... that arose between
honoring traditional honor, and honoring one’s individual psyche, can be conveyed in a story
from World War II.
In 1943, coming off his dazzling victories in the Sicily campaign, ... society the upper classes were trying to build. Gentlemen no longer felt that
maintaining an increasingly anemic concept of honor was worth dying or even fighting over;
they considered themselves ... psychoanalysis, and Jung’s interpretation of dreams, people began to be more
interested in the individual workings of their mind and the variations of their unique psyche.
Whereas in a traditional honor...
... been
successful in reaching their objec tives in one forum and not in another,
thus creating various treaties with apparently conflicting provisions. In
turn, the applicable international obligations stemming ... (1983) 60 (1) Annuaire de l’institut de droit international 332–33. C. Chinkin,
“The Challenge of Soft Law: Development and Change in International Law” (1989) 38
(4) International and Comparative ... “Toward Relative
Normativity in International Law” (1983) 77 American Journal of International Law 436;
R. Baxter, “International Law in ‘Her In nite Variety’”, (1980) 29 International and
Comparative...
... suspiciously before letting me in.
It was very dark inside: I could see nothing except a aring
gas-jet that illuminated a patch of plaster wall, throwing ev-
erything else into deeper shadow. ... kill them in hecatombs. Some-
F B P B.
ere were only two sinks, and no washing basin, and it
was nothing unusual for a waiter to wash his face in the wa-
ter in which ... crockery was rinsing. But the customers
saw nothing of this. ere were a coco-nut mat and a mir-
ror outside the dining-room door, and the waiters used to
preen themselves up and go in looking the...
... people behind him and
borne on by the current. He went down the
Boulevard de Strasbourg, seeing nothing,
bumping awkwardly into the passers-by.
He had eaten nothing since morning. The
turning to ... seat
again in the train for Paris. Night was over
the fields that were soaked with the rain.
The hard lights of the stations accentuated
the sadness of the interminable plain
buried in darkness. ... showing his old
schoolfellow his importance and his new
duties, and the elegance of his Parisian
manners. He was not lying in expressing
his surprise: a visit from Christophe was
the last thing in...
... model (Eq. (8)) are
shown in Table III. The slope γ
ij
decreased with increasing
stand density and increasing admixture of beech. The slope
increased with increasing site index. Stand age had no ... example, in the “Tillaie” natural forest reserve in
Fontainebleau /France, beech dominates oak as on many other
sites in northern France, but in the drier site conditions of cen-
tral France (e.g., ... thinning, while for beech
γ increases after thinning with no change in σ. Thus thinning favours
large beech trees more than large oak trees.
3. METHODS
The methods are structured to analyse in uencing...
... Common as well
as marginal site conditions must be sampled with the same
intensity and, since marginal site conditions are sparse, sam-
pling efforts must be largely devoted to finding those sites.
4.2. ... Liming in moderate doses on sites showing
nutrient deficiencies can stimulate the absorption capacity of
the sessile oak root system by enlarging fine roots and thereby
improving uptake of mineral ... predicting
site index in various ecological conditions and forest species
[22, 25].
In France, most of these studies are being criticised because
they have not provided enough precise results in...
... environmental factors in Pinus sylvestris
L. stands in southern Finland, Vegetatio 93 (1991) 57–72.
[42] Nieppola J., Long-term vegetation changes in stands of Pinus syl-
vestris in southern Finland, J. ... supporting a dominant relationship between
understory vegetation and site productivity in mature stands of
Pinus sylvestris in southern Finland. Using a comparable
method, the first ordination ... species in the East, 123 in the West,
and 101 present in both regions. The CA was applied to presence-
absence data with tree species split into 3 layers. Principal coordinates
were interpreted...
... 10.1051/forest:2003013
Original article
Wind-firmness in Pinus pinaster Aït. stands in Southwest France:
influence of stand density, fertilisation and breeding
in two experimental stands damaged during the 1999 storm
Véronique ... dominant pines
rather than on mean pines. This observation has also been
made in several studies conducted previously, showing a
considerable increase in forest vulnerability when the
dominant individuals ... of leaning pines has been mainly correlated with
crown length in the dominant storey. When it increases, the
level of leaning pines decreases. This relation may be the
translation of the interaction...
... 17 m (top of the scaffoldings)
and for a period extending from DOY 118 to 250: wind speed, using
a switching anemometer (Vector Instruments, UK); rainfall, using a
rain gauge (ARG 100, Campbell ... their volumes in 1998 (V
98
) and
annual volume increments in 1995 (dV
95
) were obtained (in the same
way as for branch increment samples).
As the relative volume increments of the increment samples ... 577588
â INRA, EDP Sciences, 2004
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2004053
Original article
Biomass increment and carbon balance of ash (Fraxinus excelsior)
trees in an experimental stand in northeastern France
Noël...
... region in-
cluded in this study, the final total volume was 118 Mm
3
for SII and 124 Mm
3
for SI (figure 9). Despite the in-
creasing intensity of final cuts and thinnings, the simula-
tions indicated ... finally slightly more wood was thinned
in SI. The accumulation of wood observed during
1978–1988 in the age classes under 50 years, was the
main reason for which the thinnings increased during
1988–1998 ... scenarios the number of
thinnings and the final cuts are determined as a function
c
g
or c
0
[5, 25, 29]. Since Maugé [28] had indicated that
thinnings and final harvests in the region tended to...
...
subplots.
In
each
subplot,
height
of
the
highest
seedling
in
each
square
meter
(’dominant’
population )
was
measured
at
the
beginning
of
the
experiment.
For
comparing
seedling ...
is
interesting
to
consider
the
effects
of
the
PKCa
fertilization
in
the
light
of
the
initial
N/P
ratio
in
the
leaves
and
of
the
available
P2O5
content
in
the
soil.
In ...
beginning
of
the
experiment,
the
height
increment
between
autumn
1980
and
autumn
1982,
and
the
diameter
in
autumn
1990.
The
PKCa
treat-
ment
did
not
result
in
any
gain...
...
regional
scale
(Lor-
raine
Plain),
including
Q
pubescens.
We
studied
inter-
and
intraspecific
variations,
and
their
link
with
ecological
constraints.
In
this
preliminary
paper,
only ...
introgres-
sion.
A
huge
body
of
literature
has
been
published
with
this
thinking
in
mind,
(see
eg,
Kissling,
1983;
Minihan
and
Rushton,
1984,
for
the
most
recent
papers).
Only
a
few ...
forestières,
INRA
Nancy,
54280
Champenoux,
France
Summary —
Morphological
variability
of
oaks
in
Lorraine
(northeastern
France) ,
was
studied.
Eight
hundred oaks
were
sampled
in...
...
was
no
significant
increasing
trend
in
the
average
radial
growth
rate
found
in
a
preliminary
analysis
using
the
same
methodology
in
northeastern
France
using
oak
at
low
alti-
tudes ...
retreat
of
pedunculate
oak,
including
severe
episodic
declines,
in
favour
of
sessile
oak
in
many
regions
of
France.
A
model
was
created
using
a
combination
of
meteorological ...
a
varying
admixture
of
beech
during
years
y and
y+
1.
In
contrast,
these
conditions
would
stimulate
root
growth
dur-
ing
year
y
which,
in
turn,
would
result
in
increased...
...
between-stands
(including
age,
site,
silvicultural
and
genetic
effects),
with-
in- stands
(including
genetic
and
tree-to-
tree
competition
effects)
and
within-tree
variability
(including
age, ...
various
densities.
Original
article
Branchiness
of
Norway
spruce
in
northeastern
France:
predicting
the
main
crown
characteristics
from
usual
tree
measurements
F Colin
F
Houllier
1
INRA,
Centre ...
out
in
or-
der
to
investigate
more
precisely
the
influ-
ence
of
genetics
and
of
tree
social
status
in
a
modelling
context.
Also,
information
con-
cerning
small
internodal...
... a cer-
tain use, are "inefficient" or "toxic" when introduced to
clinical trials.
Our research indicates that a large number of plants
used intraditional healing in Northern ... Program in Comple-
mentary Medicine and the Pan American Health Organi-
zation recently compared Complementary Medicine to
allopathic medicine in clinics and hospitals operating
within the Peruvian ... and prevent illnesses or maintain well-
being." [1] is used globally and has rapidly growing eco-
nomic importance. In developing countries, Traditional
Medicine is often the only accessible...