'Hare Majesteit de Smalfilm' - De making of de vroege amateurfilm(er)

in Tijdschrift voor Mediageschiedenis (2014), 17(1), 7-26

This article reconstructs the world of the Dutch amateur film around 1930; a dynamic period during which the amateur film gradually developed from being just one branch of photography (cinematography) to ... [more ▼]

This article reconstructs the world of the Dutch amateur film around 1930; a dynamic period during which the amateur film gradually developed from being just one branch of photography (cinematography) to becoming an independent film discipline. On the basis of a series of articles about amateur film, published in the photography magazine 'Focus', we shed light on the changing creative processes and discourses of early amateur films and by extension the ‘making of’ early amateur filmmakers themselves. The series, which was written by a beginning amateur filmmaker on the threshold of the ‘Nederlandse Smalfilmliga’ [Dutch Amateur Film League] (1931) and the amateur film magazine 'Het Veerwerk' (1932), offers an interesting insider view of the world of amateur films as it is taking shape. Taking the themes that are covered in the series – ranging from simple films of children and holidays to editing – and the associated user dynamics, the article throws light on the amateur filmmakers’ quest for a distinct production culture and way of creating films. [less ▲]

Harmful Interference in Regulatory Perspective

Book published by Nomos/ Ashgate - Luxembourg Legal Studies (2015)

The publication is the result of the 3rd Luxembourg International Workshop. The main aim is to analyse the regulatory aspects of harmful interference faced those operating space communication and ... [more ▼]

The publication is the result of the 3rd Luxembourg International Workshop. The main aim is to analyse the regulatory aspects of harmful interference faced those operating space communication and broadcasting systems. [less ▲]

Harmful Interference Threshold and Energy Detector for On-Board Interference Detection

in 22nd Ka and Broadband Communications Conference 2016 (2016)

Harmonic amplitude summation for frequency-tagging analysis

E-print/Working paper (2021)

In the approach of frequency tagging, stimuli that are presented periodically generate periodic responses of the brain. Following a transformation into the frequency domain, the brain’s response is ... [more ▼]

In the approach of frequency tagging, stimuli that are presented periodically generate periodic responses of the brain. Following a transformation into the frequency domain, the brain’s response is evident often at the frequency of stimulation, F, and its higher harmonics (2F, 3F, etc.). This approach is increasingly used in neuroscience, as it affords objective measures to characterize brain function. However, whether these specific harmonic frequency responses should be combined for analysis, and if so, how, remains an outstanding issue. In most studies, higher harmonic responses have not been described or were described only individually; in other studies, harmonics have been combined with various approaches, e.g., averaging and root mean squared summation. A rationale for these approaches in the context of frequency-based analysis principles, and understanding of how they relate to the brain’s response amplitudes in the time domain, has been missing. Here, with these elements addressed, the summation of (baseline-corrected) harmonic amplitude is recommended. [less ▲]

Harmonie et divergences des couples sur les repercussions familiales et sociales apres la survenue d’un accident vasculaire cerebral.

in Analele Stiintifice ale Universitatii "Alexandru Ioan Cuza". Sectiunea Sociologie si Asistenta Sociala = Scientific Annals of the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University. Sociology and Social Work Section (2012), 5(1), 155-173

Deux ans après la survenue d’un accident vasculaire cérébral (AVC), l’harmonie et la divergence entre les déclarations des patients et des conjoints ont été analysées auprès de 51 couples vivant au ... [more ▼]

Deux ans après la survenue d’un accident vasculaire cérébral (AVC), l’harmonie et la divergence entre les déclarations des patients et des conjoints ont été analysées auprès de 51 couples vivant au Luxembourg à l’aide d’un entretien mené à leur domicile. « L’AVC a créé des bouleversements considérables dans ma famille » et « au début, personne ne savait quelle attitude avoir avec la personne AVC »; ces retentissements sont, pour les couples, indiscutables. D’autres effets les affectent: « le caractère de la personne AVC a changé complètement depuis son AVC », ils estiment que « c’est sur le plan psychologique que cela a été le plus difficile ». Malgré les changements intervenus, les voyages demeurent un sujet qui les mobilise. Les besoins « d’information concernant l’aide financière » et « d’aide pour faire des demandes administratives, d’allocations ou de services » sanitaires et socio-éducatifs sont des priorités communes. Ils sont attentifs au fait que « les services et l’équipement fournis soient de bonne qualité » et dispensés à « des moments de la journée qui conviennent ». Les personnes victimes d’un AVC sont plus nombreuses que leurs aidants à reconnaître que « lorsqu’on a un AVC, on se sent dévalorisé ». Cette différence entre les attitudes des patients et des conjoints est une forme de stigmatisation du handicap dont souffrent les victimes confrontées à une image qui n’est plus celle qu’ils avaient d’eux avant l’accident. Avec le vieillissement de la population, une conception de la prise en charge par couple devrait être pensée dans le cadre du maintien à domicile. De nouvelles perspectives de recherche en sociologie médicale pourraient être développées. [less ▲]

A Harmonization Of First And Second Natures

in Journal of Regional Science (2010), 50(5), 973-994

This paper investigates the joint impact of the rst nature and the second nature forces on industry location. Towards this aim, we develop a two-region new economic geography model where local factor ... [more ▼]

This paper investigates the joint impact of the rst nature and the second nature forces on industry location. Towards this aim, we develop a two-region new economic geography model where local factor congestion and location advantages compete with demand linkages and product market crowding. In particular we study the case of absolute location advantage in a single industry model and the case of comparative advantages in a two-industry model. We characterize the structure of industries and discuss the possibilities of catastrophic changes, endogenous industrial asymmetries and specialization. We nd that absolute location advantage are associated with a smooth agglomeration process and comparative advantages with a catastrophic process. [less ▲]

Harmonizing the Educational Globe. World Polity, Cultural Features, and the Challenges to Educational Research

in Studies in Philosophy & Education (2010), 29(1), 7-29

The general thesis of this paper is that the motives of the currently dominant global educational governance are rooted in a specific cultural milieu in the time of the Cold War, more precisely in the ... [more ▼]

The general thesis of this paper is that the motives of the currently dominant global educational governance are rooted in a specific cultural milieu in the time of the Cold War, more precisely in the late 1950s, heading to a harmonious world. The more specific thesis is that a series of failures in the achievement of this harmonized globe led to reforms in educational governance, leading eventually to the development of instruments like large-scale assessments, such as PISA. The concluding thesis of the paper is that precisely because the idea of global governance is rooted in a specific culture, its instruments run the risk of only affecting formal structures of education in other cultures rather the inner activities of the ‘educational fabric’. [less ▲]

Harmony as language policy in China: an Internet perspective

in Language Policy (2016), 15(3), 299-321

This paper provides an ethnographic understanding of harmony as language policy in China, grounded in a historical analysis of ‘harmony’ (和 he) as a distinct traditional Chinese (Confucian) ideal that ... [more ▼]

This paper provides an ethnographic understanding of harmony as language policy in China, grounded in a historical analysis of ‘harmony’ (和 he) as a distinct traditional Chinese (Confucian) ideal that gradually finds its new expressions through the policy of Harmonious Society (和谐社会 hexie shehui) in contemporary China. The paper focuses on language practices surrounding ‘harmony’ emerging from the Internet, a discursive space and site that is both highly diverse and heavily contested with respect to policing processes, and notably so in the context of the PRC for its stringent mea- surement of censorship and sensitization of language use. It is shown that although the state is arguably the strongest stakeholder in implementing the policy of harmony, the actual processes of harmonization online develop in detailed, multidirectional and unpredictable rather than abstract, linear or monofocal ways. The paper offers a descriptive analysis of the field of Internet memes that critique and subvert the policies of harmonization. This includes new meanings for words (e.g. ‘harmony’ as euphemism for censorship) and puns around the acoustic image of hexie and other censorable words, resulting in the circulation and bricolage of myths and songs revolving around ‘river crab’ (hexie) and ‘grass mud horse’ (caonima) as placeholders of dissent, which feed back into offline popular (and critical) culture. The paper concludes with a discussion of the politics of harmony, pointing at the increasingly polycentric realities clashing with the modernist monocentric ideal of the state project of harmony, and with arguments for an ethnographically based understanding and inspection of language policy as an instrument for shaping sociolinguistic life. [less ▲]

Harmony within stroke patient-caregiver pairs concerning psychological and social repercussions, two years post-stroke in Luxembourg and Portugal.

in International Sociology Association. (2010)

This study aims to improve our understanding of the impact of stroke on the lives of patients & principal caregivers (PCs). The objective was to analyze agreement within patient-caregiver couples in ... [more ▼]

This study aims to improve our understanding of the impact of stroke on the lives of patients & principal caregivers (PCs). The objective was to analyze agreement within patient-caregiver couples in responses to statements concerning the psychological & social repercussions of stroke. Two years post-stroke, 97 patient-PC pairs were administered questionnaires at home. Logistic regression was used to analyze data on 50 couples of questionnaires from Luxembourg (Lux) & 47 from Portugal (Por); 60% of patients were men, with average ages of 65 years in Luxembourg & 71 years in Portugal; 75% of carers were women aged on average 61.5 years (Lux) & 61 years (Por). Responses to the question "Are you happy or not?" were more correlated with concordance within patient-caregiver couples’ statements concerning the psychological and social repercussions of stroke than were socioeconomic characteristics (nationality, age, having finished elementary school or not). Patients who considered themselves happy were more likely to give answers close to those of their caregivers. This was true particularly in the domain of stroke repercussions on relationships with friends: “sympathy shown by friends and relations”, “loss of friends”, “friends bothered by the handicap” & "ties maintained & even strengthened”. Conversely, PCs who described themselves as happy were less likely to agree with the patient they cared for. Patient-PC couples emphasised the consequences of a stroke on self-image in the face of the “loss of many friends" & the fact that "the patient feels devalued ". Family & social life is disrupted by stroke, and friendly relationships are put under stress. Patient-caregiver coherence is central, not least in its effect on quality of life. Do couples’ feelings about life have a decisive role in the reconstruction of the identities of patients and caregivers? What part will trust play in that process? [less ▲]

Harnack estimates for a nonlinear parabolic equation under Ricci flow

in Differential Geometry & its Applications (2018), 56

In this paper, we consider the Harnack estimates for a nonlinear parabolic equation under the Ricci flow. The gradient estimates for positive solutions as well as Li-Yau type inequalities are also given.