Sylvain Sylvain: 380 books

Qu’est-ce que le Quantpunk ? C’est la question à laquelle les douze auteurs de ce recueil ont eu à répondre, dans une tentative de créer un nouveau genre, dérivé du cyberpunk et du steampunk, faisant appel aux découvertes de la physique quantique et des technologies qui en découlent, sans...

After a little over eight months of separation, Simon Griffin is still having a hard time moving on; he is living only for his children and his work. His life love, Jane Lamer, however, seems to be on a different path. As Simon tries to fight through his emotions, he discovers new dephts to his feelings...

Ci sono libri fondamentali, “obbligati”: in una parola, imprescindibili. L’Iliade è uno di questi. Insieme con l’Odissea, è tra i testi aurei che ci ha lasciato il mondo antico, là dove si è formata la nostra cultura. L’armonia ampia e solenne del verso, la forza di rappresentazione,...

Le mot de virtuel a plusieurs définitions possibles. Il désigne ce qui est potentiel et en devenir, ce qui est présent mais non actualisé, ou encore ce qui exclut le corps et les émois pour s'en tenir au domaine des pures représentations. Mais dans tous les cas, le virtuel s'impose comme un...

Quinze auteurs vous invitent à les suivre et à plonger au coeur du continent noir. À travers leurs nouvelles mêlant mythes anciens et préoccupations modernes, cette anthologie est l’occasion d’aborder les rives de la brûlante Afrique sous un jour nouveau. En voulant éviter le tokolosh,...

Oil palm is widely cultivated in tropical countries for use in food processing, personal care products and other applications such as biodiesel. Cultivation faces a range of challenges such as its environmental impact (e.g. in deforestation and biodiversity loss) as well threats from pests and diseases....

This book focuses on nanorobotic agents and stem cells for biomedical applications.It is intended for researchers and clinicians interested in innovative diagnostic and therapeutic strategies based on nanorobots and stem cells.It presents current advances in the field of molecular machines, which could be applied to generate novel therapeutic-diagnostic systems.

This handbook elucidates approaches and methodologies that proved to be successful in West Africa. While tackling far-reaching issues, the focus remains on empowering the small-scale farmer at local level. Procedures for efficient planning and the necessary tools for training farmers are included....

The book examines how water policies, institutions and governance have shifted in recent years from supply-driven, quantitative, centrally controlled management to more demand-sensitive, decentralized participatory approaches. Such a move often also implies cost recovery principles, resource allocation...

The Analysis of Structured Securities presents the first intellectually defensible framework for systematic assessment of the credit quality of structured securities. It begins with a detailed description and critique of methods used to rate asset-backed securities, collateralized debt obligations...

En France, l’agriculture représente environ 20 % du total des émissions de gaz à effet de serre. Limiter les émissions en provenance de ce secteur devient impératif. Dans ce contexte, l’Agence de l’environnement et de la maîtrise de l’énergie, le ministère de l’Agriculture, de l’Agroalimentaire...

The international development of SMEs is an important growth vehicle for the Belgian and European economies. Yet far too few of them actually dare to take the step required. Does this mean to say that they should see internationalisation as a given? No, of course not! Internationalisation has a significant...

Le huitième colloque de l’ALN a eu pour thème la procédure d’ordre en pratique. Comme de coutume, l’accent a été mis sur l’analyse de problématiques concrètes rencontrées en la matière. Sous la plume d’un panel d’auteurs issus du monde académique, de l’administration ainsi...

Clogging of steam generators in nuclear power plants is a highly sensitive issue in terms of performance and safety and this book proposes a completely novel methodology for diagnosing this phenomenon. It demonstrates real-life industrial applications of this approach to French steam generators and...