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Cyber Narrative and the Gaming Cyborg
Authors: Owen David 
Published: November 2014

Abstract
The notion of the cyborg is a useful tool for examining the relations between gamers and gaming environments, and the construction of narrative in gaming contexts. I will discuss the idea of the gamer’s sense of self, projected into the game-world exploring the extended mind theory and proprioception. Following that I will address the construction of narrative with algorithmic (computational) interaction with the database and procedural narrative in the sense of how the gamer relates to both the real and virtual world. According to Donna Haraway in her book, Simians, Cyborgs, and Women, ‘a cyborg is a hybrid creature, composed of organism and machine’ (1991: 1). Gabriella Giannachi embellishes Haraway’s definition in that the cyborg is ‘able to bridge the gap between the real and representation, between social reality and fiction’ (2004: 47). I intend to demonstrate that the material gamer interfaces with the database/game/internet and the projected identity/presence/proprioception of the gamer becomes part of the virtual world. The narrative is virtual and interaction with the algorithms (rules) provides a sense of agency within the game world. Procedural narrative is created through an algorithmic interface with a database. The human is subsumed into the technological. Human interaction becomes algorithmic. The pleasure of augmentation is seductive.
Pivoting the player: A framework for player character research in offline computer role-playing games
Authors: Fizek Sonia 
Published: November 2014

Abstract
This article introduces a theoretical framework for the analysis of the player character (PC) in offline computer role-playing games (cRPGs). It derives from the assumption that the character constitutes the focal point of the game, around which all the other elements revolve. This underlying observation became the foundation of the Player Character Grid and its constituent Pivot Player Character (PPC) Model, a conceptual framework illustrating the experience of gameplay as perceived through the PC’s eyes. Although video game characters have been scrutinized from many different perspectives, a systematic framework has not yet been introduced. This study aims to fill that void by proposing a model replicable across the cRPG genre. It has been largely inspired by Anne Ubersfeld’s semiological dramatic character research implemented in Reading Theatre I (1999) and is demonstrated with reference to The Witcher (2007).
Object-relation mapping: A method for analysing phenomenal assemblages of play
Authors: Banks Jaime 
Published: November 2014

Abstract
Theories of play assemblages and technological agency have met popular acceptance in game studies. However, current approaches to empirically examining these notions are limited to resource-intensive ethnographies not suitable for many types of enquiries, particularly those focusing on micro-level analyses and the lived experiences of play. This article proposes an analytical method called ‘object-relation mapping’ (ORM). ORM incorporates techniques from Actor–Network Theory, social network analysis, phenomenology and Grounded Theory to examine phenomenal assemblages of play at micro-, meso- and macro-levels. In particular, ORM provides a systematic framework for collecting, deconstructing, restructuring and coding data gleaned from players’ subjective experience of play. This article outlines ORM’s theoretical underpinnings, techniques, benefits, challenges and extensions.
Game design with the aid of computer semiotics
Authors: Makryniotis Thomas 
Published: November 2014

Abstract
This formalist enquiry concerns the implementation of structures that abstractly approximate real-world systems in computer games. It is an attempt to develop a methodological framework for a computer game design based on a form of computer semiotics. I use the code of dress in social interaction as my semiotic system of choice for this case study, a system incredibly rich in semiotic content. To this end, I construct a game prototype named DressCode, whose main purpose is to explore dress as social performance within a computer game. The prime focus of the game is on visual performance, i.e. how the self is presented in social interaction. The bodies and attires of the characters contribute the signs communicated in this social performance, which is strategic and expressive. It involves the selective exchange of signs between the participants. The player elaborates and negotiates the character’s appearance within the game’s model of society. As such, DressCode is a simulation of an abstract semiotic system of fashion.
Implementing a physics-based model of crowd movement using the Unreal Development Kit
Authors: Bott Mitchell J. , Petty Mikel D. 
Published: November 2014

Abstract
Crowds of people form in both civilian and military contexts, often in emergency or dangerous situations. Consequently, modelling crowd behaviour and movement has consistently been a subject of research, and such models have been used to study, for example, evacuation scenarios and the effect of crowds on military operations. Recreating realistic crowd behaviour and crowd movement within game engines is of growing interest for both gaming and non-gaming applications. A physically realistic mathematical model of crowd movement that considers the physical pressures the crowd members exert on each other was implemented using computer games technology, specifically the Unreal Engine and the Unreal Development Kit. The model and its implementation were used to simulate two typical evacuation scenarios, orderly and panicked, and the simulations exhibited specific known characteristics of such scenarios. Detailed explanations and examples of the implementation mechanics are provided to facilitate future game technology-based crowd modelling.
Thinking about my Generation: The Impact of Large Congressional Cohorts
Authors: Loomis Burdett , Barnett Timothy J. 
Published: November 2014

AbstractLarge partisan congressional “classes,” once common, have become more the exception than the rule over the past 60 years. Thus, when they come along, as in 1974 and 1994 (and perhaps 2010), they receive a lot of attention. Moreover, they often do help to change the institution of the House in dramatic ways. After a few years, all such classes lose their distinctiveness and meld into the legislative flow of the era. Still, these cohorts may have lasting effects in a host of ways, from movement into House power positions, to successful attempts to run for the Senate in large numbers, to the dispersion of many individuals into the Washington milieu of lobbyists and lawyers, where they can continue to affect policy. This article takes a first cut at how large partisan classes affect the institution of Congress, as well as at the careers of their individual members. Both the 1994 and 1974 cohorts were important as they burst upon the scene. Yet they have had differing impacts as the “long tail” of these classes continues to make a mark on politics and policy.
Class Connections: Congressional Classes and the Republicans of 1994
Authors: Rae Nicol C. , Pitney John J. 
Published: November 2014

AbstractLarge partisan classes in the House of Representatives are, in important ways, products of the congressional politics of preceding years. The class of 1994 is an example: understanding its origins requires a look at previous classes, especially the often-overlooked class of 1978. The class of 1994 did have a major impact on American politics, but as the fresh-faced outsiders became insiders, their power waned and their personal fortunes darkened.
Inequalities involving gamma and digamma functions
Authors: Alzer Horst , Chen Chao-Ping 
Published: November 2014

We prove:
(A)
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(i)
−Δc is completely monotonic on (0, ∞) if and only if c ≧ 2/3.
(ii)
Δc is completely monotonic on (0, ∞) if and only if c = 0.
(B)
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A Path Forward for Using Substantive Analytical Procedures in Auditing Large P&L Accounts: Commentary and Analysis
Authors: Glover Steven M. , Prawitt Douglas F. , Drake Michael S. 
Published: November 2014

SUMMARY
Substantive analytical procedures can be an important and effective audit tool to gather evidence and highlight areas of potential misstatement, and for decades have been one of the common substantive procedures applied to income statement accounts. Recently, however, there is a growing trend for public company auditors to forego substantive analytical procedures on large income statement accounts, such as revenue, due to criticisms from regulatory inspectors that such procedures are not capable of providing useful substantive evidence. In this commentary, we address the concern that discouraging the application of appropriately rigorous substantive analytical procedures may diminish overall audit quality. We consider whether rigorous substantive analytical procedures can be designed to provide useful evidence at moderate and low levels of assurance for large income statement accounts, such as revenue, even when the significant-difference threshold exceeds overall materiality. Such procedures can provide strong evidence that financial statements are free of massive fraud or unintentional misstatement. Further, the moderate or low assurance obtained by such substantive analytical procedures can be combined with assurance provided by other audit procedures to yield high overall assurance. We illustrate one potential approach that may be useful in designing substantive analytical procedures to achieve moderate or low assurance and we explain how our approach is consistent with auditing theory and auditing standards.
Managing the Review Process in Accounting Research: Advice from Authors and Editors
Authors: Dalton Derek W. , Harp Nancy L. , Oler Derek K. , Widener Sally K. 
Published: November 2014

ABSTRACT
The purpose of this paper is to provide advice to accounting doctoral students and new accounting Ph.D.s on managing the review process. We also hope that our advice and suggestions will assist more experienced accounting faculty in their research endeavors. We offer suggestions from the point of view of researchers at various stages in their career. We also interview a variety of current and former journal editors and provide their suggestions and insights. We first provide suggestions to help position the article so as to receive a more helpful review. We then discuss strategies for responding to the editorial process and provide specific advice for handling various editorial decisions including a rejection, a reject-and-resubmit, a revise-and-resubmit, and an acceptance. We build upon prior research by providing a summary of advice for each type of editorial decision and by providing advice and suggestions from editors and associate editors at a wide range of accounting journals.
Learning Logs: Incorporating Writing-to-Learn Assignments into Accounting Courses
Authors: Grimm Stephanie Dehning 
Published: November 2014

ABSTRACT
The writing across the curriculum movement advocates using Writing-to-Learn (WTL) assignments to facilitate learning. The basic premise of WTL assignments is that students learn concepts better when they write about them. This article discusses the pedagogical theories relating to WTL that were used to design and implement learning logs in an introductory financial accounting course. Learning logs are two-page papers requiring students to interpret and apply accounting concepts. One learning log assignment requires students to prepare a whistleblower letter reporting a fraud that they have observed. Other learning log assignments are based on current events such as a dividend announcement by Apple and a stock split proposal by Google. This paper describes student learning goals, presents learning log assignments, provides sample student responses, and includes a discussion of classroom experience. Student survey responses indicate that students perceived the learning logs as useful for promoting learning outcomes. A regression analysis of exam scores on learning log indicator variables suggests learning logs increase content comprehension. While the WTL examples in the article focus on topics covered in the introductory accounting course, the WTL strategies presented and discussed in this article can be incorporated into any class in the accounting sequence.
Form 4 Electronic Submissions and the Thomson Reuters Insider Filing Data Feed: Discrepancies and Their Impact on Research
Authors: Sidgman Juergen 
Published: November 2014

ABSTRACT
This paper examines discrepancies between the electronic Form 4 and Thomson Reuters' Insider Filing Data Feed. The analysis shows differences in a small number of trades. The transaction code is the item frequently found to differ. Results also show that Thomson Reuters fails to follow its data codification policies. Users of Form 4 should expect discrepancies in trade and firm characteristics. Inferences about the market reaction to insider filings and trades, the association between aggregate insider trading and market returns, and cross-sectional variation in profitability of insider transactions do not appear to be significantly affected by these discrepancies. Overall, the evidence suggests that discrepancies between the electronic Form 4 and Thomson Reuters' Insider Filing Data Feed do not materially impact research. The results are consistent with observations made by the SEC suggesting that electronic filings facilitate research and data analysis and that the need for information intermediaries could be eliminated.
Data Availability: Data are available from public sources identified in the paper.
Faire converger projet métropolitain et stratégies universitaires : l'autre grand chantier de Montpellier ?
Authors: Brun Alexandre , Coursière Stéphane 
Published: November 2014

Le développement de Montpellier dans les années 1960 s’est notamment appuyé sur la création de deux vastes campus « à l’américaine » au nord du territoire communal. Dans une approche planificatrice et descendante, l’État a imposé aux pouvoirs locaux (qui ont finalement pris fait et cause pour le projet) l’implantation de grands ensembles universitaires dans la périphérie montpelliéraine, à l’écart des services urbains et des facultés historiques restées au centre. Les opportunités foncières offertes à l’époque dans ce secteur ont conforté le choix des pouvoirs publics. Le quartier « Hôpitaux-Facultés » s’est révélé être un des moteurs de l’extension urbaine et l’une des portes d’entrée d’une ville, alors davantage tournée en direction des garrigues que vers la mer. De la construction du Centre Richter sur les rives du Lez à la requalification des anciens hospices en centre ville, les stratégies universitaires se sont depuis diversifiées, tout en faisant écho à l’évolution du projet montpelliérain – dont le quartier d’Antigone, le parc urbain du Lez puis l’avenue Dugrand ont tour à tour constitué les fronts. Ce faisant, « l’Opération Campus » débutée en 2009 paraît désormais déconnectée des priorités de la municipalité, alors qu’elle recouvre de multiples enjeux en matière de logements, d’environnement et de transport à l’échelle métropolitaine.
Les scenarii contradictoires du retour en ville : le cas de l'université Paris XIII
Authors: Lebeau Boris , Vadelorge Loïc 
Published: November 2014

Fondée en 1971 l’université Paris XIII est confrontée depuis ses débuts à une double problématique d’intégration urbaine et de stratégie territoriale. Les projets contemporains de repositionnement de l’université dans l’espace universitaire francilien et plus particulièrement au nord de Paris se heurtent aux difficultés structurelles d’insertion urbaine de Paris XIII en particulier sur le site principal du campus de Villetaneuse. Le recours à une analyse historique et spatiale croisée permet de mettre à jour les déterminismes qui pèsent sur les choix d’aménagement et les stratégies des différents acteurs aujourd’hui en charge du destin de l’université et des relations avec son environnement urbain. Le développement de l’intercommunalité de projet, l’opportunité de la présence d’un établissement public d’aménagement sur le territoire, les stratégies scientifiques et territoriales de la présidence de l’université accentuées depuis la loi lru forment objectivement des conditions nouvelles pour repenser le « retour en ville » de l’université. Paris XIII ne peut pas, pour autant, faire table rase du passé de son échec urbain dont les failles rejouent sans cesse et placent la décision sous le signe de la schizophrénie.
Les écarts sociaux de recrutement des universités d'Île-de-France : un processus de ségrégation ?
Authors: Frouillou Leïla 
Published: November 2014

Cet article interroge le rôle de la division sociale de l’espace résidentiel étudiant dans la genèse d’écarts sociaux de recrutement entre les seize universités publiques franciliennes. Des entretiens auprès d’étudiants inscrits à Paris 1 (Paris) et Paris 8 (Saint-Denis) soulignent les dimensions spatiale (distance), relationnelle (effet de pairs), et institutionnelle (sectorisation) qui font jouer la localisation résidentielle dans l’inscription à l’université. Outre cette importance de la distance dans les recrutements, associée à la localisation des sites dans des espaces sociaux contrastés, de tels écarts entre universités s’expliquent par une différenciation du rapport à l’espace local dans les arbitrages étudiants (évitement). Ce « sens du placement universitaire », qui s’appuie sur des capitaux sociaux et scolaires en évolution, permet d’interroger, par analogie avec les travaux sur l’enseignement secondaire, l’existence d’une « ségrégation universitaire » en Île-de-France.
À chacun son public
Authors: Cole Joshua , Bouquet Stéphane 
Published: November 2014

Dans les années 1930, les Algériens participèrent à un grand débat sur la réforme électorale. Au même moment, un nouveau théâtre explorait le cadre des relations entre les citoyens français et les colonisés musulmans. Ces spectacles évoquaient les rapports entre les Nord-Africains et l’État colonial, entre les femmes « européennes » et les hommes « musulmans ». Ils témoignaient également des effets de la culture « européenne » sur les modes de vie en Afrique du Nord. Le nouveau théâtre algérien contribua au débat politique à trois niveaux. D’abord, les troupes de théâtre proposaient une forme d’expérimentation hybride, mêlant aux styles européens les gestuelles et les chants nord-africains, associant le français et l’arabe dialectal. Ensuite, les pièces mettaient en scène les rapports entre hommes et femmes, Français et Maghrébins, musulmans et juifs. Les spectacles défiaient donc les hiérarchies qui structuraient la société algérienne. Enfin, tout comme les élus locaux algériens, les troupes de théâtre cherchaient à créer leur propre « public », contribuant ainsi à l’émergence d’une sphère publique coloniale.
Voyages extrêmes : les récits d'aventures en France à la fin du xix e siècle
Authors: Hahn H. Hazel , Bouquet Stéphane 
Published: November 2014

La mission du Journal des voyages et des aventures de terre et de mer , périodique très populaire de la fin du xix e siècle, était double : publier de nouveaux récits d’aventures et répandre les connaissances géographiques. Le Journal associait étroitement récits d’aventures – l’essentiel de son contenu – et activités des sociétés géographiques. Grâce à un jeu complexe entre le sensationnalisme et l’éloge de la vérité, grâce aussi à une confusion générale entre les récits d’aventures et les descriptions de lieux réels, le Journal promut une vision idéologique du monde : les Français étaient dotés de la capacité de s’élever au sommet de sociétés « primitives ». La mobilité permanente – thème qui étayait l’impérialisme – était le sujet central des récits d’aventure du Journal . Cet article examine en outre un roman d’aventure parodique, signé Albert Robida, pour interroger les prétentions du Journal à défendre le réalisme et à répandre l’éducation.
Mentir à l'âge de l'innocence
Authors: Norris Katharine H. , Bouquet Stéphane 
Published: November 2014

Le mensonge des enfants hanta les esprits au début de la Troisième République. Pourquoi la propension supposée des enfants à distordre la vérité suscita-t-elle tant de controverses ? Afin d’analyser les disputes politiques et scientifiques qui sous-tendaient l’étude de la psyché des enfants, cet article passe en revue une série de contextes culturels et institutionnels, de la Société médico-psychologique à la Société libre pour l’étude psychologique de l’enfant, et de la presse populaire au ministère de l’Instruction publique. Parce que les républicains investissaient beaucoup d’espoir dans la jeunesse qui devait garantir le futur de la nation, ils étaient troublés par le fait que le mensonge semblait un défaut moral endémique chez les enfants. Cet article apporte de nouveaux éléments pour comprendre le rôle joué par les scientifiques dans les controverses politiques de la Troisième République, ainsi que la place des enfants dans les débats sur la construction de la nation.
L'Assistance judiciaire et l'étranger civil (1840-1851)
Authors: Schafer Sylvia , Bouquet Stéphane 
Published: November 2014

Cet article étudie la question de l’assistance judiciaire au milieu du xix e siècle. Les commentateurs libéraux, les juristes et les législateurs soulevaient en effet une question d’une importance durable : comment équilibrer liberté individuelle et ordre social, grâce à l’action gouvernementale ? Ces débats eurent une conséquence de taille pour ceux que j’appellerai ici les étrangers civils pauvres, c’est-à-dire ceux qui furent à la fois sujets de droit civil et exclus ou aux marges du domaine de la justice. Les étrangers civils furent alors l’objet de nouvelles lectures qui modifièrent les significations qu’on attribuait à l’existence de ces individus n’ayant pas accès – du fait de leur incapacité à payer les frais de justice – à l’État de droit soi-disant démocratique. Après 1848, ce projet de relecture se révéla crucial pour les législateurs libéraux. Le processus de différence, au cœur de la loi sur l’assistance judiciaire du 22 janvier 1851, soulignait tout en l’obscurcissant le statut de l’assisté qui, de pauvre dangereux mais familier, se métamorphosait en étranger inquiétant d’un genre sans précédent.