698 résultats pour "efforts"

• Genetic Engineering.

  Pseudomonas fluorescens bacterium. The genetically altered Pseudomonas fluorescens bacterium produces light in proportion to the amount of its activity in breaking down the naphthalene, thus providing a way to monitor the efficiency of the process ( see Bioremediation). A3 Medicine In 1982 the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved for the first time the medical use of a recombinant DNA protein, the hormone insulin, whichhad been cloned in large quantities by inserting th...

• Simón Bolívar.

  Again, he expressed his dislike of federalism and his preference for strong centralized republics. He felt that Venezuela and New Granada should unite into a centralizedrepublic, which would be called Colombia. This new republic would have an elected executive and a legislature consisting of an elected lower house and a hereditaryupper house. Lastly, he spoke about the need for a union of all the countries in Spanish America to ensure prosperity and security after independence. IV BOLÍVAR AS MI...

• James Buchanan.

  John Slidell. Slidell was instructed to insist that Mexico recognize the annexation of its former province, Texas, and that it pay certain long-standing claims of UnitedStates citizens. As payment for the claims, Slidell was told to press for the Mexican territory lying between Texas and the Pacific Ocean. The American demands werenot met, and soon afterward the Mexican War broke out in 1846. D3 Cuba While secretary of state, Buchanan also tried to further one of his favorite projects, the purc...

• James Buchanan

  John Slidell. Slidell was instructed to insist that Mexico recognize the annexation of its former province, Texas, and that it pay certain long-standing claims of UnitedStates citizens. As payment for the claims, Slidell was told to press for the Mexican territory lying between Texas and the Pacific Ocean. The American demands werenot met, and soon afterward the Mexican War broke out in 1846. D3 Cuba While secretary of state, Buchanan also tried to further one of his favorite projects, the purc...

• Bahrain - country.

  A Religion Almost all Bahrainis and the majority of nonnatives are followers of Islam (Muslims). About 70 percent of all native Bahrainis belong to the Shia branch of Islam, whilethe remainder, including the ruling al-Khalifa clan, are adherents of the Sunni branch. Non-Muslims, including Hindus, Buddhists, Christians, and Jews, account for 15percent of the total population. High unemployment among the Shia population has caused considerable discontent on the part of this group toward the Sunni...

• George Bush.

  1986 it was folded into Harken Energy Corporation, another Texas petroleum company. Bush served as a consultant and a member of Harken’s board of directors. In 1987 Bush relocated his family to Washington, D.C., to assist his father in his bid to become president. He worked as a campaign adviser at his father’s nationalcampaign headquarters, serving as a liaison to the media and to conservative and Christian leaders. He was a trusted confidant of his father and mother, whosometimes dispatched Bu...

• George Bush - USA History.

  1986 it was folded into Harken Energy Corporation, another Texas petroleum company. Bush served as a consultant and a member of Harken’s board of directors. In 1987 Bush relocated his family to Washington, D.C., to assist his father in his bid to become president. He worked as a campaign adviser at his father’s nationalcampaign headquarters, serving as a liaison to the media and to conservative and Christian leaders. He was a trusted confidant of his father and mother, whosometimes dispatched Bu...

• Connecticut - geography.

  The state’s shoreline, when all the bays and inlets are taken into account, has a total length of 995 km (618 mi). The coastline is deeply indented by long estuaries androcky inlets, and there are many sandy beaches and stretches of tidal marsh. There are several good harbors along the coast, the most important of which is at NewHaven. A few small islands lie offshore in Long Island Sound. D Climate Connecticut has long, hot summers and cold winters. The climate does not vary greatly from place...

• Connecticut - USA History.

  The state’s shoreline, when all the bays and inlets are taken into account, has a total length of 995 km (618 mi). The coastline is deeply indented by long estuaries androcky inlets, and there are many sandy beaches and stretches of tidal marsh. There are several good harbors along the coast, the most important of which is at NewHaven. A few small islands lie offshore in Long Island Sound. D Climate Connecticut has long, hot summers and cold winters. The climate does not vary greatly from place...

• France - country.

  In both the Paris and Aquitaine basins, fertile soils derived from limestone and wind-deposited dust, called loess, have supported prosperous agriculture since ancienttimes. Other lowlands in France are scattered and relatively small. They include the Alsace Plain in the east, bordering Germany, the valley of the Rhône River in thesoutheast, and the Languedoc Plain along the Mediterranean coast. A2 Uplands France contains several regions of uplands, the worn down remains of ancient mountain sys...

• L'industrie et l'effort de guerre

  développent. Mais, contraint d'im­ porter massivement ses matiè res pre­ mièr es, le pays s'endette lourdement. Souci constant, la pénurie de main d'œuvre est partiel lem ent rés. olue grâce à l'arriv ée de trav aille urs étra ngers. Mais c'est sur tout la participation des femmes qui permet de rempla cer les ouvrier s env oyés au front. Elles rempl issent de dur es tâches jadis réser vées aux hommes, ce qui inqu iète les syndic ats percevant là une future...

• Shoah et effort de guerre

  Durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le régime nazi s’est imposé en Europe, et avec lui ses idées. Au fur et à mesure que les années passent, il a évolué pour devenir de plus en plus violent et extrême, réprimant ses adversaires à outrance, les déportant et les utilisant comme outil soutenant l’effort de guerre. Pour voir cela nous verrons tout d’abord le processus de déportation élaboré par les Nazis, puis nous aborderons les conditions de cette déportation massive enfin nous parlerons de la...

• Federal Republic of Germany - country.

  B Rivers and Lakes Rivers have played a major role in Germany’s economic development. The Rhine River flows in a northwesterly direction from Switzerland through much of westernGermany and The Netherlands into the North Sea. It is a major European waterway and a pillar of commerce and trade. Its primary German tributaries include theMain, Mosel, Neckar, and Ruhr rivers. The Oder (Odra) River, along the border between Poland and Germany, runs northward and empties into the Baltic; it provides an...

• Faut-il penser à la mort ?

  sans crainte, tenter un si grand événement, et me laisser mollement conduire à la mort, dans l'incertitude del'éternité de ma condition future » (P. 194). Il ne serait pas non plus malvenu de parler de la mort des autres. Pourquoi garder le souvenir des morts ? Il estévident que c'est en vue du bien des vivants avant tout qu'ont lieu les funérailles, et que les cimetières sontentretenus. La pensée de la mort sert ainsi à l'édification des mortels, et l'on peut se demander quel ens...

• South Korea - country.

  forest habitat, and overhunting. The Siberian tiger has not been sighted in the wild in South Korea since the 1920s; the Asiatic black bear can still be found in someremote mountain areas. Several species of deer are indigenous to the peninsula, including the roe deer, water deer, and Siberian musk deer. The musk deer, which hasbeen overhunted for its musk glands, is legally protected as a threatened species. Smaller mammals indigenous to the peninsula include the wild boar, red fox, badger,rabb...

• Italy - country.

  C Natural Resources Italy is poor in natural resources. Much of the land is unsuitable for agriculture because of mountainous terrain or unfavorable climate. Italy, moreover, lacks substantialdeposits of basic natural resources such as coal, iron, and petroleum. Natural gas is the country’s most important mineral resource. Other deposits include feldspar andpumice. Many of Italy’s mineral deposits on the islands of Sicily and Sardinia had been heavily depleted by the early 1990s. Italy is rich...

• Saudi Arabia - country.

  C Natural Resources Some of the world’s largest oil and natural gas fields lie beneath Saudi Arabia and its offshore waters, representing the country’s most economically important naturalresource. In 2007 Saudi Arabia’s oil reserves were estimated at 264 billion barrels. Before the discovery and exploitation of these reserves in the mid-20th century,Saudi Arabia was one of the poorest countries in the world. Its relatively small population subsisted in a harsh environment with little agricultur...

• Ireland - country.

  F Plants and Animals Ireland’s animal life does not differ markedly from that of England or France. Over many centuries of human settlement almost all of Ireland’s natural woodlands werecleared, and indigenous animals such as bear, wolf, wildcat, beaver, wild cattle, and the giant Irish deer (a type of fallow deer) gradually disappeared. However, thehardy and versatile Connemara pony, Ireland’s only native pony breed, has been used by Irish farmers since prehistoric times. The great auk, or gar...

• Bosnie-Herzégovine 2004-2005 Nouvelle phase du processus de paix L'année 2004-2005 a été marquée par les efforts de la communauté internationale...

  Bosnie-Herzégovine 2004-2005 Nouvelle phase du processus de paix L'année 2004-2005 a été marquée par les efforts de la communauté internationale pour renforcer, par des réformes accélérées, l'État central bosniaque faible et peu efficace issu des accords de paix de Dayton de 1995, afin qu'il remplisse les conditions nécessaires au démarrage du processus d'intégration à l'Union européenne (UE). Le but était, d'une part, de transférer à moyen terme l'essentiel des tâches internationales afférente...

• A quoi bon travailler ?

  requis de matérialiser et d’avoir conscience de ce que l’on conçoit autrement dit le travail humain contrairement à celui de l’animal, qui lui le fait purement instinctivement et mécaniquement pour remplir ses besoins vitaux, celui de l’Homme requiert l’esprit humain qui met en collaboration toutes nos facultés. En effet « notre conscience se représente le but à produire, notre imagination anticipe le produit fini, notre volonté se doit d’être ferme pour parvenir au but et se donner les m...

• LE PETIT LEXIQUE DE LITTERATURE

  Le Burlesque sera particulièrement à la mode entre 1640 et 1660. Il s'en prendra tour à tour à l'épopée, à latragédie, au portrait, au roman. Voir : Scarron : Virgile travesti ; Cyrano ; Boileau : Le Lutrin. CARTÉSIANISME. — Prend son origine dans le Discours de là Méthode de Descartes et surtout dans la première règle: « ne recevoir jamais aucune chose pour vraie que je ne la connusse évidemment être telle ». C'est la négation dela méthode d'autorité qui, depuis la scolastique, au Moye...

• Child Development.

  developmental scientists have studied how cultural values guide the skills and attitudes that children acquire as they mature, and how brain maturation influences thedevelopment of thinking and feeling. For a more detailed discussion of child development theories, see the Theories of Child Development section of this article. III BASIC QUESTIONS A Nature and Nurture Scholars have long debated the relative importance of nature (hereditary influences) and nurture (environmental influences) i...

• Maine - geography.

  temperatures range from 17° to 21°C (62° to 70°F) with the southern interior being the warmest and the east coast and north the coolest. However, daytime summertemperatures may reach the lower 30°s C (lower 90°s F), and temperatures in winter have fallen as low as -44°C (-48°F) in the interior. D2 Precipitation Precipitation (rainfall and snowfall) in Maine is evenly distributed throughout the year. Most areas receive from 860 to 1,020 mm (34 to 40 in) yearly, although parts ofthe coast are som...

• Maine - USA History.

  temperatures range from 17° to 21°C (62° to 70°F) with the southern interior being the warmest and the east coast and north the coolest. However, daytime summertemperatures may reach the lower 30°s C (lower 90°s F), and temperatures in winter have fallen as low as -44°C (-48°F) in the interior. D2 Precipitation Precipitation (rainfall and snowfall) in Maine is evenly distributed throughout the year. Most areas receive from 860 to 1,020 mm (34 to 40 in) yearly, although parts ofthe coast are som...

• South Carolina - geography.

  (20° F) or lower, occur each winter. July temperatures average 27° C (80° F) in most of the state, with temperatures in the lower 20°s C (lower 70°s F) in themountains. Except in the mountains, summer daytime highs throughout South Carolina often enter the lower 30°s C (lower 90°s F). The temperature in July in Columbiaranges from 21° to 33° C (70° to 92° F). D2 Precipitation Central South Carolina has an average annual precipitation (both rainfall and snowfall) of 1,140 mm (45 in). Greater amo...

• South Carolina - USA History.

  (20° F) or lower, occur each winter. July temperatures average 27° C (80° F) in most of the state, with temperatures in the lower 20°s C (lower 70°s F) in themountains. Except in the mountains, summer daytime highs throughout South Carolina often enter the lower 30°s C (lower 90°s F). The temperature in July in Columbiaranges from 21° to 33° C (70° to 92° F). D2 Precipitation Central South Carolina has an average annual precipitation (both rainfall and snowfall) of 1,140 mm (45 in). Greater amo...

• Kentucky - geography.

  The climate of Kentucky is characterized by warm or hot summers and cool winters. Throughout the year, temperatures do not vary greatly from place to place,although they are generally slightly lower in the Appalachian Plateaus region than elsewhere in the state. Average July temperatures are usually from 24° to 27°C (76°to 80°F) in the central and western areas and from 23° to 24°C (74° to 76°F) in the east. January averages range from below 1°C (34°F) in the northern Bluegrassregion to more tha...

• Kentucky - USA History.

  The climate of Kentucky is characterized by warm or hot summers and cool winters. Throughout the year, temperatures do not vary greatly from place to place,although they are generally slightly lower in the Appalachian Plateaus region than elsewhere in the state. Average July temperatures are usually from 24° to 27°C (76°to 80°F) in the central and western areas and from 23° to 24°C (74° to 76°F) in the east. January averages range from below 1°C (34°F) in the northern Bluegrassregion to more tha...

• Massachusetts - geography.

  mi). Other large artificial lakes include Wachusett Reservoir, East Brimfield Reservoir, and Cobble Mountain Reservoir. Assawompsett Pond, covering about 10 sq km(about 4 sq mi), is the largest natural lake. North Watuppa Pond and Long Pond are other large natural lakes. Lake Chaubunagungamaug, near Webster, is usuallycalled Webster Lake, because the Algonquian name is difficult to pronounce and spell. The full version of the Native American name is said to be the longest place-namein North Amer...

• American Revolution.

  C1 The South Southern agriculture was founded on the cultivation of tobacco, wheat, and corn in Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina, and of rice and indigo (a blue dye) in SouthCarolina and Georgia. There was a large demand for these crops in Europe. These crops were cultivated with the help of black slaves imported from Africa. The whiteplanter class in the South was the most powerful, both politically and economically. C2 The North Wheat was the main cash crop of the mid-Atlantic colonies...

• American Revolution - U.

  C1 The South Southern agriculture was founded on the cultivation of tobacco, wheat, and corn in Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina, and of rice and indigo (a blue dye) in SouthCarolina and Georgia. There was a large demand for these crops in Europe. These crops were cultivated with the help of black slaves imported from Africa. The whiteplanter class in the South was the most powerful, both politically and economically. C2 The North Wheat was the main cash crop of the mid-Atlantic colonies...

• Alain et la pesanteur

  la gravitation. Or, on continue de percevoir un tel phénomène comme un effort de la pierre qui de tout sonpoids chercher à gagner le bras de fer avec ma main. On confère, ainsi, une certaine intentionnalité à unobjet pourtant inanimé. - Cette contradiction, ou plutôt cette perception double de la pesanteur (en tant que phénomène connu par la physique et objectivée depuis Galilée, mais aussi en tant que phénomène perçu empiriquement) sert depoint de départ à l'analyse critique d'Alain...

• Les Sens Ne Sont-ils Pas Suffisants Pour Nous Fournir Nos Connaissances ?

  poche, etc.Lorsque je lis un livre ou bien que j'écoute une information, je suscite également l'usage de mes sens. Il existe un courant depensée, l'empirisme, notamment soutenu par Locke ( 1632-1704 ) et Hume ( 1711-1776 ) qui affirme cela.Les sens permettent donc d'être en contact avec le réel, selon les cinq sens que sont la vue, l'ouïe, l'odorat, le toucher et legouter. Le réel ainsi se donne, et ce dès la naissance, sans que nous ayons à fournir le moindre effort. Ainsi on peut sedemander co...

• La science peut-elle éclairer l'homme sur son origine et sur sa destinée ?

  des reptiles et qu'ils sont moins voisins des poissons que les batraciens (les grenouilles, les salamandres, etc.).Cependant les serpents ayant pris l'habitude de ramper sur la terre et de se cacher sous les herbes, leur corps, par suited'efforts toujours répétés pour s'allonger, afin de passer dans des espaces étroits, a acquis une longueur considérable etnullement proportionnée à sa grosseur. Or, des pattes eussent été très inutiles à ces animaux, et conséquemment sansemploi : car des patt...

• On définit quelquefois l'esprit classique en disant qu'il est avant tout un « effort pour mettre partout un ordre raisonnable ». Rendre sensible cet effort par quelques exemples pris dans la littérature et dans l'art du XVIIe siècle.

• « On définit quelquefois l'esprit classique en disant qu'il est avant tout un « effort pour mettre partout un ordre raisonnable. » Rendre sensible cet effort par quelques exemples pris dans la littérature et dans l'art du XVIIe siècle.

• Le désir est-il essentiel pour comprendre ce qu'est l'homme ?

  Rien ne va au néant. Le nihilisme est absurde : « Nulle chose ne peut être détruite, sinon par une causeextérieure » (Éthique, III, P. 4).L'essence d'une chose est une manifestation limitée de l'essence de la Cause de soi, qui est puissance infinie :« Tant que nous considérons seulement la chose elle-même, et non les causes extérieures, nous ne pouvonsrien trouver en elle qui puisse la détruire » (ibid.).De là découle la proposition 6, justement célèbre: « De par son être, chaque chose s'effo...

• Est-il facile de résister et de dire non ?

  (Kant, Qu'est-ce que les Lumières.. La liberté, en réalité, angoisse l'homme. Quoi de plus angoissant que l'expériencede la liberté, dont il faut souvent se défaire pour chasser l'inquiétude liée à l'autonomie? Dès lors, contester ou maîtriser un mouvement naturel nécessite toujours un effort, et lorsque cet effort est sensé,il s'apparente à la vertu du courage. Ne pas se laisser aller à sa peur par exemple, se « reprendre », c'est aller àl'encontre d'un mouvement naturel, le dominer et le surpa...

• Yemen - country.

  port. Al Ḩudaydah (155,110), in the Tih āmah, is the second largest port. Ta‘izz, (178,043), in the highlands above Aden, is an important commercial and light industrialcenter. Among Yemen’s larger towns are Şa‘dah, far to the north; Dham ār, Yarim, and Ibb, in the middle region; Al Mukall ā, on the southern coast; and in Hadhramaut,the towns of Shib ām, Say‘ ūn, and Tar īm. C Language Nearly all Yemenis speak Arabic. However, the country’s extremely rugged terrain, widely separated population...

• Hungary - country.

  Northern Hungary lacks sufficient water, especially between July and October, when precipitation levels are typically low. Canals irrigate the Great Hungarian Plain,which is subject to drought. Because of the country’s mainly flat terrain, only limited water resources can be harnessed for hydroelectric power. F Environmental Issues Rapid industrialization in Hungary following World War II contributed significantly to a number of major environmental problems, including air, water, and soil pollu...

• Alabama (state) - geography.

  indentations along the coast are measured, the state’s shoreline is 977 km (607 mi) long. It includes the shores of Mobile Bay, an inlet 56 km (35 mi) long at the mouthof the Mobile River. Barrier beaches partly block the entrance to the bay, leaving narrow openings on either side of Dauphin Island. Dauphin and other islands alongAlabama’s coast west of Mobile Bay are separated from the mainland by Mississippi Sound. D Climate Alabama has a humid subtropical climate, with short, relatively mild...

• Alabama (state) - USA History.

  indentations along the coast are measured, the state’s shoreline is 977 km (607 mi) long. It includes the shores of Mobile Bay, an inlet 56 km (35 mi) long at the mouthof the Mobile River. Barrier beaches partly block the entrance to the bay, leaving narrow openings on either side of Dauphin Island. Dauphin and other islands alongAlabama’s coast west of Mobile Bay are separated from the mainland by Mississippi Sound. D Climate Alabama has a humid subtropical climate, with short, relatively mild...

• Abraham Lincoln I INTRODUCTION Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th president of the United States (1861-1865) and one of the great leaders in American history.

  fence in 4 hectares (10 acres) to grow corn. Then he hired out to neighbors, helping them to split rails. That year, Lincoln attended a political rally and was persuaded tospeak on behalf of a local candidate. It was his first political speech. A witness recalled that Lincoln “was frightened but got warmed up and made the best speech of theday.” In 1831 Lincoln made a second trip to New Orleans. He was hired, along with his stepbrother and a cousin, by Denton Offutt, a Kentucky trader and specul...

• Abraham Lincoln.

  fence in 4 hectares (10 acres) to grow corn. Then he hired out to neighbors, helping them to split rails. That year, Lincoln attended a political rally and was persuaded tospeak on behalf of a local candidate. It was his first political speech. A witness recalled that Lincoln “was frightened but got warmed up and made the best speech of theday.” In 1831 Lincoln made a second trip to New Orleans. He was hired, along with his stepbrother and a cousin, by Denton Offutt, a Kentucky trader and specul...

• Abraham Lincoln

  fence in 4 hectares (10 acres) to grow corn. Then he hired out to neighbors, helping them to split rails. That year, Lincoln attended a political rally and was persuaded tospeak on behalf of a local candidate. It was his first political speech. A witness recalled that Lincoln “was frightened but got warmed up and made the best speech of theday.” In 1831 Lincoln made a second trip to New Orleans. He was hired, along with his stepbrother and a cousin, by Denton Offutt, a Kentucky trader and specul...

• Abraham Lincoln - USA History.

  fence in 4 hectares (10 acres) to grow corn. Then he hired out to neighbors, helping them to split rails. That year, Lincoln attended a political rally and was persuaded tospeak on behalf of a local candidate. It was his first political speech. A witness recalled that Lincoln “was frightened but got warmed up and made the best speech of theday.” In 1831 Lincoln made a second trip to New Orleans. He was hired, along with his stepbrother and a cousin, by Denton Offutt, a Kentucky trader and specul...

• Canadian Literature I INTRODUCTION Canadian Literature, literature of the peoples of Canada.

  William Henry DrummondPoet William Henry Drummond described the lives of French Canadian farmers, loggers, and rural workers in verse thatreflected their mix of French and English speech. He gained recognition in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Library of Congress In the early 19th century, most Canadian poetry imitated earlier British poetry. Poets Oliver Goldsmith (grandnephew of the Anglo-Irish writer of the same name),Charles Sangster, Charles Mair, and Levi Adams exemplified literary...

• South Africa - country.

  The major soil zones are conditioned largely by climatic factors. In the semiarid north and west, soils are alkaline and poorly developed. In the southern part of WesternCape Province, rain falls mostly in the winter months, and soils there form slowly and are generally thin and immature. The moderate temperatures and summer rainfallof the High Veld and eastern coastal areas create conditions for more productive organic decomposition, leading to dark, fertile soils, or chernozems, similar to tho...

• Définition du terme: CONTENTION, SUBSTANTIF FÉMININ.

  b) " Chaleur, v?h?mence dans la dispute. Ils disput?rent de part et d'autre avec beaucoup de contention. Ce sens vieillit " (Dictionnaire de l'Acad?mie Fran?aise). 2. Usuel, didactique. Tension, effort, application en vue de comprendre, de faire quelque chose. Contention d'esprit, de l'attention; contention intellectuelle. La plus haute contention du g?nie philosophique (AUGUSTE COMTE, Cours de philosophie positive,tome 4, 1839-42, page 529 ). Contention ? chercher (MARCEL PROUST, Le C?t? de G...

• Parler de désirs inconscients, cela a-t-il du sens ?

  Descartes, Lettre à Chanut , 6 juin 1647 Je passe maintenant à votre question, touchant les causes qui nous incitent souvent à aimer une personne plutôtqu'une autre, avant que nous en connaissions le mérite ; et j'en remarque deux, qui sont, l'une dans l'esprit, etl'autre dans le corps. Mais pour celle qui n'est que dans l'esprit, elle présuppose tant de choses touchant la naturede nos âmes, que je n'oserais entreprendre de les déduire dans une lettre. Je parlerai seulement de celle du corps.E...