Rites de passage à Wallis

Dance Dance Education and Rites of Passage

The experience of a successful adolescent learner will be described from the student’s perspective about learning the video game Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) through selected passages from a phenomenological interview. The question driving this investigation is, “Why did she sustain engagement in learning?” The importance of this question came out of the need for background on how to create an ...

Classification de Sentiments Multi-Domaines et Passage à l'Echelle

RÉSUMÉ. La classification de sentiments multi-domaines est un problème complexe: en effet, les distributions de caractéristiques sont alors différentes dans les ensembles d’apprentissage et de test. Différentes propositions permettent de limiter la baisse de performance inhérente à ce cadre. Cependant, la classification de sentiments est une tâche particulière car le web participatif nous donne...

Man Thou Art Dust: Rites of Passage in Austere Times

In response to recent calls for further cross-disciplinary research on austerity and a deeper sociological understanding of the impact and aftermath of the economic crisis on individuals and societies, this article builds on extant austerity literature through an exploration of its effects on European men. Informed by theories of liminality and rites of passage, this qualitative investigation e...

Contribution à l'étude de la maladie athéromateuse

Rites of passage through puberty: a complex genetic ensemble.

W orldwide, puberty is recognized by various cultures and celebrated as a rite of passage into adulthood. The methodical drumbeat of these religious and social ceremonies foreshadows the rhythm of reproduction that, in many ways, marks the final stage of development. Despite its social and physiological significance, including perpetuation of the species, the pathways that regulate the onset of...