bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Knowledge and Adherence to the National Guidelines for Malaria Diagnosis in Pregnancy among Health-Care Providers and Drug-Outlet Dispensers in Rural Western Kenya
Authors: Riley Christina , Dellicour Stephanie , Ouma Peter , Kioko Urbanus , Omar Ahmeddin , Kariuki Simon , Ng'ang'a Zipporah , Desai Meghna , Buff Ann M. , Gutman Julie R.
Published: March 2018

Prompt diagnosis and effective treatment of acute malaria in pregnancy (MiP) is important for the mother and fetus; data on health-care provider adherence to diagnostic guidelines in pregnancy are limited. From September to November 2013, a cross-sectional survey was conducted in 51 health facilities and 39 drug outlets in Western Kenya. Provider knowledge of national diagnostic guidelines for uncomplicated MiP were assessed using standardized questionnaires. The use of parasitologic testing was assessed in health facilities via exit interviews with febrile women of childbearing age and in drug outlets via simulated-client scenarios, posing as pregnant women or their spouses. Overall, 93% of providers tested for malaria or accurately described signs and symptoms consistent with clinical malaria. Malaria was parasitologically confirmed in 77% of all patients presenting with febrile illness at health facilities and 5% of simulated clients at drug outlets. Parasitological testing was available in 80% of health facilities; 92% of patients evaluated at these facilities were tested. Only 23% of drug outlets had malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs); at these outlets, RDTs were offered in 17% of client simulations. No differences were observed in testing rates by pregnancy trimester. The study highlights gaps among health providers in diagnostic knowledge and practice related to MiP, and the lack of malaria diagnostic capacity, particularly in drug outlets. The most important factor associated with malaria testing of pregnant women was the availability of diagnostics at the point of service. Interventions that increase the availability of malaria diagnostic services might improve malaria case management in pregnant women.
The Comfortable Cafeteria Program for Promoting Student Participation and Enjoyment: An Outcome Study
Authors: Bazyk Susan , Demirjian Louise , Horvath Frances , Doxsey Lauri
Published: March 2018

A mixed-methods design was used to explore the outcomes of a 6-wk, occupational therapist–led Comfortable Cafeteria program designed to build cafeteria supervisors’ and students’ capacity to create a positive mealtime environment so that all students can successfully participate in and enjoy a healthy meal and socialization with peers. Students whose scores were in the low and mid-range at the outset had statistically significant improvements in pretest–posttest visual analog scale ratings of participation and enjoyment. Cafeteria supervisors demonstrated statistically significant improvements in their perceptions of knowledge and skills to supervise and to encourage healthy eating. Qualitative findings add further insight into the program, suggesting that students learned prosocial values (e.g., being kind, helping others), supervisors actively encouraged positive social interaction, and occupational therapists enjoyed implementing the program and recognized positive supervisor and student changes as a result of integrating services in the cafeteria.
Mujeres: barro y maíz. Mujeres rurales y estrategias de subsistencia en Amatenango del Valle, Chiapas
Authors: Maldonado López Lesly Georgina , Mariaca Méndez Ramón , Nazar Beutelspacher Austreberta , Rosset Peter , Contreras Cortés Ulises Leonardo Ernesto
Published: March 2018

El sector rural mexicano ha presentado transformaciones socioproductivas de impacto local que son enfrentadas mediante la adaptación de las estrategias de vida. Se analizaron mediante los enfoques sistémico, etnobiológico y de género, las estrategias de subsistencia de las familias de Amatenango del Valle, Chiapas; el papel que ocupan las mujeres en las mismas y los elementos que determinan dicho papel. Las estrategias se han diversificado, teniendo como principales componentes la alfarería y la agricultura, actividades en las que las mujeres participan de manera significativa permitiendo el mantenimiento de la unidad de producción familiar y la sostenibilidad biocultural de la vida
Differentiating Diffuse Aurora Based on Phenomenology
Authors: Grono Eric , Donovan Eric
Published: March 2018

Abstract. There is mounting evidence which suggests that pulsating auroral patches often move with convection. This study is an initial step at identifying the differences between patches that move with convection and those that do not. While many properties of pulsating patches vary, here we outline criteria for separating pulsating auroral patches into three categories based on two properties: their structural stability and the spatial extent of their pulsations. Patchy aurora is characterized by stable structures whose pulsations are limited to small regions. Patchy pulsating aurora consists of stable patches whose pulsations are much less subtle and occur throughout much of their area. Amorphous pulsating auroral structures are unstable – very rapidly evolving – and can pulsate over their entire area. The speed with which amorphous pulsating aurora evolves makes their motion difficult to ascertain and seems unrelated to the E × B drifting of cold, equatorial plasma.
A model-data comparison of the Last Glacial Maximum surface temperature changes
Authors: Hossain Akil , Zhang Xu , Lohmann Gerrit
Published: March 2018

Abstract. Over the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, ~ 21 ka BP), the presence of vast Northern Hemisphere ice-sheets caused abrupt changes in surface topography and background climatic state. While the ice-sheet extent is well known, several conflicting ice-sheet topography reconstructions suggest that there is uncertainty in this boundary condition. The terrestrial and sea surface temperature (SST) of the LGM as simulated with six different Laurentide Ice Sheet (LIS) reconstructions in a fully coupled Earth System Model (COSMOS) have been compared with the subfossil pollen and plant macrofossil based and marine temperature proxies reconstruction. The terrestrial reconstruction shows a similar pattern and in good agreement with model data. The SST proxy dataset comprises a global compilation of planktonic foraminifera, diatoms, radiolarian, dinocyst, alkenones and planktonic foraminifera Mg / Ca-derived SST estimates. Significant mismatches between modeled and reconstructed SST have been observed. Among the six LIS reconstructions, Tarasov’s LIS reconstruction shows the highest correlation with reconstructed terrestrial and SST. In the case of radiolarian, Mg / Ca, diatoms and foraminifera show a positive correlation while dinocyst and alkenones show very low and negative correlation with the model. Dinocyst-based SST records are much warmer than reconstructed by other proxies as well as Pre-industrial (PI) temperature. However, there are large discrepancies between model temperatures and temperature recorded by different proxies. Eight different PMIP3 models also compared with temperature proxies reconstruction which show mismatches with the proxy records might be due to misinterpreted and/or biased proxy records. Therefore, it has been speculated that considering different habitat depths and growing seasons of the planktonic organisms used for SST reconstruction could provide a better agreement of proxy data with model results on a regional scale. Moreover, it can reduce model-data misfits. It is found that shifting in the habitat depth and living season can remove parts of the observed model-data mismatches in SST anomalies.
Inflation Method for Ensemble Kalman Filter in Soil Hydrology
Authors: Bauser Hannes H. , Berg Daniel , Klein Ole , Roth Kurt
Published: March 2018

Abstract. The ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) is a popular data assimilation method in soil hydrology. In this context, it is used to estimate states and parameters simultaneously. Due to unrepresented model errors and a limited ensemble size, state and parameter uncertainties can become too small during assimilation. Inflation methods are capable of increasing state uncertainties, but typically struggle with soil hydrologic applications. We propose a multiplicative inflation method specifically designed for the needs in soil hydrology. It employs a Kalman filter within the EnKF to estimate inflation factors based on the difference between measurements and mean forecast state within the EnKF. We demonstrate its capabilities on a small soil hydrologic test case. The method is capable of adjusting inflation factors to spatiotemporally varying model errors. It successfully transfers the inflation to parameters in the augmented state, which leads to an improved estimation.
A simple model for local scale sensible and latent heat advection
contributions to snowmelt
Authors: Harder Phillip , Pomeroy John W. , Helgason Warren D.
Published: March 2018

Abstract. Local-scale advection of energy from warm snow-free surfaces to cold snow-covered surfaces is an important component of the energy balance during snowcover depletion. Unfortunately, this process is difficult to quantify in one-dimensional snowmelt models. This manuscript proposes a simple sensible and latent heat advection model for snowmelt situations that can be readily coupled to one-dimensional energy balance snowmelt models. An existing advection parameterization was coupled to a conceptual frozen soil infiltration surface water retention model to estimate the areal average sensible and latent heat advection contributions to snowmelt. The proposed model compared well with observations of latent and sensible heat advection providing confidence in the process parameterizations and the assumptions applied. Snowcovered area observations from unmanned aerial vehicle imagery were used to update and evaluate the scaling properties of snow patch area distribution and lengths. Model dynamics and snowmelt implications were explored within an idealized modelling experiment, by coupling to a one-dimensional energy balance snowmelt model. Dry, snow-free surfaces were associated with negative latent heat advection fluxes that compensated for positive sensible heat advection fluxes and so limited the net influence of advection on snowmelt. Latent and sensible heat advection fluxes both contributed positive fluxes to snow when snow-free surfaces were wet and enhanced net advection contributions to snowmelt. The increased net advection fluxes from wet surfaces typically develop towards the end of snowmelt and offset decreases in the one-dimensional areal average melt energy that declines with snowcovered area. The new model can be readily incorporated into existing one-dimensional snowmelt hydrology and land surface scheme models and will foster improvements in snowmelt understanding and predictions.
Regular classes involving a generalized shift plus fractional Hornich integral operator
Authors: Ibrahim Rabha W
Published: March 2018

The Hornich space is the set of all locally univalent and analytic functions Á on the open unit disk such that argÁ0 is bounded. Here, we introduce a generalized integral operator in the open unit disk. This operator is dened by the fractional Hornich integral operator joining the shift plus multiplier. In addition, we deal with a new subspace of the Hardy space comprising the normalized analytic functions. We will validate that the new integral operator is closed in the subspace of normalized functions with the bounded rst derivative. Formal accounts are renowned in the sequel based on the maximally of Jack Lemma.
Almost semicontinuous multifunctions via ideals
Authors: Saritha R. , Rajesh N.
Published: March 2018

The aim of this paper is to introduce and study upper and lower almost semi-I-continuous multifunctions as a generalization of upper and lower semi-I-continuous multifunctions, respectively.
Applying the Corporate Social Responsibility to the Shipping Industry
Authors: Gavalas Dimitris , Syriopoulos Theodore
Published: March 2018

Corporate financial distress and cashflow liquidity constraints are seen to intensify during prolonged recessionary business cycle phases. On the other hand, companies that consistently pursue corporate social responsible strategies pay attention to smoothly cater towards their stakeholders even at harsh market times. This study investigates dynamic perspectives of corporate financial distress and social responsibility interactions, in a company life-cycle setting. The shipping industry is taken as an empirical case to study these issues at hand, based on a selected sample of 84 publicly-listed shipping companies, over 2010–2016. The empirical findings indicate that positive corporate social responsibility approaches minimize financial distress probabilities for shipping companies. Furthermore, this inverse interaction between positive corporate social responsibility and financial distress is found to be more robust for shipping companies in their mature stage of their life-cycle path.
Language and Emotion: The Communication Pattern on The Result of Central Jakarta Governor Election on Online Newspaper and Its Pedagogical Implications
Authors: Aprilanita Rahmawati
Published: March 2018

The present study aims at observing and presenting the types of language features used by Indonesian adultscommenting on an online news using English as their foreign language to know whether Indonesians tend to be bluntor mitigate in expressing their feeling on the results of central Jakarta governor election. The comments uttered weretheir reaction and expression on the result of Central Jakarta Governor Election. The data observed was taken fromall comments on a headline of online newspaper. The comments were from 74 people. The findings are generatedbased on quantitative calculation on the major verb used to express the feelings.
Transparency and Accountability in Public Financial Management: A Stewardship Account at Kano State Ministry of Finance, Nigeria
Authors: Dandago Kabiru Isa
Published: March 2018

This paper aims at accounting for the transparency and accountability demonstrated through the unity and togetherness of the functionaries of the Ministry of Finance Kano State, Nigeria as they collectively discharge the five key responsibilities of the Ministry during a period of 28 months (June 2015 to October 2017) under the humble leadership of the author. The paper is skewed towards practical (as against theoretical) dispensation of effective public finance management at the sub-national level in Nigeria, covering revenue management, expenditure management, debt management, investment management and wealth creation and management. This exposure of transparency and accountability has attracted some encouraging comments from hundreds of concerned analysists and lovers of transparency and accountability from different parts of the world, out of which a select sampled comments have been captured in the paper. The paper also attempts some responses to the seven questions raised by one of the commentators (An International Public Financial Management Expert) in respect of the earlier internet posting made on the subject matter. The paper recommends that research students, scholars and practitioners should conduct further studies on the issues raised in the paper so as to find solutions to the weak nature of the practice of prudence, transparency and accountability in the public sector of developing economies, like Nigeria.
Developing and Teaching Online MBA Courses: Strategies for Enhancing Course Effectiveness
Authors: Ramlall Sunil , Ramlall Dhanmati Padma
Published: March 2018

Reflecting similar global business patterns, employees are continuously pursuing means to set themselves apart fromtheir colleagues, including through education. With the advances in technology, availability of online businessprograms, marketing of university degrees, and the convenience offered through online education, there has been anexplosive growth recently in online education, particularly for business degrees, both at the undergraduate and MBAlevels. Overall enrollment in U.S. MBA programs has actually decreased in the past five years but enrollment in theonline degrees continues to increase.Given the growth and emphasis in online MBA programs, there has to be measures of quality assurances andensuring student success through learning outcomes and ability of students to develop the requisite competenciesnecessary to excel in organizations. Furthermore, Universities have to be using the relevant technologies, studentshave to demonstrate behaviors that would enable them to succeed in online programs, and faculties have to adaptteaching strategies. So, what actually fosters success and student satisfaction about MBA programs? This paperexamines how online class interactions and quality of instructor online feedback can lead to successfully completingan online MBA course and subsequently the MBA program.
Towards Developing an Integrity Framework in Performance Appraisal System (PAS) in the Malaysian Public Sector: A Preliminary Analysis from Justice and Ethical Perspectives
Authors: Jamaiudin Norhaslinda , Adnan Normala , Aminuddin Rabi'ah , Abdul Quddus S.M.
Published: March 2018

The implementation of Performance Appraisal System (PAS) is seen as a strategic move to foster performance-basedwork culture in the Malaysia’s public sector. Embedded in pay-for performance system, the new appraisal systemwhich was first introduced in 1992 establishes linkage between pay system, performance and competenciesdevelopment. However, the chain tying pay to performance appears to be weak. Massive disappointment signalspoor implementation as the appraisal system was overshadowed by inappropriate instrument design, rater error,inaccurate rating, bias assessment, etc. These major setbacks have evoked concern over ethical and fairness in thepractices of PAS. Occurrence of problems in the implementation of PAS signified erosion of justice and ethics in thepractices of PAS, thus lead to growing demand for integrity-based performance assessment system. This preliminaryanalysis therefore seeks to examine the relationship between ethic, justice and the practices of PAS in the Malaysia’spublic sector. Correlation coefficient results disclosed positive association between variables as the instrument used,process employed are moderately associated with ethics and justice dimensions. The appraisal system is likelyperceived to be good if fair assessment and ethical supervision were present and vice versa. This study deliberatelydiscusses the aforementioned issues through integrated framework based on organizational justice and workcharacter ethics theories and proposed framework for integrity enhancement in the implementation of PAS.Significantly, this article makes a theoretical contribution towards developing higher integrity capacity which oftenrequires in HRM practice.
The Malaysian EFL Education: A Brief Historical Review and Literacy Issues
Authors: Sidek Harison Mohd. , Wahi Wahiza
Published: March 2018

Hailed as a lingua franca, the English language maintains its significance at the global level and due to such status, ithas been made a mandatory subject at the elementary, secondary and tertiary institutions in Malaysia. This paperpresents the review of English literacy in terms of its historical path and its status as a second language (EFL) issueswithin the Malaysian educational context. Document review was conducted for the study to find out the MalaysianEnglish literacy historical path. A library research on mainstream journals was carried out to find out EFL literacyissues in Malaysia. The historical review reveals that the mandatory inclusion of the English literacy in the schooland higher institutions’ curriculum could be traced back as a linguistic culturalization effect of the Britishcolonization. The review also indicates that the pattern of inclusion of the English literacy in the Malaysianeducational system seems to be developmental in nature but with some patterns of consistency at the initial stage ofits inclusion. With regards to the EFL literacy issues, the review shows that the shifting from the English to theMalay medium in public schools could be inferred as one of the root causes of the emergence of issues in the EFLliteracy amongst Malaysian learners. The outcomes of the review have implications on English literacy policy, futurerevisions of English literacy curriculum to alleviate the current EFL literacy issues and to increase its effectiveness inEFL teaching and learning in the Malaysian context.
Tensiones y confluencias en las obras de Jacques Rancière y Ernesto Laclau
Authors: M. Rey-Araujo Pedro M.
Published: March 2018

El presente artículo explora las similitudes y discrepancias existentes en las reflexiones políticas de Jacques Rancière y Ernesto Laclau. En particular, su postulación de una figura antagónica o conflictiva en el seno de sus reflexiones políticas, su entendimiento de lo político como constitutivo de la objetividad social, y su concepción del sujeto político constituido mediante una coimplicación entre el particular y el universal, serán objeto de análisis. A través del itinerario teórico propuesto, se prestará especial atención a aquellos puntos en que sus respectivos enfoques entren en discordancia. La consideración conjunta de sus puntos de vista, se argumenta, permite resolver ciertas problemáticas identificadas en cada uno.
La digitalización del campo cultural y los intermediarios culturales una crítica social del utopismo digital
Authors: Pecourt Gracia Juan , Rius-Ulldemolins Joaquim
Published: March 2018

La digitalización de la esfera cultural ha redefinido la relación de la cultura con la creatividad y sus bases sociales. El discurso del utopismo digital tiende a interpretar este proceso como una nueva fase en la organización de la cultura que fomentará la participación y la cooperación, así como un debilitamiento de los monopolios e intermediarios culturales. Sin embargo, estas visiones tienden a olvidar la importancia de otros factores sociales como los contextos organizativos, las luchas por la autonomía, las convenciones disciplinarias o los instrumentos de valoración cultural. A este respecto, los hallazgos de autores como Bourdieu cuestionan algunos de los preceptos centrales del utopismo digital, entendido como un conglomerado de comunidades o redes descentralizadas formadas por entusiastas y amateurs,que se presentan como la única posibilidad de futuro.
Soil Chemical Attributes under Crop-Livestock-Forest Integration System and in Different Land Uses in Mata dos Cocais Region
Authors: Reis Victor Roberto Ribeiro , Deon Diana Signor , Muniz Luciano Cavalcante , Garcia Uelson Serra , Cantanhêde Ilka South de Lima , Moraes Rego Carlos Augusto Rocha de , Costa Joaquim Bezerra , Marques Eluardo De Oliveira
Published: March 2018

The sustainability of ecosystems is closely linked with the assessment of soil properties that estimate their quality. This work proposes to evaluate soil chemical attributes as a function of the implantation of a crop-livestock-forest integration system (ICLF) in the region of Mata dos Cocais in the state of Maranhão, Northeast Brazil. The four different land uses evaluated were native vegetation with babassu, capoeira vegetation, degraded pasture and area under ICLF system (with marandu grass, maize and eucalyptus consortium). The samples were collected up to one meter deep, comprising seven layers: 0.00-0.10, 0.10-0.20, 0.20-0.30, 0.30-0.40, 0.40-0.60, 0.60-0.80 and 0.80-1.0 m. The chemical attributes evaluated were pH, Ca, Mg, Al, P, K and Na, potential acidity, base sum, base saturation and soil cation exchange capacity (CEC). The levels of P, in the 0.00-0.10 m layer, were higher in the ICLF system than those of the native forest with babassu. The levels of K in the ICLF system and degraded pasture were higher than the other land uses up to a depth of 0.40 m, ranging from 0.92 cmolc dm-3 to 0.62 cmolc dm-3 and 1.04 cmolc dm-3 and 0.67 cmolc dm-3, respectively. Base saturation was higher in soils under ICLF system and degraded pasture than those observed in native forest and capoeira vegetation. There was an effect in chemical attributes of the soil such as a function of land use and, in general, the highest values were found in areas with degraded pasture and ICLF.
The Ethics of Responsibility – Responsibility for Future Generations
Authors: Tyburski Włodzimierz
Published: March 2018

The basic issue addressed in this paper is responsibility conceived in the perspective of global responsibility and, within its framework, responsibility for future generations. In the face of growing threats and crisis phenomena the category of responsibility has gained a fundamental meaning. Responsibility may be considered in the context of the past and presence, but it should also be analyzed as referring to the future. The paper will elucidate main understanding of responsibility; the notion and value of responsibility will be analyzed in close relation to the notions and values of solidarity, justice, and community thinking and action.
Etos uniwersytetu a globalny kłopot z jego tożsamością
Authors: Dudek Joanna
Published: March 2018

The fundamental activity enabling the revival of the university ethos is to reconsider the specific mission of the university in times of changing reality. One commonly experiences the divergence between values and principles that traditionally referred to the idea of the university and its ethos, and the practice of entangling the world of science in the sphere of politics, ideology and business. On the other hand, there are noticeable actions demonstrting the ability of self-assessment and self-report: the disclosure of scientific fraud, publicity of conflicts of interest, struggle for scientific independence and autonomy of the university, dissemination of good manners in science. The situation requires from academic communities to redefine the ideal of the university that will determine its contemporary identity, mission, and the quality of its ethos.
STRATEGIC PLANNING IN THE AREA OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN LIGHT OF STRATEGIC DOCUMENT ANALYSIS REGARDING POLISH CITIES
Authors: Wilkońska Anna
Published: March 2018

Purpose. Discussion on the current situation regarding the presence and formal preparation of strategic documents concerning the development of tourism in Polish cities.

Method. An Internet query was performed, along with an analysis of strategic documents; the number of the documents was determined and compared in formal respects.

Results. The query performed, which refers to the strategies written down and published, has shown that only a few Polish cities possess such documents. They are not created according to a single model and in certain aspects, they diverge from the academic recommendations for this type of documents.

Research limitations and conclusions. The analysed strategic documents only referred to the development of tourism in cities and the analysis only encompassed formal evaluation.

Practical implications. Current and existing strategic documents were identified and analysed.

Originality of study. Issues related to strategic planning and its practical implications in the context of tourism development are rarely discussed in academic theses, in particular with reference to Polish local government units.

Type of work. The article presents the results of strategic document analyses.
SELECTED CONDITIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (PPP) IN POLAND
Authors: Żegleń Patrycja
Published: March 2018

Purpose. The aim of the article is to present selected conditions for the development of public-private partnerships (PPP) in Poland and factors which constitute a contribution and a hindrance to the development of this concept. Moreover, the present author attempts to describe issues related to public-private partnerships as a factor influencing the development of tourism in specific tourist destinations.

Method. The research methodology is based on the application of the Desk Research method, including the verification of data obtained from generally available secondary sources (specialist literature, the Internet - Web Research). The desktop research data were of qualitative and quantitative nature and were created as primary or secondary sources. Modern methods of data collection were utilised: CATI (phone interviews), CAPI (computer-assisted interviews) and questionnaire forms.

Findings. In general, the results of the research concern the possibility of applying the formula of public-private partnership in the development of local tourism economy. The study focuses on the examination of selected conditions which are favourable to this concept and those which act in an obstructive way.

Research and conclusion limitations. The research was of diagnostic nature. The applied methods and research techniques allow to present selected conditions for the implementation of public-private partnerships in Poland, i.e. in the tourist industry, which is a frequently underappreciated branch of economy, much like the case of public-private partnerships but for other reasons.

Practical implications. Starting cooperation and establishing relationships between entities from the public and private sectors should contribute to the propagation of the concept of public-private partnership and economic development of tourist regions by creating and expanding tourist infrastructure, and infrastructure in general. Furthermore, the tourist industry is one of the branches of economy which requires fast development. The growing demand and qualitative requirements of contemporary tourists create a necessity for modern solutions, the creation of tourist infrastructure and cooperation with organisations and entities from various sectors, the answer to which can be the concept of public-private partnerships.

Originality. One important and original issue seems to be the need to determine the relation between the representatives of the private and public sectors, especially to answer the question: what type of atmosphere prevails in their relations, that of competition or cooperation, and what is their attitude towards joint cooperation?

Type of paper: Article presenting the results of empirical research.
The Valuation of Popular Theatre Performances: The Forgotten Success Story of Ljungby horn
Authors: Hoogland Rikard
Published: March 2018

Albert Ranft started as an actor in touring theatre companies in the 1880’s, but soon became responsible for one of the most important groups. Twenty-five years later, he ran a big company with about 2500 employees, owned theatres in Stockholm and Gothen­burg as well as a couple of touring companies.His repertoire was based on popular entertainment plays, revues, operettas, historical plays, contemporary dramas etc. Simultaneously, his companies could offer ‘highbrow’ and ‘lowbrow’ productions. Even the actors could, during just one week, work in differ­ent genres. The way of programing was for Ranft an art form by itself, and sometimes he even acted in and directed the plays.In November 1893, at Stora Teatern in Gothenburg, he premiered a fairy tale play, and the staging was filled with spectacular effects. The play was, from the beginning, a stun­ning success with the production running for several hundred nights. Moreover, the pro­duction of Ljungby Horn became the ground stone for Ranft’s theatrical enterprise.The article describes how this success was established through mediatization and its base on rural oral history. The performance is analyzed and discussed as a popular theatre production (McConachie, Price, Röttger, Schecter). The author proposes that a more inclusive definition of popular theatre should be used; one which also takes into account the productions that had commercial success. Popular theatre needs to be in­cluded in theatre history writing to enable a better understanding of how the theatre system has developed.
Popular Theatre - Highbrow or Lowbrow
Authors: Nygaard Jon
Published: March 2018

For 13 years, from 1851 to 1864, Ibsen worked full time at the Norwegian theatres in Bergen and Christiania (Oslo) as a stage director and theatre manager. Ibsen’s period in the theatre and the repertory he staged have seldom enjoyed much attention in schol­arly research. The reason for this has been that the repertory Ibsen staged has been seen as vulgar and lowbrow, and Ibsen’s period in the theatre has almost unani­mously been seen as a waste of time. The general understanding has been that Ibsen’s development as an artist had been much faster if he had been working with a highbrow repertory of serious drama.Contrary to this established opinion I will contribute to the discussion of popular theatre as highbrow or lowbrow by presenting the production A Caprice (En Kaprice) by Erik Bøgh, staged by Henrik Ibsen at the Norwegian Theatre in Christiania (Oslo). It premi­ered 7 September 1859 and then ran for another thirty-five performances during the 1859-60 season. The total number of attendances was more than 30.000. In relation to the population of the town of 42.000, it was about 2/3 or 67%. This is the by far largest box-office success in Norwegian theatre history. No wonder that Ibsen scholars gener­ally have understood A Caprice as the ultimate example of the unholy trade Ibsen was forced into as a theatre manager. According to Michael Meyer Ibsen for the only time in his life “rebuked for truckling to the box-office” (Meyer 1971, 166). The contemporary criticism in Morgenbladet (Nr. 278, 9.10.1859) claimed that Ibsen was declining the Norwe­gian Theatre in Christiania into a kind of amusement ground for the lower classes.I will, however, present A Caprice as the summit of Ibsen’s theatrical career and under­line that both this and other dance productions staged by Ibsen in this period, were not at all amusement for the lower classes but on the contrary important expressions of his artistic creativity and development – and actually a highbrow performance presented for an upper class audience.
“Quality not Quantity”
Authors: Berry Charlotte
Published: March 2018

This article takes as its subject the project of British author and editor Aidan Chambers to set up a small press dedicated to publishing modern European children’s literature in translation, 1988–92. Positioned within Gideon Toury’s framework of Descriptive Translation Studies, this paper outlines the history of the firm and its founding ideology to publish children’s literature “with a difference” for a British audience. As a result, preliminary norms (relating to text, author and translator selection) and operational norms (relating to translation strategies) for four novels by Maud Reuterswärd, Peter Pohl and Tormod Haugen are identified and analyzed. Fundamental to the article’s methodology is the use of bibliographical, archival and oral history primary sources. The principal focus of research interest is Chambers’ use of language consultants in addition to his commissioned translators in an unusual and sometimes challenging professional collaboration of editor-translator-consultant within a Nordic-British setting.
Translation Revision as Rereading
Authors: Scocchera Giovanna
Published: March 2018

As a synonym for “revision,” dictionaries of different European languages include such terms as rilettura, relecture, relectura and rereading. The concept of “rereading” is also used by most translators and revisers when having to describe the process of revising a translation. This act of rereading, however, takes on different forms and purposes depending on the agent by whom it is performed, that is, the translator of the text or the reviser of the translation. As a matter of fact, revision is a second, further reading for the translator who has been working on his/her translation, but it is a “new” reading for the reviser, who approaches the translated text for the first time and, because of his/her “new vision,” can provide different insights on the work done by the translator and spot any weaknesses it may have. Drawing on current research in the field of revision as well as on first-hand data on professional revision in the publishing sector, this work aims at highlighting the peculiarities of revision as rereading when performed by translators and revisers as well as analyzing the latter’s different modes of execution, strategies, purposes and products.
Creating Reading Habits Through Translation in Turkey (1840–1940)
Authors: Erkul Yaǧci Ahu Selin
Published: March 2018

Although translated books and readers are visibly and inextricably linked, readers, readers’ expectations, attitudes and habits have only been partially analysed in translation research. In a similar vein, the relationship between translation and reader was rather left undiscovered by scholars studying translation/book/reading history. The aim of this paper is to present the findings of my comprehensive doctoral research on the pioneering role translation played in the history of reading and readers in Turkey between 1840 and 1940 by problematizing the relationship between translation, readers and their reading habits. This hundred year period is characterized by an apparent transformation in the literary production (especially in the number of translated works) and the publishing industry, which created an expansion in the number of readers and the development of new forms to suit the needs and tastes of this new readership. Data from a variety of sources including readers’ letters and auto/biographical accounts will be used in this article to investigate readers, their reading habits and the transformative process they experienced through this reading (r)evolution. In the absence of library records and marginalia due to the inherent characteristics of the period under study, these letters and auto/biographical accounts are of primary importance in providing evidence of what and how the readers were actually reading. Their active involvement in the process (of selection and consumption of translated and/or indigeneous works) is also reflected through the views, experiences and perceptions that are present in these letters and accounts.
The Destabilization of Symbolic Boundaries in the Consumption of Translated Fiction
Authors: Tekgül Duygu
Published: March 2018

For several decades, the positive norms of cosmopolitanism and omnivorousness have dominated cultural consumption in Britain. This paper will discuss the implications of these interrelated affinities in the popular reception of fiction in translation. Ethnographic data for the study has been collected mostly through participant observation with book club members in the UK. Through an analysis of statements made by readers, the article will illustrate how reading and discussing fiction in translation encourages readers to mobilize their international cultural capital and how horizontal and vertical boundaries between genres become blurred. Consequently, individual translations may become “upgraded” or “downgraded” in aesthetic terms, especially in the ways these books have been packaged and marketed to readers.
Le Courrier musical et le premier conflit mondial (1904-1923). Propagande, mobilisation culturelle et sortie de guerre
Authors: Guerpin Martin
Published: March 2018

Cet article étudie et remet en perspective le rôle joué parLe Courrier musicaldans la mobilisation culturelle du monde musical français pendant la Grande Guerre. Il montre tout d’abord que, de 1916 à 1918, la revue sert d’organe de diffusion d’un discours de propagande nationaliste et antigermanique. Une comparaison de ce discours avec les articles publiés avant et après le conflit permet ensuite de nuancer l’idée selon laquelle la guerre constitua une période d’exception dans l’histoire du positionnement esthétique et idéologique de la revue. Elle marqua bien plutôt une reconfiguration de discours nationalistes très présents dansLe Courrier musicaldès les années 1900. D’autre part, ces discours perdurent plusieurs années après 1918. Dans la lignée des travaux récents sur les entrées et sorties de guerre, cet article entend montrer que la compréhension de l’histoire de la musique pendant les conflits implique de ne pas se cantonner à la chronologie traditionnelle et officielle des déclarations de guerre et des traités de paix.
La chute du voile de tulle. Considérations sur la fonction de la mélodie dans L’enfant et les sortilèges de Ravel
Authors: Malvano Andrea
Published: March 2018

Cet article est dédié aux processus musicaux utilisés par Ravel pour créer une identification émotionnelle entre les personnages et les auditeurs dansL’enfant et les sortilèges. La méthodologie mélange réception et analyse, en utilisant la sensibilité des premiers auditeurs pour souligner certaines réactions qui pourraient être ignorées par les auditeurs modernes. La recherche prend en considération quelques scènes de la fantaisie lyrique particulièrement intéressantes pour notre sujet : « Ding, ding, ding » (l’Horloge), « Toi, le coeur de la rose » (l’Enfant), « La cage, c’était pour mieux voir ta prestesse » (l’Écureuil). L’analyse de ces scènes montre que les outils utilisés par Ravel pour créer empathie avec le public produisent une distance avec l’idée poétique exprimée dansL’heure espagnole. La dernière partie de l’article est dédiée à la comparaison entreL’enfant et les sortilègeset lesHistoires naturelles, en évaluant le parallélisme entre les caractères et les portraits émotifs des animaux anthropomorphes. Les résultats de la recherche révèlent un fort changement de perspective avec la composition deL’enfant et les sortilèges, sur le plan de la définition des stratégies utilisées par Ravel pour entrer en contact avec les émotions des auditeurs.
La création d’Another Brick in the Wall – l’opéra de Julien Bilodeau. Les différents enjeux du crossover entre opéra et rock
Authors: Trottier Danick
Published: March 2018

En date du 11 mars 2017 avait lieu à Montréal la création d’Another Brick in the Wall– l’opéra du compositeur Julien Bilodeau. Représentée par l’Opéra de Montréal dans le contexte du 375e anniversaire de fondation de Montréal, l’oeuvre a été l’objet d’une importante campagne de publicité et a mobilisé l’attention des médias, comme l’a rarement fait une création opératique dans l’histoire de Montréal. Cette attention est aussi secondée par le crossover classique qui est à l’origine de l’oeuvre, soit le fait de métamorphoser The Wall en opéra avec l’accord de son principal créateur Rogers Waters. L’opéra de Bilodeau est donc à l’origine d’une multitude de questions dans son rapport à l’oeuvre d’origine, ces questions se posant autant du côté de la production avec le langage musical adopté par le compositeur que du côté de la réception avec le croisement des conventions appartenant à l’opéra et au rock. L’article met en relief ces questions et tente d’y répondre en prenant en considération le phénomène du crossover entre opéra et rock, la partition de Bilodeau ainsi que les critiques publiées dans la foulée de la première.
Musique et nation dans l’entre-deux-guerres (Europe-Amériques). Compte rendu de la journée d’étude inaugurale du projet de recherche, 10 décembre 2015, Maison de la Recherche, Paris
Authors: Amar Johanna , Lebaud Tristan , Gomes Pires Cecilia
Published: March 2018

Le 10 décembre 2015 se tenait à la Maison de la Recherche à Paris la journée d’étude Musique et nation dans l’entre-deux-guerres (Europe-Amériques). Musicologues et historiens ont questionné l’articulation du fait musical et de l’idée nationale dans les démocraties de l’entre-deux guerres. Ce lien avait déjà fait l’objet de diverses études pour le xixe siècle et les régimes autoritaires. La journée d’étude est la première étape d’un projet de recherche international coordonnée par le Centre d’Histoire Culturelle des Sociétés Contemporaines de l’Université Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, le laboratoire Synergies Langues Arts musique (slam) de l’Université d’Evry-Val d’Essonne et l’Institut de Recherche en Musicologie (cnrs, Université Paris-Sorbonne). Le lien entre « musique et nation » fut à nouveau questionné lors d’un colloque en 2016 à Manchester puis prochainement en octobre 2018 à Montréal.
Cuisinons Ensemble
Authors: Briand Catherine , St-Paul Rose-Anne , Dumont Amélie , Longpré Laurence , Chayer Alex , Côté Martine , Saint-Georges Claude
Published: March 2018

Les personnes atteintes de troubles mentaux graves sont placées quotidiennement devant des difficultés qui nuisent à leur participation et intégration sociales. Elles sont également plus à risque d’être sans emploi et de vivre une situation socioéconomique difficile. Ces obstacles les placent particulièrement à risque de vivre de l’insécurité alimentaire. Cuisinons Ensemble est une initiative communautaire orientée vers le rétablissement qui permet de soutenir les personnes dans le développement de compétences alimentaires et dans leur intégration sociale. Cet article propose de présenter le modèle de Cuisinons Ensemble ainsi que les enjeux de sa mise en place.
Connaitre le bon moment et la bonne distance
Authors: Paumier Romain
Published: March 2018

Cet article interroge ce qu’intervenir veut dire aujourd’hui, dans le cadre de pratiques de première ligne visant l’autonomie d’usagers de drogues par injection. En prolongement des évolutions de la réduction des méfaits, ce travail d’intervention autour de l’autonomie des usagers de drogues par injection — chez qui la non-demande de soins et de services est fréquente et constitutive du quotidien de l’intervention —, s’inscrit dans une recherche d’une « bonne distance », à partir de techniques de gestion de la proximité physique et verbale entre l’usager et l’intervention. Prenant appui sur les résultats d’une enquête par entretiens non directifs auprès d’intervenants de première ligne, cet article étudie deux grandes stratégies de gestion de cette proximité, le « voisinage courtois » et la « suggestion légitime » ; et les rôles qu’elles jouent pour l’intervention dans la création et le maintien d’un lien d’intervention. Je souligne la pertinence analytique de cette distinction afin de mieux comprendre les contextes d’énonciation des demandes de soins et de services par les usagers et, plus généralement, de leurs trajectoires de soins et de services.
Le compromis partenarial, théâtre d’expression de l’autonomie
Authors: Siméon Frantz , Couturier Yves
Published: March 2018

Pour plusieurs auteurs, le partenariat ne peut se construire en dehors de compromis négociés entre les acteurs qui y sont engagés. L’idée même de compromis s’articule autour de l’autonomie des acteurs. Comment se manifeste cette autonomie dans ce jeu relationnel ? Pour répondre à cette question, l’article analyse un partenariat dans le domaine du vieillissement illustrant le travail d’élaboration de compromis au regard du degré d’autonomie que les principaux acteurs se sont offert dans ce jeu relationnel.
Enjeux d’autonomie de l’action communautaire autonome (ACA) à partir de l’analyse des discours de rapports d’activités et des acteurs
Authors: St-Germain Lise , Grenier Josée , Bourque Mélanie , Pelland Danielle
Published: March 2018

Le présent article présente les résultats d’une analyse documentaire des rapports d’activités de deux cents groupes communautaires oeuvrant en santé et services sociaux financés par le Programme de soutien aux organismes communautaires. L’analyse critique porte sur le processus de reddition de comptes des groupes communautaires et la manière dont les organismes rendent compte de leurs actions dans leur rapport, à partir des critères déterminés par le cadre de référence et comment ils arrivent à travers ce processus à mettre en évidence leurs contributions et spécificités. De cet examen se dégage une analyse des discours et des enjeux d’autonomie de l’action communautaire.