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A Feast of Words

Banquets and Table Talk in the Renaissance

By: Michel Jeanneret

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A Feast of Words

Banquets and Table Talk in the Renaissance

By: Michel Jeanneret

The banquet gives rise to a special moment when thought and the senses—words and food—enhance each other. Throughout history, the ideal of the symposium has reconciled the angel and the beast in the human, renewing the interdependence between the mouth that speaks and the mouth that eats. Michel Jeanneret's lively book explores the paradigm of the banquet as a guide to significant tendencies in Renaissance Humanist culture and shows how this culture in turn illuminates the tensions between physical and mental pleasures. Ranging widely over French, Italian, German, and Latin texts, Jeanneret not only investigates the meal as a narrative artefact but enquires as well into aspects of sixteenth-century anthropology and aesthetics.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226395766

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9780226395760

Perpetual Motion

Transforming Shapes in the Renaissance from Da Vinci to Montaigne

By: Michel Jeanneret

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Perpetual Motion

Transforming Shapes in the Renaissance from Da Vinci to Montaigne

By: Michel Jeanneret

The popular conception of the Renaissance as a culture devoted to order and perfection does not account for an important characteristic of Renaissance art: many of the period's major works, including those by da Vinci, Erasmus, Michelangelo, Ronsard, and Montaigne, appeared as works-in-progress, always liable to changes and additions. In Perpetual Motion, Michel Jeanneret argues for a sixteenth century swept up in change and fascinated by genesis and metamorphosis. Jeanneret begins by tracing the metamorphic sensibility in sixteenth-century science and culture. Theories of creation and cosmology, of biology and geology, profoundly affected the perspectives of leading thinkers and artists on the nature of matter and form. The conception of humanity (as understood by Pico de Mirandola, Erasmus, Rabelais, and others), reflections upon history, the theory and practice of language, all led to new ideas, new genres, and a new interest in the diversity of experience. Jeanneret goes on to show that the invention of the printing press did not necessarily produce more stable literary texts than those transmitted orally or as hand-printed manuscripts—authors incorporated ideas of transformation into the process of composing and revising and encouraged creative interpretations from their readers, translators, and imitators. Extending the argument to the visual arts, Jeanneret considers da Vinci's sketches and paintings, changing depictions of the world map, the mythological sculptures in the gardens of Prince Orsini in Bomarzo, and many other Renaissance works. More than fifty illustrations supplement his analysis.

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JHU Press

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0801864801

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9780801864803

Mystery and Matter

On the Relationship Between Liturgy and Architecture in the Thought of Dom Hans Van Der Laan OSB (1904?1991).

By: Michel Remery

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Mystery and Matter

On the Relationship Between Liturgy and Architecture in the Thought of Dom Hans Van Der Laan OSB (1904?1991).

By: Michel Remery

Taking an interdisciplinary approach and based on yet-unexplored sources, this book offers a new synthesis of the theory and works of the Dutch monk and architect Dom Hans van der Laan from the perspective of the interrelationship between liturgy and architecture.

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BRILL

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9004182969

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9789004182967

The Living Soil

Fundamentals of Soil Science and Soil Biology

By: Jean-Michel Gobat,Michel Aragno,Willy Matthey

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The Living Soil

Fundamentals of Soil Science and Soil Biology

By: Jean-Michel Gobat,Michel Aragno,Willy Matthey

This study looks at the fundamentals of soil science and soil biology, encompassing topics such as the building blocks of the soil system and bioremediation of contaminated soils.

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Science Publishers

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1578082102

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9781578082100

Droit d’auteur 4.0 / Copyright 4.0

By: Benhamou Yaniv,Oliver Jo and Blobel Elena,Bruguière Jean-Michel,Gendreau Ysolde,Guan Wenwei,Schönberger Daniel

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Droit d’auteur 4.0 / Copyright 4.0

By: Benhamou Yaniv,Oliver Jo and Blobel Elena,Bruguière Jean-Michel,Gendreau Ysolde,Guan Wenwei,Schönberger Daniel

Cet ouvrage rassemble les contributions consacrées au droit d’auteur à l’ère du numérique et présentées lors de la Journée de Droit de la Propriété Intellectuelle (www.jdpi.ch) organisée le 22 février 2017 à l’Université de Genève. Ces contributions sont: Blocage de sites web en droit suisse : des injonctions civiles et administratives de blocage au séquestre pénal (Yaniv Benhamou) ; Website Blocking Injunctions-a decade of development (Jo Oliver/Elena Blobel) ; Le marché numérique européen : enseignements de la jurisprudence de la Cour de justice et perspectives règlementaires (Jean-Michel Bruguière) ; User-generated Content and Other Digital Copyright Challenges: A North American Perspective (Ysolde Gendreau) ; Copyright in the Digital Age: A view from Asia (Wenwei Guan) ; Deep Copyright: Up - and Downstream Questions Related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) (Daniel Schoenberger).

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de Werra Jacques, Université de Genève

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3725586624

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9783725586622

The Endothelium, Part II

EDHF-Mediated Responses "The Classical Pathway"

By: Michel Félétou

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The Endothelium, Part II

EDHF-Mediated Responses "The Classical Pathway"

By: Michel Félétou

The endothelium controls vascular tone by releasing various vasoactive substances. Additionally, another pathway associated with the hyperpolarization of both endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells contributes also to endothelium-dependent relaxations (EDHF-mediated responses). These responses involve an increase in the intracellular Ca concentration of the endothelial cells followed by the opening of Ca-activated K channels of small and intermediate conductances (SKCa and IKCa). These channels show a distinct subcellular distribution, suggesting that their activation could be elicited by distinct stimuli. Following KCa activation, the endothelial hyperpolarization can be conducted to the underlying smooth muscle cells by electrical coupling through myo-endothelial gap junctions. In addition, the potassium efflux can lead to the accumulation of potassium ions in the intercellular space and the subsequent activation of smooth muscle Kir2.1 and/or Na/K-ATPase. The hyperpolarization of the smooth muscle cells produces vascular relaxation, predominantly by closing voltage-gated calcium channels, and vasodilatation. EDHFmediated responses are altered in various pathologies or, conversely, act as a compensating mechanism when other endothelial pathways are impaired. A better characterization of EDHF-mediated responses should allow determining whether or not new drugable targets can be identified within this endothelial pathway for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Table of Contents: Endothelium-Dependent Hyperpolarizations: The Classical "EDHF" Pathway / Conclusion / References

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Biota Publishing

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1615043365

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9781615043361

The Mystic Fable, Volume Two

The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries

By: Michel de Certeau

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The Mystic Fable, Volume Two

The Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries

By: Michel de Certeau

The culmination of de Certeau's lifelong engagement with the human sciences, this volume is both an analysis of Christian mysticism during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and an application of this influential scholar's transdisciplinary historiography." --Publisher description.

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University of Chicago Press

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022620913X

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The Endothelium, Part II

Edhf-Mediated Responses the Classical Pathway

By: Michel F. L. Tou,Michel Félétou

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The Endothelium, Part II

Edhf-Mediated Responses the Classical Pathway

By: Michel F. L. Tou,Michel Félétou

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Morgan & Claypool Publishers

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1615043373

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The Endothelium

By: Michel Félétou

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The Endothelium

By: Michel Félétou

The endothelium, a monolayer of endothelial cells, constitutes the inner cellular lining of the blood vessels (arteries, veins and capillaries) and the lymphatic system, and therefore is in direct contact with the blood/lymph and the circulating cells. The endothelium is a major player in the control of blood fluidity, platelet aggregation and vascular tone, a major actor in the regulation of immunology, inflammation and angiogenesis, and an important metabolizing and an endocrine organ. Endothelial cells controls vascular tone, and thereby blood flow, by synthesizing and releasing relaxing and contracting factors such as nitric oxide, metabolites of arachidonic acid via the cyclooxygenases, lipoxygenases and cytochrome P450 pathways, various peptides (endothelin, urotensin, CNP, adrenomedullin, etc.), adenosine, purines, reactive oxygen species and so on. Additionally, endothelial ectoenzymes are required steps in the generation of vasoactive hormones such as angiotensin II. An endothelial dysfunction linked to an imbalance in the synthesis and/or the release of these various endothelial factors may explain the initiation of cardiovascular pathologies (from hypertension to atherosclerosis) or their development and perpetuation. Table of Contents: Introduction / Multiple Functions of the Endothelial Cells / Calcium Signaling in Vascular Cells and Cell-to-Cell Communications / Endothelium-Dependent Regulation of Vascular Tone / Conclusion / References

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1615041230

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Humans in the Making

In the Beginning was Technique

By: Michel J. F. Dubois

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Humans in the Making

In the Beginning was Technique

By: Michel J. F. Dubois

The human specificity can be described by verticality/bipedalism, technique use, articulated language, high cognitive capacities, complex society at three levels: body, mind, social. In this book, is proposed an evolutionary process that make better understand how such humanity could have emerged in the long time (more than 6 million years). The process is based on a very early necessity to use technic for surviving correlated with neoteny which impulsed a darwinian evolutionary process, with four distinguished punctuation described as neotenizations.

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John Wiley & Sons

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111978848X

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9781119788485

The Endothelium, Part I

Multiple Functions of the Endothelial Cells -- Focus on Endothelium-Derived Vasoactive Mediators

By: Michel Félétou

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The Endothelium, Part I

Multiple Functions of the Endothelial Cells -- Focus on Endothelium-Derived Vasoactive Mediators

By: Michel Félétou

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Biota Publishing

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1615041249

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Oxford Textbook of Headache Syndromes

By: Michel Ferrari,Andrew Charles,David Dodick,Fumihiko Sakai,Joost Haan

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Oxford Textbook of Headache Syndromes

By: Michel Ferrari,Andrew Charles,David Dodick,Fumihiko Sakai,Joost Haan

Headache syndromes rank amongst the most common presenting symptoms in general practice and neurology, affecting up to 15% of the adult population. Part of the Oxford Textbooks in Clinical Neurology series, the Oxford Textbook of Headache Syndromes provides clinicians with a definitive resource for diagnosing and managing patients with primary and secondary forms of headaches, either as isolated complaints or as part of a more complex syndrome. Split into 7 key sections with 59 chapters, this comprehensive work discusses the scientific basis and practical management of headache syndromes in a logical format. Each chapter is written by international experts in neurology who share their research and extensive experience by providing a wealth of practical advice for use in clinical situations. In addition, all content is up-to-date and chapters incorporate discussions on the latest International Classification of Headache Disorders 3rd edition when relevant.

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0192586637

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Shakespeare's Montaigne

The Florio Translation of the Essays, A Selection

By: Michel de Montaigne

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Shakespeare's Montaigne

The Florio Translation of the Essays, A Selection

By: Michel de Montaigne

An NYRB Classics Original Shakespeare, Nietzsche wrote, was Montaigne’s best reader—a typically brilliant Nietzschean insight, capturing the intimate relationship between Montaigne’s ever-changing record of the self and Shakespeare’s kaleidoscopic register of human character. And there is no doubt that Shakespeare read Montaigne—though how extensively remains a matter of debate—and that the translation he read him in was that of John Florio, a fascinating polymath, man-about-town, and dazzlingly inventive writer himself. Florio’s Montaigne is in fact one of the masterpieces of English prose, with a stylistic range and felicity and passages of deep lingering music that make it comparable to Sir Robert Burton’s Anatomy of Melancholy and the works of Sir Thomas Browne. This new edition of this seminal work, edited by Stephen Greenblatt and Peter G. Platt, features an adroitly modernized text, an essay in which Greenblatt discusses both the resemblances and real tensions between Montaigne’s and Shakespeare’s visions of the world, and Platt’s introduction to the life and times of the extraordinary Florio. Altogether, this book provides a remarkable new experience of not just two but three great writers who ushered in the modern world.

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New York Review of Books

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1590177347

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9781590177341

1913

The Cradle of Modernism

By: Jean-Michel Rabaté

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1913

The Cradle of Modernism

By: Jean-Michel Rabaté

This innovative book puts modernist literature in its cultural, intellectual, and global context, within the framework of the year 1913. Broadens the analysis of canonical texts and artistic events by showing their cultural and global parallels Examines a number of simultaneous artistic, literary, and political endeavours including those of Yeats, Pound, Joyce, Du Bois and Stravinsky Explores Pound's Personae next to Apollinaire's Alcools and Rilke's Spanish Trilogy, Edith Wharton's The Custom of the Country next to Proust's Swann's Way

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470691476

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Perpetual Motion

Transforming Shapes in the Renaissance from Da Vinci to Montaigne

By: Michel Jeanneret

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Perpetual Motion

Transforming Shapes in the Renaissance from Da Vinci to Montaigne

By: Michel Jeanneret

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Brodbeck and Roulet

By: Michel Nemec,Atelier d'architecture Brodbeck-Roulet

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Brodbeck and Roulet

By: Michel Nemec,Atelier d'architecture Brodbeck-Roulet

Swiss architectural firm Brodbeck & Roulet was established in 1978 and is now recognised as one of Europe's leading architectural ateliers. Brodbeck & Roulet projects range from administration and industry buildings to urban development and public transport, from housing developments and residentials to prominent public buildings and sites. The principal architects are Rino Brodbeck and Jacques Roulet."--Provided by publisher.

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