Manoir Industries (France)

In dairy cattle, bedding and its management contribute predominantly to the comfort of the cow, udder health and milk quality. The aim of the study is to assess the effect of different bedding materials such as concrete floor, rubber mats, coir pith and dried solid manure on microbial counts in milk and bedding materials in crossbred dairy cows. Twentyfour crossbred cows with six animals in each group at cattle farm was selected for the study for one lactation period spread over three different seasons. The control group (T 1 ) was maintained in concrete floor without any bedding materials. In (T 2 ) rubber mats of 1.2 m 1.8 m 0.025m area were provided on concrete floor. In (T 3 ) coir pith and (T 4 ) Dried solid manure (DSM) on concrete floor was the bedding. The aerobic plate count (APC), coliform count (CC) and total yeast and mould count (TYMC)

Cet ouvrage est la première étude francophone d’envergure sur les pratiques et les contradictions en matière de sexe et de rapports hommes-femmes au Japon. C’est aussi la deuxième collaboration entre deux grands spécialistes de l’Archipel, Pierre-François Souyri, historien du Japon et professeur honoraire à l’université de Genève et Philippe Pons, correspondant du Monde à Tokyo et membre fondateur du Centre de Recherche sur le Japon de l’EHESS. L’ouvrage est le fruit d’une longue complicité q...

The oxidation behavior of alumina-forming alloys was studied after oxidation treatments conducted at 900 °C for 24 h in air or in steam. Alloys with sulfur contents ranging from 1 to 82 ppm in wt% were used. The influence of trace sulfur as well as the presence of steam in the oxidizing atmosphere were investigated. Under oxidation conditions, higher sulfur contents led to higher mass gains and the trend was more pronounced in steam than in air. Oxides were identified by Raman spectroscopy: a thin and continuous α-Al2O3 layer was formed at the metal-oxide interface in all cases. The mass gain differences were caused by other oxides formed at the surface of the samples—mainly spinel and Cr2O3—and in the internal oxidation zone too— mainly α-Al2O3 and θ-Al2O3—indicating that the protectiveness of the alumina layer greatly depends on the sulfur content in the base material and the oxidizing atmosphere. In order to explain this phenomenon, oxide structures were analyzed at various scales using scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry. Sulfur was detected at metal-oxide interfaces and also in the alumina layer in regions enriched with chromium. In addition, we demonstrate that steam oxidation leads to finer alumina grains as compared to air oxidation. Finally, the relationship between oxidation conditions, nanoscaled structural features and oxidation kinetics is discussed.

Combining the MOF biomimetic mineralisation of enzymes with electrochemical sensing, an ultra-stable proof-of-concept biosensor with a clinically relevant wide linear range of 1–10 mM glucose and a detection limit of 0.05 mM is fabricated.

La Cour européenne des droits de l’homme a constaté qu’une réglementation interdisant strictement la mendicité sur le territoire d’un canton suisse était contraire à l’article 8 CEDH. Au-delà des conséquences directes de cet arrêt pour la Suisse, se pose la question de la place de la mendicité dans un dispositif de protection sociale qui confère à la responsabilité individuelle un rôle important.

La guerre d’Espagne : une guerre civile au cœur d’un conflit idéologique international L’histoire politique de l’Espagne, depuis la guerre d’indépendance face aux armées napoléoniennes, semble se résumer à une succession de coup d’États, de caudillos, et de pronunciamientos, qui, aux yeux des contemporains de l’époque, ont considérablement isolé voire « retardé » la société espagnole, la rejetant hors du concert des grandes puissances modernes. La vie politique espagnole depuis la République ...

Heat resistant FeCrNi alloys are widely used in the petrochemical industry because they exhibit a unique combination of creep and oxidation resistance at temperatures exceeding 900$^\circ$C. Their creep properties are often optimized by micro-additions of carbide forming elements. In the present work, the influence of Ta micro-additions has been experimentally investigated both on as-cast and aged microstructures to understand the origin of the significant impact of this element on the creep resistance. Calculations with thermocal software were also carried out to support experimental data. It is shown that a small addition of Ta is beneficial as it increases the volume fraction of stable MC carbides. We demonstrate also that additions of Ta may have a dramatic effect on the thermal stability of microstructures. This is attributed to a smaller equilibrium volume fraction of M23C6 and more pronounced heterogeneous precipitation at MC/matrix interfaces. The influence on the creep properties in then discussed.

L’Aîné des Orphelins a connu une réception critique ambivalente, à l’image du roman lui-même et de son narrateur. La pluralité des interprétations, quelquefois contradictoires, permises par le roman, révèle une poétique de la « distraction », au sens étymologique de « tirer en sens divers », « détourner ». En effet, par ces procédés de retardement et ces digressions, par la richesse symbolique – parfois paradoxale – des interprétations qu’il déploie, le roman et son personnage principal permettent de mettre au jour, au-delà de l’histoire même du génocide des Tutsis au Rwanda, la profonde complexité d’un phénomène comme celui du génocide, dont une partie de la réalité échappe toujours à la pleine et consciente compréhension.

Recent literary manifestos claim that “the center is no longer the center” (Le Devoir 2007). Indeed, it is generally admitted that Quebec literature has been more or less independent from the French field since the 1970’s. However, the analysis of the translation of this literature –its international circulation, and the almost compulsory stopover in France before being selected for translation by the agents of other literary fields– reveals various mechanisms through which the French symbolic center still exerts its power. Drawing on the application of Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology of culture to the international space (Casanova 1999; Sapiro 2007, 2008; etc.), this article argues that translation could be considered as the ultimate variable when testing literary domination, especially in the case of peripheral fields claiming independence. I will illustrate this through the case of Quebec literature translated in Spain (into Spanish and Catalan) between 1975 and 2004.