In this paper, we introduce and study a method for the numerical solution of the elliptic Monge-Ampere equation with Dirichlet boundary conditions. We formulate the Monge-Ampere equation as an optimization problem. Th...In this paper, we introduce and study a method for the numerical solution of the elliptic Monge-Ampere equation with Dirichlet boundary conditions. We formulate the Monge-Ampere equation as an optimization problem. The latter involves a Poisson Problem which is solved by the finite element Galerkin method and the minimum is computed by the conjugate gradient algorithm. We also present some numerical experiments.展开更多
Survival at tumor recurrence in soft matter, after chemotherapy, is assessed by RNA folding. It is shown that this recurrence is starting with development of a fluidlike globule;it changes the energy of soft matter;it...Survival at tumor recurrence in soft matter, after chemotherapy, is assessed by RNA folding. It is shown that this recurrence is starting with development of a fluidlike globule;it changes the energy of soft matter;it proceeds as a resonant mixing;and at the end it causes diffusion. This diffusion is interpreted as metastasis in soft matter. A tumor memory is designed for its recurrence oscillations. These oscillations are marked as positive or negative according to their influence on life stabilization or destabilization. It is demonstrated that a tumor memorizes two types of recurrences. The intensity of chemotherapy in soft matter for a tumor with such memory is obtained. Survival at tumor recurrence in soft matter, after chemotherapy, is assigned to one of the five regions of the phase diagram of the “thermalized” tumor by microenvironment. To each of these regions is collated a breast cancer survival class. It is found that the survival at tumor recurrence in soft matter, after chemotherapy, well represents actual survival of 32 patients with breast cancer.展开更多
From the end of the 19th to the dawn of the 20th century, technological development rendered the use of horse as source of energy and power progressively obsolete, promoting the displacement of its age-old utilitarian...From the end of the 19th to the dawn of the 20th century, technological development rendered the use of horse as source of energy and power progressively obsolete, promoting the displacement of its age-old utilitarian functions (transportation, work and war) as well as its social functions as a marker of distinction. Nonetheless, the advent of leisure society encouraged a redefinition of the horse and its social representations, a process spearheaded by the popular arts, especially those meant for child and youth audiences. The purpose of this article is two-fold. The first is to promote an understanding of the historical role of popular arts (literature, movies) in the evolution of the conceptualization of human-horse relationship and the concomitant entrance of horse riding into leisure society, marked by dual processes turning it into an ever-more female and youth-oriented practice. The second is to examine the actual influence of the popular equine arts and the alter ego horse paradigm that they have created on riders' current practices. The latter are examined in relation to diverse criteria such as age, gender, type of riding, length of experience, social status and nationality.展开更多
<span style="font-family:Verdana;">The paper reassesse</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family...<span style="font-family:Verdana;">The paper reassesse</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">s</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> a survival at tumor recurrence in soft matter.</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">First, the </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">stability of structural motifs</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">under shear in clusters of dipolar spheres is</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> characterized.</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Next, there are introduced transitions between polymer</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> knots and </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">rhythms of these transitions are obtained. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">sensor is built for these</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> rhythms. Treatment, with a tensile force protocol, is modeled, wh</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">en</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> the tu</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">mor in soft matter is observed by the above sensor. Survival probability, at</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> tumor recurrence in soft matter, is defined for the treatment with a tensile force protocol.</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> It is stated that the survival probability at a tensile force protocol</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> treat</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ment in</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">soft matter confirms or specifies the prognostic survival of 32 patients with</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> breast cancer.</span></span></span>展开更多
Case methods of teaching and learning are now popular worldwide in practice-oriented disciplines,especially in business educa tion programs.This reality-and-problem based methodology has attested to be more effective ...Case methods of teaching and learning are now popular worldwide in practice-oriented disciplines,especially in business educa tion programs.This reality-and-problem based methodology has attested to be more effective than the traditional inputting mode by link ing theory with practice so as to develop students' ability of creativity,analysis,leadership,communication,problem-solving and the like.However,it becomes more complicated in bilingual context due to the language difficulty.This paper,investigated under the environment of a bilingual(English-Chinese) MBA program in China through the research instruments of class observation,interview and question naire,tries to explore the perceptions of seven case leaders(professors) and their students on the case-based pedagogy in their bilingual courses,and meanwhile,analyze some features and challenges of the classroom practice of cases among these teachers and their English L2 Chinese students.展开更多
Aims Invasive species,which recently expanded,may help understand how climatic niche can shift at the time scale of the current global change.Here,we address the climatic niche shift of an invasive shrub(common gorse,...Aims Invasive species,which recently expanded,may help understand how climatic niche can shift at the time scale of the current global change.Here,we address the climatic niche shift of an invasive shrub(common gorse,Ulex europaeus)at the world and regional scales to assess how it could contribute to increasing invasibility.Methods Based on a 28187 occurrences database,we used a combination of 9 species distribution models(SDM)to assess regional climatic niche from both the native range(Western Europe)and the introduced range in different parts of the world(North-West America,South America,North Europe,Australia and New Zealand).Important Findings Despite being restricted to annual mean temperature between 4℃ and 22℃,as well as annual precipitation higher than 300 mm/year,the range of bioclimatic conditions suitable for gorse was very large.Based on a native versus introduced SDM comparison,we highlighted a niche expansion in North-West America,South America and to a lesser degree in Australia,while a niche displacement was assessed in North Europe.These niche changes induced an increase in potential occupied areas by gorse by 49,111,202 and 283%in Australia,North Europe,North-West America and South America,respectively.On the contrary,we found no evidence of niche change in New Zealand,which presents similar climatic condition to the native environment(Western Europe).This study highlights how niche expansion and displacement of gorse might increase invasibility at regional scale.The change in gorse niche toward new climatic conditions may result from adaptive plasticity or genetic evolution and may explain why it has such a high level of invasibility.Taking into account the possibility of a niche shift is crucial to improve invasive plants management and control.展开更多
文摘In this paper, we introduce and study a method for the numerical solution of the elliptic Monge-Ampere equation with Dirichlet boundary conditions. We formulate the Monge-Ampere equation as an optimization problem. The latter involves a Poisson Problem which is solved by the finite element Galerkin method and the minimum is computed by the conjugate gradient algorithm. We also present some numerical experiments.
文摘Survival at tumor recurrence in soft matter, after chemotherapy, is assessed by RNA folding. It is shown that this recurrence is starting with development of a fluidlike globule;it changes the energy of soft matter;it proceeds as a resonant mixing;and at the end it causes diffusion. This diffusion is interpreted as metastasis in soft matter. A tumor memory is designed for its recurrence oscillations. These oscillations are marked as positive or negative according to their influence on life stabilization or destabilization. It is demonstrated that a tumor memorizes two types of recurrences. The intensity of chemotherapy in soft matter for a tumor with such memory is obtained. Survival at tumor recurrence in soft matter, after chemotherapy, is assigned to one of the five regions of the phase diagram of the “thermalized” tumor by microenvironment. To each of these regions is collated a breast cancer survival class. It is found that the survival at tumor recurrence in soft matter, after chemotherapy, well represents actual survival of 32 patients with breast cancer.
文摘From the end of the 19th to the dawn of the 20th century, technological development rendered the use of horse as source of energy and power progressively obsolete, promoting the displacement of its age-old utilitarian functions (transportation, work and war) as well as its social functions as a marker of distinction. Nonetheless, the advent of leisure society encouraged a redefinition of the horse and its social representations, a process spearheaded by the popular arts, especially those meant for child and youth audiences. The purpose of this article is two-fold. The first is to promote an understanding of the historical role of popular arts (literature, movies) in the evolution of the conceptualization of human-horse relationship and the concomitant entrance of horse riding into leisure society, marked by dual processes turning it into an ever-more female and youth-oriented practice. The second is to examine the actual influence of the popular equine arts and the alter ego horse paradigm that they have created on riders' current practices. The latter are examined in relation to diverse criteria such as age, gender, type of riding, length of experience, social status and nationality.
文摘<span style="font-family:Verdana;">The paper reassesse</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">s</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> a survival at tumor recurrence in soft matter.</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">First, the </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">stability of structural motifs</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">under shear in clusters of dipolar spheres is</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> characterized.</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Next, there are introduced transitions between polymer</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> knots and </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">rhythms of these transitions are obtained. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">sensor is built for these</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> rhythms. Treatment, with a tensile force protocol, is modeled, wh</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">en</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> the tu</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">mor in soft matter is observed by the above sensor. Survival probability, at</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> tumor recurrence in soft matter, is defined for the treatment with a tensile force protocol.</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> It is stated that the survival probability at a tensile force protocol</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> treat</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ment in</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">soft matter confirms or specifies the prognostic survival of 32 patients with</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> breast cancer.</span></span></span>
文摘Case methods of teaching and learning are now popular worldwide in practice-oriented disciplines,especially in business educa tion programs.This reality-and-problem based methodology has attested to be more effective than the traditional inputting mode by link ing theory with practice so as to develop students' ability of creativity,analysis,leadership,communication,problem-solving and the like.However,it becomes more complicated in bilingual context due to the language difficulty.This paper,investigated under the environment of a bilingual(English-Chinese) MBA program in China through the research instruments of class observation,interview and question naire,tries to explore the perceptions of seven case leaders(professors) and their students on the case-based pedagogy in their bilingual courses,and meanwhile,analyze some features and challenges of the classroom practice of cases among these teachers and their English L2 Chinese students.
基金supported by the Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique(CNRS)the MARIS Agence Nationale de la Recherche project(ANR grant ANR-14-CE03-0007-01)Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique(INRA Institute).
文摘Aims Invasive species,which recently expanded,may help understand how climatic niche can shift at the time scale of the current global change.Here,we address the climatic niche shift of an invasive shrub(common gorse,Ulex europaeus)at the world and regional scales to assess how it could contribute to increasing invasibility.Methods Based on a 28187 occurrences database,we used a combination of 9 species distribution models(SDM)to assess regional climatic niche from both the native range(Western Europe)and the introduced range in different parts of the world(North-West America,South America,North Europe,Australia and New Zealand).Important Findings Despite being restricted to annual mean temperature between 4℃ and 22℃,as well as annual precipitation higher than 300 mm/year,the range of bioclimatic conditions suitable for gorse was very large.Based on a native versus introduced SDM comparison,we highlighted a niche expansion in North-West America,South America and to a lesser degree in Australia,while a niche displacement was assessed in North Europe.These niche changes induced an increase in potential occupied areas by gorse by 49,111,202 and 283%in Australia,North Europe,North-West America and South America,respectively.On the contrary,we found no evidence of niche change in New Zealand,which presents similar climatic condition to the native environment(Western Europe).This study highlights how niche expansion and displacement of gorse might increase invasibility at regional scale.The change in gorse niche toward new climatic conditions may result from adaptive plasticity or genetic evolution and may explain why it has such a high level of invasibility.Taking into account the possibility of a niche shift is crucial to improve invasive plants management and control.