelle. Si l’on semble initialement dans une rhétorique et une esthétique propres au fantastique, qui tend à mettre en place un cadre mimétique pour ensuite y faire surgir l’inadmissible (Caillois), les enjeux réflexifs de la série confèrent au récepteur un rôle central puisque le fil rouge de Black Mirror est bien de proposer aux spectatrices et spectateurs une confrontation avec des augmentations de l’humain liées au numérique et à la fabrique du vivant. L’altérité renvoie au posthumain (Després/Machinal) et à l’anthropotechnie (Goffette) davantage qu’au surnaturel et à l’ineffable, même si la structure narrative fonctionne bien sur le mode de la rupture, mode propre au fantastique. La défamiliarisation cognitive que proposent à la fois la série et l’épisode s’appuie donc à la fois sur une dialectique entre identité et altérité, humain et posthumain, fiction des possibles et possibles du réel.
« My own fucking story » : le raga de Westworld
Authors: Picart-Hellec Briac
Published: January 2019

Cet article s’intéresse à la réception critique et populaire de la première saison de la série Westworld. Il explore la façon dont les éléments qui ont été perçus comme des défauts par une partie du public peuvent en réalité être interprétés comme étant en parfaite adéquation avec les préoccupations thématiques de la série. Cette réflexion mène à une analyse du principal problème qui semble préoccuper Westworld : la libération de ses personnages.
« It wasn’t a dream, […] it was a memory » : Le fonctionnement de quelques intertextes dans Westworld
Authors: Lemonnier-Texier Delphine , Oriez Sandrine
Published: January 2019

La disjonction entre le sens habituel du mot « dream » et son utilisation dans le contexte spécifique de Westworld est caractéristique du fonctionnement des intertextes dans la série. Ces intertextes (notamment shakespeariens) ont un statut énonciatif spécifique visant à produire des effets au sein de la fiction et sur les spectateurs, en ravivant chez les hôtes des souvenirs supposément effacés de leur mémoire artificielle, et en invitant les spectateurs à envisager un horizon de réception où l’un des enjeux serait l’identification des sources et des parallèles possibles avec Westworld.
Le dialogue des consciences : des interfaces posthumaines dans « Be Right Back » (Black Mirror S02E01)
Authors: Baudoin Marie
Published: January 2019

Cet article est une analyse de l’épisode « Be Right Back » (S02E01, diffusé en 2013) de Black Mirror qui se concentre sur le dialogue entre les deux principaux protagonistes : une femme (Martha) et l’avatar technologique de son mari décédé (Ash). Ce test de Turing à l’apparence particulièrement affective entre Martha et l’entité nommée Ash-bot illustre et interroge la capacité du format de l’épisode de série télévisée à devenir une interface de réflexion philosophique sur le posthumain. Comment cet épisode de la franchise Black Mirror envisage-t-il les rapports matière-esprit, humain-posthumain ? Nous observerons comment les dynamiques esthétiques et narratives de ce format télévisuel, où l’écran est à la fois interface et miroir déformant, permettent de générer et d’aider l’expérience de pensée pour les spectateurs.
“Not much of a rind on you”: (De)Constructing Genre and Gender in Westworld (Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan, HBO, 2016-)
Authors: Mullen Elizabeth
Published: January 2019

This article explores the ways in which the TV series Westworld blurs gender and genre, creating resonances that deconstruct traditional notions of gender roles. Through a minute analysis of several key scenes in the first season, it examines how robots and humans construct gender both within the park and without, and then explores the question of masculine hegemony and feminine agency within those worlds. Finally, the article undertakes to point out how production and reception interact to create intertextual frameworks that can shed light on questions of gender construction.
Post–Intensive Care Syndrome: Educational Interventions for Parents of Hospitalized Children
Authors: Esses Stephanie A. , Small Sara , Rodemann Ashley , Hartman Mary E.
Published: January 2019

Background

Targeted education to help parents and caregivers recognize the signs and symptoms of post–intensive care syndrome may increase their awareness and willingness to seek support during their child’s admission. The optimal strategy for this education has not been established.

Methods

A pilot study to test 3 educational strategies for caregivers of pediatric intensive care unit patients. The 3 strategies were compared using the Practical, Robust Implementation and Sustainability Model framework for effectiveness of the education, the effect of each educational intervention on the intensive care unit nursing environment, and costs. Nursing responses were scored on a 3-point Likert scale.

Results

A total of 62 caregivers randomly received 1 of 3 educational strategies: brochures (n = 22), scripted conversation (n = 20), or a 3-minute video (n = 20). All 3 strategies were associated with a notable improvement in understanding of post–intensive care syndrome, with no single strategy being superior. Nineteen bedside nurses completed a survey on how daily workflow was affected and education was perceived. The survey indicated that all 3 interventions minimally disrupted workflow and all were recognized as useful. Final analysis indicated that brochures have the greatest likelihood of successful and sustainable implementation in the study hospital.

Conclusion

Simple, low-cost education can improve caregivers’ knowledge of post–intensive care syndrome and can be well supported by nursing staff. To ensure sustainable implementation, the characteristics of the unit should be considered when selecting an educational program.
CORTRAK Superuser Competency Assessment and Training Recommendations
Authors: Bourgault Annette M. , Gonzalez Laura , Aguirre Lillian , Ibrahim Joseph A.
Published: January 2019

Background

Blind insertion of feeding tubes remains unsafe. Electromagnetic placement devices such as the CORTRAK Enteral Access System allow operators to interpret placement of feeding tubes in real time. However, pneumothoraces have been reported and inadequate user expertise is a concern.

Objective

To explore factors influencing competency of CORTRAK-assisted feeding tube insertion.

Methods

A prospective, observational pilot study was conducted. Data collection included demographics, self-confidence, clinical judgment regarding CORTRAK-assisted feeding tube insertion, and general self-efficacy. CORTRAK-assisted feeding tube insertions were performed with the Anatomical Box and CORMAN task trainers.

Results

Twenty nurses who had inserted a mean of 53 CORTRAK feeding tubes participated. Participants inserted a mean of 2 CORTRAK feeding tubes weekly; each had inserted a feeding tube in the past 7 days. All superusers were competent; 1 required remediation for improper receiver unit placement. Mean (SD) scores were 35 (3.68) on a 40-point scale for self-efficacy, 4.6 (0.68) on a 5-point scale for self-reported feeding tube insertion confidence, and 4.85 (0.49) on a 5-point scale for demonstrated confidence. Participants estimated that 8 CORTRAK-assisted insertions were needed before they felt competent as super users. Confidence with the CORTRAK tracing was estimated to require 10 feeding tube insertions. Six participants continued to assess placement by auscultation, suggesting low confidence in their interpretation of the tracing.

Conclusions

At least 3 observations should be performed to assess initial competency; the number should be individualized to the operator. Interpretation of the insertion tracing is complex and requires multiple performance opportunities to gain competency and confidence for this high-risk skill.
Effect of a Scheduled Nurse Intervention on Thirst and Dry Mouth in Intensive Care Patients
Authors: VonStein Michelle , Buchko Barbara L. , Millen Cristina , Lampo Deborah , Bell Theodore , Woods Anne B.
Published: January 2019

Background

Thirst is a common, intense symptom reported by hospitalized patients. No studies indicate frequency of use of ice water and lip moisturizer with menthol to ameliorate thirst and dry mouth. In an audit of 30 intensive care unit patients at a 580-bed community teaching hospital, 66% reported dry mouth with higher thirst distress and intensity scores than in published studies.

Objectives

To evaluate the effectiveness of scheduled use of ice water oral swabs and lip moisturizer with menthol compared with unscheduled use in relieving thirst and dry mouth for intensive care unit patients.

Methods

In a quasi-experimental design, adult patients admitted to 2 intensive care units at a community hospital were provided with ice water oral swabs and lip moisturizer with menthol upon request. The intervention was unscheduled in 1 unit and scheduled in the other unit. The scheduled intervention was provided hourly during a 7-hour period (n = 62 participants). The unscheduled intervention consisted of usual care (n = 41 participants). A numeric rating scale (0-10) was used to measure thirst intensity, thirst distress, and dry mouth before and after 7 hours in both groups.

Results

The scheduled-use group had significant lessening of thirst intensity (P = .02) and dry mouth (P = .008). Thirst distress in the scheduled-use group did not differ from that in the unscheduled-use group (P = .07).

Conclusion

Scheduled use of ice water oral swabs and lip moisturizer with menthol may lessen thirst intensity and dry mouth in critical care patients.
Telemedicine Intensive Care Unit Nursing Interventions to Prevent Failure to Rescue
Authors: Williams Lisa-Mae S. , Nemeth Lynne S. , Johnson Emily , Armaignac Donna Lee , Magwood Gayenell S.
Published: January 2019

Background

Although telemedicine intensive care unit (tele-ICU) nurses are integral to the tele-ICU model of care, few studies have explored the influence of tele-ICU nursing interventions on preventing failure to rescue in critically ill patients.

Objective

To determine how tele-ICU nurses characterize their interventions to prevent failure to rescue.

Methods

This qualitative interpretive study recruited a purposive sample from 11 tele-ICU centers across the United States for structured open-ended interviews. An inductive and deductive approach suitable for health services qualitative research was adapted to further explain and extend a relevant conceptual framework for tele-ICU nursing practice.

Results

Of 33 nurses practicing in tele-ICUs who responded to a recruitment email, 19 participated in this study. Findings included 4 major interrelated themes: (1) fundamental attributes of the tele-ICU nurse, (2) proactive clinical practice, (3) effective collaborative relationships, and (4) strategic use of advanced technology.

Conclusion

A conceptual framework extending the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses model of success for tele-ICU nursing practice is proposed to prevent failure to rescue. Tele-ICU nurses use systems thinking and integration of complex factors in their practice to prevent failure to rescue. Tele-ICU nurses’ perception of their role in preventing failure to rescue and emotional intelligence competence are key to building and maintaining effective relationships with the ICU. Tele-ICU nurses’ intentional use of advanced technology, rather than the technology itself, supports and enhances proactive tele-ICU practice to prevent failure to rescue.
Coffee Talk: A Jolt for Night Shift Education
Authors: Margretta Margaret , Dennis Matthew , McLaughlin Diane C.
Published: January 2019

Background

Education opportunities for night shift nurses are limited compared with those for their day-shift counterparts. However, patients remain critically ill regardless of shift and require intensive nursing care at all hours. Overnight, this care is often provided with fewer resources. These challenges can lead to disengagement and high turnover on the night shift.

Objectives

To see whether initiation of an informal education series called “Coffee Talk” could improve accessibility to learning for night shift nurses and elevate perception of support from administrators and overall job satisfaction.

Methods

The lecture series was created to facilitate education for night shift nurses. The program features various speakers within the interdisciplinary team discussing topics chosen by the nursing staff. The talks are presented in an informal setting during overnight hours. An electronic survey tool was used to determine nurses’ opinions regarding Coffee Talk, using a retrospective pretest and posttest format. Questions centered on the type of educational offerings, relevance to practice, perceived leadership support, convenience of attendance, and overall job satisfaction.

Results

More than half of the nurses (59%) responded. All scores improved from before to after the intervention. The largest increases occurred in convenience of educational offerings and nurses’ perception of leaders removing barriers to learning. Overall job satisfaction increased from 83% to 93%.

Conclusions

The introduction of an informal educational series improved nurses’ access to education and nurses’ feelings of support from administrators and overall job satisfaction.
The Application of the Ryleac Learning Model in the Concept of Electricity and Magnet towards the Improvement of Students’ Process Skill at Physics Department
Authors: - Tirtawaty
Published: January 2019

The purpose of this study is to improve students’ process skill at Physics Department by applying the Ryleac learning model in the concept of electricity and magnet. This classroom action research is significantly able to produce Ryleac learning media that can enhance the aforementioned skill of the students. The study involved 21 students of the second semester at Class A of Physics Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Gorontalo. The results reveal that the cycle 1 reaches various categories of the process skill, consisting of 4.76% with the high category, 90.48% with the moderate category, and 4.76% with the low category. In contrast, cycle 2 arrives at 95.24% with the high category, 4.76% with the moderate category, and 0% with the low category. Therefore, the Ryleac learning model is able to improve students’ process skill.
Financial Literacy of Undergraduate Students: Do Personality Traits and Cognitive Ability Matter?
Authors: Peprah-Yeboah Akua , Frejus Weliko Emmanuel Blialy , Fianko Ernest
Published: January 2019

This study investigates how psychological traits affect financial literacy levels at the undergraduate level of education. Using a cross-sectional survey of 580 students, the study examines whether the level of openness, conscientiousness and cognitive ability of students affect how financially literate they are. The Pearson’s Correlation Test and Ordinary Least Square Regression methods are employed to test hypothesized relationships. The results show a generally low level of financial literacy. Further, openness, conscientiousness, and cognitive ability were found to have a statistically significant correlation with financial literacy (r=0.349, 0.287 and 0.199 respectively). Similarly, the regression analysis found a positive relationship between all three variables and the dependent variable (financial literacy). Therefore, the study recommends that innovative financial literacy programmes that target the youth need to be introduced. It is imperative that these programmes have components that are tailor-made for individuals with different personality traits to attract them. Finally, the programmes must contain aspects which aim to improve the cognitive abilities of the beneficiaries to increase their effectiveness.
Reviewer Acknowledgements for Global Journal of Health Science, Vol. 11, No. 1
Authors: Grey Erica
Published: January 2019

Reviewer Acknowledgements for Global Journal of Health Science, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2019.
Attitudes and Usage of MALL Among Saudi University EFL Students
Authors: Mukhallafi Turki Rabah Al
Published: January 2019

Possessing distinctive features of mobility, portability, and connectivity, mobile technology has inevitably become an integrated part of everyday instructional practices and activities. Foreign language learning, especially English language, could gain substantial benefits from these advances in technology to enhance learning experiences and respond to learners’ various needs and interests. There is a far-reaching investment in mobile learning projects at many Saudi Arabian universities including King Abdul Aziz University and Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University. Moreover, the Ministry of Higher Education has a long-term plan known as “The Afaq Project” which is examining the current and future challenges for implementing online learning in all universities. Hence, the current study aims to examine students’ attitudes towards and their usage of smart phones when learning English as a foreign language. A questionnaire was designed and distributed among first year university students at the Northern Border University in Saudi Arabia. It included 25 items, each with varies in responses. A systematic sampling approach was adopted to choose the participants for this study.The duration of administering the questionnaire was from November 2017 to December 2017 and it was applied to 205 students.The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) program was used for data analysis of the questionnaire responses.The final data were used to test the hypothesis of the research using the Chi-Squared method applied to a frequency table.Results revealed that students have positive attitudes towards using mobiles phones and that they were very interested in learning English by using technology.
Opinions of the Physical Education Teachers about the Effect of Peer Education and Physical Activity Cards’ Usage on the Student Skills
Authors: Karadağ Mustafa , Savucu Yüksel , Ağırtaş Resul , Eskiyecek Gülbin
Published: January 2019

The purpose of this study was to determine the opinions of the physical education teachers about the effect of peer education and physical activity cards’ usage on the student skills. Physical education teachers used a questionnaire to follow the students through observation. One-hundred-twenty secondary school students in 2015-2016 semester in Elazığ participated to the study. The students in the sample group were divided into two 30-person groups and control group and experimental group were constituted. The formed groups were taught lessons by means of Physicak Activity Cards for 4 weeks. At the end of the four-week course period, opinions about peer education were obtained through individual and focus group interviews with the experimental and control group students. In addition, “Skill Learning Observation Forms” prepared by researchers and experts were also applied. In the analysis of the data, for qualitative dimension, descriptive analysis, for quantitative data, percentage, frequency, for repetitive measurements, t test and one-way variance analysis were used. The SPSS 22 package program was used for the analysis of the quantitative data. The quantitative data were explained through tabulation. Again, the data obtained from observation forms were presented in the form of tables with their frequency and percentage values. Themes were obtained by coding the qualitative data. When the influence of the physical activity cards on the students’ attitudes toward the class is considered, a significant difference was attained in the common effect of the experimental group. According to this result, the education received by the students in the experimental and control groups led to a significant difference in favor of the last-test at the pre- and post-program attitude levels. However, it was determined that being in different groups did not lead to a significant difference in students’ attitude scores. When we examined the student opinions about the cards, the most of the students expressed the opinions that teaching lessons through cards created difference in the classes and increased their participation in the class. It was also enhanced their exercise skills and self-confidence. They did not have difficulty while applying the cards, they led them to act in coordination, and they rendered the class more enjoyable.
Oral manifestations of Crohn’s disease in relation to patient’s hematinic status
Authors: Ślebioda Zuzanna , Szponar Elżbieta , Dorocka-Bobkowska Barbara
Published: January 2019

Aim: Crohn’s disease (CD) is a chronic, immune-mediated inflammatory condition that develops in various parts of the gastrointestinal tract, with a multifactorial, but not fully understood etiology. Both abdominal and extra-abdominal symptoms may accompany this entity.
Material/Methods: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the state of the oral mucosa in patients with Crohn’s disease in relation to their hematinic status. Seventy patients with CD aged 18–79 years were enrolled in the study. The mean duration of the disease was 6.3 years; the subjects presented with assorted clinical stages of CD. The control croup consisted of 70 generally healthy subjects aged 22–78 years. All the participants underwent a detailed oral examination, mycological testing on Candida-selective media and blood serum iron level evaluation. The results were statistically analyzed with p<0.005 being considered significant level.
Results: Commonly observed pathologic lesions in patients with CD included: white coated tongue, buccal cobblestoning, and recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS). RAS and several types of glossitis, including: atrophic, median rhomboid and geographic type appeared more often in iron deficient subjects. RAS, angular cheilitis, atrophic glossitis and white coated tongue appeared frequently in the high-active CD subgroup, although the differences were statistically insignificant. The occurrence of Candida was similar in the tested subgroups, but significantly higher than in the controls.
Conclusions: Pathologic oral lesions like RAS and glossitis may indicate the development of iron deficiency and deterioration of CD. Iron status and disease activity do not influence the occurrence of oral Candida.