bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Impact of Energy Conservation and Emissions Reduction Policy Means Coordination on Economic Growth: Quantitative Evidence from China
Authors: Zhang Guoxing , Zhang Zhenhua , Gao Xiulin , Yu Lean , Wang Shouyang , Wang Yingluo
Published: April 2017

To understand the general relationship between Energy Conservation and Emissions Reduction (ECER) policy means coordination (PMC) and economic growth, this paper quantitatively investigates the impact on economic growth of differing PMCs. ECER policies from 1978 to 2013 in China are quantified across two dimensions of policy power and policy means, and then, PMC degrees are designed as independent variables and incorporated into a modified Cobb−Douglas production model. While determining the cointegration relationships by using a unit root test, a cointegration test and a stability test, cointegration equation is conducted by using quantitative data to explore the economic growth effects of PMC in China. The government’s use of PMC in China is also analyzed and ranked. The empirical results show that there is a long-term cointegration relationship among the variables from 1978 to 2013. Additionally, the effects of the different PMCs on economic growth show significant discrepancies and each PMC usage ranking is also found to be significantly different, thereby implying that the use of different PMCs by the Chinese government needs to be further perfected.
The Role of Patient Navigators in Improving Caregiver Management of Childhood Asthma
Authors: Rojas Smith Lucia , Clayton Megan L. , Woodell Carol , Mansfield Carol
Published: April 2017

Childhood asthma is a significant public health problem in the United States. Barriers to effective asthma management in children include the need for caregivers to identify and manage diverse environmental triggers and promote appropriate use of preventive asthma medications. Although health care providers may introduce asthma treatments and care plans, many providers lack the time and capacity to educate caregivers about asthma in an ongoing, sustained manner. To help address these complexities of asthma care, many providers and caregivers rely on patient navigators (defined as persons who provide patients with a particular set of services and who address barriers to care) (Dohan & Schrag, 2005). Despite growing interest in their value for chronic disease management, researchers and providers know little about how or what benefits patient navigators can provide to caregivers in managing asthma in children. To explore this issue, we conducted a mixed-method evaluation involving focus groups and a survey with caregivers of children with moderate-to-severe asthma who were enrolled in the Merck Childhood Asthma Network Initiative (MCAN). Findings suggest that patient navigators may support children’s asthma management by providing individualized treatment plans and hands-on practice, improving caregivers’ understanding of environmental triggers and their mitigation, and giving clear, accessible instructions for proper medication management. Study results may help to clarify and further develop the role of patient navigators for the effective management of asthma in children.
Occurrence Of Osteomuscular Symptoms In Teachers Of A Higher Education Institution
Authors: Maximino Danielle Aurília Ferreira Macêdo , Silva Adriana do Carmo da , Bezerra Eva Pôrto , Oliveira Danielle Martins do Nascimento , Silva Cássia Surama Oliveira da , Filho Josélio Soares de Oliveira , Virgínio Nereide De Andrade , Souto Cláudia Germana Virgínio de , Cruz Déa Sílvia Moura da , Silva Amanda Benício da , Saraiva Camila Navarro Rocha , Mello Emmanuella Costa de Azevedo , Lima Andréa Márcia Cunha , Barbosa Lucas Cunha Pimenta , Marques Daniela Karina Antão , De Souza Maurício Caxias
Published: April 2017

The objective of this study was to investigate the occurrence of musculoskeletal symptoms in teachers of a Higher Education Institution (HEI) located in João Pessoa – PB. This is a descriptive research with a quantitative approach, held at the Faculties of Nursing and Medicine (FACENE/FAMENE), in the city of João Pessoa-PB. The instrument for data collection consisted of a form with objective questions and divided into two parts, the first with data characterizing the sample and the second with the Nordic Musculoskeletal Symptoms Questionnaire. The data were analyzed quantitatively in percentage numbers and distributed in graphs. The results indicated that 30 teachers accepted to participate in the study with female predominance (67%). The regions most affected in the last 12 months were: dorsal (60%), lumbar (53%), neck, shoulders, wrists and hands (47%). Of the teachers interviewed, 20% reported having had difficulties in routine activities due to discomfort in the cervical region and 27% reported having sought medical or physiotherapeutic care due to neck pain, while 20% due to pain in the shoulders, dorsal, wrist/hands and hip/thighs. As for the occurrence of symptoms in the last week, the regions with the highest frequency of pain were shoulders (40%), neck and dorsal (27%). The significant percentage in the regions cited certifies that they are the regions most burdened in the professors and, therefore, deserve special attention in possible projects of occupational preventive action. This research evidences the necessity of new approaches and deepening on the subject, including the formulation of intervention strategies in the process of sickness of teachers.

Descriptors: Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders. University Teachers. Worker's Health.
Analysis Of Vaccination Campaign Against Hpv And The Perspective Of Vaccinated Population
Authors: Nunes Flávia Maria Palmeira , Medeiros Hellen Renatta Leopoldino , Safadi Marco Aurelio , Nobre Juliane De Oliveira Costa , Bezerra Anne Milane Formiga , Lima Maryama Naara Félix de Alencar , Linhares Viviane Queiroga , Bezerra Kévia Katiúcia Santos , Bezerra Juliana De Almeida Leandro , Godeiro Vínícius Lúcio , Ferreira Wendel Robson da Silva , Pereira Clebson Veríssimo da Costa , De Souza Hellen Maria Gomes Araújo , Vieira Tamiris Guedes , Azevedo Denisy Dantas Melquiades , Oliveira Silvia Ximenes , Nunes Elicarlos Marques
Published: April 2017

Introduction:

 The Ministry of Health has provided for the girls population aged nine to 13 years, the quadrivalent vaccine against Human Papillomavirus as a preventive measure for cancer of the cervix, with the initial proposal to achieve 80% of this population.

 Objective:

 To analyze the vaccine coverage and the perspective of the target population about the vaccine against the Human Papillomavirus.

 Methods:

 This was a quantitative and qualitative field research in descriptive character, conducted through the Information System of the National Program for Immunization and with a sample of 86 adolescents in the city of São José do Egito/PE/BR.

 Results:

 The vaccination coverage showed a reduction in sequence of the vaccination schedules of 19,53% in the first phase of the campaign and of 24.07% in the second phase. It was also noted that lack accurate information for more than 50% of respondents, 15.11% had local and / or systemic reactions and 89,53% of them expect positive results with the vaccine against the Human Papillomavirus.

 Conclusion:

The results showed a discontinuity in the prophylaxis scheme, but for the teenagers who took the vaccine there is confidence that the immunobiological has the desired effect, protecting them against viruses and future cancer of the cervix.

Keywords: Health services; Vaccine; Adolescents; Human Papillomavirus.
How to face the association between tobacco and psychosis?
Authors: Dantas Raphael Tavares , Júnior Wanderley Gonçalves Cordeiro , Moreira Marcial Moreno , Santos Lídia Coelho do Nascimento , De Oliveira Sidney Medeiros , Rolim Neto Modesto Leite
Published: April 2017

Evidences suggest an association between tobacco and psychosis. However, the reasons why people with psychosis have a higher tendency to smoke than the general population are not yet clear. Recently, Gurillo et al. reported that daily use of tobacco is associated with an increased risk of psychotic disorder and an earlier age of onset of psychotic illness. His study also calculated a significant mean difference in age at onset, expressed in years, and estimated the prevalence of smoking in people with their first episode of psychosis. According to this and other findings, it could be said that the causes of the smoking-schizophrenia association are complex and cannot be explained solely as a result of some aspect of schizophrenia. Thus, new studies in this area are needed, as well as strategies that look for the monitoring of smoking effects in order to reduce it among individuals with schizophrenia.

Key-words: Tobacco, Psychosis, Illness.
Prediction of a Red Nova Outburst in KIC 9832227
Authors: Molnar Lawrence A. , Van Noord Daniel M. , Kinemuchi Karen , Smolinski Jason P. , Alexander Cara E. , Cook Evan M. , Jang Byoungchan , Kobulnicky Henry A. , Spedden Christopher J. , Steenwyk Steven D.
Published: April 2017

We present the first identification of a candidate precursor for an imminent red nova. Our prediction is based on the example of the precursor to the red nova V1309 Sco, which was retrospectively found to be a contact binary with an exponentially decreasing period. We explore the use of this distinctive timing signature to identify precursors, developing the observational and analysis steps needed. We estimate that our Galaxy has roughly 1–10 observable precursors. Specifically, we lay out the observational case for KIC 9832227, which we identified as a tentative candidate two years ago (Molnar et al. 2015, AAS Meeting #225 Abstracts 415.05). Orbital timing over the past two years has followed the tentative exponential fit. As of late 2015, the period time derivative went beyond the range found in other systems (

), a necessary criterion for a serious candidate. We estimate time of merger is the year 2022.2 ± 0.7. Double absorption line spectra confirm directly the 0.458-day light-curve is the orbital period of a contact binary system and yield a mass ratio

. Closer analysis of the Kepler timing data shows evidence of a component C with orbital period

days and

. An alternative interpretation of the long-term timing trend, that is, a light travel-time delay due to the orbit around a distant component D, is ruled out by the spectroscopic data for any nondegenerate star. Additional measurements are needed to test further the merging hypothesis and to use fully this fortuitous opportunity.
Catilina, pour combien de temps encore  ? Actualités bibliographiques sur un conspirateur trop connu
Authors: Millot Romain
Published: April 2017

L. Sergius Catilina et sa conjuration de 63 a.C. ont déjà donné lieu à de nombreux débats. Pourtant, le personnage continue de fasciner (et de diviser) les chercheurs aujourd’hui, en témoigne l’abondance des ouvrages qui s’y intéressent depuis le début de la décennie. Catilina était-il ce criminel insatiable dénoncé par Cicéron et Salluste, ou un réformateur soucieux des intérêts du peuple, devenu révolutionnaire malgré lui ? Sa vie et son action présentent plusieurs zones d’ombre que des hypothèses parfois nouvelles et audacieuses s’attachent à remplir. Au-delà de ces questionnements, la postérité de la conjuration de Catilina offre un intérêt crucial. Souvent utilisée comme exemple de perfidie au cours de l’Histoire, elle se retrouve encore aujourd’hui dans le discours politique car elle pose des problématiques très contemporaines : complots et théories du complot, dénonciation d’une ploutocratie, légitimité des mesures d’état d’urgence.
Subjectivity and the progressive form in early eighteenth-century spoken discourse
Authors: Hancil Sylvie
Published: April 2017

Il est un fait établi depuis longtemps que la forme be + -ing est employée comme marqueur de langue familière (voir, entre autres, van der Laan (1922), Goedsche (1932), Strang (1982), Wright (1995). Nombreux sont les linguistes qui ont étudié le phénomène dans la comédie en prose et dans la correspondance privée à la fin de la période de l’anglais moderne, mais aucune étude n’a encore été faite pour cette période dans le cadre de conversations appartenant à d’autres genres. Le Corpus des Dialogues Anglais permet de mener à bien cette entreprise pour le début du dix-huitième siècle et offre au chercheur la possibilité de travailler dans cinq genres différents (comédie, fiction, manuels, procès et dépositions de témoins). Le but de cette étude est d’examiner l’évolution sémantique de la périphrase en s’intéressant aux valeurs subjectives de la construction dans les deux dernières périodes du Corpus des Dialogues Anglais jusqu’en 1760, en s’appuyant sur la classification des marqueurs de point de vue de Biber et al. (2002). L’hypothèse de Fitzmaurice (2004), selon laquelle l’interprétation subjective est liée à l’utilisation de la périphrase avec des verbes cognitifs à la première ou deuxième personne, en présence d’adverbes de renforcement, dans des propositions principales au présent est testée. Les résultats indiquent qu’il est nécessaire de réviser cette hypothèse. On sera également amené à tester le gradient de la subjectivité de Traugott et Dasher (2002) et on montrera comment la forme be +-ing a diachroniquement évolué selon ce gradient au début du dix-huitième siècle selon la catégorie du dialogue.
A natural-language semantics approach to infinitival and gerund-participial complementation in English
Authors: Duffley Patrick
Published: April 2017

Cet article propose une analyse de la complémentation infinitive et gérondive en anglais au moyen d’un cadre théorique fondé sur la sémantique naturelle non formelle. Le postulat de base de l’analyse est que ce sont les signifiés des formes linguistiques et les relations conceptuelles entre ceux-ci qui conditionnent en premier lieu les possibilités expressives des constructions comportant un complément. L’explication proposée de l’emploi des compléments en anglais s’appuie sur trois paramètres : (1) le contenu sémantique des compléments eux-mêmes ; (2) la fonction du complément dans la phrase ; (3) le contenu lexical du verbe de la principale. Dans certains cas, il faut considérer également le contexte d’énonciation pour rendre compte de la production du message. Nous suggérons que l’incapacité d’autres cadres théoriques d’apporter des explications pour certaines données est due au fait qu’ils emploient des catégories sémantiques qui sont ou bien trop abstraites, et donc ne correspondent pas à la sémantique de l’anglais, ou bien trop particulières, ne relevant que de certains emplois des formes en question. Les données choisies pour illustrer l’argument sont prises parmi les verbes aspectuels en anglais.
Les grammaires de construction
Authors: Puckica Jérôme
Published: April 2017

This paper is a short presentation of some basic aspects of the grammatical theory known as construction grammar, which has been differently developed by Ch. Fillmore, R. Langacker, and A. Goldberg, among others. First, the notion of “construction” as a form-meaning pairing is explained, as well as the different types of constructions recognized in the theory (simple v. complex, specified or substantive v. schematic or formal). Then, some of the fundamental postulates of the theory are exposed : the conception of a native speaker’s grammatical knowledge as a network of constructions, the lexicon-grammar continuum, the operation of unification involved in the production of sentences, the non-derivational and monostratal nature of construction grammar, and the usage-based approach to language acquisition that is shared by most constructionists. Finally, it is shown that “verbo-centric” approaches to verbal clauses, including that of generative grammar based on the Projection Principle, cannot provide a satisfying treatment of cases of multiple argument realisation, while these are elegantly and economically accountedfor within the constructionist framework.
Quelques réflexions sur BY en anglais
Authors: Santin-Guettier Anne-Marie
Published: April 2017

If we go back to the genesis of BY, we soon discover that it has the same roots as the preverb BE-. As a preposition, the major value of BY has always been «around». Our aim is not to label BY as a preposition, a particle or a postposition. By founding our study on examples, we shall try to find out the impact of the original value «around» on the semantic and syntactic uses of BY. Our hypothesis is that the spatial and temporal values of proximity and «passing through» are related to BY+Ving constructions and most structures with BY. Furthermore, the human mind tends to link two entities or two events if they stand in proximity to each other. BY lies at the core of this thesis. Lastly, the microsystem by which/whereby reveals that whereby plays a more complex grammatical role than by which.
De ĐURFAN à NEED : histoire d’une disparition
Authors: Roméro Céline
Published: April 2017

In Old and Middle English, ĐURFAN is part of the preterite-present verb class. These verbs are considered the ancestors of the Contemporary English modal verbs. ĐURFAN expresses need and necessity. We could then claim that it is the perfect candidate to express modality and be part of the class of modal verbs. Yet, it is not this morphological form that we find today. It is NEED we are now dealing with as a modal verb. This latter form is very close to the forms of NIEDAN / NEODIAN and NEDEN we find in Old and Middle English. This paper aims to show why ĐURFAN disappeared in Contemporary English and why NEED emerged, whereas those two forms coexisted in Old and Middle English. Our hypothesis is that ĐURFAN / ĐURFEN indeed disappeared but that the verb NEED (which replaced them) has the same syntactic and semantic characteristics as ĐURFAN, as well as the lexical characteristics it already possessed in Old and Middle English.
Enough et la modalisation de l’assertion
Authors: Moreau Catherine
Published: April 2017

This study focuses on the adverb of degree ‘enough’ when associated with phrasal adverbs. Its aim is to explain why adverbs inducing appreciation or conviction are involved in the process and why the adjunction of ‘enough’ to phrasal adverbs conveys subjectivity and reinforcement, as well as dissociation—so why should ‘oddly enough’, [...] mean ‘odd though it may seem’? We will use such properties to demonstrate that the adjunction of ‘enough’ to a phrasal adverb plays a particular role in the construction of assertion and in the structuring of discourse.
Les infinitives problématiques : l’exemple de cease to
Authors: Girard-Gillet Geneviève
Published: April 2017

Infinitives are usually thought to refer to future events relative to the time denoted by the matrix verb they depend on. But with some verbs this temporal interpretation turns out to be false. “Cease” is one of these verbs which raise questions, as the process expressed by the non-finite form has necessarily occurred before its cessation. Still more surprising is that “cease” elicits another complementation, namely a gerundive. This article aims to show that analyses of to-infinitives have to take into account the existence of this verb if any kind of generalization is to be reached. We draw on a semantic/syntactic notion developed by research in Generative Grammar, the notion of unaccusativity to explain some phenomena. Some verbs appearing in the complementation of “cease” have two interpretations: an unaccusative one and an agentive one. The former is realized via the infinitive and the latter via the gerundive.
OTHER and ELSE : Same difference ? Deux expressions de l’altérité en anglais
Authors: Schuwer Martine , Pennec Blandine
Published: April 2017

In terms of qualifiers, other and else may both express the notion of otherness in English. At the semantic level, they seem to be very similar in the sense that they share the same notional feature of “presupposition”. It is indeed bv reference to a first element that a second one may be qualified with other or else. However, other and else differ in terms ofsyntactic behaviour, thus denoting distinct underlying operations, and probably accountingfor their differing values in context. According to their linguistic environment, other and else may in fact either bring a qualitative or a quantitative determination. Carried out within the framework of the Theory ofEnunciative Operations, this study proposes a model of the various values corresponding to either determining operation.
UN NUOVO DUVALIUS TROGLOBIO DELLA SICILIA DEL “GRUPPO SILVESTRII” (COLEOPTERA, CARABIDAE)
Authors: Magrini Paolo , Petrioli Andrea , Degiovanni Augusto
Published: April 2017

Nella presente nota viene descritto un nuovo Duvalius troglobio della Sicilia occidentale appartenente al gruppo silvestrii (sensu Magrini, 1997-1998). Il nuovo taxon, come la specie nominale del gruppo e Duvalius adelphus (Magrini et al., 2008), presenta un edeago di grandi dimensioni, fornito di una lamella copulatrice anch’essa assai grande, conformata a doccia e con apice inciso di consistenza membranosa. La nuova specie risulta facilmente distinguibile e ben caratterizzata per la conformazione dell’habitus e dell’organo copulatore maschile (edeago e lamella).
DASYTROGUS REITTER, 1902, THE VALID NAME OF THE GENUS CURRENTLY KNOWN AS MADOTROGUS REITTER, 1902 (COLEOPTERA, MELOLONTHIDAE)
Authors: Branco Tristão
Published: April 2017

The reasons are explained why, according to the current edition of the International
Code of Zoological Nomenclature, Dasytrogus Reitter, 1902 is the valid name of the genus currently known as Madotrogus Reitter, 1902. The nomenclatural history of the case is reviewed, showing that, under the two previous editions of the Code, Madotrogus was indeed its valid name by the choice of the first reviser.
TAXONOMIC NOTES ON SOME PALAEARCTIC SPECIES OF THE WEEVIL GENUS TYCHIUS WITH THE DESCRIPT ION OF FIVE NEW SPECIES (COLEOPTERA, CURCULIONIDAE)
Authors: Caldara Roberto
Published: April 2017

Five new species belonging to the weevil genus Tychius Germar, 1817 are here described: Tychius magnithorax n. sp. (southern central Turkey, Syria), T. podlussanyi n. sp. (northern Portugal), T. ucrainicus n. sp. (eastern Ukraine), T. weilli n. sp. (Syria), T. zagrosianus n. sp. (south-western Iran). For each taxon a description, habitus photograph, figures of rostrum and genitalia when useful for taxonomy, and differential characters from the closely related species are provided. A neotype is designated for Tychius conspersus Rosenhauer, 1856, and the following synonymy is proposed: T. conspersus Rosenhauer, 1856 = T. antoinei Hustache, 1944 n. syn. Finally the male of T. boroveci Caldara, 1995 and the male genitalia of T. lacteoguttatus Desbrochers, 1875 are described for the first time.
Nine stratigraphic sections from lower Paleozoic strata of northeast Ellesmere Island,
Authors: Dewing K , de Freitas T
Published: April 2017

Nine measured stratigraphic sections from northeast Ellesmere Island are described. The units covered are the Hazen, Bulleys Lump, Ninnis Glacier, Cass Fjord, Scorseby Bay, Ritter Bay, Rawlings Bay, Ella Bay, and Kennedy Channel formations. A section through the
Cambrian on Bache Peninsula describes the Dallas Bugt, Cape Leiper, Cape Ingersoll, Police Post, Cape Kent, Cape Wood, and Cass
Fjord formations.
Gender responsiveness diagnostic of national monitoring and evaluation systems – methodological reflections
Authors: Jansen van Rensburg Madri S. , Blaser Mapitsa Caitlin
Published: April 2017

Background: This article reflects on the implementation of a diagnostic study carried out to understand the gender responsiveness of the national monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems of Benin, South Africa and Uganda. Carrying out the study found that the potential for integrating the cross-cutting systems of gender and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) are strong. At the same time, it highlighted a range of challenges intersecting these two areas of work. This article explores these issues, which range from logistical to conceptual.Objectives: This article aims to share reflections from the gender diagnostic study to enable more appropriate capacity building in the field of gender responsiveness in national M&E systems. Developing more sophisticated tools to measure gender responsiveness in complex contexts is critical. A better understanding of how gender and national M&E systems intersect is important to understanding firstly how we can more accurately measure the gender responsiveness of existing systems and secondly how better to engender capacity development initiatives.Method: As part of the Twende Mbele programme, Centre for Learning on Evaluation and Results (CLEAR) commissioned Africa Gender and Development Evaluator’s Network (AGDEN) to coordinate teams of researchers in Benin, Uganda, and South Africa to collaboratively develop the diagnostic tool, and then implement it by conducting a review of key documentation and to interview officials within the government wide monitoring and evaluation systems as well as the national gender machinery in each country.Results: The study found that the gender responsiveness of M&E systems across all three systems was unequal, but more importantly, it is important to do more work on how M&E and gender are conceptualised, to ensure this can be studied in a more meaningful way. To strengthen national monitoring and evaluation systems, gender responsiveness and equity must serve as a foundation for growth. However, intersection M&E with gender is complex, and riddled with gaps in capacity, conceptual differences, and challenges bringing together disparate and complex systems.Conclusion: A stronger understanding of the linkages between M&E and gender is an important starting place for bringing them together holistically.
Failure of BACTEC™ MGIT 960™ to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis  complex within a 42-day incubation period
Authors: Mahomed Sharana , Dlamini-Mvelase Nomonde R. , Dlamini Moses , Mlisana Koleka
Published: April 2017

For the optimal recovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the BACTEC™ Mycobacterium Growth Indicator Tube 960™ system, an incubation period of 42–56 days is recommended by the manufacturer. Due to logistical reasons, it is common practice to follow an incubation period of 42 days. We undertook a retrospective study to document positive Mycobacterium Growth Indicator Tube cultures beyond the 42-day incubation period. In total, 98/110 (89%) were positive for M. tuberculosis complex. This alerted us to M. tuberculosis growth detection failure at 42 days.
I am/am I an African? A relational reading of Diaspora and Identity in South African Fiction by J.U. Jacobs
Authors: Flockemann Miki
Published: April 2017

The publication of Diaspora and Identity in South African Fiction (2016) by J.U. Jacobs is a timely intervention, in that it is the first comprehensive study of South African fiction to sustain the argument that South African writing is always already diasporic. Although Jacobs’ diasporic framework undoubtedly serves as an important addition to the recent trends identified by literary scholars, his focus on 12 well-established writers (including Coetzee, Wicomb, Mda, Gordimer and Ndebele), highlights some of the gaps that need to be filled in a study of this kind. For instance, what about the younger generation of writers, including those from elsewhere in Africa who are writing about living in South Africa? How do they deal with what has been termed the new diaspora, with debates around Afropolitanism and the experiences of internal, inter-continental and trans-continental migrancy in an increasingly globalising world? Despite these shortcomings, Jacobs’ premise about the inevitably diasporic identifications that are narrativised in the 20 novels analysed here can provide a useful foundation for further scholarship on how the diasporic condition informs and is mediated in other texts. These, as I will show, range from works by a new generation of emerging writers on the one hand to the performing arts on the other hand.
Quality assessment of thyroid ultrasound and implementation of a standard reporting template to be used in training hospitals
Authors: Claassens Sunette , Mitchell Claire , Hlabangana Tebogo
Published: April 2017

No abstract available.
Are cranial ultrasound requests and reports adequate at two academic hospitals in Johannesburg?
Authors: Mutshutshu Ntebogang P. , Hlabangana Linda T.
Published: April 2017

No abstract available.
Challenges in reporting on predetermined objectives to the Auditor-General: The case of Limpopo provincial departments
Authors: Diedericks Melvin
Published: April 2017

Limpopo provincial departments like all other South African government departments are required to report on performance against predetermined objectives in terms of Section 40 of the Public Finance Management Act 1 of 1999, read in conjunction with Section 5.1.1 of the Treasury Regulations. The purpose of this article is to report on a study that was undertaken to establish the challenges faced by the Limpopo provincial departments in reporting on performance against predetermined objectives to the Auditor-General (AG). Reporting on predetermined objectives has been a challenge over the past financial years and this is evident in the AG’s reports, in which Limpopo provincial departments continued to receive qualified audit reports. The literature review carried out for purposes of this study revealed that performance management is fundamental to enhancing organisational performance. A qualitative research design was used to collect and analyse data. Key findings of the study included that management should prioritise strategic planning, performance reporting, monitoring and evaluation to enable it to be in a position to make a determination as to whether what was planned by the department was actually realised. It is also of paramount importance that performance reporting is highly prioritised at strategic, tactical and operational management meetings to ensure more effective and efficient organisational performance.
Staff perceptions on pigeon control strategies on the University of South Africa’s Muckleneuk campus
Authors: Harris Emma , De Crom Engela P. , Wilson Ann
Published: April 2017

Pigeons are often considered a nuisance in urban environments, leading to the attempted control or eradication of their populations. This study explored the perceptions of 246 staff members employed on the University of South Africa’s Muckleneuk campus to ascertain the extent and nature of the perceived pigeon problem, suggested control methodologies and their anticipated results. The study found that the majority of staff do not consider the pigeons to pose a problem on the campus and that, should control be imposed, humane, non-lethal measures were preferred over eradication. The isolated pigeon-related complaints revealed that the management’s negative perceptions of the pigeons were not representative of staff members in general. The study concludes that a comprehensive public participation process is a necessary and integral part of the development and implementation of a sustainable and efficient pigeon control plan.
FXRS: Fast X-Ray Spectrum-Simulator Theory and Software Implementation
Authors: Chirilă Ciprian C. , Ha T. M. H.
Published: April 2017

We propose a simple, computationally efficient scheme for an X-ray spectrum simulator. The theoretical models describing the physical processes involved are employed in our Monte Carlo software in a coherent way, paving the way for straightforward future improvements. Our results compare satisfactorily to experimental results from literature and to results from dedicated simulation software. The simplicity, excellent statistical errors, and short execution time of our code recommend it for intensive use in X-ray generation simulations.
Короткое и простое доказательство теоремы Юрката-Ватермана о сопряженных функциях
Authors: Lebedev Vladimir Vladimirovich
Published: April 2017

Известно, что некоторые свойства непрерывных функций на окружности $\mathbb T$, связанные с разложением в ряд Фурье, могут быть улучшены при помощи замены переменной - гомеоморфизма окружности на себя. Одним из результатов в этом направлении является теорема Юрката-Ватермана о сопряженных функциях, усиливающая классическую теорему Бора-Пала. В настоящей работе дается
короткое и крайне простое в техническом отношении доказательство теоремы Юрката-Ватермана. Используемый подход дает более сильный результат.
Fontaines narratives de Jean GIono
Authors: Leforestier Claire
Published: April 2017

La qualité matricielle de l'eau pour la psyché est un lieu commun qui ne présente d'intérêt que si la généralité cède devant l'examen de réalisations singulières. Avec une simple scène d'enfants, Jean Giono révèle, dans « Jeux ou la naumachie », que le lit d'eau vive fait celui de la fiction. Du contact avec l'eau naissent en même temps la créature et le créateur. Fontaine, ruisseau, fleuve, mer... les diverses eaux de son œuvre sont corrélées à des êtres ou à des métamorphoses, leur présence amorce un cours d'événements, l'élément donne lieu à l'écoulement ou à la dérive : la narration même. Il importe de rechercher les traits distinctifs de ces eaux, non par souci d'inventaire, mais pour dégager certaines propriétés fondamentales. Si la plus significative est bien celle de la poïèse, propriété génétique, la plus éclatante est la qualité magique de l'eau de mer... La dimension tellurique de l'œuvre a été largement explorée. L'eau a beau y être moins « décrite » que l'air et la lumière, autres éléments vitaux majeurs dont le conteur s'emploie à restituer le fascinant pouvoir d'animation, ses aspects (multiples) et ses fonctions (cruciales) méritent que l'on s'y penche. Pour connaître les prestiges des eaux, il faut d'abord rencontrer les initiés: Pétrus, le fontainier de « L'Eau vive », Antonio, l'homme-fleuve du Chant du monde, l'aiguadier de Noé... autant de « caractères » de la vie aquatique dont l'écrivain marque la valeur et les pouvoirs. Il faut en outre s'intéresser aux correspondances favorites du poète-romancier : l'eau, relativement peu comparée (en huile, en métal ou en écailles) sert en revanche fréquemment de comparant, vivifiant nombre d'éléments naturels, tant il est vrai que, chez Giono, la crue de la fiction tend à faire acquérir à toute représentation la dimension du grand large.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/XXVColloqueAFUE.2016.3039
Analyse textométrique et lexicométrique de l’eau dans Manon des Sources de Marcel Pagnol
Authors: De Oliveira Ana Paula
Published: April 2017

Lors de cette présentation, nous tenterons de mesurer l’impact des mots découlant du champ lexical de l’eau dans l’ensemble de l’ouvrage de Manon des sources de Marcel Pagnol. Il s’agira d’une étude lexicométrique et textométrique générée par un programme d’analyse linguistique où le lexique et son contexte seront mis en adéquation pour donner lieu à des interprétations précises. Notre intérêt se portera concrètement sur une étude comparative des différentes potentialités de la machine face au raisonnement humain. Nous tâcherons, au cours de cette analyse, de découvrir avec quel niveau de fréquence et jusqu’à quel point notre artifice peut être capable d’analyser correctement et de façon cohérente un extrait de cet ouvrage. Notre objectif final sera celui de constater les différents points de divergences tout comme ceux de convergences afin de démontrer dans quelle mesure notre outil peut être utile et efficace dans le cadre de l’enseignement de la langue et de la littérature française.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/XXVColloqueAFUE.2016.3054
Espaces de l’eau : lieux féminins dans la littérature médiévale française
Authors: Bahíllo Sphonix-Rust Emma
Published: April 2017

Élément féminin par excellence, l’eau apparaît fréquemment dans la littérature médiévale. Omniprésente dans le cycle arthurien, elle se fait plus rare dans d’autres récits comme les cycles épiques. Comme bien des éléments, l’eau intègre la mentalité médievale à travers des valeurs multiples, souvent opposées. Ainsi, l’eau douce est souvent liée à la féerie celtique, tandis que dans le paysage épique on retrouve une eau particulièrement destructrice. À partir d’un corpus hétéroclite de textes, nous étudions différents éléments aquatiques de nature différente comme l’eau chrétienne, la mer Méditerranée ou encore la fontaine. Nous voudrions montrer quelles sont leurs fonctions –narrative, symbolique ou poétique– au cœur des textes. Nous nous demanderons également comment cet élément est associé à la femme, et notamment quelle est sa valeur féminine dans l’univers médiéval.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/XXVColloqueAFUE.2016.3073
El agua en L'Autre Alceste de Alfred Jarry
Authors: Alexandrescu Ioana
Published: April 2017

En una de sus excéntricas ocurrencias, Alfred Jarry asegura que el agua es un veneno corrosivo, capaz de destrozar, con una sola gota, la pureza de un líquido (por ejemplo, la absenta, adorada por el autor y en gran medida factor desencadenante de su prematura muerte). Lo mismo le decía a su amiga, la escritora Rachilde, advertiéndole sobre el peligro de envenenarse, puesto que el agua contiene todos los microbios «de la tierra y del cielo». En este contexto vital claramente reacio a considerar el agua como una bebida adecuada, surgieron escritos que la valorizan, por otra parte, en su amplia y ancestral capacidad simbólica. La obra de Alfred Jarry comprende múltiples declinaciones del imaginario acuático, aún poco exploradas por la crítica. Nuestro trabajo se porpone analizar las particularidades de la presencia acuática en uno de sus escritos más abundantes en este aspecto, L'Autre Alceste.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/XXVColloqueAFUE.2016.3075
La femme au colt 45: un parcours dans imaginaire aquatique de Marie Redonnet
Authors: González Hernández Ana Teresa
Published: April 2017

Sous l’apparence d’une écriture dépouillée et d’une narration dénudée, Marie Redonnet, écrivaine contemporaine, nous présente un univers fictionnel peuplé de personnages –féminins pour la plupart- démunis et solitaires, soumis aux grandes tensions sociales, ancrés dans un cadre spatio-temporel flou, et fréquemment plongés dans un état d’abandon existentiel, de stagnation,  auquel vient contribuer la présence d’une composante clé de l’imaginaire redonnetien: l’élément aquatique.  Chez Redonnet, les  différentes variantes de l’eau: océans, mers, fleuves, lacs, cascades, marécages, etc, deviennent de véritables métaphores récurrentes, voire obsédantes, riches de signification. Prenant comme point de départ de notre parcours la trilogie: Splendid Hôtel, Forever Valley et Rose Mélie Rose,  publiée entre 1986 et 1987, nous nous proposons d’analyser, dans un premier temps, le rôle et la signification de la présence récurrente de la thématique de l’eau dans cette trilogie. Nous  dresserons, ensuite, le tableau des différentes manifestations de l’eau et des divers aspects  de la symbolique aquatique dans son dernier roman: La femme au colt 45, paru en 2016. Dans ce roman, utilisant une langue épurée et minimaliste, proche du langage dramaturgique, Marie Redonnet nous pose la problématique de la précarité des réfugiés, et des sans-papiers, de la méchanceté humaine, des difficultés pour recommencer une nouvelle vie ailleurs, de « l’autre côté du fleuve », à travers l’expérience vitale de Lora Sander, une comédienne qui fuit la dictature de son pays. L’étude dans ce dernier roman de la présence de l’eau, sous toutes ses manifestations, ainsi que la signification des différents élements qui lui sont associés,  nous permettra de nous  interroger sur l’évolution du traitement de l’imaginaire aquatique dans  la création littéraire de M. Redonnet.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/XXVColloqueAFUE.2016.3111
Images de l’eau dans l’œuvre yourcenarienne
Authors: Benoit Morinière Claude
Published: April 2017

L'élément le plus présent dans les œuvres romanesques et les textes autobiographiques de Marguerite Yourcenar est, de beaucoup, cette aqua permanens qui nous maintient en vie en tant que partie constitutive de notre organisme. Elle est aussi l'eau primitive qui recouvrait le « primordial et l'illimité » ; l'eau funèbre du Nil où se noie volontairement le jeune Antinoüs ; celle, tombée du ciel, qui préside à la tentative d'assassinat de Marcella en la personne du dictateur à Rome; celle, chantante, de la Fontaine de Trévi ; l'eau qui purifie Zénon lors de son bain sur la plage de Heyst ; celle de la mer déchaînée sur l'île frisonne où agonise Nathanaël, dévasté par l'eau qui emplit ses poumons; celle des fleuves canadiens parcourus par l'auteur, ou encore, les cascades d'eau qui résonnent aux oreilles de Zénon au moment de sa mort, lorsqu'il atteint finalement l'œuvre au rouge.Chez la romancière, habituée dès l'enfance aux terres meubles et humides du nord, aux plages où elle jouait sous la surveillance de Jeanne, sa seconde mère et, plus tard, friande de croisières et de voyages transatlantiques mais fervente de la contemplation de l'eau sous toutes ses formes, il n'est pas étonnant que l'élément liquide constitue l'un des piliers de son imaginaire. â travers une analyse de ces images symboliques qui abondent dans ses textes, et plus particulièrement dans ceux de sa maturité et de la fin de sa vie, nous tenterons de montrer la richesse et la variété des représentations de l'eau dans la majeure partie des textes yourcenariens.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/XXVColloqueAFUE.2016.3180
Maylis de Kerangal: une écriture au cœur de la mer
Authors: Bonnet Dominique
Published: April 2017

Maylis de Kerangal est née à Toulon et a grandi au Havre. Cette vie portuaire reste très présente dans son œuvre et de Corniche Kennedy à À ce stade de la nuit en passant par Réparer les vivants l’univers maritime marque son écriture et la mer traverse ses romans. Dans notre communication nous essaierons de montrer le rôle prépondérant que joue la mer dans la création littéraire de Maylis de Kerangal tout en nous laissant porter par sa conception de l’écriture tant imprégnée par l’imaginaire maritime : « Je me dis parfois qu'écrire c'est instaurer un paysage. Les îles, et plus encore les îles désertes, sont pour cela des matériaux de haute volée, leur statut géologique amorçant déjà une écriture, portant un récit. Essaimées sur la mer, les îles surgissent comme des creusets à fictions, ou des aimants dispersés sur l'imaginaire » (À ce stade de la nuit, 2015).DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/XXVColloqueAFUE.2016.3185
Analyse et enseignement des discours sur l'eau en FOS
Authors: Mangiante Jean-Marc
Published: April 2017

Cette conférence s’inscrit dans l’axe du colloque consacré au FOS et se propose de présenter les différents discours autourde la thématique de l’eau, issus des corpus constitués au sein du laboratoire Grammatica de l’université d’Artois en vued’analyser la pratique de la langue en milieux professionnels et universitaires. Elle sera l’occasion de dégager les apportsdes outils numériques d’analyse de discours et didactique du FOS comme les référentiels de compétences en langue professionnelleet universitaire conçus dans la perspective de formations en FOS et en FOU, autour de la thématique transversalede l’eau, déclinée dans l’étude du lexique comme de la syntaxe.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/XXVColloqueAFUE.2016.4545
Global ship accidents and ocean swell-related sea states
Authors: Zhang Zhiwei , Li Xiao-Ming
Published: April 2017

Abstract. With the increased frequency of shipping activities, navigation safety has become a major concern, especially when economic losses, human casualties and environmental issues are considered. As a contributing factor, sea state conditions play a significant role in shipping safety. However, the types of dangerous sea states that trigger serious shipping accidents are not well understood. To address this issue, we analyzed the sea state characteristics during ship accidents that occurred in poor weather or heavy seas based on a ten-year ship accident dataset. The sea state parameters, including the significant wave height, the mean wave period and the mean wave direction, obtained from numerical wave model data were analyzed for selected ship accidents. The results indicated that complex sea states with the co-occurrence of wind sea and swell conditions represent threats to sailing vessels, especially when these conditions include close wave periods and oblique wave directions.
Cross-linguistic scope ambiguity: When two systems meet
Authors: Scontras Gregory , Polinsky Maria , Tsai C.-Y. Edwin , Mai Kenneth
Published: April 2017

Accurately recognizing and resolving ambiguity is a hallmark of linguistic ability. English is a language with scope ambiguities in doubly-quantified sentences like A shark ate every pirate; this sentence can either describe a scenario with a single shark eating all of the pirates, or a scenario with many sharks—a potentially-different one eating each pirate. In Mandarin Chinese, the corresponding sentence is unambiguous, as it can only describe the single-shark scenario. We present experimental evidence to this effect, comparing native speakers of English with native speakers of Mandarin in their interpretations of doubly-quantified sentences. Having demonstrated the difference between these two languages in their ability for inverse scope interpretations, we then probe the robustness of the grammar of scope by extending our experiments to English-dominant adult heritage speakers of Mandarin. Like native speakers of Mandarin, heritage Mandarin speakers lack inverse scope in Mandarin. Crucially, these speakers also lack inverse scope in English, their dominant language in adulthood. We interpret these results as evidence for the pressure to simplify the grammar of scope, decreasing ambiguity when possible. In other words, when two systems meet—as in the case of heritage speakers—the simpler system prevails.This article is part of the special collection: Quantifier Scope
Edwin G. Boring: The Historian’s Path in the Pages of The American Journal of Psychology
Authors: Gallagher Shawn P.
Published: April 2017

Although he is best known for his classic textbook, A History of Experimental Psychology, Edwin Garrigues Boring published dozens of articles in The American Journal of Psychology and used its various formats to guide the discipline in the early 20th century. This report reviews a small sample of his publications, including obituaries, notes, and experimental articles, and presents them in historical and biographical context. A central objective is to show how Boring shared the values of his structuralist training with the emerging American schools and how time allowed him to reconsider his approach to history and the legacy of his iconic mentor, Edward Bradford Titchener.
The Effect of Talking Story Books on Saudi Young EFL Learners’ Reading Comprehension
Authors: Alsamadani Hashem Ahmed
Published: April 2017

The current research study investigated the effects of talking story books on Saudi young EFL learners’ reading comprehension skills. A sample of Saudi-young-EFL learners were randomly selected and divided into two groups: an experimental group (40 students) and a control group (39 students). Students of both groups took a pre reading comprehension test at the mid of the 2016 academic year. The researcher used the talking story books when teaching the experimental group for four weeks whereas the students in the control group were taught without the use of talking story books. After four weeks of instruction, both groups completed the same reading comprehension test again. Measures of the means, standard deviations, and MANCOVA were used to determine the differences between the two groups. The study revealed that students who attended reading classes using talking story books outperformed their control group counterparts in many reading-based skills. This is indicative of the positive effects of talking story books on EFL young learners reading comprehension skills.