Mutations récentes, dynamiques actuelles et perspectives de transition des territoires ruraux périurbains en Tunisie by Nasser Rebaï, Johan Desbonnet, Hédi Rebei

“…While the country must promote another agricultural model to respond to popular aspirations in terms of rural employment and food production, this article assesses the prospects for transition of peri-urban rural areas, where the economic integration of family farmers and the organization of food supply networks in Tunisia’s major cities are particularly at stake. …”
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A Case of Hydrocele Stone with Its Composition Analysis by Masayoshi Zaitsu, Koji Mikami, Yuta Takeshima, Takumi Takeuchi

“…Hydrocele stones are freely mobile calcified bodies lying between the tunica vaginalis layers, and they are relatively rare. We present here another case of hydrocele stone incidentally discovered when castration was being undergone for the endocrine treatment of prostate cancer. …”
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How does climate shock affect technology adoption in rice production? by Thai Phan Nguyen, Duc Kien Nguyen, Quang Dung Truong

“…The findings indicated that households tend to adopt the improved variety of rice and organic fertilisers since households suffer the shock from the drought. Another finding showed that households used more chemical fertiliser and reduced the probability of using improved seeds in rice production since the household was affected by floods. …”
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Operational Risk Aggregation Based on Business Line Dependence: A Mutual Information Approach by Wenzhou Wang, Limeng Shi, Xiaoqian Zhu

“…While Pearson correlation coefficient is constructed based on the hypothesis of a linear association, the mutual information that measures all the information of a random variable contained in another random variable is a powerful alternative. …”
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Cosmetic filler-induced hair loss: case series and literature review by Yutong Xie, Xi Chen, Aihua Wei

“…The third case described another female who experienced alopecia areata-like hair loss after autologous fat grafting, and received combined therapies including corticosteriod, 5% minoxidil and microneedling.Results All patients got gradual hair regrowth with treatments.Conclusions Early recognition and intervention are crucial to prevent permanent hair follicle damage. …”
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Descartes on Modality and the Eternal Truths by Sarah Patterson

“…Omnipotence and indifference do not express that God might have created the necessary truths in another way, but rather that God’s decrees are in no way determined by anything other than God. …”
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Raising Healthy Children: Promoting a Positive Feeding Experience by Tiffany N. Stodtko, Karla P. Shelnutt, Gail P.A. Kauwell

“…from their child at some point or another. It’s likely that your child will not like every food that is served, but that doesn’t mean mealtime can’t still be a pleasant experience for the family. …”
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Cooperative evolution with reward-based heterogeneous tax in spatial public goods games by Li Yue, Huizhen Zhang, Yueyu Sun, Tianbo An, Jingrui Wang

“…We explain the reason for this phenomenon through the individual’s strategy transfer probabilities. Another important finding is that rewarding cooperators is always available despite their number being few at lower tax rates. …”
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Religions as a source of (dis)order by J. Urbaniak

“…If the pivotal role of religiosity consists in bringing meaning and order to human life, why should different religions see their respective “orders” as threatening one another? Isn’t it possible to trust in the midst of the multi-ordered reality of world faiths while acknowledging the presence (in all religions) of the untruth despite all the truth? …”
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SOME INITIAL COMMENTS ABOUT ANCIENT COINS FOUND IN PANGTIENG VILLAGE (LAT COMMUNE, LACDUONG DISTRICT, LAMDONG PROVINCE) by Cao Thế Trình, Nguyễn Huy Khuyến, Mai Minh Nhật

Subjects: “…tiền cổ…”
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The Status of the IS Field: Historical Perspective and Practical Orientation by Frederic Adam, Brian Fitzgerald

“…It uses lessons drawn from the history of another social science, sociology, to highlight some of the fundamental choices now facing IS researchers. …”
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Au rendez-vous allemand (1) by Agnès Bouvier

“…How can you translate or transpose one world into another and make it believable?  Flaubert’s solution for Salammbô was to adopt the point of view of Antiquity.  …”
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Augmented MIMO: Body-Mounted Antennas for Tiny Wearable Devices by Akihito Noda

“…Multiple-input–multiple-output (MIMO), which uses multiple antennas at the transmitter and receiver, is now an essential technique for increasing communication capacity without widening the occupied radio bandwidth. …”
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Humor, skerts en gemoedelikheid in verskillende stylfigure by Johannes Calvyn by P. C. Potgieter

“…In many publications on his life and on his outlook on life, in particular, there is frequently nothing or hardly anything to be found on his humour and bonhomie. …”
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Effects of Coinfection on the Dynamics of Two Pathogens in a Tick-Host Infection Model by Bei Sun, Xue Zhang, Marco Tosato

“…To explore the impact of coinfection, we also derive the invasion reproduction numbers which indicate the potential of a pathogen to persist when another pathogen already exists in tick and host populations. …”
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EMBODIMENT, IDENTITY FORMATION AND MISSIONAL LEADERSHIP: ROOTS OF THEORY AND PRACTICE IN THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION by J. Barentsen

“…Practices and theories emerge in our bodily engagements with the world and one another. Identity formation is the focus of learning processes that shape selves to create personal, social and religious identities that enable us to engage our social and religious worlds. …”
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Un nouveau cas de sépultures multiples à Troyes, Place de la Libération (Aube, Moyen Âge) by Cécile Paresys, Dominique Castex, Cédric Roms, Isabelle Richard, Stéphanie Degobertière

“…The synthesising of the data concerning the simultaneous burials at Troyes with those related to another osteological series linked to abrupt mortality events (plague epidemic) demonstrates the variability of the situations in events of this type, as much in funerary practice as in the demographic impact of the events as revealed by the mortality profile of the archaeological samples.…”
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Concession, intensité assertive et argumentation – étude comparée de deux constructions concessives en anglais by Stéphane Gresset, Gérard Mélis

“…This study takes into account, not only the well-known characteristic features of concession as an argumentative process (the deconstruction of an inferential relation between two propositions, and intersubjectivity), but also another feature, namely the degree of assertiveness assigned to the propositional contents involved in the concessive process.By comparing examples where these two constructions are interchangeable and others where, on the contrary, only one construction is acceptable, we hypothesize that, if the purpose of both these concessive constructions is clearly to highlight one propositional content, the degree of assertiveness associated with that content varies depending on the choice of construction. …”
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SOCIAL NETWORKS OF THE INTERNET WITHIN THE THEORY OF AUTOPOIESIS BY NIKLAS LUHMANN by E. Yudina, S. Zakharova

“…One of them characterizes the social network as a special social community, another emphasizes specifics of social networks of the Internet. …”
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STUDI NUMERIK EFEK LETAK AIR SUPPLY DIFFUSERS DAN AIR RETURN GRILLES PADA DISTRIBUSI TEMPERATUR DAN KECEPATAN UDARA DI BUS by Fauzun Fauzun, Akbar Fadhlurrohman Hidayat, Cahyo Wibi Yogiswara

“…Considering nonuniformity index and heat removal efficiency, the most optimal scheme system is owned with one air supply diffuser on the sidewall, another on the ceiling, and the air return grille on the bottom sidewall.…”
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