University Of Bordeaux Research Articles

Applicability of low temperature high-resolution fluorescence spectroscopy to the analysis of nitro and amino polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

In order to enable the analysis of nitro and amino polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) isomers in the environment, the applicability of low temperature high-resolution fluorescence spectroscopy (HRFS) using a frozen n-alkane solution (Shpol'skii matrix) has been studied. 22 nitro PAHs were treated with potassium borohydride (KBH 4) to be reduced into fluorescent amino PAHs, and spectral measurements of reduction products were carried out. Reduction products of 14 nitro PAHs exhibited high-resolution fluorescence spectra. Furthermore, the reproducibility of the reduction reaction and wavelength agreements of the narrow bands in measured spectra were confirmed by comparing spectra obtained at two laboratories in France (the University of Bordeaux I) and Japan (NIRE).

A new process for preparation of microcrystallites : G. Demazeau et al (University of Bordeaux, Talence, France)

A new process for preparation of microcrystallites : G. Demazeau et al (University of Bordeaux, Talence, France)

Francisco García Sarriá (1927–1994)

Paco Sarriá, like other Spaniards of his generation, began his academic career studying Law. He took his first degree at the University of Murcia in 1949. After completing military service, in the middle of the Franco years, he left Spain for France. He took his Licence-ès-Lettres at the University of Bordeaux, where he also met Betty Stone, his wife-to-be. But he never cut himself off from Spain. Family and other ties remained firm, and he regularly returned to Alicante, his birthplace and home of his mother. Over several years he taught Spanish language and literature in, successively, Casablanca, London and back in Bordeaux at the Institut d’Études Ibériques et Ibéro-américaines. These were the years of Noël Salomon. He had reoriented his studies and here began his serious interest in the modern Spanish novel. He might well have made his career in France, but instead, in 1966, he took the opportunity to join the Department of Hispanic Studies at Edinburgh under A. A. Parker. He virtually stepped into the shoes of his old friend and classmate from Murcia days, Javier Herrero, who had just left for America.

Francisco García Sarriá (1927-1994)

Paco Sarria, like other Spaniards of his generation, began his academic career studying Law. He took his first degree at the University of Murcia in 1949. After completing military service, in the middle of the Franco years, he left Spain for France. He took his Licence-es-Lettres at the University of Bordeaux, where he also met Betty Stone, his wife-to-be. But he never cut himself off from Spain. Family and other ties remained firm, and he regularly returned to Alicante, his birthplace and home of his mother. Over several years he taught Spanish language and literature in, successively, Casablanca, London and back in Bordeaux at the Institut d’Etudes Iberiques et Ibero-americaines. These were the years of Noel Salomon. He had reoriented his studies and here began his serious interest in the modern Spanish novel. He might well have made his career in France, but instead, in 1966, he took the opportunity to join the Department of Hispanic Studies at Edinburgh under A. A. Parker. He virtually stepped into t...

The human side of the nuclear safety issue

Historically, scientists have been primarily concerned with the technical integrity of their own specialty within the rest of the technical community. No one saw a need to establish dialogue with the general public, special interest groups or women's groups about decisions governed by their own professions. Public support, confidence and respect came automatically. As society became more complex, this mode of operation by scientists became even more intense while institutions became more and more unwieldy. At the same time they failed to note a rather dramatic change slowly taking place -- the public began making their decisions for them -- decisions based many times on propaganda not fact. Jacques Ellul, professor of law and social history at the University of Bordeaux, wrote in his book, Propaganda, that modern propaganda cannot work without modern mass media communications or without education. It is most disconcerting that he designates intellectuals as being the most vulnerable to modern propaganda. These same intellectuals form a segment of society that is philosophical, serious, articulate, well-educated but non-numerate -- a segment that contemplates the scientific approach with something close to repugnance. It is no wonder then that some young people don't trust technical people. The spokespersons for this segment of society -- artists, writers, media people and social activists -- have been telling young people to be wary of technology and technologists because: Mechanical linear thought allowed free rein is dangerous to living things. Isolated, narrowly focused rationality is pathologic and destructive of life. Logic is insufficient. The life blood of planet earth depends upon gut level decisions. The very nature of a society organized around economic growth tends to undermine any feeling of contentment and satisfaction. In other words, economic prosperity is harmful to our well being. Left unchallenged, our sons and daughters will grow up believing that nuclear power is the most visible and potent symbol of a technological society gone amok, and it must be destroyed. Fortunately, the scientific community now recognizes that public support, confidence and respect no longer come automatically; they must be cultivated and earned.

Editorial

Quality and Reliability Engineering InternationalVolume 10, Issue 4 p. 253-253 EditorialFree Access Editorial N. Labat, N. Labat IXL—(URA 846-CNRS) University of Bordeaux 351 Cours de la Libération 33405 Talence, FranceSearch for more papers by this authorA. Touboul, A. Touboul IXL—(URA 846-CNRS) University of Bordeaux 351 Cours de la Libération 33405 Talence, FranceSearch for more papers by this author N. Labat, N. Labat IXL—(URA 846-CNRS) University of Bordeaux 351 Cours de la Libération 33405 Talence, FranceSearch for more papers by this authorA. Touboul, A. Touboul IXL—(URA 846-CNRS) University of Bordeaux 351 Cours de la Libération 33405 Talence, FranceSearch for more papers by this author First published: 1994 https://doi.org/10.1002/qre.4680100402AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL No abstract is available for this article. References 1 A. Birolini, Quality and Reliability of Technical Systems, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1994. 2 W. Gerling, Integration of efforts for the reliability of microelectronic devices, Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 10, 255– 261 (1994) — this issue. 3 J. F. Verweij, A. C. Brombacher and M. M. Lunenborg, ‘Component lifetime modelling,’ Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 10, 263– 271 (1994) — this issue. 4 C. Russ, H. Gieser, P. Egger and S. Irl, ‘Compact electrothermal simulation of ESD-protection elements’, Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 10, 335– 340 (1994) — this issue. 5 J. R. Lloyd, ‘Reliability modelling for electromigration failure’, Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 10, 303– 308 (1994) — this issue. 6 W. Claeys, V. Quintard, S. Dilhaire, D. Lewis and Y. Danto, ‘Early detection of ageing in solder joints through laser probe thermal analysis of the Peltier effect’, Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 10, 289– 295 (1994) — this issue. Volume10, Issue41994Pages 253-253 ReferencesRelatedInformation

Helium-Oxygen Mixture in Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Service of Neonatal Reanimation, Pellegrin Hospital, and Physiology Laboratory, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

フランスのワイン醸造学 (III)

フランスのワイン醸造学 (III)

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Mathematical Analysis of Miscible Displacement in Porous Medium

When modeling miscible fluid displacement in porous medium [Stud. Math. Appl., 17 (1986)], [Mathematical and Computational Method in Seismic Exploration and Reservoir Modeling, SIAM, pp. 108–127] variation with temperature of such physically relevant parameters as viscosity and thermal conductivity needs to be considered [Goyeau, thesis, Universite Bordeaux I, 1988]. The dependence of dispersion with velocity is also important when modeling pollution problems. In so doing, one is led to a system of a nonlinear parabolic equation coupled with a Darcy or a Darcy–Forchheimer type equation; natural boundary conditions are supplemented.A mathematical analysis of such a problem is performed in a cylindrical domain corresponding to a reservoir. A notion of weak solutions is introduced for the two unknown functions: temperature and velocity. The existence of at least one such solution is proved. This is achieved upon introducing a positive time-lag in the nonlinearities featuring in the energy equation. It leads ...

Analysis of decision centres and information flow in project management

The use of the GRAI method to analyse decision centres and information flow in the management of a large project is described. The grai method was developed at the University of Bordeaux in 1980 and has been used on numerous occasions to assist in the design and implementation of production management systems. The paper demonstrates that the technique can also be used in the project management environment to identify inconsistencies in the management structure and the flow of information between decision centres.

Peripheral blood The International Journal of Cell Cloning contain pluripotent cells

Journal Article Peripheral blood The International Journal of Cell Cloning contain pluripotent cells Get access Alison Rice, Alison Rice Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Hǒpital Haut-Levěque, CHR Bordeaux, Pessac and URA CNRS 1456, University of Bordeaux II, Bordeaux, France Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Josy Reiffers Josy Reiffers Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Hǒpital Haut-Levěque, CHR Bordeaux, Pessac and URA CNRS 1456, University of Bordeaux II, Bordeaux, France Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The International Journal Of Cell Cloning, Volume 10, Issue S1, 1992, Pages 101–107, https://doi.org/10.1002/stem.5530100734 Published: 01 January 1996

In the Families' Ways

It has been 100 years since Emile Durkheim completed his seventeenth and last lecture on the at the University of Bordeaux in 1892 (Simpson 1965). Like Frederic LePlay, in Les Ouvrie'res Europefens (1855), before him, Durkheim was dismayed by the change he saw occurring in that period. In 1906, he published a prophetic analysis of a form of divorce, which sounds suspiciously like some aspects of no-fault divorce (Wright and Stetson 1978), in which he warned of the dangers of reducing external controls over the (Bynder 1969). Frederick Engels, however, in The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (1884) saw the disappearance of the of his era as a clear benefit, especially for women. Family change and conflicting judgments about it have continued over this century, and both appear to have reached a climax in its last decades. As the above quotations from current scholars illustrate, there is no absence of yea saying or nay saying with respect to the viability of the as an institution or to families as organized groups. The authors of the six books reviewed in the following symposium all in one way or another show the changes to this point, in the context of carryovers from the past. Nonspecialists in the area will want to know what this brood of books can tell them about families today and whether they should add them to their pile of publications to read. I shall leave it to the reviewers of the particular books to assist readers with that last judgment. My comments will concentrate on the overall themes these books highlight or bring to mind. Underlying any assessment of studies is the uncomfortable knowledge that its practitioners face an audience who think they already know it all. Not only have most people personally enjoyed or survived life, but for those who want another perspective, novelists and populizers supply more felicitous accounts of the daily round of life than does the painstaking work of researchers. However, the increasing attention the media pay to the pronouncements of scholars shows the public's dependence upon their work to determine how the state of their own families fits into the overall picture of change. But beyond charting where we are and where we may be if current trends continue, these authors make clear that we are now dealing with the sociology of families rather than sociology. Cohabitation, unwed parenthood, marriage, and remarriage are the stuff of which today's families are made. Illustrated most dramatically in the two atypical case lineages of Judith Stacey's Brave New Families, the combinations of coresidents in intimate relationships indicate a variety not envisioned in Aldous Huxley's dystopia published some sixty years ago. How we got to this do your own family style while maintaining allegiance to perma-

19-hydroxytubotaiwine : total synthesis. Assignment of absolute configuration to a natural isomer

A total synthesis of two isomers of racemic 19-hydroxytubotaiwine from tryptamine is described 1 1 This work is a part of PhD thesis : Nkiliza, J. Synthèse totale de la 19-hydroxytubotaiwine et préparation d'indoloazépines de type Iboga, University of Bordeaux II 1990. . The absolute configuration of one of the two natural ones is defined by a NMR and X-ray study of intermediate.

XV congress and general assembly of the IUCr

Abstract The XV Congress and General Assembly of the IUCr met in Bordeaux, France on the campus of the University of Bordeaux, July 19-28, 1990. Nearly 2000 scientists attended with representatives from qost of the countries of the world, since crystallography covers so many diverse fields. The format of the Congress was to begin each morning with two main lectures in parallel – one devoted to biological subjects and one to some other area of crystallography. These lectures were followed by six or seven microsymposia in specific fields. The afternoons were reserved for poster sessions and viewing the commercial exhibits. There were a few evening lectures by award winners, for example Nobel Laureate R. Huber and Ewald Medal Awardee B. K. Vainshtein.

The size of the pulmonary arteries and the results of the Fontan operation

All patients (n = 334) undergoing the Fontan operation at the University of Bordeaux, France, and the University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, were entered into a single data base to examine the relation, if any, between size of the pulmonary arteries and outcome. Recent follow-up was made of all patients. The time-related freedom from death or takedown of the Fontan operation was 78% at 1 month, 73% at 6 months, and 72%, 68%, 61%, and 50% at 1, 5, 10, and 15 years after the operation. The hazard function (instantaneous risk of the combined event at each moment in time after the operation) had a rapidly declining early phase that gave way at about 6 months to a late phase of hazard, which began slowly to rise about 8 years after the operation. One of the most powerful risk factors for death or takedown of the Fontan operation was the dimensions of the right and left pulmonary arteries, expressed as a McGoon ratio. By multivariate analysis, the risk of the combined event increased sharply when the McGoon ratio was less than about 1.8, and when the ratio was as low as 1.2 the probability of death or takedown within 30 days of the operation was predicted to be 55% when the right atrium was connected to the pulmonary artery and 34% when connected to the right ventricle. Other risk factors identified were age at operation, the presence of mitral atresia, the degree of main chamber hypertrophy, elevated pulmonary artery pressure, non-use of cardioplegia, global myocardial ischemic time, and attachment of the right atrium to the pulmonary artery rather than to the right ventricle.

An Expert System for Industrial Process Identification

An expert identification package would be a very useful1 tool as soon as every industrial process identification problem requires a great knowledge of identification methods and a good experience of technological rea1izations. It must be composed with a control mechanism, a set of inference rules, an algorithms base and the interfaces allowing conversation between all these blocks. We present here some generalities about the identification problem, the required structure of the expert knowledge and the specifications on the control mechanism.A demonstration model has been developed, using ELISE, an expert system shell developed at University of Bordeaux I.

Discussion on How and When Can This Approach Be Applied and Initial Reactions

Panelists (Industry Representatives): Dr Suzanne Streichenwein, Drug Safety, Hoechst AG Medical Department, Frankfurt, West Germany; Dr Michel Auriche, Head of Drug Safety Department, Medical and Scientific Development, Rhone-Poulene Sante, Les Miroirs, France; Dr Jan Venulet, Ciba-Geigy Medical Department, Basle, Switzerland; Dr J. Richard Crout, Boehringer Mannheim, Rockville, Maryland (Regulatory Representatives): Dr Bengt-Erik Wiholm, National Board of Health and Welfare, Department of Drugs, Uppsala, Sweden; and Dr Bernard Begaud, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux Cedex, France

John Cherry wins Horton Award

The recipient of the 1985 Robert T. Horton Award is John Cherry. As John's colleague and friend for the past 12 years, it is a great privilege and honor for me to have been asked to prepare the citation for this award.John received his bachelor's degree in geological engineering from the University of Saskatchewan and his M.S., also in geological engineering, from the University of California at Berkeley. After earning his Ph.D. in geology at the University of Illinois, John spent 1 year in postdoctoral study at the University of Bordeaux, France, before returning to Canada in 1967 as an assistant professor of geology at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. John joined the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Waterloo as an associate professor in 1971. At Waterloo he is currently a full professor and Director of the Institute for Groundwater Research.