Anecdotes et histoire d’une vie aliène

Histoire de la notion de vie

but it has also involved a narrowing of the perspective. Few subjects more certainly demand an international perspective than war. To mention only a couple of facts that support this remark, let me remind the reader that: (1) as the aggressive interpretation of Darwinism was often presented as a typical German craze, something more should have been said on Germany at least; (2) there were natio...

Anecdotes

The well-known Arpanet was the first operational packet-switching network. 1 Almost completely unknown is what we claim was the second operational packet-switching network, the LFK Network—although, admittedly , it was a fairly minimal network. Work on the LFK Network began in fall 1970, and it was installed and accepted by fall 1972. It was used as part of a logistics system relating to the No...

Éditorial: Informatique et qualité de vie

Visualisation et classification des parcours de vie

Résumé. Cet article propose une méthodologie pour la visualisation et la classification des parcours de vie. Plus spécifiquement, nous considérons les parcours de vie d’individus suisses nés durant la première moitié du XXème siècle en utilisant les données provenant de l’enquête biographique rétrospective menée en 2002 par le Panel suisse de ménages. Nous nous sommes concentrés sur ces événeme...

Functional limitations and overweight among migrants in the Histoire de Vie study (Insee, 2003).

BACKGROUND In France, epidemiological data on immigrant population are limited since characterization of immigrants is viewed as a sensitive issue. The Histoire de Vie survey has enabled the description of the association of immigration characteristics and two health indicators. METHODS Health-related functional limitations and overweight status (BMI> or =25 kg/m(2)) were studied among 18 to ...