bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of Physical Fitness in Water Polo Players According to Playing Level and Positional Role
Authors: Botonis Petros G. , Toubekis Argyris G. , Platanou Theodoros I.
Published: November 2018

Background: We aimed to investigate whether water polo players of different playing levels and positions differ in fitness parameters (i.e., strength, aerobic endurance, and anaerobic potential). Methods: Twenty-four water polo players were assigned to international- (IL) and national-level (NL) groups or to centers and peripherals. At the beginning of preseason training, maximal bench press strength was measured and a speed–lactate test (5 × 200m) was performed to determine the speed corresponding to lactate concentrations of 4.0 (V4), 5.0 (V5), and 10.0 (V10) mmol·L−1. Results: Maximal muscular strength was similar between international- and national-level water polo players, but it was higher in centers than in peripherals (109.2 ± 12.2 kg vs. 96.9 ± 8.5 kg, p = 0.007). IL players showed higher V4, V5, and V10 compared to NL players (V4, IL: 1.27 ± 0.04 m·s−1 vs. NL: 1.17 ± 0.06 m·s−1), (V5, IL: 1.33 ± 0.03 m·s−1 vs. NL: 1.22 ± 0.05 m·s−1), and V10 (IL: 1.50 ± 0.31 vs. NL: 1.35 ± 0.06 m·s−1) (p < 0.01)). However, no significant differences were detected between centers and peripherals inV4, V5, and V10. Conclusions: We suggest that V4, V5, and V10 distinguish playing level in water polo, whereas they are comparable between playing positions. Although maximal strength is similar between playing levels, it is different between playing positions.
Effects of Adding Single Joint Exercises to a Resistance Training Programme in Trained Women
Authors: Barbalho Matheus , Coswig Victor , Raiol Rodolfo , Steele James , Fisher James , Paoli Antonio , Gentil Paulo
Published: November 2018

Background: The present study’s aim was to compare the changes in muscle performance and anthropometric measures in trained women performing RT programs composed only of MJ exercises or programmes that involve the addition of SJ exercises. Methods: Seventeen trained women were randomised to MJ or MJ+SJ. Both groups performed the same MJ exercises following a nonlinear periodisation model for 8 weeks. The only difference was that the MJ+SJ group also performed SJ exercises. The participants were tested for 10 repetition maximum (10 RM), flexed arm circumference, and both biceps and triceps skinfold. Results: Both groups significantly increased 10 RM load for the bench press (12.6% MJ and 9.2% MJ+SJ), triceps (15.6% MJ and 17.9% MJ+SJ), pull down (9.8% MJ and 8.3% MJ+SJ), biceps (14.0% MJ and 13.0% MJ+SJ), leg press (15.2% MJ and 12.8% MJ+SJ) and knee extension (10.2% MJ and 9.1% MJ+SJ). The decreases in triceps (−5.1% MJ and −5.3% MJ+SJ) and biceps (−6.5% MJ and −5.7% MJ+SJ) skinfolds were also significant as were the increases in arm circumference (1.47% MJ and 1.58% MJ+SJ). In all tests there was nothing significantly different between groups. Conclusions: The use of SJ exercises as a complement to a RT programme containing MJ exercises brings no additional benefit to trained women.
Financial Eco-Innovation as a Mechanism for Fostering the Development of Sustainable Infrastructure Systems
Authors: González-Ruiz Juan David , Botero-Botero Sergio , Duque-Grisales Eduardo
Published: November 2018

This paper aims to propose a financial framework based on mezzanine-type debt for financing Sustainable Infrastructure Systems (SIS). In our analysis, an exploratory-type methodology based on a post-positivist approach for describing the financial eco-innovation in the sustainable infrastructure context is used and consequently, the essential framework’s theory is developed, as well as the characteristics and schemes for its functioning. Moreover, the theoretical foundations of financial eco-innovations are analyzed. It was concluded that researchers could benefit from this framework by acquiring a better knowledge of how a mezzanine-debt type could work together sustainability criteria. This paper is expected to contribute to expanding the existing knowledge and expanding funding knowledge frontiers for SIS, as well as contributes to providing a foundation for new research topics. The originality of the proposed framework is intended to establish new ways in order to close the gap between the development of SIS and financing sources using the incorporation of sustainability criteria in the financing process. Thus, the importance of this work is based on the fact that it can be used as an academic support for producing practical solutions.
Lean Energy: Turning Sustainable Development into Organizational Renewal
Authors: Halldórsson Árni , Gremyr Ida , Winter Anette , Taghahvi Naghmeh
Published: November 2018

The potential for integrating principles of lean management and sustainability initiatives has been recognized in earlier research. The present study argues for the need to focus on how this should be implemented and to acknowledge the criticality of developing individuals’ competencies to support such integration. The purpose of this paper is to explore the integration of lean and energy efficiency practices and provide practical examples of such integration. This study is explorative in nature and based on a qualitative research approach. Primary evidence was collected through an interview study of 19 participants in a lean energy course, and through a participant observation at a company workshop following up the program results. Secondary evidence was collected on the development and evaluation of this course. By operationalizing sustainability through energy efficiency and combining with lean principles, organizations can exploit continuous improvement efforts for sustainable development. This paper focuses on professional education as a component for integrating improvement initiatives and sustainable development. Whilst professional education enables individual learning, organization-wide efforts are needed to follow up on the educational program and support a scaling-up of lean energy. The scaling-up means that the organization itself encourages the use of principles and tools to identify and remove energy waste and support a move from local practices to shared experience.
Evaluating the Impact of Defect Risks in Residential Buildings at the Occupancy Phase
Authors: Lee Sanghoon , Lee Sanghyo , Kim Jaejun
Published: November 2018

This study investigated defect risks in residential buildings using the Loss Distribution Approach (LDA), a method of identifying and quantifying operational risks in economic terms. Analysis was performed on 7554 defects in 48 residential buildings where defect disputes occurred between 2008 and 2017. Defects were classified into eight types: affected functionality, broken items, corrosion, detachment, incorrect installation, missing task, surface appearance, and water problems. Work types were classified into seven groups: reinforced concrete (RC), masonry, finish, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP), door and windows, furniture, and miscellaneous. Using a risk matrix from these categories, the frequency distribution and severity distribution for each matrix cell was used to calculate loss distributions; these were combined to find the total loss distribution. The defect risks centered on RC and MEP. For RC, broken items and water leaks due to cracks or damage represented the most severe defects. For MEP, severe defects occurred owing to malfunctions in products and installation problems. Loss distributions can be used to create scenarios and corresponding response plans; thus, when a defect dispute occurs, the cost can be assessed. Furthermore, residential buildings’ loss distributions for each cell can be used to evaluate the types of work where defects occur and to verify relevant subcontractor’s abilities.
The Contribution of UNESCO Chairs toward Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Authors: Bergman Zinette , Bergman Manfred Max , Fernandes Kiran , Grossrieder Daphne , Schneider Lea
Published: November 2018

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) aims to enhance peace, security, and sustainable development by fostering international collaboration. Based on this aim, it stands to reason that the organization ought to contribute to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In this research, we examined how an important program of UNESCO, the UNESCO Chairs, contributes to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). Specifically, we studied the activities of 34 UNESCO Chairs from seven countries of the Northern Hemisphere (Germany, Iceland, Portugal, Slovenia, South Korea, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom) to assess the contribution of the chairs toward the UN SDGs. The data for this study are based on in-depth narrative interviews, and we used Hermeneutic Content Analysis, a mixed methods framework, for analysis. Our results show that, unsurprisingly, all chairs contribute to UN SDG 4 (Quality Education) and 17 (Partnerships for the Goals) based on their extensive research and teaching activities. Interestingly, their academic focal areas contribute to specific UN SDG clusters. Using Multidimensional Scaling, we analyzed the UN SDG clusters across different focal areas to reveal the implicit models of sustainability among the chairs. Our findings have implications on the limits of how UNESCO Chairs conceptualize sustainability and show how this has positive and negative consequences on their contribution toward achieving the UN SDGs.
Conditions for Transformative Learning for Sustainable Development: A Theoretical Review and Approach
Authors: Boström Magnus , Andersson Erik , Berg Monika , Gustafsson Karin , Gustavsson Eva , Hysing Erik , Lidskog Rolf , Löfmarck Erik , Ojala Maria , Olsson Jan , Singleton Benedict E. , Svenberg Sebastian , Uggla Ylva , Öhman Johan
Published: November 2018

Continued unsustainability and surpassed planetary boundaries require not only scientific and technological advances, but deep and enduring social and cultural changes. The purpose of this article is to contribute a theoretical approach to understand conditions and constraints for societal change towards sustainable development. In order to break with unsustainable norms, habits, practices, and structures, there is a need for learning for transformation, not only adaption. Based on a critical literature review within the field of learning for sustainable development, our approach is a development of the concept of transformative learning, by integrating three additional dimensions—Institutional Structures, Social Practices, and Conflict Perspectives. This approach acknowledges conflicts on macro, meso, and micro levels, as well as structural and cultural constraints. It contends that transformative learning is processual, interactional, long-term, and cumbersome. It takes place within existing institutions and social practices, while also transcending them. The article adopts an interdisciplinary social science perspective that acknowledges the importance of transformative learning in order for communities, organizations, and individuals to be able to deal with global sustainability problems, acknowledging the societal and personal conflicts involved in such transformation.
Complex Spirals and Pseudo-Chebyshev Polynomials of Fractional Degree
Authors: Ricci Paolo Emilio
Published: November 2018

The complex Bernoulli spiral is connected to Grandi curves and Chebyshev polynomials. In this framework, pseudo-Chebyshev polynomials are introduced, and some of their properties are borrowed to form classical trigonometric identities; in particular, a set of orthogonal pseudo-Chebyshev polynomials of half-integer degree is derived.
Operational Strategies and Adaptation of RBF Well Construction to Cope with Climate Change Effects at Budapest, Hungary
Authors: Nagy-Kovács Zsuzsanna , László Balázs , Simon Elek , Fleit Ernő
Published: November 2018

The objective of this paper is to give an overview on the Hungarian experience of river bank filtration (RBF) systems. The study addresses the conflict, which arises between the stochastic character of river water quantity and quality, and the required standard of drinking-water supply. Trends in water levels, flow, and water quality are discussed, along with technical measures and operational rules that were developed for implementation of RBF systems. This paper also provides an overview of the average lifespan of the wells and operational strategies. The emerging reconstruction and reconditioning needs are highlighted, and existing alternatives are presented. Large-scale infrastructural elements, such as the Danube-based RBF systems, have to be adapted to a changing environment. The increasing frequency of floods and droughts stresses the need to implement climate-adapted RBF systems and related operational strategies. Operational strategies which were developed by the Budapest Waterworks to deal with extreme hydrological scenarios are presented.
Effects of mindfulness training on perceived stress, self-compassion, and self-reflection of primary care physicians: a mixed-methods study
Authors: van Wietmarschen Herman , Tjaden Bram , van Vliet Marja , Battjes-Fries Marieke , Jong Miek
Published: November 2018

Background

Primary care physicians are subjected to a high workload, which can lead to stress and a high incidence of burnout. A mindfulness training course was developed and implemented for primary care physicians to better cope with stress and improve job functioning.

Aim

To gain insight into the effects of the mindfulness training on perceived stress, self-compassion, and self-reflection of primary care physicians.

Design & setting

A pragmatic mixed-methods pre–post design in which physicians received 8 weeks of mindfulness training.

Method

Participants completed validated questionnaires on perceived stress (Perceived Stress Scale [PSS]), self-compassion (Self-Compassion Scale [SCS]), and self-reflection (Groningen Reflection Ability Scale [GRAS]) before the training, directly after, and 6 months later. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six participants after the training and a content analysis was performed to gain in depth understanding of experiences.

Results

A total of 54 physicians participated in the study. PSS was reduced (mean difference [MD] -4.5, P<0.001), SCS improved (MD = 0.5, P<0.001), and GRAS improved (MD = 3.3, P<0.001), directly after the 8-week training compared with before training. Six months later, PSS was still reduced (MD = -2.9, P = 0.025) and SCS improved (MD = 0.7, P<0.001). GRAS did not remain significant (MD = 2.5, P = 0.120). Qualitative analysis revealed four themes: being more aware of their own feelings and thoughts; being better able to accept situations; experiencing more peacefulness; and having more openness to the self and others.

Conclusion

Mindfulness training might be an effective approach for improving stress resilience, self-compassion, and self-reflection in primary care physicians.
The influences of fluid and rock compositions, and tectono-thermal processes on Al-Si distribution in alkali feldspars in granitoid rocks, S.E. Peru
Authors: Kontak Daniel J. , Clark Alan Horrell , Farrar Edward
Published: November 2018

On étudie la distribution Al-Si dans les feldspaths alcalins de deux séries de roches granitoïdes d'âge Permo-triassique et médio-tertiaire du Pérou Sud-Est, par techniques de rayons X en relation avec des travaux géochimiques, pétrographiques, géochronologiques et sur les inclusions fluides. Les données indiquent que des processus en plusieurs étapes ont contribué, dans les deux séries, à l'état structural final des feldspaths.

Les batholites Permo-triassiques faiblement minéralisés ont enregistré une histoire de refroidissement prolongée (20 °C/Ma), mais l'orthoclase est cependant le feldspath potassique préservé dominant. Il y a néanmoins une faible augmentation de la proportion de microcline vers le cœur d'au moins une des intrusions (Coasa). L'absence de corrélation entre cette dernière tendance et les paramètres pétrochimiques (par exemple, indice de différenciation) laisse supposer que les vitesses relatives de refroidissement peuvent avoir été importantes et avoir contrôlé le processus de mise en ordre. Un événement tectono-thermique tardif (40 Ma) a été responsable de la transformation de l'orthoclase en microcline maximum ; la datation K-Ar de biotite en relation avec les études de pétrofabriques indiquent que ce fut un phénomène de basse température (< 300 °C).

Les plutons médio-tertiaires de monzogranite fortement péralumineux, contiennent d'importantes minéralisations en veine d'éléments lithophile-chalcophiles. Les effets minéralogiques de l'histoire initiale du refroidissement des roches intrusives, entrainant une transformation progressive de la sanidine en orthoclase microperthitique (Or₇₄Ab₂₃An₃), ont été surimpressionnés pendant une période de métasomatose alcaline intense. Cet événement se remarque par la transformation d'orthoclase primaire en phases potassiques (Or₈₈Ab₁₀An₂) et sodique (Or₁₄Ab₈₂An₅). Le nouveau feldspath potassique présente le même état structural que l'orthoclase primaire, en dépit de l'intéraction avec les fluides aqueux, ce qui implique que la nature peralumineuse de la roche hôte pourrait avoir retardé la mise en ordre Al-Si.
Investigation of CVD graphene as-grown on Cu foil using simultaneous scanning tunneling/atomic force microscopy
Authors: Jadidi Majid Fazeli , Kamber Umut , Gürlü Oğuzhan , Özer H Özgür
Published: November 2018

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) images of graphene reveal either a triangular or honeycomb pattern at the atomic scale depending on the imaging parameters. The triangular patterns at the atomic scale are particularly difficult to interpret, as the maxima in the images could be every other carbon atom in the six-fold hexagonal array or even a hollow site. Carbon sites exhibit an inequivalent electronic structure in HOPG or multilayer graphene due to the presence of a carbon atom or a hollow site underneath. In this work, we report small-amplitude, simultaneous STM/AFM imaging using a metallic (tungsten) tip, of the graphene surface as-grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on Cu foils. Truly simultaneous operation is possible only with the use of small oscillation amplitudes. Under a typical STM imaging regime the force interaction is found to be repulsive. Force–distance spectroscopy revealed a maximum attractive force of about 7 nN between the tip and carbon/hollow sites. We obtained different contrast between force and STM topography images for atomic features. A honeycomb pattern showing all six carbon atoms is revealed in AFM images. In one contrast type, simultaneously acquired STM topography revealed hollow sites to be brighter. In another, a triangular array with maxima located in between the two carbon atoms was acquired in STM topography.
Back to “Normal” for the Disintegrating Planet Candidate KIC 12557548 b
Authors: Schlawin Everett , Hirano Teruyuki , Kawahara Hajima , Teske Johanna , Green Elizabeth M. , Rackham Benjamin V. , Fraine Jonathan , Bushra Rafia
Published: November 2018

KIC 12557548 b is the first of a growing class of intriguing disintegrating planet candidates, which lose mass in the form of a metal-rich vapor that condenses into dust particles. Here, we follow up on two perplexing observations of the system: (1) the transits appeared shallower than average in 2013 and 2014, and (2) the parameters derived from a high-resolution spectrum of the star differed from other results using photometry and low-resolution spectroscopy. We observe five transits of the system with the 61-inch Kuiper telescope in 2016 and show that they are consistent with photometry from the Kepler spacecraft in 2009–2013, suggesting that the dusty tail has returned to normal length and mass. We also evaluate high-resolution archival spectra from the Subaru HDS spectrograph and find them to be consistent with a main-sequence T
eff = 4440 ± 70 K star in agreement with the photometry and low-resolution spectroscopy. This disfavors the hypothesis that planet disintegration affected the analysis of prior high-resolution spectra of this star. We apply Principal Component Analysis to the Kepler long-cadence data to understand the modes of disintegration. There is a tentative 491-day periodicity of the second principal component, which corresponds to possible long-term evolution of the dust grain sizes, though the mechanism on such long timescales remains unclear.
Evidence for Rapid Adiabatic Cooling as an Origin of the Recombining Plasma in the Supernova Remnant W49B Revealed by NuSTAR Observations
Authors: Yamaguchi Hiroya , Tanaka Takaaki , Wik Daniel R. , Rho Jeonghee , Bamba Aya , Castro Daniel , Smith Randall K. , Foster Adam R. , Uchida Hiroyuki , Petre Robert , Williams Brian J.
Published: November 2018

X-ray observations of supernova remnants (SNRs) in the last decade have shown that the presence of recombining plasmas is somewhat common in a certain type of object. The SNR W49B is the youngest, hottest, and most highly ionized among such objects, and hence provides crucial information about how the recombination phase is reached during the early evolutionary phase of SNRs. In particular, spectral properties of radiative recombination continuum (RRC) from Fe are the key for constraining the detailed plasma conditions. Here we present imaging and spectral studies of W49B with Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), utilizing the highest-ever sensitivity to the Fe RRC at ≳8.8 keV. We confirm that the Fe RRC is most prominent at the western part of the SNR because of the lowest electron temperature (∼1.2 keV) achieved there. Our spatially resolved spectral analysis reveals a positive correlation between the electron temperature and the recombination timescale with a uniform initial temperature of ∼4 keV, which is consistent with the rapid adiabatic cooling scenario as an origin of the overionization. This Letter demonstrates NuSTAR’s suitability for studies of thermal emission, in addition to hard nonthermal X-rays, from young and middle-aged SNRs.
The spider mites of the genus Eutetranychus Banks (Acari, Trombidiformes, Tetranychidae) from Saudi Arabia: two new species, a re-description, and a key to the world species
Authors: Kamran Muhammad , Khan Eid Muhammad , Alatawi Fahad Jaber
Published: November 2018

Two new species of the genusEutetranychusBanks are described and illustrated based on adult females and males,E.spinosussp. n.fromIndigoferaspinosaForssk (Leguminosae),E.neotransversussp. n.fromJuniperusproceraHochst. ex Endl. (Cupressaceae), andE.palmatusAttiah, 1967 is redescribed fromWashingtoniarobustaH. Wendl. (Arecaceae). Additionally, the intraspecific morphological variations withinE.orientalispopulations, collected from 28 various host plants and 80 different localities from six regions of Saudi Arabia from 2009 to 2017, are discussed and presented. The genusEutetranychusis divided into two species groups based on the presence of one seta (orientalisgroup) or two setae (banksigroup) on coxa II. In addition, sevenEutetranychusspecies are suggested as synonyms ofE.orientalis(Klein, 1936) andE.papayensisIqbal & Ali, 2008 is considered as species inquirenda. A key to all known species of the genusEutetranychusis provided.
Two new species of Feroperis Lafer (Carabidae, Pterostichus) from China, with a key to all known Chinese species in this subgenus
Authors: Sun Xaojie , Shi Hongliang , Sang Weiguo , Axmacher Jan Christoph
Published: November 2018

Two newPterostichusspecies (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in the subgenus Feroperis Lafer, 1979 are described from Zhangguangcai Mountain, northeastern China: Pterostichus (Feroperis) silvestris Sun & Shi,sp. n.and Pterostichus (Feroperis) maryseae Sun & Shi,sp. n.Detailed descriptions and illustrations of the male endophallus and female reproductive tracts for these new species are provided, along with a key to the five known species of the subgenus in China.
Parangonnage du codage des DAS producteurs de sévérité
Authors: Philippon Jean-François , Caridade Guillaume
Published: November 2018

Introduction : La présente étude a pour objet le parangonnage des GHM d’un CHU de référence avec quatre autres CHU afin de rechercher les faiblesses du CHU de référence en termes de codage des DAS producteurs de sévérité, non exclue par le DP ou la racine du GHM. Méthode : La population se compose des RSA du CHU de référence, et de quatre autres CHU. La population des quatre centres comparés a été standardisée sur le sexe et l’âge de celle du CHU de référence. Les RSA sélectionnés étaient dans des GHM éligibles aux 4 niveaux de sévérité. Les données ont été obtenues grâce à des requêtes SQL sur la base PMSI MCO nationale 2012. Elles ont été traitées avec SPSS pour les tests statistiques. Résultats : L’analyse des DAS producteurs de sévérité nous montre qu’un nombre important de ces pathologies ne sont jamais codées par le CHU de référence. Ces DAS manquants diffèrent en fonction des Sous-CMD. L’étude se termine par une extraction des séjours groupés dans les GHM qui ont été sélectionnés afin d’affiner les caractéristiques de ces séjours. Discussion / Conclusion : Cette méthode permet d’analyser rapidement les performances d’un établissement en termes de codage des DAS. Elle présente l’avantage de mettre en évidence non seulement la faiblesse du codage CIM-10 des dossiers, mais également la qualité de recueil des DAS par les cliniciens. In fine l’amélioration du codage des séjours pourra se faire sur des dossiers ciblés.
Care Plan Standardization for Older Adults: Opportunities for Nursing Leadership
Authors: Reinke Lynn F. , Hendricksen Meghan , Lynn Joanne
Published: November 2018

Care plans guide and document achievement of short- and long-term goals. However, most care plans are discipline oriented, document medical problems, and lack person-centered information such as care preferences. The current authors' goal was to explore the status of comprehensive care plans and the future application of sharing data among health care providers and settings. Semi-structured interviews were conducted among a variety of professionals in six geographically diverse settings to learn the status and performance of care plans. Various biases, regular and irregular omissions, and lack of long-term perspectives in the care plan generation processes were found. These deficits support the need for developing comprehensive standardized care plans to improve access, coordination, and quality of care for older adults. Nurses are in an ideal position to lead local, state, and national initiatives to drive policies for comprehensive care plans that will improve access to and quality of care delivery to older adults. [
Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 44
(12), 11–16.]
Vecinos, patrimonio, instituciones y cuentapropistas en La Habana Vieja. Santo Ángel desde dentro
Authors: Ibarrola Arantxa
Published: November 2018

Este artículo nos lleva hasta Santo Ángel, pequeño barrio de la Habana Vieja expuesto en muy poco tiempo a nuevas formas de la economía mercantil. La investigación documenta las relaciones sociales existentes entre los vecinos de siempre —y su patrimonio privado—, las instituciones públicas, los nuevos vecinos, los nuevos emprendedores, los nuevos trabajadores y los turistas internacionales y analiza el proceso de transformación social y económica desde una comunidad estable, similar y basada en el principio de reciprocidad hasta otra provisional, compleja y diferenciada.
«Las plumas son para las gallinas»: masculinidad, plumofobia y discreción entre hombres
Authors: Ariza Saúl
Published: November 2018

Este trabajo parte de la premisa de que se ha producido una masculinización de los hombres identificados como homosexuales a partir de la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Esto ha conllevado una transformación del modelo de deseo homosexual masculino y un rechazo de la pluma, es decir, de las actitudes o formas de actuar consideradas como afeminadas. Después de tres años de experiencia etnográfica en diferentes ciudades españolas, en chats y aplicaciones de contactos para hombres, bares nocturnos y centros deportivos, utilizo mi participación en la aplicación Wapo para mostrar cómo ciertos ideales relacionados con la masculinidad y la discreción, así como los discursos contra la pluma, hegemonizan la interacción en este tipo de espacios. También muestro que las diferencias observadas respecto a estas normatividades dependen de la cercanía geográfica a lo que he llamado epicentros de lo gay. Asimismo, analizo diferentes formas en que los hombres a los que he entrevistado experimentan estas normatividades. Finalmente, argumento que la plumofobia es una forma de control de género entre hombres que sirve para recuperar el capital simbólico asociado a la masculinidad y conservar así los privilegios sociales asociados a la hombría.
La configuración tipológica de “La abadesa preñada” de Berceo y su relación con la tradición apócrifa
Authors: Hamlin Cinthia María
Published: November 2018

Este trabajo profundiza la configuración tipológica del milagro XXI de Berceo a través del análisis de algunos elementos agregados respecto de la fuente latina que no fueron señalados por Boreland (1983) y que, sin embargo, acentúan la construcción de la Abadesa como “postfigura” o tipo (invertido e imperfecto) de María. Sostendremos también que Berceo construye la escena de la aparición y milagro mariano en relación estrecha a las escenas de la anunciación y la natividad, sirviéndose no sólo de la Vulgata, sino de una serie de motivos presentes en los Apócrifos de la natividad.
Faire du théâtre un instrument politique et mémoriel : le mouvement Teatroxlaidentidad en Argentine
Authors: Sanchez Joana
Published: November 2018

Teatro por la Identidad (TxI) est un cycle théâtral, né en 2000 d’un tournant stratégique dans la lutte des Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, quand elles décident à la fin des années 90 de s’adresser directement à ceux qu’elles recherchent et qui avaient alors une vingtaine d’années : leurs petits-enfants nés en prison et « appropriés », c’est-à-dire adoptés illégalement par des familles proches de la dictature militaire. Elles cherchent pour cela un vecteur populaire, susceptible de toucher un public jeune et peu habitué aux luttes politiques : le théâtre. Les dramaturges qui écrivent pour TxI renouent ainsi avec un théâtre ouvertement politique qui est à la fois un théâtre mémoriel et testimonial tourné vers le passé (inclusion de témoignages, lecture de documents, mélange réalité/fiction) et un théâtre d’action (dans la lignée du théâtre d’urgence) cherchant à agir sur le présent et à peser sur l’avenir. TxI cherche ainsi à pousser les jeunes à se rapprocher de l’association des Abuelas pour faire des test ADN et « vérifier » leur identité, s’inscrivant ainsi dans un vaste mouvement de récupération de la mémoire historique, impulsé à la fois par l’État (à partir du kirchnérisme) et par la société civile.
Zurita: el poema como memorial del dolor
Authors: Di Ció Mariana
Published: November 2018

Podría decirse que el 11 de septiembre de 1973 funciona como columna vertebral de la obra de Raúl Zurita. Desde sus intervenciones en el Colectivo de Acciones de Arte (CADA) o los panteones y nichos que configuran el Canto a su amor desaparecido (1985), pasando por INRI (2003) o In memoriam (2007) hasta llegar al monumental Zurita (2011), que transcurre entre una «rota tarde» (la del 10 de septiembre de 1973) y un «roto amanecer» (el del 11 de septiembre de 1973), su obra entera parece construirse a partir de la necesidad de hablar por la boca muerta de los desaparecidos, y de nombrar el infierno, tanto personal como colectivo, que se inauguró ese día.La propuesta es analizar el modo en que a través de diferentes estrategias enunciativas (repetición, descomposición, recontextualización), Raúl Zurita va construyendo una obra de sintaxis dislocada y voces ausentes, que se contaminan de referencias extrapoladas a la cultura popular para filtrarse a través de un silencio que se vuelve progresivamente más potente en su denuncia. Así, los restos de un diálogo de muertos y la repetición, a modo de mantra, de ciertos versos que dejan al descubierto las atrocidades de la dictadura chilena retumba con otras cicatrices más antiguas, que a su vez adquieren nuevas significaciones a partir de su reinserción en Zurita. La multiplicación de lenguajes y de soportes –incluyendo la inscripción de sus versos en el frontis del Memorial del Detenido Desaparecido y del Ejecutado Político que se encuentra en el Cementerio Central, en Santiago– pero también las distintas lecturas, performances, intervenciones públicas e instalaciones artísticas con que el propio Zurita va redoblando su obra incitan, en definitiva, a reflexionar sobre el valor memorial de la escritura en una obra tan compleja y embozada como la de Zurita, que parece oscilar entre la necesidad de reactualizar una memoria de voces que se quiere mantener vivas y la construcción memorial de un gran poema-osario donde descansan sus «poemas muertos».
La force fragile du témoignage ou le dire poétique du trauma
Authors: Olivier Florence
Published: November 2018

Fort dissemblables, Amuleto de Roberto Bolaño et Insensatez d’Horacio Castellanos Moya partagent cependant une conviction : il n’est de valeur du témoignage que dans son intensité poétique. Prenant à rebours l’historique mésinterprétation dont a fait l’objet la phrase d’Adorno sur l’impossibilité d’écrire une certaine poésie après Auschwitz, les deux romans font du témoin et de son rôle dans l’instruction de crimes d’État ou le rétablissement d’une mémoire post-traumatique, le fragile porteur ou le lecteur avide d’un dire poétique qui, pour égaré qu’il soit, est le garant d’une vérité éthique et esthétique. C’est sur cette mise en acte ou en scène de la parole poétique mémorielle dans la fiction que se fonde une véritable riposte à l’insensé de la violence d’État et à l’oubli, tout autant qu’une réflexion sur le paradoxal pouvoir de la littérature ou, comme le prédit Auxilio Lacouture dans Amuleto, sur la « métempsychose » à venir de la poésie après le xxe siècle, sur son « non-pouvoir, qui se fera visible autrement ».
«El proyecto Walsh»: remix multimedia de Operación Masacre por Alvaro Liuzzi y Vanina Berghella
Authors: Schmitter Gianna
Published: November 2018

Entre el 9/10/2010 y el 18/12/2011, Alvaro Liuzzi y Vanina Berghella se propusieron llevar a cabo un proyecto narrativo multimedial a partir de la pregunta: ¿qué hubiera sucedido si Walsh, durante su investigación acerca de los fusilamientos de José León Suárez del 9 de junio de 1956, hubiera tenido acceso a las herramientas digitales actuales, como Twitter, los blogs y Facebook? Este artículo se enfoca sobre las estrategias de la página internet del Proyecto Walsh y la cuenta en Twitter @RodolfoWalsh para reflexionar sobre los modos memoriales contemporáneos en cuanto a la forma y la dinámica, que inevitablemente cambia con el formato y el soporte. En un primer momento se considera a partir de Huyssen la página web como un lugar de memoria en internet. Se analizan las estrategias de la visualización, apropiación, actualización y superposición temporal. En un segundo momento se ahonda en la escritura en Twitter y la actualización del «yo» de Rodolfo Walsh. Aquí se puede notar una dinámica de distanciamiento, mediación y de ficcionalización. La narración en Twitter se divide en tres momentos: (1) la creación de un pacto de lectura multimedial (con una estrategia de comunicación, la introducción del contexto histórico, la cotidianidad de Rodolfo Walsh y material biográfico de él), (2) la investigación y (3) el final del proyecto Walsh.
Infectados por el Arte. Transgresión, cuerpos y memoria en el arte porteño de los años 80 y 90.
Authors: Suárez Marina
Published: November 2018

En Buenos Aires, hacia principios de la democracia, la apertura de espacios de producción –en general precarios e improvisados– por fuera de los espacios oficiales, favoreció cruces entre diferentes formas de expresión artística. La posibilidad de volver a experimentar el espacio público asistió a las asociaciones entre artistas. Dentro de los circuitos no centrales del campo cultural se realizaban acciones artísticas colectivas y la improvisación guió al teatro, la pintura dejó de ser objeto y pasó a ser acontecimiento. El cuerpo fue objeto de arte y la sexualidad un campo posible para el cuestionamiento de la normativa dictatorial. En la delgada línea que delimita y, al mismo tiempo, pone en contacto a estos elementos, se puede ubicar a Batato Barea y Liliana Maresca. Consideramos que el análisis de sus trayectorias resulta una aproximación a este momento experimental, atravesado por experiencia del autoritarismo, la imposición de un orden de los cuerpos y la emergencia del SIDA. Esta enfermedad que afectó a ambos, fue asociada con las prácticas sexuales consideradas libertinas, y su prevención actuó enmascarando la represión, con el propósito de «higienizar» a las poblaciones de riesgo. Tanto Barea como Maresca se enfrentaron activamente contra este poder disciplinador. Sus acciones artísticas, tanto colectivas como individuales, actuaron sobre un tejido social dañado por el trauma y consideramos que representan un primer paso en la recuperación de los procesos de memoria y justicia. Una vez que las memorias subterráneas lograron invadir el espacio público, reivindicaciones múltiples se acoplaron a las disputas de la memoria, con importantes conquistas hoy en el campo de los Derechos Humanos en Argentina.
Transgénero y memoria histórica en Pedro Lemebel
Authors: Hueso Fibla Silvia
Published: November 2018

La novela Tengo miedo, torero (2001) de Pedro Lemebel aborda la situación de la comunidad transgénero en Santiago de Chile bajo la dictadura de Augusto Pinochet. El gesto escriturario del autor apunta a la recuperación de la memoria histórica de su país desde el punto de vista de la parodia, la irrisión, la incongruencia y la suma de contrarios del oxímoron Camp. Junto con la Estética neobarroca, el Camp resulta la clave de lectura de la obra ya que Lemebel resemantiza elementos procedentes del universo del Kitsch y de la cultura de masas (tanto en el nivel de la construcción identitaria de los personajes como en el propio nivel narrativo) desde un punto de vista queer dando lugar a artefactos estéticos que podemos considerar insertos en la esfera del Camp.
Violence de genre et travail de mémoire La guerre interne au Pérou dans les fictions d’écrivaines
Authors: Aubès Françoise
Published: November 2018

En 2003 au Pérou, la CVR (Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación) rend publics les travaux commencés deux ans plus tôt sur la période d’extrême violence que le pays connaît à partir du déclenchement en 1980 de la lutte armée par le groupe terroriste Sentier lumineux. À partir de 2003, commencera alors un travail de mémoire (associations, expositions de photos, construction de musées comme le LUM de Lima).Mais parallèlement à la mémoire officielle institutionnalisée, la production culturelle, comme la littérature, participe aussi de l’effort mémoriel qui tente de comprendre comment le pays a basculé dans une telle violence.En prenant comme sujet d’analyse La sangre de la aurora, court roman de Claudia Salazar Jiménez (2013), Prix Las Américas de narrativa latinoamericana (2014), et Al fin de la batalla (2015), anthologie de sept nouvelles d’écrivaines péruviennes, on s’interroge sur ce que les voix féminines ajoutent à l’élaboration de la mémoire du conflit armé.
Mémoire fictionnelle des femmes collaborationnistes Vers une réhabilitation ?
Authors: Dahech Samya
Published: November 2018

Durant la dictature de Pinochet, Luz Arce et Marcia Alejandra Merino, parmi d’autres militantes de gauche, ont collaboré, sous la torture infligée par les agents de la Direction nationale du Renseignement (DINA), avant d’en devenir des agents à part entière. Suite à la cessation du pouvoir de Pinochet et après leurs premières révélations devant les tribunaux de la Commission nationale Vérité et Réconciliation, elles sont contraintes à l’exil, qui aboutit pour chacune à la rédaction d’un récit de témoignage, dans l’optique d’être réhabilitées par la société chilienne qui les rejette. Depuis le début des années 2000, de nombreuses pratiques artistiques prennent forme autour de cet épisode, liées à la résurgence du passé dictatorial. Les romans Carne de perra (2009) de Fátima Sime et La vida doble (2010) d’Arturo Fontaine sont deux appropriations romanesques de ces témoignages. Le retour littéraire sur les faits passés peut-il mettre fin à la marginalisation de ces écrits problématiques du fait de la position victime-agent de leur auteure ?
« Ar(t)chives » du Mexique des martyrs dans La última Cena mexicana (2010) de Gustavo Monroy
Authors: Fourez Cathy
Published: November 2018

Les peintures de l’artiste mexicain Gustavo Monroy immortalisent des corpore vili, toutes ces « chairs » qui, dans un contexte de primauté économique et géopolitique sur la vie humaine, « ne coûtent rien », et notamment celles de la « guerre » entreprise depuis 2007 par les autorités du Mexique contre le crime dit organisé ; des victimes que la parole politique déserte et abandonne souvent. Dans son tableau La última Cena mexicana (2010), Monroy transporte un épisode fondamental des Évangiles – celui où Jésus accompagné de ses douze apôtres institue l’Eucharistie – vers une « s-cène » que l’on pourrait qualifier d’improbable, une « s-cène » qui, au lieu de célébrer le sacrement contenant le corps, le sang et la divinité du Christ, s’effondre dans le festin cadavéreux de treize décapitations, pratique de terreur employée, entre autres, par certains cartels mexicains. Nous nous proposons d’observer comment, dans un contexte d’atonie de la mémoire nationale sur les persécutés et tués de l’écosystème prédateur qu’est aujourd’hui le Mexique, Gustavo Monroy, désemparé par un discours officiel qui ne pleure plus ses martyrs, tente « d’ar(t)chiver », depuis la collection sacrée de la peinture religieuse, la victime profane destituée de son statut d’être humain, afin de l’identifier, la resingulariser et la réhumaniser.
L’annonce de la maladie et la fin de vie des enfants atteints d’un cancer à Dakar
Authors: Ida Akiko
Published: November 2018

L’Afrique est le continent le plus touché par la mortalité infantile au monde. Cependant, la qualité des soins hospitaliers accordés aux enfants africains est rarement étudiée. Cette recherche qualitative, menée dans un service de pédiatrie à Dakar (Sénégal), analyse les silences des professionnels et les désaccords entre les enfants atteints d’un cancer, leurs proches et les soignants sur l’annonce de la maladie et de la fin de vie. Le plus souvent, les médecins ne dispensent pas l’information diagnostique et pronostique malgré le protocole et les demandes des parents, en invoquant le manque d’aptitude des parents à comprendre les explications médicales et le besoin de les protéger d’un traumatisme. En conclusion, les médecins se taisent pour éviter d’affronter les réactions des parents qui apprendraient la gravité de la maladie de leur enfant. Deux logiques sont à l’œuvre : une relation médecin-malade/famille fortement asymétrique, et la non-reconnaissance de la mort dans la médecine dakaroise.
Les errances thérapeutiques d’une enfant. Choix et déplacements familiaux liés aux soins d’une hydrocéphalie à Madagascar
Authors: Legrip-Randriambelo Olivia
Published: November 2018

Cet article présente une circulation de soins complexe. Une enfant est soignée pour une hydrocéphalie dans une grotte où des entités surnaturelles sont supposées prodiguer des soins, dans la campagne environnante de la capitale de la région Betsileo, dans les Hautes Terres centrales de Madagascar. L’enfant et ses parents résident gratuitement dans le hameau du responsable de la grotte, entourés d’autres malades en cours de traitement. Les thérapeutes consultés et les causalités des maux sont déterminés par la famille. Ce cheminement thérapeutique révèle des transformations des modèles culturels, thérapeutiques et religieux. Cette étude de cas fournit un éclairage sur les difficultés d’accès aux soins pédiatriques, mais aussi plus généralement biomédicaux dans les zones rurales malgaches et, par répercussion, sur les possibilités des devins-guérisseurs à forger leur réputation (à la fois magico-religieuse et médicale).
The effect of work family conflict on employee performance: does income matter of influence?
Authors: Kengatharan Navaneethakrishnan
Published: November 2018

Seminal research studies in the sphere of work family conflict lend credence to the notion that work family conflict is a deleterious factor hampering employee performance at work. Consequently, this study close looks at the moderating role of income in buffering the negative relationship between work family conflict and employee performance. Using a random sampling technique, a total of 124 employees working in apparel industry located in Trincomalee district were selected. Data were garnered using self-administrated questionnaire. The results revealed that the level of income moderated the relationship between work family conflict and employee performance. The results show that the negative relationship between work family conflict and performance is stronger with employees at low levels of income than those at high levels of income. This study makes a theoretical contribution to the frontiers of work family conflict and proffers practical implications that would serve as a springboard for future research studies.
Repatriation adjustment and knowledge sharing: A theoretical view
Authors: Yogeswaran Thasika , Renusha Vijayakumar , Balasubramaniam Jasintha , Robinson James
Published: November 2018

International human resource management (IHRM) literature widely discusses the issues of repatriation of employees in multinational companies. This literature mainly focuses on job related variables and provides theoretical models for repatriation adjustment of corporate employees. However, these models are not sufficient to understand the repatriation process of other repatriates working in different types of organizations. Thus, this study focuses on developing a model that explains causes and consequences of repatriation adjustment of all types of business employees based on existing relevant literature and theories in different field of study. The proposed model was supported by Uncertainty reduction theory socialization tactics theory and cognitive and sense making theory. This model suggests that individual, group and organizational level strategies need to be developed to facilitate repatriation adjustment and the successful repatriation adjustment encourages employees’ knowledge sharing intention. Further, it discusses the role of repatriates’ personal and situational variables on adjustment. This study contributes to the literature in a way of providing a meaningful theoretical model explaining the factors that facilitate repatriation adjustment and its consequences, and relates socialization theories to repatriation adjustment. This study highlights the role of individual, group and organization in the process of repatriation adjustment and improved (better) use of top talent at the organization.