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The article questions the role of detached participial constructions (CDpart, in French) in the expression of causality. In a study examining the textual role of CDpart in French, it was observed that CDpart contributes to textual coherence at three levels of linkage defined by Gagnon (2008, 2015): 1) CDpart contribute to coherence at the referential level since, as a reduced propositions, they have an underlying referent that can be related to a nominal syntagm (SN) present in the context and thus play a role in thematic continuity; 2) CDpart contribute to coherence at the informational level since they convey new information from the secondary level and carry out a priorisation of information; 3) CDpart contribute to coherence at the event level by establishing a relationship between the event described in the participial verb and the one described in the main one. The analysis of the CDpart at the event level has shown that in a large number of cases, the CDpart is in a frontal position and that in these cases, the relationship most often established between the event described in the participial verb and that described in the main one is a causal relationship (Combettes 2005), as in the following example from the corpus (Laberge 2019): Promoting withdrawal into oneself, it (the cell phone) breaks the dialogue with family or friends during a meal (...) The article presents the analysis that has been made, from the event point of view, of some occurrences of CDpart found in texts written by undergraduate university students or in journalistic texts. The results of this analysis confirm that CDpart should be considered as linguistic resources that can express causality in French. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Résumé: Depuis la classification des radiofréquences comme « cancérigène possible » par le Centre international de recherche sur le cancer (CIRC) en 2011, des études sont menées pour voir si l'usage du téléphone portable, qui s'est généralisé au cours des dernières décennies, s'était accompagné d'une augmentation du taux de cancers, notamment cérébraux, recensés dans les registres nationaux. Nous analysons ici l'étude coréenne* parue en décembre 2021. Since radiofrequencies were classified as potential carcinogens by IARC in 2011, studies have sought to see whether mobile phone use, which has become widespread in the last few decades, has been accompanied by an increase in the rate of cancers, cerebral especially, listed in national registries. We analyze here the Korean study* published in December 2021. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In less than fifteen years, the mobile phone has been completely used in the daily lives of all of us. It is associated with all important events of our existence, and its appearance in our lives, is often seen as a positive or negative change, because there is always "before" and "after" mobile phone. It comes to understand which appropriate public is up to use mobile phone. What is the influence of age on the use of the mobile? What are the representations of the mobile phone for each generation of Algiers users? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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INTRODUCTION: In Kenya, failure to complete immunization schedules by children who previously accessed immunization services is an obstacle to ensuring that children are fully immunized. Home visit approaches used to track defaulting children have not been successful in reducing the drop-out rate. METHODS: This study tested the use of phone contacts as an approach for tracking immunization defaulters in twelve purposively-selected facilities in three districts of western Kenya. For nine months, children accessing immunization services in the facilities were tracked and caregivers were asked their reasons for defaulting. RESULTS: In all of the facilities, caregiver phone ownership was above 80%. In 11 of the 12 facilities, defaulter rates between pentavalent1 and pentavalent3 vaccination doses reduced significantly to within the acceptable level of 10%. Caregivers provided reliable contact information and health workers positively perceived phone-based defaulter communications. Tracking a defaulter required on average 2 minutes by voice and Ksh 6 ($ 0.07). Competing tasks and concerns about vaccinating sick children and side-effects were the most cited reasons for caregivers defaulting. Notably, a significant number of children categorised as defaulters had been vaccinated in a different facility (and were therefore "false defaulters"). CONCLUSION: Use of phone contacts for follow-up is a feasible and cost-effective method for tracking defaulters. This approach should complement traditional home visits, especially for caregivers without phones. Given communication-related reasons for defaulting, it is important that immunization programs scale-up community education activities. A system for health facilities to share details of defaulting children should be established to reduce "false defaulters".

Pesquisas realizadas em diferentes partes do mundo mostram que pais e mães equipam seus filhos jovens com celulares como uma forma de garantir sua segurança enquanto fazem as primeiras incursões por um mundo visto como cada vez mais perigoso. Os resultados de uma pesquisa realizada com mães de jovens cariocas entre 18 e 25 anos de idade revelam, no entanto, que essa pode não ser a única razão para que os filhos recebam celulares de presente de seus pais. Embora a preocupação com a segurança dos filhos fosse constantemente mencionada por todas as mães entrevistadas, foi sobretudo à sua própria segurança - usada com o significado de tranqüilidade, sossego, paz de espírito, etc. - que essas mães fizeram referência. O celular é, para elas, uma importante fonte de alívio da angústia de não saber onde estão os filhos.Investigations conducted in different parts of the world show that parents equip their young children with cell phones in an attempt to enhance their safety while they independently explore a world perceived as progressively dangerous. Results from a study carried out in Rio de Janeiro with mothers of 18 to 25 year old youngsters, however, reveal that this may not be the sole reason for such parental behavior. Even though all interviewees constantly mentioned worries about their children's safety, above all these mothers were mainly referring to their own safety - used with the meaning of tranquility, calmness, peace of mind, etc. For them, the cell phone is an important source of relief from the anguish of not knowing where their children are.

Em uma pesquisa exploratória sobre o uso de celulares por jovens das camadas médias cariocas, entre 18 e 25 de idade, foi constatado que eles reclamavam muito que suas mães os controlavam ininterruptamente por meio de seus celulares. Para averiguar mais detalhadamente o que acontece entre mães e filhos dessa faixa etária, foi realizada uma segunda pesquisa. Nesta, foram entrevistadas 20 mães, também pertencentes às camadas médias cariocas, cujos filhos tinham perfil análogo ao dos jovens da primeira pesquisa. Para todas, a principal função dos celulares é abertamente a de controlar os filhos. Elas mostraram, no entanto, saber que há uma diferença entre o controle que vigorava quando eram jovens e aquele ao qual hoje submetem os filhos. Teorias contemporâneas sobre controle e vigilância de fato argumentam que houve uma substituição do controle normativo e coercitivo da modernidade pelo "ter conhecimento" do que se passa, característico da Era da Informação.An exploratory research on the use of cell phones by middle-class youngsters, ages 18 to 25, residing in Rio de Janeiro, revealed that they complained a great deal that their mothers controlled them unrelentingly by means of cell phones. To take a deeper look into what happens between mothers and children in this age group, a second investigation was carried out. Twenty middle-class mothers were interviewed, whose children's profile were analogous to that of the youngsters in the previous research. For all of the mothers, the main benefit of cell phones is to control their children. Nevertheless, they demonstrated to know that there's a difference between the control that they submit their children to from that that prevailed when they themselves were young. Contemporary control and surveillance theories, in fact, argue that the normative and coercive control of modernity has been replaced by "having knowledge" of what goes on, which is characteristic of the Information Era.

Desde a difusão da Internet, em meados da década de 1990, a sociabilidade virtual vem gerando muita discussão. Em contraste com os contatos entre conhecidos possibilitados pela telefonia fixa, os ambientes coletivos de interação da Internet fizeram emergir os contatos travados e mantidos exclusivamente online. Naqueles primeiros tempos, esses relacionamentos virtuais foram duramente criticados. Nos dias atuais, vemos que os relacionamentos mediados pelas novas redes de telecomunicação (Internet e telefonia celular) continuam gerando reações negativas radicais. O objetivo do presente artigo é mostrar o quanto essas reações são infundadas e, deste modo, combater sua difusão. Para tanto, toma o recente trabalho de um renomado sociólogo - Zygmunt Bauman - como exemplar desse tipo de visão e a ele contrapõe inúmeros resultados de pesquisa internacionais e nacionais. Tal procedimento permite apresentar uma visão alternativa de diferentes tipos de interação e relacionamento virtuais gerados por diferentes tecnologias.Since the early days of Internet diffusion, in the mid 1990's, virtual sociability has been raising a great discussion. In contrast to the contacts between acquaintances made possible by landline telephony, Internet collective interaction environments generated the possibility of meeting people and making friends exclusively online. In those early days, these virtual relationships were strongly criticized. Nowadays, we realize that the relationships mediated by the new telecommunication networks (Internet and cellular telephony) still provoke radical negative reactions. The present paper aims at restraining or at least decelerating the diffusion of such reactions. For this purpose, it takes the recent work of a renowned sociologist - Zygmunt Bauman - as an example of this kind of view and confronts it with various results from national and international research. Such procedure allows for the presentation of an alternative view of different types of virtual interaction and virtual relationships made possible by different technologies.

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The article presents abstracts on topics concerning technological innovations which include the social and legal construction of an interactive advertising in Paris, France, an ethnographic survey on the activities of individuals, while listening to music on a cellular telephone, and video practices on mobile phones.

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The article discusses the findings of a telephone survey which investigated French people's attitude towards drug use. The survey designers used Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviews and were mainly confronted with four types of populations. The four types included, owners of land-line telephones including those on the Red List, owners of only mobile telephones, and those who do not own a telephone. The sample data were acquired to an unpredictable opinion poll to two degrees. It was necessary at first to choose numbers haphazardly in the list of telephone subscribers except those in the red list. To be eligible, a household had to include at least a person from 12 to 75 years old, speaking French and domiciling in the called number.

This paper deals with the study of the influence of radiofrequency fields emitted by mobile phones on human cerebral activity. Our work is carried out on the auditory system using auditory evoked potentials (AEPs) recorded on the scalp of healthy humans and epileptic patients. The protocol allows to compare the AEPs recorded with or without exposure. The stimuli are two pure tones and a communication simulator that allows to control the power of radiofrequency fields. To get a reference and to take into account the habituation, a fictitious experiment without radiofrequency emission, named placebo, is also considered. In this paper, some measures are investigated to detect a possible difference due to radiofrequency fields. They concern the amplitudes and the latencies of the N100 wave, the correlation coefficients computed between averaged signals, as well as the correlation coefficients between spectra of averaged AEPs. The proposed measures are based on the previous parameters taking into account the habituation. The N100 amplitudes and latency variations underline a cognitive dysfunction attributable to radiofrequencies. For the healthy subjects, the latency diminution is due to a better neuronal synchronization or a thermal effect. For the epileptic patients, the latency extension can be caused by an afferent tract alteration. A difference in the correlation coefficients computed between signals as well as that in the correlation coefficients calculated between the spectra of the placebo and experimental signals shows an effect of the radiofrequencies which induces a neuronal disorganization whose real incidence on the cerebral activity is not proved. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

This is the 2nd part of a survey study conducted on 530 people (270 men, 260 women) living or not in vicinity of cellular phone base stations. Comparison of complaints frequencies for 16 Non Specific Health Symptoms was done with the CHI-Square test with Yates correction. Our results show significant increase (p < 0.05) in relation with age of subjects (elder subjects are more sensitive) and also, that the facing location is the worst position for some symptoms studied, especially for distances till 100m from base stations. No significant difference is observed in the frequency of symptoms related to the duration of exposure (from < 1 year to > 5 years), excepted for irritability significantly increased after > 5 years. Other electromagnetic factors (electrical transformers, radio-television transmitters,...) have effects on the frequency of some symptoms reported by the subjects. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

A survey study using questionnaire was conducted in 530 people (270 men, 260 women) living or not in vicinity of cellular phone base stations, on 18 Non Specific Health Symptoms. Comparisons of complaints frequencies (CHI-SQUARE test with Yates correction) in relation with distance from base station and sex, show significant (p<0.05) increase as compared to people living > 300 m or not exposed to base station, till 300 m for tiredness, 200 m for headache, sleep disturbance, discomfort, etc. 100 m for irritability, depression, loss of memory, dizziness, libido decrease, etc. Women significantly more often than men (p<0.05) complained of headache, nausea, loss of appetite, sleep disturbance, depression, discomfort and visual perturbations. This first study on symptoms experienced by people living in vicinity of base stations shows that, in view of radioprotection, minimal distance of people from cellular phone base stations should not be < 300 m. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

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Résumé: Participant à combler le manque d'études longitudinales en la matière, cette analyse* des données de la cohorte suisse HERMES (Health Effects Related to Mobile Phone Use in Adolescents) produit de nouvelles preuves des effets néfastes de la surconsommation d'écrans pour les adolescents. Elle soutient tout particulièrement la recommandation d'éteindre son téléphone au coucher pour s'endormir rapidement et passer une nuit calme. Adding to the longitudinal studies on the subject, this analysis* of data from the Swiss HERMES (Health Effects Related to Mobile Phone Use in Adolescents) cohort produces new evidence of the harmful effects of screen overuse on adolescents. In particular it supports the recommendation to switch off the telephone at bedtime to fall asleep more quickly and sleep without interruption. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]