Se soigner par les plantes

Book published by Association des Consommateurs (1981)

Le livre comprend des conseils pour la récolte des plantes médicinales, la description et les usages de 95 plantes dont de très nombreuses présentes en Belgique , la liste des maladies avec indication des ... [more ▼]

Le livre comprend des conseils pour la récolte des plantes médicinales, la description et les usages de 95 plantes dont de très nombreuses présentes en Belgique , la liste des maladies avec indication des plantes à consulter et un des lexiques des termes scientifiques [less ▲]

Sea air land modelling operational network

in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (1997), 1225

The purpose of the SALMON project is to develop a single model from three previously existing models (ocean, river and groundwater) for the description of environment quality in a whole system of regional ... [more ▼]

The purpose of the SALMON project is to develop a single model from three previously existing models (ocean, river and groundwater) for the description of environment quality in a whole system of regional scale including marine, river, groundwater and atmospheric inputs. The connection of the different models is done through a specific interface, a junction, designed to allow the data exchange between models based on different numerical methods. The software is developed on IBM RS/6000 computers (the SP2 parallel machine). [less ▲]

Sea ice and snow cover characteristics during the winter-spring transition in the Bellingshausen Sea: an overview of SIMBA 2007

in Deep-Sea Research Part II, Topical Studies in Oceanography (2011), 58(9-10), 10191038

The Sea Ice Mass Balance in the Antarctic (SIMBA) experiment was conducted from the RVIB N.B. Palmer in September and October 2007 in the Bellingshausen Sea in an area recently experiencing considerable ... [more ▼]

The Sea Ice Mass Balance in the Antarctic (SIMBA) experiment was conducted from the RVIB N.B. Palmer in September and October 2007 in the Bellingshausen Sea in an area recently experiencing considerable changes in both climate and sea ice cover. Snow and ice properties were observed at 3 short-term stations and a 27-day drift station (Ice Station Belgica, ISB) during the winter-spring transition. Repeat measurements were performed on sea ice and snow cover at 5 ISB sites, each having different physical characteristics, with mean ice (snow) thicknesses varying from 0.6m (0.1m) to 2.3m (0.7m). Ice cores retrieved every five days from 2 sites and measured for physical, biological, and chemical properties. Three ice mass-balance buoys (IMBs) provided continuous records of snow and ice thickness and temperature. Meteorological conditions changed from warm fronts with high winds and precipitation followed by cold and calm periods through four cycles during ISB. The snow cover regulated temperature flux and controlled the physical regime in which sea ice morphology changed. Level thin ice areas had little snow accumulation and experienced greater thermal fluctuations resulting in brine salinity and volume changes, and winter maximum thermodynamic growth of ~0.6m in this region. Flooding and snow-ice formation occurred during cold spells in ice and snow of intermediate instead nearly isothermal, highly permeable ice persisted. In spring, short-lived cold air episodes did not effectively penetrate the sea ice nor overcome the effect of ocean heat flux, thus favoring net ice thinning from bottom melt over ice thickening from snow-ice growth, in all cases. These warm ice conditions were consistent with regional remote sensing observations of earlier ice breakup and a shorter sea ice season, more recently observed in the Bellingshausen Sea. [less ▲]

Sea ice contribution to the air-sea CO2 exchange in the Arctic and Southern Oceans

in Tellus : Series B (2011), 63(5), 823-830

Although salt rejection from sea ice is a key process in deep-water formation in ice-covered seas, the concurrent rejection of CO2 and the subsequent effect on air–sea CO2 exchange have received little ... [more ▼]

Although salt rejection from sea ice is a key process in deep-water formation in ice-covered seas, the concurrent rejection of CO2 and the subsequent effect on air–sea CO2 exchange have received little attention. We review the mechanisms by which sea ice directly and indirectly controls the air–sea CO2 exchange and use recent measurements of inorganic carbon compounds in bulk sea ice to estimate that oceanic CO2 uptake during the seasonal cycle of sea-ice growth and decay in ice-covered oceanic regions equals almost half of the net atmospheric CO2 uptake in ice-free polar seas. This sea-ice driven CO2 uptake has not been considered so far in estimates of global oceanic CO2 uptake. Net CO2 uptake in sea-ice–covered oceans can be driven by; (1) rejection during sea–ice formation and sinking of CO2-rich brine into intermediate and abyssal oceanic water masses, (2) blocking of air–sea CO2 exchange during winter, and (3) release of CO2-depleted melt water with excess total alkalinity during sea-ice decay and (4) biological CO2 drawdown during primary production in sea ice and surface oceanic waters. [less ▲]

A Sea of Languages : Rethinking the History of Western Translation (500 p.)

Report (2010)

Sea-level changes and brachiopods and coral extinctions during the late Frasnian in the Namur-Dinant Basin (Belgium)

in Kröger, B.; Servais, T. (Eds.) Palaeozoic climates (2008)

Seabirds mortality during the 1992-1993 winter along the Belgian coast

in Annales de Médecine Vétérinaire (1996), 140(3), 149-

During the 1992-1993 133 seabirds found on Belgian beaches were necropsied. Most frequent species were the guillemot (Uria aalge), the oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), the kittiwake (Rissa ... [more ▼]

During the 1992-1993 133 seabirds found on Belgian beaches were necropsied. Most frequent species were the guillemot (Uria aalge), the oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), the kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), the razorbill (Alca torda) and the herring gull (Larus argentatus). The three main observations were, in decreasing order, cachexia, acute and hemorrhagic gastroenteritis, and oil contamination of plumage and intestinal tract. The pelagic origin of seabirds was associated with all 3 observations; oil contamination was associated with acute gastro-enteritis and cachexia and, finally, the immature character was associated with cachexia. A hypothetical mechanism of death would be oiled pelagic seabirds that become cachectic and die of acute gastroenteritis. It is unlikely that seabirds act as a reservoir for bacteria, that were only occasionally identified in our material. Therefore, it appears that infectious agents play a minor role in seabirds stranding. [less ▲]

SeaDataNet regional climatologies: an overview

Poster (2011, April)

In the frame of the SeaDataNet project, a set of regional climatologies for temperature and salinity has been developed by the different regional groups. The data used for these climatologies are ... [more ▼]

In the frame of the SeaDataNet project, a set of regional climatologies for temperature and salinity has been developed by the different regional groups. The data used for these climatologies are distributed by the SeaDataNet data centers. These climatologies have several uses: 1. The detection of outliers by comparison of the in situ data with the climatological fields; 2. The the optimization of locations of new observations; 3. The initialization of numerical hydrodynamic model; 4. The definition of a reference state to identify anomalies and to detect long-term climatic trends. These climatologies are produced with the help of the Data Interpolating Variational Analysis (DIVA) software. Here we present the latest developments in the regional climatologies along with the choice of parameters by the different groups. [less ▲]

Seagrass productivity, from genes to ecosystem management - benthic incubations

Scientific conference (2012, October 09)

Séance anatomo-clinique: hémoptysies et insuffisance rénale aigue chez un patient de 60 ans

in Acta Clinica Belgica (1991), 46(4), 237-42