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Appendices : survey of Libanius’ works and of available translations
No full textAppendix A: Hypotheses
Appendix B: Progymnasmata
Appendix C: Declamations
Appendix D: Orations
Appendix E: Letter
How to be a woman. Models of masochism and sacrifice in young adult fiction
No full textBuffy, Bella, Veronica, Katniss, Clary, Tris and Saba : For two decades post-feminist heroines have faced life-threatening trials as part of their progress to womanhood. In this chapter I consider how young adult popular fictions operate as forms of pedagogy for young women by offering them particular models of maturity and womanhood. I explore the recurrence and reformulation of a persistent pattern of behaviour in which heroines engage in risky and/or masochistic behaviours for which they are emotionally rewarded.. These recurrences function as a form of vicarious experiential learning in which readers and viewers learn that emotional gratification and adult status are conferred through self-harm and self-sacrifice. Popular culture is not a monolithic form and young adult fictions are no exception. An analysis of fictional examples of this behaviour pattern challenges the idea that heroines today are empowered agents as a result of the legacy of feminism. At the same time, the analysis belies any notion that fictions are universally hegemonic and oppressive – fictions can and do disrupt and interrogate this pattern of emotional masochism. Scholars of public pedagogy have explored the complexities, contradictions and subtleties of the pedagogical process. Sandlin O’Malley and Burdick (2011) in their review of public pedagogy literature acknowledge that some scholarship has demonstrated how “the teaching and learning inherent within daily life can be both oppressive and resistant” (p. 144). Jubas and Knutson (2012) also see public pedagogy as an arena where contradictions and tensions are in play. They argue that we can see “New examples of dialectic or tensions … between the authority of the producer and the consumer; between traditional structures which ground identities and help people make sense of cultural texts, and personal agency which frees people to choose and invent identities and meanings” (p. 86). This analysis aims to contribute to understandings of the complexities of public pedagogy by showing how fictions aimed primarily at young women both resist and accommodate patriarchy
Letter from Albertus C. Van Raalte to Lieve Kinderen (His Children)
No full textA letter of Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte to Lieve Kinderen, his children about the letters to the Dames, or the sisters of Rev. and Mrs. John Vleck in New Jersey to whom Van Raalte had sold some lots. The letter is puzzling and it is difficult for the reader just what the problems were that needed to be solved.https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1850s/1021/thumbnail.jp
Sensory overload in a shopping environment: Not every sensory modality leads to too much stimulation
No full textRetailers use atmospheric cues to trigger emotional reactions that enhance consumer behavior. However, introducing cues into a store environment may also trigger sensory overload, due to too much stimulation. This study aims to examine the effects of adding high arousal atmospheric cues in a store environment on affective reactions, approach behavior, and evaluations by making use of different methods (i.e., two lab experiments and one field experiment), by adding various types of atmospheric cues (i.e., cues processed in higher senses versus processed in lower senses), and by differentiating the order in which they are added. Results reveal that when a third high arousal cue is added sensory overload (i.e., rise in perceived arousal and decrease in perceived pleasantness) occurs under the condition that this third cue is processed by a higher sense (i.e. visual or auditory sense). Furthermore, a decrease in approach behavior and evaluations is also observed when these conditions are met. Mediation analyses indicate that this effect on evaluations is mediated by pleasure and approach behavior. The research presented extends previous findings by investigating possible predictors (i.e., number of cues as well as type of cues) of the momentum where sensory overload may take place.Douce, L (corresponding author), Hasselt Univ, Fac Business Econ, Dept Mkt & Strategy, Campus Diepenbeek,Agoralaan Bldg D, BE-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.
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Health systems, HIV/AIDS and the development agenda in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for ageing populations
No full textDisfunzione erettile con associata eiaculazione precoce di lieve entità: risultati preliminari di una terapia con sildenafil citrato.
No full textDisfunzione erettile con associata eiaculazione precoce di lieve entità: risultati preliminari di una terapia con sildenafil citrato
Plutarch's practical ethics: the social dynamics of philosophy
No full textThe Second Sophistic (c.AD 60-250) was a time of intense competition for honour and status. Like today, this often caused mental as well as physical stress for the elite of the Roman Empire. This book, which transcends the boundaries between literature, social history, and philosophy, studies Plutarch's practical ethics, a group of twenty-odd texts within the Moralia designed to help powerful Greeks and Romans manage their ambitions and society's expectations successfully. Lieve Van Hoof combines a systematic analysis of the general principles underlying Plutarch's practical ethics, including the author's target readership, therapeutical practices, and self-presentation, with five innovative case studies. A picture emerges of philosophy under the Roman Empire not as a set of abstract, theoretical doctrines, but as a kind of symbolic capital engendering power and prestige for author and reader alike
Clinical correlations of mutation in the SCN1A gene: from febrile seizures to severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy
No full textMutations in the alpha-subunit of the first neuronal sodium channel gene SCNIA have been described in isolated patients with severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy or Dravet syndrome and in families with generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus. To rind phenotype/genotype correlations, we reviewed all published cases of mutations in SCNIA in addition to four new patients reported here. A total of 60 mutations were observed. Approximately 52% (31/60) are truncating mutations correlating with de novo cases of classical Dravet syndrome in 32 of 34 (94%) patients. Missense mutations in the pore-forming part constitute 27% (16/60) and correspond to a classical type in 12 of 16 (75%) patients. Missense mutations in the voltage sensor were present in 12% (7/60) and correlate with a clinical picture ranging from febrile seizures plus to severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy. Outside these regions missense mutations are rare and account for only 10% (6/60), corresponding mostly with febrile seizures plus. These results illustrate that the clinical spectrum of SCN1A mutations ranges from febrile seizures, febrile seizures plus, over a milder type to the classical form of severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy, and confirm the clinical experience that severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy is the most severe form on this spectrum. (C) 2004 by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved
Signalling in voice over IP Networks
No full textVoice signalling protocols have evolved, keeping with the prevalent move from circuit to packet switched networks. Standardization bodies have provided solutions for carrying voice traffic over packet networks while the main manufacturers are already providing products in workgroup, enterprise, or operator portfolio. This trend will accrue in next years due to the evolution of UMTS mobile networks to an “all-IP” environment. In this paper we present the various architectures that are proposed for signalling in VoIP, mainly: H.323, SIP and MGCP. We also include a brief summary about signalling in classical telephone networks and, at the end, we give some ideas about the proposed “all-IP” architectures in UMTS 3G mobile networks.Publicad
Recension. "Sur les ailes du dragon" de Lieve Joris (2014) par L. Marfaing
No full textShopping mall / Yiwu (c) L. Marfaing Lieve Joris, Sur les ailes du dragon – voyages entre l’Afrique et la Chine, Actes Sud, 2014 par Laurence Marfaing, Senior research fellow, German Institute of Global and Area Studies Giga, Hambourg La lecture de Sur les Ailes du Dragon rappelle celle des anciens récits de voyage du 19e s. un mélange entre roman et documentation, un regard subjectif sur un contexte, un paysage que l’on découvre. Cet ouvrage rejoint aussi les écrits de certains anthropologu..
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