Despite convincing evidence of the polygraph instrument's lack of scientific validity and reliability in assessing deceptiveness in individuals, public-sector organizations in the United States continue to use the polygraph examination as a pre-employment screening tool. In addition to its lack of acceptance in the scientific community, little is known about the effectiveness of polygraph examinations, given as part of pre-employment screening, in predicting future misconduct in law enforcement officers. Two theoretical frameworks, Baumgartner and Jones' punctuated equilibrium model of policy change and Alvesson and Spicer's theory of functional stupidity, provided the theoretical foundation for this study. The purpose of this correlational study was to investigate the relationship between use of the pre-employment polygraph and officers' perceptions of police misconduct, which is a suspected precursor to actual future misconduct. Survey data were acquired through a convenience sample of 190 Ohio police officers. Data were analyzed using logistic regression. Findings revealed no statistically significant relationship between the pre-employment polygraph examination and officers' perceptions of police misconduct. The findings of this study begin to erode conventional thought that there are only positive aspects of the pre-employment polygraph. Law enforcement leaders and public policy makers such as police chiefs, county sheriffs, and local government administrators may benefit from this study. As a potential for positive social change, this study provides public policy makers with empirical data, as opposed to reliance on conventional wisdom and anecdotal evidence, for informed decision making about use of the pre-employment polygraph in public-sector hiring.

Des trois auteurs français Zola, Daudet et Malot, l'on ne connaît le plus souvent que Les Rougon-Macquart, les contes, les nouvelles et les romans populaires. Leur œuvre témoigne pourtant d'une plus grande variété qui se justifie par leur carrière d'écrivain-journaliste. Comme leurs prédécesseurs les plus célèbres, Balzac, Hugo et Stendhal, ils tentent d'abord de se faire un nom dans le milieu journalistique avant de devenir plus tard des écrivains reconnus. Comme Vallès, les Goncourt, Baudelaire et Banville, ils considèrent aussi que ce chemin initial garantit l'autonomie de l'homme de lettres. Mais ce ne sont pas seulement l'essor de la presse, le développement technique et l'accroissement du lectorat qui les contraignent à cette pratique de la polygraphie dans divers organes. Les grandes villes les amènent à s'intéresser aux mœurs sociales ainsi qu'à l'actualité politique et artistique, à tel point que ce reportage à Paris et à Londres finit par les inspirer pour l'élaboration de certains romans. Les trois observateurs curieux vont travailler comme enquêteurs dans la rue, en mettant en place une écriture du réel adapté au genre journalistique et littéraire. D'un discours sur le trottoir dans La Rue, Le Boulevard, Le Figaro ou L'Événement illustré, l'on aboutit à une conception moderne de la création qui rejoint par certains aspects la démarche des peintres impressionnistes et des dessinateurs de la presse sous le Second Empire. Au-delà de sa signification sociale et historique, l'évolution du parcours éclaire ainsi les enjeux du travail et du statut symbolique de l'écrivain-journaliste et révèle l'impact des premiers écrits sur l'esthétique des romanciers modernes. / When asked about the three authors Zola, Daudet and Malot, most only know Les Rougon-Macquart, the stories, the novellas as well as the popular novels. Their works however show a much larger variety, which is the result of their careers as writers and journalists. Like their most famous predecessors Balzac, Hugo and Stendhal, they tried to become established in the world of journalism before becoming renowned writers. Just like Vallès, the brothers Goncourt, Baudelaire and Banville, the trio also assumed this initial step would guarantee the autonomy of the literary man. But it was not only the rise in press publication, the technical development and the growth of their readership that forced them to use their talents in multiple ways. The big cities awoke their interest in the social morals, the political and artistic events of their time, so much so that their reports from Paris or London become inspiration for certain novels. The three curious observers carried out research in the streets, at the same time creating a language based on reality and adapted both to the journalistic and the literary genre. From a pavement conversation in La Rue, Le Boulevard, Le Figaro or L'Événement illustré, they arrived at a modern conception of creation, certain aspects of which resemble the techniques used by the Impressionist painters and press illustrators of the "Second Empire". Beyond its social and historical meaning, the evolution of their careers thus highlights the importance of their work and the symbolic status of the writer and also reveals the impact of the first writings on the aesthetics of the three more "modern" novelists.

LL.M. (Labour Law) / Commentators have warned that when men are given absolute control over their fellow men, there is the danger that what appeared pragmatically desirable may become morally intolerable. The current usage of polygraph testing by employers undoubtedly confirms this. In what follows, it will be argued that there is a serious shortcoming in South African law in that there is no legislative framework that governs and regulates the use of polygraph testing in the workplace. It is fairly likely that many South African employers will at some time be faced with dishonesty or criminal activities, such as fraud or theft, without accurately being able to identify where, how, and by whom such dishonesty was committed. If dishonesty and criminal activities are not properly managed, there may be adverse ramifications. As a result, many employers have opted to insert a clause in the employment offer and employment contract that relates to security obligations on the part of the employees or prospective employees. The clause would normally read as follows: “The company may request that you subject yourself to a polygraph test before commencement of employment or if an incident has occurred or and random testing during your period of employment with the Company. The employee hereby declares that he is aware of the company polygraph policy and accepts that this policy as a term and condition of his employment. The employee undertakes to comply with the said policy in all respects and acknowledges that he is bound thereby”. Magna Alloys & Research v Ellis introduced a significant change to the Courts’ approach to restraint of trade agreements by declining to follow earlier decisions based on an English precedent that an agreement in restraint of trade is prima facie invalid and unenforceable. The implication of this decision is that a right to choose a trade, occupation, or profession freely may

Le syndrome d’apnée obstructive du sommeil affecte 6% à 17% de la population adulte. Le traitement de référence est la ventilation nocturne par une pression positive continue (PPC) fixe ou autopilotée afin de maintenir les voies aériennes ouvertes. L’efficacité de traitement des PPC autopilotées dépend des algorithmes et technologies pour détecter et qualifier les événements respiratoiresDes bancs d’essai ont été créés pour évaluer les PPC autopilotées en conditions comparables, en simulant des scénarios respiratoires composés de chaînes répétitives d’événements respiratoires. Les profils respiratoires simulés par les bancs d’essai précédents sont standardisés et simplifiés par rapport au profil respiratoire du patient.Pour tendre vers des essais plus réalistes, un nouveau banc d’essai physiologique permettant de reproduire automatiquement les profiles respiratoires à partir des données polygraphiques a été créé pendant cette thèse. Il a été validé en évaluant la simulation de scénarios respiratoires de différents phénotypes issus de 12 patients.Via ce banc d’essai, la précision de l’index d’apnée-hypopnée (IAH) résiduel fourni par PPC a été évalué, en comparant les IAH déterminés par 4 dispositifs de PPC (AirSense 10, DreamStation Auto, S.Box et Prisma 20A) avec ceux de polygraphie. Les résultats ont permis de quantifier les différences d’IAH afin d’aider les médecin à en tenir compte. / Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome affects 6% to 17% of adult population. The reference treatment is nocturnal ventilation via an either fixed or auto-titrating positive airway pressure (APAP) to maintain upper airway (UA) open. Treatment efficiency of APAP depends greatly on algorithms and technologies used for detecting and characterizing disordered breathing events (linked to UA obstruction or central command).Bench tests have been developed to evaluate APAP devices under the same conditions, by simulating respiratory scenarios composed of a repetitive string of several disordered breathing events registered from apneic patients or artificially designed.Therefore, breathing profiles simulated on benches are standardized and simplified, in comparison with patients’. To improve this disadvantage, a new physiological bench, which enables reproducing automatically a specific patient breathing profile from its polygraph recordings, has been created. It has been validated by simulating various breathing profiles issuing from 12 patients of different pathological phenotypes.Through this new bench, the accuracy of residual apnea hypopnea indices (AHI) determined by 4 APAP devices (AirSense 10, DreamStation Auto, S.Box and Prisma 20A) has also been investigated in comparison with polygraph scorings. The results would help physicians in clinical practice thanks to the quantification of AHI discrepancies between manufacturers.

Объектом исследования является тревожность. Предметом исследования стала связь изменений показателей уровня тревожности в результате предтестовой беседы со стратегией прохождения СПФИ. Магистерская диссертация состоит из введения, трех глав, заключения, списка литературы (61 источник) и приложения. Объем магистерской диссертации 99 страница, на которых размещены 16 рисунков и 16 таблиц. Во введении раскрывается актуальность проблемы исследования, разработанность проблематики, ставятся цель и задачи исследования, определяются объект и предмет исследования, формулируются основная и дополнительные гипотезы, указываются методы и эмпирическая база, а также этапы проведения исследования, научная новизна, теоретическая и практическая значимость работы. Первая глава включает в себя обзор иностранной и отечественной литературы по методу специального психофизиологического исследования с применением полиграфа. Представленные разделы посвящены описанию метода СПФИ и роли предтестовой беседы в СПФИ. Выводы по первой главе представляют собой обобщение по изучению теоретического материала. Во второй главе описаны представления о тревожности в психологии и обозначены методы диагностики тревожности в психологии. В выводах по второй главе обобщён материал по данной тематике. Третья глава посвящена эмпирической части исследования. В ней представлено описание организации и методов проведенного исследования и результатов, полученных по всем использованным методикам и методам: специальное психофизиологическое исследование с использованием полиграфа (СПФИ); метафорические ассоциативные карты (МАК); шкала ситуативной тревожности Спилбергера-Ханина; 10-и бальная шкала самооценки тревожности; измерение вегетативных показателей на основе данных тонометра. Также в главе представлен сравнительный анализ Манна Уитни и корреляционный анализ результатов исследования. Выводы по главе 3 включают в себя основные результаты эмпирического исследования. В заключении в обобщенном виде изложены результаты теоретической и эмпирической частей работы, а также выводы по выдвинутым гипотезам и обоснована практическая значимость исследования. / The object of the study is anxiety. The subject of the study was the relationship of changes in anxiety level indicators as a result of a pre-test conversation with the strategy of passing the SPFI. The master's thesis consists of an introduction, three chapters, a conclusion, a list of references (61 sources) and an appendix. The volume of the master's thesis is 99 pages, which contain 16 figures and 16 tables. The introduction reveals the relevance of the research problem, the elaboration of the problem, sets the purpose and objectives of the study, defines the object and subject of the study, formulates the main and additional hypotheses, specifies the methods and empirical base, as well as the stages of research, scientific novelty, theoretical and practical significance of the work. The first chapter includes a review of foreign and domestic literature on the method of special psychophysiological research using a polygraph. The presented sections are devoted to the description of the SPFI method and the role of the pre-test conversation in the SPFI. The conclusions of the first chapter are a generalization of the study of theoretical material. The second chapter describes the concepts of anxiety in psychology and identifies methods for diagnosing anxiety in psychology. The conclusions of the second chapter summarize the material on this topic. The third chapter is devoted to the empirical part of the study. It describes the organization and methods of the study and the results obtained by all the methods and methods used: a special psychophysiological study using a polygraph (SPFI); metaphorical associative maps (MAC); the Spielberger-Khanin situational anxiety scale; a 10-point scale of self-assessment of anxiety; measurement of vegetative indicators based on tonometer data. The chapter also presents a comparative analysis of Mann Whitney and a correlation analysis of the results of the study. The conclusions of Chapter 3 include the main results of an empirical study. In conclusion, the results of the theoretical and empirical parts of the work are summarized, as well as conclusions on the hypotheses put forward and the practical significance of the study is substantiated.

Increasing use is being made of various types of scientific evidence in court. The general requirement for the admissibility of such evidence is relevance. Although expert evidence is considered to be opinion evidence, it is admissible if it can assist the court to decide a fact in issue; provided that it is also reliable. In South Africa, the initial wide judicial discretion to either admit or exclude unconstitutionally obtained evidence, has developed into a more narrowly defined discretion under the final Constitution. Examples of scientific evidence, namely, DNA evidence, fingerprints, psychiatric evidence, bite-mark evidence and polygraph evidence are considered and problems inherent in the presentation of such evidence in courts in various jurisdictions are highlighted. An investigation of the presentation and evaluation of evidence in both the accusatorial and inquisitorial systems seems to indicate that the adversarial procedure has a marked influence on the evaluation of evidence / Criminal & Procedural Law / LL.M. (Law)

Increasing use is being made of various types of scientific evidence in court. The general requirement for the admissibility of such evidence is relevance. Although expert evidence is considered to be opinion evidence, it is admissible if it can assist the court to decide a fact in issue; provided that it is also reliable. In South Africa, the initial wide judicial discretion to either admit or exclude unconstitutionally obtained evidence, has developed into a more narrowly defined discretion under the final Constitution. Examples of scientific evidence, namely, DNA evidence, fingerprints, psychiatric evidence, bite-mark evidence and polygraph evidence are considered and problems inherent in the presentation of such evidence in courts in various jurisdictions are highlighted. An investigation of the presentation and evaluation of evidence in both the accusatorial and inquisitorial systems seems to indicate that the adversarial procedure has a marked influence on the evaluation of evidence / Criminal and Procedural Law / LL.M. (Law)