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See detailIndustrial hazards and social factors: a question of vulnerability
Rossignol, Nicolas ULg; Turcanu, Catrinel

Conference (2013, October 09)

In order to analyze and try to mitigate the potential consequences of a hazard threatening a complex socio-technical system, the risk analysis framework is classically used. Many risk analysis models ... [more ▼]

In order to analyze and try to mitigate the potential consequences of a hazard threatening a complex socio-technical system, the risk analysis framework is classically used. Many risk analysis models recognize now widely the importance of integrating social aspects into the analysis. Another way to deal with potential consequences of hazards is to analyze the vulnerability of the system considered. This paradigm overcomes the shortcomings of risk analysis in situations when the knowledge about the probabilities and the outcomes is incomplete or insufficient. Studies in the literature considering natural hazards show that socio-economic factors are integrated more often and in a natural way in vulnerability analysis models. Nevertheless, it seems that such considerations are missing into models aiming at evaluating the vulnerability to an industrial hazard, especially at a very local level where the technical aspects seem to be predominant. What can we learn from the analysis of the models addressing vulnerability to natural hazards in terms of the integration of social factors? To answer this question, we realized a systematic literature review from scientific journal papers on vulnerability analysis published in the last two decades. We synthesize this review and we propose an integrated vulnerability analysis model; in order to test this model we use as a case-study the incident reports collected in a nuclear facility in Belgium. This confrontation allows us to highlight important factors to be taken into account for a vulnerability analysis conducted in such a context. [less ▲]

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See detailDosages quantitaifs de principes actifs dans les formes solides par spectroscopie proche infrarouge: Application pratique au test d'uniformité de teneur des comprimés
Ginot, Yves-Michel; Bernard-Moulin, Patrick; Boiret, Mathieu et al

Conference (2013, October 03)

L'augmentation du nombre de dosages à réaliser dans l'industrie pharmaceutique conduit à rechercher des méthodes alternatives. La spectroscopie proche infrarouge répond précisément à cette demande en ... [more ▼]

L'augmentation du nombre de dosages à réaliser dans l'industrie pharmaceutique conduit à rechercher des méthodes alternatives. La spectroscopie proche infrarouge répond précisément à cette demande en permettant des dosages rapides, non destructifs et respectueux de l'environnement. Le texte publié dans SFSTP Pharma Pratiques en 2010 énonçait la méthodologie à suivre pour développer une technique de dosage de substance active dans une formulation solide de type comprimé par spectroscopie proche infrarouge. Il est apparu intéressant d'illustrer et de compléter les différentes étapes de cette méthodologies au travers d'exemples. [less ▲]

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See detailEtude de la conduction nerveuse motrice et sensitive aux membres supérieurs et inférieurs
WANG, François-Charles ULg; LEJEUNE, Thierry

Conference (2013, October)

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See detailLe Dieu de Maman Olangi. Ethnographie d'un combat spirituel transnational
Meiers, Bénédicte ULg

Book published by Academia/L'Harmattan (2013)

Avec le « combat spirituel » du couple Olangi (Congo-Kinshasa), l’Afrique centrale revisite le pentecôtisme évangélique et offre une triangulation inédite d’un mouvement aujourd’hui séculaire et ... [more ▼]

Avec le « combat spirituel » du couple Olangi (Congo-Kinshasa), l’Afrique centrale revisite le pentecôtisme évangélique et offre une triangulation inédite d’un mouvement aujourd’hui séculaire et transnational. Une approche ethnographique translocale au plus proche des réalités vécues sur le terrain (Bruxelles-Kinshasa) a permis à l’auteur de rendre compte des imaginaires et des pratiques à l’œuvre dans un espace-temps du religieux qui a généré un ethos spirituel de combat. L’ethnographie des conversions au « Dieu de maman Olangi » révèle une radicalité singulière. Le combat comporte un enjeu fort d’émancipation de la parenté et de la famille. Elle est vécue comme un poids d’obligations à honorer davantage qu’un principe de solidarité qui prend ici des allures de dernier mythe africain. Ce combat spirituel est en prise directe avec l’expérience irréductible de la colonisation ainsi qu’avec les épreuves non moins irréductibles de l’expérience migratoire. Il trouve aujourd’hui à s’exercer dans n’importe quel lieu de la planète où quelques uns de ses disciples sont installés et contribue au développement d’une résilience dans laquelle l’idéologie dominante, capitaliste, fonctionne à plein régime. [less ▲]

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See detailTransformation of the mitochondrial genome.
Larosa, Véronique ULg; Remacle, Claire ULg

in International Journal of Developmental Biology (2013)

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See detailTicks of the trade: technical analysis self-justified
Claisse, Frédéric ULg

Conference (2013, October)

As opposed to fundamental analysis, financial chartism (or technical analysis) is based on the assumption that future movements of a traded asset can be inferred from past regularities. In spite, or maybe ... [more ▼]

As opposed to fundamental analysis, financial chartism (or technical analysis) is based on the assumption that future movements of a traded asset can be inferred from past regularities. In spite, or maybe by virtue of its lack of scientific grounds, it enjoys an ever-growing popularity among amateur traders, as countless websites provide free, simple and powerful tools for making professional-looking charts and even automate the detection of trends. Though technical analysts account for the validity of chart patterns in terms of market psychology, constructivist explanations also abound among trading communities: it is all as if economic agents reflexively used technical analysis as a means of coordination on the market. Markers like moving averages and trend lines serve as self-referent indicators whose efficacy only gets reinforced as more agents use it as pivotal points. Performativity is the technical analyst’s most natural language: explicit mentions to mechanisms such as the self-fulfilling prophecy or the Keynesian beauty contest are the only justifications s/he needs. Some chartists even claim their discipline does not contradict the efficient-market hypothesis: if prices already reflect all past publicly available information, one may skip the hassle of dissecting balance sheets or mastering pricing models, focusing instead on candlestick or diagram patterns which, by conjecture, contain all the necessary information to explain price movements. Drawing on the comparative analysis of nonprofessional trading blogs, our paper examines how these major epistemic modes of justification of technical analysis have come to support each other, in a context of proliferation of charting tools. [less ▲]

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See detailMobile speckle interferometer in the long-wave infrared for aeronautical nondestructive testing in field conditions
Vandenrijt, Jean-François ULg; Thizy, Cédric ULg; Alexeenko, Igor et al

in Optical Engineering : The Journal of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (2013), 52(10),

Abstract We present the development of a speckle interferometer based on CO2 laser and using a thermal infrared camera based on uncooled microbolometer array. It is intended to be used for monitoring ... [more ▼]

Abstract We present the development of a speckle interferometer based on CO2 laser and using a thermal infrared camera based on uncooled microbolometer array. It is intended to be used for monitoring deformations as well as flaw detection in aeronautical composites, with a smaller sensitivity to displacement compared to equivalent system using visible lasers. Moreover the long wavelength allows working with such interferometer under out-of-laboratory conditions. A mobile system has been developed on the basis of previous laboratory developments. Then it is validated in a variety of industrial nondestructive testing applications under field working conditions. [less ▲]

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See detailChanter et danser pour Isis
Veymiers, Richard ULg; Bricault, Laurent

Conference (2013, September 24)

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See detailFORMATION: "Soutien aux aidants des patients souffrant de pathologies démentielles"
Adam, Stéphane ULg

Conference given outside the academic context (2013)

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See detailHealth related guidelines for wind farms in Belgiu m
van den Berg, Frits; Passchier, Wim; Botteldooren, Dick et al

Conference (2013, September 15)

In 2011 the Belgian authorities have asked the Supe rior Health Council (SHC) to advise on the health e ffects of wind farms. A working group of experts with diff erent backgrounds was put together to ... [more ▼]

In 2011 the Belgian authorities have asked the Supe rior Health Council (SHC) to advise on the health e ffects of wind farms. A working group of experts with diff erent backgrounds was put together to assess all th e available literature. This group considered the req uest in the context of sustainable development and drafted an advice that was reviewed by two international ex perts. It is expected that the advice will be publi shed in the spring of 2013. The advice mentions direct effects of operational w ind turbines that may have negative consequences fo r the health and well-being of neighbouring people. It st resses the importance of factors such as the change in landscape, the possible intrusion on people’s attac hment to their environment and the effect of local economic benefits and costs associated with a wind energy project. Also, the perception of the future quality of life will determine the social acceptance of a w ind project by a local community. The advice gives a number of recommendations to better deal with all t hese aspects. The paper will give an overview and explanation of these recommendations. [less ▲]

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See detailA MODEL FOR CELL/MATRIX GROWTH ON 3D SURFACES: A COUPLING OF LEVEL SET METHOD AND BRINKMAN EQUATION
Guyot, Yann ULg; Papantoniou, Ioannis; Chai, Yoke Chin et al

Conference (2013, September 11)

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See detailTo heal or not to heal: modeling the influence of oxygen during fracture healing.
Carlier, Aurélie ULg; Geris, Liesbet ULg; Van Oosterwyck, Hans

Conference (2013, September 11)

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See detailLa citadelle de Namur : patrimoine fortifié comme enjeu patrimonial de développement durable
Van Laere, Bertrand ULg

Master's dissertation (2013)

Quels sont les éléments clefs de conception entrant en compte lors de la restauration paysagère d’un ancien domaine fortifié au relief accidenté dans l’optique du développement durable ? Dans l’usage ... [more ▼]

Quels sont les éléments clefs de conception entrant en compte lors de la restauration paysagère d’un ancien domaine fortifié au relief accidenté dans l’optique du développement durable ? Dans l’usage actuel, le mot « citadelle » est souvent mal employé pour désigner des forteresses de diverses époques. Le terme émerge pendant la Renaissance italienne et s’exporte vite, comme le bastion. Étymologiquement, citadella veut dire « petite cité, en référence à la grande, face à laquelle elle s’implante. Il n’y a pas de citadelle sans ville, et, généralement, sans ville forte. Elle participe de son système défensif et prend place sur un point stratégique. La ville de Namur, née au confluent de la Sambre et de la Meuse occupe un paysage d’une grande beauté. La citadelle, l’une des plus vastes d’Europe en cours de restauration, située sur l’éperon rocher du confluent sambro-mosan est un ensemble monumental unique en Belgique ainsi qu’un élément essentiel du paysage namurois. «Les places créées par Vauban sont un jeu sur la protection et l’ouverture, sur le caché et le montré. C’est un acte urbain sur la relation au temps et à l’espace du paysage» Jean Nouvel d’après sa préface de «Vauban, l’intelligence du territoire» (2006). [less ▲]

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See detailEinleitung
Viehöver, Vera ULg; Nörtemann, Regina

in Nörtemann, Regina; Viehöver, Vera (Eds.) Kolmar übersetzen. Studien zum Problem der Lyrikübertragung (2013)

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See detailVom Versmaß zum Gestus. "Rhythmus" als übersetzungspoetologische Kategorie
Viehöver, Vera ULg

in Nörtemann, Regina; Viehöver, Vera (Eds.) Kolmar übersetzen. Studien zum Problem der Lyrikübertragung (2013)

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See detailGeschoeid op Engelse leest
Steyaert, Kris ULg

in Spiegel der Letteren (2013), 55(3),

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See detailSimulation of a cold climate heat pump furnished with a scroll compressor with multiple injection lines
Bell, Ian ULg; Groll, Eckhard; Braun, James et al

in Proceedings of the International Conference on Compressors and their Systems 2013 (2013, September)

A detailed scroll compressor simulation has been developed as described in a companion paper. In this work, the compressor simulation code is used to investigate vapor injection in scroll compressors for ... [more ▼]

A detailed scroll compressor simulation has been developed as described in a companion paper. In this work, the compressor simulation code is used to investigate vapor injection in scroll compressors for cold climate heat pumps. The required analysis is developed for vapor injection in scroll compressors with one or two injection lines. The improvement in heat pump efficiency at a -20 C evaporation temperature with one injection line is as much as 10% while with two injection lines the increase in efficiency can be as much as 16% [less ▲]

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See detailEurabian Nights: From Narrative Identities to Imagined Communities
Claisse, Frédéric ULg

Conference (2013, September)

Though the themes of ‘counter-jihad’ and ‘islamofascism’ contributed to somehow renew the far right discourse, it is arguable that the core structure of the underlying political narrative remained ... [more ▼]

Though the themes of ‘counter-jihad’ and ‘islamofascism’ contributed to somehow renew the far right discourse, it is arguable that the core structure of the underlying political narrative remained unchanged – ‘Muslims’ merely taking the place of Jews in the role of ‘enemies from within’, while Islam superseded communism as the major totalitarian threat to the Western world. Taken as a globalised narrative, counter-jihad discourse displays striking differences between its North American and European versions, the former emphasizing Islam as a rather external, terrorist threat, whereas the latter denounces it as a cultural peril, resulting from an alleged failure of multiculturalism both as a policy and as an ideology. The ‘Eurabia’ conspiracy theory often serves as the bedrock of these narratives: a deliberate, albeit covert policy framework set by European and Arab leaders in order to gradually establish a Muslim majority in Europe. Still, the question remains whether these new discursive entities function as pure ‘identity markers’ or reveal original, unprecedented forms of ‘imagined communities’ (B. Anderson). In this respect, the Eurabian scenario contrasts sharply with the traditional far right rhetoric of decline: as it sets a seemingly inescapable, dystopian horizon, it paradoxically presupposes the existence of an organized political community actually able to do something to prevent that dark future from happening. Through ‘heuristics of fear’ (H. Jonas), Eurabia aims at creating a community of politically aware individuals and empowering them for current and future struggles. In our paper, we propose to analyse such ‘imaginary institution’ of a counter-jihad society. Using controversy mapping tools to show the relation between actors of the movement, we will particularly focus on the blogging community and its notably prominent role in the spreading and structuring of the Eurabian dystopia. [less ▲]

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