Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d'un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d'origine. ...

A travers la sociohistoire d'un centre social d'Oloron-Sainte-Marie (64), l'auteur nous renseigne sur la grande histoire d'une de ces structures de Développement Social Local implantées au plus près des habitants pour favoriser les initiatives locales. Il nous engage à questionner le "modèle centre ...

Entre récit de voyage et essai sociologique, l'auteur partage sa riche expérience vécue au Québec et se confie en nous livrant quelques séquences de la vie locale prises sur le vif. Butinant de fleur en fleur entre Sherbrooke, Saint-Camille et Montréal, des tableaux du quotidien nord-américain donne...

Nous pensons parfois être les jouets de notre destinée. Or cette destinée n'est pas le fruit du hasard, mais elle obéit à des lois. Un ordre invisible se cache derrière l'univers matériel visible. Si notre coeur est pur et qu'il se connecte à cet ordre, alors nous sommes en mesure de forger notre av...

This book provides an up-to-date overview of shelf acetabuloplasty, a traditional procedure for acetabular dysplasia.Originally, shelf acetabuloplasty was mainly intended for the treatment of developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) in children and adolescents. However, secondary osteoarthritis of t...

In the early 1980s, a few scientists started working on a Xenopus transcription factor, TFIIIA. They soon discovered a novel domain associated with zinc, and named this domain "zinc finger. " Th e number of proteins with similar zinc fingers grew quickly and these proteins are now called C2H2, Cys2H...

Old-age survival has considerably improved in the second half of the twentieth century. Life expectancy in wealthy countries has increased, on average, from 65 years in 1950 to 76 years in 2005. The rise was more spectacular in some countries: the life expectancy for Japanese women rose from 62 year...

As the global economy turns more and more service oriented, Information Technology-Enabled Services (ITeS) require greater understanding.  Increasing numbers and varieties of services are provided through IT.  Furthermore, IT enables the creation of new services in diverse fields previously untouche...

This book comprehensively covers researches on enzymatic polymerization and related enzymatic approaches to produce well-defined polymers, which is valuable and promising for conducting green polymer chemistry. It consists of twelve chapters, including the following topics: The three classes of enzy...

This book analyzes the interplay between development and the environment, focusing on how to forge social consensus and practices in the international community. Since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, sustainable development has increasingly attracted the attention of the international community, and s...