Sobre a construção de porjetores ortogonais

in Revista de Matemática e Estatìstica (1993), 11

Les sobriques de Pompée dans la correspondance de Cicéron

in Latomus : Revue d'Etudes Latines (2002), 61(1, JAN-MAR), 41-45

Les Sociabilités des Salons littéraires du XVIIe au XXIe siècle

Conference given outside the academic context (2007)

Sociabilités, aides intrafamiliales et pauvreté

in PSELL (1991)

Social adjustment and self-esteem of bipolar patients: a multicentric study

in Journal of Affective Disorders (2004), 79

Social allowances and household saving

in Terny, G.; Culyer, A. J. (Eds.) Public Finance and Social Policy (1990)

Social and environmental impacts of climate change: In the absence of mitigation, will we be able to adapt?

in Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Energy, Environment and Climate Change (2011, August)

Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as it is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global average ... [more ▼]

Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as it is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global average sea level. Observational evidence from all continents and most oceans shows that many natural systems are being affected by regional climate changes, particularly temperature increases. Other effects of regional climate changes on natural and human environments are emerging, although many are difficult to discern due to adaptation and non-climatic drivers. Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gases concentrations. In this framework, sea level rise is virtually certain and increasing frequency of heat waves and heavy precipitation events is very likely during the 21st century. This will impact ecosystems, food security, coastal areas, human health, water availability, and economies. Since current (2000-2010) CO2 emissions are near the worst Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scenario (A1F1) projecting a global average surface warming of 2.4 to 6.4°C and a sea level rise of 26 to 59 cm (excluding any future rapid dynamical change in ice flow) at 2090-2099 relative to 1990-1999. And since it is very likely that the international response will be very weak in the near future (as it has been in the past), giving no chance to a second phase to the Kyoto Protocol that expires in 2012. We thus have to accept that climate change mitigation is behind us and that only adaptation to global warming is the response to reduce vulnerability of natural and human systems to climate change effects. However, we know that in the absence of climate change effects, the vulnerability of natural and human systems is extremely high, especially due to the mismanagement of natural resources, the lack of land use planning and the nonexistence of policies focused on natural hazard management. [less ▲]

Social and private LTC insurance with variable altruism

Scientific conference (2009, November 06)

Social Attitudes and Landscape Capacity towards Wind energy Parks in the Belgian Countryside

in Amit-Cohen, Irit (Ed.) Sustainability in Transition and the Changing Faces of Rural Areas: Enviuronmental, Social, Cultural and Economic Dimensions (2010, July)

Due to the recent changes at the world scale like the increase in raw material prices and the awareness of the global warming, several countries experience development of renewable power production. These ... [more ▼]

Due to the recent changes at the world scale like the increase in raw material prices and the awareness of the global warming, several countries experience development of renewable power production. These renewable productions often need a lot of place and they are localized in the countryside. This is the come back of the energy production in the rural system after fifty years of concentration of the production in towns, in nuclear power stations, and in large hydropower units. The paper focuses on the wind energy parks development in Belgium countryside, a high-populated area in northwestern Europe. From the experiences in the neighbouring countries, it transpired that social (residents’ reactions) and environmental (landscape impact) aspects are worthy of attention. The paper presents the results of Lacsawep, a two-year federal research project (www.belspo.be/ssd/), that examines which landscapes are adapted to wind energy in Belgium and how Belgian citizens in different contexts perceive those projects. The attitude toward wind energy parks in Belgium is based on information coming from several levels: the mouth to ear, the municipality’s, communication and project leader’s communication, the regional, national, and international Medias. The citizens difficultly analyse the mishmash of pro- and contra- information. The discourses and the bases of attitudes toward wind energy parks are a complex of physical annoyances, economic arguments, symbolic arguments, and type of decision-making process. Last but not least, these attitudes may change quickly due to the international concerns and the upsurge of wind energy parks. In Belgium, it was noticed that during the research project, the attitude toward wind energy parks changed positively. [less ▲]

Social barbare

Book published by Couleur livres (2010)

« Malaise », « crise d’identité », « démotivation », « quête de sens »… Quand les récits de vie se déclinent de plus en plus en catastrophes ordinaires, quand la zone de vulnérabilité ne cesse de ... [more ▼]

« Malaise », « crise d’identité », « démotivation », « quête de sens »… Quand les récits de vie se déclinent de plus en plus en catastrophes ordinaires, quand la zone de vulnérabilité ne cesse de s’étendre, menaçant des couches de la société qui en principe ne relevaient pas du champ de l’intervention sociale, se pose alors comme une question : le social serait-il devenu barbare, étranger aux conditions qui l’ont vu émerger ? Si le travail social s’étend de plus en plus, entre dans les quartiers, les familles, les couples et quitte les espaces qui lui étaient traditionnellement réservés à la marge, c’est aussi que le social se banalise. Paradoxalement, s’il se banalise et gagne du terrain, c’est qu’il ne suffit plus… [less ▲]