Yan Maury, Les HLM. L’État providence vu d’en bas

Introductory Guide to HLM With HLM 7 Software

H LM software has been one of the leading statistical packages for hierarchical linear modeling due to the pioneering work of Stephen Raudenbush and Anthony Bryk, who created the software and authored the leading text on hierarchical linear and nonlinear modeling (Bryk & Raudenbush, 1992; Raudenbush & Bryk, 2002). Though differences among software packages’ capabilities have diminished over tim...

Codage de la parole a bas et tres bas debits

This paper reviews the main algorithms for speech coding at low and very low bit rates, from 50 bps to 4000 bps. Then the HSX technique for coding at 1200 bps and a new segmental method with automatically derived units for very low bit rate coding are presented in details.

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement failure: déjà vu ou jamais vu?

T he past half decade has seen transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) emerge as the standard of care for inoperable and high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis: randomized data have demonstrated reduced mortality with TAVR compared with medical therapy or surgery in these respective situations. Accordingly, recent research efforts have reorientated from establishing the short-term...

Thailand Loburi Providence-thamkrabok Monastery

The primary objectives of my funded research were two fold in construct and dealt with systems of management on both an industrial and individual level. The first was to examine the environmental and socio-economic burdens of resource management in relation to copper ore extraction in Chile, the world’s largest copper producer. Secondly, I visited a unique detoxification program at the Thamkrab...

Providence, Freedom, and Human Destiny