Des unités "litteraires" preévangeliques resultant d'une relecture d'episodes de la vie de Jésus à la lumière des granges fêtes juïves

La hipòtesi defensada en aquesta contribució és la següent: diverses unitats literàries pre-evangèliques podrien haver tingut un Sitz im Leben litúrgic. Aquestes trobarien tot el seu sentit en funció d’una relectura dels esdeveniments de la vida de Jesús o de la vida de la primera comunitat jerosolimitana a la llum de les grans festes jueves i de l’espera que li estava associada. Estarien reflectides a la vegada la festa de Pasqua (relat dels sinòptics de la Passió, més concretament en la versió de Marc; alliberament miraculós de la presó de Pere en Ac 12); la festa de les Tendes (relats de la Transfiguració; relats de l’entrada triomfal de Jesús a Jerusalem i l’expulsió dels mercaders del Temple) i la festa de les Setmanes (relat de Pentecosta). Aqueta relectura hauria estat destinada a mostrar que la cadència del temps lligada a questes festes de peregrinatge va començar a trobar el seu acompliment amb aquests esdeveniments, entesos com a fundadors

Biomass (yard waste) Suspensions as Alternative Daily Cover Material for Landfills

Biomass makes up approximately 16% of the landfills (this number can vary significantly depending upon the geographical location and time of the year). A majority of the biomass disposed in landfills is comprised of yard waste including grass and leaf clippings. This is becoming a problem as most landfills are running out of space and it is expensive to build new landfills. Twenty-four states have prohibited the disposal of yard waste in landfills with more states likely to follow suit. To conserve landfill space it is important to identify processes and methods for effective utilization and disposal of yard waste. It has been shown in this research that conformal coating of a biomass suspension can be utilized as an alternative daily cover (ADC) for the landfills. The biomass is ground into fine particles (d ≤ 2 mm) and suspended in a surfactant solution. This approach can reduce the cost of daily operations for the landfill and provide a solution to the problem of yard waste disposal

The Wife of Bath: a Tragic Caricature of Women

Alisoun of Bath has long been considered one of Chaucer’s most memorable characters, both for her candid vivacity and her spoken dedication to the concept of female sovereynetee. However, it is impossible not to detect the inconsistencies between what she avows and how she actually behaves. Through this interpretation, Alisoun’s Prologue and Tale can be seen as a tragic caricature of women in that she at once dismisses and embodies the misogynistic medieval stereotype, while also adhering to the suppressive ideals of the patriarchal power continuum she verbally abandons. This paper is a reexamination of Chaucer’s purportedly feminist masterpiece

Lexicographical polytopes

Within a fixed integer box of Rn, lexicographical polytopes are the convex hulls of the integer points that are lexicographically between two given integer points. We provide their descriptions by means of linear inequalities

Drawing disconnected graphs on the Klein bottle

We prove that two disjoint graphs must always be drawn separately on the Klein bottle, in order to minimize the crossing number of the whole drawing.Comment: 13 pages, second version, major changes in the proo

Contextualizing students' alcohol use perceptions and practices within French culture: an analysis of gender and drinking among sport-science college students

Although research has examined alcohol consumption and sport in a variety of contexts, there is a paucity of research on gender and gender dynamics among French college students. The present study addresses this gap in the literature by examining alcohol use practices by men and women among a non-probability sample of French sport science students from five different universities in Northern France. We utilized both survey data (N = 534) and in-depth qualitative interviews (n = 16) to provide empirical and theoretical insight into a relatively ubiquitous health concern: the culture of intoxication. Qualitative data were based on students’ perceptions of their own alcohol use; analysis were framed by theoretical conceptions of gender. Survey results indicate gender differences in alcohol consumption wherein men reported a substantially higher frequency and quantity of alcohol use compared to their female peers. Qualitative findings confirm that male privilege and women’s concern for safety, masculine embodiment via alcohol use, gendering of alcohol type, and gender conformity pressures shape gender disparities in alcohol use behavior. Our findings also suggest that health education policy and educational programs focused on alcohol-related health risks need to be designed to take into account gender category and gender orientation

Contractions in perfect graph

In this paper, we characterize the class of {\em contraction perfect} graphs which are the graphs that remain perfect after the contraction of any edge set. We prove that a graph is contraction perfect if and only if it is perfect and the contraction of any single edge preserves its perfection. This yields a characterization of contraction perfect graphs in terms of forbidden induced subgraphs, and a polynomial algorithm to recognize them. We also define the utter graph $u(G)$ which is the graph whose stable sets are in bijection with the co-2-plexes of $G$, and prove that $u(G)$ is perfect if and only if $G$ is contraction perfect.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figure

VALIDITY, SENSITIVITY AND REPRODUCIBILITY OF STAGES AND GARMIN VECTOR POWER METERS WHEN COMPARED WITH SRM DEVICE

The measurement of power output (PO) during cycling has led some manufacturers to develop mobile power meters. However, such devices have to provide a valid, sensitive and reproducible PO. This study aimed to determine the validity, sensitivity and reproducibility of the Stages and Garmin Vector during both laboratory and field cycling tests. The results demonstrate that the Stages and the Garmin Vector systems appear to be reproducible. However, the validity and the sensitivity of the two systems must be treated with some caution