358 research outputs found
Author's gift inscription, in The heather on fire; a tale of the Highland clearances
No full textThis edition includes an author's gift inscription, "To Mrs John Dillon with sincere esteem Mathilde Blind".Blind, Mathilde, 1841-189
Gender and pedagogics - Mathilde Vaerting, professor of educational science (Jena, 1923-1933)
No full textDer Aufsatz skizziert Leben und Karriere von Mathilde Vaerting (1884-1977), der ersten Professorin für Erziehungswissenschaft in Deutschland, Jena 1923-1933. Ihr Hauptwerk „Neubegründung der Psychologie von Mann und Weib", 1921ff., wird unter Aspekten der Forschungslogik analysiert und auf Konsequenzen für die Erziehungswissenschaft befragt. Ihre Forderung nach Gleichberechtigung und Abwehr jeglicher Herrschaft werden vor dem Hintergrund heutiger feministischer Forderungen diskutiert. Im Anschluß an die Betrachtung der zeitgenössischen Rezeption Mathilde Vaertings wird die Frage aufgeworfen, inwieweit ihr Leben und ihre Karriere die Stellung der Frau in der Wissenschaft während der zwanziger Jahre (und auch später?) spiegeln. (DIPF/Orig.)The author outlines the biography and career of Mathilde Vaerting (1884-1977), the first woman to hold a chair in educational science in Germany. Her major work - Neubegründung der Psychologie von Mannund Weib (1921 fol.) - is analyzed from a methodological point of view and with respect to its implications for educational research. Vaerting\u27s demands for equal rights for women and her rejection of any kind of domination are discussed within the framework of present feminist positions. After having studied how contemporaries reacted to Mathilde Vaerting\u27s writings, the author raises the question of whether Vaerting\u27s life and career reflect the Status of women in science during the 1920s (and later on?). (DIPF/Orig.
Effi Briest, Mathilde Möhring. The Development of Theodor Fontane's Female Characters on the Background of Women Emancipation.
No full textTheodore Fontane is best known as the author of numerous women's novels, which he wrote in the last ten years of his life. This diploma thesis deals with the topic of women's emancipation on the basis of textual analysis of two latter novels by Theodore Fontane - Effi Briest and Mathilde Möhring. In the first part, it characterizes the topic of the period women's emancipation and puts the author's biography into context. In the second part, it creates the picture of position of the main women characters. The last part describes the personal development of the women characters, on the basis of which I determine how much the women's emancipation reflects in the author's work and what is his attitude towards it. This thesis deals with the interpretation of the author's intent to illustrate the creation of an advanced character like Mathilde Möhring. Key words: Theodore Fontane, women's emancipation, Effi Briest, Mathilde Möhring, development of women's characters, women's novels, interpretation, author's intent, counterpoin
Bibliothèques et bibliothécaires d’outre-mer
No full textTrois élèves conservateurs à l’Enssib – Mathilde Vergnaud, Pauline Darleguy et Loïc Ducasse – ont eu l’excellente idée de porter les projecteurs sur les bibliothèques d’outre-mer, si mal connues des métropolitains. Des efforts considérables doivent être entrepris pour que la République mérite d’épeler sa devise sur tout le territoire
Neisseria meningitidis ˸ from nasopharyngeal colonization to metabolic adaptations during invasive infections
No full textNeisseria meningitidis ou méningocoque est une bactérie Gram négatif spécifique de l'Homme qui réside habituellement au niveau de la muqueuse rhinopharyngée sans affecter l'hôte. Chez une faible proportion de sujets colonisés, N. meningitidis traverse l'épithélium rhinopharyngé et dissémine de sa niche à la circulation sanguine. Une fois dans le sang, le méningocoque est capable de survivre, de proliférer, et d'atteindre des sites secondaires d'infection tels que les méninges ou la peau, pouvant déclencher une méningite ou une forme sévère de lésions nécrotiques de la peau appelée purpura fulminans. Dans la première partie de ce travail de thèse, nous avons étudié comment le méningocoque colonise son unique réservoir naturel en utilisant un modèle cellulaire en interface air-liquide (IAL) in vitro reproduisant les conditions rencontrées dans le rhinopharynx humain. Nous avons montré que la colonisation de ce modèle en IAL par le méningocoque nécessite la présence de mucus (un gel hydraté composé par l'assemblage de mucines fortement glycosylées) produit par les cellules épithéliales Calu-3. De plus, N. meningitidis reste dans la couche de mucus et par conséquent, ne traverse pas la barrière épithéliale. À la différence d'une infection en interface liquide-liquide où le méningocoque est en contact direct avec l'épithélium, il ne déclenche pas une forte réaction inflammatoire en IAL et exprime très peu ses facteurs de virulence. Ainsi, ce travail fournit de nouvelles informations sur l'interaction du méningocoque avec le mucus qui est la première barrière rencontrée par les bactéries in vivo et il suggère que N. meningitidis se comporte comme un commensal lorsqu'il se trouve dans la muqueuse rhinopharyngée. Par ailleurs, N. meningitidis interagit fortement avec les cellules endothéliales humaines durant la phase sanguine de l'infection, provoquant à terme la dissémination bactérienne et la déclaration de maladies mortelles pour l'hôte. Une étude récente propose que l'endothélium qui tapisse la paroi des vaisseaux sanguins pourrait servir de niche nutritionnelle pour le méningocoque, en particulier pour des nutriments soufrés (1). Cette bactérie possède deux voies majeures d'assimilation de soufre : le système d'assimilation de sulfate/ thiosulfate qui implique le transporteur CysWTA et l'opéron cysGHDNIJ ainsi que le transporteur de cystine NMA0997-1000 (NMB0787-9). Ainsi dans la seconde partie de ce travail, nous nous sommes intéressés (i) au rôle des cellules endothéliales comme niche nutritionnelle fournissant des nutriments soufrés au méningocoque et (ii) à l'importance du système d'assimilation du sulfate/thiosulfate dans la virulence du méningocoque in vivo. D'une part, nous avons montré que dans un milieu ne contenant que du sulfate comme source de soufre, le mutant cysIJ incapable de le métaboliser se multiplie uniquement lorsqu'il interagit avec les cellules endothéliales hCMEC/D3. Cela montre que N. meningitidis capte une source de soufre autre que le sulfate pendant la colonisation des cellules de l'hôte. Grâce à l'étude de plusieurs mutants, nous avons identifié le thiosulfate comme l'une des sources de soufre utilisée par le méningocoque pour proliférer durant l'infection des cellules endothéliales. D'autre part, nous avons montré que le mutant cysIJ présente un défaut de survie dans le sang de souris in vivo, suggérant que le système d'assimilation du sulfate/thiosulfate est essentiel durant la phase sanguine de l'infection. Nos résultats suggèrent que cette diminution de virulence du mutant cysIJ pourrait être due à un défaut dans la biosynthèse de glutathion qui résulte en une résistance plus faible au stress oxydant rencontré dans la circulation sanguine. Ainsi, cette étude démontre un rôle de l'endothélium humain durant les méningococcémies inconnu jusqu'alors et souligne l'importance du métabolisme du soufre dans la virulence bactérienne. (1) Capel et al., Virulence (2017).Neisseria meningitidis, also known as meningococcus, is an obligate human Gram-negative bacterium that usually lives on the nasopharyngeal mucosa without affecting the host. In a small proportion of colonized subjects, N. meningitidis disseminates from the nasopharynx to the bloodstream by crossing the nasal epithelium. Once in the blood, N. meningitidis is able to survive and disseminate to secondary infection sites, as meninges or skin, that can cause meningitis and a severe form of skin necrotic lesions named purpura fulminans. In the first part of this thesis, we focused on how the meningococcus colonizes its sole natural reservoir which is the human nasopharynx by using an in vitro air-liquid interface model mimicking conditions encountered in vivo. We showed that meningococci require mucus (a hydrated gel formed by the assembly of highly glycosylated mucins) produced by Calu-3 epithelial cells to colonize the air-liquid interface model. Bacteria are restricted to the mucus layer and consequently do not cross actively the epithelial barrier. Moreover, we observed that meningococci do not trigger strong inflammation when infecting Calu-3 epithelial cells and that major virulence factors are poorly expressed in this model. Finally, we showed that colonization of this model by N. meningitidis is facilitated in presence of another bacterial species, Streptococcus mitis. Thus, our work provides an overview of how meningococci interact with the mucus layer, the first barrier encountered in vivo and suggests a commensal-like behavior of N. meningitidis. Furthermore, N. meningitidis interacts closely with endothelial cells during bloodstream infections, leading to bacterial proliferation and dissemination into the host. A recent study proposed that endothelial cells lining the blood vessels represents a nutritional niche for N. meningitidis, particularly for sulfur-based nutrients (1). N. meningitidis possesses two major pathways for sulfur uptake: the sulfate and thiosulfate uptake system that involved the CysWTA transporter and the cysGHDNIJ genes or the L-cystine transporter NMA0997-1000 (NMB0787-9). In the second part of this thesis, we studied the role of (i) the endothelial cells as a nutritional niche providing sulfur-based nutrients to N. meningitidis and (ii) the sulfate/thiosulfate uptake system as a meningococcal virulence determinant in vivo. On the one hand, we showed that the mutant cysIJ unable to metabolize sulfate grows in absence of other sulfur sources only when interacting with endothelial cells hCMEC/D3, indicating that N. meningitidis is able to capture sulfur metabolites during host cell colonization. Furthermore, we demonstrated that thiosulfate is one of the sulfur sources exploited by the meningococcus during endothelial cells infection. On the other hand, we showed that the mutant cysIJ is growth defective in the blood of mice in vivo, indicating that the sulfate/thiosulfate uptake system is essential during bloodstream infections. Our work suggests that it may be due to defect in glutathione biosynthesis that is responsible for an increased sensitivity to oxidative stress encountered in the bloodstream. Thus, our study provides new insights into the role of the human endothelium during meningococcemia by providing thiosulfate to bacteria and highlight the importance of sulfur metabolism for bacterial virulence. (1) Capel et al., Virulence (2017)
Effi Briest, Mathilde Möhring. Vývoj postavy žen na pozadí dobové emancipace ve stejnojmenných románech Theodora Fontana.
No full textTheodore Fontane is best known as the author of numerous women's novels, which he wrote in the last ten years of his life. This diploma thesis deals with the topic of women's emancipation on the basis of textual analysis of two latter novels by Theodore Fontane - Effi Briest and Mathilde Möhring. In the first part, it characterizes the topic of the period women's emancipation and puts the author's biography into context. In the second part, it creates the picture of position of the main women characters. The last part describes the personal development of the women characters, on the basis of which I determine how much the women's emancipation reflects in the author's work and what is his attitude towards it. This thesis deals with the interpretation of the author's intent to illustrate the creation of an advanced character like Mathilde Möhring. Key words: Theodore Fontane, women's emancipation, Effi Briest, Mathilde Möhring, development of women's characters, women's novels, interpretation, author's intent, counterpointTheodor Fontane je známý především jako autor četných ženských románů, které psal ve svém pokročilém věku. Tato práce zpracovává na základě analýzy textu téma ženské emancipace v jeho dvou pozdějších románech - Manželství Effi Briestové a Mathilda Möhringová. V první části charakterizuje téma dobové ženské emancipace a zasazuje autorovu biografii do kontextu. V druhé části utváří obraz pozice hlavních románových hrdinek. V poslední části je shrnut osobní vývoj ženských postav, na jejímž základě má být zodpovězena otázka, nakolik se ženská emancipace odráží v autorově díle a jaký je jeho postoj k ní. Práce se zároveň zabývá intepretací autorova záměru, který vytvořil postavu pokročilé Mathildy Möhringové, čímž dosáhl kontrapunktu k tomu, co doposud psal. Klíčová slova: Theodor Fontane, ženská emancipace, Effi Briest, Mathilde Möhring, vývoj ženských postav, interpretace, ženské romány, záměr autora, kontrapunktInstitute of Germanic StudiesÚstav germánských studiíFilozofická fakultaFaculty of Art
Tunisian Politics in France: Long-Distance Activism since the 1980s
No full textInternational audienceWhat does it mean to oppose or support an authoritarian regime from afar? During the years of Ben Ali's dictatorship in Tunisia between 1987 and 2011, diaspora activism played a key role in the developments of post-independence Tunisian politics. Centring this study on long-distance activism in France, where the majority of leftist and Islamist exile groups took refuge, Mathilde Zederman explores how this activism helps to shed new light on Tunisia's political history. Tunisian Politics in France closely explores the interactions and conflicts between different constellations of pro-regime and oppositional actors in France, examining the dynamics of what the author persuasively describes as a 'trans-state space of mobilisation'. In doing so, Zederman draws attention to the constraints and possibilities of long-distance activism. Utilising material gathered from extensive fieldwork in France and Tunisia, this study considers how the evolution of diaspora activism both challenges and reinforces the boundaries of Tunisian politics
Book review: Photography of protest and community: the radical collectives of the 1970s by Noni Stacey
No full textIn Photography of Protest and Community: The Radical Collectives of the 1970s, Noni Stacey shows how a 1970s network of London-based photography collectives raised fundamental questions about the politics of photography, the role and responsibilities of photographers in relation to local communities and the uses of photography in the context of social activism. This book is a welcome addition to the expanding field of research on the photography of protest, writes Mathilde Bertrand, contributing to the ongoing documentation of this strong current in British photographic history. If you are interested in this book review, you can read an LSE RB interview with author Dr Noni Stacey. The archive of the Exit Photography Group is held at LSE Library; readers can find out more about the archive and the catalogue. Photography of Protest and Community: The Radical Collectives of the 1970s. Noni Stacey. Lund Humphries. 2020
Piano music of Mathilde Kralik von Meyrswalden (1857-1944)
No full textThesis (D.M.A.)--Boston University
PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at [email protected]. Thank you.This dissertation examines the life and music of Mathilde Kralik von Meyrswalden (1857-1944), with a focus on her piano solo works. This project is intended to bring new light to the forgotten late-romantic Austrian composer. As a pupil of Anton Bruckner, and as a colleague of Gustav Mahler, Kralik's style belongs to the late Romantic period in Vienna. Her musical aesthetics are similar to the styles of Schubert, Liszt, Schumann, Wolf, Mahler, and StraufS; however she had her
own unique voice from the beginning of her musical career. Though she was an active composer, performer, and musical figure of her time and was recognized and respected by the Viennese society, her life and work remain greatly understudied.
Chapter 1 presents a detailed biographical background of Mathilde Kralik von Meyrswalden. Chapter 2 provides a complete list of work by Mathilde Kralik. Chapter 3 depicts the political background of her time, and then discusses the situation of women as artists in Vienna between 1850 and 19 50. Chapter 4 focuses on two people in her closest circle: her elder brother, Richard Kralik, who was a renowned writer and cultural commentator; and her friend, Alice Scarlates, who was a lecturer for Roman language at the University of Vienna and lived with Kralik in the same house in Wiener Cottage-Viertel for over 30 years. Chapter 5 analyzes her 5 Klavierstiicke- Festmarsh, Triiumerei, Liedchen, Intermezzo, and Gavotte. Chapter 6 continues the analysis with her other major piano solo work: Priiludium, Passacaglia, und Fugato. Lastly, Chapter 7 discusses the public and critical reception of her music, both during her time and in the modern era.
The purpose of this project is first, to discover new sounds from a past style; second, to give credit to a serious, prolific, and independent female composer, who bravely chose a career with special challenges in her time and her surroundings; third, to encourage further research and performances of Kralik's works
" Critique d'art au féminin au 19e siècle : Mathilde Stevens "
No full textInternational audienceMathilde Stevens started being really famous with Les Impressions d'une femme au Salon de 1859, which was first published as a serial. She wrote about the paintings in Le Salon and about painting generally. The artistic world was well-known to her: her husband was Arthur Stevens, the famous Belgian art critic and art dealer. Although she is now mostly forgotten, she was one of the most highly regarded women in Paris of the 1880s. She inspired Guy de Maupassant when he created Madame Forestier in Bel-Ami. Talking about her life is to discover who shaped her ideas about painting. Her taste for Romantic landscapes comes from her husband's love for the Barbizon School. Charles Baudelaire and his Salon de 1846 also inspired her: she took up his comparison between Painting and Musical harmony as well as the importance of memory. In spite of these men's influences, Les Impressions d'une femme au salon de 1859 is definitely a female text. Often, the author reminds the reader of her sexual identity, her thoughts are typically feminine: shallow and lightweight. In fact, Mathilde Stevens seems to caricature stereotypical female behaviour. Is it a strategy? In fact, she doesn't compete with male critics: she can write and think more freely.Cette femme de lettres, aujourd'hui tombée dans l'oubli, fut une des figures des plus en vue de la société parisienne des années 1880. Elle inspira à Guy de Maupassant le personnage de Mme Forestier dans Bel-Ami. Si cette figure atypique mérite que l'on s'attarde sur son existence, c'est pour découvrir qui a influencé sa conception de la Peinture. Elle a ainsi emprunté à son mari, marchand des artistes de l'école de Barbizon, son goût pour les paysages romantiques. On retrouve également certaines idées développées par Charles Baudelaire dans son Salon de 1846. Mathilde Stevens reprend son analogie entre peinture et harmonie musicale ainsi que le rôle important joué par la mémoire dans l'appréciation d'une œuvre. À bien y regarder, Mathilde Stevens semble avoir caricaturé le comportement féminin. Est-ce une stratégie de sa part ? Si son appartenance au " beau sexe " la marginalise et la discrédite quelque peu auprès de ses confrères masculins, elle lui offre paradoxalement un vaste champ de liberté. Étant une critique " hors norme ", elle n'a, de ce fait, aucun modèle, aucun discours à reproduire pour être entendue du grand public
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