jean-jacques rousseau, écrivain illustre et philosophe révolutionnaire de l’âge des lumières, a recouru pendant les dernières années de sa vie à l’écriture des ouvrages autobiographiques. il y refléta le véritable portrait de soi-même grâce à une mémoire encombrée de souvenirs tumultueux. son œuvre autobiographique qui comprend les confessions, les dialogues et les rêveries du promeneur solitai...

Abstract This is an introduction to and translation of the Vase Deathless Ones’ Ambrosia Tantra . The presents itself as a treasure text that was taught by Padmasambhava in eighth-century Tibet finally revealed five hundred years later. In opening chapter, explains devastating epidemic disease will spread ultimately kill three out every four people world. Despite this dire prognosis, he also me...

a la fin du xixe siècle, avec la crise du roman naturaliste, le genre romanesque tombe en disgrâce et ne reprendra son essor que quinze ans plus tard pour dominer tout le xxe siècle. certains romanciers demeurent encore fidèles aux lois traditionnelles du roman et ont l’intention de présenter des êtres vivants affrontant des circonstances que le lecteur juge réelles. chez un romancier tel que r...

the effects of salicylic acid (sa) and putrescine (put), on cut narcissus was studied. sa (0, 100 and 200 mg l-1) and put (0, 150 and 300 mg l-1), their combinations were tested as preservative mixture. this study was conducted in a factorial experiment with complete randomized design on 108 narcissus cut flowers in horticulture laboratory of agriculture faculty of islamic azad university, jiro...

Neural variability in responding to identical repeated stimuli has been related to trial-by-trial fluctuations in ongoing activity, yet the neural and perceptual consequences of these fluctuations remain poorly understood. Using functional neuroimaging, we recorded brain activity in subjects who reported perceptual decisions on an ambiguous figure, Rubin's vase-faces picture, which was briefly ...

With their attractive flowers and wildly diverse forms, orchids are a mainstay of the global floricultural trade. New varieties with improved floral characters and extended vase-life are continuously being generated by classical breeding techniques, though the selection process is necessarily time-consuming and remains a major obstacle to the rapid production of commercially-valuable orchids. M...