Des on-dit aux oracles. La clôture de discours xr.f en néo-égyptien.

in Aufrère, Sydney; Bosson, Nathalie; Grosmann, Eitan (Eds.) Labor omnia vicit improbus. Ariel Shisha-Halevy in Honorem (2013)

Maigret et le clochard, un polar existentiel et poétique adapté à la télévision

in Demoulin, Laurent (Ed.) Cahier de l'Herne Simenon (2013)

Maigret et le clochard est un roman policier qui explore les limites du genre au point de pouvoir être envisagé comme un roman poétique ou existentiel. Qu'en est-il alors de son intrigue policière? Et ... [more ▼]

Maigret et le clochard est un roman policier qui explore les limites du genre au point de pouvoir être envisagé comme un roman poétique ou existentiel. Qu'en est-il alors de son intrigue policière? Et comment les scénaristes qui ont adapté ce roman pour la télévision ont-il traité cette intrigue inhabituelle? [less ▲]

The Future of the Court of Justice in EU Competition Law - New Role and Responsibilities

in , in Court of Justice of the EU (Ed.), The Court of Justice and the Construction of Europe: Analyses and Perspectives on Sixty Years of Case-law (2013)

Emergence: une notion polysémique

in Wintgens, Sophie; Grandjean, Geoffrey (Eds.) Acteurs émergents perspectives pour la gouvernance mondiale (2013)

La contribution se penche sur la notion d'émergence et identifie trois interprétation possible: les économico-financières, les politologiques et les sociologiques.

Remarques au sujet de la perméabilité dénominationnelle des Eglises congolaises (RDC) en migration

in Plaideau, Charlotte; Servais, Olivier; Hermesse, Julie (Eds.) Dynamiques contemporaines de la mouvance pentecôtiste". Une analyse croisée Amérique-Afrique-Europe (2013)

Lo que los Sistemas Nacionales de Innovación no miran. Una crítica constructiva de las políticas de ciencia y tecnología a partir del ‘modelo de la soja transgénica’

in Tula Molina, Fernando; Vara, Ana Maria (Eds.) Riesgo, política y alternativas tecnológicas. Entre la regulación y la discusión pública (2013)

En todo el mundo, las políticas y planes estratégicos de ciencia, tecnología e innovación (CTI) integran y reproducen una narrativa de innovación para el desarrollo a través del crecimiento económico ... [more ▼]

En todo el mundo, las políticas y planes estratégicos de ciencia, tecnología e innovación (CTI) integran y reproducen una narrativa de innovación para el desarrollo a través del crecimiento económico, utilizando conceptos tales como “sistemas nacionales de innovación” (SNI) (Lundvall, 1992) o “sociedad del conocimiento” o “economía del conocimiento”. Incluso si este modelo de innovación no es ideal o no está adaptado a las realidades locales, ha sido propuesto una y otra vez por organismos internacionales de crédito como el Banco Mundial, el Fondo Monetario Internacional o Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo. La ecuación que está en el corazón de esta narrativa ha sido siempre la misma: fomentar la innovación (e invirtiendo para fortalecer su lugar en la economía nacional) llevará indefectiblemente a mayores beneficios económicos que en última instancia ayudarán a mejorar el nivel de bienestar social. De hecho, al minimo al nivel del discurso institucional, los sistemas nacionales de innovación existen (o hay promesas acerca de que van a existir) en todo lugar en que haya innovación. Volver real y eficiente el sistema se presenta como una precondición para la competitividad y el desarrollo futuro. En la realidad sin embargo, estos sistemas apenas existen en los mayores países en desarrollo, en función de las características del entramado institucional existente, las características de los actores locales, la falta de recursos materiales y simbólicos, los fuertes lazos de dependencia económica y las amplias desigualdades sociales. De modo central, y sin que exista necesariamente una reflexión acerca de si ese camino es el más indicado, tomar el camino de la “sociedad del conocimiento” seriamente, al establecer una estructura institucional para un sistema nacional de innovación, se transforma en el motor para el financiamiento de nuevas políticas públicas. Si la innovación finalmente tiene lugar, esto puede significar también que el poder ha sido desigualmente distribuido entre un número de actores que participaron, de una u otra forma, de un proceso sistémico complejo que pudo involucrar la extracción de recursos naturales, la investigación fundamental y aplicada, desarrollos industriales y márgenes de competitividad que llevaron a mayores beneficios. Este proceso pudo haber implicado la participación activa de los diferentes stakeholders, y la confrontación de diferentes líneas de argumentos, visiones económicas y prioridades socio-políticas. La mayoría del tiempo, cuando los países en desarrollo adoptan la narrativa de la “innovación para el desarrollo”, caen víctimas de un discurso dominante que está arraigado o relacionado con una estructura hegemónica (Radaelli, 2000), un patrón consistente que refleja la colonialidad del poder (Quijano, 2000). En un artículo reciente, Delvenne y Thoreau (2012) se ocupan del influyente y extendido enfoque de los Sistemas Nacionales de Innovación y discuten su adecuación a países que no son miembros de la OCDE, especialmente en América Latina donde tiende a ser reificado. A pesar de que el enfoque de los SNI supuestamente está pensado para abordar las necesidades más urgentes de las economías a las que se aplica, los autores señalan que se beneficiaría con el desarrollo de una visión más abarcativa, que permita integrar mayor diversidad y complejidad. En este capítulo, nos apoyaremos en primer término en su diagnóstico y lo articularemos con la historia del régimen de CTI en América Latina, con un foco especial en Argentina. En un segundo momento, a través de una visión general del caso de la soja transgénica y su importancia para la balanza de pagos de Argentina, exploramos la siguiente paradoja: mientras numerosos académicos señalan la necesidad de desarrollar una agenda de innovación para los países del sur, con un “marco sureño de pensamiento” (Arocena y Sutz, 2003), los planes nacionales de CTI y los desarrollos actuales en biotecnología siguen descansando en una versión reduccionista de la innovación que impide que esta “perspectiva sureña” pueda emerger, y los limita a metas económicas, considerando las aspectos sociales y ecológicos como meras externalidades. Nos proponemos explorar las razones detrás de esta situación y observamos que esto tiene un impacto en los actores que desean utilizar la CTI de modo más reflexivo, a la vez que también en la eficiencia de las políticas de CTI en Argentina. Nuestra intención no es la de criticar ciegamente la orientación de las políticas CTI hacia el crecimiento económico, sino más bien contribuir -a través de un excelente ejemplo de un sector central de la economía argentina- a introducir una perspectiva más crítica y abarcativa de estas políticas públicas. [less ▲]

The object and its concept are (not) one and the same. The functional view of higher order objects in Carnap’s work

in Leclercq, Bruno; Richard, Sébastien; Seron, Denis (Eds.) Objects and pseudo-objects. Ontological deserts and jungles from Brentano to Carnap (2013)

De quoi Gravettien est-il le nom ?

in Otte, Marcel (Ed.) Les Gravettiens (2013)

Immigrant Integration and Multiculturalism in Belgium

in Taras, Ray (Ed.) Challenging Multiculturalism. European Models of Diversity (2013)

La méthodologie de cartographie, d’inventaire et d’évaluation des états de conservation dans les sites Natura 2000 en Région wallonne.

in Born, Charles-Hubert; Haumont, Françis (Eds.) Actualités du droit rural : vers une gestion plus durable des espaces ruraux ? (2013)

Critiquer les méthodes participatives ou succomber au chant des Hespérides?

in Brunet, Sébastien; Claisse, Frédéric; Fallon, Catherine (Eds.) Les méthodes participatives à l'épreuve (2013)

Une politique publique de relance économique et ses impacts sur la transformation de l'administration publique: le Plan Marshall de la Région Wallonne comme incubateur

in Joris, Geoffrey; Fallon, Catherine (Eds.) Formes et réformes des administrations publiques (2013)

Sartre, Heidegger et les Recherches Philosophiques - Koyré, Levinas, Wahl. Eléments pour une archéologie de la philosophie française contemporaine

in Cormann, Grégory; Feron, Olivier (Eds.) Question anthropologique et phénoménologie (2013)

Autonomie de la volonté et règles de procédure - de nouvelles pistes pour la conduite de la procédure arbitrale?

in Flamée, Michel; Lambrecht, Philippe (Eds.) Hommage à Guy Keutgen pour son action de promotion de l'arbitrage - Justice, vérité et convivialité (2012)

La procédure devant les juridictions arbitrales n'est pas régie par les règles du Code judiciaire. Il appartient aux parties de déterminer dans la convention d'arbitrage les règles de procédure ... [more ▼]

La procédure devant les juridictions arbitrales n'est pas régie par les règles du Code judiciaire. Il appartient aux parties de déterminer dans la convention d'arbitrage les règles de procédure applicables. L'arbitrage étant une solution conventionnelle, l'on peut se demander s'il n'est pas opportun que les parties saisissent l'occasion qui leur est donnée par la rédaction de la clause d'arbitrage pour s'accorder sur les modalités de la procédure arbitrale. Y-a-t-il en d'autres termes des questions de procédure qu'une clause d'arbitrage ou un acte de mission se doit ou peut opportunément aborder? C'est la question qui est explorée dans cette contribution. Pour faire le point sur les questions de procédure qui peuvent être abordées dans la clause d'arbitrage et dans l'acte de mission, l'analyse partira d'une élucidation de principes généraux (Section 1), qui seront concrétisés dans quelques applications (Section 2). L'objectif est de permettre aux parties de mieux anticiper sur les difficultés qui peuvent naître lors de l'instance arbitrale. [less ▲]

Quinze ans après. Les études isiaques (1997-2012) : un premier bilan

in Bricault, Laurent; Versluys, Miguel John (Eds.) Image and Reality of the Egyptian Gods in the Hellenistic and Roman Mediterranean: from Global to Local (2012)

Since the great Milanese exhibition dedicated to Isis in 1997, the isiac studies knew a real craze on behalf of one, and even now two researchers’ new generations. In this paper, we try to summarize these ... [more ▼]

Since the great Milanese exhibition dedicated to Isis in 1997, the isiac studies knew a real craze on behalf of one, and even now two researchers’ new generations. In this paper, we try to summarize these fifteen years of researches and to draw the main axes which could be the ones for studies to come. [less ▲]

La sémiotique visuelle face à l'image scientifique

in Beyaert-Geslin, Anne (Ed.) La sémiotique visuelle aujourd'hui (2012)

Notre texte voudrait contribuer à analyser un champ d’étude qui peut éclairer les évolutions de la discipline et ses perspectives : le rôle de l’image dans le discours scientifique. Si ce rôle a été ... [more ▼]

Notre texte voudrait contribuer à analyser un champ d’étude qui peut éclairer les évolutions de la discipline et ses perspectives : le rôle de l’image dans le discours scientifique. Si ce rôle a été étudié par des méthodes spécifiquement greimassiennes par Françoise Bastide dans les années 1980, aujourd’hui la question de l’image scientifique est au centre des recherches collectives engendrées par plusieurs projets internationaux et peut être abordée par de nouveaux outils analytiques. Nous allons revenir sur certaines propositions classiques de la sémiotique et de la rhétorique visuelles pour tester la manière dont les développements de la sémiotique de la perception pourraient permettre d’évaluer la relation entre les propositions théoriques et les nécessités méthodologiques liées à l’étude du faire scientifique. [less ▲]

Grensoverschrijdende echtscheidingen

in Boele-Woelki, Katharina; Swennen, Frederik (Eds.) Vergelijkenderwijs. Actuele ontwikkelingen in het Belgische en Nederlandse familierecht (2012)

In deze bijdrage wordt een overzicht gegeven van de internationale regelingen die bij een grensoverschrijdende echtscheiding waarbij Nederland en België betrokken zijn, relevant zijn.

Analytical strategies for the detection of counterfeit erectile dysfunction drugs.

in Wang, Perry; Wertheimer, Albert (Eds.) Counterfeit Medicines Volume II: Detection, Identification and Analysis (2012)

Among all classes of drugs, the type 5 phosphodiesterase inhibitors (PDE5-i) (sildenafil, vardenafil and tadalafil) are the most counterfeited and copied in industrialized countries. This is why it is ... [more ▼]

Among all classes of drugs, the type 5 phosphodiesterase inhibitors (PDE5-i) (sildenafil, vardenafil and tadalafil) are the most counterfeited and copied in industrialized countries. This is why it is very important for regulatory agencies to have a panel of analytical methods to analyse these drugs and to be able to detect counterfeit or substandard medicines. During this chapter, several analytical techniques will be described and discussed. Among spectroscopic techniques, Raman, NIR, FT-IR and chemical imaging techniques will be envisaged. Their ability to detect counterfeits and predict if a new sample is genuine or not will be presented. Other techniques such as XRay powder diffraction and NMR spectroscopies will be briefly presented. Chromatographic impurity fingerprints will be considered and described for the analysis of suspect samples of Cialis® and Viagra®. Once again, the possibility to predict the authenticity of a new sample by the mean of this technique is envisaged. Finally, a MS-compatible UHPLC-UV method for the analysis of the three authorised PDE5-i and some of their analogues will be shortly described. This technique has been validated using spiked placebo samples in a vegetal matrix representing a suspect sample with a complex matrix. As a conclusion, a generic strategy for the detection and quality evaluation of counterfeit drugs will be presented. [less ▲]

Effets de parole vive. Poétique de la saynète dans la presse satirique illustrée des années 1830-1840

in Thérenty, Marie-Ève; Pillet, Élisabeth (Eds.) Presse, chansons et culture orale au XIXe siècle. La parole vive au défi de l’ère médiatique (2012)

Reconstitution of the Journeys to Crime and Location of Their Origin in the Context of a Crime Series. A Raster Solution for a Real Case Study

in Leitner, Michael (Ed.) Crime Modeling and Mapping Using Geospatial Technologies (2012)

In the region of Charleroi (Belgium), a series of criminal acts were committed by the same group, using the same vehicle. The events were located in space and time. The car used during these criminal ... [more ▼]

In the region of Charleroi (Belgium), a series of criminal acts were committed by the same group, using the same vehicle. The events were located in space and time. The car used during these criminal activities was stolen (first event) and was later retrieved (last event) after a period of 4 days of offences. Police recorded a crucial clue: the total mileage covered by the vehicle between the first and the last event was estimated with an admissible approximation. Thanks to this information, we were able to choose the most probable journey-to-crime among several scenarios. These depended on the combination of cost surfaces built with distance propagation algorithms starting from each criminal event in raster mode. The distance propagations were limited to the road network and the combinations of the cost surfaces had to respect the chronology of the facts. The most plausible scenario suggested that the criminals hided the car into a withdrawal site between their activities. In order to improve the precision of the location of this withdrawal site, we used a multi-criteria analysis taking account of the journey of the vehicle and other environment variables. At the end of these treatments, the small stretch of road that we isolated actually included the withdrawal site, as confirmed by the police later [less ▲]

« La Cité des dames, un matrimoine sans frontières »

in Leduc, Guyonne (Ed.) Les Roles transfrontaliers joués par les femmes dans la construction de l'Europe (2012)

Christine de Pizan's catalogue of famous women is not the slavish imitation of Boccaccio's. The territories covered by her European heroines are quite extensive and varied (Asian and African women are not ... [more ▼]

Christine de Pizan's catalogue of famous women is not the slavish imitation of Boccaccio's. The territories covered by her European heroines are quite extensive and varied (Asian and African women are not excluded here). [less ▲]

Adolf Reinach: Sur la phénoménologie (traduction française annotée)

in Adolf Reinach, Phénoménologie réaliste (2012)

Traduction française annotée de la célèbre conférence d'Adolf Reinach, "Über Phänomenologie" (Université de Marbourg, 1914).

European Initiative for the Exchange of Young Officers inspired by Erasmus

in Rehrl, Jochen; Weisserth, Hans-Bernhard (Eds.) Handbook on CSDP (2012)

Invariances et ruptures dans le Mercosur

in Santander, Sébastian (Ed.) Relations internationales et régionalisme. Entre dynamiques internes et projections mondiales (2012)

Cette contribution se penche sur le mode de gouvernance régionale mis en place au travers du Marché commun du sud (Mercosur). En vingt ans d’existence, ce dernier est parvenu à se doter d’une série de ... [more ▼]

Cette contribution se penche sur le mode de gouvernance régionale mis en place au travers du Marché commun du sud (Mercosur). En vingt ans d’existence, ce dernier est parvenu à se doter d’une série de stratégies et d’institutions communes. Il se démarque par sa nature multidimensionnelle et partant se veut une forme de laboratoire des modes de coopération dans des domaines aussi variés que l’économie, le commerce, l’enseignement ou le politique. Toutefois, l’intégration régionale est définie et contrôlée principalement par les États qui la composent et la défense des intérêts nationaux se fait souvent au détriment des engagements communautaires occasionnant d’âpres conflits intrarégionaux. Cette situation révèle les grandes difficultés des instances régionales à résoudre sereinement les différends entre États. Enfin, contrairement aux prédictions, le nationalisme économique et radicalisme politique de cette dernière décennie ne favorisent pas la consolidation de l’intégration et la cohésion régionale. [less ▲]

Conclusion générale

in Brunet, Sébastien; Fallon, Catherine; Ozer, Pierre (Eds.) et al Articuler risques, planification d'urgence et gestion de crise (2012)

Remarques sur les preuves kantiennes de la "bonne destination" des idées transcendantales

in Colette-Ducic, Bernard; Leclercq, Bruno (Eds.) L'idée de l'idée. Eléments de l'histoire d'un concept (2012)

Cadre institutionnel et juridique de la gestion de crise

in Brunet, Sébastien; Fallon, Catherine; Ozer, Pierre (Eds.) et al Articuler risques, planification d'urgence et gestion de crise (2012)

Expansions of Nanotechnology

in van Lente, Harro; Coenen, Christopher; Fleischer, Torsten (Eds.) et al Little by Little: Expansions of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies (2012)

Little by little, nanotechnology has emerged amid enormous anticipations and fantastic promises of new materials, aspiring to manipulate our world “atom by atom.” While these grand visions continue to ... [more ▼]

Little by little, nanotechnology has emerged amid enormous anticipations and fantastic promises of new materials, aspiring to manipulate our world “atom by atom.” While these grand visions continue to capture the imaginations of various audiences—and continue to be contested, as well—nanotechnology has developed into more than that. During the last two decades, many research programs and industrial R&D expenditures have resulted in actual products and tangible innovations. Nanotechnology, it seems, is expanding. But what does it mean to say that nanotechnology is expanding? [less ▲]

DESIGN METHODS Report of Technical Committee IV.2 of ISSC

in 18th INTERNATIONAL SHIP AND OFFSHORE STRUCTURES CONGRESS (ISSC) (2012)

Concern for the synthesis of the overall design process for marine structures, and its integration with production, maintenance and repair. Particular attention shall be given to the roles and ... [more ▼]

Concern for the synthesis of the overall design process for marine structures, and its integration with production, maintenance and repair. Particular attention shall be given to the roles and requirements of computer-based design and production, and to the utilization of information technology. [less ▲]

Introduction à l’occupation romaine dans le Douaisis

in Leroy, Emmanuelle (Ed.) Du Néolithique aux Temps modernes. 40 ans d’archéologie territoriale. Mélanges offerts à Pierre Demolon (2012)

Le vase "aux serpents" de La Loucherie

in Casterman, L.-D.; Nys, L. (Eds.) Quarante ans d’archéologie amateur à Tournai : hommage à André D’Hayer (2012)

ASBL et activités commerciales : le fil d'Ariane

in Gol, Déborah; T'kint, Philippe (Eds.) Les personnes morales sans but lucratif : questions choisies (2012)

Arbitration of Distribution Disputes Revisited. A Comment on Sebastian International Inc. v Common Market Cosmetics NV

in Wautelet, Patrick (Ed.) The Practice of Arbitration. Essays in Honor of Hans van Houtte (2012)

This paper revisits the decision of the Belgian Supreme Court in Sebastian International Inc. v Common Market Cosmetics NV. Using the decision as starting point, comments are offered on 1°) the ... [more ▼]

This paper revisits the decision of the Belgian Supreme Court in Sebastian International Inc. v Common Market Cosmetics NV. Using the decision as starting point, comments are offered on 1°) the arbitrability of distribution disputes, 2°) which law should apply to the arbitrability of disputes and 3°) what are the practical consequences of the fact that a dispute is deemed to be inarbitrable by the courts of one country. [less ▲]

Geodetic and cartographical standards applied in Belgium

in Van Hecke, Etienne (Ed.) A Concise Geography of Belgium (2012)

Definition of datum BD72 and GRS 80, and cartographic systems Belgian Lambert 1972 & Belgian Lambert 2008, now in use in Belgium

Les enseignements de la Shoah pour des citoyens de demain : les expressions du lien social pour de jeunes Belges francophones

in Grandjean, Geoffrey; Piet, Grégory (Eds.) Polémiques à l'école. Perspectives internationales sur le lien social (2012)

The implications of internationalisation on the management process of the Small or Medium-Sized Enterprise

in CEFIP-KEFIK (Ed.) The internationalisation of SMEs (still to be confirmed) (2012)

In the economic, political, social and financial context that has been a feature of the early 21st century, factors such as the deregulation of markets and commercial practices and the growing ... [more ▼]

In the economic, political, social and financial context that has been a feature of the early 21st century, factors such as the deregulation of markets and commercial practices and the growing interconnection of markets have resulted, virtually inevitably, with Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises having to get to grips with the phenomenon of internationalisation. This challenge is having inescapable consequences on the organisation and day-to-day operation of SMEs, forcing them in particular to make their management practices more professional, especially in terms of implementing systematic control procedures into their activities. SMEs have also had effectively to introduce a multicultural dimension linked closely to the internationalisation of their business to their management practices and processes, and to their way of making strategic choices. These changes are having an effect on the tools, rules, lines of conduct, internal directives, informal practices, etc. that together make up the system of processes deployed by SME managers to enable their companies to be managed with regular and recurrent performance in mind. This is characterised in particular by the fact that they need to be capable of achieving the financial, manufacturing and employment-related objectives that they set themselves. The aim of this contribution is to identify, through a structured framework of analysis, what the implications are that internationalisation may have on the system of processes within SMEs that are performing well. It is based on a summary of the elements highlighted in the specialist scientific and business literature devoted to the impact of internationalisation in the context of an SME. It is structured and uses the modelling of the (non-)performance of the SME proposed by Crutzen and Van Caillie (2009) as its organisational framework [less ▲]

Introduction

in Florence, Eric; Defraigne, Pierre (Eds.) Towards a New Development Paradigm in Twenty-First Century China. Economy, Society and Politics (2012)

This book argues that the current state of China requires an important paradigm shift in the way the party-state manages the country’s development, and goes on to assess the fitness of the party-state for ... [more ▼]

This book argues that the current state of China requires an important paradigm shift in the way the party-state manages the country’s development, and goes on to assess the fitness of the party-state for implementing such a paradigm shift and the likelihood of the party-state bringing this about. It brings together an examination of the very latest situation in a range of key areas where current developments have the potential to undermine substantially the status quo, areas such as the recent economic crisis and the resulting economic slowdown, increasing labour unrest, mounting calls for social justice, worsening urban-rural disparity, the urgent need to implement social welfare programmes, the rise of civil society, and the impact of new media. Overall, the book provides a thorough appraisal of the difficulties which China currently faces. [less ▲]

De gevolgen van de internationalisering op de beheersprocessen van de Kleine en Middelgrote Onderneming

in KEFIK-CEFIP (Ed.) De internationalisering van de KMO (nog vast te houden) (2012)

In de economische, politieke, sociale en financiële context die kenmerkend was voor het begin van de 20e eeuw, hebben fenomenen zoals marktderegulering, dereglementering van handelspraktijken en ... [more ▼]

In de economische, politieke, sociale en financiële context die kenmerkend was voor het begin van de 20e eeuw, hebben fenomenen zoals marktderegulering, dereglementering van handelspraktijken en toenemende marktkoppeling vooral bij de Kleine en Middelgrote Onderneming geleid tot een nagenoeg onvermijdelijke confrontatie met het fenomeen van de internationalisering. Deze confrontatie heeft onontkoombare gevolgen voor de organisatie en de dagelijkse werking van de KMO. Ze wordt meer bepaald verplicht tot een grondige professionalisering van haar beheerspraktijken (vooral de invoering van systematische procedures voor controle van haar activiteiten) en tot effectieve integratie – in haar beheersprocessen en -praktijken en in de uitwerking van haar strategische keuzes – van de multiculturele dimensie die onvermijdelijk nauw verbonden is met het fenomeen van internationalisering van activiteiten. Deze consequenties hebben op hun beurt een weerslag op de instrumenten, regels, gedragslijnen, interne richtlijnen, informele praktijken ... die samen het systeem van processen vormen dat door de KMO-bestuurders werd opgezet om het beheer ervan mogelijk te maken met het oog op regelmatige en recurrente prestaties. Kenmerkend voor dat beheer is met name het feit dat de KMO in staat moet zijn continu de zichzelf opgelegde financiële, industriële of maatschappelijke doelstellingen te bereiken. Deze bijdrage heeft als doel om met behulp van een gestructureerd analysekader na te gaan welke implicaties het internationaliseringsfenomeen kan hebben op het systeem van de processen van de performante KMO. Dit artikel steunt op een synthese van de elementen die naar voren komen in de gespecialiseerde wetenschappelijke en vakliteratuur die gewijd is aan het effect van de internationalisering in KMO-context, gestructureerd met als organisatiekader de modellering van de (non-)performance van de KMO, voorgesteld door Crutzen en Van Caillie (2009). [less ▲]

Chapter 17: Thiamin

in Erdman, Jr, John W.; MacDonald, Ian A.; Zeisel, Steven H. (Eds.) Present Knowledge in Nutrition (2012)

Thiamin (vitamin B1) was the first vitamin characterized and its discovery was at the origin of the concept of vitamin. Thiamin deficiency mainly affects the nervous system and causes two classical ... [more ▼]

Thiamin (vitamin B1) was the first vitamin characterized and its discovery was at the origin of the concept of vitamin. Thiamin deficiency mainly affects the nervous system and causes two classical diseases, beriberi (a polyneuritic syndrome) and Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (anterograde amnesia resulting from brain lesions in alcoholics). Thiamin transport through the membranes of intestinal and other cells requires specific carriers. As the process is rather slow, various lipid-soluble thiamin precursors with better bioavailability have been developed. In the cytosol, thiamin is pyrophosphorylated to thiamin diphosphate (ThDP), an indispenable cofactor in cell energy metabolism. Therefore, thiamin deficiency causes decreased cofactor function, leading to neuronal death. In addition, non-cofactor roles of the triphosphorylated derivatives thiamin triphosphate (ThTP) and adenosine thiamin triphosphate (AThTP) may play a role in metabolic regulation and may contribute to the pathology of thiamin deficiency-induced brain lesions. Current research interests are focused on the metabolism and role of thiamin derivatives (especially in catalysis by ThDP-dependent enzymes) and the biochemical and pathophysiological mechanisms by which thiamin deficiency induces specific brain lesions and may be implicated in other disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes. [less ▲]

Impact of the High-Throughput Genotyping & Sequencing on the identification of Genes and Variants Undertyping Phenotypic Variation in Domestic Cattle

in Womack, James (Ed.) Bovine Genomics (2012)

Limits of Imports from Economics into Competition Law

in Lianos, Ioanis; Sokol, Daniel (Eds.) The Global Limits of Competition Law (2012)

This article is part of a volume on limits of competition law. It explores a particular type of limitations, which has not recieved the attention it deserves. These limits stem from finite legal ... [more ▼]

This article is part of a volume on limits of competition law. It explores a particular type of limitations, which has not recieved the attention it deserves. These limits stem from finite legal technology and bear on imports from economics into competition law. There is usually more than one way to import any given element of economic wisdom into a court decisions, but there is a finite number of options. Therefore, courts who are willing to take on an economic arguments will have to make choices as to the most suited legal technique among those available. In this article, I offer a typology of available legal techniques and explain their respective characteristics in terms of three characteristics, which matter for importing economics: degree of legal change implied, flexibility and fidelity to economic reasoning. I argue that it is important that courts become aware of the choice-of-technique decisions they are making and that scholars consider this methodological dimension of competition law & economics. [less ▲]

Lake Kivu Research: Conclusions and Perspectives

in Descy, Jean-Pierre; Darchambeau, François; Schmid, Martin (Eds.) Lake Kivu, Limnology and Biogeochemistry of a Tropical Great Lake (2012)

In this chapter the knowledge gained from the interdisciplinary research on Lake Kivu presented in the previous chapters is synthesized. The importance of the sublacustrine springs as a driving force for ... [more ▼]

In this chapter the knowledge gained from the interdisciplinary research on Lake Kivu presented in the previous chapters is synthesized. The importance of the sublacustrine springs as a driving force for physical and biogeochemical processes is highlighted, the special properties of the lake’s food web structure are discussed, and the consequences and impacts of both the introduction of a new fish species and methane extraction are evaluated. Finally, a list of open research questions illustrates that Lake Kivu has by far not yet revealed all of its secrets. [less ▲]

Phytoplankton of Lake Kivu

in Descy, Jean-Pierre; Darchambeau, François; Schmid, Martin (Eds.) Lake Kivu, Limnology and Biogeochemistry of a Tropical Great Lake (2012)

This chapter reviews taxonomic composition, biomass, production and nutrient limitation of the phytoplankton of Lake Kivu. Present Lake Kivu phytoplankton is dominated by cyanobacteria – mainly ... [more ▼]

This chapter reviews taxonomic composition, biomass, production and nutrient limitation of the phytoplankton of Lake Kivu. Present Lake Kivu phytoplankton is dominated by cyanobacteria – mainly Synechococcus spp. and thin filaments of Planktolyngbya limnetica – and by pennate diatoms, among which Nitzschia bacata and Fragilaria danica are dominant. Seasonal shifts occur, with cyanobacteria developing more in the rainy season, and the diatoms in the dry season. Other groups present are cryptophytes, chrysophytes, chlorophytes and dinoflagellates. According to a survey conducted in the period 2002–2008, the composition of the phytoplankton assemblage was quasi homogeneous among lake basins. The mean euphotic depth varied between 17 and 20 m, and the increase in the ratio between mixed layer depth and euphotic depth to about 2 in the dry season may have selected for diatoms and cryptophytes, which tended to present their maximal development in this season, when cyanobacteria slightly decreased. Mean chlorophyll a concentration was 2.16 mg m−3, and the mean daily primary production was 0.62 g C m−2 day−1 (range, 0.14–1.92), i.e. in the same range as in other large oligotrophic East African Rift lakes. Seston elemental ratios indicated a moderate P deficiency during the dry, mixed season and a severe P limitation during part of the rainy, stratified season; the C:N ratio indicated a moderate N limitation throughout the year. Nutrient addition assays pointed to a direct N limitation and co-limitation by P during rainy seasons and P or N limitation during dry seasons depending on the year. Thus, phytoplankton ecology in Lake Kivu does not differ from that of other Rift lakes, where seasonal variations result in a trade-off between low light with high nutrient supply and high light with low nutrient supply. Phytoplankton production in Lake Kivu is also similar to that of other Rift lakes, and nutrient limitation of phytoplankton growth may occur as a result of variable availability of N and P, as in Lakes Tanganyika and Malawi, even though the extent of P limitation seems greater in Lake Kivu. [less ▲]

Microbial Ecology of Lake Kivu

in Descy, Jean-Pierre; Darchambeau, François; Schmid, Martin (Eds.) Lake Kivu, Limnology and Biogeochemistry of a Tropical Great Lake (2012)

We review available data on archaea, bacteria and small eukaryotes in an attempt to provide a general picture of microbial diversity, abundances and microbe-driven processes in Lake Kivu surface and ... [more ▼]

We review available data on archaea, bacteria and small eukaryotes in an attempt to provide a general picture of microbial diversity, abundances and microbe-driven processes in Lake Kivu surface and intermediate waters (ca. 0–100 m). The various water layers present contrasting physical and chemical properties and harbour very different microbial communities supported by the vertical redox structure. For instance, we found a clear vertical segregation of archaeal and bacterial assemblages between the oxic and the anoxic zone of the surface waters. The presence of specific bacterial (e.g. Green Sulfur Bacteria) and archaeal (e.g. ammonia-oxidising archaea) communities and the prevailing physico-chemical conditions point towards the redoxcline as the most active and metabolically diverse water layer. The archaeal assemblage in the surface and intermediate water column layers was mainly composed by the phylum Crenarchaeota , by the recently defined phylum Thaumarchaeota and by the phylum Euryarchaeota . In turn, the bacterial assemblage comprised mainly ubiquitous members of planktonic assemblages of freshwater environments (Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes and Betaproteobacteria among others) and other less commonly retrieved phyla (e.g. Chlorobi, Clostridium and Deltaproteobacteria). The community of small eukaryotes (<5 µm) mainly comprised Stramenopiles , Alveolata , Cryptophyta , Chytridiomycota , Kinetoplastea and Choanoflagellida, by decreasing order of richness. The total prokaryotic abundance ranged between 0.5 × 10^6 and 2.0 × 10^6 cells mL−1 , with maxima located in the 0–20 m layer, while phycoerythrin-rich Synechococcus-like picocyanobacteria populations were comprised between 0.5 × 10^5 and 2.0 × 10^5 cells mL−1 in the same surface layer. Brown-coloured species of Green Sulfur Bacteria permanently developed at 11m depth in Kabuno Bay and sporadically in the anoxic waters of the lower mixolimnion of the main basin. The mean bacterial production was estimated to 336 mg C m−2 day−1 . First estimates of the re-assimilation by bacterioplankton of dissolved organic matter excreted by phytoplankton showed high values of dissolved primary production (ca. 50% of total production). The bacterial carbon demand can totally be fuelled by phytoplankton production. Overall, recent studies have revealed a high microbial diversity in Lake Kivu, and point towards a central role of microbes in the biogeochemical and ecological functioning of the surface layers, comprising the mixolimnion and the upper chemocline. [less ▲]

Les donations testamentaires

in Moreau, Pierre (Ed.) Libéralités et successions (2012)

Développements récents en matière de garanties mobilières et de cautionnement

in L'entreprise en difficulté (2012)

L'option héréditaire

in Moreau, Pierre (Ed.) Libéralités et successions (2012)

Implication des mécanismes d’apprentissage de régularités dans l’acquisition du langage chez l’enfant sain et dysphasique

in C. Maillart, M.-A. Schelstraete (Ed.) Les dysphasies : de l’évaluation à la rééducation (2012)

Héritiers réservataires - Réserve du conjoint survivant - Portée de l'article 1094, alinéa 2, du Code civil

in Moreau, Pierre (Ed.) Libéralités et successions (2012)

Les conditions de fond de formation des libéralités. La cause

in Moreau, Pierre (Ed.) Libéralités et successions (2012)