Un riche industriel français, fils de collabo et généreux mécène des groupes identitaires européens, est retrouvé massacré dans sa demeure. L'enquête va mener l'inspecteur Didier B. des cités HLM des Hauts-de-Seine aux routes du Morvan. Sur fond de campagne électorale et de guerre entre dealers rivaux, il va devoir démêler les fils d'une enquête qui le conduit tout droit à un lieu : l'Élysée, objet de convoitise d'une mouvance identitaire prête à tout, sans oublier le pire, pour parvenir à ses fins.
Grace ne tient plus en place à l'idée de prendre un cargo qui
l'emmènera de sa station spatiale (et loin d'Evelyn, sa mère
ENNUYEUSE) vers une lune éloignée ! En plus, elle pourra passer du
temps avec Kendra, son autre mère, qui est MARRANTE, elle. Et c'est
quelque chose dont Grace a vraiment besoin : elle va enfin vivre une
vraie aventure alors que le reste de ses amis à la station sont déjà partis pour les vacances d'été. Mais Kendra doit se concentrer sur
son travail et Grace se retrouve soudainement très seule pour son
premier voyage. Elle avait pourtant plein d'idée amusantes. Lorsque
Grace décide d'explorer la lune par elle-même, ses aventures ne
deviennent plus du tout géniales. Sa mère se fâche contre elle et
tout ce qu'elle souhaite à présent, c'est de rentrer chez elle. Mais
leur vaisseau tombe en panne... Grace pourra-t-elle renouer avec sa
mère et sauver ses vacances ?
100% collocations ! est un recueil de 400 collocations ou associations de mots fixées par l’usage qui vous permettront de vous exprimer plus spontanément en anglais et de façon plus naturelle. Quelques exemples : an enduring achievement = un succès durable ; the carbon footprint = l’empreinte carbone.Classées par thèmes, réutilisables à l’écrit comme à l’oral, les collocations proposées dans cet ouvrage sont associées à de très nombreux exercices progressifs pour une meilleure maîtrise de leur usage.100% collocations ! est idéal pour les lycéens, les élèves de classes préparatoires, les étudiants et pour toute personne souhaitant booster son niveau d’expression de façon rapide et qualitative. À découvrir :• 10 chapitres thématiques dont 8 de culture générale avec lesquels les étudiants doivent être familiers• 130 exercices de contrôle et de révision tous corrigés
Le futur de l'Afrique de l'Ouest dépend de la capacité du secteur de l'agriculture à s'adapter pour garantir la sécurité alimentaire dans un contexte de changement climatique et de croissance démographique. Pour faciliter cette adaptation, la recherche a déployé d'importants efforts pour améliorer les connaissances sur les mécanismes climatiques et leurs impacts sur les systèmes agropastoraux. Or, ces avancées issues de la recherche ne sont que rarement prises en compte dans la planification et la prise de décision. Partant de ce constat, un projet de recherche « Agriculture et gestion des risques climatiques : outils et recherches en Afrique », soutenu par le ministère français des Affaires étrangères et du Développement international est mené entre 2016 et 2018 dans plusieurs pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest. Il a pour objectif d'élaborer des outils efficaces de gestion du risque climatique pour les agriculteurs, en co-construisant avec des réseaux de chercheurs et d'acteurs directement impliqués dans l'accompagnement de l'agriculture des stratégies innovantes basées sur les résultats de la recherche. Cet ouvrage restitue les principales avancées de cette recherche-action sur trois thématiques prioritaires : les services climatiques pour l'agriculture, la gestion des ressources en eau et l'intensification écologique. Il permet aux acteurs du secteur agricole (organisations paysannes, filières, secteur privé agricole, banques de développement agricole, fournisseurs d'intrants, services agricoles et de météorologie) de s'approprier de nouvelles connaissances et de nouveaux outils pour une meilleure prise en compte des risques climatiques dans la gestion des systèmes de production.
Providing both practical advice, tools, and case examples, Employee Engagement translates best practices, ideas, and concepts into concrete and practical steps that will change the level of engagement in any organization. Explores the meaning of engagement and how engagement differs significantly from other important yet related concepts like satisfaction and commitment Discusses what it means to create a culture of engagement Provides a practical presentation deck and talking points managers can use to introduce the concept of engagement in their organization Addresses issues of work-life balance, and non-work activities and their relationship to engagement at work
A scholarly collection of timely essays on the behavioral science of peace With contributions from experts representing a wide variety of scholarly fields (behavioral and social sciences, philosophy, environmental science, anthropology and economics), Peace Ethology offers original essays on the most recent research and findings on the topic of the behavioral science of peace. This much-needed volume includes writings that examine four main areas of study: the proximate causation of peace, the developmental aspects of peace, the function and systems of peace and the evolution of peace. The popular belief persists that, by nature, humans are not pre-disposed to peace. However, archeological and paleontological evidence reveals that the vast majority of our time as a species has been spent in small hunter-gatherer bands that are basically peaceful and egalitarian in nature. The text also reveals that most of the earth's people are living in more peaceful societies than in centuries past. This hopeful compendium of essays: Contains writings from noted experts from a variety of academic studies Offers a social-psychological perspective on the causation of peaceful behavior Includes information on children's peacekeeping and peacemaking Presents ideas for overcoming social tension between police and civilians Provides the most recent thinking on the behavioral science of peace Written for students and academics of the behavioral and social sciences, Peace Ethology offers scholarly essays on the development, nature, and current state of peace.
This volume covers the gamut of surgical and device-based treatments for psychiatric disorders. Written by experts in the field, this book covers neuroscience advances in the neurobiological underpinnings of psychiatric diseases, emerging surgical and device-based treatments, and advances in the field. Topics include electroconvulsive therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation, Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), and many other cutting-edge treatments and techniques.Psychiatric Neurotherapeutics is a valuable resource for psychiatrists, neurosurgeons, neurologists, researchers, and all other medical professionals interested in surgical and device-based treatments of psychiatric disorders.
Research into and interest in the role of stromal cells in immunology has exploded over the past 15 years. The conventional view that placed non-hematopoietic stromal cells as passive, structural, and supportive entities has now been replaced with an appreciation that these cells have active, dynamic roles during immune responses, and thus impact on the pathophysiology of multiple immune-mediated diseases. This book serves to provide solid grounding in the fundamentals of stromal immunology, focusing on the biological aspects of their function in addition to highlighting key areas for the development of the field in the future. The book is also a unique source of information on emerging concepts that place stromal cells from outside lymphoid organs as major contributors to the biology of diverse conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, chronic parasitic infection, inflammatory bowel disease, and cancer.
This book provides a comprehensive review of mental health topics for pre- and postsurgical patients. The book discusses general aspects of psychiatric care during the immediate pre- and postsurgical phase, such as pain management, psychopharmacological management or legal aspects of informed consent. The volume dedicates one section to specific subspecialties, including cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, organ transplantation, plastic surgery, bariatric surgery, and many others. Each of these chapters address preoperative psychiatric risk factors, evaluations, impact, and management recommendations for prevention and treatment of the most common psychiatric complications. The final section reviews the current dilemmas and questions for future research in this field, including delirium and capacity evaluation. The text concludes with commentary written by experts in the fields of consultation-liaison psychiatry and surgery on future directions and considerations.
Perioperative Psychiatry is a valuable resource for psychiatrists, psychologists, surgeons, trainees, nurses, social workers, and all medical professionals concerned with the behavioral health of surgical patients.
This volume addresses the similarities and also the differences in the genomes of soil saprophytes, symbionts, and plant pathogens by using examples of fungal species to illustrate particular principles. It analyzes how the specific interactions with the hosts and the influence of the environment may have shaped genome evolution. The relevance of fungal genetic research and biotechnological applications is shown for areas such as plant pathogenesis, biomass degradation, litter decomposition, nitrogen assimilation, antibiotic production, mycoparasitism, energy, ecology, and also for soil fungi turning to human pathogens. In addition to the model organisms Neurospora and Aspergillus, the following species are covered providing a view of pathogens and mutualists: Trichoderma, Fusarium oxysporum, Cochliobolus heterostrophus, Penicillium chrysogenum, Rhizopus oryzae, Podospora anserina, and species belonging to Agaricomycetes, Archaeorhizomycetes and Magnaporthaceae. Ecology and potential applications have guided the choice of fungal genes to be studied and it will be fascinating to follow the trends of future sequencing projects.
This book combines the disciplines of applied demography and public health by describing how applied demographic techniques can be used to help address public health issues. Besides addressing the impact of aging on health and health-related expenditure, cause-specific mortality, and maternal health and morbidity, the book provides several chapters on special analysis and methodological issues. The chapters provide a number of resources and tools that can be used in conducting research aimed at promoting public health. These resources include information on a variety of health research datasets, different statistical methodologies for analyzing health-related data and developing concepts related to health status, methodologies for forecasting or projecting disease incidences and associated costs, and discussions of demographic concepts used to measure population health status.
Current events related to energy policy - skyrocketing gasoline prices, the 2003 Northeast Blackout, the Kyoto Protocol's enactment, passage of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and the influence of recent Gulf Coast hurricanes on energy supplies and prices - demand innovative approaches towards conceptualizing the relationship between energy and American society.
This book takes on a central quandary in the study of energy and environmental policy: What myths continue to exist in American culture concerning energy, the environment, and society? It enrolls twenty-four of the nation's top experts working on energy policy in industry, government laboratories, utilities, nonprofit organizations, and universities to debunk and contextualize thirteen energy myths relating to electric power, renewable energy, energy efficiency, transportation, and climate change.
While the book focuses on the American experience, it will be of interest to those working in the fields of energy policy, energy and the environment, and technology assessment worldwide.
`This is a brilliant, bold, and fascinating book ...that should be read by anybody even remotely concerned about energy, the environment, or the future of American society.'
Art Rosenfeld, Commissioner, California Energy Commission and recipient of the 2006 Enrico Fermi Award
`...This work is a must-read for anyone interested in American energypolicy.'
Kateri Callahan, President, Alliance to Save Energy
`...By collecting the best minds to debunk the greatest of these myths, Sovacool and Brown have brought us a step closer to finding a national energy policy based on common sense.'
Chris Cooper, Executive Director, Network for New Energy Choices
`... Sovacool and Brown provide a bold and imaginative way forward.'
John A. "Skip" Laitner, Visiting Fellow and Senior Economist, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
19 Décembre 2013
9783653028737
Mitten im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1941bis1942 während die deutschen Offensiven gegen die Alliierten auf den verschiedenen Schlachtfeldern noch mit Erfolgen gekrnt waren, und während die Kolonialdeutschen auf eine baldige Wiederaufnahme der Kolonialaktivitäten hofften, erschienen die Memoirenbände Erfahrungen meiner kolonialen Wanderjahre (1941) und Kalamba Na M'Putu (1942) von Rudolf Asmis. In beiden Bänden vertritt Asmis die Position der «humaneren Behandlung» der kolonisierten Vlker zum Vorteil und Gedeihen des deutschen Kolonialgeschäfts. Wie setzte er diese Position in die Praxis um, da er selbst auf dem Kolonialgebiet tätig war? Wie konnte er als Kolonialherr seine Machtstellung, die die Kolonialeffizienz voraussetzte, mit humanen Gefühlen vereinen? Welche Lsung hatte er für die Rechtsfrage in der deutschen Kolonialpolitik? Die europäische Kolonisation war eine Konkurrenzfrage zwischen den Kolonialmächten. Wie stand Asmis zu den Kolonialrivalen, besonders von 1918 bis zu seinem Tod 1945? Kolonialpolitik, Kolonialgeschichte und Kolonialrecht bilden die zentrale Thematik dieser interdisziplinären Studie, die gleichwohl als Ziel eine autobiografische Darstellung von Rudolf Asmis' kolonialpolitischem Leben hat.
De circonstance, ce numéro printanier de la revue Séquences s'inscrit sous le signe de la survie, en consacrant d'abord sept pages au film-événement Jusqu'au déclin, de Patrice Laliberté. Lisez entre autres une longue entrevue avec le réalisateur. Le film, un suspense sis dans un camp de survivalistes, est disponible sur la plateforme Netflix depuis le 27 mars. Deux autres pages sont ensuite consacrées au film de survie en tant que genre, de Deliverance de Boorman à Battle Royale, de Fukasaku. La revue présente aussi deux nouvelles sections, l'une qui offrira un survol d'un genre à travers un choix de films emblématiques (ici le giallo, par Pascal Grenier), l'autre, en dernière page, qui décortiquera une scène précise d'un film (ici La Notte d'Antonioni, par Yves Laberge). Comme d'habitude, retrouvez également plusieurs critiques de films récemment parus.
This book discusses the cross-talk between plants and microbes in the rhizosphere. The rhizosphere is the hotspot of microbial activities that influence plant growth and crop yield. The rhizosphere-residing microbes include the nitrogen-fixing rhizobia, mycorrhizal fungi, antibiotic-producing bacteria, antagonistic, plant-beneficial fungi, and entomopathogens. The three-way cross-talk among the plants, the pathogens and other microbes involves signaling molecules, metabolites, and physical interactions. The book also describes deleterious and beneficial aspects of this communication between plants and microbes. Plants program the local microbiome near their roots, and the microbial community has a profound influence on the functioning of the plant. This complex communication makes the collection of chapters a timely one, because the diverse subjects are linked by their focus on the molecular language of plant-microbe cross-talk.This timely and informative book is useful for students and researchers in the fields of microbiology, soil biology, and plant pathology.
This book explores various aspects of transnationalism and comics art in six East Asian and seven Southeast Asian countries/territories. The 14 richly illustrated chapters embrace comics, cartoons, and animation relative to offshore production, transnational ownership, multinational collaboration, border crossings of comics art creators and characters, expansion of overseas markets, cartoonists in political exile, colonial underpinnings, adaptation of foreign styles and formats, representation of other cultures, and more.
Using case studies, historical accounts, descriptive overviews, individual artists' profiles, and representational analyses, and fascinatingly told through techniques as document use, interviews, observation, and textual analyses, the end result is a thorough, interesting, and compact volume on transnationalism and comics art in East and Southeast Asia.
This book focusses on techniques for automating the procedure of creating external labelings, also known as callout labelings. In this labeling type, the features within an illustration are connected by thin leader lines (called leaders) with their labels, which are placed in the empty space surrounding the image. In general, textual labels describing graphical features in maps, technical illustrations (such as assembly instructions or cutaway illustrations), or anatomy drawings are an important aspect of visualization that convey information on the objects of the visualization and help the reader understand what is being displayed. Most labeling techniques can be classified into two main categories depending on the "distance" of the labels to their associated features. Internal labels are placed inside or in the direct neighborhood of features, while external labels, which form the topic of this book, are placed in the margins outside the illustration, where they do not occlude the illustration itself. Both approaches form well-studied topics in diverse areas of computer science with several important milestones. The goal of this book is twofold. The first is to serve as an entry point for the interested reader who wants to get familiar with the basic concepts of external labeling, as it introduces a unified and extensible taxonomy of labeling models suitable for a wide range of applications. The second is to serve as a point of reference for more experienced people in the field, as it brings forth a comprehensive overview of a wide range of approaches to produce external labelings that are efficient either in terms of different algorithmic optimization criteria or in terms of their usability in specific application domains. The book mostly concentrates on algorithmic aspects of external labeling, but it also presents various visual aspects that affect the aesthetic quality and usability of external labeling.
