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Molecular beam studies of polyatomic multichannel nonadiabatic reaction dynamics of oxygen atoms
No full textIn this talk we will report on our recent investigations of the reaction dynamics of O(3P) with acetylene7, ethylene8, allene9, methylacetylene10 and propene11 using the CMB method
Kaddish for my Father, de Liba (Libby) Scheier et l'écho de la Kabbale : une méditation / traduction
No full textassise sur le toit, une femme médite sur la mort de son père // De tout là-haut, le monde lui apparaît tout petit, la mort toute large. Ce tyran-communiste de père pétri d’idéalisme pour le monde et pétri de colère pour elle, où est-il maintenant? Et ce ciel où son regard se perd, que lui annonce-t-il? Publié en 1999 chez ECW Press, Kaddish For My Father est le dernier recueil de poésie de Liba (Libby) Scheier, une écrivaine canadienne-anglaise aujourd’hui décédée. La traduction de cette œuvre est le projet qui anime cette étude.
Généralement récité à l’enterrement d’une personne, le Kaddish est une prière de la liturgie juive glorifiant le nom de Dieu. Sur la deuxième de couverture du recueil de Scheier, on peut lire que l’auteure s’est inspirée de la Kabbale, une tradition mystique juive dont les concepts, les notions et les symboles peuvent s’avérer complexes à saisir, difficiles à déceler dans un texte donné et, c’est l’hypothèse ici, malaisés à traduire.
Cette étude comporte deux volets. Dans un premier temps, un volet théorique vise à offrir une mise en contexte de l’œuvre et de la démarche littéraire de Libby Scheier. Partant de l’expérience de cette traduction, l’étude examine ensuite quelques voix théoriques (dont celles de Merleau-Ponty, Meschonnic, Berman et Folkart) m’ayant permis de déterminer ma position traductive, pour se conclure sur une description des défis de traduction spécifiquement liés à la Kabbale. La traduction que je soumets en annexe constitue le deuxième volet de ce projet.-----sitting on a roof, a woman meditates on the death of her father
From above, the world appears small to her, and death large. This bully-Communist father so full of idealism for the world, so full of anger at her, where is he now? And this sky filling her eyes, what does it portend? Published in 1999 by ECW Press, Kaddish For My Father is the last poetry collection written by the late Anglo-Canadian writer Liba (Libby) Scheier. The translation of this work is the project at the heart of this study.
Generally recited at the burial of a person, the Kaddish is a prayer from the Jewish liturgy glorifying the name of God. On the inside front cover of Kaddish for my father, one learns that the author was inspired by the Kabbalah, a Jewish mystical tradition presenting a complex array of notions, concepts and symbols that can be hard to grasp, difficult to identify within a text and, as the hypothesis stands here, challenging to translate.
There are two components to this study. Firstly, a theoretical component aims at presenting the context in which this work came to be and offers a perspective on Scheier’s literary approach. Springing from the experience of this translation, this study then examines the different theoretical voices (among them Merleau-Ponty, Meschonnic, Berman and Folkart) that helped me determine my position traductive (translation approach). I conclude with a description of the challenges, specific to the Kabbalah, that arose at the translation stage. The translation that I offer in the appendix constitutes the second component of this project
Association of Socioeconomic Factors and Physical Activity with Health-Related Quality of Life in Italian Middle School Children: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study
No full textHealth-related quality of life (HRQoL) provides a broad assessment of an individual's well-being and can serve as a good prognosticator of life's outcomes later for children and adolescents. Understanding the factors associated with HRQoL is crucial for promoting better health and life satisfaction. This study investigated the cross-sectional association of socioeconomic status, cardio fitness, and physical activity levels with HRQoL in 224 Italian early adolescents attending secondary school in the Emilia-Romagna region located in Northern Italy. In a multivariate path regression model, younger students and females reported a higher quality of life (& beta; = -0.139, p = 0.015, 95% CI: -0.254--0.023 and & beta; = 0.142, p = 0.019, 95% CI: 0.011-0.273, respectively). Having both parents employed and having a higher familiar educational status were also associated with a higher quality of life (& beta; = 0.142, p = 0.013, 95% CI 0.027-0.257 and & beta; = 0.133, p = 0.017, 95% CI 0.022-0.244, respectively). Greater engagement in routine physical activity levels from moderate to vigorous intensity was positively associated with quality of life (& beta; = 0.429, p < 0.001, 95% CI: 0.304-0.554). Endurance (speed) was positively associated with quality of life (& beta; = 0.221, p = 0.001, 95% CI: 0.087-0.355), and students with longer times on the shuttle run reported less quality of life (& beta; = -0.207, p = 0.002, 95% CI: -0.337--0.077). These relations remained intact even when controlling for socioeconomic factors. The current findings reinforce the importance of promoting regular physical activity among younger children and also addressing socioeconomic status disparities to improve children's well-being. Future studies may want to consider expanding the array of measures used to assess physical activity and include additional measures assessing nutrition, cultural factors, and family functioning, all of which can influence a child's willingness to engage in physical activity and their well-being. The emphasis on fitness and physical activity and their contribution to a child's well-being should be the prime focus for stakeholders who work in the education, public health, and health policy sectors
sj-docx-1-sjp-10.1177_14034948221134187 – Supplemental material for Trust in science, medicine and medical providers and its relations to vaccine beliefs: A latent class analysis
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-sjp-10.1177_14034948221134187 for Trust in science, medicine and medical providers and its relations to vaccine beliefs: A latent class analysis by Francesco Sanmarchi, Dino Gibertoni, Davide Golinelli, Davide Gori, Maria Pia Fantini and Lawrence M. Scheier in Scandinavian Journal of Public Health</p
Electron ionization of helium droplets containing C60 and alcohol clusters
No full textWe report a mass spectrometric investigation of (C60)n clusters mixed with either methanol or ethanol clusters inside helium nanodroplets. The abundance of ion products produced by electron ionization shows marked differences compared with pure methanol/ethanol clusters without C60 [M. Goulart, P. Bartl, A. Mauracher, F. Zappa, A. M. Ellis and P. Scheier, Physical. Chemistry. Chemical. Physics., 2013, 15, 3577], where clusters containing in excess of a hundred alcohol monomers were observed. In contrast, under identical conditions concerning He droplet size and alcohol pickup pressure, only a small number of alcohol molecules become attached to the fullerene ions. Our results suggest that each fullerene cluster acts as a charge sink, which hampers alcohol cluster formation, as well as intra-cluster ion-molecule reactions. The appearance of specific ‘magic number’ peaks suggests an enhanced probability for the attachment of small alcohol rings to (C60)n+ clusters
Electron ionization of helium droplets containing C60 and alcohol clusters
No full textWe report a mass spectrometric investigation of (C60)n clusters mixed with either methanol or ethanol clusters inside helium nanodroplets. The abundance of ion products produced by electron ionization shows marked differences compared with pure methanol/ethanol clusters without C60 [M. Goulart, P. Bartl, A. Mauracher, F. Zappa, A. M. Ellis and P. Scheier, Physical. Chemistry. Chemical. Physics., 2013, 15, 3577], where clusters containing in excess of a hundred alcohol monomers were observed. In contrast, under identical conditions concerning He droplet size and alcohol pickup pressure, only a small number of alcohol molecules become attached to the fullerene ions. Our results suggest that each fullerene cluster acts as a charge sink, which hampers alcohol cluster formation, as well as intra-cluster ion-molecule reactions. The appearance of specific ‘magic number’ peaks suggests an enhanced probability for the attachment of small alcohol rings to (C60)n+ clusters
Reactions in Nitroimidazole and Methylnitroimidazole Triggered by Low-Energy (0–8 eV) Electrons
No full textInternational audienceLow-energy electrons (0–8 eV) effectively decompose 4-nitroimidazole (4NI) and the two methylated isomers 1-methyl-5-nitroimidazole and 1-methyl-4-nitroimidazole via dissociative electron attachment (DEA). The involved unimolecular decompositions range from simple bond cleavages (loss of H•, formation of NO2–) to complex reactions possibly leading to a complete degradation of the target molecule (formation of CN–, etc.). At energies below 2 eV, the entire rich chemistry induced by DEA is completely quenched by methylation, as demonstrated in a previous communication (Tanzer, K.; Feketeová, L.; Puschnigg, B.; Scheier, P.; Illenberger. E.; Denifl, S. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed.2014, 53, 12240). The observation that in 4NI neutral radicals and radical anions are formed via DEA at high efficiency already at threshold (0 eV) may have significant implications for the development of nitroimidazole-based radiosensitizers in tumor radiation therapy
Flux Measurement of Methanol, Acetaldehyde and other Oxygenated VOCs from Crop Harvesting using Proton-Transfer-Reaction Mass Spectrometry and Surface Layer Gradient Method.
No full textAssessing the Role of Trust in Information Sources, Adoption of Preventive Practices, Volunteering and Degree of Training on Biological Risk Prevention, on Perceived Risk of Infection and Usage of Personal Protective Equipment Among Italian Medical Students During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
No full textBackground: During the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Bologna Medical School surveyed medical students to learn more about their preparation to confront challenges posed by the pandemic and whether it affects perceptions of viral infection risk. This information could help design risk-reduction interventions with training to mitigate possible viral exposure. Method: A cross-sectional online survey examining students' characteristics, volunteer status, adoption of evidence-based preventive measures, trust in information sources used, infectious disease training, and knowledge of PPE usage in relation to perceived risk of infection from SARS-CoV-2 in daily living, academic, and healthcare activities. A multivariate path model estimated the simultaneous influences of all exogenous factors on perceived risk. A Poisson regression model assessed the same multivariate effects on knowledge of PPE usage. Results: The analysis sample included 537 respondents. Perceived risk of infection was highest in hospital activities. On average, students were able to use only four out of seven types of PPE albeit they adopted most of the evidence-based preventive measures. Adoption of preventive measures was positively associated with perceived risk of COVID infection. Conversely, training on PPE usage and volunteer work were associated with lower perceived risk in healthcare setting and higher PPE knowledge. Conclusion: Implementing early safety-based educational programs remedy students' lack of knowledge in infectious disease prevention and mitigate their risk of infection. Voluntary work should be encouraged with potential benefit for both their continued medical training and strengthening the healthcare system's response to public health emergencies
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