'The age of a mistaken nationalism': histoire croisée, cross-national exchange and an Anglo-French network of periodicals

This article uses the toolbox of histoire croisée to study Anglo-French interaction in Ford Madox Ford's English Review and Transatlantic Review and T. S. Eliot's Criterion. It argues that histoire croisée allows for a more nuanced sense of processes of internationalization than Pierre Bourdieu's nationally inspired field theory and accounts for the selected magazines' varying degrees of success by combining both methodological perspectives. While Eliot's Criterion, despite its European ambitions, catered for a predominantly British audience, Ford's Transatlantic Review lacked a well-defined national readership, thus failing to acquire symbolic (and therefore economic) capital in Paris, London, and New York

Measuring Earthquakes from Optical Satellite Images

Système pour l'Observation de la Terre images are used to map ground displacements induced by earthquakes. Deformations (offsets) induced by stereoscopic effect and roll, pitch, and yaw of satellite and detector artifacts are estimated and compensated. Images are then resampled in a cartographic projection with a low-bias interpolator. A subpixel correlator in the Fourier domain provides two-dimensional offset maps with independent measurements approximately every 160 m. Biases on offsets are compensated from calibration. High-frequency noise (0.125 m^-1 ) is ~0.01 pixels. Low-frequency noise (lower than 0.001 m^-1 ) exceeds 0.2 pixels and is partially compensated from modeling. Applied to the Landers earthquake, measurements show the fault with an accuracy of a few tens of meters and yields displacement on the fault with an accuracy of better than 20 cm. Comparison with a model derived from geodetic data shows that offsets bring new insights into the faulting process

Yoga as a means to negotiate physical activity constraints in middle-aged and older adults

In spite of the known benefits of physical activity participation, many adults still do not engage in physical activities. It is important to understand mechanisms that may facilitate the negotiation of physical activity constraints. Using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health as the conceptual framework, this study analyzed secondary data from two yoga trials to explore potential mechanisms related to physical activity constraint negotiation. The results of data analysis support the idea that negotiation occurred both in mental body functions and in the environment. The Broaden and Build Theory of Positive Emotions provides further explanation for the negotiation of mental functions and environment. Yoga, an activity known to enhance positive emotions, may reduce constraints through broadening the individual’s experience and opening the individual’s mind to new opportunities and activities