Il était une fois un match de foot:L'événement sportif comme objet de narration

L’analyse des temps de la narration n’est pas chose nouvelle. Souvent, ce sont les narrations orales ‘de tous les jours’ qui ont préoccupé les linguistes (Labov & Waletzky 1967, Bres 1994). Mais qu’en est-il de l’usage des temps dans les narrations écrites telles qu’on les trouve dans la presse sportive? On se fondera ici sur un corpus d’articles du 1er juillet 2002, tirés de la presse francophone (parisienne, régionale, belge et algérienne) et consacrés à la finale de la Coupe du Monde de football (Labeau 2002b). A quels temps a-t-on recours pour narrer ces exploits sportifs ? Le passé simple a-t-il toujours sa place dans ce genre « épique », ou s’est-il vu supplanter par d’autres formes telles le passé composé, le présent ou l’imparfait de narration… ? (Engel 1990) Nous allons nous concentrer sur deux aspects de l’emploi des temps. D’une part, la presse sportive constitue-t-elle un sous-genre distinct ? D’autre part, des différences régionales apparaissent-elles ? Nous tenterons de voir si les approches textuelles se reflètent dans l’emploi des temps des narrations étudiées. Termes clefs Narration - presse sportive – temps - presse régionale – presse francophone - genre

Local-authority led economic regeneration strategies in the aftermath of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease crisis of 2001

The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak of 2001 in the UK was completely unprecedented in its scale and severity, with over four million animals culled and a cost to the Exchequer of over £4 billion. Local authorities were at the front line in dealing with the outbreak, in coordinating the cull of livestock, the disposal of carcasses as well as attempting to deal with its aftermath and, in particular, the impact on the wider rural economy. This article examines the impacts of this crisis on three local authorities, Devon, Herefordshire and Cumbria. It examines how far the crisis acted as a catalyst in developing strategies to deal with a future outbreak as well as new local initiatives to promote regeneration in the areas most adversely affected. It focuses on developments that can be directly attributed to the crisis and shows that FMD had a considerable impact on communications and 'joined-up' activity within local authorities and with local stakeholders. © 2006, LEPU, South Bank University.

A spirochete isolated from a case of severe virulent ovine foot disease is closely related to a Treponeme isolated from human periodontitis and bovine digital dermatitis

The isolation of spirochetes from severe ovine foot disease has been reported recently by our research group. In this study we describe the preliminary classification of this spirochete based on nucleotide sequence analysis of the PCR-amplified 16S rRNA gene. Phylogenetic analysis of this sequence in comparison with other previously reported 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the spirochete belonged to the treponemal phylotype Treponema vincentii which has been associated with bovine digital dermatitis and human periodontal disease. Further work is required to define the common virulence determinants of these closely related treponemes in the aetiology of these tissue destructive diseases.

Some aspects of the dynamic performance of machine tool structural joints

The work presented in this thesis is concerned with the dynamic behaviour of structural joints which are both loaded, and excited, normal to the joint interface. Since the forces on joints are transmitted through their interface, the surface texture of joints was carefully examined. A computerised surface measuring system was developed and computer programs were written. Surface flatness was functionally defined, measured and quantised into a form suitable for the theoretical calculation of the joint stiffness. Dynamic stiffness and damping were measured at various preloads for a range of joints with different surface textures. Dry clean and lubricated joints were tested and the results indicated an increase in damping for the lubricated joints of between 30 to 100 times. A theoretical model for the computation of the stiffness of dry clean joints was built. The model is based on the theory that the elastic recovery of joints is due to the recovery of the material behind the loaded asperities. It takes into account, in a quantitative manner, the flatness deviations present on the surfaces of the joint. The theoretical results were found to be in good agreement with those measured experimentally. It was also found that theoretical assessment of the joint stiffness could be carried out using a different model based on the recovery of loaded asperities into a spherical form. Stepwise procedures are given in order to design a joint having a particular stiffness. A theoretical model for the loss factor of dry clean joints was built. The theoretical results are in reasonable agreement with those experimentally measured. The theoretical models for the stiffness and loss factor were employed to evaluate the second natural frequency of the test rig. The results are in good agreement with the experimentally measured natural frequencies.

The strength and stiffness of slabs to column joints

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