11 research outputs found
Les modalités de captation d’attention dans l’art immersif à l’ère de l’anthropocène
No full textNotre attention, ciblée par la société hyperindustrielle (Bernard Stiegler) est l’objet d’une économie (Yves Citton), et ses modalités de capture prennent la forme de stratégies anéantissant « (…) les processus d’individuation psychique et collective qui caractérisent la vie de l’esprit. » (B. Stiegler). Nous observerons comment les artistes actuels, par leurs dispositifs immersifs, captent notre attention sur ces phénomènes disruptifs et ces stratégies de désindividuation de l’humain. Avec Tino Sehgal, la captation devient un mode de création prompt à remplir l’espace du Palais de Tokyo de poésie visuelle, sonore, et de récits imaginaires. Le spectacteur devient l’un des rouages d’une immense « machinerie » performative, entraîné par des acteurs performers à vivre différentes expériences immersives gratifiantes, teintées de relations interhumaines. Pour Maurizio Cattelan le détournement d’attention est employé comme un procédé de captation qui retarde la perception pour, in fine, nous sidérer, et dénoncer des politiques génocidaires. Piéger le spectateur au coeur même d’un white cube scénarisé, tout en choquant sa conscience, revient à l’alerter sur les dangers de la désindividuation produite par « un monde sans ombre, illuminé 24/7, amputé de l’altérité (…). » (Jonathan Crary). Enfin, à l’ère de l’anthropocène, de la disruption sociétale et de la dénoétisation planifiée par l’industrie culturelle, une alternative humaniste en marge des marchés spéculatifs internationaux, celle de la société des Nouveaux commanditaires, réhabilite l’individu psychique. Le spectateur-citoyen y est instauré en coauteur d’une oeuvre fondée sur « la confiance pour s’entendre et non plus par un acte d’autorité. » (François Hers).Our attention, targeted by the hyperindustrial society (Bernard Stiegler) is the object of an economy (Yves Citton), and its modalities of capture take the form of strategies annihilating « (…) the processes of psychic and collective individuation that characterize the life of the mind. » (B. Stiegler). We will observe how contemporary artists, through their immersive art devices, capture our attention on these disruptive phenomena and strategies of de-individuation of the human being. In Tino Sehgal’s work, the capture of attention becomes a mode of creation that is quick to fill the space of the Palais de Tokyo with visual poetry, sound, and imaginary narratives. The spectator becomes a cog of an immense performative « machinery », driven by actors-performers to live different gratifying immersive experiences, tinged with inter-human relationships. For Maurizio Cattelan, the diversion of attention is used as a process to delay perception in order to, in the end, astound us and denounce genocidal policies. Trapping the spectator in the heart of a scripted white cube, while shocking consciences, in tantamount to alerting them to the dangers of the de-individuation produced by « a shadowless world, illuminated 24/7, devoid of otherness (…). » (Jonathan Crary). Finally, in the era of the Anthropocene, the societal disruption and the de-notisation planned by the cultural industry, a humanist alternative on the fringes of international speculative markets rehabilitates the psychic individual: the one of The New sponsors society. The spectator is established as a co-author of a piece based on « trust to get along and no longer by an act of authority. » (François Hers)
Resources of the Algerian Administrative System in the Prevention of Tax Offenses and Crimes
No full textАбасси Абдеррауф, аспирант, кафедра таможенного дела, Южно-Уральский государственный университет (г. Челябинск), [email protected]
Abassi Abderraouf
South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk, Russian FederationСтатья посвящена карательным и восстановительным мерам административного принуждения за нарушения налогового законодательства. Анализ системы этих мер строится с учетом их целей и оснований их применения, способа обеспечения ими правопорядка и содержания данных мер. Это позволило автору выявить недостатки как в правовом регулировании, так и в практике применения рассматриваемых мер административного принуждения за нарушения налогового законодательства, выработать и предложить в статье способы решения указанных проблем. Также автор поднимает проблемные вопросы взаимодействия налоговых и правоохранительных органов страны в борьбе с налоговыми преступлениями. The article is devoted to punitive and restorative administrative enforcement measures against violation of tax legislation. The analysis of the system based on these measures is conducted con-sidering the purposes and the grounds for their use, the way they ensure law and order and their content. This allowed the author to identify disadvantages both in the legal regulation and in the practice of applying the mentioned administrative enforcement measures against violation of tax legislation, as well as to elaborate and propose methods for solving these problems in the article. The author also raises issues of interaction between the tax and law enforcement agencies of the country in the fight against tax crimes
A review of vehicle to vehicle communication protocols for VANETs in the urban environment
No full textVehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs) have been gaining significant attention from the research community due to their increasing importance for building an intelligent transportation system. The characteristics of VANETs, such as high mobility, network partitioning, intermittent connectivity and obstacles in city environments, make routing a challenging task. Due to these characteristics of VANETs, the performance of a routing protocol is degraded. The position-based routing is considered to be the most significant approach in VANETs. In this paper, we present a brief review of most significant position based unicast routing protocols designed for vehicle to vehicle communications in the urban environment. We provide them with their working features for exchanging information between vehicular nodes. We describe their pros and cons. This study also provides a comparison of the vehicle to vehicle communication based routing protocols. The comparative study is based on some significant factors such as mobility, traffic density, forwarding techniques and method of junction selection mechanism, and strategy used to handle a local optimum situation. It also provides the simulation based study of existing dynamic junction selection routing protocols and a static junction selection routing protocol. It provides a profound insight into the routing techniques suggested in this area and the most valuable solutions to advance VANETs. More importantly, it can be used as a source of references to other researchers in finding literature that is relevant to routing in VANETs. © 2018 by the author
Maternidades subversivas
No full textTreball Final de Màster Universitari en Investigació Aplicada en Estudis Feministes, de Gènere i Ciutadania (Pla de 2016). Codi: SBQ023. Curs: 2018/2019.El fin de este trabajo es crear estrategias para maternar mejor, para cuidar de nosotros
mismos mejor y para cuidar unos de los otros mejor también.
Las personas que he entrevistado son de muy diferentes edades y procedencias,
pero tienen todas en común que todas cuestionan la realidad establecida y son capaces de generar realidades alternativas: Lamiae Abassi es una joven barcelonesa que
ha fundado una asociación que se llama Exmenas, dedicada a luchar por los derechos
de los menores extranjeros no acompañados. Delfina Ferrer es directora de la escuela
de educación autodirigida Quatre Camins en Castellón. Desirée Bela es autora del
libro Ser mujer negra en España. Rosario Hernández es activista feminista y escritora,
Elena del Cristo es también escritora y Rut Muñoz es especialista en medicina tradicional china y tiene una consulta en Barcelona.
Todas ellas nos invitan a salirnos del papel de la víctima y a empoderarnos como
mujeres y madres responsables y autónomas.I have interviewed six people with whom I was interested in reflecting on how we
understand motherhood and parenting in our society. The purpose of this work is to
create strategies for a better motherhood, to take better care of ourselves and to take
care of each other better as well. The people interviewed are very different, both ages
and backgrounds, but they have in common that they are all people who question
the established reality and are able to generate alternative realities: Lamiae Abassi
is a young woman from Barcelona who has founded an association called Exmenas,
dedicated to fight for the rights of unaccompanied foreign minors. Delfina Ferrer is
the director of the Quatre Camins self-directed education school in Castellón. Desirée
Bela is the author of the book Ser mujer negra en España (Being a Black Woman in
Spain). Rosario Hernández is a feminist activist and writer, Elena del Cristo is also a
writer and Rut Muñoz is a specialist in traditional chinese medicine. All of them invite
us to step out of the role of the victim and empower ourselves as responsible and
autonomous women and mothers
Inhibitory effect of aqueous extracts of Centaurea solstitialis subsp schouwii on seed germination and growth of Sulla coronaria
No full textBiodiversity has been confronted with anthropogenic and several natural threats such as biological invasions. The success of these invasions involves phytotoxic products released by invasive plants that can exhibit allelopathic effects on target species. Thus, aqueous extracts from different parts of the mediterranean yellow star-thistle (Centaurea solstitialis subsp schouwii), were tested for their allelopathic effect on seed germination and seedling growth of Sulla coronaria. Bioassays were conducted in vitro in order to test the effects of the aqueous extracts of shoot, basal and root parts of C. solstitialis subsp schouwii at two different concentrations (50 g L-1 and 10 g L-1). The concentrations of total polyphenols, flavonoids and tannins of the extracts were also evaluated. Our results showed inhibitory effects on germination and seedling growth of S. coronaria seedlings particularly with the basal part extract reaching 84%. This study confirms the linear relationships between allelopathic effects of C. solstitialis subsp schouwii and the polyphenols and flavonoids contents. However, further experiments are needed under field conditions in order to confirm the results obtained under laboratory conditions.The accepted manuscript in pdf format is listed with the files at the bottom of this page. The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the manuscript may differ slightly between what is listed on this page and what is listed in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript; that in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript is what was submitted by the author
Rponses adaptatives un asschement daphique chez trois provenances de Chne lige (Quercus suber L.)
No full textLes effets du changement climatique induisent dans la rgion mditerranenne la recrudescence d’vnements extrmes comme la scheresse accentuant la dgradation des cosystmes forestiers de Quercus suber L. Des jeunes plants de trois provenances tunisiennes de Quercus suber (EF, BM et OZ) ont t valus pour leur tolrance au manque d’eau en les soumettant durant 90 jours trois rgimes hydriques (S0 : irrigation 100 % de la capacit au champ (CC), S1 : 50 % CC et S2 : 25% CC). De nombreuses variables ont t mesures (croissance des tiges, surface foliaire, densit et dimension des trichomes et des stomates, changes gazeux et concentration en chlorophylles). Le dficit hydrique a occasionn une rduction des variables cophysiologiques et une augmentation de la densit des stomates et des trichomes. Une variabilit intraspcifique a t enregistre. Les plants EF et BM ont montr un indice de plasticit phnotypique suprieur celui des plants OZ. La meilleure flexibilit vis--vis du stress hydrique s’est traduite chez les plants EF par une augmentation de l’EUEi convertie en une croissance plus soutenue des tiges. Dans un contexte global de rchauffement climatique et de fragilit des forts mditerranennes, la russite des nouveaux boisements de Quercus suber exige le choix de provenances les plus adaptes la faible disponibilit en eau l’instar de la provenance EF.
The effects of climate change induce the increase of extreme events such as drought in the Mediterranean region, accentuating the degradation of forest ecosystems of Quercus suber L. Seedlings of Quercus suber (EF, BM and OZ) from three Tunisian provenances were evaluated for their tolerance to water shortage by subjecting them for 90 to three water regimes (S0: irrigation at 100% of the field capacity (FC), S1: 50% FC and S2: 25% FC) for 90 days. Several variables were measured (stem growth, leaf area, trichome and stomatal density and size, gas exchange and chlorophyll concentration). The moisture deficit caused a decrease in ecophysiological variables and an increase in stomata and trichomes density. Intraspecific variability was recorded. EF and BM plants showed a higher phenotypic plasticity index than OZ plants. The better flexibility towards hydric stress was reflected in the EF plants by an increase of the WUEint converted into a more sustained stem growth. In the overall context of global warming and of Mediterranean forests fragility, the success of new afforestation of Quercus suber requires the selection of the best adapted provenances to low water availability, such as the EF provenanceThe presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the pdf file of the accepted manuscript may differ slightly from what is displayed on the item page. The information in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript reflects the original submission by the author
Comparison of fructan dynamics in two wheat cultivars with different capacities of accumulation and remobilization under drought stress
No full textRemobilization of stored carbohydrates in the stem of wheat plants is an important contributor to grain filling under drought stress (DS) conditions. A massive screening on Iranian wheat cultivars was performed based on stem dry weight changes under well-watered and DS conditions. Two cultivars, Shole and Crossed Falat Hamun (CFH), with different fructan accumulation and remobilization behavior were selected for further studies. Water-soluble carbohydrates (WSCs) and fructan metabolizing enzymes were studied both in the stem penultimate and in sucrose (Suc) treated, excised leaves. Under drought, CFH produced higher grain yields than Shole (412 vs 220 g m(-2)). Also, grain yield loss under drought was more limited in CFH than in Shole (17 vs 54%). Under drought, CFH accumulated more graminan-type fructo-oligosaccharides than Shole. After anthesis, fructan 6-exohydrolase (6-FEH; EC 3.2.1.154) activities increased more prominently than fructan 1-exohydrolase (EC 3.2.1.153) activities during carbon remobilization. Interestingly, CFH showed higher 6-FEH activities in the penultimate than Shole. The field experiment results suggest that the combined higher remobilization efficiency and high 6-FEH activities in stems of wheat could contribute to grain yield under terminal drought. Similar to the penultimate, fructan metabolism differed strongly in Suc-treated detached leaves of selected cultivars. This suggests that variation in the stem fructan among wheat cultivars grown in the field could be traced by leaf blade induction experiments.sponsorship: The first author thank the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran for financial support of his travel. W. V. is funded by grants from the Fund of Scientific Research, Flanders. (Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran, Fund of Scientific Research, Flanders)status: Publishe
Buddhist-Derived Loving-Kindness and Compassion Meditation for the Treatment of Psychopathology: a Systematic Review
No full textAlthough clinical interest has predominantly focused on mindfulness meditation, interest into the clinical utility of Buddhist-derived loving-kindness meditation (LKM) and compassion meditation (CM) is also growing. This paper follows the PRISMA (preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analysis) guidelines and provides an evaluative systematic review of LKM and CM intervention studies. Five electronic academic databases were systematically searched to identify all intervention studies assessing changes in the symptom severity of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (text revision fourth edition) Axis I disorders in clinical samples and/or known concomitants thereof in sub-clinical/healthy samples. The comprehensive database search yielded 342 papers and 20 studies (comprising a total of 1,312 participants) were eligible for inclusion. The Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies was then used to assess study quality. Participants demonstrated significant improvements across five psychopathology-relevant outcome domains: (i) positive and negative affect, (ii) psychological distress, (iii) positive thinking, (iv) interpersonal relations, and (v) empathic accuracy. It is concluded that LKM and CM interventions may have utility for treating a variety of psychopathologies. However, to overcome obstacles to clinical integration, a lessons-learned approach is recommended whereby issues encountered during the (ongoing) operationalization of mindfulness interventions are duly considered. In particular, there is a need to establish accurate working definitions for LKM and CM
Military Regimes, Political Power and Human Rights Violations in Postcolonial Algeria
No full textFollowing Algeria’s bloody war of independence, a new, revolutionary military establishment gradually formed out of several largely independent revolutionary units, stationed mostly on Algeria’s borders. It soon expanded with the addition of revolutionary fighters from within Algeria, and from French-trained forces, many of whom had fought against the revolutionary forces during the Revolution, and had deserted late in the war from the French military to join the new Algerian military. A particularly powerful group of officers emerged from the latter group, the “French Officers,” who apparently engaged in a long-term and ultimately successful bid for national political power.
This thesis, which is concerned with the politics behind the massive human rights violations in Algeria, particularly the periods immediately after Independence, and between 1991 and 2002, the “Algerian Civil War,” seeks to explore a central question: why did the Algerian military turn against its own people? While not denying the role of other groups (e.g., religious groups, ethnic groups) in the violence, the central focus of this thesis is on the distinctive and effective structure and role of the military, which was apparently the dominant political power in Algeria after Independence, and particularly on the role of the French Officers, who appear to have manipulated the presidency through coups d’état and assassinations, in their struggle to achieve political hegemony in Algeria by the 1990s. Central to this was the role played after Independence by Houari Boumédiène in establishing political and military organisations that were particularly susceptible to the growing influence of the French Officers.
Central topical foci of the thesis include examinations of the possible effects (on the central question, listed above) of: professionalization of the military; civil-military relations; historical influences; ethnic and religious influences; political parties and party formation; corruption and economic opportunism; international relations and continuing French influence; and the unique role of the French Officers in the national politics of Algeria.
Methodologies used in this study included the analysis of elite (non-random) interviews, based upon a questionnaire approved by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Research Ethics Committee, which the author conducted in Europe and via “Skype” with nearly two dozen prominent Algerian expatriates, for the most part in exile, including former civilian leaders and military officers. Historical analysis was also a central part of the methodology, as well as discourse analysis applied to significant memoirs and newspaper accounts.
The thesis concludes that the immediate self-interests of the French Officers had a determinate effect on politics in Algeria, and particularly on the way in which the military turned against its own people after 1991. The continuing support that the French Officers apparently received from France, while not unexpected, is surprising in its extent and continuity, particularly after acts of terrorism thought to be linked to the Algerian government occurred in France. An unexpected finding of this research is the significance of corruption and economic opportunism in the Algerian military regime’s long-term strategy
Effect of Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibody Treatment on Early Trajectories of Virologic and Immunologic Biomarkers in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19
No full textBackground. Neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (nmAbs) failed to show clear benefit for hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Dynamics of virologic and immunologic biomarkers remain poorly understood. Methods. Participants enrolled in the Therapeutics for Inpatients with COVID-19 trials were randomized to nmAb versus placebo. Longitudinal differences between treatment and placebo groups in levels of plasma nucleocapsid antigen (N-Ag), anti-nucleocapsid antibody, C-reactive protein, interleukin-6, and D-dimer at enrollment, day 1, 3, and 5 were estimated using linear mixed models. A 7-point pulmonary ordinal scale assessed at day 5 was compared using proportional odds models. Results. Analysis included 2149 participants enrolled between August 2020 and September 2021. Treatment resulted in 20% lower levels of plasma N-Ag compared with placebo (95% confidence interval, 12%–27%; P < .001), and a steeper rate of decline through the first 5 days (P < .001). The treatment difference did not vary between subgroups, and no difference was observed in trajectories of other biomarkers or the day 5 pulmonary ordinal scale. Conclusions. Our study suggests that nmAb has an antiviral effect assessed by plasma N-Ag among hospitalized patients with COVID-19, with no blunting of the endogenous anti-nucleocapsid antibody response. No effect on systemic inflammation or day 5 clinical status was observed. © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America
