《弗兰德公路》的文本解读

本文以法国新小说大师、诺贝尔文学奖获得者克劳德·西蒙的成名作《弗兰德公路》为研究对象,从小说的主题、“诗画结合”的形式技巧及叙事风格等几个方面进行文本细读,对这个号称“天书”的实验文本进行了个人解读。     

Production d'exemples et de contre-exemples en analyse: étude de cas en première d'université

The history of mathematics shows that counter-examples have played a substantial role in the development of functional concepts. We undertook a long-term study about the construction of examples and counter-examples in a college level calculus course. The subjects were three pairs of first year students majoring in mathematics/physics at the University of Fes (Morocco). In addition to the instructional role of constructing examples and counter-examples, our research addressed the students' thought processes. For this propose, their interactions, as well as all their verbal and written productions were collected and transcribed. Each sentence was then classified according to the four qualitative variables: Activity, Expression, Content and Correctness. A factor analysis put in evidence two types of strategies that we interpreted as global and local ones. In addition, a qualitative analysis allowed us to distinguish between `winning' and `losing' strategies.     

‘Such a Splendid Tale’: The Late Nineteenth-Century World of a Young Female Reader

There is little evidence for the impact of literature on young female readers in the late nineteenth century. Most studies focus upon the content of nineteenth-century books and magazines, highlighting female readers' acceptance or rejection of contemporary discourses on femininity and domesticity. This paper uses evidence from the unpublished diary of one young woman to emphasize the importance of reading as an activity in its familial and social, rather than literary and intellectual, context. We argue that some young women had access to books from a wide range of genres, but that reading was often relatively uncritical and apparent ‘messages' were not internalized. For many, the significance of reading lay in its flexibility, fitting easily into a domestic routine, and in the opportunities for privacy, independence and narrative absorption offered by the activity itself.     

The visible hand of cluster policy makers: An analysis of Aerospace Valley (2006-2015) using a place-based network methodology

The paper focuses on cluster policies with particular attention to the role of R&D collaborative incentives in the structuring of knowledge networks in clusters. We disentangle the main network failures in regional innovation systems, and discuss the selection procedures designed by policy makers to foster knowledge collaborations. We draw evidence from the French Aerospace Valley cluster from 2006 to 2015. The case study is based on a dataset of 248 granted research consortia, from which we build 4-cohort knowledge networks that enable us evidencing the evolving structural properties of the cluster over time. We suggest avoiding the bias and limitations of 1 and 2-mode network analysis by developing an original place-based network methodology that emphasizes on structural equivalence and groups’ behaviors. We discuss the results focusing on the convergence degree between the structural properties of the cluster selected by the Program and the policy makers’ objectives. Finally, the methodology allows us to identify the agents of the structural and technological changes observed throughout the period.     

Race,ethnicity, and child maltreatment: An empirical analysis

Using central registry data for Texas for 1975–1977 of validated cases of abuse and of neglect, a study was conducted to investigate empirically the relationship of child maltreatment to ethnicity, addressing methodological issues that merit consideration in such studies.The ethnic composition of the at-risk population was 61% Anglos, 15% Blacks, and 24% Mexican-Americans. The annual rates for all abuse and neglect were 2.87, 3.17, and 3.94 per 1,000 under 18 population for Anglos, Mexican-Americans, and Blacks, respectively. Abuse was more predominant among Anglos, accounting for 33.5% of the validated cases of maltreatment, than among Mexican-Americans and Blacks, accounting for 25.2% and 29.4% of the maltreatment, respectively. Neglect was the major dynamic of maltreatment for Mexican-Americans and Blacks, accounting for 65.6% and 61.2% of the maltreatment, respectively, with Anglos having 55.4% of the maltreatment due to neglect. These relationships were not altered when rural-urban differences were taken into consideration.