Intentionality as Disposition

E-print/Working paper (2014)

Le pape François se trompe-t-il ?

E-print/Working paper (2013)

La crise de panique généralisée à laquelle nous avons assisté depuis 2007/2008 – pour reprendre l’analyse qu’en fait l’homme le mieux informé du monde, Ben Bernanke –, n’est rien d’autre que le double ... [more ▼]

La crise de panique généralisée à laquelle nous avons assisté depuis 2007/2008 – pour reprendre l’analyse qu’en fait l’homme le mieux informé du monde, Ben Bernanke –, n’est rien d’autre que le double d’une crise de confiance trouvant son origine dans l’accélération de l’information et la difficulté du pouvoir politique à en percevoir et à en accepter les conséquences. [less ▲]

La fin d'une époque...?

E-print/Working paper (2013)

Il est des moments exceptionnels dans la vie qui rappellent les lignes de fracture de l’histoire. C’est, peut-être, ce que notre monde moderne vit aujourd’hui. Dans ce document, et avant que nous ne ... [more ▼]

Il est des moments exceptionnels dans la vie qui rappellent les lignes de fracture de l’histoire. C’est, peut-être, ce que notre monde moderne vit aujourd’hui. Dans ce document, et avant que nous ne vivions ce qui pourrait être un printemps, ou un automne « chaud », il m’a paru utile de mettre un peu d’ordre dans mes observations sur « L’air du temps. » Pas d’autre ambition pour ce texte, donc, que de chercher à comprendre les événements passés, et de prendre date sur les nuages qui s’amoncellent ! [less ▲]

When does the Market feel it? Magnitude, speed and persistence of market reactions to of cross-listings

E-print/Working paper (2013)

Lettre d’information trimestrielle du projet Développement d’Alternatives Communautaires à l’Exploitation Forestière Illégale

E-print/Working paper (2013)

La pratique des inventaires multi-ressources dans les forêts communautaires, ou comment rendre la foresterie communautaire inaccessible aux villageois

E-print/Working paper (2013)

Des inventaires trop complexes imposés aux populations locales risquent de freiner considérablement l'appropriation des futures forêts communautaires gabonaises. La présente fiche technique compare les ... [more ▼]

Des inventaires trop complexes imposés aux populations locales risquent de freiner considérablement l'appropriation des futures forêts communautaires gabonaises. La présente fiche technique compare les avantages et inconvénients des inventaires par poches, des inventaires d'exploitation habituellement réalisés dans les Forêts Communautaires camerounaises et une approche plus simple par normes proposée par l'équipe rédactionnelle. [less ▲]

A Learning Procedure for Sampling Semantically Different Valid Expressions

E-print/Working paper (2013)

Oceanic forcing of Antarctic climate change: A study using a stretched-grid atmospheric general circulation model

E-print/Working paper (2013)

A variable-resolution atmospheric general circulation model is used for climate change projections over the Antarctic. The present-day simulation uses prescribed observed sea-surface conditions, while a ... [more ▼]

A variable-resolution atmospheric general circulation model is used for climate change projections over the Antarctic. The present-day simulation uses prescribed observed sea-surface conditions, while a set of five simulations for the end of the 21st century (2070-2099) under the SRES-A1B scenario uses sea-surface condition anomalies from selected CMIP3 coupled models. Analysis of the results shows that the prescribed sea- surface condition anomalies have a very strong influence on the simulated climate change on the Antarctic continent, up to twice the direct effect of the prescribed greenhouse gas concentration changes in the AGCM simulations. An analysis of circulation changes using self-organizing maps shows that the simulated climate change on regional scales is not principally caused by shifts of the frequencies of the dominant circulation patterns, except for precipitation changes in some coastal regions. We suggest that in some respects the use of bias-corrected sea-surface boundary conditions in climate projections with a variable-resolution atmospheric general circulation model has some distinct advantages over the use of limited-area atmospheric circulation models directly forced by generally biased AOGCM output. [less ▲]

Given to a deity? Religious and Social Reappraisal of Human Consecrations in the Greek World

E-print/Working paper (2013)

Various cases of human beings “dedicated” to deities are attested in Greek epigraphical evidence. Are these kinds of offerings comparable to the dedication of inanimate objects? Besides, does the fact ... [more ▼]

Various cases of human beings “dedicated” to deities are attested in Greek epigraphical evidence. Are these kinds of offerings comparable to the dedication of inanimate objects? Besides, does the fact that someone is said to be “sacred” to a specific deity necessarily involve that he went through a process of dedication? This article aims at providing a global picture of different situations in which processes of dedications took place. Among the several issues that are tackled, the cornerstone of this article consists of two questions: for what purposes did some people decide to consecrate a human being to a deity and what were the consequences for the consecrated individuals on religious and social levels? Different categories of persons will be contrasted, in terms of processes through which they acquire their new status but also in terms of the freedom/lack of freedom which is conveyed by this new status. It will also be shown that, as far as method is concerned, it is necessary to complete a lexical analysis with a contextual perspective for a deeper understanding of the problem. [less ▲]

Theatralität in E.T.A. Hoffmanns narrativen Texten: Zum Beispiel "Das Fräulein von Scuderi"

E-print/Working paper (2013)

High-resolution modelling of the Antarctic surface mass balance, application for the 20th, 21st and 22nd centuries

E-print/Working paper (2013)

About 75% of the Antarctic surface mass gain occurs over areas below 2000 m asl, which cover 40% of the grounded ice-sheet. As the topography is complex in many of these regions, SMB modelling is highly ... [more ▼]

About 75% of the Antarctic surface mass gain occurs over areas below 2000 m asl, which cover 40% of the grounded ice-sheet. As the topography is complex in many of these regions, SMB modelling is highly dependent on resolution, and studying the impact of Antarctica on the future rise in sea level requires physical approaches. We have developed a low time consuming, physical downscaling model for high-resolution (15 km) long-term surface mass balance (SMB) projections. Here, we present results of this model, called SMHiL (surface mass balance high-resolution downscaling), which was forced with the LMDZ4 atmospheric general circulation model to assess SMB variation in the 21st and the 22nd centuries under two different scenarios. The higher resolution of SMHiL better reproduces the geographical patterns of SMB and increase significantly the averaged SMB over the grounded ice-sheet for the end of the 20th century. A comparison with more than 3200 quality-controlled field data shows that LMDZ4 and SMHiL compare the observed values equally well. Nevertheless, field data below 2000 m asl are too scarce to efficiency show the interest of SMHiL and measuring the SMB in these undocumented areas should be then a future scientific priority. Our results suggest that running LMDZ4 at a finer resolution (15km) may give a future increase in SMB in Antarctica about 30% higher than by using its standard resolution (60 km) due to higher increase in precipitation in the coastal areas at 15 km. However, a part (~ 15%) of these discrepancies could be an artefact from SMHiL since it neglects the foehn effect and then likely overestimates the precipitation increase. Future changes in the Antarctic SMB at low elevations will result from the conflict between higher snow accumulation and runoff. For this reason, developing downscaling models is crucial to represent processes in sufficient detail and correctly model the SMB in the coastal areas. [less ▲]

Excess Return Forecast Using a Dynamic Asset Class Factor Model

E-print/Working paper (2012)

We propose a Dynamic Hierarchical Factor Model using Asset classes to predict mutual funds excess returns. We use different forecast combination schemes of bivariate model considering each asset class ... [more ▼]

We propose a Dynamic Hierarchical Factor Model using Asset classes to predict mutual funds excess returns. We use different forecast combination schemes of bivariate model considering each asset class factor in isolation. Primary analysis highlights the importance to account for asset class specific variations together with between classes or common variations. Further refinements of the a priori repartition are however in order. Forecasting performance of the model outperforms the historical mean benchmark both in terms of MSPE and utility based criteria. A forecasting exercise matching more closely real-time conditions must be undertaken to validate these initial results. [less ▲]

Les investisseurs institutionnels dans les Maisons de luxe familiales belges: entre diabolisation et sacralisation

E-print/Working paper (2012)

Abstract : Belgian family luxury Houses are increasingly confrontated to a problem of independence caused by the growing influence of great financial groups and of private investment funds, on the one ... [more ▼]

Abstract : Belgian family luxury Houses are increasingly confrontated to a problem of independence caused by the growing influence of great financial groups and of private investment funds, on the one hand, and by a problem of image due to their Belgian origin, on the other hand. Nevertheless, their growing need for internationalization in order to counter the threats of the market and to seize opportunities leads them to concede one part of their control to institutional investors. The interest of this research is to study the potential impact, as perceived by the leaders of Belgian luxury Houses, of the venue of public institutional investors in their capital structure. We show that this perceived impact oscillates between sacralization and diabolisation of public institutional investors. [less ▲]

Multi-period vehicle loading with stochastic release dates

E-print/Working paper (2012)

This paper investigates a multi-period vehicle loading problem with stochastic information regarding the release dates of items to be transported. The deterministic version of the problem can be ... [more ▼]

This paper investigates a multi-period vehicle loading problem with stochastic information regarding the release dates of items to be transported. The deterministic version of the problem can be formulated as a large-scale set covering problem. Several heuristic algorithms are proposed to generate decision policies for the stochastic optimization model over a long rolling horizon. The resulting policies have been extensively tested on instances which display the main characteristics of the industrial case-study that motivated the research. The tests demonstrate the benefits of the multi-period stochastic model over simple myopic strategies. A simple and efficient heuristic is shown to deliver good policies and to be robust against errors in the estimation of the probability distribution of the release dates. [less ▲]

Les Jourdain de la réflexivité : Du bon usage des incidents diplomatiques

E-print/Working paper (2012)

Plan Simple de Gestion à vocation de production de bois énergie

E-print/Working paper (2012)

Les zones d’interventions du Projet Makala présentent des contextes différents liés à l’occupation spatiale coutumière, l’organisation des structures sociales traditionnelles (lignage, clan, chefferie ... [more ▼]

Les zones d’interventions du Projet Makala présentent des contextes différents liés à l’occupation spatiale coutumière, l’organisation des structures sociales traditionnelles (lignage, clan, chefferie coutumière), les types de formations végétales présentes dans la zone et les activités principales des populations. L’ensemble de ces éléments structure l’intervention du projet dans son objectif d’aménagement des espaces forestiers périurbains dégradés. Des enquêtes d’identification du finage et des terroirs villageois partenaires ont d’abord été réalisées pour caractériser le contexte social et environnemental d’intervention. Les données recueillies ont constituées la base de travail de la construction du processus d’élaboration des Plans Simples de Gestion (PSG). Le présent document présente les étapes structurant le PSG, l’outil de démarche participatif permettant une appropriation collective du processus et les activités techniques développées pour la reconstitution des espaces forestiers dégradés. [less ▲]

Conditional asset allocation: Does Market-Wide Liquidity Matter?

E-print/Working paper (2012)

This paper investigates the effect of market-wide liquidity on optimal portfolio allocations across US equity portfolios sorted by size and book-to-market characteristics. In particular, we consider a ... [more ▼]

This paper investigates the effect of market-wide liquidity on optimal portfolio allocations across US equity portfolios sorted by size and book-to-market characteristics. In particular, we consider a single-period investor with a relative risk aversion of 5, and use the nonparametric approach of Brandt (1999) to directly express optimal portfolio weights as functions of market-wide liquidity innovations. We find, first, that the effect of market-wide liquidity is a decreasing function of investment horizon. Second, this effect is stronger in allocations in the small stock portfolio and gets weaker as we move towards the large stock portfolio. Third, conditional allocations in risky asset(s) decrease and exhibit shifts towards more liquid and less risky assets as market-wide liquidity worsens. Overall, our results show that allocations based on market-wide liquidity as a signal capture many phenomena that have been identified by researchers in the US market, such as the so-called “flight-to-safety”, flight-to-quality” and “flight-to-liquidity” episodes. Furthermore, in an out-of-sample test, results demonstrate the superior performance of a strategy based on market-wide liquidity compared to a benchmark strategy. [less ▲]

The economic and environmental feasibility of biogas buses in Liege

E-print/Working paper (2012)

Every day, many of the students at the University of Liege have to drive to the Sart-Tilman village in order to attend their courses. These movements require many journeys that are responsible for the ... [more ▼]

Every day, many of the students at the University of Liege have to drive to the Sart-Tilman village in order to attend their courses. These movements require many journeys that are responsible for the emission of harmful particles which have a negative impact on climate or human health. The objective of this paper is therefore to analyze the economic and environmental feasibility of using biogas buses for public transport in Liege. The idea of implementing biogas buses is based on the proposed recycling of organic waste by the company INTRADEL, which manages and treats waste in the region. The project is also in line with the willingness of the city of Liege to demonstrate its commitment to environmental issues. The advantages and disadvantages of biogas buses are developed and compared with those of the current diesel bus fleet of the city. The main conclusion of this study is that, while internalizing external costs due to pollution, the use of biogas buses becomes an attractive option compared with classical diesel buses. Nevertheless, it requires investment and might lead to resistance to change. However, it remains a good solution for the reduction of CO2 emissions that are responsible for the greenhouse effect caused by human beings. It is also a good opportunity to market the city, especially within the framework of the application to host the International Exhibition in 2017. [less ▲]

Do Mutual Fund Investors Still Trust Standard Risk-Adjusted Performance Measures?

E-print/Working paper (2012)

We study the relationship between the past performance of mutual funds and their capital flows (i.e. their subscriptions and redemptions). Testing the most traditional risk-adjusted performance measures ... [more ▼]

We study the relationship between the past performance of mutual funds and their capital flows (i.e. their subscriptions and redemptions). Testing the most traditional risk-adjusted performance measures, we identify the ones which best explain the flows of US equity mutual funds. [less ▲]

Briefe an Casanova

E-print/Working paper (2012)

Le design du système de contrôle de gestion dans les PMI tunisiennes: une modélisation contingente

E-print/Working paper (2012)

A l'heure actuelle, il existe relativement peu de recherches qui traitent du système de contrôle de gestion des PME, spécialement dans le contexte tunisien, malgré leur importance économique. La présente ... [more ▼]

A l'heure actuelle, il existe relativement peu de recherches qui traitent du système de contrôle de gestion des PME, spécialement dans le contexte tunisien, malgré leur importance économique. La présente communication vise dès lors à élaborer un modèle théorique expliquant le design du système de contrôle de gestion dans les PMI tunisiennes, au départ d'une analyse de la littérature portant spécifiquement soit sur les PMI tunisiennes, soit sur le système de contrôle de gestion de la PME. Cette étude est réalisée en privilégiant deux angles d'analyse particulièrement importants au vu du contexte tunisien, à savoir la taille de l'entreprise et son positionnement sur le cycle de vie. [less ▲]

Measuring Downside and Extreme Risk Allocation in Equity Hedge Funds

E-print/Working paper (2012)

Dynamic Trading Strategies of Equity Hedge Funds: Empirical evidence on how they adapt to market conditions

E-print/Working paper (2012)

Le financement des associations en Belgique francophone

E-print/Working paper (2012)

En raison de la nature de leurs activités et de leur finalité non lucrative, les associations rencontrent des problèmes spécifiques de financement, que ce soit au niveau de leurs opérations courantes ou ... [more ▼]

En raison de la nature de leurs activités et de leur finalité non lucrative, les associations rencontrent des problèmes spécifiques de financement, que ce soit au niveau de leurs opérations courantes ou de leurs dépenses d'investissements. Toutefois, Il existe encore peu d'études empiriques sur cette question dans les pays francophones, de sorte que nombre d'a priori - comme par exemple le fait que les associations auraient peu de garanties à offrir aux banques - sont communément admis sans qu'ils soient validés par des données de terrain. Pour mieux cerner la problématique du financement de l'associatif dans ses dimensions concrètes, on a réalisé un premier "état des lieux" du financement du secteur associatif en Belgique francophone (Wallonie et Bruxelles) en procédant à une enquête auprès d'un échantillon représentatif. Un des enseignements de cette recherche concerne précisément les relations avec les institutions bancaires. En cas de difficultés de trésorerie, la moitié à peine des associations recourent au crédit de caisse, les autres préférant se tourner vers leurs membres, vers les pouvoirs publics ou encore vers une autre association. Moins nombreuses encore sont les associations qui s'adressent aux banques pour financer leurs investissements. Mais contrairement à l'opinion courante, la principale raison ne réside ni dans les difficultés d'obtention d'un crédit, ni dans la lourdeur des formalités nécessaires : si les associations n'empruntent guère aux banques, c'est essentiellement pour des raisons de principe (ne pas s'endetter auprès des institutions bancaires). Ces raisons sont vraisemblablement liées, d'une part, à une aversion plus marquée du risque que les PME et, d'autre part, à une prise de distance à l'égard des principes de l'économie marchande. [less ▲]

Bronfenbrenner, écologie du développement humain. Réflexion et action pour la promotion de la santé

E-print/Working paper (2012)

L'économie sociale et coopérative dans la revue du CIRIEC, Annales de l'économie publique, sociale et coopérative

E-print/Working paper (2012)

A capacity game in transportation management

E-print/Working paper (2012)

Instituants et prix culturels, Québec, 1919-1939 : histoire culturelle et base de données

E-print/Working paper (2012)

Germanistische Mitteilungen 38.1

E-print/Working paper (2012)

Newsletter n°4 - DACEFI

E-print/Working paper (2011)

Lève-toi et entreprends !...

E-print/Working paper (2011)

Quelques pistes de réflexion pour faire face, avec solidarité, créativité, intelligence, et détermination, aux défis humains et économiques que pose la reconversion industrielle d'ArcelorMittal.

"Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow."

E-print/Working paper (2011)

Pour les enseignants/chercheurs universitaires, et autres scientifiques, de ma génération, il y a incontestablement un « avant » et un « après » Apple II !... Plus que tout autre, au travers de sa ... [more ▼]

Pour les enseignants/chercheurs universitaires, et autres scientifiques, de ma génération, il y a incontestablement un « avant » et un « après » Apple II !... Plus que tout autre, au travers de sa créativité, de son ingéniosité, et de son sens de l’entreprise, Steve Jobs a durablement créé de nouvelles opportunités de développement intellectuel et professionnel. [less ▲]

Le prix de l'incompétence (2)

E-print/Working paper (2011)

Poser la question de la compétence des administrateurs des banques belges, et celle de la pertinence du démantèlement de Fortis, c'est y répondre !... Réaction personnelle à la position courageuse ... [more ▼]

Poser la question de la compétence des administrateurs des banques belges, et celle de la pertinence du démantèlement de Fortis, c'est y répondre !... Réaction personnelle à la position courageuse exprimée par La Libre Belgique. [less ▲]

Claude Bernard (1813-1878), the father of modern physiology and experimental medicine

E-print/Working paper (2011)

Power indices and the measurement of control in corporate structures

E-print/Working paper (2011)

This paper proposes a review of the use of power indices in the corporate governance literature. It places the emphasis on the game-theoretic aspects of this research, but it also addresses some of the ... [more ▼]

This paper proposes a review of the use of power indices in the corporate governance literature. It places the emphasis on the game-theoretic aspects of this research, but it also addresses some of the key issues linked to the specific field of application. [less ▲]

Réflexion sur la vie de Tony Choffray

E-print/Working paper (2011)

Réflexion sur la vie de Monsieur Tony Choffray, ingénieur et entrepreneur

Polymer Maximum Drag Reduction: A Unique Transitional State

E-print/Working paper (2011)

The upper bound of polymer drag reduction is identified as a unique transitional state between laminar and turbulent flow corresponding to the onset of the nonlinear breakdown of flow instabilities.

The comparative performance of for-profit, public and third sector providers. The case of the "service-vouchers" field in Belgium".

E-print/Working paper (2011)

Within the Belgian service-voucher system, various types of organizations can provide services (house cleaning, ironing and various types of help to vulnerable persons). Based on a detailed survey ... [more ▼]

Within the Belgian service-voucher system, various types of organizations can provide services (house cleaning, ironing and various types of help to vulnerable persons). Based on a detailed survey covering 50 providers of different types, this paper examines their comparative performance based on three different specifications of the latter and by using Data Envelopment Analysis. [less ▲]

Seele - Saite/Nerve - Körper. Anthropologische Aspekte des Violinspiels um 1800.

E-print/Working paper (2011)

Bande dessinée et poème en prose

E-print/Working paper (2011)

Cet essai se propose d‟explorer les filaments unissant dans une même toile conceptuelle bande dessinée et poème en prose. Il s’agira en particulier de démontrer que la bande dessinée n’est pas plus ... [more ▼]

Cet essai se propose d‟explorer les filaments unissant dans une même toile conceptuelle bande dessinée et poème en prose. Il s’agira en particulier de démontrer que la bande dessinée n’est pas plus limitée dans ses expérimentations par une quelconque linéarité que le poème en prose en s’attachant à des notions telles que métafiction, tressage narratif, logique onirique, mode allégorique, discours idéologique et subversion. In fine, nous verrons dans quelle mesure la bande dessinée expérimentale qui a pour vocation de pousser l’exploration formelle aux confins des genres, tout comme le poème en prose, se traduit en termes de résistance ou bien d’adhérence à la norme idéologique. [less ▲]

Making Sense of Directive 2005/29/EC on Unfair Practices: Can Psychology Help?

E-print/Working paper (2011)

This paper explores in what ways insights from social psychology could be used to shape the interpretation of European law on unfair practices. It is argued that insights from social psychology on ... [more ▼]

This paper explores in what ways insights from social psychology could be used to shape the interpretation of European law on unfair practices. It is argued that insights from social psychology on influencing techniques are relevant to the interpretation of the directive on unfair practices. Both conceptual and empirical insights from psychology are valuable from a legal point of view. They could respectively translate as new elements of legal tests or as presumptions. [less ▲]

Estimating the residual distribution in a semiparametric transformation model.

E-print/Working paper (2011)

International Cross-Listing of Firms on Major Stock Markets: A survey of the Literature

E-print/Working paper (2011)

This contribution is aimed at presenting the large research produced in this particular field of international finance that constitute cross-listing —the secondary listing of company’s shares on an overseas ... [more ▼]

This contribution is aimed at presenting the large research produced in this particular field of international finance that constitute cross-listing —the secondary listing of company’s shares on an overseas exchange. For companies, exchanges and investors, the phenomenon of cross-listing raises different non-trivial questions. This paper reviews the most important research initiatives addressing the economic effects of this important corporate decision. Early studies were drawing much of their argumentation from segmentation theory, concluding that cross-listing was a way for companies to lower barriers to international investment in their stocks, leading to a revaluation of their shares. Equally crucial as segmentation was in the early course of the cross-listing activity, new initiatives are now exploring many additional ways that help to get a better picture of the rationales underpinning the far-reaching effects of cross-listing: valuation impacts and other financial benefits, change in the company’s market profile, and interaction with her home and host markets. Cross-listing is then at a cross-roads of different theories. The advances in academic contributions over the last decade have helped to understand some of the underlying dynamics and rationales surrounding it, but are also leaving some unanswered questions. [less ▲]

Germanistische Mitteilungen

E-print/Working paper (2011)

Critical analysis of the WORLDNET freight flow matrices

E-print/Working paper (2010)

The growing trade between Europe and the rest of the world and the enlargement of the European Union has led the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy and Transport to fund Worldnet – ... [more ▼]

The growing trade between Europe and the rest of the world and the enlargement of the European Union has led the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy and Transport to fund Worldnet – Worldwide Cargo Flows – within the Framework 6 research project under the Scientific Support to Policies initiative. The main outputs have been an extended freight origin-destination database for the year 2005, extended road and rail networks, and new maritime and air-cargo networks. Moreover, these outputs were developed according to TRANSTOOLS (Tools for TRansport forecasting ANd Scenario testing) specifications. Due to the magnitude of the project and to the consequences that its results could generate in transportation planning at European level, this study assesses the validity of the freight origin-destination matrix. Our analysis indicates multiple problem cases, inconsistencies and aberrations. [less ▲]

A Practical Guide to LaTeX Tips and Tricks

E-print/Working paper (2009)

LaTeX is a beautiful programming language. One sometimes wants to write in an easy and quick way various documents, such as letters, papers, reports, theses, and so on. Here, “one” can be a new student ... [more ▼]

LaTeX is a beautiful programming language. One sometimes wants to write in an easy and quick way various documents, such as letters, papers, reports, theses, and so on. Here, “one” can be a new student, an old professor, or even somebody who is not linked at all with any academic stuff. We often want special constructs in our documents. This is more difficult than basic typesetting, especially using LaTeX when you are not experienced. On one hand, scientists do not always have the time to learn another programming language, especially if they are making a PhD, or doing something else which asks for a lot of time. Using direct and working programming tricks can speed up your productivity, and make you learning better. But where can they be found? On the other hand, everybody wants to make nice documents, if possible. A nicer document attracts the reader. Evidently, “a nice document” is a subjective notion. By “nice document,” we want to speak about a document which 1. is structured in an unambiguous way, and has a clear presentation, 2. is read with pleasure, if possible. The beginner, whoever he is, often faces strange errors because he tries to teach LaTeX to do what he wants it to do. It is difficult to learn the advanced notions about LaTeX, even in an average period of time. The good books have to be found. But that is often the moment where you lack of time and that you are happy to find complete solutions. That is a moment where you tell to yourself “Is there no folk out there to give me such a trivial tip?” but nobody hears it. The aim of this book, is to avoid you these problems: you do not need to write everything from scratch, ask on various forums or Usenet groups, or even read heaps of books just to make a simple script. That is my goal. You can now continue writing your document in LaTeX’s philosophy: concentrating on your document’s content, at the place of its appearence. These reasons justify the presence of this book. I have tried to pack the most useful tricks which can enhance your documents’ content in a concise way. The aim is not to teach LaTeX programming, but to give a quick reference to all the tips and tricks that can be used if you are encountering a (difficult) problem, or simply facing a question which you cannot find the answer to. I consider that the reader is familiar with basic LATEX programming. It can be learnt from various sources (given in this book's bibliography), and many others. I hope this will give you new ideas about advanced ways to typeset text and to make different processes automatic, thus giving you more time for other activities. Many others subjects were added during Fall 2010. [less ▲]

Mathématiques Élémentaires -- Condensé

E-print/Working paper (2009)

This document is a kind of Math. formula's form. It is majoritarly coming from a volonty of classifying these last so they are easily accessible. Firstly, this document was redacted in order to be ... [more ▼]

This document is a kind of Math. formula's form. It is majoritarly coming from a volonty of classifying these last so they are easily accessible. Firstly, this document was redacted in order to be prepared to the engineering studies (at ULg). Many sections have been added, and it is equivalent to a first-year Math. course for a scientific (who is not a mathematician). For this reason, the text has not been very developped, so this document is as short (and quick) as possible, with no need to read unnecessary sentences which would slow the reading. Principal sentences have been written, to make links, because Math. is not only formula's: speaking is a very important way to communicate ideas and to link concepts, especially in Sciences. Indeed, it would not suffice to copy formula's to redact a summary. It is important to translate them to French too, to ensure their understanding. The aim of this summary is not to assemble mathematical ``tricks.'' Indeed, it would not suffice to apply these ready-made ``recipes'' to have success with the exercises: it would be so easy, and why would there be Math. teachers? Only few proves will be made, to lighten the document; however, formula's will be admitted. Many different notations will be used for the same idea, in order to give the habit of the reader to use different notations (e.g. the notation used for the transposed of a matrix). This synthesis is not comprehensive, and does not pretend to be rigourous. Only the essential chapters and sections have been kept. When prerequisites are necessary, they are announced, even if it is sometimes not possible to develop points before others, because, on one hand, they sometimes call each other, and, on the other hand, some notions have volontarily not been given (limits computing, in Calculus). Indeed, many points are supposed to be known: this document consists only in a set of reminds! [less ▲]

Nepenthes clipeata

E-print/Working paper (2009)

Nepenthes clipeata is, according to [1], one of the most endangered species in the world. Few articles were written about it, and we here want to give a summary about its current situation. We finally ... [more ▼]

Nepenthes clipeata is, according to [1], one of the most endangered species in the world. Few articles were written about it, and we here want to give a summary about its current situation. We finally give some growing tips which allowed the present author to make it grow. [less ▲]

Verifying a .c Code Is Correct for Submission

E-print/Working paper (2009)

To verify whether a .c program is correct for submission, there are some very useful utilities; there is a summarized description of a little part of them.

Les paramètres en jeu dans le développement de la littératie : aspects liés aux politiques éducatives

E-print/Working paper (2009)