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Porn triumphs and proliferates everywhere, from network meshes to urban contexts, from media screens to the interstices of daily life; it invades the webs of public life, overheats electronic connections and impregnates contemporary sociality with moods. It becomes an atmosphere. What are the origins, the genealogy, and the actuality of this convulsed scene from the United States? In a transdisciplinary perspective embracing sociology of the imaginary, communication sciences, porn, and gender studies, the article analyzes and interprets the passage between pornography and pornoculture as a fundamental change for our societies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Pharmaceutical act is a real exchange. Hypnosis has proven its effectiveness in the medical world to improve communication and patient support. Objectives: To explore hypnosis in pharmacy practice; to propose a practical guide. Methods: We realized a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews with practitioners; A practical guide for pharmacists. Results: Hypnosis is unknown in pharmacy. Questionnaire (102 respondents) and semi-structured interviews (4 practitioners) showed hypnosis can improve: communication with patients and team members; compliance; new services (i.e. immunization); management of emergency situations; patient support in smoking cessation and lifestyle and dietary measures; personal development of pharmacy team members. Informal hypnosis (conversational and Ericksonian) is the best way to integrate in pharmacy practice, using positive language, diversion, (self-)suggestions and metaphor techniques. It could be done at the counter or a private room, in community and hospital pharmacy. We first proposed a 6-steps practical guide to implement hypnosis. Conclusions: Hypnosis has its place in pharmacies, provided that training and legal framework are strengthened. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As shown by Bélanger and Nadeau (2009), Québec's traditional identity-based axis appears less and less predominant on the political scene. This situation created a need for a different strategy in the various sovereigntist parties. In this context, how has the Bloc Québécois tried to reposition itself? To explore this question, we collected over 7,500 press releases issued by the party between 2002 and 2021. Using automated content analysis methods and a Latent Semantic Scaling approach developed by Watanabe (2020), we illustrate and discuss the prevalence of the sovereigntist issue throughout this period, as well as the party's tone on this issue. The results indicate that elections and election results play a crucial role in the Bloc Québécois' communications on the topic of sovereignty. More generally, we observe significant fluctuations in the attention paid to this issue, and significant variations in the framing of this issue around elections. This research note sheds new methodological light on the theories surrounding the political realignment underway in Quebec and the salience of the sovereignty divide. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Through this paper, we explore plurilingual and intercultural communication’s situations in a medical context from the point of view of epistemic injustices (Fricker, 2007). Using narrative explicitative interviews on two situations (concerning birth and death), described by two intercultural mediators, we analyze their practices and highlight what they do to ensure that non-native speakers’ voice is listened to and believed. Our study contributes, on the one hand, to highlighting certain aspects related to epistemic injustices in intercultural communication, and on the other hand, to rethinking critically the relations between the ontologies underlying the relationship to the other, to the body and to health, mobilized in medical institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the upcoming 27th edition of the Rencontres Infirmières en Oncologie (RIO) on March 16, 2024, at the Palais des congrès in Paris, France. Topics include calls for communications, posters, and the Any d'Avray Prize, as well as the AFIC's involvement in the 13th National Congress of Cancer Networks (CNRC) and collaborations with organizations like FFCD, COFPA, NetCancer, and Pfizer, highlighting various initiatives, partnerships, and events in the field of oncology nursing.