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PETIT PAYS DE GAEL FAYE : POÉTIQUE DU TRAGIQUE ET FLOTTABILITÉ IDENTITAIRE
No full textPetit pays permet à Gael Faye d’évoquer le génocide rwandais dont les tribulations alimentent encore la mémoire tragique de l’Afrique post-indépendante. À travers le regard d’un personnage enfant qui rompt rapidement avec le narratif idyllique propre au pays des merveilles, l’auteur présente un imaginaire romanesque spécifique. La nostalgie du pays natal, espace des origines, laisse progressivement place à l’impermanence identitaire. L’identité originelle devient évanescente sous le poids de l’exil. Les nouvelles étiquettes acquises quant à elles, restent insaisissables. La démarche sociocritique de Claude Duchet permettra alors d’explorer l’imaginaire social du roman de Gael Faye qui s’écroule sous le poids des violences ethno-politiques. Ainsi, la poétique du tragique permet à l’auteur de mettre en scène le bouleversement de l’ordre social ayant conduit inexorablement à la déconstruction de soi, et d’exprimer une identité inconstante.Petit pays allows Gael Faye to raise the Rwandan genocide, whose tribulations still feed the tragic memory of post-independent Africa. Through the eyes of a child character who becomes distinct from the idyllic narrative typical of Wonderland, the author presents a specific imaginary novel. Nostalgia for home, the place of origins, gradually gives way to the identity inconstancy. The original identity becomes evanescent due to exile. Newly acquired labels remain elusive. Claude Duchet's sociocritical method allows us to explore the social imaginary of Gael Faye's novel, which is crumbling under the impact of ethno-political violence. In this manner, the poetics of tragedy enable the author to stage the upheaval of the social order leading to stainless stell self dismaintly, and to express an uncertain identity. Article visualizations
''Evaluating disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis: Which composite index is best? A systematic literature analysis of studies comparing the psychometric properties of the DAS, DAS28, SDAI and CDAI''
No full textGaujoux-Viala, Cecile | Mouterde, Gael | Baillet, Athan | Claudepierre, Pascal | Fautrel, Bruno | Le Loet, Xavier | Maillefert, Jean-FrancisInternational audience''Objectives: To evaluate and compare four composite indices for assessing the activity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods: We conducted a systematic literature review by searching Medline via PubMed and Embase and Cochrane databases for articles published up to March 2009. We selected studies that directly compared at least two of the four composite indices. The DAS (Disease Activity Score), DAS28, Simplified Disease Activity Index (SDAI) and Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) were evaluated in terms of reproducibility, construct validity, discriminative performance, and sensitivity to change. Results: We included 61 articles. The only study that directly compared the intraobserver reproducibility of the DAS28, SDAI, and CDAI found comparable intraclass correlation coefficients ranging from 0.85 to 0.89. Concordance among indices was good (kappa values of similar to 0.7), except between the DAS28 and the other indices in definition of remission (kappa 0.48-0.63). The indices had good construct validity by their similar fair-to-good correlations with the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) score and structural damage. Discriminative performance was comparable and satisfactory for treatment changes or remission according to the American College of Rheumatology (ACR). Two studies evaluated the sensitivity to change of the SDAI and CDAI; both indices detected a difference between responders and non-responders according to ACR definitions. Conclusion: The DAS, DAS28, SDAI, and CDAI are valid tools for evaluating the activity of RA. The DAS28 is less conservative in defining remission than are the other three indices. Longitudinal studies of individual patients are needed to confirm these results. (C) 2011 Societe francaise de rhumatologie. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.'
Flexibility in the implementation of intellectual property rights in agricultural biotechnology
No full textDiffusion du document : INRA Université Pierre Mendès France, Laboratoire GAEL, BP 47, 38040 Grenoble Cedex 9 (FRA) 2007-13In this paper the author discusses the fact that economists define optimal IP rights as a continuum of options in three dimensions: height, breadth and length. At the operational level he sees the impossibility of multiplying rights indefinitely (due to prohibitive transaction costs), as well as the use of a limited number of IP tools which have led to the implementation of flexibilities. These flexibilities are designed to limit certain perverse effects of rights ill-adjusted to the characteristics of some economic sectors (agricultural biotechnologies, pharmacy, etc.). In this context, the author analyses how these flexibilities are implemented in TRIPS and TRIPS agreements and he studies the consequences for Developing Countries
Audiovisual Analysis of Music Performances: Overview of an Emerging Field
No full textIn the physical sciences and engineering domains, music has traditionally been considered an acoustic phenomenon. From a perceptual viewpoint, music is naturally associated with hearing, i.e., the audio modality. Moreover, for a long time, the majority of music recordings were distributed through audio-only media, such as vinyl records, cassettes, compact discs, and mp3 files. As a consequence, existing automated music analysis approaches predominantly focus on audio signals that represent information from the acoustic rendering of music.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Multimedia Computin
My Present Past : A Dramatic Monologue Based on the Life and Works of George Eliot
No full textThis script is the product of the author\u27s Fenwick Scholar proposal to research, write and perform a monologue based on the life and works of Victorian writer George Eliot
Aspects of testing non-nested linear regression models
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Monoclonal anti-nuclear autoantibodies from healthy mice
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Airborne Wind Energy Airfoils: Design of Pareto-optimal airfoils for rigid wing systems in the field of Airborne Wind Energy
No full textA new field of study has arisen within Wind Energy known as ‘Airborne Wind Energy’ (AWE). Although the concept of AWE has been around for a long time, there has been little development in this field until recently. This thesis adds to this development.The focus lies on airfoil design in order to improve existing AWE systems and accelerate the field’s growth. To this end the main objectives of this thesis are to identify the goals these airfoils have to meet and to optimise their design with these goals in mind.A literature study was used to identify the goals and a genetic algorithm was used for the optimisation process. The results from the final designs have been compared to existing airfoils with similar criteria and have been proven to perform better for the identified goals.Aerospace Engineering | Aerodynamics and Wind Energ
New Zealand breakfast cereals: are there sufficient low-sugar, low-sodium options?
No full textWe wish to respond to a letter by Gina Levy of Kellogg (Australia) Pty Ltd – Research and Technology, Australia entitled ‘The New Zealand breakfast cereal category is dynamic and responsive to consumer preferences’, published in Public Health Nutrition⁽¹⁾ in response to our published article ‘The nutritional quality of New Zealand breakfast cereals: an update’⁽²⁾. We thank the author for her interest in our publication and will respond to several of her comment
A qualitative study of the therapists experience counselling non-native English speaking clients in Dublin
No full textThis study looks at the individual therapist’s experience when counselling non native
English speaking clients in Dublin. The views of the participants were sought on the
barriers imposed by cultural differences in both verbal and non verbal communication
in the therapeutic relationship. Their opinion was sought on the necessity for specific
counselling competencies and training when working cross culturally. A qualitative
approach using semi-structured interviews was used to gather the information. Five
therapists from different counselling disciplines working in varied practice centres in
Dublin participated in the study. One of the main study findings is that the therapists
who have experience of training and/or counselling outside Ireland have a deeper
understanding of the subtle nuances of cultural differences than those therapists who
trained in a monocultural campus. A recommendation arising from the study is that
access to cultural mediators would be a valuable resource and support for therapists
working interculturally. Author keywords: Intercultural counselling, language difference, non-verbal communication, cultural awarenes
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