France - Science topic

Do Germany, France and Italy maintain shariah index?

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Bonjour à toutes et tous !

Dans le cadre de ma maîtrise en génie de la construction au sein de l'Ecole de technologie supérieure (ETS) de Montréal, je réalise un projet d'application sur l'innovation et le développement durable afin de répondre à la problématique :

" L' innovation est-elle compatible avec le développement durable dans le secteur de la construction ? »

Au travers d'un questionnaire qui vous prendra quelques minutes, je sollicite votre avis en tant que professionnel du secteur de la construction, quelque soit votre niveau d’expérience. Cela me permettra d'obtenir un échantillon représentatif afin d'enrichir mon projet ainsi que mes axes de réflexions.

N'hésitez pas également à liker et à partager cette publication. Un grand merci par avance pour votre coopération !

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Hello everyone!

As part of my master's degree in construction engineering at the Ecole de technologie supérieure (ETS) in Montreal, I am doing an application project on innovation and sustainable development in order to answer the question:

"Is innovation compatible with sustainable development in the construction sector?"

Through a questionnaire that will take you a few minutes, I am asking for your opinion as a professional in the construction sector, whatever your level of experience. This will allow me to obtain a representative sample in order to enrich my project as well as my lines of thought.

Please feel free to like and share this publication. Thank you in advance for your cooperation!

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Scientist from France working in the field of lupus interested to work together and collaborate are welcome.

Can you please tell me where can I read the requirements for a PhD thesis in the USA, Germany, France? (in the field of psychology)

In Ukraine, there are some requirements for the number of pages. Or, for example, when I was writing my Ph.D. dissertation, I needed confirmation from private or government organizations that reviewed the results of my dissertation.

I would like to know what are the differences between Ukraine and the USA, Germany, France.

The Security Council has primary responsibility, under the United Nations Charter, for the maintenance of international peace and security. Today the P5 (permanent members) or simply speaking just 5 countries determine the fate of millions during a seize, war or invasion. -by their "veto power by nullifying any attempt to join a conflict or break down an invasion. These countries being the United States, China, France, Russia, and the United Kingdom. However this group has now become polarized due to which most actions are vetoed out by either group A or B.

Group A: China, Russian Fed

Group B: USA, UK, France

Other countries who have nuclear capability but do not have a permanent seat being Pakistan, India, Israel, and North Korea. So should some of these countries also be included in the P5 to make it P7 and bring more stability and rationality to the powers given to P5, who in most cases cannot really work together and oppose each other using their Veto card.

INTERNATIONAL HUMOR

Humor differs greatly from country to country. In this PowerPoint, I consider the humor styles of Afghanistan, Africa, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hawaii, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Palestine, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, and Ukraine. In all of these countries, there are books, and organizations, and conferences, and seminars to study the humor of these particular countries. Please contact me if you would like to receive a list of humor scholars in any of the above countries.

I am in search of the following: empirical studies on which language school students during school exchanges between LOTE counties use? Eg German students visiting France, French students in Italy etc?

thx!

Please I am looking for someone who works at the INSA university - Lyon - France?

I am doing a Master 2 in Innovation and Valuation of Research at Paris Saclay University, France, and I must present the project for the creation of the National Innovation Agency of Cuba, as a final evaluation of one of the courses. Thank you very much

Hello there!

I am looking for a researcher or an academician to help me collect data in France for an international comparison study.

My research is about basic psychological needs and resilience. I will collect data from university students. I would be glad if interested people contact me.

Dear Community,

I'm searching for bird-window collision research in France.

Maybe somebody is aware of a research group which is looking into this topic?

Best, Dominique

Hi there

Isohumic coefficient form SIMEOS AMG are not really correlated to our on field observation in no till farming fields in france.

The model is based on incubating plant cover residues at 25 tonnes of dry matter with 180 kg of nitrogen per hectare. However, the fertilization of plant cover is prohibited in France

So im looking for other references, all the datas i find are only from France.

Regards

Dear colleagues,

Does anyone have any information about the Congress, symposium and conference that will be held in France in the fall of 2022?

Because there are many fake conference advertisements.

Thank you...

I am reading about Neanderthals, and also happened to go over the migration of Native Americans to the American continent. The ice age that lowered the sea level by 400 feet and allowed that migration. Was there any similar land bridge events before that?

If so, and the Neanderthals were active well before "modern humans", would they have migrated to the America's before? Say 40,000 years ago or 80,000 or 120,000, or 200,000+?

It is hard to search because all anyone on the web wants to talk about is the last ice age. "Our" ice age.

I am not being facetious. This question seemed interesting enough to share. I could just add it to my personal list of thousands of such questions. But ResearchGate is maturing and growing every day. It ought to be a collaborative site.

Could Neanderthals could have crossed during the last 250,000 years?

I found this page at https://www.e-education.psu.edu/earth107/node/1506 where its says "last 20,000 years" but, thankfully, the chart of sea level goes back 140,000 years. At least it was narrower. Would it have frozen over? Could it have ice intermittently (ice islands, ice sheets, frozen areas)?

This is not something I know about that well. But it seems to me there have been many periods where humans (our humans) paddled and made their way across waters. And where ice might make a difference. Or maybe Neanderthals, so well adapted for cold, just loved to paddle long distance through the ice. The Bering Strait varies in depth from 100 to 165 feet (today). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bering_Strait

So where might such adventurers have wanted to live in their new continent? Probably caves? Probably Alaska? I don't know. I am not ever sure how to go about it. So I am asking this large and thoughtful group, if anyone has some ideas?

I just ordered all the Jean Auel books again. I have not read them in a long time. Her Neanderthals were a bit hidebound and brutish. (Pardon me, Jean). But Bruniquel Cave is about 176,500 years ago. And they had fire, organization, tents, strength and purpose. If they were smart enough to build a shelter inside a cave, it seems they knew how to stay warm and comfortable.

Early Neanderthal constructions deep in Bruniquel Cave in southwestern France

I don't know. I think it could be important. I think it could be fun.

Richard Collins, The Internet Foundation

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I searched "Neanderthals in North America" and came up with this page, but it requires registration or pay.

Humans Lived in North America 130,000 Years Ago, Study Claims at https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/science/prehistoric-humans-north-america-california-nature-study.html

Five Breakthrough Signs of Early Peoples in the Americas at https://www.sapiens.org/column/field-trips/earliest-people-north-america/

This is so confusing. But 130,000 years ago in California sounds about right. That is 46,500 years after Bruniquel. I once walked 2700 miles when I got my first Fitbit. Over a long time, but steady, 10-20 miles a day. If people could go, so would other species (reindeer, elk, moose, bear, sloths, mammoths, birds, etc etc etc. Plants?).

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Ice Age Footprints | Full Episode | NOVA | PBS (23,000 Humans) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS7ChlsZsGI

Evidence of humans in North America during the Last Glacial Maximum at

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Ancient human genome sequence of an extinct Palaeo-Eskimo at https://www.nature.com/articles/nature08835 5500 years ago to "New World"

Neanderthal Life No Tougher than That of "Modern" Inuits at https://www.newswise.com/articles/neanderthal-life-no-tougher-than-that-of-modern-inuits

The Neanderthal: A new look at an old face at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248486800422

Inuit people have the same 'caveman genes' that helped an extinct type of human survive the last Ice Age at https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4052228

("Inuit" OR "eskimo") ("neanderthal") has 2.07 Million entry points (3 Jun 2022 Google)

Denisovan DNA at https://www.archaeology.org/issues/60-1301/trenches/311-hominin-neanderthals-humans-siberia "Native Americans and people from East Asia have more Neanderthal DNA, on average, than Europeans"

Upward Sun River "Sunrise Girl-Child" at https://www.seeker.com/history/ancient-infant-dna-sheds-light-on-native-american-ancestors

There is a lot going on. But it is scattered over many sites, publishers, groups, individuals, styles and methods.

A colleague is interested in the problem of mega-fires. If there are scientific papers for the United States, Australia or France, there is little research for South America. In France, a mega fire can be identified from 1,000 ha, in the United States or Australia from 10,000 ha.

Are there any studies in South America (e.g. Chile)?

Are there objective criteria for defining a mega fire?

Many thanks!

Demographic decline is a chronic and endemic problem in the Alps, from south-eastern France to upper Slovenia.

Low birth-rate and outbound migration are the major causes.

But there may be some cases of rural areas or towns where the demographic decline has been averted thanks to long-term policy measures.

Where are those cases?

Thanks for answering.

I actually prepare a MS thesis on the application of speculative design approaches adapted to organisations, and especially corporate and industrial contexts. I'm looking for testimonials, research articles or fruitfull tracks to explore. Feel free to share if you think you have something interesting on this subject!

(I study at ENSCI Les ateliers - Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Creation Industrielle, Paris, France MS IBD)

At the current prices of technology and construction, nuclear power plant projects are becoming much more expensive, and even the nuclear power powers of England and France are failing to complete new projects. Can we do without a policy of reducing carbon intensity and causing a lack of nuclear-free energy?

Hello Everyone,

I am doing master's 2 in Wireless Embedded Technologies from Polytech Nantes, France. Now I am looking an internship in my interest field. I need suggestion and advice regarding this. How I can find an internship at a research lab. Please feel free to give your advice and your recommandations.

Thank You in advance.

The attached paper is from -Tourism and Welfare Ethics, Responsibility and Sustained Well-being By Derek R. Hall, Frances Brown · 2006, p-54

If so I would like to get in touch with you for identification of specimens collected in France.

Thanks in advance.

Augustte

Any recommendations about georadar and Remote Sensing works about peatlands in Grenoble, France?

Thanks!

On a scale of 10 - In different countries -Effectiveness of online Primary education (Scores)

1 UK - 4.9

2 Canada - 5.6

3 USA -5.6

4 Australia - 6.6

5 France 4.6

6 Germany - 6.1

7 Japan - 3.1

8 China - 5.4

Source- Economist - taken from DB (26-6-2021)

Hello, I search how to calculate habitat/vegetation closure using orthophoto from 1950 to 2020 in France? I've read a lot and find different options like: difference of forest cover, difference of NDVI or digitalisation. The use of NDVI on Landsat + CLC comes back often. What do you recommend to be precise as possible? I would be grateful for any suggestions.

This picture was taken during my recent research, on lignite deposits during the Pliocene, in France. ("Silica flowers"?)

Have you seen this structure before? personal SEM photos. Thanks a lot for your help.

What are the requirements in France to perform a bioequivalence study with Buprenorphine in France? What is the acceptance interval to be used for AUC und CMax?

Thank you!

Br, Ingrid

Hello everybody,

I'm a student in Psychology in France, I'm working on ADHD and family, I need to know how to score the questionnaire : FACES III. (cohesion and adaptability of the family)

Is someone have the evaluation grid or at least can explain to me how to score it? I think it's not difficult but I don't want to make mistakes.

Thank you very much.

Best regards,

Emeline Imari

Looking for information on Clinical Neuropsychology Postdoctoral positions that focuses on Pre/ Intraoperative/ Post-Operative Brain Mapping and Cortical Stimulation in the United States / France/ Europe/ Australia.

Also looking for information on Centers/ Hospitals and names of Clinical Neuropsychologist who routinely perform these protocols (Brain Mapping and Cortical Stimulation) for Awake Brain Surgeries in US, France/ Europe and Australia.

Any information on any of the above would be greatly appreciated.

Which test would be used to calculate the association between 2 variables, one of which is an index comprised of official statistic data? Non-random small sample (13 regions of France).

Hi,

I am interested in semantic dementia and I am looking for database/repository of narrative speech transcripts of patients suffering from semantic dementia, or conversations with patients with semantic dementia.

I have found very short ones such as here

but I am looking for larger databases, whatever the language is

Thanks a lot,

Josselin Houenou (Mondor Univ. Hospital, Psychiatry Dept, Créteil, France)

I'm a firtst year student in the Bachelor of Social Sciences at the VUB. I'm doing a liturature study about a subtopic of the Brexit. My subtopic is: The UK-EU relations in history. To go even more specific, I'm researching the relation between 2 specific countries in a specific time period, namely the 20th century and the Franco-British relation. The relation between the United Kingdom and France must have an underlying explanation that the Brexit happened. At the start of the EU, the UK wasn't included and was only a fan of the NAVO. When they wanted to join in the sixties, Charles de Gaulle used his Veto right 2 times against the British membership.

Dear,

I am Sandrine Le Guellec, from Tours (france). I am study engineer and I work in the field of aerosoltherapy, new inhaled therapies, lung and nasal delivery, within Aerodrug department (DTF medical in collaboration with the CEPR U-1100 center of respiratory diseases (French Institut for medical research).

Do you think that a local administration of Dupilumab may be relevant to improve benefit risk balance ? This question is about nasal administration.

Thank you very much for your attention,

Sandrine

If you are, and are working in the sciences or social sciences and located in Spain, Poland, France, UK or the US, our research project (see http://ciber-research.com/harbingers-2/) would like to hear you yours views on how you are doing in regard to the pandemic. If you would like to hear more please contact me, Professor David Nicholas

The economic success of north Italian city states was accompanied by great art, which continued or functioned alongside a wealthy Catholic Church. The equal success experienced in the United Provinces (Netherlands) in the 17th century based on independence from the great powers of Spain and France and an early eastern empire, produced some of the greatest art and artists that have ever lived. Is economic success necessary for great art?

We recently undertook a thorough mapping of the various measures that support energy-intensive industries (steel, cement, chemistry, ...) in Flanders. As part of our work on the industrial climate transition.

We are now looking for similar analyses of other countries, notably France, Germany, the Netherlands and other European member states. So far, the results has been relatively meagre, but we suspect that many such studies have not been published through academi channels, nor in English. So we've probably missed a lot.

Has anyone come across such reports/data sets/... ? We are interested in measures related to: their energy and fuel use, tax breaks, ETS-related compensation schemes, (green) investment subsidies, other environmentally relevant supports/subsidies, ... .

According to the Academy of Sciences of France (2011) "Peer review has long been the only way to evaluate researchers. It retains an irreplaceable value for appreciating the scientific contribution of a researcher in terms of originality. of thought, quality of work, conceptual and technological innovation, school creation and outreach in general.

However, this evaluation poses practical problems linked to the cumbersome nature of an in-depth examination of the files, amplified by the excessive number of evaluations requested from all sides. In addition, in many cases, peer review can be blamed for

a certain subjectivity, aggravated by the sometimes insufficient competence of certain evaluators as well as by potential conflicts or communities of interest, group effects or favoritism of any kind. All of these ethical questions should be the subject of

written statement by the evaluators, as proposed by the Academy in its report to the Minister of July 8, 2009.

The fact remains that bibliometrics can in no way replace qualitative evaluation by peers, that is to say by experts in the discipline who could however use it with all the necessary precautions. as a decision support tool.

I am in search of those who are familiar with the French & European societies at the end of 1700s to join me in writing a book as my co-authors.

The book is on Marie Antoinette. Looking at her from different angles (psychoanalysis, her effects today on different parts of the world, queen of fashion and endless many more).

My 1st chapter which is researched historic non-fiction biography is almost finished. I want others to add chapters to the book> Chapters will be published under your names.

Academic knowledge of English is a must, French is helpful. Knowing the history of France in 1700s is a must.

Depuis quelques temps les contestations et les protestations s'intensifient sur l'utilisation du franc CFA qui pour certains appauvrit les pays utilisant cette monnaie.

Seulement n'y a-t-il pas de réformes préalables à entrevoir? on sait bien que les structures productives et industrielles de ces pays sont quasiment embryonnaires. Ainsi n'y a-t-il pas lieu de reformer ces structures avant de penser à une "monnaie nouvelle"?

Different experiences occurring historically lead to some differences when considering different countries. What could be the reasons for these differences?

For example, the three countries which experience a revolution in the past (France, Turkey, Japan) in comparison, have different levels of political polarization, despite similar historical experience. What could be the reasons for this?

When a polarization scale is made; Turkey, France, Japan ranking Is it possible?

For the world is unaware of the fact that Zwicky was right in discovering the expansion-free explanation of Hubble’s cosmological redshift law that very same year. Zwicky got confirmed later by the discovery of Cryodynamics, the sister discipline to deterministic Thermodynamics.

One major consequence is

The other is

This means that

This state of collective emergency applies for almost a decade by now.

July 14, 2020

P.S.: I acknowledge Andrea Santangelo`s crucial encouragement.

In the International Marketing course at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, I want my students to get an opportunity to talk to students in other parts of the world to understand their culture and work on developing a marketing plan. Please let me know, if anybody is interested in joining hands or passing some leads. I can then share more details and a plan to collaborate.

Thank you

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Hello, dear researchers.

I am searching for the databases in which I can find the genome sequence of different types of COVID-19 related viruses from different regions.

For example, the Wuhan report is available on different databases like NCBI, UCSC,...

I am searching for the genetic sequence reports of the mentioned virus from different regions like Spain, France, USA,...

This will be my appreciation if any expert one suggests that to me.

Thanks already

Dear Colleagues,

We have received information within the scope of the bilateral cooperation project that signed between Turkey and France Ministries (details about the project support can be found in the attached file). The main topic of the project will be on the indigenous chicken breeds, their genotyping and valorization. We would like to invite you to join our project.

I will share our project proposal with interested colleagues.

***the deadline for the project submission is 27th June 2019.

Waiting for your responses.

In Libya there is a relentless struggle to seize power between Hafter and Sarraj. Which is more important for the interests of the European Union? Is there any difference between the points of view of France and Italy, the members of the European Union?

Lazare Carnot, the father of Sadi Carnot who laid the foundations of thermodynamics with his 1824 monograph on the motive power of heat, authored the 1786 Essai sur les machines en général. Since Sadi Carnot is said to have used some of his father's ideas in his 1824 monograph, for historical reasons (at least) it would be interesting to read the 1824 monograph in view of the 1786 essai. Hence the question: is there an English translation? If so, where?

The 1786 work can be found online at the BnF: Bibliothèque nationale de France.

Bonjour , je cherche les enseignants ou les responsables de l' (ENSAS) École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Strasbourg  , je suis doctorante en architecture , de l'université algérienne , j'ai bénéficié , il y a deux ans , d'un stage scientifique de courte durée (10 jours) , et depuis 2017 je n'arrive toujours pas à le consommer car je n'ai pas pu avoir une lettre d'accueil , j'ai contacté presque toutes les écoles d'architecture en France , et ils m'ont pas répondu , cette fois ci , j'ai décidé de contacter l'école de Strasbourg , et je souhaite que j'aurai une réponse favorable ,,,,, je serai reconnaissante si je reçois un msg de votre part ......

I am in 4th grade at the Higher National Institute of Applied Sciences in Strasbourg(France)and one of my projects is to find a technical solution that will reduce the silting up of dams.

Thank you!

Guidelines recommend two epinephrine (adrenaline) auto-injectors for the management of anaphylaxis. Can anyone provide me clinical trial papers that showed the benefit of two epinephrine (adrenaline) auto-injectors for anaphylaxis. It will be great if the studies were done in (or the author affiliations based in) the UK or France.

Hello

I have this hydrogen sulfate salt of a molecule, that i obtained a single crystal of it

The single crystal was sent to be analysed by single crystal XRD in France, i received the results and the crystal did diffract, but i noticed that there is some extra atoms: two oxygens and one hydrogen (13OB,O14B, H14B)

I have an idea of my own (a thought am not sure if its even scientific): the extra molecules are actually O13A, O14A, H14, but they vbirate/vibrated causing them to shift position to 13OB,O14B, H14B

Any ideas about an explanation or the cause ? can i still publish this structure even with the extra atoms ?

Ps: I know that he engineer who passed them is competent because we worked with him before on many single crystals and everything was smooth.

American foulbrood is a brood disease that in France affects many bee colonies during the bee year.

A lot was said of the promise of France's president when he came to office in 2017, but what medium to long term impact will he have on French policymaking and the makeup of the French economy and society?

What is the size of soil particles (in France) that fly with the wind or the passage of motocross, forming dust? How can we assess the quantity of these particles (is a PM10 sensor sufficient)? Thank you

je travaille sur la question de la qualité spatiale et de l'apport des habitants sur leurs propres espaces ,,,, et je compte présenter ma candidature pour une bourse à l'étranger(dans mon cas c'est hors l'algérie) donc je cherche un co_encadreur qui pourra m'accueillir et je serai très reconnaissante si je trouve un co_encadreur en France ou un autre pays franco-anglo-phone ,, la bourse est payée par le gouvernement Algérien donc le laboratoire accueillant ne sera pas obligé pour fournir aucune aide financière ..... je pourrai par la suite si je reçois des propositions par vous , je pourrai résenter plus de détails conçernant ma recherche ,, dans l'attente d'une réponse acceptez mes salutation les plus distinguées

On behalf of the “Zone Atelier Environnementale Urbaine (ZAEU)” and the Organising Committee of EICTUS-2019, we are highly delighted to invite you to submit your abstract and participate in the European International Conference on Transforming Urban Systems (EICTUS-2019), which will be held from 26-28 June 2019 at Strasbourg - France.

https://eictus-2019.sciencesconf.org/ For contacts and updates: https://www.facebook.com/groups/806236229719268/

A company in France is selling recordings (protéodies) of a very special music that is suppose to protect plants against certain kinds of diseases. There are also claims that positive results have been obtained for the protection of vines and cucumbers.

'Meditationes philosophicae de nonnullis ad poema pertinentibus' of 1735 works out esthetics as a particular discipline of sensual knowledge. The term itself appeared the first time in the unfinished work 'Aestetica' in 1750.

Contact in France:

The Neuro foundation in the UK has recently been asked by NICE if it would like to nominate specialists in neurofibromatosis for a guideline on paediatric pituitary adenoma. The is presumably because a publication search has resulted in a potential association. A review from 2016 substantiates this but evidence is based mainly on a small number of case reports starting on 1964 from France. Taken a current population of Europe and North America of around 1.1 billion there will currently be close to 300,000 with NF1. With a lifetime risk of 0.27% in the general population 780 of these might be expected to develop a PA by chance. A few case reports is therefore hardly Causal evidence. In the highly specialised English NF1 service that covers a population of about 14, 000 nf1 patients we have seem no evidence for an increase. Unless anyone out there has good epidemiological evidence for an association it is important to prevent a guideline stating that children should be considered for nf1 if they have a Pa. Otherwise parents of the 20% with one or two cafe au lait patches will be frightened by being referred to am expert for consideration of having nf1. It is really important that associations of not uncommon conditions in case reports are not over interpreted as Causal and that association is based on proper Epidemiology. Even this may produce a spurious false positive as nf1 patients are more likely to have an asymptomatic tumour picked because of increased likelihood of getting a cranial MRI scan.

The open fire massacre in the NZ mosque, the fire in Notre Dame and now the churches in Sri Lanka. What can be the probable reasons for churches and mosques to become the most attacked places these days?

Dear friends from France,

I would like to know if any recognized comercial house of reagents sells a KIT of antigen and antiserum of Aspergillus fumigatus. This reagents will be used for Double Immunodiffusion and we need standardized and normalized compounds.

Thanks in advance.

In order to complete a survey on the role and impact of iconographic supports in French Language of Integration textbooks for migrants arriving in France, I intend to ask questions directly to the learners concerned.

The aim being to see if the images choosen for these textbooks are used (by the teachers and the learners), if they are pertinent and effective and what cultural messages they are carrying.

I would also appreciate to compare the analysis I'm doing on iconographic supports in french textbooks with other foreign language textbooks especially made for migrants.

Dear Collegues,

Are you interested in Medical and Veterinary Entomology as well as Global Health?

An Entomology Summer School, entitled “Hands on’ Course on Arthropods of Medical and Veterinary Significance: A global perspective, from theory to practice”, will be held from the 26th till the 30th of August 2019 at the National Vet School of Toulouse (ENVT), France.

Please find the complete programme leaflet attached to this message.

The course will encompass topics such as arthropod-borne diseases, resistance in arthropod populations, control tools, principles of laboratory rearing and morphological identification of arthropods of medical and veterinary importance (i.e. mosquitoes, flies, sand flies, fleas, ticks, mites, etc.).

The course targets entomologists, postgraduate students in this field, , post-doctoral scientists ACVM and EVPC residents, pest control professionals and the like.

Applications to attend will be accepted until the 31st of March.

See you in Toulouse?!

The British periodical "Truth" published in its 1890 Christmas edition a cartoon entitled "The Kaiser's Dream" [1]. In the cartoon, the Kaiser imagines a transformed Europe. Most of the nations which in 1890 were led by crowned heads had been replaced by republics. Some republics lay within familiar borders (e.g. "British Republic"). Others were fragmented (e.g. the "German Republics"). But Russia had been transformed into a "desert" ("Russian Desert"). Was the 1917 Russian Revolution the first stage in the roll-out of a long-planned Western regime-change project? If so, was the project's aim to use communism as a means of impeding Russian industrialization?

More proximate is the circumstance that in April 1917 Germany facilitated the transit across Germany in a sealed railway carriage of Lenin and other Bolsheviks. From Germany's wartime perspective, they were enemy aliens. Upon Lenin's arrival in Petrograd, he called for Russia's immediate withdrawal from the war. Russian withdrawal would have the strategic effect of enabling Germany to concentrate its efforts on the Western Front. The related Treaty of Brest-Litovsk followed in March 1918. By its terms, Russia not only withdrew from the war but also ceded industrialized regions to Germany. Was Lenin a German agent?

It is arguable that the Britain and France fomented the First World War with the intention of using Germany as a sword with which to strike at Russia, their nominal ally in the Triple Entente. Did Germany, having been lured into war, then opportunistically exploit the Bolsheviks as a means of closing the onerous Eastern Front?

Thanks in advance for shedding light on these and related matters.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_(British_periodical)#/media/File:Thruth-1890-12.jpg

Can the Academic Community help understand social turmoil in France and propose a rational answer? Or help understand one aspect of the French crisis of the “Gilets jaunes”? Is French president Emmanuel Macron, while presented as educated and intelligent, in fact a simple, even “second class » intellectual at the wrong place ?

He was an average student, never involved in any academic achievements, with no university career, no publications and no evidence of any particular intellectual, cultural or scientific achievements. In history, number of statesmen were similar to Mr. Macron in this respect. Except from one: Many advanced sound arguments, demonstrated common sense and even when not successful, majority of them demonstrated practical wisdom (phrenesis). Here bellow is one short list of the numerous problems of Mr. Macron:

Speaking in Denmark on a diplomatic visit in August, Macron quipped that "the Lutheran people" had embraced "the transformations" of recent years, in contrast to "the Gaul refractory to change."

"Look, we are putting crazy dough into minimum social benefits, and people are still poor. They don't get out of it. The people are born poor and remain poor,"

"I am of an absolute determination, and I will cede nothing, not to the slackers, not to the cynics, and not to the extremes," Macron proclaimed at the French School of Athens.

"They are certain ones who, instead of creating havoc, would do better by going to see if they cannot get jobs," he told a local official in November after being greeted by protesters at the opening of a college for construction workers.

“A train station, it's a place where one encounters people who are succeeding and people who are nothing," Macron declared. "Because it's a place where one passes, because it's a place we share."

Then, I would add:

8. Declare “French culture does not exist”.

9. His “futuristic” economical measures systematically impoverish the most disadvantaged.

10. His English is just supportable with heavy accent. (French intellectuals often speak much better English).

11. His funeral speeches seem to be his better side.

12. His so called “program” contained the principles, and just a few concrete measures – and this is now contested.

13. Exclamations like “Come, get me”, or the allusions to homosexual connections with Benala… are bizarre.

14. The present Gilets jaunes crisis is mainly caused by Macrons personality.

Etc.

The French president — a Parisian-educated Énarque and ex-Rothschild banker — is often accused of being out of touch with voters and even his attempts to bridge the gap fall flat.

Do you know analogous studies to these ones? In different countries.

The first one is devoted to the evolution of production in the years to come, taking in particular into account the influence of Information and communication technologies :

The second one deals with the growing influence of platforms in the economy :

We are interested in other similar works.

I wrote some time ago (I am retired now) a paper based on a long collaboration with the nuclear industry in France. It was due to be published in a Journal named Aesthesis which did not go beyond the 4th issue. The sujet is on the nuclear choreagraphy (you will understand if you read it) . It was censored by the French nuclear company so it is only two third translated in English.

I am no longer eager to be quoted about an unpublished article, but it may contains some usefull ideas. So it is is of interest to you let me know at vincent@degot.fr.

Best regards

Vincent Degot

I am preparing a geocultural trip to the Auvergne region in France. I have allready some litterature about geology and volcanism in this area, but I am still looking for some information about historical and current buildingh and ornamental stones. Please feel free to answer in French as well.

Thanks a lot.

Matthias Geyer www.geotourist-freiburg.de

Dear colleagues,

I would like to ask if someone knows the details regarding the laws related to fossil collecting in France. Is there any prohibition or authorization necessary to be aware before planning a paleontological fieldwork?

Thank you very much.

Hello,

I find this project very interesting. I was wandering if you had an article about the project, or even an article dealing with some of the topics in your book from 2008. I am a Swedish researcher working in FRance, and I work on child bilingualism and child second language acquisition

Thank you very much in advance

Maria Kihlstedt

Dear Colleagues,

I need some help in the identification of these fungal ascospores evidenced in a sediment originating from the "Caune Arago" cave (eastern Pyrenees, France) and dated to 400 000 years ago approximately. There are 2 types: Tauta 12 and Tauta 14. Please see attached files.

I really thank you for your help.

Best regards,

Yannick