Die Dramen des Herzogs Heinrich Julius am Schnittpunkt von Historie und literarischer Überlieferung

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Toward a Driving Competency Assessment Encouraging Elderly\u27s Automobility: A French Point of View

The purpose of this paper is to suggest a methodology for approaching French elderly driver assessments. More precisely, the objective is to evaluate the impact of visual and cognitive declines in older drivers on real road driving performances. A case control study was conducted with 40 senior drivers (aged between 61 to 80 years old) recruited via their insurance company: 20 case volunteers who had caused 3 or more accidents during a three-year period and 20 control volunteers who had caused no accidents during the same period. The experiment consisted of non-driving laboratory tests, including visual and cognitive tests, and a driving assessment in a real traffic situation. Results showed that, compared to the control group, elderly drivers with a history of accidents, have poorer performance on the cognitive tests. Moreover, data from the multiple regression analysis showed that the two measures entering the model were Zazzo time and movement perception (age and group being controlled). Some considerations that shape construction of a driving assessment are discussed. We discuss the fact that such an approach can be used to estimate the driving skills of drivers, not to deliver an aptitude or inaptitude certificate, but to adapt the advice given to drivers

Protéisme du diable dans le théâtre et la publicistique au tournant du XVIIe siècle : les exemples de Heinrich Julius von Braunschweig et de Jakob Ayrer

Auf dem Höhepunkt des Hexenwahns prägen die den Beispielsammlungen und Flugblättern entnommenen Teufelsgeschichten die deutschsprachige erzählerische und dramatische Literatur. In den Dramen der Reformation sind die Erscheinungsformen des Teufels vielseitig: er tritt als Schreckensgestalt und als komische Figur auf, oft in Verbindung mit den beliebten Motiven des Teufelspaktes, des Teufelsreigens, der Teufelsküche, der Aftergeburt oder des Doppelgesichtes. Abgesehen vom viel besprochenen Beispiel der Historia von D. Johann Fausten ist die thematische und zum Teil wörtliche Abhängigkeit von der Teufelliteratur und der Publizistik in Dramen von Bartholomäus Krüger, Heinrich Julius und Jakob Ayrer am deutlichsten. Trägt bei Letzterem der Teufel noch die vielen Gesichter seiner literarischen Vorläufer aus der Reformationsära, so steht Heinrich Julius‘ Abschreckfigur im Dienste der disziplinarischen Absicht, die er in der radikalen Hexenverfolgung des Herzogtums Brauschweig bekundet.A l’acmé de la chasse aux sorcières, les histoires diaboliques des recueils d’exempla et des feuilles volantes inspirent la littérature narrative et dramatique allemande. Dans le théâtre de la Réforme, les manifestations du Malin sont multiples : personnage tantôt terrifiant tantôt comique, il apparaît fréquemment dans des scènes de pacte, de ronde ou de cuisine infernales, de parturition anale ou de double visage. Outre l’exemple bien connu de l’Histoire du docteur Faust, la dépendance thématique voire littérale envers les écrits parénétiques et la publicistique est particulièrement nette dans plusieurs drames de Bartholomäus Krüger, Heinrich Julius et Jakob Ayrer. Si l’on retrouve chez ce dernier les différents visages que le diable arborait dans les drames renaissants, la figure repoussante campée par Heinrich Julius sert le souci de discipline sociale que le duc de Brunswick manifeste par ailleurs dans sa répression brutale de la sorcellerie.At the peak of the witch-hunt, devil stories taken from collections of exempla and one-sheet prints predominate in plays and epics written in German. In the drama of Reformation the Devil appears in many forms while acting at the same time as a scary figure or a comic character, often related to such widespread popular motifs as the Deal with the Devil, the Devil’s dance, Devil’s the kitchen, the anal birth or the double face. Apart from the widely discussed example of the Historia von D. Johann Fausten, the thematic dependence, including verbatim quotes, on the old Devils’ literature and the early journalism is most evident in the plays of Bartholomäus Krüger, Heinrich Julius and Jakob Ayrer. Whereas Ayrer’s Devil shows the different faces of his literary predecessors in the time of Reformation, the scary devil of Heinrich Julius has a disciplinary purpose, according to the fanatic witch-hunt in the Dukedom of Braunschweig

Alleviating Simulator Sickness with Galvanic Cutaneous Stimulation

[EN]Objective: In a driving simulation, we investigated the efficacy of galvanic cutaneous stimulation (GCS) provided during curves or intermittently during the whole circuit to mitigate simulator syndrome (SS). Background: The literature on how GCS decreases SS, although scarce, has demonstrated the effectiveness of this technique. Stimulation with this and similar techniques has usually been provided in curves or continuously dur ing the whole circuit but never intermittently. This stimu lation method could generate a continued activation of processes related to GCS mitigating SS. Method: Fifteen drivers (8 men; mean age = 25.5 years) participated in this experiment. We compared the total scores of the Simulator Sickness Question naire (SSQ) across three stimulation conditions: (a) curve GCS condition, whereby GCS was provided in curves; (b) intermittent GCS condition, whereby GCS was provided intermittently during the whole circuit; and (c) no-stimulation condition, whereby no stimula tion was provided (baseline condition). Results: The experimental outcomes revealed that GCS decreased SS in both the curve and intermittent stimulation conditions. Conclusion: We provide evidence that GCS is an effective countermeasure to decrease SS. It could be applied indifferently in curves or intermittently during the whole circuit. Application: For future interventions, we recom mend the use of GCS to mitigate SS with similar intermit tent stimulation programs. These programs have a crucial advantage as they are easily integrated into the simulator setup without the necessity of generating a complicated experimental design to stimulate during the curves

Older drivers' self-regulation: discrepancy reduction or region of proximal learning?

We examined older adults' self-regulation within the region of proximal learning (RPL) framework. Younger and older drivers completed four circuits of increasing difficulty in a driving simulator and were then given a limited amount of time to train for a test. While older drivers chose to train on easier circuits than younger ones, both age groups focused on the easier circuits first, only moving to the more difficult ones later. They were thus equally able to identify their RPL. This framework appears to apply beyond the obvious scope of metamemory and provides a behavioral assessment of self-regulation in driving settings

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« Un transfert comme les autres ? La “cartographie” en littérature et sciences humaines

La cartographie est-elle en train de devenir une métaphore directrice de notre culture, ou plonge-t-elle dans une crise épistémologique ? Telle était la question qui a motivé le colloque « Un transfert comme les autres ? La “cartographie” en littérature et sciences humaines » qui s’est tenu à Limoges du 25 au 27 novembre 2010. Le concept de cartographie se trouve actuellement face à plusieurs défis – une perception du temps et de l’espace en train de changer, véhiculée par des innovations te..

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Mémoire de fin d\u27étude du diplôme de conservateur, promotion DCB 20, portant sur l\u27activité éditoriale des bibliothèques