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Optimizing rice-crayfish systems with direct seeding: Impacts on greenhouse gas emissions and economic performance
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Utiliser LibCal Seats pour mieux servir les étudiants
Full text linkeditorial reviewedThis chapter examines the evolution of library services at the University of Liège (ULiège), with a focus on the implementation and assessment of the LibCal Seats booking module. Introduced in September 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, this system was designed to manage occupancy and maintain social distancing. While initially a temporary measure, the seat booking service remains in use during peak periods. Drawing on survey data from 2022 and 2023, the chapter analyses user perceptions of the system. Results indicate strong student appreciation, particularly regarding stress reduction and equitable access to study spaces. Despite overall satisfaction, issues such as unoccupied reserved seats and an unnecessarily complex booking process emerged, leading to targeted improvements. This chapter highlights the importance of responsive, user-centred services in academic libraries. The adoption of the booking system helped address challenges such as overcrowding and "seat hogging," ultimately contributing to a more organised and accessible environment. The case study illustrates how technology can enhance library service delivery, offering insights for institutions seeking to optimise space management. The continued evaluation of the system reflects a broader commitment to adapting services in alignment with user needs and institutional priorities
The Order of the Bundle. The Political Materialities of Writing: A Critical Introduction
No full textpeer reviewedCe texte est une contribution épistémologique et méthodologique : il propose un programme d'enquête précis autour d'une unité opératoire : le portefeuille de ministre – infrastructure mobile où s'ordonnent liasses, minutes, renvois et mémoires. Cette contribution propose ainsi une heuristique de l'État par les objets, les formats et les états diplomatiques. L'argument articule une anthropologie de l'écriture (gestes, formats, chaîne d'écriture), une nouvelle archivistique (écologies documentaires, temporalités de conservation-circulation) et une diplomatique refondée (formes, preuves et performativité des pièces), en les arrimant à des outils éprouvés : biographie culturelle des choses (Kopytoff), acteur-réseau (Latour), dispositif pouvoir/savoir (Foucault), séquences d'action (Abbott), auto-description des sous-systèmes (Luhmann), file studies (Vismann ; Riles). Le portefeuille n'est pas un simple contenant : c'est un dispositif opératoire qui trie, hiérarchise, synchronise et matérialise des séquences d'écriture et de décision. Le texte en propose une grammaire descriptive (types d'unités, opérations, transitions, régimes de secret/publicité) et un protocole de recherche transférable : repérage des formats et des marques d'usage ; cartographie des chaînes (listes/liasses/chemises) ; description des transitions (annotation, extraction, réordonnancement) ; restitution des couplages avec le droit et la politique. Cette introduction méthodologique ambitionne de donner des outils de lecture pour conduire des enquêtes sur pièces et gisements (règlements, formulaires, arrêts et registres), au-delà de la première modernité, afin de saisir la fabrique de l'État in vivo dans la granularité des gestes, des supports et des formes documentaires.The present article makes an epistemological and methodological contribution by setting out a precise research programme centred on a single operational unit: the ministerial portfolio, a mobile infrastructure in which bundles, drafts, cross-references and memoranda are ordered. The proposal sets out a heuristic of the state through objects, formats and diplomatic states (in the sense of diplomatics). The argument synthesises an anthropology of writing (gestures, formats, chains of writing), a renewed archival science (documentary ecologies, temporalities of conservation–circulation) and a refounded diplomatics (forms, evidence and the performativity of records), anchoring them in established theoretical frameworks: the cultural biography of things (Kopytoff), actor-network theory (Latour), the power/knowledge dispositif (Foucault), sequences of action (Abbott), subsystem self-description (Luhmann), and file studies (Vismann; Riles). The portfolio is not merely a storage container; rather, it functions as a dynamic instrument that facilitates the sorting, prioritisation, synchronisation and materialisation of sequences of writing and decision-making. The text presents a descriptive grammar, comprising categories of units, operations, transitions, and regimes of secrecy and publicity. It also delineates a transferable research protocol, including the identification of formats and usage marks, the mapping of chains (lists, bundles, folders), the description of transitions (annotation, extraction, re-ordering), and the restoration of couplings with law and politics. This methodological introduction seeks to furnish the reader with the necessary tools to conduct enquiries into pieces and repositories (regulations, formularies, rulings and registers) from a period beyond the early modern, with the objective of grasping the formation of the state in vivo in the fine grain of gestures, media and documentary forms
Solidarity Politeness in Old Kingdom Speech Captions
No full textpeer reviewedAncient Egyptian private tombs unveil face-to-face interchange depictions in the so-called daily-life scenes. They include short texts written as if spoken with a deliberate choice of linguistic features. As such, these are precious multimodal sources, with interplay between image and text. The depictions complement the captions and vice versa. Not only interactions between superiors and subordinates (high-to-low and low-to-high) are on view but also between low-ranking individuals (socially equals). This paper focuses on speech captions between these socially equal individuals in Old Kingdom tombs (2686 – 2181 BCE). It will explore which Politeness strategies are used in the captions’ linguistic patterns and how politeness is reflected in the individuals’ attitude (nonverbal communication). Building on previous Politeness theories, a discussion will follow on Volition and Discernment to find out which aspect is developed in the Old Kingdom depictions of such face-to-face interchanges. It is argued that these multimodal sources, in which written and visual forms are intertwined, are extremely fruitful research avenues for sociolinguistics and more specifically for historical politeness research
Electrospun polycaprolactone membranes as controlled delivery systems of polymyxin B for wound dressings applications
Full text linkpeer reviewedElectrospun polycaprolactone (PCL) nanofibrous membranes loaded with 2 2 % w/w polymyxin B (PMB) were developed as biodegradable antimicrobial wound dressings using two different solvent systems: organic (dichloromethane/dimethylformamide, OS) and acidic (acetic acid/formic acid, Acid). The choice of solvent significantly influenced fiber morphology, polymer crystallinity, mechanical properties, and drug-release kinetics. Both membranes exhibited well-defined bead-free nanofibers with diameters in the sub-micron range and porosity > 85 %. PMB release showed a marked initial burst within the first hour (≈ 35-55 % for OS membranes vs. ≈ 20-30 % for Acid membranes), followed by sustained diffusion over 7 days. Agar diffusion tests revealed strong antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus (inhibition zone 1.5 mm for OS-PMB, growth inhibition under the sample for Acid-PMB) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (5.0 mm and 0.6 mm, respectively), with no bacterial growth under any PMB-loaded samples. All membranes proved non-cytotoxic (> 80 % cell viability). The use of only two FDA-approved components, combined with a simple one-step electrospinning process and tunable release via solvent selection, offers a highly scalable and clinically translatable platform for the local delivery of polymyxin B in infected or at-risk wounds
The Medicinal Recipe Book of Aelius Gallus, Second Prefect of Egypt
No full textpeer reviewedLa présente contribution rassemble toutes les recettes médicinales attribuées à (Aelius) Gallus, identifié au deuxième préfet d’Égypte, telles qu’elles ont été transmises en majeure partie dans les traités pharmacologiques de Galien par l’intermédiaire des médecins Héras de Cappadoce, Andromachos le Jeune et Asclépiade le Jeune, et les étudie en vue de reconstituer le contexte dans lequel elles ont été élaborées, utilisées et transmises dans le monde gréco-romain. Une attention particulière est consacrée au PSI 10.1180 (Tebtynis, fin du Ier/début du IIe siècle) qui pourrait conserver, lui aussi, une recette d’Aelius Gallus pour les lichens malins.This paper presents all the recipes attributed to (Aelius) Gallus, identified as the second prefect of Egypt, as transmitted, for the most part, in the pharmacological treatises of Galen through the physicians Heras of Cappadocia, Andromachus the Younger, and Asclepiades the Younger. In particular, efforts are made to reconstruct the context in which these recipes were developed, used and transmitted in the Greco-Roman world. Special attention is paid to PSI 10.1180 (Tebtynis, late 1st/early 2nd century), which could also contain a recipe by Aelius Gallus for malignant lichens
Un noble italien à la cour de Bourgogne : Jacques de Visque, comte de Saint Martin (1443-1476)
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(tbp) Disability and religious practices
No full texteditorial reviewedDisabled people (suffering from illness, old age, and/or physical impairments) faced many daily personal challenges that affected their ability to integrate and participate fully in medieval Christian culture. This chapter aims to show that it is possible, thanks to gracious papal letters and other textual evidence, to shed light on the private devotion(s) and common experience(s) of disabled people, particularly in the context of a refocusing of certain forms of piety on the individual (twelfth-fifteenth centuries). I therefore propose to start my analysis with the most 'social' practices, i.e. those integrated into the community context around the accessibility of liturgical and performative spaces, and the adaptability of worship and the reception of sacraments, and then move on to more private devotions that can be thought of as more personal and direct contact with God, around the commutation of vows and the adaptation of eating habits
