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Accueil de M. El Mahfoud Asmhri (Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe, Rabat, Maroc)
No full textLe Centre Camille Jullian (CCJ, UMR 7299) a le plaisir d’accueillir du 27 novembre au 11 décembre 2023 : M. El Mahfoud Asmhri, directeur de recherche à l'Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe à Rabat (Maroc). Durant son séjour, M. El Mahfoud Asmhri effectuera des recherches bibliographiques dans ses domaines d’intérêts, à savoir l’art rupestre de la période libyco-berbère et rencontrera les différents chercheurs spécialistes de l'histoire et l'archéologie du Maghreb antique. La mobili..
Crash dieting: The effects of eating and drinking on driving performance
No full textPrevious research suggests that compared to mobile phone use, eating and drinking while driving is more common and is seen as lower risk by drivers. Nevertheless, snacking at the wheel can affect vehicle control to a similar extent as using a hands-free phone, and is actually a causal factor in more crashes. So far, though, there has not been a controlled empirical study of this problem. In an effort to fill this gap in the literature, we used the Brunel University Driving Simulator to test participants on a typical urban scenario. At designated points on the drive, which coincided with instructions to eat or drink, a critical incident was simulated by programming a pedestrian to walk in front of the car. Whilst the driving performance variables measured were relatively unaffected by eating and drinking, perceived driver workload was significantly higher and there were more crashes in the critical incident when compared to driving normally. Despite some methodological limitations of the study, when taken together with previous research, the evidence suggests that the physical demands of eating and drinking while driving can increase the risk of a crash
Catheter-based renal denervation: treating hypertension or beyond?
No full textAbstract not availableFelix Mahfoud, Dominik Linz, Böhm, Michae
Driven to distraction: the effects of roadside advertising on driver attention
No full textThere is growing concern that roadside advertising presents a real risk to driving safety, with conservative estimates putting external distractors responsible for up to 10% of all accidents. In this paper, we present a simulator study quantifying the effects of billboards on driver attention, mental workload and performance in Urban, Motorway and Rural environments. The results demonstrate that roadside advertising has a clear detrimental effect on lateral control, increases mental workload, and on some roads can draw attention away from more relevant road signage. Detailed analysis of the data suggests that the effects of billboards may in fact be more consequential in scenarios which are monotonous or of lower workload. Nevertheless, the overriding conclusion is that prudence should be exercised when authorising or placing roadside advertising. The findings are discussed with respect to governmental policy and guidelines
La culture face aux défis de la mondialisation. Référentiels et acteurs de la mondialisation culturelle
No full textLa mondialisation culturelle désigne l''intégration et la rationalisation des filières de production culturelle, du spectacle vivant à !'' audio-visuel, de l''information au divertissement, dans un contexte de déréglementation internationale et de mondialisation des marchés. La mondialisation du commerce, sous l''égide de l''O. M. C. est aujourd''hui contestée au nom du respect de la diversité culturelle et de la défense de la création. Ces contestations interrogent la possibilité de préserver les politiques publiques de la culture ainsi que la coopération multilatérale dans ce domaine.Galloul Mahfoud. La culture face aux défis de la mondialisation. Référentiels et acteurs de la mondialisation culturelle. In: Mélanges de l'École française de Rome. Italie et Méditerranée, tome 114, n°1. 2002. La culture dans les relations internationales. Actes des colloques «La diplomazia culturale e le nazioni» (Bologne, 30 novembre-2 décembre 2000) et «La culture dans le champ multilatéral» (Lyon, 10-12 mai 2001) organisés par l'École française de Rome, la Facoltà di scienze politiche dell'Università degli studi di Bologna, l'Institut d'études politiques de Lyon, l'Institut français de Florence et le Collège européen de coopération culturelle (Luxembourg) pp. 441-456
Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.
No full text"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement.
To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Dr. Glendon Swarthout
No full textHosted by Roger M. Busfield, MSU Assistant Professor of Speech and Theater, Meet the Author is designed to introduce a general audience to a contemporary author and their work through in-depth interviews. This episode features a conversation between Dr. Glendon Swarthout, prolific author and English professor at MSU, and assistant professors Sam S. Baskett and Theodore B. Strandness
Simulation of thermal plant optimization and hydraulic aspects of thermal distribution loops for large campuses
No full textFollowing an introduction, the author describes Texas A&M University and its utilities system. After that, the author presents how to construct simulation models for chilled water and heating hot water distribution systems. The simulation model was used in a $2.3 million Ross Street chilled water pipe replacement project at Texas A&M University. A second project conducted at the University of Texas at San Antonio was used as an example to demonstrate how to identify and design an optimal distribution system by using a simulation model. The author found that the minor losses of these closed loop thermal distribution systems are significantly higher than potable water distribution systems. In the second part of the report, the author presents the latest development of software called the Plant Optimization Program, which can simulate cogeneration plant operation, estimate its operation cost and provide optimized operation suggestions. The author also developed detailed simulation models for a gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator and identified significant potential savings. Finally, the author also used a steam turbine as an example to present a multi-regression method on constructing simulation models by using basic statistics and optimization algorithms. This report presents a survey of the author??s working experience at the Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) at Texas A&M University during the period of January 2002 through March 2004. The purpose of the above work was to allow the author to become familiar with the practice of engineering. The result is that the author knows how to complete a project from start to finish and understands how both technical and nontechnical aspects of a project need to be considered in order to ensure a quality deliverable and bring a project to successful completion. This report concludes that the objectives of the internship were successfully accomplished and that the requirements for the degree of Degree of Engineering have been satisfied
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