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Dynamic daylight simulations: Impact of weather file’s choice
2015
Abstract This paper is the second step of a research project aimed at investigating the impact of the use of different weather data files on daylight simulations’ results. Simulations were carried out for a simple standalone office using three weather files (IWEC, Meteonorm and Satel-Light) for two European locations (Copenhagen and Rome); moreover the office’s exposure was changed according to the four main orientations (North, East, South and West). Results were analyzed both in terms of Annual and Monthly Light Exposures, dynamic daylight performance metrics (DA, DAcon, UDI) and sunlight’s incidence. It was demonstrated that differences between the results obtained with the different wea…
Milk quality as affected by grazing time of day in Mediterranean goats.
2008
We evaluated the effect of grazing time of day on goat milk chemical composition, renneting properties and milk fatty acid profile in a Mediterranean grazing system. Sixteen lactating Girgentana goats were divided into two experimental groups and housed in individual pens, where they received 500 g/d of barley grain. For 5 weeks the two groups were left to graze in two fenced plots on a ryegrass sward as follows: morning group (AM), from 9·00 to 13·00; afternoon group (PM), from 12·00 to 16·00. In selected herbage, water-soluble carbohydrates (WSC) increased in the afternoon (204 v. 174 g/kg dry matter, DM; P=0·01), whereas crude protein (CP) and linolenic acid decreased (respectively, 16·7…
Relationships between time of day, day of the week, and positive mood: Exploring the role of the mood measure
1995
This study examined the relationship between time of day, day of the week, and two measures of positive affect (PA). According to previous research and the circumplex model of affect, one scale was designed to assess the activation component of PA, and the other one measured the pleasantness aspect. Subjects rated their mood three times a day for 7 consecutive days. Consistent with our hypotheses, PA-Pleasantness showed a peak on the weekend, whereas PA-Activation remained stable throughout the week. Regarding time of day, maximum PA-Activation was reached in the afternoon. In contrast, the Pleasantness component of PA increased from morning to evening. Implications of these results as well…
The self-reported causes of sleepiness in shift-working tram and truck drivers
2021
Identifying the causes of sleepiness in various safety-critical work environments is neces-sary for implementing more efficient fatigue management strategies. In transportation, little is known about drivers' own perceptions of these causes. Therefore, we instructed shift-working tram (n = 23) and long-haul truck drivers (n = 52) to report at the end of their shifts what made them sleepy if they felt so. These self-reports, measured on-duty sleepiness, and sleep amounts were recorded on every shift over a period of 2-3 weeks per driver. The causes of sleepiness were queried with smartphone applications and sleep logs. Sleepiness was measured with the Karolinska Sleepiness Scale (KSS) and sl…
Du verbe instrumental dans la musique subsaharienne
2021
Sub-Saharan music results from the spoken language/instrumental language relation, directed by an oral culture. In this culture, these languages transmit ? beyond their singularities ? messages thanks to either a coded signal known by the linguistic community or previously defined among a group of individuals, or is used as a true meta-language copied on the articulated and usual language used every day. Here, an instrumental musical speech can then imitate and reproduce the tonal inflexions of the language to make its matter understandable. This fact is the natural result of a strong interaction and interrelation between the spoken language and the music as well as the conception that the …
SIS-M
2012
In this paper we describe the outcome of the SIS-M project, consisting in the development of web support system for the teacher of an inclusive school. In this kind of centers, the ordinary training is developed with people with disabilities. Although the availability of adequate supports, the management of the school and the heterogeneity of students requires tools that help in day to day. SIS-M provides tools that supports the basic management of the school, and due to the use of natural language processing tools, ontologies and location in real time, allows that the educator could receive the sugestion of activities that the system considers most appropriate for students in class at all …
Beckett et "Oh les beaux jours"
2019
International audience; No abstract.
Perfection et interprétation dans The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro, James Ivory), ou les débordements génériques de l'obsession
2010
Si les objets des obsessions de Stevens dans The Remains of the Day sont nombreux, celles-ci semblent toutes tendre vers un seul et même objectif : la perfection et l'humilité. Avec obstination et acharnement, Stevens sert son employeur, heureuse victime d'une emprise qui l'assiège autant qu'elle le définit. Ces premières formes d'obsession seront d'abord reliées à l'excès d'anglicité qui parcourt le roman, excès dont on s'efforcera de comprendre la logique de débordement comme étant à l'origine des stratégies vocales et visuelles de contrôle de Stevens, de l'écriture d'Ishiguro et de la mise en scène de James Ivory dans son adaptation filmique. Les obsessions premières de Stevens en cachen…
Derechos y libertades en Bosnia y Herzegovina: el modelo político salido de Dayton y sus consecuencias para los ciudadanos
2017
Cuando han pasado veinticinco años del inicio la guerra que asoló Bosnia y Herzegovina, y las heridas en el territorio aún están por cicatrizar, el sistema político y constitucional surgido del Acuerdo de Paz de Dayton (1995) tiene pendiente aún su consolidación y su plena legitimación, pues el documento internacional que dio lugar a una paz simulada que le evitaba al país más muerte, lo sumía al mismo tiempo en un tortuoso pozo de contradicciones políticas con un marco institucional débil, derruido, y perjudicial para el ejercicio de los plenos derechos de sus ciudadanos. Y es que, con una estructura sin precedentes en el continente europeo, Bosnia y Herzegovina se presenta como un Estado …
Case Report: Insulinoma Presenting as Excessive Daytime Somnolence
2021
Currently, undiagnosed insulinomas remain a difficult clinical dilemma because its symptoms in most cases can easily be misdiagnosed as other diseases. In this article, we present the case of a 14-year-old girl who presented to our hospital with recurrent episodes of excessive daytime sleepiness and abnormal behavior during sleep that had been going on for 3 months. Insulinoma is a rare neuroendocrine tumor that causes excessive release of insulin, resulting in episodes of hypoglycemia. It usually manifests as autonomic sympathetic symptoms. These symptoms resolved rapidly with the administration of glucose. After successful removal of the tumor, daytime sleepiness and abnormal nighttime be…