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Optimization of an active device for global control of low-frequency wall reflections in a semi-anechoic room
No full textAn active device has been designed and built at LMA to control low-frequency reflections on the absorbing walls of a semi-anechoic room: the sound pressure reflected by the walls in the presence of an unknown source is estimated by linear filtering of the total sound pressure near the walls, then neutralized using acoustic sources placed on the walls. Here, we present 2D numerical simulations, involving monopole sources and series of damped analytic modes, which have enabled us to optimize the active device, in particular to (i) deal with resonance frequencies at which cancelling the diffracted pressure near the walls is not sufficient to cancel it inside the room, (ii) minimize the number of the total pressure measurement points required to estimate the pressure diffracted by the walls at each location, and (iii) select the strategy for minimizing the virtual signals corresponding to the diffracted pressure. Simulations show that with the optimized device, the control remains efficient up to frequencies corresponding to one wall source per wavelength and a little less than two pressure sensors per wavelength. Experiments are underway to compare measurements with simulations
Discipline
No full textWith Discipline, we focus on techniques and mechanisms that advance corporeal, attitudinal, and behavioural docility and thereby contribute to contemporary processes of social differentiation and exclusion. Exploring the intersection of migration policy and welfare governance, we discuss disciplinary measures deployed at the intersection of welfare and migration regimes with the aim of understanding how internal border and welfare controls discipline poor non-citizens by criminalising certain kinds of behaviour. Drawing on concepts including micro-violence and micro-aggression, this keyword looks at bureaucratic practices, their justifications and their consequences for non-citizens, before moving on to theorise how such practices have come to permeate the wider society. Disciplinary systems of welfare governance depend on the threat of punishment: individuals are prompted to discipline themselves because they could become the object of disciplinary power at any moment. Such disciplinary techniques are efficient, productive, and subtle, and can result in the increasingly ‘automatic’ internalisation by non-citizens of certain kinds of behaviour
Prévalence des symptômes urinaires auprès des femmes nullipares qui pratiquent le rugby en région Bruxelloise
No full textIntroduction : L’objectif de cette étude était d’évaluer la prévalence des symptômes urinaires tels que l’incontinence urinaire d’effort, l’hyperactivité vésicale et la dysurie chez les femmes nullipares qui pratiquent le rugby en région Bruxelloise. Parallèlement, l’étude visait à promouvoir la kinésithérapie périnéale et à améliorer les approches préventives destinées aux entraîneurs et aux joueuses. Méthode : Il s’agissait d’une étude observationnelle descriptive sous forme de questionnaires auto-administrés. Les critères d’inclusion étaient : être une femme nullipare âgée de 18 à 35 ans, pratiquer le rugby depuis au moins six mois, s’entraîner au minimum 120 minutes par semaine, et être une joueuse amatrice ou professionnelle. Les critères de non-inclusion étaient : appartenir à un club hors de la région Bruxelloise et pratiquer d’autres activités sportives. L’étude portait sur des données relatives à la kinésithérapie périnéale, la pratique sportive, la prévalence des symptômes urinaires pendant cette pratique, le comportement des joueuses face à ces symptômes et l’évaluation de leur intensité à l’aide du questionnaire Urinary Symptom Profile. Résultats : L’étude incluait 37 participantes âgées de 18 à 35 ans qui présentaient un IMC moyen de 25,71 ± 4,24 kg/m2 (en surpoids). La prévalence de l’incontinence urinaire d’effort était de 27 % pendant les entraînements et de 21 % lors des matchs, celle de l’hyperactivité vésicale était respectivement de 2 et 3 %, celle de la dysurie de 8 et 3 %. Les scores au questionnaire Urinary Symptom Profile étaient de 0,756/9 pour l’incontinence urinaire d’effort, de 2,486/21 pour l’hyperactivité vésicale et de 0,540/9 pour la dysurie. Conclusion : Cette étude montre une prévalence accrue des symptômes urinaires pendant la pratique sportive, surtout lors des entraînements. La prévalence de l’incontinence urinaire d’effort (21 à 27 %) est comparable aux données relatives aux autres sports, ce qui classe le rugby parmi les disciplines qui exercent une forte pression sur le plancher pelvien. L’hyperactivité vésicale et la dysurie ont une prévalence moindre. Ces données soulignent l’importance d’améliorer les mesures préventives.Introduction : The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of urinary symptoms such as stress urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, and dysuria among nulliparous women practicing rugby in the Brussels region. Additionally, the study aimed to promote perineal physiotherapy and improve preventive approaches for coaches and players. Method : The study was observational and descriptive, conducted through a self-administered questionnaire. Inclusion criteria were being a nulliparous woman aged 18 to 35, practicing rugby for at least six months, training a minimum of 120 minutes per week, and being either amateur or professional. Non-inclusion criteria included belonging to a club outside Brussels and engaging in other sports activities. Outcome measures focused on data related to perineal physiotherapy, sports practice, prevalence of urinary symptoms during sports, player behavior towards these symptoms, and the evaluation of their intensity using the Urinary Symptom Profile questionnaire. Results : The study comprised 37 participants aged 18 to 35, with an average BMI of 25.71 ± 4.24 kg/m2 (overweight). The prevalence of stress urinary incontinence was 27% during training and 21% during matches, while that of overactive bladder was 2 and 3%, respectively, and for dysuria, 8 and 3%, respectively. Scores on the Urinary Symptom Profile were 0.756/9 for stress urinary incontinence, 2.486/21 for overactive bladder, and 0.540/9 for dysuria. Conclusion : The results of this study show an increased prevalence of urinary symptoms during sports activities, especially during training sessions. The prevalence of stress urinary incontinence (21 to 27%) is comparable to figures for other sports, placing rugby among the disciplines that exert significant pressure on the pelvic floor. Overactive bladder and dysuria have lower prevalence rates. These issues highlight the importance of improving preventive measures
L’intervention sociale en actes ::l’envers du métier institué
No full textCet ouvrage collectif procède par déplacement du regard habituel dans le champ du travail social. Regard focalisé par les politiques sociales et les métiers institués en tant que professions mobilisées par celles-ci au plus près des publics concernés.
Avec cette diversité de contributions, ce sont autant d’angles d’éclairage sur « l’envers du métier institué », c’est-à-dire sur le métier en train de se (re) faire en continu ainsi que sur le caractère invisible et indicible du métier « en actes », pour faire écho au titre de la nouvelle collection qu’inaugure cet ouvrage. L’emprise des situations, dans leur caractère des plus problématiques, et l’embarras des pratiques de co-activité avec les personnes accompagnées, participent de nouveaux chemins dans les façons de « faire connaissance » dans le cours de l’intervention et dans le cadre de recherches « embarquées ». Le parti pris pragmatiste de l’introduction et de la postface mettent ainsi en valeur les apports d’une perspective de contre-plongée sur la face invisible des métiers en train de se déployer et de se recomposer
Data resource profile ::the Disability Statistics - Estimates Database (DS-E Database) : an innovative database of internationally comparable statistics on disability inequalities
No full textIntroduction : The Disability Statistics (DS) Database provides internationally comparable statistics to monitor the rights of persons with disabilities. The Disability Statistics -- Estimates (DS-E) Database includes national and subnational descriptive statistics based on the analysis and disaggregation of national population and housing censuses and household surveys. The database can inform policies and programs to advance the rights of persons with disabilities. Methods : As of 2024, the DS-E Database includes estimates for 29 indicators providing information on the prevalence of disability and associations with education, personal activities, health, standards of living, insecurity, and multidimensional poverty. Estimates are based on 53 national datasets, including 23 population and housing censuses and 30 household surveys for 40 countries. The results were disaggregated by type and severity for adults and population subgroups (women, men, rural and urban residents, age groups 15 to 29, 30 to 44, 45 to 64, 65 and older). Estimates are also available at the first subnational level for all countries and at the second subnational level for 17 countries. Results : At the time of publication, the DS-E Database includes 40 countries and 6,584 subnational locations, with more than 4.3 million estimates of indicators by disability status for adults and population subgroups. Results are in an interactive platform and in downloadable tables where both means and standard errors are available. The DS-E Database results indicate consistent inequalities within and across countries that show that persons with disabilities are more likely to experience deprivations and multidimensional poverty. Conclusion : The DS-E Database provides statistics on the disparities people with disabilities experience, which can be used to support advocacy for disability-inclusive policy and practice. It provides statistics on outcomes such as education, health, employment. Outcomes can be matched with environmental, service delivery and other datasets to provide insights into, for example, where people with disabilities are left behind and where services are needed
The benefits of an enabling managerial control style in a teleworking situation ::a latent profile analysis
No full textThe Coronavirus pandemic forced a significant number of organizations worldwide to introduce teleworking. In this context of physical distance, the first objective of this article was to present the different attitudes toward control used by managers in teleworking situations, as well as the impact these have on employees' occupational health, job performance and organizational commitment. We also investigated whether these managers’ attitudes toward control depend on the intensity of their employees' teleworking. Thanks to a survey of 2,522 employees carried out in a branch of the French Social Security administration between November 2021 and February 2022, we developed a Latent Profile Analysis method. Our results highlight four managerial control styles with different consequences on occupational health, job performance and organizational commitment, depending on the balance between task control, managerial trust and empowering leadership. They also suggest that telework does not affect the managerial relationship as fundamentally as it might seem from the work of many researchers studying this practice
