Fertile Women May Now Apply: Fetal Protection Policies after Johnson Controls

In its recent interpretation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the U.S. Supreme Court leaves little room for permissible occupational sex discrimination. However, its decision has wider implications. Here, Professor Grumet takes a look at some of them from both a legal and a social perspective, including matters such as employees\u27 reproductive freedom and employers\u27 potential liability for a variety of possible injuries to employees\u27 offspring

The test-retest reliability of centre of pressure measures in bipedal static task conditions - A systematic review of the literature

Summary of background data: The analysis of centre of pressure (COP) excursions is used as an index of postural stability in standing. Conflicting data have been reported over the past 20 years regarding the reliability of COP measures and no standard procedure for COP measure use in study design has been established. Search methods: Six online databases (January 1980 to February 2009) were systematically searched followed by a manual search of retrieved papers. Results: Thirty-two papers met the inclusion criteria. The majority of the papers (26/32, 81.3%) demonstrated acceptable reliability. While COP mean velocity (mVel) demonstrated variable but generally good reliability throughout the different studies (r= 0.32-0.94), no single measurement of COP appeared significantly more reliable than the others. Regarding data acquisition duration, a minimum of 90 s is required to reach acceptable reliability for most COP parameters. This review further suggests that while eyes closed readings may show slightly higher reliability coefficients, both eyes open and closed setups allow acceptable readings under the described conditions (r≥0.75). Also averaging the results of three to five repetitions on firm surface is necessary to obtain acceptable reliability. A sampling frequency of 100. Hz with a cut-off frequency of 10. Hz is also recommended. No final conclusion regarding the feet position could be reached. Conclusions: The studies reviewed show that bipedal static COP measures may be used as a reliable tool for investigating general postural stability and balance performance under specific conditions. Recommendations for maximizing the reliability of COP data are provided

De Nedjma à Nedschma: Il y a trente ans, la critique allemande découvrait une nouvelle comète

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Sin poder, pero con armas : esclavitud y cognición en "El amante liberal" de Miguel de Cervantes

In his exemplary novel El amante liberal, Miguel de Cervantes uses the oriental setting to question the conventional representations of matrimony, gender, masculinity and feminity, individualism and freedom. Unlike other contemporary texts, his novel does not establish an opposition between the Muslim and the Christian world, but instead subtly points to the parallels between the two. In the following, our interpretation will lead to a new understanding of the novel’s title as well as of its exemplarity. It will be demonstrated that the official (Christian) discourse of love and matrimony takes on a new meaning when paralleled to its equivalent in the Muslim world.En la novela ejemplar El amante liberal, Miguel de Cervantes utiliza el setting oriental para cuestionar las representaciones convencionales de matrimonio, género, masculinidad y feminidad, individuo y libertad. Al contrario de otros textos contemporáneos, en El amante liberal Cervantes no establece ninguna oposición entre el mundo islámico y el cristiano, sino que más bien sugiere sutilmente su paralelismo. A continuación se profundizará en esta lectura y se extraerán sus consecuencias tanto para la interpretación del título de la novela como para su contenido ejemplarizante. Se mostrará que el discurso oficial contemporáneo sobre amor y matrimonio es analizado en contraposición a su equivalente en el mundo islámico, adquiriendo un nuevo significado

L'Anticlaudelianus d'Aimé Césaire: Intertextualité dans 'Et les chiens se taisaient'

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A Johenne, ma dame et m'amie

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