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• Dinosaur - biology.

  The behavior of dinosaurs was governed by their metabolism and by their central nervous system. The dinosaurs’ metabolism—the internal activities that supply thebody’s energy needs—affected their activity level. It is unclear whether dinosaurs were purely endothermic (warm-blooded), like modern mammals, or ectothermic (cold-blooded), like modern reptiles. Endotherms regulate their body temperature internally by means of their metabolism, rather than by using the temperature oftheir surroundin...

• Medical Ethics.

  medical profession. In recent years, however, the field of medical ethics has struggled to keep pace with the many complex issues raised by new technologies for creating and sustaininglife. Artificial-respiration devices, kidney dialysis, and other machines can keep patients alive who previously would have succumbed to their illnesses or injuries.Advances in organ transplantation have brought new hope to those afflicted with diseased organs. New techniques have enabled prospective parents to con...

• Couleurs tertiaires : couleurs résultant du mélange de couleurs primaires et secondaires.

• Shanghai - geography.

  language. V EDUCATION AND CULTURE Shanghai is one of China’s leading centers of learning and culture. The metropolitan area is home to more than 40 institutions of higher learning. These include some ofChina’s most famous universities, such as Fudan University (founded in 1905), Tongji University (1907), and the East China Normal University (1951). A large branch ofthe Chinese Academy of Sciences is located in Shanghai, and extensive research is undertaken in areas such as semiconductors, laser...

• Machine I INTRODUCTION Machine, simple device that affects the force, or effort, needed to do a certain amount of work.

  to decrease the amount of force needed to do work or to change the direction of the force. The wheel and axle and some levers can also be used to increase the speedof performance of a task, but doing so always increases the amount of force needed. A Inclined Plane NutsNuts are pieces of metal with a hole in the middle. They are screwed on the end of a bolt as a fastening. Nuts come invarying shapes, depending on their intended use.© Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Ramps and staircas...

• Souvent considérée comme un volet secondaire de l'histoire proprement dite, l'histoire des techniques n'a suscité la création que d'un petit nombre de chaires magistrales et ne fait pas l'objet de multiples publications.

  repos – ce qui empêcha pendant deux millénaires toute possibilité d'établissement d'une dynamique cohérente (étude des mouvements sous l'effet des forces qui les produisent). Il fallut attendre 1687 pour que Newton établisse que la charge tractée s'arrêtait sous l'effet des forces de frottement, mais qu'un corps libre et non sollicité dans l'espace décrivait, quant à lui, un mouvement rectiligne uniforme, inaugurant ainsi l'approche de la dynamique théorique et de l'ensemble de la mécanique r...

• Weather.

  hours, and the snow can be much deeper in places where the wind piles it up in drifts. Extraordinarily deep snows sometimes accumulate on the upwind side ofmountain slopes during severe winter storms or on the downwind shores of large lakes during outbreaks of polar air. VI WIND Wind is the horizontal movement of air. It is named for the direction from which it comes—for example, a north wind comes from the north. In most places near theground, the wind speed averages from 8 to 24 km/h (from 5...

• United Nations.

  and programs to carry out its recommendations. It elects members to serve on certain agencies and programs, and it coordinates those programs through variouscommittees. B Security Council The Security Council is the most powerful body in the UN. It is responsible for maintaining international peace, and for restoring peace when conflicts arise. Its decisionsare binding on all UN members and have the force of international law. The Security Council has the power to define what is a threat to sec...

• Albania - country.

  Joining the international community in its concern over the degradation of the environment, Albania is party to international agreements concerning biodiversity, climatechange, and wetlands. III THE PEOPLE OF ALBANIA In 2008 Albania’s population estimate was 3,619,778, resulting in an average density of 132 persons per sq km (342 per sq mi). More and more people have left ruralareas for urban ones, particularly in the northern districts, such that in 2005 some 45 percent of the population live...

• Couleurs secondaires ou binaires : couleurs résultant du mélange de deux couleurs primaires.

• Il résulte de là qu'il n'existe aucune décision législative défavorable aux officiers démissionnaires. Pierre-Napoléon Bonaparte, Un mois en Afrique,

• Ecology.

  an input of nutrients exceeding the capability of the ecosystem to process them. Nutrients eroded and leached from agricultural lands, along with sewage and industrialwastes accumulated from urban areas, all drain into streams, rivers, lakes, and estuaries. These pollutants destroy plants and animals that cannot tolerate theirpresence or the changed environmental conditions caused by them; at the same time they favor a few organisms more tolerant to changed conditions. Thus,precipitation filled...

• Ecology - biology.

  an input of nutrients exceeding the capability of the ecosystem to process them. Nutrients eroded and leached from agricultural lands, along with sewage and industrialwastes accumulated from urban areas, all drain into streams, rivers, lakes, and estuaries. These pollutants destroy plants and animals that cannot tolerate theirpresence or the changed environmental conditions caused by them; at the same time they favor a few organisms more tolerant to changed conditions. Thus,precipitation filled...

• Poliomyelitis.

  Physical therapy helps patients with paralytic polio stretch and move affected muscles. This movement minimizes the atrophy, or shrinkage, of affected muscles andlimbs and builds strength. Exercises can also retrain working muscles to compensate for other muscles that have permanently lost the ability to move. Rehabilitativetherapy trains patients to use braces, crutches, and other devices that provide support and aid mobility. V PREVENTION OF POLIO Immunization with polio vaccine is the best w...

• Surgery.

  III SURGICAL PROCEDURES Surgical procedures are classified as optional, required, elective, urgent, and emergent based on the patient’s medical condition. Optional surgery consists of operationsthat are not required but which the patient chooses to undergo as with some types of cosmetic surgery. Required surgery is performed when only surgery will correct aproblem—such as cataracts—but the surgery can be delayed for a period of weeks or months. Elective surgical procedures usually involve cond...

• Autism.

  may also repeat body movements, such as spinning, rocking, or flapping hands. When upset or excited, they may also harm themselves by skin-biting or head-banging. They may also show significant aggression toward other people or inanimateobjects, or may have episodes of extreme anger or frustration. D Associated Symptoms Some children with autism show other symptoms that do not contribute to the diagnosis of autism itself. Sensory sensitivity is quite common, especially to some textures, sounds,...

• First Aid.

  IV SEVERE BLEEDING The presence of blood over a considerable area of a person’s body does not always indicate severe bleeding. The blood may ooze from multiple small wounds or besmeared, giving the appearance of more blood than is actually present. The rate at which blood is lost from a wound depends on the size and kind of blood vesselruptured. Bright red, spurting blood indicates injury to an artery while welling or steadily flowing, dark red blood indicates injury to a vein. Welling or spur...

• Roman Empire - history.

  the master of Rome. Three years later the Senate proclaimed him Augustus, the supreme ruler. III THE EMPIRE UNDER AUGUSTUS Roman Emperor AugustusAugustus, the first Roman emperor, brought peace, order, and prosperity to Rome after the civil wars that followed the assassinationof Roman leader Julius Caesar. Caesar had adopted the young Octavian, later known as Augustus, as his heir. After a victory overMark Antony and Cleopatra at Actium, Augustus had absolute power over the entire Roman Empire....

• Buddhism.

  Although never actually denying the existence of the gods, Buddhism denies them any special role. Their lives in heaven are long and pleasurable, but they are in thesame predicament as other creatures, being subject eventually to death and further rebirth in lower states of existence. They are not creators of the universe or incontrol of human destiny, and Buddhism denies the value of prayer and sacrifice to them. Of the possible modes of rebirth, human existence is preferable, because thedeitie...

• Criminal Procedure.

  B State Criminal Procedure A person prosecuted in the courts of a particular state on a charge of violating the criminal laws of that state is subject to state criminal procedure. State criminalprocedure is found in the constitution, statutes, rules, and judicial decisions of that state. Furthermore, portions of the U.S. Constitution are applicable to state criminaldefendants. State constitutions generally guarantee a state criminal defendant most of the same rights that a federal defendant is...

• Argos Le système de localisation Argos résulte d'un programme de coopération franco-américaine.

• monotype monotype, estampe résultant de l'impression sur papier d'une composition qui a été non pas gravée mais peinte sur une planche de cuivre ou de tout autre matériau.

• graine 1 PRÉSENTATION graine, organe végétal résultant du développement de l'ovule (ou oosphère)

• S'il est vrai, comme l'a pensé Descartes, que le jugement dépend de la volonté, en résulte-t-il que nous sommes responsables de nos erreurs ?

• Article partitif Historique des formes L'article partitif résulte, lui aussi, de la combinaison de l'article défini avec la préposition de (du, de la, de l').

• La volonté est-elle, à votre avis, la résultante de forces psychiques, le fruit de la discipline sociale ou un pouvoir spirituel autonome ?

• Alternative Medicine.

  The field of chiropractic was founded by David Daniel Palmer in the 1890s. He believed that joint subluxation, or a partial dislocation, is a causal factor in disease andthat removal of the subluxation by thrusting on the bony projections of the vertebrae restores health. In addition to manipulating and adjusting bone and tissue, particularly in the spinal column, chiropractors use a variety of manual, mechanical, and electrical treatments.Chiropractors are most widely recognized for providing d...

• Drug Dependence.

  these drugs develops rapidly, no withdrawal syndrome is apparent when they are discontinued. Phencyclidine, or PCP, known popularly by such names as “angel dust” and “rocket fuel,” has no medical purpose for humans but is occasionally used by veterinarians asan anesthetic and sedative for animals. It became a common drug of abuse in the late 1970s, and is considered a menace because it can easily be synthesized. Itseffects differ from those of other hallucinogens. LSD, for example, produces deta...

• Leaf - biology.

  The mesophyll, sandwiched between the upper and lower epidermis, consists of many thin-walled cells that are usually arranged in two layers. The palisade layer is next to the upper epidermis. It consists of cylindrical cells that are packed closely together. Next to the palisade layer and making up most of the thickness of the leaf bladeis the spongy layer. The spongy layer consists of roundish cells that are packed loosely together and have numerous air spaces between them. In most plants t...

• géologie.

  d’années pour produire les formes du relief actuel. Cette théorie le met en opposition avec les opinions théologiques de l’époque, qui soutiennent, selon une chronologiefondée sur les récits de l’Ancien Testament, que la Terre a environ 6 000 ans. Les adversaires d’Hutton, menés par le naturaliste français Georges Cuvier, pensent que deschangements violents, soudains — des catastrophes naturelles comme les inondations, les tremblements de terre et le Déluge biblique — sont responsables descaract...

• géologie - géologie et géophysique.

  d’années pour produire les formes du relief actuel. Cette théorie le met en opposition avec les opinions théologiques de l’époque, qui soutiennent, selon une chronologiefondée sur les récits de l’Ancien Testament, que la Terre a environ 6 000 ans. Les adversaires d’Hutton, menés par le naturaliste français Georges Cuvier, pensent que deschangements violents, soudains — des catastrophes naturelles comme les inondations, les tremblements de terre et le Déluge biblique — sont responsables descaract...

• Endocrine System.

  thermostat. When the heat in a house falls, the thermostat responds by switching the furnace on, and when the temperature is too warm, the thermostat switches thefurnace off. Usually, the change that a hormone produces also serves to regulate that hormone's secretion. For example, parathyroid hormone causes the body toincrease the level of calcium in the blood. As calcium levels rise, the secretion of parathyroid hormone then decreases. This feedback mechanism allows for tight controlover hormon...

• Schizophrenia.

  alcohol than other people. The use of alcohol and drugs often worsens the symptoms of schizophrenia, resulting in relapses and hospitalizations. IV CAUSES Schizophrenia appears to result not from a single cause, but from a variety of factors. Most scientists believe that schizophrenia is a biological disease caused by geneticfactors, an imbalance of chemicals in the brain, structural brain abnormalities, or abnormalities in the prenatal environment. In addition, stressful life events maycontri...

• River.

  IV RIVER PATTERNS River patterns, or general shapes, depend on the geologic zone and the climate of the location. There are four river patterns: meandering, braided, anastomosing, andstraight. A meandering pattern follows a winding, turning course. A braided pattern has connected channels that resemble a hair braid. An anastomosing river patterncombines features of the meandering and braided patterns. Some river patterns are simply straight channels. Meandering and braided are the most common...

• River - Geography.

  IV RIVER PATTERNS River patterns, or general shapes, depend on the geologic zone and the climate of the location. There are four river patterns: meandering, braided, anastomosing, andstraight. A meandering pattern follows a winding, turning course. A braided pattern has connected channels that resemble a hair braid. An anastomosing river patterncombines features of the meandering and braided patterns. Some river patterns are simply straight channels. Meandering and braided are the most common...

• French and Indian War.

  Virginia as well as the French governor-general of Canada had attempted to seize their lands. After receiving large presents of supplies and arms, the Iroquoisgrudgingly renewed their alliances with the British colonies. Delegates then moved on to plan other defensive measures. An important topic was a plan of union developed by Benjamin Franklin. The Albany Plan, as it became known, proposed a single institution to govern all of the Britishcolonies in America. Under the plan, each colony would...

• French and Indian War - Canadian History.

  Virginia as well as the French governor-general of Canada had attempted to seize their lands. After receiving large presents of supplies and arms, the Iroquoisgrudgingly renewed their alliances with the British colonies. Delegates then moved on to plan other defensive measures. An important topic was a plan of union developed by Benjamin Franklin. The Albany Plan, as it became known, proposed a single institution to govern all of the Britishcolonies in America. Under the plan, each colony would...

• Democratic Party.

  At the beginning of the 20th century the Democrats’ minority position among voters remained central to their existence. The Progressive split in Republican rankshelped elect Woodrow Wilson twice, but the entry of the United States into World War I ended that. The war, popular at first, backfired against the Wilsonadministration when large numbers of German Americans and Irish Americans protested with their votes against U.S. involvement on England’s side. The result wasanother Republican landsli...

• Gerald Ford.

  In May 1973 the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Activities opened hearings and in a series of startling revelations, Dean testified that Mitchell had ordered thebreak-in and that the president had authorized payments to the burglars to keep them quiet. The Nixon administration vehemently denied these assertions. In March 1974 a grand jury indicted Mitchell, Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and four other White House officials for their part in covering up the Watergate break-in andreferred to Nixon...

• Gerald Ford

  In May 1973 the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Activities opened hearings and in a series of startling revelations, Dean testified that Mitchell had ordered thebreak-in and that the president had authorized payments to the burglars to keep them quiet. The Nixon administration vehemently denied these assertions. In March 1974 a grand jury indicted Mitchell, Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and four other White House officials for their part in covering up the Watergate break-in andreferred to Nixon...

• Aristote: De ce qui a été dit il résulte clairement que le rôle du poète est de dire non pas ce qui a réellement eu lieu mais ce à quoi on peut s'attendre

  organiser en un tout cohérent la nécessité d'une action, elle délivre une intelligence du réel en débarrassant lesactes de leur poids de contingence. Elle permet ainsi au spectateur ou au lecteur un plaisir intellectuel, celui de lareconnaissance. C'est le plaisir d'identifier, au travers de l'intrigue fictive, une pluralité d'actions réelles.Parlant des images, Aristote précise qu'en regardant une imitation d'une chose réelle, « on apprend à connaître ».C'est-à-dire que l'on identifie la forme...

• Sweden - country.

  mi) and is Sweden’s second largest lake, after Vänern. The two lakes, together with several smaller lakes, rivers, and canals, form an internal water route called theGöta Canal. Built in the early 19th century, the Göta Canal extends for about 386 km (about 240 mi) and provides a scenic transportation link between the Baltic Sea,at Stockholm, and the Kattegat. Sweden’s other large lakes in the district include Mälaren, Hjälmaren, and the famously picturesque Siljan. D Climate Although one-seven...

• Il était résulté de cet état des choses que l'abbesse de Sainte Riparata obtenait des audiences assez fréquentes du grand-duc régnant. Stendhal, Trop de faveur tue - Chroniques italiennes, ABU, la Bibliothèque universelle

• gravité (centre de), point d'application de la résultante des forces de pesanteur s'appliquant à toutes les particules élémentaires constituant un corps.

• acrylique (résine), résine résultant de la polymérisation d'un monomère portant le radical acrylique H2C QCH--, par ouverture de sa double liaison.

• Citations avec attentat, nom masculin La moindre entreprise en ce point est toujours regardée comme un attentat punissable, à cause des conséquences qui peuvent en résulter.

• p ondant à la diminution de valeur résultant du vice caché, ou une action par laquelle vous demanderez la restitution du prix payé et en contrepartie vous devrez rendre le bien au vendeur.

  réparation du non-professionnel ou consommateur en cas de manquement par le professionnel à l'une quel­ conque de ses obligations est nulle. - Est réputée non écrite toute clause d'un contrat de construction ayant pour objet d'exclure ou de limiter les règles légales de responsabilité et de garantie des constructeurs. - L'hôtelier ne peut décliner sa responsabilité concer­ nant le vol ou dommage des effets qui sont apportés dans son établissemen...

• oeuf 1 PRÉSENTATION oeuf, cellule résultant de la fécondation d'un ovule (gamète femelle) par un spermatozoïde (gamète mâle), également appelée zygote.

• Dire que le bonheur résulte de beaucoup d'années et de beaucoup d'actions, c'est le composer d'êtres qui ne sont plus, d'événements passés et de l'instant présent qui est unique.

• Recevoir un intérêt ou une usure pour de l'argent prêté est une chose injuste de soi, car en faisant cela on vend une chose qui n'existe même pas ; d'où résulte évidemment cette sorte d'inégalité qui est opposée à la justice.