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Livsmanualernes popularitet – Hvorfor Covey’s vaneparadigme blev populært i 1990’erne
Authors: Christensen Christian Olaf
Published: May 2019

This article examines the popularity of Stephen Covey’s theory of selfmanagement and habits. It argues that changes in the economic context have been decisive for the recent renaissance of a character ethic. The article locates Covey’s theory in its American intellectual and economic context, arguing that especially Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography and Viktor Frankl’s logotherapy constitute key influences on Covey’s work. Covey articulates a seducing rhetorical vision of personal and organisational growth. It fits well into a neo-liberal political and economic context in which individual responsibility is stressed. However, critics rightfully argue that it has little to say about structural problems of social and economic systems, and that it exaggerates individuals’ capabilities.
Den filosofiske politiker – Frederik den Store og statsræsonen
Authors: Jessen Mathias Hein
Published: May 2019

Frederick the Great (ruled 1740-86) is one of the main figures of Enlightened Absolutism. Frederic was on the one hand an enlightened philosopher deeply inspired by the ideals of the Enlightenment. On the other hand he ruled one of the most autocratic states in history and commanded the strongest and most disciplined military force of his time. Despite his many writings, however, Frederick is rarely investigated as a political thinker. The article focuses on the political writings of Frederick the Great and more specifically on his use of the concept of reason of state to legitimize his rule, not least with regard to his enlightened ideals. In this struggle for legitimacy, Frederick abolishes the concept of a personal ruler, and in doing so becomes a fascinating figure in the transition from a personalized government to the abstract, depersonalized concept of the state that still dominates our political reality today.
”De står som en besætning i et fremmed land.” - Racekrig, besættelse og højrepopulistisk historiepolitik
Authors: Christensen Søren
Published: May 2019

The article discusses one of the ways in which the politics of history is performed by contemporary Western European right-wing populism. This discussion is conducted with reference to Michel Foucault’s analysis of the historical discourse on ’racial war’ of the 17th and 18th centuries. It is argued that, in its most basic features, this discourse is not simply a historically delimited discourse, but a specific form of critique which survives in modified forms within modernity and one of whose contemporary versions is the anti-establishment discourse of right-wing populism. Specifically, the article discusses how the theme of ’occupation’ so central to the discourse on racial war is re-articulated in two instances (Danish and French) of current right-wing populist discourse, not simply with reference to current ’mass immigration’, but also with reference to experiences of occupation during World War II. The article concludes that the age-old theme of occupation is here integrated into a new politics of history which basically concerns the questions of the responsibility for and the heritage from totalitarianism.
Afgrundsblikket - Det erotiske og repræsentationen hos Nietzsche og Sade
Authors: Grimm Jon Auring
Published: May 2019

Erotic desire is intimately connected with the problem of representation. Since desire is directed towards the other, it becomes a problem how the other is represented and whether or not the abyss thus opened between the desiring and the desired can be overcome. Two approaches to this problem are investigated and compared: Friedrich Nietzsche’s and Marquis de Sade’s. It is claimed that while de Sade in his endless transgressions affirms the reactionary representation of the other, Nietzsche opens a possibility of a transgression of representation as such.
Alt det der med vagina dentata kan man godt putte skrådt op - Interview med Henning Bech og Vivi Hollænder
Authors: Bjerre Henrik Jøker , Jacobsen Stefan Gaarsmand , Peters Rikke Alberg
Published: May 2019

Sexual norms are not universal. Today’s cultural and social norms regarding sexuality consist of many different attitudes, beliefs, desires and practices. This interview with two of the leading Danish experts in sexological studies and sexology discusses sexual norms and practices, sexual discourse, moralism and taboos in current Danish society.
Krigens finansieringssystemer - en formanalyse af krig og kredit i kølvandet på Clausewitz
Authors: Harste Gorm
Published: May 2019

Clausewitz analysed wars in their material, social and temporal interchanges (Wechselwirkung). During a war the form of the conflict is transformed from a controllable and planned activity into a form where its gravitation centre is displaced. Over the last 500 years, logistics and financial supplies have become the repeated focus for protracted wars. The forms of taxation, inflation, war debts and credits have been decisive. In fact war strategies can have the financial attrition of the enemy as its culmination point and its gravitation centre. A vast army stationed far away and for a long time imposes enormous financial and human costs. The US in particular has been affected by the protracted wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. The recent wars and a number of complex financial mechanisms accelerated the US fall from unipolarity. This shows that wars contain risks that cannot be controlled by a political system. After the initial decision to go to war, control is only reasserted when the political system accepts to stop the ever increasing supplies.
Skal den offentlige sektor være innovativ?
Authors: Langergaard Louise Li
Published: May 2019

The article unfolds a critical analysis and discussion of innovation as a concept of change in the public sector on the basis of the prevalent understandings of innovation found in research literature and political strategies. It is demonstrated that existing concepts of innovation deemphasize the particular public and democratic dimensions of the public sector, and it is argued that this is problematic from a democratic perspective. The article encourages a rethinking of the innovation concept in a way that breaks with the inheritance from economic innovation theory and a formulation of an innovation theory that has political philosophical concepts such as rights, due process and democracy in focus.
Craftivisme:
Authors: Røstvik Camilla Mørk , Johansen Thomas Palmelund
Published: May 2019

In this paper, we argue for craftivism as a form of social activism with a political depth reached through making. From Mary Wollstonecraft to the suffragettes, Betsy Greer to DIY, craftivism has had a place in feminist activism. The human tradition for making objects combined with the online possibility of documentation, has made craftivism a political weapon. But it is a soft weapon, where the power lies in the pain and suffering it reminds us off. This protest is often performed by women and history shows that this is why craft has been seen as something other than art, and as a form of political protest today. This article ties the history of feminist craft to the current movement of craftivism, arguing for this art herstory to be part of the canon and part of a political solution.
Resiliens hinsides modstand og tilpasning:
Authors: Hansen Bue Rübner
Published: May 2019

Over the recent decades, the concept of resilience has spread from environmental science to a number of disciplines dealing with crisis and disaster management. From psychology, public health, and human resource management to development and security studies, resilience is replacing an earlier focus on resistance and adaptability within these fields. There exist several studies dealing with resilience discourse as a key to a diagnostic of the present. While some hail resilience as a new register of ecological resistance for social movements, other decries resilience as a discourse legitimating the neoliberal state’s abandonment of the poor to catastrophe. This article proposes a framework for reading together these highly diverging interpretations of resilience through a historicising of the concept of resilience, tracing its rise genealogically in relation to the concepts of resistance and adaptability. Through readings of authors such as Thomas Hobbes, Carl von Clausewitz, Herbert Spencer, and C.J. Holling, the article shows how these concepts were imported from scientific materialism into pragmatic and normative discourses of defence of life against shifting threats to individual and social life. The article shows how the shifting importance of the concepts of resistance, adaptability and resilience must be related to changing social-ecological problems and the forms of contestation and governance that respond to them.
Den imaginære fordobling
Authors: Lauritsen Laurits
Published: May 2019

Forholdet mellem Freud og Jung er et nødvendigt emne for en o­vervejelse over de indbyggede problemer i enhver psykoanalytisk bevægelse, der arbejder med overføringen i alle dens former. Ud­viklingen i deres forbindelse og krisen i deres forhold er ikke blot noget, der vedrører deres respektive biografer, men det ved­rører os alle, hvis vi vil forstå den særlige vanskelighed i over­føringen i psykoanalytiske bevægelser.
Bifurkation – om Freud og Jung
Authors: Kristoffersen Peter
Published: May 2019

Der er i det mindste to klart forskellige måder, hvorpå man i dag kan vurdere spaltningen mellem freudianere og jungianere. Man kunne således vælge at analysere på det brud, der finder sted imellem Freud og ]ung, for derigennem at fremskrive freudi­anismens og jungianismens respektive specificitet, eller man kun­ne i stedet vælge at tage sit udgangspunkt i en til i dag opda­teret udgave af det, der allerede i bruddet tegner sig som to radikalt forskellige orienteringer, der strengt taget intet har med hinanden at gøre.
Imaginaire de la ligne. Quand elle joue sur plusieurs tableaux
Authors: Cnockaert Véronique
Published: May 2019

Ce numéro propose d’étudier des œuvres littéraires, picturales et architecturales comme autant d’exercices graphiques où la ligne recompose le monde au sein duquel le réel se particularise, devient lisible. Chaque œuvre crée ses propres cartographies, mais demeure tributaire d’un imaginaire graphique dans lequel la ligne, le mot et l’idée se rejoignent au point de devenir indiscernables. Au-delà des lignes qui nous entourent, il y a celles qui s’inscrivent en nous et pétrissent notre imaginaire.
De lignes en lignes. Poétique de l’écrivain-flâneur
Authors: Gervais Bertrand
Published: May 2019

La réflexion qui s’ouvre part d’un embryon de figure, celle d’un être qui explore un lieu et qui entreprend d’en témoigner. Qui est-ce? Cela importe peu. Un imaginaire du lieu prend forme qui conjoint expérience et énonciation. L’article explore ici le jeu entre le parcours dans l’espace et le discours qu’il permet de tenir. La ligne sert de jonction. La ligne : tracé dans l’espace, chemin parcouru; mais aussi trace écrite ou graphique, fil d’une pensée qui se déploie.
Narrativité anthropologique de la ligne contemporaine : Bailly, Echenoz, Sautière
Authors: Ménard Sophie
Published: May 2019

Orienté par les travaux de l’anthropologue Tim Ingold, qui rendent compte des multiples systèmes de lignes (sinueuse, fragmentée, droite) réalisant le monde, cet article ethnocritique veut poser les jalons d’une narrativité et d’un imaginaire anthropologiques de la ligne à l’œuvre dans trois récits contemporains (Dépaysement de Bailly, Un an d’Echenoz et Stations (entre les lignes) de Sautière), en faisant l’hypothèse qu’ils mobilisent et organisent une pluralité de cosmologies linéaires.
Quelques lignes « intra muros et extra »
Authors: Cnockaert Véronique
Published: May 2019

L’incipit du Père Goriot de Balzac présente un entrecroisement remarquable de lignes distinctes qui ne cessent d’être l’écho l’une de l’autre. Ligne graphique, ligne historique, ligne géographique, ligne institutionnelle et ligne culturelle forment un écheveau serré, tissage qui offre un mode d'invention scriptural riche en significations que cet article se propose d’analyser.
Volume 2 Numéro 1
Authors: Lavoie Vincent
Published: May 2019

Quelle visualité pour la figure de l’écrivain? À cette question, le cinéma et les séries télévisées ont fourni un ensemble très diversifié de réponses, allant de la représentation littérale de l’acte d’écriture à la mise en œuvre des fictions littéraires de l’auteur, en passant par la monstration de ses déboires sentimentaux ou de sa construction médiatique. Le dossier « Écrivains à l’écran » prend en compte un éventail de films entrelaçant éthos du réalisateur et de…
Californication ou la légitimation de l’écriture télévisuelle
Authors: Sepulchre Sarah
Published: May 2019

La série Californication met en scène plusieurs figures d’écrivain, dont celle de son héros, Hank Moody, écrivain de génie mais manquant d’inspiration. Ces auteurs actualisent la figure du démon théorisée par Trudy Bolter en 2001. L’analyse montre que cet archétype n’est pas fondamentalement renouvelé par la série, même s’il est nuancé. Cependant, en s’alignant sur des valeurs traditionnelles liées à l’écrivain c’est à une légitimation de l’écriture télévisuelle qu’aboutit la fiction.
Écrire pour soi, rien que pour soi?
Authors: Baetens Jan
Published: May 2019

Cet article étudie la représentation de personnages écrivant dans L’Esprit de la ruche, le premier film de Victor Erice (1973), souvent lu comme une allégorie du franquisme. L’article examine la manière dont est filmé l’acte d’écrire, et plus particulièrement les rapports entre la représentation de l’écriture et les thèmes de la solitude et du manque de communication.
«Jouer son propre rôle» : Michel Houellebecq dans L’enlèvement de Michel Houellebecq
Authors: de Jonghe Matthias
Published: May 2019

Cet article analyse le rapport ambivalent que Michel Houellebecq entretient avec les médias, à partir du cas exemplaire de L’enlèvement de Michel Houellebecq. Ce long métrage met en effet en scène cette relation de façon métaphorique : la situation d’emprisonnement qu’il dépeint suggère que la figure publique de l’écrivain procède d’une négociation contrainte et mène sur cette base à un questionnement radical de la notion même de moi.
La poésie déambulée : Agnès Varda et Yannick Bellon filment Baudelaire
Authors: Labbé Mathilde
Published: May 2019

Cet article analyse parallèlement deux films consacrés à Baudelaire : La Plaie et le couteau de Yannick Bellon et Les Dites Cariatides d’Agnès Varda, qui font le choix de contourner les problèmes de figuration du poète en filmant Paris. Leur étude permet de montrer pourquoi la représentation de Baudelaire et de son œuvre constituent une gageure pour les cinéastes, ce qui conduit, à l’écran, à la diffraction du je et au réinvestissement de la ville comme sujet lyrique.
Volume 1 Numéro 2
Authors: Lavoie Vincent
Published: May 2019

Le printemps dernier paraissait le tout premier numéro de Captures, nouvel ajout à la liste des grands projets de Figura, le centre de recherche sur le texte et l’imaginaire. Ayant pour socle thématique un dossier consacré à la «post-photographie», cette première livraison reflétait alors l’ambition de la revue d’assortir les articles d’un apport visuel prolongeant les sujets à l’étude. Il est vrai que le thème à l’honneur s’y prêtait à merveille. Ce parti pris...
Le récit des emballages de la feuille de brick
Authors: Hassoun Jean-Pierre
Published: May 2019

L’article étudie un corpus d’emballages de feuilles de brick en usage en France entre 1973 et 2015. Par la lecture des emballages, l’auteur fait émerger un récit polyphonique où se détachent à la fois la voix de l’industrialisation de la tradition, qui invente un terroir immigré et un orientalisme populaire, et celle de la gastro-gentrification ou du gastro-libéralisme, qui mettent en scène sédentarisme, certifications morales, traçabilité, culte de l’abondance et plaisir ostentatoire.
Deux poètes font les courses
Authors: Parenteau Olivier
Published: May 2019

Cet article est consacré aux représentations de l’hypermarché dans les poèmes « Sur les supermarchés » de Jacques Réda et « Hypermarché — Novembre » de Michel Houellebecq. Ces textes poétiques, qui insistent sur le caractère sinistre de l’hypermarché, le déréalisent en l’assimilant à un lieu fantastique ou imaginaire. Ils développent aussi la figure du «poète-client» qui se singularise par rapport à la foule environnante tout en se montrant sensible à la dynamique marchande propre au lieu.
Les émissions culinaires narratives à la télévision française
Authors: Roger Olivier
Published: May 2019

Apparues à la télévision française à partir des années 2000, les émissions culinaires narratives présentent la préparation d’un plat comme une action accomplie par des personnages. Intégrant la présentation des recettes à un récit, elles lient l’acte de cuisiner à une signification déterminée, qui demeure toutefois variable selon les émissions. Cet article, qui analyse trois de ces émissions, montre que, dans tous les cas, la cuisine y est présentée comme un vecteur d’expression personnelle.
Histoires de chasse
Authors: Sicotte Geneviève
Published: May 2019

Le récit actuel de la gastronomie québécoise valorise des représentations associées à la sauvagerie et à l’ancrage identitaire. L’article examine dans un premier temps des œuvres littéraires du XIXe siècle qui mettent en jeu ces représentations. Cet arrière-plan historique permet ensuite de mieux comprendre la façon dont ces enjeux sont articulés dans des œuvres contemporaines. Il conduit à formuler l’hypothèse selon laquelle ce récit permet de repenser une identité masculine perçue comme problématique.
De la ferme à la table
Authors: Horth Sophie
Published: May 2019

Cet article étudie le rapport qu’entretient le personnage cannibale Hannibal Lecter, envisagé comme un monstre ou un surhomme nietzschéen, avec la nourriture et la transgression bataillienne dans les œuvres littéraires originales et les multiples adaptations télévisuelles et cinématographiques qui en sont tirées. Il cherche par ailleurs à comprendre la popularité de la figure de Lecter dans l’imaginaire contemporain en la situant dans le contexte du sensationnalisme médiatique.
Se nourrir de mots
Authors: Demeule Fanie
Published: May 2019

Cet article se concentre sur l’étude d’une poétique alimentaire de l’anorexie dans le texte Biographie de la faim (2004) de la romancière Amélie Nothomb. À partir des théories de la littérature anorexique et celles de l’écriture de soi, il observe les relations entre les faits alimentaire et langagier dans l’écriture de la maladie en mode autofictionnel. Dans cette création particulière, l’auteure tendrait à se (re)composer librement et à s’incarner à travers le texte.
Le façonnement du visible
Authors: Proulx Christelle
Published: May 2019

Cet article se penche sur deux dictionnaires compilant des résultats de requêtes fournis par l’outil de recherche d’images de Google : un ouvrage imprimé produit par Felix Heyes et Benjamin West en 2013 et un site web publié par Bertrand Gervais depuis 2014. L’étude allie l’examen de la définition de la pertinence qui modèle les résultats à une réflexion sur les images dans la recherche web, afin d’entrevoir comment l’autorité, le langage et les probabilités façonnent la visibilité des contenus en ligne.
Volume 1 Numéro 1
Authors: Lavoie Vincent
Published: May 2019

Attentive aux plus récentes manifestations de l’imaginaire contemporain et soucieuse d’en saisir les fondements historiques et théoriques, Captures est la toute nouvelle et première revue à comité de pairs de Figura, le Centre de recherche sur le texte et l’imaginaire. Sa création est source de grande fierté. Dédiée à la publication de travaux consacrés à l’analyse de problématiques liées aux figures, théories et pratiques de l’imaginaire, sans limitations territoriales ou...
Mitchell(s) : doute et conventionnalité des images
Authors: Coulombe Maxime
Published: May 2019

Interrogeant l’impact du poststructuralisme sur le doute qui organise désormais la post-photographie, l’article s’arrête sur la singulière homonymie entre W. J. T. Mitchell (1942-) et W. J. Mitchell (1944-2010), deux grands penseurs de l’image photographique. Prenant comme principe ironique que cette homonymie cache une relation intellectuelle secrète, il montre comment la pensée de l’image, lorsqu’elle se fonde sur le poststructuralisme, tend à dénier la nature matérielle de l’image.
“There Is No Cloud”
Authors: Lager Vestberg Nina
Published: May 2019

If the smartphone typifies the post-photographic interface, then the data center epitomizes post-photographic infrastructure. Through critical engagement with cloud computing and its ecological impact on natural environments, this article problematizes the metaphorical conception of ecology in media studies, and argues for a materialist approach to post-photography that takes account of the natural resources and material infrastructures enabling contemporary image practices.
Les images ont chaud!
Authors: Han Ji-Yoon
Published: May 2019

L’article répond à la proposition commissariale de Joan Fontcuberta pour l'édition 2015 du Mois de la Photo à Montréal, placée sous les auspices de « la condition post-photographique ». Par des rapprochements entre les œuvres exposées et des exemples de l’histoire de la photographie — plus spécifiquement la photographie surréaliste —, il interroge cette condition post-photographique dont Fontcuberta postule qu’elle incarne « un nouvel ordre visuel » résultant d’« une inflation des images sans précédent ».
The rising tide of photographs
Authors: Pollen Annebella
Published: May 2019

Concerns about the huge quantities of photographs circulating in digital networks have led some to proclaim that we are now drowning in images. This article surveys these anxieties by examining the work of artists who use photography’s scale, and juxtaposing this with other similar recent photographic practices. Placing such endeavours in historical context challenges received wisdom about the current photographic condition, thus promoting microhistorical methodologies as a means by which apocalyptic generalisations about mass practice can be nuanced.
Regards queers sur l’architecture
Authors: Vallerand Olivier
Published: May 2019

Un nombre grandissant de théoriciens et de praticiens discutent de l’impact du genre et de la race sur la profession et l’étude de l’architecture. Les questions liées aux relations entre le milieu bâti et l’orientation sexuelle et l’identité de genre restent cependant particulièrement peu étudiées, peut-être en raison de leur relative invisibilité et des conséquences discriminatoires moins clairement identifiables; elles sont par ailleurs complètement négligées par la théorie du design dans le monde francophone. Cet article remédie en partie à la situation.
Réalisme et télévision
Authors: Roldan Sébastien
Published: May 2019

En faisant l’autopsie du scandale médiatique ayant entouré la diffusion du premier épisode de la deuxième saison de la télésérie québécoise 19-2 cet article en vient à examiner la nature du « réalisme » qui a, semble-t-il, tant choqué l’opinion. Cette série policière marquante au début des années 2010 s’en trouve réinscrite dans l’histoire longue des représentations réalistes, ouvrant à une mise au point méthodologique et théorique qui paraît des plus nécessaires à l’heure actuelle.
Narrative Analysis: Understanding the Story of a Formerly Homeless Man
Authors: Cole Jennie Ann
Published: May 2019

This article focuses on the methodological process in examining a portion of one in-depth interview with a formerly chronically homeless man. Implications for housing policy with chronically homeless populations and the role of narrative analysis in social work research are discussed. Data was analyzed using models of narrative analysis developed by Gee (1985, 1986, 1991); Labov (1982, 1987; Labov & Waletsky, 1967); and Richardson (1993). This article demonstrates first, the utility of narrative analysis in social work research, and second, how narrative analysis reveals important insights into understanding the chronically homeless population.
Older Women’s Situated Identities: Positioning Analysis Applied to Stories about Everyday Experiences Dealing With Physical Functional Changes
Authors: Kawabata Makie , Narushima Miya
Published: May 2019

Identities are not only constructed through coherent and unified stories about significant events but also formed within the interactions during everyday social encounters. Using positioning analysis, we explored how older women’s “small stories” from interviews can be used to identify their “situated selves” and how positioning analysis contributes to enhance our understandings about their experiences of physical functional changes. Positioning analysis helped us see how they continuously modify their positions to reconstruct their identities while they talk about everyday life. We should pay more attention to “small stories” about everyday activities as well as their coherent “big stories.”
Ancestry, Place[s], and Identity in Spiritual Direction Narratives
Authors: Ruffing Janet Kathryn
Published: May 2019

In this 2017 John McKendy Memorial Lecture, Dr. Janet Ruffing, RSM, discussed spiritual direction as a narrative process, recognized or not, in which the directee tells his or her sacred tale in the interaction with a spiritual director who significantly affects the unfolding of this serial narrative of lived faith. At a time, when directees have unprecedented access to genealogical information and also live in or make retreats in a variety of places, how do these new experiences affect their identity spiritually and socially? Do they become integrated into the ongoing narrative of identity or not?
The Enacted Narrative: A Group-Based Trauma Repair Approach for Veterans Who Have a Post-Traumatic Stress Injury
Authors: Westwood Marvin
Published: May 2019

In this 2017 John McKendy Memorial Lecture, Dr. Marvin Westwood discussed two group-based interventions for veterans who have a post-traumatic stress-injury—guided autobiography and therapeutic enactment—as a trans-theoretical model for change. Narrative-based therapeutic enactment has been highly effective for traumatized individuals—both military and civilian. The presentation included video clips illustrating how the approach is applied in work with Canadian veterans who have operational stress injuries.
Brain Function Assessment of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis in the Expanded Disability Status Scale
Authors: Alonso Ricardo N. , Eizaguirre Maria B. , Silva Berenice , Pita Maria C. , Yastremiz Cecilia , Vanotti Sandra , Cáceres Fernando , Garcea Orlando
Published: May 2019

Background:

There is no consensus regarding assessment of the brain function functional system (FS) of the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). We sought to describe brain function FS assessment criteria used by Argentinian neurologists and, based on the results, propose redefined brain function FS criteria.

Methods:

A structured survey was conducted of 113 Argentinian neurologists. Considering the survey results, we decided to redefine the brain function FS scoring using the Brief International Cognitive Assessment for MS (BICAMS) battery. For 120 adult patients with MS we calculated the EDSS score without brain function FS (basal EDSS) and compared it with the EDSS score after adding the modified brain function FS (modified EDSS).

Results:

Of the 93 neurologists analyzed, 14% reported that they did not assess brain function FS, 35% reported that they assessed it through a nonstructured interview, and the remainder used other tools. Significant differences were found in EDSS scores before and after the inclusion of BICAMS (P < .001). Redefining the brain function FS, 15% of patients modified their basal EDSS score, as did 20% of those with a score of 4.0 or less.

Conclusions:

The survey results show the importance of unifying the brain function FS scoring criteria in calculating the EDSS score. While allowing more consistent brain function FS scoring, including the modified brain function FS led to a change in EDSS score in many patients, particularly in the lower range of EDSS scores. Considering the relevance of the EDSS for monitoring patients with MS and for decision making, it is imperative to further validate the modified brain function FS scoring.
VIŠE RADA, MANJE POSLA? UKRATKO O PERSPEKTIVAMA MPLP U NAŠEM KONTEKSTU
Authors: VUKLIŠ VLADAN
Published: May 2019

Ovaj rad predstavlja sumarnu prezentaciju, odnosno kraće hipo-tetsko razmatranje mogućnosti primjene modela More Product, Less Process (MPLP) u našem kontekstu. MPLP, istraživačko-teorijski proizvod američkih arhivista Marka Grina (Mark A. Greene) i Denisa Majznera (Dennis Meissner), predstavlja set prijedloga kojima se želi unaprijediti praksa sređivanja i obrade arhivske građe, posebno velikih savremenih fondova, sa primarnim ciljem što veće dostupnosti dokumentarnog fundusa istraživačima. Kroz tekst koji je pred vama, autor predstavlja osnovne stavke MPLP, kritičke osvrte na model, kao i sopstveno razmatranje datih elemenata s posebnim fokusom na kontekst naših arhivskih ustanova i uslova rada.
Радован Пилиповић, Ореоли и сенке, Расправе из историје Српске Православне Цркве у Независној Држави Хрватској 1941–1945, Београд 2016
Authors: ЛОНЧАР ПЕТАР
Published: May 2019

Радован Пилиповић је историчар чије је поље интересовања историја Српске православне цркве и српског народа уопште. Аутор је неколико књига и бројних радова објављених у часописима. Међу његовим дјелима се издваја-ју: Манастир Рмањ, Манастир Сланци, Библиографија часописа ''Светоса-вље'', а пажњу заслужује и тема његовог мастер рада Православље у Чехосло-вачкој (1918–1942). Поред писања историјских радова бави се и приређивањем књига и архивистичких изложби.
Early Agenian rhinocerotids from Wischberg (Canton Bern, Switzerland) and clarification of the systematics of the genus Diaceratherium
Authors: Jame Claire , Tissier Jérémy , Maridet Olivier , Becker Damien
Published: May 2019

Background. Wischberg is a Swiss locality in Bern Canton which has yielded numerous vertebrates remains from the earliest Miocene (= MN1). It has a very rich faunal diversity, one of the richest in Switzerland for this age. Among all the mammals reported in the original faunal list 70 years ago, three rhinocerotid species were identified. The material consists of two fragmentary skulls, cranial fragments, several mandibles, teeth and postcranial bones, in a rather good state of preservation.

Results. After reexamination of the material from this locality (curated in three different Swiss museums), and comparison with holotype specimens, we show that all rhinocerotid specimens from Wischberg can be referred to just two species. Most of the material can be attributed to the large size teleoceratine Diaceratherium lemanense, while only a few specimens, including a skull and mandible, belong to the much smaller sized Pleuroceros pleuroceros. We describe and illustrate for the first time most of these fossil remains. However, the systematics of the genus Diaceratherium is currently controversial, and we attempt to elucidate it based on our new observations, though a large-scale phylogenetic study should be done in the future to resolve it. The rhinocerotid association found in Wischberg is nonetheless typical of the MN1 biozone, which results from a faunal renewal occurring just before the end of the Oligocene.
The Plasmodium liver-specific protein 2 (LISP2) is an early marker of liver stage development
Authors: Gupta Devendra Kumar , Dembele Laurent , Voorberg-van der Wel Annemarie , Roma Guglielmo , Yip Andy , Chuenchob Vorada , Kangwanrangsan Niwat , Ishino Tomoko , Vaughan Ashley M , Kappe Stefan H , Flannery Erika L , Sattabongkot Jetsumon , Mikolajczak Sebastian , Bifani Pablo , Kocken Clemens HM , Diagana Thierry Tidiane
Published: May 2019

Plasmodium vivax hypnozoites persist in the liver, cause malaria relapse and represent a major challenge to malaria elimination. Our previous transcriptomic study provided a novel molecular framework to enhance our understanding of the hypnozoite biology (Voorberg-van der Wel A, et al., 2017). In this dataset, we identified and characterized the Liver-Specific Protein 2 (LISP2) protein as an early molecular marker of liver stage development. Immunofluorescence analysis of hepatocytes infected with relapsing malaria parasites, in vitro (P. cynomolgi) and in vivo (P. vivax), reveals that LISP2 expression discriminates between dormant hypnozoites and early developing parasites. We further demonstrate that prophylactic drugs selectively kill all LISP2-positive parasites, while LISP2-negative hypnozoites are only sensitive to anti-relapse drug tafenoquine. Our results provide novel biological insights in the initiation of liver stage schizogony and an early marker suitable for the development of drug discovery assays predictive of anti-relapse activity.
Asymmetry between the two acidic patches dictates the direction of nucleosome sliding by the ISWI chromatin remodeler
Authors: Levendosky Robert F , Bowman Gregory D
Published: May 2019

The acidic patch is a functionally important epitope on each face of the nucleosome that affects chromatin remodeling. Although related by 2-fold symmetry of the nucleosome, each acidic patch is uniquely positioned relative to a bound remodeler. An open question is whether remodelers are distinctly responsive to each acidic patch. Previously we reported a method for homogeneously producing asymmetric nucleosomes with distinct H2A/H2B dimers (Levendosky et al., 2016). Here, we use this methodology to show that the Chd1 remodeler from Saccharomyces cerevisiae and ISWI remodelers from human and Drosophila have distinct spatial requirements for the acidic patch. Unlike Chd1, which is equally affected by entry- and exit-side mutations, ISWI remodelers strongly depend on the entry-side acidic patch. Remarkably, asymmetry in the two acidic patches stimulates ISWI to slide mononucleosomes off DNA ends, overriding the remodeler’s preference to shift the histone core toward longer flanking DNA.
Towards a distributed connectionist account of cognates and interlingual homographs: evidence from semantic relatedness tasks
Authors: Poort Eva D. , Rodd Jennifer M.
Published: May 2019

Background

Current models of how bilinguals process cognates (e.g., “wolf”, which has the same meaning in Dutch and English) and interlingual homographs (e.g., “angel”, meaning “insect’s sting” in Dutch) are based primarily on data from lexical decision tasks. A major drawback of such tasks is that it is difficult—if not impossible—to separate processes that occur during decision making (e.g., response competition) from processes that take place in the lexicon (e.g., lateral inhibition). Instead, we conducted two English semantic relatedness judgement experiments.

Methods

In Experiment 1, highly proficient Dutch–English bilinguals (N = 29) and English monolinguals (N = 30) judged the semantic relatedness of word pairs that included a cognate (e.g., “wolf”–“howl”; n = 50), an interlingual homograph (e.g., “angel”–“heaven”; n = 50) or an English control word (e.g., “carrot”–“vegetable”; n = 50). In Experiment 2, another group of highly proficient Dutch–English bilinguals (N = 101) read sentences in Dutch that contained one of those cognates, interlingual homographs or the Dutch translation of one of the English control words (e.g., “wortel” for “carrot”) approximately 15 minutes prior to completing the English semantic relatedness task.

Results

In Experiment 1, there was an interlingual homograph inhibition effect of 39 ms only for the bilinguals, but no evidence for a cognate facilitation effect. Experiment 2 replicated these findings and also revealed that cross-lingual long-term priming had an opposite effect on the cognates and interlingual homographs: recent experience with a cognate in Dutch speeded processing of those items 15 minutes later in English but slowed processing of interlingual homographs. However, these priming effects were smaller than previously observed using a lexical decision task.

Conclusion

After comparing our results to studies in both the bilingual and monolingual domain, we argue that bilinguals appear to process cognates and interlingual homographs as monolinguals process polysemes and homonyms, respectively. In the monolingual domain, processing of such words is best modelled using distributed connectionist frameworks. We conclude that it is necessary to explore the viability of such a model for the bilingual case.

Data, scripts, materials and pre-registrations.

Experiment 1: http://www.osf.io/ndb7p; Experiment 2: http://www.osf.io/2at49.
Facial flatness indices: application in orthodontics
Authors: Chalala Chimène , Saadeh Maria , Ayoub Fouad
Published: May 2019

Facial flatness indices have been used in anthropology to discern differences among populations. They were evaluated on skulls from around the world.

Aims

(1) to evaluate the use of facial flatness indices in orthodontics and (2) to assess their variation among malocclusions, age and sex.

Materials and Methods

A total of 322 cone beam computed tomography radiographs were digitized and three facial indices (frontal, simotic and zygomaxillary) along with three transverse distances (fmo1–fmo2, zma1–zma2 and n1–n2) were assessed and compared between different groups.

Results

The zygomaxillary index was increased in Class II (32.6 ± 0.42;p< 0.001) and decreased in Class III malocclusions (29.4 ± 0.66;p< 0.001) compared to Class I (31.18 ± 0.3;p< 0.001). The frontal and nasal flatness are not characteristic features of any of the sagittal malocclusions. Facial flatness indices did not differ between males and females and between growing and non-growing patients.

Conclusion

The position of subspinale point (A point) forward or backward relative to the zygomaxillary width is a factor of assessment of facial flatness. The zygomaxillary index could be helpful in weighting proportionally the width of the maxilla (expansion) relative to its sagittal position in Class II and Class III malocclusions.
Incorporating acoustic objectives into Forest Management Planning when sensitive bird species are relevant
Authors: Iglesias-Merchan Carlos , Ortiz-Urbina Esther , Ezquerro Marta , Diaz-Balteiro Luis
Published: May 2019

Background

The potentially negative effects of timber harvesting on biodiversity and habitat conservation leads to the consideration of a wide range of restrictions to forest logging in natural areas. In particular, high noise levels produced by forest machinery present a challenge to developing sustainable forest management plans. The Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus), the largest bird of prey whose nests are located in mature trees, is considered to be appropriate as an indicator species for environment-friendly forest planning. In this work, we evaluated spatially differences in sound propagation between stands. We hypothesized that differences due to the influence of orography in mountainous forests would allow the relaxation of spatial and temporary restrictions to timber logging, without causing any great disturbance at nesting sites of sensitive species.

Methods

Our study was conducted in a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forest of Spain, where an important colony of the Western European population of Cinereous vulture is located. We built 62 noise maps to characterize noise pollution due to tree logging at planning level. We modeled two different scenarios, in order to characterize; (i) the effect of a chainsaw operator during a complete cycle for felling a tree (Scenario 1), and (ii) the effect of the peak level produced by the breaking noise emitted by the trunk of the tree and its impact on the ground (Scenario 2). A strategy of three logical steps was designed; (i) landscape-scale analysis of noise propagation in stands, (ii) hierarchical cluster analysis of stands, (iii) assessment of the potentially significant influence of noise management in timber harvesting.

Results

The minimum distance (DIST) from chainsaw operator sites to the 40 dB(A) contour lines was the only variable that had a significant influence on the clustering results. On the other hand, mean values of a newly proposed metric called average radius or radial distance (ARD) oscillated between 174 m in cluster #1 (Scenario 1) and 407 m in cluster #2 (Scenario 2).

Discussion

Our results highlight the convenience of considering noise modeling tools at a forest planning level in order to address the compatibility of forest logging and the necessity of protecting nature. We found that spatial propagation of noise made by chainsaws at felling sites does not differ between stands even in a mountainous terrain, contrary to what we initially hypothesized. However, temporary logging restrictions could be excluded in about 36% of the current conditioned management areas according to ARD results in Scenario 2 (400 m). This proposal could be based on a sound pressure level (in decibels) criteria instead of conventional buffer protection distance criteria. In addition, it is suggested that the current size of restricted management areas could be generally extended from a 100 m radius to a 200 m one around the Cinereous vulture nest sites.
Dissection of three quantitative trait loci for grain size on the long arm of chromosome 10 in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Authors: Zhu Yu-Jun , Sun Zhi-Chao , Niu Xiao-Jun , Ying Jie-Zheng , Fan Ye-Yang , Mou Tong-Min , Tang Shao-Qing , Zhuang Jie-Yun
Published: May 2019

Background

Thousand grain weight is a key component of grain yield in rice, and a trait closely related to grain length (GL) and grain width (GW) that are important traits for grain quality. Causal genes for 16 quantitative trait loci (QTL) affecting these traits have been cloned, but more QTL remain to be characterized for establishing a genetic regulating network. A QTL controlling grain size in rice, qGS10, was previously mapped in the interval RM6100–RM228 on chromosome 10. This study aimed to delimitate this QTL to a more precise location.

Method

A total of 12 populations were used. The ZC9 population comprised 203 S1:2 families derived from a residual heterozygous (RH) plant in the F9 generation of the indica rice cross Teqing (TQ)/IRBB52, segregating the upper region of RM6100–RM228 and three more regions on chromosomes 1, 9, and 11. The Ti52-1 population comprised 171 S1 plants derived from one RH plant in F7 of TQ/IRBB52, segregating a single interval that was in the lower portion of RM6100–RM228. The other ten populations were all derived from Ti52-1, including five S1 populations with sequential segregating regions covering the target region and five near isogenic line (NIL) populations maintaining the same segregating pattern. QTL analysis for 1,000-grain weight, GL, and GW was performed using QTL IciMapping and SAS procedure GLM.

Result

Three QTL were separated in the original qGS10 region. The qGL10.1 was located in the upper region RM6704–RM3773, shown to affect GL only. The qGS10.1 was located within a 207.1-kb interval flanked by InDel markers Te20811 and Te21018, having a stable and relatively high effect on all the three traits analyzed. The qGS10.2 was located within a 1.2-Mb interval flanked by simple sequence repeat markers RM3123 and RM6673. This QTL also affected all the three traits but the effect was inconsistent across different experiments. QTL for grain size were also detected in all the other three segregating regions.

Conclusion

Three QTL for grain size that were tightly linked on the long arm of chromosome 10 of rice were separated using NIL populations with sequential segregating regions. One of them, qGS10.1, had a stable and relatively high effect on grain weight, GL, and GW, providing a good candidate for gene cloning. Another QTL, qGS10.2, had a significant effect on all the three traits but the effect was inconsistent across different experiments, providing an example of genotype-by-environmental interaction.
Proximate Quantification and Sensory Assessment of Moi-Moi Prepared from Bambara Nut and Cowpea Flour Blends
Authors: Okwunodulu Innocent N. , Peter Grace C. , Okwunodulu Felicia U.
Published: May 2019

Background: Moi-moi is a popularly relished snack in Nigeria prepared from cowpea which is deficient in essential sulphur containing amino acids but rich in lysine and some vitamins. Bambara nut is rich in essential amino acids, fiber, calcium, iron, carotene, oil, carbohydrate, protein and energy than cowpea.

Aim: This study aimed at investigating the complementary effects of bambara nut and cowpea flour blends on the nutrient and acceptability of moi-moi.

Study Design: To fit a one way Analysis of Variance.

Place and Duration of Study: At Umuahia, Abia State Nigeria between March and June, 2018.

Methodology: Cleaned and sorted bambara nut was cracked, winnowed, milled and sieved while cowpea seeds were steeped in tap water for two hours, hand dehulled, oven dried at 60°C, milled and sieved separately. Their flour blends were mixed according to bambara: cowpea ratios of 100:0 (sample A), 75:25% (sample B), 50:50% (sample C), 25:75% (sample D) and 0: 100% (sample E) and used to prepare moi-moi. Same quantities of seasonings were added per 100 g of each blend and mixed into a homogenous paste texture. The seasonings used were 10 ml of Life vegetable oil, 5 g of ground crayfish, 5 g of onion, 5 g of tomato, 2 g of salt, 2 g of pepper and 8.03 g of magi. Each paste ratio was then wrapped in “Etere” leaf and steamed separately in covered pots for 50 minute using a gas cooker. Cooled moi-moi samples were subjected to proximate analyses, energy value calculations and sensory evaluation.

Results: Results showed increase in nutrients with increase in cowpea flour inclusion except in carbohydrate which decreased from 31.95 to 16.35%. Protein values increased from 10.40% to 13.50%, fat from 3.90 to 6.40%, fiber from 1.25 to 2.00%, ash from 1.30 to 2.15%, moisture from 51.20 to 59.69%. Energy values decreased with increase in cowpea inclusion from 726.45 to 839.49 kj/100 g. Sensory evaluation showed that 100% bambara nut moi-moi were most preferred by the panelists followed by 25% bambara nut: 75% cowpea flour blend, while 50% bambara nut: 50% cowpea flour blend was least preferred.

Conclusion: Nutrients increased with increase in cowpea flour. Bambara flour substitution should not be more than 25%.