Review of Maria-Sabina Draga Alexandru, Performance and performativity in contemporary Indian fiction in English, Leiden and Boston: Brill/Rodopi, 2015. x + 291pp

Obra ressenyada: Maria-Sabina DRAGA ALEXANDRU, Performance and performativity in contemporary Indian fiction in English. Leiden and Boston: Brill/Rodopi, 2015.A review of Maria-Sabina Draga Alexandru's recent study of the work of Salman Rushdie, Arundhati Roy and Vikram ChandraUna reseña del estudio de Maria-Sabina Draga Alexandru sobre las novelas de Salman Rushdie, Arundhati Roy y Vikram Chandr

American Studies in Romania

American Studies at the University of Bucharest The idea of teaching American Studies and founding a program in American Studies was first voiced in the long meetings of faculty and students held at the University of Bucharest soon after the collapse of the communist regime. The proposal was one of many that reflected the spirit of reform and hope for radical changes at the outset of Romania’s transition to democracy. The absence of institutional structures other than English departments and ..

A Formal Approach For Modelling And Analysing Surgical Procedures

Surgicalproceduresareoftennot“standardised”(i.e.,defined in a unique and unambiguous way), but rather exist as implicit knowledge in the minds of the surgeon and the surgical team. This reliance extends to pre-surgery planning and effective communication during the procedure. We introduce a novel approach for the formal and automated analysis of surgical procedures, leveraging established techniques developed for the analysis of security ceremonies. Our approach allows us to model as mutations the variants of a procedure and the mistakes that members of the surgical team might make, and to automatically identify violations of the intended properties of a procedure.<br/

Raising Awareness on Health Impact of the Chemicals Used in Consumer Products: Empirical Evidence from East-Central Europe

Recent research and guidance provided by regulatory authorities address the growing concerns on the control of chemicals used in consumer products. In this context, this study responds to literature alerts emphasizing the need for promoting risk reduction by decreasing the use of damaging chemicals and raising public awareness on this issue. It focuses on East-Central Europe and investigates whether consumers are worried about the impact on health of chemicals, and whether they think there is enough information available in this sense. The study uses logistic regression in order to analyze the secondary data from Special Eurobarometer No. 416 (part of Eurobarometer Wave EB 81.3, European Commission, 2014), namely 27,998 interviews collected in all 28 EU countries, of which 11,460 are from East-Central Europe. The research reveals a profile of East-Central Europeans, who consider that they lack information on the topic, and identifies the most effective way of reaching these people according to their perceptions and habits. Reporting results on a representative sample in East-Central Europe, the study indicates the channels, sources of information, and trusted institutions in order to support a campaign for raising public awareness on the health impact of chemicals used in consumer products