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France Bourely takes the reader on a visual odyssey far beyond the reaches of the naked eye with her scanning electron microscope. She travels lunar landscapes on the back of an ant, explores secret valleys in orchid petals, scales the pistils of a daisy, crosses mountains made of pollen, discovers crevices on the back of a caterpillar and takes shelter under a bush of bristles. This volume reveals the microscopic dimension that surrounds us all.
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• Intro; Contents; Literary epigraph; PREFACE; THE SEA SERPENT AS ENDURING MYSTERY; Acknowledgements;
• Chapter 1. BACKGROUND; 1.1 SEA SERPENTS AND NATURAL HISTORY; 1.2 SEA SERPENTS AND CRYPTOZOOLOGY; 1.3 SEA SERPENTS AND FORENSIC HISTORICAL ECOLOGY AND ETHNOZOOLOGY;
• Chapter 2. NINETEENTH-CENTURY MARITIME CONTEXT; 2.1 THE ECO-CULTURAL SEASCAPE; 2.2 THE TOWN BUILT BY FISH; 2.3 THE GREAT NEW ENGLAND SEA SERPENT;
• Chapter 3. CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE GLOUCESTER SEA SERPENT; 3.1 HAPPENINGS; 3.2 INVESTIGATIONS; 3.3 HUMILIATION; 3.4 HISTORIOGRAPHY; 3.5 IMAGINATION

• Chapter 4. NATURAL HISTORY OF THE GLOUCESTER SEA SERPENT4.1 'SO INTERESTING A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF ANIMATED BEINGS'; 4.1.1 Eyewitness accounts; 4.1.2 Anecdotal analyses; 4.1.3 Assembling the composite cryptid; 4.2 'THE MOST INTERESTING PROBLEM IN THE SCIENCE OF NATURAL HISTORY'; 4.2.1 To catch a serpent...but then, perhaps not; 4.2.2 The controversy... 'But for a tuna, Richard, a tuna!';
• Chapter 5. INTERPRETIVE HISTORY OF THE GLOUCESTER SEA SERPENT; 5.1 NATURAL HISTORY AND ILLATION; 5.2 CRYPTOZOOLOGY AND CONFIRMATION BIAS; 5.3 CONSERVATION BIOLOGY AND INCONVENIENT TRUTHS

• 5.3.1 Inanimate illusion or real object?5.3.2 Multiple animals or single creature?; 5.3.3 Giant serpent or something else?; 5.3.4 Serpentine body biological or inanimate?; 5.3.5 'Body' a single serpentine object or formed by component parts?; 5.3.6 Natural phenomena or anthropogenic artifact?; 5.4 CANDIDATE SCREENING AND ATTEMPTS AT A TENTATIVE IDENTIFICATION OF THE ENTANGLED MARINE ANIMAL; 5.4.1 What the observed characteristics of the 'head' can tell us; 5.4.2 What the displayed locomotory behaviour can tell us; 5.4.3 What the observed estimated swimming speed can tell us

• 5.4.4 What the observed location of the sightings can tell us5.4.5 What the observed phenology of the sightings can tell us; 5.5 LINGERING QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NATURE OF THE BEAST; Literary hypograph and final note; A final note on the elusive nature of sea serpents; APPENDIX 1; Visiting the Gloucester Sea Serpent at Age Two Hundred; APPENDIX 2; Sea Serpents: 'The Best Explanation Yet'

• INTRODUCTION MAJOR ELEMENTS OF DIFFERENT SPECIES Cranium Mandible Pectoral Girdle Sternum Ribs Vertebrae Ossa Coxae Humerus Radius Ulna Hand Femur Tibia Fibula Foot SKELETONS ARRANGED BY SPECIES Human Subadult Birds Reptiles Marine Mammals Fish.
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Building on the success, and maintaining the format, of the best-selling Human and Nonhuman Bone Identification: A Color Atlas (ISBN: 978-1-4200-6286-1), Comparative Bone Identification: Human Subadult to Nonhuman presents new images of human bones representing many states of maturation from neonate to 20 years old. It also extends the scope of the former work by focusing on the smaller bones of fetuses and young humans and comparing them to bones of birds, reptiles, marine mammals, fish, and a frog that may be confused with those of a subadult human. The book begins with a section on general osteology and explains the major anatomical differences between humans and other animals. The second section compares human and nonhuman bones, categorized by type of bone, and includes most of the major bones in humans and nonhumans. The third section presents skeletons within species. Containing nearly 3,500 color photographs, the book provides examples of similar bones in nonhuman species that may be confused with the human bone in question. The bone images are also taken from different angles to enhance detailed understanding. A practical comparative guide to the differences among species for nearly all bones in the body, this book is a valuable resource for the laboratory or in the field. It uses a visual approach with annotations pointing out salient features of the most commonly discovered bones, giving clear examples for use by law enforcement, medicolegal death investigators, forensic anthropologists, students, and readers who wish to distinguish between human bones and those of the a variety of animal species.
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• Part I: General Osteology Part II: Major Bones of the Bodies of Different Animals Cranium Mandible Scapula Humerus Radius Ulna Metacarpals and Forelimbs Pelvic Girdle Femur Tibia Fibula Metatarsals and Hindlimbs Index.
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In Human and Nonhuman Bone Identification: A Color Atlas, Diane L. France, one of the most respected forensic anthropologists in the world, offered a comprehensive handbook of photographs and other information essential for examining skeletal remains and determining species and body parts. Conveniently designed for field use, this compact version of the book presents the major skeletal elements from the same species as the bestselling Atlas. Focusing on the bones most often discovered in field scenarios, the book is divided into two major sections: General Osteology includes major features of bone growth and development and highlights general comparisons of quadrupedal mammals to human bones. This section includes an introduction to bird skeletal anatomy and some suggestions on how to clean and preserve bones. Major Bones of the Bodies of Different Animals includes most bones from the cranium to the metatarsal. Filled with more than 1200 annotated, crisp photographs, this handy guide enables law enforcement, medicolegal death investigators, forensic anthropologists, and others in the field and in the lab ready access to the information needed to help solve the mystery of discovered bones.
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• Introduction. What is Bone? Overview of Skeletons of Quadrupeds and a Biped. Overview of Skeletal and Dental Growth and Development. Human-Nonhuman Bone Comparisons. Cranium. Mandible. Dentition. Scapula.Humerus. Radius. Ulna. Metacarpals.Vertebrae. Pelvis. Femur. Tibia. Fibula. Metatarsals. Nonhuman Skeletal Elements. Human (Homo Sapiens). Artiodactyla. Perissodactyla. Carnivora. Rodentia. Xenarthra. Marsupialia. Chiroptera. Marine Mammals.
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• Introduction
• What is Bone?
• Overview of Skeletons of Quadrupeds and a Biped
• Overview of Skeletal and Dental Growth and Development
• Human-Nonhuman Bone Comparisons
• Cranium
• Mandible
• Dentition
• Scapula
• Humerus
• Radius
• Ulna
• Metacarpals
• Vertebrae
• Pelvis
• Femur
• Tibia
• Fibula
• Metatarsals
• Nonhuman Skeletal Elements
• Human (Homo Sapiens)
• Artiodactyla (10 species)
• Perissodactyla (1 species)
• Carnivora (11 species)
• Rodentia (7 species)
• Xenarthra (1 species)
• Marsupialia (1 species)
• Chiroptera (1 species)
• Marine Mammals (1 species).
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When a bone of unknown origin is found at a location, forensic implications arise immediately. Is this bone human, and if so, is it evidence of a murder? Human and Non-Human Bone Identification: A Color Atlas presents a comprehensive handbook of photographs and other information essential for law enforcement and forensic anthropologists when examin.
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When a bone of unknown origin is found at a location, forensic implications arise immediately. Is this bone human, and if so, is it evidence of a murder? Human and Non-Human Bone Identification: A Color Atlas presents a comprehensive handbook of photographs and other information essential for law enforcement and forensic anthropologists when examining skeletal remains and determining species and body parts. Presenting over 3000 color photographs, this atlas is a practical comparative guide to the differences among species for nearly all bones in the body. Useful in either the laboratory or the field, it features images of the types of bones that are most commonly discovered, and provides annotations pointing out salient features. The book begins with a section on general osteology and explains the major anatomical differences between humans and other animals. It compares human and non-human bones, categorized by type of bone, and includes most of the major bones in humans and non-humans. The third section discusses non-human skeletal elements, categorized by species, and explores numerous skeletal elements within those species. This book is also available on a fully searchable DVD: Catalog no. 62964 Includes Bones from the Following Species! Moose Elk Deer Bison Cow Antelope Mountain Sheep Domestic Sheep Llama Horse Bear Wolf Coyote Domestic dog Mountain lion Bobcat Raccoon Badger Skunk River Otter Beaver Porcupine Marmot Prairie dog Rabbit Norway rat Squirrel Armadillo Opossum Vampire bat Seal Written by Diane L. France, one of the most respected forensic anthropologists in the world, this supremely organized atlas helps those tasked with bone identification to quickly and efficiently determine the origin of discovered remains and plan the appropriate course of action. .
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• Introduction / Alain Prochiantz
• La lumière comme phénomène. De l'infiniment grand à l'infiniment petit
• Espace, temps et quanta : comment les interrogations sur la lumière ont révolutionné notre vision du monde
• Les exoplanètes en lumière
• La photosynthèse artificielle : transformer le Soleil en carburants
• Illuminer les circuits neuronaux sous-tendant le mouvement
• De l'oeil à la métaphore optique
• Lumière, disparitions, apparences
• La lumière, une vibration dans l'oeil du peintre
• La lumière dans le tableau
• Lumière, conscience et perception : la métaphore optique
• Des métamorphoses de la lumière au siècle des Lumières
• Droit et lumière, de Sumer à nos jours
• Lumière des bouddhas et poussière du monde
• Lumières, sociétés, sciences au XVIIIe siècle.

"Depuis la nuit des temps, la lumière a fasciné et inquiété les hommes. Dans l'Antiquité, les cultes solaires étaient importants, et les historiens des religions du XIXe siècle leur ont donné une plus grande importance encore, au point de vouloir comprendre toutes les divinités antiques comme des métaphores du Soleil. Très tôt, les hommes ont tenté d'expliquer les manifestations de la lumière, en particulier par la pratique de l'astronomie, et proposé des théories diverses qui ont abouti non seulement à des cosmologies, mais aussi à la physique et à ses innombrables applications. Ainsi, qu'elle soit un phénomène visible ou un rayonnement électromagnétique invisible, la lumière entre en jeu dans un grand nombre de technologies modernes. À côté de ces développements scientifiques, les penseurs européens du XVIIIe siècle ont recouru à la métaphore de la lumière pour définir une démarche intellectuelle ayant pour fin d'éclairer les esprits (Lumières, Enlightenment, Aufklärung), alors que la création artistique n'a cessé de mettre en oeuvre la lumière ou l'obscurité dans la représentation ou la transfiguration de la réalité. Cet ouvrage regroupe les contributions du colloque tenu au Collège de France à l'automne 2015."--Page 4 of cover.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of two colocated international workshops EPEW 2005 (European Performance Engineering Workshop) and WS-FM 2005 (Web Services and Formal Methods) held in Versailles, France in September 2005. The 20 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 59 submissions. For EPEW 2005 only 10 papers, of the 32 submitted, were accepted for presentation; they deal with queueing theory, bounding techniques, stochastic model checking, communication schemes analysis for high-speed LAN, QOS analysis in wireless ad-hoc networks and optical networks analysis. The main topics of the 10 papers accepted for WS-FM 2005 - from 27 submissions - include: protocols and standards for WS (SOAP, WSDL, UDDI, etc.); languages and description methodologies for Choreography/Orchestration/Workflow (BPML, XLANG and BizTalk, WSFL, WS-BPEL, etc.); coordination techniques for WS (transactions, agreement, coordination services, etc.) ; semantics-based dynamic WS discovery services (based on Semantic Web/Ontology Techniques or other semantic theories); security, performance evaluation and quality of service of WS; semi-structured data and XML related technologies; comparisons with different related technologies/approaches.
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• Un effort de recherche stable malgré des financements publics croissants
• La forte croissance des dépenses de l'État en faveur de la recherche depuis la loi de programme de 2006
• Une loi de programme respectée
• Une forte augmentation des concours de l'État entre 2006 et 2013
• Une programmation et une information financière insuffisantes
• Un effort de R&D resté stable
• Un ratio éloigné de l'engagement de Barcelone
• Une contribution des entreprises moindre que dans les pays comparables
• Une contribution des administrations mal évaluée et sous-estimée
• Des pertes en ligne dans les circuits de financement
• Les financements sur projets : une hausse significative, un niveau encore limité
• La montée en puissance des financements sur projets
• Les financements sur projets au Royaume-Uni et en Allemagne
• Principal instrument, l'ANR à la croisée des chemins
• L'impulsion du programme des investissements d'avenir
• Des principes clairs
• Une mise en oeuvre rapide du programme
• De nouvelles formes de coopération complexes
• Des risques non maîtrisés
• Une insuffisante participation aux programmes européens
• Des budgets européens en croissance continue depuis 1982
• Une part française en baisse depuis 2007
• Des explications de cette érosion peu convaincantes
• Des mesures à prendre dans la perspective du programme Horizon 2020
• Les conséquences pour les établissements : des ressources accrues, une gestion mal adaptée
• Des équilibres financiers modifiés
• Des ressources en forte croissance depuis 2006
• Des dépenses marquées par le poids des charges de personnel et une moindre priorité aux équipements
• Un pilotage des moyens défaillant
• L'absence d'outils de pilotage des crédits des unités mixtes de recherche
• Une gestion des personnels mal maîtrisée
• Une absence de vision claire du bon équilibre entre organismes de recherche et universités dans le pilotage de la recherche
• Des performances scientifiques meilleures que leurs retombées économiques
• Un impact économique mal pris en compte par les indicateurs de performances
• Un succès global pour les publications et les brevets
• L'absence de mesure de l'impact économique dans les indicateurs de performance du budget de l'État
• Une grande dispersion des aides aux entreprises
• Une multiplicité d'acteurs
• Un foisonnement de dispositifs
• Une simplification indispensable
• Une valorisation nationale insuffisante
• Le faible retour économique de l'effort de recherche
• Des leviers d'action à renforcer.

"Depuis six ans, l'État a substantiellement accru ses financements de la recherche, d'un montant de 20,8 Md? en 2013, à la suite notamment de la loi de programme pour la recherche de 2006, de la réforme du crédit d'impôt recherche en 2008 et du lancement des investissements d'avenir en 2010. Pour autant, constate la Cour dans le présent rapport, cet accroissement des moyens publics ne s'est pas traduit par une progression de l'effort national de recherche : rapporté au PIB, il stagne aux alentours de 2,25 %, loin des 3 % de l'objectif de Lisbonne et de Barcelone, principalement du fait de la faiblesse de la recherche des entreprises. Les retombées économiques ne sont pas à la hauteur des performances scientifiques de la France. Dans le contexte contraint des finances publiques, la priorité accordée à la recherche doit être maintenue, mais en étant assortie de contreparties plus exigeantes : une amélioration du pilotage budgétaire, une gestion prévisionnelle des emplois, la poursuite de l'augmentation des financements sur projets, une plus grande mobilisation des équipes françaises pour obtenir des crédits du programme-cadre européen et une plus grande prise en compte des transferts et du développement technologiques, y compris dans l'évaluation des chercheurs."--P. [4] of cover.

• Claude Berge - Sculptor of Graph Theory.- ?-path-connectivity and mk-generation: an Upper Bound on m.- Automated Results and Conjectures on Average Distance in Graphs.- Brambles, Prisms and Grids.- Dead Cell Analysis in Hex and the Shannon Game.- Ratios of Some Domination Parameters in Graphs and Claw-free Graphs.- Excessive Factorizations of Regular Graphs.- Odd Pairs of Cliques.- Recognition of Perfect Circular-arc Graphs.- On Edge-maps whose Inverse Preserves Flows or Tensions.- On the Extremal Number of Edges in 2-Factor Hamiltonian Graphs.- Generalized Colourings (Matrix Partitions) of Cographs.- A Note on [k, l]-sparse Graphs.- Even Pairs in Bull-reducible Graphs.- Kernels in Orientations of Pretransitive Orientable Graphs.- Nonrepetitive Graph Coloring.- A Characterization of the 1-well-covered Graphs with no 4-cycles.- A Graph-theoretical Generalization of Berge's Analogue of the Erd?s-Ko-Rado Theorem.- Independence Polynomials and the Unimodality Conjecture for Very Well-covered, Quasi-regularizable, and Perfect Graphs.- Precoloring Extension on Chordal Graphs.- On the Enumeration of Bipartite Minimum Edge Colorings.- Kempe Equivalence of Colorings.- Acyclic 4-choosability of Planar Graphs with Girth at Least 5.- Automorphism Groups of Circulant Graphs - a Survey.- Hypo-matchings in Directed Graphs.- On Reed's Conjecture about ?, ? and ?.- On the Generalization of the Matroid Parity Problem.- Reconstruction of a Rank 3 Oriented Matroids from its Rank 2 Signed Circuits.- The Normal Graph Conjecture is True for Circulants.- Two-arc Transitive Near-polygonal Graphs.- Open Problems.
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In July 2004, a conference on graph theory was held in Paris in memory of Claude Berge, one of the pioneers of the field. The event brought together many prominent specialists on topics such as perfect graphs and matching theory, upon which Claude Berge's work has had a major impact. This volume includes contributions to these and other topics from many of the participants.
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• Claude Berge - Sculptor of Graph Theory.- ?-path-connectivity and mk-generation: an Upper Bound on m.- Automated Results and Conjectures on Average Distance in Graphs.- Brambles, Prisms and Grids.- Dead Cell Analysis in Hex and the Shannon Game.- Ratios of Some Domination Parameters in Graphs and Claw-free Graphs.- Excessive Factorizations of Regular Graphs.- Odd Pairs of Cliques.- Recognition of Perfect Circular-arc Graphs.- On Edge-maps whose Inverse Preserves Flows or Tensions.- On the Extremal Number of Edges in 2-Factor Hamiltonian Graphs.- Generalized Colourings (Matrix Partitions) of Cographs.- A Note on [k, l]-sparse Graphs.- Even Pairs in Bull-reducible Graphs.- Kernels in Orientations of Pretransitive Orientable Graphs.- Nonrepetitive Graph Coloring.- A Characterization of the 1-well-covered Graphs with no 4-cycles.- A Graph-theoretical Generalization of Berge's Analogue of the Erd?s-Ko-Rado Theorem.- Independence Polynomials and the Unimodality Conjecture for Very Well-covered, Quasi-regularizable, and Perfect Graphs.- Precoloring Extension on Chordal Graphs.- On the Enumeration of Bipartite Minimum Edge Colorings.- Kempe Equivalence of Colorings.- Acyclic 4-choosability of Planar Graphs with Girth at Least 5.- Automorphism Groups of Circulant Graphs - a Survey.- Hypo-matchings in Directed Graphs.- On Reed's Conjecture about ?, ? and ?.- On the Generalization of the Matroid Parity Problem.- Reconstruction of a Rank 3 Oriented Matroids from its Rank 2 Signed Circuits.- The Normal Graph Conjecture is True for Circulants.- Two-arc Transitive Near-polygonal Graphs.- Open Problems.
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In July 2004, a conference on graph theory was held in Paris in memory of Claude Berge, one of the pioneers of the field. The event brought together many prominent specialists on topics such as perfect graphs and matching theory, upon which Claude Berge's work has had a major impact. This volume includes contributions to these and other topics from many of the participants.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)