Respecter la colère des marchés

in Pekar Lempereur, Alain (Ed.) Le leadership responsable : un allié sûr contre la crise (2009)

Les marchés sont à l’économie ce que la démocratie est à la politique !... La situation exceptionnelle que nous connaissons aujourd’hui ne constitue nullement une crise dans la mesure où elle était ... [more ▼]

Les marchés sont à l’économie ce que la démocratie est à la politique !... La situation exceptionnelle que nous connaissons aujourd’hui ne constitue nullement une crise dans la mesure où elle était parfaitement prévisible. Elle traduit, par contre, l’insatisfaction profonde de celles et ceux - que l’on appelle des investisseurs, individuels ou institutionnels - qui confient leur capital (épargne) à des entreprises, ou à d’autres organismes, en fonction des perspectives offertes en termes de croissance opérationnelle et de croissance de la rentabilité. C’est donc bien d’une impatience nouvelle face à l’incompétence des équipes dirigeantes, au manque de transparence des états financiers, et à l’illisibilité des stratégies mises en place dans un monde, dorénavant en faible croissance, dont il s’agit. Saine défiance direz-vous ? Ou, comme auraient pu l’exprimer Saint-Augustin et Bossuet : suites d’un manquement à la vertu !... [less ▲]

Respektvolle Würdigung Kurt Sontheimer wirbt für Hannah Arendt

in Literaturkritik.de (2005)

La respiration branchiale des Céphalopodes est un phénomène de diffusion gazeuse

in Bulletin de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique. Sciences (1911)

Respiration of three Belgian crops: Partitioning of total ecosystem respiration in its heterotrophic, above- and below-ground autotrophic components

in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (2011), (151), 633-643

An experimental system combining an eddy covariance system, a micrometeorological station and soil chambers placed in planted areas and in root exclusion zones was installed during three successive years ... [more ▼]

An experimental system combining an eddy covariance system, a micrometeorological station and soil chambers placed in planted areas and in root exclusion zones was installed during three successive years in a production crop managed in a traditional way at the Lonzée experimental site (Belgium). Measurements were made successively on seed potato, winter wheat and sugar beet. The general objectives of the study were, first to evaluate the relative contributions to total ecosystem respiration (TER) of heterotrophic, above ground autotrophic and below ground autotrophic respiration over a succession of three agricultural crops (seed potato, winter wheat and sugar beet) cultivated on successive years at the same location and, secondly, to identify the driving variables of these contributions. Results showed that, during the observation periods, TER was dominated by autotrophic respiration (AR) (60–90%) and that AR was dominated by its above ground component (60–80%). HR was found to increase with temperature and to be independent of Gross Primary Production (GPP), whereas AR was driven by GPP and was mostly independent of temperature. The AR response to GPP was specific to the crop: not only AR intensity but also AR distribution between its above- (ARa) and below- (ARb) ground components were found to differ from one crop to another and, in the winter wheat, from one development stage to another. Generally, ARb contribution to AR was found larger when carbon allocation towards roots was more important. An uncertainty analysis was made and showed that the main sources of uncertainties on the estimates were the spatial variability for soil chamber measurements and uncertainties linked to the data gap filling method for eddy covariance measurements. [less ▲]

Respiratory adjustments in unacclimatised horses exercised under hot, humid conditions

in Equine Veterinary Journal. Supplement (1995), 18

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a hot and humid environment on the pattern of breathing and the gas exchange in heavily exercising horses. Five healthy fit Standardbred horses ... [more ▼]

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a hot and humid environment on the pattern of breathing and the gas exchange in heavily exercising horses. Five healthy fit Standardbred horses were investigated twice at 8 day intervals, once in temperate conditions (TC) (ambient temperature: 15°C; relative humidity: 55%) and once in hot and humid conditions (HHC) (ambient temperature: 30°C; relative humidity: 75%). The standardised treadmill exercise test consisted of 8 min warm-up and 8 min exercise (1 min at 1.7, 4, 7, 8, 9 and 10 m/s and 2 min at 4 m/s with a 6% slope). Running in HHC induced a significant decrease in peak expired minute volume (VE), oxygen uptake (VO2), VCO2 and oxygen pulse, while RQ remained unchanged and PACO2 increased. The changes in skin temperature (ST), i.e. the difference between ST at rest and at 10 m/s, was dramatically higher in HHC. The test induced changes, i.e. the differences between the values before and after the test, in cortisol, (beta-endorphins and plasma lactate (LA) values after the test were significantly higher. This study showed that performing a strenuous exercise in hot, humid conditions in unacclimatised horses induced a reduction of the aerobic capacity, i.e. decrease of the V02 and increase of LA production. A relative hypoventilation could be partly responsible for this observation, but all the steps of the oxygen transport from the pulmonary ventilation to the muscle metabolism could also potentially be impaired in such conditions [less ▲]

Respiratory and Pulmonary Haemodynamic Changes During Experimental Organophosphate Poisoning in Goats

in Veterinary Research Communications (1989), 13(2), 127-133

Five French Alpine goats received 2 mg kg-1 of dichlorvos (DDVP) by intravenous injection and 0.15 mg kg-1 of atropine sulphate 5-10 min later. Ventilatory mechanics, gas exchanges, pulmonary ... [more ▼]

Five French Alpine goats received 2 mg kg-1 of dichlorvos (DDVP) by intravenous injection and 0.15 mg kg-1 of atropine sulphate 5-10 min later. Ventilatory mechanics, gas exchanges, pulmonary haemodynamics and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) were measured before treatment, 5 min after DDVP injection and 5 min after atropine injection. Within 2 min of DDVP administration, all the goats showed acute respiratory distress, excitation and slight muscle fasciculations. A post-inspiratory pause was recorded in 3 goats. Hypersecretion of saliva or nasal discharge was not observed. Dynamic compliance and heart rate decreased significantly and total pulmonary resistance, pulmonary artery and wedge pressures increased significantly. On the other hand, minute ventilation, arterial oxygen and carbon dioxide tensions were not significantly altered by DDVP. Atropine treatment reversed all the clinical and functional parameters, with the exception of the central nervous and muscular signs, which disappeared within 12 h. It was concluded that experimental DDVP toxicosis induced changes in the mechanics of breathing and pulmonary haemodynamics associated with diffuse bronchoconstriction and cardiac insufficiency respectively. [less ▲]

Respiratory catastrophes during anaesthesia: bronchospasm

Conference (2003, May)

The respiratory disabled patient: case discussion

Conference (2007, June)

Respiratory distress syndrome in full-term newborn calves

Conference (2007)

Respiratory feedback in the generation of emotion

in Cognition & Emotion (2002), 15(5), 605-627