Fictitious Account Research Articles

‘There is Nothing Post-Colonial About it’

This interview with the writer Indra Sinha, conducted in Toulouse, France in June 2017 and reworked in January 2020, is a product of my research on the relatively recent theoretical endeavour to interrogate the relationship between postcolonial and ecocritical studies. Indra Sinha’s fictional and non-fictional works have substantially contributed to the international visibility of human and environmental injustices around the world, suggesting his potential engagement with the relationship between these two theoretical frameworks. In the interview conducted within this context, Sinha’s debut novel Animal’s People (2007), shortlisted for the 2007 Man Booker prize, is discussed as a postcolonial eco-socialist work offering a fictitious account of neo-colonial practices in India. The novel, particularly as the literary representation of the Bhopal disaster, sheds light upon the continuous destruction of human and non-human beings in postcolonial lands under neo-colonial policies. Yet, Sinha’s ardent problematization of ‘postcolonialism’ as a label in particular, and of all labels in general for delineating literary works, complicates, albeit fruitfully, the course of the interview and our discussion of new theoretical frameworks emerging out of postcolonial theory. His responses on this issue are powerful statements calling for a particular focus on, if any -isms deemed necessary, transnational capitalism and ‘traditional old-fashioned extortionism’ instead of postcolonialism.

‘Conducting his own Campaigns’: Evelyn Waugh and Propaganda

Abstract This essay examines Evelyn Waugh as practitioner and critic in the field of wartime propaganda. In 1941, Waugh produced a fictitious account of a British Commando raid on German territory in North Africa for publication in Britain and the United States, an episode which reveals his skill as a propagandist, but also prompts scrutiny of his contacts with British propaganda agencies and agents and of the effect of propaganda on his writings. Waugh’s interwar fiction exhibits a sophisticated understanding of the evolving and growing power of modern propaganda, but the novels also anticipate the public relations and psychological warfare campaigns of the Second World War, specifically those carried out by the Political Warfare Executive (PWE), a secret service established in 1941 to produce and coordinate propaganda to enemy and occupied Europe. Waugh’s proximity to the PWE is suggested by a dense network of social and professional connections, and is further indicated by a series of references to the PWE and its work which I have uncovered in his fiction. Allusions to covert propaganda in Put Out More Flags and the Sword of Honour trilogy betray Waugh’s understanding of the PWE’s operations, but also provide a critique of the corrosive and unforeseen effects of information warfare waged by the secret state and offer a productive means of re-examining his much-noted anxieties regarding modernity and mid-century political change.

THE FEATURES OF ACCOUNT RECEIVABLES ACCOUNTING AT COKE ENTERPRISES

The article examines the features of account receivables accounting at coke enterprises in Ukraine. Different approaches for defining the «account receivable» term by domestic and foreign researchers were examined, the difference between interpretations was determined. Various approaches to the account receivable classification were explored, the classification attributes were generalized on the basis of the conducted research. It was proposed to extend the existing classification with the following attributes: by agreement with counterparties, by currency of debt, by legitimacy of occurrence. According to the added classification attributes, the types of account receivables were distinguished (сoncerted and the unconcerted account receivable on a sum and terms, for example, not confirmed claims fines; real and fictitious account receivable, that is represented in an account without actual realization of economic operation or as a result of economic operations that is confessed by a court as incompetent). The features of account receivables accounting at the PJSC “DNIPROVSKY CCP” were examined. In accordance with the chosen accounting policy, the classification of account receivables at the enterprise was highlighted. The features of registration of primary documents of origin and repayment of account receivable for various business transactions were analyzed. The features of recognition and assessment of account receivable, the procedure for forming the provision for doubtful debts were revealed, the procedure and grounds for writing off debts, the features of its reflection in the financial statements were determined. For more detailed accounting of account receivables in the enterprise, measures to improve accounting were proposed. For account receivables accounts in the enterprise, it is proposed to introduce sub-accounts for accounting of debts for which the payment deadline has not come, and debts that have not been repaid on time. For accounting the doubtful debt reserve for long-term and short-term account receivables it’s proposed to introduce separate sub-accounts to the account of the accounting of the doubtful debts reserve. Based on the proposals made the changes to the working card of accounts of the PJSC “DNIPROVSKY CCP” were developed.

El legado de la Ilustración en Hombres buenos de Arturo Pérez-Reverte

This paper aims to analyze how Arturo Pérez-Reverte claims the legacy of the Enlightenment in his historical novel Hombres buenos (2015). The history of two members of the Real Academia Española, in charge of travelling to Paris in the hopes of obtaining all the volumes of the Encyclopedia and bringing them to Spain, allows Pérez-Reverte to create an original account of eighteenth-century Spain. Pérez-Reverte belongs to an intellectual tradition that depicts the Hispanic Enlightenment as inexistent, incomplete, insufficient, or unoriginal. At the same time, however, he keeps his distance from such tradition, by questioning the consensual image of a civilized and enlightened France, and by showing that Spaniards also participated in the creation and dissemination of the Enlightenment. This paper also analyzes how the fictitious account of the eighteenth century is nor only a defense of enlightened Spaniards, but also a way to express desires for the twenty-first century, especially regarding the political and linguistic unity of Spain.

Validation of a monetary Taylor Aggression Paradigm: Associations with trait aggression and role of provocation sequence

The Taylor Aggression Paradigm (TAP) is widely used to measure reactive aggression in laboratory settings. While modified versions (mTAPs) with various stimulus characteristics (shocks, noise, pressure, heat) have already been established, a modified version with monetary stimuli has only been introduced very recently. In this experiment, 209 young healthy participants (104 males, 105 females) completed a mock Competitive Reaction Time Task (CRTT) with a fictional opponent with preprogrammed 40 win and 60 lose trials. In lose trials, participants were provoked by subtracting a low (0–20 euro cents), medium (30–60 cents) or high (70–90 cents) amount of money from their fictitious account. Provocation stimuli were either presented randomly or in a fixed sequence (experimental conditions). In contrast to a random sequence, the fixed sequence was generated by repeating trials from the same provocation category in series of three. Linear mixed models (LMMs) considering aggression trajectories revealed significant effects of provocation (low, medium, high) and trait aggression (K-FAF) on reactive aggression. Men showed significantly higher reactive aggression levels than women. In regard to provocation sequence, we found no significant difference in reactive aggression between the random vs. fixed stimulus sequences. The findings provide new evidence supporting the view that the monetary mTAP is able to induce as well as capture reactive aggression in the laboratory. Additionally, we found no advantage of a fixed sequence as the level of reactive aggression in a given trial appeared to be mainly predicted by the preceding provocation trial.

Would You like to Be My Facebook Friend?

This research seeks to understand how people respond to demographic factors and different types of Facebook profile. Using a 2 × 3 × 2 × 2 between-subjects experimental design, the research explores the relationship between gender of a fictitious Facebook account (female, male), attraction levels of the profile photo (attractive, normal and default), education status (university, default) and relationship status (in a relationship, default). Additionally, this process has been applied in both field research (Study 1) and laboratory (Study 2). A beauty survey was applied to determine the profile photos to be used in these fictitious accounts. Friendship requests were sent to participants in the two different environments (field and lab) by fictitious Facebook accounts, and results were monitored and analyzed. Whilst some research has been carried out on online friendship, no study exists that involves the role of the environment. The results of this study indicate that the environment plays an important role in friendship acceptance behavior. Another important finding was that the gender of participants is the most significant determinant in friendship acceptance behavior in both field and laboratory. However, the relationship between class and income levels of participants and behavior of accepting friendship request was not significant. Contrary to expectations, this study did not find a significant relation between friending behavior of participants and fictitious Facebook dimensions of gender, profile photos, education status and relationship status.

GAIA 2048 – A ‘Glocal Agency in Anthropocene’: Cognitive and Institutional Change as ‘Legal Science Fiction’

To assess a future scenario of the world without a WTO, the present chapter projects the reader into the distant future of the year 2048 by which time the global community is aiming to establish GAIA, the so-called “Glocal Agency in Anthropocene”. GAIA is designed as the first truly integrated global institution with a universal character with the aim to tackle the complex and multiversal governance challenges of humanity and the planet as a whole. This chapter marks both a legally and a scientifically fictitious account of the years from 2020 until 2048, from a dystopian and a utopian perspective, with the aim of highlighting the importance of cognition for legal and institutional change. The need for cognitive change is driven by changes in the environment, and by the challenges resulting from a perceived acceleration of the pace of change and the unprecedented levels of technological complexity. Both change and complexity increase the relevance of cognition, as laws and policies adopted in one area are more likely to affect their success or failure and that of the global governance system as a whole. Thus, this chapter predicts that the foremost necessity for law in the future is to build on novel and enhanced modes of human cognition to deal better with complexity and rapid change.

The Creation of the Convenient Investment Strategy in Forex

Forex that belongs into the biggest and the most widespread financial markets in the world has the daily turnover that is assessed to more than 5 trillion USD. This fact is at the same time a temptation for investors and attracts them to trade in this market. Only the small percentage from this daily turnover is made of the business of governments and companies, that purchade in foreign countries or need to exchange foreign currency for the domestic one. The majority consists of the speculative business. Speculative business is based on the expectations of a speculator on the future rise or fll of exchange rate, that he plans to earn money on. In this case, we are talking about the market with unpredictable environment. It is controlled by the crowd of people who create the most extensive financial market of the world by their mutual purchasing and selling foreign currencies. The aim of this paper is to create the convenient investment strategy on the basis of the analysis of foreign exchange market. We have used the description for the fulfillment of this aim and consequently we have focused on business strategies as the fundamental and technical analysis and its use in the real trading. We have described the development of trading in the chosen market and period by means of fictitious account on the platform Metatrader4. Consequently, we have analysed the influence of the particular factors on the results of investing in Forex

CREATING THE ENEMY: AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS' DOUBLE DIGRESSION ON HUNS AND ALANS (RES GESTAE 31.2)

AbstractAmmianus Marcellinus' excursus on the Huns and Alans in the thirty-first and last book of his Res Gestae, in which he creates an image of an enemy that threatens the Roman empire, mainly serves to enhance the suspense in the final part of his narrative. It contains a message to the reigning emperor to defend the borders between barbarism and civilization. The narratological motifs and ideological purposes in the portraiture of foreign peoples, which draw on older Greek as well as Latin ethnographical templates, prevail over historical accuracy. The article addresses the topic from the theoretical framework of alterity, and explores the ethnographical and geographical models on which Ammianus based his largely fictitious account.

And Give US the Shadows

And Give US the Shadows

Why do People Disseminate Fictitious Accounts? A Systematic Analysis of snopes.com

People often disseminate fictitious information and contrived anecdotes, some of which can be destructive. Thispaper explores the proposition that most, if not all, fictitious information can be classified into four clusters.Each cluster reinforces one of four underlying determinants of positive emotions—unambiguous duties, moralauthorities, extensive capabilities, and stable values over time. This framework is derived from socio-emotionalselectivity theory, self-discrepancy theory, and the meaning maintenance model. To assess these propositions,1500 fictitious claims, derived from snopes.com, were subjected to thematic analysis. To code these claims, allnouns and verbs were translated to broader categories. Then, researchers sorted these abstracted claims into 88piles of overlapping accounts. These 88 accounts were next sorted into 19 broader piles, each reflecting a distincttheme. All 19 themes aligned to one of the four underling determinants of positive emotions. These findingsindicate that, arguably, the need to curb negative emotions and to foster positive emotions motivates these biasedand fictitious accounts. The findings also highlight several distinct avenues in which each of these four needs canbe fulfilled. The implications of these findings to a range of issues, from violence and mental illness toadvertising and marketing, are discussed.

CONSTRUCTIONS OF JEWISH IDENTITY AND THE SPECTRE OF COLONIALISM: OF WHITE SKIN AND BLACK MASKS IN EARLY ZIONIST DISCOURSE

ABSTRACTEarly Zionist discourse was ripe with constructions of a new Jewish identity. Discussing responses to the so‐called Uganda plan of 1903–5 and notions of Jewish colonisation in Africa and elsewhere, the article investigates demarcations of Jewishness from, and identifications with, ‘blackness’ in the early twentieth‐century German Zionist press and literature and their impact on the Zionist imaginary vis‐à‐vis the colonial paradigm. Particular attention is given to Max Jungmann's ‘Briefe aus Neu‐Neuland’, published in the satiric journal Schlemiel between 1903–7. It is argued that with his fictitious account of the Zionist settlement of East Africa (which historically never happened) and with the creation of the black African Mbwapwa Jumbo and his conversion to Judaism Jungmann articulates an intricate and critical response to colonial aspirations, Jewish or otherwise, and formulates a scathing but highly perceptive commentary on the convergence of Zionist, racial, and colonial discourses.

The Fable of Land Reform: Expropriation and Redistribution in Occupied Japan

Land reform will not just reduce rural poverty, write development officials. It can raise productivity. It can promote civic engagement. Scholars routinely concur. Land reform may not always raise productivity and civic engagement, but it can - and during 1947-50 in occupied Japan it did.This account of the Japanese land reform program is a fable, a story officials and scholars tell because they wish it were true. It is not. The program did not hasten productivity growth. Instead, it probably retarded it. The areas with the most land transferred under the program did not experience the fastest rates of productivity growth. They experienced the slowest.Land reform reduced agricultural growth rates by interfering with the allocation of credit. A tenancy contract is a lease, and a lease is a capital market transaction. By precluding the use of leases, land reform effectively increased the cost of capital, reduced the amount of credit, and reduced the accuracy with which investors could target that credit. Banks provide an obvious alternative source of credit -- and post-land-reform, the areas with the fastest growth rates were those areas with the best access to those banks.The fable of land reform rests on a fictitious account of pre-war Japan. Scholars assume tenancy rates reflected poverty levels. They did not. Instead, they reflected levels of social capital. Leases were not most common in the poorest communities. Given their character as capital market transactions, they were most common in those communities where investors could turn to social networks to induce farmers to keep their word.

How to write a paper for Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

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La mettrie ou les morts de Monsieur Machine

This article, after evoking the hostile fictitious account of La Mettrie's death in which he is described as a machine, studies first of all how this doctor discussed death in his own works, in particular in Systčme d'Epicure. Here La Mettrie also refers to his own death, claiming that he has no doubt he will die as a philosopher. A study of the diverse accounts of and reactions to his untimely death shortly afterwards lead to the conclusion that he did not perhaps die as he had hoped but that he died as a physician, with no deathbed conversion.

America's first Olympics: the St. Louis games of 1904

America in 1904 was a nation bristling with energy and confidence. Inspired by Theodore Roosevelt, the nation's young, energetic, and athletic president, a sports mania rampaged across the country. Eager to celebrate its history, and to display its athletic potential, the United States hosted the world at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. One part of the World's Fair was the nation's first Olympic games. Revived in Greece in 1896, the Olympic movement was also young and optimistic. In fact, the St. Louis Olympics were only the third in modern times. Although the games were originally awarded to Chicago, St. Louis wrestled them from her rival city against the wishes of International Olympic Committee President Pierre de Coubertin. Athletes came from eleven countries and four continents to compete in state-of-the-art facilities, which included a ten-thousand-seat stadium with gymnasium equipment donated by sporting goods magnate Albert Spalding. The 1904 St. Louis Olympics garnered only praise, and all agreed that the games were a success, improving both the profile of the Olympic movement and the prestige of the United States. But within a few years the games of 1904 had receded in memory. They suffered a worse fate with the publication of Coubertin's memoirs in 1931. His selective recollections, exaggerated claims, and false statements turned the forgotten Olympics into the failed Olympics. This fictitious account was furthered by the 1948 publication of An Approved History of the Olympic Games by Bill Henry, which was reviewed and endorsed by Coubertin. America's First Olympics, by George R. Matthews, corrects common misconceptions that began with Coubertin's memoirs and presents a fresh view of the 1904 games, which featured first-time African American Olympians, an eccentric and controversial marathon, and documentation by pioneering photojournalist Jessie Tarbox Beals. Matthews provides an excellent overview of the St. Louis Olympics over a six-month period, beginning with the intrigue surrounding the transfer of the games from Chicago. He also gives detailed descriptions of the major players in the Olympic movement, the events that were held in 1904, and the athletes who competed in them. This original account will be welcomed by history and sports enthusiasts who are interested in a new perspective on this misunderstood event.

Doctors of Interrogation

are busy with a little here. But our friend is taking some strain. He says he can't breathe properly. Could you just take a look at him?... [I]s he faking it?... In your opinion, as a doctor, how much more can he take? --DAMON GALGUT, THE GOOD DOCTOR These questions were addressed to a young South African army doctor as he stood before a bruised . man who was lying on the floor and breathing heavily. doctor had been conscripted, given the rank of lieutenant, and assigned to a small field hospital near the Angolan border. Until that moment, his responsibilities had been limited to care: treating the sick or wounded. But now he had been summoned by the camp commandant to perform a different task, one that would haunt him for years to come. doctor considered the questions insane,... the measuring points of an world in which doctors are called upon, not to heal and repair, but to assist in the calculated demolition of nerves and flesh. But the glare of the commandant's dead eyes reminded the doctor what was being asked of him. He told himself. The man on the floor is an enemy, who will in any case not last the night. is myself I must look after. doctor provided the assurance requested (He won't die yet), was amiably thanked for his advice, and permitted to depart. In the days that followed, his guilt was subdued by rationalization: It would have made no difference. You didn't have a choice. You only answered the question. This is a fictitious account of the so-called dark art of in the darkest days of Apartheid. But factual counterparts abound. There are numerous reports of real doctors in grim inverted worlds where they are no longer called upon to heal. (1) Most recently, there has been mounting evidence of complicity in abusive at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay. (2) These revelations give Galgut's story greater resonance. Voices that address the legal, ethical, and practical ramifications of involvement in are vital to any discussion of this topic. However, the voices of American physicians complicit in aggressive interrogations have--perhaps not surprisingly--been absent from the debate. Literature--which is neither muted by the fear of speaking out nor silenced by orders from superiors--may remind us what is at stake when we bring physicians into interrogation. Contours of Physician Participation Although we do not yet have a complete picture of the involvement of physicians in at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, its contours have been clearly sketched. We know that in late 2002, a behavioral science consultation team--an entity staffed by a psychiatrist and a psychologist and known colloquially as a Biscuit--was established in Guantanamo Bay to assist with the of detainees. We also know that in late 2003, another Biscuit was established at Abu Ghraib on the recommendation of Major General Geoffrey Miller--then camp commander at Guantanamo--who considered the team essential in developing integrated strategies and assessing intelligence production. (3) At both facilities, one-way mirrors were installed that would have enabled personnel to monitor interrogations without being in the room. (4) And army records show that psychologists sometimes sat in on interrogations. (5) According to Colonel Thomas Pappas, head of military intelligence (MI) at Abu Ghraib, a worked alongside the psychiatrist. In his testimony to the Taguba inquiry, Pappas explained that military intelligence teams--also known as tiger teams--prepare individual interrogation plans for detainees, including a sleep plan and medical standards, and that a physician and psychiatrist ... are on hand to monitor what we are doing. (6) He told the inquiry that [t]he doctor and the psychiatrist . …

Doctors of Interrogation

"We are busy with a little interrogation here. But our friend is taking some strain. He says he can't breathe properly. Could you just take a look at him?... [I]s he faking it?... In your opinion, as a doctor, how much more can he take?" --DAMON GALGUT, THE GOOD DOCTOR These questions were addressed to a young South African army doctor as he stood before a bruised . man who was lying on the floor and breathing heavily. The doctor had been conscripted, given the rank of lieutenant, and assigned to a small field hospital near the Angolan border. Until that moment, his responsibilities had been limited to medical care: treating the sick or wounded. But now he had been summoned by the camp commandant to perform a different task, one that would haunt him for years to come. The doctor considered the questions "insane,... the measuring points of an inverted world" in which doctors are called upon, not to "heal and repair," but to assist in the "calculated demolition of nerves and flesh." But the glare of the commandant's "dead eyes" reminded the doctor what was being asked of him. He told himself." "The man on the floor is an enemy, who will in any case not last the night. It is myself I must look after." The doctor provided the assurance requested ("He won't die yet"), was amiably thanked for his advice, and permitted to depart. In the days that followed, his guilt was subdued by rationalization: "It would have made no difference. You didn't have a choice. You only answered the question." This is a fictitious account of the so-called "dark art of interrogation" in the darkest days of Apartheid. But factual counterparts abound. There are numerous reports of real doctors in grim "inverted worlds" where they are no longer called upon to heal. (1) Most recently, there has been mounting evidence of physician complicity in abusive interrogation at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay. (2) These revelations give Galgut's story greater resonance. Voices that address the legal, ethical, and practical ramifications of physician involvement in interrogation are vital to any discussion of this topic. However, the voices of American physicians complicit in aggressive interrogations have--perhaps not surprisingly--been absent from the debate. Literature--which is neither muted by the fear of speaking out nor silenced by orders from superiors--may remind us what is at stake when we bring physicians into interrogation. The Contours of Physician Participation Although we do not yet have a complete picture of the involvement of physicians in interrogation at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, its contours have been clearly sketched. We know that in late 2002, a behavioral science consultation team--an entity staffed by a psychiatrist and a psychologist and known colloquially as a "Biscuit"--was established in Guantanamo Bay to assist with the interrogation of detainees. We also know that in late 2003, another Biscuit was established at Abu Ghraib on the recommendation of Major General Geoffrey Miller--then camp commander at Guantanamo--who considered the team "essential in developing integrated interrogation strategies and assessing interrogation intelligence production." (3) At both facilities, one-way mirrors were installed that would have enabled medical personnel to monitor interrogations without being in the interrogation room. (4) And army records show that psychologists sometimes sat in on interrogations. (5) According to Colonel Thomas Pappas, head of military intelligence (MI) at Abu Ghraib, a physician worked alongside the psychiatrist. In his testimony to the Taguba inquiry, Pappas explained that military intelligence teams--also known as "tiger teams"--prepare individual "interrogation plans" for detainees, including a "sleep plan" and "medical standards," and that a "physician and psychiatrist ... are on hand to monitor what we are doing." (6) He told the inquiry that "[t]he doctor and the psychiatrist . …

The Crawfish and the Aztec treasure maze

Teaching data structures and other CS1/CS2 subjects can be challenging. Previous research has shown that using manipulatives and visualization tools may help students comprehend these abstract concepts. This paper illustrates how students can use a pez dispenser as a stack to gain first hand experience with many CS1/CS2 topics. In addition to giving students candy, we appeal to their sense of adventure by presenting a fictitious account of how the Aztecs might have used pez-like stacks. This tale is meant to supplement homework and class discussion concerning stack definition, algorithm design, recursion, tree traversal, and operation pre- and post-conditions.

Famous or Infamous? The Influence of Celebrity Status and Race on Perceptions of Responsibility for Rape

Although an extensive literature has explored the effects of race, socioeconomic status, and attractiveness on perceptions of rape defendants, few studies have considered the influence of celebrity status (and its potential interaction with race) on people's perceptions of events related to rape. As part of a 2 x 2 between-subjects design, 71 undergraduates (32 men, 39 women) read a fictitious newspaper account of an alleged rape that varied the defendant's race (Black or White) and celebrity status (famous or nonfamous), and they were then asked to make judgments in response to the event. As predicted, being a celebrity had distinct advantages for White defendants, whereas for Black defendants, being a celebrity was a liability. This apparent backlash against Black celebrities is consistent with aversive racism theory (Gaertner & Dovidio, 1986), which proposes that although most people today are not openly racist, a subtle form of prejudice appears when people feel safe to express it and when they can ju...