High Degree Of Mobility Research Articles

Invasive group A streptococcal infection outbreaks of typeemm118 in a long-term care facility, and of type emm74 in the homeless population, Montréal, Quebec.

BackgroundTwo invasive group A streptococcus (iGAS) infection outbreaks occurred in Montreal in 2016 and 2017; one in a long-term care facility (type emm118) and one in the community, primarily involving homeless people (type emm74).ObjectiveTo describe two recent iGAS outbreaks in Montréal and highlight the challenges in dealing with these outbreaks and the need to tailor the public health response to control them.MethodologyAll cases of iGAS were investigated and the isolates were sent to the laboratory for emm typing. In both outbreaks, cases of superficial group A streptococcus (GAS) infection were identified, through 1) systematic case detection accompanied by screening for asymptomatic carriers among residents and employees of the long-term care facility and 2) sentinel surveillance among homeless people. Visits were made to community organizations providing homeless services (including shelters) and social networks were analyzed to establish whether there were any links among cases of GAS infection (both invasive and noninvasive) and locations frequented. In both outbreaks, recommendations were made to service providers regarding enhancement of infection prevention and control measures.ResultsIn the long-term care facility, five cases of type emm118 iGAS were identified over a 22-month period, one of which resulted in death. All residents were screened and no carriers were identified. Among the employees, 81 (65%) were screened and fourcarriers were identified. Of those, one was a carrier of type emm118 GAS. All carriers were treated, and subsequent follow-up sampling on three carriers (including the one with emm118) was negative.In the community, 23 cases of type emm74 iGAS were detected over a 16-month period, four of which resulted in death. Half of the cases (n=12) were described as homeless, and six others were users of services for the homeless. Sentinel surveillance of superficial infections yielded 64 cultures with GAS, chiefly on the skin, including 51 (80%) of type emm74. An analysis of the social networks revealed the large number and variety of resources for the homeless used by the cases. Visits to the community organizations providing homeless services revealed the heterogeneity and precariousness of some of these services, the difficulties encountered in applying adequate health and hygiene measures, and the high degree of mobility amongst those who use these services.ConclusionThe detection and control of iGAS outbreaks in both long-term care establishments and among community organizations providing homeless services are very complex. An outbreak of iGAS can develop in the background over a long time and be easily overlooked despite cases being admitted to the hospital. Emm typing and systematic research of previous cases of iGAS are essential tools for the detection and characterization of outbreaks. Close cooperation among public health agencies, clinical teams, community organizations and laboratories is essential for proper monitoring and the reduction of GAS transmission in the community and health care settings.

Deserters from the Labor Front: The Limits of Coercion in the Soviet War Economy

Deserters from the Labor FrontThe Limits of Coercion in the Soviet War Economy Oleg V. Khlevniuk (bio) Translated by Aaron Hale-Dorrell During World War II, a special system of crisis management took shape in the USSR. Its defining characteristics included a high degree of mobilization of human and material resources to meet the demands of the front, as well as a related centralization of management and employment of repression. Detailed study of the basic parameters and mechanisms of how the system functioned at the front and in the rear unavoidably leads to a new series of questions.1 How effective was the Soviet model of military mobilization? To what degree were the extreme centralization and severe repression in their fullest form able to achieve the required results? What contribution did other, nonrepressive methods make? In addressing such questions, historians are examining many phenomena and processes that corrected for the negative consequences of the extreme centralization and harsh coercion and therefore improved the operation of the system of crisis management. These include changes in Soviet ideology, especially the concessions by the Stalinist government to religious traditions as a whole and the Russian Orthodox Church in particular; the introduction of one-person command and the heightening of the authority of the Soviet corps of officers and generals; the partially spontaneous localization [End Page 481] of management, the relative rise in producers' economic self-reliance, and more.2 Taken as a whole, these works show that it is important to examine the Soviet military mobilization system together with its harshly repressive and "soft" corrective components. This article applies this approach to study the actual practices for implementing the extraordinary wartime laws in the realm of labor. Here we are speaking, above all, about the decree of 26 December 1941, on deserters from war industries, which was one of the basic mechanisms of coerced labor during wartime.3 The widespread employment of various forms of forced labor, as well as the centralized distribution of the labor force, were characteristics of the Soviet economy from the moment it emerged. The ideal of Soviet socialism was the principle that each should labor where and as much as the state deemed necessary. The harshly regulated distribution of labor resources was caused not so much by inadequate quantity as by low quality: that is, insufficient labor productivity and a high rate of turnover. Crash industrialization was forced via a rapid decline in living standards, as well as the collapse of agriculture and the social sector. This significantly weakened both wages and attractive living conditions as methods for incentivizing labor. To a considerable degree, compulsory labor was to compensate for the limited opportunities to employ economic incentives.4 The system of coerced labor functioned in its fullest form in the Gulag economy. On 1 January 1941, there were 1,500,000 prisoners in People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs (NKVD) corrective labor camps, almost [End Page 482] 429,000 prisoners in labor colonies, and about 488,000 in prisons.5 At that time, laboring internal exiles numbered an additional 930,000.6 As researchers have noted, mass repressions not only provided labor power for the forced-labor economy but also served as an important means of disciplining workers in the Soviet economy as a whole.7 However, for the threat of repression to actually function as a labor incentive, it was necessary to criminalize labor, transforming into a crime any violation of discipline or the independent choice of a job. After the outbreak of World War II, the Stalinist state solved this problem by publishing a decree by the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet on 26 June 1940. It stipulated harsh punishments: for late arrival to work, up to six months corrective labor with a portion of wages garnished by the state; for unauthorized leave from a workplace—up to four months of prison. Enterprise managers who responded to violations of discipline with insufficient alacrity could similarly find themselves in court. Because of this growing pressure from above, the campaign for labor discipline attained enormous proportions. As Table 1 demonstrates, in the period of less than a year preceding the beginning of the war with Germany...

STFANET: SDN-Based Topology Management for Flying Ad Hoc Network

In recent years, with the growth in the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), UAV-based systems have become popular in both military and civil applications. The lack of reliable communication infrastructure in these scenarios has motivated the use of UAVs to establish a network as flying nodes, also known as Flying Ad Hoc Networks (FANETs). However, the high mobility degree of flying and terrestrial users may be responsible for constant changes in the network topology, which makes more challenging to guarantee their communication during the operational time. In this context, this article presents a Software-defined networking (SDN) based Topology management for FANETs - called of STFANET -, which is a coordination protocol that englobes both an efficient SDN-based UAV communication and a set of topology management algorithms. The goal is to establish and maintain a FANET topology in order to provide a constant and reliable communication link among independent nodes - which are performing individual or collaborative missions - through relays units. Simulation results show the efficiency of the proposed protocol in order to provide communication in a dynamic scenario. Considering its use in a military setting, STFANET managed to achieve 25% of packet loss in transmitting data packets, 1.5ms of latency and 71% of connectivity on average.

Climate, environment and human behaviour in the Middle Palaeolithic of Abrigo de la Quebrada (Valencia, Spain): The evidence from charred plant and micromammal remains

The Abrigo de la Quebrada rock shelter was occupied by Neanderthal groups during the early Upper Pleistocene, yielding evidence for their subsistence practices and local resource exploitation. This paper focuses on the plant macroremains and the micromammals, which provide information about occupation patterns, the surrounding landscape, the use of resources, and the environment. Mountain pine forests and permanent grass formations containing humid zones and open spaces that would have harboured an eurythermal microfauna were the dominant landscape type. Cold-climate pines provided most of the firewood. The data are consistent with a recurrent, seasonal occupation pattern, in which the rock shelter was used for short periods in the context of an annual round characterized by a high degree of mobility.

Het Antwerpse en Brusselse rekruteringsgebied voor buitenlandse dienstmeiden (1850-1910)

Historians have observed that the recruitment areas of several nineteenth-century European service cities expanded beyond the cities’ hinterland. This development is inextricably connected to the democratisation of long-distance migration and the mobility transition in this period. As several European cities were located close to each other, the question arises how these cities influenced each other’s recruitment areas. This article focuses on the recruitment areas for foreign female domestic servants of Antwerp and Brussels between 1850 and 1910. The local foreigners’ files of both cities not only provide information on the birth place of each foreigner who entered the city but also on the place of departure, which allows for a better reconstruction of urban recruitment areas than previously used source material. The hypothesis is that the recruitment areas of both cities gradually came to overlap as a consequence of the short distance and many transport links between the two cities, the high degree of mobility of servants, and the similarities in the domestic service labour market of both cities.

A Model of a Wireless Factory Work-Cell Using the Systems Modeling Language.

Wireless technology is a key enabler of the vision of the future factory work-cell. Such a work-cell will operate autonomously with a high degree of mobility enabled by wireless technology. This paper describes the work-cell using the Systems Modeling Language (SysML). Using SysML the structural and parametric characteristics of the work-cell are described. Our model provides the architectural components and performance constraints of the work-cell in which wireless is used for a significant portion of connectivity. It identifies the structural components, interfaces, and data flows. Parametric characteristics that impact work-cell performance are included in the model. Using this model, industrial wireless networking requirements and work-cell behaviors may be developed and performance limits may be evaluated. The SysML model presented here is developed using MagicDraw 18.5 by No Magic.

New Management Intelligentsia as a Socio-Professional Group at the Industrial Enterprises of the Penza Region

Introduction. The relevance of the research topic is due to the fact that at the present stage industrial companies of the Penza Region are focused on the formation of highly professional personnel with a high degree of mobility and socio-professional adaptability in the labor market. Of special interest is the process of supplementing and updating professional personnel capable of reducing the social and economic risks and challenges of the time, i. e. the development of the management intelligentsia at the industrial enterprises under the influence of their key competencies. The purpose of the research is to study the process of forming the management intelligentsia at industrial companies as a socio-professional group and to substantiate its importance in the conditions of innovative development of industrial companies in the Penza Region. Materials and Methods. The materials used were the results of a sociological study conducted at industrial enterprises in the Penza Region in 2017. General scientific and special techniques and methods were used including systemic and comparative analysis. Results. It has been proved that the management intelligentsia as a socio-professional group is an indispensable institution for industrial enterprises in the Penza Region. The competencies of the new management intelligentsia forming the competitive advantages of industrial companies have been identified as well as the factors influencing the level of formation and homogeneity of the core of certain competencies. Discussion and Conclusions. The competencies of the management intelligentsia are a complex of knowledge, skills and abilities of the managerial staff. They participate in creating the greatest benefits and are a vector for the staff of industrial companies. The prospects of further studies may be related to the provision of models for the development of management intelligentsia at industrial enterprises in the Penza Re- gion. The article may be useful for the stakeholders, for administrators of industrial companies of various levels of management, for state and municipal employees, scientists and those representing modern management intelligentsia.

From Catalyst Layer to Flow Field: Analysis of Electrolyte Redistribution in HT-PEFC By Operando X-Ray Tomographic Microscopy

High temperature polymer electrolyte fuel cells are based on a polybenzimidazole membrane, imbibed with phosphoric acid as the electrolyte. Phosphoric acid shows a high degree of mobility within the membrane and, as was shown by Eberhardt et.al [1], can also invade the pores of the anode gas diffusion layer (GDL) after a current step from 0.2 Acm2 to 0.8 Acm2 and even invade the channel of the flow field, where it is removed from the fuel cell. The loss of electrolyte is a mayor degradation mode of HT-PEFCs and may also affect the performance of a HT-PEFC. In recent years, synchrotron based operando x-ray tomographic microscopy of HT-PEFCs has been applied for visualizing and quantifying phosphoric acid redistribution in the GDL [1]. In the present work, this technique was used to quantify phosphoric acid saturation in the anode GDL after a current step (s. figure 1) and correlated it with operando electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurement. The synchrotron imaging parameters were optimized to enable the quantification of the acid redistribution in the GDL, the microporous layer and the catalyst layer. For the first time, phosphoric acid redistribution in the cracks of both, microporous and catalyst layers, was evaluated and quantified, allowing the determination of flooding time constants for the cracks in both layers. The redistribution of acid in both, anode and cathode catalyst layers, is quantified and compared.

Dynamics of the formal and informal labour in Brazil: occupational and earnings mobility

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to discuss recent dynamics of the Brazilian labour market, by analysing occupational mobility patterns, specially the transitions between formal and informal labour, and verify the earnings mobility resulting from these transitions, separately by gender.Design/methodology/approachThe changes in the mobility patterns are analysed by performing an estimation of the transition probabilities between different occupational status between 2002 and 2012, using a multinomial logit model and the microdata from the Monthly Employment Survey (PME). The earnings mobility is analysed by using quantile regressions.FindingsThe results indicate a high degree of mobility from unemployment to formal employment in the period but suggest the persistence of mobility patterns. Women are better off in the period, but only among individuals with better attributes. The earnings mobility results, for women and men, suggest an increase in valuation of the formal labour relatively to informality (informal salaried employment and self-employment), especially at the bottom of the earnings distribution.Originality/valueThe paper contributes to a better understanding of recent changes in occupational mobility patterns between formal and informal labour and the earnings mobility underlying these patterns, accounting for the differences along the earnings distribution and gender issues. That is, it allows identify which groups of workers benefited more from the formalisation process to infer about trends in formal–informal dynamics over the period and discuss the challenges in conducting policies to promote inclusive and quality employment.

Uranium concentrations in sediment pore waters of Lake Neusiedl, Austria

The goal of the present investigation was to measure 234U/238U activity ratios in pore waters of Lake Neusiedl, Austria, in order to learn more about uranium in groundwaters of the Lake Neusiedl/Seewinkel region. Pore waters of waterlogged sediments (at 1m depth) in the littoral zone of Lake Neusiedl were analyzed. The pore water samples were collected in the National Park Lake Neusiedl/Seewinkel from pristine sites that were not influenced by neighboring fertilized fields or vineyards. Uranium isotopes were extracted from 1.5L of sediment pore water and measured by α-particle spectrometry. Uranium concentrations were found to be unexpectedly high (up to 853μgL−1) especially in pore waters of salt-rich locations. 234U/238U activity ratios were between 0.91 and 1.09 for all pore water samples, irrespective of their origin from the east or west littoral zones of the lake. Uranium and mineral salts concentrations were strongly correlated. 222Rn concentrations were low (between 22 and 42BqL−1). The results provide insight into the high degree of mobility of U(VI) in sedimentary environments, in the presence of migrating Na2SO4-type saline waters.

Plurilingualism as a Catalyst for Creativity in Superdiverse Societies: A Systemic Analysis.

Post-industrial societies are characterized by a high degree of mobility which manifests itself through waves of migration and affects all knowledge domains and all aspects of both individual and collective lives. This situation presents challenges under the pressure of a powerfully uniformizing globalization. However, the exponential increase of diversity linked to intensified mobility is also conducive to social transformations since, when the numerous languages and cultures of the migrants encounter the languages and cultures of the host countries, they act as catalyzers of change. This article considers such social transformation in the light of the concept of plurilingualism as distinct from multilingualism, explaining the advantages of the former over the latter in such contexts, and analyzes possible synergies between plurilingualism and creativity through the lens of complexity theories and the theory of affordances, with the related concepts of ‘affordance spaces’ and landscape of affordances. After a brief introduction of the main tenets of complexity theories and affordances, the article builds on three complementary models of creativity, using complexity theories as a framework and discusses the specific characteristics and potential of plurilingualism by explaining how it can transform diversity from an obstacle into an opportunity, a possibility for action. The triadic relationship between creativity, plurilingualism, and complexity is considered. As a result, the article suggests that plurilingualism can create conditions conducive to creativity thanks to its multiple and flexible nature that values all forms of cross-fertilization and the uniqueness of the resulting individual trajectories. Without claiming any causal relationship between plurilingualism and creativity, the paper explains the reasons why it is crucial to nurture and foster plurilingualism in order to provide favorable conditions for creativity and change. The article explains the characteristics and implications of plurilanguaging, and the potential for individuals to embrace a holistic, complex view of languages and cultures and to experience empowerment in the process of perceiving and exploring linguistic and cultural diversity, hybridity and interconnections, thus discovering and liberating their full creative repertoire.

STUDI DESKRIPTIF KASUS HIV PADA PEKERJA SEKS KOMERSIAL (PSK) DI LOKALISASI SLARANG TAHUN 2016

The incidence of HIV / AIDS infectious diseases tend to increase with a high mortality rate. The treatment of viral infection is currently only be able to slow the spread of the virus. The spread of the HIV virus is strongly influenced by the patterns of behavior and lifestyle. Commercial Sex Workers (CSW) is a high-risk group because it used to engage in sexual activity with a partner more than one partners, with a very high degree of mobility. The purpose of this study was to describe cases of HIV in CSW at Slarang Localization 2016. The research method is descriptive quantitative. This study population is CSW in Slarang Localization of Cilacap district some 69 people. The sampling technique use total sampling. The results showed that most of the young CSW with elementary education level. The knowledgement category of HIV is enough and mostly adhere to a medical examination. However, most PSK considers HIV disease is not dangerous even though the majority of CSW had preventive action the spread of HIV. All of CSW infected with HIV has been doing management in accordance with procedures but only 36.36% were dutifully taking ARVs. Suggested for health workers, especially for the field of infectious diseases in order to continue to conduct information on HIV and health checks periodically to CSW.

What Controls Selectivity of Hydroxyl Radicals in Aqueous Solution? Indications for a Cage Effect.

The oxidation of three isotopologues of methylcyclohexane (MCH: C7H14, C7D14, c-C6D11-CH3) by OH-radicals (•OH) in aqueous solution was investigated. Intermolecular and intramolecular H/D kinetic isotope effects (KIE = kH:kD) for the abstraction of H and D atoms by •OH were measured. These KIEs reflect inter- and intramolecular selectivities of hydrogen abstraction, i.e., the selection of •OH attack on carbon-hydrogen bonds in different molecules and in different positions of one molecule, respectively. The intermolecular selectivity of •OH attack in aqueous solution is largely discriminated against in comparison with the intramolecular selectivity. The observed extent of discrimination cannot be explained by partial diffusion control of the overall reaction rates. A cage model, where •OH and hydrocarbon molecules are entrapped in a solvent cage, is more appropriate. The much higher intramolecular KIEs compared to the intermolecular KIEs of the same chemical reaction, R-H + •OH → R• + H2O, indicate a high degree of mobility of the two reaction partners inside of the solvent cage. This mobility is sufficient to develop an intramolecular selectivity comparable to that of gas-phase reactions of •OH. Furthermore, literature data on KIEs of H-abstraction by •OH in aqueous and gas phases are discussed. There is a general tendency toward lower selectivities in the aqueous phase.

A wave propagation-based adaptive probabilistic broadcast containment strategy for reactive MANET routing protocols

The efficiency of broadcast propagation schemes can significantly condition the performance and effectiveness of mobile ad-hoc networks. Probabilistic forwarding strategies are considered between the most promising optimization approaches due to their inherent simplicity that makes them easy to implement on any platform, very fast and computationally inexpensive. In this work, we present a novel adaptive probabilistic approach for containing broadcast propagation in reactive network discovery based on modeling the broadcast propagation behavior as harmonic spherical waves generated by a single source, and hence determining the forwarding probability by considering how the intensity of a wave attenuates with its distance from the source. We used discrete event simulation to demonstrate how the proposed strategy can introduce appreciable benefits on the overall performance of modern broadcast-based reactive routing protocols, resulting in a real breakthrough in ad-hoc environments characterized by an high degree of mobility.

Molecular dynamics simulations of apo and holo forms of fatty acid binding protein 5 and cellular retinoic acid binding protein II reveal highly mobile protein, retinoic acid ligand, and water molecules

Structural and dynamic properties from a series of 300 ns molecular dynamics, MD, simulations of two intracellular lipid binding proteins, iLBPs, (Fatty Acid Binding Protein 5, FABP5, and Cellular Retinoic Acid Binding Protein II, CRABP-II) in both the apo form and when bound with retinoic acid reveal a high degree of protein and ligand flexibility. The ratio of FABP5 to CRABP-II in a cell may determine whether it undergoes natural apoptosis or unrestricted cell growth in the presence of retinoic acid. As a result, FABP5 is a promising target for cancer therapy. The MD simulations presented here reveal distinct differences in the two proteins and provide insight into the binding mechanism. CRABP-II is a much larger, more flexible protein that closes upon ligand binding, where FABP5 transitions to an open state in the holo form. The traditional understanding obtained from crystal structures of the gap between two β-sheets of the β-barrel common to iLBPs and the α-helix cap that forms the portal to the binding pocket is insufficient for describing protein conformation (open vs. closed) or ligand entry and exit. When the high degree of mobility between multiple conformations of both the ligand and protein are examined via MD simulation, a new mode of ligand motion that improves understanding of binding dynamics is revealed.

Collaboration and crowdsourcing in emergency management

PurposeEmergency managers face coordinative challenges that require a high degree of mobility, flexibility and the ability to interpret heterogeneous, location-dependent information of various sources and quality. Recent information and communication technology-driven developments like crowdsourcing or social networks have opened up new organizational possibilities for emergency managers. To make quick but solid decisions, and improve the coordination of activities performed by crowdsourcees during disaster response, the authors suggest the use of collaborative features from crowdsourcing and inherent availability of resources from social network effects. In this paper, the idea of considering collaboration and crowdsourcing as drivers for flexibility in the design of business processes in the context of emergency management is prepared, the meaning of location-dependent tasks for volunteers is investigated, and the added value of social network effects is substantiated.Design/methodology/approachThis paper is part of an ongoing research project in the field of crowdsourcing. It represents conceptual work that builds on relevant literature.FindingsIn terms of emergency management, the paper sheds light on what emergency managers may consider when coordinating activities performed by volunteers and how they may benefit from social network effects. Furthermore, it is shown how they can exploit information using collaboration-based and tournament-like crowdsourcing, how they can benefit from invoking additional resources using weak ties from social networks, and how visualization of information may support decision-making.Practical implicationsExemplary applications to exploit crowdsourcing and social network effects to support improvisation and to respond flexibly in disaster response are given.Originality/valueThis paper suggests novel collaborative approaches to support emergency managers in their decision-making. Based on social network analysis, the value of weak ties is elaborated, and based on a taxonomy from crowdsourcing, distinct collaborative alternatives are developed and proposed for application in emergency management.

Clinical course and end-of-life care in patients who have died after allogeneic stem cell transplantation.

PurposeAllogeneic stem cell transplantation may cure approximately 50% of patients, however, a significant part of the other half might benefit from a high-quality palliative care medicine at the end of life. Somatic, psychic and spiritual needs of these patients may differ from those of patients suffering from incurable solid tumours and are not comprehensively evaluated so far.MethodsTo address this question, data from charts of 123 patients who have died after allogeneic stem cell transplantation were extracted. In detail, the time line of the clinical course, the symptoms, the administered drugs and other applied procedures were analysed.ResultsApproximately one half of the patients, who have died after stem cell transplantation, did not live more than 5 months. Two-thirds of patients died within 14 months after SCT. 28.5% of the patients could not be discharged after transplantation. However, a significant proportion had a low ECOG-score (0–1) prior to death, indicating a high degree of mobility. Major symptoms were weakness, fatigue and need for aid at daily activities. Severe pain, dyspnoea and obstipation, as known from patients suffering from advanced solid tumours, were rare. In consequence, use of opioids seemed to be less frequent than in patients with solid tumours. Measures of intensive care and i.v.-drug administration were applied to a significant proportion of patients.ConclusionThe present investigation indicates that the somatic, psychic and spiritual end-of-life-care after allogeneic stem cell transplantation could be optimised. A significant problem for the transplantation team seems to be the realisation of necessity to switch the curative concept into a palliative ambition. Requirements are a subsequent prospectively conducted investigation and an intensification of cooperation between transplant and palliative care teams.

"Originality" and "Reproduction" in Copyright Law with Special Reference to Photographs

Turning to lessons from foreign jurisdictions, this note explores from a copyright perspective the fact that photographs are produced mechanically and more often than not without any effort or mental input. A minute number are taken for anything but personal use and in the digital age photographs tend to have a high degree of mobility and are also ephemeral and without any commercial value. It is accordingly difficult to justify in general terms copyright protection for photographs. Two of the main legal issues in this context are the criteria for originality and the meaning of the reproduction of a photograph. These two issues form the central point of discussion in this contribution.

ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT FROM FORDISM TO NICHISM FOR ASIAN AGRICULTURE IN GLOBALIZING ERA

The 21st Century has become a more globalized society which is directly associated with very quick development of high technology in the field of information science. Any country has to face the problem to develop itself under this international environment. Especially agriculture is the most difficult industry to adjust this change because of its peculiarity which is directly determined by the natural and social environment within the country. This paper deals with a basic strategy for agricultural development in the globalizing economy, based on its socioeconomic characteristics. The paper argued that the relationship between industries and economic globalization is directly determined by the combinations of mobility of inputs (resources) and mobility of outputs (products). Most of industries have a significant positive correlation between these mobility but agriculture is placed in a peculiar position: land, which is the most important and basic input for agricultural production, has no mobility and can be supplied only locally, while its outputs, farm products or food, are traded commodities with a relatively high degree of mobility and are demanded globally across national boundaries. For this reason, agriculture is the industry for which it is most difficult to cope with globalization. This paper clarifies the peculiarity of agriculture by socioeconomic approach to get a sustainable development in globalizing economy.

Québec French in Florida: North American Francophone Language Practices on the Road

Author(s): Blondeau, Helene | Abstract: This article explores the language practices of a group of speakers who experience a high degree of mobility and regular backand-forth contact between Francophone Canada and the US, namely Francophones speakers of Quebecois origin who move in and out of South Florida. Using a case study approach, the analysis of interviews collected during fieldwork sheds light on the language practices from the point of view of both language use and language representations.