Person-Centered Expressive Arts: An Alternative Path to Counseling and Education. An interview with Natalie Rogers

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Laura Guadiana Martínez

2003-11-01

Full Text Available In this interview, Natalie Rogers PhD, expounds on how art and expression serve personal and group growth in Person Centered Expressive Arts Therapy. Adding to the legacy of her father Carl Rogers, creator of the Person Centered Approach, she describes the interweaving of her experiences as a therapist and woman, and how she afforded extra room in the process for intuition, creativity, emotions and the fascinating exploration of the human experience. Using modeling, sculpting, dance, painting, music, etc. she created a model which furthers the person’s genuine expression and self knowledge. She sketches a profile of a facilitator who takes special care in creating an ambience where s/he not only does not judge the work, person, experience or results, but is on the contrary, empathetic and acceptant of the person and her experiences. Lastly, she discusses the applications of this approach to traditional educational settings, as well as some of the key training issues.

Pigmented macrophage aggregates as a biomarker of oxidative damage in yellow bullhead catfish, Ameiurus natalis

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McCreedy, C.D.; HoganEsch, H.; Turek, J.; Jagoe, C.H.

1995-01-01

Pigmented macrophage aggregates (PMs) occur when peroxidized lipids resulting from oxidative damage in tissues are scavenged by macrophages. Ionizing radiation causes oxidative damage, so the authors evaluated PMs as a biomarker in the pronephros of yellow bullheads (Ameiurus natalis) inhabiting Pond B, Savannah River Site, SC, a reservoir contaminated with low levels of 137 Cs. ANOVA, ANCOVA, and stepwise regression were used to relate the mean number of PMs, per 0.15 mm 2 of tissue section, to fish sex (females: N = 61; males: N = 84), age (1--6 yrs), body-condition, and muscle 137 Cs concentration. Mean pronephric PMs differed by six and with fish muscle 137 Cs concentration. Among males, PMs were positively correlated with fish age and 137 Cs. In females, PMs were also correlated with fish age and 137 Cs. ANCOVA, with age as covariate, affirmed that sex and muscle 137 Cs were significantly associated with the mean number of pronephric PMs. Using stepwise regression, the interaction of age and 137 Cs concentration was most strongly associated with pronephric PMs in males. Among females, the product of age, body-condition, and 137 Cs concentration was most strongly associated with pronephric PMs. The positive relationships between the number of pronephric PMs and 137 Cs concentration suggest that oxidative damage related to long-term exposure to low-level radiation is detectable in these fish. Secondarily, these results demonstrate the importance of considering covariates such as age and sex when evaluating effects of environmental contaminants

Bioaccumulation of cesium-137 in yellow bullhead catfish (Ameiurus natalis) inhabiting an abandoned nuclear reactor reservoir

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McCreedy, C.D.; Glickman, L.T.; Jagoe, C.H.; Brisbin, I.L. Jr.

1997-01-01

Bioaccumulation of 137 Cs was investigated in yellow bullhead catfish (Ameiurus natalis) inhabiting an abandoned reactor reservoir, Pond B, Savannah River Site, Barnwell Co., South Carolina. The authors collected fish by trap-netting, and determined ages from pectoral spines. Muscle and other tissues were assayed for 137 Cs by NaI-scintillation. Music 137 Cs was unrelated to sex or mass of fish, but was related to age. Examination of least-squares means suggested that 137 Cs in muscle increased up to about age 3, but did not increase with greater age. A modified Richards model showed equilibrium 137 Cs concentration in muscle was acquired in approximately 2.4 years. Growth differed between sexes and the time to asymptotic body mass was longer than the time to attain equilibrium 137 Cs concentration. Males attained an asymptotic mass of 577 g in approximately 6.3 years; females attained an asymptotic mass of 438 g in approximately 5.9 years. The cumulative 137 Cs burden of the population was 4.9 x 10 6 Bq, representing 137 Cs inventory of the reservoir. Concentration of 137 Cs varied among tissues with gill and muscle the lowest and highest. Concentration of 137 Cs in ovaries declined with increasing ovary mass. Until equilibrium is attained in these fish, 137 Cs concentration is directly related to increasing age rather than size

Partial pressure (or fugacity) of carbon dioxide, salinity and other variables collected from Surface underway observations using Carbon dioxide (CO2) gas analyzer, Shower head chamber equilibrator for autonomous carbon dioxide (CO2) measurement and other instruments from Natalie Schulte in the Bass Strait, North Pacific Ocean and others from 2010-10-01 to 2012-06-21 (NODC Accession 0108233)

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce — NCEI Accession 0108233 includes Surface underway, chemical, meteorological and physical data collected from Natalie Schulte in the Bass Strait, North Pacific Ocean,...

Une nouvelle ère de la phénoménologie de la religion ? Sur les récents travaux de Natalie Depraz et Anthony J. Steinbock

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Sylvain Camilleri

2012-06-01

Full Text Available Phenomenology of religion is among the oldest branches of the discipline founded by Husserl. It has always been difficult to define its outlines: from the very first essays of Scheler, Reinach and Heidegger to the so-called “theological turn” of French phenomenology, one has always feared the transformation of the phenomenology of religion in a religious philosophy that would give up the sacred principle of neutrality. This situation is perhaps behind us thanks to the recent endeavors to renew the field of research. French and American specialists of Husserl’s thought Natalie Depraz and Anthony J. Steinbock try to push back the limits of and to explore new ways in genetic phenomenology by describing religious attitudes by mean of a philosophical-existential methodology especially designed for this task. This paper introduces what might open of a new era of the phenomenology of religion.

Construction of a new plant in Gabon by the Compagnie des Mines d'Uranium de Franceville: Three years' experience of operation

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Jug, V.

1987-01-01

As part of a programme to modernize and extend its means of production which had already commenced with the setting up of a solvent extraction unit in 1977, and a sulphuric acid production facility of increased capacity (60 t/d) in 1980, the Compagnie des Mines d'Uranium de Franceville (COMUF) started a new uranium ore treatment plant in 1982. The aim was to replace the older installation built in 1959-60, which had reached the limit of its capacity and whose largest equipment was in need of renewal. The new installations are capable of an annual uranium production of 1500 t of magnesium uranate. The techniques adopted were the most modern, those likely to simplify the process and improve operating costs, namely semi-autogenous grinding and solid-liquid separation using band filters. Three years of operating experience confirm the sound choice of the main options made when designing the installations. The treatment performances, especially those which are independent of the nature of the ore, and the reliability of operation are indeed excellent. Thanks to a training programme started in the late 1980s the staff adapted rapidly to the new technical environment and it has been possible to run the entire plant with almost exclusively Gabonese staff. (author). 1 tab

The Applicability of Patented Technologies to Sonobuoys

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1988-06-30

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Management Accounting in freight-forwarding companies

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Jensen, Jens Ocksen; Lynggaard, Peter

2002-01-01

The article describes the internal business management processes in a freight forwarding compagny on the operative/tactical level. This is done as an explorative study of how these processes are organized in two medium-sized Danish freight-forwarding compagnies....

Microgravimetry and the Measurement and Application of Gravity Gradients,

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1980-06-01

Neumann, R., 1972, High precision gravimetry--recent develop- ments: Report to Paris Commission of E.A.E.G., Compagnie Generale de Geophysique , Massy...experimentation on vertical gradient: Compagnie Generale de Geophysique , Massy, France. 12. Fajklewicz, Z. J., 1976, Gravity vertical gradient

Port: arstid kasutavad narkootikume / Marina Lohk

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Lohk, Marina

2015-01-01

Tallinna ülikooli terviseteaduste ja spordi instituudi direktor ja spordibioloog Kristjan Port mainis ETV saates "Vabariigi kodanikud", et töövõime taastamiseks kasutatakse sageli narkootilisi aineid ning seda teevad ka arstid. Kristjan Porti selgitused

Natali Portman : "Ljubov i izmenõ bõli vsegda" / Natalie Portman

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Portman, Natalie

2008-01-01

Näitlejanna endast ja oma rollidest, lähemalt rollist uusimas filmis - Suurbritannia - USA mängufilm "Teine Boleyni tüdruk" Philippa Gregory romaani ainetel (režissöör Justin Chadwick) (Tõlgitud väljaandest "Focus")

对格里埃尔《声乐协奏曲》的两种演唱诠释---吴碧霞与德赛演唱的《声乐协奏曲》之比较%Interpretation of Two Types of Singing Performance of Gliere's"Vocal Concerto":A Comparison of"Vocal Con-certo"Sung by Wu Bixia and Natalie Dessay

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张艳

2015-01-01

吴碧霞被誉为“中西合璧”的夜莺，无论在美声唱法还是民族唱法领域都有一定的造诣，演唱的歌曲都有丰富的表现力与感染力。纳塔利·德赛同样也被誉为20世纪末的“声音奇迹”，两个来自不同国度的歌唱家在演绎这首《声乐协奏曲》时，也有着不同的演唱风格与音响效果。通过对吴碧霞与德赛演唱的这首《声乐协奏曲》的比较分析，让我们更加清楚地认识到我国声乐发展的前景，并对两种风格的演唱进行文化的理解与思考。%Wu Bixia is hailed as a "nightingale" integrating the East and the West, as she has certain attainments in both bel canto and nazionale cantanti, and the songs sung by her are all highly expressive and attractive. Natalie Dessay is honored as a"vocal marvel" at the end of the 20th century. The two singers from two different countries have different singing styles and vo-cal effects when they sing"Vocal Concerto". Through a compara-tive analysis on"Vocal Concerto"sung by Wu Bixia and Natalie Dessay, we can more clearly learn about the prospect of the de-velopment of vocal music in China, thus understanding and re-flecting more about the cultures of the two styles.

Kunstimuuseumi viimane näitus Rotermanni soolalaos

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2005-01-01

13. maist Marko Mäetamme ja Kaido Ole "Suur projekt". 18. V muusikaline live-keskkond "Museum of Sleep / Uinuv muuseum", hüvastijätt soolalaoga Ki wa, Joel Tammiku, Tanel Paliale, Masina, Porti, El Roboticos Digitablosi ja Fabrique'i ning Villu Jõgeva ja Kaarel Kurismaa objektide osavõtul

Aprovechamiento del salto de Bourg-Lés-Valence. La Presa de la Roche de Glun-Drôme – Francia

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Française d´Enterprise, Compagnie

1971-05-01

Full Text Available To take the fullest advantage of the hydroelectric and agricultural usefulness of the Rhône, the Compagnie Nationale du Rhône has divided the river into a number of sections, and these have been separately developed. The hydraulic gradient at La Roche de Glun, at the end of the central section, involves a hydraulic system consisting of a reservoir, a dam and dykes, a canal, a power station, an overflow canal and drainage works in the , surrounding zones. This project has been carried out by the Compagnie Française d'Enterprises.Para explotar al máximo las posibilidades hidroeléctricas y agrícolas del Ródano, la Compagnie Nationale du Rhône ha dividido dicho río en una serie de tramos para proceder a su distribución. El salto de La Roche de Glun, último del tramo central, forma un complejo hidráulico que consta de: un embalse cerrado por diques, una presa, un canal de alimentación, una central, una esclusa, un canal de descarga y unas obras anejas de drenaje para evitar inundaciones en las ciudades próximas. Las obras han sido realizadas por la Compagnie Française d'Entreprises.

[Uued heliplaadid] / Siim Nestor

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Nestor, Siim, 1974-

1999-01-01

Heliplaatide tutvustus : Jamiroquai "Synkronized", Brandi Ifgray "Stargazer", Natalie Cole "Snowfall On the Sahara", Pizzicato Five "Playboy Playgirl", Erinevad esitajad "Marvin is 60 - A Tribute Album"

Analisi dell’evoluzione del transhipment: strumento di supporto strategico per i policy makers della portualità del futuro

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Chimenti, Matteo; D’Agostino, Zeno; Dal Dosso, Michele

2014-01-01

Il presente paper si pone l’obiettivo di analizzare la situazione attuale e passata del settore marittimo container del Mezzogiorno con un particolare focus sul fenomeno del transhipment. Secondo chi scrive, il transhipment può essere ritenuto un valido indicatore delle dinamiche evolutive dei porti e dell’organizzazione che li caratterizza. Il transhipment e il suo andamento analizzato dalla metà degli anni ’90 ad oggi rivelano infatti: • segnali di distorsione tra domanda e offerta del t...

Smartphone Forensic Investigation Process Model

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Archit Goel; Anurag Tyagi; Ankit Agarwal

2012-01-01

Law practitioners are in an uninterrupted battle with criminals in the application of computer/digital technologies, and these days the advancement in the use of Smartphones and social media has exponentially increased this risk. Thus it requires the development of a sound methodology to investigate Smartphones in a well defined and secured way. Computer fraud and digital crimes are growing rapidly and only very few cases result in confidence. Nowadays Smartphones accounts for the major porti...

Postsovkhoz / Margus Kiis

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Kiis, Margus

2004-01-01

Mõtte- ja keskkonnakunsti talgud aastail 2001-2003 Moostes. Kommenteerivad üritustest osavõtjad Dirk Lange, Maja Linke, Natalie Waldbaum, Jaakko Himanen, Jere Ruotsalainen, Jorge Tarazona, Slobodanka Stevceska ja Denis Saraginovski

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Pediatric psychopharmacology: principles and practice

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Martin, Andrés; Scahill, Lawrence; Kratochvil, Christopher

2011-01-01

.... Neurobiology of Attention Regulation and its Disorders A.F.T. Arnsten and F.X. Castellanos 8. Neurobiology of Early Life Stress: Evolving Concepts Joan Kaufman and Natalie Weder 95 10. Neurobiology...

Miks paisub Avignon viis korda? / Andres Keil

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Keil, Andres, 1974-

2006-01-01

Avignoni teatrifestivali OFF-programmist. Pikemalt Bernard-Marie Koltési näidendi "La nuit juste avant les forets" lavastusest (trupp Compagnie Pourquoi) ja lavastusest "Mascarade" (trupp Viva La Commedia)

Kuu plaat : Beck "Guero". Plaadid kauplusest Lasering

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2005-01-01

Heliplaatidest: Beck "Guero", Common "Be", Stupid F ja Hash "Koodeks: R.L.V.", Kulo "Onarhia", Natalie Imbruglia "Counting Down the Days", New Order "Waiting for the Sirens' Call", Human Ground "Human Ground"

Fungal Planet description sheets : 400-468

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Crous, P.W.; Wingfield, M.J.; Richardson, D.M.; Le Roux, J.J.; Strasberg, D.; Edwards, J.; Roets, F.; Hubka, V.; Taylor, P.W.J.; Heykoop, M.; Martín, M.P.; Moreno, G.; Sutton, D.A.; Wiederhold, N.P.; Barnes, C.W.; Carlavilla, J.R.; Gené, J.; Giraldo, A.; Guarnaccia, V.; Guarro, J.; Hernández-Restrepo, M.; Kolařík, M.; Manjón, J.L.; Pascoe, I.G.; Popov, E.S.; Sandoval-Denis, M.; Woudenberg, J.H.C.; Acharya, K.; Alexandrova, A.V.; Alvarado, P.; Barbosa, R.N.; Baseia, I.G.; Blanchette, R.A.; Boekhout, T.; Burgess, T.I.; Cano-Lira, J.F.; Čmoková, A.; Dimitrov, R.A.; Dyakov, M.Yu.; Dueñas, M.; Dutta, A.K.; Esteve-Raventós, F.; Fedosova, A.G.; J., Fournier.; Gamboa, P.; Gouliamova, D.E.; Grebenc, T.; Groenewald, M.; Hanse, B.; Hardy, G.E.St.J.; Held, B.W.; Jurjević, Ž.; Kaewgrajang, T.; Latha, K.P.D.; Lombard, L.; Luangsa-ard, J.J.; Lysková, P.; Mallátová, N.; Manimohan, P.; Miller, A.N.; Mirabolfathy, M.; Morozova, O.V.; Obodai, M.; Oliveira, N.T.; Ordóñez, M.E.; Otto, E.C.; Paloi, S.; Peterson, S.W.; Phosri, C.; Roux, J.; Salazar, W.A.; Sánchez, A.; Sarria, G.A.; Shin, H.-D.; Silva, B.D.B.; Silva, G.A.; Smith, M.Th.; Souza-Motta, C.M.; Stchigel, A.M.; Stoilova-Disheva, M.M.; Sulzbacher, M.A.; Telleria, M.T.; Toapanta, C.; Traba, J.M.; Valenzuela-Lopez, N.; Watling, R.; Groenewald, J.Z.

2016-01-01

Novel species of fungi described in the present study include the following from Australia: Vermiculariopsiella eucalypti, Mulderomyces natalis (incl. Mulderomyces gen. nov.), Fusicladium paraamoenum, Neotrimmatostroma paraexcentricum, and Pseudophloeospora eucalyptorum on leaves of Eucalyptus spp.,

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Crous, P.W.; Wingfield, M.J.; Richardson, D.M.; Roux, Le J.J.; Strasberg, D.; Edwards, J.; Roets, F.; Hubka, V.; Taylor, P.W.J.; Heykoop, M.; Martin, M.P.; Moreno, G.; Sutton, D.A.; Wiederhold, N.P.; Barnes, C.W.; Carlavilla, J.R.; Gené, J.; Giraldo, A.; Guarnaccia, V.; Guarro, J.; Hernández-Restrepo, M.; Kolařík, M.; Manjón, J.L.; Pascoe, I.G.; Popov, E.S.; Sandoval-Denis, M.; Woudenberg, J.H.C.; Acharya, K.; Alexandrova, A.V.; Alvarado, P.; Barbosa, R.N.; Baseia, I.G.; Blanchette, R.A.; Boekhout, T.; Burgess, T.I.; Cano-Lira, J.F.; Čmoková, A.; Dimitrov, R.A.; Dyakov, M.Yu.; Dueñas, M.; Dutta, A.K.; EsteveRaventós, F.; Fedosova, A.G.; Fournier, J.; Gamboa, P.; Gouliamova, D.E.; Grebenc, T.; Groenewald, M.; Hanse, B.; Hardy, G.E.St.J.; Held, B.W.; Jurjević, Ž.; Kaewgrajang, T.; Latha, K.P.D.; Lombard, L.; Luangsa-ard, J.J.; Lysková, P.; Mallátová, N.; Manimohan, P.; Miller, A.N.; Mirabolfathy, M.; Morozova, O.V.; Obodai, M.; Oliveira, N.T.; Ordóñez, M.E.; Otto, E.C.; Paloi, S.; Peterson, S.W.; Phosri, C.; Roux, J.; Salazar, W.A.; Sánchez, A.; Sarria, G.A.; Shin, H.-D.; Silva, B.D.B.; Silva, G.A.; Smith, M.Th.; Souza-Motta, C.M.; Stchigel, A.M.; Stoilova-Disheva, M.M.; Sulzbacher, M.A.; Telleria, M.T.; Toapanta, C.; Traba, J.M.; Valenzuela-Lopez, N.; Watling, R.; Groenewald, J.Z.

2016-01-01

Novel species of fungi described in the present study include the following from Australia: Vermiculariopsiella eucalypti, Mulderomyces natalis (incl. Mulderomyces gen. nov.), Fusicladium paraamoenum, Neotrimmatostroma paraexcentricum, and Pseudophloeospora eucalyptorum on leaves of Eucalyptus spp.,

Plaadid / Valner Valme

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Valme, Valner, 1970-

2002-01-01

Uutest plaatidest Liquido "Alarm!Alarm!", Van Morrison "Down The Road", "Eesti pop 2002", "Very Best of MTV Unplugged", Karavan "Agu Tammeoru laulud", Natalie Imbruglia "White Lilies Island", Ibizarre "Ambient Collection vol. 5", Jose Cura "Boleros"

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Plaadid / Mart Normet

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Normet, Mart, 1979-

2006-01-01

Uutest heliplaatidest The Roots "Game Theory", Maarja ja Rannap "Läbi jäätunud klaasi", Natalie Walker " Urban Angel", Outkast "Idlewild", Peter Grant "New Vintage", Stone Sour "Come What May", Heather Greene "Five Dollar Dress"

26. III avati Tartu Y-galerii E-saalis...

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2004-01-01

MTÜ loovkeskuse ja Anne noortekeskuse multimeedialabori interdistsiplinaarse Art-Merge õpikoja näitus. 20.-26. III toimunud õpikoja tegevuskunsti osa juhtis inglise kunstnik Natalie Waldbaum, multimeedia sektorit Jane Remm, kaasaegse tantsu ja teatri osa Kaia Kapsta

Suigu lapsed poseerivad Inglismaa pereajakirjas / Veste Roosaar

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Roosaar, Veste, 1960-

2009-01-01

Inglismaal Bornemouthi kunstiinstituudi lõpetanud fotograaf Katrina Tang tegi koos stilisti Natalie Chestermaniga pildiseeria "Tagasi kooli", mis tutvustas Inglismaa moodi eesti laste seljas. Tang pildistas Suigu lapsi, kellede pilte võib näha Inglismaa ajakirja Junior septembrinumbris

ÜleLinna regedisko

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2009-01-01

Tartu Genialistide klubis 7. novembril toimuvast üritusest, kus näidatakse hiphopile ja elektroonilisele muusikale mõju avaldanud dub-muusika teket ning arengut käsitlevat Bruno Natali filmi "Dub echoes" ja filmile järgneb tantsupidu

Tartu koolkond ajakirjade kujundajana 1930-1940 / Merle Talvik

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Talvik, Merle, 1971-

2006-01-01

Õppesüsteemist ja graafika õpetamisest Pallase Kõrgemas Kunstikoolis. Tartu kunstnikud ajakirjade kujundajana: Nikolai Triik, Ernst Kollom, Arkadio Laigu, Natalie Mei, Ado Vabbe, Ott Kangilaski, Hando Mugasto, Eduard Wiiralt, Peet Aren, Jaan Vahtra, Rudolf Paris, Agu Peerna jt

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Full Text Available ... Expert Briefings: Caring for a Person with Late Stage Parkinson's Expert Briefings: Impulsive and Compulsive Behaviors in ... Surgery? CareMAP: Managing Caregiver Stress CareMAP: End-of-Life Care Natalie Diaz, MD, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center: “ ...

Anarchy in the U.K. / Alar Niineväli

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Niineväli, Alar

2006-01-01

USA - Saksamaa ulmepõnevik "V nagu vendetta" ("V for Vendetta") : režissöör James McTeigue : osades Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving : 2005. Aluseks on Alan Moore'i samanimeline koomiks, mille vennad Wachowskid stsenaariumiks töötlesid

How new is the new philosophy of psychiatry?

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Denys, Damiaan

2007-01-01

ABSTRACT: In their recent paper, Natalie Banner and Tim Thornton evaluate seven volumes of the Oxford University Press series "International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry," an international book series begun in 2003 focusing on the emerging interdisciplinary field at the interface of

How new is the new philosophy of psychiatry?

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Denys Damiaan

2007-10-01

Full Text Available Abstract In their recent paper, Natalie Banner and Tim Thornton evaluate seven volumes of the Oxford University Press series “International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry,” an international book series begun in 2003 focusing on the emerging interdisciplinary field at the interface of philosophy and psychiatry. According to Natalie Banner and Tim Thornton, the series represents a clear indication that the interdisciplinary field of philosophy of psychiatry has been flourishing lately. Philosophers and psychiatrists face a “new philosophy of psychiatry”. However, the optimism which the “new” philosophy of psychiatry celebrates is precisely the exiling of philosophy from the foundations of psychiatry. The 150 year old belief that psychopathology cannot do without philosophical reflection has virtually disappeared from common psychiatric education and daily clinical practice. Though the discipline of psychiatry is particularly suited to contributions from philosophy, the impact of philosophy on psychiatry nowadays remains limited. With some exceptions, philosophical papers are embedded in a philosophical context inscrutable to ordinary psychiatrists. Much current philosophical work is perceived by psychiatrists as negativistic. I would encourage the field of psychiatry to incorporate once again basic philosophical attitudes which render possible true dialogue with philosophy and enrich both disciplines. The views developed here should not discredit the value and importance of Natalie Banner and Tim Thornton’s paper and the excellent series “International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry.” As Jaspers said “Everybody inclined to disregard philosophy will be overwhelmed by philosophy in an unperceived way”.

How new is the new philosophy of psychiatry?

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Denys, Damiaan

2007-01-01

In their recent paper, Natalie Banner and Tim Thornton evaluate seven volumes of the Oxford University Press series “International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry,” an international book series begun in 2003 focusing on the emerging interdisciplinary field at the interface of philosophy and psychiatry. According to Natalie Banner and Tim Thornton, the series represents a clear indication that the interdisciplinary field of philosophy of psychiatry has been flourishing lately. Philosophers and psychiatrists face a “new philosophy of psychiatry”. However, the optimism which the “new” philosophy of psychiatry celebrates is precisely the exiling of philosophy from the foundations of psychiatry. The 150 year old belief that psychopathology cannot do without philosophical reflection has virtually disappeared from common psychiatric education and daily clinical practice. Though the discipline of psychiatry is particularly suited to contributions from philosophy, the impact of philosophy on psychiatry nowadays remains limited. With some exceptions, philosophical papers are embedded in a philosophical context inscrutable to ordinary psychiatrists. Much current philosophical work is perceived by psychiatrists as negativistic. I would encourage the field of psychiatry to incorporate once again basic philosophical attitudes which render possible true dialogue with philosophy and enrich both disciplines. The views developed here should not discredit the value and importance of Natalie Banner and Tim Thornton’s paper and the excellent series “International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry.” As Jaspers said “Everybody inclined to disregard philosophy will be overwhelmed by philosophy in an unperceived way”. PMID:17949505

Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Penn Linguistics Colloquium. University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics, Volume 6, Number 1.

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This issue includes the following articles: "Assimilation to the Unmarked" (Eric Bakovic); "On the Non-Universality of Functional Projections and the Effects on Parametrized Variation: Evidence from Creoles" (Marlyse Baptista); "What Turkish Acquisition Tells Us about Underlying Word Order and Scrambling" (Natalie Batman-Ratyosyan, Karin…

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2010-04-14

... public attendance is mandatory. Please contact: Natalie Pojman, Office of National AIDS Policy (202) 456... advice, information, and recommendations to the Secretary regarding programs and policies intended to (a..., date of birth, residency, and country of origin to process public access attendance. Pre-registration...

Mezhgalaktitsheskaja Saga vremen dzhedajev / Jevgeni Levik

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2002-01-01

George Lucase mängufilmi "Star Wars : osa II - Kloonide rünnak" ("Star Wars : Episode 2 - Attack of te Clones") kostüümidega illustreeritud tutvustus (Natalie Portmani kuninganna Amidala ja Samuel L.Jacksoni jedi-rüütel) : Ameerika Ühendriigid 2002

South African Family Practice - Vol 57, No 5 (2015)

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Gastric pain · EMAIL FREE FULL TEXT EMAIL FREE FULL TEXT · DOWNLOAD FULL TEXT DOWNLOAD FULL TEXT. Natalie Schellack, Gustav Schellack, Nicolene van der Sandt, Bongiwe Masuku, 13-19. Chronic rhinosinusitis · EMAIL FREE FULL TEXT EMAIL FREE FULL TEXT DOWNLOAD FULL TEXT DOWNLOAD ...

Life Beyond Walls. Proceedings of the National Conference on Outdoor Recreation (Ft. Collins, Colorado, November 10-13, 1988).

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Gilbert, Jim, Ed.; Bruner, Eric, Ed.

This proceedings contains 16 papers on recreation and adventure programming, outdoor education, and outdoor leadership training. The papers are: (1) "Beyond Recreation: Our Classroom Is Wild America" (Barry Auskern); (2) "Outward Bound Leadership Model: An Exploratory Study of Leadership Variables" (Natalie L. Bartley); (3)…

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Full Text Available ... People with Parkinson's? How Does Parkinson's Disease Affect Memory? CareMAP: La Alimentación y la Deglución, Parte 2 ... and Benefits of DBS Surgery? CareMAP: Managing Caregiver Stress CareMAP: End-of-Life Care Natalie Diaz, MD, ...

Size as Leading Indicator among Scandinavian Constructor Compagnies

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Bentzen, Eric

This paper studies predictability of stock marked prices in the Scandinavian constructor market.......This paper studies predictability of stock marked prices in the Scandinavian constructor market....

Pop : The Corrs "Best Of" / Mart Juur

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2001-01-01

Heliplaatidest: The Corrs "Best Of", Ryan Adams "Gold", Green Day "International Superhits!", Techno Animal "The Brotherhood of The Bomb", Dr. Dre & kompanii "The Wash Soundtrack", Natalie Imbruglia "White Lilies Island", Carlos Santana "Divine Light - Reconstruction & Mix Translation: Bill Laswell", Enigma "LoveSensualityDevotion - The Remix Collection"

Correction to: The hidden therapist: evidence for a central role of music in psychedelic therapy.

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Kaelen, Mendel; Giribaldi, Bruna; Raine, Jordan; Evans, Lisa; Timmermann, Christopher; Rodriguez, Natalie; Roseman, Leor; Feilding, Amanda; Nutt, David; Carhart-Harris, Robin

2018-05-01

The article The hidden therapist: evidence for a central role of music in psychedelic therapy, written by Mendel Kaelen, Bruna Giribaldi, Jordan Raine, Lisa Evans, Christopher Timmerman, Natalie Rodriguez, Leor Roseman, Amanda Feilding, David Nutt, Robin Carhart-Harris, was originally published electronically on the publisher's internet portal.

ODNOSI Z JAVNOSTMI IN OGLAŠEVANJE V E-ŠPORTIH

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Druks, Luka

2015-01-01

Diplomsko delo govori o odnosih z javnostmi in oglaševanju v e-športih. Glavni named diplomske naloge je, da se predstavi uporaba odnosov z javnostmi in oglaševanja v e-športih. Najprej so v teoretičnem delu predstavljeni odnosi z javnostmi, oglaševanje in e-športi. V praktičnem pa je opisana uporaba odnosov z javnostmi in oglaševanja v ukrajinski e-šport organizaciji Natus Vincere. Ugotovili smo, da zastavljena teza ne drži, ker oglaševanje zaradi večjega finančnega vložka za e-šport...

Martin Guerre ei tulnud tagasi üksi / Jürgen Beyer ; saksa keelest tõlkinud Tiina Lias

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2002-01-01

Rets. rmt.: Davis, Natalie Zemon. Martin Guerre'i tagasitulek / inglise keelest tõlkinud Ainiki Väljataga. Tallinn : Varrak, 2002. Arvustus ilmus ka ajakirjas Vikerkaar, 2002, nr. 8-9 lk. 189-191, kuna käesolevast numbrist oli välja jäänud üks lõik

More and more together : Legal family formats for same-sex and different-sex couples in European countries – Comparative analysis of data in the LawsAndFamilies Database

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Waaldijk, C.

2017-01-01

This report (edited by Kees Waaldijk) includes contributions by Daniel Damonzé, Marie Digoix, Marina Franchi, Natalie Nikolina, José Ignacio Pichardo Galán, Giulia Selmi, Matias de Stéfano Barbero, Matthias Thibeaud, Jose A.M. Vela, Kees Waaldijk, and Giuseppe Zago. This report offers a

Young Artists@ CERN : 20 young artists from around Europe will travel to CERN for one week in January, 2004

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2004-01-01

From left to right, front row: Isambard Poulson, Floris van Heynsgergen, George Prassas, Andreas Mitropoulos, Andy Charalambous, organisateur and Nataly Sugnaux. Back row: Douglas Bourton, Denny Robson, Emma Hart, Eleanor Duffin, Caroline Gray, Grace Adam, Machyta Giebels, Janitsio Moreno Gomez, Paul Magee, Mark Ingham, Stine Ljungdalh and Julien Aubert.

Carlson Wagonlit Travel

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2005-01-01

Chères clientes, chers clients, Le 3 janvier dernier, nous vous avons informé de la décision des compagnies aériennes de supprimer les commissions versées aux agences de voyages suisses. Cette mesure a été introduite progressivement pour être appliquées maintenant par toutes les compagnies, à quelques rares exceptions près. En conséquence, en accord avec le CERN, nous serons dans l'obligation d'appliquer une nouvelle liste de prix de nos transactions pour les voyages privés. Elle sera applicable dès le lundi 25 juillet 2005. Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) vous propose : Son service de conseil personnalisé, professionnel et compétent Sa recherche de la solution la plus économique et la mieux adaptée à vos besoins Sa neutralité dans les comparaisons de prix et prestations Des informations com...

Falling In: Re-reading Natalie Babbitt's "Tuck Everlasting."

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Seidel, Jackie

2000-01-01

Describes the everlasting effects on herself, her third-grade students, and their parents upon reading the novel "Tuck Everlasting." Suggests the reading of that novel fundamentally altered the author's understanding of teaching, literature, life perhaps, and especially the kinds of relationships teachers have with children. (RS)

JPRS Report, Soviet Union KOMMUNIST No 12, August 1988.

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1988-12-28

sight of the main directions, be distracted by detail, and waste energy on trivia . Some costs are inevitable in a new task; they cannot be avoided...Gossnab had been able to organize the processing of recycled materials, the country would not have needed the services of the French Compagnie

Writing and Dialogue in, and around, a Senior Secondary Literature Classroom

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Bellis, Natalie; Garcia, Jessica

2018-01-01

The tradition of teachers engaging in narrative-based inquiry is now well established, as is its value for creating situated knowledge about teaching. This reflexive autobiographical article weaves together narrative accounts around a senior literature classroom environment. The article features two voices: a teacher (Natalie Bellis) and a Year 12…

Two relational conceptions of individuals: teams and neuroeconomics

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Davis, J.B.

2009-01-01

Recent work on the theory of teams and team reasoning in game interactive settings is due principally to the late Michael Bacharach (Bacharach, 2006), who offers a conception of the individual as a team member, and also to Martin Hollis (1998) and Robert Sugden and Natalie Gold (Sugden, 2000; Gold &

How the Medical Category of ‘Brown Phlegm’ Came to Tibet (abstract and PPT)

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Blezer, H.W.A.

Drugs, Fluids, and Other Matters: Medical History through the Lens of Things (Natalie Köhle) How the Medical Category of ‘Brown Phlegm’ Came to Tibet? This is a modest contribution to ongoing investigation of so-called ‘brown phlegm’ (disorders) in Tibet (Tib. bad kan smug po). The main hypothesis

Antonio van Diemen : de opkomst van de VOC in Azië

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Witteveen, Willem Menno

2011-01-01

The Dutch East India Company, the VOC (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie ) was founded in 1602 and was the first company with permanent capital, tradable shares and limited liability. Its aim was to monopolise the trade in valuable spices as nutmeg, mace and cloves found only in a remote part of the

Beyond the city wall : society and economic development in the Ommelanden of Batavia, 1684-1740

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Kanumoyoso, Bondan

2011-01-01

Batavia was founded as the headquarters of the VOC (Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) in Asia on 30 May 1619, on the ruins of the Javanese port town of Jayakarta. To support its livelihood as a large trading centre, Batavia required a hinterland which could provide it with food crops, building

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Items 1 - 50 of 159 ... Vol 5, No 2 (2016), Retracted: The clinical anatomy of the insertion of the rotator cuff tendons, Abstract PDF. Martie Vosloo, Natalie Keough, Mathys Arend De Beer. Vol 6, No 3 (2017): Supplementary Issue, Homo sapiens are bilaterally symmetrical but not with toe length and toe-length ratios among ...

Ergonomics SA - Vol 28, No 2 (2016)

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Comparing fatigue responses between healthy individuals and asymptomatic low back pain sufferers - implications for return-to-work: a pilot study · EMAIL FULL TEXT EMAIL FULL TEXT DOWNLOAD FULL TEXT DOWNLOAD FULL TEXT. Miriam C. Mattison, Natalie A. Ross, 2-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/esa.v28i2.2 ...

La meilleure politique : une recherche en télécommunication dans ...

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2 févr. 2011 ... ... le contrôle et le monopole aux compagnies de télécommunications en ... et la gestion dans le domaine de l'information et des communications. .... Le LINK offre des programmes d'enseignement et des formations sur mesure dans le ... African Telecommunications Sector Performance Review par Alison ...

2015 Military Investigation and Justice Experience Survey (MIJES). Overview Report

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2016-03-16

consisting of Ms. Natalie Namrow, Ms. Sarah De Silva, Ms. Kathleen Dippold, SRA International, Inc., a CSRA Company, Dr. Samantha Daniel, Dr. Paul Cook ...construed as substantiated allegations of professional reprisal, ostracism, or maltreatment. General Satisfaction With Individuals/Resources... Professional Reprisal, Ostracism, and Maltreatment The Department strives to create an environment where military members feel comfortable and safe

The activities of COGEMA in the nuclear fuel cycle

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Galaud, G.

1981-02-01

COGEMA (Compagnie Generale des Matieres Nucleaires) is a private company entirely owned by the C.E.A. Its activity covers the whole of the fuel cycle: uranium mining, production of concentrates from the extracted ore, conversion into hexafluoride, enrichment, fabrication of fuel assemblies, reprocessing of spent fuel, and packaging of waste. These different types of activity are reviewed [fr

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Items 1 - 50 of 106 ... Vol 28, No 2 (2017), BOOK REVIEW: Tadjo, V. (2017). En compagnie des hommes. Paris : Don Quichotte Éditions (169 ... Vol 19 (2008), Nature, Nurture, and the Mathematics of Culture in the Light of Selected Works of Voltaire and Rousseau, Abstract PDF. R Yennah. Vol 19 (2008), Negation in Dagaare ...

visione satirica e paradossale del terzo millennio ne l'apocalisse

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V. Lanzarini e A. De Bove e L'uno e l'altro Testamento, a cura di L. Arrighi, tradudione di .... 24) o la congiura delle principali compagnie petrolifere multinazionali, dette “le Sette. Sorelle” (28) ..... Newton Compton Editori, 1976). 38 ..... legge: “Secondo l'ultima profezia di Nostradamus l'Apocalisse avverrà il 12 marzo 2012.

Fungal Planet description sheets: 400-468

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Crous, P.W.; Wingfield, M.J.; Richardson, D.M.; Le Roux, J.J.; Strasberg, D.; Edwards, J.; Roets, F.; Hubka, V.; Taylor, P.W.J.; Heykoop, M.; Martín, M.P.; Moreno, G.; Sutton, D.A.; Wiederhold, N.P.; Barnes, C.W.

2016-01-01

Novel species of fungi described in the present study include the following from Australia: Vermiculariopsiella eucalypti, Mulderomyces natalis (incl. Mulderomyces gen. nov.), Fusicladium paraamoenum, Neotrimmatostroma paraexcentricum, and Pseudophloeospora eucalyptorum on leaves of Eucalyptus spp., Anungitea grevilleae (on leaves of Grevillea sp.), Pyrenochaeta acaciae (on leaves of Acacia sp.), and Brunneocarpos banksiae (incl. Brunneocarpos gen. nov.) on cones of Banksia attenuata. Novel f...

Models of Solar Irradiance Variations: Current Status Natalie A ...

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Abstract. Regular monitoring of solar irradiance has been carried out since 1978 to show that solar total and spectral irradiance varies at different time scales. Whereas variations on time scales of minutes to hours are due to solar oscillations and granulation, variations on longer time scales are driven by the evolution of the ...

Synthèse de la recherche sur les moyens de subsistance pouvant ...

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Synthèse de la recherche sur les moyens de subsistance pouvant remplacer la culture du tabac. Dans l'espoir de faire obstacle aux politiques visant à réduire la demande de produits du tabac, les compagnies de tabac font valoir que ces politiques auront des répercussions négatives sur l'emploi et l'économie des pays ...

Kaunis ja õudne : Raamaturida / Arno Oja

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1995-01-01

Beer, Natalie. Meister Mathis : Matthias Grünewaldi romaan; Pezold, Leopold. Kolme Eestimaa kunstniku rännuaastad; Vint, Maara. Vint, Eve-Maria. Võlulehvik; Seton, Anya. Katherine, 2.osa; Suosalmi, Kerttu-Kaarina. Õnnekütt; Herriott, James. Koerajutud; Laos, Ester. Õhtuks koju; Ewers, Hanns Heinz. Alraune; King, Stephen. Raamatukogupolitseinik; Pabut, Talvo. Surma suflöör; Loon, Paul van. Õuduste käsiraamat

21st Century Military Operations in a Complex Electromagnetic Environment

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2015-07-01

Natalie Crawford RAND Corporation RDML Jon P. Cryer, USN (ret) Northrop Grumman Mr. Stephen Cummings Raytheon Dr. Eric Evans MIT Lincoln...Heyer U.S. Navy Ms. Leslie Litton U.S. Army Dr. Charles Perkins National Reconnaissance Office Mr. Marvin Potts U.S. Air Force Dr. Stephen ...Neil Fox Virginia Tech Applied Research Corporation Ms. Hannah Freeman Strategic Analysis, Inc. Mr. Marcus Hawkins Strategic Analysis, Inc. Dr

Collectivités et exploitation minière au Canada et dans le monde ...

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... des conditions appropriées aux compagnies minières; d'empêcher le développement de projets susceptibles de nuire à des zones qui ont une importance écologique, économique et culturelle; et de plaider en faveur de politiques venant améliorer l'efficacité du développement minier et réduire les risques qu'il présente.

Waste management in the uranium companies of Niger

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Hama, A.

2002-01-01

Two companies produce uranium (yellowcake) in Niger: the 'Societe des Mines de l'Air (SOMAIR)' and the 'Compagnie Miniere d'Akouta (COMINAK)'. The SOMAIR operation uses open pit mining whereas COMINAK employs underground mining. Uranium ores have been treated by SOMAIR and COMINAK since 1971 and 1978 respectively. The wastes produced by the two companies will be managed to reduce health and environment impacts. (author)

Urban Counterinsurgency: Case Studies and Implications for U.S. Military Forces

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1989-10-01

Politica Electoral Independiente (Original name for Christian Socialist Party)--Venezuela CRS Compagnies Republicaines de Securite (Republican Security...arguably has had the greatest political and military impact of any of the colonial insurgencies in the post -World War II period. The lessons drawn from...Def. SDECE Governor Cmdg General Post General 10th Mil. Region No. Af. Liai- National Territorial Gendar- Armed Forces son Services Police Police

BOOK REVIEW Tadjo, V. (2017). En compagnie des hommes. Paris ...

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of the virus. Three, the anthropomorphization of Nature, the Baobab, and the. Bat. Four, the mobilization of teams of actors, both local and international, to confront the pandemic. Five, the union of humans and non-humans for the protection of nature. Much in the vein of Camus' The plague (1948), Tadjo's epic on Ebola.

Data Collection and Management with ENSITE HUB: ENSITE HUB Version 1.0

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2017-08-01

ER D C/ CE RL S R- 17 -1 4 Engineer Site Identification for the Tactical Environment (ENSITE) Data Collection and Management with ENSITE...and Management with ENSITE HUB ENSITE HUB Version 1.0 Juliana M. Wilhoit, Natalie R. Myers, and George W. Calfas Construction Engineering Research...and standardized manner. With such a tool, CB planners (as well as designers, operators, and manag - ers) can rapidly assess possible current and

Les Cahiers du CREAD

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politique de bas prix exercée par la Russie et le Qatar vient confirmer ce constat ; s'ajoute à cela l'entrée éventuelle du gaz non conven- tionnel, dont son prix actuel de 3/4 $US, offre aux USA l'opportunité d'être exportateur de ..... les compagnies à produire en matière du gaz naturel, tels le prix du gaz naturel, le prix des ...

2550-IJBCS-Article-Roukayath Chabi Toko

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Le prix du lait est deux fois plus élevé qu'en saison des pluies. Donc le lait frais est le produit le plus ... tous les marchés et à des prix bas. Le lait est disponible partout (zones de transhumance et villages .... rémunération leur permet de mieux prendre soin des animaux en compagnie de leurs maris. Mais, le fait que dans la ...

Analyse de la rentabilité financière de la production de semence du ...

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Pour un système compétitif et adéquat aux besoins des producteurs, il est impérieux de réfléchir sur un partenariat compagnies privées de distribution et producteurs multiplicateurs de semences certifiées. Ce dispositif facilitera la disponibilité et l'accès à un prix abordable aux semences de qualité pour les producteurs du ...

Activité antérieure – Améliorer la recherche sur les systèmes de ...

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15 avr. 2016 ... M. Félix Boa Yapo, directeur général de la santé de la Côte d'Ivoire, a ouvert la séance de consultation, en compagnie de Stanislas Kambour, directeur des systèmes de recherche et de renseignements sur la santé de l'OOAS, et de Chantal de Varennes, ambassadrice du Canada auprès de la République ...

Guinea: Background and Relations with the United States

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2010-07-19

multinational aluminum firm Alcoa, for instance, is a major shareholder in the Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee, a bauxite mining and export partnership...world’s largest bauxite reserves, and joint-venture bauxite mining and alumina operations have historically provided about 80% of Guinea’s foreign...announced the approval of a $200 million loan to partly finance a $6.3 billion bauxite mining and alumina refinery project in Guinea. The project was

OPAL Netlogo Land Condition Model

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2014-08-15

ER D C/ CE RL T R- 14 -1 2 Optimal Allocation of Land for Training and Non-training Uses ( OPAL ) OPAL Netlogo Land Condition Model...Fulton, Natalie Myers, Scott Tweddale, Dick Gebhart, Ryan Busby, Anne Dain-Owens, and Heidi Howard August 2014 OPAL team measuring above and...online library at http://acwc.sdp.sirsi.net/client/default. Optimal Allocation of Land for Training and Non-training Uses ( OPAL ) ERDC/CERL TR-14-12

Ultra-Wideband Electromagnetic Pulse Propagation through Causal Media

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2016-03-04

AFRL-AFOSR-VA-TR-2016-0112 Ultra-Wideband Electromagnetic Pulse Propagation through Causal Media Natalie Cartwright RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF STATE... Electromagnetic Pulse Propagation through Causal Media 5a.  CONTRACT NUMBER 5b.  GRANT NUMBER FA9550-13-1-0013 5c.  PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER 61102F 6...SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 14. ABSTRACT When an electromagnetic pulse travels through a dispersive material each frequency of the transmitted pulse changes in both

Modélisation numérique de la minéralisation polymétallifère du ...

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Le gisement de Tighza est le 1er site producteur de concentré de plomb et le 2nd fournisseur d'argent au Maroc. Sa durée de vie s'étale sur 15 ans .en effet, la Compagnie minière de Touissit (CMT) a réalisé, en 2008, un chiffre d'affaires de 291,4 MMDH contre 247,3 en 2007, soit une progression de plus 17%.

Règlement institutionnel Déplacements

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hospitalité », et « privilège », ces derniers tarifs étant associés à des niveaux de service différents. Conjoint de ... Classe premium de service qu'offrent des compagnies aériennes précises sur certains itinéraires et à laquelle ..... plus de 250 kilomètres), il faut toujours comparer le tarif aérien le plus bas aux coûts associés ...

Water management on the uraniferous mining sites of TCMF

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Humbert, J.; Ibos-Auge, J.S.; Polgaire, J.L.; Savin, B.

1992-01-01

The firm Total Compagnie Miniere France (TCMF) upgrades its ores on the sites of Jouac and Bertholene in cleaning plants. The operation of these sites is responsible for the production of solid and liquid waste which is deposited and/or processed to conform to the standard specifications in force. The treatment of this waste, whilst conforming to these standard specifications, is nevertheless an economical factor in the production, thanks to the recovery of uranium

Sihtasutus Eesti Rahvuskultuuri Fond võtab 15. oktoobrini vastu...

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2003-01-01

Võetakse vastu 2004. a. stipendiumide ja kultuuriprojektide finantseerimise taotlusi. Esimest korda määratakse 2003. a. stipendiume järgmistest nimelistest allfondidest: Arvo Nenni ja Ingrid Nenni (Nõges) Fond toetab EKMi eesti kunstipärandi ostmisel, Edmund Valtmani Fond toetab stipendiumiga EKA üliõpilast või alla 30-aastast EKA vilistlast parima graafilise teose eest, Natalie Mei Fond toetab professionaalsete ja tulemuslike lava- ning kostüümikujundajate tegevust ja täiendusõpet jt.

Targeting Metabolic Survival Pathways in Lung Cancer via Combination Therapy

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2014-06-01

H & Y Enterprise, Redwood City, CA). Following centrifugation at 750 3 g to remove unlysed cells and nuclei, mito - chondria were isolated by...clinically used for diabetes already) or phenformin and glutaminase inhibitors. Several compounds that inhibit GLS are currently under investigation at...Brian P. Fiske,1 Douglas McCloskey,2 Dan Y . Gui,1 Courtney R. Green,2 Natalie I. Vokes,1 Adam M. Feist,2 Matthew G. Vander Heiden,1,3,* and Christian M

Emergence des compagnies de transport des passagers sur la RN1 ...

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L'inconfort et l'amateurisme de ces moyens artisanaux de transport ont cependant, amené certains opérateurs économiques à penser à la modernisation de ce secteur d'activité d'où la création des entreprises modernes de mobilité. Elles sont pourvues des moyens modernes de circulation qui tranchent avec ceux sollicités ...

Centro industrial para la «Compagnie des Lampes», en Madrid

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Aymerich, Manuel

1966-02-01

Full Text Available The second stage of this building, constructed in the Vallecas district of Madrid, includes the workshops for the manufacture of lamp ferrules, with sections for the presses, forging and heat treatment, carbonate stores, mixes, polishing, production control, and other operations. There are also loading and packing zones, offices, first aid room, dressing rooms and services. The plan distribution, and spatial arrangement of this industrial establishment exhibit a formal and functional agile dynamism that is highly becoming.Esta nueva edificación—segunda fase—, construida en Vallecas y destinada a la fabricación de casquillos, consta en esencia de las siguientes zonas: zona de taller propiamente dicha, que alberga las secciones de prensas, mecánica, fragua y tratamientos, almacén de carbonatos, mezclas, vitrita, abrillantado, control, etc.; zona de almacenes, en conexión con los muelles para carga de camiones y carros; y la zona que aloja las oficinas, enfermería, vestuarios y servicios. Tanto la distribución de la planta como la composición de volúmenes resultan de una agilidad notable, ya que, además de su movimiento formal, expresa con sinceridad la función específica de cada cuerpo.

Compromiso organizacional de los servidores públicos que se encuentran con contratos ocasionales y con nombramiento del Ministerio de Relaciones Laborales

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Romero Muñoz, Paulina Elizabeth

2017-01-01

La presente investigación tiene como objetivo determinar si las modalidades de contrato Ocasional y Nombramiento influyen en el Compromiso Organizacional de los Servidores Públicos del Ministerio del Trabajo. La literatura investigada ha permitido que se profundice la implicación del funcionario hacia la institución. El análisis de las dimensiones de compromiso fueron enmarcadas en la teoría de John Meyer y Natalie Allen: afectivo, seguimiento o continuidad y normativo. Adicionalmente se han ...

Mikrojádra operačních systémů

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Beneš, Eduard

2007-01-01

Táto práca sa zaoberá problematikou mikrojadier operačných systémov. Prvá časť je zameraná na oboznámenie s problematikou jadier operačných systémov. Obsahuje základné vlastnosti a mechanizmy druhej generácie mikrojadier reprezentovanej mikrojadrom L4, na ktoré sa zameriavame v ďalších častiach práce. Následne sú opísané dva rôzne porty operačného systému Linux nad mikrojadro L4, sú to L4Linux a Wombat. V druhej časti práce je popísaný spôsob inštalácie vybraných portov a hlavné problémy, kto...

NatalieQ: A web server for protein-protein interaction network querying

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El-Kebir, M.; Brandt, B.W.; Heringa, J.; Klau, G.W.

2014-01-01

Background Molecular interactions need to be taken into account to adequately model the complex behavior of biological systems. These interactions are captured by various types of biological networks, such as metabolic, gene-regulatory, signal transduction and protein-protein interaction networks.

Regards croisés d'un physicien et d'un dessinateur sur Einstein et la physique the recipe of the Universe

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CERN. Geneva

2006-01-01

Rencontre donnée par John Ellis et Fiami. Partez à la découverte de la physique avec un auteur de bande dessinée qui vous fera découvrir six étapes cruciales de l’histoire de la connaissance, en compagnie de son héros Albert Einstein. Après ce voyage littéraire, un physicien du CERN vous expliquera les enjeux de la physique aujourd’hui, plus de 100 ans après Einstein.

Santé et hygiénisme dans les villes du canal de Suez (fin XIXe-1ère moitié du XXe siècle)

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Frémaux, Céline

2008-01-01

Cet article identifie, à partir des archives de la Compagnie du canal de Suez, les problématiques qui ont favorisé l'émergence de figures de la santé dans les villes qui se sont développées sur les rives du canal de Suez. Il analyse les solutions mises en œuvre par les acteurs de la planification urbaine et de la construction, en lien avec les doctrines hygiénistes développées en Europe.

Staking solutions to tube vibration problems (developed by Technos et Compagnie - FRANCE)

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Hewitt, E.W.; Bizard, A.; Horn, M.J.

1989-01-01

Electric generating plant steam surface condensers have been prone to vibration induced tube failures. One common and effective method for stopping this vibration has been to insert stakes into the bundle to provide additional support. Stakes have been fabricated of a variety of rigid and semi-rigid materials of fixed dimensions. Installation difficulties and problems of incomplete tube support have been associated with this approach. New developments in the application of plastic technology has offered another approach. Stakes made of plastic tubes which are flattened, by evacuation, at the time of manufacture may now be easily inserted into the tube bundle. After insertion, the vacuum is released and the memory of the plastic causes the stakes to expand and assume their original form. The spring force of the plastic cradles the adjacent condenser tubes and stops the vibration. Developed for Electricite de France (EDF), the stakes are currently installed in 19 units of the French utility system, and two units in the United States

Anneteparaad II / Harry Liivrand

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Liivrand, Harry, 1961-

2008-01-01

Tutvustatakse Tartu Ülikooli maalikunsti eriala magistri- ja bakalaureuseõppe ning Eesti Kunstiakadeemia vabade kunstide osakonna magistriõppe lõputöid. Lühidalt Andrus Raagi, Katrin Paometsa, Eda Lõhmuse, Edith Karlsoni, Jass Kaselaane, Marge Monko, Maris Palgi, Maria Aderi, Randel Saarma, Natali Pahapilli, Helina Loid-Kudu, Riho Pärna lõputöödest. Eesti Kunstiakadeemia vabade kunstide osakonna magistrandide näitus Kumu Kunstimuuseumis. Tartu Ülikooli maalikunsti eriala magistri Eda Lõhmuse näitus Tartu Kunstimaja Monumentaalkunsti galeriis. Ülikooli maalibakalaureuste näitus Tartu Kunstimuuseumis ning Athena Keskuses

History of health in the Indian Ocean: care, prevention, teaching, and research from the 17(th) to the mid-20th century.

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Aubry, P; Gaüzère, B-A

2016-05-01

In 1498, the Portuguese crossed the Cape of Good Hope. It was not until the period of 1633 and 1666, dates of the founding, respectively, of the Compagnie de l'Orient and the Compagnie des Indes orientales, that the way was definitively opened for trade between France and India. Because so many sailors developed scurvy after voyages that lasted 4 to 5 months, the French settled on Bourbon Island (Réunion) and Ile de France (Mauritius), to provide them with medical care. Created in 1689 by Louis XIV, the Navy Health Service was responsible for health in the colonies until it was replaced in 1890 by the Colonial Health Service. European medicine began its slow diffusion around the Indian Ocean in Pondicherry (India). The naval doctors reported their experiences in the Archives de médecine navale (1864-1889), and the colonial doctors afterwards in the Archives de médecine navale et coloniale (1890-1896). The health system in Madagascar developed strongly during 19(th) and 20(th) centuries, and the subsequent development of health care in the other Indian Ocean islands became closely linked to that of Madagascar. On Bourbon, the two navy hospitals in Saint-Paul and Saint-Denis treated only naval and military personnel. The colony had no hospital providing care for civilians and poor people until three civilian doctors opened a maison de santé (health house) in 1846.

Fantaisie réticulaire.

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Patrick Poncet

2004-10-01

Full Text Available Les images publicitaires ne dédaignent pas d’avoir recours aux cartes pour livrer leurs messages. Les exemples sont fréquents, étonnamment fréquents d’ailleurs, en comparaison de la production et de l’usage des cartes dans d’autres contextes— y compris chez les professionnels de la carte —, où l’objet et souvent craint, perçu comme un problème autant que comme une solution. Cette publicité pour la compagnie aérienne nationale malaise (Malaysia airlines était ...

Copper vapour laser development for Silva

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Bettinger, A.; Neu, M.; Chatelet, J.

1993-01-01

The recent developments of the components for high power Copper Vapour Laser (CVL) have been oriented towards four main goals: high quality laser beam, mainly for the CVL oscillators, increase of the extracted energy out of the amplifying stage, fully integrated and monolithic design for oscillator and amplifier, extended lifetime and high reliability. A first step of this work, which is done under contract with CILAS (Compagnie Industrielle des Lasers) led to an injection seeded oscillator and a 100 Watts amplifier; the present step concerns development of a 400 Watts class amplifier

Guerras luso-holandesas na Capitania da Paraíba (1631-1634): um estudo documental e historiográfico

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Oliveira, Leandro Vilar

2016-01-01

Durante a primeira fase que compreende o período do Brasil holandês (1630-1636), a qual corresponde, de acordo com Evaldo Cabral de Mello (2007), à fase de conquista e consolidação das campanhas militares promovidas pela Companhia das Índias Ocidentais (West-Indische Compagnie – WIC) no atual nordeste brasileiro, a Capitania da Paraíba foi das quatro capitanias iniciais a serem conquistadas, a penúltima a se render. Isso ocorreu após três conflitos, dos quais os portugueses e espanhóis saíram...

Venezuela : Vargas : Centrale thermo-électrique de Tacoa dans les années 1980 : littoral caraïbe de Catia La Mar

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Pouyllau , Michel

1981-01-01

La Centrale thermo-électrique de Tacoa (connue actuellement comme Complejo Generador Josefina Joaquina Sánchez de Tacoa) a été construite en plusieurs étapes sur le littoral caraïbe de Catia La Mar (quartier Arrecife). Elle participe à l'approvisionnement électrique du Littoral de l'Etat de Vargas (villes de La Guaira, Maiquetia) ainsi que, pour partie, de la capitale Caracas. L'image correspond à une extension réalisée à la fin des années 1970 par Electricidad de Caracas et la compagnie belg...

Essen Superior Court. Judgement of September 24, 1982. ('Boycott of electricity bills')

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Anon.

1983-01-01

The Essen Superiour Court decided by judgement published on September 24, 1982 that an electricity supply company is not, by the supply contract, obliged to his customers to do without electric energy generated from nuclear energy. Even though the basic rights of the constitution may influence the contractual relations between the electricity supply compagny and the customers, the basic rights of freedom of conscience and the right of free speech do not entitle the customer to interfere with the lawful performance of the freedom of entrepreneurial activity of the electricity supply company. (WB) [de

Ekspert : Eestis ei vajata linnugripi tõrjeks välisabi / Nataly Koppel

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Koppel, Nataly

2005-01-01

Eesti veterinaar- ja toiduameti arvates saab Eesti haiguse tõkestamisel hakkama omal jõul, sest seadus lubab operatsioonidesse kaasata nii päästeametite töötajaid kui sõjaväelasi, mistõttu välisabi ei vajata. Lisa: Linnugripi tüvi H5N1

Tarbekaupade ja teenuste turujärelevalve 2003. aastal / Marina Karro, Natali Promet

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Karro, Marina

2004-01-01

Ülevaade tervisekaitseinspektsiooni poolt teostatud järelvalvest kosmeetikatoodete, kemikaalide, lastetoodete, tarbekaupade, iluteenuseid osutavate ettevõtete ja majutusasutuste üle 2003. a. Tabelid. Diagrammid. Graafik

Tragic Oedipus, Precarious Oedipus: Inheritance, Legacy and Crisis’ Imaginary in Game of Thrones

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Valentina Sturli

2017-12-01

Full Text Available Il paper propone una lettura complessiva della serie TV Game of Thrones in chiave di grande narrazione contemporanea in cui si intrecciano e si riconfigurano temi e forme tipici dei generi epico e tragico. Attraverso l’analisi delle principali linee narrative si mostrerà come la serie porti in scena un’originale versione del conflitto edipico. Meccanismo di tensione per antonomasia tra le generazioni, e problematico crocevia tra aspirazioni individuali e norme collettive, esso permette di indagare il ruolo dell’individuo in relazione al nucleo familiare di appartenenza e alle più ampie dinamiche sociali, e assume un ruolo cardine all’interno di una narrazione seriale programmaticamente incentrata sulla lotta per la successione dinastica e la gestione del potere. Si mostrerà come la particolare declinazione del tema edipico di questa serie TV entra potentemente in risonanza con le peculiari dinamiche della crisi e della precarizzazione dell’esistenza che caratterizzano l’epoca contemporanea.

Sashay : Vam välling - NU!

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Engvall, Malin; Schnelzer, Natalié; Svedberg, Caroline

2008-01-01

Examensarbetet på 22,5 hp har utförts av Malin Engvall, Natalié Schnelzer och Caroline Svedberg som en avslutande del på Innovations- och designingenjörsprogrammet vid Karlstads universitet, fakulteten för teknik och naturvetenskap. Uppdragsgivare var JanErik Odhe som med sin tävlan i Venture Cup lämnat in en affärsidé som innefattar utveckling av en ny produkt. Målet var att ta fram en engångsprodukt som inom loppet av en minut kan ge tillgång till varm välling oberoende av var konsumenten b...

Social and technical history of the electrification of the lower Saint Lawrence, 1888-1963. Histoire sociale et technique de l'electrification au Bas-Saint-Laurent, 1888-1963; Volume 1

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Tremblay, Y

1993-06-01

The lower St. Lawrence region of Quebec is a rural area with little industry and does not possess important hydraulic resources. Electrification of this region progressed slowly and in an uneven manner. From 1888 to 1922, many local distributors, private or municipal, gave a mediocre quality of service to a small number of customers. A regional firm, the Compagnie de Pouvoir du Bas St-Laurent, followed in 1922 but its resources remained limited, and in a few years it passed under the control of American capitalists. The most rural sectors of the region were badly provided with electricity even in 1945, and the state, in the form of the Office de l'Electrification Rurale, had to intervene to remedy this situation. The Office took charge of organizing and financing electric power distribution cooperatives which ensured service in the most remote zones of Quebec. At the beginning of the 1960s, the inequalities in electric power rates in the region supplied a weighty argument to those in favor of nationalization of power companies. The Compagnie de Pouvoir was acquired by Hydro-Quebec in 1963 and the region was finally correctly integrated with the provincial grid. The cooperatives were also acquired by the Crown corporation a short time thereafter. Electrification was not only building power plants and distribution networks, but also involved development of consumption of electricity on farms and in homes. This made city comforts universal and modified rural life styles, for example by the introduction of electric appliances. 430 refs., 35 figs., 70 tabs.

Social and technical history of the electrification of the lower Saint Lawrence, 1888-1963

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Tremblay, Y.

1993-06-01

The lower St. Lawrence region of Quebec is a rural area with little industry and does not possess important hydraulic resources. Electrification of this region progressed slowly and in an uneven manner. From 1888 to 1922, many local distributors, private or municipal, gave a mediocre quality of service to a small number of customers. A regional firm, the Compagnie de Pouvoir du Bas St-Laurent, followed in 1922 but its resources remained limited, and in a few years it passed under the control of American capitalists. The most rural sectors of the region were badly provided with electricity even in 1945, and the state, in the form of the Office de l'Electrification Rurale, had to intervene to remedy this situation. The Office took charge of organizing and financing electric power distribution cooperatives which ensured service in the most remote zones of Quebec. At the beginning of the 1960s, the inequalities in electric power rates in the region supplied a weighty argument to those in favor of nationalization of power companies. The Compagnie de Pouvoir was acquired by Hydro-Quebec in 1963 and the region was finally correctly integrated with the provincial grid. The cooperatives were also acquired by the Crown corporation a short time thereafter. Electrification was not only building power plants and distribution networks, but also involved development of consumption of electricity on farms and in homes. This made city comforts universal and modified rural life styles, for example by the introduction of electric appliances. 430 refs., 35 figs., 70 tabs

Water distribution in an orchard irrigated by perforated distributors in stony ground

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Decroix, M.; Marcesse, J.; Normand, M.

1975-01-01

In the context of new irrigation techniques the Compagnie Nationale d'Amenagement du Bas-Rhone et du Languedoc (B.Rh.L.) has developed a process of localized irrigation by perforated distributors. Conditions were defined for the optimum use of this process, especially the distribution of water in the ground. The study was carried out in a peach orchard in stony ground. The neutronic method was used to measure the soil moisture content. Because of the heterogeneous stone size distribution it was necessary for the specific humidity determination to take into account the dry apparent density. This parameter was measured by gammametry [fr

Corps rebelles

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Salle, Muriel

2010-01-01

Corps rebelles. Les tatouages de la collection Lacassagne (1874-1924). À la fin du XIXe siècle, le Docteur Alexandre Lacassagne est médecin militaire en poste en Algérie, auprès des bataillons d’Afrique, ces compagnies disciplinaires où sont envoyés les soldats indisciplinés, aux confins de l’empire colonial français. Dans cette relégation à « régime spécial » où les conditions d’existence sont infernales, le jeune médecin entreprend de relever les marques corporelles dont s’ornent les soldat...

Московский срез мирового театра / Этэри Кекелидзе

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Кекелидзе, Этэри, 1944-

2011-01-01

10. Moskva rahvusvahelise Tšehhovi-nimelise teatrifestivali lavastustest: Robert Lepage'i "Eonnagata" (teater Ex Machina, Kanada), Philippe Genty "Voyageurs immobiles" (Compagnie de Philippe Genty, Prantsusmaa), Jevgeni Arje "Враги. История любви" (Современник, Moskva) ja Sergei Ženovatši "Записные книги" (Студия театрального искусства, Moskva)

Piquet Caroline, Histoire du canal de Suez, Paris, Perrin, 2009, 372 p.

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Claudine Piaton

2011-01-01

Full Text Available Les études sur l'histoire du canal de Suez connaissent un regain d'intérêt chez les historiens français. Nathalie Montel avait ouvert la voie en 1998 en publiant un ouvrage passionnant sur le percement du canal, Le chantier du canal de Suez, 1859-1869. Une histoire des pratiques techniques. L'étude s'arrêtait à l'ouverture du canal en 1869, laissant le champ libre à de futurs travaux. La publication en 2008 de l'ouvrage de Caroline Piquet, La Compagnie du canal de Suez, une concession françai...

The new French uranium refining plant at Narbonne; La nouvelle usine francaise de raffinage d'uranium de Narbonne

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Roux, J [Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique, Saclay (France).Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires

1961-07-01

In 1957 the Commissariat l'Energie Atomique in collaboration with two French industrial firms, the Compagnie de Saint-Gobain and the Societe Potasse et Engrais chimique, undertook the construction of a plant for the production of refined uranium on an industrial scale. This plant, which forms part of the French nuclear equipment programme and which works at a capacity of 1000 tons/year, was put into operation in July 1959. First of all the principles on which this under-taking is based are outlined. This is followed by a more detailed account of the construction, including the improvements brought to the process developed at the C.E.A. plant at le Bouchet when it was carried over to the industrial stage by the uranium branch of the Societe d'Etudes et de Travaux. (author) [French] Le Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique a entrepris en 1957 a Narbonne avec la collaboration de deux societes francaises, la Compagnie de Saint-Gobain et la Societe Potasse et Engrais Chimiques, la construction d'une usine destinee a assurer la production d'uranium raffine sur un plan industriel. Cette usine d'une capacite de 1000 tonnes/an qui s'insere dans le programme d'equipement nucleaire francais, a ete mise en service en juillet 1959. Nous evoquerons d'abord les principes qui ont ete a la base de cette realisation. Puis nous donnerons quelques details sur la construction et les ameliorations qui ont ete apportees au procede mis au point a l'usine du Bouchet du C.E.A. lors de sa transposition sur un plan industriel par la Societe d'Etudes et de Travaux pour l'uranium. (auteur)

System reliability analysis and introduction to modelisation by means of Markov chains

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Doyon, L.R.

1977-01-01

A new method to solve simultaneously all models of availability, reliability and maintenaibility for a complex system is described. This analysis is obtained more exactly by using time-intervals between failures and times to repare with probability laws and maintenance policies most adapted to the problem. The expression of this computation, using MARKOV chains corresponds perfectly to computer-language and results very short machine operation times. The procedure necessary for the use of APAFS program operationnal at the CISI (Compagnie Internationale de Services en Informatique) is also described. Thus, a very important tool is now available to designers without any requirement in programming knowledge [fr

Voice work at the Royal Shakespeare Company

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Wade, Andrew

2007-01-01

En tant que responsable du département de la voix de la Royal Shakespeare Company, je me dois de démystifier la façon dont nous travaillons avec les acteurs. Il me semble également essentiel de mettre en lumière l’histoire et les objectifs du travail de la RSC sur la voix. Ceci devrait encore clarifier ce que nous entendons par « la voix de Shakespeare ». Depuis de nombreuses années les besoins d’un travail spécifique sur la voix n’ont cessé de grandir avec la compagnie. Cette pratique fait m...

Consommation d’alcool et culture masculine dans l’Europe de l’époque moderne

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Tlusty, B. Ann

2018-01-01

Pourquoi les gens buvaient-ils à l’époque moderne ? Mathias von Abele, un juriste allemand du xviie siècle, relève au moins quarante-cinq bonnes raisons de le faire, au nombre desquelles on peut citer l’amitié, l’honneur, la vertu, la bravoure, la virilité, les affaires et le commerce, sans oublier le plaisir de la dégustation et une agréable compagnie ; la rancœur et la mauvaise humeur, l’envie, la défiance, l’ennui et l’oisiveté sont également des motifs tout aussi impérieux. Le vocabulaire...

Electric utilities strategies in final energy markets; Nuove strategie d'impresa sui mercati finali dell'energia

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Bianchi, A. [RIE S.r.L., Bologna (Italy)

2000-07-01

In rapidly changing markets, electric utilities pay growing attention to customers and service. They are aware that competition needs strategies capable of transforming and strengthening the privileged position resulting from the knowledge of the market. Moreover, this aspect is the link between different value chains to describe new multi utility approaches. [Italian] In mercati in rapida evoluzione, cresce nelle compagnie energetiche l'attenzione al cliente e al servizio; la concorrenza va affrontata con strategie di trasformazione e rafforzamento della posizione di privilegio che la conoscenza del mercato offre. Questo elemento rappresenta poi il ponte tra catene del valore diverse, verso un nuovo approccio multi-servizi.

Voyage et initiation poétique : l’aventure de Keats en 1818

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Florence GAILLET–DE CHEZELLES

2005-06-01

Full Text Available Durant l’été 1818, John Keats partit sillonner le Nord de l’Angleterre et l’ouest de l’Écosse en compagnie de son ami Charles Brown. Ravi à l’idée de vivre des sensations nouvelles, le jeune poète percevait ce voyage comme une étape importante dans sa vie, qu’il entendait désormais consacrer à l’écriture et à la formation de son esprit, comme le révèle cette évocation enthousiaste :I purpose within a Month to put my knapsack at my back and make a pedestrian tour through the North of England, ...

Volume reduction of low- and medium-level waste by incineration/calcination

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Buzonniere, A. de; Gauthey, J.C.

1993-01-01

Nuclear installations generate large quantities of low- and medium-level radwaste. This waste comes from various installations in the fuel cycle, reactor operation, research institute, hospitals, nuclear plate dismantling, etc.. TECHNICATOME did the project development work for the incineration plant of PIERRELATE (France) on behalf of COGEMA (Compagnie Generale des d'Etudes Technique). This plant has been in active service since November 1987. In addition, TECHNICATOME was in charge of the incinerator by a turnkey contract. This incinerator was commissioned in 1992. For a number of years, TECHNICATOME has been examining, developing and producing incineration and drying/calcination installations. They are used for precessing low- and medium-level radwaste

Atomic Energy Authority Act 1971

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1971-01-01

This Act provides for the transfer of property, rights, liabilities and obligations of parts of the undertaking of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Autority, to two new Compagnies set up for this purpose: the Bristish Nuclear Fuels Limited, and the Radiochemical Centre Limited. Patents licences and registered designs owned by the Autority at the time of the transfer are not included therein. The Act also includes amendments to the Nuclear Installations Act 1965, notably as regards permits to operate granted to a body corporate. Finally, the Schedule to this Act lays down a certain number of provisions relating to security and the preservation of secrets. (NEA) [fr

LA FIDELISATION DE LA CLIENTELE DANS LES ASSURANCES

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MEZOUAR, Mohammed Amine

2012-01-01

La présente recherche se penche sur la question de la fidélisation de la clientèle dans les assurances. L’objectif de cette recherche est de proposer une mesure de la fidélité en adoptant une approche relationnelle. Une étude empirique a été réalisée auprès d’un échantillon de clients de la compagnie d’assurance (SAA). Les résultats trouvés ont des implications théoriques qui ont permis de déceler les limites de notre recherche et de proposer des voies futures de recherche....

Safety of drinking water supplies to suburban Paris: analysis and control of radioactivity at Choisy-le-Roi

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Rapinat, M.; Philipot, J.M.; Cadet, J.L.

1990-01-01

The Syndicat des Eaux d'Ile de France and the Compagnie des Eaux have undertaken several stringent actions, to analyse and control radioactivity at Cholsy-le-Roi, 150 KM downstream from Nogent/s/Seine:- founding in 1985 a new laboratory branch for radioactivity measurement. - adding new elements to the existing alarm network (automatic analysis of the raw water quality). - studies for the treatability of radioelements. - using protected resources (ground water). -set up of a second treated water feeder between the river Seine and the river Marne areas. Others projects are under study, such as the creation of a raw water reservoir and increasing the capacity of treated water stockage. (author)

Reclaiming Independence: American Independent Cinema Distribution and Exhibition Practices beyond Indiewood

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Yannis Tzioumakis

2012-06-01

Full Text Available En 2008, le secteur du film indépendant américain a connu pas moins de trois fermetures de “specialty film divisions” par leur compagnie mère, alors que deux ans plus tard la puissante Miramax était vendue par Disney. Cette consolidation a créé un secteur aujourd’hui contrôlé par une poignée de filiales de majors et quelques compagnies diversifiées isolées. Ces compagnies investissent de façon croissante dans des films indépendants comme Juno (2007 et Sideways (2006 dont les résultats commerciaux sont presque comparables à ceux des films des grands studios, provoquant en retour des réactions vives de critiques s’interrogeant sur leur statut même d’indépendants. Alors que la production “indie” semble converger vers les productions des majors (et leurs pratiques marketing, la partie « basse » du spectre des indépendants a vu se développer des modèles qui passent outre la distribution traditionnelle en salles. Ces modèles visent à établir un lien direct avec le spectateur qui consomme des films à domicile et sont caractérisés par des pratiques telles que la vente de DVD sur les propres sites internet des réalisateurs ainsi qu’une utilisation innovante et extensive des réseaux sociaux. Le faible coût de ces pratiques permet à certains de ces films d’atteindre une rentabilité permettant aux auteurs de poursuivre leur œuvre sans compromis. Cet article montre que, en dépit de l’institutionnalisation croissante du secteur indépendant et la cooptation du secteur « indie » par les conglomérats hollywoodiens au cours de ces dernières années, l’introduction de nouveaux modèles économiques dans une partie du secteur indépendant a permis à ces compagnies de se régénérer et de continuer à proposer une voie alternative à la production hollywoodienne.In 2008 the American “indie” film sector saw no fewer than three “specialty film divisions” being closed by their parent companies

Analisi terminologica dei siti web delle Compagnie Aeree British Airways, Alitalia, Tam e LAN

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Claudia Maria Astorino

2012-02-01

Full Text Available This study is part of a research about the terminology found in the language of tourism, defined as an area of ??knowledge. It has been conducted a study based upon the terms used by four major international airlines - two from Europe: British Airways (United Kingdom and Alitalia (Italy, and two from Latin America: TAM (Brazil and Lan (Chile - in their websites, designed for the final consumer (passenger, since each of them has a different official language (English, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish, respectively. The specific objectives were: i to reflect about the differences among the terms used by each airline, ii to analyze whether there is a substantial presence of acronyms, iii to identify how each of these airlines use English, considering that only the first one has it as its official language. The hypothesis that have guided the research are: i there are no significant changes among the terminology used by the airlines which are the object of the present research, ii, there is a fair use of synonyms for the same concepts, iii there is an extensive use of acronyms, iv there is a considerable influence of English, that may be seen in language borrowings and in some hybrid formations.

Ballet in the Dark: A Critical Review of Black Swan by Darren Aronofsky

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Rina Angela Corpus

2011-12-01

Full Text Available Choreographing the life of a ballerina in an ominous psychological thriller is a highly gendered project that takes us to well-established suspects in the patriarchal schema of the ballet world. Black Swan’s filmmakers created a narrative out of a performance of the classic ballet Swan Lake, making it a mimicry of the life of the tragic heroine Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman. The symptomatic pathology of perfectionism haunts the lead character, revealing her manifest hubris while unmasking the systemic social conditioning of women in the ballet system. These women are driven to become tenacious competitors, pleasant and willing objects of a gaze and patronage that are traditionally male-defined and controlled.

Sylvia Plath: a protocol analysis of her last poems.

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Leenaars, A A; Wenckstern, S

1998-01-01

Personal documents have a significant place in psychological research. Suicide notes, diaries, novels, poems, and so on allow us to better understand the suicidal mind. The works of Sylvia Plath--a poet who killed herself at age 30--are prime examples for such protocol study. This article examines the last 6 months of Plath's poetry, revealing a suicidal malaise. Associating the results to the lives of Cesare Pavese and the case study of Natalie, a Terman-Shneidman subject of the intellectually gifted, the study shows a unit thema that facilitates the process of death. The poems reveal such themes as unbearable pain, loss, and abandonment that likely contributed significantly to death becoming the only solution.

Eesti teatri aastaauhinnad 2006. aasta loomingu eest

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2007-01-01

Elmo Nüganen - lavastajaauhind, Ene-Liis Semper - kunstniku auhind, Hele Kõre - naisnäitleja auhind, Lembit Ulfsak - meesnäitleja auhind, Evelin Pang - naiskõrvalosa auhind, Margus Prangel - meeskõrvalosa auhind, Oleg Titov - draamalavastuse eriauhind, Helen Lokuta ja Lauri Sirp - muusikalavastuse auhind, Michiel Dijkema - muusikalavastuse eriauhind, Mare Tommingas - balletilavastuse auhind, ZUGA ühendatud tantsijad - tantsulavastuse auhind, Margus Mikomägi - kriitikaauhind, Tiit Sukk - Ants Lauteri näitlejaauhind, Ingomar Vihmar - Ants Lauteri lavastajaauhind, Rauno Elp - Georg Otsa auhind, Aare Toikka - Salme Reegi auhind, Reet Aus - Natalie Mei auhind, Anu Lamp - Priit Põldroosi auhind, Peeter Sauter - Aleksander Kurtna auhind, Artjom Maksakov ja Natalja Popenko - Kristallkingakese auhind, Enar Tarmo, Hendrik Kiisler ja Marika Tint - tehnilise töötaja auhind

Eesti teatri aastaauhinnad 2006

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2007-01-01

Elmo Nüganen - lavastajaauhind, Ene-Liis Semper - kunstniku auhind, Hele Kõre - naisnäitleja auhind, Lembit Ulfsak - meesnäitleja auhind, Evelin Pang - naiskõrvalosa auhind, Margus Prangel - meeskõrvalosa auhind, Oleg Titov - draamalavastuse eriauhind, Helen Lokuta ja Lauri Sirp - muusikalavastuse auhind, Michiel Dijkema - muusikalavastuse eriauhind, Mare Tommingas - balletilavastuse auhind, ZUGA ühendatud tantsijad - tantsulavastuse auhind, Margus Mikomägi - kriitikaauhind, Tiit Sukk - Ants Lauteri näitlejaauhind, Ingomar Vihmar - Ants Lauteri lavastajaauhind, Rauno Elp - Georg Otsa auhind, Aare Toikka - Salme Reegi auhind, Reet Aus - Natalie Mei auhind, Anu Lamp - Priit Põldroosi auhind, Peeter Sauter - Aleksander Kurtna auhind, Artjom Maksakov ja Natalja Popenko - Kristallkingakese auhind, Enar Tarmo, Hendrik Kiisler ja Marika Tint - tehnilise töötaja auhind

An investigation of emotion experiences at work : a critical incident technique approach / Natalie Booth

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Booth, Natalie

2013-01-01

Orientation: Emotions at work have been considered as an important facet of employees’ work life. However, research regarding the investigation of the emotion experiences at work per se has been lacking. Research Purpose: The general objective of this study is to critically investigate what emotion events are experienced and how these events are appraised for them to result in specific emotions. Motivation for the study: Currently a lack of research regarding emotion experiences as a pr...

US/French joint research program regarding the behavior of polymer base materials subjected to beta radiation: Volume 2, Phase-2a screening tests: [Final report

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Buckalew, W.H.; Wyant, F.J.; Chenion, J.; Carlin, F.; Gaussens, G.; Le Tutour, P.; Le Meur, M.

1987-09-01

As part of the ongoing joint NRC/CEA cooperative test program to investigate the relative effectiveness of beta and gamma irradiation to produce damage in polymer base materials, ethylene propylene rubber (EPR) specimens, in slab geometry, were exposed to Cobalt-60 gamma rays and accelerator produced electron beams. Specimens were irradiated and evaluated at research facilities in the US (Sandia National Laboratories) and France (Compagnie ORIS Industrie). These tests included several electron beam energies, sample thicknesses, exposure doses, and dose rates. Based on changes in the tensile properties, of the test specimens, results of these studies suggest that material damage resulting from electron and gamma irradiations can be correlated on the basis of absorbed radiation dose

Study on a reduced model of the Leaz slippage in the Genissiat barrage

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Selmi, J; Fruchart, F

1990-01-01

A potential landslide of approximately 350,000 m{sup 3} is located on the right bank of the Rhone, above the barrage created by the Genissiat Dam, approximately 7 kilometers upstream from the built-up area of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine. Thishas led the Compagnie Nationale du Rhone to constantly supervise the area and to carry out various studies intended to draw up a set of urgent operating procedures in order to avoid any damage for the inhabitants. The aim of the reduced-model study described here is to determine the consequences of a landslide on the Genissiat barrage and on the town of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine and thus enable operating procedures to be clearly defined.

Teatri aastaauhindade laureaadid 2008

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2008-01-01

Tiit Ojasoo - lavastajaauhind, Silver Vahtre, Krista Tool ja Margus Vaigur - kunstniku auhind, Piret Laurimaa - naisnäitleja auhind, Üllar Saaremäe - meesnäitleja auhind, Tiina Tauraite - naiskõrvalosa auhind, Taavi Teplenkov - meeskõrvalosa auhind, Mart Koldits - sõnalavastuse eriauhind, Dmitri Bertman ja Mart Madiste - muusikalavastuse auhind, Vitali Nikolajev - muusikalavastuse eriauhind, Marina Kesler - balletilavastuse auhind, Oksana Titova - tantsulavastuse auhind, Ivika Sillar - kriitikaauhind, Külli Teetamm ja Tambet Tuisk - Ants Lauteri näitlejaauhind, Heli Veskus - Georg Otsa auhind, Finn Poulsen - Salme Reegi auhind, Elo Soode - Natalie Mei auhind, Aarne Üksküla - Priit Põldroosi auhind, Maimu Berg - Aleksander Kurtna auhind, Laura Peterson - Kristallkingakese auhind, Liina Laigu, Kaido Päästel ja Juhan Rumm - teatritöötaja auhind

Eesti teatri aastaauhinnad 2007

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2008-01-01

Tiit Ojasoo - lavastajaauhind, Silver Vahtre, Krista Tool ja Margus Vaigur - kunstniku auhind, Piret Laurimaa - naisnäitleja auhind, Üllar Saaremäe - meesnäitleja auhind, Tiina Tauraite - naiskõrvalosa auhind, Taavi Teplenkov - meeskõrvalosa auhind, Mart Koldits - sõnalavastuse eriauhind, Dmitri Bertman ja Mart Madiste - muusikalavastuse auhind, Vitali Nikolajev - muusikalavastuse eriauhind, Marina Kesler - balletilavastuse auhind, Oksana Titova - tantsulavastuse auhind, Ivika Sillar - kriitikaauhind, Külli Teetamm ja Tambet Tuisk - Ants Lauteri näitlejaauhind, Heli Veskus - Georg Otsa auhind, Finn Poulsen - Salme Reegi auhind, Elo Soode - Natalie Mei auhind, Aarne Üksküla - Priit Põldroosi auhind, Maimu Berg - Aleksander Kurtna auhind, Laura Peterson - Kristallkingakese auhind, Liina Laigu, Kaido Päästel ja Juhan Rumm - teatritöötaja auhind

Learning activism, acting with phronesis

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Lee, Yew-Jin

2015-12-01

The article "Socio-political development of private school children mobilising for disadvantaged others" by Darren Hoeg, Natalie Lemelin, and Lawrence Bencze described a language-learning curriculum that drew on elements of Socioscientific issues and Science, Technology, Society and Environment. Results showed that with a number of enabling factors acting in concert, learning about and engagement in practical action for social justice and equity are possible. An alternative but highly compatible framework is now introduced—phronetic social research—as an action-oriented, wisdom-seeking research stance for the social sciences. By so doing, it is hoped that forms of phronetic social research can gain wider currency among those that promote activism as one of many valued outcomes of an education in science.

PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL ASSESMENT OF CAPSICUM ANNUUM L. (SWEET PEPPER AND CHILLI GERMPLASM FROM THE GENE POOL OF THE WORLD VEGETABLE CENTER (AVRDC UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF ARARAT VALLEY IN ARMENIA

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K. M. Sarikyan

2015-01-01

Full Text Available On an experimental basis of the Scientific Center of vegetable, melon and industrial crops (Republic of Armenia 20 accessions of the world germplasm of Capsicum annuum L. (sweet pepper, chili provided by the World Vegetable Center (AVRDC have been studied. The accessions resistant to such diseases as verticillium wilt (Verticillium albo-atrum Reincke, bacterial wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum (= Pseudomonas solanacearum, tobacco mosaic virus (TMV and cucumber mosaic virus (CMV, blossom end rot of fruit, and tip-burn have been selected. These genotypes of chili and sweet pepper are the promising initial material in breeding for resistance to common diseases. In collaboration with other breeders, five varieties of peppers were developed and released: sweet pepper cultivars Natalie, Emily, Miles, and chili cultivars Zita and Gita.

Teatri aastaauhindade laureaadid 2007

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2007-01-01

Elmo Nüganen - lavastajaauhind, Ene-Liis Semper - kunstniku auhind, Hele Kõre - naisnäitleja auhind, Lembit Ulfsak - meesnäitleja auhind, Evelin Pang - naiskõrvalosa auhind, Margus Prangel - meeskõrvalosa auhind, Oleg Titov - draamalavastuse eriauhind, Helen Lokuta ja Lauri Sirp - muusikalavastuse auhind, Michiel Dijkema - muusikalavastuse eriauhind, Mare Tommingas - balletilavastuse auhind, ZUGA ühendatud tantsijad - tantsulavastuse auhind, Margus Mikomägi - kriitikaauhind, Tiit Sukk - Ants Lauteri näitlejaauhind, Ingomar Vihmar - Ants Lauteri lavastajaauhind, Rauno Elp - Georg Otsa auhind, Aare Toikka - Salme Reegi auhind, Reet Aus - Natalie Mei auhind, Anu Lamp - Priit Põldroosi auhind, Peeter Sauter - Aleksander Kurtna auhind, Artjom Maksakov ja Natalja Popenko - Kristallkingakese auhind, Enar Tarmo, Hendrik Kiisler ja Marika Tint - tehnilise töötaja auhind. Ka Kuressaares toimunud teatripeost

Teatri aastaauhindade laureaadid 2007

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2007-01-01

Nimekiri teatri aastaauhinna laureaatidest sõna-, muusika-, balleti-, tantsulavastuste, teatri tehnilise töötaja auhinna kategoorias ja aasta kriitikaauhind. Elmo Nüganen - lavastajaauhind, Ene-Liis Semper - kunstniku auhind, Hele Kõre - naisnäitleja auhind, Lembit Ulfsak - meesnäitleja auhind, Evelin Pang - naiskõrvalosa auhind, Margus Prangel - meeskõrvalosa auhind, Oleg Titov - draamalavastuse eriauhind, Helen Lokuta ja Lauri Sirp - muusikalavastuse auhind, Michiel Dijkema - muusikalavastuse eriauhind, Mare Tommingas - balletilavastuse auhind, ZUGA ühendatud tantsijad - tantsulavastuse auhind, Margus Mikomägi - kriitikaauhind, Tiit Sukk - Ants Lauteri näitlejaauhind, Ingomar Vihmar - Ants Lauteri lavastajaauhind, Rauno Elp - Georg Otsa auhind, Aare Toikka - Salme Reegi auhind, Reet Aus - Natalie Mei auhind, Anu Lamp - Priit Põldroosi auhind, Peeter Sauter - Aleksander Kurtna auhind, Artjom Maksakov ja Natalja Popenko - Kristallkingakese auhind

THE DURATION OF BORDER CONTROL PROCEDURES RELATED TO THE HANDLING OF FREIGHT TRANSPORTED BY MEANS OF SEA-ROAD TRANSPORT CHAINS AS A COMPONENT IN COMPETITIVENESS OF THE POLISH SEAPORTS

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Michał Pluciński

2017-09-01

Full Text Available The duration of border control procedures related to the handling of freight transported by means of sea-road transport chains has become a significant component in competitiveness of seaports. The situation in this regard, existing in the Polish seaports, which was unfavourable against the background of other seaports providing services to the same supply base, resulted in the fact that a significant part of freight, i.e. mainly general containerized cargo, was handled outside the Polish seaports. The situation began to change when amendments to the regulations related to VAT (2011 and the so called “Porty 24” Package (2014 were adopted. In majority of the customs offices located in the biggest Polish seaports both the duration of services provided in relation to customs declaration and the duration of the so called “collective customs clearance” were reduced. The number of customs declarations under the simplified procedure also rose significantly. Between 2007 and 2015 customs duties and taxes in relation to the sea-land handling in Gdańsk, Gdynia, Szczecin and Świnoujście rose more than threefold.

4D Art: corps réels et virtuels, une réalité augmentée

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Michel Lemieux

2016-05-01

Full Text Available La compagnie canadienne 4D Art surprend le regard du public et interroge les sens de réalité et présence, par l’interaction scénique de corps réels et virtuels en mouvement. Pour comprendre le processus créateur des spectacles de 4D Art, on présente un entretien inédit réalisé avec les directeurs artistiques Michel Lemieux et Victor Pilon. Les motivations artistiques du jeu réel et virtuel, les procédés employés dans la création des figures virtuelles et les défis vécus par les acteurs sont exposés par les créateurs.

Mission locale, vision globale : utopie et vie sociale dans les missions jésuites en Amazonie au XVIIe siècle

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Guzmán, Décio de Alencar

2015-01-01

Penser les missions jésuites au XVIIe siècle, c’est penser le monde des prophéties du « Cinquième Empire » d’Antônio Vieira. Cela signifie aussi penser l’expérience missionnaire vécue par cet « homme-monde ». En tant que tel, Vieira projeta vers l’avenir des réalités politiques entièrement neuves imaginées par lui et qui n’avaient jamais existé avant. En arrivant au Maragnon, en 1653, Antônio Vieira, supérieur de la Mission des pères de la Compagnie de Jésus, commença son expérience avec l’es...

Studies on uranium ore processing

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Kim, C.H.; Park, S.W.; Lim, J.K.; Chung, M.K.

1981-01-01

Chemical and chemical engineering techniques of the uranium ore processing established by France COGEMA (Compagnie Generale des Matieres Nucleaires) have been comprehensively reviewed in preparation for successful test operation of the pilot plant to be completed by the end of 1981. It was found that the amount of sulfuric acid (75 Kg/t, ore) and sodium chlorate (2.5 Kg/t, ore) recommended by COGEMA should be increased up to 100 Kg/t, ore and 10 Kg/t, ore respectively to obtain satisfactory leach of uranium for some ore samples produced at the different pits of Goesan uranium mine. Conditions of the other processes such as solvent extraction, stripping, and precipitation of yellow cake were generally agreed with the results of intensive studies done by this laboratory

Contribution à l'étude de l'interprétation de l'hémogramme en gériatrie canine

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Chapellier, Philippe

2002-01-01

Etant donné l’augmentation de la durée de vie des chiens de compagnie et l’attention grandissante portée à la gériatrie canine, nous avons décidé de réaliser une étude de l’hémogramme et de la vitesse de sédimentation chez les chiens âgés de 10 ans et plus présentés aux consultations de l’Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse. Nous avons ainsi retenu 36 prélèvements de chiens âgés sains et 579 prélèvements de chiens âgés présentant une ou plusieurs affections. Chez les chiens sains il re...

Strengths and limitations of the NATALI code for aerosol typing from multiwavelength Raman lidar observations

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Nicolae Doina

2018-01-01

Full Text Available A Python code was developed to automatically retrieve the aerosol type (and its predominant component in the mixture from EARLINET’s 3 backscatter and 2 extinction data. The typing relies on Artificial Neural Networks which are trained to identify the most probable aerosol type from a set of mean-layer intensive optical parameters. This paper presents the use and limitations of the code with respect to the quality of the inputed lidar profiles, as well as with the assumptions made in the aerosol model.

Kunstisuvi 2008, esimene osa / Andri Ksenofontov

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Ksenofontov, Andri, 1962-

2008-01-01

Eesti Maalikunstnike Liidu aastanäitused: Mara Koppel-Ljutjuki ja Toomas Tõnissoo kureeritud "Perfektne ring" ArtDepoo galeriis, Tiiu Talvistu ja Mare Joonsalu kureeritud "Äratus" Rotermanni soolalaos. Mart Lepa ja Rene Kuulmanni kogudest avatud näitus "Kirg ja valu" Tartu Kunstimuuseumis. Ilmar Kruusamäe näitus "30 aastat hiljem" Tampere majas. Tartu Ülikooli maaliosakonna lõputööde väljapanekud Tartu Kunstimaja monumentaalgaleriis (Eda Lõhmus), Athena keskuses (Natali Pahapill) ja Tartu Kunstimuuseumis (Maria Ader, Riho Pärn, Katrin Paomets). Vaal-galerii korraldatud rändnäitus "Sinimustvalge eesti kunstis" Tartu Kunstimajas. Ernö Kochi näitus Haus galeriis. Maret Olveti näitus Vabaduse ja SEBi galeriis. Vive Tolli juubelinäitused Tallinna Kunstihoone galeriis ja Eesti Lastekirjanduse Keskuses

What I got wrong about shelterin.

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de Lange, Titia

2018-05-24

The ASBMB 2018 Bert and Natalie Vallee award in Biomedical Sciences honors our work on shelterin, a protein complex that helps cells distinguish the chromosome ends from sites of DNA damage. Shelterin protects telomeres from all aspects of the DNA damage response, including ATM and ATR serine/threonine kinase signaling and several forms of double-strand break repair. Today, this six-subunit protein complex could easily be identified in one single proteomics step. But it took us more than 15 years to piece the entire shelterin complex together, one protein at a time. Although we did a lot of things right, here I tell the story of shelterin's discovery with an emphasis on the things that I got wrong along the way. Published under license by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.

76 FR 555 - Keystone Holdings, LLC and Compagnie de Saint-Gobain; Analysis of Proposed Agreement Containing...

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2011-01-05

... Asia for a purchase price of $245 million. As originally structured, the assets acquired by Keystone... future, or that Saint-Gobain could sell the business upon terms that would reduce competition in the North American alumina wear tile markets. Therefore, the proposed Consent Agreement requires that...

The Caspian Sea question. Perspectives for the new millennium; Il gioco del Mar Caspio: prospettive per il nuovo millennio

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Bahgat, G. [Indiana Univ., Pennsylvania (United States). Dept. of Political Science

1999-12-01

The break-up of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s opened the door for the international oil companies to explore and develop the Caspian Sea's hydrocarbons resources. The full utilisation of this wealth, however, has been hindered by disagreement over the ownership of the basin and the choice of export routes. Another important obstacle is the troubled relationship between the United States and Iran. [Italian] Il crollo dell'Unione Sovietica nei primi anni '90 ha consentito alle compagnie petrolifere internazionali di esplorare e sviluppare le risorse di idrocarburi del Mar Caspio. Il disaccordo sulla proprieta del bacino e sulla scelta delle rotte di esportazione ha tuttavia impedito il pieno sfruttamento di questa ricchezza. Un altro importante ostacolo e dato dalle difficili relazioni tra Stati Uniti e Iran.

US/French Joint Research Program regarding the behavior of polymer base materials subjected to beta radiation. Volume 1. Phase-1 normalization results

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Wyant, F.J.; Buckalew, W.H.; Chenion, J.; Carlin, F.; Gaussens, G.; Le Tutour, P.; Le Meur, M.

1986-06-01

As part of the ongoing multi-year joint NRC/CEA international cooperative test program to investigate the dose-damage equivalence of gamma and beta radiation on polymer base materials, dosimetry and ethylene-propylene rubber (EPR) specimens were exchanged, irradiated, and evaluated for property changes at research facilities in the US (Sandia National Laboratories) and France (Compagnie ORIS Industrie). The purpose of this Phase-1 test series was to normalize and cross-correlate the results obtained by one research center to the other, in terms of exposure (1.0 MeV accelerated electrons and 60 Co gammas) and postirradiation testing (ultimate elongation and tensile strength, hardness, and density) techniques. The dosimetry and material specimen results indicate good agreement between the two countries regarding the exposure conditions and postirradiation evaluation techniques employed

The new French uranium refining plant at Narbonne

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Roux, J.

1961-01-01

In 1957 the Commissariat l'Energie Atomique in collaboration with two French industrial firms, the Compagnie de Saint-Gobain and the Societe Potasse et Engrais chimique, undertook the construction of a plant for the production of refined uranium on an industrial scale. This plant, which forms part of the French nuclear equipment programme and which works at a capacity of 1000 tons/year, was put into operation in July 1959. First of all the principles on which this under-taking is based are outlined. This is followed by a more detailed account of the construction, including the improvements brought to the process developed at the C.E.A. plant at le Bouchet when it was carried over to the industrial stage by the uranium branch of the Societe d'Etudes et de Travaux. (author) [fr

Experimental animal studies of radon and cigarette smoke

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Cross, F.T.; Dagle, G.E.; Gies, R.A.; Smith, L.G.; Buschbom, R.L.

1992-01-01

Cigarette-smoking is a dominant cause of lung cancer and confounds risk assessment of exposure to radon decay products. Evidence in humans on the interaction between cigarette-smoking and exposure to radon decay products, although limited, indicates a possible synergy. Experimental animal data, in addition to showing synergy, also show a decrease or no change in risk with added cigarette-smoke exposures. This article reviews previous animal data developed at Compagnie Generale des Matieres Nucleaires and Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) on mixed exposures to radon and cigarette smoke, and highlights new initiation-promotion-initiation (IPI) studies at PNL that were designed within the framework of a two-mutation carcinogenesis model. Also presented are the PNL exposure system, experimental protocols, dosimetry, and biological data observed to date in IPI animals

Eesti teatri aastaauhinnad 2004. aasta loomingu eest

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2006-01-01

Lavastajaauhind Tiit Ojasoo, naisnäitleja auhind Epp Eespäev, meesnäitleja Hendrik Toompere jun., naiskõrvalosatäitja Kadri Lepp, meeskõrvalosatäitja Herardo Kontreras, kunstnikuauhind Jaak Vaus, žürii eriauhind lavastaja Anne Türnpule ja kunstnik Liina Tepandile "Valgelaev ja taevakäijad" eest, kriitikuauhind Kristiina Garancis, Kristallkingakese auhind Mirtel Pohla ja Kaspar Jancis, muusikalavastuse auhind "Eesti ballaadid" kooslusele, tantsulavastuse auhind Maria Seletskajale ja ZUGA Ühendatud Tantsijatele, Priit Põldroosi preemia Aime Unt, Ants Lauteri preemia Indrek Saar, Liina Vahtrik, Salme Reegi preemia Peeter Tammearu, Aleksander Kurtna preemia Martin Algus, Natalie Mei preemia Eldor Renter, balleti- ja tantsulavastuse eriauhind Kaie Kõrb, Georg Otsa preemia Mati Kõrts, Salme Reegi preemia Peeter Tammearu, Karl Adra preemia Aarne Üksküla, Helmi Tohvelmani preemia Aleksander Eelmaa, Voldemar Panso preemia Mari-Liis Lill

Reviews of recent publications

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2011-01-01

Full Text Available Paul Kong. The Raiders and Writers of Cervantes’ Archive: Borges, Puig, and García Márquez by José Fernando Olascoaga J. J. Long. W. G. Sebald: Image, Archive, Modernity by Helen Finch Andrew Baruch Wachtel. Plays of Expectations: Intertextual Relations in Russian Twentieth-Century Drama by Volha Isakava David Jenemann. Adorno in America by Ruth Starkman Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe. Heidegger and the Politics of Poetry by Derek Hillard Horacio Legras. Literature and Subjection: the Economy of Writing and Marginality in Latin America by Abraham Acosta Hélène Cixous. Love Itself in the Letterbox by Natalie Edwards Zulema Moret. Esas niñas cuando crecen, ¿Dónde van a parar? by Julia A. Kushigian Terry Eagleton. Trouble with Strangers: A Study of Ethics by Melanie Collado Dominic Moran. Pablo Neruda by Donald Shaw

Includere fa la differenza? Il punto alla luce delle evidenze empiriche

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Lucia Donata Nepi

2013-09-01

Full Text Available Il dibattito sull’educazione inclusiva ruota, tipicamente, intorno a due argomenti: i principi e le evidenze empiriche. Sul piano dei principi l’inclusione concerne il diritto di tutti gli studenti, compresi quanti sperimentano difficoltà di diversa natura, di avere accesso all’istruzione all’interno della scuola ordinaria. Ma una scuola che include è anche una scuola efficace? Che impatto ha l’inclusione sul rendimento degli studenti con bisogni speciali e dei loro compagni a sviluppo tipico? Qual è l’impatto sulla partecipazione sociale di tutti gli studenti? Ad oggi sappiamo che sul piano delle evidenze empiriche le risposte a queste domande sono molto lontane da risposte definitive. Lo scopo di questo lavoro è presentare lo stato dell’arte della ricerca internazionale sull’educazione inclusiva attraverso i risultati delle indagini più recenti.

"Tere! Head teatripäeva!" : Rakveres jagati auhindu mulluste teatriteenete eest / Verni Leivak

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Leivak, Verni, 1966-

2009-01-01

Rakvere Teatris toimunud teatriauhindade jagamisest. Lisatud aastaauhindade laureaadid - Tiit Ojasoo ja Ene-Liis Semper parim lavastus ("Ruja"), Lembit Peterson - lavastaja auhind ("Maarja kuulutamine" ja "Linn"), Maria Peterson ja Laura Peterson - naisnäitleja auhind, Marius Peterson - meesnäitleja auhind, Piret Laurimaa - naiskõrvalosa auhind, Rain Simmul - meeskõrvalosa auhind, Liisi Eelmaa - kunstniku auhind, Ain Saviauk - žürii eriauhind, Valle-Sten Maiste - Reet Neimari kriitikaauhind, Arvo Volmer - muusikalavastuse auhind, Eve Andre - balletilavastuse auhind, Jaan Undusk - algupärase dramaturgia auhind, Marius Peterson - sõnalavastuse muusikalise kujunduse auhind, Tiina Tauraite ja Margus Prangel - Ants Lauteri auhind, Lembit Peterson - Priit Põldroosi auhind, Mart Madiste - Georg Otsa auhind, Sigrid Orusaar - Otto Hermanni auhind, Tiit Härm - Rahel Olbrei auhind, Ene-Liis Semper - Natalie Mei auhind, Jevgeni Ibragimov - Salme Reegi auhind, Margus Alver - Aleksander Kurtna auhind, Toomas Suuman - Karl Adra auhind, Sten Karpov ja Uku Uusberg - Kristallkingakese auhind

Eesti teatri aastaauhinnad 2004

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2005-01-01

Lavastajaauhind Tiit Ojasoo, naisnäitleja auhind Epp Eespäev, meesnäitleja Hendrik Toompere jun, naiskõrvalosatäitja Kadri Lepp, meeskõrvalosatäitja Herardo Kontreras, kunstnikuauhind Jaak Vaus, žürii eriauhind lavastaja Anne Türnpule ja kunstnik Liina Tepandile "Valgelaev ja taevakäijad" eest, kriitikuauhind Kristiina Garancis, Kristallkingakese auhind Mirtel Pohla ja Kaspar Jancis, muusikalavastuse auhind "Eesti ballaadid" kooslusele ja Heli Veskusele, tantsulavastuse auhind Maria Seletskajale ja ZUGA Ühendatud Tantsijatele, Priit Põldroosi preemia Aime Unt, Ants Lauteri preemia Indrek Saar, Liina Vahtrik, Salme Reegi preemia Peeter Tammearu, Aleksander Kurtna preemia Martin Algus, Natalie Mei preemia Eldor Renter, balleti- ja tantsulavastuse eriauhind Kaie Kõrb, Georg Otsa preemia Mati Kõrts, parima teatritöötaja auhind : Riina Roose, Jane Kaas, Ott Mölter, Eda Kaljo, Aino Kartul, Kaja Kupp, Ain Jürisson, Jelena Oleinikova, Kalle Kuningas ja Moonika Lausvee

Energy press kit

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Czarnes, R.; Chauvot, M.; Depagneux, M.A.; Bollack, L.; Cittanova, M.L.; Madelaine, N.; Alves, J.; Burg, D.

2004-01-01

This special dossier treats of the changes that will happen in France with the deregulation of energy markets. It comprises 19 articles dealing with: the big bang of July 1, 2004 in the electricity and gas sector (on July 1, 2004, all professional consumers will have the possibility to chose their electricity and gas supplier. If Electricite de France (EdF) and Gaz de France (GdF) monopolies will split up, several questions remain unanswered for clients); the impossible penetration of the French market (3 weeks before the enhanced opening of power markets, EdF's competitors remain surprisingly limited and are mainly French actors. The big European competitors follow a wait-and-see policy); the independent power producer Compagnie Generale du Rhone wants to diversify its clients and is looking towards local authorities; Direct Energie: the 'low-cost' company for the mutualization of electricity purchases of small professionals; Endesa, the French daughter company of the Spanish electric utility, is looking for a balance between production and sales; HEW, daughter company of Vattenfall Europe and present in France since April 2000, wants to increase its margins more than its capacity; energy profilers are making consumption profiles for EdF's competitors; Poweo, energy retailing company built in 2002, is fetching very small companies; Atel, French daughter company of the Swiss power producer, does not foresee important changes in July 1; interview of F. Roussely, head of EdF about the liberalization of the electricity sector; the main energy groups favorable to deregulation; case study: Accor, the hotel trade group, has chosen Compagnie Generale du Rhone as power supplier; electricity: why prices are increasing; various foreign experiences; UK: the consolidation time (fully liberalized and privatized between several companies, the British energy market is under total re-building); USA: the deregulation process has failed and stays stuck to 24 states; Spain: the

EFECTO DEL PROCESAMIENTO TÉRMICO SOBRE EL COLOR SUPERFICIAL DEL PIMENTÓN ROJO (Capsicum annuum VARIEDAD 'NATALY'

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JADER MARTÍNEZ-GIRÓN

Full Text Available El color es uno de los parámetros más importantes a la hora de medir la calidad de productos que van a ser procesados a partir del pimentón rojo (Capsicum annuum, para la fabricación de condimentos, colorantes, conservas y aderezos. En este estudio, se evaluó el efecto del procesamiento térmico (freído y conserva con respecto al cambio de color y los carotenoides en frutos de pimentón rojo. Para el freído se utilizó aceite de soya a una temperatura de 175°C por 5 min; en la elaboración de la conserva, se realizó un proceso de escaldado y pasteurización a 100°C durante 15 min. Después de los tratamientos térmicos (freído y conserva la concentración de carotenoides totales y el color superficial en los frutos de pimentón rojo se afectaron significativamente. El proceso de freído obtiene los valores medios más altos de unidades ASTA (72,214, Carotenoides Totales (95,464, L* (38,26 y a* (34,13. La conserva registró los atributos más altos de color b* (21,81, h° (30,42, IP (145,40 y ΔE* (4,56-31,84. Estos resultados evidencian que el freído es una operación que mejora el atributo de color, al aumentar la disponibilidad de carotenoides e incrementar el color superficial a*.

Uranium mining as a factor in Gabon's economic and social development

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Tonda, P.; Moine, J.

1989-01-01

The long history of the Compagnie des mines d'Uranium de Franceville (Comuf) is linked to the history of the young Gabonese Republic. The psychological and social role of Comuf in the development of Gabon exceeds its strictly economic impact, which in itself is far from negligible. Over the last thirty years Comuf has produced and delivered almost 20 000 tonnes U. Its proven reserves ensure that its activities can continue at the present level for at least 20 years and may permit it to remain open for over half a century. This means it can continue to work, as it always has done, for the long term: an essential condition for it to make a worthwhile contribution to the development of the country. This paper concentrates on the impact of Comuf's activities on its environment, its contribution to the local communities and its role in the country's economy. (author)

Geneva University: Experiments in Physics: Hands-on Creative Processes

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Université de Genève

2011-01-01

Geneva University Physics Department 24, quai Ernest-Ansermet CH-1211 Geneva 4 Tel: (022) 379 62 73 Fax: (022) 379 69 92   Lundi 3 octobre 2011, 17h00 Ecole de Physique, Auditoire Stueckelberg «Experiments in Physics : Hands-on Creative Processes» Prof. Manfred Euler Leibniz-Institute for Mathematics and Science Education (IPN) University of Kiel, Deutschland Experiments play a variety of different roles in knowledge generation. The lecture will focus on the function of experiments as engines of intuition that foster insights into complex processes. The experimental presentations consider self-organization phenomena in various domains that range from the nanomechanics of biomolecules to perception and cognition. The inherent universality contributes to elucidating the enigmatic phenomenon of creativity. Une verrée en compagnie du conférencier sera offerte après le colloque.       &...

Reconciling Work and Family Life

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Holt, Helle

The problems of balancing work and family life have within the last years been heavily debated in the countries of the European Union. This anthology deals with the question of how to obtain a better balance between work and family life. Focus is set on the role of companies. The anthology tries...... to shed some light on questions such as: How can compagnies become more family friendly? What are the barriers and how can they be overcome? What is the social outcome when companies are playing an active role in employees’ possiblities for combining family life and work life? How are the solutions...... on work/ family unbalance/ problems related to the growing social problems related to unemployment? The anthology is the result of a reseach-network on ”Work-place Contributions ro Reconcile Work and Family Life” funded by the European Commission, DG V, and co-coordinated by the editors....

Transportation of spent fuel from light water reactors

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Bernard, H.

1993-01-01

The French 'Compagnie Generale des Matieres Nucleaires' - COGEMA - is involved in the whole nuclear fuel cycle about 20 years. Among the different parts of the cycle, the Transport of Radioactive Materials, acting as a link between the differents plants has a great importance. As nuclear material transportation is the only fuel cycle step to be performed on public grounds, the industrial task has to be performed with the utmost stringent safety criteria. COGEMA and associates is now operating a fully mature commercial activity, with some 300 spent fuel shipments per year from its reprocessing customer's reactors to the LA HAGUE plant, either by rail, road or sea. The paper will review the organization of COGEMA transportation business, the level of technology with an update of the casks used for spent fuel, and the operational experience, with a particular view of the maintenance policy. (author)

Il problem solving aritmetico: analisi dei processi cognitivi e metacognitivi e illustrazione del software "Risolvere problemi aritmetici"

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Antonella D'Amico

2010-01-01

Full Text Available Il presente contributo esamina la letteratura relativa al problem solving matematico ed illustra uno strumento multimediale per la soluzione dei problemi aritmetici in bambini del secondo ciclo della scuola primaria e in bambini che presentano difficoltà in tale area. Il software presenta sia un modulo test, in cui vengono presentati problemi aritmetici di livello di difficoltà crescente, che un modulo di training. Il training è stato elaborato in base alle più recenti ricerche nell’area del problem solving matematico e prevede attività sulla comprensione, rappresentazione, categorizzazione e pianificazione del problema. Il training prevede inoltre particolari attività che stimolano l’uso della memoria di lavoro nella soluzione dei problemi. Il training si presenta come metacognitivamente orientato, in quanto i personaggi guida dell’ambientazione si configurano come compagni di studio che stimolano la riflessione metacognitiva rispetto alle attività affrontate.

Risk assessment associated with the transport of low specific activity waste to the Centre de l'Aube disposal facility, France

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Raffestin, D.; Tort, V.; Manen, P.; Schneider, T.; Lombard, J.

1994-01-01

Since 1991, French Low Specific Activity wastes have been stored in the near-surface waste disposal site in the Aube region (CSA). In 1995, the CSA plans to receive approximately 23,000 m 3 of waste from the three major producers, EDF (Electricite de France), COGEMA (COmpagnie GEnerale des MAtieres nucleaires), and the CEA (Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique). Four different kinds of package are broadly represented: the 200 l drums to be compacted, the 200 l drums filled with fixed wastes, concrete shells and metallic boxes. As the radiological exposures resulting from waste transport could stem from both incident-free transport and accident situations, two separate studies have been conducted. Using the INTERTRAN code (IAEA software) for accident-free transport, the overall effective collective doses related to the whole transport activity have been calculated and a risk of 0.48 man.Sv per year has been deduced. (author)

Religious and secular Cape Malay Afrikaans: Literary varieties used by Shaykh Hanif Edwards (1906-1958

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Xavier Luffin

2008-12-01

Full Text Available In the context of the White and Christian-dominated Afrikaans language movements, followed by apartheid, little attention has been paid to an Afrikaans literary variety used among Muslim Cape Coloureds, a group often referred to as ‘Cape Malays’. Descending mainly from Asian slaves brought by the Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC, Dutch East India Company, and bearing the marks of cohabitation with non-Asian populations at the Cape, the Cape Malays at an early stage developed a distinct religious culture through their adherence to Islam, as well as a distinct Cape Dutch linguistic identity through their connections with the Dutch East Indies and the Islamic world. These cultural idiosyncrasies found expression in a local literature, religious and (more rarely secular, using as a medium a variety of Cape Dutch/Afrikaans written either in the Arabic alphabet or in the Roman alphabet.

Bravura Indômita: entre a fábula e a trama

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Sharmilla O'hana Rodrigues da Silva

2012-05-01

Full Text Available Neste artigo, analisam-se o romance Bravura Indômita, escrito por Charles Portis e publicado em 1968, e suas duas versões para o cinema, realizadas em 1969 e em 2010. Parte-se dos conceitos de fábula e trama – também conhecidos como fábula e enredo, narração e mostração, estória e discurso – que indicam que várias narrativas podem ser criadas a partir de uma única. Usam-se os estudos desenvolvidos por Seymour Chatman, Umberto Eco, Hélio Guimarães, Linda Hutcheon, Linda Seger, Ismail Xavier, André Gaudreault e François Jost para entender como estes conceitos funcionam na relação entre literatura e cinema. Para reflexão sobre os dois filmes, recorrem-se as resenhas publicadas por Isabela Boscov, Yuri Celico, Thiago M. Correia, Marcelo Hessel, André Sollito e Rubens Ewald Filho. Percebe-se que a adaptação é um processo de reconstrução textual em que o indivíduo insere suas experiências pessoais e sociais. Logo, as duas versões fílmicas de Bravura Indômita se configuram como interpretações de diferentes leitores – neste caso, os cineastas Henry Hathaway e Joel e Ethan Coen.

Reviews of recent publications

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2009-06-01

Full Text Available Sara Lennox. Cemetery of the Murdered Daughters: Feminism, History, and Ingeborg Bachmann by Kristin T. Vander Lugt Birgit Tautz. Reading and Seeing Ethnic Differences in the Enlightenment: From China to Africa by Susanne Kelley Patrick Greaney. Untimely Beggar. Poverty and Power from Baudelaire to Benjamin by Christine Rinne Philip Payne, Graham Bartram, and Galin Tihanov, eds. A Companion to the Works of Robert Musil by Geoffrey C. Howes Jennifer Willging. Telling Anxiety: Anxious Narration in the Work of Marguerite Duras, Annie Ernaux, Nathalie Sarraute and Anne Hébert by Natalie Edwards Michael Lucey. Never Say I: Sexuality and the First Person in Colette, Gide, and Proust by Elissa Gelfand Anthony Waine. Changing Cultural Tastes. Writers and the Popular in Modern Germany by Katrin Völkner Susan Ireland and Patrice Proulx, eds. Textualizing the Immigrant Experience in Contemporary Quebec by Amy Hubbell Cristina Peri Rossi. State of Exile . Trans. Marilyn Buck. by Reina Ruiz

Workshop | Diversity in Language | 6 October

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2014-01-01

The Diversity team, in collaboration with the Translation and Minutes group (DG-TM), has organised a workshop entitled “Rédiger en français sans exclure: questions de genre”, inviting us to think about the use of non-discriminatory language in French in terms of gender.   Natalie Garde, from the French Translation section, will give a presentation on the pragmatic solutions that the section has adopted, in an interactive workshop that will take place on Monday, 6 October, 2014 from 1.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. in Room 4-3-006 (Theory department auditorium). Language can exclude and also hide certain realities. Following a heightened awareness of this fact, new ways of using language that aim to make women more visible are beginning to appear. Sometimes, though, we can get a little lost. Should we say “une femme ingénieur” or “une ingénieure”, for example? Is it logical to speak of ...

The Negro Dance

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Katherine Dunham

2016-12-01

Full Text Available Katherine Dunham’s The Negro Dance (1941 focuses on dances in the West Indies and on their similarities with North American dance forms rooted in African culture. Though backed up by the New Negro arguments of the time, it shows Dunham’s prominent elaboration of a dignified African-American art based on syncretic bodily practices, which anticipated theorizations in dance and cultural studies. By uniting a theoretical approach and performance ability, she also made methodological choices which, decades later, became standard practices in the field of dance anthropology. Moreover, she is now considered an ante litteram exponent of public or applied anthropology due to the fact that, by using various strategies, she managed to take anthropological knowledge out of the academic world and use it as an instrument for social transformation. The Negro Dance is introduced by Rossella Mazzaglia and followed by an afterword by Cristiana Natali and a biographical note by Marie-Christine Dunham Pratt.

Pension Fund

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2004-01-01

The Governing Board of the Pension Fund held its one-hundred-and-twenty-second meeting on 3 February 2004. Opening the meeting, the Chairman, J. Bezemer, welcomed W. Zapf's alternate T. Lagrange, A. Naudi's alternate P. Geeraert, and M. Goossens' alternate M. Vitasse, who were attending the Governing Board for the first time. The Governing Board heard a report from its Chairman on the meeting of the CERN Council on 19 December 2003, at which, under Pension Fund matters, the Council had approved a pensions adjustment of 0.7%. The Governing Board then heard a report on the main elements of the Investment Committee's meeting on 3 December 2003. During a presentation, Expert Timing System (Madrid) and the Compagnie de Trésorerie Benjamin de Rothschild (Geneva) had proposed a bond portfolio investment following the same quantitative investment principles as the equities portfolio they already managed for the Fund. After some deliberation, the Investment Committee had decided, on that basis, to award t...

Geneva University

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2009-01-01

École de physique - Département de physique nucléaire et corpusculaire 24, quai Ernest-Ansermet 1211 GENÈVE 4 Tél: (022) 379 62 73 - Fax: (022) 379 69 92 Lundi 6 avril 2009 PARTICLE PHYSICS SEMINAR àt 17:00 – Auditoire Stückelberg Hospital superbugs, nanomechanics and statistical physics Prof. Dr G. Aeppli / University College London The alarming growth of the antibiotic-resistant superbug, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is driving the development of new technologies to investigate antibiotics and their modes of action. We report silicon cantilever based studies of self-assembled monolayers of mucopeptides which model drug-sensitive and resistant bacterial walls. The underlying concepts needed to understand the measurements will simplify the design of cantilevers and coatings for biosensing and could even impact our understanding of drug action on bacteria themselves. (Une verrée en compagnie du conférencier sera offerte après le colloque.) Organizer : Prof. Markus Büttiker ...

Theatre

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2010-01-01

MARIONNETTES Compagnie Stella Rossa   Dimanche 12 décembre à 15h et 17h Costanza Solari vient enchanter les grands et les petits à partir de 3 ans avec 4 histoires   Séance de 15 heures : « Une histoire de feu, une histoire de chaleur, une histoire de dragon » Il faut vite faire quelque chose pour réchauffer une grand-mère qui a froid. Après avoir tout essayé, la seule solution pour Mia sera de trouver un dragon qui veuille bien lui céder un peu de son feu… « La princesse et la balle d’or » Il arriva que la balle d’or, au lieu de revenir dans sa main, tomba sur le sol et roula tout droit dans l’eau. La princesse la suivit des yeux, mais la balle disparut : la fontaine était si profonde qu’on n’en voyait pas le fond… Séance de 17 heures : « N...

Optimization of mining methods for steep vein uranium ore deposits of French COGEMA company

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Caleix, C.

1985-01-01

The Compagnie Generale des Matieres Nucleaires is currently exploiting several steep vein uranium deposits in France. The upper parts are exploited using the open-cast method, in the lower parts underground mining is used. The veins with a thickness of several meters fill faults caused by tectonic activity. With regard to the low strength of the rocks, wooden supports are used or fills. In the course of the past 25 years several mining methods have been tried of which overhand stoping was selected with an oblique ramp driven in the ore, this mainly for securing operating safety and the profitability of selective exploitation. In overburdens with a low bearing capacity the method of underhand benching in slices was used with a concrete fill and later underhand benching in slices with concrete reinforcing plates. Overhand stoping is being tried with fill and electric self-propelled machines left in the stope and mechanized driving of raises by full profile drilling. (B.S.)

Subsea flowlines installation: new techniques are ready for use

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Borelli, A.

1978-01-01

A discussion of the new offshore pipelaying methods developed and tested by ETPM (together with other French companies) covers a description, the technical characteristics, conditions of applicability, and data on testing for towing methods, i.e., for surface and subsurface tow techniques which involve onshore construction of pipe segments, towing to the offshore site, and immersion of the segments, e.g., by using the ''draw-down'' technique, which was developed for Mobil Research and Develoment Corp., and can be used for up to 10,000 ft pipe sections at up to 6000 ft depths; and the near-the-bottom tow technique tested on a full scale in May 1977 by Compagnie Francaise des Petroles in the Mediterranean with 1 km, 8 in. + 4 in. pipe bundles, in which two tugs tow a pipeline section, typically at 10 ft above the sea bottom, on guide ropes; and the ''J-curve'' laying method.

[Louis-Marie Rousseau and the "Chocolat rationnel des pharmaciens français" (Rational Chocolate of French pharmacists)].

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Raynal, Cécile

2015-03-01

In 1883, the chemist Louis-Marie Rousseau (1849-1930) creats the "Compagnie hygiénique française" (French Hygienic Company). The company manufactures and sells the "Poudre de viande Rousseau" (Rousseau meat powder) and the "Chocolat Rousseau" (Rousseau Chocolate) by methods developed and patented by the pharmacist. Ten years after a successful collaboration, L.-M. Rousseau separates from his associates and founds the "Chocolaterie spéciale d'Ermont" (Special Chocolate factory of Ermont) in the village of Ermont near Paris. Here is manufactured the "Chocolat Rationnel des pharmaciens français" (Rational Chocolate of French pharmacists), hygienic chocolate sold only in pharmacies. The factory is also a pharmaceutical laboratory where is extracted theobromine from waste vegetable substances of cocoa. It then produces the "Théobromine Rousseau cristallisée" (crystallized Rousseau's Theobromine) sold as tablets, then the "Théosol" that will be commercialized until the middle of 1930s.

Théâtre les 50

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2011-01-01

Vendredi 4 février à 20h30 Le Groupe Théâtral Gessien présente: BALLADE ANDALOUSE Textes : Frederico Garcia Lorca Avec Roger Grosrey Accompagnement à la guitare : David Maurer et Sophie Maurer Ce spectacle est l’occasion d’entrer poétiquement dans l’année 2011 en compagnie de Federico Garcia Lorca.   Quand un homme, une fois, se donne, pleinement et en vérité, à l’appel de ce qu’il est ici et maintenant, il se livre pour toujours, et de partout on le découvre. Poète de naissance, irrémédiablement et ne se voulant pas autre chose, s’étant situé une fois pour toutes du côté de ceux qui n’ont rien et à qui on dénie jusqu’à la tranquillité du n&...

Energy press kit; Dossier energie

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Czarnes, R.; Chauvot, M.; Depagneux, M.A.; Bollack, L.; Cittanova, M.L.; Madelaine, N.; Alves, J.; Burg, D

2004-06-01

This special dossier treats of the changes that will happen in France with the deregulation of energy markets. It comprises 19 articles dealing with: the big bang of July 1, 2004 in the electricity and gas sector (on July 1, 2004, all professional consumers will have the possibility to chose their electricity and gas supplier. If Electricite de France (EdF) and Gaz de France (GdF) monopolies will split up, several questions remain unanswered for clients); the impossible penetration of the French market (3 weeks before the enhanced opening of power markets, EdF's competitors remain surprisingly limited and are mainly French actors. The big European competitors follow a wait-and-see policy); the independent power producer Compagnie Generale du Rhone wants to diversify its clients and is looking towards local authorities; Direct Energie: the 'low-cost' company for the mutualization of electricity purchases of small professionals; Endesa, the French daughter company of the Spanish electric utility, is looking for a balance between production and sales; HEW, daughter company of Vattenfall Europe and present in France since April 2000, wants to increase its margins more than its capacity; energy profilers are making consumption profiles for EdF's competitors; Poweo, energy retailing company built in 2002, is fetching very small companies; Atel, French daughter company of the Swiss power producer, does not foresee important changes in July 1; interview of F. Roussely, head of EdF about the liberalization of the electricity sector; the main energy groups favorable to deregulation; case study: Accor, the hotel trade group, has chosen Compagnie Generale du Rhone as power supplier; electricity: why prices are increasing; various foreign experiences; UK: the consolidation time (fully liberalized and privatized between several companies, the British energy market is under total re-building); USA: the deregulation process has failed and stays stuck to 24

Strategies of petroleum companies facing climate change issues; Strategies des compagnies petrolieres face a la problematique du changement climatique

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Gervais, St

2005-05-01

The oil industry is particularly concerned with the issue of climate change. The implementation of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) reduction policies can be perceived as an additional environmental constraint for the management of the production chain. It is also represents a first step towards a possible decarbonization of the economy. In the long-term, the fight against global warming calls thus into question the activity level of petroleum companies. Confronted with this, still uncertain, new environmental deal, some petroleum multinationals adopt proactive behaviors, e.g. with voluntary commitments to reduce GHG emissions, or with investments in alternative technologies. First of all, we present the potential economic impacts of the Kyoto Protocol on oil industry. Then, we conduct a comparative analysis of the 'Kyoto risk' for the five largest multinationals of this sector according to their activities and their geographical implantations. Then, for the purpose to interpreting proactive strategies of firms such as BP and Shell, we examine various explanations including 'win-win', public image and the response to broad societal needs. This leads us to formalize the proactive behavior as an anticipatory management of carbon contestability, particularly perceptible in financial markets. Lastly, we try to justify economically investments of companies in the field of alternative energy sources and technologies through the lens of real options theory and by a management of the exhaustible fossil resources. (author)

Strategies of petroleum companies facing climate change issues; Strategies des compagnies petrolieres face a la problematique du changement climatique

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Gervais, St.

2005-05-01

The oil industry is particularly concerned with the issue of climate change. The implementation of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) reduction policies can be perceived as an additional environmental constraint for the management of the production chain. It is also represents a first step towards a possible decarbonization of the economy. In the long-term, the fight against global warming calls thus into question the activity level of petroleum companies. Confronted with this, still uncertain, new environmental deal, some petroleum multinationals adopt proactive behaviors, e.g. with voluntary commitments to reduce GHG emissions, or with investments in alternative technologies. First of all, we present the potential economic impacts of the Kyoto Protocol on oil industry. Then, we conduct a comparative analysis of the 'Kyoto risk' for the five largest multinationals of this sector according to their activities and their geographical implantations. Then, for the purpose to interpreting proactive strategies of firms such as BP and Shell, we examine various explanations including 'win-win', public image and the response to broad societal needs. This leads us to formalize the proactive behavior as an anticipatory management of carbon contestability, particularly perceptible in financial markets. Lastly, we try to justify economically investments of companies in the field of alternative energy sources and technologies through the lens of real options theory and by a management of the exhaustible fossil resources. (author)

Lighting in the health care sector; Verlichting in de zorg

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Visser, R. [Grontmij, Amersfoort (Netherlands)

2009-02-15

The importance of light for people's health and welfare attracts frequent attention, not only the professional press but also in countless articles in newspapers and news magazines. Insufficient illumination can upset the biological clock and may even cause depression. In principle this applies to anyone who has to stay indoors all day or nearly all day; in the case of care homes it affects residents who have no regular opportunity to sit at a window, for example those who are bedridden. Research indicates that we need a minimum daily portion of daylight or of artificial light with similar qualities as daylight. This is also of great importance to night workers. [Dutch] Niet alleen in de vakpers, maar ook in tal van dag- en weekbladen, wordt regelmatig het belang van licht voor het welzijn en de gezondheid van de mens aan de orde gesteld. Gebrek aan voldoende licht kan het bioritme verstoren en zelfs leiden tot depressie. Dat geldt in principe voor alle mensen die om wat voor redenen dan ook de hele dag of nagenoeg de hele dag binnen moeten blijven. In zorginstellingen is dit vooral van toepassing voor degenen die zich niet regelmatig direct achter het ream kunnen bevinden, zoals mensen die bedlegering zijn. Want door onderzoek is gebleken dat we elke dag een voldoende portie daglicht nodig hebben of licht met overeenkomstige kwaliteiten als daglicht. Voor mensen die 's nachts moeten werken is het laatstgenoemde ook van groot belang.

S Natalií Simonovou o investicích do vzdělání dětí

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Simonová, Natalie

2009-01-01

Roč. 20, - (2009), s. 1-18 ISSN 1801-1446 R&D Projects: GA ČR GA403/08/0109 Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z70280505 Keywords : education * inequality * investments to education Subject RIV: AO - Sociology, Demography http://respekt.ihned.cz/rozhovory/c1-38980930-s-natalii-simonovou-o-investicich-do-vzdelani-deti

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2008-11-13

Digital age: 'finger recognition' technology has been introduced into care homes to monitor how many hours nurses are working at any one time. As nurses at the care homes start and finish their shifts, they place their fingers into a wall-mounted scanner. This identifies tiny points on the finger and stores information about them so that each finger can be recognised when placed in the scanner again. By this method, the scanner can record exactly how long nurses have worked. Helen McArdle Care has introduced the 'biometric attendance system' into its five care homes. Managers argue that it will 'prevent overpayment for time not worked', and ensure that there is a correct skill mix in place. RCN senior employment relations adviser Karen Didovic said the system could be good if it ensures that nurses are paid for the overtime they work, but added: 'I do not think it should be the primary system for measuring staffing levels on the ward.' Pictured is healthcare assistant Natalie Allcock clocking in at Needham Court nursing home, in Jarrow, Tyne and Wear.

Ambivalentsus baltisaksa naiste mälestustekstides. Ambivalence in Baltic German Women’s Autobiographical Writing

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Maris Saagpakk

2012-04-01

Full Text Available In this article I examine the autobiographical texts of two Baltic German women, Natalie von Maydell (1878-1970 and Agnes von Baranow (1877-1968 and analyse their depiction of two breakthrough events in Estonian history: the establishment of the Republic of Estonia and the compulsory relocation of the Baltic Germans. Natalie von Maydell’s memoir, “Ein reiches Leben” is an unpublished manuscript in the family’s possession; Agnes von Baranow’s reminiscences titled Mein Baltenland were published soon after the resettlement in 1941. The analysis has been informed by postcolonial theory, in particular Homi K. Bhabha’s discussion of the master. In her reminiscences, Natalie von Maydell describes her return to the Paasvere Manor at the end of the winter of 1919. During the winter of 1918-1919 the manor had been overtaken by the Bolsheviks, who had vandalized it; Maydell portrays the outward changes in the manor house, how their home did not look homey any longer. In addition to the immediate damage to the building, lost or damaged household items and the violation of a secure home atmosphere, the writer describes the more significant change in the servants’ attitudes: while the damage and pillage could be rectified, it was impossible to control the people again. The circumstances had changed Estonian attitudes toward Germans, and to Maydell it was a painful and alienating experience. Home had become “unhomely.” At the same time, Maydell claims that the Estonians came to talk to her husband secretly, at night. With this sentence she smoothes over the new situation: the attributes of an old, paternalistic system are citations of earlier better times. Life that previously had clear boundaries was now blurred and confused: from one perspective it seemed the same but the next moment she would be reminded again in one way or the other. It is also important to note that the fragility and ambivalence in the Baltic German position was not

Development of advanced PEM water electrolysers

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A Deschamps; C Etievant; C Puyenchet; V Fateev; S Grigoriev; A Kalinnikov; V Porembsky; P Millet

2006-01-01

Concerning the production of electrolytic hydrogen, the goal of present R and D is to develop advanced hydrogen generator based on proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolysers. PEM-based water electrolysis offers a number of advantages, such as ecological safety, high gas purity (more than 99.99% for hydrogen), the possibility of producing compressed gases (up to 200 bar) for direct pressurized storage without additional power inputs, etc. PEM electrolysers are considered as rather attractive devices to accelerate the transition to the hydrogen economy and develop a hydrogen infrastructure network (for example for the development of re-filling stations for cars, using electric power stations at night hours and renewable energy sources). The work presented here result from a cooperation between Hydrogen Energy and Plasma Technology Institute (HEPTI) of Russian Research Center (RRC) 'Kurchatov Institute', Universite Paris - Sud XI and Compagnie d'Etudes des Technologies de l'Hydrogene. This project is supported by the Commission of the European Communities within the frame of the 6. Framework Programme (GenHyPEM, STREP no 019802). (authors)

Disney urbaniste : la ville de Celebration en Floride

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Sophie Didier

1999-05-01

Full Text Available L´inauguration de la ville de Célébration par la compagnie Disney a marqué en 1996 la première véritable incursion du groupe dans la planification d´une ville tout entière connue pour accueillir 20.000 habitants permanents. Du point de vue de saconception, Celebration se rattache au récent courant de la planification néo-traditionnelle et fonctionne à ce titre comme la Main Street des parcs d´attraction, ville-refuge faisant explicitement référencé à un passé idéalisé. Cet article s´attache essentiellement à montrer les influences qui ont présidé la création et à la vente de cette ville idéale promue comme une alternative aux banlieues dégradées des années cinquante de la Sun Belt, et analyse les réactions qui ont accueilli l´inauguration de la ville dans la presse américaine.

Semi-empirical model for the generation of dose distributions produced by a scanning electron beam

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Nath, R.; Gignac, C.E.; Agostinelli, A.G.; Rothberg, S.; Schulz, R.J.

1980-01-01

There are linear accelerators (Sagittaire and Saturne accelerators produced by Compagnie Generale de Radiologie (CGR/MeV) Corporation) which produce broad, flat electron fields by magnetically scanning the relatively narrow electron beam as it emerges from the accelerator vacuum system. A semi-empirical model, which mimics the scanning action of this type of accelerator, was developed for the generation of dose distributions in homogeneous media. The model employs the dose distributions of the scanning electron beams. These were measured with photographic film in a polystyrene phantom by turning off the magnetic scanning system. The mean deviation calculated from measured dose distributions is about 0.2%; a few points have deviations as large as 2 to 4% inside of the 50% isodose curve, but less than 8% outside of the 50% isodose curve. The model has been used to generate the electron beam library required by a modified version of a commercially-available computerized treatment-planning system. (The RAD-8 treatment planning system was purchased from the Digital Equipment Corporation. It is currently available from Electronic Music Industries

Diverses questions de mecanique et de thermodynamique classiques et relativistes

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de Broglie, Louis; Lochak, Georges; Karatchentzeff, Michel; Fargue, Daniel

Ce livre reproduit un cours inédit de Louis de Broglie, de 1948, dans lequel il réexamine, gráce à la relativité, les analogies entre la mécanique et la thermodynamique étudiés par Helmholtz, Boltzmann et Planck avant le succès de la mécanique statistique. C'est le premier d'une série de travaux de de Broglie en vue de prolonger sa découverte de 1924 vers une mécanique ondulatoire des processus irréversibles, en unifiant les principes de Fermat, de Maupertuis et de Carnot-Clausius. L'intérêt du livre est triple: 1. une généralisation de la mécanique quantique qui décrirait les transitions quantiques en tant que processus dynamiques; 2. revisiter la physique classique en compagnie de l'un des plus grands physiciens du siècle 3. découvrir quelques grands idées oubliées de la physique classique.

Heavy metal contents in growth bands of Porites corals: Record of anthropogenic and human developments from the Jordanian Gulf of Aqaba

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Al-Rousan, Saber A.; Al-Shloul, Rashid N.; Al-Horani, Fuad A.; Abu-Hilal, Ahmad H.

2007-01-01

In order to assess pollutants and impact of environmental changes in the coastal region of the Jordanian Gulf of Aqaba, concentrations of six metals were traced through variations in 5 years growth bands sections of recent Porties coral skeleton. X-radiography showed annual growth band patterns extending back to the year 1925. Baseline metal concentrations in Porites corals were established using 35 years-long metal record from late Holocene coral (deposited in pristine environment) and coral from reef that is least exposed to pollution in the marine reserve in the Gulf of Aqaba. The skeleton samples of the collected corals were acid digested and analyzed for their Cd, Cu, Fe, Mn, Pb and Zn content using Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (FAAS). All metal profiles (except Fe and Zn) recorded the same metal signature from recent coral (1925-2005) in which low steady baseline levels were displayed in growth bands older than 1965, similar to those obtained from fossil and unpolluted corals. Most metals showed dramatic increase (ranging from 17% to 300%) in growth band sections younger than 1965 suggesting an extensive contamination of the coastal area since the mid sixties. This date represents the beginning of a period that witnessed increasing coastal activities, constructions and urbanization. This has produced a significant reduction in coral skeletal extension rates. Results from this study strongly suggest that Porites corals have a high tendency to accumulate heavy metals in their skeletons and therefore can serve as proxy tools to monitor and record environmental pollution (bioindicators) in the Gulf of Aqaba

Heavy metal contents in growth bands of Porites corals: Record of anthropogenic and human developments from the Jordanian Gulf of Aqaba

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Al-Rousan, Saber A. [Marine Science Station, University of Jordan and Yarmouk University, P.O. Box 195, Aqaba 77110 (Jordan)], E-mail: s.rousan@ju.edu.jo; Al-Shloul, Rashid N. [Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, Irbid 21163 (Jordan); Al-Horani, Fuad A. [Marine Science Station, University of Jordan and Yarmouk University, P.O. Box 195, Aqaba 77110 (Jordan); Abu-Hilal, Ahmad H. [Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, Yarmouk University, Irbid 21163 (Jordan)

2007-12-15

In order to assess pollutants and impact of environmental changes in the coastal region of the Jordanian Gulf of Aqaba, concentrations of six metals were traced through variations in 5 years growth bands sections of recent Porties coral skeleton. X-radiography showed annual growth band patterns extending back to the year 1925. Baseline metal concentrations in Porites corals were established using 35 years-long metal record from late Holocene coral (deposited in pristine environment) and coral from reef that is least exposed to pollution in the marine reserve in the Gulf of Aqaba. The skeleton samples of the collected corals were acid digested and analyzed for their Cd, Cu, Fe, Mn, Pb and Zn content using Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (FAAS). All metal profiles (except Fe and Zn) recorded the same metal signature from recent coral (1925-2005) in which low steady baseline levels were displayed in growth bands older than 1965, similar to those obtained from fossil and unpolluted corals. Most metals showed dramatic increase (ranging from 17% to 300%) in growth band sections younger than 1965 suggesting an extensive contamination of the coastal area since the mid sixties. This date represents the beginning of a period that witnessed increasing coastal activities, constructions and urbanization. This has produced a significant reduction in coral skeletal extension rates. Results from this study strongly suggest that Porites corals have a high tendency to accumulate heavy metals in their skeletons and therefore can serve as proxy tools to monitor and record environmental pollution (bioindicators) in the Gulf of Aqaba.

Small nonnative fishes as predators of larval razorback suckers

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Carpenter, J.; Mueller, G.A.

2008-01-01

The razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus), an endangered big-river fish of the Colorado River basin, has demonstrated no sustainable recruitment in 4 decades, despite presence of spawning adults and larvae. Lack of adequate recruitment has been attributed to several factors, including predation by nonnative fishes. Substantial funding and effort has been expended on mechanically removing nonnative game fishes, typically targeting large predators. As a result, abundance of larger predators has declined, but the abundance of small nonnative fishes has increased in some areas. We conducted laboratory experiments to determine if small nonnative fishes would consume larval razorback suckers. We tested adults of three small species (threadfin shad, Dorosoma petenense; red shiner, Cyprinella lutrensis; fathead minnow, Pimephales promelas) and juveniles of six larger species (common carp, Cyprinus carpio; yellow bullhead, Ameiurus natalis; channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus; rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss; green sunfish, Lepomis cyanellus; bluegill, L. macrochirus). These nonnative fishes span a broad ecological range and are abundant within the historical range of the razorback sucker. All nine species fed on larval razorback suckers (total length, 9-16 mm). Our results suggest that predation by small nonnative fishes could be responsible for limiting recovery of this endangered species.

Las rivalidades hispano-neerlandesas en el Pacífico y la conquista de Australia: de Cornelis de Houtman a Abel Janszoon Tasman (1595-1651

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Crespo Solana, Ana

2013-12-01

Full Text Available Early in the 17th century, the VOC —Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie— attempted to identify new places where commercial factories could be built as well as a new route to sail between New Guinea and the Pacific. A general introduction will describe the reasons of for these journeys, and the causes behind the expeditions. Specialised bibliography will be used, including reports, memorials as well as documents from the archives of the East India Dutch Company (VOC Archief located in the National Archives in The Hague.A comienzos del siglo XVII la Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC pretendía localizar nuevos enclaves que sirvieran como factorías mercantiles y abrir una vía entre Nueva Guinea y el Pacífico. Se realizará una introducción general sobre las razones de estos viajes y un análisis de las causas que motivaron las expediciones holandesas. Se utilizará bibliografía especializada, memoriales e informes de la época, así como documentos del Archivo de la Compañía Holandesa de las Indias Orientales (VOC Archief que se encuentran en el Archivo Nacional de La Haya.

Les chemins de fer atmosphériques. Deuxième partie

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Paul Smith

2009-05-01

Full Text Available En France, l’enthousiasme atmosphérique des années 1840 gagna le gouvernement qui, craignant d’être en retard sur une nouvelle révolution dans les chemins de fer, se décida à subventionner un essai officiel du système. Cet essai fut confié à la Compagnie du Paris-Saint-Germain, qui construisit une ligne atmosphérique entre Le Pecq et Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Cette deuxième partie de l’article raconte l’histoire de cette ligne qui fonctionna à partir de 1847 mais dont l’abandon en 1860 marqua la fin des chemins de fer atmosphériques en Europe.In France, the atmospheric enthusiasm on the 1840s encouraged the government to finance an official trial of the system, the Ministry of Public Works clearly concerned about keeping abreast of new railway technologies. The trial was carried out by the Paris-Saint-Germain Company, and this second part of the article examines the history of its line built from Le Pecq to Saint-Germain-en-Laye. It was operational from 1847 but its abandon, in 1860, marked the end of the atmospheric caper in Europe.

Special graphites; Graphites speciaux

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Leveque, P [Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique, Saclay (France). Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires

1964-07-01

A large fraction of the work undertaken jointly by the Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA) and the Pechiney Company has been the improvement of the properties of nuclear pile graphite and the opening up of new fields of graphite application. New processes for the manufacture of carbons and special graphites have been developed: forged graphite, pyro-carbons, high density graphite agglomeration of graphite powders by cracking of natural gas, impervious graphites. The physical properties of these products and their reaction with various oxidising gases are described. The first irradiation results are also given. (authors) [French] Ameliorer les proprietes du graphite nucleaire pour empilements et ouvrir de nouveaux domaines d'application au graphite constituent une part importante de l'effort entrepris en commun par le Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA) et la compagnie PECHINEY. Des procedes nouveaux de fabrication de carbones et graphites speciaux ont ete mis au point: graphite forge, pyrocarbone, graphite de haute densite, agglomeration de poudres de graphite par craquage de gaz naturel, graphites impermeables. Les proprietes physiques de ces produits ainsi que leur reaction avec differents gaz oxydants sont decrites. Les premiers resultats d'irradiation sont aussi donnes. (auteurs)

Generation-distribution of electric power in France and in its regions in 2004 and 2005

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2007-09-01

This report presents the temporary results for the year 2005 of the power generation and transportation/distribution in France. Power generation data come from the official exhaustive annual inquiry acknowledged by the national council of statistical information (CNIS). It concerns all power producers, like EDF, Compagnie Nationale du Rhone (CNR), Societe Nationale d'Electricite et de Thermique (SNET), Societe Hydroelectrique du Midi (SHEM), and some independent producers who generate electricity for their own needs or for the supply of the grid (about 3000 companies). Data relative to power transportation and distribution are established by another administrative annual inquiry addressed to utilities (EDF-Reseau de Distribution, local distribution companies) and to the power transportation network manager (RTE EDF-Transport). The statistical results presented in this document are established from data settled on June 11, 2007. In a context of market liberalization, these two inquiries are of particular importance. They represent a measurement tool of the public authorities' action in favor of the security of supplies, and they allow to have available a detailed, reliable and regularly updated description of France's power generation and transportation facilities by energy source and by geographical area. (J.S.)

Maison, immeuble et compagnie : le singulier pluriel du logement de banlieue : enquêtes dans les Hauts-de-Seine 1840-1940

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Antoine Le Bas

2012-05-01

Full Text Available Familier du paysage de proche banlieue parisienne (Hauts-de-Seine, le logement sous appentis a séduit les spéculateurs malgré une promiscuité que rejettent des ouvriers rêvant d’un toit familial. Des philanthropes leur bâtiront des maisons complexes tandis qu’une mixité fonctionnelle (travail, commerce, service de plus en plus rare à Paris, affecte le logement de proche banlieue. En organisant la complexité de l’espace urbain et de ses flux, l’urbanisme opère une distinction fonctionnelle dissolvant cette mixité, par le dépassement des types architecturaux.The tenement building, a familiar type in the suburbs of the Hauts-de-Seine department, close to Paris, was frequently put up by speculative builders, even if the promiscuity they supposed was generally rejected by workers who would have preferred their own, individual homes. Some philanthropical builders offered complex housing types, and buildings associating accommodation and other functions (work, commerce, services affected housing in the suburbs, although such types were rare in the capital itself. Organising the complexity of urban space and its circulations, town planning operated a functional division that dissolved this mixity by going beyond existing building types.

Interoceptive sensitivity as a proxy for emotional intensity and its relationship with perseverative cognition

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Lugo RG

2017-12-01

Full Text Available Ricardo G Lugo,1 Kirsi Helkala,2 Benjamin J Knox,2 Øyvind Jøsok,2 Natalie M Lande,1 Stefan Sütterlin3,4 1Department of Psychology, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Elverum, Norway; 2Norwegian Defence Cyber Academy, Lillehammer, Norway; 3Faculty for Health and Welfare Sciences, Østfold University College, Oslo, Norway; 4CHDT Research Group, Oslo University Hospital, Halden, Norway Background: Technical advancement in military cyber defense poses increased cognitive demands on cyber officers. In the cyber domain, the influence of emotion on decision-making is rarely investigated. The purpose of this study was to assess psychophysiological correlation with perseverative cognitions during emotionally intensive/stressful situations in cyber military personnel. In line with parallel research on clinical samples high on perseverative cognition, we expected a decreased interoceptive sensitivity in officers with high levels of perseverative cognition.Method: We investigated this association in a sample of 27 cyber officer cadets.Results: Contrary to our hypothesis, there was no relationship between the factors.Discussion: Cyber officers might display characteristics not otherwise found in general populations. The cyber domain may lead to a selection process that attracts different profiles of cognitive and emotional processing. Keywords: cyber, perseverative cognitions, interoception, decision-making

Concentrations of elements in fish fillets, fish muscle plugs, and crayfish from the 2011 Missouri Department of Conservation general contaminant monitoring program

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May, Thomas W.; Walther, Michael J.; Brumbaugh, William G.; McKee, Michael J.

2013-01-01

This report presents the results of a contaminant monitoring survey conducted annually by the Missouri Department of Conservation to examine the levels of selected elemental contaminants in fish fillets, fish muscle plugs, and crayfish. Fillet samples of yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), golden redhorse (Moxostoma erythrurum), longear sunfish (Lepomis megalotis), and channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) were collected from six sites as part of the Missouri Department of Conservation’s Fish Contaminant Monitoring Program. Fish dorsal muscle plugs were collected from largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) at eight of the sites, and crayfish from two sites. Following preparation and analysis of the samples, highlights of the data were as follows: cadmium and lead residues were most elevated in crayfish tissue samples from the Big River at Cherokee Landing, with 1 to 8 micrograms per gram dry weight and 22 to 45 micrograms per gram dry weight, respectively. Some dorsal muscle plugs from largemouth bass collected from Clearwater Lake, Lake St. Louis, Noblett Lake, Hazel Creek Lake, and Harrison County Lake contained mercury residues (1.7 to 4.7 micrograms per gram dry weight) that exceeded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Water Quality Criterion of 1.5 micrograms per gram dry weight of fish tissue (equivalent to 0.30 micrograms per gram wet weight).

'Not unlike mermaids': A report about the human and natural history of Southeast Africa from 1690

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Full Text Available In 1690, on the orders of Simon van der Stel, officials of the Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC interviewed one Nicolao Almede, a 'free black man of Mozambique' who had recently arrived at the Cape as a sailor aboard the English ship John and Mary. Almede informed his interlocutors about the country inland from the coast between Mozambique and Delagoa Bay (now Maputo Bay, into which he had previously ventured as a merchant. Although he does not mention the legendary name of Monomotapa, he does offer early descriptions of the Changamire dynasty, as well as the animals and people of the region, including its fabulous wealth. Some of the place names he mentioned are well known, while others cannot now be traced, perhaps because he was using indigenous rather than Portuguese names. The record of the interview concludes with Almede's description of mermaids, and the fact that their teeth could be had in the market at Mozambique. Together with producing a transcription and translation of the document this article explores it through a close reading to offer some speculations about the interweaving of legend and fact in the human and natural history of southern Africa in reports such as that of Almede.

Achievement report for fiscal 1983 on Sunshine Program-entrusted survey and research. Cooperative project between Japan and Australia, etc., on solar energy technology (Cooperation between Japan and France on solar energy technology); 1983 nendo Nichigonado taiyo energy gijutsu kyoryoku jigyo seika hokokusho. Nichifutsu taiyo energy gijutsu kyoryoku

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1984-03-01

This paper reports a survey on solar heat utilization technologies conducted in fiscal 1983 in accordance with a scientific cooperation agreement signed by the Japanese Government and the French Government. The survey was carried out by two employees with the solar technology development office of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization who were dispatched to France on a tour in the period March 13-24. Concerning the 'French Photovoltaic Program 1982-1986,' knowledge on the goal of the program, long-term research and development, and budgetary matters were obtained at the AFME (French Energy Management Agency) head office and its branches. Relations of AFME with EC (European Community) projects were clarified. The photovoltaic power system (50kW) of Nice Airport is one of the EC projects, and was built thanks to financial aids by EC and AFME. The power system is now in service as a power source for electronic equipment in the airport management building and for taxi lights installed on the ground. The CGE (Compagnie General d'Electricite) central laboratory and the Rhone Poulenc Specialites Chimique were visited, when information on the research and development of a ribbon crystal pulling process and solar-grade silicon was acquired. (NEDO)

Unified Alignment of Protein-Protein Interaction Networks.

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Malod-Dognin, Noël; Ban, Kristina; Pržulj, Nataša

2017-04-19

Paralleling the increasing availability of protein-protein interaction (PPI) network data, several network alignment methods have been proposed. Network alignments have been used to uncover functionally conserved network parts and to transfer annotations. However, due to the computational intractability of the network alignment problem, aligners are heuristics providing divergent solutions and no consensus exists on a gold standard, or which scoring scheme should be used to evaluate them. We comprehensively evaluate the alignment scoring schemes and global network aligners on large scale PPI data and observe that three methods, HUBALIGN, L-GRAAL and NATALIE, regularly produce the most topologically and biologically coherent alignments. We study the collective behaviour of network aligners and observe that PPI networks are almost entirely aligned with a handful of aligners that we unify into a new tool, Ulign. Ulign enables complete alignment of two networks, which traditional global and local aligners fail to do. Also, multiple mappings of Ulign define biologically relevant soft clusterings of proteins in PPI networks, which may be used for refining the transfer of annotations across networks. Hence, PPI networks are already well investigated by current aligners, so to gain additional biological insights, a paradigm shift is needed. We propose such a shift come from aligning all available data types collectively rather than any particular data type in isolation from others.

Influence of myelin proteins on the structure and dynamics of a model membrane with emphasis on the low temperature regime

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Knoll, W. [University Joseph Fourier, UFR PhiTEM, Grenoble (France); Institut Laue–Langevin, Grenoble (France); Peters, J. [University Joseph Fourier, UFR PhiTEM, Grenoble (France); Institut Laue–Langevin, Grenoble (France); Institut de Biologie Structurale, Grenoble (France); Kursula, P. [University of Oulu, Oulu (Finland); CSSB–HZI, DESY, Hamburg (Germany); Gerelli, Y. [Institut Laue–Langevin, Grenoble (France); Natali, F., E-mail: natali@ill.fr [Institut Laue–Langevin, Grenoble (France); CNR–IOM–OGG, c/o Institut Laue–Langevin, Grenoble (France)

2014-11-28

Myelin is an insulating, multi-lamellar membrane structure wrapped around selected nerve axons. Increasing the speed of nerve impulses, it is crucial for the proper functioning of the vertebrate nervous system. Human neurodegenerative diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, are linked to damage to the myelin sheath through demyelination. Myelin exhibits a well defined subset of myelin-specific proteins, whose influence on membrane dynamics, i.e., myelin flexibility and stability, has not yet been explored in detail. In a first paper [W. Knoll, J. Peters, P. Kursula, Y. Gerelli, J. Ollivier, B. Demé, M. Telling, E. Kemner, and F. Natali, Soft Matter 10, 519 (2014)] we were able to spotlight, through neutron scattering experiments, the role of peripheral nervous system myelin proteins on membrane stability at room temperature. In particular, the myelin basic protein and peripheral myelin protein 2 were found to synergistically influence the membrane structure while keeping almost unchanged the membrane mobility. Further insight is provided by this work, in which we particularly address the investigation of the membrane flexibility in the low temperature regime. We evidence a different behavior suggesting that the proton dynamics is reduced by the addition of the myelin basic protein accompanied by negligible membrane structural changes. Moreover, we address the importance of correct sample preparation and characterization for the success of the experiment and for the reliability of the obtained results.

Reforms in the electrical sector: the case of the Ivory Coast; Les reformes du secteur electrique: le cas de la Cote d'Ivoire

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Vei, G. [Compagnie Ivorienne d' Electricite (Cote d' Ivoire)

1999-09-30

The electrical industry plays an important role in the economic development of the country by ensuring that the energy needs of the industrial sector are met and by responding to the betterment of the life of the population. After the country achieved its independence in 1960, successive governments organized this important instrument of the economy as a vertically integrated, monopolistic public utility. With the economic crisis of the 1980s, the public enterprise model was quickly reaching its limit of usefulness. This was the result of a slowdown in the growth of demand, difficulties in supporting the existing rates, financing investment through international loans, and servicing the accumulated debt. As a result of the extreme difficulties affecting the industry at the beginning of the 1990s, the government decided to reform the electrical sector by separating generation and transmission from regulation, i. e., it relinquished daily operation of the generation and the transmission system to a private company (la Compagnie Ivoirienne d'Electricite (CIE)) and confined its activities to regulation, strategic policy formulation and rate setting. A second reform was undertaken in 1998 aimed at introducing competition in the production of electricity and separating the generation, transmission and distribution functions. The deregulation is now complete, nevertheless, anxiety remains with regard to the real efficiencies that the introduction of competition in generation and distribution will produce.

Baroque néo-mélodique et barock’n’roll. Les identités musicales à Naples dans les années 1970

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Gius Gargiulo

2010-11-01

Full Text Available Mon exposé vise à décrire les termes du débat sur l’identité culturelle et politique napolitaine au tourment des années soixante-dix, à travers le concept anthropologique et musical de napoletanità ou « napolétanité » élaboré par les élites musicales de la ville, comme Bennato et Daniele, qui rapprochaient, dans les rythmes de leurs chansons, les sonorités traditionnelles à celles du rock et du blues. De plus, la relecture philologique, par les musiciens-musicologues de la Nouvelle Compagnie de Chant Populaire, de l’imposant passé musical et populaire urbain de la ville, se situait à l’opposé des modules expressifs mélangés des chanteurs populaires néo-mélodiques. La problématique dans ce cas concerne la définition d’une esthétique sociale qui parvient a posteriori à configurer la notion d’identité baroque, « ba-rock » ou néo-baroque napolitain qui, à travers le pathétique, les excès, les croisements des sonorités, est capable de garder toujours à l’esprit une notion de centralité, un point de repère entre normalité et excès.

Present status of EURODIF project

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Rougeau, J.P.

1977-01-01

Since 1953, in France, the Commissariat a' l'Energie Atomique (CEA) has studied and developed the gaseous diffusion process. EURODIF was formed as a joint venture to perform a feasibility study based on research and development carried out by CEA and on engineering and cost data put together by USSI. EURODIF, backed by the governments of Belgium, France, Italy, and Spain decided to start a plant in late 1981 to be located in France in the Tricastin district of the Rhone Valley. The general layout of the gaseous diffusion plant included the four process buildings, the buildings where UF 6 products are received and delivered, the central control room, the switchyard, the cooling towers, the surface coating workshop, and ancillary units and various workshops. Firm sales cover the whole production until 1990, nearly 90% of which is being made to the shareholders. Customers were found in Japan, Switzerland, and the Federal Republic of Germany. COREDIF, Compagnie de Realisation d'Usines de Diffusion Gazeuse, was incorporated in 1975 to build in Europe a second enrichment plant using gaseous diffusion. The EURODIF/COREDIF complex, with a production capacity of more than 20 million separative work units per year, is one the the most important private suppliers of enrichment services. Contracts are proposed that are flexible enough to meet the requirements of each electricity producer

Status and prospects for reprocessing

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Rossney, G.K.

1977-01-01

Following the formation of United Reprocessors (U.R.G.) in 1976 by British Nuclear Fuels Limited (B.N.F.L.) in the United Kingdom, the Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (C.E.A.) in France and K.E.W.A. Kernbrennstoff-Wiederaufarbeitungs-Gesellschaft MBH (K.E.W.A.) in Germany, collaboration is now well established for the marketing of their reprocessing services for irradiated oxide fuel from thermal reactors. In addition collaboration in the continued evolution of the technology has progressed and an extensive research and development programme has been established, the results of which are exchanged between the shareholders. During 1976 the U.K. Government has given approval to B.N.F.L. to sign further contracts with foreign customers, subject to certain conditions. In France, the fuel cycle activities of the C.E.A. have been vested in a new company (Compagnie Generale Des Matieres Nucleaires (C.O.G.E.M.A.)) and their La Hague plant has commenced reprocessing operations on irradiated oxide fuel. In Germany, an agreement has been signed between K.E.W.A. and P.W.K. for the pre-project study for the proposed German plant. Against this background this paper reviews the present status of reprocessing by the shareholders of U.R.G. and the prospects for reprocessing

Clichy-sous-Bois (France) operation

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Dechamp, A

1984-09-01

The geothermal plant of Clichy-sous-Bois has been operating for 2 years and covers the needs of 3,400 equivalent-dwellings, including a sport-hall, 2 schools, the town-hall and 7 low-cost groups of flats. Geothermal energy covers 65% of the energy yearly global consumption for heating and sanitary hot water, i.e. 35,151 MWh. Thus, 3,195 TOE are saved each year. In December, 1979, the town of Clichy-sous-bois delegated their sponsorship to the Societe d'equipement et d'amenagement du territoire du departement de la Seine-Saint-Denis - SODETAT 93 for the realization of the geothermal operation. The production and injection wells were drilled between July and September, 1981. The Dogger aquifer was encountered at 1,800 m deep, with a temperature of 70,8/sup 0/C and an exploitation yield of 200m/sup 3//h. Surface works started in March 1982 and were completed in November of the same year. Apart from the geothermal power plant, the network comprises 11 exchange substations and a distribution network of 2,700 m long with 7,000 m of underground pipes. This plant is exploited by the Compagnie francaise d'exploitation thermique (COFRETH) within the framework of a farmout contract for 20 years, including: production, transportation and public distribution of geothermal heat all over the city of Clichy-sous-Bois.

The perfect match? A closer look at the relationship between EU consumer law and data protection law / Natali Helberger, Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius, Agustin Reyna

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Helberger, Natali

2017-01-01

Andme- ja tarbijakaitse regulatsioonide vastastikusest mõjust kaitse regulatsiooni mõjust tarbijakaitses ja vastupidi (nt tarbijate teavitamine nn tasuta teenustest ja ebaõiglastest tingimustest tarbijalepingutes)

Panorama 1998. Les faits porteurs d'avenir Panorama 1998. Presages for the Future

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Appert O.

2006-12-01

Full Text Available L'année 1997 est à marquer d'une pierre blanche pour l'industrie pétrolière et gazière. Les bénéfices des compagnies, tant pétrolières que para pétrolières, ont ainsi atteint des sommets, alors que leurs valeurs boursières ne cessaient de grimper. Ces résultats financiers exceptionnels ont en fait reflété une conjonction d'éléments favorables au secteur. La demande mondiale est toujours en forte croissance. Le terrain de chassecontinue à s'étendre, grâce notamment aux progrès technologiques et à l'ouverture de très nombreux pays aux compagnies pétrolières internationales. Quant au raffinage, qui faisait pourtant figure de parent pauvre au sein des différentes activités des sociétés ces dernières années, il aura finalement connu un léger mieux. A travers l'analyse des événements majeurs survenus en 1997, qui ne saurait éluder la crise financière asiatique ou la conférence de Kyoto, l'objectif est avant tout de mettre en évidence les éléments qui devraient conditionner l'avenir de l'ensemble de l'industrie des hydrocarbures. Cette dernière, alors que l'année 1998 semble s'ouvrir sous des auspices moins favorables, devra tirer les leçons de ce passé récent pour être à même de relever les deux grands défis qui se présentent à elle : l'environnement, enjeu majeur à tous les niveaux, et la technologie, qui permet de repousser les limites du possible, techniquement et économiquement. 1997 has been a red-letter year for the oil and gas industry. Thus, the benefits of both oil companies and service and supply ones have rocketed, while their market values have kept shooting up. Actually, those exceptional financial results have reflected a conjunction of elements favorable to the sector. World demand is still growing rapidly. The hunting groundkeeps spreading, more particularly thanks to technological progress and the opening up of a large number of countries to international oil companies. As for

Vaghezza e chiarezza: tradurre Il grande Gatsby

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Franca Cavagnoli

2014-05-01

Full Text Available La traduzione di The Great Gatsby (1925 di Francis Scott Fitzgerald, pubblicata da Feltrinelli nel 2011: dalla tensione fra lingua scritta e lingua orale all’alternarsi di registri linguistici assai vari nei dialoghi (formale, colloquiale, popolare, dalla difficoltà di seguire Fitzgerald nelle sue ellissi all’aderenza sia alle sue scelte stilistiche sia ai campi espressivi da lui prediletti, in particolare l’area semantica del mare, delle tenebre, dell’inquietudine. Nell’articolo entro nel dettaglio delle singole scelte traduttive – attraverso il confronto della traduzione con il testo fonte e la spiegazione delle decisioni prese – compiute all’insegna di una scelta di fondo, e cioè che il fine etico dell’atto traduttivo sia accogliere lo Straniero in quanto tale, affinché nel versare un libro nella propria lingua madre l’Altro resti Altro e il desiderio di tradurre non porti a sostituire il proprio all’altrui. The article retraces the path I followed in my translation, published by Feltrinelli in 2011, of Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (1925 – from the tension between the written and spoken languages to the wide diversity of registers (formal, colloquial, popular in the dialogues, from the difficulty of staying in step with Fitzgerald’s ellipses to the preservation of his stylistic choices and his favourite semantic fields, particularly those of the sea, of darkness and of restlessness. By comparing my translation with the source text and explaining the rationale behind my decisions, I will perform a thorough examination of my translation choices, which have been based on the tenet that the ethical aim of the translation act is to receive the Foreign as Foreign, so that when one turns a book into one’s own mother tongue the Other remains the Other and the wish to translate does not lead one to replace the Other with the Self.  

Speciation in Indo-Pacific swiftlets (Aves: Apodidae): integrating molecular and phenotypic data for a new provisional taxonomy of the Collocalia esculenta complex.

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Rheindt, Frank E; Christidis, Les; Norman, Janette A; Eaton, James A; Sadanandan, Keren R; Schodde, Richard

2017-04-07

White-bellied swiftlets of the Collocalia esculenta complex constitute a radiation of colony-breeding swifts distributed throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific region. Resolution of their taxonomy is challenging due to their morphological uniformity. To analyze the evolutionary history of this complex, we combine new biometric measurements and results from plumage assessment of museum specimens with novel as well as previously published molecular data. Together, this body of information constitutes the largest systematic dataset for white-bellied swiftlets yet compiled, drawn from 809 individuals belonging to 32 taxa for which new molecular, biometric, and/or plumage data are presented. We propose changing the classification of white-bellied swiftlets, for which two species are currently recognized, to elevate eight regional forms to species level, and we also describe two new subspecies. The ten taxa we recommend recognizing at the species level are: Collocalia linchi (Java to Lombok, Sumatran hills), C. dodgei (montane Borneo), C. natalis (Christmas Island), C. affinis (Greater Sundas, including the Thai-Malay Peninsula and Andaman-Nicobar Islands), C. marginata (Philippines), C. isonota (Philippines), C. sumbawae (west Lesser Sundas), C. neglecta (east Lesser Sundas), C. esculenta (Sulawesi, Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands), and C. uropygialis (Vanuatu, New Caledonia). Future molecular and morphological work is needed to resolve questions of speciation and population affinities in the Philippines, Christmas Island, Wallacea and central Melanesia, and to shed light on historic diversification and patterns of gene flow in the complex.

Post graduate course of radiation protection. V. 1-2; Cours post-universitaire de radioprotection. V. 1-2

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NONE

1995-12-01

In September 1991, the General Conference of IAEA, in the resolution GC/XXXV/RES/552 demanded the Director General to formulate the propositions in the field of education and teaching of radiation protection. After its meeting in 1993, the General Conference (document GC/XXXVII/1067) a program of education in radiation protection and nuclear safety. The IAEA has chosen L'Instut national des science et techniques nucleaires (INSTN) de Saclay, France, to perform the french training for its long-term education in nuclear field. During the nine weeks in May and June 1994, 24 participants from 22 countries attended 80 courses presented by 70 teachers. The organizers have attained a successful cooperation of competent French organizations in the field of radiation protection and nuclear safety as: Institut de protection et de surete nucleaire (IPSN), Commissariat a l'energie atomique (CEA), Compagnie generales des matieres nucleaires (COGEMA), Agence nationale pour la gestion de dechets radioactif (ANDRA), Office de protection contre les raynnements ionisants (OPRI), Electicite de France (EDF), as well as outstanding specialists in the medical field. The series of these lectures are presented in these two volumes. Admitting that the education and training in the field of radiation protection and nuclear safety are responsibilities of national authorities the IAEA hopes that this published material would be widely used by the Member States as a basis for their training programs in the mentioned field.

The Gap in the Fence: Austerity Cuts, Retrenchment and European Theatre’s Wake-Up Call

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John Freeman

2013-05-01

Full Text Available Abstract – IT Com’è ampiamente risaputo, per le piccole-medie compagnie teatrali i tagli  dovuti alla politica europea di austerità significano affrontare un futuro incerto. E questo proprio mentre l'età dell'oro del finanziamento pubblico si avvicina alla sua fine. Ma è stato aureo, di per sé, il teatro che questo finanziamento ha prodotto?  E gli Europei, quando usano il termine “austerità”, fanno di un dramma una crisi? Questo articolo  avanza la provocatoria ipotesi per la quale, con probabilità, se il sussidio da un lato sostiene il teatro, dall'alto ne sopprime l'innovazione e che, forse, il teatro funzioni al meglio come genere fuori dalla legge, libero dal controllo pubblico mascherato da sostegno. Abstract – EN As the world well knows, austerity cuts in Europe mean that small-to-medium theatre companies are facing an uncertain future, to the extent that the golden age of funding is coming to an end. But has the theatre this funding has produced been golden in itself? And are Europeans turning a drama into a crisis when they use the term “austerity”? This paper puts forward the provocative argument that subsidy is as likely to suppress innovative theatre as it is to support it and that, perhaps, theatre functions best as an outlaw genre, free from public control masquerading as support

On the research for big data uses for public good purposes

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Adeline Decuyper

2017-03-01

Full Text Available Ces dernières années, beaucoup de nos habitudes ont changé, suite à l’arrivée des big data, et de l’offre de services donnant des informations mises à jour en temps réel, basées sur les données produites par les utilisateurs. Cette révolution a également apporté de nouvelles opportunités pour les compagnies privées, mais aussi pour les gouvernements et chercheurs, les applications potentielles des analyses de ces données étant nombreuses. Dans cet article, nous présentons quelques avancées faites dans ce domaine, et montrons quelques opportunités d’applications pour le bien public, telles que l’aide aux actions humanitaires et la réponse aux situations extrêmes, rendues possibles par ces grandes masses de données, montrant également que dans certains cas, l’analyse de données peut être utilisée pour sauver des vies. Enfin, à côté des nouvelles opportunités, se sont aussi présentés de nouveaux challenges, dont l’évaluation de la robustesse et représentativité d’une base de données, ou bien les dangers pour la vie privée, qui seront l’objet d’une dernière section de cet article.

Towards abundant and pollution-free energy. Laser nuclear fusion

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Robieux, J.

2008-01-01

This book shows that it is now practically certain that by the year 2080 laser nuclear fusion will allow to produce an abundant and relatively cheap energy. Thanks to this energy, it will be possible to convert a mixture of CO 2 , H 2 and water into an automotive fuel or a food product. Laser nuclear fusion will use deuterium as fuel and thus oil and gas will become useless. Also, thanks to this new energy source, global warming and starvation will be overcome. The laser fusion concept was introduced by J. Robieux in 1962 just after the discovery of the laser. This idea was immediately accepted and sustained by the French President De Gaulle. The research on laser fusion was initially undertaken at the Marcoussis research centre from the Compagnie Generale d'Electricite (General Electricity Company - CGE). In 1967, the lasers built at Marcoussis were 30 times more powerful than any other laser in the rest of world. A cooperation with the USA started at that time and is still going on today. In 1969, the CEA centre of Limeil realized the world premiere experiments of laser fusion. This book presents the historical aspects and the state-of-the-art of this technology today. It is written in two parts, the first part does not require any scientific knowledge and is accessible to everybody, while the second part can be understood only by readers having a basic scientific background. (J.S.)

Events - France. Stock exchange. International; Actualite - France. Bourse. International

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Anon,

2000-10-01

These columns made of short articles report on facts and events in the oil and gas industry in France and worldwide: 1 - France: increase of the production capacity of the ethylene oxide unit of BP's Lavera plant; the 'Plateaux-du-Vexin' gas pipeline crosses the Seine river; completion of the pumping of the front wreckage of the Erika tanker ship; Total inaugurates a vapor recovery unit at the Gonfreville l'Orcher refinery; a national energy saving plan for the abatement of the greenhouse effect; Sercel, a daughter company of Compagnie Generale de Geophysique (CGG), acquires Mark Products division of Shaw industries; the oil prices shoot the international trade; 2 - stock exchange: trend of market values in the context of oil crisis; 3 - international: important oil and gas strike made by TotalFinaElf and OKIOC (Offshore Kazakhstan International Operating Company) in Kazakhstan; communication: a new look for BP; status of Lukoil reserves in Russia; next round for the exploration of the Norwegian North Sea; Transocean Sedco Forex absorbs R and B Falcon Corp and becomes the first drilling contractor; ENI (Italy) becomes operator on the development of South Pars gas field (Iran) for the phases 4 and 5; Shell Overseas Investments BV, BP and Exxon Mobil have signed strategic alliance agreements with China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (Sinopec); first exploration permits for the Faeroe islands; different gas pricing rules for the industrialists in the different European countries. (J.S.)

Post graduate course of radiation protection. V. 1-2

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1995-01-01

In September 1991, the General Conference of IAEA, in the resolution GC/XXXV/RES/552 demanded the Director General to formulate the propositions in the field of education and teaching of radiation protection. After its meeting in 1993, the General Conference (document GC/XXXVII/1067) a program of education in radiation protection and nuclear safety. The IAEA has chosen L'Instut national des science et techniques nucleaires (INSTN) de Saclay, France, to perform the french training for its long-term education in nuclear field. During the nine weeks in May and June 1994, 24 participants from 22 countries attended 80 courses presented by 70 teachers. The organizers have attained a successful cooperation of competent French organizations in the field of radiation protection and nuclear safety as: Institut de protection et de surete nucleaire (IPSN), Commissariat a l'energie atomique (CEA), Compagnie generales des matieres nucleaires (COGEMA), Agence nationale pour la gestion de dechets radioactif (ANDRA), Office de protection contre les raynnements ionisants (OPRI), Electicite de France (EDF), as well as outstanding specialists in the medical field. The series of these lectures are presented in these two volumes. Admitting that the education and training in the field of radiation protection and nuclear safety are responsibilities of national authorities the IAEA hopes that this published material would be widely used by the Member States as a basis for their training programs in the mentioned field

Events - France. Stock exchange. International; Actualite - France. Bourse. International

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Anon.

2000-10-01

These columns made of short articles report on facts and events in the oil and gas industry in France and worldwide: 1 - France: increase of the production capacity of the ethylene oxide unit of BP's Lavera plant; the 'Plateaux-du-Vexin' gas pipeline crosses the Seine river; completion of the pumping of the front wreckage of the Erika tanker ship; Total inaugurates a vapor recovery unit at the Gonfreville l'Orcher refinery; a national energy saving plan for the abatement of the greenhouse effect; Sercel, a daughter company of Compagnie Generale de Geophysique (CGG), acquires Mark Products division of Shaw industries; the oil prices shoot the international trade; 2 - stock exchange: trend of market values in the context of oil crisis; 3 - international: important oil and gas strike made by TotalFinaElf and OKIOC (Offshore Kazakhstan International Operating Company) in Kazakhstan; communication: a new look for BP; status of Lukoil reserves in Russia; next round for the exploration of the Norwegian North Sea; Transocean Sedco Forex absorbs R and B Falcon Corp and becomes the first drilling contractor; ENI (Italy) becomes operator on the development of South Pars gas field (Iran) for the phases 4 and 5; Shell Overseas Investments BV, BP and Exxon Mobil have signed strategic alliance agreements with China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (Sinopec); first exploration permits for the Faeroe islands; different gas pricing rules for the industrialists in the different European countries. (J.S.)

BP « Deepwater Horizon » du Golfe du Mexique à l’Afrique : un tournant pour l’industrie pétrolière ? BP “Deepwater Horizon” from the Gulf of Mexico to Africa : a turning point for the Oil Industry ?

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Géraud Magrin

2010-09-01

Full Text Available L’explosion de la plateforme BP Deepwater Horizon du 20 avril 2010 constitue une des plus graves pollutions pétrolières de l’histoire. Sa localisation dans les eaux du premier consommateur mondial, et l’implication d’une des compagnies les plus avancées en matière de responsabilité sociale d’entreprise, sont révélatrices des enjeux actuels de la gestion environnementale des risques pétroliers. Alors que les gisements les plus accessibles sont exploités par des sociétés nationales, les compagnies internationales satisfont l’inextinguible demande en pétrole du système mondial en explorant des situations extrêmes, comme les eaux très profondes. Cela s’accompagne de risques croissants. La catastrophe de BP nous montre le danger de considérer un risque infime comme une absence de risque : l’exemption de planification d’urgence explique la longue durée et l’ampleur de la fuite. Elle rappelle aussi que les impacts du pétrole ne sont bien connus qu’à la surface et le long des côtes : or, cette fuite en eaux profondes causera des dommages écologiques graves dans les zones pélagiques. Cet événement changera les règles du jeu de la régulation environnementale pétrolière dans les zones sensibles. Nous donnons un aperçu des évolutions qu’il pourrait favoriser en Afrique, notamment en Mauritanie. Il reste à savoir si l’augmentation des coûts qui en résultera contribuera à accélérer la transition énergétique mondiale hors de la dépendance des hydrocarbures.On Thursday the 20th april 2010, the blowout of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform operated by BP in the Gulf of Mexico starts what can be considered one of the major oil spills in the world history. Taking place in the national waters of the world’s first oil consumer and affecting one of the more advanced oil major in Corporate Social Responsibility, this accident may turn out to be a land mark for environmental management in the

The creation of a uranium oxide industry, from the laboratory stage to a pilot plant (1961); Creation d'une industrie de l'oxyde d'uranium du laboratoire a l'usine pilote (1961)

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Caillat, R.; Delange, M.; Sauteron, J. [Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique, Saclay (France).Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires; Hauser, R. [Compagnie Industrielle des Combustibles atomiques frittes (France)

1961-07-01

The qualities of uranium oxide, in particular its good in-pile characteristics and its resistance to corrosion by the usual heat-exchange fluids, have led to this material being chose at the present time as a nuclear fuel in many power reactors, either planned or under construction. A great effort has been made these last few years in France in studying processes for transforming powdered uranium oxide into a dense material with satisfactory behaviour in a neutron flux. The laboratories at Saclay have studied the physico-chemical features of the phenomena accompanying the calcination of uranium peroxide or ammonium uranate to give uranium trioxide, and the subsequent reduction of the latter to dioxide as well as the sintering of the powders obtained. This work has made it possible on one hand to prepare powder of known specific surface area, and on the other to show the overriding influence of this factor, all other things being equal, on the behaviour of powders during sintering in a hydrogen atmosphere. The work has led to defining two methods for sintering stoichiometric uranium oxide of high density. The technological study of the preparation of the powder and its industrial production are carried out at the plant of Le Bouchet which produces at the moment powders of known characteristics suitable for sintering in hydrogen at 1650 deg. C without prior grinding. The industrial sintering is carried out by the Compagnie industrielle des Combustibles Atomiques Frittes who has set up a pilot plant having a capacity of 25 metric tons/year, for the Commissariat l'Energie Atomique and has been operating this plant since May 1958. This plant is presented by a film entitled 'uranium oxide'. (author) [French] Les qualites de l'oxyde d'uranium, en particulier son bon comportement en pile et sa resistance a la corrosion par les fluides caloporteurs habituels, font choisir aujourd'hui ce materiau comme combustible de nombreux reacteurs de

The creation of a uranium oxide industry, from the laboratory stage to a pilot plant (1961); Creation d'une industrie de l'oxyde d'uranium du laboratoire a l'usine pilote (1961)

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Caillat, R; Delange, M; Sauteron, J [Commissariat a l' Energie Atomique, Saclay (France).Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires; Hauser, R [Compagnie Industrielle des Combustibles atomiques frittes (France)

1961-07-01

The qualities of uranium oxide, in particular its good in-pile characteristics and its resistance to corrosion by the usual heat-exchange fluids, have led to this material being chose at the present time as a nuclear fuel in many power reactors, either planned or under construction. A great effort has been made these last few years in France in studying processes for transforming powdered uranium oxide into a dense material with satisfactory behaviour in a neutron flux. The laboratories at Saclay have studied the physico-chemical features of the phenomena accompanying the calcination of uranium peroxide or ammonium uranate to give uranium trioxide, and the subsequent reduction of the latter to dioxide as well as the sintering of the powders obtained. This work has made it possible on one hand to prepare powder of known specific surface area, and on the other to show the overriding influence of this factor, all other things being equal, on the behaviour of powders during sintering in a hydrogen atmosphere. The work has led to defining two methods for sintering stoichiometric uranium oxide of high density. The technological study of the preparation of the powder and its industrial production are carried out at the plant of Le Bouchet which produces at the moment powders of known characteristics suitable for sintering in hydrogen at 1650 deg. C without prior grinding. The industrial sintering is carried out by the Compagnie industrielle des Combustibles Atomiques Frittes who has set up a pilot plant having a capacity of 25 metric tons/year, for the Commissariat l'Energie Atomique and has been operating this plant since May 1958. This plant is presented by a film entitled 'uranium oxide'. (author) [French] Les qualites de l'oxyde d'uranium, en particulier son bon comportement en pile et sa resistance a la corrosion par les fluides caloporteurs habituels, font choisir aujourd'hui ce materiau comme combustible de nombreux reacteurs de puissance en construction ou en

With thanks to our 2016 peer reviewers

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2017-01-01

2016 peer reviewers We are grateful to the following people for their significant contribution to Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada as peer reviewers in 2016. Their expertise ensures the quality of our journal and promotes the sharing of new knowledge among peers in Canada and internationally. Jillian Avis Sunday Azagba Sharon Bartholomew Michèle Boileau-Falardeau Jimmy Bourque Darren Brenner Robert Brison Yves Carrière Neena Chappell Guanmin Chen Yue Chen Edward Chesney Anna Chudyk Martin Cooke Erica Di Ruggiero Janet Durbin Charlene Elliott Peter Ellis Alexa Ferdinands Bradley Ferguson Lauren Fiechtner Maylene Fong Marilyn Fortin Nancy Gell Margo Greenwood Rita Henderson Erin Hobin Andrew Howell Natalie Iciaszczyk Jeff Johnson Janet Elizabeth Jull Tetyana Kendzerska Nicholas King Elaine Kingwell Victoria Kirsh Erin Kropac Liana Leach Claire Leblanc Yann Le Bodo Daniel Lebouthillier Isra Levy Elizabeth Lin Catherine Mah Loraine Marrett Caitlin McArthur Teri McComber Amy McPherson Verena Menec Leia Minaker Howard Morrison Yeeli Mui Kiyuri Naicker Tor Oiamo Scott Patten Marie-Claude Paquette Cheryl Peters Jennifer Petkovic William Pickett Michelle Ploughman Daniel Poremski Harry Prapavessis Steven Prus Jürgen Rehm Laurene Rehman Sandra Reynolds Annie Rhodes Celia Rodd Kaley Roosen Ellen Rosenberg Linda Rothman Jerry Schultz Kelly Skinner Robin Skinner Robin Somerville Becky Spencer Richard Stanwick Michael Stevenson David Streiner Laura Struik Anna Syrowatka Christopher Tait Chen Tang Kara Thompson Michelle Vine Claudio Violato JianLi Wang Stéphanie Ward Cynthia Weijs Russell Wilkins Keri Lynn Williams Renate Ysseldyk Tingting Zhang Christopher Zou

Management of Multi-Casualty Incidents in Mountain Rescue: Evidence-Based Guidelines of the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MEDCOM).

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Blancher, Marc; Albasini, François; Elsensohn, Fidel; Zafren, Ken; Hölzl, Natalie; McLaughlin, Kyle; Wheeler, Albert R; Roy, Steven; Brugger, Hermann; Greene, Mike; Paal, Peter

2018-02-15

Blancher, Marc, François Albasini, Fidel Elsensohn, Ken Zafren, Natalie Hölzl, Kyle McLaughlin, Albert R. Wheeler III, Steven Roy, Hermann Brugger, Mike Greene, and Peter Paal. Management of multi-casualty incidents in mountain rescue. High Alt Med Biol. 00:000-000, 2018. Multi-Casualty Incidents (MCI) occur in mountain areas. Little is known about the incidence and character of such events, and the kind of rescue response. Therefore, the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MEDCOM) set out to provide recommendations for the management of MCI in mountain areas. Details of MCI occurring in mountain areas related to mountaineering activities and involving organized mountain rescue were collected. A literature search using (1) PubMed, (2) national mountain rescue registries, and (3) lay press articles on the internet was performed. The results were analyzed with respect to specific aspects of mountain rescue. We identified 198 MCIs that have occurred in mountain areas since 1956: 137 avalanches, 38 ski lift accidents, and 23 other events, including lightning injuries, landslides, volcanic eruptions, lost groups of people, and water-related accidents. General knowledge on MCI management is required. Due to specific aspects of triage and management, the approach to MCIs may differ between those in mountain areas and those in urban settings. Mountain rescue teams should be prepared to manage MCIs. Knowledge should be reviewed and training performed regularly. Cooperation between terrestrial rescue services, avalanche safety authorities, and helicopter crews is critical to successful management of MCIs in mountain areas.

8-Hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OH-dG): A biomarker of oxidative damage in yellow bullheads chronically exposed to low-level radiation

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McCreedy, C.D.; Glickman, L.T.

1995-01-01

8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OH-dG), an oxidation product of the nucleotide deoxyguanosine (dG) was used as a biomarker to assess oxidative damage in brain and gill tissues of yellow bullhead catfish (Ameiurus natalis; n = 18) inhabiting an abandoned reactor reservoir contaminated with low levels of d137 Cs (Pond B, Savannah River Site, SC). DNA was isolated by chloroform-isoamyl extraction, enzymatically digested with Nuclease P1/Calf Intestinal Phosphatase, and analyzed by HPLC with electrochemical detection.Length, weight, age, condition and muscle 137 Cs activity of each fish were also determined. Concentrations of 8-OH-dG were greater in brain than in gill tissues. 8-OH-dG in gill tissues decreased as condition of fish increased, but as age increased, the effect of condition declined. Brain 8-OH-dG concentration was not related to age or condition of fish, but was greater in females and the interaction between gender and 137 Cs was significant. Brain 8-OH-dG was positively associated with muscle 137 Cs concentration among females, but was unrelated to 137 Cs concentration in males. At lower 137 Cs concentrations, females tended to have fewer oxidative DNA adducts in brian than did males. Deposition of somatic lipids into eggs may provide females some anti-oxidant benefit by diminishing the contribution of lipid peroxidation to DNA damage. 8-OH-dG is a sensitive biomarker of low-level radiation exposure, however, its application in fish requires consideration of factors such as gender, age, body-condition, and the tissue type sampled

Safety and immunogenicity of Salmonella typhimurium expressing C-terminal truncated human IL-2 in a murine model

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Brent Sorenson

2010-03-01

Full Text Available Brent Sorenson, Kaysie Banton, Lance Augustin, Sean Barnett, Karen McCulloch, Joshua Dorn, Natalie Frykman, Arnold Leonard, Daniel SaltzmanDepartment of Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USAAbstract: Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium preferentially colonizes tumors in vivo and has proven to be an effective biologic vector. The attenuated S. enterica Typhimurium strain χ4550 was engineered to express truncated human interleukin-2 and renamed SalpIL2. Previously, we observed that a single oral administration of SalpIL2 reduced tumor number and volume, while significantly increasing local and systemic natural killer (NK cell populations in an experimental metastasis model. Here we report that in nontumor-bearing mice, a single oral dose of SalpIL2 resulted in increased splenic cytotoxic T and NK cell populations that returned to control levels by 4 weeks post oral administration. Though SalpIL2 was detected in mouse tissues for up to 10 weeks, no prolonged alterations in peripheral blood serum chemistry or complete blood cell counts were observed. Similarly, comparative histopathological analysis of tissues revealed no significant increase in pyogranulomas in SalpIL2-treated animals with respect to saline controls. In Rag-1 knockout mice, which have severely impaired B and T cell function, SalpIL2 reduced growth of hepatic metastases. Furthermore, SalpIL2 altered expression of several proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines in the serum of mice with pulmonary osteosarcoma metastases. These data further suggest that SalpIL2 is avirulent and induces a cell-mediated antitumor response.Keywords: Salmonella Typhimurium, natural killer cells, interleukin-2

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Redactie KITLV

1974-04-01

Full Text Available - Umar Junus, Claire Holt, Culture and politics in Indonesia, Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca and London, 1972. xi, 348 pp., maps, indexes., Benedict R. O’G. Anderson, James Siegel (eds. - S. Avé, Robert Stiller, Antologia Literatury Malajskiej. Biblioteka Narodowa, Zaklad Narodowy im. Ossolinskich, Wroclaw etc. 1971. 528 p. - H.J. Heering, J. van Baal, De boodschap der drie illusies. Van Gorcum & Co. Assen 1972. 135 blz. - The Siauw Giap, Goh Cheng Teik, The Malay Thirteenth incident and democracy in Malaysia. Oxford in Asia Current Affairs. Oxford University Press, Kula Lumpur & Singapore, 1971. 76 p. - W.F. Wertheim, Harry J. Benda, Continuity and change in Southeast Asia: Collected journal articles, Southeast Asia studies, Yale University, New Haven 1972, 307 p. - J.J. Ras, James Danandjaja, An annotated bibliography of Javanese folklore, Occasional paper no.9, Center for South and Southeast Asia studies, University of California, Berkeley, 1972, 162 pp. - I. Schöffer, Rob Nieuwenhuys, Oost Indische spiegel. Wat Nederlandse schrijvers en dichters over Indonesië hebben geschreven, vanaf de eerste jaren der Compagnie tot heden. Em. Querido, Amsterdam 1972. 645 blz. (Inleiding 11-18, Aantekeningen 555-621, Verantwoording 622-25, Namen en adressen 626, Woordenlijst 627-30, Register 631-45. - E. Postel-Coster, James L. Peacock, Indonesia; an anthropological perspective. Goodyear regional anthropological series, Edword Norbeck (ed.. Goodyear publishing company, Inc., Pacific Palisades, California, 1973. 168 pp. - C. Baks, O.H.K. Spate, India, Pakistan and Ceylon, the regions. Methuen and Co. Ltd., University Paperback 420, London 1972. 407-862 p., A.T.A. Learmouth, B.H. Farmer (eds. - ,

Evidence of lung cancer risk from animal studies

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Cross, F.T.

1988-03-01

Human epidemiological data provide the most important basis for assessing risks of radon exposures. However, additional insight into the nature of exposure-response relationships is provided by animal experimentation and dosimetric determinations. Animal studies have now been conducted for more than 50 years to examine the levels of pollutants in underground mines that were responsible for the respiratory effects observed among miners. This work has emphasized respiratory cancer and the interaction of radon with other agents, such as ore dust, diesel-engine-exhaust fumes and cigarette smoke. The more recent data on radon-daughter inhalation exposures were provided by two American research centers, The University of Rochester (UR) and the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL), and by the Compagnie Generale des Matieres Nucleaires (COGEMA) laboratory in France. Approximately 2000 mice, 100 rats and 80 dogs were employed in the completed UR studies, begun in the mid 1950s; 800 hamsters, 5000 rats and 100 dogs in the ongoing PNL studies, begun in the late 1960s; and 10,000 rats in the ongoing COGEMA studies, also begun in the late 1960s. More complete updated biological effects, data resulting from chronic radon-daughter inhalation exposures of mice, hamsters, rats and beagle dogs were examined. Emphasis on the carcinogenic effects of radon-decay product exposure, including the influences of radon-daughter exposure rate, unattached fraction and disequilibrium, and co-exposures to other pollutants. Plausible values for the radon (radon-daughter) lifetime lung-cancer risk coefficients are also provided. 13 refs., 1 fig., 1 tab

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J.G. Oosten

1980-10-01

Full Text Available - M.A. van Bakel, Frederic L. Pryor, The origins of the economy. A comparative study of distribution in primitive and peasant economies. Academic Press, New York 1977. XVIII + 475 blz. - H.J. de Graaf, W. Ph. Coolhaas, Generale missiven van Gouverneurs-Generaal en Raden aan heren XVII der Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie. Deel VII. 1713-1725. ‘s-Gravenhage 1979. Rijks geschiedkundige publicatiën. Grote Serie 164. - F.G.P. Jaquet, P. Sutikno, J. Bastin, Nineteenth century prints and illustrated books of Indonesia; with particular reference to the print collection of the Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam; a descriptive bibliography. Utrecht etc., Het Spectrum, 1979. XIV, 386 pp. Ills., B. Brommer (eds. - S. Kooijman, Adrienne L. Kaeppler, “Artificial curiosities” being an exposition of native manufactures collected on the three Pacific voyages of Captain James Cook, R.N. at the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum January 18, 1978 - August 31, 1978 on the occasion of the Bicentennial of the European discovery of the Hawaiian islands by Captain Cook - January 18, 1778. Bernice P. Bishop Museum special publication 65, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1978. - J.G. Oosten, Marcel Mauss, Seasonal variations of the Eskimo. A study in social morphology. Marcel Mauss in collaboration with Henri Beuchat. Translated, with a foreword by James J. Fox. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, Boston and Henley 1979. - Jérôme Rousseau, W.F. Schneeberger, Contributions to the ethnology of central Northeast Borneo (parts of Kalimantan, Sarawak and Sabah. The University of Berne, Institute of Ethnology, Berne 1979. Series: Studia ethnologica Bernensia, no. 2. 143 pages. Maps, figures, plates.

Facility design, construction, and operation

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1995-04-01

France has been disposing of low-level radioactive waste (LLW) at the Centre de Stockage de la Manche (CSM) since 1969 and now at the Centre de Stockage de l'Aube (CSA) since 1992. In France, several agencies and companies are involved in the development and implementation of LLW technology. The Commissariat a l'Energie Atomic (CEA), is responsible for research and development of new technologies. The Agence National pour la Gestion des Dechets Radioactifs is the agency responsible for the construction and operation of disposal facilities and for wastes acceptance for these facilities. Compagnie Generale des Matieres Nucleaires provides fuel services, including uranium enrichment, fuel fabrication, and fuel reprocessing, and is thus one generator of LLW. Societe pour les Techniques Nouvelles is an engineering company responsible for commercializing CEA waste management technology and for engineering and design support for the facilities. Numatec, Inc. is a US company representing these French companies and agencies in the US. In Task 1.1 of Numatec's contract with Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Numatec provides details on the design, construction and operation of the LLW disposal facilities at CSM and CSA. Lessons learned from operation of CSM and incorporated into the design, construction and operating procedures at CSA are identified and discussed. The process used by the French for identification, selection, and evaluation of disposal technologies is provided. Specifically, the decisionmaking process resulting in the change in disposal facility design for the CSA versus the CSM is discussed. This report provides' all of the basic information in these areas and reflects actual experience to date

Urania in the Marketplace: The Timepieces

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Rumstay, Kenneth S.

2014-01-01

During the twentieth century astronomical imagery was frequently incorporated, by makers of a wide variety of consumer goods, into advertisements which appeared in popular magazines in America. These images were usually intended to suggest a level of precision and reliability for the product associated (at least in the public conscience) with the science of astronomical observation. Perhaps more than any other item encountered in daily life, the personal timepiece was expected to exhibit these attributes. During the prosperous 1920’s, two watch manufacturers in particular used astronomical associations to extoll the quality of their wares. One was the Elgin National Watch Company, an American firm founded in Chicago in 1864 which remained in business until 1968. The other was the Swiss firm Longines (more properly the Compagnie des Montres Longines Francillon S.A.); based in Saint-Imier since its founding in 1832, this firm has been producing luxury watches for 182 years. Both produced full-page ads for wide-circulation magazines such as The National Geographic, The Atlantic Monthly, and The Saturday Evening Post. While enticing readers to purchase a new watch as a gift or for oneself, these ads provided a look into the world of the professional astronomer. Examples of advertisements by these and other watch manufacturers, spanning the period 1897 to 1967 are presented. Particularly amusing is a personal testimonial from the English owner of an American Waltham watch, who had chided Britain’s Astronomer Royal for dropping the Greenwich time ball just a tad too early.

Quanto Keynes c’è in Franco Modigliani? (As Keynes is in Franco Modigliani?

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Luigi Pasinetti

2012-04-01

Full Text Available Modigliani ebbe percezione dell’importanza della Teoria Generale di Keynes ancor prima di incominciare a studiare economia. Dopo essere diventato economista di professione, grazie alla sua ricerca, sia teorica che applicata, il suo insegnamento, le sue raccomandazioni a combattere la disoccupazione di massa, Modigliani divenne noto a livello mondiale come uno dei più grandi economisti keynesiani. Eppure vi sono molte componenti essenziali della Teoria Generale di Keynes che nei lavori di Modigliani non si trovano. In questa lezione si mostra come il suo sforzo – per usare una sua espressione – di “digerire” le idee innovative di Keynes nella più tradizionale teoria walrasiana porti alla perdita delle idee più genuinamente rivoluzionarie di Keynes. L’autore sostiene – riferendosi anche ad alcuni ricordi personali – che la convinzione di Keynes della necessità di costruire una nuova “teoria monetaria della produzione” rimane rilevante oggi quanto lo era all’epoca in cui venne proposta. Più che cercare di “digerire” la rivoluzione keynesiana, dovremmo cercare di portarla pienamente a compimento.   Modigliani was perceived importance of the General Theory of Keynes even before begin to study economics. After becoming an economist by profession, thanks to his research, both theoretical and applied, its teaching, its recommendations to combat mass unemployment, Modigliani became known worldwide as one of the greatest Keynesian economists. Yet there are many essential elements of the General Theory of Keynes that in the works of Modigliani are not. In this lesson we show how his effort - to use his own expression - to "digest" the innovative ideas of Keynes in the more traditional Walrasian theory lead to the loss of more genuinely revolutionary ideas of Keynes. The author claims - referring to some personal memories - that the belief of Keynes to the need to build a new "monetary theory of production" remains as

Cardiopulmonary laboratory biomarkers in the evaluation of acute dyspnea

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Stokes NR

2016-05-01

Full Text Available Natalie R Stokes,1 Brett W Dietz,1 Jackson J Liang2 1Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2Cardiovascular Division, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USAAbstract: Dyspnea is a common chief complaint in the emergency department, with over 4 million visits annually in the US. Establishing the correct diagnosis can be challenging, because the subjective sensation of dyspnea can result from a wide array of underlying pathology, including pulmonary, cardiac, neurologic, psychiatric, toxic, and metabolic disorders. Further, the presence of dyspnea is linked with increased mortality in a variety of conditions, and misdiagnosis of the cause of dyspnea leads to poor patient-level outcomes. In combination with the history and physical, efficient, and focused use of laboratory studies, the various cardiopulmonary biomarkers can be useful in establishing the correct diagnosis and guiding treatment decisions in a timely manner. Use and interpretation of such tests must be guided by the clinical context, as well as an understanding of the current evidence supporting their use. This review discusses current standards and research regarding the use of established and emerging cardiopulmonary laboratory markers in the evaluation of acute dyspnea, focusing on recent evidence assessing the diagnostic and prognostic utility of various tests. These markers include brain natriuretic peptide (BNP and N-terminal prohormone (NT-proBNP, mid-regional peptides proatrial NP and proadrenomedullin, cardiac troponins, D-dimer, soluble ST2, and galectin 3, and included is a discussion on the use of arterial and venous blood gases.Keywords: cardiopulmonary, emergency, heart failure, troponin, BNP, galectin 3, MR-proANP, MR-proADM

Modernità e ortodossia: strategie di conciliazione e dissidenza nell'insegnamento della filosofia nei collegi gesuitici del primo Settecento

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Anna Rita Capoccia

2010-02-01

Full Text Available La contribution d'A. R. Capoccia s'appuie sur l'analyse des manuscrits de philosophie naturelle (phisica de Giulio Gori et d'autres professeurs jésuites du Collège Romain au cours des deux premières décenniesdu xviiie siècle. L'auteure s'attache à mettre en évidence l'opposition, “disimulée” mais bien réelle, des professeurs aux prescriptions officielles de l'Ordre en matière d'enseignement. Elle s'emploie en particulier à décrire l'une des stratégies d'introduction de la philosophie moderne, atomiste et cartésienne, qui sapaient en fait les bases des propositions doctrinales constitutives de l'orthodoxie doctrinale de la Compagnie de Jésus.Il contributo di A. R. Capoccia è basato sull’analisi dei manoscritti di filosofia naturale (phisica di Giulio Gori e di altri professori gesuiti al Collegio romano nel primo ventennio del Settecento; in esso si descrivono la ‘dissimulata’ opposizione dei professori alle prescrizioni ufficiali dell’Ordine in materia d’insegnamento e una delle strategie d’introduzione della filosofia moderna, atomistica e cartesiana in particolare, che scardinavano gli assunti dottrinali a fondamento dell’ortodossia nell’Ordine dei gesuiti.Anna Rita Capoccia's contribution is based on the analysis of manuscripts created by Giulio Gori and other Jesuit professors at Roman College in the first twenty years of eighteenth century.There are here described professors' "hidden" opposition to official precepts by the Order about teaching and an introduction strategy to Atomist and Cartesian modern philosophy; these strategies unhinged doctrinal tasks that were the theoretical structure of Jesuit Order's orthodoxy.

Book review, Patologie articolari nel cane e nel gatto, Filippo Maria Martini

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Manuel Graziani

2008-03-01

Full Text Available Con il cambiare dei tempi, sono cambiate anche le priorità nell’ambito sempre più vasto degli animali da compagnia. Se, infatti, fino allo scorso decennio chi si occupava di ortopedia veterinaria aveva a che fare esclusivamente con pazienti traumatizzati, ora l’ortopedia e la traumatologia veterinaria devono fare i conti sempre più spesso con le patologie articolari. I motivi di questa inversione di tendenza sono molti e di diverso genere, certamente i più influenti riguardano la diffusione di soggetti atleti che sviluppano specifiche patologie, l’allungamento della vita media che espone i pazienti a malattie articolari degenerative un tempo prerogativa dell’uomo e la presenza di razze canine particolarmente predisposte a tali patologie. A ciò si aggiunga l’esigenza crescente dei proprietari degli animali, di comprendere a fondo quali siano le migliori cure per i propri compagni. Per questi motivi lo specialista in Ortopedia degli animali domestici, Filippo Maria Martini, ha redatto Patologie articolari nel cane e nel gatto: un volume che non vuole essere un manuale sulle tecniche chirurgiche (nonostante al suo interno vengano comunque descritte, piuttosto un manuale pratico in grado da una parte di fornire gli strumenti necessari per comprendere, interpretare e diagnosticare le patologie articolari; dall’altra di dare le basi teoriche per impostare un protocollo terapeutico in modo corretto ed emettere una prognosi adeguata. Tutto ciò nella convinzione che un buon clinico non possa limitarsi ad eseguire una visita e ad impostare una terapia, ma debba necessariamente stilare un elenco di esami utili ai fini della definizione della diagnosi, discuterne con il proprietario e consigliare il più adeguato protocollo diagnostico e terapeutico.

CPA ups storage at Lavera site

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Back, R.

1992-01-01

Compagnie Parisienne des Asphaltes (CPA; Paris) and its subsidiary Pacsud -owned 65% by CPA and 35% by Shell Chimie (Paris) - have inaugurated their new chemicals storage site at Lavera, France, in the Europort South complex near Marseilles. The facilities, with 60,000-m.t./year capacity, also include a barreling plant that will have output of up to 250 bbl/hour when it comes onstream next spring. Total investment for these facilities amount to F122 million ($22.5 million), including F22 million for the barreling unit. CPA, France's number two storage specialist, after LB Chimie (Paris), is jointly owned by investment company Union Normandie (60%), Elf Aquitaine (Paris; 20%), and Total (Paris; 20%). Adding to its existing French storage sites at Dunkirk and Rouen, CPA says it decided to build on the Pacsud venture because it considered it attractive to invest in the petroleum and petrochemical complex of Fos-Berre-Lavera, particularly since the present trend in the oil and chemical industries is to subcontract all ancillary functions, especially logistics. CPA general manager Rafic Charles Rathle says that customer requirements and the role of the service provider are changing. With that in mid, CPA, in addition to providing storage terminals, converts its depots into distribution and packing centers. At Lavera the company has taken over storage, blending, and barreling operations for Pacsud and its direct customers. For example, Pacsud has a long-term contract with Shell Chimie for the latter's additive production at a 10,000-m.t./year rate. Another long-term contract is being negotiated, but the identity of the customer was not revealed

Epuration des eaux usées de raffinerie par le procédé biologique des lits bactériens. Problèmes pratiques de l'exploitation Purifying Refinery Waste Water by the Bacterial Bed Biological Process. Practical Operational Problems

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Leising M.

2006-11-01

Full Text Available Le traitement des eaux de raffinerie par le procédé des Iits bactériens constitue une solution intéressante. Néanmoins, il subsiste actuellement des problèmes pratiques d'exploitation, en particulier la tendance au colmatage des lits bactériens existants qui résulte d'un encrassement incontrôlé des garnissages en vrac. Après étude, il est confirmé que les hydrocarbures, les matières en suspension contenus dans l'effluent et une mauvaise évacuation de la biomasse sont à l'origine du problème. L'examen des possibilités de lutte contre ce phénomène permet de distinguer des mesures curatives et des mesure préventives. Les mesures curatives qui consistent à régénérer le garnissage par augmentation de la charge hydraulique, nettoyage chimique, ou nettoyage manuel ne donnent pas entière satisfaction. Parmi tes mesures préventives, l'une des méthodes consiset à réduire la charge polluante de l'effluent : les eaux usées phénolées sont dessalées, les eaux de désulfuration du gas oil (DGO et fluid cracking catalytic (FCC sont strippées, les soudes sont réinjectées dans le brut, les huiles récupérées juste en aval de leur rejet, les traitements primaires sont optimisés, notamment par installation de racleurs et de tambours oléophiles sur les séparateurs API et par un meilleur choix de floculants. Néanmoins, l'expérience montre que cette méthode ne permet que de retarder l'échéance du colmatage. Le meilleur moyen de lutte réside dans le choix du matériau de garnissage, ainsi que le montrent les essais pilotes comparatifs réalisés par l'Institut National de Recherche Chimique Appliquée (lRCHA et Compagnie Française de Raffinage (CFR. Ces essais, qui ont portés sur l'évolution de la densité du garnissage, les performances épuratoires et la qualité des boues montrent que le Cloisonyle, garnissage tubulaire, est probablement le matériau le mieux adapté. Refinery waste-water treatment by trickling

Men and their land. The mining sites of the Mokta French Company in Lozere; Des hommes et leur terre. Les sites miniers de la Compagnie Francaise de Mokta en Lozere

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1994-09-01

This booklet summarizes the history of the mining activity in the Lozere district (France) devoted to the extraction of uranium ores. This activity started in 1957 with the open cast exploitation of the Cellier deposit which lasted 35 years and produced 4200 t of uranium from 5800000 t of ore. The exploitation was performed by the French Company of Uranium Ores (CFMU). The uranium crisis started in 1962 and led to an increase of prospecting activities. The crisis ended with the first oil crack in 1973 and the uranium demand and prices grew up until 1979 when the Three Mile Island reactor accident occurred. The second crisis that followed led to the development of new recovery processes such as the heap lixiviation process. In 1980, the CFMU became the French Company of Mokta (CFM) and in 1986, the CFM became a 100% daughter company of the Cogema group. The exploitation of the Bondons mine ended in 1989 and the program of site rehabilitation started. The document focusses on the environmental aspects of this program, the reforestation, the drainage of surface waters and the control of water quality. (J.S.)

Heat-transfer-based detection of SNPs in the PAH gene of PKU patients

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Vanden Bon N

2014-03-01

Full Text Available Natalie Vanden Bon,1 Bart van Grinsven,2 Mohammed Sharif Murib,2 Weng Siang Yeap,2 Ken Haenen,2,3 Ward De Ceuninck,2,3 Patrick Wagner,2,3 Marcel Ameloot,1 Veronique Vermeeren,1 Luc Michiels11Biomedical Research Institute, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium; 2Institute for Materials Research, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium; 3IMOMEC, Diepenbeek, BelgiumAbstract: Conventional neonatal diagnosis of phenylketonuria is based on the presence of abnormal levels of phenylalanine in the blood. However, for carrier detection and prenatal diagnosis, direct detection of disease-correlated mutations is needed. To speed up and simplify mutation screening in genes, new technologies are developed. In this study, a heat-transfer method is evaluated as a mutation-detection technology in entire exons of the phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH gene. This method is based on the change in heat-transfer resistance (Rth upon thermal denaturation of dsDNA (double-stranded DNA on nanocrystalline diamond. First, ssDNA (single-stranded DNA fragments that span the size range of the PAH exons were successfully immobilized on nanocrystalline diamond. Next, it was studied whether an Rth change could be observed during the thermal denaturation of these DNA fragments after hybridization to their complementary counterpart. A clear Rth shift during the denaturation of exon 5, exon 9, and exon 12 dsDNA was observed, corresponding to lengths of up to 123 bp. Finally, Rth was shown to detect prevalent single-nucleotide polymorphisms, c.473G>A (R158Q, c.932T>C (p.L311P, and c.1222C>T (R408W, correlated with phenylketonuria, displaying an effect related to the different melting temperatures of homoduplexes and heteroduplexes.Keywords: mutation detection, heat-transfer resistance, melting temperature, nanocrystalline diamond, persistence length

Transformational change: nurses substituting for ophthalmologists for intravitreal injections – a quality-improvement report

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Michelotti MM

2014-04-01

Full Text Available Monica M Michelotti,1 Salwa Abugreen,2 Simon P Kelly,1 Jiten Morarji,1 Debra Myerscough,2 Tina Boddie,2 Ann Haughton,1 Natalie Nixon,2 Brenda Mason,1 Evangelos Sioras11Ophthalmology Department, Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Bolton, UK; 2Ophthalmology Department, East Lancashire NHS Trust, Blackburn, UKBackground: The dramatic increase in need for anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF intravitreal therapy in the treatment of retinal disease and the absence of an equivalent increase in ophthalmologists to undertake such intravitreal injections created a patient-safety risk. Timing of intravitreal therapy (IVT is critical to prevent vision loss and local clinics lacked capacity to treat patients appropriately. We aimed to improve capacity for IVT by nurse injections.Materials and methods: A multidisciplinary prospective service-improvement process was undertaken at two adjacent general hospitals in the northwest of England. IVT injections by nurses were a principal component of solution development. After we had obtained appropriate institutional approval, experienced ophthalmic nurses were trained, supervised, and assessed to undertake IVT. Ophthalmologists directly supervised the first 200 injections, and a retina specialist was always on site.Results: Nurses undertook 3,355 intravitreal injections between June 2012 and November 2013, with minor adverse events (0.3% subconjunctival hemorrhage and corneal abrasion. There were no patient complaints at either hospital.Conclusion: Experienced ophthalmic nurses quickly learned how to perform such injections safely. IVT by nurses was well accepted by patients and staff. Hospital A trained three nurses sequentially for improved flexibility in scheduling. Novel use of appropriately trained nonmedical staff can improve efficiency and access in an overburdened service with time-sensitive disease. Retinal assessment was undertaken by ophthalmologists only. Improved access to IVT

Eszopiclone for late-life insomnia

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Christina S McCrae

2007-10-01

Full Text Available Christina S McCrae1, Amanda Ross1, Ashley Stripling2, Natalie D Dautovich21Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, 2Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USAAbstract: Insomnia, the most common sleep disturbance in later life, affects 20%–50% of older adults. Eszopiclone, a short-acting nonbenzodiazepine hypnotic agent developed for the treatment of insomnia, has been available in Europe since 1992 and in the US since 2005. Although not yet evaluated for transient insomnia in older adults, eszopiclone has been shown to be safe and efficacious for short-term treatment (2 weeks of chronic, primary insomnia in older adults (64–91 years. Clinical studies in younger adults (mean = 44 years have shown eszopiclone can be used for 6–12 months without evidence of problems. Because the oldest participant in these longer-term trials was 69, it not known whether eszopiclone is effective for older adults [particularly the old old (75–84 years and oldest old (85+] when used over longer periods. This is unfortunate, because older individuals frequently suffer from chronic insomnia. Cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia, which effectively targets the behavioral factors that maintain chronic insomnia, represents an attractive treatment alternative or adjuvant to eszopiclone for older adults. To date, no studies have compared eszopiclone to other hypnotic medications or to nonpharmacological interventions, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia, in older adults. All of the clinical trials reported herein were funded by Sepracor. This paper provides an overview of the literature on eszopiclone with special emphasis on its use for the treatment of late-life insomnia. Specific topics covered include pharmacology, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, clinical trial data, adverse events, drug interactions, tolerance/dependence, and economics/cost considerations for older adults. Keywords: aging, eszopiclone

Multi-year GNSS monitoring of atmospheric IWV over Central and South America for climate studies

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Mendoza, Luciano; Bianchi, Clara; Fernández, Laura; Natali, María Paula; Meza, Amalia; Moirano, Juan

2017-04-01

Atmospheric water vapour has been acknowledged as an essential climate variable. Weather prediction and hazard assessment systems benefit from real-time observations, whereas long-term records contribute to climate studies. Nowadays, ground-based GNSS products have become widely employed, complementing satellite observations over the oceans. Although the past decade has seen a significant development of the GNSS infrastructure in Central and South America, its potential for atmospheric water vapour monitoring has not been fully exploited. With this in mind, we have performed a regional, seven-year long and homogeneous analysis, comprising 136 GNSS tracking stations, obtaining high-rate and continuous observations of column integrated water vapour and troposphere zenith total delay (Bianchi et al. 2016). As preliminary application for this data set, we have estimated local water vapour trends, their significance, and their relation with specific climate regimes. We have found evidence of drying at temperate regions in South America, at a rate of about 2% per decade, while a slow moistening of the troposphere over tropical regions is also weakly suggested by our results. Furthermore, we have assessed the regional performance of the empirical model GPT2w to blindly estimate troposphere delays. The model fairly reproduces the observed mean delays, including their annual and semi-annual variations. Nevertheless, a long-term evaluation has shown systematical biases, up to 20 mm, probably inherited form the underling atmospheric reanalysis. Additionally, the complete data set has been made openly available at a scientific repository (doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.858234). References: C. Bianchi, L. Mendoza, L. Fernandez, M. P. Natali, A. Meza, J. F. Moirano, Multi-year GNSS monitoring of atmospheric IWV over Central and South America for climate studies, Ann. Geophys., ISSN 0992-7689, eISSN 1432-0576, 34 (7), 623-639 (doi:10.5194/angeo-34-623-2016).

Contribution of CERCA to the US DOE conference on the use of 20% and 45% enriched uranium as fuel for research reactors [contributed by Ph. Dewez and J. Doumerc, CERCA

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Dewez, Ph; Doumerc, J [CERCA, Paris (France)

1993-08-01

CERCA (Compagnie pour l'Etude et la Realisation de Combustibles Atomiques) is a private French Company that was set up more than 20 years ago, in 1957. The head office of our Company is located in Paris. We have an industrial center at Bonneuil-sur-Marne near Paris, and a research and production center at Romans, between the cities of Lyon and Marseille in southern France. Throughout its existence, CERCA has many times brought a significant contribution to the design and manufacturing procedures of fuels of all kinds: - graphite-gas - heavy water, gas cooled (El-4) - heavy water, water cooled (El-3 previous tube and snow crystal designs) - light water - high temperatures and also sophisticated control rods, fuel followers, etc. Among a wide variety of other type of fuel elements CERCA has been involved since 1960 in MTR fuel element production and operates in Romans a production unit capable of 15 to 20,000 fuel plates per year. The backing of our strong R and D department enabled not only to follow the regularly increasing demand for improved characteristics by the reactor designers and users, but also to remain always a little bit ahead of these requirements in order to be able at all times to face new demands. The present international concern about non-proliferation of weapons-grade enriched uranium is now focusing interest on fuel elements with high total uranium contents. The current performance level of our products, that was made possible by our previous R and D programs, is such that we will experience no problems in keeping many low or medium power research reactors in operation. About one year ago, CERCA decided to initiate a program of technological development, to face the problem of the reduction of available enrichment.

Recovery and reprocessing of legacy geophysical data from the archives of the State Company of Geology and Mining (GEOSURV) of Iraq and Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC)

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Smith, D.V.; Drenth, B.R.; Fairhead, J.D.; Lei, K.; Dark, J.A.; Al-Bassam, K.

2011-01-01

Aeromagnetic data belonging to the State Company of Geology and Mining of Iraq (GEOSURV) have been recovered from magnetic tapes and early paper maps. In 1974 a national airborne survey was flown by the French firm Compagnie General de Geophysique (CGG). Following the survey the magnetic data were stored on magnetic tapes within an air conditioned archive run by GEOSURV. In 1990, the power supply to the archive was cut resulting in the present-day poor condition of the tapes. Frontier Processing Company and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have been able to recover over 99 percent of the original digital data from the CGG tapes. Preliminary reprocessing of the data yielded a total magnetic field anomaly map that reveals fine structures not evident in available published maps. Successful restoration of these comprehensive, high quality digital datasets obviates the need to resurvey the entire country, thereby saving considerable time and money. These data were delivered to GEOSURV in a standard format for further analysis and interpretation. A parallel effort by GETECH concentrated on recovering the legacy gravity data from the original field data sheets archived by IPC (Iraq Petroleum Company). These data have been compiled with more recent GEOSURV sponsored surveys thus allowing for the first time a comprehensive digital and unified national gravity database to be constructed with full principal facts. Figure 1 shows the final aeromagnetic and gravity data coverage of Iraq. The only part of Iraq lacking gravity and aeromagnetic data coverage is the mountainous areas of the Kurdish region of northeastern Iraq. Joint interpretation of the magnetic and gravity data will help guide future geophysical investigations by GEOSURV, whose ultimate aim is to discover economical mineral and energy resources. ?? 2011 Society of Exploration Geophysicists.

L’apprentissage du bien-être animal chez de futures professionnels animaliers : des éthiques animals malmenées

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Vidal Michel

2015-01-01

Full Text Available Les débats dont le bien-être animal est l’objet entre chercheurs, professionnels et associations en font une question socialement vive scientifico-éthique. Ils en interrogent l’éducabilité alors que cette notion est prise en compte dans les curricula de l’enseignement agricole. Envisageant son enseignement au travers d’une éducation à l’empathie interspécifique, nous questionnons les facteurs susceptibles de l’influencer. Nous nous fondons sur le discours de sept élèves en baccalauréat professionnel relevant de l’élevage d’animaux de production ou d’animaux de compagnie durant deux années de formation. Six élèves, quelle que soit leur filière de formation, souhaitent créer une relation affective sans nécessairement développer une attitude empathique durant la formation. Parmi les facteurs responsables, nous distinguons (1 un manque de confiance en soi de l’élève, (2 des motivations égocentrées primant sur des motivations zoocentrées, (3 la loyauté et les habitudes acquises à l’égard des pratiques parentales, (4 la conformation aux pratiques et idéologies dominantes du monde professionnel, (5 des facteurs associés aux situations d’enseignement (savoirs et pratiques de référence qui font autorité, valeurs de conformité primant sur des valeurs éthiques, dissociation de la dimension relationnelle et productive de l’élevage, jugements négatifs portés par l’enseignant et les élèves originaires du monde agricole. Ces facteurs généreraient des mécanismes de défense chez l’élève nuisibles au développement d’un raisonnement affectivo-éthique critique.

DYNAMIQUE DES PEUPLEMENTS DE POISSONS DANS LE RÉSERVOIR DE PETIT-SAUT (FLEUVE SINNAMARY, GUYANE FRANÇAISE.

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DE MÉRONA B.

2002-01-01

Full Text Available La modélisation des effets des barrages hydroélectriques nécessite un grand nombre de données d’observation dans chacune des situations concrètes. En zone tropicale ces données sont souvent incomplètes et de nature hétérogène rendant difficile la comparaison entre des situations différentes. En janvier 1994, Electricité de France (EDF : Compagnie Nationale française d’Electricité a procédé à la fermeture du barrage de Petit-Saut sur le fleuve Sinnamary en Guyane française. A cette occasion, un suivi environnemental a été mené sur une période s’étendant depuis 5 années avant la fermeture jusqu’à 7 années après. En ce qui concerne les poissons, trois phases successives dans le processus de colonisation du lac ont été identifiées. Pendant la phase de mise en eau, les captures de poissons ont rapidement augmenté alors que la richesse spécifique diminuait. Une espèce dominait le peuplement. Durant les 2 années qui ont suivi, les captures se sont maintenues à un niveau élevé alors que la richesse spécifique continuait à diminuer. Le peuplement était dominé par deux espèces capables de tirer avantage des nouvelles ressources offertes par le lac. Enfin, au cours des 4 années suivantes, les captures diminuaient lentement et régulièrement et la composition spécifique se modifiait profondément. Ce schéma semble conforme à ce qui a été observé dans plusieurs grandes retenues en zone tropicale.

L’anglicité dans la fiction de l’Asie du sud-est : les exemples de Paul Theroux et de Yasmine Gooneratne Englishness in South-East Asian Fiction: the Cases of Paul Theroux and Yasmine Gooneratne

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Rüdiger Ahrens

2010-01-01

Full Text Available De nos jours, la notion d’anglicité est devenue cruciale tant pour le Royaume-Uni que pour les nombreux pays du monde, dans lesquels vivent des citoyens libres et indépendants, qui participent à sa définition. La relation à la culture anglophone, en particulier en Asie, est le produit de l’histoire, et les relations politiques qu’entretiennent les pays indépendants avec l’ancienne métropole se déclinent de façon extrêmement variée, tant dans leur relation à la langue anglaise en tant que moyen de communication que dans la notion d’ethnicité. Le roman de Paul Theroux, Kowloon Tong (1998, en est un bon exemple. Il explore les conséquences du retrait brutal et affligeant d’une compagnie de textile anglais lors de la cession de Hong Kong à la Chine en 1997. Alliant les genres du roman historique, détective et sentimental, il met en scène l’opposition entre les valeurs traditionnelles britanniques qui se retirent et celles de la nouvelle classe dominante chinoise. Yasmine Gooneratne, écrivain du Sri Lanka, insiste, elle aussi, sur les conflits culturels, soit en s’inspirant du thème de son propre déplacement de Colombo à Sydney, en opposant au tourisme de masse les formes enchanteresses du folklore d’autrefois, ou encore en proposant une rencontre entre un riche héritage colonial et l’indépendance toute récente du Sri Lanka des années cinquante et soixante. Ainsi se creuse chez les écrivains contemporains une distance grandissante vis-à-vis de ce que furent au cours des siècles passés les valeurs incontestées de l’anglicité.

The creation of a uranium oxide industry, from the laboratory stage to a pilot plant (1961)

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Caillat, R.; Delange, M.; Sauteron, J.

1961-01-01

The qualities of uranium oxide, in particular its good in-pile characteristics and its resistance to corrosion by the usual heat-exchange fluids, have led to this material being chose at the present time as a nuclear fuel in many power reactors, either planned or under construction. A great effort has been made these last few years in France in studying processes for transforming powdered uranium oxide into a dense material with satisfactory behaviour in a neutron flux. The laboratories at Saclay have studied the physico-chemical features of the phenomena accompanying the calcination of uranium peroxide or ammonium uranate to give uranium trioxide, and the subsequent reduction of the latter to dioxide as well as the sintering of the powders obtained. This work has made it possible on one hand to prepare powder of known specific surface area, and on the other to show the overriding influence of this factor, all other things being equal, on the behaviour of powders during sintering in a hydrogen atmosphere. The work has led to defining two methods for sintering stoichiometric uranium oxide of high density. The technological study of the preparation of the powder and its industrial production are carried out at the plant of Le Bouchet which produces at the moment powders of known characteristics suitable for sintering in hydrogen at 1650 deg. C without prior grinding. The industrial sintering is carried out by the Compagnie industrielle des Combustibles Atomiques Frittes who has set up a pilot plant having a capacity of 25 metric tons/year, for the Commissariat l'Energie Atomique and has been operating this plant since May 1958. This plant is presented by a film entitled 'uranium oxide'. (author) [fr

Loading and transport of high-active waste (HAW) with the TN85 flask in 2008

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Rys, Michael; Horn, Thomas; Graf, Wilhelm; Bonface, Jean-Michael

2009-01-01

As a part of the operation of nuclear power plants, it is essential to safely manage the radioactive waste. With new developments in science and technology, it is a dynamic process to adapt procedures, equipment and flasks to be used in the future. This is a task for specialists - a task for GNS Gesellschaft fuer Nuklear-Service mbH and for TN International. Until 1994 reprocessing of spent fuel from German nuclear power plants was mandatory for the Utilities (EVU) in Germany. Basis for the reprocessing was the German Atomic Act. The German Utilities concluded contracts on reprocessing with Compagnie Generale des Matieres Nucleaires (COGEMA, now AREVA NC) in France and British Nuclear Fuels plc (BNFL, now INS) in England. The total amount to be reprocessed comes to 5309 t HM contracted to AREVA NC and 768 t HM contracted to INS. The waste generated from reprocessing - or an equivalent amount of radioactive material - has to be returned to the country of origin. In 1979 already an exchange of notes took place between the German and the French government with the obligation of both sides to enable and support the return of reprocessing residues or equivalents. The return of high-active waste (HAW) from France has started in 1996 with the first attribution of 28 glass canisters (one flask) to German Utilities by AREVA NC. Until 2007, 75 flasks loaded with vitrified residue (VR) canisters have been transported to Gorleben. For these transports CASTOR registered HAW 20/28 CG flasks have been used. This presentation will give some background information about the last HAW transport in 2008 with the new flask generation of the type TN85. It will also describe the assembly of the new flask, the preparation of the flask for the loading campaign as well as the loading procedure. (orig.)

La costituzione dell’INA e il monopolio statale delle assicurazioni (1912-1922 = The constitution of INA and the state monopoly of insurance (1912-1922

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Serena Potito

2012-07-01

Full Text Available Il saggio –basato principalmente su documenti attualmente conservati presso l’Archivio Storico dell’INA, a Roma– esamina le vicende legate alla nascita dell’Istituto, costituito in un regime transitorio di monopolio relativo nel settore delle assicurazioni sulla vita.A causa del suo significato economico e politico, questa speciale forma di monopolio statale diede luogo a molte reazioni nell’ambito finanziario e politico nazionale, pertanto l’INA iniziò i primi anni di attività in una situazione conflittuale ed incerta.Il saggio inoltre approfondisce le ripercussioni sul mercato assicurativo internazionale in seguito alla nascita dell’INA.Durante il decennio di monopolio parziale dell’Istituto nel settore delle assicurazioni sulla vita (1912-1922, le compagnie di assicurazione straniere ritennero compromessi i loro interessi finanziari nel mercato italiano, e lo osteggiarono fino al 1923, quando una nuova legge riformò il mercato assicurativo sulla vita, abolendo il regime di monopolio.The essay –mainly based on documents actually preserved in the Historical Archives of INA, in Rome– examines the events connected with the foundation of the Institute, established in a transient condition of partial monopoly system in life insurance sector. Because of its economic and political meaning, this special form of state monopoly gave rise to many reactions in the financial and political national context, and so INA started its first years of activity in a troubled and unstable situation. The essay also discusses about the repercussions on international insurance market in consequence of the foundation of INA.During the ten-year perior of partial monopoly of the Institute in life insurance sector (1912-1922, foreign insurance companies deemed their financial interest in Italian market jeopardized, and contrasted with it until 1923, when a new act reformed life insurance market, abrogating monopoly system. 

Le problème des hydrates dans le contexte de la production et du transport polyphasiques des pétroles bruts et des gaz naturels. Première partie : physico-chimie de la formation et de la dissociation des hydrates Hydrates Problem Within the Framework of Multiphase Production and Transport of Crude Oils and Natural Gases. Part One: Physical-Chemistry of Hydrates Formation and Dissociation

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Behar E.

2006-11-01

Full Text Available L'exploitation en mer des gisements de combustibles fossiles fluides a amplifié le besoin d'accroître nos connaissances sur les hydrates qui sont susceptibles de boucher les installations de production, de traitement et de transport. Dans cette publication, la structure moléculaire des hydrates I, II et H est rappelée, ensuite l'analyse physico-chimique de leur formation est succinctement décrite tant sur les plans thermodynamique que cinétique. Enfin, les remèdes possibles aux problèmes rencontrés par les compagnies opératrices sont indiqués, essentiellement les inhibiteurs thermodynamiques classiques tels que les alcools ou les sels qui diminuent la température de formation des hydrates, et les additifs dispersants qui évitent la croissance et/ou l'agglomération des cristaux. Pour terminer, une boucle pilote de circulation originale est présentée, ses caractéristiques qui permettent la validation des additifs dispersants dans des conditions hydrodynamiques et physico-chimiques représentatives étant soulignées. Offshore exploitation of fossil fluid fuels has emphasized the need of improving our knowledge on hydrates which can plug production, treatment and transport facilities. In this paper, the molecular structure of I, II and H hydrates is recalled, then the physical-chemistry of their formation is briefly reviewed from both the thermodynamic and the kinetic points of view. Finally, the possible remedies to the problems met by operating companies are described, mainly classical thermodynamic inhibitors such as alcohols or salts which decrease the hydrates formation temperature, and dispersant additives which avoid crystals growth and/or agglomeration. At last an original circulation loop at pilot scale is presented, its characteristics which allow the testing of dispersant additives under representative hydrodynamic and physico-chemical conditions being outlined.

Coup de projecteur entre deux scènes : Foulplay de Roberto Zappalà, Comédie de Beckett en danse

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Stefano Genetti

2016-06-01

Full Text Available S’appuyant sur la captation vidéo fournie par la compagnie et sur un entretien avec le chorégraphe, cet article concerne la pièce pour trois interprètes Foulplay (2005, conçue par Roberto Zappalà à partir de Comédie (1963, une œuvre qui marque un tournant dans la dramaturgie de Beckett. Juxtaposées dans le cadre d’un projet pluridisciplinaire, mise en scène théâtrale et projection chorégraphique se font écho. En incorporant les tensions parole/mouvement et (invisible/(inintelligible inscrites dans le dispositif métathéâtral beckettien, Foulplay suscite une réflexion sur le statut insaisissable du corps dansant, suspendu entre surgissement et évanescence, alors que le projecteur éclairant tour à tour la scène parlée et la scène dansée jette une lumière nouvelle sur les fondements et les conditions du percevoir mis à nu, et en cause, par Beckett. || Based on the company’s video recording of the performance and on an interview with the choreographer, this paper deals with the piece for three dancers Foulplay (2005 by Roberto Zappalà. Within an interartistic project juxtaposing theatre production and contemporary dance, the choreographer has drawn inspiration from Play (1963, a work that marks a turning point in Beckett’s dramatic œuvre. By embodying the tensions between word and movement and between the (invisible and the (unintelligible which define the playwright’s meta-theatrical stage, Foulplay offers a meditation on the striking, yet elusive presence of the performing body. At the same time, the spotlight that illuminates both Play’s talking heads and Foulplay’s moving bodies focuses on the many ways Beckett’s theatre questions the fundamentals of perception.

Book Reviews

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S. Husin Ali

1977-04-01

Full Text Available - G.A. Nagelkerke, Gerard J. Telkamp, Bouwstoffen voor de sociaal-economische geschiedenis van Indonesië van ca. 1900 tot 1940; een beschrijvende bibliografie; Koloniale studiën, 1916-1941; Koloniaal tijdschrift, 1912-1941. Amsterdam, Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen, 1977. 89 pp. - H.J. de Graaf, W.Ph. Coolhaas, Generale Missiven van Gouverneur-Generaal en Raden aan Heren XVII der Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie. Deel VI: 1698-1713. Uitgegeven door Dr. W.Ph. Coolhaas. Martinus Nijhoff, ‘s-Gravenhage 1976. XVI & 1000 blzn. Rijks Geschiedkundige Publicatiën. Grote Serie no. 159. - C.D. Grijns, John H. Wolff, Beginning Indonesian. Two parts, Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1971, 534 + 556 pp. tapes. - A. Ploeg, Fredrik Barth, Ritual and knowledge among the Baktaman of New Guinea. Universitetsforlaget, Oslo / Yale University Press, New Haven, 1975, 292 pp., maps, plates, figures, appendices, index. - A. Teeuw, Harry Aveling, Contemporary Indonesian poetry. Poems in Bahasa Indonesia and English by W.S. Rendra, Ajip Rosidi, Subagio Sastrowardojo, Toeti Heraty, Taufiq Ismail, Goenawan Mohamad, Sapardi Djoko Damono. Edited and translated by Harry Aveling. University of Queensland Press, Asian and Pacific Writing 5, St Lucia, Queensland 1975. 261 pp. - C. van Dijk, C. Smit, De dekolonisatie van Indonesië. H.D. Tjeenk (edition, Oxford University Press, 176 pp. - H.J.M. Claessen, S. Husin Ali, Malay peasant society and leadership. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1975. 192 pp. Bibliography, register, maps, tables, figures. - J.J. Romkes, Rodney Needham, Belief, language and experience. Basil Blackwell, Oxford 1972. XVII, 269 p. - J.B. Avé, Erik Jensen, The Iban and their Religion. Oxford Monographs on social anthropology. Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1974, VIII, 242 pp.

Loading and transport of high-active waste (HAW) with the TN85 flask in 2008

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Rys, Michael; Horn, Thomas; Graf, Wilhelm [GNS Gesellschaft fuer Nuklear-Service mbH (Germany); Bonface, Jean-Michael [TN International, Montigny-le-Bretonneux (France)

2009-07-01

As a part of the operation of nuclear power plants, it is essential to safely manage the radioactive waste. With new developments in science and technology, it is a dynamic process to adapt procedures, equipment and flasks to be used in the future. This is a task for specialists - a task for GNS Gesellschaft fuer Nuklear-Service mbH and for TN International. Until 1994 reprocessing of spent fuel from German nuclear power plants was mandatory for the Utilities (EVU) in Germany. Basis for the reprocessing was the German Atomic Act. The German Utilities concluded contracts on reprocessing with Compagnie Generale des Matieres Nucleaires (COGEMA, now AREVA NC) in France and British Nuclear Fuels plc (BNFL, now INS) in England. The total amount to be reprocessed comes to 5309 t HM contracted to AREVA NC and 768 t HM contracted to INS. The waste generated from reprocessing - or an equivalent amount of radioactive material - has to be returned to the country of origin. In 1979 already an exchange of notes took place between the German and the French government with the obligation of both sides to enable and support the return of reprocessing residues or equivalents. The return of high-active waste (HAW) from France has started in 1996 with the first attribution of 28 glass canisters (one flask) to German Utilities by AREVA NC. Until 2007, 75 flasks loaded with vitrified residue (VR) canisters have been transported to Gorleben. For these transports CASTOR {sup registered} HAW 20/28 CG flasks have been used. This presentation will give some background information about the last HAW transport in 2008 with the new flask generation of the type TN85. It will also describe the assembly of the new flask, the preparation of the flask for the loading campaign as well as the loading procedure. (orig.)

Neutronic performance of high-density LEU fuels in water-moderated and water-reflected research reactors

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Bretscher, M.M.; Matos, J.E.

1996-01-01

At the Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors (RERTR) meeting in September 1994, Durand reported that the maximum uranium loading attainable with U 3 Si 2 fuel is about 6.0 g U/cm 3 . The French Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA) plan to perform irradiation tests with 5 plates at this loading. Compagnie pour L'Etude et La Realisation de Combustibles Atomiques (CERCA) has also fabricated a few uranium nitride (UN) plates with a uranium density in the fuel meat of 7.0 g/cm 3 and found that UN is compatible with the aluminum matrix at temperatures below 500 C. High density dispersion fuels proposed for development include U-Zr(4 wt%)-Nb(2 wt%), U-Mo(5 wt%), and U-Mo(9 wt%). The purpose of this note is to examine the relative neutronic behavior of these high density fuels in a typical light water-reflected and water-moderated MTR-type research reactor. The results show that a dispersion of the U-Zr-Nb alloy has the most favorable neutronic properties and offers the potential for uranium densities greater than 8.0 g/cm 3 . On the other hand, UN is the least reactive fuel because of the relatively large 14 N(n,p) cross section. For a fixed value of k eff , the required 235 U loading per fuel element is least for the U-Zr-Nb fuel and steadily increases for the U-Mo(5%), U-Mo(9%), and UN fuels. Because of volume fraction limitations, the UO 2 dispersions are only useful for uranium densities below 5.0 g/cm 3 . In this density range, however, UO 2 is more reactive than U 3 Si 2

Relleno de huecos en mallas 3D completas mediante algoritmos de restauración de imagen

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Emiliano Pérez Hernàndez

2012-10-01

Full Text Available Resumen: En este artículo se propone un método para rellenar huecos en objetos 3D. La idea principal es la de utilizar un algoritmo de restauración de imágenes para reconstruir las partes que se han de completar. Para ello es necesario hacer una transformación de los datos de la superficie 3D en datos de imagen 2D. Por tanto, el algoritmo propuesto parte de una etapa inicial de identificación de huecos. A continuación se hace la selección, para cada hueco, de una porción de malla representativa. Seguidamente se calcula el punto de vista o plano de proyección adecuado para obtener una imagen de rango de esa porción de malla. A la imagen de rango obtenida se le aplica el algoritmo de restauración de imagen. Finalmente, se aplica una transformación inversa 2D a 3D y se integra el éresultado con la malla inicial. Se trata de un algoritmo robusto, válido para diversos tipos de huecos y diferentes tamaños de los mismos. Abstract: In this work a method for filling holes in 3D meshes based on a 2D image restoration algorithm is expounded. To do that, data must be converted to a suitable input format, a 3D to 2D transformation is executed by projecting the 3D surface onto a grid. Therefore, the proposed algorithm starts by a first stage of holes identification. Then, a meaningful mesh portiéon is choosen for each hole. Afterward, the suitable plane of projection must be computed to get the range image of the mesh portion. Later, it is applied the restauration image algorithm to the range image. Finally, an inverse transformation 2D to 3D is performed and the new produced data are integrated with the initial mesh. The result is a robust algorithm which works correctly with several kind of holes and for di_erent sizes of them. Palabras clave: visión por computador, gráficos por computador, imágenes digitales, imágenes de rango, restauración de imágenes, Keywords: computer vision, computer graphics, digital images, range images

Western oil companies in the eighties and nineties: from multi-nationalization to globalization?; Les compagnies petrolieres occidentales dans les decennies quatre-vingt et quatre-vingt-dix: de la multinationalisation a la globalisation?

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Bourgeois, B. [Grenoble-1 Univ., 38 (France)

1997-12-31

Ways and intensity of trans-nationalization process of Western oil companies have dramatically changed over the last thirty years. After a decline from 1970 to 1984, a new era of investment extraversion from home base is developing. We discuss then the extent to witch this new era is a part of a larger process of firms globalization interacting witch political internationalization. The existence of a clear globalization trend is recognized inside the oil industry, but with a persisting specificity coming from the access conditions to the oil deposits. (author)

LOCACE / BALISS : un test de la cohérence géologique d'une interprétation sismique Locace / Baliss: Test of the Geologic Coherence of Seismic Interpretation

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Moretti I.

2006-11-01

Full Text Available Durant quatre années l'Azienda Generale Italiana Petroli (AGIP, la Société Nationale Elf Aquitaine, l'Institut Français du Pétrole (IFP et Total Compagnie Française des Pétroles ont joint leurs efforts pour développer un outil de géologie structurale et un programme de rétro-déformation. Le but était d'améliorer le pointé des sections sismiques en validant l'interprétation faite par des tests de cohérence géométrique. Une section qui peut être rétro-déformée en suivant le principe de conservation de la matière est dite équilibrée. Ce projet de recherche a abouti à la réalisation de deux logiciels LOCACE et BALISS. LOCACE (LOgiciel de Construction Assistée de Coupes Equilibrées travaille à partir d'une section géologique. BALISS (BALanced Interpretation of Seismic Sections permet d'appliquer à l'image sismique profondeur les principes de l'équilibrage. Cet article rappelle les fondements de cette méthode, les différents types de déformation - rigide, couche à couche, cisaillement simple - leur mise en oeuvre dans LOCACE/BALISS et la philosophie de l'utilisation de ces logiciels. The need to use concepts of structural geology for seismic interpretation is something that is often difficult to apply because of the complexity of the zones investigated and especially because of the lack of interaction among specialists in the different areas of exploration. Likewise, quantitative geology is fairly recent, and computerized tools for structural geology are still rare although there is a multitude of them in geophysics. The existence of graphic workstations and computerized tools favoring the effective interactivity of software packages now makes it possible to integrate this implementation. The two French oil companies, Total Compagnie Française des Pétroles and Elf Aquitaine, together with Institut Français du Pétrole (IFP have joined their efforts since 1987 to develop a tool for testing the geologic and

La 6e compagnie : les interprétations d’une défaite russe en Tchétchénie [The 6th Company: debates around a Russian military defeat in Chechnya

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Amandine Regamey

2007-12-01

Full Text Available In February 2000, a company of Russian paratroopers from Pskov was defeated in the Argun Valley in Chechnya: 84 out of the 90 men were killed in combat against outnumbering Chechen fighters. Several questions arise as to the reason why they were not sent any support, but three films or serials have nevertheless been dedicated to their last fight since 2004. This article compares the official discourse, the film plots and the reactions that were stirred by these deaths among Russian veterans and analyses how the paratroopers are made to look like heroes, who fell in the name of Motherland, anti-terrorism and soldier brotherhood. Films to be discussed include Chest’ Imeiu (The honour is mine, Grozovye Vorota (The Storm Gate, Proryv (Breakthrough. [Editor’s note: Please note that countries, places and nouns (for example “Chechnya” in the text are transliterated according to the French media transliteration, whereas endnotes follow the Library of Congress’ transliteration table.

Validation of the VERITAS-Pro treatment adherence scale in a Spanish sample population with hemophilia

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Cuesta-Barriuso R

2017-03-01

Full Text Available Rubén Cuesta-Barriuso,1–3 Ana Torres-Ortuño,4 Pilar Galindo-Piñana,4 Joaquín Nieto-Munuera,4 Natalie Duncan,5 José Antonio López-Pina6 1Department of Physiotherapy, School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, European University of Madrid, 2Fishemo, Centro Especial de Empleo, Spanish Federation of Hemophilia, 3Royal Foundation Victoria Eugenia, Madrid, 4Department of Psychiatry and Social Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain; 5Indiana Hemophilia & Thrombosis Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA; 6Department of Basic Psychology and Methodology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain Purpose: We aimed to conduct a validation in Spanish of the Validated Hemophilia Regimen Treatment Adherence Scale – Prophylaxis (VERITAS-Pro questionnaire for use in patients with hemophilia under prophylactic treatment.Patients and methods: The VERITAS-Pro scale was adapted through a process of back translation from English to Spanish. A bilingual native Spanish translator translated the scale from English to Spanish. Subsequently, a bilingual native English translator translated the scale from Spanish to English. The disagreements were resolved by agreement between the research team and translators. Seventy-three patients with hemophilia, aged 13–62 years, were enrolled in the study. The scale was applied twice (2 months apart to evaluate the test–retest reliability.Results: Internal consistency reliability was lower on the Spanish VERITAS-Pro than on the English version. Test–retest reliability was high, ranging from 0.83 to 0.92. No significant differences (P>0.05 were found between test and retest scores in subscales of VERITAS-Pro. In general, Spanish patients showed higher rates of nonadherence than American patients in all subscales.Conclusion: The Spanish version of the VERITAS-Pro has high levels of consistency and empirical validity. This scale can be administered to assess the degree of

Estimating Accuracy at Exercise Intensities: A Comparative Study of Self-Monitoring Heart Rate and Physical Activity Wearable Devices.

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Dooley, Erin E; Golaszewski, Natalie M; Bartholomew, John B

2017-03-16

Physical activity tracking wearable devices have emerged as an increasingly popular method for consumers to assess their daily activity and calories expended. However, whether these wearable devices are valid at different levels of exercise intensity is unknown. The objective of this study was to examine heart rate (HR) and energy expenditure (EE) validity of 3 popular wrist-worn activity monitors at different exercise intensities. A total of 62 participants (females: 58%, 36/62; nonwhite: 47% [13/62 Hispanic, 8/62 Asian, 7/62 black/ African American, 1/62 other]) wore the Apple Watch, Fitbit Charge HR, and Garmin Forerunner 225. Validity was assessed using 2 criterion devices: HR chest strap and a metabolic cart. Participants completed a 10-minute seated baseline assessment; separate 4-minute stages of light-, moderate-, and vigorous-intensity treadmill exercises; and a 10-minute seated recovery period. Data from devices were compared with each criterion via two-way repeated-measures analysis of variance and Bland-Altman analysis. Differences are expressed in mean absolute percentage error (MAPE). For the Apple Watch, HR MAPE was between 1.14% and 6.70%. HR was not significantly different at the start (P=.78), during baseline (P=.76), or vigorous intensity (P=.84); lower HR readings were measured during light intensity (P=.03), moderate intensity (P=.001), and recovery (P=.004). EE MAPE was between 14.07% and 210.84%. The device measured higher EE at all stages (PApple Watch, and Garmin Forerunner 225. An advantage and novel approach of the study is the examination of HR and EE at specific physical activity intensities. Establishing validity of wearable devices is of particular interest as these devices are being used in weight loss interventions and could impact findings. Future research should investigate why differences between exercise intensities and the devices exist. ©Erin E Dooley, Natalie M Golaszewski, John B Bartholomew. Originally published in JMIR

Is the routine use of bevacizumab in the treatment of women with advanced or recurrent cancer of the cervix sustainable?

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Klag N

2016-06-01

Full Text Available Natalie Klag, Adam C Walter, Kristen M Sheely, Kelly J Manahan, John P Geisler Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Cancer Treatment Centers of America Newnan, Georgia, USA Background: New chemotherapy combinations are being tested for the treatment of women with advanced, persistent or recurrent cervical cancer. We sought to evaluate the cost effectiveness of some newer combination therapies in cervical cancer. Patients and methods: A cost effectiveness decision model was used to analyze Gynecologic Oncology Group 240. All regimens were modeled for seven cycles. The regimens studied are as follows: regimen 1, cisplatin/paclitaxel (CP; regimen 2, CP with bevacizumab (CP+B; regimen 3, paclitaxel/topotecan (PT; and regimen 4, PT with bevacizumab (PT+B. Overall survival, cost, and complications were studied. Sensitivity analyses were performed. Results: Mean chemotherapy costs over mean total costs for seven cycles of each follows: CP $571/$32,966; CP+B $61,671/$96,842; PT $9,211/$71,620; and PT+B $70,312/$109,211. Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER for CP+B was $133,559/quality adjusted life year (QALY. ICER for PT+B was $124,576/QALY. To achieve an incremental ICER for CP+B:CP of <$50,000/QALY gained, the mean overall survival has to increase from 1.1 years with CP to 3.5 years with CP+B. An ICER <$50,000/QALY for the other regimens would take a survival of >10 years for PT and 4.1 years for PT+B. Treating 1,000 women with cervical cancer with CP+B would cost almost double the cost of treating >18,000 women with ovarian cancer annually (carboplatin/paclitaxel. Conclusion: CP is the most cost effective regimen. A 12-month increase in overall survival will not even make the newer combinations cost effective. Currently, the use of bevacizumab is not sustainable at today's costs. Keywords: cervical cancer, chemotherapy, bevacizumab, cost-effectiveness

Use of complementary and alternative medicine before and after organ removal due to urologic cancer

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Mani J

2015-10-01

Full Text Available Jens Mani,1 Eva Juengel,1 Ilhan Arslan,1 Georg Bartsch,1 Natalie Filmann,2 Hanns Ackermann,2 Karen Nelson,3 Axel Haferkamp,1 Tobias Engl,1,* Roman A Blaheta1,* 1Department of Urology, 2Institute of Biostatistics and Mathematical Modeling, 3Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany *These authors contributed equally to this work Objective: Many patients use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM as primary treatment or symptom relief for a variety of illnesses. This study was designed to investigate the influence of surgical removal of a tumor-bearing urogenital organ on CAM use.Methods: From 2007 to 2011, 350 patients underwent major urological surgery for kidney, prostate, or bladder cancer at the Goethe-University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany. Data from 172 patients (49%, who returned a questionnaire, were retrospectively evaluated using the hospital information system along with the questionnaire to objectify CAM use 2 years before and after surgery.Results: From the 172 patients returning questionnaires, 56 (33% used CAM before and/or after surgery and 116 (67% never used CAM. Of the 56 CAM users, 30 (54% used CAM presurgery and 53 (95% used CAM postsurgery, indicating a significant change of mind about CAM use. Patients of German nationality used CAM significantly more than patients of other nationalities. Higher educational status (high-school diploma or higher was a significant factor in favor of CAM use. The most common type of CAM used before/after surgery was an alternative medical system (63/49%, a manipulative and body-based method (50/19%, and a biological-based therapy (37/32%. Information about CAM, either provided by medical professionals or by other sources, was the main reason determining whether patients used CAM or not.Conclusion: The number of patients using CAM almost doubled after surgical removal of a cancer-bearing organ. Better awareness and

Artificial Intelligence in the Petroleum World Une enquête sur les applications de l'Intelligence Artificielle dans le monde pétrolier

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Braunschweig B. L.

2006-11-01

majeureou typiqueau sein de l'organisation, où l'on s'intéressait en détail à la nature de l'application, son contexte, ses étapes, certains détails techniques et organisationnels. L'article anglais est extrait d'un rapport complet qui a été diffusé de manière individuelle à l'ensemble des organismes interrogés, et qui présente quelques statistiques sur ces questionnaires. Ce résumé en français en retrace les grandes lignes. Les zones géographiques pour lesquelles des questionnaires ont été obtenus sont la France, l'Europe de l'Ouest (essentiellement Grande-Bretagne, Norvège, Italie, Pays-Bas, Danemark, l'Amérique du Nord (USA et Canada, et le Brésil. Les domaines d'activité auxquels nous nous sommes intéressés vont de l'exploration au raffinage et à la pétrochimie en passant par toutes les étapes intermédiaires, avec une nette prédominance de l'amont sur l'aval, pour diverses raisons (historique de l'IA dans le pétrole, existence de manifestations spécialisées. L'intelligence artificielle est appliquée avec plus ou moins de succès dans l'industrie pétrolière. De la recherche fondamentale sur la représentation des connaissances géologiques jusqu'au logiciel applicatif permettant d'aider au nettoyage des cuves des pétroliers, des centaines de projets ont été lancés et souvent achevés puis utilisés par des ingénieurs pétroliers et des informaticiens. Quelques-uns des plus célèbres systèmes experts furent suscités par des compagnies pétrolières ou des sociétés de services pétroliers (Schlumberger - Dipmeter Advisor, Exxon - Picon, BP - GasOil, Elf Aquitaine - Drilling Advisor, Saga Petroleum - Mann Tall, NL-Baroid - Mudman. De nombreux projets de recherche académiques théoriques ou appliqués sont financés par l'industrie pétrolière (Stanford, Texas A & M, Université d'Edimbourg, Paris VI, pour n'en citer que quelques-uns. Presque toutes les compagnies pétrolières de taille significative ont quelques groupes IA

Phase 1 report: the 4D seismic market from 2000 to 2003

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Sagary, C.

2004-01-01

This report synthesizes the phase 1 results of the joint industrial project, called ''4D Seismic: Technologies, Economics and Issues''. This project was conducted by IFP between November 2003 and April 2004, in collaboration with Compagnie Generale de Geophysique (CGG) and sponsored by Gaz de France and 4. Wave Imaging. Phase 1 offers an objective view of the 4D seismic market over the period 2000-2003. The market has been assessed from IFP extensive databases, gathering 115 4D projects conducted worldwide and from interviews of seven oil companies, both representing 90% of the activity in time-lapse seismic. This study provides sales estimation and sales/projects breakdown by: in-house/subcontracted activity, geography, onshore/offshore, reservoir rocks and recovery methods, technology/methodology, oil companies and service companies. The market of 4D seismic has been split into 4 segments: acquisition, processing, reservoir studies - feasibility, interpretation and seismic history matching -, borehole seismic (acquisition and processing). In addition, the market of passive seismic monitoring, another technique of seismic reservoir monitoring has also been estimated. The main sources, used to build the IFP databases, were: Worldwide Global E and P Service Reports from IHS Energy, World Geophysical News, an extensive bibliographic study through more than 200 articles, abstracts and summaries, a collaboration with CGG. For all market estimations, numbers computed from IFP databases and from interviews of oil companies were extrapolated from 90% to 100%, to quantify the total 4D activity. The estimations obtained were not rounded in order to preserve trends with a consistent computation from one year to another and from one market segment to another, despite uncertainties of about 10%. Quality controls were performed to validate the final estimations: volumes of 4D seismic data, computed from IFP databases, were checked by comparing processed data with acquired data

Una ricerca sulla qualità della vita scolastica di bambini e bambine affetti da malattie emorragiche congenite. Lettura critica dei dati e considerazioni pedagogiche.

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Alessandra Gigli

2009-07-01

Full Text Available Il presente rapporto di ricerca costituisce l'esito del lavoro svolto dalle ricercatrici A. Gigli, S. Demozzi del Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Educazione dell’Università di Bologna all'interno del progetto Strategico di Ateneo dal titolo “Definizione di linee guida d’intervento sui pazienti pediatrici affetti da malattie emorragiche congenite: aspetti medici, psicosociali, educativi ed etici”. L'obiettivo principale del lavoro è stato quello di analizzare il punto di vista degli insegnanti in merito alla vita scolastica dei bambini con malattie emorragiche congenite (Mec, le loro relazioni con insegnanti e compagni, i rapporti tra scuola e famiglie. Per monitorare questi aspetti legati alla vita scolastica, nel 2008 è stata realizzata un’indagine sul campo che ha coinvolto insegnanti di scuole dell’infanzia, scuole primarie, scuole secondarie di primo grado della Provincia di Bologna che hanno in classe un/a bambino/a affetti da Mec. Le rilevazioni effettuate tramite interviste semi strutturate hanno avuto i seguenti obiettivi: verificare l’esistenza di rappresentazioni “distorte” delle patologie ed eventuali pregiudizi esistenti; analizzare il processo informativo attraverso cui i docenti conoscono la situazione del bambino e vengono informati sulle Mec; rilevare i nodi problematici e punti di forza, che qualificano negativamente o positivamente le relazione scuola-famiglia; monitorare l’esistenza di pregiudizi in merito alle capacità cognitive dei bambini; verificare se, secondo i docenti, la malattia influisce sulla qualità della relazione educativa, indagando, in particolare, sugli aspetti comunicativi; rilevare eventuali problematiche di integrazione nel gruppo dei pari; verificare se l’adozione di strategie per permettere una migliore integrazione o lo svolgimento delle attività didattiche, ludiche e sportive; rilevare i bisogni formativi e informativi dei docenti. Nell’articolo si presenta una lettura

Panorama of mining activities in France during 1995

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Michel, J.C.; Bornuat, M.; Mouron, R.

1996-01-01

The French mining industry in 1995 continued to follow the overall trend of the past 5 to 10 years characterized mainly by: 1)a decline in the production of most energy materials: oil, coal, uranium. This decline will probably be further accentuated over the next two years with the planned closure of Lodeve (U), Forbach, La Mure and Carmaux (coal). Gas production, however, has remained relatively stable at 4.7 to 5 billion m''3 per year. 2)a scarcity of metal ore mines in Metropolitan France 3)an increase in the production of gold that, in 1995, came close to 6 tonnes in Metropolitan France and reached 8.4 tonnes with French Guiana. 4)the development of metal ore mining in the DOM-TOM 5) divergent developments in the industrial mineral sector: downward trends for sulfur, talc, andalusite, diatomite and silica; upward trends for kaolin, mica, feldspar and salt. Although overall the decline in mine production continued, the panorama does include some positive aspects: 1)France's independence in the energy sector exceeded the half-way mark two years ago and 1995 saw an appreciable decrease in the nation's energy bill compared to 1994. 2)French companies involved in metal mining have adapted themselves to world trends: Cogema has diversified its uranium sources mainly through its mining interests in Canada; Eramet has strengthened its activities by becoming the majority shareholder of Comilog, a manganese producer in Gabon. France also has mining interests in Africa, South America and Europe through LaSource Compagnie Miniere (BRGM and Normandy) created in 1995 3) France's position and production in the industrial mineral sector are significant at European scale, if not at world scale, as regards andalusite, diatomite, kaolin, mica, feldspar, sulfur, potassium, salt and industrial silica. Finally, mention must be made of the increasing environmental awareness by the French authorities and mining companies. This has resulted in a major rehabilitation of mine sites by

LA LINGUA PER STUDIARE: UNA RASSEGNA BIBLIOGRAFICA

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Marina Tassara

2011-02-01

Full Text Available I libri di testo adottati nelle scuole contengono parole sconosciute e costruzioni sintattiche e testuali complesse che rappresentano dei veri e propri “muri linguistici” per gli alunni stranieri che non possiedono una buona conoscenza della lingua italiana. Ciò facilmente determina un divario di competenze tra l’apprendente straniero e i suoi compagni e ritardi scolastici molto spesso incolmabili con conseguente perdita di motivazione e di autostima, senso di frustrazione e isolamento che a volte sfocia in un disagio psico-sociale. Tra gli strumenti adottati dalla scuola italiana per far fronte a questo problema vi sono i testi disciplinari ad alta comprensibilità che, pur mantenendo la maggior parte delle informazioni, le veicolano in una forma più semplice dal punto di vista linguistico. L’articolo fornisce una bibliografia di manuali ad alta comprensibilità il più possibile aggiornata suddivisa per ordine e grado di scuola e per materia scolastica, con l’intento di fornire agli insegnanti un aiuto nella scelta e nel reperimento dei testi.     Language for study:  a bibliography   Textbooks used in schools contain unknown words and complex sentence constructions that create real “linguistic barriers” for foreign students who do not know Italian well.  This creates an abyss between the competence of the foreign learner and his or her classmates and unsuccessful school performance which is often not made up for and leads to a loss of self-esteem, frustration, isolation, and ultimately to psycho-social malaise.  Among the tools utilized in the Italian school system to address this problem are highly comprehensible textbooks which, while containing most of the information, express the content in simpler language.  This article offers an up-dated bibliography of textbooks which are easily understandable, divided according to order and grade of school, for teachers to use in choosing the textbooks for their classes.

Le problème des hydrates dans le contexte de la production et du transport polyphasiques des pétroles bruts et des gaz naturels. Deuxième partie : les solutions possibles aux difficultés d'exploitation générées par les hydrates Hydrates Problem Within the Framework of Multiphase Production and Transport of Crude Oils and Natural Gases. Part Two: Possible Solutions to Exploitation Difficulties Generated by Hydrates

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Behar E.

2006-11-01

Full Text Available L'exploitation en mer des gisements de combustibles fossiles fluides a amplifié le besoin d'accroître nos connaissances sur les hydrates qui sont susceptibles de boucher les installations de production, de traitement et de transport. La première partie rappelait la structure moléculaire des hydrates I, Il et H et décrivait ensuite succinctement l'analyse physico-chimique de leur formation, tant sur les plans thermodynamique que cinétique. Dans cette deuxième partie, les remèdes possibles aux problèmes rencontrés par les compagnies opératrices sont indiqués, essentiellement les inhibiteurs thermodynamiques classiques tels que les alcools ou les sels qui diminuent la température de formation des hydrates, et les additifs dispersants qui évitent la croissance et/ou l'agglomération des cristaux. Pour terminer, une boucle pilote de circulation originale est présentée, ses caractéristiques qui permettent la validation des additifs dispersants dans des conditions hydrodynamiques et physico-chimiques représentatives étant soulignées. Offshore exploitation of fossil fluid fuels has emphasized the need of improving our knowledge on hydrates which can plug production, treatment and transport facilities. The first part recalled the molecular structure of I, II and H hydrates, then the physical-chemistry of their formation was briefly reviewed from both the thermodynamic and the kinetic points of view. In this second part, the possible remedies to the problems met by operating companies are described, mainly classical thermodynamic inhibitors such as alcohols or salts which decrease the hydrates formation temperature, and dispersant additives which avoid crystals growth and/or agglomeration. At last an original circulation loop at pilot scale is presented, its characteristics which allow the testing of dispersant additives under representative hydrodynamic and physico-chemical conditions being outlined.

Le chalutage à vapeur à Lorient (1880-1939

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Pascal Boisson

2011-12-01

Full Text Available En France, à la différence de l’Angleterre et de l’Allemagne, l’industrie du chalutage à vapeur reste longtemps stationnaire. A Lorient, l’arrivée du chalutage à vapeur date de la fin du XIXe siècle. Comment analyser son développement, principale innovation halieutique, sinon comme un levier du développement portuaire et charbonnier? En effet, le chalutage nécessite des aménagements portuaires, la mise en place de liaisons ferroviaires de trains de marée, qui contribuent ainsi à créer un arrière-pays et à développer les importations de charbon. Grâce au chalutage, Lorient, comme La Rochelle et Saint-Malo, connaît un renouveau économique. Au lendemain de la Première Guerre mondiale, la France a un besoin urgent de trois ou quatre ports de pêche spécialisés. Lorient, présentant de nombreux atouts, bénéficie des mannes de l’Etat pour la construction d’un gigantesque complexe portuaire opérationnel en 1927: le port de pêche de Kéroman, incontestable réussite économique. Dès 1929, la flotte des chalutiers à vapeur est progressivement remplacée par des navires motorisés. A la veille de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, 68% des chalutiers fonctionnent au moteur Diesel. Fait remarquable, le modèle lorientais offre l’exemple original d’un développement d’une industrie du chalutage à vapeur, précisément parce que les gens de mer n’y ont joué aucun rôle primordial; ce sont les industriels du charbon, notamment Emile Marcesche, et les compagnies de chemin de fer qui assurent le développement et la montée en puissance de cette nouvelle industrie pour le port de Lorient.

Mise au point d'un nouvel appareil de "distillation isotherme" Disterm Development of Distherm, a New Isothermal Distillation Apparatus

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Mouton M.

2006-11-01

Full Text Available Les études analytiques de distillats pétroliers d'intervalles d'ébullition élevés doivent être réalisées sur des produits préparés dans des conditions de distillation extrêmement douces, de manière à conserver intactes toutes les espèces chimiques initialement contenues dans le pétrole brut en l'état. Pour répondre à cet objectif, le Comité de Distillation du GEC (Groupe d'Études Concertées sur l'analyse des fractions lourdes du pétrole, réunissant Compagnie Francaise de Raffinage (CFR, Société Nationale Elf Aquitaine (SNEA et Institut Français du Pétrole (IFP a mis au point un schéma de préparation spécial de ces distillats, faisant appel à des techniques de distillation continue, de type « isotherme» et « moléculaire ». Dans ce cadre, le Comité de Distillation du GEC a été amené à développer un nouvel appareillage de distillation x isotherme », permettant de réduire, sans craquage, tout pétrole brut jusqu'à une température maximale comprise entre 350 et 380 °C. On décrit dans cet article ce nouvel ensemble de distillation, ainsi que ses conditions opératoires de fonctionnement. On y donne aussi un aperçu de la précision de la méthode de distillation réalisable avec cet appareil, ainsi que de la qualité de fractionnement obtenu.Enfin, à l'aide de quelques exemples particuliers, on montre que le domaine d'application de l'appareil peut être étendu à des produits autres que des pétroles bruts. Analytical examinations of high-boiling-range petroleum distillates must be made with products prepared under extremely mild distillation conditions so as ta maintain intact all the chemical species initially present in the original crude oil.

Competitive strategies and strategic positioning of oil companies in the international oil business: theory and practice in perspective; Strategies competitives et positionnement strategique des compagnies petrolieres dans le commerce petrolier international. Theorie et pratique en perspective

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Dos Santos, E.M. [Sao Paulo Univ., SP (Brazil). Inst. de Electrotecnica e Energia-IEE; Teixeira Carneiro, J.M. [Pontifical Catholic University (Brazil). Managirial Science Dept.; Ferreira Deschamps Cvalcanti, M.A. [PETROBRAS, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil). Strategic Planning for the Downstream

1999-05-01

This is the first work of a series of four articles aiming to analyse the concepts of competitive strategy and strategic positioning of firms in the international oil industry. The authors present the essence of their analytical model, which are based on the theoretical framework of competitive strategy developed by Michael Porter, from the University of Harvard. The second article is published hereunder, the third and fourth ones will appear in the next issue. (authors)

Sensitization to Aspergillus fumigatus as a risk factor for bronchiectasis in COPD

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Everaerts S

2017-08-01

Full Text Available Stephanie Everaerts,1,2 Katrien Lagrou,3,4 Adriana Dubbeldam,5 Natalie Lorent,1 Kristina Vermeersch,2 Erna Van Hoeyveld,3 Xavier Bossuyt,3,4 Lieven J Dupont,1,2 Bart M Vanaudenaerde,2 Wim Janssens1,2 1Department of Respiratory Diseases, University Hospitals Leuven, 2Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, KU Leuven, 3Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, 4Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, 5Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Background: Bronchiectasis–chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD overlap presents a possible clinical phenotype of COPD, but it is unclear why it develops in a subset of patients. We hypothesized that sensitization to Aspergillus fumigatus (A fum is associated with bronchiectasis in COPD and occurs more frequently in vitamin D-deficient patients.Methods: This observational study investigated sensitization to A fum in an outpatient clinical cohort of 300 COPD patients and 50 (ex- smoking controls. Total IgE, A fum-specific IgE against the crude extract and against the recombinant antigens and A fum IgG were measured using ImmunoCAP fluoroenzyme immunoassay. Vitamin D was measured by radioimmunoassay, and computed tomography images of the lungs were scored using the modified Reiff score.Results: Sensitization to A fum occurred in 18% of COPD patients compared to 4% of controls (P=0.0110. In all, 31 COPD patients (10% were sensitized to the crude extract and 24 patients (8% had only IgE against recombinant antigens. A fum IgG levels were significantly higher in the COPD group (P=0.0473. Within COPD, A fum-sensitized patients were more often male (P=0.0293 and more often had bronchiectasis (P=0.0297. Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Serratia marcescens were more prevalent in historical sputum samples of A fum-sensitized COPD patients compared to A fum-non-sensitized COPD patients (P=0.0436. Vitamin D

Feedback from uncertainties propagation research projects conducted in different hydraulic fields: outcomes for engineering projects and nuclear safety assessment.

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Bacchi, Vito; Duluc, Claire-Marie; Bertrand, Nathalie; Bardet, Lise

2017-04-01

In recent years, in the context of hydraulic risk assessment, much effort has been put into the development of sophisticated numerical model systems able reproducing surface flow field. These numerical models are based on a deterministic approach and the results are presented in terms of measurable quantities (water depths, flow velocities, etc…). However, the modelling of surface flows involves numerous uncertainties associated both to the numerical structure of the model, to the knowledge of the physical parameters which force the system and to the randomness inherent to natural phenomena. As a consequence, dealing with uncertainties can be a difficult task for both modelers and decision-makers [Ioss, 2011]. In the context of nuclear safety, IRSN assesses studies conducted by operators for different reference flood situations (local rain, small or large watershed flooding, sea levels, etc…), that are defined in the guide ASN N°13 [ASN, 2013]. The guide provides some recommendations to deal with uncertainties, by proposing a specific conservative approach to cover hydraulic modelling uncertainties. Depending of the situation, the influencing parameter might be the Strickler coefficient, levee behavior, simplified topographic assumptions, etc. Obviously, identifying the most influencing parameter and giving it a penalizing value is challenging and usually questionable. In this context, IRSN conducted cooperative (Compagnie Nationale du Rhone, I-CiTy laboratory of Polytech'Nice, Atomic Energy Commission, Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières) research activities since 2011 in order to investigate feasibility and benefits of Uncertainties Analysis (UA) and Global Sensitivity Analysis (GSA) when applied to hydraulic modelling. A specific methodology was tested by using the computational environment Promethee, developed by IRSN, which allows carrying out uncertainties propagation study. This methodology was applied with various numerical models and in

Progress report of Physics Division. 1st April 1972 - 30th September 1972

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2004-01-01

The building housing the zero power split table machine for reactor physics studies was officially opened by the Prime Minister, the Right Honourable William McMahon, on 19th June, 1972. Preparation of the Safety Document for the machine continued and the collection began of components for the first reactor assembly which will use fuel already available. An order was placed with CERCA (Compagnie pour Vitude et la R6alisation de Combustibles Atomiques) for delivery of 15 kg 235 U during the first quarter of 1973. Major effort continued to be devoted to the safety analysis of the Commission's other reactors. MOATA was prepared for 100 kW operation, with increased interest in its use for neutron beam work in physics and metallurgy fields. A convenient pneumatic transfer unit is now operational for analysis of uranium ores by delayed neutron analysis and levels down to 0.001 per cent have been detected with reasonable accuracy. A major review of nuclear reactions in the analysis of materials was prepared. Installation commenced on a system of switching and focussing magnets to provide protons and hence neutrons at a point 4 m above the floor and equidistant from the walls and roof of the building. This should reduce scattered neutron return problems with the neutron capture gamma ray studies and the fast neutron transport experiment in thorium metal. Analysis continued at a more intense level on the neutron capture cross section measurements from Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This analysis forms an important aspect of our work as long as our major equipment is unable to compete with the excellent Oak Ridge National Laboratory Electron Linear Accelerator. Collaboration takes the form of material assistance in the analysis of the abundance of information supplied by this facility to which we hope to provide a few confirmatory checkpoints. The advent of the zero power split table machine provided the impetus for a critical examination of the adequacy of our data library

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2005-01-01

Full Text Available Peter Borschberg (ed., Iberians in the Singapore-Melaka area and adjacent regions (16th to 18th century (Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied Katharine L. Wiegele, Investing in miracles; El Shaddai and the transformation of popular Catholicism in the Philippines (Greg Bankoff Jean Gelman Taylor, Indonesia; Peoples and histories (Peter Boomgaard Clive Moore, New Guinea; Crossing boundaries and history (Harold Brookfield Nathan Porath, When the bird flies; Shamanic therapy and the maintenance of worldly boundaries among an indigenous people of Riau (Sumatra (Cynthia Chou and Martin Platt Paul van der Grijp, Identity and development; Tongan culture, agriculture, and the perenniality of the gift (H.J.M. Claessen Tim Bunnell, Malaysia, modernity and the multimedia super corridor; A critical geography of intelligent landscapes (Ben Derudder L. Fontijne, Guardians of the land in Kelimado; Louis Fontijne’s study of a colonial district in eastern Indonesia (Maribeth Erb Karl-Heinz Golzio, Geschichte Kambodschas; Das Land der Khmer von Angkor bis zur Gegenwart (Volker Grabowsky Emmanuel Poisson, Mandarins et subalternes au nord du Viêt Nam; Une bureaucracie à l’épreuve (1820-1918 (Martin Grossheim Generale Missiven van Gouverneurs-Generaal en Raden aan Heren XVII der Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, Volume 10, 1737-1743 (Gerrit Knaap Aris Ananta and Evi Nurvidya Arifin (eds, International migration in Southeast Asia (Santo Koesoebjono Vladimir Braginsky, The comparative study of traditional Asian literatures; From reflective traditionalism to neo-traditionalism (G.L. Koster Fiona Kerlogue (ed., Performing objects; Museums, material culture and performance in Southeast Asia (Jennifer Lindsay Th.C. van der Meij, Puspakrema; A Javanese romance from Lombok (Julian Millie Robyn Maxwell, Sari to sarong; Five hundred years of Indian and Indonesian textile exchange -- Jasleen Dhamija, Woven magic; The affinity between

De l’effet de sidération et de peur dans les autoportraits d’Andy Warhol

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Marie CORDIÉ-LEVY

2011-03-01

Full Text Available Nous nous proposons d’analyser la sidération et la peur dans la dernière série d’autoportraits faite par Andy Warhol en 1986 qui donnent à voir les subterfuges de l’artiste pour en contrer ou en accompagner les effets. Après une première mise en perspective, nous avons tissé un réseau de correspondances serrées entre ces œuvres et le texte « Méduse et Compagnie » de Roger Caillois sur le travestissement, le camouflage et l’intimidation, en utilisant la micro-analyse tactile, technique inspirée de Carlo Ginzburg en histoire et d’Aloïs Riegl en histoire de l’art. Nous avons pu ainsi mettre en lumière comment, par le médium de la photographie ou de la sérigraphie, l’artiste s’est réinscrit tout en s’en démarquant, dans l’histoire visuelle de ceux qui, depuis Caravage, ont révolutionné le traitement de la peur dans l’image. Nous concluons en soulignant comment la spécificité américaine du cadrage y a introduit un autre rapport au réel.The following article analyses the way fear and shock appear in Andy Warhol’s last self portraits, produced in 1986, through the mechanisms that oppose and accompany it. Using the technique of the tactile micro-analysis inspired by historian Carlo Ginzburg and art historian Aloïs Riegl, we will attempt to decipher the effects of fear and shock by referring to the different stages defined by Roger Caillois as composing fear: travestissement, camouflage, and bullying. This representation of fear through the medium of photography and serigraphy simultaneously conforms to the tradition of the pictorial expressions of fear such as can be seen in Caravaggio, while also renewing the concept by introducing traits more typical of the American psyche: a close up view of the character and a touch of the surreal, which could be considered as the modern form of eternity.

Edouard Thouvenel et l’Union des Principautés Roumaines (1856-1859

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Iulian Oncescu

2010-12-01

Full Text Available La personnalité d’Edouard Thouvenel, diplomate français dont le nom a été le plus fréquemment lié de la réalisation de l’Union des Principautés, le long des années 1856-1859, est souvent et justement invoquée dans la compréhension de cette séquence importante de l’histoire moderne des Roumains du milieu du XIX-ème siècle. Né le 11 novembre 1818, à Verdun, entré en diplomatie en 1841, chargé avec des affaires et ministre plénipotentiaire (entre 1846-1849 à Athènes et ensuite à München (en 1851, Edouard Thouvenel a été nommé directeur des Affaires politiques dans le Ministère des Affaires Etrangères de la France en février 1852. En 1854, sa carrière est sauvée par Napoléon III lui-même; celui-ci le nomme ambassadeur à Constantinople en pleine guerre de Crimée (3mai 1855. Il a exercé cette fonction pendant cinq années, 1855-1860, période marquée par le Congrès de Paris, par la question des Principautés Roumaines et le début du problème italien, qui a provoqué la démission du ministre des Affaires Etrangères en fonction, Alexandre Walewski, en décembre 1859. Donc, successeur de Walewski, Edouard Thouvenel a occupé la fonction de ministre des Affaires Etrangères jusqu’en 1862, lorsqu’il demissionera. Les années à suivre, il a été le président de la Compagnie de Chemins de Fer d’Est, ensuite grand référendaire du Sénat, en 1865. Thouvenel a tombé malade en 1866 et il est mort le 23 octobre, à seulement 48 années, justement au moment où on préparait son retour à Quay d’Orsay.

Composite Risers for Deepwater Applications Risers composites pour applications en mer profonde

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Metivaud G.

2006-11-01

cycles de fatigue qui ont permis de valider et d'améliorer les principes. La première application visée fut le forage en mer profonde. L'étude d'un riser de forage grande profondeur, menée dans le cadre des campagnes de forage en Méditerranée profonde au début des années 80, a permis d'identifier que sa période propre de résonance longitudinale pouvait se rapprocher dangereusement de celle de la houle dans certaines conditions opérationnelles. Le remplacement des lignes périphériques haute pression (dites Kill and Choke lines, 105 MPa de pression de service par des lignes en matériaux composites est alors un moyen élégant d'améliorer ce comportement par une diminution substantielle de la masse, à la fois du composant structurel mais aussi des mousses syntactiques nécessaires pour maintenir la flottabilité du riser. Un essai en mer en vraie grandeur était mené en 1983 sur un riser de forage dans les conditions sévères de la mer du Nord, avec le concours de Total Compagnie Française des Pétroles. Mais les principaux débouchés potentiels identifiés des tubes composites haute performance dans l'industrie pétrolière marine sont les risers de Plates-formes à Lignes Tendues. Des avantages d'allègement très importants peuvent en être retirés en mer profonde, permettant des gains sur le système global capables de justifier le surcoût lié à l'emploi du composite. Deux importants programmes de qualification ont été menés sur ce thème en collaboration avec d'importantes compagnies pétrolières internationales : l'un a permis de démontrer que les tubes composites pouvaient être dimensionnés avec précision et tenir l'ensemble des spécifications requises (105 MPa à l'éclatement pour un diamètre nominal de 0,23 m, 4 500 kN à rupture avec température interne de 110°C, avec notamment un comportement en fatigue excellent ; l'autre était dédié à la tolérance aux défauts et aux méthodes de contrôle non destructifs applicables

Book Reviews

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2003-10-01

; Historical transformations in early modern Makassar. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2002, xiii + 257 pp. -Gerard Termorshuizen, Olf Praamstra, Een feministe in de tropen; De Indische jaren van Mina Kruseman. Leiden: KITlV Uitgeverij, 2003, 111 p. [Boekerij 'Oost en West'.] -Jaap Timmer, Dirk A.M. Smidt, Kamoro art; Tradition and innovation in a New Guinea culture; With an essay on Kamoro life and ritual by Jan Pouwer. Amsterdam: KIT Publishers/Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, 2003, 157 pp. -Sikko Visscher, Amy L. Freedman, Political participation and ethnic minorities; Chinese overseas in Malaysia, Indonesia and the United States. London: Routledge, 2000, xvi + 231 pp. -Reed L. Wadley, Mary Somers Heidhues, Golddiggers, farmers, and traders in the 'Chinese districts' of West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Ithaca, NY: Southeast Asia program, Cornell University, 2003, 309 pp. -Edwin Wieringa, Jan Parmentier ,Peper, Plancius en porselein; De reis van het schip Swarte Leeuw naar Atjeh en Bantam, 1601-1603. Zutphen: Walburg Pers, 2003, 237 pp. [Werken van de Linschoten-Vereeniging 101.], Karel Davids, John Everaert (eds -Edwin Wieringa, Leonard Blussé ,Kennis en Compagnie; De Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie en de moderne wetenschap. Amsterdam: Balans, 2002, 191 pp., Ilonka Ooms (eds -Edwin Wieringa, Femme S. Gaastra, De geschiedenis van de VOC. Zutphen; Wal_burg Pers, 2002, 192 pp.

Entre jornais, revistas e livros: a educação jesuítica no Ceará nas décadas de 1920 e 1930 e a memória histórica da Companhia de Jesus - Amongst newspapers, magazines and books: jesuit education in Ceará in the 1920s and 1930s and the historical memory of

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Maria Juraci Maia Cavalcante, Brasil

2012-07-01

Compañía, tanto con el fin de obtener el apoyo y simpatía de la Iglesia y el medio católico, cuanto para defenderse de sus oponentes, por medio de las famosas cartas de Ignacio de Loyola, una práctica que favoreció a la formación de los archivos y, por consiguiente, de información detallada sobre la memoria y la historia de la Hermandad. Se analiza el desempeño de los Jesuitas proscritos en Ceará,  muestrando la estrecha relación entre la prensa católica, el integralismo fundamentalista y la educación, cuando la élite católica és llamada, a través de los famosos "ejercicios espirituales" en retiros cerrados para los hombres, tanto en la capital, cuanto en el interior de Ceará, para fortalecer los jesuitas.Palabras-clave: jesuitas, memoria histórica, prensa católica, educación.ENTRE LES JOURNAUX, MAGAZINES ET LIVRES: L’ÉDUCATION JÉSUITE AUX CEARÁ DANS LES ANNÉES 1920 ET 1930 ET LA MÉMOIRE HISTORIQUE DE LE SOCIÉTÉ DE JÉSUSRésuméIl s´agit dele mémoire et les activités éducatives des jésuites proscrits par la République du Portugal, il relatifs à la production de documents imprimés à partir du travail de leurs intellectuels et  historiens. Il partie de l'épisode de l'expulsion des jésuites par la République du Portugal, qui a été enregistré comme chronique de cette Compagnie, par le écrit diffamatoire Les Proscrits, et de nombreuses autres publications qui ressemblent, comme une stratégie politique de le Père Provincial, Luis Gonzaga Cabral, a porté sur deux directions:  1 établir des maisons de formation et des residences en Europe, comme le cœur de la survie de la province portugaise, 2 le renforcement des missions de l'Inde, qui a été le territoire britannique, et de créer de nouveaux champs de l'activité missionnaire, le cas du Brésil, où a été organisée la Mission Nord de la Province Portugaise Sparse. Basé sur l'historiographie consultés, Il souligne que cette mission, qui non seulement marquera le

A randomized controlled trial of telephone-mentoring with home-based walking preceding rehabilitation in COPD

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Cameron-Tucker HL

2016-08-01

Full Text Available Helen Laura Cameron-Tucker,1 Richard Wood-Baker,1 Lyn Joseph,1 Julia A Walters,1 Natalie Schüz,2 E Haydn Walters1 1Centre of Research Excellence for Chronic Respiratory Disease and Lung Aging, School of Medicine, 2School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Purpose: With the limited reach of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR and low levels of daily physical activity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD, a need exists to increase daily exercise. This study evaluated telephone health-mentoring targeting home-based walking (tele-rehab compared to usual waiting time (usual care followed by group PR. Patients and methods: People with COPD were randomized to tele-rehab (intervention or usual care (controls. Tele-rehab delivered by trained nurse health-mentors supported participants’ home-based walking over 8–12 weeks. PR, delivered to both groups simultaneously, included 8 weeks of once-weekly education and self-management skills, with separate supervised exercise. Data were collected at three time-points: baseline (TP1, before (TP2, and after (TP3 PR. The primary outcome was change in physical capacity measured by 6-minute walk distance (6MWD with two tests performed at each time-point. Secondary outcomes included changes in self-reported home-based walking, health-related quality of life, and health behaviors. Results: Of 65 recruits, 25 withdrew before completing PR. Forty attended a median of 6 (4 education sessions. Seventeen attended supervised exercise (5±2 sessions. Between TP1 and TP2, there was a statistically significant increase in the median 6MWD of 12 (39.1 m in controls, but no change in the tele-rehab group. There were no significant changes in 6MWD between other time-points or groups, or significant change in any secondary outcomes. Participants attending supervised exercise showed a nonsignificant improvement in 6MWD, 12.3 (71 m, while others showed no change, 0 (33 m

Comorbidity in US patients with multiple sclerosis

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Edwards NC

2018-02-01

Full Text Available Natalie C Edwards,1 Michael Munsell,2 Joseph Menzin,2 Amy L Phillips3 1Health Services Consulting Corporation (NCE, Boxborough, MA, USA; 2Boston Health Economics, Inc., Waltham, MA, USA; 3EMD Serono, Inc., Rockland, MA, USA Objective: To assess the trends in the prevalence of comorbidities in US patients with multiple sclerosis (MS, and the association of demographic characteristics with the presence of comorbidities. Study design: A retrospective analysis was conducted from a sample of 5 million patients from the IMS Health Real World Data Adjudicated Claims – US database.Methods: Comorbidity in patients with MS was assessed by year (2006–2014, and logistic regression models evaluated the association of age, sex, and region with select comorbidities.Results: The most common comorbidities from 2006 to 2014 were hyperlipidemia and hypertension (25.9%–29.7% of patients within an individual year, followed by gastrointestinal disease (18.4%–21.2% of patients and thyroid disease (12.9%–17.1% of patients. The proportion with a claim for hyperlipidemia increased from 2006 to 2009, was stable from 2009 to 2011, and then declined from 2011 to 2014. The proportion with a claim for hypertension generally increased from 2006 to 2013, then declined from 2013 to 2014. The proportion with a claim for gastrointestinal disease, thyroid disease, and anxiety generally increased from 2006 to 2014. Claims for comorbidities were statistically significantly more likely among older age groups (p<0.05, with the exception of anxiety and alcohol abuse, which were statistically significantly less likely among older age groups. Claims for gastrointestinal disease (OR=0.75, thyroid disease (OR=0.36, chronic lung disease (OR=0.76, arthritis (OR=0.71, anxiety (OR=0.63, and depression (OR=0.69 were statistically significantly less likely among males versus females (all p<0.05. Claims for hyperlipidemia (OR=1.39, hypertension (OR=1.25, diabetes (OR=1.31, and alcohol

Prospective prediction of resistance to neoadjuvant therapy in patients with locoregional esophageal adenocarcinoma

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Rosen DG

2015-02-01

Full Text Available Daniel G Rosen,1 Weiwei Shan,2 Natalie Lassen,2 Clare Johnson,2 Kristen Oelschlager,2 Yaeli Bierman-Harrar,1 Kenneth A Kesler,3 Derek Maetzold,2 Sunil Badve,3 Robert W Cook,2 Romil Saxena3 1Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX, USA; 2Castle Biosciences, Incorporated, Friendswood, TX, USA; 3Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA Background: To clinically validate a multianalyte algorithmic immunohistochemistry (IHC assay that has been previously shown to accurately identify patients with locoregional esophageal adenocarcinoma (EC who will exhibit extreme resistance to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. Methods: Archived biopsy specimens of EC were subject to IHC examination of compartmentalized immunoreactivity of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB, Sonic Hedgehog (SHH, and GLI family zinc finger 1 (Gli-1, and a labeling index score was assigned to each biomarker. Test prediction was generated by logistic regression predictive modeling, using the labeling index scores for all three analytes from each sample, referring to a validated training set of 167 EC patients. Accuracy of the test was determined by comparing the predicted outcomes with pathologically determined College of American Pathologists tumor response grade. Analytical validity of the test was measured by comparing validation set prediction results obtained in two independent Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment-certified laboratories, and by measuring concordance between two trained labeling index readers. Results: Specimens from 64 patients that met specific criteria were collected. No technical failure was encountered during the IHC labeling procedures. The logistic regression algorithm generated an area under the curve of 0.96 and 0.85 for the 64 sample cohort in two independent clinical laboratories, respectively, comparing predictive results with the established training set. Positive predictive values of 88% and 82% were also achieved in each laboratory, respectively. A

À propos de « La Gueule de l’emploi » About “La gueule de l'emploi” [The Job] Acerca de “La gueule de l'emploi” [Perfil Ideal

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Géraldine Rieucau

2012-12-01

Full Text Available Cette contribution revient sur la diffusion en Octobre 2011 du documentaire « La Gueule de l’emploi », filmant une session collective de recrutement de commerciaux menée par un cabinet pour le compte d’une compagnie d’assurances. Au-delà des réactions relayées par la presse, condamnant le traitement des candidats ou défendant la profession de recruteur, ce documentaire pose la question centrale et trop souvent occultée de l’évaluation du travail à la porte de l’entreprise. De ce point de vue, les pratiques mises en exergue dans le documentaire ne sont pas justes car elles sont très éloignées des situations concrètes de travail et ne sont pas expliquées aux candidats.This article concerns the documentary “La gueule de l'emploi” [The Job], broadcast in October 2011. The film captures a group job interview session, run by a recruiting firm on behalf of an insurance company wishing to hire sales agents. Beyond the reactions relayed by the press, condemning the treatment of the applicants or defending the recruiters profession, this documentary poses the critical and often overlooked question of how to evaluate a worker before hiring. From this point of view, the practices highlighted in the film are not just because they are far from the actual work situations, and they are not explained to the candidates.Este artículo examina el documental “La gueule de l’emploi” [Perfil Ideal], transmitido en Octubre 2011. La película narra una sesión de contratación de representantes comerciales, llevada a cabo por un despacho privado en nombre de una compañía de seguros. Mas allá de las reacciones evocadas por la prensa que condenan el trato hacia los postulantes, o que defienden la profesión de reclutador, este documental plantea una cuestión tan central como frecuentemente ignorada : la evaluación de un trabajo antes de integrar la empresa. De este punto de vista, las prácticas destacadas en el documental no son

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J. van Baal

1972-10-01

Full Text Available - W. Ph. Coolhaas, António Galvao, A treatise on the Moulccas (c. 1544, probably the preliminary version of António Galvao’s lost História das Molucas, edited, annotated and translated into English from the Portugese manuscript in the Archivo de Indias, Seville by Hubert Th. Th. Jacobs, S.J.; Sources and Studies for the History of the Jesuits: Volume III; Jesuit Historical Institute, Rome 1971. 402 pp., 4 plates, 2 maps. - H.J. de Graaf, Generale missiven van Gouverneurs-Generaal en Raden aan Heren XVII der Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie. Deel IV, 1675-1685. Uitgegeven door Dr. W. Ph. COOHAAS. Rijks Geschiedkundige Publicatiën Grote Serie 134, ‘s-Gravenhage 1971. 893 blz. - R.S. Wassing, Norbert Mylius, Kulturhistoriche Abhandlungen. Gé Nabrink, Amsterdam 1970. 46 + 53 + 93 blz., 30 + 36 platen. - R.S. Wassing, Jeune Scott-Kemball, Javanese shadow puppets. The Trustees of the British Museum, Londen 1970. 66 p., 30 plates. - James J. Fox, Maurice Bloch, Placing the dead. Seminar Studies in Anthropology No. 1. Seminar Press, London 1971. 214 pp., 16 plates, maps, figs. - L.F.B. Dubbeldam, Karl G. Heider, The Dugum Dani, a Papuan culture in the highlands of West New Guinea. Aldine Publishing Company, Chicago, 1970. 334 pp. - P. van de Velde, Raymond Firth, Tikopia string figures. Royal anthropological institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Occasional paper no. 29, London 1970. 64 p., 54 figs., 1 plate., Honor Maude (eds. - E. Schlesier, Glynn Cochrane, Big men and cargo cults. Oxford monographs on social anthropology. Clarendon Press. Oxford 1970, XXIX und 187 p., 4 maps, 3 figs, index. - J. van Baal, Rose Schubert, Methodologische Untersuchungen an Ozeanischem Mythen-material. Bd. 24 der Studien zur Kulturkunde. Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, Wiesbaden, 1970; 237 S., broschiert, D.M. - M. Ondei, S.J. Tambiah, Buddhism and the spirit cults in Northeast Thailand. Cambridge studies in social anthropology 2. Cambridge University Press, 1970

La ruée vers l’or. Nouveaux écrans, nouvelles recettes ?

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Joël Augros

2012-06-01

Full Text Available Autrefois assises sur l’unique marché des salles, les sources des recettes du cinéma se sont multipliées à l’apparition de nouveaux écrans (télévision, vidéo pour adopter un mode séquentiel (les fenêtres de diffusion. Après une certaine stabilisation dans les années 80, l’arrivée sur le marché d’autres écrans (internet, écrans portables met à mal en France et aux Etats-Unis la périodisation installée. Alors qu’en France, le mode de financement du cinéma et la place cruciale de Canal Plus dans les recettes du cinéma conduisent à un raccourcissement de la séquence sans que les professionnels n’envisagent une disparition du modèle, aux Etats-Unis, le déclin du marché vidéo met à l’ordre du jour une abolition pure et simple du séquençage. Les compagnies indépendantes notamment expérimentent de façon croissante les sorties de films sur tous les écrans disponibles sous l’œil intéressé des majors, prêtes à adopter le modèle s’il s’avère pertinent.Stemming ab initio exclusively from the theatre box-office, revenues of films diversified when television and video became alternative ways of screening movies. Thus, a business model was established and stabilized in the 1980s along screening windows. The digital revolution broke this business model in France as well as in the United States. However, while in France, the film investment schemes and Canal Plus Group’s established position as a major source of finance led to the shortening of release windows but not to the disappearance of the release windows format, in the United States, the declining DVD sales and revenues forced the major studios to study new methods of distribution and new business models, based on day-and-date releases and on the gradual dissolution of the windows model. The major companies have been carefully watching the independent film companies experimentations with release windows ready to adopt this new business model if

Monsters and Clowns Incorporated: the Representations of Adolf Hitler in British and American WWII Propaganda Posters Monstres, clowns et compagnie : les représentations d’Hitler dans les affiches de propagande britanniques et américaines pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale

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Cécile Vallée

2012-03-01

Full Text Available Dans les affiches de propagande britanniques et américaines de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, les représentations d’Adolf Hitler font de lui soit un monstre effrayant, sanguinaire et diabolique, soit un clown grotesque, un pantin ridicule et risible, une cible qu’il faut frapper, écraser, ou détruire d’une façon ou d’une autre. S’adressant au sens de l’humour du spectateur, à ses peurs ou à son aversion, les artistes de propagande des deux côtés de l’Atlantique utilisent des leviers émotionnels et des tons très variés pour faire du dictateur nazi un des ressorts principaux de la participation à l’effort de guerre. Ces caricatures d’Hitler, dont l’objectif final était d’encourager la production et les économies ou de lutter contre les bavardages intempestifs, révèlent une condamnation morale ou politique et font partie de la propagande de soutien au moral, qui vise à galvaniser les Troupes de l’Intérieur en présentant la victoire comme quelque chose de vital ou d’inéluctable. Qu’il soit monstre ou clown, on fait tomber le dictateur déshumanisé de son piédestal, un piédestal si soigneusement construit pour lui par la propagande nazie.

L’éthique japonaise comme modèle dans l’entreprise taiwanaise. Le cas de Hsu Wen-lung et la compagnie Chimei Japanese Ethics as a Model in Taiwanese Companies: The Case of Hsu Wen-lung and the Chimei Corporation

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Yū Yamada

2013-05-01

Full Text Available Fondateur de l’entreprise taiwanaise Chimei, Hsu Wen-lung est une personnalité incontournable à Taiwan dans les domaines de la technologie de pointe, du mécénat et de la politique. Issu d’une famille modeste, il met en place en quelques années et à partir de peu de moyens un empire industriel et financier, tout en tranchant nettement avec ses concurrents en ce qui concerne la gestion de l’entreprise et ses activités externes. En effet, on peut remarquer, tant dans le management de Chimei, les activités de mécène des arts et de la musique que dans ses ouvrages, discours officiels et privés, que Hsu voue une admiration profonde au Japon et à certaines personnalités japonaises qui ont œuvré au développement de Taiwan durant la période d’annexion de l’île par le Japon, de 1895 à 1945. Après avoir retracé les grandes lignes de l’histoire de Hsu et de Chimei, on s’attellera à expliquer d’une part la représentation du Japon et de la période japonaise chez Hsu, et, d’autre part, l’influence japonaise – notamment celle de l’éthique du bushidō – dans l’organisation de son entreprise et ses activités de mécénat.Founder of Taiwanese-based Chimei company, Hsu Wen-lung is an eminent figure in Taiwan, especially in high technology, patronage and political fields. Even if he was not very well off in the beginning, he eventually set up a financial and industrial empire, while differing greatly from his rivals because of the peculiar way of managing Chimei. Apart from the factory, Hsu decided to invest into patronage of arts, hospitals, environmental and educational programs. In his actions, the books he wrote, in official and private declarations as well, Hsu repeatedly manifests that he feels a profound admiration for Japan and for some well-known Japanese who tended to develop Taiwan during Japanese Rule (1895-1945. In this paper we begin with a presentation of Hsu and Chimei, then we explain what kind of ties he built with Japan through the firm, through his activities of patronage. Afterwards, we present how Hsu has been influenced during his youth by the bushidō, the Japanese “traditional” moral code, and how he tried to spread this philosophy in all Chimei’s activities.

Assessment of metal and trace element contamination in water, sediment, plants, macroinvertebrates, and fish in Tavasci Marsh, Tuzigoot National Monument, Arizona

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Beisner, Kimberly R.; Paretti, Nicholas V.; Brasher, Anne M.D.; Fuller, Christopher C.; Miller, Matthew P.

2014-01-01

at depth for Bi, Cd, Cu, Hg, In, Pb, Sb, Sn, Te, and Zn. Radioisotope dating indicates that the elevated metal and trace element concentrations are associated with sediments deposited before 1963. Arsenic concentration was greater in cattail roots compared with surrounding sediment at Tavasci Marsh. Concentrations of As, Ni, and Se from yellow bullhead catfish (Ameiurus natalis) in Tavasci Marsh exceeded the 75th percentile of several other regional studies. Mercury concentration in dragonfly larvae and fish from Tavasci Marsh were similar to or greater than in Tavasci Marsh sediment. Future work includes a biologic risk assessment utilizing the data collected in this study to provide the monument management with additional information for their restoration plan.

Alle origini del baratto: l'Odin in Sardegna 1974-1975

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Fabio Acca

2013-05-01

Full Text Available Abstract – IT La complessa vicenda del “baratto”, ideata e attuata da Eugenio Barba e l’Odin Teatret a partire dal 1973-74, è una delle più affascinanti imprese appartenenti alla storia del Nuovo Teatro del Novecento. Il saggio ricostruisce il più oggettivamente possibile la permanenza dell’Odin Teatret in Sardegna, tra il 1974 e il 1975, durante la quale le tante comunità sarde risposero spontaneamente alla proposta dell’Odin, "barattando" il proprio patrimonio di canti, balli e pratiche tradizionali. Nato nella città di Cagliari, l’autore ha potuto spesso cogliere nelle testimonianze di intellettuali e artisti isolani l’eco di quella avventura; una traccia viva, quando non proprio un modello mitico, per più di una generazione di operatori culturali tuttora attivi in Sardegna. Da qui il desiderio di ricucire il filo della memoria, nell’idea di restituire quanto più possibile anche una sottile zona del rimosso, osservando con attenzione le date di questa vicenda e alcune testimonianze ad esse correlate. In particolare, secondo l’autore, la così tanto celebrata fase avvenuta a Carpignano Salentino da maggio a ottobre del 1974, a cui si attribuisce convenzionalmente, da un punto di vista storico, la nascita del baratto, in realtà ha teso a oscurare un precedente assai rilevante, legato all’incursione in terra sarda di Barba e compagni, tra Campidano e Barbagia, avvenuta nel mese di gennaio dello stesso anno. Abstract – EN The complex history of the 'baratto', which was conceived and performed by Eugenio Barba and the Odin Teatret from 1973-74, is one of the most challenging and fascinating projects in the history of XX century theatre. The purpose of the present essay is to retrace, as objectively as possible, Odin's permanence in Sardinia between 1974 and 1975, a period during which many local communities gave a positive feedback to Barba's project by 'bartering' traditional songs, dance and rituals. Born in

Influence de la température sur le développement de la puce africaine du chat Ctenocephalides felis strongylus (Jordan, 1925 (Siphonaptera : Pulicidae

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Yao K.P.

2010-06-01

Full Text Available Ctenocephalides felis (Bouché, 1835 communément appelée “puce du chat” présente deux sous-espèces reconnues : Ctenocephalides felis strongylus (Jordan, 1925 inféodée au continent africain et Ctenocephalides felis felis (Bouché, 1835 présente dans les zones à climat tempéré (Afrique du Nord, Europe et Amérique (Ménier et Beaucournu, 1999. En Afrique subsaharienne, la principale puce retrouvée chez les animaux de compagnie et chez certains animaux d’élevage (ovins, caprins et bovins appartient à la sous-espèce C. f. strongylus. Quelques paramètres bio-écologiques de C. f. strongylus ont été étudiés dans différentes conditions d’élevage. Les résultats ont été comparés à ceux de C. f. felis actuellement disponibles. À 75% ± 5 d’humidité relative, le cycle de développement de C. f. strongylus dure 20-21 jours à 27 °C et de 16 à 17 jours à 29 °C. Ainsi, la sousespèce africaine de la puce du chat (C. f. strongylus se développe moins vite que C. f. felis à températures identiques. Cette différence pourrait s’expliquer par l’influence du climat de leurs aires de distribution respectives sur leur cycle de développement. À 75% ± 5 d’humidité relative, les adultes de C. f. strongylus ne peuvent survivre plus de 14 jours dans l’environnement à des températures comprises entre 27 et 29 °C, lorsqu’elles n’ont jamais pris de repas sanguin. Dans ces mêmes conditions, la durée de survie n’excède pas 16 jours à 19 °C. Mais lorsque C. f. strongylus a pris un premier repas de sang, elle a une durée de vie beaucoup plus courte lorsqu’elle est hors de son hôte. En effet, aucun individu n’est retrouvé vivant trois jours passé hors de la fourrure de son hôte à 29 °C, cinq jours à 27 °C et huit jours à 19 °C. Il en est de même pour C. f. felis. Ces données sur la bio-écologie de C. f. strongylus permettent de comprendre l’influence de la température sur son cycle de d

Work/Family Balancing and 24/7 Work Schedules: Network Analysis of Strategies in a Transport Company Cleaning Service: Concilier travail-famille et horaires 24/7: analyse réseau des stratégies au sein du service de nettoyage d'une compagnie de transport.

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Lefrançois, Mélanie; Saint-Charles, Johanne; Riel, Jessica

2017-11-01

Whether or not official work/family balance measures exist within an organization, scheduling accommodations often go through informal channels involving colleagues and superiors and are negotiated within interpersonal relationships. This study examines the relationship dimensions of the scheduling strategies of cleaners working atypical hours in the transport sector through the lenses of ergonomic activity, network, and gender analyses. Using semi-directed interviews, observation, and network analysis, we revealed the effect of gender on relationship dynamics and the influence of these dynamics on work/family balance strategies deployed by cleaners. One of the main contributions of this study is to demonstrate the decisive effect of relationships by revealing inequalities in access to organizational social networks. Creating spaces to discuss work/family balancing and a more equitable circulation of information could contribute to reducing inequalities associated with gender, social status, and family responsibilities and support the work/family strategies developed by workers dealing with restrictive work schedules. Résumé Les accommodements du temps de travail pour la conciliation travail-famille (CTF) passent souvent par des ententes informelles qui s'inscrivent dans les relations entre collègues ou avec des gestionnaires. Notre étude, intégrant l'ergonomie et la communication dans une perspective de genre, porte sur les dimensions relationnelles des stratégies de choix d'horaire d'agentes et agents de nettoyage devant composer avec des horaires atypiques dans le secteur des transports. À partir d'entretiens semi-dirigés, d'observations et d'analyse de réseaux, nous avons pu observer l'influence des dynamiques relationnelles, notamment de genre, sur les stratégies de CTF. Un apport central de cette étude est de montrer l'effet structurant des relations en révélant notamment des inégalités dans l'accès aux ressources facilitant le choix d'horaire, mais aussi dans l'inclusion au sein du réseau de relations. L'article conclut en proposant des pistes de solutions concrètes pour la réduction de ces inégalités.

Compte rendu du Congrès National du Pétrole, Vichy, 13-16 mai 1981 Report on the 9th French Petroleum Congress in Vichy, 13-16 May 1981

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Bertrand A. R. V.

2006-11-01

Full Text Available Le 9e Congrès National du Pétrole (Vichy, 13-16 mai 1981 s'est déroulé dans un contexte assez difficile (importantes augmentations des prix pétroliers au cours des dernières années, crise mondiale du secteur raffinage, incertitudes politiques. . . bien reflété par le thème choisi Les techniciens français du pétrole face au défi énergétique. Comportant trois tables rondes générales qui fournissaient à l'ensemble des participants, quelles que soient leur spécialité, l'occasion de travailler en commun et ont ainsi donné à cette manifestation un caractère pluridisciplinaire particulièrement studieux, le congrès a mis l'accent sur un certain nombre de nécessités déjà mises en évidence : - diversifier les sources d'hydrocarbures à tous les niveaux (géographique, nature du produit . . . ; - recourir à d'autres sources d'énergie et en particulier à l'énergie nucléaire ; - utiliser toutes les techniques de pointe disponibles (informatique, robotique, biologie, . . . et accroître le capital matière grise, en particulier pour permettre l'exploitation du pétrole difficile (récupération assistée, gisements marins sous grande profondeur d'eau, huiles lourdes, . . . ; - former les hommes en conséquence et attirer de nombreux jeunes compétents et imaginatifs, vers l'industrie des hydrocarbures (pétrole et gaz naturel, et vers les compagnies énergétiques. The 9th French National Petroleurn Congress (Vichy, 13-16 May 1981 took place in a rather difficult context (substantial rises in oil prices in recent years, world crisis in the refining sector, political uncertainties, etc. which was effectively reflected in the theme chosen - French petroleum technicians faced with the energy challenge. There were three round-table discussions which provided all the participants - whatever their specialization - with an opportunity to meet and work together, and gave the meeting a particularly multidisciplinary and studious

Associazionismo industriale e corporativismo: l’American Chamber of Commerce in Italy nell’epoca fascista = Industrial association and corporatism: The American chamber of commerce in Italy during the fascism age

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Vittoria Ferrandino

2014-12-01

Full Text Available Il contributo in oggetto si propone di approfondire i rapporti tra le corporazioni e i gruppi industriali italiani da un’ottica particolare, quella dell’associazionismo che si concretizza con l’American Chamber of Commerce in Italy, instituita nel 1915 per agevolare le relazioni commerciali tra Italia e Stati Uniti. La grave crisi economica del 1930 e del 1931 e, poco dopo, le gravissime restrizioni portate agli scambi con l’estero dal programma autarchico del Governo fascista, influirono notevolmente sullo sviluppo della Camera. L’autorità dell’istituzione venne a diminuire, i rapporti con gli Stati Uniti si fecero più rari e il numero dei soci diminuì notevolmente. Alle corporazioni furono affidate le autorizzazioni sui nuovi impianti, la costituzione delle compagnie per la valorizzazione dell’Africa orientale italiana, il controllo sulle iniziative economiche nelle colonie, la collaborazione col fisco nella determinazione e nell’applicazione dei tributi ed infine il controllo sul commercio estero e sulle valute. Di conseguenza, la funzione che lo Stato avrebbe dovuto esercitare servendosi delle corporazioni finì col ricadere nelle mani dei grandi industriali, che le dominavano attraverso i loro rappresentanti. Da un lato, quindi, vi erano le corporazioni, che garantivano piena libertà ai gruppi industriali, avallandone le scelte; dall’altro lato, invece, vi erano le autorità governative che riconoscevano i limiti di competenza e d’intervento di quelle istituzioni e la necessità di una migliore definizione degli obiettivi. This contribution aims to examine the relationship between corporations and the Italian industrial groups from a particular perspective, which is that of associations through the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy, established in 1915 to facilitate the commercial relations between Italy and the United States. The economic crisis of 1930 and 1931 and, shortly after, the very serious restrictions

Use of the Internet and Mobile Phones for Self-Management of Severe Mental Health Problems: Qualitative Study of Staff Views.

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Berry, Natalie; Bucci, Sandra; Lobban, Fiona

2017-11-01

responsibilities; and (4) digital health interventions should be used to enhance, not replace, face-to-face support. This study is the first, to our knowledge, to qualitatively explore the experiences and attitudes of mental health care staff toward individuals with severe mental health problems using the Internet, mobile phones, and digital health interventions to self-manage their mental health. Understanding the positive and negative experiences and views shared by staff toward both current and potential digital health intervention use has enabled the identification of several considerations for implementation. Additionally, the findings suggest mental health care staff need clear guidance and training in relation to their responsibilities in recommending reputable and secure websites, forums, and digital health interventions and in how to manage professional boundaries on the Internet. Overall, the study highlights that digital health interventions could be well received by staff working in mental health services but importantly, such management options must be presented to frontline staff as an avenue to enhance care and extend choice, rather than as a method to reduce costs. ©Natalie Berry, Sandra Bucci, Fiona Lobban. Originally published in JMIR Mental Health (http://mental.jmir.org), 01.11.2017.

La production du manque d’eau dans la région métropolitaine de São Paulo (RMSP A produção de escassez de água na região metropolitana de São Paulo (RMSP

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Vanderli Custódio

2010-03-01

Full Text Available Cet article de géographie urbaine rétrospective porte sur le processus d’appropriation des eaux de la ville de São Paulo et de ses conséquences sur l’approvisionnement de la population. À partir de la considération théorique du binôme « ville-forme » et « urbanisation-processus » (HARVEY 1980, nous essayons d’identifier dans l’évolution urbaine de la métropole (mégalopole pauliste ses principaux agents (Light and Power Co., pouvoir (secteur public et secteur industriel, qui s’approprient des eaux, de leurs stratégies et de leurs logiques depuis la fondation de la ville (1554 quand l’approvisionnement se faisait de façon individuelle avec l’utilisation de fontaines, en passant par la création d’une compagnie d’assainissement de base de l’État (1973, jusqu’à l’heure actuelle où l’on voit une montée de la privatisation dans le secteur. Comme résultat, on espère que l’article servira à alerter et à fonder des politiques publiques urbaines d’assainissement dans ce qu’on appelle le « Tiers Monde »Este artigo de Geografia Urbana Retrospectiva trata do processo de apropriação das águas na cidade de São Paulo e das conseqüências para o abastecimento populacional urbano. Objetiva-se, a partir da consideração teórica do par “cidade-forma” e “urbanização­processo” (HARVEY, 1980, identificar, na evolução urbana da metrópole paulistana, os principais agentes (Light and Power Co., poder público e setor industrial apropriadores das águas, suas estratégias e lógicas de ação, desde a fundação da cidade (1554, quando o abastecimento ocorria de forma individual, com o uso da água das bicas, passando pela criação de uma companhia estadual de saneamento básico (1973, até os dias atuais, com o aumento da privatização no setor. Como resultado espera-se que o artigo sirva de alerta e embasamento às políticas públicas urbanas de saneamento no denominado �

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Redactie KITLV

2008-12-01

Full Text Available Trevor Wilson (ed.; Myanmar’s long road to national reconciliation (Jean A. Berley Jennifer Lindsay (ed.; Between tongues; Translation and/of/in performance in Asia (Michael Bodden Volker Grabowsky; Bevölkerung und Staat in Lan Na; Ein Beitrag zur Bevölkerungsgeschichte Südostasiens Peter Boomgaard Odille Gannier, Cécile Picquoin (eds; Journal de bord d’Etienne Marchand; Le voyage du Solide autour du monde (1790-1792 (H.J.M. Claessen Arjan van Helmond, Stani Michiels (eds; Jakarta megalopolis; Horizontal and vertical observations (Ben Derudder Bert Scova Righini; Een leven in twee vaderlanden; Een biografie van Beb Vuijk (Liesbeth Dolk Gerrit R. Knaap, J.R. van Diessen, W. Leijnse, M.P.B. Ziellemans; Grote Atlas van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie/ Comprehensive Atlas of the Dutch United East India Company; Volume II: Java en Madoera/Java and Madura (Amrit Gomperts Nordin Hussin; Trade and society in the Straits of Melaka; Dutch Melaka and English Penang, 1780-1830 (Hans Hägerdal Wilco van den Heuvel; Biak; Description of an Austronesian language of Papua (Volker Heeschen Ann L. Appleton; Acts of integration, expressions of faith; Madness, death and ritual in Melanau ontology (Menno Hekker Amity A. Doolittle; Property and politics in Sabah, Malaysia; Native struggles over land rights (Monica Janowski Rajeswary Ampalavanar Brown; The rise of the corporate economy in Southeast Asia (J. Thomas Lindblad Dwi Noverini Djenar; Semantic, pragmatic and discourse perspectives of preposition use; A study of Indonesian locatives (Don van Minde Sherri Brainard, Dietlinde Behrens, A grammar of Yakan (Chandra Nuraini Dietlinde Behrens; Yakan-English dictionary (Chandra Nuraini Pierre Lemonnier; Le sabbat des lucioles; Sorcellerie, chamanisme et imaginaire cannibale en Nouvelle-Guinée (Anton Ploeg Edgar Aleo and others; A voice from many rivers; Central Subanen oral and written literature

LE STAZIONI DI APPRENDIMENTO: ESEMPI DIDATTICI PER UN APPROCCIO DI TIPO GLOBALE ALL’INSEGNAMENTO DELLA LINGUA ITALIANA A STRANIERI

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Antonietta Gobbis

2015-02-01

Full Text Available Il metodo, che si rifà alle teorie pedagogiche di Maria Montessori (1870-1952, è un esempio di lezione “aperta” fondato su pratiche che attivano la sfera emozionale, sensoriale e relazionale oltre a quella logico-razionale della mente. Nel processo di apprendimento di conoscenze acquisite non solo attraverso l’ascolto delle parole dell’insegnante, ma anche attraverso esperienze scelte autonomamente e consapevolmente da soli e in gruppo, l’ambiente delle stazioni didattiche offre tutto il materiale di sviluppo cognitivo in maniera che sia liberamente fruibile dal discente per favorirne la socializzazione e l’autonomia (secondo il motto di Maria Montessori ‘Aiutami a fare da solo’. A lezione esse non solo offrono varietà, comunicazione e divertimento ma, e in ciò è il loro massimo pregio, differenziazione interna al gruppo degli studenti, che possono, senza alcuna pressione da parte dei compagni, lavorare al proprio ritmo e livello scegliendogli esercizi secondo le preferenze individuali lungo un percorso aperto a canali diversi di apprendimento e orientato ad un vivace interscambio con gli altri.Il nostro contributo fa riferimento a tre esempi di stazioni didattiche legate alle feste che più richiamano l’attenzione degli studenti stranieri sul nostro paese: il Natale e il Carnevale. Tali tematiche mostrano come il modello della stazioni didattiche riesca a rapportarsi al vissuto degli studenti motivandoli al raffronto interculturale. Le abbiamo sperimentate in gruppi di studenti dell’Università delle Lingue Mondiali di Tashkent che frequentano il primo e secondo anno del corso di Italiano, studiato come seconda lingua.   Learning stations: didactic examples for a global teaching method This method, based on Maria Montessori’s educational theories, is an example of “open” lessons based on activities that activate emotions, senses and relationships, besides logic and reason. In the learning process knowledge is

La couleur à Lille au xviie siècle, de Philippe IV à Louis XIV The colour of Lille in the seventeenth century, from Philippe IV to Louis XIV

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Étienne Poncelet

2007-06-01

Full Text Available Pays polychrome, de pierres blanches ou bleues et de briques roses, jaunes ou noires, la Flandre manie depuis le Moyen Âge les jeux colorés de matériaux. Sa capitale wallonne, Lille, est la ville méridionale des Pays‑Bas catholiques où s’acclimatent les plantes de la compagnie des Indes néerlandaises et où se déroulent les « joyeuses entrées » des comtes, ducs de Bourgogne, archiducs et autres rois d’Espagne. Cette tradition de luxuriance se traduit à l’âge d'or bourguignon par une efflorescence de couleurs sur les édifices qui durera jusqu’à la prise de Lille par Louis XIV en 1667. Les portes « espagnoles » affichent leurs briques émaillées de couleur. L’hospice Comtesse placarde son retable de pierres peintes sur sa façade d’entrée. La Vieille Bourse colore ses façades au modèle d’un cabinet d’ébénisterie avec ses incrustations de pierres nacrées et de brique luisantes comme les écailles de tortue. Le style franco‑lillois transmettra ce goût pour la couleur à travers la reconstitution du centre ville au xviie siècle, ce dont témoigne le plan-relief de 1743. Les restaurations depuis une dizaine d’années retrouvent cette tradition de joie urbaine dans les autres « grand-places » des villes du Nord.A polychromatic land of white and blue stone and pink, yellow and black brick, Flanders has sought colour combinations in building materials since the Middle Ages. Its French-speaking capital, Lille, was the city in the south of the Catholic Netherlands where plants imported by the Dutch East Indies Company acclimatized and where the ‘Joyous Entry’ celebrations of the counts, Dukes of Burgundy, archdukes and kings of Spain took place. During the golden age of Burgundy, this tradition of luxuriance was reflected in the increasing use of colours on buildings, a trend that would endure until the siege of Lille by Louis XIV in 1667. The ‘Spanish’ gates display brickwork enamelled in

Russian Arctic Petroleum Resources Ressources pétrolières de l’Arctique russe

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Zolotukhin A.

2011-12-01

sur le rythme auquel la production provenant des zones nordiques incluant l’Arctique sera activée – que ce soit du fait de la politique nationale, du développement d’infrastructures ou d’investissement par l’état et les compagnies pétrolières. Ces zones englobent celles où une exploitation a déjà été entamée (au large de l’île Sakhaline, dans le Timan Péchora du nord et celles en attente d’une implication à venir, comme les mers de Barents et de Péchora, la Sibérie orientale, la péninsule de Yamal, la mer de Kara et le Kamchatka. Les niveaux de production offshore vont probablement être très importants pour la Russie à moyen et long terme, particulièrement du fait que la plupart (sinon la totalité de la production sera exportée et, ce faisant, ouvrira des portes vers de nouveaux marchés. De cette manière, la production offshore introduira une composante nouvelle et très significative à la stratégie d’exportation de la Russie. Toutefois, une implication active des ressources arctiques russes dans le processus global de fourniture d’énergie exige une analyse détaillée et une compréhension claire du potentiel du marché du gaz et de l’huile russes (volumes demandés, calendrier d’exécution, voies de transports; elle exige aussi une attention soutenue de la part du gouvernement sur les points les plus importants qui devront être mis en place, tels que des normes et directives nationales pour l’exploitation des ressources arctiques, une législation stable, transparente et sans surprise à titre de condition préalable nécessaire à des investissements massifs dans l’exploration et la production et, notamment, une implication active de compagnies étrangères dans l’exploitation des ressources arctiques qui pourrait apporter en même temps que les investissements une compétence et une expérience indispensables, une technologie disponible et des principes d’Hygiène, Sécurité et Environnement (HSE. L�

Fungal Planet description sheets: 400-468.

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Novel species of fungi described in the present study include the following from Australia: Vermiculariopsiella eucalypti, Mulderomyces natalis (incl. Mulderomyces gen. nov.), Fusicladium paraamoenum, Neotrimmatostroma paraexcentricum, and Pseudophloeospora eucalyptorum on leaves of Eucalyptus spp., Anungitea grevilleae (on leaves of Grevillea sp.), Pyrenochaeta acaciae (on leaves of Acacia sp.), and Brunneocarpos banksiae (incl. Brunneocarpos gen. nov.) on cones of Banksia attenuata. Novel foliicolous taxa from South Africa include Neosulcatispora strelitziae (on Strelitzia nicolai), Colletotrichum ledebouriae (on Ledebouria floridunda), Cylindrosympodioides brabejum (incl. Cylindrosympodioides gen. nov.) on Brabejum stellatifolium, Sclerostagonospora ericae (on Erica sp.), Setophoma cyperi (on Cyperus sphaerocephala), and Phaeosphaeria breonadiae (on Breonadia microcephala). Novelties described from Robben Island (South Africa) include Wojnowiciella cissampeli and Diaporthe cissampeli (both on Cissampelos capensis), Phaeotheca salicorniae (on Salicornia meyeriana), Paracylindrocarpon aloicola (incl. Paracylindrocarpon gen. nov.) on Aloe sp., and Libertasomyces myopori (incl. Libertasomyces gen. nov.) on Myoporum serratum. Several novelties are recorded from La Réunion (France), namely Phaeosphaeriopsis agapanthi (on Agapanthus sp.), Roussoella solani (on Solanum mauritianum), Vermiculariopsiella acaciae (on Acacia heterophylla), Dothiorella acacicola (on Acacia mearnsii), Chalara clidemiae (on Clidemia hirta), Cytospora tibouchinae (on Tibouchina semidecandra), Diaporthe ocoteae (on Ocotea obtusata), Castanediella eucalypticola, Phaeophleospora eucalypticola and Fusicladium eucalypticola (on Eucalyptus robusta), Lareunionomyces syzygii (incl. Lareunionomyces gen. nov.) and Parawiesneriomyces syzygii (incl. Parawiesneriomyces gen. nov.) on leaves of Syzygium jambos. Novel taxa from the USA include Meristemomyces arctostaphylos (on Arctostaphylos patula

Ectopic fat accumulation in patients with COPD: an ECLIPSE substudy

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Martin M

2017-01-01

Full Text Available Mickaël Martin,1 Natalie Almeras,1 Jean-Pierre Després,1 Harvey O Coxson,2 George R Washko,3 Isabelle Vivodtzev,4 Emiel FM Wouters,5 Erica Rutten,6 Michelle C Williams,7 John T Murchison,8 William MacNee,7 Don D Sin,2 François Maltais1 On behalf of the Evaluation of COPD Longitudinally to Identify Predictive Surrogate Endpoints (ECLIPSE Study Group 1Research Centre, Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, QC, 2Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; 3Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; 4Hypoxia Pathophysiology Laboratory, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France; 5Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, 6Research and Development, CIRO, Horn, the Netherlands; 7Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Edinburgh, 8Department of Radiology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Background: Obesity is increasingly associated with COPD, but little is known about the prevalence of ectopic fat accumulation in COPD and whether this can possibly be associated with poor clinical outcomes and comorbidities. The Evaluation of COPD Longitudinally to Identify Predictive Surrogate Endpoints (ECLIPSE substudy tested the hypothesis that COPD is associated with increased ectopic fat accumulation and that this would be associated with COPD-related outcomes and comorbidities.Methods: Computed tomography (CT images of the thorax obtained in ECLIPSE were used to quantify ectopic fat accumulation at L2–L3 (eg, cross-sectional area [CSA] of visceral adipose tissue [VAT] and muscle tissue [MT] attenuation, a reflection of muscle fat infiltration and CSA of MT. A dose–response relationship between CSA of VAT, MT attenuation and CSA of MT and COPD-related outcomes (6-minute walking distance [6MWD], exacerbation rate, quality of life, and forced

Città al limite. Per una trattazione urbanistica del disastro

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Mattia Bertin

2014-11-01

reunificación en una única categoría de pensamientos, observaciones, análisis, y sobre todo praxis conectadas a las ciudades golpeadas por un desastre, el crecimiento de un saber urbanístico capaz de contestar de manera ágil y eficaz a situaciones de este tipo, mediante una rápida reconstrucción del («todavía no» “ya no más?” Abstract: Between the different fields of urban studies, there is a sector yet low strengthened: the regeneration after a disaster. We have traces and trails of analysis applied to the different types of disaster, but still we haven’t a categorical and general reflection over the disaster as urban fact. Disaster studies well knows that these events have common features, which allow to label these as elements of a single class, and to be studied and faced more effectively than what a single field could done. The goal of this volume is to sustain a reflexive boost, which leads to a deeper specialisation of urban studies in relation to face a disaster, specially in the regeneration of an affected city. Abstract en italiano: Tra i differenti campi degli studi urbani, vi è un settore ancora molto poco approfondito: la rigenerazione dopo un disastro. Negli anni si sono senza dubbio prodotte tracce e  sentieri analitici applicati ai diversi tipi di disastro, ma tuttora soffriamo la mancanza di una riflessione generale e categoriale sul disastro come fatto urbano. I saperi che si occupano di disastri hanno da tempo superato gli approcci settoriali, consci dei molti comuni aspetti tra le diverse manifestazioni di questo fenomeno, che suggeriscono di affrontarlo come un campo unitario. L’obiettivo di questo volume è di sostenere un incremento di riflessione, che porti ad una più profonda specializzazione, degli studi urbani in relazione al disastro, in particolare nella rigenerazione di una città colpita.

Information from teachers on viral hepatitis transmission and prevention in Brazil Información de los maestros sobre la transmisión y la prevención de las hepatitis virales en el Brasil

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Rosangela Gaze

2003-08-01

Full Text Available OBJECTIVE: To assess school teachers' level of knowledge on prevention of viral hepatitis (VH. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in three cities of Brazil, from August to November of 1999. The sample was composed of 360 subjects: 334 women and 26 men, 81 (22.5% from Belém, 123 (34.2% from Natal and 156 (43.3% from Rio de Janeiro. Cultural differences in knowledge were identified using a questionnaire to classify, according to semantic content, categories of transmission and preventive practices. Responses were scored as right or wrong. Data were tabulated and analyzed using EPIINFO 6.04 and open answers were classified according to semantic content. Comparison of the answer frequencies between cities was done through the chi-square test. RESULTS: Transmission category (TC (n=837 answers and prevention category (PC (n=771 answers "food-and waterborne" transmission items were the most frequently mentioned (40%. For TC, "food-and waterborne" answers were followed by "bloodborne" (16%, "inadequate knowledge" (9%, "possible causes of hepatic disease" (9%, and "sexual transmission" (7% answers. For PC items, "food-and waterborne" answers were followed by "general aspects of prevention" (13%, "immunization" (9%, "quality of health services" (8% and "sexual prevention" (5% items. "Right" scores for transmission mechanisms and prevention practices varied from zero to 80%. CONCLUSIONS: Study findings suggest that investments should be made to disseminate appropriate knowledge on VH prevention, mainly addressing sexual transmission and intravenous drug use.OBJETIVO: Evaluar los conocimientos y prácticas de profesores escolares en la prevención de hepatitis viral. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Se llevó a cabo un estudio transversal en tres ciudades de Brasil, de agosto a noviembre de 1999. La muestra estuvo constituida por 360 sujetos: 334 mujeres y 26 hombres, 81 (22.5% de Belém, 123 (34.2% de Nataly 156 (43.3% de Río de Janeiro. Se

A novel approach for effective integration of new faculty leadership

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Hastings NB

2018-03-01

Full Text Available Natalie B Hastings,1 Linda S Centore,2 Stuart A Gansky,3 Frederick C Finzen,4 Joel M White,5 Eric Wong,6 Grayson W Marshall,7 Lisa Chung,3 Elsbeth Kalenderian3 1Division of Clinical General Dentistry, Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA, USA; 2Division of Behavioral Sciences & Community Dental Education, Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA, USA; 3Division of Oral Epidemiology & Dental Public Health, Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA, USA; 4Division of Prosthodontics, Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA, USA; 5Division of Preclinical Simulation, Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA, USA; 6Division of Endodontics, Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA, USA; 7Division of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF School of Dentistry, San Francisco, CA, USA Purpose: We report on an accelerated and effective way of assimilating a new leader into a team at a large academic dental school department.Methods: At University of California, San Francisco (UCSF, a new Chair was recruited through a national search to lead its largest department in the School of Dentistry. Two months after arrival, the new Chair embarked on a process of leadership assimilation among her executive team, facilitated by a professional consultant. Within four

La spirale dell’azzardo: una subcultura del gioco che “evapora” le relazioni / La spirale du jeu de hasard : une sous-culture qui empêche toute relation / The gambling: a subculture of game that “burns” the relationships

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Molin Valentina

2011-07-01

Full Text Available In this paper I have analysed the characteristics of what I define the “gambling subculture”, which is detectable in certain gaming environments and in subgroups of particularly “rabid” players. Within these subcultures there have been identified rules and sanctions, values, consolidate behaviours, characterization of relationships and interactions, and the conclusion is that what is built within the gambling environment is a separate universe, an “outer reality”, in which the values of the world “outside” change. It was also possible to conclude that, to join the gambling world for a gambler – learning its rules, sharing its values, developing relations inside it – represents a stimulus for gambling habits, as it allows to consider as “normal” their behaviour thanks to positive feedback from their groups of fellow players, and to the neutralization of possible negative feedback from “non-players”.Nel presente contributo vengono analizzate le caratteristiche di quella che ho definito “subcultura dell'azzardo”, rilevabile in determinati ambienti ludici e in sotto-gruppi di giocatori particolarmente “accaniti”. Di queste forme di subcultura sono state individuate norme e sanzioni, valori, comportamenti consolidati, caratterizzazione delle relazioni e delle interazioni, giungendo alla conclusione che quello che viene costruito negli spazi di gioco rappresenta un universo separato, un “extraluogo”, nel quale vengono scritte nuove regole e nel quale cambiano i valori rispetto al mondo “esterno”. È stato possibile inoltre concludere che l'adesione all'“universo gioco” – l'interiorizzazione delle sue norme, la condivisione dei suoi valori, lo sviluppo di relazioni al suo interno – rappresenta un fattore di mantenimento della condotta ludica, poiché permette di considerare “normale” il proprio comportamento grazie ai rinforzi positivi che giungono dal gruppo dei compagni-giocatori e alla

Radon exposure and mortality among the French cohort of uranium miners: 1946-1999

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Vacquier, B.; Tirmarche, M.; Laurier, D.; Caer, S.; Quesne, B.

2006-01-01

Full text of publication follows: The French cohort of uranium miners aims at evaluating the mortality risk of miners exposed to low levels of radon and its decay products and to other occupational hazards. Its primary aim is the quantification of the relationship between cumulated radon exposure and the risk of lung cancer death. However this study also allows to analyse risks for causes of death other than lung cancer. We present a new analysis of the mortality based on an extended follow-up of the cohort to end of 1999. Materials and methods: The French cohort of uranium miners has been followed by the Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire (I.R.S.N.) since the 1980's, in collaboration with the Occupational Medical Service of Compagnie Generale des Matieres Nucleaires (Cogema). The cohort was recently enlarged and the follow-up extended up to 1999. It includes men employed as miners for at least 1 year since 1946 at the Commissariat a l Energie Atomique (Cea) or at the Cogema. Individual vital status was ascertained through a national database and causes of death were determined according to death certificates. For each miner, yearly radon exposures was reconstructed and expressed in working level month (W.L.M.). Risk of death was estimated relatively to external reference rates from the general French male population. The classical method of standardized mortality ratios (S.M.R.s) was used to adjust for age and calendar year. Exposure-risk relationships have been estimated by Poisson regression, using a linear excess relative risk (E.R.R.) model with a lag time of 5 years. Results: The cohort comprises 5,098 miners. The mean duration of follow -up is 30.1 years (total of 153,272 person-years). The number of radon exposed miners is 4,134 with an average cumulative radon exposure of 36.5 W.L.M.. Miners lost to follow-up represent 1.4% of the cohort. A total of 1,471 deaths before age 85 is observed up to 1999. The analysis shows no excess for all

Arquitectura industrial y reestructuración de la industria automotriz en el distrito federal (Ciudad de México 1993-2010

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Selva Leonor Daville Landero

2012-11-01

Full Text Available L’abandon unilatéral du système de protection tarifaire en 1986 et la signature, en 1992, de l’Accord de libre-échange nord-américain ont profondément marqué l’économie mexicaine. Orientée vers l’exportation, tournée vers les États-Unis et le marché nord-américain, celle-ci s’est modernisée, au prix toutefois d’importantes restructurations. Le cas du secteur automobile est à cet égard exemplaire. L’article qui suit analyse les transformations dans ce secteur dans le District fédéral. L’auteure utilise les données des recensements et s’appuie sur les résultats d’une enquête menée auprès des entreprises. Il en ressort que, malgré certaines difficultés, les grandes et moyennes entreprises sont en condition de fournir directement les usines de montage lorsqu’elles sont en mesure de s’adapter et répondre à leurs exigences. Le texte met en évidence le cas de la micro-entreprise TIER 1 qui travaille pour Volkswagen. Cette entreprise a démontré sa capacité d’apprentissage technologique sans avoir reçu l’appui de cette compagnie.Starting in 1986 with the unilateral withdrawal from the protective tariff system, and reinforced in 1994 when the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA came into force, the policy of reorienting the Mexican economy toward the outside world was accelerated, especially towards the US and North America. The automotive industry in particular has gone through significant transformations, both in terms of modernization and relocation. This paper discusses the changes that have been taking place in the automotive industry established in Mexico City based on existing statistic data from the Census and evidence collected from a survey of industry companies. This article makes the argument that in spite of many difficulties, not only large or medium-sized companies can be direct suppliers of automobile assembly plants, given that this is dependent upon the ability to respect

La construction de l’urgence au travail et ses effets suivant les statuts hiérarchiques : le cas des mécaniciens et des agents de maîtrise dans le secteur aérien Effects of working under pressure for different hierarchical statuses. Example of mechanical vs. control personnel in the airliner business La construcción de la urgencia en el trabajo y sus efectos según las posiciones jerárquicas: el caso de los mecánicos y de los supervisores en el sector aéreo

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Denis Monneuse

2012-12-01

Full Text Available Travailler dans l’urgence est devenu un impératif catégorique pour nombre de salariés. Cet impératif se double d’une injonction paradoxale : il faut que le travail soit « vite fait, bien fait ». Comment la légitimation de l’urgence est-elle construite ? Dans quelle mesure les salariés intériorisent-ils cette logique managériale ? Quelles différences note-t-on suivant leur statut hiérarchique ? Cet article vise à rendre compte d’une enquête menée au sein d’un centre de maintenance d’une compagnie aérienne. Au-delà de l’observation des différentes formes que prend le travail dans l’urgence, ce sont les arrangements différenciés et marqués socialement entre les mécaniciens, d’un côté, et les managers de proximité, de l’autre, que nous analysons. Cela nous a conduit à repérer divers mécanismes de défense utilisés par les salariés ainsi qu’à discuter l’intérêt et les limites d’un dispositif original mis en place par la direction : un « bureau des pleurs managérial ».Working under pressure has become a categorical imperative for many employees, especially since it is generally coupled with the contradictory requirement that a quick job be done well. The question then becomes how time pressure is legitimised; to what extent employees internalise these managerial models; and whether their perceptions change depending on their hierarchical status. The article presents results from a research study carried out in an airline company’s maintenance centre. In addition to its analysis of the different forms of working under pressure, it also looks at how mechanics and their immediate managers adapt to this kind of regime, and whether any such differentiated arrangements vary along social lines. What appears are a number of defence mechanisms developed by employees. The discussion also covers the strengths and weaknesses of an unusual scheme set up by one company, involving a �

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Roxana Waterson

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Full Text Available - Donald F. Barr, J. Noorduyn, A critical survey of studies on the languages of Sulawesi, Leiden: KITLV Press, (Bibliographical Series 18, 1991, xiv + 245 pp., maps, index. - J. Boneschansker, H. Reenders, Alternatieve zending, Ottho Gerhard Heldring (1804-1876 en de verbreiding van het christendom in Nederlands-Indië, Kampen, 1991. - H.J.M. Claessen, Albert B. Robillard, Social change in the Pacific Islands. London & New York: Kegan Paul International. 1992, 507 pp. Maps, bibl. - Will Derks, J.J. Ras, Variation, transformation and meaning: Studies on Indonesian literatures in honour of A. Teeuw, Leiden: KITLV Press, (VKI 144, 1991, 236 pp., S.O. Robson (eds. - Will Derks, G.L. Koster, In deze tijd maar nauwelijks te vinden; De Maleise roman van hofjuffer Tamboehan, Vertaald uit het Maleis en ingeleid door G.L. Koster en H.M.J. Maier, Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1991, 174 pp., H.M.J. Maier (eds. - Mark Durie, C.D. Grijns, Jakarta Malay: a multi-dimensional approach to spacial variation. 2 vols., Leiden: KITLV Press, ( VKI 149, 1991. - Jan Fontein, Jan J. Boeles, The secret of Borobudur, Bangkok, privately published, 1985, 90 pp. + appendix, 29 pp. - M. Heins, L. Suryadinata, Military ascendancy and political culture: A study of Indonesia’s Golkar. Ohio: Ohio University, Monographs in International Studies, Southeast Asia Series, no.85, 1989, xiii + 223 pp. - V.J.H. Houben, Ismail Hussein, Antara dunia Melayu dengan dunia kebangsaan. Bangi: penerbit Universiti kebangsaan Malaysia 1990, 68 pp. - Victor T. King, Aruna Gopinath, Pahang 1880-1933: A political history (Monograph/Malaysian branch of the royal Asiatic society, 18. - G.J. Knaap, J. van Goor, Generale Missiven van Gouverneurs-Generaal en Raden aan heren XVII der Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, IX: 1729-1737 (Rijks Geschiedkundige publicatiën, grote serie 205. ‘s- Gravenhage: Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis, 1988, xii + 895 p. - Otto D. van den Muijzenberg, John S. Furnivall, The

The 15th Biannual National Congress of the South African Society of Psychiatrists, 10-14 August 2008, Fancourt, George, W Cape

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Eugene Allers

2008-08-01

Full Text Available 1. How can we maintain a sustainable private practice in the current political and economic climate? Eugene Allers 2. SASOP Clinical guidelines, protocols and algorithms: Development of treatment guidelines for bipolar mood disorder and major depression  Eugene Allers, Margaret Nair, Gerhard Grobler 3. The revolving door phenomenon in psychiatry: Comparing low-frequency and high-frequency users of psychiatric inpatient services in a developing country U A Botha, P Oosthuien, L Koen, J A Joska, J Parker, N Horn 4. Neurophysiology of emotion and senses - The interface between psyche and soma Eugene Allers 5. Suicide prevention: From and beyond the psychiatrist's hands O Alonso Betanourt, M Morales Herrera 6. Treatment of first-episod psychosis: Efficacy and toleabilty of a long-acting typical antipsychotic B Chiliza, R Schoeman, R Emsey, P Oosthuizen, L KOen, D Niehaus, S Hawkridge 7. Treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in the young child Helen Clark 8. Holistic/ Alternative treatment in psychiatry: The value of indigenous knowledge systems in cllaboration with moral, ethical and religious approaches in the military services J Dill 9. Treating Schizophrenia: Have we got it wrong? Robin Emsley 10.Terminal questions in the elderly Mike Ewart Smith 11. Mental Health Policy development and implementation in Ghana, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia Alan J Flisher, Crick Lund, Michelle Frank, Arvin Bhana, Victor Doku, Natalie Drew, Fred N Kigozi, Martin Knapp, Mayeh Omar, Inge Petersen, Andrew Green andthe MHaPP Research Programme Consortium 12. What indicators should be used to monitor progress in scaling uo services for people with mental disorders? Lancet Global Mental Health Group (Alan J Flisher, Dan Chisholm, Crick Lund, Vikram Patel, Shokhar Saxena, Graham Thornicroft, Mark Tomlinson 13. Does unipolar mania merit research in South Africa? A look at the literature Christoffel Grobler 14. Revisiting the Cartesian duality of mind

Sedimentary Basins of the Republic of Yemen : Their Structural Evolution and Geological Characteristics Evolution structurelle et caractéristiques géologiques des bassins sédimentaires de la république du Yemen

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Beydoun Z. R.

2006-11-01

'unification des deux ex-Yemen, a incité de nombreuses compagnies pétrolières à se lancer dans la course à l'exploration, à exécuter des études sismiques approfondies et à entreprendre des campagnes de forage intensives en de nombreux points du pays. Il en a résulté un accroissement rapide du nombre des nouvelles données géologiques concernant le sous-sol et une perception de plus en plus claire de la distribution, de l'orientation et du moment de formation des principaux bassins. Il convient de noter, toutefois, qu'aucune synthèse de l'ensemble des résultats n'a encore été entreprise, chaque compagnie ne s'intéressant qu'à sa concession et aux zones avoisinantes. Des études récentes portant sur l'analyse, la comparaison et la synthèse de la masse des nouvelles données stratigraphiques disponibles, dans le cadre de la standardisation de la nomenclature lithostratigraphique utilisée au Yemen et de sa mise en conformité avec les normes et règles internationales ont demandé obligatoirement la mise en place d'un cadre structurel général permettant une corrélation stratigraphique entre les bassins et à l'intérieur de ces derniers. L'objet du présent article est donc de présenter la nouvelle carte des bassins sédimentaires et des redressements qui les séparent. La formation des principaux bassins mésozoïques résulte de l'extension et de l'effondrement du système jurassique récent qui ont entraîné, essentiellement, la réjuvénation de l'ancienne faille de Najd orientée nord-ouest/sud-est suivie de l'apparition d'un rejet horizontal. Les bassins du Tertiaire sont nés de la séparation de l'Arabie et de l'Afrique au Néogène le long des axes du golfe d'Aden et de la mer Rouge. Les principaux redressements remontent à la même époque, le plus ancien et le plus persistant étant la chaîne de l'Hadhramaout. Toute l'activité tectonique est liée à la fragmentation et à l'éclatement du Gondwanan, depuis la fermeture initiale du pal

Le Cyrano de Bergerac de Jacques Prévot

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Madeleine Alcover

2012-04-01

Full Text Available Dans son dernier ouvrage consacré à Cyrano, J. Prévot se borne, généralement, à répéter ce qu’il a exposé en 1977-1978. Pour ce qui est de la biographie, des pans entiers lui échappent ou sont laissés dans l’ombre, dont particulièrement deux relatifs à la religion et à l’armée. La mise en lumière de la lignée maternelle de l’écrivain a révélé, en 2000, un milieu de dévots très influents dans la Compagnie du Saint-Sacrement et, plus récemment, la découverte de l’allégeance du grand-père paternel au protestantisme (même pas mentionnée montre une tension idéologique au sein de la famille et éclaire d’un jour nouveau les commentaires répétés de Cyrano sur les dogmes de l’église catholique. Sur la vie militaire de l’auteur, les maigres informations fournies datent de 1858 (Lacroix et de 1921 (Lachèvre ; mais nous savons aujourd’hui que Cyrano a entretenu des relations suivies avec son capitaine aux Gardes du roi, Alexandre de Biran de Castegeloux (le « Carbon de Casteljaloux » de Rostand, domicilié soit à Clamart, tout près de Mauvières, soit à Paris, rue de la Verrerie où l’on trouve aussi Le Bret et Cyrano dès 1649 ; Castelgeloux était très lié à Jean de Cuigy, le notaire secrétaire du roi qui signa les lettres patentes de l’édition posthume des Etats et Empires de la Lune, domicilié dans le même quartier, ainsi que son ancien ami Tanneguy Regnault des Boisclairs, dernier protecteur de Cyrano. Il y a là tout un réseau d’amis influents et de longue date, qui tissent les fils d’une vie jusqu’ici présentée comme totalement décousue. Quant à l’histoire des textes, et particulièrement la « bibliographie matérielle », Prévot soit ignore totalement soit ne comprend pas en quoi consiste une censure après la publication ou « cartonnage » (Lettres de 1654 puis dédicace et préface, signées Le Bret, des Etats et Empires de la Lune en 1657 et ne voit pas

On The Black Sea Surozhian

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Caraivan, Glicherie; Corneliu, Cerchia

2016-04-01

stratotypes", show ages between 27390 - 42120 y BP. Our AMS C14 data on Surozhian mollusk indicate ages between 47359 - 53690 cal. y BP. We argue that "Surozhian" is likely the classic "Karangatian" defined by Nevesskaia that does not correspond to the Riss-Wurm, but to the Middle Wurm instead. The generally accepted "Karangatian", placed in the Riss-Wurm interval is much older. Similarly, the Surozhian (transgressive) cannot be Tarhankutian (regressive). References Caraivan, G., 2010. Studiul sedimentologic al depozitelor de plajǎ si de selful intern al M\\varii Negre între Portița si Tuzla. [Sedimentological Study of Beach and Inner Shelf Romanian Black Sea Deposits]. Ex Ponto, Constanta. (In Romanian) Caraivan, G., Fulga, C., Opreanu, P., 2012. Upper Quaternary evolution of the Mamaia Lake area (Romanian Black Sea shore). Quaternary International 261: 14-20. Caraivan, G., Opreanu, P., Voinea, V., Pojar, I., Sava, T., Giosan, L. „Holocene landscape changes and human communities' migration in the western part of the Black Sea (Mamaia Lake area)", In: IGCP 610 Proceedings of the Third Plenary Conference, Astrakhan, Russia, 22-30 September 2015. Giosan L.et al, 2012. Early Anthropogenic Transformation of the Danube-Black Sea System. Sci Rep. 2012; 2:582 Nevesskaia, L.A. 1965. Pozdrecetverticinîe dvustvorcestîe molluski Cernogo Moria, ih sistematica i ekologhia, Trudî Pal. Inst., 105, Moskva. Shcherbakov, F.A., Koreneva, E.V., and Zabelina, E.K., 1977. Stratigrafiia pozdnechetvertichnykh otlozhenii Chernogo moria [Stratigraphy of the Late Quaternary deposits in the Black Sea]. In Pozdnechetvertichnaia istoriia i sedimentogenez okrainikh i vnutrennikh morei [Late-Quaternary History and Sedimentogenesis in Marginal and Inland Seas]. Nauka, Moscow, pp. 46-51. Yanko-Hombach, V.V., 2007. Controversy over Noah's Flood in the Black Sea: Geological and foraminiferal evidence from the shelf. In Yanko-Hombach, V., Gilbert, A.S., Panin, N., and Dolukanov, P.M. (eds.), [The Black

Les cooperatives et l'electrification rurale du Quebec, 1945--1964

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Dorion, Marie-Josee

dans l'electrification, les organismes publics et les compagnies privees d'electricite. Cette periode de demarrage et d'organisation, traitee dans la deuxieme partie de la these, se termine en 1947-48, au moment ou l'OER et les cooperatives raffermissent leur maitrise du systeme cooperatif d'electrification rurale. Les annees 1948 a 1955 (troisieme partie de these) correspondent a une periode de croissance pour le mouvement cooperatif. Cette partie scrute ainsi le developpement des cooperatives, les vastes chantiers de construction et l'injection de millions de dollars dans l'electrification rurale. Cette troisieme partie prend egalement acte des premiers signes que quelque chose ne va pas si bien dans le monde cooperatif. Nous y verrons egalement les ruraux a l'oeuvre: comme membres, d'abord, mais aussi en tant que benevoles, puis a l'emploi des cooperatives. La quatrieme et derniere partie, les annees 1956 a 1964, aborde les changements majeurs qui ont cours dans l'univers cooperatif; il s'agit d'une ere nouvelle et difficile pour le mouvement cooperatif, dont les reseaux paraissent inadaptes aux changements de profil de la consommation d'electricite des usagers. L'OER sent alors le besoin de raffermir son controle des cooperatives, car il pressent les problemes et les defis auxquels elles auront a faire face. Notre etude se termine par l'acquisition des cooperatives par Hydro-Quebec, en 1963-64. Fondee sur des sources riches et variees, notre demarche propose un eclairage inedit sur une dimension importante de l'histoire de l'electricite au Quebec. Elle permet, ce faisant, de saisir les rouages et l'action de l'Etat sous un angle particulier, avant sa profonde transformation amorcee au cours des annees 1960. De meme, elle apporte quelques cles nouvelles pour une meilleure comprehension de la dynamique des milieux ruraux de cette periode.

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University Press, xiv + 299 pp. [Yale Southeast Asia studies monograph 48.] 1999 -Bernice de Jong Boers, Peter Just, Dou Donggo justice; Conflict and morality in an Indonesian society. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2001, xi + 263 pp. -Nico J.G. Kaptein, Howard M. Federspiel, Islam and ideology in the emerging Indonesian state; The Persatuan Islam (PERSIS, 1923 to 1957. Leiden: Brill, 2001, xii + 365 pp. -Gerrit Knaap, Els M. Jacobs, Koopman in Azië; De handel van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie tijdens de 18de eeuw. Zutphen: Walburg Pers, 2000, 304 pp. -Toon van Meijl, Bruce M. Knauft, From primitive to postcolonial in Melanesia and anthropology. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999, x + 320 pp. -Jennifer Nourse, Juliette Koning ,Women and households in Indonesia; Cultural notions and social practices. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon, 2000, xiii + 354 pp., Marleen Nolten, Janet Rodenburg (eds -Sandra Pannell, Clayton Fredericksen ,Altered states; Material culture transformations in the Arafura region. Darwin: Northern Territory University Press, 2001, xiv + 160 pp., Ian Walters (eds -Anne Sofie Roald, Alijah Gordon, The propagation of Islam in the Indonesian-Malay archipelago. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian sociological research institute, 2001, xxv + 472 pp. -M.J.C. Schouten, Mary Taylor Huber ,Gendered missions; Women and men in missionary discourse and practice. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1999, x + 252 pp., Nancy C. Lutkehaus (eds -Karel Steenbrink, Nakamura Mitsuo ,Islam and civil society in Southeast Asia. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian studies, 2001, 211 pp., Sharon Siddique, Omar Farouk Bajunid (eds -Heather Sutherland, Robert Cribb, Historical atlas of Indonesia, Richmond, Surrey: Curzon, 2000, x + 256 pp. -Sikko Visscher, Lee Kam Hing ,The Chinese in Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 2000, xxix + 418 pp., Tan Chee-Beng (eds -Edwin Wieringa, Jane Drakard, A kingdom of words; Language and power in Sumatra. Kuala

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fragments in the joints. At least one level of wooden ties strengthens the walls in the springing line of the vaults. The cross arms of the nave were covered by saddle tile roofs, as was the rule in cross-in-square churches of the byzantine periphery. The east corner bays where roofed at a lower level with lean-to roofs with north and south direction respectively. The west corner bays on the other hand, were so much thinner that it was rather impossible to have independent roofing. In that case, the roofs of the lateral compartments of the esonarthex gave externally the impression of west corner bays. This peculiar arrangement, emphasizing the unification between the nave and the esonathex, is very rarely attested among the known examples of cross-in-square churches with shorter west arm, relating the church at the Sofronis Gorge with a small group of relevant monuments (Fraggavilla, Klesa-Porti.            The form of the dome of the church in question must not be confused with the similarly shaped raised central bays in transverse barrel vaults. Thought there are a few similarities with a small number of byzantine and post byzantine domes, it seems that the dome of Hagios Nikolaos at Sofronis Gorge is unique in the ecclesiastical architecture of Byzantium, most likely the result of an improvisation of a local group of masons.            Hagios Nikolaos was initially decorated with frescoes, fragmentarily preserved. Three different phases can be distinguished due to stylistic and iconographic criteria. The first one is very difficult to be studied because of its poor condition of presentation. The second one can be dated to the late thirteenth century, while the last one might be placed in the fifteenth century.            It is difficult to conclude to an exact dating for the church of Hagios Nikolaos, because of the lack of documentary and epigraphic evidence. Based on its morphological and typological features a rather broad dating

Filmer le travail dans un train postal. À propos de Night Mail Filming work in a mail train. A study of Night Mail Filmar el trabajo en un tren de correos. Acerca de Night Mail

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Full Text Available Night Mail est un documentaire de court-métrage sur le travail du tri postal dans les transports ferroviaires de nuit, produit par le service cinéma du GPO (General Post Office, Ministère des Postes du Royaume-Uni, en 1936. C’est d’abord, pour l’organisme d’État qui le produit, un film sur la Poste et les postiers qu’ils soient sur le terrain, à bord du train, ou dans les bureaux. Le film est nécessairement conduit à traiter aussi le travail de la compagnie de chemin de fer qui achemine le courrier, et donc celui des cheminots, de tous les cheminots. Ceux qui sont à la manipulation des machines, sur la voie, dans les gares traversées au long du trajet, et ceux des bureaux qui assurent les liaisons par téléphone, morse, et l’ensemble des télécommunications de l’époque en plein développement (1936. Le film devient ainsi une réflexion sur l’institution, les institutions, leur organisation, et leur collaboration sans laquelle il n’y a pas de travail possible. L’objectif central de cet article est d’offrir à ceux des sociologues qui s’intéressent à la sociologie filmique, des éléments pour comprendre les possibilités conceptuelles de l’écriture filmique.Night Mail, a short documentary about mail sorting on night trains, was produced by the UK General Post Office’s cinema department back in 1936. The first thing that can be said about this state-produced film is that it talks about the post office but also its employees, with some doing their pick-up rounds and others working on the train or in an office. It also necessarily highlights the work done by the rail company carrying the mail, focusing on different kinds of rail workers including machine operators, line maintenance crews or staff from the stations that the train passes through during the movie. On top of this, there are also railway office employees responsible for telephone connections, telegraph messages and all kinds of

Verona/Milano, andata e ritorno. Appunti sulla presenza dei pittori veronesi a Milano nel XIX secolo / Verona/Milano, there and back. Notes on Verona’s painters in Milan in the 19th Century

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Elena Casotto

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Full Text Available Lo studio intende illustrare (quando possibile anche attraverso le testimonianze scritte degli artisti le vicende dei pittori veronesi che, nel secolo XIX, cercano e in molti casi trovano fortuna a Milano, il centro artistico più aggiornato e vivace di tutto il Nord Italia, rinomato soprattutto per la sua Accademia e le frequentatissime esposizioni. Questa “migrazione” si verifica perché Verona, durante il periodo della dominazione asburgica (1815 – 1866, diviene il perno del sistema militare del regno Lombardo-Veneto e, conseguentemente, il suo sviluppo è subordinato alle necessità delle numerose compagnie militari che stazionano o transitano sul suo territorio. Si incrementano quindi l’edilizia militare, i mezzi di comunicazione per collegamenti di lunga distanza, ma non lo sviluppo urbanistico della città e la nascita di piccole industrie e commerci che possano favorire la popolazione civile. In questa situazione anche il mercato dell’arte languisce, sia per la carenza di committenti pubblici e privati, sia per le poche occasioni di promozione che si organizzano in questi difficili anni. A ciò si aggiunga che anche l’Accademia cittadina vive un momento di stagnazione, dovuta in parte agli obsoleti metodi di insegnamento e in parte alla mancanza di fondi, che causano un tale abbassamento di qualità nell’insegnamento per cui gli artisti qui formati si rivelano impreparati a competere con i colleghi provenienti da altre realtà del paese. Dopo L’Unità d’Italia e, soprattutto, dopo la riforma dell’Accademia veronese (1873, i rapporti tra Verona e Milano, invece, si fanno più complessi: non sono più solamente i pittori veronesi a recarsi nel capoluogo lombardo per studiare e per esporre, ma anche gli autori lombardi non disdegnano le manifestazioni della città veneta e addirittura ambiscono a ottenere e di fatto, spesso, ottengono, la direzione dell’Accademia scaligera. Si deve infine notare che il legame tra le

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son of the founder of the Astronomische Nachrichten, Richard Schumacher, served for some years as an assistant at the Chilean National Observatory, and had married Marie Bulling, a girl of German descent. From her "meagre diary entries" of that time (published in Valparaiso in 2004), the author suspects a "convenience marriage''. Nevertheless, unreliable sources can provide a false picture: the interviewed custodian notes that the wife of the last official observatory director, Hans Oswald Rosenberg, was "Verena Borchardt, a Jewess from St. Petersburg'' (p. 583). This is more than incorrect. The family lived for some years in Moscow (not St. Petersburg), because her father was a representative of various companies, especially his grand-father's Königsberger Thee-Compagnie. In 1880, his daughter Helene was born there - who later married the Kiel astronomer Wirtz. In 1882, the Borchardt family moved to Berlin, where the father became a banker, and where Verena was born. The family was "of reformed confession, of Jewish origin'' (Borchardt, Heymel, Schörder: Marbacher Katalog Nr. 29, 1978): she was "a Jewess'' in Nazi terminology only. On page 583 too, Wirtz' capricious political views are quoted: "The day when the French troops entered Strasbourg was the happiest one in my life'', for which Theiss' paper of 1999 is quoted, and it is stated "source not given''. Now, Theiss uses a study of Duerbeck and Seitter (1990), where the precise reference in the Kiel Acta is given. Another overlooked (although not very informative) source is the voluminous edition of the collected letters (München 1994-2002) of Rudolf Borchardt, the poetical brother of "Vera'' Rosenberg and "Lene'' Wirtz. Another series of peculiar statements refer to the Astronomische Nachrichten (p. 666): Neither did they publish, after 1945, "sometimes only Russian articles'', nor after 1983 "only articles in English'': some "German'' astrometric articles appeared after that year, which will presumably stand

Résultats positifs de traitements de prévention de venues d'eau en Russie Successful Application Cases of Water Control Treatments in Russia

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Kolher N.

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Full Text Available La production d'eau dans les puits de pétrole ou de gaz est généralement responsable à la fois d'une diminution rapide de la productivité et d'un accroissement des coûts opératoires lié à la nécessité de transporter et de traiter de grandes quantités d'eau. Des problèmes induits tels que production de sable ou de fines, corrosion ou dépôts sont souvent rencontrés. Il en résulte une fermeture prématurée de ces puits du fait d'une production devenue non économique. Pour faire face à ces problèmes et allonger la durée de vie des puits, quelques compagnies ont tenté d'injecter des ciments, des résines ou des gels forts, organiques ou inorganiques, dans les intervalles producteurs d'eau. Ces barrières imperméables, qui nécessitent une isolation de zone au cours de leur mise en place, ont pour but d'empêcher tout écoulement de fluides. Ces traitements présentent cependant des risques importants notamment lorsque les niveaux producteurs d'huile ou d'eau ne peuvent pas être facilement distingués ou lorsque la complétion du puits ne permet pas une isolation de zone au cours du traitement. Pour surmonter ces difficultés, des études ont été conduites à partir de 1984 dans les laboratoires de l'Institut Français du Pétrole (lFP afin de développer des systèmes susceptibles de réduire sélectivement la production d'eau sans affecter de manière significative l'écoulement des hydrocarbures. Ces systèmes sont constitués de polymères de haut poids moléculaire, solubles dans l'eau, utilisés soit seuls, soit sous forme de gels faibles obtenus en présence de certains agents réticulants. Plusieurs procédés ont été développés, chacun d'eux étant adapté à des conditions de réservoir spécifiques, en particulier température de fond et salinité. Tous ces procédés présentent l'avantage de réduire sélectivement la perméabilité à l'eau tout en maintenant, voire en améliorant, la production d

The impact of a pilot water metering project in an Indian city on users’ perception of the public water supply Impact pédagogique de l’introduction de compteurs sur les utilisateurs du service d’eau public dans une ville indienne El impacto didáctico de la introducción de medición sobre los usuarios del servicio de abastecimiento de agua público en una ciudad en India

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Full Text Available Purpose – This article concerns a developmental experience in the water sector, namely the introduction of water metering in an Indian city, in the framework of a French water company’s technical assistance to the local public water authority.  We address the impact of the introduction of the water meter, an object that crystallizes a symbolic part of the management model of the French company, on the local water supply context and socio-political environment, focusing in particular on how trust between the users and the service providers is reconfigured.Methodology – The methodology consisted of an exploratory field survey with 37 households in the pilot water metering area.Findings – The water meter is an artefact highlighting users' perception of water and society.  The user reinterprets its function, mainly perceiving it as a tool to monitor the consumption of water, dissociated from the dimension of payment. As soon as the issue of payment based on consumption comes into the picture, then the trust the user has developed in the private foreign company is displaced towards the public authority.Objet – Cet article porte sur une expérience comportementale dans le secteur de l’eau. Dans le cadre d'une mission visant à fournir une assistance technique à une compagnie des eaux publique locale, une société de distribution d’eau française a mis en place des compteurs d’eau dans une ville indienne. L’aspect principal de cette expérience a porté sur la transposition du compteur d’eau, objet qui symbolise le modèle de gestion de l’entreprise française, dans le contexte local d’alimentation en eau et l'environnement socio-politique indien. Nous avons examiné l’impact de cette introduction en nous intéressant plus particulièrement à la modification de la relation de confiance entre les utilisateurs et les fournisseurs de service.Méthodologie – Un sondage qualitatif sur le terrain portant sur 37 foyers dans la

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million as at December 31, 2006. POWEO achieved during the last year new steps in its evolution towards the model of integrated energy operator. The partnership with Verbund led the company to revise upwards its industrial ambitions. Within the framework of the deployment plan of five power stations by 2012, the construction of the combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant of Pont-sur-Sambre began in December 2006. This 233 million euro investment will be financed at 78% by Verbund through a project financing, without recourse on POWEO SA. The LNG terminal project for which POWEO was selected by the Port Le Havre Authority, in partnership with the CIM, Compagnie Industrielle et Maritime, will allow the group to obtain an essential industrial infrastructure and to optimize its strategy in gas sourcing in order to face the consumption of its power plants and end customers. The first projects in wind power (Boulay and St Aubin) announced in November 2006 should be accompanied in 2007 by larger initiatives, POWEO intending to act as a consolidator in the renewable energies sector. Finally the capacity swap agreement signed with EDF in December 2006 allows POWEO to have access over the 2007-2021 period to full-base electricity generated by EDF's nuclear power plants. All these developments and 2006 financial results allow POWEO to consider with confidence and enthusiasm the next stages of its growth. With regard to 2007, POWEO intends to acquire 100,000 new sites customers, the residential sector bringing the main contribution to this growth given its liberalization from July 1. In this context, POWEO has set as an objective for the current year a consolidated revenue of 350 million euro, rising more than 40% compared to 2006. This year of transition should be also characterized by an increase of operating costs notably due to the industrial projects deployment phase and significant but essential investments in marketing. Revenue associated with the expected growth in

Louis Blajan, Dottore in Medicina Veterinaria: Il dinamico veterinario che seppe traghettare l’Organizzazione Mondiale per la Sanità Animale (Office International des Épizooties: OIE nel mondo moderno

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Full Text Available Nato il 10 aprile 1924 a Lahage (nell’Alta Garonna, in Francia, Louis Blajan si è spento lo scorso 10 febbraio 2010 a Mont-de-Marsan.Dopo aver frequentato il Lycée Pierre de Fermat di Tolosa, nel 1948 Louis completa gli studi presso la Scuola di Veterinaria di Tolosa. Nel 1949, si diploma all’Institut d’élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux (IEMVT e dal 1949 al 1952 è nel territorio d’oltremare francese del Mali. Tornato in Francia, dal 1953 al 1968 Louis esercita come veterinario di Stato presso il Ministero dell’Agricoltura, responsabile per l’afta epizootica, la peste suina e la malattia di Newcastle, nonché come Presidente del Comitato consultivo per le malattie infettive. In seguito, viene nominato Ispettore capo veterinario e Responsabile per la politica di controllo delle frontiere.Nel 1952, Louis sposa Janine, moglie affezionata che lo appoggia con ardore in ogni fase della sua carriera e perde la vita in un incidente un mese prima che il marito vada in pensione nel 1990.Dal 1968 al 1977, Louis è Direttore tecnico di Cofranimex (Compagnie Française pour l’importation et l’exportation des animaux reproducteurs et leur semence e dal 1977 al 1978 riveste il ruolo di Direttore dell’Association pour le développement des techniques de l’élevage français (ADETEF.Louis entra a lavorare nell’Office International des Épizooties (oggi noto come Organizzazione Mondiale per la Sanità Animale o ‘OIE’ dove, dal 1978 al 1980, occupa la posizione di Direttore del Dipartimento tecnico. Due anni più tardi, nel 1980, viene eletto Direttore Generale, coronando il sogno di ogni professionista della medicina veterinaria e raggiungendo l’apice della propria carriera. Rieletto nel 1985, si ritira dalla vita lavorativa nel 1990.Durante gli anni in cui fu a capo dell’OIE, Louis seppe trasformare quella che all’epoca era una struttura antiquata in un’organizzazione internazionale moderna ed

Marché des catalyseurs d'hydrogénation des corps gras Market of Hydrogenation Catalysts for Fats and Derivatives

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Full Text Available L'institut Français du Pétrole (IFP ayant acquis une grande expérience dans le domaine des catalyseurs, notamment d'hydrogénation, le Département Evaluation a effectué à diverses reprises des études qui en évaluent les marchés potentiels. L'analyse qui suit a été réalisée en vue de déterminer les débouchés possibles des catalyseurs utilisés dans l'hydrogénation des corps gras; elle couvre l'industrie alimentaire, l'hydrogénation des acides gras d'origine animale ou végétale, la production d'alcools gras et d'amines grasses. Ce marché dépasse 60 millions de dollars/an et correspond à près de 11 000 t/an de catalyseurs utilisés. Ces valeurs tiennent compte des consommations captives de catalyseurs produits par les compagnies utilisatrices. Ce chiffre d'affaires est du même ordre que celui des catalyseurs d'hydrogénation utilisés dans la synthèse des grands intermédiaires pétrochimiques. Plus de 64 % des applications concernent l'industrie alimentaire : production de margarine et shortening, hydrogénation d'huiles de salade et de friture aux États-Unis. Alors que la consommation de catalyseurs utilisés en lipochimie est très fortement concentrée dans les principales régions industrialisées : États-Unis, Europe occidentale et Japon, celle de I'lindustrie alimentaire est beaucoup plus dispersée : les 3 régions précitées représentent moins de 64 % de la consommation mondiale. Les débouchés estimés représentent des chiffres d'affaires annuels de 41×10·6 dollars pour l'industrie alimentaire, 8,3×10·6 dollars pour la production d'acide gras, 11×10·6 dollars pour la production d'alcools gras et 1,3×10·6 dollars pour la production d'amines grasses. Ces hydrogénations sont effectuées en présence de nickel sur support (industrie alimentaire, production d'acides gras et d'amines secondaires et tertiaires, en présence de nickel de Raney (production d'amines primaires ou de chromite de cuivre

Louis Blajan, DVM, 1924-2010: The dynamic veterinarian who brought the World Organisation for Animal Health (Office International des Épizooties: OIE into the modern age

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Full Text Available Chevalier de la Légion d’honneurCroix du Combattant volontaire 1939-1945Officier du Mérite agricoleOfficier de l'Ordre national de la Côte d'Ivoire Louis Blajan was born in Lahage (Haute-Garonne, France on 10 April 1924 and passed away in Mont-de-Marsan on 10 February 2010. After studying at the Pierre de Fermat Lycée in Toulouse, Louis graduated from the Toulouse Veterinary School in 1948. He received the Institut d’élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux (IEMVT diploma in 1949 and was posted in the French Overseas Territory of Mali from 1949 to 1952. Upon his return to France, Louis was appointed to the position of State Veterinarian in the Ministry of Agriculture from 1953 to 1968; there he was responsible for foot and mouth disease, swine fever and Newcastle disease. He also headed the consultative committee on infectious diseases. Subsequently, he was appointed Veterinary Inspector-in-Chief and Head of Border Controls Policy.Louis married Janine in 1952. She was extremely supportive of him throughout his career. She died in an accident a month before Louis retired in 1990.He was the technical director of Cofranimex (Compagnie française pour l’importation et l’exportation des animaux reproducteurs et leur semence from 1968 to 1977 and Director of the Association pour le développement des techniques de l’élevage français (ADETEF from 1977 to 1978.Louis moved to the Office International des Épizooties (now known as the World Organisation for Animal Health or ‘OIE’ where he was Head of the Technical Department from 1978 to 1980. Two years later, he was elected to the most prestigious of positions for a veterinarian, Director General, in 1980. He was re-elected in 1985 and retired in 1990.Louis succeeded in modernising the rather old-fashioned OIE and transformed it into a modern and efficient international organisation. He was instrumental in developing the International zoo-sanitary code (now the

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.2 euro million as at December 31, 2006. POWEO achieved during the last year new steps in its evolution towards the model of integrated energy operator. The partnership with Verbund led the company to revise upwards its industrial ambitions. Within the framework of the deployment plan of five power stations by 2012, the construction of the combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant of Pont-sur-Sambre began in December 2006. This 233 million euro investment will be financed at 78% by Verbund through a project financing, without recourse on POWEO SA. The LNG terminal project for which POWEO was selected by the Port Le Havre Authority, in partnership with the CIM, Compagnie Industrielle et Maritime, will allow the group to obtain an essential industrial infrastructure and to optimize its strategy in gas sourcing in order to face the consumption of its power plants and end customers. The first projects in wind power (Boulay and St Aubin) announced in November 2006 should be accompanied in 2007 by larger initiatives, POWEO intending to act as a consolidator in the renewable energies sector. Finally the capacity swap agreement signed with EDF in December 2006 allows POWEO to have access over the 2007-2021 period to full-base electricity generated by EDF's nuclear power plants. All these developments and 2006 financial results allow POWEO to consider with confidence and enthusiasm the next stages of its growth. With regard to 2007, POWEO intends to acquire 100,000 new sites customers, the residential sector bringing the main contribution to this growth given its liberalization from July 1. In this context, POWEO has set as an objective for the current year a consolidated revenue of 350 million euro, rising more than 40% compared to 2006. This year of transition should be also characterized by an increase of operating costs notably due to the industrial projects deployment phase and significant but essential investments in marketing. Revenue associated with the expected

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Kellershohn, C.; Vernejoul, P. de; Desgrez, A. [CEA, Service Hospitalier Frederic Joliot, Orsay (France); Lequais, J.; Roux, G.; Lansiart, A. [CEA, Centre d' Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay, Gif-Sur-Yvette (France)

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cardiac haemodynamics as well as pulmonary ventilation. (author) [French] La camera decrite comprend une optique constituee par une grille de plomb collimatrice a 649 canaux cylindriques de 130 mm de longueur et 5,5 mm de diametre, un detecteur constitue par une mosaieque de 700 cristaux de Nal(Tl) d'un diametre utile de 5, 5 mm et d'une longueur de 20 mm avec une distance entre les axes de 7,5 mm, et un dispositif d'amplification de lumiere constitue par un premier amplificateur d'image n Ring-Operator 9463 de la Compagnie francaise Thomson-Houston dont la photocathode est en contact optique avec le detecteur et qui est lui-meme couple optiquement a un deuxieme amplificateur a grand gain de lumiere P829A de English Electric Valve. Suivant un principe expose pour la premiere fois durant la precedente conference organisee par l'Agence internationale de l'energie atomique sur l'exploration medicale (scanning) ce deuxieme amplificateur peut etre egalement utilise comme un obturateur electronique dont l'ouverture est commandee par un photomultiplicateur selectionnant la lumiere ayant pour origine la source radioactive examinee. Ce dispositif elimine tres efficacement le bruit de fond du premier tube amplificateur. Sur le plan des applications la camera est utilisee sous deux regimes de fonctionnement: d'une part,en mettant en jeu le dispositif d'obturation electronique dont la cadence d'ouverture et de fermeture peut atteindre 10 kHz, le bruit de fond est pratiquement elimine et il est possible de realiser avec des doses traceuses de radioelements conventionnels des images d'organes tels que la thyroiede, le foie, le rein, etc. en des temps de pose tres courts par rapport a la scintigraphie habituelle; d'autre part,en utilisant des radioelements a demi-vie effective tres courte a de tres hautes activites, de l'ordre de plusieurs millicuries Inverted-Question-Mark il n'est plus necessaire de mettre en jeu la suppression du bruit de fond et sa frequence de repetition limitee a

E-trade dossier. Back end: towards a virtual oil company? An application service provider specialized in petroleum applications. Aspentech allies with IBM. The E-trade era has started. France adapts to information technologies; Dossier E-commerce. Aval: vers une compagnie petroliere virtuelle? Un ASP specialise dans les applications petrolieres. Aspentech s'allie a IBM. L'ere de l'E-commerce a commence. La France s'adapte aux technologies de l'information

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This dossier analyzes the expected impact of the electronic business on the petroleum and gas industries. It comprises 5 articles dealing with: the development of E-business in the back end of the petroleum industry for the reduction of costs and the control of the interface with clients, the knowledge data-base portal developed by GeoNet for the supply of softwares to oil and gas industries, the strategic alliance between IBM and Aspen Technology (a supplier of integrated e-business softwares), the launching of a unique global portal on the Web by Schlumberger for the commercialization of oil and gas data and assets, the French government priorities in the development of information technologies in a legal frame. (J.S.)

16th international conference on the physics of highly charged ions

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2013-09-01

, experimental developments and applications. All papers were refereed by senior delegates to the conference, and we like to thank all of them for their work and rapid response. The next conference in this series will be held in Bariloche, Argentina, at the beginning of September 2014 for which we wish the organizers great success. Looking forward seeing you again in 2014. Acknowledgments Much of the success of the conference was due to the continuous support of the Advisory Board, the Local Organization Committee and the financial support by various academic and industrial sponsors. In particular, we wish to acknowledge the generous support by the Wilhelm-and-Else Heraeus Foundation, The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) and the Heidelberg Center for Quantum Dynamics. We thank all of them, and especially Stefanie Lüttges and Natali Jurina and her team from UniTT Conference Management. The assistance of Hans-Georg Siebig is very much appreciated. Finally, many thanks also to the post-graduate students from the Department of Physics and Astronomy in Heidelberg, who helped with customizing the conference site and running the audio-visual equipment.

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2004-10-01

Full Text Available -Johann Angerler, Achim Sibeth, Vom Kultobjekt zur Massenware; Kulturhistorische und kunstethnologische Studie zur figürlichen Holzschnitzkunst der Batak in Nordsumatra/Indonesien. Herbolzheim: Centaurus, 2003, 416 pp. [Sozialökonomische Prozesse in Asien und Afrika 8.] -Greg Bankoff, Eva-Lotta E. Hedman ,Philippine politics and society in the twentieth century; Colonial legacies, post colonial trajectories. London: Routledge, 2000, xv + 206 pp. [Politics in Asia Series.], John T. Sidel (eds -Peter Boomgard, Andrew Dalby, Dangerous tastes; The story of spices. London: British Museum Press, 2002, 184 pp. -Max de Bruijn, G.J. Schutte, Het Indisch Sion; De Gereformeerde kerk onder de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie. Hilversum: Verloren, 2002, 254 pp. [Serta Historica 7.] -Laura M. Calkins, Jacqueline Aquino Siapno, Gender, Islam, nationalism and the state in Aceh; The paradox of power, co-optation and resistance. London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2002, xxi + 240 pp. -H.J.M. Claessen, Deryck Scarr, A history of the Pacific islands; Passages through tropical time. Richmond: Curzon, 2001, xviii + 323 pp. -Matthew Isaac Cohen, Sean Williams, The sound of the ancestral ship; Highland music of West Java. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001, xii + 276 pp. -Freek Colombijn, Raymond K.H. Chan ,Development in Southeast Asia; Review and prospects. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2002, xx + 265 pp., Kwan Kwok Leung, Raymond M.H. Ngan (eds -Heidi Dahles, Shinji Yamashita, Bali and beyond; Explorations in the anthropology of tourism. Translated and with an introduction by J.S. Eades, New York: Berghahn, 2003, xix + 175 pp. [Asian Anthropologies.] -Frank Dhont, Hans Antlöv ,Elections in Indonesia; The New Order and beyond. With contributions by Hans Antlöv, Syamsuddin Haris, Endang Turmudi, Sven Cederroth, Kaarlo Voionmaa. London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2004, xii + 164 pp. [Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Monograph Series 88.], Sven Cederroth (eds -Frank Dhont, Aris Ananta

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Redactie KITLV

2003-04-01

. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000, xiv + 293 pp., Stephen Page (eds -John McCarthy, Bernard Sellato, Forest, resources and people in Bulungan; Elements for a history of settlement, trade and social dynamics in Borneo, 1880-2000. Jakarta: Center for international forestry research (CIFOR, 2001, ix + 183 pp. -Naomi M. McPherson, Michael French Smith, Village on the edge; Changing times in Papua New Guinea. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2002, xviii + 214 pp. -Gert J. Oostindie, Peter van Wiechen, Vademecum van de Oost- en West-Indische Compagnie Historisch-geografisch overzicht van de Nederlandse aanwezigheid in Afrika, Amerika, Azië en West-Australië vanaf 1602 tot heden. Utrecht: Bestebreurtje, 2002, 381 pp. -Gert J. Oostindie, C.L. Temminck Groll, The Dutch overseas; Architectural Survey; Mutual heritage of four centuries in three continents. (in cooperation with W. van Alphen and with contributions from H.C.A. de Kat, H.C. van Nederveen Meerkerk and L.B. Wevers, Zwolle: Waanders/[Zeist]: Netherlands Department for Conservation, [2002]. 479 pp. -Gert J. Oostindie, M.H. Bartels ,Hollanders uit en thuis; Archeologie, geschiedenis en bouwhistorie gedurende de VOC-tijd in de Oost, de West en thuis; Cultuurhistorie van de Nederlandse expansie. Hilversum: Verloren, 2002, 190 pp. [SCHI-reeks 2.], E.H.P. Cordfunke, H. Sarfatij (eds -Henk Schulte Nordholt, Tony Day, Fluid iron; State formation in Southeast Asia. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2002, xii + 339 pp. -Nick Stanley, Nicholas Thomas ,Double vision; Art histories and colonial histories in the Pacific. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999, xii + 289 pp., Diane Losche, Jennifer Newell (eds -Heather Sutherland, David Henley, Jealousy and justice; The indigenous roots of colonial rule in northern Sulawesi. Amsterdam: VU Uitgeverij, 2002, 106 pp. -Gerard Termorshuizen, Piet Hagen, Journalisten in Nederland; Een persgeschiedenis in portretten 1850-2000. Amsterdam: Arbeiderspers, 2002, 600 pp. -Amy E

Biotechnologie : marchés et engagement des sociétés pétrolières Biotechnology: Markets and Commitments of Oil Companies

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Torck B.

2006-11-01

analysis of the patents taken out shows that oil compagnies are also interested, although less closely for the moment. Their preoccupations remain traditional: polysaccharides, immobilized enzymes for the catalysis aspect, and biofuels. Some of these companies are already becoming active in genetic engineering. The Institut Français du Pétrole began a program in biotechnology in the 1960s and has the facilities for developing processes, ranging from basic research to the industrial stage. The experimental facilities at Soustons (south of Bordeaux created by the ASCAF economic interest groupin 1985 has equipment (StakeTechnip machine, 50 m3 fermenters, etc. for the development of a wide variety of projects in biotechnology.

Water-gas dynamics and coastal land subsidence over Chioggia Mare field, northern Adriatic Sea

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Teatini, Pietro; Baú, Domenico; Gambolati, Giuseppe

2000-09-01

A major development programme comprising 15 gas fields of the northern Adriatic Sea has recently been submitted to the Ministry of the Environment, VIA Committee for the assessment of the environmental impact, by ENI-Agip, the Italian national oil company. One of the largest reservoirs is Chioggia Mare, located about 10 km offshore of the Venetian littoral, with a burial depth of 1000-1400 m. The planned gas production from this field is expected to impact the shoreline stability with a potential threat to the city of Venice, 25 km northwest of the center of Chioggia Mare. To evaluate the risk of anthropogenic land subsidence due to gas withdrawal, a numerical model was developed that predicts the compaction of both the gas-bearing formations and the lateral/bottom aquifer (water drive) during a 13-year producing and a 12-year post-production period, and the transference of the deep compaction to the ground surface. To address the uncertainty of a few important hydromechanical parameters, several scenarios are simulated and the most pessimistic predictions obtained. The modeling results show that at most 1 cm of land subsidence over 25 years may be expected at the city of Chioggia, whereas Venice is not subject to settlement. If aquifer drawdown is mediated by water injection, land subsidence is arrested 5 km offshore, with the Chioggia littoral zone experiencing a rebound of 0.6-0.7 cm. Résumé. Un important programme de développement portant sur 15 gisements de gaz du nord de l'Adriatique a été récemment soumis au Comité VIA pour l'évaluation de l'impact sur l'environnement du Ministère de l'Environnement, par la société ENI-Agip, la compagnie nationale pétrolière italienne. L'un des plus importants réservoirs est celui de Chioggia Mare, situé à environ 10 km au large du littoral vénitien, à une profondeur de 1000 à 1400 m. La production de gaz prévue pour ce gisement laisse envisager un impact sur la stabilité du trait de côte, avec une

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Peter Metcalf

1990-10-01

Netherlands East Indies: Scenarios, plans, policy 1892-1920], Amsterdam: Van Soeren, 1988, 482 pp. - Rudy de Jongh, Sjoerd Rienk Jaarsma, Waarneming en interpretatie. Vergaring en gebruik van ethnografische informatie in Nederlands Nieuw-Guinea (1950-1962. Utrecht: Interdisiplinair Sociaal Wetenschappelijk Onderzoekinstituut Rijksuniversiteit, 1990. 247 pp. English summary. - Ward Keeler, J.Joseph Errington, Structure and style in Javanese: A semiotic view of linguistic etiquette, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1988, 290 pp. - Ank Klomp, Raymond T. Smith, Kinship and class in the West Indies; A genealogical study of Jamaica and Guyana, Cambridge etc.: Cambridge Studies in Social Anthropology, Cambridge University Press, 1988. - G.J. Knaap, A.H.P. Clemens, Het belang van de Buitengewesten; Economische expansie en koloniale staatsvorming in de Buitengewesten van Nederlands-Indië 1870-1942, NEHA-series III, deel 7, Amsterdam: NEHA, viii + 306 pp. 1989., J.Th. Lindblad (eds. - Jaap de Moor, E.S. van Eyck van Heslinga, Van compagnie naar koopvaardij; De scheepvaartverbinding van de Bataafse Republiek met de koloniën in Azië 1795-1806, Amsterdam: De Bataafsche Leeuw, 1988. [Hollandse Historische Reeks, no. IX.] 320 pp., kaart, ills., tabellen, bibliografie, index. - Otto van den Muijzenberg, Jean-Claude Lejosne, Le journal de voyage de G. van Wuysthoff et de ses assistants au Laos (1641-1642, Metz: Editions du Centre de Documentation du Cercle de Culture et de Recherches Laotiennes, 1987. 370 pp., 3 indices, bibliography, maps, illustrations. - Gert J. Oostindie, M.J. van den Blink, Olie op de golven; De betrekkingen tussen Nederland/Curaçao en Venezuela gedurende de eerste helft van de twintigste eeuw, Amsterdam: De Bataafsche Leeuw, 1988, 128 pp. - Rien Ploeg, Robert M. Hill II, Continuities in highland Maya social organisation, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, xxii + 176 pp., 1987., John Monaghan (eds. - Harry A. Poeze, Takashi Shiraishi, An

Influence sur les imbrûlés solides de composés métalliques particuliers et du taux de dispersion des asphaltènes dans les fuels lourds Influence of Unburned Solids Made of Unusual Metal Compounds and of the Asphaltene Dispersion Rate in Heavy Fuel Oils

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Audibert F.

2006-11-01

Full Text Available La diversité croissante des origines de bruts a conduit, en combustion, a prendre en considération dans les modèles la teneur en métaux en plus du carbone Conradson ou des asphaltènes au C7 dans les fuels lourds. De tels modèles ont été développés par Exxon (1979 et Shell (1981 notamment. Des travaux récents faits à l'Institut Français du Pétrole (IFP sur une chaudière de 2 MW ont montré l'influence de composés métalliques particuliers présents dans le fuel oil sous forme de sulfures imprégnant des particules de carbone poreux. Ces microparticules peuvent être générées lorsque l'on applique des conditions opératoires sévères à la viscoréduction de fuels résiduaires en présence d'hydrogène et d'un catalyseur approprié. Ces microparticules se sont révélées très actives en combustion et ont montré que la concentration du métal n'était pas le seul facteur à prendre en considération mais que la manière dont il était combiné pouvait être prépondérante. Pour étendre le domaine d'application des modèles, d'autres paramètres comme les conditions de fonctionnement de la chaudière et l'atomisation du fuel ont été pris en compte en plus des paramètres d'influence propres au fuel (travaux du Laboratoire Énergie du MIT publications 1986. En ce qui concerne la prédiction d'émissions particulaires une méthode complémentaire aux tests de résidu de Conradson et d'insolubilité à l'heptane normal a été appliquée à I'IFP dans le cadre d'un programme de valorisation des huiles lourdes en association avec les compagnies pétrolières Elf et Total France. Cette méthode consiste à évaluer à la microscopie électronique par transmission le taux de dispersion des asphaltènes, selon une méthode développée par Total France (M. Peyrot. Il existe une relation entre ce taux de dispersion et l'émission particulaire. Ce phénomène a été nettement observé dans le cas de fuels lourds constitués par

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Redaksi Jurnal Udayana Mengabdi

2014-08-01

Full Text Available PENGANTAR REDAKSIi bulan September tahun ini aktivitas Tri Dahrma di Univeritas Udayana terlihat sangat menggeliat. Hal ini terjadi karena sebagian besar kegiatan terkonsentrasi pada bulan September yang merupakan bulan perayaan Dies Natalis ke 52 Universitas Udayana yang jatuh pada tanggal 29 September 2014. Seminar hasil-hasil penelitian, lokakarya, diskusi politik sampai pada pelayanan kepada masyarakat terlaksana meriah pada bulan ini. Ditambah lagi Ikatan Alumni Universitas Udayana (IKAYANA menyelenggarakan reuni agung dengan berbagai kegiatan yang juga dikaitkan dengan perayaan dies. Menjadi meriah karena kebetulan ketua IKAYANA juga rektor Unud, Prof. Dr. Dr. Ketut Suastika, Sp. PD.KEMD sangat gesit menyemangati para panitia berbagai kegiatan tersebut. Salah satu kegiatan yang terkait dengan pengabdian kepada masyarakat adalah pemberian anugrah Udayana kepada penulis yang sangat gigih memperhatikan dan mempertahankan permainan tradisional Bali yaitu Made Taro. Perhatian lain dari Rektor Unud melalui LPPM adalah pemberian insentif bagi penulis buku, artikel ilmiah dan penerima HAKI, termasuk artikel yang dimuat dalam Jurnal Udayana Mengabdi (JUM ini. Suatu bentuk apresiasi yang patut diapresiasi.Sidang pembaca yang terhormat, Peraturan Menteri Pendidikan Dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia Nomor 49 Tahun 2014 Tentang Standar Nasional Pendidikan Tinggi dalam salah satu pasal menyebutkan bahwa hasil pengabdian kepada masyarakat harus didesiminasikan. Salah satu bentuk desiminasi adalah mempublikasikannya dalam jurnal ilmiah. Selanjutnya Dikti juga mensyaratkan agar penerima hibah pengabdian kepada masyarakat Dikti harus mempublikasikan hasil pengabdiannya dalam jurnal nasional maupun internasional. Dalam nomor ini JUM memuat beberapa hasil pengabdian yang didanai dari Dikti, khususnya program Iptek bagi Wilayah yang lebih populer dengan istilah IbW.Industri sablon memerlukan inovasi diversifikasi produk dengan mengembangkan desain berbasis

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Ollivier, J.; Farhi, E.; Ferrand, M.; Benoit, M.

2005-11-01

'études des structures virales (P. Gouet) a permis de mettre en évidence des aspects complémentaires entre RX et neutrons, et de souligner les avantages et inconvenients respectifs de ces techniques. - l'École Thématique s'est achevée par une session commune avec les Journées Rossat-Mignod, au cours de laquelle J. Helliwell a établi une revue comparative RX/neutrons sur les développements récents en bio-cristallographie des protéines, suivi de deux presentations portant sur la dynamique incohérente et cohérente de systèmes membranaires (F. Natali, M. Rheinstadter). Contrairement aux années précédentes, le contenu de cet ouvrage se veut davantage refléter les applications des neutrons en biologie et biophysique moléculaire, en se reportant à des travaux scientifiques précis, plutôt que d'être constitué d'un recueil de cours, certes trés pédagogiques, mais quelquefois trop éloignés de l'expérience. Nous espérons que ce choix saura satisfaire le lecteur et encourager de nouveaux biologistes à utiliser les neutrons dès que possible pour leurs systèmes d'intérêt. Bonne lecture et bonnes manips !!!!

Diagraphies de cimentation : vers une analyse de la qualité du contact ciment-formation Cement Logging: Toward an Analysis of the Quality of Cement-Formation Bonding

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Isambourg P.

2006-11-01

Full Text Available Les compagnies pétrolières ont un réel besoin d'évaluer correctement les cimentations de leurs puits : l'étanchéité entre les différentes zones est-elle assurée? Pour ce faire, les outils soniques et ultra-soniques ont été mis au point. Jusqu'à présent, la qualité du contactcasing-ciment était analysée quantitativement et celle du contactciment-formation était analysée qualitativement par les spécialistes (outil VDL. Le progrès le plus important que l'on pouvait apporter dans les logsde cimentation était de détecter les défauts à l'interface ciment-formation. C'est ce que nous avons fait dans le cadre d'un projet financé par l'ARTEP (Association de Recherche sur les Techniques d'Exploitation du Pétrole comprenant Total, Gaz de France GDF, Institut Français du Pétrole (IFP, et Elf Aquitaine Production (EAP. Les expériences laboratoires effectuées au Service Analyse FLuides de Boussens ont été conçues en injectant du ciment entre un casing et une formation-simulée avec présence, ou non, de boue d'épaisseur variable. Des formations rapides ou lentes, ainsi que des ciments, rapides ou lents, ont été utilisés. Les échos ultrasoniques, obtenus à l'aide d'une sonde CET en céramique, ont été enregistrés et analysés. La théorie, comme les expériences, ont montré que les échos ultrasoniques sont modifiés en présence de boue et/ou de gaz. Les relations entre la forme de l'onde ultrasonique et la présence de boue et de gaz entre le ciment et la formation ont été établies. Une procédure de traitement est proposée avec ses limites. Oil companies have a real need to make a correct assessment of cementing jobs in their wells. Is the seal ensured between different zones? To do this, sonic and ultrasonic logging tools have been developed. Up to now, the quality of the casing-cement contacthas been analyzed quantitatively, and that of the cement-formation contacthas been analyzed qualitatively by

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C. Salmon

1987-10-01

, Zutphen, 1986, 104 pp., 13 ills. and map. - G.J. Schutte, W.Ph. Coolhaas, Generale missiven van Gouverneurs-Generaal en Raden aan Heren XVII der Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, VIII: 1725-1729, Rijks Geschiedkundige Publicatiën, Grote Serie 193, ‘s-Gravenhage, 1985, 275 pp. - H. Steinhauer, Jeff Siegel, Language contact in a plantation environment. A sociolinguistic history of Fiji, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987, xiv + 305 pp. [Studies in the social and cultural foundations of language 5.] - H. Steinhauer, L.E. Visser, Sahu-Indonesian-English Dictionary and Sahu grammar sketch, Verhandelingen van het KITLV 126, Dordrecht: Foris Publications, 1987, xiv + 258 pp., C.L. Voorhoeve (eds. - Taufik Abdullah, H.A.J. Klooster, Indonesiërs schrijven hun geschiedenis: De ontwikkeling van de Indonesische geschiedbeoefening in theorie en praktijk, 1900-1980, Verhandelingen KITLV 113, Dordrecht/Cinnaminson: Foris Publications, 1985, Bibl., Index, 264 pp. - Maarten van der Wee, Jan Breman, Control of land and labour in colonial Java: A case study of agrarian crisis and reform in the region of Ceribon during the first decades of the 20th century, Verhandelingen of the Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology, Leiden, No. 101, Dordrecht: Foris Publications, 1983. xi + 159 pp.

Principle and Potential of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Applied to the Study of Fluids in Porous Media Principe et potentialité de la résonance magnétique nucléaire appliquée à l'étude des fluides en milieux poreux

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Chardaire-Riviere C.

2006-11-01

d'améliorer la reconstruction des images et la résolution spatiale. Différentes techniques sont utilisées pour différencier dans les images les protons de l'eau des protons de l'huile. A I'IFP, nous utilisons un champ magnétique élevé de 9,4 T qui permet de différencier les protons de l'huile (fig. 7 de ceux de l'eau (fig. 8 et d'obtenir des coupes d'épaisseur 50 µm. L'obtention de profils de saturation (fig. 10 a permis de comparer les profils obtenus par IRM à ceux obtenus par simulation numérique de l'expérience de déplacement étudiée (fig. 11. Cette comparaison valide les profils de saturation expérimentaux et définit une possible utilisation de l'IRM comme méthode de détermination des courbes de perméabilités relatives et de pression capillaire représentatives d'une expérience de déplacement. Cependant un intérêt majeur de l'IRM par rapport à d'autres techniques tomographiques est d'apporter une meilleure résolution, une possibilité d'obtenir une information tridimensionnelle ainsi que des paramètres non accessibles jusqu'à présent (images de vitesse. De plus, l'extrapolation des résultats obtenus en spectroscopie à l'imagerie ou aux diagraphies constitue une potentialité importante de la RMN pour l'avenir et est l'enjeu de recherches actives dans de nombreux laboratoires ou compagnies pétrolières dans le monde.

Temperature sensitivity (Q10), and dynamics of soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition in permafrost soils with different carbon quality and under experimental warming. R. Bracho1, E.A.G Schuur1, E. Pegoraro1, K.G. Crummer1, S. Natali2, J. Zhou, Y Luo3, J. L. Wu3, M. Tiedje4, K. Konstantinidis5 1Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. 2Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA. 3Institute for Environmental Genomics and Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 4Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; 5Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics and School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

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Bracho, R. G.; Schuur, E. A.; Pegoraro, E.; Crummer, K. G.; Natali, S.; Zhou, J.; Wu, L.; Luo, Y.; Tiedje, J. M.; Konstantinidis, K.

2013-12-01

Permafrost soils contain approximately1700 Pg of carbon (C), twice the amount of C in the atmosphere. Temperatures in higher latitudes are increasing, inducing permafrost thaw and subsequent microbial decomposition of previously frozen C. This process is one of the most likely positive feedbacks to climate change. Understanding the temperature sensitivity (Q10) and dynamics of SOM decomposition under warming is essential to predict the future state of the earth - climate system. Alaskan tundra soils were exposed to two winter warming (WW) seasons in the field, which warmed the soils by 4°C to 40 cm depth. Soils were obtained from three depths (0 - 15, 15 - 25 and 45 - 55 cm) and differed in initial amounts of labile and recalcitrant C. Soils were incubated in the lab under aerobic conditions, at 15 and 25°C over 365 days. Q10 was estimated at 14, 100 & 280 days of incubation (DOI); C fluxes were measured periodically and dynamics of SOM decomposition (C pool sizes and decay rates) were estimated by fitting a two pool C model to cumulative respired C (Ccum, mgC/ginitialC). After two WW seasons, initial C content tended to decrease through the soil profile and C:N ratio was significantly decreased in the top 15 cm. After one year of incubation, Ccum was twice as high at 25°C as at 15°C and significantly decreased with depth. No significant WW field treatment was detected, although Ccum tended to be lower in warmed soils. Labile C accounted for up to 5% of initial soil C content in the top 15 cm and decreased with depth. Soils exposed to WW had smaller labile C pools, and higher labile C decay rates in the top 25 cm. Q10 significantly decreased with time and depth as labile pool decreased, especially for WW. This decrease with time indicates a lower temperature sensitivity of the most recalcitrant C pool. The deepest WW soil layer, where warming was more pronounced, had significantly lower Q10 compared to control soils at the same depth. After two seasons, the warming treatment affected decomposition by reducing labile C pools and increasing its decay rates. Warming also reduced temperature sensitivity, showing acclimation of the most recalcitrant C pool in the tundra ecosystem.

What are the main environmental exposures associated with elevated IgE in Cuban infants? A population-based study

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Fundora-Hernández, Hermes; Venero-Fernández, Silvia J; Suárez-Medina, Ramón; Mora-Faife, Esperanza de la C; García-García, Gladys; del Valle-Infante, Ileana; Gómez-Marrero, Liem; Venn, Andrea; Britton, John; Fogarty, Andrew W

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ériques totales chez les nourrissons vivant à La Havane. Méthodes Des échantillons de sang ont été collectés chez 877 nourrissons. Les données sur les symptômes de la maladie allergique et sur une large gamme d'expositions ont été recueillies. Résultats La médiane des IgE était de 35 UI/ml (gamme interquartile: 13 à 96). Le risque d'avoir un taux d'IgE au-dessus de la médiane était plus élevé pour les enfants qui avaient été allaités pendant au moins quatre mois (odds ratio ajusté (OR): 1,28; intervalle de confiance (IC) à 95%: 1,02 à 1,61) et pour les enfants pour qui des cafards ont été signalés dans la maison (OR: 1,30; IC 95%: 1,03 à 1,63). Le risque était plus faible pour les enfants dont la mère possédait un emploi rémunéré (OR: 0,73; IC 95%: 0,54 à 0,97 par rapport à ceux dont les mères n'avaient pas cet emploi, pour les enfants vivant dans des foyers où le gaz et l’électricité étaient utilisés pour la cuisson (OR: 0,45; IC 95%: 0,32 à 0,62 par rapport à l'utilisation de l’électricité seule) et pour les enfants ayant des animaux domestiques à la naissance (OR: 0,83; IC 95%: 0,70 à 1,00). Il n'y avait pas d'association entre les taux d'IgE sériques et l'utilisation de paracétamol. Conclusions Les associations avec la consommation du gaz carburant et l'emploi de la mère indiquent que les taux d'IgE en début de vie sont plus faibles chez les enfants vivant dans une relative richesse. La différence dans l'effet de l'exposition précoce aux animaux de compagnie ou à des cafards pourrait refléter des différences dans ces allergènes, ou être confondu par la richesse relative. Une investigation plus approfondie de cette cohorte permettra de déterminer comment ces effets se traduisent dans l'expression de la maladie allergique plus tard dans la vie. Objetivo La inmunoglobulina E (IgE) juega un papel clave en la patogénesis de la enfermedad alérgica, pero se conoce poco sobre los factores ambientales asociados con

Canadian Food Irradiation Facilities; Installations Canadiennes d'Irradiation des Aliments; Kanadskie ustanovki dlya oblucheniya pishchevykh produktov; Instalaciones de Irradiacion de Alimentos en el Canada

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Warland, H. M.F.; MacQueen, K. F. [Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Commercial Products, Ottawa (Canada)

1966-11-15

'(AECL) a entrepris en 1956 des travaux sur l'irradiation des pommes de terre en utilisant comme source des barreaux de combustible epuise. En 1958, l'AECL a concu et fabrique le premier appareil Gammacell 220, qui est un irradiateur complet, et l'on n'a plus utilise que du cobalt-60 pour l'execution du programme d'irradiation des aliments. En 1960, la premiere autorisation du service de controle des produits alimentaires et pharmaceutiques a ete obtenue pour les pommes de terre. La phase suivante consistait a montrer aux producteurs et distributeurs de pommes de terre que le cobalt-60 est un instrument sans danger, simple et sur, et que l'irradiation entrave la germination. En 1961 l'AECL a concu et fabrique un irradiateur mobile afin d'executer le programme de demonstration. L'irradiateur a ete monte sur une remorque routiere entierement equipee et, au cours de la saison 1961/1962, 500 tonnes de pommes de terre ont ete irradiees en divers endroits du Canada oriental. En 1965, l'AECL a concu et construit le premier irradiateur commercial de denrees alimentaires pour la compagnie Newfield Products Ltd. Pendant l'execution du programme d'irradiation des pommes.de terre, l'AECL a lance des programmes communs avec des laboratoires canadiens de recherche sur les produits alimentaires, en utilisant d'autres appareils Gammacell. En 1960, l'AECL a construit une installation d'irradiation en casemate dans son etablissement d'Ottawa pour l'irradiation d'articles plus volumineux tels que des quartiers de porcs et des regimes de bananes. Au cours de l'annee 1963, l'irradiateur mobile, qui avait deja montre son utilite, a ete modifie en vue d'elargir ses applications: l'intensite de la source a ete augmentee et il a ete equipe d'un dispositif de refroidissement des produits; en outre, la remorque a ete climatisee. Ainsi transforme, il a ete utilise en Californie pour l'irradiation d'une grande variete de fruits a la station du Departement de l'agriculture des Etats-Unis, a Fresno. Le

EC Liability in the Absence of Unlawfulness - The FIAMM Case –

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Katrin Arend

2009-02-01

; HNL v. Council and Commission, Joined C-83, 94/76, 4, 15, 40/77, (1978 E.C.R. 1209; Mulder et al. v. Council and Commission, Joined C-104/89, 37/90, (1992 E.C.R. I-3061; also the Court of First Instance in African Fruit Company v. Council and Commission, Joined T-64/01, 65/01, (2004 E.C.R. II-521.