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Jean Patrick Modiano ( Nobel Laureate for literature in 2014 is a contemporary voice of post war France since the second half of the 20th century whose literary imaginings can best be studied within the gamut of French and Francophone studies. Modiano raises the concerns of the Jews (a racial group) and the other immigrant communities in his fictions. The predicament of the uprooted individuals due to war and persecution who are in search of home and security primarily draws Modiano’s literary attention. The endless struggle of those people makes him engage with identity problems. Those people have no past and if they have any, it heads them towards an unpleasant one. The article is an investigation to locate Modiano as a diasporic writer by a close reading of his fictions: La Place de l'Étoile , Missing Person and In Café of Lost Youth.

This study investigates the relationship between ESG-associated financing and capital structure optimization, as well as their subsequent impact on corporate financial performance (CFP) within the financial services sector. It highlights the moderating role of market uncertainty and aims to fill existing gaps in the literature by empirically evaluating the effectiveness of sustainability-driven financial strategies in dynamic market environments. Employing a quantitative research design, this study surveyed 385 professionals from banks, insurance companies, and fintech firms located in Southeast Asia, utilizing stratified random sampling methods for data collection. The analysis employed descriptive statistics, Cronbach’s Alpha for reliability assessment, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) for construct validation, and multiple linear regression analysis via SPSS to test the research hypotheses. The findings indicate that ESG-associated investment has the most significant influence on CFP (β = 0.534), closely followed by capital structure optimization (β = 0.427). Additionally, market uncertainty serves as a moderator for both relationships (β = 0.367 and β = 0.421, respectively), with its effects becoming more pronounced during volatile conditions. These results highlight that ESG strategies and optimized capital structures are not only performance-enhancing but also crucial resilience mechanisms under uncertainty. The study contributes to signaling, trade-off, and institutional theories by contextualizing ESG-financial decisions in emerging markets. Practically, financial institutions and policymakers should integrate ESG-linked financing instruments and flexible capital planning to improve performance and stability under volatile market conditions.

The photography of Ellen Auerbach and Grete Stern of the studio ringl + pit consistently shirks established advertising formulas. The emphases on traditional gender roles and an exaggerated femininity in conventional Weimar advertisements reaffirm heterosexual male desire and attempt to combat the development of the modern female ‘type’ into the independent and androgynous masculine woman [männliche Frau]. The disparity between media-constructed Weimar-era femininity and the actual ways in which Germans at this time understood their own selves as women and individuals is evidenced by Auerbach and Stern’s advertisements, which challenge such objectifying and sexualizing imagery by suggestive figures in the absence of real bodies, formed from the very goods being sold.Using theoretical frameworks derived from the work of Siegfried Kracauer, this article examines how ringl + pit’s advertisements for artificial silk and other new commercially available goods use substitution techniques to suggest a desire to create one’s self, while acknowledging the power of the commodity in identity formation. Stern and Auerbach’s photographs work as a reflection of their own understanding of the power of the commodity, whose uncanny beauty is revealed through detailed focus on texture and materiality, and surprising reconfigurations. Their revisioning of such materials suggests connotations of identity formation beyond the material being photographed. ringl + pit’s advertisements become semi-blank receptacles that allow numerous modern women, and even non-binary and queer individuals, to see themselves represented as possible consumers for such products, and thus be in control of their own identities.

Background: The Center for Disease Control recommends case management begin at a blood lead level of 5 μg/dL, yet Indiana does not take action until a blood lead level of 10 μg/dL. Low levels of lead can cause irreversible neurological damage in children. The goal of this study was to design a scalable, low-cost Home Lead Test Kit to proactively find lead in homes. Methods: Individuals were recruited through community partnerships, community lead testing events, and flyers. Qualitative data was recorded during home visits as participants used the kit. An x-ray fluorescence analyzer was used in the field and laboratory to analyze lead levels of samples. Results were blinded during the analysis. Results: To date, 40 homes have been recruited, and 20 have been completed. The average completion time of the kit was 23.45 minutes. Of the 8 pre-1950 homes 100% had elevated lead results, of the 7 1950-1978 homes 43% had elevated lead results, and of the 5 post 1978 homes 0% had elevated lead results. Conclusion and Potential Impact: The study is ongoing. Preliminary results support the hypothesis that pre-1950 homes have a high risk of lead exposure, and post 1978 homes have minimal to no levels of lead. Feedback from study participants regarding kit usability has been positive. Future plans are to produce a kit to be scaled up in St. Joseph County with the goal of a statewide model. This kit may allow citizens to identify lead hazards to prevent children from lead exposure.

Random disorder was seen for ortho‐H2 concentrations 0.48 < x[o‐H2]<0.69 at temperatures [∼200 mK ⩽ T ⩽ ∼600 mK] in submonolayer H2 films adsorbed on hexagonal boron nitride. The NMR line shapes for the adsorbed H2 samples were distinct from those of bulk samples because a crystal field is introduced by the substrate in addition to the electrostatic quadrupole‐quadrupole interactions between two adjacent H2 molecules. Computer simulations have been carried out to determine the NMR line shapes of solid H2 films for different local order parameters and Guassian broadening functions. The simulated NMR line shapes are presented and discussed.

Abstract Student affairs professionals are neglected clientele to whom community college librarians need to extend their services. Counselors and librarians share mutual values and experiences in their roles as learning facilitators. Although disinclined to embrace technology, most counselors now recognize its import and are receptive to integrating it into the workplace to become more effective. Inclusion of student personnel in library/learning resources services acknowledges the unique contributions of both professional groups as full partners in creating a successful learning environment.

Abstract Community college faculty and administrators need to assess how microcomputer technology will affect traditional instructional roles, values, and activities.