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• Biodiversity - biology.

  a common molecule, ribonucleic acid (RNA), and most also have deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). These molecules direct the production of proteins—molecules responsiblefor the structure and function of virtually all living cells. This is the evolutionary chain of life. All species are descended from a single common ancestor. From that ancient single-celled microbe, all inherited RNA. As time goesby, species diverge and develop their own peculiar attributes, thus making their own contribution to biodiv...

• Brésil

• Uruguay (country) - country.

  Freedom of religion is guaranteed by the constitution of Uruguay. Three-quarters of the people belong to the Roman Catholic Church. There are also sizable Protestantand Jewish congregations. The official language is Spanish, which in Uruguay has been influenced by Italian vocabulary and pronunciation. C Education Uruguay has one of the highest rates of literacy in Latin America, at 98.2 percent of the adult population. Six years of primary education is compulsory, and Uruguay isone of the few n...

• Sous-continent immense, l'Inde est la plus vaste démocratie du monde depuis 1947.

  Les corrélats Brahmapoutre Chota Nagpur Comorin (cap) Dekkan Gange Ghats Hooghly Indus Laquedives (îles) Malabar (côte de) Yamuna Climat et végétation. Le climat est profondément marqué par l'alternance des moussons. La mousson d'hiver souffle du nord-est sur la plus grande partie du pays. Elle engendre une saison sèche (et relativement fraîche dans le Nord au moins), pendant laquelle les températures nocturnes descendent au-dessous de 8 oC. Cette saison sèche se termine, de mars...

• Droit des obligations

  Cours de Droit des Obligations Page 2 sur 34 - Obligation de faire : c’est l’obligation du débiteur, d’accomplir un act e au profit du créancier. Exemple : obligation du médecin de donner des soins au malade. Exemple II : contrat de travail : obliger de faire ce que l’employeur demande à l’employé et l’employeur obligé de rémunérer l’employé. - Obligation de ne pas faire : Obligation par laquelle le débiteur s’engage à s’a bstenir d’un acte envers son créancier. Exemple : clau...

• Livre du professeur 4eme hatier

• LES PLANTES TOXIQUES (Exposé – SVT – Collège/Lycée)

  Les fleurs blanches , en forme de clochette s, apparaissent dans la partie supérieure de la tige principale . Leur odeur, suave et caractéristique, est très appréciée. Vers le début de l'automne , elles sont remplacées par des baies de couleur rouge-orange , contenant 2 à 6 graines. • Habitat Le muguet pousse dans les sous-bois et les forêts fraîches. • Toxicité Toutes les parties de la plante sont toxiques, y compris l'eau dans laquelle a séjourné le bo...

• France (histoire)

• Peter the Great I INTRODUCTION Peter the Great or Peter I (1672-1725), tsar and, later, emperor of Russia (1682-1725), who is linked with the Westernization of Russia and its rise as a great power.

  V LATER REIGN Before long, however, these and other reform measures had to cede center stage to the prosecution of the Great Northern War (1700-1721) against Sweden. Peter’sjourney west did not result in a great alliance against the Ottomans, but it led to one against Sweden. Russia fought together with Denmark and the union of Polandand Saxony against Sweden to win the Baltic coastline, the 'window into Europe,' and to break Swedish dominance over the northern part of the continent. At the tim...

• Peter the Great.

  V LATER REIGN Before long, however, these and other reform measures had to cede center stage to the prosecution of the Great Northern War (1700-1721) against Sweden. Peter’sjourney west did not result in a great alliance against the Ottomans, but it led to one against Sweden. Russia fought together with Denmark and the union of Polandand Saxony against Sweden to win the Baltic coastline, the 'window into Europe,' and to break Swedish dominance over the northern part of the continent. At the tim...

• La violence contre les enfants en afrique de l'ouest

  Résumé Exécutif Les violences commises contre les enfants sont multiples et s’inscrivent dans des contextes économiques, politiques et socioculturels variés. Nombre de pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre souffrent de pauvreté, de la guerre, de maladies et d’urbanisation croissante qui tendent à aggraver les violences contre les enfants. De manière à pouvoir mieux comprendre l’ampleur du phénomène, la complexité des problèmes et...

• Astronaut - astronomy.

  Every operation during a flight is important and interesting, but many might be boring to an observer. Much of an astronaut’s job is entering computer instructions,preparing samples, making measurements, recording data, fixing what breaks, and adjusting the checklist when something unexpected happens. Sometimes astronautsretrieve or repair satellites, rendezvous or dock with other spacecraft, and do important emergency repairs. The adaptability of the human crew is crucial to the successof missi...

• Sciencefiction (Sprache & Litteratur).

  Elemente des Genres häufig mit gesellschaftskritischen Aspekten. Der Biochemiker Isaac Asimov verfasste neben mehreren populärwissenschaftlichen Werken seit Ende derdreißiger Jahre auch wissenschaftlich äußerst fundierte Sciencefictionromane wie Ich, der Roboter (1950) oder die Trilogie Der Tausendjahresplan (1951). Zu den ersten Sciencefictionautoren, denen es gelang, die vorgegebenen Klischees der Gattung zu durchbrechen und besonders ihre literarischen Qualitäten weiterzuentwickeln, gehör...

• Canada.

  Six general landform regions are distinguishable in Canada: the Appalachian Region, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands, the Canadian Shield, the Great Plains,the Canadian Cordillera, and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. B1 Appalachian Region and Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands Eastern Canada consists of the Appalachian Region and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands. The Appalachian Region embraces Newfoundland Island, NovaScotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and the G...

• Canada - country.

  Six general landform regions are distinguishable in Canada: the Appalachian Region, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands, the Canadian Shield, the Great Plains,the Canadian Cordillera, and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. B1 Appalachian Region and Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands Eastern Canada consists of the Appalachian Region and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands. The Appalachian Region embraces Newfoundland Island, NovaScotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and the G...

• Canada - Canadian History.

  Six general landform regions are distinguishable in Canada: the Appalachian Region, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands, the Canadian Shield, the Great Plains,the Canadian Cordillera, and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. B1 Appalachian Region and Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands Eastern Canada consists of the Appalachian Region and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands. The Appalachian Region embraces Newfoundland Island, NovaScotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and the G...

• Ireland - country.

  F Plants and Animals Ireland’s animal life does not differ markedly from that of England or France. Over many centuries of human settlement almost all of Ireland’s natural woodlands werecleared, and indigenous animals such as bear, wolf, wildcat, beaver, wild cattle, and the giant Irish deer (a type of fallow deer) gradually disappeared. However, thehardy and versatile Connemara pony, Ireland’s only native pony breed, has been used by Irish farmers since prehistoric times. The great auk, or gar...

• Isaac NewtonIINTRODUCTIONIsaac Newton (1642-1727), English physicist, mathematician, and natural philosopher, considered one of the most important scientists of all time.

  B Calculus (Newton’s “Fluxional Method”) In 1669 Newton gave his Trinity mathematics professor Isaac Barrow an important manuscript, which is generally known by its shortened Latin title, De Analysi . This work contained many of Newton’s conclusions about calculus (what Newton called his “fluxional method”). Although the paper was not immediately published, Barrowmade its results known to several of the leading mathematicians of Britain and Europe. This paper established Newton as one of the...

• Isaac Newton.

  B Calculus (Newton’s “Fluxional Method”) In 1669 Newton gave his Trinity mathematics professor Isaac Barrow an important manuscript, which is generally known by its shortened Latin title, De Analysi . This work contained many of Newton’s conclusions about calculus (what Newton called his “fluxional method”). Although the paper was not immediately published, Barrowmade its results known to several of the leading mathematicians of Britain and Europe. This paper established Newton as one of the t...

• Kuwait (country) - country.

  Oil revenues have allowed Kuwait to build an extensive educational system, yielding a literacy rate of 84 percent. Public school is free and compulsory from the age of 6to 13, and several private schools also teach this age group. Kuwait University (founded in 1966) is also free and offers programs in a wide range of professional andscientific fields at several campuses. Both the extensive library system at Kuwait University and the collection at Kuwait National Museum (1957) were heavily damage...

• Définition: CALICE, substantif masculin.

  Monsieur de Phocas, 1901, page 49 ). 2. Par analogie. Verre ? pied, ?troit et haut. Elle (...) but une gorg?e dans le calice mince qui ti?dissait dans sa paume (GABRIELLE COLLETTE, DITE COLETTE, Ch?ri, 1920, page 84 ). Partie renfl?e d'un verre ? pied. Caresser le calice d'un verre plein (PAUL ADAM, L'Enfant d'Austerlitz, 1902, page 435 ). C.? Au figur?. 1. RELIGION. a) [Par r?f?rence ? l'usage (par exemple Isa?e 51, 17) de se servir d'une coupe pour boire ? la ronde] Portion d'h?rit...

• Vereinte Nationen - Politik.

  4.3 Wirtschafts- und Sozialrat (ECOSOC) Das Gremium ist zuständig für die Verwirklichung der wirtschaftlichen, sozialen und kulturellen Programme, die zur Vermeidung und Beseitigung der Konfliktursachen aufder Erde beitragen sollen. Es umfasst (seit 1973) 54 Mitglieder, von denen jedes Jahr ein Drittel nach einem regionalen Verteilungsschlüssel für drei Jahre gewählt wird. DerECOSOC kann Empfehlungen an die UN-Mitglieder und -Organe aussprechen und internationale Konferenzen einberufen, die auc...

• Vereinte Nationen - Geschichte.

  4.3 Wirtschafts- und Sozialrat (ECOSOC) Das Gremium ist zuständig für die Verwirklichung der wirtschaftlichen, sozialen und kulturellen Programme, die zur Vermeidung und Beseitigung der Konfliktursachen aufder Erde beitragen sollen. Es umfasst (seit 1973) 54 Mitglieder, von denen jedes Jahr ein Drittel nach einem regionalen Verteilungsschlüssel für drei Jahre gewählt wird. DerECOSOC kann Empfehlungen an die UN-Mitglieder und -Organe aussprechen und internationale Konferenzen einberufen, die auc...

• Library (institution).

  rooms, special galleries for exhibitions, auditoriums for lectures or concerts, computer rooms, children’s rooms, photocopy rooms, and classrooms. A3 Lending Materials As part of their mission to provide information resources to the community, public libraries allow users to borrow items from their collections for limited amounts of time.To be eligible to borrow public library materials, a user must register her or his name, address, and other basic information with the local library’s circulat...

• Texte du bac francais (EAF)

  ADM Communication Baccalauréat de français Page 2 sur 174 Étude de quarante sonnets.............................................................................................................51 Vers dorés..................................................................................................................................51 Bataille navale...........................................................................................................................52 Midi............

• Artificial Satellite - astronomy.

  The first stage of a multistage rocket consists of rocket engines that provide a huge amount of force, or thrust. The first stage lifts the entire launch vehicle—with itsload of fuel, the rocket body, and the satellite—off the launch pad and into the first part of the flight. After its engines use all their fuel, the first stage portion of therocket separates from the rest of the launch vehicle and falls to Earth. The second stage then ignites, providing the energy necessary to lift the satellit...

• Questions pour comprendre le XXe siècle

• la philosophie dans le boudoir

• Tanzania - country.

  The population of Tanzania (2008 estimate) is 40,213,162, giving the country an overall population density of 45 persons per sq km (118 per sq mi). Yet the populationdistribution is irregular, with high densities found near fertile soils around Kilimanjaro and the shores of Lake Malawi, and comparatively low density throughout much ofthe interior of the country. In the late 1960s and 1970s the Tanzanian government resettled most of the rural population in collective farming villages as part of i...

• James Polk.

  1824. Jackson had won a plurality of the popular and electoral votes. But because he lacked a majority of the electoral votes, the House of Representatives had todecide the election among the three candidates with the highest number of electoral votes. When Henry Clay, the candidate who had come in fourth, swung his supportto Adams, Adams won the election. Polk, with his firm belief in democratic rule, held that the election of Adams was a violation of the people's will. In his first speech befo...

• James Polk

  1824. Jackson had won a plurality of the popular and electoral votes. But because he lacked a majority of the electoral votes, the House of Representatives had todecide the election among the three candidates with the highest number of electoral votes. When Henry Clay, the candidate who had come in fourth, swung his supportto Adams, Adams won the election. Polk, with his firm belief in democratic rule, held that the election of Adams was a violation of the people's will. In his first speech befo...

• William Shakespeare I INTRODUCTION William Shakespeare English playwright and poet William Shakespeare, who lived in the late 1500s and early 1600s, is regarded as the greatest dramatist in the history of English literature.

  Avon, Warwickshire, a prosperous town in the English Midlands. Based on this record and on the fact that children in Shakespeare’s time were usually baptized two orthree days after birth, April 23 has traditionally been accepted as his date of birth. The third of eight children, William Shakespeare was the eldest son of John Shakespeare, a locally prominent glovemaker and wool merchant, and Mary Arden, thedaughter of a well-to-do landowner in the nearby village of Wilmcote. The young Shakespeare...

• Nicaraguan Revolution.

  Directorate. Within a year Robelo and Violeta Chamorro left the junta, and the Council of State was reorganized to guarantee an overwhelming Sandinista majority.Elections were postponed, restrictions were placed on the media, and relations with the Roman Catholic Church became increasingly tense. Two non-Sandinistasreplaced Robelo and Chamorro on the junta, but they had little power, and the government’s relations with opposition political parties and the private business sectordeteriorated. A D...

• Cat. I INTRODUCTION Cat, small, mainly carnivorous animal, Felis silvestris catus, member of

  D Coat Colors The domestic cat's original coat color was probably grayish-brown with darker tabby stripes, a color that provides excellent camouflage in a variety of environments. Allother coat colors and patterns are the result of genetic mutations; for example, solid coat colors such as black and blue are the result of a gene that suppresses tabbystripes; an orange coat is the result of a gene that transforms black pigment to orange; and a solid white coat is the result of a gene that complet...

• Cat - biology.

  D Coat Colors The domestic cat's original coat color was probably grayish-brown with darker tabby stripes, a color that provides excellent camouflage in a variety of environments. Allother coat colors and patterns are the result of genetic mutations; for example, solid coat colors such as black and blue are the result of a gene that suppresses tabbystripes; an orange coat is the result of a gene that transforms black pigment to orange; and a solid white coat is the result of a gene that complet...

• La leçon de violon de Hoffmann

• Physics I INTRODUCTION Physics, major science, dealing with the fundamental constituents of the universe, the forces they exert on one another, and the results produced by these forces.

  Starting about 1665, at the age of 23, Newton enunciated the principles of mechanics, formulated the law of universal gravitation, separated white light into colors,proposed a theory for the propagation of light, and invented differential and integral calculus. Newton's contributions covered an enormous range of naturalphenomena: He was thus able to show that not only Kepler's laws of planetary motion but also Galileo's discoveries of falling bodies follow a combination of his ownsecond law of m...

• Telescope - astronomy.

  Observatory). In some telescopes designed in the 1990s, the mirror’s weight has been dramatically reduced by sandwiching a honeycomb pattern of glass ribs between a thin, butrigid, concave mirror and a flat back plate. Engineers have even developed meniscus mirrors—mirrors that are too thin to support their own weight. An adjustableframework supports the meniscus mirror, and servomechanical actuators, controlled by computer, continually adjust the shape of the mirror as it tracks celestial tar...

• Primo Levi, Si c'est un homme

• Fiche de lecture : Le Petit Prince (Saint-Exupéry)

• La fontaine

• Anatomy.

  The body defends itself against foreign proteins and infectious microorganisms by means of a complex dual system that depends on recognizing a portion of the surfacepattern of the invader. The two parts of the system are termed cellular immunity, in which lymphocytes are the effective agent, and humoral immunity, based on theaction of antibody molecules. When particular lymphocytes recognize a foreign molecular pattern (termed an antigen), they release antibodies in great numbers; other lymphocy...

• plasmodium (faune & Flore).

• PLATON — ARISTOTE — ÉPICURE — ÉPICTÈTE — SAINT-AUGUSTIN — SAINT-THOMAS

• pyramide (architecture)

• Kansas City (Missouri) - geography.

  Major institutions of higher education in Kansas City are a branch (established in 1929) of the University of Missouri, Avila College (1916), Rockhurst College (1910),DeVry Institute of Technology (Missouri) (1931), and the Kansas City Art Institute (1885). Schools in neighboring suburbs include Park University (1875), in Parkville,and William Jewell College (1849), in Liberty. Baptist, Nazarene, and Methodist theological schools are also located in the area. Midwest Research Institute, one of t...

• Regenwald - geographie.

  dünn bestockte Sekundärwaldgebiete. Monsunwälder sind besonders in Süd- und Südostasien anzutreffen, so z. B. in Indien, Indochina und Thailand. Typisch für die dortherrschenden Klimaverhältnisse ist eine Trockenzeit von vier bis fünf Monaten Dauer. Monsunwälder sind auch in Afrika weit verbreitet, seltener jedoch in Süd- undMittelamerika. Charakteristische Bäume der asiatischen Monsunwälder sind z. B. Teak- und Ebenholzbäume, in Südasien beherbergen die letzten erhaltenen Bestände Tigerund Indi...

• Définition et usage du mot: BEAU, BEL, BELLE, BEAUX, adjectif et substantif.

  · [En parlant d'une collectivité, d'un groupe] Une belle race (de personnes, d'animaux). · Locution périphrastique. Le beau sexe. Les femmes. Synonyme : le sexe féminin : Ø 7. Ainsi sous la domination de l'homme, le beau sexe était tout pareil à un troupeau bien conduit, et si bien morigéné, que ce troupeau en était arrivé à faire lui-même sa police, et à chasser spontanément de sa masse toutes les têtes indociles, toutes les brebis galeuses. VALÉRY LARBAUD, Fermina Marquez, 1911, page 67. SY...

• Définition et usage du mot: BEAU, BEL, BELLE, BEAUX, adjectif et substantif.

  312658 figure le bel effet! du reste, tout cela se mêlait chez lui à de grandesprétentions d'élégance, de toilette et de belle mine. VICTOR HUGO, Notre-Dame de Paris, 1832, page 281. Ø 9.... Jules se sentit plus à l'aise, plus libre de ses mouvements, plus spirituel et plus gracieux; en se séparant des deux actrices, il leur fit mêmeun salut qu'il jugea d'une distinction charmante. C'est qu'à son insu il avaitle bel aplomb de l'homme qui paie et qui est convaincu qu'on l'estime;... GUSTAVE FLAUB...

• Définition: ESPRIT, substantif masculin.

  page 159) : Ø 4. Barrès parlait des « lieux où souffle l'esprit ». Je ne crois pas qu'il en eût imaginé aucun où l'esprit soufflât davantage qu'en l'Université d'Oxford. CHARLES DE GAULLE, Mémoires de guerre, 1954, page 565. Remarque : De tels emplois dérivent d'un passage de l'Évangile selon saint Jean (III, 8), littéralement : « l'Esprit souffle où il veut ». Il est ordinairement fait allusion à ce passage pour signifier que l'intelligence est une faculté inégalement répartie. — Au figuré....