142 research outputs found
Sur les Cardamomes de Malabar (Elettaria Cardamomum Maton). Leur introduction et leur emploi pour l'aromatisation du café dans les pays arabes du Proche-Orient
No full textRivals Pierre, Mansour A. H. Sur les Cardamomes de Malabar (Elettaria Cardamomum Maton). Leur introduction et leur emploi pour l'aromatisation du café dans les pays arabes du Proche-Orient. In: Journal d'agriculture tropicale et de botanique appliquée, vol. 21, n°1-3, Janvier-février-mars 1974. pp. 37-43
Eternalising the Arbitrary.: The profane legacy of Pierre Bourdieu
No full textA morte de Pierre Bourdieu em 2002, veio recolocar a sua obra no campo académico e no campo da investigação nas ciências sociais. Este artigo assume, neste contexto, a questão crítica de saber o que fazer para além de Bourdieu numa perspectiva que pretende aprofundar e reconstruir o seu projecto, recusando a alternativa de o colocar atrás de uma vitrine, catalogado e infinitamente dissecado. O caminho proposto para tal vai procurá-lo, o autor, no princípio básico do trabalho de Bourdieu revelar o eterno como arbitrário. O impulso proporcionado pela re-colocação deste princípio básico fornece a lógica e o foco de uma crítica produtiva da perspectiva de Bourdieu, assim como é o locus quer da sua força, quer, potencialmente, da sua fraqueza O artigo começa por explorar a natureza do projecto de ir para além de Bourdieu, pondo em relevo, depois, os seus eventuais problemas. Na parte final, trata da questão de saber como é que os últimos trabalhos de Basil Bernstein – autor quase universalmente ignorado nas presentes discussões que reúnem ambos os teóricos – ilustram o modo como estes problemas podem ser resolvidos e, dessa forma, como é que o projecto intelectual iniciado por Bourdieu pode ser desenvolvido.The death of Pierre Bourdieu in 2002 had the effect of bringing new light to his work both in the academic field and with regard to research in the social sciences. In this context, this article takes on the critical question of knowing what to do beyond Bourdieu in a perspective that aims at deepening and. Reconstructing his project, refusing the alternative of placing him behind a pane as suitably catalogued and dissected the path chosen by the author is to locate in Bourdieu the basic principle of his work: revealing the eternal as arbitrary. The impulse provided by refocusing this basic principle leads to the logic and focalizing of a productive critique of Bourdieu\u27s perspective, as well as to the locus of both the force and the weakness of his work The article begins by exploring the nature of the project of going beyond Bourdieu, emphasizing potential problems In the final part of the article, the author asks how the last works of Basil Bernstein – almost universally ignored in the present discussions that unite both these theoreticians – can illustrate the way for the resolution of such problems and, in this way, how the intelectual project that Bourdieu started can be developed
Achieving standpoint: Using ‘I poem’ narratives as a reflective tool within an institutional ethnography of ‘care’in a primary school in the north of England
No full textThis presentation explores researcher reflexivity developed during an institutional ethnography (IE) (Smith 2005) of a primary school in the north of England. It illustrates use of a narrative method, ‘The Listening Guide’ (Mauthner and Doucet 2008), in particular the researcher’s production of an ‘I’ poem after being interviewed by research participants. This promotes an ethical approach to researcher reflexivity, enabling an explicit analysis of the researcher’s subjectivities and a deeper understanding of privilege and power on the part of the researcher. The approach works to achieve standpoint and thus negate any researcher authority over the textual representations of the research participants and objectification of them.
Consideration is given to the tensions between the sociological basis of IE and how this is troubled by the psychological foundation of The Listening Guide. The point of reflection in institutional ethnography is not to learn about the researcher per se, but to learn about the researcher’s location in the ‘relations of ruling’ (Smith 2005). There are particular tensions for institutional ethnographers in seeking to avoid objectification of participants through both ‘institutional capture’ and ‘privileged irresponsibility’, that is; the imposition of researcher subjectivities in listening for and asking about texts. A significant concern in this research context is the researcher’s place and privilege in the education hierarchy. I will argue that it is precisely because of the troubling nature of the Listening Guide and ‘I’ poems that they can be utilised by institutional ethnographers in revealing and analysing the co-ordination of social relations
Comment associer le processus S-OP au Lean Management en vue d’une optimisation des performances logistiques ?
No full textProgramme Grance EcoleCe mémoire couvre les sujets du Sales and Operations Planning (autrement connu sous le nom de Plan Industriel et Commercial en France), du Lean management, et de l’association entre S-OP et Lean management (ou comment le processus participatif peut s’associer avec la philosophie Lean). Le Lean management est une philosophie visant à réduire tout type de gaspillages par le biais de différentes méthodes, tandis que le S-OP est un processus participatif en cinq étapes, comprenant la génération de rapports statistiques, le passage en revue de la demande, le passage en revue de l’offre, une réunion pré-exécutive, puis enfin une réunion exécutive. Dans la majorité des entreprises où il est mis en pratique, ce processus fait gagner, entres autres, en taux de service et permet une baisse drastique des inventaires. Le coupler au S-OP s’avère être un choix intéressant, et ce pour deux raisons principales. La première réside dans le fait que dans certaines grandes entreprises le S-OP peut être très complexe, et donc rendre le processus « Lean » afin de le rendre simple à exécuter et éviter les gaspillages divers (tel que celui du temps entres autres) peut s’avérer intéressant. La deuxième raison est qu’une entreprise est amenée à muter au cours de son existence de façon plus ou moins fréquente, et de ce fait un processus S-OP ne peut rester adapté à l’entreprise éternellement, d’où le fait de devoir opter pour l’amélioration continue, composante essentielle du Lean. On pourrait aussi penser au futur du processus, en ne passant certes pas par le Lean mais par l’ « Integrated Business Planning », qui ajoute au processus déjà existant la partie finance et contrôle de gestion de façon bien plus intensive.This Master Thesis covers the topics of Sales and Operations Planning, otherwise widely known as S-OP, Lean Management, and the association of the two of them. Lean Management is a philosophy which aims at reducing and eliminating every type of waste as much as possible through various methods, and S-OP is a 5-step collaborative process which includes data gathering and review, demand planning review, supply and resource planning review, a pre-executive meeting, and a executive meeting. Most companies that have adopted this process have reported, among others, better service levels and a reduced inventory as well. Coupling S-OP with Lean management may be interesting for two main reasons. The first is that for some corporations, S-OP processes can be highly complex (due to the mass of numbers and figures among others), and as such making it “Lean” could be interesting as it would reduce various wastes (like time for instance), thus making it much easier to perform, and more efficient as a result. Secondly, a company may often undergo changes; therefore an S-OP process cannot be adapted indefinitely to the company. As such, we may opt for continuous improvement, which is a capital part of the Lean philosophy. Regarding the future, some have evoked the transition from S-OP to IBP (which stands for Integrated Business Planning), which as a consequence would include corporate finance, much more than the S-OP process does
Plaidoyer prononcé au tribunal de police de l'Hôtel de ville de Paris, le mercredi 27 janvier 1790, pour Charles-Henri Sanson, exécuteur des jugements criminels de la ville, prévôté et vicomté de Paris contre le sieur Prudhomme, marchand papetier, se disant éditeur et propriétaire du journal intitulé : "Révolutions de Paris...", le sieur Gorsas... et le sieur Quillau... / (Signé : Maton de la Varenne). 2e édit. revue, corrigée et augmentée
No full text[Factum. Sanson, Charles-Henri. 1790][Factum. Prudhomme, Louis-Marie (propriétaire des "Révolutions de Paris"). 1790][Factum. Gorsas, Antoine-Joseph (auteur du "Courrier de Paris dans les provinces"). 1790][Factum. Desmoulins, Camille. 1790][Factum. Quillau. 1790][Factum. Beaulieu, de. 1790][Factum. "Révolutions de Paris", journal. 1790][Factum. "Courrier de Paris dans les provinces", journal. 1790
Thinking in capital mode
No full textThis project was conducted with funding from the Economic & Social Research Council, Capacity Building Cluster Grant RES-187-24-0014This paper examines an individual’s efforts to start a business and how the “thinking tools” of Pierre Bourdieu aid understanding of the decisions taken during the start-up process. Theoretically challenging work, of which Bourdieu stands accused, might seem at odds with the grounded decision to give up employment to start a business. In this paper we argue there is value in using Bourdieusian ideas to examine individual journeys and endeavours. From an overview of Bourdieu’s work on capital, the paper draws on interviews and diaries to examine the role of different capitals as they inform an individual’s entrepreneurial activities
Exploiting synthetic images for real-world image recognition
No full textCreating big datasets is often difficult or expensive which causes people to augment their dataset with rendered images. This often fails to significantly improve accuracy due to a difference in distribution between real and rendered datasets. This paper shows that the gap between synthetic and real-world image distributions can be closed by using GANs to convert the synthetic data to a dataset which has the same distribution as the real data. Training this GAN requires only a fraction of the dataset traditionally required to get a high classification accuracy. This converted data can subsequently be used to train a classifier with a higher accuracy than a classifier trained only on the real dataset
Stimulating the interdisciplinary collaboration between pharmacists and pharmacometricians using a model- informed precision dosing platform: How the interdisciplinary collaboration between pharmacists and pharmacometricians using a MIPD platform could contribute to their shared vision of implementing personalised medicine
No full textPersonalised medicine represents an increasingly used practice using a patient’s biology to guide their treatment. The implementation of personalised medicine possibly increases the quality of health care and life of the patient by minimising side effects and increasing effectiveness. Personalising medicine can be implemented through a platform which facilitates model-informed precision dosing (MIPD), including various models describing the pharmacokinetics of a specific drug. To make MIPD become clinical practice, wider interdisciplinary collaborations, for example, between pharmacometricians and pharmacists should be studied to learn about their communication and collaboration when using a MIPD platform, and to generate data evaluating the cost–benefit of MIPD in healthcare to motivate professionals to use a MIPD platform. Barriers to implementing these MIPD platforms into clinical practice are not thoroughly studied. However, the functionalities of the MIPD platform should align with the needs of the practitioners as they have to base their dosing regimen on that MIPD platform. As an exemplar for identifying barriers and facilitators of MIPD and corresponding MIPD platforms, this study focuses on the alkylating agent busulfan. Busulfan was chosen because it has a narrow therapeutic index, which often necessitates dosing to a target plasma exposure, while the use of MIPD is beneficial compared to the current clinical practice. Thus, busulfan dosing highlights the importance of using MIPD to improve patient outcomes. Identifying the barriers and facilitators of the MIPD platform, and the interdisciplinary collaboration between pharmacists and pharmacometricians will hopefully give insight on how to stimulate their collaboration and the use of MIPD. This research, therefore, aimed to explore and describe 1) the obstacles in the interdisciplinary collaboration between pharmacists and pharmacometricians, 2) why MIPD platforms are not widely used in clinical practice and what practitioners would need to implement these platforms, and 3) what pharmacists and pharmacometricians need to establish an effective interdisciplinary collaboration using a MIPD platform and thereby create a learning environment. Through conducting a literature research and interviews, collaboration and technology acceptance aspects were studied more in-depth to define the problem and subsequently explore ideas to address this problem. Both disciplines perceived building a connection and keeping their own expertise as important in their collaboration. They also needed their roles in the collaboration and the MIPD platform to be clear in terms of knowing what to expect from the other and how to handle the MIPD platform. Because of these perceptions and needs, we proposed two ways to improve the collaboration and the MIPD platform to subsequently contribute to establishing a learning environment through the MIPD platform. Those two implementations are: 1) the implementation of an introductory course where the disciplines collaborate through the introduction, and 2) tailoring the MIPD platform into two discipline-specific portals, which are based on their skills and tasks. The implementations were tested in interaction through conducting a focus group where pharmacists and pharmacometricians were asked to rank codes retrieved from the interviews on their relevance based on hypothetical scenarios, representing real-world cases. Pharmacists and pharmacometricians perceived connection and trust as important aspects of their collaboration and did expect these to be sufficiently stimulated through the implementation of the introductory course. Regarding the MIPD platform, they perceived the efficiency, in terms of easiness and time-effectiveness in use, as its most important aspect. Thus, efficiency should be ensured in the development of the MIPD platform. To adopt the MIPD platform, it should cover a lot of different patients highlighting the extensive research necessary when building the models within the MIPD platform. To stimulate the implementation of MIPD platforms and the collaboration between pharmacists and pharmacometricians using the MIPD platform, further research should focus on introductory MIPD courses,the MIPD platform design, and including other disciplines in the collaborations around MIPD and MIPD platforms.Applied Sciences | Communication Design for Innovatio
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