687 research outputs found
From Suspicion to Trust: The ‘Pact of Translation’ in Two Author-Translator Collaborations
No full textThere is a vast literature showing that author-translator relationships are often fraught with tensions which undermine trust between the two parties (Anokhina 2017; Hersant, 2017, 2020). These tensions are hardly detectable from the sole comparison of source and target texts but are likely to be revealed in archival material such as editorial correspondence or revised translator’s typescripts and galley proofs. The examination of archival material makes it possible to observe how trust between translator and author develops and deepens, but also how it can be jeopardized when other intermediaries come into play. This paper focuses on documents taken from the Lilly Library at the University of Indiana Bloomington. Both epitextual sources (such as correspondence with publishers and authors) and genetic sources (such as translators’ manuscripts and notebooks) pertaining to translators William Weaver (1923-2012) and Barbara Wright (1915-2009) are examined, with a view to better understand the complex interplay of trust and mistrust that takes place in translation collaborations
Has Lean improved organizational decision making?
No full textPurpose - Sustainable improvement is likely to be hampered by ambiguous objectives and uncertain cause-effect relations in care processes (the organization's decision-making context). Lean management can improve implementation results because it decreases ambiguity and uncertainties. But does it succeed? Many quality improvement (QI) initiatives are appropriate improvement strategies in organizational contexts characterized by low ambiguity and uncertainty. However, most care settings do not fit this context. The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether a Lean-inspired change program changed the organization's decision-making context, making it more amenable for QI initiatives. Design/methodology/approach - In 2014, 12 professionals from a Dutch radiotherapy institute were interviewed regarding their perceptions of a Lean program in their organization and the perceived ambiguous objectives and uncertain cause-effect relations in their clinical processes. A survey (25 questions), addressing the same concepts, was conducted among the interviewees in 2011 and 2014. The structured interviews were analyzed using a deductive approach. Quantitative data were analyzed using appropriate statistics. Findings - Interviewees experienced improved shared visions and the number of uncertain cause-effect relations decreased. Overall, more positive (99) than negative Lean effects (18) were expressed. The surveys revealed enhanced process predictability and standardization, and improved shared visions. Practical implications - Lean implementation has shown to lead to greater transparency and increased shared visions. Originality/value - Lean management decreased ambiguous objectives and reduced uncertainties in clinical process cause-effect relations. Therefore, decision making benefitted from Lean increasing QI's sustainability
Pascale Drouet, Love’s Labour’s Lost
No full textWith its concise historical contextualizing and its pertinent approaches to analysis, Pascale Drouet’s recent publication provides the oft-overlooked play the critical acknowledgment it greatly deserves. It is especially designed for francophone students of Shakespeare, bringing together some of the most artfully-couched and enlightening insights from other prominent critical works, continental and other. In “Repères,” the author makes use of those biographical and historical elements that sh..
How the horizontal social clause can be made to work: the lessons of gender mainstreaming
No full textThe author of this Policy Brief, Pascale Vielle, Lecturer at the University of Louvain, identifies the potential benefits and likely pitfalls associated with the Horizontal Social Clause in Article 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in the light of the experience of the gender mainstreaming clause. She shows that only a firm commitment on the part of all relevant European actors can ensure the successful development of horizontal policies on the scale of the EU
Sull'obbligo degli Stati di registrare gli accordi internazionali presso il segretariato generale delle Nazioni Unite: il caso Jadhav
No full textThis paper discusses the Jadhav case submitted to the ICJ by India against Pakistan on 8 May 2017. The case concerns the alleged violation of the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations with regard to the detention and trial of an Indian national who was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court. Pakistan claimed to have applied the 2008 bilateral Agreement on Consular Access, providing that “in case of arrest, detention or sentence made on political or security grounds, each side may examine the case on its merits”. Nonetheless, according to India, the bilateral Agreement cannot be invoked before the ICJ, as it was not promptly registered with the UN Secretariat, inconsistently with Article 102 of the UN Charter. The author does not share such a formalistic interpretation of Article 102. This provision aims at discouraging secret treaties. Since the bilateral Agreement has never been secret, it could be invoked before the ICJ regardless of its registration. Hence, it was not necessary for Pakistan to register the bilateral Agreement after India had instituted proceedings before the ICJ
Safer radiation therapy treatment resulting from an equipment transition: A mixed-methods study
No full textTo realize individualized safe radiation therapy, reliable treatment equipment is essential in combination with a system-level improvement approach. We hypothesized that implementation of a system that integrated all required treatment equipment would result in improved safety and stability of the irradiation treatment process.Seven accelerators, portal imaging, and the treatment planning software were replaced by an integrated system that included 6 accelerators. The number of reported safety incidents and root causes were recorded between 2010 and 2014. Time series analysis was performed, and quantitative results were explored by structured interviews. Additionally, downtime was recorded.From January 2010 to July 2014, 5085 incidents were reported. Reports related to the accelerators decreased from 33% (2010) to 20% (2013-2014) of total reports, whereas the number of delivered fractions per accelerator increased by 20% (2010: 643 per month; 2013: 795 per month). Reports related to portal imaging decreased from 16.5 reports per month (2010) to 3.1 (2013-2014). Of these portal imaging reports, 316 had at least 1 technical cause in 2010, which decreased to 13 in 2013-2014. Interviewees attributed the decreased reporting to the equipment transition, not to decreased safety awareness. Downtime decreased by 46%, from 5.4% in 2010 to 2.9% in 2013.The number of reported accelerator- and portal imaging-related incidents decreased significantly, whereas safety awareness remained stable. In addition, accelerator downtime decreased, possibly resulting in less rescheduling of patients and fewer disruptions of work processes. Therefore, we conclude that the risk for serious safety incidents and patient harm decreased after implementation of the new integrated system
La tutela dei diritti umani in Africa: origini, istituzione e attività della Corte africana dei diritti dell’uomo e dei popoli
No full textThe Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the establishment of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, adopted in Ouagadougou in 1998, came into force in 2004 representing an important step forward for Africa. This article examines the origins of the African Court, highlighting the different factors that up to the 1990s had prevented, and then later allowed, the creation of such a Court. The social, historical and political background provided in this article, shows how hard it was to establish the first African court for human rights. The organization and the composition of the African Court are described according to similarities and differences with the European and the Inter-American Courts on Human Rights. Particular attention is given to the new rule on the exclusion of a judge who is citizen of a State in dispute before the Court. The very broad advisory jurisdiction of the African Court is examined in comparison with those of other regional Human Rights jurisdictions. Furthermore, this article highlights how contentious the jurisdiction of the Court is. This is examined in relation to two questions: subject matter jurisdiction and personal jurisdiction. Particular emphasis is given to the role of individuals and NGOs, which can bring cases directly before the Court only if the State concerned has made a declaration accepting the competence of the Court in this regard. The activities undertaken so far by the African Court are described in the last paragraph. After a brief mention of the first case dealt with by the Court, the author focuses on the Libyan affair. The order for provisional measures adopted in March 2011 is examined and developments regarding the Libyan case are investigated, bearing in mind the great changes that have taken place in Tripoli in the meantime
Does lean management improve patient safety culture? An extensive evaluation of safety culture in a radiotherapy institute
No full textPurpose: The importance of a safety culture to maximize safety is no longer questioned. However, achieving sustainable culture improvements are less evident. Evidence is growing for a multifaceted approach, where multiple safety interventions are combined. Lean management is such an integral approach to improve safety, quality and efficiency and therefore, could be expected to improve the safety culture. This paper presents the effects of lean management activities on the patient safety culture in a radiotherapy institute. Methods: Patient safety culture was evaluated over a three year period using triangulation of methodologies. Two surveys were distributed three times, workshops were performed twice, data from an incident reporting system (IRS) was monitored and results were explored using structured interviews with professionals. Averages, chi-square, logistical and multi-level regression were used for analysis. Results: The workshops showed no changes in safety culture, whereas the surveys showed improvements on six out of twelve dimensions of safety climate. The intention to report incidents not reaching patient-level decreased in accordance with the decreasing number of reports in the IRS. However, the intention to take action in order to prevent future incidents improved (factorial survey presented beta:1.19 with p: 0.01). Conclusions: Due to increased problem solving and improvements in equipment, the number of incidents decreased. Although the intention to report incidents not reaching patient-level decreased, employees experienced sustained safety awareness and an increased intention to structurally improve. The patient safety culture improved due to the lean activities combined with an organizational restructure, and actual patient safety outcomes might have improved as well
Letture di Temistio tra il XIV e il XV secolo
No full textThis paper aims to complete the survey of all extant witnesses of Themi- stius, orationes IV-V-VII-IX-X (a corpusculum of late antique origin), by means of analysis and collation of the text transmitted by four mss. which contain excerpts or single speeches: namely mss. Heidelberg, Universitätsbibliothek, Pal. gr. 129 (K); Torino, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria, B.V.33 (T); Firenze, Biblioteca Riccardiana, 12 (E); Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 2967 (c). A brief description of the manuscripts is provided and their relationships with other wit- nesses of Themistius’ speeches are established; hence the four mss. find place in the stemma codicum drawn up by the author in a previous work. Finally, the re- sults of new research about some important witnesses of Themistius’ speeches are presented: in particular, most of the manuscripts appear to have beeen copied and studied during the Palaeologan Period (XIII-XIV century), between Thessaloniki and Constantinople
Ricordando Mario Pascale, un maestro irpino del Novecento
No full textL’autore traccia un profilo completo della personalità del pittore irpino del Novecento Mario Pascale, un autentico maestro del figurativismo italiano. Si evidenziano la ricchezza tematica e l’esperienza maturata riprendendo modi e apporti dei maggiori esponenti della scuola dell’Ottocento a Napoli e a contatto con i protagonisti della pittura partenopea del primo Novecento. Si riscontra nei “ritratti” e negli “autoritratti”, oltre che nelle nature morte e nei poetici paesaggi della terra irpina, la nota di maggiore distinzione stilistica dell’artista che segna con la sua originale produzione pittorica la linea di continuità della migliore tradizione napoletana, meridionale più in generale, e con la modernità del Novecento italiano.The author traces a complete profile of the personality of the twentieth-century Irpinia painter Mario Pascale, an authentic master of Italian figurativism. The thematic richness and experience gained by taking up the ways and contributions of the major exponents of the nineteenth century school in Naples and in contact with the protagonists of Neapolitan painting of the early twentieth century are highlighted. The note of his greatest stylistic distinction is marked by his original pictorial production according to the best Neapolitan tradition (more generally to southern Italy and the modernity of the Italian twentieth century). This distinction could be found in the “portraits” and “self-portraits”, as well as in the still lifes and poetic landscapes of the Irpinia area
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