bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Special Education Law and Services for Pediatricians
Authors: Nolte Lauren , Paskin Gabriella
Published: October 2024

Rates of developmental screening have increased, and understanding how to discuss delays with families is imperative. Knowledge of federal and state law regarding special education is needed. Families often need support to understand the complexity of early intervention and school district–based services. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is the law that mandates services for children from birth to age 21 years who require them. Early intervention provides services for children age 0 to 3 years who have a delay or a condition with a high probability of delay. School-based services for children age 3 to 21 years provide children with disabilities with a free and appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment. While details of the laws are state and location specific, understanding the general principles of the law is important to support children and families navigate this very complex system and receive needed support.

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The approximate lag and anticipating synchronization between two unidirectionally coupled Hindmarsh-Rose neurons with uncertain parameters
Authors: Zhen Bin , Li Ya-Lan , Pei Li-Jun , Ouyang Li-Jun
Published: October 2024

This research presents an adaptive synchronization approach crafted to facilitate exact lag synchronization between a pair of unidirectionally linked Hindmarsh-Rose (HR) neurons, taking into account both explicit propagation delays and the existence of uncertain parameters. The precise condition for lag synchronization is deduced analytically, utilizing the Laplace transform and convolution theorem, alongside the iterative approach within the framework of Volterra integral equations theory. The established criterion guarantees robust stability irrespective of the propagation delay's magnitude, facilitating the realization of approximate lag and anticipating synchronization in a pair of HR neurons. The approximate synchronizations are realized in the absence of direct time-delay coupling, with the Taylor series expansion serving as an alternative to the precise time-delay component. Numerical simulations are executed to validate the effectiveness of the suggested approximate synchronization approach. The research demonstrates that employing the current state of an HR neuron, despite having uncertain parameters, enables the accurate prediction of future states and the reconstruction of past states. This study provides a novel perspective for comprehending neural processes and the advantageous attributes inherent in nonlinear and chaotic systems.
Circulation des savoirs et hybridation des catégories descriptives dans l’histoire de la linguistique chinoise
Authors: Gianninoto Mariarosaria
Published: October 2024

Cet article se propose de présenter les domaines majeurs de la tradition philologique chinoise et les principales étapes de leur développement pour se focaliser ensuite sur les interactions entre la tradition linguistique chinoise et la tradition linguistique occidentale. Je me pencherai ainsi sur les processus d’adaptation de concepts et de catégories, issus de la tradition occidentale, à la description des variétés de chinois, mais aussi sur l’intégration de catégories chinoises dans les ouvrages en langues occidentales de même que sur le recours à des catégories chinoises pour la description d’autres langues.
Les plaques de cuisson du « domaine d’Amon » de Qasr Allam
Authors: Marchand Sylvie
Published: October 2024

Religion and food have been hand in hand during all Antiquity. Storage of food, food processing and cooking utensils are not to be left aside: among them, utensils used for the cooking of different kind of bread are taken as essential commodities. The so-called bread trays/bread platters/deep bread plates / shallow bread plates are one of the objects that are the most commonly used for this purpose during Pharaonic time, and beyond. Our presentation concentrates on the archaeological material coming from the excavations of the “Domaine d’Amon” in Bahariya Oasis, at the end of the Third Intermediate Period. It offers a large number of these specific utensils, being found in various archaeological contexts that show direct religious marking in connection with the sacred nature of the area.
A Palimpsestic Journey Towards Creation and Self-Awareness
Authors: Dubois Dominique
Published: October 2024

Creation and recreation are at the centre of a complex journey of self-exploration in V.S. Naipaul’s The Enigma of Arrival. The aim of the paper is to analyse how intertextuality provides a literary re-vision of the narrator’s experience of reality which ultimately enables him to reconcile the two aspects of his personality he had so far been unable to fuse: his point of view as a man and his vision as an artist.
The Crisis of Masculinity in Tim Winton’s The Riders
Authors: Arizti Martín Bárbara
Published: October 2024

Tim Winton’s work is often populated by strong females and weak males. In his novel The Riders, the author explores the subject of masculine anxiety over the current transformation of gender roles. The protagonist’s trip to Europe is an occasion for a journey of self-discovery that leads him to reconsider his relationship with his wife and daughter and his general attitude to life.
The Music under the Stone: A Reading of Alex La Guma’s The Stone Country
Authors: Gray Rosemary
Published: October 2024

This paper recognizes the critical divide occasioned by Alex La Guma’s The Stone Country, providing examples of theoretical positioning from the Formalist and Marxist schools, respectively. In a re-reading of the text, motivated by the author’s own metapoetic stance, it argues for the opening up of new ground in the study of South African literary sociology and proffers ‘psycho-history’ as an additional – even newer – critical tool to set alongside conventional textual analysis and literary criticism, in an attempt to explain the significance of ‘the music under the stone’ of imprisonment in apartheid South Africa.
Impossible Reconciliation in Manju Kapur’s Difficult Daughters
Authors: Ganapathy-Doré Geetha
Published: October 2024

Manju Kapur’s first novel, Difficult Daughters, presents a daughter’s account of her mother’s troubled life and times. Viramati, as the name of the protagonist implies, is the embodiment of courage. Born in Amritsar in an austere household, she falls in love with her married neighbour and professor, Harish. Viramati’s struggle to achieve her own independence through education and a teaching career finds a parallel in India’s tumultuous course towards freedom. She becomes Harish’s co-wife and mothers a baby girl after an abortion and a miscarriage, while Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs are fighting with one another in Amritsar. When the father refuses to name the girl, Bharati, after the nation, the reader is sensitized to irrevocable pain of partition and loss in and around Viramati and the impossible reconciliation between love and liberty, work and family, Hindus and Muslims in India.
Gender and the Narrative of Identity in Chinua Achebe’s Arrow of God
Authors: Osei-Nyame Jnr Kwadwo
Published: October 2024

This essay contests the view that Chinua Achebe’s writing is inherently ‘sexist’. Despite dominant patriarchal impulses within Igbo society, a closer attention to narrative strategy in Arrow of God demonstrates that women also contribute in significant ways to the Igbo nationalist tradition and to the mobilisation against colonialist ideology.
La féminisation de la langue : un débat linguistique ? Lecture croisée des discours de l’académie française
Authors: Candau Olivier Serge
Published: October 2024

La prise en compte des marques du féminin dans la langue a varié au cours des siècles et selon les théoriciens. La première est celle de ses défenseurs d’une féminisation de la langue, que cela soit celle des titres, des métiers et des fonctions, ou celle de l’usage systématique du féminin et du masculin dans les messages adressés à un auditoire mixte. La seconde, défendue par l’Académie française, repose sur le refus d’une féminisation forcée de la langue. Un clivage s’opère donc entre les défenseurs de la féminisation, qui mettent l’accent sur la dimension sociale du débat (l’égalité des dénominations dans la langue comme garantie de l’équité des sexes dans la société) et ses détracteurs, qui s’appuient sur une approche linguistique (l’usage du masculin s’explique par sa valeur de généricité). Pourtant la déclaration du 28 février 2019 d’une Académie française désormais favorable à une féminisation partielle invite à discuter ce clivage. Et ce revirement semble d’autant plus surprenant en raison notamment de la présence d’Edwards dans la commission d’étude, dont on peut estimer que les positions affirmées collectivement (2014) et individuellement (2017) contestaient largement le bien-fondé d’une terminologie féminisée. Quoique que ces discours adoptent des points de vue qui semblent s’exclure (2014, 2017 versus 2019), ils gagnent pourtant à être considérés de façon complémentaire. D’une part parce qu’ils produisent un savoir sur les mécanismes de la langue. D’autre part parce qu’ils mettent en scène par un ensemble de procédés rhétoriques une stratégie argumentative qui vise bien plus les émotions que la raison. L’unité des positions de l’Académie française (2014, 2017 et 2019) relève ainsi d’un jeu subtil entre discours et pouvoir. Le discours de l’Académie sur la féminisation de la langue sollicite autant des arguments solides (relevant d’un discours du pouvoir) que de la sensibilité (relevant des pouvoirs du discours).
Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação e o Ensino de História da África e do Brasil Africano
Authors: Fernandes Ribeiro Jayme
Published: October 2024

O surgimento das tecnologias da informação e comunicação permite-nos conceber a realidade educativa de uma forma diferente. Tendo como uma de suas premissas essenciais a preparação do aluno para atuar de maneira consciente, crítica e dinâmica na sociedade, a escola deve estar cada vez mais atenta e aberta às inovações que surgem, tanto em seus ambientes internos quanto na própria sociedade. O objetivo deste trabalho é apresentar uma experiência docente no ensino da história da África e do Brasil afrodescendente, em uma escola federal do Rio de Janeiro, utilizando tecnologias, especialmente a computação e a Internet. O artigo também destacará que essas ferramentas não servem apenas para a realização de pesquisas, mas também como instrumentos de produção de conhecimento, explorando diferentes possibilidades de introdução e divulgação.
Les cartes mentales : un changement de paradigme dans les apprentissages
Authors: Caro Dambreville Stéphane
Published: October 2024

Les cartes mentales sont utilisées dans de nombreux domaines d’application. Elles entretiennent beaucoup d’analogies avec le fonctionnement du cerveau humain. De ce fait, elles sont souvent plus efficaces que le texte pour formaliser des informations complexes. Le texte, par sa linéarité et sa mise en relief relativement faible, ne permet pas de rendre compte aussi directement des relations entre des entités à présenter ni de l’importance respective de chacune d’entre elles. Pourtant les systèmes d’enseignement académique accordent toujours pas une place très importante au texte et en particulier aux textes littéraires qui constituent des corpus sans mise en relief et sans visibilité des liens entre les entités présente dans ces textes (autre que lexicalement). Hors le coût cognitif de production ou lecture/compréhension d’un texte est relativement élevé comparé à celui d’une carte mentale. De la même manière, mémoriser des informations depuis un texte est également plus couteux cognitivement et plus long que depuis une carte. Les schémas, représentations graphiques, géographiques ont été utilisés de tout temps, que ce soit mentalement pour mémoriser des informations avant la vulgarisation du papier (théâtres de mémoire de l’antiquité) ou comme support de l’écriture par la suite pour produire des dessins représentant des concepts. De nombreux croquis réalisés par des cerveaux célèbres afin d’exposer leurs projets ou inventions sont répertoriés et certains d’entre eux sont très connus. Cet article expose l’intérêt de ce type de formalisation par rapport à la production de texte. Il présente quelques principes de réalisation des cartes mentales ainsi que des exemples d’application dans le domaine de la pédagogie. Nous insistons sur le bénéfice qu’il peut y avoir à les utiliser dans de nombreuses situations et en particulier quand les apprenants sont en difficulté avec la production/compréhension de texte ou en phase d’apprentissage d’une langue. Enfin, nous insistons sur le fait qu’au delà d’une formalisation particulièrement adaptée à certains usages, les cartes mentales présentent une nouvelle façon d’apprendre et de réfléchir dont il est difficile de se passer lorsque l’on a perçu tout les avantages qu’elles peuvent procurer.
Canciones infantiles (Elena Fortún, María Rodrigo), 1934 : les patrimoines immatériels
Authors: Franco Marie
Published: October 2024

Le recueil de chansons traditionnelles Canciones infantiles, publié en 1934 par Elena Fortún (autrice de littérature pour la jeunesse) et María Rodrigo (musicienne et compositrice) est représentatif de l’intérêt pour le patrimoine culturel populaire qui se manifeste dans les années 30, et relève d’un projet progressiste de modernité culturelle, sociale et politique dont ses éditrices sont exemplaires. Ces aspects, manifestes dans l’introduction rédigée par Elena Fortún, s’associent à la conscience du rôle culturel et anthropologique de cette production, orale dans ses origines, comme expression, en particulier, de subjectivités sociales, nationales et de genre.
Une frontière en guerre. Basques de France et d’Espagne face à la Première guerre carliste (1833‑1840)
Authors: Dupont Alexandre
Published: October 2024

Cet article se propose d’examiner les bouleversements et les transformations induits par la guerre civile qui oppose absolutistes et libéraux dans l’Espagne des années 1830, et qui se déroule au premier chef en Navarre et dans les provinces basques voisines de la frontière française. Si ce conflit interne à l’Espagne remet en cause, comme toute guerre civile, la cohésion sociopolitique et territoriale sur le versant méridional des Pyrénées, la situation affecte aussi à de multiples titres le territoire frontalier français : la guerre civile déborde des frontières espagnoles et déstabilise sociabilités, circulations et échanges transfrontaliers traditionnels. Face à cette situation, les populations frontalières ne restent pas passives et recourent à des stratégies d’adaptation qui doivent aussi prendre en compte les efforts des autorités françaises et espagnoles pour sanctuariser la frontière et la rendre hermétique et éviter une propagation du conflit au nord des Pyrénées.
Les traversées routières et ferroviaires à vocation touristique dans les Pyrénées. Un horizon d’attente transpyrénéen concurrentiel et contrarié
Authors: Hagimont Steve
Published: October 2024

Cet article propose une sorte d’inventaire de voies de communication (ferrées, routières et téléportées) transfrontalières à vocation touristique depuis le xixe siècle dans les Pyrénées, en s’attachant particulièrement à des projets jamais achevés, et aux acteurs qui les ont portés (ingénieurs, entrepreneurs, élus), du point de vue français. Pour les stations en vogue du xixe siècle, il s’agit d’abord de parfaire l’appropriation des ressources culturelles et paysagères présentes en Espagne. L’Espagne est aussi vue dans les territoires qui se sentent menacés de décrochage économique comme un ensemble de ressources et de clients qui permettraient de sauver les vallées françaises. L’article débouche sur quatre points conclusifs. 1) Les notables locaux sont omniprésents. Sans nécessairement avoir d’intérêt financier direct, le transpyrénéen participe d’une mission modernisatrice dont ils se sentent investis. Ils sont en même temps constamment dépendants de décisions et de capitaux qui (ne) viennent (pas) de l’extérieur. 2) Certains lieux ont le pouvoir de susciter un nombre impressionnant de projets successifs, qui s’actualisent des préoccupations et technologies du temps. 3) Les préoccupations écologiques ajoutent un troisième champ de force, depuis les années 1970 surtout, dans la gouvernance de ces projets, aux côtés des réseaux politiques et des intérêts financiers. 4) Au‑delà des nombreux échecs, des projets ont abouti. Les infrastructures se sont considérablement accumulées, ne semblant jamais suffisantes, à mesure que les transports transforment les territoires englobant les Pyrénées.
Statut juridique et gestion politique des déchets nucléaires
Authors: Fleury Marine
Published: October 2024

En raison de leur nature de « biens communs négatifs », la gestion des déchets nucléaires présente des enjeux spécifiques. L’article postule que c’est aussi au regard de cette spécificité que mérite d’être appréciée la pertinence du cadre juridique applicable à ces déchets. Il s’interroge sur le point de savoir si, au-delà des règles applicables à leur gestion matérielle, le droit prend acte de leur nécessaire gestion politique. Il est permis d’en douter si l’on en juge par deux décisions récentes, l’une du Conseil constitutionnel, très commentée, l’autre du Conseil d’État, passée inaperçue. Qu’il s’agisse du droit reconnu au public d’accéder à l’information sur les risques d’émissions ou du droit de chacun de vivre dans un environnement équilibré et respectueux de la santé, les termes d’application de ces droits aux déchets nucléaires invitent à repenser les conditions juridiques de la politisation de leur gestion.
Inspecter la culture
Authors: Demonteil Marion
Published: October 2024

Réforme de l’audiovisuel public, conflits sociaux au musée Picasso ou encore à Beaubourg, avenir du régime de l’intermittence : chaque question, défi, problème rencontré par la culture fait l’objet d’études, d’expertises, d’audits ou de contrôles pris en charge par des inspecteurs et inspectrices. Leurs rapports sont des instruments courants et discrets, chargés d’éclairer la décision publique en toute neutralité. Présentées comme des caractéristiques atemporelles, la neutralité et l’indépendance de ces fonctionnaires n’ont pourtant rien d’évident. Elles résultent d’un processus historique que l’ouvrage entend éclairer en entrant dans la fabrique de ces documents administratifs, en s’intéressant à celles et ceux qui les écrivent, qui les commandent et les reçoivent, autant qu’aux pratiques d’écriture elles-mêmes. Fondée sur des entretiens et de nombreuses archives, l’enquête contribue ainsi à une sociologie de l’administration centrée sur les pratiques de travail et la socialisation des inspecteurs et inspectrices, sur leur manière d’habiter l’institution et d’en faire évoluer la culture au cours de la Ve République. Elle met en évidence la façon dont cette écriture administrative contribue à construire l’unité des politiques culturelles et à garantir la continuité de l’État.
Personal ornaments and shell artifacts
Authors: Rigaud Solange
Published: October 2024

The personal ornaments identified at Klimonas are very diverse. Raw materials, including shells, bone, teeth and stones, were locally acquired on the island. A study of the manufacturing process indicates that shell and stone ornaments were the result of domestic productions performed in the village. The functional data indicate that raw materials (blanks, preforms, finished and used objects) were deposited in various structures throughout the three sectors. Certain shell and stone ornaments had a particular function related to their deposition in specific architectural units. Picrolite production, largely represented in the stone materials used in bead manufacturing, did not evidence any difference between the three sectors, in contrast to shells. The malacological spectrum identified in each sector was dominated by different species, suggesting that decorated items used in the village, including in the Communal building and building B800, varied. These differences may be related to the activities performed in each sector, involving the use of various decorated objects, or to the shifting frequentation of the sectors. The disparities observed between the three sectors also result from the type of ornaments deposited in the village structures. The functional data indicate that many of the hidden objects show evidence of use prior to their deposit, suggesting that a part of the daily symbolic life was permanently sealed in the buildings. Comparisons with the personal ornaments used by the Epipaleolithic communities and the successive villagers who settled on the island during the Cypro-PPNA and Cypro-PPNB show the persistence of many raw materials for bead production but changes in bead styles. Some of these variations find marked and synchronous correspondence with changes in the personal ornaments of the continental pre-pottery societies. Shared dynamics with the mainland indicate that the ornamentation of the Cypriot pre-ceramic societies was subject to different forms of cultural influences linked to an extended sphere of continental interactions. Several mechanisms may have contributed to these distinct interactions. The successive arrival of several waves of continental travelers, specialized craftspeople, or indirect contacts via intermediate coastal populations may have influenced the renewal of personal ornaments over time.
Les matières colorantes rouges et noires et les matières minérales dures de couleur verte
Authors: Puaud Simon , Lebon Matthieu
Published: October 2024

Le site de Klimonas a livré des matériaux en roches vertes et des matières colorantes rouges, jaunes et noires. Ils ont fait l’objet d’un examen préliminaire et une sélection d’entre eux (N = 30) a été caractérisée par diffraction des rayons X (DRX) et élémentaires par spectrométrie de fluorescence des rayons X (XRF) afin d’en préciser la nature. Les analyses ont montré une composition homogène des matières colorantes, et quatre grands types de roches vertes. L’examen macroscopique de l’ensemble du corpus archéologique des matières colorantes (N = 143), a permis de distinguer sept groupes résultant de l’exploitation de différents types de matériaux. Quatre blocs portent des traces d’abrasion et 30 % des blocs ont des arêtes vives suggérant une préparation par concassage puis broyage, activité attestée par le colorant porté par une partie de l’outillage macrolithique. Les prospections géologiques réalisées ont permis d’identifier des gites de roches vertes et notamment un gîte primaire de picrolite. Des sources de matières colorantes rouges et jaunes ont été identifiées, mais elles diffèrent des matériaux de Klimonas.
Melting Landscapes
Authors: Yoojin Have Jasmine
Published: October 2024

This paper constitutes a comprehensive exploration of alpine glaciers. It is an anthropological inquiry delving into the socio-cultural dimensions of glacial retreat and melt, as part of the broader phenomena of environmental and climate change, in two regions of the French and Swiss Alps. Ice has been a formidable force throughout history, shaping the Earth and challenging humanity's capacity to thrive in its presence. However, recent years have witnessed Earth's rapid deglaciation due to human-induced factors like fossil fuel emissions, accelerating the disappearance of monumental glacial structures worldwide.By being particularly attentive to the Mer de Glace glacier in Chamonix, the paper seeks to understand what emerges as glaciers in Europe’s alpine regions retreat and disappear. As glaciers melt, it raises intriguing questions about what new markings are being created in the landscape and how they are either obscuring or erasing once meaningful features or leaving them open to new meanings and assemblages. The research takes deep inspiration from Anna Tsing's work on socioecological emergence in landscapes shaped and disturbed by capitalist processes, to ask what new socialities might emerge in a landscape characterized by melt and loss.We extend our heartfelt thanks to the Vahabzadeh Foundation for financially supporting the publication of best works by young researchers of the Graduate Institute, giving a priority to those who have been awarded academic prizes for their master’s dissertations.
Cristina Trivulzio di Belgiojoso entre care, nursing et médecine
Authors: Demorieux Anne
Published: October 2024

L’article retrace d’abord la contribution historique de Cristina Trivulzio di Belgiojoso à l’histoire de l’assistance sanitaire lors de sa participation à la République Romaine de 1849, en tant que « directrice générale des postes de soins aux blessés ». Il souligne en particulier les rapports que ses innovations et ses idées entretiennent avec les principes du nursing établis par Florence Nightingale. Il examine ensuite les figures de soignantes présentes dans ses « écrits turcs », afin de mettre en évidence quelle en est l’image que la Princesse veut inscrire dans les représentations symboliques de la nouvelle société occidentale. Il s’en dégage l’idée de femmes naturellement portées vers le care dans sa double acception de soins au malade et de souci d’autrui, auxquelles la société devrait accorder l’importance et la place qu’elles méritent.
« Il parto? Sulla paglia, un lenzuolo sotto e le bestie accanto »
Authors: Girinon Armelle
Published: October 2024

Dans le recueil L’anello forte de Nuto Revelli (1985), les femmes paysannes interrogées renvoient à des expériences domestiques de la mise au monde, presque exclusivement féminines, qui précèdent la médicalisation, la technicisation et la masculinisation des salles d’accouchement. Leurs récits convoquent plusieurs figures de femmes tantôt aidantes et indispensables, tantôt maltraitantes et cruelles : de la voisine ou belle-mère – dont l’accompagnement et les conseils dépendent d’un savoir restreint et empirique – à la sage-femme, en passant par la donna pratica partiellement formée à des gestes médicaux techniques. Après une analyse des phases préliminaires de l’accouchement (accès aux soins, considération des parturientes, préparation du lieu de l’accouchement) dans le Cuneese (la région de Cuneo) du premier xxe siècle, la recherche interroge les pratiques, les vécus et les souvenirs liés à la mise au monde en se focalisant sur l’ambivalence des (auto)portraits de femmes qui entouraient les parturientes.
E o Rio tem Memória? Quatro Ensaios/Diários de Campo sobre a Região do Médio Solimões
Authors: Falci Carlos Henrique Rezende
Published: October 2024

Este ensaio agrupa quatro textos sobre a memória dos rios na região do Médio Rio Solimões. Cada um deles aborda um dos momentos em que estive em Tefé - ou nas comunidades ribeirinhas da Floresta Nacional de Tefé ou na Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá. As visitas a essas comunidades fazem parte do meu projeto de pós-doutorado cujo nome é "E o rio tem memória? Narrativas das comunidades ribeirinhas sobre os rios Tefé e Japurá, na região do Médio Rio Solimões". Os textos foram escritos em situações distintas e relatam aspectos singulares das águas, relacionados aos seus modos de manifestação. O primeiro narra minha aproximação inicial do Lago e do rio Tefé; o último trata do rio que se esconde na seca. Em cada um, procurei destacar elementos de memória, construindo uma espécie de poética das águas
Le binaire au bout des doigts
Authors: Rougetet Lisa
Published: October 2024

Le casse-tête du baguenodier, un simple jeu ? Certainement pas ! Le très sérieux magistrat Luc Agathange Louis Gros (1814-1886) l’a étudié passionnément dans un manuscrit inédit intitulé Traité du Baguenodier ; manuscrit qu’il a tenu, tel un journal intime, tout au long de sa vie. Ce Traité, d’apparence anodine, présente un intérêt qui dépasse l’attention discrète qui lui a été réservée jusqu’à maintenant. Le présent ouvrage le réhabilite en offrant une étude historique et mathématique très complète du baguenodier. Il propose également des considérations plus générales sur l’histoire du système binaire mobilisé dans la résolution du casse-tête, sur l’histoire des récréations mathématiques et sur l’utilisation didactique des jeux dans l’enseignement. Tout public versé dans la culture mathématique et ludique, curieux de connaître comment se construisent les sciences, et en quête d’activités en classe basées sur la manipulation, y trouvera aisément son compte.
The Art of Conversation, Conversation as an Art. ‘The Sisters’ Arts’
Authors: Louvel Liliane
Published: October 2024

The issue of the visual, of the interrelationship between language/literature and painting appears to be central to Woolf’s aesthetic interrogation. She tried to find a satisfying solution to the inter-art dialogue but it was to no avail. She constantly found herself confronted with the wall of what she called the reticence of painting. Her response then was to accumulate words detailing the experience of the reception of the pictorial work. The question of meaning, of making sense of a picture prevented her from envisaging another way of looking at painting, seeing it as an experience, an event, engaging the viewer in another kind of aesthetic intercourse resisting language. The silence and the reticence of painting which, for Woolf, represented a mystery, sent her back to her own activity, to her work and what it was worth via the mirror-image of the sister art.Apart from ‘Walter Sickert: A Conversation’ and ‘Recent Paintings by Vanessa Bell’, the multiplicity of essays dedicated or referring to painting shows that Woolf was deeply inspired and moved by this art which she thought of in terms of the unreachable and much desired medium, at the same time feeling the need to reassert the superiority of language. This was grounded in a primary experience, that of her relationship to Vanessa and the sharing of the arts between the two sisters on the conversational mode.
Conversation Redefined: Notes on ‘A Dialogue upon Mount Pentelicus’
Authors: Reynier Christine
Published: October 2024

This paper offers a close reading of ‘A Dialogue upon Mount Pentelicus’ and argues that in this short fiction Woolf goes beyond the satirical intent and redefines conversation as Greek art, an art deprived of all superfluous detail and narration, rhythmical and impersonal. She thus turns conversation into a theoretical model for her own fiction.
Enjeux socio-économiques et géopolitiques des observations depuis l’espace du sondeur atmosphérique IASI
Authors: Viatte Camille
Published: October 2024

Les données spatiales, comme celle du sondeur infrarouge IASI, sont non seulement utilisées dans les études en sciences exactes mais peuvent aussi offrir des applications au-delà de la recherche fondamentale. Elles peuvent être exploitées pour suivre les panaches des volcans et fournir des informations en temps quasi réel pour l’aviation civile. Elles permettent également de surveiller les évènements extrêmes comme les vagues de froid accompagnées de dommages agricoles, ou les canicules et les feux associés. Les évènements extrêmes impactent la composition atmosphérique et ont une incidence sur la qualité de l’air à l’échelle locale, régionale et globale selon leur intensité. Les panaches de feux ou d’émissions volcaniques peuvent faire le tour du monde et bloquer le trafic aérien comme dans l’ensemble de l’Europe dans le cas du volcan Eyjafjallajökul en Islande en 2010, ou impacter la qualité de l’air, avec des risques sanitaires pour les populations dans le cas des feux notamment. Les mesures de IASI sont également utilisées pour vérifier et améliorer les inventaires d’émissions de polluants qui sont parfois très incomplets, notamment pour l’ammoniac. L’amélioration de ses inventaires d’émissions permettent de mettre en place des règlementations plus efficaces concernant la réduction des émissions de polluants. Cet article illustre les performances du sondeur IASI, embarqué sur les satellites de la série Metop depuis 2006, pour surveiller l’atmosphère terrestre en temps quasi réel afin d’apporter des informations utiles pour l’analyse de l’espace politique.
Villages hâtifs pour Algériens au XIXe siècle. Diagnostic d’un échec
Authors: Boufassa Sami
Published: October 2024

Nel corso del XIX secolo, l’esercito francese cercò, attraverso la creazione di villaggi per algerini, di dominare e pacificare il territorio conquistato. L’esperienza si risolse tuttavia in un clamoroso fallimento. I villaggi vennero abbandonati dai nuovi abitanti che lasciarono spesso le case sfitte. Le cause di questo disastro vennero attribuite agli abitanti che rifiutavano “il progresso” e la “civiltà” portati dal potere coloniale francese. Appare quindi utile riprendere la storia di questa esperienza e sviluppare un’archeologia degli scritti e delle concezioni legate a queste cittadine; questo consentirà una migliore comprensione dei meandri di un secolo turbolento sul suolo algerino.
Insegnare “in cravatta e ciabatte”. Problemi, riflessioni e proposte intorno alla didattica online
Authors: Paci Deborah , Tizzoni Elisa
Published: October 2024

Per mesi la discussione su scuola e università ha riguardato questioni tecnico-organizzative, eppure la libertà d’insegnamento oggi è tale solo se i docenti sono edotti dell’esistenza di diversi formati educativi per via telematica. Nello scorso maggio Marco Soresina (Milano), Marcello Ravveduto (Salerno) e Albertina Vittoria (Sassari) hanno dato testimonianza delle rispettive esperienze didattiche nelle settimane del lockdown, esprimendo giudizi opposti sugli insegnamenti da trarre per il futuro. Al di là dell’importanza sociale svolta dalla didattica a distanza, emergono infatti riflessioni sul senso dell’attività del docente, sulla concezione della lezione come processo discorsivo che mette in gioco insegnante e discente, e sulla sottovalutazione di alcuni aspetti – l’isolamento, il copyright e così via – che sarebbe invece necessario portare in primo piano nel dibattito.
The End of Innocence?
Authors: Feillard Andrée , Madinier Rémy
Published: October 2024

Long cited as a model of harmonious cohabitation between different religions, the most populous Muslim country in the world until recently occupied a special place in the Western imagination. Indonesia, home to a peaceful version of Islam, offered a reassuring counter-model to a rowdy and accusatory Arab Islam. Since 1999, however, confrontations between Christians and Muslims in the Moluccas, excesses of vigilantism in Sulawesi, and espcially the Bali and Jakarta bombings have shattered these simplistic stereotypes. For many terrorism experts - often self-proclaimed - Indonesia's mutation confirmed the hackneyed thesis that equated obscurantism with Islam, and saw violent outbreaks as an inevitable consequence.The End of Innocence is far removed from the hollow analyses underlying this essentialist thesis. The book positions the evolution of Indonesian Islam in the broader context of the recent history of the archipelago, and provides a rigorous analysis of the origins and causes of the 'radical temptation,' deciphering its simplistic ideology and showing how it has been nourished by political manipulation. The authors, both historians specializing in Indonesian Islam, describe the hold of religious extremism as well as the strong resistance it has provoked in a country that has quickly become one of the key spots in the upheavals occuring throughout the Muslim world
L’autoconfrontation individuelle et collective : un outil de réflexion collaboratif dans le travail social et anthropologique
Authors: Suñer Amandine
Published: October 2024

Cet article interroge l’auto-confrontation à partir de trois expériences ethnographiques (audio)visuelles dans le champ du social et de la recherche. Il s’agit pour les autoconfronté-e-s de questionner par eux-mêmes leur agir dans une situation professionnelle, dans un rapport à soi et à l’autre. Cette méthode invite donc les concerné-e-s – à la fois dans une position d’observé-e-s et d’observateurs – à co-analyser leurs gestes et discours pour faire émerger leur manière d’être dans la relation à l’autre. L’intérêt pour la chercheuse, c’est de produire des savoirs co-construits avec les enquêté-e-s. Les séquences photographiées et filmées contribuent ainsi indirectement à la compréhension de l’objet étudié, dans une possibilité de feed-back aux enquêté-e-s, concernant les choix de montage ou de photographies de la chercheuse.
IoT in Healthcare and Telemedicine
Authors: Yadav Nagendra Singh , Goar Vishal Kumar
Published: October 2024

The incorporation of internet of things (IoT) technologies in the healthcare sector has ushered in a transformative era of patient care and medical practices. This chapter aims to share a thorough overview of the applications, benefits, challenges, and future prospects of IoT in healthcare and telemedicine. The chapter will explore the ways in which IoT is enhancing patient monitoring, diagnosis, treatment, and overall healthcare delivery. Additionally, it will delve into the ethical and security considerations linked with IoT in healthcare. This chapter will serve as an essential resource for healthcare professionals, researchers, policymakers, and technology enthusiasts seeking to understand and harness the potential of IoT in revolutionizing the healthcare industry.
Optimizing HR Decisions With Machine Learning
Authors: Poola Kesavulu , Sahana B. S. , Vani Akkyam
Published: October 2024

Competitive business environment demands that employees are a vital component of organizational success. The investment in professional training, the strong bonds of loyalty developed over time, and the significance of certain key positions make it imperative for organizations to proactively identify employees at risk of leaving. Various factors can contribute to employee attrition, and understanding these factors is essential for minimizing turnover and retaining talent. This study aims to leverage machine learning techniques to predict employee attrition accurately. By utilizing the IBM attrition dataset, we explore the effectiveness of different machine learning models, including SMOTE and weighted Logistic Regression in forecasting employee turnover. The goal is to develop robust predictive models that can help organizations identify at-risk employees, enabling them to tailor retention strategies effectively and foster higher levels of employee engagement and satisfaction
Research on Animation Character Expression Generation Based on Attention Conditioned Cyclegan
Authors: Kong Chunling
Published: October 2024

With advancements in computer vision and AI, deep learning is applied in animation and game design to enhance facial expression realism. This study proposes ACCGAN, an innovative method for automated animated character expression generation and transfer using deep learning. By integrating cycle consistency, conditional generation, and attention mechanisms, ACCGAN optimizes GANs in capturing complex expression features, maintaining naturalness, and accurately expressing details. ACCGAN utilizes multi-level attention mechanisms, dynamically adjusting focus on key facial features, enhancing capture and expression.
Morphological characterization and sexual dimorphism of saw-scaled viper (Echis: viperidae: ophidia) population in Sri Lanka
Authors: Mururgananthan A. , Gnanathasan C. A. , Kumanan T. , Amarasinghe K. P. , Pirasath S.
Published: October 2024

The Saw-scaled vipers (SSV) of the genus Echis (Viperidae: Ophidia) primarily inhabit tropics. In Sri Lanka, E. carinatus is densely populated in the Northern Province where they account for over 50% of the local snakebites. Although it was initially reported as a unique Sri Lankan subspecies named E. c. sinhaleyus, its existence was later questioned, urging the need for more detail studies. The present study examined morphological characters and sexual dimorphism in 30 specimens (17 males and 13 females) collected from Kilinochchi and Jaffna Districts in the Northern Province, using 12 mensural and 17 meristic traits, updating Deraniyagala’s report of 1951. Results showed that the adult females have longer snout to vent length (SVL) than that of males (280.34±43.32 vs. 240.88±27.03), revealing a positive sexual dimorphism index. Males had a greater TL/SVL ratio (x̄̄=13.89±0.68) than that of females (x̄̄=10.65±085). ANCOVA test retrieved most accurate and an independent significant effect of ‘sex’ on TL while SVL serving as the covariate. Males and females shared consistent meristic characters, except for number of dorsal scales at the lower part of the body, ventral and sub-caudal scales. There were more ventral scales in females (145.54±3.31) than that of males (138.41±4.08), and sub-caudal scales were higher in number in males (28.94±1.85) than that of females (25.85±2.82). Although, there were some colour pattern variations of the specimens, (head pattern and ventral pattern), they were not sex-associated and distributed evenly between males and females. This is the first study to illustrate the detail morphometric characters; mensural traits; meristic traits, and color patterns and to demonstrate the sexual dimorphism in the SSV from Sri Lanka, with noticeable differences in the snoutvent length (SVL), tail length (TL), ventral scales, and sub-caudal scales between male and female.
Women's participation in corporate management in India and the Companies Act of 2013
Authors: Singh Vijay Pal
Published: October 2024

This study examines the position of women on the Board of Directors (BOD) of a company and evaluates the laws and practices for appointing female directors on the board of Indian corporations. This paper evaluates “Section 149 (1) of the Indian Companies Act 2013,” which deals with the compulsory appointment of female directors. This study also discusses the female quota system in the context of corporate governance. The study appreciates the steps taken by the government to appoint female directors, which will promote women’s empowerment. This study also discusses the positions of other countries in the world. Furthermore, this study argues that while quota provisions are necessary to achieve gender equality, companies must motivate females for leadership.
Digging deeper into organisational resilience through strategic agility and strategic orientation: a study from the perspective of Sri Lankan SME leaders
Authors: Nuwan Nalinda , Shukri Mohd , Khatibi Ali
Published: October 2024

Fueling success in the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector requires a robust blend of organizational resilience and strategic agility to navigate the right strategies toward the ever-changing landscape of limited resources and constant dynamism. Therefore, leaders of SMEs  need to play a prominent role in navigating the right balance of strategies towards organizational resilience. The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of strategic agility on organizational resilience in times of economic uncertainty and by firm characteristics. Accordingly, raw data was collected in 2023 from 440 SME leaders using a structured questionnaire and data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics using SPSS and AMOS. The findings of the study indicate that strategic agility significantly enhances organisational resilience by decoupling strategic orientation in the SME sector. Findings further revealed that strategic sensitivity has a prominent role in fostering resiliency, particularly in medium-sized companies. Therefore, SME leaders need to identify enablers of organisational resilience in line with firm characteristics and uncertainty of the market and detailed attention to evolving strategic constraints is necessarily required through codifying strategic agility with strategic orientation into resilience capabilities which requires capturing and embodiment of organisational reaction to change.
Shear Load Transfer for Corrosion Coated Clamped Joints
Authors:   Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., McGlaun Monte , Ehinger Ryan , Sinusas Eric
Published: October 2024

Rotorcraft transmission housings contain multiple joints that are typically held together by threaded fasteners. For many of these installations, the material surfaces are now coated with corrosion inhibitors that can change the strength of the joint. To identify these changes, Bell Helicopter has conducted coupon testing of coated materials in shear. Historically, the faying surfaces have been left bare with the perception that coatings would degrade the ability to transfer shear loads. Fastener and joint design has been based on assumed joint slip coefficients. A test effort to identify the shear load transfer characteristics of a clamped joint was undertaken. A double shear coupon test was used to measure the shear load capability of the clamped joint with bare material surfaces as well as with corrosion protection coated surfaces. Tests were run with calibrated bolt preloads to reduce variability. To simulate the gearbox temperature environment, the test coupons and mechanical grips were placed in an oven to maintain a temperature of 180°F. Testing showed that the addition of coating reduced the joint slip coefficient when compared to baseline bare materials.
Joint Common Architecture (JCA) Demonstration Architecture Centric Virtual Integration Process (ACVIP) Shadow Effort
Authors:   US Army, Boydston Alex ,   Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute, Feiler Peter ,   Adventium Labs, Vestal Steve , Lewis Bruce
Published: October 2024

Challenging problems associated with system software complexity growth are threatening industry's ability to build next generation safety critical embedded systems including helicopter avionics systems. Contributors to these problems include the growth of software, system integration, and interaction complexity exacerbated by ambiguous, missing, incomplete, and inconsistent requirements. Problems continue to hamper systems in the areas of resource utilization, timing, safety and security. A new approach called Architecture Centric Virtual Integration Process (ACVIP) which is based on the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Standard AS5506A Architecture Analysis and Design Language (AADL) is being developed and investigated by the US Army to address these challenges. ACVIP is a quantitative, architecture-centric, model-based approach enabling virtual integration analysis in the early phases and throughout the lifecycle to detect and remove defects that currently are not found until software and systems integration and acceptance testing. In an effort to investigate such an approach, the Government, in conjunction with researchers from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Software Engineering Institute® (SEI) and Adventium Labs®, are conducting ACVIP requirements, safety, and timing analyses in parallel with the Joint Common Architecture (JCA) Demonstration (Demo).
Bird Impact Simulation of Polycarbonate Windshield Subject to Brittle Failures
Authors:   Bell Helicopter, Lu Zi , Seifert Michael , Tho Cheng-Ho
Published: October 2024

Due to its low density, optical transparency, and ability to withstand large plastic deformations without failure, polycarbonate is being increasingly used as a structural material for light weight, impact resistant helicopter windshields. However, polycarbonate can exhibit brittle failure with degraded impact resistance when exposed to some types of high triaxial loads or high strain-rate loading conditions. This paper presents the state-of-the art simulation techniques developed at Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. (BHTI) to support the design of bird impact resistant windshields. Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM) methods were used to investigate mechanisms that can trigger the polycarbonate to exhibit brittle failure. Finite element simulations were conducted to explore the threshold conditions under which brittle failure can occur, and to correlate the material constitutive model against test data under a wide range of loading conditions and strain rates. The failure model of the polycarbonate material model was validated to reflect the specific loading conditions. The validated analytical tool provides the capability to design for equivalent or greater levels of impact protection using thinner and lighter polycarbonate and has been successfully used to guide the development of bird impact resistant windshields.