Darkness at Noon: On History, Narrative, and Domestic Violence

Sameness and Isolation in Margritte's Golconda and Koestler's Darkness at Noon

Rene Magritte's Golconda1 draws the viewer into a group of increasingly identical men. This progression, from a real, concrete individual (the viewer) to Golconda's undifferentiated mass of abstract mankind, is opposite to Peter Viereck's suggestion that Rubashov evolves from abstract mankind to concrete man in Darkness at Noon2. Golconda draws attention to the men in its center, only to propel...

Darkness at the break of noon: Phytoplankton production in the Lower Mississippi River

Temporal patterns in chlorophyll a (Chl a) concentration and phytoplankton production were examined in the main channel of the Lower Mississippi River at two locations separated by , 420 river km, near Tunica, Mississippi (51 sample-days, 2006–2009), and near Le Tourneau, Mississippi (15 d, 2006–2007). Phytoplankton production was estimated based on laboratory-derived photosynthesis–irradiance ...

Domestic Violence and the COVID-19 Crisis

This letter intends to discuss how CoVID-19 pandemic and its related preventive measures such as maintaining social distance and reducing social and intimate relationships can affect the formation of domestic violence. It also points to the need for families to provide psychological support in dealing with this epidemic.

Domestic Violence

A sample of 248 enlisted active duty females married to civilian spouses completed a selfreport survey that asked about their own and their spouse's violence. The survey also asked about their sex-role attitudes, marital satisfaction, alcohol use, childhood trauma, and depression. Results identified patterns of intimate partner violence and their relationship to the psychosocial risk factors. F...

Domestic Violence and Children