The Approach to Daesh in Tunisia: From Bardo to Ben Gardane, aYear of Terror

Starting from a descriptive analysis of the main attacks by Daesh in Tunisia, this article examines the nature and evolution of the terrorist organization in this North African country. Thus, it examines the characteristics and vicissitudes of the attack on the Bardo Museum in March 2015, the attack on the Susa beach in June 2015, the bombing of the Presidential Guard in November 2015 and, finally, the military offensive against the town of Ben Gardane in March 2016. In addition, it presents some previous facts that are relevant in this research, such as the important presence of Tunisian foreign fighters in Syria or Libya, and, in particular, the threat of Daesh in Libya to the Tunisian State

Ik ben een gelukkeling! Exploratief Onderzoek naar het Geluk van Basisschoolleerlingen binnen de Schoolcontext.

Wessels, N. (2016). Ik ben een gelukkeling! Exploratief Onderzoek naar het Geluk van Basisschoolleerlingen binnen de Schoolcontext. Juli, 26, 2016, Heerlen, Nederland: Open Universiteit.

Häpeän ilmeneminen äänen välityksellä Yleisradion kuunnelmassa Puhdistus (2011)

Pro gradu -tutkielmani käsittelee Yleisradion Radioteatterin kuunnelmaa Puhdistus, joka esitettiin syksyllä 2011. Tutkin feministisen affektitutkimuksen ja (audiovisuaalisen) äänitutkimuksen keinoin sitä, miten kuunnelman äänet ilmentävät Puhdistuksen tarinassa keskeisenä esiintyvää häpeäaffektia kuuntelijalle. Tutkin myös häpeään kietoutuneita tunteita ja affekteja, jotka ilmentävät häpeää tai peittävät sen. Jaan tutkimani äänet hahmojen ruumiiden tuottamiin ääniin, joihin kuuluu myös puhe, ja efekteihin. Efektejä ovat kaikki äänet, jotka eivät ole lähtöisin ihmisruumiista. Olen jakanut nämä edelleen tarinatilan ääniin eli diegeettisiin ääniin, tarinatilan ulkopuolisiin eli ei-diegeettisiin ääniin ja niihin ääniin, joita ei voi määritellä tarinatilaan kuuluviksi tai kuulumattomiksi. Puhdistuksen toisen päähenkilön Zaran ruumis näyttäytyy raskaasti hengittävänä ja nyyhkyttävänä, tuoreesti ja hallitsemattomasti häpeävänä. Toisen päähenkilön Aliiden ruumis on puolestaan omaksunut häpeäaffektin kymmeniä vuosia aiemmin, mistä johtuen hänen häpeänsä on peittynyt ylpeyden ja inhon kokemusten sekä hallitun puheäänen alle. Kumpikin päähenkilö kokee lisäksi häpeästä kumpuavaa pelkoa ja vihaa. Aliiden ja Zaran ruumiit affektoituvat paitsi häpäisijöidensä vaikutuksesta, myös kohdatessaan toisensa. Päähenkilöiden häpeää ilmentävät myös kuunnelman ääniefektit. Niistä keskeisimpiä ovat terävä kirskunta ja Aliiden hahmoon kietoutuva kärpäsensurina. Nämä molemmat luovat tulkintani mukaan ahdistavaa ja kaoottista äänimaailmaa.

Magyarország 2025-ben és kitekintés 2050-re Tanulmánykötet Nováky Erzsébet 70. születésnapjára

A tanulmánykötettel Nováky Erzsébet Professor Emeritát, a hazai és a nemzetközi jövőkutatás kiemelkedő kutatóját és oktatóját köszöntik pályatársai, tanítványai és barátai. A könyv egyúttal köszönet a jövőkutatás művelésében kifejtett eredményes munkájáért és a tudományos eredmények átadásáért, közkinccsé tételéért.

Lo sviluppo del movimento sabbatiano in Italia. Binyamin ben El'azar Coen Vitale da Reggio e il suo 'Et ha-zamir (עת הזמיר, Il tempo del canto)

La mia tesi si concentra sullo sviluppo del movimento sabbatiano in Italia tra il XVII e il XVIII secolo, una fase tarda del Sabbatianesimo. Il tentativo è quello di descrivere questo post-sabbatianesimo e i suoi rappresentanti attraverso lo studio di figure come quelle di Binyamin ben El‘azar Coen Vitale da Reggio (1651-1730), un rabbino piemontese identificato da Gershom Scholem - il padre degli studi sabbatiani - come un modello nel panorama sabbatiano italiano. Dopo una contestualizzazione storica e culturale che compara il mondo cristiano e quello ebraico dell'epoca, e il misticismo ebraico italiano con quello originario di Safed in Galilea, ho analizzato la produzione letteraria di Binyamin Coen. Mi sono concentrata sui suoi testi a stampa, traducendo integralmente e analizzando la versione a stampa di‘Et ha-zamir, "Il tempo del canto", una raccolta di poesie cabalistiche (piyyutim), composta da poesie per i giorni della settimana e per le festività principali. la prim a edizione a stampa del "Tempo del canto" risale al 1707, e fu stampata a Venezia. Il testo era utilizzato nel contesto delle confraternite cabalistiche dei ghetti italiani, e spicca per l'uso molto particolare della metrica legata alla cabbala. ‘Et ha-zamir è infatti perfettamente inserito in un'epoca che vide una vasta diffusione della mistica ebraica.

Inibidor da ação do etileno na conservação pós-colheita de Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat cv. Dragon

The durability and postharvest quality of cut flowers are fundamental attributes in value along the production chain and in consumer satisfaction. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of chemical inhibitors of ethylene action on maintaining the postharvest quality of chrysanthemum stems (Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat cv. Dragon). The experiment tested maintenance solutions with silver thiosulfate (STS) under five levels (distilled water, a 0.2 mM STS, the STS 0.2 mM + sucrose at 50 g L-1, STS at 0.4 mM; STS at 0.4 mM + sucrose at 50 g L-1), and date of sampling, for three levels (0, 3, 6 days). Three replications with two flower stems in each treatment were used in the experiment. Physical assessments were made: color, fresh mass and relative water content; chemical evaluations: reducing sugars and pigments, and qualitative assessments: turgidity, flower color, and number of buds, open flowers and partially open flowers. Treatment with 0.2 mM STS resulted in better maintenance of fresh mass of stems. The concentration of pigments and reducing sugar was higher in those treatments in which sucrose was associated. The color and relative water content were favored in treatments STS 0.2 mM and 0.4 mM. The concentration of 0.2 mM STS obtained the best results, prolonging the vase life the stems. The quality of these stems was higher, with the best assessments of water content, color and turgidity.

Soluções de manutenção na pós-colheita de Chrysanthemum morifolium cv. Dragon

The development and use of techniques that extend the life vase of the flowers, maintaining the quality of the product, is essential for reducing postharvest losses. The objective of this work was to evaluate different solutions for maintenance, associated or not to sucrose, in maintaining the postharvest quality of chrysanthemum stems. The treatments used distilled water, 8-HQC to 100 mg L-1, 8-HQC to 100 mg L-1 + sucrose 50 g L-1, 8-HQC to 200 mg L-1, 8-HQC to 200 mg L-1 + sucrose 50 g L-1. Physical assessments were made: color, fresh mass and relative water content; chemical evaluations: reducing sugars and pigments, and qualitative assessments: turgidity, color of the flowers, and number of buttons, open flowers and partially open flowers. The combination of 8-HQC 200 mg L-1 + sucrose 50 g L-1 was the best performance that made for maintaining the quality of flower stems, favoring the opening of buttons and turgidity of petals. Sucrose contributed to better maintenance of the reserve substances in the shaft, which had increased the flower vase life.

Granulomatous Reactivation during the Course of a Leprosy Infection: Reaction or Relapse

Background: Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous infectious disease and is still endemic in many parts of the world. It causes disabilities which are the consequence of nerve damage. This damage is in most cases the result of immunological reactions. Objectives: To investigate the differences between a type 1 leprosy (reversal) reaction and relapse on using histopathology. Methods: The histopathological changes in 167 biopsies from 66 leprosy patients were studied. The patients were selected when their sequential biopsies demonstrated either different patterns or maintained the same pattern of granulomatous reaction over more than two years during or after the treatment of leprosy. Results: In 57 of the patients studied, a reactivation was seen which coincided with a decrease in the bacteriological index (BI), suggesting that this reactivation (reversal reaction or type 1 leprosy reaction) coincides with an effective capacity for bacteriological clearance. In nine patients, an increase of the bacteriologic index (IB) or persistence of solid bacilli occurred during the reactivation, indicating proliferative activity, suggestive of a relapse. The histopathological aspects of the granulomas were similar in both groups. Conclusion: Bacterioscopy provided the only means to differentiate a reversal reaction from a relapse in patients with granulomatous reactivation. The type 1 leprosy reaction may be considered as a part effective immune reconstitution (reversal, upgrading reaction) or as a mere hypersensitivity reaction (downgrading reaction) in a relapse.

Cost risk benefit analysis to support chemoprophylaxis policy for travellers to malaria endemic countries

Background: In a number of malaria endemic regions, tourists and travellers face a declining risk of travel associated malaria, in part due to successful malaria control. Many millions of visitors to these regions are recommended, via national and international policy, to use chemoprophylaxis which has a well recognized morbidity profile. To evaluate whether current malaria chemo-prophylactic policy for travellers is cost effective when adjusted for endemic transmission risk and duration of exposure. a framework, based on partial cost-benefit analysis was used Methods: Using a three component model combining a probability component, a cost component and a malaria risk component, the study estimated health costs avoided through use of chemoprophylaxis and costs of disease prevention (including adverse events and pre-travel advice for visits to five popular high and low malaria endemic regions) and malaria transmission risk using imported malaria cases and numbers of travellers to malarious countries. By calculating the minimal threshold malaria risk below which the economic costs of chemoprophylaxis are greater than the avoided health costs we were able to identify the point at which chemoprophylaxis would be economically rational. Results: The threshold incidence at which malaria chemoprophylaxis policy becomes cost effective for UK travellers is an accumulated risk of 1.13% assuming a given set of cost parameters. The period a travellers need to remain exposed to achieve this accumulated risk varied from 30 to more than 365 days, depending on the regions intensity of malaria transmission. Conclusions: The cost-benefit analysis identified that chemoprophylaxis use was not a cost-effective policy for travellers to Thailand or the Amazon region of Brazil, but was cost-effective for travel to West Africa and for those staying longer than 45 days in India and Indonesia.

Reciprocal Modulation of Cognitive and Emotional Aspects in Pianistic Performances

Background: High level piano performance requires complex integration of perceptual, motor, cognitive and emotive skills. Observations in psychology and neuroscience studies have suggested reciprocal inhibitory modulation of the cognition by emotion and emotion by cognition. However, it is still unclear how cognitive states may influence the pianistic performance. The aim of the present study is to verify the influence of cognitive and affective attention in the piano performances. Methods and Findings: Nine pianists were instructed to play the same piece of music, firstly focusing only on cognitive aspects of musical structure (cognitive performances), and secondly, paying attention solely on affective aspects (affective performances). Audio files from pianistic performances were examined using a computational model that retrieves nine specific musical features (descriptors) - loudness, articulation, brightness, harmonic complexity, event detection, key clarity, mode detection, pulse clarity and repetition. In addition, the number of volunteers' errors in the recording sessions was counted. Comments from pianists about their thoughts during performances were also evaluated. The analyses of audio files throughout musical descriptors indicated that the affective performances have more: agogics, legatos, pianos phrasing, and less perception of event density when compared to the cognitive ones. Error analysis demonstrated that volunteers misplayed more left hand notes in the cognitive performances than in the affective ones. Volunteers also played more wrong notes in affective than in cognitive performances. These results correspond to the volunteers' comments that in the affective performances, the cognitive aspects of piano execution are inhibited, whereas in the cognitive performances, the expressiveness is inhibited. Conclusions: Therefore, the present results indicate that attention to the emotional aspects of performance enhances expressiveness, but constrains cognitive and motor skills in the piano execution. In contrast, attention to the cognitive aspects may constrain the expressivity and automatism of piano performances.