Médiation et mise en scène de Vinformation dans le discours de vulgarization scientifique

The present study examines texts about computer viruses from French, Spanish and German popular scientific journals. The first part of the paper shows how these texts make systematic use of concepts and expressions drawn from other domains of discourse. The second part of the paper focusses on a subgroup of the linguistic means employed, i.e. metaphorical expressions, and discusses their functions in the texts under discussion. These functions can be assigned to two groups, in that they either mediate new information or make the message more effective on the rhetorical level. The paper concludes with a discussion of some writer strategies used for activating other semantic domains as a prerequisite for achieving a particular rhetorical effect

La diète parfaite d'un lettré retiré sous les Song du Sud

International audienceSince Antiquity meat was in China both the symbol of greediness and, representedwith vegetables and fruits, a necessary part of the diet based on cereals. For thosewho could afford to eat more than gruels of corse grains or light vegetable broths,the possibility of including various meat and fish products in the ordinary fare wasalso a way to express wealth and social status. The fasting of méat was ritualizedand accepted in certain circumstances, for instance, for funerals or religiouspurposes. Under the Song Dynasty a kind of "fast cuisine," which neverthelessallowed a small proportion of animal products, was systematized and proposed as a model diet for those literati who were not directly engaged in world affaire andpreferred to live retired or even secluded. The most famous recipes book for thiscuisine is the Shanjia qinggong by Lin Hong (fl. 1241-1252) which contains 104refined recipes based essentially on "mountain products" composed mainly of wildplants, vegetables, cereals, and less often of some venison. Thèse were to be preparedwhen receiving friends. In this article the author tries to understand how thisaltogether hygienic and moralistic type of cuisine imposed itself from Song Dynastyon as the external sign of a voluntary adhésion to a virtuous, healthy, and plain life,constrasting with the "somptuous" way of life of the ordinary literati engaged inpolitics.Élément indispensable aux côtés des fruits et des légumes d'un régime alimentairefondé sur les céréales, la viande était en Chine un véritable symbole de gourmandisedepuis l'Antiquité. Ceux qui avaient les moyens de manger autre chose quedes bouillies de céréales ou des potages de légumes et qui pouvaient se permettredes plats riches et carnés manifestaient ainsi leur opulence et leur appartenance àla classe aisée. S'il leur arrivait de s'abstenir de chair, leur abstinence était ritualisée,en particulier dans certaines circonstances, en signe de deuil ou pour marquerune adhésion à une éthique religieuse. A partir des Song, un style de cuisine dit« maigre » fut systématisé et proposé à titre de régime alimentaire pour certainslettrés qui n'avaient aucune fonction officielle et avaient choisi de vivre retirés dumonde. Le texte le plus célèbre consacré à cette cuisine, intitulé Shanjia qinggong(Les vivres simples du montagnard) et écrit par Lin Hong (actif 1241-1252), contientcent quatre recettes raffinées à base de « produits de la montagne », essentiellementdes plantes sauvages, des légumes, des céréales et quelques gibiers. Laplupart des plats proposés étaient préparés pour recevoir des amis. Dans cet article,l'auteur essaie de comprendre comment cette cuisine, à la fois hygiéniste etmorale, s'est imposée à partir des Song, comment elle fut interprétée comme lesigne extérieur d'une adhésion volontaire à un mode de vie vertueux, sain et simple,en opposition avec les habitudes somptuaires et ostentatoires des lettrés ordinairesassumant des responsabilités officielles

“The Debt of Gratitude”: Mobilizing “Motherhood” in Times of Unrest in the United Arab Emirates

© 2020 by the Southwestern Social Science Association Objective: The objective of this study is to examine the framework of motherhood and gender identity politics in the context of growing nationalist state projects rooted in the UAE national service discourse. While the Western scholarship has extensively examined the concept of motherhood, little empirical studies have focused on the complex linkages between motherhood, state, and national service, particularly in non-Western contexts such as the UAE. Methods: The method was an in-depth field interviews with national mothers. National mothers have increasingly emerged as the new ideological “objects” of the state-led nationalist campaign to promote national military service in the UAE. The study further dissects the spatial boundaries of, and the complex relationships between motherhood and state, while simultaneously highlighting vignette of gendered narratives of various local UAE national mothers, and how they micro-view, sacrifice, cope, and respond to the ongoing state project. Results: The results show how UAE national service has shaped the daily lives and sense of belonging of UAE national mothers, their acceptance of the changes National service has brought to their families. A “debt of gratitude” is a catalyst of their attitude to a state which represents their interpretation and understanding of what they foresee as the UAE state\u27s act of “disciplining and governmentality” in times of ongoing unrest in the broader Middle East region. Conclusion: In conclusion, UAE mothers aligned their adaptation to a new disrupted change and family relationships

From total dependency to corporatisation: The journey of domestic work in the UAE

© 2020 MIGRATION LETTERS Transnational Press London Migrant domestic work has played complex, dynamic, and multilevel roles in the evolution of families, and the corporatisation of domestic work across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, particularly the United Arab Emirates (UAE). With the increasing globalisation process in the UAE, migrant domestic work has not only deepened families- critical dependency towards domestic work, but also influenced the state-s logic to institutionalise reforms to control, govern, and corporatise domestic works sector in recent years. Using primary and secondary literature sources, this article examines the historical and contemporary evolution of migrant domestic work in the UAE and of the GCC region. It argues that the UAE-s domestic work sector has historically transformed from informally structured sector-heavily dependent on the sponsorship of local family structures-to emerging corporatised sector across the UAE labour market. This article presents empirical and theoretical contributions because it highlights the evolving corporatised approach of the state in managing and governing domestic work and its impacts on local family structures in the UAE

Wideband Passive and Active Wearable Energy Harvesting Systems for Medical and IOT Applications

Demand for green energy is in continuous growth in the last years. Compact efficient antennas are crucial for energy harvesting portable systems. Small antennas have low efficiency. The efficiency of communication and energy harvesting systems may be improved by using efficient passive and active antennas. The system dynamic range may be improved by connecting amplifiers to the small antenna feed line. Novel passive and active portable harvesting systems are presented in this chapter. Printed patch, notch and Slot antennas are compact and have low volume. The active antennas may be employed in energy harvesting wearable systems. The antennas and the harvesting system components may be assembled on the same printed board. The printed notch and slot antennas bandwidth are from 40 to 100% for VSWR better than 3:1. The slot antenna gain is around 3 dBi with efficiency higher than 85%. The antennas’ electrical parameters were computed in free space and near the human body. The active notch antenna gain is around 23 ± 3dB for frequencies ranging from 200 to 900 MHz. The active notch antenna gain is 13 ± 3 dB for frequencies ranging from 1 to 3 GHz. The active notch and slot antenna noise figure is 0.5 ± 0.3dB for frequencies ranging from 200 MHz to 3 GHz