Abstract This study uses luminescence and 14 C accelerator mass spectrometry procedures to date relevant glaciofluvial glacial deposits from the south-central southeastern Pyrenees (Andorra–France–Spain). We distinguish two types of end-moraine complexes: (1) those in which at least a far-flung moraine exists beyond frequently nested complex (the most common) (2) close-nested end encompasses cy...

A case of human brucellosis was diagnosed in France in January 2012. The investigation demonstrated that the case had been contaminated by raw milk cheese from a neighbouring dairy farm. As France has been officially free of bovine brucellosis since 2005, veterinary investigations are being conducted to determine the origin of the infection and avoid its spread among other herds. Hypotheses abo...

Vespa Velutina (Vespidae family, Genus Vespa) (VV) is a wasp whose origin is Asia. It was first found in Europe by the end of 2005 in southern France, even though its arrival probably took place in Bordeaux in a wood container one year before. Since then, they have spread throughout 32 departments in France, getting to Guipuzcoa by 2011 and are already present in Navarre, attacking beehives, ca...

Anne Philippe Laboratoire de Statistique et Probabilités, FRE CNRS 2222, Université de Lille 1, Bat M2 59655 Villeneuve D’Ascq cedex, France Christian P. Robert CREST, INSEE, and CEREMADE, Université Paris Dauphine, 75775 Paris cedex 16, France Summary. We provide an exact simulation algorithm that produces variables from truncated Gaussian distributions on via a perfect sampling scheme, based ...

Since there was almost no information available in France on the environmental properties and on the emissions to indoor air of building products placed on the market, CSTB proposed a global evaluation scheme of the environmental and health-based characteristics of building products. This evaluation scheme has been introduced in France in 2003, on a voluntary basis, as a complement of the Techn...

europeans were the major actors of the world political scene in the 19th century. france sought to defeat its rivals in napaleanic era but the unification of other european powers lead to the defeat of france and the establishment of germany through the changes in the political map of europe. the german strategists, through entering international interactions challenged the other political play...

This study describes the management and products of the Gasconne cattle in two neighbouring countries (Spainand France), as a model study in trans-border breeds, analysing if they are significantly different depending on the place where they are located. Fifty-seven Gasconne breeders were interviewed (32 inSpainand 25 inFrance). The survey examined several aspects of the productive farming syst...