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Les biens meubles du château de GaillonFagnart, Laure ![]() in Dumont, Jonathan; Fagnart, Laure (Eds.) Georges Ier d'Amboise (1460-1510). Une figure plurielle de la Renaissance (in press) Detailed reference viewed: 18 (1 ULg) Huy / Ben Ahin : sondage dans l'abri de "Werleu II"Noiret, Pierre ![]() in Chronique de l'Archéologie Wallonne (in press), 20 Detailed reference viewed: 4 (0 ULg) NGOs and female circumcision in Egypt. An ethnographic enquiry.Mescoli, Elsa ![]() in De Lauri, A. (eds). Humanitarianism, Inc. (in press) In 1994, during the International Conference on Population and Development convened by the United Nations in Cairo, a shocking video was shown, realized by an operator of CNN and depicting the ... [more ▼] In 1994, during the International Conference on Population and Development convened by the United Nations in Cairo, a shocking video was shown, realized by an operator of CNN and depicting the circumcision of a ten-year-old child living in this very same city. Discourses around female circumcision were not new in Egypt and in the international community, but what was considered as a new episode of a recurrent scandal (not the last one indeed) led to enhance the "war against bad government"[1]. A war fought by means of ideological weapons produced by expert knowledges among which the medical and the feminist ones. The assignment of a value to the state of integrity of the female body and to the women freedom of choice, both designed according to Western canons, led to different actions to “save” Egyptian women. In this context, development agencies fosters a widespread representation of the victim, constituted by the woman mutilated body. Such representation is functional to put in place programs which do not guarantee a freedom of choice, but rather require adherence to another female model, one that defines the "modern" woman. My article, based on ethnographic experience, aims at highlighting the complexity of such dynamics and the role played by humanitarianism within them. Female body becomes the arena where local and international economic powers operate, disregarding a real understanding of the practice, its meanings and its eventual change. ________________________________________ [1] Foucault, Michel. La nascita della clinica. Il ruolo della medicina nella costituzione delle scienze umane, Einaudi, Torino 1969: 48. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 25 (3 ULg) Modelling Route Choice Decisions of Car Travellers Using Combined GPS and Diary Data; ; et al in Networks & Spatial Economics (in press) The aim of this research is to identify the relationship between activity patterns and route choice decisions. The focus is twofold: on the one hand, the relationship between the purpose of a trip and the ... [more ▼] The aim of this research is to identify the relationship between activity patterns and route choice decisions. The focus is twofold: on the one hand, the relationship between the purpose of a trip and the road categories used for the relocation is investigated; on the other hand, the relationship between the purpose of a trip and the deviation from the shortest path is studied. The data for this study were collected in 2006 and 2007 in Flanders, the Dutch speaking and northern part of Belgium. To estimate the relationship between the primary road category travelled on and the corresponding activity-travel behaviour a multinomial logit model is developed. To estimate the relationship between the deviation from the shortest path and the corresponding activity-travel behaviour a Tobit model is developed. The results of the first model point out that route choice is a function of multiple factors, not just travel time or distance. Crucial for modelling route choices or in general for traffic assignment procedures is the conclusion that activity patterns have a clear influence on the road category primarily driven on. Particularly, it was shown that the likelihood of taking primarily through roads is highest for work trips and lowest for leisure trips. The second model shows a significant relationship between the deviation from the shortest path and the purpose of the trip. Furthermore, next to trip-related attributes (trip distance), also socio-demographic variables and geographical differences play an important role. These results certainly suggest that traffic assignment procedures should be developed that explicitly take into account an activity-based segmentation. In addition, it was shown that route choices were similar during peak and off-peak periods. This is an indication that car drivers are not necessarily utility maximizers, or that classical utility functions in the context of route choices are omitting important explanatory variables. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 25 (6 ULg) French Adaptation of the Childhood ExecutivFe Function Inventory (CHEXI): Confirmatory Factor Analysis in a Sample of Young French-Speaking Belgian ChildrenCatale, Corinne ; Lejeune, Caroline ; Merbah, Sarah et alin European Journal of Psychological Assessment (in press) Thorell and Nyberg (2008) recently developed the Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory (CHEXI), a new rating instrument for executive functioning in day-to-day life that can be divided into four ... [more ▼] Thorell and Nyberg (2008) recently developed the Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory (CHEXI), a new rating instrument for executive functioning in day-to-day life that can be divided into four subscales: working memory, planning, inhibition, and regulation. By using an exploratory factor analysis on data from young Swedish children attending kindergarten, Thorell and Nyberg (2008) found a two-factor solution tapping working memory and inhibition. In the present study, we explored the psychometric characteristics of the French adaptation of the CHEXI. Ninety-five parents of 5- and 6-year-old children completed the CHEXI. Eighty-seven children from this sample were given clinical inhibition and working memory tasks. Confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the two-factor solution based on inhibition and working memory that was identified in the original study of Swedish children. Supplementary results indicated good internal and test-retest reliability for the entire scale, as well as for the two subscales identified. Correlation analyses showed no relationship between cognitive measures and the CHEXI subscales. Possible clinical applications for the CHEXI scales are discussed. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 15 (2 ULg) La langue qui goûte. Manger marocain(s) en Italie.Mescoli, Elsa ![]() in Cahiers européens de l’imaginaires (in press), 5 Fatéma Hal, ethnologue et restauratrice marocaine, décrit la nourriture, ainsi que la parole, comme ultime possession dont on ne peut jamais se défaire. On est ce qu’on mange, où qu’on soit. Mais on peut ... [more ▼] Fatéma Hal, ethnologue et restauratrice marocaine, décrit la nourriture, ainsi que la parole, comme ultime possession dont on ne peut jamais se défaire. On est ce qu’on mange, où qu’on soit. Mais on peut pousser l’analyse au-delà de cela, en affirmant que c’est encore à travers le goût qu’on connait l’autre. Qu’il s’agisse d’ « exotisme culinaire » (Régnier 2004) ou de ce que l’on pourrait définir comme un « cannibalisme exogène », la dégustation des cuisines ainsi dites « ethniques » est une pratique à la mode. Manger l’Autre, pour le connaître ou pour le contrôler ; se faire manger par l’Autre, pour raconter de soi ou pour satisfaire les discours sur l’intégration, témoignent du rôle complexe de la nourriture dans les rapports humains à travers les cultures. L’étude ethnographique que je présente dans cet article vise à illustrer comment certaines femmes marocaines vivant en Italie construisent un savoir culinaire commun, fait de pratiques et de saveurs mobiles, et de quelle façon ce même savoir est acteur du domaine publique. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 5 (3 ULg) The use of SWOT analysis to explore and prioritize conservation and development strategies for local cattle breeds; ; et al in Animal (in press) SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis is a tool widely used to help in decision making in complex systems. It suits to exploring the issues and measures related to the ... [more ▼] SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis is a tool widely used to help in decision making in complex systems. It suits to exploring the issues and measures related to the conservation and development of local breeds, as it allows the integration of many driving factors influencing breed dynamics. We developed a quantified SWOT method as a ecisionmaking tool for identification and ranking of conservation and development strategies of local breeds, and applied it to a set of 13 cattle breeds of six European countries. The method has four steps: definition of the system, identification and grouping of the driving factors, quantification of the importance of driving factors and identification and prioritization of the strategies. The factors were determined following a multi-stakeholder approach and grouped with a three-level structure. Animal genetic resources expert groups ranked the factors, and a quantification process was implemented to identify and prioritize strategies. The proposed SWOT methodology allows analyzing the dynamics of local cattle breeds in a structured and systematic way. It is a flexible tool developed to assist different stakeholders in defining the strategies and actions. The quantification process allows the comparison of the driving factors and the prioritization of the strategies for the conservation and development of local cattle breeds. We identified 99 factors across the breeds. Although the situation is very heterogeneous, the future of these breeds may be promising. The most important strengths and weaknesses were related to production systems and farmers. The most important opportunities were found in marketing new products, whereas the most relevant threats were found in selling the current products. The across-breed strategies utility decreased as they gained specificity. Therefore, the strategies at European level should focus on general aspects and be flexible enough to be adapted to the country and breed specificities. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 5 (3 ULg) Mobiles oui, migrants non ? Jeunes marocains qui bougentMescoli, Elsa ![]() in Exploration De La Mobilité Autour De La Méditerranée (in press) Les récits ethnographiques et les réflexions que je vais présenter dans cet article sont issus d’une recherche menée dans les villes marocaines de Khouribga et de Rabat entre 2007 et 2008. L’étude ... [more ▼] Les récits ethnographiques et les réflexions que je vais présenter dans cet article sont issus d’une recherche menée dans les villes marocaines de Khouribga et de Rabat entre 2007 et 2008. L’étude concerne la mobilité d’un groupe de jeunes « khouribgii » inscrits dans des projets migratoires vers l’Italie ainsi que les actions et les discours de certains organismes humanitaires (internationaux et locaux) s’occupant de thématiques liées à la migration. L’utilisation d’une distinction terminologique adoptée ici entre mobilité d’une part et migration d’autre part, a été choisi pour représenter une différenciation opérée entre l’expérience faite de la mobilité par ces jeunes à travers leur préparation à la migration, et le blâme et l’entrave à l’action de migrer opérée dans les discours et par les actions des ONG. D’un côté nous avons donc une mobilité qui s’exerce dans l’imaginaire de ces jeunes, tout comme dans des pratiques concrètes mises en place pour réaliser le projet migratoire (qui comportent l’apprentissage d’instruments utiles à l’affronter, tels que la langue italienne ou la capacité de mouvement à travers l’appareil législatif international et national qui régisse la migration) ; une mobilité qui s’exerce également dans la participation aux réseaux migratoires familiaux ; et de l’autre côté, une migration dissuadée par les programmes humanitaires ou sociaux. Ces derniers consentent une mobilité qui puisse s’accomplir dans un rapprochement « virtuel » au pays de destination, à travers notamment des cours de « culture italienne », mais en détournant la définition des parcours migratoires personnels et en les insérant dans la rhétorique de la « migration intelligente », c’est-à-dire en demandant que, s’ils arrivent à être réalisés, ils soient utiles au « développement » de la communauté locale d’origine. A travers l’analyse de ces aspects, cet article vise donc à démontrer la réalité des déplacements des jeunes interviewés, malgré leur permanence sur le territoire marocain, la concrétisation de leur aspiration de migration dans l’expérience de la mobilité, en remettant donc en cause la frontière entre les deux concepts définis ci-dessus. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 15 (1 ULg) Louise de Savoie et la chambre des BucoliquesFagnart, Laure ![]() in Brioist, Pascal; Fagnart, Laure; Michon, Cédric (Eds.) Louise de Savoie (1476-1531) (in press) Detailed reference viewed: 15 (0 ULg) Anévrisme de l’artère ulnaire chez un couvreur; Courtois, Anne-Catherine ; LECLERCQ, Daniel et alin Revue Médicale de Liège (in press) A case of ulnar artery aneurysm in an independent roofer is reported. It is a rare disease often associated with the Hammer Hypothenar Syndrome specifically found in manual workers and athletes exposed to ... [more ▼] A case of ulnar artery aneurysm in an independent roofer is reported. It is a rare disease often associated with the Hammer Hypothenar Syndrome specifically found in manual workers and athletes exposed to repetitive palmar trauma. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 16 (3 ULg) Cell-free preparations of Lactobacillus acidophilus strain La-5 and Bifidobacterium longum strain NCC-2705 affect virulence gene expression in Campylobacter jejuni; Delcenserie, Véronique ; et alin Journal of Food Protection (in press) Detailed reference viewed: 9 (0 ULg) Influence of microfabric evolution on the retention behaviour of compacted clayey soils; ; Dieudonné, Anne-Catherine ![]() in Unsaturated Soils: Research & Applications (2014, July) Detailed reference viewed: 9 (0 ULg) Le "Gate fever" : la cristallisation du temps carcéralEnglebert, Jérôme ![]() Scientific conference (2014, May 21) Detailed reference viewed: 17 (1 ULg) Changement, disparition ou éternel retour ?Gauthier, Jean-Marie ; Englebert, Jérôme ![]() Scientific conference (2014, January 27) Detailed reference viewed: 18 (2 ULg) Les sociétés de contrôle et la postmodernité à l’épreuve de la psychopathologieEnglebert, Jérôme ![]() Scientific conference (2014, January 20) Detailed reference viewed: 17 (0 ULg) Familles diasporiques et arènes spirituelles. Approche ethnographique translocale: Kinshasa-Bruxelles-Liège-KinshasaMeiers, Bénédicte ![]() in Mazzocchetti, Jacinthe (Ed.) Migrations subsahariennes en Belgique (2014) Detailed reference viewed: 12 (1 ULg) Associative learning of Nasonia vitripennis Walker (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) to methyldisulfanylmethaneFrederickx, Christine ; Verheggen, François ; Brostaux, Yves et alin Journal of Forensic Sciences (2014) Traditional methods of volatile detection used by police typically consist of reliance on canine olfaction. However, dogs have some limitations such as cost of training and time of conditioning. The ... [more ▼] Traditional methods of volatile detection used by police typically consist of reliance on canine olfaction. However, dogs have some limitations such as cost of training and time of conditioning. The possibility of using parasitic wasps for detecting explosives and narcotics has been developed. Moreover, wasps are cheap to produce and can be conditioned with impressive speed for a specific chemical-detection task. We examined the ability of Nasonia vitripennis Walker to learn and respond to methydisulfanylmethane (DMDS), a volatile discriminator of cadaver. The training aimed to form an association between an unconditioned stimulus (pupae) and the conditioned stimulus (odor source). After the training, the time spent of conditioned wasps in the DMDS chamber was measured. Statistical analysis showed that the increasing concentrations involved an increase in the time spent in the chamber containing DMDS. This study indicates that N. vitripennis can respond to DMDS, which provide further support for its development as a biological sensor. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 20 (1 ULg) Les mots pour dire le goût: une construction historique et culturelle?Von Hoffmann, Viktoria ![]() in Verine, Bertrand (Ed.) Dire le non-visuel (2014) Detailed reference viewed: 29 (3 ULg) Les mots du goût. Lieux communs et réécrituresVon Hoffmann, Viktoria ![]() in Vérine, Bertrand (Ed.) Dire le non-visuel (2014) Detailed reference viewed: 5 (1 ULg) Given to a Deity? Religious and social reappraisal of Human Consecrations in the Hellenistic and Roman EastCaneva, Stefano ; Delli Pizzi, Aurian ![]() in Classical Quarterly (2014) Various cases of human beings ‘dedicated’ to deities are attested in Greek epigraphic evidence. Are these kinds of offerings comparable to the dedication of inanimate objects? Besides, does the fact that ... [more ▼] Various cases of human beings ‘dedicated’ to deities are attested in Greek epigraphic evidence. Are these kinds of offerings comparable to the dedication of inanimate objects? Besides, does the fact that someone is said to be ‘sacred’ to a specific deity necessarily involve that he went through a process of dedication? This article aims at providing a global picture of different situations in which processes of dedications took place. Among the several issues that are tackled, the cornerstone of this article consists of two questions: for what purposes did some people decide to consecrate a human being to a deity and what were the consequences for the consecrated individuals on religious and social levels? Different categories of persons will be contrasted, in terms of processes through which they acquire their new status but also in terms of the freedom/lack of freedom which is conveyed by this new status. It will also be shown that, as far as method is concerned, it is necessary to complete a lexical analysis with a contextual perspective for a deeper understanding of the problem. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 1 (1 ULg) |
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