Woman As a Wonder As a Monster: On Mathilde the Woman Who Loses a Sex War/Femme Merveille Ou Femme Monster: Sur Mathilde, La Femme Qui Perd Une Guerre de Sexe Sommaire

In Stendhal's The Red and the Black, the second leading female character Mathilde appears a quite "monstrous" young woman yet with fascination. She is neither mystery nor enigma but simply of a psychological sex a "man+woman woman" in my concept, a dilemma typical of Her as Other as an Object meanwhile so self-consciously struggling for subjectivity, for transcendence. Noble, proud, passionate, a little hysteric, obsessed with fantasy. There buried, repressed deep, and, "hidden skilfully" in ...

The Importance of Arabic Language in Malaysian Tourism Industry: Trends During 1999-2004/L'importance de La Langue Arabe Dans L'industrie Du Tourisme En Malaisie: Tendances De1999 a 2004

The tourism industry in Malaysia has faced a new trend of Arab tourists' influx since year 2000. The Arabs spend the highest amount of expenses of RM 5,000.00 per trip. This has given a big benefit for the country's income. Unfortunately, Malaysia lacks psychological faculties, which is related to the language barriers to cater to Arab needs. The Deputy Tourism Minister has launched a programme to provide Arabic speaking students to serve in five star hotels in the city. This phenomenon clear...

Syllable Structure and Orthographic Complexity of Pinyin in Chinese Children's Chinese Phoneme Deletion Task/La Structure Syllabique Et La Complexité Orthographique de Pinyin Dans La Suppression de Devoirs Phonétiques Des Enfants Chinois

The study looked into the effect of medial vowels in the measurement of Chinese phonological awareness. The results show children perform differently in the presence or absence of medial vowels. Specifically, third graders tended to delete medial vowel along with the initial consonant; the same trend was not found with fifth graders, who were successful at isolating the initial consonant. Differences between different types of rimes containing medial vowel letters were also found. This develo...

About Some Characteristics of Black English/À Propos de Certaines Caractéristiques de L'anglais Des Noirs

Black English is one of the varieties of so called Standard English spoken by the Black Americans. It has its own characteristics and uniqueness. The authors study it only because they want to know it better in order to understand and communicate with each other better. Contemporary researchers generally agree that both structural and functional patterns of black English have taken their distinct form in the evolution of Black American Culture and social organization in New World settings, bo...

Semiotic Analysis of a Media Text the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring/Analyse Sémiotique D'un Média Texte Le Seigneur Des Anneaux: La Communauté de L'anneau

The Lord of the Rings movie by Peter Jackson was an interesting genre for semiotic analysis. This brief analysis was looking at the manner of intertextuality, style and form, as well as a syntagmatic analysis. It also discussed the aspect of signs and the signified. The signs employed by filmmaker Peter Jackson in constructing this media text can be categorized into social codes, technical codes and representational codes.

Is the Law of Contract Seriously Defective If the Court Is Unable to Award Restitutionary Damages for Breach of Contract?/Est-Ce Que Le Droit Des Contrats Est Défectueux Si Le Tribunal Est Dans L'impossibilité D'accorder La Restitution Des Dommages Et Intérêts Pour La Rupture de Contrat?

It is commonly believed that the general rule is that damages for breach of contract are compensatory not restitutionary.2 So, the damages are measured by the loss to the plaintiff not by the gain to the defendant.3 However, there are many academic writings which have advocated that restitutionary damages should be available as general default rule in breach of contract, because it is able to provide adequate remedy to plaintiff when compensatory damages are inadequate. The A-G vs. Blake4 is ...

An Outlook of the Work-Study Program for Chineses College Students From the Perspective of Times/La Perspective de Programme Travail-Etudes Du Point de Vue de Notre Epoque

The poverty student's work is an important part in constructing a harmonious campus. How to make the best use of the work-study program requires us to view the issue from a long-term perspective. The article presents briefly the change and development of the connotation, object and subject of the program through an analysis of the history, current situation and future development of the work-study program. "Helping students out of poverty, providing them with good education and helping them g...

The Impact of Psychological Empowerment On Lecturers' Innovative Behaviour in Malaysian Private Higher Education Institutions/L'impact de L'habilitation Psychologique Sur Les Comportements Innovateurs Des Enseignants Dans Les Établissements de L'enseignement Supérieur Privés

Psychological empowerment comprising four cognitive dimensions i.e meaning, competence, autonomy and impact in the context of private higher education institutions was validated. The behavioral outcome of psychological empowerment was operationalized as innovative behavior. This study examined on a sample of 312 lecturers from 25 private higher education institutions in three states (Penang, Kedah and Kelantan) in Malaysia. The study verified the validity of the psychological empowerment scal...

Effectiveness of an Adaptation Video Viewed by Chinese Students Before Coming to Study in the Uk/Efficacité D'une Adaptation Vidéo Vue Par Les Étudiants Chinois Avant Qu'ils Aillent Faire Leurs Études Au Royaume-Uni

A pilot study was carried out to investigate the effectiveness of viewing a video discussion for preparing Chinese students for postgraduate study in the UK. While still in China, 52 Chinese students were shown a video of a discussion among Chinese students in the UK about what studying in the UK is like. Before and after viewing the video, the students in China completed a pre- and post-intervention questionnaire about their expectations of differences between teaching and learning in China ...

Part Time Students' Benefit Perception On Online Shopping in Malaysia/La Perception Des Avantages de L'achat En Ligne Des Etudiants a Temps Partiel En Malaisie

In Malaysia, studies on consumers' benefit perception have been extensively examined. Results of the studies show that Malaysian consumers are still sceptical in this form of shopping due to factors linking to their preference in becoming recreational shoppers. These studies, however, examined this issue using consumers in general as their sample study. This study used a more specific sample group, namely, the part-time students, in examining consumers' benefit perception on online shopping i...

The Situations and Considerations On the Development of the Service Economy in China/Les Situations Et Les Considérations Sur Le Développement de L'économie de Services En Chine

The service economy is an essential part of the national economy, thus the acceleration of the development of the service economy has become a hot topic in the field of economic research and a consensus all over the world. Since the adoption of reform and opening policies, China's service economy has entered a new era of rapid development, especially in recent years. Notwithstanding, there are several domestic scholars considering that China's service economy not only lag behind the developed...

Multi-Objective Optimization of Group Decision-Making Based On Matter-Element Extension Set/L'optimisation Multi-Objectif de Prise de Décision En Groupe Sur La Base de L'extension Set de Matière-Élément

On account of the problem of group decision-making with matter-element extension set, this paper studies multi-objective conversion and standardization, the extension association under decision-making preferences and the extension decision-making space under no preference of the multi-dimensionality group decision-making by combining extension transformation with group decision optimization; as a result, comparison and selection of objects in changing environment can be made, and systematic d...

Research On Model of Harmony Sustainable Development Between Ecs and Srs: From Perspective of Resource Entropy/Recherche Sur Le Modèle Du Développement Durable Harmonieux Entre Ecs Et de Srs: De La Perspective de L'entrepie Des Ressources

Combining the theory of dissipative structure systems, resource entropy and stakeholder, the article gave the definition of Stakeholder Resource System (SRS), analyzed sustainable development model of Enterprise Complex System (ESC) from the perspective of resource entropy, as well as sustainable development model of stakeholder resource system. Finally, based on the above analysis, the article studied Harmony Sustainable Development model of ECS and SRS.

Influence of Reliability Dimension On Service Quality Performance in Northern Region Malaysian University Academic Library/L'influence de La Dimension de Fiabilité Sur La Performance de Qualité de Service Dans La Bibliothèque Des Universites Dans La Région Du Nord de Malaisie

This study in particular scrutinizes the quality services in academic library. The reason for choosing academic library at Northern Region Malaysia (UiTM Kedah, UiTM Perlis, UiTM Penang, University Utara Malaysia, and UniMAP) is because these universities by virtue provide service par excellence. Thus, their implementation of quality service could be a guideline or standards to other university. One of the objectives of this study is to measure the quality service performance in academic libr...

Voting Trends in Bukit Selambau by-Election Malaysia1/Les Tendances de Vote de L'élection Partielle À Bukit Selambau En Malaisie

The Bukit Selambau by-election was due to the previous ADUN's of Bukit Selambau, YB.V Arumugam's resignation and this had caused SPR to supervise another by-election on Apr 7, 2009. The local population had shown the tendency to support the People's Coalition (PR) rather than side with the Barisan Nasional (BN). The objectives of this research are to identify the voting trends of Bukit Selambau by-election and to determine the most trends influencing the voting pattern in this by-election. Th...

An Overview of the Cross-Cultural Business Negotiation Between Malaysia and Australia/Une Vue D'ensemble Sur La Négociation D'affaires Transculturelle Entre La Malaisie Et L'australie

This paper aims to explore communication deviances and strategies in the negotiation discourse of Malaysian-Australian business encounters, from both a linguistic and non-linguistic perspective. Specifically, it sees miscommunications/deviances as factors that may hinder the business communication process and prevent the negotiators from achieving their objectives. The study also focuses on strategies, or those discourse skills which promote successful business Malaysia-Australia negotiation.