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Tax, Financial Reporting, and Tunneling Incentives for Income Shifting: An Empirical Analysis of the Transfer Pricing Behavior of Chinese-Listed Companies
Authors: Lo Agnes W. Y. , Wong Raymond M. K. , Firth Michael
Published: September 2010

ABSTRACT: This study examines tax, financial reporting, and tunneling incentives on the transfer pricing decisions of Chinese-listed companies. We use the relative gross profit ratios of related- and unrelated-party transactions to measure transfer pricing strategies. We find evidence supporting the view that transfer pricing is used to (i) increase a listed firm’s profits as the corporate income tax rate decreases, (ii) increase a listed firm’s profits if its management’s compensation is determined by reference to reported profits, and (iii) decrease a listed firm’s profits as the percentage of shares owned by the government increases (i.e., the tunneling effect). For those firms that face both tax and tunneling incentives we find that the incentives tend to offset each other such that there is no discernable earnings management.
State Conformity with Federal Tax Changes
Authors: Morrow Michaele , Ricketts Robert
Published: September 2010

ABSTRACT: We examine the decisions by state legislatures to conform to or decouple from federal tax legislation. We use a generalized estimating equations (GEE) approach to estimate the parameters of a model of factors associated with the state legislative decisions to conform their own tax systems to accommodate 11 federal tax reductions implemented between 2002 and 2008. Our model predicts that state legislators consider political, budgetary, and ease of compliance factors when considering whether to adopt federal tax changes into their own states’ tax codes. Our results are generally consistent with expectations, identifying several factors that are associated with the probability that a state will incorporate revenue-reducing tax changes implemented by the federal government. Our results also suggest that although state legislators appear to value conformity with the tax initiatives of the federal government, given rising budgetary pressures, state conformity with such legislation is likely to decrease in coming years.
Adipose Tissue Dysfunction Signals Progression of Hepatic Steatosis Towards Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis in C57Bl/6 Mice
Authors: Duval Caroline , Thissen Uwe , Keshtkar Shohreh , Accart Bertrand , Stienstra Rinke , Boekschoten Mark V. , Roskams Tania , Kersten Sander , Müller Michael
Published: September 2010

OBJECTIVE

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is linked to obesity and diabetes, suggesting an important role of adipose tissue in the pathogenesis of NAFLD. Here, we aimed to investigate the interaction between adipose tissue and liver in NAFLD and identify potential early plasma markers that predict nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS

C57Bl/6 mice were chronically fed a high-fat diet to induce NAFLD and compared with mice fed a low-fat diet. Extensive histological and phenotypical analyses coupled with a time course study of plasma proteins using multiplex assay were performed.

RESULTS

Mice exhibited pronounced heterogeneity in liver histological scoring, leading to classification into four subgroups: low-fat low (LFL) responders displaying normal liver morphology, low-fat high (LFH) responders showing benign hepatic steatosis, high-fat low (HFL) responders displaying pre-NASH with macrovesicular lipid droplets, and high fat high (HFH) responders exhibiting overt NASH characterized by ballooning of hepatocytes, presence of Mallory bodies, and activated inflammatory cells. Compared with HFL responders, HFH mice gained weight more rapidly and exhibited adipose tissue dysfunction characterized by decreased final fat mass, enhanced macrophage infiltration and inflammation, and adipose tissue remodeling. Plasma haptoglobin, IL-1β, TIMP-1, adiponectin, and leptin were significantly changed in HFH mice. Multivariate analysis indicated that in addition to leptin, plasma CRP, haptoglobin, eotaxin, and MIP-1α early in the intervention were positively associated with liver triglycerides. Intermediate prognostic markers of liver triglycerides included IL-18, IL-1β, MIP-1γ, and MIP-2, whereas insulin, TIMP-1, granulocyte chemotactic protein 2, and myeloperoxidase emerged as late markers.

CONCLUSIONS

Our data support the existence of a tight relationship between adipose tissue dysfunction and NASH pathogenesis and point to several novel potential predictive biomarkers for NASH.
Enterovirus Infection and Progression From Islet Autoimmunity to Type 1 Diabetes
Authors: Stene Lars C. , Oikarinen Sami , Hyöty Heikki , Barriga Katherine J. , Norris Jill M. , Klingensmith Georgeanna , Hutton John C. , Erlich Henry A. , Eisenbarth George S. , Rewers Marian
Published: September 2010

OBJECTIVE

To investigate whether enterovirus infections predict progression to type 1 diabetes in genetically predisposed children repeatedly positive for islet autoantibodies.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS

Since 1993, the Diabetes and Autoimmunity Study in the Young (DAISY) has followed 2,365 genetically predisposed children for islet autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes. Venous blood and rectal swabs were collected every 3–6 months after seroconversion for islet autoantibodies (against GAD, insulin, or insulinoma-associated antigen-2 [IA-2]) until diagnosis of diabetes. Enteroviral RNA in serum or rectal swabs was detected using reverse transcriptase PCR with primers specific for the conserved 5′ noncoding region, detecting essentially all enterovirus serotypes.

RESULTS

Of 140 children who seroconverted to repeated positivity for islet autoantibodies at a median age of 4.0 years, 50 progressed to type 1 diabetes during a median follow-up of 4.2 years. The risk of progression to clinical type 1 diabetes in the sample interval following detection of enteroviral RNA in serum (three diabetes cases diagnosed among 17 intervals) was significantly increased compared with that in intervals following a negative serum enteroviral RNA test (33 cases diagnosed among 1,064 intervals; hazard ratio 7.02 [95% CI 1.95–25.3] after adjusting for number of autoantibodies). Results remained significant after adjustment for ZnT8-autoantibodies and after restriction to various subgroups. Enteroviral RNA in rectal swabs was not predictive of progression to type 1 diabetes. No evidence for viral persistence was found.

CONCLUSIONS

This novel observation suggests that progression from islet autoimmunity to type 1 diabetes may increase after an enterovirus infection characterized by the presence of viral RNA in blood.
Low-dose radiation employed in diagnostic imaging causes genetic effects in cultured cells
Authors: Ponzinibbio María V. , Crudeli Cintia , Peral-García Pilar , Seoane Analía
Published: September 2010

Background: Exposure to environmental, diagnostic, and occupational sources of radiation frequently involves low doses. Although these doses have no immediately noticeable impact on human health there is great interest in their long-term biological effects.

Purpose: To assess immediate and time-delayed DNA damage in two cell lines exposed to low doses of ionizing radiation by using the comet assay and micronucleus test, and to compare these two techniques in the analysis of low-dose induced genotoxicity.

Material and Methods: CHO and MRC-5 cells were exposed to 50 milliSievert (mSv) of ionizing radiation and assayed immediately after irradiation and at 16 or 12 passages post-irradiation, respectively. Comet assay and micronucleus test were employed.

Results: The comet assay values observed in 50 mSv-treated cells were significantly higher than in the control group for both sample times and cell lines ( P < 0.001). Micronuclei frequencies were higher in treated cells than in the control group ( P < 0.01, CHO cells passage 16; P < 0.05, MRC-5 cells immediately after exposure; P < 0.01 MRC-5 cells passage 12). Correlation analysis between the two techniques was statistically significant (correlation coefficient 0.82, P < 0.05 and correlation coefficient 0.86, P < 0.05 for CHO and MRC-5 cells, respectively). Cells scored at passages 12 or 16 showed more damage than those scored immediately after exposure in both cell lines (no statistically significant differences).

Conclusion: Cytomolecular and cytogenetic damage was observed in cells exposed to very low doses of X-rays and their progeny. A single low dose of ionizing radiation was sufficient to induce such response, indicating that mammalian cells are exquisitely sensitive to it. Comet and micronucleus assays are sensitive enough to assess this damage, although the former seems to be more efficient.
Bundestag Election 2009: Solidifying the Five Party System
Authors: Weldon Steven , Nüsser Andrea
Published: September 2010

Although characterized by widespread public apathy and record low voter turnout, the 2009 Bundestag election solidified a stable, but fluid five-party system that will likely be a defining feature of German political life for the next generation. The three minor parties each achieved historical bests at the polls with steep losses for the two traditional Volksparteien. Drawing on data from the German Longitudinal Electoral Study (GLES), this article examines the nature of this new five-party system with a closer look at each party's voters in the 2009 election. The analysis shows the breadth and stability of the five-party system—each party draws significant support across all sixteen Länder; and, despite a growing number of swing voters, each party has a core group of committed voters that alone exceeds the 5 percent national electoral threshold. We also find evidence that the increased volatility and fluidity of the party system is structured along the left-right ideological spectrum with the parties divided into two major camps and vote-switching much more likely within the respective camps rather than between them.
Coalition Governance Under Chancellor Merkel's Grand Coalition: A Comparison of the Cabinets Merkel I and Merkel II
Authors: Saalfeld Thomas
Published: September 2010

A comparison of the 2005-2009 cabinet Merkel I (the “Grand“ Coalition) and the Christian Democrat-Liberal coalition cabinet Merkel II formed in 2009 presents an interesting puzzle. Political commentators and coalition theorists alike would have expected the CDU/CSU-SPD coalition to experience a relatively high, and the CDU/CSU-FDP coalition a relatively low level of overt inter-party conflict. In reality, however, relations in the CDU/CSU-FDP coalition were relatively conflictive, whereas the Grand Coalition seemed to manage conflict between reluctant partners successfully. This article seeks to explain these seemingly paradoxical differences between the two coalitions. It demonstrates that both the positioning of the coalition parties in the policy space and important institutions constraining coalition bargaining after the formation of the cabinet Merkel II (portfolio allocation, role of the CDU/CSU state minister presidents) disadvantaged the FDP in pursuing its key policy goals (especially tax reform). As a result, the Liberals resorted to “noisy“ tactics in the public sphere. The grand coalition, by contrast, was an alliance of co-equals, which facilitated a more consensual management of inter-party conflict.
The Internet, Political Participation and Election Turnout: A Case Study of Germany's www.abgeordnetenwatch.de
Authors: Pautz Hartwig
Published: September 2010

Germany's parliamentary democracy appears to be in crisis. The major parties' membership is in decline and barely existing in East Germany, election turnout is decreasing at all levels, and the reputation of politicians has never been worse. At the same time, however, Germans are more interested in politics than in the 1990s, overwhelmingly support democracy, and are keen on participating particularly in local political decision making. Out of this situation emerged www.abgeordnetenwatch.de— a website that aims to re-establish the link between electors and elected by allowing voters and representatives to communicate via a publicly accessible question-andanswer structure. This article addresses the questions of whether such an instrument can revitalize representative democracy and whether it has done so in the context of the 2009 federal elections.
‘Climategate’: Paradoxical Metaphors and Political Paralysis
Authors: Nerlich Brigitte
Published: September 2010

Climate scepticism in the sense of climate denialism or contrarianism is not a new phenomenon, but it has recently been very much in the media spotlight. When, in November 2009, emails by climate scientists were published on the internet without their authors’ consent, a debate began in which climate sceptic bloggers used an extended network of metaphors to contest (climate) science. This article follows the so-called ‘climategate’ debate on the web and shows how a paradoxical mixture of religious metaphors and demands for ‘better science’ allowed those disagreeing with the theory of anthropogenic climate change to undermine the authority of science and call for political inaction with regard to climate change.
Greening our Future and Environmental Values: An Investigation of Perception, Attitudes and Awareness of Environmental issues in Zambia
Authors: Liberty Mweemba , Hongjuan Wu
Published: September 2010

The visibility of environmental problems and the increasing awareness of associated consequences have made environmental issues salient in Zambia. The purpose of this study was to investigate correlations between the social and psychological influences affecting college students in Zambia, and the behaviours perceived by them to be appropriately environmentally friendly. The underlying social and psychological factors that would determine individuals’ attitudinal responses toward appropriate environmental behaviour were assessed. The study attempted to measure behavioural tendencies towards environmental conservation. Behaviour involving energy and water conservation (EW) was consistently rated as the most important, and appropriate category of environmental behaviour, whereas social and political action (SP) was viewed as the least favourable behaviour according to the respondents in Zambia. The respondents who were older in the graduate level of the study and had frequently contact with environmental education activities and courses were more likely to hold positive behavioural tendencies toward environmental conservation in general.
Dix ans de Forum social mondial : quelques enseignements et quelques pistes pour repenser l'espace altermondialiste
Authors: Haeringer Nicolas
Published: September 2010

Résumé Le Forum social mondial s’apprête à fêter ses dix ans. Au moment où la crise économique et financière vient valider leurs hypothèses et propositions, les militants altermondialistes multiplient les initiatives et les forums, tandis que se poursuivent les débats sur l’essoufflement de la dynamique alter. Dans cet article, Nicolas Haeringer analyse cet apparent paradoxe, en revenant sur les débats qui ont animé les acteurs du FSM au cours de la décennie passée et en analysant les innovations dans lesquelles ils se sont engagés, avant de dégager quelques perspectives sur l’avenir du Forum social mondial.
Retour sur l'émergence du mouvement pour la justice climatique
Authors: Haeringer Nicolas
Published: September 2010

Résumé Pour Michael Hardt ** , Copenhague pourrait bien être une étincelle qui débouche sur un nouveau cycle de luttes - des luttes plurielles, non dénuées de contradictions. Les penser, et éventuellement les dépasser, implique un travail de théorisation, autour, entre autres, de la question des « communs » : pour sauver le climat, sortir de la propriété 1  ?
Quand la justice climatique remet en cause la modernité occidentale
Authors: Aguiton Christophe , Cabioc’h Hélène
Published: September 2010

Résumé Les contours politiques de la « justice climatique » sont très largement issus des cadres d’interprétation altermondialistes, en même temps qu’ils contribuent à leur reconfiguration. Le passage (ou l’articulation) des approches altermondialistes à celles formulées en termes de justice climatique n’est pour autant ni naturel, ni évident. Il implique de faire place à de nouvelles thématiques, et de réinterroger les modalités de la transformation sociale. Christophe Aguiton et Hélène Cabioc’h s’attachent ici à analyser en quoi l’émergence du mouvement pour la justice climatique implique une remise en cause des fondements théoriques de la modernité occidentale - autrement dit d’approfondir et de radicaliser la « décolonisation » des imaginaires à laquelle les forums sociaux ambitionnent de contribuer.
De Copenhague à Cochabamba : nous cheminons en posant des questions renouvelées, ?
Authors: Müller Tadzio
Published: September 2010

Résumé Les manifestations et le contre-sommet organisé autour du sommet de l’Onu sur le changement climatique de Copenhague (décembre 2009), puis le sommet des peuples de Cochabamba (Bolivie, avril 2010) ouvrent un nouveau cycle de mobilisations transnationales. Tadzio Müller, analyse ce en quoi ces deux conférences ont contribué à construire le « mouvement pour la justice climatique », entre enthousiasme et scepticisme. Il s’interroge sur l’espace politique et organisationnel que ces différents événements sur le climat ouvrent, sans omettre de proposer quelques éléments de réponses aux dilemmes et aux questions émergents? 2 .
Face à la crise, récupérer les entreprises ? Retour sur l'expérience argentine
Authors: Aguiton Christophe
Published: September 2010

Résumé La crise argentine de 2001 et les mouvements sociaux qui en sont issus, ont profondément marqué l’imaginaire altermondialiste. Les mouvements de «  piqueteros  », les « assemblées populaires » ont ainsi largement influencé les militants alter et irrigué les premiers forums sociaux. Assez rapidement, cependant, ces mouvements se sont taris, en même temps que l’économie argentine se « redressait ». Certaines formes de lutte sont malgré tout parvenues à se pérenniser. Emilio Taddei analyse pour Mouvements l’apport de l’expérience usines récupérées puis autogérées par leurs ouvriers.
Réflexions sur le « capitalisme vert »
Authors: Combes Maxime
Published: September 2010

Résumé Alors que les ouvrages et les enquêtes se sont multipliés sur la transition « verte » du capitalisme, Maxime Combes précise les limites de cette approche. Si le boom dans les secteurs des énergies renouvelables, de l’efficacité énergétique, ou dans l’automobile électrique ou hybride est réel, il reste difficile de percevoir en quoi il remodèle le néolibéralisme plus profondément que par une simple phase d’innovation créant de nouveaux biens et services profitables. Cette contribution permet de voir en quoi la Green Economy sert à structurer les positionnements internationaux des États et de la société civile dans et autour des négociations climatiques et environnementales. Pour l’auteur, ce n’est ni plus ni moins qu’un nouvel imaginaire de gauche, un nouveau paradigme d’émancipation comme ont pu l’être celui des Lumières puis du mouvement ouvrier, qui serait à préciser et expliciter.
Villes en transition : imaginer des relocalisations en urgence
Authors: Semal Luc , Szuba Mathilde
Published: September 2010

Résumé Changer le système ou changer les pratiques ? Selon Luc Semal et Mathilde Szuba, les promoteurs des Villes en transition renouvellent les réponses apportées à cette question en mêlant systématiquement à leur approche de la justice climatique l’échéance du pic pétrolier, peut-être déjà là. Ainsi, il ne suffirait pas de « revendiquer » mais il faudrait « s’y préparer » matériellement et psychologiquement. Mobilisant les concepts de résilience et de relocalisation, les « transitionneurs », souvent proches du mouvement altermondialiste, seraient porteurs d’un nouveau projet « d’émancipation sous contrainte ».
La tornade sécuritaire mondiale : néolibéralisme et châtiment à l'aube du xxie siècle
Authors: Wacquant Loïc
Published: September 2010

Résumé A l’occasion des 10 ans de la parution de son ouvrage Les Prisons de la misère , Loïc Wacquant revient dans un exercice d’auto-sociologie sur la réception intellectuelle et militante du livre. Il revient également sur les analyses livrées alors et revisite le modèle d’articulation entre néolibéralisme et État pénal à lumière des développements récents.
TumulTueuses, furieuses, tordues, trans, teuff...féministes aujourd'hui
Authors: Molinier Pascale
Published: September 2010

Résumé Non-mixité, créativité sémantique, déstabilisations du sexisme ordinaire par l’humour et l’auto-dérision, action publique médiatique... certaines pratiques évoquées dans cet entretien semblent s’inscrire dans la droite ligne de la gerbe déposée à la femme du soldat inconnu en 1970. Mais l’accent porté en 2010 sur l’articulation entre féminisme, anti-racisme, anti-capitalisme, homo, trans et puto phobies renvoie à des problématiques actuelles qui articulent queer, anar, punk ou post-co dans des coalitions politiques qui s’assument en rupture avec « le féminisme de l’égalité ». Les enjeux du ou plutôt des féminismes aujourd’hui se nouent, se clivent ou se déplacent autour de deux questions brûlantes : leS sexualitéS et la place des femmes voilées dans les discours et les pratiques féministes.
Riot Grrrls américaines et réseaux féministes « underground » français
Authors: Labry Manon
Published: September 2010

Résumé Comment évoquer, sans risquer de rendre à ce terme son acception latine de « tirer à soi », un courant féministe qui n’a de cesse d’engager des parties de cache-cache avec tout ce qui s’apparente de près ou de loin à du cadre, à du formel ? Comment saisir, sans dénaturer, l’essentiel d’un phénomène qui pratique une forme d’« auto-volatilisation » constante et présenter, sans ratures, un groupe social dont les pratiques relèvent du palimpseste ? Pourquoi chercher une cohésion, si difficile à justifier, pour parler d’un courant qui met un point d’honneur à ne pas se constituer en mouvement cohérent et qui partant de là ne nous laisse même pas un nom auquel nous aurions pu nous raccrocher. On l’aura compris, il s’agira donc ici de présenter une des nombreuses voies permettant d’appréhender un courant par essence polyphonique.
Pauline, Panthère rose avec groupe
Authors: Grimont Juliette
Published: September 2010

Résumé Les Panthères Roses , groupe pour qui il importe d’allier action et réflexion, réalisent une remise en question permanente du militantisme. Cet entretien est l’occasion d’explorer les motivations et le parcours singulier d’une panthère rose, Pauline, qui vient, grâce à son expérience subjective, insister sur l’enjeu de l’engagement politique non seulement pour lutter et résister, mais aussi pour rêver et penser un autre projet de société. Parlant en son nom propre, elle dessine alors les nouveaux outils possibles du féminisme qui cherche plus l’invention et la dérision aux formes traditionnelles et archaïques de faire de la politique. Tout en exposant ses propres passions, attirances et doutes, elle dévoile une des préoccupations de ce militantisme : la place laissée aux parcours singuliers, à la parole et à l’écoute, comme fondements de l’engagement.
La femme est‑elle un homme économique comme les autres ?
Authors: Garcia Manon
Published: September 2010

Résumé Les institutions internationales ont récemment mis les femmes au cœur de leurs politiques économiques, reconnaissant ainsi leur rôle particulier dans le développement. Ces politiques remettent indirectement en question la notion d’ homo economicus et soulèvent l’hypothèse d’une différence de rationalité économique entre hommes et femmes.
Entre lucioles et vers luisants
Authors: Sauvagnargues Anne
Published: September 2010

Résumé Dans les années quatre vingt, le féminisme de nos aînées nous semblait trop identitaire : les problématiques homosexuelles, les études lesbiennes et queer l’ont relancé en le pluralisant : la lutte des femmes passe d’abord par la critique des dualismes.
Jardinières du commun
Authors: Petrescu Doina
Published: September 2010

Résumé L’article aborde la question de la réinvention du commun comme un travail relationnel et différencié dans lequel la subjectivité féminine a un rôle actif à jouer. Elle montre que ce travail de reconquête, de réappropriation et de reconstruction a besoin de situations spécifiques où il puisse s’agencer, d’espaces actifs, mais aussi de personnes actives, d’agents, de sujets porteurs de cette réinvention. Fondé sur des observations puisées de l’expérience de l’auteur comme membre de l’atelier d’architecture autogérée, l’article parle de ce processus de réinvention du commun qui est aussi un processus de résubjectivation collective dont les agents sont  pour la plupart des femmes.
Being vocal : résonances de David Wojnarowicz
Authors: Laurent Maxime
Published: September 2010

Résumé Soit une séquence autobiographique, dans un essai de l’artiste et militant new-yorkais David Wojnarowicz: cauchemar abstrait; escapade au désert; conduite à l’aveugle; meurtre d’étudiant blanc; sexe en bord de route. Quelle politisation de la voix s’y dessine-t-elle ? Quelle idée de la démocratie y est-elle impliquée ? Pour répondre à ces questions : quelques micro-lectures, et un peu de technique vocale. Thèse à l’horizon : une démocratie a besoin que les gens deviennent voix.
Expériences d'entre-deux et de passage : du blocage de l'action à l'innovation. Dilemmes dans le monde scientifique
Authors: Dayer Caroline
Published: September 2010

Résumé Cet article se propose d’appréhender des situations d’entre-deux et de passage sous l’angle de la transaction en recourant notamment aux notions d’incertitude et de tensions identitaires. Les dilemmes abordés renvoient aux conflits que des chercheurs et des chercheuses rencontrent dans leur activité professionnelle et à travers la transformation de leur posture de recherche. La façon dont les personnes vivent et formulent ces expériences est analysée en regard de la circularité entre niveaux intrapersonnel, interpersonnel et sociétal, et en mettant en exergue la dialectique entre systèmes de contraintes et processus d’actorialisation. La manière dont les chercheurs et chercheuses apprennent à devenir des passeurs est finalement développée.
Entre la rue et l'après-rue : comment être à la fois dedans et dehors ?
Authors: Colombo Annamaria
Published: September 2010

Résumé Cet article porte sur la négociation identitaire qui a lieu lors de cette situation d’entre-deux paradoxale que constitue la sortie de la rue de jeunes marginaux. En effet, sortir de la rue, c’est décider de s’en sortir alors qu’on est encore dans la rue. C’est aussi vouloir être reconnu en tant qu’adulte tout en étant encore jeune. À partir des résultats d’une recherche menée à Montréal auprès de jeunes sortis de la rue, cet article montre comment la sortie de la rue correspond à un passage d’une position identitaire à une autre, en d’autres termes, à un processus de repositionnement identitaire, à la fois en rupture et en continuité avec la rue, entre marginalité et normalité. Cette entreprise est accompagnée par des passeurs, figures qui, bien que parfois ambiguës, permettent d’attribuer un sens à ce passage en reconnaissant le jeune à la fois dans sa position marginale et la nouvelle position qu’il tente de s’approprier.
Passeurs d'imaginaires : le vieil âge et la suite du monde
Authors: Pelchat Yolande , Labrie Vivian , Gélineau Lucie , Descheneaux Julie
Published: September 2010

Résumé Dans le cadre d’une recherche sur la participation sociale et les personnes aînées, nous avons sollicité des citoyens et des citoyennes de 65 ans et plus, des intervenants et des intervenantes ainsi que des gestionnaires travaillant dans le réseau québécois, public et communautaire de la santé et des services sociaux, pour prendre part à une série de rencontres d’échanges et de discussion. Dans cette recherche ont aussi été conviés – et c’est là que réside principalement l’originalité de notre démarche – des personnages et des événements tirés de contes merveilleux du répertoire de la tradition orale québécoise et acadienne. Nous traitons ici de l’imaginaire en mouvement que laisse entrevoir ce croisement entre le merveilleux et les savoirs d’expérience. Loin de camper simplement la vieillesse dans un âge de la sagesse, cet imaginaire est largement habité d’insoumissions et de subversions, de tentatives de réhabilitation du complexe et des plis de la vie, et aussi de témoignages de fragilités humaines à tous âges qui s’accommodent difficilement de la dureté des protocoles et de l’autorité.
Le commun à l'œuvre : assemblées citoyennes et création artistique
Authors: Fourmentraux Jean-Paul
Published: September 2010

Résumé Il s’agit d’éclairer les mutations du travail de création et la métamorphose des œuvres d’art promues par un dispositif innovant de soutien et de médiation artistique : le programme d’action des « Nouveaux Commanditaires », conçu par l’artiste François Hers et la Fondation de France en 1991. L’analyse d’un projet concret permet ici d’examiner trois niveaux de conséquences : le changement d’échelle de la création artistique, les interactions accrues entre l’art et la société, l’entrée en scène de nouveaux acteurs dans la production et la valorisation des arts. L’enjeu principal de l’article vise à documenter ce processus de création en portant un accent particulier sur les controverses et négociations dynamiques qui entourent les métamorphoses de l’œuvre ou composent les ressorts de la « mise en œuvre partagée » entre l’artiste, le médiateur et les commanditaires.
Las aportaciones de la sociología española a la responsabilidad social empresarial
Authors: Blanco Antonio
Published: September 2010

En la Conclusión 39 de la Cumbre Europea de Lisboa del año 2000, el Consejo Europeo hace un llamamiento especial al sentido de responsabilidad social de las empresas, entendiendo por tal la integración voluntaria en su estrategia y acciones de preocupaciones sociales, económicas y medioambientales que surgen de la interacción de las organizaciones con sus grupos de interés. Diferentes propuestas internacionales, europeas y españolas respaldan la práctica de la responsabilidad empresarial y, en España, el Foro de Expertos en la materia coordinado por el Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales ha reconocido el “ascenso de una nueva sensibilidad en las empresas sobre lo social”. Esto nos lleva a cuestionarnos si la Sociología también ha mostrado interés por esta nueva “sensibilidad” de las organizaciones empresariales y cuál es el grado de presencia de la responsabilidad social empresarial como objeto de estudio en el ámbito académico de la Sociología. Para ello se analiza la presencia de este tópico tanto en la agenda de investigación como en los planes de estudios de la Licenciatura en Sociología en España.
El recuerdo de voto en España. Un análisis del período 1996-2008
Authors: Balaguer Jaime
Published: September 2010

En este trabajo examinamos el recuerdo de voto recogido por el Barómetro del Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS) a lo largo de tres legislaturas. Previamente, identificaremos las posibles fuentes de error que podrían sesgarlo. Nos detendremos en la influencia de las fallas en el proceso de recuperación, el sesgo de deseabilidad social y los efectos del instrumento de medición. Seguidamente daremos cuenta de sus principales sesgos a nivel agregado en España. Comprobaremos que el paso del tiempo introduce sucesivos errores en su declaración y, específicamente, veremos que parte de los entrevistados tendería a reconstruir su recuerdo de voto a partir de su intención de voto presente. Finalmente, prestaremos atención a la posible influencia de factores a corto plazo y al impacto del trabajo de campo. Nuestro objetivo es ayudar a los investigadores que emplean el recuerdo de voto a reconsiderar sus sesgos.
Estrategias para aumentar la tasa de respuesta y los resultados de la Encuesta Social Europea en España
Authors: Riba Clara , Torcal Mariano , Morales Laura
Published: September 2010

El análisis de los datos de la tercera ola de la Encuesta Social Europea en España y su comparación con los de las dos olas precedentes permiten descubrir los factores que más han incidido en la mejora de los resultados y cuál es el perfil de las personas sobre las que es más rentable concentrar los esfuerzos de localización y de conversión de negativas, siendo las localizaciones y las conversiones las que, en definitiva, han constituido las principales claves del éxito. El trabajo muestra que el aumento de la tasa de respuesta de la tercera ola con respecto de las dos olas precedentes fue debido esencialmente a un mayor y mejor control de los procesos de campo, a un incremento de los incentivos a los entrevistadores y a un mayor esfuerzo de localización y conversión de negativas en horarios fuera de la jornada laboral habitual.
A Web-Based Laboratory for Digital Signal Processing
Authors: Buschiazzo Paolo , Leoncini Davide , Zunino Rodolfo , Scapolla Anna Marina
Published: September 2010

This paper presents a web-based laboratory to practice with embedded systems and in particular with Digital Signal Processing. The laboratory has been developed using a service oriented architecture to guarantee flexibility and interoperability with different electronic devices. Moreover it provides end users with a web based interface directly accessible through Internet and employees a wide range of modern Web 2.0 technologies. This approach allows creating complex web applications avoiding to install any plug-in on usersâ?? browsers. The paper presents how the remote laboratory can be used in an e-learning scenario and details how it can be integrated in feasible educational path based on common learning platforms such as Moodle.
Extended Immersive Learning Environment: A Hybrid Remote/Virtual Laboratory
Authors: Marcelino Roderval , Silva Juarez Bento da , Alves Gustavo Ribeiro , Shaeffer Lírio
Published: September 2010

This paper presents a collaborative virtual learning environment, which includes technologies such as 3D virtual representations, learning and content management systems, remote experiments, and collaborative learning spaces, among others. It intends to facilitate the construction, management and sharing of knowledge among teachers and students, in a global perspective. The environment proposes the use of 3D social representations for accessing learning materials in a dynamic and interactive form, which is regarded to be closer to the physical reality experienced by teachers and students in a learning context. A first implementation of the proposed extended immersive learning environment, in the area of solid mechanics, is also described, including the access to theoretical contents and a remote experiment to determine the elastic modulus of a given object.These instructions give you basic guidelines for preparing camera-ready papers for conference proceedings. Use this document as a template if you are using Microsoft Word 6.0 or later. Otherwise, use this document as an instruction set. The electronic file of your paper will be formatted further. Define all symbols used in the abstract. Do not cite references in the abstract.
WEB 2.0 Pharmacy Robots
Authors: Garcia-Zubia Javier , Trueba Ivan , Lopez-de-Ipina Diego
Published: September 2010

This paper presents a new generation of pharmacy robots based on micro-servers and web 2.0 technologies. Micro-servers make accessibility and remote configuration of the robot easier, because it does it by native way. This new technology offers a faster, more robust and ecologic service than the classic solutions. A robotic prototype has been built, installed and checked successfully. This fact presents a new paradigm between classic architecture and this new one in the robots control area.
A Universal Communication Framework and Navigation Control Software for Mobile Prototyping Platforms
Authors: Henke Karsten , Ostendorf Steffen , Volkert Thomas , Mitschele-Thiel Andreas
Published: September 2010

In our contribution we would like to describe two new aspects of our low-cost mobile prototyping platform concept: a new hardware communication framework as well as new software features for navigation and control of our mobile platform. The paper is an extension of the ideas proposed in REV2009 [1] and is based on the therein used hardware platform and the monitoring and management software. This platform is based on the Quadrocopter concept â?? autonomous flying helicopter-style robots â?? and includes additional off-the-shelf parts. This leads to a universal mobile prototyping platform for communication tasks providing both mobile phone and WiFi access. However, the platform can provide these functions far more quickly than a technician on the ground might be able to. We will show that with our concept we can easily adapt the platform to the individual needs of the user, which leads to a very flexible and semi-autonomous system.
Nonhomologous DNA End Joining in Cell‐Free Extracts
Authors: Sharma Sheetal , Raghavan Sathees C.
Published: September 2010

Among various DNA damages, double‐strand breaks (DSBs) are considered as most deleterious, as they may lead to chromosomal rearrangements and cancer when unrepaired. Nonhomologous DNA end joining (NHEJ) is one of the major DSB repair pathways in higher organisms. A large number of studies on NHEJ are based on in vitro systems using cell‐free extracts. In this paper, we summarize the studies on NHEJ performed by various groups in different cell‐free repair systems.
Translesion Synthesis Polymerases in the Prevention and Promotion of Carcinogenesis
Authors: Stallons L. Jay , McGregor W. Glenn
Published: September 2010

A critical step in the transformation of cells to the malignant state of cancer is the induction of mutations in the DNA of cells damaged by genotoxic agents. Translesion DNA synthesis (TLS) is the process by which cells copy DNA containing unrepaired damage that blocks progression of the replication fork. The DNA polymerases that catalyze TLS in mammals have been the topic of intense investigation over the last decade. DNA polymerase η (Pol η) is best understood and is active in error‐free bypass of UV‐induced DNA damage. The other TLS polymerases (Pol ι, Pol κ, REV1, and Pol ζ) have been studied extensively in vitro, but their in vivo role is only now being investigated using knockout mouse models of carcinogenesis. This paper will focus on the studies of mice and humans with altered expression of TLS polymerases and the effects on cancer induced by environmental agents.
Electrocardiogram of Clinically Healthy Mithun (Bos frontalis): Variation among Strains
Authors: Sanyal Sagar , Das Pradip Kumar , Ghosh Probal Ranjan , Das Kinsuk , Vupru Kezha V. , Rajkhowa Chandan , Mondal Mohan
Published: September 2010

A study was conducted to establish the normal electrocardiogram in four different genetic strains of mithun (Bos frontalis). Electrocardiography, cardiac electrical axis, heart rate, rectal temperature and respiration rate were recorded in a total of 32 adult male mithun of four strains ( each). It was found that the respiration and heart rates were higher () in Manipur than other three strains. Amplitude () and duration of P wave and QRS complex differed () among the strains. Mizoram strain had the highest amplitude and duration of P wave and QRS complex. On the other hand, higher () amplitude and duration of T wave were recorded in Arunachalee and Mizoram strains. The mean electrical axis of QRS complex that were recorded for Arunachalee and Manipur strains were similar to that reported for other bovine species; whereas the electrical axis of QRS for Nagamese and Mizoram strains were more close to feline and caprine species, respectively. In conclusion, electrocardiogram of mithun revealed that the amplitude and duration of P wave, QRS complex and T wave were different among four different genetic strains of mithun and the electrical axis of QRS complex for Nagamese and Mizoram mithuns are dissimilar to bovine species.
Development and application of a reactive plume-in-grid model: evaluation over Greater Paris
Authors: Korsakissok I. , Mallet V.
Published: September 2010

Abstract. Emissions from major point sources are badly represented by classical Eulerian models. An overestimation of the horizontal plume dilution, a bad representation of the vertical diffusion as well as an incorrect estimate of the chemical reaction rates are the main limitations of such models in the vicinity of major point sources. The plume-in-grid method is a multiscale modeling technique that couples a local-scale Gaussian puff model with an Eulerian model in order to better represent these emissions. We present the plume-in-grid model developed in the air quality modeling system Polyphemus, with full gaseous chemistry. The model is evaluated on the metropolitan Île-de-France region, during six months (summer 2001). The subgrid-scale treatment is used for 89 major point sources, a selection based on the emission rates of NOx and SO2. Results with and without the subgrid treatment of point emissions are compared, and their performance by comparison to the observations on measurement stations is assessed. A sensitivity study is also carried out, on several local-scale parameters as well as on the vertical diffusion within the urban area. Primary pollutants are shown to be the most impacted by the plume-in-grid treatment. SO2 is the most impacted pollutant, since the point sources account for an important part of the total SO2 emissions, whereas NOx emissions are mostly due to traffic. The spatial impact of the subgrid treatment is localized in the vicinity of the sources, especially for reactive species (NOx and O3). Ozone is mostly sensitive to the time step between two puff emissions which influences the in-plume chemical reactions, whereas the almost-passive species SO2 is more sensitive to the injection time, which determines the duration of the subgrid-scale treatment. Future developments include an extension to handle aerosol chemistry, and an application to the modeling of line sources in order to use the subgrid treatment with road emissions. The latter is expected to lead to more striking results, due to the importance of traffic emissions for the pollutants of interest.
Tropospheric temperature response to stratospheric ozone recovery in the 21st century
Authors: Hu Y. , Xia Y. , Fu Q.
Published: September 2010

Abstract. Observations show a stabilization or a weak increase of the stratospheric ozone layer since the late 1990s. Recent coupled chemistry-climate model simulations predicted that the stratospheric ozone layer will likely return to pre-1980 levels in the middle of the 21st century, as a results of the decline of ozone depleting substances under the 1987 Montreal Protocol. Since the ozone layer is an important component in determining stratospheric and tropospheric-surface energy balance, the recovery of the ozone layer may have significant impact on tropospheric-surface climate. Here, using multi-model ensemble results from both the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report (IPCC-AR4) models and coupled chemistry-climate models, we show that as ozone recovery is considered, the troposphere is warmed more than that without considering ozone recovery, suggesting an enhancement of tropospheric warming due to ozone recovery. It is found that the enhanced tropospheric warming is mostly significant in the upper troposphere, with a global mean magnitude of ~0.41 K for 2001–2050. We also find that relatively large enhanced warming occurs in the extratropics and polar regions in summer and autumn in both hemispheres while the enhanced warming is stronger in the Northern Hemisphere than in the Southern Hemisphere. Enhanced warming is also found at the surface. The strongest enhancement of surface warming is located in the Arctic in boreal winter. The global annual mean enhancement of surface warming is about 0.16 K for 2001–2050.
Empirically modelled Pc3 activity based on solar wind parameters
Authors: Heilig B. , Lotz S. , Verő J. , Sutcliffe P. , Reda J. , Pajunpää K. , Raita T.
Published: September 2010

Abstract. It is known that under certain solar wind (SW)/interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) conditions (e.g. high SW speed, low cone angle) the occurrence of ground-level Pc3–4 pulsations is more likely. In this paper we demonstrate that in the event of anomalously low SW particle density, Pc3 activity is extremely low regardless of otherwise favourable SW speed and cone angle. We re-investigate the SW control of Pc3 pulsation activity through a statistical analysis and two empirical models with emphasis on the influence of SW density on Pc3 activity. We utilise SW and IMF measurements from the OMNI project and ground-based magnetometer measurements from the MM100 array to relate SW and IMF measurements to the occurrence of Pc3 activity. Multiple linear regression and artificial neural network models are used in iterative processes in order to identify sets of SW-based input parameters, which optimally reproduce a set of Pc3 activity data. The inclusion of SW density in the parameter set significantly improves the models. Not only the density itself, but other density related parameters, such as the dynamic pressure of the SW, or the standoff distance of the magnetopause work equally well in the model. The disappearance of Pc3s during low-density events can have at least four reasons according to the existing upstream wave theory: 1. Pausing the ion-cyclotron resonance that generates the upstream ultra low frequency waves in the absence of protons, 2. Weakening of the bow shock that implies less efficient reflection, 3. The SW becomes sub-Alfvénic and hence it is not able to sweep back the waves propagating upstream with the Alfvén-speed, and 4. The increase of the standoff distance of the magnetopause (and of the bow shock). Although the models cannot account for the lack of Pc3s during intervals when the SW density is extremely low, the resulting sets of optimal model inputs support the generation of mid latitude Pc3 activity predominantly through upstream waves.
Observations and modelling of the wave mode evolution of an impulse-driven 3 mHz ULF wave
Authors: Borderick J. D. , Yeoman T. K. , Waters C. L. , Wright D. M.
Published: September 2010

Abstract. A combination of an HF Doppler sounder, a network of ground magnetometers, upstream solar wind monitors and a numerical model is used to examine the temporal evolution of an Ultra Low Frequency (ULF) wave. The event occurred on 16 April 1998 and followed a solar wind density and pressure increase seen in the upstream ACE spacecraft data. The magnetometer and HF Doppler sounder data show that the event develops into a low-m (−6) field line resonance. HF signals that propagate via the ionosphere exhibit Doppler shifts due to a number of processes that give rise to a time-dependent phase path. The ULF electric and magnetic fields are calculated by a one-dimensional model which calculates the wave propagation from the magnetosphere, through the ionosphere to the ground with an oblique magnetic field. These values are then used to determine a model HF Doppler shift which is subsequently compared to HF Doppler observations. The ULF magnetic field at the ground and Doppler observations are then used to provide model inputs at various points throughout the event. We find evidence that the wave mode evolved from a mixture of fast and Alfvén modes at the beginning of the event to an almost purely shear Alfvénic mode after 6 wavecycles (33 min).