Étranges contagions

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-145
Author(s):  
Éric Trudel
Keyword(s):  
Health Hazard ◽  
Multiple Forms ◽  
Source Of Infection

It is by now a mere commonplace to observe that Baudelaire portrayed classical Beauty as a matron of ‘sickening health and virtue’ (New Notes on Edgar Poe). He had, after all, long opened up Aesthetics to the morbid. Few of his readers doubted that his sickly Flowers were, themselves, a dangerous source of infection. Baudelaire's poetics exacerbate and embody a veritable ‘anxiety of perpetual disquiet’ (‘Twilight’). Gazing at the work of Brueghel the elder (‘the Droll’), Baudelaire joyously exclaims that they too ‘seem to spread contagion,’ imparting a pressing practical lesson: ‘often in history […] we find proof of the immense power of contagion’ (‘Some Foreign Caricaturists’). This article examines the multiple forms and uses that contagion takes in Baudelaire's œuvre. It suggests that its transformative agency—vital and viral—is not only a health-hazard, but also an epistemological risk that needs to be contained.

scholarly journals The Genetic Diversity of Spirometra Tapeworm Isolates From Snakes in The Hunan Province of Central China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tengfang Gong ◽  
Fangfang Xu ◽  
Fen Li ◽  
Junlin He ◽  
Shuyu Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Health Hazard ◽  
Central China ◽  
Hunan Province ◽  
Panthera Tigris ◽  
Source Of Infection ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Prionailurus Bengalensis ◽  
Human Sparganosis ◽  
Potential Public Health

Abstract Background: Sparganosis, caused by the larval plerocercoid of Spirometra tapeworms, still poses a potential public health hazard in China. Snakes are an important source of infection for human sparganosis; however, insufficient studies on the population genetics of Spirometra isolates from snakes have occurred to date. This study collected 67 Spirometra isolates from snakes, and several definitive hosts (Panthera tigris, Prionailurus bengalensis, Felis silvestris), in 15 geographical locations in Hunan Province of central China. They were identified using a multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay. Next, these isolates’ population genetic diversity and phylogenetic pattern were explored based on mitochondrial cytb and cox1 genes. Results: All Spirometra isolates collected in the Hunan Province belonged to the genotype of the Korean “Spirometra decipiens” (KJ599679). The genetic diversity analysis based on concatenated sequences revealed no distinct genetic structure among Spirometra populations. Conclusions: The phylogenetic analysis supported the distinction between Polish and Chinese Spirometra isolates. The taxonomy of Spirometra spp. remains ambiguous; more morphological and molecular studies are necessary to clarify the systematics of the genus of Spirometra.

Identifying suboptimalities with factorial model comparison

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Ji Ma
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Design ◽  
Model Comparison ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Multiple Forms ◽  
Factorial Experimental Design ◽  
Factorial Model ◽  
Multiple Components ◽  
The Many

AbstractGiven the many types of suboptimality in perception, I ask how one should test for multiple forms of suboptimality at the same time – or, more generally, how one should compare process models that can differ in any or all of the multiple components. In analogy to factorial experimental design, I advocate for factorial model comparison.

Toward a Theory of Intellectual Entertainment

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
José I. Latorre ◽  
María T. Soto-Sanfiel
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Discovery ◽  
The Self ◽  
Multiple Forms ◽  
Complex Emotions ◽  
Typical Sequence

We reflect on the typical sequence of complex emotions associated with the process of scientific discovery. It is proposed that the same sequence is found to underlie many forms of media entertainment, albeit substantially scaled down. Hence, a distinct theory of intellectual entertainment is put forward. The seemingly timeless presence of multiple forms of intellectual entertainment finds its roots in a positive moral approval of the self of itself.

Neuroimaging of multiple forms of risk

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bethany Weber ◽  
Scott Huettel
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Forms

PENGETAHUAN PENGGUNAAN MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE (MSG) IBU RUMAH TANGGA

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Siti Nur Rochimiwati ◽  
Sukmawati Sukmawati ◽  
Budiman Budiman
Keyword(s):  
Health Hazard ◽  
Monosodium Glutamate ◽  
Food Additives ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Interview Method ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Lower Intelligence ◽  
Use Of Knowledge ◽  
Health Objective ◽  
Flavor Enhancer

Background : flavor enhancing food additives are often added as a flavor enhancer known as MSG that exceed the dose . if the addition of the additive is often done to cause dependence , so it will pose a health hazard to the consumer , such as stomach disorders, allergies , hypertension , asthma , cancer , diabetes , and lower intelligence. Most housewives do not know the information would adversely affect health. Objective : This study aims to describe the level of knowledge of the use of monosodium glutamate ( MSG ) housewife in backwoods village sauleya timbuseng Polongbangkeng northern districts Kab.Takalar. Methods : This is a descriptive study. samples are all housewives in the hamlet village sauleya timbuseng Polongbangkeng northern districts Kab. Takalar , who meet the criteria as much as 49 people . Data on the use MSG knowledge samples obtained by the interview method which uses a questionnaire instrument.the data presented in the from of frequency distribution graphic and narrative. Result : Results of research on the use of knowledge MSG housewives generally less category as many as 25 ( 51.0 % ) , use of MSG housewives generally can not be tolerated as many as 36 ( 73.5 % ). Conclusion : Knowledge of the use of MSG housewife classified as less and use MSG can not be tolerated.

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